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Evening star., 1945-03-09
Roatta Reported Heard
On Fascist Radio Station
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March "a voice pur-
portedly that of Gen. Mario Roatta,
former Italian chief of staff who
escaped while on trial in Rome for
his connections with the Fascist
regime, was heard by Daily Express
monitors during the night broad
casting from one of Mussolinis
radio stations in Northern Italy.
Several calls for listeners to stand
by for sensational news" preceded
the broadcast over the Tiber radio,
which uses the former Rome wave
length. Then a man introduced as
Gen. Roatta came to the micro
phone and told how he had walked
out of a Rome hospital, where he
was under treatment for a heart
ailment while on trial, and es-
capped to Northern Italy in a pocket
submarine.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
House Committee Reports Bill
ToVoid Old Congress Auto uqs

A bill to outlaw special congress
sional automobile tags 80 days after
adjournment of the Congress for
which they are issued to Senators
and Representatives was favorably
reported today by the House Dis
trict Committee after it heard re-
ports some of the older but still
legal tags had fallen into the hands
of professional gamblers"
Under the plan, advocated by mu-
nicipal officials, new congressional
tags would be issued, as now, to each
member of Congress every two years
at the beginning of new Congress,
but there would be fine not to ex-
ceed $500 or Imprisonment up to go
days. or both, if older tags were used
after the 80 days of grace.
A similar bill was passed by the
House four years ago, but died in
the Senate. The new bill was in
troduced this week by Chairman
Randolph of the House District
Committee after spokesmen for the
Evening star., 1945-03-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Mar. "a man was
found cruciied today with a crown
of thorns on his head and a minor
wound in his side.
Police Capt. Patrick OConnell
said the man, identified as Fred
Walscher, 43, was found nailed to
cross early today The cross, of
2 by planks joined with new bolts,
was fastened upright to a pillar
of the elevated railroad structure
on the near North Side.
Ten-penny nails were driven
through Walscher's palms and into
the timbers He was spread-eagled.
but his feet. instead of being nailed
as were Christ's, were supported by
ropes; and the weight of his body
was taken by rope around his
chest.
Thumbtacked to the head of the
cross was a crudely lettered sign
Stimulating the sign at Christ's
head-which read. Peace on earth
the brother of Jesus Christ. This
good man is chosen in sacrifice by
the noblest and greatest and finest
Evening star., 1945-03-09

trenches. scattered pillboxes and
blockhouses and the like-with little
steel and concrete.
At Remagen the east bank of the
Rhine rises abruptly beyond Erpel
in the hill country just south of the
Ruhr A superhighway through Erpel
links with the Ruhr road network
to the north.
The weather began to break in
favor of the Allies. Skies were
clearer after three days of drizzling
rain.
Wesel Pocket Cracking.
The Wesel pocket at the north
west corner of the Ruhr was crack
ing under the pressure of the Ca
nadians and British and Americans
lof the 9th Army. Xanten (4,775)
toppled only after a week of the
most violent fighting, remindful of
the Normandy battles around Caen
Most of the town, built around a
18th century cathedral, was de-
molished. Originally Xanten was on
the Rhine, but in the centuries the
river had moved a mile and a quar-
ter to the east.
The attacking Allies faced one of
the flercest concentrations of heavy
artillery and mortars since D day,
but closed steadily on the German
parachute troopers. estimated two
days ago to number 10000. Ming
weis. on the Rhine. fell. Beck, just
west of the river, was taken.
Should the Rhine be crossed at
Wesel t25 1000, the Allies would gain
a network of fine roads for bursts
into the fiat North German plain
toward Berlin. This would allow
f1anking of the Ruhr from the north
The Sd Army announced it hao
captured 1892 Germans and buriec
1896 between March l and 8. The
9Th Army took ass yesterday anc
the Canadians Gagged 500.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Flooded Ohio Cresis
AT Portsmouth With
bikes Still HoIdinu
Ry the Associated Press.

