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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08
War

Yugoslav troops from the Bal
kan hot corner" zone, exposing
the Greek left flank; while on
the right flank, Nazi Panzer
columns knitted so miles south
to the Aegean sea between
Greece and Turkey.
The sudden departure of the
Yugoslav troops - in southern
Yugoslavia near the Greek and
Bulgarian frontiers was not
explained.
A Greek general staff COM
munique said briefly:
81. "Yugoslav troops fighting in
southern Serbia withdrew, un-
covering the left flank of our
troops, who were heroically
fighting on the border line.
Despite this, our soldiers
continue to fight with great self
sacrifice, defending the father
land inch by inch.
Military observers said a gen.
eral Yugoslav withdrawal from
the sector would permit the
Germans to plunge down the
broad Vardar River valley, key
route to Cree e.
The official Turkish radio de-
clared the Germans had lost
heavily in their initial on
slaughts against the Balkan
Allies. The radio said that if
the Yugoslavs and Greeks estab-
lished contact in Albania, Italy
would be unable Ito save 10
per cent of her troops there"
An official Yugoslav report
said that Yugoslav troops had
seized Scutari, Albania, and
were driving southwark in an
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

British officials acknowledged
shipping losses for two Of the
past five weeks had risen to
100000 tons each - the heavi.
est toll of 1941 in the grim-wag-
ed battle Of the Atlantic.
During March, the Admiralty
said, the average weekly loss
was $4,000 tons.
The left flank of Greece's
Struma river line east of Salon
ika was reported menaced to-
day by withdrawal o Yugoslav
forces in southern Serbia before
German troops driving for the
Varder valley.
The Greek general staff de.
clared the withdrawal exposed
the: Greek flank hinged at the
juncture Of the Greek: Yugoslav-
Bulgarian frontiers and added
that the Greeks were ode
Tending the fatherland inch by
inch"
1t was not disclosed how near
the Germans were to the Vardar
valley, broad, rail-supplied route
to Salonika behind the Greek
primary defenses.
War-cut communications from
Yugoslavia BACKED out any
Yugoslav account of the trend
of the battle, but the Germans
declared earlier they had crossed
the border in drives from the
north, northeast and fast driving
in wedges in some places 80
miles deep.
In southern Serbia, the Vardar
valley is within 80 miles of the
Bulgarian frontier.
The Greek high command dis
closed its forces already had
evacuated indispensable western
Thrace, letting the Nazi legions
through to the Aegean and split
ting Greece from Turkey.
That made the Struma valley,
narrow and mountain-rimmed,
Greece's first line of defense,
and there two forts were said to
have fallen after holding out to
the last man.
The Greeks declared. how
ever, their Struma line was un-
broken and said other forts with
stood heavy German lombard
Ament from the air and artillery,
then beat back tank and infantry
attacks.
German parachute troopers
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08
landing behind Greek lines were

landing behind Greek lines we're
reported captured.
Spyros P. Skouras, president
OF the Greek War Relief assocfa-
ton Of America, said last night
in Los Angeles that all northern
Greece had been cleared for &C.
ton, with 1000, 900 men, women
and children - one-eighth Of
Greece's population --vmoved
south from potential battle areas.
There was no indication
whether any major test Of battle
power had been reached in
Yugoslavia, where 'Yugoslav
stragedy had been to fall back
from the north and northeast to
better defended positions, posi-
bly, along the Sava and Vardar
valleys. where troops would
fight with their backs to the
mountains.
The luftwaffe continued to
beat a path for the Nazi advance.
Belgrade had its fifth raid of the
war last night. Ssrajevo was re-
ported bombed to ruins.
= Yugoslav forces were said in
reports supposedly ~manating
from Yugoslavia to have taken
.Scutari in north Albania in
q thrust against the rear of Ital-
ian forces IA Ing the Greeks on
that front.
Italian sources said Greek ef-
forts to break through Fascist
lines in Albania to join Yugo-
slav forces north of Lake Och
rida were broken up and a
Greek division virtually wiped
out.
The Greeks, saying nothing of
an attempt to reach the Yugo-
slavs. reported vigorous action"
in Albania and said Italian posi-
tons were seized and 500 1tal-
ians captured.
Authorized German sources
declined to give out specific in
formation on the progress OF the
Balkan campaign, but told cor
respondents:
expect little now-tomorrow
you may learn considerably
more,
AS in the Polish and the Scan
dinavian phases of the wGr. Ger
many issued q White Book pur-
portedly disclosing events which
led to the new outbreak.
The book declared Yugoslav
and Greek policies in 1899 were
contrary to neutrality" and
mentioned so-called secret doc
uments which is said gave evil
dence of an allied plan to ex-
tend the war to the Balkans with
Greek and Yugoslav 'ollabora-
ton.
In the war of the west, the
luftwaffe carried out wide
spread raids overnight, reaching
f. as far as North Ireland.
Liverpool bore the brunt Of
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

