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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Market Basket Contest
Winners are Announced
Five More Housewives
Win Purehose- Orders

oOut Of the stream Of coupons
showered into contest baskets for
the gath consecutive week, five
more winners have been chosen
In The Daily Monitors weekly
Market Basket Contest.
Winner Of the $50 first pri1b
food purchase order this week u
Mrs.. Otto Waltser, Of % New
street, Mount Clemens. Ars.
walters entry was Judged De
best balanced menu Of the hun
dreds q entries resolved.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

oSmashing through heavy mas
onry barriers, hurdling deep
bitches and pouring q constant
stream of machine gun and cam
non fire into enemy" positions
the first medium (28 toni mill
tary tanks to be delivered to the
u. s. Army in Macomb county
this morning were pronounced
'.highly efficient" by Major
Gen. Charles M. Wesson of the
u. d. Army Ordnance depart
ment in special ceremonies at
the site of the giant Chrysler
Tank Arsenal on Van Dyke ave-
nue.
Awed spectators of the marti-
n display included high Fed
eral, State and local dignitaries.
Among them were: Brig Gen.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
B ofCioAid
in (Iean-lIp
Brunssl 70 List
Rubbish Doass

oThe Mount Clemens Board Of
Commerce will cooperate with
the city commission In Paint
Up-Clean Up campaign sched-
uled to start on May !, Otto
Nickel, a spokesman for the
board, said today.
Nickel said Henry Bruneel,
commissioner Of parks and
streets, will soon announce the
dates on which rubbish should
be placed for collection.
The movement, Nickel said,
will be officially known as
"Clean Up and Paint Up Cam
paign from May / to TO-"
Nickel said the city would not
enter the national clean up con-
test this year.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
DeSIoveir Named
10 Review Board
Businessmen Succeeds
Deceased offieisl

oHomer ]. DeSlover, los
Croker boulevard, last night
was named the third member of
the Mount Clemens Board Of Re-
view by the city commission.
DeSlover, who operated q BIZ
cycle and key shop>at 70 North
Broadway, succeeds the late
Frank Ameel.
He will serve on the board
with william M. Stuck and Hen
ry w. Miller.
All other officers were reap
pointed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Lions Hold
Zone Meeting
larss Turnout
Expected at Reilly

zone Of the biggest rallies the
Lions club has ever held will
take place tonight when MEM
bers of the eight clubs in this
zone meet at Ills o'clock for
dinner. an important business
conference and entertainment at
the Medea hotel.
Members and guests from Port
Huron, st. Clair, Armada, Rich
nnond, Marine City, Algonac and
Marysville are expected to at
tend Approximately 100 guests
are expected.
Gaston Teck, chairman in
charge Of arrangements, will act
a. ~toastmaster at the dinner.
Ivan A. Johnston and Donald j.
Parent will sssist.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Army Rejetls
81 Dra|ilees
Won Dyke Man
FsiIs . Appss'

oThirty four Of Macomb courl-
ty's AL selectees were rejected
at the Detroit induction station
when they failed 70 pass Army
physical examinations, m IN
duction official said today.
Board No. ] led the rejection
list with 10, Board No. : had 10
turned down and nine man from
Board No. ; failed to qualify.
Meanwhile, Chef kroner.
chief clerk for Boafd No. I, an
nounced that Grover Gentry, of
8SO4 Studebaker, Van Dyke, had
failed 70 report at the induction
station.
II Gentry fails to report after
receiving notice Of suspected de-
linqusncy, his case will b
turned over To- federal authori-
ties. @
Selectees who qualified were
sent to Fort Custer and Camp
Grant.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Court Battle
Looms Over
Struck Plant
Cooperative May
Stort LssoI Action
to Reopen Pottery

