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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Hospital Day
SET for May II

ANNUAL HOSPITAL DAY
will be marked at st. Joseph'S
on May II, it is announced to-
day by Sister Ann Theresa.
Open house will be held on
that date from 1870 to $50 o.
clock in the afternoon and 7 to
9 O'Clock in the evening. The
public is cordially invited TO
visit st. Joseph's on that date.
to view the improvements that
have been made in the past year
and to become acquainted with
the personnel.
RICHARD REMER Of North
avenue observed his birthday an
niversary yesterday
MRS. KENNETH MOODY and
son Warren are in Quincy, Ill.
making their annual two
months visit with Mrs. Moody's
parents.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Couple Speaks
Wedding Vows

FLORENCE LANNOO, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lam
moo of 1895 jefferson avenue,
became the bride of Rudolph Ma
kuska, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mat
thew Makuska of Scott boule-
ward, Wednesday morning al
$50 o'clock in st. Louis Catholic
Church, with the Rev. FIR. Har-
old ROSebrook officiating.
The bride chose a white satin
wedding gown, made on princess
lines, trimmed with Spanish
lace. A pearl crown held her
long veil which fell past the
train of her gown. She carried
taliSman roses.
Maid of honor was Marie Ma
kuska, sister of the bridegroom,
and she wore a gown of blue taft
feta and carried pink roses. Mrs.
John j. Lang, sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid, and wore pink
taffeta and carried pink roses
like the honor maid.
Albert Lannoo, brother of the
bride, and John Lang attended
the bridegroom, and ushers were
John Tromb,ey, Roy Lang and
Henry Lannoo, Jr.
A wedding breakfast was
served to so guests at the bride S
home, and a dinner followed for
rs. Three hundred guests were
received at the reception held
later at Lakeshore Inn. Mr..
and Mrs. Makuska left for
Northern Michigan, and on their
return will live at Is Eldridge
street, Mount Clemens.
DOROTHY Copony, student
nurse at Harper Hospital, De-
troit, will begin a two weeks
vacation from her duties on Sun
day evening. The first week she
will spend with friends on the ST.
Clair River, and will go to Chi
Cago for the second week, to at
tend a nurses convention.
MRS. WILLIAM G.. RIVARD
and daughter Loretta, MIR. and
Mrs. Anthony Rivard and Rob
ert Bushey have returned from
Fort Benning, Ga, where they
visited Pvt. Earnest Rivard and
Pvt. Wilfred Shinski. Pvt.
Rivard, who had a three-day
furlough, is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William G.. Rivard Of New
Baltimore highway.
MIR. AND MRS. HOYT w.
CAPPS and children Susan and
John will spend Mothers Day
with MIR. and Mrs. Edward a.
Heine and Mrs. Charles r. Ull-
rich, Market street.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Flowers for Mother

WRISTLETS Of spray orch
ids and bracelets that wrap
around the arm are some Of
the new corsage ideas that
Mother can use as a dramatic
fashion cent on her new
spring costume. Patriotic colorS
take priority in a smart Moth
ers Day corsage made with three
nosegays of red roses, white
carnations and blue cornflow-
ers that can be sent or wired to
Mother if you cannot spend the
day with her Matching cor
sages for Mother and Daughter
are another smart gift idea.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Mrs. McGhee
is Honored

MRS. BURT D. McGHEE Of
Denver, Colo, arrived yeSter-
day for the final concert of the
Mount Clemens High school A
Cappolla Choir. which her son,
Charles Bernard NCGhec di-
roCtCd last evening She will re-
main for SeyeralS days, as the
guest of Mrs. S. c Price.
Mrs. NcGhcc was honored last
evening after the concert at a
gathering given by Ruth and
Mary Moore az their home on
CaSS avenue
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Civic Chours
TO Hold Election

ELECTION of officers Of the
Civic Chorus will be held at the
rehearsal TO be held at 1870
o'clock Tuesday evening at the
Community Room of the Mount
Clemens High School, il is an
nounCed today.
The board OF directors OF the
chorus will meet or Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Henry w.
Tryloff, 50 Lodcwyck avenue,
at 1870 o'clock.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Campfire Girls

CAMPFIRE GIRLS of Har-
rison Township met yesterday
afternoon. The group guardian,
Mrs. Winifred Franks, told about
several camps, camp Wathana
in Holly, the day-camp in
Chandler Park, Detroit, and the
Campfire camp in Indiana, Camp
Delight. Many of the girls are
making plans TO go camping.
Marilyn Bleakley, Scribe
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
To Attend Funeral

