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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-03
CARD OF THANKS s

We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors, especially, American Brass. U. s. Time Corp, and the Connecticut Light & Power Go. for the beautiful floral tributes, sympathy, and kind ness shown us during our recent bereavement, the death of our be- loved. husband and father, James Dews.
 (Signed)
 MRS. JAMES DEWg and FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-03
Aussies Take 2 Airdromes

(Continued from Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-03

The funeral of Mrs. Theresa tPen- oncellc) swalWell. 3i. of Tower road. oakville. wife of william ewalwell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-03
DIED

CRONAN-In this city, July Srd, 1945, Mrs. Bridget (Meade) Cronan, of 460 Pennington Ave. Funeral Thursday, from the resi- dence, 460 Pennington Ave-, to St. Margaret's Church, time to be an- nounced later. Burial in family plot in Calvary cemetery. SCHMITZ In this city, July Srd, 1945, Mrs. Susan (Weyler) Schmitz of 106 Country Club Road. Funeral Friday at 200 p. m., from Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Gen. tral Ave. Burial in Riverside cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-28

This does not mean,'' the
Citizens committee said in a
statement, chat drainage defects
will be cured promptly on the
day the eastern and southern Sec
lions are added to the city next
January 1. Some time will be
needed to prepare plans, to SUBJ
NIT the matter to the council, and
to provide the necessary funds.
''What it does mean is that the
Mayor and Council of Whining
ton have recognized that proper
drainage is responsibility of the
city government within the cor
porate limits, and they have
changed their capital outlay fore
casts to provide for this fact
The question of extension of the
city limits will be submitted to
the voters at special election
November 6. Persons living with
in the present city, as well as
those in the areas to be annexed,
are entitled to vote. There will
be a special registration, and the
books will be open for this pur-
pose at the various polling places
on October 10, 20 and q.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-28
Extension Plan Funds
Include Drainage Work

The Citizens Committee for City
Limits Extension pointed out yes
terday that estimates of capital
expenditures in the areas which
the proposed city limits extension
plan would take in, include a $685.
600 fund for drainage improve
ments to prevent recurrence of
flooded yards and Easements.
During recent heavy rains many
residents of the sections to the
east and south of the present linn
its have complained of made
quate drainage, resulting in flood
ing of yards and Easements. As
a result of reports of this dam
age, the city government re-
figured its estimates of capital
expenditures to include an amount
amount for drainage work.
Attorney j. @. LeGrand recent
ly represented group of Sun
set Park residents before the
Board of County Commissioners
in an effort to obtain relief from
serious drainage problems. The
county board also has been con-
fronted with the task of eliminat-
ing water from the lower floors
of the Winter Park school.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-28
THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR. WILMINGTON. N. G.

by Republican Sen. Eugene Mill
kin Of Colorado, Tobey said that in
time Of depression finding jobs for
the unemployed would become
governments first order of bust
ness"
1.-THE danger Of invasion in the
next Is years is far more insig-
nificant than the possibility of 10
million unemployed crying out for
york and bread" Tobey declared.
Sen. Joseph H. Ball Of Mime
sofa, also a republican, termed
Tobey's assertion ''the most start
ling and, amazing statement of
political philosophy he had ever
heard expressed on the senate
floor.
II understand him to say that it
10, 600, 900 persons were unenploy-
ed it is the philosophy Of this meas
ure that finding jobs for the
people would be the paramount
obligation of government" Ball
said. 1T is the same philosophy
that lead right to Naziism and
Fascism in Germany"
Ball said he considered ''protec-
ing the Bill of Rights the govern
ment's paramount obligation.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., said
that 'There isn't any question but
what you can secure full-employ-
ment if you're willing to sacrifice
freedom. Germany did it. Russia
did it,"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-28
JOBS BILL HITS
ALL-PARTY Line

WASHINGTON, Sept. 81 .-MD
The administrations Jobs for :
all bill came up for its third day
of debate in the senate today with
party ranks split over its philoso-
ply and spending theories.
Democrats and Republicans
alike found themselves arguing
against members of their own par
ty in colorful verbal Suggest
over the White House-backed pro-
posal for government planning
against depressions and unemploy-
merlt.
Sen. Charles W. Tobey Of New
Hampshire, a Republican sup
porter of the bill, set off the tiff
over the measures philosophy in
free-for-all debate late yester-
day.
Under relentless questioning
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-28
War Casualties Reduced
By 594 Over Last Week

