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Evening star., 1943-12-12

laud the new superintendent. Mrs.
Haycock was q guest Of honor.
II am glad to have a chance not
only to express my best wishes for
q successful administration" Sena-
tor OMahoney said, "but also to
say how confident I am that Mr..
Haycock will have ope. He already
has demonstrated his abilities"
The boapd had mo problem" in
selecting a successor for DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, who retired as superin-
tendent in October. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle. president of the
board, declared. Mr.. Haycock' S
leadership Of the school system dur
ing DR.. Ballou's increasing illness
Of recent years had left no doubt of
his ability, she said. Mrs. Doyle
stressed the kind,,ess of the new
superintendent. WHO treats every
Evening star., 1943-12-12
'Mahoney Praises
|Dr. Haycock' S Work
|At Luncheon Here

Senator O'Mahoney, chairman of
the District subcommittee of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
and members of the District Board
of Education yesterday paid tribute
to Robert L. Haycock, newly ap-
pointed superintendent of schools
at a luncheon given by the Wash
ington Teachers Union.
Nearly 200 teachers gathered at
the Mayflower Hotel to hear officials
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Fortress Chin Turret
Scores First Victim

BY the Associated Press
A FLYING FORTRESS BASE IN
BRITAIN, Dec. 11.-Lt. T. B. Nelson
OF Port Tampa City. Fla, is the
first Flying Fortress bombardier to
file claim to shooting down a Ger
man fighter with the new chin tur-
ret guns since the disclosure that
the big bombers are equipped with
the additional armament.
The destruction of the Focke-
Wulf 100 during today's raid on
Northwest Germany was verified by
two of 1t. Nelson's fellow gunners
who said they saw the German craft
spin to the ground and explode.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

Lafayette, $67.32; Alice Deal Junior
|<34s.62; Stoddert, $44.45; Mann,
$37.46; Hearst, $24.89: Key, $17.32;
Hardy, s39.82, and Montgomery,
1854.
In the fifth district the payments
were: Lovejoy. s1549; Young, $25. 80;
Kenilworth, $3997; Hilton Peabody
SSH; Burrville, $24.10; Smothers,
$42: C'7,mmel, $2540; Blow Webb,
$32.49; browne Junior, $66.35; Car
berry-Ludlow, $27.37; Blair Hayes,
$24.83; Logan, $8.48; Benning, $28.87;
Gales-Seaton, $26.53; Madison -Tay-
lor-Pierce, $6036, and Kingsman,
$44.4
The schools with seven tons or
more and their poundage to date
are as follows:
Evening star., 1943-12-12

today by Sheriff Ralph Vannoy from
the murderer's cache four miles west
Of Ballarat, Calf.
Map and instructions which led
to the cache were handed to an un.
identified friend by Floyd L. McKin-
ney, "a, just before he went into the
death chamber November 27 for the
murder of 1t. Fisher He had told
the friend to deliver the map and
instructions to Sheriff Vannoy.
The sheriff said he was skeptical
Of the map and instructions, but
spent four days on the desert trip
which ended in discovery of the
Fishers property. Sheriff Vannoy
said evidence indicated the things
had been cached by Mckinney about
April 81.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
|Murderer's Map Leeds
Sheriff to Desert Cache

BY the Associated Press.
FALLON, New, Dec. 11.-An Army
trunk, 500 in travellers checks, jew
elry and other belongings of 1t. and
Mrs. Raymond E. Fisher of Roches-
ter, NJ Y, who were slain on the
desert last April "a, were recovered
Evening star., 1943-12-12
THE SUNDAY STAR .1nu,w. w..hha.sse: h.a.sse:. D ,o.,

work through 48 years in the school
system. Miss Selma Borchardt en-
phasized that the sincerity of the
teachers regard for Mr.. Haycock
and the spontaneity of their desire
to honor him at the annual winter
luncheon. Miss Mary Dent, presi-
dent of the union, presided.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
Close Schools
for Institute
800 Teachers to
Attend Meeting

