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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22
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Lejaune would find life extremel.
precarious among hard and hardened
killers of the Legion.
The classic punishment of tn,
Legion - and 1t was for a serious
not a trifling offense was tough
enough, all right. 1t consisted
putting a man in stocks under thu
blazing sun and leaving him there
with a bucket of water tossed oveI
his head hourly to keep him from
going insane. The "plut" was an
other form Of punishment for in
to cool the hottest heads. A 70-pounC
sack of sand was strapped TO the
culprit's back and, in regular march
ing formation, he was kept going
around the prison courtyard for nine
hours a day - with ten.minute resi-
period each hour.
But men were not beaten or driver
into the desert 10 die, despite "BeaI
Geste" and Hollywood.
The public began to confuse
Frances Foreign Legion with hel
Devils Island, and to regard 'h6
Legion as only a lesser penal v sry
The world came TO look upon 1t as
an international rogues gallery in uni
form, the haven of criminals, thugs
and men burdened In conscience.
And it still does, completely over.
looking the fact that the Legion has
always exercised a powerful attrac.
ton for the soldier of fortune, the
romantic, the rebel or malcontent and
April "a, lS45
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

the inspiration of countless short story writers,
novests and dramatists. It has even been immor-
talized in opera, and the screen has drawn on it
for some of its most thrilling fare. The two most
popular novels about the Legion are Ouidas
"Under Two Flags" which was translated into
opera, and Percival Christopher Wren's Beau
Geste," which Hollywood sent around the world.
The Ouida novel, which gave to fiction one OF
of its most popular heroines - Cigarette, the
Daughter of the Regiment depicts the dash,
bravado and gaiety of the Legion. The
Wren novel is tale Of high romance and cruelty.
1t gave to the public one of the most hateful
villains of all fiction: the brutal Sergeant Lejaune.
AS usual, the truth falls somewhere in be-
tween these two pictures of life in the Legion
Etrangere From the beginning, its part has
been that of heroism and hard work. It's disci-
pline has been steel-stern, even harsh. But even
its most bitter critics have admitted. that it was
just Often the life of the Legion has been
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22
BY INEZ ROBB

rOR more than ia years, members of the most
p famous single fighting unit in the world, the
French Foreign Legion have fallen like stars
wherever the flag and the destiny of France have
dictated that brave and reckless men should lead
the charge.
From the scorched sands of the Sahara to the
icy fjords of Narvik; from Mexico to China,
Legonnaires have streamed their fighting splen-
dor through the sky Now the Legion has run
its course. Gashed with honorable scars, it is
to lie forever in Glory's lap-never to rise again
at the end of World War II.
The Legion which carved out and held for
France one of the greatest colonial empires
earth, has served its purpose. Its projected ter.
mination, recently reported from France will
mark the end of the most romantic and romanti-
cized military force in modern history.
But the very nature of modern warfare has
outmoded the Legion for the work which was
its excuse for being; building and holding an
empire. So the Legion is to go because the fierce
Arabs of both desert and mountain cannot fight
tanks, robot bombs and jet.propeed planes and
other arms developed by and for World War II.
The American bulldozer, too has played its
part in lquidating the Legion Bulldozers have
built all the magnificent roads up and down
North Africa that continent will need for years
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

Farm wages on June l were
about double those paid three
years ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Privileged Jackson Mob
Put to Work at Marquette

been put 10 work. Some Of them
even have what inmates would
call good jobs and we may be
criticized for that, but they have
been assigned to work in a
routine way, without any onus
for their record in Jackson and
have been given a chance to
start life up here on new foot "
Bush said the transferred in
mates were given their assign
ments by prison officials on the
basis of recommendations by
the Classification Committee
Some of them had been here
before he said.
Their abilities are well
known. Some of them are cap
able men and others we would
rather have working where we
can watch them. None have
been made trustyS." :. :. :. >.
ASSIGNMENTS WATCHED
He said some Of the inmates
concerned had been assigned to
the library and some to the pris-
On newspaper, but that none
were in position to abuse their
assignments.
Attorney General John r. De.
timers charged that a clique Of
big-shot inmates had unusual
control at the Southern Michi-
gan Prison, were given unwar-
ianted trusty assignments and
were in position to favor their
friends inside the walls.
After five weeks in charge o.
Michigan's prison IS b eria,'
Bush declared he found the
tone and temper of the guards
and inmates ION the whole ex-
cellent." He said both groups
reacted favorably to the ap-
pointment of veteran guard Cap
tain William Bath as acting De-
putty Warden.
Bush said the only disciplin-
airy troubles which had arisen
since he went to Marquette were
three separate fights involving
three pairs of convicts on one
day.
The fights" he said, were
personal matters between the
SIX inmates and did not result
from prison affairs. Here, as in
all prisons, there are violations
Of the rules, but l have found
that prompt discipline follows.
The guard staff is on its toes
TO see that rules are observed"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Mt. Clemens 81 HELPS
Out Mt. Clemens General

