davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-09-12

source. When men in the top age brack-
ct were being called, the rejection rate
rose above so per cent.
A large number OF the men in this
age group, furthermore, are now in es-
sential work. The armed forces released
nearly 100000 of its senior citizens on
the stipulation that they be employed
in war supporting activities or face a
return to service.
Lowering Physical Standards
Mr.. McNutt and Gen. Hershey say
they they have pleaded with the Army
and Navy to lower their physical stand
ards. Actually, these standards have
zone up and down When the draft OF
Evening star., 1943-09-12

and dishes than any man in the United
States
The employees stared indifferently at
the inspector as he demonstrated the
proper procedure.
Evening star., 1943-09-12

Suggested improvements
The floor of the toilet was dirty and
the room was in need Of a paint Job.
The inspector examined the kitchen re-
frigerator and found that the meats
were damp because Of improper refri-
geration.
Evening star., 1943-09-12
is dangerous

on swab stick, different swab used
for each type of utensil. Next the cot
ton is placed into test tubes filled with
sterile water. The tube is quickly sealed
and placed back into the kit, where it
remains until opened by bacteriologists
In the laboratory in the Municipal Cen
ter Building who determine the bacteria
count.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
MIGHT STATE WILL FACE STRIKERS
Power And Gas WalkOut Threat COnfrOnts 10 Cities

which were held behind closed
doors.
Gov. Harry F. Kelly. who had
abjured the union men to stay
on the job. was on record with
the statement that he would
call on the full resources OF
the state" TO keep the power and
gas supplies at normal.
A strike would affect 10 Mich
igan cities, including such mum
icipalites as Flint, Jackson. Sag
NAV, Bay City and Lansing. All
are heavily engaged in producing
for the war. Detroit would not
be affected since it does not get
service from Consumers Power
The dispute conferred on the
extent of application Of the un-
ion dues check off. Union heads
charged the company had re-
fused TO recognize what they
called q union shop clause" in
q contract and that the check-ofi
had not been fully extended.
The company claimed the
union misintrepreted the con
tract in respect to non-unior
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Salvaged Tin
EnrOute to
Aid in War

Three railroad gondola cars,
loaded with 101,055 pounds of
scrap tin, left the yards of Har-
ry Levine and Son Thursday for
Neville Island, Pa, climaxing
the past weeks collecting of tin
in Macomb county.
With North Macomb county
still to be heard from, the city
of Mount Clemens led the COM
munities in contributions for
the last shipment, donating a to-
tai of 44,770 pounds.
Other communities and the
amounts lin pounds) follow:
East Detroit, 1880; Center
Line, 1925; st. Clair Shores,
1880; Village of Warren, 300;
Warren township, 11,O10. and
Roseville, 1880.
Utica's return arrived in the
city too latc TO be included in
the shipment, but totals about
1000 pounds.
Selfridge Field was the, big
gest contributor in the Mount
Clemens sector, donating a total
Of 14,730 pounds. The Cadillac
Can Company was next with H.
ooo pounds. Other contributors
were the schools. 8,144 pounds,
and storage in the old Water
Works. $500 pounds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Retail Stores
FACE Critical
HeIp.5hortage
Housewives Urged to
oister Sossins
Work-P

An acute shortage of retail
clerks, cafe mattresses and laun-
dry help today confronts Mount
Clemens businessmen and the
general public with grave
wartime crisis. survey con-
Quoted by the Monitor-Leader
reveals.
Al variety of reasons, business
meni say, account for their in
ability to secure help. They
cite, among other things, the
reluctance of many housewives
to enter private employment
when their>%husbands have good
incomes; the lack of awareness
of the threat TO normal retail
operations if they do not COOP
crate; the great turnover in
available help; and the prompt
service which most war-busy
customers expect.
Deeply concerned over the
situation some businessmen
went so far as to predict a pos
sible break-do in the city's
retail structure if women, pref
See RETAIL HELP-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Prefer Death
TO Captivity
Women on Torpedoed Liner
Dare Shark Infested Sea =.

