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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1943-06-25
TO TRAIN LEADERS FOR
RED CROSS WORK
West Virginia State
College News

First Lieutenant William j
Gray has been promoted te
the grade of Captain in the
Army Of the United States.
Capt. Gray is an instructor
OF the West Virginia State
College Senior Field Artiller,
Unit. He is a native of Chi.
cago and was formerly q
member of the 18th Field
Guard, previously the famous
Artillery, Illinois National
9th Infantry Regiment.
The following persons were
recently promoted to full pro-
fessorships at West Virginia
State College: Fannin S. Bel
cher, drama; Herman G. Can
ady, psychology and philoso-
! Ehy; Paul j. Moore and Will
liam j. L. Wallace, chemistry;
Thomas E. Posey, economies !:
and Grace I. Woodson, educa-
ton. This is the first time
promotions to full professor
ships have been made under
the colleges new criteria for
evaluating faculty members. =
states Harry w. Greene,
chairman, chairman, Person
mel Committee.
The West Virginia State
College at Institute, w. Va,
has been chosen by the Amer
lean Red Cross as one of four
Negro colleges to organize an
aquatic school to offer special
leadership training.
This school will be held
from July II to July %, as a
part of the regular Summer
Session offerings. The Red
Cross will furnish it's field
staff to train first aid and ac-
cident prevention instructors
and water safety instructors.
This plan of cooperation be-
tween the college and the Red
Cross will give special oppor-
tunity to persons interested in
improving themselves in a
pleasant environment at nom-
inal cost.
The modern facilities of the
newly erected Health and
Physical Education Building,
g ST 'Iolo9IIp 'uos!upr s "a
deciding attraction.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1943-06-25

Have you ever noticed, it al
ways seems to be the "other
fellow not you! - who is
late for appointments, it's the
"other fellows dog who digs
holes in your Victory Garden,
and it's the "other woman"
who gossips over the back
fence when she ought to be at
her houseWork?
And it's always the "other
woman not you who
keeps you talking on the
telephone for half an hour at
a time when there is house
full of things which ought to
be done right away.
Maybe the "other woman s.
gossip over the back fence
doesn't have much effect on
the war effort. But when she
starts gossiping over the tele-
phone it creates a situation
which has an effect on the en-
tire community particularly
in wartime. And that effect
is multiplied If the telephone
is on party line.
A long call. on your tele-
phone not only ties up your
own line, but it may tie up
other lines so that important
calls can't go through quickly.
This is because the telephone
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1943-06-25
Gala Program Preceded the
Opening of National S. S. &
b. T. u. Congress

CINCINNATI, @. The NAM
moth chorus under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. Lucie f.. Camp
bell, Memphis, Music Director
OF the Congress, assisted by
Prof. Theo. r. Frye, Chicago,
and Thos. Shelby, Memphis,
thrilled a vast audience in the
beautiful music hall in Cincin-
natl. Featured on the music
program as special solosit
were Roberta Martin, Virginia
Davis, Julia Smith, Jas. E.
Gayle and Mrs. Helen Walker
King. The main pre-congress
Baptist Church and President
OF the Baptist General State
Convention of Illinois. The
congress program opened
Tuesday morning with gen
eral theme Enlist every
church to teach every person
the Way and Ideal Of the
Christlife. The local commit.
tee headed by DR. r. Il. Reid
chairman presented welcom,
program and the response O
the several welcome addresse:
were given by Rev. J. b. Nit
chell, Flushing, l.. | pr w II
.jernagin, President in tn,
opening Of the congress
! stressed the 1a43 emphasis
| The Home and Relation to tn
/ Christian Way an ideal Il
Human relations Each praf4l
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1943-06-25
CAMP LIFE

This wear more than ever
before children need Christian
cannp life. Let us helm your
child learn the Art of Getting
Along with Others, and also
eniov wholesome types of re-
creation.
At the Vacation Camr
School under the direction of
the Ohio Raptist Missionary
Home on Eaton Pike.
Opening July the 9Th.
For information call ME0071
or HE O639. -. .exuwseA
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1943-06-25

that a lot of people who want
private line service have to
take party lines for the dur
alton.
They are sharing their tele-
phone service just as they are
their automobiles.
This means that whether
you have !. private line or a
party line YOU can help by
Continued on PAGE y
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1943-06-25

