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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
Multi Million DoI|or
Plan to Bolster Fleet
lsrss censrsssienel G'ents
Sought BY y. S. Navy

ashore. Besides the improve
ment of Atlantic and Pacific
bases and shore facilities, the
Recommendations included pro-
visions for additional ship con-
struction, armament and armor
production. and the like.
The submission of the pro-
gram happened to coincide with
reports from Manila that the
families Of Army officers on
duty in the Philippines had been
Unexpectedly told to get ready
to leave soon for the United
States.
The state. department some
time ago advised Americans In
the far east to return home be-
cause of the situation there. This
advice was urgently repeated to
American residents of Shanghai
today by the u. S. consulate
general there.
The inclusion Of Guam in the
list of bases to be strengthened
recalled that congress in 1899
and 1910 refused to provide
funds for developing the island,
On those occasions the proposal
was attacked as an ''unfriendly
gesture" toward Japan which
lies only $500 miles away.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) was
optimistic about approval this
time.
The $4,7oo.0o0 asked for
Guam was earmarked for pass
i've defense" construction, such
u bombproof shelters for per-
sonnet, communication centers
and power plants, II was learned,
and also to make the harbor suit
able for use by large and small
naval vessels.
For Samoa - q stepping
stone" between Australia and
the fleets main base at Hawaii
So, 100, 900 was sought for Eek
pansion Of facilities and devel-
opanent Of defense" including
the installation Of bombproof
shelters. The island has one Of
the finest harbors In the south
seas.
Midway island was listed for
$4,1l6, 900 work on aAsubmarine
base, and there were items total
ing $4,000, 900 for expanding
the air bases on Wake. Palmyra,
Midway and Johnston islands.
Navy officers have long con-
tended that development - Of
Guam into q strongly fortified
base would tend TO- stabilize the
political situation Ia the far east"
bat their arguments wsgss ~
jeeted. SENATOR Clorks tD-1fo),
q critic o. administration foreign
policy, once raid that ''any move
to fortify Guam IL closely equiv.
alent to Z declaration OF war;
The $4,7OO,000 asked for
Guam under the present pro-
gram represents only = small
fraction Of Navy estimates on the
cost Of transforming the island
into . big base. These have
ranged from $50, 600, 900 70 make
the island reasonably secure, "a
$500, 000, 900 or more TO make II
proof against prolonged major
attack.
: The Alaska bases listed In the
program were Kodiak, Sitka,
and UnataS;<a, with additional
air station facilities planned foT
each. Kodiak was likewise
down for . submarine bare, with
operating and repair facilities.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
Believe All Hands Perish
When FreiqhlsI capsiles

nBOSTON. Feb. 13-<MBe-
lief that the British freighter
Kervegan foundered Sunday,
with Ill hands, possibly Is or 80
men. was expressed by coast
guards today after they ADAM
doned search tor the vessel.
She had radioed that she was
"capsizing and taking water" 200
miles off Cape Sable, N. S. Three
coast guard cutters found only
floating bales Of. pulp at the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
Armada

The Klay Bank Klub met
with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schu-
Ter. Friday evening, February
7. -
Pinochle was played. Mr..
Frank Byland won high score
tor the men ma MI. Oscar
Schnell won low score for the
men. Mrs. Louis Schiller won
high for the ladies and Mrs.
Louis Van .Norstrand won low
for the ladies'.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Byland
will entertain the club, Friday
evening, Feb. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Mills, ac-
compented BY Mrs. Ida Fox, Of
Romeo. were Sunday dinner
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ed
die Of Pontiac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett RAM
sey and daughter, Carol, of
Center Line, spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. vern
Allen. $3.50
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Schir-
mer, Mrs. Minnie Schirmer, Ru.
dolph Schirmer and son, Rus
sell, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gustav Schirmer. OF Richmond,
Sunday, At q birthday dinner
honoring the birthday anniver-
sary Of Mrs. Gustav Schirmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hecht
and family, Of Mount Clemens,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Crull and Mr.. Howard Crull,
Sunday.
The High Banks Sew and
Chatter Club met with Mrs.
Roy Conner, Wednesday sitter
noon, Feb. 3 for ! pot-luck din
ner, business meeting ana pro-
gram.
Seventeen m Q m b ers were
present. Il Mrs. Frank Secory
Rhoda and Delor1s Grips were
guests. Mr.. Lulu 9oodai and
Mrs. Herbert Orchard were. In
charge Of the progam.
The next meeting win be held
at the home Of Mrs.. Fred Schra-
der, Thursday afternoon, Feb.
20. A Valentine party win be
held end Z proSralh will b In
charge Of Nrs. Charles laanslka
and Mrs., George Jewell.
The club u planning On hay :
Ing . bpke sale at Spencer's
Paint Shop, 1t Richmond, Sat-
urday, March /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bur.
lin and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Greene. Of Royal Oak were
Sunday dinner guests Of MIR.
and Mrs. Robert Wilson.
Miss Wilma Day returned 70
her school work at Ann Arbor
wednesday, after spenAing 4
few days with her family, here.
The Senior Bridge Club gave
. farewell party for Mr.. Wsl-
ter Humid C the home q Mrs.
3. 4. Rogers, Tuesday. The
Hund family, are moving "a
Detroit March ].
Mn. Wilbert Bali and daugh-
ter, Shirley. hAve The rneosles.
llie6 1uth Ellis q Ypsilanti
spsnt ~ Weeh-end with her
parsntss hsrp.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

