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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13

Now in these dogs whom eoch new
dawn brings q new sensation and no
man kows whot new situation he moy
foce when he wakes in the morning
comes the possibility that japan roy
back off and toke stock Of its Chino
war.
Beer in mind that this adventure be-
oon 10 yeors ooo. Since that time Jo-
pom hos been if not oIwoys at war. al
woys living under war conditions. Since
July 7, 1887, the war has been con-
tnuoI four years Of an expensive for
eign war costly in monpower, in money.
in morale.
The Chinese have been beaten,
steodiIy and repeatedly beoten, yet
they Rave not been conquered. In one
of the most heroic mierotions OF oil
history, they simply Withdrew west
ward, to lay the foundations Of new
China. Building from the bottom, new
nation hos been erected almost liter
ally, which has fought on for nearly four
yeors, unconquered.
Comes now the Jopon Advertiser, on
Influential newspaper, which would
scarcely dare to speak SO without Of
ficioI sanction, suggesting that JoPon
give up some of the territory its mill
tory have gained in China. consolidate
the rest. and seek peoce. The task this
poper proposes is no less than thot
THE japanese army should prove thot
it's presence in Chino means no en-
croochment on Chino's political and
territorial integrity but insteod means
peaceful. friendly intentions"
One hears q great deol about the
"Orientol mind" and it's subtleties. Per-
hops it will be possible for the Japanese
to prove to the Chinese their essentially
peaceful intentions. though there ore
a million homeless, and fifty million
who have had to make new homes in
the interior. Their testimony may in
fIuence Chino's feeling about japanese
friendship.
Probably the japanese newspapers
proposal is trial balloon But suppose
the japanese peoce plan is success.
Suppose Chino agrees to stop fighting,
Yielding vast territories and conces-
sions
What even then, would japan have
gained by 10 years Of war on China?
Simply the creation Of q new, progress
sive, miIitorized westernized Chino as
neiehbor, instead of the old. sleepy,
disoroonized, Observation-Disclosures
den push-over which was her neighbor
in the post. Time and Chino con both
wait to see just how greet gain this
will have been for Japan in the long
rum
japan hos awakened the sleeping
Dragon. It wiIlnot be cosy, by stroking
it, to Iul it back to sleep,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13
NEW JOB FOR SHORT WAVES

The defense proorom means new
Jobs and new responsibilities for oil OF
Us. They crop up in the most unexpeet-
ed pieces.
For instonce, short-wove radio. Mo-
turoIIy, that service hos been expanded
to compete with European broodcosts
70 South and Central America. But
there is onother ond newer angle to
thut.
: With occupation of q dozen new and
forowoy bases in the hemisphere de-
Tense plon, thousands OF American
boys ore biIIeted in their eorrisons, for
from home, ond often in remote places
where entertainment is scorce. It's up
/ 10 HE short-wove radio to keep them
sntestoined and to strengthen their ties
with homo. The Schenectady short
wove stntions OF General Electric, for
1 iretonce, toport an Increasing .wove Of
lGttpss {Iesn soldiers in the ConoI Zone,
sit Gl1ntunlso Boy, Cubo. at Peorl Hor-
. ~ tnxuii, az St. Thomas, v. l.,
tn stt1su for HE prooroms that
~ Only direef link with the
~ bpme. To . young Coast
}, 10 GceenIord or young
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
S YEARS AGO TODAY

S YEARS AGO TODAY
1885
Prediction is made that 80 per
cent of the welfare rolls will
be cut of by upswing Of business
in the next year.
Emory Weiss, talented young
Mount Clemens violinist, will
present a recital on June 4.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
st. Peters Catholic church
has q new organ.
A band of gypsies visit Mount
Clemens, and Police Chief Rosso
Injuries his leg in the ensuing
excitement.
IS YEARS AGO TODAY n
1895
The April earnings of the Ra.
pid were $35,022.63, . gain OF
$2,609.07 over the same period
of last year.
It is said that the Grand Trunk
will put on morning trains east
and west Of the air lire June
LIST.
50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1891
Rev. H. N. Bissell died ut HE
home In Erin yesterday morn
ing, of pneumonia, aged -
years.
Martin Croker rents the Rob.
ertson house on Cas- avenue.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Van Landeghem & Son farnish
employment to las men. The
other mills bring the whole
number Of hands In the employ
Of the stave industry 10 200 IN
this city.
h. J. Kandt will DO q general
grocery business ca Front ee1seA.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13
: BEHIND THE SCENES.
m WAsHlNG TON :

