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Marines may attempt to land at
the rear of Japanese making a
last stand at Kitano Point.)
Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner,
commander of fleet amphibious
forces, said "the major fighting is
finished" 1t was Admiral Turner
who suggested the figure of around
1000 Marine dead by saying Ameri-
can losses were less than one-fifth
those of the Japanese. The latest
official estimate of enemy losses Is
more than 10000.
This mornings communique said
Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey's 5th
Marine Division on the northwest
side inched closer to Kitano Point
despite intense small arms and
mortar fire in that sector through
out the day" yesterday. The enemy
forces still appear to be well organ
ized and capably led
GA Japanese imperial commu-
nique broadcast today claimed
Marine casualties on Two now
total 25,800)
The Sd and 4th Marine Divisions
in the center and on the northeast
had only mopup task against dis
organized. isolated little groups.
Admiral Turner said American
forces at Two have suffered con-
siderable losses on the ground, in
the air and on the sea-" Gen. Holland
M. Smith, Marine commander in the
Pacific, said the cost no doubt was
weighed carefully against the i'm
portance of having this island as an
operating base and speeding the
ultimate defeat of japan"
Evening star., 1945-03-16
First Of New Houses
In Casino Opened
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CASINO, Italy, Mar. 16-The
initial step toward rehabilitation Of
this devastated community was
taken yesterday when high-ranking
Italian and Allied officials formally
opened the first Of a series of nous-
ing units constructed on the edge
Of the old town.
The ceremony, in which Ameri-
can Ambassador Alexander Kirk and
Italian Premier Ivanhoe Bonomi
participated, took place just one
year after great fleet of Ameri-
can bombers, trying to drive Ger
man forces from the town, had
turned 1t into a grim monument of
modern war.
The Rapido ! River has been
damned and the highway has been
repaired. But the year-old sugges-
ton OF desolation remains in the
debris-piled town.
The first of 100 one-story apart
ment-type dwellings was turned over
to former Casino residents who
have been living in caves and make
shift quarters.
After the ceremony the official
party rode up the winding road to
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More power to you." Yes, I'll
buy that extra War Bond today.
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Big Raiders Killed
Thousands, laps Say;
Evacuation Speeded
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Many thousands of japanese were
burned to death, severely injured OF
left homeless by recent B-29 incen-
diary raids, Japan's chief propa-
ganda spokesman said today as gov
eminent hastened the evacuation OF
millions of civilians from Japans
five largest cities.
Tokyo broadcasts, recorded by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, quoted Sadao Iguchi, spokes-
man of the japanese Board OF Infor-
nation, on the extent of casualties.
Iguchi reported propaganda leaf
let's were dropped by the B-29s. He
called the raids an effort to terror
ize and weaken the morale of the
japanese people"
He claimed Tokyo areas bombed
last Saturday by 300 Super Forts
were not even remotely connected
with war industries or located near
military installations. Thousands
were burned to death, thousands
were severely injured" he said, and
many thousands bombed out OF
their homes"
A Domei News Agency dispatch
said only a minimum number of
essential persons" would be left in
Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama
and Kobe.
Another japanese broadcast said
Emperor Hirohito had empowered
Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso to sit in
on meetings of the japanese staff.
Koiso was quoted as explaining
that "the government and imperial
headquarters have now been fused
into one body"
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Two Navy Planes Collide
In Fog, 7 Others Missing
5y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 16.-Two
Navy planes crashed in the fog
:hrouded swampland of Tuckerton
Peninsula, N. j., yesterday, the 4th
Naval District announced.
Two other planes are missing and
presumed to be lost out of a flight
of seven fighter craft from the
Naval Air Station at Atlantic, City
Navy officers said the planes were
caught in a fast-rising fog. Pilots
Of three of the planes managed to
work. their way back to the Atlantic
City station.
Each of the planes carried a pilot
out no passengers.
An amphibious Coast Guard plane
and naval ship from Atlantic City
spotted the wreckage of the two
olanes through a break in the fog
Iavy officers said.
Rescue parties were unable to
each the wrecked ships because OF
log, low tide and darkness. The
Navy said new attempts would be
made TODAY,
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Finnish Premier Urges
Friendship With Reds

