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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04
Chew Strike Menuees
Five More GIN Plants

DETROIT, Aug. 4-(P)-The
strike that has tied up General
Motors Chevrolet gear and axle
division for more than q week
threatens to force the closing Of
five other General Motors fac
tories in other cities, a war de-
partment announcement said to-
day.
The announcement was read
at show cause hearing of the
war labor board at which inter-
national officers of the United
Automobile Workers (CIO) were
called to explain why 1000 en-
ployes of the gear and axle
division have ignored back-to-
work orders.
The plants listed as facing
shutdowns were the General
Motors plant at Pontiac, the
Chevrolet plant at Norwood,
Ohio, and the General Motors
factory at Atlanta, Ga, all Of
which will have to close August
7, and the Chevrolet plant at
Tonawanda, N. Y, and General
Motors plant at st. Louis. which
will have to discontinue opera
tons August 8.
"The strike-bound plants"
the war departments announce
ment said, constitute the sole
source for a number of parts
used in the manufacture of a
vitality needed aircraft engine
which Is being produced at the
Chevrolet plant at Tonawanda,
N. Y"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04
Donald Baumgartner
Wounded in France


Word was received here today
by the parents of Pvt. Donald
Baumgartner notifying them
that he was wounded in action
in France on July 10. He is FL
years of age and entered the
service in January of 1943, be-
ing sent overseas in April Of
this year.
The message came in the
form of a telegram from the
War Department which also in
formed his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Erwin Baumgartner, that a
letter would follow.
Pvt. Baumgartner attended
Mount Clemens High School UNI
til the tenth grade. The Baum
gartners reside at Ito Grove
Park.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04
Yank Columns
Fan.0ut Over
All Brittany
Smashing Drive
Corries Americans
Close to Ports
BY GLADWIN HILL


SUPREME HE AID Q U AR
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDITION
AIRY FORCE, Aug. a. P) -
1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's dy-
Mantle team of armor and in
fantry has driven close to St.
Nazaire and practically COM
pleted the slicing off of the Bre-
ton peninsula, it was indicated
tonight.
The dazzling pace of the
Americans, driving across Brit
tany in more than half a dozen
directions, was believed to have
established them in a much
greater area than the IS mile
wedge, 80 miles wide, which Of
fetal communicates and latest
war correspondents re ports
showed.
The latest correspondents
dispatches said the doughboy
tide, spreading 20 miles south
ward of the central communi-
cations hub of Rennes, were
within 43 miles of St. Nazaire,
the Nazi U-Boat base which
British Com m IN dos partly
wrecked in March, 1912, using
an old us. destroyer as time
bomb.
CLOSE TO GOODS
These reports showed they
were also 40 miles from the
Loire river city of Nantes, while
q miles west of Rennes they
were approaching Mauron, l08
miles from the French Naval
base of Brest.
The Germans were finding it
hard to hold on even to the only
stable stretch of the Front, a
35-mile line below Caen.
Yet other forces advanced in
rapid strides to within two miles
See YANKS-Page 2
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IFS, Is 10 IS,
10 Be Re-Surveyed

WASHINGTON, Aug. A. P
Local draft boards have been
directed to review the cases Of
all registrants 18 through IS,
who prior to June 1 were found
unfit for military service be-
cause of educational or mental
deficiencies.
Army induction centers for
the last two months have been
using new and more accurate
tests to determine the qualifica-
tons Of registrsnts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04

Members of local 235, UAW-
Clio, involved in the gear and
axle strike, have threatened to
withdraw from the International
Union and have refused to turn
over their local to an admins
traitor named by the Information
al Executive Board.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04
laps Burma
Base Topples
Stilwsll Scores
Smashing Triumph

