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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 14, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Gasoline No. 7 Expires Sept. 21 Fuel Oil 5 - - Until Sept. 30 Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS R. S, T Blue Stamps expire Sept. 20 II, V, VV Blue stamps expire Ort. 20 X. Y. Z red stamps expire Oct. 2 shoe Stamp IK expires Ort. 31 VOL. I,XXI, No. 215TI Eh DAY, SEPT. I I, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THEUNE™ By Paul Mallon 3^* (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Irie , Reproduction In Full or in Part Strictly Prohibited.) Rush U.S.Reserves To Salerno Area I Hatfield Writes of Air Attack They’ll Do It Every Time — YOU’VE BEEM HERE Z WEEXS"'^^^ LISTEN TO 6RAN01A-T^^^'THinoS HAVE CHANGED ^ JUST THINK-WHEN! I HAD f IP SHE HAD HER WAV, WASHINGTON — VV FNI HI J. WILL-i KIL has given otnc signs of becoming) a slightly altered man since his long) slt-and-talk sessions on the ellwood Won Silver Star For Him; Recently Promoted To ( aptain COOLEY, I WAS UP AND DOING \ v jS THE OME I V I THE HOUSE IM TWO DAyS-I J \ WHCfD BE IN BED FOR THE BETTER SINCE COOLEY WAS BORN-TAKE A GANDER AT HIM Willard Hatfield, who recently re- ceived the Silver Star award and who rail fence with the Hosier republicans, i „ ,,, I ha.-, been in the southwest Pacific -area Utile wisps of unplayed statements*™, ___ K ^ * , for many months, recently was promo- fpnrn him late® show him denying the'.,,, , ted to the rank of captain in the air Wallace kind cf g lo baloney represents j hi' One World” view's; log he will campaign for also announc-ihe republican1 party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York. The Hoosier homefolk politicos and the 27 national committeemen who vis-} J ted him in Indiana, are being given credit within the party lor having inspire'! these oevelopm* lits. The |x>I-lticos talked gently ti; WllUtie beciuse they, were not sure how strong he is, but made little secret ol th* sr current opposition him. They know he has a powerful organization ur.d many friends and, they, Ilk** everyone else, alway? want to be with the winner. Bu’ they told Will-kic h‘ mu; t do two tilings ii lie a to get more than a minority of Ms ex-honv delegation to tile republican convention: Fir t He mn ■ prove by ct ions that he i actually a republican, di<p his individualistic rule ,>nd do something to help the party and other people in it. Second H* mu ’ hem a. *o that hi policies are not a rubber stamp of the new deai in international affairs Willkie came back at them trying to justify hi position. Victory next year he aid re ted Ie upon party ti* , than ripen getting the big independent vote He also said he trad nothing in mind like Wallace, and would make the difference clear. What he ha. done since is in line va it lr th* se Hoosier conference development but there must be more lf he is to start with Indiana. A the Hoc' mr politicos tell it WUi-kie has reason to be a very discouraged man at the moment. corps. i Hatfield writing for the first time about the action which gained for him the Silver Star award, in a recent letter to Mi Hatfield 'formerly Betty j Hall) stated: ”, ; . There* really wasn’t much to it. We caught this cargo ship and two cruiser:- in the ha; bor and sank the Cargo and one cruiser. It was really fur. but the Nips mane it hot for awhile We finally shot two down and got away, but I had to fly several hundred miles home cm thro" engine wh.ch caused me to be very tired and made me sweat quite a bit. ... I can tell \ou about it now because we are permitted to write about s iccevful enemy action " SANDBURG-SEARS WEDDING OF SEPT. 3 IS ANNOUNCED '' uctaTLost Nazis Regain Some Ground In Struggle Grenadier Overdue; Probably ; Carried About 65 I Washington. D. C. (INC)—The navy announced today that a modern sub-! marine has been lost presumably rn the Pacific while two U. S. subchaser.