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Civic Center
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paratory to landscaping this cor
ner and otherwise beautifying it.
FOR PUBLIC USE
AS soon as sufficient funds are
available, Levine said, a modern
community center, containing a
meeting hall, gymnasium, cook
ing facilities and other essentials
of such plant, will be con-
structed. It will be available for
general public use for accredited
organizations and groups not
connected with the synagogue.
The primary need. Levine
pointed out, is meeting space
and recreation facilities for the
congregations own groups, es-
pecially the younger people. The
B'nai Birth brotherhood some
time ago undertook to remodel
the synagogue basement where a
meeting room has been estab-
lished, but this is greatly made
quate to cope with the need.
Levine said other improve
ment at the synagogue will in
clude the replacement of all
windows with stained glass me-
mortal windows.
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Obituaries
A. e. WOOdu1'd

Funeral services for Andrew
Clayton Woodland, age 60, of
4169 Helen, Detroit, we'll known
in Mount Clemens fraternal cir
cles will be at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon from the A. O. Mat
thews Funeral homes, 1890 East
Grand boulevard, Detroit. The
Rev. B. w. Pullinger will offic-
ate. Burial will be in Forest
cemetery.
Mr.. Woodard died Tuesday
night at his home.
Born in Milton, Mich, he was
a member of Woodman of the
World, Mount Clemens, Ashlar
Lodge No. 81 F. & A. NJ, De-
troit Consistery and Moselm
Shrine.
He lived in Detroit for more
than 40 years and is survived
by his wife, Minnie L., a SON,
Clarence c. and one brother,
Hart, all of Detroit.
He attended schools in Milton
and was a mail carrier in the
Government Post Office before
his retirements.
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Mrs. LalcH Tracy

RICHMOND - Funeral Serv-
ices for Mrs. Lucy Tracy, IS,
a long time Richmond resident
until she moved to Detroit 10
years ago, will be held from the
Clifford d. Hensch Funeral
Home here at 2 p. m. Friday
with Rev. William Pryor, pastor
Of Richmond Methodist church,
officiating.
Mrs. Tracy died Wednesday
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Floyd st. Aubin, in Detroit.
The remains will lie at the ARM
strong Funeral home today and
at the Hensch Home Friday.
Besides Mrs. st. Aubin, Mrs.
Tracy is survived by an another
daughter, Mrs. James Thompson,
Detroit; a son, Harry Carney,
Detroit, a brother, George Kear-
ney, of Yale.
Her husband, David, died Is
years ago.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
Double Trouble
Still COnfrOnts
Clinton Man

A 37-year-old Clinton town.
ship man was in the county Jail
today after he pleaded guilty to
an assault and battery charge
and waved examination on q re.
sisting an officer count on ar
raignment before Justice Donald
]. Parent.
In double trouble 10 George
Lawrence, Of 800 Starkey ave-
nue., who Tuesday fought two
husky sheriff's deputies who
sought to subdue him outside his
home after Eawrence'ss wife
complained he beat her.
Justice Parent deferred sem
tence on the assault charge until
Monday and ordered Lawrence
held for circuit court trial on
the secon dcharge. He Is held in
81 900 bail.
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Bond Suit
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II the decision goes against
Macomb County in. q Federal
court suit threatened by Dyke
man, Jones & Wheat. judgment
of 1891, 200 may be rendered
against the county General Fund,
county officials point out.
This would actually mean that
every community In the county
would pay its proportionate
share of old South Macomb
drains. According to Mount
Clemens contribution to the
county tax Golfers, the Bath
City's proportionate share would
be between 100000 and $40, 900
of the 1891 900 amount.
MEETING CALLED
Harper said that a meeting of
the county Drain Committee
will be held early next week,
with special drain attorney Hugh
H. Francis in attendance.
Francis had indicated in corn
ment to county officials recently
that there was little that could
be done to forestall q judgment
against the General fund.
Supervisors, shocked by the
reverse court opinion that sud-
denly saddled the county with
such heavy indebtedness. COM
mented that I'VE might as we'll
fight it,, and prolonged court
action may result.
The test case which decided
the issue was that of Oakland
County drain bondholders
against the treasurer of that
county. He had refused to meet
their demands for payment. The
Oakland County Circuit Court
upheld the treasurer, but the
Supreme Court (recently) re-
versed the lower court.
The higher court ruled that a
writ of mandamus may be issued
to compel the county treasurer
to pay bondholders out of the
county General Fund.
(The current drain situation Is
not to be confused with the
bondholders suits in the Nine
Mile-Halfway and Martin drain
cases, which were a multi-mil-
lion dollar claim against the
county. The county stands as
relieved of liability for bonds IN
these suits, but another suit is
on file asking the Circuit Court
to give Macomb County a lien on
the Nine mile disposal plant,
claiming it was built on land
and with materials both pur-
chased by bondholders' money!
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Marshall
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ported ready to make conces-
sions.
In Tientsin, six freed US.
Marine fliers who had been held
by Chinese Communists for 80
days after their forced landing
near the village of Hochin
reached their base. Said Maj.
Gen. Keller E. Rockey, "it's the
best Christmas present we could
get"
Additional war-criminal spec
ifications were filed in Manila
against 1t. Gen. Masaharu Hon.
ma, Japanese commander whose
trial is set for Jan. 3.
Others in the crowd of 800
which awaited his plane were
Vice Adm. Daniel Barley, COM
mander Of the U. S. Seventh
Fleet; Rear Adm. c. Turner
Joy, Commander Of the U. 3.
Yangtze Patrol; Paul Josselyn,
u. s. Consul General at Shang-
hal, and two Chinese generals.
Although Generalissimo Chi
ans Kai-Shek was reported to be
in Shanghai this morning. he
did not appear at the airfield and
Marshall was expected to fly
to Nanking, perhaps tomorrow,
for his first meeting with the
Generalissimo since the Cairo
Conference.
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BY MURLIN SPENCER

