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 ican Legion, on Wednesday even ing, April 19.
 Mrs. Margaret Dixon was elect ed president of the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Association of Wintonbury Chapter, OES, at the current annual meeting Mrs. Dixon succeeds Mrs. Randolph Smith. Thorwald Nielsen was elected vice president and Miss Marion L.. Barrett reelected secretary-tr treas urer.
 A daughter has been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Wheeler, 735 Tunxis Avenue.
 Mrs. George o. Johnson of Win tonbury Avenue entertained mem bers of the Christian Endeavor Society at her home Sunday even ing, April 30
 A card party sponsored by the Home Economic Committee of Tunxis Grange was held Tuesday night, April 25, in the Federated Church Parish House.
 Mrs. John A. Case of Prospect Street was reelected president of the Bloomfield League of Women Voters at the annual meeting and luncheon in Simsbury, Friday, April 28. Mrs. Charles J. Prohaska was reelected vice-president and Mrs. J. Senior Washington, sec arytreasurer.
 Miss Betty Powers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Powers, GA Hubbard Street, a student at Ben nett College, Greensboro, NC. has been elected assistant secretary of the Sophomore class and presi- dent of the Sophomore choir. She was graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1889.
 Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spillane of Simsbury Road, Bloomfield, at- tended the graduation of thir dau- ghter, Miss Grace Spillane from Syracue University, Syracuse, N. Y., Tuesday, May 2. Miss Spillane is a graduate of Oxford School and also attended Stephens Col lege, St. Louis, Mo. Seaman Sec ond Class Robert B. Spillane, USN, has completed his course at Gunner's Mate School, Newport, RI. and has reported for destroyer duty.
 Mrs. Calvin Hills of Bloomfield entertained at luncheon on Thurs day, April 27 in honor of Miss Frances Craven, who is spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. John D. Locke of West Granby.
 Miss Feroda Ferraresso, local social worker and policewonam, spoke on the problems of juvenile delinquency in Bloomfield at the April meeting of the Mothers Club of the Bloomfield Grammar School. A motion picture "As The Twig Is Bent' sponsored by the Hartford Junior Chamber of Com merce, was shown. During the meeting Mrs. Howard Kohler re- ported on a conference on juvenile delinquency she attended recently in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Vincent and fo,oo;lxy of DroxyiIonoo cnopt o 1ato
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04

(Which part of Lake Erie
is greater in area, the United
States or the Canadian?
A-The u. S. portion is larg-
er by the slim margin of 40
square miles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Dutch Officers
Tied to Stake,
Bayoneted BY laps

LONDON, Feb. 4 Up New
details of japanese atrocities ap-
peared today in Vrij .Nederland,
a Dutch newspaper published in
London, which related the story
of Javanese who escaped from
a japanese concentration camp.
The Javanese said that he and
many other soners were
transported in a dark, airless
Japanese troopship to Guadal-
canal to load ammunition before
American forces occupied that
island. From Guadalcanal they
were shipped to another Pacific
isle where they were forced to
walk day and night for two
weeks over nearly -limpassable
jungle trails, and those who
Jagged on the way were kicked
and beaten and prodded with
bayonets.
The only food the prisoners
were given while on this trek
was two handfuls of rice a. day,
the Javanese said.
Two Dutch officers and an
Indonesian who tried to escape
were tied to a stake, bayoneted
and then shot" the escapee add
ed. He carries three-inch bay
onet scar on his own back, the
paper declared.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Nazis First, Japs Next
Marshall Tells Veterans

