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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-20
AnnOunC nCemenfs
Of Meetings

Signal chapter No. PIG, OE.S.,
will meet in regular session Friday
night, 8 O'Clock. in the Masonic
temple. A special program of con-
siderable interest will be present.
co by past matrons and patrons
with Mrs. H. H. Tyler, junior past
matron, as chairman.
Alpha Mu Omega society will
meet Thursday night, 1880 o'clock,
az the Ruth Teeple Reid studio,
1853 Holt avenue. George Burt,
head of Central's music depart
nient, will be the speaker.
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Time
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from rage Ohe
going on slow time until Detroit
decides definitely.
Mt. Clemens, Selfridge Field,
southern Macomb county - 10
follow Detroit and stay on fast
time i'm interim.
Ypsilanti--fast time.
Battle Creek and Fort Gus
ter-slow time.
Grand Rapids, Benton Har-
Dor and most of western Michi-
gan-slow time.
Port Huron and Harbor
Beach-to follow Detroit with
preference reported for fast
time.
Pontiac and Oakland county
fast time.
The Upper Peninsula was lit
tie affected by the time change
since most cities and counties
north of the Straits. except for
a few in the eastern end of the
peninsula, retained Cent a |
Time as official even when the
Michigan legislature approved
the switch to Eastern Standard
several years ago. Virtually all
of them for about decade
switched to fast time during the
summer only, and last year
went on Central War Time when
Congress enacted that scale. e
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CAPT. Henry Craig
Promoted 10 Major
Selfridss Field
Officer Eleveted

Major Henry Nelson Craig,
Finance Department, Base Fin
ance Officer, at Selfridge Field,
has been promoted from the
rank of captain.
Born Feb. 6. 1896. in Terre
Haunte, Ind, he was educated
there and served at Camp Shell
by, Camp Joseph E. johnson
and Corps Area Headquarters
during the first World War.
Following the war. he and his
family resided in Hattiesburg,
Miss. He and Mrs. Craig have
two sons in the Army, lst 1t. H.
N. Craig and Sgt. j. II. Craig.
Major Craig was In the Re-
serve until June 5, l94l, when
he reported for duty at the
Army Air Base at New Orleans.
La. He came to Selfridge Field
from there March 81, 1912.
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Raj

Continued from Page One
the attack on Milan was carried
out by several waves OF planes.
The Rome broadcast reported
heavy damage and at least Is
dead and 224 injured.
The first bombs fell on Co.
logne shortly after 8 p. m. and
the attack on Milan got under
way at 1890 p. m.
ENORMOUS FORCE
From a British coastal town
accustomed TO the sound of large
flight sof heavy planes. one res
ident reported that the sky fleet
heard flying toward the CONT
nent at dusk last night made a
noise louder than anything of
the kind ] have ever heard"
planes were streaming over
for about an hour, he said.
Reports from Geneva said that
heavy explosions were heard
from across the Italian frontier
in the Lake Geneva region after
the mighty air armada passed
southwark.
A Swiss communique report
ed that a great number of planes
passed over switzerland and
that alerts were sou d e d
throughout the country. Planes
were reported passing over Zu-
rich uninterruptedly for so min
utes.
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Storm

Continued from Page One
strong off shore breeze probobly
blew them off their course.
FAILED TO ARRIVE
When Ralph Baker investigat-
ed the prolonged absence of the
trio at midnight, he learned they
had failed to visit the Rumble
home.
Both Ralph Baker and Reeds
wife, Ruby, %, believe the three
men are dead. The Reeds have a
daughter, Barbara, II months
old.
A Selfridge Field plane cir
cled the area Sunday morning
in an attempt to locate the men
while pilots Of a fleet of ice
boats searched the ice in vain.
st. Clair Shores reported an
unofficial thermometer reading
of 10 below zero at 1880 a. M.
today. 1t was zero in Roseville,
four below in Center Line, five
below in East Detroit and five
below in Mount Clemens.
A biting wind accompanied
the cold wave Sunday, cutting
traffic to a minimum.
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Russia
Continued from Page One

