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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Black Market
Fears Exploded

Deputies Leon Kandt and
Frank FreSard are leading a
quiet life today with nothing
more exciting to do than solve
assorted routine calls. But for
a while on Sunday they thought
they really had uncovered some
thing big
On Sunday afternoon they re-
ceivcd a call from Mrs. John
Heller. of go Prentis, Route 6,
Harrison Township, reporting
the theft Of five-year-old black
and white COW.
Black market was Kandt $
first thought, rushing out with
FrcSard TO investigate A
lengthy search of the premises
revealed nothing
The two sleuthS returned TO
headquarters to compare notes
and plan methods of breaking
up the vicious ring.
Returning later 10 continue
their investigation, they were
notified by Mrs. Heller. that the
missing COW was found-in a
swamp stuck between a stump
pile.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Escapes Serious
Injury in Crash
Troin Hits Cor, Driver
Suffers Minor Cuts

After his car was dragged APP
proXinately so feet by freight
train and completely demolish-
ed, at the Grand Trunk cross
ing and Cass avenue Monday.
Francis Bantle, about As, of sos
Cas- avenue, was alive today
suffering from only two slight
cuts.
Bantle appare y disregard
cd the warning signal and drove
west across the crossing but was
struck broadside by the engine
slowly backing up north, Police
Sergt, Eugene Smith said today.
Cuts on his right hand and
forehead were the only injuries
sustained
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Freak Hail Storm
Batters Wide Area

A freak hail storm swept
through portions of Macomb
county late Saturday afternoon,
but no damage was reported al
though one ST. Clair Shores man
reported that stones "as big as
ice cubes fell near his home
Hail was reported in ST Clair
Shores. RoSeville and East De
troit falling at intervals be-
tween 4 and $50 . m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Seven Escape Sudden
SuuaII on Lake

Seven persons including IA
nonths-otd baby were safe at
their homes today after they
were drenched by Sundays tor
rental rain when they became
lost in their 26-foot open boat
on Lake ST. Clair.
John Gruca. 90. OF "a Dickin-
son avenue, Mount Clemens, told
ST Clair Shores police, he lost
his way while heading from
New Baltimore to the mouth of
the Clinton River He finally
d0ckcd the boat al the foot of rs
Mile road after hitting a Spite
which ruined his propeller.
Aboard besides Gruca, were
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

worry about bills and budgets,
and IS fufi-0f-ttfc Sert-t,f- Sftf-'-
faction that comes from doing
good and worthy 10.
I've Just returned from a week
Of basic training with the WACs
AT the Third Training Center at
Fort Oglethorpc, Ga A week of
days chuck fun OF rising at As
a. m, doing KIP. cleaning bar
racks and latrincS, attending
classes falling in for inspection
and-fallInG- out 1Qrm mess. phYS!=
cal training clos order drill,
retreat formation, and lntelli-
gencc, aptitude and physical oX-
aninatIons I'm the so-callcd lcis-
ure hours before 9 o'clock lights
out, | did my washing, pressing
and letter writing along with the
regular trainoes.
II was a week Of living in
close quarters with 40 girls on
my barracks floor. with never a
moment of privacy And al
though il sounds improbable.
there wasn't ono cross word
spoken. That's one for the books
Of those who say women can
get along together
RESENT RUMORS
The t1fc, yO0u discovered, Is
not for the frivolous It's one
that only women with lot of
purpose and determination can
take And they're boiling mad
about the stories Of their allcG-
ed misconduct which have been
spreading across the country as
fast as back fence gossip along
any main street
Not only arc they mad but in
crcdulous that such talk is given
CTCdCOCc
Il have letter from my moth
or here one rosy checked
traincc in her early 3O's showed
me as We strollcd away after
mail call and she is terribly
upset about what people arc
SAYING The who'll story is ridi-
culouy Do YOU know that
haven't had date or even been
off tho post since ! arrived here
four weeks ago.
And such is the case Of many.
Going down 20 the Post Ex-
change for a blt OF goSSi and
q super dupcr Sundae. then over
10 the Day Room recreation
room 10 vom for a game Of ping
pong is tho extent OF the big
doncS Of many Of the $500
frances AZ Fort OClethorpc.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Star Farmer
10 Win $500
kroeer Grocery
70 Make Aword

