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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
Mrs. Hlirt Discusses Money
at Meetinq Of WS.CS.

Ter, who sang two songs, one the
satirical Modern Lullaby. Her
accompaniSt was Mrs. Walter
KrusC.
Mrs Robert Shepherd prcsid-
cd al the regular business meet
ing which followed.
Mrs Sidney Tinker intro
duccd Mrs Paul Hirt who pre-
scented a dramatic discussion of
The SacrcdnCSS of Money.
She was assisted by Mrs. NJ. r.
Little. Mrs. Alfred Landon, Miss
Lillian Broomc and Mrs. Rom
aid Clark. The theme was the
intrinsic value of money, its
convenience in exchange and
the good il makes possible when
used wisely in public service.
Mrs. Hirt discussed the five bill
lion crooked dollars in circula-
ton in black markets, boarding
and tax evasion. On the whole
however. money is good. All
over the world it may mean life
life itself.
MRS. ERNEST WITBECK, Of
Pasadena, Calf, is visiting her
cousin. Mrs. William 7. Kelly,
BCllcVicW avenue.
Mr.. AND MRS. ARTHUR
BURGESS had as their week
end guest Pvt. Edward Parent
OF Camp Borden, Ontario.
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Social -
c&AA1ko'ssa

THE SITUATION: Your
teen-age daughter is getting
letters from a service man and
you are concerned with how
serious the friendship is.
WRONG WAY: Read the let
tiers when your daughter isn't
around, feeling that you are
justified in doing so, since you
are really anxious to know il
your daughter is making mar
riage plans.
RIGHT WAY: Ask your
daughter whether or not she IS
serious about the young man.
THE SITUATIONS: You have a
high school friend who is work.
ing as a saleSwoman in a down.
town store during the summer
months.
WRONG WAY: Stop by the
store and chat with her for 10
or Is minutes whenever you
happen to be down town.
RIGHT WAY: Realize that
your friend is working for a pay
check and shouldn't be inter-
rupted by the visits of friends
during working hours.
THE SITUATION: You are
talking to a friend whose son
or husband is in the service.
WRONG WAY: HAS Bob
been promoted YETI"
RIGHT WAY: What do you
hear from Bob?" or How is
Bob getting along?" (Then If he
has received promotion you
will be sure to hear about it, and
if he hasn't you won't embarrasl
your friend)
p THE SITUATION: A friend
mentions that she and her hus-
band are going to nearby lake
for their vacation, and you have
the idea that 1t would be fun
for you and your husband TO 60
with them.
WRONG WAY: Say, MAYBE
Bob and I'll 90 with YOU"
RIGHT WAY: Say, "That
sounds like a nice kind Of vaca-
ton; I don't know yet how Bob
and / will spend ours" (The
second way leaves the door open
for an invitation, yet you have
Mt invited yourself.)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

M/SGT. RICHARD ECKEL-
AERT spent the weekend with
his mother. Mrs. Mary Eckel-
aert, 80 South Walnut street.
He returned 10 his camp at Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
BRUCE BOSTWICK. son Of
Mrs. Mildred BoStwick, IS
Grand avenue, left last week to
start training in the U. S. Navy
at Great Lakes, Illinois.
PVT. CECIL NC DONALD
was home recently visiting his
wife and two sons on Church
street. He has been transferred
from Avon Park, Florida TO
Panama City. Florida.
PETTY OFFICER &C LEON
ARD LOVALO accompanied
his wife here after she visited
with him at his Base in New
York. He returned TO Manhat-
tan Beach on Sunday.
PETTY OFFICER sc
FRANK MAY, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Bartell of Gibbs
street was home on 25-day
leave from his Base in San
Francisco, Calf. This was Petty
Officer Mays first time home
in four years. He enlisted with
the U. S. Navy in 1910.
1T. ALLEN D. Aschenbach,
recently qualified as a Flying
Fortress pilot at Hendricks
Field. Sebring, Fla, and was
assigned TO Tampa. Fla. HIS
wife lives at 60 Smith street.
ST. ANDREW KALTZ, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kal:z.
1891 Maple Lane road, was pre-
sented the Bronze Star Medal
for his meritorious action in the
Solomon Islands campaigns. Sgt.
Kaltz is chief Of 155mm Ho-
witzer which has fired some
$500 shells upon the enemy. He
has served two years overseas
and has been stationed in New
Zealand, Fiji and Guadalcanal'
New Georgia, and Bougainville
in the Solomons.
2ND. LIEUT.. THOMAS NJ.
PLACE, JR., u. S. NJ. c. r., who
has spent a twenty day delay in
orders with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom NJ. Place, 176 Moros5
avenD, has returned 10 duty at
the U. S. Marine Corps Air Sta
ton at Cherry Point, N. c. and
has been assigned to the 9th
Marine Air Wing.
MIR. AND MRS. WALTER
Kukuk and daughter Karen Of
143 Floral Avenue, are leaving
Thursday for Temple, Texas
where they will visit their son,
Cpl. Gordon Kukuk, who is at
tached to General Headquarters
at Camp Hood.
SHIPS COOK &c Arthur
Newman Of Camp Peary. Va,
and Mrs. Newman were here
on leave last week visiting al
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. FATHER.
1T. AND MRS. LEWIS D.
Wetzel and son Billy of Nor
folk, Va, have as their guests
for a week. Mrs. Robert NJ. Lou
don. and Mrs. Mabel Smith, Of
East Detroit. Lieut.. Wetzel ex-
poets to be transferred 10
Brooklyn, N. Y, in the near
future.
PFC. A. SCHNAUFER. has
arrived safely at his destina-
ton overseas, according TO word
received by his mother, Mrs
Elizabeth Schnaufer.
LIEUT.. (J.G.) JAMES NUN
NELEY and Mrs. Nunneley, OF
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

