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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
Yonks Introduce New Trick
in Raids on Hon9kong
Versatile P-40s Serve as
Dive Bombsvs as Well as Fighters

One American plane was shot
down close to the water after
finishing its bombing run. There
were no other losses or casual
ties.
The attacking pilots express
ed the belief that challenging
Japanese pilots were flying
German Messerschmitt-l09's as
well as their own Zeros. This
was the first indication here
that the Nazi-type fighters were
in action in the China theatre.
The Wednesday attack follow
ed smashing blows at Honskong
last Sunday night and early
Monday by Billy Mitchell BIO
medium bombers, the kind that
raided Japan on April ID.
WATERFRONT AFLAME
The Kowloon waterfront was
set aflame from end to end ana
the main Hongkong power sta
ton flattened in these raids.
From a study of photographs
and reports of participating pi-
lots it was determined that two
2,50O-ton tankers were sunk ana
a 3,0OO-ton freighter severely
damaged and possibly sunk.
The Kowloon railroad sta
ton, yards and storage areas
wharves and nearby ware
houses, large military stores
around Hollis wharf, the old
British navy mine and tor
pedo station, naval supplies
close to the main ferry terminal
and a big Japanese barrack all
were heavily damaged and
probably wiped out by fires and
explosions caused by the
American bombs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
Tin Competition
Ends on Now
Public Urged to Aid
Pupils Win Award

Mount Clemens residents
were urged today to cooperate
with the students of all schools
in the city who are competing
for the big Salvage Banner to
be awarded the students collect
ing the greatest percentage of tin
in contest ending November
8. The banner is now held by
the Lincoln School, winner of
the first contest sponsored in
October by the Mount Clemens
Salvage Committee.
The students of the winning
school collected 1440 pounds of
tin, for an average of five and
one-half pounds per student.
City residents can aid the
school in their district by send
ing their tin cans to school
through students, or leaving
them on the school steps. Tin
cans, properly Prepared, and
collected in bags or boxes, may
be left outside the home for col
lection by students.
Tin cans, to be properly pre-
pared, should have the label re-
moved, be thoroughly cleaned
of foreign matter, and then flat
tened out with the ends cut off.
The winning school will be
awarded the banner next We'd
nesday, according to Mrs. Paul
Mckee, committee chairman.
All schools are collecting
scrap iron and rubber as we'll as
tin, but the contest underway
concerns only tin cans which
will be collected next Monday.
These must be kept separate
from all other salvage materials
at the schools.
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-Daner


He was married Nov. 81
1917, TO the former Mary JOS
ephine Carew, who survives
him. Three children were born
to this union. James who soon
will win . law degree from
Notre Dame; William, in his
third year at West Pointe, and
Patricia Ann, at home.
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY,
The body will lie at the home,
a Miller street, from Tuesday
afternoon until 8 a. m. Wednes-
day when services will be held
&C 81. Peter;S Catholic church, OF
which he was a member. Burial
will be in st. Peters Catholic
Cemetery under the direction of
Duncan B. Hubbard.
Prayers will be said at 8 p.
m. Tuesday at the home.
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Election
from Page One

