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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

Weic uOlils MS eyes popped out
when he saw the gold.
Boys, I've taken up a hum
drcd an sixty acres right around
here for a RANCH" he said. AN
| own tn water on IT, too"
O'Riley and Mclaughlin didn't
know much about their rights,
so they gave Comstock a share
in their discovery Old Virginia
sobered up long enough 10 stake
ont a claim. TWO or three others
got in on it.
Wen, these fellows didn't have
any idea of the huge fortunes
that were right under their feet.
They were grumbling all the
time about that damn blue
stuff that keeps cloggin up tn
rocker"
They shoveled il out and threw
it away to find the gold at the
bottom The gold was enough
AS word got out that the
miners were panning out a thou
sand dollars day the rush 10
Washoe started. Men poured oyer
the mountains from California by
the hundreds, then by thousands
The miners who knew their bust
ness couldn't believe their eyes
when they saw the diggin's with
piles OF that blue stuff" thrown
up beside The rockers
Great gods they shouted.
That's silver you're THROWN
away! It's worth morcn tn
gold!"
And it was out OF the lode
that bore Comstock's name came
silver and gold worth S75O,OOO,-
600.
Old Virginia didn't know ne
was carousing on top Of such
hoard Of treasure. The excite
lcnt that came with the rush
Of miners was enough for him
He just knew he was in the mid
die Of the biggest scramble for
riches since 40.
old Pancake had called the
camp Ophir The newcomers
didn't care what anybody called
The place They just wanted to
drive a stake peg.
ono night old Virginia chris
tcH". II Virginia city and tho
name stuck.
That. honor was just about al
old Virginia got He finally trad
ID has claim that produced mil
hons for an old horse. a pair II
blankets and. On Yes "A bottle
Of WHISKY 4 year later ne tried
20 rId" "a hlckiug mustang while
hc was drunk The horse pitched
hm of on his head and killed
alm
Hts CTUUTcg Oid Pancake,
ORiley and Mclaughlin, all came
- strTUEc ends. TOO other fol
lows came along and scoopcd up
the fortunes.
Ard it II wasn't that There
nHs always the danger OF Indian
raids ard death or torture before
f,,ler even made his strike
ftoatH WIS usually preferable %
capture by tho redskins because
4T..y bad their gtt-f, IG.4e about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

1 r secmcd like there always
Was hoodoo following a man
Who made rich strike. Like the
Virginia city boys and Jim Mar
shall who found the first gold
at suffers Mil they all got
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

10 ride, a pistol to carry an
sixty dollars hard cash tor a
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had a thousand douarf in gold.
Thcy'd hit the main lode.
a little later Old Pancake
came along TO see how his friends
were doing His eyes popped out
when he saw the gold.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

Maybe YOU think Del Monte Whole
Kernel has en- all beat! Lots Of folks
do. Those plump golden grains sautccd
in butter. Ny Aren't they fine?
But wait-whatcyer YOU do don't miss
out on Del Monte Cream Style. Two
kinds-Whtc and Golden.
And sonctimc-so on-let- your mcn-
folks be boys again! Turn EN- loose on
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Miss pe|iier
Victim Of Fall
Injury FotoI
to Woman, 10

