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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14

1 We wish to thank our neigh
lors and host of friends for their
cts of kindness and for the
hany beautiful floral offerings
nd mass cards, rendered us dur
ag our recent sad bereavement,
Decial thanks to FIR. Schneider
nd FIR. Gillozette and also La
Eroix & Groesbeck Funeral
ome. Mrs. Gilbert l.. Moore
nd family. l.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-17

and pair of shoes. He placed them in
the back OF the wagon and started
home. Nearly there he stopped by the
river. took off his old clothes and
threw them into the water. When he
went around to the back OF the wagon
his new clothes we're gone He hest
tated for a minute. then got in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-17

FARMER took a load
OF hay TO the city and
sold II for a good price.
Thought ne: IN sur.
-hrIse my<IieHe
bought a suit OF clothes.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Combat Pay Raises
Approved by Senator's
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Legislation providing pay raises
of SIS to $40 month for fighting
infantrymen and boosting the
wages of glider units to conform
generally with those of parachutists
was approved yesterday by the Sem
ate Military Affairs Committee.
Acting on Secretary of War Slim
sons assertion that current opera
tions have demonstrated the i'm
portance of highly trained, tough
and aggressive infantry" the COM
mittee unanimously reported out
one measure that would:
Increase by S. the monthly pay
Of infantrymen who attain stand
ard of proficiency or perform salts
factorily in action and provide a
$40 monthly boost as recognition of
exemplary conduct in action OF
satisfactory duty in a major
operation.
Then it approved another meas
ure which would add up to so per
cent to the pay of members of glider
units, with the limitation that OFF,
GERS, warrant officers and nurses
be held to increases of $100 month
and enlisted men to $50 month.
Senator Tobey. Republican, OF
New Hampshire, who had sought a
so per cent pay increase for inva-
sion troops, as well as for those in
combat, and covering all the armed
services, said he would seek to
liberalize the infantry bill when
it reaches the floor.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Eisenhower Meetinu
1hwarted, Nazis Say
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, June 10-A Ger
man report, bearing the earmarks of
fantasy, claimed yesterday that
plans for Gen. Eisenhower and his
staff to meet in a villa outside
BayeuX, France, were upset when a
Nazio radio operator intercep4eG a
secret message purportedly asking a
special Allied detachment If every.
thing were secure for the general s
arrival.
The story, related in a Berlin dis
patch to the Stockholm Aftonbladet
was this:
Early Wednesday German lieu
tenant tuning radio picked up a
cryptic message saying, Secure
landing for special ship carrying al
ligator." The lieutenant is supposed
to have replied, IF alligator cannot
swim we can't guarantee landing
Rabbit"
Later in the day, the story went,
a Nazi tank detachment passing a
villa near Bayeux discovered ano
captured an American field radio
operator, a sergeant, who said he
had orders to await the arrival of
several Understanding persons" In
midafternoon another message was
intercepted, said the story, asking
a landing guarantee for Chief -
and the German reply was "Situa-
ton same. IT headquarters person
can't swim landing not guaranteed. u
The Germans said Gen. Eisen-
hover failed to visit the Bayeux
villa.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Gentle TO Marry Girl
He Knew Since Childhood

BY The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June TO-
Petite Isabella Masdea, 20, today
wore a seven diamond engagement
ring given her by Capt. Don S.
Gentle, %, European fighter pilot
ace now home on leave.
Miss Masdea said wedding date
would be set when Don gets his
orders"
Miss Masdea said Capt. Gentle
put the engagement ring on her
finger Wednesday night in the pres
ence of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph F. Masdea; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Patsy Gentle of Piqua
Ohio. and few close friends.
Miss Masdea, employed as book
keeper for a trucking firm, said she
had known Capt. Gentle since
childhood and was very much
thrilled" over her engagement.
Evening star., 1944-06-10

