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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
British Navy
Snlashes Port
Sumotro Repoir
Center Wrecked

ABOARD A BRITISH AIR
CRAFT CARRIER OFF SU-
MATRA, Sept. ID -(Delayed-
Up A fast carrier task force
under Rear Admiral Clement
Moody of the British Navy
smashed the vital railway re-
pair and maintenance center at
Sigli in northwestern Sumatra
today in a surprise attack that
met little or no opposition.
1t was the British Far East
ern Fleets sixth such offensive
thrust since April.
Carrier borne bombers, es-
corted by fighters, crossed the
northern Sumatra mountains to
reach the target and unload their
bombs upon SiGli, which is sit
uated inside the approaches to
Malacca Strait.
The attack left great clouds
Of smoke rising from the target
area. One plane failed to re-
turn, but the Japanese made no
t e m pit the Allied surface
forces.
The lack of opposition led to
the conclusion the Japanese are
shrinking inside their "co-pros-
perity sphere" risking little in
the defense of its outer perrin
eter.
This raised the possibility of
more extended operations by
the Far Eastern Fleet, embrace
ing such alternatives as:
l. - Support of any combin-
ed operations by the Southeast
Asia Command extending from
Arakan in western Burma to
Sunda Strait.
2. - Storming down Malacca
Strait toward Singapore, neu-
Trailing or Selling such enemy
held naval bases as Sabang and
Penang on the Malay side.
3. - Responding to any call
to join American forces in the
Pacific for a sea-air showdown
with Japan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Around the Town at Utica

UTICA-Honoring the eighth
birthday of their daughter,
Kathleen, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Rehse entertained at dinner at
their home, 4575 Brownell ave-
nue.. Guests included Mr.. and
Mrs, William King, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Kreuger and Mrs. Preal
Matthews, of Detroit. Kath-
leen's birthday occurs on Tues
Gay, Sept. 49,
The Red Cross knitting club
will meet with Mrs. Matte Har-
ring at her home with her sis
ter, Mrs. Willis Mcclellan, 4053
Clinton River road on Tuesday
afternoon, Sept. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lamp
man, Of Detroit, were Sunday
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
New Baltimore

NEW BALTIMORE - Mrs.
Grace Balfour was a guest of
Mrs. Mary Vossen of st. Clair,
Saturday.
Major Henry c. Wellard is
now stationed in England. Mrs.
Welfare is living in their home
in New Baltimore.
A surprise house warming
was held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Fritz, by Is of their
friends on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Fred Morhous entertain
ed the Sewing Club Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schoebcl,
Jr., announce the birth of son,
Frank the third, Sept. -.
Mrs. Allan Hurley and son
visited Mrs. Harold Engelman
Of Mount Clemens Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Marsh and
family visited Mrs. Mary Vossen
of st. Clair Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Hellner
of Mount Clemens visited Mr..
and Mrs. John Shinska. Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kohl
man are spending a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vree-
land, of Walled Lake.
Seaman Red" Gagnon, son
of Mrs. Mary Gagnon, is home
on leave from the Navy.
The New Baltimore Public
Library wishes to announce that
their stock of new adult and
children's books is being in
creased daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schmidt
and family of Detroit, were Wis
itors of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Marsh, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Van Houtte
of New Haven moved in their
home on 200 Hathaway street,
Friday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

