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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
KALAMAZOO R Mrs

KALAMAZOO R Mrs.
Minnie Miller. 90. of Kalamazoo,
was accidentally asphyxiated
Thursday in the kitchen of her
home, according to q report by
Justice Gordon L. Stewart, act
ing coroner. Officers said gas
stove jets were pulled open by
Mrs. Miller's dress, when she
was seized with q fainting spell.
SAGINAW - R Junior G.
Prefer, %, died Thursday of a
skull fracture received Sunday
when q car in which he was rid
ing struck an embankment on
M-13.
DETROIT - R - William
Saxon, AZ, stood mute upon ar
raignment Thursday before u. S.
Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd
on q counterfeiting charge and
was ordered held under $4,000
bond. u. s. treasury agents said
he was the last of four men
sought in an alleged counterfeit
ing ring accused of passing
$4,000 in s. bills.
o.
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 15-(P-
A five-member u. S. Congress
sional subcommittee on appro-
priations, headed by Rep. Louis
Rabaut (D-Mich-), planned to
leave here by airplane for Haiti
today.
The group flew here yesterday
from Havana after completing
a four-day visit to study the
work of the Commerce anc
State Department The sub-com'
mittee's tour through Latir
America is due to end with q
visit to Mexico City, Oct. 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

National Banks 10 New York in the Queens road, the main thorough fare of ictoria.
 The American Consul General is housed in the Hong Kong Shanghai bank building, in the same area.
 Canada Officer Killed
 Ottawa, Dec. 23-(UP)-Brigadier L.. K. Lawson, commander of the Canadian units at Hong Kong, has been killed in action, national de- fense headquarters announced to- day.
 Canadian casualties at Hong Kong were described in the statement as very heavy"
 Defense headquarters also an- nounced that Col. Pat HennesSy Of the military administrative staff ct Hong Kong had been killed in ac- ton.
 Hennessy was killed by shell fire, the department said, on the basis of e report received through the British admiralty on the situation up to 6 p. m. yesterday.
 The announcement said the Ca- madam positions had been under constant attack by Japanese attack ing forces and admitted that two Canadian counter-attacks had fau- cd Co meke progress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
BRITISH FIGHTING
 KEEP HONG KONG
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sContinued from Page D island in seven days. December i6, Baxter reported the progress of the Japanese attack and described the defense of the British garrison Baxter got his dispatch through to- day by radio to the United Press Bureau in Manila.
 Most communication with Hong Kong has been long delayed, and has come through the British em- bassy at Chungking, China, which has been in occasional touch with the garrison.
 The Malaga command ct Slnga- pore has had occasional and usually long-delayed reports of the fighting.
 They stand Fast
 London, Dec. 23-(UP)-Canadian, British and Indain troops of tho Hong Kong garrison stood fast to- day, many of them isolated, against overwhelming Japanese odds while Chinese troops to the west fought toward them in an attempt at res- cue.
 Military authorities here held no hope th tt the intrepid men of the garrison, aided now by civilians, could fight off indefinitely an enc tire Japanese army attacking day and night by land, air and seq.
 But e coTnfnunique of the Malaga garrison, Issued ct Singapore, said the British were holding parts of the western island,
 The Singapore communlue said that the Chinese, fighting their way toward Hong Kong from the west, had thrust their advanced clements 70 Tamshui and Shamchung, 40 and 27 miles respectively from the island, and that guerrilla fighting was rec ported to have broken out only i4 miles away from the island.
 Singapore said the situation ct 6 p. m. Hong Kong time yesterday was that the Japanese held the eastern half of the island. But even there, 1t was said, isolatd British posts fought on.
 Though authorities held no hope that the garrison could indefinitely fight off the Japanese, and were reconciled to the loss of naval base which had been an empire out post for a century, 1t was intimated In competent quarters today that a British counter-at would be or gantzed to retake the colony,
 Must Recapture It
 Our recapture of Hong Kong is essential 10 our future plans in the western Pacific" an informant said.
 The informant pointed out that Hong Kong occupied vital position on Japan's line of sea communica- tions and would provide a most val uable harbor for Japanese ships.
 For that reason it is most essen. ttal that the Japanese do not acquire permanent control of Hong Kong" he added.
 It was admitted that for the pres- ent the Japanese had 8 free rum in the seas in the Hong Kong zone and It was remarkable, 1t was said. That the Japa. lese had not already sue. ceeded in taking the island.
 Americans included Addison '. Southard, Consul General, and members of his staff, and George p. Baxter, of Eureka, Calif., United Press Correspondent.
 American property includes the extensive Standard oil installation, on the mainland, believed Co have been wrecked by the British garri- son before its retreat. and the build- 1nRs ok the national city and Chase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
RUSSIANS KEEP
 SMASHING NAZIS
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viet force was driving into the Ger man rear guard and "creating havoc" Tn rline days of fighting, i3 tanks, 10 armored cars, 400 trucks and automobiles, 36 guns, 77 mine throwers and 1000 shells were cap. tured.
 Reports from the northern front said Russian coordinated ski units, tanks and infantry were driving through sulow in to flank elabora te German Notifications and relieve schlusselburg fortress outside Len- ingrad.
 Other units advancing southwest from the railroad city of Tikhy2n claimed the recapture of Budogosh. important rail junction between, Moscow and Leningrad.
 Reports from the Crimea describ- ed a major Axis attack against RuSsia's Strongholds = a desperate attempt to prevent advancing Soviet troops in the Donets Basin from trapping battered German columns in wise along the Sea of Azov.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