SOhtAuuCu liOHh o6C OhC
progressed from yard to yard
and from house to house.
The first attack On the city it,
self came from troops in Azov.
on the southern bank of the Don
river. Pravda said. After the last
resistance was smashed there,
the Red Army men made sew
eral crossings of the river.
COSSACKS ATTACK
CosSaeks, s4ashing with their
sabers and charging with rapid
fire rifles struck from the south
west and the dispatch said that
hundreds Of Germans lost their
lives as they were cut down by
these fighters.
Within the city, Pravda re-
ported, the Germans directed
streams of machine-gun and rap
id rifle fire from yards. from be-
hind walls and trees, from roof
tops and attics. but the Rus
slams poured in more and more
troops to force them out Of their
positions.
Many buildings and houses in
the city were said to have been
destroyed. Some were still burn
ing but the populace, which had
seen the city change hands four
times, appeared in joyous well
come for the Red Army.
The Red Army men charging
down Friedrich Engels street -
a modern thoroughfare running
east and west through the heart
of Rostov - found German
poster which read: do not be
lieve rumors. We will not leave
Rostov."
The Sunday successes OF the
Red Army were hailed here as
the most sensational single day
offensive in the history of the
war.
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22,154,00O between ID and 38.
Some 100000 to 100000
of these can meet physical re-
quirements of the services.
About 100000 will be deferred
for farm or other important war
work.
JOB-SHIFTS
McNutt said there would be
necessary shifting of jobs, but
asked that there be no changes
lust for the sake of shifting. =
Those engaged in any of the SO
activities recently listed by
VINO as "non-deferr b e.
should register with the U. S.
Employment Service for other
work, he said, adding that this
list would be amplified when
necessary.
Some businesses will be fore
ed TO close down, he said, COM
menting that in making the
omelet of victory, we must ex-
pect to break a few eggs"
He warned that "luxuries will
disappear from the American
scene, and after them those mar
ginal things which are useful in
peacetime but serve no great
purpose in the grim business of
war"
Along with those luXuries
and those marginal things will
disappear the jobs which sup
port them, he said and men
now in such jobs will go to posts
more vital TO the war effort.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
White House Mum
ON TinlOShenke

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-(R
The White House had nothing
to say today in reply to inquiries
about the possibility that Mar
shall Semyon Timoshenko, noted
Russian military leader, was
coming to Washington.
Reporters asked whether tt
moshenko was here and Presi-
dental Secretary William ,.
Hassett replied:
II anticipated that question
and ! checked with the president
and got nothing but Mona Lisa
smile"
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Rescue

Continued from Page One
Staff Sergt. Forrest B. Hoov-
err, wife at Tacoma.
Corp. Earl J. Beaudry, moth
er, Mrs. Catherine Nj. Beaudry,
2701 N. f. Wasco ST., Portland,
Ore.
Hoover had a broken knee
cap and an arm injury, but the
rest were unhurt. All were in
good spirits when they arrived
here.
The three still missing, who
left the narrow canyon IL days
ago on foot to seek help, are:
End 1t. Adgate b. Schermer-
horn, mother, Mrs. Giles Scher-
merhorn. Ausable Chasm, N. Y.
Staff Sgt. Edward M. Free
borg, mother. Mrs. Marvin C..
Freeborg, 1921 Boren ave., Seat
tie.
Staff Sgt. r. Pruitt, address
unknown.
During the Is days the men
had for food only their choco-
late ration and "a broth made
from woodpeckers and ground
squirrels which we we're able to
shoot" 1t. Kelly said.
The bomber, based at Nc
Chord Field, Wash, sheared off
its wings in landing. The men
made rude shelter out Of the
wrcckage. They found an ak in
an unfinished cabin across the
lake.
A searching party. equipped
with a portable radio, reported
the tracks of the three missing
men had been obliterated a
short distance from the camp.
There isn't much hope
they're alive" Stohr said. with
out snowshoes 4 man doesn't
have a chance in the snow"
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Absenteeisrn
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
navy departments, maritime
commission, war production
board and labor department.
Before the war industries got
underway, a job absence rate of
about 3 per cent was common in
industry" the Owl said. "Now
job absence, on a monthly basis,
may be twice this figure, and in
some plants under difficult
working and transportation
problems, the rate may be even
higher"
Philip Murray, CIO president,
sent a message to all affiliates
urging that preventable absen-
teeism be cut Ito a minimum.
Hours lost cannot be re-
gained and hours lost mean pro-
duction lost" Murray said.
The CIO head said normal alb
Senteeism in industry is % per
cent, Murray said, but since the
start of the war absenteeism
among men has increased to AS
for men. For women the figure
is SIS, he added.
The Owl report listed the
principal causes of 'unavoid-
able" absences as illness, illness
in the family. death in the fam
lily, serious accidents, tranporta-
ton breakdoWns, draft board
examinations, appearances in
court, billiards. and floods.
AS "inexcuSable" reasons for
absenteeism the Owl cited
"hangovers," war prosperity"
social engagements, bad sched-
uling of work and poor super
vision.
A m ong the "preventable"
causes for absences were listed
inadequate transportation. poor
housing, job shopping, fatigue
due to excessive work hours,
and minor accidents.
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Light Primary.
Vote Anticipated
Icy Cold, Lock Of
Contests BIomed

