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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
City Needs
Raid Wafdens
Secretly to Be
Apparent Sunday

The scarcity of Air Raid
Warden protection for the city's
downtown business property
will be clearly shown Sunday
evening during our first prac-
tice blackout test.
There are few people who live
in the downtown district. There
fore, there are very few wardens
to patrol the downtown district.
So far there have been few
registrations of building war
dens. 1t is the responsibility Of
each building to have one or
more persons enrolled as an Air
Raid Building Warden, depend
ing on the size of place and
number of persons who may be
in their place during an air
raid.
The Defense Council urges
that business places in each
block get together and appoint
several persons to enroll as an
Air Raid Building Warden, to
take instructions and be able to
patrol his assigned post Cor
block) in an emergency.
Glasses of instructions for
Air Raid Wardens are being held
every Tn Irsday evening at the
High School at 1870 D. m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
SeIfridSe
Soldiers
Buy Bonds

Not content with merely be-
ing backed up financially by
civilian purchasers of war saw
ings bonds and stamps, Self
ridge Field officers and men to-
day cut loose to help finance
themselves by the purchase Of
such securities, it was revealed
at noon today.
A tent pitched in front of post
headquarters served as main
and only office for bond sales
and the line formed at the right,
with plenty of post personnel
included in it.
In the light of the not-stupen-
dous salaries paid the fighting
force enlisted men who desired
to do so were permitted to buy
S25 bonds on a 20-payment plan
that covers that many months,
with the monthly allotment to-
ward the purchas. price to be
SIPS. Men who find themselves
flush enough to purchase Sl00
bonds are permitted to do so
with the monthly payments, ov-
err the same period, of SIS.
Leading his officers and men
in the bond sale melee, Lieuten-
ant Colonel William T. Coleman
did a little bond-buying himself
this morning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Public Misconception
Of BIockout Needs Cited
Complete Cooperation Of All
Residents Vital to Protection

The following statements APP
pear in the Air Raid Wardens
instructions issued by the Met
ropolitan Office of Civilian De-
Tense and are of interest to the
public.
Most people have a miscon-
ception of what is to be accom-
plished by a blackout, believ-
ing the intent and purpose is
to conceal or hide city from
the enemy bombers at night.
Nothing could be further from
the intended purpose. The en-
envy planes can locate Detroit
or the metropolitan area &C
curately at any time. A black
out cannot hide a city but 1t
can only obscure or confuse the
detail within the city.
Pilots flying at an elevation
of 5000 feet or less un d er
blackout conditions can make
out the outline of the city fair
~ easy. At an elevation of TO-
900 feet it is extremely diff
cult to discern anything, and
above this level the pattern of
the city and objects in it are
completely hidden.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Belgian White Brigade
Blamed in BIost Series
ESQ Said Killed in Destruction
rs R;o Chen,ic al Factory

contrary to Berlin, that the fac
tory turned out sulphuric acid,
synthetic ammonia an, nitric
acid for explosives and gas. 1t
was report C. equipped with
modern machinery at which
about 1000 persons worked
when Belgium was free.
Since the coming of the Ger
mans, the Belgian agency said
production has been increased
under Germa, direction. Tes-
senderloo is 80 miles northeast
of Antwerp, in Limbourg proc
ince. D
Much sabotage have been re-
ported in this region, mostly
credited to the secret armed Or
ganization, the white brigade
seven of whose members were
sentenced to death a week ago
Factory machinery in this
area was damaged in wide
spread fashion after the German
invasion started and isolated in
cidents have occurred from time
to time since then. including q
large number of fires In the fir
woods. The fires evidently were
See BELGIUM-Paxe Z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Event Launches
About Drive
for Salvage
Troops, Tanks,
Organizations TO
March at Seven

