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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11
Elections

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trasted to the 268 one year ago.
ROMEO
Village president. Charles Z.
Ellsworth; clerk, Conrad Tur-
rell; treasurer, Mrs: Ethel But
terrified; assessor, Vernon J.
Hosner; trustee 1.-TWO years. +,
John A. Hildred; trustee 1.-TWO
years., Albert A. Schultz; trus-
tee 1.-TWO years), henry Bauer;
library director (three years) +,
Hattie E. Homer; library direc-
tor (three years., Clare J. Hos
ner.
Only 40 votes were cast.
FRASER
President: Walter c. Steffens,
1877; Max Bosworth (sticker can
didate) SO. Clerk: Richard Nico-
lai, unopposed. Commissioners:
(high two elected) Leonard
Miesle and Charles Reindel IRE
elected): Homer Elliot and Har-
ry Morrison. defeated.
WARREN
One hundred and thirt..' votes
were cast.
Village President George
Hartlein was unopposed for re-
election. Roy Lutz, treasurer re-
elected without opposition. Four
trustees elected without opposi-
ton (last two named are new
members of the board) Fred
C-omie, Oscar Bush, Otto Ro-
walt and Walter Schufter. VIII
lage Clerk: Burton Lyons, 80;
Dayton Moore (sSAcker candi-
date) ~.
RICHMOND
.. "A total of SO votes were cast
at Richmond, one of the lightest
elections in recent years. None
of the candidates were opposed.
The results:
President, Harold E. Parker;
clerk, Karl N. Hirt; treasurer,
Mrs. Ida Brophy; assessor,
Michael E. Fitzgerald; council
men, Charles w. Beier, Joel
Bunker and Melvin Weeks.
ARMADA
The election was highlighted
by the upset of a veteran trustee
by a sticker candidate when the
voters wrote in the name OF
Frank Wetling, a former board
member.
Wetling received 40 votes to
10 ballots cast for Merle Tennis
wood, the incumbent.
A total of So votes were cast
in the village polls. All other
candidates were unopposed. The
results:
President, William J. Camp.
bell; clerk, Charles Beals; treas.
urer, Carl Plauman; assessor. Joe
Morrow; trustees, j. A. Wood,
Joseph Baird and Frank Wetling
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11
SAULT STE. MARIE-(F.

SAULT STE. MARIE-(R)-
The Coast Guard cutter Tahoma
began Tuesday the job of ice
breaking in st. Mary's river be-
tween Sault Ste. Marie and De-
tour in an effort to open the
river for navigation. Coast
Guard officers said Monday that
the Tahoma had little difficulty
breaking ice 20 inches thick in
some places during a trial run.
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Modrid kichy Asked CO -
ThousGiY6 Sc Prisoners
Mssy ~ hetiensIlsss s.'l'
kesm UaSeeupisd French Territory

tntocootoo In the tate OF Span
iards who bought vainly - ave
the Spanish Republic. ID
The STATE departuentss Iettsfs
10 inquiring Americans pointed
out that since tlas pelitical pris-
oner coses Involved the treat-
ment ~ Spain Of opaniah Ma
tionals the United States could
not claim - have Z direct inter-
est nor present any legal justi6-
cation for action BY the Amsri-
can government.
Acting upon the broader
grounds Of humanity" howsver.
the letters explained, 1--WE have
approached the Spanish govern
ment with our 'vieWos "a this
matter and have expressed the
hope that clemency may Be sx-
ercised In political cases..
The United States government,
in past years, has made similar
humanitarian appeals to Euro
pean governments on behalf Of
German and Russian Jews.
The Vichy government, IN re-
ply to friendly inquiries made
through the American embassy,
declared that none Of the Span
ish political refugees who fled
to unoccupied France had been
turned over to the Franco gov
eminent.
The Franco government Off
cially announced Immediately
after assuming power that ], AGO.
900 ''informations" had been
filed against Republicans charg-
ing crimes Of all. kinds during
the days Of the Spanish Republic.
An estimated 500, 900 political
prisoners were arrested. Many
have ben acquitted or granted
clemency on the ground that
though they fought a. soldiers
under orders against Franco they
had not been involved In politi-
cal affairs.
Many were sentenced to prison
terms and numerous others
have been reported executed.
Thousands still are awaiting
trial, and meanwhile have been
assigned to build roads and carry
out other reconstruction work.
An estimated 800, 900 Spanish
Republicans fed TO France after
the war, but more than 200, 900
since have returned to their
homes.
The estimated $4,000 still in
France( of whom $4,000. are be-
lieved to be in concentration
camps) consist Of those charged
with murder or other crimeswho
dare not return to Spain, or
those who do not desire 70 live
there under Francois govern
ment. @ 1
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11

