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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 29, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa VALID RATION STAMPS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 Su«ar 14 - Through October 31 sugar 15, 16 expire October 31 Shoe Stamp 18 good indefinitely THE MT PLEASANT NEWS C, I). E, F brown expire Oct. 30 G brown expires Dec. 4 X, Y. Z Blue stamps expire Nov. 20 Gasoline A No. 8 expires Nov. 21 vol,. I,XXI, No. 253 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1943 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE By Paul Mallon 3^ (Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate inc., Reproduction In Full ox in Part .Strictly Prohibited ) V\ \ MI I N'GT ON - Pl BMC disci ii c rye t he \/ a' * cf to rh I to cl* vow* strait iou;-' forgetful _ SENATE WH I en hvw to pre- the world have into political ab-r f one bas e, concrete fact, mo ! important than all *h< ncrumul ion of word; and ideas. namely: Ti« urn* I Sta*cs will have a navy a? ti ** end of this war which will outdo Britain's .historic -ca power by a rat Ion of probably five to cue, unbe-liev ible though that guess may now .of *n to tiv public The most consort* stive es i ma Ie places our eon’empiated superiority at three to one Indeed no b's secretive a source than the world almanac wa able to show as of November two years ago. that we then contemplated approximal iv two to one advantage While !> w appreciate* the growing extent of our sea power, or its proapec-♦ ive pea et!me u age a magazine of Figures Given On Ration Books Issued Paint Swastikas At High School They’ll Do It Every Time - - - Making Investigation; Probably Work of Pranksters Pa ruing of a couple of swastikas at tty* high school Wedm 'lay night by unidentified per notes probably pranksters, has lei to investigation on the part cf th school administration and : fire; s. One of the swastikas was pa n '’d or. the I mee ter:e at the east es de of the em ance and the other en a piece of towel cloth which evidently had tv n j hoi.1 ted on the flag pole but was lying on the ground when the jail or arrived Thursday morning. Both of the emblems, similar t: those of the i ,/i were brushed on with bb ck paint A can and brush were found in th bushes near the bud Jig The cloth had evidently been hoi-ted to Die top of the flag pole a id the chain had ben padlocked. Then iv chain had br n cut by aomeor.r had tun out of the pulley at 'he top ar.d with the clo’h had fallen to the ground. Whetter some'n** going by ♦ arty Thursday had riot iced the ’flag' Last *. 6HT, Et'GRV FELT PRETTY LOW WFEM ME LOST AlL HIS DOUGH AMD E/ERV KICKEL HE COLLO BORROW M The SQUAD-ROOM CRAP GAME. //'EVEN But thats nothing TO THE WAV HE FELT THIS MORN- No When thev Suddenlv told HIM HsS FURLOUGH WAS TO START IMMEDIATE LV- / /ES VEVE MADE. Ap ( SO/E CHANGES IN \ 1 TUC FURLOUGH LIST. I / VOO CAN START A V I 12-DAV LEAVE TCDAV. \ WHAT'S THE MATTER7 I you DON'T LOOK ^ A. VERY HAPPY \ABOOT IT*** WHAT CON NA START (T , WITH? HE HASNT EVEN GOT CARUS. FARE TO THE UyDEpOT-, AIV-r & H 'tehtete A _ \ •/aa .-far- current . v our grow lr Ot x new aircraft 39 destroyers, the navy league of the Unl’ed State* issue i ha’ on the pole and had cut It down aa a first six months friendly act. or whether he person who pull* d the c.oth up. had a change of thought and cut it down is not j known no* J Wliile various angles are being :n for • vestigated, the work appeared to be ian * that cf pranksters. of port fleet th . f this year acquire farrier, five cr UL** and 18 submarines Apparently, th* BUI iah have be* ii able to build r< plac rn* n’ their Josses imuch heavier so far while th*- building pis 16,644 Register For Ration Rook Four In Countv (’. of Sets Date For Annua) Meeting Post-War Planning Will lie One of Topics