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Evening star., 1942-01-13
Far East War InnperiIs u. S.
Supply of Vital MedicinoIs
Quinins Stocks Built Up Before Outbreak;
Some Drugs Produced Synthet eoIIy

The norma imports are about
10000 pounds year. chiefly from
Yugoslavia and Turkey. China, ira
ditional home Of the poppy. supplies
America very little.
Crude opiurn is the dried. milky
exudation obtained from unripe seed
capsules Of = variety Of poppy native
to Asia. It Is another stolen crop
stolen this tim, by Southeastern Eu-
rope. It Is ore Of the most essen
tial Of all medicinals. essential for
the manufacture OF morphine, CO.
define and a tozen other pain kill
ers. None is Produced in the United
States and ell imports are con-
trolled by the Bureau Of Narcotics
Of the Treasury Department.
Menthol Also Hit by War.
War with japan has knocked out
most of Americas imports Of two
important medicinal products-men-
thol and canphor. Both can be
produced synhetically. II the base
materials car be obtained and
plants EXPANDED in the face Of the
war priorities On building materials.
Probably within . few months
mentholated cigarettes will disap-
pear from the market. or some sub
stitute produc, used in them.
Natural melAhol Is q colorless solid
obtained from Japanese peppermint
oil. It can b made alphabetically
from Java cit1onella oil, but imports
Of this probably will be cut on. For
the past few years domestic syn
thetic production has accounted for
about . hfth O, the normal supply In
this country and about 100000
pounds a yea, have been imported
from Japan and China. The plant
from which the peppermint oil Is OBJ
tanned can be grown In this country,
but 1t is doubtful If any seeds are
available.
Most Of tn American consump-
ton is in medicines. and for treating
cigarette tobacco. No substitute Is
available in medicine. Domestic
production. Tariff Commission ex-
perts believe, might be made SUI
ficient to prCvide for strictly me-
dicinal uses.
Camphor Solely From Japan.
Japan is th& worlds sole producer
Of natural canphor. the product Of
tree which grows chiefly on the
island OF Fomosa. Normally the
United St&tes uses about 5000. 900
pounds . yea, and the stoppage of
imports Nigh. bs serious were 1t not
Evening star., 1942-01-13
RAID. Shelter Locations
Chosen, Citizens Are Told

locations Of AFRAID shelters in
the District already has been de-
cided, and several types Of struc-
lures are being considered, the Piney
Branch Citizens Association was
told last night by Porter Lumkins,
chief clerk In the Districts Engi-
neering Department.
Mr.. Lumkins also said $500 900 has
been earmarked for the purchase of
sand bags to protect Government
buildings In the National Capital,
but no appropriation has been made
for air-raid shelters.
He said that District defense on
cials had been working q schedule
Of almost ~ hours daily since De-
cember and were just now get
ting thinks In shape. He suggested
to the associate that members sign
up for auxiliary hremens duties, as
more were needed.
The meeting was held In Roose-
welt High School. with Capt. G. l..
Shorey presiding.
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Biddle Hits
Barring Jobs
To- Aliens
Many Are Loyal
ToU.S S., He Tells
Democratic Club

The dismissal by employers Of en-
ployes who, though technically
classified as enemy aliens, are actu-
ally loyal to the United States was
deplored by Attorney General Fran.
els Biddle yesterday at the inforn,a'
ton hour luncheon Of the Women 3
National Democratic Club.
The speaker said many cases exist
where persons are denied citizenship
merely because of inability to pass
the literacy test or for other similar
reasons. Often these persons are
members of families OF naturalized
citizens or citizens by birth, he add
ed, and are frequently skilled work
men needed 1T this time.
The very thing we are trying to
prevent-disunity- engendered by
manufacturers telling these people
you can't work here" he declared.
He cited cases OF recent adver-
tisements for Skilled workmen"
which stipulated mo aliens wanted"
This, he declared, indicated . mis-
understanding Of United States pol
Icy and law:
The question of classification OF
enemy aliens should be left to the
Department Of Justice, the Attorney
General asserted, and not to en-
ployers.
Referring to other responsibilities
of the Department of Justice en-
phasized by present conditions, Mr..
Biddle said: The policy OF the de-
partment has been to avoid raids or
arresting persons for expressing
their opinions"
He explained that while action
would be taken against persons who
melted others to action against the
Government, there would be no
interference with public speeches
against individuals.
I'VE don't think 1t Is lawful to
arrest q man for merely calling US
names" he explained.
The Attorney General spoke with
satisfaction of the spirit OF unity"
which now prevails throughout the
country, in Congress and in govern
mental departments.
Mrs. Curtis Shears. the club presi-
dent, presided. and Mrs. w. Meade
Fletcher, jr, program chairman, IN
troduced the speaker.
Others at the speakers table In
cluded the Solicitor General and
Mrs. Charles Fahy, Judge N. A.
Townsend, Acting Assistant Solicitor
General: Mrs Thurman Arnold,
wife of the Assistant Attorney Cen
eral; Mrs. Ugo Carusi, wife OF the
executive assistant to the Attorney
General; Mrs. Wendell Berge, wife
OF the Assistant Attorney General;
Mrs. Samuel Clark, wife Of The
Assistant Attorney General; Mrs.
L. M. C. Smith, wife OF the chief OF
the special defense unit Of the JUS
tice Department, and James Rus
sell, head of the naturalization cit
izenship educational program.
Evening star., 1942-01-13
.Alumnae Feted

