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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Quebec Member Tells
House ST. Lawrence
Defenses Are Weak
Air Force Plays No Part
In Battling U-Boots,
}. S. Roy Declares

By he Associated Press.
OTTAWA, March l6.-J. S. Row.
Quebec independent, said in the
House Of Commons last night that
residents of the Gaspe coast had
witnessed many battles between
ships and submarines, but in none
Of them had the air force PLAYED
any part.
He declared there was something
wrong with the St. Lawrence River
and Gulf defenses and suggested
that a royal commission be set up
to investigate this situation
Navy Minister Angus Macdonald
interrupted to ask Mr.. Roy if he
thought he was helping st. Law
renee navigation by telling these
things in the House.
He is showing that the minister
Is incompetent" shouted Jean
Francois Pouliot, Quebec liberal.
Mr.. Roy, who spoke in the budget
debate, declared he had been kept
silent by similar statements in the
past but now he was going to tell
all he could, without aiding the
enemy, Of the things which the gov
eminent would hide" from the
Canadian people
Reports 81 Vessels Sunk.
He said he believed some 81 ships
had been sunk in the St. Lawrence
River and Gulf area if the east
coast of Newfoundland were in
Cluded.
Mr.. Roy told of having witnessed
battle between one or more sub
marines and two corvettes about q,
miles off Griffin Cove and about )
miles from the bomber base at
GaSpe.
Immediately the battle opened To-
cal residents had telephoned the
bomber station The battle lasted
one and one-half hours, but the first
plane arrived on the scene at am.
next day, Mr.. Roy said
Another incident he described oc-
CURED September IS, when, he said
the lighthouse keeper at Cape Roster
saw submarine about a mile to
the northeast.
The keeper had telephoned the au-
thoritles on shore and others had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
1900 Persons Attend
Funeral Services
For J. P. Morgan
Members of FomiIy ond
Friends Pay Finoncier
Final Tribute

BY ne Associated Press
NEW YORK. March l6-With
dignity and simplicity funeral serv-
ices for j, P Morgan were held
this morning in St. Georges Prot
estant Episcopal Church in Stay
veSant place, from which his father
was buried in 1918.
The body of the 75-ycar old
financier who died Saturday In
Florida lay in a plain black CONN
which was surrounded by approx
mately 100 floral pieces-presuma
bly, sent by members of the family,
for a request had been made TO
friends that no flowers be sent to
the church.
The small church was crowded
with / 500 persons, including mem
bers of his family and friends rep
resenting the social, industrial and
banking worlds.
Among the early arrivals at the
church were John d. Rockefeller,
jr.; John w Davis, Thomas w. La
mont, vice chairman of j. P Morgan
& Co, Inc, and other directors OF
the company,
AS the church filled, the church
organ voiced soft musical prelude
OF Wagner and Bach.
The Rev. Rush r. Sloane. rector
Of st. Johns Church of Lattingtown.
N. Y, where the financier was a
communicate, conducted the simple
Anglican service. Following the
rites, the body was to be cremated
at Fresh Pond in New York City
and the ashes sent to Hartford,
Conn, for interment where his wife
was buried in 1925
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16

similarly telephoned while the peo-
pie, seeing large convoy approach
ing the spot. gathered to see what
would happen.
Two Ships Torpedoed.
The submarine was first sighted
at II am. on Sunday. Soon after
the convoy reached the spot two
ships were torpedoed. one at 1921.
sinking at 1923, and the second tor
pedoed at 1922, sinking at 1882.
No planes appeared to help the
convoy escort Mr.. Roy said, and ap-
parently no warning had reached
the convoy of the danger awaiting it.
He questioned how that could hap
pen when he had been assured there
were competent defenses in that
area with officers empowered to act
without reference to headquarters.
Two weeks after the last incident
he had laid the facts before Prime
Minister Mackenzie King and asked
for special sitting of Parliament
to discuss them. Mr.. Roy said.
Mr.. King had replied that steps
were being taken to exhaust all
means of protecting ST. Lawrence
shipping
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Area Leaders Are Searching Neiehborhoods
For Vacant Land Available for Victory Gardens

