davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
II Jap Ships
Lost in Battle
TotoI in Deadly
!Closh War Grows

WASHINGTON, Feb. II Up,
The mystery of the missing
sea-air battle of the Solomons
was solved today and the score
board showed:
Japanese losses II. ships
sunk or damaged and at least
SO planes destroyed.
American losses-Two ships
sunk, the 9,050-ton cruiser Chi
cago and an unnamed destroyer,
and % planes downed.
All except one Of the blows
delivered to the enemy ships
came from the air: the other in
volved a fight between Japa-
nese destroyer and American
torpedo boats. Thus, apparently,
major units of the two forces
never came TO blows.
Story of the vanished battle"
came in two Navy communicates
yesterday, revealing details of
the fighting from Jan. 20
through Feb. Is, including a
aforementioned major effort
of the Japs to retake Guadalca-
nal. After the original report
some two weeks ago, that action
subsequently was shrouded by
official silence and minimizing
comments until Tuesdays first
communique telling of the ten
day battle which paralleled the
smashing of all enemy resist
ance on Guadalcanal. 1t covered
the period up to Feb. 4.
The second communique told
of successful air actions which
scored hits on two enemy des-
troyers and shot down at least
two and possibly three Zeros on
Feb. 7, and bombed japanese
positions on Kolombangara Is
land and Munda, New Georgia
Island, on Feb. Is. No Y. >.
planes were lost.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Social Worker Exams
Sci for March 10Th

Examinations for seven diff
ferent classifications of social
workers will be given by the
State Civil Service Commission
on March 20, it was announced
today.
Applications for the examina-
ton, covering positions in the
State Bureau of Social Security,
must be on file at the State Civil
Service office, 220 N. Grand
avenue, Lansing by March /.
Blanks for filing of applica-
tions may be obtained at any
post office, at the county clerks
office or from the Civil Service
Offices in Lansing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Morale
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
doubt that the high command
is prepared 20 give up Italy, Nor
way, perhaps part of France, to
carry out its strategy"
These conclusions were bas-
ed on the superstition that Ger
many. with food and supply
situation apparently much bet
ter than that of 1918, would not
collapse internally, Steinkopf
said. He added that aerial
bombing might hasten internal
disIntergration, but that the
German people were held to-
gether by a great fear - that
of invasion by the bitter, venge-
full people of the east.
They know the eastern fore
es, the Russians, Poles and
Czechs, will burn houses and
cut threats if ever the.- get into
Germany" he said. $50 when
invasion comes I think the Ger
mans will give way first in the
west. They would rather have
their country occupied by the
Americans and British than laid
waste by hordes from the east"
Another speaker today at the
seth mid-winter meeting of the
Press Association was E. r.
Nodcrer, foreign correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune, who de-
scribed his experiences cover
ing the war in New Guinea.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Subs
Continued from Pare One

Continued from Page One
credited to three British sub
marines.
In addition to six axis supply
ships destroyed and seven dam.
aged, another was torpedoed
while travelling in a strong es-
cort and probably was sunk, the
communique said.
This ship was travelling with
another supply vessel. both being
escorted by destroyers and tor
pedo boats, but the submarine
nevertheless pressed home her
attack, it was stated.
Two of the six ships went
down in the Gulf of Hammamet
off the coast of TunisiS and a
third was beached on the r'uni.
sian shore. They were travel.
ing south, fully laden, and were
attacked by gunfire from the
submarines. A fourth supply
ship was damaged.
A medium sized supply ship
was sunk in the Gulf of laramie
near Brindisi, Italy. In this at
tack, another ship took refuge
along the shore, but the SUBJ
marine moved in and scored a
torpedo hit after the ship was
beached with her back broken,
the communique said.
Another unescorted enemy
vessel, a large east-bound sup
ply ship, was also attacked hit
by two torpedoes and sunk, )"
said the communique.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Daniel Moore
Passes Away
Succombs at 48
Native Of County

