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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Daring Burglar
ProwIs Home as
Family Sleeps

UTICA - A fearless burglar
who entered a home where per-
sons were sleeping, accidentally
awakened them with his flash
light, and managed TO pick up
a table model radio as he fled,
is being sought in this vicinity
by State Police of Romeo Post.
The incident took place at ?
Q. m, Monday at the home ot
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Slezengcr, IN
Pulaski Park, on Auburn road
west of Utica.
Entry TO the Slezenger house
was made by, forcing a window,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
Letters
Ia
q

The Big Day draws near!

llC DIS l%dS NAAiN No AiSNh'
Santa Claus is starting his
busiest week and from the flood
Of letters it looks as though he II
be going day and night sorting
out eVerybody's gift problems,
There's just one thing Santa
would like to point out this year,
as he~did last Christmas: our
men at war on many battle
fronts have required the use of
all steel and stock and man.
power we could muster for the
weapons of war. Toys have had
TO take second place. SO when
you ask for rubber balls, ice and
roller skates and such things as
that Santa can't make any
promises, as he did years ago.
But Santa feels that every
patriotic boy and girl will under
stand these things, and accept
them bravely.
Charles Frederick, Of So En-
gelWood avenue, wants train,
blocks, a cowboy suit and rub
Der ball Byron Shultz, Of
255 North avenue, would like a
teddy bear, scooter, a Oman set
and a cowboy gun. Burnctta
Clare Johnson, of 897 HamOn
road, wants a doctor set, era
die, blackboard and some nice
gifts for her parents. Her brother
Robert also wants a doctor set,
some army mobile equipment
and a plane.
Audrey Blackham, Of 4549
French road, New Baltimore,
postcards Santa for wagon,
steamshovet and candy. Helen
and Larry st. Aubin sent most
attractive colored cards to
Santa, with a long list of gift
suggestions, including shovels,
tool boxes, garden tools, lamp,
doll clothes, trunk, roller
skates, bathrobe, etc. (They wish
a merry Christmas TO Mrs. Santa
Claus, tooD
James KOSS wants a doctor set,
a telescope and an army rifle.
Mary Ann, George and Harvey
Alton Krantz persuaded their
mother 10 write Santa Claus for
a long list of gifts, including a
doll walker, doll clothes, house
cleaning set, blackboard, gun,
ten-pins, telephone, a walking
duck and other toys. They want
Santa to remember, also, "all
the little boys and girls in the
countries that are being bomb
ed" and their Uncle Greggie
who is in Battle Greek Hospital,
From six little girls who APP
parently are chums - they all
write separate messages on one
sheet of paper-Santa has re-
lcived a very nice message
Their thoughts are turned to
dolls, doll clothes, tables and
chairs, bedroom slippers, color.
ing books and such gifts. and
their names are: Beverly Spear
Joan Raul, Evelyn Miller. Helen
Jane Miller, Betty Jane PcltieI
and Donna De Smct.
From sevcn-yCar old boy
comes a request for Santa &c
bring him an airplane, big
truck, a gun and a bow and ar.
row. The boy would also Ike
Santa TO bring him big red bal
for his baby brother. Being con.
Slderatc Of others, as other littl,
boys and girls have been thi!
year and in the past, our youns
friend wants Santa to have some
candy and coffee. The letter wa.
sent in by Paul Leo Wright, o,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19

Only one out of large group
of convicts who volunteered for
a dietary experiment in a mid
western prison had gums that
were normal and free from dis
ease. This man had been able TO
secure one or <vo oranges per
day, in addition TO the regular
prison diet that was lacking in
vitamin c.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19

Mrs. Slezenger was awakened
by a flaShlight and saw man IN
the bedroom. Her screams
caused him TO race from the
house, but a small white, table
model radio was missing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
NIPPED BY DOG

City police Saturday received
= report from Ruth PapiSt, 10.
Of Route !, Mount Clemens, VINO
stated that she was bitten on
the left leg by a dog.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-19
BIKE STOLEN

Thomas Strong, Of 1885 North
avenue. Route ,, Mount Glenn
ems, reported to the city police
Sunday that his bicycle was
taken from the downtown area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
ADDITIONAL 900 MILLION

In addition 10 this S2,437 062,-
600 IN reverse lend-leaSe from
Great Britain. he revealed, the
United States received 1911 065,-
900 in goods and services from
Australia, New Zealand IN d
India.
Lond-loaSe and reverse lend
lease, he told Congress, should
end with the war. but tho United
Nations partnership must go on
and must grow stronger.
without the reverse lend
lease aid that we received from
the United Kingdom" he de-
clared in his letter of trans
initial. 1--WE would surely have
been forced To delay the in
vasion OF France for many
Months"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
CAN BE TOLD NOW

