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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-07-10
TOO BIG 4 SACRIFICE

NO SACRIFICE is to b,r 10
make. 10 help your Courtry win
inns var But that is y" only be-
cauS" what we stand I, win or
lose Is So tremendous. In every
case. III" sacrifice ar hazard Of
Sacrific. should he comparable to
the proposition which is Il stake
In bridge this may b. APP he'd luei-
cally by pointing out that a very
considerable sacrifice !; worth
while To prevent a Slail. hut u
much smaller ON" to prevent a
mere game. BEING bcatri .lrllLrr-
ately for an amount e points
which is more than the zane is
"orth--that is too big Il sacrifice.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-07-10
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
THE Authority on Authorities"

out, II South took tn, arco.
heart trick. he then cuiilu ':,,,.
run five clubs. four diamond. am
spade, for total Of IL tri, KS of
his contract plus two extras
West went away overheard
however. when he sacrificed =,
f-Hcarts. With only seven ricks
in Sieht IN his own hand. h. 49,
"Vcrhldding three. hoping I, take
trick or two III his partners
hand, which WAS very rInwIsc in
view "f the opponents .rrn,.
bidding II" actually tool no
tricks III his partners hanG hu,
only Seven III his own n, va.
therefore down three. givin. n"
opponents score of 500. II stead
81 PLAIN game plus Il rorlpl.. OF
extra tricks. which would h1y.
been worth about Geo If Il, IN,
been not vulnerable. tn" "a. ri,i..
would have paid. as cnta.I.gy ,
loss OF only 500 points. les ,t.ar
the value Of Il game
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
PAPERS FOUND ON GERMAN CAPTIYEs INDICATE:
Hastily Formed Axis Units are Rushed to Tunisan Front

The news must be gathered by
visits to numerous areas Of act
ual battle and headquarters over
roads constantly threatened with
strafing and dive-bombing by
the German air force.
Frequently stories must be
written under threat of aerial at
tack. There are enemy planes
plainly audible somewhere over
head at the moment this is being
written.
Once written, q story begins q
long and difficult journey back.
II usually is left at some head
quarters point where officers
send it along by a dispatch rid
er.
The motorcyclist literally
takes his life in his hands to de-
liver the story at some forward
Raj station where il Is put
aboard the first plane going
West. Usually II Is taken to
Bone by one plane and then to
Algiers by another.
At .Algiers the copy is gone
over by the censor and sent TO
London for relay to New York.
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with a light stick. About him
were shell-pocked walls, roof
less houses and an occasional
charred German vehicle, provid-
ing q quiet contrast to the scene
20 miles down the road where a
ne wbattle was raging.
A French couple struggled
over the repaired bridge with
some burden between them, ap-
parently returning to the home
they had abandoned hurriedly
when the Germans decided 10
make a battlefield of this town.
TANKS CLASH
Slightly to the North Of this
area American light tanks and
British tanks clashed with Ger
man armored units on the road
between Beja and Mateur. Nine
teen German tanks were de-
stroyed, including seven Of the
Mark Nv models. while Allied
losses were five American and
two British tanks.
II news from correspondents at
the battlefront in this campaign
SENS to take a long time to reach
newspaper readers, this is the
reason:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
BY WILLIAM b. KING

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB, With AL
lied Forces on the Tunisian Bat
tlefront, Nov. ~ - (Delayed)-
(R-Allied officers reported to-
day that papers taken from cap
tured Germans indicated that
much of the force thrown into
Tunisia had been drawn from
supply troops, the pioneer corps
and other miscellaneous categor-
les quickly formed into infantry
units.
This neat white village, which
dates from the days of Hannibal,
lay in deserted ruins as the
force of the Allied drive against
the Axis swept closer to Tunis.
Infantrymen of the British
First Army supported by United
States forces pressed into this
keypoint last night to find that
the Germans had fled.
Our forces pressed on in pur-
suit, making contact with the foe
again at Teboura GO miles west
of Tunis and 35 miles south Of
Bizerte) where the drive toward
the sea was held up momentar-
lily by a counter-attack into the
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Can R'|ehade
BoasdSCISrk "
Outlines Procedure