Ralsssed BY u q.
CAMP POLK, Observation-Disclosures Benjamin Craig Of
Fayetteville West Virginia eft) and Sergeant Hannibal Moore
Long Branch New Jersey talk the escape
Craig had from drowning during river crossing while
louisiana Sergeant Moore the aid
the swift moving Of the river got the best Of him.
Commander Of the infantry
commended the Sergeant quick think
Ing kfu swimming and ssfsssa.sasaa asns
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
GHOST OF MID.TWENTIES SIIRS NERYOUSLY
Scheme Would Saddle County with Drain Bond Millions

most every farm building and
Macomb county was launched
upon the tortuous network of
so-called drains and laterals
which was TO prove the basis
for Is year financial and legal
headache. At times the enormity
of the obligations assessed
against property owners in the
communities of Center Line, East
Detroit, ST Clair Shores, the
townships of Erin. Lake and
Warren and the county large
virtually stifled all hope of civic
development.
II spelled financial ruin for
thousands.
Then, through untiring legal
action and fortnight tenacity
the clouds melted away.
CANCEL OBLIGATION
Early in 1892 the Michigan
Supreme Court ruled the Nine
Mile Halfway drain illegal and
cancelled outstanding bonds for
its construction.
From that point onward a SER
See BONDS-Page
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25

Indicated to have been illegally
constructed by county drain
commissioners"
1t is definitely aimed at coll
lection of millions of dollars
from the residents of Macomb
county on sewers already ruled
to have been illegally built.
ENORMOUS ODDS
Senator Johnston has a keen
eye on the ball" and can be
counted upon to bend his every
effort to stop ii in mid-air. The
simple truth is. however, that
both he and his colleague in the
house, Howard r. Carroll, will
have to fight against enormous
odds. The bondholders and their
attorneys, working through
friendly members of the legis-
lature, are certain to exert enor-
nous pressure to attain their
ends.
The whole staggering drain
bond problem goes back to the
lush days Of the mid-twenties
when real estate subdivisions
blossomed in the shadow Of al
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Nation Plans
vastLand
3,500,000 70 be
Recruited in '43

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-(R
War Manpower Commissioner
Paul v. McNutt and Food Ad-
ministrator Wickard announced
today they would seek to mo-
Billie a land army" of about
100000 to volunteer for sea-
sonal farm work this year.
Together they told press
conference that persons doing
work not connected directly
with the war effort would be
enrolled in both rural and urban
communities an dasked to shift
temporarily to planting and har-
vesting work whenever needed
to save crops.
Such persons - they gave
clerks in stores as an example
of the type worker they had in
mind - would not be asked to
work without pay, but would be
asked to accept regular farm
wages, even if below the pay Of
their normal jobs. as a contribu-
ton to the war effort.
Workers in rural communities
would be enrolled as to ability
and willingness to perform farm
work through questionnaires
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Seniors Hear
Stirring Talk
Rev. London
Addresses Graduates

eve can have insight il we
have the spirit of purity, mercy
love and a desire to serve" Rev.
Alfred p. Landon told al men,
bers of the Mount Clemens High
schools first mid-year gradua-
ton class last night in a power
full Baccalaureate sermon he
called AN Unders a nding
Heart"
The service last night was
held at First Methodist church,
but Glass Day exercises tonight
will be held in the high school
auditorium at 8 p. m.
Also participating in the
Baccalaureate service we're Rev.
G.. A. Merifield, rector of Grace
Episcopal church; Rev Harold
Hayward. pastor of Gilbert Me-
mortal Baptist, and Rev. Joseph
l.. Kennedy, pastor of First
Presbyterian.
Taking his theme from Kings,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Draft Evaders
FACE Roundup
Stote Releases
Names Of 2,067

DETROIT, Jan. 25-(R)-The
name of 2.067 draft registrants
whom their local boards have
been unable to locate were re-
leased for publication today BY
state selective service head
quarters.
The names were released, &C.
cording TO Col. Leroy Pearson,
state selective service director
to give opportunity to those list
ed to get in touch with their
draft boards before a nation
wide roundup of draft delin-
quents starts February /.
Col. Pearson said that many
of those listed as delinquents are
guilty of carelessness or negli-
gence which can be clarified il
the registrants- viii report
promptly to their local boards.
Many others, he added, may
have already entered the armed
services through enlistment.
He pointed out that Delinquent
cy, or failure to carry registra-
ton and classification cards, is
punishable by a maximum of
$4,000 fine or five years i'm
prisonment, or both.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Essay Contest
Attracts 50
VIEW Amerieonism
Program Underway

