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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-11
FDR 10 Delay
Draft Chance
1919 Age Group
Sofe Until 1913

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL
R)-President Roosevelt in
formed a press conference today
he thought there would be no
necessity of taking youths of ID
and 10 years into the armed
forces before the first of the
year, through selective service.
The chief executive explained
that under the present law, about
as many men as possible are
being trained. He offered no
estimate of the possible time
when young men of ID and 10
might be called.
Mr.. Roosevelt said, replying to
questions, that he had been con-
ferring with the War Depart
ment about the advisability OF
obtaining the necessary legisla-
ton before the end of the year
to permit the government to
bring the younger men into serv-
ice.
He was told that there had
been some talk of stopping all
navy enlistments of young men
so that selective service could
pick them for the branches OF
service in which they were most
needed.
This, Mr.. Roosevelt declared,
is under study in the Navy De-
partment. He mentioned that
there now are approximately
100000 enlisted men in the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-11
Watch Your Tires,
Oman Chief Warns
Automotive ond
Bike Thefts Soar

WASHINGTON, Sept. II -
up - Chief Oman j. Edgar
Hoover, commenting on sharp
increase in thefts of automobile
accessories and bicycles, advised
precautions to protect their pro-
perty.
Hoover reported that during
the first six months of this year,
thefts of auto accessories and
bicycles were up 80 and q per
cent, respectively, compared
with year ago.
1.-THE duties of the police have
increased greatly during the
war emergency" the FBI direc-
tor said in a statement.
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Will Take More
Time, FDR Says
President Moves
Swiftly to Adopt
Borueh Proposals

WASHINGTON. Sept. II -
Up President Roosevelt said
today he hoped by Monday to
put into effect practically all the
recommendations Of special
committee which studied the wi.
tai rubber problem and recon-.
mended nationwide gasoline ra~
tioning.
The chief executive indicated
at 4 press conference that "a
might take some time, however.
to put into effect this rationine
recommendation. He said IL
would take time to set up tho
machienry. which should b9
handled by local boards.
A fellows neighbor, the Pres-
ident said, is the best Judge a
whether he is using his car pro-
perly.
The rubber committee sub
mitted report to Mr.. Roosevelt
yesterday, recommending not
only gasoline rationing but also
other restrictions on private
driving, such as a universal IS.
mile speed limit and the limiting
Of average car mileage 70 5000
q year. and that for essential
purposes only. (
The e0mmittee also ptpboeed
complete reorganization Q III
Governments administrator %
the rubber program and . IorxG
expansion in production Of syA-
thetic rubber.
Mr.. Roosevelt told the Pres
Conference that he expected BY
Monday to have the name Of :
new rubber administrator who
would serve within the frame.
work of the War Production
Board. He said he had already
discussed the appointment with
WPB Chairman Donald n. Mel.
son, but he would give no clue
as to the prospective choice.
The President said he expecfy
ed. without exception, to put IN
to operation the program q thu
Special Rubber G 0 m IA itteoL
which was headed by Bernard
M. Raruch, chairman Of the WuE
Industries Board IN the last
world conflict. [
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-11
.(ifyin Flames
Big
Bomber Attack
British i. HurI Heovy
Aerial Forces
Across Continent
BY ROGER d. GREENE

Britain sent a mighty armada
of perhaps $50 to 1000 bombers
against Adolf Hitler's Reich be-
fore dawn today, blasting the
war foundries city of Duessel-
dorf, while on the Soviet front
the Red armies yielded four
more villages in the grim battle
for Stalingrad.
The British said merely that
hundreds" of Raj planes drop
ped a terrific weight of bombs
on Dusseldorf and acknowledge
ed the loss of 81 planes.
On the basis of average Raj
losses of three to five per cent,
this would indicate that the at
lacking force reached high into
three figures. 1t was the 50th
raid on the Rhineland city, "a
miles from Cologne and vital
center of metallurgical, machin-
cry and chemical industries to
feed the Nazi war machine.
The German High Command
admitted that the raiders in
flicted widespread destruction.
WIDESPREAD FIRES
Numerous conflagations as
well as damage to material and
buildings WERE caused. particu.
larly III residential quarters OF
Dusseldorf" a Nazi commune
que said. 1.-THE civilian popula-
ton suffered losses"
On the Russian front, dis
patches to Red Star said captur-
ed documents disclosed that Hit
Ter had demanded the immedi-
ate capture of Stalingrad at any
See AIR RAID-Page 2
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of primary competition-ran .
close second.
Revelation that Sheriff Jacob
F. Theut, democratic incum-
bent. has been accorded q draft
deferment-without requesting
one himself has spiked q va
riety of rumors concerning his
availability while Monte L.
Barnes. COP aspirant, in his
first bid for public office. Is
said, by the initiated, to have
entered more homes for per-
sonal talks with the electorate"
than any man seeking office in
recent years. Shaping up, how
ever, as formidable contenders
for the COP nomination are +.
Scott Burke and ex-SheriH Ro-
bert c. Havel, both of whom are
veterans in things political and
are known to have extensive
followings. Most experienced
observers say that the Have]-
Burke contest should b .
"horserace" with ths.ever proD-
ent possibility that Barnes. n
carrying his appeal direct 70 IL
See POLTTICS-Rage 3
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Hits Churchill

