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Evening star., 1942-12-26
De Gau||e May Sound
Unity Call if Giraud
Succeeds DarIan
Fighting French Head
Keeps Silent, However;
Bern Comment Dubious
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. 26. Gen.
Charles de Gaulle may formally
declare himself for unity among
all pro-Allied French elements
if Gen. Henri Giraud is ap-
pointed successor to Admiral
Jean Darlan as head of French
North Africa, persons familiar
with the Fighting French lead
er'S policies said last night.
Gen. de Gaulle. one of those who
disapproved most strongly the ar
rangement by which the assassinat-
ed French admiral took over the
African colonial leadership, re-
manned silent on Darlan's Staying
and on possible developments his
death may bring in ro-Allied French
circles.
Effect Debated.
In Bern, dispatches said. some
Frenchmen regarded Admiral Dar-
lan's death as clearing away a prin-
cipal obstacle in the path of Gen.
de Gaulle's followers. They said,
however, that much apparently de-
pended on the identity and motives
OF the assassin. and that it was DOS
slble the act might even widen the
division among French elements.
In one broadcast the Germans at
tributed the assassination to the
British, and Paul Schmidt. head of
the foreign press section of the Ger
man foreign office, was quoted by
the Vichy radio as saying:
When two allies such as America
and Britain can only settle their
political differences by murder we
cannot but rejoice"
At Dakar in French West Africa
given over bloodlessly to the Allies
through Admiral Darlan's influence,
news of the assassination saddened
many supporters of the French ad-
miral who had warmly welcomed
him on visit several weeks ago.
Glassford Sees Boisson.
Associated Press Correspondent
Joseph Morton said in a dispatch
from Dakar that Vice Admiral Will
liam Glassford, head of the special
United States Army mission now in
Dakar to develop it's facilities for
Allied use, called on Gov. Pierre
Boisson, French West African Gov
ernor, to express coincidence.
German broadcasts sought to make
capital of the assassination, using it
in an effort to create a rift between
Americans and British.
Berlin broadcasts said the Paris
press was unanimous in charging the
British intelligence service with re-
sponsibility for Darlan's' death.
The admiral's dying words, unre-
ported from any other source, were
said by the Nazi-controlled Paris
papers to have been: There is
nothing more for me to do. Britain
has reached its objective"
The Petit Parisien was quoted by
the German radio: "Darlan died as
the victim of two imperialisms which
face one another in North Africa.
His death should be lesson to all
Frenchmen who believe they can
reach compromise with the egoistic
Anglo-American peoples"
The German radio said that Dar-
lan's assassination caused "pro-
found sensation" in Madrid, and
quoted the newspaper ABC as say
ing that his death "simplifled the
African problem as far as the British
were concerned"
Evening star., 1942-12-26
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Six American airmen, flying a BIS
Bomber from Brazil, were forced
down in French West Africa, were
interned by the Vichy government,
and subsequently were shifted across
5000 miles of wild country. Four
of them kept diaries which were
read by Joseph Morton, Associated
Press war correspondent in West
Africa. who sent the contents to the
United States.
The four authors are Second 1t.
Daniel E. Kelley of Waco, Tex:
Second 1t. George A. Young, jr., of
Westwood, Mass; Second 1t Jerome
M. Goldsmith of Atlanta, and Corpl.
John F. Tom of Leakey, Tex.
The other two, mentioned from
time to time. are Second 1t. Erich
Downs of Dallas, Tex, and Pvt. HUI
bert H. Holmes of Denver, Colo.
In previous iriteallments. the
diaries described how the men were
taken to Bamako in the French
Sudan.
June 1l-Lt. Kelley: We finally
got away from Bamako this morn
ing. I rode in the first truck with
a Capt. Ponse, in command of the
caravan The others were spread
out riding in different trucks. Our
destination for today was Segou,
about 140 miles from Bamako. 1t
was hot ride, and being excited
in leaving, few of lis did not feel
so good.
We stopped about 10 o'clock in
the morning BECAUSE 1t was too
damned hot ride. 1t took us about
three hours to gather something
together and eat,S We bought some
hard-boiled eggs from the natives
here and they were delicious. Our
lunch consisted wof eggs, peanuts,
sardines. bread and water. We con-
tinued, arriving at Segou about 6.
Segou was pretty place.
June l2-Lt. Goldsmith: Left
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Coils Staying
CowordIy; Asks
For Cooperation
BY BLAIR ROLLES.