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-(F-
Return of men on the missing"
list and shifts in other categories
pared down today the nations war
casualty toll by 594.
The combined total for armed
forces now stands at 1,070,672, in
GLIDING 922, 1899 for the army and
148. 1873 for the navy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-28

CHERRY POINT, Sept. N-N.
CHERRY POINT, Setp. N.-Lt.
COL John F. Caryey has been or
dered to duty here at the Marine
Air Station, following an assign
rnent in Lima, Peru.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Jap Massacres
Viewed by Yanks
in Philippines

MANILA, p. l., Feb. 16-(R
Increasing reports Of Japan
csc brutality seeded out Of war
ravished Southern Manila today
as more civilians escaped from
the enemy-held battle area.
AP correspondent Fred
Hampson reported that seven
men who escaped through q
shell hole in the thick wall of
the intramuros and swan the
Pasig river to safety confirmed
stories of machine-gunning
civilians. They told American
medical officers that the Nip
ponese segregated men and
See BRUTALITH-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

For the first time In II years
Mount Clemens residents, this
Spring, are confronted with the
definite necessity of selecting
a new mayor.
That prospect became a GER
tainty this morning VIII e n
Mayor Donald r. Westendorf
revealed that he will not seek
denomination at the March 5
city primaries. Westendorf, who
first assumed the helm of city
government in 1884. said that
the pressure of private business
and a sense of having occupied
the high office sufficiently long,
has prompted him to step aside.
He never lost a single city cleo.
ton in which he has been a con-
teStant.
At the same time Police and
Safety Commissioner Thomas C..
Longstaff announced that he,
too, would step down from the
governmental post he has held
for II and one-half years, thus
leaving the field "wide open"
to the selection of at least two
new high-ranking city officials,
in addition to the prospect that
a new man may be selected 20
fill the commissionership now
occupied by Henry l.. Bruneel.
Bruneel has not yet indicated
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Reveal Bride
Paid 10 Hooper
Dental Society
Secretary on Stond

LANSING, Feb. 16-R -
Henry c. Gerber, Jr., of Lam
sing, executive secretary of the
Michigan State Dental Society,
testified in a preliminary exam
ination before Judge Leland w.
Carr today that he and men,
bers of the society paid 5000 to
members of the legislature, in
Guiding $50 to the late Senator
Warren G.. Hooper, of Albion.
Gerber was the states first
witness in the examination
starting this mernins of Dr..
Edwin j. Chamberlin of Grand
Rapids and four former legis-
lators accused by the Carr
grand jury of a legislative
graft conspiracy in connection
with a 1899 bill to regulate den
tai advertising.
Judge Carr accepted guilty
pleas Thursday of two other
dentists accused in the warrant,
ard granted immunity fro m
prosecution to Gerber an d
three other key state witnesses.
DR.. Clarence J. Wright of Lam
sig, chairman of the society's
legislative committee in 1899,
and DR.. M. S. DeVilliers of De-
troit, active in state dental So
ciety affairs pleaded guilty and
we're released in $4,000 bond
each to await sentence.
Gerber told the court, in an
swer to questions to special
prosecution Kim Sigler. that he
had paid Hooper $50 during
1899. Hooper was chairman of
the House Public Health Com
mittee to which the bill was
referred. Gerber testified he
had authorized payment Of $50
to DeVilliers, the sum he said
DeVilliers told him he had paid
See DENTISTS-Page 8
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Scavenger Sale
Brings $35,231
for 254 Parcels

Spirited competitive bidding
more than doubled the minimum
bid on 254 parcels of tax delin-
quent real estate. sold at auc-
ton Tuesday by Earl S. Stone,
supervisor of sales for the Ma
comb county State Land Board
office.
Gross amount received was
S35,231.25, the minimum bid
for the property being $l5.-
502.5O. A total Of 1913 parcels
of real estate, improved and un-
improved, were offered, with
rs per cent being sold.
Original owners of the pro-
perty, which reverted to the
state at noon on Feb. 10 for nom
payment of 1910 or prior taxes,
have until March Is, one month
from the date of the auction, to
match any bid on the auctioned
property.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Reds Wheel
Toward Berlin
Messed Armies
Grind Forward
BY WILLIAM l.. RYAN


