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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
N FRANKLIN MULLIN


CHICAGO. Jan. 6-tR-With
firSt effects Of the food for
lreedom" drive Of American ag-
Yiculture already apparent. the
more than 100000 u. 8. farm
ers enrolled in a unique effort
70 fight the war with plow-
shares today were goaded by
highest general price levels since
1890.
Market statistics showed that
ut the start of the new year
prices of livestock ranged from
IL to az per cent higher than a
year ago; grains from ID to Al
per cent higher; butterfat l6
per cent higher and eggs 70 per
cent higher.
These are statistics farmers
are weighing as they formulate
1912 operating plans along
with advice received from
farmer committeeman repre-
senting Uncle Sam who are COM
piling results of the most un-
usual canvass in agricultural
history, recently completed.
Individual farmers, already
fighting the "battle of food
with 1941 bumper crops and
greatly expanded livestock pro-
duction, have been shown what
they can do best to share in the
1912 program. This outline,
coupled with the ia = that poul-
try feeding for eggs, and live
stock breeding and attening for
meat and dairy products have
become much more attractive
than last year, on the basis OF
price trends, will guide them in
translating their efforts into
commodities for the larder of
democracy.
Production goals OF some COM
modities, originally outlined sew
eral months ago. may be in
creased in the light IT recent de-
velopments. Producers general
ly realize there is surplus of
feeding grains, largest in 20
years, but that feed is essential
for production of meat, milk,
butter. eggs and the like.
Furthermore, government Of
ficials have indicated they are
not adverse 10 permitting
prices Of certain commodities to
exceed even 10 per cent of
parity limits provided in pend
ing price control legislation, If
this Is necessary to stimulate
production. Parity is the price
level government economists
deem necessary to give produc-
ers buying power equivalent to
that of the 1901-14 period.
There is an unusual assort-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Auto Industry Conversion
PIons Go Forword' Today
~oubls Output Dsmendsd by US.
as Representatives Outline PIons
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6-R
The one-day-old automotive
labor management committee
started converting the entire
motor industry to war prOduc-
ton today under government
orders to double its output over
the peacetime rate.
With the appointment of the
joint committee by the office
of production management. la
Dor stepped into q new an d
significant role in the military
production scheme-that OF a
co-equal of management in a
war industry's relationship with
the government.
Five men from eac.. side of
the industry's economic fence
were named to the group which
will develop plans to pool tool
and plant resources for produc-
ton of planes, tanks, ordnance
and war-essential machine tools
on q redoubled scale. The OPM
may approve, revise or reject
the plans. which must provide
for production of about six bill
lion dollars worth of war goods
this year as compared to less
than half that value in auto
mobiles during the pre- war
years.
Ranging in makeup from the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Examination SET
in Milk Strike Case
Five Released Pending
Hearing Here

Five men, arrested for dis
turbances marking the milk
strike, all were released on bond
yesterday by Justice Frank E.
Jeanette pending examination
set for Jan. ID at 10 am.
Bond, in each instance set for
81, 200, was furnished and the
men were released at 6 p. m.
Earlier, they had been brough,
to the Jail by Troopers Paul Rit-
ter and Terrell Babcock, of the
Romeo State Police Post.
The men are: Harold Peters,
20, Detroit; Floyd Thormann,
43, Romeo; Edward Thormann,
Is, Romeo; Norman Hopp. %,
Royal Oak and Victor Roszcew-
ski, "a, Detroit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Oil Prospecting
Method Found
Inventor Cloims
Huge Sovinss

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Jan
6-(P)-A new method of pros
pecting for oil was announced
today by. DR.. Sylvan j. Prison,
of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege. who asserted its use would
save 100000 tons of steel q
year, "or enough to build sc
battleships of the U.S.S. Wash.
ington class"
The associate professor of
petroleum and natural gas en-
gineering. called his method the
"Geodynamic Process" and said
it had been successful in 80 per
cent of its tests. The process
was tried out last year in the
northern Pennsylvania fields.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Drivers Escape
Crash Injury
Truck, Car
Collide in City

