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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 9, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Gasoline No. 7 Expires Sept. 21 Fuel t)il 5 - - Until Sept. 30 Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 THE BIT PLEASANT NEWS VAI.IO RATION STAMPS R. S, T B»ue Stamps expire Sept. 20 t\ V, W Blue stamps expire Oet. 20 X. Y. Z rrri stamps expire Oct. 2 Shoe Stamp 18 expires Oct. 31 VOL. LXXI, No. 211Till RSI)AY, SEPT. 9, 1943 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE By PaulMallon Becomes Great Battleground iLnsinouted by King Features 8yn- j dlcate, Inc , Reproduction in Puli or ji Part Strictly Prohibited.)_ WASHINGTON — AFTER AI L THE HAFI’V I*I HI M I I Y about tie tax “fotgienacted bv congress last spring, the taxpayers’ awakening Ls at hand T.rst jolt to -hake him into a rep.i-fen* ton of the hidden back-tax increases which were enacted under the label cl “foigiv< ness,” confronts him in the revivd return which man’, must file Sr ptmber 15. N t much has been written on *he , becau e. frankly, no one un-rls it thoroughly. Th‘s trans-rheme Large Croup Leaves For Camp Dodge One of Largest To Go From Henry County They’ll Do It Every Time - - - A large group of H^nry county men ’eft this morning to go to Camp Dodge for their final physical examination-':, after which the men will be inducted srho some branch of *he armed service, if they pass the examinations. The group even though the quota was not entirely filled, was one of the* put through hurriedly largest *o go from the county. William linn mar. Doughton of the Hr;u-° and M* ans commit *ee to beat ,n Ruml plan, and he did not s varying eff<cts on vary- «• bp c erst ition t y C Way the f unders ar ing taxpayers. The 'i e usury now has ct me for ward with t • m - * comp icated legal phrasing in the in* « perplex rig form with which an in* ividual has ever been confront'd even in these days of complicated forms Roth congress and the treasury, therefore, seem about equally responsible fo. the mass civilian hair tearing row st ti ing and to continue for a xear or so. Till ( I KRJ.VT RETURN rrq jired cpiy from those with incomes of $52 a week < and $67 man r e The average family i,<* succeeded in gaining an irr:* « <•<! income over last year. Therefore each of its members will have t pay m the coming September 15 and December 15 tax lnuallmen’s the * nLre tax met e.i .<• of this whole year ov er las?, year. Not merely will they increase theii pavmrn\> in accordance with current higher salaries .to a pay-as-you-go basis, as rnf»t people apprised, but they win have to pay the whole year’s tax increase :n the last four months of the vear Not *'nly that, but next March 15, thev will have to star- paying another Increase in the amount of 25 percent of their taxes for the ‘forgiven" year, either HH2 or 1943. above and beyond the u. uai taxes they will have to pay then And not only that, but ‘he taxpayer will find in his September 15 form that a five percent victory tax on his whole income minus expenses has been in effect since January 1. and he must pav this increase retroactively if he hft* not been paung it in withholding.* So the misunderstood “forgiveness” actually hides three increases in taxes due. Alvine was the leader of the rm n. They are: Milton A R Hderer L< . G* orge Bird Earl Clifford Morrow Virgil Doyce Pear Charles Edward Cook Charh Frank Manning w] >hn Oliver Kephart Rober Raymond W ! -on Frank Richard Collins Paul William Lowe I/mis Kenneth Ingwer.srn Benjamm Fiank’in Ro’h Charles FJdgar Shaffner Wilbur Eugene Bouge Harold James Dorothy. (Transfers from Ft Madi on Board). Ravmcrd Leslie Bon.r Marshall William Webb Ma< on Wi cat' Putter If irold Dale K< rr William Daniel Alvine John Arnold Perrenoud Austin H Heaton Paul Edward Heater Warren Eugene Rauscher Be gene Earl M Keshan Merri” Keith Wandling Kenneth Holden Richard”Elven Palm L' rra n DeSpain Herert Dean Mailtry Wayne Wendell Moore Darrel Wayne Donnolly Lester Leland Cook P bert John Kobs Charles Robert E cher Harold Ross Coghlan Orval Eugene Zickefoo-e Orval Da '• Dickev •Rober- Charles Tribby William D. Tr bbv Max Darrel Gorham Keith Darrel Gnnstead Louis Harvey L'-ng Charles Thomas King Melvin Wayne Scarff Harold Lloyd Schube:t Junior F Pidgeon Ronald Francs Shumaker J imes Max Arbogast Rcbert Edwin Thornton Dick Wheeler Lauer Dale Wilbur Kennedy Donald Merle Martin Robert Dean Lee Wayne Eug'ne Dohrman Elbert Duane Cornick Melbourne Wil iam Conn Eugene Vincent Rod:u k Harold Lloyd Wagner Merle Guy Ball Raymond