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Health, which backed the con-
demnation.
In a letter addressed to Will
liam c. Harper, drain commission
or, the health department cited
the bathing beach at the Nine
Mile drain-which operated all
summer under village license
AS "a foolhardy practise COM
parable to looking down the
muzzle of a gun, and likely to
be equally dangerous"
The state department advised
Harper to do everything possible
10 halt use of this section of the
lake as public beach.
Clerk Edward Brown. of ST.
Clair Shores, said today that the
Village Commission recently re-
ceived a delegation representing
a large number of property own
ers-claimed TO be more than
80 per cent-Who live in the
vicinity Of the drain centered
beach. They protested the health
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2lO MORE DONORS ARE REQUIRED
Civilian Blood Bank Registrations Lac

and West Macomb County
points to contact their local
chairmen, or telephone Mount
Clemens 2973 or $3.50 with their
registrations.
The community chairmen in
clude:
RICHMOND: Mrs. Ra p h
Fuersteneau, phone 206-R-5;
ROMEO: Mrs. A. M. Craw-
ford, phone 1872;
UTICA: Mrs. Harry Russell.
phone 3151.
Chairmen are expected to
have their registration lists In
See DONORS-Pase 6
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Disputes Close
DodgeFaefory
Truck Unit
Closed Down

DETROIT, Sept. 81 - R) -
Labor troubles today closed an
other plant of the automobile
industry, Chrysler Corporations
Dodge Truck Factory, as more
than 10000 auto workers COM
pleted a week of idleness.
A Chrysler spokesman, charg-
ing Local l40 of the United Au-
tomobile Workers (CIO) with
apparently sheer irresponsi-
bility," said 40 to so pickets
prevented entry of 800 employees
to the truck plant and forced its
closing.
Strikes in supplier plants
yesterday caused the layoff un-
til Monday of 1900 Dodge
truck employees, Chrysler said.
When the remaining 800 report
ed today. they were turned aside
by the pickets, the spokesman
said.
Chrysler said it had received
no notice of grievance from Lo.
cal l40. There was no immedi-
ate statement from the Local.
Management and labor con-
tinued sparring over the auto
unions demand for a 80 per
cent wage increase.
A strike at the Zenith Carbu-
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US. Tghtens Grip On Japan
0rdersArreSi
Of General;
Curbs Press
Vietors' Rules
Weigh More
Heavily on Notion

TOKYO, Sept. FL - (P) -
General Macarthur today or
dered the immediate arrest" of
1t. Gen. Kenji Doihara whose
recent appointment to command
Japan's first general army was
given Allied acceptance and
issued a 10-point code to guide
operations of the censored jap
anese press and radio.
Japan's Cabinet met mean
while for three hours to discuss
problems which well-informed
sources said included mounting
food shortages and repatriation
of Japanese civilians from Man.
churia and Korea.
NEAR ASSASSINATION
The newspaper ASahi today
added another dime-novel thrill
er to the tales of japanese sur
render-crisis intrigue, reporting
that former Premier Kantaro
Suzuki barely escaped with his
life from a band of armed Jap
anese soldiers Aug. Is. The
band evidently angered by sur
render plans. machine-gunned
in quick succession two houses
from which Suzuki had just re-
parted.
Doihara's appointment as
commander of the first general
army, succeeding Field Marshal
Gen. Sugiyama, who committed
suicide, was surprise to many
japanese, who said his past rec
ord was not one that would in
spire American confidence.
PLEDGE COOPERATION
American Army officers, new
ertheless, said after the confer
ence that Doihara had pledged
full cooperation and was "cour-
teous and cooperative"
General Macarthur code for
the japanese press specified that
news must adhere strictly to
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the U. S. in failing either to
forestall or mitigate an attack
tor which we were. on the certi-
fication of General Marshall, not
yet ready" Chamberlain said.
The political impact of such
a charge, if supported by the
evidence of code-cracking, would
have been terrific, and might
we'll have landed Dewey in the
White House."
Chamberlain said Dewey learn
cd long before the 1914 election
that American had cracked the
Japanese ultra code some time
prior TO Pearl Harbor and that
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this low number. more than half
are residents of Roseville.
The 240 donors are required
for the bank to be held at the
First Methodist Church, Cass
Clemens, on Oct. 1, 2 and 3.
ION Oct. 4 and 5 a blood
bank will be held at the Center
Line USO building, for the pur-
pose Of establishing the county
blood plasma center.)
CHAlRMEN LISTED
Mrs. Fenton today appealed
to residents of New Haven, New
Baltimore, Richmond. Armads,
Romeo, Utica and other North
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Globe CircHng
Air Service
Begins Sept. 26

