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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

A circuit meeting Of Lutheran
churches of Macomb and Oak
land counties will be held at St.
Johns church at Fraser on Sun
day afternoon at o'clock. Fea-
ture of the program will be an
address by Missionary thinner
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

man, who has spent many years
in China.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

lalneQ the woman society OF
Christian Service of the Metho-
dist church at her home on
North Cass street Wednesday.
Elmer Remer, who under
went an operation at the Tuber-
culosis hospital, week ago is
reported as resting comfortably.
Mrs. Remer is with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Atkin, in
Detroit, during Remer's conval-
escence.
Mrs. T. E. Whearty, who left
Utica June 10 for a visit with
friends and relatives in New
York state, Pennsylvania and
Connecticut, returned Sunday to
the home of her son, Reed Pow
ers.
Mrs. Ray H. Norman has had
as her house guest the past week
at her home 5404 Shelby road,
Mrs. Ralph Riker, of Cincinnati.
Mrs. Harold Ash entertained
her bridge club at her home,
8540 st. Johns street Wednes-
day night. Guests were Mrs.
LaCroix, of Detroit, and Mrs.
Fred Fletcher of Utica.
Mrs. May st. John Brownell
will leave on Friday to spend
the winter months in Florida.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

Reformation Festival will be
held at Trinity Lutheran church
on Sunday with services at 900
and 10:45 a. m. There will be
special music by the choir. Rev.
Louis G.. Heinecke, pastor of the
church, has chosen as his SER
mon subject, do We Need a
New Reformation" Sunday
School and Bible classes meet at
9:l5 a. m.
Arthur N. Chapoton has been
absent the past week on a bust
ness trip to Nashville, Tenn, and
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Patrick were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jacobs
in Detroit on Sunday.
Postmaster Isla Messmore had
as her dinner guests ON Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Lane, of
Pontiac.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

Mrs. Leah Nourse, of Grand
Ledge, is spending the week with
her daughter, Mrs. Carl kick
busch. Mr.. and Mrs. Kiekbusch
visited in Grand Ledge Sunday,
Mrs. Nourse returning with
them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

At a meeting Of the Utica
Tuesday club at the home of
Mrs. William Erwin on Tuesday
afternoon, it was announced that
the annual tag day of the club
would be held on Saturday, Nov.
IL. Mrs. William Erwin and
Mrs. Russell Gierman are in
charge of the event which is
given each year for the benefit
of the Utica library.
Mrs. George Eppler was I'M
animously voted in as an active
member. Owing TO i'll health
Mrs. z. o. Gildart was placed
on the associate list at her re-
quest.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Fos-
ter were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James H. Foster in st. Clair
Shores Saturday night, the &C.
casion being a family party hon
oring the birthday of Mrs. James
Foster, who, with Mr.. Foster
leaves on Tuesday of next week
for a six months stay in Desc
to, Florida.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

The Red Cross knitting club
will meet on Tuesday afternoon,
Oct. 81, with Mrs. Artia NJ.
Koch, 1884 Auburn road.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

Mrs. Arthur Chapoton enter
tanned the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Metho-
dist church at her home on
North Cass street Wednesday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-27

Mrs. May st. John Brownell
will leave on Friday to spend
the winter months in Florida.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
MurshoHs Struck
With $500, 900.
Pounds of Bombs
A. P. Wirephoto.
By the Associated Press.

~ eAc AoSSSi6tcO FlecS
!. HONOLULU, T. H. FEB. s.
Seventh Army Air Force flyers
dropped more than $500, 900 pounds
Of bombs on Japanese bases in the
Marshalls preparatory to invasion.
In announcing the figures today,
headquarters said the bombardment
was supplemented by cannonading
with the new rapid-flre 75-mm.
cannon mounted in Mitchell me-
dium bombers, and by frequent
fighter bomber and fighter straf1ng
attacks.
The bombs ranged from 25-pound
fragmentations to half-ton explo-
sives and topped by 1-ton bombs.
Flying the longest missions under
taken in any theater in this war
up to 2,400 miles, or four times the
distance from London to Berlin
Liberators carried out more than $50
heavy bomber sorties between No.
vember IL, 1943, and January 81.
Medium bombers flew 240 missions
in an 80-day period and more than
1000 sorties were made by fighter
bombers and fighters.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

