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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-15
Reginald Riyard
Now Army Captain
New BoItimove
Man Promoted

Announcement was made to-
day that Reginald j. Rivard, of
New Baltimore, assistant adju-
tant in the enlisted personnel di-
vision, headquarters of Camp
Lees Quartermaster Replace
ment Training Center, Virginia,
has been promoted from First
Lieutenant to Captain in the
Quartermaster Corps.
A native of New Baltimore.
Capt. Rivard attended st. Mary's
school and was active in profess
sional baseball. He was formerly
a Sergeant Major at Selfridge
Field. He was commissioned
October /, 1941, upon gradua-
ton from the ON Officer Candi-
date School.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-15
Bottles Then Will Make
Current Fight Seem Tame
Weapons for Air. SEQ ond Lond
Forces TO Be Reody bv Summer

South Dakota and Massachu-
sets are already in service. The
Indiana and Alabama, of the
same tonnage, were launched in
November 194l and February
1912 respectively. The $4,000
ton Iowa hit the water last Au-
gust and the New Jersey, of the
same class, only this month.
James V. Forrestal, Navy I'm
dersecretary, gave a clue to the
speed with which these huge
battlewagons are being put into
service by declaring at the New
jerseys launching that that ship
would be commissioned within
five months.
Other Naval craft-battle-
ships and carriers do not operate
without supporting squadrons Of
cruisers and destroyers and Ad-
miral Ernest j. King, comman-
der-in-chief of the United States
fleet, is authority for the state
ment that 1913 will see the fleet
swelled by numbers of these
vessels. Many destroyers and
submarines were commissioned
this year, King said in a recent
speech, but carriers and CRUZ
sers in particular will not start
coming into service until next
year"
GUNS
Guns-Little has been reveal
ed about the development or inn
provement of guns although that
obviously must be one of the
main concerns of all munitions
research and design. General
Arnold said in his Sunday
speech, in which he graphically
referred to secret new weapons
of aerial warfare, that one new
piece of airplane armament
would make the present power
full so caliber machine gun look
like pea shooter. Forrestal
gave evidence of the power and
accuracy of battleship armament
at the New Jersey launching in
reporting that at the battle OF
Guadalcanal in mid-November a
battleship laid its second Salvo
squarely on the target eight
miles away.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-15
Powerful u S. Drive Against Axis Seen by Summer
California State Go
Ask Production Probe

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IS -
(Pl A congressional investiga-
ton of CALIFORNIA; war produc-
ton is urged by the executive
board of the state CLIO.
The board especially criticized
Henry j. Kaiser's shipyards and
peals made the ruling yesterday,
charging improper utilization
of labor and materials" and ex-
penditure of immense sums
with almost no results
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-15

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-15
Trailer Murder
Case Is Solved
Police Claim
Full Confession

LANSING, Dec. Is - R) -
Declaring a signed confession by
Harland Nevins had solved the
trailer Staying of his married
sweetheart, Mrs. Ellen Pitt, state
police officials today recounted
the strange story they said he
told.
Capt. Harold Mulbar, chief
of the detective division, said
Nevins, 28-year-old laborer, told
calmly - something almost cal
lousy - of having shot his
sweetheart during a jealous
quarrel, and of having gone rae
coon hunting the same evening,
carrying the rifle from which
he had fired the fatal shot. And
through the story, Nevins assur-
ed the officers, II still love
her."
He obtained permission to
view her body at Lansing flu
neral parlor last night Ito say
goodbye" to the 36-year-old do
nestle whose body he had bur-
led in a crude grave in the back
yard of his shack residence.
There he stood calmly beside the
casket, sighed gently and turn
ed away, to be returned to his
county Jail cell.
CLAIM CONFESSION
Mulbar said Nevins signed a
statement admitting he had kill
ed Mrs. Pitt in the trailer where
she lived, and week later trans
ported the body to grave he
had prepared in his back yard,
telling his wife and neighbors it
was to serve an outbuilding.
A broken date" Mulbar said,
apparently was the motive for
the killing. He said Nevins told
of having quarreled with Mrs.
Pitt repeatedly because of it and,
visiting her in the trailer home
on the night of November 81,
became enraged anew.
Il got the rifle and I loaded
it and I shot her." the signed
statement said, and as Mrs. Pitt
fell to the floor from box on
which she sat, Il picked her up
and hollered Punk my pet
name for her. / kissed her. l
lad her back down and couldn't
stand it any more and had to
leave.
WENT HUNTING
He returned to the trailer
some hours later, he related,
picked up the rifle and some
ammunition and went raccoon
hunting with a friend. Frequent
ly in the following days, the
statement said, he returned to
the trailer to "loo at her" and
finally, on November %, he
transported the body to his yard
for burial in the shallow grave
after having "sent the children
to a neighbor to borrow SHOW
ell"
Nevins had been detained
since Friday night, following a
tip by his wife, Bertha, that he
had told her of the shooting and
threatened to harm her il she
told the police. The rifle and
a package containing Mrs. Pitts
watch and the trailer key were
found in his house, and he led
the officers to the spot in his
yard where the body wa; bur-
led.
Mulbar said he would ask
Prosecutor Victor G. Anderson
for a warrant charging Nevins
with murder.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-15
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Accused as XXX,
Quits Clio Trial

