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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16

Covlngton, KY, whom he hadn't
seen for four years since they
were roomates in Chicago col
lege. y Sgt. James Hench.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hench,
looked up from his work on
Leyte the other day and found
Sgt. John L. Bennett, 206 Rob-
ertson street, standing grinning
before him. Much scuttle-
but about the old days! :.
Bernard Mcintosh, pharmacists
mate 1/C, USN, and his brother,
Douglas, of the Merchant Ma
rine, showed up at home, 26
First street, this week. :.
Bernard to mark his 2lst birth
day Wednesday and Doug his
18th on Tuesday. Bernard has
been in the Pacific two years.
HONORABLE MENTION -
Cpl. Lorne Martell is doing as
we'll as can be expected in Sta
lag Nv, Germany It's now
1t. Roy M. McKinstry, of the
Obi transport command.
1t. Harry E. Taylor, USNR, one
of the Saipan boys, is visiting
here en- route to new Pacific
command Kendrick B.
Gemmer is a BM &c, with 80
months in the Pacific with the
SeaBo,s.' 1t. Martin Bob
cean, on an LIST, has been busy
at Two lima. T. Sgt. Vince
Rabine, won the Air Medal
with the Eighth AAF Ensign
Louis G. Devantier is on leave
after torpedo bomber plotting
from an aircraft carrier
S. Sgt. Lou YAK, Washington,
Mich, is on leave after 18
months in Iceland and ID months
in the European theatre, and
wears Purple Heart.
SPORTS STUFF - Mount
Clemens and all other county
teams dropped out of the state
ca-e tourney in the opening
rounds Rep. Bill Romano
of Van Dyke CORNER boxer
has introduced a State LegiSla-
tive bill to make throwing" a
game for the benefit of bettors
a felony The city's two
game knockout cage tourney
opens Monday, with Supers VS..
Schools and Batkins VS.. Vico
W v ~ Miller TnSsrance
'keglers were in the groove in
the BOD House league this
week. Art Burgess turned in
games of 222,264 and 1877 for
high-three, individual of 673
the 264 being the record one
game high. The team rolled
high game of $50, and that
helped them score 2675 for
high three series A few of
the Hi-Hitters: Lou Odor, (23O-
21D; Omar Desrosiers (225):
G Gorge Noteboom (211-214);
Clint Irwin, (244-212); Joe Cor
nish (236-21D; Bert Thomas
(200-213); Russ Deng (2O5);
Russ Moore. (210); Ed. Ehrke
(20O); Harry Gahlau (211-21D;
Vernon Smith, (23D; AL. Bell
man (200); Harold Koth (2O4);
Harold Redloske (207)
And the ladies': Charlotte Ba-
ker (426); Janice Cuthbertson
(5l6); Cora Mattingly (419);
Doris Krause (546); Carolyn
Papajohn (488); Florence Ba-
ker (455), and Josie Scott (5O8).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16

place for herself in the com.
munity. The Board stated today
that Richmond has profited BY
their stay. and that their loss
will prove TO be Flushing's gain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16
&s AX@ til. DAY %|
By D. A. ~
By D. A.
armed forces;
suggested enclosure In personal letters to thsmJ

Dear jock Regardless Of whot fellows may tell yol
when they're in critical mood the folks back home here
really 90 per cent behind you guys and when the need
pointed they fill it without any erubne than the
oveoee would do about disruptne dolly lives
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-16

Everybody kids Sober Hoskins
about his name. OF course, they
allow that it's appropriate. Sober
never drinks anything stronger
than a glass of beer. And a
harder worker in the fields there
never was.
"Shucks," says Sober's dad.
1--WE named Sober Sober Just
because he looked that way
when he was born. Like We
called his sister Gay and his
other sister Prissy.' And it's had
Its effect on all of 'em," he adds
with spirit. (Prissy is the old
maid In the Hoskins family.)
Evening star., 1945-08-12


