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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
BY FRED r. HAMPSON

ABOARD A u. s. TORPEDO
BOMBER YER BOUGAIN-
VILE. Nov. --(DelayedD-
Up Concentrated murder for
the Japanese preceded the land
ing Of American Marines today
on Bougainville Island, lat ma
ior Japanese base in the Solo
mons.
From this covering torpedo
bomber | watched the frs wave
Of Leathernccks hit the beach
shortly after 7 a. m, dash over
the narrow fringe OF coral sand
into the jungle carpet in which
according TO estimates Jap
anese garrison of several hum
dred awaited the Invaders.
Torpedo bombers and obser-
walton planes lowered in the
brittle morning air above the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Committee Abandons Plan
10 Boost Letter Postage

WASHINGTON, Nov. PIP
The House Ways and Means
committee back-tracked today
on the out-of-town letter rate.
agreeing 10 leave the charge at
three cents instead of raising il
to four cents as previously APP
proved.
The committee also rcScinded
previous action doubling the
taxes on cigars.
The action left S2,035, 900, 900
in the new tax bill. against adj
ministration requests for Sl0,-
100000, 900 in additional reve-
nue..
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02

American invaders. A tasl. force
Of deStroyers snaked down the
coast half mile frcn the
beach and poured a murderous
fire into Japanese installations
on the beach and jungle for
about half an hour.
As their yellow green sal
vos tapered off, torpedo bomb
ers roared i'm to help tho men
approaching the shore in Hig-
gins boats over the coral reefs.
We dived from 5000 10 700
feet on Cape Torokins, heaviest
spot of Nip resis ance, AMI laid
twelve augmentation bombs on
an area already plumed with
smoke and fire from the destroy
er Smelling. Our bomber came
out of the dive so low we could
feel the impact Of our own ex-
plosions.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Fierce Battle
RACES as Yanks
Smash Forward
Allies Push
Through Savage
Enemy Defenses
BY EDWARD KENNEDY

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Algiers, Nov. 2 - up - Allied
Fifth Army troops battling
against fierce enemy opposition
have pushed forward TO occupy
large parts of Massico Ridge and
Maltese Mountain, two lofty
anchors Of the German line in
Italy. headquarters announced
today.
The gains punched TO within
artillery range of the communi-
cations center Of Venafro, and
the GariglIano River l8 miles
above the Volturno River S
mouth.
Along the Mediterranean
coastal area, British elements of
Ii Gen. Mark w. Clark's army
advanced four miles, seizing the
town OF Casanova high on the
slope of Massico Ridge.
American troops farther in
land won a good part of Maltese,
which dominates the upper Vol
turno valley.
The Eighth Army on the
Adriatic side maintained steady
pressure against the Germans,
and gained some ground at the
southern end of its front.
One Allied officer described
these developments as very en-
couraging, but said the Nazis
still were fighting fiercely 10
hold their mountain line from
Massico Ridge 10 Vasto. They
are not retreating, he said, but
are being muScled out of stra-
tegic points in bitter clashes and
al considerable cost to the AL
lied armies.
On the aerial front, Allied war
planes famed out in a broad arc
of attack yesterday, with u. S.
Flying FortresSes blasting the
naval base of La SpeZia on II
alys west coast about SO miles
below Genoa. Medium bomberS
pounded rail and shipping tar
gets at Rimini and Ancona on
the Adriatic side. Fighters sup
ported Yugoslav patriots by hit
ting at enemy planes over split
in Yugoslavia.
In the push of Casanova, Brit
ish troops who had previously
captured Nocelleto drove for
ward across the rugged slopes.
wiping out enemy pockets under
heavy shellfire from German ar
tillery benin MaSsico Ridge.
They took the villages OF Santa
Groce and Carinola, and finally
wrested Casanova from the en-
envy.
The Allied commentator said
CaSanovas capture put the Fifth
army on the road 10 capture OF
the whole ridge.
The Germans were laying
mines and booby-traps in a re-
treat toward the Garigliano.
Between Massico and Maltese,
other British elements of the
Fifth who had taken Teano
spread out north and northwest
taking important heights.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
German War FLAG
Flies in East Detroit

