The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-10

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Pettibone received the ossign-
ment, and as they rushed from
the office they realized that the
fire extinguisher in their patrol
car might not be sufficient
so they grabbed an extra-size
extinguisher on hand in the Of
flee and headed at high speed
for the scene.
They found a 1941 Hudson,
owned by Stephen Deniesko. of
10317 Van Dyke, in flames. The
windows had broken with the
intense heat and tongues of
flame were pouring through the
rear windows Kandt and
Pettibone got into action fast
and had the fire fairly we'll un-
der control when both their
fire extinguishers gave out.
The flames started to re-
kindle, and Kandt glanced
around for something that
could help. He spied a case of
Altes Lager beer and a case of
large-size pop bottles which
the car owner and his men
friends had hauled from the
car when the fire got under
way.
Anybody got an opener?",
Kandt hollered And as
someone answered in the affirm
alive, he told them to start OPEN
ing the bottles and hand them to
him Each large bottle that
was opened, Kandt grabbed it.,
gave it quick shaking-up, and
with his thumb over the mouth
poured a high-pressure stream
of fizzy stuff-beer or gingerale
over the growing flames.
1t was one time that beer
and ginger-ale certainly put
out a fire and although
the upholstery of the car and
most Of the inside was dam
aged 1t was far from the
total loss it appeared when the
officer arrived on the scene.
Which goes back to our origin
al premise that cops must be
able to think on their feet =.
and think fast!
IN A RECENT LETTER to
friends in Mount Clemens, Major
Martin j. Hoffman, of an ord
nance service battalion now in
the Philippines, describes one
experience which might have
been his last but for the
good work Of the air forces and
artillery Hoffman, getting
tired of working with truck,
tank, amtrack and other mobile
replacement and repair work
in the backward sectors, strap
ped a pistol on his belt and took
a tommy-gun In hand for a bit
of front-line exploration. He
found himself with an infantry
outfit, well dug in, and then the
Japs turned on the heat Z.
Within a few hours they were
surrounded and trapped :.
and that's when Mart learned
what CT feels like 1t was
rugged for a while, he admits,
and they shot the Japs down
lust like mad dogs. 1t looked
like curtains" until the
AAF and artillery spread bombs
and shells around them in the
morning, to enable a withdraw
al.
II you want to see a nifty
justice court layout - of
course, as a visitor only; not
as a defendant-go glance over
Justice Don Parents new
courtroom and law offices in
the Lawyers Building, Cass
avenue Don, recently re-
turned from a sick vacation
in Northern Michigan, is real
Iy staging a comeback, and
they say that he's already 13
ounces heavier than we are,
which sounds incredible. Pref
ty soon he'll be out of the
feather-weight class, and we'll
be all alone with "Stuey" De
Mott. But seriously, Don has
an elegant layout which
helps add the proper dignity
to the majestic administration
of justice in Mount Clemens.
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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
in Clinton Township is the prob
lem that Constable-elect Tom
Moore, former Havel deputy
sheriff, is about to tackle, since