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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17
Charles Chapman

Funeral services will be held
here Friday for Charles Chap
man. age IS years, a native of
the Mount Clemens district, who
died Tuesday evening at Alex
ander Blain Hospital, Detroit,
where he had been confined for
IL days.
Mr.. c apm n, the son OF
George and Elizabeth Chapman,
natives of England, had spent
his entire life in and near
Mount Clemens. In recent years
he had been employed by the
Covered Wagon Company.
He Is survived by his widow,
the former Virdie Whitney, Of
Mount Clemens; a son, Donald
c., and daughter, Mrs. Helen
John, of Lexington, Mich. There
are four grandchildren; sister,
Mrs. Marie Hotchkiss. of Mount
Clemens, and a brother, John,
of Ray Center, also surviving.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17

front difficulties pale into in
significance beside the perils
that beset the transport flyer.
But planes, men, and supplies
must get through.
One trip through Fren C h
Equatorial Africa landed him at
a Foreign Legion Post just few
miles from the scene of the
famous Beau Geste battle, an
incident that has actual histori-
cal truth.
GIFT FOR HIS WIFE '
AS a memento of his sojourn
in India, McKinstry brought
back a beautiful blue sapphire
stone which he presented to his
wife, Florence, who awaits the
day when all of the worlds ills
will be settled, permanently
she hopes. But wherever plane
motors drone, not far away you
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17
Obituaries

Mr.. Chapman was a member
of the Presbyterian Church,
Mount Clemens. In the absence
of Rev. Joseph L. Kennedy, Rev,
John Low of Erin Presbyterian
Church will officiate at the
services at the Hubbard funeral
chapel at 2:30 p. m, Friday.
Burial will be in the family
lot in Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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McKinstry
CONTINUED from Page One)

transportation, the airplane. ~
1t was on one of these jaunts
that he visited the time-honored
Pyramids of Egypt, and little
later found himself gazing at
the wonders of the Tai Mahal,
a gigantic monument erected by
an Indian ruler in memory of a
favorite wife.
But il is not all sunshine and
glory that follows him about
the worlds perimeter. for It
chills the blood to hear Lieut..
McKinstry tell of the time his
planes motors froze when ne
was flying the Atlantic on an
other mission of supply, or when
he ran through monsoon storms
of cyclonic intensity. All home
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17

But Saturday marks the end
of his leave, and il is back 10
India, this time he says to stay
until the wars end. Mrs. NC
Kinstry will await that day al
her Detroit home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
CHAPTER V
u. S. Metals for Japen's War Machine
BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN

The proudes boast of bureaucracy that it always
ready with a master plan for every emergency.
In 1888 one influential bureau chief in Washington
described our American civilization paness profeerng
capitalism
In exploring the records of eight years Of rampant
planning. however Congress learned that in the great
Pacific of plans had been and
with another
VIC shipped several million precious materials
Japan the four years preceding Pearl arbo precisely
We also aiding China
Between September 1899 and December 1911 tho United
spent 100000 fatonS and
Pacific islands, notably Hawaii Midway Wake
Palmyra.
But huttrcSuE At the
Sl00O0O0 month also Stppln the
nachinc with Amccan metals
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Taylor Called
In Ward Case

WASHINGTON, May % GNS)
Atty Gen. Biddle insisted today
after siX-hour bout with Re-
publican critics of the Mont
Comery Ward hicago plant
seizure that the War Labor Dis
putcs Act IS working well and
is adequate TO wartime needs on
the labor front.
Biddle's statement was made as
tho special seven-man House COM
mite investigating the Mont
Comcrv Ward case called Wayne
{. Taylor, underSecretary OF COM
morce. 10 testify on his role in
taking over the mail order firm 5
property.
II was Taylor, Biddle told the
committee, who gave the actual
order for the bodily election Of
Scwell Avery. Montgomery Ward
board chairman. after Avery re-
fused 10 cooperate with the gov
eminent or leave the premises.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

