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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-18
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ton Of the Michigan defense
council, that you designate Roy
n Oak township of Oakland
county and Warren, Erin and
Lake townships of Macomb coun-
~ ~ constituting defense
area"
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out in force with armored units
and fierce Druse cavalry, had
been halted and that the situa-
ton was "well in hand"
In the war in the air, the Lon
don air ministry reported that
big squadrons of Raj bomb
ers, smashing at western Ger
many for the seventh night In
a row, set many fires and in
flicted widespread destruction in
the industrial cities Of Cologne
and Dusseldorf.
Reinforced by q stream of
American-built planes, the Raj
also challenged German air
might by sending at least $50
planes flying in sandwich
formation" - with layers of
fighters flying above and be-
low the bombers - against the
Nazi-held French coast.
Raj overnight attacks center
ed on the docks at Rotterdam,
Ostend, Boulogne and Cher
bourg, the British announced,
and in a series of flaming dog
fights high over the English
channel Is German planes were
reported shot down. Ten Raj
planes were listed as missing.
PLANES DESTROYED
In Berlin" the Germans claim
ed the destruction of % British
aircraft with the loss of only a
single Nazi plane.
Against the hour when Hitler's
aerial invaders may strike at the
island kingdom, nearly 100000
British troops supported by
tanks and 10 air sQuadrons COM
pleted successful defense
against q 3-day mock invasion
attempt in Sussex and West
Kent.
Two Canadian divisions joined
British armored and infantry di-
visions in opposing huge forma-
tons, of English tommies rep
resenting parachute troops and
air-borne forces such a. Hitler
exploited in the conquest OF
Crete.
Meanwhile, the mystery OF
German Russian relations be.
came even more complex as dis
patches from Helsinki told OF
the reported exodus of Russian
troops from the military base al
Hanko, Finland. The U.S.S.R
had q 30-year lease on the STRAIT
egic base.
."Eye-witnesses reported see-
ing long Soviet trains -" The
Helinski correspondent began to
describe the exodus, and at that
point his telephone connection
with the outside world was sud
denly cut off.
ROOSEVELT ADAMANT
Amid the widening political
rift between the United State.
and Germany, President Roose'
Welt left no doubt that this coun'
try was ready, II necessary. te
arm American merchant ships te
meet the threat Of Nazi U-boa'
warfare.
In Berlin, tension over U. S
relations increased a. Germany
protested sharply against Presi'
dent Roosevelt's order paddock
ing all Maxi consulates in the
The text of the protest note
when Il would be delivered, anc
the nature of conference.-the
planned by the Reich were no.
disclosed.
In Washington, government
officials declared tighter contro
over immigration would be in
stituted before, July /, following
up orders barring the departur,
pending further Instructions
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agencies in their communities or
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The Foundation is just getting
under way, but observers be-
lieve it will succeed. The pro-
gram is designed to interest all
types and classes, and leaders
want it understood that there's
something on the menu besides
long haired art and stuffy mu-
scum lectures on lost pottery of
Assyria.
DIVIDED PROGRAM
INTO FOUR PARTS
To spread out activities into as
many fields as possible they d.
vided the program into four
parts and called in interested
persons who knew W h a t they
were doing to get things going.
First on the list was sports,
and they range from archery to
weight lifting. Next was social
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Any possible surprise benefit
would be lost, they said, unless
the invasion attempt against Bri-
tain began Immediately upon
distraction of attention else
where.
INVASION LOOMS
Lord Beaverbrook's Evening
Standard editorially expressed
belief that the invasion attempt
is due within 30 days. 1t set Sep
TENDER as the "likeliest" time
and thought the Germans might
turn toward Britain latter Rus
STA lies PROSTATE or after Rus
STA lies tanned
Some informed circles still
insisted that Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler's apparent desire to get
full domination over Soviet in
dustries, oil and food signified
a German resignation to the idea
of a long war.
AXIS REINFORCED
The British sources expressed
opinion that the fighting near
Salum in North Africa has dis
closed that German and Italian
troops holding Libya have been
heavily reinforced. Qualified OBJ
servers said, however, that this
might signify only the usual Hit
Ter precaution to make sure that
the front is able to hold its own
before he turns to other opera
tions.
Informed quarters said the
British ambassador to Moscow,
Sir Stafford Grips, is scheduled
to return to his post after confer
ences in London. They added
that there is no evidence of any
significant changes in British So
Wet relations.
Evening star., 1941-01-19