EAST DETROIT-Police Off
GERS and FBI agents today were
investigating the circumstances
surrounding the appearance Sat-
urday morning before a Collin
son avenue home of a crude Ger
man war flag.
The flag, made from 26-inch
square of white cloth with a
swastika painted on it, may have
been hoisted by someone with a
perverted sense of Halloween
humor one officer said. An ex-
haustive investigation, however,
is understood 10 be underway.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Want One?
DETERMINED GOAT
UPSETS SABBATH

Who got whose goat is the
question today.
Nothing more than the dignity
of several people was hurt Sat
urday evening when small
goat, a length of rope dangling
from its neck, cleared the
streets when il began charging
at passersby along Huron street
Coming to the public's res
cue, Police Lieut. Walter Bob
cean and SGT Eugene Smith
caught the goat, and tied it to a
tree, hoping that overnight,
See GOAT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
SHELL BAY POSITIONS
SUGAR Beet Eynert
Addresses K OF p

Speaking on the future OF the
sugar beet industry in Mount
Clemens, and explaining its
problems, Charles Kearl, mana
ger of the Mount Clemens sugar
beet factory addressed the men,
bers of the Knights of Pythias
at their fellowship dinner held
last night at the New Glenwood
Hotel. A string trio entertained
during dinner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
SIaVS Hold Own

LONDON, Nov. a up -
YugosIav patriots have smashed
q German tank onslaught in
Eastern Bosnia aimed toward
Tuzla and have held their own
In Montenegro against Nazi
forces attempting big-scale Of
fensive operations across the
heart OF Yugoslavia, a communal
que from the Gen. Josip Broz
(Tito) Liberation Army report
ed today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Chinese Supported

CHUNGKING, Nov. 2-(P)-
Mai. Gen. Claire l.. Chennault's
far-striking airmen again have
goae &, nc support, II rA;aceH
forces this time in central China,
where they bombed Japanese
motor park and barracks at Sha-
yang, a town on the Han river,
100 miles west OF Hankow, 1t.
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's head
quarters disclosed today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
King of Italy is Confronted
With Need for AbdicatiOn

SOMEWHERE IN ITALY,
Nov. 2 - (P) - King Vittorio
Emanuele, Itsly's monarch for
43 years - 81 of them under
Fascism - was faced squarely
today with the question of
whether he ought TO abdicate so
that his war-ravagcd nation
could form representative
government.
The issue was put TO the aged
king yesterday by Premier
Pietro Badoglio who, returning
from a conference with political
leaders in Naples. told him that
he could never form such a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Infant Heir

NEW YORK, Nov. 2-(P--
The entire estate of Mrs. Pa
tricia Burton Lonergan, 22-year-
old heiress to a S5,000,000 brew
cry fortune who was bludgeOned
and strangled to death Oct. "a. is
left to her infant son, Wayne
William Lonergan, under terms
of her will.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Sweeping Accord Reflects
Unequivocol Allied Unity
BY JAMES d. WHITE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-lP)
The sweeping Moscow agree
ment was viewed here today as
the greatest single blow 10 Ger
man hopes Of victory that the
war has produced.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02

government while the king re-
tanned his throne.
Count Carlo Sforza, pre-Fas-
cist foreign minister. is said TO
have told Badoglio that he
would never join the govern
ment while the king remained in
power. In this he is reported to
have the backing of Benedetto
Croce. noted philosopher, and
the National Liberation Front,
which includes Italy's six politi-
cal parties.
Sforza and Croce have let it
be known. however, that they
See KING-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02

AS a result OF a conference
between Major Arthur r..
Watkins, public relations Of
ficer of the Salvation Army
and Charles v. Titus, Ma
comb county representative of
the National War Fund. Inc,
il was agreed that the solicit
tation of funds for the Saliva
ton Army, now in progress
in Nacomb county. will be
postponed until after the War
Fund campaign; there being
no desire on the part OF the
Salvation Army TO conflict
with the war fund drive.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Center Blasted

NEW DELHI, Nov. 2-(PD -
Raj bombers blasted the i'm
portant Japanese cOmmunica-
tions center at Mandalay in Bur-
ma yesterday after fighter
bombers had carried out Sc
ries of daylight attacks on IRA
waddy river traffic and enemy
positions in the Chin hills, a
British communique announced
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Mail Fraud

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-(P)
- The United States District
Court for the District of Column
bia yesterday voided the mail
fraud indictment of Rep. James
Nj. Curley D-Mass) and five
others, ruling that the grand
jury had been illegally sum-
moned."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
US. MARINES Invade b0uGA|Nv|LL
late X X X
bulletins
OPA Ignored