motion picture industry's War Bond
Activities Committee, reported that
Treasury Departments Fourth War
Loan speakers will appear at thea
ters throughout the city for four
days starting today.
Theater speakers today are ::
Keith's, William P. McCracken, jr.,
and Emmett L. Sheehan; Palace,
Joseph A. Ashi and w. Cameron
Burton; Capitol, J. Austin Latimer;
Columbia, w. Winship Wheatley.
Other indications of activities on
the War Bond front were: Inter-
national Federation Of Technical
Engineers, Architects and Drafts
men Local No. 46 reported that their
members have bought and sold
5000 worth of small denomination
bonds; j. Saks, chairman of the
fur shops group, announced a pre-
liminary report Of $4,51250 worth
Of War Bonds.
The AH-States Dining Service,
514 Nineteenth street NV, an
nounced that in cooperation with
the Washington Restaurant Asso-
cations 100000 drive, a free
Sunday dinner will be served to
each cash bond purchaser from
noon to 6 pm. Sunday.
Bond rallies scheduled today are:
Electroypers' Union Local No. II
at the Pythian Temple at 8 pm,
with Lewis F. Depro speaking: Uni
versity Club at 3 pm, 1135 Six
teenth street NV, and Almas
Temple, Thirteenth and X streets
NV. at 9:15 pm, where War De-
partment action films will be shown
Evening star., 1944-02-03
War Bonds
tContinued From First Page y

Italy and hand-to-hand combat In
the jungles Of the Pacific. are un-
paralleled In history.
What are we doing on the home
front? Our job Is to preserve the
economy. I knew you have felt the
cruel realities Of war. but:
Il. Your prayers for his safe re-
turn will not be answered If he
comes back to a country unable to
provide him with a job.
%. Your hopes for his future will
be blasted If you think Of your pres
ent comfort rather than of his
future opportunity.
"3. Your tears, during your hours
OF loneliness, will have been shed
in vain II he finds his country on
the down grade when his fighting
days are over. The purchase of War
Bonds serves the dual purpose of
winning the war and preserving our
economy"
Thomas E. Lodge. chairman of the
industries Bond Committee, said
the group had bought and sold ap-
Fproximately $500, 900 in their drive
for $4,000 900.
81 ,500,OO0 Sales Reported.
The national total leaped to
$6, ,l60, ,000,0 900. or A per cent of the
$4,000, 100000 goal after purchases
and pledges of s1,532 ,000,O0 were
reported yesterday. Individual sales
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Col. Robin Bruce epIer
To Be Buried Here Today

Col. Robin Bruce Epler, IS, dep
uty commander of the Army Air
Forces Proving Ground Command,
who was killed last Friday in plane
crash at Elgin Field, Fla, will be
buried with full military honors at
o'clock this afternoon in Arlington
Cemetery.
A native of Iowa, Col. Epler was
graduated from West Point in 1888.
He was rated a senior pilot and
observer.
In addition to his widow, Mrs.
Amelia Epler, daughter of Mrs.
Albert Maverick, jr., $500 Devon
shire place NV, Col. Epler is sur
vived by two daughters, Amelia, s,
and Fontaine, S: his parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Epler, Morton,
Kans., and a brother, 1t. Stephen
Epler, jr., stationed at Jackson
vile, Fla.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Domengeaux Will Resign
II Accepted by Army

BY the Associated Press
Representative Dom engeaux.
Democrat, of Louisiana, announced
today he will report at Lafayette,
La, for preinduction physical ex-
animation February II and, If ac-
cepted, will enter armed service even
though he may have to resign his
congressional seat.
Mr.. Domengeaux, 81, and a bach
elor, said he has notified his draft
board he Is waving exemption from
military service as a member of
Congress. The notification. he said
was sent a few days before Presi-
dent Roosevelts ruling last month
that members of Congress not be
permitted to serve in active COM
ponents of the armed services.
The legislator, now serving his
second term, said he had been urged
by supporters to remain in Congress
because they feel his services are
more valuable there.
Il do not feel this is a matter
Of where I can do the most good,
but rather one of strict duty" Mr..
Domengeaux said. Il believe that
when our country is at war it is
the obligation of every able-bodied
man, within the age requirements
and otherwise qualified, to offer
himself In defense of his Nation.
That comes first, and I therefore
accept this responsibility, even If 1t
Is necessary for me to resign from
Congress in order to do So
Evening star., 1944-02-03
William B. McCready,
MARYLAND Politician, Dies
nv +,.Assor,a+.d pr.s,