Associated Press War Editor
Marshal Ivan S. Konev
wheeled the main weight of his
powerful offensive today to-
ward Berlin after linking with
the First White Russian Army
of Marshall Gregory X. Zhukov
west of the Oder, Moscow dis
patches said, and massed armor
of the First Ukraine Army bore
down toward the Nazi capitals
Spree river defenses from the
southeast.
Soviet correspondents said
the German Neisse river de-
lenses were shattered in fierce
battles near Forst and Guben on
the river which joins the Oder
south of Frankfurt. Konev's
men, reported across the Neisse
In force, were smashing toward
Beeskow and Cottbus, 81 nd So
miles from Berlin.
The massive and unprecedent-
ed Allied air assault on Berlin's
defenses was reported continu-
ing after a pause last night from
the 48-hour offensive in which
$500 American and British
four engined bombers hurled
See RUSSIA-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Battered
Capital
Aflane

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS. Guam, Saturday.
Feb. II - R - Smoke rose II
600 feet in the air from panic
stricken Tokyo to Yokohoma as
navy carrier planes raided the
Japanese capital area. an eye
witness reported here today.
The, account, which disclosed
that scores of enemy planes were
caught on the ground, was given
by 1t. (jg) David c. McMillin,
of San Francisco. He was the
navy observer in a 21st Bomber
Command BIO Superfortress
which was over the target for
reconnaissance while the raid
was underway.
RADIO SILENCE
No word Of the carrier strike
has come from the fleet itself.
since radio silence still prevail
ed for Adm. Raymond A.. Spru-
ance's raiding force.
McMillin and Army 1t. John
G.. Garvin Of Las Vegas, New,
pilot Of the BIO. observed the
raid both usually through
breaks in clouds and by listening
in on radio conversations be-
tween the carrier planes.
The attack on Japa n e
ground installations and ground
ed planes and accompanying
aerial combat continued for at
least six hours, McMillin said. It
was no hit-run affair. he COM
mented.
DENSE FLAX
Smoke rose densely along
FLAX alley" the strip from
Tokyo to beyond Yokohama -
Garvin and his B-29 crew re-
ported.
They declared the attack was
lone continuous pounding" of
the enemy.
Their report filled in what ra-
dio listeners here had heard.
The grounded japanese air
men were surprised and their
planes destroyed before they
could get them into the air at
dozens Of fields around the Nip
ponese capitol, judging by the
radio conversations.
Samples included:
Field No. S - There's go
planes on it - give 'em hell"
Field No. IS There's so
ingle engine planes"
ANNOUNCE SCREAMS
Radio "ear" witnesses listen
ed to Tokyo radio for first evil
See EYEWITNESS-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Expect Light
Township Vote
Clinton Scene Of
Most Competition

With no primary elections
necessary in a half-dozen town
ships of North and West Ma
comb, Mondays Primary Elec-
tons in the unincorporated ar
cas- might pass unnoticed, were
it not for the stimulus afforded
by a spirited contest for the
principal offices of Clinton
Township, including that of sup
ervisor, and the battle for clerk
and treasurer posts in Harrison
Township.
Supervisors Floyd w. Rosso,
Harrison Township; Abram N.
Brewer, Bruce Towns p;
Adolph Veryser, of Chesterfield
Township; Ernest r. Wangelin,
of Ray Township; Fred Laced
ma, of Shelby Township; Arthur
Priehs, of Sterling Township,
and Grover Powell, of Washing
ton Township - together with
most of their subordinate Off
GERS - have been nominated
without opposition.
In Clinton Township, the cleo
ton of former supervisor Otto
Sherlock as State Representa-
See PRIMARIES-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
All Germany
PLACED Under
Martial Law
Order Deoth
for Slightest
Civil offenses
LONDON, Feb. Is - ZAP

