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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Major HartfordEaces
ENLIGHTENMENT CHARGE
Court Martial Hears Evidence
Against Third SeIfridge Officer

The general court-martial of
Major George A. Hartford, sus-
pended intelligence officer at
the Selfridge Field Army Air
Base, was opened to the press
this morning for the first time
since the reading of nine charg-
ed violations of the Articles of
War on Monday morning.
Staff Sergt. George Tracy,
former chief clerk of the regis
tration bureau, testified that au-
tomobile registration funds were
accessible to at least 40 enlisted
men from time to time.
Major Hartford is accused of
embezzling S403.62 from the
fund set up for the purchasing
of tags to permit admittance TO
the field. Tracy said that civilian
employees made deposits of soc
each at first and later 81 each.
The deposits, he said, were
kept in fishing tackle box, and
when sizeable fund accumu-
lated it was turned over 10 Hart
ford. The defendant is accused of
having converted the S403.62 to
his own use.
Besides the embezzlement
charge, Major Hartford is ac-
cused also of presenting false
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now use, Bannow explained, are
only for the company's use and
are not used by the postal auth
critics. Letters lacking correct
Identification cause extra work
and end up in the dead letter
file. Persons desiring to deter
mine their routes and numbers
may write to the Mount Glenn
ems post office or contact their
carrier.
HEAVY INCREASE
The increased volume of bust
ness, Bannow said, was mainly
due to the amount of mail ham
died for and from servicemen.
Selfridge Field alone has three
full bags Of letters every day
and two trucks full of parcel
post packages. The staff of five
regular employees assigned to
the field branch are augmented
by five soldier clerks, he reveal
ed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
ST. Peters
Centennial
October Fl

The Centennial of st. Peters
Catholic parish, 18431943, will
be observed by the clergy and
members of the parish on Thurs
day, October 81.
The Rev. Father Leo Roberge,
pastor of the church, said today
that plans for the celebration
are virtually complete, and that
Archbishop Edward j. Mooney
of Detroit would be here TO pre-
side at solemn high mass start
ing at 1890 on the morning Of
the anniversary.
MANY PARTICIPANTS
The mass will be celebrated
by the Rev. Father Edward De-
Keyser, who served as an as
sistant pastor of ST. Peter
church in 1926. Assisting him
as deacon and sub-deacon will
be the Rev. Fathers Alfred Heb
bert, who was pastor of the
church from 1884 TO 1912, and
Ernest DePuydt, who was at the
church as an assistant from 1915
to 1918.
The sermon at the mass will
be preached by another former
st. Peters pastor. the Very Rev.
Dennis A. Hayes, who is now
serving at st. Gertrude's church,
st. Clair Shores.
More than 100 church pre-
lates, including many priests
who served as pastors or assist
ants at ST. Peters, will return
for the Centennial Among these
is the Ri. Rev. John Hackett,
now vicar general of the Lans-
See ST. PETER'S-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

BY careful manipulation of the
employees of the Mount Clemens
Post Office the service to the
community has not deteriorated
despite a 20 per cent increase in
the volume of business over the
1912 peak, John c. Bannow,
postmaster said today.
Although the local office has
lost eight men since the start
of the war, they have been re-
placed by temporary employees,
who have been hired for the du-
ration only. OF the eight, six are
women. the first to be employed
in such a capacity in Mount
Clemens.
WINDOW TRAFFIC
The six women have been
placed at the post office win
dows, handling incoming parcel
post, selling stamps, and issuing
money orders, while the regular
men have been moved into the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Mobile Column
knifes Through
German Lines
IL Air Fields
Fall to Daring
Eighth Army
BY IVES GALLAGHER