Drivers of a truck and an
automobile miraculously eS-
capped injury yesterday in a
crash that sent one of the two
vehicles hurting to a stop In
the driveway leading to Grace
Episcopal church.
A police station report said
Max Walls, 102 South, side
swiped a truck and semi-trail-
or driven by John McClenton
Detroit. when the former at
tempted a left turn from Ora
tiot onto Church as McClenton
was passing.
The vehicles locked and Nc
Clenton in swerving to avoid
parked cars, brought his heavy
truck and trailer to stop in
the driveway. The entire left
side of Wallis car was demolish-
ed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
AirPlane
Workers
Quit Jobs

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. g.
R-CIO United Automobile
Workers union officials said to-
day that men were quitting
work In large numbers at the
Ryan Aeronautical Company
plant because Of delay in set
Ting q wage dispute.
Postponement of Cancellation
panel meeting in Washington
from January z to January IL
has created a serious situation
in the plant, r. j. Morkowski,
JAW local secretary, wired gov
eminent officials.
Immediate settlement will
bring about uninterrupted CO.
operation in this vital defense
industry" he added.
The telegram was addressed
to secretary of the Navy Knox,
Sidney Hillman, co-chief of the
Office of Production Manage
ment, Secretary of War Stim-
son, DR.. j. r.. Steelman, direc-
tor of Federal Cancellation, and
r. j. Thomas, international JAW
president.
The company manufactures
Army and Navy training planes,
and exhaust manifold systems
for military aircraft.
A company spokesman said
the firm had experienced q nor
NAL turnover in employees, the
same as other aircraft firms,
but that no serious situation ex-
listed.
He said the company had not
requested a postponement, and
had not received official word
the session had been deferred.
Both company and union rep
resentatives said agreement had
been reached whereby the scale
for beginners would be increas-
ed from the present 50-62h
cents an hour to COTS cents, and
a 1O-cent an hour blanket boost
would be granted other work.
ers.
The cont. oversy is conferred
partly on a union demand for
wage increases retroactive to the
first pay day in July. The COM
pany offered to make the boosts
retroactive to Dec. 2.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
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as much as possible, and if the
burden of the work become I'M
usually heavy, he will requisi-
ton a clerk from the Circuit
Court to aid him.
In yesterdays list of official
tire inspection stations which
will serve temporarily, the
name of the B. F. Goodrich
Tire Company. 20 Market
street. was inadvertently omit
ted The others are Ned's Auto
Supply Station. 100 North Ora
tiot, Paul F. Echenburg, So N.
Broadway. Goodyear Service
Stores, 80 Cass, and Western
Auto Associated Store, 70 Ma
comb street.
The first application came to
Brown by phone from person
living outside of Mount Glenn
ems who said he needed a new
tire for his car SO he could serve
on the jury.
The second also came from the
outlying districts from a man
who needs his car to travel to
work. He told Brown no buses
operated near his home. The
third call was from truck
owner who said he delivered
hay and other animal feed to
farmers who were unable to
get into town.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06

local situation, for his pressing
need is fighter planes and fields
from which they can operate.
The communique announcing
the bomber attacks on japanese
warships off Davao was the
first mention of American air
activity in the Philippine area
in many days. Previous advices
from the islands have intimat-
ed broadly that the strength Of
the defending air force had been
steadily whitfield away by COM
bat losses and ground bombing
until il was all but wiped out.
Moreover. japanese advances
have accounted for all the
known major flying fields both
on Luzon, the largest island,
and on : Mindanao, the second
largest.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Enemy Aliens
Banned from
Naturalization

Citizens from nations at war
with the United States will not
be admitted TO citizenship for
the duration of the war, Coun-
ty Clerk Guy l.. Brown reveal
cd today as preparations were
made for final naturalization
hearings for 81 candidates be-
fore Judge Neil E. Reid Mon
day.
Aliens from Axis nations who
have completed all but their
final hearings in Circuit Court
will be required to wait an ad-
ditional 90 days for further OK
animation. Brown said. Az
proximately 20 arc affected by
this order in the group sched-
uled for final hearing next
week.
Justin Mccormick Of the
Federal Naturalization Service
will examine the prospective
citizens before JUDGE Reid.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Death Claims
James Bogoff
Shoe Shine Porlov
Proprietor Dies

