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VOL. LXXI, No. 218SATURDAY, OI TOHER 2.‘i, 1943
MT. PLEASANT. IOWA
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by Paul Malign yr
fDixirlbuteu by King Feature* Syn-ncate. Inc., Reproduction in Full ox n Part Strictly Prohibited.)
V* \SIII\GION — SWISS TIPS tha>, lintel is anding nearly a hall million more men <30 divisions) into Italy to
make perhaps a la t big stand of the i.ar against us there, may or may not be true, but this much we know:
A nazi I orca, of about 375,000 men 25 divisions) is already there. Our poi rs counted tit at many up to Un f a-ginning of the week. I ti is force hau been accumulated gradually since Bichy.
But most of it is still being held back in northern Italy. Only about 120,000 men <seven or eight divisions) cie in the present battle area south of I conn The nazi generals evidently are afraid to send more down into the leg of italy for fear they may be cut off by an amphibious flank at-lack from the sea Hitlers big battle for Italy then Is to be made i orth of Florence.
Not a word has been given out about the size of our force Presum-r blv it outnumbers the Germans in he battle area, but 30 more divisions would give the nazi a tremendous (mporarv manpower advantage — riot til over w he Im mg one however.
rite outcome would ail depend on what kind of an air force Hitielr could dig up. to put over that force. Up to now. tile nazi have shown nothing to b*' tailed an air force in Italian skies.
OI K STRI GOU
has been painfully slow for two rea-r ons. The nazis' delaying tactics have not taken the form of a dug-in bat-line. ou! rather that of a machine jeu nest rn every bush. Such dele.ic cannot even be observed, much .ess bombed, from the air.
Furthermore, heavy fall rains sud-
GermansRush Reenforcements To Front
Ft. Madison Nips Panthers
They’ll Do It Every Time - - -
he lost MIS HAIR A A'/''-'X FROM WEARING A
y>
Two Drives In Last Half Score Touchdowns
-But not good enough-' Y/f listen to big dome
YIH'/-WHEN I WAS VOCR < 71 HE WAS DOING ""ME ----------
AGE I NEVER GOT LESS Y/K INTELLIGENCE TEST V# wVTl6MT DuNCE cAp “A, THAN 05 IN SCHOOL AND \ I HERE IN THE PAPEa- ///7<''/'A AND I'D LINE IO \-A {But G IO \ A "Nj, tell IT TO J
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Unable to -'too two powerful drives of the invading Ft. Madison eleven.
Mt. Plea ant's fighting Panthers were ubdued 13 to 0. on the local field Friday evening. *
Mt. Pleasant fans of which there were a large number present could be proud cf the hard work the drive and the gams made by the Panthers as well as their splendid defensive work.1 Time and again they broke through tire Pl Madison line to come in from behind and tackle the ball carriers.
However, that was not enough to stop the Bloodhounds who turned on power en two occasions to make steady gains across the field and supplemented their ball carrying with three or four well timed passes.
Except for those two drives, the play was even and Mt Pleasant supporters were hopeful the Panthers could turn the trick and score. While P Madison made 16 first downs, eight in each half manv of them were made in the two drives MI. Pleasant made five first downs,
l/Ong Punts Helped _
Claw son's long punts and the ex- Washington, D. C -'INB*— Sui.
cedent return of seme of Ft Mach- Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin republican's punts were strong points in the can, proposed today that pi irate en-
Mt Pissant cause. terpri.se b“ alloted to et Eve to ten
Couple Overcome By Gas, Known Here
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Mrs. R. (ad wa I lader, Daughter! of Carl Mothles
Try To Halt Soviet Drive In C rimea
Local persons were interested in j Chicago newspaper and radio leperts cf th’- peculiar illness which affected Mr. and Mrs Russell C'idwallader ti t few may have known their con-
Gcrmans Order Executions If Prisons Are Attacked
nection with Henry county. Mrs. Cad-walladcr formerly was Dorotha Moehle and as ‘hr- daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Moehle of near Mt. Pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. Cadwallader became critically ill from escaping gas be
lieved to be from an electric refrigerator. For .several days after they moved into a property, they had not been „
, . ,, , ... ’ German resistance to cceuny more
feeling well, but did not know the , _ , , ,
,, ... ... , _ than 50 localities including two rail
cause Finally their condition became ®.....