! sent special note to the 50th
Northumbrian Division, which
fought with him across the desert
in North Africa and now is with
him in France, congratulating it
on "a first-class fighting perform
ance in the face of very adverse sea
conditions and stout enemy opposi-
ton"
Last nights midnight communi-
que said: Our beachheads are be-
ing steadily developed" and asserted
that American forces were across
the Carentan-Valognes road in sew
eral places, had cut the broad
gauge railroad to Cherbourg and
also had hammered out gains south
west Of captured BayeuX.
The beachhead campaign, enter
ing critical phase which military
men expected would continue for
at least another 10 days, seemed
focused for the moment on a drive
northward from the Allied right
flank to capture Cherbourg. Poses
sion of this major port for Paris
would give the Allies a chance to
freight in much heavy equipment
which the beachhead now lacks.
Although the Allied command
was chary of mentioning place
names, it was apparent that the
Allies rambling beachheads now
| had pierced the coaStline in DEPTHS
varying from one to ten miles. The
Germans conceded wedge driven
through Bayeux southwest toward
st. LO, depth OF 10 miles.
Among other broadcast German
statements was one that the Allies
had sustained such heavy losses
that Gen. Montgomery was forced
to use II divisions between the Orne
and Wire estuaries.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Allies Meet Opposition
Eiqht Miles Below Kohima

By the Associated Press.
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUAR-
TERS, HANDY. Ceylon. June TO-
Allied troops were reported today tc
have met opposition 8 miles south
east of the Indian town of Kohima
but the Japanese apparently have
abandoned villages along . road an
other miles to the. sonth.
Farther south, Allied troops won
important features Is miles above
Imphal after beating baek two Jap
anese counterattacks, the commu-
nique from Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten's headquarters said.
In the Mogaung Valley of North
ern Burma, Chinese troops consoli-
dated their roadb1ock at Seton
south of Kamaign, and at Pinhmi
south OF Mogaung Maj. Gen. w. D
A. Lentaigne's forces seized large
dumps with 200 railway cars OF
ammunition.
Allied planes again struck Japa-
|nese communications and positions
over wide area.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Eisenhower Opposed
Miller Courf-MartiaI
By the Associated Press.

BY lhe Associated Press.
The War Department said yester-
day that Gen. Eisenhower had re-
ported that evidence against Col.
Henry ]. F. Miller, charged with
violating security regulations, did
not warrant court martial.
Col. Miller was reduced from
major general to his permanent
rank of lieutenant colonel in the
Air Forces and sent home after he
was reported to have said at a cock
tail party in London about two
months ago that the invasion would
come not later than June Is.
Since the incident, Col. Miller has
been moved up to the permanent
rank of colonel. The Senate on Nav
20, without knowing of his reduction
in rank. confirmed his promotion.
News of the disciplinary action
against Col. Miller was held up in
London and not released until after
the invasion for security reasons.
President Roosevelt sent his nomi-
nation to the Senate on March Is.
apparently before the incident oc-
CURED.
The War Department statement
was made to Senator Chandler,
Democrat of Kentucky in a memo
randum from SMaj. Gen. M. G..
White, assistant chief of staff, which
said:
Gen. Eisenhower stated that he
had investigated the incident care
fully and that, while the evidence
was clear, it was not such as to war
rant punishment by court-martial
more severe than could be given
adminiStratively."
Senator Chandler said he did not
regard the War Departments re-
port as sufficient and had requested
that a full report on the incident
be given to the Senate Military Al
fairs Committee.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Pyle Says Invasion Writers
Left on 9O-Minute Notice