Asssetaseo Press War B6DoOe
4Myitkyina has fallen, conquer
ed by hard-bitten Allied trooro
who In ten weeks overcarlo
Monsoon, jungle and 5000 Ja1-
anese defending this north Bur.
ma base vital to reopsning tAo
Ledo Road back 70 China.
Southeast ASix headquarters
announced 1t Gen. Joseph Stil.
wells triumph today, saying
that remnants Of the 18th Jap-
anese division were wiped ont
with Baxookas, flame throwoeA
heavy artillery and mo9tars N
the final hours Of tho long sieoo.
Stilwell, nominated to b, .
four-star general, had b tn
victory cleared more than 10
miles for his now-building Le1o
Road out Of India. which h
Bee DASE-Rase 3
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less than three miles from the
city. ~"~s@ -"~s
(Today's German communique
said German troops had de
tached themselves toward a mar
row bridgehead Immediately
south of Florence" and that re-
newed Allied attacks against
this position were frustrated. 1t
declared - without Allied con-
firmation that Allied artillery
fire was directed ION the histor-
ic city with its irreplaceaole
cultural treasuresD.
The New Zealanders drove
the Germans from high ground
See BRITISH-Page 2
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powwow SET
for Thursday
Lions Club Plons
Colo Vision Benefit

Plans for the Seventh Annual
Lions Club Powwow to be held
at Hillcrest Golf Club grounds
on August 10 are complete and
judging from expressions voiced
by the committee in charge of
the event, all indications point
toward a successful affair. I'm
usually fine entertainment has
been secured which will begin at
continue until 10 in the evening.
four o'clock in the afternoon and
General activity begins, how
ever, at noon.
This year the Lions Club has
decided to invite as their guests
all Macomb County men in the
armed services who are home on
furlough and have their names
inscribed on the Honor Roll in
front of the County Building. All
that will be necessary for ad-
mittance to the Powwow will be
the presentation of their fur
Tough papers to committee mem
bers stationed at the gate.
BENEFIT CHILDREN
During the past six years the
Mount Clemens Lions Club has
provided glasses and optical
service for hundreds of needy
children, and all worthy cases
are investigated personally by
Lions Club members. A purchase
of a ticket will assist this pro-
gram.
Appearing on the gala array
of entertainers will be Harry
Heilman of Radio Station
WXYZ, who will be master of
ceremonies; Phil Skillman OF
WJR; Johnny King, popular
Irish tenor; Gus Howard from
one of Detroit's night clubs, and
See POW-WOW-Page :
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(ity's;(apture
Is Expetted
MonentariIy
Hord-Fishtins
CoIonioIs Glimpse
Spires Of Objective

ROME, Aug. 4 - R - AL.
lied entry into Florence appear
ed imminent today, with the
Germans falling back before the
unrelenting pressure of New
Zealand and South African
troops.
Nazi forces departed last
night from a ridge south OF the
city. From that vantage point
today AP correspondent Lynn
Heinzerling looked down on
Florence and through the smoke
of German guns just outside the
city was able to pick out glisten-
ing church domes.
Some of the Allied troops were
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BULLETIN

LANSING, Aug. 4 -
tAP) - The State Public
Service Commission today
ordered the Detroit Edison
Company TO return $10,-
100000 TO it's customers in
Southeastern Michigan by
the end Of this year and to
reduce its onnuoI gross rev.
enues in future yeors by the
some amount.
The order effects custom
ers in Ann Arbov, The De-
troit oreo, lopeer, Monroe,
M. Clemens, part OF Pom
tioe, Port Huron, Royol Oak
and YpsiIsnti.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04
Baltic Chief
Of Two Armies
Joins Russians
Commander Of
Troppsd Noxi
Forces Ends Fight
BULLETIN

LONDON, Aug. -lAP)
The German radio ssjd \
tonight .thst Gen. csssss
lindsmenn, Gsvmssa essus. !.
meadss in chief sf the Dbl.
tic front, hss deserved @
the kussiens. . H. EN-.
mendsd the l6eh Gad lSsa
ermiss, 20 . 30 sf wheee
divisions wsss rspested iSsp.
ped By ths Rsssiea plsass -
the Deltie SEQ.
By DANIEL De LUCE
MOSCOW. Aug. l-tR3- nas.
sian hosts which smashed IL
German Vistula River line "a.
vanced swiftly today to within
81 miles of German Silesia
while other army groups IN IN
north shelled towns and VII.
lagos inside East Prussia from
positions three milss from III
frontier.
2. Anuther triumph IN IT. EnuS
pathians carried the Red ARR
within five miles q Csoeno
Slovakia after chasing ~ Or
mans from Jabonkow. Z shng1
distance from the crest Of Uxpk
Pass.
Russian forces moved within
So miles Of Krakow. fifth city u
Old Poland. over difficult hin
country.
Official sources were silent q
the siege Of Warsaw where
Marshal Kanstantin Rokossov.
sky's army group was pulloa
up just east Of the Polish capital
In the Baltic states, Russian
tanks were patrolling III
shores of the Gulf Of Riea -
miles west Of Riga and salso
west toward Liepaja, Latyiass
second city and = west coaGt
seaport.
All along the l,000-mils front
from the Baltic to the Carpath-
ians, the Germans were !, ~.
ported rolling I'D reserves, par
See GENERAk-Rago 8 .
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ROME, Aug. a. R The
Eighth Army reached Flor
ence today. South African
troops gained the outskirts OF
the city and patrols working
forward found that five or six
bridges across the Arno riv-
err within the city had been
destroyed, Allied headquart-
ers announced.
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less than three miles from the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29

