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83rd Year, No. 156
RAF Blasts Three Key Cities; Luftwaffe Strikes Back
REPORT ALLIED THRUST IN BALKANS
late ★ ★ ★
bulletins
26 Bodies Found
AT THE SHIS S-ITALIAN
FRONTIER, Oct. 8 (/Pi The
bodies of 26 Jews, their fates
burned, were f nd in the
woods near the northern Italian
Lake Maggiore tod. -as reports
reached the frontier that the
Germans have extended their
•nti-semitic dri.e into Italy.
IVon Naval Bar
BOSTON, Oct. B—P>—Lieut.
Walter A. Reynolds, I SCO, of
New London, C nn., who was
• hoard the first Coast Guard
landing craft to enter Salerno
harbor, told today of anew
type German land mine encoun
tered on the battle-scarred
beaches.
Salerno Bombed
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
Algiers. Oct. A—Bombs totaling
1,284 tons, or almost 2,000
pounds a minute, were dropped
on Nazi positions at Salerno
Beach during th<* 2t hours of
the Allied landing. Allied head
quarters said today. It was the
largest load ever dropped in this
theater during a
British l aud
ISTANBUL, Oct. 7 (Delay
•d> </P) Unconfirmed re
port* received here today said
that British forces ha\e landed
In the Cyclades islands in the
Aegean betwen the Dodecanese
and the Greek mainland. The
reports did not specify which of
the Cyclades had been attacked.
Axis Ships Sunk
LONDON, Oct. 8 (#)
British submarines, on constant
patrol of the sea lanes along the
coast* of southern Europe, have
sunk six German or German
controlled ships and damaged
two others, the admiralty an
nounced last night.
Flying Tigers
HEADQUARTERS OF THE U.
8. 14TH AIR FORCE, China,
Oct. B —</Pv—The Flying Tiger—
famed nickname of the Ameri
can volunteer group which wrote
air history in China before the
United States entered the war—
has been adopted as the official
emblem of the AVG's successor,
the U. S. 14th Air Force.
Crops Threatened
MEXICO CITY, Oct. B—./P)
Sugar cane and rice crops valued
at $1,000,000 are threatened w ith
destruction in Michoacan state
because ashes from Paricutin
volcano have clogged irrigation
ditches, Gen Lazaro Cardenas re
ported today after a tour of the
area.
Bombers Attack
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 ——
The Tokyo radio in a domestic
broadcast recorded by the Fed
eral Communications Commis
aion, said today that American
bombers flying from bases in
China under strong fighter es
cort yesterday attacked the Hai
pong area of French Indo-China.
but that damage w as “extremely
light.”
Now Nazi Mine
LONDON, Oct. B—(A*)—Ad
miral Karl Doenits, supreme
commander of the German Navy,
declared in a Berlin broadcast
today that submarines still are
Germany's greatest threat to the
Allies and promised anew naval
war “greater than anything wit
nessed so far.”
Monitor iSI KTroftrr
Germans Slab
Weakly Back
at London
Mighty British
Squadrons Batter
Important Nazi Cities
BY ROBERT STURDEVANT
LONDON. Oct. 8 (A*)
Ranging over a great area of
southern Germany last night, a
powerful Royal Air Force bomb
er fleet pounded three important
German cities—Stuttgart, Fried
richshafen and Munich —while a
much weaker force of German
bombers hit London and south
east England with the sharpest
retaliatory blow’ in many
months, the British announced
today.
Heavy cloud formations pre
vented full observation of the
results of the RAF operations,
an air ministry communique
said, but the German radio an
nounced today.
Heavy cloud formations pre
vented full observation of the
results of the RAF operations,
an air ministry communique
said, but the German radio an
nounced that extensive dam
age" was inflicted on Stuttgart,
where the Junction of. r ~\«
mainline railways rivals its in
dustries in importance as bomb
ing targets.
45 FAIL TO ARRIVE
The air ministry laid that the
Germans were able to push
through to London only 15 of 60
raiders which crossed the Eng
lish coast before midnight and
dropped slightly more than .13
tons of bombs on the capital
city.
Besides blasting the three im
portant German cities, British
planes laid mines in enemy
waters, and the air ministry
said that seven aircraft were
missing, from the night's exten
sive operations.
The London alert lasted ap
proximately two hours and
was one of the longest since
May, 1942. The raiders came
over in tw’o waves—exceedingly
small by comparison with the
great Allied Armadas wjiich
have been blasting steadily at
the Reich for many months.
British officials described the
attack as a propaganda raid,
obviously intended to take the
Gorman people's minds off their
troubles.
