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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-22
Soviiets Push
19 Miles In
Nazi Silesiia
Latest East Prussian VIC
tory Avenges Defeat
OF 1914

LONDON, Monday, Jan. %.
-UP)-The Red Army yes
terday captured Tannenberg
the shrine of Prussian mill
tarism, in a new invasion Of
East Prussia from the south,
while Soviet troops lunging II
miles into the Junker strong
hold from the east drove to
within 33 miles of the capital
city of Konigsberg.
The capture of the historic bat
tleground where the Russians suf-
fered their greatest defeat in the
last World War came as two So
Wet armies, repeating almost iden-
tically the strategy of the Czarist
armies in 1914, battled to Isolate
East Prussia from Germany prop.
er.
On the 21st anniversary OF the
death of Lenin, the father of the
Soviet Union, the Red armies were
within 81 miles Of effecting what
may be the greatest enlightenment
in military history. Overnight they
drove 21 miles to capture Lubawa,
only So miles from the Baltic Sea
and u miles southeast of Danzig.
Not Only in East Prussia were
the Germans giving up the soil Of
their homeland to the conquering
Red Army, which in a mighty TO-
day offensive has captured almost
$4,000 square miles of enemy-he1d
territory in Poland, East Prussia
and Czechoslovakia.
In southeastern Germany they
were falling back before Marshal
Ivan S. Konev's First Ukranian
Army, which was 10 miles inside
German Silesia along 56-mile
front and yesterday advanced
within ii miles east of the Silesian
capital of Breslau by capturing the
German village of Reinersdorf.
They also were only Is miles from
the great German fortress city of
Oppeln on the Oder river.
Tie entire rich coal and steel
producing region of Gleiwitz, Hin
denbUrg and Beuthen, termed the
Ruin Of the East and essential
to the Nazi war machine, was out
thanked on the northwest and in
danger of development from the
rear
At the same time, the Soviets.
driving frontally on the Silesian
coal basin, hammered to within
five miles of the Polish city of Da-
broWa, easternmost town of the
region.
Konev's forces have covered al
most hall the distance to Berlin
within 10 days. At two points in
Poland, Russian armies yesterday
drove within 207 miles southeast
and 203 miles east of the German
capital
Five Russian armies, smashing
westward as Berlin newspapers
warned that the Reich nov 10
in her greatest hour Of peril" cap
tured more than 1850 towns and
lages-more than 900 Of them on
German soil.
The new invasion of East Prus-
STA and Silesia were announced in
two orders of the day issued by
Marshal Josef Stain. In a third.
ne reported the capture of the
great East Prussian industrial
own of Gumbinnen.
Driving into East Prussia from
he south, Marshal Konstantin K.
Second White Rus.
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Hungary Is Cut Back
To Pre- War Frontier

boundaries. This means surrender
of Pennsylvania to Romania.
Romania, promised Pennsylvania
in the settlement of last Septem-
Der 10, gave up Bessarabia to the
Soviet Union. Moscow had annexed
Bessarabia under agreement with
Romania in June, 1910, but Hitler
gave it back to Bucharest after he
Marched east.
Finland under armistice terms
signed last September 10 lost the
port of Petsamo in addition to
other territories gained by Russia
in the treaty ending the first Fin
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LONDON, Jan. I'll. up Hun
gary, under Allied-imposed arm.
istice terms, is cut back to the
same frontiers it held before Hitler
began carving up Europe and Hun
gary joined him in the enterprise.
Both of Hungary's predecessors
in Soviet-enforced surrender-Fln-
land ard Romania-returned to the
Soviet Union the territory lncor-
porated by Moscow after the be-
ginning of German conquest IN
1899.
Hungary is stripped of all her
land gains at the expense of Yugo-
slavia, Czechoslovakia and Robon-
la, and is showed back into her 1887
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DAUGHTER
HELD In MURDER
Columbus Man And Girl
Charged With Kins-
mans Death
- Especial to The Starr