Gasoline rationing officials
announced today that automo-
bile drivers dissatisfied with the
amount of gasoline allotted to
them in the gas rationing pro-
gram may state their cases in
letters to the gasoline panel of
the Macomb County War Price
and Rationing Board.
Those seeking additional gas
cline to be used in getting to or
from work were asked today by
Olin Davis, chief clerk of the
rationing board, to write the par
ticulars Of the case in the form
of letter to the gas panel, stat
ing the number of the A, 3, or
c rationing book held. If the
individual case offers substan-
tial evidence that moro gasoline
is needed, the members of the
panel Will reconsider the case.
Virtually all. motorists have
now been issued A books, and q
large staff of workers /, rapidly
completing the issuing of B and
c rationing books. Coupons
contained in A, B, and c books
are worth four gallons of gaso-
line apiece.
Coupons in tt and To gaso-
line books, issued to truckers,
are worth five gallons of gaso-
line each.
F books, issued for non-high-
way gasoline, contain coupons
worth five gallons each also.
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smy's Only remaining hlrbog

E em 1s Only remaiAins hlrbo5 in
An italian version of the sea
battle off the Tunisian coast
Tuesday night acknowledged
the sinking of a Fascist destroy
er and declared a British cruis-
er was blown up and a light
unit sunk in "a brief but violent
encounter"
LIST LOSSES
The British listed the loss of
one destroyer, sunk by Axis air
attack after British force of
three cruisers and two destroy
ers had broken up the convoy
with its sorely needed fresh
strength for the Axis in Tunisia.
The British Admiralty also
announced the loss of IL Allied
naval vessels during the AEF-
led landings in North Africa
nearly a month ago.
In the r u i a n campaign,
See FLEET-Page IL
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erican planes on the island Of
Luzon were destroyed. He was
assigned to Australia where a
japanese bullet smashed his
windshield and sent q silver Of
glass into his eye, restricting his
flying.
LED SQUADRONS
Awarded the Purple Heart
and made an instructor in Aus
tralia, Wagner taught combat
tactics to new pilots just arrived
from the United States. He re-
fused to stay grounded, however,
and soon was leading one Of his
green squadrons into battle over
See WAGNER-Page IL
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Parade Plans
Now Complete
Children Await
fsidsy's Gale Event

sponsors ef the coloIfad
ChristInas RQrnde to b helA -
Meunt CloG - q 100 ~ ~
~ s.s. u! q I.
fact that II near blfsxo1a thaS
struck this area list nkGht didn't
hold off until tomorrow. ss
So big are>ths halloon fisuIoe
that will be . hiohliaht Of tn
program that, it Is believed. the
wind that struck this city last
night and this morning might
have resulted in soaae unsched-
uled balloon ascensions. More
be seen In the parode, with .
be sen IN the parade. with .
huge 350-foot long balloon train
that even carries passengers.
The patriotic motif will be
provided by the appearance OF
the crack military band from
Selfridge Field and 200 soldiers
organized into q snappy march
ing outfit. A color guard from
WV and American Legion
posts will lead the long PRICES
sion. The Mount Clemens High
school band will also be In 0e
line of march.
The parade Is being sponsored
again this year by the Merch-
ants Committee of the Mount
Clemens Board of Commerce
who brought the colorful bal
loon entries here last year.
Charles Mikelait, Commander
of the Harry Ollrich American
Legion post here, requests all
members Of the post, in uniform.
to march in the parade tomor-
row night.
The parade forms at the
Mount Clemens High school ath-
letic field and steps off on the
long march promptly at TOO p.
m.
The parade leaves the athletic
field, proceeding to Maple ave-
nue., to South avenue, to Church
street, to Gratiot avenue. to
Market street, to North avenue,
to Macomb, to Walnut, to New
street, to Gratiot, to Cas-. to
South avenue and back to Maple
street.
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town by q small group Of Ger
man tanks.
BLAST GAPING HOLE
The Germans fleeing from
Medjez-El-Bab blew q gaping
hole in the ancient Roman
bridge spanning Oued Medjerda
"a river) in an effort to slow
the advance of the British Infan-
try-but engineers made repairs
in a single night with steel and
timber.
The modern patch between
the graceful arches of the stone
bridge offered an odd sight
from the distance but it en-
abled even the heaviest equip
ment to roll through the town
on the heels of the Germans.
Within the town today only .
few British and French soldiers
went about their duties amid the
rubble caused by the concentrat-
ed Smelling by Allied guns dur
ing the hours when the foe held
the point against the Allied adj
vance.
A lone Arab sat disconsolatcly
in a doorway flicking at flies
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Boys Narrowly
Escape Death
i'm Blizzard

