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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 14, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowavalid ration stamps Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Shoe Stamp 18 good indefinitely THE MT PLEASANT NEWSVOL. EXXI, No. 210 TH TRISHA Yt OCT. 11, IO Ti VALID RATION STAMPS U, V, W Blue stamp*! expire Oct. 2© C, n, I'. Brown Stamps expire Oct. 30 Gasoline A No. 8 expires Nov. 21 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA SRI THE By Paul Malign (Distributee! by King Feature* Syndical* Inc., Reproduction In Full or *n Part Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — HYPERBOLIC' TEARS .'ic be im; shed by .enate admin: st* ation leaders because the five world-girdling Jena ter.- want thLs coun-t y to keep. for national defense, the i I md bases v.e are using, Privately some are denouncing such a p em mended course as American imp* rali iii. They soon may be say* in;, that in public. The rest of the world, however, is asmile' <a the bi.sis of reality. A new French governor moved back into the New Caledonian Island* a few w-eki ta -k ie 1 that Gene! ii MacArthur^ forces lave pushed the Jap back beyond bombing range. A British high corium, stoner at the same time went back to the seat of pow*r in th Fiji Islands, a little farther to the e st. Both are .setting up shop ay if nothing had happened, to do business at the old land on an imperialistic basis. of course. Th' British, Dutch and French have lived a policy of “imperialism** for many generations past. They are not bashful i rout St. They wan* contr I of their island empire ba * not parti barly for thei national defense perhaps, but for a reason which the travelling senators did net stress, namely, trade and commerce, to '-intam the strength and power of their homelands, I These nom us no doubt will be , brought out pubit Iv. and proved In, detail when the technical adviser of th*1 travelling senators, George Malone, oat.oral esteemed mining engineer of Nevada, writes hi report dealing with the economic aspect© of the senators' j vo> age. This additional report of the trip will fellow that these British. Dutch and French empire out post have things we want New Caledonia, for instal, e h ts nickel and chromite. We need all wre can get of those metals, I Heavy Damage Inflicted On Japanese Bee Line (Granted Bus Permit They’ll Du It Every Time — North and South Line Through Mt. Pleasant WHO,ME ? A Bt6 W HuEQj ’ IKJ "TMIS c3A>/!E? WWE-7E ' DO VOO GET THAT J STUFF ? I NEVER. J HELD BETTER-than A PAIR OE TE MS ALL M *(?HT f rr "TT/tT I KNOW I S. f "'TM’t LOOK AT r ' ' t - — >JE LEND ME i'j ME. TI- IAT RITI V IN 0IJ IO I' > TH “ »J ' > , -ARE HOMEy ) POT JUST PUT \J OF H m.L GU rG/Y - . ) j Des Moines, low* *INS> The iowa Commerce Commission today issued orders authorizing establishment of two southeastern Iowa bus routes In one order, tfye commission granted a Bee-Line Transit Incorporated of Cedar Rapids permit to operate a passenger service between the Ainsworth junction and Ft. Madison. Intermediate points include Mt Pleasant. Trip? will be twice each way daily. (Editor's Note; Earl,cr reports lated the line Is to be put in operation within 30 days after the permission is granted.) In granting the Bee-Line permit the commission denied a permit to Sparrow’ Transit Linens of Lomax, Illinois, for a route between Iowa City and I*. Madison. The board also granted Sullivan Bus Lines of Cedar Rapids permit for a route between Washington and ML Pieasant, and Washington and Bur-l ling ton The new permit extends and makes I permanent a temporary route operat-| my between the Iowa Ordnance FIs Bt 1 and Burlington and Washington, mov - ■ iv a a .'