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jurors TO gather around Millar's
bedside and discuss the con-
demnation case in repeated,
brief visits daily to his home.
The Millar family gladly offer
ed their home for this purpose,
and the jury will meet there
next Wednesday.
The condemnation suit-con-
sidering lands valued at $780,
900 and upwards-was heard
for many weeks commencing in
November. Fourteen jurors were
originally chosen, TO guard
against possible illness but be-
fore the case concluded, two had
been knocked out" by the pre-
Christmas flu contagion. Re-
duced to its basic IL, the jury
fought further illnesses, and re-
peated adjournments were re-
quired. Finally, when all IL
members assembled Jan 6, Jur-
or Millar was stricken i'll.
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Ensign they were counterfeit,
and she had purchased them
from her brother-in-law, a po-
'liceman, and sold them TO AL
len.
At the Woman's home, Ensign
said he found large quantity of
canned goods, which allegedly
were taken from Lukitys store.
Allen, who has been twice
married and is the father of four
children, was being questioned
this afternoon by Assistant
Prosecutor Fred Van Fletercn,
who authorized warrant
against him charging Allen with
breaking and entering al night
time. Van Fleteren said his
questioning will be concentrat-
ed on the counterfeit gas stamp
angle in the case, and if this
criminality is substantiated, he
will notify the superior author
tiles of the policeman brother
in-law presumed to be Detroit
police. and also notify Federal
OPA inspectors.
Pending possible charges,
Mrs. Grazanka is held in the
county jail for investigation.
Aliens criminal record, on
file at the Sheriffs Department,
shows eight arrests by county
authorities, together with the
following record: 1923. six
months for grand larceny in the
Boys Industrial School, Lansing
cage 49,; 1929, one to Is years
for robbery armed, Ionia Re-
formatory; 1888, arrested for in
vestigation of rape, no DISPOSE
ton given; 1894, arrested by
Detroit Police for simple lar
ceny, 80 days in jail; 1885, ar
rested by Detroit Police for be-
ing an auto accident fugitive,
turned over to Center Line po-
lice; 1888, drunk driving, 90
days in jail; 1899, arrested in
Chicago for Macomb county,
sentenced to state prison Is TO
40 years for robbery armed;
l94l: decision reversed by the
Supreme Court and new trial
allowed. No further action.
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a seven month interval since his
conviction on July 13, 1943, on
a charge of having looted the
Bolton Hardware company store
in Van Dyke on May 9, Of last
year. Notice of an appeal filed
before the then circuit judge
Neil E Reid had resulted in his
release on bond. Failure to COM
plete the appeal, however,
brought about his appearance
for sentence by Judge George on
Wednesday.
The court specified that Da-
gastino make restitution in the
sun of S2450.
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sault waves yesterday noon on
Namur. The Japanese defenses
not only were knocked out but
so were the minds of those who
had miraculously managed to
live through the bombing that
sheared the tops off cocoanut
trees.
The japanese sniped from
trees and ruins of pillboxes. The
Marines picked off hundreds of
them before nightfall the first
day. After dark. the enemy be-
gan infiltratlng, but they were
Systematically thwarted T h e
Marines took some prisoners,
including crack naval guard
forces.
HOPE FADES
The Japs' cockiness was gone.
They looked frightened. One
trembling pr soner told an
American officer. 1t. William
Brown. Scarsgale, n. Y, that he
and others on the island knew
that the Japanese no longer had
chance to win the war.
All buildings on Namur were
RACED except one badly battered
concrete structure. Only the
steel framework of hangers at
Roi were left standing Coral
runways there were pocked with
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Russians had reached the Mar
ova River within Estonia.
The Nazi withdrawal from
Lutsk was surprising, since last
previous reports from this sec
tor of the eastern front had
placed the fighting in the area
of Rovno, 40 miles to the east,
and there had been no indication
that Lutsk was yet menaced.
The high commands COM
munique, broadcast in English
by DNB. said:
"Rovno and LUX were evacu-
ated in the course of embittered
defensive fighting"
CLuzk is the German spell
ing; Luck the Polish; Lutsk an
AngliciZed form.)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-03
Conservation
Committee Meets

