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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17

war except those In actual the
aters of war; with the office Of
the Quartermaster-General, who
feeds both our troops and the
prisoners; and with headquarters
Of the First Service Command
in Boston. In this report from
Fort Devens will be found also
some background obtained in
Washington and Boston.
Speaking generally, the pris-
oners here are housed, clothed
and fed in a style and manner
equivalent TO that of the gar
rison troops here. That is re-
CURED by the terms of the Ge-
neva Convention. But "equiva-
lent" should not be misinter-
preted as identical"
A visitor might assume that
the barracks used for prisoners
had been erected for garrison
troops, and then merely segre-
gated by the barbed wire stock
AIDE. They are the same, struc-
turally and in their provision
for health, sanitation, warmth
and general comfort. The same
Is true of mess halls and kitchens
and of barracks converted for
special purposes - classes, Ii
brary, etc.
The standard barracks never
Is used for more than SO of our
enlisted men. unless temporarily
while a heavy troop movement
is passing through. For prison
ers, the standard complement is
"a. Our men sleep on single cots,
in at least some cases made of
wood, with room at the foot of
each for foot locker and at
the head for clothing hangers;
the prisoners sleep on double
TERED metal cots, and naturally
have less space for personal be-
longings.
MESS HALL SEATS 23O
The standard mess hall, with
tables arranged on either side of
a center aisle, seats a maximum
of 10 Americans at one time.
BY ranging tables the long way
Of the hall, up to $50 prisoners
are fed simultaneously in a SIM
liar building.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17
Mac0mb Farmers
Are Urged to
Check Tractors

In an effort to keep farm trac-
tors in Macomb county in eff
cient operating condition, Will
liam Murphy, county agricultur-
a, agent, has offered some sug-
gestions for farmers for a spring
checkup.
The suggestions are as follows:
Check for proper level of
water in the radiator and re-
move accommodations of dirt and
debris on the radiator.
Check fan belt and tighten
as recommended.
3-Check spark plugs to see
that all wires from the ignition
system are properly attached.
Check oil in the crank case
for proper level and condition.
Change oil filter If necessary.
5-Check fuel in gasoline tank
and make certain that valves are
open from fuel tank to carbure-
cor.
Check oil In transmission
housing as we'll as the differen-
tial housing.
Check the pressure In the
tractor tires.
Grease all pressure fittings
thoroughly, applying with a
high capacity grease gun.
9-Clean air cleaner, and re.
peat once each day during opera
ton.
10-Check transmission and
differentials TO see that each
contains enough clean oil of
right weight.
In stressing the Importance Of
keeping the tractor in good con-
dition, E. c. Sauve, research
specialist in the department Of
agri Gu tural engineering at
Michigan State college reports
that dealers everywhere are
swamped with orders for repair
Jobs. This means that due TO the
lateness of the season many Of
these tractors won't be repaired
in time for spring work. One of
the best precautions against
tractor breakdowns, he main
tains, Is faithfulness in servicing
with constant reference to the
tractor instruction manual.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17

er, Peggy Miller, Rebecca Mil
Ter. Shirley Mills. Joyce Mohritx,
Marilyn Ohlsen. JEANNE Olstyn,
Thelma Parker. Patricia Pow
ers, Bernice Quandt, Doris Rain,
Audrey Rick, Richard Sawicki,
Henry Scheper, Lilly Schroeder,
Ruth Schulz, James Schulz, Har-
riett Shirley. Helen Slasky, Dom
ma Lou Slusher, Robert Smith,
Dorothy Sladler, LaYonne Stew
ems, Faye Strange, Phyllis Tay-
Tor. Barbara Tillman. Rita Troy,
Norman VanJaarsveld, Loreen
Vanker, Catherine Vogler. Luz
ellie Wangelin, Joyce WEIGH,
Shirley Westlake, Francis Gala
Yin. ="
Donald Duval, ten years old,
injured his leg on Friday after
noon on the swings az the play
ground. He was taken 70 the
doctors office by Janitro Otto
Boettcher, and later TO the hos
pital for X-Rays. No bones were
broken.
All ball games have been rain i.
ed out for the past week. The
heavy rains have weakened and
washed out the dam near the
ball field.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17