Rep. Daniel A. Reed of Now
York has ltcmi2cd this aspect of
our glohal economic planning I'M
some detail. as set forth IN the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for
July Q, 1912 beginning at page
A-2S69. as follows
Japan launched her murder
Gus assault against China on
July :, 1887. During the period
from 1887 through 1910 we eN-
ported To Japan 100000 tons
Of scrap iron, steel. and scrap
steel. and also thousands Of tons
Of other essential war mate
rails.
"Thc very year-l9Si-that-
Japan opened her war on China
our exports Of scrap iron and
steel amounted 10 2.08t.031 tons,
or enough 10 build 90 battle
ships Of $4,000 tons each. 200
submarines of 2.i00 tons each.
10 aircraft carriers OF 10000
tons each. and 20 cruisers at 49,
900 tons each.
THE next year, 1898. our
scrap and steel exports 10 Japan
were l,46S,0 900 tons; 1889. ,.
10000 tons. and 1910, l,2IS-
600 tons"
HOLD BACK DATE
AZ that point. the Y s. foreign
trade statistics. normally pub
llShed every month by the depart
ment OF commerce. bee m c 4
military secret" No figures arc
available as 10 our metals exports
TO Japan in the first II months
of 1871.
Rep. Reeds itemization OF our
copper exports 10 Nippon showed
a total of 717.277.9Sl pounds for
the five years l936-40. on a refined
basis. beginning at about five mil
lion pounds for 1896 and swelling
to 249 million pounds IN 1889 and
233 million pounds IN 1910
Through "A dream world of plans
and projects, America thus was
led by wooiy-minded reformers
and uplifters TO the very brink Of
disaster.
A 1910 report from the Civil
Aeronautics Commission disclosed
that out OF more than 1000 air
ports built throughout the United
States by CWA and WPA in the
halycon days OF relief unlimited.
only 81 were large enough to land
military fighter
Reputable economists have cal
culated that the amount spent on
federal relief during tbs seven
years 1889 might have given
US instead fully-manned air
force OF perhaps 10000 combat
planes by Pearl Harbor Day.
TOMORROW - War of the
Ink Pots.
copyr,sh,, 1914 the Rohhs Merrm GO.
Distributed by King Features Synd., Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Bureaucracy Runs Amuek
Bureaucracy Runs Amuck
New Deal Aided
Jap Aggression

EDITORS NOTE-TtTs is the rim Of q series Of
articles by Laurence SpiroH specialist IA the relations
of government and business, on the startling groWth
OF INC federal Bureaucracy and its threat to free gor
r,1,meat in the United States. The articles arc con-
dcrscd rcrsiop Of NJ SWiiroHS best seller, "Bureauc
racy Runs Amuck'
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Woman Fined
For Shooting

Viola Thompson, alias Viola
Beadles. 3lI S. Adams St, pleaded
guilty to charge OF disorderly
conduct In municipal court today,
and paid a fine Of $50 She was ar.
rested Saturday night for shooting
Pearl Williams
Williams, according to police rec
Ords. met the woman near tavern,
and accompanied her TO her home.
After an argument over money
Mrs Thompson claimed Williams
owed her. she ordered him TO leave
the house. When he did not do as
she told him. she pointed single
shot ~ gauge shot gun AT him, and
she claimed discharged the gun by
accident Williams received two
pellets in his leg. and was taken
TO eyer Hospital for treatment.
Williams. who was held at partial
fault by the court, was also charged
with disordcrly conduct and fined
S25.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
TASK IN HOLLAND NEARING COMPL ETION

trial ccnfcrs Of the Ruhr and the
Saar. These two regions together
represent between So and 20 per
cent Of Germany's heavy industry
and over four GftHs Of her coke
supplies" And he reaches this
grim conclusion
The arrival Of the Allied armies
on the Rhine will entail the total
destruction OF high proportion
Of Germauy's heavy industry. upon
which all her war production ui.
timately depends In al irion, 81.
lesia and the great industrial cen
ters OF Czcchosloyakia arc now in
directly threatened by the Russian
offensive
So II the Allies are held up az
the Rhine, they won't be wasting
any time. Also. what we do with
long distance guns won't have TO
be done By soldiers at close quar-.
ters-and that's an incstimable
boon
The length Of time b. viii take
the Allies % break into the Reich
across tho Rhine will depend heay-
lily on the volume OF supplies they
are able 10 move up for the Of.
fensiye. That's Why Antwerp IS
90 essential
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
tBy the Associated Press

tily tho Associated Prersl
Pscife-Philippines naval battle
nets 5S Jap ships sunk or dam
aged, Tokyo reports Nank carrier
planes in heavy raids on Manila.
Americans break organized resist
ance in Leyte valley.
Far East Japs Smash deeper
into outskirts OF Kwciin In drive TO
cut China in two; Allies open new
offensive in North Burma.
Western Front-Allied troops
roll Germans back along 50mile
front north Of Antwerp; Nanhs
battle strong Nazi countcrattacks
on eastern flank i'm Holland. Bre-
da Falls.
Eastern Front-Sovicts capture
Csap, Germans report new Red
drive along Baltic Sea.
Italy Fifth Army Advances
slowly as mud bogs down hghtng
all along front
Air War - Allied planes bomb
Munich and Cologne, score hit on
Nazi battlcship Tirpitz
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30