Citizens without land who want
70 aid in the war effort by raising a
Victory garden should apply to their
local defense organization through
! their AFRAID warden or civilian
! mobilization area chairman.
Civilian mobilization has appoint
ed Victory garden leaders in many
/ of the Citys 66 defense areas. They
Will allocate garden plots in the park
! and private lands made available
for the purpose.
If you do not know who your local
defense leaders are. write to j. Nor
ton Franklin, Victory garden super
visor, Municipal Center. His Office
will give you the name of your area
garden leader or area defense chair
man by return mail. He will also
send your application to the person
in your neighborhood authorized to
allocate plots
More than 80 Victory garden area
leaders were surveying their neigh
borhoods today for vacant land.
They were instructed 10 check va
cant lots. large back yards, park
spaces-in short, to overlook no pos
sibilities.
Area Leaders Meet.
More land is needed. Granville
Guide. chairman of the District
Victory Garden Committee, told
meeting of the area leaders yes
terday in the District Building.
What the committee especially
wants is vacant land on streetcar
or bus lines Although driving to
Victory garden plot is not conSd-
cred pleasure driving and the ban
on pleasure driving is expected to
be lifted soon anyway, many apart
ment jewellers have no automobiles.
Certain areas have no available
land The old Southwest section
which sent leader to yesterdays
meeting, has none. One resident
suggested blowing the land behind
the Smithsonian Institution. Land
in neighboring areas will have to
be assigned to Southwest residents.
A large area of excellent farming
land has been offered the commit
tee by the management of the Blue
Plains Home Unfortunately the
home is in the most inaccessible
corner of the District. down the
Potomac opposite Alexandria.
Gallaudet College, an institution
for the deaf, has a large tract of
farm land in the Northeast, but it is
not available for use. Much of it
is in grazing land for the institu-
tons dairy herd.
Rains Retard Flowing.
Some neighborhoods are we'll I'M
derway with their gardening pro-
grams. But even where the land
is available and the equipment
ready, frequent rains have made
March blowing impossible.
The seed situation is still good in
the stores. OPA restrictions on the !
sale of dry beans and peas for seeds |
have been lifted. There are plenty |
of small tools except hoes.
If you are the owner of an unused |
plot of land which could be used for
a Victory garden, fill in the coupon |
above and send it to the garden |
editor of The Star. Your offer will |
be brought to the attention of the |
District Victory Garden Committee. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
British Hold in Burma
Despite Heavy Attacks

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, India, March 10
The British have maintained their
positions unchanged through a day
of fierce Japanese attacks and Brit
iSh counterattacks northwest of
Rathedaung, Is miles north of Ak
yah, in Burma, British commun-
eque said today.
Activity has been concentrated
chiefly in the area between Thaung-
dara and Kyauktaw, the commun-
ique said
1t added that British bombers and
fighters had joined the fight and
had given maximum support to
the land forces. Yesterday the
British acknowledged that they had
been forced to readjust their lines
as the result of an attack by rein
forced Japanese troops.
The japanese also sent force of
bombers with fighter escort to at
tack the Rathedaung area, but only
slight damage was done to the Brit
ish positions, and three of the en-
envy formation were shot down in an
air battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Bill to Aid War Veterans
Sent to White House

BY The Associated Press.
Legislation providing for vocational
training for disabled veterans of the
present war was passed yesterday by
the House and sent to President
Roosevelt.
Speedy enactment of the bill had
been urged by both the Senate
Finance Committee and the House
Committee on World War Veterans
Legislation so that rehabilitation of
approximately 300 disabled veterans
OF this war might be started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
House Will Take Up
S26,1OO,OOO Bill for
100000 Farmers
President Confers
With Form Leaders
On Food Problem