WASHINGTON. Sept. 21-(R
Regular 'round-the-world air
passenger Service will be started
September % by the Army Air
Transport Command, on a six
and one-quarter day schedule
for the full flight of %, l47 miles.
Here's data on past famous
'round-the-world flights:
1924-U. S. Army airplanes,
IT'S days GA days, Is hours ac-
tual flying time).
1929-German Dirigible Bali
Don, Graf Zeppelin Ell, ZOO
miles, 20 days, four hours.
l933-Monoplane Winnie Mac
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Court Hears
Details of
Cyclists Death

The details of a bicycle trip
which ended in the death of one
of the riders were related today
before Justice of the Peace Don.
lid j. Parent during the examin-
alton of Walter Duckwitz, so, Of
q Fouth street, Mount Clemens,
who is charged with manslaugh-
ter in the death of Arthur James
Allor, Jr.
The key witness, Beatrice
Hornish, II, of Tiffin, O., told
the court that she was vacation
ing in Mount Clemens on August
3 when Allor was hit while rid
ing on Groesbeck highway.
Justice Parent adjourned the
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Efforts of Macomb County
Chapter, American Red Cross.
TO establish civilian blood
plasma laboratory in this county
through donations at the forth
coming October is blood
banks. today appeared only par
tally successful.
Registrations are slow. coun-
~ chairman Mrs. Walter G.
Fenton and registrar Mrs. Carl
Schimmel reported.
Up to noon today only 30 reg
istrations out OF required 240
for the Mount Clemens blood
bank had been received. Of
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Henry Ford, End
Becomes President
of Motor Empire

DETROIT. Sept. q - liP) -
Henry Ford II today became
president of the Ford Motor
Company. He succeeds his
grandfather, Henry Ford, who
simultaneously announced his
resignation.
The younger Ford has been
executive vice-president of the
Company since April %, 1914.
The elder Ford in his letter OF
resignation 10 the directors said:
II hereby resign the office Of
president Of this company, to
take effect upon acceptance.
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Bowles Warns
of Boom FOLLOWED
BY Catastrophe

NEW YORK, Sept. FL up
- Chester Bowles. OPA admin
istrator, sees the United States
headed for a boom followed by
giant collapse if initiation con-
trolls are removed during recon-
version.
"We will have our boom all
right" Bowles declared. There
is no question about that. We
will have the speculation, the
looming prices, and the appear
ance of superficial prosperity.
But when the inevitable col
lapse finally comes it can shake
our whole economic foundation"
See BOWLES-Page Z
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Center Line Firm
Named in Suit

The Square Tool and Die
Manufacturing company of
21526 Hoover in Center Line,
has been named defendant in a
$413.298 suit filed against the
company by John c. Lehr, Unit
ed States District Attorney, in
behalf of the Federal govern
ment.
According to the Federal suit,
the amount is due the govern
ment on q tax re = negotiation.
The agreement was said to have
been set at $1,894,0 A Fed
eral lien totaling more than a
million dollars which was filed
in May against the company by
Giles Kavanaugh, Collector of
Internal Revenue, Is pending.
The lien according to Kavanaugh
il based on additional income
earned in 1912 and 1943.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21-(R
Americas ace spy service van
ished today-in the best cloak
and dagger tradition - some.
where between the State and
War Departments.
President Truman transferred
the main functions of the office
of Strategic Services to the State
Department. But he said that
whatever was left over should
be placed in the War Depart
rnent.
Along with this Mr.. Truman
assigned to Secretary of State
Byrnes responsibility for devlop-
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Claims EDR
Aware Var
Vas Imminent

