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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Posses Hunt
Il Fuqitives
Armed Conviets
Escape Prison

JACKSON, Feb. 15-@ -
Officers of four states pressed
their search today for a dozen
armed convicts who escaped
from the Parchman, Miss, pris-
on and left a weekend tran of
blood and stolen automobiles
across north Mississippi.
Seven of a group of 10 who
fled with rifles Saturday after
subduing a Waterman and at
lacking a guard were recaptur-
ed, five of the mhear Clarksdale
by Mississippi and Alabama Of
ficers and two by a citizens
posse near Friars' Point, Miss.
This was the picture painted
by the Mississippi highway pa
troll.
Five of the convicts stole as
many automobiles Saturday
night and Sunday as they fled
into Alabama where officers of
that state joined Mississippi pa
trolmen in an attempted round
up near Vina.
In several exchanges of gun
fire, two Mississippi patrolmen
were wounded, neither serious
ly, and one felon was believed
hit because of a trail of blood
he left. Bloodhounds fro m
Parchman Penitentiary were
rushed to the hunt.
Eight of the group raided a
card party in the home of a
planter near Coahoma, in north
west Mississippi early Sunday
and stole two automobiles. 1--WE
don't want to kill anybody"
the" convicts were quoted as say
ing, "but we will if you give
us any trouble. All we want is
the keys to your cars"
Another car was stolen late
last night near Bhylia, Miss,
just south of Memphis, by four
men, sending Tennessee officers
on the alert. The machine was
abandoned, however, a few
miles from the town.
Officers warned motorists of
the four-state area to be on the
lookout for the desperadoes.
One of the five captured near
Clarksdale, Oscar Ere m a n,
serving time for burglary, was
shot through the arm when ia
ken, but the pair at Friar's
Point, B. F. Adams and Sam
Vandiver, were unarmed and
offered no resistance.
Others captured near Clarks-
dale were Herman Frost, Joe
Karnegay, Jesse Durham and
William Ruffa.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
School Hires
New Teacher
Changes are Made
at New Baltimore

George d. Miller, superinten-
dent of New Baltimore High
School announced today that the
New Baltimore High S h
Board has added an elementary
teacher to the teaching staff. In
creased enrolment especially in
the grades has been due possibly
to an influx of defense workers
in the vicinity of New Balti-
more. Mrs. Lois va m n S,
daughter of Rev. Egbert of New
Baltimore, will be the new
teacher
Several changes have been
made in the New Baltimore
schools this year. The board has
purchased new play ground
equipment and all class rooms
and halls have been redecorat-
ed.
Curriculum changes include
the addition of boys and girls
Glee Clubs, Home Economic
Adult Homemaking and Band
Instruction. Miss Carr is in
charge of High School Glee
Clubs and Mrs. Huebner, al
though not a member of the fac
ulty, gives individual instruc-
ton in voice and piano for those
desiring it. The New Baltimore
High School Band under the di-
rection of Supt. Miller now has
35 members. A compulsory ply
steal fitness program for the
boys in charge of H. A. Litzner
includes calisthenics, rope climb
ing, Ginning, etc, as well as
basketball, while the girls are
being given first aid instruction
under the direction of Miss SUIT
ton.
The Home Economics girls
girls make it possible for those
who wish it, to have a hot dish
at noon hour. The school board
is the sponsoring agency for the
penny milk program which has
proven very worth while. About
$50 half pints of milk are con-
sumed daily in the New Balti-
more schools.
This enriched program makes
it possible for the children OF
New Baltimore and surround
ing territory to take advantage
of the many opportunities to
continue their training in fields
of their choice.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Bill McMinn
Pilots TWA
Airliner

