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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Citizens Bank
payof NeaE
Court Approves
$z56. 900 Loon

"a new $2S6.000 payoff TO de-
positors Of the defunct Citizens
Savings Bank moved q step clos
er to reality this morning when
Circuit Judge Neil Z. Reid sign
ed an order authorizing Ber-
nard j. Callahan. receiver. to
pledge assets Of the bank neces-
sary for the payoH.
Callahan said $367, 500 in as
sets will be pledged to the RTC
TO assure the 10 per cent payoff.
The defunct bank has previously
paid 20 per cent to depositors.
More than 30 depositors were
in court this morning md all Of
them approved the payoH. II
no objections are raised within
the 20-day period provided by
law, formal application for the
loan will be made.
Callahan said the payoH prob
ably will be made In the middle
of July.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
St. Joseph
Tag Sale GiipenI
Fine Response

OThe annual st. Joseph's Hos
pital Tag Day Sale was reported
q success today as hundreds Of
persons purchased the tags on
sale on Mount Clemens street
corners.
Workers were also stationed in
every other Macomb county COM
munity during the day, and q
special collection will be taken
in churches following services
Sunday.
The proceeds of the sale will
be used to purchase equipment
for the newly completed nursery
wing ut the hospital.
Mrs. Joseph M. Croman, Jr.,
ID chairman Of the county and
city drive.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Ford Workers
GET Big Raise
- Millions Are
Added to PoyrolI

ODETROTT, May IT. R -
Hourly-rated employees Of the
Ford Motor company's River
Rouge plant in suburban Dear
born, scene last month Of q To-
day strike, have been granted
$13, $50, 432 In wage increases,
according TO q company spokes-
man, since January /.
Personnel Director Harry H.
Bennett, saying Ford wages now
were "the highest In the auto
mobile industry" disclosed the
boosts ranged from Ave to IS
cents IN hour and went to So, 024
employees. About half the raises,
he said, have been made in the
last three weeks.
He said that IN American
Federation Of Labor union,
which will compete with The Go
United Automobile Workers n q
National Labor Relations Board
election May 81 for sole bargain
ing rights in the Rouge and Linz
coin plants, had been instru-
mental In obtaining some Of the
raises.
This was disputesd by Michael
F. Widman. Jr., Ford organizing
director Of the UAW-ClO, the
union which called the strike 1t
the Rouge plant, largest single
industrial unit In the world.
'Thousands Of Ford workers
received wage increases this past
week a. the direct result Of ne
gotiations instituted by the
ooe 40B0-Rase 8
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17

COLUMBUS, O., May 17-R
Seven army men-five in one
plane and two in another-were
killed as their ships crashed in
hilly southern Ohio Is minutes
apart last night during cyclonic
wind and transforms.
Army attaches at Patterson
Field, Dayton, said today five
mem in q twin-motored ship
from Barksdale Field, La, lost
their lives as the plane smashed
into q hillside near Jacksonville,
O., rs miles southeast of here.
The other plane plunged into
the ground 10 miles west of
Nelsonville near Wilmington.
DEAD LISTED
Second Lieutenants Robert
Sonnenileld, william ]. Wiandt,
Robert L. Brown and James
Criswell and Sergeant John H.
Davis.
Davis body was not immedia-
tely located in the wreckage Of
basic combat navigation train
plane (Beechraft) which was
scattered over q wide area.
When the mishap occurred
the plane was enroute from
Louisville, KY, to Pittsburgh.
Two air crops captains were
killed as their ship plunged into
the ground with great force 10
miles south of Wilmington-15
minutes after the Jacksonville
crash.
TWO CAPTAINS
Major j. w. Sessums, Wright
Field adjutant, identified the
victims in the Wilmington crash
as Capt. r. A. VonDerau of
Dayton and Capt. John c. STAN
ley. Both were stationed ut
Washington and were en- route
to Dayton in an advanced train
ing ship, he said.
The bodies of VonDerau and
Stanley, which remained in the
wreckage until an investigating
part arrived from Wright Field
ut midnight, were taken to Pat
terson Field, Dayton, in an am
bulance.
Sergt. Z. B. Webb of the State
Highway Patrol said the planes
motor was buried deep In the
earth and that II probably dove
to the ground at high speed.
Witnesses said the plane
which crashed near jacksonville
cut q foot-yard swath through
trees and brush down q hillside
and smashed up In muddy road
1t the bottom. Residents Of the
nearby village Of Carbon Hill
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Boy. Is.
Struck
Car

