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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
ROOM PACKED
Liquor Store Firing
10 Stand, Aaron Says
Commission Soys Action
by Wiley Looks Bad

LANSING, Jan. 25 - LP, -
John P. Aaron, chairman of the
State Liquor Control Commits
sion, declared today he had no
intention of withdrawing his
dismissal Of John Wiley mand-
ger of the Mount Clemens liquor
store who was fired for remov-
ing two cases Of whisky from
the store after business hours.
Aaron said Wiley would have
to appeal to the State Civil
Service Commission if he de-
sires reinstatement. He said he
met with Wiley Wednesday but
learned nothing to convince him
the dismissal was wrong
MIR. Wiley said he was deliv-
See OUSTER-Page 2
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StiIIweII 10 Command
Army Ground Forces

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 - tP)
War Secretary StimSon today
announced the assignment of
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell to COM
mand of the army ground forces
succeeding 1t. Gen. Ben Lear.
Lear's assignment as deputy
commander in the European
theatre in charge of administra-
tive matters concerning Amer
lean troops was announced yes
terday.
Stimson said Stilwell is in
Washington and will take over
his new command Immediately
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25

most important industrial city
in the Eastern Reich, appeared
imminent as Marshal Ivan kn-
new moved his first Ukrainian
Army rapidly west of the Oder
10 cncirclc the city.
OUTFLANK BRESLAU
Koncv's forces, vanguards OF
the Russian avalanche, stormed
a.ross the Oder in the heart Of
Silesia at a point southeast OF
Breslau, Soviet front line re-
porters said, and showed on
toward, the mountains OF 3D.
hcmia in Czechoslovakia.
Konev was fighting for ye'
other crossings northwest OF the
Oder.Straddling city, and Ber'
lin said he already had secured
a bridgehead at Steinau, 81
miles northwest of the city ano
1873 miles from Berlin.
The crossing southeast OF the
city apparently was in the
neighborhood of captured Up
peln, capital of Upper (south-
ernD Silesia, and about 80 miles
northeast OF a tip OF the =MoraV'
ian border of Czechoslovakia.
ISOLATES WIDE AREA
The smash toward the south
west apparently was intended &c
cut off the thickly clustered GU,
les of Silesia from Berlin ano
menace the German armies sui
fighting in Slovakia and Hun
gary and garrisoning Vienna
To the southeast the fouru
1Jkrainian Army figh t
through the mountains OF $40.
vakia was reported only about
40 miles east of the Jablunka
gateway to Moravia, HISTORIC
.passageway which Bismarcf
once called a controlling posi-
ton in central Europe.
The Germans, by their owl
admission, had failed to hal
Marshal Konstantin Rokossov
sky's smash toward the baiti'
Col. Ernst Won Hammer, Ger
man military commentator, sai'
the Soviet drive had carried u
the Frische Haff-known as I'M
Baltic Lagoon-which stretcne
from the mouth OF the Vistu''
almost to Konigsberg.
Associated Press correspond
ent Daniel De Luce reported
from Moscow that frontline dis
patches said a mighty Soviet ar
mefed- column exploltlni
the bridgehead south of Bresla'
and plunging toward the east
ern mountains of Bohemia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Enemy Makes
Desperate Bid
10 Crush Yanks
Gen. BoIck Heods
Sewage Nozi Drive
into AIsoes
BY EDWARD KENNEDY


PARIS, Jan. 25 -(P)- The
Germans have opened a desper.
ate new offensive against the
Western Front in northern AL.
SAGE, it was announced late to-
day at Supreme Headquarters,
possibly in a supreme effort to
win back the whole northeast
France province.
Attacking on 20-mile front
from Haguenau northwest into
the Vosges Mountains, the en-
envy crossed the Moder River at
places Is miles below the Reich
frontier.
SAVAGE BARRAGE
Gen. Hermann Balck opened
the drive with heavy artillery
and mortar barrage. while other
Germans to the north were con-
.tinuing a. geat. eastward exodus
from the Ardennes salient. Roads
and rails were so Uttered in the
north that the Germans resorted
to routes in the center.
THE assault may signal the
start of the final battle for Al.
SAGE" AP correspondent Robert
c. Wilson wirelessed from 7th
Army headquarters.
Earlier. the 7th Army had
withdrawn from seven to ten
miles along a 20-mile sector Of
the Karlsruhe corner, leaving
Strasbourg iutting out at the
end of an Allied salient.
HEAVY LOSSES
Wilson i d the Americans
were reported inflicting heavy
losses and had destroyed at
least five tanks and IA armored
vehicles in early hours of the
drive.
The First and Third armies
See FRANCE-Paee 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY
az Graduate Feb.