WHITEVILLE, Jan. 21.-Davio
Long, 40, resident Of the Nakina
section Of Columbus county, was
fatally shot with a % rifle. Satur'
day night on the road in front Of
the home of his brother-in-law
Johnnie Rhodes. He was a Column.
bus county Superior court-crier.
His brother. Troy Long, and his
18-year-old niece, Caribelle Long,
are held in the county jail pend
ing an inquest scheduled for Tues
day.
The shooting is reported to nave
occurred during an argument over
long-disputed piece of land near
Nakina, but details were not avail
able.
The accounts of two eyewitness
es to the shooting, Johnnie Rhodes
and Mis-. Nola Rhodes, indicated
that Troy Long fired the fatal
shot, according to information Civ
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City Is Left
In Ruins By
Jap Torches
Two Important Airfields
Also Taken By Sixth
Army

GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, zon,
Monday, Jan. o. (AP) -
American liberation forces
have captured Tarlac, provin-
cial capital, IS airline miles
north of Manila, headquarters
announced today.
Tarlac. a highway and railroad
hub, is q miles north Of Fort
stotsenburg and Clark field, once
the principal U. S. Army posts on
Luzon Island.
The airfield has been the almost
constant target of American Army
and Navy planes since the Yank in
vasion forces first moved into the
Philippines with the landing on
Leyte Island last October 20.
Occupation of Tarlac tut the Am
orleans 43 airline miles inland
from the Lingayen Gulf beach
head, where the Yanks landed on
Luzon January 9.
The city was taken Friday phil
ippine tine) by two American CO.
lumns, which also scooped up two
nearby airdromes.
Frontline dispatches said the city
was lett a snouldering ruins by
the Japanese who evidently had
doused every house with gasoline
and then applied torches Tarlac
was scene of complete devasta-
ton, its Filipino inhabitants stun
ned and homeless.
The Americans came down from
Santa Ignacia. on the right flank
Of the liberation front end also
took Victoria and La Paz. northeast
and southeast. respectively, of
Tarlac
The japanese made a counter
attack Thursday night on American
positions at Moncada, town on the
Manila north highway in the cen
ter Of the invasion thrust. but were
bloodily repulsed, the communi-
que said.
With the two new airdromes cap
tured at Tarlac, the Americans now
nave live fields on Lu.:on for fur
1her devastating thrusts at Japa-
heSe supply lines and troops.
Biggest field is at Lin gayen. near
the original beachhead Two small
er fields were acquired in the
capture Of Carmen and Rosales, on
the South bank of the Agro river
In the central sector.
The capture of Tarlac, Victoria
ana La Paz indicated that Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's invasion
Spearheads on the right flank are
at last Manufactured with the
speed denied them while forces on
@e lett flank were d:sposing of
japanese opposition III the foot
mis- OF the Benguet mountains.
macarthur announced yesterday
ula' the Manila north highway
was IN American control from ST.
son. to the north. down to PAM
oal' about 40 miles, and That Japa-
t forces in north Luxor there
the south.
~ Inc Americans On the left flank
nheWise advanced, reaching the
sa'sklrts ct San Manuel near
s Snere the central Luzon plain
leaks leaks of from a shoulder of the
npehsuet mountains, and cosrsing
"'e Agno river near Santa Maria,
continued on page Three. Col ~
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Roosevelt Asks Jones
To Quit Cabinet Post

erce Jesse disclosed tonight that he has acceded
President Roosevets request that he renqus his post
Secretary Commerce and head of Government financing
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FORECAST

cloudy and rather cold today with rain.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High, Glow, SO.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Mrs. Anna Luefh

