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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Saga of Yank
Air Fighters
is Revealed
By CHARLES McMURTRY

HEADQUARTE SEVENTH
AIRFORCE, South Pacific, May
ii - (P) - "All United States
planes returned to their base"
read the routine communique on
the Seventh Airforce raid on
Nauru, but that doesn't tell the
desperate, gallant story of Lieut..
Russell A. Phillips Liberator
bomber crew which nearly didn't
come back.
1t doesn't tell how Staff Sgt.
Stanley p. Pillsbury, himself
riddled with fragments from a
Japanese cannon she'll. downed
a Nip Zero. If he'd missed, that
Zero would have finished the
Llbcrator, just a few miles off
Nauru. Japanese held island I'M
portant as an air base.
II doesn't tell how Sgt Harold
V. Brooks continued firing two
or three minutes after he was
mortally wounded.
1t doesn't tell how the crew
kept their big bomber in the air
after it was hit by four Zero
cannon shells, riddled with 594
holes - nor how they landed it
with flat tire and no brakes.
II doesn't tell how Lou Fam
perrin, who traded his winged
mercuries of the Cindcr track
for USAAF wings, trimmed the
ship and labored two and half
hours to keep it in the air and
TO make il ready for hazard
Gus landing.
THEY RODE IT
1t doesn't tell how Lou and his
crew mates spent the other three
hours of their homeward trip
keeping life in five wounded
pals, nor how a sixth, also
wounded but ignorant of his in
jurieS, went about administer
ing first aid and cheering up
men hit by cannon fragments.
The crew included:
1t. Russell A. Phillips, &c,
Camp Picket, Va, pilot.
See SAGA-Page 2
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LONDON. May ii - fP) -
German occupied Ii o | a n d,
seething with unrest, had a
warning from its exiled govern
ment today that premature revo-
luton would lead only 10
crushing German retaliation be-
fore il could grow into large
scale underground warfare.
The official hint that the
time is not yet ripe for wide
spread uprisings conceded with
reports of spreading violence in
both Holland and Belgium, and
a Swedish newspaper reported
that rioting had occurred in Bcr-
lin itself.
Radio Orange, mouthpiece OF
the, ,eyiled Netherlands govern
ment, warned the homeland
that widely distributed cir
cular urging the Dutch TO regis
ter i'm an underground move
mcnt to help the British troops
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
St. Joseph's
Tag Sale Set
for Tomorrow

Nurses from ST. Joseph's hos
pital will be stationed on main
business corners of every town
in Macomb county on Saturday,
in the annual tag day which
climaxes the hospital drive for
funds.
Goal Of the drive this year
is To top last years mark of
$4,000, TO compensate for in
creased costs Proceeds will
be used for the new nurses
home.
The tag day will bring TO
close the drive, which opened
April 81 with a luncheon for
doctors wives who form the adj
vance gifts committee. The prof.
Get is sponsored by the Sisters
of Charity who operate ST. JOS
cph's hospital.
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thoroughly and chloride of lime
dumped in. The lime, he said,
should remain in the we'll "a
hours and the water again
pumped out. The process should
be repeated until the lime taste
disappears.
Flooded Easements should be
sprinkled with lime and flushed
with hose, DR.. Kane said. The
lime can be obtained from DR..
Kane at 401 Price building.
Recognizing the urgent need
for rubber boots upon the part
of flood victims the Macomb
County War Price & Rationing
Board has set up special handl-
ing procedure whereby authority
TO buy such rationed merchan-
disc can be swiftly procured
through any merchant with
available stocks.
A further inspection Of the
flooded areas will be made later,
See FLOOD-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Draft DOdgcr
Gets ) Years

Dale E.. Null. 20, OF 29l4l
Park avenue. Roseville, today
started serving a five-year prison
term imposed in Federal Court,
Detroit, where he was found
guilty of lodging the draft.
Null claimed he is a preacher
for Jehovah's Witnesses and, as
such, was entitled to a AID clas-
sification.
The judge thought otherwise.
Null failed to report for Undue
ton March l3 and again on
March 20, according to Chef
Kroner, chief clerk for Draft
Board No. /.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Rehabilitation
Plans Formulated
kotionoI, loeol
Red Cross Cooperate