Daniel Moore, a native of Ma
comb county who was born on
a farm in Harrison township,
died at $50 last night at the
home of his brother, Jerry, IS
Inches street. Although ailing
for some time, his illness did
not become serious until a few
days ago He was 40 years old.
In addition to Jerry, he is sur
vived by three other brothers
and a sister, Mrs. Angelina
Thomas Of New Baltimore. The
brothers are Michael, Adolph
and Richard.
Prayers will be said at the
LaCroix & Groesbeck chapel at
8 a. m. Friday with continuing
services at $50 at st. Peters
Catholic Church. Burial will be
in the Catholic cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Raj

Continued from Page One
a communique and the Air and
Home Security ministries said
today.
Other German planes raided
number of other points in
Britain, but the casualties were
light and damage slight, it was
announced.
Three of the enemy planes
were shot down, the commune
que said.
OTHERS SHOT DOWN
A fourth German plane was
shot down over Northern
France.
One of the Nazi plane victims
was a Dornier which New
Zealand pilot shot down into the
sea off South Wales.
In one South Wales town IL
persons were killed and a num-
Der injured by German dive
bombers which caused much
damage.
British fighter command pi-
lots prowling over the continent
shot up at least II freight trains
and locomotives, and bombed
railway lines, bridges and bar
ges, it was reported.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Africa
Continued from Page One


Mcdinine in the Mareth line, IS
miles inside the Tunisan from
ter. The British radio said these
forces were "a good 20 miles"
west of Ben Gardane, 20 miles
inside Tunisia.
(Heavy destruction to Axis
shipping also was announced by
the British admiralty, which said
submarines had sunk six and
perhaps seven ships and dam
aged seven more.
(The Paris radio said the
Americans to the south of the
Sidi Bouzid sector also were
continuing to retreat from the
Casa area and were withdraw
ing in the direction of Tozeur
on the north bank of the Chott
Djerid.)
ARMORED BATTLES
Armored battles were fought
throughout the day yesterday on
the south Tunisian front, an AL
lied headquarters communique
announced.
Opposing armored forces were
engaged throughout the day on
the southern 'front.'" the COM
munique said. "At the end Of the
day fighting was still in prog
ress on the outskirts of Sbeitla. "
The announcement that fight
ing was continuing on the out
skirts Of Sbeitla indicated that
the Americans had made no
progress in that particular sector
in their efforts to throw the Ger
mans back to Faid Pass in an
area about l25 miles southwest
Of Tunis.
Sbeitla Is about IS miles
northwest of Sidi Bouzid, itself
west of Faid Pass.
GAINS LOST
Yesterday, it was reported
that the Americans, who had lost
20 miles in the first rush of Mar
shall Erwin Rommel's offensive
on Sunday, had gained back six
miles.
(The communique did not
make clear whether the Ger.
mans attacking on the outskirts
of Sbeila were those previously
engaged in the vicinity of Sid
Bouzd, or whether they had at.
tackled from a different direc-
ton, perhaps the northeast.)
The communique said roads
behind the enemy's lines were
heavily bombed the last two
nights, and that light bombers
attacked many ground targets al
the front yesterday, including
gun positions and vehicles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
0pA Sets Ceiling
on Fuel Oil al IT.
Moeomb County Included
in Sectional RuIine

DETROIT, Feb. 17-(P)-The
OPA's Detroit office announced
today that establishment of a
ceiling of TT cents a gallon on
No. fuel oil on lots of 100 gal
Ions and over in six-county
southeastern M igan area
would mean a reduction of one
tenth of cent gallon effective
Feb. %.
The counties affected are
Wayne. Ga X land, Macomb,
Washtenaw, Monroe and Gene
see.
The new amendment TO the
six-county price schedule an
nounced today also pegged No. l
fuel oil and kerosene sold at re-
tail on cash-and-carry basis at IL
and 14la cents a gallon, respec-
lively.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Planes
Continued from Page One

