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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
COINCIDENCE
PHILADELPHIA - It's going
to take more than the draft to
separate the inseparable Desan-
dro twins.
The 21-year-old brothers,
John and Joseph, were among
ISL registering with local board
81. After several officials shut
fled the cards, Joseph came up
with serial number $40 and
John SIG.
JUST IN TIME
JACKSONVILLE, o. - An
employment service manager
had telephoned vainly seven
state regional offices for two
brick masons to work on the
new marine base here. Discour-
aged, he dropped by q soda
fountain.
Two men there asked him the
location of the state employ
ment office.
Were brick masons." said
one of Them" and looking for
work"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

1896
Marjorie Klemme of st.
Mary's High school wins first
prize in the essay contest spon-
sored by the local Veterans OF
Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Her
essay was entitled what the
Statue of Liberty Means to the
American People"
Ivan A. Johnston announces
his candidacy for Prosecuting
Attorney on the Republican tic
ket.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

1881
Past presidents of the Rotary
Club meet at the Colonial to
take into the fold Charles G..
Niemetta. DR.. Leslie F. Rutter
presided.
At q special session the county
board of supervisors pass on q
proposal for the issuance of re-
funding bonds in the amount OF
$4,000.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
FLASH DENTISTRY

FLASH DElV 10 AsA
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.-Pa-
trolman Claude Short showed
up for work with two Clipped
front teeth and this story:
"a storm came up while l
was squirrel hunting. Lightning
hit q tree in front of me, forked
I'D out of the ground and into
the end of my gun barrel.
my head shook so hard II
broke these two front teeth. y
NICE WORK
SALT LAKE CITY - A dap
per looking man asked Arthur
J. Teece. concession manager
at the Salt Lake ball park, for
a Job. Teece supplied him with
soda pop, a uniform and IS in
change.
He hasn't seen the man since.
RECOVERY
MARINETTE, Wis.-The Cliff
ford May Children were recov-
ering from attacks Of measles
when the family dog started to
cough, get bleary eyes and be-
come feverish. Given q dose Of
the children's medicine, the dog
made n quick recovery.
STYMIED
LA. SALE. Ill. The Board
of Education is experiencing
great difficulty in enforcing a
rule providing compulsory re-
tirement for jsnitors at the age
Of 10.
The elderly men of the mop
and broom corps won't tell how
old they are. as
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

The Rosso family reunion was
held earlier in the week and over
IS members attended.
Mrs. F. w. Brooks entertained
a large group of friends at din
ner last night.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891

Our esteemed contemporary,
the Wyandotte Herald, has been
enlarged to q six column quarto
and otherwise greatly improved.
Dowling's horse took third
money in the three minute race
at Port Huron.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-11
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Included among those who
protested to the council about
the. proposed sewer system for
District No. I were: B. Van
Landeshem x Sons. H. Lode
wyck. A. S. Donaldson. nonald-
son. Bros, Chas. Wineger, H.
Taylor, Calvin Bush and Grower
Bros.
Pencilors ere at work on the
court house. The court room y
ehe,se $1,000 .,.. !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
COLORED PASTOR
 DIES IN ACCIDENT
Rev. Dr. T. Nelson Baker of Pittsfeld Found Dead
 in His Chair

Pittsfeld, Mass, Feb. 24.-(UP)- The Rev. Dr. T. Nelson Baker. 30 who was born a slave and became one of the nations outstanding ne gro ministers, died of accidental H. luminating gas poisoning in his study late last night.
 Pastor of the Second Congrega- tional Church here 38 years, Baker was found slumped in chair by 8 son. A gas heater nearby apparent ly had flickered out.
 Born on the Robert Nottingham plantation in Northampton county Va, in 1860, Baker went to Boston with his parents at the close of the Civil War and after long struggle entered Boston University.
 Upon graduation he entered Yale Divinity School and was one of the first negroes to receive a doctorate there.
 He was pastor of the Dixwell ave- nue Congregational Church, New Haven, Conn, three years before comin ghere.
 A widower, he leaves two daugh- ters,, Edith and Ruth of New York City, son with whom he lived, ano son, Prof. T. Nelson Baker Jr. o1 Virginia State College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
FORMER KING OF
 SPAIN LIVES ON
King Alfonso Hasn't Much Chance to Recover From
 Heart Illness

