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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books =

Every once in q while IN au-
thor creates more than just .
book-he creates living people.
That Is what John p. Marquand,
who wrote "W;ckford Point" has
done in III. M. Pulham, Esquire"
little, Brown: $500.
You get to know people like
Harry Pullman, Bo-Jo Brown,
Bill King better than you know
your best friends-better, pos
sibly. than you. know yourself.
You learn better than volumes
of ponderous research can ever
tell you, the patterns of Boston
society In which these people
move. :.
H. NJ. Pulham, Esquire" 10
the story of a man bound and
gagged by the traditions Of .
generation that Il not his own.
Harry Pulham is In his middle
forties when he is faced with the
task of compiling his biography
for his 25th anniversary class
book. He looks back on his
life, faces the memory of things
past with the compromise Of
iron-clad rules that had been laid
down for him before he was
born.
After the war, he might have
escaped the shackles Of his own
people when he found Marvin
Myles, q young woman with AM
bition. Harry and Marvin loved
each other, but Harry was real.
istic enough to know he couldn't
break with Boston. And Marvin.
who wanted buffers and maids.
didn't want them badly enough
to get tangled up with Harry's
life.
So Harry Putnam married Kay
Motford, q proper girl - the
Right Kind Of girl. The entire
romance, the engagement, the
wedding were Right. Their mar
rage life falls into the accept
Cd groove.
Harrys life = influenced alter.
nately by Bin King and Bo-Jo
Brown. Bill wasn't exactly one
OF his circle IN Harvard, but
Harry. likes him and keeps up
his friendship. Bo-Jo u very
definitely the Right Sort Of Per-
son - III Inevitable, eternal
schoolboy, saturated with claa1
II. Maryland has written Z
root book. u u great because
10 doe more than chronicle
faithfully: He probes Ill the de-
fects<of Dostooian society - ex-
plni6s thom III without ap-
6logislne. Il n 3 book thet viii
ho1d you. word for word, l6nG
NJ .ycq hsvs turned ~ - =
49,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
. BARBS,

When some women say "Can
you keep secret?" you know
they can't.
Too much money sometimes
goes to Q mans head and wom-
ans back.
Because of the war skirts will
be still shorter - which keeps
Sherman from being 1907 right.
Department of Agriculture
predicts q record 1940-41 orange
crop - so it 10 o X s as If we'll
squeeze through all right. Z
Success comes easier II you
keep your mind on your work,
but not your work on your mind.
Washington il more specific
on Just what kind Of . machine
age we're living in-adding ma
chine.
80 .
Oklahoma driller went down
1000 feet without success. TIA
well-known depth Of despair.
Included !. In the 200-year-old
blue lawo they've startod -
foecine In Wilmington, Deli re
ban On snow sbov0llno. Wofu
~ me kidg are fur1Oub.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
BY LUCE NEVILLE
YEA Service staff Correspondent

NEA Service Stair Correspondens
HOLLYWOOD-Some of the
most inspired acting and heav-
lest emoting isn't done by the
stars and never is seen on a
movie screen. It's all on the
sidelines, in scenes acted out by
the men who tell the stars how
to play scenes.
They aren't as handsome or as
dramatically appealing as the
matinee idols they boss; in fact,
the majority of Hollywood's di-
rectors are middle-aged. thin of
hair and thick of waistline, but
they're incurable actors.
William Wellman complained
loudly when he had to send Joel
McCrea home from the set of
Pioneer Woman" to nurse .
sore throat and had to rearrange
the schedule to shoot only scenes
in which Barbara Stanwyck ap-
peared. Actually, Wellman was
delighted at the opportunity to
read the actors cue lines to Miss
Stanwyck in Romeo and Ju-
liet balcony scene.
ONCE A HAM
ALWAYS A HAM
There was much imprisoned
whispering of "Come d o W n!
then I'll come up! !
love you :" as Wellman
gave as corny a performance as
any new stock player, but there
wasn't any question of the dia-
log director or script clerk sub.
shutting for McCrea-not while
Wellman was around. Director
Henry King is called the cone
man cast" and during "Chad
Hanna" he read Dorothy La
mour's love lines, cueing Henry
Fonda, in as seductive and sultry
a tone as the actress.
All these actor-d r e C o S
sheepisly excuse themselves
with the crack that hams new
er cured, but there's more rea-
son than that. Director Jack
Conway does it to set the tempo
of the scene and work out the
timing Of the action. After he
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
~ tim % ola
osly ~ Wssh lagess

