davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-29
FAXORS EXPANDED ECONOMY
EDR Terms 18th Term Query Picayune

because. he said, "Old Doctor
New Deal has cured the coun-
try's internal ills.
The patient is all right inter-
nally now, he said, but old doc
tor New Deal had to call on his
partner, an orthopedic surgeon
known as Doctor Win-the-
War;" TO heal the external
wounds of a bad accident suf-
fered at Pearl Harbor.
CALLED PUERILE
The President thought il
rather puerile and political to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-29
Se1fridge Filler. %
Killed i'm Crash

Second 1t Cornelius F. May,
22-year-old Selfridge Field pi4
lot, was killed instantly at noon
Tuesday, when the military
fighter he was flying crashed in
an open field near the corner
of Gratiot avenue and Puttygut
road, near Richmond.
Lieut.. May had been stationed
at Selfridge Field Army Air
Base since Nov. 1, and was a
graduate of the Army Training
School at Tuskeege, Ala. His
home is in Nashville, Tenn.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-29
Berlin Paper Shuts Down
Due 10 Newsprint (urbs

STOCKHOLM. Dec. % (P)
Berlin dispatches said today
the evening edition of the news
paper Deutsche Allegemeine
Zeitung would suspend Jan. l
because of newsprint and man.
power shortages. The morning
edition will continue, it was
announced.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-29
Meat Ration
10 Be SIashed
Director Soys
Cuts Are Scheduled

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-tPD
- The new January meat chart
lists only one small point value
boston fresh hams, but Price
Administrator Chester Bowles
sees the ration cost of meat be-
ginning TO climb more noticea.
bly, in February.
The OPA chief, in a radio
address last night, said he
wouldn't be a bit surprised
to find higher values on some
meat products the month after
next, and added 1T seems most
likely that points may be higher
IN March and April and during
the summer
The change in fresh ham val
ueS, effective Sunday, hikes the
ration cost one point a pound,
eliminating the differential be-
tween fresh ard smoked types
in effect the last three weeks.
The reason: considerably in
creased movement of the fresh
cut since valuation recently of
special stamp for five pounds
Of pork.
FEW CHANGES
The values on the rest Of pork
cuts and all other important
brown stamp foods remain Writ
uaily unchanged on the new
chart, with butter continuing at
l6 points and veal. lamb and all
but three beef items staying put.
Cheese points, too, remain the
same.
The beef changes are a two
point reduction in dried beef
values, to IL points a pound. a
one-point cut TO three points for
tongue, and for sliced, ready
to-eat tongue two-point down
See MEAT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-29
Only s. in County Apply
for Drinking Certificates
County Clerk Reports Surprising
Deorth Of Drinkers, Il to Is

thousand applicants estimated
for this area.
Any abuse of the new state
See PERMITS-Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Camp Davis Men Urged To Inuite
Visitors For Christmas Dinner

Camp Davis military personnel
was encouraged Tuesday to invite
visiting relatives and guests to
have Christmas dinner at camp
messes in an effort by the Army
to prevent recurrence Of conditions
last Christmas when many persons
repeatedly Went hungry because
Wilmington restaurants, unable to
cope with the problem because of
food and labor shortages, closed
part or all of the day.
In Tuesdays daily bulletin,
which is issued to all commands
en- the post, Col. Adam E. Potts,
camp commander advised that
due to the restricted food supply
in Wilmington and the number of
restaurants which do not expect
to remain open Christmas Day, all
military personnel is encouraged to
invite visiting relatives and guests
to have Christmas dinner with
them at camp messes." Service
men were asked to notify mess
officers of number of guests ex-
pected so that provisions could be
made for the visitors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

some employees have indicated that
Christmas is for everybody else
ard it will be Christmas for them
too.
The chamber executive appealed
to employees of the city's eating
establishments to work on Christ
mas Day because of the large num-
Der of persons who are forced to
eat at public restaurants. Even
if large number of visiting rela-
tlveS and guests eat with military
personnel at Camp Davis, the need
for restaurants to stay open IS
still imperative, due to the great
number of persons who have no
other place to eat than at restau-
rants. They are the ones who eat
at public eating places daily"
The Christmas dinner to be serv-
ed in camp messes VIII include
TOAST turkey with dressing, giblet
gravely, mashed potatoes, candied
yams, green peos, turnips, celery
and olives, mince meat pie, ice
cream, candy, fruit cup, and cot
Zee
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
YUCOSLAV ARMIES
OPEN OFFENSIVE
Forces Fight In Close Liai-
son With Allied Mill
tarists