LONDON, Sept. IL - R -
Arthur Greenwood, LabOrite,
opened a House Of Commons de-
bate on India today by declaring
that Prime Minister Churchill's
statement yesterday was couch
ed in language (which was not
calculated to improve Ango-In-
dian relations"
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Youth, 16,Dies
in Auto Crash
Cor Croshes
into Bridge

A 16-year-old Oakland coun-
ty youth was instantly killed
and his two teen aged compan-
ions seriously injured at 4 p. m.
yesterday when their car skid
ded into q bridge on Is Mile
road near DeQuindre.
THE DEAD:
John EastOn, Jr.. 2121 Vir-
ginia, Troy Township, Oakland
county.
The injured:
Ernest Hobbs, Is. 2345 Viz
See CRASH-Page 2
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OTTAWA, Sept. IL - (Ca-
madam Press)-The United Ma
tons can not win the war until
the Englixh-speaking PEG p ] e
unite under one leader and that
leader should be President
Roosevelt, Major William Dun
can Herridge, former Canadian
Minister to Washington, declar-
ed here today.
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Fight-to-Deafh
for Stslingr1d
is Red Plan

MOSCOW, Sept. IL -WH-
The Soviet Army's organ, Red.
Star, indicated today that every
bridge across the Volga River
at Stalingrad has been blown IN
and every boat destroyed, mean-
ing that the defenders have No
choice now except . fight TO tn
death of the last man.
The Soviet noon communique
acknowledged that the Germans
had forced the Russians back On
the southwest approach OF Stall
ingrad, after q gallant stand
that had lasted q week. On tn
western approach, the Russians
had been forced to yield i've
villages and hamlets in three
days, and the noon communiQua
said German automatic riflemen
had infiltrated Soviet positions.
THE defenders Of Stalin9rad
have no choice except Z bitter
fight to the last man, becauso
there no longer Is any road foe
retreat" Red Star said.
THE defenders in 1915 (im
the Russian civil war; had ~
choice when Stain ordered IN
means of crossing the volea ~
moved. The army knew this 81
grimly approved.
1.-THE road back from Stalin1
grad no longer exists"
Red Star said the army
been ordered 10 hold Stn11
1t any cost - ffGntln0 Y
last street, IL ~ m 90 ~
lasl maa. n said - ~ r
- ~ooviet veE3un, 1 z -
- - p1nle rne
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Lines Weaken

MOSCOW, Sept. IL - R -
The defense arc before Stain
grad was CONSTRUCTED further at
the center today under bitter
and unceasing pressure and Ger
man shock troops took over
three more outlying villages
which the Red Army abandoned
as untenable.
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LONDON, Sept. IL - R -
The Paris radio reported today
that an air raid alert was sound
ed and. anti-aircraft. batteries
went into action last night at
CIermont Ferrand when uniden-
titled planes flew over.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-11
Claim Sinking

ROME (From italian Broad
casts), Sept. IL Up - The
Rome radio quoted dispatched
from Tokyo today as saying
that a japanese submarine had
sunk a 10,000-ton British trans
port in Mozambique Channel
between Madagascar and the
African East coast.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-11
Caiured Nazi Plane
Attracts Interest
Hundreds View Disploy
for y. 5. q. Benefit