waiting for the departure into the
unknown Bill took out a pencil and
notebook as though starting to in
terview me.
Tell me, Mr.. Pyle. how does 1t
feel to be an assault correspond
ent?'' he asked.
Being a man of few words I said
1T feels awful"
Rides Two Days in a Jeep.
When everybody was ready our
luggage went into a truck and we
went into jeeps. I can't tell you
where we boarded ship. of course,
but I can say personally rode two
days in a jeep and made the last 80
miles on 2l2-ton truck.
The first night we spent altogether
at an assembly area, an Army tent
camp. There we drew the final bat
tie kit. Such things as clothing i'm
pregnated against gas attack, a
shovel to dig foxholes, seasickness
capsules, a carton of cigarettes,
medical kits; rations and one funny
little item which I can't mention
but which was good for many pur-
poses.
We also drew three blankets Just
for the night since our bedrolls had
gone on ahead The weather was
cold. Three blankets were not
enough. I slept hardly at all. When
we awakened early next morning,
Jack Thompson said, That's the
coolest night I have ever spent" :"
Don Whitehead said, ITS just as
miserable as it always was"
You see, We had all been living
comfortably in hotels or apartments
for the last few weeks. We had got
ten little soft and here we were
again starting back to the old hor-
rible life We had known for SO long,
sleeping on the ground, only cold
water, rations, foxholes, dirt. We
were off to war again.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Chinese Proves
Faster TdIker
Than Interpreter

Justice Matthew F. Mcguire of
District Court today had under ad-
visement the case of Chinese
charged with narcotic laws viola
tions, who said mo" when asked IL
he spoke English and proceeded to
beat his interpreter in answering
questions.
The Chinese, Joe Hop, 56, Of
Philadelphia, was tried before Jus
tice Mcclure on charges of possess
sion and facilitating the transport
tation of narcotics Hop was ar
rested here in February when found
in an alleged opium smoking den.
Among the questions to be decided
by Justice Mcclure is whether Hop
can be found guilty of possession as
smoker of opium.
Recently, when Hop was on the
stand, Assistant United States At
torney Ray L. Jenkins asked an
interpreter how old Hop was. Hop
replied $50" Then. when Mr.. Jen-
kins asked Hop If he spoke English,
the defendant promptly replied
"N0"
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Unsuspectine Tug Finds Itself
| owing Ammunition to France

the invasion was on when he got
the call to help the Let Monday
night.
He pulled his harbor ragamuffin
alongside the bulky and helpless
Let and said: we are going to
take you back to port"
you are going to take us to
France" Hall said he got as a reply.
Il thought he was pulling my leg"
Hall related, but pretty soon the
cruiser Scylla pulled up and Admiral
Sir Phillip Wan told us to take the
Let in tow and head for France"
Hall and his begrimed crew of IL
rose to the occasion
THE commanding officer of the
Let had to come aboard and show
us the way" Hall continued. we
didn't know the course through the
Imine-swept Channel-and we didn't
know it was an ammunition ship,
either. until he came aboard"
IF we had we would have given
her longer tow line" the first mate
put In sharply.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
BY TOM YARBROUGH.