The Allies have been doing a
workmanlike job over the week
end i'm ousting the Germans from
bitterly disputed southwest Hol-
land, and the task nears compile
tion.
This means that the great port
of Antwerp in neighboring Belgium
shortly will be available for the
movement Of much needed sup
plies to support the Allied assault
on the Siegfried defenses. Thus
far the Nazi heavy artillery has
been able TO block shipping by
commanding the estuary of the
River Scheldt on which Antwerp
lies.
There also has been an unusual
ly heavy bombing Of the German
defenses, communications and in
dustries in the Cologne-Arnhem
sector-the type OF bombardment
which precedes big offensives. So
on the whole the week end devel-
opments have been In effect reaf-
firmation that our Allied high com
mand intends 10 launch a major
drive at the earliest feasible mo-
ment A lot. OF course. depends
on the opening OF Antwerp
Playing For Time
The Germans are continuing
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30

What can be done to curb the
startling upward trend in wartime
divorces and the consequent de-
plorable effect on juvenile morale?
In quest Of an answer TO this
serious question survey OF court
and law office records reveal some
of the outstanding causes for
mounting divorce figures and i'm
plies, in way OF ans r to the ques-
ton, that little can be done till
those causes are removed.
From Circuit Court Judge George
w. Sample, who h7s heard com
plants of hundreds OF married
couples, comes the opinion that de-
cidedly noticeable relief win follow
return of women from the factory
to their homes. Return women 70
their homes or no longer allow
them 10 mingle with men I'm our
in lustries," he advises, pointing out
that at least so per cent of the
cases in his court are directly
caused by situations that arise from
the mixing of men and women in
our industries. He cites IS di'
vorces in~one month, while for the
same period total OF 81 mar
riage licenses were issued.
The records of County Clerk Lu-
ella Smith. show that two thirds OF
the vases going to court at the
present time involve one or more
minor children. In fact Mrs. Smith
says some cases are taken to court
by parents OF six or more children.
very rare situation before the
war.
Interviews with lawyers Of this
city show that, in the opinion Of
these men, the major cause OF di-
vorce is infidelity This cause may
be hidden by other excuses. they
add. but in at least 90 per cent Of
the cases. II IS the chief trouble.
In some few cases complaints are
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Great Port of Antwerp Soon Will be
Available For Supplies

We shall be smart II We make up
our minds now that the Allies may
be held up for considerable time
at this great river, which undoubt-
edly will be heavily defended on
the east bank The negotiation Of
the open terrain between our pres.
ent lines and the river is likely
10 be far less difficult than the
crossing. though We must expect
hard fighting and the weather and
mud will be allied with Hitler
Nevertheless. once the United
Nations forces have reached the
west bank Of the Rhine they will
be in position 20 exert a new and
terrible pressure on The Germans
even before tho crossing is made
This will be by bombardmcnt Of
vital war industrieg.
Veritas. British official c0mnen-
tator who has inst made a per.
sonal survey o, th- fighting front.
in calling attention 20 this pros
pect. points out that the Allied ar.
tnlery will "br within easy range
Of almost all the important indus
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
State Troops
to Practice

