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Evening star., 1943-03-17
Four Cumerumen Were Killed
Filming RommeI Retreat

The dangers, difficulties and work
OF photographers during the desert
fighting in North Africa were de-
scrl5ed yesterday by 1t Col. David
Macdonald. commander Of the Brit
lSh Army Film and Photographic
, Unit which accompanied the 300
mile drive against Marshal Erwin
Rommels Afrika Korps across
Egypt and Libva.
Although his men carried side
arms into battle. they shot with a
camera first and used their guns onlv
as last resort. During the 80 days
Of the drive he lost four men killed.
seven wounded and six captured
from his unit of 40 photographers.
who used some 100000 feet Of film
to record the battle.
Col. Macdonald said the Stukas
were tough" and terrifying" and
that their attacks caused men to
fire on the planes with pistols or
any weapon handy.
Col. Macdonald told interviewers
in the Statler Hotel that the start
OF the barraee at Ell Alameln. which
opened the way for the long drive to
Tunisia, was so intense it was pos
sible to read by the light OF the gun
flashes. He added. it was one of the
most intense sieges of the North
African campaign.
1t was evident the Germans were
organizing for a final drive on
Alexandra and the vital spots Of
Egypt when Gems, Alexander and
Montgomery decided to strike. A
novelty Of the organization was that
the plan Of attack was passed along
to all the defending troops, he said,
and added. this bolstered morale to
high pitch
Col. Macdonald had high praise
for American equipment used during
Evening star., 1943-03-17

the campaign and particularly COM
mented on the value Of Gen. Grant
and Gen. Sherman tanks. Jeeps,
he declared, were the best desert
vehicles yet devised for utility work.
One Of the best weapons employed
by the fleeing Germans and italians
was the bobby trap which had
been ingeniously located to catch
the unWary. In some instances. the
colonel said, these land mines were
attached to dead soldiers so they
would explode when the burying de-
tails arrived.
Col. Macdonald came here last
week end to exhibit his Photographic
recordings at the White House. A
picture based on the filming OF the
long drive, called Desert Victory"
will be nationally distributed shortly
The original prints are in the Brit
ish Archives.
Evening star., 1943-03-17

to see iris arbutus and azaleas,
blossoms, shrubs and vines vaunt
their colorful beauty.
The sidewalk exhibition is being
staged with the cooperation Of the
Fifth Avenue Association, the Flor
lists Club, the Florists Telegraph
Delivery Association and the stores.
Grand Central Palace, where the
annual flower show has been held,
now is an Army induction center.
Evening star., 1943-03-17
Child, ;, Decided
To Speed Recovery
By the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
DENVER,-The physician gave g.
year-old Shirley Jean Widgerv a
sulfa capsule for her pneumonia: ::
1T will make you we'll quick"
Later she climbed to medicine
chest and swallowed nine of the
capsules.
Il took them all so I can get we'll
right now she told her mother.
Alter emergency treatment, l1ospi-
tai attendants said she'll recover
but not Quick
Evening star., 1943-03-17
War Foils to Holt
New York Flower Show
~ The Associated Press

NEW YORK, March IT. New
York Is going to have It's annual
flower show despite the war.
Beginning today and extending
through March q, New Workers will
have only TO stroll up and down in
front of Fifth avenue shop windows
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-09
Mount Clemens Rotarians
Send Toys to English Children

children who live near the base
where he, and many other
Yanks are stationed would have
merry Christmas anyway. For
weeks the soldiers planned care
fully: food, candy, and enter
tainment for wonderful chill
dren's party. But toys 80 then
Lieut.. White remembered the
Mount Clemens Rotary club.
The Rotarians responded en-
Enthusiastically to his appeal. They
collected from among their
membership sufficient funds 10
make up "a packs containing
from so to 100 toys! And chill
dren of some of the members
sent individual packages for
boys and girls their own age.
This week Paul, Jr., and Ardath
Mckee were among Mount
Clemens children who received
lNNACas VI llluIlhS II OIll ElS ldliNls
The letters expressed gratitude
and surprise for the toys which
were so welcome and appreciat-
ed. Lieut.. White has also noti-
fled Rotarians o. the arrival of
the big shipment which will de-
light many children from the
villages and towns near
base.
Rotarians are proud 10 back
up servicemen's thoughfulness.
They are glad to help make De-
cember Is a real holiday for
children less fortunate than
their own. Rotary member Har-
old Lindsey explains that they
are only doing their part TO COM
plement the big job our armed
forces are doing in war and in
peace.
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Veteran
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transferred 10 an Army hospital
n Australia where he remained
until September OF this year at
which time hc was brought back
home across the Pacific .n a hos
pital snip and accorded further
medical attention at California
and Texas military hospitals.
Greenfield attended 81 Louis
school in Mount Clemens prior
TO entering upon military serv-
ICE and had later been employed
by the Mon,gomery-Ward com
pary.
The wounded soldier was &C
corded the Order Of the Purple
Heart following the Buna cam
palEn and in addition, is EMIT
cd 20 wear the ribbons OF the
Army Good Conduct Medal
cific Theatres Of War, and that
Of the Pre- Pearl Harbor military
establishment.
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Juveniles
Continued from Page One

