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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12
AIRCRAFT CARRIER LEXINGTON SUNK
Eyewitness Story of Coral Sea Naval Battle
Boys Loot
Residence:
Lose SwaS

Two East Detroit juveniles
who staged a successful break
ing and entering job on the
North River road and then lost
their loot in the Clinton river
while trying TO hide it in a tree
were TO be turned over 10 John
Ahrens, county welfare director,
by Deputy Sheriff Richard De-
ketelaere who apprehended the
young marauderS this morning.
The two boys, one fourteen
and the other thirteen years of
age broke into the home of
Charles Hartwell, at 1887 North
River road at about o'clock of
the evening of May "a. They
took advantage of the owner
whose lawn had been moved by
the Older of the two boys the
afternoon before. Breaking the
lock on the rear door of the
house the two boys looted the
premises of two wrist watches,
a diamond ring, SO in pennies,
So in silver. Sc. in. Canadian
money, and a % calibre target
pistol
Co. nnT d.,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12
"a St. Mory's Graduates
Receive Diplomas Tonight
Rev. John O'Rofferty Principal
Speaker at School Commencement

At impressive c o mmence-
ment services tonight at BIS
O. lock in st. Peters Catholic
church, IA members of the st.
Mary's High school graduation
class will receive long sought di-
plomas.
Rev. FIR. A. M. Hutting, adj
ministrator of the church, will
present the diplomas to the
largest graduation class in
school history.
Rev. John O'Rafferty, pastor
Ell eritus of ST. Mary's Cathe-
dral, Lansing, and now of st.
] .eph's Sanitarium, will be the
principal speaker.
Following the professional,
the St. Mary's Choral Club will
sing THE Heavens Resound."
Following Veni Creator Spiritus
and the address to the gradu-
t the Choral Club will sing
20 God of Loneliness"
Following the Benediction of
TT Most Blessed Sacrament,
t. Benediction hymns, 20 Me
MORALE" and "Tantum Ergo
will be sung after which the
congregation will sing Holy
God. We Praise Thy Name
The rece ssional and the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12
Seven Injured
in Accident
Hookey-PIaying
Students Hurt

Five teen aged youths-four
Of them hockey playing Mount
Clemens high school students
and two adults were hurt at 1910
m. today in a two car accident
at the intersection of M-97 and
13-Mile road.
Still confined to st. Joseph's
hospital are Kenneth Devereaux,
16, of $3.50 Clinton, Clinton
township, driver of one of the
cars; Vivian Guger, Il. 81 Rob-
ertSon and Michael MajewSki
81, of Detroit.
Dismissed after receiving first
aid were Joseph Urbaniak. 20,
Hamtramck, the other driver;
Wanda Foster, II, $3.50 Clinton;
Betty Sarver, 16, Route 6, Mount
Clemens and Rose Bratto, 10,
1929 Clinton.
All but the Foster girl were
playing hockey from Mount
Clemens High school.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12
Big Bombers
Sink Heavy
Enemy Force
BY WAITER b. CLAUSEN

PEARL HARBOR, T. H., June
l2-(P)-American filters, many
yelling Remember Pearl Har-
bor' as they pushed their bomb
ers into screaming dives, sank
nine and possibly IL Japanese
WarShips and transports at Tul-
agi Harbor, Solomon islands,
May 4 as a prelude to the bat
tie of the Coral Sea.
Participants in the battle said
here today they were certain
that two heavy cruisers, three
light cruisers, two destroyers
and two large tt nsports were
sunk. A seaplane tender and a
third transport also possibly
were sunk as well as numerous
snail boats.
Aircraft carrier squadrons de-
livered the furious assault and
all returned without a scratch
TO their personnel
DEVASTATING BLOWS
Devasting as the blow was
to the enemy, it was but sam
pie of what was to come, for one
of the officers in the engage
ment said:
I'VE gave them a larger dose
of the same stuff in the ensuing
battle of the Coral Sea, which
lasted a week.
Lieut.. Commanders Joseph
Taylor, Danville, ILL.,, and Will
liam Burch, Paducah, Ky, WV
idly described the blistering at
tack on the enemy base 1000
miles northeast of Australia on
See MAY Page 2
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Nationwide
Rubber Drive
0 pens June IS
President Reveals
Vitol Need for
Tire Conservation