guest Is in the room with you Is
1t all right to say to the friend,
"I'm terribly sorry ! can't come
but I have Q guest visiting .ne?"
What would you say if
You ere telcphoning q man
with whom you wish to do bus
mess to ask for an appoint
ment-- ~
(db"This Is Mr.. Blank Of the
BroWw Company. / could IKE 10
come IN aud talk to yox about 90
dnd-s0. Could yox give me 10 mtn,
ntea tomorrow atfern0ony'
(bl This IL John Blank. ! trGnt
to see .tou about q matter that u Of
the utmost Importance to your i
Answers.
1. Leave your number or say.
"Ill call back II frequently
inconvenience not one but sew
eral persons IN the office called
for you to insist on holding the
wire. ~
2. ItNsounds rather rude and
abrupt to say, who's talkinR?"
Give the name of the person you
want. or you Nigh: ask, us this
Mr.. Jones' secretary"
3. Banging up q receiver Is .
mark of real rudeness, and some
times actually hurts the ear OF
of the person at the other end
of the wire. va
4. No. For the guest will feel
sorry that he Is deprivins you OF
going to a party. Simply say
that you are sorry, but you've
made other plans, or that you
have accepted another invita-
ton.
Best "What Would Yox Do" so
I1tion-(d).
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test yoar knowledge of correct
social usage BY onspering tAe FOL-
loUfn0 questions. then checking
against the authoritative ansrcrs
bel0W:
/. Is it proper to say, I'll hold
the wire," II you call q business
office and are told the person
you want is busy on another
line?
2. Is it good manners to call
q number and Immediately ask
the person at the other end of
the wire. who's talkins?"
8. Should q person ever hang
up q receiver?
4. II a friend calls and invites
you to a party and your house
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

large NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all-of
commercial transport planes. AT
q secretly pre-arranged time, all
passenger service would be sus-
pended, maybe for "a hours,
while the ships gathered up
troops and rushed them to some
hypothetical danger point.
A TRIANGULAR.
TACTICAL SET-UP-
As q model for the streamlin-
ing of all 10 Regular Army divi-
sions, the Second is called "tri-
angular" The tactical idea, as
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

incidentally, 1t also won more
French and American decora-
tions, and the entire personnel
of the division today wears the
fourragerre of the Croix de
Guerre-a fancy cord looped on
the left shoulder, with a dang
ling little gold business resem-
bling Q scepter. All such things,
together with the brave history
of Fort Sam n GU to n itself,
make good listening for proud
and wide-eyed selectees in bar
racks these nights.
A few traditions seem to make
quite q difference. in the morale
of recruits who haven't got q
real war to spur their fervor.
At other camps this correspond
ent has visited, the attitude of
the selectees is one of willing
ness but definitely not of enthu-
MEN ACTUALLY
WANT DISCIPLINE
I'VE haven't even eased up on
discipline here, because the ma
jorfty Of the men actually want
IL, !" sid II. Col. James G.. Short,
Of the division. staff. '"They- have
shown that they want to be SOL
diers, 1t least while they're here.
It's encouraging that about half
Of the green men at Fort Sam
Houston are three-year enlist
ments. And Of the one-year men,
I big share volunteered without
waiting to be called"
Final units Of the division
have just b e e n concentrated
here, and II soon will be ut full
war-t ime strength Of 1925.
That's not counting 10 more odd
Job organizations stationed here
fer tr4lninl such sas rsdio in
tellieence, an. aircraft warning
company. 1 medical laboratory
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