The House prepared today to con-
slider s26,l00000 emergency ap-
preparation to supply $4,000 work
ers for planting and harvesting 1943
crops
President Roosevelt, meantime
was seen as taking q direct hand
in the farm situation as result of
a conference yesterday with leaders
of two major organizations.
The President was reported to
have asked farm leaders to recon-
mend their solutions for the food
production problem with specific
reference to manpoWer, farm equip
ment and prices.
Called to the White House yes
terday were Albert S. Goss, master
of the National Grange; H. E. Bah
cock, vice president, and E. T. Ben
son, executive secretary of the Ma
tional Council of Farmer Corpora
tives,
President Concerned.
A spokesman for the group said
the President appeared genuinely
concerned about the food production
problem. The overall farm situa-
ton, he said. is to be explored by
the two groups, as well as the Ma
tional Farmers Union and the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
They are to report back to the
President at subsequent confer
ence. 1t was said.
The bill before the House today
is designed to meet immediate farm
labor needs by using pproximately
$50 900 migratory workers and more
than 10000 other workers to be
recruited from rural and urban
areas.
The latter group will include
some 100000 high school youth,
$4,000 non-farm women for sum-
mer employment and another 10000
non farm women for year. around
work.
Labor Costs Considered.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee recommended the S26, 100 900
figure last week and stipulated that
the labor recruitment and training
program be administered by the
Agriculture Extension Service agen-
cies.
Also scheduled for today are hear
ings by the House Rules Committee
on legislation to write into the 1912
Price Control Act requirement
that labor costs be computed in
fixing price ceilings for farm
products.
Legislation authorizing the sale
of 100,000,000 bushels of Govern
ment-held wheat for food purposes
was passed by the House yesterday
and sent to the Senate. The meas
ure stipulated that the wheat be
sold at the average corn parity
price. Previous sales of Govern
ment wheat were pegged at IS per
cent Of corn parity.
The Agriculture Department had
requested the legislat ton in order
to encourage the production of live
stock through making more feed
available.
Make a raid on your pocketbo0k,
so that we can raid the Axis. Get
your War savings bond or stamps
now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Mancuso Faces Induction
Before He Gets HEARING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 49,
Philip F. Mancuso, 25, father of T.
.month-old twins, was right back
where he started from today in his
demand for full and fair hearing
before he is indicted into the Army.
Federal Judge George A. Welsh
established a precedent last week
by deferring Mancuso's induction,
pending a hearing by his draft
board. After a clash with Govern
ment attorneys, Judge Welsh va
Gated his deferment order, but or
dered new hearing.
Scheduled for yesterday, it turned
out to be anything but a hearing
United States Attorney Gerald A.
Gleason refused to allow Mancuso
to petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, saying he would have to be
indicted first And when Judge
Welsh asked the draft board mem
bers to tell their story. Mr.. Gleason
ordered them to remain silent.
Finally the judge suggested that
MancuSo be indicted and then OBJ
tain a writ for a hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Navy Post Here Given
To Capt. John Cassidy

+ fR Al10C 10 Ptc-1-
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. March IS
Capt John II Cassidy. chief OF
staff to rear Admiral A B. Cook
head Of the Naval All OperatIonal
Training Command has been as
signed TO the Bureau OF Aeronautjcs
a. Washington as director of train
ing command headquarters here
announced las, night
Capt Ernest Wheeler LItch. com
mander of the Naval An Station at
Detroit. viii SUCCEED Capt. Cassidy
IS chief of staff to Admiral Cook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Gets Marine Chevrons

Lucille McClarren, Nemacolin, Pa.
first enlisted member of the Women's
Reserve, Marine Corps, is the first
to be promoted to sergeant, the
marines announced TODAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Groveton P-TA to Meet

The Groveton (Va) Parent
Teacher Association will hold Joint
meeting with the study group at 3
pm. tomorrow in Miss Helen Hser-
tells room at the school,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
Around Utica

of Port Huron, were weekend
guests Of Miss Peggy Hirth.
Attending the u. S. Treasury
Department Gallant Holly
wood Third War Loan Caravan
Show al Olympia Tuesday eve
ming from Utica we're Mrs. Carl
w. Cecil, Mrs. Harold Ash, Mrs.
Jas. Merritt, Jr., Mrs. Charles
NJ. Foster and Peggy Hirth.
The ladies OF the Utica Meth
odiSt church are serving a cafe
terra dinner in the church din
ing rooms on Thursday evening.
A troop of Girl Scouts is be-
ing organized in Utica under the
direction Of Dorothy HOLSTER,
of the Utica high school faculty.
Thirty-four girls have been en-
rolled and meetings will be held
every Thursday afternoon in the
grade school
The Bo* Scouts held an or
ganization meetin on Monday
night when % boys were en-
rolled. Clarence Walsh is Scout
master and Edwin j. Waelde is
assistant.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
Dutch Say Disease Making
Serious Inroods on Foe
Western Jovo Scene Of Serious
Outbreaks Tokyo Radio Admits

