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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-11
HERE WE GO AGAIN, FOLKS

The Daily Alaska Empire has been attacked and accused of long list of things in its time We can't where newspaper is much good if it isn't blasted once in while wish all of critics could be swered easily as yesterdays
 Before proceeding want to make point clear. Radio station KINY and The Empire still on the best of terms We realize the difficulties under which the station operates AS its manager stated in a Chamber of Commerce meeting few months ago. because of the system of licensing radio stations radio station is not free newspaper. Because of this strangehold, quite often station must give time to various government officials even though the talks may have political inference outright political attack Stations operate under licenses which may be revoked for any of thousand Radio prob ably would be free the newspaper if the radio had been in when the constitution was written. How ever there degeneration of free institutions since that time
 The President of the United States and the gov of states and possessions apparently, de- mand time air supposedly only in emergency for the purpose of calling out troops to repeal sudden attack other such important things The talk last night fragrant violation of this privilege.
 We received the release in question at about 215 p. yesterday from the Governors office. In order to have it in the newspaper and meet deadline re- qurements it had to be rushed should have been shortened
 We started out to eliminate the parts we thought would detract from the purpose and intent of the article. but gave up with the linotype operator shout ing for copy.
 As we saw the article it written for the apparent purpose of reassuring the workers recently dismissed and also to show these how they could secure jobs
 Next to this story which stated that between 225 and 275 men were of work also that toto1 ctada U told of when the notices were posted and this was good enough indication of how short the notice was
 So in the first paragraph of the release em- mated from the sentence starting The object of the meeting to set machinery in motion inn mediatey to employment the earliest possible moment for the released which ap- parently fact, the following which deleted:
 ".. in from employment on a few hours notice"
 article, it was slap the company, and in addition it not statement of fact It would have caused misunderstanding and confusion, something which apparently to be avoided at this time.
 Apparently in mass to be taken as meaning zen masse,' which carries the implication that all of the men dismissed few hours notice That wasn't so There were at least 50 men working yes terday. That is fact.
 On the air, critic qualified his statement to to suit his purpose
 Secondly eliminated sentences which stated:
 Tt is unfortunate that the mine could not have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-11

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN :: ! That Leinpi Edwards, administra- trix of the estate of Albert: R. Ed wards, deceased, has filed her pe- tition in the hereinafter described court for judgment setting aside and awarding to Lempi Edwards, sur viving widow of the decedent, the entire estate of the decedent, the same being less than $4,000.00 All persons concerned are notified to be and appear in the U. s. Commits sioner's Court for Juneau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska; at 10 o'clock A. M. on the 5th day of May, 1944, and show cause, if any they have, why judgment should not be so rendered. ef
 Dated: Juneau, Alaska, this 3rd day of April, 1914.
 LEMPI EDWARDS, Administratrix. First publication, April 4, l944. Last publication, April 25, 1914.
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Daily Lessons in English v %. L. GORDON

WORDS not T wish going to be therer Say Iwish going be there"
 OFTEN MIspRONouNCED: Neuter Pronounce he FEW, nota as NOON.
 OFTEN Descent; SCE
 knowledge judgment sagaciy proundlty
 WORD STUDY: and it yours Let us increase our vocabulary mastering EQUANIMITY mind patience compoure He bore with equanmity"
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LOOK and LEARN sy c. GORDON

navigator discovered prior Columbus? 9 is a exchange? the city United meaning of hidago? Is Indians fat-footed?
 ANSWERS: 1. vespucc. a Philadelphia 4 denoting Spanish nobleman of the lower class 5.
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ly needs support from his Congress. Quitting Congress at this time is the path of least resistance" they wrote.
 Unmoved, Will, Jr., still plans to go back to the Army.
 Copyright, 1914 by United Fea- ture Syndicate, IncD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-11

Meanwhile, the lift to morale in side Italy has been lost, the Ital- ian people have become apathetic, don't care much whether they are under the Allies or the Germans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-11
BOY BABY FOR HAEGELEs