"a 15-year-old st. Clair Shores
boy IL in st. Joseph's hospital
today recuperating from head
injuries sustained early this
morning when struck by . car
driven by George Alandt, Of De-
troit, 1t the l2-Mile-Harper In
tersection In the Shores.
The boy, William Harrison,
Of 2l3ll 81. Gertrude, apparent
~ was crossing the street when
hit, police said. He suffered -
we're lacerations about the head.
according to attaches 1t the hos
pital.
Shores police ordered Alandt
TO report for Qusstioning this
a{tsEuoon.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Members Seek
toCIear Decks
Of Business
BswiIdsrins Speed
Follows Period Of
listlessness
BY C. MILTON KELLY

CLEANSING May 17-R-
Working against time to make q
record of achievement to atone
for four and q half months of
listless effort, the legislature Is
grinding out new laws with be-
wildering speed.
Feeble protests were voiced by
a few members as bills were
rushed through the hopper at
the rate Of one each two 20 three
minutes without benefit Of de-
bate, explanation or the formal
ity of reading.
The House went 20 Tar a to
dispense with reading the full
titles of each bill in some In
stances, q shortcut the Senate re-
fused to take on advice 6 Secre-
tary Fred I. Chase, who sald Il
would be unconstituti0n4
Most of-the Hills wee minor
in character, affecting small
groups and special interests, and
leaders prodded for swifter
handling Of important legisla-
ton, one of them declaring:
"The public acts of 1941, the
record of laws we leave behind
US, might well be captioned "A
record of things Of small conse-
quence' unless we buckle down
and pass some constructive leg
islation for q change"
BATTLE FLAGS UP
Battle flags were up to mark
the course of important measures
which still are pending, and
and "horse trad
ers" sought to bring the disput-
ants together in deals that would
smooth the way.
The threat of Rep. Charles r.
Feenstra, Republican, Grand
to put the entire House
ION the spot" in q fight concern
ing liquor control legislation,
had disquieting effects.
Feenstra said he would have
the liquor committee, of which
he is chairman, dump onto the
floor of the House Monday every
See LAWS-Page ;
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Utica Scout
Iroop.ForIlled!
+. D.Issy..,
Advisor % Group

ORegistration Of . new Doy
Scout troop sponsored By Sc.
Lawrence Catholic church, q
Utica. md The Knishts q Co
lumbus with IL charter members
was revealed today " 1sv, = =.
DsKeyssr. spiritual aavisor -
the boys. S- n <yz9fI4
The new troop. liks o(hsrS -
the county, viii u aRl11l1Ap1
with the Clinton va1lqI ~ -
o. Boy Scouta ". Oo3I 1 4
Hamal J. oInlth = Geo1 :
assisted ~ Alhert & y
On the troop sosInell
n: poweea Henry
Dan calebeese. 1
Roehssese. - 4
a n! h q a. I = = Z Z y 9 ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Amy Fiers Forced
Down by I Heavy Rains
SkETCHY INFORMATION INDICATES
OCCUPANTS DIED INSTANTLY

said they heard it circling in an
apparent search for . place to
land for a half-hour before the
accident.
Sealed orders tasand in q metal
contaiper were turned over to
Sheriff Floyd Duffy Of Hook
ing county to await inspection
by army officials. Other clews
to the Identification Of the plane
or its occupants were lacking.
The jacksonville crash occur
red at $50 pm. (E.S.T.) and
the Wilmington crash Is minutes
later.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Van D]ykeBoy
is Runner-Up
in Spelling

oCeorse Minty, 1l-year-old stu
dent Of Fitzgerald school In Van
Dyke, yesterday was runner-up
10 Edward Slssman, Of the De-
troit Country Day School, In the
finals Of the Detroit News Met
ropolitan Spelling Bee.
A year ago George, then the
baby Of the bee, stayed In the
contest until only two others re-
NAMED ahead Of him. He hopes
- 'eompste aGain next year.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
French Fleet Reel y onoce
to Former Allies. CIoinn
Once Powerful Dsttls Feres
Scattered But Thrsstsnins

WASHINGTON, May l7-(R
"A huge fleet Of submarines
which once fought 6 Britain's
side might be used against her
In the lNe-or- death battle q the
Atlantic II Germany obtains the
collaboration Of France to the
extent Of taking over or winning
domination Of the Frenzy navy.
The submarines are the most
numerous Of Ill the vessels at
the disposal of the vichy govern
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
f|oioIisi Admits
Speeding Count
Fined SIS II
Jvstieo Ceust

