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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05
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inWethodist Youth Work

Mount Clemens Meth d st
church since childhood. She has
attended Adrian College, a
Methodist institution, for the
past two years. earning several
honors, and will continue her
course there in the Fall. She is
vice-president of Alpha Delta
Chi, religious organization at
Adrian, and will be president II
the College Christian Fellow
ship during the coming school
year. For two years she has held
the Dorothy McNurlan scholar
ship, awarded for outstanding
Christian attitude and charac-
ter.
MR.. AND MRS. P. X. Nc
Wethy will have as their week
end guests Mr.. McWethy's sister
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Creek. Mrs. McWethy and her
daughter Ann will accompany
the Sherwoods on their return
home and will remain for two
weeks.
MR.. AND MRS. WALTER
Lehner and Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
ton Montague were hosts at a
ton Montague were hosts at a
family picnic at the Lehner
home yesterday. The group in
cluded 1t. and Mrs. Fitz James
Bridges and two daughters, 1t.
John G .Lehner. Com. Edward
and Mrs. Scutt and daughter,
Frances, Suzanne Montague and
Mrs. Joseph ]. Sullivan, guest.
MRS. MAx~KENDRICK and
daughters had a family picnic on
the Fourth of July with DR.. and
Mrs. Henry Dunlap and child
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Law
renee and Mrs. and Mrs. Fred
Anthony and children. Miss
Mary Park, who has been visit
ing in Detroit with the Law
rences, returned home with
them.
DIR. AND MRS. JOSEPH j.
REICHMAN and children, Julia
Gregory and Mary Joe, accom-
panied by Mrs. Mary Logan, will
leave tomorrow morning for a
two-weeks' vacation north OF
Harrison, near Clare.
MRS. CHESTER SNYDER and
daughter, Ann, of Stratford, On
tario, are spending the vacation
period with Mrs. Snider's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ Rich
ards.
GUESTS at the cottage Of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Winslow or
Saginaw Bay near Bay Port yes
terday were Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Walters, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ton Rosso, Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Babcock and Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Clark.
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Miss Brew Honored
at Towel Shower
MRS. HERSEY DORMAN

MRS. HERSEY DORMAN
was hostess Tuesday evening at
a wiener roast and towel shower
honoring Kathryn Brew, BRIDE
elect of Saturday.
The guests gathered at the
Dorman home and went to the
lake shore in ST. Clair Shores.
Present were Mrs. Morris T.
Brew, Mrs. Kenneth Kreim-
bring, Joann Brew, Mrs. Ed
ward Kraft, Evelyn Oakley, Ann
Boyer, Rose Kogelmann, Susan
Pat Brew and Gail Kreimbring.
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USO Splash Party.
Set for Sunday

A SWIMMING PARTY at
Port Huron Beach is planned by
the USO for service men and
junior hostesses Sunday. Junior
hostesses are asked to meet at
the. USO Club at noon, in bath
ing suits, for transportation by
bus to the beach. Each hostess
is to bring a lunch for two. The
group will return by six o'clock
A watermelon feast was held
last evening at the USO Club.
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Parties Honor
July IA Bride

