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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

100000 people of Italy to over
throw their dictator and sue for
peace.
After the conclusion Of the Medi-
terranean campaign, Churchill said,
Africa will serve the purpose for
which Lieut.. Gen. Dwight D. Elsen-
hover is preparing it-as spring
board from which large scale op-
erations on the continent of Europe
can be undertaken.
The route for this attack, he in
Dictated, lay through Italy. "Our OPP
era+ions in French Africa should en-
able us to bring the weight of the
war home to the Italian Fascist
state in a manner not hitherto
dreamed of by its guilty leaders, or
still less, by the unfortunate people
Mussolini has led, exploited and dis
graced."
If the italian people wish to es-
cape prolonged, scientific and
shattering air attack he said, they
would have to overthrow the Musso-
lini government. cts for the Ital-
ian people -. to say whether they
want this terrible thing to happen to
their country or not"
Although the Churchill talk was
optimistic, he warned that the war
is likely to be long one and that
bloody and bitter years lie ahead.
He refused to predict whether the
war in Europe will be over before
that in the Pacific. but said that if
such, was the case all fighting forces
of the United Nations would auto
matically come to the aid of the
United States, China and Britain S
own kin in Australia and New Zea-
land
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

cruisers, one seaplane tender, Is
destroyers and % submarines. Two
submarines escaped and third
struck a mine dropped by Nazi
plane as it attempted to flee.
London sources accepted the scut-
Ting as evidence that Adm. Jean
Darlan has been secretly playing
the Allied game. Fighting French
sources said that Adm. Jean Abrial,
new Vichy naval secretary, undoubt-
eddy gave Adm. de la Borde or
ders to scuttle the ships.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

ROUNDUP

ROUNDUP From Stockholm
came a report that Norwegian Jews
were the latest group to suffer a
roundup by the Nazis. This dis
patch said that 1000 Of them were
being deported to Poland and that
the Nazis were carrying out pro-
gram to kill off so per cent of all
Jews by January l, 1943.
FRIENDLY-Gen. Antonio Oscar
de Fragoso Carmona, president of
Portugal, has expressed his coun-
try's firm determination to ''main-
tain unaltered friendly relations"
with both neutral and belligerent
countries.
RUMOR-A South American dip
lomatic course has reported Pre-
mier Mussolini is gravely i'll and
said that formation of an emergency
government in the event he becomes
incapacitated has been discussed.
OFFENSIVE Chinese troops
have begun an offensive northeast
of the middle Yangtze port of Ichang
and captured the town of Jihkiho,
according to the Chinese Central
news agency.
FOOD-A 30O-pound bottlenosed
shark was displayed for sale in a
London fishmonger's shop. It sold
at prices ranging from 20 to 80
cents a pound, depending on the
cuts.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
TRAGEDY:
Strikes Boston

Not since the 1903 Iroquois theater
fire in Chicago had so many people
been burned or suffocated to death
as persisted in the disaster which
struck the Cocoanut Grove night
club that Saturday night in Boston.
An incomplete toll by the police first
set the number of dead at ATT with
the belief that it might rise above
500. At the time this count was made
212 persons were receiving hospital
treatment for their burns and in
juries.
AS hysterica1 parents and friends
were engaged in the difficult task of
identifying the bodies of those killed,
Stanley Tomaszewski, a 16-year-old
high school boy and part-time en-
ployee of the club, told his story OF
how the blaze began. He said that
after patron had unscrewed light
bulb he attempted to replace it and
when he lighted match to see bet
ter, the flame ignited some of the
decorations. Swiftly the flames
spread and the $50 patrons rushed
frantically for the exits. Many were
killed as they were trampled be-
meath rioting hundreds seeking es-
cape. Only about 100 of the total
$50 in the building escaped unhurt.
Many of the persons killed were
servicemen and football fans cele-
brating college victories Of that aft
ernoon. Buck Jones, well-known
western star Of the movies, was
among the persons who had packed
the smart club.
AS all available medical help was
rushed to the scene, the Red Cross
released supplies Of blood plasma
which was used in extreme cases
in efforts to keep the death toll
down.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
TUNISIA:
Allied Wedge

