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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 10 =
Up u. S. Fleet headquarters
disclosed today that Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz visited Quad
alcanal Island in the Solomons
two weeks ago and presented ~
awards to Navy, Marine and
Army heroes.
The trip to the South Pacific
Island by the Communicating
chief of the Pacific Fleet follow
ed q conference with Vice Ad-
miral Robert L. Ghormley. ma
val commander in the South Pa
cific, and Lieutenant General H.
H. Arnold, commanding general
of u. S. Air Forces.
"a Navy statement two weeks
ago disclosed that )Nimitz,
Ghormley, and Arnold-had con-
ferred somewhere in the Pa
cific."l
The awards were 16 Navy
crosses and IL Distinguished
Flying crosses, all for actions in
the Solomons except one award
to q participant in the raid last
August on Japanese-held Maxim
Island.
The presentation was made
as the heroes were grouped in Q
circle in front Of the Guadal-
canal field headquarters Of Ma
jor General Alexander A. Van
dergrift, commanding the Ma
rines in the Solomons.
Admiral Nimitz told the he
roes that they and their fellow
fighters served as an inspiration
to all the American armed
forces.
GOOD work; more power to
you," he told each as he PIN
ned on the medals.
Navy crosses were awarded
to: General Vandergrift, Wash
ington, D. c.. for exceptionally
meritorious service in q duty Of
great responsibility as the com
mander Of all the ground troops
in the attack on the Solomons
Aug. Z.
Brig. Gen. William H. Ruper.
tus, Washington. d. c., Marine
Corps director Of the Tulag
and Gavuto Islands operations
for taking the Islands after three
days Of bitter fighting.
Col. Merritt A. Edison, Ches'
ter, Va, Marine Corps raider
commander, for epeated }
striking the enemy from Tulag
Island TO Guadalcanal and fol
leading successfully the defens'
Of Lunsa Ridge In II hours O
fierce fighting.
! Lieut.. Col Evans y. Carlson
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
B|anles Murder
on 'Nagging'
Michigan Man
Admits Desert Crime

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1912
"A 60-year-old Michigan man
who said he killed his wife be-
cause he "got fed up with her
nagging" was held here today on
a charge of suspicion of murder
in connection with her death on
the desert.
Detective lieutenants r a y
Giese and Jack McCready said
the confession was made by
Frank w. Meyers of Crystal
(Montcalm county,, Mich, after
he had been arrested at bank
which he had visited to draw
money.
The body of Meyers wife, Eliz-
abeth, was found last Monday
beneath q bridge on u. S. high
way 66 in the desert q short dis
lance west of Needles. A blow
over the head had killed her.
JUST FED up
II lived with her for many
years and I just got fed up with
her nagging," the detectives
quoted Meyers as saying in re-
counting an argument with his
wife as they drove through des-
ert heat.
Driving along in that desert
heat, with my wife arguing with
me-" he was quoted, my tenn.
per Just got the best of me.
stopped the car, got a rock, hit
her over the head with it. and
killed her.
81 guess the heat and the mon.
otony. of the long drive across
the desert just cracked my
nerves."
Meyers, a bricklayer by trade
said he and his wife left theil
Michigan home in September
He said he had hoped to get en-
ployment here-"taking q loac
Of mules to Alaska or something
like that"
RIFLED PURSE
"After I killed her." he wa:
further quoted, II took 500 she
had in her purse, changed my
clothes and, realizing that my Cal
was hot along that highway
drove to Bakersville instead o.
coming to Los Angeles direct.
II stayed in Bakersfield unit
I figured it was safe for me t.
come here"
Officers of San Bernardine
county identified MRS. Meyer
through her purse, q handker'
chief and partly burned papers
found under another bridge eigh
miles away. Meyers was trace
to Los Angeles through blood
stained clothing hidden near thu
scene of the Staying.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
AL Favors Armistice with Go and War with MIR
Haselhuhn Rites
Held This Afternoon

funeral services were held
this afternoon from the Will
Funeral Home at New Haven for
Leone Haselhuhn, 80, who died
October 10 in Detroit. Born In
Casco Township, she was grad
uated from New Haven High
school in 1927.
Burial was in the New Haven
Cemetery, with the Rev. A. G.
Kruschwitz, of Marine City Of
ficiating, and arrangements in
charge of the Will Funeral
Home. In yesterdays story the
deceased's name was misspelled
and the resultant error is regret
ted by this newspaper.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
Officer Does KIP
Duty for Month;
Ii Was an Error

