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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-22

his story In the Base Hospital. where
ne was being treated for cults and
bruises. The story as released by
the Antilles Air Task Force Of The
United States Army;
BY LIEUT.. THOMAS HARMON
tAii-America HsIfbsck A. the Univer.
sity Of Michigan. 1939-IO
A u. S. ARMY BASE IN
DUTCH GUIANA, April 81 -
(P)- We had been flying at 8.
600 feet for nearly two hours
through heavy rain turbulence
] spotted an opening in the
clouds and started to spiral d. WI.
to fly contact beneath the over
cast.
AT the end of the second turn
there was sudden sharp crack
from the right wing and righs
engine.
! opened up the good engine,
and then cut both throttles, but
the ship wouldn't come out OF
that spiral.
The dive became sleeper and
the bank increased.
BAIL OUT
l yelled at the crew to bal.
out and away went Wolf iSec-
ond Lieut.. Edwin j. Wolf of
PHILADELPHIA, then Wieting (Se-
cond Lieut. Frederick o. Wet
ing, Lansing, Mich.,) and l think
Coss (Staff Sergt. Bernard r
Coss, Mendoza, I'D got out too.
! couldn't see the others, but
Just then the ship snapped into
a left hand spin. All the instru.
ments went crazy, the altimeter
read 1900 feet SO l went out of
there.
I grabbed for the ripcord, but
missed, grabbed again and yank-
ed. The next thing / knew / was
hanging in tree and 20 yards
away my ship had crashed and
was burning. ] managed to climb
down the tree but l couldn't ge:
near the ship until it had cooled
off.
Almost everything was des-
troyed, but | salvaged a pair of
pants, some shoes, a parachute,
a jungle kit which was smashe 1
but still good and few beat up
cans of water. had bolo knife
from the kit and l found a Very
pistol. / also found my cigarette
lighter and i. still seemed % be
working.
NO TRAILS
put my trousers on over my
flying suit, tied my other things
up in a bundle and then started
off due east toward the coast,
using a compass from the jungle
kit.
The jungle was terrible. Thick
underground and no trails.
The country was hilly and ev-
cry little valley was swampy. ]
had to cut my way through will,
the Bolo knife and stop for
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-22

EDITORS: In the following first
person narrative Lieut.. Thomas HAr-
mon discioses tor the first time the
full story Of how ne baiIed out Of a
disabled 4. =. Army plane during
storm over Guiana and wandered
through the tungIes for four DAYS be-
fore being rescued. Two of his COM
pAnions were killed. and three 9TH
ers-ail Of whom apparently paiIed
out safely before Harmon took 10 his
psrachute-are missing and sought
by rescue parties. One Of Harmon's
first acts on reaching a u. =. Army
base was to board plane and iirect
an aerial search which located the
wreckage of his craft. Harmon told
his story In the Base Hospital, where
ne was being treated for cults and
bruises. The story as released by
the Antilles Air Task Force Of the
United States Army:
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Maryland Budget
Goes 10 Housefor
Final Approval
Agreement Reached
On Teachers Bonus;
Senate Votes III Bills
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
| ANNAPOLIS, March 81. - The
100000, 900 State budget bill, passed
by the Senate yesterday, came up
in the House of Delegates for final
action today as members of both
houses continued their attempt to
attain adjournment sine die Satur-
day or early Sunday.
In order to adjourn at the end of
Saturdays business it would be
necessary to pass the budget bill and
send it to the Governor today, since
the Constitution provides the meas
ure must be approved three days
before final adjournment.
Should it be held over until to-
morrow, hope of ending the legisla-
tive session 48 hours before the con-
stitutional deadline Monday would
be gone
The Senate, in a burst of action
yesterday which saw Ill bills ap-
proved, a record for this session,
approved two measures which earlier
drew heavy fire-the revised version
of the McClayton liquor bill and
! the so-called fish nets bill.
Liquor Bill Revised.
The liquor proposal, which started
as complete recodification and re-
writing of the States alcoholic bev-
erage law, was passed finally, with
only two features of the original
! measure remaining. These provide
| for the abolition of the State Ap-
peals Board, the taking OF appeals
from revocation and suspension
rulings to the circuit courts, and the
granting of additional rule making
power to local license boards.
The fish nets bill, which tied up
the House of Delegates for several
days, would relax licensing restric-
tions on commercial net fishing In
the Chesapeake Bay. 1t has passed
without debate.
Another fisheries bill, which would
open the Potomac River to hand
scraping Of oysters during certain
seasons of the year is up for action
today after an initial test of strength
on the floor of the Senate yesterday.
Teachers Pay Agreement Made.
In the House Speaker Thomas E.
Conlon announced an agreement
had been reached with the Senate
to correct technicality in the
bonus bill for teachers and State
employees.
The session yesterday and last
night in the lower chamber were
for the most part routine.
A Senate measure which already
had received approval of both
houses was recalled and sent back
to the House Judiciary Committee
where Chairman Milton Tolle of Bal
timore County said minor changes
were contemplated. This was the
bill to provide for continuous as
sessments for the counties.
Rules were suspended for intro
duction of two bills, one of them
authorizing county commissioners
and municipal officials to set up
and use postwar construction funds
for capital Improvements, deferred
maintenance and equipment replace
Evening star., 1943-03-31

