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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23
Hii.Run Driver
Kills (yt|ist
Utieo Gardener
Victim Of Crosh

UTICA - State police Of the
Romeo detail today were con-
tinuing their search for a hit-run
driver whose car ran over and
killed Elmer G.. Beier, 43 years
old, after his bicycle had been
Knocked from under him by
another machine Sunday eve
ming.
State Police said that Beier,
riding south on Van Dyke ave-
nue. just below the city limits,
had first been struck by a car
driven by Clifford Graham, 48
years old, of 1858 Benson ave-
nue., Detroit. They said Graham
stopped at once but that, while
Beier lay sprawled on the pave
ment, another south bound car
ran over his body and sped on
toward Detroit without stopping.
He was dead when Graham and
other motorists ran to his aid.
The victim, employed as a gar
dener on the Homer DeCook
farm, Utica Rural Route, No. 2,
was unmarried.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

This nation needs paper
urgently! Macomb County must
provide its share and more thar
its share to keep Michigan's mill.
operating on war contracts.
Here are some figures worth
studying:
For the period July s to
Dec. 16 the average weekly re-
ceipts of wastepaper ut Mich
igan's paper mills which
make 80 per cent Of the ma
tons paperboard were
13,418 tons incoming and 49,.
500 outgoing In production.
Which was barely keeping up
with the demand.
This started to dwindle in the
fall, and by the week ending
Jan. 6, the paper receipts were
only 5000 tons, while the pro-
duction demand measured H..
216. Compare those figures.
Also, from the peak week Of
Sept. 8, when the states in
ventory was $3.50 tons, this
stockpile dwindled to 22,3S1
tons in the week Of Jan. 6
far below the pile needed for es'
sential war production.
The figures clearly indicate
that starting last September we
THOUGHT THE WAR WAS
OVER!
Glance at the casualty lists
this week and talk to
your neighbors who have re-
ceived letters from their sons
In Europe or In the Pacific
area Decide whether or
not you are really backing the
war effort Then get in
there and bundle up ALL your
waste paper for Victory!
CELLULOID CALENDAR Is
on its way to Mrs. Frank Orms-
by, Of 627 Ormsby street, Mount
Clemens, who asked for one for
her fighting brother-in-faw ir
the South Pacific. He had
written to the column, through
her, asking for such a gift be-
cause the ordinary calendars rot
in the warm, damp climate. .
State Highway Department en-
ploye Sam Lavine furnished the
hard-wearing 1945 calendar.
Lieut.. Col. Alfred A. Blom-
berg, who's been q long time
in Europe with the AAF,
writes from France to his
mother, Mrs. Carl A. Blom.
berg, Route 3, asking her to
express his thanks to the
G0odfellows for the nice
Christmas package he receiv.
ed. The thanks are not need
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

ed from you, Colonel. The
package was an expression of
the cOmmunity's thanks TO
you!
A MERCY THOUGHT and a
mercy errand were accomplish
ed Monday for the -, ar-destitute
family near Roseville whose
home was completely destroyed
by fire and their 18-month- old
son burned to death :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Baxter, of
Mount Clemens, rustled up
mems and women's clothing for
the folks and .Undersheriff
Tommy Kaltenbach and his boys
made sure the gifts were prompt
ly delivered to the needy folks.
And generous neighbors
pitched in and did their share,
too.
The efficiency a nd labor.
saving aspects of twO:way
radio communication for police
cars were never better demon.
strated than on Monday at the
sheriff's office, when Deputies
DeKetelaere and Luisi start.
ed out for East Lansing State
Police headquarters taking =
man there for a c0urt-Ordered
lie detect0r test. Five
minutes after they left a long
distance call from East Lans-
ing cancelled the test until
Tuesday. without radio
there would have been no way
of hating the trip and avoid
ing such a wasted day. In
another three minutes the car
was back at the office, and
two deputies were able to put
in a full days work here -.
because twO-way radio brought
them back.
MOUNT CLEMENS SPORTS.
MEN this week bowed their
heads in tribute to the memory
of grand young sportsman, Pvt.
Lawrence (Lorne) Dubay, 81,
MORALLY wounded in the invas-
ion of Leyte. A top-notch hard
and softball player, gridiron star,
bowler and general all-round
sport, "Lorne" will be long re.
membered wherever real sports.
men gather. He was a real
gift of st. Mary's High School
to the local sports arena. .
He was good sport; a gentle
man. His heroic death is a SAD
blow to Mount Clemens and the
sports world extends its sincere
sympathies to the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence j. Dubay.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

