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The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Sky Mammoths
pounte On
Six Airporfs
Growing Power
Of B-29 Fleets
is Apparent


Strong formations of SUPER
fortresses hammered six bases
for Japanese suicide planes to-
day in the growing air war
which has cost the Nipponese
1874 planes within a month over
the southern approaches to ia
pan and the homeland itself.
The big bombers raided Kyu-
shu, southernmost island of ia
pan, for an hour and q half in
mid-afternoon. They followed in
the path of carrier planes and
Mustang fighters from Two Jima
in an effort to neutralize air.
dromes which mounted another
strong attack yesterday against
u. S. Naval forces in the Tyukyu
Islands.
SWARM ASHORE
Amphibious units Of the oath
corps invaded heavily mined Ie
Shima off the west coast of Oki-
naWa,C and 35 miles south Of
Kyushu, seizing another air field
to turn against the Nipponese.
Yanks hold two other air
fields on Okinawa where 9,1O8
Japanese were killed and 391
captured in the first Is days Of
fighting.
Adm. Chester Nimitz announ-
ced the destruction of 368 Jap
anese planes in the last five days.
A Japan ese communique
claimed 18 American vessels
were sunk and 13 damaged in
the last three days with the help
of special attack suicide sur
face units" presumably RAM
ming boats. It said the attacks
were continuing. Nimitz made
no mention of US. shipping
losses.
23 SHIPS HIT
Twenty-three Japanese ships
were sunk or damaged by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's bombers
ranging down the Asiatic coast
from Shanghai to Saigon and
over into Makassar Strait in the
Dutch East Indies.
japanese defenses against B.
29's were apparently improving.
Eleven of yesterdays 400 super
fort raiders of Tokyo were re-
ported missing.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

boxing tournaments at Port Hur-
on and Grand Rapids.
A citation awarded Rickert
by Col. A. T. McAnsh, chief of
staff, reads as follows:
"While in action near the
Philippine Islands on March 3,
1945, Sgt. Rickert was a member
of q patrol under direct fire Of
enemy machineguns, mortars
and rifles which wounded four
Of our men. Utterly disregarding
his own safety, Sgt. Rickert un-
hesitatingly crawled forward
over 40 yards Of open terrain
under heavy enemy machinegun
See HERO-Page 3
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
RICHMOND SOLDIER CITED
|CI Rescues Comrades

Qualities Of endurance and
courage learned In the ring and
on the football field played their
part in the recent heroic action
Of Richmond soldier, who has
been awarded the Bronze Star
for rescuing four wounded COM
rades-one by one-fron the
hands Of the Japs, despite MUIR
derous machinegun, mortar and
rifle fire.
The honored man Is Sgt. Ross
q. Rickert, age IS, Richmond
High School athlete who was a
star halfback of the Richmond
businessmen's team and twice
won his golden gloves in state
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

at
FDR's Rites
By JAMES F. KING

LONDON, April 17-(P-In
deeply emotional terms. Prime
Minister Churchill today eulo-
gized Franklin D. Roosevelt as
"the greatest American friend
We have ever known, and the
greatest champion of freedom
who has ever brought help and
comfort from the new world to
the old"
His death, the 70-year-old
British Premier said in Conn.,
mons was "bitter loss to hu-
manity," but coming on the
eve of victory, it was IAN en-
viable DEATH"
BURSTS INTO TEARS
Earlier at a memorial service
in st. Paul's Cathedral Chur-
chill had burst into tears.
He said he had noticed at
Yalta that President Roosevelt
was ailing, and that when they
parte' at Alexandria, he had
an indefinable sense of fear that
his health and strength were on
the ebb."
The British Premier disclosed
that the correspondence be-
tween himself and the late
President had compromised
more than l,700 messages"
and said that messages he re-
ceived from Roosevelt on the
day Of his death showed no
falling off in his accustomed
clear vision and vigor upon per-
picking and complicated mat
ters."
TRAPPINGS OF EMPIRE
The King was greeted at the
steps of the Cathedral by the
See LONDON-Page 2
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Jap Massacre
IS Revealed
Wonton Killings
in Monilo Told

