Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • 14

1 MASON CITY GLOBE GAZETTE SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1943 Army to Run "Shangriia" STRAWSBtt; Baby Unseen by Fighting Father in North Africa contrivarice combining roller coas KHAKI AND BLUE Ensign Mensch Assigned to Pensacola as Instructor Is One of First Mason Cityans to Win Gold Wings There Jack Mensch was commissioned an ensign at Pensacola. in the naval air corps on July 12. He is visitins his wife at 512 Carolina avenue southeast, and his parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Glenn Mensch, Route 4. The navy flyer went to Iowa City for pre-flight training in September. 1942, and at the end of 10 weeks he was sent to St. Louis for primary training of 13 weeks' duration. His advanced training was taken at Pensacola.

where he has been assigned as an instructor. Ensign Mensch lias also received specialized training in fighter planes known as "wildcats." He was studying chemistry in Mason City junior college at the time he enlisted with the navy.1 He is one of he first Mason Cityans to receive Ins wings of V-- K- -XT NAVY WEEK WAS BIG SUCCESS IN SELLING STAMPS New Medal of Honor Card Starts Next Week in Mason City The first week of the retailers for victory war stamp campaign drew to a close Saturday with merchants gratified at the response shown by their customers. Next week a new Shangri-La medal of honor card will be distributed ready for a new array of stickers to show consistent buying of war stamps. While the emphasis the past week was on the navy with stores north of First street, north, decked out in navy trim, the comimr week will be a recognition of the army with stores between State street and north to First street decorated for the event. The army decorations were in some of the stores Saturday preparatory for the army's bif push next week.

Wednesday at 3 o'clock another free show will be held in Central park, staged by the army section. A special feature of Shangri-La program the coming week will be the showing of the movie, "Battle of Midway," in technicolor from the government files. This picture will be shown at the high school auditorium each morning at 10 o'clock, starting Monday. Admission will be by the purchase of a 25 cent war stamp. 3 This picture has been seen by a number of Mason Cityans.

including Tom Hutchinson of the navy recruiting office. These state the picture is an excellent one. showing considerable real battle action. 3fr 3fi Also to be shown with the Battle of Midway'' will be these films. "-The Bombing of Tokyo." "Look to Lockheed" and a comedy.

The whole show will last an hour. The showing is held in the morning in order to give all the children in the city an opportunity to see the pictures. The pictures will be presented for adults Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the high school auditorium. Admission then will be the purchase of $1 in stamps. In reviewing the results of the past week, John Vance, county chairman, and Abe Birenbaum.

Mason City chairman, expressed their appreciation to the public for co-operation in the campaign to raise funds with which to build the mystery ship. Shangri-La. which is to participate in the bombing of Tokyo. MRS. VERNON ELLEFSON AND VERNON, JR.

NORTH IOWANS IN UNIFORM AT U.S. CAMPS AND AIR BASES BIG SMILES FOR SOLDIER These two big smiles are for Sgt. Vernon Ellefson who is seeing service in North Africa from his wife and young son, Vernon, Jr. Nine month old Junior has never seen his father, and vice versa. He was born Sept.

18, 1942, while his father was in Ireland. Sergeant Ellefson left Mason City in February, 1941, with the national guard. He went to Camp Claiborne, and -a rear later, embarked with ter and water chute. "Through a flower-decked trail over dozens of water courses and miles of corduroy road. General MacNider wrestled his jeep in and out of mudholes.

"When the fan belt sprayed water on the distributer, he removed the fan belt. When the motor bogged down, he yelled lustily for help from the caterpillar tractor driven by a smiling high school-age boy who raced his giant motor in rhythm to some tune he whistled unheard. "Time and again long lines of traffic were held up by a mired truck or tractor. The general seldom hesitated, but turned off into the jungle, crushing through bright red flowers and palm branches raising a rancid smell reminiscent of wet basements. O'Flaherty tells of a Chicago lieutenant whose job it is to keep the "supply of gasoline moving for General MacNider, who travels far and wide in the jungle, his hat at a cocky angle and the pipe in his mouth, a symbol of Amsr-ican determination, good humor and high morale." Coincidently the American Legion Monthly this month ran a picture with this inscription: "Ever hear of Iianford MacNider Here is his jaloppy and chauffeur, Louis Hanson, in World war Liahtning Bugs And now comes the report about the time the fire department was called to the E.

L. Hoffman home at 33 Linden drive. "Sparks are flying from radio connections outside the said the householder. "Please send out the fire wagon." A fire department truck rolled in shortly afterwards. Then came a police car.