Secretary of State Hull today
called the assassination of Ad-
miral Jean Darlan IAN odiouS
and cowardly act" and said that
the admiral had been "of in
calculable aid to the Allied army
In the battle which still is rag
ing" in North Africa.
Speaking in response to questions
made at his press conference, Mr..
Hull emphasized the need for look
ing ahead to the next phase of the
African war.
The Secretary of State dropped
strong hint that all available French
leaders cooperate in assisting the
United Nations in the conduct of
the African battle. which he said.
lis still at crucial and critical
stage
Cites Need of Support.
Mr.. Hull gave point to his reply
by permitting it to be quoted. He
said:
The allimportant consideration
Is that we be not diverted for
moment from the supreme objective
of the United Nations in the pres
ent battle against the Axis forces
for control of the African con-
tlnent and the Mediterranean This
battle is still at a crucial and
critical stage The fullest measure
OF unified support is needed by
Gen. Eisenhower and his associates
LIT. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Allied commander in North Africa.
"Of Admiral Darlan. it may be
repeated that the part he played in
North Africa related primarily to
the military situation and was of
lncalculable aid to the Allied armies
IN the battle which is still raging
His assassination was an odious and
cowardly act"
No Word on De Gaulle.
The Secretary's emphasis on the
military situation" served to de-
lend the admiral from complaints
which have been voiced against him
because he did not take certain DO
htlcal steps in North Africa such as
releasing political prisoners.
Mr.. Hull said he had no definite
information that would illuminate
the insistent report that Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, leader of the
flghtlng French, is going to visit
the United States.
Gen. de Gaulle opposed the Allied
cooperation with Admiral Darlan.
but 1t is expected that he will work
with Gen. Giraud, the most likely
choice as Admiral Darlan's success
sor as French military leader in
North Africa.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec.
ga mixed force of Australians
and Americans was rapidly
closing in today on two sides of
japanese Notifications in the
Buna Mission area of New
Guinea.
Australian dispatches from the
front said the Australian Ameri-
can force now has constructed a
bridge across Senemi Greek, after
securing their hold en- the new fly
ing strip, and had knocked out
some of the forward japanese posi-
tions along the old flying strip
across the creek.
This mixed force. clearing the
japanese from their forward de-
fense positions. had to clean up big
plllboXes, mortar emplacements and
machine gun nests.
American engineers. less than 80
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Feeding of AEF and Allies
Makes Big Dent in u. S. Lorder
One-Thrd of Bacon, 20 Per Cent of Beef,
l6 Per Cent of Eggs Are Sent Abroad

By the Associated Press
Feeding the fighting men
overseas and putting some food
on the tables of our needy Allies
has sliced deeply into the Ma
tion's domestic larder this year,
a checkup on Americas food
stuff shipments for 1912 revealed
today.
To the average housewife, con-
fronted with many shortage on
her shopping trips. it meant she
was giving her neighbors across the
seas approximately the equivalent
of:
One-third of her bacon and other
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Russia, Britain Get Most.


Russia, Britain Get Most.
And the fact that one of the boys
Or girls-Was over there eating
with the neighbors couldn't prevent
that from meaning smaller portions
for the folks at home.
Government buying for lease-lend
shipment to our Allies and for the
armed services took just about those
proportions from food available for
civilians in 1912 Some of the
lease lend food was made available
to our soldiers stationed abroad.
There are shortages of other foods
in this country but factors besides
shipments to our Allies and pur-
chases for the armed services figure
in them.
Lease-lend shipments have gone
principally to Russia and Great
Britain. including shipments to
Malta, the British forces in North
Africa and garrisons at other points
around the world. Food has been
or soon will be sent to North Africa
for the civilian population.
Concentrated Foods Sent.
In the World War, IS per cent of
food shipments were grain and grain
products. Today, We have a surplus
of wheat but the shipping situation
calls for less bulky, highly nutritive
foods.
From April. 1941. through last
September, shipments were divided
as follows: Dairy products. l6 per
cent; pork products, "a per cent;
grains, 20 per cent. The remaining
40 per cent includes eggs. fruits,
vegetables, fats. oils, lard mot in
cluded in pork products. canned
fish and vitamin concentrates.
1t is difficult to break down Gov
ernment purchases between the
armed services and lease-lend. Then,
too, figures on shipments or pur-
chases can be misleading Both
leaselend and the military authori-
ties must build up reserves of foods
in warehouses in advance of ship
ments. in order not to keep vessels
waiting. Hence. some purchases
may never leave the country.
Here, however, are some figures on
actual deliveries to shipsides in 1912
call figures in pounds:
Butter, 8,440.117; cheese, 246,688,-
16l; dried eggs, 107.061, 500; shell
eggs, 1889 l20 dry skim milk. l04.-
1925; eXaporated milk, 303 3,644,-
See FOOD, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-12-26
One Killed, Two Injured
In Virginia Auto Crash
By the Associated Press.

