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Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19

All OlllCldl DulleIln issued ldLe
this afternoon by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthurs headquarters said the
whole three-mile- peninsula was
"in our hands"
1t also disclosed that Australian
forces had crossed the Sanga river
on New Guineas Huon peninsula
some 80 miles southwest of Arawe
and were engaging the Japanese on
the north bank after capturing LAX
ona, Is miles north of Finschhafen.
HEAD FOR NORTH COAST.
Brigadier General Julian w. Cum
ningham's Sixth army incursions
into the jungle above the Arawe
peninsula were believed to presage
a drive to the north coast of New
Britain in an attempt to cut one
of the few remaining supply lines
to the key japanese base of Rabaul.
The main invasion forces, after
clearing out troublesome snipers on
AraWe peninsula, quickly threw up
Notifications and dug trenches and
gun emplacements against any ene-
my counterattack.
Patrols famed out over net
work of native trains, the most i'm
portant of which runs 40 miles
across the rugged backbone of New
Britain to Rein bay, one of the
main s-shipment points on the
barge line from New Guinea to Ra-
baul, some $50 miles northeast of
the Arawe beachhead.
PLANES DO PART
Lightning and Thunderbolt fight
ers provided a protective cover over
the invasion army and beat off
spasmodic japanese air attacks de-
signed to disrupt preparations for
an advance. Nine japanese bombers
and five fighters were shot down
and three Others probably destroyed
without American loss Thursday
the second day of the invasion.
Striking at the source of the
Japanese raids, escorted American
heavy bombers dropped 232 TONS of
explosives on Cape Gloucester air.
drome, so miles northwest of Arawe.
in two attacks, while patrol fighters
and attack planes destroyed or
damaged seven Japanese supply
harges off the New Britain coast
General Douglas MacArthur's
communique devoted only one sem
tence to land operations on New
Britain.
Territory won in our landing
operations was being consolidated
by our ground forces"
AUSSIES PUSH DRIVE
Some 80 miles southwest across
Dampier and Vitiaz straits from
Arawe, Australian forces neared
the end of the first phase of their
push up the coast of New Guineai
Huon peninsula with the occupation
of Lakona, Is miles above Finsch-
hafen and Az miles northwest of
Bonga.
Occupation of Lakona secured the
western gatepost of Vitiaz strait
even as the capture of Arawe
threatened it from the east. The
Australians, aided by Matilda tanks,
! drove the enemy into the Sanga
river above Lakona, killing scores
with artillery and machine-gun
fire.
The Australians were expected to
push across the Sangra river and
drive on another mile to the Mas
aweng river, a natural defense line,
before pausing to consolidate their
gains and re-group.
MacArthur's air forces, meantime,
made two round trips of 2,400 TO
$500 miles to hit Balikpapan, Bor-
neo oil port, and the town area
and Julian wharf at Macassar on
the southern peninsula of Celebes.
Both islands are in the Dutch East
Indies northwest of Australia.
Allied long-range fighters sank
a 4,000-ton transport with eight
direct hnnh hits at Iallten1 Timnr
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
SHOE RATION LIFTED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. up
Rationing restrictions were lifted
Saturday on all types of women
evening slippers and mems patent
leather shoes in a move to stimu-
late sales of the now-sluggish stocks
during the holiday buying season.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Russian Armies
Poise for
Winter Attacks
Sweeping Cold Wave on
Entire Front Heralds
Drives to Finish NaZis

LONDON, Dec. 18. (UP)-The
Berlin radio reported tonight that
massive Russian attack by more
than 100000 men in the Newell
sector east of Latvia had forced
the Germans back in what was
called shortening of the 'front.'.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
DIES NEAR 125

DIES NEAR 1X5
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. l6.
CUP)-"Uncle Mark" Thrash, who
would have celebrated his 123rd
birthday on Christmas day, died OF
"cat fever Friday at his home in
Chickamauga National park with
his fifth wife at his bedside. He was
the father of 20 children.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
President Takes
Hand in Rail
Strike Situation
Summons High Officials Of Five
Brotherhoods TO Conference
At White House SUNDAY Afternoon

