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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Loyal Workers
Serve IS
at Chinese Event

APPROXIMATELY IS per-
sons were served yesterday by
Loyal Workers Circle of Kings
Daughters, at a Chinese dinner
and card party. Chinese lam
terms, made by Shirley Streu,
decorated the Kings Daughters
Home where the event was held,
with serving at noon and again
in the evening.
Tables were conferred with
vases of Chinese flowers, a n d
table prizes were tiny h a n d.
carved Chinese vases. House
prize, larger vase, was won by
Mrs. Charles Linington.
Mrs. Martin Ross assumed
general craftsmanship when her
co-chairman, Mrs. Ellis Streu,
became ill. She was assisted by
Mrs. Jennie Kidd, Mrs. Frank
Leary. Mrs. Ernest Howell, Mrs.
]. L. Shaw, Mrs. Oscar Hahn
and Mrs. Wayne Leach, circle
members, and by Elizabeth Ross,
Shirley Streu and Patricia
Leach, daughters of members.
MIR. AND MRS. c. A. BER-
NIER of 20202 Pelkey, Detroit,
announce the arrival of son,
born Wednesday morning in a
Detroit hospital. Mrs. Bernier is
the former Bernice Moran, prin-
cipal of Dickinson school.
ARLYN CURTIS left Monday
for a months stay in Midland,
Tex, where she will visit Pvt.
August l.. Meldrum, who Is sta
toned at Ellington Field.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Recent Bride
Feted at Shower

MRS. CHESTER ROBINSON,
q New Years Day bride, was
honored last evening at q kit
chen shower given by Emmeline
and Margaret Berger Of IS
Third street. The honor guest
was formerly Helen Mallast.
Airplane bunco was the
game of the evening, with
prizes going to Mrs. Robinson.
Mrs. Emil Mallast and Louise
School.
MRS. GEORGE w. JOHN was
surprised last evening by q show
er and housewarming at her new
home at 3051 South Rover road.
Guests were 16 first cousins OF
Mrs. John, who came from De-
troit, Crosse Pointe, Pontiac and
Fair Haven for the party.
MIR. AND MRS. ALVIN HAM
ESTER will entertain their sup
per club on Sunday evening at
their home In Seminole Hills.
MRS. CLIFFORD MASON of
Pontiac entertained members
of her Mount Clemens bridge
club at luncheon at her home on
Thursday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22

CHURCH CHOIRs joining
with the Mount Clemens Civic
Chorus for the Easter Concert
Sunday. March 20, include the
Baptist, Methodist, Zion Evan
gelical and Grace Episcopal. The
Salvation Army will also partici-
pate in the program.
There Is still time for those
who wish to join the chorus to
do 20. Dues are reduced for the
remainder Of the year, and the
chorus will welcome new men,
bers at the next rehearsal, Tues
day, In the Community Room Of
Mount Clemens High school at
7.30 o'clock.
Dates for future combined re-
hearsals with church choirs are
Feb. II and March II. There
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Youne-Durst Plans
areAnnounced Today

MIR. AND MRS. CARL s.
YOUNG, 1921 North Gratiot
avenue, announce the approach
ing marriage of their daughter,
Barbara, to Leslie j. burst, son
Of Mrs. Leona burst, Of ~ Wash
ington avenue.
The wedding will take place
at the home of the bride on Feb.
Il at 8 o'clock in the evening,
with Rev. John l.. Bearse of JEFF
ferson Avenue Baptist church
reading the service. The BRIDE
sister Shirley and Chester White
will be the only attendants. APP
proximately 80 guests are expec-
ted to attend.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Fashion DEGREES Spring FriIls
TO Divert Minds from Grim War