Rome, Feb. 24.-CUP)-The family of former King Alfonso of Spain concealed from him today hundreds of messages of condolence from abroad, inspired by erroneous re- ports that he had died.
 The former king, suffering from heart attacks, rested well during the night. His family was more optimis- tic than at any time in the past 48 hours.
 Many messages wishing him a speedy recovery arrived with the condolences. and he was able to read the former. ..
 (At Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Spanish embassy insisted on the veracity of its report that Alfonso was dead and it kept its flag at half staff in mourning)
 Friends of the royal family said Alfonso listened to the radoi broad- cast of Benito Mussolini's speech yesterday, that he exchanged a few words with the Italian crown prince who visited his bedside, that he re- ceived members of the Spanish roy- al family and was visited by Luigi Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary of state. who brought the Pope's benediction and personal regards.
 Aifonso's condition was consid- cred grave and physicians were said to be amazed by his resistance to death.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
Senator Blansfield Will Answer McEeVy
Will First Study Attack Made Upon Him By Bridge port Mayor-McLevy Used Bitter Words
 in Criticism of Local Senator

Senator Michael v. Blansfield, made a target for criticism tn a weekend Statement by Mayor Jas per McLevy of Bridgeport, said to- day that he wished to give the mayors statement careful study be- fore he makes reply. Mayor Mo- Levy declared in his statement that the local legislator, chairman of the senate finance committee, presided over the hearing on the Bridgeport bond bill fin 8 manner far from non partisan" and asked where were Senator Blansfield and his Democratic colleagues while his city of Waterbury was creating Scan- dal of graft and corruption which rocked and shamed the entire state?"
 The bitterness of the McLevy at tack on Democratic legislators can be expected to touch off some verbal fireworks when the General Assem- bly, meets tomorrow. It may result in Democrats refusing to budge from their stand.
 0lu OOCS " 4AVtAcO
 The bill will go to the House to- morrow as result of the Senate's action Thursday in cutting the bond authorization given Bridgeport to $500 900. The House had earlier set the figure at $l,588,00O, the amount asked by the Socialist mayor.
 In recommending that the amount of refunding authority given Bridgeport be reduced, Senator Mansfield on Thursday sharply criticized the McLevy policy of re- ducing the tax rate by refunding the city debt.
 The section of McLevy's state ment relating to Senator Blansfield and Waterbury follows:
 McLeyy Statement
 Senator Blansfield of Waterbury, chairman of the Senate Finance committee, presided over the public hearing on our refunding- bond bill in a manner far from non-parti- San."
 "FIe reported the bill unfavorably and likewise professed to have more intimate knowledge of Bridgeport's affairs and how our city should be run than Bridgeport voters or the administration in which they have put their confidence.
 Where were Sen. Blansfield and his Democratic colleagues while his city of Waterbury was creating a scandal of graft and corruption which rocked and shamed the en- tire state?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
FORMER RUSSIAN
 COL. MURDERED
Michael Borislavsky Was Found Shot to Death on
 New York Street
By EARL B. STEELE

(Unietd Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Feb. 24-(UP)-Mich- ael BorislavSky, 55, former colonel in the Czarist Russian army and inventor of military devices reported to be under study by war depart nent officials, was found dead on a sidewalk early today, shot through the eye.
 He lay face down beside the wall surrounding the convent of the Sacred Heart. His spectacles lay nearby. At first it was believed he had fallen after heart attack, and his breaking spectacles had cut his eye. Not until a medical examiner made an Investigation at the morgue, was not discovered that he had a bullet hole in the back of the head. Then it became evident that he had been shot while wearing the spectacles. The right lens was smashed and fragments of glass were found in the bullet pierced eye. The bullet had eberged through the back of the head. No gun or bullet was found at the scene.
 The case recalled the fatal shoot ing in a Washington hotel Feb. 10 of Gen Walter G. KrivitSky, former chief of the Soviet military intelli- gence for western Europe and au- thor of series of magazine articles purporting to expose Soviet espion-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
GEORGE H. EARLE
 REGRETS FIGHT
German Threw Wine Bot tie at Him; Earle Threw
 His Fists