Nearly 800 teachers OF Ma
comb county's public schools
will dismiss classes all day Fri
day for the Teachers Institute TO
be held at Mount Clemens High
school auditorium beginning at
$40 am.
During the afternoon session,
beginning at 100 o'clock, DR..
David d. Henry, executive vice
president of Wayne University
will be speaker. The public is
invited to hear him.
The morning program is to be
devoted TO group meetings at
which a number Of prominent
speakers will appear. Among
them will be DR. Marie Rasey Of
Wayne University; Miss Eliza
beth Miller. Michigan State
Teachers College, Ypsilanti; DR..
John c. Sullivan; Mrs. Mildred
Stanford; Miss Milinka Here,
representative of the Visiting
Nurses Association; Henry
Ponitz, of the state department
Of public instruction; DR.. A. r.
Carr. dean of Wayne University
College Of Engineering; an d
Elizabeth Laurie.
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Comb County
for Child, ;
Boy Missing
Since Wednesday

A 23-year-old woman was
sought for questioning by city
police today in connection with
the mysterious disappearance Of
Dannie Lyons, 3la years old,
who either strayed or was kid
mapped shortly before noon yes
terday from his parents home at
GAL, Macomb street.
Left alone for Is minutes, the
boy was missing when his
mother. Dorothy, returned from
a nearby grocery store.
The woman sought by police
is a former roomer in the Lyons
home. She was arrested last
April 4 on charges she stole a
coat owned by Mrs. Lyons. but
charges were withdrawn before
she was prosecuted.
Police Lieut.. Harvey Ham,
mond said police have combed
the banks of the Clinton river
for miles, had secured vacant
buildings and looked into els
terms and wells in their search
for the boy.
Hammond said there are no
known pcrverts living in the
city. Sheriff Jacob F. Theut,
meanwhile, had ordered deputies
to stage countrywide roundup
of known degenerates.
Dannie's mother said he was
See CHURCH-Page 2
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WEAR TOURNAMENT CROWNS
Chubby Xoungster 49, and Red Head, TO- Marbles Kings

by defeating Charles Phillips,
Tom Hynes and Duane Londrow.
Wormsbacher won the senior
title in hard-fought match with
John Goikas, another sixth grad
er at the, Macomb school.
The finalists played four tie
games before Wormsbacher won
the third or clinching game.
Each of the winners was
awarded an appropriately en-
graved trophy by the M. l..
Green and Son jewelry firm.
which has made similar awards
TO all past marbles champions.
Strevel would win the game.
Standing back more than 20 feet
from Hurttgam's shooter, Strevel
shot over terrain that was rough
or than q battered dashboard.
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A 10 year-old red-headed boy
who has as many freckles on his
face as there are days in the
year and chubby boy of Is rule
today as the 1943 marbles cham
pions of Mount Clemens.
The two champs are Norman
Strevel, third grade pupil at, the
Wilson school who dominates the
junior "mibs" experts and Edwin
Wormsbacher, sixth grade stu
dent at Macomb school who rules
the seniors. Norman is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Strevel,
23l Moravian Drive. while Ed
win is the son of Mrs. Mathilda
Wormsbacher, 80 Grove Park.
The two youths won their
championships on Monday and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
City Of Utica
Lacks a Mayor
RettmiIIer Quits
in License SquobbIe

The City of Utica was without
mayor today following the re-
signation of Matthew j. Rett-
miller, the afterr ath of City
Council squabble Tuesday over
issuance of a tavern license.
Rettmiller. elected to second
term as mayor on April 5, said
he quit because councilmen put
me on the spot" by forcing from
him the deciding vote on the
license issue.
One councilman voted "neu-
trail" three others said yes and
two no leaving the issue p to
Rettmiller. He voted no, then
resigned.
Under terms of the city char
ter two councilmen can call a
special meeting. Latest develop
ment in the squabble is the
calling of such a meeting for
tonight by Frank Chapoton and
William Kraft.
The council is to meet Tues
day night for reorganization.
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Tokyo Fears
WU.S. Raids
Warns People Of
American Attacks
Nv the Associated Press