Charles B. Haegele, of the Wea- ther Bureau Staff, is the father of a baby boy born to Mrs. Haegele at St Paul. Minnesota, on March 29. The mother is the former Elise MacManigal, teacher in the Juneau Public Grade. School. A IA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-11

closed gradually If this could have been done, the men could probably have been placed in an orderly manner without any mass unemployment.
 Again the word mass" Now this statement is opinion In release person or group was quoted It would have appeared therefore that this The Empires opinion to our readers And 1t did not add to the purpose and intent of the story as we saw it. To put it plain, it was crying over milk that already has been split
 This statement only would have added to any bitterness that should be avoided right now It was another slap at a firm and not at all germane to the intent Here splendid example of coloring news.
 Our critic says in breath this is time to avoid disunity Then this statement is used to create this very thing.
 We are puzzled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-11
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

APRIL II Mrs. Dolly Stewart Eunice Wanamaker Frances Tucker Mrs. Dexter Conover Ferris Colman Mrs. Jesse Cook
 Belle Lange Betty Wallingford
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Washington MsrT- 6o-Round

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Weather report: High, 42; low, se cloudy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
b-29S FORCE EVACUATION OF TOKYO
British Sea and Air Power to Back Yan<s i'm Pacif
B of { Survey Cites
Municipal Needs

Members of the Mount Glenn
ems Board of Commerce over
Whclmingly favor establishment
of county public health unit,
modernization of existing hotel
properties and Improvement of
fire prevention methods a sur
vey conducted under the direc-
ton of the organizations Board
of Directors revealed today.
The businessmen likewise ia
vor establishment Of a city man.
agcr form Of municipal govern
ment, Inauguration Of system
attic public planning and zoning
and Identification of the Clinton
river frontage among other long
range projects the responses of
members clearly show.
Following is a list Of the ques-
tons submitted to the ITO men,
bers of the Board of Commerce
together with the percentage of
replies favoring the PROPOSALS:
/. Do you want your Board
of Commerce to work for a
County Health Unit? (This
would include better inspection
of milk and the handling of milk,
garbage collection, better check
up on the food handlers, more
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12

The title role OF Mrs. Miniver
is taken by Ellen Jane Ferry.
Ed Sheldon plays her architect
husband, Glen. Vim, their elder
son is played by George Har-
ereaves; and Burl Romick is
Toby, their 10-year-old boy.
Carolyn Breitmeyer portrays
their adoleScent daughter. Judy.
Helen. Wins fiance, and
Johnny, her brother, are played
by Norma Metler and Blair
West, respectively. Jeni Buck
ley is Mrs. Miniver's friend,
Susan. The part of the Minivers'
cockney maid is taken by Joyce
Randolph.
The refugee children, Tommy,
Liza, and Jenny, are being
played by James Caffrcy. Patri-
cia Shaw, and Carol Glefke, who
are junior high students. Warren
Schmekel portrays the village
air. raid warden and Elizabeth
Darling is Lady Burfish, an
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Jury Finds Youth
Guilty in Killing
RauIston Case Murderer
Foees Life Term

DETROIT, Dec. 12-(P)-Rob-
ert William Turner, 10, today
faced a mandatory sentence of
life Imprisonment following his
conviction last night of first de-
gree murder in the Staying of
l4-year old Joyce Raulston last
March.
The youthful defendant, who
remained nervous but composed
throughout his trial, collapsed
as circuit court jury of seven
women and five men returned its
verdict after celebrating less
than three hours.
Sheriff's officers carried him
in from the courtroom and coun-
~ Jail, where he will remain I'M
See GU1LTY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
S10,9S2 Legal Bill
Eyed by County
Drain Litigation
Costs Revealed

A bill for legal services rend-
cred Macomb County in drain
litigation up to Dec !, 1914, pre-
sented by Alex J. Groesbeck and
Hugh Francis, of Detroit, and
amounting to S10,982.71 was re-
ferred by the Board of Super
visors Monday to the Drain Com
mite. for study and report
Supervisors frankly admitted
themselves baffled by the COM
plications of legal work in and
out of Federal District Courts,
Courts of Appeal, Circuit Court,
State Supreme Court and United
States Supreme Court, at con-
tract rates approved by the
board year ago in an agreement
with Groesbeck g. Francis.
Some supervisors memories
were so hay on the years-long
See FEES-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Job Conference
Due Thursday
B. Of c., Rotary
Sponsor Study