CLEVELAND, Dec. 18. (UP)-President Roosevelt
has summoned officials of the five operating railroad broth
erhoods to the White House for conference tomorrow
in effort to stave off the threatened nationwide strike
set to begin Dec. 80, it revealed Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
Courtesy Rewarded

courtesy KcWarucu-
I'VE have the most courteous car
rier boy we ever have had Mrs.
Grace Dixon of Eldorado Acres said
Saturday.
"When Earl Simmons first took
over the route, I asked him where
he was going to leave the paper and
suggested the driveway The boy
said he thought the side porch
would be better and recommended
1t as the place.
"He always leaves the Post-Press
on the side porch" Mrs. Dixon said,
'even though it makes more work
: and trouble for him. certainly ap-
preciate his courtesy"
So does RR, Earl.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
y AMBl'Ne
EpoRTER
Just An OnIOOkcr-

Just An OnlOokcr-
The Christmas rush was at it's
, height in a downtown store in Ell
Centro.
Mrs. Pervi5 Scroggs, one of the
clerks, approached Filipino and
asked him what he wanted to see.
Shirts" he said.
She showed him shirts She show
ed him white shirts and colored
shirts of all descriptions. In fact
she showed him every shirt in the
place. He looked at every shirt
carefully but didn't buy any.
Lady" the islander finally ask
ed, "do you work here?"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19
WEATHER

Maximum Friday 81, minimum Saturday 43; 5 am
54; humidity "a; noon Saturday 68, humidity 10;
pm. Saturday go, humidity d.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-19

L. A. HAY-U. s. No. S31 1880; u. S. No. leafy
I. " S3O.5O-s2.5O; No. 2 S3O.5O-31.5O; Sept. flax
S2.96M.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
BY FRANCIS M. LEMAY

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL Up
One battling question how
to raise an additional S16,000,-
100000 this year for war pur-
poses?-overshadowed all else
on Capitol Hill today. Some
prominent legislators mentioned
a Federal retail sales tax, COM
bined with increased compulsory
loans, as a possible answer.
Other developments in Con-
gress:
/. The Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee may call on
Mayor LaGuardia of New York
for the background of a Grand
Jury investigation into charges,
later dropped, that New York
City materials and labor were
uses, t, pave the courtyard of
Edward j. Flynn's estate if the
committee decides to hold hear
ings on Flynn's nomination to be
Minister to Australia. Nominal
ton of the retiring Democratic
National Committee chairman
aroused a storm of Republican
protest, with Senator Bridges (R-
NH) calling 1t an insult" to
Australia.
2. Agitation for an increase In
the price ceilings on potatoes,
beans and dairy products will
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Rise Due
i'm Butter
Output
BY WILLIAM FERRIS

CHICAGO, Jan. IL - ZAP -
Little, l. any, immediate relief
in the present butter shortage is
expected by dairy men, they said
today, although the country has
passed the Joint of lowest pro-
duction and output will expand
from now until July.
Butter is rationed voluntarily
in practically all sections of the
nation, but no official system
under government control has
been ann ,unced. Dairy men
said they did not know when, if
ever, government a | o n n &
would be introduced.
Although more butter is being
manufactured now than in De-
cember, dairy men said that,
even Under normal Circumstance
es, production does not catch
up with consumption until
around the middle of April.
From that time to October, thu.
added, there u-ually is more but
ter on hand than the country
can eat and the surplus is put
into cold storage.
Considering the fact that 80
per cent of production each
month is set aside for military
and lend-lease needs, dairy men
said ii would be unlikely that
the total available for civilians
would be sufficient even in the
heaviest pr 'uction m n h S.
Output in May and June last
year, they said, was not one
third greater than actual de-
mand for those months.
In the autumn of this year,
trade sources predicted, the but
ter shortage may be more Sc we're
than now. Then, there probably
will be no cold storage supplies
available for civilians, as there
were in 1912, and the govern
ment will be taking 80 per c 1t
of monthly production, as it was
not during 1912.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Aerial Torpedo
Hits Jap Ship
Light Cruiser or
Destroyer Crippled

