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alone. But you 60 to that hotel
and meet us for breakfast, oil
sugar and smiles. okay, swoetieP
Sweetie still didn't answer
Jimmy squeezed her elbow IN
genuine feeling, said, please, Lo-
raine," and went away again
Whatever surged in Loraine's
mind that night, only she knew
But she took no drastic action.
Perhaps Ed Bryan's warning and
Jimmy's plea both helped her to
control herself. She was already
In the hotel dining room next
morning when Jimmy and Pat and
Ed came In.
GOOD morning, Lorraine" Pat
said, Us cordially as she could
Both men spoke heartily, too
They all drew up chairs to her
table, unlimited. And the walters
began to serve them there.
Lorraine was cooler now. Hello"
she managed, fiat tone.
Pat said, Lorraine, we - we
shan't do any bluffing, Not among
us four, I can tell you that ! was
as astonished as you were, but"
Right" Ed Bryan nodded,
but ! understand why Ed
and Jimmy felt they had TO do
what they did. You must believe
us when we say this Is not per-
sonal. You were not treated shah.
billy, At least no more than
than"
Practical Ed Bryan stepped In
again. mo more than you was
treated In Chicago, Miss Friday,
Not as much, in fact. You're the
goat in all this, II anybody asks
mel"
"Yes!" Jimmy nodded. "It's re-
grettable, all around. But let's ell
forget II. Please, kidsl All Of US,
Intentions everywhere we're good,
I'm sure. Certainly this whole
deal was impersonal. A part Of
our Army task. And, hang 1t all,
it's been scads OF fun! Aside from
this - this little back-stage mis-
understanding"
That was the vein Of talk In
which Lorraine was held down, then,
She said almost nothing. But the
ather three assumed her agreement
and they made extra effort TO be
courteous and kind. II she was as
tute enough to sense that this was
by prearrangement. 1t couldn't help
ed.
At o O'Clock this second day In
Phoneix, distinguished Army fly
ing officials were to meet local
civic leaders In the hotel conven-
ton hall. They asked Jimmy and
your flancee" TO attend. That
meant Pat. Of course, due to the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-25
Arsenal Blast
Fatal 10 10
Ohio Plant Scene
of Explosion

RAVENNA, D., March Is -
(P) - An ammunition explosion
yesterday at the governments
S7,0O0,000 Portage ordnance de-
pot killed ten workers and SER
iously injured two others, Col.
Raymond A. Brown, command
ing officer of the project, an
nounced.
Col. Brown said no informa-
ton concerning the cause of the
blast would be made public un-
til ar investigation has been
conducted. He said the depot
was continuing operations with
the normal complement of work
erS.
"The total number of known
dead is now TO-" IN official an
nouacement said. "All other
employees of the depot have been
accounted for"
The dead, all from nearby
communities, were listed as:
Rufus Bankston, Is, Robert
Scott, 40, Don Wirth, 38, Ona
Sayre, AZ, David Anderson, As,
Alex Woodman, 81, Samuel r.
Wagner. 60, Harry c. Kyer, %,
William F. Allen, 81, George w,
Hawkins, 33.
"The body Of George Hawkins
is the only one recovered up to
this time" Col. Brown announc-
ed.
The explosion sent a huge
cloud of smoke over the area,
and earth fell from the sky like
snow. Dishes and windows rat
tied and doors jumped open al
Youngstown some 30 miles east
of here.
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Druggist Faces
Narcotic Count
illegal Sole
Charged by Stote

CENTER LINE - Stanley
Schultz, 42-year-old Center Line
druggist, was free on $500 cash
bond today while he awaits
justice court examination on
charges he illegally sold mar
cotics.
Arraigned on the charge be-
fore Justice Donald j. Parent
late Tuesday, Schultz demand
ed an examination which was
set for April 7 at 10 am.
State Narcotics Inspector Her
bert Reid said Schultz was con-
victed of violating the federal
narcotics law in Federal court
last summer. Reid said Schultz
sold paregoric in illegal guam
titles although the law specifies
only two ounces of the drug can
legally be sold to a customer.
Reid said Schultz persisted in
selling narcotics even though
See NARCOTICS-Page 2
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YAWNING CREyICES MENACE 1909
Rambling Mine Cave In Strikes Pennsylvania Town

building, which firemen said
was directly over the center of
the pull. A witness reported
crack a foot wide in the schools
basement floor.
II was the third subsistence in
Pittston since November and the
second in two months. Only one
other. the last. was serious. and
in that only about so buildings
were damaged
The Pennsylvania legislature
only recently asked for federal
funds to undertake a prevention
program. A legislative commits
sion two weeks ago, after q two
year study, recommended q
program of flushing" or stuff
ing weak and abandoned shafts
with debris.
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Progress Seen
in Goal Talks
Lewis Informs
FDR Of Stotus

