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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16
i. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-How many electric motors
are there on a BIO?
Ala.
Q-What are the Philippines!
two main crops?
A-Rice and coconuts.
Q-How can animals be pro-
tected from malaria?
A-By vaccination. There is
no vaccine for man, however.
Q-Who was the first Presi-
dent to live in the White House?
A-John Adams, November,
1900.
Q-What do the authorizations
Xn and Xtian. mean?
A-Christian.
O-Hsw Ases the NAVY treat
athletes foot?
A-One new method is to
cope. plate the patients foot
thinly every day for a week. No
discoloration or i'll effects have
been suffered.
Q-Why were the Labor and
Liberal parties of England an
gered over Sir Samuel Hoare's
elevation to the peerage?
Ale was a pre-war appeas-
er of Italy and Germany.
Q-What is a pater noster?
"A rosary. or every tenth
bead in a rosary, or the Lords
Prayer.
Q-What is the difference be-
tween Army's NIB and MO or
MIA?
A-The M8 is a rocket. The
MO and MIA are launchers.
Q-Is the Vatican helping to
feed Italians?
Ayes, with 100000 meals
daily all over liberated Italy.
Food is purchased from the Al
lied Commission and the Vati-
can sells it: soup 3 cents, full
meals 10 cents.
Q-What President was the
first to wear long trousers in
stead of knee breeches at his in
auguration?
A-John Quincy Adams.
(Which of our bombers has
rocket tubes now, replacing the
IS nm. cannon?
A-B-26 Mitchell medium.
Q-Is the Rio de Orc driver
of Gold), SPANS West Africs
colony, named for a river?
A-No, 4 bay, Portuguese ex.
plorers envisioned the bay as q
river five centuries ago, hence
the name.
Q-What two forms Of death
hit new lows in 1914?
A-Homicide and suicide.
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. SO THEY SAY

For the first time In five long
years, the hope exists that the
end of the war is in sight. 1t will
be delayed only If any Of US at
h o m e workers, employer.
farmer and public servant -
slackens the pace. - Eric A.
Johnston, president U. S. c. Of
G.
Why the boys still whistle ut
US / can't imagine. With all this
stuff hanging around us, I'm sur
prised they knew we were fem
mime. - WAC Sgt. Sirkka Tou-
mi, arriving in France.
II strikes impede the war ef-
fort - and every strike Is .
tank-trap in the path of our in
vading armies - the resentment
against strikes, already 50 mark.
ed among soldiers today, will not
die down when they return. -
Attorney General Francis Bid
die.
Manpower to his government,
dependable to the general, po-
tential casualty to the doctor.
another foot to shoe to the quar-
termaster, a replacement to COM
pany commander and q gold
brick to his first sergeant. -
Camp Banding, Fla, service pa
per's definition Of CT Joe.
Get him running and you can
keep him on the run. But Just
stop long enough to light q Gig
aret and Jerry will dig in and
fight until you 60 right into the
hole after him.-American para
trooper back from Western
Front.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16
. BARBS

One great trouble In living too
fast IL that 1t often leads to hav-
ing to fast to live.
Our boys overseas are doing
their share Of the work to be
done 80 . war can be won. Are
you!
We have word that Jap ships
and German planes are all head
ed in the same general direction
down!
The OPA has refused Latin
American Countries proposal of
a coffee price raise. That's cream
in ours!
All furloughs Of the Fuehrer's
Guards have been cancelled. They
need someone to look for Hitler.
When the Yanks reach Ham,
burg they'll have real reason to
celebrate. Hamburg on Q bun!
Thieves stole an Ohio minis
ter's silverware and likely
enjoyed his service.
The person with a frown will
feel q lot better IL he'll take an
other look.
Keep your chin up! The hui
man race Is won by q smile.
Now come predictions of q coal
strike in Spring. It's too bad the
operators can't mine their own
business.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16
By PETER EDISON

By PETER EDISON
u. S. ARMY AIR FORCES
TACTICAL TRAINING c E NJ
TER, Orlando, Fla.-In spite Of
the bomb blasting given Ger
many and Japan, top strategists
and taCticians at this aerial war
fare planning headquarters now
teach the doctrine that 1t Is i'm
possible to completely knock oIs
a nations industrial capacity by
air attack alone. This being the
conclusion of three years of con-
centrated attack on Germany,
all the pre-war talk heard in this
country about Germany can be
bombed to defeat" is at last re-
duced to its true and negative
importance.
In planning the combined Am.
erican and British attack on Ger
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

had the pleasure rectnly OF
playing a few rubbers of bridge
with Miss Frances Nelson. who
conducts The Bridge House in q
Chicago hotel. Miss Nelson
handled the play of today's
hand very we'll.
She made the right play on
the opening spade lead when she
put on dummy's five-spot, and
when East played the nine, Miss
Nelson could read Vests spade
holding. She led the three of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16