WASHINGTON. Sept. 10 -
Up Cholera and the plague
are marching against the Jap
anese in the Southwest Pacific.
Data complied by the Meth
erlands Information Bure II
here disclosed today that ty-
phoid, malaria, dysentery and
OF her epidemic diseases are
waging guerrilla warfare against
the empire builders from Nip
pom.
Evidence of the serious diff
culties encountered by health
authorities in the Japanese-oc-
cupied areas is found, says the
bureau, in recent Japanese-con-
trolled news broadcasts in the
Netherlands East Indies, French
Indo China and elsewhere.
A Domei Japanese official
news 3ency) reports from Ban
dung, Java, for instance, tells
of alarming outbreaks OF plague
in western Java. where japanese
military authorities have order
cd evacuation Of the stricken
districts.
Not only Bubonic Plague (the
Black Death OF the Middle Ages
but the more deadly and more
infectious Pneumonia Plague
has been spreading. IN one vii
lage a fourth Of the population
was reported 10 have died of
pneumonia plague in the course
o. two weeks.
Netherlands experts on the
Fast Indies situation attribute
the new outbreaks TO break
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
BY MRS. c. NJ. FOSTER


Sunday Mrs. Dimmick attend
ed the Crissman family reunion
at Avon park, Rochester. Mon
day she motored to Inlay City
10 be the guest of friends. On
Tuesday she was guest at the
opening meeting OF the Utica
Tuesday club of which she was
a former member and in the
evening was dinner guest OF
Mrs. w. D. Lane in Pontiac.
Wednesday Mrs May ST John
Brownell entertained in her
honor at luncheon al her home
on Cass avenue and in the eve
ming she was the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. George Eckert, at
dinner in Detroit.
Saturday Mrs. Sidney Odgers
will entertain FIR Mrs. Dimmick
and on Sunday she will attend
the reunion of her graduating
class Of the Utica high school
when they will assemble for
dinner at Cotter's Inn on Wood
ward avenue.
Mrs. Ed Schadowski aid son
were brought TO her home in
Utica on Tuesday from the De
troit Osteopathic hospital
Mrs. Larry Mattashead is the
mother of son born on Sun
day at the Detroit Osteopathic
hospital
A son was born. on Tuesday
mornin- to Mr.. and Mrs. Beam
{Melba Stark OF Utica.
Albert Landershier of Van
Dyke road was taken 10 Harper
hospital Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Chap
oton are visiting in Bellville
this week Mrs Chapoton S
brother being home on furlough
for a few days
Mr. and Mrs Donald Michael
entertained al dinner Tuesday
evening the honor guest being
Michaeis brother. Kirk. who
has enlisted in the Army Air
Corps Cadets.
A number Of social affairs
have been given honoring Mrs.
Thomas B. Dimmick, of Airing
ton. Va, who is the guest of her
father, c. Omer Crissman, and
other relatives here. On Satur-
day Mrs. Dimmick was a lunch
con guest Of Miss Isla MesSmore,
who entertained in her honor
the members Of the Raspberry
Club" In the evening she was a
guest of Mrs. Grace Emorey OF
Royal Oak.
Jean Chapoton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Chapoton, will
be in Utica this week on short
furlough from camp in Atlanta,
Ga.
Ann Louise Swanson. Of Ro-
chester, and Mary Ellen Stack,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

down of Java's public health
service, due TO wholesale incar-
ceration of Dutch and lndones-
ian health officers and phy:i-
clans by the Japanese. A short
age of staple foods, especially
rice, also is said TO be weaken
ing populations resistance.
In the Celebes a malaria cpl
demic is reported raging. Ma
laria also is handicapping Jap
anese military operations on
southwest Pacific battlefronts.
The director of the Medical
Bureau of the japanese War
Ministry, Lt.-Gen. Hiroshi Kan
bayashi. recently was reported
10 have said malaria cases ac-
counted for 90 per cent of Jap
anese disabilities in that area.
Notwithstanding j a p n @ s G
conquest of regions formerly
producing 90 per cent Of the
worlds quinine, reports indicate
a shortage of that drug in the
occupied areas. japanese reports
talk of local shortages of medi-
cal supplies and complain about
the Black Market in quinine
operating in Thailand and also
mention the manufacture of a
uuinine-s substitute in Java.
Other reports broadcast by
japanese controlled stations say
4 an epidemic of cholera
which has been uncontrolled in
Thailand since last June now
has appeared in the Philippines.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