WASHINGTON, April 7-R
I'm grisly account Of atroci-
ties In the Philippines, Brig.
Gen. Carlos p. Romulo declared
today that Japan has openly
taken the brand Of the criminal
cain."
In an address prepared for the
House, the Philippine resident
commissioner who recently re-
turned from the islands present.
ed as part Of his talk officially
collected affidavits and photo
graphs. He said they provided
proof "of the complete destruc-
ton of Manila and the premedi-
stated, systematic massacre OF
its civilian population under or
ders of the japanese supreme
command"
Manila Is dead" Romulo as
serted, land Tokyo must die
MT in reprisal but as a defense
measure necessary to insure Pa
cific peace"
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Would Cement
Understanding
With Allies
President Holds
First Press
Conference

WASHINGTON, April II -
R-President Truman told 4
news conference today he will
be very happy to meet the heads
of the other big five Allied
powers as soon as possible.
In his first conference with
newsmen since he succeeded
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mr.. Tru-
man said that he had not initiat-
ed any move toward a new
meeting Of Allied leaders.
LISTS THREE
But in response to q question
he said he would be very happy
to meet Prime Minister Church
Ill, Premier Stain and Presi-
dent Chang Kai-Shek Of China
soon.
Mr.. Truman added that he
also would be glad, to see Gen,
eral Charles De Gaulle, pro-
visional president Of France, II
De Gaulle cared to arrange q
conference with him. De Gaulle
did not see President Roosevelt
on the latter's return from the
Yalta Big Three conference.
Before q record breaking
crowd Of newsmen who jammed
the oval room and overflowed
on to a nearby patio the new
president outlined briefly his
major foreign and domestic
policies.
On the foreign front he said
BACKS FRISCO DELEGATES
He Is backing to the hilt the
American delegation to the San
Francisco United Nations con-
ference.
He does not expect to attend
the Conference but will well
come delegates to the opening
session by radio.
He expects to see Foreign
Commissar Molotov Of Russia
See TRUMAN-Page 2
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
brawIers Who
Beat Cripple
Get Jail Terms

VAN DYKE Four Detroit
ers, described by police -
"hoodlums," who started q
rough house in a Van Dyke tav-
ern and seriously injured three
men, one of them q cripple, re-
pose today in the Macomb
County Jail with 80 days In
which to consider their future
conduct.
They were sentenced by Jus
tice of the Peace James L. Ryan
on charges Of assault and bat
terry. He also fined them SIS
and costs each.
See HOODLUMS-Page 3
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

waldo, which is 20 miles north.
east of Berlin on the main Stet.
tin Berlin highway and railroad.
CAPTURE PLAUEN
The US. Third Army seized
Plauen near the Czechoslovak
border today and drove to with
in rs miles Of Russian lines and
the Germans said Marshal Ivan
S. Konev's first Ukraine army
had launched a powerful often
sive across the NeisSe river
aimed at linking with 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton's forces.
Capture of Plauen, = Saxony
rail center, for all practical pur.
See GERMANY-Rage 8
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Noted CIerits
10 Speak Here
Assembly PIonned
for Mondoy. April q

Three noted Detroit clerics
will participate in the Detroit
Round Table of churches pub
lie assembly to be held at
mount Clemens High school au-
@torium Monday at 8 p. M, the
local committee announced to-
day.
The speakers will be:
Rabbi Leon Fran, of Temple
Israel; Rev. DR.. Irwin c. john
son, rector of st. Johns Episco-
pal Church, and Rev. FIR. John
F. Quinn, dean of the College of
Arts and Science, University of
Detroit. All are eminent in their
respective religious fields.
The committee in charge Of
the Mount Clemens meeting Is
composed Of Rev. Alfred Lam
don, First Methodist Church;
Rev. FIR. Paul Heenan, st. Pet
er's Catholic Church, and Rabbi
Joseph Krickstein, Beth Tifilas
Moses synagogue.
An addition to the usual pro-
gram OF three principal speak
ers was announced in the ap-
pearance at Mondays assembly
Of Rabbi William Rosenbloom,
OF Temple Israel, New York,
who recently returned from the
Aleutian Islands, where he rep
See CHURCHES-FQke 2
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
LASTING PEACE HIS GOAL
Mr. RooseveIf's Political Will

1T is not only . common dam
ger which unites US but q com
mon hope Wherever men
love freedom, the hope and
purpose Of the people are for Z
peace peace that is durable
and secure.
''In our disillusionment after
the last war, we prafsrred In
ternational anarchy to intar-
national cooperation with na-
tions which did not see and did
See WILL-PAGB 3
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Clothing Drive
Gains Impetus
City Responds
SpIendidly 10 Plso

