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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17

NEW YORK, March 17-(P
F fourteen survivors of an
American merchant ship, torpe-
decd last Saturday off Atlantic
City, N. j., have landed at Staten
Island. Twenty men were re-
port !nissing.
The Third Naval District said
that six of the nen were hospi-
talizcd for bruises, exposure and
shock. They were taken to the
Marine Hospital at Staten Island
Capt. Gardner D. Clark, 81,
of Machias, Me-, said. he was in
his cabin when the New England
steamer was attacked without
warning at las am.
The first of three torpedoes
struck amidships wrecking the
lifeboat on the starboard side,
he said.
AS the crew was lowering the
port lifeboat, he said, he reached
the deck and after they had pull
ed away and others had jumped
to life RATS, a second torpedo hit
almost directly beneath him and
the force of the explosion liter
ally blew off my shoes and left
me in my stocking feet
He said he then jumped into
the icy water and swan to life
raft. ,Lx e
At that point, he said, after
firing third torpedo at the Col
lier the submarine surfaced and
someone from its deck asked in
perfect English - Hey there,
what's the ships name?"
Crew members who left the
vessel in the one good lifeboat
said there were at least 81 men
in the boat when it pulled away.
The backwash from the explos-
ion of the second torpedo, they
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
IA Survivors of u. s. Ship
lond on Stoten Island
Six hospitoIixed for Bruises. Shock;
20 Reported Missing from Merchantmen
Hillcrest Studio

said, capsized the lifeboat and
plunged them all into the choppy
sea.
The survivors said only eight
of their number were able to
cling to the keel of the over
turned boat and that during the
seven hours they remained in
the water, two weakened and
apparently drowned after slip
ping away from the boat.
The separate groups of surviv-
ors were picked up by two pass
ing cargo vessels bound north.
Both the Navy and the surviv-
ors expressed hope that others
might have been saved.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Markets
Livestock

DETROIT, March 17-(P-
GU. S. Dept. Asr)-Cattle sala-
bic 1000. Slaughter steers and
she stock active, steady to strong;
bulls about steady; package good
$50 ID fed steers and truck lot
LILO ID weights 1880, medium
grade steers scaling around LOO
ID down 10.25-11.75, common
9 25-10.00, medium grade light
mixed steers and heifers 1915,
common to medium heifers
largely 9:00-10.50; common to
good beef cows 8.65-9.25. cut
ters 7.5O-8.50, Gamers 625-7.25,
few very thin light Gamers
down to $50; medium weight
sausage bulls 9.75-1O25. good
weighty kinds quoted to 10 so;
late Monday truck lot good to
choice yearling steers 1910.
Calves salable 700. Steady;
top and bulk good TO choice
vealers 1850, common and med
ium 11.00-15.50.
Hogs salable 1000. Market
not established early.
Sheep salable 1900. Lambs
opening strong to Is higher,
quality considered, only odd lots
natives on sale early, few good
TO choice native lambs 1925
1910, medium gradc around
1870 10 weights II 50-l2.00.
common throwouts HOO down;
package 70 Id shearing lambs
1855; sheep nominally steady,
odd head choice slaughter ewes
up TO 800.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Storm

Continued from Page ID
ment reported their Police radio
was out of service for some time
shortly after 200 am. this morn
ing. apparently after being
struck by lightning, but service
was resumed after repairs by the
Sheriff's radio service depart
ment.
Contact with patrol cars was
maintained meanwhile through
other transmitters of the, County
Police radio system. The Rose
vile transmitter is also used for
q remote control sending station
by East Detroit and st. Clair
Shores Police departments who
were also effected by the fail
ure.~ The key station at Mount
Clemens c o It nue. d uninter-
rupted.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Tornado
tContinued from Page ~

