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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14
RED ARMIES CL0SE-|N ON SEvAST0P0l
laps Expand
Menace 10
|n,pha| District
Infiltrote
Areo Behind
Allied BOSTON

NEW DELHI, April IA Up
Japanese invasion parties have
been encountered in the vicin-
ity of the Bishenpore Silchar
jungle track southwest of I'M
phal, further threatening the iso-
lation of both the Manipur Plain
and advanced Allied bases in
Assam, a communique from Ad-
miral Lord Louis Mountbatten $
Southeast Asia Command said
today.
CA Domei broadcast from Tok-
70 said the last remaining es-
cape gap out of the lmphal Bas-
in for the British-Indian Fourth
Army Corps had been cut by a
flying japanese column which
took a height on the Imphal-
Haochong highway 20 m S
northwest of Imphal. The FLOW
er Of Mountbatten' command is
facing humiliation or capture, y
declared another broadcast from
Berlin which quoted Tokyo dis
patchesD
HALTED ELSEWHERE
Elsewhere on the Assam front,
h ever, Japanese invasion
forces were reported making no
progress.
To the north, around kohima,
the communique said, Allied OPP
erationS - clear the road be-
tween Imphal and Dimapur on
the Bengal-Assam rail lifeline,
were progressing.
Mountbatten himself was dis
closed to have paid a visit to
the Imphal front TO get a first
hand view of the confused sit
uation where the British are
fighting the infiltration tactics
of the enemy. The commander
in-chief visi ed the Manipur cap
ital Saturday and held a con-
ference with the local command
err.
Meanwhile. a new outbreak
on the Arakan front where the
British are trying to get control
of the MANU- Range for an at
See BURMA-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14
Coal Mystery
Still Battles
North Dakota

BISMARCK. N. D., April IA
-(P)- Search for "a crackpot
arsonist with at least a smatter-
ing of chemical knowledge cor
a hoaxer" thickened the plot to-
day in The Case Of the Utter
bug Coal"
Investigation began following
reports Of coal mysteriously
jumping from a bucket and 9TH
or strange incidents in the Wild
Plum school, and was intensi-
fled when it became known that
a series of threatening and OBJ
scene notes to the school teach
er had been Linned to the school
house door.
Mrs. Pauline Rebel, teacher
at the eight-pupil school at the
edge Of western North Dakota S
See COAL-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14
Allied Planes
Rip Ho||andia
in New Guinea
Shipping. Air
Power Destroyed
in New Sortie
BY RICHARD c. BERKHOLZ


The ships and planes with
which Japan hoped to revive its
smashed defenses at Hollandia,
Dutch New Guinea, were left
burning and battered after a
massive coordinated air attack
Wednesday, Allied headquarters
in the Southwest Pacific re-
ported today.
At least one freighter was
sunk in Hollandia Harbor and
nine other small craft were left
burning and sinking after the
Fifth Airforce pilots had pin
pointed their target with one of
the heaviest bomb loads in the
New Guinea campaign.
Of the 20 Japanese planes
that bravely rose TO intercept
the 200-plane Allied force, eight
were shot doWn-tWo by the
guns Of the Lightning fighter
piloted by Americas No. / ace.
Maj. Richard l. Bong, Poplar,
Wis. The two victims raised
Bong's total to 81, highest in
American history.
VIOLENT ATTACKS
During the past two weeks,
Allied airmen have smashed
Hollandia with 1894 tons of
bombs and destroyed its rein
forced Air Force of 288 planes.
Other air war reports told of
American bomber attacks rang
ing from Koepang, Dutch Timor,
which is west of Darwin, Aus
tralia, to Truk in the Eastern
Caroline Islands, with way
stops at such targets as We
wax. Hansa Bay and Madang,
New Guinea, Rabaul, New
Britain, Kavieng, New Ireland,
and Bougainville Island in the
Solomons.
Four targets in the Kurile Is
lands north of Japan were
raked by 18th Airforce planes,
See AERIAL-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14
School Milk.
Price Boosted
Two Cent Rote
is Established

