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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
.NPTs Of Labor
JAW Members
Vote Down Raise
OF Dues 10 $3.50
Defeat OF Referendum
May Mean Looping
or OF More Heads
n, JACK CRELLIN

IAN.Cf1 executive board mem-
brr, WHO are leaving THIS week
Scr sunny California 10 attend
Igc quarterly board meeting, are
Que ,0r t~ma. news when they
arUte 'U,i..
II VII pg the report OF George
+, AAr5-,r-- SECRETARY trVasurer, on
tUr ..tO.S1p 81 The recent dues
RAISE referendum And majority
oi early returns show that the
Ugu#Jr>Mp is unwilling 20 have
4i>.eeg- raised from 81 20 $50 a
month
Tng results are just another eA-
auu. o' 'nt rank and file rule of
iHr largest uuion IN the world
Tho officers advocated the dues
increase. So true 90 form. the
IauN m5 t.t opposed 30
U,.ca, ST the referendum MAY
mean tA...- sa-re- beads ON the pay
rrtt az rre international union may
be Topped off,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Election Set Aside

Acting on the complaint of the
Transfers Union tAFL). Frank
". Bowen, regional National
Labor Relations Board director
laSi week SGT aside results of an
NLRB election held among the
employees OF the A. and +. Food
Stores 2lo0 employees here The
union charged unfair tactics on
The part of the company after u
had been defeated by "A vote Of
3 10 1. No other union was me
VOWED
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Organizer Explains

When questioned about The mat
ter Yale Stuart. organizer iu
CoIcmauS and Fcld,t,u's union
the Stae County and NuulCipa
Workers Juon UCIDI, >ads
Certainly | know about this
situation. I've tried 10 tell
Walker dozen, Of times that its
going on and that something
should he done 10 stop it, But
he has taken the attitude that
because II doesn't show up on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Women Lawyers TO Meet

The Women Lawyers ASSoC.a-
ton of Michigan, viii hold ITS
annual Christmas meeting and
party al The Women 5 City Club
Tuesday, December /. Instead OF
the usual exchange OF Christmas
gifts. the members VIII contribute
toward the campaign for Chill.
ornns Christmas dresses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Production Line
Thrills Ecuador
President Here
Carlos A, Arroyo del Rio
Rides in Tank, Meets
Officials Of Plants

President Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Of Ecuador left for Buffalo Satur-
day after days inspection Of
war plants here which convinced
him that Detroit +, a magnificent
city dong miracles for victory"
The tall, dignidcd executive
viewed the production lines with
awe and twice took rides in their
products
swell was 'hc word ho chose
to describe n bouncing ride in q
General sherman tank over the
Chryslcr Tank Arsenal proving
ground. lie expressed similar
pleasure over a short trip ON IN,
Detroit River in a Chry>lor pom
toon barge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29

ALL LAST WEEK groccrs were not allowed to sell coffee
consumers SO you couldn't buy any. But the freeze
over, and since midnight, November %, YOU have
been able to take War Ration Book One up TO nov
just your Sugar Book the grocery store and buy
coffee again.
Stamp No. p in the Sugar Book" Clover left-hand
corner is good for pound of coffee through sun
day January g f. if the age shown at time fegts
tration was - years over Any person not having
Sugar Book may still obtain one by registering
(prior to December - 1922 with his local War Price
and Ration Board and subject TO age limit, the stamps
will be good for coffee, too
Ration stamps for coffee must be detached by the
grocer his authorized delivery man because OF the
age limit. Stamps authorized for coffee must not be
detached from book under age limit as these stamps
viii have to be accounted for when the time comes TO
renew the Sugar Book
Wartime problems Of production and distribution
make it impossible TO have enough coffee everywhere
at the same time to fill all demands Immediately. So
spread your stamps out. If YOU have a number of
coffee stamps in the family, we suggest YOU buy
several times in the next few weeks instead Of all a.
once And if you have enough coffee on hand TO last
while don't rush down to the store to get your ration
Let your less fortunate neghbors have chance to get
their coffee first Stamp No - is good through Jan
uary 8. 1913.
On the other hand, If it happens that limited trans
portation notwithstanding in the country, for
instancc-mahe buying in the specified quaint LC
tiles hardship, understand that you may
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29