Marys, would provide for an amend
ment to the Constitution, which
must be approved by the electorate
at a referendum.
It proposes that the General As
sembly be called into session each
May to consider the budget for the
ensuing year. The session would
not be limited in length but would
be permitted to consider only reve-
nue. and tax matters.
The Governor would be required
to submit his annual budget 10 days
in advance of the budget session.
Evening star., 1943-03-31

Earlier the House Ways and
Means Committee had conducted
hearing on bill which would create
a regulatory board and permit licen-
sing of naturopathic physicians In
Maryland.
DR.. Kenneth Hitchcock claimed
I'VE are already recognized In IL or
Is States and though we are q
minority group we feel we should
be authorized to practice"
DR.. Allen Chesney of the Johns
Hopkins Medical School, voiced op-
position to the measure, saying 1t
would open the door to another
poorly trained cult"
Evening star., 1943-03-31

ments. It would permit co-opera-
ton with any postwar planning
commission.
After a surprise blackout had de-
layed the night session for about an
hour, the House accepted an unfa-
vorable committee report on bill
which would have required lending
companies to permit borrowers to
select insurance companies of their
own choosing to secure the loan.
Annual Budget Bill Voted.
The Senate also approved a pro-
posal that the State operate under
an annual rather than a biennial
budget.
Evening star., 1943-03-31

This measure was then sent to the
House Of Delegates, and If ap-
proved there would be referred to
the electorate at the general election
in November, 1914.
The Senate also passed a COM
panion measure to the budget bill,
a measure fixing the State tax rate
on real property for the coming BIZ
ennium.
The annual budget bill, introduced
by Senator John B. Funk, Democrat,
of Frederick; Frank j. Bauer,
Democrat. of Baltimore, and Horace
H. Bowling, Republican, of St.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
All Wash
No Machine Gives Yanks
Scrub Day Hands

Some Of those soldier boys at
Fort Wayne were still appealing
today for an old washing machine
that runs.
1t seems that the boys are get
ting wash-day hands.
Mrs. Edward Kimber, of the Il
Will Do My Best Committee, has
been all over town looking for one.
But she finally appealed to the
Times.
$50 far" she said, mo one has
made an offer but the boys and
myself are still hoping. l talked
to a sergeant last night, and he
told me that most OF the fellows
In Company A are saving up their
laundry for the big occasions"
Mrs. Kimber can be contacted
at RA. 0258 at the committee
headquarters at p Cadillac Square
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25

was small boy. That was a
wonderful place for boy.
have always loved this part Of
the country"
The Biddle family settled here
in 1915. Major John Biddle. Doc
tor Biddles grandfather, was the
city's third mayor and builder of
the old Biddle House at Jefferson
and Randolph.
Doctor Biddle is alone. His wife
died year ago. His only daughter
in 1925. His brother. Stratforo
Biddle, lives in California.
He has retired from active civic
life, which brought him posts in
the board of health and board OF
education. His remaining activity
is president of the public library
commission. He is past comman-
der of the Naval and Military
Order of the Spanish-American
War and a companion of the Mill
tary Order of Foreign Wars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25