The filling Of vitality import
ant war jobs at present, and the
planning for veterans placement
in secure postwar jobs on Thurs
day will be the dual purposes OF
one of the most important eco
nomic conferences ever held in
this city.
1t will take place at the Thurs
day noon luncheon meeting OF
the Rotary club at the Medea
Hotel, under the auspices of the
Board of Commerce and Rotar-
ianS.
The conference will bring to-
gether an array of government
and business representatives sell
dom before united in this city,
and representatives of labor
management, Selfridge Fiel d
civilia n personnel, American
Red Cross and veterans groups
have been invited.
The speakers table will seat;
E. T. Raney, Detroit area di-
rector of the War Manpower
Commission, principal speaker
who will discuss VINO problems
of Mount Clemens.
Cy. A. Newcomb, chief of the
Field Division, Detroit area,
United States Employment Serv-
ice;
Allen d. Little, field super
visor, Detroit area, United States
Employment Service;
John c. Townsend, executive
director Of the Michigan Unem-
ployment Compensation Com
mission;
James A. Andrews, area SUI
pervisor, Unemployment Com
pensation Commission;
Lieut.. Commander Russell II.
Peters, United States Navy;
Lieut.. Col. Norman d. Atkins.
United States Army;
Harold Lindsey, Rotary presi-
dent, will direct the meeting, as
See JOBS-Page 8
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
County to Own, Maintain
Sheriff's ProwI Cars

Macomb County's Board Of
Supervisors on Monday aban-
doned a long-standing plan
whereby a sheriff purchase his
own cars and is allowed main
tcnance from the county, when
they voted II TO 6 to buy and
maintain six cars for sheriff
elect Harley Ensign.
The board endorsed a recon-
mendation of-the sheriff's COM
nittee, headed by Supervisor
Charles Stade, of Macomb Town
ship, which pointed out that the
purchase of several cars at $3.50
each a few years ago was a
reasonable financial burden for
a sheriff; but today's wartime
price of approximately $500
per auto is responsibility too
heavy for any one official.
Sheriff-elect Ensign, appear
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Constant Raids.
Cause Enemyio
Desert Capital
Bitter Fighting
Still Roses on
Leyte IsIond
BY ELDON OTTENHEIMER

Tokyo, capital of Japan and
the home of 100000 people,
harassed by continued raids by
American superfortresses, Is be-
ing evacuated, the Berlin radio
said today.
Shortly after the japanese ra-
dio announced several superior.
tresses had flown over the cap
ital without dropping bombs BE-
tween midnight and 5 q. m. to-
day Japanese time) the Berlin
radio, quoting q Transocean
Germany News Agency dis
patch, said the city Is being
evacuated. Tw en- ty thousand
persons, mostly aged and infirm
as we'll as children and expec-,
tant mothers, are leaving today.
Essential workers and the civs
II defense forces must stay b.
hind, the radio asserted.
SLAUGHTER THOUSANDS
Bitter fighting still RACES a
bloody Leyte Island in the Phil
ippines today despite the slaugh-
tering of thousands Of japanese
caught in an American trap.
American 77th and 7th infan-
try divisions annihilated the
japanese 26th Division which
was hopelessly snarled between
the two Yankee outfits con-
verging from the north :. and
south on Leyte's west coast The
job was finished Monday after
the two American divisions join
ed.
Other units Of the 77th, which
made the destruction Of the
26th possible by an amphibious
landing at Ormoc, important
Japanese reinforcement port
fought from house to house and
street to street in the port town
and wiped out the defending
enemy garrison.
STORES CAPTURED
Gen. Douglas Macarthur r.
ported great stores Of equipment
and supplies were captured.
Elimination Of the japanese IN
the Ormoc sector wiped out the
southern sector Of the Yamash-
tia Line.
Now the Americans can turn
their full power on japanese
fighting with the viciousness q
cornered animals in the Ormoe
corridor to the north. The Yam
ashita Lines northern segment
See PACIFIC-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Greek Rebels
She'll Heart
Of Athens
nv the Associated Press