tCOntlnuo0 from rage ~
was without communication for
several hours in many places.
Torrential rains followed the
high winds and washed out many
roads.
Nineteen were known dead
and FOG injured in Leflore coun-
~ i'm northwestern Mississippi,
and at least IL were killed and
As injured in the vicinity of Wa
ter Valley, a small town in the
north-central sec lion of the
state.
COTTON BELT RAvAGED
Other Mississippi Gotten belt
towns reporting were Grenada
6 dead, more than 100 injured;
Baldwin four dead, 80 injured,
one missing; Avalon-five dead,
many injured; Oxford and lula
five dead, many other injured;
near Michigan City-six dead;
near North Holly Springs-two
dead. The area is populated
largely by Negroes.
The storms struck separately
in Mississippi shortly after 4
pm. (C.W.T.), and large groups
of school children, enrou e
h m e, narrowly escaped. At
OTuckolofa, near Water Valley,
schoolhouse and tie h er's
home were demolished few
minutes after C h DOL closed.
Supt. Edwin Vernon Terrell. SO,
and a five-month-old twin
daughter were killed, while his
wife and other twin escaped.
At Fort p e m b TT o n, near
Greenwood, a school bus that
had just unlOaied its passengers,
was blown several hundred
yards and overturned. The driv-
er was injured severely.
Two storms struck scattered
areas in east-central Illinois. The
first ripped through three east
ern counties, and the second
blasted a trial about 100 miles to
the north and west. The latter
storm hit the center of Alvin, a
town of $3.50, leaving at least
eight dead, and passed through
Lacon, 1000 population, where
six were known dead and about
100 in ure d in this district.
Property damage was heavy in
those areas and near St. Joseph,
where three were reported dead.
The towns of Hope and Sa-
voy, ILL.,, each reported one
storm death, and another was
know n dead near MAYHEM.
Damage in six Illinois counties
was estimated at more than
100000.
Tennessee's 20 known dead
and more than 100 injured were
reported from western commu-
mites in the rich cotton land
bordering the Mississippi River.
Seven unidentified persons were
reported killed at Russell's store
near Bolivar. Four were killed
at Reagan, and five near Selmer.
Enville, Finger, Paris and Coop
ertoWn each had one death.
Pleasant View and Series report
ed heavy damage and at least
eight hurt.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tions, then checking against
the authoritative answers be-
low:
/. In tipping a letter should
you avoid crowding the mar
gins?
2. In writing an application
would it be bette. to use paper
with printed address scratched
out and a new one written in or
plain white paper?
3. Should you ever write on a
postcard when applying for a
job?
4. Is it all right to ask the
employer to whom you are APP
plying for a job to keep your
application confidential?
5. Should letter of applica-
ton be carefully worded?
What would you do il
You are writing a letter OF
application for job and it
would be possible for you to
have a personal interview if the
employer wished it
(a) Say in your letter you
would like an interview If
possible?
90 Wait for the employer to
suggest the interview?
Answers
/. Yes.
2. Plain white paper.
3. No.
4. Yes.
5. Yes, even if it means re-
writing the letter several times.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(a).
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Norway
Continued from Page II

Continued from Page II
tween 100000 and 100000 SOL
diers in .;orway, in comparison
with the 100000 reported there
last autumn.
Britain already had been warn
cd that the Tirpitz now may be
loose on the high seas.
The announcement by a Brit
ish source that the powerful
warship "appea to have
avoided" an aerial torpedo at
tack dashed British hopes that
naval planes had knocked her
out of the war, at least for a
while, near the Norwegian port
of Narvik eight days ago.
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
He said he had no information
about the present whereabouts
of the Tirpitz, sistership of the
tough Bismarck which sank the
British battle cruiser Hood sin
glehanded and, in turn, was
sunk when heavy British air and
sea forces corncrcd her and
pounded her to pieces last May
81.
The news had grave implica-
tons for the British, since a
warship as mighty as the Tirpitz
is so grave menace to sea con-
voys that strong British naval
forces, including battleships,
must be diverted from other
work to meet her challenge.
Britain's Navy now is spread
thin from the far Pacific through
the Mediterranean into the At
lantic.
The new threat of the Tirpitz
on the loose m the northern seas
occurs as those waters apparent
ly are developing into a major
spring war theater TO maintain
the avenue of British and Amer
lean supplies for Soviet Russia.
JU-88 SHOT DOWN
The Importance attached TO
security of the northern sea
lanes vas indicated today i'm an
Admiralty communique which
disclosed that a British auxiliary
minesweeper had shot down a
German JU-88 in ar attack on a
Russian merchantmen.
Conversely. Germany's efforts
10 stop the flow of supplies to
the U.S.S.R. also was indicated
by her use of a dive bomber for
such mission. They are used
ordinarily only in heavy combat.
The far north front also was
emphasized in today's German
high co m m n d communiquc
which reported successful Maxi
Alpine shock troop operations on
the Lapland front and heavy air
activity.
After the recent British aerial
torpedo attack on the Tirpitz.
the British informant said, the
German bsttleship retired to-
ward the Norwegian coast under
a smoke screen and was lost
there smorc the fiords.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
nv NEA Service

