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tinuous bombing, strafing and she'll
ing, T/Sergt. Donald N. Roberts,
Coshocton, Ohio, a machine gunner,
completed and sent in to USAFI an
other'in his series of automobile me-
chanics lessons.
Spanish Class on Bougainville.
Bougainville is considered one of
the wettest islands in the world, with
II feet of rainfall year. Despite
weather conditions, another soldier,
T/Sergt. John Alcorn of San Fran
cisco, conducted nightly Spanish les
sons for his mates under the USAFI
group study plan. He also studied
Japanese by himself.
Because he had missed elemen-
tary physics 10 years before while in
high school, Pvt. Richard E. Gun
nerson, Kansas City, Mo-, stationed
in North Africa with an operations
office attached to an engineer unit,
studied USAFPs elementary physics
course.
While in North African battle
area, S/Sergt. Donald L. Clement
continued his bookkeeping lessons.
Returning his papers for correction
to USAFI he wrote: "Red ink has
not been used on these bookkeeping
lessons, as I do not have any avail
able and the local foxhole does not
carry it in stock"
From Anzio beachhead, when
American forces were pinned down
for months, an infantryman wrote
of his USAFI course: cts funny
but can concentrate best when I'm
driven into my hole by artillery fire
and have to stay there for hours.
I keep my books and typewriter
in the hole and just start studying
when the Smelling begins"
Nearly Three Years Old.
Established in April, 1912, as the
Army Institute, to give Army enlist
ed personnel chance to continue
study that the war had interrupted,
to aid them with their military
duties, and by adding to their edu-
cation, improve their citizenship,
USAFI's services were extended to
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard personnel in September, 1912.
The following February the name
was changed to United States Armed
Forces Institute.
An official Army and Navy school,
its headquarters a former mail-or-
der company store overlooking the
Wisconsin capitol at Madison,
USAFI is operated by the War De-
partment Information Education
Division, Army Service Forces) with
the cooperation of the Navy Depart
ment Educational Services Section,
Bureau of Navy PersonneD.
At first USAFI offered only cor
respondence courses. Now, howev-
er, self-teaching courses and Off
duty classes have been added. Self
teaching study and off-duty group
studies have been particularly feas-
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on homes owned by veterans.
Where veteran on his own be-
half secures first mortgage on his
home from Federal agency or un-
der Federal insurance, he also can
borrow down-payment through a
second loan up to $1,000. fully guar.
anteed by the Federal Government.
The law limits the interest rates
which may be charged and requires
repayment within 20 years
A veteran can buy home without
having the ready money for a
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A Tokyo broadcast tells of the de-
cline in Jap revenue from excuses
not the only government that has a
yen for taxes.
Another farm land-boom is on,
according to the secretary of agri-
culture, like the one in the last war.
Well, there is nothing that brightens
up room in the poorhouse like pa
pering it with mortgages.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-01-19

The production Of safety razor
blades is sufficient for the current
quarter, the WPB assures US. No
excuse for the five o'clock shadow.
Stuart Chase says that once big
business, big unions and big farmers
moved in on the scene, it took big
government to cope with them. Now
Il only John @. Public grows big
enough, he may get show, too.
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Students Of 'Foxhoie, University
Do Homework Between Battles
A Million Servicemen
Continue Education
By Correspondence