, LONDON, Dec. 21.-(R-Fighting
in close liaison witt Allied mill
tary representatives, the Yugoslav
partisan army of Marshal Josip
Broz (Tito) announced today that
it was on the offensive against
Axis forces-estimated at IL Ger
man and satellite divlsions-on
wide front extending from Croatia
southwark to the border region of
Montenegro and Serbia.
Tonight the, German and the
Axis-controlled Croat radios heard
in Cairo GAINED tile capture of
Jajce, A Bosnian town described
as Tito's headquarters, and said
that Tito and his government were
fleeing, pursued by Germans. The
Axis report, which had no con-
formation and was not heard else
where, said Jajce was captured
Sunday.
A Tito communicate telling of the
widespread seizure of the initiative
by his forces-carrying on a drive
competently described here as one
of the great campaigns of the war
was accompanied by an an
nouncement of the completion of
group of American, British and
Russian officers who have been
added to his staff.
The partisans, it can be said de-
finitely now, have an army of 250,-
900 or more men regularly organ
lied in divisions and corps but
handicapped by lack of heavy
weapons. They are guided, howev-
er, by one of the ablest military
intelligence systems functioning in
Europe.
This army and the partisans
working behind it in Russian guer-
rilla fashion have broken six sue
cessive German offensives and
are hammering haro against nine
German divisions and three Croat
quisling divisions and three Croat
in Yugoslavia. IN addition three or
four Nazi divisions to the north
near and over the frontiers of TIA
ly. Thus the activities of the parti-
sans are tying up better than
200,0 1000 Nazi first line troops.
British and American staff Of
ficers already had completed Sc
cret talks with Tito's men and the
Russians were reported to have
arrived at his headquarters during
the day to take up their share of
the job.
This gathering of force in Tito's
support brought frank recognition
here that one of the winters most
significant battles was developing
in Yugoslavia.
Discussing the military opera
tons, Tito's conmupique said the
partisans were continuing hopping
up operations against defeated
German forces in two Croatian
provinces: attacks were going for
ward in the Sanjak area between
Montenegro and Serbia; heavy
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

According to Lieut.. Roger B.
Doulens, public relations officer,
the December "a issue of the camp
newspaper, IA Barrage," will
point out in an editorial the con-
ditions as they were last year and
advise that tine only way
soldier should go to town Christ
mas Day is through an absolute,
bona fide invitation to dinner
Continuing, he said, ''if they go
to town Christmas Day it is not
the camps responsibility if they
ere not served dinner. The Army
is going to lot OF expense to pre-
pare dinner at the camp"
While the number of visitors to
be served has not yet been de-
termined, the public relations Of
ficer said the mess halls will be
capable of accommodating several
thousand guests
Meanwhile, in Wilmington, F. o.
Fockler, secretary of chamber of
commerce, said the city's restau-
rants will make every effort to re-
main open, despite the fact that
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
$1,000 STOLEN

Nineteen hundred dollars the
savings from many a days earn.
ings were repeatedly stolen from
a trunk in the bedroom Of Alfred
Brown, Negro, at SIG Campbell
street, Monday night.
Brown, who operates a cafe at
Sixth and Campbell, told police
that thieves broke into the bed
room, entered the trunk by fore.
ing the paddock, and made way
with the money, most OF which
was in one dollar, five. ten, and
twenty dollar bills.
The padlocks were found early
Tuesday. Police also detected q
number of good fingerprints or
the trunk. No one has been ar.
rested in the case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
SOCIAL SECURITY
LEVY HELD VITAL
Some Persons Do Not Know
They Are Entitled To
Receive Funds

