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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-17

(WrItten Dy Sta1f SGT. sOiO-
mon Blechman, $50 Pa m c r
Ave, Mamaroneck, n. ", a Ma
rine Corps combat correspond
enD.
SOM HERE IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC Delayed
WP-Pvt. Don Lewis, USING, of
Elkhart, Ind, cheated death by
seconds because he was quicker
on the draw than dead Jap
who came TO life while the Ma
rine was tying a toggle rope to
his legs.
The incident occurred during
the Marines capture Of Van
gunu Island in the SolomonS on
July !, and Private Lewis relat-
ed it, assisted by other members
of his squad, after they had re-
turned 10 base here.
JAPS IN DUGOUT
pfc. Art Trapp of Buchanan,
Mich, saw a Jap's legs disap-
pearing under a huge log" Pri-
vate Lewis said. when we in
vestigated we found the Japs had
built cellar dugout about 6 feet
wide and l8 feet long under a
fallen tree trunk. 1t must have
been about 6 feet in circumfer-
ence. There were five Jap rifle
men inside"
Pvt J. c. Fisk Of Pyote, Tex,
added TO Lewis story. telling
how he got four of the Japs.
took my Browning automatic
rifle and crawled into the mouth
of the dugout," he began. One
of the Japs raised up to fire. /
saw they were down at the end
of the dugout so l sprayed them
full automatic, getting what
believed 10 be all of them. To
make sure we threw hand and
smoke grenades in the dugout."
TIED sAP'S FEET
THE Army colonel with us
wanted TO see one of the dead
Japs," Lewis said as he resumed
his story. SO | took a toggle
rope and Fisk's old long liver
Johnson 80 and went down into
the hole. The Japs we're lying al
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-17
Tire Reeopping
Plant in Pacific
Storts Rolling

L. s. ARMY HEADQUAR r
Frs. SOUTH PACIFIC -(UP)
- The first recapped military
tire turned out by Army COM
panies designated for that work
was ready for use on July 23,
just Is days after work started
on the recapping plant.
Capt. Angus l.. Hanson Of
Norwood. n j., former instruc.-
or in physical properties of ma
-teFials- Columbia UNIVERSITY, y
commanding officer Of an ord
nance tire repairing company,
arrived here with his unit early
in July On July 8 they began
work on their plant, which was
completed on July 18. Installa
ton Of equipment began immed-
lately and the first Of thousands
of tires which Will be rebuilt
here came out Of the mold five
days later.
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING
Captain Hanson, who is as
sisted by 1t. Nicholas II. Fazzao
of Westbrook. Conn, said the
plant here is capable of turning
out hundreds of recaps or Sec
ton repairs weekly He said
thousands of pounds of first
gr a d rubber -- prepared in
strips for recapping work - ar
rived here with his company.
The plant can handle anything
from jeep tires 10 l4x20 truck
tires and will rebuild tires for
all types of military vehicles
and airplanes.
Members of this company and
other companies which will be
sent to forward areas in various
parts Of the world, largely are
former employees of American
tire companies such as Good
year, Goodrich, Firestone and
others.
Captain Hanson pointed out
that establishment OF the plant
here will permit salvage of thou
sands of worn out tires which
could not otherwise be saved be
cause Of the shipping space anc
time required TO send them back
TO the United States for rebuild
ing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-17

On the basis of an estimated
production of billion dozen
eggs Between July /, 1913. and
June 80, 1914, civilians will re-
ceive 7 out OF every 10 eggs pro-
duced
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-17
ROLL CALL VARIETY

MIDLAND ARMY AIRFIELD,
MIDLAND, Tex - up Roll
call for recent graduating class
at the bombardier school here
include the following names:
Bakanauskas, Bernero, Bosak,
Bublitz, Bugaj, Celovsky, Cohen,
DiGiovanni, Dramniski, Dubois.
Dziamniski, Finklestein. Fiorel-
10, Halasz, kasbarian, MacNam-
ara. MaszewSki, NosarzewSki
Novak. OLeary, and Plaszczy-
koWski.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-17
LITTLE POISON

ing words for our 81 m. m. gun
used extensively in anti tank
warfare. To keep the poison"
coming TO Hitler's mechanical
divisions all of us must do our
best and keep on buying War
Bonds. Then buy an extra Sl00
Invasion Bond in September.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Flames Engulf
Ford Fatlory
Thousands Thrown
Out of Employment