Continued from Page One
will read their fortunes in tn
will of the voters tomorrow
night:
GOVERNOR
Murray D. VanWagoner, D.
Harry F. Kelly, r.
LIEUT.. GOV.
Frank Murphy, d.
Eugene Reyes, r.
SEC. OF STATE
Herman II. Dignan, r.
Maurice Eveland, D.
ATTY GENERAL
Herbert Rushton, r.
j. w. Babcock, d.
STATE TREASURER
D. Hale Brake, r.
Theodore Fry. d.
AUDITOR GENERAL
Carl B. Brandenburg, d.
Vernon j. Brown, r.
U. S. SENATOR
Prentiss Brown, ID.
Homer Ferguson, r.
u. S. CONGRESS
Jesse p. Wolcott, r.
Leroy Wilson, d.
STATE SENATOR
Ivan A. Johnston, r.
Clarence S. Walton, d.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Howard r. Carroll, r.
Vincent l.. Fitzgerald, d.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Wilbur F. Held, r.
Malcolm Z. Trombley, D.
SHERIFF
Jacob F. Thcut, d.
Robert G. Havel, r.
COUNTY CLERK
Guy l.. Brown, r.
Aaron Burr, d.
COUNTY TREASURER
William G.. Miller, r.
Earl Tallman, D.
REG. OF DEEDS
William Lawson, r.
Alice l.. Tucker, d.
DRAIN COMMISSIONER
George 7. Smith, d.
William Harper, r.
CORONER
1.-TWO to be Elected)
Howard v. Groesbeck, Jr., r
William d. Clyne, r.
William G. Sperlich, d.
John M. Sprott, D.
CT. COURT COMMISSIONER
1.-TWO to be Elected)
John II. Nunneley
Alton II. Noe.
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Berry
Continued from Page One

rounded by her friends. Her
cheerful, happy nature drew
people to her and no one in
trouble every came to her with
out receiving help and SYM
pathy.
She was member of Alex
ander Macomb chapter, OAR,
Whatsoever Circle of King S
Daughters, the Half Hour read
ing club, and was an active Red
Gross worker.
SURVIVORS
Besides her husband, she is
survived by sister, Mrs. Robert
Traub, of Bloomfield Hills, and
q niece, Mrs. Merrill Otis Bates,
Of Crosse Pointe.
The body will lie at the Ber-
ry home, 221 Cass avenue. to-
night and Tuesday morning
Services will be held Tuesday
at $50 pm. from the home with
her niece's husband, Rev. Mer-
rill Otis Bates, pastor of the I'm
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Recruits
Continued from Page One

committees established in city
precincts to take charge of the
continuing drive for 100 per cent
enlistment in all branches of
civilian defense work in Mount
Clemens.
Committee heads are as fol-
lows:
Precinct No. 1: Mrs. William
Bennett, and the Rev. George
Merifield.
Precinct No. 2: Mrs. Robert
Shepherd and William Kelly.
Precinct No. 3: Mrs. George
Carter and Frank Kissell.
Precinct No. 4: Mrs, Verle
Ryon and Clare Wigell.
Precinct No. 5: Mrs. Walter
Tiffin and Ralph Bennett.
Precinct No. 6: Mrs. Francis
Golden and Chris Konstanzer.
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Desert
Continued from Page One

Continued from rage One
envy merchant ships, the first to
dare the North African passage
since three vessels were sunk
last Monday, were blown to pie
ces yesterday by British torpedo
planes.
LARGE FIRES
A communique from Ameri-
can headquarters said fires and
explosions were observed in the
target area at Maleme, from
which air support has been 60
ing to Rommel.
American fighter pilots, es-
corting Allied fighter-bombers,
broke up a formation of Nazi
Messerschmitts in dogfight
over the Egyptian battle area,
this announcement said.
The British torpedo planes
sank the two merchantmen yes
terday out OF a convoy trying to
cross the Mediterranean with an
escort of dcstroyers and patrol
boats.
They first were spotted at
dusk Saturday and the initial
striking force arrived just after
midnight to sink one ship. The
other was sent to the bottom at
dawn.
On the desert battle front,
Rommcls main armor was west
Of the position encircled by the
Australians.
In other parts of the desert
also were great British armored
formations ready to deal their
own thrusts.
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DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. ZIP
More iron ore has been ship
ped from the Lake Superior dis
trict 50 far this year than in any
previous season, according to
figures compiled by John w.
WoOdfill, vessel agent for the
M. A. Hanna Go.
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Film


villages, towns, and cities
throughout America. Maybe it
has happened to you. Filled with
emotional contrasts, "The Pow
er Of God" is a Christian sound
film which you will want to see.
, Everyone is cordially invited
to zee 1.-THE Power of Cod.
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SOlOrnOns
Continued from Page One