The United National Clothing
drive swung into its stride IN
Mount Clemens today, with var.
ious collection centers reporting
a stream of bundles Of usuablo
clothing and footwear being -
ceived.
Depots are located at the Post
Office, Broadway USO. Detroit
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Hotel Men Press
Campaign to
pubIieize Baths

Joseph Miller was reelected
to serve as president Of the
Mount Clemens Hotel Associa-
tion at a meeting held in the
Board of Commerce office on
Monday during which compre-
hensive plans were discussed
for q concerted publicity cam
paign concerning the city's min
eral bath industry.
The members of the organi-
zation, contributing heavily
themselves to the contemplated
drive, will also key their activ-
See HOTELS-Page 2
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in u. S. history wished for his
country:
The war must be waged Z.
Everything we have and are Is
at stake We and our Allies
must 60 on fighting together to
ultimate victory.
I'm the future we must never
forget the lesson we have learn
ed-tkat we must have friends
who will work with us in peace
as they have fought beside US in
war.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
okinawa Japs
Vary CHASTITY
Suicide Trend
By GRAND mcdonald

BY GRAND MCDONALD
IE ISLAND RYUKYUS, April
17-(R - Japanese soldiers on
this tiny island off the west coast
of Okinawa are pulling old sui
eide tricks they have been using
since Guadalcanal and Attu-
but with q new angle.
The Japanese dig q hole, COW
er over the top and camouflage
1t. Inside, varying numbers Of
See OKNAWA-PaGe z
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Flags to Fly
at Half.Staff

The Executive Office said to-
day 1t had been advised by Sec
retary Of State Stettinius that
the official period of mourning
for the late President Roosevelt
should extend for 30 days.
Stettinius informed Governor
Kelly that according to custom,
Tags on government and public
buildings should ny ut half staff
and TO m Z l social functions
should be cancelled during that
time.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

WASHINGTON, April IL -
For Franklin Delano Roosevelts
last political will and testament
to the nation he loved and
served you must 60 to three
documents. His State Of the
Union message to Congress on
Jan. g.. His Budget of Jan. 8.
His report on the Yalta Confer
ence on March I. These are the
things which the man who was
President longer than any man
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

EdlSon compo-
n y an d all
churches an d
schools.
b q C K e d BY
strong appeals
from the pulpits
Of all churches
q n d endorsed
h - ar 4, n =
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17
Report Patton
Is Miles from
Russian Lines
Desperate Foe
Strikes to Wipe Out
U. 5. EIbs Bridsshsed

German troops drawn from
Berlin and the eastern front A.
saulted the US. Ninth Army
bridgehead across the Elbe 70.
day in the Barby area, 50 miles
from Berlin, and were beaten
off with heavy losses, - the
Russians by German account
opened the offensive aimed at
delivering the final crushing
blow.
A German broadcast said So
Wet tanks were east Of EberS.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

U. s. 9Th ARMY ON THE
ELBE, Germany, April II -
R-Reports from the Ruhr
pocket said tonight that Fiela
Marshal Walther Won Model,
commander Of the annihilstUd
German Fifth Panxer an1
18th Armies, had eommikte4
suicide.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-04-17

Superforts Batter Bases For Jap Suicide Squadron
Girl Scout Winners
in Tag Plan Listed

The devotion Mount Clemens Girl Scouts the true
Americansm given added emphasis with
Associated Press recapulaon of the April baong which
registered
voters went to the polls that day.
BY way contrast date so per cent Of all
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-01-26

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I11ESlRN:}lslsyl{{:2
Overall Mobilization
Keeps Ndzis in Field
Geared Nation in Peace to Meet Shock of
Total War; Learned From World
War Experience.
BY BAUKHAGE
NetUs Analyst and Commentator

WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. C..
(This is the first of two articles
by Mr.. Baukhage on where Ger
many continues to get it's fighting
manpower. The second and conclud-
ing article will appear next week.)
Post-mortem arguments over the
German winter counter offensive
will probably be fought out from the
arm-chairs with almost as much Bit
terness as that which characterized
the actual combat.
Already there are few who dare
insist that the German comeback,
morally and physically, was not
underestimate. This means that
Germany's military preparedness,
the extent of which many knew, few
seemed to be able to assay. Just
how thoroughly the Third Reich
leaders had geared Germany's So
cial, political and economic life into
total war could be read in terms of
facts and figures available to the
experts. But since no state in his
tory had ever so nearly ap-
preached the absolute in military
activity it may have been difficult to
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This captured Jap 70-mm. howitzer
bears model number prior to 1886.
Nippon's major weakness is in its
artillery, especially in variety con-
structi0n and in craftsmanship of
crew. This howitzer was used as
a BOBBY trap.
tional person, and this system of
feudalism which trains him in re-
preston accounts for his tendency
to elbow up" in tight places. It also
accounts, in part, for the futile death
charges which seem to have become
characteristic of the Japanese when
they are admittedly beaten. The
lifelong repression and the result
ant inhibitions also account for the
arrogance of the Jap soldier in VIC
tory and, conversely, for his tenden-
cy to fly to pieces in defeat.
Hara-kiri is in no way a sign
of cowardice on the part of the
Jap soldier, for by this peculiar
ly painful method of committing
suicide, he is actually, in his
own mind, telling his emperor,
Scml-ultluC pCISOudSc, THAT ne
has done all he can for him and
is now presenting him with his
own life.
The most widely believed popular
fallacy concerning the Japanese is
that they are an initiative rather
than creative people. Japanese
inventiveness is considerable and is
limited only by a scarcity of tech
nically trained manpower and by
machine power.
The army endorses the viewpoint
that the Jap soldier is good fight
ing man and the belief that he is a
stupid, insensate peasant is, ac-
cording to the war department, COM
pletely erroneous.
Japanese Army Reduced.
The Japanese army today num-
bers approximately 4,000,0 900 men.
To date, American troops have
killed almost 100000 japanese
troops while sustaining about $4,000
casualties themselves. Total Japa-
nese losses in killed alone since 1887
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Our Japanese Foes Are Proving Themselves 10 Be
Original, Sly Progressive and Fanatiea| Fighters
Sons Of Nippon Educated
And Trained for New Type
Of War Now Being Waged
By WALTER SHEAD
WNU Washington Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. - When you
read that "all organized resist
ance has ended" on Leyte, Sa-
mar, Mindoro or any other of the
thousands of islands in the Phil
ippines or the Micronesian or
Melanesian archipelagos in the
Southwest Pacific, you will know
that General MacArthur's
Yanks have met and beaten a
well-trained, well-equipped, IA
natical foe that meets the Amer
lean soldier on equal terms in
almost every fighting quality.
These sons of Nippon are hard
ened in endurance, trained in re-
preston, wild and cunning, stepped
in militarism from early boyhood
and brought up under a system of
feudalism which has disciplined
them into acceptance of the convic-
ton that to die for their emperor is
the highest duty of a good soldier.
What the Japanese soldier lacks
and what the American soldier pos
sesses is resourcefulness and indi-
vidual initiative. When the Japs are
committed to plan; they always
follow it to the end even if it
becomes apparent within a short
time after the fighting starts that
some other plan would be more
effective. When an officer is killed,
the initiative of the entire unit is
impaired unless some other officer
of equal rank appears to take his
place.
The system of feudalism which
characterizes Japanese life would be
incomprehensible to most Amer
leans. His station in society and his
every act are predetermined for
him. Contrary to the common fall
lacy that Japs are more stolid than
other persons, he is a highly emo
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IS guard stands by as Baukhage
signs out of radio studio in Berlin
in 1899 after broadcast to U. S.
interpret those facts and figures in
terms of comeback after the battle
of France.
Perhaps one of the most basic
datum came, not from plans stolen
from the Nazi high command but
furnished freely by the association
of German tailors. 1t proves the old
adage that exceptions prove the
rule.
The rule is that clothes do not
make the man. The exception
which proves it is the fact that in
1889 one out of every three Ger
mans was in some kind of a uni
form, and therefore under some
kind of military or semi-military
discipline, either of the army itself
or of the Nazi party.
LudendorF
Struck Keynote
The day war broke out about one
third of the German people were
literally clothed in the panoply of
war. This was not an accident. 1t
was part of the Nazi policy. The
Allies themselves more nearly
reached a state of total warfare at
the end of World War I than did
the Germans of that time. Luden-
dorff read this fact out of the bitter
ness of the defeat of 1918. He said:
total policy must in peacetime pre-
pare for the peoples life and death
struggle in time of war in such
way that even under the impact of
war it cannot be shifted, broken or
completely destroyed by enemy
measures"
Hitler reaffirmed this thesis and
what is more Immediately put it into
effect as a policy, first by elimi-
mating all organizations not under
either the party or the army. A law
was passed as early as March, 1885,
which stated that Sin wartime every
German man and every German
woman, beyond CONSUMPTION, is
bound to render service to the
fatherland."
Let US look at some of the "organi-
cations" which grew up under this
policy of total war. First in impor-
lance, historically, is the :'Sturmab-
telling" translated "Nazi Storm
Troopers" abbreviated "SA" and
usually called the Brown Shirts"
Although this group contained mill
tary units, it was planned as a
political army" and was abolished
as such after the Roehm purge of
1884. Then it contained three mil
lion men. It was shortly reborn and
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B A r BIS by Baukhage

