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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Nationwide Ward WoIkout
Hangs in Balance Today

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-(P)
The possibility of a walkout
in all Montgomery Ward stores
at the height of the Christmas
shopping season today hung over
the newest collision between
the big company and the War
Labor Board.
WLB gave the firm until Mon
day night TO meet the terms
and conditions Of WLB orders
of August 1913 and May 1914
applying TO its four Detroit stores
where CIO-Retail employees are
striking.
This action came as Samuel
Wolchok, president of the Retail
Employees union, asserted that his
group lis ready for an economic
showdown with Montgomery
Ward in all its estimated 500
stores and plants.
Wolchok said that if the gov
eminent is unable to get COM
pliance with the Boards direct
ives the Union is prepared to
call out Ward employees through
out the nation. Wolchok said it
has a majority of the $4,000 TO
$4,000 Ward employees across the
nation.
The Detroit strike was called
last Saturday in an effort to
force the company into comply
ing with the direCtivcs.
Despite the refusal Of Sewell
Avery, Ward head, TO send repre-
sentatiVes TO the board hearing in
the Detroit case yesterday, WLB
chairman William II. Davis went
ahead with plans to hold a
scheduled hearing today on the
company's position in stores or
plants in Chicago, Denver, ST.
Paul, Portland, Ore, San Rafael,
Calf, and Jamaica, N. Y.
There is chance Davis may
ask the White House to act ST.
simultaneously against Montgom-
cry Ward in all seven cities.
Presidential intercession might
mean government seizure. AS it
did in the company's Chicago
strike last Spring.
First step in such procedure
is to submit the case to econom-
ic StabiliZer Fred M. Vinson.
Davis said that move would be
made Monday night if the COM
pany docs not meet the latest
board ultimatum in Detroit, at
least.
Wolchok said the company
stayed away from the hearing
because it was afraid TO face
the board, and that Avery hates
not only organized labor, but all
government agencies, including
the president Of the United
States"
John A. Barr, Avery's labor
relations manager, wired Davis
that general counsel Stuart Ball
was hoSpitalized, and that it
would be impossible TO appear
at the Detroit hearing, or at to-
days session on the other six
properties.
Wards reasons for believing
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
One Dead, Three Missing;
One POW; Six On Leave

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5-lPy
Eight of the 10 top-sCoring
aces of the American air forces
are still on active duty today,
with continuing opportunity 10
increase their totals.
Six others are in the United
States on leave, serving as in
structors, or recuperating from
illness; one is prisoner of war;
one is dead and three are listed
as missing in action.
Leading the list on the basis
of number of planes shot down
is Major Richard Ira Bong, pop
lar, Wise, who this week re-
ceived the Congressional medal
of honor for his exploits which
include shooting down 38 enc
my planes. He still is on duty
with the fifth Air Force in the
Pacific.
In second place is Comman-
der David S. McCampbell, West
Palm Beach, Fla, who has des-
troyed "a Japanese planes in the
air, including nine he bagged in
a single flight. McCampbell now
i on leave after a tour of duty
as commander of air group 10
aboard the carrier Essex.
Those still on the fighting
fronts, in addition to Bong,
Army, Navy and Marine Corps
records show, are:
Major Thomas B. Mcclure,
Jr., 200 West RidgeWood Courts,
San Antonio, Texas, who has
been credited unofficially with
80 victories and officially with
"a. He still is with the Fifth
Ar Force in the Pacific.
Major George E. Freddy, sos
Park avenue, Greensboro, N. c.,
"a victories, still with eight air
forces.
1t. Cecil Harris, Cresbard, S.
D., who destroyed "a Japnese
planes while flying with Navy
Fighters, still on duty in the
Pacific, where on three occas-
ions he bagged four planes in
single flights.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15