CURED when Master Bill"
Crissman, son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Howard C. Crissman, whose
birthday falls on the same day,
called and presented Mrs. Leh-
ner with bouquet Of yellow
NUNS.
Sunday Mrs. Messmore en-
tertained Ia guests at dinner
honoring her mother.
An unusually interes I n g
meeting of the Utica Parent
Teacher Association is promised
for Wednesday evening, Jan. "a,
when Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, an
Acknowledgements minister, of
Detroit, will speak before the
assembly on the problems of the
Acknowledgements in this coun-
try and the part they are play
ing in the war.
The talk will be illustrated
with pictures one of which will
be in technicolor. Rev. Tanabe
comes to Utica under the auspic-
es of the Detroit Council OF
Churches.
The PTA will take action at
this meeting on the renewing OF
the Cub Scout charter and the
selecting of Scout Master to
replace John Church who has
resigned. The Cub Scouts are
sponsored by the p T A
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

thing thot should and must be
returned before we ore entitled
to further service Of this no.
ture.
And that's the way Gov. Kelly
wants us to look at this waste
paper salvage business.
Too many of US have looked
upon paper as something to
throw away or burn and
we've beein doing that for
years The paper scarcity
has been with US for 30 long that
we have become somewhat I'M
mune to news and advertise
ments concerning 1t.
In the same way, q short time
ago. we talked about how we
were going to observe V-Day
in Europe The powers-that-
be decided that drinking estab-
lishments would be closed q.
ministers planned special church
services and (mea culpaD news
papers arranged special Victory
Editions In advance.
But the war Is still going
on . and may be for q long
time to come Talk OF re-
conversion and how we're 60
ing to rule the conquered
countries has been shelved to
make room for the growing
casualtv lists.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

One Of the fires unsung
heroes was an unidentified
man, who may have been .
taxi-driver by the cap he
wore. He held q heavy hose
line for firemen for well over
an hour during the height of
the fire, and few people no
ticed that he was wearing low
dress shoes, without galOshes,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23
RUBBISH CATCHES FIRE

Mount Clemens firemen at 3:35
p. m, Sunday were called to an
alley at the rear of the Bannow
Drug Store, New street near
North Walnut street, where box
es and rubbish had caught fire.
The blaze was extinguished with
out damage to property.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23
& Mis the Day ~
Bv u. A. a.
By u. A.

few days ago. Gov Harry Kelly asked Michigan cit
to look upon paper being loaned to US to be returned
for further use through salvage Channels.
This otttude salvage that probably will be
difficult for househoders to occept it, However. we once
looked toohPaste tubes something loaned to U.s. and
gladly returned them, and for many years have
corded dolly milk bottles fond beer bottles tool
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

When informed that q substan-
tial amount of money had. been
left in a drawer in the Cady-
Mccoy store, fire captain Ed.
Dubay entered the smoke-fillcd
and demolished store and sue
ceeded in locating a roll of bills
amounting to $3.50, which he
turned over to Stanley Cady. An
additional amount of approxi-
mately 500 kept in another place
could not be located, but further
search will be made for it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

Any published reports Of low
water pressure from city mains
early in the fire are ins error,
Water Supt. J. Anthony (Tony)
Kiels asserts, and filtration plant
pressure charts prove it. The
pressure ranged from 10 to rs
lbs. throughout the fire, ample
for any fire equipment. When
ever a major fire starts at any
time of the day or night filtra-
ton plant employees Immediately
set up pressure for the city. This
has been the case for years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

The permanent value of the
Mount Clemens Auxiliary Police
was well demon
strated early Saturday morning,
when "chief" Harold Krause-
neck and his men arrived at the
scene without delay to help
police the area. They were
still on the job into the after
noon and their work was highly
praised. Auxiliary and volun-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

Every drug store owner in
Mount Clemens on Saturday
contacted Cady and Mccoy
and offered any help possible
in the way Of stocks and
equipment to help them re-
establish their business. q gest-
ure for which the partners ex-
pressed extreme gratitude.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

