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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
Allied Raiders
ParaIyze Key
Italian Ports
u. S. Fortresses
Speorheod Grim
Aerial Onslaught
BY RELMAN NORM

ALLIED HEADQU ARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, July 6 - up
Allied air forces, spearhead-
ed by U. S. Flying Fortresses
which shot down 80 German
fighters, struck paraly4ing blows
at axis resistance yesterday in
battles for air supremacy over
Sicily and Sardinia, il was an
nounced today.
The smashing aerial offensive
against the Italian outpost is
land went through its third
straight day with bombers roar
ing over Gerbini, Marsela, Lica-
ia, Sciacca and Catania in Sici-
W and Villa idro in Sardinia
all of them bases for the de-
Tending axis aerial fleets.
42 PLANES DOWNED
In "a hours ending yesterday,
40 enemy planes were sho' down
against loss of II allied planes,
il was stated officially.
The pummeling by planes of
the northwest African command
was Joined again yesterday by
IT, S. heavy bombers OF the mid
die east force which struck the
Sicilian ferry terminus OF Mess
ina. The bombers started fires
in the harbor, hit the railway
station, supply depot engine
sheds, barracks, downed three
enemy planes and then returned
without loss.
Flying Fortresses striking al
Gerbini won what is considered
one OF the greatest single miss
ion victories Of the entire Medi-
terranean campaign by knock
ing down 30 out Of more than
100 German fighters attacking
them.
One Of the greatest individual
victories emerged. too. when
Staff Sergt. Benjamin Warmer
of San Francisco destroyed sew
en- fighters.
De-. tic .hc spect" culsr md
seemingly suicidal tactics of the
Germans, the fortresses success
fully reached and bombed Ger
bini, where they showered ex-
plosives over the main airficld
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BY TOM REEDY

WASHINGTON. July 6 - N1
-Six-foot-tWo Jesse Jones, the
administration banker, and vice
president Henry Wallace, who
out wrcrtles soldiers Il he stage
door csnteen, apparently we're
only warming up in their week
long verbal smuggling match. To-
day. their appraisals of each
other had hit a new high ia re-
elimination.
The latest explosion - over
the policies of Wallace's Board
OF Economic Warfare (BEW)
and Jones Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation (RFC)--wid-
ened the rift so far that perhaps
only the firm and personal touch
of President Roosevelt can heal
il. His trouble-sFooter, James
F. Byrnes, failed when he made
ar initial attempt
OPENS BOTH BARRELS
Jones. accused by Wallace Of
holding up BEW's purchases Of
strategic war materials. opened
up both barrels last night. He
used $500 words TO tell what
he thinks about Wallace - none
of il complimentary. In Wal
lace's absence, his second, Milo
Perkins of BEW, took up the
cudgels and shot back that Jones
and his RFC had acted like the
labelled sleeper, Rip Van Win
kle.
Jones addressed his remarks to
the senate appropriations COM
mittee. Perkins replied in a
letter TO the same group.
There was prompt reaction in
the senate. Senator Bridges
(R-NH\ declared he was renew
ing his demand for an investiga-
ton of the Exchanges, to be
handled by the military affairs
committee.
Congress ought to find out
who is right" he said.
Bridges Resolution for an in.
q Try lies in the banking COM
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General Dies