FIERCE BARRAGE
Bombs fell in several Lon
don districts, causing damage
and some casualties and at the
height of the fierce barrage
whose bright orange flashes dot
ted the searchlight-streaked sky,
firewatchers on rooftops were
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Policy Ticket
Seller Nabbed
Admits Guilt;
Out on Bond
William Horn. 32-year old De
troiter, today faced trial in cir
cuit court on charges of posses
sing gambling equipment follow
ing his arrest yesterday by De
puty Sheriffs Richard Deketel
acre and Hubert Rice who had
trailed him for more than two
hours as he sought to sell policy
tickets to war wokers.
The Detroit man was taken
into custody at ihe comer of
Memphis street and Eight Mile
road in Warren township Thurs
day afernoon and had, accord
ing to the formal charge, over
100 mutual tickets and SIOB in
rash in his pockets.
Artaigned before Justice of
the Peace Frank E. Jeannette.
H >rn who also uses the alias of
Horrvich, pleaded guilty, was
bound over to circuit court and
released on SSOO bond.
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. , . in Italy, despite the smoke and blood of battle, so here you see two buggy-borne country-folk
on a peaceful errand while an American General Sherman tank gives half the road as it churns for
ward to fight the Germans near Salerno. (War pool picture from OWI.)
Harper Cites
War Plant Tax
Drain Commissioner
Reveals Action
[ A
Just returned from the Con
vention of the Michigan Munici
pal League which was held in
Kalamazoo. Mich , on Wednes
day and Thursday, William C.
Harper, president of Roseville,
and county drain commissioner,
today declared that the league
had passed a resolution in favor
of the Feterson Bill.
The bill, sponsored by Sen.
Peterson (Fla ) would make the
government pay the municipali
ties for services they afford de
fense plants in their vicinity.
The plants, being government
property, are immune to city
taxes. Yet, while they use city
roads, and civic property, they
do not contribute towards the
upkeep of the property. The
PetersOn Bill would dispose of
this problem, with the govern
ment taking over the responsi
bilities of the defense plants in
this case, taking the load off the
taxpayers themselves.
Said Harper. "We in Macomb
County are vitally affected by
the enactment of any legislature
w’hich w’ill compel the U. S. gov
ernment to alleviate the distress
that has been imposed upon
such counties as Macomb county.
"It is the duty of the entire
nation to pay its share of the
cost for national defense, since
these plants were established
primarily for the defense of our
nation.”
Also attending the Municipal
League convention were W'alter
Pratt, village clerk of St. Clair
Shores; George Francis, attor
ney, Roseville. and August
Peters, Roseville treasurer.
SHORES PASTOR TO LEAP OBSERVANCES
Rev. Fr. Dennis A. Hayes to Deliver Centennial Sermon
The Very Rev. Dennis A.
Hayes, pastor of St. Gertrude's
Catholic parish, St. Clair Shores,
will preach the sermon at a sol
emn high mass which will high
light the observance of the 100th
anniversary of St. Peter’s parish,
Mount Clemens, on Thursday,
Oct. 21.
The mass, at which Archbish
op Edward J. Mooney of Detroit
will preside, will be sung at
10:30 on the morning of the an
niversary. More than 100 church
Macomb County's Oldest Newspaper
MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1943
Study in Contrasts
Hitler W arns
Against Drop
in Morale
LONDON, Oct 8 (/P>
Adolf Hitler told Nazi leaders
gathered at his headquarters
yesterday that the German peo
ple must not be permitted to lose
morale, for if they did the war
would be lost
In a patent attempt to whip
up flagging spirits on the home
fron\ he was quoted by the Ber
lin radio today as saying;
"Weapon salone will not tilt
the scales unless human will
backs them.
"The party has never allowed
itself to be discouraged by set
backs. Its power of action, hard
resoluteness and extreme readi
ness to help provides the Ger
man people again today with
moral backing and support, par-
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Chesterfield
Acts to Curb
Gang-Bunting
Chesterfield township prop
erty owners will meet Tuesday
evening at eight o'clock in the
township hall to formulate plans
for hunting-control, Adolph Vor
yser, one of the founders of the
movment said today.
The entire area owned or con
trolled by the farmers' group is
posted as a unit, using uniform
signs bearing ,the name of the
organization. Onder the provis
ions of this plan a responsible
person may hunt after obtaining
a permit from a farmer member
of the group.
Vervser believes that this plan
eliminates "gang hunting" and
roadside parking. Hunters ben
efit under the plan because the
areas are not likely to be "over
hunted" and a "seed" or breed
ing stock is assured for the fol
lowing year.
prelates, including many priests
who served as pastors or assist
ants at St. Peter's, will take part
in the celebration. Among these
js the Rt. Rev. John J. Hackett,
now vicar general of the Dio
cese of Lansing who was at St.