Ky the Associated Press.
The flooding Ohio River crested
at Portsmouth. Ohio, today, with the
city still dry behind it's food walls
and sandbag dikes.
The muddy waters touched a peak
of 64.94 feet, 1494 above flood stage,
and were expected to remain sta
tionary several hours before reced-
ing.
Citizens were warned not to re-
turn to the low areas of this indus
trial community of 10000 inhab-
itants.
Crest Reached at Louisville.
The Ohio crested at Louisville
KY, at ALL feet-19.1 feet above
flood stage-about 6 pm. yesterday
and has been stationary since that
time.
Forecasters said the river at Louis
vile would stand at All feet most
of today and then begin a slow fall
At Pittsburgh the water stood at
23.3 feet this morning and had fallen
7 feet. At Cincinnati it was 685 feet
and had fallen four-tenths of foot
Downstream from Louisville the
Ohio continued rising slowly. At
Owensboro, KY, where flood stage is
41 feet, the river had reached 493
feet this morning. At Evansville
Ind, where food stage is 81 feet, the
reading was 474 feet. At Dam So
near Paducah, KY. where food stage
is 81 feet, the reading was 513.
= 1t. Col Walter H French, State
Guard officer at Portsmouth, assert
ed this is the time of our greatest
danger" explaining the pressure of
the Ohio and Scioto Rivers against
the Ohio city's flood defenses was
heaviest at this moment.
Cautions Residents.
"If the dixie should break it would
be now" he cautioned townSfolk,
who had labored through the night
work dixie stretching $500 feet
across the Norfolk & Western Rail-
way yards in the city's eastern
section.
The city is guarded on the other
side by an earthen and concrete
wall, and the Scioto County hills.
Reports from Marietta, far up
stream, said the river there was
falling at a rapid rate, and that
merchants were returning to the
flooded city block by block The
waters also were receding at Steu-
benville and East Liverpool.
Along the Lower Mississippi River
the threat of a serious flood faded as
gauges indicated prospective crests
low enough to be held by levees.
A Weather Bureau forecast showed
the expected crest at Memphis 10
feet below that which developed dur
ing the 1887 overflow, when the
levees held. The Mississippi is eX-
pected to crest here March 18 at
38 feet, 4 above flood stage.
Cairo Not Menaced.
At Cairo, H., crest Of 54 feet
has been forecast for Monday, a
height regarded as not menacing to
the area farther south.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
took IA rubber assault boats from
its production line in Akron and
rushed them to Portsmouth in a
State highway truck.
Six Coast Guard aircraft were
flown into the inundated Ohio VAL
ley areas to aid in coordination of
flood rescue operations.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Page Answers Phone
| And House Members
| Audience Is Cut to II
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Wilson, Re-
publican, of Indiana made a
15-minute speech in the House
yesterday. His audience:
One Republican page on the
floor, six doorkeepers in the
gallery, four newspaper re-
porters and Speaker Rayburn.
And before Mr.. Wilson fin
ished talking about the Vet
erans' Administration, the Re-
publican page was gone. too.
Somebody called him to the
telephone.
Evening star., 1945-03-09

gonaut, Euryalus and Black Prince
and destroyers Grenville, Ursa and
Kempenfelt.
The French battleship Richelieu
also is in Eastern waters, according
to the British agency.
In London recently A. v. Alexan-
der, first lord of the. Admiralty, said
the British feet in the Pacific is pre-
pairing to take major role in the
defeat of Japan.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Mrs. Luce in ItoIy

ROME, Mar. 9 (P.-Representa-
tive Glare Boothe Luce, Republican,
of Connecticut yesterday arrived at
Allied headquarters in Italy.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1945-03-09

"Wishful thinking won't win the
war-buying Bonds will do much
more"
Evening star., 1945-03-09
LOST RATION COUPONS.

LOST RATION COUPONS.
RATION BOOKS. No. 3 and 4, in name OF
MCKINLEY WHITE and LOTTIE WHITE
OIL. 800.
RATION BOOK, NO. d, lost 2nd of March
vic. 2516 Columbia pike. in name of Helen
F. Larner. CHI. 1900, Ext 613.
RATION BOOKS 3 AND 4-Margaret and
Lorraine, 1919 Sth st. NV.
BRING OR REPORT abandoned stray, lost
animals to ANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOC,
1900 Wheeler rd Sc. Atlantic 7142.
Evening star., 1945-03-09

FOUNTAIN PEN, gray Parker 81 in or
near ODonnell'S Restaurant; reward GE.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-02-10

