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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
10 Executed

VICHY, May 23-tP)-The
Germans announced today that
10 hostages had been executed in
occupied France in reprisal for
an attack against German sol
der May - and that 10 others
would be shot II the attackers
were not found within eight
days.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
Reach Britain

LONDON, May 23-(P)-Roy-
al Canadian Air Force head
quarters announced today the
arrival in the United Kingdom
of a new contingent of airmen
from Canada. The size of the
group was not disclosed, but an
official source said it was not
large.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
MERCHANTS 40 MAINTAIN
SATURDAY HOURS FRIDAY

Because Memorial Day falls
on Satur day Of next week.
Mount Clemens merchants win
maintain Saturday hours on the
Friday night before A. D. Brew
err. executive secretary of the
Board of Commerce, said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
Launch Attack

BERLIN (From g e r M a n
Broadcasts), May 23-(P)-Mili-
tary quarters declared today that
German troops had shifted from
the defensive i'm the gigantic bat
tie of KharkOv and said new and
extensive Nazi military opera
tons were in progress against
the Russians.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
CHURCH TRUSTEE

Rev. B. A. Warren, pastor of
New Haven Congregational
church, was elected to the Mich
igan Board of Trustees by Mich
igan Congregationalists meeting
yesterday at Jackson.
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Impartial Coverose
of All loeol News
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
EXPERT CLERK

Ellen Drew was cast as a depart ment store clerk in Paramount's "The Remarkable Andrew" s e needed no technical advice. She used to be department store clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
RUSSIANS KILL,
 44,00O NAZIS
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left 12,000 killed on the battlefield.
 Our booty consists of 1855 guns, 135 trench mortars, 29 tanks, $40 machine guns, ALSO rifles, 45O vehi- 'cles, 320 motorcycles, 56O bicycles, Is tractors, 125 rail trucks, eight locomotives, 14000 artillery shells, 9,700 mines, 100000 cartridges, G. 35c grenades, 27 radio transmit ters 385 parachutes and 335 hors- es."
 There was no doubt-not even in German radio reports--that ma- .ior offensive was under way. The Germans admitted powerful Rus sian attacks on the Donets and Leningrad fronts, in which the Soviet army was using wave upon wave" of troops.
 The Russians claimed further progress in the offensive against Smolensk. They already have talk en Dorogobuzh. an important piv- otal position 48 miles east of Smo- lenSk, and it was indicated that a pincers movement was fast clos- ing about Smolensk. If it's jaws are finally closed, the Russians may entrap hundreds of thousands of Germans.
 Forced Nazis to Fight
 It was reported that the Rus sianS had forced the Germans into a violent battle midway between Smolensk and Vyazma. The Ger mans. it was said. were in peril of having their communications be- tween Vyazma and Rzhev, north- ern anchor of their central front ines, cut.
 The Germans admitted Russian attacks had penetrated their de- lenses in the Donets area, put claimed they had rectified their lines by counter-attacking.
 Severe fighting was reported tn the Leningrad area, and Radio Leningrad said an artillery platoon had destroyed five German forti- fled positions and killed 100 Ger mans.
 Last nights communique added
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General Macarthur
 Is On Offensive
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constantly pouring into the Japa- nese lines, remained compact, we'll organized force able to lash back al the enemy's lines.
