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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Flames Gut
Utica Store
Mon Overcome
by Heovy Smoke

"We're just lucky he's hero
today. n + Mcclellan said to-
DAY OF his son, Jimmie. who was
overcome by smoke and gas
Wednesday as fire destroyed the
interior of the II. F. Mcclellan
grocery store on Main street
Utica.
The blaze was discovered at
II p m by Mrs Fred KirSch-
ncr. who. from a window in her
house across the street saw
sparks flying I'm the store. Al
though the fire department had
everything under control quick.
Is, II took them over an hour
10 completely eXtinguiSh the
blaze No one being in the store
al the time hromcn had 20
break in through the side win
doWs.
The owners arrived after the
flremen, and assisted i'm putting
out the blaze jimmie Nc
Clelian was atop a ladder when
the smoke ovcrCame him lie
said afterwards that he felt as
if he were floating on air, but
managed 10 climb 90 the floor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Six Injured
in Accident
Cor Rolls Over
Near Center Line

Six persons were injured this
morning when a car driven by
Walter S. Popielancyk, %, OF
l8035 Conant street, Ham
tramck, failed TO make a proper
turn on IA Mile and Mound
roads and rolled over, Center
Line State Police reported today.
All were taken TO Saratoga Hos
pital.
Besides the driver, who suf-
fered a possible fractured left
hip, the injured were; John De.
rem, 25, of 2425 Enbel, bruises;
Cecilian Deren, Is, of 2425 En-
bel, fractured hips; Stella Gagat,
81, of 2648 Carpenter, Ham
tramck, bruises; and Leona Tirel,
II, of 1862 Dean, Detroit, frac-
tured left hip and neck.
Police said that Popielancyk
was going south on 14-Mile road
but failed 10 see the turn sep
arating the road in boulevard,
and ran off the road losing con-
troll of the car which rolled over.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
New First Aid
Class To Start
Monday Evening

A new First Aid class. directed
by Clayton Dubay, will be start
cd by the American Red Cross
Monday evening between the
hours of 7:30 and $50 p. m. at
the Mount Clemens fire hall.
There is room in the class for
anyone wishing TO join, Dubay
said, in pointing out that volun-
teer firemen and Motor Corps
members will participate in the
classes, Both men and women
are invited TO join i'm what will
constitute regular 20-hour
standard Red Cross course, ne
said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Red Armies
Surge Ahead
Breach Enemy
Line in Center

LONDON, Oct. 7-lP)-The
Red Army surged forward in a
new offensive, the Germans said
today, preaching the Nazi line
on the North Central front be
tween Velikie Luki and Smo-
lensk.
Moscow dispatches reported
only fierce but inconclusive bat
ties for strategic positions in
White Russia as mud and rain
apparently begged down the re-
mainder of the front.
The German daily communi-
que said the Soviets had launch
ed a major attack in the Velikie
Lux sector, but the NaZi news
agency DNB added that the
drive, obviously aimed at sep
aratlng the German armies of
the North and South, had sue
ceeded in preaching their line.
Tie agency said the drive was
begun yesterday with the rail
and highway center of Newell. 35
miles Southwest of Vilikie Luki,
as its first objective
Massed battalionS of infantry
and tanks attacking under an
umbrella of fighter formations,
were thrown into the assault,
DIP said, and despite heavy
losses the Russians plunged for
ward in considerable depth
along the lake and forest stud
ded Northern battlefront.
Newell, itself, controls rail
roads running North TO Lenln-
grad, Southwest TO Warsaw and
South 20 VitebSk and Odessa
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Development
Continued from Page |

the 10 mile system Of sewer
mains installed. the supervisor
said
The Warren township sewer
and water projects constitute the
largest operations undertaken by
Federal authorities in the entire
North-Central zone Of Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and
OHIO, Tallman revealed
At the same time Tallman re
vcalcd that the township plan
ming commission, coordnatlng
It's studies with the tighter syS-
tenn OF township controls auth
orized by a recent act Of the
state legislature. is surveying
the requisites Of a new town
ship building code.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Robert kuEuk

