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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 11, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Furl OU I (new) until Jan. 3 Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Shoe Stamp 18 good indefinitely THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Ck V. VV Blue stamps expire Oct. 20 C, D. E Brown Stamps expire Ort. 30 Gasoline A No. 8 expires Nov. 21 VOL. LXXI, No. 237 MONDAY, OCTOBER ll. 1943 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA News Behn * \ THE* By Paul Mallon <Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc., Reproduction In Full oi in Part Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — DIMANT) FOR FT ONO.MV in lieu of in reased taxi-furnishes an excellent talking point, but i ^underlying defects. . Tile need for economy is real. Ne' even a minor port! in of the waste in wa: expenditure is probably yet popularly .suspected. Necessities of military ref. unship and a general disinclination to expose any fact which would injure the war effort have restrict f*d free discussion of the topic. All that the congressmen have been abb- to do o fir is to peck away at special examples to which their atterr-.on :s drawn and try to force correction Otic- ■ anding economy leader has been Senator Byrd, of Virginia who has done much good in this way. He is now trying to cut the federal employe roster, but. in the face of the great resistance of bureaucrjcy, screes' even to the modest extent of 300 -000 persons is unlikely The appropriation bills will not come up until January Then every bureau- , erat will wear to the best possible political or military reasons for in-1 creping his own particular bureau ' Cong re. .Iona! economizers then will b* accused of interfering with the military effort, or democrats will be Charged with hindering their own reflection on the political side Congress can cut . urn*- no doubt, but a whole ale slash.rig program on a ba is commen ut it# wiiii the proposed tax increases i hardly jk> sible. The government simply den s not want to economic Unless an overwhelming popular derm rid for economy us organised to spur all the congressional leaders, or by the adminstration itself, economies must be limit- Bloody Battles On The Russian Front WOULD SERIES The Yankees defeated ihe Cardinal, od ay. 2 to 0, to win the series. Farmers Need Help To Harvest Crops Corn Pickers and Helpers With Combining Wanted i Wmy IS it* a pqettv Girl is SO HELPLESS" SO VULNERABLE- They’ll Do It Every Time--- -- But Plainer jane, 'A OH,you, KIO-PARDON, | BUT WE MUST HAVE MET BEDORE? IN PARIS, WHO MAS NEVER. EVEN BEEN WHISTLED AT TAKES LESSONS IN JUDO FOR SELF- PROTECTION - J&a* I 5SjiSo»»h JUDO TAUGHT Many mw requests are coming into th*- Farm Bureau oilier for emergen J help on farms in the county Corn pickers and men to assist with combining are urgently needed on many farms While *he wo:k is seasonal and *M 1 comparatively short duration in most rases, ’he farmers will face delays an i possible loss of crops valuable to th*' war effort if they do not have addi- I tlonal help. Anyone who can assi t -whether it be; for a few hours or for J ; few weeks should notify the Farm I Eure an ofixe. Cut Rejection of Inductees Jt T> chandler, 86, With County Men And Women In The Service i ( apt. Henry Traut, who lr e ,t y ‘ corr. pie‘eel some spe ial naming at Carlisle, Penn., has been transferred to Shreveport, La. rn Lieut. (J. G.) Dale Dinsmore of the . S. Navy 'ame on Wednesday for a Soviet Army Troops Cross Dnieper River Crucial Fighting Rrea In Kiev Moscow. Russ a —(INS)— One of visit with relatives in Hillsboro and the bloodips and most cirlal baMdes M PiCasan . H-- left on M n .ay f , j Cf Ru.s-o-Gc rman war was wave# Chicago whe:e he will go by plane to in thp western bank cf the Dnieper Miami, Fla. | today after Red army ‘Trek t o ps ex- ’ , tended the Kiev I r d behead Ii,ut. John Dean Watson <■> tho U.l Reuten, r{| frCm Mos.