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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-04
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED PRESS

Impartial Coveroes
OF All loeol News
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

Monday night. The German radio
announced that 19l persons were
killed and 268 wounded and neutral
sources said that hundreds, perhaps
thousands. of Berlin residents were
homeless.
Among buildings damaged in the
Berlin assault, a Berne dispatch
said, were the American and Brit
ish embassies. The German radio
claimed that five churches, three
large hospitals and many monu-
mental buildings" were destroyed.
ASKS POPE'S HELP
Blithely ignoring that Germany
introduced the technique of large
scale bombing of cities with her
assault on Warsaw in the early
DAYS of the war and then blasted
British cities with everything she
had. Foreign Minister Joachim Won
Ribbentrop was reported in a Zurich
dispatch to have urged the Vatican
to intervene with Britain and the
United States with view to a
truce" on attacks on open cities =
From Berne came report that
Germany and Italy already have
agreed in principle to such truce y
The Pope always has strongly con-
demncd the bombing of cities and
Swiss sources said it was possible
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
NOW WE HAVE
FOOD RATlONING

We should welcome food rationinG
which made its advent in full force last
Monday morning.
We say this advisedly and without any
Poly-anna sugar sweet coating.
All last week while Imperial Valleys
housewives (and sometimes huSbands)
were signing up for their War Ration
Book Two. there were no real Kicks and
whines. either from the public or from
the many hundreds of teachers and vol
unteers who worked long tedious hours
preparing the way.
Everybody was good sport.
Now. however we're into the real. SUI
per-seriouS business of figuring home
food budgets in three languages-vlta-
Minis and calories; dollars and cents;
coupons and points.
Certainly its mess of trouble and
confusion But think of the poor grocer
and his clerks and helpers Gf he still
has 'em). He's stuck with lot of non
sellabc stock; he must collect and count
and keep records and turn in all your
stamps Some grocers will be forced out
of business, but it's war.
It's our part in this war. We know
that as troublesome as 1t Is, that 1t Is
completely and absolutely necessary
Americans aren't going to kick against
things like this that are necessary and
that we are convinced are necessary. 1t 5
the unnecessary and avoidable and un-
reasonable things to which we object.
And even then our intent is only to help
remedy repairable situation or an un-
warranted condition.
Food rationing. is unquestinably essen
tial. It's a part of all-out war Nobody has
a right to kick at taking on their proper
obligations And chances are there Will
be hardly a chirp from anyone.
Remember. this is only the beginning.
Tougher times are yet to come.
Americans will take it in true sports
manhkc manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
EGGS, AND MEAT?
christian Science Monitor)

(ChrStlan Science MonltOr)
The Nth Division to some may signify
simply $4,000 or so troops. But to al
most as many mothers, wives, and sweet
hearts, Nth Division means Johnny, or
Bill, or Steve. For troops are individuals,
and comforting it is to their homefolk
to realize that the individual serviceman
is receiving consideration unequalled in
military history.
\ letter ON this page today from an
Air Force Captain offers a heart-warm-
ing example of the understanding and
thoughtful treatment being accorded men
in all branches of the armed services.
Careful weighing of qualifications as
signment in so far as possible to type of
service desired, educational opportuni-
ties the best in equipment and food. re-
creational and religious facilitieS-all at
test to a regard for personal welfare re-
markabla in wartime And while discip-
line is fully maintained incidents such
as that glcefully related by traneeS, of
snowfightS in which Sergeants good
naturedly have taken the brunt of de-
fenSiva action against army priVateS, re-
veal a wholesome camaraderie between
officers and men.
No mere military automatonS, but
cherished sons of a free nation are these
lads in our service.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

Seven thousand four hundred re-
norts of sabotage have been re-
ccived by tho Federal Bureau of In
vestigation between January l.
1e4O. and February /. l943-an aV-
eraee of a little less than l0 cases
day.
OF these 1900 reported cases. in
vestigation disclosed that 558 cases
we're definitely acts of sabotage.
The remaining 684S cases were false
alarms or natural industrial accl-
dents.
OF the 558 cases of actual Sabo-
tageC 424 convictions had been OBJ
tanned up to February l. The re-
naming 1874 cases are awaiting
trial or i'll the process of being
tried.
Only two of the cases of actual
sabotage were committed by
Axis sympaihizers. All the 9th
crS have American citizen prin-
cipals who committed their acts
of sabotage under strange in
fIucnceS of revenge or careless
ness, or were the results of nat
ural causes of industrial acci-
dents.
These amazing figures from FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover in the
first roundup of suspected Sabo-
tage activities of the war, reveal in
startling fashion the contrast be-
tween conditions today and in the
first World War.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
Nazis Announce
Rzhey Withdrawal