liminary planning"
 Never had more secrecy and pre-. caution accompanied the ar"ival here of a distinguished visitor.
 With his arrival ct the White House, 6 single roof sheltered tive of the fuor men now most directly responsible for the fate of the world for generations to come.
 The British prime minister and the president met within 4e hours of the announcement that another of the quartet, Adolf Hitler, had as- sufned direct command of the Nazi legions.
 The fourth man Is Joseph stalin His Red armies evidently are to be charged with major responsibility for defeat of Hitler on the colti- nent of Europe.
 The White House confereSS are dividing the world for battle, actu- ally forming c league of nations against the Axis league.
 Four Theaters
 The four theaters of wer expected to be agreed upon probably will Dc assigned variously so the control of major members of the afti-Axis league. They are expected to be:
 1. Europe.
 2. Middle East and North Africa.
 3. The North Atlantic.
 4. The Pacific and Far East.
 Stalin's armies already have taken charge of fighting the Axis on the continent of Europe.
 The Middle East and North Afris con show is and will remain for some time c purely British and Do- fninion venture.
 The North Atlantic may bs as- signed to Great Britain as well, ufl- der the unified command of British naval and air officers.
 The Pacific and Far East, under such c division of responsibility. would become the field Of opera- tons for Q unified command under American officers. Those officers, it iS believed, will be Admiral King and Gen. Douglas MaeArthur, the latter now e four-star, full general who commands the dangerously challenged defenses of the Philip. pines.
 High on the agenda of the White House conferees Is what emergency measures, if any, can Dc undertaken to extricate vital Singapore from . position admittedly precarious and to prevent Japanese landings in force in the Philippines.
 There was speculation In London that the Roosevelt Churchill cons versations might also deal with the possibility of obtaining access to certain strategic areas as bases for ai1tisAxis efforts. ViadivoStOk may be such c potential base.
 The Roosevelt. Churchill conyor- sationS are judged here to Do the beginning Of c two-phase program. The first would be the determine. ton of immediate strategy and ob. jeetlveS to minimize confusion Of military operations. This would bo followed by establishment of c pers i11anert inter-ailied war council,
 But the most immediate problem, is said to Do c clear definition of authority in the four major war theaterS,
 Ultimately, c single military com. inaflder may make such decisions, although the obstacles to agreement among all the allies upon c single head are tremendous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