An admitted anti-New Deal
Democrat and a Republican will
be the two top men In a House
investigation into the Federal
Communications Commission. it
was revealed today when Eugene
L. Carey appointed Fred r. Walker
as his chief assistant.
Carey. 81, and a New York
lawyer, who represented Repub-
iican National Committeeman
Frank d. Mckay in the local fed
eral courts. was appointed last
week by Rep. E. E. Cox, Georgia
Democrat, to head the investiga-
ton.
Today Carey announced the APP
pointment of Walker. former Re-
publican assistant district attor-
ney and defense lawyer in many
prominent trials recently, as his
chief assistant. Walker will report
to Washington next Wednesday.
Carey will complete the selection
of his staff after that meeting, he
announced.
81 met Walker when he repre-
sented William McKeighan dur
ing the Mckay trial." Carey said.
"He Is a dilligent worker, honest,
conscientious and not afraid Of
long hours. He Is the type OF
man we need for such an in
vestigatiOn."
The original appropriation for
the investigation was disallowed
and not until this term, when anti
New Dealers and Republicans
joined forces, were funds made
available - ~ tsta --tes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
Ann ArbOr Gunner
Aids in Jap Rout
Photo by Times stan Photograph

Four Jap Zeros were sent flam-
ing into the sea and nine forced TO
turn tail by Staff Sgt F. M. Nc
Kay of Ann Arbor and three other
gunners aboard Ii bera o
bomber over New Britain. a New
Guinea dispatch said today.
The 13 enemy planes attacked
McKay's bomber as it opened its
bomb bay doors over a japanese
cargo ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
Banquet 10 HighIight
Brotherhood Week

An interfraternal brotherhood
banquet, at 1880 p. m. March 3
at Gabriel Richard Hall. Amity
and Parkview, will highlight De-
troits celebration of National
Brotherhood Week, 1t was an
nounced today.
Guest speakers will be DR..
James C. Heller, president of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis; Gervas T. Murphy, state
deputy of the X. of G., and Edgar
Guest, Detroit poet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
0PA 10 Cut Price
On Used BiCy(Ies

WASHINGTON. Feb. IS (UPl.
The price of used bicycles soon
will be lower, the Office of Price
Administration announced today.
Under a new regulation which
OPA will issue soon. specific dol
lars and cents ceilings will be
established on all used bicycle
sales. In addition. the order will
establish ceilings on prices of ac-
cessories sold with used bicycles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
Edison Boost
Blamed on Fear
Of War Prices

The Detroit Edison Company
electric rate hearing will be re-
sumed tomorrow at Hotel Fort
in what is expected 10 be
the final day of cross examination
by city attorneys.
Yesterdays session was confined
mostly TO questioning of Edison
Controller Harry A. Snow by
attorneys for the Michigan Manu-
facturers Association and local ice
companies.
A. +. Lindbloom, representing
the NINA, sought from Snow a
survey of production costs justify
ing a recent boost in industrial
electric rates based on a rise in
coal prices.
I'VE made no such study"
Snow said. I've based the new
industrial rates on fear Of
runaway prices like we expert
enced during the last war"
Howell Van Auken, represent
ing four ice manufacturing firms,
asked Snow why commercial and
residential rates have steadily de-
creased since 1915 while industrial
rates are actually higher.
The tremendous increase In
the amount of electricity con-
sumed by Industrial users since
that time certainly should have
justified lower rates." Van Auken
said.
when n small customer in
creases his use of power, the
cost Of producing for him lowers
considerably" Snow answered.
But when a large user in
creases his consumption of
power, no matter how much,
production costs remain rather
constant"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
HINTS FEDERAL FUNDS

And 10 bear out Bold's state
nient. Mrs. Roosevelt said that if
her investigation diScloses that
nurseries for child care are in
adequate in the city she was GER
talnly going 10 ask for federal
funds 10 make them satisfactory
She indicated that she knew some
body with something 10 say about
federal funds who might be able
10 help out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
Wayne U. Food Display

First Of a series OF food demon
STATIONS under auspices Of the
Wayne County Council OF Defense
and Wayne University. is sched-
uled tomorrow in Room SON. al
the University. 2 %. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
BEAT LAST YEARS

