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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - September 18, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Gasoline No. 7 Expires Sept. ZI Fuel Oil 5 - - Until Sept. 30 Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. LXXI, No. 219SATURDAY, SEPT 18, 1912 VALID RATION STAMPS R, S. T Blue Stamps expire Sept. 20 r, V. VV Blue stamps expire Ort. 20 X, V. Z red stamps expire Ort. 2 B frown stamps expire Oct. 2 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE. by Paul Mallon J# (Distributed by King Features Byn dlcate, Inc, Reproduction In Pull oi Iii Part Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — IMF COSTLY SI I -BAC K suffered by the American Fifty Army in the Se Ie river, 20 miles south of .Salerno, was due. for one thing, to lark ai facilities for complete ah coverage over our advancing forces, although there were other important reasons also. Tie published pictures of Salerno, showing mountains rising to the skies alongside the narrow beach, do not accurately represent the condition 20 miles south. Fleeing Slayer Seized In Gun Battle Americans In New Gains They’ll Do It Every Time - - - Cause Nazis To Make Further Withdrawals Allied Headquarters in North Africa —(INS' The American fifth army hammered out new gains against the Germans in the Salerno battle area on the west coast of Italy today in punishing as adits which caused the nazi* to make a further withdrawal on their vie t flank American Planes INS*— American Martin medium bombers bombed The mountains run southeast of Said no, leaving a leu unable area for Bomb Airdromes landing and inland advancement of | our troop*', at the Se Ie. But there was I London, England — only one little airfield within the scope j of our initial advance a..and from the I Beau van and Lille airdrorw-s in beach, and it was un turnable because *T**nce early (ais morning. Earlier it wa., so near the Nazi chosen light- eral iar«* formations headed for D.cp- mg lmc | pc at great height. All our plane coverage, therefore, had to cone 200 mites from Sicily, fight, and then return. The radius of our fighter planes averages only about 300 miles, and if considerable gasoline is used rn hot fighting, they could no? stay long over the Naples area. A British air general in Malta has said that the Spitfires iii fast action could stay up only about IS minutes. Tlie most optimistic German claims mentioned only 125 to 150 of their plane , in action in that area, so there was no indication whatever of a superior concentration of German planes on th< Italian front us a whole. We toward new objectives twi n with Bry-j had air supremacy, but could not sui- ansk back in soviet hands after bitter Berlin Hammered By Mosquito Bombers London England - <INSi— Berlin was hammered for the third straight night last nigh' by . peedy Mo cfUito bombers of the BAF, the air ministry announced today. Russian Army Moves Westward Moscow, Ru: ia (INS>— Russia’s mighty red army thundered westward Train Derailed I Lifer Caught Near Galesburg j At F t. Dodge Bv Officers Galesburg, 111. (INS)—Ten coaches j Jot a 12 car Atchison, Topeka and San- i ta Fe fast mail and express train were i derailed today eight miles east of Galesburg, when the train hit a broken rail. No one was killed. Panthers Nip New London Runyon Hands Over Vincent Gun and Surrenders Score In Second Half After Trailing M* Pleasant's battling Panthers Fort Dodge'. lr wa —(INS'— Slaver-;ank robber Tom Runyon was bark in custody seized after an exchange of gunfire Friday night with two F Dodge policemen. Climaxing a day of abductions and car thefts and five day- of freedom. Runyon, the police on his heels, turned his «awed off shotgun over to a opened the season Friday night with a pt Qodge residem MVlng. I 7 to * victory over New tendon, which »xhie is all I’ve cot; I To LeRoy Brown Tq Meet Quota LeRoy Brown was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Brown by Judge Paul H McCoid rn district court h re this i morning. Brown had charged deser- ll son in the petition which stated the loan couple was married at Tama, la., in j 1936. j will again be a Mt. Pleasant opponent later in the season at New London. A little more seasoned, more alert driving and blocking a little harder than the Panthers, the visiting