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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
Donald J. 1rombIeY, IL.
Now j. ). 1eaihe1neCk'

Donald James Trombley. II,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Trombley of Richmond, is en-
route to San Diego, Calf, fol-
lowing his enlistment in the
United States Marines.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
RanlIll Guilty
Court Finds

An appeal to Circuit Court
Yves made today by Max Ramm,
4o-year-old Ware n Township
real estate Spectator, following
his conviction before Justic e
Frank Z. Jeanette of embez-
Element charges.
Ramm, who was arrested by
Deputy Richard DeKetelaere
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
LONGSTAFF I'LL

LONGSTAFF ILL
Illness kept Police Commits
sioner T h o m a G.. Longstaff
from attending the City Commits
sion meeting last night. He has
the flu.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
DOOLTLES FAILURE TO BOMB HROTO MAY STRATEGY
to May e AeuH kGMonku dior uAtukon

When Brig Gen. Jimmy Doolittle
and his band Of gallant flyers paid their
epoch making and destructive visit to
Japan last April observers in the low
flying bombers which swept over Toxic
in broad daylight must have looked
down with interest-and no doubt some
regret-at a certain spot that had been
deliberately omitted from their list of
objectives.
Seen from terra firma, it is easily the
most impressive sight in the japanese
capital Standing on busy downtown
sidewalk fanked by Goth century Office
buildings, one looks across the street
and has a sudden vision of broad
moat its quiet waters mirroring the
ments capped with verdure and the
fantastic, twisted shapes of ancient
pines. Here and there, atop a pro-
jecting corner of the walls, rises a
white medieval watch tower from
whose slitteo windows safnurai archers
kept vigil in centuries past.
Whether it is as impressive from the
air no one but Jimmy Doolittle and
his men can tell you, for no Japanese
ever has dared fly over it nor would
make the attempt unless he were pre-
pared to pay for his indiscretion with
his life. That is because no Japanese
dares look down upon his Emperor, and
it is in this hallowed spot that the
sovereign of the island empire resides.
Perfect Target for Bombing.
Girded in by the remnants of a
double moat and covering nearly 200
acres, the palace grounds certainly offer
a perfect target for air bombing. Some
of Gen. Doolittles men indeed must
have sorely regretted the orders which
prevented them from dropping few of
their eggs on the palace in memory
of Pearl Harbor. Many people in Amer
lea have since been asking why 1t
wasn't done. The brief official explana-
ton that 1t would have helped rather
Evening star., 1942-08-09

most sacred The inevitable effect would
be to rally the nation even more unitedly
behind their present leaders.
May Be Valuable Ally.
We must remember, too, that when
the war begins to go against Japan, as
1t is eventually bound to go once we
throw everything we have into the
struggle, the Japanese people will never
think of blaming their predicament upon
the Emperor, but will lay responsibility
where 1t rightfully belongs, at the door
of those who are running the govern
ment, in other words, the army and navy.
Therefore, the Emperor may yet prove
a valuable ally to us in destroying the
japanese military dictatorship, without
which Japan will be peaceful, law
abiding and progressive nation. The
japanese themselves set out to destroy
its predecessor, the dictatorship of the
Tokugawa military shoguns, exactly
three quarters of century ago, and it
Is vitality important to remember that
they did this under the banner of
imperial restoration.
If we wage our political warfare wisely
we may be able to turn Japanese loyalty
to the Emperor into a weapon against
the military clique. That Of course, can
only come when war WEAKNESS and dis
1lusionment begin to sap the nations
moral strength, but that time will arrive,
and then we shall find fertile soil In
which to plant the seeds of new Japa-
nese insurrection against military rule.
Close by the Imperial Palace in Toxic
stands two ugly, redbrick buildings
which house the War and Navy Minis
tries. Psychologically, 1t will serve the
cause of our ultimate victory better If,
the next time that Gen. Doolittle and
his men go over, they drop their explo-
sive calling cards on these two mon
trosities instead Of In the front yard Of
the Emperor.
Evening star., 1942-08-09

