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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

oFARGO, N. D., Feb. Z - R
= Nick Brown, with q smile as
big as his big face, one fist full
of cigars and the other full of
handshakes, had heard the ques-
ton 20 times II he'd heard 1t
once yesterday.
"Nick, what did you say when
they told you you had four new
kids?"
Nick's smile grew bigger!
boy, I didn't say q dang
thing. I just looked"
Through . glass window as
two nurses scurried about, he
looked at q girl and three boys
to whom his 37-year-old red
dish haired wife gave birth be-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Children Escape
Possible Injury
IN Bus Accident

oOver 20 school children es-
capped injury yesterday when q
rural school bus and q car driven
by q Selfridge Field officer col
lided on Joy road.
The accident Is said to have
occurred when the car, driven
BY Lieut.. Henry o. Asselin, $40
Buckingham drive, skidded on
IN icy section Of the highway
and crashed into the bus which
was parked along side Of the
road waiting for q number Of
children to be admitted.
The bus, driven by Frank Van
Maleghen, Route 3, city, was
used to transport students from
Harrison township to and from
their classes.
One of the children was
thrown from his seat by the
crash, but sustained only slight
injuries. The others were unhurt.
! Both vehicles were damaged.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Cut Of Over
IS Per Cent
is Announced
Seven RspIoesmsnts
Will Bring Supply
Number Up to S.

"a slash of more than two
thirds under the previously an
nounced tentative quotas Of
draftees from Macomb county
was made today in official noti-
fications to the three Selective
Service Boards.
The total of quotas to be sup
piled by the three boards on
Feb. rs and 26 was set at %,
plus seven requirements for re-
jections ut the last call. This
total is approximately one-third
of the $50 draftees which the
boards had been advised they
would be called on to supply.
The quota for Draft Board No.
A. opsgating IA. Mount CleNenS
ana WSffen foW nShip was set 1t
~ whites and one colored. ~
compared with their tentative
quota OF So draftees which they
were to have been called on to
supply. The induction date for
this board was given by Chief
Clerk Chef Kroner as Feb. Is
with the draftees scheduled to
leave by Grand Trunk railroad
at sos q. m.
In Board No. 2, which oper-
ates throughout South Macomb,
the tentative quota Of So regis
trants was cut to IL whites and
See DRAFT-Page ;
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

oLOVELOCK, New. Feb. 7
While a Gordon of CCC camp
enrollees stood guard and camp
fires lit the gruesome scene,
army Investigators early today
sought to determine why a new
type bomber crashed on a noun
tainside near here yesterday,
cremating its crew of eight.
It was the fourth air disaster
in the west since December in
volving United States war
planes.
The plane, one of the army's
newest four-motored bombers,
carried equipment for expert
ments in cold westher flying
and might have had installed
the air corps jealously-guarded
secret bombsight.
Scene of the tragedy was a
mountain which abruptly rises
1000 feet from the desert IL
miles southwest of here.
ARMSTRONG, Ont, Feb.
7-(P)-Two members Of .
Federal Board Of Inquiry
were ordered here from
Ottawa today to find out
what caused . trans Canada
Air Lines transport to crash
In an isolated region two
miles from here yesterday,
killing nine passengers and
the three crew members.
There were no survivors.
Possibility Of sabotage was
discounted by Col. F. c. Mel
son, commanding officer Of Nc
Clellan field At Sacramento,
Calf, starting point of the ILL
fated flight.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Ha1fall Citadel % Bena|l -
Captured by British Array

since Gen. 4ir Arch Aal9 !.
wavell launeAed ! eoa -
offensive lase D.. .. toll9G in9
In the wake CT 9ldl 1nxfonl. -
miles inside EUypN an6 tn In
YIN fortified towns q Dor0in,
Tobruk md Derna.
IN TIE laSt eight d6V1 since
the capture Of Derna. ~ Brit
ish have advanced - mtlsa.
6nDolints high ennan6
drbppod : clue TINT ~ 81 80
italian defenders q 1ennAsl
may h0xo attempted q H. ~
the ont& possible overland roalfo
Of retreat highway - inG
south and then west along -
coast, acroes ESQ miles of MD
wastes 70 Tripoii.
"A violent battle Is In pro-
gress between our troops and
enemy formations south Of BEN
80 WARPage 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Il Didn't Say a Thing
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, MAN
is FATHER OF FOUR
CHILDREN