Commencing Monday, the
price of milk served to children
under the Penny Milk Fund
plan in local schools will be two
cents per bottle, instead of one
cent, fund officials announced
today.
Needy children, however, will
still receive their milk for a
penny, and few will continue
to be served freely, at the dis
cretion Of milk fund officials
and teachers.
Contributions to the fund have
been generous, but the higher
cost of milk makes it increasing
ly difficult to pay bills, Miss
Margaret Mccall, school nurse,
states.
To date, 1878 has been COL
lected for the fund, and dis
bursements for milk have been
as follows: December, S311.77;
j uary, S351.65; February,
$4,000, and March, S425.83.
Donations since the last pub
LEGATION of donors include the
following groups: Macomb I. O.
0. F. No. 10, S25; American
Legion Auxiliary, S25; Child
Study Club No. /, $40; Rebekah
Lodge, So; Young Women's
Club, $40; Willing Workers of
Trinity Lutheran Church, SIS; St.
Peters Altar Society, SIS;
Ladies' Auxiliary F. o. E., SIS;
Student Groups included the
Spanish Club, $40; Junior Civic
League, SIS, and the Hi-Y Club,
SIS; the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, $40; Rebekah Degree,
81; Ladies Auxiliary F. o. E.,
No. 1869, $3.50; Jewel Theatre,
See MILK-Page 2
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Russian Troops
Storm Toward
Great Port
On-Rushin9 Reds
Split Germon and
Romonion Forces
BY RICHARD McMURRAY
Associated Press War Editor

Russian troops drove swiftly
over the 25 miles remaining be-
tween them and Sevastopol to-
day after splitting German and
Romanian armies of the Grim
can Peninsula and lodging 90
900 in prison cages.
Many more thousands died.
Escape by sea was made virtu-
ally impossible by swarms of
dive-bombers and fleet units pa
trolling the Black Sea. Three
tourths of the 10000 square
miles of the Crimea had been
liberated in less than a week.
The capital, Simferopol, and the
ports of Yevpatoriya and Feod-
oSiya fell yesterday, giving the
two charging Red armies all the
important cities except rubbed
Sevastopol. 1t was perhaps the
swiftest Russian conquest of the
whole war, and the end was in
sight for 100000 enemy troops
which had garrisoned the STRAIT
egic peninsula.
SCORE GAINS
Other Russians captured Owl
diopol, southwest of Odessa,
clearing the last Germans from
the pre-war Russian Ukraine,
save for a thin strip of swamps
bordering White Russia. Mar
shall Stain was so busy an.
nouncing triumphs in the Cri-
mea, he had no time to tell of
progress in Romania and the
Carpathians.
Berlin and Western Germany
were bombed without loss by
Raj Mosquitoes last night.
The unprecedented air offen-
sive apparently was extended
into its seventh consecutive day
today since German radios
warned that planes were over
north and northwest Germany.
Around 5000 American planes
striking four German sites Of
the Nazi aircraft industry, tar
gets in Hungary, railroads in
Yugoslavia and other assorted
targets destroyed at least 1873
German planes yesterday at the
cost of 70, of which 40 were
bombers. The aerial armadas
struck from Britain and Italy.
ROME HIT
German reports said Rome
was attacked from all sides last
night in the heaviest assault yet,
but there was no confirmation.
Italian fronts remained mop
erative save for patrols and ar
tillery. Tito's Yugoslavia parti-
sans claimed the capture of Ca
Yin, a major road junction be-
tween Zagreb and the Dalma-
tian coast port of Sibenik.
The first false German radio
reports of invasion stirred the
anyways during the night and
London branded the utterances
entirely untrue" When inva-
sion does come and Germany
goes down, the defeated Reich
will be governed by an Ameri-
can-British- Russian ALLIED mill
itary government with teeth in
it," a reliable source in London
said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14

NEW YORK, April 14-(P)-
A brief furry of invasion ru-
mors was set off last night by
Canadian reports of a German
broadcast that IAN invasion
force headed by Canadian" had
landed in France south of Ca
lais-but it apparently was sim
ply a garbled version of a Nazi
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14
Blood Donors
Still Needed

Three hundred more blood
donors are still needed to fill
the city's quota for the tive
day clinic set for wednesday
and Thursday Of next week,
Mrs. Walter Fenton, chairman
of the Red Cross project, said
today.
Mrs. Fenton particularly
urged that efforts be made 70
donate where possible -
wednesday inasmuch. ~ 2ee
are still REQUIRED for that
day. One hundred more Tor
the Thursday clinic are Hike
wise required, she SAID.
Reservations should -
made BY calling either of ~
following Mount Ciensens
telephones: 2S53 or sass.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-14
Gas Black Marketing