NEW YORK, March l7--Gone
.areNthe days of mems suits with
two pairs Of pants, a vest, cuffs
on the trousers, patch pockets,
flaps on pockets, belts, elaborate
pleats and long jackets.
It's all part of the determine
ton Of the Merchant Tailors
and Designers of America to
cooperate with the government
on its wool-conservation pro-
gram.
SHOWN AT TAYLORS'
ANNUAL CONVENTION
The streamlined victory mod
els don't grow out of an actual
shortage of wool so much as the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Watts
Continued from Page ~


He was veteran of the Span
ish-American War. a member of
Macomb Lodge No. 10, IOOF,
and of Detroit Lodge of Elks
No "a.
Besides his wife Lila, he is
survived by two sons, Jack at
home and Frank B. Jr., a stu
dent at the Howe Military Acad-
envy, and two daughters, Mrs.
Allison Kleinschmidt, of Mount
Clemens, and Mrs. Nathalie
Osterman, of Detroit.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2:30 pm. from the
home with DR.. Dunning Idle,
pastor of First Methodist church,
officiating. Burial will be in
Clinton Grove Cemetery under
the direction of Duncan B. Hub
bard.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Kiwanians 10 Fete
County Farmers

Mac omb county farmers will
be feted at the MONDAY lunch
con meeting Wednesday of the
Mount Clemens Kiwanis Club.
Each iiwanian ;Till bring a
farmer as his crest. Joseph Cody
is in charge of arrangements.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
NUMBERED BEEFSTEAKS

A restaurant i'm Amsterdam
has numbered every bcefStcak
II has served since 1870. More
than 4.J35 900 steaks have been
sold by the restaurant since that
time.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
Theft OF Fedsrol Use
Stomp is Reported

(. Harvey Brockman Of II North
Rose avenue. Mount Clemens,
reported to police today the theft
of federal use tax stamp from
his parked car sometime last
night.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
STILL VISIBLE

During the Civil War. a fed
eral gunboat, the u. S. S. Sher-
idan, was wrecked near Rod
anthe, N. c. Its boiler may still
be seen above the water line
there.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17
DESTRUCTIVE

Insects are mankind's great
est foes, annually destroying
enough food to feed 100000, 900
PEG pie and causing one-half Of
the deaths in the world. =
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-17

During 1899, 1,443, 802 furs
were taken in the state of Wis
consin.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
COMMON SENSE
ON The WARS
PROGRESS
By LOWNDEs MAURY

An imposing lesson of history is
that democracies are weakest at the
beginning of a major war. Unless
quickly overwhelmed by foreign force
com bined with treachery within (as
France was, and as England came
near being), democracy gains in
power as war progresses. Oligarchies,
a few, a small class, with single
whether king, kaiser, fuehrer
or duce-strike with full force at the
beginning, find democracies unpre-
pared, and with victory almost in
sight begin to wane. Finally, the
elemental love of freedom and justice
innate in democracy wins the war and
another step forward in uplift Of man.
kind.
A chief cause for lack Of prepare
ton for about war with us was the
strength of obstruction of some Of our
politicians jealous of
the peoples choice for the Third term
in high place. Take for example
married into the Morgan
fortune, Senator Rynolds of the sec
ond largest tobacco business, or 'ex-
president Wheeler the pampered
baby of the daily press of Montana,
sponsored In baptism of his first race
Tor the senate by the Montana Power
Reynolds is still carping
1t the administration. Lindbergh to
IN audience of 10000 in Los Angeles
he night before Germany invaded
Russia, said: 1T is absolutely incon-
,eivable that Germany and Russia
hould fight each other" Our ex-
PRESIDENT Wheeler, the day before
Pearl Harbor, in the Billings Gazette
aid: 81 am in favor of ironing out
IL our difference with Japan around
peaceftable."
In 1887 at Chicago, Mr.. Roosevelt
aid we were in danger of war and
hould put our house in order for it.
'hese particular gentry, Coughlinites
s a class, beloved that Roosevelt
vas a war. monger. Again, later when
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
SEN. MURRAY
ENDORSED BY
NATL. F. j.