Those who today viewed the
captured Nazi Messerschmitt
100 plane when the exhibition
opened today seemed to divide
their interest between the me-
chanics of the bullet riddled
craft and the signatures of ia
nous men and women scrawled
on il.
That interest in viewing the
captured hawk is high in this
city was amply evidenced by
the large numbers visiting the
exhibit at Gratiot avenue and
Clinton street. The exhibit is
See PLANE-Page 2
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Austria Rebels

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Sept.
IL - (R - Austria's "under-
ground" movement against Hit
Ter Is supported by 80 per cent
of the absorbed nations popula-
ton, Archduke Otto declared to-
day, but its importance is not
realized by the United Nations.
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Sand Interferes

CAIRO. Sept. II - (P -
Sand storms limited activity on
the Egyptian battle front yester-
day, although British artillery
batteries ON .ns sOutAsea sector
loosed shells against the Axis
forces Of FielA Marshal Rom
mel, British : headquarters an
nounced today.
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RUBBER cURbS effective MONDAY
750to 900 Plane RAJ Armada Skaters Dusseldorf
late X X X
bulletins


CHUNGKING, China, Sept. IL
-(P)- A Chinese government
spokesman said today that "Chi-
ma has enough soldiers for five
more years of war" He said that
more than 100000 men had
been modified since 1886 under
the Chinese conscriptiOn law
while the same number had VOL
unteered for service.
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Two Men Die

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Sept. IL
Up - Two men were killed
this morning when a plane from
the Crosse lie Naval base at De-
troit crashed on the farm of
Emanuel Lambarth, five miles
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1o-(R
The Navy adopted today a
policy Of not enlisting civilians
who are In essential employ
ment unless they are released
BY their draft boards.
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LOS ANGELES ALERT

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 11-(R
Southern CALIFORNIA; defenses
went on the alert for an hour
and five minutes at dawn today
Until the Army made certain
an unidentified target was
friendly.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-11

Nominate q law enforcement Of
ficer. II years experience :.
SCOTT BURKE for Rep. Sheriff.
ADV.
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Law Making Requires Law
Training - ELECT GEORGE
FRANCIS--State Representatives
ADV.
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SCOTT BURKE fer SAseifl -
Rep: World War Vet. /. u
years Law enforeeHen4 slfieer*
ADV,
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ImportioI coveress
Of All Loeol News
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BY LEO S. DISHER
United Press staff Correspondent


IN A FIELD DRESSING STA
TON ON THE NGLIS II
SOUTH COAST, Aug. 30 --U.D
The ambulances C Ian & e d
through the dead-black streets
of this town in the air raid dam
ger zone last night with the
wounded of the men who raided
Dieppe.
Stretcher bearers carried them
through 20 feet of a dark cor
ridor into the brightly lighted
dressing room. 1t was a mans
show. There were no women
nurses.
Preliminary treatment w S
administered to the Rangers,
the Canadians, the Commands
and the Fighting French and
they were taken back to ambu-
lances and on to base hospitals.
GRIM FIGURES
Soon the walking cases be-
gan arriving. tn cir uniforms
bloody. in tatters, ugly gashes
reddeping their dirty. faces. arms
and legs. Some still gripped
rifles and tommy guns.
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NLRB Orders
Consumers Gas
Vote Sept. 3

DETROIT, Aug. 20 - (R) -
The National Labor Relations
Board, at the request of two
rival unions, today ordered an
employe election Sept. /, 2 and 3
among Consumer Power Com
pany workers now represented
by the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers
(AFL).
The NLRB Board said the
IBEW, whose contract with the
utility was signed March 6, 1941
and expires Oct. 1, would be on
the ballot along with the Util-
ity Workers Organizing Com
mittee (CIO) and neither un-
ion" -
About 1900 workers will
vote, the NLRB said.
Voting will be held Sept. /
See NLRB-PaRe 2
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Vichy Hears
.Graphic|Tal
of Big Raid

VICHY, Aug. 20 - (P) -
Stories of hand-to-hand COM
bats in the streets Of flaming
Dieppe under a rain of shells
from British artillery were told
today in excited telephone in
fofmation which got through to
ViclAX from the scene of yester-
days battle.
Rough civilian estimates plac-
ed the number of allied raiders
at about 10000. mostly Cana
dians, landed in200 to 400 small
boats and tank seows- en-the
fortified beaches whife> - Brit
ish warships hurled shells into
the German coastal defenses.
French nurses and firemen
dealt with casualties and dam
age while the battle ragged, said
the reports reaching here.
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City to Get NoturuI Gas
ServicemEhree Months
Chanesnxar in Area> <l'eody
Underway; Servings is Cited

