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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Soldier Held
Pending A 6 ID
Incident

"a Selfridge Field soldier was
being held today while Mount
Clemens police investigated the
alleged unprovoked assault upon
q local man Saturday night.
The soldier, Clark r. Howard,
80, pleaded guilty to an assault
charge when brought before JUS
tice Of the Peace Frank z. Jean.
nette this morning. but sentence
was delayed while the charge
was being further investigated.
Police said that the soldier at
tackled the man without any ap-
parent reason when they met on
Mount Clemens street.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Girl. is.
Stranded
i'm City

OPolice today were holding 4
l6-year old girl while they
awaited word from her parents
In Newcastle, Pa, after she re-
lated q story of how she started
out to hitch-hike to Colorado and
ended up in Mount Clemens
pennyless and friendless.
The girl, who left her home
In Newcastle about q week ago,
was brought into the police sta
ton yesterday by the proprietor
Of q local hotel who said that
her plight had been brought to
his attention when notified that
the youngster could not pay for
her room and board.
+ Police said that the girl told
them she started to Colorado
with an older girl last week,
meeting q Selfridge Field SOL
0ier in Ohio. She said that The
soldier offered both girls q ride
to Mount Clemens and promised
them jobs when they arrived
here.
The girls registered at q local
hotel and the oldest was given q
Job in q restaurant, and accord
ing to the 16-year old girl be-
came angry when she would not
date" a number of the older
girls friends.
She told officers that her
"friend" moved out Of the hotel
and left her pennyless and with
q board bill.
Police said that she would be
sent home as soon As her parents
could be contacted.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

which cannot be offset by those
Of the United Sites"
II the United States sends
conveys, he declared. the Axis
would only begin sinking ships
at an even greater rate.
1.-THE Axis now dominates all
the best equipped and most ef-
ficient European industry and
all European agricultural terri
tories needed for its daily
bread" he said.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Weary London Surveys Charred Ruins 81 its SIN
Ancient Abbey. BIZ, -
and Museum Suffer L. Nh
Tomb Of unkEown Soldier u
Far Escapes Dssseratien


By RUSSELL C. LANDSTROM
OLONDON. May IL - @ -
Arthur Greenwood, minist r
without portfolio whose job is
to rebuild battered Britain aft
er the war, surveyed wreckage
today in the House of Com
mons, which only four days ago
was a thronged debating cham
Der.
PILES OF BUBBLE
Standing beside q lettering
wall, Greenwood observed rub
BILE, charred wood and masonry
piled so feet high where pillars
once scared to the vaulted roof
and where oaken panels and tall
widows once had graced the
galleries.
This too will come within
my province and I must think
about its reconstruction" he
sadly remarked.
Among the thousands of
bombs which raihed from the
moon-lit skies Saturday night
were those which unroofed West
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
van96I losses
Brick ThrOuaal
Car Window

opolics todsS ~ere seeking
vandals who hurled large
brick through the WINDOW Of IN
automobile parked .lear local
market Sunday night. Donald
H. Van Phase. Of Warrington. IL
owner Of the chr. said that the
window was broken sometime
between . and IL p. m. Nothing
was reported stolen from ths
car.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Mtl!llay Trial
Opens tuesday
II Co DEPENDENTS
Focs Croft Cherse