OAv0V OSsSep SSs ASs Se>s>s
old Notre Damers who don't
want Elmer Layden's job -.
Jimmy Phelan of Washington
.Yanls haven't heard q word
from Joe DiMagsio and prob
ably won't 50 long a Mickey
Cochrane goes around the coast
telling the papers Joe Is worth
IS grand per Jack Demp-
sey calls nightly from Miami 70
inquire about his estran9ed wife
who is seriously iii Not
more than . dozen or 50 Of Pri-
vate Tommy Tailer's buddies In
the quartermaster's corps It
Fort Dix, N. j., have tumbled to
the fact that he not only u .
top golfer, but q millionaire to
boot.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

"A popaiatio6 sIlcse sid one
bali timee thAt. 6 - United
States b ted IN Chine from
eiltivots1 Ind ealY - 70 30
pr sspe - Oset.h ;aesa g thst
q The tormef eelmtry.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

Walter Stewart, Memphis
Commercial Appeal: steve
Casey another Of those wres-
Ting champions, has also vol
unteered for army service
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
No Clemens
High Notes

D. ksshryssI ostss

REGULATION
Mr.. McFarlane has requested
the students not to report back
to school 1t noon until one pm.
: Fifth hour classes are being dis
turbed by students coming be-
fore that time.
He has also requested the stu
dents to keep on from the foot
ball field when they come in the
back gate. II this rule u not
followed the gates will b lock-
ed and students will have 10 20
around to the front.
DANCE
There will be . Valentines
Dance It the Grace Parish House
this Friday for grades seven
through ~. The price Of 10
cents stag and - cents drag.
The dance will start Of seven
o'clock and end Ut ten-thirty.
I. 8. 8.
There will be IN ISIS. meet
ing today at Z pm. In room 100.
All members are asked 70 be
present and TO bring their let
tiers. The members have re-
ceived many interesting letters.
BALLET GLASSES
There are now - members
signed up for the ballet class 70
be given every Monday evening.
These lessons are given By Miss
Eueenia Stepkowska Of The OF
@ Fricker Dancing School. Ssv-
en- more member are n6eded.
This y open 10 both teachers
and students. Any one who
wishes further inlotmation oro
70 zee Mio AysFs ths speech
teacher.
DEFAMATION CoNTEBT
The eljmlmotion DocIanatlo0
contest Win 't11bs ploce o. ri
day, Feb. 70. This WIN logo
plscs n ~ eomuaanity room
during AsSt and third hours.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13

The ellmlnotion Doclama0o0
contest Win 'ot1ts ploce On rriv
day. Feb. 70. This WIN 4ok0
plscs h ~ eosnuaonity room
during AsSt and third hours.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-13
Sports Roul! /!