outfit, and a company OF ma
chinists who repair guns.
Bodies as large as a division,
though their strength was mostly
Just on paper, used to be scatter
ed all over the military map of
the u. S. and its world outposts.
But the Army gradually has
been reassembling them, It was
explained, so that hey can be
trained as real fighting teams.
At the same time, though, the
Second has been hit pretty hard
by the need for crack regulars
as instructors; 1000 recently
were detached to teach recruits.
DIVISION is
WELL-EQUIPPED
Even at that. this model divi-
sion is better off than most. For
example, it is completely equip
ped with Garand rifles, though
many civilians probably haven't
even realized that that many of
the new rifles have been manu-
factured. At Fort Sam Houston,
too, there seem to be plenty of
the much desired 81 nm. explo-
sive-shell anti-tank guns, be-
sides heavy and light so and
80 caliber machine weapons.
Also so nm. and 81 nm. infan-
try mortars. (The former is new
and very useful; one man can
pick up such q mortar and scam
per through the brush.)
There are light armored cars
mounting three types Of auto
matte weapons, huge fleets of
trucks, four-wheeled-drive COM
m . n d cars, and new four
wheeled-drive m d 6 cts which
largely will replace motorcycles.
Cycles found the going pretty
hard during last years southern
maneuvers, in which the lesson
of more advanced reconnaiS.
sance also was learned.
One thing that division OFF,
GERS say they lack and need is
transport planes, or at least the
availability Of large ships, for
training the Heavy Weapons bat
talions for Just such . maneuver
as Germany used in capturing
Rotterdam airport: first, para
chute. troops landed and cleared
the. field; then. immediately,
transport planes swarmed In
with automatic guns, small can
non and crack fighters to man
them.
In an open area here at Fort
Sam Houston is q dummy fuse
lage of a transport ship which
would do credit to Hollywood's
replica makers. But this COPY
is for practice in loading and un-
loading men and equipment in
q hurry.
Incidentally, this correspond
ent has been told Though not
at this post) that a plan is cook
ing for Q trial mobilization of
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

Colonel Short explained it for a
layman, is that It's main compon-
ents are three infantry regi-
ments, any two Of which can be-
come the. spearhead of an attack,
with the third in support.
The pattern is carried all the
way down-three battalions in
a regiment, three companies in
a battalion, three platoons in a
company, three squads in pla-
toon. A platoon, however, has
an attached squad of automatic
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

riflemen, who in theory could
stand in the middle of the tri-
angle and bang away IN any di-
rection. In exactly the a m e
way triangular division itself
incloses lot of heavy artillery.
Anyway, it's a big outfit, with
1904 weapons and 1841 trucks
and cars. Except for the IL chap
lains, the medical men and divi-
sion headquarters clerks. every
body is an armed fighter-from
the general to the triangle tink-
Ter in the band.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08
Army Designs a DNisionfor DeadIyAfack
Second Divisions Great Of Makes B
BY'PAUL HARRISON
IN 0Aswlo~ Rkaff Enpp~~0nm6enl

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Tex, April 8-H you should happen
10 need some strictly fighting by old reliable
Cathedral Bali at San Antonio and ask Tor
Second Division It's prepared no other US military es
tabliahmsnt 70
ne prepared because since June
martial pig for experiments in
organization evolution of tactical units
training troops heavily armed combat teams to be
trnnnoed by air for surprise attacks developed
longer range and faster reconnaissance force -
The entire especially strong in fire power ana moo
iyo get pour the most lead Today is this ma
tinn's deadiest striking force land
SECOND DIVISION HAS COLORFUL HISTORY .
Long Hr bzers romped over the low countries "
yrategsts figuring arrangement which could COM
fancy jabs and still unmber few hay
opponent became little Inc
Second Division choice TOR such
ra anine because during had travelled far
into the German lines captured and material
than anyo outfit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-08