the lighted interior.
These are only samples of Sgt.
Jones two years of service
overseas, but they help explain
why the CT and the general are
brothers under the skin. Jones
snappy salute when he next
meets the general will, incident
ally, be a CTS tribute to a man
with lots of know-how and tire
less energy.
Right now, Jones is making up
for lost time by enjoying a 30
day furlough. Like any good
canvas worker, the first thing
he did in town was to drop down
to Miller's Awning store. sit on
pile of canvas and talk shop"
with his former boss.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

The beaver is the largest
member of the rodent family.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Warn Against
Posing as dot

LANSING, Sept. ii -SA)-
Home owners, pestered by in
sects, should read the labels OF
insecticides carefully beforc
buying to avoid being misled by
catchy trade names capitalizlng
On the popularity of DDT, the
new insecticide, w. {. Geagley,
Chief Chemist of the Department
of Agriculture, warned today
Geagley said the manufacture,
sale and distribution of the pro-
duct in Michigan is governed oy
the insecticide and funglcide law
which requires every label to
state plainly the correct names
and percentage amounts of IN
gradients.
The abbreviation DOT is ap-
piled to chemical compounds
known as Dichlor-Diphnyl- TIL
chlorothane.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Fires Air Rifle at Boy;
Pays IS Plus Costs

CENTER LINE-Arrested by
Center Line police for shooting
an air rifle at a 10-year-old boy,
Marshal Van Damn, %, of Con-
eel avenue and Van Dyke was
fined SIS and $685. costs Friday
before Judge Samuel Robinson.
Chief Elmer Flechsig said
that Van Damn had shot at the
youth for playing in back of the
Busch Annex school where a
garage was under construction.
Van Damn contended that the
youth who was hit in the arm
was holding up the work.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
MARQUETTE. Mich, Sept. IL

MARQUETTE. Mich, Sept. IL
-(P)-"Big shot" prisoners who
were moved out of the STATE
Prison of Southern Michigan af-
ter an investigation charged
they had too much control in
that institution, are fitting quiet
~ into the routine of the Mar
quette Branch Prison, acting
Warden Gerald F. Bush reported
today.
Bush, a member Of the State
Parole Board who took charge
at Marquette after Warden Ralph
Benson was shifted 10 the South
ern Michigan Prison, asserted
most of the men transferred
here from the big house have
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Coordination
in Public Work
Urged by Kelly

LANSING. Sept. IL tR -
Governor Kelly is determined,
he said Monday, that the state
and its local units shall not pro-
coed with a public works pro-
gram until government and bus
mess can have a voice in its de-
velopment.
Expanding plans announced
Monday TO call in representa-
tiveS of the building industry,
Kelly went on to schedule a con-
ference in Washington Wednes-
daySwith either j. A. Krug, war
Production Board Chairman, or
his deputy, Charles Ketchum. to
discover the availability of build
ing materials and labor without
competing with private industry,
also seeking TO build on a large
scale.
He said a representative Of the
WPB would attend the meeting
in Lansing of building industry
men Sept. 18. Yesterday Kelly
enormously announced the meet
ing for Oct. ID.
The Governor declared he
sought the advice of experts in
estimating future rises in con-
struction costs, the availability
of labor and materials in both
the state and in some local areas
and the degree to which the state
could engage in public works
construction without competing
with private industry.
Suggesting a later meeting
with officials of local govern
ments, Kelly said the initial
conference might prove of value
to communities planning their
own public works programs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
TURKEYS Die Young

