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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15

The Colonel is a lady.
1t sounds more like the name of
a movie. but, in reality, it is the
situation today at 1851 Grand
River avenue where the AGRA. or
Aviation Cadet Recruiting Aid, has
opened its first Michigan office.
Instead of the usual recruiting
officer the young man out TO en-
list finds himself face 10 face with
a lady colonel, and a very pretty
one.
The idea of having women re-
cruiting officers isn't new. The
government has had il in mind for
some time, and just recently
opened a few offices in Chicago
Col. Joseph J. Bachus started the
whole thing and says before long
all recruiting offices, army. navy
marine, air corps, will be manned
by women.
at In a job women can do"
Colonel Bachus said, land I'm the
near future we nope 10 De aDie
to take the men of recruiting
and put them I'm active duty. We
are training hundreds of women
now for the jobs"
Although the Detroit office
didn't officially open until today il
had its first customer last night
in the person of Robert Thompson
IS. of 1924 Coyle avenue. who
signed up for the cadet corps.
"And please" said Col. Bernice
Wilson. who was in charge of
the office this morning, Tell the
women that the office Is for the
signing of men only, between IL
and 26. We have had a number
of women in already this morn
ing who had the idea we were
here to enlist them into the
army air corps"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15
Wrong Flag
Chinese Tell Cincinnati
lis Jap Banner

CINCINNATI, May Is (INS).-
The flag of China today was flying
with those of other Allied nations
of Cincinnati's downtown fountain
square but a few persons had red
faces.
War chest officials put up flag
they thought was that of China
but found out later it was the flag
of the pro-Japanese puppet state
of Marking. Loyal Chinese tele-
graphed their Chicago consul tc
air mail the standard of Chang
IKai-Shek.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15
Women S War;;
So They Rush TO
Enlist in WAAC
Flood Of Inquiries
Pour In Before Bill
Even Reaches President
BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS
It's a women's war!

At least the response reported
at the United States Army recruit
ing office here indicates Michigan
women are so convinced it's their
fight that they are impatient TO
get in it, right down to their lac
Iquered fingertips.
Although the bill authorizing the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
has not yet gone TO President
Roosevelt for his signature, hum
dreds of Michigan women have
shown their willingness to sign up.
Said Col. Joseph L. Bachus,
head of army recruiting in this
AREA:
For months we have been
getting queries about the
women's army. They come from
high-type women, tOO-women
who will be of tremendous serv-
ice and free men for active
duty"
1t is expected that about 10
women will be selected from the
Applicants in Michigan to be sent
to the officers candidate training
school. Those who successfully
complete this course will form the
nucleus of the WAC and will
recruit the petticoat army ex-
pected to number 10000.
NON-MILITARY TITLES
Details of the requirements have
not been received here, but Bachus
said volunteers should be between
81 and As years of age, physically
fit and without dependents.
They will be given non-military
titles of leaders" but will be en-
listed and commissioned in the
United States Army, receive reg
ular army pay commensurate with
their titles and be under military
discipline.
AS to any Fifth Column activity
in the WAACs on the part of Dan
Cupid, Bachus explains he is
guessing in his answer, but he
cites existing army regulations.
II "a soldier may marry now
J, without the permission Of his
: superior officer" said the
/ colonel.
! What if the lady soldier found
herself blessed evening, the
/ colonel was asked.
t 'T would think" he replied,
[ "she would receive an honorable
discharge on the grounds of de-
tendency just rs In the case of
any other soldier"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15
Navy TO Be Host
To Seniors Who
for Wings
School Class Presidents
Due Here Tomorrow
From All Parts Of State

