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ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED PRESS
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of All Local Nawt
83rd Y«ar, No. 51
ALLIES POISED FOR 'KILL' IN TRIPOLI
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I bulletins |
Fire Victims
ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUND
LAND, Jan. 21 (/P) —Four
girls, believed to be waitresses,
were killed early today when
fire destroyed the Old Colony
Club, dining and dancing spot
on the outskirts of this city.
Origin of the fire that swept the
two-story wooden building was
not known, and the names of the
four dead were withheld pend
ing identification.
Pound Jap Bases
NEW DELHI, Jan. 21— (JP) —
RAF bombers, continuing their
round-the-clock assaults on
Japanese bases in central and
western Burma, blasted the
airdrome at Toungoo last night
and again attacked oft-bombed
Akyab Island, a British com
munique announced today.
Fight Espionage
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 21—
(A>) —Chilean authorities under
took today the suppression of
Axis espionage and liquidation
of iifth column activity follow
ing Chile’s rupture of relations
with Germany, Italy and Japan.
Proposes Study
LONDON, Jan. 21 </P)
Lord Davies served notice today
that he would ask the British
government in the House of
Lords to suggest to the United
States formation of a joint com
mittee of Americans and Britons
to devote full time to the solu
tion of the German submarine.
Submits Report
LONDON, Jan. 21—(/P)—Sir
Kingsley Wood, chancellor of
the exchequer, told the House
of Commons today that the
staffs of various British war
time missions now in the United
States total about 8,000 persons,
of whom about three-quarters
were hired in the places where
their offices are set up.
Inventor Dies
CHICAGO, Jan. 21—(£>)—W.
Lee Lewis, 64, chemist and in
ventor of the “Lewisite” gas used
by Allied armies in the last
world war, died in a hospital in
suburban Evanston last night of
Injuries suffered when he fell
from a second story porch of his
home Tuesday.
Dies in Crash
NEW YORK, Jan. 21—UP)—
William Hodson, New York City
welfare commissioner on leave
to assist former Governor Herb
ert H. Lehman, newly-appointed
director of foreign relief and re
habilitation, was killed in an air
plane accident in Surinam (for
merly Dutch Guiana), his fami
ly has been notified.
Punishing Raid
NEW DELHI, Jan. 21—(/P) —
United States heavy bombers
made a pnishing attack Tuesday
on railway installations at Thazl,
a rail junction in Central Bur
ma 80 miles south of Mandalay,
an American Army communique
announced today.
Liquor Seized
DETROIT, Jan. 21 (IP)
More than 100 retail liquor deal
ers have been arrested and about
8125,000 worth of liquor has
been seized in Michigan and
Ohio in a drive on violators of
the new federal floor tax on
liquor, Earl E. Koehler, federal
alcohol tax supervisor for the
two states, reported today.
5 Sabs Saak
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 21
(A*) Rear Admiral Jonas H.
Ingram, commander of United
States naval forces in the
South Atlantic, announced to
day that five axis submarines
have been sunk in the last
month in the south Atlantic.
Bishop Honored
CLEVELAND, Jan. 21 —Be
fore church hierarchy assem
bled in the sanctuary of St.
John's cathedral, Bishop Edward
Francis Hoban today became
the first coadjutor to the history
of the Clevelanl Catholic dio
cese as he presented the Papal
decree of his appointment to
Archbishop Joseph Schrembs.
Monitor HI Crafrrr
35 Die In Crash Os Big Army Transport
South America
Scene ol Fatal
Plane Accident
. Army Reveals
Tragic Crash
On Jan. 15
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(£>)
—The crash of a transport plane
under contract to the Army,
with 26 passengers and nine
crew members killed January 15
near the coast of Dutch Guiana
in South America was announc
ed today by Major General Har
old L. George, commanding
General of the air transport
command. _
Complete identification of the
passengers has not been estab
lished, and their home address
es have not been learned, but
their names were:
Major Eric M. Knight, of
Pleasant Valley, Pa., well
known author.
William Hodson, of New York,
attached to the state depart
ment.
P. E. Foxworth, Federal Bu
reau of Investigation.
H. D. Haberfeld, also of the
FBI.
James W. Seeger.