WASHINGTON, June 12-(P)
President Roosevelt announc-
ed today an intensive cam
paign for collection of the ma
tons old scrap rubber supply
would start June Is and last
through June 30.
Individuals were urged by the
chief executive to search their
easements, attics and back
yards for all items of rubber
that have been discarded or can
be discarded.
Offices, factories and farms
also are being asked to cooper
ate.
Through arrangements with
the oil industry 100000 filling
stations will serve as collection
depots. They will pay one cent
a pound for the rubber brought
in, and the government will re-
imburse them that sum.
President Roosevelt, declar-
ing that the rubber situation
was extremely serious, again
urged the people to cut down
on pleasure driving and reduce
both automobile speed and mile
age.
I'e told Pres. conference nc
had no idea when a person with
four tires might be able to get
new ones. 1t may be a long,
long time, he said. So, he added,
il is a matter of common sense
to make existir> tires wear as
long as possible.
Reporters noted that he had
mentioned persons with four
tires and inquired whether that
meant that owners of five might
not have five very long The
President said he did not know.
The collection drive will be
inaugurated at 1901 a. m, on
Monday, June Is and concluded
at midnight on Tuesday, June
30. Thus it will last through is
full days. Actually, the Presi-
dent will start it off informally
with five minute radio talk to-
night at Gas o'clock, Eastern
war time.
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Gen. Tinker
is Missing
in Action

WASHINGTON, June 12-(P)
- The War Department report
ed today that Major General
Clarence l.. Tinker, command
er of the Hawaiian Air Force,
was missing after the battle of
Midway.
Tinker left Midway June 7
leading a flight of his Army
bombers to attack the Japanese
fleet.
His plane when last seen by
men aboard other aircraft in
the same formation was de-
scending rapidly towards the
sea, the War Department said.
The area where his plane was
last observed was thoroughly
searched from the air and by
surface craft for several days
but no trace has been found Of
the missing bomber.
Tinker was the first Ameri-
can Army Air general officer 20
be reported missing in action
in the war. Two other generals,
Major Generals Herbert A. OAR
que and Harold VI. George, met
death in accidents.
Tinker had been commander
Of the Army Air Forces in Ha-
waii since shortly after Pearl
Harbor.
When Lieutenant General De
los c. Emmons, also an air of
ficer, was ordered to Hawaii 10
relieve Lieutenant General Wal
ter c. Short as commander of
the Hawaiian Department, Tink-
er, then a brigadier general, &C
companied h m as the new
commander of the Army Air
Forces i'm the Pacific outpost.
He relieved Major General
frederick l.. Martin.
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Sugar Plant Owners Reveal
Extensive { expansion Plans
More Modern Methods Advocated;
New Manager at Helm Of Unit

Revamping of the Mount
Clemens sugar factory, now own
ed outright and 10 be operated
by, the Franklin County Sugar
company of Preston, Idaho, was
forecast this morning in state
ment issued by Thomas Heath,
vice president and general man.
ager of the corporation which
controls plants in the west and
elsewhere besides the plant here.
Shying away from the men
tion of monetary expenditures
Heath said that the company's
program calls for a general re-
vamping of unloading equip
ment, increasing the beet acre
age contracted for supplying the
plant, and a general and progress
sive program of plant moderni-
zation. OF the general plan the
change in unloading methods
will probably be about all the
concern will be able to accomp-
lish this season, owing to the fact
that it did not come into CONS
plete possession of the plant until
April 2, Heath said.
NEW MANAGER
A change in managerial per
sonnet has already been made
with James +. Gillespie becom-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12
Full Garland
Payoff Looms
Attorneys Win
Reversal Of Ruling