A few months ago an Ameri-
can doughboy lay concealed in
an advance scout post among
Italy's hills, walkie talkie
strapped to his chest and strain
ing every faculty to catch any
sound from the Germans just
over the crest of the rise.
Suddenly he heard a cultural
voice, speaking authoritatively
in German. The Yank frowned
in concentration, trying to catch
a few words. Fortunately, he
had been studying German in
"Foxhole University in his
spare time, and the knowledge
of it he had already gained
proved sufficient.
Swapping open the circuit of his
walkie-talkie he raised his own COM
mand post in the rear, and warned:
They're going to move behind the
hill to the right, and send a few
men to the left as feint. Watch
out for tricks
He had understood the German
voice correctly. American gunners
ignored the feinting movement, fired
when the thanking maneuver had
been almost completed, and prac-
tically annihilated the enemy COM
pany.
This time the soldiers German
studies paid a timely dividend, but
this is not unusual as Foxhole Uni
versity's courses frequently improve
the students military efficiency at
the same time that they improve
his chances of success upon his re-
turn to civilian life.
Founded early in 1912, "Foxhole
University" formally known as the
United States Armed Forces Insti-
tute, is now the worlds largest edu-
cational institution. In November,
1914, approximately 100000 men
and women in uniform were study
ing individually in correspondence of
self-teaching courses or in groups in
locally organized classes.
Far-Flung Student Body.
Wherever Americans are stationed
throughout the world, men and
women of the army, navy, coast
guard and marine corps are study
ing subjects ranging from econom-
les to engineering or from Spanish
to sociology. And the students them
selves are just about as varied as
the curriculum.
For instance, there's Pvt. Arnold
Brewer, an Eskimo member of the
Sixth Supply Squadron, who is based
inside the Arctic circle. In his off
duty hours he is studying USAF1's
Elementary English course.
A corporal in a medical battalion,
William H. Lindley had completed
three years pre-medical study at In
diana University when he entered
the Army. After. completing his
Army basic training, he enrolled
through USAFI in an extension
course given by Indiana University
He is accommodating credits toward
his M. D. degree.
Salvatore J. EGO, Philadelphia,
left high school before he had COM
pleted his senior year. A sergeant
in fuel control Office at an air
base, EGO became the first soldier
in the North African, Italian or Mid
die East theaters of war to obtain
high school diploma for in-service
training.
Scarcely month after Americans
had established a beachhead on
Bougainville in the South Pacific,
while the island was still under con-
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Pattern No. 1850 comes in sizes 2. 3,
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Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
Is required in filling orders for a few
OF the most popular pattern numbers.
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WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, d. C.
Recently I saw a list of IL Euro
pean countries with an estimate Of
the number of calories consumed in
each now, as compared with their
inhabitants prewar diet.
It was just at the time when the
Greek revolt was well under way
and only a tight lid was keeping the
Belgian pot from boiling over.
The calorie consumption in those
two countries was the lowest on the
list, 81 and So per cent, respectively,
of their prewar diet.
About that time Myron Taylor, the
Presidents representative at the
Vatican, was warning the Allies that
If communism came to Italy, it
would come over empty stomachs.
Adding up this data the natural as
sumption is that hunger is the chief
cause of unrest in Europe. But 1t
isn't as simple as that. I made some
Investigations and came upon a
number of interesting facts which
prove the dangers of over-simplif-
cation.
Number one is: Low calories may
be a symptom and not disease. In
other words, disorganization and re-
volt affect the food supply as well
as being affected by it.
Number two: Destruction and dis
organization are the chief causes Of
famine and the type of destruction
which affects the food supply is not
the destruction of food. It is the
smashing of railways and rolling
stock and blowing up Of bridges and
doing other things that interrupt
transportation. This has done more
to create areas of starvation than
any planned destruction of the crops
themselves by the enemy.
Number three: Conditions are fire.
quently worse after countries are
liberated.
One common misconception which
needs to be corrected is the total
amount and distribution of the food
shortage. Since Europe's food prob
lens are of vital concern to Amer
lea it might be well to clear up
some of these erroneous ideas.
Problem Varies in
Different Countries
In the first place, in the early
years of the war the situation was
painted too black. There were va
rious reasons for this. Among them
the fact that many countries exag-
gerated their plight, asking for more
than they expected for fear of get
ting less than they really needed.
Later the picture was painted far
too rosily. Through all this time the
experts were not fooled but the pub
lie was.
1T is wrong to say that Europe is
starving. 1t is wrong to say that
nobody is starving or will starve," I
was informed by person who is in
a position to know if anyone is.
The point is that the situation in
various places varies greatly and
here we come back to the question
of transportation. We might use
Greece as an example of a place
where revolt bae Increased the Sc
r;onsness of the food situation One
If the chief concerns of persons who
had M political interest whatever in
whether Greece became a purple
coTnInrn;sno hut who were inter
eetad IN seeing that the Atben;,ns
didn,+ starve was the fact that he
cause of the fiehtinp shiploads Of
food Law untouched in the harbor of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-08
Planning Group
Launches Study
of City Needs