STELLA, Mo.-(U.P)-Thanks-
giving came a few months too
soon on a farm near Stella.
Between three and four hum
dred turkeys were roasted when
an over-heated stove ignited the
brooder house sheltering the
birds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Center Line Police
Recover Stolen Car

CENTER LINE-The recovery
of a stolen car was reported
Monday by Police Chief Elmer
Flechsig. The car was found at
Van Dyke and Sterling and be-
longed to Tony d. Tomasso of
17515 Orleans, Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

More than 100000 Japanese
were killed by an earthquake
Feb. 2, 1903.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

Next time q certain Mount
Clemens CT meets a certain
Mount Clemens general, the Of
ficer will probably get the snap
piest salute he ever received in
long years of military service,
and also the proudest smile that
ever wrinkled a soldiers face.
The two principals will be T.
Sgt. James Jones, son of Fire
man and Mrs. Herbert Jones,
ga Jones street, Mount Clemens,
and Brig. Gen. Joseph p. Sulli-
van, of 1212 Lincoln avenue,
Mount Clemens.
One may have three stripes
and the other a gold star, but
Jones and Sullivan are brothers
under the skin: they both like
to see job done fast and well.
The general, speaking before
Kiwanis Club members here last
week, took time out from his
description of Fifth Army logis-
tics and supply in Italy, to speak
with pride of the Mount Clemens
sergeant whose ingenuity and
skill did much to help Sullivan
keep $4,000 to 100000 men
eating, sleeping, travelling and
fighting.
RAIN-SOAKED TENTS
The general described how the
problem of keeping thousands
Of tents in repair was vexing
one, since Italys incessant rains
kept the tents soaking wet. Ce-
mented patches won't stick on
wet canvas and sewing is also
difficult job.
Sgt. Jones had worked In
Mount Clemens for Ed. Miller,
of Miller's Awnings for four
years before entering the army.
Canvas work was his trade.
Some far-sighted classification
center clerk conceived the bright
idea of putting Jones in canvas
maintenance.
When Jones observed the
Uoblem at the canvas center in
Italy, he knew why tent repairs
were "gummed up. Between
100 and 80 tents were being
received for repair each day
but they were SO soaked with
rainwater and many days de-
lay resulted before they were
returned to service with the
army.
DAMPNESS DRIVEN OUT
Sgt. Jones, according to Gen.
Sullivan's story, found a large,
vacant storage room above the
canvas warehouse. He rugged it
with blocks and tackle. and lib
Grated some large heating
stoves. The problem of wet
canvas was solved Immediately.
Tents saturated with water were
strung up and within "a hours
were dry and ready for repair
instead of delay of many days.
Not content with the success
of this inventiveness, Sgt. Jones
looked around for more worlds
to conquer.
He found trouble at BACKED
out tents being used for hospital
and surgical work. Every time
litter bearers would carry a
stretcher case into the tent,
shafts of bright light would
sweep the exterior-making the
tent an easy target for planes or
artillery. 1t was serious prob
lem.
Jones quickly designed and
made a "cowl' entrance to the
hospital tents, enabling stretch
ers to be taken into hallway" T,
which was closed up, before
opening the second tent flap into
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
Supervisor And County
Heads Meet Today

Montgomery County officials
and department heads met today
at 1890 P. M. with County Super
visor Willard F. Day to plan for
a system of monthly reports.
Under a plan announced by
Supervisor Day, reports will be
prepared on the work of their de-
partments by each department
head and these will be mimeo-
graphed or printed and distributed
to civic groups and other interest
ed bodies after being presented to
the county commissioners.
The reports will be divided SO
that only one department reports
each month and an annual report
will be compiled from the monthly
reports, each of which will include
recitation of projects carried out
and activities of the department
and a financial resume.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
Rockville Women To
Meet This Afternoon

Rexford Shaffer, director of
claims service for the Eastern area
of The Red Cross, will be the
speaker at a meeting of the Rock
vile Women's Club to be held this
afternoon at the Public Library.
The executive board will be hosts
at the tea which will follow the
meeting.
Mr.. Shaffer who is known as
the "doughboys friends" has had
20 years experience in claim work,
having served in World War ! at
the Hoboken embarkation point.
He started in as a lieutenant and
received citation and the rank of
captain for his outstanding work
at classifying draftees, and speed
ing up claims.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
County Policeman
Among 20 Indicted

