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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
.Death-Driver
Suspect Gets
Legal Council

Gordon Goeschel, Is, of 81
Grand avenue, suspected of
driving the hit-run car that fat
ally injured Mrs. Eleanore
Speer. 20-year-old expectant
mother, will be represented by
Ray H. Callens when he appears
before Justice Donald j. Parent
at 1000 q. m. Friday for exam
ination on manslaughter charges.
Callens said today that he was
retained last night by Coeschers
wife. The attorney indicated
that he will ask an adjournment
on the plea he needs more time
to acquaint himself with the
case.
Mrs. Speer died early Satur-
day of injuries received late
Friday when a speeding car,
said driven by Goeschel, hit her
and two companions rs they
stood in front of the Chevrolet
garage, following . minor acct
dent.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
NO.Strike
Pledge is
Stressed

DETROIT, Feb. 26-(F-
President r. j. Thomas of the
United Automobile Workers
(CIO) appealed to the member
ship today to abide by the
Unions no-strike pledge for the
wars duration both for the SAT
ETY. of our nation and protection
of the union"
Thomas said that "the pros
pect of defeat for our nation is
such q terrible one that we must,
as American workers, make
every effort to promote defense
production" and reach adjust
ments with employers through
peaceable means.
1T is the duty of ever y local
union and member" Thomas
said, ito support this pledge,
both for the safety OF our ma
ton and for protection of our
union against attacks by the ene-
mics of labor who would most
certainly use strikes during war
time to destroy our organiza-
ton"
Thomas advised that when
employers appear to be Sailing
in negotiations" union officers
should bring all possible pres
sure" on governmental media
ton agencies, appealing to the
War Labor Board IL necessary.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
More Sailors
are Rescued
Cole Victim List
il Decreased

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,
Feb. 26-(P)-The count of men
rescued from the shipwrecked
United States destroyer Truxtun
and the naval supply ship Poll
ux stood today at 168-125 more
than were accounted for in first
reports.
The United States Navy had
announced in Washington that
189 officers and men were lost
in gale-churned Canadian wat
ers where the two vessels re-
Gently were cast on the rocky
shore and smashed, but did not
give the number of survivors.
What the casualties might
have been had not four sailors
from the Truxtun braved the
SOU easter 20 make shore on a
raft could only be guessed. As
it was, the ships had been pitch
ed on the rocks four hours be-
fore the sailors could summon
the aid from shore inhabitants
for which President Roosevelt
has expressed his admiration and
gratitude.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
u. S. Official
Endorses USO


Downing Proctor, field repre-
sentative for the Federal Securi-
ty Administration, told the City
Commission last night that he
will recommend immediate ap-
proval of a $4,000 WPA pro-
ject to finance recreational fac
ilities around the new USO hall
and in Seminole Hills.
Proctor said he will send his
recommendation to E. F. Patter-
son, district director of opera
tons. Flint. 1--WE have been as
sured enough WPA labor and
work will start as soon as the
weather breaks" Proctor said.
City Engineer Ernest Pettin-
gill said the joint project prob
ably will be completed by late
summer. He outlined 1t as fol-
lows:
4-POINT PROGRAM
/. Construction of q lighted
field for night football and base
ball in the Seminole Hills area.
2. Construction Of an addi-
tional softball and one hardball
diamond in Seminole Hills. The
lights would service only the
gridiron and one softball field,
he indicated.
3. Tennis courts would be
constructed both in Seminole
Hills and around the USO build
ing.
See RECREATION-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Primary Vote
4 Days Away
City Positions
ore at Stoke

With the Mount Clemens city
primary elections just four days
away the politically hopeful, to-
gether with their respective
campaign workers, today were
beating the tom toms to get out
the vote and to impress old
John fnnd -Mrs.) Citizen with
their particular qualifications
to participate in the operation Of
public affairs.
With two city commission
posts open, one justice court
post and the berth of city con-
stable to be filled candidates
bent particular effort toward
assuring their nomination In
Mondays primary contests.
Inc u m b emit Commissioners
Frederick Breitmeyer and Ed
ward ]. Dubay will stand at the
barriers Monday, when the vot-
ers troop to the poles, alongside
two businessmen, Angelo Fisher
and Walter F. Hecht; construc-
ton engineer, Joseph Gala
CHER; and a bath house attend
ant, Aaron Jennett.
Judge Donald ]. Parent, of
the Mount Clemens justice court,
seeking a second full term in Of
flee, is opposed by two other at
torneys, Charles E. Miller and
Louis Davis.
Constable John Miller, first
elected in 1898, faces opposition
upon the part Of Kenneth Pearl.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Confirm Raid
on Los Angeles
IS Unidentified
Planes Over City