LADY ARBEITERS are re-
quested to meet At Zion Evange-
lical Church on Monday at las
o'clock, TO attend in a body the
funeral of Mrs. John Brass, a
member of the group.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Bowling Banquet

THE BANQUET Of the Ladies'
Monday Night Bowling League
of the Bowlodrome will be held
Monday evening at 7 o'clock at
Tassie's Tavern, it is announced
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
Corby-Rivard
Vows are Read

MADELAINE CORBY, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Corby, of New
Baltimore, and Stanley Rivard,
son Of James Rivard, were mar
ried this morning in st. Mary
Church, New Baltimore, with
the Rev. FIR. Leo p. Gaffney
reading the service at 8 o'clock.
The bride was attended by
Mrs. Bernard Corby as matron
of honor; Rose Ann Medium
and Mrs. Maynard Rivard as
bridesmaids; and Patricia Ann
Corby as flower girl. Vincent
Corby was best man. Legrand
Medium, Edward Corby and
James Rivard, Jr. were ushers,
and Billy Corby, ring-bearer.
A wedding breakfast at Du-
walls was held for the immedi-
ate family, and this evening a
reception will be held at the
American Legion clubhouse in
Mount Clemens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rivard will live
at 1892 Washington avenue,
New Baltimore.
HARRISON CIRCLE will
meet at the Kings Daughter S
Home on Wednesday, May Is, at
7 o'clock with Mrs. John Greene
as hostess.
MRS. WILLIAM DONNEL-
LY of Detroit is the weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. V.
Odle.
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN PEI
TIER Of Rochester, former resi-
dents Of Mount Clemens, an
nounce the arrival of son, born
last evening at home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09

RUMMAGE SALE in Matthews building North Broad
sponsored by Sodalty Of Our Lady of st. Peters CHI
METHODIST CHOIR rehearsal, at the church, at 73O
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Husband-tO-Be VALVES
Claim to NOrna's Fortune

HOLLYWOOD; Aug. % QNS)
Film Actress Norma Shearer
due 10 be married tomorrow tc
Martin Arrouge, young Sun Valley
ski instructor, disclosed today that
she and her husband-to-be were
signing a prenuptial agreement
under which he renounces al
claim TO a share In her community
The agreement was drawn up by
Miss Shearer's attorney with
Arrouge'S emphatic approval.
IL love her, and I do not want
any OF her money" he said. II
expect 60 go into the air corps
very soon. and I have always
been able 10 make n good
living"
Miss Shesrer remarked, coinci-
dentally. that she was not the
" al thy woman that many
believed her to be.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Jack Pierce Taken
in Raid on Hamburg

Missing since the July rs raic
over Hamburg, Sgt. Pilot Jacl
Pierce, y. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Pierce of Tiverton road
Bloomfield Hills. is a prisoner ot
the Germans. it was reported sat.
urday.
Sergeant Pierce. a graduate oI
Cranbrook Academy in 1889
joined the RCAF in February
1910. After graduating from Gran.
brook Pierce went to the Univer.
sity of Tennessee. where he played
haifback on the freshman team.
Pierce's brother. Ross. %, joined
the RCAF but has since been
transferred TO the United States
Navy. He is home now. awaiting
assignment-to navy air base.
Z" hate TO think of him i'm
prison camp" his brother Ross
said. but It's better than being
killed"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
u. 5. Subs Sink
4 Jap Vessels
! Trapped in Aleutisns;
Destroyer Torpedoed

WASHINGTON. Aug. q (INS)
United States submarines, rang.
ing from the Aleutian Islands tC
the Far East in support of the
fleets offensive operations, have
sunk four more japanese ships
and damaged two others. includ.
ing a destroyer. the navy depart
.ment announced tonight.
Invading enemy-controlled Far
Eastern waters, submarines sank
a large enemy transport and two
large cargo ships besides damag-
ing a destroyer and another YES
sci. The destroyer was officially
listed as possibly sunk.
another submarine. striking at
enemy supply lines to the Aleu-
tian Islands, sank a large mer-
chant ship in the Aleutian area.
The enemy ship sent to the bot
tom in the Aleutian area was the
twenty-fourth japanese warship or
cargo vessel sunk or damaged in
these waters since the japanese
occupied the Yves ternmoSt islands
in June.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Witneged Arrest