Initial steps in the task OF the
newly created City Planning
Commission to map the future
expansion and regulation OF
Mount Clemens were taken at
their weekly meeting Wednes-
day on the third floor of the
Macomb County building.
Commissioners, meeting un-
der the direction of the ehair-
man, George w. Hargreaves'
adopted a plan whereby groups
of two and three members Will
Immediately launch research
work into the propositions OF
erecting a new city hall; plan.
ming q recreation center and
neighborhood play centers; zon-
ing, and coordination OF recrea,
ton efforts with plans OF the
Mount Clemens School Board.
Members will study the pro
jects in their charge; investigate
land purchase or rental possib'i'
files, and do the groundwork
for future discussion by the
commission as q whole.
Each survey will not be lim
See PLANS-Page 2
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Dutch, British
Hur| Back
Native Hordes
unconscious Appear
TO be Acquiring
Organized Methods

BATAVIA, Nov. 8-R- A
band of 1000 Indonesians was
beaten off by British Indian
troops and tanks today near
Batavia as tension mounted
throughout Java.
Almost simultaneously Dutch
forces threw back another at
tack on the Tjililitan airfield on
the southeast outskirts of the
capital, scattering a band of 800
Nationalist after pitched bat
tie which lasted nearly an hour.
The British colonel whose
troops beat back the first attack.
Allied internees and war pris'
aimed at a camp for released
oners, said that for the first time
the Indonesians appeared to be
fighting under organized lead
ershi.p.
He said that when the fight
ing ceased near the camp the
situation was under control, bur
that the attackers might come
back again after lunch"
IA SLAIN
The Indonesians left IA dead
in the battle at the internee
camp. Several Indonesians and
two punjab troopers wer e
wounded.
At Magelang, near the center
of Java, the inhabitants were re-
ported extremely uneasy as
armed nationalist gathered in
threatening hordes from outly-
ing areas, British authorities
said. It was officially stated that
many Magelang residents al
ready had evacuated the town.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-08
Court Okays
Provisions of
Berry Will

The Macomb County Probate
Court this week placed its stamp
of approval on the will OF the
late DR.. Henry G.. Berry, and
ordered that probation and
liquidation of the estate proceed
without delay.
Bert v. Nunneley, Mount
Clemens, attorney, named as ex-
ecutor by DR.. Berry Is perman-
emily assigned to this role by the
court.
Due to the fact that the great
err part of the estate is cent
cred around ranch, farmland and
livestock holdings in Camrose,
Alberta, Canada, double pro-
baton of the estate in both
Canada and the United States
is involved.
See WILL-Page 2
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The Wiley Sign Company, De-
troit, which has taken over the
building at 1853 Grand avenue,
which formerly housed the Mt.
Clemens Manufacturing Com
pany.
Brewer said that almost i'm
mediate operations by the White
company, which will manufac-
ture wiring assemblies for auto
motive concerns, are anticipat-
ed. He said that plans Of the
Wiley concern have not yet been
fully revealed but that they are
understood to have completed
purchase of the Grand avenue
plant.
Brewer said he had been In
formed that the Wiley company
will employ between 80 and
10 workmen while the White
firm is expected to need from 70
to 80 workers.
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Name F|aatke
kiwanis Head
Will Become
President Jon. !

John l.. Flaacke was elected
president of the Mount Glenn
ems Kiwanis Club during the
annual election of officers held
at the Medea Hotel club room,
yesterda,-.
Flaacke has been q member
of Kiwanis since 1884 as di.
rector, program chairman ana IL
currently vice-president.
Thomas "A. Babcock, instruc-
tor at Mount Clemens High
School, was named vice presi-
dent and William E. Koehler,
president of the Mount Clemens
Savings Bank, was re elected
treasurer.
Fred A. Schock and Fred G..
Kendrick were chosen for Sec
ond term on the board of di-
rectors along with five new
members: Francis c. Goodar,
Spencer H. Roys. Charles Pag-
EFT, William E. Tomlinson and
William H. Nunneley who has
just returned to active member
ship after over four years in the
army.
See KIWANIS-Page 2
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Bishop Resigns
Due 10 Illness
Cancel Plons
for Nsstry Bouquet