DENVER, Nov. 2-(P)- Ig-
noring a blunt warning from Of
flee of Price Administration Of
ficials, the Denver City Council
last night passed two-cents-
per-quart excise tax on fluid
milk--to give producers higher
prices and avert a threatened
milk shortage.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Jap Council

NEW YORK, Nov. 2-(P)-A
Tokyo domestic b Oadcast re-
ported by the Office of War in
formation today announced the
establishment by the Japanese
government of an Inventors
council" to aid in the prosecu-
ton of the war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
-Willkie Speech

NEW YORK. Nov. O. Up
Wendell l.. Willkie, in a message
read at meeting of Jewish lead
ers yesterday, asserted that "the
United Nations must prevent the
closing OF Palestine either as
temporary haven or as perma-
nent home"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Troops Sent Home

LONDON, Nov. 2-(P)-- A
Reuters dispatch from Ankara
today said that Hungary had or
dered home all her troops sup
porting the German armies in
South Russia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Raiders Land
on Last Big
SoIorons Base
Enemy Squadron
Refuses Bottle
with Task Force

SOUTH PACIFIC ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS, Nov. up
- American Marines landed on
the Japanese stronghold of Bou-
granville yesterday while task
forces bombarded Buka and
Shorthand Islands, at either tip
of Bougainville. and routed
Japanese naval force without
firing a shot
An enemy squadron OF four
light cruisers, accompanied by
five or six destroyers, headed
toward Bougainville Island, but
turned and fled when an Amer
lean task force set out 10 meet
them
Eve hope Japanese naval
forces VIII come down and give
us a chance at Them" said a
spokesman for Admiral William
F HalSey, Jr., in predicting
strong opposition on Bougain-
Vile, last major enemy holding
in the Solomons.
Only slight resistance was en-
countered by the Marines who
by-pasSed the enemy's strong
hold of BUN to land on Empress
Augusta Bay under a screen of
naval and air Commandment. Oc-
cupation of Choiseul apd Treas
ury Islands, bot near BUN on
the southeast tip Of Bougain-
Vile, were reported progressing
satisfactorily.
The Bougainville operation,
under command Of Rear Ad-
miral Theodore Wilkinson of
Rosslyn. Va, started shortly aft
er midnight with half hour
bombardment of the Buka air.
field between Bougainville and
strategic Japanese-held Rabaul,
by United States cruiser task
force. The Smelling was appar-
entity successful in its purpose
Of limiting the amount of aerial
pressure the enemy could bring
against the landing force.
SHELL BAY POSITIONS
Just before dawn a task force
shelled Empress Augusta Bay
for Is minutes while another
fleet unit bombardc1 the bivouac
area in the Shorthand Islands.
The Solomons air arm bomb
cd and str ( c d airdromes
throughout the Bougainville area
-Kahili, Kara, Ballale and Bu-
ka 49, and the surprised round
forces at Empress Augusta Bay.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Campaign Nets
S3,125 on
Opening Day
Women's Division
Begins Convoss
on Thursday

Three thousand, one hundred
and twenty five dollars was
pledged on Monday. initial day
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-02
Coal Mines Again
Seized by US.
FDR Acts Swiftly to End
Nations No. l Headache

government - whether merely
nominal and a face saver for
See MINES-Page 2
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
Chang Cause Of
Japanese Defeat

AT THE UPPER YANGTzE
FRONT, (Delayed)- 27. CUP
The large-scale japanese thrust
in May and June, aimed at Chung
king, failed because enemy battle
plans fell into the hands of Gen
eralissimo Chang Kai Shek.
The key to the rout of the Nip
ponese troops was the great Snih-
pal (Stone Tablet fortress, towering
1000 feet above the south shore of
the violent Yangtze river.
Guns on these huge yellow and
grey cliffs, the frontal gate" of
free China's capital, command the
japanese stronghold at Ichang,
some 10 miles downriver.
Japanese strategy called for cap
ture of all key heights and towns
on the flanks and in the rear of
Shihpai and then the storming of
Santouping, prosperous river town
Is miles above the fortress-by the
end of May.
When Chang saw the plans, he
called on the Shihpai defenders to
defend the fortress in the same
spirit as the Russians defended
Stalingrad."
The japanese reached the Shih-
pal area on June 20 and walked
into trap.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
OFF AGAIN FlNNEGAN'

