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many and IS miles from Cologne,
also was being softened by Ameri-
can shells.
German civilians were defying
Hitlerian orders to evacuate the
Rhineland.
On the Sd Army front, Americans
threw back German armored blows
and advanced to the area of Dieuze
and Baccarat. respectively Is miles
northeast and 20 southeast OF
Nancy.
Gerbeviller, midway between Bac-
carat and Charmes, was freed. Ger
mans were being mopped up 6 miles
northeast of Pont-a-MouSSon. Fur
ther gains were made south of the
fiercely defended fortress of Metz,
but these were not detailed by su-
preme headquarters.
There was no further official news
OF the American 7th Army, fighting
west and south of the Belfort Gap.
Stand at Brest Collapses.
The fanatical enemy stand at
Brest, fourth harbor of France, COL
lapsed amid shell and bomb-torn
ruins after a siege of more than a
month and half-the longest Of
any enemy holdout in the west. All
"organized resistance had ceased,
said supreme headquarters.
The German radio said today Hit
Ter had awarded one of the highest
German decorations to 1t. Gen.
Hermann Ramcke, Nazi commander
at Brest. The award was the oak
leaves with swords and diamonds to
the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.
Gen. Ramcke rejected numerous
American ultimatums to surrender
during the long siege.
Boulogne was falling. The city
itself was almost entirely in Cana
dian hands. Canadians had smashed
their way completely through it,
capturing LIE Portel, a mile to the
southwest, and boxing the German
survivors into the hills along the
coast between there and the citys
southern outskirts. So far 70 off,
GERS and 1900 men have been cap
tured.
Battlefield a Quagmire.
Rains yesterday along the Allied
line from the region of Cologne to
Belfort Gap turned the front into a
quagmire.
The Germans turned robot flying
bombs. against the rear area of the
American Sd Army as a mighty
battle ragged over an area of sol
square miles along an arc east of
Nancy. A front dispatch said the
German high command was throw
ing men and tanks away recklessly
in an effort to halt the Sd Armv's
drive toward Strabourg and the
Rhine.
Wes Gallagher, Associated Press
war correspondent, said many Ger
man units had been left without
motor transport, leaving them the
choice either to stand and fight or
be overrun by Sd Army armor.
To embattled American troops
fighting for every inch of ground
there is no talk of the war being
over III TWO OF three weeks. he said
They will settle for any time this
year"
More than 464,346 German pris-
oners have been captured since the
landings in France June 6. This
total does not include the thousands
bagged at Brest or Boulogne.
Possibly 10000 may be added to
the total by the final count of the
Brest garrison. Of the total bag
the United States 1st Army had
taken 10000, the Sd Army $4,000.
the 7th Army $4,000 and the 9th
Army 10000.
The 2lst Army Group, including
the British I'd Army and the Ca
madam lst Army, has taken more
than $4,000. of whom the Canadians
alone took 52,971.
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of Syria and Lebanon by the United
States Government is. step In
which I, like every American, can
take whole-hearted pleasure. Our
civilization has deep roots in the
culture and wisdom of the Middle
East. 1t is wholly fitting, therefore,
that these spiritual bonds should
find this new expression in closer
political relations with these two
Arab states"
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Roosevelt iIsRecognition
OF Syria and Lebanon