NEW YORK, March 25-(P'
John L. Lewis, international
president of the United Mine
Workers. has advised President
Roosevelt that progress Is being
made in negotiations for new
contract to cover approximately
100000 bituminous miners.
This announcement by the
miners chieftain came yester-
day at a press conference as
partial coal production in the
Appalachian soft coal fields was
assured for 80 days after March
81, termination date of the pres
ent contract.
Mort ern operators an
nounced they had accepted the
UNIV proposal to limit wage
negotiations to 80 days after
expiration of the current agree
ment.
Their lead, however, was not
followed by southern operators,
who rejected the unions pro-
posal and counter by asking that
negotiations and work continue
on a retroactive basis regardless
of how long it takes to draft q
new contract. They pointed out
that President Roosevelts mes
sage to continue negotiations
without a production stoppage
contained no time limit pro-
vision. abF
Informed of the southern OPP
orators stand, Lewis declared:
Their position Is untenable
and they can't sustain IL. Furth-
er consideration on their Fart
will make them change their
4 mind"
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Young Sailor
Is Decorated
Chester Scott
Wins Air Medal

Chester Scott. % year old
former Mount Clemens mechan-
ic, today was revealed TO have
won the Air Medal for his part
in aerial raids over tn Japan
csc base at Kiska in the Aleutian
Islands.
Scott, now an aviation Ma
chinist's Mate, third class, in the
Navy, was employed by F. S.
Shaw of the Automatic Oil Heat
ing company prior to his enlist
ment in the Navy in the Fall of
1941. While in Mount Glenn
ems he hade his home at 35 Lin
coin avenue.
Following is the official cita-
ton concerning the young sail
or's exploit.
CITATION
For meritorious achievement
while participating in aerial
flight during action against enc
my Japanese forces throughout
the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
Under the most severe weather
conditions of high winds, snow,
rain. and fog, and in the face
of persistent anti-aircraft fire
from enemy ship and shore bat
teries, Scott. with conscientious
devotion to duty, carried out the
tasks assigned him during pat
rol missions and bombing at
tacks against Japanese ships in
Kiska Harbor. His fine cour-
age throughout was in keeping
See SCOTT-Page 2
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Grenades Blast
Path for Reds
Russions Storm
Slowly Forward

MOSCOW. March Is -R -
Hurting hand grenades and en-
gaging the Germans in hand-to-
hand fighting, Red Army units
stormed into another settlement
on the route to Smolensk and
wiped out the enemy position.
the Russians said Q communique
today.
More than 100 Of the enemy
were killed in the engagement,
the war bulletin said.
On another sector Of that
front, which has seen q steady
Russian advance westward from
Vyazma and southwark from
Belly, the Russians said that they
captured several more villages,
Selling a large quantity Of Ger.
man ordnance, and that Soviet
tanks wrecked q German re-
serve column being brought up
to the front.
Twenty trucks and up to .
company of Hitlerites were de-
stroyed," it was announced.
More enemy attacks north OF
Chuguev and in the Belgorod
See RUSSIA-Page 3
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By H. O. THOMPSON

WASHINGTON, March Is -
W.D - Spreading revolts among
the 100000 war prisoners and
conscripted foreign laborers now
in Germany are creating a Sc
rious problem for the Nazis on
the home front, it was revealed
in high diplomatic quarters to-
day.
Hatred of their Nazi captors
and hunger have driven the es-
capped foreigners to desperate
measures not only to sustain
themselves but to attack German
home morale.
Thousands of the prisoners and
workers have escaped and now
prey on German citizens, and in
some cases terrorize whole
towns, these sources said.
Information leaking out Of
Germany shows that the prob
lem is especially acute during
allied bombings of industrial
cities when the escaped prison.
ers emerge from their hiding
places and add to the general
confusion.
The regular police have been
unable to control the situation.
Citizens have attempted to pro-
tect themselves by organizing
civilian guards to patrol Sc
cluded highways and to come to
the rescue of waylaid country
men.
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us.
Jap Raider in
Swift Attack