Continued from rage One
of the great Naval-air battle If
last Monday in which, it appears
from current reports, we dished
out about as much damage as
we took.
Guadalcanal indeed may have
been saved.
AS against the loss of an as yet
unidentified United States air.
craft carrier and the destroyer
Porter, along with damage to
other vessels, the Americans
scored damaging torpedo and
bomb hits on seven large Jap
anese ships.
TT. csc were detailed as fol-
lows in a Sunday communique
based on details received from
the new Naval commander for
the South Pacific area, Vice Adj
miral William F. Halsey:
Four to six heavy bomb hits
G. an aircraft carrier of the Zui-
kaku class;
Two medium bomb hits on an
other aircraft carrier Of the
same class;
Two heavy bomb hits on a
b. ttleShip Of the KOngO class;
One heavy bomb hit on Sec
ond battleship;
Five medium bomb hits on a
cruiser of the Tikuma class;
Torpedo and bomb hits on a
he.vy cruiser, and
Two torpedo hits on a heavy
cruiser.
In addition, the cOmmunique
said, more than 100 japanese
planes were destroyed and 80
others probably destroyed. An
Associated Press dispatch from
the South Pacific, moreover,
quoted an American pilot who
participated in the battle as say
ing that the flight deck Of one
of the Japanese carriers was
completely smashed and she ap-
peared to be sinking.
READY TO ATTACK
The japanese ships were
ready to join hands with coun-
ter-offensive forces ! ready
landed on Guadalcanal for an
a",-o'lt assault when the United
States Naval force gave battle
last Monday some 200 miles
of Guadalcanal.
The Japanese force retired af-
ter the engagement, and the en-
ems first major effort to crush
the Marine and Army force on
-.adalcanal had failed.
Bearing directly on the Nays
qualified success in the Solo
mons were the blows being
struck there by bombers of the
Macarthur Command from bas-
IS in that separate command
zone in the Southwest Pacific.
Allied airmen under General
believed they sank
Or seriously damaged seven en-
my vessels yesterday in a pre-
lawn assault on Japanese Naval
in the Buin-Faisi
rea, some 800 miles northwest
f Guadals anal.
Thirty-three tons of bombs
we're dropped-the greatest re-
orded weight of bombs ever
ropped in a single operation by
hese airmen. Two coordinated
ttacks were delivered by heavy
nd medium bomber units, at
NV altitude and in the face Of
icrce ground fire.
Accurate observation of the
esults was difficult" said the
,ommunique, but seven vessels
we're believed to have been sunk
,r seriously damaged, one Of our
planes failed to return"
It was the fourth consecutive
,rc- dawn attack on the enemy
n the Buin-Faisi region.
If the attacks recorded since |
were delivered against
vessels, at least 81
Japanese cargo and fighting
ships have been bombed by the
men in that time, in
Guiding a heavy cruiser blown
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itarian Church in Crosse Pointe
officiating.
Burial Will be in Clinton
Grove Cemetery under the di-
rection of Duncan B. Hubbard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02

Great Britain has approx
mately 1000 coal pits, which
! produce 230,000,00O tons an
nually.
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Claim Capture

BE RI IN (Fr0m German
Broadcasts) Nov. 2 -(P)- The
Germans reported today that
their forces had captured the
town Of Alagir, cutting off the
northern approach to the Osse-
tic military highway through
the central Caucasus.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17