-nice for war plant worker Group Placed In ( lass I-A I nder you cam stff i HOW I STAMP** I had $15 WHEN SAT DOWN COT <> I LY TOO*2 ME APOUT EVEN lr SOME0OOV3 V LYIN6 ONE OF VOD WOLVES HAS MY CHECK FOR. 15 FISH ON THE DELINQUENT Lo £===== MO*HUM - TV’S SEE* I \ A THOUSAND GALT j i. ATVTHAT TABLE, BDT HEVER HEARD ANYBODY adm rr thev v on yet j Shirts Made in | Bis: Force I Panthers Lincup! Of Planes In Changes In Backfield and Line J Tor Game Rabaul Raid The Mt. Pleasant high school lineup Which meets Fairfield there Friday evening will see s veral hif s from the ©tarting eleven of recent, game, Chantier ’n awe been made by Coa th Ekstiard to replace injured men and j to take ca:e of a vacancy caused by 177 Aircraft Shot Down or Damaged Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific. Oct 14 (Thursdayi—The biggest allied air force ever assembled I in the Southwest Pacific made the first of the war on Rab.tul, New Britain, Tuesday, wiping lout 177 enemy aircraft and sinking losing a man irom the quad and a.- v-*u •^ I fighter escorted raid o some shi.ts .n the one may make _ _ the Panthers strcnger defensively. Allan She k is out of the back , . . 117.600 tons of ships, including three defield because of an injury, dell shell-I , . ... strayers and four merchant ships. W III i One hundred enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground and 51 se-\erely damaged. Twenty-six fighters Local Men Are Listed in 1-A Touch Football Came .Saturday Selective Service H* nr v con Added Attraction on Program I. W. ( The Homecoming program at McMillan Field Saturday morning, will include a touch football game between the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternities. Tile college band * ll also march and perform snecial maneuvers prepared for the occasion. The afternoon program includes a kittpnball game between the Pi Beta Phi <nd Aloha Xi Delta sororities. IHF MALONE REPORT should nail down incontrovertibly the additional economic reasons for doing wha* the army and navy defenders of this coun- There will also be a variety of games try already think necessary for our f0r everyone to olay, including bad-future national security rn an air mjnton. tether ball, volley ball and world. ! horseshoe If we do not retain the right to use f Iowa Alpha of Pi Beta Phi will hold the airth Ids and barbola upon which a Homecoming Cookie Shine Saturday we have spent millions of lend-lease evening at six o’clock at the heme of money thro iglu ut the world, if we do |grs r £ Seeley. n< ’ protect our ; ights to trade in Beta chapter of Alpha Xi Delta will those areas which we ar'1 supposed to hojd a Homecoming banquet in the be liberating for free lorn, if we do pie spyterian church dining room, Sat-not maintain the strategic defenses m-uay evening at six o’clock. with which we are winning this war,J Ho fraternity dinners. we will be just plain fools. | _- fn”rm7rjrr;o^,fIr:HERD-lMPROVEMENT quest and domination, an objective fur-^ there t from our national thoughts.. The administrations critics of world men recently cia -sifted in 1-A under the Selective Service are 111. I s H as fellows at the local office today: ? GI en wo' :i Floyd To I.von Merle Lorraine H-nes * Joseph Edward Schadt joe Pete Lyon Wilbur G!pn Earn Kenneth Raymond ledges LaVerrn War-on Ha’lan Car! Alget Ferdinand Nordquisi Lorance Mer ie jackson Ro morvi Wil- n Khnry K-ith Rodney fright Ja~k M rritt Lear Harold Henry' Marshall Ca’I Russell Nelson John Lee. Jr. Ha told Edward Tolander Wilbur Gordon Watts TIK mas Harold Eldon Bollinger James Kenneth Schadt Keith Everson Kong abu* With County Men Mr. Rudolph Lund And Women In Taken By Death The Service •■I wa wa New address; Harry M. Raine-, F3. Co. A. Section 3. Naval Training School 'Diesel) University of Illinois, Urbana. ey. Bob Scarf! .md Bill Donald take three of the back posi ions while! Ralph Clawson will continue ai fullback and will call the signals. Warren Anderson Is off the squad for ?he reason since Monday evening f r violation cf training rule;-. Scarff played much of the totter par' of the Muscatine gam' and it was during that ime that th* Pnnfh era were playing some of their bes, ball. lh the line Captain Leon Marshall, able to play again after a siege with poison ivy. has been shifted to center. Rigby and Smith wi I play the guards, Tackenberg and Stro'hman the tackles, and Cat rell and Foster the ends. Was Prominent Farmer of Near Swedesburg Six 18 Year Old Youths Register Mi Nev: address. Walter L. Sternberg. S2c, U. S. Navy, Hospital Corps School. U. 3 Naval Hospital. Co 33. San Diego 34. Cauf He was transfetred from Crimp Ward, Farragut. Idaho. IM:, Tne addresses cf the Hubby brothers, William and Robert, both privates in the U S a:my are; Bvt. William I). Tribby, A S ft. 37678194. Co B . 