,au (SpeciaD-By unani- vote the House passed the rial to Congress asking ance of Alaska as the 49th with an amendment pro- complete control over all ;es.
 House passes the bill ng the general election eptember to the second y in October
 utcheon and Taylor, O. } of the Memorial, asked ss to grant Alaskans the
 elect tnelf own governor B statehood.
 CT, Huntley and Pollard eed 8 bill setting up a and department of ture, providing a salary Q a year with an appro of $37 800 for mainten. It. provides the depart lall regulate sale and inn If produce and conduct ents in all branches of ure.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-02-10
ne au Bill iII Busy

eau (Special) The House res committee introduces a
 create an Alaska Fisheries lission, presided over by ,yernor, attorney genera Ter and 4 others appointec } governor. It provides :; ated tax based on the nun
 traps a corporation owns ling at $200 for the first creasing $100 per trap up
 then $1200 for each trap 1 to 20, and increasing or each trap in brackets of at,p of $16OO0 wi ere each etween 5O and 60'are swn- one corporation.
 fso asks for an assessment or each 1000 fish taken in where the total of all traps tcesseof 100000 fish.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-02-10
Fter'S Lament No Wreck

pva-Alaska bush pilots lways been famous for wing but Merle Smith, hd chief pilot of the Cor F Service, came up with he this week.
 y, had been in the for 10 days freighting
 with 8 ski-equipped Fherc was no snow at and no ice for skis so ontacted pilot Red Un- over his radio to see if bring wheel equipment. pod was too busy so to le and money Smitty 10 come back on skis on
 field. He figured he mage the bottom of the they could be replaced cks, Eded for Cordova ready with sks on the level e from shale rock blast hillside. | wise townspeople saw g over with skis and
 watch the crack up. ! itty dipped hls wings Tound up his stabilizer,
 the field like a feather
 gracefully to a stop. I bottoms of the skis bched by shale but only 3 polished up in a locally
Kodiak mirror., 1945-02-10

James Hellen, a recent arrival from Kalispell, Montana, is em-
Kodiak mirror., 1945-02-10

ployed in the meat department at the w. J Erskine company.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13

defense Of Gov. Kelly's stand.
many supervisors of cities and
village indicated their viewpoint
unchanged relative to the ur-
gency of State aid. Sherlock
conceded, however, that aid to
communities is now being stud.
led. and will undoubtedly be
provided from sales tax sources,
at least.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Robert MtWiIIiams
Wins Scholastic Honor

bert McWilliams was
among the 81 students at the
University of Michigan WHO re-
ceived an ALA record for |the
Fall semester, a University re-
lease received today reveals.
McWilliams, who is the son of
Mrs. Margaret McWilliams of
los Croker boulevard, served
Is months in the army, receiv-
ing his honorable discharge as a
sergeant in October, 1943. He
worked as q veterans represent
alive for the U. S. Employment
Service until November of 1914,
when he re-entered the Univers-
ity, at which he had studied for
three years prior to the war on
a scholarship. He is majoring in
political science in the literary
school, and expects to receive
his Bachelors degree in June.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Veteran Council
MappinG Bylaws

Macomb County Council OF
Veterans Affairs will meet We'd
nesday, March 81, at 1880 p. m.
in the Macomb county building,
it is announced today by Chef
Kroner, chairman.
D. w. Jonker, a retired army
major. who is counsellor for the
organization, will be present
and will discuss phases of the
work. A progress report will be
given by Kroner, and perman-
ent bylaws will be discussed
and possibly will be adopted.
Also present will be representa-
tives of the state office of the
Veterans Affairs Council.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Green Heads
Beet Growers
Annual Meeting
Names Officers

The annual meeting of the
Mount Clemens District Beet
Growers Association was held al
Barron Hall in Mount Clemens
on Friday, March 9th.
c. J. Bourg, Representative OF
the Eastern Area of Beet Sugar
States at Washington, DC. was
the principal speaker. He point
ed out that the War Food Admin
istration and many of our sena-
tors and representatives in Con,
gress are aware of the need OF
sugar and are all out to increase
the acreage of sugar beets in the
nation. The attitude of the adj
ministration has changed com
pletely from what it was four
years ago, on sugar.
Richard Bell of Michigan State
College discussed sugar beets
and the crop rotation and point
eu OUT VIC ldlCSt III Ndi W. -
methods. j. G.. Hays, Represen-
tative Of the State Emergency
Farm Labor stated that there
would be sufficient labor to
amply take care Of the beet
growers this year. Other speak
ers were, Phil Goldsmith, Crops
Representative of the Farmers
& Manufacturers Beet Growers
Association and Chase Kearl
Manager of the Franklin Sugar
Company.
During the business meeting
two new directors were elected
They were Rex Ia | a d y Of
Milan and Harold Ramsey OF
Memphis. Later in the day, the
directors met and named the fol
lowing officers: Harry Green,
President; Henry H C k m n,
Vice-President and Frank Sum
ner, Secretary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
State Generosity with County
Tax EXEMPTIONS inks Officials