WASHINGTON, May 21.-The Ma.
tional Farmers Union has officially
endorsed the candidacy of Sen. James
g. Murray of Montana for reelection
to the United States senate. In a
letter dated April 81 and made public
today by Senator Murray, President
James G. Patton of the National
Farmers Union said:
"In behalf of the National Farmers
Union / wish to express our sincere
thanks to you for the splendid sup
port you have given through the years
to the Farmers Union program. 1t
has been our experience that you
have always intelligently and effec-
lively supported the program of our
In these trying times l
feel the responsibility of our organi-
cation to express our appreciation to
men like you who have rendered such
splendid service. May take this OPP
portunity to wish you every success"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
APPEAL TO SCHOOLS and STUDENTS
AN OPEN letter TO YOUTH

Three thousand beet workers need
ed in Montana within the next ten
days or two weeks. Some think that
the $500 drawing unemployment COM
pensation should be made to respond.
Probably so, but that requires legis-
lation. Others are asking for Jap
labor. Still others want Mexican la
Dor shipped in. We are not going to
argue pro and con anyone of the
above. There is an emergency facing
the beet growers of Montana. There
is need for sugar as demonstrated by
sugar rationing.
There are 10000 boys and girls of
high school age in Montana. Many
schools have closed, many are now
closing and most of them will be
closed in time to care for the job of
timing beets. We believe that you
can and will rise to the occasion and
meet this pressing need. Are there
enough among you who are willing
to take the place of those who are
fighting for our country and democ-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
Marketing
QUOTA VOTE
APPROVES

Approval of marketing quotas OF
the 1912 wheat crop by 907 per cent
of the Montana wheat producers who
participated in the May referendum
was announced today by Chairman r
~. McKenna of the Montana Triple-A
committee. AS a result of this ap
proval in Montana and the nation
Commodity Credit loans at IS percent
of parity will be available on the 1912
crop.
"In Montana this will mean that our
loans on 1912 wheat will average
about $1.04 per bushel on the farm
as compared with an average loan
value on 1941 wheat of 879 cents per
bushel," McKenna explained. Re
cent announcements by the Depart
ment of Agriculture that the 1912
wheat parity payment would be 1876
cents per bushel and the wheat con-
servation payment would be SO cents
per bushel, both computed on the av-
erage yield of the acreage allotment,
assure farmers that these payments
and loans will bring them a fair re-
turn for their 1912 crop"
The vote in the state this year tot
aled 1882, 1856 approving quotas
and 1,716 disappearing. Last year
9t7 per cent of Montana farmers par
itcipating in the referendum approved
quotas.
Now that farmers have made it
possible for loans to be made, some
serious thought should be given to
providing storage for the 1912 crop as
loans can't be made until the wheat
is in approved storage. With the
huge carryover of wheat now on hand,
storage for this years crop is at a
premium" McKenna continued. "Pri-
critics difficulties will make construc-
ton Of terminal and sub-terminal stor-
age impossible and most such exist |
ing storage is now filled. That leaves
the problem to be solved largely on |
the farm with farm storage and right |
now is the time that farmers should |
begin making preparations to store |
this years crop. Lumber yards are |
still permitted to sell lumber at re-
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
COOP meet
SCHEDULED In
INDIANA

| WASHINGTON.-Farm leaders rep
resenting the 10000 farmer co-opera
| tives of the nation will gather on the
campus of Purdue university, Lafay-
cite, Indiana, during the week OF
August 10, to study means of extend
ing the contribution of their organi-
cations to the Food for Freedom"
program.
The occasion is the 18th annual
session of the American Institute of
Cooperation. Meeting each year on
the campus of a prominent college
or university, the Institute brings to-
gether dirt farmers, leaders of the
national farm organizations, co-opera-
tive officials, educators, government
officials, and others whose work
brings them in contact with farmers
marketing, purchasing and service CO.
operatives.
Charles w Holman of Washington,
D. c., secretary Of the Institute, in
the 1912 session at Pur-
due university, stated:
THE agricultural co-operatives have
long. been recognized as miniature de-
in action. Their purpose,
and practices are thorough
ly democratic.
To-day, these co-operatives have a
dual duty First, they must strain
every effort to help their farmer mem
bers meet the governments high pro-
1uction goals. Second, they must fur
lish visible proof that democratic, CO.
operative enterprise can do more than
my other single factor in welding to- |
5ether the people of this nation in
line of crisis"
With the cooperation of the staff
If Purdue university, the American
institute of Cooperation is preparing
IN impressive roster of speakers for
he five-day session beginning August
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
MERCHANTS
COOPERATE ON
PRICE RULES