into evey mill. store and
household In the land and set
Ve down as q non poylno stor
BORDER for the emergency
The parade Of Witnesses b.
fore the House Of Rsprsssnto.
tives Ways. and Means Com
mittee protesting 6ooinst the
proposed taxes on musicoI In,
struments. sporting goods.
chewing gum. eondy, cieors
ond cioorets, moving pictures,
booze and eoborets Is perhaps
the lost eosp Of the business
os-usuol advocates. All these
gentlemen ore estimobls citi-
zens, presidents Of componies
and trade ossociotions. But
their pleas for low taxes on
luxuries seem futile.
This, however. IS only q min.
or port Of the proorom. Wren
Secretory Of Commerce Jesse
Jones bIondty stoted tf,ot the
national debt might have 70 40
to $50 billion, from the present
SOS billion statutory limit. he
wasn't kidding.
Full reoIizotion of what this
thing is going to cost is just
beginning to dawn in Wosh-
ineton, and as sure as the sun
rises in the east, its still mid
night in the rest Of the country,
il it isn't still Yesterday or the
doy before. The concept you.
ore osked to believe in oil this
darkness Is thot Germany IS
winning the war because she
hos spent and is spending more
on war than anyone else on
earth. And If you believe that
money is everything, the only,
answer is that the United
Stotes must spend more than
Germany If it is to defect Hit
Ter. or even just help Britoin
defect Hitler.
THAT BIG
80 PER CENT
To occ om pllsh this will
mean eve, more than socri-
fices through the payment Of
extro heavy taxes or the pri-
GRITTY Of defense needs over
civilian needs. II can mean q
complete change in the eco.
nomic life of the country, q
sacrifice Of things thot, once
gone, might never be reooined.
Now resting on the Presi-
dents desk are supposed to Be,
among other things. proposals
for organizations Of economic
warfare, civilian defense, and
control over production. ond
distribution. Of civilian con-
sunoers' goods. This lost IS tn
one thot will hit business.os-
usual the hardest. II IS bosed
on the theory that 80 per cent
Of the sales Of any nnerehont
come from 20 per cent of the
merchandise. In other words,
stopIes sell best, and the 30
per cent of the goods that sell
Ieost ore the fancy groceries,
the uItro-styIes, the de luxe
models thot are window Dress
ing. II production Of window
dressing con be eliminated
and effort concentrated on the
standardized lines. the coun-
ty's productive establishment
con, it is estiroted. be roised
80 per cent. Thirty per cent
more OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ammunition may be just whot
it takes to get this thing over
with.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13

The Pan-American games might well be suit
edto solidfy relations between the nations Of the
Americas.
-rorrsst Towns. University Of George coach.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13

Secretary Stimson has asked every man in the
army to write home on Mothers Day. And we
suggest every week thereafter.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

threatening crowd in front Of =
small theater brought riot call.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-13

Lucie Neville II pinch-hit-
ting for Paul Harrison, now
touring army camps and de-
Tense industries.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Economy League Would Tax
Incomes 1917 for Defense

By the Associated Press.
The National Economy League
proposed yesterday that a special
tax of 10 per cent be levied on indi-
vidual incomes to put the defense
program substantially on a cash
basis"
Wherever possible, the tax should
be collected at the source. that is,
when salaries. dividends and inter-
est are paid. the league said. Self
employed persons, such as farmers
and professional men, would be re-
quired to file special returns.
The recommendation was based
on a study by Harley L. Lutz, pro-
feSsor of public finance, Princeton
University.
by using the proposed tax in ad-
dition to the existing conventional
taxes" Mr.. Lutz said, cit should be
possible to come very close to cash
basis for 1912"
Asserting that borrowing was the
only alternative. Mr.. Lutz said that
borrowing from individuals would
require compulsory loans or such
high interest rates that outstand-
ing Treasury bonds would decline in
value. Borrowing from banks, he
added, would add to the purchasing
power of the people without a CORE
spending increase in the production
of goods they can buy"
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Filling Station Chain
Picketed in Strike for
Vacations, Pay Raise
l80 Employees Of IS
Establishments Quit
Work in Controversy