The opening gun of the Lick
The-Axis week will be fired to-.
night at o'clock when a com-
bined military and civilian pa
rade will march as the kickoff
for the salvage Of scrap ma
terialS essential to the war eff
fort that will begin Saturday
morning.
Following the salvage day
Saturday. directed by Mrs. Paul
w. Mckee, during which only
essential war scrap will be coll
lected, the regular, annual
cleanup week sponsored by the
city and the Board of Commerce
will be held.
Section One, comprising the
military units of the procession
is the one that will really drive
home to the spectators the fact
that the United States n at war.
Two battalions Of Selfridge Field
soldiers, IS uniformed members
of the Coast Guard auxiliary
and members Of the Veterans al
Foreign Wars and the American
Legion will march In TINT
group. 1t will be headed by po-
lice, Mayor Donald r. Western
dorf and the Mount ClanGn1
city commission. Two militax1
tanJsS Army Atruclrs ,yAnA =
flock Of jeeps Of the reconna6s
sance units, all loaned through
the courtesy Of the Chrysier Cug-
poration will lumber along IN
the parade.
c. ID. GROUPS
Next to the military contin-
gent, the Civilian Defenso
group will emphasize the fact
that the boys and girls ut hoIno
are not unaware of their obliga-
tons. There will be units OF tho
air wardens, auxiliary police,
auxiliary firemen, the ladies ok
the Red Cross, and q long un0
of school children, some q
whom will feature most interest,"
ing and colorful depictions a
the war uses to which scrap
metals, rags, rubber, paper,
Victory Gardens and clean
yards may be put.
Then, of course, there will b
the marching of the various
community organizations from
Rotarians and KiwanianS to the
Optimists and the LionS to de-
pict the fact that the aging sol-
id citizens of the municipality
are willing to do all within their
power to win the war.
LINE OF MARCH
The line of march will extend
See PARADE-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Bv WILLIAM J. HUMPHREYS

LONDON, May l. Up "A
chemical factory at TeSsender-
loo, IN the new industrial dis
trict of northern Belgium - a
particular zone of activity for
the anti-German white brl-
gade" of the conquered Belgians
has been destroyed in an ex-
plosion which, according to the
German radio, killed $50 pee
sons and injured about 1000
Berlin belatedlv relayed an
announcement today of the
Nazi-dominated Belgian govern
ment that not only the plant but
technical school and a number
of nearby houses were de-
stroyed or severely damaged by
the blast two days ago. No
cause was given.
The announcement empha-
sized that the factory produced
artificial fertilizers of various
kinds and washing preparations
for the Belgian market only"
The free Belgian news agen-
cy, Identifying the factory as a
unit of La Societe Anonyme des
Produits Chimques, asserted,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
British Fall
Back as laps
TakeLashio
Allies Seek
10 Anchor Flank
on MondoIoy
BY the Associated Press

Escaping entrapment sweep,
British troops guarding the right
flank of the Allied line in Bur-
ma have fallen back 80 miles to
a new defense sector only 80
miles below Mandalay.
Imperil,ed by the Japanese
thrust to Lashio, 100 miles
northeast of Mandalay, the
British were said today to have
withdrawn to protect the over
land routes to India.
While the crisis in Burma re-
NAMED acute, with the Japanese
invaders now standing at the
gateway to China astraddle the
Burma Road, a Chinese an
nouncement declared the fall
of Lashio would not halt the
flow Of Chinese reinforcements
for the continued defense of
North Burma.
Moreover, the Chinese said,
alternative supply routes from
India to China are already in
working order.
SMOKING BUBBLE
Chinese dispatches said Lash
10, captured by japanese mech
anized columns Wednesday, had
been reduced from a teeming
boom town to smoking rubble
heaps by japanese bombing as
sau and the Allies scorched
earth policy.
Other developments in the
far Pacific theater included:
/. japanese warships and
troop transports were reported
massing among the Marshall Is
lands in the South Central Pa
cific, stirring speculation that
the Mikado's sea-borne invad-
ers might be preparing a major
thrust against the American
supply line to Australia.
The Marshall Islands are with
in 1900 miles of New Caledon-
ia, where American troops are
bolstering free French defense
of the island; about the same
distance from American Samoa,
and 2,1O0 miles from Hawaii.
NEW JAP MOVE?
In Australia, Gen. Sir Thorn
as Blamey, Allied land Com
mander under Gen. Douglas
See BURMA-Page 2
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Draft List
Pages E. 7 and 8

More than 300 potential
Macomb county draftees In the
Board. No. l area Mount Glenn
ems and Warren township are
listed on pages 8, 2 and 8 Of to-
days Daily Monitor-Leader.
Opposite the names, which APP
pear in alphabetical order and
embrace the age group-30 -
~ registered Feb. Is, are The
order numbers desiGnA . d
through the national draft lot
terry and reduced to comply with
registry limitations q Ooar4
No. 1. One thousand axtBa cop-
les Of the draft list have beG1
placed with J. H. 0A0dn
Sons, Mount ClemsnA who WI
deliver them nee b pofSouo
applying In psfsoo d 0sa8
store. <
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Men 2O-44
Slated fer
Call i'm June

