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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27

yesterday l got a letter addressed 10 The Hollywood Cured Ham" everybody knows that's Crosby. I'm the ham they can't cure.
 My mailman came by Monday morning wearing CT uniform. asked him if he'd been drafted and he said mol enlisted in the postal department to release a pigeon for active duty"
 And I think he's a little peeved at the way they worked him this year. At least 1t was only in the last week that he's started throw ing the mail over the fence and shooting a .38 through the front door.
 Anyway, when you decide that Christmas presents are a head ache, remember that they are to the mailman too-and besides, he gets 1t in the back and feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
ConcoFdios PIon For New Yeur's

At a meeting last night Of the concordia Singing Society. Max Wilhaus was chosen chairman of the society's New Years eve party,
 Others on the committee include Mrs. Margaret Buerkle. Miss Fran- els Besenbrleh, Mrs. Margaret Mur- phy, Miss Johanna Thumm. Mrs. Burton Beecher. Hans Wlllhaus. Alexander Drapaiin. Ernie Kuhr, Fritz Neubig, Oscar Oocht. Pred Rother. Alfred Bucrkle. Michael Molzen. William Beerbaum. Stanley Vorauer, Tabucr Conrad.
 The ticket committee Includes Willhaus and Alfred Rother.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
Eagles, St. Louis At Arena Sunday

The New Haven Eagles, who came through with a Christmas gift for the fans by knocking off the Provi- dence Reds. 5-3, at Providence on December 25, plan to close out the year with a win over the St. Louis Flyers at the New Haven Arena on Sunday night, December 29.
 And their hopes are high of start ing the year of 1946 in the right manner by again beating the Reds, this time at the Elm City rink on the night of January 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
POLL

Now playing at the Loew-Polt Theater is their gala holiday pres entation of Leave Her to Heaven. With the filming of the Ben Ames Williams best-seller, Gene Tierney
 Cornel Wilde and Jeanne Grain were given the most dramatic roles of their respective careers. Rare ly has any one picture given three stars such outstanding individua
 opportunities as those in this great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27

Mexico countryside and in the fabu- lous Maine woods, the picture is definitely not an outdoor epic. the impact of the story springing from the psychopathic labyrinth of Ellen'S mind and her effect on the lives of the people around her.
 The companion feature is the hilarious comedy-romance Love Honor and Goodbye" starring Vir- ginia Bruce and Edward Ashley. Filled with rollicking humor it has an ultra-modern setting in post war New York. The featured cast includes Victor McLaglen, Nils Asther, Helen Broderick, Veda Ann Borg and William Forrest.
 Tickets are now on sale at the box office for Loew's Poli gala New Years Eve midnight show Monday, Dec. 31.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
LADY LUCK WITH CT

Holyoke, Mass. CUP)-sgt. Thom- as A. wehr had a lucky star watch ing over him while he was overseas with the 443rd Anti-Alreraft Artil- lery which experienced 5l9 combat days.
 Sgt. Wehr was the only member oi the outfit who wasn't wounded and did not receive the Purple Heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
Current Films
 Time Schedule

MARINERS sTATE-nnrTy Kika- gerald. Betty IFutten. Dom neFgee and Andy Resell in The Hiog& Ciub": i:oo. a;ts. e:So. es1e b e. Nina Foch and Robert Lowry m Prison ship; 1;tS. s.se. s.ee D m.
 BOEW~S sTRAND-GAry CesBsR, Basil Rathbone. Lana Twrnss. Sigrid Gurie in ~Adventures q Marco Poio-i I.Ss. s.,i. ssos D. m. Ronald Ceiman. Helen Hayes aa6 MyFna Toy in ~AFrowxmith-: 3seo. s;o5 D. m.
 LOEWFs POLI--fSeBe TieFney. Ger. mel Wilde and Jeanne Grain tn "I.eayr Iiff To Heaven; 9s8 5:t5. s:oe Q. m.
 Virginia I3TBoe. Edward Asillfs and Victor Mclaughlin in ''Lsvs Honor and Goodbye": i:oe. tszt. s;t0 9. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
JIMMIE FIDLER M HoHvOood
OI.usSss.s sv nsEsssss sv.s,,.s.. lee