Also unexplained is the fact that
three friends ~pf Dodge, beside,
Miss Fontaine. apparently wit.
messed bis arrest and removal
from the Lange home without at.
tempting 10 tntcrcedc in his be.
half.
Reason for the Dodge domestic
tangle also remained much of a
mystery. although Miss Fontaine
advanced the theory the ex-mil-
lionairc was angered because he
thought his wife was spying or
him.
In an aftermath of the Dodge
death. the Detroit Trust Com
pany. Saturday, filed with Probate
Judge Thomas G. Murphy its for
NAL refusal to act as co-eXecutor
OF his estate.
No reason was stated. With
the papers. it filed also the Dodge
will for Safekeeping.' Dodge's
widow is the other executor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Russians Battle Bloomfield Hills
100000 in South Filler a Prisoner
StsIinerad Gateway
Scene OF Struggle

MOSCOW. Aug. e Sunday
tUP).-Russian armies fought de-
fenSive battles against the AXIS
forces on the southern front where
Germany repeatedly has thrown in
her final reserve forces Of 100000
men, it was reported today.
The battles at the gateways 10
tho great industrial city of Stain
grad continued at a furious pace
northeast of Kotelnikov and south
east Of Klctskaya.
The communique said that in
the Kotelnikov area two Rumanian
regiments attacked Soviet posi-
tionS, but were repulsed with
whitening artillery and machine
gun fire that destroyed about one
battalion of the attackers.
In the Kletskaya area the Rus
slams were able 10 go on The Of
fcnsive in several sectors and their
counter-attackS succeeded in driv-
ing the Germans from several
strong positions.
South of krasnodar. in the
western Caucasus, in the area
where the Axis is trying TO fight
its way 10 the Black Sea naval
base at Novorossisk, the Red army
battled enemy tanks and motor
lied infantry.
The Russian communique also
reported fighting in the Pyatigorsk
area, on the railway route from
RoStov TO the Grozny oil center.
The Red air force on Thursday
made surprise attack on
Nazi airfield where 400 planes
were parked and destroyed at least
100 of them with the loss of only
Is Russian planes, the communique
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Clear Up Criticism,

The mystery of British news
paper criticism of the Fortresses
as less suitable than British-made
bombers for bombing Germany
was cleared up today. 1t was based
on the first Fortresses sent TO
Britain year ago. The British
found that for European combat
purposes they were lightly pro-
tected. slow and carried an in
efficient bomb load.
The Fortresses now in action are
new types. They are fast, heavily
so heavily gunned they
are already the dread of enemy
fighter pilots. and expertIy
manned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
'Fortresses' Prepare
For Berlin Bombings
Destroy Half Of Maxi Planes
Attacking Over North Sea

LONDON, Aug. % lUP).-Day-
light bombings of Berlin By Ameri-
can Flying Fortresses in the near
future was predicted in responsible
quarters today as Allied fighter
planes returned TO Dieppe and
attacked German crews repairing
the wreckage of Wednesdays
commando raid.
Meantime. Fortress crews re-
ported they believe they scored an
unprecedented victory over the
luftwaffe-the destruction of at
least half of the 20 10 Is Nazi
Focke-Wulfs and Messerschmidts
in the North Sea air battle Friday.
United States Army headquar-
tiers IN London had announced that
three German fighters were def
nitely destroyed and nine others
probably destroyed or damaged in
the battle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
PoUer Line Doun

An alley in the rear of 1870
Marlowe avenue was caved in by
the rain and a power line on
Greenfield south OF Seven Mile
road was blown down.
A light pole and live wires in
front of 1880 Field avenue were
blown down and guarded by police
until repair crew arrived.
Trees were felled in all sections
OF the city. one across a car at
Avery and Kirby avenues. Chest
nut street in front of 2640 and
Wabash avenue in front of 1921
were blocked by fallen trees.
Police said they had received
more than 20 calls reporting storm
damage in the area west of Dexter
boulevard in the tenth and four
teenth police precincts.
The storm was accompanied by
a drop in temperature from 81 at 3
10 20 at 5. The weather bureau
also forecast scattered showers
and considerably cooler weather
Sunday morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Guerrilla Filters
Hit Axis Forces
MihsiIovich's Planes
Inflict Heavy Casualties

LONDON, Aug. % tUP).-Pri
vate Yugoslav advices reported
today that Gen. Draja Mihailo.
vich's guerrilla air force had at,
tackled an Axis garrison at Ban
jaluka and a German troop col.
urnn. inflicting many casualties.
The reports said that in the at.
tack on Banjaluka. Pilot Rudi
Cajevaz, the first airman TO join
the Yugoslav guerrilla air force
was killed.
For more than six months be-
fore the guerrillas obtained addi-
tional planes, Cajevaz operated as
a lone eagle
II was understood that the guer-
rilla force now had Is planes and
that pilot of the Croat air force
had deserted with his plane TO
Mihallovich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23