In the last quarter century, the strug-
gle for political supremacy developed
into a three -cornered tug-of-war be-
tween the cabinet, Parliament and the
renascent military classes represented
by the army and navy. Until 1881 1t
was Parliament which seemed to be
gaining the upper hand, but since then
the army and navy have succeeded in
reducing Parliament to a mere rubber
stamp and in winning complete control
OF the cabinet. The result Is that Japan
today finds herself back again under the
thumb Of military oligarchy.
No Bombing Can Destroy Throne.
But, whatever sins and greedy po-
litical ambitions it may be used to
cover, loyalty to the Emperor is
today the very core and essence OF
Japanese patriotism 1t is feeling
which the Japanese themselves find
it difficult to put into words and
indeed are reluctant to discuss, prob
ably because they feel that 1t transcends
discussion.
This, then IS the manor rather the
lnstitution-on which some OF us would
have liked Gen. Doolittle and his men
to rain destruction. Admittedly, bombs
on the Imperial Palace would have a
tremendous psychological effect. But to
the question Of whether 1t would break
Japanese morale and thus aid our VIC
tory, or whether, on the contrary 1t
would still further solidify the nation
and thus react to our disadvantage,
there can be but one answer.
In the first place, no bombing OF the
palace can destroy the throne, and it
Is the throne, not the individual who
sits upon it, that is important in Japa-
nese minds. In the second place. it would
play squarely into the hands of Japans
military government by enabling 1t to
tell the people that America and the
United Nations have made it one OF
their war aims to wipe out the very
institution which the Japanese hold
Evening star., 1942-08-09

than harmed Japanese morale was
hardly enough to satisfy the man in
the street, and it appears that even
some officials have since begun to
doubt that the decision was wise.
The question is far from an academic
one, because we certainly are going to
bomb Japan many times more before
the war is over Nor is 1t merely an
ethical one of whether Emperor Hiro-
hito personally shared the responsible
ity of the military clique in plunging
Japan into war and whether, on that
basis, it would be morally proper to
bomb him. We are fighting the tough
est war of our history against strong,
implacable enemies. If we want to win
to moral niceties and take our deci-
sions solely on the basis Of whether
they will hasten ultimate victory.
Relationship Without Parallel.
Will dropping bombs on the imperial
palace at Toxic, then, help us win the
war? The answer obviously lies in the
psychological effect such action would
produce on the minds of the Japanese
people, for it cannot conceivably affect
the immediate functioning of Japans
war machine, even If the Emperor were
casualty. The psychological reaction,
however, would be tremendous, and to
assess 1t we must know what place the
Emperor holds in the minds and hearts
of his 10000 900 subjects.
First of all, we must. rid our minds
Of Western political conceptions. for the
relationship between subject and SOW
ereign in Japan is without parallel any
where in the Occidental world No
European potentate from the emperors
Of Rome to the constitutional monarchs
of the present day has ever occupied
position similar to that Of the Japanese
Tenno, the Son of Heaven"
The Japanese imperial house, to be
sure has stood intact for 1900 years.
Dating its foundation pacx six centuries
Evening star., 1942-08-09

before Christ and a centuries before
Columbus discovered America. 1t IS the
Oldest dynasty In the world. Yet, not for
the last 1900 years has the Emperor
relied on force to maintain his POSI-
ton. The imperial house has survived
through the centuries largely due to the
amazing power of an idea.
That idea had its root in the belief
held by the Japanese almost from the
dawn Of their history, that the Emperor
was no ordinary human being but a
direct descendant OF the gods. He ruled
not by divine right alone, but by virtue
of his own divinity. Japanese historical
mythology, still religiously taught to
school children today, affirms that jim
mu Tenno, Japans flrst Emperor. traced
his ancestry back through only four gen.
erations to Amaterasu- Omikami, the
Sun Goddess.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
BY James G. Wingo.