WASHINGTON, Apr. 14-lP)
An investigation of gasoline
rationing and black marketing
will be started next Wednesday
by petroleum subcommittee Of
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee.
Evening star., 1944-05-03

Z u i OIldlly Neh' NoPeisos'
meritorious and distinguished Serv-
ice during an undertaking fraught
with hazard when Rupertus over
came great difficulties of weather
and terrain that faced his force"
After firmly establishing a
beachhead between two large enemy
forces" the citation continued, che
brilliantly maneuvered his troops to
destroy each in turn.
Although the subbornly resisting
enemy had every advantage of ter
rain and established defenses, he
(Gen. Rupertus) inflicted on it dis
proportionate losses exceeding a
ratio of 10 to l. The skillful and
courageous leadership of Maj Gen.
Rupertus was largely responsible for
the success of this bold extension of
our operations
The decoration was no surprise
because Gen. Macarthur, despite
the worst weather I have seen in
more than two years in the South
west Pacific, went ashore at New
Britain from an American cruiser q
few days ago to thank Gen. Rup-
ertus for the valor of his division.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Admiral Stirling Asks
Absolute Divorce
BY the Associated Press.

Df VAC AcSblinAtb
BALTIMORE, May 3.-An abso-
Lutte divorce was asked yesterday by
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling. jr..
U. S, N, retired, of New York, from
Mrs, Adelaide E. Stirling, whose
partial divorce and alimony suit
against him now is pending in the
Baltimore Circuit Court.
Admiral Strings cross-bill asked
the divorce on the grounds of sep
apation for more than five years.
Both divorce petitions will be
heard together, although the date
for the hearing has not been set,
court clerks said
The Strings were married in
1908 at Manila. They have five
|children.
Evening star., 1944-05-03

Maj. Gen. Will
liam H. Rup-
ertns of Wash
ington, D. c.,
c o m m ander of
the 1st Marine
Division, which
captured c a p e
Gloucester a n d
then drove the
japanese out of
three - quarters
OF New Britain.
The citation
q C C o mpanying
the award said
1t was made for
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Macarthur Presents
DSM 10 Rupertus for
New Britain Victory
BY JACK TURCOTT,
etah Correspondent OF the New York Daily
News, Representing the Combined
American Press.

Distributed by the Associated Press.
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC, May 3.-Gen. Doug
las Macarthur yesterday pinned
the Distinguished Service Medal on
Evening star., 1944-05-03
DR.. McCurI Heads Dentists

BALTIMORE, May 3 (P).-The
Maryland State Dental Association
Yesterday concluded it's 6lst annual
meeting with the election of DR..
James w. McCarl of Greenbelt as
president,
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Fair and
continued warm tonight and to-
morrow.
Virginia and Maryland-Fair and
continued warm tonight. Tomor-
row fair and continued warm in
east portion. increasing cloudiness
In the west portion. followed by
showers and a little cooler in the
extreme west portion in the after
noon.
River Report.
Potomac River cloudy, Shenan-
doah clear at Harpers Ferry. Po-
tomac clear at Great Falls.
Report for Last "a Hours
Evening star., 1944-05-03
The Sun and Moon.

Inc sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
sun. today -- 6:07 SOC
Sun, tomorrow - sos SOB
Noon, today - 1886 pm 4O6 m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital Current month to date):
Evening star., 1944-05-03

Record for Last "a Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, "a, 1855 pm Year ago, so.
Lowest, 55, $50 am. Year ago, "a.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, s5, on May /.
Lowest, II, on January q
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, rs per cent, at $50 am.
Lowest, 30 per cent, at 2:30 pm.
Tide Tables.
Purnished by United States Coast
The Valley settler., 1944-04-07
.!!! BOB P!.RTLTTT VISITS FARI

!!I! BOB P:.RTLETT VISITS FAR4E4 5
 Bob Bartlett, former secrotar. for AlQSlfa and now running for Delet te to Congress from Alaska on the T. ocrGtic Ticket, was 2 visitor in Iclner last MondaT. lie Woa g g. st Of Valley Frionds at the ! on-Dc Woo Cafe at a luncheon given &n his Fonm. He wc.s scheduled to speak t tie Conmunity ditoriu1 in tn evening, but the date was oancc1leG later.
 Mr. Bartlett IS we'll hnO.n in Alaska where he Wes raise tn3 os held office for several v. ITS. spoke over the rodi o in |: chores this week outlining his prot ram. if c1ectod, to the office Of -ola9 +e. SrNT- 0REi iI7-SET1 cont 7dJ Nos, Viewer, orotrayed by lori Rust, is thu f1iehty wife aAosc lads always keep her hnsoano + hot ter. Villa Rae Smith i s J:tmric 1heye1, the saleswonan Of phonoy 3tl st 2 K.
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 The Coop has received fight r w tractors this we X for delivery to farmes ir the Matonus1za Valley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Plant Manager TO
Represent NV.