BY the Associated Press.
HELSINKI, Mar. 16.-The Finnish
people, who vote tomorrow in their
first national election since 1899,
were exhorted by Premier Juho K.
Paasikivi last night to rid Parlia-
ment of its war-responsible elements
and support new national policy
in line with principles set forth in
the Crimea Conference"
The Premier said "Our foreign
policy never in the future must be
directed against the Soviet Union" /"
He declared that I'VE have OBJ
tanned freedom and independence
with our great neighbor's consent
and we must conduct ourselves so
that band of friendship and con-
fldence between Free Finland and
the Soviet Union is continually
strengthened"
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Film Awards Given
Crosby, Fitzgerald
And Ingrid Bergman
~ the Associated Press.

~ tnc ASoOCiAtCu EEcccs
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 16. Bing
Crosby, Leo McCarey, Barry Fitz-
gerald, Margaret O,Brien and IN
grid Bergman walked of with the
major share of honors as the Acad-
emy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences awarded its famed Oscars"
last night.
The movie capital went all the
way in voting Going My Way"
the most outstanding picture of
1914. The film outdistanced such
nominees as the epic Wilson and
Double Indemnity" and earned, all
told, no less than seven awards. In
cluded were:
An oscar" for Crooner Crosby
Tor the best performance by an
actor; another for Fitzgerald, his
co-star. for giving the finest sup
porting portrayal, and two to the
man who directed and wrote the
original story, Mr.. McCarey; one
to Frank Butler and Frank Cavett
for writing the screen play, and an
other to James Van Heusen and
Johnny Burke for the song, Swing
ing on Star"
Miss Bergman won the best
actress award for her role in Gas
light"
1000 Pack Theater.
1t was an exciting evening for
the 1000 academy guests packed
into the Chinese Theater and the
5000 who crammed Hollywood
boulevard outside.
The coveted Irving G. Thalberg
Award went to Daryl F. Zanuck,
the man who brought Wilson" to
the screen, as the producer who
fashioned "the most consistent high
quality production last year" A
special award went to the child
favorite, Margaret O'Brien.
Ethel Barrymore shared support
ing role honors with Mr.. Fitzgerald
for her mother part to Cary Grant
in None But the Lonely Heart"
The program included songs by
the Andrews Sisters and other en-
tertainers-and Bob Hope, who
made one of the few mentions of
the movie studio strike by relating
that producers were asking pickets
Don't Fence Me In"
Jennifer Jones Presents Award.
Miss Bergman and Jennifer Jones
were featured in a dramatic scene.
Last year Jennifer won the actress
award for Song of Bernadette" over
Ingrids Maria for For Whom the
Bell Tolls" and as she passed her
friend, she said, Il apologize. You
should have won it," Ingrid de-
INJURED. Your lBernadette' was
better than my Maria"
This time Jennifer, presenting the
award to Ingrid, said, Your artis-
try has won our votes and your
graciousness has won our hearts"
Mr.. Crosby, who often describes
himself as the worst" actor in pic
lures, won out over Alexander Knox
C"Wilson"D, Charles Boyer cGas-
light"), Cary Grant and Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, the latter having received a
double nomination.
The crooner, accepting the award
from Gary Cooper, cited The free
dom of opportunity in this land
where a director, Leo McCarey, can
take a broken down crooner and
lead him through a picture such as
this" Then he concluded, gazing at
the statuette:
Now if I can only win the Ken
lucky Derby"
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Bulgaria Sentences l13
For Fighting Allies
tv the Associated press

Ey the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Mar. 16.-The Bulgarian
Peoples Court last night sentenced
80 army officers to death and SO
others to Jail on charges of involv-
ing Bulgaria in the war against the
Allies and perpetrating war crimes.
Among those condemned to death
were nine generals. including Tri-
phon Triphonov and Konstantin
Loukash. former chiefs of staff !;
Boris Dmitrov, former gendarmie
chief, and ASSN Nikolov, former
chief of Bulgarian forces in Yugo-
slavia.
Evening star., 1945-03-16
First Passover Since '33
To Be Marked in Germany