home after school hassbeeh Start
ed only . short while. These stu
dents should not have tried 10
come. to school ct Ill. Mis- Nc
Call does not have time 70 take
these students home except In
emergency cases because she has
too many other duties.
SPELLING BEE
The first contest In the Detroit
News Spelling Bee will b held
on Friday, March IL in the nv
enth and eighth grade English
classes. The winners Of these
contests will compete In the
auditorium In the near future.
JUNIOR PLAY
Reserved seats for the Junior
play were issued yesterday and
today. Students have been ~
signed sections OF the city 70
canvass and been buSy. at this.
A list of the Junior, 4 and ths(
amount of tickets each have sold
u listed in the front han. u 6nsn-
mission Of ten per cent viii -
paid to the student after ~ kas
sold $50 worth Of tickets. u.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11
Seeks Release a. Spal1is i
! Motions

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visions only ~. 84s,l4 to the
county.
COLLECTED m 1881
Bennett explained that the
county owes the subdivisions be-
cause the county In 1891 collect
ed taxes which Il did not turn
over to the townships. The
money, instead, was used 10 pay
road and drain bonds.
Largest amounts due are to
the city Of Mount Clemens
$27, 1877 .58-and Clinton town.
ship - 3ll.142.30. However.
Mount Clemens and Clinton
owe the county $5,504.83 and
$3,388.51, respectively.
COUNTY OWES STATE
The County in turn owes the
state of Michigan $5l, 416.01J
Much of this money in turn u
chargeable TO the townships.
For example, Bennett ex-
planned that the townships owe
S17,727.1O for interest on the
states share Of taxes rejected be-
cause Of erroneous property
descriptions. Another $7,000.16
IL due on taxes on which re-
assessment was impossible be-
cause Of faulty property descrip-
tions.
An additional $11,372.07 is
due from Lake township which
did not pay its 1880 state tax.
Lake owes the county, in all,
$33. 434.83.
Bennett explained that Lake
township sent the county treas
urer q check drawn on the
Lochmoor Bank. The treasurer
deposited the money in q Mount
Clemens bank which was unable
to effect collection.
FUNDS TIED UP
The Lochmoor Bank closed
its doors, but, in som e
strense manner, the cancelled
check was returned to them.
Lake township subsequently &C
CURED the cancelled check and
now denies liability.
Z Not included in the $44, 546.14
owed the county by subdivisions
Is another $15,31O.68 on re-
assessed taxes not yet properly
charged to the townships.
An additional SIC, 684.37 Is due
the county from townships for q
project that corrected the prop
erty descriptions.
The motion making subdivi-
sions responsible for uncollected
personal taxes was apparently
aimed at the city of Mount
Clemens.
TAKES NOT COLLECTED
The city has failed to collect
personal taxes totalling $780,
1877 from 1890 TO 1910, City
Clerk Joseph Matthews said this
morning.
County Treasurer Carl B. Bran
denburg contended 1t the meet
ing yesterday that the city is
legally responsible for the un-
collected taxes. Bennett took the
opposite stand.
Veteran supervisors day
were hoping that action taken
yesterday will eventually clean
up the mess, but, most of them
admit, immediate action seems
impossible.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11

Farmers in the United States
expend between four and Ave
hundred million dollars an
nua'ily on new buildingy and
improvements.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11
grow in every garden
No. - Of a Series

beer :. and our right to make il.
We want them cleaned up because
they endangsf the S8,3l2 jobs and
$ss, $500, 7@0 payroll created by beer in
Michigan since re-lsgalization. Beer con-
tributed Sass. o9S.07 last yer in taxes
in this state.
These benefits are worth preserving.
You can hslp u, II you will, by (l) pat
rorising only the reputable, legal placcs
that cell beer and BY ca reporting any
law violations to the duly constituted
lew enforcement authorities.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11

