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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Fake Weddings
70 'Chutists
are Revealed

r. ALLIANCE, Nebr., Dec. 10 -
Up Four Alliance girls who
thought they married Air Force
parstroopers here last August
have discoveed the nuptials were
false, performed by soldier
impersonating an Army chap
lain, County Judge Penrose L.
Romig said today.
The ceremonies were con-
Quoted in an Alliance Army AIR
Base barracks which the girls
were persuaded was an Army
chapel, and the paratroopers
have since gone overseas, they
told Judge Romig.
The judge asserted the girls
discovered no marriage certlti-
Gates had been recorded in Box
Butte County Court here after
applying for government allot-
ment checks. None of the girls
has heard from the men since
they left for overseas, the Judge
said they informed him. Officers
at the air base, which has been
transferred since from the Troop
Carrier Command TO the Second
Air Force, asserted they had no
knowledge of the case.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
B-29's
from Page one)

ASOhtihuSu thohh o6C S"Nf
Southern Japan today. Official
Tokyo reported they struck at
Omura, whose aircraft factory
has ben the objective Of three
previous raids.
An imperial communique said
between 30 and 40 BIOS made
the attack on the heels of dou-
BILE blow yesterday by nearly
200 Superforts against Hankow
and the Mitsubishi Aircraft
Company's big Kokuki aircraft
plant at Nagoya on Honshu Is
land.
The US. War Department
described todaXs attack n s
waves only as a-"medlum
force" while Brig. Gen. Hay
wood Hanscll Jr., announced
Superforts from Saipan yester-
day caused extensive damage TO
the Kokuki factory, set fire to
a shipyard and perhaps knocked
out Nagoya's power plant.
More than half of the TAP
japanese planes knocked out
last week in the Philippines
were accounted for by fast car
rier forces under command Of
Vice Adm. John S. Mccain who
declared give me enough fight
er planes and we can go up TO
the Empire and do the same "
thing to Japan proper.
American planes will soon be
taking off from newly built Ma
Mia, Associated Press war cor
respondent Elmont Waite re-
ported. Only opposition 10 the
invasion, he said, has been by
Japanese aircraft.
Chinese turning the tables on
the invaders in Central China
drove TO within six miles Of
Chin-Chenk -Kang, &C o ! d n
City" on the railway 81 miles
west of the former US. air
base at LiuchoW in Kwangsi
Province.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Murder
Continued from Page One)

KWasnieWski shot to death in a
Warren Township cabin.
ViSibly strained after periodic
examination and cross-examina-
ton since last Friday, KWasnieW-
ski left the stand at noon today.
In many hours of statements
to the jury he had barred the in
nermost details Of his life with
Stella KWaSniewski, and had
frankly admitted that on more
than one occasion he had been
forced to strike her, he said, in
an effort TO snap her out Of fits
Of temper induced by drunken
ness. On one Of these occasions,
the witness testified, his wife
had attacked him with a butcher
knife.
The HamtramCk officer admit
ted under CrOSS-c examination that
he was a drinking man. He adj.
mittcd that in recent years he
went out drinking without in
forming his wife Of his where
abouts, but said that formerly
before her loss of favor in his
sight-he kept her informed of
his activities.
KwaSniewski's testimony was
intended TO bear out the defense
claim that his shooting Of Mrs.
KWasnieWski was a result of
temporary emotional insanity
induced by years Of trouble
from her and brought to a climax
when the patrolman found her
at night in the cabin of Joseph
Kotiel, Warren Township.
Defense counsel Ivan A. John
ston and Will Cohen today said
that publicity given the trial
has resulted in eight or nine"
persons coming forward to
KWasniewski's defense. They de-
scribed the witnesses, who will
follow each other TO the stand
commencing this afternoon, as
men and women who had asso-
ciated with Mrs. Kwasniewski
in recent years. The attorneys
said this testimony will further
Substantiate their claim that
Kwasniewski's mind was tenn
porarily deranged at the time of
the shooting.
chief Assistant Prosecutor
Fred Van Fleteren is pressing
the states murder charge against
KwasnieWski, b o r. visiting
Judge Paul r. Cash and a jury
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Breath
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trolman Cletus j. Cole, on Dec
10.
It seems. Held revealed. that
Cole and O'Bee had stopped Har-
grove on M-97, south of 11-Mile
road at 10:45 a. m. and tiCketed
him for allegedly driving his
car at so miles per hour in a
35 mile zone. While Hargrove
made no objection to accepting
the ticket, Held said, he verbal
~ chastiScd Officer Cole for
what he described as the police
mans "whiskey BREATH" and
demanded that the officers &C.
company him to Warren police
headquarters so that he could
report Coles condition" TO his
SuperiOrS.
RIDES TO JAIL
The obliging officers, Held
said. not only accompanied Har-
grove to their station, where Sgt.
Michael Helmlingcr found Cole
fit for duty, but kept right on
going with him until they reach
cd the Macomb county jail in
Mount Clemens where they
booked the motorist for investi-
cation. He was released three
hours later pending a court APP
pCaranCc.
ONE MORE HURDLE
In refusing to authorize is
SuanCe Of the disorderly con-
duct warrant against HargroVe
the Macomb prosecutor said that
no offense against the law had
been committed. While both
O'Bee and Sgt. HelmlinGer found
the drivers suspicious 10 be UNI
, founded, Held said, he was new
erthclesS within his rights in cX-
pressing his personal thoughts
on the matter.
Hargrove, described as the
personnel manager for a large
Detroit manufacturing company
must, however, appear before
Justice Zagaiski Wednesday
night in answer TO the traffic
charge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Churchill
Continued from Page one)