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Jan. II - ,P)
A Japanese warShip-either a
light cruiser or large destroyer
was hit off Gasmata, New
Britain, by an aerial torpedo re-
leased by Australian airmen
Saturday and is believed 10 have
sunk during the night. Allied
headquarters announced today.
The warShip was found out
side the harbor by the Austral-
ian filters, who reported that one
of their torpedoes landed direct
ly amidships. A heavy explosion
was seen and the ship was en-
veloped in smoke.
THE ship was not visible at
daybreak and is believed TO have
sunk during the night, the
communique said.
The intensive week END aerial
warfare over New Guinea slack
ened yesterday, but on land AL
lied ground forces moved their
lines closer 10 the Japanese in
the Sanananda corridor extend
ing about a mile and a half in
land from the Papuan coast.
Strong Allied patrols captured
quantity of enemy materiel on
the west of the Japanese position
and on the East flank a Japa-
neSe Bunker still under con-
struction was reduced by artil-
lery and machine gun fire. A
number of the japanese defend
ers were killed.
General Douglas Macarthur re-
piled to a congratu, atory mes
sage from Australian Prime
Minister John Curtin on the
success of the New Guinea cam
paign with the following mes
sage:
"All ranks Of all services in
this area thanS you for your no.
bic and inspiring message. We
appreciate very deeply your
personal commentator and that
of the Australian people and
government and take this oppor-
tunity to reaffirm our complete
determination to fulfill the OBJ
legations of our outy."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Problem Of Raising Is Billion Puzzles Conqressmer
Maternal Health
ConsuItant Talks
to High Twelve

DR.. A. NJ. Campbell, maternal
health consultant for the Michi-
gan Department tot Health, told
members of the High Twelve
Club yesterday noon that pros
pective mothers lack proper pre-
natal care during wartime.
He said a majority of expect
ant mothers today are a tremen-
dous mental strain which he
called conducive to i'll health "
Fatigue was described as "the
greatest national malady" by the
speaker. He called attention to
tie fact that of the first 2,000,-
600 men examined by the Army.
more than 40 per cent were re-
jected. DR.. Campbell urged reg
ular medical examinations as a
possible solution.
DR.. z. w. Caster introduced
the speaker and Macy Watkins
was in charge of the program.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Death Takes
Mrs. GouIetle
New Baltimore
Women Dies at ~

Mrs. Elizabeth Goulette, -,
widow of Alex Goulette, died
last night at her home on
Schneider road, New Baltimore,
following a lingering illness.
OF her II children, five daugh-
tiers and two sons survive. They
are: Mrs. David Mccormack,
Abraham and Isaac, all of New
Baltimore; Mrs. Elmer Cottrell,
and Mrs. Jerome Widrig, Mount
Clemens, and Harry and Ray
mond, both of ST. Clair Shores.
Grandsons will act as pail
bearers. Services will be held
Thursday at 8 a. n. from the
h m and at $50 from st.
Mary's Catholic church, New
Baltimore.
Prayers will be said tonight
and tomorrow at eight o'clock
at the home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
STATE Orders
(ut on Lights
Action Intended
to Sove Gasoline

LANSING, Jan. 12- (P) -
L. B. Reid, ctate highway COM
missioner, ordered highway en-
gineers today to turn off 25 per
cent of the 865 traffic lights on
state trunk lines and appealed
to county and municipal au-
thorities TO cooperate in a SINH
lar campaign to save motorists
gasoline and tires.
Reid said highway engineers
estimated a 25 per cent shut
down of all Michigan's 2,100
traffic lights would save an av-
erage of a months supply of ra-
toned gasoline for the motor
lists.
1--WE want no changes which
might endanger public safety
Reid asserted. Our program is
only half as drastic as that
recommended by several ma
tional traffic research groups"
He said studies by the depart
ment's war activities, planning
and traffic divisions indicated
slower speeds and lower traffic
volumes generally call for an
adjustment of traffic lights set
up for pre-war conditions.
Our surveys show that every
stop for a traffic light wastes an
average of onethirty-second of
a gallon of gasoline" Reid de-
clared. The average passenger
car under rationing will drive
5000 miles this year and make
500 stops for unnecessary traffic
lights. That is a loss of 16 gal
Ions of gasoline a-full months
supply under the basic "A ra-
tioning-aside from the wear
and tear on tires, brakes, gears
and other auto parts"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Col. Rosetrans
Is Dead al "A
Stote Droft lsoder
III Since Lost Nav