a6C OhC
deep bank of snow and then
taking off again easily.
Even the CorSairs designer
joined in praising the perform
ance of the helicopter.
With the helicopter, man
now rules the air for the first
time, after seeking that goal for
many hundreds of years." Beisel
said. up to now, the man in
an airplane has been ruled by
the air and has always had to
look for a place to land. In the
helicopter he can 60 down and
look at landing place, and If he
doesn't like it go back up again
and look for another"
Frederick B. Rensselaer,, chair
man of United Aircraft, traced
the corporations development to
cooperation between the Navy
and industry" He said the Ma
vy's practise had been to set
forth its requirements and de-
pend on private industry to pro-
duce them.
FEAR LET-DOWN
Without commenting directly
on the current controversy over
postwar control of the world S
air lanes. he warned against the
possibility of a let-down in the
American aviation industry once
the war is won.
He said that after the last
war, the United States lost in
terest in military and civilian
aviation and this country fell far
behind European nations. He
urged continuation of present
Army Navy Industry coopera-
ton after the present war so
that the United States may
maintain and increase its pres
ent position in aviation.
Rentschler remarked tn a I
there is mot much need to be
concerned about the present
comparative deficiencies in some
American fighter planes, indi-
eating that our new types either
built or building will be at least
the equal of enemy fighters.
Admiral Mccain praised the
Wright Company both for its
research work and for it's en-
gines, propellers and planes that
are urgently needed by our
forces. United's Wasp" engines,
produced here, in Kansas City,
Detroit and other plants, now
powers more than so per cent
of American combat planes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
New Haven
Caucus Held
Citizens Porty
Picks Candidates

Candidates for the general
election on March 8 were NOM
mated by the Citizens party at
a village caucus held last night
in New Haven.
Nominated for president was
Walter Willert, who replaces
Louis Broughton, incumbent.
Other nominations were: A.
j. Bennett, clerk; Mrs. Adelaide
Bates, treasurer; Carlton Jones,
Edgar Plegue and Carl Eisen-
hardt. trustees q years.; James
c. Gillett, assessor; Arno Plag-
ems, Walter Willert and Howard
Dryer, election commission.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Defies Opinion

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. l7-(P)
- Gov. John w. Bricker, over
riding . wave Of protests from
urban centers, signed into law
today q bill slowing Ohio's
clocks one hour because he was
convinced the change would
help agriculture, but he added
the legislature "is still here" and
could give the matter further
consideration.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Probe Leases

LANSING, Feb. IL - up -
An investigation by . State Ad-
ministrstive Board committee Of
the Conservation Departments
oil lease activities was promised
today by the three state off.
cials, who fastened TO declare
1--WE don't know Of anything
wrong but we have been hear.
ing rumbIings and want to look
int them"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Soldier
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
a Mount Clemens High school,
both in 1884 under former coach
Walter A. Olsen and in 1885
under Olsen's successor, Ernest
j. Buckholz.
STAR ATHLETE
At Michigan State, he was a
letterman end in 1887, 1888 and
1899, playing on the same team
with Capt. John Pingel, also Of
Mount Clemens.
At State, Lieut.. Bennett was
prominent in campus activities
serving as chairman of the an
nual water carnival in 1910. He
graduated from State in 1910,
from Mount Clemens High
school four years earlier.
Only his parents survive.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Hero SuccuInbS

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. IL
(R)-The man who commanded
the Midway Island ground forces
At the decisive Battle Of Midway,
Marine Colonel II ar0ld D.
Shannon, 50, of Ill Tonnelle
Ave. North Bergen, N. j., died
yesterday Of pneumonia that de-
veloped after . surgical opera.
ton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Trinity Debt DeadIine
Sci for March Isl

March Is the deadline es-
tablished by the trustees OF
Trinity Lutheran church for
obliteration of the church debt.
William Klemm, in charge OF
the campaign to erase the church
obligations, said that but 1912
remains to be subscribed.
Fitting services, marking the
mortgage burning, will prob
ably follow attainment Of the
goal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Romeo Turns Back
Armada High, 37-26