ODETROIT. May IL @ -
Frank D. Mckay. Grand Rapids
politician, and IL co-defendants
indicted on mail fraud charges
based on an alleged $500, 900
liquor graft conspiracy, 60 on
trial In Federal court here to-
morrow.
Mckay, Republican national
committeeman and q former
state treasurer, and those man,
ed as defendants with him In q
Federal grand jury indictment
returned last November are ac-
cused of conspiring to sell poll
tical favoritism to liquor distil-
leries seeking state business.
On trial with Mckay will be
William H. McKeighan, former
mayor of Flint: Fred c. Erh-
mann, purchasing agent for the
state liquor control commission
during the first administration
of the late Governor Frank D.
Fitzgerald and secretary Of the
commission during Fitzgerald,s
second administration; and Louis
H. Luckoff, vice president Of q
Detroit advertising agency which
handles Michigan Republican
campaign advertising for several
years.
Other defendants are Charles
Letter, Detroit; Isadore
Schwartz; Fisher L. Layton, for
mer Flint city official; John H.
Marolf, Iron Mountain; Charles
Williams, Windsor, and his son,
Earl; James A. Trimble, Flint;
and Don Florey, Hudson.
Opening day of the trial, to
be conducted before Federal
Judge Arthur F. Lederle, will
be devoted to selection of q
jury. The trial is expected to
continue about two months.
Henry G. O'Donnell. special
U. S. assistant attorney general,
will head the corp of prosecu-
ton attorneys. He will be NJ
sisted by Mennen Williams,
Floyd M. Rett, Nash Adams and
Alfred B. Teton. attorneys for
the department of justice.
McKay's defense will be pre-
sented by Eugene L. Carey Of
New York, who will be assisted
by three members of his. law
firm, Lester E. Kabacoff, Milton
I. Hauser and william r. Raw
lex, and by McKay's personal
attorney, Jay E. Linaey of Grand
Rapids.
= Eight counts are, contained In
the indictment, each one carry
ing q maximum penalty Of five
years in prison and q $1,000
fine.
Two other indictments return
ed by the Grand Jury last Nov
ember also name Mckay Is
defendant. One charges him with
using the mails to defraud Edsel
Ford of. $9,918 in connection
with Republican campaign fund
expenses in 1898 and the other
accuses him of q scheme to de-
fraud the city of Grand Rapids
in the sale of $2,25S, 900 issue
of waterworks bonds. Neither
Of these cases has been tried
yet.
O'Donnell directed the grand
jury investigation which return
ed the indictments.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authori-
tative answers below:
1. Who provides the wedding
invitations and announcements?
2. Should an invitation to q
church wedding request 1.-The
honor of your presence" or 1.-THE
pleasure of your company?
3. When addressing q wedding
invitation is il correct to write,
''Mr. and Mrs. John Robert
Smith and Family?
+" 4. When addressing the out
side envelope of . wedding invi-
tation is ii correct to abbreviate
the name Of the state?
5. II the wedding invitation Is
being sent to . person In the
same city Is It enough to write
dallas" or must one write
dallas, Texas?
What would you do IT,
You are bride and your we'd
ding II to be q very small one,
and you are not having en-
graved Invitations
(a) Write notes in longhand
n to all the persons you and
your iiance wish to be
present?
y (b) Decide to have invitations
printed, and 20 avoid the
expense Of engraved invi-
tations and the trouble OF
writing individual notes?
Answers
I. The parents Of the bride.
Z. THE honour Of your pres
ence." (The old.fashioned spell.
Ing Of honor u used on wedding
invitations.)
3. No. Either write, The
Misses Smith" under the par.
ents' names or send each grown
member Of the family his own
invitation.
n &. No.
3. II Il enoush to give the
name Of the city.
Best what Would You Do"
u630n3O0-(al. ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

kslulan Ss1vlc
io1 I: p.n. IT.

oThroush : typoGxn
ror, Il VA stated On
funeral services 1r
Neiman. ~. az 30 \ "
reAa Lenox tow1Ship ~
held Tuesday II d "
<letg 1nme - q "A: ~ y
Ono thoatst cl,alt< y
services WIN ~ h614 &
from the ho6ne. \, 7 aIS!s ss'}ss
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