Few people realize the actual
benefits derived from Social Sc
curity and many people entitled
to benefits aren't aware OF their
good fortune.
N. A. Avera, manager Of the
local Social Security board, told OF
a factory worker in this communi-
tv who died recently and when the
representative Of the Social So
curity board called, the widow
was totally unaware of the fact
that she had right to claim pay
uent of survivors insurance.
A talk with the young mans en-
ployer showed that he had worked
for that firm about two years
prior to his death.
At first glance it would appear
that so short a period of employ
ment would not justify monthly
payments of survivors insurance
to the widow: but further consider
alton shows that provision is made
in the law for the payment of
benefits to the survivors of wage
Garner who was only currently
insured. This means that the man
who has worked in covered en-
ployment at least part of the time
in each of six calendar quarters,
earning not less than $50 in each
quarter during the last II quart
ers (three years. of his life and
dies leaving a widow and young
child. is said to be currently in
sured; and these survivors may
claim monthly benefits under the
Social Security Act.
Since the young husband and
father. mentioned above, had
worked in a factory prior to his
death for eight quarters-which
is more than the required time
he was found to be currently in
sured: and his widow was ad
vised to file claims for monthly
payments of survivors insurance.
Examination of his wage record
showed that his average monthly
pay amounted to little more
than 500 month. Based on that
figure. the widow and her child
were awarded benefits of $32 per
month. II she does not remarry,
she will continue to receive pay
ments every month until the child
is 10 years old. Whether or not
the mother remarries, the child
will continue to- receive benefits
until he is is years old Qa if he
remains unmarried and in school.)
The Social Security Board Is
now paying monthly benefits to
widows and children of thousands
of men who have died currently
insured. In addition to these re-
cipients, there are many other
widows whose husbands died full
ly insured. Some of these women
are IS years old or over; others
have children under 18-and they
too receive monthly benefits
There are, also, many retired
workers who draw monthly bene-
fits for themselves and in cases
for their dependents. Old-age and
survivors benefits go, also, to Il
limited number Of aged parents
who survive insured wage-earners.
These are men or women, IS years
old or more, who were dependent
upon the deceased son or daughter,
at the time the wage Garner died
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
HONOR MAN

Decatur Jones, Jr., 81, son Of
Decatur Jones, ST., Of Burgaw,
has been graduated from recruit
training as honor man of his COM
rsny at the U. S. Naval Training
station, Great Lakes, Ill, Jones,
a former arc welder with the North
Carolina Shlpbuilding company,
was chosen honor man by fellow
bluej ackets. On completion of his
basic training as an apprentice
seaman, he has been recommend
ed for seaman, first class, general
oetail. Jones graduated from Bur-
gaw High school and was men,
ter of the Masonic lodge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

fighting was going On in eastern
and southern Bosnia with the Yu-
goslavs holding their own there,
and advancing in western Bosnia.
In a be1ated announcement of
action preceding the present coun-
ter-offensive, Tito tolc of the re-
capture Dec. Is of two towns near
Zagreb, Croat capital.
AS new waves of sabotage added
to the German troubles in Yugo-
slavia, the Nazis were reported to
have retaiated will the execution
yesterday of 10 persons charged
with communist act vities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
ANOTHER COMEBACK

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21-IR-
Henry Armstrong, one-time triple
title holder, hopes to start another
ring comeback when he fights
Aldo Spoldi, northwest welter-
weight, in Portland, Ore, in early
January. No date has been set.
Armstrong; manager, George
Moore, said the Los Angeles
fighter would resume training for
a circuit tour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

struction company, Winston-salem;
W. L. Jewell, Sanford; George W..
Kane, Durham; James r. Barnes,
Greensboro; P. S. West Construc-
ton company, Statesville; Nivins
Construction company, Charlotte;
E. F. Taylor, Goldsboro; Ernest
Foard, Charlotte; j. D. Heddln,
Washington, D. c.; W. A. Foster,
Burlington; and Parliam-Darr Con-
struction company, High Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
SHOT TO DEATH
CHARLOTTE. Dor .,

NlinHHoi IE, Dec. 2l-tp
man identified in MecE1 f,e A
county police report as e M
Doobs OF York Road was NJ 7,
shot to death near the city !; lolnd
plant yesterday. The renort O,sposaI
pistol was nearby and that 'p no.. a
were pinned to the mans ovor notes
vulged. WY Not d.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
COMP BID

Fifteen constructing companies,
including three Wilmington firms,
are bidding for the general con-
tract to build two schools at Maj
fit Village, c. F. Churchill, con-
struction engineer of the Federal
Works Agency, revealed Tuesday.
Bids for the general contract,
which will include plumbing, heat
ing and electrical work, will be
opened at 2:3O pm. Monday, De-
cember q, at the Richmond Of
flee of the FWA.
The Federal Works Agency re-
Gently allocated $123,6O0 for this
project, a total of $780, 800 to be
used for construction of the build
ings.
Bidding for the general contract
are w. A. Simon, l.. j. Coleman,
and Robinson Bros, all Of Will
mington; Kenton and company,
Richmond, Va; Fowler-Jones Con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
City Civil Service
Board Meets Tuesday

The City Civil Service commits.
sion will meet at 8 p. m. Tuesday
in the council chamber at city hall
to approve examination papers of
applicants on the city police and
fire departments Dec. IA.
Examinations were taken by
eight who sought positions on the
police squad and by two who want
to be employed by the fire depart
ment
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

