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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
Woman Asks
Rights Under
(,onnnon-Ldw
War Problem Clinic:

Edward Pokorny, Friend Of the
Court, has come TO the aid OF
many young people on the verge
Of divorce. talking TO them and in
many cases helping them build a
new life together again.
He has also been instrumental
in seeing that adequate provisions
are made for children who are
the victims of broken homes. Many
people are acquainted with the
work of Mr.. Pokorny and his as
sociates, and are grateful for 1t.
AS member of the WAR
PROBLEM CLINIC panel he has
been able TO assist many people
who have written for advice. In
todays column he answers ques-
tons ncernin common-law
marriages. and the support OF
children whose parents are sepa-
rated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
Neither Of Six Seeks
10 lsavs Husband

War Problem Clinic:
have six children and my hus-
hand has lived with me only
periodically ever since We were
married He finds fault with
everything / do, and won't give
enough for the childrens support.
How could / get a legal separa-
ton, and would he he made 10
support the children ? / know We
would he better off without him.
MRS. r. w.
Dear Mrs. r. W.:
You may file . suit for sep
srnt~ maintenance. III your hus-
hand n employed, or has the
capacity TO contribute toward
the support II yourself and
children. the court may enter
an order. You should consult a
lawyer who will advise you as
To procedure and cost.
EDWARD POkORNY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
he reading Louis Bomeds part OF momentoUs new book
(which is being previewed in November Cosmopolitan

Next for change of pace open the November issue 10
page % read Thurman Anolds Labor Against ITSELF"
It's compulsory reading" for any American who likes to
understand the problems of the day.
But perhaps we're getting little ahead of ourselves
You can't enjoy any of these things until you've got your
copy of Cosmopolitan Hustle down to the newsstand now
and ask for the November ssue gives you third again
reading than you get in the average modern novel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09

power Thou Shalt Not Covet" points moral that the
whole German people should long ago have needed And
it's complete in November Cosmopolitan.
And is another wonderful piece of reading Sergeant
Schmid Marine Here's story that packs more thrills
than anything you've read in long long time It's true
every word this epic of Guadacana Turn to page 40 and
meet Sergeant Schmd of the Leathernecks who got 200
laps and the truest sweetest girl in all Philadelphia!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
Has the Labor Pendulum Swung too far?
thurman Arnold pulls punches in Labor Against Itself"
article with message and challenge for every adult American

What does the future hold for the American
Federation Of Labor-the CLO.-the United
Mine Workers? Thurman Arnold, noted
liberal and former Assistant Attorney Gen
eral under the New Deal, makes some pretty
startling prophecies He reminds us that
union labor today is something less than the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
FRED NJ. BUTZEL.

Write your problems 10
WAR PROBLEM CLINIC,
The Detroit Times, Detroit
81, Mich.
You must sign your name
and address, although all
names will be held in strict
est confidence. Do NOT
write directly to members Of
the panel.
The parel:
Judge James r. Chenot
Edward Pokorny
Rev. Joseph A. Foley, s. j.
Fred NJ. Butzel
DIR. Robert q. Foster
DIR. Alfred McClung Lee
Mrs. Frances Sanderson
Miss Elva n. ForDcrook
John II. Watkins
Mrs. Irene y. Murphy
Miss Mary NJ. O'Neiil
Walter III. X. Scott
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09

Meet Private Pancho Pine-snd step up 70
adventures Will his heart remain faithful 10
Mary Lee after he meets Gillisn-respectable
daughter of a hard-boiled mother? Start
Boardwalk" in November Cosmopolitan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09

apple of the public's eye. And he predicts q
curb to the financial and political power Of
the unions-a curb that will come from
within iabor's own ranks. Labor Against
Itself is must reading for every worker,
every business man, every citizen with q
healthy interest in his government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
ksighbor Refuses
To Fire Furnace