James Bogoff,, 81, owner OF
the New York Hat Shop and
Shoe Shine parlor, died early
this morning after an illness OF
three monhs. He is survived by
his wife, Vaska, and two chill
dren, Mary and Carl.
Bogoff came to Mount Glenn
ems in January, 1921, when he
opened a business behind Da-
lby's which he later transfer
ed to site behind Daner's Drug
Ten years ago, he moved to 81
North Gratiot where he had
been in business since, aided
by his son, Carl.
Services will be at 2 p. m.
Thursday from the LaCroix &
Groesbeck Funeral Home. The
Rev. Geor Vickloff of the Bull
garian Orthodox Church, De-
troit, will conduct the funeral.
Burial will be in the Clinton
Grove cemetery.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
'5oIdier-Reporter
Wins His (hevrons
Former Newspaper
Editor Now CovporoI

Erstwhile Private Franz Ser
dahely, editor of The Selfridge
Field News, Is now wearing
the dual chevrons of corporal.
Serdahely, a graduate air
mechanic, enlisted in the Army
in 1899.
He formerly was on the edi-
torial staffs of the Milwaukee
Journal and the Capitol Times
at Madison, Wis. He also was
editor of the Raymondsville
(Texas) News. His short stories
and articles appear frequently
in national magazines.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
INCIDENT OF THE
CURIOUS CAMP

INCIDENT OF THE
CURIOUS CAMP
Drab balls of popcorn an
chored on a sea of liver-colored
lard; that's how the tented camp
of the Mernesorians appeared
to Fordney. Never had he ex-
perienced lubricious mud. He
felt deep currents beneath the
outward stoicism of these sin
gular people of a strange fanatic
al cult.
Facunda Caby, tall, dark
intense man with long hair told
of the tragedy.
Yesterday morning ! heard
Felixa Anix make a rendezvous
with Detlef Harasimo, here He's
been bothering her for weeks
She left camp just after noon
in the driving rain, though ]
tried to restrain her. Felixs
said she was afraid not to &c
and wouldn't say where she
was meeting him.
"She hadn't returned at 4
o'clock when the storm stopped
SO ! started out to look TO-. her
A man in a car saw he- about
12:45 heading for the abal.don.
ned quarry three miles from
here. I picked up her trail ano
followed her footprints in the
mud for half a mile to the edge
of the quarry-then l saw her
She had been strangled anc
thrown over the edge. Doctor
said she died before 2 o'clock.
Fordney nodded.
1--WE found Harasimo's foun.
tain pen and piece of leather
that fits his broken wristwatct
strap near the quarry's edge
And he was seen headed in thai
direction just before twelve
o'clock"
The Professor looked at Hsr-
asimo!
II know nothing" Detlef sui.
lenly said. Il did not 60 to the
quarry. The strap and pen, he, d
he pointed to the gaunt leader
that six-legged dog put them
there!"
"You," Fordney pointed. care
a very stupid liar"
WHO LIED? WHAT SINGLE
CLUE PROVED 1T?
See Solution on Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
500 D. S. Farmers to Fight
crId Var 2 NTH Plowshares

ment of items of which farmers
will be asked to produce much
geater quantities in 1912. Soy
beans, milk. eggs, butt-r, cheese
pork, lard, beef, fruits and vege-
tables are on the must" list, in.
stead of basic crops like wheat
cotton and corn to which agri.
culture turned a quarter of q
century ago in its war effort
But, statistics showed, prices OF
these new "musts" have shown
the greatest appreciation in re.
cent months, reflecting the war
time demand.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Howard Heads
Realty Board
Other Officers
ore Elected

r. z. Howard, Mount Glenn
ems, last night was elected pres
ident of the Macomb County
Board of Realtors at the annual
election by the membership at
the Hotel Medea. He replaces
Edgar L. Right. East Detroit, at
the helm of the real estate mems
organization.
Other officers elected were:
James Ferguson, Memphis,
vice president and Kurt Cos
nell, Mount Clemens, secretary
treasurer.
Gilbert Anderson, st. Clair
Shores, appraiser for the Hole
was elected to membership on
the board.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Draft Clerks
to Study New
Regulations