Then it was learned that lightning bugs were the source of the alarm, "It is an interesting parade," writes Lt. Hank Hook, formerly of the KGLO sUff, about his work in the automotive-tank development center at Detroit. "One meets so many big men. For instance. last Monday we had Maj.

Gen. Gatehouse of the British here. He commanded the 10th armored division of the 8th army under Montgomery from 1 Alamein to the Mareth line It was good to hear the praise which the general had for our tanks and other combat Meredith Willson Mason City's Meredith Willson took a prominent part in the opening of the Hollywood Bowl season, it was learned here Saturday. Captain Willson was on the program with Gracie Allen, Paul Whiteman and other noted figures of the entertainment world. The musical part of the program included two movements of Captain Willson's "Misssion Sj-m-phony." which was one of several numbers directed by the Mason Cityan.

Reviewers afterwards devoted complimentary phrases in praise of Willscn's work in Los Angeles newspapers. Priorities Analyst Coming on Tuesday C. H. Schneider, priorities analyst of the War Production board, will arrive in Mason City next Tuesday at 5 p. it was announced Saturday by the Mason City Chamber of Commerce.

He will be here until Thursday noon. July 15. All local appointments re made for half hour intervals through the Chamber of Commerce, telephone 146. Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps from your GIobe-Gaiette carrier boy. 1 1 SANDWICH APPEAL A must with every picnic! Cheese on Holsum Rye! Peanut buiter on Holsum Honeywheat Hair.bu.-fcer on Enriched Hol sum White! Without them, it' no picnic! For real Sandwich Appeal, be sure to use Holsum.

(pi. Donovan L. Ryan, son of Mrs. Mabel Ryan, 414 Jefferson aenue northwest, is convalescing at Camp Forrest. uhcre he has been since June 22.

He was on maneuvers when he was stricken ill. Ransom Jackson. Route 1, and Otis LeRoy Phillips, fi03 Adams avenue northwest, ire now pie-aviation cadets at the army air force's technical training command at Keains, Utah. Both attended the Clear Lake high school. Phillips was cm-ployed as an aircraft mechanic prior to entering the service.

Jackson was a farm laborer. Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. C. S.

Rankin, 823 Twelfth street northeast, that their son. Aviation Cadet Charles S. Rankin, has been graduated from primary training at Eagles field. Dos Palos, Cal. He is now stationed at the Merced army flying school, Merced, Cal.

Pfc. Donald Hagen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Tagen, Ventura, who has been stationed at Miami Beach. is now going to aircraft welding school at Chanutc field.

111. He entered the service in March, 1943. Paul Patrick, former KGLO announcer, has finished the first part of his training in the army air corps at Kearns field, Utah, and is now at Buckley field. awaiting the opening of Fort Logan. Colo.

He is now a private first class. Lost Wrist Watch Tf vou haDDen to run across a wrist watch while on a hike along the railroad track beyond tne Decker plant, this may ne Writing from Camp Sutton, N. Lt. F. J.

Argetsinger said "We passed through Mason City early one Thursday morning. One of my boys dropped a wrist watch off just the other side of Decker's." At the Chamber of Commerce office are a pair of keys believed to belong to a Mason City soldier, who, writes Lois Nesper of Cedar Rapids, "must have dropped them when he left the train." Who's James R. Moore Has anyone known James R. Moore of Mason City, Iowa? He was left S21.262 by his son, Harry Moore, of Minneapolis. But since James Moore, whose address as given as Mason City, had died, the estate was claimed bv and finally awarded to Mrs Eva M.

Downing of Minneapolis, who testified she had known Harry Moore for more than 40 years. Her claim was that she entered into a contract witn Moore in 1918 that she would never many anyone else during his lifetime and that upon his death he was to leave his entire estate to her. The district court in Hennepin county held the estate should go to Ward F. Senn. administrator.

The supreme court reversed the decision. None of the old-timers in Mason City recall having heard of James R. Moore. Bicycles provided the means of transportation for many who attended the Clear Lake Independence day celebration last weekend. Traveling the longest distance by this means were the Misses Mary MeMurray and Betty Lewis.

Webster City, who pedaled 70 miles last Saturday, starting at 5 in the morning and arriving at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. "Judge" Grims'3'' Coach "Judge" Grii is really among them at the navy pre-flight school at Chapel Hill. N. C. To his fellow handball player, Earl Hall, he wrote this wee: "This is a great and very interesting program.

