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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Aerial Blows
Save Malta
u. S. British
Filters Blast Fleet
BY N T.. GORRELL

"N
WITH THE BRITISH MEDI-
TERRANEAN FLEET, June II
- W,P - (Delayed)-A British
naval officer revealed today
that the Allied convoy which
ran the Axis gantlet in the his
torical aerial-naval battle just
ended may have saved Malta.
Day after day, the Germans
and Italians threw everything
they had from submarines and
motor torpedo boats to battle
ships and bombers into an at
tempt to sink the convoy with
which | was the only naval cor
respondent, and TO cripple the
British Mediterranean fleet.
THE enemy will probably at
tack day and night because they
are out to get Malta" said the
captain of the cruiser to which
| was assigned, after we left
Alexandria.
The enemy failed, we pushed
our badly needed supplies
through not only to Malta but to
besieged Tobruk, and when the
fleet turned back toward its
base the captain said:
malta might not have been
able to hold out without our
help"
He was advised later of the
role United States Consolidated
bombing planes had lad in the
attack on the Italian fleet and
that the entire battle was over.
DO THE JOB
1--WE have done the job" he
said, "a d we will do it again
when necessary
See MALTA-Page 2
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18th Squadron
Finances War:
Fights ii, too

Displaying an admirable de-
termination to help finance, -
we'll as fight, the war In which
they are actively engaged, the
227 officers and men Of TIN
seth Fighter Squadron, S0th
Fighter Group, At Selfridgo
Field, yesterday signed up .
masse for regular purchases o1
government War Bonds In tn
wake of the Presidents sigma
ture of the Army. Navy pay
raise bill.
Prior to the e0th's action ~
entire personnel Of tho Ttnan1q
and Signal Corps units q -
ridge had already 'sionfl1sd tDo44
100 per cent dseefmtnot.ua
buy bonds with mauv
in other units at IL -
Clemens Air Dase
suit. NR YIN
Tie seth Fighter 6quoG10 ~
commanded BY lst. Ibou2
v. Duncan. 4
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
BIa(koutSet
for Next Week
Only "a Hours Notice
Will Be Given Public

Mount Clemens will have an
all-out total blackout with all
special afraid services on the
job at an unannounced date next
week.
That was decided at a session
of the local Civilian Defense
Council following Sheriff Jacob
Theut's announcement that a
blackout would be held on "a
hours notice some day next
week.
The sheriff's announcement
was a formal order issued stat
ing that the same regulations
that directed the last blackout,
which was total in the county,
would apply in next weeks
case. 1t was issued in the sher-
ifs role of county commander
for Civilian Defense. /. pointed
out that violators of blackout
regulations may be prosecuted
eltner unOer the state law or a
local ordinance where the latter
exists. 1t specified that all lights
in the county will be extin-
guished save those for highway
flares and traffic control lights,
lights essential to railroad and
steamship navigation and warn
ing lights on barricades and ex-
cavations of city or public utili-
ties forces.
PLANS EXTENDED
The local defense council
went far beyond that in laying
its plans yesterday.
Not only will the city be
totally BACKED out but incidents
See BLACKOUT-Page 2
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NLRB Asks
enforcement
OI Cdic(

CINCINNATI, o., June l8 -
Up The National Labor Board
asked the Sixth u. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals today for en-
forcement of its order of March
10. against the Mount Clemens
(Mich.) Tool and Gear Works.
The firm was instructed by the
board to cease alleged discour-
agement of membership in the
international union, United Au-
tomobile Aircraft and Agricul-
tural Implement w Workers OF
America. (CIO).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Berlin Claims
Two Fronts
Claim Big Russion
Fort Occupied.
Tobruk EncircIed|
BY ROGER d. GREENE
Associated Press War Ediisr