Thousands OF war workers
employed in the Ford Motor
company's River Rouge plant
fled from their jobs at 2:30 this
morning when flames swept
through the large Pratt & Whit
ney airplane engine building
causing unestimated thousands
of dollars in damages.
FBI agents were understood
TO be probing the cause of the
conflagration which endangered
vital war production. No fatali-
ties has been reported up TO
noon today but hundreds Of
workers were said to have been
overcome with smoke The fire
spread rapidly TO the loading
dock and $50 feet of the north
east corner of the immense
structure was reported de-
stroyed.
Both Detroit and Dearborn
fire departments, battling in
near-zero temperatures expert
enced difficulty in bringing the
intense flames under control.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Old Newsboys Meet
tuesday Afternoon
All Efforts Centered
in Newspaper Project

Members of the Old News
boys-Goodfellows Association OF
Mount Clemens will meet at the
John r. Murphy Hotel lobby at
l D. m. Tuesday for their an
nual newspaper sale, it was an
nounced today by Fred Tous-
cany, president.
The newspaper sale will con-
tinue indefinitely into the eve
ming, due 10 an anticipated
shortage of manpower in the
Newsboy group. Members who
cannot be present for the sale
start at l pm, are urged to
show up at any time after that.
Some men whose work does not
permit them a free afternoon
plan 10 sell papers after 6 pm.
A good attendance Of men,
bers is urged, because the char
ity organization is depending on
the newspaper sale for its en-
tire income this year. Newspa-
per buyers. likewise, are asked
TO add To their paper purchase
some part of the amount they
spent in previous years for
Goodfcllows tickets, favorS and
other projects.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Gravel Truck
Crash Is Fatal
Center Line Man
Decd; Two Injured

VAN DYKE--One man was
killed and two others injured
Wednesday afternoon when a
Macomb county road commits
sion gravel truck and car oc-
cupied by two Center Line resi-
dents collided head-on on Mound
road between the IA and Is
Mile roads in Warren township.
Dead is; David Hardin, 81
years old, who resides at the
General Grant Trailer Camp
Center Line.
The injured are:
William Lippert, 40, of l0l44
Fairchild road, New Haven,
driver of the truck.
Joseph TaykowSki. 25, also of
the General Grant Trailer camp,
and driver of the car in which
the dead man was a passenger.
According 10 witnesses Ia
kowsky's car, apparently out of
control, zigzagged across Mound
road and swerved directly into
the path of the southbound grav-
See TRUCK-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
One OUT of Six
Gets Deferment
Because Of Jobs

DETROIT, Dec. 16-(P)-Se-
lective Service headquarters
here today reported that as OF
Nov. 80 one out of every six
Michigan men of military age
held an occupational deferment.
At that time, the report said,
1850 non-fathers and l4,491 ia
theirs were in Glass IA, neces-
sary in support of the war effort,
and 46,0l6 non-fathers and a.
las fathers we're in Glass 2-B,
necessary in actual war produc-
ton.
The report said on Nov. 20 a
total of 10000 employees includ-
ing 99,769 of military age had
been included on 998 replace
ment schedules approved by the
state draft director. The sched-
ule provided for release of 81 $40
of the military-age men within
the first six months of operation
of the schedules.
Declaring that there are not
sufficient non-fathers available
among Michigan local boards to
fill current military manpower
See DEFEEMENTS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16

With thousands of Macomb
county school children already
confined to their homes because
of influenza the spectre of a
scarlet fever epidemic 10 d a y
arose TO haunt already fearful
Parents and school authorities
while, as a precautionary meas
ure. the hool syster in both
East Detroit and Harrison town.
ship were closed down to avert
the spread of both diseases.
In Harrison township, where
the scarlet fever outb eak was
feared following disclosure that
al least three pupils have been
afflicted with the ailment, the
District No. school system has
been closed down until after the
Christmas New Year holidays,
while i'm East Detroit, where ap-
proximately one third of the
students were absent Tuesday,
classes had been suspended as
of Wednesday morning. and will
remain closed until Monday. ST.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Bandit Admits
Two Robberies
Strons-Arm Tactics
leod to JoiI Cell

II wing confessed to two
strong arm robberies, Austin
Brewington, %, of 1920 Ryan
road, Utica, is today being held
in the county jai. charged with
robbery unarmed, after waiv-
ing examination Wednesday be-
fore Justice d nald j, 0arent,
who bound him over to circuit
court.
Brewington, arrested at IL p.
IN. Tuesday in a Warren town.
ship bar, admitted that on Mon
day evening he stopped August
Saurm in front OF his residence,
C061 Hudson, Van Dyke, and
robbed him of about $50 in cash.
He also admitted the brutal
beating of Ben Hollingsworth,
Utica resident, whom, he follow
ed out of a Warren township
diner early Monday morning,
dragged Hollingsworth into an
See THEFTS-page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16