1t was first done from balloons during the
French Revolution and continued in every
succeeding war In 1914 the French introduced
the airplane into this field with invaluable
results: indeed, it was aerial reconnaissance
that won the crucial Battle of the Marne. At
that time Marshal Joffres information led
him to believe that the Germans were heading
toward Paris, and his troops had been so dis
posed But suddenly an aerial observer came
back with the word that Won kluCk had
turned southwest and Joffre was able to pull
his men out of Paris and stop the advance at
the river.
With the mounting of machine guns in
planes in 1915. however, the days of leisurey
observation from the air drew to close. And
with the increased effectiveness of antiair-
craft, even the business of going up for
quick look became SO risky that the keenest
observers had no time to see anything of
value. The logical solution was the camera,
which can look quickly and bring back what
it sees And although the cameras employed
for observation during the World War were
merely ground cameras with a few refine.
ments, those pioneers elevated their specially
to the official status of the most valuable of
all air-service information"
The significance of this work is evidenced
by the fact that in the final year of the first
World War the Royal Air Force alone turned
out 100000 military prints from approx
mately 100000 negatives erery month. And
the automatic aerial camera hadn't yet been
born!
Based on that experience, this war is going
to be the best illustrated war we've ever had.
1t is reported now that the British photograph
the entire invasion coast" of France and the
Low Countries every clear morning to depth
of torty-ive miles inland. For there is nothing
like the camera to disclose new troop concen-
trations, the movement of equipment, sup
plies, meChanized units or what not, no mat
ter how skillfully concealed.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Shopping Up Snopshooters

i HE upshot is that these days an expert
enCed snapshooter is as valuable to the army
as a sharpshooter - and harder to get In
Canada recently two newspaper acquaintance
of mine went to recruiting office to register
for future service if and when the government
might need their special talents. One
reporter, was Catalogued and thanked for his
patriotism. The other, press photographer
on the same paper never got back to his
office to resign because the army snapped him
up on the spot
In the United States, too, the Army is
taking great pains to locate and utilize ex-
perienced photographers among the drafteeS,
because this is one of the specialties in which
they fear being short-handed, and the military
has cultivated an Unsuitable appetite for pic
lures. The engineers make continual use of
aerial photographs in planning construction
work, bridge locations, ETC.; the artillery spots
new targets on them when enemy activity is
indicated behind the lines; the tank corps and
the infantry use them to study the terrain
ahead, the nature of the cover and enemy
positions; from 'pinpoints, "obliques' and
'mosaics" the bombers Gull their harvest of
ammunition dumps, oil tanks supply trains,
etc In short, every arm of the service today
finds the aerial photograph Indispensable In
Britain, as matter of fact. even the R.AF.'s
fighter planes are equipped with automatic
cameras so that every gunner returning from a
dOgfight has film record of his marksman-
ship, which shows up any faults that may be
creeping in to mar his effectiveness.
For years, therefore, hundreds of picked
men have been going through the nine months
course at the Air Corps photo school at
Lowry Field, Denver, where they master all
the ramifcations of Photographic technique
under conditions that would sink the amateur
snapshooter without trace. Their equipment
includes every common type of camera. movie
and still, with emphasis on the big $50 and
O-pound Fairchilds, which range in price
from ST., 500 to SIS, 600
The course is tough one, school day
being eight hours long with plenty of home
work - and an exam every morning on yes
terdays study. The first few weeks are
devoted to elementary Photographic optics,
chemistry, ground photography, developing,
printing, etc. Then, after a brief study of
movie cameras, the students get into aerial
work with the various types of cameras and
enses employed, including the Big Bertha
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Evening star., 1941-01-19
Thirty-Minvte Dromo