LONDON, Marcn 3. (UP-The
German high command announced
the evacuation of Rzhev, Axis
stronghold, 1870 miles west north
west of Moscow today and Allied
observers believed that the RCD
army now would roll German forces
back as far as Smolensk, 140 miles
to the southwest.
The communique was broadcast
by the official German news agency
DNB, which only few minutes
before had retracted an earlier
announcement of the evacuation
which had credited the official
DNB news agency.
The original announcement said
German rear guards who had held
The town the last few days olsen
gagcd themselves. unnoticed b. the
enemy. after blowing up the Volga
bridges last night
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
GL0RIFyING
YOURSELF
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Service Staff Writer

The MisSouri-b born StyliSt who
had a great deal to do with putting
bows in your hair, and who reg
ularly makes Fifth avenue sit up
and notice her imaginative coif-
fures. now turns her attention to
the facts of hair life in the factory,
and she warns:
Mind what goes on under those
heavy caps, other stiff gear. and
those familiar bandanas If you
don't want your lad in the service
to return and find you prematurely
gray. c, thin, haired and even BALD
spotted.
Hair must move and breathe
like The rest Of the body she says.
"or the scalp will become i'll. and
the hair will show injury
Hair savers for the factory
girls: use cotton net, fiShnet, cro-
chct, anything porous and light, for
yollr turban or SnoOd, and don
wear it too tight If you wear
uniform cap, shampoo the inside
band once a week with a sponge
squeezed through suds or cleaning
fluIu. Ammonia water makes a
good rinse for the band.
Never beWail the scarcity OF bob
by pins and metal curlers-if you
set your hair under your turban
or cap, try rag curls like Grandma
used to have. They're made with
strir... of old stockings or under
wear. and these never will cause
the hair to break.
II you haven't at least two good
brushes. get them now and every
night take one brush in each hand
and brush, alternately, hundred
strokes And if you see that your
hair falling out suddenly, or
more than usually did in peace
time, HE Off for a scalp treatment
by tho best expert in town.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

he was discussing the matter with
Archbishop Francis j. Spellman,
of New York, who is now visiting
the Vatican.
One of the principal problems in
arranging any truce would be the
defining of an open city-nork
mally city entirely without mill
tary detectives. Every railroad sta
ton, every factory turning out war
materials and every government
building could be considered mill
tary target.
MANY TONS OF BONES
Dispatches from neutral countries
as we'll as broadcaSts b. the Ger
man radio indicated that the 900
tons of bombs dropped on Berlin
Monday night wrought widespread
destruction, some of it in the CEN
ter of Berlin.
British fighters and fighter
bombers struck the last blow of the
aerial offensive against Europe be-
fore bad weather set in over the
continent last night. They attacked
railways and other targets in occu-
pied north France and Belgium,
damaging several locomotives, in
daylight yesterday. One plane was
lost.
While plane crews rested last
night, British and German long
range guns dueled across the Eng
lish channel for an hour and a
half. Terrific explosions shook the
English southeast coast as the Ger
man shells burst in the Dover area.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
WHAT ABOUT MILK,

While taking rationing III our stride,
we fail to see why the proper govern
mental agencies don't work to improve
such conditions as surround the mar
keting of eggs, the price Juggling of milk,
and the dearth of meat.
California has been short-rationed on
meat for a long time. The public didn't
kick at first because it felt the govern
ment would straighten out the matter In
a jiffy. But things get no better fast.
There's no excuse for this 1t isn't
necessary. 1t isn't helping the war eff
fort. It's pure bungling that withholds
sufficient meat from the people.
The same bungling applies to eggs.
Today, many egg producers in the valley
can't find markets. Something certainly
is wrong when eggs go begging for lack
of buyers. 1t indicates our distribution
system has been too much tampered with.
And the same applies to milk. Dairy
stock is being slaughtered because the
dairyman can't earn enough profit to
continue milking Distributors say they
haven't sufficient margin to continue han
ding at profit. Butter manufacturers
say they, too, are losing money because
costs are above, or equal to, ceiling prices.
That's no way to run country at war.
It indicates unintelligent governmental
controls right down the line.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
Reich Asks poPe's Help
70 End Mass Bombinqs