OST. LOUIS, May IL - R-
The Rev. Stuart Edmondson dis
tributed one hundred one dollar
bills to his congrssatien Sunday
"a, teach them tn Biblical par
able OF the talents by experience
and to make money for church
improvements.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

minister Abbst danaaG " 4
British iuuseum md III &
giant clock ~ stq1ie4 \
minister Hall. 81 s s. y lss
WHOLE BLOCKS UB0310X
Whole blocks ~ ~ apr0
ing capital were devoQlEo
flames which the mos Slf6II
efforts could not clheok. & ,(1
The central tower q ~
hey, known q the Lantern, &
smashed In and wreckaco
on the spot where En- l
kings and queens IRE cr6u
but the coronation chairs
been moved to safety II ~
ust, 1899. .sls
Other relics. too, wero 49,
found safe today amid IL wk
kaye. ss.y|
Major vyvyan AdamA I NJ
Der of Parament, elDerYed 0
citedly from the. sznn1k H.
of Commons ruins and 1ep0g1 ~
I've found the cabinet e1
there in what used - ~ W.
mo- lobby. II has in e IL N
atures of Gladstone AMI III
raeli. That at any arte =
ANCIENT MACH 8ApR a
The mace = safe. too, = 7
Greenwood. Luckily. e
taken to another room ia
building and this was unto0G
ed, q were most of th0se ~ r.
cabinet ministers. AK & "a
The bulk Of the docSail - p
in the vote office, too, Wero o1
ed, but many : pspefu y
,smudged and uneared. h
The tomb Of TIE un1ExS
soldier near die we6t dppe
Westminster Abbey also go
ed damage. Z. l.s5 ":
RESCUES CONTng6E y
Rescue parties Mn ~
working today It : hoeel IN
. heavy bomb which oaIp3c
in the basement whnee 11o W
sons had taken r(fa1o 1v
bodies had been reeosuSo =
hotel = uninhabit0hlo
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12
Argument Sends
Tenant 10 Hospital
Grend Avenue Resident
Suffers Rib Fracture

can argument with his land.
lord sent . 35-year-old Mount
Clemens man to the hospital
with q fractured rib, police said
today.
Police said that Joe Manning,
Of 1874 Grand avenue, was treat
ed ut st. Joseph's hospital for .
broken rib after he told officers
he had become involved In an
argument with his landlord,
Gordon Jiles.
Manning said that Jiles struck
him In the side with . power
during the discussion"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

The sword of Are seen hang
ing over Jerusalem before its
destruction may have been Hal
ley's comet. L
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

"A good home h h heaven"
says m Eastern club wo m . n.
Leaving but one definition Of .
bad one.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

II q crystal b broken in two.
and the parts placed In liquid
crystal, the broken parts will be
crystal, the broken surfaces will
Be repaired end each part will
grow into . new crystal. =
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

The game Of chess Il taught In
the public schools Of Stroebeck.
Germany. Children carry their
chessboards to and from school
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-12

basement. Kitchen q 6okl4oom.
Rsqulrss - spsria1 wirlns q
szp>aaivs plunAi.G
csns III - . ds1ssnsaEuGisa.
Lem how . LAt1gDaoaGA1.
a sav s.n4 - ~ ~ isssif
many sinss sv9 = yssr ho@ei
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
Case
Near Jury
Strickland Suit Ex-
pected to go to Texas
Jury Next Week;
Large Sum Involved,

Conroe. Tex, June 10 (AP) -
The famous Wilson Strickland oil
in which several hundred heirs
of Strickland and of Colonel Allen
Vince, Texas Revolutionary soldiers,
are seeking title to 500 acres of OIL
land near here worth $4,000, 900 to
$50, O0O, 900, is expected to go to the
jury next week.
The case. which began last August,
is a thrcc-Way affair, several major
oil companies. which developed the
tract from a pine forest, and the
state of Texas, which claims title &c
the land, also are parties.
Judge Ed f. Murphy has dismissed
the jury until Monday when he
hopes to have his charge ready.
L, is expected that another 100
hours will be needed to argue the
case before it is given to the jury.
The land originally was given to
Wilson Strickland, a soldier OF Tor
tune from North Carolina, as a re-
ward for services in the Texas War
of Independence against Mexico.
Vince heirs lay claim to the lan>
on the contention that Strickland lost
the land to Colonel Vince on a Judg-
ment.
The oil companies developed the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
WeHes Says Facts
In Moor Sinking
Beyond Dispute

