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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Peripatetic Fiddle
Keeps Up lis Tune
Lost Two Dogs But
Still Sounds Sweet

PITTSBURGH - U.P) - Re-
turning to the orchestra plat
form after an intermisSion at d
picnic where he was playing
with trio, Arnold Watkins
couldn't find his bass viol.
Picnickers were queried, trees
were searched. Even a hayStack.
The sentimental value of the
instrument far outweighed its
monetary worth, Watkins said.
for it had once been the posses
sion of his late son.
After advertising two days.
Watkins received an anonymous
phone call telling him the bass
viol was found along boule-
ward about three miles from the
picnic grounds. The instrument
would be returned in two days,
the stranger promised.
Meantime, however, tn g
stranger called again instructing
Watkins to go to certain door
way at Carnegie Tech, about IL
miles from the picnic grounds.
Obeying instructions, Watkins
found his peripatetic fiddle re-
posing in the designated door
way.
Arnold plucked the strings. II
was still in tune.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Dick Wakefield Uncrowned
Batting Champ Of League

The powerful Chicagoan an,
whose swing at the plate re-
minds the experts of 1.-the Ted
Williams, now has "a hits and 81
runs batted-in for less than half
a seasons play. His four home
runs since Sept. 20 boosted his
1914 homer total to II, five
more than he hit all last season.
His Tuesday smash off Phila-
delphia's Luke Hamlin hit al
most 20 feet up on the Center
Field flagpole, 430 feet from
home plate, and was one of the
longest drives ever hammered
in Briggs Stadium.
To manager Steve O'Neill and
the rest of the Tigers, betting
Dick Wakefield, the $4,000
rookie of 1912, is worth his
weight in runs batted-in.
Rained out of their scheduled
final series opener with Wash
ington yesterday, the Tigers
were forced to play a double
header with the Senators today.
Detroit's shortage of starting
pitchers made the waShout ap-
pear 10 be a stroke of bad luck,
but it seemed less serious later
when ONeill announced that
Frank (Stubby) Overmire had
recovered sufficiently from a
sore arm to make his first APP
pearance in more than a week.
Rufus Gentry, who was to
have started yesterday, still has
the opening assignment. Knuck-
leballerS Johnny Niggeling and
Roger Wolff were Washington's
selections.
Overmire's recovery reprieved
Trout until tomorrow. Unless
the pennant is clinched before
Sunday Newhouser is expected
TO hurl the finale.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29

Rubber covered eye shields
prevent United States tank gum
ners from getting black eyes
while peering through telescopes
in Army tanks rumbling over
rough terrain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
By FRANK KENESSON

DETROIT, Sept. 20 - up -
He won't be the official batting
champion of the American
league but Richard Cummins
Wakefield, 23-year-old wheel
horse of the Detroit Tigers bat
ting attack, today boosted a ISL
average, best of the circuits
regular players by more than 20
percentage points.
Wakefield, free-sWinging De-
troit left fielder who finished
second to Luke Appling of Chi
cago with a 316 swat mark in
l943, can't win the official hit
ting crown this year because he
will not have been able to COM
pete in 100 games or go to bat
400 times before the season ends
Sunday.
1t isn't Wakefield's fault. For
the first half of the baseball
campaign Dick was in Uncle
Sans Navy, rejoining the Tigers
July 13 on a discharge from pre-
flight school at Iowa City.
When Wakefield got back into
his Tiger Uniform Detroit was
in seventh place with .462 per-
centage, just half game out of
the cellar.
On Dicks return the Bengals
started rolling. BY July 20 they
we're in the first division and
insiders were saying Wakefield
was the sparkplug. ...
Now, with Detroit leading the
league since Sept. II, they're
still saying it. In 70 games since
his return, Dick has led the
clubs assault on enemy pitchers
that has produced SO victories
"a .694 clip.
Pitchers Hal Newhouser and
Paul Trout have hurled 55 Tiger
triumphs between them, but a
vote of players would show that
Wakefield's hitting power and
improved defensive play have
meant more than any single fac
tor aside from the pitching IN
Detroit's drive for the pennant.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Pauline W. Biuemel-EState-Cla
necember 10 1914


STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Probate
Court for the County OF Macomb.
At a session OF said Court, held AZ
the Probate Office in the City of Mt.
Clemens in the said County. on the 2lst
day of September, A. ID. 1914.
Present Hon. Joseph " Trombly,
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate OF Paul
inc w. Bluemel, Deceased.
n appearing to the court that the
time for presentation OF claims against
said estate should be limited and that
a time and place be appointed 10 re-
ceivc, examine and adjust all claims
and demands against said deceased by
and before said court.
II is Ordered. That creditors OF said
deceased are required 20 present their
claims 10 said court AZ said Probate
Office on or before the 18Th day of De-
ccmbcr A. D. 1884. NJ ten o'clock in the
forenoon. said time and place being
hereby appointed for the examination
and adjustment OF all claims and de-
mands against said deceased.
II is Further Ordered. That public no.
tice thereof be given by publication Of
q copy OF this order for three success
sive weeks previous 20 said day Of
hearing. In the Monitor-Leadcr. 4 news
paper printed and circulated in said
county.
JOSEPH V. TRoMBLY.
Judge OF Probate.
4 true copy:
MARY HARRISON.
Register OF Probate.
Sept. 20; Oct. 6: l3-M l..
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Mount Clemens
MP Guards PSI
Base Overseas

AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
FIGHTER S T TION, ENG
LAND - Private Ray Thomas,
of Mount Clemens, Michigan, is
d member of the Military Police
Company guarding this Psi
Mustang base which boast well
over 400 Nazi aircraft destroyed
on operations into enemy held
territory. In addition numerous
ground installations have been
blasted and hundreds of German
vehicles strafed and dive-bomb-
ed.
Pvt. Thomas's unit is not only
charged with the security of
this VIII Fighter Command
station but also regulates the
vehicular traffic on the perrin
eter of the field. Having been
trained more thoroughly in in
fantry tactics than any other
air base unit, an MP company
stands ready to defend the base
should the occasion arise.
A graduate Of St. Mary
High School in 1910, Pvt. Thorn
as worked for the Chrysler Tank
Arsenal at Selfridge Field,
Mich. before entering the army
in February, 1943. He has been
serving overseas for 16 months.
The soldiers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William j. Thomas, live at
90 Gibbs street, Mount Clemens,
Mich.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Legal Notice
Bertha Miller-Estate-C
DecPmhrr- 1914

STATE OF MICHIGAN. The Pro-
bate Court for the County of Macomb.
At a session of said Court, held at
the Probate Office in the City of Mt.
Clemens in the said County, on the 25th
day of September, A. D. 1914.
Present, Hon. Joseph V. Trombly,
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Bertha
Miller, Deceased.
II appearing to the court that the
time for presentation Of claims against
said estate should be limited, and that
a time and place be appointed 20 re-
ceive, examine and adjust all claims
and demands aaginst said deceased by
and before said court.
II is Ordered, That creditors OF said
deceased are required 20 present their
claims 10 said court at said Probate
Office on or before the 18th day of
December A. d. 1914, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, said time and place be-
ing hereby appointed for the examin1-
ton and adjustment OF all claims and
demands against said deceased.
II IL Further Ordered, That public
price thereof be given by publication
OF a copy of this order for three sue
cessive weeks previous 10 said day
OF hearing, in the Monitor-Leader. a
newspaper printed and circulated In
JOSEPH " TRoMBLY.
Judge of Probate.
true copy:
MARY HARRISON,
Register OF Probate.
Sept. 90: Oct. 6. IN L.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29

CHUNGKING, Sept. 20 Up
Up Recent Chinese defeats
and the possibility that the
American l4th Air Force may
lose additional bases in China
produced an atmosphere Of
gloom today in this capital UNI
matched since the dark days
when China was fighting the
war alone.
There is no doubt in Chung
king that the Allies will defeat
Japan but the consensus of both
Chinese and Americans seems
10 be that the war has been pro-
longed for several months al
ready as a result of the recent
reverses.
In addition the prestige of the
Chinese Central government
has been harmed. This is i'm
portant not only with respect to
relations between the Chinese
and their Allies but because the
reverses resulted in the central
government losing a certain
amount of face in dealings with
the Communists in the north.
These events emerge as sig
nificant from a strictly military
viewpoint:
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
has lost several major and min
or airdromes, from which he
was able to harass japanese
fores in China and damage ship
ping along the coast, as well as
easy access to other air fields.
The loss of his three remain
ing forward bases at Kweilin,
Tanchuk and Liuchow is posi-
BILE within a short period.
The result would be that
bombing operations would be
pushed back to the big base at
RUNNING, 480 miles west of
Kweilin, where attacks on ship
ping would be extremely diff
cult.
Some of China's best divi-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Gloom Pervodes Chungking
As JOBS Score Victories