vvAst{iNGTO There are
more 6oopls with queer jobs In
Washington thon perhaps any
other city In the countn not
government scientists mokino
q study Of, the love life of the
moo nor experts keoplno tob
son the rice consumption IN
puerto Rico, but non!off lclol
people. They operate On th6
frinoes Of the government. In
quosi -officiol copocities. Keep
ino trock Of what the govern
rnent may be doing In any par
ticulor field Of endsovor from
eviction to birth control to coal
exporting.
Al these activities they ~
port fully to someone who Is
interested and there ore op-
porsntly plenty Of people obout
the country who ore interested,
or their representatives would
not be here.
There ore, therefore, more
Washington listening posts
and lighthouses than traffic
lights and you find these mis-
sionories in all kinds Of places.
Some own their own homes.
and pretentious they are, too,
like the U. S. Chomber Of
Commerce building just ocross
from the White House, daring
visitors to speculate on which
runs the country. Others ope-
rate more or less from under
the hot. one man with q tele-
phone ond on expense occount
in q hotel room.
Between those two extremes
are hundreds Of organizations
with Washington Representa-
tives," the rich ones in mod
ernistic suites, the not 50 offlu-
ent ones crowded three and
four in q one room office.
sAAILE WHEN
you SAY THAT
Any pIoce but Washington,
q lot Of these outfits might be
called plain rockets, but here
you have to be coreful Of your
language for each and every
representative is convinced OF
the holiness Of his couse. You
even have to smile, stronger,
when you coll him lobbyist.
but lobbyists they all are, for
though some may not know
more than q congressman
apiece, the technique Of lob
bying now is not by direct pres
sure, but by stirring UP some
one beck, in the country.
Some Of thu work, however,
is strictly on The UP and up.
Government being as big os u
is. departmental, commission
and bureau regulations have to
be followed closely from doy to
doy, then interpreted and r.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
Scenic Wonders Of U. S.
Provide Stomp Vocation.

PEST antidote for spring fever
is q vacation. Stamp collec-
tors, bored with war, find the u.
S. National Parks issue offers a
philatelic tour Of Americas won
derlands.
The 10 stamps marked the l02nd
anniversary Of the national parks
system. The first national park,
at Hot Springs, Ark, was created
in 1882.
Yosemite's famous FL Captain is
pictured on the l-cent green
stamp above. Yosemite includes
an area Of 1925 miles in east
central California, is noted for
magnificent rock formations, g.
ant trees. beautiful waterfalls
Ribbon falls drops 1912 feet, anC
the combined height Of Upper Yo-
semitic, Bridal Veil and Lower
Yosemite Is 1870 feet, Is times as
high as Niagara.
Yosemite was discovered in
1851, named for Indians who
lived there
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27

RytD - {k6)04 0oooy1s
ln4 ll3frloS o. a. cl0 1lcne.
ponold G. eIoisday, =: D.,
poEtment Of AorIculturo oopny i
omlst looned @ ~ TernposorwS
Notlonol Eco,omle Ccnumit*S
tee, recently brouoht 10 ~
date a list Of the nojor osoon.ia
ixotions with lobbyirio lneIina.a
tions or potentiolitisS; and NJ
ran The count up q 4Q0. ( d
number as fearful In It's lnpll-
cotlons as the old 400 OF TIE
sociol register. Bloisdell calls
them pressure groups, q
polite name which might b
odopted with profit By almost
any outfit hovino shoke-down
OF, hold-up CONDITIONS, but
which doesn't begin to tell thG
story sof their activities In.
Woshln0ton. /.
81 THf loss D;
Y More than holt Of the 400
hove the word American or
National or United States as
part OF their Official non,es.
thus indicating The broodn1si
Of their purposes and opero-
lions. All, too, ore intensely
patriotic in justifyino their
existence, from the American
Bonksrs' Association 'sWhut's
best for the notion IS best for
banking, to the American
Federation Of lobor's ceoselesS
campaign to "mointoin the
American stondord Of living"
All organizations are d.
fensibIe, to the extent that they
protect the interests Of their
own members. II is only when
these interests run counter to-
the best Interests Of the major
ity Of the people that their oc-'
tivities demand scrutiny. Too
many laws ore mode BY the
few and for the few, and the
inorticuIote majority doesn't
hear Of them and might not
understand them il IL did.
The millions Of dollars spent
by these organizations ore be-
yond computation. Only some
Of the most fortnight have
dared open their books, but on
the records ore expenditures Of
81 400, 600 by the National
Association Of Manufacturers
in 1887 and 500 million by
the Association Of American
Railroads in ths 20 years from
1918 to 1893. Those are the
top spenders, but tokino any
common denomination YOU
choose ond multiplying il BY
400 gives you an alarming
total. 90.
To II must be dddAd the fees
for individual lawyers; fixers,
real and phony, unregistered
special representatives,, defect
ed politicians with q pull and
the knowledge that the most
important work done by Con.
oress is not on the floor, but
in offices and subcommittee
rooms.
One of BIoidelI's RECON-
mendotions is for bringing the
records Of lobbyists into the
open. Maybe It's an ideo. We
hove required all foreign
propooondists 70 register with
the Department Of Stote, %
that their activities may Be
checked. But we ore oIlsroic to
home brew propaganda, and
the sooner we put the loh1ls On
the bottles, the better Il m6Y
be for our own innords. ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27

