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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
Truman Just captain
Harry Of Dizzy D" 10
Buddies Of World War |
BY Jack Stinnett

WASHINGTON, May 15.-"Buddy
he may be President Truman of the
United States to you and millions OF
others around the world, but to the
SINNERS and cannoneers of Dizzy
D., he still is and always will be
Captain Harry"
That's Eddie Meisburger talking
Eddie is known these days as a
newspaperman and chronicler for
the Veterans of Foreign Wars mag
azine) of the exploits of Captain
Harry" in World War 1, but from
the survivors of Capt. Harry S,
Truman's Battery D, 10th Field Ar
tillery 35th Division, he generally
gets the greeting: "Hi-ya, Sarge.
AS in the case with most nick
names, no one seems quite certain
where the outfit picked up the
Dizzy D.. The battery was made
up mostly of boys recruited in the
Kansas City area Immediately after
the outbreak of the war There
were some Schmidts, Higginbothams
and such in the battery, but accord
ing to Meisburger, they were most
ly Murphys, Caseys, Donnellys and
the likes.
Truman, veteran OF the Mexican
border campaign, already was an
officer in the 129th--a dark haired,
bespecatled young man, with high
water CT haircut. His wide mouth
and sparkling eyes could be firm, but
there always was hint that they
would rather curl into grin.
Capt Truman took over on July
II, 1918, at Coetguedon, France. Ed
die remembers that it was rainy
night and some of the boys who
had been whooping it up came
clomping in long after taps, stepped
on a few of their buddies and start
ed a miniature riot that sent four
of the Dizzy DIS" to the infirmary
for repairs and the officer of the
day after Capt. Truman.
The new captain looked over the
wreckage and, instead of storming,
said quietly: Men, we have lot OF
work to do in short time You'll
need all the rest you can get. Now
get to bed Well see about this in
the morning"
From that night to this, he has
been Captain Harry" to the men
of the Dizzy D.. The next day he
called his on-commissioned Off
GERS together, explained that he had
enough to do with training the
battery and working over firing
problems and that it was up to
them to keep order by example,
muscle or both.
In the field, Truman ate with his
men, slept in the mud with them
when there was time for sleep, stuck
to his observation post under fire
and tossed off such rapid fire CAL
culations of accurate firing orders
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

October 3, General Dor was
captured-to be liberated from q
German prison camp only q few
days ago.
UNDERGROUND DISBANDED
General Ockulicki went into
hiding with the political leaders.
Early in February he radioed
the London Polish Government
that "for basic political reasons"
it would be necessary to disband
the Home Army. Not question
ing the advice of its top military
leader in Poland, the order was
issued and effective resistance
of the Polish underground
practically ceased. Ockuliki
himself stayed underground un-
til March IS when his identity
was disclosed to tn Russians
and he was persuaded to come
out into the open to cooperate
with the Russians in setting up
a new government. That led to
his trip to Russia-presumably
en- route to London-with the
Is political leaders six weeks
later.
His forced detention by the
Soviet Government was con-
firmed by Foreign Commissar
Molotov at San Francisco.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25

South overtrumped with the ten
spot, forcing him to ruff in dunn
my with the queen. Now, you
can see that 1t looks as If Mr.. Gil
van will have to lose another
spade trick to North's nine spot.
At this point, a heart was led
to the king, small heart was
played to dummy's ace and the
seven of hearts ruffed with the
six spades. The queen of clubs
was overtaken in dummy with
the ace and the ten of hearts was
trumped with the seven OF
spades. This left East with the
jack and eight of spades and
North with the nine and deuce.
Mr.. Givan won the next trick
in dummy with the ace Of clubs
and now led q club. which
North had to trump. Mr.. Givan
overtrumped and won the last
trick with the Jack Of spades
making his contract.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
. BARBS

An Indian woman stole to bail
her husband out of Jail. He's
still in, but at least she's with
him.
Juvenile crime is on the in
crease. That indicates more par
ents are not on spanking terms
with their children.
Sugar has again disappeared
from some restaurant tables.
xxx marks the spot where
they've cut down.
A Colorado woman has had
81 operations, but you get only
one guess as to what she talks
about.
Women crime investigators are
as valuable as men, says an Ohio
judge. Maybe because they're
good lockers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
NEW TALENT TO THE FORE