TOKYO, Dec. 20 - (PD -
Prince Fumimaro Konoye, who
took poison rather than be tried
for his diplomatic bluders, said
in his memoirs that only En-
peror Hirohito could have con-
trolled the hell bent for war
militarists but the Emperor
took no positive steps.
Looking back on his long but
futile peace negotiations with
the United States, the former
Pre- m Ter said the Emperors
hands off policy not only with
the Army and Navy but also
with diplomats and members of
government was felt deeply"
SINCERE WISH
Konoye said, however, there
was no doubt of the Emperor's S
sincere wish for peace at all
times. The memoirs were OBJ
tanned by the Associated Press
three days before Konoye COM
mitted suicide.
While Konoye's factual ac-
count of his second and third
cabinets was not an attempt to
fix blame for his failures, he
condemned Japan's system Of
government which allowed the
Army to have a free rein.
While the government was
carrying on negotiations with all
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
British Monarch
in Strange Spot
Under LabOrites

LONDON, Dec. 20-The ad-
vent of an out and out Socialist
government has rendered the po-
sition of the king-emperor rath-
er paradoxical in theory, al
though practically his majesty
fits into the new political scheme
of things as neatly as though the
kingship were designed origi-
nally as part of England's leftist
jigsaw puzzle.
The Socialists haven't shown
the slightest disposition to inter-
fere with the monarchy. On the
contrary, while thrones on the
continent have been topping in
the leftist storm, the British in
stitution still stands as solid as
its own Rock of Gibraltar.
Considering all aspects of the
situation, one is tempted to the
belief that province nodded the
character of the present king to
fit the political crisis which has
now hit England. He would seem
in all respects to represent the
type - and the only type - of
monarch whom the Socialist gov
ernment could accept.
George vi is a plain man of
the people. I've been watching
him closely ever since he was
email lad, and so far as one can
see he hasn't any ambition to
exercise royal authority, or yet
to wear a jewel-studded crown.
He is quite happy to take his in
structions from the prime minis
ter. And that, of course, is pre-
cisely what the government in a
constitutional monarchy and
especially Socialist government
most desires.
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Civil Service
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boards, part-time employees and
technical consultants.
The charter provides further
that also a year after the ef-
fective date the commission must
either set up some type of PEN
sion plan covering employees for
approval Of the electorate or
elect to come under the pro-
visions Of Act. No. is of the
Public Acts of 1945.
Act 135 enables small cities
to combine their employees under
one pension plan with the state
contributing a small part Of the
cost.
The charter empowers the
commission to make available
"any recognized standard plan
of group life, hospital, health or
accident insurance" available to
city employees and administra-
tive officers.
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The meeting, called by Presi-
dent Fred Touscany. will be at
the fire hall on Market street.
Touscany has extended an in
vitation to all returned service
men Of Mount Clemens to be-
come members of the organiza-
tion. and to help in the annual
newspaper sale.
Members Of the Metropolitan
Ladies Auxiliary. who are now
busy with scores of investiga-
tions, believe that the Christmas
list Of needy children will pass
the $50 mark, judging by present
indications.
More than IS Is being allotted
to each child for clothing, foot
wear, toys, candy and nuts.
Goodfellows officers believe at
least $1,000 will be needed to
foot the bill of this year Christ
Metropolitan Auxiliary men,
Metropolitan Auxiliary men,
bers are working out Of the
headquarters at 20 Broadway,
the clubrooms of their organiza-
ton.
Old Newsboys on Saturday
will follow the colors of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars in their
march from the John r. Muir
ply Hotel. If weather permits,
the Mount Clemens High School
band will lead the brief parade.
The Newsboys will sell a spe-
cial edition of the Monitor-Lead-
er, the zaniest editor of a news
paper" every published in Mount
Clemens.
Entitled the "Razzberry Edi-
ton, 1t will be filled with
stories and pictures that make
little sense but provide q good
laugh for the reader who Is not
too gullible. Real names are US
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Merger