Miss Allie M. Peltier, 70, of
1875 North Walnut, longtime
employee of Hoffman's Bazaar,
was dead on admittance to ST.
Joseph's hospital at TAO pm.
yesterday from the effects of a
fall Monday
Also an employee of Miller's
Army Store at one time, Miss
Peltier was known 10 hundreds
of county residents. She was
on her way home from work
when she fell.
Miss Peltier was a lifelong
resident of Mount Clemens and
was the dau. liter of the late JOS
eph and Wilhelr ne Peltier.
The body will lie after Sat-
urday noon at the Hubbard Fu-
neral Chapel where prayers will
be said Sunday at 8 pm. Flu
neral services will be held Mon
day at $40 am. rom st. Pet
er's Catholic church.
Surviving are two sisters,
Eve, at home, and Mrs. Martin
Ball of Buffalo.
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creases," and so resolved, pro-
vided:
That the term bona fide
Santa Claus shall be construed
to include only such persons as
wear a red robe, white whiskers
and other we'll recognized ac-
counterments befitting their sta
ton in life, and provided that
they have a kindly and jovial
disposition and use their high
office of juvenile trust to spread
the Christmas spirit of goodwill
among all men, women and
children; and,
provided further, that this
exemption shall extend from the
beginning of the Christmas sea-
son to the end thereof, and shall
not be considered as precedent,
since the role of Santa Claus in
war-torn world is unique"
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calities: others would be able to
find work on farms or in indus
try at prevailing rates of pay as
private employment continues to
increase.
Some of the present certified
war projects" he added, may
have to be taken over by other
units of the federal works agen-
cy or by other departments of
the federal government. State or
local projects should be closed
out by completing useful units
of such projects or by arranging
for the sponsors to carry on the
work.
with these considerations in
mind, / agree that you should
direct the prompt liquidation of
the affairs of the Work Projects
Administration, thereby con-
serving a large amount of funds
appropriated to this organiza-
tion."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Most of them had on the full
suits of sailors or wore dunga-
rees, but no shoes. Others were
just in underwear.
They were too weak to tell the
story of the battle but / man.
aged to get the names of some
which I wrote on various parts
of the fuselage, wing and pom
toon. Several hours later, after
landing, / examined the plane
and found these names:
Francis Shaffer, Fort Smith,
Okla; Bob Brusco, Rainier, Ore. (;
Entry Porter, Greenville, N. c.;
names but no address of r. d.
Petit, G.. S. Porter, c. E. Wright,
l.. l.. Tudor, and M. j. Ziegler.
We finally neared the de-
stroyer with all survivors still
on the plane and alive. None
seemed seriously injured except
for some burns. The destroyer's
whaleboat came near the plane.
One by one the survivors push
ed off into the water. They drift
ed a short distance and were
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Gen. MacNider
is Wounded on
New Guinea Front

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI-
NEA, Nov. "a - (Delayed) -
(P) - Brig. Gen. Hanford Mac
Nider, former assistant secretary
of war who has been with the
American task force attacking
Buna, received eight wounds
last night from = panese gren-
ade while in the front lines.
"a spokesman for General
Douglas Macarthur in allied
headquarters, Austrilia, said to-
day Gen. MacNider now is in
an Australian hospital and re-
covering nicely. He said the
wounds were not serious.)
Gen. MacNider's eide, Maj. c.
M. Beaver of Yankton, S. d.,
was uninjured but an American
soldier with them was killed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Boy, Z, Has
Last Laugh
on Wise Cops

CHICAGO, Dec. 4-P)-A
little lost boy enjoyed the last
laugh after a wordy bout with
a group of central station police
men who wouldn't believe his
story that he was the youngest
of 10 children. They told him
there weren't any big families
like that anymore.
David Bolkon, who is 7, was
brought to the station after he
had wandered away from his ia
Their, Harry, in a crowded loop
store.
Sergt. Edward Moore said he
knew the ways of z year Odds
and suggested to David that he
was exaggerating a bit about the
size of the Bolkon family. 9th
er policemen said they held sim
iliar views.
But David wouldn't change
his story.
When his father came to take
him home, the officers question
ed him-solely to verify David's
story.
Nineteen children, II living,
and they're all all mine and my
Sadie's. First there's Dorothy,
she's %, the oldest. Then
there's
Stop" interrupted O'Malley.
That's enough, yes, that's en-
ough.'
The policemen suspected Dav-
id wore know-it-all grin when
he babe them good bye and
thanked them for their hospital
ity.
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picked up. They must have hat
ed to hit that salt water again.
All that could talk thanked us
for the lift" One yelled: "See
you in Tokyo" before jumping
from the wing.
TAKE OFF AGAIN
Perry and l had our first Gig
arctic and then took off again.
We secuted again to the west but
did not see any more survivors.
An incongrous sight was two
black natives padding across
the channel in a log boat. We
saw the bow of destroyer
sticking straight out of the wa
ter to a height of about 20 feet.
All through our flight, radio
messages had dinned into our
ears, giving rescue instructions
to boats and planes and mes
sages to our attacking forces
further out. Suddenly l heard a
voice say: Five Zeros approach
ing - all seaplanes return to
BASE"
Perry whipped the pl a n e
around so fast almost was
jerked out and we headed for
home. Soon l saw the Zeros in
combat with our Cru m m n
Wildcat fighters.
One of our seaplane group, pi-
loted by Lieut.. (JG) George w.
Polk, New York City, and for
merly of the New York Herald
Tribune, was on the water at
the time the message was re-
ceived. His plane was dived on
by a Zero which dropped two
small bombs 100 yards away
and then started to strafe. Lieu
tenant Polk saw the Zero pilot
grinning at the prospect of an
easy kill of seaplane but a
moment later a Grammar ZOom-
ed up behind and exploded the
Zero from the sky. Polk reach
ed safety.
Life is like that in the Solo
mons.
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He lay gasping for breath on
the pontoon a few minutes, then
managed to crawl onto the wing.
Lieutenant Perry TAXED the
plane forward and spotted an
other man. We repeated the
procedure. He. too, grabbed my
leg and managed to crawl onto
the pontoon.
He was in bad shape from ex-.
haustion, heat exposure n d
consumption of too much oil and
salt water, but kept trying to tell
me something through cracked
lips. l put my ear close to his
mouth and heard him humble:
Get my buddy over there-get
my buddy over there"
He managed TO raise an oil
covtred arm to point to the
right. | climbed on the wing and
shouted to Perry but this sharp
eyed pilot already had seen the
other man. We TAXED to the spot
and took aboard buddy"
We took aboard seven more in
the next hour making a total
of 10. Lieutenant Perry kept
taxing the plane toward a de-
stroyer in the distance.
SURVIVORS EXHAUSTED
Five of the rescued men were
too weak to get onto the wing
and remained on the pontoon,
holding onto the wires. One man
at the stern of the pontoon roll
ed off several times although he
retained his hand grip. We roll
ed him back on the pontoon each
time.
All these men had been in the
water from 10 to Is hours and
were off two sunken destroyers.
All were wearing lifejackets.
They made a grim sight with oil
smeared thickly in hair, eyes
and ears.
The only parts of the body
not oil covered were the hands
and bare feet w h i h were
bleached pure white and were
tightly drawn and wrinkled
from long underwater exposure.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