OSources close to Henry c.
Reese, counsel for the Pottery
Workers Coz Operative. indicated
today that he will soon take
legal steps to force reopen
ins Of the struck Mount Glenn
ems Pottery company - nsgoti-
atoms involving the company
and the striking United Pottery
Workers (ClO) continued STALE
mated.
The sources said legal action II
designed not only TO opeA the
plant but to force m sar1y Ma
tionai Labor Relations Board
election. Reese did not deny q
court battle 10 In the citing.
APPEAL FIRST
Meanwhile, Gus Scholle. re-
gional CIO director. said the
NLRB will not allow an slec-
ton UNTIL IL hears chernes tha4
- workeE seFs "a ~ -
exiiSged Union SctiVlty.
Scholle said the union will
continue to oppose re-opening
unless the IL men are returned
to their jobs. He asks for "cook
ing off, period prior to an elec-
ton during which the NLRB
will determine the status Of dis
charged workers. The plant
could operate during that period,
he asserted.
MANAGEMENT POSITION
Before the company CLIO
deadlock was reached in the Of
fees of Edward M. Owen, state
labor conciliator, at noon yes
terday, the company asserted it
would reopen the plant and
See STRIKE-Page (
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Soldier Wins
Crash Case
Jury Rules in
Fovor OF Defendant

"a jury in Circuit Judge Neil
E. Reds court yesterday not
only found Leah Spevakow, Of
Detroit, had no cause for action
in her suit for $4,000 against q
Selfridge Field sergeant, but
unsuccessfuly ate m p ted to
award $40 damages to the SOL
der.
The sergeant, Floyd Wells, was
denied the award because he had
not filed q cross bill, officials
said. The case grew out of an
accident on U. s. 112, four miles
west of Clinton, on Aug. IL,
1910.
Given the case ut 2:45 p. m,
the jury returned its verdict an
hour later.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

Other prize winners include:
Mrs. Elsie Schoenbers, Of Rich
mond, second prize; Mrs. Fred
Henk. 20 Market street. Mount
Clemens, third; Mrs. Albert
Harms, Route Z, Mount Clemens,
fourth prize. and Mrs. Arbyn
Cook, 1<S Moros. fifth.
weekly increases In the num-
Der of coupons flowing into the
Daily Monitoe office show that
housewives ere finding the con-
oee C0NfB9I-RaSe 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Mrs. O.Waltzer
Wins LIST Prize

. Try the contest once more,
you may win," was the advice
given to Mrs. Otto Walter, oS
New street, by her mother.
Sure enough, mother again
was right, for this week Mrs.
Walter emerses ~ the winner
of the $50 food purchase order
representing the first prize In
The Daily Monitors weekly
Market Basket contest.
Mrs. Walter tried the contest
Q number Of times, but she got
See WNNu-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Giant County Arsenal
Scene of Ceremonies
TWO 28-TON LAND BATTCESHlPS'
THRILL SELECT AUDIENCE

L. H. Campbell, Brig. Gen. G..
M. Barnes, Lt-Col. w. Warner,
Maj. D. j. Crawford, Maj. John
C.. Raaen, Governor Murray D.
VanWagoner, Mayor Jefferies, of
Detroit, X. T. Keller, president
of Chrysler Corporation, Sher-
if Jacob F. Theut, Detroit
newspapermen and reporters
from the staff of The Daily
Monitor and the South Macomb
News.
Maj Gen. Wesson, accepting
the heavily armed land-battle-
ships for the Army-one gift of
the Chrysler Dealers Defense
committee - said:
PRAISES PRODUCTION
well done, Chrysler. The
tanks of which these are the first
to be produced in this great
plant, will provide the striking
power for our new armored
forces. II you have any doubts
as to the need of such weapons,
I have only to refer you to the
newspaper. We believe they are
the best weapons of their type
now obtainable and 1t is our
greatest wish that they may
never have to be used in battle;
that the silent menace of their
guns and striking power may be
sufficient.
Some seven months ago the
site upon which we now stand
was a corn field. That 1t is now
an Arsenal for our defense is
due to the ability of industry
to grasp and grasp quickly the
gravity of the situation confront
ing us.
he preliminary arrange
ments that transformed these
corn rows into the site of what
Is potentially the worlds largest
See TANKS-Pare 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Cllean-.H
Proclaimed

oMayor Donald h. Weston.
dorf today Issued . pfoclama-
ton designating the period
from May / TO May 10 -
Clean Up Days In Mount
Clemens.
During that period. city
trucks will make . tour Of
Mount Clemens streets and
will cart away al tin cans,
garbage, ashes. and ether de-
bris collected over the winter
months.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
City Employees
Get ) Per Cent
Pay Increase

OThe city commissioners last
night voted q blanket pay raiss
of approximately ave per cent
for the city's 100-odd employees,
The salary increasae, to 50
into effect on May !, will total
nearly $4,000 and bring the total
annual payroll to $4,000.
All city employees will bene-
At from the increase.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