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-For the
first time since 1888, Passover, the
eight-day festival celebrating the
redemption of the Jews from Egyp-
tian bondage, will be observed for
nally inside Germany this year
Frank L. We'll, president of the
National Jewish Welfare Board, an
nounced yesterday.
Mr.. We'll said that matzoths,
sacramental wine and Passover
prayer books, shipped by the board
had been received in all parts of the
world for distribution by the Army
among the 100000 Jewish men and
women in the Nations armed forces.
The holiday begins Wednesday
March %.
Evening star., 1945-03-16
Medic CrippIes 8 Nozis
To Prevent Combat
BY the Associated Press.

tItc 7SSfUCfHt6u FIeS8. --------
WITH THE UNITED STATES list
ARMY EAST OF THE RHINE, Mar.
l6.-A German medic, processing to
be anti-Nazi, yesterday surrendered
with eight soldiers whose hands and
legs were crippled.
He told captors he had been sci
entif1cally crushing their wrists and
ankles SO they could escape combat
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the blasted Benedictine Monastery
overlooking Casino. Archbishop
Giovanni Constantine, representing
Pope Plus XII, dropped trowel in
q hole near the shattered building to
symbolic the, Approaching resur-
rection" OF the monastery.
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Decorated

1T. q. g. ALEX j. Wake
field, USNR, today wears the
first, second, third and fourth
Air Medals for distinguishing
himself by meritorious achieve
ment while participating in OPP
erations against the enemy"
during six months in the Pacif-
ic. The award was made re-
Gently by Capt. H. L. Young,
USN, Chief of Staff, Fleet Air,
at Seattle where 1t. Wakefield
has been stationed since his re-
turn in June. The citations &C
companying the Air Medals
state that as pilot of carrier
based fighter plane, he particl-
pated in numerous strikes
against enemy shipping, air
fields and installations, and en-
envy aircraft, inflicting extern
sive damage. 1t. Wakefield, "a,
who is the son of Mrs. Alex
Wakefield, of 1853 Gallup ave.
nue.. was a football star at
Mount Clemens High school, la
ter attended the University OF
Illinois, leaving his classes in
November, 1912, to enter serv-
ice. His wife, the former Mary
Jane Shoemaker, is with her
husband in Seattle.
. PVT. KEITH L. SUTTON has
arrived at Camp Maxey, Texas,
after spending 14-day fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. r. Sutton, "a Huron ave-
nue..
HOMER E. BENNETT, 81
arrived in Mount Clemens Fri.
day with exciting tales OF the
capture of Goering and visits to
Hitler's mountain hideout al
Berchtesgaden. He is home fol
30 days after six months in the
ETO, where he earned the Com
bat Infantryman Badge and two
battle stars. He served with the
goth Armored Division. After
his furlough, which he is spend
ing with his sister, Erma Ben
nett, at FOG Robertson street, NJ
will report to a California post
for reassignment. Before enter
ing service he was employed II
Detroit.
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M &aAk

MRS. JULIA HEARN, North
avenue, who was 80 years old
Friday.
MRS. JOSEPH NORTH, 1880
Glenwood road, who Is quietly
observing her birthday anniver-
sary today.
dolores STARKEY, Hub
bard avenue, upon her 18th
birthday anniversary today.
RICHARD SCHULWITZ, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Schulz
WITT. who was II years old yes
terday.
DIR. J. M. CROMAN, JR.. up
on his birthday anniversary
yesterday.
HARRY METLER, Mack ave-
nue., whose birthday anniversary
occurred yesterday and Mrs.
Thomas G. Longstaff, who has q
birthday anniversary Friday.
The Mettlers and the Longstaffs
celebrated both events by dining
out last evening.
MRS. AMELIA BOBCEAN.
Moross avenue, upon her 77th
birthday anniversary yesterday.
A small gathering was held last
evening at the home Of her niece
and nephew, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Artman.
JOHN THERON POMEROY.
who is two years old today. He
is the son of Pfc. and Mrs. Their
on Pomeroy. His daddy, who
has been overseas for the past
IA months. is now stationed with
the Army Engineers in the Phil
pines. Mrs. Pomeroy and the
baby live at 1865 Harper ave-
nue..
MR.. AND MRS. HENRY RUS
Sell DIENER, 1927 Romeo Plank
road, who announce the arrival
of a daughter, Diane Laurine
on August IL, at Harper Hos
pital, Detroit. Mrs. Diener is the
former June French.
WILBUR DOPP, on his birth
day anniversary Sunday, and
William Dopp, who enters the
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on Saturday