(Christian Science Monitor)
In between the afraid flutter-gubbets
and assorted nighttime and midday odd
ments of cacophony that dominate the
mellow New England atmosphere these
DAYS we find our thoughts centerlng on
next winters coal and oil. 1t is per-
haps indicative of the topsy-tuVlness OF
the times that one must, on the hottest
days of the year, be most concerned with
the problems of the coldeSt Maybe 1t s
Just the ant in us.
Or Illustration. Having been utterly
confused by the conflict of views eman-
ating from Babel-sur-Potomac on the
matter of gasoline, and the autos tank
having mostly rusted in the interim, resi-
dents of the Northeastern States are now
in fair trim to enter the really blg-league
bedlam which is house heating, or the
lack of it.
At one moment Mr.. Nelson, who has
a way of seeing the brighter side OF
things. hints that better times are COM
ing. But that intelligence is quickly
buried by our friend thea Curmudgeon
who glooms that even coal may be ration
ed. And John l.. Lewis isn't much help.
On the same page OF the newspaper
in which Mr. Ickes is so unpromsng'
his New England solid fuels admlnlstra-
tor, Mr. Ostby, gives the boss nudglng
by saying there could be coal if only
Harold would stop shipping anthracite
into the Middle West and concentrate on
getting it up in Yankee-land, where it
really gets cold.
Somebody says there will positively be
oil somebody with equal authority says
absolutely there will not be oil. And
Congress lops off the appropriation with
which the Office of War Information is
supposed to referee such divergences OF
opinion.
Really, it is all very perplexing, AL
most as much so as whether we should
get up, don our helmets and tweet our
little whistles at that first blast OF the
siren, or whether we should wait for the
flutter-gubbets 1--WE like that world, or
Just turn over and go back to sleep
And, so, far into the night.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
i. v. IS NO PLACE
FOR AN AIR FIELD"

Sunday, the big naval air training sta
tion near Holtville will be commissioned.
Completion of this three million dollar
air field, the second of its size and i'm
portance to be constructed in the valley,
and the fourth field located here in con-
nection with the military and naval pro-
gram, marks an important milestone in
the development of this country as a war
development area.
The occasion is the final fruition of
years of effort by valley people to inter
est naval and military authorities in es-
tablishment of just such fields in this
county, efforts which long met only with
rebuffs.
Six years ago, representative of the
Ell Centre chamber of commerce aviation
committee presented proposal to naval
officers on North Island at San Diego,
suggesting reserve field in this valley
to supplement the coastal installation.
The officers were courteous. They did
mt laugh in our face. They went to great
length to explain that there couldn't pos
sibly be any use for such field; !; and even
if there should be such secondary field,
it should not be located over here where
summer flying conditions were so i'm
possible"
Before Pearl Harbor, a group of per-
sistent men from all over the valley COM
prised the Associated Chambers of COM
merce aviation committee. They again
conceived the theory that this county
could be promoted as the possible site OF
air fields OF course it was only cow
county idea, and who ever heard OF SO
many men-there were about dozen and
a half-from all over the valley cooper
ating on such a long chance objective.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
LEND-LEASE AND AIR RULE

(San Diego Union)
Inglophobes seek to build up fear and
resentment against Britain by emphasize
ing that the British are preparing to use
lend-lease planes on air routes to Latin
America and the Far East.
The British, it is pointed out, realize
that they are being left behind in inter
national aviation, and are hedging against
peacetime competition.
Well, why not? Would this country,
if positions were reversed sit back and
see a friendly economic rival tie up the
postwar air world? Are we SO inferior
ity-complexed that we do not trust our
ability to hold our own in the air?
In the war against Germany, Italy and
Japan, the British Empire is making its
full contribution and earning all it is get
ting from u.s.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02