allows cancellation of delin-
quent taxes under a 1913 legis-
lative act.
Biehl cited the case of a wo-
man successfully claiming a
homestead exemption for her
soldier husbands home, and also
the voiding of back taxes, even
though she was renting the
place TO another person.
TAX MONEY REFUSED
The supervisor claimed that
the Attorney Generals office
had approved the legality Of
such a set-up, as long as the
owners swear they will again
use the homestead when the war
is over. He also said that in this
particular case the county
treasurer, under the strict inter
probation of the law, had refus-
ed TO accept the woman's money
for delinquent taxes on the pro-
perty.
Biehl, who was joined in his
expressed opinion by Mayor
Donald r. Westendorf, of Mount
Clemens. said he had no inten-
ton of begrudging this type of
aid 10 servicemen, but both ask
ed what was being done for the
SerViceman, who is renter and
not a property owner.
Their comments relative TO
the generosity" of the State OF
Michigan in giving tax relief to
veterans at the expense of
counties who lose the taxes -
brought up the subject Of the
states reported $4,000, 900
cash hand.
ASKS FOR ESTIMATE
During the general discussion
one supervisor made a request
(Which was never answered.
that bookkeepers figure out the
cOunty's taX-income loss result
ing from the states generosity
This would include several 9TH
er phases of tax exemption and
relief entirely apart from veter-
ans benefit.
Supervisor Harold Lindsey, OF
Mount Clemens, city assessor,
was puzzled by the case of q
woman obtaining homestead tax
exemption while renting her
home. He cited the phraseolegy
of the tax exemption permit
which grants the relief while
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13

the property is being used and
occupied as a homestead"
Westendorf spoke in behalf
of the vast majority" of serv-
icemen who rent their homes,
and receive no relief whatso-
ever.
DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION
In connection with the discus.
sion of the repeatedly rich State
treasury balance, Supervisor
Otto Sherlock, of Clinton Town
ship, State representative for
District No. I, Macomb County,
rose TO the defense of the Lam
sing administration.
He pointed out that the $780,
100000 figure is highly over
rated, since much of that amount
is earmarked for public i'm
provements and other purposes.
OF the $40, 100000 or more Sher-
beck claimed is available.
most of this fund, he said, is
sorely needed for enlargement
of the states institutional pro-
gram. He cited appalling needs
for expansion in state hospitals
for feeble-minded, children s
and juveniles institutions and
other phases of state welfare and
social service, pointing out that
badly-needed work has been de-
layed since the depression.
Despite Sherbeck's spirited
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13

Because it increases the blood
flow, heat has a beneficial eff
feet on many ailment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Oil is Struck
i'm Water Taps

WEST NYACK, N. Y.-W.H-
When Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur M
Finnessey of Sickletown Road
turn on their water faucets they
get fuel oil, the kind they use in
their furnace.
1t first happened on Dec. q
when Finnessey drew himself a
tumbler of oil at the kitchen
sink. Experts have established
that oil was seeping into a 300
foot artesian well. The source,
however, they could not deter
mine. Meanwhile the Finnesseys
are Juggling water from neigh
bors' h ON s. Finnessey is a
United Press, teletype operator.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Time Law Confusion Grows
As Legislators Ponder