 In the air battle over besieged Java. almost 2,000 miles southwest of where Macarthur holds out il, the Philippines, seven P-40 fighters battled against odds of more than three to one.
 The United States fighters tangled with nine Japanese bomberS and 14 fighters. They turned the enemy at- tackers back after shooting doWr two of them and damaging six others. The damaged planes were four bombers and two fighters.
 On Monday the war department announced that since Jan. 1 the U. s. army air forces had destroyed 48 Jap planes--13 bombers and B f1ghters-in the East Indies fighting
 Military officials, attempting tc explain the earlier calm on the Bataan front, said that Gen. Mac Arthur's resistance may have forced shakeup among the Japanese con- manders opposing him.
 Has Jap General Gone
 There was nothing to indicate that Lieut.. Gen. Masarahu Homma commander-in-ch of Japan's 100000 or more men in the Philip pines, had been replaced. Latest of ficial advices to the War Depart. ment still name him as the leader of the long-stalled drive.
 Belief grew in military circles however, that MacArthur's epit stand may have impelled the Jap. anese war chieftains in Tokyo-ol Homma himself-to replace the commanders of five or six divisions known to be facing the little army of defenders along a 13-mile battle front.
 Its quite likely that the Japan csc high command is becoming an- moved with the way things are go- ing on Bataan peninsula, tying ul at least 100000 of their best troops and that the Tokyo generals woulc give lot to have MacArthur out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
ATTEMPT MADE
 TO KILL ENVOY
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 ----------------------- Takeo Konosita, first secretary of the Japanese embassy, were resi- dents was damaged.
 1n the Tangier bombing some BriIons were casualties and reports had indicated that they might have been the targets).
 May Identity Victim
 Police said they had found in the bomb victims clothing receipt for a telegram which might lead to his identification. He had carried a re- volver, they said. The hat which he wore had been bought here; the shoes at Isthanbul.
 The general belief was that the bombers was the man who was killed, but stories of witnesses left the possibility that it might have been thrown by another passerby in Ataturk Boulevard, named for the late President Renal Ataturk, or might even have been planted. Some witnesses said they saw a woman running away after the explosion.
 Papen was walking in the avenue with his wife, as is his custom each morring, from his residence in the former Austrian legation. He had reached point opposite the Italian embassy when well-dressed man approached. Then Papen and his wife were thrown to the ground by an explosion. Both were knocked out by the blast. They lay there for several minutes until a police car approached.
 The bomb had exploded 55 feet from Papen. The man who had been approaching had been blown to pieces.
 A foreign office motorcycle dis patch rider, returning from the home of President Ismet Inonu, helped Papen and his wife, both covered with the blood of the bomb victim, irto the Italian embassy where Papen telephoned the police and sent message to Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu. demand ing an immediate investigation.
 Shook Up Diplomats
 The explosion shook the diploma tic quarter which surrounds the scene. Hundreds of people had ar rived before the police could cordon of the area.
 Identification of the bomb victim was difficult because torn fragments of his body were strewn for 10 yards around, along with bits of his clot- ing.
 Minister of Interior Faik Oztrak at once took charge of the police investigation, along with the chief Of police.
 In a preliminary statement, they said that the fact that the bomb exploded go near Papen pointed to the probability that he was the intended victim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
BRIDGEPORT IS
 OBTAINING g