to Macomb, to Walnut, to New
street, to Gratiot, to Cass, 10
South avenue and back to Maple
street.
This should be a gala occasion
for all residents of this area,
young and old. All who would
like to tighten their thoughts for
a brief interval with an invigor-
ating dose of good Christmas
cheer and Yuletide fantasy can
do so by being on hand for the
big Christmas parade here to-
night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
vv5(5 Group
Plans Meet
Will Gother at
Meode Church

The WSCS of the Meade
church will hold business
meeting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Furton Wednesday
afternoon, December 8 at 200
p. m. Contributions of canned
fruit and vegetables for Esther
Hall in Detroit will be taken
at that time.
Walter Hotchkiss is i'll with
pneumonia.
The Meade school program Is
set for December 10.
The Rotary program for chill
dren at New Haven High school
is set for December %.
The Rev. Hopkins of Detroit
will speak at Sunday services at
the Meade church.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Four Deny
Part in brawI
Soldiers Turned
Over to Mjlitory

Four of five civilians arrest
ed today following :; fight with
Selfridge Field sold ers in the
Ritz Cafe on Cherry street plead
ed innocent when arraigned be-
fore Justice Donald J. Parent
and trial was set for Wednes-
day at 2 pm.
The fifth civilian, Elmer Lo-
gle, IS, of Is South Rose, was
released, Chief of Police Arthur
I. Rosso said, so he could work
at a Seven Mile road store.
The four who appeared in
court are Earl ~Voght, 46, of
Route one, New Haven; Kenneth
Voght, 10, of the same address;
Danny Sears, 20, 80 Roosevelt
drive and John Siewert, 81, of
161 Meade.
Rosso said that Kenneth
Voght's head was split open
when he was hit by a Selfridge
Field MP. He was treated at
the Jail by DR.. Victor Wolfson.
The following soldiers were
turned over to Selfridse Field
authorities; Sergt. Joseph Stout;
Sergt. William j. Cuilfoyle;
Pfc. Joseph Farome; Pvt. Will
liam Vaughan and Sergt. Orrin
Churchill.
Rosso saiu today that he is
investigating conditions at the
Ritz ard that he will report his
findings to the Liquor Control
Commission.
He said fights are frequent at
the place. and blamed the con-
dition on the fact that dancing
is allowed there.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
|MountCIemens
| High School
By Tom 9 Dick Deneldsom

