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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-31
CLERK
IS ENDORSED BY
MEMBERS OF BAR
Testify To His Efficiency, Hon.
esty, And Courtesy During
The Years AS Court Official

Mr.. Joseph E. Brimer, clerk of the
court in this county, is aspiring to
succeed himself AS a step in that
direction, he is fortunate in being en-
dorsed by the members Of the county
bar, in such terms as lead to no mis-
understanding as to their opinion of
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-31

JOSEPH E. BRIMER
his fitness for the office. A letter
addressed to Mr.. Brimer, by thirteen
members of the bar has the follow
ing to say:
eve, the undersigned, members of
the "Bar of Worcester County urge
you to be candidate for reelection
Continued on Page 81
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Fleet


as commander of the allied fore
es in the western Pacific.
Since December z there has
been no day without intensive
activity on the part of units und-
or Admiral Harris command.
Greatest of these actions of
course was the battle of Macas-
sar Strait in which joint Amer
lean and Dutch military and
naval forces sunk or damaged
between so and so japanese
warships and transports out of
a convoy numbering approx
mately 100 vessels.
DO OR DIE
Hart is reported to have sent
American units into that fight
with orders not to quit unless
they were sunk or until their
ammunition was exhausted.
The Navy department an
nouncement of replacement of
Hart by Helfrich said merely:
"In view of Admiral Thomas
c. Harris request to be relieved
because of ill health, Vice Ad-
miral c. E. L. Helfrich, Royal
Netherlands Navy, has been de-
signated as acting commander
combined naval forces ABBA
area"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Trio Injured
in Accident

Three persons, including two
young children, were taken to
st. Joseph's hospital early this
afternoon after an automobile
collision at the intersection of
Hayes and Clinton River roads.
The injured, all Utica resi-.
dents:
Carolyn Bettcher, az years
old.
Judy Bettcher. Is months.
Lawrence A. Daley, -.
The three were injured when
cars driven by Daley and Lii
liam Bettcher, 81, also of Utica,
collided on the icy highway at
1910 pm. Their injuries were
not said serious.
They were taken to st. Jo-
seph's hospital by Deputy
Sheriffs Richard De Keteleare
and Frank Fresard~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Many Millions
Wasted in War
Jobs is Claim
IS Per Cent
Commissions ore
Cited by Group

WASHINGTON, Feb. LIP
"A Congressional committee
charged today that defense
brokers have amassed until
millions" profiteering on war
contracts. and demanded i'm
mediate steps both to get the
profits back and to prevent ex-
orbitant commissions in the flu
ture.
In q report based upon weeks
of investigation and public
hearings, the committee told
Congress it had uncovered evil
dence that commission brokers
some of them without previous
experience in the work-had
obtained commissions ranging
from three to rs per cent on de-
tense sub-contracts.
Under the Craftsmanship of
Rep. Faddis (D-Pa), the House
military affairs subcommittee
studying procurement of defense
materiel called for:
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Romeo Youth
10 Take Stand
Aids Own Defense
in Strike Trial

Albert Thomas, 2O.year-old
Romeo youth, was to take the
witness stand in his own behalf
before Circuit Judge James E.
Spier this afternoon to answer
charges he is guilty of mali
cious destruction Of property.
Both Len Millar and Guy
Campbell, non-striking Pot
terry workers, yesterday testi-
fled that Thomas was one of
four men who tipped over Mil
lars car on Mary street near the
Gulf Refining company on Nov.
30.
After Campbell completed his
testimony this morning, Troop
er Michael Dugener testified he
was presented in Prosecutor
Ivan Johnston's office when
Thomas confessed his part in the
car tipping episode. Johnston
later successfully introduced the
confession as evidence.
Chief of Police Arthur /. Ros-
SO was to be the last prosecu-
ton witness when court recon
vened at 200 this afternoon.
Ray H. Callens, attorney for
Thomas, said he will question
only the defendant and two
character witnesses.
A jury of eight men and four
women are hearing the case.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Report
CONTINUED from Page ~