7|st Bn , lith Regt, Camp Fannin. Texa<*. j weeks there, he was removed bv am-Pvt. Robert C. Tribby. A S N 37678201, bulance to his home. southeast oi 3rd Co. B T C. 1719. Camp Dodge. la. The death of Mr Rudolph Lund of cwedesburg and Winfield vicinities on Thursday. October 14. at 1:15 p. na. en Iv s{x Henry county young men foilowi- g a short Illness removes a attained their 18 h birthday and regia-I reminent and successful farmer. Tire tered under the Selective Service in funeial serves will be conducted by September. 17 year old youths who Rev Albeit Tinbeig at the home at are enlisted under a reserve program two o’clock and at the Swedesburg an(j pave not reached their 18th birth-Lutheran church at 2:30 on Sundav aie not included. Those register- Interment will be a' the Swedesburg in? cemetery. | Hor Id Edward Tolander ~Mr. Lund submitted to an operation Wilbur Gordon Watts at the Mercy hospital. Burlington, on Walter Harrison Mdler out of 40 the Japanese put in the air were shot down, Gen. MacArthur announced today. The 177 aircraft are est:mafed to have been 60 per cent of Rabaul's strength Severe damage also was inflicted on a submarine, its 5,000 ton tender, a 6,-C00 ton destroyer tender, and a 7,000 ton merchantman. The raiding Liberators, Mitchells. Lightning fighters, manned by more th in 1,003 me:., expended 350 tons of br.mb? :-nd 250.000 rounds of cannon and machine gun fire in the midday assault. They smashed wharves and warehouses and caused heavy damage tc Simpson harbor. Oniv five planes were lost out of the hundreds employed. Clark’? Army Makes Gains August 17 After spending almost six Maurice Ball of the U. S. navy arrived last week to spend 26 days leave with his paren’s, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bdl at Winfield and with other I elatives. Bl WILL McCABES BUY H. H. COBB PLACE Deeds Recorded L. J. and Nellie Smith, Clara M and Elmer Niece hate given a deed to L. J Peterson for 50 acres in section Mr. and Mrs Harry Oiscn have re* Cf ived A'o;d from the r s n, Private laVemc Olson. He wiote he was safe and well. Laverne is in the an borne infantry. Mr. and Mrs. O'.son also received word Lorn their son,A-C Her- Swedesburg, where he resided. Those who mourn Mr. Lund’s deal ii ere his wife, wo daughters, Marcile and Cordelia, his father, Gust Lund. brother, Walter, two sisters, Edah ani Myrtle, all of Mi. Peasant, and a Krrat number of relatives and friends. The mother preceded the departed rn Garretson and Garretson report death fifteen rears ago. “I* of ;he H H Cobb “"*** Algiers, Africa —(INS)—- Lieutenant Gene! a1 Mark W Claik s 5th army today established several bridgeheads on the noith bank of the Volturno river. fn battering their way across the raging streams, troops on the right flank of the 5th army captured Guardi a. some ten miles northwest of Bene-vento. Clark., fo.ces w?ere revealed to have smashed a German attempt to cross the south banks of the Volturno near Capua on Tuesday night The allies then stormed across themselves In a seven mile advance, the British Wayne T. Garretson and Robert. pth arn»' meanwhile stormed into the Real Esta e firm or OugUonesl, a few miles southwest of Termoli md some forty-five miles above the big Foggia airfield network Guarriia Thomas Harold Eldon Bollinger Barnes Kenneth S'-had' Gel ald Wayn^ Anderson 29 of Center township according to oisoni that he would receive h;> COWS AVERAGE 20.8 records at the courthouse. John G. Lane has given a deed to Frank Wvse and wife for a New London property. gunner’s wings Monday. He has bepn earning six weeks at Las V gas, Nev NEW CEILINGS ON FRESH VEGETABLES Hannah of the on East Washington Street to Mr. and Mrs Wm. McCabe of Mt. Pleasant > This is one cf the nice homes in Mt Jap? Raid American Pleasant, nice location, a n»v house, which was built only two years ago Positions on Attu Washington. D. C. (INS)-The OPA by Mr. Shantz of Wayland for a home made public today new retail price for himself. Mr. and Mrs. McCabe will ceilings for thirteen fresh vegetables ‘>kf Novemberls . Mrs bombers raided American positions on below the Mrs Cobb will move to Burlington to ....... Washington, D. C. INS)—The navy ai.nounced todav that ten Japanese which will range up to 507, .KGION PAGGI HERS ice cream. r.evornni’ Cnminv HcfP rm *r. ..