Some of the men aged 20
through "A whose draft order
numbers are listed in today's
issue of the D ally Monitor
Leader will be called to tho
colors in June, Chef Kroner,
chief clerk for Draft Board No.
1, indicated today.
One registrant in this group
will be called for every five
men previously registered, Kro-
mer said. If, however, the board
finds that not enough old reg
istrants are available, the ratio
will be higher, Kroner said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Junior Civic LEAGUE
Aids Salvage Drive
Appeal Issued for Coot
Honeers, Tin Foil

George Longdale, president
of the Junior Civic League of
Mount Clemens High school, to-
day issued an urgent appeal to
parents of grade school children
to let their offspring bring met
al coat hangers and tin foil to
their schools Monday for collec-
ton by the league.
The metal hangers can be
fabricated into essential war
materials and the league has ac-
copied the responsibility of co.,
lecting them along with tin foil
that also has its war uses.
Proceeds from the sale Of
such materials to dealers Will
be turned over by the nigh
school league TO USO organi-
cation here to provide hospitali-
ty and entertainment for SER
vice men.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01

and tn French National An
them, The Marseillaise."
The crowd of local residents
-Samoans, Fijians Javanese
and French soldiers and civil
ians - listened and applauded
enthusiastically.
1--WE are happy you Ameri-
cans are here to combat with
us one FrenChman S a i d in
hating English, He said the ar
rival of American troops was
"veree populaire with us" He
added that Vichy sympathizers
on the island either were in
termed or had come over with
MS"
See CALEDONIA-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
StoIin Calls Russia Hope
of Freedom Loving Nations
Says Objective is Simply TO
libevote Worlds Oppressed

today, 1--WE have no such aims
as the occupation of foreign
countries, the subjugation of
other peoples"
Then he added, in an order of
the day for May day:
Our aim is clear and noble.
We want to liberate our broth
ers, the Ukrainians, Moldavians,
white Russians, Lithuanians,
Latvians, EstonianS, Karelians,
from the shame and humiliation
inflicted upon them by the Ger
man Fascist blackguards."
Qn this passage the Russian
premier indicated an intention
to restore the Soviet Unions
western borders as of before the
German invasion. He might
also have been limiting that he
is satisfied with the status quo
on the eastern frontier where
the U.S.S.R. abuts the japanese
empire.
(Before the German invasion
of June, 1941, Soviet territory
in the west, mostly by cession or
occupation in 1899 and 1910,
included about half of Poland,
Incorporated into the Ukrainian
and White Russian republics, a
section Of Karelia coded by
Finland, Bessarabia and north
ern Bucovina coded by Rumania
and incorporated into the Tx
rainian and Moldavian Repub-
lies, and the three Baltic states
of Lithuania, Latvia and Es-
tonia)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Men Face
New War Woe:
uairculS 6.5c

Members of the Mount Glenn
ms Master BARRIERS Association
voted last night to increase the
price of hair cuts to 65 cents,
effective Monday.
At the same time children I'M
der IL will be charged so cents
and the price per shave will be
standardized at 35 cents. A
spokesman said the new price
scale has been in effect in De-
troit and South Macomb for al
most a year.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Deputies Hunt
BurIYGunn,an
Negro Chased
War Worker

Deputy Sheriffs Thomas Kali
tenbach and Richard DeKetel-
acre are seeking the burly negro
who at $50 a. m. today pulled
a gun on Roy Beemer, 3O-year-
old Warren township war work
er, after chasing Beemer's car
for several miles.
Beemer told KaltenbaCh and
DeKetelaere that the negro,
driving a green Chrysler sedan,
started to chase him at Nine
Mile and Dequindre. The speed
ing cars continued up Dequindre
to 15-Mile road where Beemer
turned onto 15-Mile with the
See GUNNAN-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Clinton 10 Cooperate
in BIackoui Sunday

All Clinton township super
visors were urged today by SUI
pervisor Otto Sherlock to COM
ply with regulations in effect
during the blackout at 10 p. m.
Saturday night.
Residents will be dependent
on sirens in Mount Clemens to
notify them of the raid, Sher-
beck said. A three minute ris-
ing and falling note announces
the approach of the blackout
The all clear is steady three
minute note.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Strong u S. Forces
Guard New Caledonia
Ap Correspondent Tells Of
Natives, Fears Of Jap Invasion