Mrs. Anna Lueth passed away
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Rang, 50l6 Garfield Road,
Macomb Township, early Mon
Cay morning at the age of 20
years.
Mrs. Lueth was born in Ger
many. At the age of Is years she
came to America and after a
short stay in New York she came
TO Mount Clemens. Following
her marriage to Mr.. Carl Lueth
in 1904, she and her husband set
tied on farm on the Garfield
Road in Macomb ToW WINS h ip
where she lived until the time of
her death. Mr.. Lueth passed
away on March %, 1929.
She is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Arthur Rang and Mrs.
Eugene Raker of Ellensburg,
Washington, and one son, Carl
Lueth of Mount Clemens. She is
also survived by six grandchil-
dren.
Services will be conducted
from the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Rang on Thursday, May
81 at 2 o'clock. Rev. L. A. John
ston of BEDFORD will officiate.
Burial will take place in Wal
denburg Cemetery under direc-
ton of E. A. Schwarzkoff, Utica.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Cecil "A. Bennett

Cecil A. Bennett, age 40 years,
life insurance salesman for the
past "a years, died early today
at his home, 3089 South River
road, following an illness.
Mr.. Bennett was native of
Canada, the son of the late Or
lando and Mrs. Mary Bennett.
He is survived by his mother;
his wife, Agnes, and three chill
dren: June NJ, and Betty L., and
1t. Raymond, U. S. Army. A
brother, Edwin, resides in Crosse
Pointe, and there are three sis
tiers: Mrs. Cora Johns, Dearborn;
Mrs. Lila Hunt, of Dayton, O.,
and Mrs. Anna Bruce, OF De-
troit.
The remains will be at the
D. N. Cooley funeral chapel aft
er 7 p. m, today and will lie in
state at Grace Episcopal Church
from noon Friday until p. M,
the time of services. Rev. George
A. Merifield will officiate, and
burial will be in the family LOT
in Forestlawn Cemetery, Detroit
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Runaway Horses
Hurl Driver to-
Warren ROadbed

VAN DYKE-Henry Behnke,
30-year-old war plant worker on
Saturday learned to his sorrow
that running a centerless grind
er or a drill press is compare
lively safe compared to driving
a strange team of horses hitched
to a wagon.
TIE horses bolte d and
Behnke. thrown heavily 20 the
roadway, suffered a d o u b e
compound fracture Of his right
leg. He is in Saratoga Hospital.
Behnke had borrowed the
wagon and team from a farmer
friend and planned TO pillow
property adjoining his home,
1852 Paige avenue, Van Dyke,
Saturday afternoon. The plow
was on the wagon when the
team bolted on Burg road near
11-Mile road.
Officers OF the Warren
Township Police Department
took Behnke to the hospital
where his condition, though seri-
Gus, is satisfactory.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Harlem Woods

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Fun
eral services will be held Friday
in Ozark, Ark, for Harlem w.
Woods, age 46 years, who died
Monday morning at his home,
2O506 Shady Lane, st. Clair
Shores, following a heart at
tack.
Mr.. Woods, an invalid, was a
retired tool and diemaker. He
was a member of Hudson Post,
of the American Legion, and a
Legion Post in Ozark will con-
duct funeral rites, with burial
in Oakridge Cemetery.
The deceased is survived by
his widow, Bessie daughter,
Mrs. Inez Heiser, and son,
Curtis, both of Detroit; his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. j. Wood,
of Ozark; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Chambers, of Tennessee and
Mrs. George Collins, of Ozark,
and a brother, Clarence, of De-
troit.
The remains rested in state
Tuesday at the Roy j. Raul fun
eral home prior 10 shipment to
Arkansas.
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Abraham Blau