A 100 per cent payoff to de-
positors of the defunct. Garland
State Bank of Van Dyke loom
ed as possible today after the
state supremc court in unani-
nous opinion yesterday set aside
a transfer of bank stock by Wal
ter Piper and Hugo j. Hesse and
rendered $1,000 judgment
Q ainst the pair.
Quoting frequently from a
brief presented by Hugh II.
Neale and John +. Merrin both
prominent Mount Clemens at
torneys, the decision reverses
the ruling of Circuit Judge Hen
~ Nicol, of Detroit, who held a
year ago that the transfer in
March of 1892 of stock to the
Richmond Realty company was
valid.
The supreme court ruled that
Piper and Hesse, directors of the
bank, transferred the stock to
escape payment of an expected
assessment. The Richmond COM
pany was withC sufficient as
sets when the 81 shares of stock
once valued at 500 par, were
transferred, the court held.
Supreme Court Justice Emer-
son Boyles wrote the opinion
which quotes frequently the
briefs presented by Neale and
Merrill who represented Mel
win Van Howe, receiver for the
defunct bank.
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q perCe
Of Grew Saved
Navy Reports
Review of Corot
SEQ Bottle Shows
JoP Catastrophe
WASHINGTON June

WASHINGTON, June
Il - (AP) - The Now
announced today the loss
OF the u. S. oircroft cor-
rler Lexington as q result
of the battle of the CoroI
Sea which prevented the
Japanese from either in
VodIng or isoIoting Aus
trolio.
The loss wos disclosed in
connection with an Official re-
view OF the noy's port in tho
entire Carol Sea compoion.
storting March 10 at New
Guinea and running through
Moy s when enemy oircroft
lh1llcted such damage on tho
Lexington that several hours
later she exploded and sank.
with a relatively light loss of
life.
The Lexington's normal COM
plement was 1900 men. The
Navy said 90 per cent of. tina
personnel on board was res
cued. The Navy communiuua
did not say how many of tho
Lexington's fighting planes
were lost, but officials conn
mented that obviously planes
were lost"
JAP DISASTER
The review showed that the
Coral Sea campaign, ending dis
astrously for the enemy, cost
the japanese more than Is ships
sunk, 2 probably sunk and 20
damaged while the only Ameri-
can losses were the 33,OOO-ton
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Press Probe Of Gas
Case in Van Dyke

Three elderly people, over
come in a gas-filled house It
8436 Republic, Van Dyke, on
Wednesday, will be questioned
again Saturday, Assistant Pros
ecutor Herman l.. Brys said to-
day.
Brys is attempting to deter
mine why one burner in the
kitchen gas stove was left open.
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Front Flowers

WASHINGTON, June IL -
U,H - Announcement of Soviet
American agreement on the
need of second European front
brought to full flower today 4
IS cOnd 'front.' established
months ago in the war of nerves.
Most observers agreed that the
United Nations have seized the
offensive in that type of warfare
which the Nazis waged for SO
many years against their vic
Tins.
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Aerial Support

CHUNGKING, June IL - U.p
49, japanese planes, supporting
the drive of three columns NOV
ing east and southeast from
Nanchang in an attempt to
seize full control of the Cheki-
ang -Kiangsi railroad, have raid
ed air fields in Rukien Province
and three points in Kiangsi
Province, the Central News
Agency said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12

BERLIN frOm German broad
casts, June IL - P - German
bombers attacked shipping in the
HarbOr of Murmansk with good
effect yesterday and interrupted
traffic on the railway line lead
ing to that vital Arctic supply
port of the Russians, DNB re-
ported today. Several bomb hits
were scored on a supply train,
the news agency added.
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Lexington, the tanker Neosho
and the destroyer Sims.
A large part Of the personnel
from the Neosho and Sims was
rescued and has reached port.
ENEMY LOSSES
AS against these losses which
the Navy said had been instru-
mental in disrupting Japan's
strategy against Australia, the
Navy announced the japanese
had suffered:
SUNK:
l aircraft carrier, 3 heavy
cruisers, l light cruiser, 3 des-
troyers, several transports and
small supply vessels.
More than 20 shops including
l aircraft carrier, 3 cruisers. &
aircraft tenders, 3 destreyers.
The enemy also suffered 4
loss of more than 100 aircraft,
the Navy declared.
The heaviest lc IS of the enc.
my werc in icted in an attack
on Salamaua and Lac. New
Guinea, March 10 when aircraft
from Pacific fleet task force
commanded by Vice Admiral
Wilson Brown joined shore-base
ed planes from Australia to at
tack the enemy bases.
HIT 20 SHIPS
This attack, previously r.
ported as having been made, al
though the fact that carrier.
based planes participated had
not been gi, n out, resulted In
the sinking or damaging Of moro
than 20 japanese ships plus
heavy damage to shore installa~
tons. M
The second phase Of the CAM
paign was the battle Of tho CogaS i
Sea which started May 4 s1eue !;
reconnaissance had shown congsSy;
centrations of enemy shipp1mS
and aircraft in preparattco -
an advance into the Solmn11E
and Louisiade islands. ~
The task force whieh 4Ese ~
ticipated In this 0oht ~ M
manded by Rear A1ogX
J. Fletcher which at1nd
of the enemy ASu,Al l
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Sees Revolt

