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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-12
Judge
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on referendum of the voters In
counties with more than 100, 900
population. Macomb county's
population exceeds $4,000 ac-
cording to the most recently
available figures.
The bill at which the super
visors' motion was aimed had
recently been introduced by a
Detroit state senator and had
passed the upper house. 1t Is
now before the House of Repre-
sentatives but, according to CAPT.
tai observers, has been so
amended, through opposition OF
individual counties in various
sections of the state, that its fin
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Brutality
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crimes against American citizens
and against civilization itself
will be brought to justice"
In general, the statement said,
conditions under which Ameri-
can prisoners are held in Ger
many are "deplorable." Some
10000 American men are cap
tives in the interior of Germany,
it added, and the conditions UNI
der which many are living are
due to a large extent to Ger
many's fanatical determination
to continue a hopeless war, with
a resultant disintegration under
disastrous military defeat"
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Tax
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/ u
much more in taxes into the
state Golfers.
The particular case in point
which illustrated Lindsey's ar
guments better than any other
was the recent claim Of the Hur-
on-Clinton Parkway Authority
against Macomb County for its
annual appropriation Of 3-16ths
Of a mill. \
The parkway cited a Supreme
Court ruling that this must be
based on the states equalized
assessment of the county's val
ue, or S140,000,000, rather than
the county's own figure, $780,
100000.
'RCES HIGHER PAYMENT
In other words, the appro-
priation estimated for the park
way plan will be much higher
than county officials estimated
40 per cent higher-because
number of communities made
their assessments so low that
the state raised the valuation
figure.
Lindsey threatened that If
supervisors and assessors now
making up their rolls don't re-
wise all their valuation figures
upwards, Mount Clemens may
force a showdown by appealing
TO the state to increase the indi-
vidual townships, rather than
raise the county at-large valua-
ton.
He offered a comprehensive
analysis showing the relation
ship of assessment values to act
ual values of real estate in Ma
comb County, based on the new
revenue stamps now required on
every property deed. The sur
vey was prepared by the State
Tax Commission.
ASSESSMENTS CITED
Presenting that the state be-
lieves property should be as
sessed at 80 per cent of its act
ual value, Lindsey showed the
trend with the following per-
centages based on a two-year
period:
Bruce, 1903; Mount Clemens,
1917; Ray, 1920; Richmond,
65.87; Clinton, 1891; Armada,
$500; Washington, So 30; Utica,
1851 Chesterfield, 58.17; Har-
rison, 56.72; New Baltimore,
5494; Lenox, 54.78; Macomb,
5419.
And South and West Macomb:
Erin, $40; Sterling, 49.84;
East Detroit, 1854; Center Line,
47.67; Shelby, 4268. Warren
Township, 41.99, and Lake, A.
90.
Lindsey, an assessor trained by
the state in scientific methods,
charged that many supervisors
have made no attempt to qualify
as appraisers, but use hit-and-
miss methods favored with pol
itics.
He said that Mount Clemens
and higf-assessment commune
ties had declared a "truce" at
the wars beginning. figuring to
give South Macomb areas a
chance to adjust their own tax
problems. Now, he warned. "the
war is approaching an end" and
tax adjustment fight is i'm
p n di n g TN ess assessors
straighten their books before
the June meeting Of the county
equalization board.
Only on one other occasion in
recent years has a similar fight
developed. About six years ago
the Utica district was ordered
before the State Tax Commits
sion and a raise in assessed val
uations made.
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commissions under which they
had served as general police Of
ficers. Theut did not, at the
time, specify the reasons for his
action, except to say "my &C.
ton should speak for itself" 1t
was significant, however, that
he acted following a series of
disclosures by Prosecutor Will
bur F. Held attacking the GRIM
inal records of some of the men
then charged with law-enforce-
m.ent.
Each of the newly deputized
Warren officers, Sheriff Harley
Ensign said, has been checked
against all criminal files in his
possession and has been shown
to have a clear record.