FORT BLISS, Tex. Oct. Is
@- There he was, doing KIP
duty for q month without know
ing h0 was q second lieutenant.
Ben Johnston Of Warrington,
D. c., applied for . Temporary
commission In the engineering
division of the Signal Corps just
prior to his induction into the
Army. His application was APP
proved September Z, but the
commission didn't catch up with
him until he had put In . month
1t Fort Bliss.
II was . month jammed with
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
WORKERS HONORED

DETROIT - R - The ten
millionth shell to be made by the
Budd Wheel Company was pre-
sented the War Department
Monday as the company received
the Army-Navy "E" award. Ac-
cepting the memento. Colonel A.
b. Quinton of the Detroit ord
nance district said "You have
struck ten million blows for free
dom. Strike ten million more
and, II necessary, ten billion
more"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

ALBION - up = Sixty men
students of Albion College help
ed with the apple harvest Mon
day in the face of the labor
shortage. The students, under
Athletic Director Dale r.
Sprackle, have been organized
into apple picking units to work
in the orchards this week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
Bowl w0lI

That's what 20 thinki DIT ugay round.
worms nay = inside yoq 49, Nv, saas-
ing amc are: unseu eeomaehs n2vv1D.
risht sway JAMIE 10 AnSries's isa1ing
prop!1eeAyy worm medicine; oe3oo111eally
teseod and uood b. millions. AceD oo0l1y.
8e ouyo yuu ~ JAYNB0 v1R1mUCG !
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

RETIRED POSTMASTER DIES
SPARTA - @ - Albert II.
Meeker, retired postmaster here
and former member of the city
council, is dead at the age OF 80
from injuries suffered in q fall.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

The word Easter" Is derived
from the name of the Saxon
goddess Eastre, whose festival
was in April.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
Use Of Women Expando(
In West coast p|1GlS

LOS ANGELES, Oct. - -
- Hiring of women IN La -
geles aircraft factories 1nH1oDs
ed from about Is pr cent -
April to approximately . -
cent in September, with -
company reporting IT, So
Der hirinss were 20 pr TT
women, Brig. Gen. Char11o
Bradshaw reported todny. sI
"In large aircraft 1neto3
alone" said the western olC54
supervisor for the Army IL
forces, in q statement, TT + oG
mated that between mo- 49,
January / at least - peE w.
more women win b smpdoy0
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

Stud books recognizs IL -
lowing colors In hor0oos 4
black, brown, chestnut
gray and roam. Il s
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
To-Day Axis Loss
Is 1853 Planes

LONDON, May II tUP).-Allieo
air forces. taking an ever increas'
ling toll of Axis aerial strength
have destroyed or damaged 1853
enemy planes during the past II
days, a compilation of United Ma
tons communicates disclosed today
The biggest single victory was
scored by reinforced Royal All
Force pilots over bomo-scarreo
Malta, where they shot down or
damaged 1O1 enemy raiders in
three days.
Here is the Today score sheet
on Axis losses:
Russian front - 265 destroyed,
$40 probably destroyed or dam
aged.
Over Britain-17 destroyed.
Over Europe-26 destroyed, rs
probably destroyed or damaged.
Middle East-29 destroyed, SIS
probably destroyed or damaged.
Far East 80 destroyed, ia
probably destroyed or damaged.
During the same period Russian
losses have totaled ia planes and
the British air ministry has
the loss of 80.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
} British
WarshipS
Sent Down

LONDON, May II (UP).-Three
British destroyers were sunk yes
terday in the eastern Mediter-
ranean during a series of attacks
by German warplanes, the ad-
miralty announced today.
The Rome radio, broadcasting
an Italian high command COM
munique, had reported earlier
that German fighter planes "at-
lacking in waves" sank three of
four British destroyers encoun-
tered north of the African Gulf of
Sollum, near the Egyptian Libyan
border.
Two British planes escorting
the destroyers were shot down,
the Rome radio added
The admiralty said two of the
deStroyers were sunk by enemy
bombs and the third by its own
crew after being badly damaged.
The admiralty said lit is known
more than 500 officers and men
from the three ships are safe. so
the total number of casualties
cannot be heavy"
During the air attacks, the
Raj destroyed one Heinkel-111
and damaged at least two other
Heinkels and five Junkers-88 dive
bombers, the admiralty said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
Sinking jap Ship
A Red Boil Of Fire
Sky Above Coral Sea Torrid
With Shells, Whirline Planes
BY PAT ROBINSON
Init News Service stan Corresposdent