F. M. Ludlow, general manager
of Church Grape Juice company,
has been appointed a member of
the advisory committee of the
national concord grape producers
& professors, and as such MEM
Der, will attend the annual meet
ing of the committee in Washing
ton, Dc, on Tuesday of next
week. Mr.. Ludlow served on this
committee last year, and was re-
appointed for the 1914 season.
The meeting is being held with
John E. Dodds, chairman of the
organization, and Jack Gismond
of the Office of Price Administra-
ton, and is called for the pur-
pose of determining proper rec
concentrations for set aside orders
and ceiling prices for both grapes
and grape products. This commit
tee is sponsored by the War Food
Administration and is made up of
representatives from the principal
Concord grape producing regions
of the entire nation, with Mr..
Ludlow representing the Pacific
Northwest district.
Mr. Lupdlow is making the trip
by United Airlines and will leave
from Pendleton airport Sunday
evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Is More Men from Benton
Accepted by Army

Registrars accepted by the
Army from Benton county local
board were:
Frederick S. Wilson, Benton
City; Melfred H. Kerr, Kenne-
wick; Robert R. Thompson, Ben
ton City; Andy D. Keller, Kenne-
wick; Glen L. Watson, Kenne-
wick; Daniel c. Kirk, Kennewick;
William M. Galbreath, Prosser;
Robert G. Graves, Kennewick;
George R. Stafford, Kennewick;
Clarence D. Rogers, Prosser; Ken
meth T. Staley, Kennewick.
Men transferred to this board,
accepted by the Army were: Dam
iel G. Swanson, Prosser; Ralph j.
Quinn, Prosser; Clinton v. Mertes,
Prosser; Robert c. Ball, Prosser,
and Edward B. Worby, Grandview
were accepted in the navy.
The office of the Benton county
local board will be closed from
July IS to August inclusive. Reg
istrants desiring information,
transfers, etc., may contact the
chairman, E. o. Keene in the City
Hall building, Prosser. $3.50
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Richland Pioneer
Teacher Passes

Word has been received by
friends here of the death in Walla
Walla last week of Mrs. Harriet
Randolph, a resident of Richland
for many years, until the evacu-
alton. Although she had been in
failing health for some time, the
end came rather suddenly. She
laugh the primary grade in the
Richland schools for many years,
and her children" as she called
them, are now scattered all over
the world, - ...-
Interment was in Walla Walla,
with only few close friends pres
ent. Surviving are her husband,
w. c. B. Randolph, Walla Walla,
a sister and nephews in Seattle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Paper Salvage Depot
Now Operating

At last there is place to put
paper for the salvage collection.
Under the direction of the local
Boy Scouts a depot has been erect
ed on the lot just east of the city
hall, where papers, properly bum
died, may be left for assembling.
The paper salvage is really seri-
Gus, according to word coming
from headquarters at Spokane.
The mills are really in need of the
material and the government is
making more and more efforts to
keep the mills operating at capa-
city.
The new shed is handy and the
scouts have regular times for
handling the stuff, so citizens are
urged to bring in their paper, ma
gaines, cartons, etc., all neatly
tied for shipment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27

H. w. Desgranges went to Spo-
kane last week end to attend the
Spokane County Pioneer picnic.
There he met friends whom he
had not seen for 38 years, most
of whom he recognized.
"Des" landed in the Spokane
country in 1880 and had many
interesting experiences in that
section of the country in the early
days. He was more or less mixed
up in the politics of the county
and served in the sheriff's office.
Some of the present county Off
GERS are old friends.
Visits with the old timers brot
to mind trip Dies made with his
parents from Wallula to Spokane
which took a solid week. They
went overland, across the hills,
with nothing but wagon tracks
to follow. When they hit Hang
man creek it was in flood and
they hesitated some time before
attempting to ford it, but finally
made it by the skin of their teeth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Many Workers
See Big Bomber
Dedicated
Veteran of Bataan tells
of horrible experiences
in early war days