Gilbert Memorial Baptis t
church.
The class, which will gradu-
ate one week from tonight, in
exercises at the school, is head
cd by Stanley Dacko. president.
Joyce Gulden is valedictorian
while Betty Smith will execute
the duties of Salutatorian.
The following comprise the
graduating class:
Alfred Allen
Lawrence Bennett
Robert Black
See GRADUATION-Page 2
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CLAIM DRAFT PHYSICAL DODGE
BoastfuI Youths Land i'm Jail

several days investigation came
TO Buschell, he relates. because
-Drinkhorp,s. e ujIty- con-
science"
, Suspicious Of the cx-convlct'
the trooper accosted him on a
Romeo street with the assertion:
Il want to talk 10 you about
a stolen radio"
Without hesitation Drinkhorn
replied:
I've never owned a 1910 car
RADIO"
This was the type of radio
stolen in Almont. A quick search
of Drinkhorn's car revealed a
speaker from the missing radio,
Buschell said, and later Drink
See SuSPECTS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25

Forty-six members OF the 18th
Mount Clemens High school
graduating class Sunday night
will hear Baccalaureate adj
dress delivered by the Rev. Jo-
scph l.. Kennedy, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church.
The ceremonies, which will
begin at 8 p. m. will include
the invocation by the Rev. Jacob
Whitman. of Zion Evangelical
church. scripture lesson by the
Rev. Alfred Landon, Of the First
Methodist Church and a prayer
by tho Rev. Joseph Grosa, Of the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Red Envoy
Killed in
Air Crash

MEXICO CITY, Jan. Is - (A)
Soviet Ambassador Constan-
tine Oumansky, his wife, and
seven others were killed today
in the crash of a Mexican air
force plane starting to take the
ambassador to Costa RIGA TO
present his credentials as minis
ter there.
DR.. w. L. Garrett, at the
Americana British hospital, said
officials told him there were IL
See CRASH-Page 2
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Sharp Increase in Arms
Output Vital 10 vidory

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EVOLUTIONARY
FORCE, PARIS, Jan. IS Up
- u. S. production of small
arms ammunition must be in
creased 200 per cent over last
November TO prevent a short
age on the Western Front, 1t.
Gen. Brehon Somervell. Chief of
the Army Service Forces, said
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
REDS CROSS ODER; SPLIT E. PRUSSIA
765 els
Lost on
ransP port

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25--(PD
An American troop ship car
rying more than 1900 soldiers
was sunk recently in European
waters as a result of enemy ac-
ton with the loss of 248 dead
and SIT missing.
Secretary of War Stimson
made the announcement at his
news conference today.
The remainder of the troops
See SINKING-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Wallace Asks
RIG inquiry
Suggests Check on
Jones Spending

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-tP)
Contending big versus little
business is "the real issue" in
control of the government huge
banking powers, Henry A. Wal
lace today proposed congress
sional investigation of RFC lend
ing under Jesse Jones.
The former vice president said
that 1.-The real motive" behind a
bill TO strip the lending author
ity welded by Jones away from
the Commerce secretaryship
has nothing to do with my COM
petence to handle those powers. y
If confirmed as Secretary of
Commerce, Wallace made clear,
he intends to use the lending
authority TO assist little business
as we'll as the big companies in
a drive for ga free America,
which is also a prosperous Amer
lea" and to carry out President
Roosevelts goal of 100000
post war jobs.
ROOM PACKED
Wallace testified before the
Senate Commerce Committee
and standing-room-o only crowd.
Declaring that he is willing to
serve as Secretary Of Commerce
whether or not the monetary set
See WALLACE-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Hundreds Of FiIipinos
StaTVe 10 Death Daily

BAMBAN. Luzon Island, p. l.,
Jan. % -(Delayed)-tR- Ref
ugees from Manila reported to-
day hundreds of Filipinos are dy-
ing of starvation daily in the
Philippines capital where many
emaciated bodies can be seen
lying in the shabby, unkept
streets.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
JAP THREAT