Tokyo sounded a new alarm
today with the assertion that the
United States was making all
kinds of preparations to bomb
Japan again, while in Washing
ton Chairman Reynolds (D-NC)
of the Senate Military commit
tee warned that the Pacific con-
flict may continue for many
years.
at is suicide, in my opinion,
to permit the Japs time to dig in
in the South Pacific" Reynolds
declared.
IF they are given this time, /
fear they will grow so strong
that the war in the Pacific may
last 10 years or 20 years or may
60 on forever"
Coincidentally. Senator Chan
dler (D-KY) broadcast an ap-
peal to citizens to prod Congress
into realization of "the danger
which the country faces from
the Pacific"
WARN POPULACE
Tokyo's forecast Of new
American bombing assault on
Japan came in domestic broad
cast, intercepted by u. S. gov
eminent monitors, putting jap
anese afraid wardens on the
alert.
"A raid similar to that of APP
ril ID last year will be carried
out the broadcast said.
While emphasis fell on he
Pacific struggle, Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau disclosed
in San Francisco that the Japan
csc had committed another hor-
ror of blood-letting.
Morgenthau said he had re-
ceived cablegram from China
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
declaring that revenge-mad Jap
anese troops butchered every
man, woman and child on the
China coast region where Am
erican airmen found haven after
the 1912 raid on Tokyo.
Gen. Chang said the Japanese
reproduced on wholesale
scale the horrors which the
world had seen at Lidice"-re-
ferring to Germany's mass exc
cution of every male adult in a
little Czechoslovakiap village
last June in reprisal for the as
sassination of Reinhard Hey
See TOkYO-Page 2
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City Employees
Get Raises
$4,000 TotoI
Added to PoyroIl

Cost of living increases totals
ing $4,000 annually were grant.
ed to all city employees effective
May by the City Commission
last night.
The new pay schedule will
lift the city payroll to $110,0 900
per year, City Clerk Joseph
Matthews estimated.
Although Mayor Donald r.
Westendorf said the raises total.
ed slightly more than 10 per
cent per employe. some poorly
paid workers were given more
substantial increases.
Patrolmen were lifted from
S2,l2O to $4,000. the prevailing
rate paid throughout the entire
county. Firemen were upped 70
$4,000. Under the new schedule
the police captain will receive
S2,750. two lieutenants, $2,7oo,
and three sergeants, 5000,
while the assistant fire chief VIA
be paid $2,450 with two lieueons
ants getting $4,000.
Other new rates are:
Clerk. $3.400; treasurer, ~
800: assessor. $500; attorpeys
$4,000; engineer. $500; 49,
ant superintendent Of the wuooe
works and sewers. 1880; aeolCoh
See RAISES-rAge 3
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Tuesday of this week in the an
nual city marbles tournament.
conducted by the Department Of
Recreation and Monitor-Leader.
Red-headed Normie clinched
the junior title by defeating Earl
Hurttgam in the most spectacu.
lar match Of the meet. Appar-
emily headed for defeat, Normie
came through with a thou
sand-to-one' shot TO lift tn.
championship away from HURT
gam.
Both boys had won two games
and Hurttgam had knocked both
marbles from the triangle in the
fifth game. Under the prevailing
rules of the game, Strevel was
allowed a shot at Hurttgams
shooter. By hitting the shooter
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
Every Woman,
Man and Child
Put 10 Sword
Horror of Blood
Letting in CoostoI
Zones Revealed

SAN FRANCISCO, April 90
(P) - Every man, woman
and child in the coastal areas of
China where American filters
found haven after bombing
Tokyo a year ago has been
butchered by revenge-mad jap
anese troops.
This horror of blood-letting,
reported to American authorities
by Generalissimo Chang Kai-
Shek and announced by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgen-
THAI, was Lidice reproduced on a
wholesale scale.
Morgenthau read Generals
simo Chiang's cablegram at a
meeting of war loan workers in
San Francisco last night. He re-
called the Japanese announce
ment of their execution of some
of the captured American filters
those gallant fighting men,
who were by all military law
and precedent prisoners Of war"
BLACK N1,NS
Now" Morgenthau said, his
voice vibrant with emotion,
with a deep sense Of shock and
anger, must bring you further
news. l have here a cablegram
which reached me this morning.
1t comes from GeneralissimO
Chang Kai-Shek. Let me read
it to you:
AFTER they had been caught
unawares by the falling of
American bombs on Tokyo,
Japanese troops attacked the
coastal areas of China where
many of the American filters had
landed. These. japanese troops
slaughtered every man, woman
and child in those areas - let
me repeat - these Japanese
troops slaughtered every man,
woman and child in those areas,
reproducing on a wholesale scale
the horrors which the world had
seen at Lidice, but about which
people have been uniformed in
these instances. The dastardly
execution of these American
filters, who were taken as pris-
OnerS of war, has made ii clear
to all Americans that we face an
enemy who knows no codes Of
law or decency. The only Ian
See REPRISAL-Page 2
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Sheppard 10 Rejoin
Advertising Agency

