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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
OIivia's Bicycle Is
The Worlds Safest

HOLLYWOOD-Olivia de Havilland
has just become the possessor OF
HollyWood's first real moyie-star-
model bicycle.
The star took up cycling for exer-
else, but had to do most OF it after
dark, because she was working all
day in "The Male Animal" SO she
ordered a bike that would have as
many safety features as possible
What she received was custom
built job with two beam headlights,
a tail light and reflector, a tWo-tone
horn, a spcedometer, gear shift and
an automatic brake.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
BY PAUL HARRISON
NRA Service STAFF Correspondent

DEneys hunor specialists max
and funny In itself But
the guarded OF the anmang
unit where Job already is
The notion executives of the ordinary
they lining Hollywood to
instruction
studio practical
Mickey Mouse
aerial
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
DISNEY'S MEDIUM
SPOTTED BY NAVY

The subject was of Importance not
only to factory trainees, but U. s,
Navy officials spotted the great adj
yantages of the medium. They ac-
.epted Disney's offer to make films
1T cost and sent Lieut.. j. G. Hutch
son here from Washington TO Sd
oervise a series Of 20 one-reelers on
Identification Of aircraft and war
ships. However, neither the officer
nor the studio boss intends TO let the
project end there; they're already
planning many more Institutional
pictures on technical and tactical
subjects.
Errors OF recognition committed
IN the European theater OF war
especially by the panicky Italians,
who are known TO have shelled
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

Disney himself, though, had a
pretty good idea Of what he could
DO. Last spring. with the help of
the Lockheed Aircraft Company,
ne made a film called "The -Four
Methods OF Flush Riveting "a
type OF construction which adds
materially TO airplane speeds
The animations, without any fun
nv business, revealed details
which could not possibly be photo
graphed in live action-such as the
spreading action of the tiny riVcts
inside the metal sheets.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
STATE

IF you intend to see the superb
screen program currently at War
ners State theater, you'll have to
hurry, as performances tomorrow
evening positively conclude its en-
gagement. "The Wolf Man." a new
horror drama with Claude Rains,
Bella Lugosi, Ralph Bellamy and
Lon CLANCY, Jr., is the headliner
while Lupe Velez and Leo Garlic
will be seen In the second hit Hon
olufu Luz.
And then starting Wednesday the
State will usher in another spectac-
ular show with Bahama Passage"
filmed in technicolor ard co-sJar-
ring Madeleine Carroll and Stirling
Hayden, as the headliner.
Lovely blonde Madeleine Carroll
and the stalWart blonde Stirling
Hayden is a star combination that
proved itself so successful with its
first appearance in Virginia" and
according to reports they ere bet
ter than ever in Bahama Passage"
Based on Nelson Hayes best-sell-
ing novel, Dido Cay" the picture
tells the story OF. girl who comes
to the salt-producing island In the
West Indies and takes the heart of
it's owner by storm Critics state
that romantic excitement rides I'M
usually high when, after a series OF
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

plans to have them on Broadway
this season.
Oh yes, there is one item on
which their tastes differ Women.
Jack likes them tall and quiet Bob
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

ley" starring Walter Pidgeon,
Maureen O'Hara and Donald Crisp,
Anna Lee and Roddy McDoWall. On
the same program is the comedy,
Miss Polly" with zasu Pitts, Slim
Summerville.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

the management will present a
thrill-packed tale of bomb wracked
London Confirm or Deny" with
Don Ameche and Joan Bennett in
co-starring roles.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
BIG TOWN MEDLEY
BY BOB MUSEL
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

like
be the Heaeys
identical
Evening star., 1942-01-18

Protects mattresses from dust and drt-nokes them
beoched muslin Cut amply Jorge to allow for shrink
age. Upper makes putting on and taking off eosy
Twin and double bed sizes for regular and inner
spring mattresses Buy for oil your beds at this soving
Observation-Disclosures Copers-Thid Floor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

