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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Heroic Deafk
S. Marine
Officer TAX

DETROIT, Jan. - ~
story of Z Marine Co4po lfo .
ants herioc doath q n ~
land during = Japanooa o =
was told today IN : l1t1Gt =,
his commanding ofkieoe to M
mother. z. n;
The lieutenant W. ~ y
old George n. Cannon, II -
of the University q NJ -
engineering school, M a
To his mother. Mn l>1ln6
Cannon Of Ann AT6oe. E1n
Col. H. d. Shannon @ }l q
S. Marine Corps wTotes \: 81
I" your son'o ocQ ~
this occasion Wa mooo W n
table. When m enemy 5k6 \
Georges battle stati0u, 0cg =!
ly wounding him md eo
his men, he refused ~ ~ QSo
uated until his wotn6o1 -
had been carVd for.
"YoIr con was hola -
esteem BY His fellow oeE2eG
men. He embodied ~ ~
qualities Of m offieoe - r
tleman Whilo 0eoenoA q
il . sewers Lon - ~ n q
his unselflshnosB, 1ono1 | TX
high sense Of duty kGo IL
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10

$3.50 900, but offieto1D eq5o
could not b rsplaeea - k
than q, 00Q. Q00. .,;' ~
Rlev1tor s ana oloNnn1 7.
situated one-hal1 block IT, =
formed . joint grain stneaoe -
described q the larre6t tn ~
United States. The buildine -
q total capacity Of shout a -
lion bushels.
Nearby are Tires oil tnnk
farms, four other slevotor1 ~
three coal docks. rironon ~
bored desperately - pgeSont
spreading Of the fire - -
centers.
BY mid-morning elevator ,1Is
had been reduced 70 Z nnoQ1n1n1o
of grain eruptins liquid ~;
which rained down onto ~ 49,.
ter front. ~ "
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
90 New Citizens
to Get u. s. Flaus

American Flags will be pres
ented to approximately 90 new
citizens when they appear be-
fore Circuit Judge James E.
Spier for final naturalization
hearings Monday.
Presentation of the flags will
be made by Mrs. o. D. Kimber-
lin of the Auxiliary of Veterans
Of Foreign Wars during the
session; and Mrs. How
ard Fenton of Alexander Ma
comb chapter of Daughter Of
the American Revolution, at
the afternoon session.
The oath of allegiance Is adj
ministered by County Clerk
Guy l.. Brown.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10

Dec. Is that they had sunk a
cruiser of this class in the medi-
terranean.)
We had been dive-bombed for
more than seven hours on Dec.
IA while patrollins with . squad
ron of cruisers and destroyers off
the Libyan coast, but the Gala
tea successfully beat off those at
tacks and headed eastward. :
At midnight on Dec. Is the
cruisers announcer syste m
warned:
"First-degree readiness heavy
armament"
Cunners thus were ordered to
stand by for expected action.
REUSED ~ SENTRY
A Marine sentry aroused me
from q nap in the captains
cabin. and I ran to the COM
mander's cabin and informed
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10

the Reuters Naval correspon-
dent, Alexander Massey Ander-
son.
Adjusting lifebelts, we step,
ped out into the inky blackness
of the quarterback and raced
toward the bridge.
We had barely started when
the first torpedo smashed into
the after portside with q burst
of flame, heavily rocking the
Calatea. The time was 1903
am.
Torpedoes seemed to chase US
along the deck, for the second
crashed through amidships with
q binding flash and the third
struck forward just under .
six inch-gun turret. (The GeF
atea had six Of these, her Dna1or
guns.) =
See ALLAN-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
British Reel Back Under whitening japanese FIJI
Macarthur Braces
for Jap Assault
Intensive DueIing Prelude
to Expected japanese Push

WASHINGTON. Jan. 10-(R
The War Department. reported
today intensive patrolling and
artillery duels between the Phil
ippine defenders and the Japa-
nese and said heavy enemy re-
Inducements were being brought
up.
These reinforcemcnts were ap-
parently ordered in preparations
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Second Offender
6eis 20 Day Term
Drunk Driver Accorded
Heevy Psnelty

Convicted Of drunk driving
yesterday for the second time
in less than two years. Joe MUIR
ray, 41-year-old Warren town.
ship builder, was sentenced to
90 days in the county Jail, had
his drivers license revoked for
five years, and was assessed q
$50 fine by Juice Donald ].
Parent.
A jury In Justice Parents
courtroom decided that Murray
was guilty Of drunk driving
on the morning of Nov. Q. He
was tried after he pleaded In
nocent to the charge.
When arrested, Murray was
driving without . license which
was revoked when he was con-
victed the first time n Dstrolt.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
0verheated Stove
Causes Minor Fire