Graham Paige and Chevrolet
plants.
His brilliant smile flashed fire.
quently as he stopped 10 question
his encourage regarding the sights
or 10 point out some intriguing
oNample OF production elllclenCN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Now you can buy
COFFEE AGAIN

apply to your local War Price and Ration Board for
certificate enabling YOU TO buy up TO five pounds Of
coffee at time (Thc equivalent number Of stamps
viii be removed from your book TO cover the "ad-
vance ratlonD
If there should be any change in the basis method
Of coffee rationng, it Viii be publicly announced and
your grocer viii also know. You can coun, on hlm 70
Keep YOU properly Informed.
The quantity of coffee obtanablc hq anyone under
Ratonng Regulations at the time this goes 70 press
viii represent greater reduction for many people
than it Will for others But lets look at ratoniug
for coffee or any other commodity. i'm sensible and
reasonable manner RationnE is a wartime measure
made necessary, in the Of coffee by Interruptions
supply that have resulted from shortage OF ships
aggravated by unusual consumer buying in tho past
few months. And even if it serves no other purpose,
rationing is a means by which everyone will be able
TO get his share of the coffee that is available.
1t is to be hoped that many Of the recent uncor-
tanes Of supply and demand that have existed
the Nation with respect to coffee VIII become adjusted
through the functonnE Of coffee raoning And let us
hope too that time goes more ships Will be avail
able TO bring in the supplies of green coffee that
awaiting shipment from ncighboring countries IN
the South and Central Americas. Statements by Gov
eminent authorities have indicated desire to increase
the allowance Of coffee under the ratonng system just
as soon conditions viii permit - perhaps even
eliminate it entirely And when that happens
-EA -. wholly or even in part =. the coffeepo'
- will indeed have 4 now 'Sycr lining "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Agrees With EdseI Ford

Al the Ford Rouse plant he WIS
quick To concur With EL>EI Ford,
who sand;
IL hope that Your visit will
aid i'm turthering the traditional
friendship between your country
and ours"
The things | have seen here"
Sd1d President del RIO. give me
ample satisfaction a. 10 the out
come of the war"
The South American official was
given a Coloriul naval rcNcw by
Ford training school sailors who
~alulcd hum with the national
anthem OF Ecuador
Through an interpreter. ECU
adoT president reflected his en-
thuSIaSm for American production
throughout ms tour OF Briggs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
Plan to Fill Post

The executive board is also eX-
pected 10 tli the post OF eduCa-
1onal director which was vacated
by the oustIug Of Richard L. G
Deyerall. now attached to the
Office OF War Information staff m
AKaNE4nt-t44r
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
DETRDITea lTMES

Published every Week Dav Evening and
SUNDAY " Hruire by The Times Publishing
Company az 1925 Times square, Detroit,
Michigan
Entered al Detroit Mich az Second Class
Mall Matter
Subscription rates en- advance ty mail
'" H0t place ia 'he Jlifcl states. canada
Hr NeN,. t0U C7ugii3n suhsrr'u tiuLs AcI
Il- o. cover waf IMPORT 'sxy-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
One Killed, 7 Injured
in County Traffic Crashes
Canal Rood Accident Proves FotoI
TO Helen MikuIik Of HozeI Park

A % year old Hazel Park
woman was killed and at least
seven others were injured in
three spectacular accidents po-
Iced by sheriff deputies over
the weekend.
Helen Mikulik, of 1919 East
Eliza, Hazel Park, died at l2:45
p. m. today at ST. Joseph's hos
pital of injuries she sustained
when two cars plunged into the
10-feet deep Clinton River Ca
nal after colliding On Canal road
at Schoenherr Sunday. Four
others were hurt in the crash.
FIRST CRASH
The first mishap Sunday oc-
Cured about 7:30 a. m. when
Hubert D. Schmitz, 10, of Fern
dale, left the South River road
in his car about one-half mile
east Of jefferson avenue, side
swiped one tree. skidded and
twisted the car for a distance of
96 feet and sideswiped another
tree enroute.
His Car was demolished and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11

ences in Great Britain at the
height of the Luftwaffe's on
slaught TO portray for Mount
Clemens residents the dire threat
Of aerial bombardment and the
necessity for proper precaution-
airy measures.
TWO FILMS
Two motion pictures, one Of
actual bombingJ in London and
the second on air raid precau.
tons, will be shown prior to the
presentation of certificates to
auxiliary police, firemen and air
raid wardens by Mayor Donald
r. Westendorf. Circuit Judges
James E. Spier, chief Of the CT
william Defense public relations
division, will preside at the meet
ing.
In urging at least one person
from every house to see the air
raid pictures tonight, Mayor Don
Westendorf stated;
THE citizens of Mount Glenn
ems should turn out in force to-
night to attend the Civilian De-
Tense m Getting at the High
School. Every person should
hear Captain Don ,conard's war
message direct from his London
See GRADUATION--Page 7
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11