oNEw YORK. Fen. ls.-Add ma has - ~ n
old Notre Damers who don't war ~ stSicl4YNkM
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Nozi Pilot Who Escaped to U. S.
Wants to Pick Where He'll Go

country near Ogdensburg, N. Y, af-
ter crossing the st. Lawrence on
foot over the ice and partially by
rowboat, his ears being frozen dur
ing the trip. He was picked up by a
motorist who delivered him to Og-
densburg police and he was then
turned over to the immigration serv-
ice. He is under $4,000 bond, which
was posted by the German Consul
ate in New York City.
MIR. Topken said the baron had
no idea of breaking United States
laws or of concealing himself in this
country but that the baron had a
duty" as a prisoner of war to es-
cape if he could and this country
was legally and morally" required
to give him a haven for reason
able" time.
Chairman Seward asked the
counsel what he would consider
reasonable" and Mr.. Topken said
he thought two weeks.
On the possibility that this coun-
try might send Won Werra back to
Canada, Mr.. Topken declared that
if neutral hands an escaped war
prisoner over to a belligerent, 'he
(the neutraD is performing an act
incompatible with the principle OF
neutrality"
The board chairman wanted to
know why the country would not
be aiding Germany then if the
baron were permitted to return
there and Mr.. Topken contended
the Nazi airman was free man
when he came to the United States"
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Not Controlled by 'Isms,
Guilds Vote Contends
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The New
York Newspaper Guild &C. I. o.
has approved by vote of e86 to
4S1 a resolution stating that Com
munism and Fascism are not in
dicative of the newspaper guild,
and that this organization will not
tolerate any attempt by these Or
ganizations to control the policies
Of this organization
The resolution was proposed by
the Youngstown Guild. The vote
was taken by mail, part of ma
tional referendum. The guild said
3,451 ballots were sent out here and
Al per cent of them returned.
The New York Guild also ap-
proved, 873 to 532, the resolution in
troduced by the guilds national
executive board.
This resolution said: "The Amer
ican Newspaper Guild rejects any
proposal or insinuation that it is,
or has been, subject to outside con-
troll The American Newspaper
Guild reafflrms it's determination
to have its polices decided only by
its membership and reaffirms its
traditional independence of control
by any political party or group,
whether Communist, Socialist,
Democratic, Republican, Nazi or
Fascist"
Evening star., 1941-02-27

Baron Franz Won Werra, 26-year-
old Nazi airman who escaped from
a prison train in Canada on Janu-
ary "a and fled to this country, is
willing to leave the United States
"but seeks to go to country OF his
own choice" his counsel this after
noon told the Board of immigration
Appeals.
Climaxing an argument directed
at the possibility that the flyer
would be turned over to Canadian
authorities, William j. Topken of
New York, his spokesman, told the
board that the common law Of
nations and the Hague Convention
gave the escaped war prisoner the
status of free man in this country
and that If the American Govern
ment departed from this principle,
I'VE would deviate for the first time
from a long string of precedents
set by almost every country"
Mr.. Topken said the Baron sought
to return to Germany by way Of
Japan.
Baron Won Werra was not present
at the hearing, which was conducted
on the basis of an immigration serv-
ice report declaring the German is
an alien who illegally entered the
country and is, therefore, subject to
deportation. The board determines
whether and where he is to be de-
ported and Ralph Seward, the chair
man said a decision probably would
be made In two weeks.
The youthful baron landed in this
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Earlier Story on Page A-s).

Earlier Story on Page A-s).
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-The Air Min
istry news service said tonight $50
fires were burning at one time
during the British air raid on Co.
logne last night.
Great tracks of fire. were left
behind by a strong force of bomb
ers which dumped huge loads of
high explosive and incendiary
bombs on the city's industrial areas,
1t was said.
In the German attacks on Eng
land, relief posts to care for bomb
victims were established in an East
Anglian town struck by a daylight
raid described as ION a big scale "
In one coastal town, a single dive
bomber was reported to have dropped
high explosives and incendiaries and
to have machine-gunned children in
the streets. "a number of people"
were declared to have been killed.
Shops and houses collapsed. An
undetermined number of persons
were buried in the underground bars
of a crowded hotel, and cries for help
came out from amidst the wreckage.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Battered Liner Docks;
100 Injured During Gale
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY, Feb. 27-Bat-
tered by hurricane off Lisbon, the
American Export liner Siboney
docked today, three days late, with
342 passengers and a tired crew ex-
pressing surprise they had reached
shore at all.
More than 100 passengers were
treated for minor injuries in the
ships dispensary soon after the
hurricane first rocked the ship on
February Is.
THE Siboney rolled worse than
any ship I've been on since 1902"
Capt. Wenzel Habel said. 'The
-mile-an-hour wind made us
heave to for IL hours. The second
day out we couldn't cook any meals
aboard. Part of the time we listed
48 degrees"
William B. T. Mock of Evanston,
Ill, a medical student returning
from France, said former Vice
Premier Pierre Laval was being
closely guarded as a result of ru-
mors that attempts had been made
to- take his life.
He added that the most popular
"wall markings" in Paris we're the
inscriptions "Vive De Gaulle-Vive
Petain-Vive Roosevelt"
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Roosevelt Holds Up British Aid
To Push Bill, Taft Charges
Two Other Senators Vie in Debate
Over Popularity Of WiIke

