The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-31

and Henry Olezewslxi. a. Ham
tramck.
July 5-Gunfire marked q
clash between farmers and black
market cattle rustlers.
July 9-PaM Schanher and
Lawrence Schott were reelected
to membership on the Mount
Clemens Board of Education
without opposition.
July 12-Monitor-Leader re-
porter Mary E. Taylor revealed
three times as many owmen as
there Is adequate room to care
for are imprisoned in the Ma
comb County Jail.
July 20-Two fighter planes
from Selfridge Field collided in
mid-air, causing the death Of
one pilot, q member Of the Free
French forces whose name was
withheld by base authorities.
The second pilot bailed out.
July 23-Circuit Judge Paul
r. Cash, Of Alma, ruled that
Justice Donald J. Parent and
Ray H. Callens, an attorney,
were innocent Of conspiracy. AZ
charged by attorneys for G. Boyd
Macpherson, Warren township
oil man. He ordered trial Of Mac
Pherson on charges of leaving
the scene of an accident to pro-
eeed.
July ga long Imprisonment
by Japs proved fatal to Margaret
Mary Bruel Boguslav, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bruel.
July 28-Billy Salot, ll-year-
old son of Navy Commander and
Mrs. Russell F. Salot, was res
cued after he was tossed for Ii
hours by eight foot waves in
the Atlantic off Key West, Fla.
August
August 1-Selfridge Field au-
taorities rescue squads sought
the bodies of four Free French
Air Force men and an American
AAF sergeant after their me-
dunn bomber crashed into Lake
st. Clair.
August 2-More than 1000
persons attended the Lions Club
Powwow.
August 8-By a vote of 4 to !,
the City Commission confirmed
the appointment Of Police Chief
Arthur I. Rosso for the period
ending May l, 19+o. Mayor Wag-
ner voted no.
August 10-As the end Of the
Jap War was in sight, Mount
Clemens Protestant churches re-
vealed plans for union services.
August II - Residents were
overcome with Joy as the big
four powers agreed to accept
Japan's surrender offer.
August 1.-THE lid was off in
Mount Clemens a. VI Day was
officially proclaimed by Presi-
dent Truman. y
August 16-Twelvs new men,
bers were elected to member
ship in the Old Crowd while L.
Stanley Cady acted ~ "presi-
dent for q day" and George John
was elected to succeed him.
August 10 - DR.. Henry G.
Berry, long . prominent physi-
clan and surgeon died at his
ranch in Camrose, Alberta.
August 81 - Maj. Paul s.
Bechtel won his second Distin-
guished Flying Cross.
August 28 - The will Of the
late DR.. Henry G. Berry be-
queathed q substantial portion
of the cost of . new county hos
pital to Macomb county. Capt.
Russell Wilde, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis Wilde, 1873 Clinton
street, won the Silver Star.
August 30 - Andrew c. Cra-
mers, 20-year-old ex-Marine.
was held for the slaying Of his
comely wife, Helen. 2S.
September
Sept. A. A strike 1t the New
Haven Foundry was still un-
settled.
Sept. g. The Elsctromastsr
Corporation Of Detroit purchas-
ed q 16.acre site In the north
west section Of the city.
Sept. 8 - Clayton McWinna.
81. Of 1894 North Walnut street,
held three sheriffs deputies at
bay with q loaded rifle, Under
sheriff Thomas Kaltenbach said.
Sept. IL -, The complete re-
organization Of the Mount Glenn
ems street lighting system was
approved by the city commission
after George Hargreaves, De-
troit Edison manager, said his
company would bear the entire
expense.
Sept. II - Frank Z. Clam
bronze. q veteran Of four and
one-half years service In the
Army. was named IN assistant
prosecuting attorney. Two MT.
Clemens cab drivers, James
Presson, 20, and Matthew =.
Gregory, were held In connec-
tion with the death Of Walter q.
Wellhausen, 80. . wounded war
vet.
Sept. 20 - One woman was
burned as 20 Ruests fled the