Il am not a fifth columnist.
i am for America and American
freedom. 1 am a Republican"
In this connection, Hoffman an
nounced recently:
II feel I need not utter one
word of apology for my war rec
ord In Congress. Before Pearl
Harbor 1 opposed what I felt
were deliberate efforts by biased
pressure blocs TO embroil us i'm
war that was not of our maxi
ing, not of our wish and not of
our concern.
"Since Pearl Harbor 1 have
supported every single war
measure. No member of Con-
gress has fought more tena-
ciously than 1. to render every
possible aid to our armed forces.
1 firmly believe that every
American must dedicate his
complete and answering effort
to the winning of this war"
Representative Hoffman is serv.
ng his fourth term. He is running
or reelection on the Republican
-icI-nt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23

IL don't mean" she said. "that
L am penniless, for I have earned
large sums from my motion pic
ture work. hut I do mean IL is
untrue that 1 am the richest
woman in Hollywood.
When the estate of her late hus.
band, Irving Thalberg, film execu.
tive, was settled two years ago she
converted her share of the com.
munity property into a trust fund
for the Thalberg children. Irving
Jr., y, and Katherine, Z. She said
the size of Thalberg's estate had
been greatly exaggerated.
Instead OF the $4,000, 900 ~
is reported to have left" she
explained, "he left 81 800, 900,
and with inheritance taxes, etc.
II Is not that much now"
sweetheart Theater Bar-S92S Srd
Continuous Entertainment, Shows.
Adv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Predicts u. S. Aid

British Air Minister Sir Archi-
bald Sinclair. describing the rapid
increase in American air strength
based in the British Isles. stated
in a speech tonight that American
airmen soon will be joining ruth
less" l,000-piane raids on the
heart OF Germany.
While the Allied fighter pilots
British. Canadians. Poles and
others-struck in a sudden attack
at battered Dieppe, American
fighters went into action over
northern France. roaring across
the English Channel at house-top
levels.
Fighter planes bearing the white
and blue stars Of the United
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Hoffman Libel Charge
Dropped by Agreement
Solid Support Of War Measures
Since Pearl Har Dor Recorded

ALLEGAN, Mich. Aug. pa
libel suit filed last spring by Rep
Clare f. Hoffman against the De.
Itroit Times was yesterday dis.
missed by agreement of the
parties.
The dismissal followed a thor
'ough investigation by The Detroit
Times which satisfied the Times
that there was no reason TO ques-
ton Congressman Hoffmans 10y
atty.
The suit was ibased upon an
inter lew with Representative
Hoffman, which appeared in The
Detroit Times in its issue Of Sun.
day. April II. The story inadver.
tently included sentence to the
effect that Representative Hoff-
man "has been listed by Wash
ington authorities as a pro-Ger-
man propaganda"
That statement was not true.
The Detroit Times never had, it
does not now have. any hforma-
ton which even tends to show
that Representative Hoffman is, or
was, a pro-German propaganda.
This newspaper had no intention
Of so branding him. Indeed. in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Storm Downs
Live Wires,
Autoist Killed
10 Minutes Of Wind
Blows Roof TO Street;
Rain Caves in. Alley

One man was killed and con-
siderable damage done by 10 min
'utes Of 45-mile-an-hour wind that
dashed ~35 of an inch of rainfall
through the Detroit area Saturday
afternoon.
Richard Schwarz, 81, OF Royal
Oak was killed when he lifted live
electric wires from the hood of his
car where they had been blown al
Eighteen-Mile and Rocheste r
roads.
The roof Of water tank on top
OF the Marquette Building at 243
West Congress street was torn off
by the gale and scattered in splin-
tiers between that street and the
river, although no one was injured.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Flying Porcupines'

The Fortresses are becoming
known as tho Flying Porcupines
from the record they are setting
up in combat.
They fought the Germans over
the North Sea without fighter es-
cort Nine Of the IL Fortresses bore
the brunt of the German attack
and two of these planes were dam
aged. But all returned safely.
(Sgt. William Schinke of Man
istee. Mich, was aboard the
Johnny Reb. one of the planes
damaged, ms reported. He was
ny7 b,r,-4
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
British Bag IA Danish Ships

LONDON, Aug. p (UP).-Brit-
iSh warShips and coastal command
planes have captured and brought
10 Britain II Danish vessels which
diSregardcd warning by the
admiralty that ships OF enemy
occupied countries. especially fish
ING vessels. must keep within
coastal waters, it was announced
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Polio Fund Near 4 Million