Axis forces in Tunisia stood with
their backs to the sea as Lieut.. Gen.
K. A. N. Anderson's British first
army thrust a wedge between en-
envy strongholds in Tunisia by cap
turing the town of Djedeida, which
controls road and rail communlca-
tons between Tunis and the Bizerte
naval base.
Thus by severing communications
between Tunis and Bizerte, the Al
lies virtually had isolated the AXIS
positions, leaving only coastal
road open.
The German-controlled Paris ra-
dio said that fighting was taking
place in the Mateur region and in
dicated that the British are prepar-
ing for a general offensive by de-
ploying forces in that sector.
Axis forces fell back, following
futile counterattacks, within the
semicircu1ar defense line around
Tunis and Bizerte. According to the
Morocco radio, Allied paratroopers
attacked Axis positions near Mateur
and other Allied forces stabbed at the
defenders of Tunis.
Defeat of the Axis in Tunisla
would leave Allied troops free to
move south into Tripolitania and at
tack Marshal Erwin RommePs At
RIGA corps from the rear while Gen
er,l Montgomery British eighth
army attacked from the east.
That such plans we're contemplate
ed was indicated by the fact that
for four straight days General Mont
gomery's headquarters had nothing
to report" It looked as though
Montgomery was delaying an as
sau1t on Romme1 at Ell Agheila and
merely holding off until the trap was
sprung.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

heads far across the Don river.
Three hundred thousand German
troops were thus encircled These
were the bulk of the enemy detach-
ments laying siege to Stalingrad. AS
the first week of the offensive ended,
Russian reports credited their army
with taking toll Of $50. 900 Axis SOL
diers killed, wounded or captured.
Also in the Caucasus to the south
and around Leningrad in the north
the Russian might began to tell.
But the biggest threat to Nazi
prestige was the Russian campaign
in the Rzhev-Veliki Luki area west
of Moscow. Here a strong action
pushed toward the Latvian border
and threatened to cut Hitler's north
ern and southern fighting TANKS.
What puzzled the experts was how
Stain had been able to conserve so
much of his power while the Ger
mans had been pounding him hard
all summer. Most vital question
now was whether or not the strong
Russian offensive could maintain its
momentum long enough to drive the
Germans back beyond their careful
ly prepared winter line defensive
positions.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
eek1y News nays
Russ Push Offensive Against Nazis Italians Weigh Allied Threat

It was reminiscent of Scapa Flow
In 1919, when a fleet of 129 German
vessels, including 10 battleships,
five battle cruisers, five light cruis-
ers and a number of destroyers,
opened their seacocks and went to
the bottom.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
WARNINC:
To Italians

In world broadcast on the eve
of his 68th birthday, Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill proclaimed
that American and British forces in
North Africa expected to "expel the
enemy before long" and warned the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily OF
this newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Guii1|ddHo|ds
lnsotherins
%
BY FRANCES OVENS

WHEN most women are
w scurrying around town to
find even one pair of good
stockings. Mrs. Harrington
Walker orders them a hundred
at a time.
Not for herself, however.
For the Needlework Guild.
And most of the stockings she
buys this year will 60 to the
daughters of service men who
are job hunting and wish to look
nice for the undertaking.
Mayfair knows no more i'm
portant and far-reaching event
than the annual "Ingathering"
of the Needlework Guild of
America, Detroit branch. 1t
will be held during the week
beginning October 26 and the
place is the Jefferson Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Set Annual Meeting

The annual meeting will be
held October % and it will be
followed by luncheon.
Mrs. Jefferson Thurber Is
proud of the work being done
by her junior members-GirI
Scouts and Girl Reserves.
Tho youngsters have mado
over 1000 garments" Mrs.
Thurber says. "And you should
see the beautiful baby quilts
they turn out from just scraps"
Mrs. Phelps Newberry, presi-
dent of the Needlework Guild,
points out that ever since 1892,
when this fine organization
began, 1t has been the policy Of
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
RoySanlple
is Called
to COlOrS