Captain Albert L. Seeman.
O. E. Henryson, state depart
ment.
Dr. S. S. Dorrance, flight
surgeon.
First Lieutenant Charles W.
Campbell.
Second Lieutenant Robert B.
Walker.
Second Lieutenant John P.
Girline.
Second Lieutenant Thomas L.
Gallagher.
Staff Sergeant Russell A.
Baughman.
Staff Sergeant Robert M.
Stoflet.
See VICTIMS—Page 2
Note Progress
in Bond Drive
$17,205 Pladgtd
by 2 Organisations
With actual returns beginning
to come in the bonds-for-war
plane campaign today rises a
substantial step toward the top
of the thermometer at the Ma
comb county building.
A total of $17,205 in bonds
was pledged at two meetings
held yesterday, the Board of
Commerce, sponsor of the drive,
announced today. Eighteen
members of the Kiwanis club
yesterday pledged $12,550 of
their $25,000 quota, with more
than 35 members yet to be heard
from. Lawrence Schott is Ki
wanis bond-sales chairman.
Fifteen nfembers of B’nai
Brith, meeting last night, pledg
ed $4,650 of their SIO,OOO quo
ta. Jack Feldman is in charge of
the drive in the organization.
The whole community is urg
ed to participate in the drive to
put a fighter plane called “City
of Mount Clemens” in action in
the war. Under Board of Com
merce sponsorship, Mount Cle
mens is aiming to raise $263,000
in bond sales by Jan. 30. The
sum of $163,000 is the January
quota for Mount Clemens. The
last $75,000 will pay for the
fighter plane, as a tribute to the
See BONDS—Page 2
Navy to Reveal
Casualties Dally
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21
The Navy announced today that
effective immediately all cas
ualties of the Navy, Marine
Corps and coast guard would be
announced in a daily list instead
of in periodical accumulations
heretofore.
The first daily list, containing
the names of 14 men killed,
15 wounded and 43 missing, was
made public yesterday. The
Navy will continue to follow the
policy of notifying next of kin
before making the names pub
lic.
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Looking at an actual'battle scene on Guadalcanal—advancing U. S. Marines Are 155-mm. howitzer*
on Jap positions.
83 Selectees
ON lo Custer
Breakfast Served
Departing Group
Eight-eight men from Mount
Clemens and Warren township
left the USO Club at 7:15 a. m.
today for Fort Custer where all
will undergo U. S. Army train
ing.
Breakfast was served the men
—mostly 18 and 19 years old—
by the VFW Auxiliary under the
direction of Mrs. John Thurman.
Assisting her were Mrs. Fred
Gooley, Mrs. Albert Wallace,
Mrs. James Sapere and Mrs. Le-
Roy Brundage. the latter aux
iliary president.
Mrs. Brundage said today that
donations from the Lions Club
and the Metropolitan auxiliary
made the breakfast possible.
She seeks further donations and
can be telephoned at 2088 W.
A large crowd of parents and
friends waved goodbye to the
draftees who left by bus.
Huge Quantity
of Fuel Oil
Immobilized
DETROIT. Jan. 21 (/ P)
Approximately 2,000.000 gallons
of fuel oil intended for use in
Detroit residence heating sys
tems may be immobilized until
spring in two tankers tied up
in Detroit river slips.
Acting at request of the army,
Mayor Edward J. Feffries Wed
nesday ordered fire and police
departments to stop the Great
Lakes Transport Corp. from un
loading the tankers to tank
trucks because of "danger of
fire.”
The unloading into tank trucks
of inflammable liquids was said
by city officials to violate city
and state lrws.
FOB THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC
Rationing Sub-Stations Established at Three Points
Establishment of three ration
ing sub-stations for the con
venience of residents of the
South Macomb area and those
living in and near Romeo was
announced today bV Paul W.
McKee, chairman of the Ma
comb County War Price and
Rationing Board.
Two of the three stations are
in the South Macomb section,
one at the Detroit Edison com
pany office at 27350 Gratiot
avenue, Roseville, and the other
at the Edison company office at
25425 Van Dyke avenue, Center
MONT CUMINS, MICH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943
Blasting Forward on Guadalcanal
Cold Wave
Is Abated
Slightly
Partial relief from Wednes
day’s cold wave reached Ma
comb county today, but the
more moderate temperatures
were accompanied by fresh
snowfall to plague weary snow
removal crews.