Natural gas service for Mount
Clemens within three months
was predicted today by B. G.
Campbell, division manager of
the Pontiac Division of Gonsum-
ers Power Company.
The changeover of neighbor-
ifs~communities from mapnfdc-
tured gas to nataraf gas service
already has be III Natural gas
was turned into the mains at
Wayne last Monday, and this
weel, was to see completion of
the changcover in plymouth,
Pennington and Worthwhile as
we'll as in Wayne.
EaPID PROGRESS
Next wec'S the Consumers
changeover crew, consisting q
over $50 trained men, will adj
vance in the Orchard Lake,
Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor
area and iren proceed to Clark
ston. Oxford, Orion, Trayton
Plains and Waterford.
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It'iA expected that Pontiac will
be reached about September LIST,
and tie changeover there will be
a matter of several weeks. The
present schedule calls for COM
plefion of work in Pontiac
Sometime in the early part of
October. Then the changeover
army will move south , Birm-
ingham, Royal Oak, Ferndale
and Ha-,l Park ar environs.
nj. Glen, rs and other Macomb
C3Snty communities will follow
alon aAftsIe later.
NatAral g-s is being brought
hto thu Mount Clemens area
via some $50 miles of pipeline,
extending North to Michigan's
natural gas fields and south to
tn Texas Panhandle For some
years Consumers Powe:: Com
pany has been supplying Michi-
gan natural gas to Saginaw. Bay
City and other communities,
while De. oit has been getting
Texas naturr' gas ia q pipeline
which crosses the Michigan line
neer Bliss -iel6. This year, under
a contract with &C sumers, the
See GAS-Page 2
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Abolish 1-b
Draft Group
Minor Defects
No Longer Bor

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O-R
Selective Service registrants
rated as having minor physical
defects officially became elig-
IDLE for military service today
with elimination of the LIB
classification.
The Selective Service system
announced adjustment of the
limited service" class yester-
day although the Army, nearing
exhaustion of the pool of Ia
registrants, recently called for
induction of men in the lib
group.
Consequently, Selective Serv-
ice said, reclassification of men
in this group will begin Sept. /
and will be completed Jan. 1.
They will be rated as Ia, the
group free of any known physi-
cal defect, or placed in Class AT
comprising those totally unfit
for service.
During Redistribution, how
ever, Selective Service added,
no more than one fourth of the
LIB registrants in any local
board will be placed in Class
IA in any single month. After
their induction, the Army will
determine whether to ssh g n
them to full or limited duties.
Local board were cautioned
that while physical deficiencies
constituted the only basis for
the original lib classification,
the status of the registrants may
have changed and possible de-
ferment for dependency, family
r e t i n h j p or occupation
should be considered.
Meanwhile, education officials
asked the war manpower COM.
mission at a meeting yesterday
to>halt voluntary enlistments in
the armed services and to SUBJ
sidize collegiate education of
prospective officers and scien-
tific technicians.
Informants who declined to
be quoted by name, said the pro-
posals were advanced on the
ground that present enlistment
programs placed students who
might be more useful as tech
nicians in non technical posi-
tions.
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u. ). boIllbers
Scour Pacific
for Jap Fleet
Smosh SovoseIy
at Enemy Worships
North of Solomons
BY the Associated Press