LONDON, July 6-(P}-Brig.
Gen. J. p. Whitley, a member Of
the British parliament. was
killed in the plane crash In
which General Wladyslaw ST.
korski. premier OF the Polish
government-in-exiie, lost his life
Sunday night off Gibraltar, the
House Of Commons was in
formed today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
Daring U.s.. Maneuuer Forces
Japanese Fleet to Fight; Heavy
Losses are Suffered by Enemy
Yank Warships
Challenge Foe
She'll Enemy's
Soiomons Ports
BY JOHN VI. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, July - (A1
- The Navy reported today that
on the basis of incomplete in
formation United States naval
forces apparently had caused the
japanese very heavy damage in
the battle of Kula Gulf.
Details of the action, fought
yesterday Solomon lands
time) and apparently all over
now, still were lacking, but
there was no disposition in au-
thoritative quarters here to con-
slider it as major encounter
with decisive bearing on the
Solomons campaign.
The impression prevailed rath-
er that it was an action between
fairly light surface forces Of
cruisers and destroyers. Wheth-
er bombing planes participated
was not known.
SOME L. s. LOSSES
A Navy communique said
that sufficient details have not
been received TO give the re-
suits of this engagement, but 1t
is believed that, while some dam
age was suffered by the United
States force, considerable dam
age was inflicted on the enemy"
AT the same time the Navy
announced that the United States
destroyer Strong was torpedoed
and sunk Sunday night while
engaged in previously an
nounced bombaTdment of Japa-
nese installation at Villa and
Bairoko on Kula Gulf. which lies
between New Georgia Island and
Kolombangara Island in the
Munda airbase area.
The naval engagement, first
announced last night, followed
that bombardment.
The 2,100 ton destroyer
Strong, commissioner only last
year, carried a normal compile
ment of about $50 men. She was
an exceptionally large vessel,
being in the destroyer leader
class. She was commanded by
Commander Joseph Harold Well
ings of 81 ST. Andrew Road, East
Boston, Mass. Whether he sur
vived was not reported nor was
any estimate given of the loss Of
life. Presumably the vessel was
torpedoed by japanese subma-
rine boldly operating within
the narrow and dangerous linn
its of the Kula Gulf.
With the loss of the Strong,
following by about five days the
torpedo sinking of the troop
transport McCawley in the
Rendova Island area, the United
States Navy has invested a total
of about 40 ships in the Solo
mon Islands campaign, which
began last August z and went
into new phase with the in
vasion of the Munda area June
80. =
The Japanese, on the. other
hand, have lost around IS to 80
ships, some of those reported as
hit having been listed as only
probably sunk. Thus the enemy's
loss ratio is about 2 to / in COM
parison with American ship
casualties.
What the figures will be in
the latest action in Kula Gulf re-
main to be seen, but it was ex-
pected that the proportions of
the American victory probably
would be substantial in relation
TO the size of the enemy units in
volved.
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France Raided

FOLKESTONE, England, July
6-(P)-A large force of Allied
planes swept across Dover Strait
this morning heading for the
French coast between Boulogne
and Calais to hesume the air Of
fensive against Europe by day
light.
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Doctors Jailed

LONDON. July 6-(PD- The
Netherlands News Agency Aneta
reported today that hundreds Of
Dutch physicians have been inn
prisoned in concentration camps
by the Germans because they
refuse to accept Naxi medical
ideologies and practiscs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
Corp. Carlson
Wins Promotion

Corp. Stanley Carlson, COM
mander of the Center Line State
Police post since it opened a year
ago, today was promote to the
rank of sergeant. He joined the
Michigan State Police IA years
ago. He is married and is .
native of Muskegon.
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RENO. New, July 6-(P)-
The Maharajah of lndore will
file suit for divorce today. charg-
ing his white Maharani, the for
mer Marguerite Lawler Bran
yen Of Fargo. N. D.. with ex-
treme cruelty. his lawyer said.
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late X X X
bulletins


PITTSBURGH, July 6-R)-
Thousands of the final group OF
$4,000 striking miners shuffled
back to the pits today with dis
tritt leaders of the United Mine
workers would be back on the
of the nations $4,000 coal
workers would be back on the
job by nightfall.
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HR May Try to Heal
Jones-WdUdce Rift
Verbal SIugging Match Sets
New High in Reclamation
JONES HITS BACK

mittee which has Indicated little
desire 10 get into the ruckus.
JONES HITS BACK
The big placid looking Jones
spoke in this vein:
His wallace 81 TRADE is so
filled with malice, innuendo,
half-truths, and no truths al all,
that considerations of self-re-
spect and of common justice 10
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STRANGE STATEMENT

Some observers considered
this statement remarkable in
that it appeared certain TO en-
courage rather than stop the de-
sertions.
Swedish authorities withheld
comment pending receipt of Of
fetal notification of the procla-
nation. The only known case
where deserter actually was
sent back occurred in the winter
of l94l-42. He was an Austrian
who came through Finland. 1t
was explained officially that he
was not extradited but was re-
fused the right TO enter Sweden.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
War-Weary
Nazis Desert
Armed Forces
Flee Norway for
Refuge in Sweden,
Radio Admits
BY HUBERT UXKULL