ROMEO - Leading from the
outset, Romeo High Scrool de-
feated Armada High on the bas-
ketball court here last night, 81
26, in a non-league game. The
Peachmen led at the half, 1912.
LIGHT was high scorer for the
winners with IL points. while
Evans topped the losers with
eight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Revolt Serious

LONDON, Feb. l7-(P)-The
labor party revolt against the
government on the issue Of the
Beveridge social security plan
grew to such proportions today
that the London Star said 1t
threatened ~ serious blow to
national unity"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
City Skating Kinks
Ready for Service

All city skating Kinks will be
ready for service tonight, AS
sistant Superintendent of Streets
August KlockoW announced this
morning. The Kinks have been
unfit for service the past two
weeks due to heavy SHOWS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Firms Defiant

HELSlNKI, Feb. II - @ -
Asserting that Russia remains .
threat to Finnish independence,
the Conservative newspaper Uusi
Suomi said today that There
are no indications that Soviet
policy towards Us has undergone
any change"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb.
IL R Prime Minister John
Curtin appealed today to Aus
tralia's people to join celebra-
lions next Tuesday on the 25th
anniversary Of the creation Of
Russia's Red Army. The Soviet
Unions flags will fly throughout
the continent on that day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17

ALLIED H e A DQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Feb. l7-(R)-
The Allies followed up two days
Of . widespread air offensive In
the southwest Pacific with
smaller scale attacks on Japa.
nese positions on Timor and New
Guinea, Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Important Air Roid
Meeting This Evening

Chief Air Raid Warden Law
renee Oehmke today urged all
wardens to attend an important
meeting tonight at 1880 o'clock
in the Mount Clemens High
school gym.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Feb. IL up
"A rumor has circulated on the
= Tunisian front that Marshal
Rommel had become i'll and had
returned to Germany but COM
petent officers at Allied head
quarters viewed the report today
with the greatest skepticism.
They pointed out that II might
have been planted by the Axis.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. II
-R)- Mrs. Margaret Sharon
O'Dea Wallace, accused of as
sault upon Mrs. lnez MacLan
and taking the latter's children,
changed her plea to guilty in the
midst Of her trial yesterday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17

CAIRO, Feb. IL P The
British Eighth Army continued
TO push westward in Tunisia to-
ward Medenine while fighter
bombers attacked targets west
of Ben Gardane yesterday, a
British cOmmunique announced
today. Medicine is As miles
northwest of Ben Gardane
whose capture was announced
yesterday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
ate X X X
bulletins


NEW DELHI, Feb. l7-(Pl-
Mohandas X. Gandhi. aged In
dian leader now in the eighth
day of a 2l-day fast in protest
against his confinement by
British authorities, spent a bet
ter day esterday, the govern
ment report on his condition said
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Warns Workers

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. II -
R- A draft board with super
vision over district heavily
populated with Navy yard en-
ployes announced today that
draft-eligible war workers found
to be habitually absent from
their employment will be re-
classified and given Ia status.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
morHER SURVIVES

Mrs. Jennie B. Allen, ~, Of
1893 North River drive, who
'disd Monday In st. Joseph's hos
I1leal. r. survived by q brother,
jIlism johnson, Of Chicago,
,nooe nome was not included In
lotday's list Of survivors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17
Driver Injured as Cor
Skids into Utility Pole

George Benedict, 80, Of 2760
Hooker avenue, Detroit, was in
jured at 5:45 pm. Tuesday when
his car skidded into a utility
pole on M-53,' three miles south
of Washington.
He was rushed to st. Joseph's
hospital by troopers from the
Romeo State Police post. Hos
pital attaches said his condition
is good.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-17

The nations domestic airlines
during October, 1912, smashed
all existing monthly records for
the amount of air express
poundage' carried.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-13
COUNCIL TO MAKE
PLANS FOR YEAR