Members Of the local alumnae Of
the Masters School at Dobbs Ferry
were entertained at luncheon yester-
day by Mrs. Walter L. Heiberg, .
member Of the alumnae group.
About IS members attended, includ-
Ing several recently transferred to
this city.
Mrs. Arthur Lord. . visitor and
the guest Of honor, gave . short
talk on the day nursery which Is
supported by the Masters School
Alumnae Association.
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4 MuraIs Presented
u. 5. by Brazil Put
On Public Exhibit
Work OF Portinori
Placed in Hisponic Room
Of Library Of Congress

-Four murals by the Brazilian
painter Candido Portinari titled
THE Work Of the Spanish and Por-
tuguese in the New World" were on
view to the public today In the foyer
of the Hispanic room Of the Library
OF Congress following . special
showing yesterday afternoon.
Government ofiicials, directors OF
art museums and members Of the
diplomatic corps were among those
who attended at the invitation OF
Librarian of Congress Archibald
MacLeish.
Broadcast to Brazil.
In q short-wave broadcast at the
close of the exhibition DR.. Carlos
Martins, the Brazilian Ambassador; /;
Nelson Rockefeller, co-ordinator OF
inter-American affairs; DR.. Lewis
Hanke. director OF the Hispanic
Foundation, and the artist spoke to
the people Of Brazil.
Speaking in Portuguese. Mr..
Rockefeller said the four paintings
Evening star., 1942-01-13
Puerto Rican Unit

The Puerto Rican American Won-
ems League will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday 1T the home of Mrs. Theo-
dore Hance Tiller, 3409 Mount
Pleasant street NV.
Mrs. Mario Julia. the president,
will urge al members to join either
civilian defense or the Red Cross
during the national emergency.
Evening star., 1942-01-13

for the fact that Z few years ago
American chemists succeeded In
synthesiHng it from turpentine.
Present stocks. however. are be-
Neved to b below normal.
It u used In medicines and In
making nitrocellulose plastics. For
the latter purpose several substitutes
sre available. There Is no medicinal
substitute. Plants already engaged
In producing synthetic camphor. 1t is
believed. can supply 90 per cent Of
the country's normal demands.
Evening star., 1942-01-13
Leaving for West

Miss Aileen Haviin Harris WI
leave Friday for two months in the
West, most Of which time she will
spend In Tucson, Ariz. She and her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Har-
RI, entertained In honor Of Mr.. Fred
Marstetter and his bride, the former
Miss Ruth Quinn.
Evening star., 1942-01-13
Car Is Extra in Tire Deal

NEW YORK, Jan. II N.-The
following advertissuaent appeared
yesterday IN the classified columns
Of q New York newspaper:
"For sale-Four almost new do
luxe white-wall tires and tubes for
.$450. Throw In. 20 Lincoln n-Zephyr
coupe"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

I'VE were in the rain belt,
SO we had no fear about water.
The rain gave up about five
gallons day, but made the
bareback mouldy.
Benton made a net out of
string and caught fish. When
we threw their offal overheard
it attracted sharks. They didn't
bother us, but slapped the raft
with their tails and we were
afraid it would upset.
About the fourteenth day
Benton began growing weak.
He couldn't swallow water or
fish. On the oath day he died
and we put him overheard,
mumbling what prayers we
could remember.
I'D been checking the days
with knots on a piece of string,
but l stopped two days later.
Then Bancroft started to 60
out Of his mind. Twice he tried
to jump overheard. / grabbed
him just in time.
FALLS OVERHEARD
"On the 35th day he tried
again. l grabbed him and we
See RAFT-Page 2
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Map Total
BlackOut
for Sunday