to come on a vote or censure-a
parliamentary maneuver which
would mean his government
would stand or fall on the out
come.
The opposition did not appear
disposed to accept the chal-
lenge.
Opponents of Britain's policy
shifted then TO Belgium, chal-
longing ChurchillS account Of
precautionary steps taken in No
cember when truckloads OF
armed insurgents were moving
on Brussels from Mons.
The attitude of the British
military authorities was rCgulat-
ed by instructions received from
the supreme military comman-
der. Those instructions were IN
full accord with views Of Brit
ish government and we should
be glad to share his responsible
ity," Churchill said.
Churchill said Gen. EisenhoW-
er himself visited Brussels and
gave very decided and clear in
structions as to the importance
of preserving tranquility Of com
municatlons.
With tcmpcrs taut and the
House turbulent, AneurIn BcVan,
bitter and frequent critic OF
Churchill, openely scoffed at the
Prime Minister'S account and de
manded:
evil he desist from deceivins
the House in this irresponsible
manner
Amid cries Of Withdraw, y
Churchill snapped back Il Ger
tainly do not ask Mr.. Bevan to
withdraw. Insults from him are
compliments"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Germans
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into Belgium carried a broad
thanking threat TO Aachen.
The German onslaught was
powered by maSsed reserves and
supported by a new vengeance
weapon of an undiSclosed type.
Supreme headquarters was ST.
lent on details OF the battle.
But one report placed the
Germans 90 miles or more in
side Belgium and 25 miles south
and slightly west of Aachen.
British Typhoons. il said, swoop-
cd on a score of Nazi armorcd
vehicles west of Stavclot," a
town 18 airline miles and nearly
80 by road from the Reich from
tier.
GREAT AIR SUPPORT
Here the First Army, fighting
desperately and given magnifi-
cent air support that destroyed
or damaged 112 Nazi tanks and
armored vehicles, had been fore
cd back Is miles or more. The
Germans in this sector may have
jumped off somewhere west of
their own border.
The news blackout was "a
hours old - hours in which
much could have happened. The
Germans had swept to Stavelot
in day and a half.
This was but the second time
that news silence had been i'm
posed over an Allied reverse -
the first was at Anthem - and
the first time it had been applied
on the American front for reason
other than to mask sweeping u.
S. advances.
1t thus had strongly sober
ing influence while word was
awaited on the fight that might
prove the hinge to the outcome
Of the whole western campaign.
Berlin said Hitler himself had
planned this recoil drive.
(BCrlin dispatches to Bern de-
clared the counter-offensive was
designed to retake Aachen and
cXpcl Allied forces from Nazi
soil)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
State Dept
Confirmation
Fight Fades