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-(R
Secretary Stimson said today
that unidentified airplanes pos
sibly as many as Is, which may
have been operated by enemy
agents, were over Los Angeles
early yesterday and were fired
or, by army anti-aircraft guns
Stimson said the flight 81
planes, described late yesterday
by Secretary of the Navy Knox
as a false ALARM" occurred be-
tween 3:12 and AIS am. Pa
cific War Time.
BLAZE OF GUNFIRE
Anti-aircraft guns of the 37th
coast artillery brigade fired
1,430 round of ammunition at
the planes, which Stimson told
q press conference were offic-
tally reported as flying at speeds
ranging from Every slow" to
200 miles an hour, and at heights
of 5000 to $4,000 feet.
The planes dropped no bombs,
Stimson said, there were no cas-
ualties among American troops,
none of the planes was shot
down, and no American army or
navy planes were in action.
Since no bombs were dropped,
Stimson said, 1t was possible that
the planes might have come from
commercial sources operated by
enemy agents to spread alarm,
disclose the location of anti-air-
See RAID-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Royal Navy
Triples Its
ManPOwer

LONDON, Feb. rs - up -
Britain has increased her naval
personnel three or fourfold over
peacetime strength, an official
spokesman disclosed today, as
serting that the expansion has
been faster than in any other
war.
Remarking that the battle of
the Atlantic has become q bat
tie of the seven seas, he said
that at no time has Britain had
less than 1000 ships at risk on
all oceans.
He reported that the United
States was taking measures ito
make the task of the U-Boat more
difficult" while Britain had be-
gun providing shipboard fighter
aircraft protection for conveys
and last year had mounted
anti-aircraft guns on merchant
ships. TI
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Youth Faces
Murder Count
Sleys! Of Girf
Plonnod Deed

CHICAGO, Feb. 3e-R-
Prosecutors asked the grand jury
today to return . murder indict-
ment against 17-year-old Clar-
ence Mcdonald who, they said,
confessed his fatal shooting OF
q girl friend In . movie theater
balcony had been planned three
days earlier.
II was terribly jealous Of her
and afraid she'd never marry
me-" he told Prosecutor Wilbert
Crowley and police seeking Z
motive for the killing of Dorothy
Broz, IL high sc h DOL "All-
American girl" and honor stu
dent. Tuesday afternoon.
$50 ! finally decided that II
couldn't have her I didn't want
anyone else to have her." he de-
clared.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Special Wire
to Aid City
in Air Raids

An unlisted telephone will be
installed at the police station
over which Detroit officials can
warn of an approaching air raid,
Civilian Defense Co-ordinator
Harold Lindsey said today.
The alert would probably be
flashed q full hour prior to the
actual raid Lindsey said. A fire
box, also to be Installed at police
1sdddSrterS, would then be
used to warn volunteer fire de-
partment members.
The volunteers in turn would
each telephone three civilian de-
tense enrollees. Those called,
would each telephone three
others until all civilian defense
firemen, policemen and air raid
wardens were on guard, Lindsey
said.
A similar system is being used
throughout the country, he add
ed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Grim Tragedy
Wipes Out All
But 7 in Family
East Detroit Girl,
Is, Grandmother
Alone Survive