The original Voice OF Freedom
station made OF old parts. signed
OF in April 1912 Romulo. under
orders. escaped using a resurrected
amphibious J2F4 Navy jalopy nick
named The Duck. Its engines
hadn't the power TO raise 1t over
100 feet from the bay where II had
been found submerged
Today Romulos dramatic and
emotion-hlled voice, known TO mil
lions OF Americans, counteracts the
Jap controlled KZRH at Manila.
Stirring appeals go to the leader.
less groups and tribes OF Igorot war.
riors in the forests. mountain abor.
igines, the little Negritos on Ba.
taan and the Moro chieftains to
Join the might and strength Of
America" The FFF, as the FIJI
OF France, is a daring army of the
underground seeking vengeance.
It's small bands filter In from the
hills to join MacArthur's men as
companied by American cavalry
men who remained with them.
Such groups are helpful but,
writes General Romulo "the fight
in, is far from over and | dare
say to reconquer Luzon will be
an uphill fight" Notwithstanding
tie recent carrier plane precision
bombing OF Manila, Clark Field and
the harbor In Romulo's sector
severe conditions are arising from
Jap infiltration OF American lines.
Enclosed is the first number of
the paper published here and print
e on makeshift press" The Leyte-
Samar Free Philippines. General
Romulo explained, appeared on
Sunday, oct. 90, averaging 400
words a column, produced from
variety Of hand-set type, edited by
residents OF Tacloban.
The lead military story by Rob-
ert Kleiman printed in the biggest
type the local people could find. an.
nounced 1t. Gen. Shire Makino's
Jap losses as 14,045. Swift ad.
vances by Texas First Cavalry Di-
vision and three full combat divi.
sions of veterans from the SHOWS
OF Attu and the jungles of New
Guinea" had arrived in a convoy
OF 900 ships which at one point
stretched over 900 miles of ocean.
The main local story, written by
a school teacher, reported President
Sergio Osmena's first cabinet meet
ing on native soil. Osmena an
nounced that "all Filipinos must
work for victory" Wage rates
were set at soc for common labor.
75c for skilled, and 81 for foremen
with no increase for overtime. A
six line editorial charged every
one to fight or work. There is no
time for idle words"
The tiny sheet carried a page
one warning:
"Air raid alarm-3 shots. All
clear shot"
Commercial news reported that
a debt moratorium may be declared
TO cover obligations since Dec. 81.
1871. Pre.war treasury certificates
are made valid with the world Vic
tory overprinted. Two OF these
General Romulo sent the writer as
short shorter and long shorter SOU
venirs, a reminder OF an earlier
promise to see you In Manila"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29
Sellers Market
Worries MaHon