ATHENS, Dec. IL - Left
wing Elias forces sent shells
crashing into Athens and con-
tiru ed their all-out attempts to
break into the center of the
city today.
Prime Minister Churchill's
two envoys-Field Marshal Sir
Harold Alexander and Cabinet
Minister Harold Macmillan -
arrived in an attempt to end the
dispute.
Maj. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie.
commanding the British forces
in Greece, announced there has
been no slackening of rebel re-
sistance and, although some pro-
gress has been made in the Pr
raeus and several sectors of the
city, the general situation has
improved little
British endorsements have
landed and some progress has
been made during the past IL
hours against heavy resistance.
Elsewhere in Greece the posi-
ton is generally uneasy"
Raj planes at dawn shot up
Elias reinforcements moving on
the capital from Anoliosia, five
miles TO the northwest.
Several shells fell near the
British headquarters, and flames
center Of Athens, some near
swept through numerous build
ings. Fires in the market place
threatened to get beyond con-
See GREECE-Page 9
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12

determined effort to exterminate
rats, etc.. Yes. 923.
?, Stronger enforcement of the
smoke ordinance. I'VE perhaps
do not realize the great damage
that is being done to merchan-
disc, property and health by the
present lack of enforcement.
Yes. 88.4.
3, City planning and coming.
Mount Clemens has grown up
like Topsy. Shouldn't we start to
do some systematic planning and
zoning to protect property values
and encourage an orderly devel-
See SURVEY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Wife.ki||er
Goes on Trial
Temporary lnsonity
Seen as Defense

That the age old unwritten
law, coupled with claims of
temporary insanity, will form
the basis for the. defense in the
wife-murder trial of Joseph
kwasniewski, Hamtramck po-
lice officer, became abundantly
clear here Monday morning
during the opening phase Of the
hearing before a Macomb coun-
ty jury of seven women and
five men.
Kwasniewski, a veteran of ID
years service with the Ham,
tramck department and a form
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Gypsy Rose Lee
Becomes Mother
Pl-GYPSY ROSE LA Bod

Pl-GYPSY ROSE LA Bod :.
NEW YORK, Dec. l2-tP-
Gypsy Rose Lee, former bur-
lesque performer and author of
The G-String Murder" gave
birth to five and one-half
pound son today, the same day
her divorced husband was ex-
pected TO remarry.
Alexander Kirklund, from
whom the actress-author was
divorced Oct. Z, said on Friday,
when he was issued a license to
marry Phyllis Anne Adams, New
York dcbutante, that he planned
TO be married Dec. IL.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12

aristocratic client of Mr.. Min
liver.
The play is being directed by
Miss Mary Joan Purcell, who is
assisted by senior Marilyn Logs
don. Tickets may be procured
from any senior at the price of
so cents, including tax.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
5-Point y. S.
international
Policy Cited

WASHINGTON, Dec. l2-(P)
American foreign policy came
under direct congressional ex-
animation today.
The appearance before the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee Of Secretary of State
Stettinius and six men he has
picked as mis- prospective chief
See PENALTIES-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Russians Slug
Way into Fringe
of Budapest

MOSCOW, Dec. 12-tP)-Rus-
sian tanks battled into the
northern suburbs of Budapest
today, while another powerful
Soviet column drove westward
past the great bend of the Dan
ube above the city toward Brat
islava and Vienna, Russian dis
patches said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Powerful Postwar
Labor Board SOUGHT
Miss Perkins Advocates
Would Link NlRB, WLB
By HAROLD w. WARD

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL -
tP - Secretary of Labor Per-
kins called today for a powerful
postwar labor department, to in
clude work now done by the
War Labor Board and the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Fixing of wages and prices
should be abandoned as soon as
possible and the various activ-
tiles of the government in pre-
vention of industrial disputes or
their settlement should be per-
manently attached to the de-
partment of labor said Miss
Perkins in speech prepared for
See PERKINS-Page .
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Milk Issue
to be Aired
ON Wednesday

A committee from the Mount
Clemens Board Of Commerco
will attend Wednesday nights
regular session of the City Com
mission at which Charles 3
Gotta, of the Michigan State D.
partment of Public Health. Win
present report on milk cunll-
tons the municipality. Il Wae
likewise indicated today That .
representative of the State. De-
partment of Agriculture m
also be in attendance g
was generally predicted
be a potentially hot"
of the commission.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Tragic Wartime England Is Portrayed
in High School Production, Mrs. Miniver'

