The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-17

Yes, they gulped EN- down be-
fore they were bounced out.
A joyous celebrant in front
Of the Medea Hotel hauled out
4 gallon jug Of wine and shar-
ed II with passers-by. A
carload Of youngsters greeted
every man In uniform with
tho chorus: That's for win
ming the war for u.s."
The Servo kids brought out
an electrically lighted v-Fer-
Victory sign which they car
ried around.
One five-year-old boy who
had been repeatedly told he
couldn't have q Hershey bar un-
til the war was over kept
insisting Now can l have q
Hershey bar. mother? The war
is over!" And we know
three good little kids who, un-
known to each other and with
out any adult suggestion. quietly
went to their bedrooms and
prayed: Thank God It's Over!"
And just to finish our story,
we should mention the mGn
who had the toughest job In
town next morning. Al
we went down Cass on our
way to work, there was d.
minutive Elmer Fair m . n
pushing his broom his
lips muttering q lot Of things
about tho mess Of paper that
Uttered them. But Elmer
did a swell job!
THERE WASN'T MUCH cele-
bration at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Beuschlein. South
River road. Their boy Joseph,
who was born II years ago on
Jacks birthday, early this week
was listed as missing on the
cruiser Indianapolis that
sturdy ship that set 4 speed re-
cord Transporting the first atom
ic bomb to a Pacific base only to
be torpedoed with loss of some
$50 men after accomplishing her
mission successfully a mis-
sion that Winston Churchill in
directly lauded today when he
said the atomic bomb won the
war and saved one million Am
erican lives. Young Joe
was on his first active duty trip.
His family is praying that he
may have been picked up by
another ship or reached one of
the islands near Leyte.
Latest acknowledgment Of
the four-leaf cIovers she has
sent out to fighting men all
over the world came to Mrs.
Henry LaCroix this week from
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz,
Field Marshal Sir Bernard
Montgomery and General H.
Arnold.
ANOTHER HOME where VI
brought no rejoicing was that of
Mrs. Mabel H. Barden, 31014
Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, who
received word Of her sons death
in a plane crash q few hours at.
ter the Presidents victory an
nouncement. Her boy. 1t. r. H.
Barden, 20. veteran of duty in
the ETC, was killed with q num-
Der of others in an army bomber
crash near Seattle. He had Just
returned to duty after . furlough
with his mother, 4 widow. He
formerly attended Lake Shore
High School where he was one
of the most popular students. He
will be buried in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery with full mill
tary honors.
First Victory Baby for Ma
comb County was the son Of
Mrs. Hilda Covert, 7o75 VIC.
TORY avenue, Baseline, who
arrived ut 1907 p. m, Tuesday,
while Truman was talking.
and second place was won BY
Miss Karen Elaine Rachow, Of
$4,000 Ryan Road, Warren,
who arrived at 3 p. m. Clyde
Covert Is . sailor In the Pa
cific, and Karen's daddy Is .
war plant worker.
FIRE HAZARDS in Mount
Clemens were recently surveyed
by state experts after the
disastrous Cady- mccoy fire, and
they found that out of 1913 In
spections, hazards and defects
were found in 157 cases a
result, which has alaru1ed the
city, the Board of Commerce and
other agencies. It calls for .
cleanup, and most places listed
for defects have either remedied
them already or are fastening to
do 30 before drastic action
is taken. Public Safety and Fire
Department officials have lists OF