Maj. Fred j. Christensen, Jr.,
IL Wilmot street, WATERFOWL,
Mass, % victories, now with the
eighth air force in England.
Major Jay I. Robbins, Cool
idge, Texas, 81 victories, with
Fifth Air Force in Pacific.
Capt. John J. Vol, Goshen,
O., 81 victories with 18th Air
Force in the Mediterranean.
The ranking ace of the Ma,
rineS, Maj. Gregory Boyington,
Okanagan, Wash, is listed as
missing in action. He was shot
down Jan. 3, 1914, on the same
flight in which he destroyed his
26th japanese plane.
Others missing in action are:
Col. Neel Z. Kearby, 4043
Cole avenue, Dallas, Texas,
missing since March 5, credited
with % victories while with the
Fifth air force in the Pacific.
Col. Glenn L. Duncan, 1917
Wildbern avenue, Houston, Tex
as, credited with 81 and y
planes before he was listed as
missing while with the Eighth,
Air Force in England. II
Among other top-scoring aces,
with their total victories, are:
1t. Col. Francis S. Grabeski,
95!a Spruce street, Oil City, Pa,
% victories with the Eighth
Air Force before he was report
ed a prisoner of war July 20,
1914.
Major Robert S. Johnson,
1901 c ST., Lawton, Okla, q
victories with Eighth Air Force
before returning TO United
States for training duty.
Major Joe Foss, Marines,
Sioux Falls, S. D., rs japanese
victories, now in hospital at
Klement Falls, Ore, suffering
from malaria.
lst 1t. Robert Hanson, Ma
rines, 81 Brooks ave, Newton
Vile, Mass, killed over Rabaul
after shooting down rs Japa-
nese planes.
Capt. Don S. Gentle, $50
Wayne street, Piqua, Ohio, %
victories with Eighth Air Force
before returning for assignment
to experimental work at Wright
Field.
Capt. Kenneth A. Walsh, Ma
rines, 1922 Newton street, N. E.,
Washington, D. c., 20 japanese
victories, now an instructor at
Jacksonville, Fla.
Capt. Donald Aldrich, Ma
rines, 1925 Ingleside avenue,
Chicago, 20 japanese victories,
now instructing Marine Corsair
pilots.
Maj. Walker NJ. Mahurin, 927
Wildwood avenue, Fl. Wayne,
Ind, 20 victories with Eighth
Air Force before assignment to
duty in the United States.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15

the orders referred to in your
telegram calling the hearing) to
be illegal and uneconomic have
been frequently and fully stated
to you" Barr wired.
While wage issues are involv-
ed in most of the cases, principal
item is the boards order for
maintenance of union member
ship and cherk off of union dues.
BY maintenance of member
ship, workers remaining in un-
ion after a certain date are re-
quired to continue in good stand
ing in order to hold their jobs
for the duration Of the contract
in question.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Plus Receives
u S. Officials

ROME, Dec. Is up - Pope
Plus XII received the touring
u. S. house military affair S
committee today and at the con-
clusion of the audience asked
Rep. John NJ. Costello, Cali
fornia Democrat, TO convey
greetings to President Roosevelt.
The pontiff said he was send
ing a special blessing TO the
United States. He expressed hope
for a peace based on under
standing, justice and charity, and
added that a great obligation
rested upon legislators and those
responsible for government to
see that such a peace is estab-
lished throughout the world, the
congressman said later.
Rep. Costello and Rep. j..
Parnell Thomas, New Jersey
Republican, thanked the Pope
for the honor of an audience.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Thief Includes SOap

HOUSTON, Tex. -U.R- This
thief was either Cd a sports
man, CD a mechanic, or 90 aw-
fully dirty. Ransacking the Rec
tor Well Equipment Co, here,
the thief took a 32-caliber rifle,
a rod and reel, several wrenches,
SIS, and 26 bars of soap.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Eiqht Of Nations 10 Top Aces Still on Active Duty

of fire through magic. randall
introduced disappearing cigar.
cite acts and other fire associ-
ated devices in his lectures,
which have become the most
popular in the school.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
DOUBLE TRAGEDY

WICHITA Kan. - U.P) - Re-
Gently Mrs. j. w. Schrader was
notified that her son, Pfc. Robert
Schrader, had been killed in
action. Two weeks later she re-
ceived word that another son,
Sgt. Warren P. Schrader, had
died in France of accidental gun
shot wounds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
KIDS LIKE FIRE LECTURES