Green Stamps To Be Used First Time Suit on Account Point Values For Jellies- Listed; Fruit*- Increased General Goal Strike Appears Inevitable c urxi a Tokyo are hardly guessable, lr is plain from known and published fads that the United States rooti wull have a I ive-oc< in navy, double or treble the j tiSB© *f any fie* t heretofore known to the history of ‘he world. Therefore the American Law will ^ w<h general coal strike Monday ap-be a dominant controlling factor :n jp^^j inevitable today Borne oper- he future peace of the world and its ; alorf. ar^ frankjy preparing for the \VN bin-”'n D C INS I The economic and jwl- leal opmtka Britain ma v I lave the bases but w e will have the >.hip*» Tlx* old day of a five to five ratio with Bnttanhi. the former mi.strpss * ti tie seas, obvious I y *.> gore forcvex*, It is 111' one *■ vc hie that these ships will b*- scrapped ut he war’s end to repeat the folly of the 1921 usarma* men! conference, which enabled Uw-japs to build, axal later to aneak-buiki against us arui Britain to the porn* of making her war against u< feasible. Indeed* no otic r nation will be close enough to us on the? sea o be interested fen promoting a set app-nj program. Such an unrivaled fleet. topped with an edequate, alert air force, and a mode rate*-.-azed army, conceivably could guarantee the security of this country for another generation or mere. While the HU ii-Stalin a Iks ;n Moscow arc not likely to even touch up ’Ti r shutdown, barring action by President Roosevelt or forthright orders from jjohn L L -ais. United M;ne Workers presided, for the coal workers to re-, main at work. Mr Roosevelt rems:ned .dent on Nu grave situation in coal fields at his jrews conference this morning, (he (United Mine Workers .said the "no > strike” pledge expires Monday, TAVERN OPERATOR SAYS HE WAS ASKED TO PAY FOR PROTECTION Cir*en Camps A B ar I C from Die V*-w- War Ra* on B wk IV will I *• a^d for the first tme to buy processed foods start ire N-■*.-mber I. and cou-tinurn? valid on th ugh Dec* mber 20. Blue stamps X Y a rd Z lr. W r Ration Book IT. validate I for Oct'-b -r. jnay al./) be used ’/rough November 20. Jams, preserve:-- ani non-citrus marmalades are assigned a point value rn six pc nts p r pour I. The rat in value of jellies aud fruit butters is ret four points per pound. Th se point values are designated to reflect the j elative supplies cf the three groups of .spreads as well as their relations/.;) to the point, values of all pcoctssed foods on the char-. * Tile point value changes are as follows: Point increases - anni s. br-rrieh C. E. Swanson has filed a suit on account with the clerk of the court against David Shull for $146 Gasoiijjg and other motor fuels were bought [rem Swanson by Shull while the former was ooerating a tank wagon, the petition stated. Cut Points of Pork, Veal and Lamb The Chamber of Comm*r e annual rn*e-ting ha- bren r I for the evening of Thursday. D '' inter 9. by the board of directors. The details of the annual meeting will be announced late*r, but he usual huUne s nvct rug w ll be he’d f r the ole tion of tho e rn mH-\' en ‘he Board cf Direct:rs to fill the vacar ors of those who have completed their three year term. It is expected to have a speaker to talk on he sub-j ct of Post Wa-- Planning. A - the local Chamber f Cr rnmerce nears the clos * cf another year it ha-one of the largest memberships in the history of the organize ion. Tire folder en Mi. Pleasant wh oh was recently compte ted is bcirg ca Ted for daily at the te "a1 oft ice Over 1200 cl the folders hav<* bctn distributed at th*- present time with requests ccrnur; from coast 'o coa t. A recent publication put out by the Iowa Se r taries Association carried an article on bhc Butter Stays at 16; Oleo Raised Mt pifa. .nt fold r. F rom I to 6 A tr.ui of 1).6*/ rat on books were