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -
Up The Senate fight against
six State Department nomina-
tons neared collapse today
when President Roosevelt made
known he would only send back
the same names if confirmation
is blocked now.
Senator Pepper (D-Fla), who
has been leading the fight
against the six appointees, said
Mr.. Roosevelt had informed him
that he would renominate the
six when the new Congress
meets in January if the Senate
was prevented by lengthy de-
bate from voting on the group
before Christmas adjournment,
Administration leaders, an
nouncing that a vote probably
would be reached during the
afternoon, forecast the confir-
nation Of the following:
Joseph c. Grew, named as
under secretary of state, and
five assistant secretaries, Archi-
bald MacLeish, Nelson Rookie
Teller, w. L. Clayton, James c.
Dunn and Brig. Gen. Julius
Holmes.
Pepper said he was authoriz-
ed by the president in tele-
phone conversation to announce
TO the Senate that Mr.. Roose-
welt had said that any of the
nominees who did not carry out
the Presidents policies while in
office would be removed i'm
medlately.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
GOOdfellOWs
Continued from Page One)

pictures as usual, with Stan Pre-
voSt filling the Santa Claus role.
Jeanette today expressed
thanks Of the NewSboys TO
generous public; to the men who
sold papers and 10 all who help
ed make this years drive an
outstanding success. He publicly
thanked the Metropolitan Club
Auxiliary which now steps in
and aSsumeSthe role Of purchaS-
ing, investigation and wrapping
agent.
For some years NeWsboys
have refralned from publishing
individual sales records in fig
ures. This years leading sales
man, however, was President
Jeanette, and among the top
men were Harvey Brockman,
Lieut.. Walter Bobcean and the
team of Ed. Dubay and Joe Pre-
vost. Jeanette credited Judge
Alton H. Noe and Pat McEvoy
as his aides.
The list of donations above SIS
is published in todays paper.
The NeWsboys who participated
in the sale and record keeping
were:
Fred Tuscany U945 president
elect; Henry Madou, Robert l.
Winslow, Barney Szumal, Val
Kazmer, Fire Chief c. Edward
Willert, Jerry Servo, Jim Servo,
Patrolman Alb. Wright, Sergt.
Stanley Campbell, Patrolman
Jack Perrin, Patrolman Russell
Glrard, Lieut.. Walter Bobcean,
Lucas Charbeneau, Har ey
Brockman, William T. Kelly,
John Sierens, George Kurz Jr.,
Jack Scott, Harold Martin, Har-
ny Meter, George Meter, Law
renee Oehmke, Frank Jeanette,
Rev. Lawrence DCShayeS, JOS
eph Provost, Stanley Provost,
Edward j. Dubay, Nick Papa
john, Harry Miller, Donald Hen
kel, William Maulee, Lyle Hack
EFT, Arthur Most, Pat MCEvoy,
Gus SChalm, Neil Bennett, AL
ton H. Noe and D. A. Arnsby.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19

L. S. Army doctors and nurs-
eS have saved 97l2 per cent of
all battle casualties treated in
this war.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
CBy PETER EDISON. PoSt-PreSs
Newspapers Washington
Corr spondentl

The story of the 10000 American
soldiers and civilians held captive
by the Japanese makes one of the.
blackesr CHAPTERS in the history OF
the war.
There are still some 2060 to 5000
missing from the Bataan group. No
Filipinos have ever been reported TO
this country. the JapS claiming that
Is none Of our business. Since last
March. the JapS have reported the
names of only g. captured Ameri-
cans. but there have been propa-
ganda broadeaStS of messages to
next of Kin from 1000 American
soldiers. sailors and marines not
yet reported as captured. Deaths
have been reported two years after
they occurred.
From most of the japanese prison
camps. the Americans may send
home only one post card or enc let
ter a year. From a few of the shcw
camps the number may be three or
four messages a year, but that is a
Some OF these messages
have been two or three years on the
way. The last batch of mail was re-
ceived in August 1t had been start
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
Florida Storm
Ups Prices

WASHINGTON. Nov. ?. up
Housewives will feel the effects of
the recent east coast hurricane in
form OF a six cents a pound in
crease in the price of snap beans.
the Office Of Price Administration
announces.
Other damaged crops expected 70
be given compensatory pricing ad-
justments include citrus fruits. cab
bage, celery. cucumbers. eggplant.
green peppers. early Irish potatoes
and late fan tomatoes. OPA officials
sale they were now preparing the
regulations, but could not estimate
when they would be completed.
The change in Snap-bean prices
was made initially at shipping
points where an increase Of S1.55
per bushel was allowed. All but
California produced snap beans are
covered by the regulation which
will be IL effect during November.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02