At the annual spring meet
ing of the Big Horn County
Home Demonstration council,
to be held Monday, May II, tn
the community room of the
court house, Mrs. Frances Smith
of Bozeman will be the prin-
cipal speaker and will outline
the Home Demonstration war
work which will be offered dur
ing the coming year.
The council consists of the
officers of the eleven Home
Demonstration clubs in the
county.
Officers are Mrs. L. I. King
ston of Hardin, president; Mrs.
E. E. Jackson Of Hardin, vice
president, and Mrs. William
Bennett of st. Xavier, secretary
treasurer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-13
ENOUGH LABOR IS RECRUITED FOR
MORE THAN 1000 ACRES OF BETS
Urges Formers To
Increase Acreage
In This County

L. R. Cool, field representative
for The Holly Sugar company,
returned to Hardin Tuesday
night from a recruiting trip in
the southwestern part of the
United States.
He stated that he had signed
up an ample supply of labor for
the coming beet season. Enough
labor has been recruited to care
for between nine and ten thou
sand acres of beets, and farmers
are being urged to increase their
acreage or some of the labor will
Oe cancelled, he added.
Sixty-nine workers arrived in
Hardin Tuesday night, 81 ar
rived Wednesday night, while SIS
will arrive Thursday and 40 on
Friday.
A large percentage of the labor
coming in is Mexican Nationals
and japanese from relocation
centers on seasonal leave and
will be here to work througout
the full beet season, Mr.. Cool
stated.
Farmers wishing to increase
their acreage are urged to con-
tact the sugar company officials
Immediately, it was stated.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-13
VETERAN WILL BE
BURIED FRIDAY

Committal services for VIII
liam Patrick freddy Brennan,
rs, Spanish American War vet
eran, and one-time contender
for the worlds lightweight box
ing crown. will be held at the
Custer National cemetery at 10
a. m. Friday with the Rev. C. l..
Owens, S. j., officiating.
The veteran died Tuesday at
Sheridan where he had been
receiving medical treatment.
Brennan had made his home
in Billings for the past so years
He made his last ring appear
ance in 1914 at Rock Springs,
Wyo.. when he knocked out his
opponent.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-13
TO HOLD REA
MEET FRIDAY
All In St. Xuvier
Area Who Won't Lights
Urged To Attend

All farmers in the st. Xavier
territory who are interested in
having electric power are urged
to attend an REA meeting at
the st. Xavier school gymnas-
ium on Friday evening, May 81.
A number from this area have
already signed applications, and
they are asked to be present and
to give the number of animal
units to qualify for electric SER
vice.
The Big Horn county REA CO.
operative does not yet have en-
ough signers with enough amin
al units to qualify under WPB
rulings for additional line, but
it is hoped that enough more
will contract for the power so
that materials will be made av-
ailable.
One animal unit under WPB
regulations is counted as fol-
lows: Livestock on hand-one
milk COW, 10 beef cattle (all cat
tie including calves other than
milk cows and cattle in feed
lott, 80 breeding ewes, three
brood sows, rs laying hens, 40
turkeys or geese.
Estimated production of live
stock for market (per year)-2O
cattle in feed lot, 100 lambs in
feed lot, 80 feeder pigs, $50
chickens (not broilers), 600
chickens (broilers), 125 turkeys
or geese.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-13
SPORTSMEN WILL
MEET NEXT SUNDAY

The annual meeting of the
Southeastern Montana Sports
mems association will be held in
Red Lodge this Sunday, Leo R.
Spogen of Red Lodge, presid-
ent of the association, announ-
ced. The meeting, which will be
held in the Elk's club will be
vene at 10 am.
A lunch will be served at noon
at the Elk's club. The annual
banquet of the Red lodge Rod
and Gun club will be held in
CONJUNCTION with the annual
banquet of the Southeastern
Sportsmen at a cafe there in the
evening. There will be guest
speakers and entertainment at
the banquet. Members of the
state fish and game commiss-
ion are expected to take part.
A group Of Hardin sportsmen
are planning to attend the
meeting. Carl Rankin is vice
president of the organization
and AM. Crilly is a member OF
the nominating committee. and
both men will take a part in the
meeting.