Moscow, Runs a 'IN3>— The German high command today hurled large re-enforccm: nts drawn from occupied countries in the far eastern front in an effort to halt the soviet drive to cut off the Crimea.
Red army units rapidly extending their break through overcame stiff
Suggests Part of Tax For Reserve
sn'ii tha* they were “dopey” and were no* entirely rational. Residents nearby noticed their peculiar actions, thought they were under th" influ-< nee of intoxicating liquor, and dirert-ed thc-m back in their * rooms when they came out. I
As the Cadwa.iaders became worse, their plight was discovered, and they were given t eatment. Their condition
towns. This latest prize to fail before the onrushing soviet forces lies on the dire t line connecting vital rail and mining centers, key nazi bastions on the Dnieper’s southern bend. Fierce engagements preceded capitulations.
has been quite serious.
Mathilda Williams, Transport Downed;
95 \ ears Old, Dies Air Trail ic Stopped F0RMER resident of
Stockholm, Sweden —<INS»— Air
traffic between England and Sweden -
County; Funeral Monday ( was susnended today following an at- The Peter on brothers. Alfred. Ed.
_ : tack on a Swedish transport plane, and Leonard, have received a tele-
Wil ams. which era bed with a loss of 13 lives, g am of the death of their brother. Ia* ,n‘s> prie,< ts< arrm officers- ?ov*
eminent officials and others who
Was Longtime Resident of
Waylai d —Mrs. M I'hilda
I cndon. England —(INS)— German authorities in Poland today issued orders to commandants of prison camps throughout the country for immediate execution of all Polish intellectuals and professionals in the event their camps are attacked or
HENRY COUNTY DIES have to be evacuated because of the
Russian advance.
The Polish telegraph agency the orders would apply lo d
said
tors.
Early in the game. Ft. Madison was percent of income tax aside in the
down to the 20 yard bn*- a couple of form Of war bonds as a conditional ie- 95. passed awnv at 5 o'clock this mom- after it was shot down by an un- Ernest, at Jacksonville, Fla. He had
times, but lost out once on a fumble serve to meet postwar employment and mg at the home of hf>r daughter. Mrs. identified military plane. { teen iii with diabetes ioi sometime. ® -SP
north of Napier ani again was held on downs Mi reconversion costs Nellie C'leman, in Wayland. She had The plane crashed in flames near Ernest was one of the 7 Peterson
'pleasant made .,orn< god gain but Wiley outline rn plan to Sen. bren ill only a week , Halide, 53 miles north of Gothenerg. J others, all welt known in Henry Heavy Assault
did not threaten to core Jo t as the George, Georgia democrat, chairman Mrs Williams wa born Or 12. off the Swedish coast las' night Just county He was reared on a farm eas North Solomons
half ended without a score, Clawson of the senate finance committee which ’^18 She lived in Iowa most of her J before the crash, the plane operator of Swedes our g and was engaged in Aided Headquarters in the South-
life but had spent twenty-five years sent a message stating “Forced to farming with his brothers, Luther and
intercepted a Ft. Madison pa ss and will start work on Hie Hew tax bill a ran 20 vard- to the Ft. Madison 47. soon aa it is received from the house. Ft Madison received the ball at the -
start of the second half and took ten APPOINTMENT WAS
in Nebraska. She was a member of I make emergence landing. Shut down." leonard. Later he was in business in the First Rap ist church, Mt Pleas- J Two persons, a passenger and a Des Moines and Chicago, then moved
drily made all mountain streams . 0]rjCh carrying the ball across goal
dangerous and prevented us from us-in, our superior air force effectively.