PicketS OF the Gasoline Station
and Parking Lot Attendants Union,
Local No. 997, A. F. L., today were
parading before each of the as
Lord Baltimore filling stations IN
and near Washington after the
union called a strike yesterday m
volving l80 men, many Of them
managers of the stations.
The issue which precipitated ths
strike was the unions demand for
a fiat pay increase Of $40 10 all
workers, who now receive S75 TO
sos a month. James Holden, the
unions business agent, described the
men as "the lowest paid workers In
the city"
The union also demanded Yecog.
milton as the filling station workers
bargaining agent and a weeks an
nual vacation with pay. The strike
was voted Wednesday night and
began yesterday at 9 am. Mr..
Holden said 40 employees refused to
join the strike. The company re-
fused to comment.
Negotiations leading to the striks
were handled by the Teamsters'
Joint Council of Washington. The
LORD Baltimore move was described
as the first step in a plan to or
ganlze all filling station employees
here.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Fer-eII's Temper Unchanged,
MoyLe Old Arm Is There

Never mind that" interrupted
Casey. The heck with those sordid
financial details. Do you think of
nothing but money? If this guy
threw away his golf clubs 13 times
in one round he must be the same
old Ferrell"
NO doubt" said Mr.. FoXX coldly.
"And the same old Ferrell might
be big help to me-" continued the
Boston tycoon. Il can use another
pitcher, If you happen to see
My lawyers will see him in the
morning" said Mr FoXX, and hung
up. thus concluding the dialogue.
Mr.. Stengel is man OF action.
When he is not out scouting for
money to buy the Bees and stopping
pedestrians in the street to ask them
whether they can spare S5O000,
Casey is building up the ball club.
He always can use an extra pitcher.
Who can't?
Yves Ferrell's temper seems to be
as bad as ever" he said to J. A.
Robert Quinn, president ofthe club.
Maybe his arm is as good as ever.
Let's get him"
Why ask me?" said Mr.. Quinn.
Il thought you were buying this
outfit"
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Every Spring Some Manager
Thinks FerreII Will Do

That's either here or there" said
Casey. 7 have not quite raised the
$1,000 yet"
How much more do you need?'
Hardly any," said Mr.. Stengel
About s2500OO."
Then I guess I still am president
of the club" said Mr.. Quinn.
Have no fear, Bob" said Casey
magnanimously. You always will
be my president"
That's what all the buyers tell
me-" said Mr.. Quinn. "Alphabeti-
cally speaking. you are the 18th
prospective purchaser of the Bees
who has told me that. Go ahead
and get Ferrell. 1t won't cost us
anything
So Wesley Cheek Ferrell. the
stormy petrol of balloon (as some
poet once called himD, will have
another chance to come back. If
nothing else. it means that spring is
here. Every year as the snow be-
gins to melt some big league ball
club decides that maybe w. C. Fer
rell is worth one more look.
Two years ago it was the Yankees
Joe Mccarthy studied Mr.. Ferrell
minutely in spring training. After
watching a few pitches, Mr.. Nc
Carthy said, "All right, Yves, let's
see your fast one"
That was it," said Mr. Ferreu
Indignantly,
Evening star., 1941-02-17
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Wherever players gather ana the
talk turns to the decline of amateur
golf around Washington and the
good old days" when you had to
be good to win, the boys bring up
George Voigt, Roland Mackenzie
and Al Houghton as the best of
the simon-pure midiron maulers.
But Al Treder has a different slant
on the game as the amateurs played
1t around the Capital in former
years.
Al has pretty definite ideas on
the best amateur who ever swung
a driver on a meticulously mani
cured tee around Washington. 1T
was Gene Vinson by couple Of
miles" said Al. Treder, of course,
wasn't around when Voigt and
Mackenzie were the top amateurs,
He didn't, presumably, have any
real yardstick of comparison with
the fellow he claims was tops. But
long-legged Gene, with his Missis-
sippi drawl and his sirupy swing,
was good all right.
Hurt in Plane Crash.
Gene went up in plane about
three years ago, above Jackson,
down in the land of corn and pone
The plane came down fast and they
lugged Gene off to hospital with
broken back. The medicos looked
sour and said that Gene probably
never would hit golf ball again
and that his flying days were over.
But Gene had two yens. One was
to play a good game of golf. The
other was to pilot plane.
Just the other day Gene showed
up in Washington, all logged out in
military uniform. On his shoul-
ders he had the connected twin bars
Of a captain and on his chest the
wings of a flight captain. He was
here, it developed, by way of deliver
ing a big plane from a factory at
Baltimore to military airport
somewhere in the South. He went
out to see Treder and they chewed
the fat about golf. yeah" said
Gene. The docs were wrong. I
can play golf, and about as we'll as
I ever played. But I'm in the Army
Evening star., 1941-02-17
DC. Senior Low Board
Diving Championship
Set for March |