issued in Henry coon tv in (lie regis-ration for ration book 4 last weak. refresenting a gain cf 393 over the registration f r War hock 2 f inlier this year. Figure wen comr;lee! today by Miss E. M ie Gram coomy ;sup°rintend-•*nt of schools, who had charge of the ssuing cf the books, An interesting shift in the registrations wa., noted. The lour larger towns, Mt. Pleasant. New London, Winfield tnd Wayland, each had fewer registrations this time while the other tow*ns reported mere and the rural schools reported nearly IO percent more than in the Book 2 registration. The figures on the number of registers under and over 18 hewed the following: in towns, persons 18 and over. 3326 male.-, and 4.660 females; persons under 18, 1,767 males and 1,761 emales; in rural districts, persons 18 md over. 1.347 males and 1.369 fens les; per ons under 18. 720 males and 99 females. The registration by towns and in the •ural districts: Bk 2 Bk. 4 Less More Damage Suit Dismissed • Wash no tor.. D. C - A reduction of I arid 2 points rn he ration cate I 42 types of veal. lamb, mutton and p :k cute' for November w ^r anroun fd Lvnn Wright Thursday night by the office of pi: f- The damage suit of against the C B. and Q railroad has administration <OPA>. been dismissed a.' per a stipulation on Creamery butter was left un change file which states a settlement had been agreed upon. Elected Association Officer L, C Shellabarger was elected one of the four vice-presidents in the state of the Iowa Refrigerated Locker association recently. Glen B .Holden of Wallington was elected president. The election wa.-, held by means of mailed ballots to the 300 or more members oi the association. at 16 points a pound Other main listings in 'he November ration chart; Farm bu*ter 13 m-crea 'd from IO points a pound to 12 and processed butter from 4 to 6 points planning and rhe different Chambers of Commerce thjrughrut the na*'on have taken up the challerge to do their bit in se mg that plans are well made. The I leal organization is asking the question, of how this Post War Planning applies to Mf Pleasant and wha the Chamber cf Commerce as a group, is going t do about it. To f nd •’lie answers to these questions, definite steps are being taken for the ap-pcintpient of a Post War Planning Committee to make plans for ‘after he war’. Th Leal Chamber of Com- Hillsboro ...... 455 48934Mt. Pleasant .. 4985 4897 88 Mt. Union ..... . 569 58314New London .. 2137 1998 139 Olds .......... 602 64846Pleas.int Lawn . 284 30117Salem ......... 696 76771Wayland..... 955 941 14 Winfield ..... . 1426 1390 3612109 12( 14 277 182Rural ....... 4535 4135400Tote I 16614 16149 277 O’ I GO j6. Plane Damaged the planes at the canned pixy apple juice, tomato catsup flying field here overturned on the run-, fru t cocktail, pears and pineapple in; . the canned cr bottled fruit category,' one of the planes at the Montfeei jConwmpti n neat } o^vc ny --or chili sauce and the two tomato way Thursday morning. The plane was De Moines. la UNS'—Tavern op- i.aU0PS {hose coniaining over five ;>ei damaged, but no one was injured. . . merce has attemptej to be of service Margarine is raised from 4 po nts to .. , . . . e Vc the people on the home front in a , , , time of War and it is their intention Shortening, as well as salad ai cl ... , . . . , . , . „ to b*= of seivlre in making plans for cooking oils, is mcreard from 4 o o ^ war points. Cream cheese, creamed cottage cheese, r ufchate! and creamed spria s AlOTC Irdll (1110 SlPPl are raised from 3 to 5 points. j i OPA said that while the 16-p' ’ • value for creamery butter has reduced areas asj intended, there is small possibility of civilian butter supplies increasing greatly rn the near future. CHRISTMAS PACKAGES WITH IMPROPER ADDRESS MAY BE RE-MAILED Needed — Plajrman Des Moines. la. —UNS*— Executive Omaha, Nebr.