vessel carrying 241 passengers
including many women and
children, was hit by a torpedo
she began to sink Immediately,
said survivors who were picked
up by an American oil tanker.
WOMEN PROTEST
The submarine surfaced and
an officer. shouting through a
megaphone, offered to save the
women but warned they would
be held as prisoners. At once a
cry of protest went up from the
women.
Dozens of panic stricken pas
sengers were said to have
jumped into the water. where
many Of them died. The ship
sank within Is minus with
some of the passengers appar-
emily still aboard.
A reliable informant said 1913
persons, including many women
and children, had been listed as
missing.
One of the survivors. DR..
Senhora Sudesia Vieira, told a
vivid story of the sinking from a
hospital bed where she is re-
covering from a severe scalp
wound.
Il was in my stateroom when
l felt the ship shake as the tor
pedo struck" she said. The
fastest way out seemed to be
See VICTIMS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Beet Growers
Meet Monday
$50 to 200
Expected in City

Mount Clemens will be the
Mecca Monday for some $50 to
200 sugar beet growers repre-
senting seven counties of South
eastern Michigan at the annual
meeting of the Mount Clemens
Sugar Beet Growers Association
consisting of producers of sugar
beets destined to the local plant
of the Franklin County Sugar
company to be held beginning
at 1890 am. in Barre, Hall.
According to Chase Kearl,
manager of the local sugar fac
tory, the meeting will be the
kick off for one of the best sea-
sons, potentially, that the local
industry has had. Kearl bases
his prediction upo the fact that
an extensive program of i'm
provements at the loo ii plant
and at the various loading sta
See GROWERS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Roosevelt
Would Avoid
Labor Draft

WASHINGTON. March 10 -
(P)- President Roosevelt told i
press conference today he want
ed to avoid national serviCe leg
islation just as long as he pos
sibly could.
No decision has been reached
on the question of drafting OF
workers for war industries, Mr..
Roosevelt said, and he added
that il might be unnecessary to
have il, or that eventually II
would have TO be put into eff
feet.
Questioned as TO why he
wanted to avoid such legisla-
ton, he said he thought it would
create a lot more machinery,
make things a lot more compli-
Gated in a lot of ways, and peo-
pie would complain of regimen
'tation.
Of course, he remarked, you
can't win a war without regi-
mentation.
A special committee headed
by Economic Director James F.
Byrnes has been studying all an
giles of the manpower problem
and submitted a report to the
President. Asked about some OF
the general conclusions and find
ings of fact in the report, Mr..
Roosevelt said there weren't
any. He said there had been va
rious memoranda submitted on
various thinQA
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Tokyo Preditfs
j. :. Offensive
in The Pacific
MoeArthur's Bombers
Louneh Violent
Aerial Onslaught
~ The Associated Press


A Tokyo broadcast declared
today that the United States was
preparing to launch out in a
counter offensive in the Pacific"
even as Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thurs headquarters reported the
greatest allied aerial sweep ever
undertaken in the south sea bat
tie theater.
AT this very moment" the
Tokyo radio said, America, re-
CARELESS of the serious blows
dealt her, is planning to carry
out her warfare in the air and
on the sea in counter-of-
fensive against Nippon"
An allied communique said
United Nations airmen, virtually
spread-eagling Japan's ring of
island bases above Australia, at
tackled IA enemy strongholds and
In one of the heaviest assault
dropped 38 tonc of bombs on the
japanese camp at Madang, New
Guinea.
Allied bombers ranged across
a 2,000-mile arc from Timor in
the East Indies to New Ireland
in the Bismarck Sea, blasting
airdromes, enemy-o C Gu p e d
towns, shipping and other targ-
cts.
On the Burma front, British
See PACIFIC-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Red Gross War
Fund Campaign
Nears Goal Herr

Mount Clemens lacked only
S420 today to meet its quota n
the Red Cross War Fund
Campaign. To date, $1,000 at the
$500 quota has been reported
raised.
With q total Of IS workers
still unheard from, Mrs. Paul
w. Mckee, Mount Clemens 81
wage chairman, announced todnv
that any person wishing % -
nate, and has not been contact
ed, may do 50 by calling q ~
Red Cross chapter headQuartoga
100 Cass, or telephonino uOl1ne
Clemens 1854 or $50.
Terming Il - privilege - -
. membership h thio G1l99
tion," Mts. Mckee urn )
those not contsctoo e.
their contributione ~
lay. The drive win 9
81. $500 a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Plunge Ahead
in Pursuit Of
Foe in Tunisia
Goin u Miles
More o. Rood 70
Key Base at Gobss
BY EDWARD KENNEDY