Funeral services for Robert
Kukuh, 68, of 4728 18-Mile road,
Clinton township. who died
Wednesday as result of injuries
sustained a month ago when he
was struck by a passing auto
mobile will be held Friday al 2
o. m. from the d n. Cooley Fu-
neral Home and at $50 p m.
from the ST. Paul's Lutheran
Church. Burial Will follow at the
ST. Pauls Cemetery.
He is survived by his brother,
Louis; sisters, Mrs. Fred Mittle-
sted. Of Mount Clemens. Mrs.
Albert Benin, and Mrs. Henry
Mas.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Utica Salvage
Nets S96J

UTICA-The Utica Salvage
Association reported today that
$3.50 profit had been derived
from the sale of old iron, auto
tires and tin, in Utica.
After the report had been
made the association disbursed
s7O3 TO various organizations in
the city as contributions or pay
ments for work done during the
city's drives.
A committee Of three were APP
pointed TO work with the Rotary
Club committee TO diSburse the
1888 balance OF the Utica SalV-
age Association funds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Pacific
Continued from Page l

ferry planes 70 the MarShalls and
Gilberts and o I h er southern
bases.
CARRY WAR TO FOE
Submarines carried the war
right 10 the front door of Japan.
Radio Tokyo said the undersea
craft citrate d Tsushlma
Straits between the main Jap
aneSe island of Honshu and Ko-
rea and sank a ferry steamer
with $40 of It's passengers. Tok-
yo said the a tt a c k occurred
Tuesday.
Australian troops advanced
seven miles to within so OF Ma
dang, Japanese base of New
Guinea. Macarthur p a n e 5
hammered shipping off Bougain-
Vile and Cholseul, the Solomon
Islands the japanese are report
ed eVacuating They attacked
many points on and around New
Britain, Island home Of the key
Japanese base OF Rabaul.
u. s, fighter planes in China
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
FilipiinOs
Continued from Page |

been driven from them, and i'm
mediate authority 20 enter into
negotiations with President
Manuel QueZon, who is i'm Wash
ington, TO provide for full Sc
curity for the Philippines, for
the mutual protection of the is
lands and OF the United States.
and for the future maintenance
of peace in the Pacific
Existing legislation calls for
making The islands independent
on July 4, 1916
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
N,V,oxAllN FAMOUS FOR FINE FOOD

There is another traditional good
taste you can enjoy almost any
where and at almost any time
-. the nationally famous good
taste Of Goebel Beer. II is
natural addition to any list Of
fine foods, and just right for be-
tween meals. When you want to
add good taste to your daily fare,
be sure to order Coebel Beer.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07

Since the last war the range
Of American anti-aircraft artil-
lery has been increased 100 per
cent, individual firepower $50
per cent, size of bombs 800 per
cent and speed of tanks 700 per
cent
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
FORTIFY RIVER

Rome on the lermoil-Nome
highway.
FORTIFY RIVER
While fresh German tank
units fastened TO oppose the
Eighth Army's thanking threat,
the Germans rushed the task of
fortifying the Volturno river 20
miles north of Naples against
1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark's Fifth
Army which reported logged
progress northward despite eX-
tensive demolitions and heavy
rains which impeded the move
ment of heavy equipment.
Futher information from the
front said the crossing of the
Volturno by Fifth Army ele-
ments, which was reported yes
terday, was only along the main
tributary of the Volturno sys-
tenn, commonly known as the
Galore.
The German detenSes on the
north bank of the Volturno it.
self across the plain from the
mountains TO the Tyrrhenian Sea
are still intact, 1t was stated
here.
FLAMING THREAT
Although the crossing of the
Galore, an eastward extension of
the V o turno, constituted a
+ thanking threat 10 the enemy
river line, military spokesman
said the Germans were believed
to be holding the northern bank
of the Volturno in some
strength"
The headquarters communi-
que said merely that "the Fifth
Army has made further progress
and are working forward TO the
line Of the River Volturno'
This stream has been a favor
tie position for battles in Italy
from the time of Hannibal, and
the Germans were apparently
ready TO take advantage of its
possibilities for a strong delay
ing action.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07

California aircraft plants have
received % per cent of all war
contracts for airplanes and parts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07

The Lord Jeffrey, in Amherst,
Massachusetts,, bears the name of
a hero of the French-Indian War
who became governor-gencral Of
colonial America. This famous
inn attracts people from long dis
tances to see the Plimpton Col
lection of Lord Jeffery's letters,
and to enjoy the good taste of
its New England cooked foods.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
CLAIM GAINS