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. 25.-(UP) tate and local police today held 9. men and woman on charges of conspiracy to set up and maintain a lottery.
 The arrests, made during series of raids by 55 state policemen, cli- maxed six months of investicat'nn by States Attorney Iorin w. Willis, who said there may be other arrests soon.
 Willis estimated the lottery group made $3O,O00 week in the Bridge port area.
 "The arrests" he said, touch only a small portion of the racket here I believe th7t '"ose arrested are part of one gang"
 Among those Il was Ernes CozzG said to be one of the leaders of the group. Quantities of tickets were aken as evidence by state police men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
Bombs Not Dropped
 But Shrapnel Fell
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1 at their posts while the army anu navy continued their search for the submersible.
 The evening alert ended at 1923 l D. m. G:23 a. m. EWT) but another sounded at 2:22 8. m and the black out order followed within three min utes. It covered Los Angeles county I from Santa Monica to Pomona. At 2:27 all Southern California radio stations went off the air except those in San Diego.
 Blaze of Guns
 The blaze of guns reddened the horizon for approximately 20 min utes, starting in the vicinity of Man. haitian Beach on the outskirts of Los Angeles and moving south. Anti-aircraft searchlight batter. ies from all directions play on single area. Long Beach police said planes were seen in the air Resi- dents of Palos Verdes, in the hills between Long Beach and Manhat- tan, said they heard motors ot planes, but their sound disappeared after the guns went into action.
 The lights and firing ceased mo- mentarily after about an half an hour. Then at 4 a. m. q a. m. EWT) the action resumed.
 The second anti-aircraft barrage followed the course. of the first l It appeared to be an effort to To- cate and blast the unidentified ! planes. It started over the sea and followed a southeasterly course. The number of searchlights played va ried upwards of 15.
 The second barrage appeared closer to downtown Los Angeles since watchers could hear the con- cussion of the guns more clearly and 1 the flash of bursting shells was l brighter.
 It was assumed that the aircraft heard by the Palos Verdes residents were army planes seeking the in- truders. Army sources said this was quite likely"
 Long Beach police said they saw several planes flying in the cone of | light created by the beams of searchlights. They said the shells burst very cldse but they saw no | hits.
 From the activity, it appeared the unidentified aircraft" did not fly inland more than a few miles.
 None Over Factory
 Watchers living near the Long Beach Douglas Aircraft plant said no planes flew over the factory. They said windows in buildings shook from the blasting guns, but no shrapnel fell in the area.
 From the downtown Los Angeles area, a great semi-circle of reddish light could be seen, but at no place were any bombs known to have fallen. The light appeared to come from the firing guns.
 The activity was occurring over an area of oil fields, refineries and tanks and aircraft factories. Doug las has two plants in the vicinity of Santa Monica and Fl Segundo, in addition to the new "blackout' Long Beach factory. Inland are North American Aviation and Vul- tee Aircraft, Inc.
 Long Beach lies at the lower end of vital Los Angeles harbor, South ern California shipbuilding center.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25