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 3-Wil-
liam B. McCready, former member
of the Maryland House Of Delegates
and father of Mayor William U.
McCready of Annapolis, died early
today at his home in the State
capital.
Mr.. McCready. who would have
been 80 on July l8, suffered heart
attack Saturday.
Active for many years in organ
ization politics. he for IL years was
chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee for Anne Arun-
del County.
Born in Crisfield in 1862, he was
active in politics on the Eastern
Shore and came to Annapolis in
1900 during the administration of
former Gov. John w. Smith to ac-
cept a position as State employe.
Funeral services will be held Sum-
day, and burial will be in the Cedar
Bluff Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

white smoke rising sometimes as
high as a thousand feet as ammuni-
ton and fuel tanks were hit.
Throughout the island, ammunition
continued to go up, either set OF by
marines or by the japanese them
selves.
Dead japanese sent up a sickening
odor and marines began moving to
foxholes farther from the bodieszun-
til they could find the time to bury
them. Col. Hart sent his men today
to wipe out the last japanese re-
sistance and before nightfall ex-
poets the enemy to be cleaned out
except for scattered snipers.
The one bit of life on Namur
which seemed unconcerned was a
chicken. 1t walked around serenely
calm in the murderous crossflre,
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Military Government
Goes Ashore With
Troops in MarshaI|s
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD JOINT EXPEDI-
T1ONARY FLAGSHIP OFF KWA-
JALEIN ATOLL IN THE MAR
SHALL ISLANDS, Feb. 3.-United
States military government officers
went ashore with assault troops in
the Marshall Islands invasion to
establish administration over the
natives in the first prewar japanese
territory to be seized from the
enemy.
Military government officers, all
marines trained at Charlottesville,
Va, carried with them placards in
English and Japanese on which were
printed Admiral Chester w. Nim-
It's proclamation establishing mil
itary government in the occupied
territory and his orders governing
the conduct Of the civilian popula-
ton.
Native Property Safeguarded.
1t. Comdr. Albert c. Metze, ma
rine staff officer. showed the procla-
nation order to Percy A. Finch.
Reuters correspondent. Col. Metze
had been legation attache and Mr..
Finch a correspondent in China and
they were interned when the Japa-
nese took over.
I think, Finch, you'll agree this is
a better job than the Japs did in
China" Col. Metze said.
Right" Mr.. Finch agreed. What
the Japs said was, We take every-
thing you've GOT"
Col. Metze explained the order
contained safeguards for native
property rights and provided for
money exchange at the rate of one
American dollar for 20 japanese
military yen. The peacetime ex-
change was about four yen to the
dollar.
Food Will Be Given to Natives.
Col. Metze said the first objective
would be to gather the natives to-
gether, for their own safety, and to
give them food.
The second would be to employ
native labor resources as needed.
To pay for these, the military gov
ernment parties carried supplies Of
bright cloth and fish hooks.
Col. Metze related one lesson
learned on Maxim in the Gilbert
Islands. Some natives were al
lowed free run among the soldiers,
who gave them rations generously
out of friendliness.
Other natives assembled under
officers were put to work. Rations
were their wages. The natives who
worked complained when idlers also
got G. I. food-so ration wages for
the natives had to be doubled.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Men Abroad 7 Years Starved laps Found
To Get Army Fuhough On New Guinea Show
Under Rotation Plan Blockade Efficiency
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Veterans of long bitches in this
war may soon be coming home
on furlough under a troop rota-
ton" plan to be inaugurated by
the War Department.
1t. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, CON-
mandant of Army forces in the
South Pacific, told a press confer
ence yesterday that such a program
will begin with men who have been
in the area two years or longer. But
he warned that 1t would be tenn
pered by combat requirements and
transportation facilities, and that it
could not be construed as promising
q furlough for all men of two years
service in the South Pacific.
Gen. Harmon, who is here for staff
conferences, also disclosed that ap-
proximately go per cent of the pilots
and crews shot down over enemy
territory in the South Pacific have
been rescued, some with the help of
friendly natives. some by Navy ply
patrol bombers which have even
landed in enemy harbors under
fighter cover and picked up airmen
under the noses OF the japanese.
Some in Area Two Years.
There is always a feeling among
the men that they would like to be
home" Gen. Harmon said. They
have not allowed that craving to be
home to get them down in the
dumps to any aggravated extent, al
though some of them have been in
the South Pacific approximately two
years.
"A program Of rotation has been
initiated, however, on a scale con-
sidered commensurate with the
means available. AS those means
increase, the program will be ex-
panded. Any one in a responsible
position in the Army, from Gen.
Marshall down, appreciates the de-
STABILITY of rotating men in the
combat zones. But they also ap-
preciate the need for winning the
war, and you cannot allow rotation
OF personnel to interfere unduly
with that accomplishment"
Calls MarshalIs a Step.
In cautiously phrased state
ment, and equally cautious replies
to questions, he made these other
observations:
Any success in the Central Pacific
operations against the Marshall Is
lands will make it possible to direct
additional power against the Japa-
nese farther west.
Except for the machine cunning
of aircrews in life raft or while
parachuting, there has been no gen.
eral knowledge among forces in the
South Pacific of japanese atroci-
ties against war prisoners until the
Army-Navy report last week on the
Philippines.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