Once you're bitten by the bug
to fly, there's no use trying to
switch to another profession, ac-
cording to William D. McMinn,
OF Roseville. He tried it. Now he
is back at his first love-flying
the airliners of Transcontinent-
al q Western Air, Inc, between
Detroit and Cincinnati.
Born in Detroit, Dec. 81, 1915.
McMinn attended the grades and
High school at Roseville, Mich,
then enrolled at the Detroit In
stitute of Technology.
During his school days Nc
Mimi lived across the street from
Packard field at Roseville. He
took up glider flying in 1881 at
Gratiot airport and became a
glider instructor before he had
finished high school.
BACKGROUND
McMinn soloed in 1885. Fol-
lowing his graduation from high
school, he enrolled at the Detroit
Institute of Technology and up
on completion of that course in
1899 decided on a career as a
tool and dye maker in a Detroit
motor car plant.
After thru years in that occu-
patton the flying urge returned
SO he became ferry pilot,
transporting Army planes from
the factories to their destinations
and continued in that field of av-
iation until he joined the pilot
staff of TWA as first officer.
FLYING FAMILY
They're 4 flying family, the
McMinns. Two brothers, Rich
ard and Donald are pilots and
First Officer McMinn's sister is
the wife of Captain Sam Carson
pilot for Pennsylvania Central
Airlines. She also lives at Rose
vile, Mich.
First Officer McMinn lives at
26717 West Park, Roseville,
Mich, with his wife and daugh-
ter, Jill, two and one-half years
old. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph McMinn, reside at 17041
Frazho Road, Roseville, Mich.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Valuable Paper, Tin
SALVAGE Recovered

Eleven thousand, two hum
dred pounds Of waste paper
were collected Friday and Set
urday in Mout Clemens COM
tinuing salvage pickup. Mrs.
Paul w. Mckee, chairman Of
the salvage committee, revealed
today.
City trucks are making mop
up trips throughout the COM
munity today to gather In
bundles not located on Friday
and Saturday.
In addition to the wastepaper
IL 400 pounds of scrap tin were
salvaged from the Cadillac Can
company here, Mrs. Mckee said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
MounfCRmens
High School
BY Tom q Dick Donaldson
SENIOR BOYS

SENIOR BOYS
Senior boys who will be
interested in making applica-
tons for the Marine Corps as Of
ficer candidates can now get the
necessary information from
Principal Monte Mcfarland. He
has received list of the quail
fications which are now posted
on the high school bulletin
board. He also has further in
formation in the Naval Aviation
Cadet program.
NOTICE LACK OF INTEREST
Friday night at the Mount
Clemens, Crosse Pointe basket
ball game there was a lack of
only one thing, attendance both
adults eand students. Maybe this
is the reason the Bathers have
lost two caves by overtime on
the home court because the team
has been playing some excellent
basketball at home. In the last
two games the Bather five has
had exceptionally good spirits
and fight but it needs the sup
port of the student body and
their mothers and fathers to
produce victory; for nothing
takes away the morale of team
more than a gym full of empty
seats
"CLASS MOTTO"
The year book committee has
decided that the class motto will
be, There Is No Ceiling on Am
bition."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Sun Life Assets Poss
Billion Dollar Mark
Volume Of Business Soors,
Annual Report Reveals

MONTREAL, Feb. Is - Sun
Life of Canada assets passed the
billion dollar mark in 1912 and
now stand at S1,046,96 900.
This was reported here recently
by Lyman E. Malone, Manager
of the Company in Detroit
Branch.
The volume of new business
in the same period was increas-
ed over the previous year, and
amounted to over $500 million.
Arthur B. Wood, president and
managing director, in his annual
address to policyholders, stated
that the company had increased
its Government bond holdings
by 70 million, bringing the total
investments in bonds of the
United Nations to $500 million.
The growth of the life assurance,
said Mr.. Wood, was one of the
noteworthy social developments
of the present century. 1t is es-
sentially the peoples business
for every policyholder is, in ef-
feet, a partner in the business.
The great majority of the en-
tire population of North Amer
lea have a financial interest in
the institution of life assurance
either as policy holders or bene-
ficiaries, and, day by day, bene-
fits flow out in constant stream
carrying relief and assistance
in time of distress and need.
Life assurance is a form of Soc
ial insurance which, for gener-
atoms has proved its worth and
stability. Whatever steps are
taken to promote national meas
ures for the security of the in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Long Illness
Proves Fatal
Claude Lounsberry
Sueeumbs at 81