The Geneva Convention re-
quires that food products and
ordinary objects" shall be avail
able to prisoners in canteens, at
local market prices, and that
prisoners must be permitted to
smoke.
The canteens here provide
standard toilet articles, cookies,
soft drinks, pipe tobacco and
few minor items. That is about
all. The shelves look short and
the stock looks scant to anybody
who has frequented our mill
tary post exchanges and seen
their shelves filled with a va
riety of merchandise that any
civilian store would envy.
There were a few packs of Gig
arets, OF brand in low popular
demand before the shortage, on
the shelves. The prisoner at
tendant, and Col. Harvey G.
Storke, commanding officer of
the camp. explained that this
was for display only. Each CO.
operative prisoner is sold three
packs week, of brand not
among the leading six in pop
ularity, through his company.
Un = cooperative pri ers,
of whom the record shows few
here, must roll their own, I was
told in Washington.
PRIVATES MUST WORK
The Geneva Convention per-
mits us to require privates TO
work at anything for which they
are physically fitted and which
is not directly connected with
war operations. Commissioned
and non commissioned officers
may volunteer to work. The
day I checked the records here,
all were working except those
on sick call, a dozen or so in
disciplinary detention. and less
than a dozen on day-off.
There Is "head count" at 6
each morning, then breakfast,
and at the details start for
work. If working outside the
camp they may carry lunch or
it may be sent from the mess
halls. They quit at 5. There Is a
head count at 6. and then the
evening is theirs for reading,
recreation, classes, or anything
satisfying the Geneva Conven-
ton requirement that intellec-
tual diversions and sports organ
lied by themselves shall be en-
couraged.
The library I visited has 2818
general books, 1900 of them in
German, plus $40 in the class
libraries. During the week end
ed April IS, the prisoner librar-
ian said he lent 1880 books to
1866 individuals. OF these $40
were in German (787 fiction)
and $50 in English OPS fiction).
The others were in various
languages.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17
No More Baked Ham Dinners Edict
Hits at Comfort of Nazis in USA
BY s. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

FORT DEVENS, Mass. - In
vivid contrast with stories now
coming out of prisoner-of-war
camps in conquered Germany,
the 3548 Nazi captives here are
living the life of Riley. They are
well-housed. well-clothed, we'll
fed and well-treated.
If Fort Devens is typical OF
all of the 400 bases and branch
camps In which 81 $3.50 German
prisoners, 5O,549 Italians and 3d.
258 Japanese are being held in
this country, then the terms OF
the Geneva Convention are be-
ing complied with fully, In spirit
as in letter. .:
In the past, II appears that we
have gone substantially beyond
the letter of the treaty and have
interpreted its provisions with
over generosity. Recently a more
realistic attitude has been ap-
parent.
It was at this prisoner-of-war
camp that Germans had an East
err Sunday dinner of ham and
thus upset civilians who, while
their men-folk prisoners in Ger
many were starving into human
skeletons, could not get ham for
their own Easter table.
Fort Devens is notable also
because our generosity or decen-
cy toward the men here result
ed in a round robin, started by
the prisoners last December be-
fore our armies crossed the
Rhine, in which 1891 of them
asked the German nation to get
out Of the war.
HOUSED LIKE TROOPS
Before coming here l checked
with the office of the Provost
General in Washington, who has
jurisdiction over all prisoners of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17

and 7th grades with The 7th War
Bond Drive as the subject is
being carried on. Winners will
be announced later.
Floyd A. Webb. Safety Engin-
Ger of the Safety and Traffic
Division of the Automobile Club
Of Michigan gave a safety talk
az all the schools in the city on
Wednesday, his main subject
being bicycle riding Webb COM
plimented the schools for their
fine records regarding accidents
for the past few years.
CLASS LISTED
Members Of the graduating
class are as follows: Bill Allor.
Margaret Ameloot, Lorrain @
Baumgartner, Bob Bertram, Jo-
seph Bierman, Stanley Brzozow-
ski, John Buhalski, Jaunita Car
roll. Kenneth Colegrove, Sally
Ann Davis. Harry Gerberding,
Florria Clubbing, Margaret Gill
bert, Clarence Grimm. Violet
Haff, Glenn Hagen, Marion Hart,
Elise Heinecke. Dorothy Hem
berg. Yctive Henderson, Sophia
Jurek, Milton Kerner, y &c K
Klein, Margaret Konar, Ray
mond Kraft. Elsie Leese, Audrey
Leonard, Margaret Leppler, Ell
eanor Louks, Richard McLaugh-
lin. Beverley MesSer, Irene Mey-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17
EDHS Bond Drive
Sets $12.718.75
E. Series Goal