ALLIED HEADQUART E r 8
IN NORTH AFRICA, March 10
--(P,-United S a ties troops
have occupied Ell Guetar, II
miles Southeast of Casa on the
road to Gabes, in q pursuit
maintained despite torrential
rains and flood conditions, IL
was announced today.
Forward elements from the
command of Lieut.. Gen. George
S. Patton, Jr., entered the town
after its abandonment by the
enemy, a communique said.
The communique said the
British Eighth Army continued
normal patrol activity which re-
suited in slight local adjust.
ments in the Mareth Line zone
while Allied forces withdrew
slightly on the Northern Tunis-
ian front in the Tamera area
west of Sedjenane.
United States armored patrols
thrust on from recaptured CAT
sa toward the gulf Of Gabes by
two roads to squeeze the CORR.
dor between the forces Of Mar.
shall Erwin Rommel and Col.
Gen. Jurgen Won Arnim.
The communique said Fl Cue
tar had been evacuated by the
enemy before the arrival Of the
Allied vanguards. The Mareth
Line Observation-Disclosures nature
not officially announced -also
we're said to have been made
with little interference by the
enemy"
Bad weather curtailed aerial
operations on the Northern
front, but fighters and bombers
attacked Axis-occupied build
ings and started a fire, the bull
letin reported.
1.-THE western desert air force
continued bombing attacks On
the Mareth position" 1t was an
nounced. None of our aircraft
is missing"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
NOgues Agrees

LONDON, March 19 -(R)-
day that Gen. Auguste Nogues,
The Morocco Radio reported to-
governor of French Morocco,
had sent a telegram to Gen.
Henri Giraud stressing the i'm
portance Of Giraud's statement
Sunday on the future of France
and the union of the French en-
pire in q Republican frame.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Relax CurlDS

LANSING, March 10 -(P-
Governor Kelly announced "a.
day the Federal Social Security
Board has approved q rulins
that Michigan recipients Of old
age assistance, aid to dependent
chiIdrea and AID - TIE hlinA.
may earn amounts ~ - ga. Sc
q meAsh With re6ueelsaD C tAeir
grants, and that the sta1o q q
discreetoa may sanctloo luPRuP
earnings - meet special nse6a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Detroit Youth
Is quitted
Not Guilty is
Jurys Verdict

Alex Typ, "a, of 1881 Cody
avenue, Detroit, walked out Of
Macomb county circuit court
yesterday morning cleared of a
charge of attempted criminal as
sault upon a 20-year-old Detroit
girl sometime between 8 p. m.
of January 8 and 8 a. m. of jan
uary 8 on ElmWood avenue in
Warren township after jury of
eight women and four men had
deliberated from Wednesday at
1870 p. m. until 430 p. m, then
were sent home, to return to
court to deliberate until 11:l5
a. m. when they returned a YER
dict of not guilty in the case.
Plaintiffs testimony was that
the man made a telephone ap-
pointment to meet her to give
her an important message, took
her to the Goth Century bar aft
See CLEARED-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
PUPILS Purchase $1,4w
lin War Bonds, Stamps

A total of S1,499.05 in War
Bonds and Stamps were pur-
chased by Mount Clemens public
school pupils during the past
week. Superintendent l.. Wade
Fast announced today.
Schools and the amounts pur-
chased.
Clemens, $12.85: Dickinson,
$124.8S: Donaldson. $136.65l
Grant, $3.50; Lincoln, S106. 80;
Macomb. SHEETS: w son,
S126.30. and High SC h o !,
$835.05.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, March Ia
-(Delayed)- up The tragic
story of how scores Of women
risked death on a sinking Bra
lillian ship in shark-infested
waters of the South Atlantic
rather than face capture by
Axis seamen was related today
by survivors of the Alfonso
Penna. sunk by submarine off
the east coast of Brazil on
March 2.
After the ship, 3,540-ton
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Naples Bombed

CAIRO, March - - R -
Liberat0r bombers of the Ninth
United States Air Force attack
ed Naples twice yesterday, once
during daylight and again after
darkness fell, an American
c0mmunique announced today.
Results of both attacks were
unObserved due to solid cloud
cover over the target" the war
bulletin said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Capt. Leonard
Says Michigan
Will be Bombed

JACKSON, Mich, March 10
(P) - Predicting that Michigan
will be bombed. Capt. Donald S.
Leonard, administrator of the
State Defense Council, yesterday
warned women attending the
forty-ninth annual meeting of
the Michigan Federation of
Women's Clubs here that Amer
leans are ito complacent."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Bar Association Meets
Saturday al Noon