guests of DR.. and Mrs. H. H.
Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Grimm
are preparing 10 move 10 the
Harris apartment, corner Sum-
mers and CaSs streets, recently
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Del
bert, who are moving 10 a gar
age house.
Work at the Utica bakery is
progressing nicely. The new
ovens have arrived and will be
installed soon in rooms which
are being built in the rear. The
interior is being redecorated
Arthur Siemen, who is directing
the remodeling hopes TO be able
TO reopen soon after Oct. l.
The car owned by Earl j.
(Jimmie) Mcclellan, Jr., parked
on the hill near Summers and
Brownell avenues, got away at
about 2:30 a. m, Wednesday
morning and badly wrecked the
street and no parking signs at
the corner of Auburn and
Brownell avenues, it was re-
ported by Officer William Wey-
burn.
Mr.. and Mrs George Well
hansen, Jr., attended the silver
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugo 0. Kolberg, 1850
Engleside avenue, Detroit, on
Sunday. Mrs. Kolberg is the
former Gertrude Wellhausen.
sister of Mr.. Wellhausen. Seu-
enty-five guests were present.
Mary and Mrs. Matthew j.
Rettmlller, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Charles NJ. Foster, at
tending the graduating exercises
of the Class of 1914 of the Harp
er Hospital School of Nursing,
Wednesday evening, at eight
o'clock, at the Horace H. Rack
ham Educational NJ e orial
Building, 80 Farnsworth avenue,
Detroit. Miss Julia Rettmiller,
daughter of the Mayor, was
graduate. A reception was held
at the Emily d. Mclaughlin Hall
following the graduating cere-
mony.
Mrs. o. D. Church was taken
to Harper Hospital, Detroit, Sat-
urday afternoon for observation.
Mrs. Church, who has been i'll
for several months, is reported
in critical condition.
Twenty boys and girls were
guests of Master Linwood Well
hansen at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Well
hansen, Jr., 1907 Hall road, on
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Michigan
Is Drilled
in Kicking
ANN ARBOR, Mich. S

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Sept. 81
Up Kicking practise, plus
a review Of passing plans and
defensive strateg for use
against Marquette Saturday
night at Milwaukee was the fare
for Michigan's Wolverines today
as they wound up work for their
first football clash with the Hill
toppers since 1909.
Quarterback Joe Ponsetto of
Flint again was primed for any
extra point attempts, coaches
charging his two misses last
week against Iowa Pre-Flight
TO illness that almost kept the
l85-pound Navy trainee out of
action altogether. His place
ments this week in practise have
been exceptionally true.
Fullback Bob Wiese, Center
Fullback Don Lund and Half
back Jack Eisenberger we're slat-
ed for the bulk Of the punting
in today's drill, while most Of
the passing chore went to Half
back Bill Culligan, who threw
two touchdown shots last week
TO End Dick Rifenburg.
Coach H. o. (Fritz) Crisler
said today that service duties
will prevent his varsity men
from working out Friday morn
ing before the Wolverines board
1870 p. m. train for Milwau-
kee. A limbering-up drill under
the lights of Marquette's stadium
might be worked in after the
squads arrival tomorrow night,
Crisler said The game is the
first at night in the history of
football at Michigan. Kickoff
time is 7 p. m. Central War
Time).
The Wolverines devoted
m jor share of yesterdays
scrimmage to what Crisler term
ed Strengthening out blocking
assignments in the middle of the
line"
after seeing movies of our
blocking in the Seahawk game,
I'm surprised we gained any
ground at ALL" the Michigan
mentor told his squad.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
War Fund Drive
Plans Discussed

UTICA-EdWard A. Schwarz-
koff attended an organization
meeting of the National War
Fund held at the Statler Hotel,
Detroit, on Tuesday, Sept. 10,
at 1915 p. m.
SchWarzkoff, who is in charge
OF seven townships and the City
of Utica, announces the drive to
begin on October 16 and con-
tinue through and including Oc-
tober 81. In the city of Utica
only the drive will include funds
for the Boy Scouts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Heredity Trend Of Cancer
Aired at Maine Conference

Of learning how to recognize the
now battling, early signs of
cancer.
Promising new discoveries,
made during the five-year black
out of cancer by war, will be
reported.
One Of these shows evidence
that glands contain inhibitors
that can prevent cancer. Fur
thermore, the protection of
these inhibitors is at least part
ly controlled by heredity. This
discovery was made in mice and
appears possibly applicable to
human cancer studies.
The conference will last five
days, with about forty medical
and scientific cancer authorities
attending. 1t was made possible
by gifts of the Rockefeller foun-
dation and Mrs. Albert Lasker
of New York.
1t was called by DR.. Clarence
c. Little, director of the Roscoe
B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory
here. where the work is devoted
TO the influence of parents on
cancer.
Presiding over the sessions
will be doctors Leon j. Cole,
Professor of Genetics of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, Laurence
H. Snyder, Professor of Medical
Genetics of Ohio State Univer-
sity, r. r. Spencer, Director of
the National Cancer Institute,
Washington, James B. Murphy
in charge of cancer research at
Rockefeller Institute, New York,
and Col. c. P. Roads, U. S. Army
Medical Corps and Director of
Memorial Hospital, New York.
The conference will consider
parental influence in laboratory
animals, the kinds of investiga-
ton suitable for human cancer,
choice of the types of human
cancer best suited to the study
and ways of setting up a nation
wide program.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