paid on refunding bonds from
the general fund and $55,800
from the debt service fund, Ben
nett's report stated.
In addition, the large collec-
ton Of delinquent taxes has en-
abled the county to make con-
siderable reductions in the old
overdrafts remaining in funds
from the period prior to 1892.
Bennett predicts that the over
drafts will be wiped out by the
end of 1912 provided the amount
levied in the county debt SER
vice is used.
Benefits current 25-page re-
port is considerably shorter than
his previous reports, because of
the shortage of paper. The
board complimented him high
~.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Singapore
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CONTINUED from Page u
declared Singapore's defenders
were staging a desperate
eleventh-hour rally.
With population of more
than 100000, the "city area" ex-
tends at least four or five miles
from the heart of the island me-
tropolis.
A German broadcast said the
invaders had penetrated the
western part of the city, while
waves of low-flying Japanese
planes blasted the downtown
district.
SLASH-BACK
London heard that British
troops we're slaShing back at the
Japanese siege armies in two
violent counter-attacks which
had netted some initial success.
Allied warships sped in and
out of Singapore harbor, re-
moving women and children
from the city.
A sudden Frightening in the
situation came a few hours after
London conceded that the fall
of Singapore appeared near
perhaps only a matter of hours.
Word reaching London said
British, Australian and Imperial
Indian soldiers, defying over
whelming numbers of japanese
troops, guns and planes scored
some measure of success in the
new counter-assaults.
Domei, official japanese news
agency, said three japanese
columns driving south across the
island had trapped 10000 British
troops in the central and south
eastern sections and that the
fight was near a showdown.
RAID IN WAVES
Dispatches from the be.
lcagucrcd island said waves oil
rising sun planes subjected the
city to almost constant raids
this morning.
Anti-aircraft guns kept up q
strong fire, but the planes flew
over the city.
Simultaneously, London quar-.
tiers said Singapore's out-num-
bered defenders were counter.
attacking furiously, and Singa-
pore radio broadcast declared
the city was still holding out.
Heavy fighting was in pro-
gress on Singapore Island this
morning." the broadcast said
tersely.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
New Music
Teacher
Employed

Samuel Barbakoff, of Fort
Scott, Kan. yesterday was hired
by the Board of Education to
head the instrumental music
department at the Mount Glenn
ems High School next fall.
Barbakoff will succeed Clare
A. Wigell, music department
teacher for three years, whose
resignation becomes effective
with the close of school in
June. Wigell will represent
the New York Life Insurance
company as Mount Clemens
agent, Superintendent l.. Wade
Fast said today.
Fast praised Barbakoff as
Outstanding in the field of in
strumental music" Barbakoff.
Fast said, has won an enviable
reputation as band and or
chestra leader during his ii
years as a teacher.
The new teacher won his
masters degree from North
western University. Previously
he attended Iowa State and was
graduated from the Columbia
School of Music.
The board also hired Mar
garet Smith, of Highland Park,
to teach later elementary. Miss
Smith, Wayne University
graduate, is currently employ
ed in the schools at Warren.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Widespread Profiteerng Charged to Defense Brokers
Army Officers
Wife Carries-on

Carrying on the work in
which her husband was active
when attached to Selfridge
Field, Mrs. Thomas B. Summers
last night spoke at the regular
Tuesday evening program for
cripple children at Sigma Gam
ma hospital last night.
Speaking on her experiences
at Pearl Harbor, the wife of the
popular Air Corps lieutenant,
held the children spellbound
with her story of the fateful
bombing on Dec. 7. She also re-
lated her experiences on the trip
back from the Islands.
Lieut.. Summers, well-loved
by the children at the hospital, is
still stationed in Hawaii, an aide
to Gen. Dawson, commander of
Wheeler Field.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Forms ON Hand
for Inventory
Of Car Stocks

County Rationing Chief Guy
L. Brown today received blanks
on which county automobile
dealers can file a confidential
inventory of new cars, trucks
and trailers they had on hand It
the close of business Feb. IL.
The blanks must be made out
in triplicate, one copy retained
by the dealer, one being filed
with Brown and the third going
to the Office of Price Admins
tration in New York City.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Schools May Avoid
Wartime in Fall
Board Seeks TO Prevent
Attendance in Dork

II War Time is still effective
in Mount Clemens next fall,
classes in all public schools will
convene at a later hour, the
Board of Education decided yes
terday.
Superintendent L. Wade Fast
told the board that grade school
pupils will 60 to school in the
dark if present hours are main
tanned next November, Decem-
Der and January. At present,
grade schools open at 900 a. m;
the high school half hour ear
lier.
Fast said he has received no
complaints so far from parents
of children.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Jobs
Continued from Page ~


tons through the mail.
The Army public relations Of
flee said that applicants are urg-
ed to write Air Corps Supply
Office, Selfridge Field, and
state their age, education, ad-
dress, experience, lover the past
10 years. qualifications and
telephone number, if any.
If these requirements are fol-
lowed, proper application
blanks will be mailed to the job
seeker.
Major Herbert L. Kumpfcr,
commander of the newly formed
Sub-depot, said that jobs were
available for civilian office
workers, clerks, typists, drafts
men, aircraft mechanics, air
craft inspectors. aircraft sheet
metal workers. aircraft painters,
aircraft woodworkers, electri-
clans. blacksmiths, truck driv-
ers, leather and canvas workers,
machinists and junior positions
in the abOve-named crafts and
trades.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Course in German
Goes Begging