Peter’s from 1912 to 1918.
The mass will be celebrated
by the Rev. Father Edward De-
Keyser, of St. Lawrence parish,
Utica, who served as an assist
ant pastor at the church in 1926.
Deep Silence
Shrouds Wake
Result of Attack
Still Unrevealed
Bv The \«*nriatfd Tret*
Silence still shrouds American
activities at Wake Island, for
the moment the focal point of
the many-tentaclcd war of the
Pacific.
The bombardment of Wake,
announced Wednesday, can be
only one of. two things: Either a
continuation of a series of Amer
ican task force raids similar to
those upon the Marshall and
Gilbert Islands earlier this au
tumn. or the first step in an at
tempt to drive the Japanese out
of the Central' Pacific, thus
opening a channel for supplying
the Philippines or for other ac
tions in the war Western Pacific.
The tip-off is whether the
force included landing parties.
If it did, and the purpose of thb
attack is to take stolen Wake
back again: the Central Pacific
campaign may be on.
The Navy, after its brief in
itial announcement that the at
tack by warships and carrier
based planes commenced Tues
day, said nothing.
Elsewhere in the Pacific the
picture was pleasant today for
the Allies. Vila, an important
airbase on Kolombangara Island
in the Solomons, was reported
by General MacArthur’s head
quarters to have been evacuated
by the Japanese, who also were
attempting to withdraw their
troops from the entire southern
end of that island. The com
munique said Allied aircraft had
sunk a number of barges and
small boats, inflicting heavy cas
ualties. although some Japanese
did get safely away to other is
lands.
Assisting him as deacon and sub
deacon ' respectively will be the
Rev. Fathers Alfred Hebert, who
was pastor of the church from
1934 to 1942, and Ernest De-
Puydt, who was at St. Peter s as
assistant pastor from 1915 to
1918.
Besides the clergy, many nuns
who taught at St. Mary s ele
mentary school and St. Mary's
high school here during the last
Capt. Colman May
Face Civil Trial
Senator Homer Ferguson
Probes Possible Action
WASHINGTON, Oct. B—i/F
The War Department at the re
quest of Senator Ferguson <R-
Mich), is investigating whether
the case of former Colonel Wil
liam T. Colman at Selfridge
Field, Mioh , can be referred to
a civilian court.
Colman's rank was reduced to
captain and he was barred from
promotion for three years upon
conviction of court martial on
charges of drunkenness and us
ing a pistol carelessly resulting
in the w’ounding of a Negro pri
vate at the field.
Senator Ferguson said today
he had received from Under-sec
retarv Patterson assurances that
the department was anxious to
cooperate in bringing the case
to final settlement.
Ferguson and Representative
Shafer (R-Mich) contend that a
court martial verdict was not se
vere enough. The Senator said
tJiere was a possibility that ci
vilian courts had jurisdiction in
some cases at the Army field and
that Colman could be retried.
* • •
Widespread editorial criticism
of the Colman court-martial's
findmgs have brought in a wave
of indignant letters from rcla
ties of servicemen in virtually
a!l sections of the nation. Chica
go, Detroit, Mount Clemens and
East Coast publications, in par
ticular have received a veritable
avalanche of protests from read
ers.
Draft Evaders
Found Guilty
Five from County
Face Imprisonment
Federal Judge Arthur Lederle
this morning found a fifth Ma
comb County Draft Board. No. 1
registrant guilty of draft eva
sion when he ruled that Leonard
iSeleski had failed to report when
called to service with the armed
forces.
Ju*t yesterday Judge Lederle
had also found Raymond Lardie
guilty of tiie same offense. Lard
ie, who is but 18 years of age.
is the second members of the
same family to be convicted on
similar charges. His brother, Ed
ward. was found guilty and sen
tenced to five years lmprison-
Richard F. Hundley, of New’
Baltimore, was also sentenced
to serve five years in prison
for draft evasion this morn
ing.
ment but two weeks ago. Earlier
this year Connie Karwoski was
convicted and sentenced to serve
five years and pay a SIO,OOO
fine. Dale Mull, a resident of
Roseville, was likewise con
victed and sent to prison for a
five year term.
All five were described by
draft board spokesmen as mem
bers of Jehovah s Witnesses, a
religious cult.
35 years plan to return for the
Centennial.
In conjunction with the cele
bration, the Rev. Father Albert
Hutting, now serving as assist
ant pastor under Rev. Leo Ro
berge, has written a history of
the 100 years of St. Peter’s par
ish. He started compiling data
for the historical booklet four
years ago when he came to the
parish. The booklet will be
available w r hen the Centennial
is observed.