-, hajre been bombed and sunk in the Mediter-rane n. The navy also disclosed that 15 Japanese planes raided the American all base at Funatuti in the FII I ire islands in the Central Pacific. It Slid that one enemy plane was shot down and reported the enemy raiders caused only slight material damage, j The submarine overdue and presumed to be lo t is the U. S S. Grenadier I which wa. completed on May I, 1941. Bitter Fighting; No Confirmation of Evacuation Claims Allied Headquarters mN orth Africa I < INS i — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower j announced today that reserves are be-j ing rushed to the Salerno bridgehead where American troops are fighting a bitter .struggle against the nazis. Fighting there, allied headquarters said, is comparable to the bloody struggle at Gallipoli in the World War. Troops of the U. S. Fifth irmy which landed there and established a bridge- head six miles deep ran into terrific I Moat of the crew also was presumed lf rmlsUtIce of ocrman (orces I have beer. lost. A vessel of the Gren- ground (he adlet type normally carries about 65 Gen. Eisenhower announced the ene- cfifcers and men. It was also indicated I there were some losses when the two subchasers were lost on August IO. my had made a number of counterattacks and regained some of the ground lost in the landing. COUNTY MEN IN ( LASS I-A MANY INQUIRIES FOR FARM WORKERS LIFER ESCAPES FROM PRISON MISS MARIE CULP AND EVERETT REFIOR ARE MARRIED SUNDAY Mr and Mrs F J Sandburg announce the marriage of their daughter, Doris, to Pfc. Lewis D Sears. Toe . ingle ring ceremony was performed in the Methodist par onagi at Lancaster, Mo., Friday, September 3. by the Rev. H R Tate They were attended by Pfc Hid Mi Carl K Pink of Bloomfield. Iowa The bride wore a beige ult dress with brown accessories The groom woie the uniform of his country. The bride is a graduate of Olds high school with the class of 1941 and attend* d Iowa We leva;, one summer. The bridegroom Is a graduate of the Winfield high .'Chool with the class of 194*0. The bridegroom has returned to Kessler Field, Miss., where he is stationed. The bride will live with her pan nts for the present time. Some Pre-Pearl Harbor Fathers Included UNO! I K I XL TALK I t been heard here that Japan rn y break internally after Germany fall anes bring a .swift conclusion of the world war a long time before the six years forecast by our admirals. The idea is founded on the supposition that Jjp shipping losses have pi evented her from consolidating her Monday morning The body was newly won empire her vast new stores of raw into war production. No one here can conclusive evidence in that at 2 p TWO SALEM RESIDENTS DIE IN SANITORIUMS (Salem — The death of Mrs. Mildred Bell occurred at the Oakdale sanitor ia vt any r d from getting brought to Stevens undertaking room.' materials an(* funeral services will be held from the Stevens Funeral Home. Thursday rn. Mrs Bein husband, Robert Bell, pr- - pearl Barbar, the Jap null- CK,cd her ln «"•«> *" She Is so.-. vived by four sons, Willis, and Lyle in tarots crushed all political opposition and ’ii* re has been but one party since. No anti-government movement has developed in Tokyo as far as we know. The hold of the militarists on Hie people is complete because of the Shinto-Buddhist religious background of the nationalists movement. Everyone in Japan thinks he is sacrificing to get necessary raw mater -lab for a greater nation. Anither group of Henry county men including several pre-Pearl Harbor fathers have been placed in Class I-A under the Selective Service and are subfect to call in the near future They are; Donald A Hall Jack Harper Virgil H Bonser Andrew H Tschantz Gilbert S Cantwell Rex Larry Abb it Harold J. Greer Charles A. flpangler Claire Carter Gaylord W. Abbott t Millard H Schlatter Jesse W. Davgy Raymond H. Krieger Lee Edward Welcher Dale O. Pickard Delbert L Jordan Gilbert G. Messer Irwin H. Garreis Wendell W. Barney Forrest E. Fountain Lester R. Nictating Carroll V. Parks Raymond L Bartlett Francis R. Maginnis Donald D. Rose Ivan M Hunter Max H. Boese ! Wesley C. Peterson Tile Farm Bureau office reports a ! big increase in call for farm help the ‘ last few days. Many farmers are wanting men to help with sdo filling. Mob available are asked to report at J the Farm Bureau of!.ce. The work is* temporary in most ca. *• , but workers I are greatly needed at present. _ The marriage of Miss Marie Emma Colp of Gcshen, Iud and Mr. Evere t Runyon Digs Out Under Electric Lre Refior, of Donnellson, la , took Fence place at ‘ne home of President Stanley B. Niles Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Pres. Niles read the marriage ceremony. i Preceding the ceremony Dr Bela Ft. Madison Iowa —(INS*— Iowa peace officers w’ere warned today of the escape last night of Thomas