Among the twenty indictments
returned by Montgomery County
Grand Jury which met in special
session for four days last week,
was the indictment of Capt. d. Le-
roy Snyder, County police officer,
on charges of malfeasance which
was made public Friday by Judge
Stedman Prescott of the Circuit
Court at Rockville. Capt. Snyder
is at liberty on bond $500. Cap
tain Snyder, who has been a
member of the police force for
more than twenty years, was in
dicted on two charges both having
to do with his using members of
the police on his farm while he re-
ported that they were on duty for
the county. Tom Hyde was fore
man of the jury which returned
the indictment Thursday evening.
His trial has been set for Oct 10
in the Circuit Court in Rockville.
Nine persons were arraigned be-
fore Judge Prescott on Friday and
indictments by the grand jury were
returned against the following:
Willie Haskins, negro, murder Of
his wife, to which he pleaded not
guilty; Maggie Jackson, William
H. Miller, Alfred Oxford, William
H. Milbourn, Charles Stakes, all
charged with grand larceny, all Of
whom pleaded guilty; Eldora Con
away % of Clearfield, Pa, charged
with bigamy, to which she pleaded
guilty, and Joseph C. Evans, Of
Livingston Miss, alleged to have
obtained the license for her, charg-
ed with perjury, to which he plead
ed not guilty; Beaver Pennington,
who pleaded not guilty to larceny
and embezzlement.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
More Men Needed
For Marine Corps

Harold C. Strickland, Marine re-
cruiting sergeant from Washing
ton, d. c. will be at the Rockville
Post office, from $3.50 to 800, Oct
ober 9th, 1945 TO point out the
many opportunities now afforded
young men joining the Marine
Corps.
Men II to rs are wanted. Dis
charged men who are under 81
and who have not been separated
from military service for more
than one year will be accepted.
Ex-Marines .enlisting within 80
days after discharge will receive
the remainder of the three-month
period as reenlistment furlough.
Marine veterans regular, reserve
or inductees reenlisting within
80 days following discharge will
be appointed to their temporary
rank held on the discharge date.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
October 7 IA
Designated AS
youth Week"
Clergy Asked To Talk On
YMCA Work Next Sun
day In Their Churches

The YMCA through Joseph B,
Bunker, Montgomery County Sec
rotary, is asking the clergy of the
county to deliver sermons on
YMCA Youth Work in their
churches on either October 7th or
October ID. The association has
designated the week of 18th to the
14th as youth Week"
A Conference Committee has
been at work developing a pro-
gram for community leaders inter-
ested in the program of youth
in the postwar period. Outstand-
ing speakers have been secured
to 1daliver addresses on Youth
Work at leaders meetings to be
held In Washington and the
counties where the Association is
at work.
The theme of the Conference is:
Preparing Today's, Youth for To-
morrow's World"
The YMCA is inviting the
churches to assist in bringing to
the attention of christian people
the program of the association for
assisting youth in keeping life in
balance.
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
"Great Days Call For Great
Ideas, Says DR.. E.. W. BrOOme

DR.. Edwin w. Broome, speaking
before the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters in Beth
esda last Friday, said that, "Great
days, such as these we are living
through, must be matched by great
IDEAS" and continued by describ-
ing how the experience of the war
has proved that we are on the
right track in the educational
methods of Montgomery County.
Mrs. Richard Saunders, Of the
League, followed by showing, the
practical tools needed by the
schools to carry out this method
in practice, listing well qualified
teachers, smaller classes, richer
source, material, more clerical
help, enlarged in-service training
program, and better parent CO.
operation.
In estimating how good a job
our Montgomery County schools
are now doing, Irwin Wensick, Of
the Postwar Planning Committees
Subcommittee on School Survey,
called attention to several elective
studies which have been made es-
tablishing the fact that the most
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
Registration
Boards To Be
In Session
Supplemental Boards And
Rowing Board Have Been
Named By Supervisors