GARY, Ind. - U.P - Gary
school children beg TO hear lee.
lures on fire prevention, for
amateur magician and fireman
Rudy Randall tells of the danger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18

started by lightning reported a bolt struck their ladder truck.
 Two more deaths were added to the heat list yesterday when Miss Elizabeth Crooks. l2. of Lexington died at a Waltham hospital Of pneumonia following heat prostra- ton. and in Haverhill, James M. Curley, 67. a restaurant owner. cole lapsed and died.
 BY UNITED PRESS
 4 severe electrical storm, &C., companied by high winds which did some damage in the western part Of Connecticut, today had broken the seven-day wave of 95-degree heat. and the weather bureau fore- cast cooler weather for the state.
 Hail. rain and lightning disrupted power and telephone service and caused four fires in the Danbury area. In one fire. 75 tons of hay and oats and several farm implements were destroyed when a dairy barn and two silos on the farm of Donald Ferris, Newtown, were burned.
 The attic and an ell section of the home of Edward Elkin, Cobalt. were burned in a fire set by light ming.
 The only motor vehicle accident reported was that of Mrs. Francis S. Curry, Meriden, whose auto- mobile skidded and struck a utility poll at Middletown. interrupting electric service in a section of the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
U. s. Troops Smash
 Foes Resistance
Continued from Page D

Cassino in Italy last January.
 Wilson's communique said the troops of Major General Alexander Patchs 7th Army had further en- larged their brideghead-only yes- terday estimated at more than 800 square miles-and were advancing in nearly all sectors against crumbling resistance
 A United Nations radio broadcast from Algiers. beamed toward south- ern France. told the Germans they were being outwitted and out fought"
 Your retreat routes are being cut by the Allied armies in the north" the broadcast said. "The only sane course is to lay down your arms now"
 Patch's Offensive
 The main weight of Patch's of- fensiYe appeared to have been thrown westward against Toulon. a great arsenal and shipbuilding cen- ter as well as headquarters of the French Mediterranean fleet. It was there that the French fleet was
 
 scuttled in November. i942, when the German army crossed the De- marcation line and occupied all France.
 A front dispatch disclosed that the Americans already have broken through the main German anti-in- vasion defenses protecting Toulon from the east, near Cap Benat. Pillboxes. gun supplements and other strong points were knocked out in the advance.
 One American column pushing down the inland highway from the northeast captured Cuers, seven miles from Toulon, yesterday and at last reports still was advancing, while another was believed west of Hyeres, nine miles east of TOulon on the coastal highway
 The Americans were engaged in a race with time in an effort to seize Toulon before German demoli- ton crews can wreck its valuable naval, shipbuilding and repair in- stallations. Though the Germans were expected to put up a stiff fight for the base, the Americans have overwhelming superiority in guns, tanks and infantry and the fall of the port at most was only a matter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18

ward along a front of more than % miles from T'roarn to Falaise.
 Troarn itself fell almost without a struggle, and the Canadians also captured Bavent, three miles to the north and the same distance below the channel coast. Farther south. the new offensive overran a dozen enemy strongpoinis. including Meg- idon. Barou, and Norrey-Enauge and reached the area Of Trun and Chambois.
 Far to the west. American troops smashed the last German resistance on the northern coast of Brittany. capturing the citadel Of St. Malo after a To-day siege during which the fanatical Nazi garrison com nander. Colonel Van Aulock. defied all demands for his surrender.
 1t also was revealed that the Ger man commander at nearby St. Din ard was taken along with his staff when that town fell Wednesday.
 Allied warplanes maintained an air-tight patrol over the battlefelds yesterday and ranged far ahead Of the advancing armies to pound enemy barges on the Seine, and i6 bridges spanning the Risle river, west of the Seine. Other raiders struck repeatedly at railway lines funneling into Paris from Belgium and northeastern France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
Flee. Boot Co. Bons Heed
lcontinued from Page D

lContinued from Page D by Charles Suisman, union attorney, as "an attempt to destroy the union, which will fail eveu thOush all the union officers are now fired"
 Suisman claimed that the strike was entirely legal" and was called in protest against "flagrant viola tons by the company of the union contract and of the Wagner Act" He added that the strike was called off by the union tat the request of the Navy and Governor Baldwin" and that the strike proved that the workers want a good strong union"
 The oompany's action was made public by Edward Darrell, manager, In a statement this morning,
 Condemning union leaders aeE tions as "irresponsible", 1t eontln- ued:
 The company decided that the 0fv lenses of these individuals were so serious they could not be overlooked, Although the agreement with the company prohibited strikes and guaranteed there would be no strike, and although 80 per cent of the em- pl0yes voted against the strike, nevertheless, these lndlYlduals de, liheTately chose to violate theiF obs ligatlons to their company, their country and their fellow workers,
 Q, Pomeroy Robinson, vice pEesI- dent and general manager Of the company, said lt was doubtful if 100 per cent production would be at' tlaned until Monday morning, as it was felt many workers had gone out Of town during the strike and would not return until then,
 During the conference called by the governor yesterday afternoon, company and union officials agreed to mediate among themselves the as grievances of the union, and to sub mt any of the disputes upon which they could not reach an agreement to the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18

