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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
BY ALVIN S. MCCOY
distributed by the Associated Press)

ABOARD THE U, S. S SANTA FEE IN THE WESTERN PA
CIFC March 20 (Delayed L full day after the Car
ped from the carrier ahead seemingly endless
burial services o Unfortunately.
mccoy cruiser
the disaster
remaining fought the seemingly impossible situation
the stricken ship which had been taken in tow and headed
from Japan)
At six o'clock tonight Ftz
the public address system.
Today" Franklin its tow I have Just
2O7 miles from where the Franklin hit
225 miles from places where the Jap arfieds
Each minute Franklins chances survival seemed
brighter chances that appeared incredibly slim when lay
wounded off Nippon's shores
WORST IN HISTORY
The Franklin blasted by of its own
bombs and rockets after the Japanese it. and
erupted four hours yesterday off the
of the most horrible naval catastrophes of the
Boted out by smoke towering mile high hit
wracked by intermittent explosions
four hours dead in the odd Japan
and listing almost 20 degrees arboard the appeared
certain candidate for Davy Jones Locker.
Surviving cruel punishment taken
before and still remained aoat the every
one In the task force First placed
fully southwark three knots the atop picked I'D
speed while still smoking her started day later
chunng toward friendly port at 81 knots
power, the tow off
Engines and hull almost intact
RESCUE SAILORS
small remaining brought the fires
and cruisers secured the for ten miles picking up the men
who had been blown driven II was
the American tradition of making possible TO save
human lives matter what the risk Superb seamanhip was
one OF the major factors in making the ship and
men possible.
Mo of the casualties sustained the first few minutes
after the bomb struck gasoline and explosives and
hangar decks so,rod
to crisp flash lone Jap bomber dronned
down out Of the the busy
before 70 as planes taking off a mission
(For nearly five hours Franklin the cre
gled TO get the flames the shin Moan
See EYEWITNESS-Page
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Combat Show
Is Postponed
Lock Of Dry Field
Mars Bond Project

Difficulty in obtaining suit
able dry grounds for the heavy
fighting equipment of the war
loan exhibit Here Is Your In
fantry" early this afternoon re-
suited in postponement of plans
to hold the show at Mount
Clemens High School grounds,
in soft condition due to heavy
rains.
Martin G.. Schwartz, city war
bond chairman, said men and
equipment of the combat group
are in Mount Clemens and will
participate in downtown show
ings of their equipment now be-
ing arranged. The groups APP
pearance here is sponsored by
the retail merchants.
An infantry band concert will
be held Saturday, and possible
See BONDS-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Federal Aid
May be Asked
for Widening

An effort to obtain Federal
funds, already slated for allot-
ment for postwar highway ex-
pension, was launched in Mount
Clemens last night at a meeting
attended by businessmen inter-
ested principally in the widen
ing of Gratiot avenue at Cass
avenue and Market street.
The planning session, which
revealed unbounded faith in
Mount Clemens future as a
host city," was held at the
Board of Commerce offices, al
though the board itself was not
"a sponsoring agency.
The meeting was called by
Ernest Copeland, South Gratiot
avenue property owner and at
tended by most owners or prop
erty representatives in tn c
central shopping district.
George w. Priehs, owner of
Priehs Mercantile, Macomb, al
though not Gratiot property
owner, added intelligent plan
ming and vigor TO the proposal
by revealing an attractive Fed
eral postwar road expansion
set-up. Under this plan, cities in
metropolitan areas would re-
ceive generous financial aid IN
planning, purchasing right-of-
way and eliminating curvatures
and bottlenecks in highways
linking important population
centers.
Edwar Kalthoff, Detroit de-
partmental store expert and
East Detroit businessman. spoke
enthusiastically in behalf of
the Gratiot development plan.
stressing its beneficial effect on
I'll entire city. He cited figures
that revealed a big drop in East
Detroit's business when M-97
and Little Mack were opened
around them, a loss which was
more than made up when wider
Gratiot in that city's shopping
district was established.
The East Detroit Board OF
Commerce pledged its support
See GRATlOT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Reveal Details of Mazi Plot
TO Murder Gen. Eisenhower

Division, in the Arl Valley. This
35-year-old giant was the lead
er of the raiding party which
freed the late Benito Mussolini
from Allied custody in Italy in
September, 1913.
INTENSIVE TRAINING
The plot against the life of
the Supreme Allied commander
was Matched months before the
German attack in the Ardennes.
Setting up special school near
Berlin, the Nazis enrolled Ger
man soldiers who spoke English
either with an American or Brit
ish accent. After weeks of train
ing by the IS, the men we're
weeded down TO a battalion
headed by Skorzeny, who was
See PLOT-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Flood Health
Tips Offered
BY Dr.. Kane