\ " lnrks tWo months Of being yeor
h $50 President Roosevelt first urged
az dll-out arms drive on Moy Is,
lf Vas known then to those who IN
derstond production, that it would be
morN months before war rote!io'
I would Sc producedin quantity. New
blonts had TO be built, old ores convert
\ 20. y1w tools designed and built, men
frojn6d.
But even before the first year is up.
ft,ets 0re signs ;thot the stream OF arms
IS ssoi'y Beginning 70 flow.
Four thousond automatic shoulder
rifles. the deadly tommy guns" were
produced in the four weeks ended
Mhrch I S BY the Thompson Automatic
AIMS Corp. .sThot's 1000 q week. So
! 600 q yeoS even If production is not
f,iftiSs9 steppsd up.
TryG 1fiIj6oth foiged steel she'll was
/ lust ft5nnG3 CIT az The Detroit plant OF
IN e0dd Sheei Co. the other day, on
un ordsr recsivsd only last November.
sSdeh progress in production hos been
mad tbot The next million will be
MIrsd OFT IL Two months insteod OF
s,Ihs xost new So, loo, 600 powder
p)6nt1 1t Rodford, No. wos dedicated O
, f1W dnyS DO, exoctly three months
c|Soud of He scheduled tire. II will
e. il ~ psoduction BY eogly summer.
Ihe new destroyers ondS other ships
tos tt1e navy are. sploShino into the wot-
efwiih consid eroh5e reo4lority ord eve
nfscf5q 81 5fjsSt flls@nonths ohe0d OF
sclSodSle. Gnefol Arnold Of the Army
I AjF Eofps (ht1otes that Alosko.s mill
Y it( kSf1n pro0ron $50 full yeor
,otSedd of sc3SCdule, with 5000 civilion
ubcSers ard 1000 new troops titsrolly
Mokino the dirt fly
Neoriy tsto million industrial work.
Srs have returned to privote employ
n.snf N the past year; 1874 industrial
plnnts were s,panded during that time
tor TIE defense effort. =
if1is true that we are only getting
atorted. But. the things actually &C.
tcmplished as Of todoy ore far from
the ruj)ity which some Berlin whistler
r-tisrdosk recently pronounced them.
,d they come we'll before the time
within three or four months" when
pfonse Commissioner knudsen. hos
sntNon 6ssuronce that things will be-
\ m 6 it = M
W tn lmericon people hos not lost its
4 ~ ffffa1 - - n@s<>A &H.,~tss -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
'sclEli q sllYs'

Y
al Dobo had . moeic word When
he pronounced "Cpen, Sssome!" the
door Of the thieves cove swung open,
and all the riches within 10y before
him.
We Of the twentieth century have
inclined to believe that we, too, had q
mooic word. Science soys =. !" we
mouth, and expect all the riches Of
health, wealth and happiness to lie
before US.
There ore people today who trust
in science blindly. olnost as our fore
fothers trusted in God. Faith like that.
by the way, even in science, is not
scientific.
But even science requires q sort OF
foith at bottom-foith that the truth
is discoverobIe, and thot it is worth
discovering. Thot.foith has been shok-
en- in these Days, as the Rockefeller
Foundation odmits in it's review Of its
1910 activities.
Science has placed powerful tools in
the hands Of men. But Of what use ore
they If they ore used merely for mans
ensIovement? II the Germon dye in
dustry produced suIfoniIomide. most
omozing Of modern medcol discover
les, it olso produced nustord Cos. II
deep principles Of physics are used to
point q 5OOton telescope at O hitherto
unknown star. they are used olso to
point q t6-inch gun. II means Of COM
INJUNCTION ore multiplied. SO thot men
may speak more freely to men ond thus
multiply truth, the some means con be
used to multiply foIse and destructive
propaganda.
But it scorcely follows that we should
therefore abandon science, or the scien-
tific methods it teaches. Whot we need
I is to reoIize that mere science is not
enough. We need morals, too. SO that
we nooy properly use for good the tools
science has given US. We need foith,
the ultimate foith that lies beneath
science, that the truth is discoveroble
ond good. We need to renew foith
olso thot there is an aspect Of man
oport from the moteriol things in which
SCIenCe OSOIS.
None Of these things are controdic-
tory. We need TO put science in its
place by forth thot mons spiritual
side is also important. We Need moral
development, 50 thot the techniques
Of science moy be used for good and
not for evil And we need science it.
self. ord the scientific method, so that
man, given broins, moy use them to
think, and to achieve
Science is swell, and we're all for
it, But science is not everything. Is
man 50 greet that he can clifford to dis
cord anything he can achieve in foith.
in morals, or in science?
Surely. the fouIt is not with any Of
these, but with the foct that man has
not yet perfectly developed them.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
By WIN. e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