Sofia, Belgaria, Feb. "A = (U.P) No representations were expected today to result from the cafe alter cation in which U. s. Minister George H. Earle and an unidenti- fled German struck each other with missiles when the band played ''Tipperary", British marching song, at Earle'S request.
 Earle nursed a bruised left arm which had stopped wine bottle. The German received cust about the face.
 Earle, dining at the cafe Saturday night, asked the orchestra to play "Tipperary". The band complied and Germans in the place hooted and missed. Earle and one of the Germans became involved in an argument and missiles began to fly.
 Earle, in a statement issued after ward, termed the incident regret able", but added, T saw no other course"
 Accompanied by representatives of the Associated Press and the United Press I was in a restaurant tonight" Earle's statement said "Resenting the playing of Tipperary, a German threw a bottle at me. l warded it of and retaliated by in- turing his features"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
Unprecedented Warfare at Sea Will Begin With
 Month of April ADDRESSES COMRADES IN MUNICH BEER HALL Outside World Has Slept He Said, While Germany
 Has Prepared
BY FREDERICK c. OECHsNER United Press Staff Correspondent)

BY FREDEk1Ch C. OECHSNEh United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Berlin, Feb. 24.-UP)- Adolf Hitler said today he is prepared to pit "half of Eu- rope" against Great Britain, that unprecedented sea war; fare is about to begin with the month of April bringing "other things"-nature not specified-to the enemy. The fuehrer spoke to his old party comrades in the Munich beer hall where 2l years ago today he founded the National Socialist party.
 He left no doubt that the laur1ch- ing of an all-out offensive against Britain is only few weeks or days distant.
 He said:-
 l. Only two hours before he spoke he was advised by the Reich supreme naval command that 2l5,- 900 tons more of British shipping had been sent to the bottom by Nazi submarines and airplaneS.
 2. Italy has occupied British war and merchant shipping in the Mediterranean while Germany the past winter has trained new submar- inc crews now ready for action.
 3. German submarines and Stu- kas will sink British ships where- ever they appear-whether in the Mediterranean or the North Sea and Germany will strike at Bri- tain where it reaches toward the continent.
 4. Germany wants no part of American or British gold and will not tolerate dictation of her econ- omic policy 'by New York bank ers." Germany must have equal economic rights with the rest of the world.
 5. Britain may attempt to carry the war to the European continent if she wishes but Germany is pre- pared to mobilize half of Europe" to win victory.
 6. An American general" told 8 x1OuSC COl11lkl4UbCC OA461 "AAoSS@e Churchill had warned him in 1886 that Germany is too powerful and we must destroy her." Hitler said he had recognized these enemies" long before and statred to rearm before they did.
 Half of Europe
 q am prepared to mobilize half of Europe in this conflict" Hitler declared.
 q am quietly looking forward to the coming decision" the Fuehrer told a cheering group of old party comrades in the Munich beer hall where the National Socialist move ment was founded 2l years ago to- day.
 He said a report received 'just two hours ago" from the supreme naval command had revealed the sinking of another 250,O00 tons of British shipping.
 Wherever British boats appear he said, "our submarines will be ready for them"
 T am grateful" Hitler said, that once war was unavoidable could
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24

army ana navy.
 Matsuoka declared that it has always been my pet theory that Oceania, which is 1,200 miles from north to south and 1000 miles from east to west, must be made a place for the Asiatic peoples to migrate"
 (Matsuoka did not elaborate on his conception of "Oceania" which is ordinarily used to describe only the scattered small islands of the South Pacific. His statement that the area was capable of supporting 500 ,O00, 900 to 800, 900 900 people, how ever, would indicate that he included the whole South Pacific in "Oceania" even including the Netherlands East Indies, the Philippines, and possibly Australia and New zealandl
 Made In Parliament
 The Japanese foreign minister made his statement to committee of the lower house of parliament.
 He spoke after Japanese leaders had assured the house that Japan is watching Anglo moves closely and that the Japanese navy already has determined upon coun- ter-measureS to any threat.
 "This region 'Oceania'," said Mat Suoka, ''has sufficient natural re- sources to support 500 ,O00 900 to 800,- GOO 900 people.
 T believe we have natural right to migrate there.
 While it is difficult to conduct actual political affairs according to advocated ideals I believe the white race must cede Oceania to the Asi- atics."
 However, Matsuoka admitted that by stretch of the imagination" his memorandum possibly might have been interpreted as mediation pro- posal for the European war.
 Suspicious of U. s.
 In the statements, made by Vice Foreign Minister Chuichi Ohasi and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
MUSSOLINI HITS
 UNITED STATES
Campaign of Lying Going on There; Axis Do Not
 Want t0 War on U. s.
By REYNOLDS PACKARD