Have you got the plague
yet > = asked telegram to Shir-
ley Temple from Ernest Groman,
president of Shirley Temple
fan club in Cleveland, Ohio.
Correction" a second tele-
gram said a few hours later.
Message should have read,
Have you got the plaque YETI I"
BLESSED EVENT
Cartoon Producer Walter
Lantz started passing out cigars
at his studio, "A new baby" he
was asked. Nope" he said,
"but it's a bundle from Heaven
I finally got my laundry
back"
Ozzie Nelson's description Of
people who still jam trains on
pleasure trips: "Passengerks."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16

Q-Is the Vatican helping to
feed Italians?
Ayes, with 100000 meals
daily all over liberated Italy.
Food is purchased from the Al
lied Commission and the Vati-
can sells it: soup 3 cents, full
meals 10 cents.
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The LATE DR.. FL


From London comes the news that DR.. Flu Man.
chu is dead The insidious Chinese villain OF fiction
has been dispatched by his creator Sax Rohner, oft
err otter 2O-yeor career which brought the doctor
fame and the author very respectable income.
Mr. Rohner performed the deed with under
stondobIe reluctance, but he had little choice. In
reality Dr. Flu was q war casualty The trouble, Mr..
Rohmer explained, was that the Chinese govern
ment considered him shookiney bad propaganda.
He was oivnq the world bad picture Of the Chinese,
the government Sold and just couldn't be allowed
to live any longer
Dr. Fu's departure set US wondering about its ul-
tmote effect on dramatic and fictono vIloiny And
our conclusions we're far from heortenng. Obviously
the mystery and thriller fans in for bland diet
If the precedent Of Dr. Fus execution cotches Any
unfIotterine literary or dramatic portrayal OF any
United Nations citizen might be token as national
~i1s1!!:: - s5oa--,Snesa: evolved ~7"'' ' ~ @aV
Contemporary movies, plays and books would be
bereft Of French cooborotors, Mexican rusters hon.
icdoI Amazon tribesmen, Balkan brieonds, turboned
terroriss Of India in foct the entire stock in trode
Of the eoosefIesh branch Of creative ort
OF course, we in American could get by for q
while on native villains. After all nation should
be allowed to insult itself. But the world movie
market opened UP again, we ShOul0 nave 10 Toll IN
line and make fictono characters spotless as
our neehbors'.
An obvious solution Of this dilemma would be on
unreIieved procession Of vIoinous Jops and Germans
But this too, hos it's drawbacks. For thing, we
can pick up newspapers any day and reod &C.
counts Of reoI.fe vIoiny by these two races that
make any foncful misdeeds seem pale Also such
scheme would restrict the locale and circumstances
Of any drama of conflict to the point Of boredom.
II the fundamental dramatic formula Of good
versus evil is to be preserved, we shall probably have
to adopt one Of two courses Either we can go back
to the ancient Greek scheme Of making the gods the
Nlloins and letting them steer the raortels into tou
BILE against their wills. Or we can osk that the whole
thing be threshed out by the international confer
ence at Son Francisco in April.
Maybe they could have the citizens Of the world
oeree to trust in the cautious foreword that resenn
bonoe to any actual person, living decd, is purely
eoincidentol" And the authors Of each country might
be allotted quota Of villains by nationality
irun number each year.
Them perhaps, while we all work to achieve
kindly, cooperative and peaceful world, could
be permitted the sofety vove Of voorous viIIoiny in
the realm Of make believe without feor Of interno-
tono complications
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-22
GuernNas Split Jap
Forces On North Luzon