J. Rozsa. head of the music department at Iowa Wesleyan college, played two selections and Mrs. Rozsa sang "O Promise Me.” The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Overton of Lee coun’y. Others , , - «. „ .I present were William Brundage and Issues Special .Message Regard-j bank robber, had turned to writing M;;> Georgia Guback President Criticizes Action of Congress Runyon, 38, a “lifer” convicted of second degree murder and called a “dangerous criminal” by prison officials. The officials said Runyon escaped by digging out under the electric fence aiound the prised yard Runyon, a Washington. D c. GNS)—Competent military authorities in Washington said today that there was no confirmation j of German claims that there was evacuation of Britt h or American troops in the Salerno area nor Is any contemplated. The same sources said no information had been received from allied headquarters to substantiate nazis reports that 10,000 Americans had been taken prisoners or that the U. 3. had .suffered 10.000 casualties. These sou** ces pointed out that heavy fighting in the Salerno area is continuing and undoubtedly there have been lasses on both sides. The battle is still iluid and further tought fighting is expected before the situation is completely clarified. ing Abolishing Jobs I w ithin the prison walls and became ed-1 , itor of The Presidio, penitentiary pub- 1 I Washington, D. C. * INS)—President. Roosevelt today .strongly criticized j congress for passing legislation which abolished the jobs of ihree goverruawU* employes who had been accused by lication. RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR FUEL OIL TO END In Des Moines, the bureau of investigation said records showed Runyon was convicted of the slaying of a Renewal applications for Fuel Oil to be used for domestic heating or ho' the Dies commit tee of having subver- farmer named James Zrostlik in Han- water purposes will not be accepted by -non-combatant, They would the service Billie. Grandfield. Okla.. and LeRoy at Davenport, la., and one daughter, Arlene at Vinton. la. Mrs. Bell had been a pa lent at Oakdale for several years. * The funeral will be held at 2 p. rn. Thursday at the Stevens Funeral Home - Burial in South cemetery. j Kiwanians and their families were The death of Layton McMurren oc- privileged to enjoy a supper featuring curred Monday morning at Sunny fried chicken, several vegetables and I sive sympathies. ; in a special message to congress, the 1 chief executive declared that legisla-j tive action w'hich deprived the three employees of their .salaries was not only unwise and discriminatory but un-, constitutional. Those dismissed by congressional ac-j tion were William E. Dodd, Jr., and Goodwin Watson, employes of the fed-j i eral communications commission and ; Robert Morse Lovett, secretary of the Virgin Islands government. ; Congress cut them from the payroll in a rider to an urgent deficiency bill which appropriated money for various government agencies. cock county while holding up the farm- local War Price and Ration Boards er and tak.ng his automobile while after September 30, Robert M. Harper, making escape after a bank robbery. OPA Dis!riot Director announced to-The bureau said Runyon was arrest- day. ed March I, 1937, at Wichita, Kansas. ‘ In order to clear the files of the few and on March 9, 1937. wa.' received at remaining unrenewed applications, all the Ft. Madison penitentiary from Han. 1942-43 applications which remain in cdck county where he was sent up for the files on enrober 1st will be remover British Occupy East Coast Port second degree murder. to an inactive file, and renewal appd- Kiwanians Have Supper at Wesley New Price C eilings Likely Under Plan national Interests required the opposite vie w but the chance of such a movement arising within Japan is far less than in Germany. Japan no doubt can be cleaned up within a year or so after Germany by a direct invasion with the overwhelming Washington. D. C. —'INS)— The Slope sanitorium. Ottumwa. la., when finishing with homemade ice cream and GFA has listed the following new price he had been a 'patient for the past cookies at Wesley Chapel Monday even- ceilings which the rollback progr am three weeks. Mr. McMurren is survived ing. After the excellent meal served by contemplates: by his wife, Mrs. Anna McMurren, who the women of the church to the Ki- Apples, nine