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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-22
Final Battle
Near On Luzon
Guevvilos Block
Jop RstFsot

MANILA, June 22- Up - A
battle-probably the final one of
Importance in the Luzon cam
paign-was being forced upon
the Japanese in the Cagayan val
ley today by Filipino guerrillas
blocking their path Of retreat
from the 37th Ohio infantry div
/ ision.
An estimated 10000 japanese
in the valley. cut in half by
guerilla seizure OF Tuguegarao,
were expected TO risk their few
remaining flame-throwing tanks
ir an attempt 10 remove the
Highway 5 block before the attn
can reach it from 35 miles away.
The Nipponese must do that if
they are to keep open the way
10 Apart, IS miles north OF Tug
uegarao.
Headquarters announced the
guerilla seizure of Tuguebarao
IN communique today which
also disclosed a new landing on
West Borneo by Australian ninth
division troops, putting the IN
laders both north and south of
the priced Seria oil fields.
An airport with two 5000 and
two 5000 foot strips fell to the
guerrillas who forded the Caga-
yam river and entered the capital
OF Cagayan Province in one of
the most brilliant guerrilla ex-
ploits OF the Luzon campaign.
These guerrillas, led since
l943 by a u. s. Army Colonel,
Russell w. Volckmann, previous
ly had liberated all the north
west coast of Luzon, then swung
east along the Babuyan channel
skirting the north tip d Luzon.
On reaching the Cagayan river
mouth near Apart, they had
turned south down the west bank
Of the river until they were OPP
posite Tuguegarao.
Thirty-five miles TO the south.
the alarmed Nipponese lost nine
of their dWindling supply of
tanks in two counterattacks re
pulsed by the 37th infantry divi-
sion near captured Ilagan.
On Borneo. the Japanese left
so hurriedly they abandoned hot
food ahead of the Aussies vino
seized the town Of Lutong and
/ its second rate airfield an 4
/ famed out north and south. AS
ISOLATED Press correspondent
James Hutcheson, with the land
iDg forces, said the diggers are
in position to clamp a squeeze
or the Seria oil fields together
with other Aussies 50 miles 10
the southwest.
Hutcheson also reported the
liberation Of Lutong Of $50 en-
aciated Indian prisoners OF war,
formerly with the British Mala-
yam army. Natives said they had
seen Japanese trucks, loaded
with British and Australian pri-
soners Of the Singapore cam
psign, speeding south recently. $
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-22
BY S. BURTON HEATH


NEW YORK - One Of the
most discussed difficulties in
railroad travel during wartime
is the sleeper situation. Not only
do vacationers and pleasure trav-
elers have to delay winter visits
to Florida and Arizona, and sum-
mer trips TO Maine and Michi-
gan, but men home from the
fighting fronts and busy war eX-
ecutives are forced to make long
trips in day coaches because they
can't wait.
When war broke in 1899. the
Pullman Company owned 6243
sleeping cars. BY the end of
1914 the Pullman Company had
1850 sleepers. The railroads
have negligible number Of
sleepers Of their own.
In 1899 the Pullman Company
handled 11,549,947 overnight
passengers - all civilians. With
out allowance for cars undergo
ing repair or on standby service,
that was an average for the year
of 1880 passengers per car.
Last year, on the same basis
each of the companys 5000
sleepers would have handled
$500 overnight passengers. But
last year the basis was not the
same. Organized troop move
ments complicated il. What ac-
tually happened last year was
that, on the average, half of the
sleepcrs were used 10 transport
uniformed contingents b e n &
moved under orders, and civil
ians had TO share the remaining
half with service men and wom-
en- travelling individually or in
what might be called less than
carload lots. y
ATC HAS 1900 CARS
Twelve hundred of the sleep
ers were government owned
troop carriers operated as part
of the Pullman pool for the Ar
my Transportation Corps. In ad-
dition, the armed services had
first call, at any moments no.
tice, on every car in existence.
In that half OF the cars devoted
TO organized troop movements,
the company handled almost g.
100000 soldiers, sailors and ma
rines, carrying each an average
Of about 1900 miles.
In the other approximately
1000 cars the company handled
about 100000 civilians and
individual service men Gravel
ing on leave or furlough, or un-
der orders alone or in small
groups and carried each an av-
erage OF about 600 miles.
The business h a n g d last
year in the approximately 1000
cars used for civilian and indi-
vidual service man purpose was
almost twice as great as that
done in 1899 with more than
5000 cars.
When the Army decides TO
move division. or two or three.
from Arizona. let's say, TO an
East Coast port, it doesn't tell
the world in advance. II doesn't
even tell the Pullman company
until the last moment. So the use
of sleepers for either troop or
civilian transportation no longer
can be scheduled we'll in adj
vance. Cars must be allocated
swiftly to the areas where they
will be needed. and spares spot
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-22
Trucks His Jinx