MANILA, Friday, June 22-P)-
Filipino guerrillas, brilliantly led
by Col. Russell W. Jolcklaann,
have split, in two the major Japan
csc forces on Northern Luzon by
crossing the Cagayan river and
capturing the Cagayan province
capital of Tuguegarao and its good
airport, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
disclosed today.
The daring guerrilla blow, sup.
ported by U. S. Sixth. Army artil-
lery and Fifth Air Force planes.
was struck IS miles north of Ila-
gan. Isabella pr vince capital taken
tt day before the U. y. 37th In
fantry division.
The desperate japanese, having
shown little fight for the past week,
flung in two armor-led counterat
tacks against the 9th Division
southeast of Ilagan, but both were
broken when the Buckeye infantry.
men knocked ut nine enemy tanks.
eight of them famethrowers.
While the enemy YVES putting his
strength into these vain Flows, the
guerrillas, slicing eastward out OF
the Northern Luzon hills, crossed
the river and seized Tuguegarao
and large stocks of food and mu-
ritions, meeting scanty opposition.
The scene is so miles airline and
IS by road south OF the MORT. Lu.
zon port of APART, towards which
the estimated Thousands Of Japan
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-22
TRUMAN EXPRESSES
HOPES FOR BETTER
PRESS ASSOCIATION

NEW YORK, June 21,-P)-
President Truman expressed the
hope today that freedom of the
press may become a vehicle OF
more sympathetic understanding
and therefore closer friendship
among the nations of the world. .
In letter to Wilbur Forrest, as
sistant editor of the New York
Herald Tribune and chairman OF a
committee that recently completed
40. OOO-mile world torl; in the In
terest of press freedom, the Presi-
dent said also:
1.-The unhappy conflict Of pcinci'
pies and policies which has sun.
dered the world and threatened
civilization through six tragic years
emphasizes the need of continued
cooperation among the govern.
ments and peoples of the United
Nations. l hope your mission will
contribute to that happy consum-
nation"
The letter, along with the COM
mittee's full report to the Ameri-
can Society of Newspaper editors
board of directors, was contained
in a supplement tt Editor and Pub
Usher. newspaper trade journal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-22
JAPS KEPT BUSY,
SAY WAKE ISLAND
RAIDED BY u. S.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21-tP)
Radio Tokyo spent busy day
today, warning the Japanese peo-
pie in one breath of invasion
threats, bolstering their courage
in the next and, between accounts
of actual American activity,
Launching feelers on what next to
expect.
Historic Wake island, said Tokyo
in one OF the FCC-inte rcepted
broadcasts, w raided by 300
planes from "more than two" AM
erican carriers yesterday. --nother
reported an air fleet of Sc fighters,
bombers and one Superfortress
spent two hours scouting southern
Japan early today, presumably
preparing for renewed heavy at
tacks in this area.
Tokyo got little mixed up on
the Balikpapan bay sector of Bor-
neo. First it said Allied forces
were conducting mine laying op-
err ions in the bay; then it said
mine swee '-g was in progress.
There was no REPETITION of the Tokyo
claims of the last few days that
the Eastern Borneo oil port had
been shelled by Allied warshipa.
There has been no Allied ,confir.
nation Of those reports.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-22

MARCH 10 "Goering left San
Reno to attend 9 cabinet meeting.
What can be Germany's intention?
Nothing has been said beyond
vague expressions of dissatistact-
ion about the Prague government. ;"
MARCH IA long conversat
ion with Wellington Koo och. ,e
ambassador 10 Paris. Il advis I'd
him to come to agreement directly
with Tokyo without depending CO
promises OF help form the so-callec
democracies.
News from Central Europe is
increasingly grave. For lie frs.
time Won R:obentrop has spok.r
to Attolico and told 1i1 the Ger
man program Is comp,ete: To in.
corporate Bohemia, to make Slo.
vakia vassal state, and to yis.c
Ruthema to this Hungarians.
1t IS not known wnen al this
will occur, but such an event is
destlred 70 pr. ouce the most ;;rist-
er imprcssio:: or the Italian peo-
pie. The AIS function: only for
ore of it's par,s. with little regard
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-22
PAPER MILL PLANS
NEW POSTWAR PLANT
NEAR WILMINGTON