JAP THREAT
japanese invasion columns
narrowed the Chinese-held gap
of the Canton-Hankow railway
Nipponese continued h j r
grudging retreat on most sectors
of the Burma theater, falling
back toward Mandalay and Ran
COON.
Two weeks of American re-
invasion of Luzon Island in the
Philippines has cost Gen. Tom
oyuki Yamashita at least 6,449
men killed against 657 American
dead. Another 2,301 more Yanks
were wounded and 1877 are miss
ing. This is a total of BIAS cas-
ualties compared to an estimated
$4,000 for the Japanese, includ-
ing 1900 wounded and the un-
usually high number of 423 pris-
OnerS.
The motorized 14th Army
Corps, now approximately so
miles from Manila, rolled across
the undefended elaborate fortifi-
cations along the Bamban River
after only a brief skirmish with
Japanese rear guards before the
ruins of the town of Bamban.
ABANDON LINE
This was the second well-pre-
pared natural defense line that
the enemy abandoned without a
fight. The town was virtually
RACED by Yamashita's scorched
earth policy.
Little artillery spotter planes
were using Bamban airfields.
one of the major satellites Of
Clark Field, before ground
forces reached it. Forty wrecked
enemy aircraft Uttered the rum
ways.
Motorized patrols raced on
ahead, past empty Notifications
and tiers of caves, to Mabalacat
See PACIFIC-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Report Nazi
Government
Fleeing Berlin
Russions Now
But IFS Miles from
Germon Copitol

LONDON. Jan. Is - (RD -
Red Army forces have broken
the Oder river line in southeast
Germany and are exploiting the
breakthrough while in the north
they apparently have cut Off
East Prussia, Soviet Field dis
patches announced today.
Moscow brOadcasts said the
thunderous Soviet winter Often
sivc had rolled to point little
more than 125 miles from Ber-
lin and that Red Army units
were fighting ION the edge OF
konigsberg," capital of East
Prussia.
Fall of Breslau, capital OF
lower (northern) Silesia ana
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Murder Inquiry
10 Ohio
Si9Ier. oIonder
Visit Toledo

TOLEDO, O., Jan. 25-(R)-
Kim Sigler, special grand Jury
and Oscar G.. Olander, commis>'
sioncr Of Michigan State Police
conferred today with Toledo DO
lice officials as they pressed
their search for the slayers OF
Warren G. Hooper, Michigan
State Senator.
Sigler refused to comment ON
the conference, but indicated ho
and Olander would return later
today to Lansing and not 70 70
Cleveland as originally planned.
They came here last night from
Chicago.
Toledo officials in the confer.
ence included Police Chief Ray
E. Allen and Detective Inspector
Joseph Fruchey.
%
LANSING. Jan 25--(P-Sen-
ator Perry Green, Grand Rapids
republican. succeeds to the chair.
manship of the Senate Commit.
tee on Municipalities, left vac
ant by the Staying Of Senator
Warren G.. Hooper, Albion re-
publican.
Senator Ben Carpenter, Harri-
son republican, was designated
to serve all other of Hoopefe
committe appointments until tn !.
Senator's successor Is elected
April g.
Senator Haskell L. Nichols
jackson republican. .submIt1e4 ):
a bill 10 pay Mrs. Hooper 49, 4
TO cover funeral ozponGoo, on4 4
m amount equitalpnt t = coCtz
er's legislative ~ &
day up to the tit4G &
takes office. \ 81 16o
the House would o1l(
widow Of any decoooU
tor the amount ~ e
received as . Ieglsluo
lived. 80 e.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25

LONDON, Jan. 25-The An
kara radio said today most
German government officials
had left Berlin for Berchtesga-
den, Hitler's hilltop retreat,
taking government records
with them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
FDR Nominates
Son As Genera
Would Promote
Elliott to Brisodier

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 Up
- President Roosevelt today
nominated his 34-year-old son,
Col. Elliott Roosevelt. to be a
Brigadier General in the Army
Air Forces.
The proposed promotion went
to the Senate in the midst of
controversy over the Army's air
priority system which gave d
dog owned by Colonel Roose-
veit precedence over three serv-
icemen.
The nomination goes automat-
ically to the Senate Military
Committee, which voted only
last Monday to inquire into the
whole priority practise as well
as the dog incident itself. The
committee recommends for or
against confirmation of such
nominations.
Colonel Roosevelt, who re-
Gently returned to duty in Eng
land, denied he ordered a prior
ity for the dog, an English Bull
mastiff named Blaze. The three
servicemen, flying west on fur
Tough, were bumped off an
Army cargo plane at Memphis
Jan. IL while the dog, with an
See GENERAL-Page 2
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C|ark.AirfieId
Be|ievedAgain
j. Hands
Yonks Messed at
Edge Of Greet
Philippine Bose
By LEONARD MILLIMAN


