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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
KiwQnis Club Seeks
$50 Blood Donors
Service Club to Sponsor
Blood Bank on March %

ems Kiwanis Club, with Otto
Nickel as chairman, are sponsor
ing the Blood Bank. The Red
Cross Mobile Unit from Detroit
will again take the vitality need
ed plasma from donors and the
Canteen Corps of the Macomb
Chapter Of the Red Cross will
serve orange juice, coffee and
sandwiches to volunteers.
Acceptable volunteers must be
from ID to 60 years of age, must
not have low blood pressure, be
underweight or run a tempera-
ture and must not have under
gone a serious operation, been
seriously i'll or pregnant during
the past year. Donors under Il
must bring the written consent
of their parent or guardian.
Volunteers should telephone
Nickel 1922, office, or 1902,
home); c. w. Konstanzer, Q762,
office. 677-W. home), or Ralph
w. Clark, CAT, office, 2O64,
home).
Volunteers cannot be accept
ed after March -.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

Macomb county motorists to.
day were warned to get tire in
spections by Saturday or face
OPA refusal to renew supple
mental gasoline Books.
According to Olin Davis,
chief clerk for the Macomb
County War Price and Ration
Board, more than 10000 county
motorists have failed to get tire
inspections, which must be
done by Saturday by holders of
B, c or T books. Holders of A
books have a March 81 dead
line for tire inspections.
Up to Wednesday, only 5000
of 10000 county car owners had
applied for new supplemental
gas allowances on blanks which
were furnished them by mail by
the Macomb board.
Davis warning was supported
by a declaration from Arthur H
Sarvis, State OPA director, that
"as the regulations stand, only
those motorists who can prove
that serious illness or that the
condition or location of their
automobiles made inspection i'm
possible have chance to get
gas or tires after the deadline.
Even then" Sarvis added
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
PLENTY OF DUMMIES IN WASHINGTON
Fake Guns Are Here To Stay General Assures Congressman

ute. and was flooding the War
Department with demands for
more anti aircraft regiments
than all the armies of the world
could have provided. Somehow,
the imminent peril of the locks
at Sault Ste. Marie got more
attention than other spots, but
the others were busy with their
urgings, too. Governors, mayors.
Chambers of Commerce all
were clamoring for guns and
men to guard the local indus
tries and other military OBJ
jectives.
At the moment, says General
Lewis, the nations capital has
anti-aircraft dcfcnses that are
carefully planned, and NOR G
than adequate. In fact, he add
ed, British officers. having tour
ed them, have put the astonished
inquiry:
Aren't you rather stiff with
guns"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Ration Book
Dead|ine al
Nine Tonight
Rotioning 0ffieioIs
Urge Swift Compliance
with Regulations

Applicants for War Ration
Book No. 2 today were urged
by Macomb County War Price
and Ration Board officials to
register at county schools be-
fore the deadline at nine o'clock
tonight.
They warned that those who
fail to apply today will be I'M
able to obtain the new ration
book for weeks.
County OPA officials were
busy today transporting supplies
from rural schools to city high
schools where registrations have
been annually heavy.
Two thousand copies of the
book were rushed to Mount
Clemens High School by sher-
ifs deputies at ! p. m. Until
then, only handful of books
were available there after teach
ers had registered $4,000 during
the first three days. Only high
school teachers will register APP
plicants there this afternoon.
Paul w. Mckee, chairman of
the ration board, today thanked
teachers for their efficient hand
ling of the huge job.
DIN Davis. chief clerk for thu
ration board, be. sSvCs the russ
is over.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Boys Set Fire
TO Fire Chiefs
office Building

CENTER LINE - Two teen
aged Van Dyke boys were at
the juvenile Detention Home in
Detroit today after they set fire
to a real estate office at 1858
Van Dyke owned by Fire Chief
George Theut.
1t seems Theut was driving by
his office late yesterday when
he noticed two small boys fuss
ing around" On investigation,
he learned the boys, aged -
and Is, had burned pieces of
rope off his awnings in order to
carry a battery they had stolen
from car parked in the
Kraemer Homes subdivision.
Theut pinched out the smold-
ering rope, but failed to inspect
awnings at the rear of the office.
When the rope, serving as a fuse,
touched off the awnings more
than three hours later, both the
awning and the side of the build
ing were burned.
Warren Township firemen an
swered the call and Police Chief
Elmer Fleschig packed the boys
off to the detention home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Clinton Family
Declares 1892
Excess Cans!