When Leroy H. Sample got
up this morning he stepped into
an unfamiliar suit of clothes and,
simultaneously, assumed a new
title and grimmer duties.
Until last week advertising
manager of The Daily Monitor
he is, today, LIST. Lieut.. Sample,
u. S. Army, on active duty; as
signed to Fort Benning, Ga.
Lieut.. Sample, long a member
otthe MsS.aArr,y Rerrve, Corps,
has been called TO the colors
along with other reserve officers.
BLOMEYER SUCCESSOR
Carl Blomeyer, a member of
The Daily Monitor advertising
staff for the past several months
and, formerly advertising mana
ger of the Mount Clemens Daily
Leader, has been promoted to
occupy the Daily Monitor posi-
ton vacated by Lieut.. Sample.
HONORED BY CLUB
Members of the Mount Glenn
ems Rotary club, of which the
young officer is a member, yes
terday honored him at their
regular noon luncheon with an
honorary membership for "the
See SAMPLE-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Joan Fontoine, Cory Cooper
Win Film Academy Awards
Sergeant York. and Suspicion
Were Vehicles Lsodins to Prizes

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27-(R
Joan Fontaine and Gary Coo
per were given gold statuettes
as the outstanding actress and
actor of 1871 at the movies first
wartime awards meeting today.
Miss Fontaine won for her
portrayal of a woman who lived
in constant fear that her hus-
band would kill her. The picture
was Suspicion" produced by
RKO.
Cooper was acclaimed for his
role as the World Wars No. 1
hero, Sergeant (Alvin) York in
the Warner Bros. picture of that
name.
PAYS WITH SMILE
Miss Fontaine lost q bet to
Wendell Willkie. speaker of the
evening, who wagered SIS to her
$40 that she would win. She paid
off promptly. Other nominees
for the best actress were her sis
ter, Olivia de Havilland; Bette
Davis, already q two-time win
ner; Greer Carson and Barbara
Stanwyck.
Other male nominees were Or
son Welles, Cary Grant. Walter
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27

Huston and Robert Montgomery
Twentieth Century-Fox won
the best picture award for the
first time since the Academy OF
Motion Pictures Arts and
Sciences began giving Oscars in
1928. The film was How Green
Was My Valley" and 1t won ma.
jor honors for two Of the men
who helped make il great.
FORD WINS HONOR
John Ford, now q lieutenan,
commander in the Navy, wa.
awarded a gold statuette for his
directorial work on the film
adapted from Richard Llewel.
lyn's best selling book. Ford also
won best directing Oscars In
1885 and 1910 for "The Inform
er" and Grapes of Wrath"
Donald Crisp's work in How
Green Was My Valley" won him
the award for the years best
male supporting role.
Mary Aston was proclaimed
best supporting actress for War
ner Bros. The Great Lie"
Lieut.. Jimmy Stewart, in uni
form, and Ginger Rogers. who
See OSCARS-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
BreitIlleyeI
Seeks New
City Term

Frederick Breitmeyer, As,
member of a pioneer Mount
Clemens family, today formal
ly announced his candidacy to
succeed himself to the city COM
mission post which he now
holds.
Breitmeyer, prominent local
businessman, resides with Mrs.
Breitmeyer and the couple s
two daughters, Mango and Ann,
on the site of his own birth
place, 10 Breitmeyer Place.
As Finance Commissioner,
Breitmeyer has been a member
Of the city's governing body
since he was appointed, in May
1910. to the unexpired term Of
Harold Englund whose sudden
death occurred at that time. In
the Spring of 1910 Breitmeyer
was elected to the unexpired
one year term which Mr.. Eng
lund would have served. He
now seeks his first full term on
the city commission.
PROMISES PERFORMANCE
IF reelected" Breitmeyer
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Lend-LeasG
Munitions
Set Attire
BY DANIEL DE LUCE

MANDALAY, Burma, Feb. ~
-R-Remnants of lend-lease
material on the docks of Ran
COON apparently were in flames
today along with other supplies
that probably would have fallen
to the Japanese if they captured
that imperilled gateway to the
Burma road. e.--s'ss-4s ~
That was the obvious impli-
cation of report that Lieuten-
ant Colonel Adrian st. John,
head of the United States mill
tary mission in Rangoon, was on
his way here by armored car, his
work there done.
It was st. Johns huge job to
transfer northward thousands of
tons of material which had ac-
cumulated there during recent
months and allied observers
agreed he had saved more than
they had believed was possible.
The biggest item of potential
value to the enemy reported put
to the torch was a group of about
100 trucks which could not be
assembled in time.
Early this month I gave pint
of blood for blood bank oper-
ated in a Rangoon hospital by
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon S. Jury,
volunteer TRANSMISSION technicians
from Hamilton, Ont.
Now they are here and de-
scribe Rangoon as "a city Of
ghosts" with no one but q few
policemen and soldiers stirring
in its wide, silent streets and
only the periodic echo of a dis
tant explosion after the devas-
tation of "scorched earth" fires.
Lester l.. Schnare of Georgia,
United States consul general at
Rangoon, flew here on orders
from Washington to stay with
the Burmese government as long
as it remains in Burma. Some
of his staff, however, was said
officially to have reached
Chungking.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27