for the customer 10 detect. ne can
charge anything"
The one who told me this was a
restaurant proprietor but can see
the same thing Is true in other lines.
The list prices on the wall concern
items that are sold out most Of the
time.
Evade Ceiling Price.
Then there Is the roofer. called
one do not know, who had an ad-
vertisement in the paper. TO Ak two
leaks which are running the plaster.
He questioned me closely about the
nature OF the job and then told me:
IF we do not get out next week,
you will know we could not handle
your job" In the end he made it
rather clear that he selected only
work from which he could make
the most money. II I wanted
roof put on he could do IL. but
he would not fix small leaks. I
guess II will leak AL winter I'M
less i fix II myself.
finally contracted for some paint
ing. The painter did half the Job.
then as il was Saturday he said he
needed money to pay his men, so
paid him up to date. He never
returned to finish the other half Of
the job. thought he might be wait
ing for a rainy day to do the inte-
rior work, but we had a week Of
rain thereafter and he never showed
up. reached the conclusion he
must also have chosen another lob
in the middle of mine.
Now these are not amusing
symptoms from a single community
but striking and common examples
Of a new kind of national imitation
which does not show in price or
manpower statistics or problems
as handled in Washington.
Mr.. Roosevelt. in his campaign,
recognized one Of the points in
volved. He promised high wages for
a full" work week. the first time
I can recall he mentioned the word
full" This may mean some action
Is coming to promote full national
production by available manpower.
But il he contemplates only an
other national wage increase as sug.
gested. it will complicate the prob.
lem, the essence OF which is that
the people have two or three times
as much money as the goods they
can buy, and sellers market Is de-
moralizing war economics.
The proper time economically for
a wage increase is when lay-offs
start in war production, after defeat
Of Germany so as to take UP that
slack in purchasing power and main
tain the existing level OF national in
come. Otherwise more irresistible
impetus will be added to the infla-
uonary impulses already noticeable
everywhere except in the statistics.
The president said something IN
his Boston speech about having
cured imitation. I think he still has
lot Of work to do on it. No def
mite plan has come from the White
IoIIse--or even hint
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29
By JAMES r. YOUNG

Thanksgiving week mail brought
a letter from Leyte enclosing the
initial issue OF a tabloid newspaper
p""'ished at Tacloban. first liberat.
ed Philippine provincial capital
The mail also brought a short
shorter Philippines Victory treas.
ury note and Brig. Gen. Carlos p
Romulo's Voice OF Freedom broad
cast script which he used on D.Day
when Gen. Douglas Macarthur re-
turned TO the commonwealth.
a few days after the Americans
landed a Jap shell exploded in a
group which incl d Romulo.
Seven men were killed instantly
and many injured. Romulo was
wounded in the right side OF the
jaw.
Last night" Gen. Romulo wrote
to this column, Il read President
Roosevelts proclamation about
Thanksgiving Day-and what mem
cries II brought 10 me OF my last
Thanksgiving in Pawling, n. Y,
with the Youngs. What a contrast!
Here | am In war ravaged town
destroyed by Japanese brutality,
sleeping in a fox hole, the Japs
raiding us every night with their
Zeros. They give us not a mo-
ment's peace or quiet. Shippers are
all around US. Filth, mud and
smells. We have lived on K.rations
rtv do 10 cd
at is nice TO live in memories of
by-gone days, now that am in
the Philippines again. Not Home
Sweet Home" yet, for Manila is
goo miles from here. -. he observed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29
HAT TER and
~ q Fact or two

Paradise Flat" was the CHI
eago home of Myrtle Reed, nov
elist, author of "Lavendar and
Old Lace" "Old Rose and Sill
YER" etc.
The only portions OF Africa
which are not involved in the
present war are the Portuguese
and Spanish colonies.
In 1914. England obtained the
Dutch colonies OF Guiana and
the Cape of Good Hope for g.
100000 pounds
THERE ARE no needles to
be had In Germany, according to
a report. Gosh, and just when
Fritz really needs a shot in the
arm.
Christmas is less than a month
away and Juniors ears have be-
gun 10 fairly sparkle with
cleanliness.
I
That New Yorker who man.
osed 10 swipe 800, 900 razor
blades must have been a regular
sharpis.
Postwar products, we're told,
will be more durable than their
pre-war counterparts. Let's hope
this also includes the peace.
The papers are full of Hitler
stories. But. for once, Der Fueh-
rer isn't enjoying the publicity.
zodok Dumkopf says he could
enjoy I hose eisaret sponsored
radio programs oil the moro II he
Just had something TO smoke
while listening.
Prime Minister Churchill has
written to President Roosevelt
not to ride around in the rain
any more. Grandpappy Jenkins
thinks the least Winnie could
have done would have been to
send FDR an umbrella.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29
BY HAZEL HARTZOG