Those poor bastards.
Chuck has seen lot of them come in now.
He spots the hot-rock gunners, the big-time
operators who want to know how often they
get to Rome? To Naples? How about passes?
Women? Liquor? But there are some guys
you get good. safe feeling about. They're
not the big time operators, the big wheels,
they're the steady boys, the ones who, be-
lieve it or not, thought there was somebody
up there. Yon cant think life is one big joke
and get away with il,
The more you're combat. the more you
know about it. The more you know about it,
the more nervous you get. Keeps building
to a peak till you're ready to go nuts. It's
moving too much. If man could 60 through
without knowing, he'd be all right. That's
why | wasn't bothered until after that run
to Czechosovakia | learned too much"
That's Two Missioas
IT NEVER left him alone. He could count
on two dreams every night. First, he'd refy
in every detail the mission he'd just been out
on. That's two missions every "a hours -
one during the day, one at night. And there's
no way of putting that on the official records
The other dream was the one about going
home. Always the same dream. Always ready
to 20 home. Then new orders to fly more
missions.
The strain began to show in his handwrit-
ing in his letters to Chris But Chris helped
L., , lot ~, h;e ,,,;ce;opc ua'd he cuip uino
around in the top turret. looking for fighters
and shielding his eyes from the sun and he'd
wonder what Chris would be doing at that
exact minute. Mostly, he figured, she'd just
be getting up.
Are you beginning to get a picture? Are
you getting an image of 'Uhat the mere
business Of living to live can do to man?
Are you reaIising that a BIZ is close to
being flying foxhoie?
Along about his thirty-ifth mission, crew
of their friends came back with their ship all
shot up They had one more mission to CO.
So now maybe they'd have to sweat it out for
months, waiting for their plane to get fixed.
Chuck and the boys lent them their ship
They could wait another day.
Il Felt Funny
Their Flying Latrine" got back all right.
And the crew chief patched it up all right.
Chuck climbed into it for his next mission.
He got into his seat. He started to fasten his
safety belt 1t felt funny. Stiff A little sticky.
He looked down at it and he let it drop from
his fingers 1t was stiff with blood.
He looked around him. Blood was spattered
all around The crew chief had not washed
away the plasma of the gunner who sat in a
borrowed seat and who didn t have time to be
sorry that he was in such hurry for his last
mission.
Chuck fastened the belt But he III newer be
Evening star., 1945-08-12

It's over now What's left of the formation
flies for home Nine ships out of % are gone.
Almost 100 men, He reads the last line in
friends letter: well, Nom, III finish this
after my next mission.
He watches ground personnel 60 into seven
tents that no longer have owners and he
watches them come out again loaded with GI
equipment that belongs to the government.
He sees it all stacked up on the road in one
huge pile that stretches high into the killer
sky And it occurs to him that now he feels
just like number. And he has to keep on
fighting 50 he won't be dead number and so
his equipment - that beautiful, personal
equipment - won't have to be stacked up in
the road.
That night Commanding Officer came
out to give the boys lecture on fighters. The
boys muttered and tried not to listen. One
of them whispered: Know any good
war stories, sr?" It was light enough, later
Evening star., 1945-08-12
Chuck jackson Speaks
Continued

packing Jim's stuff Including the picture
of his wife.
For the first time, Chuck let this thought
sneak into his mind and stay there: There's
damned good chance Of my not coming out
Of this alise. l might be killed. The next time
Igonb I might be killed. On the next time after
that -
The missions get rougher. The twenty
third is over Czechoslovakia and forever after
ward the words Chuck speaks that day are
engraved on his mind They're close to the
target. A great mass of specks moves in on
them:
Look at them. Fighters, fighters - fifty
to sixty of them. They black the sky out.
They're out to get US. Look out! They're
making the first pass. God, look, Charlie,
the 2lst Squadron all went down. They're all
gone. They're all down. Oh. God, keep shoot
ing, Charlie, shoot the hell out of them.
Where are they? There, they're coming
Evening star., 1945-08-12

up again. The dirty, lousy -. Can you see
them. Charlie? Why did they want to start
war anyway? Knock the hell out of them!
We're next - but they can't get us. There's
a ship at three o'clock on fire. It's Leonard.
Can you see him? Pull up, Leonard pull up!
Give Il 70 Them -.
CLOSE up Our formation, Hutch. We're too
loose. There they are coming up at five
o'clock. Give it to them. Charlie. :. Get your
sights on them There are three more coming.
Look two of them peeled off and are coming
down. Don't let the last one in, Charlie He's
going down hes going down! Oh, thank
God. We've got to have an escort. Call for an
escort, Hutch. Halsey's going down - down.
1t can't be it can't be. :.
He doesn't even remember shooting. They
come back, side attacks, in threes. He has no
feeling of sightings or adjusting the dials, or
even firing. It's all automatic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
VMI Honors Patton;
Grandfather Entered
Institute in 1849
BY the Associated Press.


LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 22.-Vir-
GINA Military Institutes flags are
at half staff today in honor of Gen.
George S. Patton, jr., who died yes
terday at Heidelberg, Germany.
Gen. Patton attended VMI in
1904 for a year before entering
the United States Military Acad-
envy. His father and grandfather
before him were VMI men.
Gen. C. E. Kilbourne, superin-
tendent of the institute, issued an
order to the cadets late yesterday
recalling that Gen. Patton attend
ed VMI and was "class of 1907"
The order paid tribute to the dead
general as one of the outstanding
leaders of World War II and cited
his distinguished Army career and
fine war record in the World War.
Gen. Patton, whose grandfather,
Col. George S. Patton, CSA, lived
in Richmond, carried on a fighting
tradition established by the first
George S. Patton to attend VMI
The first George Smith Patton en-
tered VMI IN 1849, and graduated
second in his class in 1852. Later, he
practiced law in Louisa County
Va, was colonel in the 22d Infantry
Confederate States Army, and died
on the battlefield at Winchester or
June 10, 1864.
The colonePs widow sent theil
son, the second George S. Patton
to VMI in his fathers footsteps
George S., the second, entered VIM
in 1873 and graduated fifth in his
class in 1877, and went to Los
Angeles, Calf, where he practiced
law and was member of the board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Patton, Po., to Gerry Out
PIun to Honor General

Ey the Associated Press.
PATTON, Pa, Dec. 22-Plans for
a Patton day observance, to be held
here next Labor Day, will be car
ried out despite the death of Gen.
George S. Patton, jr., who was to
have been the honor guest, sponsors
of the event announced today.
Citizens of this western Pennsyl-
vania community Of 5000 said Gen.
Patton was a descendant of the
towns founder.
The event, which will be held in
the generals memory, will be
changed to a homecoming celebra-
ton for the areas $50 servicemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Men in Ranks Offer
Tributes 10 Patton
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FRANKFURT, Dec. 22.-The men
in the ranks last night paid tributes
to Gen. George S. Patton, jr.
Pfc. Glen E. Richardson, Scranton,
Pa, of the 65th Infantry Division
said: Men called him Uncle
George. I am sure many of them
feel as though he were a real uncle
I know I do
Pfc. Walter Binder, Elizabeth
N. j., Of the 18th Armored Division
said: He had the respect of every
soldier. He was a great soldier"
Pvt. William L. Hounihan, Port
ageville, Mo-, of the 10th Infantry
Division said: I'VE needed more
men like Patton during the war
He led us to victory in combat and
brought peace to the world. He was
the best combat leader in history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Gen. Patton Is Paid
Tribute by Truman
And Other Leaders

Expressions Of sympathy for the
family of Gen. George s. Patton, jr.,
and tribute to his military leader
ship have been heard from all quar-
tiers of the Capital.
Soon after word Of the generals
death was received yesterday, Presi-
dent Truman sent this message to
Mrs. Patton, who had gone to her
husbands bedside just after he was
injured:
Mrs. Truman and I extend our
deepest sympathy to you in the
passing of your distinguished hus-
band.
THE entire Nation. to whom his
brilliant career has been an inspira-
ton, has suffered a great loss"
Patterson Acclaims General.
Secretary of War Patterson sent a
message to Mrs. Patton and then in
statement acclaimed Gen. Patton
as lone of the greatest soldiers our
country has ever produced" adding
HE always won his battles and
the troops under his leadership had
tllC Ill lhCoO 4dAttI bllSst b1lC1C COul0 NC
no other outcome"
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army
Chief Of Staff, under whom Gen.
Patton served in Africa and Europe,
said "his presence gave me the GER
tainty that the boldest plan could
be even more daringly executed"
Bradley Mourns Loss.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, veterans
administrator, recalled their long
association and incurred the loss of a
fighter and friend ito whom we
could turn when the Nation he
loved SO strongly needed his strength
and leadership"
On Capitol Hill, where criticism
at times punctured praise for Gen.
Patton's feats, his deeds were COM
pared to those of other great figures
in military history.
Senate Majority Leader Barley
summed up: He did not send his
men on-he led them"
Senator White of Maine, minority
leader: Patton takes his place
among the first three or four mill
tary leaders of our history"
"He was the type of character that
would have his ups and downs in
life" Speaker Rayburn said. He
had his, but all in all, his was great
and serviceable life to his country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Rankin Says Patton Told Him
He Did Not Slap Soldier