6ssSSia sto EiCc5 war SVlICsRohuSub.
LONDON, June 10.--How the EN-
pire Folk, an unarmed and unsus-
pecting tiny British harbor tug,
went gallantly of to the wars on D.
day amid a fleet of invasion giants,
was disclosed yesterday.
On the eve of the assault an Let.
loaded with ammunition, baked
with engine trouble just outside the
harbor and the tugboat was sent
out to help. Instead of hauling the
landing craft back to port, 1t towed
the ship to France.
The Empire Folk spent an un-
comfortable 20 minutes miles off
one OF the assault beaches and then
headed back to England, pulling an
other landing craft which had been
ripped open by underwater obstruc-
ton after landing her troops
The skipper of the Empire Folk, a
Al year old north countryman
named Arthur Hall, veteran of 81
years in tugs, said he had no idea
Evening star., 1944-06-10
III. ). Bombers Sink
a Jap Destroyers
Trying 10 Aid Biak
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, June
10.-Taking the biggest toll of
japanese warships in months.
American airpower has smashed
another apparent attempt to aid
hard-pressed enemy troops on
Biak Island, headquarters an
nounced today.
Mitchell bombers, diving to mast
height, sank four japanese destroy
ers with l,000-pound bombs, dam
aged fifth and drove off a cruiser
and another destroyer. The action
occurred Thursday aft Manokwari,
Dutch New Guinea. as the Japanese
task force was proceeding eastward
across Geelvink Bay toward BiaK,
$50 miles distant.
The 10 Mitchells were escorted BY
fighter planes which tangled with
10 enemy fighters, shoting down five
and probably another. Three Amer
lean planes were lost.
Mopping Up Resistance.
American land forces on Biak.
holding important Mokmer air.
dromes. were mopping up two resist
ance pockets of Japanese. One was
l 800 yards north of Mokmer viii
lage: the second was in caves along
the coast south of the airfield.
This was the final prelude to an
other push toward the islets two
remaining airstrips, Borokoe and
Sorido. American planes hit the
latter, which Is 2 miles west of
Mokmer, with so tons of bombs.
The destroyed Japanese task force
was the first sizable feet unit to
dare New Guinea waters for some
months. That factor emphasized
the Importance attached to Biak
main island in the Schouten group
which Tokyo has admitted is within
the empires "inner defense" circle
Bombers from its airfields can reach
the Southern Philippines.
Liberators Pound Truk.
In three other separate actions
since June 8, American aircraft
damaged a heavy cruiser, sank one
destroyer and left another dead in
the water. Presiously, the las,
japanese warship reported sunk was
March 81.
The japanese have lost at least
n planes in sharp aerial assaults
against the invaded Schoutens.
Against strong japanese aerial re-
sistances Libreators continued the
assault on Truk, dropping 80 tons ot
bombs on Eten Island Wednesday
Three of Is enemy interceptors were
shot down, and one Liberator was
missing.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
u. 5. Military Chiefs
Arrive in London 10
Help Map Strategy

The top commanders of
Americas Army, Navy and Air
Forces have joined other Allied
leaders in London to study the
next phases of the drive on the
NaziS.
Shortly after pm. yesterday
President Roosevelt announced the
arrival overseas of Gen. George C.
Marshall, Army chief of staff !:
Admiral Ernest j. King, commander
in chief of the fleet, and Gen. Henry
H, Arnold, chief of the Air Forces.
The disclosure came through Sec
retary Stephen T. Early, who said
the three would attend a meeting of
the combined chiefs of staff which
had been planned to be held las soon
as possible after D-day." Mr.. Early
said the President is happy to an
nounce" that the officers have ar
rived safely in London"
Reported Pleased With Progress.
The three leaders had conferred
with President Roosevelt a few
hours after the invasion began,
Tuesday, and at that time were
understood to have been well pleased
with the progress made.
The combined chiefs of staff,
which is made up of British and
American officers, is a sort of dual
organization with parallel existence
in Washington and London.
The top commanders in each ma
ton, however, are represented at
the other capital by some of their
leading generals and admirals. 1t is
rare for the chiefs themselves to get
together except when they partici-
pate in grand strategy conferences
held by Prime Minister Churchill
and President Roosevelt.
Battle in Critical Phase.
Gen. Marshall, Admiral King and
Gen. Arnold will watch the most
critical phase of the battle for the
Cherbourg Peninsula.
They will see in the next few days
whether German Field Marshal
Rudolf Gerd Won Runstedt elects to
send in still stronger forces under
cover of the prevailing bad weather
in a supreme effort to push Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's armies back
into the sea before the Allies gain
ports needed to land heavy equip
ment
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Cab Driver Shooting Case
Continued 10 June d