Margaret Aldrich, 20, of 1405
Hartsig avenue, Royal Oak,
went to st. Joseph's hospital
with a fractured collarbone.
Schmitz and two other passen-
gers in the car escaped injury.
SECOND CRASH
The second crash occurred
when a large, heavy car piloted
by Sixteen-year-old Hazel
Park high school girl crashed in
to lighter sedan at Schoenherr
and Canal roads, hurting both
cars off bridge and carrying
its stone railing with them as
they dropped a distance estimat-
ed at 10 feet to the bed of the
old Clinton-river-trans-state can
al.
1t was in that accident that
Miss Mikulik was fatally in
jured.
Also hurt were: Lydia Koz-
lowski, l6, and Harold Chick,
81, Hazel Park; Edward Posner,
l8, 2929l Utica road and Ar
See CRASHES-Psge z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
British Believed to Enjoy
Edqe in Possible Cos War
Raj Gould Strew Gruesome Deoth
Across All of Germony

bomber and gas has been de-
ve.oped. Any liquid gas can be
sprayed from the air by replac-
ing the bomb racks with a tank
of the chemical.
Elected at an altitude of five
miles the gas reaches the ground
as fine mist. Experts say that
mustard gas used in this way
by the Raj would make useless
entire sections of industrial
towns like Stuttgart, deny TO the
German navy the use Of Kiel's
shore installations and close rail-
road centers and roads TO the
army until the decentralization
squads had finished their work
no small job.
Presumably several hundred
bombers would be required,
however to spray Berlin or Ham,
burg effectively.
In addition to the spraying
method, it is believed that num-
bers of small bombs filled with
choking gas, such as phosgene,
would be used.
See GAS-Page I
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Victim Mum
on Siabbinq
Utieo Mons
Throot Cut

Ben STRIFE, AZ, Of 9194 Con-
ners, Utica. today refused to
discuss the attack that left him
lying in a ditch on Dequindre
near IL Mile road bleeding from
knife wounds about the head
and neck.
DR.. Harry E. Lee, staff physi-
clan at Saratoga hospital. said
part Of Stirle's right ear was
severed by a harp instrument.
He said that the blade Just miss
ed the jugular vein.
STRIFE entered the hospital at
one a. m, today.
Although suffering from loss
Of blood and shock, DR.. Lee said
STRIFE probably will survive the
attack.
Warren township police said
that STRIFE was probably attack
ed outside an Oakland county
tavern. BY tracing the trail of
blood, they reasoned he crawled
across the county line.
Because police found SAT In
Stirle's pockets, they ruled rob
berry out as a possible motive.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
BY DREW MIDDLETON

LONDON, May 11-(P-Ob-
servers who have seen some of
the preparations in the past
three years believe British gas
offensive on a scale undreamed
Of in the first World War will
be this country's swift and ter
riblc answer if Germany resorts
TO that weapon in a desperate
bid for victory in Russia.
II the Germans start using
gas the formidable preparations
Of which Prime Minister Church
i'll spoke yesterday would per-
init the British to retaliate with
in a few hours If conditions were
right, and observers believe Bri-
tain would have a tremendous
advantage.
New gases and new tech
niques have been developed by
the British. According to one
well-informed source reserves
of some of the most deadly gas
es yet discovered have been
built up.
The deadly partnership of the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Map War Bond
Drive in City
House-to-House
Convoss PIonned

Plans for a house to house
canvass to encourage the pur-
chase of War Bonds and Stamps
to start next Monday will be
laid at 4 p. m. today by cam
paign leaders meeting at the
Board of Commerce offices.
The city will be divided into
four zones, each headed by a
man appointed by Chairman
Carl B. Brandenburg and a wo-
man named by Mrs. Paul S. Hirt,
vice chairman. About 30 work
ers will comprise each division.
Brandenburg today named AL
vim w. Hameister, Charles r.
Walters, Macy f. Watkins and
Hugh II. Neale rs division lead
ers. Mrs. Hirt selected Mrs. By
ron Stuck, Miss Mary Benben-
nick, Miss Myrta Bowers and
Mrs. Carl Ketchum.
A. D. Brewer, exc cutiv C
Board of Commerce secretary,
said today he is hopeful that res
idents will voluntarily agree TO
buy a stipulated u m b er of
bonds and stamps each. The
amount, of course, will be de-
termined by income, he said.
The local drive is a part of a
nationwide campaign to slim
ulate bond and s a mp pur-
chases.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Clock Contest
.AgainOpened
by M.L.Green