of the war;" said one military eX- pert.
 "A look at the map will show you how Homma's prestige must have suffered during the past two weeks, as the other Japanese com- manders passed him by and car ried their invasion Spearheads 1,50t or 2,000 miles further south into the Dutch East Indies.
 We may find that this present Hull in the Philippines means re- organization of Japan,s combat forces under new commanders ant that, when this is completed, the heat will be on again."
 For the past three days Mac Arthur's reports to the War Depart. ment have told of steadily diminish ing enemy activity after sharp lane and air attacks on Saturday which were regarded by some observers aS "windup' for an -all-out enemy assault.
 On Sunday the Japanese eased of their attacks to frequent air raids and intermittent duels between their concealed batteries around Cavite on Manila Bays southeast shore and the guns of American forts at the entrance to the bay On Monday came complete calm or all sectors which continued Tues day when MacArthur said There was no activity of ground troops or either side during the past 24 hours" z Compelled to Withdraw
 Military officials said the Japan csc undoubtedly have been con- pelled to withdraw some of theil aerial strength from the Philip pines, including heavy bombers ano dive-bombers, for the assault on Java but there are no indications that any of Homma's combat troops have been diverted.
 Homma, they said, is a genera. of tremendous driving power-a man who for 10 years has sought military glory at every opportunity and that 1t is unlike him to "sit still" in Bataan.
 These quarters believed it more likely that Homma, after failing ir repeated attempts to crack Mac. Arthur's main line stretching from Bagac on the China Sea to Pilal on Manila Bay, was shaking up hi. field commanders.
 The last mention of Gen. Homme in 8 War Department communiqut was 13 days ago when it was an. nounced that he had issued a sterr proclamation ordering Philippine farmers to emerge from hiding anc take care of their crops.
 None of Homma's subordinate generals has been mentioned since Feb. 13 when it was revealed that Japanese dive-bombers had mistak- enly bmobed General Nara's 122nt Regiment with "heayy casualties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
JAPANESE ARE
 HIT HARD BLOW
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tered by Dutch guns in their first attack, but returned flying singly.
 The communique. issued through the Netherlands Indies news agency confirmed a Japanese attack yester- day on the Soerabaja naval base and a raid on an airport near Bandoeng Netherlands army headquarters Little damage was done, it was said
 The communique put Japanese plane losses yesterday at one fighter and one bomber downed for certain and three fighters and five bombers most probbaly destroyed.
 It said that the difficult terrain of Java greatly hampered the task of tracing destroyed enemy planes so they oculd be viewed and thus claimed officially.
 War Communique
 'The Japanese continued to con- fine themselves to attacks on air dromes on Java.
 Yesterday morning 16 planes carried out a violent attack on the harbor of Tandjong Prick. Although the attack lasted approximately one hour, damage and losses were small Nearly all the bombs dropped into the water. The third attack was carried out by 16 planes. The for nation was broken up by our anti aircraft artillery. The planes then came back in small groups and car ried out attacks individually.
 "The same aircraft carried out an attack on an airdrome near Batavia Some drums of petrol stocked there burnt out and yesterday morning also an airdrome near Boendane was raided, but only slight damage was done.
 "A bombing attack against naval objectives near Soerabaja caused little damage.
 Tn the course of yesterday, vari- ous air actions over Java took place Total losses of the enemy were as follows:
 "One Japanese fighter was shot down for certain. Most probably however, three Japanese fighters were shot down. Also one Japanese bomber was shot down for certain Most probably, however, five enemy bombers were slot down. The pecu- liar characte rof the terrain of Java greatly hampered the tracing of de- stroyed enemy aircraft.
 "In course of an action on con- centration of Japanese ships near Macassar allied aircraft sank two large transport ships. During the same morning another allied plane had already sunk another large transport ship.
 Allies aircraft have attacked an airdrome in the vicinity of Palem- bang and bombed three enemy planes which caught fire"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
Survivors Of Vessel
 Tell Tales Of Horror
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Gloucester. Mass; Joseph LaFrance. wiper. Haverhill, Mass; John F. Kelly. ordinary seaman, Cambridge, Mass: John J. Walsh, wiper. South Boston, Mass; Albert Baron, first engineer. Fairhaven, Mass; Lester D. Russell, oiler, (23 Vermont ave nue) Lynn, Mass; Alexander C. Decker, first officer 1l8 Varnum streeD Arlington, Mass.
 Another Horror Tale
 Baltimore, Feb. 25.-(UP)-Siy haggard survivors e. the torpedoed Norwegian freighter Blink today told of their efforts to make port alive in a har, 'irg, 66-hour life- boat journey on the Atlantic, dur ing which IT Of their companions perished.
 The. six arrived here Feb. IT. but it was'not until today that they told their stories. They have been at the L s. Marine hospital where they were treated for exposure and shock.
 There were 30 members of the Blink'S crew One of three tor pedoes that struck the boat killed three men n the engine room. Four men put out on raft and presum- ably perished.
 The other 23, including the cap- tain and the first mate, climbed into the only iifeboat not damaged by explosions. They pulled away from the 3inking freighter into mountainous seas somewhere along the Atlantic coast early one even- ing recently.
 Rescue came 66 hours later.
 The 17th victim died only tive hours before an unidentified vessel appeared and took the living men aboard.
 The survivors screamed for water lots of it-when rescued. but were too weak for hours to drink more than a few drops. Gone, First Day
 All food, every drop of drinking water, all oars and an evergency sail were lost the first day out when the lifeboat capsized.
 Birge Lunde, one of the survivors told of the agony the men suffered before they died of thirst, hunger and exposure.
 Water was up to their waists ir the lifeboat,' he said, but there wasn't drop to drink.
 This drove them out of theil heads,
 "Once, even nature conspired tc add to their torture. There was 6 slight sprinkle of rain. The mer lifted their cracked and swollen lips heavenWards. But only few drops touched them. Then the shower l ended.
 One by one, delirium overlook the men. They raved irrationally about their loved ones. Then came death. And we lifted their bodies one by one, over the side"
 Among the first to die was Capt Sigurd U1vstvord whose last un- answered appeal was for cup of coffee. The first mate-name un- known-Was the last to die.
 Lunde said the men spent all of the first night trying unsuccess. fully to start the hfeboat's motor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
FIREBUGS IN NEW
 BRITAIN SENTENCED