I certainly thank my lucky stars that I am in it. I have met some interesting fellows here in my class. Bob Kinnan, who used to be at Muscatine and recently from Washington of St. Louis, is my roommate. We just finished a handball game with Fred Sington, all-Amencan tackle from Alabama of a few years back and Siddick, line coach from Dartmouth.

1 have met a number of notables in my class Bill Stern, coach of W. Virginia: Glenn Prc-suall. coach of Nebraska, and many others." In a baseball game at the navy school the judge saw Ted Williams and Pesky of Red Sox, Bud Har-sett of Yanks. Most of the players. hesaid.

are from the big leagues all cadets at the school. The one big humiliation encountered by the judge was an order to shave off his moustache. For the it's-a-small-world department there came this week the report of this incident: Tech. Sgt. Jim Anderson, son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. S. Anderson. Clear Lake, now with the army In North Africa, heard someone railing his name.

He turned and there stood his nephew. Bill Anderson of Fosston, member of the United States navy. Bst Jeep Driver "The best jeep driver of New Guinea that's what Hal O'Fla-herty. Chicago Daily News staff correspondent, writes about Brig. Gen.

Han ford MacNider of Mason City. Neither rains nor other obtsa-cles stop the intrepid Mason Cityan because as O'Flaherty puts it: "His (MacNiders) early training on Iowa gumbo roads now stands him in good stead because he can and will go even where bulldozers fail. Riding in the back seat behind the general was like trying out some strange new Worlds Fair IT'S YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY TO howi You'll be assuring an adequate tonnage in your bin no matter how much xero weather winter brings. L. A.

Page Lumber Co. (13 S. ted. Ave. Phone What They Are Doing ENSIGN MENSCH (Lock photo.) gold and ensign's commission at Pensacola.

Eldon Gaughen, son of Mrs. T. Gaughen, Cedar Bluffs, has been promoted from private first class to corporal. He is stationed at Camp Young, Cal. Before entering the service, Corporal Gaughen was employed at the Kinney Shoe store in Mason City.

V- Pvt. Gayle Burgener is spending a furlough here with his wife and parents. Mr. and Mrs. O.

M. Burgener, If 48 Carolina avenue northeast. He cntcied the service in February, 1941. and is with the infantry. He was formerly cm-ployed by Morse Produce company.

Pvt. Clifford Collen. son of and Mrs. Georo? Collen. 1221 Jefferson avenue northwest, is spending a five day furlough from Camp Roberts, Cal.

He has been with the army infantry since March of this year. His brother. Ensign R. F. Collen, is somewhere in the Pacific.

if. Word has been received that Sgt. Everett D. Willier has been transferred from the army air base at Lakeland, to the Jacksonville army air base. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Willier of Nora Springs. Sergeant Willier's local address is 721 Carolina place northeast. Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs.

Earl A. Scott. 1518 Monroe avenue northwest, of the birth of a baby daughter on July 5 to their daughter-in-law. Mrs. Glenn E.

Scott. Glenn E. Scott is serving with the marines in the Pacific. The baby was born on her father's 21st birthday. from California to wed Catherine Harrcr Wednesday.

He returned to the coast Saturday. A program of patriotic numbers was featured at the band concert last Sunday night, with WAC Sgt. Marjory Pickett taking the baton to direct "Over There." Sergeant Pickett directs a band of 43 girls at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. In one of Ihe largest of the season's weddings, Dorothy Campbell was married to Ensign Howard Clark, Jr. They are both graduates of Iowa U.

Their wedding trip took them to Atlanta, where he is stationed. Mason City's first victim of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7. 1941. Guy V.

Carroll, was awarded the purple heart posthumously. His patents, Mr. and Mrs. William Carroll, received the decoration Friday. Lt.

and Mrs. Edward P. Woodward left Mason City Tuesday after a visit here. They were enroule to San Diego. George Dvvellc.

Northwood marine, has been promoted to the rank of captain. More than Iowans have received war ration book No. 3. No Mason Cityan is complete these days without a medal of honr. It is a little badge which accommodates stickers showing purchase of war stamps.

The money from these will provide a earner from which to bomb Tokio. Jacob Magna ni is a major in North Africa now, and Pvt. Ora Lyman is interned by the Italian government. The Rev. A.

J. Brakke has resigned as pastor of Our Saviour's Lutheran church and will enter social work study at Columbia U. Fifty-eight Kiwanians Thursday wrote eight letters apiece to their fellow members the service. 1 a tf3 Your Neighbors in the 0 if A iLniMOrTfr-' v-if niifrhrtfifirir ANOTHER PKOMOTIO Herbert C. Gaffri has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant and is now assigned to the tank destroyer basic unit training; center at North Camp Hood, Tex.