The resignation of the Rt. Rev.
Donald B. Aldrich, DID,, Lid,
as Bishop Coadjutor of the Epis-
copal Diocese of Michigan, today
had caused members of Grace
Church vestry to cancel plans
for a previously a n n o u n e d
Mount Clemens banquet honor
ing the prominent churchman.
Walter Fenton, active in max
ing arr ngements for the event
which was to have been held
Nov. 16 at the Colonial Hotel,
said this morning that Bishop
Aldrich's illress would prevent
his appearance in Mount Glenn
ems.
HERE DEC. 2
Bishop Aldrich will, however,
be present during confirmation
rites at Grace Church, Dec. 2,
the Rev. George A. Merifield,
rector said today. Rev. Meri-
field said that approximately 80
confirmands will appear at the
Dec. 2 Sc vices.
The bishops resignation will
become effective Dec. 81.
PHYSICIANS ORDER REST
Resignation of ne bishop CO.
adjutor, was announced Wednes-
day by the Rt. Rev. Frank w.
Creighton, bishop of the diocese,
who said that three phi. sicians
had ordered a protracted period
of rest.
Bishop Aldrich, served as q
chaplain in the u. S. Navy for
20 months during he recent con-
flict. Eight months of that per-
iod was spent in Picific combat
zones. He was consecrated bish'
op in st. Paul's Cathedral, De-
troit, May, 1945.
BECAME PRIEST IN 1921
Graduated from Dartmouth
college in 1917, Bishop Aldrict
received the degree Of Doctor Of
Divinity from the same school
in 1927. He was graduated from
the Episcopal Theological Schoo
at Cambridge, Mass, in 1872;
See BISHOP-Page 2
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this disease" DR.. Evans declar-
ed, adding that estimates place
the number of cases of undulant
fever in this country from 49,
600 to 100000. THE correct
figure lies somewhere between
those two" she said.
DR.. Evans won worldwide
fame for her research into the
causes of undulant fever when,
in 1917, she discovered that the
germ causing contagious abof-
ton in cattle and the one caus-
ing Brucellosis-undulant fever
lin man were closely related.
Her discovery and prediction
that drinking of milk from dis
eased animals might cause dis
case in man was ignored for six
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-08
Disposal Plant
NearS Reality

The much-discussed sewage
disposal plant for Mount Glenn
ems became almost q certainly
last night when representatives
of the Huron Clinton Metropoii-
tan authority told the city COM
mission that the plant would
have to be built before the huge
beach could be opened.
Putting teeth into their pro-
posals the representatives point
ed out to the commission that II
the city did not authorize the
See SEWAGE-Page 2
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from yesterdays National Labor
Relations Board election among
10000 Ford Company employees
showed a heavy majority favor
ed a strike to support the wage
requests.
No reports were available on
balloting in Ford plants in the
Detroit area, but Ford workers
at Kansas City, Buffalo, N. Y,
and Green Island, N. Y, record
ed overwhelming sentiment in
favor of a strike.
Both General Motors and the
Chrysler Corporation employees
recently endorsed the possible
strike action to support wage
demands.
CALLED INFLATIONARY
The General Motors proposal,
offered Wednesday, was criticiz-
ed by JAW spokesman, who
termed it ''inflationary.'
H. w. Anderson, GIN vice.
president, said virtually all of
the company's 10000 hourly
rated employees would be eligi-
bic for the boost, which he es-
See WAGES-Page 2
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Incurnbents
Ousted in
Shores Vote

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Two
new members Of the village
commission were elected here
on Tuesday when over 1000
voters went to the polls in the
annual municipal contests.
Both incumbents, Robert E..
Barton (l0lD and Edmund C..
Under (o50> we're repudiated by
the electorate who placed two
former members of the st. Clair
Shores police department on the
governing board Of local govern
ment.
The winners:
James Trombley, (1,26D and,
John Stevens, (116D
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-08
Foil Attempt
to ASsasSinate
Jan Minister