There are q great many indus
trial bridge leagues forming
throughout the country. Some of
these groups are composed Of
teams representing different de-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES =
s YEARS AGO TODAY

Il ID the duty Of the voters In
the county to give the new pr.
mary system . fair trial.
Capt. Jno. Tucker says be II
in no hurry to at out the Lily
because Of lack Of contracts. =.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27

They're fine. And We caa II
oil sincerity SrAise ~ army'e
effort q Keep them 1T ~.
-W. c. +. y. PSss11gne - =
! ~ ~ sAisA g. = 49, a q
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
q YHARS AGO TODAY

70 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
The sugar men will b In
the city next week ID select the
site for the new factory.
Nank and Pingel will make
extensive repairs to their livery
barn here.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
60 YEARS AGO TODAY

The Ida b rscovsring IN over
hauling preparatory for the com.
ing season. and will begin run.
ming about April 10.
The gables Of tho court hotngo
are going Up and daafening INTO
tho floor. Tho rot Win -
ready for the slatsfs In two
weeks.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

There were 10 combinations
at the Trinity Lutheran church
last Sunday and 80 1t the Evan
gelical church.
Never at this season of The
year have the Mount Clemens
springs enjoyed the business that
they have today. ! RY f
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-27

Lucie Neville Is pinch-hittiw0
for Paul Harrison. nop touring
army camps and defense indus
tries.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
About Well>Known Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Mr.. Randolph, Gentleman of Virginia,
An Ancestor of Attorney General Riddle
BY ROBERT CROWFORD.

It's far from the luxurious suite of offices the Justice
partmen Building occupied by the Attorney General Mr..
Francis Bde that modest little office New York which in 1890
occupied distinguished ancestor Randolph Virginia,
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Buells Will Mark
Golden Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard E. Buell. of
st. Augustine, Fla. and Washington,
will entertain Tuesday evening at
the home of their son and daughter
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs Arthur C. Buell.,
3533 Cumberland street, in celebra-
ton of their 50th wedding ami
versary.
Members of the family who will
Join them for the celebra ton in
clude Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass Herring
and Mr.. Buel Herring of Flushing.
N. Y, and Mrs. Billie Hindman
Thornton of Philadelphia. and rel
atives in Washington who are Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert l.. Buell., Miss
Bertha Egnew. Mrs, Frances Pollock,
Miss Airline Pollock. Mrs. Catherine
Campbell and Mr.. and Mrs. AL
KinSey.
Evening star., 1941-08-31

consisted his invalid wife, three children and several
Negro
financial diieule
Evening star., 1941-08-31

