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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 30, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Furl OII I (new) until Jan. 3 Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Sugar 15, 16 expire October 31 Shoe Stamp IK good indefinitely TTTF: MT PLEASANT NEWS V ALU) RATION STAMPS C. D, E, F brown expire Ort. 30 O brown expires Dec, 4 X, Y. Z Blue stamps expire Nov. 20 Gasoline A No. 8 expires Nov. 21 VOL. LXXI, No. 231 'AII 'RDAY, OCTOBER .*10, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE (Distributed by King Feature® 8yn dilate, Inc, Reproduction In Pull o? to Part Strictly Prohibited ) WASHINGTON — Till: STRIKES, wage actions and eronomu- debates from tin- lith r and food subsidy fronts must <Mn wildly beyond the under-,standing of even a well informed news reader. In truth, some developments are devoid th-- full understanding of the participants who are splitting statists a! hairs and pulling political ones. The controlling forces behind the developments, however, can be set forth with an undeniable assurance which sh old enable readers to understand *h«- implications of current news. A real national economic crisis has arisen from the camoaign of labor leaders to break the lense economic bounds fixed by the administration on w ages and prices The unauthorized coal strike- the threatened railroad . trike and similar developments mu: t be traced to that labor initiative. T he seriousness* of the situation ap-S a ently s not fully understood Nor ha the nubile been informed of the depth of white house perplexity in trying to find compromise solution*. Soviets Pursue Routed Nazi Army Next Step In Mine Crisis Up To Lewis They’ll Do It Every Time - - - President Gives Him Chance To Settle Controversy Washington. I). C —‘ INK President Roosevelt put the next move in the coal .strike crisis up to mini chief John L Lewis today, warning that the government wa.- prepared to take ‘'deceive action" to keen oroduction going if the miners failed to do so. The President gave the UMW leader (ne last chance to settle the prolonged wage controversy that has nearly 100 000 m.ners idle now and apparent- J ly will bring a fourth wartime walkout at midnight tomorrow, Mr. Roosevelt -aid he would with-i hold action until Lewi-, mer • w ith j the Union's 200-man policy commit -| tee Monday and ha- an opportui.il; to decide between acceptance and rejection of the War Labor Board': wage proposals for the coal industry. "I am confident that* When the patriotic American miners realize the sub tantial increase in t(i.<'t.*s the Two Girls Walking On Road Killed Were In Party of I our Return int; From Halloween Party Surire Ahe^d 8 to 18 Mile Des Mo;nr , la. —'INS'- Two 15-vear-old girls were dead and two other school girls in a hospital today after an automobile struck down the four cf a group of a half dozen walking home from a Halloween party at Woodside school aj the north edge of De Moines last night. The dead, both of Des Moines, are Evelyn Murray and Betty Maier. Pc k County Coroner A. E. Shaw .aid the driver of the automobile was 16-year-c!d Ivan Harris of Elkhart, Iowa, who was driving to Des Moines 1 after attending another school fiarty. Authorities quoted Hairis as saying i he had been blinded by light of ariot lur automobil" The two injured girls are Zetha Brainerd. 