What the nazis have done and promised, ca:, delay us, but cannot change the filial outcome. Marshal tfu dog ho ha* said Germany will collapse before we can conquer Italy, and that is certainly a reasonable expectation. The important thing, how-t ver, is that we now have the airfields and supplies of planes and men to out-gun the nazis in the end on that front no matter what they do. Dozens of good airfields fell into our hands at Naples. Foggia, Bari and
plays to put over the touchdown with
west Pacific —(INS’ — The heaviest single air assault ever to be unleashed
ant On April 6. 1870. at Trenton, crew member, were rescued. The crew to Jacksonville, where he has resided jn ®u*naa Aa- 1 p rted °
. , . . XT___. .,ri, I leveled ’he target area when Gen.
Iowa, she marned Robert Newton WH , member %saved was a mechanic named for several years, He was 63 years o.d ,
SURPRISE TO GRIMES Tarns, who preceded her in death sev- I Grupt who declared an unidentified at the time of death. He was preceded ir |d a1
, _ ______ ,1^0 nor . gainst a Japanese counter offensive
oral years ago. They were the pa.- ) military plane, fired on the craft and in death by his father and mother,
' . north of Finschafen.
u set it aflame. three brothers. Frank. Luther and . ,
As allied airmen ripped enemv pcsi-London. Enc —<INri>— The sole Joshua. .. , _ ,, . ..
tions at Saltelberg, Wareo and the American passenger aboard the Swed-1 Those who survive are his wife, two . .
, vicinity with 221 tons of high explo-
l.sh transport plane was identified to- sisters, Mrs Nellie Randolph of Rock .
1 K * gives, other United Nations fliers ef-
h el ped the Ft Madison boys towards w.«, .......;* --- 7^,:^ ; da>' as Dr- T- c Hume- a clergyman Island. Mrs. Josephine Johnson of niwdnmle -aids
their second touchdown in the final a£ *owa State treasurer. Despite his Lockridge. Mrs. Effie Ross o K"* . believed enroute to Sweden to do re- Minneapolis, Minn,, and his three , , 4 ,, .■ ., 1
wond >,cnaoun m I,nai more than a half century's experience town, Wash., Mrs Nellie Coleman of,,.., _ . , _! .7 . „ against Jap installations in the north-
The BkKxlhounds reeled off 15. IO and 13 yards to a*d this drive. The try for extra point by carrying was short. Second Touchdown
Des Moines, la. —dDPA)—Veteran ents of nine children, six sons
newspaperman that he is. John Milton three daughters. The children are:
Grimes. •10-year-old publisher of the James Dallas, cf Rapid City. South
An 18 vard pass and a 23 yard run Osceola Sentinel-Tribune. scarcely was Dakota; Benjamin of Ogden. Utah
Madison bows towards PTCP*red for news of his appointment Irvin of near Mt. Pleasant, Louis or
quarter. Ulrich again carried over
this time from the two vard line and >» idling the news, the rapidity of -Wayland and Mrs. Lulu Long of Mjfrom Los Angeles. Zimmerman. Ft Madison -peed king °°v B B Hmkenlooper's appointment Peasant. Two> rn** - -
Arthur W. and
who was a persistent ground gamer.
all but struck the sol
newspaperman speechless.
soft spoken, elderly John Wesley, preceded her in death; chless. also surviving are two sisters, and one
lief w ork. It w as understood he came bi others. Alfred E. of Vine St., Mt.
I Pleasant. Ed of OMS and Leonard of -I Sw edesburg.
made the extra point a Un* plunge Hc Ulat he had brother. Mr.s. Martha Patch of Rapid!
In the final minutes, a 20 yard run on a lateral to Clawson and other con-
much time to think about” the $5,000-a-year state office.
. . _ I sistent gains took the Panthers up to , , „ . , ^...
o ner ipots As anon aa we can brin* -, Madl50n ,9 in short ofder * I appreciate It ver>' much, he said bi ask*. oui hr force full;, to bear, the news : •“ f Madison is in soon oroer. appolntment ,as ua.olicited and The
City. S. Dak.. Mrs. Adeline Taylor and Chris Allender, both of Ayr, Ne-
MISSION FESTIVAL
SERVICES ON SUNDAY
EXCHANGE SHIP TO
ARRIVE DECEMBER 2
em Solomons.