The s.. Joseph School Of
Nursing has changed its en-
trance date from July first
10 September first.
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Girl Scouts

THE SCOUTS OWN, which
was planned for June %, IS post
poned until September, shortly
after school starts AT that time
the Brownie Scouts who have
become ten years old. will fly
up" and become Girl Scouts. a
new troop is being formed 10
take care OF these girls. AT the
same time, about sixteen Girl
Scouts VIII become Senior Scrv-
ice Scouts,
Members Of Brownie Scout
Troops % and 26 attended pic
mic at the Hahn Farm, June l6.
After eating a 'nOSebag lunch,
the girls saw the various farm
animals and fowl, including ba-
by turkeys, goslingS and young
rabbits. During a walk in the
woods, they studied the trees
and wild flowers, several girls
collected different varieties OF
moss from places where 1t was
plentiful, to start their own moss
gardens at home.
Members Of the White Rose
Patrol of Troop prepared A
cook out for the whole troop at
Shadyside Park June Is. Patrol
Leader Louise Yerks, and the
Assistant Patrol Leader, Joan
Rosso, assisted by Sharon koth
and Patsy Springborn cooked
chill over an open fire.
MRS. WILLIAM KIBBLE,
JR., and children, are spending
this week at Grand Bend, Ont.
They will return Sunday.
MRS. EMORY T. NUN
NELEY, JR., and daughter, Sal
ly, of Washington, d. c., Will
be the guests for two weeks of
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. 7. Nunneley.
Lieut.. (j.gD US Mr.. +. T..
Nunneley, who is in the admin
istration department Of Naval
Air Transport, is now In the
Aleutians.
MR.. AND MRS. 20 II y
SCHELLING have as their
guest, Mr.. Seedlings sister,
Mrs. John Ahrens, of Dunkirk,
N. Y.
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DETAIL FOR TODAY
Chou Hound

In the Navy the first man In the
chow line is CHOW HOUND.
When other men are thinking OF
their sweethearts back home, he
is lying in his bunk wondering
what he is going TO have for chow.
He may be the LATEST man in
service, but when chow call is
sounded, his feet touch the ground
only once-and he's at the mess
hall. No matter what is on the
menu for the day. the CHOW
HOUND will always so back for
more. At first the mess cooks
take this as a compliment, until
they find out that the CHOW
HOUND will eat anything-just
10 be eating. AS expected, the
CHOW HOUND never bothers
with table manners.
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FORTY FIVE MEMBERS of

FORTY FIVE MEMBERS Of
the Womcn's Society Of Chris
tan Service attended the rceu-
lar June meeting held i'm the
Methodist church parlorS Mon
dav afternoon. Dessert was >crV-
ed by Group 4 with Mrs II y.
Moss as chairman, assisted 10y
Mrs. Ada Neak, Mrs Bertha An
thony and Miss Clair Nmne.ey.
Mrs. Frank Hacker gave the
devotional service stroSsing the
need Of prayer. Special music
was furnished by PriScr%b T'nN-
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R,i;de-to-Re