Fate of Frank Buehrle of ALAS
Hurlbut avenue. accused of lead.
ing a Ku Klux Khan faction of coo
members of the Packard Local
100, UAW-CIO, rests with a seven.
man union trial board today.
The three-day trial of Buehrle
ended with a five hour session last
might in the local headquarters
Gill Mt Elliott avenue. Buehrle
walked out in the middle of the
session after failing to produce
witnesses in his own defense. He
denied he was a Khan member.
Complainant against Buehrle IS
Curt Murdoch, president of the
local. who charges that Buehrle
circulated election campaign PAM
phlets which alleged that Murdoch
was a Klansman. forged a Khan
passport" in Murdock's name, and
had the alleged forgery printed at
a non-union shop. The formal
charge is that Buehrle violated the
unions bylaws.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Z Army Filters
Die in Crashes

Twelve army air corps filters are
dead today, victims of five flying
mishaps in widely scattered Sec
lions of the country.
Five were killed when a light
army bombing plane crashed and
exploded in a West Greenwich
r. l., wood. The plane. based al
Airfield, burst into
Flames. starting a woodland fire
which burned over $50 acres be-
fore ii was controlled
Three others were killed in the
crash of training plane during
"a takeoff from the Lexington All
Base near Columbus, S. C.; two
died in crash near Leary, Ga.
and single crackups near Helena
Ark. and Matagorda Bay. Tex.
took two other pilots lives. In
veStigations were launched imme.
Idiately into all five accidents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Admiral Hart i'm Flint
Back in Home Town to Visit Boyhood Scenes
and See His Old School Friend
By VERA BROWN

The admiral and Mrs. Hart dined
quietly with few of the Stewards
close friends last night at the
Flint City Club on top of the Du-
rant Hotel.
TALKS TO PRESS
He will hold a short informal
press conference today.
The rest of Saturday and Sun.
day will be spent driving about
with the Stewards, visiting his
birthplace, Dawson, which re-
Gently held Tommy Hart Day In
his honor.
When young Tommy Hart was
graduated from old South High
School and went off to Annapolis,
the Spanish War was in the maxi
ing and Flint was a beautiful old
town with elm-lined streets.
Old South High has turned into
Ia parking lot, and Flint has be.
come defense production center
for a new war.
But the Flint River, where the
admiral used to fish, is still q
pleasant stream, and the woods
around Dawson, where he hunted
as a boy, are still standing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
BdiI-0ut Saves
I at Crosse lie

Lieut.. Stephen F. Marie of
Trenton. Mich, and marine me-
-ehanic James A. Vittitoe of the
Crosse lie naval base saved their
lives when they bailed out Of an
experimental training plane near
Flat Rock. base headquarters an
.nounced today.
The plane crashed in the park
ing lot of the Detroit. Toledo and
Ironton Railway round house just
outside Flat Rock. and burst into
flames. An automobile parked in
the lot was destroyed and several
Others damaged.
Lieutenant Commander r. c.
Young said the two men were
making a test flight when the
plane went out of control at
p m. yesterday.
Lieutenant Marie stayed
With the plane as long as he
dared" Commander Young said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
'8 Ford Strikers
To Get $4,000