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Yanks Plunge
to Volturno
Reach German
Main Lines
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Algiers. Oct. 8 iVP> Battl
ing in heavy rain and mud. Lt.
Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Ar
my has forged ah z '. and reach
ed the Volturno river, the Ger
man defense line north of Na
ples. on a 16-mile front from
Capua to the sea, Allied head
quarters announced today.
Captured in the advanc** were
Capua, on the south side of the
river, where there is an import
ant crossing, and Castel Voltur
no at the river meuth, 97 air
line miles from Rome.
Capua, the main town on the
Mazzoni plain on which the first
phase of Gen. Clark's battle for
Rome is being is 17 miles
north of Naples and 106 straight
line miles southeast of the Ital
ian capital It was taken in a
10-mile advance along the Via
Casalina, one of the two main
roads from Naples to Rome. The
other is the Appia i Way, near
er the coast.
On the right, where the Brit
ish Eighth Army was fighting
another battle on the approach
es to the side door to the Italian
capital, Gen. Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery's forces beat back
more fierce German counterat
tacks. took the offensive and oc
cupied an important high area
above Termoli along the Ad
riatic.
Six German divisions were
now fighting along the Italian
front in fierce actio*.
Supervisors
Eye Budget
for Stenos
The budget for circuit court
stenographers was held up to
day by the Macomb County
Board of Supervisors pending an
investigation by legislative com
mittee of the board into the ad
visability of having two circuit
court stenographers.
Both stenographers are ap
pointed of the governor and if
any action to dismiss them is
made it must be done by the
governor. Mayor Don R Westen
dorf told the board Thursday
that the legislative committee
ought to contact Governor Harry
Kelly and see if he wouldn’t re
call one of them.
The board objected to the two
stenographers on the ground that
there isn't enough work for them
with the departure of Circuit
Judge James E. Spier into the
Army. j
WEATHER_REPORT
LITTLE CHANGE
SLIGHTLY WARMER
Monitor-Leader Office
MONITOR-LEADER BLDG.
Csss st Wslnut
Berlin Claims
Czechs Landed
in Yugoslavia
American, British
Officers Advise
Guerrilla Forces
LONDON. Oct. R (JP) —The
Free Yugoslav radio announced
today the presence of American
and British officers at partisan
headquarters a short time after
German sources reported a
small A’lied force had entered
the Balkans.
The broadcast gave no details
as to the number of Allied offi
cers at hand but it confirmed a
previous report from Cairo that
several had gone to the head
quarters of both Gen. Draja Mi
hailovir and Drug Tito.
The information gave signifi
cance to a statement last night
by King Peter who told his peo
ple “the day of deliverance is
not far off.”
A dispatch to Stockholm from
Nazi-controlled Budapest last
night said a Czecho-Slovakian
brigade equipped and trained by
the British in the Middle East
had landed in Yugoslavia to co
operate w ith-partisan forces.
LAND ASSISTANCE
If the report is true, the bri
gade constitutes the first Allied
force in the Balkans sine*
Greece fell In April, 1941.
The Czechs were said to have
gone ashore on the coast of
Montenegro either at Budva or
Ulcinj under the leadership of a
Biigadier Rizicka. a former
lieutenant colonel in the Czech
army
rating official notice for the
first time of the differences be
tween Gen. Mihailovic and his
Chetniks and Tito and his Parti
san followers, King Peter, in his
message broadcast from Cairo,
declared:
“I am sure the majority of mV
people have been deeply con
cerned and saddened by the in
sufficient harmony among Ju
goslavs both in that country and
abroad in their efforts to defeat
the enemy and restore Yugo
slavia
“We are all one family and
we know our disagreements
have roots deep in history and
we know equally well that fam
ily quarrels always happen to be
most acute ones”
SEES GOAL NEAR
The King said he had no doubt
that the goal of “a strong, united
and stable Yugoslavia’’ could be
achieved. He said the present
government was acting only un-
See BALKANS—Page 6
Propose New
Road Taxes
Thrtt Yoor
Program Rtvealed
An ambitious three year coun
ty road program was advocated
today by Floyd Pinch, chairman
of the Macomb County Road
Commission, who appeared be
fore the Macomb County Board
of Supervisors requesting a one
mill tax be appropriated by the
county to cover the cost of such
a project.
The road commissioners plan
to start the program as soon
as the funds were available, he
said. The road program is not
designed to improve the road
situation in any one part of the
county but would be a project
covering the entire county.
In discussing the proposed
project, Finch pointed out on a
specially prepared map, the na
ture of the improvements. The
Board of Supervisors referred
the petition to the Hoed Com
mittee of the Boerd which was
instructed to meet with the road
commissioner and discuss the
situation fully.
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