ed up, more than half of them
being accompanied by their par
ents.
The trouble was that day af-
ter day, windows were being
broken in the laundry. Finally
the names of several children
were obtained. Ahrens ques-
toned them.
Were there any grievances
with the laundry? No. We're
there any reasons for breaking
the windows? No. Why, then
were the windows broken? No
explanation.
Several children admitted
heaving stones at the laundry,
and many even admitted that
they broke windows, They all
confessed, however, that there
was no real motive behind il.
A little questioning by Ahrens
brought out the fact, though,
that the situation was tempt
ing The laundry, with its num-
erouS rows Of window paneS,
stood directly opposite a play
ground Between the play
ground and the building lay a
railroad track The tracks were
laid on a bed of gravel. The
boys in the playground, the gra-
vel on the tracks, and the rows
Of windows before them proved
an irresistible combination for
the Juveniles.
Without setting down their
names on any juvenile record,
AhrenS refereed the case. and di-
rected the boys 10 repay the
laundry for the damage with
money earned themselves. The
settlement would be between the
proprietor and the boys. The
proprietor was satisfied with
this arrangement. The parents
approved Of the handling Of the
case And the boys themselves
are happy, and decidedly re-
leVed.
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Pact
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OUr =
pledging each 10 feed and clothe
the millions oppressed by the
AXIS and, as Mr. Roosevelt put
il, 10 build for the future "a
world of decency and security
and peace "
Representatives OF the "A
countries will journey to At
lantic City, N. j., tomorrow for
discussions on policies and prac-
teal means of accomplishing
their stupendous relief task.
The sufferings of the little
men and women who have been
ground under the Axis heel"
the President told his distin-
guished audience and several
hundred official guests, can be
relieved only If we utilize the
production of all the world TO
balance the want of all the
world.
In UNRRA we have devised
mechanism, based on the pro-
cesses of true democracy, which
can go far toward accomplish
ment OF such an objective in the
days and months Of desperate
emergency which will follow the
overthrow of the Axis"
WORLD OBLIGATION
The President said that re-
sponsibility for alternating the
suffering and misery occasioned
by the German and Japanese
campaigns of plumber and de-
struction Must be assumed not
by any individual nation, but by
all the united and associated ma
tions acting together"
No one country" he added,
could - or should - attempt
TO bear the burden of meeting
the vast relief needs - either
in money or in supplies"
Describing as immediate and
urgent the work confronting
UNRRA. he said the organiza-
ton will have TO operate at first
in areas of food shortages be-
cause many of the most fertile
food regions of the world are
either under Axis domination or
"have been stripped by the prac-
tlse of the relationships TO make
themselves self sustaining on
other peoples lands"
additional regions he con-
tinued, will be blackened as the
German and Japanese forces in
their retreat scorch the earth be-
hind them"
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COlnan
Continued from Page One

being ordered dishonorably dis
charged, was sentenced to be
imprisoned for a period of 10
months)
The law referred to gives the
Secretary of War, in wartime,
the power to place on the "un-
limited retirement list any of
ficer found to oe unfit for duty.
A regular army officer thus
retired would be allowed re-
tirement pay, computed on a
basis OF 2 l-2 per cent Of the
active duty salary. at the time
of retirement, multiplied by the
number of years of his service.
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Tokyo
Continued from Page One