President Roosevelt today well
coined the people of the republics
OF Syria and Lebanon Into the So
ciety of free, sovereign nations" in a
statement expressing satisfaction at
American recognition yesterday of
the two governments. Syria and
Lebanon formerly were French
mandates.
In connection with the recognition
the President yesterday nominated
George Wadsworth to be minister
to the republics.
Recalling this appointment. the
Presidents statement added:
Recognition of the independence
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Nazi Move Reported
To Save High Officers
>,,
For Sd World War
~ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-The Ger
man high command is urging Nazi-
minded generals to save themselves
and their subordinates down to the
rank Of company commanders as a
nucleus for an army to launch a
third war aimed at winning world
leadership, a copyrighted dispatch
to the New York Herald Tribune
declared today.
War Correspondent Joseph Dris-
coll, with American forces in Ger
many, said proof Of this plot to
reconstruct the German Army" was
found in a secret document bearing
the imprimatur of the supreme.
command of the armed forces of
the Reich. 1t was prepared for
distribution to Nazi-sympathizing
officers down to division leaders, he
said.
Mr.. Driscou quoted the document
as saying:
Every member of the armed force
must know that it is absolutely
necessary to save the officers corps
for the reconstruction of the father
land. The German officer is too
valuable to be sacrificed, especially
in hopeless situations. The oficer's
salvation through retreat is in the
interest of the country.
1T was the German officers corps
which most promoted Germany to
be the world power in the first at
tempt in 19l4-8. 1t was this same
officers corps which reconstructed
Germany for the second attempt to
lead The world. 1t has been foreseen
that this second attempt could fail.
The present turn of the war forces
us to be extremely conservative with
expending our officer material.
Our final and complete victory
was so certain even a short while
ago that we can prepare ourselves
with fresh courage for a new later
fight. In order to prepare for this
unavoidable third contest for lead
ership of the world expertly, we need
our officers. At all times we have
found troops in sufficient quantities.
Therefore, care has to be taken
continuously so that the officers
corps be maintained at the present
strength. At the same time, certain
company commanders are to be !
selected to remain with the troops
and even to sacrifice themselves, if |
necessary. Such examples are nee
essary for maintaining the morale
of the troops. Division commanders
will select junior officers who are
to die hero's DEATH"
Evening star., 1944-09-20

cation for Living and Working
After the War at the Departmental
Auditorium. Capt Dreese was trans
ferred to Washington recently to
assist in developing program of
educational and vocational COUNSEL
ing for soldiers leaving the service.
The last meeting of the three
day conference will be held tonight
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Tito's Portisons Lose
|VoIievo to Germans
By The Associated Press.

BARI, Italy. Sept. 20.-Marshal
Tto's Yugoslav Partisan forces suf-
fered one of their first major re-
verses in the current er-to-bor.
der offensive with the loss of VAL
jevo to German counterattacks, re-
ports reaching here yesterday said.
Valjevo, southwest of Belgrade,
was taken late last week by the
Partisans' 1st and 18th Corps in a
drive on the capital, which also
netted Lajkovac, Is miles beyond.
Sunday German tank column.
moving down the highway from Bel
grade, succeeded in clearing 1t of
celebrating Partisans.
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Vocational Guidance Urged
As Aid in CHOOSING Jobs

A vocational classification service
similar to that used in the Army
was advocated last night as an aid
in helping Federal civilian employees
choose new postwar jobs.
The suggestion came from Capt.
Mitchell Dreese of the classification
and replacement branch of the
Adjutant Generals once, speaking
at the Employees Conference on Edu-
Evening star., 1944-09-20

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR SERvICEMEN-Postmaster General
Walker officially opening the Overseas Christmas Mailing
booth at the USO Club operated by the National Catholic
munty Service Women's Division 1914 N street NV
yesterday Miss Helen Richards of 1918 street NV hands
package to the Postmaster General Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Tokyo Reports New Raid
On Koror in PoIous

NEW YORK, Sept 20 (P,.-The
Tokyo radio said today that about
200 American bombers and fighters
had attacked Koror Island in the
Central Palaus again yesterday
and declared 80 Liberators had raid
ed Chichi in the Bonin Islands, 600
miles south of Tokyo. The Federal
Communications Commission re-
corded the broadcast.
Yesterday Tokyo announced that
Koror had been attacked by about
100 carrier based planes on Monday.
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Ringing Circus Draws
BIGGEST Crowd in Histor,

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 20.-The
biggest crowd in Ringing Bros. Bar
mum g. Bailey Circus history-l6.-
6O4 customers-saw last nights per-
formance in Rupert Stadium, home
OF the American Association Base
ball Club.
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Grass Sign: Dewey, Green

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (P.-Former
Probate Judge C. H. jenkins sign
in his lawn, he says, carries a double
meaning:
Keep off the grass-it's dewey
and green"
Mr.. jenkins says he's sure Thomas
E. Dewey will be the next President
and Dwight H. Green will be re-
elected Governor.
Back our fighting boys with your
fighting War Bond dollars!
Evening star., 1944-09-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Visits
Fort Ontario REFUGEES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OSWEGO, N. Y, Sept. 20.-Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, jr., paid an inspection
visit today to the Fort Ontario
emergency refugee shelter home O.
9S2 Europeans for the remainder o
the war.
They were luncheon guests in the
service club, largest recreation room
at the shelter.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-03-13
Take Another
Load Of PegIer
And - There