EAST DETROIT - Investiga-
ton was pressed today into a
tragedy which claimed the lives
of four members of one family
while two others narrowly es-
capped death in their gas filled
home at 22434 Nevada avenue
late yesterday.
The dead were:
Frank A. Foster, SO.
Mrs. Frank Foster, SO, his
wife.
Horton F. Foster, IS, son.
Carmel M. Foster, IL, daugh-
ter.
Another daughter, Bernadine,
10 years old, and Mrs. Fosters
85-year-old mother, Mrs. Cath
crime Hermes, escaped death al
though Mrs. Hermes is in Sc
rious condition in Saratoga hos
pital.
Prosecutor Ivan A. john
ston said today he believed that
Foster accidentally opened one
of the gas jets. Officials were in
clined to doubt the possibility
that Foster, crippled since he
broke his pelvis in an automo-
bile accident three months ago,
had deliberately o encd the j.i.
ANALYZE STOMACHS
Stanley Peltier. Mount Glenn
ems chemist, started an analysis
of the stomachs of the older Fos-
tiers shortly after noon. Acting
on orders given him by Coroner
Howard v. Groesbecf, Jr., he
was also to analyze specimens
of blood taken from all of the
victims to determine presence
or absence of carbon monoxide
poisoning.
Johnston and Lyman Eek
hardt, East Detroit police chief,
questioned Bernadine at some
length this morning. The prose-
cutor described her story as
straightforward" and was to
resume the questioning this aft
ernoon.
NO VIOLENCE
DR.. p. T. Mulligan, who with
DR.. W. A. Sibrans, performed
post mortems on all four bodies,
said none of the dead bore any
signs of external violence. DR..
Mulligan said he was almost
positive" the four died of car
bon monoxide poisoning.
Johnston and Groesbeck ques-
toned Mrs. Hermes last night
(See DEATHS, page -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Capital Has
Air Raid Alert

WASHINGTON, Feb. 90
(R)-Washington had an un-
explained air rad alert this
morning at 1871, with the all
clear sounded Is minutes lat
er. The alert warning was
flashed on the police radio
system after a radio operator
there heard an ebert given
over army radio communica-
tons for the Hampton Roads,
Va, area. There were unof-
fetal reports that Richmond,
Newport News, and Hampton,
Va, also had alerts.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Seven Soldiers
Die in Crash
! Train Plows
into Army Bus

ENID. Okla, Feb. 26-(P--
A Rock Island freight train
ripped through a bus today kill
ing six enlisted men in the Army
Air Crops.
Twenty-Five others were in
jured in the crash which &C.
Cured in q binding snow storm,
,aali i ,aile ~ 81 Of Enid.
The list of dead supplied by
Can't. Calvin w. Hammond,
press relations officer of the
Enid flying school:
Pvt. Herbert ]. Taylor, ~,
Lake Kerr, Fla.
Pvt Eugene l.. Underwood,
%, Rogersville, Pa.
Sgt. Eugene J. Sanders, rs,
Yoakum, Tex.
Pvt. Vernon O h n ted, rs,
Georgetown, Mimi.
Pvt. Robert w. Walker, %,
Bay City, Tex.
Pvt. Cyril ]. Minarcik, IL,
Chicago.
Names and extent of the In
juries of the other victims were
not available Immediately.
There were no witnesses to
the accident other than the men
in the bus and train crew, Cap
tain Hammond said.
Maj. w. A. Stephens, post ad-
jutant of the Enid flying school,
said the bus carried between IS
and 40 men. The accident &C.
Cured about 1918 am. at the
grade crossing a half mile west
of Enid.
None of the men were pilots,
Major Stephens said.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Girls Picture
Sole Loot Taken
from Studio

City police today are seeking
Q youth with a yen for a certain
Mount Clemens High school
senior.
The youth entered the Hill
crest Studio, 20h Macomb
street, early last night and made
away with the picture, silver
frame and all. Nothing else was
taken, owner Don Distelrath said.
The Monitor withholds the
girls name to save her possible
embarrassment.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Subs, Troops
Batter Enemy
Concentration
MoeArthurs Tsoops
Hurl Jops Beck:
Transports Sunk


American triumphs in IL IN.
tie Of Java and the Philippl,noD
high-lighted the far Pacific 60.
flict today while the grim drnn1a
of Burma moved toward ! eli
max with Rangoon reported 81
flames and British Imperial d.
tenders fighting against heavt
odds.
So far, the British said, thero
has been mo evacuation q mil
itary personnel" from Rangcun,
the Burmese capital, but Il ~
apparent little hope W. ND
out that the city could h ynNUd.
In Calcutta. TAO mills o. =
the Bay Of Bengal hum l X
COON, the steady appeoGe \
Japan's invasion hortoe t1le6 Y
the Burma gateway - - y.
heightened preparatio11 - = y,
sistance. q. 4 ss e Il
STREET TRENCHES ssls!
Trenches were be1nR d. ~
Calcutta's streets and 500 hun g
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26