Lack of interesting contests
combined with the cold weather
to keep voters away from thu
polls in today's township pri-
marieS.
Voting was light even in al
ways turbulent Warren town.
ship where prediction indica-
tions had pointed to a reason
ably heavy vote.
The polls opened at Z a. m.
Eastern War Time following the
ruling Saturday of Attorney
General Herbert Rushton that
voting places must open and
close on fast time.
Complete returns will be
carried in Tuesdays issue of The
Daily Monitor-Leader.
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House Speeds
Draft Action
Bill Would
Defer Eothers
BY PAT O'BRIEN

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is -
up - The House Military Com
mittee speeded action today on
legislation granting draft defer
ment to men with dependents
after Selective Service and man
power officials had served no.
tice that most of the 10000 in
Quoted daily in 1913 would be
fathers.
Chairman May (D-Ky) sched-
uled an executive session of the
group to study a measure by
Rep. Kilday (D-TeX) which
would put Selectice Service quo
tas on a statewide basis and re-
Quire draft boards TO call men
without dependents, or with col
lateral dependents, before call
ing those with wives and chill
dren.
May, who said the War Man.
power Commission was trying
to ignore the expressed intent of
Congress" in planning OF draft
men without regard for depend
ency, predicted enactment Of the
bill.
PRESERVE HOMES
1--WE want to preserve the
American home" he declared. d
Chairman Paul V. McNutt of
the VINO and Major General
Lewis B. Hershey, Selective
Service chief, declared Saturday
night that in drafting 10000 men
daily the armed forces must take
the great majority between ID
and 38 Those excepted, they said
will be irreplaceable men in es-
sential civilian work.
1T is most important that
those who have jobs in our war
industries be left until they can
be replaced in order to maintain
production, Hershey said. 1.-The
majority of men this year must
come from those with depend
ents."
1.-The need for men has now
reached a place where we must
be sure that no registrant is de-
ferred If he is engaged in work
which can be suspended or
which can be done by an over
aged man, one physically less fit,
or by a woman" he asserted.
MANY HARDSHIPS
McNutt, emphasizing that the
tremendous mobilization would
result in numerous hardships on
the home front, disclosed that in
q single week the nation plan
ned putting into uniform seven
full divisions, and in month,
28 divisions.
"This year alone. the num-
bers of men inducted will APP
proach in size the entire Ameri-
can Army in the first World
War" he said, adding that he
was presenting the facts Clearly
and frankly" so the nation could
know the truth.
McNutt and Hershey indicat-
ed about II, 100000 men would
be in the armed services by the
end Of this year. There are about
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French Fleet

Continued from Page One
to make the 3,700-mile trip from
Africa with her lust in case
anything should happen"
U. S. ESCORT
United States d e st royer S
escorted us all the way, safe
guarding against an attempt by
Germany and Ialy to sink such a
prize while she was able to move
only at slow speed.
The men aboard were excited
and happy as the Statue of Lib
erty broke through a heavy fog
at journeys end.
Our coming will show the
American people that France
still has a navy" Capt. Marcel
Deramond told me. 1T will show
them, too, that our sailors are
anxious and eager to fight"
The Richelieu is one of the
worlds most powerful battle
ships and the transfer to the
United States conclusively ends
the one-time fear of Washington
and London that she might fall
into Axis hands,.
HEAVY ARMOR
Armor plating of the Richie
lieu is strong enough to with
stand direct hit by a 16-inch
she'll directly above one of her
magazines. Her main batteries
are eight 15-inch guns. Measur-
ing BIS feet from stem to stern,
she is equipped to carry four
planes and has a normal COM
plement of 1,460 men. The bat
tleship can attain top speed of
80 knots.
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Continued from Page One