American armored forces have
reached Clark Field where the
Japanese knocked out the Y. S.
Philippines Air Force three
years ago, and it's a safe guess
the great airdrome is again in
Yank hands now.
Clark's 13 runways can feed
hundreds of bombers and fight
-ers-into- the growing lombard
ment of unconquered enemy
islands off the China coast and
on the southern approaches to
Japan.
Japanese broadcasts reported
three unconfirmed air and naval
strikes over nearly 1000 miles.
They said American naval forces
shelled Two Jima, $50 miles
south of Tokyo, in coordination
with Yesterdays superfortresS
raid. More than 100 fighters and
bombers, presumably from a
British carrier force, repeatedly
raided Sumatra oil regions, 500
miles south of Singapore. And
bombs from B-29's disturbed the
sleep of Osaka residents on the
homo islands
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25

An official spokesman for the
City of Mount Clemens COM
mented today that the city's at
titude in the past has always
been to conform to Detroit's
time regulations, due to the
close tie-up between business,
industry and transportation be-
tween Detroit and its suburban
communities.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-25
Shift Probably Not
Effective in City
M. Clemens Apt to
Follow Detroit Lead

DETROIT, Jan. Is - (P) -
The City of Detroit expects TO
remain on Eastern War Time de-
spite any legislative action Of
ficially turning back the states
clocks.
Paul T. Dwyer, chief assistant
corporation counsel. in an opin-
ion expressed belief that the
city's charter, under the Home
Rule Act, gives the council pow
er TO fix any time standard it
chooses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08

MT. and Mrs. Charles A. Hughes, Noble Ave, have six sons serving in the armed forces. Five are in the Navy. Tom is serving overseas in the Admiralty Islands; Charles, is also stationed in the South Pacific; George. Pharmacists mate. first class, who was serving with the Navy previous to the war was at Pearl Harbor during the attack: is serving somewhere in that area; John is assigned to the Atlantic theater, and Harold, the youngest recently joined the Navy.
 Sergeant Nicholas Hughes, the only member serving with the Army Is all instructor in camp in this country.
 Mrs. Hughes is an employe of the Waterbury Clock. division of U. s, Time Corporation. MT. Hughes has been affiliated with the s. N. E. T. Co.,, for the past 35 years.
 Private Rutherford Page Lilley, son of MT. and Mrs. Theodore Lil- ley, Woodbury road, Watertown, who was wounded in France, Oc- tober 9, is reported almost com pletely recovered at Ashford Gen. eral hospital, White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, where he has been patient since January 4.
 A graduate of Pomfret school, Lil- ley was a student at Yale University previous to. entering the service in August, 1943. He trained at Fort Benning, Ga, and was sent to the University of Maine as student in the Army Specialized Training pro- gram. He went overseas in August, I944.
 Major Thomas A. Shanahan, who was appointed chaplain by Gen. eral Douglas Macarthur and was evacuated on a Red Cross hospital ship from Manila in 194l, realized his dream of returning to the Philippine capital when he entered the city with American troops Feb- ruary 1, he wrote his parents, MT. and Mrs. John T. Shanahan, l07 Lounsbury avenue.
 F Major Shanahan was an instruc- tor at Aeneo College in Manila for several years before he returned to the United States to prepare for his ordination in 1929. Prior to leaving for Manila September l5, 1889, Father Shanahan taught rhetoric at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08

months ago.
 Now a wireman with a Third Ma rine Division signal unit, Franek was serving with the Fourth Marine Division each time he was wounded. The first time was on Roi in the Marshall Islands campaign.
 A bullet clipped him over the left ear, infllcting grazing wound, on Saipan, but he recovered in time to participate in the invasion of Tin ian. He was hit July 2, at that time the Marines had two-thirds of Sai- pan under their control.
 On Roi bullet pierced his left arm
 All of Franek's service overseas has been as 8 communications wire man.
 Prior to enlisting in December, l942, he was employed as cable splicer by the Southern New Eng land Telephone Company at New Haven, Conn.
 Franek joined the Third Division in October, 1944.
 Franek is the son of MT. and Mrs. Frederick J. Franex, Sr., with whom he resides.
 Cpl. Arthur Whiteway, son of MT and Mrs. Robert c. Whiteway, 2l Sparks street, who has been serving in Iran, is now in France, accord- ing to word received by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Whiteway, 375 Water vile street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
Attorney Fi11kelstein
 To Present Petition
 For Formal Discharge
Affairs of Company Pending in Court for Over Six Years; Three Motions to Be Heard By Judge
 Eyv McEvOy Tomorrow ...