Abraham A. Blay, age Sc, of
5056 Sugar Bush road, Chester
field township, died Monday at
the Cottage Hospital, Crosse
Pointe, following an illness of
six months.
Mr.. Blay was born and reared
on the present Blay property,
corner of Sugar Bush and Cot
ton roads and had spent his en-
tire life in this vicinity.
He is survived by four chill
6ren: Mrs. Francis Meldrum,
Crosse Pointe Farms; Sgt. Ed
ward, U. S. Army; Norbert and
Bernard, of Mount Clemens; be-
sides his mother, Mrs. Ida Blay,
of Mount Clemens; sister and
two brothers, Mrs. Ida Allor,
and William and Edward Blay,
all of this district.
Prayers will be held at the
family residence Wednesday
and Thursday at 8 p. m. The flu
neral will take place from the
home at $50 a. m, Thursday
with services set for $50 a. m,
at st. Louis Catholic Church.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Lena Brass

Mrs. Lena Brass, Sc, wife of
the late William Brass, furniture
dealer in Mount Clemens for
many years, died today after a
lingering illness.
Born in Saxony, she has been
a resident of Mount Clemens for
many years and had been living
with her son, Oscar Weideman
at 121 Hubbard.
She is survived by two sons,
Oscar and Robert Weideman,
one daughter, Mrs. Alma Mas of
Detroit; one stepson, Walter
Brass; three brothers, Ernest
Eisenholdt Of Washington, Mich,
Albert and Arhardt Eisenholdt,
three sisters, Mrs. Dora Keehn,
Mrs. Molly Bettcher and Mrs.
Emma Schrade and six grand
children.
Funeral services will take
place from the LaCroix and
Groesbeck funeral home, los
Cass avenue, Friday afternoon
a. 2. The Rev. Wolfmann of the
Zion Evangelical church will Of
ficiate. Friends are invited to
attend and may call Wednesday
afternoon at 4 at the funeral
parlors. Interment will be in
Clintonville cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Six Burglaries
are Cleared Up
by Deputies

After persistent investigation
by Sheriff's deputies Richard De-
ketelaere and Frank Ballor six
burglaries, some of which had
been unsolved for more than two
years, were cleared up this
morning.
AS elimination of their work
three juveniles, one Is and two
Is years old have been turned
over to juvenile authorities.
DeKetelaere started that the
youths had worked together as
three-man band for two years
and had entered at least six
houses during that time stealing
various household furnishings
and destroying some property.
The deputy stated that the
boys would not break into the
various houses as a group but
would take turns in committing
the thefts.
Houses entered by the boys
during the night included those
in Clinton Shores Drive, Jeffer-
son avenue, Hickory Lane, Pom
chartrain, L'Anse Grouse and
Reimold Drive.
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MONIrOR-lEADER
died early Monday at his home
fnl1Au,in0 m t1InaSs

died early Monday at his home
following an illness.
Mr.. School, a native of Ma
comb County, was the son of the
late John and Mary School, and
for many years operated farm
in Shelby Township. He retired
from farming 81 years ago
Mr.. School was a member of
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, at
Waldenburg, an d besides his
wife. Caroline, is survived by
the following children: Mrs. Me-
ia Sawitzky. of Utica, and the
following from Mount Clemens:
oliver and Elmer, and Mrs.
Minnie Hurttgam, Mrs. Ella
Schwalm and Mrs. Margaret
Fiebelkorn. There are nine
grandchildren; two great grand
children: one brother and five
sisters also surviving.
The remains will rest at the
home where services will be
held at 100 p. m, Tuesday be-
fore the funeral leaves for I'M
manuel Lutheran Church at 2
p. m. Rev George Sebald will
officiate, and burial will be in
the family lot in Clinton Grove
Cemetery. d. N. Cooley is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
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Charles Men, lllef'

EAST DETROIT - Funeral
services for Charles F. Mem
mer, Sc, of l6842 Manchester,
who died Sunday, May 20, OF a
heart attack while working IN
his garden, were held on
Wednesday, May %, from the
Clyne funeral home, 1892 Ora
tiot avenue.
Interment was in Clinton
Grove cemetery, Mount Glenn
ems. He was a resident of East
Detroit for the past % years.
He is survived by his wife,
Louise, one daughter, Mary
Louise and son, Larry; two
brothers, Lawrence of East De-
troit and William of Akron,
Ohio, and two nepheWs Charles
serving in the Philippines and
William in Germany.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Col. Van AIKEN