AT 3 O'CLOCK Saturday az
ternoon Ethel L. Engelbrecht
and Pfc. Wilbert j. Harder spoke
their wedding vows In st. Peter
Lutheran church before the Rev,
r. A. Koessel. Ruth Rauschel-
bach was soloist.
The bride, daughter of Mrs.
Bert Engelbrecht and the late
Mr.. Engelbrecht of Davis, was
given in marriage by her uncle.
She wore q gown of white satin,
fashioned with fitted bodice with
lace inserts at the shoulders and
sleeves, and extending through
the skirt and train. Her tulle
veil, edged with lace, caught to
a coronet of seed pearls, extend
ed over the train. She carried a
bouquet of gladioli, roses and
campanula.
Arlene Engelbrecht, sister OF
the bride, was maid Of honor,
in a gown of peach brocaded
satin. Her matching veil was
fastened to a band Of flowers
and she carried gladioli and
roses.
Four bridesmaids were a sister,
Vera EnRelbrecht and Mrs. Louis
Juengel, in blue brocaded tat
feta; Mrs. Howard Harder and
Pearl Papist in fuschia. They
also wore matching wells and
carried similar flowers.
Pvt. Harder, who is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Harder
of Waldenburg, asked Albert
Harder, his cousin, to be best
man. Roy Wangelin, Howard
Harder, Pvt. Louis Juengel and
N o m n Engelbrecht attended
the bridegroom, and H arc d
Rohrbeck and Irwin Harder were
ushers.
Mrs. Engelbrecht wore Nile
green crepe and Mrs. Harder
blue with white accessories, and
corsage of white gladioli and
red roses.
A wedding dinner for the bril-
dial party and families took place
at the brides home, followed by
a large reception at Bobcean's
Hall.
Pvt. Harder, who Is home on
30-day furlough after SIEVE n
months duty in the European
theatre, will return to Camp
Grant, Ill. for reassignment.
while Mrs. Harder will remain
with her mother in Davis while
her husband is in service.
MR.. AND MRS. LEWIS Gut
schow entertained members Of
their supper club Sunday eve-
ming aboard their boat.
MIR. AND MRS. RALPH MAT
THEWS, formerly of st. Louis,
have moved to 1905 Maxwell
road, Toledo, O. Mr.. Matthews
who is the son of Mrs. Edna Mat.
thews of Lincoln avenue, has
recently taken a position with
the Willys-Overland company In
Toledo.
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Picnic Set
for Wednesday

THE ANNUAL PICNIC of the
Daughters of Isabella will take
place Wednesday, August 10, at
the Schultz Farm on the chm
ton River road, it is announced
today.
Members. their husbands and
children are TO gather for the
event any time from 3 o'clock
on. with supper to be served at 3
o'clock. Wartime food condi-
ton have caused change from
plans of previous years. Eaeh
family is TO bring its own basket
picnic this year, although Ice
cream and pop will be available
on the grounds.
Transportation will be avail
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Service Men Home
on Furlough, Leave