Lawrence Technical University
in Detroit He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John j. Treff Of 220l4
Gaukler avenue.
An honor student and saluta-
torian of his class, he graduated
at the age of 16. He will enter
Lawrence September Z where he
expects to major in chemical en-
cheering. AT a personal inter-
view with the president of the
University September /, he was
informed that the scholarship
would continue through the four
year course provided a B" av-
erage was maintained.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
PATCHING PLASTER

For best results use pre-
pared patching plaster. which
you can get at your paint or
hardware stores. Vinegar is used
in plaster Of Paris 10 slow the
time of hardening. II is mixed
hslf-and half with water, and is
used for mixing instead Of plain
water.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
Psychiatrist
10 Examine
War Worker

The 25-year-old Warren town
ship defense worker, Charles
G.. Feneuf, of BIAS Chalmers,
Van Dyke, who admitted TAX
ing indecent liberties with an
eight-year-old Warren township
girl on July 30, after being
trapped by a lie-detector test,
was to be examined by a psy-
chiatrist today, Circuit Judge
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
Cholera, Plague Join Allies i'm March Against Japan

Shirley Stewart of Port Huron
ruled yesterday.
Feneuf plead guilty yesterday
before Judge Stewart. The bond
of $500 was continued He was
arrested on August II, and TAX
en- TO the State Police labora-
tories in East Lansing, where
he admitted his guilt. Feneui
is single.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
ARTEsIAN ETYMOLOGY

Artesian wells are named aft
er Artesium, the Latin name for
the province of Artios, France,
where such wells came into use
centuries ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

Anything new, Bert, on that black market
trial up at the county seat?'
"The jury came in bout an hour ago.
Judge The verdict was guilty. understand
the sentence is going to be mighty stiff one"
Cant be too stiff to suit me. Anything
those law-houting racketeers get will be too
good for them. How they thrive every time
there's an opportunity to sell something
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
School Bond Sales
in Week Top $3,195

Bond sales at Mount Clemens
schools for the first week of the
school year greatly surpassed
the sales for last year, Supt. l..
Wade Fast revealed today. This
years total for the first week is
S3,l94 IS. as com p are d TO
sl90.15 last year.
Included in the total are the
following amounts Mount Glenn
ems higI school, s2l207 90; Grant
school, s24l l5;/Wilson school,
S23990; Dick son school,
0.60, Macomb SC h 90
S15035; Don a ! d o n school,
S98.75, Lincoln school, S97.55;
Clemens scnool. S905 War
bonds aid stamps are sold every
Tuesday at the schools.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

If pollinated, pineapples con
tain about 1900 seeds. In Hawaii
fortunately there are no natura
pollinating agents for pineapple
plants.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
Harry Vaughn
Notified of
Scholarship

ST. CLAIR SHORES-Harry
II. Vaughan, graduate of South
Lake High School last June has
just been notified that he has
been awarded a scholarship to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
COULEE A POWER SOURCE

Forty-two per cent Of all the
potential power in the United
States is located in the Column
bia river basin, Washington, site
of Grand Coulee dam.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

illegally instead of legally in this country
Just like the bootleggers did during the
IA years when liquor was sold illegally in
stead of legally.
Unless this black market in meat and
other commodities is stamped out and
stamped out quickly, Bert, we're in for an
other dose of the crime, corruption and law
lessness we had following the last WorldWar."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

You can be fined for using a
milk bottle for anything except
milk in Washington. ID. c.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

these men did regular production work and
observed, at first hand, the production meth
DDS then in use. Our long background IN
building automobiles and trucks, plus the
experience these men gained working with an
aircraft manufactures, enabled US quickly TO
Get under way with the necessary tools and
eouipment to turn out bodies for bombers
BY quantity production methods
To help acquaint us in advance with the
many kinds OF material and operations in
voved. the Army Air Corps sent US bomber
nose section. Our engineers and master me-