Senator Edwin c. johnson
(D-Colo), who also has merger
bill in the legislative mill, COM
mented jubilantly that Mr.. Tru-
mans plan could not have been
better II I had written 1t N.Y.
self"
ELIMINATE yEALOUSIES
From House Military commit
tee members came these re-
marks:
Acting chairman Thomson
(D-Tex) - I'm for Il. I think
the present duplication, and es-
pecially the jealousies between
the two departments, is mex
cusable and indefensible."
Rep. Arends (R-Ill)-''I'm in.
clined to believe the depart
ments should be consolidated" "
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
Third Postwar
Open House at
Air Base Sunday

Selfridge Field will be open
to the public from 10 q. m, III.
til 4 p. m, Sunday in the third
and last of a series Of Open
House" days designed to give
Michigan residents first hand
knowledge of the vital part the
huge air base played during
wartime.
An hour-long aerial show
starting at 2 p. m, will highlight
the days activities. All visitors
will receive q special Open
House program booklet contain
ing history Of the post, q map
of the base and the program.
Various types of aircraft
ranging from the tiny LIS to 4
huge Bit Rescue Plane will be
on exhibit. Officers will act as
guides during the day at each
exhibit.
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Contractors
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port the situation to the Build
ing Committee at its next meet
ing, and it seems apparent that
judges on the bench in the
fifth floor court will have to
struggle along with what they
have until the good old days"
return.
Bennett said that Chester Ste
venson, of Harrison Township,
a building engineer, has been
retained by the county to sur
vey the unfinished IL floor Of
the building and produce pre-
liminary plans so supervisors
may award bids. The school
commissioner and drain commits
sioner are expected to move
their offices to the top floor.
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Fra,sk Scs',sgSs, Jr.

Funeral services were held
Wednesday for Frank Scruggs,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Scruggs, of s7ll9 Edgeton ave-
nue., Detroit, who died shortly
after birth Tuesday at Mount
Clemens Genera! Hospital.
The child is survived by his
parents; three sisters, Joy, Peg
gy and Sandra, and the grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Zilk
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Scruggs, of Mount Clemens.
Services were conducted at
the LaCroix g. Groesbeck fu
neral home with Rev. Joseph l..
Kennedy officiating. Burial was
In Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Rescue
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mines, where II Duce was being
held prisoner.
"A parachute jump from such
heights op such a small target
seemed not feasible" Skorzeny
said. :" - Although this was
against strict orders from Gen.
Student, we decided that crash
landing was the only possible
solution. We landed, partly dam
aged, Is meters from the hotel.
Two more planes followed our
example.
"The guards were overcome.
More of our planes landed, with
the loss of two lives and several
wounded. A few shots were
fired, but the Italian colonel in
command realized our numeri-
cal superiority and did not put
up much resistance"
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
DII-lua Driver
}o1IG|li by Police