American and British military
chiefs have already planned to
shift the great weight of their
power TO the Pacific TO crush
Japan as soon as .Germany's de-
feat becomes imminent" King
said.
Then. he declared, Our ad-
vance in the Pacific will really
begin TO move we can open
the throttle wide"
Undersecretary of War Robert
p. Patterson, Undersecretary Of
the Navy Ralph A. Bard and
Admiral Emory S. Land, chair
man of the Maritime Commits
sion. all expressed the view that
National Service legislation was
needed TO guarantee production
support for the war on the home
front.
Marshall said that more than
1000 American heavy bombers
are now being used against Ger
many and Nazi-occupied Euro
pean countries and German in
dustrial centers are being sys-
tematically destroyed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Poisoned Food
Fatal 10 Two
Severed Others
are Made III

DETROIT. Fe. 4-tP1- Two
persons were dead and five
others were in a serious condi
ton today after attending a pri-
vate luncheon last night at an
Inn.
Police said an investigation
showed they ate roach poison
which was mistaken for flour in
the preparation of steak. Post
morten1 exa m nations were
scheduled today.
The dead were George J. Mo-
ran, SO. former president of the
Detroit Baseball Federation and
for many years one of Detroit
outstanding sports figures, and
Miss Anna Cass, AZ, chief dep
uty Clerk of the Common Pleas
court.
Others suffering from the
highly toxic poison were John
N. Halter. So, Common Pleas
court clerk: Edward Harris, 60,
court bailiff; Joseph Clancy,
Al, bailiff; Mrs. Gladys Philips,
40. bailiff, and Mrs. Alene
Wendland, Is, manager of the
Inn where the luncheon was
served.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4 Up
- General George c. Marshall
believes the American people,
who have heard much of mill
tary successes, still must learn
to face the realities of war"
Our soldiers must be keenly
conscious that the full strength
Of the nation is behind them,
and they must not go into bat
tie puzzled or embittered over
disputes at home which adverse
~ affect the war effort, the
Army Chief of Staff declared
at an American Legion banquet
last night.
Marshall said that great bat
ties are impending in Europe
which will decide the course
of civilization
The Allied avalanche is at
last in motion and Il will gather
Roadway with each succeeding
month, he asserted. What is
now required is the ardent sup
port of our forces by the people
at home. l am not referring
merely TO the production OF
equipment or 10 the purchases
of bonds, but rather 10 the need
of stern resolution on the part
Of the whole people of the Unit
ed States TO make every sacrifice
that will contribute to victory
-
Admiral Ernest J. King, com
mander of the Navy. told the
Legionnaires that defeat Of ia.
pan" is the only objective of the
Pacific offensive, but he. too
warned of hard battles ahead
1--WE have still a long way to
60" King said. I'VE must also
remember that as we 60 on, the
enemy's lines of communication
grow ever shorter as ours grow
ever longer, that the enemy de
fensive positions will be more
thoroughly dug in and that We
will need all the fighting power
that we can muster to attain the
victory"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04

Spy Suspect
u. s. Presents
Domoeins Clues

DETROIT, Feb. 4-(P-John
w. Bacock, chief assistant dis
trict attorney, continued today
his cross examination of DR..
Fred w. Thomas, Detroit physi-
clan on trial in Federal Court
on charges of violating the War
time Espionage Act. Thomas is
being tried before Judge Ed
ward J. Monet and a Federal
Court jury.
Black bound notebooks were
presented by Babcock as evil
dence during the trial yester-
day-among them one contain
ing, according to Babocck, a re-
port of German societies in De-
troit, information regarding in
fluential individuals in the socie-
ties and critical review of each
society as listed.
Thomas stated that the re-
port in the notebook had been
given to him because he ex-
pected to become a member of
the Central Committee of the
German American societies of
Michigan lin the next year" He
added that he thought the re-
port was made in 1888 or "a. y
The writer of the original re-
port, who was not identified,
stated in the introduction, ac-
cording to Bacock, that:
THE general element in De-
troit lin the societies. is disor-
ganized. There are too many
leaders, but many of them can
be swayed. Recognition Of
the German language in the
public schools is recommended.
once the language is lost,
all is lost
Babcock said other note books
indicated that the first time
Miss Grace Buchanan-Dineen,
one of the nix who have plead
ed guilty TO the spy conspiracy
charges and are awaiting sem
tence, went to Thomas office
was Nov. !, l941. Thomas adj
mitted that she was accompa-
MED and introduced by Mrs
Theresa Behrens, another of the
six awaiting sentence.
Bertrand Stuart Hoffman,
who with Thomas pleaded inno-
cent, was discharged when a
board appointed by the court
found him mentally incompe-
tent to defend himself.
When further mention was
made yesterday of the German
Language newspaper reporting
Thomas speech, said by Bah
cock to have been made at a
George Washington birthday
meeting Of the German Ameri-
can Bund in 1899, Thomas de-
MED having made the speech. He
had previously admitted that a
translation of the newspaper ac-
count was good but incom-
plete."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
DIGGING DEEP