MOVIE
There was a movie today for
all Social Science classes today.
1t lasted nearly all hour and
proved very educational.
SENIOR PLAY
You cannot afford to miss the
Senior Play, that rollicking
comedy, Almost Eighteen" It's
funny, it's thrilling. It will jig
gle your ribs for days to come.
For the special low price of Is
cents to students you can enjoy
this play Thursday night, De-
cember 10. Adult tickets are 40
cents.
INTERMURAL
The inter mural sports pro-
gram is in full swing under the
direction of Coach Ernest j.
Buckholz. At present water pO-
10 and basketball are in the
spotlight with boxing and wrest-
ling to be next. This program is
for all boys not out for reserve
or varsity sports. If you haven't
gotten your basketball ticket do
so at once for the first game will
be Wednesday against East De-
troit and this year you'll want
to see the "Bathers" win their
first game and help them start
what we predict will be a very
successful season.
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tufed a stronghold covering the
Nazi flank.
In the Solomons, the Navy an
nounced that two japanese troop
transports, a cargo ship and six
escorting warships were sent to
the bottom VIXEN the enemy
Numbered into an American
naval trap unoer cover OF dark
ness Monday night.
The Navy said the Japanese
attempt to land reinforcements
for their dwindling forces on
Guadalcanal-already short on
beans and bullets was COM
plete frustrated.
REPULSE CONVOY
mo landing was effected y
the Navy said, and only few
Japanese sailors, rescued from
life RATS, reached Guadalcanal
as prisoners.
One Y. G. cruiser was sunk
and 'other vessels damaged, "
the Navy said, but the japanese
lost four destroyers and two
other warships, either cruisers
or heavy destroyers.
Thus. the Navy countered a
boast by imperial Tokyo head
quarters yesteday that a Japa-
nese torpedo-attack flotilla had
sunk an American battleship, a
cruiser and two destroyers in
"a fierce attach" of Guadalcanal
on the same night.
Japan's loss, according to the
Tokyo version, was single de-
stroyer.
On the TuniSian front, an AL
lied headquarters spokesman
said the heavily reinforced
Germ ans were apparently
ready to die for the fuehrer"
in defense of the Bizerte-Tunis
sector along the northeast coast
of the African buffer state, rath-
or than attempt to escape, by
sea in another Dunkerque.'
FORCES RE-GROUP
After a bitter 48-hour battle,
in which repeated German tank
assaults were beaten off, Amer
lean and British troops were re-
ported re-grouping for a show
down.
An Allied spokesman said
wrecked tanks Uttered the field
when the smoke of battle
cleared, but the Allies remained
in control of two of the three
key towns attacked by the Ger
mans-Tebourba and Mateur--
inside the original Axis defense
perimeter.
Heavy fighting apparently
still ragged in Diedeida. II miles
northwest of Tunis, with the AL
lies holding the western part of
the town.
The spokesman said Djedicda
changed hands several times in
the fierce surge of battle, and
declared that the second and
final Nazi counterattack near
Tebourba. 20 miles west of
Tunis. was "rcpulscd with con-
siderable destruction of enemy
equipment"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
BY WILLIAM NIPPLE

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOL
ONION ISLANDS. Nov. Is -
(Delayed)--(R)-The Japs have
fled.
They made another desperate
attempt last night and early this
morning to land troops and
equipment on American held
Guadalcanal Island. Again our
naval forces threw them back.
AS l write this, four large Jap
anese transports lie beached and
burning on the northwest coast
Of Guadalcanal. We understand
our naval forces, including bat
tleships and aircraft, have been
pursuing the remainder of the
japanese transports and sup
porting warships, which are re-
firing to the northwest, and that
many of the enemy ships have
been sunk.
During last night / again saw
the tremendous f a mes and
flashes of guns in the channel
in the Guadalcanal, Savo and
Tulagi Islands areas as the Unit
ed States forces blasted at Jap
aneSe trying to bring in trans
ports.
AS dawn came this third day
of almost continuous naval and
air battle over a wide area of
the SolomonS, / saw two Jap
anese transports burning and
two others immobilized near the
beach. Then our ships were dis
patched with orders to polish
them off. They did their work
we'll and all soon were burning
fiercely.
COWBOY PILOT
Today l hoped into the sec
ond seat of seaplane piloted
by Lieut.. (JG) Hubert (Patches)
Perry, of Phoenix, Ariz., who
flies as expertly as he used to
break broncos on Arizon a
ranches. We had orders to pick
up survivors. Over the battle
area, the water was mass of
oil Uttered with boxes, cans,
she'll cases, life RATS, life jack
cts, pieces of lumber and other
debris.
We covered tn coulter area be-
tween the mort h w e t tip of
Guadalcanal and Savo Island.
Many landing boats and whale
boats picked up survivors while
they we're thicker to the east.
We travelled low over the wa
ter, peering closely at the de-
bris. We saw several lifeless
bodies with the arms and legs
outstrecthed grotesquely; but we
had to pick up the living first.
The first live man we saw
was a Jap clinging to raft. We
went low and waved we would
pick him up. The Jap sailor hid
behind the raft, probably think
ing we were going to shoot him.
We circled again and once more
he hid.
Pilot Perry then gave up
trying to save the Jap and con-
tinued looking for our own men.
An unwilling Jap is dangerous
in situation like that. On an
other trip Lieutenant Perry had
stopped to pick up a Jap. The
Jap tr c d unsuccessfully to
smash a wing with a club. So
now Perry is wary.
WAVES WEAKLY
We soon saw our first Amer
lean sailor in the water He was
waving weakly. We waved back,
then circled, landed and TAXED
to him. | crawled from the rear
seat, got on the pontoon under
the fuselagc, and held my leg
out as far as possible. He caught
hold and swung onto the pom
toon. He was covered with oil.
Black oil in his eyes made 1T
impossible for him to see much.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Yanks Smash
Jap Convoy
RepuIse Third
Desperate Bid
BY JOHN H. VIRGINS