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22-R
For spring, dame fashion de-
crees flounces, flowers and frills.
We've got to help build
morale. War is pretty grim.
The women must do their part
to take the mems minds off from
their more serious duties" ex-
planned a designer as Cali
fornia's spring styles were pre-
viewed for the nations retail
buyers.
Peek-a-boo blouses are back.
So are peplums and jabots. ~
Only n business hours will the
office girl wear such practical
clothes as tailored suits. Else
where. from bathing beach to
formal parties, the keynote is
femininity, plus.
Necklines are virtually disap-
pearing. The tendency is for
complete coverup, right up to
the chin. That's supposed to be
more sophisticated.
The veil, with its hint Of mys-
terry, is back accomanied by hats
decorated with everything from
azaleas to giraffes.
Women will take their CLAM
our even into defense factories.
Stacks suits are shown in a var
iety of styles, each smartly tail
ored.
There's no reason why girls
should look like droops just be-
cause they work in a factory"
said n designer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Regent Attends
Detroit OAR Fete

MRS. HOWARD FENTON,
regent of Mount Clemens Alex
ander Macomb Chapter OF
Daughters of the American Re-
volution, today attended the
double celebration of Louisa st.
Clair Chapter in Detroit.
The event, luncheon and re-
ception at Newberry House,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Anti-Sticker

TO PREVENT rice sticking
to the pan while cooking, first
grease the pan with butter. The
same method will prevent choc-
olate sticking TO a pan while
being melted.
JUNIOR MACCABEES will
meet Saturday at ] o'clock in
Barron hall for tap-dancing,
meeting and installation prac-
tise, in preparation for the pub
lie installation on Feb. IA, at
2 pm.
ERT VALENTINE Of
Clinton River road is celebrating
his birthday anniversary today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22

Skirts aren't yielding to the
upward surge of 1918,
though. They remain at II
inches above the ground. Rem
ember how they scared above
the knees in the flapper era?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
b. and Mrs. Croan Plan Dinner Bridge Saturday for IS Guests
Meeting Tonight

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
the Women's Guild Of Zion Ev'
sngelical Church will meet this
evening at 7:S0 o'clock in the
parish house.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-22
Doctors
and Wives
Invited

DIR. AND MRS. JOSEPH M.
CROMAN, Jr.. will entertain SO
doctors and their wives at din
ner on Saturday, followed by
bridge during the evening.
Out-of-town guests include
Mrs. Croman's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. K. =.
Graul of Groose Pointe, DR.. and
Mrs. Edmund Dudzinski Of New
Baltimore, DR.. and Mrs. Russell
Lynch of Center Line; DR.. and
Mrs. Bruce Wiley of Utica, DR..
and Mrs. Charles Rivard Of st.
Clair Shores, DR.. and Mrs. o. F.
Banting Of Richmond, and Dr..
and Mrs. Edward Isbey OF De-
troit.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Funeral Services Today
For Mrs. Mamie Butler

Mrs. Mamie de SauSsure Bostick
Butler, widow of Senator Matthew
Calbraith Butler of South Carolina
who died yesterday at her home,
2l23 California street NV, was to
be buried in Rock Creek Cemetery
following funeral services at 3 pm
today at Bethlehem Chapel, Wash
ington Cathedral. The Rev. ze
Barney Phillips. chaplain of the
Senate and dean of the Cathedral,
was to offlciate.
Mrs. Butler came here as a child
from her family home in Beaufort,
S. c., Immediately after the Civil
War with her mother and two sisters
and has lived here almost continu-
ously since shat time. Her first hus-
band, Charles Sidney Whitman, a
graduate of the Naval Academy,
practiced law here until his death in
1896. In 1908 she was married to
the Senator, who died four years
later.
She is survived by two sisters Mrs
Samuel T. Fisher and Mrs. Ernest
Wilkinson, mother of Rear Admiral
U. S. Wilkinson, chief of naval in
telligence: three children. Mrs. Win
throp McKim of Tuxedo Park
N. Y; Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth of
Washington, and Edward Whitman
of Green Spring Valley, Baltimore
seven grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
56 Reach Port Safely
From Torpedoed u. S. Ship