In A trice medium bomber wings off in the
direction previously taken by the reconnais-
: sance plane. Pointing directly for the circled
spot on the photograph, the bomber lays its
eggs" flush on that hump in the foliage. ;"
simultaneously a camera in the bomber auto
matcally photographs the results of the hit
just as the bombs explode And in less than
half-hour after he issued his orders, the colonel
and his staff have indisputable, visual proof
that this obnoxious artillery unit will harass
them no more - even as the Air Arm of the
British fleet recently brought back pictures
showing the wholesale damage to Italian war
ships in Taranto harbor
This resume, drawn from our actual Army
maneuvers at Ogdensburg, New York, last
summer, gives us a glimpse of an all-important
branch of the service: aerial reconnaissance.
True, its value is eclpsed in the civilian mind
by the dramatics of dive bombers and massed
tanks, but without it the modern military
machine couldn't tick. In the good old days
your general stood on a convenient hill and
surveyed the entire field of battle spread out
before his eyes. Today his line may be twenty
five miles deep and extend hundred miles
or more on either side of him. As conse-
qllence.-camera- lenses have displaced field
glasses as the eyes of the army.
49, Aerial observation is not new, of course;
Evening star., 1941-01-19

and wheels with the grace of an eagle
- heading boldly into enemy country.
AS it crosses the front lines a red light
blinks on in the pilots compartment, warn
ing that the photographer behind him is at
work and the ship must be kept on an even
keel. Levelng her off, the pilot speculatively
watches the first antiaircrat shells bursting
in the air below him. close enough to rock the
ship; he wonders how long it will take them to
pick up the range. Even more intently he
scans the sky for enemy pursuit planes, hop
ing he will see them first
Hewing to his course, he bowls smartly
along while the photographer, fighting to keep
his huge camera steady against the slip
stream and the drift, clicks off exposure after
exposure.
The shrapnel bursts are getting too close
for comfort when the red light goes off and
the pilot zooms up to 10000 feet and turns
homeward. DetaChing his magazine, the pho
tographer thrusts his arms into the sleeves"
of his flying darkroom and begins to load the
film hangers with the practiced hands of
man who has learned to work by touch alone
-Four minutes later he has not only finished
developing his negatives but has printed
them on special dry paper: an accomplish
ment that leaves the average amateur photog-
rapher goggle-eyed.
Rolling the prints in parachute tube, he
peers out of the window as his pilot circles
downward over their own GHQ. When he
finally spots the red-and-white cross spread
out on the ground he tosses the container
oversize. Ground men retrieve it and rush its
contents to Staff Headquarters where impa-
tient officers eagerly slap the prints on table,
sliding two ~ time into large mirrored
StereOsCope. In dead silence major, face
glued to the machine, moves the prints back
and forth until the dots on the corners blend
into one. There is prolonged pause, then:
There she is, sir, ;" bellows the intelligence
officer gleefully. That hump in the foliage
just to the left of that gully. Nice camouflage,
but there's your hidden gun
As other officers peer into the eyepieces and
confirm the opinion, a few crisp orders are
barked into the radio transmitter and a motor
cycle messenger streaks for the Bomber
Squadron with a sheaf of the photographs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

the part of the record course whicf, used to ruin the scores of most mo- vices who shot the Springfield.
 With the old rife, you were supposed to shoot 10 times in c minute at 200 yards. The new rule, for oarand, is 90 shots Q minute. Colonel Wessles, though, began by loading and firing four clips of S2 shots in 60 seconds, and scored lB4 of possible 100. At any slower rate 'oE fire, he seemed never to miss. My best target was iS bull's-eyes and one in teh adjoining 4-ring - two clips fired in ~ seconds. As one who used to like to shoot the Spring. field, I was especially impressed with the 0arands soft fecoil and the way it kicks straight back with very little waverlng Of the sights from the target.
 Presently Lieutenant- Colonel c. A. Poilin and his son came by. George Pollin is c normal-sized 13- year.old who never had fired q 80 caliher rifle. He lay down and, with one clip ct slow fire, plunked of six bulls-eyes and two z's. Some other visitors were Lieutenant and Mrs. c. B. Wolfe. She wasn't dress cd for the muddy firing line, but she stod up and blaSed away with the 0-pound rifle and didn't mind the recoil.
 Incidentally, having heard vari- ous Army men pronounce Gar and" in every possible way, ! asked Colonel Wessles, who knows the in. ventor. Proper pronunciation is with c hard "6" aS an the first syllable of garage" and with the accent on tho "And.O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
Y.M.C.A. Notes