only an hour and a half a night. the dispatch said, because suffi- cient coal cannot be brought up the Seine in the face of low-leyel Allied ir attacks.
 The French Committee of National Liberation ordered Paris policemen to go into hiding to escape eyacu- ati0n to Nancy by order Of Joseph Dapnand. security minister in the Vichy government.
 Do not leave Paris under any pretext." the committee said in a series fo broadcasts to the people Of Paris from Britain and North Africa.
 The committee also appealed to the workers Of Paris to strike in war factories, but to maintain ore der and to preserve vital public services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
5 Boys Admit Killing Mon
tContinued from Page D

fContinued from Page D the free spending Of the loot in Roxbury stores which directed sus- picion to the quintet.
 The confessed slayers were identi- fled hy police as John J. Donovan, l6, Thomas D. Durant. IS, Francis x. Miller. IS. Gerard P. Shields, IS, and Francis x. Mulligan, IS. all res- idents of the Mission Hall district of Roxbury. It was announced that Attorney James A. Delay of Boston had been retained as counsel for the boys.
 When the unifoIIn-elad body of the 40-year-old Prunty was dis- covered. a high heel print sn soft earth at the scene led police to slis- peet he may have been lured to his death by a woman, The boys told police, however. that no adult fig ured in the crime.
 PruEty's face bore the marks of a severe beating and his service belt was drawn tightly around his throat His pockets were turned inside out and his wallet was miss. ing.
 Though the boys claimed their loot totaled only Sl2s. police had theoFlzed that Prunty was robbed Of some $500, including his mastering out pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
75O Bombers BIitz Dromes

(Continued from Page D caught about 500 German foot sole diers in a field l5 miles southwest of Compiegne and killed or wounded nearly half of them with machine gun fire. A nearby military train of six cars also was strafed.
 Ninth Air Force fighter-bombers trapped three German coulmns fleeing along the highways leading out of Argentan yesterday and gave them a merciless strafing, it was disclosed today.
 German vehicles were travelling three abreast on three highways and the Thunderbolts dropped bombs at the head of each column, blocking the roads. Then they swept up and down the columns, sending 50 calibre bullets into the mass of tangled soldiers and ve- hicles.
 CThe British radio in a broad- cast recorded by NEG reported that a huge fleet" Of RAP fighters at- tackled a concentration of about s. 900 German vehicles moving along roads 20 miles east Of Falaise to- dayJ
 Shortly after coastal observers re- ported seeing Allied bOmbers cross ing the straits late today, the Ger man radio reported bomber torma- tions approaching western Ger many.
 Polish Mustang pilots swept the German lines in northwestern France and shot down i6 FW- 1908 attempting to cover the with drawal eastward of the enemy forces.
 Eighth Air Force LiberatOrs, es- corted by Mustang fighters. hit the airdrome at Rove, southeast of Amiens. The heavy bombers Ob- tained good results" in clear weather.
 The daylight operations followed extensive raids through the night by British and Italian based bomb- CTS whcih ranged oyre Germany and Romania.
 MoSquitos of the RAP bomber command attacked Mannheim in Germany without loss, while Medi- terranean bombers returned to the Ploesti oil fields in Romania for the second time in one day.
 RAP Wellingtons, Halllaxes and Llberators bomber the xenia refin- cry through hay weather, which made the operation difficult, ale though two fires. accompanied by an explosion. were started. In the first raid on Ploesti yesterday, the American Liberators concentrated on the Romano Americana refinery, one of the four largest in the fields and formerly owned by Standard Oil.
 Many direct hits were scored on the plant and pilots reported black columns of oil smoke rising to height of 2,000 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18

