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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17
SOS TO BILL MARSHALL
CHAPTER VIII

At S o'clock that day, Marth;
Marshall was still enmeshed ir
the coils of her inner problem
How could she indicate to Pau
Elliott, without hurting him, and
yet without letting him know the
real reason, that she preferred
not to 60 out with him any
more?
There was a pile of unfinished
reports on her desk. There were
letters she should have an
swered; and the article for the
engineering periodical which the
Chief had asked her to type
Never before had she been SO
slow, so inefficient.
She opened the desk drawer
YEARLY. She'd catch up tomor-
row. She took her compact out
of her handbag. Her eyes in the
tiny mirror startled her. So wide
and dark, so brilliant with mis-
cry, as If she had fever!
Paul opened the door to his
office, and Martha seized her
powder puff hastily.
Ready to leave, Martha?" he
called. "Wait minute, I'll be
right with YOU"
She steeled herself. s n e
looked up at him. Don't bother
about me, Paul." she managed
to say. "I-I don't feel awfully
we'll. I want to 60 right home
and get in bed"
He was all concern immedi-
ately. She wanted to kick her
self. She should have told him
some story of being expected
somewhere catching q
store before it closed any
thing.
I'm all right" she repeated
toneleSsly. Just a headache"
The phone in his office rang.
There's your phone" She got
up and slipped out while he was
still talking.
The next morning she avoid
ed his eyes, was thankful when
he had to 60 down to the produc-
ton department to straighten
out a tangle. 1t might take all
day. Production was a hectic
mess, most of the time.
But at quitting time, he was
back in the office.
Feel like some chow mein?"
"No. lin going home and
cook Butch some hamburger.
I've got a lot to do. I'm swfully
tired"
His face fell. 81 was looking
forward to il. After all, there's
no one waiting for you"
There's Butch"
Suppose we stop off and
buy the hamburger. you fry ii
while I walk Butch, and then
-"
Martha averted her head, pre-
tending to fish out the eraser
and pencils from under the legs
of her typewriter. mo, Paul.
Th-thanks. anyway"
But why not7"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17
wore felt and leather gloves also

wore felt and leather gloves also
wired.
The heat in the electric indies
is provided by tiny coils inter-
woven in the garments. The
wearer plugs into the circuit be-
side his seat, just as simple as
plugging in an electric bottle
warmer at home. Recent test
flights have been at 1000 to
10000, feet elevation, where the
temperature normally runs be-
tween 20 and 80 below zero.
The officers did not report the
temperature in the bomber. 1t
was IS below zero at the air
base.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17
BY JIM HUTCHINSON

nFAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. II
-R-The captain and his crew
flew toward the North Pole yes
terday in nothing but their UNI
derwear, and were coy and
comfortable, thank you.
1t was a test of the newest
wrinkle in Arctic clothing for
u. S. Army filters at the exper-
mental northern flying station
here: Electric underwear" In
the privacy of bomber, there
was nothing shocking about it..
Clad only in the new garments
except for head. hands and
feet-Major Dale v. Gaffney,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

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n ~ QflnI I'm. l7-<R- -
% neekoe ma banker and
M p hQnGfioo Iooders Of thii
n - q & ~ koUnn work today
a 1h6fe SEVENTH homemade
$3.50 -linanced road In IN effort
~ Whlp the isolating waters OF
GInnt Grand Lake.
CAUGHT without road replace
\ sno1ls6 On three sides % . bitter
rtato federal fight ragged over
6ood damage to highways and
beideoU, Grove citizens have
ben forced 70 take up highway
! ccnstruction ~ community
effort.
IL TT q q tragic absurdity,"
declared Walter r. Eaton, q
\ member Of the board Of direc-
tprs OF the. Chamber OF Conn.,
Inerce. ''Our situation here Is
only = small part of the picture.
This lake should be one Of the
bieeest attractions of the mid
dlewest and bring millions OF
dollars into the state. But be-
c1use Of the disagreement the
whole state Is penalixed.'
Rising waters behind the $22,-
76O,00O hydro electric Grand
Hiver dam have cut Groves
north and south highways. Wa
TER covered part of u. S. high
way 50 to the west. Business
men clipped in with borrowed
tractors, graders and trucks to
relocate the inundated sections
IN HIGHER. dry gound.
Flooding 6f highway 50 iso-
latsd IL farm families-47 per-
sons on . peninsula. They can
reach town only by travelling
horseback through fields.
Groves only highway outlet is
into Missouri. II residents visit
other sections Of the state, they
must detour around the $4,000
acre lake.
Grove business men have con-
structed six detours west and
south Of town and have watch
81 many Of them 60 into the
Iake. Besides, they have given
OF dollars for the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17
D SERIAL STORY
cokscRIPT's WIFE