Soldiers in the South Pacific can take
Westbrook Pegler or leave him alone-and
the majority of them want to do the latter.
That's the gist of survey conducted among
servicemen in Hawaii by the Army News
paper, "Midpacifcan."
The survey on Pegler. anti-labor Scripps-
Howard coumnist, was conducted by Cpl.
Jim Richie, The Inquiring Reporter in
answer to letter from a soldier who wrote:
I'VE feel Pegler promotes disunity between
fighting men overseas and the working peo-
pie back home. Would you please use
Pegler as a topic Of your Inquiring Reporter
column"
ANSWERS 10 the question" Cpl.
Ritchie wrote, indicated that majority
Of soldiers In the CPA are in disagree
ment with the writings of westbrook
Pegler-in short, they seem to believe his
extremely critical pieces tend to promote
disunity."
Here are the pros ana cons from several
replies printed in the "Midpacifcan"-th
total printed score was nve to two against
Pegler:
Pfc. Thomas C. Hughes, San Francisco:
'Westbrook Pegler and disunity are synony-
nous; to me they mean the same thing. II
he was in Germany, he'd be a partner Of
DR.. Goebbels. His half-truths. distortions
and exaggerations couched in his inimitable
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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-03-13

The crooks are just as crooked. Dirty
politicians are just as dirty. There's still
plenty of ballyhoo and baloney.
But 99% of the American people are
just as decent as they've always been
They know what their fighting men are
going through. They're working their
heads Of to show their appreciation, to
speed the victory, and to keep America
. country worth returning to.
How come all the distorted stories that
trickle through to the troops then?
They're due to privilege. politics and peH
just as in pre-war days but with some
new war wrinkles.
Millionaire special privilege still controls
the press and other means of manufacturing
opinion. Papers like the Chicago Tribune
and the Hearst press have added to their
usual labor-baiting new devices to create
hatred and division among Americans and
among the United Nations.
This Is an election year. progressive
administration is in power, supported by
most Of the working people. So the tory
special-privilege crowd will stop at moth
ing to smear both labor and the admin
istration. And they have plenty of means
to get their ideas across to the troops.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-03-13
LOOKING AHEAD
BY LEN DE CAUX


DACK in the U. S. A. after a two years
I'D absence, Marine Sergt. John r Dew
ereux. veteran of the Bougainville. Guadal-
canal and Russell Island campaigns, was
surprised and kind of shocked" by some
things.
II thought it would be pretty rugged
here-no chow. no gas" he said. But he
found plenty of cars running. and lot of
belly-aching about rationing coming from
full bellies.
from what we had heard over there,
you'd think the Administration had ruined
the country" Sgt Devereux added. But
he found the q. S. "just as American and
just as mrIIined as ever
He also thought he'd find half the coun-
try on strike" But when he got back, he
realized 1T was all blown up for u.s."
Actually America is just as much as II
was, if not more so-and too much so in
some respects.
The lousy-rich are lousy with war profits.
instead of peace profits. They're still gripping
that they're "over-taxed." and that the New
Deal and labor are running them. They still
have most of the press for their mouthpiece.
The poor are still plenty poor and still
-geeting the blame"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-03-13

THE SECRETS OUT! John L. Lewis, bushy
browed head Of the United Mine Workers
mot a CLIO union), revealed this week
where he gets his mental food. A reporter
who patiently listened to a CIO-baiting
TRADE by Lewis told the mine workers
chief, "You sound just like Westbrook Peg
ler." Believe it or not, / read him every
day. Lewis said of the anti-labor columnist
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Theodore Mug0n