Commencing public utilities
on their current campaign of in
structing people in the conser7
walton OF fuels and materials,
the local Conservation Commit
tee of the War Production Board
met Tuesday at the Board of
Commerce offices.
Chairman George Hargreaves
led discussion on aims and OBJ
jects of the conservation pro-
gram, which in its present stage,
was termed voluntary and edu-
cational." Members present at
this meeting included Ralph w.
Clark, Russell Murphy, Howard
Fenton, John Nunneley, and
Paul w. Mckee.
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r. j. NOrfhculf

Frank j. NOrthcutt, age "a
years, a resident OF Detroit we'll
known in Mount Clemens, New
Baltimore and Harrison town
ship where he had lived at in
tervals in recent years, died sud-
denly Tuesday in Detroit, where
he made his home at 2402 Hor-
ton.
Mr.. Northcutt was riding q
street car, commencing a trip
from his home to Mount Glenn
ems, when he suffered a fatal
heart attack. A widower and ma
tive of Westville, Ohio, he had
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court order to quit his business,
Parent implied.
At 2 p. m., Rivard was sched-
uled to face Justice Frank z.
Jeanette on a charge of cruelty
to animals similar TO those he
was convicted of by Justice Par
ent. Humane Society officers
have testified. and were here
today to repeat testimony, that
on many occasions they found
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-03
Cornelius DeVOS

Cornelius DeVos, age SO years,
of 1872 Broadway, died at his
residence Tuesday following a
brief illness.
Mr. DeVos had lived here for
many years, but had been in re-
tirement in recent years. He is
survived by son, Cornelius
Adrian, of Harrison township.
The funeral will take place
Friday with services at 2 p. m,
at the LaCroix & Groesbeck
Funeral Chapel. Burial will be
in Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Obituaries
Charles Grusldu

Funeral services will be held
at 2:30 p. m. Friday at the Hub
bard funeral chapel for the late
Charles Grandy, age SO, who
died unexpectedly Tuesday fol-
lowing brief illness.
. Rev. Alfred Landon, Of the
Methodist church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Clinton Grove
cemetery, the pallbearers being
fellow associates of Mr.. Grandy
in the Edison company.
Mr.. Grandy was employed by
the Edison for 40 years, and had
lived in this city for half CEN
fury. He was a member of the
Michigan Association of Electri-
cal Inspectors.
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bomb craters as was Namur's
cocoanut grove and beach area.
Marines used the craters for fox
holes until they had time to dig
! in.
] slept in a foxhole with 1t.
Clark Kinney, 1882 North Or
leans street, Chicago, H.; and
Cpl. Leonard c. Riley, Boston,
overhead throughout the dark
Mass. Enemy bullets whined
ness. Our casualties appear light.
l saw one pillbox where ID Jap
anese, including several Off
GERS, had been exterminated by
| the naval bombardment. Their
charred and broken bodies were
buried in debris. Two prisoners
were taken from the same pill
box.
MASS OF DEBRIS
The pier at Namur was left a
mass of debris. A giant steel
crane at its end was twisted
like so much wire. Ammunition
dumps were still exploding when
] walked to the beach with Col.
Franklin A. Hart, La Jolla,
Calf, and Col, Charles D. Rob-
erts, Kansas City, Mo. We dived
toward tank for protection. l
fell alongside Alton Thomas, a
big broad shouldered Texan, and
we were showered by rocks, con-
crete and wood as an ammuni-
ton dump near the middle of
the island exploded.
You know Alton draWled,
I'D just as soon be reading
about this in the morning pa
per"
Barracks once dotted Namur
and it was marked off by streets.
But they're hard to find now.
The maps given us to find our
way around were outdated after
/ tllc SdNdst SdlNOS llOfll III z
laws big guns the day be-
fore the Marines landed on Roi
and Namur.
We could see the mushroom
of white smoke rising sometimes
as high as thousand feet as
ammunition and funel tanks
were hit. Throughout the island,
ammunition continued to 60 up,
either set off by Marines or by
the Japanese themselves.
Dead Japan csc sent up a
sickening odor and Marines be-
away from the bodies until they
gan moving to foxholes farther
could find the time to bury
them. Col. Hart sent his men
today to wipe out the last Jap
anese resistance and b e o e
nightfall expects the enemy to
be cleaned out except for scat
cred snipers.
The one bit of life on Namur
which seemed unconcerned was
a chicken. 1t walked around Sc
renely calm in the murderous
crosSfire.
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been retired in recent years. He
was q bartender by trade.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at 3:45 p. m. Friday at
the Duncan B. Hubbard funeral
chapel, with Rev. Jacob Wulf-
man officiating. The remains
will be cremated at Whitechapel
Memorial cemetery.
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Charles Bretx