N'hNiib'h NUN dNt Out
ed the torpedo bombcrs sank a
medium and smaller carrier off
Bougaiuville. - commented En-
sign Theodore Berlin, skipper of
the PIT boat That was us. D."
China based American bomb
ers sank Japanese destroyer
and four other vessels in Annoy
Harbor, opposite Japan's For
moSa.
In the South Pacific. where
allied forces have sunk 40 Jap
anese Warships and at least as
many other craft IN the last
month, Australian hombers scor-
ed hits or near misses on two
deStroyerS and American air
men destroyed a corvette.
Other allied squadrons wiped
out 63 more Japanese planes, IN
Guiding between 35 and 43 IN
new raids on the stronghold of
Rabaul where 800 had already
been destroyed or damaged in
less than a month.
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Blood Bank
Continued from Page One

nurses: Mrs. James Felts, Mrs.
Norman Pearl, Mrs. Glen Wolfe.
Mrs. w F. Lundy and Mrs. Otis
Sites of Center Line, hostesseS
for the day; Mrs. Harry Broker
and Mrs Robert Venno of Center
Line, bleeding-room assistants;
Mrs. Harry Leech, Mrs James
Covert. Mrs. Dent Matkin and
Mrs. Myrl Seifferlein Of Mount
Clemens, Nurses Aides; Mrs.
Clifford Lewis. Motor Corps
county chairman, of st Clair
Shores: Mrs. Anne Curran. Mrs
Pat McEvoy, and Mrs Claude
Smith of Mount Clemens Motor
Corps. Mrs. Russell Isbister, Mrs.
Harry Moore. Mrs Ellsworth
Jenuwine, and Mrs Gerald
Schoenherr Of Center Line Mo-
tor Corps.
Mrs. Milon Grinnell, who was
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Trio
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Continued from Page One
board, eplained the errors by
pointing out that military Off
Gals had failed TO notify his Of
flee of the trio's enlistments.
Improperly listed, among the
% men named, were:
Harold A. McGregOr. of 1l416
Rivard street, Baseiine, who en-
tered the armed service Sept.
IL, 1912. and is still a soldier.
William ID. Neubarth, 1882
State Park street, Center Line.
who enlisted in the Army in
Nov, 1912.
End. Lieut.. George Cooper. of
2l045 Currie street, Van Dyke,
now on active service in the
Southwest Pacific Theatre of
War.
The present locations of sew
eral actual delinquents were re-
ported 10 Draft Board No fol-
lowing publication of the list.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-09
Believe, There is Gold
in Phoenix City Dump

PHOENIX. ARIZ, Nov O.
P0-J w. Bingham believes
there's gold in that City dump
so he's filed an application
with the smaller War Plants
Office for $4,000 e. finance a
power-shoNel excavation.
HIS faith in the Tucson, Ariz..
dump reaches back TO October.
1912 when the former prospec-
tor took out a lease for exclusive
digging rights. He's been assay
ing IL ever since.
Lead Zinc. Copper and even
Gold, he says. lie hidden there.
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cover there" American sol
diers realize that few Christmas
gifts will be available in busy,
rationed, wartime England.
And everywhere Christmas
and Santa means fun and toys.
For all children gifts are the
concrete symbol of good cheer.
And our soldiers remembered
their own peaceful Christmas
times.
So Lieut.. r b ert White,
A. A. F., formerly Of Mount
Clemens, decided that English
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Foot Suits
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Sunday evening, rushed into
uniform and TO the scene of the
potential disorders, Men from
Mount Clemens, ST Clair
Shores, East Detroit, RoSeville
and Fraser answered the call,
Capt Thomas said.
All Flying Squadron members
serve without pay as patriotic
war service. They were last
called out in force during the
Detroit race riots, at which time
they were held in reserve for
emergency service in the coun-
~ and, in some instances, patrol
led probable trouble spots"
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appointed chairman of the
workers luncheon by Mrs. Fran
els Ullrich, county Canteen
chairman was assisted by. Mrs.
Jack Feldman, Mrs. Byron
Stuck, Mrs Iris Lawrence, Miss
Cora Tucker. and Miss Rita
Stockdale Of Mount Clemens,
Canteen workers; and Mrs.
Charles Qualman, Mrs. Ray
mond Qualman, Mrs. Otto War
neke, Mrs Wensell Cook Mrs.
Bernard Kalahar. Mrs. James
TaSzreak, and Mrs. William
Grant Center Line Canteen
workers.
The Center Line Red Cross
unit. has been active since be-
fore Pearl Harbor, and has made
generous contributions of band
ages knitted goods and other
Red Cross activities. Its 20-odd
members represent a cross sec
ton Of nationalitleS and back
grounds. Their husbands are
factory workers, local mer-
chants, school teachers and
bankers. They are of various
religious and political faiths. but
all are pulling together" in the
American manner Most of the
women have sons or husbands in
the armed forces, and they have
committed themselves 10 vari-
Gus war activities.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-09
Parade Ia Mark
ArnniStice DaN

