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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

Note the dishnctivelv carved
rops edge that adds so much
beauty ~ this desk Choice
cabinet woods In walnut fin
ish Spacious drawers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

Large Shaft gliders for porch
or lawn. Metal chain suspen-
sion, bolte construction,
shaped seats and backs for
comfort.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Mt. Clemens Rodorman
Aboard u. SIS. Mississippi

Serving aboard the battleship
". S. S. Mississippi, a part of
admiral Halsey's Third Fleet
which is assisting in the occupa-
ton of Japan, is Frank NJ. May.
radarman second class, of 86
Gibbs street, Mount Clemens.
The local seaman who was an
employe of the Fuller and Pei
tier Taxi service before joining
the Navy has served aboard the
battle tried battleship sine e
July, 194l when she was doing
convoy duty in the Atlantic.
May said that the Mississippi
was based in Iceland on Dec. z,
l94l when news of the Pearl
Harbor attack reached them. Al
ter a few days In Norfolk, Va,
during which time the crew was
given a rest, the Mississippi left
for the Pacific on Jan. 6 to be-
gin its exciting tour of duty.
The Mississippi became the
bulwark of defense against the
Japs in the sea battles that fol-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
State Peach crop
Nearing Al Record
Predict 3,500,0
Bushels in l945

LANSING, Sept. II - up -
Good growing We at her has
boosted the states peach crop
nearly 100000 bushels over
the expected yield and brought
it near TO the previous record
production, Clarence Bolander,
deputy Commissioner of Agri-
culture, reported today.
Bolander said growers now
are predicting a 100000 bushel
crop, compared with early-sea-
son pr c I i o ms of 2,l85, 900
bushels-approXimately the 10
year average-and a record high
of 3,864,000 bushels in l94l.
Quality of the peaches also is
good this season, Bolander re-
ported. He said continued warm
weather to haste maturity
enough rainfall in the final
stages of growth, and a mini.
mum of disease outbreaks had
resulted in the large crop.
Up to last week. growers had
sold 100000 bushels for a to-
tai of more than 100000, he
estimated. Sales at the principal
markets are expected TO taper
off by the end of the week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Ex-Servicemen to HELP
Find Jobs for Veterans

prove of great aid to the office.
Braun is a veteran of both
world wars serving four and one
half years in the army in World
War l and two years in the Navy
during the present war. He was
recently elected department vice
commander in the American Le-
gion and has also been member
Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
for several years.
Baumann has served seven
years in an Army Air Force
Fighter group and has seen two
and one-half years service over
seas attached to the eighth, 18th
and 18th Air Forces.
Dunsmore said that since both
Braun and Baumann did CLASH
fication work in the service, they
are fully qualified to advise re-
turning veterans how to best
utilize in civilian work the train
ing and experience they gained
in the armed forces.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
POStmaSterS
Name Officers

DETROIT, Sept. IL -R-
Harry A. Newcomb of Kalama-
ZOO was elected Monday rs
President of the Michigan Chap
ter of the National Association
Of PostmaSters.
Other officers named at the
groups convention here were:
John c. Watson, Colon. secre-
tary-treasurer; Grin X. Gettens-
berger of Okemos, Morris r.
Ehle Of Wayland, Mrs. Margaret
Haas of Mendon and Roy l..
Brothwell of Blaney, vice presi-
dents.
Ann c. Parsal of Benton Hat
Dor and Bernard S. McLeish Of
Bay Port, retiring president,
were named National directors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

Two ex-servicemen have been
appointed to posts in the Mount
Clemens office of the United
States Employment Service. Dou-
Slas Dunsmore, manager of the
office revealed today.
Leo N. Braun who has been
active in veteran affairs for 25
years, has been named veterans
employment representative and
Joseph Baumann has been ap-
pointed veteran counselor at the
local office.
Dunsmore said that the two
men would greatly facilitate the
handling of the increasingly
heavy veteran load and should
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

after the fret Publisatien Of
Shakespeare writi.Ss, he IL siill
-.ve-sd for the de.shlsss quality
Of HE snique creative tenius.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

lowed and II has participated In
many battles including action In
the Solomons, Kiska, Kwajalein.
Peleieu, Leyte, Luzon and Ok
lnawa. 1t wasA the flag ship Of
Rear Adm. Weylers' battlelinc
on the night the southern force
OF the Jap navy was practically
annihilated in Surigoa Strait.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Order Extrodition
Of Gunmon Suspect