Despite slude-filled easements
and wells choked with refuse.
the advent of typhoid or other
epldemics after a flood period
is neither necessary nor proba
bic, Mount Clemens Health Of
flccr DR.. w. j. Kane stated to-
day, in issuing precautionary
advice to flood sufferers.
The possibility of an epidemic
in the Mount Clemens area is
remote, but it must be guarded
against, Kane asserted.
Both the 1893 and 1913 floods
here passed without any rise in
the incidence of disease.
Water contamination is the
principal source Of epidemic
danger, Kane points out, and
this danger is greatly minimized
for displaced city families be-
cause whether they are housed
in an emergency shelter. hotel
or the home of friend. as long
as it is inside Mount Clemens
they receive city filtered water
kept free from impurities from
chlorination and filtration.
The danger lies in areas out
side the water system where
flood sufferers depend on well
water. the health officer states.
There is one practical rem
edy, and a cheap one; the use of
chlorinated lime.
See SAFEGUARDS-Page 3
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Suffers Grim
Loss Of Life
from BOMBING
Chorred Hulk
Limps Solely Home
Under Own Power
BY POPE HALEY

WASHINGTON. May 18-(R
The aircraft carrier Franklin,
which miraculously survived one
of the severest ordeals of this or
any war, is home.
She came home, sadly crippled
but under her own power, her
charred and battered Hull man.
ned by a skeleton crew of sur
vivors. Now undergoing repairs
at the Brooklyn Navy yard, she
will resume her place in the war
against Japan.
Until now Japanese radio
propagandists never knew how
close they came to being right
when they boosted that the IT,
600. ton vessel of the Essex class
had been sunk. Without the in
credible stamina and strength
built into her and without the
superhuman courage of her per-
sonnet, their claim might easily
have been true.
TRAGIC TOLL
AS it was the carrier suffered
341 dead, 431 missing and more
than 300 wounded-more than
one-third her total complement
in blazing, agonizing hours.
Chance played into the hands
of the lone enemy dive bomber
that streaked suddenly out of
the clouds within 60 miles of
the Japanese coast on the morn
ing of March 10 and dropped
two 5O0-pound armor piercing
bombs.
Released from low altitude,
both scored direct hits. One ex-
ploded beneath the flight deck,
on which armed planes were
ready for takeoff. The other
went off on the hangar deck,
where other planes, fueled and
armed, were waiting to be TAX
en- to the flight deck.
ATTACKER SHOT DOWN
The attacking plane was shot
down a moment later, but the
bombs. exploding where they
did. started a train of fires and
explosions which for hours were
to rend and torture the vessel.
The ship was operating as
part of fast carrier task force
in the strike against remnants OF
the japanese fleet in Japan's in
land sea, Nippons private
lake"
Explosion after explosion fol-
lowed the initial blasts. Large
bombs exploded and hurled men
and planes the length of the ship.
Smaller bombs, rockets and ma
chine gun ammunition killed
dozens who had survived the
major explosions. Spreading
fires fed by thousands of gallons
of high test aviation gasoline
added fury to the holocaust.
MASS OF FLAME
The whole after end of the
vessels flight deck became a
mass of flame and smoke. Air
planes disintegrated, and tor
rents of burning gasoline streak
ed across her decks. Bombs,
rockets and bullets exploded all
around, and splinters OF wood
See FRAN.lLIN-Page s
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Tragic Accident
Claims Life of
4-Month Old Baby

Robert Dennis Link. four
month-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. Donald Link, 164 N. Wilson
boulevard, suffocated at noon
today when he accidentally pull
ed a rubber sheet over his face
as he slept.
The child is survived by his
parents and by baby sister,
Virginia Sharon. His father is
auditor of the Monitor-Leader.
Funeral services, under the
direction of d. N. Cooley. will
be held Saturday, and possibly
See BABY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Yanks Crush
Banzai(harqes
Believe Breok Near
m Ok;unw~
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

Banzai charges led by officers
in full dress indicated today the
stubborn japanese defenders
were beginning TO crack on
Okinawa, 325 miles south of
Japan, and on Mindanao in the
Southern Philippines.
In general, however, the
enemy yielded slowly on both
islands.
The see-saw battles in the
possible invasion sector of the
North China coast, west of
Okinawa, saw the Chinese re-
capture Wuyi. The town is sew
eral hundred miles north of
the port of Foochow which
Chinese troops re-entered and
lost again to reinforced Jap
anese within the past week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Kelly Points Out Serious Need
for Mew School Buildings Here