EDITORS NOTE: William nipple.
correspondent OF the Honolulu Star
Bulletin and the Associated Press,
visited Noumea, New Caledonia, In
the course of tour with United
States naval forces I'm the southern
Pacific, and reports In the follow
ing dispatch on the American troops
now guarding the Free French Is
land.
MELBOURNE, May l-(P)---
/ was in Noumea, principal city
of New Caledonia, the day the
War Department at Washington
announced that American forces
had arrived there, and l saw re-
assuring evidence that the is
lands on the strategically vital
northeastern flank of Austria
liza had been fortified strongly.
American soldiers were to be
seen everywhere when / touched
the Free French city after an
e X t e n d e d tour with United
States naval units operating in
the southern Pacific.
Military police sauntered
through the streets keeping a
Watchful eye on he troops.
LIKE NEW ORLEANS
This lace reminds me of
the French quarter of New Or
leans" said one American SOL
der from a southern state.
In the city square the Army
band was playing a concert.
The program included popular
American dance tunes, Sousa's
Stars and Stripes Forever"
THE Star Spangled Banner"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
World Ewes Po+en+ia|s Of Hitler Musso|n HuddI<
| late X Xxx
| bulletins
Warship Sunk

MOSCOW May 1-(P)-The
Moscow radio said today that a
German battlcship had been
sunk by Russia's Baltic fleet
This was the first Russian claim
of destruction of one of Ger
many's few capital ships, and
came in a resume of operations
in which the Baltic fleet was
said to have sunk 447 German
ships, presumably in the course
of the whole war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
W, B, Stuck
Commissioned
M Grod Advanced
to Rank Of Ensign

William B. Stuck, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Stuck, So South
Wilson. has been commissioned
an ensign in the paymaster di-
vision of the supply corps, us.
Navy, it became known today.
Ensign Stuck enlisted in the
Navy as a yeoman and has been
stationed at the Naval Armory,
Detroit, ever since. He goes to
Crosse lie Monday where he
will be stationed,
Ensign Stuck is June gradu-
ate from the University of
Michigan and likewise holds a
diploma from Mount Clemens
High school.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Hero Succumbs

LONDON, May 1-(P)-Capt.
Godfrey Theodore CARAT, 81,
author and former foreign cor
respondent, has died while on
active service, il was announced
today. No details were given.
CARAT was made a member of
the order of the British Empire
only two weeks ago for "con-
spicuous gallantry in carrying
out hazardous work in a very
brave manner"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Forms Go Out

LANSING, May l - (P) -
Draft boards throughout the
state will send out occupational
missionaries Monday to men
who registered for selective
service February 16. Col. T.. Nj.
Rosecrans, State Selective Serv-
ice Director, said similar ques-
tionnaires would be sent later
to other registrants who have
not yet been called for military
training.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
To See Duce

TOKYO tfrom Japan e
broadcasts), May 1-(P)-Lieut.
Gen. Kazuyoshi Sakanishi, mill
tary attacbe at the japanese en-
bassy in Berlin, departed yester-
day for Rome where it was ex-
pected he would confer with
Premier MussoIini, Domei re-
ported today from the German
capital.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Axis Leaders
Conclude Two
Day (ontIave
Mutual Accord
Stressed by
Duce, Fuehrer
BY ROGER ID. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus
solini, whose meetings in the
past have frequently signalled
t h approach of momentous
events, met in a tWo-day con-
ference n d in & yesterday at
Salzburg, Austria, it was an
nounced officially today.
In the usual sterotyped form,
a German communique said the
Axis dictators met lin a spirit
Of close friendship and the in
dissoluble observation-disclosures
of their nations"
Allied conjecture, however,
centered on the possibility that
these points were discussed:
TRIPLE POSSIBILITIES
1. Last minute decisions on
the heralded German grand of
fensive against Russia.
2. Reports of smouldering re-
volt and war-weariness in It
ally.
3. A possible joint German
Italian final offer" of peace,
on Axis terms, to the Allies.
Informed British quarters de-
clared the purpose of the Salz-
burg conference obviously was
to keep Mussolini in line.
Hitler must keep both ends
of the Axis moving in the same
direction" these quarters said,
and 20" do this ne /. ust give
Mussolini a pep talk"
1t was the first meeting OF
the Fuehrer and II Duce since
their countries went to war
against the United States last
December.
PERFECT ACCORD
The official announcement
said:
"The meeting resulted in a
perfect accord of views on the
situation created by the over
whelming victories of the Tri-
partite wers and on the
further conduct of the war by
the two nations in both politi-
cal and military spheres"
There was no mention of ia
pan, the third member of the
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo b ] &C, hav-
ing been represented at the
meeting.
While the communique ex-
stolled past overwhelming vic
tories" by the Axis, Russia S
Premier Joseph Stain painted a
contrasting picture of the pres
ent, declaring in a May Day
manifesto:
War has brought to the Ger
man people great disappoint
ment, millions of human lives
sacrificed, hunger and impov-
erishment. Human reserves are
running out. Oil is running out
Raw materials are running
out"
FINAL NAZI DEFEAT
Stain declared that Russia
now receiving more and more
See EUROPE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01