(Um1te0 freSS stan G0FreSpOn0eMCD
 Rome, FeD 244&tUpJ Adelcfi Serena. secretary general of the Fascist party, was expected to ad- dress party secretaries throughout the country today on Italy,s war policy as follow up to Benito Mus solinis speech yesterday bitterly denouncing the United States, ad- mitting Italian reverses but prov ing" that the Axis must win the war.
 There was no explanation of the reason for Mussolini's speech, which was not only unscheduled but was one of the longest and most com- prehensive he had ever made. It was the second time in his career that he had read from prepared text. The speech took A minutes.
 Addressing a meeting of Fascist leaders at the Adriano theater he disclosed that German forces in- cluding not only air force units, but armored forces, were now in Libya.
 He asserted that Italy was indi- visible from Germany and would fight to the end.
 Soon Crush Greece
 Intimating that Greece would
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
Local Women In Washington To Battle British Aid Bill

Mothers of American Sons. strongly assailed the lease-lend bill and drafted resolutions for presentation in Washington by the delegation Mrs. Catherine Johnson presided.
 The organization has carried on an active campaign against the bill and against other measures which 1t has charged are drawing Amer lea closer to involvement in war.
 The delegation which went @ Washington Is headed by Mrs Johnson. A stay of several days at the capital is planned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
bout 4,6OO Gnardsmen in State Answer Call of
 Mobilization
FORMAL ENTRANCE TO
 i ARMY THIS AFTERNOON
ocal Guardsmen Report Daily at 8 O'Clock in
 Their Armory Here

Units of the second bat alion, 1O2nd infantry, Con- lecticut National Guard, rere mustered into federal ervice at the state armory n Field street, with 425 of cers and men answering the mobilization call. Elsewhere bout the state 4,600 other ualdsmen reported at their rmorieS to leave the service f the state and enter that the United States. Preparations ere begun at once for departure ext month for Camp Blanding, Fla, her0 Connecticut guardsmen of ae 4sBrd division will undergo train- kg fir year.
 Formal entrance into the D. s. rmy took place at 2:30 this after oon with a special radio program. he cath of allegiance to the army as recited by lieutenant General 3ugh A. Drum at First Army head iarters, Governors Island, N. Y. is words were carried by radio to lardsmen assembled at their quar- rs and each man answered sol- nnly, T do." Speaking during the pecial induction program, broad Sst Ey Station WTIC, were Cover pr Robert A. Hurley; Major Gen. al James A. Woodruff, command
 of the First Corps area, and Ma r Geenral Morris B. Payne, com ander of the 43d.
 As Waterbury guardsmen gather ] at the armory at 8 a. m., start as made on the great amount of ork that must be done before the bparture for Florida. Commanding le battalion was Captain William .eady of Go. E, who will be in Iharge during the absence of Lieu nant- Colonel Thomas H. Horrigan an officers training school.
 Several Promotions
 Several promotions were an- ,unced as the units assembled. econd Lieutenant Oscar Espelin of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
TOO LATE WITH
 EXTINGUISHERS

Andover, Mass. Feb. 24 = (UPo A few hours before automatic fire extinguishers were to have been connected, a general-alarm fire vir- tually destroyed the 2 1-2 story brick plant of the Plastex Corpora ton with SIS, ,000 loss last night.
 Bremen from seven communities battling the blaze were imperiled by a series of six explosions in as many 1O0-gallon naptha tanks, but flames were diverted from two 5000 gallon naptlna tanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
BRIT AIN STOPS
 DIVE BOMBERS
Battleships, Planes Force Nazis to Retreat in At=
 tack on Mediterranean
BY RICHARD D. MCMILLAN Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Aboard a British battleship in the Mediterranean (via Alexandria Feb. 24.-(UP)-Fighter planes of the fleet air arm today engaged German dive-bombers attempting to smash a British supply convoy shot down one and damaged another. <
 The British fighter planes, which roared to battle from the deck of an aircraft carrier, broke up the German attack and chased the Nazi planes away.
 After repulse of the attack, the fleet. which in addition to Scorting wide sweep of Sah Mediterranean the convoy was carrying out a cruised for hours in the area.
 At dusk, a stronger force of Ger man bombers returned, sweeping oyer the British battleships and de- stroyers that were spread out over miles of ocean. But the British war ships were untounched and resumed their sweep.
 One officer told me that the fleets SWSCUS O1 JllC 14C0AUCAA dAASu4A AAoA become so much like peacetime cruises that he was certain many people would give large sums of money to be able to make them.
 As soon as the presence of enemy shadowers was signalled, l could see fighters being wheeled quickly to the flight deck of 8 carrier, which was steaming through white crests close in our wake.
 Undeterred by a strong wind, the pilots jumped into their planes roared along the deck and scared smoothly into a mottled sky.
 Anti-aircraft batteries and other guns on a warship steaming on the rim of the roizon went into action and the puffs of exploding shells
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24