—c. un^mas packages for soldiers overseas which have been returned to the sender be< arise of improper address still may be mailed. Seventh Service Command headquarters announced todav. To do this the mender should take the address on the original outer wrapper of the returned package, together erator Al Rosenberg of Des Moines cerv tomato solids, ani those rn combnation packages with cheese. 1 Point decreases - bests and pump- declared today that he was asked by la oolitical campaign worker to pay Changes Made In such a subject (Russia no doubt win j with the largest and come out of the wa and best 'ingle army and a clinent post-war discussion persist> in avoiding such mundane matters, tnc real ii* aal planning behind doors here is apt'—and fended should be we riced out porn this basic consideration.. $100 a week 'as protection against po- kin or squash in the canned or b ‘Ute d PonfKorc I 11ID I life lice raids ’ He added that if he re- vegetable category; and grapefruit I I (tillilt:IS LIIllUp vealed the name of the campaign- jUice. The supply of these items im-, _ worker he said made the request “it proved this month. ; Some shifts in Ate will be sensational—he is a big shot .lineup have been made if Koenlgsberger denies the GUERNSEY-VORHIES Local Men Leave For Active Duty Secretary Herbert Flagman cf the Iowa Wlth the reWraope1 and correctly ad-war pr: duct ion board's salvage divi- dressed package. to the postoffice as ion d dared today that moi? an i pr00f that it had been ma.led before more we are forced to think of this the October 15 deadline, streamlined, hard-hit ing war in terms If desired ,by the sender, Christmas of iron and steel. packages als# may be mailed now to • Flagman called for “the help of going overseas atween now even' man. woman and schoolchild ta _ Ch istma< when such a package the Tall Corn state” toward meeting ^ taRpn ^ ^ it must be accompanied by the change of address denies the charge. I'm going to name that campaign worker.” Rosenberg is operator of “Mommies.’, which was named by Koenigs- Mt. Pleasant! Local men who three weeks ago were the state’s scrap bank quota cf IOO -:v Coach Ek- j accepted f0r service in the army left OOO tons of iron and fled. strand for the New London game to- wednesday to begin their new duties Flagman said: The tremendous form containing the AFO address to which the package is to be sent. These WEDDING IN MISSOURI Salem—The marriage of Mrs. Myrtle at guard. Other starters will be Fos-, Dodge Wednesday were: Raymond L. 1943 than in the whole year of 1942. GUDINO FACT to be remembered about the Stalin-HuU news from Moscow is 'dull the Russian newspapers exist, not primarily for the purpose of j giving out news, but to further the' rf crests of the soviet government. Comment ing upon the trend of the talks, therefore, probably will remain Koenlgsberger declined to comment Rev. Roy Blalock performing the cere- clavv on shook and Scarff. backs, today on Rosenberg's assertion that a mony. Mr. ar.d Mr'. Voorhies took a _____ •pay-off’ was suggested to him. short trip and later they will make] THDAV’Q MARKPT^ ___ ! their home near Tunis. Mo., where they t IUUAI3 Ifl/VIMvC I D INTERESTING PROGRAM purchased a farm. | Chicago, 111. UNS>—HOGS. 14,500 in night. Miller is back in the line at Mpn accepted for other branches had need for steel production is rpoun ing 11, eg of address [orms usually are i center and Leon Marshall will go back; repcrted back for active duty at earlier month by month. More shipping was ^ L soldiers to relatives and friends I to tackle. Neese is scheduled to start |dates The men who left for Camp produced in the first six months (>F uron transfer to overseas duty. At present more than 20 million pieces of mail, exclusive of Christmas mail, are being sent overseas weekly. Of this amount 13 percent is