OHarold Abend, IS. Of Route !.
Mount Clemens. pleaded guilty
to q charge Of speeding when
he appedked befors Justice a.
the Peace Donald ]. Parent this
morning and We assessed Z Ane
Of SIS.
Abend was arrested BY city
police last night Ssho charged
that ~ was driving 50 mileD
On hour On . city strest 81,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May II
the single idea Of
getting away from IL ALL" many
Of the nations big business men
assembled here today to discard
their business cares and indulge
In two days Of fun md frolic.
The mere mentloQ Of pro6ts
and Losses was $3.50 - the sole
purpose Of thiD Oehefing being
to romp and play.
II had its inception back In
The heart Of The depression -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Malay State Riots Kill Three

oSlNGAPORE Moy l7-QP,-Btish authorities proclaimed
"stote Of emergency and coed uneddonol Peoce moin
forces yesterday the Moy Stote Of SeIonoor
otter soldiers and crowd Of indian rubber ponotion work
eoshed Three Of the strikers killed and wound
ed, and several policemen we're injured.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Naval SOrtie Repulsed

oBERLN. Nay l7-F1-The Gemon DIR force forced units
Of the British Mediterranean fleet approaching Benqosi to re-
treat DNB Official Gemon ooecy sold today Sew
eol transports the Btsh-heId Afieon port OF IobEuk
were ottoeked and badly domoosd, the dispatch odded
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Cers Domossd In Minor
South Grotiot Crosh

Gears driven by Earl Engel, of
Fraser, and Gerald Queen, Of
Crosse Pointe Park, were slight
ly damaged when they coff3ded
on South Gratiot shortly before
/ o'clock last night. No one
was reported injured.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17

ANEW YORK, Moy l7-R-Four hundred eighty three
toon seoen token custody when the government took
choroe Of ships in United Stotes ports started by
tron for internment at Fort MissouIo Mont, today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
Luftwaffe Pounds irmin9ham

oBERLIN Nay 7-Q1-The main weight Of Nozi night Dir
raids England directed at Birmingham, which was
bombed for three hours than 100 planes the Germans
sold todoy
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17
ll.2O4 Naval Losses Listed

olONDON, Nay 17-p-The royal navy has lost II .2O4
officers and killed ond missing since the sort OF the
the admiralty announced lost night
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-17

Won B1omber9's Son il Killed

okEW YORK, Moy l7-@9-A British rodo report said to-
doy q" learned tot the son Of Field MorshoI Werner Won
Bobere has been killed in cotton in The broadcast
heard by CBS HE member Of Gemon Dir mission
which left to help the roq rebels and Roshd Ali roq pre-
er) offended his funeral Boodod the boodeost oddsd
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
Munitions Famine
In Europe Aim Of
NewV Campaign
Underground Drive
Enters New Phase
On Continent

LONDON, Aug. II. (UP)
Great Britain in a new
phase of it's underground
campaign against Germany
is planning to incite its Sc
cret w" army in occupied countries
to deprive Germany of essential
war supplies by all possible means,
it was reported today in well-in-
formed quarters.
Broadcasts over the weekend
urged the people of occupied coun-
tries to buy all the goods they
could, using their cash, banking
credits and even insurance claims.
II am asking you to do your best
to equip yourselves and to get as
much food and as many supplies as
you can," Col V. Britton, the myS-
terious "V' campaign broadcaster,
said Saturday night. Buy anything
and everything and make quite GER
tain that nothing is left for the
Germans"
I'VE know all the materials Ger
many needs to sustain her war ef-
fort. She will not get them. Re-
lentlessly the fourth of the four
horsemen Hitler has loosed on the
Continued on Page g. Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
L.V. Donates 3555
Pounds of Metal
In Aluminium. Drive

Aluminium pots and pans
1855 pounds of them -
were stacked in an Ell Cen
tro warehouse Monday as
the result of Imperial Val
ley's contribution to the aluminium
defense campaign.
Additional deliveries probably will
come in later from various valley
communities, but this represented
the bulk.
According to Percie Thacker, in
charge of the concentration point
in El Centro, most of the shipments
were in Saturday, followed by Holt
vile and Calipatria deliveries early
Monday.
FL Centre led the six communities
by contributing 164O pounds of old
aluminium that eventually will find
its way into defense industries.
Brawley was second in line OF
quantity with $50 pounds followed
by CaleX:co with $50, Holtville with
$40, Westmorland with 1870 and CAL
ipatria with rs pounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11