Grave new threats to the Brit
ish armies in North Africa and
thc Russian defenders of Sevas-
topol we're reported today as the
German High Command assert
ed that Nazi troops had driven
into Sevastopol's immediate de-
Tense ring and had split the
British Libyan armies into two
parts.
\ bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
field headquarters said the Ger
man siege armies storming Sew
astopol, the last big Soviet
stronghold in the Crimea, had
captured Fort Gorky within two
miles of the harbor entrance.
STRONG BASTION
The communique described
Fort Gorky as "the most modern
and strongest bastion of the
whole fortress"
Besides capturing Fort Gorky
in the main Notifications north
of the city, the Axis assault
forces also drove back stubborn
Red Army troops on the SOUTH
ern Notifications. the HitIcs
Command said.
The Nazi claim Of havfnr
knitted into Sevastopol's ring u
notifications was unconfirmed
e. >where, the Russians declar-
ms they had beaten off a series
of savage new attacks.
In the Libyan desert struggle.
British imperial headquarters
acknowledged that Br itish
troops had withdrawn from two
key defense points ut Sidi Re-
zegh and Ell Adem.
The German High Command
said the British forces had been
split into two parts.
PURSUE BRITISH
A Nazi communique said
strong German and Italian tank
formations were pursuing the
eaSt-bound British col u m n.
which was described as fleeing
toward Bardia, IS miles from
the Egyptian frontier.
The communique assert e d
that several desert forts on the
southern perimeter of Tobruk's
defenses had been captured.
Tobruk, key to the defense OF
the valley of the Nile is ''practi-
cally' surrounded by Axis
troops, the Reuters correspond
ent in Cairo reported today.
Only the COASTAL road remains
open the correspondent said.
The Cairo dispatches said the
British desert armies had appar-
emily split into two forces, one
falling back to fortified posi-
tons near the Egyptian border.
<e other remaining to defend
" Ibruk.
WITHSTOOD SIEGE
Last year, the British with
stood eight months of violent
siege at the Mediterranean
coastal fortress until relieved by
See EUROPE-Page
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Mark Mckee Jr.
EnIists in Army

Pvt. Mark T. Mckee, End, of
milwaukee,, and former resident
of Mount Clemens, who enlisted
in the u. S. Army at Fort Sheri-
dan late in May, has been trans
ferred to the u. S. Army Arsenal
at Edgewood, Md.
Private Mckee is assigned TO
the Chemical Warfare division
and is undergoing basic training
at the arsenal.
The young enlistee is the son
of Mark T. Mckee, former
Mount Clemens resident, and
nephew of Paul w. Mckee, pub
Usher of the Daily Monitor
Leader and the South Macomb
News. He was born i'm Mount
Clemens and graduated from the
University of Iowa in 1941.
Throughout the summer of
1941 and early in 1912 young
Mckee served on the staff Of
the Daily Monitor-Lcadcr IN
Mount Clemens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18

Macomb county petroleum in
dustry leaders today looked to
the Riddles fol help in reclaim
ing sufficient rubber to avert the
threat Of gasoline rationing.
With old rubber selling for one
cent per pound at any of the
county's estimated 1000 service
stations, County Chairman Rus
sell Murphy was hopeful today
that the youngsters will comb at
tics, Easements and garages for
rubber.
Pointing out that the average
old tire weighs from 20 to 80
pounds, Murphy envisioned the
campaign as a gold mine for the
Riddles.
Most grOWnupS are donating
their rubber, but youngsters are
urged to accept the standard
price for the rubber.
More than 80 county petro-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Rotarians Plan
Lake Cruise
forFriday

A party of sixty Rotarians and
their wives will leave tomorrow
at IL am. for a cruise to Wal
laceburg, Ontario, on the Syn
deham river, an inspection of
the Wallaceburg glass factory
and a dinner at a Wallaceburg
hotel, it was announced this
morning by j. r. Doll, Rotarian
and chairman Of arrangements
for the cruise.
AS outlined the cruise will be
made aboard six vessels of the
powerboat squadron of the Gin
ton River Boat club. The craft
See ROTARY-Page 2
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Tax Equalization
Meeting is Called
Supervisors TO Eye
Toxotion Spreod

The regular tax equalization
meeting of the Macomb County
Board of Supervisors will be
held in the Supervisors room
of the county building, June D,
it was announced this morning
by County Clerk Guy l.. Brown.
The supervisors may consider
other items of county govern
ment besides the matter of tax
equalization at that time, it was
minated.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Blast Sub Base

