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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19

shall die next December 81. The
government receives his 1913 in
come taxes, loses his 1912 income
taxes.
Suppose that your corner grocer
shall die one year later. The gov
eminent will receive his l943 and
1914 income taxes and lose his
1912 taxes.
Suppose that all people now
alive, as all must, shall die in
turn. In each case the govern
ment shall have lost the 1912
taxes. Finally all persons alive
in 1912 shall have died and the
government shall be out of hand
the $4,000, 100000 that was not
collected in 1912 income taxes.
To great army Of business men
and laborers 1912 was the most
profitable year Of their lives. II
the principles of income taxation
were just in previous years they
were still Just in 1912.
Ten billion dollars of debt can
celed for this generation is $10,-
O00. 100000 of debt imposed upon
a coming generation.
T. E GABEL,
Chehalis.
when John O. Citizen and the
corner grocer die. others take their
places in the economic scheme and
government would begin collect
ing from them Immediately, in
stead of the year following. the
equivalent of that which II would
have collected from John Q. and
the grocer. The latter must die
eventually anyhow and govern
ment will soon or late cease TO tax
them. We constantly feed new
crop of income taxpayers into the
void caused by demise of others.
The treasury books would show
the same amounts collected year
by year, and as Mr.. Ruml says,
the loss in assets would de-
velop only when the books are
balanced on judgment day.-Ed)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19

This week Tacoma lodge of Elks joins with 1400
other groups in observance of the seventy fifth
niversary of the order Beginning with a group of
actors in New York Feb 16 1868. the order has
earned top place among the worlds fraterna and
benevolent societies II has emuated the principles
of charity justice and brotherly love and has been
in the forefront of every movement to promote the
type of Americanism visualized by the fathers
Fifty-five thousand members of the order are now
with the armed forces TO preserve the American
philosophy of life.
And when it comes TO charity Tacoma has seen
many demonstrations of the Elks understanding of
the meaning of that word
May this organization of good fellows be long pre-
served to continue its good works
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19
} Your Opinions

of state and of government and of
political economics and within a
few weeks time 10 pass upon liter
ally hundreds OF proposals. and
dispose Of hundreds Of millions
of dollars of the peoples money,
adjust relationships of major in
terests and concern, and as a mat
ter of fact determine what the
state and its people are to do. All
this Within q few weeks time, and
to be done by citizens who. how
ever worthy and intelligent they
may be. are certainly not special
lists in statecraft or government or
in that political economy upon
which alone government may be
safely built
There 10 waste, there is time
lost, there is log rolling and trad
ing TO secure special advantages
for the few as against the interests
of the whole. Many unworthy laws
are passed and very many sound
proposals are lost sight of for lack
of time or other reasons.
The proposed State Legislative
Council would be a small body,
probably seven in all, of carefully
chosen and especially qualified
members OF the state senate and
of the house of representatives
This council would meet every
ninety days between legislative
sessions and give careful and inn
partial consideration TO the pro-
posals Of any individuals or groups.
make thorough Investigations, and
hand on recommendation to the
legislature when it comes into ao-
ton.
There are great possibilities for
good in this proposal.
ROBERT DOUBLEDAY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19
InStollment Taxes

Editor The Times: ! wonder
whether some people are missing
the simple arithmetic involved in
the Ruml plan controversy.
Assume that we now are under
the Ruml plan.
Suppose that John 2. Citizen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19

We were told the Americans on
cuadalcsnsl would be easy TO de-
feat. We were not told about
American artillery, from which
there was no escape I was re-
signed to death and ! had moth
inx TO lose by surrendering. !
viii never return to Japan be-
cause I am disgraced- When the
war is over. hope 10 go TO Amer
lea. learn To speak English and
build houses.-Jap soldier captured
on Cuadsic8naL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19
Questions
and
Answers

