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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-11
Hoffman Faces
&25O.0OO Suit

NEW YORK, Apr. 11-(P-A
suit for S25O,000 damages
against Rep. Clare E. Hoffman
(R-Mich) was filed yesterday in
federal court by Walter Win
chell, columnist and radio COM
mentator.
The complaint said the suit
was based on an article pur-
portedly signed by the Con-
gresham and published in the
Marcellus (Mich.) News and de-
clared that the article held Win
chell up to public scorn, hatred,
ridicule, contempt, shame and
disgrace.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-11
Axe Case
Continued from PAGE /

Continued from Page i
derlined. Knieck told Ensign he
intended this would indicate
who wrote the note. He was un-
able to explain why he added
the names of his wife and chill
dren.
When Sergt. Edward Felio
and Officer Albert Gaskill ar
rived at the Knieck home, 23298
Audrey, near Van Dyke, they
found the children, Gloria, six,
and Stephen, Jr., age two
months, huddled together in
bed, apparently oblivious of the
early-morning tragedy.
First word of the case came
from the Levin hospital, where
Felio and Gaskill were called
on the report that a man had
brought his wife there suffer
ing from deep head wounds
which she told doctors he had
inflicted.
REMORSEFUL
Knieck was about 10 leave
the hospital when officers ar
rested him. He said his suicide
intentions were drowned by
pity for his wife after ne struck
her. He wrapped towel
around her head and hurried
her to the hospital.
Mrs. Knieck told Undersher-
if Ensign and Deputy George
Collins that her husband had
been acting strangely, and had
an obSession that the F.B.I. was
after him. The woman knew OF
no foundation for this fear.
Ensign said Knieck Will be
questioned at the Prosecutor .
Office later today, but that nc
specific warrant will be asked
until the womans condition is
fully determined.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-11
Essays
Continued from PAGE 1

if successful there, will in turn
be eligible for judging in the
nation wide contest.
Mrs. Kimberlln today ex-
pressed deep appreciation of the
enthusiasm shown by high
school pupils in the VIEW Aux
iliary's annual contest designed
TO promote better Americanism,
of the part played by the high
school faculty members and of
the role of Auxiliary member
ship and officialdom in making
the patriotic program possible.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-11
Heart Attack
Proves Fatal

VAN DYKE-A natural death,
cited as a heart attack by Coron-
err William D. Clyne, was report
ed on township police records
late Saturday, when George
Washington Scott, Of 8112 Lo-
zier was found dead outside his
trailer home.
Officers found SCOTS body at
4 .. m. Death was due to chron-
ic myocarditis. a heart ailment,
the coroner determined.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Franco General
Reports Revolt
Totally Crushed

BARCELONA. NOV. !. tUP1-A
Spanish government spokesman saiC
Tuesday that regular army troops
have crushed ali abortive uprising
by "Loyalist" Spanish Maquis ele-
mentS in the mountainous border
region Of northeastern Spain
Lieutenant General Jose MoScardo
who commanded the pro-Franco
garrison at Toledo in the famous
siege of the AlcaZar during the civil
war. said government troops launch
ed an offensive in the Aran Valley
last Fricay and wiped out the last
Maquis bands operating there.
Advices from the frontier, he said
stated that order has been restored
in the entire Franco-Spanish from
tier area.
Reports reaching here said the
Maquis lost 100 killed, 500 wounded
anG 200 captured in The Aran valley
battle, and that the survivors fled
back into France after destroying
q number of highway bridges.
So far as the United Press has
been able to learn. the Maquis for
ays in the frontier areas have had
no repercussions in the major Span
ish cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Florida Storm Fai4s Blow
At Nations Citrus Crop

LOS ANGELES, Nov. l. - THE
hurricane damage in Florida will
directly affect orange and grapefruit
consumers throughout the United
States" stated Paul S. Armstrong,
general manager of the California
Fruit Growers Exchange in his
weekly report to the board Of di-
rectors. Florida has suffered a re-
grettable loss at a time when the
nations consumers are expressing
a great cemand for fresh fruit" he
said.
Based on latest estimates of dam
age in Florida which show 30 per
cent loss on oranges and a 40 per
cent loss on grapefruit. the national
orange and grapefruit crop will be
81 900 cars short of last year, Arm
strong said. The minimum loss on
grapefruit approXimates 1900 cars
and on oranges $1,000 cars. Further
loss may be expected because of
damage to fruit on trees which will
crop later.
Before the Florida storm official
estimates showed q record breaking
14l, $50 cars for the Florida orange
crop. 1t is now believed that the
crop will yield less than 10000 cars
compared to last years crop of 124,-
900 cars. The California Arizona
crop is estimated at $4,000 cars of
navelS. 5000 cars less than last
years $4,000 car volume. The only
gain is in Texas and other citrus
producing states which expect to
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Christmas Seals
Sale Arranged