War tragedies of the English
people will be brought home 10
the populace of Mount Clemens
IN Mrs. Miniver", Senior play
TO be presented in the Mount
Clemens High School auditorium
Thursday and Friday at 8l5
" m
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12

ing before the board, said ne
was willing TO undertake the
transportation problem as other
sheriffs had done if the board
saw fit, but pointed out that
some arrangements would have
to be made to increase the
$1,000 per year recently allowed
the sheriff for car use,
SIX ARE OPPOSED
Changing the car ownership
plan from the sheriff to the
county-a system in force for
at least 10 yesrs-precipitated
a lively debate between super
visors, with the result that the
final vote left six out of % I'M
convinced regarding the change
over.
Vigorous championship Of the
countysownership and mainten.
See CARS-Page 9
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Allies Apply
Squeeze Along
Western Front
Doeeed Germon
Resistance
Slows Advance

PARIS, Dec. II - (H1 -
First Army Infantry fought out
of the dank Hurtgcn Forest to-
day and seized 1000 yards of
the West bank of the Roer river
while other units advanced
within a mile and a half Of the
"a fortress city of Duren in a
thrust that reached Konzendorf.
Shock troops of 1t. Gen.
Courtney II. Hodges Army ap-
piled the greatest pressure TO
Duren along the Autobahn,
Hitler's super highway which
leads to the Roer just north Of
the city.
Other units captured Merode
and fought yard by yard and
cellar by cellar through string
of fortified German villages
about two miles west of Duren.
F WITHDRAWS
An official estimate at Su-
preme Headquarters was that
the bulk of enemy forces al
ready had been withdrawn to
the east side of the river, but
that delaying forces had been
left behind. These were putting
up stiff and determined defense
on the immediate approaches to
. Duren along an arc on the west
side Of the flooded stream
The German Army's defensive
fight is stout and thick works
before vital arsenals of the ia
therland was reported in front
dispatches to be weakening west
of the Roer, inside the Siegfried
line at Dillingen and Saarlau-
tern and in northern Alsace I'M
der repeated gatherings of three
American armies.
CLEARED IN NIGHT
Merode, forest village three
and a half miles southwest of
Duren, was cleared during the
night. The Germans still held
out behind thick walls and in
cellars of Merken, Pier and Gey,
all within four miles of Duren,
the southern bastion of the Roer
river line and the largest Ger
man city encountered beyond
Aachen. Two thirds of Merken
almost on the river three and a
half miles northwest of Duren,
was cleared.
The u S. Army Third Army
finally captured Sarreguemines
G4,000O, pulled up to the Dor
der of the Saarland and started
Smelling the important German
cities of Zweibrucken (16,000)
and St. Ingbert (2l,000), five
many.
CLEAR FIVE BLOCKS
The Third cleared out five for
titled blocks in Fraulautern, a
mile north of Saarlautern, and a
similar area in Ensdorf, the same
distance east. Both are in the
Siegfried line. 1t appeared that
the Germans were quitting the
Western End of Fraulautern.
The Germans maintained pres
sure around the steel city of
Dillingcn. three miles north of
Saarlautern. but attempted no
more Countcrattacks in the ruins
See GERMANY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-12
Officials May
YET Gel Raises
Seek Ruling on
Stepped SoIories

If a legal clearance is given
by the attorney generals allow
ing the Board of Supervisors
to raise elective officials salar-
les after the annual county bud
get has been set, supervisors
may sold a special session be-
fore Jan. /. Increase sought by
elective officials who were dis
appointed by the blanket Sl20
annual boost given them, will be
acted on at that time.
Decision to call special
meeting-actually re-openins
of Mondays adjourned meeting
was made by board chairman
Floyd w. Rosso, backed by
majority of supervisors, after
four officials, three elective and
one appointive, had appeared
and made pleas for additional
pay.
Il REoLINl ShbhhlEo
The speakers were Isaac A,
Hartung, appointive social well
fare administrator (salary So.
920); William G.. Miller, county
treasurer (salary, $4,000: Guy
l.. Brown, county clerk SALARY,
S3,720), and William c. Harper.
drain commissioner (salary So
420). The salaries include the
Sl20 raise recently given.
Supervisors listened with
some show Of sympathy TO their
appeal, based on the fact tina:
some deputy officials in the
county building are actually re-
See PAY-Page 9