sions have been chewed up and
disorganized by the japanese
due to the enemy's superior
training, leadership and better
arms.
The reduction in offensive
strength and the loss of air bases
has weakened greatly the posi-
bility of cooperation in any joint
effort with American forces in
the Pacific in the event of an at
tempt to seize an important
China coast port.
Recuperation from the Japa-
nese blows will require months,
even if the Japanese should be
content, as some expect, merely
10 seize KWeilin and Liuchow
and force a Chinese and Ameri-
can retreat on RUNNING.
The fact that the Chinese
have been fighting under adj
verse conditions since 1887, pitt
fully equipped, poorly fed and
without medical facilities, has
contributed to the difficulties
suffered on the Chinese front.
But another recent contribut-
ing factor is widespread accept
ance of the idea that the war
against Japan is being won by
American forces in the Pacific
and that further Chinese partic-
ipation would at best only
shorten the war.
This viewpoint has only been.
able to soften partially the sting
of Chinese defeats.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Lions Enjoy
War Movies
Action Pictures
Shown To Club

The last meeting of the Lions
Club summer schedule was held
at the Gowanie Golf Club on
Thursday. Beginning with the
meeting of October 5th the club
will again hold their weekly
luncheon meetings at the Van
Ross Hotel.
Roland LaPointe, program
chairman for the day, arranged
one of the most interesting and
informative meetings of the
year. LaPointe had as his guest,
Chief Petty Officer Francis
Richardson, of the u. S. Coast
Guard, Detroit, who showed the
club members and guests sound
films of actual battle scenes with
the Army Air Forces, the recep-
ton given war hero Sergeant
Chuck Kelly on his return to
Pittsburgh, and actual scenes on
the invasion of Normandy.
A report from the committee
on the Sea Scouts, which are
sponsored by the club was pre-
sented to the group. During the
past summer the S. S. Aloha
Ship No. "a made two cruises on
Lake st. Clair and the trips
were greatly enjoyed by the
scouts. Nick Papajohn and Wen
del Sabo donated their boats for
the trips. The j. II. Malbin &
Sons Company and Jerry Servo
donated food for the scouts on
their cruises.
The skipper of the Sea Scouts,
Wilbur Hinton, of the Coast
Guard Reserves is in charge Of
the boys. The following boys
belong to the Sea Scouts, Wayne
Hearn, coxswain, Jim Duncan
son, coxswain, Larry Trombley,
yeoman, Jim Lloyd, Leo Martus,
Emmett Gallagher, Jim Servo,
Stuart Chapman, Donald Ger
key, Tom Black and Larry
Prudhomme.
Skipper Wilbur Hinton, in
formed the club that all the boys
and himself sincerely thank
members for their sponsorship
of the S. S. Aloha.
Two members of other Lions
Clubs have transferred to the
Mount Clemens club and were
received at the meeting. They
are Joe Pratt of Triangle Fur
niture, who transferred from
Royal Oak, and George Roberts,
assistant prosecuting attorney,
from the Uptown Lions Club,
Detroit.
Guests for the day were:
Corpl. Donald Green, Frank
Goblet, Wilbur Held, Nathan
Gray and DR.. Peter Vladeff.
The board of directors of the
club and officers held their
monthly meeting Wednesday
night at the home of Russ Muir
ply, where they enjoyed a de-
licious turkey dinner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
St. NIary's
High Notes
BY Dorothy Yoehum
and
Gertrude Anqermeier