BULLETIN
BY The Associated Press

The long threatened invo-
sion Of New Britoin Island to
open up General DoueIos
MoeArthur's pathway to the
Philippines or Jopon's greet
naval BOSTON Of Truk may
follow quickly the two heaviest
bombinss ever delivered on the
vulnerable southern coast Of
the key isIond.
Today Macarthur onnoune-
ed his bombers had bIosted the
port of Arowe, less thon 100
miles from the Allied held Sec
ton Of New Guinea, with 356
tons Of explosives. This came
on the heels Of 248-ton bonn
bardment Of Gasmota ond od-
joeent Linden Horbor.
These two heavy roids eIi-
NAKED nearly q month Of con-
eentroted blasting Of the
southern and western sections
OF the isIond. This is the nor
mol pre-invasion pottern, ae-
tusI conquest usually coming
immediately otter the heaviest
bombing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Merrill Again Heads
Red Cross Chopfer

John Z. Merrill, prominent
Mount Clemens attorney, Tues
day night was reelected to serve
third term as chairman of the
Macomb county chapter of the
American Red Cross at the an
nual meeting of the organization
held in the Macomb county
building.
Also reelected was Mark
Roose, Of Van Dyke, who will
again serve as vice-chairman.
while Mrs. Carl Schimmel. oil
Mount Clemens. was named Sec
rotary and Charles Walters,
Mount Clemens banker, becomes
treasurer of the organization.
Only upset on the slate of can
didates offered by the chapter'S
nominating committee was APP
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Heavy Yank
Bombers Maui
Greece, Italy
Brenner Pass
Reels Under
Savage Attacks

ALLIED HEADQUART E r S,
Algiers, Dec. Is Up Ameri-
can heavy bombers, striking
with as great force as on Tues
day when 800 Flying Fortresses
and Liberatops blasted airfields
in the Athens area, hit telling
blows at enemy communications
on both sides Of the Premier
Pass yesterday.
The new sledgehammer blows
were directed at rail facilities at
Innsbruck in Austria and at
BolZano and the Trento regions
in NORTH ern Italy and, although
the fleet of bombers and escort
ing fighters approximately
matched the armada which raid
ed the Aegean area, Allied
headquarters said every one of
the planes returned safely.
These attacks, described as
highly concentrated and success
frl, were made on the main sup
ply line from Germany into It
ally as the British Eighth Army
pushed ahead slowly in an adj
vance along the Adriatic coast
toward Pescara and the Fifth
Array captured an important hill
in the Cas- ell San Vincenzo area,
six miles south of Alfedena.
The Eighth Army cut the road
between Ortona and OrSogna in
three places and captured the
village of Berrati, three miles
from Ortona.
The raid on Innsbruck was
made by Flying Fortresses of
the 18th U. S. Airforce and was
the first blow delivered on the
Austrian Tyrol. High explosives
we're laid across the railway
yards and terminal.
Innsbruck is the junction point
where the rail line extending
southwark through the Bremen
Pass leaves the main east-west
line which links the Industrial
areas of southern Germany and
Austria.
South Of the pass Fortresses
b, lbed the rail yards at Boil
zano and Liberators struck at
the viaduct over the Avisio Riv-
or near Trento.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Drunk Driver
Held in Crash
Garage Mon Dies;
Boys Leg Broken

VAN DYKE-A 38year old
Ferndale, Mich, man. whose car,
Warren township police charge,
snuffed out the life of garage
proprietor and inflicted serious
injuries upon a l0-year old boy
Tuesday night was TO appear be-
fore Justice of the Peace Edward
Kenny here tomorrow to face a
drunk driving charge
The accused man, John Tay-
lor, who lives at 545 Gardendale
avenue. in Ferndale, was ques-
toned by Prosecutor Wilbur F
Held on Wednesday and is to
appear for further questioning
Friday morning. In the mean
time he has been released in the
custody of his attorney, Ivan A,
Johnston.
The victims of the crash are:
George Cassidy, 40, of 1888
Eight Mile road. Killed.
Franklin suntti, 10, of S2ll
Maxwell avenue, Van Dyke.
Broken Leg.
The crash occurred, Patrolman
Albert Gaskill of the Warren
township department said, when
Cassidy, garage proprietor, and
the injured boy were pushing a
car belonging to the child
brother. George. along Eight
See CRASH-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Place Oil Man
in Death Car
Witness Says He
Sow MACPHERSON