ORANGE, Va, Dec. 26.-Everett
Wheeler, 43, of Boyd Tavern was
killed and his two companions in
jured last night when the automo-
bile in which they were riding went
out OF control on Route Is, miles
south of here, and crashed into a
tree. They were en- route home for
the holidays from Baltimore.
The injured men, Elmer w. Dab
ney and Irving J. Profitt, also re-
sidents of Fluvanna County. were
taken to the University Hospital at
Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1942-12-26

RUSSIANS OPEN FOURTH OFFENSIVE-A offensive
by the Russians reported yesterday
drives continued Red forces
Caucasus taking towns of Aagr and Adon a. southeast
Nalchk Premier Stain
and two drives there squeezed Meovo N but 1870 miles from
Kharkov and endangered million Germans Don-Voga re-
gon Cd west of Stalingrad The Soviet Army
Luk central front ~ continued slowly despite
counterbows Broken line shows farhes
by December 1e Solid line depicts farhest German advance
by December 1912. "A. P. wirephoto
Evening star., 1942-12-26

pork products. one fifth OF her beef
and veal. two out of each dozen
eggs, and an ounce from each pound
of butter and cheese and a small
glass from each quart of milk.
Evening star., 1942-12-26

1t. Goldsmith: 1t is getting hotter
every day now and these sand
storms annoy hell out of me. At
Evening star., 1942-12-26

(See RUSSIAN, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1942-12-26

tSee AIRMEN, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1942-12-26

You may enlist In the war effort
by giving blood to the Red Cross.
The process is painless and does
one no harm. For details call
RE. $500, Branch 212.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
wake UP YOUR
LIVER BILE

Without Cals0sl-And Ys1u k@p Out q
Bed in the Msnins Karin to &c
The liver should pour pints Of bile juice
into your bowels every day. II this bile -
not flowing freely. your food may not d.
aest. 1t may Just decay in the bowels. Then
gas bioats up your stomach. You eeA con-
stipatsd. You feel sour, sunk and the world
looks punk.
IL takes those good. old Cartsr's Little
Liver Pills to get these pints of bile flow
ing freely TO make you feel up and mp"
Get a package today. Take A. directed.
Effective in making bile flow frssly. Ask
for Carriers Little Liver Pilla l0A and ia
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
So to Graduate from Utica
High School on Thursday
Dr.. Clyde Ford Principal
Speaker for Graduation Event

Anna Marie Sontag, Joseph
Hawaii, Mary Lou Parrot, Rus
sell Malzahn, Joy Clippert, Ter
renee Block, Harry Flickingers
Lola School, Howard DuRussel,
Betty DeCook, John Paul Leduc.
Patricia Forcier, Audrey
Vance, George Gerberding, Ce-
celia Brickser, Fred Fletcher,
Jeanne Gasko, Shirley Hohen-
stern, Edward Ochylski, Max
inc Ream, Leland Nieman, Vio-
let Westlake.
Glenn Shaw, Dorothy Buhal-
ski, Lowell Roberts, June Rem
shaw, Ted Mueller, Arnold Wan
gelin, Harriet Zdunski, Earl Ret
ford, Dorothy Scrunemann, Cliff
ford Young
Dante Salterelli, Dorothy Ri
bare Dobald Schnoover, Clark
knight, Joan Shook, Donald
Stevens, Wilfred Meitz, Eliza
beth Voisich, Betty Wardell,
Guido Salterelli.
Elmer Marquardt is president
of the graduating class, Harley
Harmed, ice-president and salu-
tatorian, Betty Frederick, vale
dictorian, Vera Kob, secretary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10