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March IA
(P).-Fifty- six Of probably total of
81 crew and passengers of a small
United States merchant chip tor
pedoed and sunk on March 6 have
reached Haitian and Cuban ports, it
was confirmed here today.
Some survivors were rescued after
three days in the water while a
naval vessel picked up two others
after five days On an impIOvised raft
without food or water.
Thirty-four members of the crew
Of Norwegian tanker also arrived
here. They were picked up by the
Navy after go hours in lifeboats.
One lifebOat with seven crew men,
bers from the Norwegian ship is
still missing.
Three Of the 81 passengers and
crew were women and the others
were defense workers en- route to
Puerto Rico.
Two Of the rescued were picked up
by a naval vessel and told of escap-
ing from burning oil on the water
following the ships torpedoing. One
said that it was certain that the
submarine sent incendiary shells
into the vessel, after torpedoing her,
in order to set it on fire.
One passenger became insane
after three days and slipped of the
raft.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Mrs. John Meiggs Even
Dies at Dauqhfer's S Home

Mrs. John Meiggs Even, member
of prominent Chicago family, died
yesterday at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Milton Simpson, 5000 Fox
hall road NV.
Mrs. Even was the aunt Of Capt.
Joseph Medill Patterson, president
of the New York Daily News, and
Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson, editor
and publisher of the Washington
Times Herald. Her brother, Robert
Wilson Patterson, who died in 1910,
was editor of the Chicago Tribune.
She was the daughter of DR..
Robert Wilson Patterson and Julia
Quigley Patterson. A pioneering
clergyman of the Middle West, her
father went to Chicago in 1s43. She
was married to John Meiggs Even,
noted architect and engineer, in
Chicago in 1887.
Mr.. and Mrs. Even made their
home with Mrs. Simpson for about
eight years, moving here shortly be-
fore Mr.. Ewen's death.
Her son-in-law, Mr.. Simpson, is
an attorney representing the firm
of Root, Clark, Buckner and Balla-
tine. Her son, John Meiggs Even, is
also an attorney and is engaged in
the real estate business in Arling-
ton, Va.
Besides the son and daughter, shs
is survived by four grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs. William A. Phillips
Of Evanston, Ill. Funeral services
will be held in Chicago at a date
to be set later.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Sub Damages Two Ships
In st. Lucia Island Attack

CASTRIES, st. Lucia Island,
March IA (P).-An enemy submarine
damaged two ships here Monday
night in an attack on this Windward
Island, on which outposts of United
States Caribbean defenses are To-
Gated.
An official British announcement,
withheld until yesterday, said that
neither ship was sunk and that cas-
ualties were slight.
GA German communique said
Thursday that two ships were
sunk at the quay in the inner
harbor of Castries and that a
third was sunk in waters around
the island)
The United States bases. part of
the defense screen thrown about
the Panama Canal, are located in
another part Of the island.
st. Lucia is the northernmost of
the WindWard Islands, some 20 miles
south of the Vichy-ruled French is
land of Martinique.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Sub Uses Five Torpedoes
To Sink British Tanker