LONDON, June IL - U,P) -
"Col. v. BrittOn," the mystery
man who for months has organ
lied and directed the intrepid
patriot resistance to the Ger
mans in occupied territory, said
today that a vast underground
army was now capable of car
rying out a general uprising II
and when the United Nations es-
tablished second front.
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ate X X X
bulletins
Heavy Toll

MOSCOW, June IL - UP) --
The Russians indicated today
that they had killed or wound
ed at least 10000 Germans at
SevastOpol in three days, and
that the Nazi assault, after
week of horrible sacrifice In
blood and men, had accomplish
ed nothing.
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Tokyo Calm

TOKYO from Japanese
brOadcasts), June IL - (4o -
Domei quoted "well-infOrmed
quarters" here today as express
ing confidence that the new
United S..les-Rus.ian accOr! did
not desr with the war in the Pa
cific. y broadcast by the agency
said.
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Tigers Bite

CHUNGKING, June IL - FD
Flying Tigers of the Amer
lean volunteer group shot down
seven and possibly eight of IL
japanese planes in an air fight
over Kweilin, capital of Kwang-
81 Province, it was reported to-
day.
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Engage PanZers

CAIRO, June IL -- UH - Inn
periaI armOred forces engaged
axis tanks yesterday east of Biz
Ell Harmat, which is IL miles
northeast of fallen Biz Hacheim,
a British cOmmunique said to-
day.
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Slhwark Wins Hiqh
Lions Club Position

Martin c.. Schwartz has been
elected deputy district governor
of the International Lions club,
it was revealed Thursday noon
at the regular weekly meeting
of the Mount Clemens Lions
Club.
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CAIRO, Egypt, June IL - R)
- British and German armOred
forces were reported locked in
battle north of Biz Hacheim to-
day, following the withdrawal Of
Free French troops from that
bitterly defended stronghold.
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Blast Ships

LONDON, June IL - (H) -
Two American-made Hudson
bombers flown by Canadians
damaged two axis vessels in a
convoy off Holland last night,
the Air Ministry reported to-
day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12

Robert Mcdonald, IT,, -,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Mcdonald, IL Smith street,
Mount Clemens, was q menu
Der of the crew of the u. s.
Aircraft Carrier Lexington
sunk in the battle Of the Ger
al Sea. He had been I'm the
u. S. Navy l8 months.
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US. Torpedo Planes Shatter
Carriers, Sink Big Cruisers
BY THE COMMANDER SQUADRON


SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC-(AP)-At 8 O.
planes aboard The quickly
through they enemy
that attack The Nay five months Pearl Hobor
take the squadron through thick weather and Decline
After flying while break the clouds perfect
weather, coude blue sky q
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"Marche Pontificale' will close
the program. Miss Adelaide
6 -hulte is the organiSt.
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World Awaits
New-Front
Vast Program
on Three Fronts
SpecuIoted Upon