Washington, June 13.-(AP)-
Sumner Welles, undersecretary of
state. asserted today that the facts
in the sinking of the Robin Moor
were beyond dispute and indirectly
accused Germany of violating an IN
tc~rnatlonal treaty on submarine war
fare.
The evidence of eleven survivors
of the sunken American merchant
vessel was very clear and there
could be no dispute as to the facts,
he told his press conference.
A to what action the United States
will take, Welles said he would
withhold a considered statement I'M
I'll the full dispositions of the eleven
&urNlV IS were received from Amer
lean officials in Brazil and were in
Vcstlgated here.
however. issued by the State depart
mcnt yesterday, charged that the
Robin Moor vas sunk in the South
Atlantic on May II by a German
submarine which gave the p~9sscng-
er, and crew 80 minutes to abandon
the vessel before it was torpedoed
and helled.
WelICS was asked for comment on
lie statement of a German spokcs-
man IN Berlin that eve w Mt be
buttaloed Lc American and English
discussions concerning the Robin
Moor and that 'Whenever any ship
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
House Group
Modifies
Seizure Bill

Washington, June l3.-(AP)-The
House military committee approved
proposals today which would per
mt the President to take over strike
bound defense plants whose manage
l>cnt refused to utilize use Of troops
10 prevent unlawful picket1ng.
Drastic changes proposed by Rep-
resentative Harness, Republican, In
diana, to the plant seizure bill dp-
proved by the Senate yesterday were
accepted but flpal action was defer
red until Monday, when turther
amendments also Will be considered.
The amendments approved differ,
ed substantially from the bill passed
by the Senate yesterday, in that they
contain no authority for the Presl-
dent to take Owe defense plants
merely because the workers fan or
refuse to abide by recommendations
OF the mediation board.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
Britain Hopes For
Nazi-Soviet Break
Unconfirmed Reports
Say German Demands
on Russia of Such
Magnitude a S to
Loosen Soviet Hold on
Baltic and Black Sea.

London, June 13,-(AP)-British
dreams of a Soviet Russian-Gcrman
disagreement bordering on active
warfare nourishcd today by re-
pcatcd but uncomfortable reports that
Berlin demands on Russia were Of
such magnitude that acceptance
would loosen MoscoW's military hold
ON the Baltic and Black seas.
Informed quarters said discussions
between Sir Stafford Cripps, British
ambassador to Moscow, and govern
ment leaders here were Ordinarily
concerned with RuSSian-Gcrman re-
lations."
1t must be emphasized that reports
of disagreement between Berlin and
Moscow and nazi concentrations on
tho Soviet Border ~ConcciVably fit
INTO the pattern of the British dip
IomatiC nerve war which, by scar
mig Russia, it is hoped here might
force the USSR into more friendly
relations with Britain and eventual
collaboration in the war.
Reliable sources said that demands
made by the Germans had been re
ccIvcd in Moscow and were under
study.
SIN Stafford reached London by
air from the Soviet capital Wednes-
DAY for what was described as a trip
IN line with Britain's policy of hay
lng her ENJOYS report periodically
and to establish contact with the
home government.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13