There will be a special meet
ing of the Macomb County Bar
Association at the Medea Hotel
Saturday noon. association heads
announced today. Circuit Judge
Neil E. Reid. candidate for the
Michigan Supreme NGaurt,. will
be present at the me eAng. All
attorneys are urged to be pres
ent.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Travel Issue

WASHINGTON, March 10 -
(P)- Government and labor
quarters saw a strong possibil-
Ivy today that the miners wage
case would be fought finally and
perhaps decided on the basis of
the underground "travel time"
issue, with q Federal Appeals
Court decision just handed
down bolstering John l.. Lewis
position.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
NQzis Batter
at Soviet
Hitler HurIs Fresh Air
Forces into Grim Drive

land are perhaps as furious as
anything they have attempted in
Russia since they tried to take
Stalingrad and Voronozh.
New gains in the drive for
Smolensk were reported, with a
Red Army column smashing
westward along the wanna
Smolensk railway to seize more
towns west of Izdeshkovo, Is
miles west of wanna, capture
of which was announced last
night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

workers, pointing out that 1000
of the 2,400 voting employees
had voted against the UWOC in
last falls National Labor board S
election. Applying the check off
to workers who opposed the un-
ion would be unfair" the COM
pany said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
0NRUSH|NG YANkS OCCUPY FL GUETAR
late X X X
bulletins


LONDON, March 10 - up -
United States Air Force bomb.
ers hit hard ut the heart Of Ger
many's U-boat strength again
wit. . two. hour attack yss:er.
day on vegesack, Is miles north.
west Of Bremen, their fourth
foray In force on Germany
proper.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

LANSING, March 10 Up
GoernOr Kelly accepted desig.
nation Thursday as honorary
chairman of an effort to place
the raising of war relief funds
in Michigan on a state wide ba-
sis
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

at 2 a. m. eastern Wartime) to-
day, Richard E. Harris, Federal
Labor conciliator, reported little
progress had been made in the
attempt to adjust differences ov-
er contract interpretations.
Army and Navy representa-
tives attended the negotiations,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

DETROIT, March 19-(R-
For a second time within four
months, many of Michigan's war
plants and some 1000, 900 inhab-
itants faced a possible power and
gas crisis today because of q
threatened utility wor k r S
strike.
Negotiators, however, arrang-
ed to resume their conferences
(9:30 a. m. EWT) after having
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
Rule i'm Tragedy

LONDON, March 10 - R -
A coroner's jury returned a ver-
dict of accidental death today in
a subway shelter disaster during
an air alert March 3 in which
173 persons were killed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

In the district of Chuguev
fierce battles continued" the
Soviet noon communique de-
clared. THE enemy brought up
fresh forces of infantry and
tanks in attacks on our posi-
tons.
THE fighters of * unit re-
pulsed the attacks of the Hitler
ties, damaged five tanks and
killed up to 400 German Sold
iers and officers.
"As a result of the battles In
only one sector were enemy
tanks able slightly to press back
our attachments"
Russian filters, howe yer,
smashed at German transport,
the communique said, destroy
ing or damaging about 100
trucks hauling men and sup
plies.
This furnished an indication
here that the Germans were de-
pending in this sector on high
way travel rather than by rail,
although west of Kharkov they
are supposed to have railroads
in operation.
The dispatches did not say
how heavy the German REIN
forcements were, but the Nazis'
continued assaults on the Rus
sian line from the air and on
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

Laundry Satisfaction, Cash
and carry. Normington ut Mod
ern Electric, 10 N. Gratiot. Adv.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

spent ten hours in vain at
tempts to settle the dispute be-
tween the Consumers Power
company and the CLOS Utility
Workers organizing committee.
When the conferees broke UP
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19

LANSING, March 10 - up
- Governor Kelly conferred
today with military and state
police officials declaring the
group was prepared to meet
any eventually Of the day" in
. threatened paralyzing strike
by employees Of the Consumers
Power Company.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
BY EDDY GILMORE

MOSCOW, March 10 - up -
Dispatches from the front today
said the Germans had thrown
new air units, motorized infan-
try outfits and tank detach-
ments into the battle for mastery
of the Upper Donets River Is
miles east of Kharkov, and that
the tremendous pressure of the
new forces in the last few hours
had caused the Russian line to
yield slightly in the Chuguev
sector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
Joan Fontaine to Get
One of First Glimpses
OF Brothers Artistry
HOLLYWOOD