speculation today on the pros
poets of three vast and perhaps
imminent developments aimed
at the final downfall Of Ger
many and Japan and the shap-
ing of a new world at peace.
While Berlin sounded a new
threat of Adolf Hitler's com
ing great offensive the Unit
ed Nations envisaged:
Il Creation of a on d
he front in Europe in 1912.
- A possible Russian at
80 tack on Japan.
- The opening of Soviet
ere air bases TO American
bomberS for attacks on Japan.
In Washington, congressional
quarters expressed belief that
the full understanding" reach
ed between President Roosevelt
and RuSSia's Foreign Commits
sar Vyacheslav Molotov might
open bases at VladiVoStok to u.
S. bomber squadronS,
VITAL BASES
eff the Russians give us the
right to use those bases, ! feel
confident that the United States
could bring Japan to her knees
in a short time" declared Sen
ator Wheeler (D-Mont.
Others voiced the conviction
that nothing in the mutual-ald
agreement between the United
States and Russia would pre-
cipitate the Russians into war
with Japan while they were so
heavily engaged with Hitler in
the West.
1t was noted, too. that the
Russian British agreement en-
pasted that it was directed
against Germany or any of the
states associated with her in
acts of aggression in Europe"
The treaty stressed the words
"in Europe" seven times, clear
ly indicating Russia wanted to
be free to maintain the status
quo of an uneasy neutrality to-
ward Japan.
Sorely pressed China watch
ed anxiously, with the China
press bluntly calling on Russia
to strike at Japan now.
In Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek's wart me capital ct
Chungking, the newspaper Ia
Kung Pao declared
Russia should realize that
the Japanese at ack on the
Aleutians (off Alaska) was
direct threat to Soviet Kan
chatka and Siberia. Can Russia
stand aside and watch the wild
fire spread TO her very gates?
See Wharfage IL
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At the point where we ex-
pected to contact the enemy
there is nothing but unbroken
sea beneath US. We continue
steadily northword, hoping to
find him before the shortage
Of gasoline forces US to turn
back.
SIGHT TARGET -
Finally see specks which
steodiIy grow into ships. We
all have q new feeling Of tense
ness that lasts until we are
actually in action. Then it disap-
pears. Those few minutes of
waiting for contact are undoubt-
eddy the worst.
l take the squadron down fast.
| see below only three enemy
ships. They are Steaming east,
with cruiser off each bow of
the carrier and about four miles
in advance of it. Very possibly
there were other ships-destroy-
ers and cruiSers-in the enemy
force, but if so | didn't see them.
We get lined up on the car
rier and head straight for it.
When we are still about ten
miles away the nearest cruiser
opens on us. We see the reddish
orange flash of its guns and
quickly change course. My heart
does a half loop and seems to
hang suspended and my breath
ing stops as | wait for the burst
of the shells. Then there are
black puffs a mile ahead of us
and my heart flips back into
normal flight position and | be-
gin to breathe again.
The cruisers second salvo is
so close that we hear the
"whaps" of the shells. We swing
out away from his range.
My tail gunner shouts over
the radio that two "97' fighters
are after us. They square away
and dive on us from our quar-
ter. coming within $50 yards
and then looming away. To
shake them we dodge back tow
ard the cruiser, which again cuts
loose. We are rid of them.
We are now about four miles
from the carrier. Both cruisers
open at us, firing their shells in
to the sea to throw umns Of
water up ahead of us.
CARRIER RIDDLED
Meanwhile, the carrier has
started a fast circle to its left,
running for its life. 1t has com
pleted about quarter turn when
our bomberS suddenly dive on it.
We don't see he bomberS but
we do see their bombs. The next
lew StCOllOS dlt lllutSNl lDdDiSs
One instant the carrier is intact.
The next it a shambles as
bomb after bomb rips into its
deck. Our bombers weren't aim
ing to miss.
A bomb smashes the carrier
squarely just aStern of midships.
What must have been heavy
aircraft gun mounting lobs
lazily into the air and plops ov-
erside into the sea. Smoke
streams out astern from this
huge wound.
The carrier is still swinging to
the left. We duck into the trail
ing smoke and l give the signal
for our attack. We poke our
noses through the smoke and go
in for the kill, A single anti
aircraft gun somewhere near the
stern is still firing, but the car
rier Is already badly wrecked,
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NEW MANAGER

A change in managerial per-
sonnet has already been made
with James +. Gillespie becom-
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See EYE WITNESS-Pagc 2
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Creation of a con d
, front in Europe in 1912.
A possible Russian at
. tack on Japan.
The opening of Soviet
- air bases TO American
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Importioi Coverose
of All locoI News
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See LOOT--Page 2
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At the point where we ex-
pected to contact the enemy
there is nothing but unbroken
sea beneath US. We continue
steadily northword, hoping to
find him before the shortage
of gasoline forces US to turn
bOCk