with c|ontraband sails for England
we'll shoot at it."
WelIcs replied that the question of
What constitutes ]contraband is one
OF me most controversial IN all the
world and that the American GOV
einlncnl had never aCquicSCCd in con
lraband definitions of either side in
the present war.
What the United States does stand
on very firmly. Wcllcs asserted. is
mat both Germany and the United
states arc parties to an i~nternation-
al agreement entered into in 1880
undcr which submarines are bound
TO take proper precautions to insure
the safety of crews and passengers of
any merchant ship before it is sunk.
IN the case of the Robin Moor,
WelloS declared that the facts speak
tor themselves.
SURVIVORS were quoted as SAYING
that the submarine left the as pas
sengers and creWmen in open life
boats hundreds of miles from land,
Wclles was asked how the Robin
Moor incident might effect Presi-
dent R~OOseVelt'S recent r~e-asscrtion
Of the doctrine f the freedom of the
seas. The Presidents statement
spoke for itself. was the reply.
Wel]cs emphasized that every de
tail of tie sinking which the State
department received had been made
available to the public and that this
practice would be confirmed
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
Direct Hit
By Torpedo
British Planes Are Be-
lieved to Have Seri-
ously Damaged Ger
man Pocket Battle
ship.


L"I''o"' June aII
lnIn'7"y 'il'oun'tu loll'sH' mat a
tIi''"u po'At' D"lIio@HIp mao Dccll
'I' ~ " ,1i.Ptoo lIIto ny " bflII5h
P'@'lt OIL uIe Norwegian coast carry
Iou"y'
lhc C1IAL''l1lI4uc S"Io mat deil9e
VI3U"9 ~ ]IlioAC rose lloll! lhc YES
SCI e'Iu ul'l l3'cI tie paltIeship'
"I''el' u'C a"IilIINl'y uIu llot Iuchuly'
was seen 10 DC stationary OIL inc
s~oulIItIll point Oh Norway.
sun I"IcF inc odllIeslIp ana ca-
corning ucSlloytl' were uDacfNed 10
DC IcuILilS toward lhc ohd9Scfak al
" &ic"ly fcuucco speed, tfle COM
ILiuh'4'tc lad
N'rIil9iIy mas olE TWO POCKET
paJlIcSlIpS-stfuh&, swift 5hlpS OF
Io'0oo TONS carrying e~IeNeh-lncn
SuIIs-aJIlec the ScullIlh8 Il lAe Ad~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Nah": !iUlri.
BY HENRY AIfRILL.

ItaIcigh. June IS. Governor
Broughtun's accommodation Grams
lated into election by the comInis-
slun) that Nathan Nclton be named
executive secretary of the School
Commission is REGARDED by .olac
friends OF former Lieutenant Cover
,.,,. Ninljn. = Harlan -: u direct
breach of IA c|Icarcut agreement en-
1.trd milo by n"r0QpHi,H last Tpar
Nn,l every effort Va. hytne made
tu In6urr Horton 10 rnrton l.r 500
,,,d urln,l,.v vbich he was by Lava,
enl5ttrd 1n call.
Al that time. it is llatly asserted
bV II Horton supporter who claims
me acted ID, I'm intermediary. Can
ojd,tr E|rnlonron un4laIifiriIv saIG
1h3t hr- VauII make no r~pror1nlcnda-
lion r.oaldinp $, selection bv fine com
,ni-yinu nf IT. r~grru,iyc
and -, tbr .uot, tjlno indiC,1nd clear
lv tn,t hr wound rename to the com
,nis.inn -" ,ar4nbcrs known 10
ra,.raLIr f., i.Iavd Griffin who has
now bee. rruiarcd Hv Yrlfon. IlDon
recommendation of tho GOVERNOR
C,jffin like .u1rc ntnrl. state Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
TROOPS MOVE
TO NEW POSITIONS
OPPOSITE RUSSIA

Moscow. June Is. -GAP)-
Soviet Russia said tonight that
German troops. freed from OPP
crationS in tl,c Balkans. r.
moving to eastern and northeast
crn Germany (Where they face
Russia but added that "it must
be assumed" that the move
ments have no bearing on Rus
slan-Cerr,an relations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
OF WAY GIVEN
NAVY BLIMP MEASURE

Washington, June 13.-(AP)-
The House rules committee
granted legislative right of way
today To a measure for the eS-
Establishment of stations for naval
blimpS Al Elizabeth City. \. c..
Boston and SunnNvale, Cal.
The bill authorized an appro-
ration of S6,3G0,000 for each of
the three stations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
ffER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and sat
urday except for a few widely
scattered showers.

