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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Grass Fires
Plague County
AZ Runs in Doy
ore Reported

A joint warning against start
ing grass fires was issued today
by Mayor Donald r. Westendorf
and Fire Chief c. Edward Will
lert, in the wake of six such fires
on Wednesday.
Chief Willert said the seventh
fire Wednesday was caused by a
careless smoker, who Tipped his
cigarette into a waStebasket to
dispose of it. Pointing out that
each run of the Mount Clemens
Fire Department costs the city
approximately $50, he stated
that Wednesdays total expendi-
ture of $3.50 was all due to care
lessness and could have been
saved. Mount Clemens depart
ment has made ID runs on grass
fire calls during the month of
March, he added.
Grass fires are keeping the
fire departments throughout the
southern part of Macomb county
busy, reports reveal. In Rose
Vile alone, II such conflagra-
tons occurred in the past 36
hours, in Warren township 10
grass fires got out of control,
and East Detroit's fire depart
ment extinguished six such blaz-
es. Center Lines Fire Depart
ment yesterday went out and
burned the fields in an attempt
to cut down the hazard.
Fire Chief Willert today
pointed out that there is a bill
before the state legislature
which would require persons to
obtain a permit before starting
grass fires. Pending passage of
the bill, he urges that children
be forbidden to start them, and
that adults who do SO make sure
that they are set against the
wind.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Osaka

Continued from Page I
UP to cause such tremendous ex.
plosions as these:
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
I One BIO was blown from z.
600 to $4,000 feet, turned COM
pletely over end sent into a slow
roll. After falling 10000, feet.
the pilot, 1t. Stanley c. Black,
Helena. Mont, recovered con-
troll and flew II home.
Another BIO, "Joltin' JOSIE"
was lifted from 1000 feet to
10000 feet, then dived to 1000
feet before the pilot regained
control. He too made it home.
Major Jack j. Cation (523 w.
Sixth ST. Los Angeles flew
"Joltin' Josie" which was the
first BIO flown into Saipan last
October by Brig. Gen. Haywood
Hansell, Jr.
Capt. Jack D. Mole, San An
tonic, Texas. said four violent
blasts rocked his Superfort. The
first dumped the bombardier, 1t.
John B. Allen (4O Fairview
road) Scottsville, N. ". into the
lap of 1t. William H. p. Nolan,
Jr, f2421- Wilcox ave.) Oroville,
Calf. The second pitched him
onto the control board. The
third turned the ship on its side,
hurled Mole on his back near
the ceiling.
you are go degrees off the
course" dryly remarked Lieut..
George E. Bennett, Linden, Tex.
GET SAFELY HOME
Although damaged, all of
these planes returned to their
bases.
For their part in the Tokyo,
Nagoya and Osaka raids in the
past five days, Lemay awarded
a silver star to Brig. Gen. Thorn
as S. Power and an oak leaf
cluster in lieu of a second silver
star to Brig. Gen. John H. Day.
les. Poweh, of Fort Worth, Tex,
commands Guam-based BIOS
and Davies from Piedmont,
Calf, commands superforts
based on Tinian.
The Tokyo, Nagoya and Osa-
ka raids, made over a five-day
period wiped out "a So. miles
Of congested industrial areas
with more than 5000 tons Of in
cendiaries. Aircraft plants at
Nagoya and Tokyo were severe
ly damaged.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Graft
Continued from Page I

ropractors Of making the pay
offs.
Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler
said he had not decided whether
he would ask for retrial of the
three on whom there was no
agreement, after Judge Simpson
dismissed the jury. Buckley and
Nowak were ordered returned
Immediately to the state prison
of Southern Michigan to resume
serving their sentences of three
to five years on a prior graft
conspiracy conviction, in which
Walsh was similarly convicted
and sentenced. He is free on
bond.
FIVE ADMIT GUILT
Five others named in the
naturopath warrant have plead
ed guilty and are awaiting sem
tence.
Delano, released on $4,000
bond pending an appeal he an
nounced he would file, said he
had not decided whether to re-
sign from the senate. At Lansing,
however, the ranking republican
member of the senate, Senator
Don Vanderwerp, said Delano's
seat probably would be declared
vacant if he failed to resign, and
that the case probably would
lead to enunciation of a policy
similar to that in the house that
the seat of any convicted senator
should be declared vacant i'm
mediately, without waiting for
outcome of an appeal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Hunters