-r* Ames, Iowa — Herds tested in Iowa trade justice and national defense are Dairy Herd-Improvement Associations c ATI IDT*AV der tiuTy misusing the term, during September showed an aveiagf jVIFc I bAlLKL'Al But if you want to call the protec- butter fat production of 20 8 pounds ^egi nnaires Daughters met at tion oi cur non-aggressive selfinterest per cow, although the top-ranking .» - home cf Mrs. Le is M ils saturday “imperialism,” what would you call sociation mustered an average cf 28.8 afterrorn. Shirley Bu: seller presented the British. Dutch and French re- pounds per cow in a month reflecting flag ( .’lection for the pur- st rift iv f rubber and oil cartels and the normal summer slump. cha-e of war stamps amouli ed to 84 domination of Strategic military world Figures on the 18.956 cows Dom I.- stories were ri a l by Mrs. Mil s bases? 036 herds included in the September ,_nd £lia McD wcll Mrs. Mills served They acquired their Pacific islands report were issued this morning b> either by occupation from the Gcr- Arthur Porter, extension dairy busmans after the last war, by absorption bandry specialist. During the month, or conquest. 60 cows were removed from association The Fijis vt ere ceded to British in herds because cf low production and 1874. , other reasons. _ • Associations with the best average THE SOLOMONS, which we are butterfat per cow were Hemy, Precleaning ) effectively, were divided mont-Page-Mills, West Branch. Dallas between Get many and Britain in 1899. Iowa. O Brien, and Sioux. All of their rights are relatively recent and certainly by no means divine- LOT NEAR POST OFFICE * 1" “. , , I SOLD BY SCHOOL BOARD Yet timid souls amongst our lead- i ors say these well-known facts of his- j tory, which stand out so obviously they cannot be ignored except by effort, should not be mentioned now’ for fear ‘inflationary heights" of last winter. fn,•»! John Endrwk cf Camp thirtecn vegeablea are: Lima Ba,kiev. Texas. Is spending a 12-day U*»ns ««P w‘ans' “•>'»««•. ca;rotf; iurloiich with h's parents. Mr. and i cauilflower mike their heme. Mrs. Jesse Ro in ck a- Winfield. A family dinner was held in hL honor Sunday neon at the Rodruck home. ■to Hersel Coinman of the U. S. navy is spending his furlough at home here. I celery, cucumbers, egg p’ant, lettuce, green peas, peppers, spinach and tomatoes. JOHN LINDELL WILL SPEAK AT DINNER Attu Island in the Aleutians yesterday. The assault did no damage. The navy also reported that the American destroyers Buck and Bristol were sunk in the Mediterranean the-_________ ater as a result of under water ex- I John Linden, outfielder for the New plosions. There was po mention of I York Yankees, will be a Mt Pleasant the lei* of personnel, i visitor next Monday evening and will The Japanese bombers apparently be the honored guest and speaker at came from the big enemy base at Para- | the farmers' night dinner of the Ki- mu.-hiru in the north Kuriles. 748 miles * I . —- wanis club at the American Legion w'f ,t of Attu. Herbert Byers cf the U. S. navy is Pers.ns planning o mail package- • ^ Thp djnner is scheduled for 6 30. No estimate was made of the loss of spending a furlough with relatives to tnen in the arrn.V aie reminded tint llis father, who resides in lives on the American destroyers whose bere and expects to leave Friday night the deadline Pc nu lir.g overseas 1 califomii and came to St. Louis for normal complement was estimated at DEADLINE NEAR FOR MAILING TO ARMY MEN tc return to California. Friday, October 15, at closing time at i the post offic Packages must be California and came to St. Louis for the 250 for each vessel. Sale of the vacant let nor h of the Mt. Pleasant post office to Dr. F. V. Coles and E. A Hayes was authorized by the school beard at a meeting this of offending our allies. They are