The return of Mrs. Helen
Van AIKEN, of 1926 North Ora
tiot avenue, Mount Clemens
from an Eastern trip, brough,
news TO many Mount Clemens
friends this week of the recent
death of her husband. Col. Lilo
mel d. Van AIKEN, commandant
of Frankford Arsenal, Philadel-
phia, during World War /. and
a prominent industrial execu-
tive since that time.
Cot. Van AIKEN lived here
prior TO a recent illness which
caused his death at the Marine
Hospital, Detroit. He was 50
years old.
The deceased officer left the
United States at the conclusion
of World War / after a notable
career in the Ordnance Depart
ment, during which he was
awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross and other decora-
tons and was cited, by the War
Department of his contributions
10 the war effort.
Since retirement from the
Army, he had been an executive
with the Southern Diaries Com
pany; the Dictograph Company;
the Stamford Rolling Mills and
the Wheeler Manufac-
turing Company.
Besides his widow, Col. Van
AIKEN is survived by two sons:
Dederick Van AIKEN, of Malone.
N. Y, and Robert, of Dearborn;
and two daughters, Mrs. Flora
Mcguire, of New Rochelle, N.
Y, and Mrs. Elsie Bradson, of
Glens Falls, N. Y.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-29
Nineiy.ihree Percent
Defy Disease
BY STAN CADY
Cady-McCOy Pharmacy

Though you feel we'll that
feeling is not certain proof you
are well.
Nine out of ten persons neg
lect to have annual physical ex-
aminations.
What procedure could be more
wise than that of avoiding sick
ness by maintaining health?
BY checking with a physician
at regular intervals it can be
maintained - or by calling him
Immediately when health is i'm
paired it may be regained.
But there is complete final
ity to that which happens when
the doctor is called too late.
It is also wise to have your
prescriptions filled promptly and
perfectly.
This IL the fifth Of q series Of Ed
torfal advertise ments appearing In this
paper each Tuesday.
Copyright
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nue., was an RCAF instructor
before joining the USAAF in
1912. He was q bomber pilot
and was lost May 10, 1943 on q
raid on Paris. Since that time he
had been confined to Stalag
Luft III. No direct word had
been heard from him since that
date.
S/Sgt. Slocum, %, is the only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Slocum, recently Of New Balti-
more. but formerly of Mount
Clemens. He was taken prisoner
Aug. 16, 1914 and rescued on
April 20, Of this year. A Mount
Clemens High School graduate,
he was formerly employed in
Detroit.
Cpl. Lorne Martell, 81, who
has several brothers in uniform,
is the son Of Lawrence r. Mar
tell, of 80 Don street, and broth
er of Mrs. William Wood, Jr., of
this city. He was captured June
8, 1914 and confined to Stalag
B-4. The last word received from
him In January by Mrs. Wood
reported he was lawfully sick
and weak" Subsequently rev.
citation of Germany's harsh
treatment of prisoners worried
the family until today's Of
fetal government notice.
HERO COMING HOME
Pfc. Ira E. Heath, 81, has been
prisoner since Sept. II, 1914,
according OF his wife, Mrs. Viola
Heath, 242 North avenue. He
won a Bronze Star for saving q
comrades life. and the medal as
recently presented to his son,
Evan Allen, age three. He was
liberated April 20, 1945, and the
last word heard from him de-
scribed him as waiting at a
French port for transportation
home. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Heath, Route 8,
Whiskey road.
Pfc. Robert Peters, 19-year-
old infantryman, of 174 Rath-
bone street, telephoned his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pc
tiers, from an East Coast port
last night. He said he will be
home "in few days" He had
been German prisoner since
April S.
REPORTER'S BROTHER SAFE
On May 2, at 2 pm. Sgt. John
A. Arnsby, q, RCAF bomber
navigator, shot down over Ham,
burg during a raid on Germany,
ended three years and eight
months Imprisonment in a Ger
man prison camp. his brother,
d. A. Arnsby, Monitor-Leader
reported was informed today.
In his letter, Arnsby referred
to May 2 at 2 p. m, as the day of
days" He said they marched
many miles as Allied troops
nearer their camp and lived sole
ly on stolen potatoes. He Is now
in an English hospital, but ex-
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committee in charge of nego-
tiations is composed of Samuel
Sanders, Arthur Stigner, Felix
Washington, Clarence Williams
and James Jones.
The union was recently
granted maintenance of MEM
bership and check-off privileges
by the company, for a trial Pc
riod of six months.
Labor representatives claim
that the iron pourers job merits
a premium because of the heav-
Ter nature of the work, and
point out that the fact that man.
agement paid premium to
moulders for this particular job
and operation indicates the fair
ness of their demand for a SIM
liar bonus to pourers.
EARNINGS CITED
A moulding machine operator
working six days a week at the
foundry is paid more than SOL
per week, whereas iron pourers,
working a similar period, earn
about $54.
Pourers are members Of q
crew which works under the
days work" system, whereby
they are paid flat daily rate
for a set amount of work, and
can leave the factory when it is
done. The crew Is divided into
pourers, shake-out men and
others, all receiving different
scales of daily paw.
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POW Camps