The War Monpower Commission has announced
that it will conduct an inventory Of male labor en-
pIoyed in the vending and amusement machine in
dustry Of 6reoter Cleveland, Ohio with an eye to.
ward putting the to work at highly skilled jobs
in armament plants.
Anyone who ever watched one Of these wizords
set orieht the highly complicated innords Of Gig
oret machine or iuke box will oeree thot they could
assemble bomb-seht with boxing gloves on, and
that the VINO really has something.
The possibilities fascinating Imagine bon-
bordier over Tokyo pressing the button on eodeet
turned out by one Of these excoin machine nechop-
les. Conoident with the dropping Of bombs, Kay Ky
ser would probably play "I'II Be Seeing YOU" and
then out would pop poekoee Of leading brand.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
, SO THEY SAY
Success IF this proposed or

Success IF this proposed or
ganization will depend on the
integrity of the major powers
for the first 10 years or so I.
This thing is so logical it should
have happened 10000 years ago.
Sgt. John B. Thompson of
Minneapolis on Comdr. Stassen's
staff at San Francisco.
These (Nazi) crimes cry be-
fore God. Yet we fear that unless
definite steps are taken to wipe
out the Nazi philosophy, this
could happen again. - Commit
tee of Catholics for H u m q n
Rights.
There can't be another war.
But if there were, nothing would
serve but to put our factories un-
foreground. Dispersal, we found,
is no guarantee. - Official of
Siemens Schuckert, Nuremberg
industrial equipment manufac-
turerS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
By PETER EDISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service staff Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO-Key fig
ure among the Is Polish lead
ers held under arrest by the
Russians since April 80 is
Brig. Gen. Leopold Ockulicki,
whose full story will make one
of the thrillers of the war when
il can all be told. He is in no
sense political leader, as are
the other IS in this group which
disappeared under such mysteri-
Gus circumstances, to the en-
barrassment of the harmonious
relationships of major United
Nations powers, but few men
did more to further the advance
of the Red Armies across Pol
and. This fact alone makes his
detention by the Russians all
the more incomprehensible.
Ockulicki was a colonel in the
Polish Army when the war
broke out in 1899. He fought the
Germans until the last, then sur
rendered as a prisoner of war to
the Russians. He was released in
194l after the Stalin-Sikorski
pact of mutual friendship, and
was evacuated with the Polish
armies to the Middle East. When
these Polish units were trans
ferred to the Italian front, Ocku-
licki went along as Chief of
Staff, staying in that post until
he was ordered to London early
in 1914 as deputy to General
Dor, commander of the Home
Army, as the Polish under
ground forces were officially
designated.
PARACHUTED TO POLAND
Though General Ockulicki
was man of so, he took train
ing as parachutist with Polish
forces in Scotland. He was
dropped from a plane over Pol
ish territory, where he took
command of Home Army de-
tachments in the face of retreat
ing Germans and the on-com-
ing Russians.
In July, 1914, General Ocku-
licki sent one of his aides to
Washington to confer with the
combined Chiefs of Staff. This
aide was known in Washington
as General Tabor.
Though he was kept closely
under the wraps of military Sc
curity at the time, it can now
be revealed that this General
Tabor brought with him outlines
for plan to coordinate the op-
erations of the Polish Under
ground Army with the armies of
General Eisenhower in western
Europe. 1t was the plan of Gen.