down the peninsula toward Sing
apore the inability of the British
command to cope with the situation
became more and more apparent.
but the official SpokcSmen became
more and more inSiStCut that Sing
aporc Island itself would be strong
" defended.
The battle in Malaga as reported
officially probably gave the world
the impression of a bitter. hard
fought defense Actually. it Was re-
treat planned from day to day.
Each day the ImpcrialS fell back
10 miles or so "on schedule.
In the end. the British forces
which got away TO Singapore Is
land without being heavily attack
cd by the Japanese got there be-
cause they trickcd the enemy into
searching for a defensive line that
did not exist. The withdrawal was
carried out with desperate rapid
ity. And whole brigadcS were left
on the mainland when the Johore
cauSeway was dynamited
Veteran fighters were Clamoring
for counter-aSSault against the
japanese on a large scale. but none
was ever attempted.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
PHONE 300

there had been anyone 70 CnCour-
acc them or oven any one 10 whom
they could turn for leadership. But
administrative officials displayed
little interest in building up a na-
tive organization or of encouraging
natives for tESir own protection
At the psychological hour when the
natives might have been rallied
they found the local British offiC-
ials had quit their posts and hur-
ued south toward safety
The Tamil tribeSmen in parti-
cular. wanted to resist the Jap
anCSc They never had a chance 10
do more than sit and wait for the
Glcmy occupation. Consequently,
the Tamii> later showed little SYM
pathy for the British as they fell
back southwark although when the
Australians made comter-attack
they won the sympathy and sup
port Of these tribeSmen i'll the
GcmaS area. At that time. the ma
tiyeS often displayed great bravery
in aiding the Australian troops in
the jungleS
OFFICIAL STUPIDITY
As the war moved southwark
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Russians PRESSING
Enemy Westward

LONDON. Feb. Il. cUP>-The
PuSSians were striking the Ger
mans hard on the southwestern
front today, their big guns pulver-
izing the stubbornly-held fortifi-
cations ana armored units.
South of Smolensk, c.l The CEN
iral front. Soviet forces were re-
ported to have crossed a tribu-
tary Of the Dneiper river. they
i.ushed ahead in the Kharkov area
despite heavy rains
Radio Moscow. describing action
in the southwest. said Russian
tank and infantry units drove the
Germans from the village W" and
pursued them as they retreated
westward
The Russians said its artillery
smashed u machine guns. 10
trench mortars. 10 antitank guns
nine machine guns, II trench NOR
tars. - fortified positions. three
antitank guns and $50 Germans.
A two gun battery silenced Ger
man four gun battery.
Russian airmcn were credited
WITH having. in ono day, -oIlted n
German company. and destroyed
four tanks, one light tank. tnc
a7norcd cars. 20 other motor &c
h:cles and four antiaircraft and
materials with which to meet the
attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Ariz. Experiences
Low Temperatures

PHOENIX, Feb. II. (UPp-Low =
est temperatures of the season were
experienced in Arizona between the
third and fifth Of January. the
Federal Weather Bureau reported
today.
1t was one of the coolest pcrioc; ;
III the last four seasons, particularly
in the southern section of the state.
An above normal warm spell follow
ed quickly and continued until Jan.
%.
Precipitation was unusually li%ht
and most of the rain fell at the be-
ginning of the month Much Of tho
precipitation in the higher clcva-
tionS vas in the form Of SNOW.
which reached considerable depth
in the central and western sections.
Conditions were not favorable for
runoff and only comparatively
small accumulation Of storage water
was gained in reservoirs Of the Salt
and Verde rivers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Yandenberg FavOrs
Tax on Individual
War Earning Hikes