14 and Naomi Anderson, IS, both of Des Moines. Their injuries are believed not serious. Now Within 23 Miles of Crimea Board's proposal offers them they 'TIII. Will 11. HOI SD PLAN, how- will not reject 'lie opportunity to >e-ever, i„ clearly discernible between re- cure the contract,” said the Prexi-cent development *. The Vinson, de- dent rh ion against a lull eight cents an “But if I am mi-taken and the min-hour rail mu'-a >- I > non-op*: ding ,.r, do not accept the Bofid’r propos-employes arid the a aa labor board al® I rhall take decisive action to see spilt deus.on <7 to 5) in the Illinois that coal is mined ’ coal contra t granting a po. able HO At the same time solid fuel’s ad* a w*>k fa i ‘ show the adm mist ration ministrator, Harold Itfefs* prepared is ready to bend, if not officially the nation for the strike emergencies break the filings of toe little steel by "freezing” supplies of coal on hand formula. at ail mine- for speedy distribution in But it obviously wants to hold down the event of local shortages or a sud-the break to a point that ♦ill not a- den cold wave. gun lh now pieces into an*, higher -------- inflationary ground than necessary. At the same time, its talented mobilizer Jimmy Byrnes is softshoeing his way around inside congress try- _ ing to get some arrangement for j The American community will be continuance of the Commodity Credit on trta; ;n the second session of the s^onds Panthers Nip New London Marriage License Issued MEN GOTO CAMP DODGE Defeat New Londoners Second Time This Season A marriage license was issued at the courthouse today to Russell Harrison Helm, 40. Emerson, and Henrietta Marie Whittaker. 36, Mi. Pleasant. Group Leaves By Bus This Morning Early Some 1,200 to 1,600 Henry Moscow. Russia -—(OIB)— A strong Russian drive across the Nogais Steppe pinned German forces against the lower Dnieper River fcr GO miles and surged within 25 miles of the entrance to Crimea today. Soviet forces pursuing the routed Nazi army along the southern-most end of the 1800 mile front advanced from 8 to 18 rn.'.es and occupied more than 80 additional towns. Elsewhere on the southern Ukraine battlefield the fleeing Gel man armies were unable to offer effective resistance with the result that a 4 to G mile Soviet advance was scored southeast »of captured Dnepropetrovsk where 20 more localities were liberated. Much nazi war equipment still In working condition and many prisoners were seized as the Red Army surged through the Dnieper bend (The London Daily Telegram quoting Stockholm dispatches said private sources in Berlin estimated that the County F armers ' Russian advance in the Dnieper bend already has netted at least 100,000 'German prisoners.) county Should Apply Early For Milk Subsidy Many Henry Eligible For C hecks using a compact line and A group of Henry county men left farmers and dairymen may be eligible early this morning for Camp Dodge f°r payments in the milk * London was using a compact line and wherp ?hf . will uncjergo their final subsidy which will be made in Novem- M pte^t h h deb Ped N» v| fom'd the Pantbers :,'s0rt to end physical exam* under Selective Ser- ber from the local AAA office for the London tin ' .-.md ’mo Mu- e; n on ruI for mA ' 01 the5: «ams' iv.ee and will be inducted if they pass. ™ilk. cream and butter sold in Octo- Friday evening under the lights at M Pleasant fi st touchdown came The firsl 13 in the group are fathers. u'r New London to d The defeat of the in The second period when Clawson ( The men leaving on the bus at tao east county team was by a 19 to * went through led tackle tor six yards.! a m.: score, somewhat more impre jive than * -naif end* . 6 to 0, , Wesley Clarence Pet* rson AMERICAN COMMUNITY WILL BE ON TRIAL Corpora’ion food subsidies winch will High Court of Christian Living, at make the consumer and wage earner lbe pjrst BaDtist church. Sunday think price- ar*- not as high as they evening October 31st at 7 30 p. rn. are. by making the treasury stand The sildictment is: The American some of the increase community has faired to *1) give In short, the white house method youth opportunity and training in ts to qotnjKomise at whatever ne- democracy, <2* to provide youth prop-got lab.e point it can find. rn order to er environment and recreation stave off anomer general wage and por the prosecution, O T. Wilson price increase Weeks will be required Will serve as attorney and Norma Jean; to work