LANSING. Jan. 12-(P)-Col.
E. NJ. Rosecrans, a., who came
up through the ranks to be Ad-
jutant General of Michigan and
State Director of the Selective
Service system, died at his
home at 8 p. m. last night.
Rosecrans had been intermit-
tently i'll since he underwent a
serious operation in May, l94l
At the time of his death his re-
tirement because of i'll health
was reported to have been i'm
minent, a prospect allied with a
reorganization of state military
establishment which Governor
Kelly has said he was consider
ing.
Funeral services, with mill
tary honors, will take place at
100 p. m. Wednesday from the
Estes-Leadley Funeral h m e
here.
For II years, Rosecrans was
assistant to Col. John S. Ber-
sey, the adjutant general Of
Michigan, and when Bersey re-
tired in September, 1910, the
post of head of the states mill
tary establishment went to Rose
Grams.
AT once he was plunged into
the supervision of the first
peace-time draft in Michigan as
Director of Selective Service.
Rosecrans enlisted in Battery
A, 1st Michigan Field Artillery,
a unit of the National Guard, on
May 10, 1915, and served the
following year on the Mexican
border.
His unit went to France as the
10th Field Artillery, part Of
the famous 32nd (Red Arrow
Division, which won citations for
its part in the First World War
and which recently won new
honors in New Guinea. In
France, Rosecrans was promoted
from private to battalion Ser
geant Major.
He participated in World War
engagements in the Toul sector,
Alsace-Lorraine, Aisne Marine
offensive, Meuse Argonne Of
fensive and Disc Aisne offens-
i've. He was discharged from
the army in May, 1919, and re-
entered the Michigan National
Guard in November, 1920.
He is survived by his widow.
the former Lillian Ferguson, Of
Sault Ste. Marie, two children,
Elizabeth, 10, and William, L.,
and a sister, Mrs. D. c. Lyons,
Jackson. He was born in Ma
son.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
That Big
Budget
Balances
BY KENNETH l.. DIXON

WASHINGTON, Jan. l2-(R)
- Apparently nobody noticed
until today, but the new humid
red billion dollar budget will
balance.
And some say it hasn't happen
ed before inyears. s.
Of course, Mr.. Roosevelt Is
the first president who ever
tackled the budget-balancing joo
with the benefit of ten years
previous experience behind
him.
But even at that, it took three
section strategy and the old odd
or-even shift to make history's
biggest budget book of bucks
come out even SO the pages
would balance on the scales.
Almost always before, the
book containing the new years
budget turned out to have an
odd number of pages-which in
evitably threw the capitals bud
get balancers off balance.
What first upset the scales this
year was the fact that the main
section of the budget book con-
tains 881 pages-impossible to
divide evenly and balance. The
24-page Introductory section
didn't help any, because 881 and
"a add up to COS, and no matter
how carefully weighed, that
still leaves 452 pages on one side
of the scales and 453 on the
other.
But at this point. the balanc-
ers found the resourceful Mr..
Roosevelt had suddenly shifted.
reversed his field and added an
other section devoted strictly to
supporting data" Whatever
that is, its S3 pages saved the
day.
For COS and 80 make 988--
which puts 494 pages on each
side of the scales and balances
beautifully.
And the whole process plainly
proves there's nothing to these
rumors about Washington being
slightly unbalanced nowadays.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Cigarettes Taken
from Home in City

City police today sought the
man who fled with three pack
ages of cigarettes after ransack-
ing the home of David Plat, so
South avenue.
The thief apparently used a
skeleton key to enter through
Platt's front door. Nothing else
was missing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Federal Retail Sales Tex
Mentioned as Solution
increased Compulsory Looms
Seen a. Possible Answer