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nature were presented, the COM
mission warily considered and
approved three as group, and
segregated the fourth which they
tabled" indefinitely, because it
involved the moving of a Union
street house of inferior construc-
ton up to the property line of
surrounding high-type homes.
EXPLORE METHODS
During the permit discussion,
Mayor Wagner and Commission
ers Verkler and Oehmke fired
numerous questions at the City
Engineer regarding the city's
building code, granting of per-
mits and routine inspection of
construction work.
Probably the most interesting
phase of the initial meeting was
the approval by the commission
of all but one Of the more than
20 Glass c and B liquor and beer
license renewals applied for. The
new officials scanned the list,
asking identifications from the
clerk regarding the places oper-
ated by persons whose names
were unfamiliar to them.
AS the officials study Of the
list concluded, Mayor Wagner
asked that the renewal app1ica-
ton of one establishment, the
Little Tavern, on Broadway, be
tabled for further study.
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Marianne Briley.
Carol Coulon.
Elizabeth Darling.
Phillis DeneWeth.
Ellen Jane Ferry.
Betsy Green.
Joyce Gulden.
George Hargreaves.
June Hirtz.
Judith James.
Dorothy Kandt.
Shirley Levine.
Mildred Lilienthal.
Arthur Mighion.
Isabel Millar.
David O'Neal.
Joyce Randolph.
Donna Sedora.
Esther Schmidt.
Edward Sheldon.
Virginia Ullrich.
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Pfc. IA. Schwartz
is Wounded by
Mine Explosion

Pfc. Max Schwartz, age 80,
has been seriously wounded in
France, his family in Mount
Clemens has been informed.
Schwartz suffered severe leg in
juries on March Is when he was
involved in land mine eXplo-
sion.
A former insurance agent and
&c n d ms machine owne r,
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reported to be in a serious con-
dition, the sheriff said.
Pitman, arrested Wednesday
by Village Marshal Fred Halde-
man, of Romeo, was apparently
unhurt when booked in the coun-
ty Jail Ensign said. He expressed
the belief that the man had re-
peatedly am m e d his head
against the metal bunk or bars
of the cell in which he was con-
fined.
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S C n w a r z is
we'll known in
Mount Clemens
w h e re he has
spent m o S t OF
his lifetime and
was educated.
His wife, the
former Fl e ! e n
Kahn, received
official word re-
g a r d i n g the
wounding of her
h u S b a n d this
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appeals to the War Department
and authorized several
approved on Rivers and Harbors
Bills-nO progress has been
made by Mount Clemens for
large-scale Improvement Of the
river. About 1885 the War De-
partment did small amount of
dredging in the rivermouth
channel.
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Week. Recently FVT' SCHWARTZ
she had been informed that
Max had been awarded the
Bronze Star for extreme brav-
cry in rescuing injured COM
rades from a burning building.
The hero's clothing was aflame
as he carried the last man out.
He has been overseas for more
than ID months.
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should be mated and firmly tied
together.
Cotton fabrics Except unused
yard goods) should be washed
but not ironed. No dry cleaning
is necessary for other clothing
since army authorities will at
tend to this detail.
No open-toed or high-heeled
shoes are wanted, or fancy hats,
dress shirts, tuxedos or women's
evening wear.
al passage In any effective form
10 biOh1v dohn<ohIo
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noting their business. Work
with the Southeastern Michigan
Tourist and Publicity Assn. to
attract people to our section OF
the state.
6. Promote good relation
ships with our rural neighbors.
Macomb County is a great agri-
cultural county.
z. Civic Development.
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Thirsty Corn

A single stalk of corn will
lift approximately 400 pounds
of water from the ground, and
expel t through its leaves, in
one short growing season.