COntlnueu from rage OHc
Wiping out the last of organized
resistance on the island on Feb.
9.
While Allied patrols in the
Wau area, 35 miles northwest
of Salamaua in New Guinea, de-
voted their attention to wiping
out stragglers of Japanese
force defeated there last week,
other bombers paid visits to
Port Ubili in New Britain, BUN
in the northern Solomons and
Lac in New Guinea.
Elsewhere in Pacific-Asiatic
theatre, Raj bombers were
busy over the Akyab area of
Burma where villages along the
Bay of Bengal coast and targets
along the Kaladan River were
bombed.
The Chinese Central News in
Chungking reported the sink
ing of heavily-laden japanese
transport by Chinese shore bat
teries and mines along the
Fukien coast.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
u. s., British Officers
Confer with BraziIians

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. Is
R- Three general officers of
the United States and British
armies enroute from North At
RIGA have conferred at Recife
with Brazils Air Minister Jo-
achim Salgado, Jr.. the Official
News Agency announced today.
Lieut.. Gen. H. H. Arnold,
chief of the U. S. Army Air
Forces: Lieut.. Gen. Brehon B..
Somervell, commanding general
o fthe u. S. Army Service Of
Supply, and British Field Mar
shall Sir John Dill we're the mil
itary visitors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Will Treat Pre.Medi0
Like Other Soldiers

CHICAGO, Feb. IS (R -
Brig. Gen. Joseph N. Dalton, as
sistant chief of staff for person
mel. u. S. army. said today that
under the army specialized
training program "premedical
students will be housed in the
same manner as other soldiers
in the basic training program
and will be subject to the same
discipline and undergo the same
amount of military training and
physical conditioning"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Hospital Train
Brings Wounded
to Battle Creek
RATTLE CREEK

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Feb.
IS - up Michigan's first
trainload of war casualties from
the southwest Pacific area ar
rived here shortly before noon
today and ITS victims of the
fighting at Guadalcanal, the
Solomons, New Guinea and Aus
tralia were taken Immediately
to the War Deartment's new
Percy L. Jones general hospital.
The train consisted of eight
Pullman cars and carried 100
medical and rs surgical cases.
Rows of army ambulances back
ed TO 600-foot loading ramp
alongside the railroad as litter
carriers lifted the bedridden SOL
diers through train windows and
less seriously injured victims
crowded near, awaiting their
turn to be conveyed to the hos
pital.
LANDED IN JANUARY
The majority of casualties
were landed on the Pacific
coast the latter part of January
and were moved here from Let
terman general hospital in San
Francisco. Major Albert c.
Krukowski. hospital executive
officer, said a few of the men
were natives of Michigan, but
that the majority were from
Ohio, New Jersey, illinois and
North Carolina. The entire
group was served dinner upon
arrival and was to be checked
into the hospital late today.
Sergt. Grover Childers. tall
blond youth from Gastonia,
North Carolina, veteran of
Pacific island" campaign strobe
from the train carrying a large
tan "Aussie' campaign hat worn
by the Australian fighters. "A
present from friend of mine.
was in Australia two months"
he said. 1T sure seems good
to be back home, but / have
some buddies still in the Solo
mons. He walked quickly
away.
Corp. John Bagley of Tren-
ton, N. j., hung from a train
window with a three inch beard
and a face bronzed by the sun
at Guadalcanal. 1T was long
err he laughed, stroking the
black growth, but these guys
keep clipping it off for me-"
MANY CLIENT
All of the men appeared in
good humor although many were
silent and their faces serious.
One shrapnel victim, lying on a
stretcher as it went into an am
bulance shouted, I'm looking
me up a USO hostess in a hur-
ry," and the remark brought
loud cheers from his fellow vic
Tins.
Col. Norman r. Kirk, COM
handing officer of the hospital
here, met the train with his
staff and said arrival of the
group probably marked the first
of a constant flow of such VIC
Tins from landing points on the
coast.
The Percy L. Jones hospital
is the new S3,50O,00O War De-
partment unit which formerly
housed the famed Battle Creek
sanitarium. 1t has a capacity of
1900 beds and officers say its
facilities rank with those of the
Walter Reed hospital in Wash
ington, D. c.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Romme|'s Troops Flee
Toward Ben Gardane