For the first time in years, a
beginning course in German was
not offered this semester at the
Mount Clemens High school.
The reason? War conscious
students refused to elect the
course. They also spurned be-
ginning Spanish, a subject Of
fered last fall for the first time
in many years.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
MoIesier Suspect
10 FACE Court
Man, 30. Held on
Complaint Of Girl

Francis H. Smith, 30, Of De-
troit, waived examination before
Justice of the Peace Donald j.
Parent yesterday on statutory
charges and was bound over to
the circuit court. He was COM
mitted to the county jail in lieu
of $500 bond.
Smith was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Cornelius Gudenau yes
terday upon the complaint of q
15-year-old East Detroit girls
parents. The offense charged
took place on Feb. 8.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Would Probe Need
for Shan Patrol

A resolution to d e I e m 1 n Q
whether or not the war depart
ment has formally requested q
patrol Of South Macomb defense
plants by sheriffs deputies was
approved by the Board of Super
visors yesterday.
The resolution was introduced
by Mayor Donald r. Westendorf
during the afternoon session
a fter the supervisors in the
morning had approved retention
OF eight deputies to guard the
plants.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
South Macomb Police
Post is Sought

State officials will be asked to
establish a temporary State Po-
lice Post in South Macomb, the
Board of Supervisors decided by
resolution yesterday.
The state will be requested to
man the post with troopers from
BEDFORD until the permanent
post, now under construction, is
completed.
Defense activity in the South
Macomb area makes establish
ment of state police post an
immediate necessity, the super
Visors believe.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
First Aid Gloss Meets
Tonight at City Hiah

Members of the Red Cross
First Aid class will meet to-
night in the Mount Clemens
High school at z o'clock. The
meeting will be under the di-
rection of Fred Henk and Harry
Hopkins.
All members of the class have
been asked to bring their splints
and blankets.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Boord of Education
Heeds u. S. Advice

Acting on advice from Wash
ington, supplies for the public
schools will be ordered earlier
than usual for next year, the
Board Of Education decided yes
terday.
Superintendent of Schools L.
Wade Fast told the board he
had been informed supplies will
be available if orders are placed
earlier. Many of the school sup
ply firms are engaged in war
work, he pointed out.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Pupils Buy $271.45
lin Defense Stamps

Pupils of the Mount Glenn
ems Public School system
bought $271.45 in Defense
Stamps this week, Superinten-
dent L. Wade Fast reported
this morning.
The totals by schools were:
ems, $3.50; Dickinson,
$3.50; Donal son, S11.95;
Grant, $62.60: Lincoln, S44 AS ;
Macomb, S13.75; Wilson, $3.50
and high school. $50.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Band PreViews
Sunday Program

Clare A. Wigell and his Con-
cert Band this morning gave a
preview of a program to be
presented Sunday at 400 pm.
in the Mount Clemens High
school auditorium.
The students particularly en-
joycd the novelty numbers
played during an assembly pro-
gram.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
1908 Pupils Enrolled
in Public Schools

Superintendent L. Wade Fast
reported to the Board of Educa-
ton yesterday that 4,908 pupils
were enrolled in the Mount
Clemens Public Schools last
May when the annual school
census was taken.
The number is 40 more than
the previous year and 80 more
than the number enrolled in
1889. The amount of primary
state aid received by the dis
trict is based on { he annual
census, Fast told the board.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Utica Man Injured
In Auto Collision
Feyette Mcclure Hurt
When covs Come Together

A 61-year-old Utica man was
painfully injured early last night
when his automobile was in
volved in a collision on Canal
road.
Deputy sheriffs said that Fay
cite Mcclure, the injured man,
was hurt when his automobile
and another driven by Elmer
Jackson, $3.50 Canal road, crash
ed near the Schoenherr road in
tersection shortly after 6 pm.
The cars were badly damaged.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Union Officer Did
Not Call Conuicted
Man Poor Member