June graduates of Mount
Clemens and st. Mary's High
schools are registering this
week for the annual graduation
clock contest again being spon-
sored by Nj. l.. Green g. Son.
Names of all graduates are
placed on the gianr dial of a
clock placed in one of the firms
display windows. Names of girls
60 on the outside track covered
by the minute hands while the
boys are on the inside covered
by the second hand.
When the clock runs down,
the boy and girl to whose names
the hands point will each win
a watch.
All names should reach the
jewelry store by Thursday of
this week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Cant. Don s. Leonard Will
Speak i'm City Toni Sht
Paris Radio
Oynamited

NEW YORK, May IL --
(P9- Dynamiters have dam
aged the station Of radio Paris
and the famous Partisan res
taurant of Marguerys, trust
worthy advises to the AssO-
ciated Press from Europe
said today. The extent of the
damage was not fully known
but several persons were re-
ported killed in the restau-
rant. The British radio, in a
broadcast heard by CHS,
said that the main broadcast
ing Station Of Rad'o Paris,
located 1870 miles south Of
the capital at Bourges, had
been blown up and the aer-
ial had been downed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
RoardHears
.Sheriff's Plea
Theut Seeks
Roises for Stoff

Sheriff Jacob F. Theut's plea
for pay raised for his deputies
was TO be considered this after
noon by the Board of Supervis-
ors.
Theut is expected TO point
out that many Of his deputies
have been offered well paid de-
Tense Jobs. Unless the men are
given increases, Theut fears they
will quit as deputies.
At the morning session today,
Chairman Floyd w. Rosso re-
vealed his committee appointees
A list Of the appointments will
appear in the Daily Monitor
Leader tomorrow.
Routine business occupied the
supervisors this morning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Jap(oIun'n
Reels Back
Chino Thrust
Boomsron9s

CHUNGKING, May 1l-tR-
The Japanese apparently were
paying n disastrous penalty to-
day for having been lured INTO
a Chinese trap and their Burma
army, with more than $500 OF
its men killed, was reported reel
ing back from its invasion OF
China. closely pursued and in
peril Of annihilation.
The Chinese announced last
night they had deliberately al
lowed the enemy to rush head
long up the Burma Road into
China's Yunnan Province, then
suddenly had smashed the en-
emy's wings and bounced on the
main body Of the invading force
with an artillery blast which
left 5000 enemy soldiers dead
and the remnants in flight.
FACE DESTRUCTION
Now, they said, the routed
japanese are facing certain an
initiation, sandwiched between
their pursuers on the north and
another Chinese force, to the
south in Eastern Burma, which
already has recaptured Maymyo,
former Allied headquarters, and
is pressing toward both Lashio
and Mandalay.
Despite heavy japanese she'll
ing and bombing, the Chinese
were said to have reached the
outskirts of Mandalay on the
east and west and to be aiming
also at recapture of Sinwun, a
railroad point just TO the south,
and Myinmu, 80 miles to the
west.
To tart the stunning rever-
sal, the Chinese said they killed
1000 men Of the Japanese left
wing in a battle last week north
east of Chefang. Is miles from
the Burma border, then crushed
the right wing by wiping out
See CHINA-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
British Warn
Of Gas Threat
Churchill Promises
Grim Retaliation

LONDON, May IL - up -
Prime Minister Churchill S
brightest war report so far was
overshadowed today by the ter
rible prospect of gas warfare
which he raised yesterday with
his warning to Germany that
Britain could, and would, strike
back formidably If the Nazis
dered to start 1t.
The British attitude was one
of adherence for the use Of gas
but of confidence that Germany
would invite disaster for her
cities and people by starting it
and had better think twice if,
as the Russians already have
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Jap Radio Makes Quick Shift
as IT, S. Planes Reid Tokyo
One Minute Loudspeokers BIored
of Security; Next Told Of Roid

