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Danish Consols Dismissed
#BERLIN, May 16—(P)—The Danish government has dis
missed its consuls in New York, Son Francisco and Chicago for
refusing to break off relations with Henrik De Kauffmonn,
deposed Danish minister to Washington, according to DNB,
officiol German news agency.
Hess Pictures Featured
• BERLIN, May 16—W—The senMtionol flight to Scotland
of Rudolf Hess, which had been dropped by German news
papers and rodio, was brought to the fore again today when
illustrated weeklies appeared with half-page pictures of Hess
sitting beside Adolf Hitler during the Reichstag session May 6.
Claim II.S. ‘Misunderstanding'
•VICHY, France, May <6—(P) —The immediate and unoffi
cial reoction today to Resident Roosevelt's anti-axis appeal
to the French people was that it was based on a misunder
standing of Marshal Petoin's oims.
"Can Handle Situation 9
• LONDON, May 16—(P)—German tanks and war materials
as well as planes were reported today to be moving across
Syria toward*lraq but ap authorized British source declared
the situation there "con be taken care of and will be handled
all right."
Iraq Files Stiff Protest
• BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 16—(P) —The Iraq government has
protested to Emir Abdullah of Trans-Jordan over hostile activi
ties by Trans-Jordan elements on the Iraq frontier, it was
learned here today.
RAF Blasts Nazi Planes
•CAIRO, Egypt, May 16—(P)—The RAF attacked German
warplanes yesterday at Damascus and other points in French
mandated
$50,000,000 Increase
is Won by Workers
COMPANY ACCEPTS MEDIATION
BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS
• WASHINGTON, May 16—<>P)
-—The General Motors corpora
tion averted a strike in 60 of its
plants today by accepting a de
fense mediation board proposal
which involved an estimated
$50,000,000 yearly increase in
wages. *
The agreement provided for a
one-year contract between the
company and the ClO’s United
Automobile Workers granting a
10-cent-an hour wage increase,
but providing for no Closed shop,
union shop or maintenance of
membership shop.
The motor company, whose
farflung plants hold approxi
mately 7350,000,000 in defense
contracts, accepted the agree
ment a few hours before the
4:10 a. m. deadline fixed by the
board.
The union had agreed to defer
the strike until the deadline, but
approximately 37,000 workers in
five Michigan plants of the com
pany walked out yesterday. Of
ficials attributed the walkout to
a misunderstanding of the 24-
hour strike postponement agreed
on early Thursday.
MUST BE RATIFIED
The agreement had been ac
cepted previously by the union
spokesmen, but the contract still
needs ratification by the union
membership.
Walter P. Reuther, youthful
director of the UAW-CIO in
General Motors plants, said that
it would be submitted to local
unions within a few days and
expressed confidence that it
would be adopted.
The controversy started some
months ago when the union
presented demands for changes
in the contract it held with the
corporation. The pact, in effect
since 1937, provided that it could
be terminated by either party on
60 days' notice—a provision
omitted from the new contract
Arbitration Board ;
Hearings Started
Board to Determine
Tex Solo Disputes
•The first of a series of Arbi
tration Board hearings grow
ing out of the recent “Scaven
ger” Tax Sale got underway
on the ninth floor of the county
building.
The board will determine
which of two matching bids
will be accepted on the same
parcel of land. On the board
are Christian F. Matthews,
Mount Clemens attorney; Gerald
Lawson, regional supervisor for
the State Land Board, and %
Daniel Petermann, chairman of
the arbitration board for Wayne
county.
Thirty five cases were to be
heard.
Weather
Tonight: Portly cloudy
with scattered showers.
Saturday: Fair.
The union demands were nu
merous, but the chief stumbling
block in the protracted efforts to
obtain a settlement ,was that
calling for a flat 10-cent-an-hour
raise for all employes.
Company spdkesmen estimate
the present evaaage wage at
slightly more than $1 an hour.
Afjter efforts to effect an ad
justment proved futile, the case
See G-M—Page 2
McKay Fraud
Case Develops
Liquor Distributor
Tokos Stand
By T. H. PECK
o DETROIT, May 16— (P)
Cross-examination of Thomas H.
Gibbons, executive vice-presi
dent of Hiram Walker-Gooder
ham & Worts, Ltd., continued
today as defense attorneys at
tacked government testimony in
the mail fraud of Frank D. Mc-
Kay, Republican national com
mitteeman.