NEW YORK. Sept. 2l-(P-
John Chamberlain. an editor Of
Life magazine, says in the cur
rent issue of the publication that
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey knew
President Roosevelt was fore
warned of the l94l japanese at
tack, but the republican declined
to use his knowledge as a cam
paign weapon in 1914.
Dewey XXX was in a posi-
ton to charge that the President
had betrayed the interests of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-21
CLOAK.AND.DAGGER DOG DAYS
Spy Service Fades Out

ing Americas first neace-time
Foreign Intelligence Service, ex-
cept for usual commercial and
diplomatic information.
II particularly desire" the
President wrote Byrnes, shat
you take the lead in developing
. concentrated and coordinated
foreign intelligence program for
all federal agencies concerned
with that type of activity"
He directed Byrnes to set up
an inter-departmental committee
on the matter. At the same time
Mr.. Truman created an interim
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Hint Hirohiio
MayAbditafe
Son Seen as
New Emperor

United Press staff Corresponds


TOKYO, Sept. Fl - WH -
Indications that Emperor Hiro-
hito is considering abdicating in
favor of his l1-year-old son in
creased today despite a denial
from the royal household.
Two factors in particular boil
stored the belief that Hirohito
is bordering abdication:
/. Crown Prince Akihito was
ordered two days before Japan's
capitulation to prepare himself
for "Togu''-the science of rul-
ership-and DR.. Shigeto Hozumi
retired professor of jurispru-
dence at Tokyo Imperial Uni
versity, was named official ad-
visor and instructor to him.
2. Prince Chichibu, tubercu-
lar brother of Hirohito and
probable regent in the event of
his abdication, is making one of
his rare trips to Tokyo in re-
spouse to a sic lmons from the
Emperor.
FLAT DENIAL
Asked point-blank whether
Hirohito was considering abdi-
eating, however, Imper
Ishiwata, one of the Mikado' s
household Minister Shot a O
cloest advisers, told the United
Press.
Such a thing as abdication OF
Emperor Hirohito Absolutely
could not be-"
Ishiwata's statement might be
technically correct at the mo-
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Motorists Rush
toFi|| Tanks.
inEmergenty
Striks.PoroIysis
Spreads Rapidly
Across Nation