Fire caused by an overheated
stove damaged a building occu-
pied by Thurman Simpson at $50
Cass avenue at 7:55 am. today.
The blaze was extinguished
within 20 minutes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Reporter Aboard TorpedOed Warship Tells
Graphic Story of Escape from Icy Death

Eaitsr's Nste: On Dee. 10 The
Associated Press received wssd that
Larry Allen, ils eerrespen1ent with
the British Medhsrranean fleet, was
In IN Alexanaris hsspltal after hav.
lag swallowed mueh ely water sa6
suffered ests sRd bruisss b . ~
minute plunge Int the ssa. re1sy.
recovered from his Injsrlss aal per-
tsps . lsas 1lse % dramatic sys-vlt.
ness accounts 81 ssa var la Ne me6o-
terSaaesn VIII The fs1sewiaG nrs1-
perssn account 81 The desesustsea %
the British cruiser 0slassa sa1 Als
ewn narrsw escape fse0 death.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
French to Relax Censorship

VICHY, Unoccupied France Jon l0-Q1-The French
eobnet voted today to relax newspaper censorship further
and improve contacts between the administrative services and
the press The Cabinet olso decided establish what
termed honorary notono order Of obor which it sold
would stress the importance Of productive effort to old
Frances recovery
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
jap Planes Raid Burma, Rangoon

BERLIN Jan. 1O-tOfficioI Broadcast Recorded by AP)-
DNB dispatch from Bangkok, Thoond reported tho Jopo
planes roided Roneoon Burmo again today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Giant Superior
Elevator Raced
Seven Persons Injured:
Cause Of Blasts Unknown

SUPERIOR. Wis.,. Jan. IoLQE7-Two sxplesieas, Souowoa
BY fire. destroyed the Greet Northern kaiesds es u
siont grain Storage pent hodey with loss ssoted
100000. Seven persons. including fireaea -
iured fighting the bloxs in subxsro Temperatures.
At 8:45 centred stonderd time. GssmeW tyn0
oil Storage and coal decks In the hee e HE eis ve
lokefRonf defense production section.
WIND FANS FLAMES f 80
The fire Tanned BY high wind end eli buildiaDs
In the thseetened.
The first explosion rocked the bvldm1 niusma fvo
ployss The second blast hurled sassa asssy 100 -
The butterflies unebs 10 determines He esjoa -
the explosions immediately.
The injured taken s.. Msss hespleG0 wjoso
ettsndsnts sold they not hurt critically
The ceptain John Lynch, IS end plpsWea 49,
Noe, 20, Of the fire department. end The olong eapst
Russell Peuon, 81 Carl Pstsnen g. and lsslie Meon ~ &
Of Moose Lake. Mnn Elmer Mack 81, and Dsa Oen
Of Superior. fRaSg
Fire Chief Edward Nelson said Federal q
CATION would be asked to investigate.
GREAT RESERVOIR
Elevator l,ses,ese gran. valnna ~
buahel proper NJ - -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Information Director Quits

SYDNEY, Austroio Jan. lO-R-C r. Holmes re-
Gently appointed Director Of information in the Ausroion
government resigned todoy, vocine dissatisfaction with
ministerial control and lock Of policy"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
BY LARRY ALLEN

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan. 10
-(R-The British light cruiser
Galatea, struck by three torpe-
does from an Axis submarine,
Topped over like q stabbed turtle
and went down within three
minutes off the Egyptian Medi-
terranean coast in the inky dark
ness just after midnight the
morning Of Dec. 10.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
luthsren Fretssnitiss
70 Meet 1uesdey Might

local No. 30 Of he Lutheran
tfratefni4ies win meek a Tn1a.
day at 8 pm. q The John -
Murphy Hotel dor the anu0al
meeting and election q on
GERS, Il was announced Today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Nazis Shoot Down Enemy Planes

BERLIN Jon TO- Official Broadcast Recorded by AP)-
Four British bonbers decIored by the High Commend
todoy have been shot down in oocs upon the Of
Gernnon- occupied France.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
late X X X
bulletins
Aussies Expect Direct Attack