ATHENS, Ala.-Farmer Car
los Thomas was digging in a 30
foot we'll when Homer McLe-
more found him. The war bond
committeeman lowered a blank
check in a bucket. The farmer
signed check for $4,000 worth
of bonds, resumed his digging
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04

LONDON, Feb. 4-(R)- A
thinly-veiled warning that the
Germans intend to defend Rome
step by step, whatever the des-
truction entalied, is reported to
have been conveyed to Pope
Plus XII by the Nazis, who ap-
parently have been trying for
some time to persuade the Pom
tiff to come to Germany.
The Ankara radio said the
= warning had been handed the
Pope by Baron Ernest Won
Weizsaecker, German ambassa-
dor to the Vatican, in the form
of a statement from Field Mar
shall Albert Kesselring declar-
ing that the ultimate fate of
Rome necessarily will be Sub
ject to military considerations"
At the same time the Vatican
radio made il pain that the Pope
has no intention of leaving
Rome, come what may. In a
broadcast recorded here last
night by the Associated Press
the Vatican said:
REFUSES TO GO
"Pius XII, since the very be-
ginning of the war, has refused
to abandon his Rome, always
wishing to be present and par
take in all the moral and mater
ial sufferings of the world,
bleeding from the great torture.
THE Pope has always wanted
Rome to be in the front line of
spiritual resurrection. He has
given the most tangible proof of
his profound pastoral charity
during the raids on Rome,
bringing to the stricken inhabi-
tants words of faith and of res
ignation as we'll as material aid
profuse with sovereign generos-
ity."
Whether this broadcast was
intended as a response to the
message said to have been given
the Pontiff by Won Weizsaecker
was not clear. The tone of the
statement, however, seemed to
confirm recurring reports that
the Germans have been trying
to prevail upon the Pope to
come to Germany.
German propagandists, who
have been fond of picturing Hit
Ter as Europe's great bulwark
against Communism, presuma-
bly, would relish an opportunity
to represent him to the world as
the defender of the Popes per-
son.
Dispatches from Bern, mean
while, quoted the newspaper
La Suisse of Geneva as saying
that Vatican City Is following
closely the campaign of the Sow
let Press accusing 1t Of Fascist
leanings.
The newspaper recalled that a
recent issue Of Izvestia, organ of
the Soviet governments in Mos
COW, had criticized the Vatican
for allegedly favoring Fascism
rs well as exercising its influ-
ence in Spain. In reply to this
accusation, La Suisse said, Vati-
can circles cite the fact that the
Fascist press is continually at
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Draftee Lists
Draft Horse as
n Dependent
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4 Up
- Signing up for the draft in
194l, Edward Merlin Sheridan
pondered the registration blank
section headed dependents"
Finally he put down "G
Wife and "(2) Mary Ann Sher-
idan, female, born Sept. r.
1941."
His draft board placed him in
ga, the group deferred because
Of dependents.
Yesterday the 28-year-old au-
tomobile mechanic was arrested
by FBI agents on a Federal in
dictment charging failure to re-
port for induction and making
false statements to his draft
board.
Mary Ann Sheridan" said
Assistant U. S. Attorney Hunt,
ington P. Bledsoe, turns out to
be horse
A draft horse, at that" he
quipped; she kept him out OF
the draft"
Said Sheridan:
Il just filled out form list
ing dependents and the way
that horse has been eating oats
well, she was certainly a de-
pendent
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
MAG DRIVE