The 1914 Christmas Seals arrived
at the office OF TIE Imperial County
tuberculosis and Health association
president, announced.
These seals, harbingers of the
Christmas season every year. are
sold annually to finance tuberculosis
control work.
Our 1914 Christmas Seals will be
mailed out November 81" Nets said
I'VE feel certain Imperial county
will meet her quota of $4,000 this
year Money will be used to finance
additional equipment needed for the
county tuberculosis unit at the
county hospital
Also, the money Will go TO pay
for X-rays fer those who have no
means TO pay them. In addition, we
will use az much money as we can
to provide nursing instructions to
families who have tuberculosis in
their homes. This must be done un-
til sufficient facilities are available
for the patients at the county hos
pital."
Christmas Seals this year carry a
moderniGtic picture of q pCStman
holding an envelope in his appraised
hand. The original was drawn by
Spencer Wildey, a Well-known artist
Nets said the postman design was
selected in honor of Einar Holboell
the Danish postal clerk who first
had the idea of selling Christmas
Seals TO raise funds to help the
sick. With the approval of posta
authorities, the Christmas Seal,
were put on sale in post offices
throughout Denmark 40 years ago
Three years later the idea wa.
adopted in the United States.
Sale of these Christmas Seal!
provides the sole support of TIT
Imperial County Tuberculosis asso
ciation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
England Faces
Wider Spread
OF tuberculosis

NEW YORK, Nov. |. CUP) -
winning fight against tuberculosis
was blocked and routed in European
countries overrun by the Germans,
anc in some of them a rapidly fatal
form OF the disease is prevalent, ac-
cording to the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company.
StatiSticianS Of the company say
that reports on the trend of tu-
berculosis in Europe, though frag-
mentary, point to an appalling state
Of affairs
In Belgium, according to Metro
politan figures, tuberculosis deaths
increased more than so per cent
after one winter of German occu-
patton, with the toll particularly
heavy among children.
Paris reported an increase in IA
talitieS for the first half of l941
running TO 10 per cent over a SINH
lar period in 1899.
Holland suffered equally with
Belgium, reporting well over SO per
cent increase in the tuberculosis
death rate. Italy'S mortality in this
respect was tripled, and Metropoli-
tan experts say the situation in
Poland, Greece and Yugoslavia is
undoubtedly even more serious, al
though no data are available.
Germany itself, despite superior
rational ciet and care, has not es-
capped the taint Urban populations
of Germany were hit by a "a per
cent increase in tuberculosis fatali-
ties from 1889 to 1912, and the in
Surance company Statisticians say
this situation has probably worSen-
ed.
While England experienced a set
back in mortality early in the war,
her national record is improving
fayorably.
United States. the statisticians
say, has been the most fortunate
showing continuously declining
tuberculosis death rate ever since
it entered the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Bixby Resigns
New State Job

SACRAMENTO. Nov. l. CUP)-
Governor Earl Warren Tuesday an
nUunced the resignation of DR.. F.
Lowell BiXby, a member of the Cali
fornia Adult Authority since its
formation last May, to accept a
commission in the army.
BiXby's resignaticn will be effec-
tive Saturday. Warren said He will
become deputy director of TIE divi-
sion Of corrections OF the army ad-
jutant generals department with
rank of lieutenant colonel.
Bixby was appointed to the Adult
Authority. which handles paroles
and classification IN the reorganized
state prison system, on May 2 and
took a leave of absence as warden
OF the federal refOrmatory at Chilli
cothe. Ohio, to accept tie position.
Warren credited BiXby with in
stallation of new classification
system for prisoners while with the
state agency.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Stassen Grour,
Disavows
Balls Policy