A Clinton township family of
two, registering for War Book
No. 2 at the Herman Xix
school, Wolf road, declared l.
1872 excess cans of food in APP
plying for the book, it was adj
mitted today by Martha Bohl-
niger, in charge of registration
at the school.
Application was made by the
middle aged wife for herself and
her husband, Miss Bohlingcr
said, and the woman reported
~ became indignant when the
coupons we're removed from her
book.
Miss Bohlinger estimated that
at the current rate of monthly
coupon use, the family would
not have to worry" about the
food problem until at least
1949.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
State Hospital
Chief Quits
Fred Striffler
Resigns Post

LANSING, Feb. 25 - R) -
Fred c. Striffler of Caro-, chair
man of the State Hospital Com
mission during several admins
resigned t o d ay and
Governor Kelly appointed in
his place DR.. Harry B. Zemmer
of Lapeer.
DR.. Zemmer, who will serve
out Striffler's unexpired term to
July of this year, is consulting
surgeon for the Lapeer Home
and Training School, and is a
member of the State and Ma
tional Medical Societies. He is a
fellow of the American College
of Surgeons.
Governor Kelly appointed
Frank S. Willard of Muskegon
and j. Gordon Rankin Of Utica,
to the Board of Managers of the
Michigan Soldiers Home at
Grand Rapids for terms expiring
February %, 1949. They sue
ceeded Michael Whalen, Detroit,
and Martin Dwan, Benton Har-
Dor, whose terms expire Sunday
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

comments, the "scarecrow' an
gle comes closer to the military
facts of life than Cooley's plant
that when l place out decoy
soldiers and decoy guns, I would
expect to attract enemy planes. "
The idea seems to be that in
bombing attacks, the plan e
doesn't aim at anti-aircraft guns,
it aims to stay away from them.
And dummy gun positions are
allowed to be seen in such spots
that a plane, avoiding them, will
run into q hidden hornets nest.
On the average, said the gen.
eral, there's a dummy for every
live gun in the Washington area,
and a good tactical reason for
every one of them. To add to the
intended confusion of the en-
envy, the dummies are shifted
and so are the live guns-from
time to time. Furthermore, he
said a live gun can be moved
into a dummy position in Is
minutes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Violent Drive
EnguIfs Nazi
Arlnored Force
Three-Pronsed Attaek
Endonsers Rommel
on Two Fronts
BY DANIEL DE LUCE

BY DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEA DQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 25-
P-Gen. Sir Harold Alexander,
British commander of Allied
ground forces, today swung his
American, French and British
troops into a fierce counterof-
fensive in central Tunisia where
they were shaking loose the last
crop of Marshal Erwin Rommels
crippled columns of strategic
Kasserine Pass and menacing
two other strong points 1t
Sbeitla and Ousseltia to the
northeast.
Combining three-pronged
attack in the north with armored
car advances by the British
Eighth Army into the outpost
area of the Mareth Line in the
South, Alexander had he enemy
in trouble on two fronts.
AERIAL CANOPY
AS British and Amrican
troops swarmed into the Kasser-
inc Pass near the Algerian hor.
der for hopping up operations,
the stronk .Anseriean am4 no1a2
Air Forces spread their assault
deep into the enemy's rear
blasting airdromes, roads, rail>
ways, and strafing troops, ve-
hicles and gunposts.
AS Rommel retreated he again
was leaving Italian infantry be-
hind as rearguard, as he did in
Egypt, and hundreds Of crack
Italian infantry and mountain
troops were taken prisoner.
Unable to bring up sufficient
reinforcements because Of Z
bristling barrage of bombs and
machine-gun fire from the air,
the Axis chieftain appeared UNI
able to hofd the vital Kasserine
Pass, 1870 miles southwest Of
Tunis. which he had used to
See TUNlSIA-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Finn Peace
RunlorsRife
Unverified Stories
Hint War Neor End
BY WADE WERNER