LANSING, March IS - Up
The Legislatures efforts to re-
quire the entire state to adopt
Central War (slow) Time were
in a new snarl today, with pros
poets of worse confusion in the
immediate offing.
A number of cities have indi.
Gated intention to disregard a
new State law declaring slow
time the only legal standard in
Michigan, effective at midnight
Saturday, and this capital city
will be among them.
Mayer Ralph Gregg an
nounced he was vetoing a reso-
luton the Lansing City Council
adopted last night seeking 10
return Lansing to slow time.
He suggested the issue be SUBJ
jected to the voters in the April
2 election.
The upshot is that while the
rest of the city will remain on
Eastern War (FasD Time, State
offices located here as we'll as
elsewhere probably will have to
operate on slow time, unless
they get a dispensation from the
Legislature.
Senator Elmer r. Porter,
Blissfield Republican, renewed
warnings that he might seek re-
taliatory action against cities
which ignore the Legislatures
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13

time change order. declaring
some of them might find them
selves without any State school
aid" until they showed their
clocks back. He said State agen-
cies or departments refusing to
go on slow time might" find
their appropriations tied up.
Michigan's dizzy time trou-
bles have been most pronounced
here since the Legislature came
back into session. The House
and Senate operate on slow
time, as does the Governors Of
flee, but other State Depart.
ments here have their clocks set
an hour ahead on fast time.
Missed appointments were the
ru'. until the Legislators and
those dealing with them got
their mathematics Strengthened.
In these war years the Legis-
lature has worried about what
time is it" about as much as any
other issue. Former Governor
Van Wagner drew down the
Legislative wrath by vetoing
slow time bill seeking to exempt
Michigan from federally imposed
war time.
Two years ago Governor Kel-
ly signed into a law a bill rec
ognizing the right of any munic-
ipality to choose its own time
standard. Variations blossomed
out between neighboring cities,
and the Legislature suffered
ridicule and criticism. Recently
it has adopted a slow time bill
which has no enforcement
clause, ordering it to become op-
erative at midnight Saturday.
Several legislators said they
understood Senator Porter was
serious in his reprisal threats,
but that they expected any such
step would draw down a road
of protest against infringement
upon local governmental pre-
negatives.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
List Materials
Now Classified
in War SHORTAGE

Increased military demands,
together with shortages of man
power. fuel, and transportation
facilities, have resulted in a
marked reduction in the supply
of construction materials, the
Detroit War Production Board
reports.
This is especially true in the
case of lumber and metals. Even
for authorized essential produc-
ton, WPB pointed out, caution
must be exercised in specifying
for the following tight materials:
Lumber, plywood, particularly
softwood; steel, some types of
building boards, wood shingles,
plumbing. heating and electrical
goods and screening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Land Sale Rebate Charges
Of County to Be Reduced ,

County Controller Sherwood
j. Bennett and the county treas
urer's committee have been in
structed by the board of Super
visors to study charges being
made by the county to communi-
ties for the cost of distributing
cash received from the sale OF
state lands in the county.
The matter was brought to the
supervisors attention Monday
by East Detroit. through Super
visor Stephen r. Henderson and
Treasurer E. j. Rausch, who pro-
tested the present so cent fee as
excessive. They suggested that
so cents would be fairer for
each contract, rather than that
amount per description of pro-
perty.
Bennett explained that the so
cents had been arbitrarily set
some time ago, before costs were
worked out, and the actual cost
Is now about 36 cents per des-
oription, or approximately 1.5
per cent of the total cash dis
tribution. He recommended a re-
duction to townships, cities and
villages.
The revenue to the county
from charges up to Dec. 81, 1914
was $37, 426.55, whereas the cost,
not including overhead, was
S27,426.73, Bennett said.
Up to Jan. 8, 1945, the county
has received and distributed ST.
171,886.47 in land sale receipts,
with the major amounts going to
the following communities: East
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13

Efforts of Michigan cities and
villages to pry loose some of
Nichigan's reported Sll0,000,-
900 cash-on- hand were reflected
in discussions at the Macomb
County Board of Supervisors
meeting Monday.
1t was an echo of the cry
made with increasing emphasis
at Lansing recently after Gov
ernor Kelly failed to agree with
his State Tax Study Commission
in respect to that commission's
recommendation of sales tax aid
for local communities.
The subject was brought 10
the fore by Supervisor Frank
Biehl, of Erin Township, who
surprised some supervis o s
when he revealed that the ST.
900 homestead tax exemption
applicable to a serviceman also
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-13
Pin-Up Services, Too

BOSTON - W.D - The New
England Telephone & Telegraph
Co. recently dug down into its
files to help two GIs get in touch
with their pin-up girl. 1t seems
the soldiers had snapped the
girls picture down South. They
got her telephone number, but
neglected TO get her name. So,
asking the girls permission, the
telephone company obliged with
name and address.