Election of Senior Glass Off
GERS was held this week. Fran
els Dluge, who is captain of the
football team was elected presi-
dent, Margaret Barry, vice presi-
dent, James Binge, treasurer,
and Marion Berschaeve, secre-
tary.
The Juniors are kept rather
busy these days grooming the
mascot IA goa) for Sundays
football game at st. Frederick S
of Pontiac.
The Sophomores of both
rooms are still debating about
their class officers. Sophomores
of Room 202 have a flourishing
mission spirit this year, in fact
they are almost 100 per cent.
A total of 142 Freshmen this
year are keeping their nose to
the grindstone. When asked
what they thought of high school
life, they answered in a chorus,
SWELL"
Rev. FIR. Raymond Guillozet
called pep meeting last Mon
day. Father spoke on school
spirit and suggested that we
have committees to take care of
football publicity, transporta-
ton to games, and tickets. He
also distributed letters to last
years players. Those who re-
ceived letters for football and
basketball are E. Miles, j. Kief,
V. Petitpren, J. Fronrath. Foot
ball: F. Dluge, E. Miller, j.
Coke, j. McQuade, r. Govaere,
E. Lick, R. Mouilleseaux. Grad
yates: j. Zischerk, j. Coulter, T.
O'Brien, H. Angermier, P. Char
beneau, p. Kane, M. Moore. Bas-
ketball: B. DeSmith, J. Lowe, r.
Bates, F. Pierzini, j. Dolan.
Managers D. O'Brien, j. Ballan-
tine, J. Kane.
Season tickets for football are
now available from the mem
bers of the ticket committee:
$50 adults. Students rs cents.
There will be four home games.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
Mems Class Plans
lis First Meetinq

The Mems Glass of the First
Methodist Church will COM
mence this Sunday with a meet
ing at the church at IL o'clock
noon, it is announced by Rev.
Alfred Landon, pastor.
DR.. George E. Folkman will
be the teacher. Stanley Worth
ington is president of the class.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
50 He Hauled Out His
$50 Roll and Lost Il

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 20 -
.-(P)-Naturally, George John
Sack told police, he could not
stand there and let the stranger
call him bum. He told the
stranger:
"Pm no bum. I've got money"
Lets see it," was the reply.
The 65-year-old Sack proved
his point by pulling $50 out Of
his billfold. The stranger seized
il and fled.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
MyIes J. Martell, (aiso known as Miles
J. Marteln-Estate
Octobtr o. 1914


STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Probate
Court for the County of Macomb
At a session of said Court, held AZ
the Probate Office in the City OF Mount
Clemens. in said County, on the 23rd
day of September A. d. 1914.
Present: Hon. Joseph V. Trombly,
Judge OF Probate.
In the Matter OF the Estate Of Myles
J. Nartell. '(also known as Miles j..
Marteln Deceased.
Lawrence r. Martell having filed IN
said Court his petition praying that the
administration OF said estate be granted
10 Clarence F. Barck or TO some other
suitable person.
II is Ordered. That the 23rd day
OF October A. d 1914, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon. AZ said Probate or
flee. be and is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition.
II Is Further Ordered, That public
notice thereof be given by public alton
OF copy of this order, once each
week for three successive weeks prev
ious 70 said day OF hearing, in the
Monitor-Leader, newspaper printed
and circulated in said County.
JOSEPH V. TRONBLY.
Judge OF Probate.
A true copy:
MARY HARRISON,
Register Of Probate.
Sept. 20; Oct. 4, l3-M. L.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23

Dear Ralph:
I am almost afraid to write to
you as it. has been SO long since
the last time but I would like to
let you know I am OK. y.
/ have been getting the paper in
spasams, once about every two or
three months receive a whole
arm load. It is sure swell to read
about what is going on in the
home town. / read everything
from the headlines to the want ads
and enjoy it all. We don't have
much reading material here and
we have to read each others pap
ers to know whether there is still
war going on. -
We have been out from the
States for seven months and have
done a lot of travelling. We started
out near Chicago, and went down
the river to New Orleans; from
there we went to the Panama
Canal, and up to San Pedro, we
left Pedro in June and went to
Pearl Harbor, then down to the
Solomon Islands, from there we
went on the Palau operation. That
is as far as / can tell you but
we haven't been idle much since
then. It was rather rough up
at Palau but we came fine. I
was on the Island a few days
after the invasion and picked up
a few souveniers. / have a jap
81 cal. rifle and some other
articles. This war over here is
nothing like the other side, and
believe me I would like to be on
the European side. It is hot and
wet out here most Of the time. I
used to think it rained in Seattle.
This place has it beat.
It looks like we are In for a
long stay out here and am not
overjoyed over the thought of it,
but maybe we will get big sur
prise one of these days.
Well / must sign off now and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23
Community Recreation
Program Comes Alive