Lester Griest Bur SHE WAITS until a guy is BUSIER THAN A PiCNlC ANT TO START HER QUIZ PROGRAM —- T-4ui/n/* Ter JOHN G I/AlNAZ, LOS AnGElES, CALIF CHEE \ EE-L-E-R ' / DR.GOOGLER! f DOBBlE O-CHEE-VAT ? VOU MEANING TO SAV fS NO DR GOOGLER IN OS BUILDINK? VAT BUILD siK ISS DiS 7VAT? DIDN T VOU TELL ME BEFORE 7 HANH? “"“SS-ta. 8 Bridgeheads Marks Opening of Rond Drive And Air Raid Test 1 I Sirens and whut.es sounded in Mt Pleasant at the noun hour today signalling the first daylight air raid aler test in this community and also the .start of the September war bond drive. The alert here was a part of the sta’e-wide double-duty alarm. i The principle observance in a day-lighr air raid test is the charing of Established on Italian Coast Americans Make Successful Landing Allied Headquarters in North Africa — (INS)— Surrendered Italy wa^ transformed into a giant ba tleground today when American and Brit sh ‘rorps streets. All person* are advised to b*>, landed .successfully at Naples and other (ff the streets and traffic is expected \ forces opened a new bridgehead at San to come to a complete stop at the sec-jEusemia in the north of the Calabrian end Whistle. peninsula A few hours after General Dwight D Eisenhower announced that the United States 5th army and Bri'ish forces under Lieut. General Mark W. Clark War Briefs London, England (INS’-Nazi police swept ashore at Naples, a naval com- have cordoned off the Italian embassy munique disclosed the new landing a* in Berlin and all leading Italian per- San Eusemia. sonalities have been taken to police Thus three bridgeheads have be=n headquarters, the German radio said established for an eventual drive a- todav. gainst Rome. Bond Quotas For Townships are Announced An Open Letter To Every American In Henrv Countv; This Means You -7 / Farmers Urged To “Back The Attack” __, The allies are now at Naples and are The Germ in radio asserted today in pushing steadily through the south - a broadcast recorded by Reuters that west tip of Calabria. Switzerland had ordered Swiss troops* Face Entrapment io man all the country’s frontiers. i With the allies in Naples. German __'troops in sou’hern Italy are faced with Foreign reports quoted by London entrapment un’ess they speed up their newspapers todav said that paratroops withdrawal. are spearheading allied landings at1 The landing on the Gulf of San numerous {joints in the heart of Italy Eusemia represented a leap-frog __move by the British 8th army. This amphibious operation overcame Light Frost In Scattered Spots Till LITTLE FELLOW making less than $52 a week (single) will find all this ou? next December 15 or March 15 when he will be put through the painful transition mill into “pay-as-vou-g').” Hu predicament in ’he {ac( cf these increases _s not generally understood eiher. A $50-a-week government employe, not unlike other average civilian workers, is new required to pay a 20 percent withholding tax, a 10 percent or 20 percent purchase oi government bonds, and a 5 percent retirement— which means he never sees 35 to 45 percent of his salary. He must live on 55 to 65 percent of the money he makes in this time oi unprecedented cost of _ living. Des Moines, Iowa < INS '—Light frost ]t is doubtful that, he or any otner tourhe(j scattered spots at Iowa Falls, taxpayer accurately can figure out the las(. ancj tile state’s low of 34 complexities oi his individual tax ^egi-ees was reported at Onawa and problem which I have outlined only in p)es Moines weather bureau today its u most simplest effect'. I do not be- issU{,d thc following frost w-arning. lieve President Roosevelt c uld accui- -Light frost is probable in exposed ately fill out one of these blanks places in northwest and north central Icwa tonight.” The weather bureau said that the Onawa report of 34 degrees made no mention of frost; Cooler weather and low wind velocity conditions are necessary for frost, it was explained. However, other renorts of scattered light frpst are anticipated when mail reports are received. In the absen chairman who t=»s in the Ser were announce j chairman, at , Woikers mt * .held at the V Tuesday nigh-j Baltimore Canaan ... j Center ... Jackson Jefferson Marion New Lor Salem Scott Tippeca Trenton Wayne The sits ‘Back fitting ir progress a lot of must ret has com several Acc< * reau th* Henry ( The t • ed over estimat* to a to’ t4mes ‘ “We f H. V. Bakt r, rural .11 the township quo-:nb(»r war bond drive by E. A Hav-y county he Rural Township .rig for Henry county Pleasant high school .....$19,550 , 53,250 ............ 39.150 .............. 32.650 ............. 