The Chinese said they hurled
the japanese from several new
ly captured points in East Chi
ma, captured in the new 10000
man offensive launched by the
enemy from Manchuria. They
said Japanese column was IN
disorderly retreat near Kwang
ten, go miles from Marking, and
that the Chinese were closing in
on Suancheng, so miles from
their former capital. The Nip
ponese were declared plumber
ing the Autumn harvest.
Premier T o o appeared to
have ample facts TO support his
statement. reported by the Tok-
yo Radio:
The Allied offensive has
gained in intensity"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07

broke up two Japanese attempts
10 raid advanced bases on Mon
day and Tuesday while bombers
and Lightning fighters harassed
enemy freighters in the Yang
re.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07
Italy.
Continued from Page I

from Termoli as far as Pescara
on the Adriatic, and inland as
far as Alfedena, halfway TO
Rome on the Termoli-Rome
hipbtUaV
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-07

ferry planes 70 The MarshaIIs and
Gilberts and o h er southern
,n.nr
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Berlin Opens New
Jap War TO Keep
News from People
Germans Attempting to
Blockade Airways to
Quiet Growing Fears

LONDON, Jan. Is. (UP)-
Germany opened a new radio
iamming war today in an at
tempt to keep neutral and
allied broadcastS telling of
its mounting military and political
troubles, from Germans who listen
to foreign programs at the risk of
their lives.
Neutral news progrG--..5, from such
countries as Switzerland and Swed-
en- one hour east OF London, were
first to encounter the German JAM
ming efforts.
Then the jamming extended to
the British radio, which started
using low speed Worse code for
some news breakfasts, repeating
each word twice, IN order to get
through.
AS the " ining advanced the
jamming became worse.
A wave of arrests which mad swept
through southeastern satellite Eui =
ope was extended to France and the
Germany itself.
A Berlin broadcast announced
that "a gang of 81 criminals" had
Continued on Page 6. Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Luckey Appointed
To4Committees
In State Senate
County Gets Two-Way
Representation In
Agricultural Group

State Senator f. George
Luckey of Imperial county
Friday was appointed vice
chairman of the important
agricultural committee in the
state senate and a member of three
other committees.
This appointment gives Ir'peria
county excellent representation ir
agricultural legislation as Assembly
man Harvey E. Hastain is vice,
chairman of the assembly agricul'
tural committee.
Luckey, a Democrat. was appolnt-
ed to the membership of the finan'
cial institutions committee, the gov
ernmental institutions committee
and the military and veterans af-
fairs committee.
In announcing the committee;
for the upper house in the state SEN
ate, the senate rules committee
gave the Republicans a majority
IA of the 20 chairmanships and the
Democrats nine of the l. vice
chairmanships.
Jerrold Seawell, president pro-
tenn and president of the rules COM
mittee, said seniority. requests. anc
experience were the major consider
ations for committee posts. Mem
bers of the rules committee Waiveo
chalrmanShipS to give members witt
less seniority the jobs.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Senate Promise
Open Hearing On
Flynn Nomination
Opponents Open Big
Guns on Record of
Roosevelt AppOintee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.
(UP) = The senate foreign
relations committee decided
unanimously today to hold
public hearings starting next
Wednesday or Thursday on the
nomination of Democratic National
Chairman Edward j. Flynn to be
minister to Australia.
Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex"
said the full committee will go into
the general matter of Flynn's quail
fications and anything that touch
es on his qualifications including
any specific charges
The committee decision was made
on recommendation of Democratic
Leader Alben w. Barkley, of Ken
lucky. Flynn previously had asked
the committee for open hearings to
give him an opportunity to refute
various charges made on the SEN
ate floor by Sen. Fl. Styles Bridges,
r., N. Y.
Bridges had presented a formal
protest against the nomination to
the committee.
Bridges said he presented his pro-
test to an executive meeting OF the
committee, requested open hearings,
and pre- sented list of % witnesses,
including Flynn, that he wanted
Continued on Page 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15