rows needs,
 Boston, Aug, lR-lUPl-NeW Eng lands ree0rd-hreaking wAek.lOng heat wave, which caused 26 deaths, ended today following 8 series 0f tropical el0udhnrsts that resulted iD an estimated s500,000 damage from wind, rain and lightning,
 The weetheF bureau predicted much cooler Weather tonight and tomorrow, with tbuDdeTst0rms ID most sections, The cool speel was expected tN continue at least untll Wednesday,
 Nearly an inch of rain fell here within 2 few hours during yesteg- aay's storms, Repair crews stlll were busy this morning restoring power and telephone lines d0wned by wind and lightning,
 The t0Ffential d0Wnp0lFs, a relief k0 drought worried farmers, reduced the temperature 23 degrees from 97 to Tt--Wlthln two hours at Boston, and similar quick declines were Fe. corded elsewhere,
 More than 100 fire alarms were sounded in greater Boston during the thFeeshonF rain, and at least 30 places were struck by lightning,
 4 2S0.F0und granite block dropped lse feet from the tower ef s. co. elias (Catholiel church in the Back Bay, and in the suburb Oi Az lingt0n, flFemen going to . blaze
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18

48kfkAffWNA A#4AAs F&GN " one waye length, then 2 half hour later, a second,
 Addressing comrades Of the WafEen E6 and the Army the speaker was quoted by the Daily Sketch,
 'The graves of our common dead nov 0blige ms to fight the internal enemy as We have fought the enemy from without. Men of the Waffen 6s and Army will nov fight against our interruptions government which misused our idealisBl, 8 government which Is trying to SOW dlse0rd be- tween the army and the WRHen ks
 'sFhis government wants Germans to fight Germans tn odrer to drag everything and everybody into chaos and ruin, By this method our government hope sto escape tls pun' ishment,
 HComradesI The WaffeD ss has shown by their action which side they are on, officers Of the Wafs fen RR and WehFmaehl; Rise to fight shoulder to shoulder against HilleTls
 The appeal, if confirmed, would be the first ever broadcast from within Germany or German pied Europe to the army for re. volt and Indicated that the ab0Fs tive uprising timed to coincide with the attempted assassination Of Hlts Ter last month, may be spreading,
 Tine German Transneeean Agency said Paris now had become a ngF0nt.llne" city. The subway no l0nger operates and the only mode of transportation s by bclyele Paris police have been en strike since Tuesday because 0f the ap' polnlment Of Q neW senior officer, the feod situation ls serious eild Illuminating gas no lengey is avalls able, TFane0eean said,
 Electric current now S provided
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18

of time.
 The American-F French drive in- land already has severed at least three east-west highways, virtually cutting the German front in south- ern France in two. and was well over the Natures Mountains paral- leling the coast
 Biggest Prize
 Biggest prize yesterday was the five-way highway center of Dra- guigEan. IS miles northwest of Fre- jus. From Draguignan. which was captured by paratroops. the Allies could strike east along an inland highway through Grasse. outflank- ing Cannes, and attack Nice.
 A naval communique reported the reinforcement and supply of the beachhead forces was continuing smoothly and revealed that Allied warships had sunk three German E-boats and two enemy Corvettes, the latter off Cape Croisette. only five miles due south of Marseille.
 More than i5.900 shells of five inch caliber or above were hurled into the German coastal defenses by Allied warships in the preliminary naval bombardment. the communi- que said. Of these. i2.500 were of i2 inch caliber or greater
 Nearly 800 out of the 800 ships which participated in the invasion were British, including one sattle- ship. seven aircraft carriers and six cruisers. Aboard one of the smaller. less conspicuous. e ships, the destroy CT Kimberley. was Prime Minister Churchill. who watched the land ings from a few miles offshore and later toured up and down the coast checking all the numerous beaehheads.
 Wilson and Adm. Sir John Gun ningham, Allied naval commander in the Mediterranean, also were aboard the Kimberley,
 Canadian Ships
 Two Canadian ships, the Prince David and the Prince Henry, also were in the invasion fleet, while the FTene were represented by the bat. tleship Lorrain. the cruisers Glolre. Georges Leygnes, Montealm. D0I- gay-Trouin, Emile Bertin and the Jeanne Dare, the light cruisers Fantasque, Le Malin and Le Ter Fible and a number of destroyers and smaller craft,
 Headquarters also disclosed the fall of the last pocket of resistance on the Island of Port cFos, 2l miles southeast of Toulon, The capture of Port cros was revealed Tuesday night, but pare of tl garrison put mp a S6-houT fight in a castle and two ancient forts whose walls were n feet thick and too high to scale,