Mount Clemens High School
students again will participate
in an essay contest sponsored by
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. it was
announced today by Mrs. 0. D.
Kimberlin, chairman of the
Americanization committee of
the VT. w. here.
The three best essays entered
in the local contet will be SUBJ
mitted for consideration in the
nationwide contest, which is
being conducted for the eighth
successive year. Subject of this
years essay is United We Win"
CASH PRIZES
Winner of first prize in Mount
Clemens will receive SIS. The
second prize is $40 and the
third, S.. First prize in the ma
tional contest is $1,000 and a
gold medal. The second prize Is
$500, third prize $3.50 and
fourth, Sl00. Gold medals also
will awarded with these prizes.
There will be 10 consolation
prizes of $40 each and 10 of IS
each.
LOCAL JUDGES
The Mount Clemens essays
will be judged by a committee
consisting of Mrs. Hugh Neale,
Judge Neil E. Reid and Wallace
B. MacLachlan, editor Of the
Daily Monitor-L d er. The
judges must decide the local
winners by Feb. %.
The essays at the high school
are being submitted first to
Robert Beal and Miss Jane How
ard members of the faculty.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Capture Seven
Key Positions
in Big Drive
Enemy IsIond Bose
Virtually Wiped Out
by Aerial Attack

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-(R-
American forces on a general
offensive in the Solomon Islands
were reported by the Navy to-
day to have won seven import
ant positions from the enemy on
Guadalcanal, to have killed 2O1
Jap soldiers and captured 40
and to have virtually wiped out
an enemy island base 100 miles
to the northwest by sea and air
attack.
The places captured, a COM
munique said, were six import
ant elevations west of the Amer
lean air field on Guadalcanal
and the coastal village of 10
kumbona where quantities OF
stores and equipment were seiz-
ed.
This meant that the American
front lines had been advanced
about two to three miles beyond
previously-held Point Cruz
which had been the furthest
known point of advance on the
coast.
The front apparently is being
pushed forward in an effort to
bottle up and eventually wipe
out dwindling Japanese forces on
the northwestern end of the is
land. The enemy still holds
about 16 miles of coastline on
the northern side of Guadal-
canal.
The heavy attacks against the
Japanese island base were de-
livered by both airplanes and
warships on Saturday and SUM-
day, the communique said. The
island attacked was Kolomban-
CARA in the Munda area of the
New Georgia group.
1.-THE operations were success
fully completed" the commune
que said, land fires from ex-
plosions of fuel and ammunition
dumps indicated that the enemy
held area was completely burn
ed out"
Of the 201 Japanese reported
killed, ITO were slain on Friday
(Guadalcanal time) when Amer
lean ground forces launched a
heavy attack against enemy po-
sitions on the west front. Heavy
opposition was encountered but
six important elevations were
captured.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Plane Wreck
Is Reported
Ship Demolished,
Police Informed

SANTA ROSA, Calf. Jan. Is
-(R-A large plane has been
found, completely demolished,
at Blue Lake in northern Lake
county about 100 miles north Of
San Francisco, Santa Rosa po-
lice said they were informed
early today.
The report came from the post
master at Blue Lake.
Information from other
sources in the Blue Lake dis
trict, however, failed to confirm
the report.
Postmaster Marie Partengef
at nearby Middletown said she
had heard nothing Of q wrecked
plan having been found in the
area.
Civilian airplane spoilers ut
the Blue Lake observation post
said they had seen nothing to
substantiate the report.
The earlier reports tod Of .
heavy plane having been sighted
in apparent distress Thursday
morning over the mountains Of
northeastern Sonoma unity,
some 40 miles south Of Blue
Lake.
TRANSPORTS COURSE
This area lies between San
Francisco, to which the missing
Navy transport was bound from
Pearl Harbor and Clear Lake,
an emergency landing place for
trans-Pacific planes in pre-waf
days.
The civilian reports, given 70
police and sheriffs offices, were
relayed to Army and Navy Off.
GERS conducting . search for the
plane.
James Dougherty, . trappes,
who lives miles west Of Calls
toga, near the petrified forest
said that at 8 am. last Thursday
he saw an extraordinary large
plane, flying slowly northWog0 ]
at about 1000 feet altitude.
One of its motors seemed -
be failing, he said, and Z lafD1s
white article. like 3 I'D shooe
Topped from one window.
Jack Ssavsfs, = Qlaiohu11voo
miner Of The samo ogooy oo1 e
that for aboUt n hgu9 4u
day morning : oEUu1 yCl1B
smoke poured 1D1n : 1DoC
ridge two miles 49, -
He thought Ct ~ IT, IS - \,
brush fire. 1ls z q
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
By w. B. MacLACHLAN
Editor. Daily Monitor-Leader