Early in the postwar era, the
Illegal Paper Co. of New York in
all probability will construct a pulp
mll near the site Of the Acme
FERTILIZER Co. on land purchased
oy the Regal firm several years
ago Tor this purpose, according to
Statement made yesterday after
noon MOO by Walker Hamilton. of New
lofK, vice president and general
manager of the company.
while no definite application for
guiding lt materials has yet been
nlsd with the War Production
BOARD, blue prints for the con-
snuchon of the mill are now being
s :. by the engineering firm
" =. d. Il. Sirrene and Company, of
e.;t,eehvllle, for the cornpany's con-
'-uTesfanon, Mr.. Hamilton sa'a.
,, lnough plans as yet are in a
,, ;u stage, the engineering
t t!n is proceeding with it's opera
i iullS IN connection with the pro-
.9''eo construction of the rnili. and
a. some later date. when building
n;1 are available, the work
"r e.. PROBABLY begin, it was said.
:. 'Llllar construction plans have
~ ten under consideration by the
NJ s :. company since the purchase
W.. tie site was made, but wartime
ii r' have precluded build
ing operations.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-22
SEVENTH WAR LOAN
QUOTA REACHED,
MORGENTHAU SAYS

WASHINGTON, June 21.-(P)-
The $4,000, 900, 1000 goal of the 9TH
War Loan drive was reached to-
day.
Heavy investments by corpora
tons put the drive technically
lover the top" But Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau cautioned
against overconfidence concerning
the war finance situation. He said
the War Loan can't be considered
a complete success until the quota
for individuals is met.
Total sales have climbed to $751;
982,000.000. That includes corpora
ton sales of $9,782, 900. 600 and indi.
vidual sales of $4,000, O00, 900.
The quota for corporations is
$1,000, 100000 and the quota for in
dividuals is the same.
Sales of series E bonds, the
popular securities for small in
vestors, are $2,779, 900, gainst
an E bond quota of 81, 900, 000,0 900.
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0kinawa Secured At Cost OF $500 Yanks
Last Details Of@zzpeace Charter Completed
Vast Oil Center Reported Taken Bv Aussies
CIANO'S DIARY
OIANOES DIAKY
Mussolini Launches War
In Albania And RACES At
Hitler On Taking Prague
C.opyrght 1915 for the starNew Chicago
AL rights reserved
MARCH 2-APRII, 16 1899

MARCH 2APRIL Is, 1889
The diaries Of Mussolin's sonn-law Count Ciano dis
ose that Hitler took Prague without boherng to inform
MS AXIS partners in Rome and provoked Mussonis
Jealousy by this freedom of action that Duce swore vul
gar fouretter words about King Victor Emanuel of Italy
Mussohnl sulked and vacated Once he threatened to
check Nazl expansion by force AS facesaving measure
ne STRUCK down his tiny neighbour Albania, which he had
Panneo all along anyway but that bore bitter fruit
exposed the fatal weaknesses of Itays military
Luce MOOD was savage and depressed for most of
March and April, 1889. Cano notes:
March 5-"Plgnatti Qtalan ambassador to the Vati-
CAM says that the Vatican planning make appear
tat Italy opposes the nomination of Cardinal Magone as
secretary OF state which the Pope has set his heart
asked IL Duce for authority to disavow this He replied
Ie P1gnatt that don't give damn about the Pope the
secretary anyone who occupies such POSITIONS
carried out ms Instructions but in different language
Nlarch 3-ll Duce told me, Socialism used to say
all equal and all rich say all equal and all adequately
poor ~ wa ~>1A"'~'
-. 1 saw the Japanese ambassador ). Many reserva-
ons are made (about the trpartte aance) and there
IS the intention to give only antiRussian character
Inc delay and the methods make very skeptica about
el1ecCVe collaboration between the phlegmatic and slow
Japanese and the dynamic Fascists and Nazis"
MUSSOLINI SNEERS AT THE GERMANS
March 10-"1 Duce impressed by report of Alto
hco lambassador IN Berlin) confirming two things:
l. 1hat the Fuehrer convinced of Itays solidarity
and ready to march with us.
from p0- " ''"' away
II Duce commented, Give the Germans plenty OIL
sausage butter beer and vokswagen (peopes carl and
they won't want their bellies pierced -
The American ambassador William Phl]ips) has ash
ca II 1t is true that triparte meeting is Manned in Rarn
to discuss alliance. I've said that for the tma bo
eere hothlng In this, but that might take place
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State OPA officials on the matter.
At meeting held Wednesday
afternoon between city officials and
ration board rel resentatives, it
was learned that relief from the
situation cannot be provided by
the local OPA, Mayor Lane said.
The lack OF meat in this, vicilit.
was attributed by, the Mayor to a
combination of several conditions.
tering permits, coupled with the
The delay in the renewal of Slough.
cut in shipments to this area. was
blamed for a great part of the
shortage. -.,..., ,.-, .s-..- ...
Mayor Lane disclosed that. &C.
cording to information received by
him, three or four packing houses
that ordinarily have been sending
large quantities of meat to Viii.
mington have, for, some reason or
other, "cut this city out
Some other firms are making
deliveries only. once. every other
week now. he added. =.
Councilman Robert S. LeGwin
said the OPA had explained to the
city board that the present meat
quota for Wilmington was beir i.
based on the last census, which he
termed "a very fair policy
Both Mr.. @LeGwin and Mayor
Lane were high in their praise OF
the local OPA officials. who, they
Continued on Page Nsss; Col. g.
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Stilwell Is
Named Chief
OF j. S. 10th
JAPS LOSE 9o,4o1
Americans Win Airbase To
Strike All OF Japanese
Empire