WASHINGTON, May LIP,
One minute the rad 10 an
nouncer in Tokyo was detail
ing the pleasures of life in Japan
and the freedom from fear OF
bombing"
And the next:
-. There were between three
and four thousand casualties.
The japanese people were asked
to pray for rain to extinguish
the fires and to decrease the
chance for further air raids"
That was what United States
Army bombers reported hearing
il their earphones as they APP
preached and left Japan on the
Saturday afternoon of April ID.
48 HOUR BLAZE
Forty eight hours later the
Tokyo broadcaster reported that
the fires started during the raid
were then under control"
In its first communique giving
Japan" as the scene of action,
the War Department yesterday
broke a three-week silence on
the raids that brought weller
OF panicky and contradictory re-
ports from Japan.
The question that has been
haunting the japanese ever since
did they como from?"
was left pointedly unanswer-
ed.
The communique, reporting
that U. S. krmy bombers had
made the first attack in $500
years on what the japanese re-
gard as the sacred soil of their
homeland, said:
THE attack was made in clear
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Believe Final
Count Maybe
Even Higher
Report Termed
Conservative;
New Jop Stab Seen
BY CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH

Associated Press War Editor
The aerial sequel to the battle
Of the coral sea raised to 81 the
count of japanese ships destroy
ed or damaged in week off
Australia; the Japanese on the
Burma China front were at.
tempting to wipe out q drastic
reverse; India braced for Japan
csc assault, and the threat of gas
warfare such as the world has
never seen overhung the Euro
pean theater.
These were the main threads
woven, over the weekend and
today.
United Nations bombardiers
ranging the coral sea Saturday
and Sunday scored bomb hits ON
a seaplane tender, tanker and
two submarines. It is possible
that the submarines now lie on
the bottom.
Chungking reported that the
japanese invading China from
Burma had received reinforce
ments to replace two columns
wiped out late last week.
WAVELL POISED
General Sir Archibald p.
Wavell. commander Of Britain
Imperial forces in India, poised
three reorganized armies to
smash at the enemy pushing
northwestward through Burma
toward India. The Japanese were
still gathering an invasion 4.=xs
at Rangoon for a descent on Ben
gal.
Wavell announced that the
three army commands in India
had been changed from static
administrative bases to fighting
headquarters, ready to move
wherever the enemy strikes.
The British, with whose Prime
Minister Churchill the threat Of
retaliatory. grand seal, gas war
fare in Europe originated, yes
terday, contingent upon German
resort to that weapon against
the Russians, believed they could
overmatch the Nazis in the new
technique of spraying clouds Of
lethal mist onto industrial and
military centers from bombing
planes.
The Germans exhibited war;.
ness in their response to the gas
threat. IF Churchill deems IL
See SEAWAR-PaEe Z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Air Training Given
Soldiers OF Holland
Arrive in u. S.
for Special Course

Several hundred Netherlands
soldiers have arrived in this
country to take a special course
in aviation at an unanncunced
u. S. Air Base, The War De-
partment revealed today.
With them are their wives
and children in accordance with
an agreement negotiated be-
tween the United States gov
eminent and the Netherlands
which provided for use of a
u. S. base as a training center.
Selfridge Field spokesman
doubted today that any of the
soldiers will be assigned to the
base here.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Philippine Conquest
Complete, laps Say

TOKYO (From Japanes e
broadcasts), May 11-(P)-Do-
mel declared in q French-lan-
guage broadcast tonight that 1.-The
conquest of all the islands of the
Philippines by the Japanese
forces now has been completely
achieved"
Quoting dispatch from Min
danao, the Japanese agency said
that Major General William F.
Sharp, described as commander
in chief of tn America--Filipino
forces in the Mindanao region,
surrendered Internationally last
night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Nazis DENY
Using Gas

BERLIN (FrOm German
BrOadcasts) May l1-(P)-
Berlin brOadcastS commenting
on Prime Minister Churchilrs
Sunday speech denied today
that German troops have used
poison gas and recalled
pledges by Adolf Hitler that
Germany would refrain from
using il. Churchill declared
Britain was prepared to re-
taliate if the Germans dared
use poison gas firstD German
newspapers carried no men
ton of Churchill's speech.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
23 Rescued

AN EAST COAST CANA
DIAN PORT, May IL - Up -
Twenty-three survivors of a tor
pedOed merchant vessel sunk in
the western Atlantic have been
landed here after being picked
up from three lifeboats by fish
ermen. Nine men were killed in
the sinking.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Battle Flares

Rim (From G m a n
broadcasts), May ii - CH) -
Heavy fighting flared in several
sectors of the Russian front yes
terday as Soviet troops launched
local attacks which were re-
pulsed by Nazi forces, the Ger
man high command reported to-
day.