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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25
JOAN COMPLETES
HER TESTIMONY

LOS ANGELES, March 24.-R-
A court ruling this afternoon pre-
vented Charlie Chaplin's lawyer
questioning Joan Berry about a ro-
nance with another man and At
torney Jerry Giesler told report
efs: This closes the door on our
books"
Immediately after brief recess
1iesler announced he was through
with the cross examination OF the
government's chief witness in its
effort to convict the actor on a
Mann Act indictment.
y. S. Atty. Charles H. Carr, with
few questions about Miss Ber-
rvs visit to Chaplin's Beverly
nils home with loaded pistol,
Drought her testimony on behal1
Oh the prosecution to close.
The ruling followed a 58-minute
Aaddle at Judge J. F. T. O'Con-
nor's bench in which Giesler said
Az lldQ 1lldQc VAIN
OIL proof in resisting the govern.
ments objection to his lire OF
questioning.
The question which preceded the
lengthy conferenc- and to which
W. S. Attorney Charles H. Carr
made quick objection, was:
In November, 1912, before you
.e1t for Tulsa, did you have a con-
VerSation with Hans Reusch IN
Which you said in effect that you
were broke but that you knew
Where you could get some money
IN Oklahoma from business man
VINO had to give you some money
because you had made trip
from Mexico and there is q law
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25
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Of Young Men
M'NUTT HEADS BODY
Deferments For Key Work.
ers To Be Rationed
Under Plan

WASHINGTON, March 24-4A-
pouI V. McNutt tonight created a
.nnreme new committee to ration
s S't occupational draft deferments
sar men under 26, and secured
srmv-Navy agreement that de.
.srments should be considered for
tsv men in railroading, logging,
cosl mining and other war-sup.
norting industries.
Previously, the Army had held
MT for deferments only in a group
NJ industries producing must
munitions - chiefly those needed
tor an invasion of Europe.
McNutt, as war manpower chair.
man named himself to head the
committee, and gave it the power
h decide which industries should
yet special treatment. The group
will decide also how many young
kew workers can be deferred in
each activity.
The action, announced at a press
conference. was believed to pro-
vide a solution for the manpower
crisis precipitated by the Army's
sweeping demand for virtually all
sble-bodied men under rs.
McNutt allowed just three days
for government agencies to say
how many youths in each indus
try they want deferred as essen
tial and irreplaceable.
The government agency in
charge of each industry will pre-
sent to the committee by March
27 list of the must industries
under its Jurisdiction, and a pro-
posed budget of deferments for
each. The War Production Board
will thus act as sponsor for NUM-
tons industries, the Office of De.
tense transportation for railroads
and shipping, etc.
With all these claims before it,
The new committee will decide
whether the industries named &C.
tually are must" activities. will
fix a total maximum number Of
deferment to be granted, and will
white down the demands of each
agency to match the maximum
thus fixed.
Each Of the agencies concerned
will have membership on the new
body. Thus WPB will participate
in the decision on ODTs defer.
ments, and vice versa.
In addition to the agencies
regularly entitled to membership
or the full VINO panel, the new
committee will include the office
Of the rubber director, who will
act in behalf of the synthetic rub.
Der and tire producers, the Solid
Fuels Administration, which will
act for coal mining, and the ODT.
McNutt indicated the committee
would scrutinize closely each re-
quest for deferments. ''We are
asking what particular activities
are so vital that they cannot lei
their men go into the Army" he
stated. There will be very few
Of them"
The committee will transmit
lists of the approved activities ano
Individual plants to the nationa
headquarters of selective service
which in turn will pass on the
recommendations to state direc
tors who are authorized to gram
deferment in the case of mer
whose induction would mean los:
OF essential war production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25
Foreign Developments
Hold Capital Spotlight

dreds Of thousands of Jews face
death as a result of Hitler's grasp
of the Balkans, called on the peo-
pies OF, Europe and Asia tempo
pies Of those countries and the
Germans themselves today to hide
intended victims from the Nazi ex-
ecutioners.
The chief executive also asked
in statement that the free peo-
rarily open their frontiers to all
victims of oppression"
1--WE shall find Ravens Of refuge
for them, and We shall find the
means for their maintenance and
support until the tyrant is driven
from their homelands and they
may return he said.
Mr. Roosevelt, in a voice heavy
with the cold which kept him to
his living quarters earlier this
week, read the statement to his
press-radio conference. He said
the American inter departmental
committee Oh refugees has had
considerable success in actually
getting people out of Nazi-domi-
mated areas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25
u. S. HITS FRANKFURT
French Airfields At Nancy
And St. Dizier Also
Raided By Allies