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feet 2 inches: with ordinary pas
sengers, in 81 feet, and with
"heavy" passengers in 80 feet
six inches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Board Fovors OIdAgeSums
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Continued from Page D recommendation for the unem- ployment compensation program ad- ministered under state laws. The board asked that this program also be broadened to include farm, gov- ernment and maritime workers, employees of small firms and of non-profit groups. It proposed that the ceiling on weekly benefits be raised to standard $25 for 26 weeks in a year and that minimum standards be fixed by the federal government.
 The board objected to state laws which redeuced the tax on employees with stable payrolls and reduced for concelled benefits to workers who voluntarily quit jobs. It said the competition for tax rate re- duction was threatening to under mine the program.
 The board said 1t was convinced more than ever that unemployment was national problem and should be handled through national sys- tenn with decentralized operation.
 Recommending system Of dis ability insurance, the report said that an average of 7,000.0 900 persons were sick or disabled on an average working day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

Of Jones' plans to make them pub lie,
 Asked if Jones would remain on the job pending senate confirmation Of his successor, Early said that would be up to Jones.
 Jones quit as secretary of con- merce after receiving from MT. Roosevelt a letter saying Wallace had campaigned vigorously for the fourth term, wanted the commerce post, was fully suited" to 1t and deserved to get what he wanted.
 That ended 13 years of govern ment service for Jones, who became a member of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1882 by ap- pointment of former President Hoover.
 The retiring secretary tartly re- piled that he didn't agree that Wal lace was fit for the job, with its control over the REC and other government financial operations. Jones briskly snubbed MT. Roose- velt's suggestion that he take con- Solation prize-some ambassador1al job. It was reported that he could have London if he wanted 1t and that Ambassador John G. Winant would some home to succeed Sec retary of Labor Frances Perkins.
 The news made some members of Congress gasp although it had been substantially forecast. Many of them evidently had not expected that Jones would be fired outright to give Wallace not only the commerce department but REC and other h. nancial agencies which became a part of the department only when Jones became it's head.
 There was instant prediction or a Senate battle over Wallace's con- firmation but without much chance of success.
 Sen. Josiah Bailey, D., N. C., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee which probably will con sider the Wallace appointment when 1t is sent to the Senate, de- clined to comment on the action But. Sen. Ralph O. Brewster. R Me-, a leading Republican member of the committee, said the nomln- ation will undoubtedly occasion soul-searching by every senator"
 Brewster said Republicans had as yet made no plans for formal op-- position but said he expected most of the dissension to come from the "other side of the aisle"
 Here are some samples of the comment by other senators:
 Sen. Tom Conally, D., Tex: MT Jones has made an outstanding record in handling the lending agencies and in the Department ol Commerce. It is indeed unfortunate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

But the most spectacular news came from the south where Mar shal Ivan s. Konev's First Lkrain- ian army swept across the bordres of the Silesia on a front of 56 miels. Konev's flying columns were at least l9 miles inside the industrial pro- vince by nightfall Sunday and the frantic German accounts placed the Russians several miles farther west.
 Berlin said Red Army spearheads at the southern end of the invasion where in the Gross StehlyitZ area, l4 miles east of the Oder and 65 miles southeast of the provinvial capi- tai of BreSlau after a 1-mile ad- vance from the border. The capture of Breslau would outflank the great
 industrial triangle formed by the mining and factorl cities of Gleiwitz, Hindenburg and Geuthen, 20 miles to the southeast.
 Nineteen miles north of Gross Stehlitz, the invaders drove through Radau within 16 miles of the Fort ress town of Ojpeln nthe Oder, while 24 miles farther north they captured Reinrsdorf, Al miles east of Breslau. There was no confi-ma tion of Berlin reports that Namslau, 29 miles east of Breslau, also had fall en.
 Resistance StifYens
 Soviet front dispatches said Nazi resistance was stiffening slowly as Konev's tanks and riflmen bore down on the Oder. Virtually every mine and war plant in Silesia, Ger many's Ruhr of the east, was stilled by a frantic call for the clerks, miners, factory hands and school of the Volksturm to man the fight ing linesd.