EAST DETROIT The Sew
enth War Bond Drive was Off
cially launched, Monday, May IA
at East Detroit High school in an
assembly, given during the 9Th
hour. Frank Shokaluk, a repre-
sentative of the Board of Con-
troll introduced the speakers.
Ralph Clark, chairman of Ma
comb county finance committee
led the group in singing, "The
Star Spangled Banner" God
Bless America" and America.
Mr.. McLaurin from the speak
ers bureau of the Detroit war
finance committee gave a very
interesting speec h, including
facts about previous drives. Ar
thur Builta representing the
student body gave a very i'm
pressive speech, calling for an
about bond buying effort.
Mr.. Christensen then told the
students that the goal Is $12,-
1878. II we reach $12,5O0,
this amount will buy an Am
phibian Personnel carrier. 1t is
our desire to 60 even beyond
that goal to Buy a Bomber"
The drive will last until school
is out. The quotas for each
home-room were reached by
planning that one War Bond
should be bought for every two
people or half as many Bonds as
the number of students in the
Ill
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17
Revise Utica
Traffic Plan
Council Imposes
New Reductions

UTICA-A special meeting of
the Utica City Council was held
Tuesday night for the purpose
Of enacting legislation regarding
the traffic in the city. 1t was
moved to amend the traffic or
dinance as follows:
!. To move the post at the
corner of Charles Fosters prop
erty over one car width which
will give the fire department a
clear path out of the fire station.
Also prohibit all parking from
the fire station to the corner Of
Summers (James) street. west
side, and make Summers street
from Clinton to Cass a one way
street going east. This will stop
all congestion on Summers
street when the fire truck is 60
ing out.
Make Cass avenue from Sum-
mers street 10 Main street, both
sides. subject to the two hour
parking limit and the hours
shall be from 8 am. TO 8 pm.
2. Make Main street from
Van Dyke to Dean e. Gladys
garage, on the north side, and
20 the corner of Davis street on
the south side, subject 10 the
two hour parking, which will
include the street beside the
bank building and the street be-
side Chapoton's Clothing store.
Mark off space 80 feet long in
front of the Utica Restaurant
starting in the center of their
building and going east and
west 80 feet each way. Make an
other space at corner of Van
Dyke and Main street south cor
ner bordering on the property
Of the Utica Coop. Oil & Gas
Co. These two spaces are to be
used for the taking on and dis
charging of passengers by the
bus and shall be marked with
no parking signs. The signs on
Main street are already up and
read from 8 am. until 8 pm.
and this shall be the law.
Cass from Main street to the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17
Utica High School Class
Graduation Plans Set

UTICA-The plans for the
graduation of the Senior Class
of l945 of the Utica high school
are beginning 70 take shape. The
following dates are definite: May
25th. Senior Prom; On May %
10 May 81, the Senior trip will
take the students 10 Mackinaw
Island; June 7 and 8. Senior
tests; June 10, the Baccalaureate
Address will be given in the
school auditorium by the Rev.
Fr. E. j. DeKayser. Of st. Law
renee Catholic church; June II,
Class night; June IA. Commence
ment exercises.
At the Senior Prom on May
IS, music will be furnished by
Morrie PARROT and his Rhythum
Rascals. 1t will be semi-formal.
The Student Council are COM
pieting plans to secure a fitting
memorial TO boys and girls from
the Utica schools who are IN
service.
Several students are selling
bonds during the 18th War Bond
which is being sponsored by the
Student Council. The following
students have material and are
ready TO sell: Wesley Smith
Donald Faulkner, Bill Harry,
Jimmie Roberts, Genevieve Maj
ewski, Ronnie Austin, Marilee
Mcclellan. Estelle Carlton, La
Yonne Stevens.
An essay contest in the 9th
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17

corner of Hall road on the west,
and Cass street from Main to
the alley behind the Rinke
property On the east, and Hall
road from the post office to the
corner to the Utica Coop. Oil
& Gas station on the north, and
Hall road from Van Dyke to
corner of Cass street on the
south shall be subject TO two
hour parking and the hours
shall be 9 am. until 8 pm. Cass
street from Hall road 10 Van
Dyke shall be am. 10 8 pm,
also from Hall TO CaSs on Van
Dyke side, no parking 30 feet
from corner Of Hall road north
on Van Dyke nor parking 20
feet from corner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-17
Aluminum,s Power Need