LONDON, Saturday, March Is.
-"Aircraft of the Raj bomb
err command were over Germany
in strength during the night, with
Berlin as the main objective" an
authoritative British source an
nounced today hard on the heels
of the American daylight attacks
which pounded Friday frankfurt
and Schweinfurt and the French
airfields of Nancy and st. Dizier
as the air war against German
Europe ragged without pause.
The German radio declared the
night raid on Berlin was on
large scale.
High explosives and fire bombs
blanketed all Berlin, the Germans
said.
The Germans, who had offered
little opposition to the daylight at
tacks, made it "battle of the
capitals" Friday night with the
longest, most determined raid Of
the week on LONDON.
It was their fourth consecutive
night raid, and several waves of
bombers caused casualties and
damage with high explosive and
incendlary bombs. A well-known
building, a famous old church, and
a publishing house were among
London structures hit, along with
many residences. The Germans al
so struck in Southeast England
and East Anglia.
About $50 American bombers
and approximately the same num-
Der of fighters, including Raj
Mustangs, took part in each of
the two daylight missions-a total
of 1000 planes-significantly DEM
onstrating the Allies growing COM
mand of the air, the raids were
made at cost of three bonbers
and five fighters although two of
the targets, Frankfurt and Schwe-
infurt, are vital industrial centers
heavily defended in the past.
The escort destroyed two Nazi
aircraft on the ground and shot
down a third as it was taking off.
The Americans could not shoot
any great numbers out of the air
because, as a headquarters COM
munique observed, ''few German
interceptors challenged either the
fighters or the bombers."
The mission was the 18th in
March for the Eighth Air Force,
topping the record Of 10 opera
tons for month. established lin
February.
Flying Fortresses struck 400
miles to Frankfurt and ATS to
Schweinfurt, marking the 18th
time in March that American
heavies had bombed German soil
and providing striking contrast
to the days when the Eighth Air
Force had to pay heavily to pen.
citrate that deeply.
Frankfurt is a big manufacture
ing and distribution center with
large railway yards and aircraft
and other war industries. Schwe-
infurt is the home of ball bearing
factories which once produced
more than half of Germany's sup
ply of this war essential.
Both of these cities have been
defended desperately in the past,
the Americans losing 60 bombers
in an attack on Schweinfurt last
Oct. "A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25
BY The Associated Press

Washington was the scene yes
terday Of these rapid-fire develop
ments in the field of foreign af-
fairs:
l. President Roosevelt appealed
to Germans and other peoples of
Europe and Asia to shield and
grant asylum to refugees from
Axis executioners.
2. Secretary of State Hull con-
ferred with Republican Congress-
men seeking specific data on U.
S. foreign policy. Rep. Clare
Boothe Luce Comm said after
ward "silence is still the State De-
partment's settled policy" while
others described the conference as
helpful.
3. Hull urged Hungary, first Axis
satellite to feel the 'Nazi whip, "
to fight the forces Of occupation.
4. President Roosevelt renewed
the U. S. pledge to free the Phil
ippines.
BY WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
ri
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-25

By WILLIAM T, PEACOCK
WASHINGTON, March 24.-R-
Roosevelt, saying hun
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Julia StrGs9ies'