War Problem Clinic:
We live in a two-family fiat with
one furnace. We have TO do all
the firing If we want any heat. The
other family in the fiat will not
buy their share OF the coal Will
YOU please tell me If there is any
thing we can do about II?
Mrs. NJ 3.
Dear Mrs. VI. B.:
IL the party In the fat is your
landlord think you should
apply TO the OPA. If he is only
co-tenant ~ IL possible that
you eau get n furnace man to
shut of the connections to his
fiat.
FRED NJ. BTTZFI.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09

continuing serial He Married Doctor"
"Krsg of the KOS. two "short-shorts" -
win One for Luke" and Il Didn't Catch the
Name. and THE Growing Divorce by
Wilbur Daniel Steele.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
~ Complete
Features
und z Greet
Serials
in this Issue

including "Her Excelleney,s by Mauds
Parker -. "Stepson" by Mary Hastings Brad
ley -. 1t William Janeshek's Il Fly to Res
cue. You're the Best Dressed Woman in
the World 20. Scar Pool. Faith Beldwins
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09
II BEST-SELLERS
IN 9 MONTHS!

Cosmopolitan has smashed all magazine
publishing records-previewing no fewer
than an even dozen best-selling books in
the short space of 9 months! Cosmopoli-
tan readers are previewing the most
talked-sbout books in the country be-
fore they even appear in book form! And
in the November issue, you will find
three stories with excellent best-seller
possibilities Don't miss Thou Shalt Not
Covet,' Sergeant Schmid, Marine" or
Sauce for the Costing!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-09

NFx BHurnbs story is holding the lady spellbound.
IVx It's the story of German girl Gret who was young
and good and gay But that before the shadow of the
swaska fell her life That before the Naz Baron
came and saw and coveted her blonde loneliness
But can't describe Thou Shalt Not Cover half as
well Louis Bromhed is telling it to the lady above All
say is it's as fine anything Bromheld has ever
written Told with almostbibcal sweep and scope and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Civilians Learn
Point Values
for Rationinq
Less Thon Half
Usuoi Quote to
be Available
BY IRVING PERLMETER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-(R
American householders are to
be allowed less than half of the
canned fruits and vegetables
they have been in the habit of
eating under a "scant ration"
program starting next Monday.
The March allowance an
nounced by the Office of Price
Administration last night pro-
vides, on an average, for only
about three cans per person for
the month.
Price Administrator Prentiss
Brown estimated the civilian
supply from March l to Septem-
Der, 1914. would average q lit
tie more than $4,000, 900 cases a
month compared with 100000
in 1941-42.
This week all families must
live on the canned goods they
have, and next week, when
sales are resumed. they take .
new kind of ration book to the
store.
Everyone has 48 points to
"spend" in March. and families
may Nool their points. 1t will
take, for example. IA points to
buy a standard size can of corn
or green beans, Is for peas or to-
matoes, FL for peaches or pears,
10 for grapefruit, % for grape
fruit juice, 80 for large cans of
tomato or pineapple juice, Is
for grapefruit juice. 6 for soup.
See RATIONING-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

northward in an effort to cut
Allied communications and
force their withdrawal from
their positions where they had
established themselves before
Tunis and Bizerte.
Although Rommel scored an
other success in his dash north
ward through the hills from
Kasserine Pass, he was turned
back in two other jabs to the
northeast in the direction of
Sbiba, the dispatches from North
Africa said.
CLAIM REPULSE
An earlier communique from
Allied headquarters also said
Rommel had been repulsed in a
strong attack westward from
Kasserine toward Tebessa in
Algeria, in the Sbiba area and
farther to the northeast in the
Medjez-El-Bab zone.
Heavy casualties and tank
losses were suffered by the Ger
mans at the hands of the British
See AFRICA-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
War Book 7
Registry0pens
Procedure Simple,
Housewives Soy