ii out, if it can be worked Marvin Long will be the attorney and out. and the effectiveness of the re- witnesses will be Margaret Harmtson1 the 7 to 6 defeat handed the Tigers In the third quarter. Clawson went ; in the opening fray of the year. around the end for 20 yards to score j * Touchdowns in the second, third and then carried for the extra point.) •and fourth quarters appl the addition- At the start of the fourth period, aj ai point after 'he one in the third flat pass to Breazeale in the end zone; accounted for the Mt Pleasant scar- accounted for the Panthers- final I ing. New London scored in ’he last score. I (filarter again t ’he M* Pleasant Coach Free! Ekstrand used the, I starting lineup announced FridayJ In the owning period. Mt. Plea - but uhs muled frequently in the f in- ant. moved up to tile New London a1 quarter. A total of 21 Mt. Pleas- two yard line and stuck there. New ant men saw ac*ion in the game. | Here's a Little Halloween Tale To Show Why Adolf Must Fail Virgil Howard Bonser George Wesley Moorhead Andrew Howard Tschantz Harold Joseph Greer Stanley Van Dyke Swan Gaylord Wending Abbott Millard H Schlatter Raymond Howard Krif ler Lee Edward Welcher Caro! Roosevelt Reed Clarence Lee Cornwell Samuel Roosevelt Ewart Bernard March Nelson Robert Ewing Renshaw 'Trans Phoenix, Ariz > The AAA officials here are at a loss to know how many farmers will be j eligible and will make application for the payments. There are some 2.000 , farmers in the county and while not nearly all sell milk, butter or cream, several hundred of them do. The number is high enough, it appears certain. that the AAA office will have a big task ahead in figuring the amounts to be received by each individual. > For that reason, all persons who are making application for payment should do so as early in November as possible. Presentation of the sales ticket is evidence of the sale and is t0 the basis for figuring the subsidy. The suits cannot even be guessed. and Marjorie Moore. Louise Messer | will act as clerk and Gilbert Messer ’ as Bailiff. \ Rev. lf C. Carstensen a ill preside as judge. IT WAS BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 41 WEARING THE MASK OF AUILA THE HUN, ADOLF THE PIRATE AND HIS ALL-OUT BLITZ . HAD FRIGHTENED THE WORLD HALF OUT OF ITS WITS. ^ Americans Capture ‘Hinge’ Town Algiers. North Africa —(INS-)— Hard fighting American troops unhinged the new German defense line n cential Italy today by capturing the town of Mondragone, western anchorage on the shore of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mrs. J. Iv. Condon Taken Bv Death TIII, ( KISl> ha- war and political aspects as well as economic significance. ; Goal production already has broken down to the point where suffering in many localities can be expected this winter. Production initiative was dis- ( turbed long before the recent crisis by J the fact that son., and friends of min- | Buddv P„pp:es will be of- j ers were able to find other war work F. W. Will Sell Poppies Nov. 6 paying higher wages. Then, also the railroad brotherhoods are a powerful group, which usually gets what it wants. A rad strike obviously cannot be allowed in view of war necessity, even if it Is voted. The rest of union leadership obviously is holding back to see how these two vanguards come out, before bringing forward again their pressure for a general wage increase. All this agitation is, of course, being used by Byrnes to frighten congress into a compromise on a food subsidy, but apparently without much effect. Even if Mr. Roosevelt’s compromise plan is successful, it probably will lead fered for sale on the streets of Mt. Pleasant Saturday, November 6. when , members of the Post auxiliary will i present their 22nd annual appeal in j behalf ol service and ex-service men » and their dependents. A certain percent of this popp'. J fund goes for the maintainance of , the V. F W* national home for | widows and orphans of ex-service , men at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Another 1 percent goes to the disabled veterans ! in government hospitals who make j these poppies and a large percent is . used for local welfare work among | the veterans here. And this year for j the second time the Buddy Poppy fund will be used for welfare activ- 1 checks will then be drawn in the local Walter W Dinsmore (Trans, from AAA offioe and wlU be mailed to the Spencer, Iowa.