WASHINGTON, March IS -
(P) - An American submarine
surprised, torpedoed and sank
japanese submarine in the
far Pacific so quickly that the
Japanese never knew what hit
them" the Navy disclosed We'd
nesday in telling the story of an
undersea boat commanded by
1t. Comdr. William Edward Fer
rail- of Pittsburgh.
Ferrall's craft in a year at sea
destroyed ten enemy vessels to-
falling more than $4,000 tons,
including the enemy sub. Navy
communicates previousl.' had an
nounced nine of the ships - sew
See SUBS-Page 2
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PITTSTON, Pa. March Is
R-A rumbling mine cavern
the worst in the eastern Penn
sylvania fields in several years
struck this mining city of 49,
900 last night and the ground is
still sinking today from under
more than $50 cracked and
twisted homes and buildings.
The police and fire depart
ments said there was no indica-
ton of when the earth sagging
would cease.
Yawning crevices developed
in lawns and pavements. Houses
and trees swayed, tilted and
sank. Water and gas mains
snapped. Firemen reported holes
20 to rs feet deep and estimated
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lying the affected area. were or
dered to leave by the nearest
exits.
More than 500 worshipers
fled a mission service at the
Mount Carmel Catholic church,
on the edge of the section, and
100 student musicians ran pam
icky from a band rehearsal in
the auditorium of the high
school.
A, hole 80 feet deep and 80
feet wide developed on the lawn
of an estate in Fulton street. In
the basement of a home N Will
liams street there was hole big
enough to bury an automobile.
Earth assures spread out like
spider web from the school
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Bomb Scotland

LONDON, March Is - @ -
Scotland, untroubled by heavy
German raids since the Spriny
of 1941 and only once previously
this year the target for q small
scale attack, felt the sting Of
German reprisal assaults early
today when enemy. bombers
flew through severe anti-aircra' T
fire on the southeast coast and
dropped incendiary bombs in.
land.
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Governor A(iS
10 Safeguard
WARRIOR Goals
Vivian Cites
Power to Administer
SeIeetive Service

DENVER, March Is -(R-
Governor John c. Viva order
ed today an immediate halt to
the induction of Colorado farm
workers into the armed forces.
The Governor, who recently
has asserted that Colorado war
crop goals could not be attain
ed unless workers were permit
ted to stay on the farms, an
nounced his action in . letter to
Brig. Gen. Harold H. Richard.
son, State Director Of Selective
Service.
Governor Vivian said he was
taking the action under the
power and authority to admin
lister the Selective Service sys-
tenn within my state under SEC
ton 603.11 of the regulations
governing this agency"
A state Selective Service head.
quarters, officials said Section
60311 of the National Selective
Service Act provided that gov
errors of the respective states
would have charge of the admin
istration of the act in each STATE.
The section deals also with the
manner of keeping Selective
Service files and other admins
trative details.
The Governor told newsmen
he had just received word that
of a quota of So men indicted
in Delta county in western Col
orado recently, % were farmers
"who in the opinion of the coun-
ty agent are essential to the OPP
Grafton of the farms from which
they were taken and will need
to be replaced"
General Richardson was not
available for comment immedi-
ately.
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the overall sinking at from two
to eight feet in varying sectors.
A new 100000 high school
building was so badly cracked
that firemen feared its walls
walls would collapse.
The subsistence - over the
shaft of the No. 9 mine of the
Pagnotti NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. al
1880 p. m. in a area of eight
blocks, all residential.
Red Cross disaster units,
civilian defense workers and the
police evacuated the section, and
armed guards were posted TO
prevent householders from re-
turning to salvage belongings.
About 40 miners working in
one section of the mine under-
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House Debates
Pay.as.You.Go
Tax Program
Nay Adopt Own
Formula; Discard
RumI Proposal
BY TONY SMITH
United Press ,tan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March Is -
WP) - House debate on pay-as-
you-go income tax plans opens
today amid predictions tina. the
House will write its own bill,
respecting the Ruml "skip-a-
year" plan but forgiving part of
one years income taxes.
House Democrat" Whip Ram
speck, D., Ga, led those who be
ieve that the House will find
some middle ground between the
huml proposal which would for
give all of 1942's taxes to get on
a current basis, and the Ways
and Means Committees recon-
mendation, which calls for non
forgiveness and a 20 per cent
withholding tax or unpaid 1912
income taxes.
All of the major plans believ-
ed to have any chance at all in
clude a 20 per cen. withholding
feature, making 1t the one Writ
Ial certainty as four days o.
general deData open, 1t is 'ex.
pected to be late next week be
lore final vote is taken.
Between the Rurl and The ad
ministration's non forgiveness
plan is one proposed by Rep. A
Willis Robertson, D., Va, for
uancelling The six per cent nor
nal tax and Is per cent surtax
bracket for all taxpayers on
'942 income.
The taxpayers, who already
have paid their first quarterly
installment on their 1912 liza.
bility, got a preview of the ar.
guments of the various factions
in radio speeches last night.
Rep. Frank Carlson, r., Kans
author of legislation embodyine
the Ruml principles, said the
present income tax indebted
See TAXES-Page 2
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rationing program goes into eff
feet Monday, the Office of Price
Administration says.
Two mathematical methods
will be used TO determine the
restaurant ration, OPA said last
night in making the announce
ment. One is to cut Z per cent
off the number of persons served
during December, and the other
trims 25 per cent off the point
value of products used. Which
ever gives the smallest total de-
termines the establishments al
lotment.
Individual portions aren't re-
stricted yet, but the agriculture
department is considering such
limitation.
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Name Rapenne