A majority of Macomb county
high schools tigether with rural
schools today served as regis
tration centers for residents ap-
plying for War Ration Book No
2.
The bulk Of the registrants
were women who found the pro-
cedure simple. particularly those
who filled out the necessary
consumer declaration at home.
A reproduction of the declara-
ton appeared in this newspaper
on Wednesday and Saturday of
last week.
The registration continues
through Thursday in all schools
involved, but will not start un-
til Wednesday in Memphis. Ro-
meo. Armada, Richmond, New
Haven and New Baltimore.
Registration hours at Mount
Clemens High school are from
l p. m. until S p. m. and from 7
until 9 p. m. today, Wednesday
and Thursday and from l until
5 p. m. tomorrow.
To obtain War Ration Book
See BOOK TWO-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Nation Awaits
FDR'sAddress
Will Speok for
II Minutes Tonight
BY the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. % -
President Roosevelt's scheduled
seven-minute radio broadcast
held the Washington spotlight
today as administration officials
awaited public reaction to the
new "scant ration order on can
ned goods.
Mr.. Roosevelt's address, TO be
carried on all major networks
starting at 1890 p. m, will be
heard by fellow Democrats at
tending George Washington Day
dinners throughout the nation.
Vice President W al la e,
Speaker Rayburn and Maj. Gen.
Alexander A. Vandegrift, who
commanded the Marines on
Guadalcanal, also will speak.
The White House has given no
inkling of Mr.. Roosevelt's SUBJ
ject.
DRASTIC SLASH
The "scant ration" program,
so described by Price Admins
See FDR-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Envoy Carroll
Hostess Chief

Envoy and Mrs. Harry Carroll
today assumed control of the
Salvation Army Hostess House,
replacing Major Frank Dobney,
Who was transferred to Streator,
III.
Envoy Carroll in command of
the Salvation Army Citadel, was
replaced today by Major and
Mrs. Louis Backovich, of DAN
vile, Ill. Major Backovich has
been a Salvation Army official
for 80 years.
Since coming to Mount Glenn
ems ID months ago. Envoy Car
roll has been extremely active
in Civic affairs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

Man Casualty
Ssr9t. Boertsosn
Killed in Action

Tech. Sergt. Alidoor Baert-
seen. So, assigned to Selfridge
Field from November. 1923 un-
til Dec. 1912, was killed in &C.
ton somewhere in the European
area on an unreported date, the
War Department today notified
his wife, Anna, Of Al Dorothea
street.
Sergt. Baertsoen, q veteran OF
World War l, was well known In
Mount Clemens as whitley"
Transferred to overseas serv-
ice from Selfridge, he was first
stationed in England before be-
ing sent to North Africa last
November, his wife said. She
last heard from him Jan. 4.
They have no children.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Myers Address
Thursday Night
LoeoI Chorus Will
AmpIify Program

Carl r. Myers, veteran in
the service of the American Red
Cross who returned to the United
States last October after spend
ing ID months in the Orient as
assistant director of Red Cross
relief in Burma and China. will
appear Thursday at the Mount
Clemens High School auditor
ium.
A large crowd is expected to
hear him relate his experiences
with the Red Cross forces in the
Orient. The program will start
at BIS pm.
GROUP TO SING
During the course OF the eve
ming several oldtime favorites
will be sung by group of local
men consisting of c. II. r. Mac
Kenzie, Spencer Roys, Henry
Tryloff, Harold West and AL
Hameister.
One of Myers assignments
while in the Orient was the evac-
See MYERS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

inc Pass indicates that he is fol-
lowing the sound tactics of Civ
ing the roughly mauled Amer
lean units no rest and intends TO
exploit the advantage of his sit
uation to the full. Through that
gap he can, il he cares to take
something of . gamble, turn his
tank columns north and east
and compel a withdrawal of the
entire allied line as far north AS
Medjez-E Ell Bah. Or he may
continue west and try to grab
Tebessa, the heart of a network
Of roads and railroads the loss
Of which would greatly handicap
the allied command in its re-
grouping of the forces needed TO
win back the territory lost last
week.
The full extent of the Ameri-
can losses is not yet known and
probably will not be until the in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

same time they must prepare to
meet the allied invasion Of the
continent.
But although Rommel seems
well launched on the second
phase of an offensive that has
ominous tactical possibilities, his
successes have not yet been such
as to change the fundamental
situation of the German-Italian
army in Tunisia. The larger in
itiative still rests with the al
lies. Rommel - assuming il still
is Rommel in spite of the many
rumors Of his removal else
where - still is fighting q de-
laying, rearguard action and he
has been strikingly successful.
But his mission remains the
same. . last ditch stand from
which there Is little prospect Of
his army's escape.
His thrust through the KAISER
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
100 Concert
Tickets Sold