Claude E. Lounsberry passed
away at his home, 104 Grand
avenue, early Sunday morning
following a lengthy illness. He
was "a years of age.
Mr.. Lounsberry was born in
St. Thomas, Ont. At the age of
four years he came with his
parents to Michigan and first
settled in the northern part of
Michigan. He came to Utica in
1924 and became associated with
the Utica Creamery company.
He resided in Utica until three
months ago when he and his
family moved to Mount Glenn
ems.
He was a member Of the
Standish Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife and
one daughter, Roxanna, and one
sister, Mrs. George Wilson Of
st. Petersburg, Florida.
Services will be conducted
from the Schwarzkoff funeral
home, Utica on Wednesday, at
2:3O o'clock with Rev. Versile
Bentley officiating. Burial will
be in the Utica cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Bureaucracy
Under Attack
Threot to Food
Stores is Cited

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is Up
"A warning that the forthcom-
ing point rationing program
may force tens of thousands of
food stores out of business was
coupled by the House Commit
tee on small business today with
an attack on bureaucratic buck
passing"
Without mentioning names,
the committee said it had found
almost traitorous activities on
the part of certain interests to
protect their companies at the
expense of the war effort"
The committee, which has
been studying the wars impact
on smaller business men, re-
ported that practically nothing
has been done with regard to
using small business more eff
fectively in the production OF
essential civilian supplies"
There seems to have been
an over-emphasis on production
for military use and an under
emphasis on production of civil
ian use," the report said.
Asserting it was greatly con-
cerned at the possible effect of
pointing rationing on retail gro
GERS, the committee expressed
fear that "the Inauguration of
any such system may prove to
be the proverbial last straw and
that the proprietors of tens of
thousands Of food stores may
yield to despair and close their
doors"
It questioned whether t h e
need for general food rationing
has been established and rec
commended an investigation of
the lend lease administration to
determine its effect on civilian
supplies.
Citing what it termed ga par
ticularly dangerous kind of mis-
management within the War
Production Board" the commit
tee told of the efforts of Her
bert Jamul, president of the
Chemical Products Company of
Miami, Fla. to obtain govern
ment contract.
Jamul had a plan for process
ing cocoanuts to obtain glycerine
for high explosives, the report
said, but was sent from one gov
eminent agency to another, and
was still seeking the contract
when tho committees hearings
were held.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
By JOHN HARDWOOD

Abraham Lincoln stopped 10
"buy" votes in Congress on two
occasions, il was revealed Sun
day afternoon at the Methodist
Mems Forum in talk by
Thomas A. Babcock. high school
instructor and student of Lin
colniana.
However, these two acts of
political expediency involved no
exchange of cash, but rather the
promise of jobs. Babcock ex-
planned TO the mems group. 1t all
came about in 1864 when Lin
coin wanted desperately 10 see
the Thirteenth Amendment to
the Constitution that abol-
ishing slavery - was formally
ratified, making permanent the
terms of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
PATRONAGE
Lincoln needed approval OF
three -fourths of the States still
in the Union, but lacked one
State. so it was determined to
bring Nevada into the Union
for this purpose, Babcock re-
lated. He turned to a trusted
lieutenant, Dana, an assistant
secretary of the Treasury, and
told him to get the necessary
votes in Congress, no matter
what the method. Three lucra-
tive jobs were promised to Con-
gressmen, and the necessary ma
jority was thus secured. Later,
the same general eXpedient was
used to secure the necessary
Congressional vote on ratifica-
ton of the 18th Amendment it.
self, the speaker said.
This method of securing leg
islation is not unheard-of to-
day" Babcock said, "but Abra-
ham Lincoln was usually much
opposed to it,"
Another interesting story con-
cerned Lincoln's visit to Mich.
gan in 1856 to attend politicaI
rally at Kalamazoo. The speech
was printed almost verbatim II
the Detroit Daily Advertiser
one of the earliest of his speeche:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