A volunteer fireman up.
preached shivering George
Mccoy in the early morning
hours. 1--WE got something out
of the fire that you need badly
right now" he said. producing
an unchanged bottle Of potent
liquid from his right boot. mo
thanks" said George appreci-
atively. "Give it to the fire.
men, 1.-THE volunteer smiled:
"Fve got one for tn e m,
George, in my other boot"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23
High|iehts of Weekend
Fire Thot Alarmed CITY

Encrusted with ice but work.
ing as vigorously as any fireman
half as young in years were
three real veteran fire fighters
of Mount Clemens; Edward J..
Dubay, captain of the volunteer
department; Joe Provost and Ed.
Lozen. The three started their
fire fighting careers together in
1908, 81 years ago, and they
haven't finished yet. All claim to
have high records for fire at
tendance down through the
years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

Four hundred feet from the
scene of the fire, guests at the
Lexington Hotel, South Graf
lot, were awakened at 4:30 a.
M, by thick smoke pouring
into their rooms and by the
glare of light as the fire leap
ed to unusual heights at the
corner building.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

The limited ranks Of the press
in Mount Clemens by coinci-
dence were greatly enlarged at
the fire by the appearance Of
such veteran reportorial smoke
eaters" as Major Malcolm p.
Moore, Lieut.. Edgar (Eddie)
Racine and Ensign John H. Har-
wood. 1t recalled to them the
Mount Clemens bank, Fleming
fires, Malbins and other notable
blazes they worked on as re-
porterS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

teer firemen also responded
when the need was greatest.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

The city's thanks to Sell
fridge Field for its vital and
saving aid in fighting the fire
was expressed by Mayor DON
aid X. Westendorf and Public
Safety Commissioner Thomas
G. Longstaff, and accepted by
a weary and half-frozen major
whose uniform and hair were
matted with ice. Detroit fire
equipment "stood by" for
fast run to Mount Clemens in
case they were needed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-23

teer firemen also responded
when the need was greatest.
Typical Of the aftermath OF
this and other major Mount
Gle m ems fires, insurance
offices on Saturday were
swamped with business from
merchants and householders
checking up" on their poll.
cies and charging their in.
surance cOverage.
Angelo Fisher rushed hot
coffee over TO the scene from
Fishers Tower. A nearby cock
tail bar did its biggest Saturday
morning business in years, al
though firemen and police on
duty steadfastly refused the
urgings Of friends to "step in
and warm up"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
.Nazii BIitz


London, Apr. q AP-A Ger
man announcement that Reichs-
marshal Hermann Gocring had re
signed as chief Of the now-lmpo,
tent German air force because OF
AN acute heart condition was
followed today by a Moscow re.
port that he had fled by air to an
unknown destination.
The Moscow report asserted the
pcrtly Relchsmarshal-who onCG
boasted that the Allies could never
bomb Berlin was said to have
'taken with him his wife and Loo
valued at S2O.000.O0o. The Rus
slams said the Germans doubtless
had proclaimed Gocrin's resigna.
ton to hide the fact of his sudden
DISAPPEARANCE.
Long ranked as the 80 Nalt
and heir to Hitler's power, GoeI-
Ing asked Hitler 10 be relieved Of
his command as chief OF the Lufi-
waite AZ time when his strength
is needed and the "Fuehrer has
granted his request German
broadcast said last night
The radio announcement said h.
had been replaced by Gene Ritter
Won Grein. who was promoted To
field marshal. Won Grein once was
reported head Of the German al
force in Russia
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
Triumphant Announcement
Made in Three Capitals
War In Brief


The Western Front: Third Army
burst into Austria, aiming at seal
ing off German Redoubt encircling
Czechosloyakia and joining with
russians driving from Vienna.
two other armies drove on Redoubt.
menaclng Munich, British who cap
turcd Bremen flung weight toward
Bremerhaven and Hamburg.
The Russian Front: Russians Rd.
yanced toward the Elbe and Amerl.
can lines; two-thlrds of Berlin con.
quered as final battle for capital
famed. Stettin. Bruenn captured
fall OF Breslau seemed imminent.
The italian Front: Americans
drove on Milan. Genoa. against dis
o >lnizcd NaEis after capture of
Verona. virtually sealing OF Bren-
ner Pass to Germany: British con
solidated on south bank of Adige
River, where Nssls may make
stand :
The Pacific Fronts; Americans
on southern Okinawa took dominat-
ing heights. troops on Mindanao
% miles from Davao; pressure on
Baguio in Luzon continued; British
in Burma advanced on Rangoon
Mandalay railroad against disorg-
anizod Japanese resistance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
Students on
Clothes Drive