Mount Clemens district motor
lists, rushing to get as much gaso-
line as possible into their tanks
In view Of a growing nationwide
shortage. today viewed with
alarm the news that two of
Mount Clemens major gasoline
supply firms are "out of gas;
another large supplier expects to
have empty tanks by Saturday;
and several others hope" to
keep supplying the public until
the first Of next week.
But even the most optimistic
gas and oil wholesalers admitted
that the situation is critical.
One dealer, Roy Murphy, of
Murphy Brothers Gulf Oil said
his firms supplies will be ex-
hausted Saturday-exceVt for .
small reserve he is guarding for
fire department, police, hospital,
ambulance and physicians use.
Texaco and Socony-Vacuum
white Starr drained their tanks
this morning into retailers sta
tions-and that's all there is,
a White Star official explained.
MAY RATION SUPPLY
Hi-Speed and Standard Oil
stations in Mount Clemens are
hopeful of surviving until Mon
day, but all will depend on the
rush" that develops. Some re-
tail operators talked of restrict
ing motorists to limited gallon
age in order to spread the sup
ply.
throughout the nation the CLIO
oil workers strike had gained
Roadway.
More than a dozen refineries
and plants were closed, and 9TH
ers were ready 10 shut down as
workers took strike votes.
Emergency rationing of gasoline
was ordered in Toledo, Ohio.
AS the Federal government
stepped in to attempt to effec.
2 settlement of the strike started
last Monday by the oil workers,
the stoppages curtailed gasoline
supplies in scores of cities and
idled more than 10000 workers.
Elsewhere across the nation, Ia
Dor disputes kept an additional
100000 men and women away
from their jobs.
WALKOUTS INCREASE
The oil strike hit hardest in
the Texas Gulf coast region
where $4,000 were idle in refin-
cries and affiliated industries.
Another $500 were ready to
leave their jobs and thousands
more were taking strike votes.
The closing OF the only re-
naming refinery in the Toledo
area last night resulted in emer-
gency rationing of gasoline for
the Ohio city. The Sun Oil Com
pany said it closed its refinery
after its workers, although indie
pendent, refused to pass picket
lines set up by the C1O oil
workers. Refineries of the Stan
dard Oil Co., the Gulf Refining
Co., and Pure Oil Co., earlier
had shut down because of the
strike.
Large cities feeling the pinch
OF gas and fuel shortages in
cluded. Chicago, Detroit and
Cleveland.
Some 5000 oil workers in the
Chicago-Indiana area were idle
by the closing Of four refinerie.
and one terminal which resulted
in the shutdown Of several "a.
stations.
In the Detroit area. where
more than $4,000 of the coun.
try's 100000 idle are out be.
cause Of strikes and shutdowns
Union leaders went ahead with
plans for strike votes In plant.
Of the big Three"-Chrysler
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now occupied by the Covered
Wagon company, at 1872 Cass
avenue, Mount Clemens, was
announced today by H. A. Sper-
Itch, president of the Ironrite
Ironer company, of Detroit.
In revealing that his firm in
tends, in the future, to
transfer its complete operation
to Mount Clemens the company
president cited the fact that more
than twice the floor space now
available to Ironrite is provided
here.
While Ironrite, established in
1911. has been engaged almost
exclusively in war-production
since l94l, it is now geared to
manufacture of its domestic
products-higher priced electric
ironers designed for use in the
home. 1t is the largest such
manufacturer in the nation, COM
pany officials said. Prior to the
presidential decree barring pro.
duction of home appliances as q
war emergency measure Ironrite
claimed 40 per cent Of the home
ironer manufacture in America.
MAYOR GETS WORD
First word of the Ironrite COM
pany's determination to enter the
Mount Clemens field was cham
neled through Mayor Albert A.
Wagner, an acquaintance of
Sperlich throughout the past
several years.
A. D. Brewer, Board Of Com
MERGE secretary, was notified
Thursday of the company's in
tent and expressed enthusiasm
at the development.
Sperlich, who heads the long
established and soundly financed
organization, is himself q Ma
comb county man. Born and
raised on a farm near Walden
burg he has a wide acquaintance
throughout the district and now
makes his home in Highland
Park. During his youth, when
both were employed in Detroit,
he and John c. Bannow, Mount
Clemens postmaster, were re0m-
mates, and have remained close
friends throughout the years.
VOICES ENTHUSIASM
In commenting today on Iron
rites entry onto the Mount
Clemens business scene Bannow
spoke in glowing terms of Sper-
Itch, who he termed fortnight
inventive genius. Anything he
has anything to do with is sound
and Will prove credit to the
city" the postmaster said.
The plans Of the Covered Wag-
on company which, prior to the
war, engaged in the manufact-
ure Of domestic house-trailers
today were described as ''indef.
mite by a company spokesman
who said, however, that as soon
as war-contracts have been ter
minated Covered Wagon con-
templates return to the domes-
tic trailer field and will, in all
probability, occupy quarters in
the same plant which II has just
sold to the Ironrite people.
AMPLE SPACE
The Cass avenue structure,
one Of the most modern manu-
featuring units IN Tire area, will
provide lronrite with approxi-
mately $4,000 square feet of
production space, Paul Nesbit,
vice-president, said today.
1ronrite spokesman said that
the company has enjoyed and
prospered under operations in
the Detroit area and, in q sense,
regrets moving outside the met !.
ropolitan limits. I'VE must, how
ever, take advantage Of the o.
cellent facilities available IN
Mount Clemens and the greatly
expanded manufacturing sUnCo ,
required to swing into vo1ioG0o &
production on the many o1Gn1 e
ands Of ironer orders now e.
books" VI
HEAVY KnlelOxDG89R
= Approximately - 60 &
be employed BY IrooFit9 - e. 81
the level Of pre-war vEo1uC
officiala mA. 80
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-tP)-GOv. Thomas Z. Dewey
today declined to make public
a letter from General Mars
hall which reputed admitted
President Roosevelt knew the
the Japanese were going to
attack Is hours before Pearl
HarbOr.
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Health Officials Make Caustic
Attack on SwimmingMearDru