To make one pound Of alumni
mum requires as much electrical
current as Is used In the average
American home over a period OF
more than three days.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17

limit the number of stores that could be owned
by any one company in given area, and it
would snecify the distance from the home
office that these stores could be located.
The bill seems almost too childish to con-
slider, but there it is to take up the time Of
Congress- And there it is to help block produc-
ton and Jobs through limiting the opportuni-
ties for distribution through certain retail out
lets, and preventing other retail outlets from
growing in size to take the place of those des-
troyed.
Such impractical measures can short-circuit
the DEVELOPMENT of constructive Congressional
plans for postwar expansion in all fields of &C
tivity in which retailing must be the key to
successful increased production.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
The NOn-PrOfit Tax

Consumer cooperatives are becoming in
creasingly active in the retail field. Any group
of people can go together and buy in quantity
and sell to themselves lat cost" Because their
action is theoretically not for profit, consumer
co-ops enjoy freedom from most taxation 9th
er business must make a profit to live and
pay the taxes to maintain government and all
of it's services which the non-profit, tax-favor-
ed businesses enjoy.
The fact that, through cooperation every
consumer can, in effect, become his own gro
Ger, butcher, baker and candlstick maker,
and thus buy everything cheaper by elimina-
ting the profit which is included in the usual
retail price, sounds attractive. Consumer CO.
ops start by dealing in commodities which are
produced by few, if any, OF the consumer Gus
toners. Therefore, the elimination of profit
does not at first adversely affect many of the
consumers. But as the movement to eliminate
profit gains Roadway, like the rolling snow
ball, it cuts into the business of individuals
who make reasonable profit by serving their
fellow citizens
You can't have complete liberty and oppor-
tunity under either state socialism or the
consumer cooperative idea-both OF which
eliminate incentive and profit. You can't have
your cake, which is the profit reward, and a,
the same time destroy your opportunity to carr
the profit.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
Outdoing Aladdin

The most common thing in life are often the
most essential, although few people realize
it. The war has brought this fact out in bold
relief and proved that our everyday necessi-
ties are more valuable than gold.
For instance, sack of flour, ham, quar-
ter of beef or a ton Of coal, have value far
beyond gold-they will sustain life gold will
not.
Biturninous coal, for example, means power
and heat-prinary necessities in sustaining
life Coal has become such a dramatic part of
o,r nations welfare that motion picture has
been cast around it, titled Power Unlimited
The wizards of modern chemistry have
created more magic from lump Of coal than
Aladdin ever dreamed Of. Coal dust has been
turned into diaphsnous gowns. SCOT has been
transformed into major ingredient of the.
most delicate perfume Durgs, cosmetics, dyes
and countless daily necessities now stem from
the lowly lump of bituminous coal.
No greater testimonial can be offered as to
me genius and initiative of American enter
prise then the metamorphosis it has worked
IN the production and use of coal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
The Pipes Of War

At the risk of having to eat the above words,
It must be admitted that there are constant
factors that cling to warfare in spite of all the
technical advancements that each war seems
to bring. There are courage and basic strate.
Nv. of course. But there are also more tan.
gible followers.
1t has been demonstrated recently that
meats and walls still present quite problem
to modern assault forces, and that big sling
shot is excellent for grenade throwing. Now
comes word that, on successive nights, Ger
man forces were impelled to surrender to
Scottish and Canadian troops by the sound
Of bagpipes playing in the forest on a dark,
wet, dismal night.
In the supercharged darkness Of a battle
night, the shrill sound of the pipes nigh well
strike terror to the hearts of the maser race
and fill their minds with ghostly fears, just
as it has to Scotlands other enemies for the
last thousand years or so.
So it seems that the bagpipe has lost none
Of it's effectiveness as an instrument Of what
is now called psychological warfare. And its
persuasion may be enhanced by the COM
mon knowledge that the Scots usually fight in
a manner that makes their musics initial
terrifying impression lasting one
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
-Circiuting Production