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 28-(R
- A strong British mobile ar
mored o lu m n has raced Is
miles through Field Marshal
Gen. Albert Kesselring's de-
lenses and captured the great
air base city of Foggia with its
IL satellite airfields.
Official reports disclosed the
vanguard of Gen. Sir Bernard
l.. Montgomery's Eighth Army
troops entered the city at p. m.
yesterday, easily overcoming
minor opposition.
At the same time Lieut.. Gen.
Mark w. Clark's men of the
Fifth Army registered gains of
from two to five miles to the
north in the Salerno area in the
face of stubborn German resist
ance.
YANKS ADVANCE
The Fifth Army captured the
towns of Lioni and Castelnuovo
on the eastern flank of this line,
which was held by American
troops.
The historic city of Melfi also
was taken.
North of Salerno B ritish
troops plunged their way for
ward two miles.
Some idea of the intense fight
ing encountered by the Fifth
Army was given by prisoners of
the German 18th Panzer Divi-
sion who said their division had
been virtually put out of action,
with its losses exceeding so per
cent.
'DISENGAGED'
(Today's German communique
said the pressure" of the An
glo- Americans in southern Italy
had been considerably increased
with the land ing of fresh
forces" It added: while all at
tacks were beaten back in the
Salerno area, our troops have
disengaged themselves accord
ing to plan in the area of Foggia
and have retreated to prepared
mountain positions. Foggia was
eyacIIated after destruction of
all installations of war import
ance.")
The drive into the hills tow
ard Nocera, 10 miles northwest
of Salerno, made steady prog
ress in bitter hand-to-hand fight
ing. Capture - this road juno
ton will take the allies to the
edge of the plain leading to Ma
pies, vital port which the Ger
See ITALY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Utica Doubles
War Loan Quota

The city of Utica has surpass-
ed its quota of $4,000 in the
Third War Loan Drive by S70.-
6S5 - with officials in charge
of the Utica drive counting on
more than doubling the quota
by the time the drive ends Sat
urday.
More than S159,985 worth of
bonds have been purchased in
Utica so far.
Through their record bond
sales, the city of Utica has pur-
chased fighter plane which has
been named THE City of Utica,
Michigan" by recruiting agents
who met Friday night, E. A.
Schwarzkoff has been chairman
of the bond drive for the plane.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Warplane Falls
i'm City; Pilot
Escapes Unhurt

An Army P-40 fighter, plum
melting to earth within the
eastern city limits of Mount
Clemens, Monday evening at
tracted hundreds Of persons to
the scene as flames swept
through the crippled aircraft
The pilot, End Lieut.. Edward
McLaurin, of Selfridge Field. a
member of an all-Negro fighter
squadron, was unhurt. He told
witnesses that motor trouble
caused him to make the forced
landing.
The ship landed in a melon
patch, 200 yards west of Gratiot
avenue, just south of the Clin-
ton river at about $50 p. m.
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expense vouchers and with OBJ
tanning and presenting false
statements to an army investi-
gator.
Tracy was the first witness TO
be heard in open session of the
court. Yesterdays session was
secret, on the ground that mill
See TRIAL-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Speaks to Women

LONDON, Sept. % - Up -
Prime Minister Churchill ad-
dressed q meeting OF 5000 war
active women from all parts Of
Great Britain at Albert Hall to-
day. The meeting was called to
put the women in touch with
ministers handling problems re-
lated particularly TO woman
and their homes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Jan Diet Meets

LONDON, Sept. Is - (E1 -
The Tokyo radio said today that
the Japanese cabinet had order
ed an extraordinary session Of
the Diet for Oct. Is and had
simultaneously announced the
adjustment of the planning
board and the ministry OF COM
merce.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Advertising Managers
Father Dead in IIIionis

Murray II. Parres, Advertis-
ing manager of the Monitor
Leader, left today for Belleville,
Ill, after receiving word that his
father, Murray Parres. aged %.
had died of a heart attack st his
home at $500 West Main street.
The late Mr.. Parres, who for.
merly0 lived in East st. Louis.
was a wholesale tobacco sales
man. Besides his son. Mr.. Parres
leaves his widow.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Next Auxiliary Police
Meeting Thursday. OF. !.

Police Sergt. Eugene Smith
said today that there will be no
meeting this week of the Police
Auxiliary forces but that meet
ing will be held at 100 Thurs
day evening, Oct Z, at the
Mount Clemens high school.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Butter Boosted
to is Points

Effective Sunday the ration
stamp value of butter will be l6
points the Office of Price Adj
ministration announced today,
thus bringing the value of but
ter to the total number of red
stamps allotted weekly TO one
person. At the same time the
values of eight standard pork
cuts were raised from one to
two points each.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Crash Kills 20

