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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
May (reaie
5-5tar Rank
Supsr-Gsnsrols,
AdmiroIs Probable


WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -.
Congress showed q bill creating
five star Generals and Admirals
toward the top of the Legislative
slate today.
1t shares ranking with broad.
er matters due to be handled be-
fore Christmas.
At President Roosevelt's re.
quest. legislation adding fifth
star to the shoulder insignia of
several four star Generals and
Admirals was readied for pos
sibly early action. 1t can now
be called up in the House at
any time.
Under it. two Generals and
two Admirals would be desig-
mated General of the Army
and Admiral of the. Fleet. The
four presumably are General.
George c. Marshall, General.
Dwight Eisenhower. Admiral Err
nest j. King and Admiral Will
liam d. Leahy.
Generals Douglas Macarthur
and H. H. Arnold and Admirals
See RANK-Rage 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16

Miss Alice Vance, conductor
of the Mount Clemens High
School Band, will make her first
stage appearance in Mount Glenn
ems tonight at 8:l5 o'clock, when
she conducts that organization
in the Horns o Plenty concert
in the High School auditorium.
She previously taught music
at the College Hill School and
the Evanston Township High
School in Evanston, Ill. Miss
Vance also played first clarinet
in the University OF Wisconsin
Music Clinic Bands for three
years, and the Northwestern
University band and orchestra.
Also appearing on the pro-
gram will be Mrs. Margaret
Kleinhuizen Simpson, director
OF the school orchestra. She has
chosen six musical favorites as
the orchestra's share of the pro-
gram. which will feature a violin
solo by Ann jean Walton, play
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Gen. ,SiiIWIleII
Mum on China
Proises Yonk
Fishtinsmen

CARMEL, Calf, Nov. Is -
(P) - Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell,
relieved of his duties in the
China Burma-India theatre, re-
fused to discuss his removal to-
day but was unstinting in his
praise Of the American soldier
in his first press interview
since his return.
"My hats off to this genera
tion," he told more than so
newsmen and photographers.
I'm for them"
"The army must have done an
excellent job of training" he
said. "The soldiers are more
amenable to discipline and I
think the war picture was bet
ter presented to them.
There might have been lit
tie better preparation in years
See STlLWELL-Page 8
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County Bond
Quotas Given
Sixth War Loon
Drive Announced

Urgency and Importance of the
Sixth War Loan drive, to be
launched in Macomb County on
Monday was given stress We'd
nesday by the revelation in
Washington that Allied forces in
France and Germany are losing
500 tanks and 900 trucks a
month and are in imperative
need" of more artillery.
To Macomb County bond drive
officials the statement of losses
in costly equipment - with
planes, bombs, shells and other
supplies not even mentioned in
the Washington statement -
means only one thing: that the
Sixth War loan appeal for ST.
$4,000 in Macomb County must
be generously endorsed by the
American public.
In announcing the Nov. 20 TO
Dec. II drive this week, county
chairman Ralph w. Clark point
ed to the Washington announce
ment as indicative of the i'm
portance Of the so-called Vic
tory Bond Drive.
Victory is costly" Clark
pointed out. The price must be
paid in lives and dollars. Our
gallant fighting men are giving
their lives. 1t is little enough
TO ask that we invest money in
the best equipment for them"
Quotas for the Sixth War Loan
drive show that the highest COM
munity total in the county ST.
397 400 must be raised by Mount
Clemens.
South Macomb quotas provide
a large part of the whole:
Warren Township-including
Center Line, Van Dyke and War
rem are listed for 81, 1l3, 500
investment.
East Detroit is asked TO con-
tribute S487, 800, ST Clair
Shores. S325,20O: Rosevillc,
See BONDS-Page 2
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Cigaret Shortage
Produces Headache

To the sneers and insults of
Doubling Thomases, which ha-
raised cigaret vendors have
come to accept as commonplace,
is now added the peril of physi-
cal violence.
According TO James Sigler,
proprietor of neighboring
grocery store, located at Walnut
and Brooks street, one of two
men who entered his store last
night and asked for cigarets,
struck him over the head with
See CIGARETS-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10
ga husky, 3l-year-old wait
er was held incommunicado to-
day after confessing, police said,
one Of the most fiendish crimes
on record-the mutilation STAY
ing Of two nude women i'll sepa-
rate downtown hotels.
Drinking wine at a nearby
bar, Otto Steve Wilson, recently
medically discharged from the
Navy, was hsadcuffed a st
night by an alert patrolman
shortly after the suspects dc
scription had been broadcast.
GRUESOME FIND
The first victim was Virgie
Lee Griffin, IS, wife of truck.
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President Roosevelt
SPIKES Plasma Lie