furious pace on the main battle
fields from Leningrad to the Black
Sea, with the German high COM
mand claiming rapid advances in
pursuit of the Red army in the south
Ukraine.
Despite Berlin claims that the
Nazis were mot far from the Black
Sea coast" in their drive on Odessa
they still were facing furious Red
army resistance and claimed no
definite progress on other fronts.
The repercussions of the gains
toward the rich grain, oil and min
eral lands of the Black Sea were
being felt, however, in sectors far
from the fighting front and espec-
ially in increased tension in the
Pacific area, where Japan invoked
sections of the general mobiliza-
ton act designed to put the ma
tons economy on a full war foot
ing.
The japanese, seeking to take
full advantage OF the German war
against the Soviet Union, stepped
up their efforts in the Pacific war
of nerves with the United States
and Britain as their most impor-
tant opponents, but at the same
time the Tokyo newspaper Nichi
Nichi published a warning from
the japanese minister to Wash
ington, Kaname Wakasugi.
U. S, PLANS ACTION
The minister, speaking by tele-
phone to the newspaper, said that
the United States had completed
| plans to enforce a series of counter
measures step by STEP in opposi-
ton to any action Japan may take
in the far east, especially in regard
to the delicate situation involving
Continued on rage 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
DAMAGE IN THOUSANDS FROM L.v. STORM
TOLL

Holtville hospital
Injured, not seriously, when a car
driven by Charles Cummings, %,
turned over four miles west of
Brawley were Doris Cummings, 20,
Anna Lee Cummings, 10, and Harry
Cheney, AZ.
No one was injured when a car
driven by Roy H. Gering, 81, OF Ell
Centro struck another machine driv-
en- by Oscar M. Prowell, So, of Ell
Centro at Ross avenue and the
Dahlia canal.
Buddy Lee Wallace, 10, suffered
q broken arm when a car driven by
Billy Wallace. 13, ran off the road
north of Brawley. Also slightly
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
Plan Drawn for
Huge Oil Pipeline

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. (UP)-
Defense Oil Coordinator Harold l..
Ickes today received the oil indus
try's plan for immediate construc-
ton of the longest single pipeline
in the world-afl 1,820-mile line
from Texas and louisiana fields to
the New York Philadelphia refin-
ing area.
The pipeline would handle 250,00O
barrels of oil daily from the Texas
and Louisiana fields by way of Illi-
nois. Eleven large oil firms drew
up the agreement for the construc-
ton, subject to Ickes' approval.
They proposed creation OF two
jointly-owned and privately fin
anced pipeline corporations - ma
tional Defense Pipelines, inc, ano
Emergency Pipelines, inc, to take
care of the lines construction anc
operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
Nazis Claim "a
Tanks DESTROYED

BERLIN. Aug. IL. CUP)-German
forces today were officially report
ed to have destroyed "a Russian
tanks, 525 trucks and 81 airplanes,
as well as several trains and motor
ized columns in advances on the
Leningrad and Ukraine fronts,
where commanders of two oSviet
infantry corps and two division
commanders were taken prisoner.
On the Ukraine front, where the
Germans were said to be rapidly
advancing in their drive toward
Odessa, the official news agency
reported heavy air attacks on re-
treating Russian forces moving over
blocked roads"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
Bullets
QueII
Break
Deputy Kills Two
Escaped Convic+s
In Gun Battle

McALESTER, Okla, Aug.
II. (UP)-Gov. Leon Phil
lips, investigating the blood
lest break in the history OF
the Oklahoma penitentiary,
today praised w. E. Alexander, As,
a bald and rotund deputy sheriff,
for single handedly killing two fugi-
tives, critically wounding another
and capturing the fourth.
The escaping convicts killed War
den Jess Dunn, 46, and Jailer w. B.
Ford, 81.
Il personally paid tribute to Bill
Alexander" Phillips, who question
ed guards and convicts, said. prob
ably Alexander saved the lives OF
other citizens by stopping the con-
victs when he did, instead Of letting
them run away and terrorize the
countryside.
Alexander fought two gun battles
with the fugitives. In the first, he
killed Claude Beavers, 80, who drove
the automobile in which they fled.
In the second battle, half a mile
from the first, he killed Roy MCGEE,
and shot William Anderson, 35,
serving q years for armed robbery,
through the stomach. The fourth
fugitive. Hiram Prather, 33, mur-
derer and lifetermer, threw down
his gun and crawled from the ditch
in which they had taken refuge,
begging for mercy.
The break started yesterday
morning in the exercise yard. Dunn
got a mysterious telephone call
from the prison hospital, and he
and j. H. Fentriss, an Oklahoma
City engineer working on the prison
communications system, started
across the yard toward the hospi-
tai.
The convicts, concealed behind a
flight of stairs, jumped them.
They quickly bound Dunn and
Fentriss. Then stabbing Dunn a
few times to show guards at the
Continued on Page g.; Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