The long sought and expected
community recreation program
under the leadership of the local
War Recreation committee is to
step out into action the coming
week with a part time supervisor
and with the program centering
for the present in the new gym
nasium of the Parkview addition.
This announcement was made
Wednesday by the committee
chairman, Rev. John B. Coan, who
stated that Bob Millikan, one of
the coaches in the local schools
will be in charge of the program.
The activities will be opened with
basketball on Monday evening
when Scout Troop ~ and Meth
odist church squad of boys will
be on hand. On Wednesday eve
ming at Z Troop "a and another
group will take over.
The program will include other
games and forms of recreation and
will, be carried on mainly after
school and in the evenings and on
Saturdays. This program will
supplement that which will be
carried on by the expected recrea-
ton leader which the housing SUI
pervisor states may be sent in
soon.
E. G. Smith the local supervisor
of the housing project has in
vited the local committee to assist
in developing the program for the
community at large, as well as
for those who reside in the Park
view homes. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23

the weather that's another thing.
I wasn't kidding when / said that
lot of water has fallen on me.
Rain falls several times each day.
Only once have / seen a dry spell
and that lasted about 48 hours, but
it was preceded with aut So hours
of steady rain. This is supposed
to be the dry season. Where I'm
camped the subsoil is sand which
gives for good drainage otherwise
I'd be wading in gumbo mud up to
my hips. The rain makes the
roads all gumbo which causes the
drivers much gnashing of teeth as
they seem to find themselves try
ing to keep out of bitches all the
time.
The natives are scattered thru
out the island in small groups OF
families. They all have very large
families. I've seen them in 16x16
pyramidal tents so thick they
could hardly breathe-families of
IA and Is living in that small of
place. I guess we could do it
if we had to. The women spend
most of their time washing clothes
and tending brats and the men
tend their small farms or gardens
and fish in the ocean with dymna-
mite, TINT, or rifles. The natives
had a pretty rugged time under
the nips. They had to work hard
and long hours and were paid off
with a handful of rice and abuse.
Their lives weren't their own until
we got our hands into the pot
again. Most of them can (censored
as well as read and write it which
made them very handy for interp-
refers when one was needed.
I'm living in a cocoanut grove
and have long since not looked a
cocoanut in the eye. Bananas are
quite plentiful, but they are woody
and almost taSteleSS.
I've seen white tailed deer and
cotton tailed rabbits and as far
as I've been able to ascertain that's
the only wild animal life here.
There isn't any game birds either.
On the whole it isn't a sportsman's
paradise. here but a naturalist
would 60 for it in big way as it
is very pretty and much different
than the States. This island looks
like the picture you have in your
mind of how tropical island
looks.
The first copy of the Courier /
have had in months came few
days ago. 1t was the August 10th
copy. Even though it was two
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23
Isl 6X .l..s o !!!0 oYa
T&T =: S,; .s;sos.

Dear Mr.. Reed:
I have been receiving your paper
fine until / came over to France,
and since I have been over here
l have not been getting one, so
l wrote home and the folks said
that 1 had. to get an OK from
the company officer so I am doing
so for sure like to get all of the
news from Kennewick.
l was in England six months
and the paper came through fine
although we moved a lot too.
There is not much to say, but ]
sure would like to be back in the
States. .-.
I am sending my whole address
so if anybody wants it
Cpl. Lincoln c. Mahaffey, Jr.
ASH 39463347; Company B,
seth Armored Infantry Battalion,
APO 654 CO Post Master,
New York City, New York,
us. Army.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23
4 Kennewick Courier-Reporter
Thursday, November %, 1914
New Place 10
Open Saturday

Kennewick will have new
amusement place this weekend
when the Sportland Ballroom and
Amusement center opens in the
new Bates building on the high
way.
The ballroom, which will ac-
commodate $50 couples, is nicely
decorated and has a fine maple
floor, with the Bates orchestra fur
nishing the inspiration for the
dancing. .ea n
In connection with the dancing,
there are all the latest amusement
devices, besides a high grade photo
studio and a counter of gift nov
elites and jewelry. A restaurant
will also be run in the same build.
ing. The new Sportland is being
operated by Alex Lewis, who has
the largest of similar places in Sc
attic, Portland, Spokane and other
metropolitan centers in the west.
Mr.. Lewis is buying a home in
kennewick and plans to make his
home here.