The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09


swamped with high-octane gas
after a USAAF fuel line burst.
Received the Soldiers Medal for
it Pfc. Paul Rogers, Jr.,
(287 North Gratiot) who with
his buddies of the oath Infantry
for three weeks held a ridge
against q savage Jap attacks in
the conquest for the Philippines
T/Sgt. Ken Sauder (Fras-
cry for rescuing five pals trap
ped in a French building hit by
a she'll, although his clothing was
ablaze as he carried the last one
out John Boos, II, (Jef-
ferson avenue) was on that gas
laden tanker rammed in N. Y.
Harbor Monday, a bump that
blasted two ships to splinters,
killed 80 and injured 1872. Boos
swan for. it and was only slight
ly hurt.
SPORTS STUFF-That Polio
Fund game between Selfridge
Filters and our All-Stars ended
73-45 for the AAF Elon-
gated Ralph Siewert. ell eager,
tops the half-season list in the
City Rec. League With 112
points. The next nearest are Ber-
ME Ballantine and Ralph Soenen,
with "a each The Battling
Bathers' four quintets invaded
Roseville and piled up 1873
points against their opponents
100 =. hitting the jackpot
for four wins in one evening
Bowling's getting hotter.
One nights play in the Bowl-O-
Drome majors produced a game
average Of 2033 and three-g game
individual total Of 610 each for
the top men: Henry Fritz, 1929;
George Glefke, (620): Mel Fred
erick, (637); Ed Zimmerman
(62D; A. Tews, $500; H. Moore,
(570); Emmett Quinn, $500, and
Reggie Moore, 1920.
LEST WE FORGET - Sgt
Roy Dubay, South River road,
reported missing in France since
Jan. /, is now listed as having
made the supreme sacrifice. He
previous received the Purple
Heart Pvt. Richard Stat
fin, East Detroit, was killed in
Luxembourg Dec. rs Pfc.
Wayne Teller, former band di-
rector of Roseville's Burt o n
School, has been missing in ac-
ton since Dec. 20 Pfc.
John E. Osbo, 81, of 159 Cole
man, previously missing, is a
German prisoner Utica
will hold memorial rites Sunday
for Pfc. Donald Vanker, FL, who
gave his life for his country
Dec. ID on Leyte 1t. Char
les T. Bradley. Jr., of Romeo,
died overseas Jan. II after &C
ton in France.
PURPLE HEARTS - Pfc. Ar
ME Hellner. Mount Clemens
sportsman, has been wounded in
action the second time. Both
wounds were in Germany. Dec.
6 and Jan. 10. T/Sgt.
Frank Rickert, 27, is recovering
ing satisfactorily from his sec
ond wounds since D-Day. He
was fighting in Luxembourg.
Pvt. George Godderis, 158
Elmway, was seriously wounded
in Belgium Jan. 10 Pvt.
George G.. Goulette, 81 Gibbs
street, won his PHI against the
Japs at Angus Pvt. Lin
coin Johns convalesced seven
months in England from invasion
wounds and, now in Chicago, re-
Gently visited his mother here
here Pvt. Robert Bald
win, 30. former Goodyear man.
ager and Kiwanian, is convalesc-
ing from wounds in a Belgium
hospital Pvt. William j.
Kozloski, II National, is back in
this country after wounds suf-
fered at st. 10 Pvt. Rob-
ert O. johnson, "a, st. Clair
Shores was wounded at Luxem-
bourg Jan. 4 Pfc. Robert
Jewett, "a, of 102 Washington,
an MP has been seri Gus y
wounded in Holland Pfc.
K emmett h Strassburg, 81. of
Mount Clemens. was wounded
Dec. IL on Leyte.
80
HONORABLE MENTION -
A. F. Starkey. USNR. % Union
street. Is back on leave after
building airfields from New Gut
nea to the Philippines Pfc.
Hubert Hernden. 19040 Michigan
avenue, has spent Ia months in
jungle fighting, from the Fijis
and Beugainville Sec
ond 1t. Rudolph A. Horn, Fras-
er, has been commissioned at
Fort Benning Pfc. Stanley
w. Smith, Mount Clemens, help
ed seize an important mountain
in the Gotha Line in Italy. A
tough battle 1t. Eddie Ra-
cine, USNR, is back on leave
after seeing q lot of stuff in the
channel during the D-Day bust
ness Pvt. Art Charbeneau.
in Germany. won the Bronze