Joan Fontaine will be one of the
first spectators of demonstrations
OF Britain's new fighting plane
which has been built by members
Of her own family, and she has been
chosen to film its first trials.
Back in Hollywood to prepare for
her role in Jane Eyre" at goth
Century Fox, Joan is entertaining
IN her home her English cousin.
FN9ht 1t, Godfrey de Havilsnd of
the Raj, who is in this country
with the new MOSQUITO fighter plane
designed and built by his father,
Capt. Geofrev de Havi,and. It is
this family which built some Of the
first fighting planes of World War I
Together with her husband, Brian
Aherne, and her sister, Olivia de
Haviland, Joan will not only witness
the trial performances of this new
fighter, but will also help to film
l6-millimeter pictures of it in action
for Godfrey to take back to England
with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
Actors Nazi Garb
Wasn't Well Received
HOLLYWOOD

1t may be true. as recently carried
In news dispatches. that some Brit
ish agents in London dressed up as
Nazi soldiers and went about the
streets for hours unchallcnged. But
Sir Cedric Hardwicke has reason to
doubt it.
Sir Cedric, respondent in a Nazi
uniform for his role as the ruthless
Col. Lanser in John Steinbeck's The
Moon Is Down" got the heckling of
his life the other day as he drove
innocently howeward from goth
Century-Fox location at Brent's
Crags. He was rudely snapped out
OF his reverie as he stopped on
Sepulveda boulevard for a signal
light. A woman standing on the
corner leaped on his running board
and reached for the steering wheel.
Hey, you dirty German" she
shouted, you stay right here while
call cop'
This 7ll seemed a little fantastic
70 Sir Cedric, but he quickly realized
he couldn't blame the woman. He
explained matters to her and snlil-
ingly showed his social security card
By that time crowd was collecting,
and Si1 Cedric had to make a little
speech.
Then he changed his Nazi cap for
a fedora hat, put on tweed top
coat he had in the car and drove
that way to the studio. But he is
still wondering how those British
agents got away with It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
$4,000 Supply Items,
And the Prop Man
Misplaced Not One
HOLLYWOOD,

dOGL1 WOOD.
Because he figures that up" in the
motion picture business is too often
synonymous with out George
Sweeney is a prop man at Warner
Bros. He's been prop man, and a
good one, since the days when Cor
rine Griffith was a star.
George could have gone up" many
times. But" he says, II might have
gone out, too 1 like it better this
way. I eat regular"
1T the moment Sweeney is prop
ping on Devotion" an elaoora tie
costume picture that tells the story
OF the Bronte sisters. 1t is a COM
para tively soft and comfortable Job.
AT least Sweeney confesses. its a
lot different from Air Force"
1t should be. Air Force" the
story OF Boeing BITE Flying Fort
ress and its crew, was a real job for a
real prop. man. George was re-
sponsible for everything from the
Mary Ann'-the Fortress-to the
ammunition he passed out to 1000
or so extras every day during that
six weeks Of location in Florida.
Biggest problem, however, wasn't
the huge Flying Fortress. It was
water. Sweeney provided 900 gallons
and 1,750 paper cups-each day.
1T was he says tersely, hot"
Hot or not, the jaunt was a tri-
umph from a prop mans point of
view. Sweeney didn't lose one of
the more than $4,000 separate items
he carried along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
Nothing for Rogers
Now but Specials
Whatever That Means
HOLLYWOOD


The tremendous popularity surge
OF the King of the Cowboys" Roy
Rogers, both in the United States
and England has been so we'll indi-
Gated in box office returns that Re-
public has decided to make no more
regular series Westerns with Roy.
Instead the studio will produce all
forthcoming Rogers films as sne-
Gals which will be given careful
specialization in production and ex-
ploitation.
Originally Republic announced
two specials and six regular West
erns for Roy's 1928 schedule.
However. his record breaking rodeo
tour in New York. Boston and Buff
falo; the success of the first Rogers
special, Heart of the Golden West:
his invitation to the White House
for the Presidents Birthday Ball
and his invitation to play more
than a dozen Army camps in the
Southwest (Which he is doing during
the month of February these
led to the decision on the special
handling Of all Roy's pictures.