II didn't swim that river; I
waded it,"
The truth of the matter, Mr.. RAN
kin said, was. that Gen. Patton, seek
ing to encourage his men as they
approached the Sure River In Lux
embourg in the spring of 1915, waded
into 1t and walked across, In icy
water up to his neck, on a sub
merged footwalk. The river is about
$50 feet wide at the point Of the
crossing.
Mr.. Rankin eulogized Gen. Patton
as "the outstanding military leader
developed in this war" and compared
him with Confederate Gems. Nathan
Bedford Forrest and Stonewall
Jackson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22

the middle OF a critical campaign,
whether he was administering a
dressing down to a subordinate, or
whether he was kneeling in the mud
consoling wounded GIL
COnsoled Mothers.
Hundreds Of mothers whose sons
fell fighting under him received his
personal letters of coincidence. At
his own order, nothing was said
about that.
Sitting in his 18th Army head
quarters at Bad Nauheim last month
he fingered through a stack of let
tiers, some 400 in all, which had been
piling up since he was relieved of his
Sd Army command. All expressed
sympathy for him and wished him
Godspeed.
Loss of his Sd Army command mel
lowed Gen. Patton somewhat ano
during the interview at Bad Maui
helm last month he said privately
that he was retiring soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Funeral Rites Arranged
For Body by CorIons
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHELSEA, Mass, Dec. 22.-Fu-
neral services were arranged today
for 6-month-old Ronald Carlan, OBJ
ject of New Englands greatest
'kidnap" search, after Medical Ex-
aminer William J. Brickley reported
formally that the child had died of
"asphyXiation."
The medical examiners decision
and the announcement by a State
chemist that there was no evidence
of violence released the body of the
baby to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
James j. Carlan.
The mother, who said she found
the infant dead on the night of No.
vember "a when she returned from
party in her mother-in-law's fiat
upstairs, is free in $4,000 bail pend
ing hearing on January 10 on q
charge of murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
BY EDWARD BALL.

By the Associated Press.
EATONTON, Ga, Dec. 22.-The
hot summer sun, flltering through
the Normandy trees, shone on the
lacquered helmet of Gen. George S.
Patton, jr.
Here are your jeeps and there is
your war" Gen. Patton was saying
with sweep of his arm in the direc-
ton from which the sound Of the
guns came. 1t was his first and
highly informal greeting to 48 cor
respondents, newly arrived from
England to cover his Sd Army, about
to go into action.
'"This is the peoples war and I
want them to know what's going on, -
he drawled. "As for the Germans, )"
he added, lingering the needlesharp
point Of French hand sword which
he referred to fondly as his Arab
gooser,''-"I want them to know
whom they are fighting. I want
them to say, Here comes that
blankety, blankety blank Sd and that
son of a so-and-so Patton
an tell you everything and leave
it to the censors to tell you what
you can't tell"
Germans Soon Learn.
That was just before the st. 10
break through. Eleven months later,
when the war was over, the Germans
who had been beaten to FRAGILE
had heard plenty about Gen. Patton
and the Sd Army.
From start to finish, it was Pat
tons Army"-that famed Sd which
galloped across France and Ger
many to.Austria and Czechosloyakia.
It was a hard-slugging, hell-rais-
ing army which didn't always fight
by the books, but every move OF
which bore the trademarks Of the
fiery, restless commander whose
stout heart gave way yesterday in a
Heidelberg hospital.
And covering the Sd was a news
paperman's dream, no less than COW
ering Gen. Patton himself.
Following the Sd Army at times
was a nightmare, because it moved
so fast and communications could
not keep up.
1t was the same trying to keep up
with Patton himself. When the &C
ton was heaviest he usually could
be found up front calmly cajoling
here, laying down the law there.
Patton Draws Fire.
Here he comes again, drawing
fire." front line GIs would growl as
his jeep came tearing along par
ticularly hot sector. 1t was not so
much the presence of the old man
himself that riled the GIs, but the
occasional blast of his specially built
air horn which sounded like the
Queen Mary taking off.
Last spring, down on the Danube
a German fighter jumped the tiny
artillery spotter plane in which he
was flying. Gen. Patton's pilot Init
the deck" and the German, coming
in for the kill, swept too low, failed
to pull out and crashed.
That crazy so and SO, could have
done better myself" Gen. Patton
commented as he emerged with only
a shaking-up in a rough landing.
A born actor, he packed the dra-
matte in everything he did-whethel
it was swearing over a field map ir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Howard Peterson Named
Assistant War Secretary

Howard C. Peterson Of Alexandria,
Va, and New York has been ap-
pointed Assistant Secretary of War,
succeeding John J. McCloy, resigned.
He was given recess appoint-
ment by President Truman yester-
day afternoon.
Since 1941, Mr.. Peterson has been
Special Assistant to Secretary OF
War Patterson, first when the lat
ter held the post of Undersecretary.
A member of a New York law firm
and a Republican, Mr.. Peterson has
been one of the closest advisers to
the Secretary
This week he was presented the
Distinguished Service Medal in
recognition of his war record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
By the Associated Press.