"Where are the American
prophets who predicted that ia
pan would be liquidated in two
or three weeks?"
Mussolini said he was not sur
prised by the North African
campaign saying:
There were many intrigues
between Americans and high
French officers. There is nothing
glorious in the landing"
He said that Italian casual
ties in Raj bombings and Brit
ish commandments of Italy from
the sea were 1875 killed and g.
1872 injured.
In Raj raids on Genoa alone.
he reported, 5,772 houses were
destroyed.
In the first 80 months Of the
war he said the Italian navy lost
l72 ships, totaling 227, 900 tons.
The total Italian dead for the
same period were given rs:
Army, Navy and Air Force, o.
1872.
II Duce said 232,7O0 Italians
were prisoners of the enemy, Of
which Els, 600 were from the
Italian army.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
SigIow Killer
Gets Life erm
Convict Admits Staying;
Given Maximum Sentence

cident and he fled. He was ar
rested Nov. 8 by the Georgia
Highway police and returned 10
Jackson Prison.
10 YEARS IN PRISON
Palmer quietly detailed q
crime career that started when
he was only 10 years old. Sent
enced in 1892 for car theft in
Montcalm county. he was par
oiled from Jackson prison four
years later.
He soon tired Of barber shop
routine, he said, and was caught
stealing a car in Chicago. He
served six years in Joliet prison.
then was returned to Jackson a
a parole violator. He was serv-
ing the later sentence ut the time
of his escape.
Justice came swiftly for Pal
mer. He reached the county Jail
at 1890 p. m, waived examin-
alton two hours later before Jus
tice Frank e. Jeanette and was
Immediately brought before
Judge Spier.
He was headed back for Jack
son by $50.
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Twas born to the double
veil. l have foresight and it's a
bad thing. 1t doesn't give you
any rest"
On the basis of Mrs. Johnson's
story, F. p. Furlong, district con-
servation chief at Newberry,
called off the search for Hick-
man. She described the Chicago
meeting to Furiong during a To-
minute long distance telephone
conversation last night.
BRIDE NOT CONVINCED
But Hickman's bride of a
month and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Herman Mathews, 24877
Lambrecht, East Detoit, are mot
satisfied" with Mrs. Johnson's
story.
Mrs. Mathews, nevertheless,
said that some member of the
family will be sent to Chicago
to search for Hickman. She said
Hickman and her daughter were
happily married and had known
each other for seven months be-
fore the wedding.
Mrs. johnson said that she
See HUNTER-Page 2
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MUSSOLINI STRI

LONDON, Dec. z - up -
Premier Mussolini struck back
angrily today to Prime Minis
ter Churchill's warning that the
Italian people should sue for
peace and said the Italians will
not be inferior to the British
and Russians"
Reading extr IS from
Churchills warning that italy
would be placed under PRO
longed, scientific and SCATTERING
air attack" Mussolini sal d
Churchill hoped to undermine
the resistance of the Italian peo-
pie.
IF this should happen the
Italian nation would renounce
forever its dream of being q
great nation" the Premier said.
Mussolini was heard coughing
and breathing heavily as he de-
livered his speech to the Fascist
Chamber of Corporations.
Intoning Churchilrs ACCUSE
ton that lone man and one man
only" was responsible for Italy's
entry into the war, Musoolini
asked scornfully when did the
Prime Minister ever ask the
British people II they wanted
war;"
HOT RECEPTION
He promised that Germany
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

would reinforce Italy with
powerful contributions" an d
said The joint Italian German
defenses will give the raiders q
hot reception"
Women and children are being
removed from Italian cities and
towns to leave fighters masters
of the situation" Mussolini ex-
planned.
Referring to Churchill's re-
proach for the stab in the
back" to France, Mussolini de-
clared that no one expected
France to collapse so suddenly
and added that France still had
an air force and navy intact
when italy declared war.
When he came to Churchills
question to the Italian people,
How long will II last?" Musso-
lini said:
II answer in the most solemn
manner - forever. Until we
achieve complete victory"
Defending Italy's entry into
the war, he said that IL she had
remained neutral both belliger-
ents would have maltreated her.
Mussolini shouted that the
Italians never had been so unit
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Youth Draft
Registry SET
Proclamation
Lists Ootes