* Gibbons first was called to the
stand Wednesday and identi
fied former Mayor William H.
McKeighan of Flint as a "Mr.
Woodbury" to whom, he said,
the Hiram Walker company
paid commissions in an alleged
'’shakedown" of distilleries for
which the government has in-
See TRIAL— Paga t
Ducks Orange Barrage
STARLET IS INNOCENT VICTIM
OF UNDERGRADUATE
JEALOUSIES
• CAMBRIDGE, Mess., May 16
—(F)—Forced to beat a retreat
under a barrage of oranges
thrown at her car by Harvard
students, Marjorie Woodworth,
Hollywood movie starlet, later
returned early today and attend
ed the Harvard Lampoon's an
nual bell.
The staff of the undergraduate
comic magaeine attributed the
fruit throwing to factions envi
ous of thf Lampoon.
Reaching near-riot proportions
at times with flat fights and the
hurling of beer cans back and
forth amongst students in the
streets, the demonstration caused
the Cambridge police to send
their juvenile delinquency squad
New Serial
Starts Today
•“Three to Make Ready,” a
thrilling new serial Story by W.
K. Pears begins in today's edi
tion of The Daily Monitor.
Packed with laughs and action
the new story Is bound to intri
gue renders of all ages.
The first chapter appears an
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NAZIS OCCUPY SYRIai
FDR Issues Pointed Reminder * to Berlin
Recalls Former
Wars on Same
Sea Issues
Freadom of Soot
Historic Policy,
President Soys
# WASHINGTON, May 16—
President Roosevelt injected to
day into a discussion of Ger
many’s declaration that the Red
Sea will be a danger rone for
foregn ships a pointed reminder
that twice before in history the
United States had used her war
ships to protect her commerce
and obtain freedom of the sees.
He mentioned ttto action of
the new American republic
against the Berbery Pirates in
the Mediterranean a century ago
and naval action as well
against privateers in the Carib
bean.
But when reporters inquired
at a press conference whether
he thought there were' “any
modern counterparts of the
Barbery Pirates," ha told them
merely to use their beads.
Freedom'of the foes, he maid,
was an historic American policy
but he did not indicate just
what the United States might
be prepared to do about the
Red Sea.
The President, In citing cases
in history, said he was merely
providing a lead for newsmen to
follow up.
The Red Sea once was closed
to American shipping by desig
nation x waters at its mouth as
a combat area. Mr. Roosevelt re
cently removed the ban and
American merchantmen! art
free, so far as their own govern
ment is concerned, to go up to
the mouth of the Suez Canal.
Germany subsequently de
clared the waters forming the
approach to the canal to be in
the war zone.
Replying to a question wheth
er he recognized this action of
the German government, Mr.
Roosevelt said he thought things
like that represented almost en
tirely a question of fact.
The question of whether a
blockade exists, he thus indicat
ed, depends largely on whether
a declared blockade Is effec
tive.
Back more than a hundred
years ago, the president related,
there arose a question of the
existence of a blockade in the
Mediterranean. Back then, he
See REMINDER—Page t
into action in a move to restore
order.
, 7 Three Lampoon building win.
dows, dedicated to members of
the staff killed in the World
War, were broken by missiles.
Russell Bowie, of New York, a
Lampoon editor, suffered a cut
hand from flying glass.
Miss Woodworth a blonde re
putedly bearing a resemblance
to the late Jean Harlow, arrived
at the Lampoon building -at
about 11 p. m. Two Lampoon
escorts braved the barrage to
enter the building but her pub
licity agent also riding in the
car, refused to permit-her to fol
low. None of the missiles hit the
actress.
The car drove away, and with
students still milling about the
front entrance when it returned
shortly after 1 a. m., Miss Wood
worth was taken into the build
ing through r. rear entrance.
On her arrival at South Sta
tion in Boston erliar in the day?
she received a bouquet of seats
from Coles H. Ptdnfay of YteA
nor, IV. J„ editor of the Uapp
staff, gave him a big ktee and
said Harvard bays ware
all right,”
C. Robinson
Will Sprout
Wings June 4
• Clarence Robinson, of 46
Washington avenue, yesterday
received orders from Washing
ton, D. C., to report at Stanford,
Texas, on June 4 for the be
gin ing of his nine months of
training in the U. S. Army Air
Corps in preparations for bring
commissioned 6 2nd Lieutenant.