MAG DRIVE
For the third consecutive
year Joe Shields, representing
the Crowell Publishing Com
pany, will start off a magazine
sale campaign on February "a.
On that day a short auditorium
period will be held first hour,
during which Mr.. Shields will
speak, explaining just how to go
about selling subscriptions and
the prizes that will be awarded
to the students making the most
sales. Because of previous
good record M. c. H. S. is one
of nine schools selected in Mich
igan TO carry on this campaign
instead of the usual eighteen.
The Student Council will spon-
sor this week-long program and
turn over the profits 10 the band
to pay the Sll44 still owed on
twenty eight of the total ninety
new uniforms. AS sales will be
restricted due to the paper
shortage, persons whose sub
scriptions run out this year are
advised to get in touch with
whoever sold the subscription
TO them and make out a renew
al slip.
LEAGUE MEETING
The Junior Civic League met
Wednesday with Mayor Bill
Dietzel presiding. New mem
bers of this organization will be
selected soon to fill vacancies
left by graduating seniors.
On Thursday, at $50, the Stu.
dent Council met for short
business meeting. Efforts will
be made to carry on the work
of Doris Lester and helpers last
semester TO keep students out OF
the halls during lunch periods
Everyone is asked TO wait fol
the bell before going to their
lockers. Between fourth anc
fifth hours, when there is the
most trouble, there are an extra
five minutes.
Mirror assignments for the
first issue of the school paper
in the new semester were hand
ed out Thursday after school.
At the Girl Reserve meeting
on Thursday short program or
the background Of the organiza
ton was presented. Pledge
were told what they must wea
at the informal initiation OF
February 8. Formal initiation
will be held February 10 at the
Presbyterian church.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Rotation OF Troops
Beoins Next Month

AN ALLIED BASE IN AUS
TRALIA, Friday. Feb. 4 Up
The first American troops
will return to the United States
next month under a new rota-
ton plan which calls for home
leave for Army personnel who
have served long period in the
southwest Pacific.
But the plan will affect only
small percentage of forces In
the southwest Pacific.
Army authorities said today
the plan provides that a certain
percentage very small - of
the entire strength in this thea
ter may be sent home each
month. Men who have 10 months
or more of service will be given
preference and those who have
six months or more service in
forward areas. such as New Gui-
nea and at Darwin, Australia,
will have highest priority.
A considerable number of
men such as members of the
32nd and 4lst Infantry divisions,
who have beer in Australia and
New Guinea m Ore than 10
months.
Army officers pointed out,
however, that no chances will
be taken of sending home such
large numbers from individual
units as to inactivate the units
or impair their efficiency.
Sixth Army headquarters will
select certain number from va
rious ground units with divi-
sional commanders making Sc
lections from their units.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Warn Pope Of Step-by-Step Defense Of Eternal City
British Plane Plants
10 Reduce Personnel

LONDON. Feb. 4 Up Air
craft production, which since the
early days of the war has had
the No. l priority claim on Brit
ish labor, soon will undergo a
reduction in its personnel be-
cause the program is in such
a healthy state" the Daily Mail
said today.
Thousands of those employed
in the aircraft industry" the
newspaper added, soon will be
called into the services or will
be transferred to other war
work. The production program
is in such healthy state and the
labor position has been so sue
cessfully dealt with that the in
dustry can afford to dispense
with some workers.
This follows the biggest out
put year in British aircraft pro-
duction history"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Tokyo Calls MarshaI|s
Drive a Bio Gamble