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 25 - DEAR STAFF: If I seem a bit dozed toe day. blame it on a party ! attended last night. went to the soiree un- der the innocent impression that it vas to be just another normal, fun- loving Hollywood affair. Inftead of which, heaven help me. it turned inc Co an open forum on the clnematic art tpronOunce the last two words xith broad as ii you wish to be real- ly hepl.
 Like SO many medical student dls- seciing a cadayer. the assembled iimllltes probed the tehcniques 0i acting, directing and screen writing They argued ferOciously about the merits oi the current trend toward ander-playing" They discussed the intricliies of correct timing" and the subtleties Of voice infections. And then. having exhausted the con- yersatlonal possibilities Of things specific, they plunged head long in- 10 the broad generalitieS and held forth ad infinitum on the place Of the motion picture in the field of l AANtl pstAlAf aILs
 Why. if was bored. didn't leaye2 Why, because ! wasn't really bored at all. was fascinated watching the expressions Of the one guest who sat on the Sidelines and listened with out contributing a single word until. near the end Of the evening, one of the most loquacious ladies there H. nally put him on the spot by a di- rect question. What do you think of 1t all?' she asked. He answered with just two words: "Aw nutsl"
 His name2 Wallace Berry. I guess maybe he doesn't know much about the screen as an art. but somehow I feel like deferring to his glibly ex- presse dopinion. After all, he's been a full-fledgAd star for 26 years and most Of that time he's been one Of the top ten at the box-office. No other player in Hollywood can match his record
 JIMMIE FTDLER.
 DEAR BOSS: Your long winded explanation of your dazed expression Ao SlJ uIlltNeSSdIy. we re so used to 1t We never give it a second thought. And neither would any one else, for dazed expressions are a dime-a-dozen in Hollywood at this time of the year.
 To gossip a bite.
 CaroIe Landis' new husband. Hor- ace Schmidlapp, is going to produce entertainment pictures as well as commercial films, and Carol wants to star in them if she can get out of her 20th Century-Fox contract .. It's laryngitis, and not a grouch. that's preventing Rosalind Russell from being her usual opinionated self Jane Russell tells us that a local canner wants to use her name and her pet recipe for 8 line of plum, apricot and peach jams .. Boss, here's a chuckle. One of Spike Jones instruments was accidentally broken the other day at Paramount. Instead of calling for a repair man from the music department, they sent out an s. O. s. for the studio blacksmith!
 One of the first interests of movie producers in 1946 will be a campaign
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
TWO-COUNTY BIRTHPLACE

% Adaire, Ia. (UP) -J. H. Porter
 claims both Clay and Platt coun- ties in Missouri as his birthplace. His parents home was in the divid-
 ing line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27

Chile plans 10 submit bill to lts Congress practically halying the present almost prohibitive im- portduties on automobiles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
Choice MorseI -
 It Says Here
By Bob Hope.

Well, the annual mail jam is near over. don't know how far behind the postal department is in it's deliveries. but today got a valentine in the mail and the cupid had grown a beard.
 tried and tried to stuff stamped envelope into a mailbox Monday afternoon. It was so packed I finally had to ask Lin coin to inhale. The way the mail men were rushed I think it was very thoughtless of the depart ment stores to send out. greetings to their customers. Besides, I got tired of reading GMerry Christ mas, Happy New Year-and 8 jolly final notice"
 And these temporary clerks were really dumb. It's no wonder they make mistakes. Imagine,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27

technicolor film.
 In the title role of the psycho- logical drama. Miss Tierney com- pines glamor and emotion as she has never had a chance to do be- fore. She plays a beautiful girl who loves so intensely that she will stop at nothing, even murder, to monopolize the man she loves.
 As the man, Wilde, who oceanic a star over night in "A Song To Remember" plays not only his first important modern role, but his first big romantic role as well. He is seen as the man who inspires his wife's possessive passion and jeal- ouSy.
 Miss Grain, third angle of the triangle, has played teen-aged hero ines up to now. In Leave Her To Heaven" she grows up, building to a dramtic murder trial in which she is the accused. She plays the diff flcult role of the wife's younger sister who falls in love with her brother -in-law.
 Leave Her To Heaven is not only in modern dress, it is an inti- mate love story, tense psycho- logical drama. As some millions of readers of the best-seller know, it is the story of girl who desires to be intensely loved. While the To- cales of the films story are set in the rugged and beautiful New
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
DONALD ]. ROGERS MODEST HERO
Veteran of Six Sea Battles Comes Home