dividual in the future, the in
stitution of life assurance will
continue in good times and bad
to perform the great public serv-
ice made possible only by the
sound partnership principles on
which it is founded.
The total assurance in force
of the Sun Life of Canada now
amounts to S3,044 100000. Pay
ments to olicyholders during the
year represented an average
daily disbursement of over a
quarter of a million dollars each
working day, or $77lz million,
bringing the total benefits dis
tributed since organization to
well over 81 n million.
Mr.. Wood revealed that mort
ality was smaller than might be
expected and was among the
lowest in the last ten years. The
favourable experience among
policyholders as whole was
more than sufficient to offset
the extra claims due to the war.
Incidentally war claims to date
are % per cent of total death
claims. This is very low, for
in normal times claims from &C.
cidental deaths alone are about
per cent. He added a note of
caution, however, by reminding
the policyholders that the first
three years of war had been
largely period of preparation
and mobilization and heavier
claims must be anticipated as the
war develops. The problem of
manpower in relation to life as
surance operations was also dis
cussed by Mr.. Wood, and he stat
ed that in this matter the life
companies were giving the ut
most cooperation to their re-
spective governments. A search
ing study is being made by the
companies individually and col
lectively. with the aim of elm
mating all non-essential opera
tons and reducing the work to
the minimum needs of the bus
mess.
Among other important items
appearing in the Sun Like 72nd
Annual Report are: Premium In
come S106, 100000; Investment
Income S36,500,000; Total Re-
ceipts from all Sources $780,
100000; Dividends Paid to Poll
cyholders 100000; Paid in
Taxes during the year $780,
600; Surplus and Contingency
Reserves S34,600,000. Govern
ment and other bonds now make
up SO per cent of the total assets
OF the company.
The broad diversification of
the assets which now stand at
over a billion dollars is disclos-
ed by the following classified
ton showing the per centage of
total assets under each heading.
Government bonds 81 6 per cent,
municipal bonds At per cent,
industrial bonds as per cent,
railroad bonds 81 per cent, pub
lie utility bonds 1874 per cent,
preferred and guaranteed stocks
l A per cent, common stocks of
industrial and financial corpor-
atoms 90 per cent, common
stocks of public utilities 8.6 per
cent, mortgages 4,8 per cent.
real estate 2 per cent, policy loan
73 per cent, cash "A per cent,
other assets per cent.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
F. WisnieWSki
Suctumbs al 81
Well Known Former
Dies in Hospital

RICHMOND - Funeral serv-
ices for Felix WieniewSki, 54,
we'll known Columbus township
tavern owner, will be held at
1890 am. Wednesday at ST.
Philips Catholic church where
Rev. S. j. Dziatkiewicz will sing
the requiem high mass.
Mr.. Wisniewski died Saturday
at st. Joseph's hospital following
an operation. He had operated
tavern and general store in Co.
lumbus township for the past 20
years.
The body will lie at the home
of his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Gavin, on
Bauman road. where the Rosary
will be recited Tuesday evening.
Besides Mrs. Gavin, he is sur
vivcd by his wife, Jennie; two
sons, Pvt. Henry, of Camp
Ham, Calf, and Richard, Of
Plymouth, and four grandchil-
dren.
A home catches fire on the
average of every minute and a
half in the United States.
The cypress tree has knees,
peculiar groWthS on the roots.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Drop Charges Against
Missing Deer Hunter

Charges of desertion and non
support brought against Edgar
Hickman. 20. of New Baltimore.
by his wife, Eleanor, Is, Of East
Detroit, were quashed today in
Justice Donald j. Parents court
at the request of the wife, who
said she plans divorce action in
stead.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Lincoln, Alert Statesman,
Used Tricks of Politics
So High School Teacher Informs
Methodist Mems Forum

to appear in print, but the fact
of the speech's existence was
not discovered" until 1880.
MICHIGAN SPEECH
Michigan was a hotbed of
abolitionism and Lincoln knew
il, but disdaining to curry fav-
or, Lincoln gave a temperate.
calm address in which he said
that he would rather see Kansas
come into the Union as a slave
State than to see the Union de-
stroyed.
The crowd of 10000 or more
hooted at Lincoln. and a lead
ing Michigan politician, Zach
ariah Chandler, later to become
a Senator, Immediately took a
deep dislike for Lincoln and
thereafter never overlooked an
occasion to villify him. Babcock
related. In 1862, he offered a
motion in the Senate to impeach
Lincoln as traitor. and in
1868. at the time of Lincoln s
death, Chandler gloated over
the fact. Michigan's politicians
were never particularly friend
ly to the Civil War President.
Babcock said also that Lincolr
at first appeared to know little
of military strategy, but later
apparently devoted himself to
the subject, and historians have
found military commands in hi:
own handwriting. Over the OBJ
jections of many, including hi.
own military leaders at Wash
ington, Lincoln saw the geniu!
of Grant and saw that he go
the chance to command, il wa
said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Housewife Suffers
Injury in Fall on Ice