* producers. Ronald Newt Williams (Trans, from In ^ emphasis to get the appli- Ft. Madison. Iowa.) cations in early, it is pointed out Walter Thompson Howe (Trans, to that persons, who sell on routes do Naugatuck. Conn. ■ r0^ receive their sales reports until Jack Merritt Lear about the middle of the month, they Ivan Merel Hunter obviously cannot report until that Thomas Harold E Bollinger time.. Keith Everson Kongable , The basis of payment of the sub- David Griffin Cochran 1 is 30 cents a hundred pounds in Walter Raymond Craig (Going on terms of fluid milk, or four cents a Special Order with group.) pound for butterfat. While October --- payments are to be made immediately AW ADH rnWTD A PT :md aPPlicimons must be m durmB A WAKI) LUN I KAL I November, the payments for Novem- New London — Mrs. J. L. Condon died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Justice Piper, in New London. at 10:45 p. rn. Friday. Funeral service will be held at the Presbyteiian church at 2 p. rn Monday. Rev. W J. Mitchell of Keokuk, former pastor of the church, will officiate He w 111 be assisted bv Rev. J J. Britten, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Burge cemetery. The body is at the Elliott chapel where it will remain until time for the service. Maria Agnes Condon, daughter of Mariana Jane Huggins Condon and David D. Brodie, was born April 26, 1863. at Bellville. Canada. With her parents she came to the United States when a small girl. She was married i‘o J L. Condon. December 7. 1882, at Mt. Union, la. They retired from the farm and moved to New London 31 years ago. Mr. Condon preceded her in death January 9. 1S36. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO THE NORTHERN SEA HE HAD ENSLAVED MEN WHO HAD ONCE BEEN FREE, FETTERED THE FRENCH AND THE POLES AND THE CZECHS, TURNED PEACEFUL NATIONS INTO BURNED-OUT WRECKS SAVAGELY PROUD OF HIS RECORD OF SHAME, NOW ADO LF THE AWFUL SOUGHT BIGGER GAME AND BETTER lOOT-SO HE SET OUT TO SCARE HIS FRIENDLY BIG NEIGHBOR OLD JOE THE BEAR v; FOR BURI INfiTON WORK antl December will be made in [ ^ following children .survive Dav-rui\ DUIxLIllVJ IV/Ix WUIWY . id Fluke Condon. Rochester, Mich. I Florence Ruth Condon and Mrs. January. WEDDING AT NASHUA ... , ... ities among men in active military the nation into higher inflationary s service ground, but apparently he hopes the, ‘ ‘ ' . , I The motto is ground will be beclouded so as not to,, . > by helping the living.’ scare anyone. Also, such negotiates tim’ We honor the dead Program at West Highland i egot iatefl (* ° ' ” I decisions must be temporary-Both labor leaders and farm leaders, apparently justify their existence by I - planned successive campaigns to in- There will be a program at West; crease wage and conditions without i Highland school Tuesday, November end. Their organizational set-ups are 2 at 8 p rn. Everyone welcome, such that they cannot afford to take Carolyn Collins, teacher. I a national economic viewpoint—or accept one which conflicts with theirs. | Chicago, 111. —tINS»— The Federal I Fublic Housing authorities announced FYE AND CALDWELL j the award of a $35,889 contract to I Carl A. Nelson and Co. of Burlington, ! Iowa for construction of sidewalk*, | street reyaiis and other improvements 'in connect.on with two war housing Miss Frances Fye, daughter of Mr. I George Fye and Carleton Caldwell. son of Mrs. E J. Caldwell, were uni-(projects