The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-21

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climax the other day In a
bOisterous session In Don Par
ents court, when the missing
witness to q hit-run accident,
Michael S0winski, Of Warren
Township, showed up to testi-
fy against g. Boyd Mac Pher-
SON regarding a hit-run fatal
ity of Oct. %, 1943. Parent
deferred his decision for 10
days but before closing
court almost engaged In fish
cuffs with atorneyt Larry
Davidow who was order
ed to jail for contempt land
about to gO) when Parent re-
scinded the order.
The large, rambling Edison
Hotel almost went up in flames
Wednesday night, when fire on
the second floor spread to the
third, and about 40 patrons had
a difficult time getting out. Some
were without clothing and others
scantily clad as they swarmed
through Railways and down lad
ders to the street. On chap Tin
his birthday suiD hung from
window ledge by his hands
and a woman guest suffer
ed severe burns getting out of
her flame swept room. Firemen
halted the blaze in hurry, and
damage was only a few thou
sand dollars When most
veryone THO ught the swift
spreading flames would doom
the old landmark.
Electro Master, we'll known
Detroit firm making electric
household goods, now calls
Mount Clemens its home, with
Thursdays announcement OF
detailed plans for early con-
struction of a factory with 49,
900 square feet of floor space
out Hubbard avenue near La
fayette on a 23-acre. The ini-
tial unit will employ ESQ
workers which Is a gen.
erous aid to this city. Final
finishing and assembly of the
firms products will be accom-
plished here. They make
ranges, coasters and electric
kettles.
AROUND THE CITY-Frank
E. Giambrone, veteran OF four
and one-half years service, most
of it in Military Intelligence on
the West Coast, has been named
an assistant prosecutor by Will
bur F. Held. il. Fred Resico, Jr..
is the new post commander Of
Harry Ollrich Post, American
Legion, succeeding Peg" Moore.
Mrs. Earl Haughton, SO
Lafayette, has received the
Purple Heart award won by her
husband, Pfc. Earl j., who died
in action in Germany April 49,.
Arthur Pringnitz, superin-
tendent of Mount Clemens mails,
has been awarded the York Cross
of Honor for services to mason
ry, having presided over the
blue lodge, chapter, council and
commandery, all in this city.
A gypsy who invited herself
into the kitchen flim-flammed
Mrs. Lucille Johnson, of 118
Euclid, out of 500 in currency.
which the visitor deftly took
from Mrs. Johnson's pocket.
On the USS Portland at
Truk, when Jap naval and
military leaders came aboard
and surrendered all Jap-held
islands In the Truk atOll and
the CarOlineS, was RadiOman
SIC Joseph d. Schultz, Jr., OF
73 Washington, Mount Glenn
ems.
AROUND THE COUNTY -
General Motors expects to start
work in a few weeks on the
$25, 100000 technical center at
12-Mile and Mound, a scientific
and engineering city" without
parallel in the world, and a
temple Of research and engineer
ing dedicated to progress. t.
County supervisors have voted
to complete the 18th floor of the
County Building, the final stage
of a construction job started dur
ing the depression, and delayed
by World War II. Sentiment
hit the supervisors so hard at
their meeting this week that they
forked over 500 to purchase a
large canvas depicting the old
courthouse" with the sig