Still worse than the mail situa-
ton. however, is inability to get
adequate medicines, clothing and
food supplies to the inmates of the
Jap camps For two years the U. S.
Department of State, the Red Cross
and the Swiss government acting as
the neutral protecting power in
representing American interests.
have tried tC find some formula for
shipping in relief supplies accept
able to the japanese. But every
proposal meets with the diplomatic
stall and run around.
The way matters stand now, 1000
tons of relief supplies have been
shipped overland across Siberia to
VladiVostok. The Russians have
agreed to transfer the supplies to a
port south CT Vladivostok, where the
Japs tentatively have agreed to pick
them up. But-they haven't done it
yet! These negotiations have been
going on since March, 1943 To pro-
posals that medicines be sent in by
air, the Japs nlaGe no answer what
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02

ever.
In the summer of 1912 the United
States chartered a neutral vessel
to carry in supplies for prisoner of
war relief. but the Japs refused to
give it safe conduct to move in
Japanese waters and Furthermore
indicated they would not send one
of their own ships to a neutral port
The Japs will permit the Interna-
tional Fed Cross to administer re-
lief only in Hongkong and parts CT
Jap-CCcupied China, but not in
Japan, the Philippines, Malaga or
the Dutch Fest Indies.
In the face OF this stalemate the
only relief supplies which have been
forced through Japanese red tape
were shipments sent on the two
voyages Of the Gripsholm in 1912
and l943 for the exchange of scme
$500 civilian nationals. Assurances
have been given that these supplies
were distributed by the Japs to their
prisoners, but all efforts to arrange
for further exchanges of personnel
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
High Court Scans
Estate Legal Fee

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. CUP)-
The state supreme court has opened
hearings on an appeal from a San
Mateo county superior judges deci-
sion which set aside a claim of San
Francisco lawyers for $4,000 fees
allegedly incurred in representing
the estate of the late Fannie Herr
scher.
The original suit was brought by
Edmond HerrScher, widoWer, against
Morrison, Hohfield. Forester, Schu-
man and Clark, attorneys. Herr
scher. who also seeks to eliminate
the co-executorship of Limo sey and
Robert Howard, Mrs. Herrscher,s
sons. claimed litigation instigated
by them was not to the interest of
the estate and that fees involved
were excessive"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
CROSMAN RITES SET

PELHAM MANOR. N. y. Nov. >.
fUPD-Funeral services for Hen
rietta CroSman. 70. whose name
illuminated Broadway theater Mar
quees at the turn OF the century.
will be held Thursday, it was an
nounced. Miss CroSnan, who last
played on Broadway in 1929 and
retired in 1886. died Tuesday at
her home.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
Nebraska Calls
Vote Session

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2. (UP)..
Governor Henry F. Schricker late
Wednesday called special session
of the Indiana general assembly to
convene at 10 am. Saturday to con-
slider legislation to extend the vot-
ing hours in the state three hours
TO 9 pm. cii November T.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02

ed on its way in February, coming
overland across Siberia. Russia
Iran. Egypt and thence across the
Mediterranean and Atlantic In the
whole three years of war. there have
been only three large prisoner mails
from Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
PRANKSTERS DRAIHI TANK

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Nov. 2
,fUP)-Police blame pranksters for
depriving two suburban commune
ties near here of water supply and
fire protection for a period of sew
eral hours recently. Someone turned
on three fire hidrants, draining a
,000-gallon tank.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
HOOKS 11-POUND BLUE CAT

SWEETWATER, Tex. Nov. 2
CUP) = Travis Hallmark of Sweet
water brought in the second largest
fish to be caught in Lake Sweet
water. The fish, an 11-pound blue
cat. was excelled only by a 12-
FOUNDER caught some time ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
SPREAD FAR AND WIDE

Representatives CT the SWISS gov
ernment and the International Red
Cross have been permitted to visit
only a few of the camps at which
Americans are held prisoner. Loca-
ton of some eight or 10 of the
camps is not even known. The best
reports on conditions in the camps
have come from first-hand accounts
related by repatriated civilians
brought back on the two voyages of
the Gripsholm.
Prison camps that have been To-
Gated are a camp for officers of the
rank of colonel or over at Shanghai,
n camp on FormoSa where General
Wainwright was last reported, a big
camp for 1900 prisoners near Muk-
den, Manchuria, and five active
camps on the Japanese islands
proper. There is one camp for
Americans near Mindanao in the
Philippines, another on Borneo,
three or more on Java, one on Su-
matra, one in Burma, one in Thai
land and several in French Indo-
China.
For the Filipinos there are
thought to be camps One and Three
near Manila, on a coffee plantation.
Number Two 25 miles up river from
Davao, and Numbers -Four and Elev-
en- also thought to be near Manila
though these last two are mere
guesses. Camp Three is prison
hospital and Four may be.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-02
jap Treatment Of Anne icon Prisoners Places
Black Chapter in History Of GIoboI War

have met with Japanese refusals to
even discuss the subject.
Japan's diplomatic out for all this
bad behavior is that her govern
ment did not ratify the Geneva
convention of 1929, relative to the
treatment of prisoners of war. At
the outbreak of the war. however
the U. S. government obtained as
SuranceS from the Japanese that
they would apply the principles set
forth in the convention to the
treatment of its American captives
and to American internees. How
we'll the Japs have lived up to these
assurances are best shown by the
record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Proclamation
On Flag Day