WASHINGTON. Feb 25 Up
- For the second time in this
global war little Finland seems
close to the end of armed con-
flict with Russia. The air is full
of unofficial and unverified re-
ports and conjectures, including
rumors that peace terms actually
have been transmitted by the
Firms through Stockholm
1t was just three years ago
that similar reports circulated in
various capitals, though at that
time there was furious fighting
on the Russo Finnish front, in
contrast to the relative quiet
there today.
On Feb. %, 1910, Soviet Am
bassador Ivan Baisky was re-
ported in London TO have given
the British Foreign Office Mos
COWS proposals for settlement
of the Russo-Finnish war which
had been going on since Nov. 80,
1889. The British government,
after examining the proposals,
however. declined to pass them
on to Helsinki.
TERMS SET?
Later. on March 6, there were
reports in Stockholm that Soviet
peace terms had been delivered
to Finland through the Swedish
government, and two days later
a Finnish delegation passed
through Stockholm by plane en-
route to Moscow There peace
was signed March IL whereby
See FINNS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
by WILLIAM FRYE
WASHINGTON, +

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS Up
The wooden gun is here to
stay.
Furthermore, said the COM
handing general of the Military
District of Washington today,
there's no reason why one
should not stay, among other
places, on the roof of the House
Office Building.
Brig. Gen. John T. Lewis, tall
and crisp and pleasant, seemed
torn between amusement and
annoyance at the Juror over the
speech by Rep. Cooley (D-N.CO.
who inspected an anti-aircraft
gun position on Capitol Hill,
and then reported to his col
leagues:
ID u m m soldiers, wearing
service overalls and hats, were
bent over the phony guns-sort
of like q scarecrow put on a
melon patch!"
Judging from the general
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Seeds, Buckshot
'SHUAuaiabk
to Gardeners

If you share your victory gar.
den with a neighbor or use city
owned land, then the city will
pillow said land free Of charge,
the Commission decided inform-
ally last night.
The three commission men,
bers present voted to cooperate
with the council of civilian de-
Tense, sponsors of the Victory
garden plan.
Commissioner Edward ]. Du-
bay sought a delay until I'VE can
find out If seed is available and
City Clerk Joseph Matthews
feared a wave Of vegetable
thefts, but Assessor Harold Lind
sey said seeds and buckshoe
will be plentiful"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Stab 5avageIy
al important
Position
Hold Village
Briefly, Wreck
installations
By the Associated Press


Boldly stabbing at the enemy
rear, Communicable raiders OF
Field Marshal Sir Archibald P,
Wavells forces were officially
reported today to have attacked
and wrecked a japanese occu-
pied village so miles below the
key enemy base at Akyab, in
Burma.
"Our troops landed from YES
sells of the Royal Indian Navy
and remained in possession OF
the place about five hours"
British communique said.
Buildings were burned, a jet
ty was blown up, and l0O-foot
river steamer was destroyed.
The communique said slight
enemy opposition was swiftly
overcome. No British casualties
were suffered.
LONGEST RAID
1t was the first time Gen. Wa
veil had struck hslow Akyab
since he began his small-scale
drive back into Burma from In
dia last Dec. 10. At the nearest
point, British vanguards had
reached within Is miles of Ak
yah from the northeast before
they met stiffening japanese re-
sist.nce. 90
Elsewhere in the Far Pacific:
New Guinea - Allied war
planes bombed and machine
gunned Japanese forces in the
Mubo sector. Douglas MacAr-
thurs troops are slowly driving
toward the big enemy base at
Salamaua, while other United
See PACIFIC-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

The first reaction TO Cooley's
complaint around the War De-
partment was the hushed and
injured dignity of those whose
good works have been misun-
derstood.
BY today, however, they were
laughing. and recalling that, in
all times of danger, guns that
can be seen are a comfort to
John @. Public, whatever their
military worth.
REMEMBER Al?
Remember December 1914?
Every community that had as
much as q mill wheel turning
was wanting to know what de-
lenses the Army was giving it,
and demanding that they be
plenty. Even the Midwest OK
pected to be bombed any min
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

MOSCOW, Feb. 25-P)-De-
rision of German claims con-
corning the number of Russians
killed on the German-S0viet
'front.' was voiced in a statement
of the Soviet information bureau
distributed today by lass, Rus
sian official news agency.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. Is
(P)-The Army, which last Tues
day said it would permit use Of
troops to pick Ariz0na's vital
long staple cotton crop, pOstpOn-
ed the necessary authorization
last night without explanation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Boxer Donates $500
to SeHridge Fund