ALGIERS. March IS R -
Gen. Henri Giraud, high com.
missioner for French North Afri
ca, has appointed Jean Rapenne,
an experienced French Colonia,
administrator, - Governor Of
French Guiana, the French colo.
ny In South America which sew.
cred all ties with Vichy on Mar.
is and declared its adherence z
to the Allied cause.
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Chesterfield
Exceeds War
Fund Quota

Far exceeding . $500 quota,
Chesterfield township residents
contributed $1,132.6o to the Red
Cross War Fund Drive. q COM
pleted report revealed today.
Mrs. Vernon Ksrwin an
.Adolph veryser were co-chals.
men of the drive.
Results by territories Weeo: !,
Mrs. Clarence Meyers and M.
Gary Lorenz, $l64 -; :. HI.
Lottie Moulton, Mrs. Jo10
Rahbine and the nimuo 49,
ind Mary HahaE1n, 81 q y
Mrs. Filmess onlelk ~
liam Msissl, e9l1S q
thur Swain. Nh
Mrs.. Prosper Vo9x0
Mrs. Louis Dlako1uy. -
Theol. &2S3.sS. y !
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Prisoners of War
ReVOltinGermany
Join Conscripted Workers
in Preying on Nazis

The French are reported to be
taking the leadership in organ
izing the escaped prisoners into
bands capable of doing greater
damage than could be accom-
plished by individual efforts.
There are approximately l.700-
900 French prisoners of war in
Germany, held there since the
fall Of France in 1910.
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Nazi Tanks
Are RepuIsed
in Grim Battle
British Artillery
Trades Blows with
Moreth's Defenders
BY EDWARD KENNEDY

ALLIED H E ADQUARTE2S
IN NORTH AFRICA, March IS
- (P) - United States troops
repulsed heavy Nazi armored at
tacks in the Gafsa sector and
made local gains in the Maknas-
sy area of the Central Tunisian
front while the battle of the Ma
reth line dwinded to artillery
duelling after four days of bitter
fighting it was announced to-
day.
Military quarters said strong
resistance and rigorous countet-
attacks by Field Marshal Erwin
Rommels forces prevented fur
Their major Allied gains for the
time being and, in some cases,
wiped out advances achieved a
few days earlier.
WIPE OUT GAINS
Advices from the southern Tu-
nissan front late last night were
that German counter assaults
had largely wiped out the u
vances made by the British
Eighth Army in driving a wedge
into the upper end of the Mareth
line.
In sight of the battling ground
troops, British and American
light bombers hammered impor-
tant Axis armored positions near
the town of .Mareth.
In the commupique today
there was no mention of the task
force which thanked RommeFs
positions and was last reported
eight miles from Ell HANNA.
Axis air base at the rear of the
Notifications and ~ miles ives.
Of Gabes.
Field dispatches said United
States troops won control of the
last mountain chain overlooking
the coastal plain and Axis sup
ply routes between Maknassy
and the Gulf of Gabes after beat
ing back Axis armored forces in
the region of Elguetar, itself IL
See TUNISIA-Page 2
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Civic Chorus Plans
Palm Sunday Concert
Elijoh to Be Presented
at Zion Evangelical