plished his purpose or started his
advance into new areas" he said.
BY offering aid to Great Britain
and other nations fighting aggres-
sion, the lease-lend bill enables
us still to stop this threat without
the necessity of war on our part"
Senator Sheppard said.
The exchange over Mr., Willkie,
supporter of the British-aid bill,
came when Senator Brown, finishing
an address, declared that the 1910
Republican nominee seems to be
"the most unpopular Republican
within the Senate chamber but the
most popular Republican in the
country outside"
He was answering a claim by
Senator Danaher, Republican, of
Connecticut that the questions in
volved in the bill were not debated
in the last election because Mr..
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Secret Movies Taken
For Skidmore Evidence
B, the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Feb. 27. Sources
within the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau disclosed today one method
used to gather evidence against Will
liam r. Skidmore, now being tried
on charges of evading half a million
dollars in Federal income taxes.
For weeks at time, an agent said.
an investigator concealed himself in
a railroad watch tower and took pic
lures of the visitors to Skidmore's
South Side junk yard.
These visitors were traced through
the license numbers of their auto
mobiles. Many of them we're shown
motion pictures of themselves enter
ing and leaving Uncle Billy's" little
Office. Many of them agreed, the
agent said, to testify for the Govern
ment.
Stories told by these visitors led
the Government to charge when
Skidmore's trial opened Monday
that he was the man to whom Chi
cago gamblers looked for "protec-
ton"
Five former bookmakers testified
yesterday that they paid him more
than $1,000 for the privilege of run
ming gambling places.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Copeland Named 10 House
District Committee

House Minority Leader Martin
late today appointed Representa-
tive Copeland of Nebraska to fill
one of the three Republican vacan-
cies on the District Committee.
Mr.. Copeland, who was for four
years Mayor of Lincoln and for
two years its director of public
safety, indicated he is pleased with
the appointment.
II am happy to serve on the Dis
trict Committee" he declared. II
don't know much about Washing
ton or its problems, but I hope to
develop some constructive ideas"
Mr.. Copeland is serving his first
term in Congress He was born
on a farm at Huron, S. OAK,
March 16, 1887.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Earlier story on Page A-1.)
BY ]. A. OTEARY.

Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
asserted in the Senate today that
President Roosevelt was "deliber-
ately holding back aid to England
in order to put pressure on this
Congress" to pass the lease-lend
bill. Two other Senators engaged in
a lively debate over the popularity
of Wendell L. Willkie.
Senator Taft's assertion brought
a retort from Senator Chandler,
Democrat, of Kentucky that the
Senator from Ohio says he wants
to help England but he wants to
help 'em just enough so they're
certain to get beat"
HE (Taft) wants to be in a posi-
ton at some time in the future" I"
Senator Chandler declared, that
both sides will think he was for them.
He wants to aid 'em $4,000, ,00O, 900
worth so they will get beat"
Senator Taft had interrupted Sem
ator Brown, Democrat, of Michigan,
to read a newspaper article which
reported that the administration
was preparing to assemble surplus
defense materials to be dispatched
to England when the pending Brit
ish aid bill was passed.
Sea Power Available Now.
Contending that the President had
had power all along TO transfer such
materials, he asked why action had
not been taken earlier If the Presi-
dent wanted to help England.
ct think this statement was given
out" he said, solely for the pur-
pose of putting pressure on this
Congress.
Declaring that modern aggressors
regard this country as "a challenge
to their claim to world dominion" F"
Chairman Sheppard of the Military
Affairs Committee spoke in favor
of the bill late in the day. The
United States cannot afford ito
wait until the aggressor has accom-
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Break in Relations
Near, British Envoy
Warns Bulgaridns
Will Not Remain in Sofia
In HumiIioting Position,
Minister RendeI Says
Earlier Story on Page A-1)
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 27.-George
w. Rendel, British Minister to Bull
garia, announced tonight his dlplo-
matte mission "does not propose to
remain in Bulgaria in humiliating
position or to play into German
hands"
British quarters earlier had en-
phasized that the mysterious dis
appearance of Wodin Grenovitch,
British passport officer, might lead
to a break in diplomatic relations
between Britain and Bulgaria.
Mr.. Rendel protested to Premier
Bogdan Philoff and said later the
British were taking an extremely
serious view of the situation"
First Step Toward War.
"If relations are broken" Mr..
Rendel said at a press conference,
'it will be the first step toward
carrying Bulgaria into the war. II
we leave here, Bulgaria will have
to face the consequences of being
a theater of war.
ADEQUATE causes for breaking re-
lations almost exist already"
IF relations are broken, it is very
probable Britain would declare war
on Bulgaria before hostile acts were
committed, but we would still re-
garG ourselves free to attack the
Germans on Bulgarian soil without
any formal declaration" Mr.. Rem
del said.
The Minister said Nazi-occupied
Rumania had not been bombed be
cause we want to make it easier for
Bulgaria to remain neutral" He
implied, however, that Rumanian oil
fields and communication lines
would be bombed quickly should
Britain break off relations with Bull
garia.
Nazis in Key Positions.
Declaring that Bulgaria met Ger
many more than half way" Mr.
Rendel continued:
Many Germans here are in key
positions. Technicians have crossed
the Danube to supervise bridge
moorings. Extra telephone lines
have been strung across the coun-
try. Villas already have been req
uisitioned for the German general
staff"
Mr.. Rendel said the Bulgarian
army has been virtually modified,
but it is not facing the German army
on the Danube"
The Bulgarian press is the enemy
of Britain and completely in Ger
man hands. The police are very
largely under German control. The
army also is largely in German
hands, at least at the top. Schools
have been closed for the use of
troops. Motor trucks have been req
uisitioned as well as livestock and
even peasant carts"
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Gov. Lehman Asked
For Police 10 Protect
Bethlehem Workers
Guard Is Sought
For Loyal Employees;
Violence Reported
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