NEW YORK. Feb. 4 Pr
Breaking a 24-hour silence with
regard to developments in the
Marshall stands, the Tokyo ra-
dio today characterized the
American invasion as "a big
gamble but failed TO give any
details on the progress of the
operations.
THE Americans have to risk
it in order not to nullify the
costly adventure in the Gill
berts,' said the broadcast, which
was recorded by u. S. govern
ment monitors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Nozis Thought Determined
to Toke Pontiff to Berlin
Yelled Wornins Believed Handed
to Plus 18th by Reich
TO Plus 18th by Reich

lacking the Holy See on the
grounds that IL opposes the new
Fascist government of Benito
Mussolini.
These opposing accusations, 1t
was argued, demonstrate that
the Vatican has as a matter Of
fact kept aloof from politics.
La Suisse said the Vatican
was carefully following the Sow
let Press campaign in an en-
deavor to learn its detectives.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
SIGHTED SAME

HOLLYWOOD - Two filters
reported they had sighted
wreckage of a plane near Hol-
lywood Lake.
Police rushed to the scene
with an ambulance; found the
plane.
1t was an old one used as a
movie prop"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
Senator Lodge
to Don Uniform

BOSTON, Feb. 4 (P) -
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
(R-Mass), has decided to resign
as junior senator from Massa-
chusetts to take active duty in
the Army, the Boston Post said
today.
The Post said this was learn
ed "authoritatively," but did
not indicate the source.
The article said that Lodge
held a commission as a ajor
in the Army reserve and that
he would be assigned TO active
duty overseas.
The Post article added that
Cahill will then Immediately ap-
point Governor Saltonstall to
the Senate TO fill out the unex-
pired term of Senator Lodge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04

INDIANAPOLIS Its proba
bly, just slip of syntax, but In
dianopils News readers were
brought up with a start by this
want ad:
Private party will swap cash
for washing machine, lawn
mower, fence material and
young dog for child"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-04
MountCAmens
High School
By eorboro Mocloehlon

NOIEi This column ~ Intended
10 deal with the activities Of all
MCHs classes and groups and the
writer urses all pupils and faculty
members to advise her Of items
which may Interest the reading pub.
lie. II IL your column.
Evening star., 1944-07-19
Hospital Chaplain
To Begin Work Soon

The Rev. Ernest E. Bruder OF
Norristown, Pa. will begin full-time
duty as the first resident Protestant
chaplain at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
September l, DR.. Frederick e. REFS
sig, executive secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
announced today. Mr.. Bruder, now
chaplain of Christ Church Hospital.
Philadelphia, will serve part-time at
st. Elizabeth's during August.
Mr.. Bruders appointment was
made by the Federation's Institu-
tional Committee headed by DR.. Al
bert j. Mccartney, pastor OF Cove
nant-First Presbyterian Church. A
total of $4,000 toward support of
the project for the year has been
pledged by nine church organiza-
tions and one anonymous individual.
A native Of Canada, Mr.. Bruder
was graduated from the University
Of Manitoba in 1884. After serving
three and half years as pastor in
Manitoba, he took clinical training
work at the Ann Arbor mich. J
General Hospital, and the Federal
Evening star., 1944-07-19
Heffernun
Continued From Page B-l4)

to. So, once in a while. I go first
class, and it's great education"
Evening star., 1944-07-19
Army Deserfer Faces
Auto Theft Sentence

Frank J. Popek. "a, described by
the FBI as an escaped convict and
an Army deserter, was convicted
Yesterday in District Court of violat-
ing the National Motor Vehicle
Theft Act. He will be sentenced
Friday by Justice Jennings Bailey.
The defendants record showed
that in April, 1889, he received an
indeterminate sentence Of from one
year to life in Illinois for armed
robbery, but was paroled in April,
l943.
Following his parole, he enlisted
In the Army. but deserted less than
month later, the FBI added. He
was captured four months ago and
was given a dishonorable DISCHARGE.
He was returned to an Illinois coun-
ty Jail to await removal to Joliet