General, main roads in the
county were open to traffic, but
side roads still were impassable,
In Utica, both public and
parochial schools were closed
this week when heavy snows
kept pupils from attending.
Classes will be resumed as
soon as the snow can be re
moved. At Trinity Lutheran
school only six of 136 students
reported yesaterday. The pub
lic schools have been closed
since Tuesday.
particularly in North lflacomb.
At Romeo, the hotel was crowd
ed as school children and store
employes were unable to reach
their homes in nearby rural
areas.
Rural school attendance was
cut sharply, according to School
Commissioner W’ill L. Lee. At
the Atwood school, on North
avenue, just north of Hall road,
only three of 63 pupils reported
yesterday, he said.
Primary Registration
Deadline Is Feb. 21
The deadline for those wish
ing to register for the spring pri
mary election is Feb. 21, City
Clerk Joseph Matthews said to
day.
Matthews, in correcting a pre!
vious announcement, said the
primary this spring will be held
March 1. A mayor, two com
missioners and a constable will
be elected in the city.
Line. The third sub-station at
Romeo also is located in the Edi
son office in that community. A
fourth sub-station will be estab
lished in Richmond in the im
mediate future. McKee said.
The sub-stations will issue
“A” gasoline books and gaso
line and fuel oil books of a
temporary and emergency na
ture. Sugar books also will be
issued at the sub-stations. Mc-
Kee said, and the clerks will re
ceive all other rationing appli
cations and provide information
on all types of rationing prob
lems.
Macomb County's Only Daily Nawtpapar
41 to Graduate
in"Mid-Year
Baccalaureate
Service Sunday
Forty-one members of Mount
Clemens High school's first mid
year graduation class today
awaited opening of Commence
ment Week activities Sunday
with Baccalaureate service at
First Methodist church.
All other activities will be
held at the high school. They
include Class Day on Monday,
the traditional Junior-Senior
dance on Wednesday and grad
uation itself on Thursday.
Rev. Alfred P. Landon, pas
tor of First Methodist, will de
liver the Baccalaureate sermon
entitled “An Understanding
Heart.” Rev. George A. Meri
field, rector of Grace Episcopal,
will read the Scripture: Rev.
Harold Hayward, pastor of Gil
bert Memorial Baptist, will say
the prayer and Rev. J. J. Ken
nedy, pastor of First Presbyter
ian, will ask the Benediction.
The A Cappella Choir will
sing ‘‘The Lord Bless You and
Keep You” and Miss Lois Har
per will play the organ post
lude. “Pomp and Circumstance.”
Appropriate hymns also are on
the program set to start at 8
p.m.
Members of the class are:
Allis, Joan; Bade, Doris L.;
Bannow, Richard; Blomcycr,
Kay; Bloss, George; Branden
burg, Frederick; Branyan,
Charles; Cunningham. Coileen;
Engelman, Betty: Fairbanks,
Laura; Fink, Frederick; Frcdc,
Jacqueline: Frink. Jean.
Hubei, Thomas: Jock, Virgin
ia; Kerr, Elinor: Kleino, Isabell:
Leach. Virginia: Maulee. Flor
ence: Mighion, Agape; Mikelait,
Margaret; Miller. Richard: Mill
er. Traver; Murray, Elizabeth;
See GRADUATES —Page 2
In announcing the establish
ment of the rationing sites in
these communities, the official
emphasized that the public must
not call the Detroit Edison com
pany for rationing information.
Such procedure would be against
government regulations. Tele
phones have been installed at
each of the s jb-stations. The
phone numbers are:
Roseville sub-station: Rose
villa 1165.
Caster Line sub - station:
Ceater Line 2282.
Romeo sub-station: Romeo
ill.
Striking Miners
Return to Jobs
Wildcat Strike Collapses
Under Presidential Order
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Jan.
21— '/Pi—The wildcat strike in
Pennsylvania anthracite mines
appealed ended today when
strikers returned to their jobs
in all major collieries a few
hours before n back-to-work
deadline sot by President Roos
evelt.