LONDON. Feb. Is - (AP)
- Almost al Germany wes
placed under virtual mortial
law todey by sweeping de-
cree calling for military trial
Of whoever tries 10 evade
his duties toward the COM
munity.
Civilians who show Coward
ice" will be subject to the death
penalty In the "Reich's defense
areas threatened by the enemy"
The order was one Of the most
drastic DEGREES ever issued by
the Germans in their effort to
bring every man, woman and
child into their struggle. It was
issued, Berlin said, on orders
from Adolf Hitler and with the
agreement of Heinrich Himmler.
The German radio gave this as
the text of the decree:
CITE HARDSHIPS
1.-THE hard struggle for the ex-
istence of the Reich demands of
every German fighting determi-
nation and devotion to the Ut
most.
whoever tries to evade his
duties towards the community
especially if he does 1t from
cowardice or selfishness, must
Immediately be taken to task
with necessary ruthlessness 50
that no damage should arise to
the Reich from the failure of an
individual.
1t is decreed:
"1-Military courts Of sum-
mary justice will be established
in the Reich's d e Tense areas
threatened by the enemy.
Military courts of summary
justice will be presided over by
a judge who will be assisted by
q political leader or section lead
er of the National Socialist Party
and an officer of the Wehrmacht,
Waffen SIS or police.
PROCEDURE
THE Reich's Defense Com
missar will appoint members of
See GERMANY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Statement
Stirs Wide
Speculation

Disclosure Of the fact that
Mayor Donald r. Westendorf
and Police Commissioner Thorn
as G. Longstan will not seek re-
election this Spring threw the
whole pattern of city govern
ment control wide open to spec
ulation.
With that team Of heavy vote
getters out of the picture pros
poets for q ck-down, free for
all at the March 5 primaries be-
came almost certain. with the
result that adherents Of men re-
Gently mentioned n possible
candidates today were carefully
weighing the delicate political
balances that point election
trends.
AS Of today the following are
being prominently mentioned:
FOR MAYOR
ROBERT G. PELTIER, retired
motion picture theatre operator,
volunteer ration board worker
and native of the city. Bob" as
he is Familiarity known to almost
everyone in the city, has back
ground of unusually successful
business enterprise and a repu-
tation for personal integrity be-
yond reproach.
ALBERT A. WAGNER, Mount
Clemens business man, former
state representative, one time
secretary of the Michigan Pub
lie Service Commission and q
former secretary Of the State
Racing Commission. Wagner is
highly respected both as an out
standing political figure and as
a discerning business man deep
ly interested in the development
of his home community.
WILBUR F. HELD, Macomb
county prosecuting attorney and
former Mount Clemens justice
See CANDIDATES-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
CASE CONTINUED 10 MARCH,
Ordinance Mixup Slows License Hearing

In the legal contest resulted in
the revelation on court records
that many places Of public en-
tertainment in st. Clair Shores
are operating beyond the scope
of their licenses by allowing
dancing.
After considerable discussion
of the case IN private, the court
and counsel patched up the legal
framework Of the case, and IL
will proceed according to origi-
nal plan. The matter has been
adjourned to March z at $50
q. m. Before adjourning, the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Mt. Clemens
to Stay on
Fast Time

Mount Clemens will follow
Detroit's lead in the time situa-
ton, maintaining Eastern War
Time after March II, when the
rest of the state adopts Central
War Time, one hour slower,
Mayor Donald r. Westendorf in
dictated today.
Stating that the hundreds of
Mount Clemens persons who
See T1ME-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Seek Killer
Of wonlan,43
Wayne Detectives
Hunt Murderer

DETROIT. Feb. 1e-@-
S h eriffs detectives today
sought the slayer of Mrs. Ida
Kent, 43-year old m o ( h er,
whose battered body was found
in the kitchen of her home in
suburban BEDFORD to w n ship
Thursday night.
Chief Detective Russell G.
Gregory of the Wayne county
sheriff's office reported the
woman had been bludgeoned
about the head with q frying
pan and stabbed in the chest,
arms and back with a slender.
sharp instrument"
Gregory said the woman had
not been criminally assaulted
and he discarded q robbery
theory after finding q S. bill
and some change on the table.
FOUND BY SON
Discovery of the Staying was
made by a son. Elven. 10, when,
he told police. he returned 70
the home shortly before 9 p. N.
Chief Gregory reported the
boy, a high school junior. first
told him he had attended Z
movie. but that he subsequently,
changed his story and said 10
had been visiting q friend.
Gregory said questioning Of
the son would be resumed %.
day.
Franklin Kent, husband OF
the slain woman and Q defense
worker employed at the Nash
Kelvinator Corporation, was q
work when the police notified
him of the Staying. He told a.
thorities a second son, Arvou.
IL Is stationed at an Army como
in Mississippi.
The kitchen bore evidences C
Q violent struggle. police ~
virtually every srtietg h ~
room. including pictures a -
walls, was bloodstaino6. os0G
Org said The ssooilane 49,
the .fryine IN Wlt& = *
Be- ngUnD3n &C e
RAL1n q, AuIAIR
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
SOARING STOPPAGES

court and counsel made a per-
sonal inspection of the Blossom
Heath site and premises.
ALL AMAZED
The incident which almost
terminated the suit took place
when Attorneys Ernest Goodman
(for the club) and Fred Schu-
mann (for the village) were
placing in evidence, as a mere
formality, Ordinance No. so,
which allows q license for the
preparation and sale of food and
soft drinks. The uneventful and
See HEARING-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