QI-Why has Kaiser stopped re-
crriting shiphuilders in the East g?
A-Because of a serious hous-
ing shortage IN the San Francisco
Bay region.
Q-Can q light cruiser ever be
heavier than a heavy cruiser?
Ayes. A cruisers light or
heavy designation is by caliber OF
guns. not by tonnage.
Q-Whst should you do with
copper plates from which you
once had calling cards made, or
with a steel die once used for
wedding announcements -?
A-Send them in as scrap TO
help win the war. Plateless en-
craving and regular printing viii
be available for your next batch
Of stationery.
Q-Were the Amazons natives
Of the region through which Bra
zils great Amazon River flows?
A-No. They were the legen-
dairy race of female warriors, said
TO have lived in Pontus, near the
shores Of the Euxine Sea. where
they formed an independent king
dom and from which they made
numerous warlike excursions un-
der the leadership OF their queen
Q-Is an abalone g precious
gem. a flower. a shellfish. or an
article Of furniture
A shellfish with perforated
esrshsped shell lined with mother
Of pearl. which is largely used for
making buttons. Oriental nations
use It's meat for food
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Me Tacoma Dimes

And thou shah lore the Lord thy God nth al
thy heart and Nth all thy soui, and Nth oil thy
mind. and nth al thhg strength; this IS the first
commGndmeat.-MGrk 1880.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19
FLIGHT

Inside History OF Bal
To Mobolize WORKERS
Stop Roosevelt" Group
Eyes Rsyburn
And Thinks About
James R. Farley
Willkie and The
Destroyer Deal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19

paniment of funeral airs from Twilight of the Gods
We don't believe Wagner would like this. After al,
his gods were gods
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19
. Lisieninq
Post

Criticize Willkie For
Tariff Ideals
Favors Reciprocal
Views Of Mckinley
kszis Fooled by Dutch
School Children
Rursl Bankers Oppose
Farm Financing
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Co.. ice, 81 Usl,s< Fsatsrs Syndicate he.
In. nss 4 Q. rsi on.-All rights rsss<vss
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Flu Plentiful
but Type Mild
City HeoIth Officer
Describes Busy M.D.'s

Busiest segment OF Mount
Clemens busy population this
week are the doctors who are
literally working day and night
10 stem a wave of mild influ-
enza, City Health Officer DR.. w.
j. Kane revealed today.
THE rush of calls has become
so great that many physicians,
including myself, have been
forced TO treat patients over the
telephone, he said. Under
those conditions. we are taking
one important precaution: we
describe the symptoms of pneu-
monia and insist that the patient
report any such change in their
condition"
The present flu wave is far
from the virulent 1918 type, then
known as Spanish influenza, DR..
Kane points out. Two or three
days rest appears to clear cases
up, and the health office has
not yet been informed of one
pneumonia case.
DR.. Kane reiterated his warn
ings of last week, urging cold
sufferers to take prompt meas
ures for their own health and
those associated with them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
veFkIt7 Heads
Scout Council
Succeeds Porent
at Committee Helm

Guy II. Verkler, local business
man prominent in Boy Scouting
affairs for many years, was elect
ed chairman of the Macomb Dis
trict Committee, Clinton Valley
Council of Scouting, at the an
nual dinner meeting in the Meth
odist church auditorium last
night.
Verkler succeeds Donald j.
Parent, under whose regime the
council advanced TO a roll call of
376 Scouts and more than 100
Scouters, or adult aides.
Frank Chapoton, of Utica, and
Jewell West. of Romeo, were
named vice chairmen, and Ralph
Bennett was reelected district
commissioner. The new chair
man was introduced by retiring
chairman Parent, and Verkler
expressed hopes of making 1914
a banner year Tor the MacomD
district.
Rev. Joseph Kennedy, of the
Presbyterian Church, was speak
er at the business meeting. His
subject: Scouting Values and a
Tribute to Scoutmasters" was
Interestingly handled. He warm
ly commended wives of Scout
masters for their cooperation
and contribution to the success
of district endeavors. Discussing
the moral, physical and spiritual
values inherent in the Scout
movement, Rev. Kennedy point
ed out that induction officials of
the armed forces both recognize
and appreciate the splendid traits
of those whose background has
included Scouting.
Martin c.. Schwartz, chairman
See SCOUTS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Mystery SIoying Of Girl
Probed by State Officers
Wire Moose Found Embedded
in Throot Of Toreh-Vietim

ed a statement by Capt. A. A.
Downing of the State Police
that there wer- several "mys-
terious angles" ITO be investi-
gated, one Of which was a piece
of copper wire, apparently a
stranded lamp cord. found about
the girls neck before hei body
was removed from the car early
last Saturday morning.
Miss Winters companion for
the previous evening, David Fill
gas, Is. disclosed the girls death
when he appeared ut q nearby
farmhouse about 5 q. m. suf-
fering from severe burns about
the head, face and shoulders.
The youth, q Greenville High
School junior, is under police
guard at Greenville Memorial
Hospital.
Detective lie Roy Hunt Of the
Rockford Post said Filgas told
him he was driving Miss Win
tiers home from dance at
Greenville when they parked
along q country road near her
home. II was there, Hunt quot
ed the boy ~ saying. that an
explosion occurred, and he
didn't remember many details
and did not tell anything about
the cause of the fire"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Colder Still
for Tonight
is Forecast