Plans 10 help rehabilitate
flood victims were being laid to-
day by national and local Off
Gals of the American Red Cross.
Mass food and shelter needs
are TO be discontinued. spokes-
men said, and the Red Cross will
give added assistance on an indi-
vidual basis to those who cannot
meet their disaster needs without
undue hardship.
This assistance, which is a gift
and not a loan, is given on case
basis after thorough investiga-
ton and each family is expected
to undertake as much of its own
rehabilitation as its actual re-
sources permit.
Families who have not already
registered and are in need of
further assistance are urged to
See REHABlLITATE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
British Maui
Heart Of Nazi
Arms Industry
Deadly Wrath Of
Raj Stinss Foe;
Yonks Join Attack

LONDON, May IA - Berlin,
Czcchoslovakia and the Ruhr
Valley of Germany were pound
ed in great strength by British
bombers last night and the Ber-
lin radio reported that four-en-
gined American bombers had at
tackled the moth German coastal
area at noon today, extending
the augmented Allied air often
sive to nearly 48 hours of inces-
SAINT assault.
The British lost "a bombers
las night in a swift, Furnishing
sequel of the record punch at
Germany's leading river port of
Duisburg the night before. In
daylight yesterday, American
heavyweights bombed Meault
and ST. Omcr.
Berlins version of the North
German bombings, record d
from radio accounts by the AS
sociated Press, was not confirm
ed from Eight u. S. Air Force
headquarters. The G. rmanS
claimed at least three bombers
were destroyed in fierce air bat
ties in which German fighters
rose to challenge the raiders,
which were beset also by medi-
nm and heavy flax
DETAILS UNREVEALED
Wilheimshaven, Kiel and EN-
den have been frequent Allied
air targets on the German
north coast, but the Germans did
not specify the fog-shrouded tar
gets.
British authoritative sources
said preliminary reconnaissance
reports indicated heavy indus
trial damage" in Raj raids on
Dortmund May and on Duis-
burg two nights ago.
The nonstop offensive was
continued at dawn today by
fleets of Allied bombers and
fighters which swarmed out at
Great height over the Channel
the later missions meeting the
first raiders coming back.
Tremendous explosion rolling
from the French coast indicated
that the Calais and Dunkerque
areas were being hardest hit.
(The German radio asserted
that the British planes were UNI
able to concentrate their night
attack because of pursuit by
German night fighters and hea-
See RAF-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Aerial Blows
Hammer Italy
Allies Sweep
Wide Enemy Areo

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA. May ii Up
Allied air squadrons rained
powerful blows upon Sardinia.
Sicily and Italy herself yester-
day in an offensive no longer
divided by the necessity for
support of ground troops in Tu-
niSia.
u. S. Flying Fortresses and
medium bombers delivered a
smashing assault upon Cagliari,
port and air base which long
helped support axis forces in
North Africa.
The raid was the biggest yet
undertaken against Sandman
targets. far surprising that on
Maddalena two weeks ago.
About 20 enemy vessels were
sunk or damaged and large
oil fires were started at the
Sicilian harbor of Augusta by
about so u. S. Liberators. At
lacking from middle east bases,
they dumped almost 100000
pounds of explosives there under
Raj fighter escort from Malta.
Naples, Reggie Calabria and
Messinia were other cities which
felt the fury of air power UNI
leashed by thu unconditional
surrender Of the last Of Col.
Jurgen Won Arnim's fighting
men, a surrender that yielded
enormous quantities of war sup
plies and nearly It's 900 Ger
man and Italian prisoners.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
DUTCH ARE Wy ARMED
Riots Flare in Berlin Uprisings Spread Across Europe

Aneta, official Dutch news
agency.
Resistance is only good il il
is carried out in concert the
announcer said. The Germans
are deliberately provoking the
Netherlands people"
OF the circulars statement
that the time of liberation APP
proaches. the announcer said:
That is possible" but he went
on to warn that its appeal TO the
Dutch to volunteer and register
for training was "a pure trans
parent provocation, a means for
getting the German hands on
good, ablc-bodicd Netherlands
crs."
The reports Of spreading vio-
lence in Holland and Belgium
came from sources with close
links TO the Allied governments
but without official confirma-
ton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14