EwELL B. COLLINS, JR.,
178 Beuland avenue, to Sept. 8.
EDWARD D. CLIFTON, %
Garden Drive, to August II.
HOWARD J. SOCIA, 81 Ma
comb street, to Sept. 8.
ARNOLD KOHLER, Mount
Clemens, to August II.
ADOLPH j. WIESE, 81 Mar
ket street, to August 16.
HAROLD SCHRADE. Route
J., to Sept. 7.
Afford MOORE, 14e Bar
bara street, to August 80.
ELMER COTTRELL, JR., II
North Highland avenue, to Sept.
IS.
PFC. REQ D. SWEET, 2lss
Harper avenue, to Sept. 3.
EDMUND GREBEN, Al Inches
street, to August 26.
HARRY L. BOWER, New Bal.
timore, to August 26.
PETER B. FRALIN, los Av-
cry street, to August 20.
PVT. ROBERT M. KENNEDY,
Route /, to August 10.
GORDON B. KELLY, Romeo,
to August %.
WALTER A. KAUFMAN,
Route 8, to Sept. II.
WALTER w. SUGARS, Route
l, to Sept. IS.
WARREN j. STUMP, 20
Greenway, to Sept. IS.
JOHN ALLOR, "a Smith
street. to Sept. 5.
WILLIAM F. BROUGH, Ro-
meo, to Sept. 8.
ZYGMUND KUPIEC, 1873
North Wilson boulevard, to Aug
ust 20.
ELMER JOHN DUBAY, Route
7, to August 26.
CLIFFORD J. PETERS. 236
Euclid avenue, to Sept. II.
GEORGE +. MALLAST, 10l
New street, to Sept. IL.
HAROLD L. REDISKE, 5
Greenway, to Sept. IL.
WILLIAM c. SHIFTS, Utica, to
Sept. IL.
MONICA M. DUNN, BAL Orms-
by street, to August rs.
JOSEPH A. ECKHOUT, JR.,
5 Grove Park avenue, to Sept.
IL.
PFC. MARTIN w. BEHNKE,
Utica, to Sept. 8.
PVT. w. J. ABEY, Utica, to
Sept. 10.
RAYMOND H. CURTIS, Route
4, to Sept. 10.
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Pfc. Miller to Wed
Shores Girl Saturday

EILEEN WALSH, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Reginald Walsh of
St. Clair Shores, will become
the bride of Pfc. Marvin Miller,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Mill
er of 80 Scott boulevard, Satur-
day afternoon in Trinity Luth-
eran church in Mount Clemens.
The wedding is set for 2 o.
clock. with wedding dinner at
the Club Lido, and reception at
Eastwood hall that evening.
The bride-elect was honored
Sunday afternoon at a lawn
party and miscellaneous shower
given at the home of Mrs. Elmer
Sahrow, of ST. Clair Shores,
with Mrs. Edwin Tom, Mrs.
Walter SEEK, Mrs. Clarence
Miller and Mrs. Harold Miller
assisting. Sixty guests were pre-
sent.
Wednesday evening she will
be honored when The bride
grooms mother, Mrs. Miller.
and sister Eleanor, will enter
tain at miscellaneous shower,
and on Thursday evening Jane
Lingeman of st. Clair Shores
will be hostess for Miss Walsh.
Pvt. Miller has just returned
from seven months overseas, in
the ETC.
JUDGE AND MRS. ALTON
NOE are spending a week at
their Orchard Beach cottage,
while Judge Noe is convalescins
from his recent serious illness.
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WA the GoAr,

1T. q. 81 JOHN HARDWOOD,
USNR, has returned to Mount
Clemens with Mrs. HARDWOOD,
who has been with him for the
past six weeks in New Orleans,
since his return from q five ana
q half-months' voyage to the
Persian Gulf as Armed Guard
officer on q Liberty ship. He IL
home for 16 days before return
ing to New Orleans for new or.
derS.
PFC. EVANS j. TITUS, FL,
has arrived at Fort Benning,
Ca, after two weeks at Miami
Beach, Fla, following 80 day
prisoner of war leave with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Titus,
201 Jones street. Pvt. Titus, who
entered service in March, 1943,
was listed as missing in action
on April 7 of this year, was
later released by the Yanks aft
er having been a prisoner of
war In Germany for 20 days.
He had served IL months In the
ETC as a light machine gunner,
and was awarded the European
campaign ribbon with two bat
tie stars, the Purple Heart for
wounds received in combat, the
Distinguished Unit citation and
the Com bat Infantryman's
badge. He was formerly employ
ed by the Mount Clemens Pot
terry. His brother, Pvt. Vernon
G.. Titus. 26, is with the army
at ALA Walla, Wash.
WORD has been received that
Pfc. Lawrence c. Gave, %, par
ticipates in a unit citation for
superior and outstanding devo-
ton to duty" between April 81
and June 80, 1945. Pvt. Gave
served with a Quartermaster
Truck Company in the Philip
pines. In service 35 months, he
has been overseas 20 months.
He makes his home with his
brother, Norman Gave of 112
Rose street, who was recently
discharged after 40 months
service in the infantry. His over
seas duty was in the European
theatre.
PVT. HERBERT MARTELL
Is spending IL days at home en-
route to Amarillo. Tex. from
Las Vegas, New. He Is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Thelma Mar
tell Of 80 North Wilson boule-
ward.
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armed forces Thursday. In theie
honor Mrs. Wilbur Dopp enter.
tanned 81 members of the Dopp
and Diener families on Sunday
evening ut the Dopp home In
st. Clair Haven.
MARY JEANNE REAM.
whose third birthday was
on Sunday. Daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon Rsam Of 81
South Highland avenue. she was
hostess to . group Of little play
mates on Monday at q party.
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Released