ny iiALEL nav ECb
William Gargan pulled sultry
Vivian Austin into his arms, press
ed his lips on hers
Then somebody yelled, Hello,
Glenn" and waved to an imagin-
airy figure oif.stage.
Miss Austin darted a quick look
over her shoulder and the scene
broke UP.
Never mind Vivian soothed
Director Erie c. Kenton, Glenn
isn't here-we don't allow Jealous
hus bands on the set"
He's not jealous" Tho brunette
actress replied firmly aud snuggled
bac' into Gargan's arms for an.
other take of their naturalization
love scene in the University who
dunit comedy, "She Gets Her
Man.
In real life, a crowded railroad
station is quite a prosaic setting
for a young man and girl to EN-
brace and nobody pays much at.
tention 10 the romancers. These
days there are so many OF them.
But on the studio stage it's DIFF.
ferent-and il can be embarrass-
ing. according TO Miss Austin.
Especially when a guy like Bill
Gargan criticizes your technique
in the clinches-even II he's only
kidding.
To the audience the first retake
looked good. but Gargan frowned.
"She doesn't give anything" he
complained.
Playing up to his cue, Director
Kenton ordered another retake.
Put more spark into 1t, Vivian"
By the 10th retake, Kenton de-
cided IL was Ok, but not Gargan.
She's cold" he argued stub
bornly.
Certainly she answered bright
ly. I've had a cold for nearly a
week"
Now she tells me, moaned Gar
gan. after I've kissed her 10
! times"
II the ladies want to know about
this reducing business. Laird Gre
gar is one guy 10 talk 70.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29
STAGE and SCREEN

Cregar. whose mammoth and
well.padded figure used to take up
most OF the screen when he was in
a scene. has lost los pounds.
He Topped the pounds OF during
IL weeks, most Of it while working
in the goth Century-Fox thriller.
Hangover Square. with Linda
Darnell and. George Sanders.
The going wasn't easy, he ad-
mits
81 love to eat, so making up my
mind to lose all that beef was the
hardest part But my doctor told
me | couldn't have an operation
needed until got rid OF 100 pounds
or more, so ] had to do it,"
After physical examination,
Cregar said he was given a diet OF
500 calories a day.
I'D heard vaguely about calories
and 500 seemed like a lot--but
when | found out how little food
this amounted to, was pretty dis
couraged.
Two slices Of crisp bacon, two
pltCtS VI ulg lOdSl anu GUY VI
coffee with cream isn't much for d
guy like me- be reflected.
Br. Cregar stuck with it-he
had TO because his doctor exam
iued him twice a week.
IL didn't dare cheat because he
knew IL when I did"
II was harder on Director John
Bhahm, who was making Hang
over Square. because he had to
shoot everything in sequence.
IL couldn't be fat in one scene
and thin In the next" Cregar said.
SO the film was made in sequence
and Cregar loses his waistline gra-
dually. That fitted into the story S
action, but it kept the wardrobe
department on the run.
When the picture was over, Gre
gas waistline had shrunk 10 in
ches. his shirts were five sizes
smaller and his shoes three sizes
smaller.
He can't gain that weight back
again either he says.
Il gave all my clothes away and
got new ones so | wouldn't be
tempted to grow back into them. "
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-29
SideIights on The News

! II have not had a word from my
loved ones" the dynamic General
wrote. Before thu war he was edi-
tor of a chain OF Philippine news
papers and managed a radio sta
ton. He left his beautiful wife,
Virginia, and HIS four sons TO Join
Macarthur. Mrs. Romulo parted
from him at the gate OF their Ma
Mia home, kissed him good-by. The
boys were asleep that moonlight
night. What happened 10 the fam.
lily is not known.
The Japs seized his home and re-
Questioned his auto. identifying It
by its license number which they
had catalogued. They bombed his
modern air.conditioned newspaper
plant. took his radio station and
from II broadcast, I'VE warn the
people OF the Philippines that a
propaganda OF lies Is being concoct-
ed by one Carlos p. Romulo who
sooner or later will pay for his
crimes"
He was declared enemy No. ! on
the Jap list. Placards were posted
in Manila ANNOUNCING a price on
him dead or alive. The Japs ID.
cred that he be shot on sight.
General Romulo's answer, In
Guided with his Thanksg giving let
ter to this column. was over a
powerful L. s.. transmitter on
D-Day
"Unsheath your bolo and let II
flash 10 the Japanese our outraged
peoples vengeance. Fight without
quarter. Eight him wherever you
find him. The day of reckoning for
the brutal aggressor is here"