Charles Bretz. age 81 years,
and a resident of this city for a
number of years, died sudden
ly this afternoon at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. Frank
Braun. 81 Avery street.
No funeral arrangements had
been made up to press time. La
CroiX & Groesbeck are in
charge of the funeral.
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dead, starving and neglected
horses at Rivards property.
The No. 3 case testimony will
show that on Jan. 10, inspectors
found five neglected horses in a
barn, one of them already dead,
and IL outside in the cold. with
the barn door closed preventing
them from obtaining shelter.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-03

1t will be foolish for postwar
travellers to 60 both to Berlin
and Tokyo. They'll look just
the same.
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An Illinois police official says
bootleg isn't hard TO get. What
is hard is drinking it.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

The amazing thing about Ameri-
ca is that she has armed her Allies
and herself in addition to provid-
ing her own people with an actual
increase in civilian consumer pur-
chases-Sir Keith Murdoch, Aus
tralian editor.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

When fully dressed, Paulette God
dard is the least dressed woman in
HOLLYWOOD. But yesterday she was
SO dressed up she coulc hardly walk.
Or breathe. Il can hardly wait,
she chuckled, ito get home at night
and pull myself into a nice, tight
girdle."
Paulette was all dressed up in a
Gainsborough gown for her latest
movie. Kitty" in which she plays
a 1880 gutterSnipe who becomes a
duchess anG one of the richest
women in England. Marrying a
couple of rich gents en- route.
She was wearing a tightly cor
seted and steel-banded gown which
bound her in and pushed her up,
Gown and out in certain vital zones.
Her waist measurement. she said,
was four inches less than when I
let myself CO."
Her hair was powdered and way
up on her head. Paramount had
done a great job of concealing the
Goddard charms, But I like it,
she said. Gives the boys q chance
to use their imagination"
But leave it to Paulette. She's
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Rotarians Hear
Stories of Ita!y

Personal impressions of Italy as
given by Lieutenant Edward F..
Jones, and quiz program among
the members featured the Thursday
noon meeting CT the Ell Centro Ro-
tary club at tie Barbara Worth
hotel
Lieutenant Jones, 6 .lephew CT
Rotarian Leo Hetzel, had his plane
captured in Italy. In q five minute
talk he described Rene and Italian
life.
Rome he declared to be clean.
modern, undamaged city with busi-
ness "aS usual" except for limited
motor car travel and ample, though
not good quality, food.
Naples, he said, was quite differ
ent, the city having been bombed
and seriously damaged, and the
water supply lif.-ited thus affecting
sanitary conditions
The quiz program presented by
Program Chairman w. G. Foss was
won by Paul Marsh, with Stevens
II. Harris and John Kepley vieing
for second hcnors.
w. w. McEuen, club president,
presided.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

still taking no chances. AS the gut
tersnipe who works as a model for
the artist Gainsborough, she's al
ways either Just taking off her
clothes or just putting the-l on.
MILLAND-IN PANTlES
Paulette's boy friend in the PIC
ture. Ray Milland, also was all
dressed up. Silk panties, velvet coat
and a powered wig. There was
even a beauty mark on his lett
cheek. The beauty mark was direc-
tor Mitchell Leisens idea. He's
stickler for authencity.
In fact, Lessen was being SO au-
thentic for this scene the studio had
to hire a policeman to guard a col
lection OF jade powder boxes and
perfume bottles on the set. The
collection, the cop sai6. was valued
at $25,000
Paulette was all agog over her
next overseas trip when she COM
pietes this picture. She's going to
England this time and also, she
hopes, to France. She said her last
trip to China was wonderful eX-
cept that she was always eating
breakfast and never dinner. I'VE
were flying all the time. The world
was going one way and we were
going the other. Every time we
stopped it was morning and we had
breakfast
Ray Milland had proof that
there are even movie fans among
the secretaries on a studio lot. One
Of them had just sent him a poem.
IT read:
IF 1 must rush to Timbucktoo,
Russia or Alaska in search of you,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Closing Taverns
AT 'x.Momenf'
Gets Board 0keh