In Colorado, IL is against the
law to serve food In any room
used for purposes other than
eating.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11

morrow night Travelling via Mo-
COW. sss
In tAe Balkan crisis, Yuso-
slavia't recent prinea Paul nm,
moned ~ CROWN council - meet
tomorrow ~ doci1e Whn1hor
Yueoalavia would join ~ Ar
i--sndefa ropcsted demand ~
Adolf Hitler that slhe aim - .
full AedGed mogmber.
BELGRADE sources said yeetes-
day Hitler had refused - accopt
. mere non-agGression net with
YneoalAvia. and most dlplomatie
ohDefNq1D n The Balkan carttal
todax pgodictod The CROWN coun.
81 Woll1d have no alternative hut
to yield % Germany. Z
In the war q sea, The Inalao
admiralty acknowledged !, q :
heaviest toll Of shipplne 49,
last October, with the loss. a. =
British allied and neutral vee-
sels totalling 10, 03o tons "a IL
week ended March :.
'sThe spring blitz which Hitler
promised has begun" ! Britiah
spokesman said, but he declared
that British counter-measares
were improving.
The admiralty said that Ger.
man and Italian claims for the
week totalled 432,5OO tons -
nearly triple the British figure
Weakly loss, excluding the
withdrawal from Dunkeruue
have averaged 63,342 since he
war began.
After long delay, Thailand and
French lndo-C China signed . jan
anese-arranged peace protocol"
ending their frontier conflict and
giving Thailand IN estimated
%, 900 square miles Of Trance's
Far East colonial territory.
The agreement marked n.
pans drst successful mediation In
her seh-proclaimed role Of lead
or Of = sphere Of influence n
greater East Africa.
The japanese press. mean
while, viewed United State,
senate passage Of the aid-to-
Britain bill a. putting the u. s.
q step nearer war and said the
possibilities for American pres
sure on Japan were increased.
One newspaper, Asahi. said
New York information" indi-
Gated the first step under the
bull would be q deal whereby
American destroyers would be
traded for British capital ships
which the u. s. "can send 10
Far Eastern waters against IA
pan in order to aid (Chinese)
Generalissimo Chisng Kai-Shek
more asgressively."
One widely-read Japanese
naval critic, Rear Admiral Gum
pei Sekine, defined Japan's eco
prosperity sphere. In Asia to in
ciude India, Australia and the
Philippines.
German and British airmen
traded blows over the channel
area last night and early today.
The former concentrated on the
English south coast naval base
Of Portsmouth for the second
successive night, and the British
attacked targets in western Ger
many and along the Nazi-occu-
pied French coast.
The German raid on Ports
mouth lasted six hours. The
British government acknowledge
ed casualties and damage from
fires, but said two of the raiders
were downed. Unofficial sources
said three other German planes
were believed destroyed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11

CHARLOTTE up Injuries
suffered last Tuesday In IN auto
mobile accident proved fatal
Monday to Oral E. Anderson, IS,
IN Olivet farmer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-11

The Amazon river, in South
America, has the greatest basin
Of any o fthe worlds rivers,
2,772,00O square miles.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
British Dranatist
Speaks Tomorrow
At Refuge Benefit

Mr.. Frederic Lonsdale, eminent
British playwright, will arrive in
Washington this morning to be the
guest of Mrs. Ethel Fowler in Leroy
place. Mr.. Lonsdale, who had first
intended flying up from Palm Beach,
where he has been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison Williams, finally de-
cided to come on the train due to
uncertain flying weather.
Mr.. Lonsdale will be the featured
speaker on the program given for
the benefit of For Relief of French
Refugees in England, Inc," which
will take place at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon in Anderson House.
Added to the list of sponsors for
the benefit are the names of the
newly arrived British Minister, Sir
Gerald Campbell. and Lady Camp
bell. The Countess Of Abingdon, who
is chairman of Refugees in Eng
land, Inc, which will share in the
proceeds, will arrive tomorrow morn
ing. She will be accompanied by
Mr.. Cecil Roberts, British writer,
who plans a speaking tour of Amer
ican cities to swell the funds of re-
lief for England. Mr.. Roberts will
be introduced to the audience at
Anderson House tomorrow afternoon
and will speak briefly.
Also on the list of sponsors is the
name of Mrs. Larz Anderson, whose
magnificent mansion, now the ma
tional headquarters of the Society
of the Cincinnati, will be the scene
of the tea.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
English Tea Given
By Troop 63 of
Girl Scouts

An English tea was given by 16
members of Girl Scout Troop So
yesterday in the assembly room of
the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church. The affair which was a
feature of the local celebration of
International Friendship month,
featured many refreshments served
at teas in England.
Mrs Joseph Knapp, an English
woman, and assistant to Mrs.
Boydsden Satterf1eld, troop leader,
supervised the tea. Mrs. Knapp
provided the tarts, made from an
old English recipe, and other English
delicacies were prepared by troop
members under her direction.
Mrs John Forbes, who recently
arrived from England with her
three children, told of the organ
i7ation and activities of the British
Girl Guides in England, and in
India and Australia, where she
formerly lived.
Prior to yesterdays party, Troop
63 had sent funds to a group of
British Girl Guides in the English
village of Norwich to provide tea
party for them, to be held on the
same day
Each member of the troop brought
a donation Of clothing for Bundles
for Britain.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Headquarters Established
Greek War Relief Association
Will Receive Gifts at Mayhower