Award Of 5000 10 the Star"
Farmer of Michigan in 1914. Of
fered by the Kroger Grocery
e. Baking Company to encourage
wartime food production and
rural education, has been &C.
copied by the board of directors
OF the state Future Farmers Of
America.
houSan s Of farm boys
throughout Michigan receive
practical farm training in high
school through vocational agri-
culture classes. Outstanding stu
dents Annually are honorcd by
degrees Of State Farmer and
a few get national recognition
as American Farmer The top
ranking State Farmer, called
the Star Farmer Of the year. VIII
r ceive the Kroger award al the
annual convention carly i'm 1914
Contestants are now working on
the records TO be submitted for
the award.
The $500 cash award may be
used by the winner for further
education at an agricultural col
LOGO Or for purchaCp NJ purC-
bred livestock or similar APP
proved project on his home farm.
Harry NcSman. chief OF agricUl-
tural education and state adj
wiser Of the Michigan aSSOCia-
ton Of FLA, will have charge
OF selection Of the winner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
BY ROSELLEN CALLAHAN
MA staff Writer

Perhaps you'v heard some OF
the vicious TumorS recently cir
culated about widespread Sor-
did misconduct am org the
WACS Wei. stop listening.
Take II from this recent WAC
for-a-Weck that the Women S
Army Corps is one OF the clean
est living hardest work n z,
most sacrificing and happicSt
groups OF women in the nation.
They are a cross section Of
this countrys normal, healthy,
spirited women who haze Joined
the Women 8 Army Corps 10
help Get this war over so VIC
can all get back 20 our homes
and jobs and help build better
world
These women have willingly
given up dozens Of civilian priv
ilegos and a hundred everyday
comforts because they know that
by so doing IL VIII release sol
diers TO Join their husbands,
brothers. sWectheartS or sons at
the fighting fronts
NO WORRIES, ANYWAY
Their life isn't an easy ono
It's tough demanding and tIr-
inC But It's healthful without
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
WACs Training Promises Better Postwar Living
Electrical Storm
Destroys Barns, Hay
Hardy Farm Near Romeo
Struck by Bolt

WASHINGTON $50 Two large
barns filled with hay and farm
tools were destroyed by fire on
the Or George Hardy farm, one
and onc-half mile southwest of
here, az 4 p m, Sunday after a
bolt OF lightning struck one Of
the barns.
Romeo firemCn reached the
scene IN time TO prevent flames
from spreading 10 outbuildings.
The loss, which could not be inn
mediatcly estimated, was cover
ed by insurance, DR. Hardy said.
The farm is located on Marine
City highway.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Bible Readings Stort
Thursday Morning

Beginning at 10 o c 10 e X
Thursday morning al the Funda-
nentalist Baptist church, 81
North Broadway. there will be a
Bible reading and study OF the
word OF God.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Child Suffers Broken
Arm in Fall OF Bench

EAST DETROIT-Ronald Kir-
chinger, % months old, of 5646
Buffalo street. Detroit. fractured
his left elbow Saturday when.
police said, he fell from a bench
in Eastwood Park.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

Have shock absorberS in your
car inspected al least every
5000 miles as they will wear
rapidly beyond repair if the
LIQUID gets too low.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

his wife and infant son. Richard,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Moore,
Of 7 Leonore. Mount Clemens,
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mcleod. Of
Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

Dc Soto If said 10 have been
the first white man to cross the
land Of Georgia, this being in
$40 during a search for gold.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

This is the first Of four ar
-tieies-hs-aF,NEA reporter
who spent a week in basic
training at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga, TO get the facts about the
WACs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
War Plant Worker
EIetfrotuied in Warren

VAN DYKE-William Lyttle,
80, of 1857 Eaton road, Berke-
ley. was electrocuted Saturday
while at work as an electrician
al the SoSS Manufacturing COM
pany's plant on Hoover road.
Coroner William Clyne said
Lyttle grabbed three hot wires
i'm the mistaken belief he had
disconnected the current His
body was found lying across the
wires 35 feet above the floor
level His wife survives him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

Old automobile tires with
cracked sidewalks will give lit
tie longer service If cotton
liner Is inserted 10 protect the
inner tube from damage.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