Grant said that early contribu-
tions were considerably higher
than last years gifts. He pointed
out that the only way Detroit s
goal of $1,000, 900 would be reached
was through the increased dona-
ton of the small contributor.
Myers addressed another meet
ing at CaSs Technical High School
in the evening. With him on the
program was John w. Waiting.
general chairman of the 1913 war
fund campaign; Mrs. Walter F..
Gehring. mother Of a marine whose
life was saved by Red Cross blood
plasma; Controller Violet Falkner,
British Auxiliary Territorial Serv-
ice; Mrs. Dudley c. Hay. chairman
of the house-to-house solicitation
committee, and William ]. Norton.
member of the campaign advisory
committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
Shortage Of Butter

NEW YORK. Feb. Is GNS).-
An estimated p per cent of the
retail stores here were reported
without butter TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25

I'VE acquired Mrs. Roosevelt
because Of her tremendous ac-
mountaineering with persons In
public, political and social activ-
tiles"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25

"YOur Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. Is one of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
HOUsEWORK CAUSE

Asked about absenteeiSm among
women. Mrs Roosevelt said that
she had not fully acquainted her.
self with the facts. but that pre-
lllnlnary surveys on her part
Showed that some of the girls are
taking a day off now and then
10 get their hair done, or do the
homework.
Her immediate boss. Clarence
NJ. Bolds. IN charge of the labor
production division, broke in 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
8l. Celebrates ON Job
Birthdays Overrated, Dr.. Bdde, Dean Of De+roit's
Medical Men Says Wanted Army Career

DR.. Andrew Porter Biddle, dean
of Detroits medical men. today
celebrated his eighty-first birth
day.
To the. Acknowledgements derma-
tologist it was just the same as
any other day. He arrived at his
office in the David Whitney Build
ing an hour early following the
routine that has been his practice
since he returned 10 Detroit after
the Spanish American War with a
Boston bride.
Birthdays at my age are
overated," explained Doctor
Biddle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
Dorothy Kemp
Roosevelt Heads
City WPB Unit

Women in war production in
Michigan have a new guardian Of
their morale.
She is brown-eyed Mrs. Dorothy
Kemp Roosevelt, by marriage a
sister-in-law OF the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt. the new head Of
women's activities of the labor
production division of the War
Production Board here in Detroit
All of which makes her respon-
sible for keeping up the morale
OF the girls in the plants and
keeping down h G ir alleged
abSenteeiSm.
NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT JOB
She had no illusions about the
Job.
I'm ready to tackle any
problem that may arise" she
said with the same CLINT in her
eye that she possessed in the
recent election when she unSuc-
cessiully campaigned 10 unseat
Rep. George DOndero Of The
Seventeenth Congressional Dis
tTICt.
"My first major problem"
she admitted. els improving or
arranging for proper rest room
facilities In plants where women
have never worked prior To this.
Then come the problems of
absenteeism, health and child
care"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
u. s. Faces 3-Year War With JapS
After NaZiS Fall. Red Cross Told
Official Predicts
Battle in Pacific
Second TO None
BY WALDO 4. McNAUGHT

America today faces a three-to-
four year war in the Pacific
AFTER she has defeated the
Nazis.
That was the warning given to
representatives OF labor and in
dustry. meeting to start 1943's
Red Cross drive, by Carl r. Myers,
assistant director of American Red
Cross activities in China until the
Japs took over the Burma road
america must look to the
Pacific now" he said. There she
faces a battle second to mono
In the nations history"
ONE-HALF OF / PCT.
To-day we are fighting but
one-half of ] per cent OF the
total Jap forces. 1t will take MS
three 10 four years 10 lick Japan
after We have defeated Ger
many"
Principal speaker at the Red
Cross initial luncheon, Myers re-
turned to the United States last
October. He was the last man 10
travel the Burma road before the
Japs closed il.
Bombed in Rangoon, Lashio
Running and Mandalay. Myers
and his group of Red Cross work
ers were in Bhamo when the Japs
attacked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
GAINS MORE HONORS

The University of Michigan
medical school and the medical
school of the College of the City
of Detroit also have honored him.
That same medical knowledge
gave him a brief military career
as major in the Spanish-Ameri-
can War.
Born in house behind the pres
ent site of the Penobscot Building.
Doctor Biddle has seen Detroit
grow from city of $1,000 persons
10 its present size.
I'VE moved TO Crosse lie when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25