WASHINGTON, Nov. l6-(P)
President Roosevelt branded
as IAN unqualified falschood
today the vicious rumor" that
blood plasma is being sold TO
wounded fighting men.
In a statement he urged that
persons spreading such rumors
be reported to the Federal Blu
reau OF Investigation. A similar
statement was issued yesterday
by Basil O'Connor, chairman of
the Red Cross.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Moscow BLares
Frank AnH-Lap
Sentiments
BY RUSSELL BRINES
Associated Press War Editor

Moscow sudden anti-Japa-
nese campaign is growing so
pointed that it may hide dra-
matte undercover developments.
A Soviet Colonel gave it sharp
emphasis Wednesday by raising
the ghost of Japan's most inn
portant pre-Pearl Harbor defeat
"a sure way of infuriating ia
pans war lords.
Col. Ivan Tolchenev, Soviet
Army veteran and military au-
thority, told Moscow lecture
audience that Japan has also
attacked and raided the Soviet
Union several times. We may
recall the Monaghan. border &C
ton by the Japanese in 1889,
See MOSCOW-Page 2
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YanksJ un,p0h
in Massive
New Offensive
Mystery Army
Speorheods
The Big Push
BY WILLIAM FRYE

LONDON, Nov. Is - (R -.
The American First and Ninth
armies, paced by q 1,700-plane
bombardment of German de-
lenses northeast of A a c h e n,
launched a massive offensive,
into the Rhineland today.
1t. Gen. Courtney H. Hodge,
First Army veterans sprang for.
ward at IL o'clock as / ZOO heavy
bombers crashed their bombs ON
the Dureneschweiler arc from
four to six miles ahead Of the
doughboy lines east and south.
cas- of Aachen.
An hour and IS minutes later
the U. S. Ninth Army, whose
whereabouts had been q secret
two months, plunged into q news
assault on the German homeland
defenses near the Dutch FROM
tier, and the entire 400-mile ALI.
lied front from the marshy low
lands of Holland to the Alps Ot
Switzerland was in motion.
ALL-OUT DRIVE? 1
This may be Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhowers all-out Winter Of
fensive.
At least six great Allied ar
mics were on the march.
1t. Gen. William (Texas Billy
Simpsons Ninth Army popped
up at the German front door aft
err being transferred 800 miles
across France, Belgium and Hol-
land and moved across the lines
See BIG PUSH-Page ;
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Marianha NonMoHke
Gets -Four Year Term

DETROIT, Nov. 16 - Up -
After denying her permission to
change her plea from guilty to
innocent, Federal Judge Edward
j. Monet sentenced Mrs. Mar
lama Won Moltke yesterday TO
four years in prison for espion-
age conspiracy.
Mrs. Won Moltkc, wife of
former Wayne University pro-
fessor, was arrested on a preSi-
dental warrant as an enemy
alien on Aug. "a, l943, and was
See SPY-Page 3
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G|'sCrush
Jap Lookout
Post Garrison
Macarthur Also
Tightens Wise
Around Leyte
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

The u. S. Sixth Army today
frightened a triangular trap on
the cornered enemy in the Phil
ippines while 900 miles to the
rear American invasion forces
seized the Mapia Islands in a
protective move.
A small amphibious force
Wednesday overwhelmed meag-
err resistance in the Mapia land
ings, $50 miles north of Western
Dutch New Guinea.
The invasion knocks out look
out posts from which japanese
spoilers warned that y. 5.
bombers were on the way from
Biak.
MENACE JAP SUPPLY
In the Philippines a double
development movement by the
v. S. oath Division on northern
Leyte Island practically sever
ed the Ormoc Road on North
ern Leyte Island and trapped
veral thousand Nipponese
troops around Limon, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur announced.
The oath is IA miles north of
Ormoc.
The advancing Seventh Div
ision "bloodily repulsed' enemy
counter-a attacks at Balogo, ten
miles south of Ormoc, This is the
closest American forces have
come to the Nipponese strong
hold.
First Cavalary and 96th In
fantry Division elements press
See PACIFIC-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
BY NANCY GURNEY