Hartford, Con-, Feb. 25-UP)- Two New Britain men today began prison and jail terms on charges of setting fires in that sity.
 Sentenced in superior court were: William Bohsung to four to 10 years in states prison for allegedly ytart- ing a $60,000 fire May 27, 1941, and Arthur E. Goodrich, accused of set ting a fire on Jan. 6 which caused SIS, 5000 damage, to one year in jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
ArmOred Spearheads

Mandalay, Burba, Feb. 25-CUP) Japanese forces striking at the Sittang river front today were re- ported using strong armored spear heads in flanking attacks against the British defenders of Rangoon.
 The enemy forces had fresh re- Inducements and it was reported they were using 170,00O troops in an effort to deal quick knock out blow to Rangoon and Burma before the allied defenders could be reinforced.
 The British imperials were forced to abandon bridgehead on the east bank of the river after fierce hand to hand fighting. As they fel back to the west side they destroyed the bridge. The scene of this fighting was about 72 miles from Rangoon.
 British ground forces were sup ported by the air force, with Amer ican volunteers and the RAF straf- ing the Japanese lines and bomp- ing their military installations. The pilots said the entire area was crowded with Japanese, bearing out the belief that great numbers of fresh troops have been brought up.
 The Sittang river at this time of year is shallow and may pre- sent only minor obstacle to the Japanese troops, who previously had crossed the swirling, mile wide SalWeen river.
 Dispatches received at noon to- day said imperial troops were fight ing stubbornly but had been forced to give ground in order to avoid encirclement by superior numbers.
 The Japanese managed to sweep around the left Hang of the Brit ish forces on the Bilin river last Thursday and to start the slow defense withdrawal which contin- ued to the Sittang.
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 Pal going into sheet Of orange flame. Some of the fellows said he screamed. didn't hear him. don't know what happened to the guys with him. Maybe they were burned. too.
 Monroe Reynolds was with me for a while. His eyes were burned. He was screaming that he was going blind.
 "'Take care of me l don't want po go downp he cried.
 "The last time I saw him he Jumped into the fiery water. That vas his finish, I guess.
 When We left the lifeboat our poatswain I don't know his name stayed with it. The boat disappeared in the fire We haven't teen him since either
 T abandoned ship a second time when I saw Poop Deck Captain Boucher (ship's cook, Harry A. Boucher. Birmingham Ala), the baldheaded chef, Ranging on to a VuiAAOSi otd5Hlb. Sl dDDtu " eoo'
 Quartermaster Hurt
 Gus, the quartermaster (probably August Baum, New York) was with us, but he was hurt. He had a piece of steel in his head, and he said, I'm about done for. I won't last long He didn't. We kept his body with us for about an hour, then let It go into the water It was picked 1p later.
 About five hours later the rescue Doats came. could have cried with 'oy when l saw them coming. Now I am ready to go back out there again."
 Harry Heap, 38, of Quincy, Mass, . wiper, also was asleep.
 T left my clothes and started to run,' he said. When I got to where .he ladder should be, it was gone, So ran aft to the poop deck.
 ''The starboard side of the ship was in flames. Some of the men were trying to unload a life raft, but 1t caught fire. We pulled out another and got it overheard. went over the side on a rope.
 The Navy's disclosure that the Cities Service Empire had been sunk brought to B the total of ships at attacked by enemy submarines off the east coast since January IA Twenty were sunk. It also was re- vealed yesterday that the 5,287 ton tanker Republic of the Petroleum Navigation Company's fleet, was hit by two torpedoes on Saturday, but did not sink. Five members of her crew are dead or missing.
 The known dead of the Cities Service Empire sinking were: Clay Madsen, quartermaster, New York Harry G. Grauer, wiper, New York August Baum, quartermaster, New York; Captain William J. Jerman master. Upper Darby, Pa; Chico Crespo, mess boy, Puerto Rico; Monroe Reynolds, machinist, Port Arthur, Texas, and Jacksonville, Fla; Hasker Reeder, seaman, Colina Tenn.
 Missing and presumed dead: l. Duhy, address unlisted; Antonio Lorenzo, boatswain, Philadelphia Andrew Rasmussen, address un- listed; J. Reeves, address unlisted
 Injured survivors included: Charles E. Jenne, third officer (33 North Crescent Circui0 Brigh- ton, Mass; Frank Heap, wiper, (18e Simonson street. Quincy, Mass.
 Uninjured survivors included:
 Alfred Madore, ordinary seaman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
REGULATIONS
 ON BLACKOU1
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lights will be turned on, announce ment will be made that a blackout is in progress and then the service, entertainment or meeting may con- tinue.
 Hotels must see to it that all lights, including those in guest rooms, are extinguishec.
 Flashlights and matches must not be used outdoors or in any place visible from outdoors during the blackout. Smoking on the streets is forbidden.
 Aid raid wardens, first aid work CTS and other volunteers will be on duty. All others should remain in their homes. Police will be ready 10 proceed against any violators
 The full text of blackout regula- tions for Waterbury is contained on an inside page in tonIght's Demo- crat.