Mount Clemens police sought
= hit-run driver who fed after
his car sideswiped an'automobile
owned by Mrs. Martha Fiebel-
korn, 102 Michigan avenue. Mrs.
Tiebelkorn found the car, which
she had left parked in front of
Malbin's Store on Macomb
street, badly damaged when she
returned from a movie at IL
p. m, Wednesday.
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Only Emperor Could Have
Prevented War . konoye

ing ahead its preparations for
war just in case negotiations
failed" he wrote.
mot only that, we lin the
cabinet) did not know what
these preparations were. Ships
were moved and mobilization
was pushed and the United
States learned this. 1t caused
the United States, with whom
we were negotiating for peace,
to doubt our sincerity"
DECLINED STEP
Konoye said that in the tense
days following September, 1941,
when the question was whether
Japan ond the United States
would begin war, the Emperor's
own cousin, Prince Naruhiko Hi
gashi-Kuni "Who was one Of
those who advocated restraint,
said there was no other way but
for the Emperor boldly to make
a decision"
The Army was convinced ne
gotiations were hopeless and
wanted war. The Navy, while
fearful of the consequences Of
war, would not or could not
take stand for peace in oppo-
sition to the Army. Possibly the
Emperor, by ordering the Army
to maintain peace, might have
prevailed although the Lord
Keeper of the Privy Seal, Mar
quis KIDD, recently told Russell
Brines of the Associated Press
that the Emperor could not have
Stood against the Army.
Konoye said he heard that
"the Emperor told Prince Hi
gashi-Kuni several times - he
told me too - that it was re-
grettable about the Army"
The japanese, in discussing
the "black sheep" son of some
family say 1T is regrettable
about him" in much the same
way the Emperor spoke about
the Army.
At that time, Konoye wrote.
Hagashi-Kuni asked the Emper-
or why he remained aloof and
that if he thought the situation
was bad why didn't he come
out and say so?
Konoye sought to explain "the
fact the Emperor rarely voiced
an opinion, to the degree in
which it might be thought he
was too hesitant."
He said the late Prince Salon.
ju, an elder statesman, and
Count Maxine, former Lord
Keeper of the Privy Seal, had
influenced the Emperor to the
point where the Mikado at
tempted to emulate the position
of the King of England.
Konoye wrote, however, that
the Japanese Constitution diff
fers from the British Constitu-
tion in that 1t Is built around
personal rule of the Emperor.
Konoye agreed 1t was proper
in peacetime for the Emperor to
be passive but contended that
when the country was standing
at crossroads leading either to
peace or war such passivity led
to extreme difficulties.
However, I would like to say
this at the end" he wrote.
80 . the way he deeply
tried to prevent Japan from en-
tering q great war, whose future
could not be foreseen, and main
tain unmarried the national
structure of $500 years, was
seen even as itaitashi. Couch
ing)."
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Mink Pelts

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Kandt that the pelts were to be
shipped to New York this week
to be made into fur coats.
The hides were stolen from q
storage building located in back
OF the house. Mrs. Wheeler said
that the thief gained entrance
through q rear window and took
the pelts from two Ice boxes,
where they had been stored.
The pelts consisting Of -
male hides and four female were
valued at about $50 to $40
apiece, deputies said.
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Draft
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men with one or two children
may volunteer.
In practise the ban on draft
ing of fathers applies only to
men under 26. Older men have
not been drafted since japan
surrendered.
FOLLOWS PROTEST
The new ban, it was under
stood, came as the direct result
of protests in Congress that there
no longer is any need to draft
fathers. Those with three or
more children have not been
called since November S. High
School students turning ID will
be permitted to graduate before
being called.
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ed, and some red faces on the
part OF public officials may be
the result-but it's all In the
name OF sweet charity. Every
dime or dollar paid for this
souvenir edition will bring
Christmas cheer to children.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20

Nor than $4,000 real estate
firms have committed them
selves to aid returning service
men, according to Van Garrett,
president of the National Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20
Can Catch Own Shots

It is possible for the pilot of
a modern high-speed airplane to
catch up with revolver bullets
he had just fired into space
ahead.
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Goodfellows Meet Tonight
to Complete Benefit Plans

Mount Clemens Goodfelows Newsboys Aseocatio mem.
bers spurred on y preliminary reports Of
number OF needy Children In this viii O n 10.
day to make final plans sale be
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-20

FOR SALE-1h yrs. old fe-
male Cocker Spaniel, trained
with children. Phone 5O25.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19
Voino ie unieevonie
mepo+roto