The navy will play host here
tomorrow when 200 high school
S enior class presidents from
all parts of Michigan's lower
peninsula come TO Detroit to re-
lceive their credentials as associate
members Of the United States
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
Board.
The junket is part of the navy's
program to interest high school
graduates in naval aviation flight
Training. only recently thrown
open TO high school graduates as
young as Is.
Formerly, such training was
open only to young men 20 to n
years old with a minimum educa-
ton of two full years in college.
Now such training is open to men
18 TO II years old who are UNI
married and are high school grad
yates.
CARDS FOR PRIVILEGES
The 200 senior class presidents
Visiting here tomorrow will be
given Identification cards authoriZ-
ing them to receive preliminary
applications from their classmates
and allowing them to conduct in
lterviews for naval aviation cadet
Training.
Bus transportation to Detroit
from their home cities is being
supplied the youths, who will meet
at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the head
quarters Of the local selection
board, on the ninth floor of the
Book Tower. The transportation is
Through the cooperation of the
Greyhound Lines and Manferd Bur-
leigh, general manager.
Here they will view movies COW
ering various phases of the actual
training program and hear brief
addresses from officers of the local
selection board. They will then be
taken by navy buses, under police
escort, TO the Crosse lie Naval Air
Base for a tour of that rapidly
Ienlarging installation.
GUESTS AT LUNCHEON
They will be guests of the
Crosse lie base at luncheon, after
which they will be addressed by
Lieutenant Commander c. L. Ed
wards. commanding officer of the
Detroit Selection Board.
The same navy buses will then
transport the young men to Briggs
Stadium. where they will be the
guests of Owner Walter o. Briggs
at the Tger-Ysnkee game. In the
evening they will attend the
| Olympia circus as guests Of the
Olympia management.
1t is hoped by naval officials
that the knowledge CLEANED by
these high school leaders through
their visit here will enable them
to better present the navy's flight
program to the thousands of
eligible high school students who
will be graduating all over the
state within the next month.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15

"YOur Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15
Shortage Sifted
In County Tract
Index Bureau
Lax Practices Covering
20 Years Blamed for
Estimated $4,000 Loss

A charge that 20 years OF Lax
practice in the tract index depart
ment had left the county with a
stock of more than $4,000 unre-
deemed abstracts which ultimately
may result in a loss upwards OF
$4,000 was made today by Audi
tor Ray Hafeli.
The discovery was made in a
cursory investigation OF the de-
partment by the county board OF
auditors following an inquiry by
Judge Homer Ferguson's one-man
grand jury. he said.
Hafeli Immediately ordered w.
f. Davey. chief public accountant,
and Robert III. Struthers, assistant,
TO probe the situation and name
the persons responsible.
The practice in question is that
OF the tract index officials printing
abstracts for private real estate
dealers on credit and without a
signed commitment, Hafeli said
Under this policy, which Hafeli
asserted started in the early '20s,
the county would print the alb
stracts and then store them in the
county building basement until re-
deemed by the subdivider or pur-
chaser of the lot.
nIrr nE pIrSUN,rSS
With the coming of the depres-
sion. many subdivisions were aban-
doned and abstracts gathered dust
In the storage room.
This left the county holding
the bag" said Davey. "The aver
age abstract cost the county
about So to print. but many cost
much more. In the stockroom
right now there are more than
$4,000 abstracts and most Of
these were printed for subdi-
viders."
Neither Hafeli nor Davey would
venture an estimate as 10 what the
situation might mean 10 the county
financially Davey pointed out.
however, that there was no chance
OF redemption of hundreds of the
abstracts because realty dealers
Tor whom they were printed went
out Of business with the crash.
1T may be that our investiga-
ton will show that individuals
were selling county-printed ALB
stracts outside at a neat profit
or In some cases giving them
away" he said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Death Claims
Thos. Endress
Former Pottery
Worker Dies

Thomas Endress, IS, a retired
Mount Clemens Pottery plant
worker, died early today at St.
Joseph's hospital where he had
been confined since Friday.
Born in Pittsburgh, he came
to Mount Clemens % years ago.
He worked 1T the Pottery plant
for % years until three years
ago.
He was a member of Zion
Evangelical church and of the
Modern Woodman. Besides his
wife, Emma, he is survived b.
brother, William, of Pitts
burgh and several nephews and
nieces.
Funeral services will be held
from the home, 420 Cass avenue,
Wednesday at 2 p. m. with Rev.
Jacob Whitman, pastor of Zion
Evangelical, officiating. Burial
will be in Clinton Grove Gene
terry under the direction of +.
A. Schwarzkoff, of Utica.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Eventual
Gas Ration
Predicted

LANSING, June 8 - Up -
Governor Van Wagner declar-
ed today that the imposition of
some form of Federal gasoline
rationing lis only question of
time and details, now"
Opening a four-day transpor-
tation conservation training
school for local traffic authori-
ties, Van Wagner said:
This training school is Mich
gan's answer to the threat of
crippled war transportation
And l might add that this train
ing school has come not mo-
ment too soon"
Some form of automobile con-
servation program should be OPP
Grating in every community,
Van Wagner asserted, to avoid
last minute confusion when gas
oline rationing is imposed.
Van Wagner said people in
Michigan have stopped driving
long distances for the most part
but that they still were wasting
tires with short daily trips to
an1 from work. He recommend
ed extension of the share the
ride" plan and more efficient
use of mass transportation facil-
tiles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Plunge Through
Guard Rail But
Escape Injury