cents a pound, comparts also a patient at Sunny Slope, and wantans and families, residents of the ed to present prices cf from IO to lo one son, Earl of Donnellson, two grand- community and others, the group gath- cents; onions six cents, against current children, Mrs. Kathryn Holt, Donnell- ered in the church auditorium o se prices of eight cents; oranges 9 7 cents, son, and Dale McMurren in the ser- a movie “Wings Up" shown by Floyd compared to the present 11.2. potatoes headed v*ce s*ationed at Jefferson Barracks, Goodell. Mr. Goodeli also exhibited 3.5 cents, against 4 cent.' per pound i>e ^ombmed b°dy was brought to Stevens the breakfast package of a soldier on current prices; peanut butter 26.5 cents, Zrostlik was slain in a brutal murder cations on them will not be accepted. in November, 1936, while he with his' 'Renewal applications after October wife arui baby were on their way to Isl will be processed as new applica-church two miles east of Britt. la tions. Three men .stopped the Zrostliks and ----- took their automobile after shooting Dr. Niles Talks at Chapel Zrostlik and leaving him to die in the ______ road. Runyon’s companions were Dr S. B. Niles presented the address identified as Robert Markwood and of this morning’s chapel ceremony at Claire Gibson. Gibson now is serving iowa Wesleyan, talking on •'Problem 40 years in Minnesot r for bank robbery and a theory, although never definitely established even though a body was Solving" in which he discussed the problems of young people. Dr. Rozsa was at the console of the found, is that Gibson killed Markwood organ for the prelude and the hymn i The scripture near Millbank, South Dakota. Runyon reportedly was under life ; Van cl a griff aud sentence for bank robbery in Minne-j the prayer sota at the time of the slaying of I Zrostlik. was read by Mr. E Mr. Westbrook gave . Funeral Home and the plans have dot maneuvers or in actual combat. The against British and American fleets, re e . been fuUy completed for the funeral. kit small as it was included variety and lard, a i from their European responsibilities. Certainly we will have a new navy department and a lot of new admirals if it takes anywhere pear six years. Tile funeral will be held at 2 p. rn. Wednesday at the Stevens Funeral Home. Burial in South cemetery. Rev. Hankins in charge. the present average of 33.3; reduct.on of one cent per pound, balance as well as a sufficient quantity, shortenings, a decrease of one cent per .------ pound. Driver Involved GENERAL Mac ARTHUR'S recent brilliant tactics were aimed at eon- ._. ___ _ . quest of the Huon peninsula of New IH W F6CK I 1110(1 Guinea, above Lac. Once there, his^ ______ Rabaul Pairfiei<j _ Harry C WeGfall of K» - Mrs. Cross M ill Teach In Grades position not only will make too hot to hold, but he will then haVc qU pleadrd guilty and was fined fifty 1^! a wedge in the center of the whole doPars and cost,s jn justice of peace Jap south Pacific line, stretching fiom courj. pere recently on charges of reck- Juva to the Gilbert Islands. jfss drjving. In a large sense, however, MacAi- weetfell was arrested by local police th UT is merely holding the Jap* by f0j|owing an automobile accident which . . __ »»,. HofpnRive His r ii ltion. Mr. Cross is principal of the MI. keeping them on the aeiensive. ms occurred seven miles east cf Fairfield. t limited resources will not permit any -pjle j^efv^a man reportedly ran into a 1 ,ca rm n sc 00 • Mrs. L. W. Cross, an experienced lirst grade teacher, has been named to teach in the first grade at Saunders new work Mon-day. She succeeds Miss Mary Ross who lesigned because of ill health Mrs. Cross has had nine years teaching experience in first grade work and is especially well qualified for the pcs- Moreover. Chester Bowles, general manager of the OPA. disclosed, a program also has been completed wrhich ho .'aid will result in a 15 per cent reduction in the price of winter fruits and vegetables below the levels of last winter. , “Vegetables and fruit prices were up GO per cent rn the winter of 1942 and that got us into a lo' of trouble,” he explained. “The total cost cf food as a result went up 12 percent and drove the cost of living index up 6.2 points. The leak in the dam definitely was fruits and vegetables.” Bill Would Stop Drafting Fathers Washington. D. C. (INS* Rep. May, Kentucky democrat, chairman of the house military affairs committee, today introduced a bill which would prohibit the further drafting of fathers and provides for the dismissal of fathers already in service. 