Charles J. Sheppard who has
served the Monitor-Leader and
South Macomb News as general
manager since June. 194l, has
resigned his post and will move
his family to Chicago May l to
take up active duties there in ma
tional advertising work. Shep-
pard has been connected with
the newspapers since October.
1910. residing at 81 Ahrens
street. Mount Clemens, for the
past two years.
While residing in Mount Glenn
ems, Sheppard has been active in
civic work and devoted untiring
efforts to the war program. He
See AD MAN-Page 2
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WASHINGTON, April 29-(A1
- President Roosevelt ended
20-State war inspection tour to-
day with an idea that the Youth
of America, making use of indus.
trial plants and military camps,
might we'll give years service
to their government in the post
war era.
He had Travelled 1852 miles in
II days, checking up on widely
scattered war activities and
dropping down into Mexico to
confer with President Manuel
Avila Camacho.
Mr.. Roosevelt told reporters
accompanying him that the trip
convinced him that the armed
forces and the home front fac
tories are in their stride, but
that he was wondering what
could be done, after victory is
won, with camps and plants in
which millions have been in
vested.
NO SPECIFIC PLAN
He had no specific plan or
program to offer but he empha-
sized the benefits in physical
condition and mental alertness
that men and women in service
and war worker uniforms had
realized in the last few months.
And he indicated that he though:
their training should be extend
ed to all young men and women
in some form after we win the
war.
Directing to the term com
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
War bondSaIes
Soar $4,000
Above Quota
Wor.Conscious
Public Shows
About Support

Macomb county today had
passed by more than $330,000
the Sl,870,O0O April quota set
for the area.
With at least 100000 al
ready reported TO County Chair
man II. c. Malbin, and returns
far from complete, leaders of
the vast countrywide undertak
ing today expressed unbounded
enthusiasm for the part earnest,
conscious residents of the
area have played in making at
tainment of the goal possible.
In Mount Clemens alone at
least $268,50O has been sub
scribed City Chairman Ralph w.
Clark said today with indications
that even that "over- the-top"
total will be swelled consider
ably by final returns in the cam
paign which ends on Friday. The
city's normal monthly quota is
but $115,O00 and the special
quota for this month was set al
100000.
ALLEGATION to Macomb coun-
tvs credit of $4,000 today, OF
a three million dollar Detroit
Edison company bond purchase,
played a major part in last-min-
ute returns assuring leaders OF
the drive that the quota has been
exceeded.
Both Malbin and Clark point.
ed out that thousands of dollars
more in war bond purchases will
be credited to the county and
the city when payroll deduc-
tons of local workers in Detroit
See BONDS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
Sets DeadIine
on Saturdayfor
End Of Strike
Beck from 2O-Stote
Trek FOR Tokes
Swift Strike Action

WASHINGTON, April 29-tH
-Terming walkouts of more
than 10000 soft coal miners
strikes against the United
States government ITSELF" Pres.
ident Roosevelt today set a dead.
line of 10 o'clock Saturday
morning for a return to work or
action by him to prevent inter-
ference with the war effort.
Coupled with his flat state.
ment that he would "use all the
powers vested in me as president
and as commander in chief to
protect the national interest, Mr..
Roosevelt appealed "as the
friend of the me who work in
the coal mines" to return to their
jobs and let the war labor board
handle the controversy between
the United Mine Workers and
the operators. n.
The chief executive stepped
into the wage dispute between
miners and operators after il
had been turned over to him
by the war labor board, which
has been ignored by John L.
Lewis and his associates in the
United Mine Workers.
APPEALS TO MEN
Mr.. Roosevelt sent telegrama
to Lewis and Thomas Kennedy
secretary-treasurer of the union,
in which he asked the men in
the mines to resume work im.a
mediately and submit their case
to the national war labor board
for final determination"
Thus far, the union leaders
have Ignored efforts Of the board
to handle the case through =
three-man panel set up to in.
vestigate the facts.
"The strikes and stoppages in
the coal industry that have oc.
Cured and are threatened" Mr..
Roosevelt declared, ARE in clear
violation of the no strike
pledge.
STRIKE AGAINST q. s.
These are not mere strikes
against employers of this indus.
try to enforce collective bargain.
ing demands. They are strikes
against the United States gov.
eminent itself. These strikes
are a direct interference with
the prosecution of the war. They
See COAL STRIKE-Page 3
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kazis Unleash
Savage Attack
Make Slight Coin
in Tunisio