Supplemental boards of registra-
ton plus a rowing board, were
named by the Montgomery County
Supervisors of Elections at their
meeting in Rockville this week.
The supplemental boards will reg
lister and transfer qualified voters
change party affiliations and ac-
cept declarations of intentions
from residents. According to the
Maryland law a declaration of in
tention must be filed one year be-
fore the election at which the cit
izen is to vote.
Lieut.. Col. Ward w. Caddington,
chief clerk of the election board
explained that during the last
election, due to the creation of
new voting precincts and the sub
division of others, a number Of
voters experienced delay in find
ing their names on the registra-
ton books. He suggested that all
persons who were in doubt as to
the correctness of their present
voting precincts, or who experience
ed difficulty the last time they
voted, should communicate with
the election board either by tele-
phone or mail. This also applies
to voters who have changed their
residence since last election.
The Bethesda and Silver Spring
boards will be in session from a
to 10 P. M. today and Friday and
during the same hours from Mon
day through Friday until Novem-
Der 3rd.
The rowing board will be in
session from Z to 10 P. M. as
follows: Oct. 8, Potomac School;
Oct. IL and 26, Glen Echo Fire.
house; Oct. 10, Modern Woodmen's
Hall, Laytonsville; Oct. II, Barnes
vile Community Hall; Oct. Is,
Burtonsville Grange Hall; Oct. is,
Colesville School; Oct. II, Waverly
Hall, Poolesville; Oct. 10, lillian
dale Recreation Center; Oct. 10,
Kensington Armory; Oct. %, Jr.
GUAM Hall, Damascus; Oct. 20,
Garrett Park Chapel; Oct. "a,
Gaithersburg Masonic Hall; Oct.
rs, Murphy's Shop, Olney; Oct. 80,
Beall's Garage, Jamestown; Nov.
1, Clarksburg School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
Community War
Fund House,
House Canvass
Drive Opened In County
This Week Is Off To Good
Start, Elliott Reports

Starting with Women's Activi-
ties Residential Unit luncheon
held Saturday at The Statler Hotel
in Washington, house to house
canvassing for $4,000, Mont
gomery County share of the Ma
tional War Fund goal of $115,0O0,-
10000, began Sunday and Monday
under the direction of Walter p.
Elliott, chairman, and his corps of
area captains and workers. The
first report of collections in the
county will be made today in Rock
vile, Bethesda and Silver Spring.
The second report will be next
Wednesday, 10th, at the same
three points.
The end of the war made no
change in the national goal but it
will be extended to take care of a
fifteen month period, instead of
twelve months. This is in order to
make this the last National War
Fund Campaign. A quick review
of all other welfare agency bud
gets after peace was announced
indicated possible heavy new bur-
dens for local welfare agencies as
result of sudden peace, demobili-
cation and employment shake-ups.
Within the War Fund are the
five local Community Chests and
all their services, upon which will
inevitably fall responsibility for
emergency needs caused by I'M
employment, returning veterans,
sudden discharges, reduced income,
and all the many basic and new
problems that war never eliminat-
ed and sudden peace has intensi-
fed. The slogan of the drive,
Keep Faith With Those Who
Gave" seems most appropriate.
Montgomery County agencies
benefiting by this fund are: So
cial Service League, Boys All
Club, Boy Scouts, Girls All Club,
Camp Fire Girls, Girls Scouts,
Y.M.C.A., Social Service Exchange,
Montgomery County Chest and
Council, Mental Hygiene Clinic,
Public Health Lay Council, Silver
Spring Health Center and Mont
gomery County Health Fund.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04

single factor inhuenc-
ing quality of education is the
amount of money available to the
schools. He also said, "Other i'm
portant factors are the quality of
leadership and public understand
ing of what the schools should do.
I'm the amount of money spent
per pupil for current expense
items, Maryland is 1917 below
the U. S. as whole and ranks
18th among the AZ states. That
expenditure in Montgomery Co.
puts it only SD above Maryland
as a whole"
F. X. Metzger, President of the
Board of Education, concluded
with statement that the Board
of Education has no authority to
raise funds but depends upon the
State and local government for
support. He pointed out that the
Board has ambitious plans and
hopes for the schools but can do
nothing unless sufficient funds are
available. He suggested that a
special school tax be levied, stat
ing that this has been tried in 30
states in the past few years with
excellent results.