MIR. AND MRS. WILLIAM p.
CARL of 102 Washington ave-
nue. announce the approaching
marriage of their daughter, Ma
thilssa Marie. to PFC. Robert +.
Juett, son of Mrs. Mary Juett, Of
1874 Crocker Blvd. The we'd
ding will take place on Thurs
day morning, June %, at 8 O.
clock in st. Peters Church.
Miss Carl has chosen as her
attendants, Elizabeth Breiling,
who will be her maid Of honor,
Louise Korte and her sister,
maids. John Versel, of Rose
Mary Carl, who will be brides
Vile, will attend Mr.. Juett as
best man, and Walter Baumgar-
ten of Detroit and Thomas
Korte will serve as ushers.
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X Wkh the Color, X

New York City, will arrive Sum-
day TO be the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. 7. Nunneley for two
weeks.
DON KOLP, son of Mrs. Emil
Kolp, % Gallup avenue, left
on Friday for the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station.
A family dinner was given for
him Thursday evening at his
home. Sixteen members of the
family were present.
PFC. SOPHIE HOROSHKO,
whose home here is at 253 No.
Walnut street, is among the
WACs.who have formed the first
mobile Army Unit composed OF
members of Women's Army
Corps, in the European Theatre
of Operations. The mobility of
the unit enables the WACO to
follow quickly on the heels OF
the armies of liberation as soon
- headquarters are established
on the continent of Europe.
They are the first WACS as
signed TO a tactical Army.
Ground Forces unit in England.
LEONARD E. KRAFT has
been promoted from Pvt. to Pfc,
with the u. S. Air Forces in
Europe somewhere in England,
as was announced by his Com
manding Officer. His home is at
l920l McGill avenue. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William J.
Kraft.
CORP. WILLIAM J. HELD.
ia Hubbard avenue, is now
stationed at AAF Overseas Re-
placement Depot at X s,
Utah. Corp Held is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Held, and
was formerly stationed at Nc
Cook, Nebr.
PVT. CARL BERNARD KA-
MINSKE, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Kaminske, Route 6, has
been awarded for his excellent
marks on Army mechanical ap-
titude tests with enrolment in
KeeSler Fields B-24 Liberator
Bomber mechanics school at
Biloxi, Miss.
PVT. ELEANOR JANE KEEL
LER, daughter of Mrs. Helen
Keller, 38 South avenue, men,
Der of the U. S. Marine Corps
Women's Reserve, has recently
finished the 6Week boot"
training at Camp Lejeune in
No. Car. This course includes
such subjects as Military Cour-
tesy Marine Corps History, Close
Order Drill, Chemical Warfare,
Map Reading and other SUBJ
jects pertinent to carrying out
future assignments in the Ma
rine Corps. Her first assignment
will be as bookkeeper at the
Marine Barracks, Naval Train
ing Station, Great Lakes, Ill.
JAMES BYRNES, son of Mar
tin Byrnes, 20 Yeamens street,
has been promoted from Pvt. TO
Corp, as was announced by his
Commanding officer. He has
been in the China Burma India
theatre since May /, 1944.
T. SERGT. E. NJ. JACK COP
LIN, Route 7, was presented
with the Army Good Conduct
Medal, in a ceremony held at
the 9th Fighter ommand PAT
Thunderbolt Fighter Sta o n
Somewhere in England"
MRS. JAMES E. DILLON
(Kathryn Moran is visiting at
the home Of her parents, DR..
and Mrs. G.. c. Moran: Major
Dillon will join her to visit in
Mount Clemens and TaWas CITY.
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Strawberry Special in Cream
Puff Shells
10 r,nHSl

W. BohSF
Two packages strawberry or
lemon favored gelatin, 2 cups
boiling water. u cup cold water.
! egg. separated, ! cup thin
cream or top milk, l cup mashed
fresh berries, Il cream puff
shells.
Dissolve gelatin in boiling
water. Add cream or milk and
cold water: stir into the egg
yolk; add crushed strawberries.
Chill until mixture begins to
thicken. Whip until light and
fluffy, Fold in egg white, stiffly
beaten. Chill until set. Fill
cream puff shells.
Use fresh rhubarb 10 make the
more expensive strawberries go
farther in a radiant Shortcake
for a special occasion.
Strawberry Rhubarb ShOrtcake
(Serves g.
One pint fresh strawberries. l
cup cooked rhubarb, 2 cups sift-
ed flour. 3 teaspoons baking
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