gunner a clean shot at the
enemy.
THE sea was an inferno.
PULL SEAMS APART
81 could see our bombs either
hitting directly on the Jap ships
or sending up huge geysers Of
water as they burst nearby.
Those near-misses often do moro
damage than a direct hit since
they can pull n ships seams
apart.
1.-THE sky seemed full Of planes
-whirling, diving. fighting. 1t
was an awesome, glorious sight.
1 wouldn't have missed IL for
anything.
chose boys of the army and
navy were magnificent and both
should get equal credit"
Elliott was the navigator OF
bomber skippered by Lieut.. Arnol'
"Skid" johnson of New York. Thi
bomber shot down a japanese sea
plane 100 miles from the neares
land point. The seaplane's pilo
bailed out, but was drowned.
That was the funnist sight I
ever saw" Elliott related. "a
blast from our turret gunner got
the Jap's rear gunner, who
sIumped forward, while the
plane burst into flames.
"The pilot then had the choice
of remaining in his plane and be-
ing fried alive or Of gambling on
bailing out with about one
chance I'm 10 million Of being
rescued. He jumped while the
plane went down. He sank i'm
mediately."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
Malta Bags 1O4
German Planes

VALLETTA, Malta, May l.
INS).-Aerial warfare over Malta
during the weekend terminated
in "the greatest defeat ever suf-
fered by the German luftwaffe,
Royal Air Force observers in Val.
letta declared today as the toll OF
Nazi planes destroyed or damaged
mounted to 104 for the three-day
period.
Raj achievements flown Ia
Malta from Carlo enabled the de-
tending fighters to meet the Axis
raiders on equal terms for the
first time since the large-scale, in
|cessant assault were launched on
this strategic Mediterranean is
land, the observers stressed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
us. Planes Blast
Jap Tanker:
2 Transports !
Raise TO "a Ships
Toll of Foes Craft
in Coral Sea Battle
.(Continued from Page One)

-(Continued from Page One)
OF all types sunk by American
submarines since the start of
the war;
MacArthur's planes scored dr.
rect hits on the two enemy trans.
ports. believed crowded with
invasion troops, in an attack of
Kessa. In the Solomons. They
showered bombs on japanese ship
ping in the area, and 1t was indi.
Gated that they might have scored
hits or near misses on additional
invasion craft.
The tanker was damaged by two
hits or near misses in a plane at
tack on the seaplane base al
Deboyne Island, in the Louisiade
Island group of the southeast
coast OF New Guinea.
In addition. the planes damaged
a giant seaplane and scored direct
hits on stores and buildings which
were left aflame.
japanese planes did slight
damage in an attack yesterday on
the Allied airdrome area at Port
Moresby. New Guinea, Macarthur
reported. and attacked the air.
drome on Horn Island, of Care
York at the northeastern tip OF
Australia. without damage.
II was believed the Japanese
had lost about one-fourth Of thu
ships. warships, transports and
tankers, in the battle Of the Coral
Sea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12

AN ADVANCED UNITED MA
TIONS BASE IN THE SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC, May r.
Courageous American pilots nearly
scraping the masts of Japanese
warships to press home their at
tacks with bombs and torpedoes
an enemy aircraft carrier
sinking within 10 minutes like a
red ball of fire +. F.. towering gey-
sers shooting up from the water
amid an inferno of gunfire and ex-
plosions.
This was the picture Of last
weeks great battle OF the Coral
Sea as presented today for the
first time by one of its partici-
pants. a navigator of the United
States Army Air Corps, Lieut..
Bob Elliott of Simsbury. Conn.
Giving eyewitness details OF the
history-making engagement, Ell
lliott told of American filters brav-
ling the most torrid, point-blank
anti-aircraft fire to lunge down or
ships of the enemy flotilla as
American naval surface units be-
gan hammering at the foe with
their guns.
AWESOME, GLORIOUS SIGHT
He told of dizzy aerial combat:
waged high above the scene o
the tempestuous battle which n
described as IAN awesome, glori
Gus sight"
The United States Army flier'
and the men of the navy worked
like a team in scoring the smash
ling victory over the japanese
larmada. Army planes first fount
the armada trying to sneak souu
and army bombers took part il
the grand assault when il was a
its height.
"Our dive bombers did re-
markable work." Elliott said.
: II watched them going In mast
high, despite n rain of ack ack
/ (anti-aircraft shelling) and ma
chine gun fire, and pressing
homo their attacks with bombs
and aerial torpedoes
SINKS IN FLAMES
az saw them get one Jap air
craft carrier which sank In
flames within 10 minutes.
81 also saw our boys shooting
down attacking enemy planes,
! one OF them especially being hit
from the side as our pilot out
Unanswered the Jap, giving his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
u. ). JaiIs Gray
For Refusing TO
Sign Draft Form
U. S. Agent Offers
as Prisoners Counsel
to Register for Him