In the drive for postwar production and jobs,
the manufacturers and retailers OF the United
States are preparing ambitious plans. Wash
ington authorities urge greater production to
create more Jobs, but there can be no greater
production without greater dlstrloutlon ana
sale Of goods.
In the face of these seh-evident facts, bill
has been introduced in Congress that would
limit production by a confiscatory tax on
larger chain stores.
The theory of the bill is that it would aid
so.ca1,ed independents, whereas 1t would pre-
vent an independent from ever hoping to gro"
h.vond . certain size because, in addition to
Satisfactory tax penalties on sze' " woa.o
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
New Hanover Schools
Seek ESQ Fire Pumps

H. M. Roland, superintendent Of
schools, announced yesterday that
efforts were in progress to secure
for the New Hanover school sys-
tenn 280 of the Civilian Defense
auxiliary fire pumps that OCD has
announced it will distribute among
state schools.
Sheriff c. David Jones, COM
mander of the county civilian de-
tense set-up, explained that the fire
pumps to be divided among North
Carolina educational institutions
represented "a surplus amount
found on hand"
A Federal government check-up
on civilian defense equipment made
in cooperation with State OCD of.
ficials, disclosed that we had $50
pumps in our warehouse here, "
the sheriff said, land that 500
should be turned in" He added that
he did not know whether the fire
equipment had been returned.
Supt. Roland said the pumps If.
obtained will be divided among the
schools"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
The Literary Guidepost

the field and in White House;
Washington and Pierce are called
better presidents than generals;
Taylor, Grant, Garfield and Ben
jamin Harrison got more credit
as generals than as presidents.
Except in the case of Grant,
they were approximately as ca
pable in the White House as their
military abilities would have led
us to expect. The Goebels find
little or no evidence of Caesarism
among them, either in act or in
aspiration. TT was not the gen.
erals who moved us into our
wars" they assert; and they
maintain that the general-presi-
dents conducted our foreign at
fairs with at least as much pru-
dence as any other White House
occupants.
The last of the nine were prod
ucts of the Civil War. The Goe-
bells say "it would be marvellous"
if we didn't elect another soldier
some day. That's what they say,
but what they mean is, they think
we are likely to, and think it
would be perfectly safe to.
Pershing, in the last war, said
no. Macarthur, in this war, said
n-n-n-n-no. Eisenhower, c a r k
Patton, Bradley she we be
skins Them
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
Blind Justice

A critic of American business says that the
War Labor Board must control Montgomery
Ward mr. 90 out of business, at great peril to
the winning Of the war.
The musicians union defied the War Labor
Board and the President OF the United States.
II was rewarded financially instead of penaliz
nd. and the War Labor Board did not go out
OF business. The musicians union and Mont
eomery Ward could be wiped out and not q
ripple made in the war activity.
It is difficult to understand why such pro-
e.dure is countenanced in a land where all
men are supposed to be equal IN the eyes Of
the law. But the pressure is increasing eaef
day for the passage Of laws and their inter
probation based on class privilege, ratner tnar
equal justice for all.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-17
Oh Yeah?
By The Associated Press

Japa civilians reHalAIu
calm and unperturbed' Wnl-s
more than 1900 U. S. naval Ca!
rier planes spattered the IoA!v N.Y.
Yokohama area with bombs anu
machinegun fire, Tokyo fsu"
claimed today. -.
The raid failed TO aztec, wv
citizens morale in the least 20. a..
the broadcast of a Domel ss'4. M
dispatch, beamed to the Ulh,r me-
States and heard by Federal o0, w.,
munications Commission month";. ~,
While speculation that tine 'u
envy purposely chose the rush Ho' "a
for his raid on the metrop0NS "
as to interrupt our production 5s,,,
vities," the propaganda 0roaqcs ~
said that workers already naa al. "a
rived at their post when 'As
sirens sounded. .,.
The japanese never nave W.
cededthat American raids
the heaviest SuperfortreSs p-I s.,,
have seriously interferred win -, ~,
tory production, but recent IV .s.t
broadcasts have announced '. -,
some Nipponese war factories
being moved to Manchuria'