New Londoners made the going tough for Mt. Pleasant through the first half and fans were never too certain about the outcome in the second half. New London scored in the second quarter. Some good gains by the New (London boys, a ll yard penalty, IO yards on plays, then 9 yards on a pass took the ball up to the Mt. Pleasant 13 yard line. Mt. Pleasant held .. „ . ..j . . j , .there, but the attempted kick was a Henry ( ounty (lid not meet Mt Pleasant Friday noon were great- I. ... . in v-,. , little slow and New London moved in quota in the 2nd victor} iv interested. give up; tell the oonpers to cf me and get me.” Ft. Dodge policemen Walter Bird and Richard Porter watching highway 20 east of the city for the desperate Ft. Madison escapee spotted his stolen car and gave chase. With Divorce Granted County Fails Naval Truck Convoy Attracts Interest Persons who saw the IOO trucks of the naval convoy which passed through tain it locally at the points of landing. batties had been fought through the city’s streets. MILKE where we the largest mg could \\ NO III I about were to attack, Naples is .md best Italian port. Noth-keep their reconnaissance plane., from discovering our approach to the shore. Therefore, they I rad plenty of time to con* < ii irate not only what few planes they have, but considerable artillery at excellent jxotats. Of course, they had spies in Sicily to tell of our collection of ships long before we even moved. Furthermore our pre-invasion heavy air nom burg attacks foretold the precise point of our invasion to the nazis in language they could understand. Capture of Lae Is Announced IPLYP. Iowa Presbytery League of Young People, an organization consisting of the Presbyterian young peo Allied Headquarters rn the South- ' ple of so,ith(,:bt,m Iowa will cor west Pacific (INS)—Capture of Lae, ! yen( at Mcjy|jijan p^rk, for the an- PRESBYTERIAN YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONVENE Quota then ............$570,000 Sales ........................ 529,000 93 of Quota. An even IOO blue-uniformed women motor corps drivers left Ottumwa Friday morning for Chicago at the wheels of trucks, comprising the largest convoy of naval equipment ever to be (sent over the nation's highways. Among the drivers of the vehicles , , - „ j were 32 socially prominent Chicago the Home biont . jwomen. Aid of the women was obtain- Can our boys in Salerno count,pd through an appegl (o the Rpd Crom when regular drivers could not be ob- Our quota for the Third War Loan $705,900. Are you doing your part on ; "Have you purchased all the J — =“—- .-J bonds that you can not* , j were sent to Chicago for recondition- , , w feet™ i . ONLY lf) DAYS 'ing for their next navy contract job. principal Jap base in northeast New • fa„ rallv on Sunday afternoon IT J . , the ___________ Guinea alter a gruelling 12 day a-s-sault gnd eV(?nmi, bhiGVnr Gan was announced today by Gen. Douglas j ^ large number of young people arej * _ __ MacArthur. expected to be present and a splendid! pi gram ha been prepared The young R/inrl I^rPmiPrf11 \lrS \linni0 people will hear Dr. Wallace. Synod- Dies In Ohio ira I young peoples leader from Arises and Mr. and Mr Co vies of Washington, D C. Rev. Byrd of Middletown is the young peoples director of this area. Hurricane To Hit Gulf ( oast Today Word of tne death of Mrs Minnie Their clever plan of defensive grand o«g of Mt. Vernon. Ohio, has been strategy likewise enabled them not received bv relatives here Mrs Ogg. SIGMA PHI EPS0LIN only to escape the trap which our ^ years old. was the only sister oft Whole plan of south Italy invasion had the lat<? M c anc} e. B Carls of this HAS PLEDGING SERVICE arranged for them, but they could cny, and resided here many years agO( _ bring to bear superior strength at having married Morgan Johnson. Mr.; qu tuesday evening September 14 poetically any chosen point. Johnson passed away early in life and tde pledging service of five boys to later she married Elias Ogg who also t^e sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was preceded her in death. ! held in the chapter rooms. The pledg- Many hen will remember Mrs. Ogg. es art,; Norman Snow. Newburgh. N. as .she visited here often, her most re-y.. Vance Anderson. Cantril. la.’, OI R GRAND SCHEME obviously was to land on the toe of the boot to draw the Germans into the extreme crnt VJSjt being when she was 92 years clem Kerr. Cantril. la.; Walter Franz, south of Italy and then start encir- 0,d At that time she made the trip Newburgh, N. Y.; and Rex Stein. Burl cling movements on both the east and ^.jjh relatives by Ar. At the age of 95 ^gton la west coast behind them. The nazis shg made a ^ to Francisco.