Robinson, well-known Mjnint
Clemens resident, was graduated
from Michigan State College
last June, and since that time
has bean employed on toe re
search staff of the Sun Oil com
pany. ffe slab was a student for
one year at the University of
Oklahoma.
He was graduated ffom the
Mount Clemens High school
with the class of 1936 ami is a
brother of Frank Rq|frnsoo,
Daily Monitor staff member.
Men Induced
Ofhtrt Ordorgd
to Camp Grant
•Os 43 Macomb county selec
tees who reported to the trmy
induction station at Detroit yes
terday, only 30 were accepted
on a day marked by heavy re
jections.
In all, 76 of 366 selectees ex
amined yesterday were rejected
including 13 from Macomb. The
Macomb figures were :Board
No. I—l 6 accepted, 8 rejected;
Board No. 2—ll accepted, two
rejected; Board No. 3—three re
jected, three accepted.
All Macomb county men were
sent to Camp Grant, 111. They
are:
Arthur K. Minda, Mount
Clemens; Fred J. Miller, Mount
Clemens; Sylvester P. Hellner,
Mount Clemens; Joseph Gooss
ens, Van Dyke; Howard A.
Lyons, Wirren; Henry G. Eilts,
Mount Clemens; Delbert J.
Reese, Mount Clemens; Leslie A.
Wolf, Wsrren; William H. Mitch
ell, Roseville; Clifford J. Pobanz,
Van Dyke; Harry C. Swanson,
Mount Clemens; Bert L. Long,
Mount Clemens; George A.
Beaufait, Mount Clemens; Ken
neth J. Corelli, St. Clair Shores;
Wilmer M. Mountford, Sr.,
Mount Clemens; James E. Dan
ner, Utica; Gordon F. •Thurman,
New Haven; Gerald T. McGill,
Roseville; John McLaughlin, St.
Clair Shores; Eugene C. Pom
merenck, Center Line; Dale M.
See DRAFT —Page 8
Girls Maintain Two-to-One
Honor Roll Edge Oyer Boys
Mount Clemens High School Pupils
Win Splendid Semester Retings
§
O Running true to form, Mount
Clemens High school girls won
twice as many pieces on the third
quarter Honor Roll as did the
boys,* statistics released by Prin
cipal Mont# McFarlane revealed
today.
The girls won 10S places on
the honor roll, the boys only 50.
Nine students, including three
boys, won ell A ratings. The
Honor Roll follows:
IONOB ROLL
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ISA Margot Btiafifsr
ISA Patrftela Bagel
. ISA Batty Jaaa Mary
IAA Albert Jaesbssa
MB Oeeega Loagale
•A Bebovt Magary
VA Batty Haiti
MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941
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Grinning empire force* show fighting spirit of Britain at they ardve at an unktantSM put sftor
Utter rear guard battling that enabled their comrades to leave orases. Only thUf eesmln#y tori
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Pgrade Plans
Are Arranged
Memorial Day Evwl
•fta Start at 9 A.M.
•Flans for the Meant Clem
ens annual Memorial Day pa
rade, May 30 reached ts4ir fin
al form yesterday at 3 pm. at
a meeting of the parade com
mittee in the city office.
Committee members, includ
ing Mayor Donald R. Westcn
dorf, chairman; Guy H. Griffith,
Grand Marshal; Charles Rosso,
commander of the V.F.W.; Wal
do Peaae and Edward DeVries, of
the American Legion, set the
time of ttie parade at 9 am. and
drew up the line of march as
follows:
High-12 Girls* Drum and
Bugle Corps, under the direc
tion of Sergt. Richard Helltng
er; city police in full uniform;
Mayor Westendorf and mem
bers of the city commission;
Grand Marshal; Women's Relief
Corps of the G.A.R.; Spanish
War Veterans; the Mount Clem
ens High school band; nurses
from the St. Joseph's hospital;
boy and girl scout units; others.
The commanding officer of
Selfridge Field will be the prin
cipal speaker at parade services.
FORMS ON MARKET
The head of the parade will
form at the corner of Market
street end Gratiot avenue. From
that point the parade will pro
gress down Market to Second
avenue, and from Second along
Crocker boulevard. Prayers will
be read at the bridge head on
Macomb street near the County
building and a volley fired by a
flying squad from Selfridge
Field.