The Mount Clemens Civic
Chorus will present the ora
torio Elijah" by Mendelssohn
on the afternoon of Palm Sum
day, April 10, at 4 o'clock, in
the Zion Evangelical Church, it
is announced today.
The chorus, numbering so
members. under the direction of
Sergt. Don Chown of Selfridge
Field, will be accompanied by
Mrs. Walter Tiffin, organist, and
Mrs. John X. Ullrich. pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the concert, second
public appearance of the chorus
since Sergt. Chown took over the
baton.
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HEAVY DAMAGE
Meat Coupon
Values Page ;

A complete list of official ra-
tioning point values for meats,
fats, fish and cheese appears on
Page 3 of today's edition of the
Monitor-Leader. In full four col
umn size IL is worthy OF clip
ping and retaining so that house
wives can tell just how they can
best use their legal allowance OF
meat per person.
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CAIRO, March IS - R -
Liberator bombers Of the Mint,
United States Air Force attack
ID Messina, Sicily, BY daylight
yesterday cd left rsjlrsaA gard
IN fla16s ~ sthss firss st a {,
Ferry T6fniasl md q the vicin.
hy - Naval Storage tanks, 1
United States conlmunique said
tsday.
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DETROIT, March 25-(P-
Ray Fling, executive secretary
of the Michigan Restaurant
and Caterers Association, said
today that the estimated IS per
cent reduction in meat for res
taurants Is gross under
statement"
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LONDON, March rs - R -
The Cairo correspondent of the
Independent French News Agen-
cy reported today the Germans
had launched q series of strong
attacks against the Yugoslav
Guerrilla forces of General Ora.
ia MihailOvic in Eastern Serbia
and Bosnia.
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Restaurants
10 Be Rationed
OPA Sloshes
Meet Supplies

WASHINGTON, March as
R)-You won't have to give up
ration coupon when you order
steak at your favorite restaur-
ant-but it Will be rationed, too
Restaurants and other institu-
tional eating places will be linn
tied to rs per cent or less of the
amount of meat, butter, cheese
and similar products they used
last December when the point
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Warns People

WASHINGTON, March Is -
(P) - Terming Tunisian fight
ing still far from decisive in any
sector, Director Elmer Davis OF
the Office Of War Information
warns the American people
against either undue optimism or
pessimism over the general war
outlook.
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Use Long Toms

WITH THE AMERICAN FOR.
CES IN SOUTHERN TUNISIA,
March % - Delayed & -
Two "long Toms American
155-millimeter long-range rifles
destroyed five enemy aircraft
parked on the Mzxouna airfield
and made 1t unavailable for fur.
Their use by the Axis.
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late X X X
bulletins
Feel Jap Yoke

NEW YORK, March rs - R
- The Japanese-c0ntrOlled Ma
Mia radio disclosed today tina:
the inclusion of the Philippines
in Japan's greatest East Asia
cO-prOsperity sphere" n a d
brought sales tax ranging from
20 to IS per cent to the people
of the Islands.
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WITH UNITED STATES FOR.
CES IN CENTRAL TUNISIA,
March "a - (Delayed) -R -
Forty Italian soldiers who came
forward TO surrender to an
American force near Maknassy
today were fired upon immedi-
ately by q German unit on their
right.
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NEW YORK, Mach Is - @
The Japanese haze selected .
motion picture of their sneak at
tack on Pearl Harb0r as the best
film of 1912, the Tokyo radio
said today in broadcast report
ed by the Owl.
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Pope Improved

LONDON, March Is R
The Rome radio said today that
IN influenza attack suffered by
Pope Pins III lis taking its nor
NAL course and there Il already
q considerable Improvement in
his condition"