R. A. F. Bombers Strike At Three Cities
London. England —<INS)— Royal Air Force bombers swept deep into Germany last night to carry out
from Italy wiU quicken.
THE POSSIBILITY is ai*o arming ol a Germaii collapse on the Russian trout. The nazi retreat already has gone farther and faster than op-
The Lutheran church cf the city;
• I Washington, (INS)— The state debody w*as taken from the Zehr will hold its annual mission festival J partment announced today tha^ thr itrcn? ralds against three important
leman res.-• services tomorrow. Purpose ot the »«-• exchange ship ori»hola with 1,236 ccmmunfcalMn and industrial reich
my best to fulfill the duties to the dence this afternoon where it will re-1 vices is to encourage a continued and American nationals aboard has left clUes
complete satisfaction of the state. So main until time I >r he funeral set-|active interest in the woild wide mis- ^jormugao Portuguese India, for the
Pleasant s lineup was as prev- ^ l know now the office poiicie5 vice, which wiU be held at Finley j sion work carried on by the Lutheran united States
Three plays, two of them passes and one of which was completed, failed to J make gains as the game ended.
Mt
came as a complete surprise I will do funeral home to the
iouslv announced: Foster, Tackenberg,
will be the same as before.
timisU would predict a few weeks ago.
me Germans made their best pos
sible fight for their Dnieper river line.
But the swiftness with which the Russ’ ms reorganized for that attack surprised the Germans and even one else- j zinsMnnait.
Red penetration in the Kremen- ( ---
c mg area. midway between Kiev and Vi A.,nnn
the Black Sea, is ominous. They can TO IV ll V^UCvIl
now conceivably force nazi withdrawal not. only from the Crimea but possibly all the way back to Odessa, Aground Kiev
Smith, Marshall. Shirkey, Pounds, Cot- j veteran editor confirmed that
trell. Shelley, Clawson. Scarff and there was “no strings" attached to Shook. Substitutions, Strohman, appointment. Thus, he will be
by and Hill. ‘ fiee> if he so desires, to seek nomina-
Ft. Madison starters were Kokhohn, republican primary
Spiess. Crockett, Butler. Spoor. Woods, tf) the office for a fun term.
Larson. Ulrich. Copoage, Stigall and ________
chapel at 2 p. rn. Monday.
i churches of the Synodical Conference.
The Gripsholm is due to arrive at
Hardest hit was the German engineering and armament of Kassel. Other units assaulted the railroad and river
Marriage License Issued
I A marriage license was issued at the courthouse today to Robert Rex Brownlee, 19. and Addle Leach Wise, 18. both of Zenith Kan.
At Homecoming
Ottumwa Wins
Ottumwa’s powerful 1943
! While all members of Faith Lutheran pnn Elizabeth South Africa on Nov. Junction of Frankfurt. Speedy mos-contribute weekly amounts for the 2 The next port of call will be Rio 1ulto bombers simultaneously struck at I cause of missions, tomorrow's entire De Janeiro, where it is due on Nov. .th* Rhineland industrial city of Col-. collection will be given to the cause of 14 The vessel is scheduled to arrive °%ne-! missions. jn j^ew york on Dec. 2.
J Speakers for the day will be the j A few cases of illness have been Fifth Army
pastor of the congregation in th* reporoted among repatriates of the far CmacL_ Fnrwaril ; morning service at 9:30 a. rn. and the; east and the next of kin. in the *J«l«SIieS rorwaro
Rev. Henry Eggold of Burlington in I xjnited States, have been informed by g rrS' Nor h ^ ^ , *
J the afternoon services at 3 p. rn. All I the state department. fItth army in It; v sma forward
I interested in the services have an in- The Japanese exchange vessel, Teia today on the central sector of the
football vitatlcn to attend. lMaru which is carrying the Japan. tattle front to gain control of a new
and at Melitopol, their breaks Margaret Glllaapey was crown- ^ membership of 350.000. ‘”8. 27 to 6.