at the turn of the century knows that
an expert boloman rarely ever needs to
make q second blow to knock down his
enemy.
Know Filipino Psychology.
The American officers assigned to the
lst Filipino Regiment know Filipino
psychology and have handled their men
with unusual skill The men adore them
The Filipinos appreciate the fact that
they are served Filipino dishes, like
steamed rice and "adobo" (pork or
chicken stewed In vinegar with dash OF
garlic). The California climate agrees
with them. The guardhouse is used for
storing supplies.
The organization Of this distinctive
unit was the War Departments re-
sponse to the eagerness shown by Fill
ipinos in this country to join the United
States armed forces Immediately after
the declaration of war against Japan.
News of the japanese invasion of the
Philippines created q Filipino rush to
recruiting centers.
Filipino taxicab drivers and minor
Government clerks in Washington Of
fered their services So did Filipino but
lers In Manhattan, idle or employed sea-
men along the Atlantic seacoast, Fill
ipino factory workers in Detroit, Filipino
bus boys and elevator boys in Chicago,
Filipino muskrat trappers in Louisiana,
Filipino salmon packers who had just re-
turned from Alaska to Seattle to have
their winter spree in taxi dance halls and
poolrooms Filipino apple pickers In Ore
gon, Filipino farm hands doing the back
breaking work In CALIFORNIA; lettuce and
asparagus fields and Filipino laborers in
Hawaii's sugar and pineapple planta-
tions.
At that time, however, the Army could
not take them in. Not being United
States citizens, they did not even enjoy
the privilege OF being drafted into the
Army. In fact, most Government
agencies and private firms engaged in
the production Of war materiel would
not employ them. The Filipinos were
mere United States nationals who could
not become American citizens unless they
had served previously in the United
States armed forces tor three years.
Evening star., 1942-08-09

Racial discrimination was no new ex-
perience to the Filipinos. but the law,
which precluded them from fighting for
their own country and for the sovereign
country to which they owed allegiance
and obligation as fully as any May1ower-
descended citizen, seemed too much for
them Some even expressed wryly the
wish that Filipinos in the United States
be classified as foreigners so they could
apply for lease-lend aid.
But they realized it was no time for
bitterness. All they wanted was a
chance to fight the common enemy.
They prompted Philippine Resident Com
missioner Joaquin M. Elizalde in Wash
ington to acquaint President Roosevelt
aide expressed to the President his re-
grets that the United States law did not
permit Fiilipinos in this country to serve
in the American Army.
Congress, however, already was busy
doing something about the anomaly
Stories about Filipino heroism and
loyalty to the United States in the bat
tie of the Philippines were pouring on
the American public. Congress ap-
peared anxious not only to do justice to
its Filipino wards but also to wipe out
a prodgigious source of ammunition for
Japanese propaganda.
On December 20 President Roosevelt
signed an amendment to the Selective
Service Act making every United States
resident subject to military service. That
meant the Filipinos now had the chance
to take crack at the invaders Of their
motherland.
When the 1st Filipino Battalion was
organized in California, the Army issued
field order permitting Filipinos then in
service anywhere in the United States
to transfer to that distinctive unit. Since
April IS Filipinos inducted into the Army
have been sent directly there for
training
$4,000 Filipinos in U. S.
Hopes that the 1st Filipino Regiment
Will grow into a division are based on
the size Of the. Filipino population in
continental United States, estimated at
$4,000, and in Hawaii, which is $1,000.
In California alone 10000 Filipinos reg
Evening star., 1942-08-09

istered for the first draft. According tae
recent alien registration figures, there
are 1882 Filipinos in continental United
States who are not American citizens.
The First Filipino Regiment IS officered
by Americans and few Filipinos. The
commanding officer is an American, As
year-old Col. Robert H. Of1ey, who
spent his boyhood on the Philippine is
land OF Mindoro where his father Capt.
r., G. Oftley, was governor and local
hero. While Capt. Of1ey was busy in
PRODUCING civilizations fundamentals to
the pagan Mangyans. young Of1ey
learned to speak Tagalog and other
tongues spoken in that locality. Col.
Ofley still speaks Tagalog well, and he
amazes no end his men by conversing
with them fuently in that language.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
Japs Working Hard to Protect
Vital Lines of Communications
Time Advantage of United Nations Lessened as
Axis Gets Control of Large Quantities
of Raw Material Resources
Bv Constantine BrO,Cn.