Student War Council Of Npsi
lanti High School. in characteristic
fashion. today were winding up
local drive for United National
Clothing Collection. Twenty. eight
home rooms were organized and
every corner of the city was can
vassed
Wait a minute" said one WON
an. I've found something maybe
this will help" Reminded by the
call Of the students, she found
garment that will help some girl
in a European city.
Merchants Cooperated without
exception Ready-to.wear stores
turned over coats and dresses. Dry
cleaning establishments found "un-
claimed" overcoats and suits. There
we're plenty OF trucks and indica-
tions are. that by tonight Ypsilanti
Will have completed its Job NJ
helping the unfortunates who live
where wars are. Clothing will be
packed tonight by the % men who
have volunteered their services.
More than a hundred large cartons
had already been packed before to-
days collection.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
See PACIFIC PAGE
Ford
Short Week

Detroit Apr. - AP Edward
l. Cushman state director OF the
War ManpoWcr Commission. ind
Gated today that Ford Motor co.
request 10 place current operations
az Willow Run and operations
elsewhere on B-2i bomber parts on
iO-hour week would be denied.
The Willow Run plant now oper-
ates on ij-hours-a-weck basis. u
sought to minimize the number Of
workers laid Off by the cutbaCk in
B2f bomber production by spread
ing the remaining work on the con
tract
Cushman in indicating the re-
quest would be denied said there
were 5000 job openings for men
in the Detroit area 1000 Of them
high priority openings concerned
with the Pacific war.
Other urgent manpOwer demands
he added. exist in Adrian. Jackson.
Monroe. Pontiac Grand Rapids.
Albion and other southern Michi-
gan communities
Cushman said there arc urgent
openings in other war production
locally for tho male workers be.
ing released under the schedule o.,
Willow Run layoffs received from
the Army Air Forces He did no.
disclose the schedule
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
Fires SET by
Japs, Yanks
Advancing
CBy the Associated Plcs9

tBy the Associated Iless)
Another Philippine city blazed to.
day from Ares set by japanese
incendiarists in the face OF new
American invasion launched while
Yanks on three other Pacific island
battlefronts forged to within sight
OF their goals
British tank columns matched
American gains by advancing
through Burma at a pace that may
put them in Rangoon within three
weeks
Latest American invasion was on
the southern tip of Negros Island,
in The Central Philippines, Amphi.
'bious forces landed yesterday three
miles from Dumaguete The Japa.
nese garrison Immediately kindled
Ores and set on demolition
charges in the red-roofed city they
knew they could not hold It was
the second invasion OF Negroes
Fortieth Division units landed on
the northwest coast month ago
Plotted Bombs
Adm. Chester ~. Nimitz dcclar
ed japanese are using piloted fly.
ing bombs. a logical development
of their KamikaZe suicide air
corps, in efforts TO halt the Okina-
wa invasion His announcement
conceded with a raid by nearly 50
B29s this morning on six Kyushu
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
BALKANS FALL UNDER RUSSIAN

0BN Associated Trcs~1
n you'll take your war map and,
with colored crayon. fill IN the
area from which the Germans have
been driven by the towering tidal
wave sweeping westward out Of
Russia. you'll see that you have viz
tually a solid block which reaches
down and covers all but a tiny
corner OF the Balkan Peninsula. .
Now that's OF the greatest i'm
portance. Il signifies that the fiery
Balkans-for centuries the cockpit
OF sou .heastern Europe and the
whipping ground OF wars are IN
dergoing a mighty change along
with the rest Of the continent For
We have there not only a military
resurgence which has reclaimed
the lands rayaged by the Huns.
but vast political change
And If you happea-to choose a
red crayon for your map work you
Will with this color have interpret
ed the phenomenon That is TO say
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27
Gov.
Kelly Hold
Budget Down