Only now that the invasion Is
ION the road 10 ultimate success. y
the President said, is 1t possible
to disclose heretofore secret facts
on the vast scope of reverse aid.
In the first six months of 1914,
he continued u. S. forces IN the
British Isles received the equiva-
lent of almost 3,S51,000 ships
tons of supplies from the United
Kingdom. exclusive of conStruc-
ton materials and gasoline. This
was greater than the amount re-
ceived for the entire preceding
year.
From the day our first sol
diers arrived in 1912, one-third
Of all the supplies and equip
ment currently required by
United States troops in the
British Isles has been provided
under reverse lend-lease," the
President stated.
Similarly in the Pacific war,
the last recorded six months
showed "A big increase in reverse
aid from Australia, New Zealand
and India
Mr.. Roosevelt said r. s. forces
in the war against Japan have re-
ceived 1.S50.000.000 pounds of
food alone from Australia and
New Zealand, plus thousands OF
landing craft and boats.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25
British Lend
u. 5. ; Billion

WASHINGTON. Nov. - QNS)
President Roosevelt told Con-
gress today that reverse lend
lease 10 the United States from
the British Commonwealth of Ma
tons almost triplcd in the year
ending last June 30-reaching a
total Of three billion 3i8 million
dollars in tho Stupendous effort
that accompanied the European
invasion.
In his seventeenth lend.lease re-
port. Mr.. Roosevelt disclosed that
II would have required 1000 ships
10 carry across the Atlantic what
American troops received from
the United Kingdom alone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-25

. Delightful New Fashions!
. Surprising Values!
eRsyon crepes! ssyon Spuns!
. BreaihiskIng New colors!
Smart Black Dresses Apleniy!
. Sizes Tor Juniors and Misses!
Others Up to '23.95
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Burroughs Citizens Hold
18th Anniversary Session

purchase Of the grounds for the
TAFT Junior High School Building
and adjacent playground, and the
routing of the E-2 bus line to
Iwenty-second and Shepherd streets
NE. followed proposals originally
MADE by the Burroughs Citizens AS
ISOLATION. Jesse M. Jameson, presi-
dent, told the 18th anniversary
meeting Of the organization last
night.
Nell Van D. Smith, former presi-
dent OF the Professional Women's
Club and the Women's Pen Club
and a White House correspondent.
spoke to the group on "Today's
challenge to the Citizens Associa-
ton"
Corpl. Alfred Martin, from Wal
ter Reed Hospital, a veteran of the
North African compaign and holder
OF the Silver Star and the Purple
Heart. told of his Army experiences.
WAVE Lucille Smith entertained
with several selections on the vibra
harp. Catherine Audia presented an
accordion solo. The invocation was
made by DR.. S. Paul Schilling, pas
tor OF the Brookland Methodist
Church.
The meeting was held in the audi
torlum OF the Taft Junior High
school and was presided over by
Jesse M. Jameson.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Contaminated i Food
Costs Dealer S1,WO'

M. B.. Frazier 81 Son, wholesale
nut dealer Of 4424 Arkansas avenue
N. w., was fined $1,000 YESTERDAY on
charges OF having contaminated
Spanish nuts in violation AZ the
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
According to the United States
Attorneys Once. the firm IA 500
pounds Of Spanish shelled D. h7lts
which "were accessible to sts
and rodents and contaminated sby
rodent excreta and infested with
insects"
Also fined for health law viola
ton were: James Flakes, operator
OF q restaurant at l404 Park road
NV. $50 flne for having unscreened
doors; Mai Lin, Inc, 2614 Connect
icut avenue NV, $50 fine for hav-
ing reaches on the work table and
shelves, cat feces in the basement.
William N. Bryan, restaurant opera :
tor OF 1000 Fenwick court NE. $25
fine for having unclean and un-
wholesome food.
Acquilino F. Giromiui, operator of
the Trianon Restaurant, Tao Seven
teenth street NV, forfeited $50 for
having a leaking garbage can. Alex
ander Smith, restaurant operator OF
TIT Eleventh street NV. also for
feited $50 on charges OF having
mololy carrots and rotten cabbage.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Capt. Van WinkIe Gets
Silver Star for vaIor