positions north og Damortis at the north end of the bend in the coast.
 An army spokesman, developing this communique, said Japanese planes he'd been most active throughout Monday and many places had been bombed. Japanese planes also supported ground troops In invasion areas.
 The spokesman, commenting on the general situation, said 1t was too early to determine the exact status of the fighting.
 (The war department cornrnuni- que No. g, issued late yesterday at Washington, said:
 (''Intense fighting continues along the coastal areas of Lingayen gulf, about 150 miles north of Manila on the Island of Lu2on.
 ("Attempted landings by the enc emy near San Fabian and Damortis were frustrated. Japanese infantry landed near Agoo and moved south toward Danortis. American and Philippine troops, using artillery and tanks, have engaged the enemy south of Agoo.
 ("Japanese destroyers moved into Lingayen gulf to cover 8 landing at Damortis, but were driven off by our artillery"
 (The Washington and Philippines communiques together fixed the coast near Santos Tomas, between Damortis and Agoo, as the principal fighting area, after the repulse of landing attempts at San Fabian and Damortis south of Santo Tomas.)
 Manila had 25 minute air raid alarm period from l0:26 @. m. to l0:5l today.
 Manila had its second air eaid alarm this afternoon, but no Jap- aneSe planes were seen during the S3 minute alarm period ending at 3 p. m.
 Another Hero
 Manila, Dec. 23-(UP)--Maj. Em- melt O'Donnell, Jr., of New oYrk City, newest American hero, who shot down four Japanese planes while on reconnaissance duty, Is known to the sports world as Rosie ODonnell," former fothall star and coach at West Point.
 Strike At Japanese
 Batavia, Dec. g = (Up) -- The Netherlands East Indies air fleet already aiding British in defense of Malaya-today struck O blow in de- fense of the Philippines, attacking the Japanese at Davao and hitting a 10,000-ton Japanese tanker with Q 50o-pound bomb.
 The Dutch air squadron, operat- Ing in cooperation with American defenders of this key port on the south coast of Mindanao island, at- tackled Japanese shipping in Davao harbor.
 (Tokyo claimed today that her forces, landed Saturday at Davao, are now in full control there. Only scanty American reports have been received from Davao Slnce start of the Japanese attack.)
 An official Dutch communicate rec ported that naval aircraft carried out Q strong attack on Japanese ships in Davao harbor, scoring a direct hit with heavy 500-pound demolition bomb on the largest ship In the roadstead, e tanker of about 10000 tons.
 The tanker caught fire, the Dutch communique said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
News Writers Missed
 Churchill Arrival
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House,
 "IEe arrived by air and was met by the President ct An air station near Washington"
 There WaS one thing more, c White House statement on the meet ing, Here t k," Early Said. "Now you cGn go."
 Desk Es CFaehed
 Eag1y's desk WIii never look the same. fn the scramble for the mimeo- gFephed statements . lamp WaS knocked ever, . porcelain donkey was broken, gadgetA and knlcks knaCkS were juEnbied,
 When Early said "g0v t vas e:6e,90 ?, n. ct e:D7 ?. n. the news hed been flashed to aii countries where American news stilI gees.
 Three days before the birth ami. verseFy of the Prince Of Peace, tWG great leaders were deep ln discus sion Og waF,
 Tie official announcement didnl Say, but it appeared that Churchill Would spend inst anniversary tn tip White House,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