Mrs. Julia Stragier. age 88
years, mother of Alidoor Strag-
Ter, of the Sunbright Green
houses, died late Saturday at the
home of her son, 1888 North
Gratiot avenue, following an
illness. w
Mrs. Stragier, a native of Bel
gium, had lived in the county
35 years, and near this city IS
years. She is also survived by a
daughter. Mrs. Jennie REGGIE, of
St. Charles, ILL.,; six grandchil-
dren and one great-grandchild.
Prayers will be conducted at
the family residence at 8
o'clock tonight. The funeral, in
charge of LaCroix & Groes-
beck, will take place at $40
a. m, Wednesday, from the
house, and 9 a. m. at st. Peters
Catholic Church. Burial will be
In the Catholic Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Mary M. BelI

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Serv-
ices for Mrs. Mary NJ. Bell, AS,
of 22439 Hanson court, who died
Saturday at an Ann Arbor hos
pital, will be held at $50 a. m.
Thursday from the residence,
and 8 o'clock from the st. Joan
Of Arc church, Rev. FIR. Clarence
Doherty officiating, with burial
in the family lot, Mount Olivet
cemetery, Roy j. Raul funeral
home in charge Of arrangements.
The widow of the late Joseph
Bell, she is survived by her son,
Pfc. Joseph, with the U. S. Ar
my; her sisters, Mrs. Harry Fish
err, Mrs. Lawrence Christian,
Mrs. August Hammell, Mrs.
Frank Abcock. and Mrs. Fred
Marshall; and one brother, Lew
is.
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Question Driver
i'm Fatal Crash

Charles Chambers. 42-year-
old Clawson motorist was held
in the county Jail this morning
for investigation following an
accident in which William Ros-
en-, 46-year old passenger in his
car. was fatally injured early
today.
According TO state police of
ficers, of the Center Line detach-
ment, Chambers lost control of
his car as he was driving south
on Dequindre near Is Mile road
and crashed into a tree at ais
a. m. Rosen, who lived at III
Willard avenue, Royal Oak, was
dead on admittance TO ST. JOS
eph's hospital here.
Chambers was TO be question
ed by Prosecuting Attorney VIII
bur F. Held this afternoon.
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Obituaries

of the late Peter and Julia La
Tourette, and had spent most of
his life in Galesburg, Ill, where
he was long a member of the
Methodist church and for 40
years a member of the !. O. o. F.
His wife, Elizabeth, died six
years ago.
Besides Mrs. Weinberg, the
deceased is survived by a son,
Lloyd, Of San Francisco; a son,
Charles, of Indianapolis, and a
daughter, Mrs. L. Eary, of Flint.
There are II grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren. A sis
ter, Mrs. Lucia Heath, of De-
troit, and a brother, Arthur, of
London Mills, ILL.,, also survive.
Services were conducted at
the d. N. Cooley funeral chapel
at 2 p. m. Sunday by Rev. Joseph
Grosa. Services were held to-
day at London Mills, with burial
in Fairview Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14

folk, Va, credited with admins
tering the final blow to the sub
marine, and TO Ensign Joseph d.
Horn, 37l5 East Sixth ST., Long
Beach, Calf, for daring STRAIT
ing attacks.
Enlisted men decorated for
that action were Frank w. Dit
ner, 1871 Seventh Ave, San
Diego, Calf, and Aubrey A. Nc
Lemore, Seventh and State SITS,
San Jacinton, Calf, awarded air
medals.
1t. Gg) Wilma Fowler, 223
Fowler ST., Phillips. Texas, won
distinguished flying cross for
the third probable destruction of
submarine last October. No
details were given on that action.
in which another plane partici-
pated. Letters of commentator
were awarded James H. Finch,
ia Perkins ST., Lecsburg, Fla;
Royce l.. Goodwin, $50 East
C m pten Blvd, Oellflower,
Calf; Richard A. Burton, IL
Whittier ST., N. W., Washington.
and Russell l. Goering, Log Plain
Road, Greenfield, Mass.
The final set of decorations
went TO three officers and an en-
listed man for an attack in June,
l943 when an enemy submarine
was damaged. 1t. Gg) Fowler,
won the silver star. also award
ed to 1t. Gg) Phil Perabo, Jr.,
Robins ST., Tupelo, Miss. Air
medals were awarded 1t. Gg)
Frank D. Fogde. $40 West Fifth
ST., Aberdeen, Wash, and Radio
man Finch.
Despite heavy ant-aircraft
fire, the Navy said, Fowler
dropped depth charges on the
submarine before flying his
badly damaged, smoking plane
back to the carrier. Perabo was
decorated for strafing the sub
marine, and Fogde for bomb
ing attack that brought the sub
merged Uboat TO the surface
trailing oil before it again
slowly submerged.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Carrie Pratt