LONDON. March 3. tUPl-The
RAF rounded out a week of the
heaviest aerial offensive i'll history
last night with another attack on
western Germany as the Reich re-
rortedly sought the Vatican's aid to
halt the Allied bombardment of
Axis cities.
Three planes were lost in the
raid and in minc-laying operations,
the air ministry said.
Preliminary reports indicated that
last nights attack on western Ger
many was carried out in the face
of heavy weather and consequently
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

was on puch smaller scale than
the raids during the previous SIX
nights.
CASUALTIES LIGHT
The German radio said a "tew v
British planes bombed western Ger
many in bad visibility. Casualties
were light and damage "unimport-
ant, the broadcast said.
The Anglo-American aerial Of
fensive was keyed to pave the way
for an invasion.
Berlin itself was still smouldering
from the heaviest raid of the war
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
Service Men To
Get Entertainment

Men stationed at the Ell Centre
Marine Corps Air training station
will be entertained Thursday night
by vaudeville show presented by
an oil company.
The performers will include
Lloyd Simpson, Johnny OBrien,
Patricia Lynn, Gabby Redwood,
Phillisita, and Bert Easley. Two
performances Of the show will be
presented in the recreation hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

GEN. MacARTHUR'S II f I'D =
QUARTERS, Australia, March s.
UPl-Allicd Flying Fortresses and
Ijbcrators ioared through tropical
winds and rain today bounding the
remnants of a shattered 14-ship
japanese convoy IN the wide sea
area arottnd FinsChhafen, on the
northeast New Guinea coast.
The enemy vessels were believed
to be attempting to get into Lac,
on the Huon Gulf. one of the re-
naming Japanese bases in New
Guinea.
Allied planes caught the convoy
between New Britain island and
Lac yesterday, ripping it to pieces,
a headquarters communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
Reds Make New
Advances AIonq
Long South Front

MOSCOW, March 8 CUP)-
Rcd armies consolidated neWly-Won
positions deep in the German de-
tense zone below Lake linen to-
day and gained new ground in ad-
vances at four key points along the
"5O0-mile southern front.
"a Radio Moscow broadcast re-
viewing the Soviet drive north OF
Kursk reported the capture OF
zmievka, % miles south of Orel,
after a 10-mile advance from Ma
loarkhangelskl
The Soviet midday communique
announced that the Russians had
routed the Germans from two set
Elements west of Kursk, seized sew
Gral villages west of Kharkov, brok-
en- into enemy trenches before Ia
ganrog and driven the enemy clos
er to the Black Sea and Sea OF
AzoV in the northwest Caucasus.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

As far as lies within our power, we
must seek in the next peace treaty for
freedom and justice for all races and all
peoples And ! think we should take the
lead in encouraging such movements.
-Af NJ Iandon. =
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOIIOIOing edit
oriais are presented as interesting 0pin'
ions roiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the epinior ef
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
/. Should woman correct
servant before guests?
2. Should a wife help her hus-
band in telling story, supplying
dates and making corrections?
3. Should husband and wife
argue back and forth about who
is going to tell a story in a mo,
dear, you tell it" dialogue?
A. If you feel that the teller
ism doing justice TO a story you're
familiar with, should you inter
rupt and finish it for him?
s. Is it important that a ser
want always look neat?
What would you do if
You like the dress that wom-
an to whom you have just been
introduced is wearing
(aD Tell her so.
(bD Don't mention her dress, for
fear she will think you are
more Interested in her clothes
than in her conversation?
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

There is no point in talking of ideal
cities or of nation-planning to persons
who have no home, no fire and no break
fast You will not have a Europe or
China to reconstruct unless something
is done to save the children and youth
who are to be the human materlal.-Ruf-
US M. Jones. chairman, American Friends
Service Committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
RE GROUP FORCES