The transportation problem
next intrigued the boys but they
solved it readily. They simply
borrowed" a couple OF bicycles
they found temptingly unguard-
ed in Detroit and sailed forth
into the familiar Warren town
ship open spaces determined to
win their meals by the alertnesS
of their eyes and the accuracy
of their. fingers on the thongs Of
their armament.
Apparently for they had
only 20 cents left when appre-
hended on Tuesday-their hunt
ing skill was not fully develop
ed Cor perhaps the influx of in
dustry had made wild animals
nervous). In any event they con-
fessed to having purchased most,
if not all, of their grub.
Recognized on a Van Dyke
street by one of their teachers
from the Warren Annex School
the boys were returned home
Tuesday afternoon where their
alarmed parents called in state
officers who transferred them to
the Juvenile detention home for
investigation.
The boys said they had spent
the three nights of their hunting
expedition in barns ana vacant
trailer homes. Their names are
withheld, due to their extreme
youth, in accordance with long
established South Macomb News
policy.
Most Of the loot, except the
cash, was recovered.
Officers said that the advent
urous pair will be taken before
Probate Joseph V. Trombly
later in the week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

Of which was hanging a screw
driver from the ceiling by q
piece of string to check and see
if we were flying level or not.
So once again old Lucky Lev
en-" brought us home safe but
for little sweating. 1t was her
18th mission and she has a total
of eight enemy planes killed
and seven probables. The St.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Pilot
Continued from Page ~

|
and most control cables shot in
half; and
Twenty-one hits from 20 nm
cannon; five from so caliber
shells and rs holes from flax.
Flying through thunderstorms
which deposited an inch of ice
on the BIO, Armstrong found
he couldn't transfer fuel from
his reserve tanks, and barely
made it home"
With most instruments shot
away, he improvised some crude
ones. including screwdriver
hanging from string attached
to the ceiling, to check the
planes level flight.
A blessed st. Christopher
Medal, sent to him by his faith
err and attached to the BIOS
instrument panel did another
grand job" the young pilot re-
ported.
His complete letter home is as
follows:
Dear Family:
Il guess you'll be disappoint-
ed in me for not writing for a
week and l can offer no excuse.
Guess I'm just lazy. I know how
you people back home watch
the mailman.
Il have quite a bit of news
this time. l guess I'll tell you
first of my last raid which was
on Tokyo.
1T was the toughest mission
Ive yet experienced. We were
reported down at sea for three
hours. We went over the target
in three-plane formation and
things really started popping and
us. Consequently we were the
only plane that got home. Fight
ers jumped us at Mt. Fujiyama
and followed us across Tokyo
and a hundred miles out to sea.
We gave them a good battle and
got credit for destroying three
and probably destroying four
more.
"We got one hundred and
thirty attacks by two or more
fighters on our plane. My num-
Der one engine was shot out be-
fore we reached the target and
l flew on three engines for
twenty five minutes over Tokyo.
The propeller would not feather
and flew off the engine. Half
of my rudder was shot away and
most Of my control trim cables
were shot in half. All told we
had twenty one hits from 20 nm
cannon and 5 from so caliber
shells and probably rs holes
from flax.
"My tail gunner was injured
slightly by 20 nm which ex-
ploded against his trench knife
saving his leg. That makes the
second purple heart for my
crew. Anyway we flew $500
miles home on three engines
through thunder storms, some
times picking up about an inch
of ice all over the plane. We
couldn't transfer fuel and barely
made it home on the gas that
was accessible.
"Most of my instruments were
shot away so / was forced to
improvise some crude ones, one
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