Still adamant in his refusal TO
register for selective service, Har-
old S. Gray, AZ, OF Ann Arbor. was
placed under formal arrest ct the
Federal Building today, finger
printed and lodged in cell block
Gray voluntarily surrendered
and engaged in a half-hour dis
cussion with United States Mar
shall John Bare, who endeavored
to convince Gray that he was un-
necessarily assuming the role oil
martyr.
az feel exactly as 1 did in
1917" said Gray, who narrowly
missed the death penalty for re-
fusal to serve in the last war.
81 don't agree with the purpose
Of war and Its program"
BARCS ARGUMENT
Bare argued with Gray and hi:
attorney, Mack Ryan, that regis
Itration would probably not NEAR
war service.
| "You are a farmer" Bare told
him. FOOD is vital TO the war
effort"
THAT isn't the point" Gray
replied. by signing, would be
endorsing the prosecution Of the
war"
OFFERS TO SIGN FOR HIM
"Inasmuch as you are In my
custody, could sign the regis
! tration for you," Bare suggested.
"You can. II you see fit," an
swered Gray. II won't sign any
thing"
Bare intimated after the finger
printing that he might take sue
action. Under the law, the mar
Ishal can act as the legal repre-
sentative for any prisoner. tn
step presumably would mea
Gray's release.
Gray. grandson of the first pres
ident of the Ford Motor Company
gave himself up after letter from
: Assistant District Attorney Ken
meth d. wilkins had notified hir
to register "or submit to arrest.
wilkins was in Cincinnati, to
day, arguing case before tn
; circuit court of appeals that in
wolves the contention of Jehoval
Witness he he should be exemp
from military service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12

BERLIN. May II tby official
German wireless) QNS).-A bat
tie in the Kerch peninsula Of
Russia is in full swing, following
an attack by German and Ru
manian troops, supported by stroni
forces of the luftwaffe, the DINE
news agency announced today.
Russian forces were reported in
a Finnish communique to be con-
Quoting a large-scale offensive in
the Louhi area of Lapland, be-
tween Leningrad and Murmansk,
the Berlin radio announced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
IN THE
NEWS

Continues from Page One)
losses should be disclosed,
under the excuse of maintain
ing morale.
American morale is not OF
that fiimsy substance, how
ever disposed other peoples
may be or their dictat0rial
governments may think them
to be.
American morale Is not of
n nature TO be weakened by
either good news or bad news.
Therefore, there il a great
satisfaction In the specific
promise given by the Ameri-
can government that utter re-
lance can be placed in the
developing facts about the
battle of the Coral Sea.
On the basis of such facts
rs we now have about that
action, we know we have nj
least an initial victory, a sue
cess with profound bearing or
the ultimate outcome of the
war.
The American government
will be confirmed in its polio,
and conduct only II thos'
facts, given with understand
ing of their Incompetence
but strict accuracy, stand thu
test of later and unconceal
able events.
Censorship Is unavoidable
and necessary in war, and i
in fact one of the indispen
sable weapons Of war.
Suppression Of news within
the reasonable and STRATEGY,
limits of our military advan
tage IL Of equally recognizabl,
necessity.
But misrepresentation an'
misstatement are not legiti
mate devices Of a democrats
government conducting wa
In behalf of democrats
people. And il Is the hes
evidence of our unimpaire,
American democracy that on
government pledges TRUE
in all its accounting to tn
people and the whole trutl
the instant n can be disclose,
without profit to the enemy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
READY FOR ANYTHING

UNITED NATIONS HEAD
QUARTERS IN A u S T RALIA.
May II tINS).--Army Minister
Francis Forde declared today that
the fighting services of bot h
America and Australia now form
the greatest striking force ever
assembled in the Pacific.
He said well trained and thor
oughly equipped American troops
based on the island continent are
ready for any eventually.
New equipment is rolling off
Australian production lines at a
steadily increasing rate. he re-
vealed, providing more and more
rifles, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft
guns and large supplies OF am
munition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
laps Pushed
Back So Miles
On China Border
Still Occupy Points
in Yunnsn Province;
Monsoon Arrives
By ROBERT r. MARTIN
r,,.~S Pres. star Correspondent