ST. PAUL, MINI. Nov. !. CUP)-
A committee Of Republicans who
supported Commander Harold f.
Stassen for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination urge the cleo
ton OF Governor Thomas f. Dewey
and said that Senator Joseph H.
Ball did not speak for them
Senator Ball, who nominated
Stassen at the Republican national
convention, has announced that he
will support President Roosevelt be-
cause he disagreed with Dewey's
foreign policies.
A statement by the committee,
heaced oy Governor Edward j.
T'hye, declared that Senator Ball
speaks only for himself and his
own personal beliefs"
The committee predicted that the
DeWey-Bricker ticket would carry
Minnesota and pointed out that
Mrs. StaSSen, who made a speech
Tuesday in behalf of the Republi-
can ticket, was taking part in the
state campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
ROOSEVELT SETS CAMPAIGN
SPEECH FROM WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Nov. I. IUPJ-
President Roosevelt, adding another
political speech to his campaign
sche dule, will speak by radio frcm
the White House Thursday night,
il was announced Tuesday.
Proposals for trips 10 Cleveland {.
Detroit have been dropped; defi-
nitely the President will campaign
in Connecticut and Massachusettc
on Saturday and make a major
speech in Boston that night.
The Presidents Boston speech
will be delivered from 6 to Gas p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
WILL BE TRIED

Walter Smith, 10, charged with
burglarizing the Dunlack hotel in
Brawley of five and half cases of
pre-War liquor, pleaded not guilty
to the charge in Imperial county
supericr court and was scheduled to
appear for trial November 20. His
request for transfer of the case to
juvenile court was denied A young
er boy implicated in the theft. pre-
viously was placed in charge of the
juvenile court authorities.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
USES DIRECTOR TO ATTEND
BOARD MEET ON COAST

Tom Finney USES director, Fl
Centre, will be a member of an
oral board, comprised of civil SER
vice and War Manpower Commits
sion representatives, to be held Fri
day at l pm. in San Diego
Purpose of the board Finney said,
will be to hear junior USES inter-
viewers experienced enough to war
rant promotions and to determine
whether or not they should be rails
ed to the rank of senior interview
ers.
Mrs. Florence Andrews will be the
only junior interviewer from Ell Gen.
tro TO appear before the board, Fin
neY concluded.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

greater percentage of fresh fruit
will be available for civilian con-
sumption, Armstrong told the Ex-
change directors.
The u. S. Citrus industry has
never seen such demand for citrus
fruit as now exists" stated Arm
strong. Growers in all producing
areas had hoped that the 1944-45
crop would be sufficient to fill the
demand. In view of the Florida loss,
We must do everything possible to
insure equitable distribution of the
citrus crop in order that all con-
Stunning areas may receive their pro-
portionate share"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

harvest 800 cars more than last
year.
The grapefruit picture shows an
even greater crop loss, Armstrong
reported. 1t was expected that the
Florida crop would total 10000 cars
compared with last years 77,5O0.
After-storm estimates now show a
remaining crop of not more than
$4,000 cars. The California Arizona
crop is 600 cars below last year but
Texas is up over 5000 cars
One factor that may soften the
blow to consumers of fresh fruit
Is the fact that government require
mentS for canned and concentrated
juices will not be as high in l945
as they were this year. Thus a
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
SO p. &. OF PEOPLE
BELIEVE IN HONESTY

ROCK ISLAND, H., Nov. |. CUPD
Honesty is the policy of SO per
cent OF people, according to results
OF a recent survey of credit anG
character records conducted by the
Associated Credit Bureaus of Amer
lea.
Walter E. Chambers, secretary of
the Rock Island Merchants Credit
Assn, said that credit reports have
been compiled on approximately
400O0,000 persons in the past year
and less than 2 per cent showed
any attempt to evade financial
obligation. Most of the evasion"
was due to carelessness, Chambers
said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
MORE LOOT REPORTED

CALEXIXCO, Nov. 1.-Two "A"
gasoline books and two pens were
taken from the Calexico Auto Parts
store at l41 Third street in addition
to the $50 originally reported miss
ing after a burglary committed dur
ing the week end. Burglars gained
entrance to the place through the
frcnt door, breaking a screen and
part OF a glass door to get into the
office. They departed through the
back door, officers said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
GETS MILITARY BASES