His wife lives at 341 Carolina avenue southeast, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gaffri, live at 2072 Carolina avenue northeast. He entered the service a year ago June 23. going first to Fort Leavenworth.

Kans. He was stationed at Fort Sill, for a time. 4 IS OVERSEAS Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ong have received word that their son, S.

Sgt. Phil Ong. is now overseas, somewhere in England. The Ongs live at 123 President court. Sergeant Ong has been trained as a gunner in the air corps, and is now a gunner on a flying fortress.

He received schooling in Nevada. Utah, Idaho, Iowa and Nebraska. VISITS PARENTS Lt. George E. Johnson arrived last Sunday from Fort Knox.

where he has just completed officers' training for the armored forre. He is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.

Johnson. 629 Washington avenue southwest. He has been assigned to Camp Chaffee, Ark. Lieutenant Johnson entered the army engineers in January, 1910, before which time he was employed by Kemble's greenhouse. HAS LEAVE Robert R.

Reu-blin, seaman first class. Is spending a 15 day leave in Mason City, Charles City and Davenport. His brother, Gerald Reuhlin. lives at 409 Tuenty-sixlh street southwest. Mrs.

R. R. Reublin makes her home in Charles City. Seaman Reublin left Thursday night to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Reublin of Davenport. i- I i i pv it 1 if i xf 1 Lock pbets, Kyrny tnjrvinj I the same group for England. He has been in England ana Treland and is now stationed in North Africa. Mrs. Ellefson and Vernon.

live at 903 Twelfth street northwest. SGT. ELLEFSON lie Was in Ireland This is the second in a series of to be published in the Globe-Gazette. If you have a baby which your husband has never seen because he is overseas, and if you are a resident of Cerro Gordo county, call the military editor and arrangements will be made, at no cost to you. for a picture.

A copy of the picture will be sent to the fighting father overseas in a smart folder. Watch this page for next week's "Unseen CHARLES RUGEE SERVICES HELD Rites for Local Man Held in Milwaukee Funeral services were held at Milwaukee Tuesday afternoon for Charles Morse Rugee who was fatally injured at Des Moines July 3. Burial was at Milwaukee. Mr. Rugee lived at Mason City about 10 years before going to Des Moines about three months ago.

He was born in Milwaukee Oct. 18, 1899. and was married 1o Karen Bradberry of Mason City Nov. 4, 1933. Survivors are his wife at 20 Seventeenth street southeast, Mason City; two sons, Don and Fred Rugee, who are in the navy stationed at Norfolk.

his mother, Mrs. Frederic P. Rugee of Milwaukee, end two sisters, Mrs. Holbrook of Milwaukee and Mrs. Schaeffer of Michigan City, Ind.

Mrs. Rugee and her mother, Mrs. E. E. Bradberry, returned from Milwaukee Friday.

Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps from your Globe-Gazette carrier boy. I V- Rationing Calendar TIRES Class A ration: Second inspection deadline Sept. 30. Class ration: Third inspection deadline Oct. 31.

Class ration or bulk coupons: Third inspection deadline Aug. 31. Commercial vehicles: Every 60 days or every 5.000 miles, whichever occurs sooner. GASOLIXE-A book coupons No. 14 gala, each! expire July 21.

FUEL OIL Period 5 coupons '42-'43 season (11 gals, each expire Sept. 30. Period 1 coupon for "43-'44 season valid till Jan. 4, 1944. COFFEE Coupon No.

21 (I pound) expires July 21. 81GAR Coupon No. 13 pounds expires Aug. 15. Coupons 13.

18 good for 5 pounds of sugar each until Oct. 1. MEAT Red stamps and valid through July 31. valid July 11. and valid July 18.

All expire July 31. PROCESSED FOODS Blue coupons N. valid Aug. 7, SHOES Stamp No. 18 in Book One valid June 18 through Oct.

31. Mason City Calendar Jely 11 Boy Scout camping period opens at Camp Roosevelt. Jaly 1 11 United Cement. Lime and Gypsum Woikers convection in Mason City. July 11 Retrert in Central park at 5:43 A nr.