The registration of Macomh
County youths affected by the
recent amendment to the Selec-
tive Service Act lowering the
draft age to secure 18-and- TO-
year-olds will take place this
month at local draft boards, it
was announced today by Chef
Kroner, chief clerk of Draft
Board No. l in Mount Clemens.
Youths of teen age who were
born on or after July 1, 1924,
but not after August 81. 1924,
shall be registered on any day
during the week commencing
Friday. December II, 1912, and
ending Thursday, December II,
1912.
Those who we're born on or
after September /, 1924 but not
after October 81 1924, shall be
registered on any day during the
week commencing Friday, De-
cember 10, 1912, and ending
Thursday, December "a, 1912.
Those who were born on or
after November /, 1924, but not
after December 81, 1924, shall
be registered on any day during
the period commencing Satur-
day, December 26, 1912, and
ending Thursday, December 81,
During the continuance of the
present war, those who were
born on or after January 1,
1925, shall be registered on the
day they attain the eighteenth
anniversary of the day of their
birth; provided, that If such an
niversary falls on q Sunday or
legal holiday, their registration
shall take place on the day fol-
lowing that is not a Sunday or q
legal holiday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Tug aalls;1I
missilIQ
Goes Down Nsor
ClsvsIond Today

CLEVELAND, Dec. 2 -(R-
Fourteen men drowned before
dawn today Is the 80-foot tu1
Admiral, swept by strong. freex-
ing winds, went down off Avon
Point. IS miles northwest Of
Cleveland.
Officials Of Cleveland Tank
ers Inc, which operated the
wood hulled, 04-ton tug for the
Allied Oil Co., said at noon to-
day they had abandoned hope
that any of the crew, under
Capt. John o. Swanson Of River
Rouge, Mich, had survived.
Another 10 seamen aboard
the oil barge Cleveco, command
ed by Capt. william H. Smith Of
Cleveland, awaited rescue from
their powerless 25O-foot craft q
Coast Guard cutters, tugs and
the Civil Air Patrol fruitlessly
searched the area for tug sur
vivors. The barge was at an
Choir off Avon Point.
The licensed Tugmen's Pro-
tective Association reported
aboard the tug on Sum
day, and presumably still aboard
when 1t sank. included John
Swanson of Detroit, captain, and
the following:
William Rocks, chief engi-
neer, Cleveland
Bertel Haahr, engineer, Mil
waukee.
Bill Cowan and Harold HE
See TUG-Page 3
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Edward j. Palmer, 29-year-
old former barber, was in Jack
son Prison today starting a life
term imposed yesterday by Cir
cult Judge James E. Spier for
the murder Sept. % of Walter
Siglow, 52-year-old Washington
farmland.
Palmer, who spent most of the
last 10 years in prisons because
he preferred stealing cars to bar
boring, took the sentence with
out emotion. He was rushed di-
rectly from the courtroom to the
prison by Corp. Stanley Carlson
and Trooper Clifford Goodnutf
of the Center Line Police post.
RELATE DETAILS
Goodnuff and Chief Assistant
Prosecutor Wilbur F. Held de-
tailed a confession Palmer made
to them a week earlier at, Jack
son. Palmer admitted on ques-
tioning by the judge that the
two men had presented his
story accurately. He pleaded
guilty to second degree murder.
Palmer walked off the Dalton
Prison Farm at jackson Sept.
"a. Three days later he went TO
the Henry Werderman farm, $40
Davis road, where he was given
employment IS
He said he and Siglow, also
employed by the Werdermans,
argued because he slapped 2
dog. Siglow, he claimed, charg-
ed at him with three-foot long
hickory club. During the tus-
sic, he said he wrestled the club
from Siglow and hit him twice
over the head with it.
He then threw the uncon-
scious Siglow into the back seat
of Siglow's car and fled up Van
Dyke. In front Of Stanton
Welsch park near Utica, the car
became involved in a minor &C.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Troops; Band
to Participate
in Gala Parade