the ^ Confiideraticn for the lot( a part same people who still think it is an ^ ^ fQrmer high site> wa, insult to Stalin to call him a <om"!?1c01 They were the only bidders for ' the plot. munist. Our allies are proud of their em- j piles. No senators in those nations.much politics left in them when they are advocating dismemberment in the'got back. interest of a better world, or evident-I None except possibly Senator Chand-ly caring much about offending us by, ler seemed to represent Gen. MacAr-moving their commissioners and gov- {thurs views and Chanciier is a demo- Lt. A. L. Caxlson finished Officers’ requested by the rcc°iver after that Motor School Saturday, October 9, an i date. will ic main a* Ft. Sill temporarily for For men iii the navy, seibees, mar-further training. His address is Lf. A. ines. in foreign service, he d.adlino L. Carisen, 1723 Elm St., Lawton, Okla. is the encl of the month. The Buck was lost off Salerno, Italy on October 8, possibly the result of rnemv submarine action. The Bristol was sent to the bottom in sr me disclosed spot in the Mediterranean on October 13, as the result --of an un-identified under water ex- Washington, D. C (INS)—Senator picsion. There had been no enemy Tem Connally. Texa , democrat, intro- ajr action in the Aelutians since Ja- duced in the senate today the com- panese bombers sought vainly to aid Winfield vicinity before they go to California. INTRODUCE COMPROMISE PEACE RESOLUTION Enter tile Merchants’ Bond Club Contest READ TUES AND BE A WINNER Enter this contest today. Read the rules on the Bond Page j promise post-war peace resolution with hf .. garrison du ing the week that in Thursday’s paper. It is such an easy way to get a war bond, ■ a prediction that it would receive American forces were wiping out the and so few people have signified that they tire trying You have senate approval. Nipponese 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 I he Bond Club Stores. Have your friends help you with the sales slips of their purchases. Send or bring your Entry Blank to the News office. E NTE R N O W OI FICERS ELECTED Bomb Albanian FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS Capital Tirana KS. B. Hickenlooper Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper will come to Mt. Pleasant Friday to be present at erat. Indeed, there is not likely to be a review cf the 82nd army training de-any politics in the matter hereafter. j tachmer.t at Iowa Wesleyan and to All that the advocates of these views speak at the Iowa Wesleyan homecom-seem to want is a full appreciation by in banquet which will be served by the one accusing them of politics. Their,Mr. Roasevelt and the administration ladies of the Wesleyan Chapel church talk and actions nlalnly showed they executives of the necessities of Amen- at the First Methodist church in Mi. had been too close to death, to have can interests. Pleasant. ernors back into imperialistic points of power. Other methods of discrediting the travelling senators are being followed. EUTRY BLANK Please enter my name in t MERCHANTS’ WAR BOND CLI B Name Address _______ - Mail or Bring to the Alt. Pleasant News office Mrs. Paul Ratliff was elected presi- Algiers. Africa —(INS)—An allied (dent cf the Friendly Neighbors club aerial bombardment against the nazi I at the annual election and business occupied Albanian capital Tirana was meeting with Mrs. Harry E idingf eld announced today at headquarters of Wednesday afternoon. Other officers General Dwight D. Eisenhower elected were secre tary, Mrs. Richard The a.ssault by twin motor American Dutton; treasurer, Mrs. Kenneth Wa-- Mitchell homoem marked the first assoil. sault t the allies of German forces Mrs Bdd tug field* served sandwiches, Albania. doughnuts, coffee, candy and nuts dur- Chief target oi the assault was at ig the social hour. the a rdeid at Tirana, where the Twelve members and three gt.es s Amebean fliers destroyed or damaged were present. The guests were Mrs m re titan one-half of the German diaries Snyder, M2srt Faye Snyder -round o'an vs on the field and in disand Mrs. Ruth Speukman. • c-s i

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