A boyish veteran Of six major
naval battles in the South Pa
cific who won't be 20 years old
until Friday is in Mount Glenn
ems getting acquainted again
with his family.
In between hearing whats
happened" since he was home
last at Is his ear is attuned TO
the radio for reports on the
Battle of Two where his brother
is fighting with the Marines.
Donald Joseph Rogers. petty
officer first class, is convinced
he leads a charmed life, be-
cause he came unsc at h e d
through a fight against the most
impossible and overwhelming
odds the Navy has ever seen. He
is hoping his brother, Marine
Platoon Sergeant Charles B.
Rogers. Jr., %, shares his luck.
The Bronze Star Medal Charles
See vETERAN-Page 2
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Humane Officer
UncOrks Blast
at Utica Judge

A recent public statement by
]. Gordon Rankin, Utica Justice
of the Peace, that "Tm all for
killing Nazis, Japs and dogs not
kept at home," today drew sharp
criticism from Walter Fenton,
County Humane Society Officer.
Fenton pointed to state stat
ures prohibiting the abuse of ami
mails and cited orderly procedure
for disposing of unwanted dogs.
He spoke in blistering terms of
prosecuting those guilty Of cruel
ty to dumb animals and express
ed deep appreciation of the eff
forts of the prosecuting attorney
sheriff and the courts in hand
ling cases of wanton destruction
Of dogs.
at is most unusual and in
deed exceptional to find a SOL
dier Of former wars (such as JUS
tice Rankin) and himself judge
with killing still in his heart;
or a misinterpretation OF the
law"
Castigating the Utica justice
court judge further Fenton said:
blessed are the Merciful. If we
are to advance the cause of
Christianity in war torn world
and serve the cause of mans in
humanity to dumb animals we
See DOGS-Page 2
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Fisher Again
in City Race;
Cites Platform

Angelo Fisher, Mount Glenn
ems businessman and for the
past % years a resident of the
community, in filing nominal
ing petitions for the office of
city commissioner on Friday
made complete the slate of nine
candidates entered in the March
S primary elections.
Fisher, who has been in the
restaurant business for the past
10 years, announced a 5-point
program as his objective {
elected member of the munic-
ipality's governing body. He
said that he favors:
Modern training and
equipment for the fire and po-
lice departments.
SALARY increases for city
employees commensurate with
soaring costs of living.
establishment of the park
ing-meter system not only TO
make parking space more read
lily available but to tap revenues
which could help offset the cost
of pay increases.
"A free city-wide garbage
collection system; thus making
the community safer, cleaner
place in which to Mve.
See FISHER-PaRe 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
500 False Alarm
Reward May be
Shared by 3 Boys

Three teen-age boys who duti-
fully informed police about two
other lads who turned in false
fire alarm at 1912 a. m, Friday,
today were in line TO receive the
first 500 reward ever paid oy
Mount Clemens for information
on false alarm cases.
The three who approached Po-
lice Chief Arthur i Rosso and
Sgt. Stanley Campbell Saturday
and turned over their informa-
ton were Jimmy Dunn, % First
street; Duane Gillett, 232 Dick
inson avenue, and Rodney Van
Hollenbeck, OF Isl Riverside
Drive.
The 10 and l4-year-old pair
they named in their story were
questioned and fully confessed
turning in an alarm from Box
y. Croker boulevard and Sec
ond street. shortly after mid
night Friday morning.
n a m s OF the culprits are
withheld because of their age.
See REWARD-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
1900 Idle
in Dodge Strike
Meeting Called
for This Evening

DETROIT. Feb. p - (P) -
Strikers whose walkout in the
Dodge Main Plant of Chrysler
Corporation has made idle more
than 1900 employees and in.
terrupted production of war ma.
terra were summoned by their
Union Executive Board today
to attend mass meeting to-
night.
The strikers have ignored
War Labor Board directives or
dering them to return to their
jobs on manufacture of parts for
Superfortress engines, tanks,
rockets and ant-aircraft cannon.
Chrysler spokesman said 49,
500 were idle at the Dodge main
plant, 5000 at the Dodge Truck
plant which was closed yester-
day, and 500 in other Detroit
area factories where banks of
parts produced at Dodge Main
were running low.
With the Prospect that de-
pendent final assembly plants
in Chicago as well as, Detroit
might soon be affected, the ex-
ecutive Board of Local 3, Unit
ed Automobile Workers (CIO),
was called into session to discuss
WLB and international Union
back-to-Work directives.
In return for an immediate
resumption of work. WLB Off
See STRIKE-Page 2
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tcrnment camp Oh the reSculng
American forces.
1T seemed like a glorious
FOURTH" she wrote, adding that
the internees" went mad with
joy, shrieked and shouted, or
stood mute and bewildered'
with the shock of relief.
Cigarets and candy bars, the
first the internees had had in
more than year, were distrib-
uted by the American soldiers,
and nov we are eating again. "
The mention of food, repeat
eddy, testifies to the starvation
diet they have been allowed un-
der the Jap regime. Miss Roka
says it is "even more restricted
than the famous Hollywood
diet, and I am streamlined to a
size IL now. 1t is marvellous
chow"
The Army nurses had just ar
rived, Miss Roka informed her
family. "They are fresh, strong
and capable, and all we have to
do is to rest and eat some
more"
Miss Roka expected to be on
her way back to the United
States by the time her letter ar
rived, and her family is eagerly
See MOTHER-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
Tokyo Admits
Savage yank
Drive Started
Report AII-Three
American Divisions
in Massive Attoek
BY the Associated Press