climbed to $1,941, ,000, ,000-a little
better than IS per cent of the quota
in this category-after a record
days purchase totaling $199, 600, 900.
Leading the States on a proper
tionate basis was West Virginia,
which has sold $52,448,173 worth of
bonds, or 10 per cent of its quota.
Total bond sales for Virginia were
IS per cent Of the quota.
Salary Put Into Bonds.
Surpassed by none is the record
Of 57-year-old man who puts his
entire salary into War Bonds
through the salary deduction plan.
Charles M. McCaa, nephew Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul r. Hallam, 1915
N street NV. explains that he is
too old for the armed forces" but
doing everything I can myself" j"
Mr.. McCaa has a ready answer
to the question as to how he eats.
Having put his savings into real
estate, he receives a small income
sufficient for the needs of himself
and his wife. He has worked for the
Baton Rouge Ua) Refinery since
1918, and is now clerk in oil move
ment and shipping. It is this clerk s
salary that he now invests in bonds.
Exceeding their Fourth War Loan
Drive goal by $751; 900, the Soropti-
mist Club has sold $l61 900 in War
Bonds, Mrs. Mary Chymkle, chair
man Of the War Service Committee
reported yesterday at the clubs
luncheon meeting at the Willard
Hotel.
Mrs. Chymkle said that although
the goal had been reached, the drive
is still on. The goal, or s110O 600,
will be used to buy an ambulance
plane.
Group captains in charge of SELL
ing the bonds we're Miss Estelle Zir-
kin, Miss Mary Turner. Mrs. Mary
Catherine Lewis, Mrs Gladys Mid
dlemiss and Miss Mildred Clum.
Labor Groups Subscribe.
Frank w. Lee, chairman of the
War Finance Committees labor di-
vision, reported the following large
subscriptions by labor associations:
international Association OF Ma
chinists. $i,O00,0 International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
81 600, 900; United Association of
Plumbers and Steamf1tters of North
America, $50o,000; International
Brotherhood Of Bookbinders, $25 900:
Bricklayers,, Masons. Plasterers' In
ternational Union Of America,
$155 900.
International Union Of Operating
Engineers, $4,000; Pattern Makers
League of North America, $40, 600:
Milk Drivers, Local No. 246, 5000:
Building Laborers' Local No. a.
$40 900.
National Federation of Post Office
Clerks, $4,000; Carpenters Local No.
1881. $500; American Federation
OF Government Employees, $4,000;
Steamf1tters' Local No. 602, $4,000;
Cigar Makers International Union.
s., 900.
International Association of Fire
Fighters, $4,000; Carpenters Dis
trict Council, $4,000: International
Brotherhood OF Electrical Workers
Local No. 26, 5000. and Carpeners'
Local No. 1872, 5000.
Mr.. Lee said that subscriptions
by additional labor organizations
were expected within the next few
days.
Carter T. Barron and John j.
Payette. co-chairrnen of the local
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Charles Copeland Dies;
Du Points Brother-in-Low
By the Associated Pres