Dissolution of the Industrial Properties Inc, which has been in recevershp for nearly six and half years will be sought in Superior Court tomorrow at short caen car hearing before Judge Frank P McEYoV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
NEWS OF MEN NV THE SERVICE

With The Fifth Army, Italy For merltorious service In combat over a period of II months with the 33sth Field Artillery Battalion of the Beth Blue Devil Infantry Division in Italy, Sergeant Wilfred j. Lackey of Waterbury, Connecticut, has been awarded the Bronze Star. it was an. nuunced by Major General Paul W. Kendall, commanding general Of the division.
 Second in command of n forward observer and liaison party assigned to frontline infantry battalion Sergeant Lackey has been forward helping to direct artillery fire that contributed to the shattering of the Gustav, Hitler Rom, Arno river and Gothic defense lines by the Fifth Army, He is still at his task high in the Apennine Mountains in the last craggy approaches to the Pc Valley
 Alexander Dow Hauser, NM Sec, soE of Mir and Mrs. Alexander Hauser, Wildwood avenue, is await ing reconditioning of his ship at Newport, R. I. The machinist mate, who has been in service two and a half years, recently married Ruth Boyland, Oakville avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08
SOCIETIESAID
 FOOD CAMP A|GN
Groups Organized to Re- Iieve Distress Among
 Italian War Victims

A drive for contributions of food to be shipped to Italy was opened last night by the Waterbury Re- lief to Italy committee, following an organizational meeting at the Florio Post hall. Representatives of 35 Italian American organizations attended the session.
 Canned milk, canned food, and soap will be sought during the cam paign which will be conducted throughout the month. Italian par lshes of the city will aid the clubs and societies in promoting the drive and collection depotS will be set up at the churches.
 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Valdam- brini addressed the gathering last night and told of the urgent need of food in Italy. Joseph L, Man- ganaro, chairman of the commit tee, presided.
 Ralph Tremaglio was named chairman of the packing commit tee. Reports on various phases ot the drive were given by Mi- chael Russo and Frank Stolf. Ro- meo Carosello will be in charge of the drive in theaters.
 Joseph DeLuca proposes the draw ing of a resolution to the State Department asking for additional help for Italy.
 It was reported the Unico club has already collected more than 5000 cans of food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-08

In papers now on file in the court Attorney Alfred L. FinkelStein, re- ceiver, requests a final judgment dissolving the corporation and asks to be discharged as receiver. Two other motions also have been pre- sented for the courts approval, one requesting acceptance of the final account, and the other asking the court to rule on a final allowance for the receiver.
 Attorney Finkelstein states all as- sets have been liquidated and all creditors, both common and pre- ferred, have been satisfied and paid.
 Tn the motion for an allowance, the receiver points out he had handled $4O0000 for the concern since he was appointed receiver five and one-quarter years ago. The city has been paid $l85, ,000 in taxes during that period, his statement discloses.
 Attorney Finklestein states that during the period of his service as receiver seven pieces of property owned by the concern have been sold. Three of the pieces, located at 196 Mill street, 313 Mill street, and 125 Maple street, are large factory buildings, he points out.
 Enumerating further the services rendered, the receiver points out he defended and prosecuted a number of actions. He also drew up legal instruments, and held personal and telephone conferences which total up into the thousands, he states.
 Stating his duties as receiver ap- pear at an end, Attorney Finkel- stein asks the court to rule for final allowance fin such amount as to the court shall seem reasonable"
 Half of the money handled by the receiver was in rents, and the other half consisted of proceeds from sales, the court papers reveal. Com mon creditors are reported to have received dividends amounting to 100 per cent.
 The balance on hand as of March 3 is listed in the final account as $6,880.56. The final financial report, which covers the period from last October 6, when the last semi-an- nual account was filed, lists receipts at $77,641.90 and disbursements at $70,7a1.34. The disbursements in- cluded payments of $2,063 .89 in divi- dends to creditors. The receipts for the period include SIT ,54496 derived from the sale of the 196 Mill street property.
 The late Mayor Vincent A. Scully preceded Attorney Finkelstein as re- ceiver. On his election to the city office the late mayor relinquished the post as receiver, and the present receiver was then named.