NEW YORK, March IA tP).-Ihe
submarine which sank the 5,685-ton
British tanker La Carierre on Feb
ruary 25 was persistent, surviving
members of the tanker's crew said
in relating yesterday how the en-
emy craft made three attacks and
used five torpedoes before their ship
went down.
Six men told the story at the Brit
ish Merchant Navy Club. They
weer among the 25 rescued of a
crew of Al.
Third Officer William Baille said
the first attack came at 7::30 pm.
February "a, two torpedoes striking
the tanker. Damaged but afloat and
able to make headway, the ship
headed for Puerto Rico.
At 11:10 pm, he continued, an
other torpedo passed within 10 feet
of the stern of the ship.
Tanker Opens Fire.
I'VE opened fire at an object in
the water, which apparently was a
| submarine" Mr.. Baillie said. 1T
was about 800 yards away. 1t was
low slung, with long coming
tower. None of us knew what the
nationality was, but some of the
men thought it may have been an
Italian or French submarine. After
we fired the submarine submerged" b"
Regarding the possibility that
the submarine was Of French manu-
facture, a Washington naval spokes-
man pointed out that the Germans
acquired some French submarines
as spoils of war when they occupied
the north French coast)
At 2 am. the next morning the
submarine was successful. Two
more torpedoes struck the ship and
cut the bow off. The tanker sank
within two or three minutes. Two
| lifeboatS were blown from their
davits by the blast, but the jolly
boat was blown into the sea right
side up
Mr.. Baillie said he swan for 10
minutes to reach the raft. With
him was Cecil Woods. a seaman.
Captain Is Rescued.
"I and Woods saw the jolly-boat
at about 5 am" he related. 1t
then contained two men. We trans
ferred our provisions to it from our
raft and got in" The chief engineer
died in the boat, Mr.. Baillie said,
and the survivors reached Guanica,
P. R., at pm. that day.
Capt. Robert Cairnes, 69-year- -old
master Of the tanker, was rescued
by a Coast Guard cutter after cling
ing to piece of wood for u hours.
Mr.. Bainie said the master. who
told of sucking water from the
buttons on his jacket to combat
thirst, said he heard motors and
voice while drifting which he be-
lieved to have come from the SUBJ
marine
The six men interviewed here
were, in addition to Mr.. Baillie,
Fourth Engineer John Lawley. Ra-
dio Operator John Richards and As
sistant Radiomen Ray Densley and
Frederick Mills-and Second Officer
David v. Davies.
What about their plans?"
"Oh, it will be another ship
again." they said.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Writer Tells How British Escaped Ring of Jops
At Rongoon Despite Snipers ond Air Armada

to my wife and tell her I am all
right. Here's her address"
He thrust a piece of paper into
my hand.
A moment later he popped his
head out of the turret and shouted,
"the captain wants you to tell his
wife that he's all right too"
Then a tight-lipped youth with
his tommy gun still smoking strolled
casually up to me and said:
I'm Mr. Hippsley of London. Tell
me ma that I'm okeydoke, will va,
miSter?"
Twice more we sat in our jeep
while Jap fighters strafed the road
or ran from it to sheltering bitches
while the bombers took a further
toll. And all the time snipers con-
tinued, to pick of the unwary. Once
a colonel In the tank in front of us
popped up in the turret to wave en-
couragement to us and a sniper's
bullet ripped the hat from his head.
He clambered out to retrieve it.
When the bombs ended the Japs
struggled away over the horizon. The
convoy was passing into open coun-
try of paddy fields. We had left our
convoy at 7:45 and 1t was now 9:25
m, an hour and a half of hell dur
ing which I had seen men face
danger and die with a nonchalance
I will never forget. For five DAYS
they had not eaten or slept. They
had seen their friends killed in
guerrilla warfare in which they were
unable to come to grips with tie
enemy. They had brought the mass
of Britain's armed strength in Bur-
ma through hundreds of miles of
peril. They waved us on with CHEEKY
smiles as We passed them with the
colonel's parting words still in our
ears:
I'VE expect they'll come back to
give us another pasting; you boys
better push on"
Evening star., 1942-03-14

chair in 1922 was unsuccessful and
he was defeated by the late Gov.
william w. Brandon. He again en-
tered the race in 1925 and was VIC
torious, serving four years.
Barred by Alabama's constitution
from seeking reelection, he retired
and practiced law for four years and
made another successful race in
1884, defeating Judge Leon McCord
of Montgomery, and Frank M
Dixon Of Birmingham, now Cover
nor.
In 1889, Mr.. Graves twice refused
appointment as Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture under Henry A. Wal
lace, writing him December Is, 1889,
that he believed removal OF freight
rate barriers mean more to the
economic oneness of our Nation than
does any other single event since
the war between the States" He
added: $50 must keep on keeping
on where I am. here at home"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Evans Hits McKeNar's
Defense Of Crump
In Senate Speech
Abusive Smoke Screen
Charged by Publisher
In Poll Tux Row
Ey the Associated Press.