improperly addressed. Sender' are cautioned bv the wa# berger as one of “three or four bad Guernsey and A. L Voorhees took place I and Co{tre{L ends, Tackenberg, ’ Bartlett Glenn D. Conrad, B'aine M. “Mc*# than six ships a cay now are places” in Des Moines. at Canton. Mo Oct. ll. 1943 with the i tackie> shirkey, guard and Shelley,1 Elmore charles E. Humphries, Del- going down the ways. A million ani a I bort L. Jordan, Delbert D. Loving, I Donald D. Rose. Samuel L. Royer. ! Robert H. Stevens and Estell S. Tompkins. AT CHURCH SUPPER MJSS 1M0GENE SIMMONS eluding 6.500 direct: moderately active i and steady; sows lo cents lower; good ^() ]^|ore Ail’ Raid Presbyterian church night supper and program was held Thursday night. After a very splendid meal, announce- MADDICT! DCTFNTl Y and ch01ce 190 and UD' 1440 t0 ITI AIxIVlLD htutn ILI i u 60; 150 tQ no lb5 13 50 t0 L4.15; good and chcice 300 to 550 lb. sows, 14.00 to, Practices In Iowa quite useless until official announce ments are issued afterward by the P»*r* ments were made regarding the coming ^lr. and Mrs. Ra’ph Sim in n ticipants. The only Miss Imogene Simmcx\s. daught r of i , _ ^ , J 14.JD. t - ar: CATTLE, 1.800; calves 800; fed steers There will be no more genera’ black- ! of Mrs. Lampe next Monday and the George Nixing of Chicago w re im. - ( ^ yearl;ngs s;eady t0 weak; steers out or ah ra;d pra- ic ex in Iowa. un- worthwhile suggestion! late motion picture on Alaska next Fri- riel Friday, Octob r 22. at South Mills. 13 -0 to 15 7-.' strictly good and choice less oidered directly by the a-my. R'h- which can be made is the rather ob-1 day evening. N. C. , !offerings 15 00 to 15.75; best heifers nev Q Selby, st'/e coordinator c moos one. namely: * Misses Virginia and Helen Van Bras- The bride wore a soldier blue coat. ^ ^ firm ^ sU?ady at 9:0o civilian defense, said Thun lay. Mr. Hull is primarily interested in sell followed with a very clever Hal- bat and clepe dress of the same color, j ^ ^ gtead tQ weak at Selby sa;d the new pc by is due to trade, not in military matters, and loween program in which the famous she is a graduate of the local high • ^ Russia will need goods of every char- bro0m rider fascinated the crowd with school and is w ll Known here. Mr. meter after the war. I successful guessing of answers. The Nudtng, in the U. coast guavrt is • ~ chotce Jcstern lambs, edness. Htc stat- air TOM wa nr , distributed favors with appropri- stationed at Ntrtolk. Va., where they • • ^ ^ ^ ^ half machine guns are being turned out every month. Seven thousand new-war planes ate assembled and put into flight mon1 lily . ... ; He declared that the army, navy and department that in addressing either maritime services are ‘‘calling for e- Packages or mail, they should copy quipment to speed up action on a'l Adless exar iv as given them bi the fighting fronts, and a total cf 15 m.i-lion toias cf scrap iron and steel are need d now to keep cur boys on the victory march.” V. F. W. AT IOWA CITY TO DROP ACTIVITIES soldier and with care that not one letter or figure in hi; address is emitted. GERMANS KNOW ALLIES HAVE THEM BEATEN I pith. Scotland f INS)- ,the decreasing danger of a!r rate’s ar I SHEEP. 15,000 including 8,000 direct; the advanced stag: of air raid prepar- POLITICS KILLED THE SAULS TAX and is likely to kill any important tax action before the next elec- witch ate fortunes to all present. have established their home a 323 An additional feature was moving Mowbray Arch, pictures of church families and activ tim, Congressmen just figure there is ities shown by Mr. William Walters. BUCKLEY PROPERTY ro advantage to be gained by identi- Many local people saw themselves inj tying themselves with a sales tax, < he j motion pictures for the first time. ate ministration and labor being against! system will be kept intact, bu ling tombs. 