n FINE FNC' NJ AAAh
party took place in Windsor
Tuesday evening, to honor JOS
ephine Nichols, bride-elect OF
July IA. Hostess was Margaret
Klosterman, sister of Capt.
Leonard c. Klosterman, AAF,
the bridegroom.
Places were laid for IA, with
q miniature bride and groom
centering the table beneath
rose-covered arbor. The cloth
was embroidered linen and lace.
Mrs. Clare Nichols and Mrs.
William Bawden and the hon.
Gree were the Mount Clemens
guests.
Other parties given for Miss
Nichols include a dinner at Cor
don's Grill given by member of
the staff Of the-poSt- exchange
at Selfridge Field, of which Miss
Nichols is office manager; and
shower given at Flushing by
Mrs. Duane Anderson and Ell
nora Sanders. Miss Sanders is
to be maid of honor at the we'd
ding. The spinster dinner is set
for July IL. Mrs. Floyd Thorn
ley will be hostess.
ALLEN METZ, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walbert Meitz, Hall
road, is recovering from an OPP
Grafton performed in st. Joseph
Hospital Tuesday.
JAMES LLOYD came from
Cranbrook school in Bloomfield
Hills Tuesday evening to spend
the Fourth with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Lloyd of Riv-
erside drive. He brought with
him two classmates at the sum-
mer session at Cranbrook, JOS
eph Jermyn of Scranton. Pa,
and John Huribut Of Benning-
ton, VT.
DAVID WILLIAMS of Is
Washington will leave Saturday
for st. Louis, Mo, where he will
meet his daughter, Mrs. Lester
S. Harris, and two children, Les
lie and Gyneth Olwen, who are
driving home from LaJunta
Field, Colo. They will remain
with Mr.. and Mrs. Williams for
the duration, Col. Harris having
left for overseas duty with the
Air Force.
MRS. HUBERT MEIER and
daughter, Bonnie Sue, OF Eu-
cid avenue spent the Fourth in
Akron, O., visiting Mr.. Meier,
who has taken a position with
the Firestone Rubber company.
They were accompanied by Eve
Ign Schonschack, and returned
by boat last evening.
FRED w. MILLER. manager
of the Mount Clemens Oil COM
pany, was an honorary pail
bearer at the funeral of A. S.
Hickock, president of the Hic-
kock Oil Corporation of Toledo.
O., Tuesday. H. T. Newton. Cass
Kierblewski and j. p. Mcmahon,
directors of the local concern, a
: subsidiary of the Hickock firm,
also attended the services.
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Guests Arrive
for Wedding

rive for the wedding of Made
laine Westendorf and Robert l..
Vandenberg of Holland. Mrs.
Frank Zenner. grand-aunt of
the bride, has arrived from
Pittsburgh, and will be here for
two weeks.
On Friday, in time for the
400 o'clock rehearsal at St. Pc
ter's Catholic church, and for
the rehearsal dinner which will
follow at Gordon's Grill, the
bridegroom is expected, as we'll
as his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
John Vandenbers, and sister
Leila Vandenberg, all of Holland.
They will be here for the week
end.
Places will be laid for 20, in
Guiding the out-of-town guests,
the bridal party, and few 9TH
ers, at the rehearsal dinner~Ths
ceremony is set for 1920 o'clock
Saturday morning, with recep.
ton in the gardens OF the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald r.
Westendorf.
HOSTESSES for the regular
meeting of the Metropolitan
Auxiliary this evening at 8 o.
clock in the club rooms will
be Mrs. Raymond Titus; Mrs!
Robert Mandel, Mrs. Edwin Klo.
CHOW, Mrs. Elmer G.. Luth, and
Mrs. Fred Schock. -
MRS. DONALD ARNOLD was
hostess to group recently
at her home in Fraser, honoring
Mrs. Russell Sill. who is leaving
10 take up her residence in Rose
vile.
MRS. RUSSELL KEILLOR
(Mary EckhOut) of Osborne, o.,
who has been visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Victor Eckhout at 1873
Washington avenue for the past
week, is leaving with Mrs.
Bernard Eckhout and small son
Michael of 221s Lincoln avenue
TO spend the summer at the Keil-
Tor cottage the Fu-se-Lodge, al
Bear Lake. Col Keillor, who
has been commanding officer al
Laid Field, in Alaska, for the
past two years, is expected to
Join them at the Lake.
MIR. AND MRS. SYDNEY
TINKER were hosts at a large
picnic at their home on Floral
avenue on the Fourth of July.
Approximately 80 guests are ex-
pected at the affair. Out of town
= guests were Major and Mrs.
Paul Bechtel of Dayton, O., and
Mrs. Margaret Hurd of Los An
geles.
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Ms Salute