Citing the need for additional
school facilities in Mount Glenn
ems, William T. Kelly, chairman
of the Board of Education, yes
terday in an address before the
Rotary Club recommended the
establishment of a sinking fund
to be used for the building Of
new schools here.
Kelly stated that the Board
Of Education would hold a spe-
cial meeting Monday night to
draw up resolution setting the
Gate for a special election on the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
BY TOM OCHILTREE

ASSOClate0 EIcss ctast
1t. Col. Otto Skorzeny, the
scar-faced political kidnaper, and
a picked gang of English-speak-
ing Nazi assassins plotted last
Winter to kill Gen. Eisenhower,
Supreme Allied Headquarters
disclosed today.
Now in American hands, the
six-foot-four Skorzeny and his
group of German soldiers had
kept the entire western front
in a stage of alert for months
during and after the Ardennes
battle.
Skorzeny, a hatchetman for
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Hmm
Ter. was captured recently by
the 18th regiment, U. S. Third
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Annual Poppy Day
Sales Plans Now
are Complete

The annual sale of peoples by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and American Legion posts will
take place in Mount Clemens
today.
Members OF both organiza-
tons Will sell the poppies on the
streets and Mayor Albert A.
Wagner has urged a generous
response by the community.
The VFW with Chester Krom-
err acting as Poppy Chairman has
set up headquarters at the Glenn.
entine hotel and the American
See POPPY SALE-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Sgt. James Simms
Dies in Philippines

Mr.. and Mrs. Collie Simms,
24035 Donaldson road. Harrison
township, have received word
that their nephew, Sgt. James
Simms. %. was killed in action
in the Philippines on April Is
Sgt. Simms made his home
with his uncle and aunt for
some time before entering serv-
ice in November. 1912. He had
been ovrseas with an infantry
d sion for more than 20
months.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
Hundreds Left
Homeless by
Swollen River
Cleor Weather
Forecast BoIsters
Hope for Relief

Rising 22l feet overnight to q
level approximately two feet
short of the 1913 flood stage,
the debris-laden waters of the
Clinton River at noon today
approached their crest, while
hundreds of evacuated residents
hopefully regarded a Selfridge
Field forecast of clearer weather
tonight and sunshine Saturday.
From the first FLOOD rain" Of
Monday TO the light showers of
today, the official rainfall during
the week was 443 inches, with
only ,03 of this amount falling
today.
The average for seven years
during the entire month Of May
has been 35l inches. In 1912 the
months rainfall was 400 inches
and in 1914 it was 4.1O. The last
flood year was in 1943, with .
May rainfall of 1857 inches.
With the Red Run creek,
(Cady'S Corners) still rising
shortly before noon today, en-
gineers said that no crest at
Mount Clemens can possibly be
reached until the Red Run wat
ers commence to recede. They
indicated that the level of the
river at an early hour this after
noon. which was ''inching up
wards might rise another foot
before the crest is attained.
HUNDREDS EVACUATED
In the meantime, wholesale
evacuation of more than five
city blocks in the Kibbee, Rob-
ertson, Burr. Meade, and Bar
bara street areas in the eastern
section of the city Is estimated
to have displaced approximately
400 persons, none of whom how
ever, was in immediate danger.
Water from one to four feet
covered this section, and the adj
joining Kibbee Flats, -Shadyside
Park district was under more
than eight feet of water.
Scores of residences In the
Drive area Of Mount
Clemens had six inches to two
feet of water flooding their base.
ments at noon today, and slowly
rising.
The amount Of damage caused
by the flood TO date Is largely q
matter of conjecture, but admit
teddy high. Much of it cannot be
estimated until after the water
recedes.
City Assessor Harold Lindsey,
an expert evaluator of property,
said the overall cost in the
Mount Clemens area might be
between 100000 and $500, 900.
HEAVY ROAD DAMAGE
Karl Brink, Macomb County
Road Commission engineer, said
$4,000 might be a preliminary
estimate of damage to roads and
bridges, but this would be sharp
Y increased if subsequent check
II bridges shows damage at
heir footings. Road repair Is
already underway.
William Murphy, County Ag-
'icultural Agent, said damage to
,rops. washed out truck gardens
md from soil erosion Is tire
nendous" but its actual extent
See FLOOD-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
FAR FROM ADEQUATE

matter of creating q sinking
fund.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18

matter of creating q sinking
fund.
FAR FROM ADEQUATE
In assailing the present con-
dition of the school buildings In
the city and the increasing over.
crowding of the schools, Kelly
said that plans as they now
stand call for the future building
of a Junior High school and the
immediate construction Of a
elementary school.
In explaining the value G
ready cash to begin wos6
on q new school, the board proo-
ident said that the city would
save a great deal Of money -
See SCHOOLS-Pass 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18

II your friends in Jail and needs
Bail, phone 4577, John Mitchell.
ADV.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-18