LANSING, Sept. IL Up
Governor Kelly today ordered
extradition of William
Candy" Davidson of Detroit
who is wanted for questionine
in connection with the armed
robbery of a Pontiac night club
and the murder of State Senator
Warren G.. Hooper. Davidson was
apprehended by California po-
Ice.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
NAZI AT LARGE

ALLEGAN. Sept. II Up
Wilhelm Wall. 2l. an Innate of
a German prisoner of war camp
here, was still at Liberty today
after his escape from a farm
detail near Leisure on Monday.
State police and FBI agents
joined local authorities in the
search.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

"A center Line woman, VINO
finds that three dogs in one
family are the limit, is anxious
to find a good home for a
small, thoroughbred collie dog,
now two years old q good
watchdog, friendly with chill
dren and Obedient to orders.
1t is a male dog and has been
we'll trained and disciplined
He has an attractive red
sable coat with white ruff. The
family is not interested In SELL
ing the dog because they
want to approve the type
type of home it will have =.
They spurned several offers
to sell 1t to Detr0iters be-
cause they wouldn't subject
dog used to field space to the
dangerous confines of busy
streets SO If you have a
country place, away from
dangerous traffic, you may
qualify. Please write this col
UNI and we'll turn your
application over to the dog
owner.
THE SUGGESTION of a De-
troit newspaper that war vet
Grams who take posts as police
men be entitled to wear their
campaign ribbons on their police
uniforms meets with our
personal approval. The ribbons
would add much to the authority
of the wearer and public
confidence in him, we believe,
would be heightened. Noun:
Clemens and most county police
departments include veterans Of
world wars And while m
tie subject of ribbons, we think
the Bell Telephone Company's
free issuance of pocket cards
identifying all campaign honors
is splendid gesture. Everyone
owes it to the returning service
man to be able to identify his
ribbons, so that he may be hoE-
ored for his service rather
than continuously annoyed by
questions.
Our Classified AID depart
ment is always good for a
column squib. Classified Man
ager frankie Robinson reports
the receipt on Monday Of an
airmail letter addressed to
our Mount Clemens office.
1t was airmailed Saturday -.
IN MOUNT CLEMENS. We
wonder where the plane land
ed? Field man Harvey
Norton, from our South Ma
comb News area, reports that
Mrs. Verban StOll, Of 217l2
st. Gertrude avenue, st. Clair
Shores. sold SOS worth OF
canaries at her house, on the
day her classified ad first APP
peared last week. That's get
ting results!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

ed at Vertus, France, in Janu-
airy, 1918!
A SALUTE to the boys Of the
IOOF softball team, winners of
junior city championship, for
their coursage in carrying on to
victory despite many handicaps
that logged their club. The
spectators didn't realize 1t, but
among the team members at the
windup the following injuries
were we'll hidden: Charles Phil
lips. center fielder, played with
two broken ribs and one frac-
tured rib Bill Middleton
pitched two games with q very
painful boil on his arm :.
Skip" Fredericks played right
field and centerfield in two
games with an injured leg i. :.
and catcher Peter Carlos Is
Handicapped with a right hand
that would keep a lot OF lads
cut of softball Incidentally
the lodge will give a benefit
for the boys Oct. 6 >. but
more on that subject later.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