Extended weather forecast for
the period from 1870 y. m. June
Is to 100 p. m. June 18-partiy
cloudy weather with widely
scattered thundcrShOWcrs is in
dicated for this district for the
entire period, except little or no
rain at beginning of period in
central Florida. Temperatures
near normal or slightly above.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13
ONE MAN is KILLED
AS TRUCK

Lumberton. June 13.-(AP)-Wll-
liam Kennedy Ray, IS. Of Whining
ton, was killed instantly when a
newspaper transportation truck over
turned today on a sharp curve on
the L%umberton : Bladenboro road.
eight and one-half miles east of
here. His brother, J. Nj. Ray, 81, cs-
capped serious injury.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13

Berlin. June l3.-(AP)-An
authorized German source said
today eve won't be buffalocd by
American and English discus
sions concerning the Robin
Moor"
"Whencver any ship with con-
traband sails for England we'll
shoot at it, whether it is the
Robin Moor. the ENmoor or any
thing else"
(The Robin Moor. 5.000-ton
United States frcighter which
was sunk in the South Atlantic
May p, vas bound from Cape
town, Union of South Africa.
She formerly was the EXmoor.)
The question was exclusively
military, these sources said. but
certain American quarters we're
giving it a political angle Gin
order thereby to further a war
pSych0SiS.'
And, of course" it was add
ed. England tries i'm every man
ner to make political capital
thereof
The German public still was
unaware that the United steam
or Robin Moor had been sunk by
a submarine.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-13

land on the strength of various con
VeyanccS entered IN court cor
here. The Strickland heirs have
countered tii> testimony with con-
tentions that Strickland could neither
read o write and that the convey
ances have no status III court.
Evening star., 1941-02-24

weakness which Is now becoming
increasingly apparent In our system
1t is encouraging that many persons
including legislators, are really ir
earnest about carrying this fight
for franchise for the District
through to successful finish.
st hold to the hope that in 1914
voteless citizens in the District may
exercise the franchise right, along
with their fellow Americans In the
States
Three Question Randolph.
Three House members-Repre-
sentatives Zimmerman, Democrat, of
Missouri, and Bender Of Ohio and
Hoffman of Michigan, Republicans
interrupted Mr.. Randolph to ask
questions.
Mr.. Zimmerman wanted TO know
II the authors Of the Constitution
were wrong in denying the residents
OF the Capital City the right to vote.
Eyes, they were wrong" replied
Mr.. Randolph, lust as they were
wrong when they failed to franchise
the women of the country. Does
the gentleman from Missouri op-
pose woman suffrage?"
ut Is different matter to give
our wives and sweethearts thu vote
than 1t is to give the vote to resi-
dents of this seat of Government, ;"
declared Mr.. Zimmerman.
Representative Bender pointed
out the proposition" to franchise
the people here is being held up
in committee by the Democratic
majority in the House who are not
allowing the members to give 1t
'meritorious consideration"
Evening star., 1941-02-24

northern Red Sea coast Of Eritrea
They Joined the upper claw of
British pincher being closed on the
railroad town of Cheren, where the
Italians have held out determinedly.
A British communique said yester-
day this advance from the north was
making satisfactory" progress, while
other forces a few miles west oi
Cheren continue their preparation
for the reduction of the italian posi-
tions covering the town"
(The Italian high command
said yesterday the column moving
into Eritrea from the north had
been checked in the Cam Ceua
area.)
OF the Ethiopian fighting the
British communique said "a COM
bined force of our troops and
patriots ethiopian natives) have
occupied Shogahi on the Blue Nile"
An Italian counterattack was
repu'sed, leaving over $50 dead on
the field" the communique said.