The District of Columbia Com
mittee for the Greek War Relief
Association has set up headquarters
at the Mayf1ower Hotel to receive
contributions for relief work in
Greece. The work is supervised by
special Administrative Committee
of prominent Greek and American
civilians
The purpose of the association is
to meet urgent needs for medical
supplies, food, shelter and clothing.
Mr.. George c. Vournas is regional
director of the association, and hon
orary sponsors include the Greek
Minister and Nine Diamantopoulos
and the Minister er-Counselor of the
legation here and Nine. DepaSta.
DR.. C. G. Abbot and Mrs. Truxton
Beale are honorary chairmen of the
Washington committee, of which Mr..
w. L. Clayton of the Federal Loan
Agency is chairman.
Prominent Persons
Listed on Committee.
Members of the General Com
mittee include DR.. Joseph Quincy
Adams, Mrs. Lionel Atwill, Mrs.
George Barnett, Mr.. Robert Woods
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Wonen's Job Clinic
Will Meet Today

DR.. Marjorie Shearon, president of
the Women's Occupational Clinic,
will speak before members of the
Women's City Club today at S pm.
at the club, 1856 Jackson place NV.
DR.. Shearon will tell of the work
of the Women's Job Clinic which
has been established for the benefit
of unemployed business and profess
sional women of mature age.
Miss Olive Grebe has sponsored
the sections programs for the month
of February. Mrs. Mabel G. SWorm-
stedt, chairman of the Current
Events Section, will introduce the
speaker.
The Women's Job Clinic will be
held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in room
los, Building D, George Washington
University, with DR.. Shearon pre-
siding. Plans will be outlined for a
city-wide search for jobs for un-
employed women who include
clerical workers, business women
with executive and managerial ex-
perience, organizers, women with
hotel experience, former teachers
and college professors, writer's,
editors, artists and musicians.
Mrs. Teresa Hale, psychologist,
will again be present to give psyche
logical aptitude, intelligence and
vocational interest tests to clinic
members.
Evening star., 1941-02-18

Bliss, Nine. Julia Cantacuzene, Mrs.
Hubert Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop
Chanler, Mrs. Daniel B. Devore,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles Drake,
Mrs. R. H. Dunlap, Mr.. David E.
Finley, Prof. Harold N. Fowler, Mrs.
w. Gwynn Gardiner, Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld, the Rev. DR.. c. Leslie
Glenn, Mrs. Frederick Mitchell
Gould, Mrs. Randall Hagner, Mrs.
Gilbert Hitchcock, Mrs. Frederick
Keep, former Senator and Mrs. Will
liam H. King, Mrs. Arthur Krock,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Laughlin, Mrs.
Walter Lippman, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Lowrie, Mrs. Malcolm S. McConihe,
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Miss Emily My
ers, Mrs. French Myers, Miss Caro-
line Nash, Mr.. Newbold Noyes, Mrs.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Mrs. Eleanor
Patterson, Mrs. Rushmore Patterson,
Col. Julius Peyser, Mr.. Duncan Phil
lips, Mrs. Frederick Schenck, Mrs.
Arthur Camp Stanley, Miss Sophy
Stanton, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs.
R. M. Standardization, Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. McCeney
Werlich, Mrs. Frank West and Mrs.
Arthur Woods.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Residents of Iowa
Will Hold Dance

The Iowa State Society of Wash
ington has completed arrangements
for it's next dance, which will be
held at the Shoreham Hotel Satur-
day evening at $50 o'clock. This
will be a Washington's Birthday
party.
Representative John Gwynne is
president of the society and the vice
presidents are Mrs. c. D. Cass and
Mr.. Stanley O'Connor.
There will be a contest between
the congressional districts, with the
district having the largest attend
ance receiving a loving cup.
An excellent orchestra will fur
nish music for the dance, which will
continue until l o'clock
Reservations are being made with
the secretary, Miss Gertrude M.
Louis, Hotel Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Schram Tells
Of r. F. C.'s
Defense Aids
Helps Accumulate
Strategic Supplies
Needed by Army