 Moscow reported that Konev's veterans were inflicting heavy; cas- ualtieS on the hastily armed Nazi home guards who fought back des- perately but without success from & network of steel and concret pilboxes thrown across the main roads to Breslau.
 Tn one sector alone, 3 POO Ger mans were killed and 04,000 cap- tured by the onrushing Sovlets yes terday.
 The southern wing of Konev's army, meanwhile, was moving up on ilesia from the Krakow area a a pace that may already have car- ried it into the GleiWitz-Hinden- berg -Beuthen triangle. Zabkowice and SieWirz, Is miles ast of Beu- then triangle. ZabkoWice and Sic wirz, 16 miles ast of Beuthn, were taken by the Russians yesterday in adavnces of six to eight miles through deeply-echeloned Nazi fort ifications.
 On his northern flank. Konev's forces broke across the Prosna. river and drove to within five miles of the Kepno railway junction tc take Wyschanow, where they wkert POT miles from Berlin.
 On the East Prussian front, two Soviet armies were shearnig through the enemy's southern and eastern border defenses in perhaps the greatest encirclement maneuVer IT. military history.
 Marshal KonStantin K. Rokossov- Sky's second White Russian Army stormed up across the Prussian frontier from the south and dorvt his armored spearheads IA miles inside the Junkers province on . front of almost 40 miles. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Nominated
 By Roosevelt Today
Of Jones' plans to make them pub that
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that he will not continue in these capacities"
 Sen. w. Lee o'Daniel, D., Tex: T intend to fight senatorial confir- nation of Henry Wallace's nomina- tion."
 Sen. Lister Hill, D., Ala: T think MT. Wallace will fill the position with ability and great efficiency"
 Senate majority leader Alben w. Barkley, D., Ky, whose job it will be to steer the nomination to confirm ation: No comment"
 Reporters were called to the REC building at 8:15 (EWT) last night and received copies of the letters.
 T have your letter of today, ask ing that I relinquish my post as Secretary of Commerce" Jones wrote to the president, which car ries with 1t the vast financial and war production agencies within the REC and its subsidiaries, so that you can give it to Henry Wallace as reward for his support of you in the campaign.
 You state that Henry thinks he could do the greatest amount oi good nj the Department of Com merce, and that you consider him fully suited for the post. With all due respect, MT. President, while l must accede to your decisicn, I can- not agree with either of vol"
 Jones added that he did not want a diplamat:c post" and made pointed reference to the unquestion- ed fact that in his capacity as mead of the REC lending system he has had the confidence of Congress, as well as your own.' The letter evil dertly was intended to raise the question whether Wallace could ex. pect to enjoy congressional confi- dence in the complicated field of fi- nance.
 For you to turn over all these as- sets and responsibilities to a man inexperienced in business and fi- nance will, I believe, be hard for the business and financial world to understand" Jones continued, blue printing the manner in which con- firmation of Wallace's nomination should be opposed in the Senate.
 Jones said his record was evidence of his desire to serve the govern ment and ended with this sentence:
 T can best be helpful in the line of my life's work-business and fi- nance-but I seek no job."
 MT. Roosevelt addressed Jones faniliarly as Dear Jesse" and told him 1t was hard letter for him to write because of their Hong and splendid relations" and the secre- tarys splendid services to our gov- ernment." The Presiden. did not conseal his feeling that Wallace should be rewarded for his cam- paign efforts.
 Henry Wallace deserves almost any service which re believes he can satisfactorily perform" the Prest- dent told Jones. T told him this at the end of the campaign, in which he displayed the utmost devotion to our cause. Though not on the ticket himself, he gave his utmost toward the victory which ems Il.
 He has told me that he thought he could do the greatest amount of good in the Department of Com- merce, for which he Is fully suited. and I feel, therefore, that the vice. president should have this post in
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Silesian Homeland
 Taken By Russians
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deepest penetration was effected at JedWabno, where the Soviets were only 19 miles from the big railway center of Allenstein.