tween ITO and lis pm, yes
terday, in st. Johns hospital.
That doubled the Brown fam
lily. They have four other boys.
ages Is months, 3, 10 and IL
years. Seven boys to get .
girl" laughed Nick.
Nick, who's about 40 and runs
q farm and filling station,
thought of their four-room house
on the wheatlands near Leon
ard, N. D., 30 miles southwest
Of here and unused:
"Nick, I guess you're gonna
have to build an addition
In another hospital room, tir-
ed but happy and in good health
was the tall, slender mother.
She smiled family and MUIR
INJURED she was glad II was over
and they're all right" They
came . month prematurely.
Immediately placed in separ-
ate incubators and attended
constantly by shifts Of two nurs-
es who fed them by bottle, the
babies cried Justify. Listen to
them-they're healthy enough"
said one.
Since last Dec. 8, when Mrs.
Brown entered the hospital, she
and her middle-aged physician,
DR.. ]. +. Hanna, had known
through X-rays the possibility
she would bear bankruptcies -
q once in the millions birth.
DR.. Hanna was surprised 1t
the weights. The girl, first born,
was Z pounds, 10 ounces and
The boys, in order Of birth, were
See QUAnS-Rago 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Airplane Crashes
Against Mountain
possibility OF SABOTAGE
DISCOUNTED BY ARMY HEADS

A rumor that an attempt to
sabotage planes at the field had
been discovered about q week
ago was neither confirmed nor
denied by Colonel Nelson.
The four-motored, % " ton
bomber left Sacramento at 1928
am. (PST) yesterday enroute
to Denver with Capt. r. S. Free
man, commandant of L a d d
Field, Alaska, at the controls.
The plane and crew had ar
rived in Sacramento last month
from Alaska, and planned to
proceed to Wright Field, Day.
ton, Ohio, before returning to
the territory.
The last report was heard
from the plane at $50 o'clock,
and news of the crash came
soon after as eyewitnesses raced
to telephones to notify authori-
ties.
Lloyd M. Carpenter, foreman
of the Lowery Wells CCC camp,
See CRASH-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
City is Reported
Free ofSs,aApox

= Although the State Health de-
pertinent In Lansing reported
nine cases Of smallpox in Ma
comb County. there II no case
Of this disease on record In
Mount Clemens today. according
70 the offices of Dr.. William J.
Kane, City Health officer.
The report Of the State Health
Department stated the cases
were the first outbreak Of
smallpox in Michigan this year.
II added that none Of the vic
Tins were Of school age.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
lnkalator Saves
Life Of Baby

oNEw BALTIMORE Prompt
action by Mayor Harold Engel-
man and Fire Chief Ed MaliS-.
key saved the life Of Z newly
born baby here at Q .. m. today.
The baby-a girl-was born
shortly before six o'clock to Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Reiter. When
only q faint heartbeat could. be
stronghold taken by the British
See NHALATOR-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Owen Principal Speaker
Il Lincoln Day Dinner

oThe annual Lincoln Day din
ner Of the Macomb County Re-
publican committee on Feb. IL
will feature . talk by Ernest
w. Owen, widely-known speaker
and authority on the life Of the
great American.
Owen was at one time presi-
dent Of the Detroit Life Under
writer's Association and presi-
dent Of the General Agents and
Managers Association. He II .
forceful, witty speaker who Is
In great demand for conventions
and for club and church If
fairs. His talks have been call
ed ''inspirational." ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
To Settle for Settling
MINERS CHEERED AFTER
HOMES SINK INTO

owEST PITTSTON, Pa, Feb. 2
-(R-Residents Of this COM
munity in the heart of Eastern
Pennsylvania hard coal region
were cheered today by reports
that there was little further dan
ger, Of new mine sinkings and
that repairs to homes damaged
by yesterdays frightening ret
thing would b paid for.
A committee Of borough Of
ficials, engineers and citizens
was formed to inspect the mine
today and report on the condi-
ton of the three-block area
which settled with . sullen roar
and routed residents from their
beds.
A Rroup Of pennsylvania de-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
County Demos
ioCoIlvene
Party to NsmS q
Stots Dslssates