eral Ockulicki that the Polish
Home Army, operating through
Polish slave labor in Poland,
Germany and Belgium, could
disrupt the east-west lateral
-mmunication lines in these
three countries so that the
Wehrmacht could not move its
dwindling reserves from one
front to the other. To carry out
this plan, General Ockulicki
said he would need certain sup
plies of special weapons and ex-
plosives dropped to him by the
parachute supply line.
The plan was communicated
to the Russians through Soviet
military attaches in Washington.
The plan is believed to have
been turned down by the Rus
slams on the grounds that the
Red Army did not want the
Poles to be supplied with any
arms whatever.
In spite of this setback, Gen.
eral Ockulicki kept up his cam
p N of underground disruption
of the German war effort and
aid to the Russians. In August
the Warsaw uprising was or
dered. theoretically it was to be
coordinated with and relieved
by the advances of the Red
Army. Though the uprising was
continued for SO days, Russian
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON-One of the
Governments m st valuable
possessions, the fabulous seal
skin business, worth approx
mately S100,00O,000 to the U. S.
Treasury with its secret formula
for processing, has been rescued
from Jap trickery and armed
attempts to take it.
Announcement of this victory
comes from Y. S. Fish and Wild
life Service with the revelation
that the herd, depleted by Jap
raids, has been restored to 81
100000 seals. Also revealed for
the first time is the Jap attempt
to steal the jealousy guarded
secret processing formula just
before Pearl Harbor.
The Fouke Fur Company Of
st. Louis, Mo-, uses the formula
in trust for the Government.
More than 90 per cent of all seal
skins in the world used for mi
lady's fur coats are handled by
this company. The process is one
Of the most carefully guarded
industrial secrets that exists.
Shortly before Pearl Harbor
officials of the company got a
request from the japanese Gov
eminent to let a party of rising
summers inspect the plant. With
no apparent reason to suspect an
Interior motive, permission was
granted.
More than a dozen Nips show
ed up to make the tour, and
things looked entirely above
board until one Of the guides
noticed they were busily snap
ping pictures with tiny, but pow
erful, cameras. The party was
halted Immediately, in time 80
that not enough of the process
was revealed to do the visitors
any good. The whole incident
was turned over to the State De-
partment but before any action
could be taken the big shooting
started at Pearl Harbor.
Baffled in attempts to steal
the process the Japs then tried
to get the seal themselves.
Practically all the seas 9in the
world live on two tiny barren
islands in the Boring Sea called
the Pribilof Islands. When the
Japs moved into nearby Attn the
Government evacuated the ma
tives and prepared for the worst.
SNEAK ATTACKS
No invasion of the islands
was attempted but Jap fisher
men were known to have lurked
off-shore killing as many of the
valuable seals as they could.
Seriously depleted years before
by exploitation and other Jap
sneak attacks on the herds, this
valuable source of wealth was
threatened with extinction.
u. s. Fish and Wildlife went
to work, however, TO recreate
the herd. Now 1t is able TO an
nounce that il has been restored
TO 100000 healthy seals with
the threat of extinction past. At
the peak there were 100000
seals when the u. S. got the is
lands from Russia in 1867. This
year, sales of the valuable fur,
popular for its appearance and
wearing qualities, will net the
Government s10,000.000. Only
the fur from 4-year-old males is
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