on Guadaleanal. The japanese are
expected to fight uncompromisingly
to the death, utilizing all of their
experience in jungle combat.
SMALL FORCES
The Japanese were said to have
had only small forces on Rendova
and that was supported by Mac
Arthur communique early today re-
vealing that the operation there
Yves completed in little more than
six hours. The enemy garrison was
destroyed.
The seizure of Viru harbor, on
New Georgia island 80 miles below
Munda. gives the American COM
mand the only shelter or anchorage
of any usefulness along the islands
south coast However,, it was doubt
ed that il would be used as a base
for an overland drive on Munda.
High mountains and dense jungles
would make such move extremely
difficult, if not costly.
DIVERT STRENGTH
Occupation of Viru may force the
Japanese to divert strength to that
area. In addition, the navigable
harbor may make it useful as sup
ply base for American operations in
the central Solomons.
The central Solomons are of
greater strategic Importance to the
Japanese than the Lae-Salamaua
area of New Guinea. If they fall
into American hands, Japanese
held Bougainville in the north
western Solomons would be easier
prey for the Allies. And Bougain-
vile is the main bulwark of defense
for the key Japanese base at Ra-
baul, on New Britain island.
Heart of the central Solomons'
defenses is Munda site of Japan's
much bombed air base. If it falls,
the satellite bases in the area are
almost certain to become indefen-
sible.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
50 Chinese Cooks
Enter at MexiCaIi

United States railroad lines will
soon have the services of Sc addi-
tional Chinese cooks brought into
the country from the Mexicali VAL
ley.
Most of the Chinese crossed the
line into the United States at Ca
lexico Thursday and Friday and
the remaining group of about 20
were scheduled TO enter Saturday,
Several months ago a group of
100 sCch Chinese were admitted to
the country and employed by the
Southern Pacific company.
The Chinese are Omitted under
bond which will be forfeited if they
fail to return TO Mexico at the ex-
piration Of their contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
VALLEY TOWNS
CAN COOPERATE

But those men did cooperate. They
worked hard, met often, secured the
county, compiled data, solicited and re-
ceived cooperation from district and
county officials. They placed plans on
paper, went all over southern California
to air schools and officials of army, navy,
and civil government.
A famous general climbing into an air
plane on the coast said of the proposals,
"Hell NO! Who would want to put an
airfield in Imperial Valley"
But the group persisted 1t planted its
seeds of thought in many places on the
coast and in Washington, D. c. 1t pre-
vailed upon the county supervisors to
provide funds and delegate an official
agent of the valley to persist in "mer-
ckandising our aeronautical and military
possibilities"
The whole valley has benefited from
those efforts.
There is a seapIane base on Salton Sea,
a Marine base with adjacent field at Ft.
Dunlap near inland, and two huge fields,
one the Marine flying field at Ell CentrO'
and now the Holtville air training sta
ton.
Some Doubling Thomases might say
that these things, or some of them would
have come about anyway, but there are
others who believe otherwise and nave
reason to back up that belief.
So there are various morals to draw
from this story, not the least OF which
are that nothing is impossible in this
county, that with odds and arguments
against us, developments can be achiev-
ed, that Imperial county is doing more
for the war effort than merely producing
farm crops, and that Valley towns CAN
COOPERATE SUCCESSFULLY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE
COUNTY.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-02
Allies Foce 10000 jap
Troops i'm Pocific Drive

WASHINGTON. July (UP) -
Allied forces in the two southwest
Pacific invasion areas face an estl-
mated 10000 or 10000 battle-hard-
ened Japanese troops.
The Japanese, according to re-
ports here, have between 10000 and
40 900 men in the Salamaua Lac
area of New Guinea, where General
Douglas MacArthur's troops seized
Nassau Bay.
In the central Solomons, where
American forces occupied Rendova
island and captured Viru harbor on
New Georgia island, the japanese
were said to have as many as 30
00C troops.
Meanwhile, well-informed naval
sources said the present operations
were definitely not the much
advertised big Allied Pacific often
sive but rather a necessary prelude
to it. They explained that the main
purpose of the present drive is TO
acquire certain sorely-needed ad-
vance bases from which the major
offensive eventually will start.
NEED STEPPING STONES
Cne official said that although
the overall Pacific strategy does
not contemplate an island-by- island
advance toward the japanese home
land, it is necessary for the present
to acquire the stepping stones
leading toward the inner enemy de-
fense ring. Actually, he said, it is
an air base-by air base campaign al
the moment.
Once these are acquired, he add
ed, it will be possible to by pass
many islands and thus smash at tht
"heartlands" of Japan'S empire.
Fierce and bloody struggles art
anticipated before the present phas,
of the Pacific campaign is con.
cluded. The initial Allied moves
evidently caught the japanese by
surprise but the pattern of enem'
resistance is expected to be like tha