The corpse of Macomb coun-
tvs Seven Million Dollar Drain
Bond monstrosity is stirring
ominously.
Born May rs, 1925, and Of
ficialy inferred Oct. Is, 194l by
action of the u. S. Supreme
court, the dark spectre of finan-
cial ruin which for Is years
lowered over the South Macomb
communities and the county-at-
large may be given a menacing
spark of life by the state legisla-
ture.
That Is the not too promising
prediction brought back from
Lansing today by State Sena-
tor Ivan A. Johnston who has
uncovered q legislative scheme
to circumvent the edicts of the
Michigan Supreme Court and
that of the highest tribunal in
the land.
WOULD REVIVE BONDS
A measure will be presented
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Fire Marshal
Probes Blast
Two Injured
in Warren Explosion

Representatives from the state
fire marshals office today prob
ed an explosion attributed to ma
tural gas seeping from a leaky
main which shook the nearby
Chrysler Tank Arsenal, destroy
ed combination store and
dwelling and injured a man and
his wife.
Mrs. Betty Stoutenberg, AZ, of
432 Grand River, Detroit was
treated at Saratoga hospital for
second degree burns on face,
arms and legs when fire follow
ed the explosion at 28835 Van
Dyke in Warren township at
GAS p. m. Sunday.
MINOR BURNS
Her husband, Carl, as, a ST.
Clair Shores carpenter, living
at 51815 Malcolm street, De-
troit, escaped with minor facial
burns.
Stoutenburg told Warren
Township Police Sergt. Mike
Helmlinger that he and his wife
entered the one story frame
store and dwelling to clean it
up with the hope of selling the
property. The building, he said
had been empty for three
months.
Stoutenburg said he and his
wife had just finished eating a
dinner cooked on a wood stove.
He walked to the front of the
store where the force of the ex-
plosion blew him out into the
street, he said.
II yelled and yelled for my
wife. Finally. she answered me
from the bedroom. l found her
lying in a pile of burning de-
See EXPLOSION-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Report Allied
Agreement ON
1913 Strategy

LONDON( Jan. Is - up -
Agreement upon some formula
for a supreme council to direct
and unity the United Nations
drive for victory in 1913 was re-
ported in foreign diplomatic cir
cles today to have been attained.
Allied spokesman were silent,
but it is known that conferences
have been under way and that
some extremely important an
nouncement is to be issued soon.
Speculation that Gen. George
c. Marshall, chief of staff of the
U. S. army, might be appointed
commander in chief of Allied
forces in the European theater
was published in British news
papers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Nv the ASsociated Press

Victory in the Pacific by
swift, massive strokes" of air
borne and unsupported forces
outspeeding the slower plan of
island-to-island reconquest was
held possible today by Gen.
Douglas Macarthur who said the
allied recapture of the Papuan
Peninsula had tested and proved
the new tactics.
A note of caution, however,
was injected by Australian
Army Minister Francis Forde
who declared that the Japanese
undoubtedly would strike a
counter blow at the first OPP
portunity to save face for their
reverses.
In a statement reviewing the
Papuan victory and describing
the transport by air of complete
infantry regiments, artillery
battalions, field hospitals and
supplies which made 1t possible,
Macarthur said:
"a new form of campaign
was tested which points the
way. to the ultimate defeat OF
the encmy' in the Pacific
BROAD STRATEGY
These new methods, he said,
demonstrated the possibilities
inherent in Continuous, calcu-
lated application of air power"
and opened the way to new and
broadened strategic and tao
teal conceptions"
These, he declared, twill per-
NIT the application of offensive
power in swift, massive strokes
rather than the dilatory and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Ground Forces
Stab 5avageIy
atAxis Base
80 Prisoners Token
in Swift Roid
in Tunisio
BY holland NORGAARD