Marshal Semyon Timoshenko'S
northwestern forces, meantime,
were rc-grouping for renewed
push toward Staraya RuSSa after
liberating 900 square miles and 302
villages in an cight-day offensive
south of Lake linen.
The capture of the two settle
mentS west of Kursk followed a
swift Soviet attack that netted two
guns, more than 100 rifles and 9TH
er equipment as booty, the mid
day communiquc said. In another
sector, the SOvicts repulsed coun-
terattack, Wiping out 1G0 Germans.
Soviet troops killed more than
200 Officers and men in street fight
ing that resulted in the liberation
of the VILLAGES west of Kharkov
Two food and ammunition dumps
were captured.
The Tuesday midnight commit
niquc told of the capture of two
other towns between KharkOv and
the DneIper, one of them large
place that fell only after 400 Ger
mans had been KILLED or wounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

In view of the absence of second
front in Europe, the Red Army alone is
bearing the whole weight of the war.
Josef Stain.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

Give Us more fighters and good wealth
er and we can bomb at will and the Ger
mans will never lay hands on us.-Capt
William SouthWorth, son Of ST. Louis
Cardinals manager.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

We are building an armed force of
record size in record time, not because
somebody wants to, but because the facts
indicate clearly that we need it to do the
iob-Manpower Director Paul V. Nc
Mutt.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
WILL ALLIES BATTLE?
UNDER THE EAGLES WING
Sacramento Union)
After the victory, what?

After the victory, what?
The most burning postwar issue will be
the political arrangement made between
the big three or America, Britain and
Russia and whether it will be an arrange
ment which will stand a chance of keep
ing the peace for the next two or three
generations, or a tumble of mutual rival
ries and suspicious in which every ma
tons main objective will be to get ready
for the next war.
Obviously, when we finish off the Axis,
America. Britain and Russia will have,
among them, such prepOnderance of the
worlds military power that no concelv-
able aggressor could hope to plunge the
world into new war (at least not for
many, many years)-so long as the big
three stick together to maintain the
peace.
But the minute we drift apart and
abandon our common aim of preserving
the peace, then new intrigues leading
to new and bigger wars become possible.
And the minute the "big three" start
actively working against one another
then a new war becomes not only possible
but imminent.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
HUGE TRANSPORT HIT

In complete reports revealed that
a l0,O00-ton transport was hit by
five lO09-pounders and left burn
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

Better What Would YOU Do"
solution-CbJ. II is all right to
comment on the clothes of those
you know well, but not on those of
strangers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03
Allies Scatter
Japanese Convoy

ing and sinking, Wnlle an ooou-
tonner was hit amidships and broke
in two, sinking quickly. A 6000-
tonncr and another medium sized
vessel we're hit directly by bombs,
and several warShipS and cargo ves-
/ sells we're either hit or barely
missed.
Allied bombcrs and fighters shot
up 13 Japanese fighter planes, with
five definitely destroyed and the
others either destroyed or put out
of action.
The convoy consisted of three
cruisers. four dcStroyers, seven car
60 vessels and Transports an Army
spokesman said.
DID MOST DAMAGE
The first wave of FordesSes IN
Tuesday did the most damage.
meeting between four and II Jap
anese interceptors and putting
three out of action, and bombing
the convoy
A few minutes later another wave
of Fortresses scored a ncar-niSs
on a Japanese light cruiser, bat
tied IL japanese fighter planes.
and attacked a group of dcstroyerS
found clustered around 500O-ton
cargo ship-posSibly engaged IN
rescue work.
third wave of FortrCSSeS and
B-%4 LiberatOrs continued to ham
mer the enemy ships as they scat
tered.
COVER ATTACK
Throughout the attacks, Il P-38
LightningS covered the Allicd
bombers. They met three japanese
Zeros on their way to the target
area and knocked down two, and
were constantly engaged in COM
bats. One Allied bomber was re-
ported overdue.
Fifteen japanese fighters attack
ed one of the airdromes at Port
Darwin on Tuesday, inflicting slight
damage. Allied fighters intercept
ed and shot down six of the raid
ers. with no losses to themselves.
A B-24, flying alone over the is
land chain between Java and Timor
in the Dutch East Indies on Mon
day, bombed an airdrome near
Bima on SocmbaWa island, while
another Liberator on Tuesday sank
medium sized japanese munitiOn
ship near Brown island in Wide
Bay on the south coast of New
Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-03