Only about 3.000 miners were
known to be still idle. They were
members of four locals, two of
which announced meetings this
morning to consider a baek-to
work vote.
Strikers returned to the South
Wilkes-Barre, Woodward, Hu
ber and collieries of the Glen Al
den company and the Prospect-
Henry colliery of the Lehigh
Valley Coal company.
David Cummings, president
of the United Mine Workers’
Lance colliery local, said two
miners no tmembers of the local
appeared at the mouth of the
colliery before the starting whis
tle blew but left at his request.
There was no disorder.
VOTE THIS MORNING
The Exeter colliery local of
Payne Coal company, with 800
members, and the old Washing
ton colliery, wuth 400 members,
scheduled voting meetings this
morning.
The Westmoreland colliery of
Lehigh Valley company voted
Inst night ot remain idle and the
mine did not open this morning.
President Roosevelt had said
the government w'ould take the
"necessary steps” to reopen the
mines this afternoon unless the
22- unauthorized w r alkout
ended. The warning was widely
interpreted to mean that troops
would be used.
The ranks of the strikers,
once numbering 23.000, were
thinned again last night when
three unions decided to return.
Like unions take similar ac
tion previously, they did not dis
cuss the strike issues—demands
for a $2 a day wage bonus and
a 50-cent cut in their $1.50
monthly union dues.
Cries of "Back to work boys!”
rang through their union halls.
Floyd Martin
Dies in Action
Mount Clemens
Youth a Casualty
Floyd Martin. Jr., 23. gunner’s
mate, U. S. Navy, and son of
Mrs Arthur Jenkins, 15 S. Wil
son boulevard. Mount Clemens,
was killed in action in New'
Guinea Dec. 22. his mother was
notified today by the Navy De
partment.
The young sailor, who enlist
ed in Sept. 1941, was a graduate
of the Grand Haven high school,
but had attended Mount Clemens
high school for a time. In Mount
Clemens he was employed by the
Koppitz agency.
Besides his mother the youth
ful victim of war in the South
west Pacific is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Bernard Moore and
Bernice Martin, both of Mount
Clemens.
It is suggested that persons
living in the South Macomb
area file these telephone num
bers for future reference.
The Roseville sub-station will
be in charge of Mrs. Mary
Socnen. while Mrs. Rosalind Al
lor will be at Center Line and
Mrs. Josephine Sadler at Ro
/neo.
Members of the rationing
board today expressed deep ap
preciation of the Detroit Edison
rompanv's donation of space and
facilities so that rationing serv
ices might be made more con
venient for .he general public.
The 1,800 employees of the Le
high Vfclley Coal company’s
Prospect-Henry colliery yelled
unanimous approval of a stop
strike motion and waived formal
ballotting.
The Lance colliery of Glen Al
den company, with 1.000 mem
bers, voted 250 to 110 to return
and Glen Aldcn’s South Wilkes-
Barre colliery local, represent
ing 1,400, ratified a back-to
work vote taken Monday. The
mine did not reopen after the
first ballot, although no pickets
were posted.
Others in the strike returned
See STRIKE—Page 2
Reds Stream
Across River
Drive Westward
Toward Railhead
MOSCOW, Jan. 21 (>P)
Russian shock troops w'ere re
ported pouring westward across
the Manych River "today 15
miles from the rail junction of
Salsk in the drive to osilate the
axis army of the Caucasus
clamp an arc of steel about Ros
tov.
Feverish German efforts to
fix a stable line along the left
bank of the Manych. a placid,
lake-fed stream which flows in-
LONDON, Jan. 21
Reuters quoted a Moscow ra
dio broadcast today as saying
that German casualties on the
Soviet Russian front in the
past six weeks totaled 750,000
men, including 250,000 dead.
to the Don 30 miles south of
Rostov, are failing, field dis
patches said.
Red Star announced that Sov
iet detachments were capturing
point after point w'hile the
Germans were blowing up
bridges and trying to lay more
mines in a rapid retreat. They
already have been driven from
a number of positions on the
Salsk side of the Manych, it
said.