~OaiAA Oiis LSOii AiSiiStCA ooii . SdS-
cessor as price administrator.
President Roosevelt. nominal
ton of former Senator Prentiss
M. Brown of Michigan for the
job is expected to receive speedy
Senate confirmation.
3. A special House Committee
Z airplane accidents predicted
in its final report that the peace
time future of aviation will be
limitless, and urged appointment
of standing committees to study
its development.
4. A special Senate Commit
to informed that the petroleum
outlook is gloomy" asked the
mayors of New York, Boston
ant Bridgeport, Conn.,, for sug-
kestions on improving fuel oil
and gasoline rationing.
REOPEN PETRILLO QUIZ
S. An investigation of he
American Federation of Must
clans ban against making re-
&C lings for radio stations and
luke boxes" was reopened to-
day with James c. Petrillo, head
o. the Union, slated to testify BE-
fore a Senate subcommittee
Chairman Doughton (D-NC)
said the House Ways and Means
Committee probably wo u | d
tackle the revenue-raising prob
lem within 10 days, exploring at
the outset the possibilities of
putting individual income taxes
on pay-as-you-go basis.
President Roosevelt, in pre-
senting the record 100000, 00O,-
900 wartime budget to Congress
yesterday, recommended that
taxes and compulsory loans to
the Government be increased to
cove half the outlay, meaning
another $16,000,O0O, 900 be add
ed to the estimated yield of $685.
081, PAS, 900 under present law.
Doughton emphasized tn e
President had not asked that all
the additional money be raised
through taxes or even the great
er part of it. He told newspaper
men that IF a considerable
amount" had to be collected by
new taxes, lit would appear to
me we would have to explore
the possibilities of sales taxes"
He expressed the opinion it
was mot reasonably possible to
raise an additional $16,000,000,-
900 this year solely by taxes"
Chairman George (D-Ga) of
the Senate Finance Committee
said the new billions probably
would have to be obtained pri-
marily through enforced loans
to the Government, refunded to
the contributors after the war.
The loans might be obtained by
increasing the 5 per cent victory
tax on wages and salaries, he
said.
The Georgian estimated that
by increasing the Victory tax
and broadening it to embrace
corporation incomes the entire
$16, 900, 100000 might be raised,
although he said he preferred to
study the matter further.
IF there is to be any substan-
tia. increase in direct taxes" he
said, then we shall have to give
great emphasis to sales taxes"
Some members of Congress
suggested the revenue producing
possibilities of national lotteries.
Meanwhile a drive is on foot
to enact some kind of a pay-as-
you-go system by March Is,
when 1912 taxes fall due.
Senator Clark D-Mo) intro
duced bill yesterday to put in
come tax payments on current
basis, and a similar bill already
has been ordered in the House.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
NEW TRIAL SOUGHT

DETROIT - (P1 - A motion
for new trial for Walter Kan.
ar, former Hamtramck mayor
convicted of gambling conspir-
acy. was taken under advisement
Monday by Circuit Judge T. j.
Richter Kanar, free on bond
pending appeal, was sentenced
to 2l2 10 5 years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Wife.Beater Given
Novel Jail Sentence

Found guilty OF beating his
wife, Lulu, Howard Reed, 38,
colored, Of SO Gibbs street, to-
day was sentenced TO serve the
next eight week ends in the
county Jail.
Justice Parent said the novel
sentence was passed because
Reed is war worker. The fight
occurred last night on city
streets.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
Five Win
Divorce
Actions

Five uncontested divorc S
were granted Monday by Cir
cult Judge James E. Spier.
Everett Munsell, of East De-
trolt, won a decree from Thel-
ma when he charged she pre-
ferred other men. He also was
awarded custody of three minor
children, aged IA, IL and g. The
couple married in July of 1927
and separated in October of
1897.
Mrs Ethel Rowell, of Warren
township, was awarded di-
vorce from her husband, Far
rand, on grounds of extreme
cruelty and non support. She
was granted $40 weekly alimony
for the support of two minor
children.
Gera | d Koss, of Baseline,
charged his wife, Flora, went out
with other men. He won custody
of a boy, 8, They mapxied in
January of 1881 and separated
last August.
Anthony Dessinger, of East
Detroit, won divorce from
A d e inc because he said she
didn't love him. They married
in November of 1924 and sep
arated last October.
John DeSmet, of Mount Glenn
ems, won a decree from Helen
whom he married in December
of 1914 They separated last Au-
gust because, he said, she pre-
ferred other men.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12
QUICK, HAPPY Relief
for Excess Stomach
Acid Distress!

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-12

The Pacific ocean Is more than
four times as large as North and
South America together.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-29
MOTHER CABRINI
TO BECANONIZED

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrlni,
founder of the Missionary Sisters
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. and
of Columbus Hospital and The
Sacred Heart Orphanage in Sc
attic, will be canonized by Pope
Plus XII. sometime in January, ="
to become the first American
saint.
News of her canonization, only
26 years after her death, came
by telegraphic dispatch from Va
'tican City this week, the Asso-
ciated Press said.
Perhaps as full of rejoicing az
any of the sisters of the Cath
Ollie order Mother Cabrini found
ed is Sister Delfina Grazioli, a
houseleeper at the Columbus
Hospital nurses home, whose mi
raculous cure due to a vision OF
Mother Cabrini, helped determine
Mother Cabrini's Identification in
1898.
1--WE are all very happy and
thrilled to hear that time has
been set for the canonization. :
sisters at the hospital said today.
They explained that ii took two
miracles, performed in
Italy, to accomplish the final
steps of sainthood.