oTwenty-one delegJtes to the
State Democratic Convention ut
Grand Rapids will be named to-
morrow q 2 p. m. by county
Democrats meeting in the county
building, IL was announced to-
day.
County delegates to the state
convention on Feb. 10 and 20
will have q hand in naming the
state ticket. Candidates for state
highway commissioners, justice
Of the supreme court, state
board Of agriculture, board Of
regents, superintendent Of pub
lie instruction, member Of the
state board Of instruction and .
chairman Of the state central
committee will be named.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

partment Of mine inspectors a.
20 came here 70 inspect tlhe mina
workings and determine M -
act caGise Of the suboidenco
which cracked pavements, waln
Of homes and business 6ui10-
inss and disrupted gas and watss
mains.
=. n. Meyers, borough enein-
er, Told : joint meeting Of the
council and the school board
last night that the Sullivan Trail
Coal company, whose workings
extend beneath the Affected dis-
trict, had assured him Il would
pay for the damage.
Ensinesep Tor the coal firm
reported 70 Manager James Iod-
esco there Was no danger q ~
ditionalt settling. Other invoDoa-
gators expresDed the so1ne view.
Guards, posted ~ elie3 @
police John Stut1. STOOD wpteh
over the section during the night,
Most of the 80 mon, vumon
and children living IN ~ ~.
Dental district dept IN 01og
homes althouGh . 1Gyv 1870 80
able % retarn boeano0 q II -
Of ~ and watts. e; 81, II.
Three Schools &nuGn W X
"a m o<I0nRn q =
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

the British middle 6ast COM
mand announced tlse latest blow
at ltaly's lettering Aek1can en-
pire, declaring simpls
''Bengasi II In our hands"
e was the fifth mm3Ue italian
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
What's I'm
AZ Name -.

OThere Il IN old saying that
politics make strange bedfel-
lows, but . Clinton township
man refutes the bed reference.
Clarence Allor, q - Michl-
gan. Clinton township. told IHE
DAILY MONITOR today that
q mixup between his name and
the name Of . political candl-
date Il causing him 70 loss hie
sleep. t
Allor says that rtsiaenig -
the Clinton Nroa shsvU coatsno4
i - JgA11n 1aoo y
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

NEW LONDON, Conn, Feb. 2
-tR-Arthur A. Penn, 06, Eng
lish-born song writer and direct
descendant Of william Penn,
died here Dogt night. Among his
songs ives ''1milln' Through." 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
British Ships Sunk by Nazis

oBERllN Feb 7-(APl-A German submarine sonk two
ormed enemy merchantmen otono 900 tons ond Noz,
speedboot sent British coastal seoer to the bottom or
the English cost coast the high command reported today
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Italian COunter.Thrust Baked

ATHENS Feb 7-(AP)-An ltolion motorized column
counter thrust against Greek lines in the k'suo seeo. OF e
Aonon battlefront was crushed and six OF its tanks ond
ornored cars destroyed government spokesman Reported
TODAY
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Refuse To Ban Soviet Russia

oWAst4INGTON, Feb 7-tAP)-After writing into the
British aid bill second prohibition oeonst use OF conveys
the House refused today exclude Soviet Russo from coun
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

olONDON, Feb. 7-(AP)-A Iow-flyne German phone
nochins ounned shopping street in northeast scottish
town todoy and injured person after dropping severo
bombs The plane flew low onost touched the buildings
extinouished quickly.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Will Speed Plane Production

oWAsHlNGTON, Feb 7-tAP)-Secretory Stinson in
formed the Senote foreign relations committee today thot
the War Department expected "occeeroed deliveries to
the army corps Of the latest type Of combat planes with
in four to six months"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
Reuort Names 2.374 Traitors

oEAsT LANSING, Feb 7-tAP)-Oscor 6 Olonder stote
police commissioner sold today his special on subversWe
octWy squad hos located IS meeting pieces OF persons
suspected Of doyoIh to the United Stote The report OF
five months Of octvy since the squod was created sod
o374 known dsoyoists have been coto'oeued in Mich
ioan
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
late XXX
bulletins