The final obstacle to the wild
ening and paving of Gratiot ave-
nue. TO eliminate the bottleneck
existing in the highway between
a point just south of Masonic
boulevard to a point just south
of Elmwood avenue was remov-
ed yesterday afternoon.
Removal came in the form of
the final awards in the purchase
of right-of-way for the project
by the board of three condemna-
ton commissioners appointed by
Probate Judge Joseph V. from
bly, Or the fixing of prices for
the last eight parcels of land re-
CURED in the widening.
The three commits 1ers,
Kenneth w. Hill, of Mount
Clemens; John II. zoe, of st.
Clair Shores, and Charles Stade,
of Macomb township, handed
down a total award of S38, 1927
for the eight parcels.
The sum will be divided be-
tween the following parties as
noted below: Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Papist, l24 High street, Mount
Clemens, and Minnie Nelson,
Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania,
$500; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur kade,
Detroit, $1,340; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hen ing, Detroit, S640;
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kade, De-
troit, 500; Emma K. Guillez,
Detroit, S64O; Mr.. and Mrs. X.
w. Wiszwaty, 1848 c milf,
H m ramck, $640; and to
all six claimants joint II y
$500; Henry Couchez, st. Clair
Shores, S11,238; Julia Fresard,
Crosse Pointe, s7,629; Flora l..
Cape Estate, $4,000; Mr.. and
Mrs. Antoni Duszynski, Detroit,
81 900; and Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
NoWak, Detroit, $500.
In making the first six awards
and the one joint award follow
ing, that represented Sl0,260 of
the total award, the three COM
missioners were confronted by
an unusual situation.
The six individual awards
represented the individual pric-
es set for six parcels of land
that constituted the old Kade
homestead, one of the old farms
of the South Gratiot area. Each
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
Condemnation Commission
Gives $38,627 to Owners
Widening. Povins of BottIeneek
Made Possible by Action

parcel was owned by the hus-
band or wife and his wife or
her husband of the heirs of the
Kade estate. The joint award
was the value set by the COM
missioners on the old Kade home
itself which was owned jointly
by all of the heirs.
In order TO widen the highway
at the bottleneck, it would have
been necessary for the state to
have set back t-e house which
straddled tie boundary of two
of the parcels That would have
invoked a multiplicity of law
suits to protect the interests of
the individual heirs in the house
in the first place and in trying
to determine whose land was
damaged by the setback of the
house, Commissioner Hill ex-
planned last night
SO it was decided TO direct
the state to acquire the house
outright and let the heirs di-
vide up the proceeds. Then
the state can sell the house for
what it can get out it to reduce
the total cost of acquiring it
from the heirs.
TE1 awards to CouCheZ and
Julia Fresa"d cover two par
cells of business frontage at Lit
tie Mack and Gratiot.
Participating in the award TO
the Kade estate for a parcel of
land in Clinton township include
William Johnston, administra-
tor, Highland p X; Joseph
Cape, of Mount Clemens; Eva
Albert, of San Francisco; Jane
Johnston, Highland Park, and
the National Home of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars at Eaton
Rapids.
The last two parcels are To-
Gated along Gratiot avenue in
the vicinity of the Quinn road,
and all are located on the east
side of the highway.
They were left untouched at
the end c. the original condem-
nation proceedings TO widen the
South Gratiot highway on the
basis that the awards fixed by
the condemnation commissioners
were too high and the state
merely discounted the case, wild
ening the highway above and
below the affected area and
leaving the bottleneck where it
exists today.
Commissioner Hill said t
night that he believes the state
is no longer permitted to dis
continue petitions for condem-
nations and that it must abide
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10

Fifty-eight members of the
Utica High School Senior class
Thursday night will receive di-
plomas signifying their compile
ton of four years of intensive
study.
Commencement speaker for
the occasion will be DR.. Clyde
Ford professor emeritus of the
Ypsilanti State Teachers Col
lege.
Commencement exercises will
begin at $50 p. m. in the Utica
High school auditorium.
Members of the graduating
class are:
Donna Bertrand, James Craig,
Shirley Briggs, Arthur AL
brecht, Dorothy Weig, Isabel
Klein, Lorraine School, Francis
Chapoton, Marie M. Hines,
James Carroll, LA LiebenoW.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
Buses to Carry
Swimmers to
City's Beach

