The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-26


Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S.
Mckenzie, Box III, Route 3, has
arrived at Keesler Field, Miss.
for examination to determine his
qualifications as a pre-aviation
cadet, according to an AAFTC
release received today.
FIRST LIEUT.. MERRITT j.
SCHWAN, who is with the 10th
Air Force in India, has recently
been promoted from second lieu
tenant.
FROM ALLIED Force Head
quarters in Italy comes news
that T/5 Harold A. Bellman, son
of William Bellman of Al Moser
place, is serving as initial in
spector with an ordinance tire
repair company which attends
more than $50 tires day. Over
seas nine months, Cpl. Bellman
wears the Mediterranean Thea
ire ribbon with one battle par
ticipation star, and has been
awarded the G. o q Con d u C
Medal.
PFC. PALMER E. HARAN, So
FesSenden street. is hauling gas
oline in the European theatre.
He is one member of several
bulk tank truck companies with
the Army's motor transport serv-
ice, which provides motor and
aviation gasoline for the war in
England, France Belgium, Hol-
land and Germany. Travelling
between 10 and $50 miles one
way TO make their daily deliver
les, often through artillery fire.
enemy planes and snipers, these
drivers are the last link between
combat units and sources of
supply.
PETTY OFFICER and Mrs.
Donald Sudan have returned to
Joliet, H., after spending week
with relatives and friends here.
They were accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. j. l.. Burns. Petty Of
ficer Sudan is in the Seabees.
MARIANN J. SCHLEIF has
received a telegram from her
brother, Pfc. Edward w. Schleif,
with the news that he has ar
rived in San Francisco from the
Southwest Pacific.
COAST GUARDSMAN KEITH
d. POWERS, son of Mrs. gladys
d. Powers of 1853 Park street,
Richmond, is now serving with
Coast Guard forces in the South
west Pacific, according to dis
patch released today. AT present
Seaman Powers is stationed
ashore in New Guinea awaiting
his next assignment to one of the
vessels on duty in this area.
Powers is graduate of Rich
mond High school, where he was
president of his class in 1899.
He joined the Coast Guard in
October, 1912.
FOUR u. S. ARMY SIGNAL
SERVICEMEN now in France
claim that they have spent more
time on the sea than many
members of the United States
Navy. Since March, 1943, they
have travelled on water for to-
tai of SO days. One of the four
is Pvt. Norman Mavis, French
road, Mount Clemens, now oper-
ating a communications system
linking a-base section head
quarters with port and rail in
stallations. The quartet took off
from San Francisco, in March,
1943. 1t took them "A days to
reach Suez, Egypt. They rode
the high seas again in March of
1914, when they were sent to
Scotland, and August found them
making the trip over the channel
to France.
STAFF SGT, EDWARD
BBAUMGAREN, "a, is in Miami
Beach, Fla. for rest, recreation
and reassignment processing,
following Is months overseas as
a B-24 tail-gunner in the Euro
pean theatre. Sgt. Baumgarten,
who entered service in Septem-
ger, 1912, holds the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross, the Air Medal,
with three Oak Leaf Clusters,
and Presidential Unit Citation.
His wife, who lives at III Col
onial court is with him in Flor
ida, and their daughter Irene,
age two and a half, is with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
Baumgarten, ITO Grove Park.
CAPT. GLENN X. SCHWAN
is at Randolph Field, Tex, for a
five-week instructors course.
Capt. Schwan recently returned
from overseas duty.