ODETROIT, April 24-R-
Doleful talk today in Detroit
at any cigar store, tavern or
street corner:
Guess the Tigers can't win
now"
Nope. Not with Greenberg
out Of there"
The inevitable has come. Hank
Greenberg, great slugger of the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Police Probe Murder Case

oDETROiT April 24--Stoe police Of the FIot Rock post
Investigated today the deoh Of Mrs Charles Co &c. whose
bodv wos found Wednesday afternoon in her home Reec
road six miles north Of Flat Rock by her 7yeor-od son.
Charles, Jr.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

participating soldiers win under.
60 physical exami1ations. Stud
les likewise will b made 70 de-
termine the various types Of
socks, shoes, underwear and
other clothing best for such
marching.
Later tests will cover condi-
tons In the Arctic. &
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Greek Leaders i'm Egypt?

oNEW YORK, April 24-QP-The German radio reported
from Coro today the arrival in Egypt Of members OF the
Norwegian legations Athens The broadcast sold number
of hoh British stoff officers also had orrved from Greece
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Raj Blasts Power Station

aLONDON April 24-49-RAF bonbers scored direct hits
on an important power stoon at bbenburen in northwest
Germany in daylight raid yesterday. the Air Ministry
,ounced today
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Berlin Makes Modest Claim

oBERLIN, April 24-QF1-The Germon high command
coed odoy only that its bIitz forces hod succeeded IN
breokno into Thermopoe positions in the thrust towod
Athens loo miles south Of the stored poss where leondos
and his Sportons died.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
Cairo Reports Little Action

oCAiRO Eqypt April 24-H1-Bntsh middle cost heod-
uuoers decored todoy thot British troops Greece yester-
doy we're contact with the enemy. but no important en-
oooements took place."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-24
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Bulletins
Rome Claims SINKING

oROME April 24-Q9-Sinkine Of destroyer ond rer.
chant ship and direct hits onoher Scooter vessel in
Gernon ond olon ottocks on Moto the libyon port OF
Tobu and oreets the Mediterranean were report
ed todoy by the ltolior high command.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Report Japanese Forces Aleutians. Bering Strait

UNDATED, Dec. g (P) - En- emy planes accommodating over the San Francisco Bay area, and reports of other Japanese forces off the Aleutians and Boring Straits between Alaska and Si- beria. stirred new alarms in the battle of the Pacific Unverified reports of bombing of Tokyo and Kobe on the Japanese island of Formosa, was broadcast by the CBS.
 From Manila came first reports of aerial counter blows against Japan since the war began, how ever, latest word from Imperial headquarters in Tokyo asserted that there has been no air at tack on Japanese territory up to this morning.
 A Tokyo broadcast said that Guam and the Wake Islands are now under the Japanese flag. In Tokyo, the Japanese Navys
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
US. Bombers Sink Jap Transports Off Manila
Propose Repri- malld Officers Hawaii Affair

WASHINGTON, Dec. g lPl - Rep. Dinge'l told the House that he proposed martial proceedings be instituted against four high ranking Army officers and the commander of the Pacific fleet flor what happened at Hawaii " Dingell specifically named It. Gen Walter Short. commanding the department; Maj. Gen. H. H. Arno d, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ar; Major Gen George Brett Chief of the Army Air Corps; and Admiral Husband Kimmel, connander of the Pacific fleet.
 Rep. BulWinkle immediately arose and said: Tt behooves the members to keep their feet on the ground and not act without knowing the full facts
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Japs Striking At Singapore

With the Japanese striking say agely in drive down 'hs Malay psni3sula, aga.rst S'~ge pore, dis patches from the Fer East sad Dutoh bomhers and fighters all re9dy io.ae5 the British. Austral ian ard New Zeal2nd airmen in fourd ng Japanese transports ard land bases in southern Thai land since dawn Monday. Dutch Warships have also gone into ac- ten against the invaders, dis patches said, battling to check J3psn's sharpest new threat to Singapore at Kauntan. on the Mslay east coast, 200 miles north of Singapore. Most of the Neither lands fleet was ationed in the East Indies when Ho land cap itulated to Hitler'S invasion arm ias, dF.es' presumably these fore es are now aiding the British.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
FRISCO AREA BLACkED OUT THREE TIMES MONDAY WITH
 APPROACH HOSTILE PLANES