third birthday anniversary to-
day. Relatives and friends will
help him celebrate at the home
of his mother, Mrs Ann Cope
land, 6 Queen street.
BETTY JANE LAVENS.
daughter Of Cpl. and Mrs. Thorn
as Lavens, who is two years old
today. Twelve small friends
have been invited to her home
this afternoon. Cpl. Lavens has
been with the Seventh Army in
Germany 10 months.
MR.. AND MRS. o. D. KIM
BERLIN upon their 9th we'd
ding anniversary today.
MRS. WILLIAM CLEMENS.
$50 Pine Ridge, on her birthday
anniversary July S.
MR.. AND MRS. ALBERT
SHORKEY. l27 Court street. on
the birth of a son, July 2. at
home.
MRS. RALPH WARE. 50 Lin
coin avenue, whose birthday an
niversary is today.
CPL. FORD BAKER. on his.
22nd birthday anniversary the
Fourth of July. He is home on
30-day furlough.
MRS. ROY c. MILLER. 80
High street, on her birthday an
niversary Tuesday,
MRS DELBERT REESE who
had birthday anniversary July
4.
MRS. CHARLES JOB. S
Greenway, whose birthday an
niversary was July 4. A family
gathering was held during the
afternoon.
MIR. AND MRS. HOWARD
STEVENSON. Beuland avenue,
e | bra I e d Mr.. Stevenson's
birthday anniversary July 4 by
having as their guests his broth
er and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
c. Stevenson of Detroit.
J. E. ST. PIERRE, who had a
birthday anniversary July 4.
MRS. WILLIAM X. CHURCH
YARD who celebrated July as
her 18th birthday anniversary.
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l5ri;de
Garden Club Plans
Meeting Monday

A SHOWING OF antique
glass and discussions on periods
of its manufacture will be on
the program of the local branch
of the Farm and Garden Associ-
alton Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. John Lungerhau-
sen, 6566 North River road. A
picnic luncheon will be served
at l o'clock.
Mrs. Lewis PARROT will tell of
the early making of glass in
Mount Clemens. Mrs. Lunger-
hansen will discuss antique class
of an early period and Mrs:
Chester A. Stevenson will show
examples of later manufacture.
Many flowers will be ~brQugh.
for arrangement by clubSmem-
bers who may bring containers
hostess. Those desiring reserva-
or use those provided by the
tons may dial 1882.
POTLUC X covered-dish
luncheon is planned for members
of the Dorcas Society of Zion
Evangelical Church on Tuesday
July 10, at Mrs. Otto Mallast' S
home, $500 North avenue. Mem
bers may call Mrs. Erwin Egle.
dial 1914, for transportation ar
rangements, or meet at the par
ish house not later than 1890
o'clock.
MRS. ROY NICHOLSON en-
tertained her card club at ~des-
sert luncheon and bridge this
afternoon at her home on Lode
wyck avenue.
MIR. AND MRS. HUG H
NEALE will be hosts to mem
bers of their dinner club Friday
evening at their Smith street
home.
MRS. FRANK IENNEBACK-
Err is a patient in ST. Joseph
Hospital as the resU1EOf recent
fall in which she suffered a
broken hip.
MR.. AND MRS. WILLIAM
T. KELLY held family picnic
yesterday including DR.. and Mrs.
l.. F. Rutter, Mrs. Thomas Cross
and daughters, Mrs. Carl Dodge
and from Detroit, Miss Georgia
Skinner and Harry Kelly.
HERMAN ROCKER Of 2l5
Shoemaker road is patient at
st. Joseph's hospital, where he
underwent major operation
Tuesday morning.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
Civic Center
Studied by
.B'nai Birth

Plans for establishment of a
modern community center on
the property adjoining the
Jewish synagogue, on Maple
street at South avenue, Mount
Clemens, are now being studied
by members of the synagogue's
B'nai Birth brotherhood and
synagogue leaders, q brother
hood representative revealed to-
day.
Overall improvement Of the
short Maple street block from
South avenue to South Walnut
street will be attempted by the
congregation as soon as building
trade conditions approach nor
NAL, according to Sam ]. Levine,
president of the synagogue. He
Is State Highway Department
employe.
Levine said that preliminary
moves in the plan are now under
way, in the addition of limestone
steps and other improvements
to the synagogue on South ave-
nue..
In the spring, the large frame
house at the corner of South
Walnut and Maple street, m old
structure owned by the congre-
CATION, will be removed, pre-
See CIVIC CENTER-Page 16
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How Germans
Rescued Duce
frornBadogli0