By NANCY GURNEY
That's the song these days in
the heart Of Olaf l.. Larson, to
whom the briny tang of the high
seas is second nature, as he
packs his duffle bag for service
in the Merchant Marine, at the
grand age of 68 years.
Il love this country and l
want TO do my part said the
mariner of the seven seas as he
signed up for sea service with
Uncle Sam, relinguishing his
shore berth" in an airplane
plant.
Since he left Denmark and
went TO sea when he was Just
Is years old the tang of salt air
and call of far away harbours
have beckoned to him as if with
a mighty finger. For Is years
he sailed the seven seas and
can spin tales Of strange lands
and distant ports. SO it was only
natural that when he settled
down in Center Line sometimes
his thoughts would wander TO
those bygone days.
HELPLESS FEELING
He would often speak TO his
wife of the war and his feeling
Of helplessness in it and she
with deep understanding
would wish he could take an &C
tive part.
Three times, aboard a wind
TANNER in the days of wooden
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
British Subs Sink
"a More Jap Ships

LONDON, Nov. Is - (P) -
British submarines were credit
cd officially today with sinking
"a more Japanese ships in F5s
Eastern waters, bringing to 1873
the total number of japanese
vessels reported destroyed by the
Royal Navy since the beginning
of the year.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
More Bleed
Donors Needed

Stiffening Of Jap resistanee
on Leyte and stubbesn M
defense Of their he0e1nD1
mean only enc thing - lega1
A m erica = .: mere hloo1s
plasma. A Neeont C0eQeno'
Bleed Bank Win - heI1 Nm
81. ; % It's Pm, an uQVk)
%, 1880 70 Gas p.m-, g )1|
Methedist Church. On -
dred pints are needed - g.
he vital quota. Regtgeron
sheuld call Mr.. Ws1oef
Fentsn, 2S73 o. MA c. =
Sehimmel. s2ss wionoo4
lay. "a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Strikers Resume
Big Production

PATERSON, N. j., Nov. Is -
up - Wright Aeronautical Cor
poration employees s str a m d
back to work today to make
B-29 Superfortress engines, as a
See B-29's-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Citizens Savings Bank Begins Final Payof
OMSah:s Eyes Clean
as He Stovs His Gear

Il WW 90 dozen TO the sea again
TO the lonely gypsy life
$40 the 9uHS 1Cdy and the
tchdle'S UGy
'WhCrC the tCmd'S Ike u iChct-
ted kRttc -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
SIT Per Cent
Total Return
Made 10 Public
Receiver Prepares
to Close Books on
Once Sound Bonk

The books of the Citizens Saw
ings Bank, Mount Clemens, are
closing forever; ending one of
the sorrieSt financial chapters in
the history of Macomb County.
Founded by highly reputable
Mount Clemens businessmen in
January of the young goth CEN
fury, the Citizens Bank pros
pcred until the high, wide and
handsome financing of Detroit
promoters infiltrated the local
institution in the late POS and
early '30'S.
On Nov. %, 1882 the doors
were closed, shutting out the
happiness of Yuletide for thou
sands of citizens whose savings
were considered lost, and caus-
ing Dec. Is of that year to go
down In local history as Black
Christmas"
Expert governmental investi-
gators revealed that 40 per cent
of the cash in the banks vaults
had been withdrawn by the
smartmoney men prior to the
collapse. In addition, a ST. 200, 900
government loan had been OBJ
tanned and all government and
worthwhile securities had been
liquidated. There was also a
matter of 100000 in taxes UNI
paid.
LIABILITIES HIGH
The record showed $3.906,-
252.61 in liabilities; S4,735,-
95420 in assets-but the latter
by that time were truly valued
at half the book amount.
IF the depositors get 25 per-
cent they'll be Fortunate quail
fled appraisers said, looking
over the lowly-rated bank hold
ings.
This week the final payoff is
on. 1t amounts TO ia per cent.
or Sl97 ,291. 10, an amount which
this Christmas will help Mount
Clemens forget BLACK Christ
mas"
1t brings to 57.74 per cent, or
See PAYOFF-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
CONCERT AT HIGH SCHOOL
Horns o. Plenty Opens Tonight

ing "Hejer Kati', accompanied
by the orchestra.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21

The body of 1t. (jg) Elizabeth
MaXfield Robillard. %, assistant
to the commanding officer of the
Detroit coast guard unit. will be
sent tomorrow TO Westwood, Cal,
for services and burial.
II. Robillard died at the Pom
tiac General Hospital Monday
night after a short illneSS,--
1t. Robillard served in the
SPARS recruiting office after re-
ceiving her commission in June,
1913 She had enlisted in the
SPARS Immediately upon gfadHa-
ton from the University of South
ern California.
A year ago, she married Robert
J. Robillard, 2450 Oakshire, Berk-
ley. Besides her husband, she is
survived by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. True Maxfield of Westwood,
and brother. True Jr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
Hell, lkid1aassyy;;..