MANILA, Junv 21.-tP)-Gen.
Joseph w. Stillwell, who took a
beating from the Japanese in
1912 in Burma and returned to
thrash them in 1914, is the new 3
commander o. the u. S. 10th
Army, conqueror of Okinawa.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
headquarters announced today.
Macarthur, commander of all
Army forces in the Pacific, ap-
pointed the 63-year-Old general
famed as Vinegar joe" to the
10th Army post in succession
to 1t. Gen. Simon Bolivar
BucBner, Jr., who was killed in.
action on Okinawa last Monday.
GUAM, Friday, June 22.-P)-
Okinawa was captured at cost of
5000 soldiers nd Marines killed
or missing and 29,598 wounded
through Tuesday, Fleet Adm. Ches-
ter w. Nimitz announced today
several hours after reporting the
island was secured at l p. M,
yesterday, OLinaWa time.
ranese casualties were 80, 401
through Wednesday, and more than
1000 were taken prisoner.
With Okinawa finally secured
from a military definition, jap
anese soldiers were surrendering
III groups, in some cases led by
their officers, and it is estimated
that 1,7O0 were made prisoner dur
ing the day" (Thursday) Nimitz
said.
Total announced American cas-
ualties for the entire Ryukyus op-
Grafton, incl lding the carrier plane
attack on a japanese battle force
hiding N the inland sea March IL,
were 45,O29. This included tie &c.
588 on Okinawa plus 8,441 Navy
casualties as of May 24-four
weeks ago. The ravy lost 4,27o
killed or missing and ALL wound
ed to that date, largely through
japanese aerial attacks by K IL
kaZe (Sulclde) pllotS. oeVeral
American ships have been sunk or
damaged in the OkinaWa area
since.
American ground casualties were
4,4l7 dead or Nursing and -7,C33
wounded in the four Army divisions
and 2,573 dead or missing ana H.
sos wounded in the two divisions
and one regimental combat team
Of Marines who captured Oklr wa.
In a Jingle day, as their OklnaWa
defense collapsed, the japanese
lost 1858 killed.
OAinawa cost nearly twice Two
Jima's casualty toll of 1888
killed, missin: Or wounded.
But if American losses at Okin-
ava were the greatest for any
Central or Far Western Paci c
campaign, so too were the numbers
of Japanese wiped out.
Thirteen japanese w" e killed for
CONTINUED on page Three; Col. 81
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New Landing
Held Aimed
At Oil Area
REFINERIES BURNED
Invaders Establish Beach
head Two Hours After
Hitting Shore

MANILA, Friday, June q - W.R
Australian 9th Division troops have
| d d unopposed in Borneo' S
Lutong oil refinery area, 80 miles
down the west coast from Brunei
Bay, and front dispatches said to.
day the invaders already had cap.
tured the important refinery there
potentially the most productive in
the British empire.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur an
nounced the new amphibious oper-
alton this one aimed at the heart
of northern Borneo's rich oil in
dustry.
A front dispuach from United
Press War Correspondent Richard
Harris said the Australians sent
patrols Thursday into the nearby
town of Miri. japanese forces be-
gan putting the torch to the re-
fineries at both Lutong, Mir and
nearby Seria soon after the initial
landings in the Brunei bay area.
Two hours after landing the 9th
Division was in full control of the
first two detectives - the beachead
itself and the refinery. They en-
countered slight rifle fire at a
bridge over the Miri river, Harris
said, but the enemy rearguard
patrol quickly withdrew.
the landing was made after
what appeared to be the most in
tense concentration of fire yet laid
Continued on Page Nine; Col. s.