NEW YORK, Jan. lO-Q49-Former AustroIion Prime Min
lister Robert G. Menzes decored today in broadcast from
Sydney hot Australia "orost ceroiny would experience
direct physical ottock" but thot the British Empire
whole us much victory than seemed possible year
ooo."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
ltaIians-Danes Reach Agreement

BERLIN JAM TO- Official Broadcast Recorded by AP)-
Italian Danish commercial agreement under which
loIy will obton eottle hogs fish and materials in
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-10
Seek TO Aid Starving Greeks

lSTANBUL, Turkey, Jon. 9-(Deoy) -H1-Tur<ish ond
Greek authorities sold todoy they seeking orronoe
for transportation Of 100000 sorno children from Greece
for odopton by Turkish fonies for duroton Of the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-06-05
RUG CLEANING
PERSIA RUG COMPANY

Furniture Cleaned By Experts
All types Oriental. Domestic Rugs
Hand cleaning. re-weaving, repair
ing, mothproofing, storage.
1920 st. Johns Ave. Phi. 2-1lA
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Redeemer Chapel Unit
Elects n. S. Ruwdon

Henry s. Rawdon has been elected
chairman OF the Executive Com
mittee Of the Chapel OF the Re-
deemer. Other officers OF the newly
elected committee are Talmadge
Lumsden. vice chairman; Henry r
McCuen, treasurer, and Everett
Reed, secretary.
Other members elected were Mrs.
George p. Lowe, Mrs. Lewis Odell
Mrs. Glare Dennell. Mrs. Clayton
Snalling. Leonard Shoemaker and
Frank Love. Thomas O. Spence
was named delegate TO the Diocesan
Convention, with Mr.. Reed selected
as alternate.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Dutch Fishing Boat Saves
II on British Freighter
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, March 2l.-A small
Dutch fishing boat has rescued II
members of the crew Of a bombed
British freighter and brought them
safely ashore. the Netherlands gov
ernment announced today through
Aneta, Dutch news agency.
After reaching open sea from a
British port a German plane ap-
peared and circled over U.S." one OF
the fishing boats crew related.
The plane flew OF, however, when
it sighted a larger British ship.
We heard explosions of two bombs
which, although they were only near
misses, so damaged the freighter
that the uninjured men In the crew
had to take to the boats.
That was our chance" the fish,
erman continued. I'VE sailed up to
the sinking ship and took aboard II
members of the crew which, with our
own crew. made total OF 80 men
on our tiny craft.
Although our gunwaleS were al
most under water we managed to
reach port with our cargo OF men
instead Of fish"
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Louisville Businessmen
To Demand War Speedup
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 2l.-
Nineteen prominent Louisvillians
have called a mass meeting next
Tuesday to petition Congress to in
sure that our armed forces be pro-
vided with enough equipment to
win their battles now, in 1872
The sponsors announcement said
a resolution would be offered asking
that Congress, among other things,
require that there be no INTERRUPT
tion of production for any cause by
any group or interests"
Sponsors include William B. Har-
rison, former Republican mayor:
Blakey Helm, Democratic County
Committee chairman: Bishop
Charles Clingman of the Episcopal
Diocese of Kentucky. and Thomas
H. Hayden, State American Legion
adjutant.
The proposed resolution also
would ask Congress to:
Assure that full 24-hour, 7-day
week use be made of all war produc-
ton facilities; require that capital,
industry, labor, the farmer and
every section of the public make
necessary sacrifices; prevent profit
eering; stop unnecessary expendi-
lures of public funds and for Con-
gress ito quit playing politics"
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Hundreds Of Tires
Destroyed as Blaze
Consumes Shop Here
Cos Explosion Spreads
Flames; Cab Firm
Loses Large Stock