MOSCOW, May 1-,H)-Rep-
resenting Russia as the hope of
all ircedom-loving nations for
"a force which is capable of saw
ing the world from the Hitherto
plague" Joseph Stain declared
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Pledge Aid

CHICAGO, May l --- Up --
Eric A. Johnston, newIy-elected
president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
today pledged the full cOOpera-
ton of his organization with
all governmental agencies and
with all other groups in our ma
tional life, '1- A,'ai v'ctrry"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Raid Rangoon

NEW DELHI, India, May -
Up - United States planes car
ried out a night raid on Japa-
nese-occupied RangOon, in Bur
ma, on the night of April 20, II
was announced here today.
Damage was done to the dock
area.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01

T he primary purpose OF a
blackout is to obscure or make
it difficult for the enemy planes
to locate their military object
i've from the presence of any
light below. II military OBJ
jeCtives only were BACKED out
See BLACKOUT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Gust German

SANTIAGO, Chile, May l -
up -- Willy Splicth, a former
officer of the German army, has
been ordered expelled from
Chile for having engaged in &C
tivities directed against the ma
tional sovereignty" the Ministry
of Interior announced last night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
L. A. Alert

Los ANGELES, May 1--UP)
The presence of an "unidenti-
fled target" later identified as
friendly silenced radio stations
for 38 minutes in Southern
California early today and caus-
ed an alert i'm Los Angeles, the
Army announced.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
Still Defiant

NER l. MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS; Aust liza,
MAY - CUP - Guns of Cor
regidOr, retorting to a furious
Japanese aerial and artillery at
tack, have shot down three en-
envy bOmbers, damaged two and
rained shells on enemy batteries,
truck columns and supply
dumps, Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur announced today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01

Impartial Coyerose
OF All Local News
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-01
FINAL NAZI DEFEAT

Stain declared that Russia,
now receiving more and more
See EUROPE-Page 2
Washington Journal., 1942-01-16
400 Meniden anf GnaOratmeilc
in Sapan

Sapon, cine Grippe fait fabler
8erginieln, muB oaraltf 100000
Meni6en erndbren, mas elmer 8epol-
ferungsoi6te BON 400 Yerionen per
Q~uaoratmeile entipri6t, Die 10-mal
GROCER lit als Die 8ereini9ten Staa-
ten. Dies beoeutet nift notnen0i-
gertpeiie groBe Scot. @noere Sea
tionen boben sic gleiAe 8epolfe-
rungsoidte 81 per5ei6nen ulo be-
i6peren iid aud niht. gum Sci
fpiel England, no 700 Herionen oilf
elmer Quaoratmeile 3liammenle6sn,
in 9elgien iogar 706. 9ieie 2anoer
iino duBerit inouitrialiiiert. sic
miiilen ale 2ebensmittel importie-
rem lino fiibren 5ertigprooufte aus.
9lu6 Sapan er5eugt niht ieinen
2ebensmittelbeoarf uno 5ebn Hro-
gent Heis, pobon ser groBte Cell Der
8eOolferung lebt, miiiien importiert
meroen. 9a3ll madt Sapan PIN
Itrengungen, nod oeuti6em uno ito
lienii6em Muiter, feline 8ebolfe-
rungs3abl 81 erboben. SIM Sabre
1860 bofft oas &ei6 oes Mifaoo
100000 Ginmobner 81 ba6en.