A check for $500 was turned
over to the Selfridge Field ath-
letic fund today by Jake La Mot
ia, New. York middleweight who
fights Ray tSugar1 Robinson,
New York weller, in return
match at Detroit Olympia to-
morrow night.
La Motta donated the $500
from his ring earnings. The
check was accepted for the ath-
letic fund by Captains Richard
Ramey and w. D. Ross of Sell
fridge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Invite Letters

DETROIT, Feb. rs - R) -
The Detroit branch office Of the
Office OF, War Information today
Ntuyited Michigan relatives OF
men serving in the United States
Marines in the South Pacific ia
write letters which may be
broadcast by short wave to the
men serving In that war theater.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

WASHINGTON, Feb 25-[P)
Immediate reorganization of
the Office of Price Administra-
ton to eliminate "S0cial and
economic theorists" from its per-
sonnet was advocated today by
Senator George (D-Ga), who
said he feared that efforts to
control initiation were zap
preaching a breakdown"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Will Visit u. S.

LONDON, Feb. 25-(P)-Sir
William r. Beverage, whose re-
cent "cradle-to-grave" Social Sc
curity plan caused q wide rift
Of opinion in the British Parlia-
ment, will visit the United States
and perhaps Canada on a non
government mission, he disclos-
ed today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2s-(P)-
Reports reaching here from Cop
enhagen say that % Danes, most
of them students, have been SEN
fenced to prison in Denmark
capital for terms ranging from
six months to as high a 10
years on charges Of Illegal activ-
ity, including aiding parachut.
lists.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
New Selfridge
Field Contract

The Akin Fordon company,
Detroit. has been awarded a less
than $4,000 contract for con-
struction buildings on Selfridge
Field, the Detroit area office of
the Corps of Engineers announc-
ed today:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Raj Attacks

LONDON, Feb. Is - (P) -
Raj bOmbers attacked the Nazi
naval base at Wilhelmshaven
and detectives in western Ger
many last night without the loss
of a plane, it was announced to-
day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Tire Inspection Deadline
is Saturday, OPA Warns
Loseords Moy be unobIe to
Renew B. and C. Books

"ration boards have discretion
AIRY power and could refuse ra-
ton renewals, especially if there
were indications of abuse or
neglect of any of the tires"
Motorists are asked to imme-
diately fill out the applications
mailed them by the Macomb
board and return them to the
Gasoline Issuance Division, Ra-
ton Board, Mount Clemens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

One hundred and eighty blood
donors were sought today for the
next Red Cross Blood Bank to be
held at the First Methodist
church on March %.
Members of the Mount Glenn
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

LONDON, Feb. rs - (H) -
Foreign Secretary A I h o n y
Eden promised the House OF
Commons today that the gov
eminent would provide a re-
view Of the situation caused by
the fast of MOhandas X. Gandhi,
but he added that mo useful
purpose would be served by a
debate"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Senate Passes
RoadChiief Ban
Nay Prove Deoth
Blow to Democrats

LANSING, Feb. Is - tP) -
The Senate, dealing what Re-
publican strategists hoped would
be a death blow to the Demo-
cratic political organization in
Michigan, today passed and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

GUADALCANAL, Feb. 70
Observation-Disclosures of three
japanese women, supposedly
nurses, have been found in the
Jungle in Western Guadalcanal,
the first direct proof of the pres
ence of Jap women during six
months of fighting on the island,
Col. George +. Ferry of Chicago
said today
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

LANSING, Feb. 25-(P,-
The vote by which the Miles
bill abolishing the state high
way commissionership was
passed today follows.
Yes-Bishop, BONNIE, Bur-
rift, Gloon, Defoe, Delano,
HitIe. Johnston, Logic, Nc
Caaum. Mckee, Milliken. Por-
ter, Reid. Saur. Smith. Trip,
Wander Werp and Wood, all
Republicans.
No-Baldwin, RawsOn, Car
penter, Howell, Munshaw and
Mic s, Republicans. and
and BlOndy, Diggs. LaFram-
boise, Mclaughlin, NOwak,
WilkOwski and Y0ungblOOd,
Democrats.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