CAIRO. Feb. Is (P The
British Eighth army continued to
advance yesterday along the
coastal road in the Tunisia-Trip-
olitnia frontier region where
Field Marshal Erwin Rommels
troops were reported withdraw.
ing toward Ben Gardane, a Brit
ish communique said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Army Bars Six
from War Plants

DETROIT, Feb. IS - (P) -
Six members of the Mechanics
Educational Society of America
were barred from their jobs at
the Eclipse Countertore Com
pany today on orders of Col.
George E. Strong, chief of plant
protection for the Army Air
Forces, as strikes at Eclipse and
at the Parker Wolverine COM
pany returned to work.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
North Side Mothers,
Douohtevs Club Meets

Mothers and Daughters Club
of the North Side will meet
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
with Mrs. Frank Payton, 20
Howard street. Mrs. A. A.
Thompson will be guest speak
or. and Miss Ula Hawkins assist
ing hostess.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Utica
Scout
News

A Court of Review was held
by Troop 90 and Troop 80 of
the Clinton Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America at the
grade school building on Tues
day evening. Members of the
examining committee present
were w. Frank Chapoton, chair
man; Erwin Waelde, assistant
Scout Master Of Troop 80; Leon
ard Morrison, ST., and Hamel ].
Smith, scoutmaster Of Troop 90;
Clarence Walsh, scoutmaster of
Troop 80. Rev. Father Edward
j. Dekeyser was also present.
Wayne Walters passed for
second class Scouting receiving
merit badges for bee keeping
and reading, this being the first
time merit badge for bee keep
ing has been awarded in Utica.
Leonard Morrison, Jr., receiv-
ed three merit badges, one for
commercial painting, art and
handicraft. Leonard submitted a
very fine oil painting of a Boy
Scout camp which received
much favorable comment.
Ronald Chapoton, senior pa
troll leader, won merit badges
in machinery and personal
health.
Richard Dobat, freshman,
badge in Public Health. Robert
Berry, Public Health badge,
and Robert Waelde, firemanship
and safety.
Fifteen boys, accompanied by
Scoutmaster Walsh, Assistant
Waelde and w. Frank Chapo-
ton attended services at the
Methodist church Sunday morn
ing and listened to a fine and
fitting sermon delivered by the
pastor, Rev. Versile D. Bentley.
The st. Lawrence Troop Boy
Scouts of America, under the
able director, Hamel J. Smith,
and capable assistant scoutmas-
ter, Albert Jackson, attended the
Holy Hour for Victory and Peace
at the Blessed Sacrament Cath
edral, Detroit, last Sunday af-
ternoon from 3 to o'clock. Fiji
teen hundred Scouts took part
in the service.
Cub Scout Master John
Church announces a meeting to
be held on Friday evening, Feb.
IS, from 7 until 8 o'clock. in the
parlors of the Utica Methodist
church for the purpose of enroll
ling boys for membership in the
Cub Scouts.
All parents and boys from
nine to twelve years old are urg-
ed to attend. Many of the boys
are interested in joining the or
ganization and several den meet
ings have been held but it also
takes the cooperation of the
parents to make it work. hence
it is very necessary that they
be present.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Demo County Convention
Is Set for Tomorrow

Macomb county Democrats
will meet in the county building
tomorrow afternoon to elect
delegates to the state conven-
ton, Earl Miller. chairman of
the Demo county committee, an
nounced today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Henry o. Chopoton's
Condition is Fair

The condition of Henry O.
Chapoton, pres dent of the
Mount Clemens Savings Bank,
was described as fair today
by St. Joseph's hospital attaches.
Chapoton's right leg was ampu-
tated Saturday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Salvation Army Meeting
POSTPONED One Week

A meeting of the Salvation
Army executive board scheduled
for tomorrow noon at the Medea
Hotel has been postponed a
week, Envoy Harry Carroll an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1943-09-07

maintain strict silence during SONGS,
and ofncially giving blessing to those
who wish to stand during same, the
better to see the girl, my dears.
~ 4
About Nancy Noland, Olmsted's
main attraction. less, but suficient,
Is known. In the popular, or hic-
cough, style Of current journalism
Born Nashville, Tenn, circa-put
who brought that up?-daughter
Of Methodist minister. /. Educated
War d-B E I'm IN t, Vanderbilt and
points South. Composed for
school shows. ;. Played pipe
organ at vespers. Then
realized ambition of becoming
-. feminine Noel Coward by break
Ing into hotel work.