The case of District Policeman
Robert S. Hall, who is charged with
assault on a Kensington cab driver
and with damaging a motor vehicle
by shooting at it, was continued to
1:30 pm. June % in Bethesda
Police Court yesterday.
Trial Magistrate Albert E. Brault
also continued the case of the cab
driver, Raymond w Parks, who
is charged with speeding and driv-
ing on an expired chauffeur's per-
init. Both men pleaded not guilty
and were released on their personal
bonds.
The policeman, who is attached
to the eighth precinct, is alleged to
have fired two shots at a taxicab
owned and operated by Parks
during chase May 81 on Wis
consin avenue near Drummond.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
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Evening star., 1944-06-10
Negro Flyers Fight Off
70 hazis and Down 5
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June 10.-The only Negro
fighter group in the United States
Air Forces. penetrating ahead of the
18th Air Force bombers bound for
Munich yesterday, battled 20 Nazi
attackers and sent five of them
crashing to earth, it was disclosed
today.
Only one plane in the Negro fight
er group was lost. The encounter oc-
CURED near Udine in Northeastern
Italy. The group, commanded by
Col. Benjamin o. Davis, jr.. New
York City, was flying new Thun-
derbolts.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
S. Fires Are Reported
In Arlington in Muy

Arlington County fires. totaling SO,
caused 1865 damages during May,
it was reported today by Fire Chief
A. C. Scheffel.
There were % house fires,
business. 20 grass, dump, 4
automobiles and in sheds, the
report said. Other items in the
report included 401 men responding
to fire calls, with an average of
at each fire, and 48 ambulance
calls.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Aerial
Continued From First Page

ed they had knocked out a mile and
a half stretch of highway near the
front, dispensing tanks along its
edge and blocking this route. RAF
home-defense fighters patrolling in
the battle area last night shot down
three German bombers in the air
and fourth just as it was taking
of.
One Of the four airfield targets
hit by the British heavy bombers
last night was scant 80 miles from
the front. British Mosquitoes in a
simultaneous night operation ham
mered targets in Berlin without loss
and against feeble ground opposi-
ton.
From Normandy came dispatches
datellned Raj beach squadron
headquarters" indicating the Allies
were pushing ahead with the i'm
portant step of getting airflelds in
operation in captured territory. So
far there have been no reports of
Allied offensive sorties from planes
based on the other side of the
English Channel.
At intervals for more than an
hour medium bombers and Thunder
bolts roared over Folkestone heading
for France today. They were fol-
lowed by formations OF heavy
bombers.
The night drubbing given Berlin
was carried out by swift. twin
engined British Mosquitoes. 1t served
as an ominous reminder to Hitler
that Germany was going to have to
split her slim air force between two
fronts-the invasion area and the
Reich homeland.
tions Pounded.
In a continuation of the cam
palgn to knock out bases from which
the Germans send planes to the
battle OF Normandy, several hun
dred Raj heavy bombers attacked
enemy airflelds at Flers, Rennes
Laval and LIE Mans in Northern
France and the Estampes rail juno
ton. Eight heavy bompers were
missing from these attacks.
Light bombers pounded enemy
communics tions in the rear of the
battle zone during the night and
night fighters and intruder aircraft
shot down four German planes off
the beachhead. The Air Ministry
said the night raiders had to fly
through thick clouds and heavy
rain.
Supreme headquarters also an
nounced that coastal aircraft were
working in cooperation with naval
forces lin a vigorous offensive
against U-boats which are threaten
ing to attack our lines OF communi-
cation to the assault area"
RAF planes on anti E. boat patrol
over the Western Channel islands
shot down a Junkers 88 20 miles of
! BreSt
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Chinese General Killed

CHUNGkING. June 10 tP,.-Gen.
Ii Chm Yu, commander in chief
of China's 36th Group Army, was
killed IN action May 81 near Loning
in Honan Province, it was disclosed
officially today.
Evening star., 1944-06-10
Congress in Brief

By the Associated Press.
Senate:
In recess until Monday.
Post Office Subcommittee con-
tinues censorship Investigation.
House and Senate conferees seek
final agreement on CT bill.
House:
Continues discussion of OPA ex-
tension bill.
Evening star., 1944-06-10

Want to send a note to Hitler:
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-13
BRoPHl SPEAKER

John Brophy of Washington.
national director Of CO union
councils. in a speech 10 the dele
gates said 1856.
Michigan il destined Ia he
the laboratory within which