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. UPo--
Sen Arthur H. Vandcnbcrg, r..
Mich, today proposed that excess
profits taxes be levied ON indiyi-
dual whether from sal
lieS or investments that have in
c4eaScd directly as result OF the
Val
I have always favored an excess
profits tax on individual earnings
Which are greater during the war
ii an pre-War period. lie said. Al
er all the question should be
whether 4 man is proiiting from
the war.
He SAID such tax program
Should take III cycryonc=thc man
WHO lives from investments, tho
Tanner and tic wage Garner pre-
,amably such 4 plan, if il followed
the excess profits tax on corpor-
.tlonS. would for example, tax a
wage increase received during hhe
War at Il higher rate than the
balance of income
PROFIT LIMITATIONS
a supreme court decision ycSter-
gay permitting the Bethlehem
: .ipbuilding corporation to recall
Eilge profits it made during the
FIRST World War increased senate
demands fol ceastic limitations
cn income from armament con-
uaCtS.
Chairman David I Walsh, D.,
Mass Of the senate naval affairs
committee said his group had re-
questcd the treasury and the Navy
for recommendations on n'otltS
limitation legislation.
The court, splitting four to-tWo,
ruled that Bethlehem was entitled
10 overall profits of % per cent
on a contract for &c ships con-
stluctcd during the last war. The
government sued for return of So
100000 that has already been paid,
contcnding that the amounts were
unConScionable.
The government was directed by
me decision to pay balance of
%5.572,000 still owning to the COM
panY out of total profits of $24-
100000 The court said congress
has powers to set profits ceilings
and to tax excess profits and that
these powers had re, been cXct-
Used at the tmc t. Ct ltract was
made.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17

the OIL subcommittee on the house
committee On interstate commerce
His chief long-range recommended
ton to help alleviate the oil Situa-
ton was immediate start of con-
Struction OF pipe line with a
daily capacity CT 350000 barrels to
the cast coast
He did not comment Ca the in
duStry'S Curfew recommendations
but merely presented them for the
committees consideration Last fall
nightly curfew was observed but
filling stations generally remained
open on Sundays.
RATIONING SEEN
IckeS revealed that the oil indus
try'S war council, composed of y
members. had predicted positive ra-
tiCning if the gasoline curfeW and
an appeal for civilian fuel econom-
les are unsuccessful.
If rationing is necessary" IckeS
said, they the industry favor the
consumer coupon book system. rec
commended by District One Mark
eting Committee.
He said that since a number of
east coast tankerS have been di-
yerted to help out the west coast,
/ the cilnen suggested that it would
seem only fair that west coast con-
sumption should be curtailed TO
about the same extent as may be
decided upon for the east coast. .
The threatened shortage was
brought about by the diversion to
war duties and the sinking of an
| undisCloSed number of coastWise
tankers, which normally supply s.
per cent of oil used Gu the east
coast and approximately the same
amount for the Pacific northwest
ICkeS rcassurcd the committee
! however that progress has boon
made very substantial progress Ill
what naa always bCcn a primary
objective assuring Ia cur country
an adequate supply OF oil TO meet
its needs III time cf peace, and II
make certain our victory in tho
event Of war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
WeIders Surrender
To AFLPressure

TACOMA, Wah. Feb. II. up
Independent welders returned to
work at the Seattle Tacoma ship
building corporation today as
quickly as the could obtain clear
ance from the American Fedora
t4on Of Labor. ending three
week old strike that reached a
bloody climax last weekend
Tho wcldcr5 voted last night 10
surrender 70 ALL demands that
they pay dues or be discharged and
70 the wartime need for all-out
production
Secretary Charles l. Briukcrhoif
aid he expected all ll8O wcldcra
who walked out in support Of de-
rlandS for an autonomous union
would be back at their jobs with
IN a few DAYS. Some returned yes
terday and hundreds went back
tJGdV.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
WesfCoast After
Australia on Japs
Lis: Says Writer

LOS ANGELES. Feb. IT. tUPl-
Japan will attempt to invade the
United States west coast after con-
GIering, in turn, Burma. the Meth
erlandS Fast Indies. Australia and
POSSIBLY Hawaii. Vincent Sheean,
war correspondent, predicted in a
lecture at Philharmonic auditor
ium last night
He despaired of the United Ma
tionS ever holding the Dutch and
British islands He said Japan may
PASS up Hawaii should the mid
Pacific outpost prove troublesome
and strike at the Pacific coast
first.
II think the whole things gone
now, up to Pearl Harbor on their
way here
Sheean said japanese strategy
called for three phases Of opera
tons, the first, conquest Of Sing
aporc and Burma, cutting China'S
lifeline, is virtually complete he
said. The second phase will be
occupation of Sumatra and Java
and other Dutch islands neccs
Sary to invade Australia, and the
third will be an attempt to invade
| the United States.
He said he believed China was
n?oro important TO the United
states than England because it
provides the only ASiatc land front
to use against Japan
He predicted victory III the end
for the United States, but added
shat the end" was in the far dis
tant future He said the British
empire cannot be saved because
il was ended in the last war,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
CADET KILLED WHEN
ARMY TRAINER CRASHES