The 1941 District A. A. O. senior
low board indoor diving champion
ships for men and women will be
decided Saturday, March /, at the
Ambassador Hotel Pool.
In addition to the two diving
championships there will be eight
other events closed to members of
the District A. A. U. Men will par
ticipate in 150-yard back stroke, 900
yard free style and 1OO-yard breast
stroke; women have 100-yard free
style, 100-yard back stroke and 100
yard breast stroke: boys under Is
years will compete in 40-yard free
style event while girls of the same
age also have a 40-yard free style
swim.
Entries will close February 26 with
Bill Armstrong, director of the Am
bassador Pool.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
England Alters Topography
To Fool Attacking Nozi Flyers

commissioner Of the United States
Maritime Commission. has written
a book, They'll Never Quit" 10 be
published this week by Wilfred
Funk. Inc, and expressing his per-
Sonal views.
Il talked to thousands of English"
men and never found one who
thought England should ever give
up he said, and I never met one
Englishman who thought England
could be invaded.
Hitler would have to have some
thing infinitely wrose than he has
shown so far to dent their courage
and resistance"
-Four thousand Americans are Still
In England, at least 1000 of them
trying to get home, said Mr.. Klem-
mer, who organized the removal Of
United States citizens when this
country sent ships to Europe early
IN the war.
He expressed the opinion that, al
though they failed TO return then,
despite warnings, IF we're not going
to bring them out on American ships,
we should give them permission 10
leave on foreign ships"
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Tickets on Sale
For Operu Tour

Another all-expense tour to New
York for the matinee performance
at the Metropolitan Opera has been
arranged for Saturday, March /, by
Metropolitan Tours. The opera to
be given is Rossini's The Barber
of Seville"
I. The party will leave Union Sta
ton on the Baltimore & Ohio at
am. and on arrival at Jersey City
special motor coaches will be wait
ing for a direct trip to the opera
house. Luncheon will be served en-
route. After the performance the
motor coaches will transfer the
party to the train, which will arrive
in Washington at 11:30 pm. The
cost of the trip includes a seat at
the opera.
Tickets will be on sale from
Wednesday until Monday. February
"a, at the symphony box Office, Kits
Music Store.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Heurich Court Crown
Between Adam Hats,
REGAL CIofhiers

A three-game playoff date will be
set this week to decide the Heurich
Amateur Basket Ball League title
between Adam Hats and Regal
Clothiers, first and second half
winners, respectively.
Royals completed their 11-game
schedule of second half play with
out defeat yesterday, nipping the
strong Delaware & Hudson five,
45-43, in a contest that was close
all the way. Akky Viana paced the
winners with IS points.
Adam Hats, which had lost only
to Regal in 10 games. suffered their
second setback of the season on
yesterdays card in dropping SAT-
decision to the fast United Type
writer's cagers. Eric Upton ana
Lenny Stanton paced the Typos
with 10 and II points, respectively.
In another league battle Petworth
A. c. defeated Jewish Community
Center, 80 to 81.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
u. 5. Studies Selection
OF Envoy 10 New Zealand

By the Associated Press
Plans to establish direct diplo-
matte contact with the self govern
ing British Dominion of New Zea-
land have reached a point. it was
learned today, where the name of
the first American Minister to We'll
lington is under consideration.
In view of the increasing I'M
portance of New Zealand in the
South Pacific. it is understood that
President Roosevelt, in selecting his
first minister to that country, will
pick an outstanding diplomat from
the career service who is fully con-
verSant with Far Eastern problems.
Among the career men whose
records place them in that category
are Wills R. Peck. Counselor of EN-
baSSy at Chungking; Frank P. Lock-
hart, Consul General at Shanghai;
Eugene DoOman. Counselor of En-
bassy at Toxic. and Maxwell HAM
ilton, chief of the State Depart
ment's Division of Far Eastern At
fairs.
Great Britain now represents New
zealand interests here.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
kecaIuso, Ex-CoIgafe
FuIIback, WrestIes
Here Thursday