A 32-year-old Detroit man,
his wife and next-door neighbor
miraculously escaped injury
early Sunday when their car
plunged into the 3O-feet deep
Red Run canal at the foot of
Hoover road in Warren town
ship.
The car headed north when il
ripped through three guard rail
posts, landed on its four wheels
and was pointed east in three
feet of water, Warren township
police said.
Stephen Tychiak, 2156 Lee
land, his wife Pauline, 81, and
John Kutschmar, 46, of PISA
Leland, suffered only minor
hurts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
0uitk-(hange Artist
Nets Self S10

UTICA-Two girl employees
of Motifs Dairy Bar here were
fleeced out of Sl8 at 4:45 p. m.
Saturday by a man using vari-
alton of the old change racket.
The man, described as five
feet, seven inches tall, about
100 pounds, from 35 to 40 years
old, orders a gallon of ice cream
from Norma Henderson and
Marjorie Reed. He discovered
he was without funds but had
$40 at his home.
The girls accompanied him,
taking change with them. A
block away, the man entered the
rear door Of a dwelling with the
change. After waiting an ap-
preciable time, the girls noti-
fled the Romeo State Police
post.
The man answers the descrip-
ton Of a man who fleeced a girl
at Steiner's Dairy Bar in Romeo
and who fled with War bonds
collected by Boo Magary, IA, a
Mount Clemens newsboy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
SeHridge Field
Men to Participate
in Radio Salute

Selfridge Field talent will
present weekly Selfridge Field
Salute program over radio sta
ton WJR, Detroit, each We'd
nesday evening from 1880 until
8 o'clock, it was announced this
morning by First Lieut.. Rich
mond M. Ramey, public rela-
tons officer at the local post.
The program, which is to be
transcribed from the post chapel
will be continued for a period of
Ia weeks according to current
plans, the lieutenant stated.
The program will be salutes to
former officers and organiza-
tons that have been stationed at
the field and who have distin-
guished themselves in the cur
rent conflict and later to offic-
ers and organizations now sta
toned at the post.
On that basis the program
Wednesday evening will be a
salute to Lieut.. Col. Boyd d.
Wagner, who has emerged as
the foremost war eagle Of the
current conflict and who is
just one of the graduates" of
the local post who have distin-
guished themselves since the at
tack on Pearl Harbor.
Cooperating in arranging and
presenting the program are Lieu
tenant Ramey, Larry Payne, an
nouncer, arranger and script
writer for WJR; William Ha-
boush, engineer of the Detroit
station; Sgt. Dom Chown, who
will act as commentator on the
program and who is former
announcer at WJR in civilian
life; Corporal Robert Lawson
and Pvts. Richard Locke and
Arthur Clark.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Rambling Reporter
THANKS RIII

THANKS BILL
Thanks Bill O'Keefe for Of
fering the facilities of your
USO club to high school stu
dents from TO 6 p. m. on
Mondays through Thursdays.
We hope the kids take full
advantage of your offer.
A letter written before you
apparently solved the problem
indicates the youngsters Will APP
preciate your generous hep. We
reprint it, in part, because it
clearly presents the plight -
until now - of Mount Clemens
youth.
Where shall we &C? To the
many beer gardens that are
in this town? Our parents
don't want u. to drink, and
because of the tire situation
and gas rationing we're not
allowed to go out of town for
amusement -. -. =.
eve are always being told
that these are the best years of
our lives. We wonder. We're
not writing this letter to be
mean, but we do want to know
what the youth of this town is
supposed to do.
Most all The kids like to
dance and after being told to
be quiet is schoOlrOOms all
day long, we like to raise our
voices Do we have to
walk the streets every week
end wondering what to do and
where to go? Why can't we
have place where kids can
go and dance and have a swell
time?
Who knows what our future
will be like? No one can an
sWer that question. What will
the toWnspeople do about it?
Will you help us out. We'd sure
ly appreciate it," The letter is
signed Mount Clemens High
school students
Incidentally, the USO drive
for funds opens tomorrow in
Mount Clemens and MacOmb
county. An organization that
is so good to our soldiers and
our high school kids is GER
tainly entitled to generous
support. Dig deep, brother!
NOT UNUSUAL
One of the newer employees
Of County Clerk Guy l.. Brown
regarded written request for
a birth certificate of a person
who said he was born on May IL,
1915 as not unusual. She polite
ly wrote back that office rec
ords date back only to 1857. Told
of the incident, Clerk Brown
wonders if the letter came from
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