! received tOday's Interesting
hand from Thomas H. Givan of
Rixford. Pa, and it is q rather
unusual grand coup situation.
The opening lead was won by
North with the king, the ace
cashed and the small diamond
returned, which was won In
dummy with the queen. The
king OF spades was played and
North jumped right in with the
ace and returned the ten of dia-
monds. Mr.. Givan trumped the
trick with the five of spades but
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
Rowing Reporters

i'm fro tn l esSdm. easskiethodr
used. Skins from the old bulls
are too badly SCARED from
fights.
Not enough of the young males
are killed to halt the growth Of
the herd.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

LY YOURS: Warner Bros. has
shelved plans to star Enrol Flynn
in The Adventures of Don
Juan" But Flynn, no doubt,
will continue to play the role off
the screen. The Bogart-
call co-starrer, ITO Have and
Have Not" was released un-
der the title Maybe" in South
America. But it's no mabe about
their marriage, now that Mayo
Methot has her divorce. They
were wed at Louis Bromfield's
Ohio farm May 2lst. De-
spite their impending divorce,
Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward
are collaborating on movie
script about the W. bombings in
England.
Clark Gable veers to Anita
Colby and then veers right back
to Virginia Gray. Greer
Garson's new hair-do in This
Strange Adventure" will have
the boys whistling from here to
the Marianas. She's wear it
shoulder-length in mass Of
ringlets. Jimmy Durante
is having the time of his life
learning to dance for M-G-Ms
1.-TWO Sisters From Boston" He's
been in show business 35 years
and never danced step.
Bobby seekers are now claim
ing they've named the end Of the
war for Van Johnson-V-J day.
George Pals three-year-
old Puppetoon, Tulips Shall
Grow" will be one of the first
films shown in liberated Hol-
land.
TENAFLY FUNNY.FOLK
Ozzie Nelson's home town,
Tenafly, N. j., is deluging Pro-
ducers Pine and Thomas with
letters pleading for the premiere
of People Are Funny" THE
funniest people in the world"
wrote one citizen, live in Tena-
fly
Angela Green Is helping Pat
de Cicco extinguish that torch
he's supposed to be carrying for
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski. -.
Louise La blanche, who casts a
terrific shadow, has been named
the perfect posture girl by the
Pittsburgh School of Models.
Now that we thought Rum
and Coca Cola was just a men,
DRY, Tunesmith Henderson is
writing Rye and Papaya Juice"
Eek! Tunesmith Louis
Herscher's latest, United Ma
tons Anthem" sounds more
constructive Blonde Vir-
ginia Bruce will turn brunei
for her new Republic flicker,
Love, Honor and Goodbye"
She'll wear a wig. Metro is
talking about filming Carmen"
with Rise Stevens in the title
role. Marilyn Maxwell may
do the lead in the musical, Me-
lie Bly," which Eddie Cantor is
reading for a fall opening on
Broadway.
Press agent for Bandleader
Spade Cooley, vegetarian and
health addict, arranged an in
terview with a physical culture
magazine. Day of the inter-
view, Spade was flat on his back
with pneumonia.
"GILDERSLEEvE" SEES CTS
Hal "The Great Gilderslecve"
Peary will spend five Of his eight
weeks summer vacation touring
service hospitals. Abbott
and Costello will give their lat
est singing find, Bob Matthews,
Frank Sinatra buildup.
Orson Welles and 17-year-old
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
BOOTS AND SADDLES

We still cont find out who wears these brown.
ond-wt,ite sodde oxfords until they're dirty enough
for the bobby soxers to put without feeling i'm
properly dressed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Richard Lond did an intimate
father-and-son scene for Inter-
nationals Tomorrow Is For.
ever" Everyone thought it was
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25
MANPoWER IN THE KITCHEN

We never did see how it came out. All we no.
tioed was little item saying thot regional war
Monpower Commission had questioned new ruling
from Washington headquarters which held that dish
washers were essential but chefs not. But that
item was enough to fill US with dread
The .ruIino is obviously bachelors work. No
'norried man or woman would think Of making it.
The donoer isn't in the obvious foot that dishwosh-
ers would scarcely be essential if the non-essentio
chef didn't show up to prepare the groundwork Tor
their important Iobors Nor is it much in the
possible effect on the restaurant business No, the
dancer is in the rulings impoct on the we-ordered
American home.
A lot Of husbands wash dishes these doys So
do lot Of sons and daughter Some always have
Others began when housemoids swormed out Of
Americas kitchens like so many Jennings and
scompered to war jobs.
But whether these husbands and youngsters or
rived at the sink through necessity kindIness CO.
ercion they created what at best is delicoely bo-
onced situotion Their breokoee rote is rather high
Some washers are Of the sIopdosh school, others ore
thorough and moddenneIy slow. In either case they
seldom do the Job with Mothers effortless efficiency
But Mother doesn't complain. She is grateful for
the help, whatever its quality The kitchen police in
turn have usually been pretty modest about the whole
thinq And patient even though the kids have been
late for their movie dates and foher has often had
his fovorite radio program drowned out by the slosh
of water and cIotter Of Dishes
The kitchen police have seen Mother choke Oft
hosty, impatient word and have realized that their
washing and drying technique left something to be
desired They have known that her forbeoronce was
possible only because Of her sincere gratitude. And
thus, through this reciprocal, precorous emotional
balance, great many incpent kitchen revoIts have
died o-bornine.
But we shudder to think what might happen it
that VINO order ever gained currency The home
dshwoshers could scarcely resist preening them.
selves little and putting on O few oirs. This would
surely upset Mother the non.essentioI chef cook,
and good her into action.
The more temperomentol housewives would prob
ably 90 on culinary strike The miIder and connier
ones would insist that since housekeeping was their
business they would have to insist that they take
over the essential kitchen job and leave the minor
matter Of cooking to Dad and the kids.
There is no need to speculate upon the dire re-
suits. They ore only too practicable - ruined tenn
pers, ruined digestons complete domestic chaos. So
we beseech you, WNC cot your words before the no.
ton has to quit eating entirely.
NEW TALENT TO THE FORE
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-25

swell except Welles who said, II
still don't believe we'll ever sup
plant Lewis Stone and Mickey
Rooney"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-23

nearly every night in the week and
I want to say here that you, Elmer,
deserve a lot of credit for taking
care of so many kids.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-23
BARNEY'S LOSE CHAMPION
SHIP IN THRILLER