A dedicatory address by the
Selfridge Field commander and
brief Memorial Day services will
be held at the Public Library on
See PARADE—Page 2
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ISA Bahaa Jssebaaa
11A Fraeeas Eiama
11A Josephine Kraasa
. 9A Dorothy Henke
SA Henna Metier
9A Eleanor Miller
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ISA Fiaßas FrtngnUi
11A Shirley Babin
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11A Mary Oettenaaa
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ISA Bdne Qateha
ISA Bear JUdfoM
ISA Jha HanflbM
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Baa MfiHOSI BOLL—Fage S
Continuous Newspaper Production Since 1860
See Any Signs of a Lost Cause in THese Faces?
Patrolman i
is Added
to Force '
•George L. Essmaker last nigjll
became Patroliftan George nj
Tesntoisr of the Jtfmmt£leiMfir
noiSßeo M loop pJWTHftimig-
It* * >*V* A.
Lieut. Walter Bobcean sal#
Essknafcer will a regular
full-time employe after a three
months probationary period to
completed
The new patrolman, who is 14
years of age, is married and live*
at 244 South Broadway.
He is well known in Mount
Clemens athletic circlet, bring
a top-notch soft ball player and
bowler. For the pest several
months he has been employed
at Pontiac, and before that at
the Mount Clemens Rose Gar*
dens.
Jail Breakers
Before Judge
On# b Roforrod
to Probata Jadfo
•Two Detroit youths, who es
caped from the county Jail at
noon on Monday, May 6 only
to be recaptured lees than a half
hour later by police and depu
ties, appeared before Circuit
Judge James E. Spier this morn
ing.
See JAIL-BREAK—Paga 2
FBI Hints at Sabotage
COSTLY PHILADELPHIA BLAZE
PROBED BY ACE
SLEUTHS .
• PHILADELPHIA, May 16
(JP) A Federal Bureau pf In
vestigation announcement of the
possibility of sabotage spurred
investigation today of a million
dollar fire which destroyed a
huge store of defense lumber and
threatened a shipyard prepar
ing to fill a $120,000,000 naval
contract.
Two witnesses said a great
sheet of flame shot across the
yard of the W. H. Lear lumber,
company in the northeast Phila
delphia Industrial ssction within
a matter of minutes early yester
day, starting the city’s worst
blaze in years. e
“I understand the fire started
at five points at once,** said firs
chief William Cowden. "The
whole place seemed to blase up
at once. It was the nod pe
culiar fire 1 have ever epper-
Imnr+A • •
The flames leveled the km*
ber yard, which tuna ant ex
pensive woods far atrplana paa
duction, destroyed 16 hadtaa and
damaged 26 others, swept the
Erik Jannson cabinet making
factory and damaged the reed
of the Ctamp Shipbuilding pSf
-
mam uie awy *we own— ewagb-i
t
Park Board
i ***t\f>*m*v±
will raceiv* |£hto the next
two wdgM B'imrt plan cov
ing initial developments In the
Huroft-CUnton Valley Parkway
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iTojeci,
The plan will be drawn up
by the State Highway Campl*
•loner G. Dotiald Kmnedy and
will be In the hands of the tax
boards before "June 2.
John H. Nuxtneley, Macomb
county rsprassntotive on tin
Parkway Congnlsslon, and 04*
car A. Kaufman, of Wayne, yea*
terday were appointed to draft
by-laws for presentation to the
commisrion at Ma next meeting,
May 26 at 2 pm.
Kennedy and other members
of the swan-man Huron-CUnten
asst yes
terday to otttabe the procedure
they will fouow in planning the
five County development.
Harry B. Earhart, of Ann Ar
bor boards chairman, and Col.
Sidney D. Weldon, of, Oakland
county, suggested a two-year
period bo devoted to planning
the system of parks, bathing
h techie end limited access high
ways included in the Parkway
program.
Seventy persons were hurt andT
16 fsmiliee made homsless.
‘‘We may never know the
real cause of this fhre. Our
principal witness is probably ly
ing in tbs middle of that ames*
declared fire marshall Jacob
ClintonC to the
smoldering Infamo af the lum
ber yard whsre watchman Mich
ael Regan apparently perished.
He added R might be a weak er
two “befere we can pM In there
and look *a thing ever."
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