The overall price ceiling, officially
labelled the general maximum price
regulation" went into effect through
out the United States for sales at re-
tail last Monday, May IS, and mer-
chants of the Rocky Mountain region
have shown every indication Of sim
cere and conscientious effort to put
the provisions of the regulation into
operation" according to Glen w. Col
linsFregional director Of the Office of
Price Administration.
"The price ceiling regulation" Col
Inns said lis a most important part
of our battle against rising cost of
living, and we must work together to
insure its success.
I'm these first few weeks of opera
ton under the regulation, the public
must be patient and tolerant. 1t is a
physical impossibility for so vast
program to function smoothly over
night. The general buying public will
perform substantial service by being
patient while the businessmen of the
nation and the government work out
the inevitable last-minute problems of
the program
Every American should be thor
Dughly familiar with the provisions
Of the regulation and should have
faith in the good will of our mer-
,hants and the ability of our govern
nent to enforce the regulation"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
CROP OUTLOOK
SLOWS UP
GRAIN Market
Grain Markets Weaken AS
New Crop Prospects Con-
tinue Extra Favorable Pro-
duction of GAG, 1878, 900 Blu.
Winter Wheat for 1912.

| Grain prices with the exception oil
barley and flaxseed averaged weaker
during the week ended May IL, &C
cording to the Department of Agricul.
| ture. Liberal official estimates of
winter wheat and rye production for
1912 had weakening influence.
Trade reaction to farm legislation de-
velopments caused some unsettlement
as farm leaders showed more inclina-
ton to permit distribution of govern
ment owned wheat for feed or indus
trial use at below parity figures. This
plan, on the other hand, If carried out
to important quantities was expected
to afford some relief to the acutely
congested storage situation. Mean
while current demand for cash grain
with the exception of mailing barley
was only fair and the daily moderate
receipts at Minneapolis of all grains
during the week went at barely steady
premiums. Crop comments from the
spring wheat territory continued
mainly favorable although heavy pre-
ClpiIdtiOh CduoCu Idllh SIOWlA VI
wheat in South Dakota and present
wet condition of the fields indicated
that corn planting would likely be
considerably behind the seasonal av-
erage in that territory
WHEAT: Prospects for winter
wheat continued favorable in the main
belt while recent rains improved con-
ditions in the eastern Ohio Valley.
Scattered rains were also helpful in
the northeastern states but in the
southeast continued dryness was un-
favorable. The crop continues to
make rapid growth in Kansas and in |
Oklahoma. The condition of winter
wheat at the first of May indicated
| yield of 17.8 bushels per acre which
las been exceeded only twice since
900. While the acreage seeded last J
all was nearly 100000 acres smaller
han the seedlings for the 1941 crop,
he acreage remaining for harvest is
'nly a little more than 100000 acres
ess than was harvested last year.
abandonment estimated
t $3.50 is low because of the con-
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22
GENERAL
PRICE RULES
in FORCE

The general maximum price regula-
ton, effective Monday, May IS for re-
tail sales, does not apply to the fol
lowing articles and commodities,
which are specifically exempted under
the regulation:
l. Any raw or unprocessed agricul-
tural commodity or greenhouse com
modify while it remains in substan-
TALLY it's original state, except bana-
mas.
2. Eggs and poultry
8. All milk products, including but
ter, cheese, condensed and evaporated
milk (but not fluid milk sold at re-
tail, cream sold at retail and ice
cream.
4. Flour (but not packaged cake
mixes and other packaged flour
mixes).
5. Mutton and lamb.
g. Fresh fish and seafood and game.
7. Dried prunes, dry edible beans,
leaf tobacco, nuts (but not peanuts),
linseed oil, linseed cake and linseed
meal, mixed feed for animals and
manure.
5. Living animals, whether wild or
domestic.
CONTINUED ON Page Two)