NEW DELHI, Sept. % - (F)
- Twenty persons, including u.
8. Army officers and enlisted
men, were killed when a u. S.
transport plane crashed last
Tuesday near Calcutta, accord
ing to reports received today at
u. S. Tenth Air Force headquar-
tiers here.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 2S-(P
"A new reign of terror began
in Denmark today as Gen. Kurt
DaLuege, ruthless troublesh0Ot-
er for Heinrich Himmler's Ges-
tapo, took over control Of the
country from General Hermann
Won Hannecken, who has been
military dictator since Aug. 20.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Plant Explosion

MUSHROOM, Mich, Sept. %
--(Pl--Menno Boorsma, "a, for
merly of Grand Rapids and
Grand Haven, was killed and
five other persons were injured,
in an explosion yesterday at the
Continental Aviation and Engin-
eering Corporation plant.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Launch 2 Ships

SUPERIOR, Wis, Sept. % -
up - Two subchasers, the U. S.
s. Dearborn and the u. S. S.
WoonSocket, were launched yes
terday at the Walter Butler
shipbuilding yards. The ships
were designed as convoy vessels
with top speed Of AZ knots and
a gun range of nine miles. Four
make q convoy for so merchant
men.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

CHICAGO. Sept. % - (P -
Marshall Field Ill bought Sl0,-
100000 worth Of war bonds to-
day, his 50th birthday, when he
took possession of an additional
fortune estimated at from $780,
100000 to S75,O00,000.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

LONDON, Sept. 2S-tR-The
Berlin radio said today that Be-
nito Mussolini's German-spon-
sored Fascist Republican gov
eminent" has been recognised
By Rumanla. Bulgaria, Croatia
and Slov1&1b-all states under
Adolf qtE1e's thumb.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

ter, of Detroit. may reopen the
complete case in order TO judge
for himself the comparative suit
ability of the petitioner, Carmel
Hoge, the father, and Alice
Juanita Horvath, the mother, TO
bring up the child.
SEEKS NEW HEARING
George John, attorney for
Mrs. Horvath, in his opening ad-
dress to the court, asked for such
a move, stating that it would be
for the best interests of all par
ties concerned since the judge
conducting the hearing is unfa-
miliar with the case.
Circuit James E. Spier, heard
the two original suits for the
custody of the child and ruled
both time for a divided custody.
The father had the child for six
months as we'll as the mother.
SEEKS COMPLETE CUSTODY
Hoge is asking now for the
complete custody of the child on
the grounds that Mrs. Horvath is
an unfit mother.
After his preliminary address,
in which he touched briefly on
the first of two hearings, includ-
ing the alleged seduction and
immoral career of the mother,
Hoge's counsel, Harold w. Ged-
des, called Mrs. Horvath TO the
stand.
Mrs. Horvath showed signs of
a faulty memory when ques-
toned about her alleged friend
ship with steward at the Fed
See BABY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

does have to step on it TO reach
the S4,386, 900 quota in the
Third War Bond drive. Having
the time limit extended by two
days has helped considerably,
but The time is short. and Off
Gals agreed today that much re-
mains TO be done.
EXTENDED TWO DAYS
The drive has been extended
from Thursday night until
through Saturday, October 2.
To date, Macomb county has
purchased S3,2-0,000 worth of
bonds-75 per cent of the quota
according to County Chair
man Harry Malbin.
"E' Bond sales in the city of
Mount Clemens are alarmingly
Below what they should be, lack
ing $4,000 worth of "E" bonds
to make the "E" Bond quota of
S452 900, Ralph w. Clark, exc
cutive chairman of the War fin
ance committee said today.
The following telegram was
received today by Clark, from
Frank N. Ibey. Chairman of the
United States Treasury War Fin
ance committee for Michigan:
URGE SUPREME EFFORT
Through you am appealing
to the people of Mount Clemens
TO use their every talent TO
mako this Third War Loan a
success. To those of you who
have done your best the treasury
says thanks. To those who have
not purchased bonds TO the linn
it of their ability / remind you
of just one thing. Ask yourself
now, What have | done, TO
help my country, compared to
some mothers son who is dying
over Germany for me tonight"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Dimes Needed