NEW YORK, Feb. 27-R-
Simultaneous United Nations
attacks on two or more widely
separated fronts this spring
would destroy Hitler by sum-
mer, in the opinion of Maxim
Litvinoff, Russian ambassador
to the United States.
Only by this strategy, and by
continuing to supply Russia
with materials for the eastern
front, he told the overseas press
club last night, could the Allies
dispose of" Nazi armed forces.
In his first public address
since taking his post in Wash
ington, the Soviet diplomat,
whose remarks were broadcast
by the Mutual Broadcasting
System, called on Russia's al
lies not to miss this opportunity
to beat Hitler to the punch with
a widespread springtime often
sive.
GERMANS PREPARE
Gle (Hitler) is preparing for
spring offensive" Litvinoff
said, land he thoroughly under
stands the Importance of the
eastern campaign, which should
settle not merely his own fate
but also that of the whole Axis.
"He knows that either he will
win thisscampaign, nd win all,
or he will lose it and lose all.
We should like our allies and
friends to see this IS clearly as
Hitler does, and to act accord
ingly."
With the declaration he did
not mean that the Allies should
concentrate on the Russian
front to the detriment of other
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Fraser Youth
Held L. IIIe|||II|
Others He'd ~
Accepting Goeds

Deputy Sheriff Rle3nrd n
Ketelaere said today ~ - 1.
rested q 16-year-old 1tnoe -
for the theft Of accesDoe1 oo ~
II from q car parked ~ lko(
by Eldon VIM, of Uo1to1
DeKetelaere also sxSUoto 49,
19-year-old youths IN t1Vl
the stolen property. O. t 1
youths bought Z - ~ !,
the other . - chronno Gp64 T. I.
Chrome rims. also tplD0n 49,
WINS car, were tnuf n 90
le-year-old boys blo1G1mk 4.
The 19-yeor-old yqh1o
be arraisned for &C. ~ r. =
en- property. The 1okyoQI &
boy was turned ovoe - C0en K
Agent John Ahruno. Z
The Monitor Withho16D 6
name Of the boy becauD4 - < IN
juvenile. Names q ~ - ~
will be printed q soon - II
appear In justice court s
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Mother Shoots
Daughter, a
Worried About
child's Dates

PHOENIX, Arix., Feb. 27-(R)
"A mother worrying over her
14-year-old daughters dates
with boys shot and killed the
sleeping girl today, detective
Sgt. Earl O'Clair said.
Mrs. Imogene Martin, 10. shot
her daughter Wilma, pretty high
school sophomore, three times in
the back, O'Clair reported.
The detective sergeant said he
learned that Mrs. Martin arose
from q bed she shared with her
daughter, obtained a pistol from
a dresser drawer and fired II
close range. The husband and
father, Sam Martin, real estate
salesman, was sleeping In the
same room. He was awakened
by the shots.
"You can't do anything with
her :. have just shot her"
Mrs. Martin told her husband.
O'Clair said he was told by Z
son Bob. 10. that his mother
had not been well; was concern
ed over reports that young
people keep fast company" and
was anxious to protect her only
daughter.
County attorney Richard +.
Yarless said Mrs. Martin made q
statement admitting the shoot
ing.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Coroner Ends
Death Probe
Chemists Report
Completes Cose