LONDON, June Is - W.P -
British planes attacked the Ger
man submarine base at st. Ma
zaire, on the French coast, dur
ing the night and laid mines III
enemy waters while American
made Douglas Boston bOmbers
and Hurricane fighters attack
ed air fields and railroad object
ives i'm northern France and
Belgium, the Air Ministry SAID
today. One fighter plane is miss
ing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18

leum industry leaders meeting
at Gordon's Grill last night heard
S. c. Williams, of the War Pro-
duction Board, Salvage Division,
described the reclamation pro-
gram as "vitally important to
you men, your wives and fam
lilies" +. M. Blough and j. M.
Hammer, also of Detroit, address
sed the group.
Murphy said today that so tons
of old rubber has already been
collected in the county. He said
that Charles Meldrum, boat liv-
cry proprietor near Denmarsh
donated so old tires after reading
in the Daily Monitor-Leader yes
terday that the reclamation drive
is underway.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
RCAF Aids u. s,
Defend Alaska

VICTORIA, B. c., June IL
-tU,P-- Lieut.-Gen. Kenneth
Stuart, commander of the Ca
madam armed forces on the
Pacific coast, announced to-
day that Royal Canadian Air
Force planes and anti-aircraft
units had been aiding u. S.
squadrOnS in the defense of
Alaska. Stuart said that RCAF
SquadrOns and anti aircraft
units of the Canadian army
had been cooperating with
American forces i'm Alaska
''fOr several days"
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ASsassins Strike

LONDON, June Is - up -
The Berlin radio in a Paris dis
patch repOr. d by Reuters said
today al attempt had been made
Ia ~assassinatc the public prose-
cutor of Dion. 1t said a parcel
which was handed to him yes
terday with other mail in court
exploded and caused serious in
j~uries.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Air ASccndancy

ABOARD A T.. S. WARSHIP,
PEARL HARBOR, June l8 -
UP Naval Experts charted
their plans for the next phase
CT the "acific war today on the
basis Of a new conception Of
strategy, laid down by Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz, that air pow
er had taken the leading role in
Pacific fleet engagements and
will continue to do SO as the
war progresses.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Pacific Naval Victories
Lift Threat 10 West Coast
CAPT. Kaiser
Breezes Home

Capt. Carl +. Kaiser, of the
Royal Air Force Ferry Com
mand, left England early
Monday morning, London
time, spanned the Atlantic in
a speedy transport plane, and
arrived home in ROseville in
time to attend a Rotary club
dinner (EWT) that same
night! Capt. Kaiser, former
Erin township treasurer and
active MacOmb county pOliti-
cal figure, is making a brief
visit in ROseville with his wife
and the couples nine year old
son.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Seek Aid fChiIdren
in Gathering Scrap Rubber
Murphy Points to VitoI Need
and Hopes Youngsters Cooperate

Gasoline trucks Of all 10 coun-
ty wholesale companies today
bore this iegand: 1--WE pick up
scrap rubber. Do your part to
escape gas r%ationing."
To stimulate interest in the
drive, East Detroit and Roseville
theatre owners are admitting
children free to Saturdays matt
nee provided they turn in a stip-
ulated amount of old rubber.
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Planes Perform

BUFFALO, n. Y, June IL -
(P)-- Gen. III. II. Arnold, chief
of the u. S. Army Air Force,
cOmmends Bell Aircraft COrpor-
alton for the part played by Bell
AiracObras (P-39 in "the sue
cess achieved in repulsing the
enemy during the recent fight
ing off the Aleutian Islands,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Seize Offensive

MOSCOW, June Is - U.R -
The Red Army has seized the
offensive on part Of the Kharkov
t., fierceIy assaulting the
Germans, whose hardest infan-
try, tank and plane attacks had
been shattered, it was reported
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18

LONDON, June Is - (H) -
Lewis Crommelin MaSefield, 81
year-old son of Poet Laureate
John Mascfield, was "kiiled in
action far from home in recent
fighting" IT was announced to-
day. He was the author of a
novel Gross and Double Cross
a social satire published in 1886,
and was a former newspaper
man.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Japs withdraw

CHUNGKING, June Is -VU'H
$3.50 Chinese success in stOrming
tho outer defenses of Nanchang,
provincial capital of kiangsi,
has forced the Japanese to with
draw troops from nearby OIL
fensives to reinforce the Nan
chang garrison, it was disclosed
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Sink 10 Ships

BERLIN From g. crm
BrOadcastS). June Is - az -
German submarines have sunk
10 more ships totaling 100 900
tons i'm the Atlantic and Carib-
bean, the High Command an
pounccd in a special communi-
que today.
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Hints Sledge-Hammer Blows at Japs i'm Making
ate
bulletins
NaZiS ThWartcd