1t. Col. Melvin McNickle
S/Sgt. Gordon M. SlOcum
Cpl. Lawrence NOrne) Martel
Pfc. Robert Peters
Pfc. Ira E. Heath
All of the released prisoner.
served with bravery in the Euro
pean Theatre of Operations with
the Army Air Forces and the In.
fantry, and were decorated dur.
ing active service.
: Four of the men, McNickle
Tryloff, Kohler, and Brown were
shot down on bombing raid.
over Germany.
First news Of the release:
Tuesday was received by County
Clerk Guy l.. Brown in a let.
ter from his son, Sgt. Brown. Ir
it Brown mentioned that he
Tryloff and McNickle, all oil
Stalag Luft Nv, were freed May
when Russian forces arrived
at Barth, Pomerania, on the Bal.
tic Sea. At the time the letter
was written, Brown said Nc
Nickle had been removed to an
other POW reception center.
Browns letter, as summarized
might afford cheer to the fam
lilies of prisoners now released
or expected to be released mo-
mentarily. He said:
I'VE we're flown to LeHarve
where we are now being pro-
cessed, uniformed and physical
ly treated. lost 80 lbs.
But now I'm eating good; chick
en- at least twice a day.
have no souvenirs; they're in my
memory and it will take me
years to tell you. -.
ON TO TOKYO
1--WE received no mail during
the last six months of confine-
ment. I would like to visit
England and Paris, but / can't
wait till I get back to the US.A.
We've got another war to
win, and I'm getting kind OF
anxious to climb into one of
tose B-29's and head for Tokyo"
Brown was captured March 3,
1913. after his bomber crashed
during a raid, and has been a
prisoner of war Ia months.
McNickle twin brother of
Col. Marvin McNickle, formerly
of Selfridge Field and now of
Washington, D. c. was shot
down while leading a PAT for
nation over Germany in 1912.
Both were very popular in Mt.
Clemens. Their brother, S/Sgt.
Marshal McNickle, %, an aerial
engineer, died in a BIS bomb
er crash in India in April, 1914.
1t. Tryloff, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry w. Trylof, of Mount
Clemens, was downed over Ger
many on one of his initial
flights last fall, while paItici-
pating in one Of the heavy
bombing raids that softened
Germany after the invasion OF
France.
PARIS RAIDER FREED
1t. Harvey j. Kohler, son Of
Harry j., of 405 Jefferson ave-