Smashing another major ia
panese effort to bolster their
tired and dwindling ranks on
Guadalcanal Island, United
States warships have destroyed
nine more enemy vessels with
an estimated loss of thousands
of Nipponese troops.
Two Japanese transports, a
cargo ship and six escorting
warships were sent to the bot
tom of the Solomon Islands wa
tiers, the Navy reported late
yesterday, when the enemy ar
mazda Numbered into an Ameri-
can naval trap under cover of
darkness Monday night.
The attempted landing was
completely frustrated, the Navy
said. only a few sailors, rescued
from life RATS the following day,
reached Guadalcanal as prison.
ers. The rest, including proba b.
ly 5000 to 10000 troops on the
transports, apparently were lost.
One American. cruiser was
sunk in the nocturnal sea battle
and "other y. S. vessels dam
aged" the communique added.
But among the Mikado's sunk
en- warships, the Navy listed
four ,destroyers and two other
ships which either were cruisers
or heavy destroyers.
Thus, the tropical waters
around the Solomons now en-
velope at least 81 enemy vessels
as a result of the latest battle.
Eighty more were in the prob
ably sunk or damaged category.
The American shipping toll
since the Marine invasion of
Guadalcanal in early August is
now Is vessels sunk. Five 9TH
ers were damaged by enemy &C
ton up to Monday nights en-
gagement.
Meanwhile, as American
forces enlarged their Guadalcan-
al position by wiping up more
Japanese attachments, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's planes
raided Koepang at the south
west tip of Portuguese Timor
yesterday and damaged or de-
stroyed Is enemy bombers and
three fighters.
Following up the previous
days aerial attack over north
east New Guinea where the enc
my lost % Zero planes, the raid
ers from Australia caught the
Japanese mapping. Many of. the
foes craft were destroyed before
they had a chance to get into
the air.
The battering of the Japanese
armada off the north shore of
Guadalcanal apparently repre-
sented round 3 of the Solomons
battle Secretary of Navy Knox
predicted return of the enemy
fleet after its terrific defeat of
Nov. 1915. which he termed
round 2 in the battle of the Sol
onions.
Twenty eight Japanese ships
were destroyed in that battle and
10 more damaged in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to reinforce ia
panese troops on Guadalcanal
and recapture the airfield from
the Americans.
The story of the second United
States naval victory in little
more than two weeks was brief
~ told in the Navy communique.
The enemy, it said tersely, was
interrupted in his attempt to
reinforce and supply his troops
on the island and no landing
was effected.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04
Privote Now a Pupil
Of Man He fought

AUSTIN. Tex, Dec. 4-(P-
War is like that.
Pvt. Joe Sharp of Plainview,
Tex, former director of per-
sonnet training for the state Ii
quor board, reported to military
police school at Fort Custer,
Mich, for instruction in law
enforcement.
His instructor, Lieut.. Turner
Keith of Houston, formerly a
staff liquor inspector; learned
state law enforcement in a class
taught by Sharp.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-04

Santa Claus may be con-
tacted for Christmas orders
by children accompanied by
their parents every afternoon,
beginning Monday, at the Of
flee of the Mount Clemens
Board of Commerce, So North
Walnut street, it was ANNOUNCE
ed today. Mr.. Claus will be
on duty from $3.50 p. m. until
500 p. m. daily.
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in the public, schools. A similar
contribution TO the parochlal
school will be made if the same
program is instituted there.
Mrs. John Gillett, Mrs. Peter
Duprey and Mrs Albert Deng
will run the headquarters again
this year, il was announced.
Alfred Houliston and Harold
Mengle were admitted to MEM
berShip.