later Warren said it
will contain Well-knOWn tax eX-
perts representing various groups.
It's main purpose will be consider
disposal Of the states surplus OF
almost $60000 600 and proposals
for tax reduction.
Warren said he would be happy
to have legislative committees
meet Va h'a g,oup whenever
possible and avail themselves of
background material the citizens
group expects to obtain during
meetings in the February recess
OF the legislature.
1t is my hope" Warren said
il his message, that through its
hearings; the cit SNns committee
will develop a broad background
e factual information which will
be- of definite assistance to the
legislature in weeks to come"
Warren added that the COM
mittee plan was drafted with the
view of developing suggestions for
gearing our fiscal system to the
exigencies of war
Elsewhere on lie legislative front,
meanwhile, a comprehensive bill
regulating activities OF labor unions
was introduced in the senate by
Ed Fletcher, San Diego Republican,
which ne said was requested by
San Diego local 1925, Aircraft Mech
anicS, with a membership of 28,600,
largest local in the nation. 1t would
require labor organizations to keep
accurate records on receipts and
expenditures and file them with
the secretarT of state before Jan.
81 of each year.
Other highlights of the Fletcher
bill were to elect officers yearly.
have written notices to members on
elections: during the war period.
prohibit inC-cases in initiation fees
and mCnthlv dues: on war projects,
prohibit initiation fees in excess of
5 per cert CT average monthly earn
ineS, or no more than ! per cent
for monthly dues; no assessments
nor fines may be collected unless
authorized by a majority vote; no
contribution above $50 may be made
except by majorit vote; no person
convicted o: a felony ma be an
officer or official; membership may
not be refused to any citizen o.
alien declaring his intention to be-
come a citizen, because of race,
creed, color or sex; no suspension
without formal charges; and power
to enforce rights bV civil court ac
ton
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Thursday Warmest
In Jan. Since 80

Thursday was the Warmest day
Imperial county has experienced in
the winter season since the United
States Weather Bureau established
the frost service in this area
in 1890.
Weatherman Roy Simpson said
the maximum temperature Thurs
day was "a degrees at his key sta
ton at the j. L. Dubois ranch in
the McCabe- Eucalyptus district
This was the highest maximum
temperature recorded in the win
ter season since the establishment
of the fruit-frost service.
Imperial county has not had a
killing frost or a damaging frost
this winter and there has been nc
rain to interfere with the annual
winter harvest season, Simpson
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Secret Telephone
Is 0PA's Idea

Mrs. Margaret Foster, clerk of the
El Centre price and rationing board.
Friday declared that it was the
policy of the nation wide organiza-
ton of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration instead of local board
members not to list the telephone
number of rationing offices.
The clerk said she was told via
telephone that the number should
remain a private one and not be
listed in the directory or be given
out by information operators.
She said that the local board
has authorized publication of the
number and other divulgance of
the listing, however
The statement was made after a
controversy arose over payment of
long distance phone charges by the
city from the Ell Centre rationing
office.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Crisis Seen for
Free Enterprise

NEW YORK. Jan. 15-UP)-
Eric A. Johnston. president of the
Chant,er = Commerce Of the
United States said last nioht that
the American system of free en-
terprise will be won or lost dur
ING a one to five year boom that
will follow the war.
He said business, labor, and man
aGement must plan now to provide
Jobs. after the war, for 20000,000
workers released from the armed
forces and war industries The
groundwork for the post war per-
100 must be aimed at encourage
nent of the growth of private en-
terpriSe, he said.
johnson called for revision of
tax laws to encourage investment
Of risk capital" thus supplying the
growth necessary in industry to
provide postwar jobs.
Johnson, who also is a member
Of the Presidents Manpower Com
mission and of the Economic Stab
ilization committee, spoke at the
32nd annual meeting of the Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods Associa-
ton
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
AnOlhcr Fish Story
Nv. Scout Troop
Wins Recognition

Boy Scouts of Troop 81 of West
morland were mentioned in the De-
cemEer issue of the Scouting mag
azine, national publication, as n
troop far-sighted enough to prepare
their overseas good turns early
enough to be of Christmas cheer to
the recipients.
These Scouts used their salvage
earnings to buy and send boxes of
fruits, nuts and other delicacies to
20 boys scattered throughout Eng
land. The article said: Fruits and
nuts, simple nourishing fare in
America, are delicacies to Britain's S
wartime youth"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
Eleanor Won't
Stop Travelling