City Commission n e ds new
blood. Angelo Fisher should be
nominated. Vote for him March
I. ADV.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

gave immediate effect to the
House bill abolishing the cleo
tive office of state highway
commissioner.
If the House concurs in the
See HIGHWAY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

late X X X
bulletins
Deny Feelers

HELSlNKI, Finland, Feb. "a
-(Delayed)-(R- A Foreign
Office spokesman, commenting
on reports which have gained
currency abroad, denied cate.
gorically tonight that the Fin.
nish government had entered in.
to any negotiations for a separ.
ate peace with Soviet Russia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

Nominate Angelo Fisher, . real
go-getter, for City Commission
er. Vote for him March 1.
ADV.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25
Motorists Advised
10 Purchase Tags
License DeedliWe
Is 9 ?. N. Saturday

Motorits were reminded again
today by Arthur Rose, manager
of the local branch Of the Sec-
rotary of State office that :
D. m. Saturday II the headline
for obtaining license plato 49,
for passenger cars and Ue1cDo1o
for commercial vehicles. VI
During . 2l-hour peglo1 - -
ing ct ESQ YESTERDAY. No. -
ported that 1000 unotos11lo
made epplicatien ~ 49,.
! The Neenee bufona = eDonl
each niGht III 3 eAeloe anrs
: ! : ! ! J
tt ~
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-25

Imported coveross
of All loeoi News
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Now you can really
play - under these
summer bridge rules
bYElYCulber1son

asts insist on having their
~ game, come what may, In
the dog days. however they prefer
to play out on the lawn or beach
where summer breezes blow.
This no doubt makes the game
more pleasant. but it also provides
complications. A breeze. especially
a lusty one, is no respecter OF the
flimsy pasteboards. 1t blows the
cards over while they are being
dealt, which ordinarily creates a
misdeal. 1t also plays havoc with
the dummy, covering it with sand
or scattering it to the four winds.
A solution to the dealing prob
lem is found in the summer rules y
When a card is blown over, there
is no misdeal, and if everyone
knows who holds the ace OF spades,
that's Just too bad. When card
is played to a trick, the player
holds it face up so that everyone
can see it, but he does not toss 1t
toward the center of the table
(often it is blanket as he would
indoors. When player gathers in
trick he sticks it in his pocket or
wedges it under his knee, so the
deck will be intact for the next deal.
How It's Done
HERE is how they play:
I. The bidding proceeds as in
regular bridge.
z. When the bidding ends, the
opening leader shows the card he is
going to lead (being careful to
keep hold of it so it won't fly into
the treetops or into the ocean,.
;. Dummy and declarer then
exchange hands.
4. Dummy looks at declarer's
hand, without showing it to any
of the other players.
S. Declarer looks at dummy's
Evening star., 1943-07-25
ATTENTION, DUMMIES!

hand and shoVs tt to the defenders.
Everyone is entitled to scrutinize
the dummy hand until he is salts
fled that he has seen enough Of it.
Those who have tried the game
report little delay on this score.
6. Then declarer and dummy
take back their own hands, and
play proceeds Wfth the dummy
playing his oWn cards and holding
his hand like the other players.
7. The declarer is not permitted
to tell dummy what to lead or
play. The poor dummy. re-
pressed for over four decades,
is his own master again.
9. The player who wins the last
trick, before leading to the next
trick, may at any time ask to see
one suit. bMf only one, in dummy's
hand. Thus, he may say, Let me
see your Spades And dummy
must show his spades to all the
other players in the game. If one
sees, all may see This privilege
of having a suit shown belongs to
whoever won the last trick, wheth-
er declarer, a defender or dummy.
Dummy exercises the privilege by
showing any suit he wishes.)
9. If dummy, on being asked to
show suit, does not reveal every
card he holds in that suit, he has
revoked. The revoke becomes es-
tablished when declarer or dummy
plays to the next trick.
In every other respect, the game
is exactly like regular bridge.
The game is fun, say those who
have experimental with it. But it
is also productive of those argu-
ments for which bridge is famous.
For one reason, the players may
not remember what cards dummy
has left. This causes mistakes and
mistakes cause arguments. Also,
there are times when declarer goes
after one line of play and dummy
misses the point entirely. So de-
clarer leads suit intending to
fnesse, and dummy doublecrosses
him and puts up the ace.
But whatever its good or bad
points, summer bridge certainly
gives the dummy his day.