h Capt. Marion E. Van Wrinkle, now
stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va, this
week was awarded the Silver Star
Medal for gallantry in action at
Massacre Valley on Attu Island.
The decoration was presented by
Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Marks, COM
manding general Of the Virginia
post, at special ceremonies held by
the 31st Engineer Combat Battalion.
Capt, Van Wrinkles heroism con-
tributed to the defeat OF a suicidal
counterattack by remnants of Japa-
nese forces in the Massacre Valley,
the citation said.
A native Of Whittier, Calf, Can't.
Van Wrinkle was commissioned a
reserve oficer when he was eradu-
ated from Washington State Col
lege In 1888. He was ordered to
active duty with the Army engineers
In September, 1910. Capt. Van Win
kle and his wife, Mrs. Alice A. Van
Wrinkle, live at $500 Gunston road.
Alexandria,
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Reds Tell Of Sinkinq
Two Nazi Troopships
North Of Norway
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.-The Russians
reported today an air attack on
German troopships in the Barents
Sea north of Norway. 1t was the
first time in months that large
scale German troop movements had
been noted in Arctic waters.
The midnight war bulletin from
Moscow said two transports and a
destroyer were sunk and three other
ships damaged. Whether the ships
were carrying new German forces
to Norway or withdrawing some
was not specified.
Earlier the Germans claimed to
have shot down 50 of the 80 at
tacking Red Fleet Air Force, but
the Russians said only seven bomb
ers were lost and 10 German planes
were downed.
Skirmishes southeast of Stanis-
lawow in Old Poland comprised the
only activity reported on the long
eastern land front. German COM
mentators claimed the high COM
mand knew the sector from which
the Reds were expected to launch
their new offensive.
The Berlin radio, in a broadcast
recorded by the Daily Express, re-
ported Red forces had occupied the
island Of Lavansaari in the Gulf Of
Finland, 10 miles west Of Kron-
stadt. big Russian naval base, and
SO miles northwest Of Narva. ..
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Britain Offers Plan
To Maintain Jobs
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, May 27.-A postwar
employment program, described Of
ficially as reversing the policy Eng
land has been pursuing lever since
the industrial revolution" has been
presented to Parliament.
The program, designed to prevent
a postwar slump by maintaining
jobs rather than alleviating large
scale unemployment. was unfolded
yesterday In a government white
paper. 1t was the latest In a series
of reconstruction plans Labor Min
lister Ernest Bevin said were evolv-
ing the framework on which Brit
ain can build up a century OF
progress"
Mr.. Bevin and Lord Woolton. re-
construction minister. said the the
ory that unemployment could be
cured by lowering living standards
was being discarded.
They said the plan proposed:
l. A system Of varying contribu-
tions to new social insurance plan
designed to influence volume of a
community's purchasing power and
iron out variations in BOOM time
demand for goods:
2. Planned spending on public
works to check the onset of a de-
preston. with public works to be
started to ward of unemployment
rather than during unemployment
peaks, and,
8. Concerted action between the
treasury and banks to influence VOL
ume OF capital expenditure by vari-
|ations In the interest rate.
Evening star., 1944-05-27

joined the air force. He was trained
as a radioman and aerial gunner and
went overseas in February, 1943.
Two brothers also enlisted in the
"A. A. F. 1t. Fred Meier, jr.. is in italy
and Corpl. Gerald Meier Is stationed
at Boiling Field
Tech. Sergt. Jean A. Lawrence,
20, son of Mrs. Adele C. Lawrence,
VINO formerly lived at 1883 Gallatin
street NV, was killed in a raid on
Stuttgart, Germany. September 8.
He had arrived overseas in August.
Sergt. Lawrence, first radio opera
tor and gunner on the Flying Fort
ress, came to Washington on his
last furlough in July to visit his
mother and aunt, Mrs. Roy e. Bur-
ger at the Gallatin street address.
A native of Brooklyn, Sergt.
Lawrence attended high school in
Trnkhammock, Pa. HIS brother;
|Sergt. Robert Lawrence, is with the
A. A. r. ground force In England
Mrs. Lawrence now Is living at
Hewlett, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Maryland Areas 10 Share
In 7 Million Postwar Fund
By the Associated press

~ tne ASsociateu ffeSS.
ANNAPOLIS, May T.-Maryland
communities which desire to BEGIN
planning for the postwar period may
avail themselves Of q portion Of an
approximately $4,000, 900 State fund
after June 30. =
Gov. O'Conor said yesterday that
the amount would be available to
communities, on a matching basis,
for the preparation Of plans for post
war construction projects.
Grants from the fund win be SUBJ,
ject to the approval Of the Mary.
land Commission on Postwar Recon-,
struction and Development, prob
ably on the basis Of population and
the tax valuation Of the political
subdivisions. The commission also
will pass on suggested projects. q
The fund was set up by the 1913
Legislature, but approximately $780,.
600 Of It. has aiready been encs1m-
bered by. commitments to architects
on the States $9,00o,0 600 postwar
construction program.
No grants win be made for actual
construction purposes, the Chief
Executive declared, but only fof
plans, so that q backlog OF postwar
projects may be built up. =. p
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Esfe|Ie Taylor Plans
To Divorce Paul Small
BY the Associated Press.