HOUSTON. Tex. - UP) -
When r. c. Biering, 81, gets out
Of the hospital he's going TO stay
away from all trucks. He was
injured when his auto collided
with truck. The truckdriver
loaded him in his truck and
started for the hospital. A mo-
ment later, the truck hit sec
Ond car.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-22

ALEXANDRIA. Ind. UP
The youngest grandfather in
service, PM c Harry Johnson
"a. has been given his honorable
discharge from the Navy and re-
turned home. Johnson was ac-
claimed last year in servicemcn S
publications and other periodi-
Gals as being the youngest grand
fother in the armed forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24
SOUTH AMERICANS
CALL AT LEJEUNE

CAMP LEJEUNE, June as
Nineteen Military and Air attaches
from Central and South American
countries visited this Marine train
ing camp Friday on a tour Of in
spection of U. S. Military install
lations and industrial centers.
Accompanied by Lieutenant Colo
mel Gustave Pabst and Lieutenant
Pierre Where, of the U. S. Army
Foreign Liaison Office, the group
has visited Pittsburgh, Detroit,
Fort Knox, Fort Sill, and Fort Ben.
ming.
Included in the group were: Ma
jor General Luis Larrea Alba, Ec.
uador; Major General Oscar Her
reros, Chile; Colonel Juan Jones'
Para, Venezuela; Commodore AL.
fredo Paladiono, Argentiana; Colo.
mel Roche B. Laroche. Haiti; Colo
mel Luis Santiviago. Paraguay;
Colonel Ernesto Medina Parker,
Chile; Colonel fernando Mora An.
queyra, Colombia; Colonel Arturo
Rivas Mena, Ell Salvador; Lieu
tenant Colonel Clovis NJ. Travas-
SOS, Brazil; Lieutenant Colonel Al
fredo Pacheco, Bolivia; Lieuten-
ant Colonel Jorge Castellanos Do
minguez, Mexico; Captain Juan
Da Costa, Honduras; Major A1frd-
do Souto Malan, Brazil; Lieuten-
ant Commander Enrique Cirian,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24
Big Ouerhaul OfRation
Point System Advocated
Thirteen Governors Claim
Nation Faces Price
Control Breakdown

NEW YORK, June 23.-R)-Thir-
teen governors, declaring the ma.
ton faces "a breakdown of ration
ing and price control because of
the black market, recommended
today major overhauling' of
the ration point system, including
use Of red points for meat only.
The state executives, concluding
a conference on food problems,
said in seven-page statement that
the ration program was faulty, "
and asked for rigid enforcement
on national basis" of rationing
regulations.
Until or dealing in food is
again under CONTROL the gov
errors said, 1.-The QPA should con-
centrate on this ard related fields
rather than enforcing ceilings OH
cocktails and fur coats"
The governors said lit is inherent
in the food supply situation that
states cannot take over the federal
enforcement of OPA regulations
and declared that 1.-The more rig
orously any stqte enforces the law,
the more it penalties its own people
unless the law is equally enforced
throughout the nation
Their statement, second issued
during the conference, contained
these additional recommendations
A single government agency
should be made responsible for the
food program.
Elimination of most of these
new slaughterers'
New meat ALLEGATION regulations
allowing for seasonal variation of
population.
More effective control over the
meat supply available to public eat
ing establishments.
REORGANIZATION of the quota sys-
tenn with a view to local quota
fixing in each area based on its
own conditions"
The governors said reports of
illegal sales as high as 80 per
CcllL VI IOld1 So1CS LII ooAAAS "a COS
represents an alarming tendency
toward a complete breakdown in
price control of these essential
foods
The quota system was described
as operating to reduce the total
supply of meat available'' and ad-
)justments in subsidy payments
were said to be providing only tenn
porary Improvement.
The governors said that ANY at
tempt to enforce price ceilings on
a rigid basis in the IS northeast
ern states they represented would
"simply result in a diversion of
food to other areas of the country
where enforcement is less or non
existent
Governors Thomas E. Dewey of
New York and Raymond e. Bald
win of Connecticut sponsored the
conference
Other states represented were:
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24
HOSTESS SlCN-UP
PLAN SCHEDULED