United Press Staff Correspondent
STOCKHOLM, July 6 - U.P
- The Germans admitted today
that Man officers and soldiers
were deserving in rapidly in
creasing numbers.
The Axis-controlled Scandi-
navian Telegraph Bureau said
in an Oslo dispatch that Gen.
Nikolaus Won Fslkenherst, COM
mander of the German Army of
Occupation in Norway, had post
ed proclamations decrying the
desertions in all Norwegian
garrisons.
The proclamation, the STE
said, acknowledged that the men
were slipping across the border
TO safety in neutral Sweden and
that the numbers recently had
shown a shameful increase
VOICES CONCERN
Falkenhorst was the first
German general to express OPP
emily his concern over the deser-
tons.
The proclamation specifically
mentioned not only private SOL
diers but officers as well.
The Swedish government has
turned back from a hitherto val
ID agreement with the German
government regarding the ex-
tradition of deserters," STB
quoted the proclamation.
The right of asylum is now
+ = granted deserters from the
German armed forces even if
they cross the border in uni
form. ] trust this attitude of the
Swedish government does not
constitute Indictment for honor
loving German soldiers to be-
come guilty of shameful
crime
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-17
YPSIL ANTI GOODFELLOWS SELL
PAPERS FOR CHRISTMAS FUNDS
Nilov Run Makes Plans For HOLIDAY
COOdfellOWs Thank You

The Goodfelows thank you and we are the boys
in service and the people who receive Christmas baskets
will thank for buying this paper today For these
papers today purchasers paying from five cents
five dollars and occasionally there ten twenty dol
lar bill to give the of Christmas cheer particularly
helpful boost.
This annual response of the Old Newsboys purely for
Christmas cheer It's merit is repeatedly proven by soul
stirring letters of appreciation received from those who
have been remembered-worthy residents whose Christ
might otherwise be less bright than those about them
There have been baskets for people confined to their
homes toys and clothing for children and during the
gifts for the overseas.
Early mailing sent neatly packed kit to every man in
service whose address could be secured Some
have already been received indicated by letters recent
ly published in the Daily Press
Here at home there will be baskets in years past At
first thought it that there is little need for
Christmas baskets in these times of high wages and short
Sickness accidents, old present and it to
the most unfortunate of these and orphaned and other
wise unfortunate children that the Old Newsboys strive
to bring special Yue tide brightness and cheer.
In this highly commendable goodfelowship you are
helping by your purchase today of this copy of the Daily
this project during the past eleven years that the Good
fellows have been active in Ypsilant, familiar with
the good work that has been accomplished To
idents helping today for the first time give
that whatever your contribution may be it will be used
excellent advantage.
By helping the Goodfellows you become Goodfellow
yourself and in behalf of all the people concerned in this
phanthropic work thank you and wish for you the
happest Christmas possible in these anxious days of strife
The burden of many heavy hearts will be ghtened by
your kindness and in the mere knowledge of that kind
there is for all Goodfeows the happiness that
of helping Others especially this annual Holy Day of
goodwill toward all men,
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Post Office
Having Rush

Christmas rush at the local posi-
office, although estimated AT app
proximately three times that oe
last year. is being capably handled
by postal employees. Postmaster
Matt Max stated today. saying that
mail deliveries are all up to sched-
ule
An estimated 80 extra employees
are working at the post office dur
ing this pre-Christmas rush, Mr..
Max says, about twice the number
employed last year. All available
windows are open for service.
Extra deliveries will be made
next week as they are needed. The
regular delivery schedule will ne
maintained, with postal employees
prepared 10 make whatever extra
trips are necessary TO get the mail
out on schedule. Beginning tonight
the post office will remain open
evenings, with window service until
10 D. m. There will be no deliy-
cries on Christmas Day, with the
exception OF specials, and perish.
able parcels
Plans for the opening OF the new
Depot Post office. originally seized.
uled for the first OF the new year,
have been delayed. pending arrival
OF office fixtures. At present the
building Is used only for parcel
post service.
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College Has
Annual Sing