Gbout matters which might DO 0s interest t0 the enemy.
 Early yesterday, although cogl- nFmatlon was still lacking, It became apparent that something bigV Was brewing Gt the White House.
 Reporters were told t0 publish nothing until the fact had been @flS noIineed officially. By neon the normal handful of newspaper men ln the executive wing ef the White Motise had increased t0 %, Two hours latef there were %, then e, finally more than 60.
 Invaded EaFIy'S office
 Al 2 D. n. c reporter invaded the office Of RuthjaFl6 RtiEneit, assistant to stephen T. Early, tile Presidents press secretary, afld asked;
 Does Steve know we're aii cut fiere2"
 Ghe said ne did ard wouid Caii them is f anything developed.
 Things kept happening which COsls tFibuted to the tension, Sir Gerald Campbell, director Of the British Press service il the United States, was tn and out aIi afternoon.
 4 secret service chauffeur was iisheFed into the building and es- coFted through 6 door beyond the foyer.
 eomehOw the word got around that CharchiiI was due ct 6 D. n. Shortly before inst hour there Was 6 movement Of White H0uEe police towards the deer, 1t was thrown open ~ asd ia eaFae aH attendant carrying C potted poiHsettie. Mrs. Roosevelt this year is giving Pcias settlas to White House employees as Christmas gifts.
 Once during the afternoon enc Of EaFiyS assistants came to the foyer door with Q handful Of press Fe- leases, There was q rush. The re- leases said the President had signed D,iG2S, "ail set t0 suspend the export tax."
 Another time Early himself %. peaFed with some fninleOgraphed sheets. They were 6nAtclied from his hands. They had nothing to do with Churchill.
 As the day were on and the ex- pected announcement from Early was not forthcoming the suspense mounted, Mrs. Runlelt stepped out Of her office, approached heWspapeF- men damned ct the corridor efI- trance and asked:
 Clerk Had tO Flee
 May I have . cigaFet?"
 The crowd 6tiFged forward and Mfrs. Rumelt, although she got her ciearet, had to beat . quick retreat,
 The ileWgpapeFnleSl didn't know it et the time, but ct about e:D5 D. 1ss, the White House limousine bearing Churchill and Mr. Roosevelt from the airport was passing 1Ith Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, six blocks from the White House. MCutfOrd Snyder, the Presidents chauffeur, vas ct the wheel and Tom 0uaIters, the Presidents secret service hodys guard, was ct his side.
 A telephone rang tn Eagy,s OEfIce. 4 second later he called the press, Taking refuge behind his deSk, Early said he had 6 story tO give out,
 T can't let you SO on t1ig,", he continued, "sinttI this telephone finRs telling mo inst Sir Gerald Campbell ecrogs tho hail is talking to kon- don"
 At that moment the teleph0ne rang. Early listened, said aokay" aIld hung lip.
 @clentiem6n," fa saad, atile Prime Minister Of ciFeak Britain E nov Wiih tho RTesidant ia the white
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
RETREAT OF AXIS IS NOW BLOCKED
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(COntInued from Page D ing Germans and Italians, the Brit ish rushed FeenfOFcements to posi-. tons covering Benghazi, capital Of CyFenaica, where pressure on the Axis forces is increasing, . com- I1tnIqHe said.
 Tt nov IS reported that along khe whole line Of the eTeny's retsSBt west Of Mektll the countryside is Uttered with abandoned material" headquaFteFS said, MeEiM Is . vital highway junction south Of Derna.
 Many Germans and Italians have been captured but details ere not GyaiiebIe because British troops ere concentrating on pursuit and de- StFucticn Of the enemy, the coBl' r1unique said.
 Ground operations were aided by the Royal Air Force, wiltGh, aL though hampeTeA by bad weather made successful attacks or trans, port. Many enemy vehicles were de, strOyed and the RAW inflicted heavy casualties or the enemy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

INCONVENIENCE kE4kW KAHD AI inanding the centraI Russian front, and 0srd Won Rundstedt, cofTls f1andIng the central Russian front, and deFd Won Rundstedt, coins f1anding the northern front, h@d offered his resignation.
 Were TOreSeea
 Three possibilities of German cfS fensiVe action were f0Feseen as possible # Hitler desired to strike thrust through Spain to French North Africa, c thrust through Turkey to the Russian Caucasus afld c direct attack on Great Britain.
 4 News Chronicle Zurich dispatch reported As from ViChy inst 0ers man tfops had ben moving through occupied France to Spain for 6 week and that the Spanish Bay Of Dlscay frontier had been Ciosed to oFdifis afy tFafiic.
 Madrid reported that EbeFhaFd Won etohreT, the German afSlbassas dor to Spain, left yesterday for Bef- lin, and the Berlin correspondent of the Madrid aftefnen fieWspapeF Madrid" in limiting ct forthcoming surprises, said tl1at even f Russia were gfiowboind there "existg for Germany another theateF Of Waf in North Africa"
 Since last weekend the chief civil Gild military offlciais Of French North Africa have been comforting with the Vichy government.
 A United Press Malta dispatch asserted inst since the recent diss f1iisSal by Viehy Of General Max inc Weygand, French commander in chief in Africa, preparations had increased "A hundred fold" ifl North Africa to receive and supply Ger man and Itailan armies ofl French colonial soil.
 Wake ISIamA Runner
 Berlin, Dec. 2a = (0ficiaI DINE Broadcast Recorded By United Press ct New York - The Japs ailese naval spokesman ct Shanghai sad today that Japanese forces "haye completed" the occupation Of WAhg AbAHAA1s
 American marine gGFFisonS ct sc- lated Wake and Midway Islands iEi the Pacific have beaten of repeated Japanese attacks since the start Of the war !n the Pacific.
 There was no confirmation in Washington that the Japanese have succeeded in oyerpowering the small Wake Island defense force. At last official reports the Wake Island garrison still was witilStanding Jap- anese attack.
 Big Battle NeaF
 Singapore, Dec. 23 - (U.P.) - Dispatches from the front isldi- catea today that the biggest battle of the Malaya campaign was iSnmI- nent along the Eagt-West British Empire line, 300 miles north of sin- gapore.
 Non-esesntiai civilians were evac- uating the vicinity of Ipch in the western area Eor Kuala Lampuy, 100 miles to the south, though t was said there was said there was no mass avecuation.
 A MaIaya command cofnnnuniQae reported that front generally quiet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
MISSED SHOT SPREADS WOE