WASHINGTON, June 18-U.P)
Germany is trying to keep a
foothold in Latin America but
informed diplomats today fore
saw eventual uccess for United
States efforts to rid this heml-
sphere of Axis activities.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18

If you have old tires, girdles,
hot water bottles, garden hose
in fact. anything made of
rubber-take it to your near
est service station. If your con-
tributiOn is too heavy to carry
OF you live i'm the country, tele
phone 318 for pickup service.
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Shmson Says
ceR
BY u. s. Blows

WASHINGTON, June 18 -
tP)-Secretary of War Stimson
said today the losses inflicted
on the japanese in the Pacific
had temporarily but substantial
ly reduced the threat of an at
tack on the Pacific coast which
he has repeatedly said might be
expected.
War and Navy Department in
formation is, he said, that the
Japanese thus far had made
only a very small landing" in
the Aleutian Islands off Alaska
but he stressed that fog and UNI
favorable weather obSCured de-
vclopments in the north Pacific.
Information is still Incom-
plete, the Secretary also told his
press conference, on the earlier
air and sea engagement off Mid
way.
FLEET SCATTERED
But after three days fighting
the enemy fleet was scattered
all over the Pacific ocean,
huStling away as fast as it could
in the. opposite direction, with
out air protection" he added.
In the Aleutians. Stimson said,
the American Japanese forces
thus far had had only fleeing
glimpses of each other through
the eyes of airmen.
He promised that the govern
See COAST-Page 2
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Expanding U.S..
Power Cited
b Admiral
Bottle Strength
Soors, Admire.
Tells Nation
BY the Associated Press

A picture Of tremendously
growing American strength in
the battle of the Pacific, where
u. S. airmen have already ex-
acted a l0-to-1 toll in Japanese
me and planes, was drawn by
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz to-
day along with a hint that new
sledgehammer blows against
Japan are in the offing.
1--WE are greatly increasing our
battle strength Admiral MINI
itz declared,
Our ships, planes and pilots
are being added in constantly in
crcasing numbers
ROTATE GROUPS
The commandments of the
u. S. Pacific fleet told veterans
OF the two great air-Sea battles
of Midway Island and the Coral
Sea that while American air
craft carrier personnel had Suf-
fered hard losses since the war
began, with little rest or relief,
1t will soon be possible to or
ganize additional carrier groups
and rotate them"
I'VE can take satisfaction in
the knowledge that in every
meG'ing wish the enemy. since
Dec. 7, his losses have greatly ex-
-eeded ours -. In the Coral Sea
and Midway actions, his person
mel losses were at least ten times
greater than ours, and his plane
losses in almost the same ra-
ito"
Meanwhile, American bombers
were preparing to help General
issimo Chang Kai-Shek'S hard
driven armies in China.
Announcement that Col. Caleb
V. Haynes, of North Caroline,
veteran of the battle of Burma,
had been appointed chief of the
See PACIFIC-Page 3
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Legion - Frederick Branden-
burg, MCHS, and Robert Du-
prey, st. Marys.
County Treasurer Carl B.
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Explosion
Injuries Five
Two LoeoI People
Hurt i'm BIost

Theron A. Pomeroy, 33, Of
1866 Harper, Mount Clemens, his
wife, Elsie, 80, and three others
are in st. Joseph's hospital today
recuperating from severe burns
suffered at 1000 pm. Wednes-
day when a 30-foot cabin cruis-
er exploded as it lay at dock on
HarsenS Island in the st. Clair
River.
A sixth victim, Ray l.. Pointer,
of Birmingham, owner of the
cruiser, was at his home today
suffering from three broken
ribs. He said the boat exploded
and took fire when he stepped
on the starter.
Pomeroy sustained second de
gree burns about the face and
one arm while his wife was less
seriously burned on the face and
one hand, DR.. Daniel Buckley,
Pomeroy's brother-in-law, said
TODAY.
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LEGS BROKEN