WASH ION, NOV. I. tUPJ-
The United States has obtained the
right tc establish and operate mill
tary bases on the west coast of
Africa in an agreement with the
Republic of Liberia, the state de-
partment and the foreign economic
administration announced Tuesday.
Under the agreement, the announce
ment said, this nation receives the
right to set up naval, army and air
installations in Liberia for the
protection of the strategic interests
CT the United States OF America in
the South Atlantic"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
GETS EXECUTION STAY

SACRAMENTO. Nov. l. CUP)-
Governor Earl Warren Saturday
granted 21-day reprieve to Will
liam Leva Hough, previously SEN
fenced to die November 10 for the
murder Of his wife and a male COM
panion in Los Angeles county in
1912, to permit Hough's attorney to
appeal to the U. S. supreme court.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
HOLLYWOOD
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

Estolle TAYLOR, the screens No.
oomph girl of the POS. gave a lady
like sneer today at Hollywood's s
manufactured glamor.
Sex" she said. lis something
you sense. not something you cover
with a sweater"
Esteilc was a pleasant surprise.
The lady is as beautiful and as
vivaolcus as ever. with the curves
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
NEW CORN 4 BEAUTY

HICKORY FLAT, Miss, NOV. /.
CUP)-Farmer Philip Johnson OF
Hickory Flat has developed a new
brief Of corn which he says will yield
100 bushels to the acre Whether the
yield will be this great or not re-
mains to be seen, but if the new
strain lives up to its name, it'll be
powerful stuff. He has named it
"Johnson's Prolific Mortg gag e
Litter"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
DRAWS DRUNK FINE

Antonio C. Chora was lined s14 by
Judge Lee Nuffer in police court
Wednesday morning Tor drunken
ness as charged.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

still in the right places, She's in
camera focus again for the first
time in eight years. playing a siren
in the movie Hold Autumn in Your
Hand
But don't call it a comeback or
III come down ana slit your throat,
she said. Just call it second merit
gage on a career. hate comebaoks.
They DIDN'T pull me Out of the gutter.
I wasn't dead
She hasn't been idle those eight
years. She's been singing on the
stage and in night clubs in the east
and she was starred in road COM
pany Of "Skowboatn for l6 weeks.
She also married stage producer
Paul Small. They separated after a
year and now she'll ask for di-
vCrce. Small was Husband No. 8.
But it was really only two
Estelle said. You can't count the
first one. was only 10 at the time.
went home TO grandma the first
night and the marriage was an
nulled."
Husband No was Jack Dempsey.
You had to count him. she admitted
with grin. About politics. I'm
smart" she said. but about men
I'm stupid"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
THEY HAD HER WRONG

AS a movie star. didn't she have
quite a reputation as a hellcat? Es-
telle admitted she had.
But it wasn't true" she said. 1t
was because Of the relies l played.
They never gave me credit for that"
The old reputation may be re-
vived by Hold Autumn in Your
Hand She plays a bar fly with
a rowing eye. There's a big braWl
and she starts throwing beer bot
ties
But honest" Estelle said. I've
never thrown anything at a man IN
my life"
Everybody had the wrong idea
about her. she said. I guess / was
a little too out-spcken People did
not understand my sense Of humor.
1t was too sophisticated. I made
lot of cutting remarks that I oldn
mean. II was only for laughs,
really
Although away from Hollywood's s
cameras for eight years, Estelle
Taylor said she knew some day she
would return. Il never fully un-
packed my tIunkc knew some day
I would come home. Sure, I was bern
in Wilmington. Delaware, but l nave
a terrific feeling for Hollywood
its home
NOW SHE KNOWS HOW
Now size knows. she said. what
was wrong when she first came TO
ne movies. Il didn't have the tee
nical background she said. They
cast me as a sncoty socialite. car
rying q lorgnette and serving tea.
I'd never been to a tea in my life.
But now I know how TO act.
I've just learned that the way to
act is not TO act"
She's playing comedy for the first
time in her life. There's no age,
she said, "on comedy or character
roles. I've always been character
actress but nobody gave me
chance. didn't even know it"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
Vet Jockey
Wins ; Of a
BY LEWIS II. WALTER

Stephen Birley, a little, weather
beaten jockey who started out at
Woodbine l8 years ago, has seen
plenty of ups and downs in long
years of campaigning around the
Canadian circuit and at Cuba,
Tanforan. Bay Meadows - the
fringe of the big time
Little 33-year-old Steve is on
one of the ups" now al the Fair
Grounds. where Mike Caffarella
and Porter Roberts are grounded
with injuries and several others
are serving suspensions.
Racegoers will be looking over
Birley's mounts more carefully to-
day because he won with three of
four yesterday.
Birley came in two weeks ago
from Fort Erie with trainer Steve
Mitchell lie had enjoyed only
fair success. with three winners
up TO yesterday. including two al
long prices on Matab.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
HAS 3 WINNERS