Coronr Howard v. Groesbeck
Jr., ruled late yesterday after
noon that all four victims of the
East Detroit gas fumes tragedy
died of carbon monoxide pois-
oning.
Groesbeck cited the report OF
Stanley Peltier, Mount Clemens
chemist, which showed Frank A.
Foster. SO, n d his daughter
Carmel. IL, had 40 per cent
monoxide content in their blood
while Fosters wife and son,
Horton, 16, had 60 per cent
contents.
Another daughter, Bernadine,
10, who called East Detroit po-
lice at 400 pm. Wednesday,
still had Is per cent monoxide
content when Peltier examined
her late yesterday. In many in
instances 10 per cent is sufficient
to kill, Peltier said.
Prosecutor Ivan A. Johnston
and Groesbeck said the case will
remain open until they can ques-
ton Mrs. Catherine Hermes, &c.
year-old mother of Mrs. Foster
now recuperating from effects
of the gas at Saratoga hospital.
They will attempt to determine
whether a gas jet was acct
dentally or deliberately opened.
Johnston said he and Groes-
beck will not question the
grandmother until an o h r
daughter arrives from Savannah.
Mrs. Hermes has not yet been
informed of the tragedy.
Foster, his wife, son and
daughter were found dead by
East Detroit police in the Foster
home, 22434 Nevada, East De-
troit.
Funeral services for all four
will be held at the William
Clyne Funeral Home, East De-
troit. at $50 am. Saturday and
at 900 from st. Veronicas
church, East Detroit, for the
mother, son and daughter. Fos-
ter was not q Catholic.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
$500 Nazis
Slain in 3-Day
Battle, Report
Reds Louneh Stiff
Attacks to Hold
Foe in Trop

MOSCOW, Feb. 27-(R-Red
Army troops of Leningrad-ap-
parently striking to divert Nazi
reserves from the relief of encir-
cled invaders in the Staraya
Russo Sector - destroyed IL
blockhouses and 80 gun en-
placements and dugouts and
killed $500 Germans in three
day battle, the Soviet informa-
ton bureau said today.
More than $50 other Germans
were said to have been slain in a
series of other engagements
reaching as far south as the
Crimea.
In addition to destruction of
fixed defenses and personnel in
the Leningrad zone fighting, the
information bureau said Russian
units demolished a tank, three
field guns, "a machine-guns and
four mortar batteries.
SUPREME EFFORT
Red Star urged that Lenin-
grads siege-tested garrison
make supreme effort to shat
ter the German lines and rein
force Soviet divisions battling
to close a deadly trap upon Ger
man forces in the lake linen re-
gion.
R1assia's armies onensd fierce
new Assacks at both ENDS of the
1,200-mi1e battlefront today,
lashing out from long besieged
Leningrad in the north and on
the Crimea Peninsula in the
south, while Stockholm dis
patches reported that Soviet
cavalrymen had advanced to
within ~ miles of the Latvian
frontier.
Heavy battles were reported
raging around Novgoro, key
German base on Lake linen
100 miles southeast of Lenin-
grad.
A bulletin from Red army
headquarters said the Russians,
apparently striking to divert
See LENINGRAD-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Saturday
License
Deadline

Macomb county motorists
who have not yet purchased
their 1912 license plates have
just one day left In which TO
do 50.
Saturday Is the desdline.
All cars traversing the high
ways after midnight Sunday,
without benefit of the new green
and white plates, will be ticket
ed and ordered off the thorough
fares by municipal, county and
state officers.
As q convenience to late pur-
chasers the Mount Clemens Sec
rotary Of States branch office
will remain open until . pm.
on Saturday. u
Il Il estimated that several
thousand unlicensed cars are
still In operation In the county.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
ROseville Man
Goes Berserki;
|. ;, with Gun!

Roseville police and sheriffs
deputies today are seeking .
Roseville business man, wanted
for promiscuous gunplay in both
Roseville and Warren township
last night.
Repeatedly in his cups, the
man late yesterday afternoon fir
ed his 80 revolver at the CELL
ing of his establishment a passer-
by reported. The shots failed to
hit his wife and child in an up
stairs apartment, the witness
said.
The matter was reported to
Deputy Leon Kandt who, in
turn, notified Roseville police.
See PISTOL-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-27
Russians Report Sweepinq Gains Before Leninqra<
Victory Can be Won
by Summer, Report
l;+vinon Uroes SMASHING

fronts, he said Russia neverthe-
less would like to see all the AL
lied forces put into action by
spring where they could be used
best and military materials sent
to the places where most needed.
TAKE INITIATIVE
"We have wrested the initia-
tive from the German command,
which in modern warfare is of
the utmost importance" he as
serted. 1T would be deplorable
if we were to lose this initiative
like hell" was the official slo-
gan.
In the Philippines, a bulletin
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