CHARLOTTE ANN TITUS,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Titus, became the bride Of
Edwin Erke, in Grace Episcopal
Church Saturday evening. Rev.
George A. Merifield read the
marriage service at o'clock.
Mr.. Erke is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Erke, of this city.
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HetroHed

THE ENGAGEMENT of Carol
Broughton to Ray j. Wick, A. O.
M. &c has been announced.
Carol is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Broughton, 1895 Ma
rine City highway and Ray is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wick of Washington, Mich. No
date has been set for the we'd
ding.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

THE EN- GAGEMENT OF
Betty Kathryn Otte. daughter
of Mrs. Otto Reichrath and
Loren Otte, TO William G. Smith
F &c. is announced. MIR. Smith
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam NJ. Smith, Of Falls Creek.
Pa. He is in the submarine
service in the South Pacific. No
date has been set for the we'd
ding.
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Women Urged TO Enroll
in Womens Land Army

the County Agricultural Agents
Office, on the 9th Floor of the
Macomb County Building in
Mount Clemens. Michigan.
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Pigeon Is Winner
In Race, but Rival
Dispatch Is Sent
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated FreSs.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1o.-Memo to
Gault MacGowan, New York Sun
war correspondent, who is footsore
these days trying to keep up with
United States LIST Army advancing
toward Paris:
you will not have to eat your
carrier pigeon. It beat the Assoc
ciated Press pigeon to the wireless
head after a 50-mile race by
one minute. Maybe you had better
eat the operator, instead, because
the Associated Press reached New
York four minutes before yours got
to the SUM-"
Mr.. MacGowan and Associated
Press Correspondent Yves Gallagher
dispatched bulletins by the rival
pigeons from near Saurdeval,
France, yesterday because, as Mr..
MACEDONIAN put it, "our swift advance
is outstripping our communications
and I am racing one of the New
York Sun pigeons against Yves Gal
lagher's Associated Press pigeon
and shall eat our pigeon if he loses"
The Sun pigeon arrived at the
dispatching station at 500 pm.
after hopping the so miles in l hour
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st. Johns Lodge Of Masons, Of which
Mr.. Craven wss q member, Is to re-
ceive the $4,000 trust fund, to be
known as the Henry N. Craven
charity fund.
The will also makes a number Of
requests to. friends, nephews, nieces
and their children. Needham G.
Turnage, attorney, who with the
Washington Loan & Trust Co. was
named executor, was left $4,000.
After the various requests are taken
care Of, the residue Of the estate
Is to be placed In trust, with the
income from it to be divided between
several relatives Nephews and nieces
were Mr.. Crayen's nearest of kin,
the petition for probate said.
Mr.. Craven's estate consisted of
personal property valued at $112,4s1
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. When must Christmas mail
for our forces overseas be sent?-
R. P. A.
A. Christmas parcels for all over
seas forces should be mailed be-
tween September is and October IS.
@. How does Brazil compare
with the other South American
countries in size and population?
F. T. c.
A. The area, as we'll as the pop-
ulation of Brazil, is almost half
that OF the entire South American
continent.
@. When did nylon hosiery first
appear on the market?-E. L. H.
A. Women's stockings, OF nylon
yarn, displayed publicly for the first
time at the San Francisco Worlds
Fair, 1899, were put on public sale
for the first time in October, 1889
Distribution was limited to q few
retail stores in Wilmington, Del,
until May Is, 1910, when they were
hplaced on sale throughout the
country.
@. Was Sarah Bernhardt a
sculptures as well as an actress?-
D. F. H.
A. Sarah Bernhardt attracted
considerable public attention as an
amateur sculptress.
@. How many national conven-
tions have been held In Chicago?
IN. N. H.
A. Nineteen conventions to select
presidential candidates have been
held in Chicago. IL by the Repub-
licans, 7 by the Democrats.
Q. Which country first used
gliders during the Second World
WARM. l.. c.
A. The Germans, using gliders.
brought in troops to reduce the Bel
gian fort Of Eben Emael on May
II, 1910.
@. What is the largest single
commodity shipped by rail in the
United States?-T. I. w.
A. Coal, the largest single item
shipped by rail in the United States,
requires nearly one-third the total
tonnage of railroad freight in this
country. \
@. What British novelist spent
a year cruising around the world in
a sailing vessel with Joseph Con-
rad?-F. F.. A.
A. John Galsworthy cruised
around the world with Joseph Con-
rad. During the journey Gals
worthy wrote stories, consigning
them to the waves on Conrad's ad-
vice, but by the end OF the cruise
he had learned to write.
@. Is V-mail from a civilian in
the United States to a soldier on
foreign duty censored?-C. M. A.
A. Authorities consulted say that
if something written on V-mail did
not pass the ycensors the offending
words would be cut out and would
not be photographed.
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Former Post Office Aide
Leaves Estate Of $4,000