Lansing, Apr. 27-AP-The 1915
Legislature. which planned to end
its drab regular session peacefully
at noon yesterday staggered to adj,
journment at 1888 a. m. (C.W.TD
today after one OF the bitterest
inter-chamber fights in recent
years.
A proposal to give the public
schools a contingency approPria-
ton OF $3,2OO,OOO if state revenues
next year exceeded 1852, 100000
swept the House and Senate into q
late night battle which ended only
when the House backed down be
fore the combined weight Of the
Senate and Governor Kelly.
If the House had refused 70
yield. the SEQ, geo GOO state school
ard grant, Including $3.Z00,000 for
the teachers retirement fund.
would have died and the legislature
would have been recalled neces-
sarily in a special session in June
Only that realization forced
House Republican leaders to club
their followers into line at mid
night and accede to the Senate's
position by vote Of 53 to 81.
Knuckles Down
in a dramatic session, the House
Old guard bitterly swallowed its
defeat as senators lined the walls
Of the House chamber and watched
the House knuckle down.
The Senate had pledged itself
early to uphold the governors op-
position to the contingency grant.
proposed when he persuaded the
legislature TO cut the $4,000 900
school aid bill by $3,20O,OO0 as part
of a budget balancing program.
Actually, as far as the budget
was concerned, the entire closing
day and night sessions made no
change from the condition "A hours
earlier. The budget for 1866
was balanced at slightly more than
Sl62,000,0OO.
Save School Grant
Three Republican chieftains in
the House, stalwarts OF many a
fierce inter-chamber battle. per
suaded their colleagues to yield in
order that the school grant might
be saved.
They succeeded by only three
votes, and two OF those three. were
obtained in last minute switches by
Reps. Elton r. Eaton. Plymouth,
and Thurber Cornell, Howell, both
Republicans.
Democrats voted as group
against the Senate and booed Eat
on when he announced he would
switch to the aye column to in
sure continuation of the school
grant.
Urban representatives made a
futile attempt at granting cities
and villages an additional $1,000
600 in state aid from Treasury
SURPRISES. but the move was de
leated on the floor Of the House.
The lawmakers appropriated SIS
$4,000 out Of this years surplus.
See LEGISBATURE-Page
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-27

William Brady, 103 W Ainsworth
Blvd. could congratulate himself
today on having prevented repeti-
ton of the murders which made
Ypsilant nationally infamous in
1929. At that time four young peo-
pie were attacked in PENINSULA
Grove shot to death and their
bodies burned
Mr.. Brady, however. is recover,
ing from battle wounds today, his
feminine companion is safe and
three men, charged with assaulting
him, are awaiting trial on uharm
cd robbery.
The three men: ,Audry l.. Lee.
413 Harriet s.. Wilbert h. Hop
klns. 49S First Ave, and James +.
Poole. 3S5 First Ave, all have rec
ords. Lee and Poole for minor Of
lenses. Hopkins, on probation for
larceny from the home Of William
Mitchell, 492 First Ave. Jnly %
1919. ~
Mr.. BRADY told his story today,
still suffering from terribly swol'
len left eye. a bad forehead LAGER
alton and many cuts and bruises
Of a minor nature
He and Miss Phyllis Roe, Of Ann
A4bcr, were seated IN his car m
the grove in almost the exact
spot where the famous Torch Muir
dcrs' started. when suddenly three
men appeared in tho darkness be
side the car. In answer TO Mr..
Eradys question, What do you
want" the men replied, we want
.,cyerythinc you got Brady got
our OF the car, telling Miss Roe To
lock tine doors behind him II
knew it would net be a tea party.
he said. but | knew what they want.
cd. and thought i'll could get them
to concentrate. on me, perhaps
someone would driye iu since this
is a popular spot
Two of The men piled on me.
and they were plenty tough and
rugged. pretty good size. too. The
third stayed by the car. the 'ro-
moo" type. The first worked back
and forth near the cav with some
times only one in front OF mo
sometimes both. one had some
thing tied around his hand. II may
have been a stone inside Of -
was knocked down. My eye was
bleeding nv this time. and | couldn't
see So well. Finally they knocked
me down. and ! guess | must have
becn out momentarily When ]
could sec again / saw that Phil
Miss Roe) had driven the car
over to me. matter OF - feet or
so. The men were grouped about
tho ear, having started for the
girl as soon as | went down | got
mp again. but was pretty woozoy.
Phil could have driven away.
think. but She wouldn't leave me-
alone. am sure thai the only
thing that saved her from injury
was the fact that she didn't lose
her head and get out of the car.
She did omen the door for Just 2
second. but when one Of the men
grabbed for IL. she locked IL again 20
Then / got the idea that maybe
they would be interested in money.
] was stalling. for all ] could, you
sec.
Il proposed money. and went TO-