NUREMBERG, Dec. 20-(R-
Details Of the Mussolini kidnap-
ping were disclosed today by It..
Col. Otto Skorzeny, Gestapo
Hatchetman who was assigned
personally by Adolph Hitler to
abduct his Axis partner from the
forces Of Marshal Pietro Badog-
lio.
Skorzeny, q six-foot-four-inch
giant, who is q prisoner here and
may be q defense witness at the
war crimes trial, told Allied
interrogators he was very
much surprised" when he was
ordered to Hitler's headquarters
and given the assignment.
Fifty paratroopers we're as
signed to him by Col. Gen. Kurt
Student, he said, and they took
off from Rome Sept. IL, 1943 in
q number of planes during an
Allied air attack. Three of the
planes were lost because Of the
bombing attack, he said.
Their destination was the
Sports Hotel, $500 feet above
sea level, on Gran Sasso noun
tain, highest peak in the Apen-
See RESCUE-Page 16
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SO Mink Pelts
Stolen from
ROseville Ranch

With Macomb county shiver-
ing in sub-freezing weather
thieves and vandals turned their
activity to stealing fur pelts as
evidenced by the theft Tuesday
night of 88 mink hides from a
Roseville mink ranch.
Sheriffs deputies and State
Police officers are investigating
the theft of the furs which are
valued at more than $4,000.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler, of 30698
Groesbeck highway, owner Of
the ranch, told Deputies Rich
ard DeKetelaere and Leon
See MINK PELTS-Page 16
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Civil Service
Dealt with
in Charter

II the proposed new city char
ter is approved by Mount Glenn
ems voters January 8, the COM
mission must submit the ques-
ton of civil service to the pub
lie at either a regular or special
election one year after April 8,
1946. the date the charter be-
comes law.
Section 7:19 of the charter
says the voters can ballot on
"an ordinance providing for .
merit system Of personnel man.
agement for all employees in the
service Of the city, which ord
nance shall be subject to the
repeal or amendment only upon
q vote Of the electors Of the
city,"
Exempted from civil service
provisions would be the mayor
and commissioners, city officers
appointed by the mayor (clerk,
treasurer, assessor, police chief.
fire chief, city attorney and city
health officer), city supervisors
and m e m b ers of appointive
See CIVIL SERvICE-Page 1e
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1870 MatoIl,h
Vets Are Home
Servieemen Streom
in Almost Dolly

State Selective Service head
quarters reported today that g.
800 veterans have returned to
Macomb county since VI Day.
The total is 10th largest in the
state, Brig. Gen. Leroy Pearson.
state director, revealed.
Wayne lads with 88,692 fol-
lowed by Oakland, 1O,725; Gen.
esee, 9,987; Kent, 9,613; Ingham,
4,787; Saginaw, 4.709; Kalama-
zoo, 4,25O; Berrian, 4,218; Cal
houn, 3,757; Jackson, 3,409 and
then Macomb.
Not included in the Macomb
total are Naval Reserve officers
who 60 on inactive duty on re-
turn 70 civilian life and are not
required to report to their local
draft boards.
aPearson said the States 192
lQnnl oards recorded a total OF
2s3,630 discharges as of Nov. 80
while only 100000 separations
were on record at the end OF
August.
Pearson said the total number
Of separations il "a per cent OF
the o13,542 Michigan men who
nave served in the Armed fore
% since 1ol0.
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Fake Attack
Started War
Noxi Agents Wore
Polish Uniforms