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Such treatment gives IN average
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22
Personalities Still Affect
Relationships Of Nations
Strain Between FDR and De GauIIe Com
pcates Postwar Understanding
Between Two Great Powers.
By BAUKHAGE
NetUs analyst and Commentator.

communist insisting that De Gaulle
was right and the apologists for
Roosevelt explaining that the Presi-
dent could not undertake what prob
ably would have amounted to a
visit Of state and a triumpha1
tour Of France, when he had war
to win. It was also recalled that one
thing Mr.. Roosevelt prides himself
on avoiding is making the mis-
takes Wilson did. Wilson received a
wild ovation in France and Italy BE-
FORE the peace conference, and
suffered the results of most pain
full reaction afterward.
How great a part Roosevelt's fail
ure to pay visit to De Gaulle in
Paris played in motivating the gen.
erals refusal, or, if it were the chief
cause, how much was personal
pique on the part of De Gaulle and
how much a feeling that his nation
had been sighted, it is impossible
to say. My own impression gar
nered from conversations with
persons thoroughly familiar with the
French attitude is that difficulties"
were expected to arise in Franco
American relations the moment it
became clear that France was not
invited to participate in the coun-
sells Of the Big Three. It was not
expected that the role her armies
are able to play would make her
eligible to join the military councils
at Yalta but the French were ardent
~ DESTROYS Of having place at the
general negotiations which made up
the second part of the parleys. Cen
eral De Gaulle was in no mood,
when he received the Presidents
invitation, to brook what he consid-
cred a further slight.
1t was clear, on the other hand,
that the President felt he had sound,
practical reasons for emitting any
visit to Paris before the San Fran
cisco meeting. He also felt there
were sound, practical reasons for a
conversation with De Gaulle. He
said there were number of points
that had to be cleared up which re-
quired French action before the
United Nations meeting could be
held. Indeed. imagine, he felt
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22

Of personalities can
affect the course Of
nations today, al
most as much as it
did when people
fought at the whirn
Of a king, has been
brought out striking
ly in Franco-Ameri-
can relations.
There isn't much
question that the
common interests of
France and tn e
United States would
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22
FDR Comments
On Prir71d Donnas


That is supposed to account for
the extemporaneous remarks he in
serted in his report to congress
about 'prima donnas."
Those remarks, which were uni
versally interpreted as applying to
De Gaulle, came as distinct shock
and Immediately afterward Senator
Brewster publicly labeled them ''in-
judicious."
was following the text Of the off,
cial release in the house radio gall
lery as the President spoke and
had noted the many departures
which he tossed off as familiar
asides and which helped to give his
talk the intimate note he desired.
But I was startled at what he said
following the text as it dealt with
an agreement with Yugoslavia. He
read the sentence, 1--WE hope that
it is in the process Of fulfllment"
and then he looked up and with just
a touch of what verged on sarcasm
in his voice, remarked "But it is not
only that, but in some other places
we have to remember there are
great number Of prima donnas in
the world, all who wish to be heard.
Before anything will be done, we
may have a little delay, while we
listen to more prima donnas."
That startled me as I said but
must say I did not at first think he
could mean De Gaulle. That
seemed impossible. However, as 9TH
ers mentioned it, began to take 1t
for granted, for I knew that until
the procedure Of voting as agreed
upon at Yalta was approved by
France the agreement could not be
announced.
The French ambassador who was
seated in the diplomatic gallery
showed no sign whatever that he
was affected by the words and later
he is said to have told a friend that
it was hardly likely that the prina
donna reference could have been
meant to apply to France since the
President had completed his COM
ment on what disposition Of French
interests had been made and had
moved on to another topic, Yugo-
slavia.
That, Of course, is a good alibi.
And it is necessary that there be
an alibi for I am convinced that
had there been even unofficial adj
mission that the President was
hitting at De Gaulle a really diff
cult situation would arise. It is
known that although many people
consider the general what the
French call "dificile," the French
do not call De Gaulle that and his
friends and admirers are warm
in their loyalty and would instant
ly resent any unfavorable comment
on his conduct.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22
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Washington, ID. C.
Some years ago that highly scien-
tific organization, the Smithsonian
institution, discussed the possibility
of relationship between sun spots
and wars. 1t was carefully explained
that sun spots, which are really
great explosions on the suns sur
face, affected the weather on the
earth and frequently bad weather in
turn affected the dispositions Of hui
man beings and might conceiva-
bly, render national leaders less
amenable to reason and more like
ly to get their countries into trouble.
At first glance that seems rather
far-fetched but the fact that clash
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22
Etiquette Poses
Difficult Problem