Izmed vseh cloveskih aktivno-
sti je vojna najbolj brutalna,
najbolj unieevalna, najbolj dra-
ga in najbolj potratna. Vojna
unicuje :najboljsa zivljenja in
IRE narodno bogastvo zmagoval-
cev in premagancev. Najvec Sc
veda trpe porazenci, pa tudi
zmagovalci drago placajo "a
zmago.
Nasa republika je bila v VOL
nj nekaj mani kot stiri leta. So
vrazne krogle in bombe MISC do
segle nase dezele, torej O kakem
razdejanju nasega gospodarske-
ga sistema ne more biti govora.
Kljub temu je vojna zahtevala
Cd mas mad cetrt milijona mladih
zivljenj in nam je pustila nadalj-
ne stotisoce invalidov, "a katere
DO morala dezela skrbeti Sc dol
ga desetletja. " denarju mas je
vojna stala okrog 800 tisoc mi
lijonov dolarjev. Tekoci dohodki
so pokrili lie del te ogromne vso-
te, ostalo pa DO treba odplace-
vati z davki v prihodnosti.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19

Mnogo vojnega materiala, XII !
je stal ogromne vsote, je bilo te-
kom voine unicenega, ostali voj-
nj material pa je po vecini nepo-
raben "a civilne svrhe, "a bodo-
co vojno pripravljenost pa je "a
starel. Ma primer, velika vecina
vojnih letal vseh vrst bo razde-
jana in prodana "a star materi-
al. Racuna sc, da DO ma ia nacin
slo v ropotarnico $4,000 vojnih
letal, ki so mas stala okrog tri
tisoe milijonov dolarjev. Ako bi
prislo do move vojne, bi bila Sc
danja vojna letala, tudi najmo-
dernejsa, zastarela. Tako bosta
armada in mornarica obdrzali lie.
nekaj tisoc najboljsih letal "a
vezbalne svrhe. Pri tenn pa bo-
sta eksperimentirali z letali no.
viii, vedno modernejsih izdelkov.
Podobna usoda caka vecji del
nasih voinih in pomoznih ladij.
V zacetku vojne je tovrstna
ameriska tonaza znasala okrog
IL milijonov ton, oh zakljucku
vojne pa 63 milijonov ton. Neko
stevilo najboljsih vojnih ladij DO
ostalo v pripravljenosti in neko
'doloceno stevilo jih DO postav-
ljenih rezervo, kjer jih bodo
male posadke vzdrzevale v do
brem stanju "a vsak slucaj. Zelo
veliko stevilo pa bo "skartira-
nih," oziroma prodanih "a stare
zelezo. Pri tenn bodo prisle po-
sebno v postev male 1O,O00-ton-
ske ladje tako zvanega "liberty"
tipa, XII so Sc sija mo izkazale te-
kom VOJne, "a clVllnO pOraoO pa
SO v splosnem neporabne. Glav-
nj vzrok "a to je, ker je njihovo
obratovanje predrago. Tekom
vojne Sc nj gledalo ma stroske, v
mirnem casu pa je to vazen pro-
blem. Tako zdaj te ladje cakajo
v kotih raznih pristanisc dezele
ma svoj neromanticen konec. z
Min so bill odstranjeni topovi,
razni stroll, resilni colni in dru-
gi predmeti, Xxi so porabljivi
drugod, "prazne skatle' pa
upravljajo male posadke do ca
sa, ko bodo prodane in odprem-
liene v primerne kraje "a raz-
kosanje.
"NoUG Do6o," glasilo ABB.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19
ENAKOPRAVNOST

Sastne, OglJene celJustl, ki so 2
njimi pozigali vse krog sebe,
njih ostudni ostri zobje, nena-
vadno mocni .repi in njih grom-
ko tuljenje, cd katerega Sc je
stresala szemlja. A morala je
vendar priznati, da je cello spri-
co takih groznih posasti Glove
sko orozje prestrasno.
In potem je prisel dan, ko je
videla -sovraznika cloveka, te
posasti. ...
Spoznala .ih je ma bojiscu.
Brezmejno polje je bilo vse po-
krito razmesarjenimi, zmr-
cvarjenimi deli cloveskih teles.
Opica kar nj mogla verjeti svo-
Jim ocem. Sklanjala Sc je tik
mad trupli in prestrasena iskala
ma njih kakrsnihkoli znakov, XII
bi pricali 0 njih krvolocnosti.
Zakaj - cemu bi Sc sicer boril
elovek proti njim? A mic nj mo-
gla najti. Ranjenci so sc zvijali
cd bolecin, bill so popolnoma
krotki, njih telesa pa so bila
cisto enaka telesom dobrih lju-
di.
Vprasala je enega izmed njih
cali 81 ii - GIovek p"