78 Enrolled In Hillsboro School Allied Headquarters in North Africa — *INS)— British occupation of the Italian east coast port of Bari and Cosenza, inland capital of Calaoria province was announced officially today, » Occupation of Bari placed units of the British eighth army at a point 118 miles east and slightly north of Salerno, west coast port which has been turned into a bloody battle ground since American forces of the fifth army landed there. The drive into Cosenza in a fast thrust pl iced the British 185 miles north of their original bridgehead. This column was still about 125 miles below the Salerno area. • British amphibolia forces since early today have been running into the west coast port of Policastro, the nazi DNB news agency reported. The Germans claimed they were landing craft which had fled from Salerno, 60 miles north.) Headquarters of Gen Dwight Eisenhower declared that heavy fighting continued on the fifth ai my front near Salerno. The Germans were offering stubborn resistance and had regained some ground previously taken bv Gen. Mark Clark s troops. Subsidy Issue Before Congress Hillsboro .school opened on Monday. Sept 6 with a total enrollment of 78 24 in the high school. 17 in the 6. 7 and 8th grades. 17 in the 4th and 5th grades, and 20 in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd SAFE-SEEDING DATES FOR WHEAT ANNOUNCED great decisive action. car driven by Miss Bertha Traut of Mf, The final crushing blow against Ja- pieasant, She was taken to the Me-pan no doubt will be aimed directly moriai hospital at Mt. Pleasant fo: at the mainland, although we may be treatment. A marriage license was issued at the shooting Jails out of trees in the south information was filed before Justice office of the clerk of the court Monday mary Devine, USNR Pacific for Marriage License Issued Winfield, Iowa —- Glen Haines has been a patient at the Mercy hospital in Burlington since Friday. His left 20 years after the war is 0f the Peace J. R. Peters and by Police to Dale Watts, 33, Salem, and Dorothy in the control tower at Muslin Field.'eye was injured by a staple he was KF EPS BOY S ON BEAM Philadelphia. —(INS;— Pilots at th° Fhildelphia Navy Yard have taken orders frcm a woman for several months —and they like it. She s Selman Roro-WAVE operator Washington. D. C. 'INS) The con-roversial subsidy issue was laid squarely before the reconvening congress today \uth the OPA pledging to hold the line against inflation only if given the tools with which to hold it. Ames, Iowa — Hessian fly safe-seeding date for Iowra announced by Carl Drake, state entomologists, are poetically the same as prevailed in 1942. Winter wheat seeded on or after the announced d aes may reasonably be expected to escape damage from the Hessian fly this fall. The date in Henry county is Sept. 25. Eye Is Injured Russia's Big Guns Pound Bryansk Moscow, Russia (INS)—Russia's big guns laid seige to Bryansk from newly won positions only 2 4 miles from the center of that vital pivot of the German central and southern front. (The German news agency DNB declared today that the city of Bryansk had been evacuated by German troops last night. There was no allied confirmation of the report, but it was pointed out the Germans usually have announced th^ir defeats in Russia before the Soviet high command.) Street Fighting In Rome London, England 'INS) —The United Nations ardio at Algiers reported today that bitter street fighting is going on in Rome. EIGHTY ATTEND COUNTY W.C.T.U. CONVENTION Two Italian Vessels Scuttled* New York. New York GNS1 The annual county W C. T. U. con-j New York. New York GNS'—Japans venti*»n held at Wintield, Friday wa' domei news agency reported today tha* over, man G. H. Atherton. Watson. 27. Mt. Pleasant. She keep- the boys “on the beam.’ hammering into a board. attended by eighty persons, including eighteen members from Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Lemon, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Wintield gave the address in the afternoon the luxury liner Conte Verde *nd the Italian gunboat Lepanto had been scuttled by their crews at Shanghai following the signing of Italy’s at misfire.

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