In diplomatic circles it has been
carefully explained that De Gaulle
could not accept an invitation from
peregrinating president to call
upon him in French territory, which
it was explained was a sort Of
come down and have a picnic with
me in your backyard, I'm too busy
to call on you in your parlor."
To which American diplomatic
circles explained: it wasn't an in
vitation to De Gaulle to come to AL
giers, which is French territory, but
an invitation to call on the Presi-
dent aboard U. S. warship, which
is American territory.
Peut-etre, was the reply, but the
chief of great power, indeed an
empire, cannot be expected to be
treated any better than the rulers
of such minor domains as Arabia,
Egypt or Ethiopia, royal-blooded
though they be.
There the discussion begged
down in mutual chagr with all but
two of the leading French newspa-
pers Zone conservative and one
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22


Stain, although he arranged a
highly advantageous treaty with
France, including some even more
advanta geous private understanding
with De Gaulle, had no desire to in
vite him to Yalta.
But the Roosevelt-De Gaulle differ
ences seem to be recurrent and just
when everybody thought, after the
latter's visit to Washington when he
was understood to have given his
colleagues in France the impression
that the visit was highly satisfac-
tory to him, came the answer II
regret to Roosevelt's responder
vous, sill vous plais" and the meet
ing on the Presidents cruiser off
Algiers did not take place.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22

be better served if
one Franklin Roose-
welt could ''g ct
along" better with
one Charles De
Gaulle.
Of course, it is
only fair to say that
there are others
who don't get
along" with the tall,
handsome and aris-
tocratic French gen.
eral. It is no secret
that one Josef
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-03-22

that he was showing especial re gard
to France when he offered to review
the accomplishments at Yalta per-
sonally for De Gaulle.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

control his press conferences al all times. In
the first place we're there only his sufferance.
He can set any rules he likes.
With the President and practically all Cabinet
members whenever there's a question they wish
10 duck, both question and their retort go off the
record. This means we can't publish the question
and inform newspaper readers that they refused
TO answer IT,
Get what that means for highclass ham.
stringng?
FDR is the most gifted Of all at controlling
conference. If question seems TO be getting too
the bone his favorite trick is TO ridcule the
interrogator-to chuckle. That's too involved for
me-" or to call the fellow "picayune." observe
that he and his particular branch OF the craft are
unnecessary excrescenceS'
hate to admit this. but the President Is aided
and abetted in this by small group Of socalled
newspapermen. They the White House
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

brains can concoct. And. when he starts 10 ask
an embarrassing question. just glance enquiring.
ly at your public relations wizard. who will
promptly reply.
That is answered in detail in Press Release
No. 1883"
It's impossible. Of course to read through all
the bilge then and there so the reporter has TO
take the mugg's word for IL that the answer is
given.
Anyway, there's psychological factor that
enters in. The average reporter feels he can sift
enough out Of the mess to get him by-so ne
usually let's the bum get away with IT,
There is only one way know of to gum up the
plot, but 1t is liable to get the news.gatherer dis.
liked If he tries to employ it. When the fellow
says, you will find that answered in Release No
1883" the thing to do is retort:
"Yeh, but want you to say it, want to
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01
A fellow eVodine a
reporters queries
draWs up like q
giraffe and busters.