CHtJNCKING, May 12.-Net-
eran Chinese troops intensified
their campaign 10 hurl a battered
invasion column beyond the CHI
nese frontier today by forcing a
5o-mile japanese retreat from the
west hank OF the Salween River
10 the Yunnan province town oil
Mangshih.
"a United Press dispatch from
Calcutta. India. indicated that
the long awaited spring monsoon
had arrived in Burma TO hamper
the japanese offensive and ana
the Chinese British defenders
Contradicting earlier reports, a
Chinese military spokesman saio
he Japanese still were mot com
pletely" driven out of Yunnan and
that fierce fighting was raging IN
the Chefang- Mangshih Sc o r.
which is more than 3 miles INSIDE
the frontier.
5000 JAPS
The spokesman revealed that
the japanese force totaled ABOUT
5000 men. With 1900 in the Sal
ween Valley in northern and CEN
trail Burma.
II was reported that some
Chinese forces had pursued a num-
her of Japanese back to the iron.
tier and challenged column oil
enemy reinforcements.
The spokesman disclosed tha'
the Chinese were attempting now
10 cut off the entire enemy column
in the Salween valley by attacking
Lashio. in Burma. southern term
mus of the Burma Road. =.
This force. he said, was attempt
Ing also to isolate an enemy force
which has moved northwest from
Lashio to Myitkyina, 1876 miles tc
the north.
To counter this move, the spokes'
man said. the japanese were at
tempting an encircling move In the
Myitkyina area aimed at pocket
ing" the entire Chinese force be
tween Mandalay and Myitkyina.
The Chinese Army headquarters
communique credited American
volunteer fliers with killing 2Ot
japanese and wrecking 100 trucks
in an attack late Sunday. These
casualties were in addition to TIT
$500 inflicted by the Chinese u
the battle around Chefang, z.
miles inside the border, and ad
jacent area, which wrecked TIT
Japanese invasion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
SHIP HITS MINE, 80 LOST

VICHY, France, May II tUP).
Paris newspapers reported today
that the small passenger ship AL
batross, returning to the French
mainland from Oleron Island off
La Rochelle, struck a mine and
sank with its 80 passengers and
crewmen,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
Germans
Launch
Offensive

CONTINUED from Page ODe)
to the oil-rich Caucasus, which is
separated from the peninsula by
the narrow Kerch straits.
The Russians recaptured Kerch,
on the west side of Kerch straits,
last December, after Marshal Sem
Won Timoshenko's surprise often
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
YANK PLANE FIRES SHIP

LONDON, May II QNS).-A
single American-built HUI n
bomber operating off the Nor
wegian coast today bombed and
set afire 10,000-ton enemy ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12

your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. IL one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
FEW IN RESERVE

CThese reports said few troops
would be held in reserve and If
the Russians, with a preponder-
ance of man power, smashed
the drive, il probably would
mean the defeat Also Of all the
defending forces scattered north
TO Leningrad.
THE Germans might be start
ing a pincers movement, one
arm of which would try TO push
into the Caucasus from the
Kerch peninsula, while the other
arm stabbed along the north
shore OF the Sea OF Azov TO-
ward Rostov.
London observers pointed out
that if the Germans succeeded
in crossing the kerch straits.
they would be in the rear Of
Marshal TimoShenko'S forces
around Rostov, 200 miles TO The
northeast
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
u. s. Chart

D.trclt and vicinitv--warmsr tonight
slightly cooler tomorrow morning with
scattered showers and thunderstorms 20
night Moderate winds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12

sive had liberated Rostov and
flung back the Germans toward
Taganrog. They have held il
since.
Kerch is important strategically
because it dominates an impor-
tant access to the Sea of AZov.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
Capture Of u. 5.
Colonel Claimed

TOXIC, May II (UP).-A dis
patch from the Philippines said
today that Col. E. II. Mitchell
commander of the 6lst Regiment
of the United States Army, was
captured when Japanese forces
stormed Canassi, ON Lake Lano
Mindanao Island.
(The army register lists
Colonel Mitchell as from Bryan,
Texas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
Draft Evader Gets
; Years in Prison

NEW YORK. May II UNS).-
A three-year prison sentence had
been melted out today TO Stanley
c. Mulowski. 81. who failed to re-
port to his selective service board
when called for induction.
Mulowski, who said he objected
to serving in the United States
armed forces abroad, had ex-
pressed willingness TO work in a
war plant provided he would re-
ceive high wages.
'"The Wishing Well" has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12

"The Wishing Welw has
message In cipher for you. Daily
and Sunday Times.