Supplies of strategic minerals and
metals imported from all over the
world have been accumulated
through the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. and a sufficient surplus is
gradually being built up to provide
against all contingencies, Emil
Schram, chairman of the Board of
Directors of the r. F. c., said yes
terday. Mr.. Schram addressed
members of the Woman's National
Democratic Club at its regular Mon
day luncheon, which was attended
by members of the R. F. G.
A question now under considera-
ton by the corporation is financing
production of synthetic rubber, Mr.
Schram said. The United States
now depends upon Far Eastern
sources for most of its rubber supply,
he explained, and although the cost
of synthetic rubber is considerably
higher than the natural product, it
would be advisable to begin the man
ufacture of synthetic rubber if the
American supply were cut off from
the Orient. Tin, manganese, plat
inum, chrome and tungsten are
among the strategic metals now be-
ing acquired through funds pro-
vided by the R. F. c., Mr.. Schram
said.
The speaker described methods by
which America is endeavoring to
become sufficient in the matter
of diamond dies needed for produc-
ton of various delicate mechanical
appliances. The United States, for
merly dependent upon France and
Switzerland for industrial diamonds,
is now making provision to set up
diamond die industries in this coun-
try with the aid of Great Britain.
More than S400000,000 Mr., Schram
continued, has been advanced by
the R. F. C. for plant expansion in
key defense industries. These in
dustries include airplanes, machine
tools, armored tanks, guns, NUM-
Evening star., 1941-02-18

tions and other essentials for equip
ping the Army and Navy. Plants
now being erected with Federal
funds, Mr.. Schram said, will be
leased to manufacturers.
Financing of defense housing also
is part of the R. F. c. program, the
speaker added, and with the aid of
the Federal Housing Authority
homes are being built of type that
will easily be refrigerated in their
respective communities after the ma
tional defense program has been
completed.
Mrs. Claude Pepper, club presi-
dent, presided, and introduced the
speaker Seated at the head table
with Mrs. Pepper and Mr.. Schram
were Mrs. Schram, Harvey Cole, as
siStant to Mr.. Schram, and Mrs.
Cole; Mrs. Warren Lee Pierson,
Claude E Hamilton, jr.; Mrs.
Charles B. Henderson, Meade
Fletcher, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. CaSSius
M Clay, Clifford Durr, Mrs. E. C.
Eicher and Mrs. w. R. Mount
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Mrs. Milton Miles
To Talk on China

Mrs. Milton E. Miles of KenWood
VII be presented as guest speaker at
Chalet Non Pareil Art Gallery to-
morrow evening at the fortnightly
salon.
Mrs. Miles, who recently returned
from the region of the Burma Road
with Comdr. Miles, will talk in
formally about China. Colored slides
will be shown as we'll as photographs.
Nine. Wy. Nine. Wong and Nine.
Hsiao from the Chinese Embassy,
wearing native costumes, will receive
guests in the gallery, where loan
exhibition of Chinese arts is on view
through the courtesy of DR.. Riley
Moore and Mr.. Simon Kriger. The
lecture begins at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Benefit arty Set

A benefit card party will be given
by the Washington Chapter of the
Alumnae Association of the National
Catholic School of Social Service to-
morrow at $3.50 pm. at the school,
200 Nineteenth street NV. Pro-
ceeds will be contributed to the Msgr.
Kirby scholarship fund.
Miss Marian Hartnett, chairman
of the Washington Chapter of the
association, will be assisted by Mrs.
Matthew A. McKavitt, Mrs. James
Close, Miss Olive Gage, Miss Anna
Ready, Miss Isabelle Naughton, Miss
Alexandria Grange, Miss Anna
Rose Kimpel, Miss Dorothy Abts and
Miss M. Carmel McKiever.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Hold Joint Luncheon

The Sigma Kappa Sorority Moth
ers' Clubs of George Washington
University and the University Of
Maryland are holding a joint lunch
con today at the Fairfax Hotel. Miss
Betty Spencer of Buffalo, N. Y.
travelling secretary and one Of the
national officers of the sorority, will
be the guest speaker. Mrs. Estelle
M. McCord, president of the senior
alumnae group of the District Of
Columbia, will also be a guest Of
honor,
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Social Is Planned
Bv Pi Rho Zeta

Gamma Gamma Chapter Of Pi
Rho Zeta International Sorority
Fraternity will entertain with a
social tomorrow from $3.50 pm. to
IL. Dancing, games and pro-
gram have been arranged. Miss Ma
rion Hursey will present violin solo
and vocal duet will be offered by
Miss Maxine Rasmussen and Miss
Marion Hursey. There will be a
reading by Miss Patsy Kelley and
comic stunts will be performed by
various pledges.
Girls and boys who have attended
business schools belonging to the
American Association of CONNER
cial Colleges are eligible for mem
bership and have been invited to
attend