the oldest living person or if a
typographical error is respon-
sible. He leans more TO the lat
ter belief.
LIKES THE NAVY
We CLEANED from a back
fence conversation Saturday
with our former neighbor,
Lieut.. Commander Russell T..
SalOt that there's nothing
like the Navy"
Lieut.. Commander Salot, an
outstanding Mount Clemens ply
stefan and surgeon until he vol
unteered, lives at swanky
country club near Great Lakes
Naval Training Station with six
other high ranking officers.
In fact, the place is so de-
luxe that three buck green
fees for nine holes were charg-
ed before the Navy took over.
The food must be good, be-
cause he's gained 10 pounds.
There's plenty of work, too.
Lieut.. Commander Russ per-
forms eight or nine operations
each week.
RAMBLING AROUND
Charley Doll, the Pottery man
ager, showed younger Rotary
members a thing or two about
baseball at the clubs picnic
Thursday He k cps in
trim by playing the gHme with
his grandchildren Wade
Fast, the school superintendent,
hobbled off the field with a
pulled leg muscle.
Whitley KOltz, the auxiliary
fireman, and Neinhardt Nank,
the counselor. discuss the high
cost of living in a downtown
drugstore They're both
against il Il b Wins
low, the telephone chief, takes
his wife and his new hat to
church.
Loo al businessmen seem
shocked to learn that the Jewel
Theatre set new Monday night
attendance record on the eve
ming the War Bond canvass was
held A Daily Monitor
Leader editorial in Fridays is
sue broke the news.
f. ID. X.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Four Gallons Per Week
Is Prospect for July
Additional Rotion Permitted Because
TIGHTER Controls will be Possible

used only for three months,
while another would be good for
year.
A third &C" book, containing
96 coupons, likewise will be
tailored" to fit absolute re-
quirements. On the basis of the
n otorists proved mileage re-
quirements, the local board will
tear out coupons if necessary 20
cut the &C. book down TO the
drivers needs,
All commercial vehicles, in
Guiding trucks, taxicabs, buses
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS auto
mobiles, will receive IS" books
likewise tailored" TO fit.
All &C. books will be review
ed and reissued every three
months; IS books will be re-
viewed and reissued every four
months.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

The Mekong river Is the
eleventh longest in the world,
with a length of $500 miles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
J. SheI|ington
Passes Away
Lingering Illness
Proves FotoI

John O. Shellington, AZ, a
Mount Clemens resident for the
past four years, died Sunday at
his home. 1872 Clinton, following
a lingering illness.
A retired travelling salesman,
Mr.. Shellington came here from
Perry, Mich. He came TO the
United States at the age of two
with his parents, Charles and
Emily Shellington.
Besides his wife, Margaret, he
is survived by a daughter, Alice
Joan, at home, and by two
daughters of a former marriage.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at p. m. from the
Hubbard Funeral Home with
the Rev. Mary Rogers officiat-
ing. Burial will be in Will
liamston, Mich.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Warren Man
Takes Own Life
Young Husband
Shoots Self

Placing the muzzle of a II
guage shotgun in his mouth,
Dale E. Oberlin, 33, of 1882 Stu
debaker, Warren township, took
his own life at 1928 p. m. Sat
urday as he sat in his car park
ed at the Rivard-Van Dyke in
tersection in Warren township.
A suicide note addressed to his
wife, Fredl, was found near the
body. The wife said that her hus-
band, a one time pharmacist,
had been unable to work because
of heart ailment which doctors
had told him was incurable.
Warren Township Patrolman
Anthony Winters completed the
investigation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