RICHMOND - Services for
Mrs. Carrie Pratt, "a, of ATT
North Main street, who died at
her home today, will be held
2:30 p. m. Thursday from the
First Congregational church,
Rev. d. d. Brady officiating,
with burial in Armada cemetery.
The body will be at the resi-
dence until Thursday noon.
A resident of Richmond town.
ship for 40 years, she is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Lulu Pfraff, and Mrs. Frances
Shue; her brothers and sisters,
Frank, Willard, and Willie Les
ter, Mrs. William Sumner, and
Mrs. j. w. Ellicot and two
grandsons, Cpl. Lawrence Shue.
with the U. S. Army, and Earl
Shue.
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Mrs. e. MOrSUck

Funeral services for Mrs.
Charlotte Marsack, "a, of 1880
jefferson avenue. who died of a
heart ailment today in a Detroit
hospital, will be held at 9 a. m.
Friday from the residence, and
at $50 from the ST. Louis
church, with burial in St. Peter S
cemetery, LaCroix and Groes-
beck home in charge of funeral
arrangements. Prayers will be
said at the residence at 8 clock
Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Grant; her tWo-year old
son, Michael; her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Goslin; her sis
tiers, Mrs. Marie Pearl, and Mrs.
Lorraine Fraser; and her broth
er, Robert Goslin.
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Mrs. iii. kOel<er

ROSEVILLE - Services for
Mrs. Henrietta Koelzer, SO, of
1896 Delaware, who died late
Friday at her home, will be held
$50 am. Wednesday from the
Roy j. Raul funeral home, and
10 o'clock from the Sacred
Heart church, with burial in the
family lot, Sacred Heart ceme-
terry.
The wife of the late Joseph
Koelzer, she is survived by her
children, Francis, Mrs. Arthur
Asmus, Stf. Sgt. Gregory, with
the U. S. Army, and Joseph; her
sister, Mrs. Virginia Mahlmeis-
ter, and Mrs. Z. w. Springer;
and five grandchildren.
1t cost $3.50 to own a private
telephone in 1880.
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Mrs. M. Stier

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Serv-
ices for Mrs. Magdalena Stier,
81, of 21904 Lakeview avenue,
who died late Sunday at her
residence, will be held at 2 o.
clock Wednesday afternoon
from the Roy j. Raul funeral
home, Rev. Lawrence Riech Of
ficiating, with burial in the fam
lily lot at the Waldenburg ceme-
terry.
The daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Joost, she was
born Sept. Is, 1887.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Albert A.; her children,
Mrs. Gertrude Blenkle, and Ed
ward; sister, Mrs. Anna Pohl-
man; brother, Fred; and five
grandchildren.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Michael YOSiis

Funeral services were held
here today for Michael Yosin,
age So, formerly a resident of
the Armada district, who died
in Detroit at his home, 3176 For
est avenue, Detroit, Saturday.
Mr.. Yosin, native of Serbia,
had lived in the United States
most of his lifetime. He former
ly operated farm near Allen
ton, Mich, and in recent years
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Fred LUTOilreffe

Funeral services were held
today in London Mills, ILL.,, for
Fred LaTourette, age 70, who
died Saturday at the home Of
his daughter, Mrs. Floyd Vein
berg, l57 South Broadway,
where he had been visiting since
last summer.
Mr.. LaTourette was a member
of an old early-American fam
lily. His ancestors, driven from
France to Scotland by religious
persecution, eventually landed
on this continent, a British coll
ony, in 1921. The deceased was
born in Fairview, ILL.,, the son
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14

had been employed in a defense
plant.
He is survived by the follow
ing children. residents of Ma
comb County: Michael Jr.. Dan
iel, Walter, George, John, and
Mrs. Mary Brosman.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at 2:30 p. m, today, at
the LaCroix e. Groesbeck Fu-
neral Home, with Rev. Jacob
Whitman officiating. Burial
was in the Clinton Grove Gem
etery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
u Decorated
for Attacks
on U-Boots