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 25. CUP)-
The state board Cf equalization has
told tavern and liquor store owners
they should close Immediately
when surrender of Germany or
Japan is announced if requested to
dc so by local law enforcement Of
fiCers.
The boari took action on a state
rent o. policy submitted by George
NJ. Stout. state liquor control chief,
and in effect rejected suggestions
that 1t order a blanket closing on
V-Day
The closing of stores and taverns
that sell alcoholic beverages is
strictly a LEGAL problem" the state
ment said. Should a police chief
a sheriff or a district attorney make
a request to close due to the pos
sibility of local conditions getting
beyond control because of rioting CT
other serious disorder, each estab-
lishment receiving such a request
should accede to that request imme-
diately :" it added.
The statement declared that
liquor licensees always have coop
Grated with local peace officers at
times of disturbances.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Crippled Pilot
HELPS Rescuers

while, trying 10 figure a less painful
way of getting him out. There
wasn't any. He said:
Il can't ra:Se my behind at all. If
you could slide something under
me TO carry the weight"
GETS SHORT BOARD
A soldier went running to the
next field. looking for a board. We
waited. In a few minutes he came
back with a short. thick board.
The pilot reached up with his
Stlong arms, made a face, and lifted
himself i little from the ground,
and the doctor slid tie board un-
derneath him. Then the doctor, still
kneeling. lifted one end CT the
board.
Gradually the pilot came cut.
Twice he had to stop them while
they rearranged his injured leg. He
said it was twisted. But apparently
it was largely tie agony of suddenly
Strengthening out a Cramped knee
that had lain bent for eight days.
AT last, IN sort or final surge,
he came clear Of the plane. They
crawled backwards with him. on
hands and knees. struggling to hold
his back off the ground. You could
see that he was steeling himself
fiercely. .ssE
quick slide that litter under
him." the doctor called.
The pilot said, My God. that airl
That fresh airl" Three times in the
next five inmates he mentioned the
fresh air.
When they finally laid him ten
derly onto the canvas litter and
Strengthened his left leg, you could
see the tendons relax and ms facial
muscles subside, and he gave
long half-groan, half-slgn u re-
lief
And that was the one single
sound of normal human weakness
uttered by that man of great cour-
age in the nour of his liberation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
letters Blasts
Department
On Railway Suits

OMAHA. Neb, Aug. 25. CUP) -
William Jeffers, president of the
Union Pacific railroad and former
rubber administrator, said that
Wendell Berge, who is in charge of
the governments antitrust suit
against the Association of American
Railroads, has seemingly lost his
sense of direction because of Poto-
mac fever"
Wendell Berge, born in Nebraska
and in charge of the governments
prediction action against the rail-
roads, has been away frCm the west
SO long that he is not familiar with
the progress, not only of railroads
but of industry generally Jeffers
said.
In the midst of the most serious
transportation crisis in this war
effort, it is unfortunate that the
department OF justice has seen fit
to attack the honesty, loyalty and
business integrity of the railroads
of the nation and those responsible
for their management and opera
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Army withdraws
Opposition to
Return of Japs

LOS ANGELES, Apg 25. up
In a precedent-setting move, mill
tary authorities exempted two Jap
anese Americana who are not
potentially dangerous to security, -
from the order excluding japanese
from the Pacific Coast defense zone.
In a motion filed in federal court
TO dismiss suits brought by Mrs,
Shizuko Shiramizu, Masaru Baba
and George Ochikubo. to enjoin the
commanding general of the western
defense command from preventing
their return to exclusion areas, u.
S. Attorney Charles Carr revealed
that the army no longer opposed
return of Mrs. Shiramizu and Baba.
He explained that the action was
taken because their records were
clear and contained no facts in
dicaiing that they might be dam
gerous to security.
Mrs. Shiramizu is the widow of
a Japanese american soldier killed
in Italy and Baba served with the
u S. army.
Carr asked for dismissal of Och
ikubo's suit on the ground that the
state court, in which the action
was filed, did not have the juris-
diction to enjoin Maj. Gen. William
H. Boneseel, commanding the west
ern defense command, from carry
ing out his official duties.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Surplus Measure
Meets Defeat