There and elsewhere on the
long front the Russians were
declared moving ever westward
in the 10th week of their winter
offensive, with Rostov, the steel
city of Kharkov, the industrial
ly important Donets Basin cen
ter of Voroshilovgrad and the
Maikop oil fields of the Cauca
sus among their objectives.
Dowling Addresses
Kiwanis Members
‘Business and Politics 1
Subject of Talk
William G. Dowling, Wayne
county prosecutor, was the
speaker at Wednesday's meet
ing of the Mount Clemens Ki
wanis club.
Speaking upon the subject
“Business and Politics,” Dowling
sketched the progress of recent
Detroit graft investigations and
the part thi.t business had play
ed in them.
The Wayne prosecutor was the
guest of Macomb County Prose
cutor Wilbur F. Held who intro
duced him.
Ten per cent of the club’s
$25,000 quota in the bonds-for
warplane drive already has
been subscribed.
Guests included Justice Don
ald J. Parent, who spoke brief
ly; George Rose, an investigatpr
for the Wayne county prosecu
tor's office, and a Mr. Kraemer.
An attendance prize was giv
en Robert I. Winslow, a letter
was read from Pat Jones, Ki
wanian for a month, and Preei*
dent Alvin W. Hameister an
nounced that he will be host to
directors tonight at 6:30 dinner
at the Medea.
WEATHER REPORT
SNOW AND WARMER
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ,
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THRU CENTS
Last of Duce's
African Empire
Falls Apart
Key Port Aflame
as British,
French Close-In
BY ROGER GREENE
A««oclat*4 Prw* War EJltor
Final collapse of Premie Mus
solini's African empire appear
ed to be only a matter of houra
today amid signs that Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel waa
hastily abandoning the burning
city of Tripoli, and British Bth
army columns stormed forward
within 35 miles of the axis
stronghold while the Fighting
French drove up from the south.
Tripoli is the last citadel of
Italy's dark continent domain
which once embraced Eritrea,
Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia,
Cirenaica and Tripolitania.
A bulletin from Gen. Sir Ber
nard L. Montgomery’s Bth army
headquarters said British troops
( yesterday captured the towns of
Tarhuna and Homs, respective
ly 40 and 56 miles from Tripoli,
and continued their pursuit of
Rommel's fleeing armies.
Frontline dispatches said Rom
mel's troops and equipment were
already streaming westward
from Tripoli toward the Tunisian
frontier, 100 miles away, with
allied planes making a shambles
of the enemy’s line of retreat.
LITTERED HIGHWAY
A 50-mile stretch of coastal
road between Tripoli and Zuara
was described as littered witlfe
the bom bee and bullet-sttkasban
wreckage of trucks and other
equipment.
British headquarters indicated
that Tarhuna and Homs fell ear*:
ly yesterday and said hat “dur
ing the day our troops were in
close contact with the enemy re
treating to the west."
For the moment, the downfall
of Mussolini s once proud Afri
can realm eclipsed other eventa,
but vital developments were
shaping elew'here in the global
war:
Allied headquarters said today
See TRIPOLI—Page t
Trapped Japs
Fight Savagely
Try to Brook Out
of Alliod Ring
B r th* AsmcUUS rrm
Trapped survivors of a 15,000
man Japanese army were report
ed making desperate attempts
to break out of dwindling poc
kets in the Papuan coastal jun
gles of New Guinea today, but
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s head
quarters announced that Ameri
can and Australian fighter*
“further reduced the enemy's
remaining positions.”
Heavy fighting was reported
as the Japanese half starved and
in imminent danger of annihila
tion, sought to escape into tha
junglt.
“The whole thing is crumb
ling," an Allied spokesman said.
Meanwhile, United Uationa
warplanes blasted tha enemy
from Burma to the South Seas,
striking on a rising scale againat
Japanese bases on the Northwest
approaches to Australia and
spread-eagling hundreds of
files of skyway.
A communique said Allied
bombers set big fires in a heavy
attack on Lae. and pounded ene
my targets at Finachhafen and
Madang, in Northern New Guin
ea; Cape Gloucester and Ganna
ta, New Britain; and point* in
the Aroe islands, on Ambon and
Timor.
A Japanese barge concentra
tion was also attacked off WU
laumez peninsula.
Coincidentally, Australia's air
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