RAILROAD WORKERS
TO VOTE ON STRIKE
Chicago. 111. — 'INS’— Six hundred)
delegates of the big five operating JS . . . 4
railroad brotherhood, voted unani- team turned back Burlington, also aj A congregational dinner for mem- esc Nationals from the w-estern Hemis- commanamg height after American
mously today to present a st ke ballot Little six title a?nirant- Friday even- ( bers of the congregation and cadets
in the German winter line also raise (en Qf the Mt Pleasant high , „ . , H„1ot
f r-v-in oh) ii tv of the nazis I , , Majority of the ballots will be td’OUia-- <
a qutstion of the ability c I .school homecoming at the game Friday . ____
| present in the services will be held , after the morning service
fullv I ” ti ! ed within 30 days. TODAY^S MARKETS
to withdraw successiuiiy. * nieht Her attendants were Frances _
Time is left to the reds, Inewing , e and Betty Linch. The crown' Workers are de«iandln^ a minimum Chicago Iii. .INS)- HOGS: IO - DIFFERENCE_
, t Hptirend upon the t _ .raise of three dollars a day. OO; market nominally steady; top bLluil I LMI* CIMLixvLi
weather does w>t descend up eal.jy ’was pfaced bv Jane McQucran. J ! 14.75! heavies 14.65 to 14.75: mediums. | $75,003 AND $7,50!)
Black Sea area usually uuw> _ I The crowning ceremony took place ... ____
December. The ground north of Kiev I
14.75; heavies 14.65 to 14.75: mediums.;
(between halves of the game and the President 111 From Grippe *"•“ !47f: ie KM1
(1Ng, The lights 14.00 to 14.60; pigs 12.00
phere. departed from Mormugoa. Oct. al-""e‘T rf'Pulse(i a njzl coimt*r-»t-21 The Japanese vessel is carrying tack and a number of tank'
mail and relief supplies for American ^ie eneniv <cU!ltPr attack wa* made war prisoners and other nationals of *n Alief area
the "’United Nations now held under A new gain by the eighth army
Japanese detention. front tr> the ea { was scored when
___________ British troops captured the town of
generally freezes early in November. i band partjcipated in special maneuvers Washington. D. C.
ana OIC / ___, it __ •___X__WXttrVvDo VvAtlCA O ti VV OI I YU
Aet may be repeated on either the
Italian or
The experiences of Tumsa aim ^u... around the group just preceding the white hou*e announced today Russian fronts, or both. crownin®*
that
to 13.75.
Tile News hastens to correct a typographical error which occurred in the
President Roosevelt is suffering from CATTLE: 1,500. steady; calves 200. Adhaco Screenings of Frtfav. In re-
! grippe and is running one degree of steadV; steers choice 15.00 to 16.- ferring to the amount of beans re-
90; medium 13.00 to 15.0C; Yearlings ceived the first three days of the week.
i temperature.
Our progress was slow for many weeks ATT Af lf TTATAI .....^_______
ir both Tunisia and Sicily, but when HLAIX I AI I ALA r AI AL * ,12.00 to 10 25; feeders 10.00 to 13.00; Editor Columbus Hayes stat i ' W
’he German "collapse came, it was a * TO LAWRENCE HERRING
Q i p .. ■' « -cows and heifers 8.00 to 12.50. will pay cur customers jus’ about
_ I Diuaenis Lolled ocrap , SHEEP: 5,500. Steady; lambs 13.00 to $75,000 .'or the beans they brought in
‘ High school students over the ccm- 1360; common 12.o0 to 13.00; year
swift tumble.