Harold Lindsey, commander
of the Mount Clemens Civilian
Defense Corps, today stressed
the necessity for completes conn
pliance with total-blackout regu-
lations to be tested Sunday eve.
ming at 10: o'clock.
The following are excerpts
from Lindsey's official orders ia
all departments:
/. Mount Clemens Citizens
Defense Corps will cooperate In
the Total Blackout May "a, 1912
at 1000 p. m.
2. Chief Air Raid Warden
will be responsible for street
lighting being BACKED out.
3. Chief of Police will be re-
sponsible for traffic lights be-
ing BACKED out. No steam
whistles will be used in this test.
4. Auxiliary Police will re-
main at posts till traffic is clear
ed UP.
S. Air Raid Wardens will re-
port back to precinct head
quarters after all clear to discuss
conditions and report violations.
8. Police will obtain official
E markings for Fire, Medical and
Police cars, front and back. No
"E" marking shall be issued to
individuals so that they can get
to their posts. If they can't get
there in their cars in the 8 min
utes they must walk.
Z. Police and Fire Depart
ments should keep log record Of
time each message is received
and sent. All watches should be
synchronized before the test with
Radio Time signals.
8. Warning signal will be one
2 minute rising and falling wall
on the sirens.
9. All clear will be one 2
See BLACKOUT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
ICharbeneau
Assigned to
u. S. Marines

Transferred from the Royal
Canadian Air Force to the US.
Marine Corps aviation section,
Ralph Charbeneau, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Charlie
neau, IS Lincoln avenue, was
expected home on a 10 day fur
Tough today.
The youthful flier, who has
served with the RCAF since
last September has been mus
tered out of the Canadian forces
and into those of the United
States in conformity with
agreements recently arrived of
between military commands of
both nations.
Well known in Mount Glenn
ems young Charbeneau, a grad
uate of the public high school,
will report for flight training ut
Atlanta. Ca, as a Marine Fly
ing Cadet and will, subse-
quently. be transferred to Pen
sacola.
While with the RCAF Char
beneau served at various. mill
tary stations in Ontario. most
recent of which was located at
! Aylmer
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Moddening 46-Doys on Raft
Described by y. S. Seaman
Wounded, and TumbIed into SEQ
SoiIor Drifts for Six Weeks

GEORGETOWN, British Gut
ana, May 2O-(P-A madden
ing 46-day voyage on a raft,
during which one companion
died and the other fell into
the sea and drowned was de-
scribed today by Michael Wajda,
28-year-old American seaman
brought here by a rescue ship.
Wajda said his ship was tor
pedoed and shelled at night in
the Atlantic. Wounded on the
head and in one ankle, he tumbl-
ed overheard.
He said he remembered moth
ing more until he was revived on
the raft by Mahlon r. Benton,
35. and Lindgren Bancroft, %,
second and third assistant eng
ineers.
For ten days l was in a daze,
but they looked after me-" said
Wajda, his eyes trimming with
tears each time he mentioned
their names.
PLENTY OF FOOD
"The raft had plenty of hard
tack and chocolate concentrate
and two yellow quarantine flags
that we rugged as sail.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Politics Simmer i'm Wake
of Shores School SquobbIe
Boord Candidates Soy They Will
Rehire Dixon If Elected

Politics simmered in Lake
School District No. l today with
the announcement made by Pat
rick Carpenter and Claude Nc
Veity, candidates for the Board
of Education on June 8, that
they will, if elected, re-hire
Frank A. Dixon, dismissed sup
erintendent of schools.
Meanwhile, Harold Reinhardt
whose charges led to the firing
OF Dixon, said thai the board
likely will hire new superin-
tendent at its June / meeting.
Reinhardt is candidate for re-
election but Arthur Beveride,
who voted TO retain Dixon, has
not definitely decided to be a
candidate again.
Dixon's contract expires June
80 and the two men elected
June 8 will not be seated until
July l. II the board hires q new
superintendent before July 1, OBJ
servers said, attempts to rehire
Dixon would be successfully
blocked.
Carpenter, who lives at 23029
Hoffman, describes himself as
Detroit trade newspaper pub
fisher and said that Novelty is
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