VAN DYKE - A prominent
Warren township businessman,
in Justice court for examination
on a hit-run auto fatality. this
week heard himself accused by
a special deputy sheriff as the
man who abandoned car
which the officer said he had
chased from the accident scene,
The defendant was G.. Boyd
Macpherson, IL, executive OF
the Macpherson Oil company.
The star prosecution witness
the first who has definitely tes-
titled to MacPherson's connec-
ton with the death canvas
Michael Sowinski, As, OF 24060
Schoenherr road, special dep
uay sheriff.
The witness indictment of
MACPHERSON took place before
Justice Donald j. Parent, in
Mount Clemens, Tuesday, when
the examination was continued
until Dec. %. Sowinski spent
several hours in the witness
chair during which he was Wig
orously cross-examined by Lar
ry Davidow, defense attorney.
VISIBILITY AN ISSUE
The vital question as TO
whether visibility is sufficiently
good at the scene of the witness
See HEARING-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Latest US. Casualty
Totals are Released

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-(P)
The latest casualty total of the
Armed Forces of the United
States stands at 1909.
Secretary of War Stimson
said today that from the start
OF the war to November 80. Ar
my casualties in all theaters to-
tailed 1884. OF these 1894
were killed, 35,O49 wounded
23,725 missing, and 4,486 were
prisoners of war.
The latest Navy total, covering
reports received up TO today is
32,504, divided as follows: 49,
983 killed, 5,868 wounded, 8.4O6
missing, and 4,247 prisoners. OF
the 35,049 Army wounded. Slim
son said, 1904 have been re-
turned to duty or released from
hospitals.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Flu Cuts into Ranks
Of Newspaper Carriers

Ken c. Moody, Monitor-Lead-
or circulation manager, hasn't
got influenza but the flu has him
down" nevertheless.
Five of Ken's carrier staff are
bedridden with the ailment and.
as a result, with all available
substitutes utilized, Ken still
can't find sufficient healthy boys
to cover all routes. He today
asked the editor TO voice his
apologies TO readers who receive
their papers late and to ask their
forebearance until the existing
emergency subsidies. He's do
ing his darndest.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16

How former Selfridge pi-
lot, Colonel c. F. Hegy, per-
formed an almost impossible
feat in saving his famous bomb
er and crew after the bloody
Tarawa Beach engagement re-
Gently, is related by war COR
respondent from Honolulu, who
makes the local man the central
figure in well-written dis
patch.
Col. Hegy is married TO the
former Eleanor Ullrich, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Ull-
rich. of % Lodewyck avenue,
and they have one son, Kenneth,
age six.
The heroic story of Col.
Hegy's bombing mission over
Tarawa relates that he was fly
ing the famous Pacific Tramp
plane, and that 1T came home
on piece of bailing wire and a
song. The song was: who
Threw the Drawers in Mrs.
Murphy's Chowder." II was the
chant loudly sung by the crew
as they nursed their crippled
ship home and worked like
blazes to keep it from exploding.
SOFTEN UP BEACH
The Tramp's job was to soften
up Tarawa Beach before the
troops landed. They returned
from the seventh sortie with
the rudder controls shot away,
the plane flooded with gasoline
from a severed line, hydraulic
controls out of action and the
bomb bay doors jammed.
HIT BY HEAVY FIRE
While plotting the Tramp at
1000 feet to enable his gunners
to strafe the Japs, Col. Hegy or
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Rail Strike
Feared in j. ).
OfficioIs Doubt
It Will MoterioIixe

CLEVELAND, Dec. Is Up
- Railway and government Of
ficials expressed belief today a
nationwide railroad strike sched-
uled in two weeks would fail TO
materialize, while spokesman
f." one of the five operating UNI
ions involved said 1--WE know of
no reason why settlement cam
not be worked out" at a medi-
alton meeting next Monday.
The meeting YVES called by the
National Mediation Board after
operating brotherhoods set Dec.
80 and the three succeeding days
for a "progre ssive strike of
800, 900 unionists seeking to en-
force demands for wage in
creases. The session will be held
in Chicago and will be attend
See STRIKE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Score Heavily
in Surprise
Raid on Bari
Five Americon
Ships. 81 Sailors
Reported Lost
By JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWER

WASHlNGION, Dec. IO-(fl
- Seventeen United Nations
merchant ships, including five
by German bombers in the AL
lied port at Bari. Italy, Dec. ?.
Approximately 1000 persons,
among them 81 American naval
men, were killed or injured.
Secretary of War Stimson dis
closed casualty details and the
loss of American ships at a press
conference today after other
sources OF unquestionable au-
thority had put the total num-
Der Of vessels lost at II, ap-
proXimately so per cent Of the
total amount of shipping in Bari
harbor at the time.
In official quarters h c r c
there was no disposition 10 deny
that the blow was serious -
reducing British Army supplies
for two or three days-and in
some respects the worst defeat
inside protected harbor since
the japanese raided Pearl Har-
Dor to start the war two years
ago.
About 80 German bombcrs
participated in the raid. StimSon
said much of the damage result
ed when two ammunition ships
were hit and exploded. spread
ing fires and destruction over
the harbor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Prosecutor Held Loses
Assistant James Daner

Uncle Sans selective service
authorities this week made an
other inroad into the manpower
ranks of county offices, when
newly-appointed Assistant Pros
ecutor James Daner was induct-
cd into the army and ordered TO
report TO Fort Sheridan within
a few days.
Daner was appointed by
Prosecuting Attorney Wilbur
F. Held two months ago 10 bring
the office up to its normal force
Of q prosecutor and three assist
ants.
Held said today that he had
not yet considered the matter OF
Dancrs replacement.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
StreamIiners
Are Te|estoped
in Carolina
Report so to 100
Decd; Hundreds
GroveIy Injured

LUMBERTON, N. c., Dec. Is
- R) - between so and 100
persons were lied and more
than 100 injured in the wrecks
of two crowded streamliner pas
senger trains along an icebound
stretch of he Atlantic coast line
southeastern North Carolina
early today.
RescuerS battled through the
winters coolest night over snow
and ice-coated highways to bring
survivors of the double smashup
to hospitals at Lumberton and
Fayetteville.
One morfue at Red Springs
had received so bodies by noon
but no identifications had been
made. Mrs. w f. Barham. own
CT Of the establishment. said 9TH
or bodies were expected. South
eastern Disaster Relief head
quarters of the American Red
Cross at Atlanta said SO to 100
persons were killed and more
than 100 injured
An eye witness said three
coaches of the Florida bound
Tamiami West Coast Champion
were derailed and a few min
utes later the speeding New
York bound Tamiami East Coast
Champion slashed through the
wreckage scattered over dou-
BILE track.
Coaches were shattered like
match boxes, said the witness,
Publisher William Wood of the
Small Homes Guide magazine
who was en- route 10 Tampa, Fla.
A raj r o d spokesman at
Rocky Mount said that about IS
or more persons were killed on
the northbQund train and at
least one killed on the SOUTH
bound streamliner.
Pre-holiday travellers, many
of them soldiers headed home
! for Christmas, crow d c d the
coaches of both trai~s.
The Red Cross went into &C
ton swiftly, rushing nurses and
aid to the scene.
Snow was falling and temper
/ atureS were ear zero. The
wreckage was so twisted acety-
lene torches had TO be used to
remove both injured and dead
I from the shattered coaches.
Merchants in earby towns
stripped their stocks of blankets
to protect the survivors.
One of the trains departed
from New York yesterday at
11:45 a m and the other left
Miami at 845 d. m. yesterday.
The wreck occurred about 1870
a. m.
c. G.. Sibley of Wilmington,
vice president of the line, said
he believed the wreck was caus-
ed by broken rail.
T he streamliner "Tamiami
West Coast Champion No. 81,
southbound from New York to
Tampa, Fla, was partially de-
rallied at about a. m. (EWT).
PLOWS INTO WRECKACE
A few minutes later the Ia
miami East Coast Champion"
No. 8, bound from Miami to-
New York, plowed through the
wreckage
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
Churchill III
Says
Pneumonia Strikes Down
Overworked British Chief

upper respiratory passages A
later bulletin disclosed that
pneumonia had developed.
The Prime Minister was re
ported suffering from heavy
cold with a temperature of more
than 100 when he sailed from
Britain 10 attend the historic con-
ferences with President Roose-
See CHURCHILL-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-16
REACHES EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS
Flu Closes Two School Systems

"a were apparently '-"eling off
at around Is per cent and, in
Nount Clemens, at least three
class rooms were closed and
nine members of the faculty
were confined TO their homes
with influenza.
TEACHERS STRICKEN
Throughout t he county-at-
large the absences of teachers
cut deeply into the efficiency
of school operations and, cou-
pls with the wides. alb
senteeism among pupils them
sci es, most of the county's edu-
cational systems were To-Day re-
ported working with but skel-
eton staffs and with hundreds
of empty seats in the classrooms.
In all systems school officials
are reported exercising meticu-
lous care to make certain that
proper safeguards are utilized
and that everything possible is
being done TO prevent further
spread of the influenza germs.