In connection with the recent ex-
pansion of the Camp Davis rec
reational program, Jesse A. Rey-
nolds, superintendent of the city
recreation department, yesterday
said that plan for recruiting new
hostesses to alp supply tn e
Camps request for LOCO girls
would be announced as soon as the
re-registration of present volln'
teers is completed.
He said the army installation
has asked for girls between the
ages of 10 and IS, married or
single, to participate in dances and
other social activities.
Girls already signed up at the
Woodrow Wilson hut or USO clubs,
and being re-registered now do not
have to furnish additional refer,
ences, it was stated.
New registrants will be requir.
ed to provide h e references,
preferably from employers, minis
tiers, doctors, teachers OR we'll
known citizens, not relatives.
At a meeting last week OF the
executive committee for hostesses,
headed by Mrs. D. M. Darden,
standards were set up for junior
and senior hostesses for c m
Davis and other military estab'
lishments. Senior hostesses c
above 30.
1t was explained that girls may
re-register at their original u
and new members may sign up at
the Hut or other units.
Special emphasis was PLACED or
the fact that hostess is to act
as the name implies and is sup
posed to tr e the servicemen
as guests. The committee is es-
pecially anxious for the girls to
adopt this attitude and points out
that the activities are primarily
designed for the enjoyment of the
servicemen.
It was stated that girls who sigr
up should feel obligated to partici'
pate when called to attend func.
! ton.
Members of the committee said
it. had been called to their atten.
ton by service1nen that the girls
should be neat and appropriate
ly dressed, in keeping with the
function they were attending.
Mrs. Thomas B. Hawkins, Of
Mrs. Thomas B. Hawkins, Of
Wrightsville Beach, was added te
the committee to be in charge Of
hostesses in that area.
The meeting was attended by
Mrs. Darden, Miss Dorothea Nc
Dowell, Mrs. Lottie Bradley, Mrs
Johanna Render, Mrs. Ethel Pow
ers, and Miss Katherine Malone
representing Mrs. Anna McGlenn.
Mrs. Claudine Marshall was I'm.
able to be present.
All new girls will be interviewed
by a member of the committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24

American consumers spent $97,-
oo0. 0oo, 900 in 1914, IN increase OF
nix per cent over l9AS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24
CEASES PUBLICATION

CHUNGKING, Sunday, June "a.
--lP-The weekly Chungking edi'
ton Of the Shanghai Evening Post
and Mercury, the first American
newspaper printed in free China,
ceased publication today. A state
Ment on the front page of today
mai edition said publication OF
an American paper in the tradi-
hons Of the original Shanghai Post
become clearly impossible In
emma under wartime censorship
restrictions which go far beyond
considerations of military securi-
w.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24
Production Of Shells
Slashed so Per Cent

ST. LOUIS, June 23.-(P)-The
Army today announced a so per
cent overall reduction in the Ma
.ion's artillery shell production
program.
Affecting plants in 40 states, the
cutback will release approximately
$4,000 workers in A plants, the
Army estimated, but said thai
normal attrition and turnover
would materially reduce this f1g
ure"
Reductions ordered affect manu-
facture Of ali high explosive artll'
lery shells from the SIT nm. to the
24O NM, as well as the $50 MN
Arrnor .pi ercing and the IS nm. ane
155 MN, chemical shells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24
SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS CLASH

HULL, England, June %. -W,P)-
Hull police reported American Ne
gro soldiers and British civilians
clashed last night in saloon and
the efforts Of so policemen were re-
quired to end the fight. Police re-
ported one civilian was seriously
hurt, but said they had made no
arrests, leaving the investigation
to American military authorities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24