With 1900 tickets for tomor-
row nights concert already sold,
the event promises to draw a
full house. Samuel Y. Barba-
koff director, promises music
for everyone, when his IT'S in
strumental students pr esent
their band and orchestra pro-
gram in Mount Clemens High
school auditorium.
Classical. semi-classical. light
popular, and swing music will
be included in the program,
See CONCERT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
DISRUPTS SIRATEGIC
ROmmel Gains Precious Time by Tunisian Offensive

formation Is no longer Of value
TO the enemy. But it is certain
that we have lost heavily in
tanks and guns and guns and
transport. Three valuable for
ward air fields had to be aban-
doned and roads and railroads
which considerably facilitated
north-south communication have
passed into the enemy's hands.
HAZARDOUS POSITION
Even so the German COM
mander's situation is not a COM
Portable one. The main force Of
the British First Army under
General Anderson remains un-
shaken in the north, although
ii may have to give some ground
See GAINS T1ME-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Halt Tank Force

LONDON, Feb. 22-(R-The
Russian troops In the KrasnOar-
meisk sector, north Of Stalino in
the DOnets Basin, dealt out
heavy punishment to a German
tank force that managed to
smash into the Soviet lines, the
Russian midday c0mmunique re-
corded by the Soviet radio moni-
tor here said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
jams Checked

CHUNGKING, Feb. 22-(P)-
Chinese troops have halted the
third japanese attempt in as
many days to cross the Salween
river and strengthen their hold
on the Burma road, China's al
ready broken supply line to the
outside world, the Chinese high
command announced yesterday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Feb. a.
RD-Flood waters and Ice spill.
ing down the st. Joseph river
with q f0ur-f0ot rise In one ana
q half hours Saturday afternoon
threatened the entire industrial
district along the waterfront
until the US. coast guard power
boat opened q channel through
an Ice jam above the State street
bridge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

NEW YORK, Feb. 22-(P)-
A short-wave broadcast to Italy
by Mayor F. II. LaGuardia ap-
pears to indicate that General
Annibale Electric Whiskers)
BergOnzOli, Italian general cap
tured by the British in 1941, and
eight other formerly high Ital-
ian high military leaders are in
this country.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
BY GLENN BABB

BY his drive across central
Tunisia Marshal Rommel has
gained valuable territory and,
more important in the eyes of
his master, precious time. And
with the Kasserine Pass in his
hands there is danger that he
will extend his. gains on both
counts. There is no longer any
doubt that the allied schedule
for clearing the axis out Of
Africa has been set back for
many weeks, perhaps months.
That time is sorely needed just
now by Hitler and his high
command, who face the job OF
hating the Red Army and sta
bilizing their eastern front at the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Blast HarhOr

CAIRO, Feb. 22-(P)-Allied
aerial squadrons set fires in the
Sicilian harbOr of Palermo Sat-
urday night, blew up one Axis
merchant vessel and damaged
three others in a series Of Medi-
terranean sweeps, a British
communique said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-R)
President ROOsevelt's OppOsi-
ton to a bill by Senator Nc
Kellar (D-Tenn5 requiring Sen
ate confirmation Of all federal
appointees receiving 81, 500 or
more a year prompted a move
today to revive vetoed legisla-
ton prescribing administrative
procedure for government agen-
cies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Satisfied

6ANkARA, Turkey, Feb. al
(Delayed)- Up The Premier
Sukru Saracoglu declared in q
broadcast address to the nation
tonight that the recent Adana
conference between President
Iionu and Prime Minister Chur.
chill would bear the most use
full fruits" for both countries.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. ~
-(P)-Driven back by Ameri-
can combat teams with q loss
of IA tanks In thrusts for Te-
bessa, Marshal r o m m
launched a powerful armored
drive north from the Kasser-
Inc Pass area 4oGay toward tia
great Kremamsa plateau In a
desperate attempt to deal q
gripping blow to the British
first army.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Favor Measure