Michigan State Troops will In.
clude bayonet instruction, demon
strHtion and practice In their pro-
gram for this week. The rifle class.
now half through its work, will be
followed Immediately by another. AZ
soon as the first class has complei-
ed the course. These classes,
which teach the safe methods OF
handling, caring for. disasseinbfing
the piece. as we'll as marksInan.
ship, are required for all members
OF the troops. and are available 10
anyone who wishes such training
without Joining the organization.
Non-members must pay the cost
OF materials.
Frank Midkin, acting command
or OF Company T., said today III
the people and especially the boys
who will be subject To military SER
vice, would only realize the bene-
fits that result from only six months
OF prc-inductlon training. | know
many more boys as well as men
would take part In our activities.
I'VE receive many letters from
former members OF our group who
have gone into regular service.
They all state that the training
that they receive here was OF tre-
mendous help to them in regular
service"
"Of course LC pointed out. we
cannot in two hours a week give
the training that the boys will re-
ceiye in the Army. We have neith-
er the time nor the ability TO disci-
plinc the members. We are n
volunteer unit. and cannot get the
results that are possible under tho
rcgimentation OF the Army. How
over. we can and do teach the men
the principal rules OF Army con-
duct, the use OF the equipment or
the infantry, drill, and In some
measure acCustom the boys To
Army life All this aids in the
orientation Of the men who are
inducted into the armed services.
There is no worse feeling than that
experienced by a boy taken from
his home, school. and friends and
thrust into the regular Army rou-
tine, without any preparation what
sOever.'
Unlike some state troops units
officers OF which misinterpreted al
order for disposal OF old uniforms,
the local troops did not destroy
theirs. The outmoded uniforms
and equipment were shipped to the
duartermasters corps, according
10 regulations, local officers state.
A few pieces not worth shipping,
such as badly damaged shoes, were
destroyed here under orders OF an
inspection officer.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Presidential Race in Final Week

Washington, oct 30-INS-The
1914 presidential election enters
its final week of political warfare
today with high politicos in both
p,rties and neutral observers un.
certain whether Gov. Thomas +.
Dewey can keep President Roose.
welt from fourth term in the
White House.
This private uncertainty among
both Democratic and Republican
big shots is due to what politici-
ans call "the silent vote. There
are millions Of registered voters in
the decisive states who decline to
reveal in advance how they will
vote Nov :. Both parties claim
this silent vote but secretly fear it
might go TO the opponent.
Outcome OF the election appears
to be close on the surface-very,
very close. Indeed, it can be so
close that the three million service
men and women, who began voting
weeks ago, may determine the final
outcome. II their ballots are de-
cisiye, the result may not be known
until about three weeks after the
election
A national survey by Internation-
al News Service discloses very,
very close race, with some decisive
states still in doubt The outstand-
ing instance is pennsylvania with
80 electoral votes. Both Democrats
and Republicans claim the state
with pluralities ranging up to 800
600. Privately, important Republi-
can leaders say it will go for Dew.
ey by from 25.0O0 to $4,000. Pri-
yately, high Democrats say it will
20 TO- Roosevelt by from $4,000 to
$4,000. If either side is correct
10000 service voters vii determ-
inc the outcome.
As more than four million voters
will ballot Pennsylvania, the pri-
vate forecasts indicate Just how
uncertain leaders in both parties
are over the result.
Similar situations prevail In New
York to a lesser. degree and in
Massachusetts,. Connecticut, Mary
nor r-r,rrC
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Youth Killed
in Car Crash

-Four traffic accidents Sunday re-
suited in injuries to II persons and
the death OF James Leon Adams, IS,
C8l, Willow Lodge, who was kill
ed when the car in which he was
riding struck tree and utility pole
at a culycrt on Ridge Rd., about
100 feet north OF Gcddes Rd
The driver OF the car. Amos
Leon Crane. Il, 1910 Irving c., suf.
fered a broken right arm, cuts and
bruises, and Virgil Wallace, l6, l20S
Savoy Ct. received a broken right
wrist. lacerations and bruises. Both
were taken TO Beyer Hospital and
were later moved 10. St Joseph's
Hospital in Ann Arbor other
passengers i'm the car. Miss Mildred
Wilcher, lG. 1902 Danyers c., and
Raymond Welch Is. 1881 Oakham
Ct. both received cuts and bruises.
Coo ACCTDE\T page
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Solution Sought For Upward
Trend in War Time Divorces