Chef Kroner, chief clerk of
Draft Board No. /, said today
he will attend a meeting OF
chief clerks in the Cadillac
Square Building, Detroit, at 9
a. m. tomorrow at which re-
vised physical requirements for
selectees will be explained.
Kroner said he understood
that local physicians will be
empowered to reject only the
unfit in the future. The burden
will be largely carried by army
physician, Kroner said.
Alton H. Noe, chairman of
the board, may attend along
with members David Roleau
and George w. John.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Blocked Stove Pipe
Mena(es Housewife
South Broadway Resident
Overcome by Smoke

Mrs. Stella Pingle, AZ, of ITO
South Broadway was overcome
by smoke at 2:30 a. m. today
when fire caused by blocked
stove pipes caused slight damage
to her home.
Mrs. Pingle's husband, Albert
called firemen, who in turn noti-
fled police. Patrolmen Jack
Perrin and Russell Girard were
unable to use the police ambu-
lance when they found it hem
med in behind two parked cars.
Later, Mrs. Pingel was taken
TO st. Joseph's hospital in the
Cooley ambulance. Her eos,di-
ton this morning was described
as good. Ia
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
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mo. 1, if they would place $500
of their own in the same box as
evidence of good faith.
The couple produced the $500
which, they thought. went into
the tin box, but actually. it APP
pears. reached the pocket OF
stranger No. 2.
The couple got the box, the
strangers the key. All went well
after the strangers departed un-
til friends of the Lepkowskis
Ernest Rysiewski and Waiter E
Lewandowski. both of Detroit,
came to the farm.
The two smelled something
slightly akin to a rat. Once
forced open, the box gave up
six 81 bills, a roll of stage
money and some newspapers.
Undcrsheriff Harley Ensign
and Deputy Richard DeKetc-
lacrc, who are both quick at
arithmetic. figured the transac-
ton cost the couple exactly 1924.
Ensi-r and DeKetelaere de-
scribed the strangers as follows;
No. 1, six feet tail. from 30 to 35
years old. weight IT'S pounds.
wearing brown suit and green
overcoat; No. 2, feet. z inches
tall. fat with dark hair. dressed
in dark suit, brown ovcrcoat and
hat.
Ensign said nc and DeKctc-
laere are launching a thorough
investigation. They absolved the
Madalinski women Il nm blame.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Youth Alters Plea
10 BrawI Charge
TrioI is Set
for Tuesdoy

Bernard Macdonald, one OF
three Mount Clemens youths ar
rested in connection with a
fight outside a Macomb street
tavern carly on the morning OF
Jan. /, changed his plea from
guilty to not guilty in an APP
pearance before Justice of the
Peace Donald j. Parent this
morning.
Trial was set for Jan. IL at
1000 a. m. and he was freed
on SIS personal bond.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
-Four Women Fined
Following Raid
10 Mile Road Resort
Toraet OF Deputies

Four women arres e q
/. hen sheriffS deputies
swooped down on an alleged
disorderly house at 5000 10 Mile
road on Dec. %, were released
yesterday after they paid fines
and costs upon arraignment be-
fore Justice Donald ]. Parent as
disorderly persons.
Margie Nelson, %, paid $40;
June Armetts, "a, paid $50;
Betty Burns was assessed SIS
and Penelope Allen dug deep
for $40.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Jury Studies
Case
IS Yeor Old Girl
is Complainant