Virginia
Social Notes
r. F. Caverlees
Visiting Relatives
In Huntington

FREDERICKSBURG. Va, Aug.
3O.-Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Caverlee
and their three daughters, the
Misses Eloise, Caroline and Bobby
June Caverlee. who are visiting rela-
tives in Huntington. w. Va, will
return to their home here Septem-
ber 7.
Mrs. Mason H. Willis has left for
Cape May. N. j.. where she will join
her sister, Mrs. George Brown, for a
short stay.
Mrs. Edward P. Chamberlayne and
her young son Pye of New York
City, are the guests of Mrs. Robert
Deaderick and Miss Homozelle
Montgomery.
DR.. and Mrs. r. L. Welsh of Chi
cago and Mrs. James Cain and her
daughter. Miss Cecilia Cain of
Elkins, w. Va, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. P. l.. Shannon.
Mr.. and Mrs J. Edwin whitesell
are the guests of the Rev. and Mrs.
w. J. Whitesell at Stanley, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Van Devanter
and their daughter. Miss Marjorie
Van Deventer, and son, Frederick
Van Deventer, have gone to Alex
andria where they will make their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Leatherwood of
Westminster, Md, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Couch.
Mrs. w. H. Lawrence of Chester
town, Md, is the guest of her
brother -in-law and sister, City Man
ager and Mrs. L. j. Houston, jr.
Miss Evelyn Garrison and Mr..
John Garrison are visiting friends
at Irvington. NJ j., for two weeks.
Miss Adelaide Rowe and Mrs.
James M. English are on boat trip
to Boston.
Mrs. C. H. Henderson, jr., and her
son, Charles H. Henderson, Sd, Of
Norton, are the guests of Mr., and
Mrs. Roger Clarke
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Graves and
their daughter, Miss Glenna
Graves, have returned to their home
here after spending the summer in
New York City, where Mr.. Graves
was a member of the faculty of Co.
lumbia University.
DR.. and Mrs. James T. NOEL are
in New York City for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Mills and their
two sons, Hayden and Harry of
Kingsport, Tenn, are the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Letcher Stoner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur S. Hoaglund
of Worcester, Mass, are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur K Kennison.
Miss June Allison Johnston of
Spout Springs, Va. Is the guest of
Miss Mary Louise Stubbs.
Mr.. George Keyser of Washington
is the guest of DR.. and Mrs. j. r.
Travis.
Mrs. H. M. Eckenrode is visiting
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Parsons at Pine Grove,
w. Va.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Leesburg
Residents
Have Guests
Many Are Hosts
Over Holiday
Week End

LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 30.-Many
Ltesburg residents are having guests
over the Labor Day week end.
Among those entertaining are Mr..
and Mrs. William Legg, who have
with them Mr.. and Mrs. e. p. Mel
lon, I'd, of Pittsburgh; 1t. and Mrs.
John Moore of Fort Belvoir are
guests of 1t. Moore's brother-ir1-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow
Williams.
Mr.. John A. Gibson. jr., of Sea-
ford, Del, is visiting his parents, DR..
and Mrs. Gibson. DR.. and Mrs. Glib
son also have with them their som
in-law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs.
Walter Daniels of Charlotte, N. C.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Musgrave have
visiting them their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert K.
Garges of Buckingham Courts.
Mr.. William F. Rust, jr., of Pitts
burgh and Miss Jane Rust of Wash
ington are guests Of their mother,
Mrs. William F. Rust.
Mr.. Robert Hopkins of Pittsburgh
is visiting his grandfather, Mr.. John
Hopkins.
Judge and Mrs. J. r. H Alexander
are giving house party over the
week end at Springwood
Alexanders Entertain
Tonight at Picnic.
Messrs. Sam and John Alexander
and Mrs. Sam Alexander will enter
tain at beer party and picnic to-
night About 10 guests have been
| invited.
Mrs. B. Powell Harrison, Mrs.
Francis Patton and Mrs. Louise
King are spending week at Ocean
City. Md.
Mrs. Robert Walker and Miss Mary
MacCarthy have returned from a
months stay at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Galleher
and Miss Margaret Hickman are
spending a week in the Pocono
Mountains.
Mrs. Charles F. Harrison was
hostess at bridge wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. 3. V. White and Mrs William
! Orme of Baltimore are visiting at
| Atlantic City for two weeks.
Mrs. z. B. White has returned
from Atlantic City. where she has
been visiting Mrs. Frederick H.
! Bugher of Washington for several
weeks
: Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Power spent
a few days this week in Washington.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Chevy Chase Activities
Of Social Interest
Mrs. F. w. Reichelderfer
Returns From Two Weeks
Stay in Androscogsin, Me.

Mrs Wyton Rechederfer has returned home from two weeks
visit Clarke
Reichelderfer
grandmother, Waine Ind.
Mr. Wongton Tacot left yesterday the end with
Capt
Mrs Frank Fuller has returned home after Today
Wnnepaucci where three Frank
spending the
Gusts Hall with his daughters
Betty Hall have after Mexico
Evening star., 1941-08-31

s1,5O0 year paid his Office rent, clerk hire
and stationery. A few years ago-it was at
the dedication of the magnificent new JUS
tce Department Building-Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings drew a hearty laugh from
President Roosevelt and a smile from the
staid justices of the Supreme Court, when
he referred to Mr.. Randolph as 'the for
gotten man"
1t appears that when Mr.. Randolph
was appointed to the Office by President
Washington, the salary had been fixed at
$4,000. but owing to some opposition from
those who did not favor the appointment
it was reduced to $500. 1t was later raised
to 81 900, out of which amount the Attorney
General also paid an annual rental of 1915
for seven-room house in the suburbs OF
New York, to which he removed from his
beautiful estate, TazeweIl Hall, Virginia.
tl,roo children, md several