Injured when she fell and hit
her head on an icy sidewalk
early today, Mrs. George Ess-
marker. Sr., 81, of 345 Canal
road, Clinton township, was
taken to st. Joseph's hospital for
treatment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Fraser Woman Injured
in Sunday Accident

Mrs. Hazel Hilton, rs, of 1906
II Mile road, Fraser, was in
jured at ABS am. Sunday when
cars driven by her husband,
Charles, 80. and James Bowles,
SO, 8424 Will avenue, Center
Line, collided at the intersection
of Utica road and Garfield in
Fraser.
She was taken to Crosse
Pointe General hospital for
treatment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
Joan Bennett
Expects Child

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. Is Up
- Screen Actress Joan Bennett
is retiring temporarily from ac-
tive duty with the American
Women's Voluntary Services Re-
creation Division because she is
expecting a baby in mid-June,
her studio said today
Miss Bennett, wife of Walter
Wanger, producer and president
of the Academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences, aso has
postponed work on a new pic
ture, the Studio said. She has
two children by previous mar
riages: Diana, IA, daughter of
John Fox, and Melinda, 8. the
daughter of screen writer Gene
Marley.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

The aerial equivalent of Q
divers bends" is called aero
embolism. caused by gas bub-
bles forming in the flyers
blood when at high attitudes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
More Than a
Laxative Is Often
Needed

0An AfI When you feel out Of sorts.
NO0U OvU nervous and suffer from
headaches. gas, bloating. i'm
digestion and lack OF appetite. which may all be
due TO functional coustipation-gct DR.. Peter
Fahrney's Alpen krauter-the ume-proved
stomachic tonic medicine. Contains Is OF
Nature own medicinal roots herbs and botani-
calls Take as directed on label. Gently and
smoothly Alpen Krauter puts sluggish bowels
TO work and aida them to eliminate cloaying
waste; helps expel constipations gas. gives the
stomach that feeling Of warmth Be wise-com-
fort your stomach while relieving constipation.
Get ALPEN kRAUTER today from any
Fahrney agent OF drug store. such as:
Swan Pharmacy; Bannow Drug
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15
RANGELANDS GO
FOR ARMY USE

A total of 8,500,000 acres Of
public rangeland has been ap-
propriated in the u. S. for mill
itary operations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

The only book of the Bible in
which the word God is not
found is the Book of Esther.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

Ninety-five American h p
were launched on a single day
during the frs World War. The
date was July 4, 1917.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

approximately $4,000 lives
are claimed by suicide in the
United States annually.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

First jury composed entirely
of women sat at Patuxent, Md,
in 1856.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

The cypress tree has knees
peculiar groWths on the roots.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

to appear in print, but the fact
of the speech's existence was
not discovered" until 1880.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-15

Swan Pharmacy; Bannow Drug
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Planning to Can Garden Crops?
Pressure Cooker Needed for NonAcd Vegetables Listed Beo

In planning a Victory garden it is
well Tor the woman of the house
hold to take into account the matter
of canning and preserving the prod
ucts Of the familys labor. The
equipment she possesses for canning
Will necessarily influence the choice
Of what and what not to plant-or
what to plant for immediate use and
what to plant for winter storage.
For instance, non-acid vegetables.
TO be safe, should be processed in
pressure cooker. It is said that
number Of pressure cookers are 60
ing to be released for civilian use in
order to take care of the preserva-
ton of Victory garden foods. If you
are able to purchase one, or if you
have had one before, you may go
ahead and plan to plant for canning
such vegetables as lima beans.
snap beans. soybeans. beets, carrots.
corn zone of the most difficult of all
vegetables to can successfully and
safely. even with pressure cooker),
greens, such as spinach or kale;
okra, peas, pumpkin, squash.
Some very experienced people
have been successful in canning a
few of the non-acid vegetables by
the hot-water- bath method, but this
is not officially recognized as safe