American flying fortresses
hunting down units of the Japa-
nese fleet which retreated in
the initial phase of the l5-day-
old battle of the Solomon
Islands were reported today to
have bombed enemy warships
400 miles north of the main bat
tie theatre. =
A bulletin from Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters said
heavy United Nations bonbers
pounded the Japanese naval
craft near Faisi, a small island
resr Bougainville, in the North
ern Solomons. Results were. an
known, but all the raiders re-
turned safely despite | intensive
anti-aircraft fire.
The communique also dis
closed the loss of the 10,O00-ton
Australian cruiser Canberra,
sunk in the opening attack on
the strategic 900 mile = long
island chain, where American
Marines have gained strong
footholds on at least three and
perhaps six islands in the
south.
No further word WIS forth
coming on developments in the
land fighting, but it was ap-
parent that allied warships and
planes were taking vigilapt care
to guard the hard fighting
leathernecks from any Japanese
attempt at reinforcement.
The Canberra was the first
allied casualty in the SolomonS
identified by name. Previously,
Washington had announced the
loss of cruiser, and said two
destroyers and a transport had
been damaged.
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dramatic air and bottle Of the in the west.
For hours in the blue skies Dieppe and on
the CLASSY voters Of the channel Briton and Germon
man and seomon fought for the lives Of thousands Of
American Conodon and British soldiers who scrambled
ashore this morning to storm the ancient port Of Deppe
The result wos decisive allied victory.
Its full measure is not 81 oircroft shot down by
British pilots and gunners but long line Of landing croft
full of weary but triumphant now passing our ship.
They homework bound because of the magnificent
job done by the little ships and greet of the Royal
Navy and the heodong assault Of pilots of the RATS Spit
fires Mustangs and Hurricanes
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Don't Neglect
Your Privilege
and Your Duty

Wednesday, Ang. 80, = ~
last day on which yen e.
register II you expect - w.
In the state and eeanty ~
maries on Sept. Is.
This year, - nevef 0e1eeo
In history, Americans $500
be appreciativs q ~ righ1 g
franchise which b tAelEA -.
downtrodden and sb0Do1 @
German dominated la0oo
would cry for jsy y - 49,:
10 exercise the right - 60 ~
free ballet In eholeo q -.
governmental ehlefD.
Don't take lightly -;
privilege, and duty wAoI1 II
yours. y
II yeu are net rsglu1ogo1 -
the Sept. Is Delnnsy 49,,
lions make. eoElnln - -
are prise - next We0n6uo
The thlneD - un1on U|
and suR ana - -
battlsgrsun1b 49, - &
rieht C ~ 1nGDo0 - ri c.
~ 49, W. ouoooDo
powsss g OevsGunl
BoG1oonS r
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Burglar
is Found
Guilty

Archie Kestleloot, 10, of 25881
Grovement, Roseville, charged
with breaking and entering in
the night, was found guilty by
a jury in Circuit Judge Neil E.
Reds court late Wednesday
afternoon. No date was set for
sentencing.
Kestleloot was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Richard DeKet-
leare recently following t h e
theft of equipment from a War
rem Township junk yard last
May Is. Among the articles ia
ken were an acetyline torch,
guages and SO feet Of rubber
hose.
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Commando Wounded Stalk
Through Dead Block Streets
Wild Looking, Tottered Veterons
Rushed to British Hospitols

Some, wild looking, were suf-
fering from shock. Some hob
bled, supported on each side by
first aid man. Many had lost
the uniforms in which they had
started out in the morning and
had pieced together other cloth
ing.
They waited in the adjoining
ward. Most eagerly reached for
the cigarets handed out to them,
but some dropped asleep the
moment they sat down.
AS the emergency ward was
cleared, the SUI r & o ms came
among the walking cases, look
ing for the men in most need Of
immediate care, and took them
out. Some they had to tap on
the shoulder - il the shoulder
was not wounded-or shake to
awaken them.
MAKESH1FT FACILITIES
This dressing room has make
See WOUNDED-Page 3
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SDicS i'm Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 20
(P) - The sinking of five
Brazilian coastal ships recently,
which has brought Brazil into
undeclared conflict with the
Axis, was the result Of "brazen
operations of Nazi spies who
informed on planned troop
movements" a high official OF
the government navigation line
asserted today.
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This combination broke German force Of at leost
500 oircrot seeking to blast the cormondos and in
tont into submission and sink the armada Of landing
croft
Since down. when two Focke-Wuf 1905 dorted at
with mochine guns and choterne this tiny croft
and every other ship have been bombed and stroed
peotedy and have bIozed back at the enemy.
Our motor launch, which is about 90 feet long, left
southern port lost night escortne tank landing croft
The sinking toward the horizon England
dropped ostern and the ehostke line of ships headed for
France and the enemy
EYEWITNESS-Page
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Fire Strikers

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 20
R-Workers, who failed to re-
turn to their jobs at the Rey-
nolds Metals company plants to-
day, were removed from the
company payrOlls, land will not
be re-employed under any cir
cumstances.' Carl X. Greene. in
dustrial director of the concern
said.