TOKYO, Nov. 8-Two vagrant
former Kamikaze pilots who
waited with drawn knives in the
darkened halls of the home
ministry attempted vainly last
night to assassinate home mini
ter Kenjiro Horikiri.
The 61-year-old minister, at
tackled as he returned from ad-
dressing a meeting of police
chiefs on the increase of crime
and chaotic" conditions in ia
pan, was not injured. The as
sailants were taken in custody.
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The suspended fireman is Cor
don H. LAYERS, 81, of 22425 Mar
tin road, St. Clair Shores, who
has a wife and five children.
Late Wednesday evening he
was handed a written "suspen-
sion without pay order by Fire
Chief Philip Eckhout, and sign
ed by Eckhout. 1t cited LAYERS
for violation of probationary
fireman's rules, but did not spe-
city the violation.
CITES HIGHER AUTHORITY
Eckhout said that a higher
authority" had ordered the sus-
pension, but declined to reveal
further details. He said LAYERS
violated a department regula-
ton by working around eiec-
ton precincts in behalf Of GER
tain candidates.
LAYERS, whose protest has
been placed in the hands Of At
torney George A. Francis (who
may demand a public hearing),
See FIREMAN-Page 2
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Yes, the 22nd, Will
Be Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day In Michi-
gan and throughout the nation
will be observed this year On
Thursday, Nov. %, according to
all reliable authorities, includ-
ing the Association Press Detroit
bureau.
Congress recently passed a re-
solution setting this date to
avoid confusion existing after
wartime changes.
All major national Thanks
giving football games have been
set for Nov. %. ~
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-08
Parcel Post will be delivere
Lieut. Governor Cleared
in Traffic Death Case

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 8
- R - 1t. Gov. Vernon J
Brown has been exonerated in
the death Of Mrs. Martin Jack,
IS, of Dexter who was struck by
Browns automobile last Thurs
day in Dexter, John w. Rae,
Washtenaw county. prosecutor.
said today.
Rae said statements of wit
nesses revealed Mrs. Jack STUN
bled and fell in front Of the car
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-08
Claim Yank
Interference
in Affairs
Communist 0emond
Gen. Wedsmsysr
Poy Reporotions
BY SPENCER MOOsA

ID Ok LNNLh MVOSA -
CHUNGKING, Nov. g.
Chinese Communists demand.
ed today that 1t Gen. Albert c.
Wedemeyer, US. Commander
in China, apologize and that
compensation be paid for alles-
ed American interference" in
China's internal struggle.
The Reds also demanded that
Chinese government troops
withdraw from all red-dominat.
ed areas, as the price for peace.
but asserted that the Govern.
ment, instead, was planning an
all-out offensive for which 90
divisions already were being
massed in the north.
The demand for Wedemeyer's
apology was contained in one Of
four protesting letters sent to
the American commander by
the Communists Yenan head.
quarters.
SAY CLAIMS FALSE
Spokesman at the Communist
headquarters at Yenan called n
complete lie.9 Government
claims that the Nationalist have
been and would remain strictly
on the defensive. More than 20
Government divisions have
massed around liberated areas,
OF Honan Province, and Hopeh
Province is surrounded by moro
than 20 Government divisions.
the Communist asserted.
Chou En-Lai, Yennan neso-
tiator here and No. 2 Chinese
Communist, announced the Ye-
nan answer to Kuomintans
peace proposals shortly after re-
ports that the Russians had
withdrawn from the Manchur.
ian ports of Hulutao and Ying-
kow (Newchwang) leaving the
Chinese Reds in command.
heightened the already tense at
mosphere.
ASK WITHDRAWAL
Chou said the Communists de-
handed that the Kuomintana
withdraw to positions outside
the liberated" areas before the
civil fighting began and order
all Nationalist troops to cease
firing.
Other developments were:
1. The Central government
admitted receiving its first Sc
rious set back in the fighting
in Southern Hopeh Province.
z. Communists followed up
the announcement in Washins-
ton that American Marines
would be withdrawn from. the
trouble zone with . series Of
four protests to the American
Commander in Yenan, and held
the Americans responsible for
any grave consequence" result
ing from their presence.
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Union 5purns
Compromise
Offer byG.M
kLRP Poll Shows
Strike Favored
by Ford Workers

DETROIT, Nov. g. R An
immediate showdown on Union
demands for a 80 per cent wage
rate increase for nations auto
workers was foreseen today aft
er the United Auto Workers
(CIO) flatly rejected a compro-
mise wage adjustment program
offered Wednesday by General
Motors Corporation.
simultaneously, early returns