____ refused to bite. Calif., bv car to visit her son Lieut iirwjijv AQSnriATIHN They put practically nothing in the Colonel Qgg ntnlv I ACCUGIAI lull toe and little in the heel of the Italian was an unusually active woman boot, retaining the bulk of their force ^ retaining splendid phlsi- back in the center of the peninsula ^ ^ strength and mental faculties un- At Temple Theatre Tickets are in demand for the Bond Premier at the Temple Theater ‘ Wednesday night. September 22nd. I These tickets may be secured at any of the regular places wrhere bonds are I sold. Admission to ’ Destroyer" which j stars Edward G. Robinson will be by j these Bond Premier tickets only. This special event arranged by Mr. M. L. Dickson, manager of the Temple theater is one of the big features of he third war loan campaign. 51 WOMEN AID IN SEWING; MORE NEEDED New Orleans. La. — <INS>— The hurricane now raging over the gulf of Mexico east of Corpus Christi, Tex . will strike the Texas coast in the Freeport-Galveston area this afternoon. Winds as strong as IOO miles an hour and dangerously high tides will accompany the storm. AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA RETURNING HOME Fifty-one women responded to the ' call ,to help sew emblem patches on LEADS DAIRY GROUPS * uniforms for the local air detachment _ I at the Red Cross rooms Friday. 671 Washington, D. C. —(INS)— The state department announced today that William Standley, ambassador to | Russia, is returning home for con-j sultation. A state department spokesman said the consultations will be in connection with discussions which now are being carried on with the British and Sov- swiftly to knock the ball down on the tin ce yard line. A line drive made three yards and Parsons went over for the touchdown on the next play The placekick attempt was bad which was the difference between a victory for Mt. Pleasant and a tie score, it developed later. Mt. Pleasant ripped into the New Londoners at the start of the second half, took the ball on the Panthers 30. plowed up to the Mt. Pleasant 48 and then Anderson brought the Mt. Pleasant supporters to their feet cheering with the longest run of the evening— a 39 yard dash to the New London 13. Line plays made gains and Ralph Clawson steamed over for the Mt. Pleasant touchdown. Clawson hit the line for the extra point, giving Mt Pleasant a one point advantage, 7 to 6. BAC K I K Vt KING Fort Dodge, la (INS*— Tom Runyon today was on his way back to the Ft. Madison penitentiary walls. Penitentiary Warden Percy A. Lainson arrived in Fort Dodge and started back to Ft. Madison with the prisoner. As a safeguard against another escape by Rumen, who calls himself a two time loser with everything to gain and nothing to lose, two prison guards arid two highway patrolmen accompanied Lai-son. sirens screaming they pursued his car into the residential district. As they drew along side Runon stopped abruptly and reached for the shotgun he had taken in his first abduction at West Point. la., the night before. Police Open Fire* Police opened fire and Runyon sent a blast into the side of the officers’ car and then fled to hide behind a tree. Neither Runyon nor either of the policemen was hit in the gunfire While Porter stood guard. Bird circled a house to approach Runyon from the other side. Meanwhile William Hinsch, resident of the house, came Later a New London fumble re COV- old and Runyon called to him to an ered by Mt Pleasant gave the Panthers opportunity to advance from the New London 34 to the 21 where the drive fizzled. Soon New London recovered a Mt. Pleasant fumble on a high pass from center on the Mt. Pleasant 32 and moved up to the Mt. Pleas: nt 12, but there the New Lon-j Exchanged Shots With Farmer nounce his surrender. Capture of the life term slayer climaxed a series of abductions, car seizures and gasoline holdups that reached from near Ft Madison where he escaped Monday night to Fort Ames. Iowa — The 18,303 cows test- j garments