Edwin Franklin
Hill, son Of r. l..
Hill of Tonapah,
Nevada, and Mrs.
W. G. Hamlet of
R. F. D. 3, Will
mington, receiv-
ed his wings re-
Gently when he
graduated as a
second lieutenant
from the Maria,
Texas. AAF Pilot
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
REPORT

Aviation Cadet Walter Linton
Parsley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald MacRae Parsley of Mason
ooro' Sound, has reported to the
Army Air Forces Basic Flying
school at CORTLAND, Alabama, for
the third stage of training as a
cadet pilot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

MAKE HER HAPPY WITH A
beautiful polished plate glass
mirror. Large assortment to
choose from. 602 Castle, Dial
2-2951.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
TRANSFERRED

Cadet William J. Wilson, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Wilson of
AS Carolina avenue, has been
transferred to the Stuttgart Army
Air Field, Stuttgart, Arkansas,
where he will undergo the last
chase of flight training prior to
receiving his wings as combat
pilot. Prior to becoming a cadet
III the Air Corps. he was a blue
print operator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

Air Forces Flying Training De-
taclsment located at the University
Of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
PROMOTED
John c. Maultsby, 80, of White
vile, has been promoted from
second lieutenant to first ieuten-
ant in the Signal Corps, and as
signed to duty as commanding Of
ficer of student company in Cen
tral Signal Corps school at Camp
Crowder, Missouri.
Lieutenant Maultsby, son OF Mrs.
G. W. Maultsby of Whiteville, en-
tered the Army in September,
1910, as an enlisted man, and
served for a while in Trinidad,
British West Indies. He was COM
rnissioned in January at Fort Mon
mouth, N. j. His prior military
service Included three years In the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

National Guard. Before entering
the Army, he had been employed
as a line foreman with the Tide
Water Power company at White
vile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
RECEIVES WINGS

Z Second Lieut'en-
]: ant Robert Lee
May, Jr., 81, hus-
+ band Of Mrs.
!: Robert L. May,
CIR, of Alt
.::::W rightsville ave-
!: ::::nue, recently re-
B ceived the silver
/: W i n 6 S Of an
aerial navigator
*upon graduation
from the ARMY
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

school. Lieutenant Hill was COM
mjssioned upon completion of his
course in training in, twin-engine
planes. He graduated in 1941 from
Princeton High school, Princeton,
w. Va.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-09
Ship Stays Ahoat
Until Raft is Ready

They thought thcy were conerS
But the ship was stll huoyant. j.
bobbcd up again and hoatcd p
while on top They were about
a half mile or shore.
The ship tloatcd long enough for
them % get out The rubber raft
undo their ChutcS, Get out through
the top exits Initiate he raft and
toss some emergency ratl0nS and
guns N the raft
They started 10 paddle away
from Tho plane and immediately
got a had break a wave threw
them against The sharp tip of one
of the planes broken flaps and
PHhctured Tho raft with a great
hiss. Down went the guns and
provisions. and they had 10 swim
for shore,
Doc was about the only one who
saved anything lie saved two
tttHiees 6ff morphine, and / guess
that eventually saved my life
The bows made the beach all
right, wandered around IN the
dark and discovered a goat pen.
They started TO sleep there for
the night bat, after While, the
Chinese who owned the pen came
out led them 10 hlS house, woke
up his wife and kids and let the
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-09
SWelling DoUn,
Leg Feels Better

The stuff jumped out suddenly
and just kept squirting. It wasn't I
siCkemng. II was like water. Doc
kneaded my leg and GOT a lot out.
Some of the swelling went down,
and l felt better.
On the 26th another mission
ary couple arrived Mr.. and Mrs.
Fitzgerald. They were Young too
with a little girl and a baby boy
about a year old. Fitzgerald was
English His wife was an Ameft-
can girh She had gone 10 China
as a nurse.
MIR. Fitzgerald was one Of her
first patients. She nurSed him
over a siege OF malaria and later
they were married.
They were wonderful people.
Mrs. Fitzgerald frightened UP my
room a lot with flowers. We q
often talk about the Pacific north
west with its winter wheat and
such things. l told her and the
other missionaries about Ellen
and the baby who was coming.
They were just plain, gentle,
hard-working men and women,
more completely unintercsted IN
their own welfare and comfort
than any one I've ever known.
Their days and most of their
nights were devoted 10 us. Fhey
seemed far more interested in US
as men than in US as aviatorS.
was terrible care for them.
The better the other boys got the
worse l got. Clever was up on
crutcheS. his head and face band
aged, late on the 26th. He hobbled
in to visit me and 10 tell me Id
be up soon.
My days began TO run together
now. The things I'll relate con-
sumed perhaps a week. Perhaps
more.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-09
CHPTER eS

