The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02

ladies was heralded by a ripple
of applause as il proceeded
down the line and school child
rem carried out the mercy theme
with two schoo. girls bearing a
stretcher between them and,
a ong with the rest Of their fell
lows, CARRIED in nurses uniforms.
The Victory Garden aspect of
the demonstration was nicely in
terpreted by two girls who
marched along neatly attired as
a potato and as morning glory,
respectively.
A brigade Of juvenile bicyclists
whose mounts were equipped
with pseudo airplane wings and
aeri'on usually interpreted the
slogan borne upon a banner
ahead Of them, which read
Keep EN- Flying
MIGHTY TANKS
The numbering tanks, the
jeepS Of the reconnaissance
units, the weapon-carrying
trucks, army ambulances and
other armored vehicles donated
for the occasion by the Chrysler
Corporation attracted throngs
of the curious when they stop
ped and excited comment along
the line of march. In charge of
that group were LieutS. w. II.
AshWell and Lieut.. John j. Nc
Neil, from the Chrysler Tank
Arsenal, with Thomas A. Dem
etry representing the corpora
ton itself.
Civilian Defense groups, head
ed by Chairman Harold Lindsey,
and others of the Civilian De-
Tense Council included auxiliary
firemen, air wardens, demolition
experts, repair crews and COM
municationS specialists, and
were paced, from a drilling
standpoint by the auxi larry pol
ice unit under Sergeant Eugene
Smith, of the local police de-
partment.
SERVICE CLUBS
Heading the march of the To-
cal service organizations were
the members of the Mount
Clemens Rotary club, and a
country, square dance orchestra
mounted upon a truck and APP
propriately attired was the con-
tribution of The knights of Ply
thias to the demonstration.
But from the general hi arity
and hurrah of the parade the
attitude of the crowding par
aders and spectators changed
abruptly to one Of grave con-
sideration and determination as
Lieut., Guy Mayfield, post chap
p ain at Selfridge Field, who
made the concluding address at
the dedicatory rites at MacAr-
thur Park told his audience that
the three enemies of this ma
ton and its allies, are diamctri-
cally opposed to our Bill Of
Rights, that they have no sym
pathy with the right of peace
full assembly, freedom Of speech,
freedom Of the press, freedom of
worship and other ideals of Am
orleans that the founders wrote
into it. He warned that the war
is not yet won and that the only
way we can eliminate the eff
we win the war" philosophy that
we now must embrace, is TO
practise three things, first, 10y
atty to our country and TO its
leaders, second, cooperation in
an about war effort with each
other and with our allies in the
United Nations and third by. hav-
ing faith in God, wOrshipping
Him and so expressing that
faith.
Among the notables upon the
platform were the city commits
sion and members Of the city
employed personnel in the high
er brackets, Mrs. Paul w. Nc
Kee, salvage chairman, who
went into action today; Mrs. Roy
Brundage, Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars Auxiliary; Charles
Titus, head of the communica-
tons division Of Civilian De-
Tense, Leo N. Braun, vice COM
mander of the Seventh District
Of Michigan, American Legion,
A. d. Brewer, executive scCre-
tary Of the Board Of Commerce,
Otto Nickel, chairman Of Lick
The Axis week, and Ed. DevrieS,
parade marshal and chairman of
Civilian Defense Of Harry OIL
rich post No. 4, American Lc-
gion.