The weather bureau forecast
of colder tonight and tomorrow
offered no comfort TO Macomb
county residents chilled by a
frigid blast which shows no sign
of waning.
The entire state was held in
the grip of a cold snap that be-
gan Sunday and as steadily in
creased in intensity.
Temperatures ranged from a
low of l8 below at Sault Ste.
Marie, to high of ! above in
Detroit and Battle Creek.
In Mount Clemens the mer-
curry dropped to eight above zero
last night with prospects that it
would skid few points lower
still tonight.
Light snowfall was reported
from several sections of the
state, but the weather bureau
indicated clear weather for to-
morrow.
Pellston also was hard hit by
the cold wave. It's lowest read
in, last night was IL below zero.
H. the Upper Peninsula, which
has suffered most from the cur
rent cold wave. Houghton re-
ported 2 below and Marquette
l below.
Other cold ;pots in Lower
Michigan were at Cadillac where
the temperature dropped to 9
below and Gladwin and Oscoda,
zero
Readings from cther COM
n.unities indicated that the cold
wave continued strongest in the
eastern section. Among them
were A1pena 4 above, Saginaw
4, Flint 4, Lansing 5, Jackson
z, and Detroit 10. Other read
ings were Harbor Be- oh 5. Bat
tie Creek 10, Traverse City /,
Muskegon 8, Grand Rapids 6.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Park Condemnation Case
Enters Fourth Week Here
1000 Lots on loke Shore
Center Of Prolonged Litigation

Condemnation proceedings in
volving more than 1000 lots in
the subdivided Huron Pointe
subdivision established in 1925
by the Daily, Campbell Com
pany, are in the fourth week in
Circuit Court here before visit
ing Judge Fred W. George, of
Port Huron.
Title TO the property is sought
for establishment of q gigantic
public beach enterprise by the
state.
The jury is at present hearing
testimony for the respondents
case, with expert real estate wit
nesses setting forth their opin-
ions of valuations in the partly
developed property.
RIGHT TO REJECT
The condemnation suit. center
ing around 364 acres of property,
is being heard by a Jury of Ia
persons, two of whom will be re-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Battle Creek
Attorney 10
Press Inquiry
500 Per Day
SoIory Set for
Well Known Lawyer

LANSING, Dec. IA (PD -
Circuit Judge Leland w. Carr
today appointed Kim Sigler,
Battle Creek attorney, as spe-
cial prosecutor in his one-man
grand jury investigation of the
legislature, announcing I h t
Sigler has withdrawn as defense
attorney for one of the men ar
rested as result of the grand
jury's inquiry.
The bespectscled Sigler, ia
miliar figure in trial courts
throughout the state, will start
his work Immediately" Judge
Carr said and bring to the grand
jury room "a splendid back
ground of experience.
The judge said the new prose
cutor would receive a per diem
salary of 500 day for each day
in which he actually participates
in grand jury affairs. He said il
has not been decided who would
be assigned 10 trials from his in
QUESTION into stories that brib-
ers and connivers have corrupt
ed members of Michigsn's legis-
lature.
Sig1er has had only brief
part in the proceedings as coun-
sci for Stste Rers william
Green. Hillman Republican. who
was arrested
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
AHot-Driver
Pays a Cool
500 Penalty