Christmas activities at the Nor
NAL College were officially closed
Thursday with the annual Christ
mas Sing. which was at p. m. In
Pease Auditorium. Sororlties. FRA
ternities. dormitory groups, relig-
ious organizations, and other units
on the campus we're all entered hI
the Sing, which was highly sue.
cessful. An interested audience OF
students, AS.T.P. men, and towns
people we're in attendance.
Group singing throughout the
program was led by Clark Spike.
annd Thomas Greig. senior class
president, served as master OF Ger
emonies. The program OF songs was
as follows:
Joy TO the World" "The Birth.
day OF a King" 20 Holy Night. -
Away in a Manger." clark the
Herald Angels Sing THE First
Noel" shepherds Awake" silent
Night" Say Prayer for the Boys
over There" Twas the Night Be
fore Christmas" an Be Home for
Christmas" white Christmas, p"
1T Came Upon the Midnight
Clear. ave Maria" 81 Heard the
Bells on Christmas Day" Donna
Novis Paean," 10 How a Rose Fer
Blooming" "Lord Jesus Christ.
Prince OF Peace" Deck the Hall. ."
"Adeste Fidelis" and The Star
Spangled Banner"
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Lecturer Sees Interest in
Plans For Permanent Peace

mended as valuable primer Of
background information regarding
past experience and future posi-
bility with sound statement OF the
principles involved.
Miss HORNED gave special atten-
ton to the new book OF play by
play broadcasts OF battle action
by Lieutenant John Mason Brown,
U.S.N.. ITO All Hands" She cited
In particular the chapter OF com
ment on the American boys first
encounter with German and Italian
prisoners Of war. The importance
OF steering a wise course between
sentimental softness regarding the
enemy and unreasoning hatred OF
them az beyond rehabilitation was
pointed out in discussing also Lord
Vansittarts new book. Lessons o..
Ny Life urging a program OF dis
cipline. justice and education.
Other important new books given
special attention we're "Crusading
for Pan Europe by Count Richard
Coudenhove- Kalergi the absorbing
story Of a lifelong effort on the part
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Life in Japanese Camp Told
by Dr., Mrs. George Wilder

Mrs. Leonard Menzi has returned
from q wonderful experience, meet
ing her parents, DR.. and Mrs.
George d. Wilder, at New York
when they landed from the repa-
triation steamer Gripshoim. which
brought home Americans who had
been marooned in China. The
Wilders. although Japanese prison
ers, were allowed TO stay at Pekin.
their home, until last March, when
they we're transferred to a prison
concentration camp near Shanghai
called Camp Weishien. This place
was in a terrible condition when
the prisoners were put there and
II took them two months to clean
up and make the place fairly good
to live in. They we're so successful
that the name OF the camp was
changed from a concentration camp
to the Model Community Camp"
The four days and three nights
packed in third class railway
car on the way to this camp was
the hardest experience the Wilders
had. In the camp all the work. In
Guiding cooking and cleaning. was
done by the prisoners under Japan
ese supervision. Some Of the older
people like the Wilders, were given
a badge with the letter P priv.
leged) to wear. which excused
them from the hardest work. DR..
Wilder spent his days sharpening
knives and his wife. after giving out
when cleaning vegetables eight
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Santa, Children to Haze Gay Time

Santa Claus and about 800 chill
dren are going to have a gay time
December 90 in the West Recrea-
ton Hall. Willow Run, when the
Edsel B. Ford Post OF the Amer
lean Legion stages a thousand dol
lar holiday party. Santa, to be sure
every child in the area gets there.
plans to go around himself in a
big bus and trailer to gather up
those who are too small to walk or
who. for any other reason, require
transportation.
For the little tots and school
children through the fifth grade
party is planned for 2:30 in the
afternoon. At I o'clock in the eve.
ming children from the sixth grade
through high school age. inclusive.
will be the guests. II will be a gay
occasion with motion picture COM
les and specially numbers fea-
tured.
There will be a huge Christmas
tree on the stage and Santa will
be there in person.
Each child. before he leaves,
will be given oranges. candy. pea
nuts and popcorn as an extra treat
Committee chairman is J. +. Yah
away and other members are NJ
Silverstone. Harry Brown. Eugene
Ceref. william Bowel. Orlia Della.
ney. Charles Graft. Tony Sloss NAL
colin B. Rogers. Miss Madge X.
Henthorne Lawrence Kettell Sher.
wood Schiebell Fred Bartell and
Mrs. Henry Ford II. Mrs. Ford will
represent the ladies' Auxiliary OF
the American Legion.
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Schools Close
Vacations