When I asked Col. Hobart p
Brown, the post commandment
and former cavalry and infan-
try officer OF World War |, just
how great were his disciplinary
problems, he promptly replied,
q" AboHt-ehe-tenth of one per-
cent of the command He open
ed a drawer Of u desk, pulled
out the weekend report of mis-
demeanors, and went over them
with me.
For the most part the NJ. p s
complaints against the girl S
were for overstaying their passes
because they had missed the bus
back 10 camp. Actually there
were only eight more serious
complaints eTght girls out of
$500 who had GIGS Govern
ment Issue Gripesj u a in s t
them.
There is no guard house for
WayWard WACs. There is no
need for one, Colonel Brown
said proudly. Ordinarily pun
ishment is confinement to post
and removal Of privileges. When
II is found, s it has been occa-
sloually, that a girl isn't willing
80 live up TO the high standards
of the WACs. immediate action
is taken TO have her ousted, the
cnt,n ~ q N dnnA ~ r,,rnh a rirnd
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
TEMPERANCE URGED

Excessive drlnklng or hard
liquor is serious offense. If
your capacity is two highballs.
the girls are told. then drink
one And if you think your ca
pacity is several then drink -
just one For drinking, our So
cial Hygiene course explained,
often results i'm promiscuity. Its
a question Of morale-not NOR
ais 49, slim, dark haired Lieut..
King declared.
I asked her how much truth
there was 10 the story that con-
traccptivcs had been issued to
the WACs.
Absolutely none" she re-
piled.
There has been some falling
off Of recruits lately, the WAC
officers admit. That happens
quite often when IN tide Of bat
tie is in our favor. and women
feel the need for them is not so
urgent.
But the Army SAYS we can
use 500,0 600 WACs just as soon
as they can be trained. And one
Of the new trainees in the fall
will be Sue Brown, a recent
graduate Of Sarah Lawrence
College and the daughter Of Col
oncl Brown.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

WHAT WITH classes drill inspections examinations and routine
the WACS
Oglethorpe aineeS shown history lecture
WAC SoCaed
devoted chores washing
RoSelen Callahan. NEA staff writer, who's below,
right, hanging her laundry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27

CITY highway.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
NO WORRIES, ANYWAY

Their life isn't an easy ono
It's tough demanding and tin
ing But its healthful without
Evening star., 1943-11-26

responsibility In Weighing the pros
and cons Of this affair and were
guided by their own verdict.
AS matter OF fact, a more astute
public relations policy easily might
have softened the impact Of the
Patton affair by timely emphasis
on the unusual circumstance which
found an Army commander apologiz-
ing to his men for irrational and
unjust conduct. But be that as 1t
may, 1t is well to remember that
General Patton's fitness for COM
mand should be judged by his ability
to win battles, that men who can win
battles are not easy to find and that
the responsibility Of finding them
and utilizing them lies with General
Marshall and his deputies. Nobody
else is qualified to share their
RESPONSIBILITIES.
Evening star., 1943-11-26
inequality That Hurts

Unfortunately for young men of
the District who seek officers train
Ing for the Army at West Point and
the Navy at Annapolis, there is a
bottleneck Of numerical discrimina-
ton which Congress has not vet
seen fit to eliminate. Congress has
failed to increase the number of
District appointments to the military
academies, although the city. popu-
lation is estimated to exceed that of
any one of thirteen States, each of
which Is permitted two or more
times the number of appointees as
Washington.
Under a law Of 1912 the District is
permitted six appointments to West
Point, while an act of the previous
pear permits five to Annapolis. The
States are allowed four appoint
ments for each Senator and Repre-
sentative for West Point and five for
each member of Congress in the case
of the Naval Academy.
The Commissioners have sought
legislation to give the District twelve
cadets to the Military Academy and
fifteen to Annapolis. They have
pointed out to Congress that on the
basis of estimated civilian popula-
tion Of May l, 1912 each of the thir-
teen States Of smaller population is
allowed anywhere from twelve to
twenty appointments to West Point
and from fifteen to twenty-five to
Annapolis.
In September, Chairman May of
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee introduced a bill to increase the
number Of District cadets to West
Point, and in the same month Rep
resentative Bates of Massachusetts,
introduced measure to do the same
thing for Annapolis. Mr.. Mays bill
Is still pending before his commit
tee, and the same fate of immobility
has stricken the bill before the
House Naval Affairs Committee, al
though a favorable report has been
received from the Navy Department.
This matter has been before Con-
gress in one form or another for
several years. Success has been
gained in one house at a time, but
the legislative routine of jumping
two hurdles in one session has proven
TOO much so far. There is appar-
ent no valid reason why District
youths wishing military career
should be Disseminated against and
placed on a basis of numerical in
equality with the States. 1t is to be
hoped that Congress will remove
this inequality this session.
Evening star., 1943-11-26
Transit Company President
Explains Ventilating Routine.