VAN DYKE - Following a
mad dash across southern Ma
comb and Oakland counties
early Saturday morning, during
which his automobile and pur-
suing prowl car topped speeds Of
95 miles per hour. Francis Pat
Tierney, 26, of Clawson, Mich,
is free today after having been
fined Sl00, plus costs, by Justice
Of the Peace James l.. Ryan, of
Warren township.
According TO arresting Off
GERS, of the Warren township po-
ice department, Tierney had led
them on an eight mile, high
velocity ride that ended in Claw
son only when the water hose on
See DRIVER-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Mocomb County Road Chief
Is Victim of Heart Attack
Funeral Services Held Today
From Finch Home in Avmodo

year. He suffered a heart tack
one week before his death.
Prior to entering Macomb
county's public life, Mr.. Finch
for many years had been active
in the operation of the Armada
Elevator Company and, prior tn
his entry into that field, had been
employed as q travelling sales
man for a Detroit firm.
Mr.. Finch is survived by his
wife, Rose, by one daughter,
Mrs. John Niffenegger. of South
Haven, and by one son, Capt.
Sinclair Finch, of the u. s. Army,
now stationed at Camp Grant,
Ill.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Thomas ver-
non, Of the Congregational
Church. under the direction of
the A. u. Tiffany Funeral
Home Of Armada, with burial in
Armada Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
CD Volunteers
Highly Praised
OPA Stote Director
Speaks at Luncheon

"Out S d n & accomplish
ments Of these volunteers should
be rewarded, not with pins or
ribbons, but with Congressional
Medals of Honor"
This tribute TO the Macomb
County Civilian Defense Vol
unteer Office was rendered to-
day by William E. Fitzgerald,
Detroit district director for the
OPA, who was principal guest of
honor at luncheon sponsored
by the volunteers at Their head
quarters on the 18th floor of the
county building.
Rationing officers of the De-
troit OPA district, officials of
the Macomb County Rationing
Board, and representative of
the city and county and their
Civilian Defense organizations
were at the head table, presided
over by Mrs. Russell Stark, di-
rectress of the volunteers effort
for two years. Mrs. Paul Hogue,
member of the Rationing Board
was a guest of honor.
What this important de ense
area would have done without
the valuable assistance of this
volunteer group, we do not
know" District Director Fitz-
gerald said. They have carried
a tremendous load and their eff
ficiency has been magnificent"
This community and county,
See VOLUNTEERS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
All in the Day
Column Revived

cts All in the Day." a
down-to-earth kaleidoscope
commentary on life in
Mount Clemens and in Ma
comb county, Is revived to-
day in the Monitor-Leader
after having lain dormant
for two years.
The columns old maestro,
. Desmond A. Arnsby -
known to readers as plain
"D.A."-is back on the job
and, in offering today's col
umn after a lapse of many
months, asks an always pa
tient and cooperative pub
lie to give him the same
kindly reception, and assist
ance, as in years gone by.
ID. A." will do his utmost
to make Its All in the
Day." the sort Of column
you like: With emphasis on
the human, OF herw s e
missed matters of every day
life in the Macomb county
community.
TITS All in the Day" orig
mated in 1898 by the late
Carl Blomeyer, and taken
over q year later by "D.A."
appears on page 5 of today's
edition.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14

leased when the testimony has
been completed.
1t Is based on statutes which
give the appealing body, in this
case the Huron Clinton Metro
politan Authority. the right to
accept or reject land valuations
determined by the jury.
II the jury's valuation of the
entire property is satisfactory.
acquisition of the land by the
parkway commission would in
itiate a program of recreational
and scenic development un-
precedented in the history of the
Middlewest, in which the pro-
jected EST Clair Beach and
Park" at Huron Pointe. would
be the starting point of = de-
velopment ultimately valued in
millions of dollars and extending
up the Clinton and Huron rivers.
The development, for which
See PARKw .Y-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Eden Reports
on Mid-East
Conferences
Soys Big Three
Certoin TO Work
in Complete Accord
BY ROGER d. GREENE