Theodore J. Mugan, age II
years, lifelong resident Of the
Mount Clemens district, died
early this morning at his home,
"a YeamanS street, where he had
been i'll for several months.
Mr.. Mugan was a native of
MaComb County and operated a
farm on the Hall road for a
number Of years. He had been
retired for some years.
Surviving, besides his widow,
Catherine, are three children:
Mrs. Cyril Meier, Anthony and
Dolores. There are eight grand
children, and also a sister, Mrs.
Ann UrbanOWSki, of Webster
Mass, surviving.
Prayers will be held at the
family home at 8 o'clock tonight
and Wednesday. The funeral
will be held Thursday at 9 a. m,
from the residence and at $50
o'clock at st. Peters Catholic
Church. Burial will be in the
family lot in the Catholic Gem
etery, with LaCroix g. Groes-
beck in charge Of funeral ar
rangementS.
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Hospital
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made by the architectural firm,
in connection with the Building
Committee, reveals that the hos
pital will be ample for the coun-
tvs needs for at least 10 years.
After lengthy debate supervisors
voted against providing extra
foundations and special roofs
for the purpose of making il a
two-story building in the years
TO come.
They reasoned that when hos
pital expansion is needed, the
additional hospital unit-possi-
bly, a duplication Of the current
one brought up TO date-Will be
erected in the heavily populated
South Macomb area. They also
pointed out that in the period
10 years hence If further bed
space is needed, the contagious
cases could be moved to new
structure, allowing for consider
able expansion in the hospital.
(The inadequate and crowd
ed county infirmary now houses
abou: Is patients, and the coun-
tvs peak isolation cases have
been 12.)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Obituaries

AGO Hall Road, near Utica.
While living in Detroit Mr..
Kuhn was employed as Super
intendent of the Wolverine Ia
BILE Manufacturing Company.
On Jan. II, 81 years ago he
was married 10 Emily frost Of
Detroit who survives him, to-
gether with two daughters, Mrs.
Myron Dreher, of Detroit, and
Mrs. Earl Walters of Mount
Clemens, and one son, Walter
Kuhn, of Detroit. He is also sur
vived by four grandchildren.
Services will be conducted
from the Schwarzkoff Funeral
Home, Utica, on Thursday at
$50 and 10 o'clock at st. Law
renee Catholic Church, Rev. E.
j. DeKeyser officiating, Burial
will take place in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Prayers will be said on
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Kuhn was a member of the
Holy Name Society of st. Law
renee Church.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Ed,r. McS,ceeney

Funeral services will be held
here Wednesday morning for
Edward insolvency, age 63
years, who died at his home, l43
South Gratiot avenue on Sun
day following a lengthy illness.
Mr.. insolvency was one of
Michigan's most noted marks
man and rifle shot who won
Midwest honors at various times
in the Camp Perry, Ohio, annual
matches.
He was employed by the De-
troit Edison Company for the
past 80 years, Is years of which
he spent as instructor at the
company's highly-rated rifle
range in Detroit. He won ma
tional prominence with several
of his girls teams and indiVid-
ual women marksmen.
He was closely associated
with the Mount Clemens Police
Department before i'll health
halted his craftsmanship in
structing.
The deceased was born in Fra
ser, son of the late William and
Hannah insolvency, of Mount
Clemens, known TO the older
generation as operators of Nc
Sweeney's Club House, fashion,
able catering center at the Clin-
ton river mouth near the lake.
Mr.. Insolvency. served with
the Navy in the SpaniSh-Amer-
lcan War and for many years
enjoyed membership in the Old
Crowd. He was an active men,
Der of st. Peters Catholic
Church.
He is survived by his widow,
Alvina; a brother, Thomas, of
Delaware; a nephew, William
McSWeeney, in the u S. Navy,
and two nieceS; Bertha Dietz, of
Detroit, and Bernadine Glano,
of Washington, D. c.
Prayers will be conducted at
the d. N. Cooley funeral chapel
at 8 o'clock this evening.
The funeral will take place
Wednesday at $50 a. m, from
the funeral home with services
at 10 a. m, at st. Peters Catho-
lie Church with the Rev. FIR. Leo
j, Gaffney, of st. Mary's Church,
New Baltimore, officiating. Bur
ial will be in the Catholic Gem
etery at New Baltimore.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Boy, 3, Suffers
Serious Burns

Three-year-old Thomas Bane,
the son of Albert and Helen
Bane, of al GreenWay, Sclfridge
Field homes, was badly burned
Sunday evening while playing
in the back yard of his home
with neighbor boys, according
TO his father.
The boy was in the yard wear
ing a cowboy suit, his father stat
ed, and was playing near SIS
gallon drum in which papers ana
other rubbish was burning. The
fur of Thomas's suit apparently
caught fire from burning pa
per or spark from the barrel, his
father stated, although no one
saw the accident. The boy was
taken to st. Joseph's hospital by
his father, where his condition
was reported this morning as
fair.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Preaching Mission
(pened for Week
Bsptist Church Offers
Well known Speaker