„v riat S Army Air Corps and Mrs. Watsrn ,he Qermans hav, startea „ of Minireapnl s. Minn., arrive I at Hills boro on Friday for a visit at the home cf Watson’s mother, Mrs. Ethyl Watson. and other relatives and friends here. evacuate the Uranian capital of Kiev after twin Soviet forces threatened to envelop the city from Um> north and sou'h. Roughly 12,000 Russian troops have stoimed across the Dnieper at three points both moi th and south of Kiev Lieut Teddy Sullivan, vin of Mr an" Mrs. Leonard Sullivan formerly [rom ,)ne dlspatoh„s revealed. of Hillsboro, who recently gradated _ as an army air force pilot vial ed with I A medical meeting devoted to psychiatry at Camp Dodge induction center Aug 26 has resulted in a 5 per cent decrease in rejections for psychiatric or mental reasons among inductees. In making this announcement over radio station KRNT Sunday, Lieut Col. Robert S Shane, medical director of th*> state selective service headquarters ald. "This is quite an advance in one month's time." He said that both industry and selective .service could do rpuch jn cutting down the number of accidents through a biter placement of persons friends ard relatives in Hillsboro last Scores of Enemy week He w < a graduate of the HT..-,- Planes Shot Down boro high sh col aud before bs rn- London. England —(INS*— Flaming trance into the air for re was ernp’oy- ruins marked three vital nazi corned as a government clerk in Bait mo- 0, munirations and air centers in Ger-Md. h many and Holland today in the wake Taken Bv Death of Wayland, Dies For Army Picture M ses Lake Army Air Ba re, Wash. .ive oy American flying fortresses and J ! — Lt. Maid L. Miner, son cf T. Ralph deathly Thunderbolt fighters t r i> i • r ut M 'ne* of Mf Pe,suit, has recently The Eighth air force announced that Army Emergency Relief Helps t. John C. Both, 82, Start Ticket Sale Families Over Hard Times 'Ar B W h ed to what a lea- earn, .,! leader., like kn°*n to •»« prone" par- SOOalRies or who are susceptible to Byrd can chisel out of government a reluctant heart disease. I Colonel Shane said tha* information concerning thes** types of persons ac- ANONYMOCS talk *publ shed) demanding treasury would be helpful to psychiatri secretary Morgenthui s r*-agnation, did duction center^ not r* pre flit a formidable movement Studies have proved, he grided Had Heen Confined To House Wayland iowa - John c Roth. 82. passed away at the home of his The Last ^ ear (laughter, Mrs Dave Wenger, this _______ morning it 8:30. La nth was caused J. T Chandui, 86 paw: away Sun- by old age anc! complications. He hadj Members of the Business ani Pro day evening at 8 o'clock at th*1 home been in iii health the past "ix years, tensional Womens club are s'art’ng of his daugh cr. Mrs Frail'-* - Swan chri-.tner Rrth aud Nick Ruth was born the '•ale of tickets for tho first High: in West Liberty. He had b* * n in fail- February 25, I Sox. On December 16, showing on October 19 cf This is the ing health the past four years and John C. Roth, son or Katherine Army'' at the Temple, the entire pro^ for the past year had been confined 1886. in Otiio, he was married to Mary ceeds from which will go to the Army to the 'house. Richer. For many years they lived Emergency Rel ef Fund. Mr Chandui was born near Mt. lear Noble and then moved into the C ming heie for a five nieht run. Pleasant and -pent mo t of his life town where he resided for 20 years. jbe arrrJy show i- being offered at ad-ln the vicinitv havirg Iiv*d f ur miles Mr. Roth was one of the prominent vanced prices the first night to boos’ east of Mt. Pleasant fen 63 years and retired farmers of the community He relief fund. It is for this first night in own for seventeen years. On Jan- had been a member of the Sugar Creek glowing that the Rpwc is making th.* nary 14. 1879, near Mi Pleasant he church for many years. Surviving t driVe jn bebajf 0f a good cause. w*as married to Miss Katherine Anna besides his wife are three daughters. Lieut. Carol F. Musgrove, army ran erred to Mo es L*ki Army ,t least 102 German fighters were de stroyed bv three Thunder aoli escorted Ll Miner, former Mf Pleasant hign formation* of fortresses which struck school uient. is now assigned t" at the pivotal railway junction of duty with a heavy bombardment group Muenster and railway installations at Coesfeld in Western Germany, and in Leo Jeambey .stationed at Sioux Enebade airdrome in Holland vester-Falls, S. D is confined to the has- day pital with flu and pneumonia He mav be addresred, Ward B-7, Station Ho.-, pl tai, Sioux Falls, S. D * , , Pfe. James R. f’obanz who has been home on furlough accompanied by Th* days bag of sm-siring nazi war planes raided the eighth air force three day total (o a minimum of 335 and possibly 360 destroyed enemy planes. Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker warned, however, that American and CONGRESSIONAL, q arc I bv draft bf ird.s and Jerks jjjeakmore who preceded Lim in death Mrs. Emma Roth of Mt. Pleasant. Mrs emergency relief officer for iowa whcs- s at m- Mav 20. 