DO you sunsf from usttin{ W N
Bsckachs. Nervou.ness Leg Pains pisa,-
Bisdder weakness, Painful Passages. or feel
oId and rundown, due TO non .organie and
non-systsmic Kidney and Bladder trouniesI
m "a hers is rood news: The very nrst dose
A. c.sesr a physician's prescriptionl usu-
ally eoss right TO work helping the kidneys
dush out excess acids and wastes which may
have caused your trouble. 30 take Jystsx
and 9 rapid increase In pep. more youtniui
feeling and 10Y OF living: tystex must sur
prise and delight you and satisfy completely
OF you simply return the empty psexase nc
another day without trying cystss-onty
35e. Tear this out: take 10 your drrogiN'
Be- ssrs 10 get genuine, cuaranteed cynsS'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
ENVOY TO CZECHS

The White House also disclosed
that an ambassador would be APP
pointed TO Czechoslovakia, but the
name was not disclosed.
The European appointments in
this list viii fiji posts which, dur
ing the war, have been held by
one man, Anthony J. Drexel Bid
die, who represented the United
States before half a dozen Euro
pean governments exiled in Lon
don.
Although no ambassador was
named TO France today, 1t was ex-
pected that this will come as soon
as Gen. De Gaulle is recognized
as head of the provisional gov
eminent of France. Such recogni-
ton is expected soon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity. Fair and continued
warm tonight and Thursday. Gentle to mod
crate winds
DETROIT DATA
Temperatures Tuesday. Highest IS de-
greeS lowest. 81. mean. rs
Departure from normal temperature
day: +13 degrees.
Departure from normal temperature since
Jan. !. 1888 degrees.
Temperatures one year ago today Highest.
90 degrees lowest 40 mean So
Temperatures this date In past "a years
Highest % degrees. Ia 1898; lowest. 81. In
Relative humidity Tuesday; ?; 80 o m, SIS
per cent, $50 a. m, e5 per cent. 2:50
p. m. Al per cent, $50 p. m, 6s per cent
Precipitation In last a. hours ending at
.. 80 q m. today None
Departure from NORMAL precipitation since
Jan. / -97s inches
Decree dsN for Tuesday. sept 10: None
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
.HiHmdn Ldshes
Dewey Address

NEW YORK, Sept 20 GNS)-
Sidney HiUman. chairman of the
Go Political Action Committee,
insisted today that COP presiden-
tial candidate Gov Dewey's adj
dress 10 labor in his Seattle speech
was double talk"
Speaking before the CIO United
American Rubber Workers Of
America convention in New York,
Hillman asked Scatchingly why
the Republican administrations of
Harding. Coolidge and
Hoover did not enact the labor
wage-hour and social
security acts now upheld by
Dewey.
Hillman charged that the anti
Roosevelt Liberty League blocked
of the labor relations
act for two years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
Yanks Drop Food
To Poles in Warsaw

ROME, Sept. 20 tINS)-Ameri-
can shuttle bombers from Eng
land landed in Italy on the Sec
ond leg Of their triangle after
smashing targets In Hungary en-
route from Russia.
As the Fortresses made their
run from England to Russia, they
flew over Warsaw where scores
Of tons Of food. ammunition, arms
and medical supplies were dropped
to the Polish patriot forces Of
Gen. Dor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
Hero of 30 Air Raids,
Home. Sees Tigers

Dombrowski said, although my
glove was on less than so sec
onds."
The first thing he wanted on
returning to the United States was
fresh milk-a quart of IL. Until he
explained his great thirst, the
canteen worker who watched him
drink it thought he'd been poi
soned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
Obituary
Fl. Francis Spruck

Requiem high mass for Brother
Francis Spruck, O.F.M.. will be
sung at 10 a. m. tomorrow in St.
Bonaventure m astery. FIR.
Spruck died Monday after long
illness.
For over a half century, FIR.
Spruck greeted visitors 10 the
monastery office. Born In New
York in 1873, he joined the
Franciscan order 50 years ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
SKIN :s s1rnN1f ssssUSss

Acne pimpIes. ecsemA, factory deFma-
tits. ample ringworm. letter. salt rheums
bumps. (blackheads), and ugly broken-
out akin. Millions relieve itching. burus
ing and soreness Of these miseriss with
simple home treatment Goes 10 work 90
once. Aids healing, works tho antisspto
way. Use Black and White Ointment only
rs directed. l0c. 25c. SOC sises. % years.
success. Money-back guarantee. Vital
in cleansing is good soap. Enjoy Ia
NOUS Black and White Skin Soap daily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
.FDR Names
ENJOYS