Highlighting the colorful
Christmas Parade to be held in
this city at TOO p. m. Friday
night will be the Selfridge
Field military band and the
crack marching unit of 200 sold
iers, it was announced today by
A. D. Brewer, executive secre-
tary of the Mount Clemens
Board of Commerce. The Mer-
chants Committee of the board
is sponsoring the affair for the
second successive year here.
Leading the parade will be q
color guard composed of men,
bers of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars posts
See PARADE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Navy Secretary
Paints Bright
War Picture
Tells Notion
Navy More Powerful
Than Ever Before

NEW YORK, Dec. 2-R-
Viewing the war outlook as the
brightest in three years, secre-
tary of Navy Knox disclosed to-
day that Japanese casualties are
believed five times greater than
Americas and that the United
States Navy is larger and more
powerful than-"the day before
Pearl Harbor."
Balancing the nations books
of war near the end of a year Of
fighting, Knox told the national
associations of manufacturers
, convention in prepared speech:
1--WE have expended a lot of
precious ships and material, but
we have exacted a toll the enc
my can i'll afford"
The Navy Secretary asserted
that while Japanese casualty fig
ures could not be trusted even
IF they were published" United
States Intelligence officers estim-
ate that since Dec. 1941 to
Nov. Is, "the Japanese in all
theaters have lost in killed or
permanently injured roughly
25O, 900 men,"
!, approximately, 81 900, he said,
are Navy casualties or about 10
per cent of the estimated naval
personnel. United States naval
losses, he said, are about one per
cent Of the personnel strength
and estimates Of comparative
loss and damage of ships and
planes is equally encourag-
ing"
MORE POWERFUL
1--WE have a larger and more
powerful Navy measured in
tonnage, air power or anything
else" he added, than the day
before Pearl Harbor-or the day
after Pearl Harbor. Production
See KNOX-Page 2
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SabOteurS'
Aide Gets
Is Years

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 -R-
Anthony Cramer, AZ, Yorkville
mechanic, convicted of treason
ably aiding two of the eight Nazi
saboteurs landed by submarine
in the United States last June,
today was sentenced to As years
in prison and fined $4,000.
After sentence was imposed
by Federal Judge Henry w.
Goddard, Defense Counsel Har-
old Medina said he would ap-
peal.
At the trial of Cramer, who
was convicted Nov. ID, the gov
eminent charged he gave laid
See TRAITOR-Page 2
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Still Fighting

TOKYO (FrOm ] a p anese
Broadcasts), Dec. 2 - (R -
Imperial Japanese headquarters
announced today "the virtual
termination of mopping-up OPP
eratiOns in the Philippines''
against American and Filipino
remnants holding out In noun
famous or other inaccessible
parts of the islands.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
MUSSOILNI STRIKES BACK ANGRILY:
Tells Italian People Germans Will See Them Through

ed. He denied there had been
any sabotage in Italy and prais-
ed the discipline of his coun-
trymen.
This war is not only neces-
sary - it is q sacred cause. We
are proud to participate in this
battle of giants which will trans
form the world"
THE less one says in wartime
the better" the Premier said,
But have q vague impression
the Italian people want to hear
me-"
II Duce who was breathing
heavily, continued:
THE most important events of
the last ID months are: 1. The
war against Russia. 2. Japan's
entry into the war; and 8. The
Allied landing in North Africa"
IF there is q man who ever
diabolically wanted this war il
is the President of the United
States" II Duce went on.
This warmonger forgot his
repeated promises to American
mothers not TO allow any Amer
lean blood to be spilled in Eu-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Clairvoyant Says 'Hunch'
Led Her to Missing Hunter
Mount Clemens Women Notifies Stote
Officers Eost Detroiter 10 Sofe

A mysterious 'hunch" that
led a Mount Clemens clairvoy-
ant on a motor trip to Chicago,
accompanied by q north Ma
comb county housewife, today
further befogged the case Of Ed
die Hickman, 20, East Detroit
hunter, for whom state conser-
walton officers have b e n
combing Ne cry swamps
since the first day of the deer
season.
The middle-aged clairvoyant,
who describes herself as a "di-
vine reader" is Mrs. Irene john
son, of ssh N. Broadway, and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Dec. .
R-Gasoline rationing threat
ems to seriously interfere with
court procedure, Probate Judge
Malcolm Hatfield said today In
announcing that he and Circuit
Judge Fremont Evans planned
to issue certificates for addi-
tiOnal gasoline to witnesses,
jurors and others having bust
ness with the courts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
New Cabinet

BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 3 -
B -. Negotiations are under
way In vichy and Paris 10 create
q new cabinet under Pierre La
val which would be the instru-
ment to carry out Germany's
plans for continental France,
sources in close touch with
Vichy said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

DETROIT, Dec. o R AT
least 10000 passengersNmore
than on any other day In its
history-were carried BY De-
treit Street Railways systems
coaches and street ears Tuesday,
the first day Of gasoline ration
Ing In Michigan, Fred A. Nolan,
general manager, said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Secret Planes
Are Reported
Would Make Angels
Gasp, Engineers Told

BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Writer
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 - The
United States has some secret
new planes that are enough to
make the a angels gasp" the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers was told today.
Major Nathaniel F. Silsbee, OF
the Army Air Force, explained
in a paper prepared for a meet
ing of society that q score of new
fighters, bombers and transports
are under test. Many, he said,
already have been flown, but are
still on the secret list.
In addition to the new designs,
the Air Force has developed q
method Of making wholesale al
terations in planes after manu-
facture. This Is done in places
called modification centers, OF
which he said there are dozens,
They are not all at aircraft fac
tories.
QUICK SHIFTS
These centers make quick al
terations demanded by battle
conditions, such as, said Major
Silsbee, installing different type
guns, or refitting with a landing
gear that will not crack up in
desert fighting.
Such centers altered Doolit-
ties planes to fit the bombing
of Japan. They have painted
planes q dusty pink for the
Egyptian desert and fitted 9TH
ers for Arctic regions.
He said that the tail gun add
ed to the Flying Fortress caught
the Nips so by surprise that
nearly 100 Japanese planes were
downed before q single ship was
able to get back to tell the 9TH
ers what was happening.
"As the war proceeds" he
added, there is no intimatinG
what further surprises in the
way of speedy alteration and
See PLANES-Page 3
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Secure Peace

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 R
- The great military might Of
the United States, Britain and
Soviet Russia must be used in
peace to prevent any repetition
OF aggression, Anthony Eden
told the House of Commons
amid cheers today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. 2 - R
The New York Shipbuilding
Corporation will launch its third
aircraft carrier in Is weeks here
Sunday, the day before the Pearl
Harbor anniversary, the Fourth
Naval district announced today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Income Drops

LANSING, Dec. 2 - R -
Gasoline tax collections in Mich
igan during October, driven
down by reduced automobile
travel, have fallen almost $780,
900 below the same month .
year ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Or
Rep. Melvin J. Mas (Rep.-
Mimi today charged there was
no real unity of political or
military command among the
United Nations and termed the
American invasion Of Africa q
compromise" second front.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
Tornado Deaths

LINCOLNTON, Ga, Dec. p
(P - A tornado swirling over
this section killed five Negroes,
injured at least a score Of per-
sons and leveled several homes
late yesterday.
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she has already informed state
Lofficers that she ate breakfast
with Rgikman ir. Chicago on
Nov. y and that he is alive, well
and employed.
READS TEA LEAVES
Those lunches come to me
under the most peculiar circum-
Stances Mrs Johnson unused
today. Sometimes I get them
by gazing at tea leaves or by
picking up an envelope. Why,
l was lying flat on my back in
bed when it came to me that
Eddie Hickman was alive in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02
BRITISH CRACK TUN|S- b|zERTE LINZ
late X Xxx
bulletins


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 - up
ALI sites have been chosen and
the necessary money allocated
for plants to produce 100000
tons of synthetic rubber annual
ly, Senator Thomas (D-Okla)
said today.
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LONDON, Dec. 2 - (R -
Legislation to deal with postwar
reconstruction problems will be
introduced in the House Of Com
mons, Anthony Eden, foreign
secretary and govern m n t
spokesmen, told the House TO-
day. -. - .ss-e s.ss~u.z