Law-
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
OIH HEAVY BOMBINGS in Bur- fence Herring, 36, son of U. S. Sen-
have caused a general expectation ator Clyde L
Des Moines, la. —(INS)
ty were active Fria ay in collecting lings 110Q tQ 12-n ewes 500 to 650; this week at Mt. Pleasant." The fig-
Herring, died early to- «*»P iron taking adTO“ta8« ' < th fee '•>rs 12.00 to 13 00. ure is $75,000 and not $7,500 as stated
day of vacation !o assisi in this im
ma nave caused a . senator’s Des Moines home aa> 01 vacauon 0 il"SiSl 111 uua 1IK* LOCAL HOG MARKET (Krey Station! previously.
of invasion. True, the Indians and day at Ute senator s mu™ uvm t t war work The effort was
Chinese have been training and build- following a heart attack. Herring at-
worthwhile. One group here reported
Today’s market steady. Top $14.00;
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Lupera.
FARM IS SOLD NOTED CATTLE DEALER, FORMER ROME MAN, DIES
Mrs O B. Harter of Rome received we rd Wednesday of the death of Claude Stettier of Ft. Worth, Texas. He was a noted cattleman dealing in
Hild Real Estate reports the sale of
the well imnroved 160 acre grain and
stock farm located 5 miles east of
Fairfield and owned by Abe Lubet-
chek of Burlington, to Mr and Mrs.
1 ™ t ne, n,„„ Tlla c ) '1* at stock ti rn e and handled
Wesley Olson cf Mt. Pleasant. The ~
thousands daily H" was torn at Rome
and grew to manhood in that vicinity
and will be remembered by many of
the o’der citizens
fnr the tended a show last night in company IbO to 180 lbs., $1 ? .1O to $13.80; 190 to » . nirp » in t 1 f-p
me armies for some time tor me. venucu snuw 0 collecting three tons ani ether groups .. .. lAMxS AND IFI I IRS
... i—I Kit- ,„ifxx Hie vtoricnn xfrmtp 12. ® 330 lbs., $13 80 to $14.00; packing sows, ruiL/ jllujIUu
purpose. But invasion will require j with his wife, his stepson, Monte, 12, even greater amounts, according an enormous store of guns, trucks, and Mrs. Clyde L. Herring. He sui- ^ the reports equipment and planes which can be fered the attack shortly after leturn-accumulated only gradually. ring home and died at one a. rn.
Comments from India are apt to His father, now assistant price administrator in Washington, was fly-
be more accurate. They suggest our air activity is directed mainly towaid breaking up an expected Japanese attack on India.
The Japs recently
Infant Dies
The parents of Sgt. and Mrs. Roger ing home after being notified of his C. Peterson of Fresno. Calif., have.re-son’s death. Lawrence had been em- ceived word cf the death of their inployed until recently at the Des Moines fant son, Roger Allen, bern October
moved a considerable force from east ordnance plant, but recently had been 2Cth. Mrs. Peterson w.U be remem to west Burma, as if to threaten an classified in 1-A and soon was to en- bored as Ruth Watson befoie her ma:-attack. ter the service. ! riage.
$13 50 to $13^0.
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.
WILL BE RATIONED
Olsons are buying this farm for home and get possession March 1st.
NEW STATE TREASURER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE PALLISTER-UNDERW00D -WEDDING AT KAHOKA
Des Moines, la. —(INS)— John M. _
Grimes of Osceola wjas sworn into of- Miss Violet Ballister, daughter of fice today bv Chief Justice John E. Mr and Mrs. Sam Pallister. and Arlo Mulronev of the Iowa supreme court. Underwood, son of Mr and Mrs. Rich-on November I under point rationing. the new state treasurer to succeed ard Underwood, all of Winfield, wrere Point values will be announced within (the late W. G. C. Bagley of Mason married at Kahoka Mo. en# October a few days. 'City. Earlier Grimes had qualified for 2, 1943. Mr. and Mrs Underwood .ire
Housewives will not be required to the office and posted the $300,000 making 'heir home with his parents make declarations of supplies on hand, surety bond required by law rear Winfield
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Retail sales of jams, jellies, preserves and fruit spreads were frozen Friday night at midnight by OPA order and will become available again