However, Aneta said the stu
alton in Holland had reached
its tensest point in the three
years of German occupation and
might crupt momentarily."
Increasing attacks on vital
rail arteries for AXIS troops and
supplies were reported in Bel
GUM and Holland, and a Russian
domestic broadcast said that
mass strikes are taking place in
Holland in protest against the
Nazi order that all former
Netherlands soldiers must go in
to concentration camps. The
Netherlands outbreaks cam C
only day after the Dutch gov
eminent in exile had urged the
former scrvicemen to defy the
German mternmeat orders, and
Radio Oranges warning may
have been an attempt TO temper
resulting violcncc.s
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Cites Neglect

HOLLAND, Mich, May IA
DEMONSTRATING a fire and ex-
plOsiOn that resulted in the
death Of two persons, a cOrOn-
er's jury found yesterday that
the deaths we're accidental, but
reported as m e contributOry
negligence" on the part Of John
VOgelzang, ST., in whose hard
ware and variety shop the blast
occurred May 4.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Dial Numbers
to be Used
A. NJ.

Sixty two years Of telephone
service at Mount Clemens will
be climaxed at midnight tomor-
row when the communitys new
dial system will go into opera
ton.
AT that time, all Of the 5,268
telephones in the exchange will
be cut over TO the new central
office of the Michigan Bell Tele-
phone Company at 100 South
Gratiot avenue and dial service
will begin.
The new service will be ush-
cred in 10 the accompaniment
of a brief official ceremony,
with Mayor Donald r. Weston
dorf pressing a button as the
signal for dial service 10 begin
and making the first call over
the new system. He will talk TO
Paul w. Mckee. publisher of the
Monitor Due to war re-
strIctions. the affair cannot be
opened TO hte public.
A 'CUT-OVER'
The change 10 the new type OF
service is technically known to
telephone people as a "cutover.
AS long as a year ago. plans
were outlined for the brief but
dramatic moment at midnight
Saturday when dial service will
start. II is set for that time,
when telephone traffic here nor
mally is relatively light. so as
to minimize the inconvenience
TO the public.
AT about ll:47 next Saturday
See PHONES-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Salvation Army
Drive Lays Behind

Revealing that only $1,000 of
the needed $4,000 has been col
lected TO date, Probate Judge Jo-
seph V. Trombly, general chair
man of the annual Salvation Ar
my drive for funds, today urged
workers TO complete their cam
vas.
Judge Trombly said m an y
workers have failed TO call on
the complete list of prospective
donors given them. He urged
the workers to complete the job
by Monday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
All Planes Return Safely:
But One with j94 Holes
Allied Fleet
Shells Key
Italian Port

ALLIED HEADQU ARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA. May Ia
- up - Allied headquarters
announced today that a Naval
force fired 20 brOadSides yes
terday into the harbOr area Of
Pantelleria and allied air
sQuadrOnS struck again at
Cagliari. Sardinia, and Ma
pies. The bOmbardment of
Pantelleria, fortified Italian
island As miles east of the
tip of Cap Bon peninsula. was
described by a communiquc
as successful.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
British Withdraw

NEW DELHI, May IL - (A9
- British forces have made an
other withdrawal nOrthward on
the Mayu peninsula of Burma
and have taken up new posi-
tiOnS "more suitable for de-
fensc," cOmmunique said to-
day. Withdrawal was from
Maungdaw. on the west coast Of
the peninsula.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Churchill Sure

WASHINGTON, May 14-(P)
Prime Minister w inst o n
Churchill has informed General
issimo Chang Kai-Shek that
1.-THE day will come when we
shall rejoice at feats of arms Of
the United Nations which will
surely drive the japanese invad-
er from the soil Of China"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Bye. Bye. Boys

LANSING, May IA (P) -
Teams Of auditors from State
Selective Service headquarters
have found that in nine per cent
Of cases, defermcnt Of draft reg
istrants should be reconsidered
and the men advanced to or to-
ward IA classification making
them eligible for immediate in
Huction, a survey indicated to-
day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Akron Seeks
u. s. Aid to
End Strike

AKRON, o., May IL Up
President Roosevelt had
plea from Mayor George J.
Harter today to appoint a
government administrator to
take over the rubber capitals
strike-bOund mass transpOr-
tatiOn system. "AkrOn'S right
to keep her great wartime
production of planes, tanks,
gun mounts, rubber goods and
multiple and necessary ma
terial is completely crippled
by the strike" Harter wired
the President.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14