47,150 ............. 47.700 ............... 38,300 ............... 29.200 ............... 49.300 ............. 28.450 ............... 25 .100 ............... 59,250 for the September drive Attack”. This is quite w of the present rapid :ie war. While thi- is iey for this campaign we that the farm income tremendously in the past Dear Bond Purchaser: During the past eighteen months d°- Thi.s letter i.s important to you, to us,’posits in Henry county other than pub- our government, and to thr* men in .;r funds have increased $1,669.00) _ ■ h< armed service. The war has ad- ' This entire incre-e in bank deposits, A veritable state of war exists bc- vanced so much faster than our gov- has been since Pearl Harbor and while tween Italy and Germany in northern the handicap of enemy demolitions, eminent thought possible that it is War Bonds were for sale. Bonds have jtajy a Berne dispatch to the Stock-, German opposi'i'tfi at San EusemU ncee -ar. to raise additional funri^ b<*en devised to suit every type of in-1 holm newspaper Tidnigen said today, {featured by coastal shelling was not during the mon’h of September. This vestor. The many bond workers or j _ expected. is g ang to be known as the Third any of the Issuing agencies will be glad j -phe nJZj news agency DNB report-1 In the past the enemy has been able War Loan to explain which bond i* best suited1 ed today that Italian troops in Bel- to hold open escape corridors and the Our quota for Henry county during (to your needs ! grade, capital of Yugoslavia,” laid same tactics will be tried again but this month is $705,000 The quota for The following figures are of partio- down lhejr arms without incident. the allies are bringing povirful forces Mr Pleasant is $205,000, This Ls the ular interest to the farmers. In 1939; - to bear eVbttWhere in an effort to shat- Drgest amount that has been assign- the firm income in Henry county was Germany endeavored today to keep ter he German stand and depiive the ed to us for cne month and it is go- $4,102,943 The estimated income fe>r1 Italian armed forces in battle against enemy of the initiative. ing to take cooperation from every Henry county farmers for 1943 is! the allies with a declaration that a( to the U. S. Census Bu-arm income for 1939 for tv amounted to $4,102,943 ed income for 19>11 increas-to a total of $6,228,471 The income for 1943 has raised »f $12,062,652 or nearly three farm income of 1939. only asking for a fraction onpy to be invested by the Parachute l andings person If you have not already ful- $12,062,652 This increase in farm in-1 new -national fascist government” had j (Editor’s Note Axis broadcasts filled your pledge for 1943 please do come is directly due to the increased ]rjeen established in the name of form- meanwhile reported unconfirmed aJied so in September and wherever possi- d-mand for farm products along with er-premier Benito Mussolini which parachute landings at various points tic increase this pledge by at least increased prices directly due to the would fight to avenge "traitors” who "in the heart of Italy and spoke Oi fifty percent. w’ar. ; agreed to unconditional surrender. heavy British naval concentrations off We know that you will "Back the The government is asking that a good-; _ Genoa. Landings at Sardinia also wer : Attack ” with purchases of bonds to ly share of the increased farm income1 American and British bombing planes reported by Berlin. A DNB bioadcas. the utmost of your ability. This is our be directly invested in War Bonds, j ravaged northern France in almost claimed tne landings in the Naples p3rt and we know that you will not During the past five year period the unprecedented strength today while area had been localized and ad .ei fail to do your share. Our men in the total farm income in Henry county has combined army and navy amphibious ‘ the British and Ameiicat ' suffered aimed forces are giving everything, been approximately $37,000,000 Over exercises were in progress at channel unusually high casualties. Fighting is At the request of our government, a half of this figure is directly due to pGrts. still in progress. ) complete house o house canvass is the war and the War Loan. Surely being made of the entire county. Give everyone can see in this fact a red the woikers your unlimited support reason for putting a lot of that mon-and cooperation and let’s see Henry, ey back into War Bends, which after ( cc unty go over the top. Be sure to all are onlv a loan. You are not giv- buv your bonds in Henry county other- ing away one rrnny. You received — ’ -- wise Henry county wdll