NUREMBERG, Dec. 20 Up
- The first full story of the
spark that set off World War II
"a fake attack on a German
radio station staged by Gestapo
agents drssssd in Polish. arPy
unYUfniy Was unfolded toby
before the international military
Tribunal.
AS the war crimes trial was
recessed for the Christmas Holi-
days, American prosecutors sub
mitted a gestapo officials story
of the raid, naming the assassi-
mated hangman, Reinhard Hey
drich, as the man who engineer
ed the coup which Hitler used as
the excuse for the Polish inva-
sion-crying to the world that
Germany had been attacked
first.
The story was told in the affi-
davit of Alfred Naujocks who
said he led q company of ges-
tapo agents dressed in Polish
uniforms in q raid on the Ger
man radio station at Gleiwitz on
Aug. 81, 1889, the day before
the invasion. The raiders broad
cast incendiary remarks in Pol
ish and then left behind the bull
let-riddled bodies of drugged
German o ncentration camp
prisoners, also dressed in Polish
uniforms, as evidence" Nau-
jocks said.
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SkCSAAAS0SAOAASs
Meek said he would introduce
evidence to show that Homma
actually witnessed the first
death march" from Bataan,
while lolling in an automobile.
Homma Is accused of response
bility for atrocities involving the
death Of $1,000 American and
Filipino war prisoners.
A 12-page deposition from
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright,
Just received in Manila, will
show that Homma was utterly
unscrupulous" in his dealings
with the American commander,
Meek added.
To Be arraigned tomorrow Is
1t. Col. Sinichio Ohta, gendarm-
erie commander accused Of es-
tahiishing A.torture mills" In the
Philippines Immediately after
the japanese landings. Two
other japanese charged with
torturins Filipinos in Tacloban,
Leyte, also will face the U. S.
Military Commission.
Twenty-Five other cases are
expected to be brought before
the commission soon. To be
tried December ~ are Takuma
Hisashiji. Philippine-born jap
anese interpreter charged with
killing so Filipinos and torturing
others; and Tostimatsu Miyagi,
accused of Staying an entire fam
lily in Cebu province.
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county by the supreme court OF
Michigan.
The legal firm Of Dykema,
Jones & Wheat, of Detroit, late
Wednesday served on Drain
Commissions William c. Har-
per a legal demand for payment
of $128, ,280 in defaulted interest
and principal on drain bonds OF
the Mound Park & Branches
drain.
Harper had warned the coun-
ty Board of Supervisors at their
annual session in October that q
Supreme Court decision render
ed at that time would open the
gates for bondholders demands
amounting to a total Of $3sf 600.
The Mound Park Is the first OF
these, and apparently test case.
On the sidelines sit bond
holders seeking an additional
S265, 900, in payments on other
bond issues.
See BOND SUIT-Page Is
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
Gen. Marshall
Reaches China
aspeateLoollls
Strife-Tovn Melton
Faces Prospect Of
EoFIy End to Fsud

Gen. George c.. Marshall, the
peace-maker, reached war-di-
vided China today and Chinese
Communists Immediately an.
nonunced they had asked the
government to agree to cease
hostilities Internationally pend
ing a conference.-the settle
ment.
In Java, fighting which alrea-
dy has cost British and Indian
troops almost 1900 casualties
in their struggle against inde-
pendence-seeking native ele-
ments Of the Netherlands Indies
ragged on. British artillery bonn
barded trouble spots in North
western Bandoeng for an hour
today.
SEIZE MOTORSHIP
A Netherlands Naval com.
0nAa1iQqaAnnaQnced seizure, Of .
EVo-S0n fii0torship which report.
edly fired on q Dutch landing
party.
General Marshall Is expected
OF begin his discussions of the
Chinese situation with General
issimo Chang Kai-Shek at Nam
king tomorrow. The Chinese
Communists said they, too,
would seek to present their
views to the new US. special
envoy.
No date has been set for peace
conferences between the Chinese
Reds and Central government
leaders, but both sides were re-
See MARSHALL-Page l6
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1t. Gov. Vernon J. Brown told
Mount Clemens Kiwanians yes
terady that Michigan residents
spent more money last year on
horse racing than they expended
on education in. the past 10
years.
Educational expenditures like
wise ran q poor second to the
amount spent on liquor, Brown
said, in pointing out the 1945
outlay for hard stuff was two
and one-half times the total
spent on schools and colleges.
Brown called his highly in
teresting address "The Essentials
of Government" He said gov
ernment maintains law and or
der; promote education, safe
guard the public health, assist
veterans, promote the general
welfare, provide transportation
and recreation and promote bus
mess and industry. tA
He said no new state buildings
were constructed from 1920 until
1910 beca use the state was
broke during those years.
Brown asserted the average
citizen fails to properly appre-
ciate the services Of government.
He said government Is some
thing we take for granted until
the machinery breaks down.
He was introduced by Arthur
Rose. Mount Clemens business
man.
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Single! Men,
1SIhrough Is.
10 EiII Ranks
Fathess of Three
Now Bovved from
Re-Enlistmsnt