Gen. George s. Patton, jr., neither
slapped a soldier nor swan q river
according to Representative Ran
kin, Democrat, Of Mississippi.
Mr.. Rankin told the House yes
terday that Gen. Patton told him
about both famous episodes during
his recent visit to this country.
Mr.. Rankin said the general
merely laid his hands on the Shout
ders Of the soldier who was sup
posed to have been slapped and told
him to pull himself together.
II didn't slap him." Mr.. Rankin
quoted Gen. Patton as saying.
And, the Mississippian added
Gen. Patton also told him:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22

and headed north over slippery, ice
glazed roads.
Gen. Patton, bouncing around the
front in his jeep equipped with an
airhorn as loud as a steamboat
whistle, cajoled and swore.
The cases Of liberated cognac and
kegs of beer which had been gath
cred in for Christmas celebration
on the quiet" Saar front were ne
elected.
Around the clock, Gen. Patton
worried his forces northward over
the treacherous Moselle hills in a
column 30 miles long.
Sixteen wheel tank retrievers,
overloaded with ammunition, strug-
gled bumper to bumper, pushing each
other over the winding hills, made
slippery as goose grease by the hard
packed snow and ice.
Sweating, swearing GIs lined the
roads, shoveling dirt under the skid
ding and smoking tires.
Bombers Come Over.
BY night German bombers and
strafers came over low but didn't
even come close. The snake-l1ke
columns kept creeping up and over
the snowy hills.
German railroad guns some 20
miles to the east pitched over occa-
sional shells. One hit on that Sd
Army munitions column would have
rocked the Moselle Valley from end
to end. None hit.
Once in the Bulge battle zone
Gen. Patton's tanks and men kept
going right into battle without paus-
ing for rest. Most of them didn't
know where the enemy was, they
Just kept going until there was a
meeting engagement" - nerve
trying operation which means you
keep pressing forward until some
body starts shooting at you.
In the rear as well as at the front
they were grim days. Radar chart
ing the course of enemy planes be-
hind our lines registered objects"
which had plumetted from the
planes.
Saboteurs Land.
These objects were not bombs
They were spies and saboteurs para
chuted into American territory. The
widest tales got, abroad. Super
security-minded sentries got itchy
trigger fingers. Because this CORE
spondent couldn't say who won the
1914 world series, he almost go. him
self shot. A colleague, Chicago
newspaperman, found himself in
the same predicament when he
couldn't say right quick where Sol
diers Field was located.
A jeep ride from the Bulge front
in Luxembourg to Nancy on the
night of Christmas Eve, 1914, re-
quired "a halts at sentry posts
Merry Christmas show your
credentials" was the hushed greet
ing in that unreal world of war.
Gen. Patton had stayed at the
front until after dark on New Years
Eve. Shaking the snow from his
pink cheeks and his high cavalry
boots, he strobe an hour later into
special New Years Eve briefing
for correspondents.
The scowl which had been on his
face was gone and the twinkle in
his eyes gave the answer which he
soon put into words.
when you're in a brawl with a
guy and you get him in vital place
you squeeze" he said.
To-day we began squeezing"
1t was the Sd Army's Christmas
present for 1914 week late.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
jap Ship Crashes
Into u. S. Cruiser

SHANGHAI, Dec. PA Japanese
amphibious ship now in the hands
of the Chinese crashed into the
American cruiser st. Paul yesterday
in the Whangpoo River, tearing q
small hole in the cruisers bow and
badly damaging the former jap
anese craft. One Chinese on the
amphibious ship was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Macarthur Coils Potion
'GoIIunt, Romantic

BY the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Dec. Gen. Mac
Arthur said today the death OF
Gen. George S. Patton, jr-, fills me
with the deepest regret"
HE was a gallant and romantic
soldier of unquestioned greatness
Gen. Macarthur said in statement
"All Army forces in the Pacific will
mourn him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22

of visitors of the United States
Military Academy. He died June
8, 1927.
STEPPED in VMI tradition, the
second George sent the third George,
who had received an appointment to
West Point, to VMI for a year to
absorb some of the training and
traditions Of VMI's fighting men
He spent nine months here, went on
to West Point and was soon win
ming military promotions.