'ings IN the teemint meero
were taken OVER - 1ir-tni
shelters. q
In the battle q ~ uuteA IIs
dies, United States sllhcnari
amazing at Japan.s -
invaders were officially re1ogo
ed to have torpedoed 10 o1lo9
my troop transports, N aotxl1.
iAry ship and q 1reis111uEs III
Warrington naval quarters 49,
dicted Japan's ultimata a91Gnk o
the present rate Of - lo1 4 n 4
A bulletin from Dutch 11
Indies headquarters annoQnn
the attacks occurred Wttht &
past - hours. y
In addition, 4 Japoneoa Sun(
ship, one Of 4 sQuadronI No
listed as s'pressaned's hjt. xj(4
attacking United Statae U1niG1 y
Inc was forced % dive be1oco
it could Observe thA efeeet =
it, torpedo. a'.sS
OvERRUN SUlGAI1A ID
Amid these Allied c0nn1
punches. the Japanooa tnN1f
appeared to have ovDf1an xn6
Of lower Sumatrs, scroGo H. ~
mile-wide Sunda Strait 1fO1f
Java, and also advanced 1
the west coast Of Dutch UeeI
In the Philippines. = hu1lG
from Gen. Douglas 4acArll
headquarters reported t1&
American and Flilitano 1spo1f
launched Z surprise attack -
hurled the JapGnese 6ockxesyo
Al kilometers on the D1Anan ~ q
insula. s
It was the first slsea1s15 X
vance from Gen. 1GoeAf&s
beleaguered defenders o1u&
they were driven intp ~ UG1
mountain wilderness neaKly ;te1
months ago. w s'S
A communiqus issned - oxp4
an. Eastern War Time, 81 CO.
fighting was still In psoG1
with continued SUCCEEDS - CT
Amercan-v Filipino attacEoru s
MONO AQN1lrAL So
A War Department spokoongI
in Washington advised neto0o
to make your own intsspeo ~
ton" Of the reversal ln1l1Go
on the japanese. There Woo ~
suggestion, however, M roo
forcements may have ar1jxo y &
On the other hnnd, Spoeul01o
Bee WAn-R1eo 3 ~ 8
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Coast Guard Patrol
Meets This Evening
HessiseN Township
He'll Meeting Site

Members Of the newly organ
lied Coast Guard Patrol will
meet tonight ut 800 o'clock Ut
the Harrison Township Hall,
c o m m . n d e r Harry vanden-
Bossche announced this morn
ing.
Owners Of boats 10 feet long
or over will be welcomed into
membership. They should bring
three passport photos and proof
of citizenship with them.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
CO Kills Parents Two Children i'm East Detroit Home
$40. 900 WPA RecreatiOnal
Fund Sought for City
Stimson Lauds
Indies Defense

WASHINGTON, Feb. 90
P-Secretary Stimson said
today that the United Ma
tons were making a "magni-
ficent" defense of the Meth
erland Indies and had inflict-
ed heavy losses on the enemy
which he said the Japanese
had not disclosed. eve real
ize fully the importance OF
the situation In Java and we
are giving every bit OF aid
possible" the war secretary
told a press conference.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Van Dyke Infant
Scdlded to Death

Geraldine Warren. 21-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ceorpe Warren of Van Dyke.
Maco1nb county, died of burns
today in Saratoga General hos
pital. The child was scalded
yesterday when she overturned
q pan - boiling water.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Optinnlist Club
Holds Initial
Meeting Here

The first meeting of the newly
organized Optimist Club held
Tuesday noon at the Medea Ho-
tel was well attended, it was an
nounced today.
Places for q charter member
ship of so members was made.
Object of the club, made up of
business and professional men,
is "The Friend of the Boy"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Robert Copeland
Joins y. ). Ak Gems

Robert Copeland, - 9 ~
and Mrs. Claude Copo1on1. ~
Moross, he's volunteered -
training In the u. q. An Coepo
a. . flying cadet Il becoene
known today.
Copeland. who = - yeors "a
now lives In Cleveland. Hi ~
will temporarily make her home
with the elder Copo1ondS.,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Allied Aircraft Carrier Sunk?