Birieys hustfIng tactics IN these
races got him the mount on Mrs.
S. L. McNeills Riot Call in the
first race yesterday. He brought
the 4-ycar-old FLY home 10 a
length victory and a 500 90 mu-
tue
lie followed with L. II. Silver's
Nythologist al Sl6.40 in the third.
then came back IN the fourth. the
West Point Purse, with a surpris-
Ing victory on Mrs. Ca r.. Mo
Nackens Maggie.
This Mitchell-trained filly. which
Birley had been riding in Canada,
vas rated perfectly by the Cana
d an booter He broke her on
top. then took her back and came
on IN the stretch 10 win by more
TIN two lengths from Diamond
Dick
II isn't taking anything from
BirlcyS riding 10 say that Dla-
uond Dick appeared 10 be the
best horse. but was lucky 10 be
second after Jockey J. r. Layton
gave the colt one OF the most
weird rides Of the season.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
Western Union
New Units

NEW YORK Aug. II The
Western Union Telegraph Co, in
one of several steps TO meet an
ticipated increased telegraph traf-
fic from large concentration Of
war activities on the Pacific Coast.
will begin immediate construction
of the first Of five new carrier
telegraph systems between west
ern cities.
The five system project. which
has been approved by the Federal
Communications Commission and
which will cost S433,0O0, Will link
Chicago and St. Louis, Los An
geles and San Diego, Oakland and
Los Angeles, Oakland and Port
land, and Seattle and Portland.
The Chicago-St. Louis system
will be the first installed and is
scheduled for completion by the
end of the year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
TOP LONG SHOTS

Any ono Who could stab Johnny
MCHane'S FriSky Spirit or Louis
de Latour's Flying Pidgeon could
have got out for the meeting
because these two turned up as
two OF the top long shots.
Harry Hart brought Frisky
Spirit from last place TO a length
and a half victory over Marks
man and "a S44i0 mutuel in the
sixth. while C. l. Martin kept Fly
ing Pidgeon winging in front all
the way for a head victory at
$3.50 in the last.
While the l0.34S fans. who bet
Si39.i33 were eagerly searching
for winners, the trainers settled
the issue in their struggle for the
$500 award given each 10 days.
The man who will get the check
today is Jack Hodgins, the tall
veteran who trains Charles :.
Fishers Dixiana Farm. Hodgins
went 10 movie yesterday and
stood pat on his q points from
three winners. four seconds and
q third.
AL Wellman. the Detroiter who
won the previous award. started
the final day tide for second at
II points with c. T. Mullen. Well
man needed only one winner tor
tie Hodgins for first. so he started
five horses. War Bonnet. Young
Buddy. Tomluta, Count Fearless
and Pharoma
Not one finished in the money.
Mullen had the laugh on Wellman
because he started just ono horse,
Harry Aethel, and the gelding fin
ished third TO Play Bob in the
fourth race to give him Is points
and the $3.50 second prize
Wellman will split the 500
third prize with Stanley Lipiec.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
SAGINAW DAV Picnic

SAGINAW. Aug. 1l-Members
Of the auxiliary will provide enter
tainment for a picnic planned Sun
day afternoon az Ojibway Island
by Disabled American Veterans Of
Saginaw. Sidney Cudney is gen.
eral chairman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
Detroit Race. Results

FIRST RACE-si 900 claiming. 3.
year-olds and up. s furiorEs
Riot Cali (Blrlsyj % 80 $50 4e0
Gold Queen tHaskslN $50 2 al
Ferry Favorite (Keiper) 3 a
Time i.l3 3-5
Lochlea Mary NJ V VERY FAR
.petes Row Way Cloud. Kiss Kiss. Lady
Bob, Gig and 'Tomily also ran
Field
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-11
Memorial Services

BAY CITY. Aug. 1l-Memorial
services will be held at the First
Presbyterian Church Sunday
afternoon for Pvt. James }. Calf
ney Jr.. who was killed in France
July -. Members of the Ferndale
lodge will attend the services.