OF long standing and only now
through wartime wages have be
coma financially able TO obtain
their DEGREES.
The major issue can be broken
down into several contributory
causes. attorneys point out. Some
Of the more outstanding are: in
creased ease with which man and
women can become acquainted, the
shortage OF men, general let-down
OF moral standards, sharing the
ride, incompatability, more money
causing more independence, less
thought OF religion, and Undesirable
living conditions.
Women. through their employ
ment no longer worry about their
security. Increased earnings find
fathers with extra money TO use
for personal pleasures. The search
" OF men leads some women 10
compete with each other for male
companionship. A portion of the
women who used TO uphold the
morals OF the country are neglect
ing this duty.
One disgusted attorney cited the
old and somewhat questionable
philosophy "a woman will tolerate
a man for sake OF matrimony A
man will tolerate matrimony for
the sake Of the woman. II is ma
tural. he said. for woman TO want
marriage, children, and security.
Temptations are much greater in
war time. Normally men court the
women. Now women pursue the
men"
The share-the-ride is criticized.
also by the lawyers, as a prime
reason for infidelity. one said,
"share-the-ride leads to more intl-
mate relations
1In normal times the majority
OF women are married and happy
one attorney said, now there is
an enormous number OF single
women who are reaching a conclu-
sion that temporary arrangement
without matrimony is eXcusable.
This means that women. who would
normally be happy and minding
their own business, are out looking
for just about any man they can
get. whatever way they can get him.
OF course an increase in divorces
results
Men are naturally tempted, said
another. but in normal times he
has neither the opportunity nor the
temptations that are prevalent at
this time. Also, he added, the
men are no longer completely occu-
pied in making a living. often the
man is at fault merely because
his natural instincts weaken his re-
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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30

their tactics OF hanging on Tor
time. and these Delaying actions
Holland is prime example-are
producing stiff fighting However,
Fuehrer Hitler's effort 10 stall off
going to the dentist is merely pill
ing up pain for him ol the newt.
able day when he has TO give in.
The. Reich is enduring terrific pun
ishment for his sake.
Still. there's No sacrifice the
Nazi dictator won't demand to save
his own skin. Under his direc.
tions the German command is
rushing work on fresh fortified
tions west OF the Rhine in prepar-
alton for the Allied assault Hit
ler's idea Is 10 holI this river and
so protract the war into next year.
That's the most formidable line
OF defense still facing the western
Allies.
River Barrier
Well. We shall see. Certainly
the wide. deep and fast flowing
Rhine presents TOUGHER proposi-
ton than even the Siegfried line.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Salvation Army Renders
Services to Community

The work Of the Salvation Army
among the youth OF Ypsilanu has
been extensive as well as intensive
in an effort TO assist in the curb.
ing OF juvenile delinquency.
once week the Ladies Home
League Of Salvation Army meets.
during which time they have made
a number Of laycttes for eXpcctant
mothers, various types Of wearing
apparel which has been distributed
10 families OF the war stricken
countries. lap robes for wounded
service men and dunlc bags which
az hllcd and given TO inductees at
the train depot Once month this
group packs and sends boxes Of
home made cookies 10 service men
Of tlis country. In October this
year. gD boxes were packed and
sent 10 he boys over soa.
Visitation Of the sick. cards, nOw.
ers and many hours of donated la.
Dor and house work TO those unable
10 secure help and unable 20 do
their own work due TO sickness,
Letters and religious articles are
nt 10 many service mon 10 keep
them informed about the home
front and many other projects are
included in the ladies group OF the
Salvation Army.
During the summer months n day
camp. under the supervision OF Mrs.
Lamb was conducted in the Saliva
tiol Army Citadel This camp had
an average attendance OF 2j daily.
~ the present time these same
children are allowed 10 use the Sal.
yation Army Building each day for
a Two hour sleeping period.
Along with the many projects "
the Salvation Army the transient
relief program is still being con.
dt cted. During the past year a
number of mcr and women have
foun, lodgings and meals through
our agency
VI ny of these activities and ser.
vices 10 the community are con.
durtod and made possible through
the support OF the United War Fund
and Community Chest Of ipsilanti
HEAR COVE RNoR BRtckE7, oil
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-30
Troops Rolled Back Along
Mas But Trying to Auoid
RoutinArea Near Antverp
Berlin Says
Russians
Strike
tBy AsSoclatsd PressD

Allied troops rolled retreating
Germans back upon congested and
bloody crossings OF the Mas riv-
or along a 50mile front north ot
Antwerp today. and a British Of
ficer declared the stand OF per-
haps 10000 Naz's in this coastal
corner OF Holland had disintegrat.
ed
Canadian, British, American and
Polish troops were spearing this
drive The Germans. central bas-
ton OF Brcda fell Sunday. and the
city OF Roosendaal was the only
original stronghold left TO cover
the enemy withdrawal 10 the Mas
below Rotterdam.
In the Schelde estuary, British
and Canadian forces had Joined
hands on South Beveland island.
and were within about a mile OF
the causeway to Walcheren island.
last Schelde barrier where German
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