If school children are looking
longingly out the windows
these days, and maybe even
playing hockey occasionally,
they're not 10 be blamed. In
fact, the truancies may increase.
Because they're going swim
ming.
The county road commission
has Just completed the job of
ironing out the rough spots in
Croker boulevard, getaway to
the bathing beach so the Fuller
and Peltier bus that will carry
youngsters and adults from the
City News stand at Macomb and
Broadway to the beach Just
north Of the foot of Crocker at
Lakeside won't be racked too
fuch en- route, what with tire
and bus rationing.
WEATHER A FACTOR
The new season will formally
open as faS as bus transportation
is concerned about June 10, de-
pending upon the brand of
weather dished out for that day,
Louis b, Pelticr declared today.
Bus fares will be five cents
for children up to II years of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
Eagles 10 Initiate
Class on Thursday

Members of the Mount Glenn
ems Lodge of the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles will initiate a
group of candidates Thursday
night in the first long form mi
tiation of the Eagle year.
Angelo Fisher, Publicity Di-
recort of the lodge said that all
members are urged to attend.
The meeting will be held in the
FOE hall, 151a N. Gratiot ave-
nue. with the ceremonies slated
to begin at 8 p. m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10

by the awards made by the con-
demnation commissioners.
If that proves so, the state will
then be in a position to begin
work on the laying of the east
side north-bound lane of the
highway from south Masonic
boulevard to just south of Elm
wood avenue as soon as it deems
fit to advertise for bids for the
construction of the highway.
Participating in the condem-
nation proceedings as legal rep
resentatives of the property
owners was one Port Huron at
torney and one East Detroit at
torney, Burt d. Cady, former
chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee, and
Charles Retzlaff, respectively.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
Purchase Of Cratiot Right Way to End Botteneck

age and 10 cents for anyone old
er than that.
Understood juniors and over
size youngsters will be carefully
scrutinized in determining tho
tariff, it was pointed out. to
avoid the inevitable chiselinR.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
RETURNS TO PRISON

JACKSON - (P) - Accom-
panied by his father, Lloyd
Beall, Jr., Is, Of Worthwhile, re-
turned to Southern Michigan
Prison Tuesday. The father said
he had persuaded his son
to surrender. The young
er Beall was serving two to
l5-year term for breaking and
entering when he walked away
from a prison fran Sunday. He
would have been eligible for pa
role next April.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-10
Auxiliary Firemen
70 Meet Trursdov

Auxiliary Firemen will meet
Thursday at z 80 for drill at the
engine house at Market and
Cherry streets. All are urged to
attend. Il
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-15
NEW FORECASTER is
WATERFORD MAN

Ohio's new weather chief at Co.
lumbus, who makes daily forecasts
that are published in this newspa-
per, is George w. Mindling, a native
of Waterford and an alumnus OF
Marietta college, from which he re-
ceived his degree in 1903. For a
time after graduation he taught
school at Malta. During his long
service with the weather bureau he
has attracted a lot of attention be-
cause of his stripping of technicali-
ties from his predictions and often
making them in verse.
Mr.. Mindling, who had been sit
uated at Atlanta, Ga, for nine
years, returned to his native state
in time to encounter the coldest
weather of the winter and the low
est temperatures he has experienced
in a long time. Haven't worn ear
muffs since l left Boston," he told
an interviewer for Columbus
newspaper "but if this keeps up l
guess I'll have to get some"
The new weather chief goes into
action in Ohio at time when the
national emergency has limited his
freedom of telling the public what
to expect, because of the ban on
forecasting. He doesn
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-15
CHOSEN TO MEMBERSHIP IN
LIVE MEMBERS CLUB

In letter received today FROM
James S. Kemper, president of the
Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Com
pany, Fred d. Coulson was notified
that their agency has been elected
to membership in the Live Mem
bers club, the honorary organiza-
tion composed of leading represen-
tatives Of the company throughout
the country. Only those agents
who measure up to the highest
standards in the selection of their
policyholders, their success as pro-
ducers, their loyalty to the company
and their integrity and service quail
ify for mem bership in this organi-
zation.
Membership in the club is limited
to one year and the performance Of
each member is carefully reviewed
before he is reelected to the organ
izatiOn for the following year. In
commenting on his selection as a
member of the Live Members club,
Mr.. Coulson said, II am. of course,
proud and happy that my agency
has received this recognition. Out
standing service to our clients has
been our watchword and it has al
ways been our aim to maintain the,
highest standards in operating our
business"