A delegation of local women, members of the Waterbury branch of the Mothers of American Sons, was in Washington today to dem- onstrate against the lease-lend bill and to visit members of the senate to urge them to vote against the measure. A spokesman for the or- ganization claimed today that 2 75 mothers were In the group, which left here yesterday afternoon hy train.
 At a meeting at The Elton Friday night. women afaliated with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
Turkey Causes Great Sensation In Europe
Will Oppose With Arms Any Aggression Against Her Territorial Integrity Germany May Invade
 Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria
BY DANA SCHMIDT Limited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Istanbul Turkey, Feb. 4-(UP)-A warning by Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu that Turkey remained faithful to it's alliances and would oppose with arms "any aggression directed against her territorial in- tegrity or her independence" caused sensation among diplomats to- day.
 Turkish political quarters asserted that actually the foreign minister's statement was believed to mean that Turkey reserved the right to declare war if Germany entered Bulgaria-a contingency which was being regarded throughout the Bal kans as a matter of days if not hours.
 AS Saracoglu made his statement throuh the semi-official newspaper Ullus at Ankara, the capital, it was reported that Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, would arrive at Ankara tomorrow from Egypt by airplane.
 Turkey Remains True Saracoglu'S statement was prle1 but pointed. He said:
 There is no change in Turkish policy and Turkey remains true to her alliances. She Is determined to live on good terms with all pow CTS, particularly her neighbors.
 Turkey can not remain indiffer- ent to foreign activities which might occur in her zone of security.
 Turkey would oppose by arms any aggression directed against her territorial integrity or her inde- pendence.
 "The Bulgarian-Turkish agree ment Is an understanding between two countries whose will Is to safe- guard their peace and who cordially offer each other a hand, declaring that they have no aggressive inten- tions Of any kind.
 Any desire of the same kind with le1...kt....nA S... nana Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
POISON GAS TEST
 TRIED IN LONDON
People Caught on Streets Without Masks; Prepare
 for Nazi Poison Threat
BY H. L. PERCY Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

(Un1te0 Press StaIf C0rreSpOndentD
 London, Feb. 24-(UP)-London'S first poison gas attack rehearsal brought out a few idly curious spec tatorS today, none of them interest," ed enough to bring gas mask.
 The spectators consisted mostly of air raid protection workers taking a busman's holiday, newspaper men and the usual crowd of errand boys. The harmless but vile smelling" gas known as c D, chosen for the demonstration in Hugh street, Pim- lico, just back of the Victoria Rail- way station, turned out to be a "dud." It had a slightly acrid odor, not particularly unpleasant, some- thing like creosote.
 It was smeared on the roadside in liquid form and walked through 1t without any Ill effects. have smelled much worse odors in breweries.
 About 100 yards of the street. where the houses on both sides have been flattened by bombs. were smeared with the gas. Spectators were held back by a rope. 4 mobile loud speaker kept up q running commentary. The only other indi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 FEB. "A, 1940
By United Press

Adolf Hitler, In speech com memOratlng 20th anniversary of the Nazl party. told German peO- pie that as long as he was their leader, Germany would not die.
 Neville Chamberlain asked for . new order. Q new German gov ernment and declared Britain de- sired neither more territory nor destruction Of any people.
 Losses in the war at seq were; British skip Royal Archer, Greek frelghter PanachrAndos, and Dan- ish steamship Aase.