Responsibility for such an act
would be easy to fix, Kelly said,
because self-addressed en-
velope identifying the local cleo
ton official would be enclosed
with the ballot. He explained
that under the Michigan war
ballot law if a servicemen APP
plies directly TO the Department
of State for a ballot rather than
10 county clerk, his request is
forwarded TO the proper election
official in the county where the
applicant resided as a civilian.
VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
The Herald said its informa-
ton was volunteered by the Of
ficer, to whom the sailor brought
the campaign literature and en-
closing envelope. The officer re-
manned anonymous at his own
request.
mo one has put on more of
battle than l did to give the men
and women in service complete
voting rights with the same dig
nifty they would have in their
voting booth right here at
home" Kelly declared. There
could be no excuse or reason for
doing what that story said was
done. If someone did do this,
you can rest assured / will see
that it is stopped and kept
stopped"
The scarcity of campaign lit
erature in the state makes him
especially skeptical of the story,
Kelly said, adding that only
last week the Republican leaders
from all over the state were
calling for my campaign litera-
ture but were unable to get it,"
He attributed the scarcity to the
fact that only a small amount of
literature was printed for use
in connection with the recent
visit of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
to Lansing and Owosso.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

Monday from three to six in the
afternoon. The occasion was
Linwood's tenth birthday. Re-
freshments were served and
games played by the young
people and many lovely gifts
were received b the honoree.
John Klein, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthew Klein, $3.50 Earl
Memorial highway, underwear,
an appendectomy at a Mount
Clemens hospital on Monday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Ne HAVE the TIRES PROVED b
3BILLI0N
MILES $ :;! ;:; ;;;:;;;:

NOM eoo0 are The
all.synshetic Silver
towns we have 10
stocki Here's the
snswer-proof sup,
Piled by essential
drivers. The han.
arsds oftho1sands a
sll-synthetic Silver
towns sold By B. F.
Goodrich have al
feady rolled over 5
binioa miles, . accord
Ing to the most cons
servstive estimate.
H1odreds Of letters
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
EFFICIENCY

OKLAHOMA CITY-The po-
lice department has issued a
guidebook for officers, listing
names and addresses of 100 of
Oklahoma City's better known
beet joints, dumps and dives"
The department explained it
doesn't want its men wasting
time hunting for such places
when sent on a call.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

When Hopkinton, r. l., was
taken from Westerly and incor-
porated in 1857, Gov. Stephen
Hopkins gave the residents a set
Of record books and q case to
hold them, so the new commun-
ity was named for him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
RAP HARROR Me Sent 81

BAR HARBOR, Me-, sept. Il
- (P) - The first conference
ever held on human heredity in
cancer started here today to plan
a new kind of attack on this NAL
lgnant disease.
The plan is TO learn how to
pick the type of man, woman or
child who may be specially sus-
ceptible. Physicians have be-
lieved that heredity is one cause
of cancer susceptibility.
But this never has been certi-
fled. The conference will set up
studies of human cancer to make
sure about heredity and in hope
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