hg tne Associated PreSs.
HOLLYWOOD, May 27.-Married
a year ago tomorrow, Actress Estelle
Taylor and her third husband, Paul
Small. agent-producer, have sepa-
rated, she says.
1--WE have been friends and Paul
has managed my stage career for
five years, so 1t seemed logical that
marriage should work out for us,
but I'm afraid I'll have to say that
the reason it has not worked out is
incompatibility," Miss Taylor as
serted last night.
The former wife of Jack Dempsey
former heavyweight champion, was
married first to Kenneth M. Pea
cock, Wilmington DeD banker,
when she was 16.
Miss Taylor said she had no def
mite arrangements for divorce, ex-
cept that she plans to seek a decree
in another State. She will leave
soon TO visit her mother and grand
mother in Wilmington, she said.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
u. S. S. jamestown Wins
Presidential Citution
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON. Calf, May a.
Presidential unit citation ribbons
have been bestowed on the U. S. S.
jamestown, once perhaps the largest
private yacht afloat, and its compile
ment of SO naval officers and men.
The honor was conferred yester-
day by Capt. Schuyler F. Helm,
commandant, naval operations base,
in recognition of the vessels service
as a mother ship for a torpedo
squadron.
The jamestown is credited with
heroic duty in the battle of the
Solomons and with the possible
sinking of japanese submarine.
Taken over by the Navy in May,
ls41, the vessel formerly was the
yacht Savarona, owned by Mrs.
Richard M. Cadwalader of Phila-
delphia. It's commander is 1t.
Comdr. Joseph A. e. O'Handley
Evening star., 1944-05-27
North Carolina U. Asks
Graham 10 Work Full Time
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., May 27.-The
trustees of the University of North
Carolina heard a report from their
Visiting Committee yesterday recon-
mending that Dr. Frank p. Graham,
president, devote his full time to the
university. DR.. Graham Is a men,
her of the War Labor Board.
The committee said the admin
istration of the university "is con-
fused as to authority and that the
complicated administrative system
of the consolidated university makes
1t necessary that the president give
his full time to his duties here"
DR.. Graham told the board the
chairman of the War Labor Board
had asked him to keep on my pres
ent schedule of one-third of my
time In North Carolina and two
thirds In Washington, and then to
try for while schedule calling for
two weeks with the university and
two weeks with the WI,B"
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Allied Super Cabinet
On Diplomatic Issues
May Be Formed Soon
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.-Britain,
Russia and the United States
may form a tripower super
cabinet" soon to deal with inter-
national diplomatic problems as
one step toward keeping the
peace after victory, it was
learned last night.
Creation of such a group would
be in line with Prime Minister
Churchill's recommendation in Com
mons for a controlling council" OF
the greatest war victors, apparently
to serve as a sort of board Of direc-
tors over a world organization which
would have force to back up its
mandates.
While the necessity for such a
tripower cabinet has been urged
for some time, just how far the idea
has developed remains uncertain.
(Secretary of State Hull said in
Washington yesterday that prep
arations made by the United
States for forming a postwar
world organization probably were
ahead of those made by any other
government, but he said it was
another matter whether they
would result in formation of an
organization before the end Of
the war;
Mentioned as among the factors
supporting the possible creation OF
a super cabinet" is the criticism
in the press, United States Congress
and Commons over the European
Advisory Commissions handling OF
such problems as the italian polit-
ical situation, relations with the
French National Committee and
the Polish Russian controversy.
recommendations have been
heard in some places that United
Nations machinery be established
for quick co-ordinated action to
deal with similar problems after
the invasion.
1t is considered likely that mem
bership of the suggested cabinet
would be on high level, including
men of such position as Ambassador
John G. Winant of the United
States, Lord Halifax of Britain ano
Maxim Litvinof of Russia.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Only 7 Avenues Left
For Army Officer
To Escape GaIIows
Ry the Associated rress.