An assertion by Senator McKellar,
Democrat, of Tennessee, on the Sem
ate floor that Silliman Evans, pub
Usher, was 'willfully and deliber-
ately malicious and wickedly untrue"
in testifying for ban on poll taxes
brought from Mr.. Evans the reply:
"Since Senator McKellar cannot
seriously question the truth of (my)
statement, he tried to raise a smoke
screen of abusive verbiage toward
me, capped with an unusually ef-
fusive salute to his Caesar, Edward
Hull Crump, Democratic political
chieftain in Tennessee"
Senator McKellar and his Demo-
cratic colleague, Senator Stewart,
denied yesterday charges Of Mr..
Evans that the "Crump machine"
owed its power to the poll tax sys-
tenn. Mr.. Evans made the assertion
during testimony before a Senate
Judiciary subcommittee holding
hearings on bill to prohibit the
imposition of poll taxes as a pre-
requisite for voting in an election
of Federal officials.
MIR. Crump has a splendid po-
litical organization in Memphis" ="
Senator McKellar said.
Warming to his subject, Senator
McKellar said Mr.. Crump's success
in politics was primarily due to his
masterful leadership; to his honesty;
to his courage; to his fair and square
dealing, and to his winning person.
atty which is known all over our
State and Nation"
AS to Mr.. Evans, the Senator said
Il have tried to get along with him,
but wholly without success" after
explaining that Jesse Jones, Secre-
tary of Commerce, was Mr.. Evans
"backer or his friend"
I'm the highest degree of sincerity,
I say, Mr.. President, that Edward
Hull Crump is one of the greatest
men Of Tennessee in all her history
and worthy disciple of our patron
saint, Andrew Jackson"
In a statement, Mr.. Evans, pub
Usher of the Nashville Tennessean
and the Chicago Sun, said: Senator
McKellar has risen to a point of
personal privilege on the floor of the
Senate. where he speaks with bliss
full immunity, to deliver his shop
worn hymn of alteration for Mr. Ed
Crump, political boss of Memphis. %
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Chicago Grain
By tht Associated Press.

CHICAGO, March 14-The grain
market developed downward trend
today after an early show Of steadi-
ness, wheat and rye leading the
decline.
Another pause in milling demand
accounted largely for withdrawal Of
support that had been in evidence
in the wheat pit earlier in the week.
Buying inspired by House passage
of the agricultural appropriations
bill including restrictions on Gov
ernment sales Of wheat and corn,
was short lived and small fractional
gains posted early in the session
would not stick.
Failure of flour and milling &C
tivity to expand as many traders
had expected, prior to temporary
suspension Of Government wheat
offers to mills after today. was
a bearish factor. While some mill
and flour buying has been reported
the past few days, the volume was
not regarded as large.
There were reports that the COM
modify credit corporation had sold
some wheat in the southwest, but
this business apparently was limited
to certain grades on which prices
were at sufhcient discount to at
tract buyers. Generally speaking
prices of privately owned wheat at
all markets are several cents below
minimum quotations asked for C.
c. G. stocks.
Kansas City reports indicated mills
were active buyers in the spot mar
ket yesterday, but this was not Of
sufficient force to influence futures
prices materially. Little grain that
has been under loan appeared on
the market. but traders expressed
belief an advance of only a few
cents Is all that would be necessary
to bring. increased supplies out Of
storage.
At II am, wheat was NJ cent
lower compared with yesterdays
finish, May $l.2SN, July $l.31A;
corn h-A lower, May 8sA, July
so%; rye i lower.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
u. ). Merchant Ship
Sunk by Submarine
Off Northern Cuba
All But Nine Men From
Texans Crew Of At
Are Accounted For