PHOENIX, Feb. Il CUPD-A light
army trainer plane crashed near
the Luke field army air corps al
vanced training base at Litchfield
Ariz., last night, killing Cadet Ar
mold E. Sindlinger, %, Fort Dodge,
Ia.
An army spokesman said Sindlin-
ger was on a routine training flight.
He was graduate of primary and
basic training schools at Hemet,
Cal. and Taft, Cal. The cadet Was
scheduled to graduate from Luke
field with the next class.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Repair Program
Near Completion

claSsroomS that suffered quake dam
ages. preparatory to building a nev,
$4,000 structure. had been started
by the contractor, Reid Manchcster
of Holtville.
The last of the many busine, 5
buildings damaged by the quake
a vacant store owned by the Capital
Co. at 428 Main. and the SCheni-
man Paper Co. building-Werc be-
ing repaired.
Permits issued by the city build
ing inspector for earthquake repairs
aggregate approximately $350,000.
This figure does not include rcpaitS
to dwellings, of which Al Were
shaken up. Sixteen of these were
condemned, and had to be razcd.
OF the many business structures
damaged by the 1910 quake. 10 had
TO be demolished, II were condemn
cd and two we're closed by order
Of the building inspector until re-
pairs were made. A few of the con-
demned buildings later were rchaL =
ilitated.
The earthquake repair work, and
the activities of A A. Kaiser. lum-
herman and contractor, saved FL
Centre from what otherwise would
have been almost complete build
ing stagnation.
Kaiser Tuesday was winding uD
the construction of his 40th resi- =
dcnce on Ell Centro's southside,
east Of the high schools. At least
l3 OF these homes have been built
within the last four months. Kais-
crs total investment in the projec-.
which Bank Of America Manager A.
c. Yaeckel called "a demonstration
of faith in the future of Ell Centro, .
has been upwards of $25O.000.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Ten Va''eyk Men
Enlist in Navy

Ten Imperial VALLEY mon left Fl
Ccntfo " report At Navy hcadquar-
tcrs for trainln>
Among those VINO left were George
Winfield Peterson and Daniel Dec
Peterson, brothers; and Willard Roy
Denzer, all Of Brawley. The El Cen
tro group included Adolph Semo1
Granau. Frank Semkov FoWles,
James Edmon Anthony. WOODROW
Wilson Coffman, and Albert Demp-
Sey Mullins.
Arthur Lee Gillespie of Calexico
and Ray Barnes Wolford OF Cali
patria also left TO begin training.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
fBi Finds Aliens
Linked TO Japan's
Army, kavyForces
Continued from page Oncl

Continued from page Onc'
former tour director" for eXcur-
sions TO Japan. Two rifles and Il
revolver we're found in SatuS pos
session.
Others arrested at MOntcrc. were
Ryuzo Hayaso, Buddhist priest OF
the Nicharain sect, and TaJuro Wa
tanabc abalonc diver and leader
Of japanese fishermen at Monterey.
II. c. Van Pclt of the FBI office
called Hayase a dangerous alien
and said he toured up and dowa
the coast TO foster the interests
of the mother country The FBI
officer said Watanabe owned eX-
pensive contraband Photographic
equipment.
Authorities said secret docu-
ments," radio equipment, cameras
and a set of United States army
type" signal flags also were seized