were completed. where it could be shuted in superior ^ ^ ~ few weeks before her death ed in Iowa dairy herd-improvement j Since there are that many more to which was caused from gangrene in associations during the month of Aug-, do, many helpers will be needed again her foot Iust averaged 23.6 pounds of butterfat next Tuesday, Sept. 21. The work will She is survived by one brother, Har- and included 355 that were removed begin at force to meet landings. The Germans had about three-and-one-haif divisions (around 50,000 men) in the Naples-Salerno area. The the Sele river,, this mobile force not only repelled our attack with superior ar tillery, at great cost of lives to us, but cut its way actually to the beach at the mouth of the river and, for a time, divided our lorce. doners last out on a similar mishap from center. Penalties were numerous, Mt. Pleasant losing 80 yards and New London 60. New London made five first downs to Mt. Pleasant’s four, penalties accounting for some of them. New London completed eight out oi 17 passes for 58 yards while Mt. Pleasant completed two out of seven for 15 yards. Mt. Pleasant made 103 yards rushing and lost two while New Lon- lilation as to whether Adfniral Stand ley will return to Russia as ambassador. IO a. rn. and continue ley Carts, of Cardington, Ohio, the from the association herds because of j throughout the day. Anyone who can niy last surviving of a family of ten. She low production, sale, or other reasons.. come, for even an hour, please do so ClI" . • I A , Orte mt t I __ ail rn**. » V-, VS , •< ItlTXnVl is survived also by the son Lieut. Col. ; The Henry association, with 306 Those who wish may bring their lunch. Lester Ogg and several step-sons and cows in milk, led all other associa-1 Also bring needle and thimble. Those daughters in Ohio, with whom she has tions during August with an average! in charge are. indeed, very grateful made her home. of 807 pounds of milk, containing 31.5 for the help. Funeral services were held in Mt. pounds of butterfat, produced during Vernon, Ohio, this afternoon. SOME DISPATCHES have suggested that we even had to fight armored cars agaisnt their tanks but we certainly had tanks in the action in the beginning. Some units were destroyed by heavy bombing which the Germans iiad prepared for our landing, but several units got ashore. l ater, the air fields at Bari, captur- rt nan letter from ‘Bill Swygarrl, former I ed by Montgomery, across the Italian _ _ ^ ..... peninsula, became available. But* TODAY’S MARKET iet governments concerning diplomatic problems. There was immediate spec-jdon made 80 and iost 51. The lineups: Mt. Pleasant. Cottrell, Tackenberg, Pounds, Miller. Smith. Man-aall. Foster, Shelley, Shook, Clawson and Anderson; New London, Appel. Calloway. Schwitzer, Piper, Jennings, Totemeier, Lange. Parsons. Fallon, Miller and McFerran. Substitutions: Mt. Pleasant: Higby, Crowl. Neese. Strohman. Breazeale and others: New London. G. Jennings and others. Officials, Carl Johanson. Sam Clark and Art Samuelson. TURN IN NYLON AND SILK BEFORE SEPT. 30 With County Men And Women In The Service Ka Prof. H. E. Jaques has received a the month. Second high was Dallas with 353 j cows in milk and average production! Chicago. 111. —(INS* of 759 pounds of milk containing 29.113.300; steady; top 15.15; polk 14 80 to panther & OConnor's or the local Since the collection of used silk and nylon stockings is to be discontinued Sept. 30, according to War Production Board instructions, women are asked to leave their collection at one of the following places; J. c. Penny's store. Hog receipts Spurgeons. Mt. Pleasant Bottling Co., pounds of butterfat. LARGE JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM IS SOLD 15.10; heavies 14.65 to 14.90; mediums Red Cross rooms, before that date. Henry county will make its final shipment October I. S. D. Garretson and Wayne T. Gar- 14.90 to 15.15; light* 14.75 to 15.10. Cattle receipts 1.500, steady; calves 300, steady. Sheep receipts 2.600; steady. Lambs ROELOFS APPOINTED 13.00 to 14.50; ewes 6.00 to 7.00. LOCAL HOG MARKETS At the Krey Station—Markets steady BY FARMERS UNION w C student, saying he has arrived retson, leal estate biokeis. icport tho safely in India with a malaria control sale cf the Charles Ball farm of 258 Top $14.50; I60.to 180 lbs $14.00 