Weyeand Denies German Base
evlcHY. Fronce. Feb 7-(AP)-Gensro| Moxime Wey-
oond hos denied In the Of the French government hot
Fronee intending to let 6eony use the navo' base at
Bzerte French Tunisio ond has dee'oed tnot no
tions ore underway eeson Of Bizerte the landing OF
Gernon troops there for lbyo.
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late ++t
bulletins
Wey9and Denies German Base
oVcHY France, Feb. 7-tAP)-Gensrol Moxime Wey-
oond hos denied in the name Of the French government thot
France intending to let Ceoony use the navo' ose az
tons are "ndsnxov for cession Of Bzere or the landing Of
Gernon troops there for libyo.
Observation-Disclosures
elokpON, Feb 7-tAP)-A low-fyine German phone
nnochns ounned shopping street in northeast scottish
town todoy and injured otter dropping SeVeo'
bombs The plane flew so low il onos touched the buildings
The bombs orted several fires which said to have been
extneuished quickly.
British Ships Sunk by Nazis
oBERLlN, Feb 7-tAP)-A 6ermon submarine sonk two
orned enemy merchantmen otoino 900 tons ond Nozi
speedboot British coastal seoer to the bottom orr
the English cost coast the high command reported toooy
Report Names 2.374 Traitors
sEAsT LANSING. Feb. 7-tAP)-oscor 6. o!onder. stoe
police commissioner said todoy his special omit subversve
activity squad hos Iocoted Sc meeting pieces OF persons
suspected Of dsoyo the United Stotes The report OF
five months Of octvy since the squod was created soo
e,s74 known dsoyoss have been eotoIoeued in Mich
oan.
Will Speed Plane Prod uctiOn
WASHINGTON Feb 7-tAP)-Seeretoy Stinson in
formed the Senoe foreign relations committee today thot
the War Department expected oeeeeroted deliveries to
the orny air corps OF the latest type OF eooo' Pones WITT
in four to six months"
Refuse tn Ban Soviet Russia
WASHINGTON Feb. 7-tAp)-After writing into the
British aid bill second prohibition oeonst use OF conveys,
the House refused today exclude Soviet Russo from eoun
tries for which defense materials might be produced
Italian COunter.Thrust Baked
ATHENS, Feb 7-(AP)-An Itolion motorized eounns
against Greek lines in the ksuo seeor OF ns
Albanian battlefront wos crushed ono SIX OF us 'd |
ornored cars destroyed government sPoNe''o' 'ro
today
Airplane Crashes
Against Mountain
POSSIBILITY OF SABOTAGE
DISCOUNTED BY ARMY HEADS
,ovr, ocp Nav Fab = rumor that an attempt to
Gordon of Gee camp sabotage planes at the field had
stood guard and camp discovered about week
t the gr,esome scene ago neither confirmed nor
.rrv early today denied by Colonel Nelson
sought determine why The fourmotored, 22h ton
tyne bomber left Sacramento at 1928
crematns its crew of eight to Denver Capt r. Free
fourth air disaster commandant OF a d
since December in Field Alaska at the controls
voving United States war The plane and crew had ar
planes rived in Sacramento last month
The plane one of the armys Alaska and planned to
to
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Gloria Jean. with her fine eoIors-
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THE WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
 M ". GODING, OFFICE OF THE DELEGATE
Congress COnVenes