Six weekend automobile acci-
dents were tailed Monday at Cali
fornia Highway Patrol headquar-
ters in Ell Centre, but there were
no fatalities among them.
Most serious was early Sunday
morning three miles north of Holt
vile when cars driven by Calvin
E. Costner, 54, of Farmersville, Cal,
and j. M. Vaughn, 80, of Phoenix,
coi4:ded. Costner told patrolmen he
was blinded by headlights.
Injured were Mrs. Gather Cost
ner cuts and possible skull fracture,
Bernice, and Gertrude Costner, cuts
and bruises, and E. Y Chriss, an
eye cut. They were taken to the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

~ NAAS oaNAoOh GO ih'otfAJ
that work could be started soon on
the mammoth field north of Seeley
Supervisors were expected to con-
slider a resolution setting forth the
county's approval of federal terms
Contracts would follow
Maintenance estimates drew con-
siderable interest at the Santa
Monica conference. Arthur Ayres,
CAA engineer, explained that the
county would be expected to pro-
vide maintenance after the field
is finished and turned over to
county ownership. He said, however
that the field should be self-sup-
porting from landing fees.
The county will be expected to
put up any housing facilities neces-
sary. The 100000 recently ear
marked for the project provided for
lengthy landing strips and lighting
facilities.
Sketches of the location have
already been turned over to CAA
showing a total of 800 acres used
out of, the 100 possible. Landing
stripes 10000 feet long, 1850 feet
$500 feet, $3.50 feet and 5000 feet
are possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

MONTEVIDEO, Aug. II (UP)-
Gen. Julio A. Roletti, Uruguayan
minister of defense, said today that
a conference of military leaders of
all the American nations is nee
essary as soon as possible ito estab-
lish a formula for cooperation. g.
for the common defense"
Roletti's statement constituted
the first official move for a hemi-
sphere defense meeting. High army
officers of several South American
countries and of the United States,
including Maj. Gen. Frank M. An
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

pllC NOeloI WClC Oll a UldlltuNtI
basis
Although the preliminary phases
of the maneuver are those that
would be employed to defend the
entire coast, the attack" actually
will come in the Seattle area Aug.
l6, and the main force of the army's
manpoWer will dash to Fort Lewis,
Washington, to repel the "inva-
sion"
The initial phase of the maneuver
strategic planning for defense
of the entire Pacific coast-was
completed Saturday night. Lieut..
Gen. j. l.. Dewitt. commanding gen.
eral of the fourth, army, is at Fort
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

of-War in the far east was indicated
in developments on vast front
from Siberia to the Dutch East In
dies, including:
Approval of four ordinances
to the general japanese mobiliza-
ton act designed to shift the ma
ton economically and finally to a
full war footing.
"A statement by Kaname Wa
kasugi, Japanese minister to Wash
ington who is now in Los Angeles,
that the United States was much
concerned regarding the future pos
ition of Thailand and that Ameri-
cans seem prepared with resolu-
ton" after arranging to enforce
"step by step all counter measures"
Continued on Page 6; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

injured were Billy, and Mickey
Marie Wallace, 4: o
Only fragmentary reports were
available concerning an accident
driven by william Sesley skidded
off the highway.
Two Camp Seeley soldiers-Lee
G.. Daley and Daniel Smith-were
injured shortly after midnight Sat
urday night when struck by car
driven by George Risner of Ell Cen
tro at Eighth and Main streets in
Ell Centre. Risner said he did not
see the men until too late because
of rain. TheT were taken to the El
CentrO hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11
Golfer Held After
Ball Kills Caddy

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. II CUP
= A New Prague Mimi, golfer
was held for investigation today af-
ter his golf ball struck and killed
caddy on the Keller course Sum-
day.
John Jason, %, made the shot
which struck Warren Anderson, Is,
ST. aul, in the head. The boy died
of a cerebral hemorrhage. The boy,
who was caddying for Jason, had
gone to the top of hill to line up
shot for the golfer. Jason hooked
the shot.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-11

Board, for modified union shop.
Four hundred AFL craftsmen
building 6. new wet basin" and
three shipbuilding ways had refused
to pass picket lines. The CIO union
granted them permission Sunday to
return to work.
Washington officials believed u.
s. Marines would take over the
plant if the government should de-
eide to seize it and that q naval
officer would be assigned to oper-
ate the shipyard on a "receivership
basis"