Hundreds of auto tires and
tubes were destroyed today when
fire, accompanied by an explo-
sion, consumed the interior of
Victor'S Tire Shop, 209 New York
avenue NV. Valuable recapping
and vulcanizing machinery was
damaged, perhaps beyond repair.
Police said an explosion of escaping
gas apparently led to the host of
telephone calls inquiring whether a
"bombardment of the city" was TAX
ing place. A heavy explosion could
be heard plainly as far distant as the
Agriculture Department, shortly be-
fore $50 am.
BY a coincidence, the AFRAID
siren atop the Potomac Electric
Power Co. building, at Tenth and E
streets NV. was accidentally set off
at the same time and people down.
town dashed to the streets and
looked toward the sky.
Ruin Of Shop Complete.
Ruin of the tire shop was as
effective as if a bomb had hit it.
Mrs. Victor Spivock. wife of the
owner. stood on the sidewalk, watch
ing the blaze.
You save for years, and do with
out everything you need, and this is
what happens to you" she said.
There was no insurance. except
(See FIRE. Page AL
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Al Least Five Die in Crash
OF Bomber at Memphis
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 2l.-At
least five persons we're killed when
a two-motored Army bomber crashed
and burned near the Municipal Air.
port today. Two others we're re-
ported pulled from the flaming
wreckage, badly burned.
The plane took of from the air.
port and crashed in underbrush a
quarter mile distant.
Maj. A. D. Perley. commander of
the Army's Air Corps detachment
here, identified the dead as
Second 1t. J. F. Simpson, pilot;
Second 1t j. P. Treadaway, Second
1t. F. E. Budenholzer, Second 1t. r.
c. Jones. Technical Sergt. v. A. Cost
low. Home addresses OF the f1iers
were not available.
Maj. Perley, who declared he could
give no reason for the crash, said
the bomber left Patterson Field, near
Dayton. Ohio. yesterday.
The injured
1t. Edward c. Huggs. %. of Arka-
delphia, Ark; condition undeterm-
ined.
Sergt. T. Richard Gemiem. ad-
dress unestablished; condition
critical.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Governor Charges Fovoritism
In Granting Army Commissions

committees apparently operaUe as
screen to sift applicants for COM
missions" although mo publication
of their functions and methods has
been made, and the public in gen.
eral is unaware of their activities. :"
"A situation of this sort" Gov.
Hurley declared. "is clearly one
which the parents of our drafted
men will resent.
quite justiflably, they will ask,
as in fact some have already asked
me, why the sons of other people
are chosen for this special treatment
rather than their own sons, who
have no knowledge Of this system.
This question is difncult to an
swer. They may even come to doubt
the democratic nature of q process
in which a favored few can acquire
information of such a vital kind and
thus possibly avoid the rigors of Sc
lective training and combatant
service"
Evening star., 1942-03-21
NovyFber's
Sand Writing
Saves sCrews

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia. March
Alt. T. H. Moorer, United States
Navy aviator, was credited today
with the rescue of two crews, that
of his own seaplane and another
from a ship, because he directed the
writing of an appeal for help in
the sand of a Northern Australian
beach.
1t. Moorer and his men were shot
down during a fight with nine Japa-
nese planes. He set his flaming craft
down on the water near a surface
vessel he had been circling in an
effort to identify it.
The ship picked up the seaplane's
crew but a little later was set on
fire itself by the japanese. Eventu-
ally the ship and plane crews sue
ceeded in beaching the vessel.
Two days passed while the ship
wrecked men searched vainly for
food. 1t. Moorer supervised the
writing of a huge message on the
nat beach which was soon spotted
by an Australian plane. 1t circled.
disappeared and then came back to
drop supplies.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Soldier Slabs Himself
In New York Cathedral
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 2l.-A soldier
stabbed himself with hunting
knife as he knelt in a confessional
at st. Patrick's Cathedral last
night, police reported. His wounds
were superficial. but he remained on
the danger list at hospital today
because of loss of blood.
Detective Arnold Kelly, describing
the case as an attempted suicide,
said the man thrust the knife into
his chest, staggered to the street
and collapsed.
All insignia had been removed
from his uniform. He had regis
tered in a midtown hotel as S.
Kemp. Eleanor Sinclair. a New
York actress whose name was
found on papers in his pocket, told
police she knew him as Starr Kemp,
a member of the Air Corps sta
toned at Washington. She said
she saw him Thursday when he
impressed me as being respondent. >
War Department files do not list
any one by the name of Starr Kemp,
a check this morning showed. How
ever, it was explained that If the
man were a recent enlistee. his
records might not yet be on file
here.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
RedsDriiviinq
On Five Key
Nazi Bases
Vichy Rodio Reports
Soviet Troops Now
In Storoyo Russo
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Russia's Armies. crowding the
Germans off balance before
Adolf Hitler can launch his
spring offensive. we're reported
storming against five key Nazi
bases on the 1,200-mile front to-
day, and Vichy radio broadcast
declared Soviet troops had al
ready fought their way into
Staraya Russa.
Other Russian assaults we're aimed
at Bryansk, Kharkov and Taganrog.
Front-line dispatches said the
Russians also were closing in from
the north on German held Orel, 200
miles southwest of Moscow, about
halfway between the U. S. S. r.
capital and Kharkov.
Staraya Russa, $50 miles below
Leningrad. is the base headquarters
of the trapped German 18th Army
which has been cut of for weeks in
the frozen marshlands around Lake
linen.
A bulletin from Hitlers field head
quarters acknowledged the increas-
ing violence of Russian assaults, de-
claring that Nazi troops had beaten
of six fierce attacks yesterday
southeast OF Lake linen, in the
Staraya Russa sector, but gave no
details Of the fate OF Staraya Russa
itself.
Many dead were left on the field
and numerous prisoners were
taken" German communique said.
The high command also conceded
that the Russians were pressing the
offensive in the Crimea, in the
Donets River basin of the Ukraine.
and on the central moscow and
northern Ueningrad) fronts.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Gen. MocArthur's Party Dodqed
jap Destroyer, Gen. Casey Says