Henry N. Craven, retired Post Of
flee Department employe, who died
here June Is at the age Of 80, left
an estate valued at more than $l43,-
600, it was shown in a petition for
probate Of, his will filed at Dis
trict Court.
Miss Josie F. Andrews, q relative,
who kept house for him for many
years, was willed a house at 1881
Harvard street NV, and is to re-
ceive income from a trust fund of
$40,0 900, under the terms of the will.
The income from the trust fund is
to cease, however, II she should
marry. Upon her marriage or death,
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On the Other Hand
It May Be That Russia Really Seeks
ToLive Up to Pact With Japs, Says Writer

international commitments that
would preserve peace.
Russia. Of course, has very great
need for a world organization that
will protect her against outside in
reference. Sanctity of treaties will
be essential in such q world organ
izaticn. 1t could be that Russia is
trying to demonstrate that treaties
can be kept.
AL this will sound pretty silly If
one day the news comes that Rus
STA. taking advantage Of Japan's
desperate situation, has started
throwing her troops across the Man
churian border. But until that hap
pens it is a nice Christian theory
and there's no harm in hoping it
may be true.
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reduce the paper
; a n d b a m b o o
cities of Japan
to ashes in short
order and bring
the W ar W t h
that country to
g. qui C k e n d.
This notion in
tri 6 u e d t h e
imagination Of
many Americans
for a long time
and we q S k e d
why we were not
doing 1t. We had
the bombers and
that con1Ianinraf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

jumping-off place belongs to our
ally, Russia.
The reason given for our not
doing this simple thing was that
Russia would not allow us to estab-
lish the proposed base because of
her nonaggression pact with Japan.
Some of us rather resented Russia s
attitude. Caustic editorials were
written from time to time condemn
ing this refusal to play the part of
real ally. We prided ourselves on
being realistic and we pooh-poohed
that nonaggression pact.
Recently the situation was ex-
planned in a manner to satisfy most
of us. 1t was explained by military
experts that a bombing base could
not be set up for effective operation
by our Army in the vicinity of Vlad-
ivostok unless We were prepared to
provide something like a quarter of
million troops to protect and serv-
ice it. In other words, it wasn't
Practical
Real Reason.
Having been convinced that it
wasn't practical, we relaxed and
ceased being annoyed with Russia.
The odd idea now occurs to me
that the real reason for Russia s
unusual behavior was not "prac-
teal reason at all, that possibly the
real reason Is that Russia takes her
nonaggression pact with Japan seri-
ously; that having given her word,
that she would not attack Japan
unless Japan attacked her, Russia
Is undertaking to live up to that
agreement. Russia made a similar
agreement with Germany - after
Chamberlain for Great Britain and
Daladier for France had concluded
a peace-in-our- time agreement with
Hitler which deliberately excluded
Russia. Russia kept this nonaggres-
sion agreement with Germany; Hit
Ter violated 1t just as soon as the
time seemed ripe.
Japans good faith in matters of
this kind surely is not such as to
inspire any confidence on Russia s
part. Russia, we assume, realizes
that Japan is prepared to break
faith whenever 1t seems opportune
Japan has done this again and
again. Nonaggression pact? Re-
member the dispatch that appeared
In a Japanese newspaper the day
the japanese Army invaded China ?
Japanese troops landed and met
with aggression"
Yet Russia seems to insist on
keeping her half of the bargain.
Nobody has ever suggested in my
hearing that Russia is doing this
for the simple reason that she
wishes to keep her word. But I'm
wondering If that couldn't be the
true explanation. 1t could be true
without implying that the Russians
are any nobler than the rest of
us, although it might imply that.
IN this instance, they are wiser.
Want to Be Left Alone.
The Russians are obviously trying
to fit new kind of nation into
hostile world-that is, world hos
tile to their purpose. Their great
desire, they say, is to be left alone
to carry out their experiment. They
want their good faith established
and accepted. Over and over again
at Geneva, taking their part in the
League OF Nations, they revealed
their readiness to participate in any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

81 minutes. The Associated Press
bird clicked In ct $40.
The dispatches told Of American
troops driving Q German attack
from Cherence Roussel and sealing
off German penetration near
Mortain.