apparent squeeze operation
to drive out the Fascists.
The Italian town of cara, on
the Dalmatian coast, was also
said to have fallen to the Yugo-
slavs.
The Greek high command ac-
knowledged the withdrawal of
weak screening forces" from
western Thrace, along Greece's
frontier with Turkey, permit
ting Nazi Panzer columns to
slash through to the Aegean.
The high command said the
withdrawal was carried out Ito
avoid useless sacrifices because
western Thrace was uhtenable.
Premier Mussolini's high COM
mand said Italian troops had
gone into action against the
Yugoslav army, but neither the
locale nor the result was given.
Across the Mediterranean, it
was officially announced in
Rome, German and Italian
troops have occupied the Libyan
port of Derna, ITS miles east of
Bengasi, from which the British
withdrew last week.
The Greeks reported their de-
tense positions were being boil
stored by a steady stream of
British. Imperial forces - in
Guiding veterans from Gen. Sir
Archibald P. WavelPs army of
the Nile - but admitted the
loss of two forts under the
smashing impact of German
Panzer forces.
Defenders of the two forts
held out to the last man, the
Greek high command said, and
it gave this description of other
Nazi assaults on Greek fortifica-
tons:
ION the high Nevrokopi pla.
teau, the enemy managed to
penetrate forts, but after fight
ing in subterranean galleries the
attackers were decimated. The
forts remained in our hands.
Many tanks were destroyed
by (Greek) gunfire.
IAN officer at the head of one
of our attachments entrusted
with the: destruction of a. bridge
to the north of Nevrokopi, wait
ed until enemy tanks were cross
ing it before firing the charge
and destroyed all the tanks"
Elsewhere, the Greeks re-
ported their troops counter-at-
tackled the German invaders
with bayonets and, in violent
hand-to-hand fighting, left Ger
man dead in heaps.
Nazi tank-led attacks seeking
to smash through one Of the
Struma Valleys narrowest de-
files were reported to have been
beaten back.
In Berlin, a Nazi spokesman
tainted the British, declaring
Germany would have to issue
a formal invitation to the Brit
ish to fight" in the Balkans:
but other reports said the British
were. already taking an active
part in the land fighting in
Greece. rt.ss
Greek British strategy was
based on defense Of the Strunaa
river, so miles east of Salonika
and $50 miles west Of the Turk
ish frontier. -t
In the Yugoslav theater, the
Germans asserted their war
planes had left in ruins the town
Of Sarajcvo, where the aseas0-
nation OF the Austrian Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand tovched
off. the. 10l4-18 World Wsf. S
The London air ministry sajd
Raj bombers had deliver1d .
laundering e-hour attack On
Kiel. ,A.
"Great fires ragged In the
town, while hundreds OF tons Of
very powerful bombs caused de-
struction In the submarine
building yards and DOCKS" the
ministry said.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
CITIZENSHIP IS DENIED EVADER OF 1918 DRAFT

Because he evaded the draft in the last war and later perjured himself in relating the circum- stances, Oscar Hjalmar Ped 2rson recently was denied citizenship in the Juneau District Court.
 Pederson, former subject of Norway, had the right under the act of Congress to turn in his papers for the purpose of avoid ing the draft. When he applied for citizenship two years ago, however, he testified that he was drafted but that the armistice was signed before he could be in- ducted into service. A checkup with the War Department show ed this was not so.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Little Billie Lee, small son of Norman De, Bureau of Indian Affairs ivory carving instructor at Nome returned home last Wednesday following 3 weeks spent at the St. Joseph hospital in Fairbanks. Billie was sent over about a month ago to receive specialized treatment for a pe- culiarly fractured arm. Billie
 avs he likes it in Fairbanks and wishes he did not have to return so soon.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
INSPECTOR REPORTS CAA BEAMS ION THE NOSE"

Beans" emanating from radio range stations in operation by the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Alaska are virtually lon the nose"
 Inspector Jack Jsfford, patrol pilot for the CAA, vouched for the accuracy of the directional radio signals in Fairbanks, when he arrived there on periodic check of the range stations op- eration.
 Jefford reported the past six weeks, which has included the breakup period, brought no ap- preciable alteration in the tone signal which literally pulls pilots into port ''by the ears" Jefford said this was the period which might have shown the greatest variation in ground conductivity.
 Radio range stations are now in operation or nearing completion at IA widespread points through out the Territory - Fairbanks, Anchorage, Talkeetna, Summit, Nome, Ruby, Moses Point, Me Grath, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, HlaineS, Yakutat and CordoVa.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
JOINT HIGHWAY COMM. MAY MEET IN ALASKA

Members of the American and Canadian Alaska Highway Com mission will be asked to meet in Alaska this summer and to fly over the proposed northern route of the project which will make Alaska accessible by land accord ing to the Governor of Alaska. The joint commission has met in Victoria, Ottawa, and Washington and it is belisved it would be ad- vantageous for them to hold a session in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
Airways News
PAA ActlvitleS

A PAA Electra arrived Nome this morning from Fairbanks with mail and the following pas sengers:
 Mother Mary Lawrence Mrs. c. Maynard
 Ed Yrjasson
 The Electra left for Fairbanks on the return trip with the follow ing passengers:
 Miss Marie R ardon Nick Butler
 Pete Krutsen
 Henry Holzerland
 R. H. Stock
 Mir and Mrs. Art Martin Wayne Downey
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