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. CUP) -
The senate Friday defeated, 81 to
18t a proposed "anti-speculation"
amendment to pending legislation
to establish machinery governing
disposal o. surplus war property
The amendment would have given
the government authority to re-
capture all excessive profits" on
subsequent resale of surplus prop
erty, Senator Kenneth Mcclellan,
ID, Tennessee, one of the spon-
sors of the amendment, agreed to
limit its effectiveness to five years
after the war, but i was defeated
nevertheless.
McKellar, speaking in support of
the amendment, also proposed that
proceeds from sales of surplus war
machinery be earmarked for re-
tirement of the mounting govern
ment debt He said he was con-
templating offering such a stipula-
ton, which was adopted in the
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

doctor said TO him. This is just TO
make it easier for ycu when we
start to pull you out. Well wait a
few minutes for it to take hold"
While We were sitting there on
the ground beside the plane, wait
ing for the morphine to take effect,
the pilot said:
u am delaying you frem your
work. I'm frightfully sorry about il"
One of the soldiers, touched by
the remark, blurted Good God,
lieutenant. you aren't delaying us.
This is what we're here for. We're
sorry we've been so long getting you
out
The pilot momentarily closed his
eyes and put his hand on his fore
head. And then, as if in resigna-
ton at his own rudRness in bother
ing us. he said:
We'll, I don't know what should
do without you
So incredibly strong was that
pilots constitution that the NOR
phine never put him out.
They waited about 10 minutes.
Then two soldiers took off their
web belts and lcoped them around
the pilots arnpits The medics on
the other side said they had hold CT
his trapped foot and could gradu-
ally free it.
ITS my back that's weak" the
pilot said. "All the strength seems
TO be gone from the small of my
back. You'll have to help me there"
HELPS HIMSELF
They pulled The pilot, although
without food for eight days, was
trem dously strong, and he
reached above his head to the
planes framework and helped lift
himEelf.
The belts slipped, and the SOL
diers took them off. They knelt and
lifted his shoulders with their
hands. They had padded the jagged
edges of the torn aluminium, ever
which they would have to slide him,
with the heavy rubber of his col
lapsible lifeboat.
The doctor said We'll be as easy
as we can. Tell us when to quit"
And the brave man said, Go
ahead. III stand it as long as
can"
They pulled again. The pilot
made a face and exerted himself to
help them. They slid him slowly a
few inches through the hole, until
he suddenly called: "WhCa-W whoa
whoa whoa! My back! It's stuck to
the ground. Well have TO break it
loose slowly"
They surveyed the possibilities a
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
yoHNson 5fxx!ea i'm Hollywood

I'll Go il, darling, come what may.
Milland, you -.Gke me lee! Vhat
way"
OWEN L. 4. DUKE
Reginald Owen, the swell char
acter actor who usually plays the
father of screen glamor gals, gets
to marry Paulette in this one. He
plays an English 6uke and she mar
ries him, of course, only Tor his
money and his title. The shock OF
becoming a papa and too much port
finally kills him and Paulette Is
free to marry Milland, the guy she
loves anyway.
Constance Collier is Millands
scheming, gin-soaked aunt in the
film. It's her first picture in five
years. Il went to New York for a
two-week vacation" she said, "but
I got SO busy I couldn't find time
to come back" She worked on the
radio, starred in a couple OF plays
and wrote some articles for maga-
zines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25
Douglas Plant
Workers to
Renew baIIotinu
(NEA TplephOfOI

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25. (UP)-
Regional Director Lew Michener of
the United Automobile Workers
(CIO) said employees of the big
Douglas aircraft home plant at
Santa Monica will soon be given
another chance to vote on whether
they wish to be represented by a
union.
Michener said the company agreed
to the election after a large num-
ber of workers turned in pledge
cards and petitions circulated by
the CIO. He said CIO representa-
tives, company officials and lead
ers OF the International Association
of MachiniStS (AF'L) would meet
Wednesday at the labor relations
board to set a date and arrange
details OF the election at which
employees would be given the choice
of being representated by the UAW,
by the IAN or by no union at all.
An NLRB election last winter
eliminated the IAN on the first
ballot. On the second workers chose
not to be repreSentated by any
union by margin of several hund-
red votes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

The pilot willing
ly held out his
right arm, a n d
the doctor stuck a
needle into the
bend OF the ell
bow. TIL e pilot
n yer flinched,
but looked on al
most approvingly.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-25

I've get to admit I don't think
much of Himmler. He's a butcher
II anybody steps out of line, it's
on the wall-theyll be shot-Ger-
man Elite Corpsman captured in
France.