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-P)
"A Senate judiciary sub-com-
n,lttee indicated today 1t will re-
port favOrably a bill calling for
Sena te confirmation of all fed
eral employees receiving $4,000
or over, despite President RoOse-
velt's opposition.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

ROSE CITY, Mich, Feb. zx-
(P)-The frozen body Of Charles
Bartell, So, was found last night
I'm the doorway Of his cabin, two
miles west Of here. In the dead
mans hand was clutched q key
to the cabin door.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
RolI1lrleI Gains
Il Miles More
in North Africa
Advance ImpsriIs
Entire Allied Line
in Northern Tunisio
BY CARL G. CRANMER
Associated Press War Editor

ASSOCl1too ETebb VbI
Marshal Erwin Rommels
large tank forces, increasingly
menacing the entire Allied foot
hold in Northern Tunisia, has
driven another IL miles to the
north in continued heavy fight.
ing against American and British
forces after capturing the Gap OF
Kasserine on the central front,
dispatches from Allied head
quarters in North Africa report
ed today.
The German marshal thrust
to within eight miles of Thala, a
little less than 90 miles south of
the Mediterranean coast.
This drive indicated that
Rommel was turning his forces
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
ate X X X
bulletins


NEW YORK, Feb. 22-(P)-
WPA employment in the Unit
ed States has been reduced by
$4,000 since December, 1S4l,
says George H. Field, deputy
commissioner Of the Works
PROCESS Administration.
MORE
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
Northern Utah
Rocked by Quake

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. ~ -
(P Northern Utah was Jared
by q light earthquake this morn
ing. Bingham, location Of the
famed Utah open-cut copper
mines, was reported sharply
shaken but no damage was re-
ported Immediately.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
BY NEA Service

BY NEA Service
all the nations grocers will begin collecting
stamps-coupon from War Ration Book No. which be-
ing regsrns This will control the purchase of
bottled frozen fruits and vegetables plus dried
fruits fruit juices canned All blue stamps marked A.
and valid during the first ration period which is the
month March, These IL add 48 points, and each
member of family entitled to book Thus house
her famlys ration books when she
She will able to get change in the
Administration advises that shoppers calculate
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
REVEAL DRASTIC CANNED FOOD C(RbS
Point Values
of Common
Canned Foods

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-(P)
Here are the point values of
the most common cans under the
new rationing system, which will
begin March /.
The ration for March is 48
points per person families may
pool their points,.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

City Commission needs new
blood. Angelo Fisher should be
nominated. Vote for him March
1. ADV.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

Nominate Angelo Fisher, a real
So-getter, for City Commission
er. Vote for him March 1.
Adv.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22
List Ration Point Values
for PrOcessed US. Foods
PopuIor Sized Containers and
Their Worth Under Point System

WASHINGTON Feb - - This table the "a
ton point popular and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

See POINT VALUES-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-22

lmpertiel covssess
Of All LoeeI News
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-27
Mike Jacobs Manages to Dig
up Two Summer Boxing Bouts

The first bout will be on Aug.
81 at the polo grounds between
Sgt. Ray Robinson. former local
welterweight who divides his time
between Uncle Sam and Uncle
Mike, and Henry Armstrong. the
comebacking former triple crown
wearer. They're booked for 10
rounds.
The second and more important
encounter will be at Is rounds on
Sept. Il, also az the polo grounds,
between Lightweight Champion
Bob Montgomery and Beau Jack.
Montgomery won the 1856 pound
title from Beau Jack on May 81.
which was the latest champion.
ship bout held in New York.
That also was the fight that
proved cOnclusively that Beau
Jack could be had, after many had
begun TO believe he was well nigh
unbeatable. II is a long time be-
tween now and then. but there is
no moment like the present TO say
that Montgomery probably will
play an encore on the bouncing
former boothlack from Georgia.