E1The land of freedom -. it's her land your
land Where honor comes in the pursuits of
peace Where boys and girls may lift their heads
up to the stars. Your money, invested in War
Bonds, will keep the bell of freedom ringing
- and keep the stardust in their eyes!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-06
MARCH OF EVENTS
BY BENJAMIN DE CASSERES

4 BOOK for you-to be read
n now. 1t is the greatest,
the clearcSt written, the most
challenging, the most thor
oughIy Yankee Doodle Amerl-
can book written in these days
"A book that IS worth all the
long-winded tones on "econom-
les, postwar plans home
front blucprlntS and bilge OF
that kind which are gushing
from the publishers presses. 1t
is Challenge 10 Freedom, by
Or. Henry NJ WrlSton, preSl-
dent Of Brow University
lHarper)
Not TO keep YOU in the dark
any longer as TO the epIgram-
matte. the dynamic quality OF
Or. WriSton' AmerlCaniSm |
give here some of his sentences
to me the best definitions OF
what the United States should
stand for that | have read IN
long time:
Root out of American life
every manifestation of the re-
treat from reason" Revive
faith in the individual a To the
kew 10 all values" Neither
i'm Scripture nor in the writings
Of any great political thinker Is
il written that society or the
state has divine attributes"
Accept boldly the dangerous
doctrine of freedom and repcl
every suggestion that safety il
more important" "Stop the
coddling of youth; open to them
avenues of opportunity for eN-
pericnCc and adventure"
Let the government govern,
hut not manage" Bureau
Cracy is waste. II bankrupted
the Eighteenth Century, IL can
bank rupt the Twentieth.
Bureaucracy is non-prOductiNe.'
GTEHE four freedoms will not
A reach to the ends of the
earth. They viii start shrink
ing faster and faster at home"
bureaucracy il stark re-
action. Not all the cascades of
beautiful words about new So
cial goals, bold social engineer
ing security from cradle In
grave can wash away that in
pradicaI fact " "Thprp IL an
acid, an infalIible test of "A re-
dictionary. He il the man who
plans to return the citizen living
under Self-discipline. freedom
and free initiative TO the au-
thOrity of experts at n distance.
to the regimentatiOnS Of the
planner, TO the grip of the
state"
As Woodrow Wilson said,
the best form Of efficiency Is
the spontaneous cooperation Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-06
First Casualty of War

IT HIS may be just another periodical berat-
/ ing of the public for being foolish enough
to react normally to official announcements
issued under carefully calculated and theatre
cal circumstances designed to produce the
most mcodramatic effect
There me- be no intention Of pursuing the
policy now that the third loan drive is over,
but ON the other hand it would not be bad
idea for the Congress to find out why the
original condition existed and whether the
proposed reform is real or gesture.
Mr.. Davis might explain who is responsible
for creating the illusion that the war in the
Pacific Is a minor contest which Will be de-
cidcd by few master strokes when our
leaders get around TO dealing with it.
The santing Of news Of the war in the
Pacific does not indicate optimsm-it indi-
Gates a stubborn ignorance which is radiated
from Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-06
Realism Needed i'm CruSaalinS

cent airfeds, airdromcs depots and transfer
stations which have been constructed at the
cost of hundreds of millions of dollars of
American money in Africa and elsewhere.
The United States does not own one of
these establishments, il has no lease on any
Of them and il will not even have right to
USE THEM after the war is over, when we
face competition for air commerce.
The mere recitation Of the facts on the
subject Of oil and air lanes alone is enough
to arouse a feeling of indignation and a fear
lest now that the American army, navy ard
air corps are crusadng all over the world in
defense of freedom and democracy, some of
our less romantic and more hard-headed and
far-sceing associates are keeping their feet
on the ground while our heads are in the
clouds.
1t would be idle and fruitless at this time
to indulge in speculation as to what we are
going to get back out of the billions we have
poured out in lcnd-lease, not only TO bclliger-
ents, but 10 neutrals
1t is not too late. however to put the
whole matter on a realistic basis and 10 make
known that We do not intend that our gener-
Gus contributions during war shall be
utilized to lay the foundation TO destroy us IN
economic competition after the war is over.