esting story obout q man we r
that Major }. Gordon Rankin.
eron Of World War but
story until Major Rankin corr
published.
II had reference to SeIfridge
Field and the founding Of the
First Pursuit Group. An
authority we regarded as fully
reliable informed us that the
First Pursuit Group was formed
at Ellington Field, Texas, in
1922, with the Gath Pursuit
Squadron as its nucleus.
Well let Major Rankin take
over from here on, and you'll
realize that when information
regarding the First Pursuit group
is sought, there couldn't be any
better authority.
I'm regard to the establish
ment of the First Pursuit
Group, which you wrote was
formed at Ellington Field,
Texas, in 1922. AS a mat
ter of fact, the start of the First
Pursuit Group was on Jan. Is,
1918, when three officers,
Major b. M. Anderson, Capt.
Philip Roosevelt and Capt. J.
Gordon Rankin arrived at
Vertus, France, under orders
to establish combat aviation
for front line duty.
IL was designated supply Of
ficer and to substantiate my
statements, allow me to quote
from the History of Air Parks
and Mobile Air Depots"
"When on Jan Is, 1918, the
nucleus of the First Pursuit
Group arrived at Vertus on the
Champagne front, one of the
great problems was the obtain
ing of their equipment from
the American and French de-
pots then in existence. The
responsibility for obtaining
these supplies lay with the
unit itself, and instead Of
there being a flow of material
from the depots to this unit at
the front, it was necessary for
the supply officer to travel ex-
tensively in his search for the
technical and other equipment
of the two squadrOns of the
First Pursuit Group then in the
field.
Major Rankin further quotes
from the published statements
of Balloon Buster Frank Luke:
1T was the beginning of the
last year of the war when Amer
ica's air fighters appeared at
the front. On Jan. IA, 1918, Ma
jor B. M Atkinson, Capt. Philip
Roosevelt and Capt j. C. Rank
in, with seven enlisted men, Set
ted down to prepare an aero
drome from which to launch
American aviation"
The wing in another quote
for good measure, Major Rank
in gives us more insight into
the supply officers job in
those early days of combat
aviation. This is from Col.
Harold Hartney's war book,
up and at EN-" -.
"'The concentration of our
supply and mechanical replace
r1ent and salvage problems in
the hands of the 4th Air Park
Squadron wassa wonderful move
on the part of the higher ups.
The First Pursuit Group simply
could not have functioned with
out the devoted services of Capt
j Gordon Rankin and his faith
full crew of officers and men.
Never have I seen job done.
Rankin had been the Groups
supply officer since the begin
ming. Lord knows how they did
it, but they foraged, borrowed
and stole lumber, canvas, wire
and other things to build the
Groups first hangar at Vertus,
in January 1918
So, for the record -. and
correctly this time =. the
First Pursuit Group was form
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
Petty Thefts
Keep Police
On the Move

A wave of petty thefts and
larcenies hit Mount Clemens
over the weekend when four
burglaries were reported to city
police and the Sheriffs office.
The theft of four tires replete
with wheels and tubes and an
auto radio from a car owned by
Mrs. John Ullrich of No. 8
Breitmeyer Place, highlighted
the thefts.
Mrs. Ullrich told police that
she had left her l94l coupe in
her garage and that some time
Sunday night her car was strip.
ped.
Charles Decker, of 121 Avery,
Route No. 6. Mount Clemens, re-
ported the theft of S23 from his
cash register Sunday night. He
told Sheriff's deputies that he
always kept $50 in the register
in his store and left at nine o.
clock with his wife. When he
returned at IL p. m. he noticed
S23 in bills missing. The van
dals took no merchandise and
left the $27 in silver.
Deputies said that the burglars
had entered the store through an
opening in the rear where the
combination store and house was
being remodeled.
The shortage of golf balls led
someone to enter the residence
of Ross AFFORD, at 22O South
River road, Saturday and take
six balls and other golf equip
ment.
AFFORD told the Deputies Rich
ard DeKetelaere and Frank
Ballor that he was missing an
iron, No. / driver, six balls
and a half case of soft drinks.
Entrance was gained by break
ing a pane of glass.
The second hand store of Will
liam Beer at No. 5 Dickinson was
burglarized Saturday night. Beer
said that the thieves had cut the
screen and entered the store by
breaking a window. No estimate
of the amount of merchandise
missing was given by Beer.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11
4 -Min III. DAY
n n
By D. A.

D. A. stonds corrected . and we very glad it happen
ed because in the correction we've uneorhed very inter-
estne story about have known for years. We knew
that Major Gordon Rankin of Utica Air Corps vet
Of World War but knew the rest Of the
story until Major Ronkn corrected recent piece
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-11

The Maine Legislature has set
aside $4,000 for the purchase
and equipment of a farm to be
devoted to research in the Gull
ture of blueberries by the Maine
Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. Blueberries Is one of the
states most important crops.
Evening star., 1945-07-04
Passage Of BRETON
Plan Before Charter
Sought in Senate