A Flag Day proclamation was
today issued by Mayor John S.
Monagan relative TO the COM
memoration Of Flag Day. Flags
were prominently displayed
throughout the city this morning
on all public buildings.
Citing the particular signifi-
canoe Of Flag Day In these turbu-
lous times, the Mayor issued the
following;
To-day Is flag day. 1t Is we'll for
us, in this time when our national
destiny Is being fought out on the
battlefronts Of the world, to recall
the significance Of our national
emblem. The strife and turmoil of
these times brings to us a clearer
realization Of our great basic DEM
ocratic national foundation which
finds It's symbolism in our flag.
With this realization should come
q new respect for the flag and Its
widespread use as an expression Of
hope and pride"
II therefore urge all our citi-
zens to display the national en-
blem at their homes and places
Of business and elsewhere In this
national Flag Day"
JOHN s. MONAGHAN
Mayor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
|l7S,456 POUNDS
OF PAPER SAVED
Waterbury Schools Make
Good Showing Dur
ing April

A total of l7e,45e pounds of waste
paper were collected In Waterbury
during the month Of April 1t was
revealed today by the report Of the
state salvage authorities.
Local school collections Of last
week Melted IA tons Of scrap paper
1t was revealed this morning.
Leaders In the drive during the
week were briggs, Kingsbury,
Sacred Heart, Walsh and Slocum
schools.
Local officials today again urged
that all residents continue to COL
lect and assemble all available scrap
paper in their homes in readiness
for the coming street to street col
lections to be undertaken during
the summer months. Collection
dates Of these canvasses will be an
nounced later.
Collections Of waste paper by vol
unteer agencies, including municipal
salvage committees, went down
alarmingly In April, despite increas-
ing needs for war goods made from
paper. From 1858 tons collected by
salvage committees and Scouts In
March, this figure dropped to 1919
tons in April.
Dealer figures include all indus
trial, retail and home paper. APP
proximately per cent Of the paper
handled by dealers is resold to other
dealers, so dealer figures should be
reduced by that amount to reflect
true totals. There Is some paper
received by dealers from out-of-
state. mills which would not show
on Connecticut dealer reports. But
for comparative purposes, the dealer
figures are considered useful by the
State Salvage Committee.
Greatest contributing factor to
the loss was the fact that there
was no Scout contest during April
and figures were not uniformly sup
piled by Scouts to local chairmen
for reporting to State Headquarters.
This drop, coming at the begin
ming Of Summer when school activ-
ity tapers of, householders are
away, and other factors cut into the
waste paper flow, has caused great
concern among waste paper con-
sumers in the state. The consuming
mills have laid plans to intensity
their service to local chairmen. A
special 8-page brochure outlining
the most successful waste paper
curb operations in the state has
been prepared by the State Salvage
Committee and the Waste Paper
Consuming Industries Committee.
Copies will be personally delivered
to local chairmen by men from in
dustry within the next few weeks.
Meanwhile on the national scale
the waste paper barometer has
turned up. Estimates come from
Washington that nearly 100000 tons
Of paper was collected in May
against 100000 ton quota as set by
the War Production Board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14

ers was knocked out and the other
wheeled and ran after taking a hit
Severe fighting continued around
the town, Gilling said.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Funeral Today
For Noted Rabbi

Brookline, Mass, June 14.-(UP)
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at Temple Israel for DR.. Harry
Levi, 90, rabbi-emeritus Of the tenn
pie and noted Jewish clergyman,
who died yesterday at his home
after q long illness.
A native Of Cincinnati, o., Rabbi
Levi gained fame as a radio
preacher and q rabbinical author,
His woiEs include, Jewish Charac-
ters in English Fiction" The Great
Adventure" and "A Rabbi Speaks"
He established eight religious
schools in greater Boston and insti-
tuted the little theater movement
for religious drama. He was the
founder Of the Juniors" an inter-
faith organization for social prob
lens.
Rabbi Levi came to Boston In
1911 from Wheeling, W. Va. After
10 years, he was elected spiritual
leader of Temple Israel for life.
He leaves a wife and two sons.