The popular belief that time is on
the side of the United Nations still
rules in the United States and Great
Britain.
Unquestionably this was true in 1899
and even in 1910, when the Allies had
almost complete control of all the raw
material resources needed for the war
and the submarine campaign had not
yet gotten into full swing.
1t is less true today. however, when
the japanese have occupied the Pacific
possessions of the United Nations, which
are rich in rubber. tin and OIL the Nazis
are hammering at the gates Of the
Caucasus in an attempt to deprive the
Russians Of their principal supplies of
oil; and the Germans have in their
possession about 10 per cent of the
Russian industrial areas and the i'm
portant coal and other minerals in the
Ukraine. On top of this the British Oil
supplies in the Near East may be
threatened any day if the Nazis succeed
in defeating Russia.
The Axis powers-the two 'have-
nots'-are now in possession Of the
richest sources Of raw materials, while
the United Nations have to rely on
North and South America. We are feel
Ing the pinch in number of war
esential commodities and unless we can
reconquer the islands of the South Pa
riGr cit,
Portable,
Eight months have elapsed since Pearl
Harbor. The first few months had to
be devoted exclusively to setting our war
machinery in motion The wounds suf-
fered on that fatal day last December
have more than healed, and the avia-
ton, which was so far behind when
the war started. has shown in the last
three months what it can do.
Strategy Still Defensive.
Our war machine is not perfect yet,
but according to best available informa-
ton. we have enough strength now to
midable but not irresistible, as was DEM
onstrated in the Coral Sea and Midway
battles.
In spite Of this our strategy still re-
mains defensive. We are satisfied to
ward off blows wherever possible with
out any idea Of engaging in offensive
action. And time does not necessarily
work for our victory.
The Japanese, who contented them
selves with looting Java, Sumatra and
Malaga of all the foodstuffs and raw ma
terials they found there without much
thought to organizing strong defenses,
are now beginning to worry about Amer
lean and Australian war potentialities.
They have set to work building important
defenses and new airdromes In Borneo,
Timor and the Celebes Islands, which
they fear might become the first target
Of our offensive when and If we decide
to abandon this defensive strategy of
ours.
Evening star., 1942-08-09

Hundreds OF Filipinos in United States
Army uniforms are preparing ardently
and arduously in California to help
put back the Philippines on the front
page. Since April these Filipinos have
been training in the science Of invasion
and commando raiding for the day when
they will be ordered to sail for their
homeland to pay in kind their debt to
the Japanese.
They form a distinctive unit in the
United States Army-a unit pregnant
with heroic and sentimental possibilities.
The LIST Filipino Battalion was started
in San Luis Obispo, situated midway be-
tween the two largest Filipino popula-
tion centers in this country Los Angeles
and San Francisco. This unit, which
had grown into the 1st Filipino Reg
iment, was transferred recently to Sa-
linas, which is another large Filipino
population center.
The 1st Filipino Regiment Is expected
to grow ultimately into a division. The
War Department is ready to authorize
the activation of tactical units appro-
pirate to the number of Filipinos in this
country volunteering for service.
These Filipino soldiers are taking the
business OF sudden death seriously Their
American officers have commended their
conscientiousness in learning how to be-
come first-class soldiers. These Filipinos
have discarded their usual bravados and
have learned to appreciate the now we'll
known fact that the Japanese are ex-
cellent soldiers. audacious, ingenious,
pertinacious and we'll disciplined. They
realize that man for man they must be
just as good and fit as their most likely
future opponents on the field Of battle.
Their officers nave encouraged them
to add a purely Filipino flip to the
orthodox warfare methods. In simu-
lated jungle fighting, these sons and
grandsons of guerrilla warriors who held
the American Army of Occupation in the
Philippines at bay for three and half
years, like to creep close to the enemy,
with bayonets tightly gripped across
their mouths, and then jump at him,
welding their bayonets as II these were
their native bolos. The American soldier
who fought the Filipino insurrectionists
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05

lake, which will extend ISL miles
above the dam this summer, can in
undate it. A new crossing has been
erected at the site of the late Kettle
Falls, five miles downstream On
the trip to the project, the spans Of
the old structure pass under those
Of the new.
For emergency use, two-way short
wave radio sets have been installed
on the bridge of the paul Bunyan"
and another in car driven along
the shore. Their usefulness has al
ready been demonstrated.
On one occasion, the pilot lost
sight of the black shoreline- the
lake is two miles wide in places -
because of a dense fog. The driver
of the automobile, able to see the
boat, drove ahead to give the cap
tain the. required navigation instruc
tions. Another time the light plant
Of one Of che vessels failed. The
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05
FLOAT BRIDGE DOWN LAKE