Senate passage of the Breton
Woods plan to stabilize the world
financial transactions before de-
bate starts on the United Nations
Charter was the hope of congress
sional leaders today.
The world monetary agreement,
already passed by the House, came
out of the Senate Banking Com
mittee late yesterday, IA to 4. Sem
ator Taft, Republican, of Ohio said
he will renew on the floor the un-
successful fight he made in COM
mittee to postpone establishment
of the proposed $9,100, 100000 world
bank and the $500, ,o00,0 currency
stabilization fund.
With hearings due to start in the
Foreign Relations Committee July 8
on the historic San Francisco
Charter for world peace, Senate
Majority Leader Barkley plans to
wait until July 16 to begin floor de-
bate on Breton Woods.
This will give all Senators a
chance to attend the first week of
Charter hearings without interrupt
| tion and leave the Senate another
week to debate Breton Woods be-
| fore the treaty is ready to go to the
floor about July %.
Some Republicans Joined the solid
bloc of Democrats on the Banking
Committee in support of Breton
Woods. The four voting against, all
Republicans, were: Senators Taft
of Ohio, Thomas of Idaho, Butler of
Nebraska and Millikin of Colorado.
Senator Taft lost a series of
amendments in committee, includ-
ing proposals to require that cur
rency advances from the monetary
fund be repaid in Is months, a
suggestion advanced earlier by the
American Bankers Association.
The committee also refused to
accept a requested reservation to
condition American participation on
removal of present currency and
trade restrictions, such as Britain's s
Empire preference trading arrange
ment.
1t did, however, agree to an
amendment proposed by Senator
Radcliffe, Democrat, of Maryland
emphasizing the Importance of elm
mating discriminatory trade prac-
tees.
Evening star., 1945-07-04
Rites 10 Be Held tomorrow
For Miss Florence Peabody

Funeral services for Miss Florence
M, Peabody, n, of sl8 L street NV,
daughter of the late John j. Pea
body, chief of Washington's first
organized fire department, will be
held at II am. tomorrow at Gawler's
funeral home, 1855 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Miss Peabody died yesterday of a
heart ailment at the home of her
brother, william F. Peabody, 1903
Delafield place NV. Burial will be
in Congressional Cemetery.
Miss Peabody was born and edu-
Gated in Washington. She taught
music for many years in the District
retiring about eight years ago.
In addition to her brother, Miss
Peabody Is survived by sister, Miss
Irene Peabody, also of the L street
address. Miss Peabody lived at 91a
| L street for more than 73 years.
Evening star., 1945-07-04
Dealer Fined $3.50
For Injunction Breach

Abram E. Stern yesterday was
found guilty and fined $3.50 by JUS
tice James w. Morris of District
Court on charge of contempt of
court for violating the terms of a
June, 1914, injunction issued against
the Stern Co., Inc, 600 block of In
| diana avenue NV.
The order enjoined the firm and
its agents from selling hotel, res
taurant and kitchen equipment and
supplies until proper price records
were prepared. While in the capac-
ity of an agent for the company,
Mr.. Stern, last December and jan
uary, sold supplies in violation of
the terms of the injunction, the
court found The court also found,
however, that Mr.. Stern had made
an effort to comply with the in
junction,
Mr.. Stern was prosecuted by OPA
Enforcement Attorney Carl w
Berueffy and Assistant Enforcement
Attorney j. Grahame Walker.
Don't spend to the end but lend 10
your friend-Uncle Sam. Buy War
Evening star., 1945-07-04
Three Holland Towns
Honor American Dead

In three towns of Holland today,
officials of the Netherlands govern
ment paid tribute to American sol
diers who gave their lives in help
ing to liberate the Dutch people.
Marking Independence Day
Prime Minister Willem Schermer-
horn visited the United States mill
tary cemetery at Margraten, lit
Evening star., 1945-07-04

tie town In Southern Linlburg. Sim
liar rites were conducted at GENE
teries at Son and Molenhoek by
Johannes Meynen, minister of war,
and Lieut.. Gen. j. j. G. Baron van
Worst tot Voorst.
Evening star., 1945-07-04

Don't spend to the end but lend 10
your friend-Uncle Sam. Buy War
Bonds regularly.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
Aviation, Rail
Stocks Climb

NEW YORK. June II (INS)-
Aviations and rails were the lead
ers in today's stock market.
The air shares started the ad-
vance at the opening with. gains
running 10 better than a point in
Douglas. Shortly after noon the
rails came 10 ife with such favor
ties as Baltimore a. Ohio Jumping
nearly 2 points 10 new high OF
IS on reports it's recapitaiization
plan has been assured. Other car
riers were content with gains OF
a point or less.
Volume held az about yester-
days level OF 100000 shares.
In addition TO b. & O.. rails to
show good gains included North
ern Pacific. up l ; Gulf Mobile and
New York Central, up y each,
and Santa Fe, y.
In the air. shares, In addition
10 Douglas, Boeing got up better
than a point and United Air
Lines. Glenn l.. Martin and others
fractions.
Steels and motors were quiet.
Utilities were firm. Curb prices
improved and bonds were slightly
easier.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
Gar Wood Lists
Drop in Income