The inspiring sight of a great
silver Flying Fortress rising grace
fully from the airport at Hanford.
circling the field, then dipping
in salute to the crowd will live
long in the memory of hundreds
Of persons who attended the
christening ceremonies for the gift
bomber last Sunday.
II was a thrilling spectacle es-
pecially to the workers on the
Hanford construction project, be-
cause il was their money freely
given which had purchased the
big ship outright for the Army
Air Forces.
The christening ceremony, fea-
tured by the breaking Of the ira
ditional bottle over the nose of
the craft, was performed by Mrs.
Katie Belle Harris, project en-
ployee, whose son. 1t. John Z.
Harris, was lost i'm action over
Germany in a BIZ last April. She
named the ship "Day's Pay" which
had been chosen by the workers
as the symbol Of their campaign.
Presented proudly by John
Heidbrink chairman of the work.
er's committee, the plane was ac-
cepted by Col. David Wade, COM
handing officer at Walla Walla
army air field. Brig. Gen. James
E. Parker, commander of the
Fourth Air Force at San Fran
ciscso, told the workers what their
contribution meant to the morale
Of the men that keep them flying.
1t. Col. F. T. Matthias, area
engineer on the Hanford project,
told the workers that he had
planned to congratulate them, but
NOW feel I'm the one who
should be congratulated for hav-
ing people like you working here"
G. p. Church, project manager,
also congratulated the workers.
Particularly inspiring was the
story Of the "Death March on
Bataan," told by one of its sur
vivors, Major Samuel Grashio,
Spokane boy, who is stationed at
Geiger Field there. His challenge
to the workers to continue to
"back to attack" was accepted
with roar by the crowd.
1t. Col Stanford, representing
the assistant secretary of war for
air, promised the workers that
they would receive frequent pro-
gress reports from General II. III.
Arnold, commander of Air Forces,
on the record Of their ship in COM
bat.
An unscheduled event on the
program was an introduction of
Capt. Jack Wilson of Benton City,
veteran of ~ missions over
Europe, whose younger brother
was lost in combat. A new song
in honor of "Day's Pay" was
introduced by its author, Bishop
J Rutland, mechanic on the project,
and was sung by the crowd.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Lt. Earl Johns Wins D.F.C.
Find Nemisis Of
Asparagus Beetle

From all reports the district
has suffered very little this year
from asparagus beetle, according
to yarn put out by II. w. Des-
oranges, former manager of the
Big Y.
Mr.. Desgranges claims that the
reason is the result of a series of
experiments some four or five
years ago. At that time the aspar-
agus beetle was presenting seri-
Gus threat and many Of the grow
ers were trying everything they
ever heard of to rid their fields.
Only one of the insecticides SEEM
ed to have any noticeable results,
and it was hard and expensive
to apply.
Finally, from Puyallup, came
one of the head men in the ex-
pertinent field with little box of
some sort of parasite which he
claimed was natural enemy of
the beetle. A few were scattered
in many of the fields about the
district but no noticeable results
were experienced the first year.
The next year, however, the
beetles were not quite so bad, with
their numbers decreasing each
year since. "Des" is certain that
his little bugs from the coast have
all but cleaned the pest out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Kwanians to Have
Picnic i'm Park

AS result of recent men,
bership attendance contest the
losers will be hosts to the rest
of the Kiwanians and their wives
at a picnic in the park next
Tuesday evening at 1880. All
Kiwanians are especially urged
to be present with their wives,
as it will be a regular meeting
with a special program.
AT this weeks meeting District
Governor Roy Skill gave an adj
dress of welcome to half cczsn
new members. So far this year
about fifteen new members have
been received into the service
club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Visits Sister Before
Returning to Duty

Finley-Pfc. Earling Lande who
has been visiting his father Jens
Lande and other relatives left for
Port Orchard to visit his sister
and family, MIR. and Mrs. vern
Combelic.
Larry, Jackie and Ronnie Book
struck were dinner visitors of
Johnnie Perkins Saturday eve
ming i'm honor of Johnnie Per-
kins Saturday evening in honor
of Johnnie's 18th birthday.
Harry Beathe left Friday for
Seattle for medical care. He is
also visiting relatives.