ny tue ASSOC1ateo fIcSS.
CAMP ANA, Calf, May 81
Unless Army reviewing agencies or
President Roosevelt should inter-
vene, 1t. Beaufort q. Swancutt will
be the first Army officer to be
hanged for murder ip the United
States by order of court martial
since the World War.
A military court appointed by Col.
j. K. Herbert of the Los Angeles
Port Of Embarkation yesterday
found the 31-year-old La Crosse
(Wis.) officer guilty of numbering
four persons and wounding four
others and sentenced him to be
hanged. q
Previously the military tribunal
had declared Swancutt was sane
March s., when the shootings took
place during and following a dance
at the Onicers' Club here.
VIII BE Stripped Of Rank.
If no error Is found In the trial
and no mitigation Of sentence is
recommended, Swancutt will be ex-
ecuted, possibly on this Army reser-
vation, some time within the next
six weeks. He will be recognized
as an officer until such time as the
execution notice may be received
from Washington. Thereupon he
would be stripped Of his rank. and
the sentence would be carried out.
Swancutt stood unhipchingly ms
the court read to him the unani-
nous verdict Of the 12-ofhcer panel.
Two guards Immediately place d
handouts on him, and he was taken
to his wheelchair just outside the
courtroom. q. a@ta
"Oh, he'll, I forgot my cap" he
said as he reached his chair. The
overseas cap was recovered from the
improvised courtroom In the hos
pital area, and he was wheeled to
the detention ward. In su8sl s
Il, Want Him Hospitali1ed.
Swancutt's family--his mother,
Mrs. Caroline Swancutt; his sister,
Mrs. Beatrice Wright; his brother,
Corp. wellington Swancutt, and his
estranged wife, Gertrude--said they
held hope that when the matter Is
reviewed by higher and more under
standing authorities" there would be
a decision which would afford him
disqualification. They said they
thought he was insane March 5.
Swancutt maintained he suffered
a mental blackout that lasted from
a few hours before the shootings un-
til several days later, and he denied
he had any intent Sor motive to MUIR
der Dorothy Douglas, whom he said
he planned to marry after the war;
Lourdine Livermore, her friend;
Capt. Aubrey G. Serfiing, his imme-
diate superior, and a Riverside po-
liceman, Arthur 0. Simpson.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
Both Senate and House In recess
until Monday.
House Appropriations Committee
puts finishing touches on Labor
Federal Security-War Manpower
supply bill.
Senate judiciary Committee con-
siders bill exempting insurance COM
panies from antitrust laws.
Evening star., 1944-05-27

~ GV-JO0A
old pilot, a graduate Of Mount
Rainier High School, was employed
in the accounting department OF
the Government Printing once un-
til he enlisted in the air force i'm
mediately after Pearl Harbor. He
received his wings and commission
at Luke Field, Phoenix, Ariz., a
year ago.
Mrs. Merkle received word that
the Purple Heart award Is being
sent.
Staff Sergt. Harry ]. Meier, 20,
son Of Fred A. Meier, 327 Sixth street
S. E., was killed July when his Fly
ing Fortress was shot down over
Galatin. Italy, just after 1t had COM
Ipleted its mission.
In the last letter Mr.. Meier had
Evening star., 1944-05-27
c. ]. Considine Elected
K. of G. Stute Deputy

Charles j. Considine was elected
State deputy of the District knights
of Columbus to succeed James p
Fox at their annual State conven-
ton last night.
Michael Racioppi was elected
State secretary; James Barbour
State treasurer; James G. Naughten
State advocate, and William A
Mulligan, State warden.
MIR. Considine and Mr.. Fox will
represent the local order at the SUI
preme convention in Toronto ir
August
Evening star., 1944-05-27
On the Roll of Honor
Three d. Area Flyers Killed
In Raids on Reich and ItuIy

Three men from the Washington
area were reported killed in action
yesterday in an announcement re-
leased by the War Department. All
were members of the Army Air
Forces.
Second 1t. Joseph p. Merkle,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Leo Merkle,
1907 Quincy street, Brentwood, Md,
was killed in action when his plane
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Injunction Against Ward
In Price Case Upheld
By the Associated presa.

~ tae ASSocidted tre3d.
CHICAGO, May T-An injunc.
tion restraining Montgomery Ward
d Co. from selling any goods at
prices above Once Of Price Adminis-s
tration ceilings was upheld yestersr
day by the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals. r, E.
The injunction, issued last SeptemS-
Der z by Federal Judge John p
Barnes, covered all the items sollf,
by the company, the OPA having
asked for the order after originally
charging that the mail order house
sold womens and children's outer
garments at above-ceiling prices. 81
In appeal arguments, company
counsel contended Judge Barnes had
abused his discretion In granting 50
broad an injunction and should have
confined his action to the outer
garment items specified. Yesterday D
decision, however, held that Judge
Barnes had not abused his discre=
ton, =.