Mrs. Roosevelt. sister-in-law
Of President and Mrs. Roose-
welt who has been appointed
head of the women's activities
division Of Detroit's War Pro-
duction Board. Her job: keep
up women workers morale,
keep down absenteeism.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
STUDIES WAR NEWS

During his leisure hours he pores
over the war news in the library
of his home. 1874 Seminole avenue.
Doctor Biddle always wanted a
military career. His eyesight
caused him 10 withdraw from An
napolis.
He returned 10 Detroit, his
birthplace, TO make a substitute
career OF medicine, studying al
the Detroit College of Medicine.
That substitute career brought
him national prominence and the
chair emeritus OF dermatology at
the Detroit school.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25
GIVES UP SEVEN TRUCKS


Giving seven of his 35 trucks
TO the Chinese army TO evacuate
wounded soldiers, he loaded the
remaining trucks with Chinese
women and children and started
over the Burma road.
THE confusion there was Ap-
palling," he said. Chinese trucks
damned the road as one tried to
pass another. We settled that
problem by stationing n Chinese
soldier every 100 yards and any
driver who tried TO pass was
shot. Several were killed before
the line became orderly"
When Myers and his truck con-
voy reached Wan Ting they burned
the village lest the Japs. close
behind them by this time. be able
to use il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-25

In one part Of their trip it took
them Ia hours to travel II miles.
Preceded and followed by hun
dreds of Chinese trucks, loaded
with refugees. the Red Cross unit
finally reached Running and
safety.
Referring 10 Generalissino and
Madame Chang Kai-Shek as the
'Lincolns of the century" Myers
said the Chinese are today i'm
mobilizing one-and-a-half million
JapS.
GRATEFUL TO FLYING TIGERS
He said that the Chinese would
be forever grateful for the work
done by the Flying Tigers.
THE Chinese love the Amer
leans, principally for the Flying
Tigers" he said.
Following Myers on the luncheon
program, r. II. Grant, co-chairman
of the industrial division of the
1913 campaign and vice president
Of GIN. announced General Motors
contribution of $50. 900 to the De-
troit fund.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith Wis
tied at the Lyle Simmelink home
Friday evening of last week.
Bill Krazer, who has been Wis
iting his parents during the past
week is leaving today Thursday,
for an army camp in Utah., From
there he expects to be sent to Fit
Knox, KY.
Allan Hutchins and Neil Simme-
link of Pasco were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle
Simmelink.
MIR. and Mrs. Budd Larkin and
children were Sunday evening
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. +.
G. Dennis.
MIR. and Mrs. Gilbert Clodfelter
were weekend hosts to Mrs. Clod-
felter's mother and sister, Mrs.
Louise Edwards and Mrs. J. Ben
Benners and small daughter, Char
la, of The Dalles, Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Owens and
children were Sunday evening
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyle Simmelink. 49,. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. D. Peters
were business visitors in Horse
Heaven Monday. .s.a&
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-10

if wax paper is placed between
slices. Locker space can be used
to greatest advantage and the best
quality of meat will be available
if too great quantities are not
placed in the locker at any one
time. "-
1t is advisable to use beef within
six months of the time it was
placed in the locker and pork and
poultry within a three months per-
iod. Rancidity in the fat and dry
ing of the lean tissue are apt to
develop if the meat is left longer,
particularly if temperatures are
So above zero or higher, or if
temperature in locker plant
changes greatly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-10
Guests from Moses Lake
Visit Sunday Night

Finley-Mr. and Mrs. Sam briggs
of Moses Lake were over night
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Beathe Sunday. They visited MIR.
and Mrs. Harvey Kerr Monday be-
fore leaving for their home.
Mrs. John Beebe Of klamath
Falls, visited Monday and Tues
day with MIR. and Mrs. Harvey
Kerr. Mrs. Beeb and Mrs. Kerr
are sisters-in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schneider
visited at the Carl Walk home
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert briggs OF
Moses Lake were over night guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Grimshaw
Monday night. They also visited
at the Harvey Kerr home Monday
Donald johnson, torpedoman's
mate &c, who came from Asiatic
waters, and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole johnson Of Pasco, visited
Saturday with the O'Hair and
Sherry families.