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, March 14.-Authorita-
tive information said today the
United States merchant vessel Texan
had been sunk by enemy U-boat ac-
ton of NeuvitaS, North Cuba, and
that all but nine of the Altman crew
was accounted for.
The names Of the missing crewmen
were given as: Chief Engineer Paul
Boechenke, Fourth Engineer Charles
Lott, Wipers Wakefield and Nc
Manus, Boatswain Morland, Chief
Steward F. j. Ryan, Pantryman Cur
liel and Crewmen John Maisonette
and F. p War.
Three survivors were injured.
Santiago press dispatches also told
of the arrival at a nearby port Of
lifeboats bearing the name "Olga"
and the Havana Post said maritime
circles reported "a steamed believed
to be the Olinda, of undetermined
registry, had also been sunk in the
same vinicinity where the Texan is
said to have been attacked"
The Texan was 7005-ton
freighter owned by the American
Hawaiian Steamship Co.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Anti-MucArthur Picket
Volunteers for Army
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fresS.
FORT CUSTER, Mich. March IA
He once picketed meeting be-
cause Gen. Douglas Macarthur was
the speaker, but Leonard Grumet,
33-year -old veteran of the Spanish
civil war, says he's ready now to
join the general in action against
the Axis.
Mr.. Grumet, whose parents live
in Turtle Creek, Pa, left position
as social worker in Detroit to join
the Army and now is awaiting as
signment at this recruit reception
center. He recalled today that as a
student at the University of Pitts
burgh he marched outside an audi
torium in which Gen. Macarthur
was speaking lin protest over the
fact that an Army man was speak
ing instead Of an educator"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
David Bibb Graves, 68, Twice
Governor of Alabama, Dies
Ex-OfficiuI Seeking
Third Term Stricken
By Heart Attack
By the Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March A.
David Bibb Graves, 68, twice Gov
ernor of Alabama and a candidate
for a third term, died unexpectedly
at Sarasota, Fla, early today.
Mrs. Graves was awakened by the
former Governors heavy breathing
and summoned DR.. A. L. Matthews
about 2 am, The physician said he
died shortly after.
Mr.. Graves recently underwent
operations in Baltimore and was
convalescing at Sarasota before
opening his campaign for the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination in
the May primary.
DR.. Matthews attributed the death
to a hea& attack.
Born on a farm near Hope Hull,
Ala, Mr.. Graves was reared in the
country and educated at the Uni
versity of Alabama, University of
Texas and Yale, where he was q
Phi Beta Kappa.
He was the first to serve two full
four-year terms as Governor and
he had planned to begin his cam
paign for a third term on March 81.
The body will be returned here
Sunday, accompanied by Mrs.
Graves, his only immediate surviv-
ing relative. Funeral plans had not
been completed.
Mrs. Graves is a former United
States Senator by appointment of
her husband.
World War Officer.
Mr.. Graves rose from farm boy
to become a member of the State
House of Representatives, adjutant
general of Alabama and chairman of
the State Democratic Executive
Committee. He was colonel in the
Rainbow Division and he organized
the American Legion in this State.
His first bid for the Governors
Evening star., 1942-03-14
U. S. Daughters of 1872
Shift PorIey From Capital
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14.-Thc
50th annual meeting of the National
Society, United States Daughters Of
1872, will be held April 26-29 in
Philadelphia, Mrs. Percy Y. Schelly,
national president, announced to-
day.
The meeting was transferred from
Washington, location of the organ
ization's conventions for many years,
because of crowded conditions.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Air Corps Graduates
Sergeant Pilots Class

BY the Associated Press
The War Department announced
today that the first class of flying
sergeants had been graduated as
Army pilots.
Training of enlisted men began
last fall at a civil contract flying
school in the Air Corps Gulf coast
area. They received the same ground
and air instructions given aviation
cadets who become officers.
The enlisted men attain the rank
Of staff sergeant pilots upon gradua-
ton and are paid s108 month while
on flight duty.
The War Department said other
enlisted men are now being trained
to fly combat planes. 1t was esti-
mated about 20 per cent of the
Army's pilot strength would be COM
posed of non-commissioned officers