The Seventy seventh Congress convened sharply at January take the oath of office and complete the working ganzaons both House and the In the House of Representatives the first business the election of Speaker House succeed Speaker William B. Bank head of Alabama The Honorabe Rayburn Majority Leader and Acting Speaker elected Speaker for the Seventy seventh Congress.
 Intense interest centered the Presidents Message to Congress the State of the Union delivered the House Chamber before Repre- sentav Monday January The floor and galleries filled with attentive and sobrnded audience prepared the President dwell the of the Nations defenses position the affairs of the world during these surprisingly crit ica times Th dwe the and compelling need for defense preparednss with the necessity complete negraon of defense plans with those the supply of materials the democratic nations attenvey ceived
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War and of the Navy are hereby authorized to purchase or other wise acquire arms, ammunition, and implements of war produced within the jurisdiction of any country to which Section 3 is ap- plicable, whenever the purchase or acquisition to be necessary in the interests of the defense of the United States.
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\ IL +4iNAlhs
 (B) The terms and conditions upon which any such foreign government receives any aid au- thorized und r subsection (a) sha'l be those which the Presi- dent deems satisfactory, and the benefit to the United States may be payment or repayment in kind or prop rty, or any other direct ar indirect benefit which the President deems satisfactory.
 SECTION 4. All contracts or agreements made for the disposi- ten of any defense articles or de f=nse information pursuant to Section 3 shall contain clause by which the foreign government undertakes that it will not, with out the consent of the President, transfer title to or possession of such defense article, or defense information by gift, sale, or other wise, or permit it's use by anyone not an officer, employe or agent of such foreign government.
 SECTION 5. The Secretary of War, th5 Secretary of the Navy, or the head of any other depart ment or agency of the govern ment involved shall, when any such defense article or defense information is sXported immed- iately inform the department or agency designated by the Presi- dent to administer Section 6 of the act of July 2, 194O (54 Stat. 714), of the quantities, character, value, terms of disposition and d situation of the artic e and in formation so exported.
 SECTION 6 (A). There is here by authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purpose of this act.
 (B) All money and all pro- perty which is converted into money received under Section 3 from any government shall, with the approval of the director of the budget, revert to the respect i've appropriation or appropria- tions out of which funds were expended with respect to the d. fense article or defense informa- ton for which such consideration is received, and sha be avail able for expenditure for the pur pose for which such expended funds were appropriated by law, during the fiscal year in which such funds are received and the ensuing fiscal year.
 SECTION 2. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, any the head of the department or agency shall in all contacts or agreements for the disposition of any defense article or defense information fully protect the United States who have patent i rights in and to any such article or information which is hereby authorized to be disposed of and . the payments collected for royal ties on such patents shall be paid . to the owners and holders of | such patents.
 SECTION 8. The secretaries of
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SECTION The President. may from time to time promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this act; and he may exercise any power or authority confer redon him by this act through such department, agency or offic CT as he shall direct.
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TEXT OF BILL PROVIDING
 WAR AID FOR ENGLAND

One of the most important mea sureS before Congress now is the one introduced in Congress to effect President Roos -velts plan of landing or leasing military equipment to "Democracies.' The text of the bill is as follows and provides most interesting read ing to all:
 A bill 10 further promote tn defense of the United States, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate ard House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that this act may be cited as "an act to pro mote the defense of the United Stat,s."
 SECTION 2, As ued in this act
 (A) The term defense articl- es" means:
 CD Any weapon, munitions, air craft, vessel, or boat;
 CD Any machinery, facility. tool, material, or supply neces- sary fer the manufacture. pro duction, processing, repair, ser vicing, or operation of any article described in this subsection;
 (3) Any component material or part of or equipment for any ar ticle described in this subsection.
 (D Any other commodity or article for defens2. Such term defense article" includes any ar ticle described in this subsec- ton: Manufactured or procured pursuant to Section 3;' or to which the United States or any for ign government has or here after acquires title, possession, or control.
 (B) The term defense inform ation' means any plan, specified ton, design, prototype, or inform ation pertaining to any defense article.
 SECTION 3 (A) Notwithstand- ing the provisions of any other law, the President may, from time to time, when he deems it in the interest of national defense authorize the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or the head of any other department or agency of the government:
 CD To manufacture in arsen- als, faetori s, and shipyards un- der their jurisdiction, or other wise procure, any defense artic- le for the government of any country whose defense the Presi- dant deems vital to the defense of the United States. CD To sell, transfer, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of to any such government any defense artlclc.
 (3) To test, inspect, prove, re- pair, outfit, recondition, or other wise to place in good working or der any defense article for any such government.
 (4) To communicate to any such government any defense in formation pertaining to any de- fense article furnished to such government under paragraph CD of this subsection.
 5 To release for export any defense article to any such gov
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Budget Message

The Budget of the United 92 submitted by the President opening gre message ransnta the Budget "s re- fecon of world war Generally SD ang nondefense maintained the previous cuaied A summary the Alaska follows showing estimates ap- by Budge compared to the appropriation current fiscal year.
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be about S100000 than the above.
 The Budget estimate of devel- of arpane landing fields appro- paon of 400000OO purpose by the 76th Congress- of that $30000OO alocad Alaska for aeds tentatively Juneau Boundary Big Delta Cordova Kotzebue Ruby to commence as weather conditions permit
 Of the Budget no alocaon has ben made the territories understood that part of the amount will be expended through the WPA norma ton at hand indicates that expect receive abo $OO00 of the appropriation made although there s n the sub