Rematching of the Green Hornet
and Ernie Dusek and the signing of
an eX-Colgate football star for his
first Washington wrestling appear
ance Thursday night were an
nounced today by Promoter Joe
Turner.
Len Macaluso is the Colgate full
back. turned grappler, who has been
booked for local action and his op-
ponent will be Eddie Newman, the
New York roughie. They will meet
in a Commute match. Turner claims
that Macaluso has a flying tackle
reminiscent of the one used by
Bronko Nagurski
While the Hornet and Dusek are
already signed. disputes over ref
cree for their match are coming from
both parties. DuSek says he'll work
only if Casey Berger is the third man
in the ring, but the Hornet, blaming
last weeks defeat on Berger's deci-
sion, is insisting upon Benny Bort
nick.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
D. {. Guardsman Killed
By Auto at Fort Bliss
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FORT BLISS, Tex. Feb. IL
Pvt. Jackie GaScoe. %. who enlisted
November IA with the District of
Columbia 260th Coast Artillery after
officials had announced the regiment
would train at this border post, was
dead today. the victim of an automo-
bile accident.
The youth, who lived at 1345
Euclid street NV, in Washington
was struck by an automobile and
dragged more than so feet late Sat-
urday night in front of the anti
aircraft training center theater on
the National highway. He died at
William Beaumont General Hospital
a short time after the accident.
Pvt. Gascoe was struck few hun
dred yards north of the barracks of
Battery c, of which he was a mem
ber.
Police said the driver of the car
was ]. P. Drake, AZ, of Sunrise, Tex.
He was charged with negligent hon.
icide.
Pvt. Gascoe, who formerly was en-
ployed at the Zoo Restaurant, lived
with relatives at the Euclid street
address. His father and two brothers
live in Chicago. He came to Wash
tngton about two years ago.
Evening star., 1941-02-17
2,35O,OOO Births Set
10-Year Record in u. 5.
Bs tl.t Associated Press.

Bv tie Associated Press.
An estimate that 2.35O.0O0 babies
were born in the United States last
year, the highest number since
1890, came yesterday from the
Census Buerau.
This was approximately 100000
greater than the 1889 total and
lifted the national birth rate from
173 to l8 for every 1000 of popula-
ton. The rate was the lowest in
1888, when it stood at 16.5.
Nevertheless, the buerau said
that the long-range birth rate trend
still was downward. 1t attributed
the 1910 rise largely to the fact
that persons born of marriages dur
ing the immediate post-World War
period-which saw a sharp upturn
in weddings-had reached the re-
productive ages.
Another possible factor, the bu-
Evening star., 1941-02-17
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Fep. 17.-England is
taking to scrambling her topography
in efforts to confuse Nazi aerial
navigatorS.
Harvey Klemmer, who for three
years has been an Attache at the
American Embassy in London, said
he knew of one instance where the
course of a stream was changed to
foil flyers. Small lakes also have
been drained.
England'S defense measures, he
said, have changed the landscape
more than has the Nazi assault. In
Southern and Southeastern England
many of the ancient oaks are being
felled to give gunners clear field Of
action.
He said 1000 Canadian lumber
jacks are in England cutting down
trees for lumber for use in Britain s
war effort. Some Of the tank trap
bitches extend entirely across the
country, and concrete block traps
feet square dot some Of the old
estates.
Mr.. Klemmer, who is on leave
from his post as assistant to the
Evening star., 1941-02-17
Luncheon Will Benefit
Finnish War Orphans

The music of the Finnish COM
poser. Sibehus, food Of Finnish
types and piano selections by Reno
Luoma, young Finnish American,
will be features Of the public sub
scription luncheon Of the American
League for Finnish War Orphans
on 'Kalevala day" at the Raleigh
Hotel at I pm, Friday. February %.
Speakers will be Hjalmar J. Pro-
cope, Minister from Finland. and
H. B. Eliston, Washington, author
Of Finland Fights"
Sponsors Of the luncheon Include
Mrs. Thomas P. Morgan. jr.: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank R. Jelleff, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Garrett, Emil Huria,
DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles c. Glover. Mr.. and
Mrs. John E. Mcclure, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlos Del Mar, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. E. Haycock, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
K. Bergman. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
M. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l..
Peckham, Mrs. Truxton Beale and
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Sard.