 Farther to the west, they pushed seven miles into Prussia to cap- ture historic Tannenberg, where Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg trapped CZarist army in 1914 and slaughtered almost 100000 Russians.
 JedwabnO Captured
 The capture Of Jedwabno put RokosSovSkys vanguards within 83 miles of the third White Russian army battering into Prussia on a 100 mile front extending down across the the provinces entire eastern border from the Baltis Sea.
 Tank and infantry formations of the Third Army drove within ten miles east and nine miles north west of Insterburg yesterday with the capture of Kubbeln and Patim- way hub appear edimminent. An- bern, and the fall of the rail- that sector and 800 captured in a other 5000 Germans were killed in that sector and 800 captured in a day and night battle for Gumbin- nen, five miles east of Bubbeln.
 Farther to the north, another So- viet column advanced as much as II miles past captured Tilisit to take SchenWendorf, 38 miles northeast of the Prussian capital of Konigsberg. A third force pushed 12 miles down the Baltic coast to seize the village of Gile, B miles northeast of Kon- igsberg.
 As the envelopment of Prussia de- veloped, Rokossovsky swung the southern wing of the army west ward on a 65-mile front in north ern Poland hammering out gains of six miles and more to capture Flock and Sierpc, 55 and A miles southeast and east of the Torun rail hub, Lubawa. 16 miles west of Tannenberg and 72 miles southeast of Danzig also was taken.
 On the central front, Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Russian army was sweeping west ward on broadening front, ac-l cording to Nazi reports that admit ter a continuing Germna with draWal east of Poznan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

(Continued from Page D wall outlet pipe to the upper floors where it broke out beneath the roof. The aerial ladder from the head quarters company was brought into play against the roof blaze and two companies of firemen battled the flames on the upper floors and roof as others fought the blaze in the basement.
 Pvt. Dennis Sugrue was overcome by smoke in the basement, and was taken home after treatment. Pvt. John Burns suffered laceration Of l the hand in fall over a pile of old lumber in the basement. He re- turned to duty after first aid was administered.
 The heat of the blaze damaged il- luminating gas meters in the cellar and the escaping gas became tenn porary hazard until Conn. Light & Power Co. employees turned off the gas at the main in the street. Dan- ger of escaping gas. plus an unus- ually large quantity of smoke, forced firemen to wear gas masks in fighting the blaze.
 About a dozen bales Of tobacco were removed from the second floor over the restaurant, which is occu- pied by the Silverdale Cigar factory. They were placed on the sidewalk and covered with fire department tarpaulins for protection. Bank street was blocked of to motor traffic for several hours after the blaze Sgt. John Murphy headed the police detail. and Patrolmen Joseph Lovallo and Frank Magro were posted on duty after the fire was eXtinguished.
 Fire Chief Cavanaugh and Deputy Stephen J. Bloomfield directed seven companies of firemen at the scene, three of which were summoned by a second alarm transmitted by radie from the chiefs car to headquar- terS.
 Rocco Diorio, Cheshire, owner of the restaurant, arrived later on the scene, accompanied by his son. Cpl. Anthony Diorio. Mir Diorio donned pair of boots and was escorted through the building by firemen. He said that damage to the dining room was slight, but large stocka of food and liquor i'll the basement were almost a total loss. He said that he thought the restaurant would be able to reopen in two weeks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Japan Orders 
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Such day dreaming is only to be laughed at," he said, but the road leading to tke eternal defenses of our national policy will only be open ed by the combined efforts of the officials and the people in surmount- ing all difficulties in diverting the total material and spiritual strength to the war effort"
 Foreign Minister Namoru Shige- mitsu told the diet that relations between Japan and Russia were be- ing securely maintained in accord ance with the neutrality pact' be- tween the two countries.
 Tn view of the position of both Japan and the Soviet Union in the World War situation, they are con- stantly maintaining very close con- tact" he said. "The negotiations be- tween the two nations on many pro- posed plans are progressing smooth lV"