u. S. Marines opened an all
out attack against the Japanese
main positions on bloody Two
Monday, according to an uncon-
firmed broadcast by the Domei
News agency reported by the
Federal Communications Com
mission.
The offensive followed a ter
rifle bombardment by the GEN.
trail and northern sectors Of the
island by warships of the Ameri-
can Navy. "Sanguinary battles
are raging" Domei said. The
full force of three Marine divi-
sions had been thrown into the
drive toward the north, with
continuing naval and aerial sup
port
ADMIT LOSSES
The broadcast conceded that
the southern area of the island,
including Mt. Suribachi, had
been lost but claimed that Jap
anese units which had been cut
off here broke through the
American lines to rejoin forces
holding the northern sector.
General Holland M. SIN t h
estimated that almost half of the
fivemile-long a n d was in
American hands at the start of
the second week of the fiercest
battle of the Pacific war.
Il consider that progress Is
satisfactory" G enera Smith
said. The Marine commander re-
} ported the Yanks were becoming
more battleWise land casualties
are relatively smaller each day."
Motoypma airdrome No. / on
southern Two Jima was put 10
use for the first time yesterday
a. Marine artillery spotter
planes, little two-seaters, came
down on runways being put into
shape for fighters and bombers.
The field is $50 miles south Of
Tokyo.
Mai. Gen. Graves B. Erskine's
Third Marines, in the center Of
the American battle line, cap
tured Hill 1872 just east of the
central airfield for a military
triumph as significant as the
earlier seizure of Mt. Suribachi
at the south tip of the little is
land.
The hill provides direct obser-
walton of the major japanese
. See TOKYO-Page 2
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county chairman, stated today
that all committees report plans
complete, and that the coopera-
ton of the public is urgently
requested to make the drive a
complete success.
Jack l.. Flaacke, Mount Glenn
ems chairman, has had his ad-
vance gifts committee at work
for a week or more. William T.
Kelly and Bert V. Nunneley, CO.
chairmen Of advance gifts, list
II prominent Mount Clemens
business men as their volunteer
committee. They are Rail h
Clark, c. H. Malbin, George
Hargreaves, DeForst N. Cooley,
Ben Burbridge, Clifford John.
Harold Krauseneck, Harold
Lindsey, DR.. A. A. Thompson,
DR.. c. A. Ward, Hugh Neare,
Otto Nickel, Stanley Peltier, By
ron Preussef, Arch N. Richards
and Lawrence Schott. Drive
chairman Winslow also works
with this committee, whose
quota is $4,000.
MEMS DIVISION
Dorland Smith. who heads
the mems division. today listed
10 business men Of Mount Glenn
See RED CROSS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
Admits Forgery

Burt Curtis, 47-year-old bar
tender, pleaded guilty to charges
of forgery before visiting Judge
DesJardins this morning, and
was remanded to the County
Jail to await sentence.
Curtis, who gave 500 Coburn
Detroit, as his address, was en-
ployed for four brief weeks In
Mount Clemens last November.
during which period he y re-
ported to have cashed q number
of worthless checks, signed with
an alias, with local business
4r@&
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
Nine Entered
in Mondays
Primary Race

Fridays deadline for the I'LL
ing of nominating petitions II
Mount Clemens city primary
elections, which will take place
on Monday, found the following
candidates officially entered In
the race:
FOR MAYOR
Donald r. Westendorf.
Albert A. Wagner
FOR COMMISSIONER
Thomas G. Longstaff
Guy Verkler
Angelo Fisher------------
Lawrence Oehmke
Ulysses Bouley
Donald Chapman
FOR CONSTABLE
John Miller.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
WOULD-BE.TRAPPERS TRAPPED
Boy Burglars Land in Cell