not be given about $20,000,000 without any effort olds. Iowa — Mrs. Iva Lines, 66, Des Moines, Iowa (H*B>—Chie credit for your purchases. i or ingenuity on your part. cited at 2 a. m. Thursday, at the home W. Nebergall of the Iowa Bureau o Issuing agencies include all banks Gur government has helped many a 0f her daughter, Mrs. John H Huston. Investigation said toda> that 46 vear Mrs. Iva Lines Gardener Accused Taken By Death on Statutory (harge R post offices. Building and Loan. Na- farmer and home owner tc buy the jr she suffered a stroke and died im- old Roy Wolver, gardener at the N c -ional Farm Loan Associatio n, and the place he calls his own home. By mediately. ‘ ellville State Training school for ^gir s Froducticn Credit Association. The granting long term loans many have Surviving are her daughter and h3* waived pieliminaiv hearing on United States of America ‘hrough the been ?ble to keep a place they could three sons. Mrs. Huston, Ivan Lines, statutory charge involving a gi, * in Treasury Department is raising the call their very own That same gov- with the U. S. forces somewhere in mate. stupendous loan of $15.000 000.000 from ernment is asking you to loan to it Austialia, Guy Lines of Des Moines, Nebergall said a chatge its citizens to prosecute a war to end 1 <r.cme of the money you were ablr to and Dale Lines of Cedar Rapids. Two Polk county municipal cour wcild wide piracy. Never have the make because of its paternal interest brothers also survive, Orval Niha^’t investigation requested American people failed their govern-; in the welfare of each citizen. Our ancj Omar Nihart both of Burlington by school guthoiit.es ment and they will no- fail it now, boys in the army and navy, in the shf* was preceded in death by her board of control. of and filed in t followed his office the state YET TIIE FORM ORDERS a six percent penalty tax on anyone who makes .in error of more than 29 percent-even though he can escape no tax by this error because he must settle i-p on a final specific return later. If his line is applied on September 15 returns, it would prevent a man from doing any extraoidinaiy business from npw until the end of the year. F-could not sell his house or liquidat of that _______ ____ ___^ ___ __ ____ _____ _____ _____ ___ farmc: iong with the general public We must all realize that such a marine corps and air corps, in the husband twelve years ago. i Last mon’h, Nebeigall »«»!d. a rou durin. *- ptember. Mr. Hayes said.. sum cannot be loaned unless every- coast guard, and our merchant mar- ( Funeral service will be held at 2 p. tine physical ex miination had revea •‘Each lividual sh0Ui£ figure i. ou-; or;C with idle money will put a sub- ines as w'ell as the girls in ail branches m Saturday at the Old Stone church pd that a 16-veai-old-nunate wa> Pte^> for hu ’’if and put even doilai illt 0 j staiitial part of it to work in the form of the services are giving a splendid at Sperry. Iowa. Burial will be in the nant. Nebergall said ..a, Wolver wo war l> is during September. that hejQf bQnds fQr thc war purposes. No j account of themselves on all battle npnrhv t is mariied and resides in Mltchel.v e can pc (bly spare." Th* ownship chairmen for Henry cour. >re as follows: Be nore—Frank Walz C:t >n—John Lauer Cs; r—Lester Schuerman jai on—Marvin Hunting jt: i son—Alfred Keith M • >n—Arthur Anderson N» London -Charles Strothman s m—Bernard Wallingford S ’t— Carn Kneen I ecanoe Arthur Peterson ! nton—Everett Scarff W ne—Vincent Linde en 1 h township has a number of workers who are seeing their neighbors in he next several days to complete war purposes. No account of themselves on all battle cemetery nearby, longer can the enormous expenses of fronts throughout the world. We are this World War be obtained from a proud of the record they are making small percent of current income. Of but in spite of our recent successes we pi C J we should continue to use as must not permit over-confidence nor a i illllgCS rOrward course^ large a per cent of current income as j hope of a complete final victory in Moscow Russia , INS)_Cheered by possible for the doubl* purpose of sup- the immediate future cause us to let- premicr Marshal joseph Stalin’s order plying the government with funds and up one bit. In the words of a famous fighting inflation by placing $15,000,- American, We have just begun to jOCO.OOO in the hands of the govern- j fight.” Henry countv must go over i ment in one lumn sum. This means j the top in September. Are you going that capital fund must be loaned, or to do your part? “Bark the Attack in other words a substantial part of with War Bonds." capital wealth of ?he Nation represent-s E A. HAYES, ed by present idle money or bank de- County Churman posits. * War Finance committee. was in charge *>f a groun of gill inmates assigned to do g’rdening work Wolver waived to the Poik county grand jury and bail bond set at $5,000, Nebergall said. Wolver remained in jail. Allied Troops Making It represents an investment in the future cf Ameri< * and one’s attitude Divorce Action t>x pioblem for t!-e next year ^ plpf|gc campaign fol lhl. third »ar toward the loan drive will be a pretty J U/Wli 1’lni'l- 'Xpert advice. Many employe s September. There w.ll hls na„„,tism * 110(1 WIIIl I ICI K definite measure of his patriotism. Workers are being called upon not cnlv to subscribe ‘heir full share of the face his witbo t expc investments at a profit throwing Ma arp furnishing tax lawyers to help cm- m„r m niral worker, throughout the income out more than 20 percent with- „loyes with their returns, but the aver- Each Qn(, hM a number c; out paying ano her tax increase of 6 age man will have -o hue a tax lawyer* per cent. cr consult an internal revenue bureau (Expert* say the trea ury will not be agent available on’y in the larger el -harsh about accuiacy in the Septeni- jes (this is free). her 15 returns, but will apply the pen- Even if the regu’ations we e no alty if the taxpayer dees not correct written in impenetrable legal verb ag*. his September errors in his December the confusions between this and la f effort return In that case, extraordinary year, withholding, victory tax. payment ' ‘ lngL P 01 ' i . us ne s would be frozen only for the of back Increases and 25 percent of, To <* h™” *“ thls ** Second Lieut Korv. who recently she advanced w .,<to purchase o. UH two week- of December ' the -forgiveness- year, make the simp- ln »*»' Mnse * oontrtoution. m .completed his officers' training, has ar- property and also or her share in ,h- 1 ' ' _ legt case too complicated for average 1 oncl is secuied by the Gcvernnient cf rived here to be on the staff of the de- property. The couple was married Sep of the day h tiling liberation of Stalino and the entire Donets basin from German control, the red army plunged Satisfactory PrOgreSS torwrard for new gains today on all Washington D C < INS’—Secretary fronts from the Smolensk area to the of War gtimson today announced that Sea of Azov. allied troops including the units of the - American 5th army are making satis- U S Subs Sink factory’ progress in their invasion of ma * , c, • the Italian mainland m the neighbor- More Jap Ships _ hood of Naples Washington, D V. <INS)—The navy stnnson told a news r^nference thar announced Uxiay that United States the invasion forces all under the com-submannes in far eastern waters have mand of American Lieut General Mark sunk six more Jap merchant ships in w Clark are in contact with the Oer- Anice Larson has filed a suit for di-U series of blows against enemv sup‘ man tro°P* anri have c,ptured s’me people to see so that if the individual(Third Loan bonds, but they are also vorce from Janu s F Larson with the can plan in advance what he expects1 being called upon to give of their time, clerk cf the court here Cruel and into do, it will help speed up the work-; They she uld b<- received with courtesy human treatment is charged. He is aler-. considerably. Citizen* should look Reports of each call will be required so accused of nagging end be ng abu-upon this, it was stated by a commit- anci those reports will become a part of sive towards her and her mother. wh( human today, as a service, not as a the permanent record. resided w th them part of the time NO CITIZEN of this country can understanding. ihe United States and dra.is Interest.Jtachment it Iowa Wesleyan. ply lines in the Pacific theatre of war. nf them. At frhe same time the navy disclosed Stimson estimated that here are that the same submarines had dam- 15 to 20 German divisions in Italy to-ageri four other enemy vessels bring- da\ ing the total number of Jap ships sunk Ho pointed out that this force is ty United States subs to 223 and the iargpr than the German strength The plaintiff asks for the $990 which number damaged to 67. which the American and British fork' ll. addition since Pearl Harbor about es encountered in Tunisia nd Sicily 29 other Jap vessels have been lusted anci also said that the Germans can as "probably sunk’’ by American un- increase their troops in Italy if they ,27, 1937, at Gskaloosa. . ders. a tenders wish to do ><>

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