Pupils in Ypsilanti's schools and
colleges begin their two weeks
Christmas vacation today with all
schools with the exception OF st.
Johns Diminishing pupils. St.
Johns pupils are 10 begin their
vacation Dec %. The Michigan
Norma College. including Roose-
Welt and Lincoln High SCHOOLS
close this afternoon. ms will the
lpsilanti public schools. Cleary
College classes will end AT noon
Friday.
Monday, Jan. }. IL the date SEIZED
uled for classes to begin following
the holidays Cleary College class
es will begin Tuesday. January 4.
with registration OF students for
the new term scheduled for Mon
day
Children Of the Rackham School
dormitory are TO go to their homes
for the holidays. with the excep-
ton OF three children from north
ern Michigan, who will visit at the
homes OF college students
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Progress In Plans for PermAE-
ent Peace was the subject Of the
third lecture IN the University OF
Michigan extension series on "The
Sew Books and Plays" given by
Olive Deane HORNED Thursday eve
ming at Ypsilanti High School. The
series Is sponsored by the Ypsi-
lanu Teachers Club.
The fact that Wendell Wnlkie' s
"One World" published last April.
has been the fsstest-selling book o.
publishing history Is an indication
OF the vast popular interest in e.
fecting some kind Of international
machinery 10 establish lasting
peace. Miss HORNED pointed out.
The recent Moscow Pact and the
Connhly Act confirming 81 in the
United states Senate are mile
stones OF progress in the desired
direction. she continued. but they
are only statements OF policy. \
great deal OF study and effort Is
now needed 10 implement these
agreements and establish workable
machinery OF cooperation based
upon them. "T. s. Foreign Policy
BY Walter Lippman was recon.
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hours a day. was set at mending
for a group OF 400 The food was
scanty and poor but the quarters IN
a former Presbyterian mission com
pound dormitory were not bad.
They were allowed TO take beds
from Pekin, but had TO use their
suitcases for pillows and their
trunks for tables. The camp spirit
was excellent. all kinds OF Amer
leans and British fraternized hap.
PLY. They knew for some time thar
they we're to be repatriated. which
helped.
They sailed from Shanghai on a
Japanese ship, changed from that
TO the Gripsholm IN India with no
regrets" For instance on the JAP,
anese boat. all the women were
lodged on the upper deck and all
the men in the hold. except a few
older women allowed cabins. On
the Gripsholm all were lodged in
cabins and on the Swedish ship the
Red Cross fed them on vitamin tab
let's. chocolate bars and similar
nourishing food and gave them tee
water, so that they we're in much
better shape when they reached
New York than they were when
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See HOLIDAY-Page 5
Three Topics
For Meeting

Al a Conference on Child Care
at Foster School Thursday the
three main topics under discussion
were foster home care for children
under two. nursery school for chill
dren between the ages of two and
five, and extended school programs
for older children.
Those participating were DR..
Edna Noble White. director OF Mer-
rill-Palmer School, Detroit, Miss
Mary Sweeny, assistant director OF
Merrill-Palmer. Mrs. Irene Murphy
Detroit Council of Social Agencies.
Miss Mary Hester. Of the Family
and Children Services. Ann SArbor,
Mrs. c. ]. MacHale. from the Ann
Arbor Nursery schools, Russell
West. assistant superintendent OF
schools, Ann Arbor. Mrs. Esther
Duston. director OF the Family
Services Association, Ypsilanti.
Miss Inez Graves, also OF the Ypsi-
lanu Family Services Association.
Miss Roberta Hemingway. director
of child care in the Willow Run
area. Miss Dorothy Cline. project
services adylsor for the Willow Run
area. Spencer Gordon, executive
secretary of the Willow Run Con-
munity Council, Norman HOLDEN,
associate project services advisor
and Melvin B. Rogers, superintend.
ent of the Willow Run Schools.
Plans were made for a similar
meeting which will include others
interested in this work, some time
in January.
A feature OF the conference was
a tour OF federal housing projects