Guided by powerful searchlights
and short wave radios, the Bureau
of Reclamation's landlocked "navy"
is floating large sections of the old
Great Northern railroad bridge at
Marcus down the Columbia River
reservoir to Grand Coulee Dam, a
distance Of 119 miles.
Three of the seven spans, totaling
q quarter mile in length, have: been
brought to their destination without
mishap. The largest made Of steel
was 259 feet long and SO feet high,
and weighed 295 tons. 1t was trans
ported on two large barges pulled
by the Bureau motor barge "Paul
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05

driver was notified TO obtain the
new parts. A tugboat detached it.
self to bring the material from the
shore to the flotilla.
Two 15OO-watt searchlights, with
self-contained generating sets, are
provided on the front of the motor
barge to light the way at night.
To accelerate the dismantlng
preliminary work is done during
transit, Rivets of the lateral and
wind bracing are cut with bolts and
nuts, which can be quickly extracted
later. Decking is also removed.
The journey up the reservoir re-
quires about 90 hours, and the re-
turn voyage abodt "a hours provid-
ing no fog or ice is encountered. On
one trip, the fleet struck ice 16 in
ches thick.
1t is estimated the removal of the
entire bridge, consisting of 965 tons
of strutural steel, 100000 board
feet. and $50 tons of miscellaneous
metals, will require about seven
weeks.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05

Bunyan," and escorted by tugboat
and a double decker vessel in which
the eighteen man crew was housed.
The steel will be used as the
framework for large equipment
storage and fabricating plant by
means of which the installation of
turbines and generators for Grand
Coulee Dams west powerhouse can
bs accelerated. 1t is essential that
these 10000 kilowatt units, vital
as a source Of energy for industries
producing war materials, be in OPP
GRAFTON at the earliest possible date.
The bridge, a link of the Spokane
Republic line, is being removed be-
fore the rising waters ofs the new
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05

SEND BROKEN GLASSES Direct
20 DR.. Alfred E. Jones. Box 1916,
Spokane. Glasses manufactured by
recognized dispensers. adv. tt
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05

with total here, with its ottenddn restrictions and
Ir1oninJ OF automobile tires every automobile driver is
vitality concerned with conserving the tires he has
on his automobile II simple rules such those outlined
above are followed tire health be preserved and
thousands OF tons OF rubber saved annually, according
lto engineer OF The B Goodrich Company Akron, Ohio
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05

THE DISPATCH. $500 PER YEAR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
Help Uncle Sam
WIN THE WAR!

Just you counting upon the of the armed
forces who rsking their lives that Americayour
free America-can live, they counting upon you
to help give them the guns tanks and planes they must
have to put the enemy the These cost money
bilons-money that must from all of in steady
stream
Never think that the amount you set aside each week
for u S. War Savings Stamps is unimportant to the
effort Remember that just 10cent Savings Stamp
will buy five cartridges that may help to soldiers
life-and that 25-cent machne-gun bullet, bought
with your money, may send enemy bomber crashing
in flames
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12
French Women
Work for Allies

In O London mansion that once
belonged to a French nobleman.
200 French women in khaki are
working for the Allied war effort
and preparing for their return to
France. They are ready for any
hazard. If Britain and her Allies
invade, these women will follow
behind the troops, bringing relief
and comforts to their freed coun-
tryrnen.
Known as the Volontaires Fran
caises-Free French equivalent of
the A. r. S., w. A. A. r. and
w. r. N. S.-these French women
have been reorganized under q new
command and have settled down
in new headquarters. They were
bombed out OF their original quar-
tiers during the London raids.
They wear distinguished service
badges and they cook. type. drive
cars, nurse and serve in canteens.