A remark said to have been
made In court by Floyd Pearl,
UPW (CIO) vice-president,
branding Anthony Cargnino,
3S-year-old Detroiter, "a poor
Clio member, and which APP
peared in Tuesdays Daily Mon
itor was in error due to misin-
formation, it was learned today.
What Pearl did say, how
ever, was that the CIO did not
condone strike violence.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
G. OP

will gather in Masonic Temple
Detroit. Thursday evening. Feb
ruary 18th. for the Annual
Lincoln Day Dinner. under the
auspices Of the County Commit
tee.
The importance Of continuing
the two party system of govern
ment throughout the war en-
Urgency, as essential to con-
tinuance of the American way
OF life, will be stressed by
sneakers.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
FIND BOY,S BIKE

A boys bicycle, found on
North avenue near the railroad
tracks yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Richard De Keteleare, is
being held for the owner at the
sheriff's office. The bike, De
Keteleare said, was lying in a
ditch near the road.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Last Story
CONTINUED from Page ~

ONSlliCdO, OQt III lily iildIly Will
dowed room it is too dark to
work without electric lights.
MURDEROUS RELAYS
Over the low rise where the
battle is raging I can see relay
after relay of Japanese planes
circling, then going into murder
Gus dives on our soldiers who
are fighting back in a hell over
w h CHI there is no protecting
screen of our own fighters.
But the Japanese are not COM
pletely alone in the skies this
morning, for I just saw two
wild beasts" - Obsolete BIZ
planes with an operating speed
of about 100 miles an hour
fly low over the Japanese posi-
tons and unload bomb burdens
with resounding crash.
(The grave peril of Singapore
was acknowledged by military
commentators in London, but
they declared that violent coun-
tcr-attacks were being pressed
against the invaders with some
success and that the defense
position certainly is no worse
and indications are that in some
ways it is better"
Imperial Tokyo headquarters
asserted Japanese troops had en-
tered 1.-The city area of Singa-
pore"
Raj UNDAUNTED
British fighter pilots still were
taking on the enemy against
overwhelming odds.
1t makes me ashamed of my
self, sitting here with my heart
beating faster than their Oh d
motors, when / think w h a [
chance those lads have Of get
ting back in their Anticipated
machines.
If ever brave men earned un-
dying, those Raj pilots have
this tragic morning.
There are many other brave
men in Singapore today.
Not far away are anti-aircraft
batteries in open spaces - they
must be to have clear field OF
fire.
Please overlook the break in
continuity but a packet of bombs
just landed so close ! had to
duck behind wall which
hoped woodland did-screen
the blast.
KEEP ON FIGHTING
But those gun crews keep on
fighting, their guns peppering
smoke into the limited ceiling
every time Japanese planes come
ncar--that, almost constantly.
The all clear has just sound
ed-what a joke!
From the window / can see
three Japanese planes flying low
not a mile away.
A few minutes ago / heard a
tragic two-way telephone con-
versation.
Eric Davis, director of the Ma
layan broadcasting corporation,
urged Governor Sir Shc'ton
Thomas for permission to dcstroy
the outlying broadcasting sta
ton. The governor demurrcd,
saying the situation was not too
bad, and refused to issue a direct
order.
Davis telcphoncd the station
in question, instructing the staff
to keep OH the air but to gtand
by for urgent orders.
We tuned in on its wavelength.
In the middle of broadcast in
Malayan, urging the people OF
Singapore TO stand firm, the sta
ton went dead.
RACE TO STRAITS
am leaving now in cai
which | swear / will put into
forward gear and head straight
into the straits of Malacca.
left one car for the Japanes;
in Marking in 1887 but never
again.
Don't expect TO hear from mC
for many days but please inform
Mrs. Mcdaniel, Hotel PrcanGcr
Bandocng, Java, that | have lcf
this land OF the living and tn,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Draft