Rev. Joseph Grosa, pastor of
Gilbert Memorial Baptist church
announces that preaching
mission will be conducted at the
church each evening this week,
except Saturday by Rev. DR..
Reuben Nelson, executive secre-
tary of the Detroit Baptist Mis-
sionary Society.
Meetings will commence at
7:45 p. m, and are open to the
public.
Rev. Grosa, referring to the
speakers messages as challeng-
ing, points out that Rev. Nelson
has had wide experience in re-
liRious work and has served
churches in Massachusetts and
Minnesota, before coming to
Michigan.
A song service led by John
Riley and special musical num-
bers will be offered nightly. A
male quartet and the Selfridge
Field chapel organist will pro-
vide music tonight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-24
Charles Sheppard

NEW HAVEN-Charles Shep-
pard, siX-year-oid son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. Sheppard, of 1868
Rear street, New Haven, died at
the Herman Kieffer hospital in
Detroit early Sunday morning.
Funeral services Will be held
Wednesday at | p. m. at the
New Hope Baptist church in
New Haven with the Rev. John
Rivers, officiating. Burial will
be in the Lincoln Memorial GEM
ctcry. The Will funeral home of
New Haven is in charge Of ar
engagements.
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Shinske
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forth TO harass the invaders in
New Guinea, in Biak and in the
Bismarck Archipelago.
The 36-year old warrant Off
Ger, who has already served ID
years in the Army Air Forces,
wears four battle stars on his
breast; and ribbons denoting the
three presidential C ia I o n S
which have honored his unit.
These decorations cover out
standing service in the East In
dian, Papuan and New Guinea
campaigns.
LEG WOUND
Warrant Officer Shinske was
wounded in the leg by enemy
bomb fragments near Port
Moresby in those grim days
when Japanese infantry had
pushed their way across the
Owen Stanley mountains and
stood within IL miles of that
vital Allied port.
Much of the time Shinske,
who had been stationed at Self
ridge Field for l6 years prior to
going overseas, was in the
Southwest Pacific theatre of war
he occupied the post of assistant
adjutant general to Gen. George
c. Kenney, commanding gen.
eral of the 5th Y. S. Air Forces,
who is now providing air cover
TO Gen. Douglas Macarthur S
invasion of the Philippine Is
lands.
GLAD TO BE HOME
Sure I'm glad to be back"
Shinske said today as he looked
back over the 33 months he had
spent on active duty in the
Southwest Pacific. He's spend
ing his hard earned leave with
his wife at 81 Community Drive.
The Shinskes have just re-
turned to Mount Clemens after
visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Shinske, at Savan-
nah, III.
On Sunday the returned SOL
der, and Mrs. Shinske, will
leave for Miami where they
will spend three weeks together
prior to his resumption Of active
service at an Air Forces re-as-
Si2nment center,
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Halloween
Continued from Page One)

address system at the conclus-
ion of the stunts on the HalloW-
cen program, which will open
with a parade Of children and
adults beginning at 1870 p. m.
The parade will form at 6;45
in front of the Macomb and Don
aldson schools on Grand ave-
nue.. Judging of costumes will
begin promptly at 7 o'clock, and
at 1880 the marchers will begin
their trek through the down
town streets. After the parade
disbands the marchers will take
part in a series of stunts near
the Macomb county building.
The stunts will be followed by
the amateur program. .....
Prizes will be awarded to the
best amateurs. There will also
be awards of course, for the best
and most novel costumes in the
parade as we'll as prizes for the
stunts.
The costumes will be judged
by a committee composed of Mrs.
Carl Schimmel, chairman, Mrs.
Paul w. Mckee, Mrs. Frances
Ullrich, Mrs. George DeLaRue,
Mrs. John Breitmeyer, CASTOR
Teck, Stanley Cady, George
Priehs and Charles Noellert.
The University of Finland was
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Matthew Kahn

UTICA-Matthew Kuhn pass
ed away at a Detroit hospital
early Monday morning, where
he had been confined for a pc
Rod of IL days.
Mr.. Kuhn was born in Ger
many Aug. 7, rs years ago. At
the age Of Ia years he came TO
America and first settled in
Grand Rapids. Three years later
he came to Detroit, where he
lived until Is years ago when
he moved to his late home at