a Ford administrative employee.
Taxpayers and parents of chill
dren Of school age may register
daily from 8 am. to 4:30 pm.
at the school and from to 8
p I'm. ON Saturday May 80, the H.
nal day.
Any taxpayer over Fl who is
an American citizen and files
petitions containing names Of SO
eligible voters may file with
Reinhardt prior to the May %
deadline at $50 pm.
Voting hours on election day
will be from 4 to 8 pm. ut the
school.
A total vote of 800 is possible
because of the Dixon issue.
Reinhardt said. Only 48 votes
were cast q year ago when Ro-
bert H. Voss was elected without
opposition.
Reinhardt said today that he
has no quarrel with school stu
dents who hanged him In efdgy
on Friday after q strike was call
ed protesting the dismissal of
Dixon. Strikers returned to
school Tuesday after comforting
with Robert Barton, board presi-
dent. -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Russians Storm
into Heart Of
Defense
Germons Reported
Messing l0O.000
'Chutists at kereh
BY ROGER D. GREENE

nsSVVANse0 GUWS0 WIZ o0WVB
Russia's armies storming to-
ward the great Ukraine steel city
of Kharkov were reported by
London sources to have fought
their way Into the heart of the
city's defenses" today, while the
Germans were massinH 100, 900
parachutists for giant air-borno
invasion of the Caucasus.
The German high command
said that Axis Crimean troops
had already overrun the Kerch
peninsula, across the narrow
Kerch Strait from oil-rich Cau-
casus. Moscow said battles still
ragged there.
EXPERT ON HAND
A Berlin commmique also an
nounced that General Baron Won
Richthofen, who directed tina
bombing of Belgrade and paved
the way for Germans aerial In
vasion of Crete, had arrived in
the Kerch battle zone. Baron
Won Richthofen IL an expert on
troop transportation by plane
lowed gliders.
In the Ukraine. the Red mr.
mics, led by monster S2-ton
tanks, ware .pieh,rad- in Soviet
dispAtcheS Is advancing over
fields Uttered with many hum
dreds of German dead In thu
nine-day-old offensive against
Kharkov, while the Nazis des-
perately attempted to ease the
pressure with q diversional At-
tack 80 miles to the south.
Apparently the Russians re-
fused to be decoyed.
A bulletin from Red Army
headquarters announced terse~
ly.
"Our troops waged offensive
battles, beat off enemy counter
attacks and advanced"
NEAR KHARKOV
At midday, the Russians re-
ported they were smashing ever
closer to Kharkov despite stiff
fened German resistance and
declared the fighting was spread
ing like wildfire along the en-.
See RUSSIA-Page Z
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Drastic Gas
Rationing
is Indicated
BY KILLER KRIEGHBAUM
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 20 --
(UP) - Government officials
virtually have decided upon ma
tionwide gas line rationing-
possibly by July Ito conserve
dwindling and irreplaceable rub
Der stocks, it was indicated to-
day.
Arthur B. Newhall, war pro-
duction board rubber coordina-
tor, said nationwide rationing of
gasoline was inevitable before
the end of the summer" The Of
flee of Defense Transportation
is working on rationing plans
which may be presented at the
War Production Board meeting
Tuesday. President Roosevelt be-
lieves that the eastern states oil
See GAS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

Regular bus service linking
Mount Clemens and all South
Macomb communities directly
with Warren townships giant
war production plants, effect
i've Monday, was announced to-
day by p. l.. Radcliffe, general
traffic manager of Great Lakes
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
From Mount Clemens buses
will run over Gratiot avenue
through Roseville and East De-
troit and over Nine Mile road to
Mound, north on Mound to
Eleven Mile and east on IL
Mile to Van Dyke avenue thus
connecting with Dodge truck,
Chrysler Tank Arsenal and Hud-
son Naval Ordnance units.
SCHEDULE PICKUPS
The buses on Nine Mile road
will pick up passengers at Fern
dale, Hazel Park, East Detroit
and st. Clair Shores. while fol-
lowing the route to Mound road,
over Eleven Mile road and Van
Dyke road to the Chrysler Plant.
Buses from Pontiac will OPP
crate through Birmingham and
Royal Oak to Nine Mile road
and over the route to the big
east side plants. The buses from
Clawson will also run through
Royal Oak over the route out
lined.
Hourly service will be given
by the eastbound buses on Nine
Mile road starting at 6:25 a. m.
and the last bus will leave Wy
oming at 1925 a. m. The first
bus in the morning will leave
jefferson and Defer at $40 and
the last bus will leave at 1920
a. m.
"This new bus service Is plan
ned primarily for employees in
the important east side plants
and every schedule has been
arranged to get these workers
to their jobs according to the
shifts on which they work"
Radcliffe said. 1.-THE buses TAX
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Hait|lei Case
Before Court
Husband Mute:
Is Bound Over