State Legion junior baseball tournament in Mason City. Sept. 5 and Cerro Gordo 4-H Achievement show and Victory Food Program. HERE IN MASON CITY The regular meeting of the Townsend club will be held at the P. G.

and E. auditorium at 8 o'clock Monday evening, at which time persons with birthdays in July, known as the Firecrackers, will have charge of the program. Cans and Covers for Canning. Currie-Van Ness Co. The announcement Mas made here Saturday that federal tax collectors are checking automobiles for use stamps.

These stamps are on sale at the postoffice stamp window at $5 apiece. For Paints C. Payne's. Ph. 215.

Firemen were called at 2:50 o'clock Saturday morning when an overheated electric motor in a refrigerator in the north window of the M. B. A- pharmacy melted the rubber seal and allowed gas to escape about 2:50 o'clock Saturday morning. Heat scorched the refrigerator and paper in the window. Beans for canning.

Knapp's. A daughter, Linda Marie, weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Pross, 500 Jackson avenue northwest, at the Park hospital July 2. Fill Your Bin Now with GREEN MARKED COAL To Be Sure of Heat for Next Winter WAGNEE COAL PHONE 986 Globe Gazette Diary Saturday, July 10 GIVEN WEEK IN JAIL ON CHARGE L.

A. Jagcrson Held for Reckless Driving Lester A. Jagerson. 123 hi North Federal avenue, was sentenced to serve one week in jail by Police Judge Morris Laird Saturday on a charge of reckless driving. Jagcrson was arrested by police at State street and Carolina avenue at 1 :32 o'clock Saturday morning, after he had upset his truck at the East park entrance.

Laverne R. Kafer, 1236 East State street, and Kenneth R. Bu-ser. 1109 First street northeast, were each fined $5 and costs on charges of operating cars without driver's licenses. They were arrested by police early Saturday morning.

Kafer in the 300 block on Delaware avenue southeast, and Buser at Fourth street and Madison avenue southwest. John M. Mullin Rites Held at St. Patrick's Church at Dougherty Funeral services for John M. Mullin.

27i First street southeast, who died Wednesday at a local hospital, were held at St. Patrick's Catholic at Dougherty Friday, with Father J. Hammill in charge. Attending the services were Mr. and Mrs.

Edgar Tomby, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Tomby, Mr. and Mrs. Henrv Cahill.

Mis. Ralph Joynt. Mr. and Mrs. Tom McMcnimcn.

Mr. and Mrs. John McMcnimcn. George Walsh, Mrs. Alice Mc-Donough and Mrs.

Ed Downing, Mason City. Pallbearers were Don McLaughlin, John Dougherty. James O'Connor, John Boyle. Don Hogan and Redman McMonus. Interment was at St.

Patrick's cemetery, Dougherty. Rosclle. the jute -like fiber which may have a commercial future in bag and rope making, is being grown experimentally in seven tropical American countries. OO pir.T! RK FRArmNli Sr 1 iV I Mason Cityans were making wild guesses all week as to what the retailers meant when they said a baby would be given away at a war stamp rally Wednesday afternoon. It turned out to be a little, white porker from Earl Dean's farm, and the American Legion got it at auction for only $1,500 in war stamps.

It was sent back to the farm for fattening up purposes with some ideas of a bar-b-que in the fall. Besides the auction, there were music and speeches and Minute Maids and Navy Mothers selling war stamps. The Fourth of July was relatively quiet around here with the flags ol the united nations unfurled at the retreat in Central park in the afternoon. John Can-nelli. ho was reported missing in several months is now known to be interned by the Japa- nee at Manila.

He is a cor- I i i POIHI. A complete navy wedding with both the bride and bridegroom in dress whitess took place at Charleston, S. recently when WAVE Myrne Donaldson and Darwin Arthur Monaghen. sailor, exchanged vows. He is from Clear Lake and has an assignment at sea.

She works for the navy in Washington. A. L. Ronnebcrg of Chicago has accepted the managership of the Iowa State Brand Creameries. Inc.

He will take over Sept. 1. when the present manager, R. C. Storvick, will leave.

The cement woikers union of the middlewest gathered here Saturday for a two-day session. William II. Board, for 40 years a resident of Mason City, died this week at the age oT 83. He was a retired farmer. The scrap drive last June netted the war chest $737.82.

More than 123, 24(1 pounds of salvage was collected. Ninety-four Iowa women enlisted in the WAVES during June, which was "Iowavc" month. Second Lt. Henrv Kislia came east WANTED LADY GIHIECHCERS FOR PIGGLY WIGGLY STORE IN MASON CITY TOP SALARY GOOD HOURS Experience Preferred But Not Necessary APPLY: MR. MARSHALL.