Kollcgg. Cai. (UP)-C. E. Foose, prominent slasepnnan. saw . crow flying overhead. Just to keep ir practice, he fired ct it. The shot frightened his horse, whose sla0e struck 6 stone that gave of sparks and started c fire which burned 20 acres og his best grazing land. xIc didn't sven hlt tlae @0w.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23


 office worker and an employe of the Navy yard for 14 years, was charged only with cutting 6 power cable, Brandon told the court he would show that Collins hoped what he did would result in an explosion destroying Q building in the Navy Yard"
 we are determined to make an example of this case. This man hid and destroyed key wooden patterns and blue prints or fighting ships under construction for the purpose of confusion ard delay.
 "f1e has admitted that lie is fo- sponsible for the wastage of thou. sands of gallons of oil. He burned the (ind ,ntlficatlon) numbers from steel plates, used in the fabriCating oe ships. He did all in his power Co interfere with or stop construction Of work connected with the nee tionaI defense"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

CCOntinusd from Page D were carefully selected and win Dc dealt with in accordance with exist- ing Jaw,
 {. Local officials, alemberG Of Defenee Councils, and private ctti- zens c@I, make their best eontEibu. ten by transmitting al evidence os hoStiie activity to, the neeEss. HDY cfflce, and by leaving the task Of epDgehe1diiig enemy aliens entirely 6 the hands Of tile De- paFkmeilt Of Justice. Whsn an overt act ag committed, or as eboGt e Dc committed, boeai police wlib @ course, bmke suitable action and an form the United States pgpaytment c Justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
Full Weather Report

C0NNECTHCUT--Llght to mOd~ crate rains thin @GteRnoom and toe night. Warmer tonight. Esattie change in temperature Wednesday.
 Boston, Dec. B. (upl Weather forecast:
 MASSACHUSETTS, tnd RHOD E ISLAND --- Light Co moderate rain this afternoon mad tonight, warmer tonight. Little change la tempora. ture Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
SABOTAGE ACTS
 ARE CLEARED UP

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
HITLER MAY TRY
 DARING GAMBLE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
SCIJLEY
 ISSUES WARNING

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

Store open until P M tonight Store closed wsdnsSdn
 t7P.M.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Strikes
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in prepared statement attributed
to Harry H. Bennett, personnel di-
rector. that the unions main OBJ
ject' in the strike was ito tie up
another large American industry and
thus cripple the national defense
program"
The statement asserted in part:
The rank and file of the c. I. o.
membership is. undoubtedly. COM
posed Of good American citizens with
their countrys best interests at
heart. They have been misguided.
however, by a group of Communist
leaders who, notwithstanding their
protestations of love for the work
ing man. are not interested in either
the welfare of the workers or the
national defense of America. This
strike. with the many other strikes
through the Nation, is the result of
a gigantic communistic conspiracy
to paralyze the industrial life of our
Nation"
At Milwaukee, Wis, complete clos
ing of the strike-bound Allis-Chal-
mers Manufacturing Co. plant, in
cluding Offices that employ about
1,700 persons was demanded by
union strikers today after the COM
pany had suspended production to
prevent recurrence Of riotous out
breaks like those OF yesterday In
which 49 men were injured.
The United Automobile Workers
&C. I. o. Union members voted at q
mass meeting to demand that the
Offices be closed. starting tomorrow
The office workers reported today.
No attempt was made to stop them
from entering.
The union wired President Roose-
welt a request that the strike be
not referred to any new govern
mentaD agencies or bodies, but that
the department of conciliation be
given a free hand and full authority
to order the company to accept the
o. P. M. or similar union security
clause The union added:
Until such negotiations are COM
pleted, in the interest of the men.
women and children of this COM
munity we ask that the plant be
kept closed"
The management said the ques-
ton of reopening the plant for re-
sumption of work on important de-
fense materials was entirely in the
hands of the Federal Government" )"