Vernon Bates, AZ, of Stat
Walters, stood mute on charges
of assault with intent to commit
great bodily harm less than tho
crime of murder upon arraign-
ment this morning before JUS
tice Frank E, Jeanette who
bound him over to circuit court.
The state charges that Bates
cut his wife about the head and
neck with a Ratchet April -
because she spent his money too
freely.
Bates trussed himself In the
basement In an unSuccessful 1t.
tempt to avoid suspicion, the
state claims. Bond was set at
s. 500.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Bus Service TO Link
CITY wih Var Plants
Greyhound to Inaugurate
Service Monday May IS

ing employees to work will re-
turn those leaving q shift. Also,
it will afford transportation to
residents in the vicinity of Nine
Mile Road who have not had a
bus line convenient to their
homes"
Rates from Mount Clemens
to the Dodge and Hudson plants
will be 35 cents each way or 70
cents round-trip; from Mount
Clemens to the Chrysler Tank
Arsenal will be 40 cents and 80
cents round-trip.
A detailed time table of bus
trips showing time of leaving
Mount Clemens and arrival at
South Macomb points will be
published Thurs in The
Daily Monitor-Leader.
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County Tax
Boost Sought
Huge Lesol Bill
A MOTOR Cause

Macomb county's prospective
tax rate will remain in doubt
&C.. about 10 days until the
county tax ALLEGATION committee
decides whether or not to grant
the plea of the board of super
visors' budget committee for a
hike in rate from 5 mills to 6
mills.
The budget committee listed
three items as being the princi-
pal reasons for the increase: A
bill from former Alex Y. Groes-
beck, for service rendered in
fighting a suit to permit bond
holders of the Martin and Nine
Mile Halfway drain issues to
collect approximately S5,00O,-
900 from the county; an item of
$4,000 to cover the $40 flat
pay raise of county employees;
and another of $4,000, that has
been tentatively set as the
amount that the Clinton Huron
Metropolitan Parkway Author
ity will demand from this
county.
The Authority is charged with
the construction of a park and
parkway system through the
counties of Wayne, Livingstone,
Oakland, Macomb and Washte-
nav and is allowed to add one
eighth Of a mill to the general
tax rate of those counties, it
was stated.
See TAXES-Page 2
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Inquest Likely
in Gun Death
Officials Continue
Their Investigation

An inquest into the death of
Henry S. Rodecki, 30, of 9197
Sherwood avenue, Detroit. is
pending Notwithstanding t h e
fact that the death has been
ruled a suicide, Coroner Will
liam c. Sperlich, of Center Line,
said this morning.
Rodecki was found dead Tues
day morning in the rear of his
car with a bullet through his
heart, after Bernard Fattore, 20,
of 2190 Lillibridge avenue, Dc
troit, driving the car heard the
firing of Rodecki'c gun and
thought it was tire blowout.
Ballistic experts from Detroit
who conducted a paraffin test
declared that the bullet came
from Rodecki's As caliber pis-
toll and that it had been fired
by himself. q.
All day yesterday the coroner
prosecutor, and Center Line po-
lice were probing the mysteri-
Gus death.
They learned that Rodecki
had been employed as an armed
guard at the plant of the De
troit Gear Grinding Co. in Ham
tramck. His shift was from 4 p.
m. until midnight. He had a
wife and three children and
was expecting a fourth. Tickets
in his pockets showed that he
had pawned rings. silverware
and a suit of clothes. In his
pockets he had SIPS. His COM
panion. Fattore, had nine cents
in his pockets at the time of the
shooting.
Checking the movements and
association Of the two men, ac-
cording TO the coroner, it was
discovered that they had known
each other for a long time but
See INQUEST-Page 2
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July I Dead|lne
for Price Lists
Extension Annovnesd
by County Clerk

Macomb county merchants
have until July / to file q state
ment of maximum prices they
may charge under the price fix
ing order, County Ration Chjs3
Guy L. Brown said today. u
Brown said he was notified
today by Arthur H.. SarviA seuoa
rationing car, that The dand l1no
has been extended ol1o xem11
from The prsvious Jlsne ! 4k
All merchants unugG m r
msnts OF Tie hiGAsgt pG1e1s
charged during 1Ga0
Brown at his oe0ouA oo4G
floor. county baGild1ng.
The new order 6ooo noe IT,
any way affect tlhe ps1es 1xj
measure which becoahe o0oox
tive Monday. @ w