WILMINGTON. Del. Feb. s.
Charles Copeland, a former secre-
tary and director of E. I. du Pont de
Nemours Co., Inc, and a brother
ln-law OF Pierre, Irenee and Lammot
du Pont. died today after a long
illness. He was rs.
Born in Englewood, N. j., and
graduated from Harvard in 1889
Mr.. Copeland was a director Of the
Du Pont company for 81 years.
His late wife was the former Louisa
d'Andelop du Pont. He retired in
1912.
Mr.. Copeland is survived by a son,
Lammot du Pont Copeland, a Du
Pont director and member of the
company's Finance Committee.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb.
3.-Sprawling bodies OF Japanese
dead, apparent victims Of hunger
and exhaustion, gave proof today Of
the efficiency of the Allied sea and
air blockade Of the Northeast New
Guinea coast.
Australians pushed northwestward
along the coast past Reiss Point,
advancing another miles toward
the SD American Army Divisions
invasion area around Saidor. Only
80 miles now separate advance units
of the two forces, with the Japanese
between them desperately trying to
escape the squeeze.
The enemy's fighting units in the
area seem to have disintegrated
into the mountain passes and trails
in an escape endeavor," Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's communique said.
The Aussies are constantly coming
across Japanese dead which show
that starvation and exhaustion, not
bullets, killed them.
Scores of Barges Sunk.
Naval PIT boats and Allied planes
have sunk or damaged scores of
enemy barges along the coast, cut
ting the main artery through which
the Japanese have tried to reinforce
or resupply their troops or to evacu-
ate them from the closing Jaws Of
the Observation-Disclosures pincers.
Another Australian force, which is
consolidating recently won positions
in the Ramu Valley, interior New
Guinea. found 200 abandoned Jap
anese dead, the communique said.
The Aussies here are driving toward
the enemy coastal base at Madang,
about 40 miles to the northeast.
American Army troops on Bou-
gainville Island, in the Solomons,
used flame throwers and tanks-the
first employment of tanks by the
Army in Solomons fighting-to ex-
tend their holdings in the Empress
Augusta Bay area, on the west side
of the island.
Eighty japanese were killed and
20 enemy pillboxes knocked out in
the fighting, which took the Amer
leans 300 yards forward in the
jungle and drove the enemy to a
point 300 yards east of the Torokina
River. The Americans lost 19 killed
and % wounded.
RahauI Attached r,r;o.
Fighter and bomber planes of the
South Pacific command, operating
from Solomons bases, twice attacked
Rabaul, New Britain, Sunday, shoot
ing down 8 enemy fighters and de-
stroying 7 more planes and damag-
ing IS on the ground at Tobera air
drome. -Four Allied planes failed to
return from the raids, which set
many big fires going at this impor-
tant enemy shipping and plane base.
The almost daily hammering of
Rabaul through January cost the
Japanese SGT planes destroyed for
certain or probably lost, while the
Allies lost more than 30. The at
tackers also sank and damaged
much enemy shipping and wrecked
great quantities of supplies.
Allied Liberator heavy bombers
sank a 5.000-ton freighter in a night
attack on the enemy base at Hansa
Bay, New Guinea.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Congress in Brief
: the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate:
Agrees to limit debate to speed
action on soldier vote bill
Commerce Subcommittee calls
military and other witnesses on
civilian pilot training bill.
Agriculture Subcommittee contin-
ues questioning of former Deputy
Administrator Robert Craig in REA
inquiry.
Irrigation and Reclamation Sub
committee begins inquiry into delay
in starting war projects.
House:
Drives for vote on soldier-ballot
legislation.
Henry J. Kaiser, West Coast ship
builder, gives postwar views to Pub
lie Buildings Committee.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
DriverIess School Bus
Kills Girl, Injuries Two
By the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, w. Va, Feb. s.
A 9-year-old girl was killed and two
children were injured yesterday
when driverless Fayette County
school bus plunged down a hill into
a group Of waiting pupils in front
OF the Falls View Grade School 9
miles east of Montgomery.
The dead child was identified as
Ellen Props of Boonesborough.
Witnesses said the brakes of the
empty bus slipped while it was
parked in the school yard and the
vehicle rolled down the incline into
group Of children who had just
been released from classes.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Dr.. Miles to Give Talk

DR.. Verlin E. Miles, assistant
health officer of Arlington County,
will discuss Health Rules for Chill
dren" at the Henry Clay Parent
Teacher Association meeting at the
school, Seventh and North High
land streets. Arlington, at 8 pm.
Thursday,
Evening star., 1944-02-03
John G. Botes, Broker, Dies

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 [P).-John
Grenville Bates, ST., 63, stock broker
and internationally known Judge of
dog shows, died here yesterday after
brief illness.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

BONDS HELP AVENGE BATAAN-Mrs Manuel Quezon wife of
the President of the Philippine Commonwealth
r. Gamble national director of the Treasurys
Division check purchasing War Bonds herself
and their three children buying this week in
leading retail stores sign scroll which will paraded
through Manila after victory Harris e. Ewing Photo
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Maps Outdated by Smelling.

Barracks once dotted Namur and
1t was marked off by streets. But
they're hard to find now. The maps
given us to find our way around
were outdated after the savage
salvos from the Navy's big guns
the day before the marines landed
on Roi and Namur.
We could see the mushroom of