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, April 29-(P)
Tank supported G er m n
shock troops counterattacked
twice yesterday northeast of
Medjez- El-Bab and, although
first repulsed with heavy losses,
finally compelled British First
Army vanguards to withdraw
slightly even while United States
and French units gained anew on
the flanks.
The second u. S. Army Corps
was announced by the communi-
que to have made further prog
ress and gained some important
ground" in its push through the
brushy hills of north Tunisia to-
ward Mateur and Bizerte. The
The 10th French Corps in the
south, operating at the hinge be-
tween the British First and
Eighth Armies, was credited
with additional local gains.
HURLED BACK
The first Of the Nazi counter
See TUNISIA-Page 2
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His shot went straight TO the
mark, thus bringing him his first
mibs crown.
Prior to defeating Hurttgam,
Strevel had won from Jack AL
bee, Joe Mastro and Robert La
cey. HurttgMn reached the finals
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
City Cleanup
Drive to Rum
THROUGH Week

The annual Spring cleanup
drive will open Monday and coll
tinue throughout the week, the
City Commission said last night.
Commissioner Henry Bruneel
requests householders TO place
rubbish near the curb
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29

BELFAST, Northern Ireland,
April 29-Prime Minister John
Miller Andrews rendered his
resignation today to the Duke Of
Abercorn, governor of Northern
Ireland, and IL was understood
that Sir Basil Brooke, minister
Of commerce, would be asked to
form a new government. :.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
Heroes Elevated

MOSCOW, April 29-lH)-Lt.
Gen. ROdiOn Y. MaiinOvsky, the
stOcky Ukranian who led the
Russian troops that captured
ROstOv, and Col Gen. KOnstan-
tin ROkOssOvsky, one of the
heroes of the defense of Stain
grad and of Moscow, were made
full generals of the Red Army
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
Chiefs Confer

WASHINGTON, April 20 -
R-Lieut. Gen. Joseph w. Still
we'll, commander of u. S. forces
in the China Burma India thea
ter, and Maj. Gen. Claire Chen
nault, commanding general OF
the 14th Air Force in China, are
in Washington for military con-
fercnceS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-29
GrOOtS Fuehrcr

BERN, Switzerland, April 20
(4D - Pierre Laval, French
chief of government, was report
ed TODAY by sources with Axis
connections to be comforting
with Adolf Hitler.
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TORONTO, April 90 (P) =
Beer will be ratiOned to Ontario
home consumers at an estimated
limit Of &c pints a month per
person, starting on or about
May IL, the liquor control board
of Ontario announced last night.
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Sink TraWler

LONDON, April 29-tP)-An
armed enemy trawler was sunk
off the Dutch coast by light Brit
ish naval forces before dawn
this morning during brisk
fight. il was announced officially
today.
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A u. s. FIGHTER BASE,
Northeastern India, April % -
ODelayed)- (P) American pi-
lots, flying P-40 fighter planes,
have been plastering Japanese
targets in Burma with 1000
pound bOmbs-500 pounds heav-
Ter than any bombs ever car
ried before in P-40s.
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LONDON, April 29-R-Aii
"nOn- indispensable" pers son S
have now been evacuated from
Brest, leaving only $4,000 resi-
dents in the Oft-bombed city
which had a population of l20,-
900 in 1910, the German-cOn-
trolled Paris radio reported to-
day.
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EDR Ends 2OStute
War Inspection Tour
Returns to Capital After
Swing Across Nation

pulsory military service" the
chief executive preferred to
speak of a years contribution of
services to the government. Any
program that develops, he said,
probably would be only partly
military.
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Prosecutor Seeks Custer
of Warren Township Constable
Held Cites Gross Misconduct;
Would Petition Governor for Removal
lion Governor for Removed

rough and abusive to her and
that he insisted on placing her
under arrest despite any indica-
ton of offense upon her part.
Warren township Patrolman
Albert Carrier then instructed
Patrolmen Jesse O'Gwynn and
Walter O'Bee to transport Con-
stable Plunkett and the young
mother to the county Jail. Plum
See OUSTER-Page 2
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Repcl JapS

NEW DELHI, INDIA, April
29-(P)-British troops fought
off several Japanese attempts to
penetrate their positions on the
Arakran front in Burma and
Raj pilots gave the ground for
ces close support yesterday with
a concentrated attack on Japan
csc positions along Mayu Ridge,
a British cOmmunique said to-
day.
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LONDON, April % (P) -
The Berlin radio reported today
that enemy" planes had drop
ped high explosives and incen-
diaries on the northwest Ger
man coast during the night and
said that eight Of the raiders
had been shot down.