NEW YORK. Aug. % QNS).-
The sum of S3.9OS,3l0 was con-
tributed by the American public TO
the 1912 iniantile paralysis fund in
the campaign carried out last
January during President RooSe-
velts diamond jubilee birthday
celebration, it was announced to-
nlchf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Rethristen Seeanbee;
Navy Accepts Her

CHICAGO, Aug. p (INS) The
navy's first fiat top to ply the
Great Lakes formally was chris
tened the L. s. s. Wolverine this
afternoon in a ceremony at Chi
cago Harbor in Lake Michigan.
Naval officers, city officials and
civic leaders formed the christen-
ing party. The ship is the con-
verted lake excursion steamer
Seeanbee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Brazil Joins War;
Diplomats of Axis
Held as Hostages
Italy. Germany
Named in Action;
Sinkines Blamed
BY DAVID j. WILSON
United Press stan Correspondent

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. d.
Brazil declared war against Ger.
many and Italy today. ordered
her armed forces to stand ready
for sacrifices until death" and
held two shipfoads Of Axis dipfos
mats and their families as hoss
Itages in the harbor of Rio de
Janeiro.
Brazil was the first South
American nation to take UP arms
against the Axis--she was the
only South American nation to 90
to war on the Allies side in World
War No. land the thirty-second
country to join the Allies.
The declaration of war. which
came at 3 p. m. Saturday at a
meeting of the cabinet with Presi.
dent Getulio Vargas, followed
week-long anti-Nazi rioting and
mounting public indignation over
the torpedoing of six Brazilian
ships by Axis submarines with a
loss of more than 600 lives in the
past nine days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Detroit Soldier Killed

RIVERTON. n. j., Aug. ..
INS) 49, Pvt. Joseph Strogalski
., Of Detroit. was killed today
when two acknowledging oil
them the vehicle in which he hac
picked up a ride-collided with q
truck near Riyerton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Probe Fails
To Untdng|e
Dodge Death
Coroner viii Resume
Inquiry Into Cause
Of Fatal Blow
BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS

The death Of John Duval Dodge
the rich mans son who became
fortunes stepchild, Saturday re.
manned es much mystery in the
carly morning 10 days ago wher
he died in Receiving Hospital.
For more than "a, hours before
he succumbed his lips were sealed
by coma into which he lapsed
in Mcclellan police pre-
cinct where he was taken as a
prowier suspect.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Alfred Leads in Texas

DALLAS, Tex. Aug. % CUP).-
James V. Alfred. former federal
district Judge, took a 27.709 tC
2l9l1 lead tonight over Senator
w Lee O'Daniel in the run-ofl
race for the Democratic United
s tateS senatorial nomination
which IS equivalent TO election.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Rule Dakar Straits

Brazils action meant that the
United Nations now have full
armed control of the western side
of the Atlantic Straits of Dakar."
which might be the route of a
direct Axis attack on the Western
Hemisphere.
Furthermore, the strategic hump
of Brazil might become a jumping
off base for an eventual Allied at.
tack eastward across the South
Atlantic.
Brazirs declaration of war did
not include Japan, because the
government does not hold the Jap
anese guilty of any direct agrees
sion upon this country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Inquest to Resume

a coroner's inquest into hi!
death Will be resumed Monday
with his widow. Mrs. Dora Nc
Donald Dodge, whom he knocked
down in a domestic tangle shortly
before his arrest. slated TO ties.
tify.
Two days Of testimony revealed
the following death theories based
on the opinions OF Or. Plinn r
Morse, pathologist:
Dodge may have suffered
the fatal skull fracture by
clacking his head against the
window through which he
crawled 10 the porch outside
Miss Mignon Fontaine's room
in the Howard (. LANCE home,
1860 Van Dyke place.
O-IIe may 'lave run into a
clothesline on the porch
with such force that he was
thrown back against the wall
10 fracture his skull
o-The injury may have been
- caused by throwing himself
back on the floor.
Tor he might have incurred
such injury by being
dropped on the floor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Causes for War

The official announcement said:
Brazil accepts state of bel
ligerency with the governments
of Germany and Italy"
The nation of 41.0OO, 900 people,
comprising the biggest of all the
10 South American nations, was
forced to war. it was stated. by
three factors:
THE sinking of 10 Brazilian
ships by Axis submarines since
January, including the six ships
recently sunk near the Brazilian
coast.
2-The mistreatment of Bra
lillian nationals in German occu.
pied France, against which the
has made formal pro-
tests without avail.
3--In conformity with the spirit
of cooperation with the United
States"