SAN SALVADOR, Salvador,
Sept. % - (P) - The Central
Reserve Bank has requested the
United States to send two mil
lion dimes to Salvador to allevi-
ate a shortage Of fractional cur
rency.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Urge Pay Hike
for 100000
Rail Workers
REB Recommends
Increase in
Report TO FDR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28-(P)
The White House disclosed to-
day that a railway emergency
board had recommended a wage
increase of at least four cents
an hour for 100000 operating
employees of the nations rail
carriers.
The board reported TO Pres
ident Roosevelt these workers
were entitled TO that much un-
der the Little Steel Formula and
implied it would have recon-
mended a higher figure if he
had felt the government would
approve.
The report was submitted on
a 2 to vote, the minority men,
Der dissenting sharply because
he favored a more substantial
increase, amounting to 7l2 per-
cent.
HUGE FIGURE
The 4 cents an hour proposed
by the majority amounts to 4 IL
percent of the average hourly
earnings, 89.9 cents, paid on
January, /, l94i, which is the
base date for the Little Steel
Formula. The five operating
Brotherhoods has asked an in
crease of 80 percent, or SO a
day, whichever might be higher
Unless set aside within 80 days
by the Economic Sterilization
Director or rejected by the en-
ployes, the increase would be
made effective as of April /,
1913.
HAVE STRONG CASE
1T is the opinion of the emer-
gency board said the report,
that the employees involved in
this dispute have made out a
strong case for a wage increase
to correct gross inequities and
TO aid in the effective prosecu-
ton of the war.
''In view, however, of the or
der of the Economic Stabiliza-
ton Director of June %, 1943,
and his memorandum opinion of
June 80, l943, in the non-oper-
ating case, this board is COM
PEELED to conclude that, there
being no substandards of living
in the present dispute, the OPP
Grating employees may be grant
ed such increase only as may be
See PAY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
War Bond Campaign Leaders
Voice Last-Minute Appeals
County Still Logs Far Behind
in Established Quote for Drive

We've got TO step on it,
that's what officials of the War
Finance committee are saying
today. And Macomb county
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late X X \
bulletins
Ships DESTROYED

LONDON, Sept. 20 - P) -
One heavily armed German pa
troll ship was blown up, another
was left blazing and third was
badly damaged in a sharp en-
counter with British light naval
craft off lie Havre, France, yes
terday, the Admiralty annOunc-
ed today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Great Arn1adas
5hatter Big
German Cities
SO Raj Bombers
Lost in Smashing
Roid on Honnover
BY ROBERT STURDEvANT


LONDON, Sept. % - up -
Great Royal Air Force heavy
bomber armadas struck three
German cities last night, concen-
trating on the rubber center of
Hanover in the second attack
in force on that city within a
week amid indications that il is
due for the same destructive
punches which leveled Hamburg.
The offensive al hit at the
big German naval base at En-
den. in swift follow-up 10 the
Flying Fortress slash yesterday
when American bombers drop
ped a mixed rad IF high ex-
plosives, incendiaries and pam
phlets.
Another Raj target was
Brunswick.
4sTH RAID
Last nights attack was the
eleventh heavy ',ombin- deliver
ed on Germany this month, and
marked the 48th time Hanover
about $50 miles from Britain
and 100 miles du, west of Ber-
liz has been bombed since the
start of the war.
The Hanover raid cost the
Raj 38 bombers.
Returning crewmcn reported
tremendous flames eating thru
the city, which is a huge rail
center and the ito of numerous
oil refine-ies and motor fac
tories, in addition 10 Germany's
largest rubber factory. the Con-
tinental Gummiewerke.
For Emden, important U-boat
haven on the north coast, il was
the second blasting within lit
tie more than IL hours. The
Fortresses plowed through ad-
verse weather 10 drop their
loads, employing compar lively
new methods devised TO make
potent the American daylight Of
fensives as effective in bad
weather as in good.
PATHFINDER PLAN
At Emden the Americans used
their "pathfinders" technique,
which undoubtedly is one of the
new tactics which Gen. H. II.
Arnold said recently were being
set up to combat the hitherto
big weather obstacle.
BY mounting high explosive
bombs in different manner the
Americans were able to carry
greater load of incendiaries,
and this procedure was follow
ed yesterday. although il was
not the first time that they drop
ped fire bombs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Bizarre Baby
Case Again
in the Courts

Once again the bizarr e
proxy baby" case involving the
custody of four-year old Pa
tricia Hoge, is in court today
with the possibility that visiting
Circuit Judge Theodore j. Rich
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