The Rocky Mountain canary
is not bird, but burro..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
new VOTING PLAN
GIVEN APPROVAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-tR-A
compromise soldier vote bill pro-
viding for a uniform Federal bal
lot, but empowering State and To-
cal officials to decide voter quail
fications and validity of service
mems ballots, was approved by
the Senate Elections Committee
late today.
Designed to meet the objections
Of legislators who want the states
to retain control of election ma
chinery, the revised bill of Sena-
tors Lucas O.-Ill.) and Green d.
RI won IL to majority on the
elections committee and is to De
hurried to the Senate floor next
week.
Senators Tydings D.-Md.) and
Lodge (R.-Mass.), authors Of al
ternate bills to set up a Federal
balloting system. announced they
would withdraw their proposals
and support the amended Green
Lucas measure.
The compromise bill makes
these two major changes in the
original Green-LucGs bill, which
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
DAVIS IS VISITED
BY GEN. PETERSON

CAMP DAVIS, Jan. 20.-After an
intensive two-day inspection OF an
tiaircraft artillery activities at
Camp Davis, Major General Virgil
L. Peterson, Inspector general OF
the United States Army, left here
late today.
Troous and material we're gear
ed to their highest degree of eff
ficiency as the Inspector general
ACCOMPANIED by MAJ. General Jo-
sept A. Green, commanding gen
eral of the Antiaircraft Command,
toured the camp.
Impressive demonstrations of all
types of antiaircraft firing were
carried out for the edification OF
the inspector general, and aerial
targets we're shattered right and
left as AA gunners did their stuff.
All divisions of antiaircraft artil-
lery training at Camp Davis were
visited by the inspector general
and General Green. These includ-
ed the Antiaircraft Artillery School
of which Brigadier General Bryan
L. Milburn is Commandant: the
Antiaircraft Artillery Training
Center commanded by Brig. Cen
eral c. V. R., Schuyler.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
nth MASSIVE ATTACK
German Radio Claims Fl
Bombers Shot Down
During Assault

LONDON, Friday Jan. 21-tR-
Royal Air Force night bombers
hammered Berlin last night, it was
officially announced early today,
in the eleventh massive attack on
the greatest of German targets
since the determination campaign
against the Reich capital began
Nov. IS. 1943
The German radio said that 81
bombers were shot down-a state
ment which was not confirmed
from Allied quarters.
The attack, in which heavy
force of Canadian bombers par
ticipated, added to approximately
$4,000 Qong) tons of bombs pre-
viously dropped on the German
capital in 10 major assaults which
have laid waste more than half
the city.
A continental radio blackout last
night suggested that strong force
of night bombers was out, prob
ably hitting more than one target.
First announcement of the Berlin
raid came from the German radio.
This was the 105th raid OF the
against Berlin. and the German
radio indicated that the attacking
force had an ideal night to carry
out the assault.
Describing the blow as a "ter-
ror raid the German broadcast
declared, in view of the weather.
German authorities had expected
major bomber formations would
make an attack and as a result
the ack-ack defenses were effec-
tive to the fullest extent from the
start"
Broadcasting its claims early,
the German radio said 10 four
engined bonbers were shot down
in the first nine minutes of the
raid over two districts of Berlia
alone''
| The German long wave trans
mitter and the Luxembourg radio
station shut down for the second
time last night before midnight.
The Rome radio announced an
Allied air attack on the outskirts
of the Italian capital at 2:30 pm.
yesterday-the second in two days
Continued on Page Two; Col 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
HOOVER REFUSES
TO GIVE FACTS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 lRl -
J. Edgar Hoover Tended off two
hour question barrage about his
FBTs relations with the Federal
Commune atoms Commission to-
day. telling House committee
that Presidential order prevents
him from discussing matters al
fecting national security.
But that did not keep Eugene
L. Carey, counsel for the Lea
Committee investigating the Fec
from reading series OF letters
between Chairman James l.. Ely
of the Commission, Attorney Gen
eral Biddle and Hoover about the
FBPs efforts to secure some ESQ.,
900 fingerprints of radio and com
ounications workers from FEC
files prior to the Pearl Harbor at
tack.
Nor did it keep Carey from get
ting into the record other questions
to Hoover, although the reply was
monotonous II have been ad-
vised to decline to answer"
1t was questioning about the sta
tus of Alfonso Lambiase former
radio announcer for radio station
WCOP in Boston, which started
Hoover on his 81 decline to an
swer' series
Lambiase had complained that
the FEC had been responsible for
his losing his job as announcer and
that his loyalty as a naturalized
Continued on Page Two; Col. a.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
new BURMALAND
FRONT IS OPENED