wASHTNGToN, Sept 20 CINs)
President Roosevelt today NOM
mated ambassadors 10 five ma
tons now being liberated from
the NaziS.
EnvoyS were chosen for Poland,
Belgium, Holland. Yugoslavia and
Norway.
Following are the nominations:
Arthur Bliss Lane. New York,
now ambassador 10 Colombia, am
haSsador 10 the government Of
Poland, now established in Lon
don.
John c. Wiley of Indiana. now
assigned 10 the state department,
ambassador 10 Colombia.
Charles Sawyer of Ohio, am
bassador TO Belgium and minister
TO Luxembourg.
ENVOY TO HOLLAND
Stanley X. Hornbeck OF Colo
RADIO, now special assistant 10 the
secretary Of state, ambassador TO
The Netherlands.
Richard {, Patterson Jr. OF
New York, ambassador 10 the
Yugoslav government, now estab-
liShed in London.
Lithgow Osborne Of New York,
ambassador 10 the government of
Norway, now established in Lon
don.
Walter Thurston OF Arizona,
now ambassador 10 FL Salvador,
TO he ambassador 10 Bolivia.
John F. Simmons Of New York.
now counsellor Of embassy IN
Brazil--to-he ambassador to Il
CaIttaJor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21

Berlin several times and was In
the Regensberg raid in which the
Eighth lost 60 Flying Forts.
Where we work. It's 30 cold
that once froze q hand fixing
a machine gun that jammed,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
DetrOiier Killed
I'm Plane Crash

A Detroiter, Sgt. Bruno Quit,
p, Of 72l S. Liddesdale. was one
of 10 officers and enlisted men
killed yesterday in a plane crash
near Copeland, Kan, Army Air
Force officials announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21

A veteran of 30 bombing mis-
sions over Europe. S/Sgt. Frank
J. Dombrowski today made his
9-year-old nephew, Butch. the
happiest youngster in Detroit. He
talked Butch's school principal
into excusing him for the Tiger
Yankee baseball game.
Sgt. Dombrowski, Is, was a tire
maker. before enlisting in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21

eosy or fitted models, fine
detailing and trims -. Black.
navy end eolors =. also
smert ceIlophane stripes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21


army air forces
in March, 1912,
and could have
a d isc h arge.
But he's going
back for more
missions after
his 21-day fur
Tough is up.
AS an aerial
gunner in an
Fig h tn Air
Force BIZ. he
hog kaaA AxgaH
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21
HilIsdele Crop Record
Tine DETROIT TIMES
~ Sept. Z" 1874

HILLSDALE. Mich. Sept 20
tUP) Ernest Gilbert, Hillsdale
County AAAO chairman. said to-
day that the COUNTY had set an
al-time production record this
year. with more than $4,000
acres Of land utilized for a crop
acreage some % per cent above
normal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-09
SPECIAL All CLUB
PROGRAM SLATED

Plans for observing Church Sun.
day programs in local All club,
will be made when they will hold
meetings throughout this week on
the subject, Serving God and
Country" Miss Ann Mason, home
demonstration agent said yester-
day.
The purpose is to identify young
people with the institutions that
represent the best in the commu-
nifty.
Themes inspiring the programs
are: Reminders to All Club men,
bers in the Observance of Rural
Life Sunday, and Rural Life Sum
day Pledge.
At the regular meeting Of All
clubs on Wednesday, May 10, at
Winter Park and Wrightsboro
schools, tht presidents will speak
on the Church Sunday theme.
Myrtle Grove Junior club, of which
Katherine Piner is leader, its OBJ
servance on Sunday. The National
Church Sunday is on May IA but
clubs had permission to hold it on
May 7 because of Mothers day
next Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-09
Kansas City illustrates
City Reform Is Possible
81 did it, and II did it and Il
made the council do it.
OLD "BOSS" PAROLED

81 did it, and II did it and Il
made the council do it,
OLD "BOSS" PAROLED
Jim Pendergast, nephew Of the
ex-boss, still is trying to revive
the old machine. In Jackson coun-
ty, where elections are held on the
partisan basis, he has managed to
retain some lucrative patronage
posts. But in the city itself, where
elections are non-partisan - candi-
dates run with no party tags on
their names - he can't seem to
make a dent.
Tom Pendergast, the old boss,
is back in town, on parole that
forbids him to mingle IN politics
in any way. Some time ago he
asked to have those terms lifted.
His petition to the court contained
many good names-the presidents
of two of the largest banks, the
presidents of two major utilities,
one of the most prominent real
estate men in the city, several i'm
portant bankers from "outside.
But the application was rejected
and, outwardly at least, Nephew
Jim has to try to run the show.
He doesn't show the talent for pol
itics that Uncle Tom did. Perhaps
Uncle Tom wouldn't be so success
full now, himself. The voters have
had a taste of good government
and they seem to like it.