d Il hOuEh ~. OhEENE
LONDON, Dec. IA - R -
Foreign Secretary Anthony
EGen, reporting to Commons on
the Teheran-Cairo conferences,
declared today 1.-The war will
be shortened by d e c i S j n S
reached with Premier Stain,
and again pledged 1ritain to
battle to the final destruction
of Japan.
He told the cheering House
that Prime Minister Churchill
has still more worl, TO do in
the sphere where he is now. "
Churchill had stage on in
Cairo, meeting last week with
leaders of smaller powers.
Quicker defeat of the Axis
was insured by the "close CO.
operation of our military plans"
at the Teheran meeting of Pres
iden. Roosevelt, F.emier Stain,
and Churchill, Eden declared.
IN FULL ACCORD
Every plan is now agreed
upon. The timing is now agreed
upon and in due course the de-
cisions of Teheran will be UNI
rolled on the field of battle"
The military mission agreed
in Cairo" at the British-Ameri-
ture military operations against
Japan.
Eden termed Japan as much
a menace to Britain as TO the
United States and China, and
said Britain still was "a prin-
cipal in the Far Eastern wal"
b ause Ito destroy Germany
and then make a compromise
peace with japan would only
SOW the seeds of third world
war"
Other highlights of the For
eign Secretary's report:
Turkey: The conference with
President Ismet Inonu CAV e
good hopes" for a sound basis
for future cooperation between
ourselves. Soviet Russia, Amer
lea and Turkey" and was "en-
couraging. Further than that l
cannot 60 today"
POSTWAR COOPERATION
Postwar: Complete coopera-
ton of Britain, Russia, and the
United States is assured. eve
three can work together" Eden
said "The recurrent threat of
war can only BE- met il there is
an International order Grmer
in strength and unity than any
enemy could seek to challenge"
Balkans: A British military
mission has been with forces of
Marshal Josip Broz (Tito) in
Yugoslavia since last Spring,
and Britain is doing everything
to supply them with r unitions
and other help.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Pupils Carry
Paper to School
Despite Cold

Undismayed by the grip of
winter Mount Clemens school
children today trudged TO their
c'assrooms loaded down with
newspapers, magazines and bun
dies of scrap paper in response
to the Salvage Committees plea
for the sorely needed war-nec-
essary material.
With pickups from the schools
by city trucks set for Friday
morning Salvage officials today
urged householders to be sure to
place salvaged paper at curb
stones or on porches where
youngsters can see them readily
enroute to school and, also to
make certain that the bundles
are securely tied, in sizes which
can be easily handled by chill
drcn.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14

GRAND Raids, Mich, Dec.
IA Up The possibility that
Miss Patricia Winters, l7-year-
old Greenville High School sem
ior. was alive when fire broke
out in the car in which her char
red body was found has been
raised by DR.. Simon lie Roy,
Kent County coroner.
The presence of carbon mon-
oxide fumes and SCOT in the
girls lungs, DR.. lie Roy said
late Monday after prelimi-
nary pathological examination,
leads to the possibility" that
she was still alive when the
fire started.
The coroner's report follow
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
Outdoor Christmas
Lighting Is Taboo

The American people were
asked today by ]. A. Kru-, Di-
rector of The Office of War
Utilities, to confine Christmas
lighting decorations to Christ
mas trees inside private homes.
Krug asked that street dec
tons, community Christmas
trees, exterior home decorations
and interior, and exteriors Of
commercial establishments dis
pense with decorations this year
See LIGHTING-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14

Funeral services for Floyd S
Finch, chairman of the Macomb
County Road Commission, who
died Sunday following a brief
illness, were held at 1:3J p. m.
today from the family residence,
2239 Fulton street, in Armada.
Mr.. Finch, lifelong resident
OF Armada and of Armada town
ship, was Sc years of age and
had been member of the county
road commission since Jan. /,
1871. He had served a chairman
Of that body since Jan. 1 Of this
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
RUSSIANS STORM GERMAN FORTRESS
INTREPID YOUTHS
Win Honors in Enemy Skies

To the lengthy list of Mount
Clemens boys - men of war to-
day - who have won fame in
the skyways of foreign lands
fighting the United Nations bat
tie, today were added the names
of two young men in their twen-
ties:
Capt. George V. Lane, "a. vet
eran of "A bombing missions in
North African, Sicilian and ltal-
ian theatres of war, and
Lieut.. Lee Carr, %, pilot of
the Troop Carrier Command in
North Africa, Sicily and Italy,
who has been officially recon-
mended for the Distinguished
Service Cross for valorous ac-
ton.
Their histories are close to be-
ing parallel.
Lane and Carr, not long out
of school, were the subjects of
brief reports in the local press
short years ago - il seems only
yesterday when they donned
the uniforms of Uncle Sans
flying cadets and hoped some
day 10 win their wings.
BOTH ARE HEADLINERS
Today they are headliners,
with many hours of combat ex-
perience behind them: growing
rows of decorations on their tu-
MICS, and a wealth of bloody eX-
perience which ranks with the
most heroic in the annals Of the
Army Air Forces.
Capt. Lane is back in the