our ranks but the most complete harmony"
Well. naturally, we wondered why-f all was
sweetness and brotherly love-the fellow was so
short about it, so we went to the guy who was
reported to be creating discord. He snorted in
most unharmonious manner and gr wled
IF that blankety. blank. blank dares say am
in harmony with him will go right up and punch
him in his blank.blank nose"
Being very smart, and able to put two and
two together, we came to the conclusion that the
first fellow had not been entirely frank-and re-.
ported same.
The new technique. which has been polished
10 its brightest sheen here in Washington, Is to
apparently welcome the reporter with open arms,
You may have hundred guilty secrets you sus.
pect he is trying to uncover but you practically
drool welcome. You are confident, from past per.
forrnances, that your press relations setup will
lullaby him into torpor
The way this is done is simple Load him
down with press releases containing all sorts Of
worthless or unintellgble baloney. Burden him
with the most hgh.prced gibberish that expert
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

ficials began to realize
the door.slamming, no.
stahe m ent gag was
faulty. 1t goaded other.
wise normally lazy re.
porters into efforts TO
dig up the facts,
For instance, one
tim e in Philadelphia
when l was on the now.
defunct North Ameri.
can, a leader of the old
Ware machine respond.
ed TO a query about a
rumored rift in the or.
ganization by showing
US 10 the door and
snarling:
There is nothing in
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

1NSNNH. } w -AAAA ~
In this way a reporter
can get himself persona non
grata with more bureau.
Gratis than he can shake a
directive at.
Somebody may say, But
what about these confer.
ences-can't you ask the
guy anything you want?"
The answer 10 that is.
Nuts, Herman! No you
can't"
Any government official,
providing he is high enough,
Copynrn. IsIf. King Fratu
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01
Z i = i 4 4 4 4 4 4 \ X 4
!: Well, That's
/: +: hiingtol
y 1UA
y ~

W. ASHINGTON- Back in the days when !
w was kid reporter. ABOUT the time Caxton
invented the printing press people were
not very smart about how to keep facts from
lewspapermen.
The approved method. If fellow had some.
thing he wished to hide or obscure was 10 slam
the door in reporters kissers either that or draw
himself up like naughty giraffe and bluster:
Il have no statement to make to the press at
his time!"
This "no.statement suberfuge was worked to
leath. In fact. it frequently assumed ludicrous
proportions. The papers made the grave error Of
quoting prominent officials when they resorted 10
II, with the result that every dope in the com.
nunity figured il was the smart thing TO say.
l remember oncer being fit to be tied when
bunch of kids got sick from licking those decal.
comania stamps they used to plaster all over their
hides and the neghborhood storekeeper who had
sold the denominations. babbled:
Il have no statement to make TO the press al
this tme!"
AS the years and musache cups passed, Of
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

stooges. Whenever FDR re.
sorts 10 ridicule 10 thwart
an interrogation these stoog.
es guffaw like hyenas at
the conscientious victim.
In fairness, ! might say
that the above does not ap
ply in equal measure to the
average member OF Con
greSs. We can still get most
OF them for a yes or no"
answer.
With few exceptions. they
don't have press agents
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Lutheran Circle
Elects Officers

West Side Circle OF the Dorcas
Society OF the Lutheran Church
elected new officers for the coming
year at the business meeting, which
was followed by a Christmas party.
Thursday evening at the home OF
Mrs. John Henning. The Christmas
story from Luke 2. verses s 10 20,
we're read by Mrs. Charles Stokes
at the opening.
The officers who will serve In
1876 are Mrs. Leon Gibson, presi-
dent; Mrs. c. Hornberger, vice
president: Miss Anorth Plat, secre-
tary: Mrs. Catherine Former, treas
urer; Mrs. Charles Stokes, press
reporter.
For he program. Miss Plat sang
a solo, sleep My Jesus" playing
her own accompaniment. Poems
were read by Mrs. Christopher
Hornberger, "Jes Fore Christmas"
and by Mrs. Violet Allen. Christ
mas Trees" A Christmas story was
read by Mrs. Ross Hall.
After singing Christmas carols.
the group was served a lunch Of
chicken sandwiches. Christmas
cookies, fruit cake and coffee. GIFTS
were exchanged.