A B-18-A Army Air Corps bomber under the command of Lieut.. Gene Yarbough arrived Nome late Wednesday afternoon from Elmendorf Field, Anchor age. The bomber left Nome on a flight to Point Barrow yesterday. At 1:52 pm. this afternoon, the bomber took off from Barrow for Fairbanks and is not coming back to Nome befons returning to its base at Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk until 5 o'clock pm. Monday, May 26th, 1941, for the removal of garbage collected during cleanup week viz; May 18th to 25th. The loca- tion for disposal of same will be designated by the chairman of Health Committee.
 NOME COMMON COUNCIL
 By M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23


 On May 9th, Nomeites mad- claim to the honor of having the first baby born in the cabin of a plane while in flight, when the stork visited Mrs. Bill Munz aboard her husbands plane while enroute from Taylor to the Nome hospital. On that same day, in Pilot Jim Dodson's plane, Mrs. Georg9 Clark of Ruby gave birth to a baby girl while en- route to the hospital at Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
NEWS ITEMS

Mrs. c. s. Maynard, owner and publisher of The Nome .Nueget returned via the PAA today, Her three month vacation took her to Honolulu and the Pacific Coast States. In Juneau she visit | d her son and daughter-in-l Jaw, Mir and Mrs. Russell Maynard.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
" s o U R D O U c H " s T A T I o N E R Y
 At Nugget Office
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Northwest ern Alaska Fair Association will be held on Wednesday, June 4th 1941, IOOF Hall, 8 pm.
 Four directors to be elected All stockholders are urged to at tend.
 A. POlet Acting Secretary
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Art Martin, local PAA repre- sentative, accompanied by Mrs. Martin left Nome today for the States on a 30-day vacation in Los Ang les. At Fairbanks to- morrow, they expect to catch the PAA plane, direct for Seat tie.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
Henry HolZerland and Pete knutsen Bound for Sitka Home

Departing today via PAA Elec- tra were Henry Holzerland and Pete KnutSen, old timers of this section. They an enroute to the Pioneers Home at Sitka.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
WIEN ACTIVITIES

Wednesday Pilot Lund made a round trip to Fairbanks. Mary Hcod Chapman, Billy Lee, MT. Erickson and R. Burke were pas sengers from Fairbanks to Nome.
 Pilot Whaley made a trip to Moses Pt., Ungalik and Unala- kle {. Andrew and Nels Bango were passengers to Nome from Unalakleet.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Federated Church
 Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor 11:00 a.m.-Church School 7:45 pm. - Worship service. Sermon topic: Come, Abide, Co.,"
 ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH Miss Constance Erickson,
 Superintendent HOO a.m.-Church School 5:30 p.m.-Worship service. Sermon topic: Monuments" w. P. Wood will preach.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Today Pilot Lund made a flight 10 Pilgrim Springs with Father McHugh and Mother Mary Law renee of the Ursaline Sisters.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23
MIROW ACTIVITIES

May 2l--Pilot Sasseen arrived from Anchorage with the follow ing:
 MT. & Mrs. George P. Beckett MT R. H. Sock
 And a load of express.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Tuesday-Pilot Whaley made a trip to Marshal with MT. Lewis. Pilot Lund made a round trip to Ruby with express.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Pilot Bob Long made trip to Beaver Creek with MT. and Mrs. Don Stewart and -xpresS.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-23

Pilot Sass seen of the Mirow Air Service left for Anchorage to- day.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-07-11
Unfair Practices By Labor Union?

evidence that the Minneapolis branch International
Union led by NJ Fnkeen business agent
evidently influenced by reaonary element his group IS
exhibiting racial discrimination which has brought the labor
with Negro workers and unpre
udiced white workers.
story will next weeks We hope devel-
opmen that deductions regarding
within his who charged with being
Negro who living the garment indus
try
the extreme shortage of workers in the garment indus
Minneapolis employers hire competent
workers. the which, by suberfug
employment needed workers doing dssee to unonis
community and the nation.
hope the Aquatenna in Minneapolis will put few smiles
popuae Everybody around these troubled
times with frown their faces.
The who planned the inaugural of Mayor Marvin Kline
and intelligent when they included
speakers outstanding citizen Negro descent 1t things like
which tell whether public official and his advisers think of all
of the people instead of some of the people
Great Newspapers
Great according thinking always those
crculaons volumes varied features
but those that their community best