in that city, construction is (ed marrlage at noon Sunday, qc- .Esther Piper of New London, James A. Cendon, Chica so and Mrs. Mary Arnold, Ames. One daughter, Margaret, preceded her in death February 28, } 1937 Also surviving are a sister. Mrs. A C. Summers of New London, fifteen grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. scheduled to begin Monday. ‘Little Brown Church" TODAY’S MARKETS bigger and better bait. An overall, arbitrary freezing of CHUCKLING, HE CHASED JOE FAR INTO HIS LAIR WHEN-ALL Of A SUDDEN-THE FLEEING BEAR TURNED, A FIGHTING BRUIN SHARP OF TOOTH AND CLAW, WITH A KNOCKOUT PUNCH IN EACH HEFTY PAW JOE UP AND SOCKED HIM, CHAWED HIM AND SMACKED HIM, CUT HIM AND BUTT HIM, CLAWED HIM AND WHACKED HIM 'TILL ADOLF THE AWFUL TURNED TAIL AND RAN CLAIMING. TWAS OF COURSE, ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN tober ai in the f : at Nashua. la. j The couple was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Moul of Wayland. Chicago. 111. —(INS)— HOGS: 6.- sister and brother-in-law of the bride. 0C I. market ,'iominallj steady; top The couple went on a short trip to 14 80; bulk 14 25 to 14.55; heavies 14.- Chicago after which they will be at 25 to 14.60. home at 209 S. Locust St., Mt. Pieas- CATTLE: 1.100; steady, calves 200; ant. steady, beef steers, good, 15.00 to 16.- :- OO; common, 13.00 to 15.00; yearlings 12.00 to 16.00. SHEEP: 2800; steady, mediums 13.-00 to 14 25; yearlings 10.50; ewes 5.00 to 6.25; feeders 12 00 to 13 00. SCHOOL REPRESENTED AT STATE CONVENTION The Mt. Pleasant pubhc school faculty as a whole will not attend the state teachers convention in Des Moines next week and school will be J held as usual. Suot. C A Cottrell. |c. A. Morgan, principal. Miss Mabel j Walker, delegare and George Stanley. principal of Junior High, will attend Supt. Cottrell is on the executive Des Moines. Iowa — County quotas commitfee cf fhe a 1 a i n for | LOC AL HOG MARKET (Krey. Station) in the Iowa dtive for 1.351 WAG* wert J southeastern Iowa and is also -ecre- j Market 10c higher. Top $14 00. 16) announced today by Governor Bourkelfary °f soiltheal.ern Iowa de- i to 180 lbs.. $13 40 to $13 83; 190 to 303 B. Hickenlooper. 'clamatory association which will have ! lbs., $13 90 to $14.00; packing sows $13.- T|,P quota for Henry county is IO ’ » meeting in conjunction with the COUNTY QUOTA IN W. A. C. DRIVE IS IO NOR HAVE THEY OVERLOOKED both prices and wages at the outset of the fact that a critical presidential I this war (as Baruch demanded) ( election is in the offing next year.(might have obviated the existing dif-jhaying recently modified their na- j ficulties. But with a policy of nego-tional political pledges at their con- tiation and adjustment having preventions to the point of practically ceeded as far as it has, no one seems inviting the President to fish for their to be able even to suggest a wholly votes if he wants them—and to use satisfactory or guaranteed solution. WITH STAR WINGED GOBLINS ALL OVER HIS SKY, ONCE SCARY ADOLF'S A MIGHTY 5CARED GUY, BEWITCHED AND BEDEVILED BY ALLIED HOSTS CONVERTING HIS NAZI HORDES INTO GHOSTS. 40 to $13.60. LOI AL MARKETS Eggs—39c ; Sweet Cream—52c. No. I cream—51c. No. 2 cream—50c. Heavj Hens 21c Leghorn Hens- 19c Heavy springs 23c Leghorn springs- 20c Cox- 16c. Governor Hickenlooper urged Iow-jstate convention ans to put Iowa "on the map" In the; current campaign by not only meeting REPORT UNIVERSITIES .tie quota, but exceeding it. , AND COLLEGES CLOSED Niece Dies Santiago, Chile —(-INS- The Ar gentine government has cb ed ail uni-Mr W H. Jericho has received word -versifies ami colleges in Buenos Aires of the death of his niece, Mrs. Maude because of continued ac* n| m<»n-C inner Caldwell, of Huston. Texas, Stratton* agamist the government, of-a;.ri formerly of New London. ficials in Santiago said today.

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