LOS ANGELES, April 4 (INS)
The 233 men who struck
against the Ford Motor Com
pany Long Beach plant in 1885
will receive a total OF 500 900 in
back pay. il was announced today
by the company and the JAW
Go.
The company refused 10 take
the men back into the plant until
ordered TO by the National Labor
Relations Board. The back pay
was computed on the basis OF
what the men would have earned
from the time the strike ended
until they were put back TO work
minus any outside earnings of that
period.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Langley
Launched
In 1912
WASHINGTON. April 4 QNS)

WASHINGTON. April 4 ms
The navy revealed today that
the u. S. S. Langley, the nations
first aircraft carrier. normally car
ried only two naval observation
planes.
The Langley was the former
Y. s. S. Jupiter. a collier. and was
launched in 1912 and commissioned
the following year. The Jupiter
was the first ship TO pass through
the Panama Canal from west to
east.
In 1919 Congress authorized
the conversion of the Jupiter 10 an
aircraft carrier and II was COM
ImiSsioned as such March 20, 1922,
and named in memory of Prof.
Samuel Pierpoint Langley, distin-
guished physicist and astronomer.
The Langley served as an aircraft
carrier until 1897 when II was con-
.yerted 10 tender.
The plane tender was armed
with four 5-inch guns and had a
normal complement of 81 officers
and CAS- enlisted men.
The 1,l90-ton destroyer Peary
was launched in 1920 and was
named for Admiral r. f. Peary,
the Arctic explorer 1t carried four
4-inch guns and had normal COM
plement OF nine officers and lis
enlisted men.
The 5.40O-ton tanker Pecos was
launched in 1921 and carried a
normal complement of ID officers
and 302 enlisted men. 1t was
armed with four 5-inch guns. II
was named for the Pecos River in
Texas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Three l.. s. WarShi pS
Added to Jap Toll
CONTINUED from Page One)

until forced 10 abandon their
sinking ship.
PEARY IS SUNK
Two-thirds Of the combined
crews of the two ships were be-
lieved lost in this encounter.
The Peary. a World War four
stacker destroyer of 1,19O tons
was blasted to the bottom off
Darwin, North Australia base, by
enemy dive bombers about Feb
ruary 49, But its heroic crew did
not give up the fight until the
ship actually had sunk under
them.
The sinkings were not revealed
by the navy until now because
war conditions in the Southwest
Pacific made il difficult TO obtain
reports on casualties so that next
of kin of the victims could be
notified.
The losses served to accentuate
the extent to which the japanese
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Admits Robbery
Charged TO Pal

Joseph Tofil. 26, of 1905 Marie
street, Dearborn. today pleaded
guilty to a robbery of which an
other man is still accused and held
in the county Jail.
The accused is Frank Czajew-
ski. "a. of 1857 Tarnow avenue,
who police think may be the man
who robbed CaSimir Tracy of 494S
Central avenue of $50 after slug
ging Tracy in beer garden
March 6.
Skeptical officers think Toll is
trying TO protect Czajewski, a
friend. but said they would prob
ably drop the charges in court on
Monday morning.
Tofil will be sentenced Friday by
Recorders Judge George Murphy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Milkless Day
Sunday Deliveries End,
Clio Drivers Decide

Beginning tomorrow, there will
be no Sunday delivery Of milk to
homes served by diaries employing
members of the United Dairy
Workers tCIO). it was announced
today by Kenneth Vardon, UDW
president.
ITO save tires and trucks
parts that are so important to
the defense of the country, we
are hating Sunday deliveries,
according to an agreement with
the diaries, until the war Is
over" Vardon said.
DRIVERS will carry an extra
supply on Saturday so that the
homes can get their Sunday milk
on Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

the target. We sustained very
little damage.
Then they made another
series OF approaches and dropped
bombs on two runs. The second
was very effective and the salyo
practically smo cred the
Langley.
I'VE had escort destroyers
which were skillfully maneu-
vered and, when il was apparent
the ship could not be saved,
they performed creditably In
rescuing the Langley's crew.
SURVIVORS PICKED Up
"After the area had been
thoroughly searched TO make
sure all survivors had been
picked up, an escort vessel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
PeGry Hit Often
WASHINGTON April 4 GNS