The Berlin radio says that Hitler
looks vigorous and healthy" May
be the Germans have discovered
new method of embalming.
A man in New York lost $500 out
of his sock and was so grateful
when it was returned that he said
he would put it into victory bond.
That is even wiser than investing in
pair Of garters.
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The Japanese urge that dolls and
flowers be sent to workers in air.
plants to boost their morale. What
with the present raiding by the
suLerforts we can understand the
flowers but why the dolls?
If all the people who get black
market gasoline quit buying, the
poor fellows might sell to Hitler di-
rect without risking their patriotism.
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NIPPON WEAPONS

Captured Japanese battle flags and equip
mens shosgn here include knee mortar,
Light machine gun, rifles, and 25-calibre
jap ~,Doodpecker." Pictured are tipe fight
ing coastsuardsnen. sOho participated in
the initial landing on Manus.
The japanese rife is IT nam. knoson as
a model 80. IL has blade front sight and
Leaf rear sight graduated from 300 to J. 500
METERS. Length ouu III without bayones is
~ ischss. Il scsishs 88 pounds and has
msssls ssiocisy Of $500 feet per second.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-11
PR System
Debated

Toledo's biennial argument
over the merits of the PR
system again attracting pub
lie attention because of the
attack on it by the PAC, was
debated at the YMCA Town
Hall forum on May Z, by Aaron
Cohn, former city councilman
under the PR system, and Ollie
Pecord, managing editor of the
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL,
representing the PAC.
Pecord said that the PAC was
seeking to repeal the PR system
by referendum and to substitute
in its place the election of nine
councilmen at-large by plur-
ality vote. He said that PAC did
not seek to eliminate the city
manager form of government or
propose returning to the primary
system of nominating candi-
dates.
In stating his objections to the
PR system, Pecord reviewed the
system and said that it had been
sold to the people of Toledo be-
cause they were told that the
Continued on page 2
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come, and then only based upon
real security for the workers.
Labor looks forward to a peace
which it is dearly purchasing
and hopes it will be lasting
peace"
Tom Burke-acting TIUC ex-
ecutive secretary-"Labor's con-
tribution to We Day and the
smashing defeat of fascism in
Europe and its intention of do
ing the same for the Japs is but
the prelude to the task which
lies before us. Hitler and Muss-
olini are dead, but the ideas for
which they stood have not yet
given their unconditional sur
render. That is the task to which
organized labor must still exert
itself, the unconditional defeat
of fascism everywhere"
Richard Lazette, TIUC presi-
dent-"Two of the greatest men
aces to world peace have been
removed, but there still remains
the Japs. Let us give the job
ahead our best and not let down
until the final victory has been
won."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-11
eteran


Officers of the Local IL
Veterans Committee report
an increased interest in vet
Grams problems as the war
in Europe draws to it's close
and prospects for increased dis
charges become more apparent.
Efforts to increase the commit
tee will be put forth according
to the Veterans group which met
at Local IL headquarters, May /.
A handbook now being pre-
pared by the International
UAW-CIO Veterans Department
for use in shops and Locals will
be distributed to members of the
Veterans Committee as soon as it
becomes available. The pamphlet
will contain information relative
to veterans rights in the shop,
UAW policy with respects to the
Veterans and items of general
interest to the returned service
men.
A recommendation was passed
which will be acted upon by
Local IL that three members of
the, Veterans Committee be au-
thorized to attend the regional
conference of the National En-
ployment Committee of the
American Legion which meets in
Cincinnati June 5 and 6.
Another meeting of the Vet
Grams Committee will be held at
Local IL headquarters, May 15
at 800 p. m. Any one with a
veterans problem is invited to
attend and present their ques-
ton for discussion. All veterans
are invited to the meeting.