ClimsNing a parade. IN which
soldiers from Selfridge Field
will participate, Major James
Ramsey viii give an ArmiSticc
Day address Ia an open meet
Ing az the Cherry street USO az
approximately so on Nov II
Starting AZ $50 from North
Gratiot avenue tho parade viii
be led by The cguU and buglo
corps from The 44th Aviation
Squadron
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-09
Blasts Wreck
Rarilan Arsenal

METUCHEN, N. J.. Nov @
pa series Of explosions at
the Army Raritan Arsenal to-
day was reported at the plant
TO have destroyed two maya
zines without killing or injuring
any employees.
The explosions continued over
a period of possibly 80 minutes,
but there was no mobilization Of
outside police, fire or civilian
forces.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-09
Matomb Youth Guidance
Members Meet Tomorrow

The Nacomb County Youth
Guidance Committee viii hold
liS second meeting Wednesday
al 100 in the county building
With representatives from the
IS municipalities IN attendance,
Probate Judge Joseph V from
bly, Will preside as temporary
chairman.
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Ford
Continued LON PaEe One

Z 0ntinhcd from rage Nnt
Of acts Of provocatiou by the
management which have led %
three stoppaEcS u Cine last three
working days
The StoppaEeS occurred only
on the morning shift where g.
$50 production foundry workers
walked out protesting the com
paHe-s reluctance ga dismiss =
foreman trct charge had
struck a workman The COM
pan> said a',no-eL they report
ed for work AZ The ber ming OF
each DAY the workmcn stop
ped their machines and began
acts OK violence
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Austria
Continued from Page One

lers speech betrayed his worry
over the danger OF a collapse of
the home front and indicated
that even he was fighting the
November 1918 psychology.
A London NcWS-Chronicle dis
patch from Stockholm said ex-
perlenCed neutral and allied OBJ
servers IN the Swedish capital
gave Germany six TO nine
months before collapsing.
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Welsh

NAOAa
Continued from Page One
Welsh was known as good
natWcd big hearted friend and
as am .implacablc foe Anomo-
iouS among political leaders he
never was known 10 take
drink OF liquor but was equally
al home among toughs" and his
eruditc colleagues in the legis-
latIve halls Of the state capital.
An uutirlng worker Mr.. Welsh
slept little and worked long
hours alternating between his
once multitudinous official
duties .n ST Clair Shores and
the Utica Auscmcnt Park which
bears his name.
NAVY VETERAN
During World War One Welsh
served with honor in the United
State, Navy and has always been
deeply interested i'm veterans af-
fairs.
Coming TO st Clair Shores
shortly after the end of the war
Welsh won his first political
post IN 1920 when he was elect
ed 10 the office Of Lake Town
ship constable a post he held
continuously until his election
as a Justice Of the peace in 1887.
During his service as a law-en-
forcement officer during the
heyday of prohibition gangster-
ism, Welsh won reputation as
fearless, daring officer and
was credited with upSettlng the
plans Of many a Detroit hood
lum bent ON landing Illicit liq-
uor CargoeS on the ST. Clair
Shores waterfront.
As a justice Of the peace he
handled wide variety of cases
and continued in that capacity
during three terms as a member
of the ST Clair Shores Village
Commission.
TRIPLE POSITIONS
In 1899 Welsh was elected as
Macomb county representative
in the Michigan legislature and.
by virtue Of overlapping town
snip and village terms. for two
years held the triple elective
posts of legislator. village com
missioner and township Justice
of the peace Throughout his
service as a member of the vii
lase commission he likewise
served as municipal electrical
inspector.
Throughout virtually all Of
his life in St Clair Shores
Welsh Likewise operated a va
flfty Of concessions at Jefferson
Beach Amusement Park.
Although, since the war began.
Mr. Welsh had been EMPLOYED
in various metropolitan area war
plants, he had retained his in
tcreSt in politics and. as recently
as Oct. Is was candidate for
nomination 20 the ST. CLAIR
Shores Village Commission. He
was defeated by the exceedingly
narrow margin of five votes.
DEATH SUDDEN
Welsh's death came as a dis
tnct shock TO his many friends
and acquaintance and followed
by less than a half hour his visit
together with his wife and one
of his three sons. to a St. Clair
Shores nlght-club.
He was stricken with sud
den heart attack shortly after
the family had arrived at their
ST. Clair Shores residence, 243O0
jefferson avenue, at about |
o'clock Sunday morning. and
succumbed almost al once. Cor
oner Howard V. Groesbeck, Jr.
said.
Besides his wife, Jennie. Mr..
Welsh is survived by one daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Harvey, of
Lansing, and by three sons, JOS
eph Thomas and John. Two sis
ters, Mrs Walter Buxton, of
Louisville, Ky, and Mrs David
Gibbons, Of Dearborn, also sur
Vlve as do three brothers.
Frank, OF Detroit. and Joseph
and James, Of Louisville. One
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-09
John NunneIey
B. Of {. Leader
Six New Directors
Take Over Duties