Peru; Captain Anado Hernandez
P, Dominican Republic; and Cap.
tain Herman OtayZa, Peru.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-24

There are 10000 meat stores ir
New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15
Quit Kicking Harry Around

The reports from Russia indicate that Harry Hopkins has done a first-class job in his efforts to straighten out interpre- tations of the Yalta Conference agree ments. Harry Hopkins stands ace-high with Stalin and Churchill, who approved of him quite whole-heartedly.
 President Truman used the microscope on Mr. Hopkins before he sent him on a one-man mission to Moscow. Harry may have his personal shortcomings, but for sick, lean and worn out human being, his record is exceptionally good. To borrow the words of great man 'you don't have to be an athlete" to be good diplomat. No one sticks up for Harry SO we are rallying to his defense in this item and asking for square deal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15
A Tide Sets In

Destruction of shipping in the Sea of Japan by American naval air forces IS creating a situation that will make the invasion of Japan feasible in the not dis tant future.
 Japan, without competent navy and air force, is daily becoming more vulner- able as to supplies. The Japs tried to offset their loss of South China sea lanes by getting railroads into operation from Malay to Korea to transport East Indies and southeastern Asia war materials General Chennault announces that the road has been put out of operation. Even if it were operating, the supplies would have to move across the Sea of Japan. And now that ocean route is being dis rupted by American bombers.
 Admiral Nimitz has predicted that every part of Japan will soon be brought under constant naval air bombardment to supplement the activities of the B-29s. Cut off from supplies and laid waste by air attack, Japan will be in poor posi- tion to resist full scale landing of AL lied troops.
 That such landing is not too far dis tant is indicated by the announcement that American troops already are being moved out of Italy toward the Pacific war theater. Presumably they will aid in establishing bases for the accomoda- tion of the millions that will follow if they are needed. British and American troops on the Western Front will follow soon A great tide is setting in against the surviving axis aggressor-a tide that soon will engulf all Japan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15
Current Comment

Manufacture of pre-fabricated houses is only one thing Kaiser (Henry J.) has a whole slew of items in mind.
 R. J. Thomas. president, Uni ted Automobile Workers, com- menting on reconversion. I wouldn't be surprised if we singed the Emperor's hair little. Private Billy Spencer, Glade water, Texas, tail gunner on Tokyo-bombing B-29. Mutuality and cooperation must replace egoism if we are to build new kind of community.
 pr. Charles T. Homlan, Uni versity of Chicago.
 
 A stockpiling program for an- other, future war, would be partic- ularly senseless.
 -UnderSecretary of War Ro- bert Patterson. It is stupendous. It is colossal. It is beyond any other country. Colonel K. s. Himmatsinhki military adviser to Adjutant General of India, touring De- troit's industrial area. I'm just sentimental guy. cry over every picture I direct.
 Hugh Cummings. Hollywood director
 I'll never abandone ship as long as a gun will fire.
 Commander Frederick J. Bec- ton of the crippled U. S Lafey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15
The Secret of Retail Success

The typical American buyer is a woman and a homemaker. Therefore, any store that makes a success must please her. If it can figure out method of doing this, it's growth as an individual store or as a multiple unit system, in one town or many towns, is largely matter of how far it's management de- sires to expand.
 And that, briefly, is the background of growth of every independent store or chain store. The development of chain stores probably did more to stabilize costs for the consumer than any other factor in retailing. They established a price standard that became nationwide. It was used as yardstick by the con- Sumer in determining whether he wanted to pay higher or lower prices in compet- ing stores, based on services rendered.
 The remarkable part of chain store development is that it has not interfered with the growth of independent stores which do about three-quarters of the re- tail business. The chains actually have been beneficial to independent mer- chants, as well as to the consumers, be- cause they have tended to reduce pro- duction costs, the benefits from which have been enjoyed by retailers and con- sumers alike.
 The chain stores will play an import ant part in the ultimate return of our nation to orderly peacetime production. They will be stabilizing influente for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15