To the Editor Of The Star:
A letter appearing in The Star OF
November IL over the signature of L. I.
Horne has been brought to my attention
and as 1t indicated lack Of informa-
ton as to provision for the adequate
ventilation of streetcars and buses,
feel that publication of the facts may
be helpful.
The orders OF the Public Utilities
Commission prescribe for our buses a
ventilating system capable of supplying
at all times and under all conditions
a minimum of 10 cubic feet Of free air
per minute per passenger seat.
Though this amount Of ventilation
unquestionably Is adequate, we receive
each year from our patrons reports that
the ventilation Is insufficient or excess
sive. Some Of these reports are made
because the patrons, seeing all windows
closed, assume there Is no ventilation.
Others are based on individual tempera-
ment and include the problem of salts
factory heating-whether there is too
much or too little. Some who feel too
warm complain of lack of ventilation
when that is not the difficulty at all.
They require higher temperatures for
their comfort and perhaps wear clothing
above the average in weight and
warmth. These varying individual needs
can only be approximated by adjusting
both the ventilation and the tempera-
ture in accordance with the require
ments of the majority.
Our vehicles generally are equipped
with heating mechanism operated under
thermostatic control and drawing fresh
outside air into the vehicle over heat
ing coils. Our orders require that at
least four ventilators on street cars
shall be open and trailing ut all times
and that they shall be inspected before
leaving the carhouse and also at each
end of the line. Even with the intro
duction Of fresh air in the appropriate
volume, vehicles sometimes become over.
heated when fully loaded. No salts
factory solution to this condition has
been found.
1t Is hoped that this general state
ment will suffice to assure the public
that We are doing the best we can to
look after their comfort, by utilizing
the best equipment available for the
heating and ventilation of our vehicles
and that we are endeavoring by con-
stant inspection to see that 1t is kept In
mechanically correct condition.
Z. D. MERRuL.
Ysoadenk Capital TfanGtt O..
Evening star., 1943-11-26
Timely Advice

One of the sanest comments on
the Patton affair yet recorded comes
from the father of a soldier who
apparently was involved in an earlier,
but similar, incident: IF he's a good
man, as they say he is, let's keep
him A" and get on with the war"
That sound advice mi Gnt be &C
cepted with profit by all of those who
are now assuming to Judge General
Patton's future value to his country
as field commander on the strength
of the soldier-slapping episode. It
should be accompanied by the
reminder that the only qualified
judges, in this respect, are General
Marshall and General Eisenhower.
Over here, in the protected comfort
of our battle-proof homes. we lack
the perspective against which to
determine General Patton's qualifi-
cations or the adequacy of his pun
ishment. To newspapermen 1t is
significant that this minor scandal
was not revealed by any war corre-
spondent who was there, who knew
the facts at first hand and who had
the opportunity to weigh the impor-
tance of the hospital fracas against
General Patton's proven qualities as
a soldier. There was censorship, to
be sure. But it is unreasonable, and
discreditable to the correspondents,
to believe that their silence was due
wholly to military censorship-if
they thought such censorship was
being misused to shield a man against
the best interests Of the country or
Of the Army. It is even probable
that the3pok upon thsmssasas some
Evening star., 1943-11-26
Readers Rise to Defense
OF Gen. Patton in His Trouble,