Chairman Robert E. Platt hes called Q meeting of the Educational and Industrial Division Committed of the WHOA for Monday noon isa| the xMOA cafeteria. Secretary pur-I intons report of activities during March and April will be discussed.
 Eight members of the Industrial Foremens Club will present Q drasn- atiZatton of "The Committee Plann A Program" ct the Saturday morn ing session of the National Council of Foremens Clubs meeting in New York next week. They are: William B. Mckenzie, William A. Carpenter, R. Wesley Leavenwortia, William [. 0aligan, Clarence A. Miller, Hans ". Beerbaurn, and Arthur [. puT1ntor. Q. Arthur Du9oiS will preside ct the Saturday morning session of the conference. William A. Carpenter is also scheduled to speak on The In. dustrial Male Chorus, WaterburysA
 contribution to industrial morale throughout the coutnry.
 The executive committee of the Industrial Male Chorus will meet at the Central YMCA, Tuesday ct 6| ?. m. to plan the chorus program for the 1e4i.1e42 season. Those exc pected to attend are: Relph |. Bates, chairman: Rudolph Al Meyer, Arthur L. purinton, c. Tor. ing Burweli, Daniel Arnold, Paul Anderson, Clarence Dodson, Dea11el Clark, William A. Carpenter end F. Wesley Leavenworth. ,,
 pr. '. F. T. Tester, National Tn. dustrisl Secretary Of the X6CA azid| Lisle T. Ware, Associate State Secs| yetasy, will meet with . group ot| secretaries SrUm various parts oeI the state ct the Central xMCA oiaI Monday at { ?. m. Secretaries Her-| bert 6. Smith and Arthur PurintoEl will represent the local yMCA. Other YMCAs to be Tepfeflsted are Hartford, New Haven, MeTidens Norwaik, MiddletoWn, Bridgeport, New Britain, Greenwich and An-| sonia.
 The May meeting of the Water bury Public Speaking Club will b0 held ct the central YAGCA., Taes- day at 6 p. m. The program will be c debate between three male mem. bers on one side and three female members on the other as to the des sirability oz boys as well as sigls being trained to do housewoTk. Mrs. Frank !. Newcomb anticipates sonas difiiculty in handling the "anki- homework" men who are expected to attend in large numbers, but slle I says that sine has been assured of | feminine cooperation, 90 that shs is I not worried.
 President George w. lTaynor has ! called . meeting of the Executive Board of the Club for next Wednes- day ct $40 ?. m. to make plans for 2 the picnic in June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

