The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-31

ny.
rem Township struck another
snag last week, when for the
third successive preliminary
hearing, the star witness, Mi
chael S0winski who
claims to have observed and
chased the death car fail
ed to show up. So justice Dom
aid J.. Parent issued a SUBJ
p0ena, set a court adjourn
ment date for the middle of
September and threaten
ed to have Sowinski picked up
II he doesn't appear then.
The end of the rough Okinawa
campaign was doubly welcome
to two battle-weary Marines,
sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B..
Rogers, of 287 North Gratiot
avenue, for it meant their first
meeting in three years. They
are Cpl. Bill and Pfc. Frank c.,
of the 9th and End Marines re-
spectively. Another Rogers
boy, Pfc. Stephen was wounded
with the Marines on Guam, and
another, Pfc. Paul Jr., USA, was
killed in action in the Philip
pines.
Pfc. Raymond A. Ely, q,
of 1872 Meade street, Mount
Clemens, died on Leyte Aug. 8,
his family has been informed,
but the cause of death Is not
given. He attended MCHS for
a year and formerly worked
at FOrd's.
THOUSANDS of charitably-
inclined Macomb County resi-
dents who gave their life's blood
to help share your sacrifices :.
during the wartime blood-bank
crusade conducted by the Red
Cross, are expected to rally once
again to the Red Cross standard
at peacetime banks being arrang-
ed here to provide civilian hos
pitfalls with blood plasma. ST.
Joseph's has been named the
county's distribution center Z.
and banks will be held here and
in Center Line early in October.
In peace and in war, the Red
Cross is on humanity's side.
What might have been
disastrous fire in a crowded
business block was halted the
other night when flames
spread through the basement
of the Royal Cafe, 10 Court
street. Owner Bill Murray,
formerly of Denmarsh, said
damage was slight.
JAKE THEUT, that bachelor
who spends most of his time
these days at Batchawana Bay,
on Canadian soil north of the
500, reports catching four Is
Id lake trout in the 300-foot-
deep cool waters of Lake Super
ior. He adds that up there fish
ermen throw EN- back in il
they're not at least IL lbs. (Let's
hope you're back for the muskie
fishing in Lake st. Clair.) -.
The Richmond Lions are roaring
louder than ever. Their annual
horse show and agricultural ex-
hibit next Sunday and Monday
will be bigger and better
with $500 in prizes.
When the illustrious des-
trOyer Pennsylvania was bad
ly damaged by Jap bomb
recently, the Frank PrevOsts
prayed for the safety of their
son, S &c Frank Jr., age II.
This week they received a let
ter from him, indicating he
was safe and we'll after the at
tack.
CHARLIE WALTERS fam
i,y, of 121 Grand avenue, has
helped in no small measure to
win the war. TIA Richard Wal
tiers, with a special engineering
group busy for some time in
New Mexico, has now been per-
nitted to reveal they were work
ing on Atomic Bombs . Major
Charles r., Jr., writes fro n
Guam that he flew on the last
BIO mission over Japan and
Pfc. Robert Walters is on duty
in France with MP forces Of the
USA :. We might also add that
the boys proud dad, Charlie.
banker. threw his weight
around plenty during all our
War Bond drives at home here.
Chuck Nicolai, who has
been working in a West Coast
war plant and living at Lo-
mita, Calf, with his family,
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