LONDON, May IA - (A) -
Premier MussOlini has expelled
six more Fascist officials from
the party, the Rome radio re-
ported today, i'm a continuation
Of a shakeup in Italy. The
broadcast, heard by Reuters, did
not Immediately name those ex-
PEELED.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Losses Listed

WASHINGTON, May 14-(P)
The Allied Air forces Of North
Africa destroyed approximately
1000 enemy planes while losing
about 40 in the six months and
three days between the landings
in French North Africa and the
collapse Of Axis resistance May
IL.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Flood Brings
Health Menace
Dr.. Kane Warns
on Use Of Woter

While flood waters receded to
a near normal level today, DR..
w. j. Kane, city health officer,
warned residents of the strick-
en- area TO take precautionary
steps to prevent a wave of sick
ness.
Water in private wells is not
safe to drink, DR.. Kane warned.
and should be pumped out
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Finland To Pay

WASHINGTON, May 14-(PD
Weakened by three years Of
war, Finland nevertheless is re-
ported preparing to meet her
June payment on her first World
War debt to the United States.
A moratorium which freed Fin
land from making payments dur
ing the past three years expired
last December and a payment
of S168,945 is due June Is.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Describe Raid

AT A u. S. BOMBER STA
TON IN BRITAIN, May Ia -
(F) - Two Michigan airmen,
Staff Sergt. Robert Morgan of
Lansing and Staff Sergt. Frank
4. Lusic of Gladstone, gave their
impressions yesterday of a
b o m b / ng raid on an aircraft
factory at Meaulte in Northern
France.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
YankS Raid Coast

LONDON, May II - (4) =
American four engincd bOmbers
attacked the North German
coastal area at noon today, the
Berlin Radio said in a broadcast
heard by the Associated Press.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Draft Of Dads
Thought Near
Army Extends
Induction Furlouehs
WASHINGTON, May l4-(P)

WASHINGTON, May l4-(FD
The nations fathers were
caught in a tug-of-war between
the executive and legislative
branches of the government to-
day, with the former apparently
seeking to pull them into mill
tary service soon and the latter
starting a move to hold them out
at least until next year.
With impending new Allied
offensives limiting that a call LOT
thousands of more fighting men
might soon be in order, the
Army extended the furlough pc
Rod given new inductees from
seven to Ia days and directed
that it be increased to three
weeks by Sept. /.
Although no reason was gwen
for the move, other than that one
week caused hardships in some
cases" it was understood that
the war department felt fathers
would need more time than SIN
gle or childless married men to
settle their personal and business
affairs when indicted. Thus, the
announcement was interpreted
as heralding the drafting OF Ia
theirs on large scale in the'near
future.
SEE NEW FIGHT
At the same time. however,
Chairman Reynolds (D-NC) OF
the senate military committee
paved the way today for a new
congressional fight 10 exempt ia
theirs for the rest Of l943 by call
ing for hearings to start Monday
on the House-approved Kllday
bill.
While the bill would only de-
lay the induction Of fathers,
Senator Wheeler MonD, a
member of the committee, said
he would seek TO substitute a
flat exemption proposal for the
House measure.
Reynolds action was prompt
ed by communication from
the war department yesterday
requesting that high ranking Of
ficials be permitted 10 testify
on the measure.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Land bATTLE RACES IN ALEuTlANS
late X X K
bulletins


WINDSOR, Ont, May IA -
(P) - Judge &. +. Mcfarland
last night sentenced two Detroit
men to hang Aug. "a immediate
Iy after a jury convicted them
of murder i'm the hOldup shoot
ing of a restaurant proprietor.
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terror regime and the German
plans may be executed without
further disturbance"
The broadcast. warning of one
Of Hitlcr's oldest tricks of divide
and conquer. was reported By
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14

LONDON. May Ia -tP)-
King Boris Of Bulgaria has
sent an urgent appeal to Adolf
Hitler for additional secret po-
lice units as protection against
internal disturbances, reports
reaching Allied governments
said today. These advices said
il was understood that the
Gestapo chief himself. Helm
rich Himmler. was hurrying to
Sofia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14

Attu is the westernmost of the
rocky Aleutians pointed like an
arrow at the heart of the Japa-
nese empire from Alaska. Near
the international dateline, the
island is ,778 miles from Tokyo
as the bombers fly. The Japa-
nese capital is within theoretical
range of u. S. bombers which
could be based on a strip the
japanese were reported to have
built.
1t lies 1876 miles west Of
Kiska, the other Aleutian island
10 which the Japanese have held
tortured footholds since occupa-
ton last June 7-8.
The Tokyo broadcast was re-
corded by the Federal Commun-
See ATTU-Page 3
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Navy Reveals
Yank Landinq
on Attu Island
American Forces
Storm Enemy Base
West of kisko