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. g (PD Three air raid alarms sounded in the Bay Area, the first on Mon day evening, followed a short time later by another, and a third al 2:30 am.
 The Army reported formations of unidentified aircraft, believed to be the enemy, heading toward Frisco The first two were believ- ed to be reconnaissance planes and were forced seward and lost in the darkness. They were be- lieved to have been based on a carrier.
 The third alarm was preceded by a shutdown of radio stations. and blackout at Vallejo's Mare Island Navy yard. The rest of Frisco was unlighted after II D. m.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
NEW YORK CITY PUT ON ALERT TWICE IN l HOUR
 -UNCONFIRMED REPORTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 lP) - The great metropolitan area of New York City was put on air raid al ert twice within an hour shortly after noon, amid varying uncon- confirmed reports of an imminent attack by hostile planes. The first alarm sounded at l:25 pm. and the all clear followed 20 minutes later, but at 2:05 p.m., Wailing police and fire sirens sounded an other warning. The vast stretch of Long Island from the City to Montauk Point also braced it. self for possible attacks. A mill lion school children in New York and q thousand on Long Island were sent home.
 The New York Defense Inform ation center said as far as they know there was absolutely no reason for the second alarm. They said the metropolitan area had been all clear since the pre- vious all clear siren sounded.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
To Hold All
 Navy Enlisted Men For Duration

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 1P) - The House completed congress sional action on legislation to hold all Navy enlisted men in service for the duration of the war, as an intensified drive to build WarShips faster than ever before, was announced. The mea- sure passed the Senate yester- day.
 Chairman VinSon of the House Naval Committee announced the D ans to speed construction to compensate for naval losses in fl Acted by Japan and to prepare the nation for a tWo-ocean war.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10

official spokesman asserted tri- umphantiy that the Great init ial success of the Japanese air and naval arms upset the bal ance of United States and Japan ese power in the Pacific.
 limitations that Germany Is about to declare war on the U. s. increased as the list of nations, who rallied to the side of the U. S., declared war on Japan mount ed to l6: England, Holland, the Dutch East Indies, Costa Rica, Canada. Haiti, Fl Salvador, Hon. duras, Free France, Domenican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Australia. New Zealand, Panama, and the Union of South Africa. In addition, Mexico and Colum- bia have broken off diplomatic relations with Tokyo. The pre- diction that Germany will de- clare war against the United Stat es within few hours, was broad east by the NEG Stockholm CO., respondent, who relayed the re- ports from the American en- bassy staff in Berlin, which has already been removed.
 
 In Berlin, the Japanese gov ernment spokesman was quoted as saying We naturally expect Germany to declare war on the United States"
 Striking over widespread areas, Japanese troops are reported to have landed in the northern part of Borneo, where the British said they were beaten off, and started an invaion of HongKong Britain's second bastion of de fense in the Orient.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10

UNDATED, Dec. 10 (4) - U. s. Army and Navy forces defeated a Japanese attack against the West Coast of Luzon, chief island of the Philippines, the War Depart ment announced in its first com munique of the war The com munique indicated only that the U. S. Army and Navy forces were engaged in bait e. Pre- Viously a German broadcast re- ported, without confirmation. that a great sea battle is raging between the U. s. and Japanese navies off Manila, on Luzon Is- land
 The War Department said Our first bombing attack on six trans ports began and resulted in dir ect hits on three hostile ships and damage to the remaining 3, one ship capsizing and sinking immediately.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Germans Claims U. s. Now In TwO-Ocean War

NEW YORK, Dee. g tPl - The Berlin radio declared that Am erica now faces two-front war: I shooting war in the Atlantic and a rapid-fre war in the Pac- fife. and that American is un- prepared
 A broadcast was heard by the NEG from Santiago that Argen- tina, Brazil and Uruguay joined Chile in the proposal to call a conference of American foreign ministers to formulate a common policy toward Japan. The meet. ing is expected to be held within five to ten days.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Alarms In Alaska And the East Not Rehearsals

NEW YORK, Dec. g (4o) - Major General Herbert Dargue, commander of the first air force said in a statement: q don't think" that the series of air raid alarms in Alaska and the east ern section are a rehearsal. Pub lie safety officials have said the alarms were a rehearsal and that reports of approaching enemy planes are false.
 The General said "We don't ex plore the mechanics of our alarm system. Remember the number of alarms over London without any bombs dropped. I will not disclose the source of these al- arms" The statement followed
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Japanese Planes Prove 1t Can Happen Here''