At 8 pm. on March II, Gen. Casey
was quoted as saying, the speed
boats started up their engines and
sped out to sea under the very noses
of the japanese.
They Travelled throughout the
night through moderate seas with
out sighting a Japanese ship or
plane.
At about 2:15 pm. the boat in
which Gen. Casey was travelling
broke down and he was transferred
to another vessel, which went on
her way with the other two.
The disabled craft was put in run
ming order again after about 40 min
utes of frantic work and set out
after the other boats.
The "Q-boats" swept on all day
until they were half way to the
island where the aircraft were wait
ing to meet them.
Just before nightfall of the Sec
ond day, Gen. Casey said, q Japa-
nese destroyer was sighted on the
horizon and the passengers waited
breathlessly until she was left asten.
They reached the rendezvous at
midnight that night without further
incident.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Open Charge Accounts
May Be Restricted
Ry the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Federal Reserve Board officials
were reported authoritatively today
to be considering restrictions on
open charge accounts. At present,
the board restricts only installment
credit transactions.
No definite decision has been
reached. but indications were that
the new rules-if adopted-will re-
quire down payments on certain
types of purchases. regardless of
whether the customer agrees to pay
for the articles in the usual 80 to 80
days or takes the 15-month maxi
mum time permitted under present
rules.
Present rules apply only to such
things as radios, furniture, jewelry,
refrigerators and sewing machines.
Down payment requirements range
from 10 per cent on pianos to one
third on radios.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Jap Cruiser Sunk, Another Hit
At Robou| by Allied Worp|ones;
Foe Pounded in Philippine Raid
Jap Shock Troops
Reported Reaching
Southern New Guinea

By tie Associated Press.
LONDON. March. 81 - Ex-
change Telegraph, British news
agency, reported hearing a To-
kio dispatch on the German
radio today asserting that jap
anese shock troops had reached
the Gulf of Papua, on the
southern side of New Guinea,
and that thus "the last de-
cisive attack for complete oc-
cupation of New Guinea" had
begun.
The action of the shock
troops was said to be synchro-
nized with that of forces ad-
vancing from the north in a
pincer movement against Port
Moresby. New Guinea capital
on the Gulf of Papua.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, March 21.-Four high
powered speedboats carried Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and 81 COM
panions on their daring dash from
the Philippines to Australia, sue
cessfully lodging Japanese de-
stroyer which threatened to inter-
cept them. Reuters reported today
from Melbourne.
Details of the spectacular trip
we're disclosed by Brig. Gen. Hugh
J. Casey. who travelled with Gen.
Macarthur, the news agency de-
clared.
The trip occupied two days and
ended at an undisclosed island rem
devious, where two big planes were
waiting to take the party on to
Darwin, Gen. Casey was quoted as
saying.
Arrangements for the journey
we're made in utmost secrecy. The
four 70-foot speedboats-known as
"Q-boats"-were made ready at diff
ferent points on Bataan Peninsula
and loaded with luggage and equip
ment.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
laps South Of Letpodon
And Tounqoo, Toxic Says

TOXIC From Japanese Broad
casts, March 81 (P).-Japanese
troops were declared by Domei to-
day to have occupied British defense
positions in Burma south of Toungoo
and Letpadan in operations Thurs
day.
japanese vanguards crushed
tank supported defense counterat-
tack and now seriously threaten
Toungoo, a base of some 5000 Allied
troops, the news agency said.
Independent Burmese volunteers
we're reported to have supported the
Letpadan thrust, severing the single
railway line leading to Bassein, stra-
tegic city in Southwestern Burma.