40 INC G0ltOf OF Inc Star.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton finds him.
self in an unfortunate position
Our old successful generals regarded
the material of their command as the
members of big family. They regarded
their men as highly as their own flesh
and blood sons. The result is naturally
mutual and reciprocal. as such men
look upon the "old man" as a father
and willingly will wade through hell to
help him carry out his plans.
There is nothing new in the rough
ing up" of the private soldier. 1t is an
ancient tonic when he gives up and
feels as though he would rather die
than live.
Many a soldiers life has been saved
by bullying him at that psychological
moment. 1t makes him mad and in
that way terminates a resolution to live
in spite of anything-if only to get
onto his feet and break the jaw Of his
abuser.
Usually the resolution and will power
to live for revenge Is q stimulant when
all else fails.
But on complete recovery that desire
for revenge fades out without fulfill
ment
Usually the rough stuff Of military
discipline is left to the subordinate off,
GERS, who are either dead or elsewhere
when the abused is able, ready and
willing to pay them back"
1t is unfortunate for Gen. Patton
that he did not play the old game
according to the ancient rules and let
some captain or major do the dirty
work.
Probably his many years training the
tank corps got the better Of him and he
forgot that he was the father of the
family with the underlings to do this
necessary duty. AS an ingrained teacher
OF new method of warfare, he forgot
the old army game and stepped down
to the role Of district schoolmaster.
BY 50 doing he virtually has destroyed
his power of fatherly leadership, essen
tial to further military success in the
field. This only proves that the old
methods Of warfare are obsolete. It is
hard for generals of the old school to
get accustomed to the new methods.
AUGUST G. LIEBMANN.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that Gen. Patton Is being gos-
siped about on every hand, would like
to call attention to well-verified anec-
dote about him. told me direct from
Africa six months ago.
After the capitulation Of the French,
Gen. Patton was on his way to Casa
blanca to accept their surrender in q
formal ceremony. One Of his staff
asked: What will be the terms Of the
surrender"
snv 0an. Da6haa tAenGak,a ,sanaank. tanan
Evening star., 1943-11-26
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. TrncetDell.

Everything and every department Of
living seems to be all right except that
peak Of creation, man.
And what can the individual man do
about it?
Not much. perhaps, except seek 1
refuge in himself and in nature.
Between his own mind and heart, or
spirit, whatever one chooses to call 1t,
and the external world of the living
creatures. there is plenty of room for
our correspondent and any one else
who chooses to enter.
It was H. G. Wells, we believe, who
once wrote short story about a door
in a wall. The hero found it as child
and walked through 1t, and discovered
a world Of fair brightness. He played
with ideal children, in world of ideal
things. He looked at picture book,
and suddenly saw there living page,
showing him, as q small boy weeping,
standing lost In street of the great
city.
Then 1t came to pass. For years he
looked for the door In the wall, and
he was too busy to go in. Later he
could not find It, At various times in
his life he passed the wall and the gate
again, but each time some worldly pur-
suit made him shrink from entering,
and later he could not find the door or
the wall.
Told as the master craftsman tells it,
the story may be real, or it may be
allegory. 1t means one thing to one
reader. perhaps, and another thing to
another.
The point is that most of us have
chance to enter magic door in a
marvellous wall and go into an enchanted
realm.
We do not take the opportunity often
enough.
We are too busy, or we think some
one will laugh at us.
Folks laugh at us enough now,
heaven knows (another expression OF
the universal i'll will of which our cor
respondent writes so feeingly); we
"odAo llOt give lilClll dOuco
All the time the door is open for us.
One person may find it out Connecti-
cut avenue way.
1t will be marked National Zoologi-
cal Park" but do not let that fool you.
It Is magic place, sure enough, with
animals and birds and wild places and
tame places, with snakes safely behind
thick glass, and great cats lazily looking
as If they would let you pet them, only
you better not try it.
And, lest you become conceited, the
glass in the monkey houses is not put
there to protect you from them, but to
keep your breath off the monkeys. You
may give them bad cold, influenza, or
even tuberculosis
Our city is full of magic places, where
Ill will does not flourish.
1t is up to you to fnd them.
Evening star., 1943-11-26

slapped his leg and exclaimed: by
God, there will be no surrender"
When the American party arrived at
their destination, they found the
French officers standing about a room
In detected attitudes. Gen. Patton
stepped up to the ranking officer, held
out his hand and turning to include
the others, said: Now, gentlemen, we
are brothers in arms again against q
common foe!"
I have known George" Patton for
20 years. Whatever may be the truth
OF the present affair, am convinced
that there is reasonable explanation
and certainly great exaggeration.
Is 1t reasonable to suppose that a
man capable of such generosity of heart
as have indicated would slap a shell
shocked soldier?
HARRIOT HOWE JONES,