WASHINGTON, April 4 (INS)
Capt. Felix B. Stump, United
States Navy, who has just re-
turned from the Southwest Pa
cifc area, revealed that the de.
stroyer Peary was bombed many
times before il was finally sunk
at Port Darwin.
THE Peary was bombed In
Manila Bay soon after the war
broke out" Captain Stump said.
"She later arrived at Darwin
after being bombed several
times en- route. She was re-
paired and was again bombed
while ON convoy duty. She was
finally sunk In a heavy bomb
ing at Port Darwin"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Commanders Stories
Picture Heroic Defense of Doomed American Ships
'Smothered by Rain of Jap Bombs
Photo by International News Photos
a
Continued from Page one)

stroyers to transfer the Lang
ley survivors To my ship for an
other transfer to Australia" he
said.
"On arriving near the island
and just before starting trans
fer Of the survivors we were at
tackled by a formation Of Jap
land-based bOmbers. MY ship
and the destrOyers departed at
high speed.
TRANSFERRED AT DAWN
I'VE got together again and
began the transfer before dawn
the next morning, March 1, in a
fairly rough sea and completed
the job by about 8 a. m.
with the survivors aboard,
the PecOs proceeded towards
Australia. About 1880 that
morning, Jap carrier-based
observation plane was seen.
"A little after noon, out of the
sun, carrier-based dive bombers
appeared. There were six i'm one
formation. six in a second and
nine in another, and probably
several other planes.
CONTINUED TO FIGHT
"One Of the first hits knocked
the crew off gun, killing and
wOunding several men. but
others continued the action.
I'm all, there were three
flights Of dive bOmbers. They
attacked us for more than four
hours, infIicting progressive
damage, until finally the ship
was sunk, "A little after 4 D. m.
THE PecOs went down bow
first. The last of the bOmbers
tried to strafe a handful of
men on the stern while IL was
still above the surface, but the
plane was driven off by my
executive officer, Lieutenant
Commander McPeake, who per-
sonally manned the only ma
chine gun that was left. He Is
: now missing.
I'VE saw one plane on fire,
and we are certain we hit sew
eral more.
CLING TO DEBRIS
"As the ship went down,
everything that would float was
thrown overheard. Several of
our boats had been damaged
beyond use. But all hands had
life jackets and stayed afloat
by clinging to debris.
Just before dark an enemy
submarine broke surface nearby
and then disappeared. We also
heard the distant explosions as
some other ship was bombed.
Her name was not determined.
Later on a submarine was
heard and attacked by the de-
stroyer, but the results could
not be determined In the dark
ness. While the fight was on,
Saxton, my gunnery control
'talker' on the bridge. gave one
OF the greatest performances 1
ever saw.
IGNORED WOUND
"He was hit in the arm but
refused to leave his station. A
tourniquet was applied to the
wound.
"When the order came to
abandon ship, he refused TO
leave without the pay roll rec
Ords. He got them, then went
overheard.
Later, on the destroyer, he
told me:
I'm sorry, sir. I hung onto
them until thew were pulling
me aboard the destroyer and
then they just got too heavy
"He had been In the water
about FIVE hours, with one arm
useless"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Iroquois WdIther Uni
Again Offers Drama

For the sixth year, the Junior
Walther League of the Iroquois
Avenue Christ Lutheran Church,
Iroquois avenue at East Vernon
is presenting a biblical
drama.
This years production. The
Crown of Thorns," by Milton S.
Agnew. will be presented April 9
and 10 at Sis p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Bomb Demonstration
Scheduled Toniuht

The proper way to extinguish
an incendiary bomb will be demon
strated on the baseball diamond
of Chandler Park today at $50
p. m. and the public is invited to
attend the demonstration. Glenn
c. Richards. associate civilian de-
Tense co-ordinator, announced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Fire Loss at Fair
Blamed on Low
Water Pressure
impossible to Save
z Buildings Anyway,
Chief Thompson Says

Water mains into the State Fair
Grounds are so small that during
yesterdays 100000. five-alarm
fire, which leveled two buildings,
fire department bumpers were
pumping water away from each
other instead of on the fire." Fire
Chief Alex c. Thompson saia
today.
Maybe they'll do something
about 1t now" Chief Thompson
commented.
He added, however. that even
had proper pressure been avail
able, through larger water mains
it might not have made much
difference in the net result-des
struction of the Ford and electri.
cal display buildings.
TOO MUCH START
The fire had too much start
Chief Thompson said.
Only courageous work by firS
men and Is war emergency auxtl.
iaries prevented an even larger
loss.
In an adjacent building 200 to
I 500 automobiles were stored
under government orders.
Some of these had to be pushed
away from danger by firemen
working in dense smoke and In
the hazard of falling embers.
ss ESCAPE BLASTS
Thirty NYA youths and three
girls working at the fair grounds
escaped the burning buildings a
paint drums exploded, causing tho
flames to spread quickly. A care
less cigaret smoker using the paint
room for a prohibited pun was
blamed by Arson Inspector George
Smith for starting the fire.
Gov. Murray d. Van Wagner
was a witness Of the battle against
the flames.
He commended the work Of both
the firemen and the auxiliaries,
called into service from training
meeting which they were at
tending.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