Statutory charges involving a
l5-year-old girl brought against
Frank Holstire of st. Clair
Shores were being heard before
a jury OF 9 men and 3 women in
the court of Circuit Judge James
E. Spier today. Att. Fred Van
Fleteren is the defense attorney
by appointment by the court.
Prosecutor Ivan A. Johnston is
representing the people.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
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ated with 1t. She was for years
an active worker in the Mission
ary Society and the Women's
Auxiliary.
BORN IN SCOTLAND
She was born Anna Purves in
Eyemouth. Scotland, located on
the North Sea about SO miles
east of Edinburgh. With her
family she came to Canada as a
nine-year-old girl, later moving
to Guelph. Ont. where her hus-
band, q native of Preston, was
learning the jewelry business.
They were married in Hamil-
ton. Ont, on June %, 1885 and
lived in Guelph until they
moved to Port Huron few
years later.
She and Mr.. Green came TO
Mount Clemens in 1895 where
the latter supervised the watch
and jewelry department of o
store then owned by the late
George Chambers. Twelve years
later, he established his own
business on Front street.
Mr.. Green reached the family
home, I'll Jones street, from
Florida this morning.
Besides MIR. Green, she is sur
vtyod BY two sons. Harold and
Stuart, both associated with
their father In M. l.. Green and
0ons tive grandchildren, Ralph
~ g Lansing, and Harold E.,
@pnr3pEtnaster with the Asistic
~ nd Donald, Betty Carol
- 1ese3ofie, al of Mount
Gn1qasuss and Z great grand
Dh1sr, Harbara Ann, of Lam
thlsd ~. Norman. who
~ r. Eansing. died in an acci-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
War
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previous day, enemy pressure
is continuing on all American
and Philippine outpOsts.
20. There is nothing to repor.
from other areas"
The temperance of hard-hit-
ting US. bombers over the South
Pacific gave the capital double
grounds for citation today
fresh blow had been dealt units
of the japanese fleet, and il of
fered evidence that American
aerial reinforcements were ar
irving in the Far East.
There was a definite feeling
that the United Nations soon
would be in a position to give a
better account of themselves in
the sky fighting. This expecta-
ton was encouraged by London
reports from Burma crediting
the American volunteer corps
there with a two-day bag of Sc
enemy planes at the cost of four
Of their own.
For results, the No. exploit
reported in the final u. S. com
muniques yesterday was the
work of the army bomber flight
which blasted an enemy destroy
er to the bottom of Davoa Bay
in the Philippines and scored
three direct hits on a battleship
in the same waters. All the
bombers got back unchanged to
their secret base.
The big thriller, however, was
the stirring battle put up by the
U. S. S. Heron, small seaplane
tender, which fought off a sew
en-hour attack by IS Japanese
bombers in the Far East. The
Doughty little ship destroyed one
four-motored flying boat, badly
damaged at least one other, and
was able to make port safely de-
spite the one bomb hit she sus-
tanned.
gagement, the Navy reported,
In the course of this fierce en-
the attackers dropped As one
UNDERGROUND bombs and
launched three torpedoes at the
84O-ton seaplane tender. For the
courageous way he fought his
ship, Lieutenant William Lever
cite Kabler, the skipper, was
awarded the navy cross and i'm
mediately promoted to Lieuten-
ant commander.
FIRST SHIP CITED
The Heron was the first Navy
ship to be cited by name since
the war started. All previous
concentrations OF fleet units in
action have ommitted identifi-
cation of the vessels.
Between the Heron and the
success of the Army bombers,
was momentarily dis
tracted last night from the grim,
all-but-hopeless last stand Gen.
eral Douglas Macarthur wa
on Luzon with his bat
tle-tired American and Fill
pino veterans. !
Macarthur. according to the
last reports, was continuing to
give an excellent account of
maneuvering his bad
ly outnumbered troops 50 as to
force the japanese to resort to
costly frontal assaults for every
inch of ground gained.
The temperance Of Ameri-
can bombers in the south Pacific
theatre promised to increase the
price the enemy will have to
pay for the Philippines, by At
lacks on transports, supply ships
and their naval escorts. How
ever. there was no indication of
an Improvement in MacArthur's
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Charge Dropped Against
Girl Arrested in Raid

Helen Friend, one of IS per.
sons arrested when Michigan
Liquor Control Commission
inspectors swooped down on
Eschenburg's Tavern on Dec
20, was free today after JUS
tice Donald j. Parent dismissed
drunk and disorderly charge
lodge against her.
Parent had previously re-
duced to drunk and disorderly
a charge accusing her of &C.
costing and soliciting for im-
moral purposes.