came down to breakfast, told Wedemeyer how sad he was, and begged him to let bygones be by zones. President Roosevelt told me that my job was to kill Japs out here, not American diplo- mats" replied the General. "1 will still play ball if you will"
 Shortly thereafter, however, the two men broke up joint house. keeping and moved to separate homes. At about the same time, General Mcclure, Wedemeyers Chief of Staff. encountered Hur- ley at a cocktail party and chided him for sending his telegram Of protest without prior consultation.
 You pup, roared the ex- cowpuncher from Oklahoma, I've shot men for less than that"
 Fists went up. Mcclure is no small man. Neither is Hurley. But before anything further hap pened, friends intervened. How ever, Chinese were present and saw these two high-ranking Americans in a near fist-fight. It. didn't help American prestige.
 It was at about this time al- so that Embassy advisers John Davies and John Service, the latter now arrested, were or dered out of Chungking by Hur- ley. He said he did not want anyone around who sided with the Northern Chinese. Since then, the rift between North and South China has become wider and wider; with the result that Russia probably will offi- cially recognize the North Chi nese, leaving the U. s. with an- other Lublin- London Polish dis pute on its hands.
 This has been one of the hot test debates among junior offi- cers inside the State Department. Top officials, however, are dead set against discussion
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

It is not the patient or the druggist who is to blame for people using too much barbiturates, but the doctor. In this town the drug gists refuse to refill my prescrip- tion for phenobarbital-but all [ have to do is tell the doctor I am out Of it and he gives me new prescription. (Mrs. M. R. e.
 Answer-The law in your state. Mrs. C., prohibits refilling a pre- scription for habit-forming drugs without the physicians express order to do so.
 Indigestion
 Two different doctors have pro- nounced my trouble purely indi- gestion, but 1t gets steadily worse in spite of dieting and medicine.
 H. A. WI
 Answer-Im sorry, sir. but I haven't the slightest notion what ails you-and it is obvious that the two different doctors haven't either. You may find some light, that is if you want light, in the booklet 50 You Have Indigestion?" -AOl SoPy oClld CCll CCllCo dlR0 stamped envelope bearing your ad. dress. A clipping will not suffice.
 Headache
 Send t oaddress below copies of whatever pamphlets you have on shaking palsy and headache. GA. H. W) Answer-Please read the instruc- tions to correspondents. For one pamphlet inclose stamped self ad- dressed envelope. If you ask for more than one, inclose ten cents for each additional pamphlet. A. .tidosvttafie
 Go Right Ahead I am thirty Had operations for gallstones year ago. Appendix and gall-bladder removed. Would 1t be safe for me to have baby? (Mrs. K. c. L.) Answer-Yes. But your physi- clan knows your condition best. Ask your physician about it. Copyright l945 by John F. Dille Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15

Weep no more over lost or lesser crops because the Department of Agriculture has reported the largest wheat crop on record, with a total output, "well above average" Despite the cold May crop a good potato crop is assured and also an average fruit and vegetable crop. There may be sectional reductions in vege- tables, fruits and grains but the aver ages as listed by the department sounds good Oats and hay and rye, all prom ise a good average. Many plantings all over the country were late, but it is expected and hoped that good harvest will be forthcoming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15
Selected Poem
STRANGER IN A CORNFIELD

r J. Henniker Heaton in The Christian Scier
 Monitor) Proud serious corn, be not severe nor call too soon this flower weed It may be that it has but strayed, a small unwilling trespasser, from fields by cities overlaid. It may be that its parents grew by woodlands cool and green and fresh, where sang the nightingale and thrush, until the builders came to hew the trees and clear the underbrush. The cookie and the cornfloWer blue, the poppy and the pimpernel, these are the tares remembered well, these are the farmers ancient foe, these are the brigands of the soil. But this small bloom non ever saw save only in its rightful place with fragrant and unnoticed grace, till pipes enclosed the morning dew and kerbs shut in the wayside grass. Proud serious corn, this tiny flower requests your tolerance for today. It will not hurt you to be gay with its bright petals for an hour. Be kind to this small refugee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-15

calamity, he maintains, was the re- suit of years of religious indiffer- ence.
 We had better be careful in this country. Many people are unaware that vast sections of the population in fact over fifty per cent of our people-are in no way influenced by the Church. Ninety five per cent of our criminal class come from homes utterly devoid of religious influence. The Sunday schools of the country are having a hard time to hold their pupils. This thing we call juvenile delinquency is the customary rebel lion of adolescence grown to such proportions as to become social problem.
 We cannot maintain standards of