Howard X. Carroll, counsel
for Mrs. Carmel HOgue in the
Proxy baby" case, annOunc-
ed today that he would take
the stand himself tomorrow
to give testimony concerning
Mrs. Hogue's alleged "imprO-
per- activities in a Detroit
hotel.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

Impartial Coveross
OF All Loeol News
The union times., 1943-09-11

American Labor has always real ized how right Woodrow Wilson was when he stressed that: ''War has never been a mere matter of men and guns. It is a thing of disci- plined might.'
The union times., 1943-09-11

high. He also protested the manner in which the VILE. has graded tool mak- CTS into A, B, C, and D. classifcations.
 As former tool maker and tool room foreman, he said he never heard of grading a tool maker or a die maker.
 VILE. rates for tool and die makers range from $1.1O to $I.35 an hour. Cederholm submitted a list of forty shops where the going rate for these mechanics are from $l.4O to $l.75 an hour. He stated that the LAM. feels that tool and die makers should be paid from $l.5O to $l.65 an hour.
 Other VILE. wage rates which the Board has set for the metal trades industry were also considered lower than what the interested unions con- slider the actual standards for Fair field County. All representatives of labor urged the VILE. to make fair survey of the Bridgeport area to de- termlne the true standards. They ask ed that Seymour, Ansonia and Derby, which are not in Fairfield County, be eliminated from such survey.
The union times., 1943-09-11
How National War Fund Will Be Spent

NEW YORK.-Proposed distribu- ton of the $125,000,0O0 to be collected by the Natl. War Fund, overall war relief agency, for the IA months end ing Oct. 1, 1914, was made public recently as follows:
 Services to the armed forces. which include the USO, $61 ,226,827.
 War prisoners aid, $5,888,168.
 Services to the merchant marine $4,744,O97.
 Refugee relief, which embraces aid to those who managed to escape from the occupied countries, $8,637,8 7,84o.
 Aid to civilians in combat zones $24,973,626.
 Relief in occupied countries, where there is assurance that supplies will not fall into the hands of the enemy. $5,925,566. ,
 Administrative and campaign costs. $80O,OOO. ''
 Contingent fund, $12,8O7.867.
 In addition to the $125,OOO,O00 Natl War Fund goal, it is expected that another $125,0OO,000 will be raised by local united community campaigns for needs of the home front agencies for health, welfare and recreation.
The union times., 1943-09-11
Whitney Asks Labor Unity On Politics
Trainmen President Urges Brotherhood To Join
 Committees

CLEVELAND.-Organized labor's joint preparations for voting con- gressiOnal labor haters out in 1914 was greeted an as ''encouraging sign" by Pres. A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, writing in the current issue of the unions journal.
 Whitney appealed to all B.R.T. members and local officers to pitch in and help the A.F.L. and CI.O. unionists with his program to make organized labor'S vote in 1914 labors organized vote. We should get into those joint-labor political committees work with them, help build them and help finance them.
 ''This is the biggest single issue confronting the American labor movement today" Whitney said. ''the organizing of political power which will make possible effective bargaining with Congress.
 The coin of the realm of politics IS votes and not merely noble resolu- tons in union halls and mass meetings and petitions signed by disfranchised unionists sts-disfranchised because they aren't registered.
 We can't bargain with Congress unless we have the bargaining power in vOtes."
The union times., 1943-09-11
Protest WLB Wage Rates In Bridgeport
Labor Representatives Seek Higher Standard For
 Metal Trades

Representatives of organized la- bor in the Bridgeport area told special hearing officer of the New England War Labor Board that the wage rates set by the Board for the metal trade industries in Fairfield County are too low.
 The hearing on the rates, held re- gently in Bridgeport, was attended by representatives of labor and industries of the area. The A.F.L. representa- tives attending, who joined with the CLIO. in urging a revision upward of the pay scale, include:
 John J. Egan, secretary-treasurer of the Conn. Federation of Labor; Fred CederhOlm, Machinist's Grand Lodge representative; George Doyle, secretary-treasurer and Peter Politi, president of Lodge 30, Bridgeport LAM; John V. Yer miIya, president and Milton Fer guson, of Lodge 539, LAM; and Ernest Umbly, of the Patternmak- CTS International Union.
 Egan took exception to the con- plaint voiced by the WL.B.'s hearing officer that Washington officials feel that Connecticut wage rates were toe