WASHINGTON, Dec. g lPi - The bold Japanese foray which threatened to carry the horrors of the Pacific war to continental United States, put the nation on notice that "It can happen here. ' Detection of enemy aircraft over the strategically vital San Fran cisco area and the threat of an enemy carrier lurking off shore. served as realistic introduction to a report in which President Roosevelt promised this coun- try progress in the hostilities with Japan. The broadcast was made at ' pm. PSF tonight.
 The White House said that President Roosevelt had no in formation on these planes be- yond that which was available to the press. Most of his day was reserved for the preparation of his radio address which Secre- tary Early said will have to do in a large extent with what might be called the Nazi pattern of the whole situation" Early said Presi dent Roosevelt concluded a care ful reading of all dispatches and a comparison of them with press reports. There was no news is sued.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Dutch Rush Achievements

In the conflict now flaming ac- ross thou5ehls5 of snilcs of the Pacific and far to the southwest, the Dutch East Indies rushed powerful endorsements of war ships and planes to the battle in northern Malaya, while in Japen the nation is widely celebrating crushing blows to Britain's As;a- tic fleet, with the acknowledged sinking of the new 35,0O0-ton battleship Prince of Wales, and the 32,000-ton battle cruiser Re pulse off the Malay coast.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Claim Sinking
 King George '

DNB quoted Japanese naval au thorities as saying that they had re9son 10 believe that the new 35 O00-ton British battleship King George Y was also sunk by air attacks eff Malay. There was no confirmation Q sewhere.
 A Tokyo war bulletin said the Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk wihin 21 minutes of each ether in battle with Jap anese bombers north of Singa- pore, in the most disastrous single blow to the British navy in the whole war.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Look For Sudden Move by Germany

WASHINGTON, Dec. g (P) - Secretary Cordell Hull indicated that this country should be on guard against a sudden German move supporting Japan in fulfill ment of the Axis tripartite pact.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Japanese J Troops
 Land in Philippines

BERLIN. Dec. 9 (AoD -- A DNB dispatch from Shanghai quoted the Japanese army spokesman as saying that Jap troops landed in the Philippines.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Japs, Italians, Ger mans Our Enemies

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 rP) - President Roosevelt placed Japan ese, Italians and Germans in the. category of "enemy aliens and presumably Proclamation of con- duct must follow.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Publish First Casualty List--37

WASHINGTON, Dec. g lP) - The War Department published the Army's first official casualty list of the war, making public the names of 37 Army officers and men killed in action in the Jap anese attack on Hawaii.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Hostile Forces
 Hour from Boston

PORTLAND, Me, Dec. g (P)- Authoritative sources here which didn't wish their names disclosed said it was reliably reported that hostile forces were an hour out side of Boston at 2 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Jap Landings 60 Mi. From Manila Are UncOnfirmed

MANILA, Dec. 8 t4') - Tues day unconfrmed reports said that Japanese troops landed on Lubang Island, one of the small CT Philippines, some SO miles southwest of Manila.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Japs Say Guam Taken Without Resistance

MANILA, Dec. 8 (P) - Tues day - The Japanese radio broad cast from Formosa. said Japan announced that Guam had been taken without resistance.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
JapS Start Bombing Singapore Tuesday

SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 (F) - Tuesday - Bombs started drop ping on Singapore at 1 am. and searchlights and anti-aircraft guns went into action immediate ly.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
JapS Aided By Light
 Signals In Manila Area

MANILA, Dec. g lP) - Japan ese f.ers are raiding the Manila area, aided by light signals from the ground, marking out certain sections, the army spokesman said, as Manila underwent it's sec ond n.ght of air raid alarms.
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The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
To Acquisition Private Material

WASHINGTON, Dec. g lP) - The Office of Production Manage ment established machinery for the prompt requisitioning of war materials from private owners.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Considerable Loss of Life

British Minister Alfred Duff Cooper announced in a broadcast from Singapore, that there has been considerable loss of life on
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Japanese Sink British Battleship Prince of Wales, Cruiser Repulse
 US. Sinks Four Jap Transports

the Prince of Wales and Repulse. The two ships carried a normal complement totaling more than
 3.000 officers and men.
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the sounding of two air raid alarms in New York, the first in the history of the metropolis.
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