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COUNCIL 8LUFFS (IOWA) NONPAREIL--APRIL 27, 1944. PAGE THREE. Travel Program Being Studied Opposition Develops to Certificate Plan WASHINGTON, A plan under which ticket purchasers would sign a certificate that their travel was essential is being: reconsidered by the office of defense transportation. Col. J.

M. Johnson, ODT director reporting this said the idea appealed to him "even if it would save only 10 per cent or even 5 per cent of the travel this summer." added, however, that some of his aides had discouraged the plan. The proposal was considered some months ago but discarded, the new ODT chief disclosed. "The plan would depend entirely on the patriotic conscience of the. public to eliminate some unnecessary travel he said "Even 5 per cent would be a tremendous help" I In any event, there is no plan to ration travel, Johnson said.

"That would be a last-ditch, bitter-end decision, and we are not at that stage yet." Under the certificate plan, each purchaser of a train, bus or plane ticket would receive a printed slip certifying: "The trip for which I am buying tickets is a necessary one." The purchaser would sign it and hand it to the ticket seller with his money. The railroad or bus company would be required to make the number of signed tally with the number of tickets sold. "There would be nothing except conscience to prevent a buyer from signing a false name or stating his trip was essential when it wasn't," Johnson said. "It would be a reminder, however, that the public should avoid unnecessary travel" Opposition within ODT reportedly was based on the feeling that the system would be an added inconvenience, might prove virtually worthless as a travel deterrent and cause mote confusion" than conservation. --Save Yonr Tin Cans-Ration' Tokens Bain of Transit Companies NEW YORK, --American transit companies are having super nightmares in which they dream that food rationing will come to an end suddenly--leaving approximately 2,000,000,000 blue and red ration tokens in circulation.

Since last Feb. 27 when tokens were introduced, Americans already have dropped at least 12,000 precious one-point pieces into transit company fare boxes and "the total may be three times as high," the American Trrnsit association asserts The organization--now sponsoring a three-day eastein conference--said at least 1 000 automotive electric fare boxes had bten temporarily put out of commission because of the ptactice Moneywise, this has cost stieet car and bus companies betwetn $11,000 and 533,000, the ATA declared, adding that not only were cash fares lost but that it cost an estimated $10 each to fix jammed fare boxes The VTA has been at odds with the office of price admimstiation si.ice last Novembei, OPA announced new ration tokens would be only slightly smaller than a dime The transit group said it had been in consultation with OPA for six months befoie that and that OPA had agreed to maVc tokens larger than a nickel but; smaller than a quarter. This, said the ATA, would have had no effect on transit fare collections. Tin Cans-United Service Women Plan Benefit Supper Special to The Nonpareil CUMBERLAND Holding a called meeting at the Arnold hardware store members of the United Service Women of America completed arrangements for a supper to be held at Legion hall Satuiday evening. The supper will be served to Uie public and the proceeds ill be used to further the work of tne club and in helping local men in the armed forces.

OPEN SERVICES HERE The Victdry Gospel quartet of Detroit, opened a series of services Wednesday night at the First Church of the Nazarene, 2600 Avenue A. This group will appear here nightly at 7.45 through May 7. Stalking Germans favorite Pastime oj Cpl. Costello Bi George Tucker. WITH 'THE STH ARMY IN ITALY, April 25, (Delayed), UPI-Men in his company will tell you that Cpl.

Martin J. Costello of Brooklyn has "roving fever," but his company commander, Capt. Kenneth D. Nangon of Vilhsca, la wishes he had a couple of hundred like him "He wanders off all by himself, stalks Germans and nobody knows where he is," Nongon declared today. 'Tne other night he followed a German just to see what he could do and the nazi led him to half a dozen others Cpl Costello is a 'tall dark rifleman with a pronounced Irish accent who was born in county Clare, Ireland, and came to the United States 1939 to live with his brother, Patrick Brooklyn.