They ran into the same storm
that caught US, though their tar
gets had been Kobe. They were
the last plane OF and they oN-
pected & lot Of trouble because
they had 20 do their bombing
about an hour or moro after
Tokyo had gotten H.
But they found Kobe still un-
prepared There was very little
snti-aircraft fire. and no planes
They figured that they did most
Of their damage around the dock
areas. They said the trans
seemed 10 be running as usual
and that the people they saw
seemed IN no hurry 10 set OF the
streets.
They saw the three cruisers on
the way south. but didn't see the
subs and mother ship. They hit
some hesdwiHds as well as that
storm.
Just about the time il was dark
their motors began 10 miss.
Smitty decided 10 set his BPS
down in the water, near an island
that turned out 10 be Just a little
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-09
Becomes Worse,
Giuen TRANSMISSION

l couldn't eat, so Or. C fed
me intravenously. Smitty gave
me a TRANSMISSION. The TRANSMISSION
apparatus was a weird Combina-
tion of bladder and rubbery arms
that had to be kept shaking so
the blood wouldn't Coagulate.
Its japanese" / heard Miss
Small say, distantly. You
know, they took this village last
year and set up a puppet. But
they muSt've decided IL had no
value. SO they stripped the
town and one OF the things they
took was our American trans
fusion equipment, and left this
thing"
DR.. C was always there
with his needle. 1 woke up once,
trying 10 yell that somebody had
stolen all my buttons.
A japanese plane came low over
the village, and l heard the thud
of a bomb not far away. and later
l heard the missionaries saying
that il was nothing but a hand
grenade that landed near the
pontoon bridge leading out Of
l.. Staff Sgt. Williams,
Smitty'S bombardier. gave me the
second TRANSMISSION All of
Smitty's crew, except Doc, were
standing at my bedside one day.
They were leaving. Thatcher was
going with Them
Doc told me l was 81 900 richer.
ChunCking had sent il.
But it's thousand bucks
Chinese" he said That's about
$50.
The little garden was beautiful
when l could look out and see 1t.
II wasn't manicured; just natur-
ally beautiful. A stone well IN
the middle, magpies and hawks
and buzzards often IN sight -.
Somebody outside the room
talking The Japs are 40 miles
away and moving our way
Or. C--'s needle, until ] think
my veins must have covered in
my arms
Flowers from the townspeople
FL. Cool water out of the spout
Of an enamel kettle -. The NOR
bid putty color of my rooms
walls 49,.
Continued tomorrow
Distributed ny international News Service
Copyushi, 1913, BY Random House. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-09
Run into Charlie
Who Tells of Japs

There they met our very same
cueTIllaS including Charlie Charlie
told them about us and told them
something that ! didn't know
There had been q scouting force
of - japanese soldiers on our
trail the day We were carried
across Tho island That explained
Charles conflicting decisions at
the meadow.
The same Japanese very nearly
caught Smith. Bt#a afti tfic boys
and would have caught them. If
the boys hadn I been able 10 walk
The gucrlllaS got wind Of the
japanese, rushed tho boys 10 a
Chinese temple on the island and
md them in ITS cellar.
The boys had one GAN with
which 10 defend themselves They
stayed IN their hiding place for
about four hours listening Ia
running boots and sharp voices
outside
But when the trapdoor opened.
and the boys backed up and
SmlttY aimed tho gun AZ the
opening, II was the gucrlllas, not
the japanese
Charlie, they said, sent his
greetings
Doc White had left US in the
middle Of the story Now he came
down from his room on the second
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-09
BY CAPTAIN
TED w. LAWSON

floor Of the hospital. cleaned and
shaved. The boys had gone off to
clean up. one of the nurses was
putting hot congresses on my leg
again. Doc had a pair Of scissors
IN his hand.
"How do you feel?" he asked
me, as he looked over my tenn
pcrature chart.
| said ! felt pretty good. He
poked around my lower leg with
the blunt edge of the scissors. The
leg was pulpy Finally Doc
picked a spot up near the bottom
Of my calf and pressed the point
Of the scissors harder and harder
against It until IL punctured the
skin.