WASHINGTON, March If
(P) - Probable destruction of
three Nazi submarines, and dam
aging of at least two others has
won decorations for % members
of an aircraft squadron attached
to an escort carrier operating in
the Atlantic.
The Navy announced today
the decorations were presented
by Rear Admiral Albert {.
Read, commander of the fleet
air arm in the Atlantic, in cere-
monies at the Norfolk naval air
station.
Most definite evidence Of
kill came from a U-boat attacked
in October, l943, by 1t. Cmdr.
Howard M. Avery, Rancho
Santa Fe, Calf, the squadron
leader, who dived his torpedo
bomber down on a surfaced SUBJ
marine and scored a direct hit.
A citation accompanying his dis
tinguished flying cross said that
after the attack IAN extensive
oil slick and large tank.life OBJ
jects' were observed floating on
the surface.
Flying thro ugh concealing
clouds, Ensign Barton c. Sheela,
908 33rd ST., Bakersfield, Calf,
joined in the same action, sur
prising the submarine with a
bombing run that silenced the u
b o is antiaircraft fire and
forced it to submerge. He was
awarded the air medal, which
also was given TO two enlisted
crew members on the planes,
Claude D. Falwell, 18th and
Jackson ST., Albany, Ore, a tur-
rett gunner and Henry r. Shir-
ley, 7l3 18th ST., Newport
News, Va, radioman photogra-
pher.
Letters of commentator for
the same action were awarded
these enlisted men: Don d. AL
len, Saint Helens, Ore; Lyle E.
Emmitt, 1858 Pacific Highway
south, Seattle; Frank Kuczinski,
Jr., 526 Second ST., Trenton,
N. j.; and Jose A. l..
Blais, 8 Second ST., Berlin. N. H.
In another October action prob
able sinking of a second Nazi
U-boat won gold star in lieu of
a second Navy cross for 1t. Gg)
Robert L. Stearns. 924- College
Ave, Santa Rosa, Calf, and
Navy crosses for 1t. Gg) David
Q. Pickett, Tupelo, Miss, and
1t. (jg) Ebert S. Helm, 1917
New Benton road, Bossier, La.
Stearns, the Navy reported,
first sighted a concentration of
submarines on the surface and
roared in to attack, after calling
the carrier for aid. in close CO.
operation with another torpedo
bomber" the Navy said, Stearns
accurately bombed his assigned
target as it endeavored to
escape by crash diving"
Pickett, plotting a fighter
plane, joined with another fight
er in strafing the largest and
most heavily-armed submarine
in the pack. Despite heavy anti
aircraft fire and damage to his
plane, Pickett continued STRAIT
ing until the enemy fire had
been reduced, then turned on a
third submarine and silenced its
anti-aircraft battery so that a
bomber could attack without op-
position. Helm, also fighter
pilot, likewise attacked despite
heavy anti-aircraft fire to aid in
silencing the enemy's guns.
Distinguished flying crosses for
their parts in the same battle
were awarded 1t. Stewart B.
Holt OIL Woctoy.r A,,a NJ
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Lions, Rotorions
to Meet JOINTLY

The Lions club will be guests
of the Rotary Club Thursday
noon, in joint luncheon meet
ing at the Medea Hotel.
Principal speaker will be DR..
DeFar, of Milan. Mich, who
will give his opinions on the
Wagner socialized medicine act,
now up before Congress.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14
Board Probes HANGING Of German Prisoner

PHOENIX, Ariz., March Ia -
up - A board of officers today
was investigating the hanging at
the Papago Park Internment
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14

Camp Sunday night Of Q Ger
man prisoner of war identified
as Werner Dreschler.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14

Older parents are more likely
to have twins than are younger
parents.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-14

1t cost $3.50 to own a private
telephone in 1880.