EAST DETROIT-Three teen
aged school boys, whose urge to
emulate Daniel Boone led them
into q brief furry of crime, were
held in the Juvenile Detention
Home today awaiting inquiry
into the theft of an automobile,
q rifle, a shotgun and a pistol.
Two of the boys, IA and Is
years of age, were arrested in
the stolen car Saturday evening
at Gladwin, Mich, in response
to- q radioed alarm from East
Detroit police headquarters. In
the machine, at the time, was the
arsenal with which the lads
had illegally equipped them
selves in preparation for careers
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27

as trappers in the Far North.
The third boy, whose ardor
cooled prior to the theft of the
car, and before the northward
jaunt began, had been appre-
hended earlier in the day in East
Detroit.
THREE STOPS
According to Police Chief Ly-
man Eckhardt the boys began
their sortie into crime Friday
night when, in rapid succession,
they burglarized two homes and
a service station garage. Their
first visit, he said, was at the
home of Bert Penzein. 1920
Crescentwood ave nue., where
See BURGLARS-Page 2
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BY JAMES NJ. LONG


PARIS, Feb. 27-(R-Ninth
Army tanks broke loose in a
five mile advance today and
raced within two and a half
miles of the Ruhr city of Muen-
chen Gladbach while First Army
Americans fought in the outer
defenses of Cologne and shelled
the great cathedral city.
F.ame-throwing tanks of 1t.
Gen. William H. Texas BilD
Simpsons U. S. Ninth Army
crashed into Rheindahlen, II
miles southwest of the Rhine
city of Dusseldorf and IA from
Neuss, which lies on the. west
bank of the Rhine across from
the city.
Rheindahlen Is within easy
cannon shot of the first chin.
neys OF the Ruhr war industries.
MOVE SWIFTLY
The swift pace Of Gen. Eisen-
howers drive indicated that the
Americans would be standing
watch on the Rhine we'll within
a fortnight. Half the distance
from the pulverized Roer river
line to the mighty river has been
covered in the first five days Of
the onslaught.
AS Gen. Eisenhower's Rhine.
bound offensive moved into its
fifth day his troops had swept al
most half way across the flat
Cologne plain without enoount-
ering anything in the way of de-
termined resistance. His two
armies were holding a bridge
head over the Roer river 40
miles wide and nine to 10 miles
deep. At least 38 German
towns were captured yesterday.
AT the same time the u. S.
Third Army appeared to have
achieved a breakthrough so
miles south of the First Army.
front dispatches said. 1t. Gen.
George IS. Patton's tanks and
infantry were enveloping the
Eifel mountain fortress of Bit.
burg after smashing across both
the Pruem and the Minis rivers.
GRIND FORWARD
AT the northern end of the
front the Canadian First Army
had resumed its offensive, driv.
ing TO within IL miles of the
Ruhr and breaking into the
stoutly- defended enemy strong
hold of Calcar.
Thus four Allied armies were
battering the Germans, threaten.
ing TO overrun all of Germany
west of the Rhine and north Of
the Moselle river in an area 200
miles long and as much a. 80
miles deep.
The Ninth and First armies
were from one to four miles
from the Erft river, last natural
See COLOGNE-Page Z
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Red Cross Workers Poised
to Launch War Fund Drive

Mount Clemens is ready TO
swing into action on the 1945
War Fund Drive March /, to
raise $4,000 TO contribute to
the national campaign for $780,
100000 TO meet the needs of
local and international r e d
Cross.
Robert I. WinsloW. Macomb
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
Confirm Safety
of Mrs. BOguslav

Official word that Mrs. Mar
garet Mary Bruel Boguslav, %,
is at last free and in fair ply
ical condition after more than
30 months of internment at
Santo Tomas internment camp
in the Philippines, was received
Saturday night by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bruel, Of
Market street. =.
First word came TO the Bruels
See SAFE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-27
Soup Splashers
are Ruled Drunk

VAN DYKE When three
boisterous men walked into a
Van Dyke restaurant, mauled
the waitress and then dunked a
customers best hat in his bowl
of soup. onlookers suspected
the visitors were drunk.
After arresting and question
ing the men, officers KNEW
they were drunk.
All we're below the legal age
for drinking, yet they admitted
drinking double shots" for two
See SOUP-Page 2