Two eight-year-old pupils OF
the South River Road school, are
recuperating ut their Sugarbush
Road homes today after narrow
ly escaping being frozen TO death
yesterday afternoon when they
lost their way in the near-blix-
gard that swept this region.
The boys, Bobby Provost and
Russell Culver, were discovered
on the Selfridge Field extension
by workmen. huddled In THE lee
of q tool shed, and were rushed
to the Post hospital for troot-
ment. They were then taken
home and are recovering hun
frostbite.
II was learned that TIE polr
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evening until . ,. -
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Army EHers Search
for Missing Ace'
Lieut.. Col. Boyd [Buzz] Wagner
Reported Missing on Flight

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-(R
Army filters scanned the wat
ers and coast line of the Gulf of
Mexico today for their "one-man
aerial blitz," Boyd D. (Buzz)
Wagner, first American ace of
World War II, missing four days
on a routine flight.
Wagner, one of the army'S
youngest lieutenant colonies,
took off from an army air base
in Florida for Maxwell Field,
Ala, and has been unreported
since, the war department an
nounced last night. He was I'M
derstood here to have been fly
ing a single-engined pursuit
plane.
AS a lieutenant, Wagner was
commanding a squadron of p
40's in the Philippines when the
war started and within two
weeks shot down five japanese
planes and led his squadron in
destroying 20 or more on the
ground.
HIGH SCORE
The records aren't complete
on the aces victories but the air
forces credit him with destroy
ing between 80 and 50 enemy
planes in the air and on the
ground. Il ,s
He and H. anceniehs Sidn.t
care particularly how they 1T
tackled the Klpponese. On oce
casions. they tossed hand grenS
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babtotk Heads
Masonic Lodge
Insteliotion Set
for Wednesday, Dec. Is

Thomas A. Babcock was NAM
ed Worshipful Master of Mount
Clemens Lodge No. 6, F. & A..
M, at the annual meeting and
election of officers in the Ma
sonic Hall, Wednesday night, be-
coming the 59th worshipful
master in 102 years of local
Masonry. He will succeed DR..
Campbell A. Ward.
Other officers elected at the
meeting are: John Stephens, sem
Tor warden; Thomas M. Place,
junior warden; Frederick T..
Schutt, treasurer; Elmer G..
Luth, secretary; Deryl o. Nor
rison, senior deacon; Clarence
Perry, junior deacon; and Har-
ry r. Wolff, tyler. The Master
elect made the following ap-
pointments: James c. jackson,
chaplain; Charles A. Wildt, mar
shall; Albert Marlatt, lecturer;
William Lloyd, Eric Lenning,
Angelo Fisher, Manley Samson,
stewards; William Donaldson,
Marion Rodgers, Lloyd Brad
bury, Leonard Brindley, associ-
ate stewards.
Clarence H. Nunneley and
George Daily, Masons for 40
years, were presented life men,
berships. Special tribute was
paid to William M. Stuck and
DR.. Joseph M. Croman, ST., who
have been members of the fra
ternity go years and So years re-
spectively, and to William c.
Hacker, the oldest living past
master. DR.. c. A. Ward and I.
A. Hartung made the life men,
See MASONS-Page IL
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Hunters Bride
Believes He is !.
Ont Of Woods :. :.