NEW DELHI, Jan. 20.-tR-Al-
lied ground forces, moving up be-
hind heavy assaults by strong
forces of American heavy and me-
dunn bombers, have opened a new
North Burma land front in attacks
on Japanese positions in the Chind-
win area.
In announcing til attacks,
launched Tuesday, today's Allied
East Asia Headquarters commune
que said only that "some progress
was made"
The Japanese positions, in the
Kyankchaw area Is miles south
east of Tamu on the western bor-
der, lie more than 200 miles below
the Hukawng valley area where
American-trained Chinese troops
are driving eastward along the
route of the new Ledo road to
China.
A successful drive eastward
from KvankchaW across the upper
Chindwin River valley would sever
the enemy's main communications
between his central and northern
forces.
The land attack followed an as
sault Monday by large formation
of American heavy and medium
bonbers in which nearly 20 tons
of explosives were loosed on Jap
anese troop camp at Kvangch2",
the announcement said. The entire
area was blanketed andone large
and many small fires were start
ed.
To the south, other Allied forces
holding new advance positions on
the Arakan front successfully beat
off number of Japanese counter
attacks against river bridges south
and east of MaungdaW.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
BUTLER ASSERTS
FIGURES CORRECT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-lR-A
second accounting of U. S. snend-
ing in Latin America was laid be-
fore the Senate today by Senator
Butler (R.-Neb) with the declara-
ton that his original charge OF
wasteful outlay of more than So.
900, OOO,0 900 in three years had
turned out to be 1855 per cent
right"
Butler and Senate" Makellar
d. TENN Immediately squared
off in disagreement as they did
last November when the Nebras-
kan first charged the administr-
ton with "boondoggling" in South
America and with trying to spread
the new deal hemisphere-Wde with
cash.
Mcclellan said Buffers fresh
blast, ''in the kindest way l can
express it, tended to damage the
good neighbor policy especially in
wartime. Butler shot back that ne
thought he was making a genu-
inc contribution to the good neigh
Dor policy"
Butler offered figures compiled
by a ACKNOWLEDGEMENT account
ing firm to show that U. S. eX-
penditures, commitments and ex-
tensions of credit to South Amerl-
can republics amounted to s., 1873,
953,543 in 1912, 1943 and 1914. An
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
Stinson Says Fighting
All In FAVOR of Allies
War Secretary Reports Japs May Be
C0llapsing On New Guinea

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 Up -
Secretary of War Stimson, in
summary of the war on many
fronts, reported today that the
fighting is going well for the Allies.
He rolled off in rapidfire order
at press conference reports that
Japanese resistance may be col
lapsing in northern New Guinea,
that the great Russian offensive
seems to include serious effort
to lift the long siege of Leningrad,
and that substantial progress is
being made against Casino at the
head of a valley route to Rome.
The secretary stopped short OF
any discussion of what may be
the greatest battlefront Of all, not
ing merely that he, President
Roosevelt and other officials had
talked with General Dwight D. Eli
senhower here shortly before the
general showed up in the United
Kingdom to lead the Allied inva-
sion of Europe from Sle west.
He said:
Pacific-Allied forces are max
ing steady progress throughout the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21

Southwest Pacific. In northern
New Guinea, Australian veterans
have captured Sio and are stead.
lily rolling up japanese troops be-
tween themselves and the Ameri-
can forces at Saidor, and have
captured large amounts Of stores
and equipment.
AS proof of evidence that some
Japanese are trying to escape by
barge at night. Stimson said that
several troop-laden enemy barges
have been sunk by our aircraft
and light naval vessels"
In the Cape Gloucester area of
nearby New Britain, 3,100 Japa-
nese dead have been counted
against American losses of 22S kill
ed and 694 wounded. The Alneri-
cans are constantly charging their
teacilheads there.
1t. General George c. Kenney
Allied air commander i'll the South
west Pacific. on his recent visit
here. outlined his requirements
in personnel and aircraft il the
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.