EDITORS NOTE: The following account written by
Alvin Mccoy reporter of the Kansas City Star and the
only correspondent aboard the Aircraft Carrier T. S. S.
Franklin, when it struck by lone Japanese bomber
March 10 only sc miles off the of The ship
saved, but than 900 killed and injured.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
Basem ent

Name your style We have it! Shorties!
Chesterhelds! Box coats! AIl-woo Shetland
types and all-woo suede fabrics. Deeper
armhoIes broader shoulders. In grand
array Of p1stris as we'll IS black and navy.
KiiHe'i-BasemeHt
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
SET Funeral
Of Teacher
Obituaries

Services for Ruby M. Squiers,
g.. of 4O24 Clements, teacher,
who died Wednesday will be held
at 3 p. IN. tomorrow in the AL
fred T.. Crosby Funeral Home,
l330S Woodward.
A graduate of Western State
Teachers College. Miss Squiers,
formerly of Owosso, spent the last
Is years in the special education
department of the Detroit Board
of Education.
During her 40 years of teaching
in Michigan schools, she attended
the University of New Mexico
and the University of Colorado.
Surviving are a sister, Nina
SquierS. and three brothers, Ar
thur Avery and Arch.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
William J. Longyear

Funeral services for William j.
Longyear. 78, a native Detroiter,
who died in his home at 1923
Harding Wednesday, will be held
in the r. II. Ling Funeral Home,
915 f. Grand Blvd, at , p. m.
tomorrow.
Before his retirement several
years ago. Mr.. Longyear worked
for the Detroit Steel Products Co
as a stationary engineer. Burial
will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Surviving are son, Fred w.
Longyear; two grandsons, Harold
Longyear with the medical corps
in Corsica, and Quartermaster
Marvin Longyear, and three great
grandchil dren, all of Detroit.
Three brothers and five sisters
also survive
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
OPA ReadieS
Ration Book >

WASHINGTON Aprh 20 QNS)
The OPA is preparing to issue
another ration book-No. Sit
was learned today.
The agency is making plates and
getting paper for the new book.
which will be similar in appear
ance TO the present Book 4.
Plans for another food ration
book are based on the assumption
that food will remain a scarce
commodity after We Day.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
SIovaks Plan Tribute
To National Leader

Local Branches Is and "a of the
Slovak League OF America will
hold a meeting in Slovak Hall
5l71 Strong, at 3 p. m. Sunday to
honor the memory of the Rev
Stephen Furdek, national leader
of -SloXaks in the United States
The 3Sth anniversary of the
league will also be observed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
50 Detroit Students
Win HOnors al u. NJ.

ANN ARBOR. April 20-Fifty
Detroit students will be among
553 who will receive scholastic
honors today at the 22d annual
University of Michigan HonorS
Convocation in Hill Auditorium.
University Provost Henry p,
Adams will deliver the principal
address on Standards of Think
inu -
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
John N. Morrison

Final rites will be held at ? p. m.
tomorrow at the Fort Street Pres
byterian Church for Capt. John n.
Morrison, II, of GA Calvert, a lake
captain for 40 years, who died
yesterday. Burial will be in Ever
green Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Cath
crime; a daughter, Mrs. John Mac
Donald; a brother, Donald L., and
a grandchild, n. Morrison Mac
Donald.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
Edward A. Schroeder

Services for Edward Albert
Schroeder. s.. past president of
the Schroeder Paint and Glass
Co, will be held at 1890 a. m. to-
morrow in the Van Lerberghe Fu-
neral Home. 13340 f. Warren, and
at IL a. m. in St Elizabeth Church.
Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Gene
terY.
MIR. Schroeder was also the
founder and past president Of the
Schroeder Hardware Co He died
suddenly in his home at 1858 Mel
drum "Wednesday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Amy Dedrich Schroeder; seven
children, Sister Mary Edwin, the
Rev. r.. A. Schroeder. John, Will
liam, Frank and James, all of
Detroit and S & I. J oS p h
Schroeder, serving on Okinawa;
brother, Frank; sister. Mrs.
William Demery, and four grand
children.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
Spring Festival
Scheduled Tonight

"Dorothy's Adventures" .
spring festival of songs, dances
and drama, wit ha cast of more
than 600 girls from 5 TO IL years
of age, will be staged at Cass Tech
at 8 p. m. today by the depart
ment of parks and recreation.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21

Order the United States War
Savings stamps from your De-
trOit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them To your home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
Other Deaths

n. Max Dunning. u, one Of the
nations leading architects, in
Washington. The Rev. James
l.. McGeary, 81, Is. noted as
tronomer. in Cincinnati. Sir
Hubert Bond, "a, brain specialist,
in London.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
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