With Tiger Scout Wish Egan
watching the game, Barney's Bar
gave a great exhibition but fell be-
fore the superior hitting Of the
Dearborn DeSoto team in the State
play-offs.
Starting with a bang, Joe Cate.
rino gave Wyandotte two runs with
his homerun with one on In the
first inning but Wyandotte was
stopped cold for the next 9 innings
although having no great changes
to score. Bob Girardin struck out
10 and allowed hits. He pitched
over many Dearborn opportunities
and after pitching nine innings and
it was getting dusky it was decided
to pitch Bill McGrath. local speed
ball pitcher, in the 10th. Dearborn
hit Bill hard when he had to grove
the ball due to wildness.
The local boys are waiting word
from the National Tournament
Committee regarding their chances
to go to Dayton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-23

nearly every night in the week and
want to say here that you, Elmer,
deserve a lot of credit for taking
care of so many kids.
The two games in the Wyandotte
Chemicals League play-off will both
start at $50 tonight. These games
had originally been scheduled for
$50 and 7:45. Remember, both
games start at $50 The place
the Wyandotte Chemicals Club dia-
mond.
The first game of the Junior Old
Timers was played last Tuesday
night. In the first game Elmer's
easily defeated the Penn Salt crew,
7 to /. In the second game, Lens
Inn made a runaway of things and
cleaned up on Oak Cafe, Is to 4.
Tonight all four Of these teams will
play in the second round of the
playoffs. Both games will be at
Pulaski Park and the first game
starts at $50. The second will start
at 7:45.
For the next few days in base
ball and softball- Tonight at Pu-
laski Park, two games, Junior Old
Timers, first game at $50. At the
Wyandotte Chemical Park two
games, both starting at $780,
Friday night. August 24-Inter-
City Boys Junior Softball Tourna-
ment, at o'clock, - Highland Park
and Barney's Bar. 7:15, Wayne and
Dearborn. Both of these games will
be played at the Wyandotte Chem
icals Park. These teams are in the
minor division. At Pulaski Park
Rizzi of River Rouge and Warren
Township will play with this game
getting away at tbs. Next game,
Modern Flower and Wayne. Both
games are scheduled for Pulaski
Park. Also at Wyandotte Chemical
park there is Glass A Softball
playoff game and this will start at
$3.50.
Saturday, August Is, Pulaski Park
-Semi-final in the major softball
game starting at $50. There will
also be one semi-final game played
at the Wyandotte Chemicals park
game starting at $50. THEN the
two final games in the major and
minor league play-offs will be
played at Pulaski Park with the
first game starting at 7:45 and the
second at 9:15.
For the fans who have a little
time Sunday, a semi-final in the
Wyandotte Chemical League will be
played at the Wyandotte Chemicals
park with this game starting at
$50.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-23

Combination Basement Screen
and Storm Sash-White Pine.
Each sass
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-23
Defeat Dearborn Nine
TO Take Championship
BarneY's Bar Drop Game to
DeSoto Team in PlaY-Offs

Defeating Dearborn 4-5, Elmer
Krouse's boys won the first State
Championship held in the midget
baseball league. The boys, all under
IA years of age, came from behind
In the last inning to take the cham
pionship.
Team members are as follows.
Gerald Lezotte, Tom Stephens. Jerry
Pivowarski, Barney Trusewig, JOS
eph Gressot. Gilbert Magellan, DON
aid Springstead, Walter Woftala,
Joseph Bouley, John Dylavski, A.
Ginger. John Grpegoczyk, Walter
Mimnaugh, Fred Ruston, Frank
Loniewski, Harold Roskoski, G. Fill
ipiak, Matthew Zajchowski.
Lineup.