1917. They were tile pa pads Katie Wenger, Wayland, and Mrs. Eliza , office ,s at ^ Moines, said persons of two children, Harry O Chandler of Zehr of Manson. Iowa Two infant from aimost every community in Iowa Danville. la , who was killed in ar daughters preceded him in death. It was net loud enough to tx- heard a person who is accident prone would accident ^even years ago. and Mrs. Funeral services will be held Wed- Frances M. Sw*an with whom he had nesday afternoon. There will be short 'that bv more than one new man. probably do better in a commando or Mr. Morgenthau t unpopular with paratroop ur.r or in some more or made bks home since the death of Mr. services at the home of his daughter, the legislators, but in a mild way. The less individualized and adventurous gwan in 19Q7 Aiso surviving are the Mrs. Wenger, and at 2 o'clock at the senate finance committee especially is assignment. Persons who are poten pers*maily antagonistic. Yet he is re- tial sufferers from cardiovascular dis girded as such a close family friend of ease, if they follow the coronary' or an have received aid. "The purpose of army emergency relief," Lieutenant Musgrove said, "is to improve the morale of fighting men _ _ , by taking cire cf their financial wor- daughter-in-law. Mrs. Edith Chandler Sugar Creek church. The Rev. Simon , ^ ^ „ cf Danville, two grandchildren: Thorn- Guengerich and Rev. Willard Lcichty J ^ officer from Detroit, Mich., as F. Chandler of Danville, and Miss will be in charge of the services. Burial. afc ^ ^ both Mr and Mrs. Roosevelt that most ginal pit tern, will do better and main- vorofoe* Chandler of Lak* Forest, will be in the Sugar Creek cemetery j Lieut€nant Musgr0ve admits this re-congnssmen would as soon demand tain health longer if given recognition UL three great grandchildren and The wili be returned t0 the the president's resignation. and authority." 'several nieces and nephews. Wenger home today from the Stacy Sub-.surface evidence ai->o indicate- The problem is serious inasmuch as j^r cfagndler became a christian in IuneraJ parlors. the treasury tax urogram was not a four million workers, at least one mil- young manhood and joined the Pleas- ---- personal Morgenthau opus lion in the age range for selective serv- ant Hill chapel where he retained pkjMxjrn AWH QUHVX/FR Economic Stabilizer Vinson earlier ice were killed or injured as a result }ds membership He was also a fifty LM IN IN LK AINU jHUWlK had called for some authority in tax of accidents rn 1941. he said. year member of Henry Lodge and wa HONORING MISS SIBERTS matters, and apparently got it. He He said the evidence suggests that<tbe last surviving member of the joined the treasury experts in white probably in 80 per cent of the acci- original board of directors of the house tax conferences with Mr. Roose- dents the personality of the injured Hayes Elevator Company, having held velt before presentation of the scheme, person was more responsible than ma- office* continuously since the founding Most congressmen reverently suspect chinery or training 0f tbe company. Mr. Roosevelt had as much of a hand - Funeral services will be held Wed- in it as anyone else. HELD FOR VIOLATION nes ay morning’ OcX0ter 13- at eIeven Mrs. Poban? left this morning for Brjysb ajr strength (lone w ll not com- Greenville. S. C. where he is station- piete|y crush the axis. The 8th air ed at an army air base. force commander said that victory over Germany will not come until American (pl. Lr Re v Philp-tt iff* Sunday fiom jand anrj sea f0rct,s j0jn with the Brit- Ft. Madison for LaJunta. Colo., wheie jn “pushing across the English he is stationed, after a furlough and channel and the North gea;. vi.s:t with his parenLs. Mr. and Mrs. R S. Philpott. Mr and Mrs. Max Phil-pott of Burlington, who spent the week end at the Philpott home, took f(mr engine B_1Ts Cpl. Piiilpott to Ft. Madison. rn New- addre s: A-C Paul L. O’Connor, A. S. N 17131516. 3rd A. A F F. T. D., Fi ght 2, 44 0. King City. Calif. New address:Cpl. Dwight Messer. A S. N. 37660174. 