Another brother was in the British army, was wounded at Dunkerque and again in Africa and now has been invalided out of the service. The other night Costello went out to cover a wire party When the party had completed its job and was ready to start back Costello was nowhere to be found. The group returned without him, sure he had been killed or captured But Costello turned up a short time later safe and sound "I suddenly spotted a German not more than 20 yards down the trail with a machine pistol," he re- lated. "I wanted the machine pistol, so I started to creep up on him and when he started to move away I went along after him. "I was gaming on him and got within 10 yards of him when he cut down through a draw and I thought I'd catch him sure.

I didn't want to shoot him because it's bet- when you can biing one in But suddenly he was joined by six or seven other Germans and I reckoned then maybe they were too many for me and came back." On the way back Costello ran into his platoon sergeant who was out looking for him. On another occasion Costello was lying in a forward observation post watching the Germans in a little house 45 yards away They were making a terrific racket doing some kind of work. When Costello tried to telephone back he found his telephone wires had been cut by enemy mortar fire Leaving his post, Costello crawled up to the house and tossed three grenades through a hole in the roof. Three Geimans ran out. carrying a badly wounded comrade.

Costello doesn't know this yet, but early this morning the regimental commander stuck his head inside Capt. Narigon's tent and said "Put that boy's name in for a citation. He's earned it." "Strange Fruit" Is Held to Be Obscene CAMBRIDGE, IfP)--The controversial novel, Strange Fruit," by Lillian Smith, has been adjudged "obscene" by District Court Judge Arthur P. Stone, although he said it as "a story that might be told and a Cambridge bookseller was fined $200 for possessing and selling it. Abraham Isenstadt, Harvard square bookseller, who sold the book to Bernard A.

De Voto, noted author and literal critic, by prearrangement with the police in an effort to test a local ban on the book appealed and was held in $25 bail for superior couit Judge Stone dismissed original complaints brought against the seller and purchaser, upholding the contention of defense counsel, Alfred A Albert of the Civil Liberties union, that those complaints were brought under an obsolete law that made it a criminal offense to sell, possess or purchase literature containing indecent or obscene passages. Current law, he agreed, made it necessary to judge a complete publication, rather than part of it Your Tin Cans-- jTrades Mustering Pay 'for Ration Points RATION CALENDAR MAY 1944 3 4 5 APRIL IIM MM TUF THU "1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 18 19 20 21 22 9i 24 25 26 27 28 29 Meats, Fats--Red stamps A8 to Q8, inclusive, valid indefinitely. Processed Foods Blue stamps AS to K8, inclusive, valid indefi- nately. Blue stamps L8, MS, N8, P8 and Q8 become valid May 1. Sugar--Stamps 30 and 31, book 4, now valid for 5 pounds, good in- definitely.

Stamp 40, book 4, valid for 5 pounds canning sugar to Feb 28, 1945. Additional canning sugar, up to 20 pounds per person, may now he obtained by writing your ration board for application blank. Return spare stamp 37, book 4, with application. Shoes--Book 1 stamp 18 good to April 30; stamp 1 on "airplane" sheet of book 3 valid indefinitely. book coupon No 11 valid for 3 gallons through June 21.

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Your Tin Cans-Found Guilty of Neglect of Duty CINCINNATI, (ffi--A military court has convicted three AAF officers of neglect of duty in inspection at the Lockland plant of the Wright Aeronautical corporation and sentenced them to be dismissed from the service. The three however, were cleared of perjury and conspiracy to defraud the government by permitting company domination of army inspection and granting the plant an "unwarranted top inspection rating." The three were Lt. Col. Frank C. Greulich of Detroit, former chief inspection officer for the material command, Walter A.

Ryon also of Detroit, former cen- book holders, every 6 months or 5,000 miles. Fuel Oil--Period 4 and 5 coupons valid through Sept. 30. One unit coupons good for 10 gallons. Tin Cans-Hastings Announces Commencement Program Special to The Nonpareil HASTINGS The Hastings school calendar for the balance of the year has just been The senior class play, "Mitzie Mixes In," will be presented in the Community building Friday evening Tlie baccalaureate sermon will be delivered at the Methodist church Sunday at 8 p.

m. by the Rev. Mr. Felt. Eighth grade graduation exercises and farewell chapel, will be next Thursday afternoon in the high school auditorium.

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