An impasse which threatened
to nullify months of litigation
developed in the blossom Heath
Club Circuit Court h ear n &
Thursday, when attorneys for
the plaintiff inter racial club
and the defendant Village Of
st. Clair Shores simultaneously
discovered that an apparent de-
feet existing in the original IL
cense application had influenced
evidence and testimony through
out the trial.
Exposure Of the misunder-
standing admitted by both sides
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

charge Of manslaughter and re-
leased from prison.
The court, in reopening the
case and reducing the charge.
aid the proceeding could have
been avoided IL the parole board
had seen fit to investigate the
case itself and arrange for
clemency.
The parole boards letter 10
Skillman asked why he did not
in the original trial instruct the
jury to the effect that the evi-
dence did not warrant their lind
ing the respondent guilty a
murder, first degree"
See LETTER-PaSs ;
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
MAKES SINGING ANSWER
Parole Board Rebukes Court

LANSING, Feb. Is - up -
The State Parole Board today
addressed an open letter to Re-
corder's Judge w. Mckay Skill
man. in Detroit, accusing him Of
attempting to blame the parole
board for failure to correct a
mistake X XXX made by your
court some ID years ago"
A. Ross Pascoe. chairman Of
the board. said the letter result
ed from remarks made by Judge
Skillman in a retrial Of William
Douglas. originally convicted of
first degree murder in Judge
Skillman's court and Is years
later retired on reduced
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Task Forces
Garry War 10
Jap Homeland
Mighty Strike
by Corriers
Rocks City
BY the Associated Press

American eorrier plones 1T
toekins Tokyo kept eomins
over for nine hours todGy.
Joponese broodessts said while
predicting they would renew
the sttoek tomorrow and fore
costing an imminent invasion
Of Two limo $50 miles 10 the
south.
A japanese Imperial commun-
ique reported Two was being
bombarded by 80 U. s. warships,
including battleships and car
riers.
The government dominated
Domei News Agency said the
bombardment pointed 'to the
possibility of the enemy's at
tempting a landing operation on
Two Jima in the near future.
CITE TACTICS
This is held rather obvious
from the numerous instances Of
the -snemy's landing operations
in the past. In which the eneaay
invariably prefaced his landing
operation with large-scale car
rier-borne plane attacks" II said.
Domei pointed out in q broad
cast recorded by the Federal
c o m m u n ations Com.
mission that Two was the look.
out post for Japan's air defense
system against Marianas based
Superfortresses and "the enemy
high command is supposed to be
See WAvES-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Lions Vote 25-5
in Favor of
City Manager

Members Of the Mount Glenn
ems Lions club on Thursday vot-
ed Is to 5 in favor Of the pro-
posed city manager plan of num-
icipal government.
The vote, scoring an SO per-
cent preference for a change
from the present commission
system. followed a lively debate
by Robert Beale, Of the high
school faculty. and Otto Nickel,
See LIONS-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
EYEWITNESS DESCRIBES TOKYO PANIC
As CARRIER PLANES SWARM over CITY
Mayor Will Not
Seek Reelection

definitely whether or not he
will be a candidate for q new
two year term.
Both Westendorf and Long
staff expressed deep apprecia-
ton of the support and coopera-
ton accorded them by the gen.
eral public during their long
periods of service to the COM
munity.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Dog Cruelty Case

VAN DYKE - The cruelty
case against Edward Penrod of
Warren Township. charged with
shooting a neighbor's dog in a
cruelty to animals warrant, has
been adjourned to March 2 for
jury trial, in proceedings before
Justice Frank E. Jeanette this
morning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
City Manager
Feature Page 6

Today's articles concerning
"Pro"and Con" arguments on
Che city manager issue appear
on Page 8.