John H. Nunneley, prominent
Mount Clemens attorney, today
served the Board of Commerce
as its president, succeeding Err
nest Copeland.
Nunneley was named presi-
dent by directors meeting last
night at the Board of Com
merce offices. A Macomb coun-
ty circuit court commissioner,
Nunneley has long been active
in the civic life of city and coun-
ty alike.
Francis Goodar was elected
vice-president and A. T. Hough-
ten was re- elected treasurer
while A. D. Brewer continues as
executive secretary.
Three men were elected to
fill vacancies on the board. They
are: Paul w. Mckee. Philip c..
Whiting and Harry Miller.
Other new directors recently
elected to three year terms are:
Robert I. Winslow, L. Stanley
Cady, THEODORE DeGroot, Goodar,
John Sierens and Otto Nickel.
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with q total Of 500 votes. Han
non received 449 votes to re-
place Clifton Burns, commits
sioner of public safety for the
past year who received 4O2
votes. Ivan Can't, fourth COM
mission candidate, received 1874.
Harmon, q resident of Rose.
vile for the last ID years, was
making his first bid for a COM
mission post. He is q retail sales
man of q furniture section for a
Detroit department store. He is
married. and is the father of five
sons and two daughters.
In winning his seventh pres
idential term, Harper defeated
Henry j. (Heinie) Welkenbach,
present safety commissioner.
Harper received SCI votes to
Welkenbach's 800. The latter,
however, will remain as COM
missioner for at least another
year.
Interest in the election lag
ged, with only 874 out Of 3 400
registered voters going to the
polls.
August Peters, village treasur-
Or, and William UT, clerk, were
unopposed for reelection, hey
received 767 and 752 votes, re-
Spectively.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-09
American Subs
Harass laps
Knox Says Foe
in Tough Spot

Secretary of the Navy Knox
declared today that Japan was
experiencing ever greater diff
Guilty in supplying her far-flung
network of island bases in the
Southwest Pacific and said "Our
submarine campaign continues
to be very successful.
Knox told newsmen in Wash
ington that Japanese shipping
losses raised "a most serious fac
tor" in Japan's military future.
Were growing stronger than
we have ever been in the Solo,
mons area" he added, and COM
mented that the Pacific situa-
ton generally was in a state OF
suspended animation.
Meanwhile, twin officia
warnings were sounded against
any tendency to discount Japan's
air strength in the wake of the
big Allied victory over Japanese
sea b orne reinforcements en-
route from New Britain to New
Guinea last week.
AIR POWER GROWS
"The Japanese air forces are
increasing in strength here, not
withstanding his past losses and
defeats" said spokesman at
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters in Australia.
ANY disparaging account of
his (the enemy's) air potential
is not only incorrect but danger
GUS"
At the same time, Australia's
Prime Minister John Curtin
stressed the need for more
bombing planes and declared
that last weeks destruction Of
a % : ship Japanese convoy in
the Bismarck Sea did not mean
that the Allies had established
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