Gar Wood Industries, Inc,
earned consolidated net income OF
S416, $40. or al cents common
share, in the six months ended
April 30. Glen A. Bassett. presi-
dent. announced today. This COM
pares with S620,742, or 81 cents a
share. in the period ended April
30. 1914
BaSsett said that the Shift In
the emphasis and nature Of war
production preceding the German
surrender in Europe was largely
responsible for the decline in net
sales TO S21. .022.300 in the latest
period from S23, 3,4S3, 1868 in the
earlier six months.
For the quarter ended April 30,
consolidated net income was S182.-
$40 against 1896, 100 in the like
1914 period.
No provision has been made for
the possible effect Of renegotiation
Of war contracts since the com
pany does not deem its profits 10
have been excessive during these
periods.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
Briggs Plans
Big Expansion

The Briggs Manufacturing Co.,
prev automobile body and
plumbing ware manufacturers,
plans to expend Slo.000000 for
reconVersion, re-equipping and
new machinery.
Recent reductions in war re-
quirements, the report said. have
enabled the company to begin
preparations for peacetime auto
mobile body manufacturing.
Looking TO the immediate
future" said w. p. Brown. presi-
dent, "the company has been
working closely with Its major
clients toward supplying auto
mobile bodies and parts when
the government gives the go
ahead signal and Is laying the
foundation for a substantial in
crease in business over prewar
levels.
I've have already placed or
ders for certain critical ma
chinery which we shall need
and. wherever We can. without
interfering with our war work.
we have begun reconversion
work"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
Auto
Graphs
Presiding Of Cars
Target of Drive
BY sILER FREEMAN

Presiding Of postwar cars by
automobile dealers Is now COM
ing under serutiny.. Many have
been accepting deposits from
would-be purchasers without
reference TO a delivery date.
At least ohe large car builder
Is taking an active interest in
these tactics and plans to crack
down on the dealers. The man.
ufacturer fears that some un-
scrupulous merchants may de-
fraud their customers by going
out of business before they can
get cars, leaving the buyers
holding the bag for their down
payment.
II rationing is applied to the
new cars, as undoubtedly il
will, dealers will not be in a
position to deliver cars for some
time. II looks like a situation
TO which all manufacturers can
cast wary eye and nip in the
bud.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
3Libera|s
Win Windsor

Voters OF the Windsor district
had apparently elected three Lib.
eral candidates TO Essex County's
seats in Parliament today on the
face of returns from a record
breaking ballot In yesterdays fed
eral election.
Two candidates. Paul ]. Martin,
Canada's secretary OF state, and
Donald F. Brown. received over
whelming majorities 10 assure
their election but the third Lib
eral, s. Murray Clark. must await
returns from the soldier ballot,
expected In about 10 days.
A total OF 70,644 voters in Es-
sex County cast ballots in the
three way election. The Coz Opera.
tive Commonwealth Federation
Socialist party didates
trailed with the major races be-
ing between Liberals and Progress.
sive-Conservatives.
In last weeks provincial vote,
three out of four Progressive
Conservative candidates were
elected but, In the federal ballot,
Liberals led the field in every
case.
Tabulations gave the following
results:
Essex East: Martin l5,i01,
James Byrne, Progressive-Con.
servative, 1905; William MacDon-
aid. CCF. 3,7a1.
Essex West: Brown. Windsor
alderman. l2,9ll; James Leach,
u 11,l96;
Fred Burr, CCF. 4.650.
Essex South: Clark 1859: VII.
liam Conkling, Progressive-Con.
servative. 7,l86; Edward MCGEE,
CCF. 3S5.
Political observers said the SOL
dicr ballot taken overseas could
change the results OF the Essex
South race but Clark supporters
expressed confidence in his re.
turn 10 Parliament
II was also noted that the CCF
party vote was the lowest in Es-
sex County's history.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
Magician Popular

One Of the most popular men
on the cruise was Arthur Whel-
pley. youthful dental technician
from Henry Ford Hospital.
Art, an amateur magician and
former president Of the magi-
clans society here, entertained
and baffled the boys with his
card tricks and sleight Of hand
performances.
After he pulled sponge rubber
rabbits out OF their ears, big
rabbits and litters Of little rab-
bits while cupped in their
tightly Clenched fists, and other
supernatural events took
place. the wide eyed porters on
the boat steered clear OF the
magician.
When he left the boat, Il took
all OF Lis powers Of legerdemain,
plus handsome tip, to get one
10 carry his bag.