LGpo DNOnEN
Most seriously injured was
Harrison Pat Williams, A, of
Detroit, who suffers from frac-
lures of both legs and burns. Less
seriously hurt were Edith Hawk,
26, and Mary Genik, Is, both of
Detroit.
Pomeroy, a Metropolitan Life
Insurance salesman, and his wife
met Pointer for the first time
when they stopped at San Souci
Inn en- route to Mount Clemens
where they planned to attend
the graduation tonight of a niece,
Nancy Buckley, from Mount
Clemens High school.
See BOAT-Page
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-06
Officers Named by
Presbyterian Union

New officers for the year were
elected and annual reports were
read al the annual meeting Of the
Presbyterian Women's Union,
Thursday afternoon In the church
parlors. New officers are Mrs. Vic
tor Wilson. president; Mrs. A. L
Cushman. first vice president; Mrs
G. Warren Cakes. second vice presi-
dent: Mrs. w. Pattinson, cores
ponding secretary; Mrs. Ronald
Missy. recording secretary; and
Mrs. R. r. Rubison, treasurer. II was
decided that groups three and four
would disband and reorganize into
four groups OF Is members each.
Annual reports OF the Union, mis-
sionary and individual groups were
given. The coin boxes were collect
ed and a brief talk was given by
Mrs. Cotton Cottrell, missionary
program chairman.
After the meeting gift was pre-
scented TO Mrs. Holstead in apprecil-
ton OF her three years service as
president. The presentation OF the
lovely gift was made by DR.. Ellen
VI. Brown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-06
Democracy, Christianity Must
go Together WS.CS. Told

The Study Book. Christian Roots
OF Democracy in America" by DIT.
Walter z. Holt, was reviewed by
Mrs. Harlow Lalng al the regular
meeting OF the Woman's Society OF
Christian Service in the Methodist
Church parlors Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. George Norman, program
chairman. presented Mrs. LANG VINO
spoke OF DR.. Hollis book saying II is
a series Of lectures. She brought
out the belief that democracy and
Christianity must go hand in hand,
and that the church has big PROB
len in this connection. In quoting
Or. Holt Mrs. Laing said The estab'
fishing OF churches helps In three
ways: lst. TO help the people TO
worship. second, 10 teach people TO
read the Bible, and third. 10
create in people a concern for other
people" Dr.. Holt says also, that
democracy must be saved from With
in, and that democracy constitutes
the soil in which Christianity can
grow, and they must stand together
II they are to survive. They have
never teen separated in all our
American history" In closing Mrs.
Laing said. I'VE must have a gen.
Grafton Of people whose spirits are
stirred by great truths in Christian
ity and seek a sound order which
will give the spirit Of Christianity a
chance for social expression"
Mrs. P. E. Skinner led the deyo-
lions reading from Psalm, 37th chap
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stop-the mother should not EN-.
barrass him by Iebuke before the
guest but give MIN something else
to do that will occupy his mind
Children should be helped to find
their place in a group or In the
home. Growth cannot be forced. BY
putting emphasis on what they can
do rather than what they cannot &C
complish, growth may be encour-
aged. Another thing the child needs
is SELF respect and the mother can
find many ways in which 10 help
tn child TO attain 1t.
At short business session. the
nominating committee made its re-
port, which will be acted upon at
the next meeting.
The co-hostesses. Mrs. Louis Hub
bard and Mrs. Ralph Oltmanns
served refreshments. Mrs. Ernest
H. Chapelle will entertain the club
at the next meeting, March 10.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-06
Knights of Pythias
to be Hosts to Area
Meeting Here Sunday

Queen City Lodge. number 1857,
Knights OF Pythias. will be host
lodge for the Southeastern Michigan
Pythian Area Association meeting
10 be in X. P. Hall Sunday after
noon. A. Z. Augustus. chairman.
will call the meeting TO order at 2
o'clock. Ralph Mcdonald, chairman
OF entertainment. will be In charge
OF the program. The area comprises
all OF the lodges in the Thumb dis
trict, west as far as Flint and south
to the Ohio border. Members meet
each month TO exchange ideas for
the betterment OF the lodges. and for
a social time. The association OF
20 lodges has a complete set Of Off
GERS with the Grand Lodge officer,
Ivan Johnston. Mt. Clemens, super.
visor. The association was formed
two years ago. Wives OF members
and friends will be guests. A large
crowd is expected as the February
meeting was omitted on account OF
bad roads and the tire and gas short.
age.
Pythian Sisters will provide a
lunch following the meeting.