<EtENOE
A TOTAL of 125 points earn
ed in A months in uniform has
won a discharge for Cpl. Harry
d. Perry. q. who arrived in
Mount Clemens Saturday morn
ing from Florida, having been
flown to the States from the
ETC. Cpl. Perry was 81 months
overseas as a forward artillery
observer with the Thunderbird
Division. He wears seven stars on
his ETC ribbon, for action III
Tunisia, Sicily. Italy, Southern
France, the Rhineland and Gen.
trial Europe. Also he has 4
bronze service arrow head,
bronge star and oak leaf cluster
for heroism, the Purple Heart,
and the Good Conduct medal
with clasp. Son of Mrs. Eva
Barkhouse, 81 Croker boule-
ward, Cpl. Perry had entered
service the week before the
Pearl Harbor attack in l941. He
has a brother. Pfc. Edward w.
Perry, with the Engineers, re-
Gently deployed directly from
Germany to the Philippines; ana
a sister, Violet Perry, seaman
1/c, stationed at Great Lakes,
ILL.,, with a WAVE unit.
1T. DAVID w. KEATS, 80,
dental surgeon in the U. 5.
Coast Guard, has left for Chelsea
Naval Hospital. Boston, follow
ing a Today leave spent with
his brother, DR.. Lawrence Keats,
formerly of Detroit, now Of
Mount Clemens. 1t. Keats will
receive treatment for an arm
injury sustained during action.
He has been two years at sea,
in the ETC and Mediterranean
theaters, having entered service
III May, l942.
PVT. MONICA DUNN Of the
U. S. Marine Corps Women's
Reserve has arrived from Ocean
side, Calf. for a 15-day furlough
with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Lloyd Dunn, 341 Ormsby. Pvt.
Dunn, who has been in service
since April, is stationed at Camp
Pendleton, where she serves as
mail clerk in the post office.
PROMOTION of Edward c.
Ahrens, "a, to the grade Of staff
sergeant is announced by the
SIEVE Fighter Command
Headquarters on Two Jima. Staff
Sgt. Ahrens, who has been over
seas since February, is radio
mechanic for a PSF Mustang
fighter group. He Is a graduate
of Mount Clemens High school,
1899, attended the Detroit Time
Study school, and prior to enter
ing the army in 1912, he was 4
time and motion analyst for Re-
public Aircraft Corporation, De-
troit. A brother, T/Sgt. Robert
G.. Ahrens, %, is stationed in
Washington, D. c., with the Air
Transport Command.
1T. ROBERT H. REYNOLDS,
just back from Ii months as q
night fighter pilot in the Pacific
area, spent a few hours in Mount
Clemens Monday at the home Of
his fiance, Mango Breitmeyer.
1t, Reynolds. who is the son of
the former 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Walter II. Reynolds, formerly of
Mount Clemens, now of Akron.
O., left with Miss Breitmeyer by
plane to spend his 30-day leave
in Axr.n. He wears the Air
Medal with an oak leaf cluster,
the Philippine Liberation ribbon,
the Bronze Star medal for valor,
the Purple Heart, four battle
stars on his Asiatic- Pacific rib
bon, and has completed IS COM
bat missions. He reports Sept.
Is TO San Antonio, Tex. for new
@rINrc
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able from st. Peters church be-
tween 5 and $50 o'clock. The
Schultz farm is located just f.5
miles from the Cass avenue.
Clinton River road intersection
on Clinton River road.