WASHINGTON, June 8-(P)
East coast motorists will get
an average basic ration of near
ly four gallons of gasoline a
week under the regular coupon
book system starting next
month, Joel Dean, OPA fuel ra-
tioning administrator, said to-
day.
Under the present temporary
program, non essential drivers
are allowed about three gallons
weekly.
Dean told reporters the addi-
tional ration would be permit
ted because of tighter controls
made possible under the new
plan. Considerably fewer "B'
coupons will be issued, Dean eX-
planned, since motorists will be
required to prove need for sup
Elemental allowances"
They must show to the salts
faction of local rationing boards
that use of their cars is requir-
ed in their businesses, that they
have formed transportation
pools" of not less than four
persons, or that no other means
of transportation is available 20
get them TO and from work.
The East coast plan, expected
to serve as a model if nation
wide rationing is instituted, is
based on an allowance of g.
$50 miles of driving a year for
the average "non-eSSential" mo-
toriSt.
Basic CA books will be issued
to every passenger-c driver
who registers. These will con-
tain As coupons, each good for
four gallons of gasoline.
The "B" books, containing Is
coupons, will be issued on evil
dence of need and will be used
in addition TO the basic "A
book. Each "B" book, however,
will be dated, depending upon
the local ration boards esti-
mate of the applicants gasoline
requirements.
Thus, one "B" book could be
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Russell Dix
Passes AWAY
Illness Fotol
to Printer

Russell Dix, 38, at one time a
well known printer in Mount
Clemens, who married Miss
Mildred Charbeaneau, daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Frank Charlie
neau, here, died at Receiving
Hospital Friday.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 10 a. m. from the
Farmer Funeral Home in Pom
tiac with burial in the family
plot in a Pontiac cemetery.
Born in Montreal, Dix came to
Mount Clemens where he was a
resident for 10 years. He was
welded to Miss Charbeneau in
1923. During his sojourn here he
was employed first by the Lee
Printing Co, then by The Mount
Clemens Daily Leader and later
by the Lee firm again. He had
been in por health for the last
nine years and had moved from
Mount Clemens to Detroit, his
wife and family remaining
here. He was removed TO Re-
ceiving hospital only three days
before his death.
Surviving him are his widow;
three children, James, 10; Ger
aldine, 10, and Mildred, nine;
two brothers, George and Will
liam, both of Canada, and one
sister, Mrs. Morris Manivold, of
Pontiac.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
East Coast Motorists Will Get Extra Gallon Of Gas
Reckless Driver
Pays $50 Fine

CENTER l. I N z - Stanley
Bush, %, of 2l64 Belmont, Ham,
tramck, paid a fine after ne
pleaded guilty to reckless driv-
ing upon arraignment late Sum
day before Justice Guy Frost.
Bush was arrested at the Van
Dyke Church road intersection
by Patrolman Charles Miller,
who was directing traffic as par
ishioners left nearby st. Glenn
ents church.
Miller said Bush almost
knocked him down as he speed
ed past. Miller said Bush re-
sisted arrest and had to be fore
ed into a cell.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Illness Fatal
10 Ex-Resident
FuneroI Today for
Mrs. Mary Ryon, 66

Mrs. Mary Ryan, former re-
sident of Armada and Mount
Clemens, and for the last sever
al years resident of 2480 Sheri-
dan avenue, Detroit, died in St.
Joseph hospital Saturday.
She is survived by one broth
er, John Gamm, of Armada.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. today from the Con-
gregational church in Armada
with the Rev. E. G.. Appel, pas
tor Of the Lutheran church at
Romeo officiating and with bur-
ial in Meade cemetery.
Mrs. Ryan was born in Mount
Clemens, May 20, 1875.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Tired Of Bullet
Dodging; Calls Cops

When j. G. Jackson, of 1861
Little, grew tired of lodging
bullets as he worked in his gar
den Sunday, he called the sher-
ifs office.
An investigation revealed that
man living 800 yards away
had been shooting at tin cans.
He was told to either put up his
pistol or to take more careful
aim.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Burns Prove Fatal
10 Aged Woman
OiI-Stove Blast
Causes Womon's Deoth

EAST DETROIT-Mrs. Hell
enc Nageborn, 83, of 1904 Ste
phens, died at ll:30 p. m. Sat
urday at Saratoga hospital, De
troit, of burns she suffered Fri
day morning when an oil stove
exploded as she was preparing
breakfast in the kitchen of her
home.
Mrs. Nageborn's daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Gustave Lew, OF 10l80
Traverse, told East Detroit po-
lice that Mrs. Nageborn insisted
living alone although they had
frequently begged her TO live
with them.