to seme days are required to get gaso lie, technicians, and space parts into unit »;Zed fields in order to make the ttfi-^ A.s G|,nn ^ Srartf Mt. Pleasant. cient bases for continuous a ac s. 17111709 313 College Training This is one of the good farms ini Tire costly lesson learned was thai A. S. M nillTOO. Sia Cone^Tralmng ^ p ^ ^ ^ of level, black, tiled farm ground and i _ , the rest pasture. tillery, and ail coverage. ur nava walter L Sternberg of Camp This farm is situated on a gravel' cun coverage and bombings were just A'S Waiter l. Mernnerg ox vamp , not enough to protect anything except W ,rd. Farragut. Idaho, arrived rn Mi. road. has two barns, water under the immediate landing operations. Pleasant Friday evening on a ten day pressure piped to ad main buddings. They were no good when we got inland, furlough and visit with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Prcttsman will move to Until the farts are all in. these must parents, Dr and Mrs W A Stern- their new home March 1st and ’ake be the inescapable major conclusions, berg. possession. * Des Moiens. la. (INS)—Edward E acres 6 miles northwest of Fairfield to $14.30; 190 to 330 lbs., $14.20 to $14.50; Roelofs, Sioux Center, la., weekly news-Mr. Charles Prottsman northwest of packing sows, $13.40 to $14.00. I IIC V/VOvlJ AV.avn* -WW , _ lending invasion operations are ex- Detachment. Squa ron D., tremely hazardous without landing ar- of Nevada. Reno. Nevada. Our naval LOCAL MARKETS Eggs—36c. Sweet Cream—51c. Cream, No. I—50c. Cream. No. 2—48c. Heavy Hens—21c. Leghorn Hens—19c Heavy Springs—24c. Leghorn Springs—22c^ Cox—17c. Earlier last night he hid exchanged shots with Horace Dougan. farmer six miles south of Iowa Falls. At the Dougan farm, he threatened Mr. and Mrs. Dougan, obtained food and gasoline. forced Dougan to transfer license plates from his automobile to that driven by Runyon and then abducted the farmer and drove away A few’ miles away, Runyon ordered the farmer out of the car. Meanwhile Mrs. Dougan had found a 22 ci^ibre pistol and followed the Runyon car. She picked up her husband and they gave chase, firing several shots Runyon turned his machine around and as he passed the Dougans who had driven into a farm yard, he fired a blast at the farm couple. Obtains Gasoline. His last stop before that as far as was learned had been in Benton county near Laporte City where he terrorized a farmer named Smillick. obtained ll gallons of gasoline and left after tearing the telephone from the wall and warning Smallick not to turn in the alarm. Smallick was said by officials to have waited more than an hour before notifying Sheriff Nils Mozema at Vinton. Runyon had obtained the shotgun at the Earl Vincent farm near West Point the night before, abducted th* Vincent family, made two stops in Mt Pleasant, left the Vincents at H?skins. and abducted Ross M^Creedy there Serving for Slaying. Runyon w’as serving a life sentence for a part in the .slaving of James Zrosthk, northern Iowa farmer, from _ 1 whom he and two companions stole a All workers in the September wrar car March 9. 1937. while es aping af-bond program are asked to complete | ter a bank robbery in Woodbury eoun- 1 All shoe store are being required to' their pledge drive as quickly as possi- j tv. Runyon was a m*’m(x! of the 1 take an inventory of their stock as of ble and turn in their cards. Any Mf. | Barker and Gibe-on gang* which t*r- Sept. 30 in order to give the OPA sta- ' Pleasant persons not yet contacted j rorized the midwest with bank rob- titties for preparing the future shoe should call either E. A Haye' or Ben berie- kidnaping* and murders a few rationing program. A. Galer. county and city chairmen years ago. NICE SMALL FARM NEAR LOCKRIDGE SOLD ! paper editor, has been appointed state 1 j secretary of the Iowa Farmers Union I by its board of directors, it was an-I nounced today. Hill Real Estate reports the sale of the well improved 44 acre farm lying adjacent to the high school in Lockridge and owned by Mrs. Lull Tall-man, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Standley of Mt. Pleasant. The Standbys recently sold their property here and will move to their newly purchased home about Dec. 1st. Taking Shoe Inventory BOND PLEDGE DRIVE SHOULD BE COMPLETED

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