warning of the Macomb County Drain Office recently de-
vered ST Clair Shores village commissioners regarding viii
bathing outlet of the Nine Mile
often polluted upheld Thursday the State Department Of
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CURTAINS LAUNDERED
NORMINGTON'S Phone 1901
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Takes Over
Trailer Firm
Plant Here
Electric Ironer
Firm to Move
from Detroit

Purchase of the spacious plant
now occupied by the Covered
Wagon company, at 1872 Cass
avenue, Mount Clemens, was
announced today by H. A. Sper-
Itch, president of the Ironrite
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-05
CONGRESSMAN "WILL TRY TO
GET ALONG"

There has been a good deal of public
discussion during the past few months over
The proposals to,raise the salaries of mem
bers of Congress. After the election there
was a serious epidemic of headaches on
Capitol Hill which were largely due to the
fact that congressman who had to fight
and spend their own money to retain their
Jobs, spent more than their annual salaries,
with the result that many of them had to
borrow money at the banks to pay their in
come tax. And so they mOaned and COM
planned, like other workers who have kept
off the military front But those politicians
didn't go on regular strikes and now most
Of them agree with the chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee, Mr.. Can
non of Missouri, that it is going to be abso-
lutely inconsistent for them to favor wage
sterilization plan, and then turn right
around and vote increases in pay for them
selves. Representative Cannon says that
such pay boost would cost Uncle Sam
S2,500,000 year.
Strangely enough one of the oldest
and noisiest New Dealers, former Repre-
sentative Maury Maverick, is shouting his
head off for 'small businesses" while in
siSting that Congress should go ahead and
raise the pay of its members to at least
$4,000 a year and not fear the conse-
quences. House Majority Leader John Nc
Cornfack expressed the opinion that it
takes real Legislative courage" to raise the
politicians pay while the wages of war
workers are beinp frozen
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-05
HONEST ELECTION

Anybody familiar with local politics
is aware that we have had good many
crooked elections, and that most of them
have been in the city. But that practice
has been killed by double-barrelled gun
voting machines and re-registration.
While looking at a Grated machine in
the courthouse Saturday, a county official
remarked:
THE best thing in the world to stop
crooked politics at the polls, but the ma
chimes cannot do it all themselves. We
must have re-registration of the voters in
Monroe County"
In commenting on that statement, Rep
resentative Bernie C. Papy declared:
And we are going to have re-regis-
tration, and you may add that it will apply
to the city election to be held next Novem-
Der. Everybody by a law that will be
passed-by the legislature, who votes in that
election will have to re-register."
Few names of people who have died are
on the county books, because Supervisor
John England has kept a keen eye on
deaths in the county, but it is impossible
lor him to determine the names of people
on the books who have left Key West or
other sections of Monroe to reside else
where. Nobody knows how many such
names are on tthe county's books, but the
same county official already quoted, said
heswould not be surprised if they number
a THOUSAND
In the city, the names of many per-
sons who have died still are on the books,
as well as hundreds of former residents.
In the latter case, the city supervisor is I'M
able to determine who has left town to
establish his residence elsewhere, so that
difficulty will be overcome for him by the
re-registration of city voters.
With no names of dead persons or for
mer Key Westers. who are no longer resi-
dents for repeaters to vote in the coming
city election, or any other election in the
city or county, they will think twice before
they vote in the names of eligible Key West
ers. Reporters, should they attempt to do
that in almost every case may be detected
by election inspectors, who would be aware
that the nameza repeater gave was not his
own. And if he is caught, he would be
severely punished for violating a provision
Of the election laws of the state.
Yes, we will have an honest election in
November