RED BANK, N. j., Jan. Is
,UP)-Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
travels despite government requests
for the public to curtail travelling.
because 1T happens to be one of
the things I have always done and
people ask me to-
That was her answer yesterday
when a woman asked her at a
press conte. renee why she still
travelled extensively.
1T would be much more restful
for me to stop" she said 1T
would be a lot less wearing to roll
bardages, but even when I travel
have tremendous jobs to do after
my days work, answering soldiers
letters posted from all over the
world
She said she was leaving Mon
day for Montreal, at the request
ct the Russian ambassador to Cam
ada, TO speak at a Russian war
relief meeting there Tuesday night
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
)|TTERY AXIS AWAITS BLOW IN AFRICA
Mexican Crews
Short of Food

PriOrities and food shortages
Friday we're bothering IAperial
Valley farmers who welcomed
SEQ more Mexican nationals this
week to work i'm fields.
The situation seems to have
developed from combination
of inadequate preparation meas
Ls'es by farmers and actual
shortages.
Coffee, meat and sugar are
the items most difficult for
them to obtain.
Rudolph Miller, secretary of
the Imperial county war board,
said that there is no doubt that
some outside help is needed,
but that at least 60 per cent of
the difficulties could be set
tied locally. Attempts are be-
ing made TO get an additional
county meat quota for the Mex
leans.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15

UtNtlODllltIllS
Axis sources reported that violent
fighting already had started 81
miles from Tunis and said that at
the other end of the African battle
line 10000 troops of the British
eighth Army were preparing to
attack the Afrika KorpS. Radio
Paris, under German control, said
the allies had suffered 1000 men
killed and had lost 20 tanks in the
Tunisian fighting.
The only answer to these reports
from Allied sources was the eXplo-
sion of bombs against axis bases
and the crash of torpedoes into
axis shipping.
British submarines in the Medi-
terranean destroyed three enemy
supply ships and a small vessel and
probably sank three other supply
ships.
American Flying FortreSseS at
tackled the axis reinforcement base,
of SfaX and SouSSe in eastern Tuni-
sia and left large fires burning.
REDS APPLY PRESSURE
The axis defense of North Africa
was complicated by the fact that
the Russians continued to apply
strong pressure.
Russian armies repulsed counter
attacks and resumed the offensive
on the north Caucasus, Don ano
central fronts, and dispatches from
Sweden reported that the Red army
had rolled past the 48th hour of ar
attacked designed to drive the Ger
mans from the gates Of Leningrad
Marshal Semyon TimoShenko, re-
doubtable Red army strategist, was
in command at Leningrad, it was
said, and he started his attack Wed
nesday with a four hour lombard
nent of the powerful German for
| ificationS at Schlusselburg % miles
east of Leningrad. The Russians
gave no confirmation OF the new
est offensive, the noon communique
being confined to reports of gains
on sectors farther south.
GERMANS REPULSED
Besides repulsing counterattacks
in the north Caucasus, Don, and
central fronts, the Red army storm
ed axis positions inside Stalingrad
smashed dugoutS and captured
prisoners.
German broadcasts, while OBJ
viouSly attempting to obscure the
situation on the Russian front. be-
came increasingly pessimltic in
tone.
The Russian offensive is rolling
on against the European defense
lines all along the eastern front,
Continued on Page 6, Col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15

Attorney General Robert Kenny
and the assessor collectors of San
Bernardino and Riverside counties
are excited because the Colorado
river changed its course and altered
the California ARIZONA boundary,
but Assessor Collector Dan West OF
Imperial county is undisturbed by
a problem with which he has been
familiar for more than 10 years.
I'VE always called that strip OF
land California gained when the
Colorado river moved east, West
said, the No Mans Land OF I'M
perial county Imperial county
doesn't assess it and Arizona doesn't
assess it as far as 1 know. Squat
ters have settled in No Mans Land
for years. Since they haven't any
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-15
No Mans Land
Old Story Here

title to the land, it isn't possible
to assess them. I thing the gov
ernment should re-survey the
place"
Attorney General Kenny has
taken the legal aspects of the case
under submission, saying that coun-
ty assessors have expressed doubt
whether they have the right to as
sess new" California territory crea-
ted by the rivers shift.
The Colorado river was eStab-
lished as the boundary between
California and Arizona in l849 by
the California constitution. Kenny
said the river since that time shift
ed westerly into San Bernardino
county by three miles. Riverside
county, however, gained and Arizo-
ma last approximately 10000 acres
by the .casterly shift of the river
there. The principal shift was not
ed in the Palo Verde Valley which
lies partly in Imperial county and
partly in Riverside county Impc-
rial county'S gain in land has not
been figured.