1358 Sig. Corps, Co. QUIET REPLAC EMENT of Georgia s representative Cox by California’s Lei as head cf the radio investigation was OF MOTOR FUEL LAW o'clock at Plea-ant H.ll chapel. Washington, Iowa — An unusual case, the first cf its kind in Washing- TO DEDICATE RADIO HOUR lief covers a lot cf problems. Typical cases in which money is given include: A moldier on furlough who runs cut of money; expediting emergency furloughs by giving money without th* Sgt M Fj> s(arff on furlough from necessity of the usual delaying in- camp Santa Anita. Calif., and Mrs. The Young Women's Sunday School; vestigations; aid to disabled soldiers Scar{f are visiting friends and rela- class of the First Methodist church ^ who have b*cn discharged ai-d need lives in and near Mt. Pleasant, had a ‘covered dish dinner and mis-j cash while aw aiting veterans' com- r cellarous shower at the home of their pensation; aid to discharged soldiers v F c James M. Green of the U. teacher Mrs. Mac B Batchelder, Sat-1untl1 the-v fiUcl -'obs; Quick loarvs to S. Marine corps, has just completed urd iv evening officers and men who have to change fcis sea M-hooi raining and will soon The event was in honor cf Miss Mir-; stations, and don’t have necessary ^ transferred to a ship for further iam Siberts who is soon to be married funds. training, according to word received o Mr. Edwin Chrissinger. They ex- here by his parent^. Mr. and Mrs. occt to spend the winter in California. MAY MAIL LOST A card was read from Mabelle Mc- RATION BOOKS Allied fortresses were credited with knocking down 81 nazi interceptors yesterday and the loss of 30 of the Thunderbolts destroyed another 21 nazi planes and lost only two of their force The German over-seas radio claimed 500 air men and 50 heavy bombers were lost in the fatal raid on Meunster. Intensive Fighting . _____ TO NEW LONDON CHURCH engineered by Speaker Rayburn, bev- tQn countv was up fQr a hearing Fri_ Thp Wesleyan Radio Chapel Hour Cullough who is attending Yale Un:- eral times previously, Mr. Rayburn has dfty aftemoon in lhe court of Justice Tuesday night is dedicating a hymn to varsity at New Hav* n, Conn. Each girl under arrangements completed with declined to ask for Mr. Coxs resign a- Qf ^ prace w g Eldridge the Methodist church in New London, in turn wrote a line to her, sending the Post Office Department finders Following an investigation by a state Iowa. The hymn. “Are Yt Able" was greetings and best wishes from the of lost ration bocks may now return Bomb Group 762 Bomb Squad. A A B agent and on his recommendation, st selected by the congregation of the party. j them by depositing them in the maiU Ke.iin>, Uta n warrant was issued against Albert Ora- New London church. It will be sung Mr-. Frances Fenton Schlief am- without wrapper or postal. The Post, tion, although privately requested by liberal groups. The course of the inquiry, however, made Coxs position untenable. The errybarrassment of FCC charges concerning his receipt of a check from a motor vehicle fuel license fee, ber, living near Crawfordsville, charg- by an octet of Wesleyan students and little daughter, Leila Mae cf Fairfield office will deliver the books to tining the making of a false affidavit accompanied by Dr. Rozsa at the or- and Mrs. Nona Jane McGohan-Olsen person whose name and address ap- graduated from Wing, Camp Pinedale, Fresno, Cali: Qn £enjral Italian Front Allied Headquarters in North Africa — < INS*—Intensive fighting raged on the central Italian front today following British capture of tile river town Pontelandolfo, twelve miles northeast of Benevento. The But.sh 8th army drove the Germans back an additional two or three miles along the entire front in a terrific slugging match. Capture of the city put the allies _ t* r* firmly astride in impoitant road lead- Harry Green. His new address is P. F ■ K ~ . w& mg through the center of Italy to C. James M. Green, U. S. Receiving Rome, and a second highway running into Capua and thus threatening the Germans from another direction. Other allied forces punched a dangerous wedge into the nazi line, six miles north of Pontelandolfo. Heavy rains continued to slow up the Bks. Goat Island. San Francisco. Ca if. New address: Cpl. Jack Hodscn, 406 an gan. radio station, enabled the culprits he Qffense un(Jer th(J Iowa gt3te motor In the sermon. Pres. Stanley B. Niles class were present, was pursuing to ruin the force oi the yehlcle law wlll speak 0n “The Sensitivity of God." whole Inquiry, The matter has assum- ^ allegpd in th|g cage that a The address is the second in a series ed some of th# characteristics o a tlcket dated May 13 had feeen changed having the theme. “Contemplating personal comedy. t0 make read June 13. The law pro- God." New chairman. Mr. Lea, will ani re ^ & refund tQ {armers on the Dr. Bela Rozsa, at the console of the bound by ideological prejudices and has ^ f## fQr fm non- Lodwick Memorial Organ, will feature courage. No one is pretesting es highway purposes, the applications to the Bach family. change. cover the previous three months. The-- Graber application was made on Sept ShortCT* cf O’.ds, wo former members of the pPar on the cover, colley ing f I Gaylord M. Ilufstader. who was the U S Coast Guard allied ’dv'ances and bogged down mot crized units. cent postage-due charge. five academy at New* London. Conn, on October 6. is now an ens gn. Ensign Buistader, on leave for sixteen day^ Fresh German Division is in Mt, pleasant visiting his wife and little son. who have been staying at the home of her parent, Mr. and Mrs. , t"» |W. J. Viiden From here he will go Read the rules on the Loud I age J to st AuRU,llne< Pla„ for SENATE DEFEAT of the Wheeler Enter the Merchants’ Bond Club Contest READ THIS AND BE A WINNER Enter this contest today. ----- in Thursday’s paper. It is such an easy way to get a war btmu ’ J training. As soon as he is located his iou nave famiIy will join him Mrs Hufstader met her husband in Chicago. further 7 and June 13 would be in the previous draft fathers exclusion bill was due to'three months, while May 13 would not circumstances foreseen. Neither house be. Only 251 Feet Tall dare stand firmly against the military leaders on a point of military necessity. On no import int phase of the war effort has congress ever over-ridden matter of food. Mr. Graber dei^jed to county auth- Washington. Iowa Washington oiities that there had been any intent county is in the limelight again this to defraud on his part. ypar on account of the tail corn grown He was arraigned before Justice El- by Don Radda on the R idda farm in diidge and waived to the grand jury, Cedar township, which was exhibited the plans of army and navy directors, j being bound over under bonds of $500 by Don’s brother. Jess Rarida. Farthest congress has gone in that.(which he furnished, and he was re-, A stalk brought to the Journal office wav was in the farmer draft directive | leased. measured 25 feet, six inches tall, not last session, but this involved the vital--Quite up to Don Radda’s world chamma • I • I J pion stalk measuring 26 feet, lo inches Marriage License Issued and so few people have signified that they are trying an excellent chance to be a winner. Let s have more action on this. Pay up your old accounts and get double and treble the votes, and save the sales slips on your everyday purchases, made _ at the Bond Club Stores. Have your friends help you with the BARN FIKE LOSS IS sales slips of their purchases. Send or bring your Entry Blank to the News office. ENTER NOW i brown Into Fight London, England 'INS'—An Algerian dispatch to Reuter’s News agency today reported that a fresh German division now is counter attacking against the American 5th army northeast of Capua. Hand Is Injured Donald Thomes. employe at the ESTIMATED AT $20,090 Kennedy Dairy, suffered a painful in- V. F W Auxiliary rummage sale, Sat grown on the same farm last ye.r. A marriage license w'as issued at the Oct. 16. Taylor’s garage. Anyone hav- courthouse here Saturday to Robert Mrs, Fannie Rouse, who held a sa*e ing donations bring to garage Sat. a. L. Wallace. 24. and Joyce Maiden of her household goo ks Saturday, w I! ° or can u9. Phillips, 20, both of Birmingham. Ala. reside at the county hcyjne this wanter ENTRY BLANK Please enter my name in MERCHANTS’ WAR BOND CLHB Name Adell Mail or Bring to the ML Pleasant News office Loss in a barn fire near Columbus i City Friday night is estimated at $20.- jury Saturday afternoon when a milk bottle broke in his hands as he washed it. The broken glass cut deeply into fingers and nine stitches were to close the wound. He taken to the Memorial hospital. :000. A large cattle bain and corn crib 1 loge her with 5,000 bushels of shelled tw0 corn, 3 OOO bushels of cats, several IUH’e:v'ar> tors cf milled feed and s:-veial tons of alfalfa hay were destroyed. Part < f the loss was covered by insurance Roof Blaze C. E Gray of Cal firma owns th* F remen were catted to ’he Frank 980 acre farm which is managfd by Haviland home on s.nth Walnut c E Perce of Co'umbus Junction striet just b f se n si today A rof £ pent ane us combustion was the likely l/a’c vs soon extinguished and dam- cau e of fhe fire. age was shght #

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