"A fc1airvoyant's assertion that
Eddie Hickman, 29-year-old
missing East Detroit hunter. is
alive and well in Chicago was
accepted as "unquestionably
true" today by his pretty 49,
year old bride of a month.
The clairvoyant, Mrs. Irene
johnson, So, of 551s North
Broadway. revealed yesterday
that "hunch" took her to
Chicago in company with a
North Macomb county house
wife where they found Hick-
man. He had been believed lost
near Newberry since the OPEN
ing day of the deer season
when he was last seen.
Interviewed at the home of
her father, Herman Matthews,
24877 Lambrecht, East Detroit,
attractive Eleanor Hickman,
said her husband was unac-
countably missing for two hours
just before he and Marvin Lun-
ger headed for the north woods
on Nov. 13. She had then been
married two weeks.
CLOTHING GONE
She said that after leaving
her at her fathers home, he ap-
parently returned to their hon.
eymoon cottage at 1885 North
Park in East Detroit where he
picked up two suits of dress
clothes, an overcoat and some
shoes.
She said that the housewife
was once a friend of her hus-
bands. She described the wom-
See HUNTER-Page II
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Win the ID s C. =.

ALLIED HEADQUART Err s
IN NORTH AFRICA, Dec. s.
WH- Lieut.. Gen. Dwight ID.
Eisenhower, commander Of the
Allied forces In North Africa, TO-
day awarde ID Distinguished
Service Crosses TO three MEM
bers Of the expedition that in
vaded Morocco and Algeria.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
T1leosoPhical
Lecture at
B Tonight

James S. Perkins, vice presi-
dent of the Theosophical Society
of America, will be the guest
speaker at the Theosophical Lee
ture which is to be held in the
Community Room Of the Mount
Clemens High School at 800
o'clock this evening. The public
is cordially invited. Perkins is
a widely known lecturer and ar
fist and comes to this city very
highly recommended.
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Smash Ships

CAIRO, Dec. s. (R Heavy
United States bombers, some Of
them British flown, have de-
stroyed or heavily damaged six
merchant ships III Tripoli And
have smashed the Spanish and
Karsmanh M0les 50 severely I'm
the Axis only remaining Libyan
harbor that their use has been
impaired, q u. S. Army head
quarters c0mmuniQue said to-
day.
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Fire Cost

BOSTON, Dec. s. up The
COcoanut Grove night club fire
in which nearly 500 patrons and
employees met death may cost
the United States government as
much as half a million dollars
in life insurance benefits-for
more than so members of the
armed service were among
those who persisted.
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Bomb Japs

NEW DELHI, Dec. 3-(P)-
Blenheim bombers Of the Raj,
escorted by fighter planes, sue
cessfully attacked the japanese
airdrome at Maswe, Burma, yes
terday, scoring hits on the main
runway and dispersal bays, .
British communique announced
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
Claim SinkingS

TOKYO (Fr0m Japan e e
BrOadcasts), Dec. s. R I'm
perial headquarters announced
today the sinking Of an Allied
battleship, a cruiser of the Au-
gusta class and two destrOyers
on the night of Nov. 80 off
Guadalcanal in the Solomon Is
lands.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

AIDES at the invaders from the
cockpits or their pursuit ships.
Other times, they carried bombs
in their laps and tossed them
overheard at japanese troops,
ships and installations. They
sank three small transports by
raking the vessels with machine
gun bullets.
BUZZ" won the distinguished
service cross for extraordinary
heroism before most Of the AM
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late X X X
bulletins


NEW YORK. Dec. 8 R) -
Neil Simonelli, 16, and Joseph
Annunziata, ~, the "zoot-suit"
killers of Brooklyn, were SEN
fenced today to from so years to
life each in Sing Sing for the
Staying of Irwin Goodman,
Brooklyn mathematics teacher,
last Oct. 2.
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LONDON. Dec. Z Up

LONDON, Dec. : -@-
r cutters quoted a report
broadcast by the Algerian
Radio today that United States
forces in the mountains out
side Tunis have approached
close enough to look down in
to the cleaning city. "There
still Is plenty Of hard fight
ing before Tunis is ours" the
Broadcast . d d d, however.
Zone gets the impression that
German resistance is getting
stronger" ~
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baftleships
Score Heavily
Off Tunisia
Russion Ski-Troops
Drive Foe Before
Them in BIixxovd
BY ROGER ID. GREENE
ASkacialcd Pre&S War EdiinE