about c year ago and which has been famed again by publication of unfavorGble excerpts from c report of competitive tests made by the Marine Corps.
 Visiting camps in the south, this reporter heard selectees and Na- tional '0uardsnnen, who had not fired the 0arand, wondering whe- ther Washington bureaucracy was about to hand them an inferior weapon. They said they had seen no answers to criticisms they had read.
 Here at Fort Benning, home of the Infantry School for Offlcers and Of the policy -shaping Infan- try Board are oil tho answers about the new primary arm of our fighting forces. They're not ex- actly ofilcial, but you could call them authoritative, because the oficer I interviewed iS colonel 2. s. Wessles, rife instructor ct the Infantry School, test ofilcer during part of the darand's 15.year de- velopment and an exceptional marksman who several times has gone to the National Rifle Match- es at Camp Perry, o. SHOOTS MORE EASILY
 THAN SPRINGFIELD
 Sitting in his ohlce, Colonel Wess- les rapidly took apart c dayand (now known as the MI, meaning Model One) and explained how t works. This Is the main idea. About two inches from the end of the barrel, and ct right angle to 1t, iS . hole smaller than the lead in Q pencil. Part of the expanding gas which iS driving the bullet goes through this vent, whan1s into c tiny piston, which in turn pushes back the breech mechanism, elects the old shell and puts in 6 new one as 1t closes. All quick. .lilse-a mouse. The rifenan doesn't have to work 6 lever or bolt: he just aims and squeezeS the trigger.
 The reason the Army and Ma. rine Corps adopted the Mi Is that it can fire from two to three times as many aimed shots per minute ss the Springfield. Every phase of modern warfare Is Q race for su- perior fire power, and no foreign nation has on infantry rife that can throw anything like the amount of lead that the darand does.
 Down to the last screw and spring, the 0arand has 7l parts, the Springfield o4. But Colonel Wessles said there gre more i'm. portant parts in the MI, and that 1t really Is more complicated. Hence it is somewhat less reliable. "But you just can't get the same standard Of absolute dependability in 6 gemi.automatic that's possible in one you operate by hand," he added.
 TIe probably was thinking of tests by the Marine Corps board in which guns were abused in gooey mud, dragged through sand and sprayed with salt water. The springflled still could be fired. The Qarand, with more intricate parts and closer tolerances, often damned. Regarding actual break age of parts, though, the ofiicer declared that ordnance mechanics on the range are no buster snak- Ing repairs than they were when the famed Springfield was used.
 The front end of the 0arand recently has been altered slightly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
|BLINKER SIGNALS
 MUST BE OBSERVED
Police Given Warning of Strict Enforcement of
 Law; Arrests to Follow

The beacon blinker in use in the Bunker Hill section has c definite meaning which motorists have been ignoring recently, Captain William Dusgan, head of the trafiic accident and prevention bureau, announced today. fM
 Captain Dusgan said that motcr- ists either disregard the beacon or else are confused by its signal. TO enforce the observance of this flashing beacon, Captain Duggan added, police patrol cars have been placed In the vicinity of these bea- cons. %'S5f
 Areas where these beacons are used as follow: Watertown ave- saue and Bunker 1sil avenue. Wa- tertown avenue and East Aurora street. D @'lts
 The beacon has two lights, red and yellow on separate faces with definite signal. The red fash indi- cates c stop and the yellow cau- tions the approaching vehicle to proceed slowly.
 Citing the motor vehicle laws on these flaShing peacons, Captain Duggail staEed: " ,tt l{,a
 "When nashing red or yellow sig nals shall be used ct an intersec- ton, trafilc facing 6 red lens H. luininated by rapid intermittent flashes shall stop before entering the intersection, and the operator of any vehicle who has brought such vehicle to c stop in accord- asce with the provisions of this sec ton, as well aS operators of vehicles approaching the intersection from other directions, shall be subject to the provisions of the statutes relat- ing. to the right of way ct inter- sections. When yellow lens shall be illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes. drivers of vehicles facing such signal may proceed through only with caution" aae
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

Sunday, May II, marks double celebration for Corporal Francis J. Grove of Hitchcock Lake, He's now stationed at Camp Edwards Cape Cod though It is the and Mrs Thomas Grove of Hitchcock Lake besides being Mothers Day and he Is home on fveday furlough to help them celebrGte both occasions Mae Grove is we'll known in veterans circles and has been president of Lieutenant Shea Auxiliary which was named in honor of her brother who hero and casualty of World War l. Tom is well-known and popular tcolmaker and will be remembered as very popular singer and men- ber of the Wocott Volunteer Fire fighters Many more anniversaries to the Groves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
3l ARRESTS MADE
 SINCE MAY FIRST

Thirty-ofie persons have been ar. rested since the first of May In the police departments concerted drive against traff1c law violators, Capt, William Duggan, head lot the acci. dent investigation squad and pre- vention bureau, announced today, He said all violators of the trafslc hw must pay the penalty.
 "No let up In this campaigr against reckless drivers and epeed- CTS will be made" Capt. D,igeaxl stated. "These drivers we are appre- hending for their reckless acts on the highways are those who are ct. tempting to curb before they be- come involved in serious accidents resulting in the loss of lise."
 Capt. Duggan adds: We are not singling out any particular indi- vidual for an example nor puttina on c circus style of arrests, and we urge ell drivers to curb their speed and check their reckless driving or suffer apprehension and payment os stiff 9ines."