WASHINGTON. Moy IA
(AP) - United Stotes forces
londed on Joponese-held At
tu island in the AIeutions
Tuesday, the Navy announced
todoy. ond ore now locked in
bottle with enemy troops.
The londins was announced
in Novy eommunique number
376. which sold:
North Pocifie:
~. On Moy 18th United
Stotes foyees Ionded at the
islond Of Attu in the AIeutions,
ond ore now engaged with
Joponese forces on the isIond.
OetoiIs Of the operation will
be released when the situotion
clorifies."
Naval spokesmen declined
TO go beyond the limits Of this
bore announcement or offer
ony comment on the course Of
the fighting.
First word Of the lending
operation come from the
Tokyo radio which broadcast q
Japanese lmperiol Heodquor-
ters eommunique todoy soyins
the Iondins beson Wednes-
doy ond that O fierce battle
wos in progress.
lThot eommunique, as re-
corded by the Federol Com
munieotions Commission. sold
crock American forces be-
gan Iondins on Atsuto lsIond
on the AIeutions on Moy IL.
Our forces on the some isIond
hove intercepted them ond are
now engaging them in fierce
bottle" The japanese hod re-
named Attu Atsuto otter the
Atsuto Shrine at kosoyo. Jo-
pon.
The size Of the enemy's sos-
rison on Attu is not known but
IL is believed TO be smoller
thon the approximately 10000
troops reported on kisko
lslond, cost Of Attn.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14

Additional Mount Clemens
flood pictures appear on Page 2
Of tOday's edition of the MOni-
tOr-Leader.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14

libcrate your people" is Ger
man plot Ito ineite Netherlands
violence over the shortest period
possible and to break il most
forcibly so that the consequent
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Berlin, Wide Enemy Area Shattered By Raj Bombs

lmportiel coveross
OF All loeol News
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-06
Air Cadet Tests
Reopened for
60 Who FIunked

Through the efforts OF the
Wayne County VIEW Council. GO
young men, the majority Detroit
ers, will be given another oppor-
tunity tonight TO qualify for army
air corps cadet training.
A second test is being offered
by the aviation cadet board for
those who failed the first time
because Of physical or mental de-
ficiencies.
The VIEW sponsored physical
training programs and also pro-
vided free educational instruction
for all those who had failed the
first test.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-06
Injured Marine
Hunts Dad Here

A former Detroit marine cor
poral, wounded while fighting in
the Solomons, today sought the
aid OF the Times in an attempt 10
locate his father. whom he has not
seen since he enlisted in Dec. 1871.
The marine, Cpl. r. d. Parsons,
now of 1900 Lomo Alto, Dallas,
Tex, who received a medical dis
charge because OF shrapnel wounds,
was awarded the Order of the
Purple Heart for his part in the
Southwest Pacific fighting.
The father, believed 10 be in De
troit, is Burley 3. Parsons. 40. a
government civilian employe. The
mother. separated from her hus-
band, IS in Texas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-06

HERE is a surprise to some gardeners
III three vegetables commonly grown are
half brothers to cabbage and caulihower
The turnip and rutabaga are root crops
while the kale is considered a very good
winter green lesfy vegetable.
The turnip is valued as a garden
crop because il can be started very late,
after some of the early maturing crops
have been harvested, and also because
large quantity can be produced from
small area.
Turnips can be grown as an early
summer crop, but, as general rule, are
more successfully grown in the fall The
seeds may be sown in rows Is TO "a inches
apart, seeded about one inch deep, and
plants thinned in the row to stand inches
apart. often, turnps are seeded in the
garden following an early crop of beans,
peas, spinach or lettuce.
BY the way turnip tops are delicious
greens and a very good substitute for
spinach. Turnips often are planted July
Is for fall storage in Easements or root
cellars.
Rutabagas are turnips, that is. some
people call them Swede turnips. Rutabagas
are relatively high in vitamin A, having
more yellow color than turnips. They
require slightly longer growing season
than turnips. but most often we find
gardeners seeding rutabsgas in the garden