bI NOLAND NOkGAAKD
A L L I ED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. as
R-United States troops, accep-
ting a dare from Axis forces op-
posing them, raided the town Of
Maknassy, only 80 miles from
the Gulf OF Gabes, and captured
80 enemy soldiers, it was an
nounced today.
A military spokesman said the
raid-obviously made in force
was made after the enemy
dropped a note on the u. S. lines
haunting: why won't the AM
orleans come out and fight?"
The answering slap at the
troops of Col. Gen. Jurgen Won
Arnim came as French, British
and American forces halted the
menacing German thrust down
the Ousseltia valley more than
100 miles to the north, check
mating a play for possession Of
the heights dominating the Kali
rouan plains and a long section
of the coastal communication
routes.
SIGNIFICANT
while the Maknassy action
was simply a raid, it suggests
that American forces may be mo-
billing above the Chott Djerid
Wristbands for a slash at the coas-
tai roads and the Gabes-Sfax
railway, which would outflank
See TUNISIA-PaGe 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Map Recruiting
Of Farm Labor.
School Children
to Serve as Pool

The newly formed Civilian
Defense Farm-Youth Labor COM
mittee will meet Friday morn
ing at 8 o'clock in the Super
visors room of the county build
ing, Sherwood Bennett, chair
man of the Macomb county
Civilian Defense Council, an
nounced today.
r. j. Jarvis, representing the
state committee, will address
members Of the group, Bennett
said. Members of the group will
also elect their own chairman.
The county Farm-Youth La
Dor committee will be in charge
of recruitment of labor from
high schools throughout the
county through the assistance of
school officials. Outs h |
youths also will be recruited for
emergency farm service.
Members of the Macomb coun-
W FARM YOuth committee, ap-
pointed by Bennett, are:
Mount Clemens-William Lee,
John Balm, william Murphy
and w. b. MacLachlan.
Romeo - Allen Rush and
Clark Pierce.
RichmOnd-Howard III. Bauer.
Armada. J. HutchinS.
Washington Charles Bell
man.
st. Clair Shores - Charles
Skues.
Rochester - Dewitt G. Helf-
erich.
BASIC PROGRAM
The basic program has been
developed so that it can be
modified to meet local condi-
See FARM LABOR-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Macarthur LaudS
Aerial Spearhead
Sees Swift, Massive Strokes
Launched Through Air Power

costly island-to- island advance
that some have assumed to be
necessary in a theatre where
the enemy's far-flung strong
holds are dispersed throughout
a vast expanse of archipelagoes."
Allied air power continued to
shake the Japanese in their re-
naming strongholds in the New
Guinea area over the week END.
Airdromes at Rabaul and Gas
mata, on New Britain Island,
See MacARTHUR-Page Z
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Plan Drive
to Supplant
Birthday Ball

Following wartime trend
throughout Michigan, Mount
Clemens will celebrate the
birthday anniversary of Presi-
dent Roosevelt with the 10th an
nua March of Dimes" for the
relief of infantile paralysis suf-
ferers.
Birthday balls, which have
been held in previous years,
have been cancelled this year,
but the March of Dimes" is be-
ing continued with the special
endorsement of President Roose-
welt and Gov. Kelly.
Macy E. Watkins Is county
chairman of the drive, which
will feature the distribution of
coin collectors for the dimes,
which will be used for local
See POLIO-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Fuel Oil TheftS
Puzzle Officers

Sheriffs deputies today
sought thieves who apparently
are Systematically footing fuel oil
drums owned by Harper avenue
residents in Clinton township.
Mrs. Harry Duncan, 2955 Har-
per. and John. Parrish, 300S
Harper. reported the theft Of 50
and 40 gallons of fuel oil, re-
spectively. They said IL was TAX
en- early Sunday,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25

LONDON, Jan. rs - (R -
The Vichy radio reported today
that French police had arrested
5000 persons in Marseille on or
der of the Germans ito safe
guard order in the city" after
the German occupation authori-
ties had decreed evacuation Of
the old port Of Marseille on
''military and security grounds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Showing Speed

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. Is -
R- Production Of flight decks
for the Nays Coronado bomb"
or Il % far ahead Of schedule
ut the Goodyear Aircraft Cor
porati0n Plant near hear that
the year-old factory's one time
raw labor recruits have also
been given the task Of building
Its tail and wing assembly.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-25
Reveal Names

COLUMBIA, 8. c., Jan. as
up - The Columbia Army air
base today made public the
names OF six persons killed Sat.
urday when an Army medium
bomber crashed ana burst into
flames in . wooded area near
Great Falls while on q routine
training flight. The victims In.
cluded Second Lieut.. Ralph =.
Bladell, Is. son Of Mrs. Della
M. Bladell Of Monroe, Mich.