tEarl1er story on rage ALL
BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 27.-The
general manager of Bethlehem
Steel's Lackawanna plant, where a
strike is in progress, appealed today
to Gov. Herbert H. Lehman for
adequate police protection" to safe
guard loyal and patriotic" workers.
Edward F. Entwistle wired the
chief executive that neither the
city of Lackawanna nor the sheriff
of Erie County has thus far fur
nished police protection outside our
gates adequate to insure that men
who desire to enter this plant can
do So"
While pickets blocked gates at the
corporations two-mile-long plant,
working on defense orders, in
strike begun last night which c. I.
o. officials described as virtually 100
per cent effective but which the
company called dismal failure"
Mr.. Entwistle told the Governor.
The Mayor of suburban Lacka-
wanna mot only refuses to give us
any assurance that he can afford"
(See STRIKE, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Jockey AL Robertson
Grounded by Flu
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED PTeSS.
HIALEAH PARK, Fla, Feb. 81
Dave Wilson, agent for Jockey Al
fred Robertson, reported today that
the veteran rider will not return
to the saddle for the remainder Of
the Hialeah meeting because of in
f1uenza.
Robertson, who piloted Dispose to
victory in the Flamingo Stakes, can
celed his mounts on Wednesday.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
First Congressional Club
President Is Dead
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. 81
Mrs. Mary Martindale Perkins,
widow of James Breck Perkins, Rep
resentative to Congress from the
s8th district in the early 1soos, died
today.
Mrs. Perkins served as first presi-
dent of the Congressional Club in
Washington, in 1908. She addressed
the club by radio on April %, 1888,
on the 25th anniversary of its ex-
istence.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
All Strikers in Holland
Reported Back on Jobs
Earlier Story on Page A-9)

Earlier Story on Page A-9)
BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM (via Berlin), Feb.
27.-Dutch newspapermen said all
strikers returned to work today,
obeying the orders of German mil
itary administration which yester-
day threatened heavy penalties for
strikers and strike agitators.
The city was quiet after clashes
between civilians and German mill
tary police III which at least six per-
sons were kil'~I and several others
injured Yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
HiuIeuh Park
B, the Associated Press.

FIRST RACE-Purse, $1,000: claiming:
2-year-olds; nursery course; 3 furlongs
(chutel.
Quick Conquest (Arcaro) 26.1O 2e.3o 1880
Miss Shopper mccoy 1900 700
Irish Ivy (Moore) 4S0
Time, "a
Also ran-Darby Demon. Merrily Go.
Muskrat K. Dorko, Warlee Son Islam,
All Free. Brave Sir fRation. fOhlala and
fBob Dodge.
Field.