11.90; slaughter ewes. 4.75 operate wilt reucvd p, runnel an 6 j. any new drills will involve only : a "Estimated for Saturday; Cattle and f«** corps members. hogs, 500; sheep, 1,000. | ON LINCOLN SOLD LOCAL HOG MARKET (Krey Station) Wayne T. Garretson of the real e Market 10c higher. Top $14 00. 160 Ic wa Citv, la., UNS)—The Iowa po-t cf Veterans of Foreign Wars announced in a letter to the city council that it will terminate on Nov. I six will community activities in which it has engaged. The nest recently was involved in a dispute with the city council over renewal of its club beer permit. , HU,.- ft- ~ft“—-......— - J it' although many are agreed privately MOSCOW CONFERENCE and Robert Hannah, house salesman,1 lbs., $13.90 to $14.00; packing sows $13.- • ACCLAIMED SUCCESSFUL ^ the sale of the Mrs mf i.nu ii , Buckley prope: y on North Lr natl n (en war incomes. I — < House Ways and Means Chairman', Washington. D. C. —(INS)— Preri- street to Win. A. Luzaoder of - Douehtcn has accurd the republicans den' Roosevelt acclaimed today the port, la. The Buckley property is all of playing politics because they have'meeting at Moscow as a tremendous modern with a full basement. Mr and; bern again-, most tax proposals, but I success and revealed that general Mrs. madder purchased this property} his fellow democrats ar? no J agreements have been reached be- for home, and will move to Mt. _ the ' tween the United States, Great Brit- Pleasant about February 1st. The Ur-- • — • on the adders formerly lived in Mt. Pleasant ar. I wad for several years, he was a member of the city council. i he and less guilty. Indeed, so was treasury in making its rather political ain and the Soviet Union IM/po,-a1. Election time is too near for mutual prrseoution of he war tax realism. post-war policies. B njie 40 to $13.60. LOCAL MARKETS Eggs—39c Sweet Cream—52c. No. I cream—51c. No. 2 cream—50c. Heavy Hens—21c. Leghorn Hens—19c Heavy springs--23c Leghorn springs—20c Cox—16c. U. S. Warships Thrown Into Battle For Rome Algiers, North Africa - UNB' United S ates w arships have been throw . into the battle for R me and h iv heavily bombarded German sho e p i-tions at Gaela, 30 miles north cf N pl Gen. Dwight B E:senhower's quarters announced today. Both American cruisers ani ors participated in the bomba: Im ” ; ( Sut> ann - Th? Germans already know that the alite:, have them beaten and many pray tha* the war will end so en, exchanged Brit-:*h prisoners of war declared after their return o Britain from prison camps in the reich. Nearly 3 TOO Britons w re brought int” port in S?ot’»nd aboard the Empress of Pius?la ani the Swedish liner Drottningholm followirg an exchange at Gothen- Activities to be dropped, the letter with German repatriates fc the council said, include defraying burg sweden of expenses for county selective service, The freed formeT prisoners were and pa;ticipatlon in civilian defense glTpted at docks by cheering ccpxs, bond sales office, guards at city thmr?s and skirling bagpipes Ship airport and police bicycle project. s’rens screamed a deafening welcome. Th* group has a opeared before the Germans in ’he reich, already city council several times this fall to convinced that they have been de-peid. request renewal of its club beer permit, teated, face increasing privations daily An unsigned letter to the council al,d both their industrial and agri-asserted there was internal conflict in cultural output is failing, the repair!-led to "V. F. W. court ates said. of the Nazi fortifier ion and bur' I martial" of 12 members, w.thoir the gestapo, the repatriate* *lirimic hiin** the [T»mv co ctnl The group later withdrew Its applica- rep:rted. the civ.liaas of Germany communicattans...... ;cn fo, permit reneftftU. woald ca# a hftlt to the war tomrntw.

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