Dy MARVIN L. ARROWSMTTH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-(R
ALI fathers are out from under
hts draft today but Selective
Service duieted speculation that
this might lead soon to induct-
Ing 18 year olds only.
The end to the drafting Of
fathers coincided with . new
reduction IN Army and Navy
point scores. But high Off
cial Of Selective Service said
veterans are not re-enlisting in
sufficient numbers to narrow
the draft any further.
This means, said this official
who asked anonymity. that
temporarily at least, single men
10 through Is must fill replace
ment needs Of the Army and
Navy.
MAJORITY 70
Az has been the case since the
end Of the war, however, the
great majority Of those drafted
will bs youths becoming 16.
Out Of Z total Of about $4,000
men inducted In November.
Selective Service reported, only
an estimated six to nine thous-
and were over 18. Fewer than
600 Of the $4,000 were fathers.
In hating the father draft yes
terday, Selective Service also
ruled that men with three or
more children will not be per-
mitted to enlist.
These fathers are mot accep-
table to the armed forces" local
draft boards were notified, but
See DRAFT-Page 16
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II FOR BUSINESS
NOT IN MARKET FOR BUSINESS
Contractors Prove Gun Shy

which the third floor court has
become accustomed.
Bennett Immediately contact
ed three prime contractors and
suppliers who had previously
fought to do such work for the
county.
After . lengthy waiting psrioa
Bennett received one reply -
his three appeals. -
In 30 many polite words &
said: We are not Interested
The controller said he viii ~
See CONTRACT0RS-Rage 70
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
|Car0lers to Sing
Friday in Heart
of Mt. Clemens

Sixty children from St lGasyah
fifth grade will sing Chrtolnao
Carols at Z p. M, Friday arouno
the crib erected on the island a1
the intersection Of 0r1tiot avu>
nue. and New street.
Mrs. Henry Trylon win 49,
The children n they stand n -
reflected light Of the beout1e
city Christas tree. The puh1le lo
invited. sx
Refreshments win h .sovv
the children following ~ - =
gram In st. Mary's club ~
by the National Council G O. y
Ollie Women with the lliGnoa I =
rie and vlorsnee DG1y n o1u
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TRUMAN ASKS SINGLE FIGHTING UNIT
Congress Split on Armed Forces Merger

Only committee member devi-
ating from this lineup was chair
man May (D-Ky) Of the House
Military group. He already had
joined with chairman Carl Vim
son (D-Ga) of the House Naval
committee in proposing . sepa-
rate Air Force with cabinet re-
presentation instead Of . mer-
ger Of the services. j..
WILL PRESENT BILL
Chairman Ebert Thomas ID
Utah) of the Senate Military
committee told q reporter I'VE
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20

will have good bill to carry
out the Presidents ideas short
ly after the holidays"
Senator Hill DALAI, q Mill
tary committee member and
author of one unification bill,
declared II favor closing hear
ings at once and starting to work
on legislation. There are 40
material differences between the
Presidents basic plan and the
bills on which we have held
hearings"
See MERGER-Page l6
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
In pre-war days when Ma
>-A ~o..~x,,,. ~,.cov~,;so~. ~~A>~

In pre-war days when Ma
comb county's supervisors order
ed construction improvements or
new equipment for the county
building. contractors scrambled
in a mad rush to obtain the jobs.
Today, means County Con-
troller Sherwood j. Bennett, the
picture II far different.
Supervisors several months
ago authorized Bennett to ar
range for completion Of the fifth
floor courtroom in the attractive
and modern judicial style to
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-(R
Opposing Congressional lines
in the battle Of the merger show
ed no signs Of cracking today de-
spite President Truman's flat re-
quest that Army, Navy and Air
Forces be unified under . single
civilian secretary.
First members Of the House
and Senate Military committees
TO comment were for the plan,
a they have been all along.
Members Of the Naval COMMITTEES
were still against il.