TOKYO from japanese Broodcosts) Feb. 26-Q0-m-
pero headquarters sold today that enemy orcro correr
wos believed sunk Feb n when japanese naval plane,
carrying full load Of bombs, plunged heodIono into the
croft several hundred miles northwest Of New Guinea.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
U-boats Claims New Victims

BERLIN from Germon Broodcosts. Feb 26-t1-Ger
man submarines have sunk ships totone 81 900 tons
from strongly escorted convoy in the Atlantic in long
running otoek ond serious Damaged six other vessels the
high command sold todoy
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Tokyo Says Rangoon in Flames

BERLIN from German Broodcosts), Feb. 26-Ho-A
Tokyo dispatch reported today tho Ronooon is in omes
and that japanese before the ootes Of the Burma
seaport.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Ellis Dews, Richmond.
Sians for Navy Service

Ellis H. Dave, Of Richmond,
has volunteered for service in
the u. S. Navy, Chef KRONER,
chief clerk for Draft Board No,
/, said today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
late X X X
bulletins


LONDON Feb. 26-QFo-The British submarine Trident
has torpedoed and Damaged German cruiser Of the OOOO-
Pnz Eueen Gloss off Norway it announced officially
todoy.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
Dutch Planes Bomb Jap Bases

BATAVIA MEL, Feb. 26-Q7-Dutch Eost indies naval
forces bombed Joponese Storage yod Ooshoven
Suotro and stored number Of fires s Indies high
suond ounouuced todox. .>..a
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-26
British Tanker
Sent 10 Bottom
Torpedoed OF
Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO,
Feb. rs - up - The session
British tanker La Carriere has
been added to the roll of United
Nations vessels sunk b. German
submarines in the Caribbean.
She went down four hours
after being torpedoed late Tues
day night IS miles south of
Puerto Rico, surviving crewmen
said.
Twenty-three survivors and
the bodies of four, including the
captain, who were killed in the
attack, reached the Port of
Guanica late yesterday. Two
other boats were reported at
that time to be still adrift.
Forty survivors of the
Standard Oil company's motor
tanker Thalia, 8,329-ton Panama
flag vessel which was tor
peded and shelled to the bottom
of the Caribbean Sea so miles
off the Colombian coast Monday,
were landed yesterday at Uri-
bia. Colombia.
One man was killed in the at
tack. Eleven survivors who
were slightly wounded were
flown to Barranquilla for medi-
cal treatment.
Evening star., 1942-08-31
Quigley Named Assistant
Commerce Unit Solicitor

Edward T. Quigley~ has been ap-
pointed assistant solicitor of the
Commerce Department, it was an
nounced today.
A native of Auburn, N. Y. and a
graduate of Georgetown University
Law School, Mr.. Quigley served as
assistant solicitor of the Commerce
Department from 1911 to 1920, when
he resigned to enter private law
practice in the District. Two wears
later he returned to the department
as senior attorney and assistant to
the solicitor.
Mr.. Quigley served as secretary
of the Americana Canadian Fisheries
Conference in 1918, and represented
the Commerce Department at an in
ternational conference in Berne,
Switzerland, in 1886, which met to
formulate convention on inter-
national air law.
Evening star., 1942-08-31
DENTAL NEEDS

lpono Tooth Poste- 2oc
llsterlne Antiseptic BE & Sc
CoIox Tooth Powder ------ 39e
Dr.. West Tooth Brushes with
noturol brlstIes. Reg. 25c --19e
Listerine Tooth Poste, loe. size,
33c
prophyloctic Tooth Powder 19c
Pepsodent Tooth Powder,
2le & 39e
TeeI LIQUID Oentrlfrice ----39e
Evening star., 1942-08-31
admitted to the Woodrow Wilson
L - rN~l

admitted to the Woodrow Wilson
High School
Teacher Vacancies Uniilled.
Although number of teacher va
cancies have not been filled, Divi-
sion School Supt. w. T. Woodson
said today that Fairfax County
schools will open as scheduled Sep
tember 8.
All principals will meet at Fairfax
Elementary School Friday for a pre-
lminary conference. and new ele-
mentary principals will hold a ses-
sion there the following day with
James E. Bauserman. elementary
supervisor, and Mrs. Jeannette l..
Fellows, primary supervisors, On
Labor Day, principals and their
teachers will meet at their schools
to complete plans for the formal
opening the next day.
Schools this year will open at 10
am. and close at approximately
4:20 pm.
Transfer pupils entering the high
school system for the first time
have been asked to register at the
high school they will attend either
today or tomorrow.