Continued from Page ~
will be the chief registrar at
Lincoln school.
3. At Wilson School, Mrs.
Bryon H. Stuck will act as chief
registrar.
4. Grant School with Clarence
Barck in charge.
George w. John, member OF
Board No. /, will give instruc-
tons to registrars and registers
of Warren township at 200 pm.
in Busch High of Center Line.
Warren township registration
places follow:
1. Busch School annex, 10
Mile and Van Dyke, John Gal
kavi, chief registrar.
2. U.SO. Building, on Federal
avenue at Packard, job n
Zemke. chief registrar.
3. Fitzgerald U.S.O. Building
on Nine Mile at Ryan, Zena M.
Neigebaur, chief registrar.
4. Warren High school, SUI
perintendent Paul Consino, chief
registrar.
SOUTH MACOMB
A spokesman for Board No. 2,
today specified the following
registration places.
st. Clair Shores: Lakeview
High school, Jefferson avenue
between 10 and II Mile roads;
South Lake high, Nine Mile
road, between Harper and
Mack; Lake Shore High, 10 Mile
road, west of jefferson;
East Detroit; East Detroit
High school on Couzens, west of
Gratiot.
RoseviIle: Burton High gym
nasium, IL Mile road, east of
Gratiot and Eastland High
school, Eastland avenue, west of
Gratiot.
CLINTON
Clinton township: William
Nicke school, Gratiot at IS Mile
road.
Harrison township: Harrison
Township Hall, L'Anse Cruise
and Oak.
Luke E. Leonard, chairman of
Board No. 3, will instruct chief
registrars and registers at the
draft office at ZOO o'clock to-
night. Board 3 has jurisdiction
over territory totaling 60
square miles.
Leonard revealed the board
has selected the following reg
istration centers.
MACOMB TOWNSHIP
Macomb Tow s h ip Hall:
Charles Stade. chief registrar.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP
Disco School: Frank Chapo-
STERLING TOWNSHIP
Sterling Township Hall: Will
liam Malow; Barrier School. on
Ryan, between 10 and 10 Mile
roads.
ARMADA TOWNSHIP
High School Building, Arma-
da: Superintendent Hutchins,
Armada, Mich.
BRUCE TOWNSHIP
Smith School District No. 4,
located on M-53. five miles
north Of Romeo: w. X. Bristol.
BRUCE TOWNSHIP
Romeo Grade School: Su-
pcrintendent Russell Hilbert.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Draft Board Office, Postoffice
Building. Romeo.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Washington Club. Washing
ton: l.. c. Kamlowski.
RAY TOWNSHIP
Township Hall, Ray Center:
E. II Wangc'in.
RICHMOND TOWNSHIP
PRECINCT NO
Township Hall, VI c m p h s:
Omer Henderson.
RICHMOND TOWNSHIP
PRECINCT NO. .
Township Hall. Richmond.
| Frank Pulls.
LENOX TOWNSHIP
PRECINCT NO. 1
Township Hall, LcnoX: Frank
Gchringor.
LENOX TOWNSHIP
PRECINCT NO. 2
Township Hall, New Haven.
4 Frank Lennon.
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP
Chesterfield Township Hall:
Adolf Veryser
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP
City Hall, New Baltimore.
Superintendent II. w. Gates.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11

PHILADELPHIA - d pos
sessed by bondholders, the Penn
A. G. will carry on its sports pro-
gram from other quarters. ~.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-15

wardens, and in case of emergency,
will take their stations at the
switches and bank the fires. Prac-
tice air raid drills will be conduct
ed once a week, Mr.. Miller said.
School authorities are contemplat-
ing the use of identification tags
and the taking of blood types, he
said, but nothing definite along
these lines has been decided yet.
The school, according to Mr.. Miller,
is the safest place in town, and
parents, he said, are urged not to
try to contact the school building
in case of emergency from an air
raid. Everything possible for the
protection of the children has been
out, he explained, and
should emergency arise, frantic
phone calls to the school from par
ents would result in utter confu-
sion. The safety of the children is
assured, he pointed out, and the
drills will be practiced each week
SO that every child will become fa-
miliar with the procedure.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-15

Response TO Red Cross
Call for Aid Laggi11g

No time effort important than an adequate defense
military defense is of of prime Importance but the planning
civilian defenes the building of civilian morale
is vitality important.
security available aid in the time of
organization better prepared to render aid suffer-
ing poace the time of disaster than the American Red Cross
American Red all peace time and time
with the full force of its splendid organization bringing
aid and comfort to the injured and suffering.
present which the United States finds ITSELF presents
problem aout and greater aid than they have
rendered before The Red Cross preparing for whatever shall
come, with the thought, "It shall be done"
urgently needed The nation has been asked for $780,
100000, Delaware $260O0O and Smyrna for S1225.
definitely that disaster not come to this COM
should the Red Cross would aid to an extent
many quota necessary therefore the community
responsibility enabling the Red Cross to be prepared
We should not only willingly but in proportion our ab
remembering immunity disaster the time of is
definitely and must be ready for any evenualy
GEORGE w. WRIGHT, Chairman Red Cross War Fund