Britain's powerful Mediter-
ranean fleet was reported "cov-
ering" the Allied advance in
Tunisia today while the London
Admiralty announced the de-
struction of four more enemy
merchant ships and two destroy
ers en- route to North Africa
with reinforcements. for the
hard-pressed Axis garrisons at
Tunis and Bizerte.
u. S. heavy bombers were Of
ficially credited with destroying
or crippling six other Axis mer-
chant ships at Tripoli, the en-
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Probe Germans

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 3-(R
The federal prosecutor filed
charges today against 80 per-
s0ns-all Germans or Of German
origin-rOunded up in a sweep
ing investigation based on evil
dence supplied by the United
States.
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BULLETIN
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 3
-(AP)-Ths 18th Navy Dis
triet sold todoy thot "a Jorge
number Of unidentified sur
face vessels" had been report
ed $50 miles off the Colifor-
mia coast, but that q thorough
search Of the oreo "foiled to
confirm their presence.
Presumably the ord 2
broadcast before dawn todoy
for fleet personnel to return
10 their ships was based on
this report.)
The Navy's settlement fol-
lows:
"A large number Of uniden-
titled suvfoes vessels wos re-
ported by navel patrol at dusk
on the second Of December on
an eosterly course $50 miles
off the coast Of California.
"Sinee the presence Of such
q force would constitute .
serious hoxavd to the west
eoost. every effort wes mode BY
Army and Nevy eiFcroft to
verify the reported eontoet
and oil ovoildble forces were
olevted and steps token to, in
tereept any enemy forces.
"A thorough seoreh Of the
ereo concerned foil to con-
firm the presence Of any Nm
identified vessels and the re-
port 10 considered in error"
The settlement wos issued
by Vice Admired John w.
Greenslede. eommendes Of the
western eco frontier.
Sterling et 4 Q. NJ, vodio
statiems he'd broadcast Or
deTs 70 fleet pessonnel 10 re-
port et once 70 their ships.
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Arrest 1000

LONDON, Dec. s. W.H -
Hungarian police have arrested
more than 1000 persons in Blu
dapest alone in a drive to COM
bat q wave of defeatism spread
ing over the country. A dis
patch from Turkey reported to-
day.
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Earth Shakes

TAHOE, Calf, Dec. 3-(R)-
An earthquake shook buildings
here for approximately 80 sec
onds At 2:45 am. (PWT) today.
No damage has been reported.
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LONDON, Dec. 3-UH-Al-
lied planes have almost COM
pletely wrecked the Aouina air
drome at Tunis, the chief Axis
air base at Tunisia, in two fero-
cious mass attacks, dispatches
reported today.
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Grants Bases

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 Up
Liberia, on the strategic west
coast Of Africa has granted air
base rights to the United States
for the duration Of the war.
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Priehs Mercantile open every
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Col. Wagner, . Lieutenant A
the time, was stationed at SEA-
fridge Field for two years Inn.
mediately prior to his depar-
ture for the Philippines In the
Spring Of 1910 and n widely
known i'm Mount Clemens.
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Loss Of Life
NOT Indicated
in Navy Report
Other Transports.
Dsstroysrs oomeSe6
During oeeupatioa
WASHINGToN. -.

WASHINGTON, pec. 3(9
The Navy depaxtmGnt -
nounced today that Nv uuf1o1
States naval transports Wogn
lost during the occupatiou r.
North Africa by United 8en1oo
forces.
Three other txanspogtA sno
destroyer, and oG,o stonhoe Wogo
damaged durinl IL opoea15an9
The transpoKtD onnk yoeo -
ed in the conIuunlQno< - -
Tasker II. Bliok ~ Hn9h ~
Scott, and thu xdWaxd -
ledge, which W09o 0nnk -
Casablanca; tho Jo1aph EGWU
sunk of Rabat ana HI Loo(
town, sunk az Al91oe1, 900
There Wa 10 ~
possible nulnho9 Z
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ImportioI Coveress
Of All leeel News
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Priehs Mercantile open evosy
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