FLINT, April 4.-Tommy Hart
lis back home and getting a royal
welcome from his. old friends.
He is Admiral Thomas Charles
Hart, u. S. N, just returned from
his post as commander of the
Pacific feet.
His visit here is entirely unoffi-
cial and private.
He has come for just two rea-
sons: to see his old school pal, S
IS. Stewart, retired industrialist,
and to visit the haunts of his boy
hood.
WANTS TO BE QUIET
Said Stewart, at his home in
Westwood parkway
where the admiral and Mrs. Hart
are guests:
Tommy wants to be quiet,
see the few of our old friends
who are here and visit few old
landmarks. He doesn't like fan
fare, and he's had a rather hard
trip. Mrs. Hart joined him I'm
Detroit yesterday, and drove TO
Detroit to bring them back
here"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
U. 8. MEN ASSIST
LIVESTOCK TIEUP ENDS

The walkout of four men al
the Michigan Livestock Exchange
which had blockaded the Detroit
stockyards by a picket line. was
settled, Swearingen said, by rails.
ing one man from $50 to $25 q
week and giving each of the other
three a Scent hourly increase.
Swearingen also announced the
settlement of a one-day strike by
80 employees at the Esco Engineer.
ing and Sales Corporation plant
1855 Fourth avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
REDUCED BY TAXES

Emphasis was placed by Thomas
on the fact that these maximum
allowances were subject to taxes
and therefore would be substan-
TALLY reduced by the tax collectors
The committee also agreed ir
principal on a proposal to give the
government purchasing agencies
authority to renegotiate any con.
tracts on which final payments
have not been made.=------
Full authority would be given
the war and navy departments and
the maritime commission 10 make
audits Of all charges made by con-
tractors in performing their con-
tracts. TO see that no unwarranted
costs are included.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

controlled the air In the South
west Pacific at the time the at
tacks occurred.
More recent reports from Aus
tralia have indicated that this
overwhelming aerial superiority
no longer exists.
While the Langley and Pecos
were sunk in the Indian Ocean
south of Java and the Peary of
Darwin, they were. considered vic
Tins of the general Japanese Of
fensive against that key Dutch
East Indies Island. The japanese
attack against Java was amphibi-
Gus. covering great sea areas as
well as land.
Loss of the three ships raised
Japan's toll of Allied warships in
that engagement to Is. OF the Is
sinkings previously disclosed, five
were American craft "a cruiser
three destroyers and a gunboat.
Sinking of the Langley, Pecos
and Peary was the worst blow
suffered by the United States
Navy at the hands of Japan's far
ranging airmen since the Decem.
Der 7 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Act to Foil
PiccOne'S
Parole

In Jackson Prison for life at
hard labor for the murder of IL
year-old CasSius Barber, Dominick
Piccone today faces at least three
more charges.
Prosecutor Charles L. Wilson of
Oakland County said he would
bring the 20-year-old Piccone back
TO Pontiac next week TO face court
in the murder of Romano c. Pot
ter. IS, like Barber a resident OF
Oxford.
Wilson will then ask that Pic
cone also be sentenced on a year
to-year basis for kidnapping Roy
Thorpe, 81.
FEARS SOFT HEARTS
81 want some sentence like 80
to 80 years on the kidnapping"
Wilson said, ito be served after
the life sentence. We are going
to make absolutely certain that
no parole board ever gets soft
hearted and let's this maniac
killer out of prison"
Prosecutor Ernest Rogers o.
Jackson County is also preparing {
warrant against Piccone for the
murder of Carl Mckenzie. as, o
Concord, third victim of Piccone'!
18-hour killing spree.
This will bring Piccone to tria
again should he ever be freed o
the Oakland County charge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

"YOur Own Horoscope by
Frances Drake, il one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.