YESTERDAY: Suzanne begs fer .
chance to win Paul back. asks Martha TO
step cut. Martha surveys the wreekage
Of her friendship with Paul. realizes the
tsrture ne has undergone. But she 10 de-
tsrmined 10 stop seeing him. - make him
understand their friendship 10 ended.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

During 1899, the Unite States
manufactured 419,088,225 pairs
Of shoes, an 10 increase of 7 per
cent over 1898 production.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

Cato believed that kissing
originated so men might know
whether their wives and daugh-
tiers had tasted wine.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

cOPYRlGhT. tOAt.
NEA SERVICE. inc.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

Long after Mrs. Kelly had
gone, Martha stood there in the
foyer, motionless. Everybody,
everybody had the same idea!
How stupid she had been! How
blind: But Is long - IL wasn't
true--as long a. she wouldn't 90
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-25
Stock Market
Hits Skids

Now York. Sept. 25-lAP)-Rc-
i'|INcly heavy selling hit the stock
market after moon today following
q lgN,-guinG morning performance
Leaders dropped one to two or
more points Wien 1t was announced
Tine Ii,a>u: had been at work tor
the past ~ hours ON a bill which
would dra5ticany limit corporate
profits. Secretary Morgcnthau We'd
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-25

o9xl2 Foot Room Sizes
Priscilla Alden Chenillco
. plymouth Chenille
r Palmetto Chenille
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-25

nesday suggested Il SIX pc. cent cell
IuG ua met coIIIuSs.
The ticker tape picked tp -pccd
en- the back swing bu: subsequently
siuckencd. Near the fourth lutir lr,.
rtr9NrrlcS were in sigh.
Quotations at > d. M.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-25

Found cold, hungry and crying IN
her fathers parked car, Jeane',e
White, 6, smiles brightly IN Brock
ton, Mass, hospital. Her father ex-
planned he had driven her from their
home in Stoughton, Mass, to bos-
ton to visit his sick wife then pro-
ceeded to Brockton. There, he sald'
he met some friends and had some
drinks. forgetting to return Tor tfle
girl. He was held for court acton
central Press)
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
New Mail Service

new U. S. Highway Mail Service is to be inaugu-
rated in short time to accommodate that part of the
country where railroad postal service does not extend
the rural mail service as now know it. They will
carry postal clerks who will cancel and sort mail en-
route and if any mail is addressed to stops the road
it will be dropped off as the railroads. They will
carry stamps, make regular stops and conduct usual
postoffice services.
The original idea for this motor service was first
put into effect in Sweden about four years ago. They
used carriages to reach isolated villages in the
tains where railroads did not travel. Then came the
postal bus, designed and equipped the same as the
postal the train. In Sweden they have special
stamps postcards and special cancellation to show the
delivery service by auto. We may get this later
on if our system proves satisfactory.
1t all goes to prove that we today widespread
land and that with all of progress we are still
isolated in from the railroad line of communi-
cation.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Wdshington's Foresight
A Boon to Nations Capital

This year, as usual, at the season
Of his birthday, George Washington
was lauded throughout the land for
his many gifts to the nation. Few
realize the role he played in Great
ing the capital city which is named
after him.
1t seems today as If he actually
possessed the ability to see into the
future when he accepted the city
plan of Pierre Charles l. Enfant, the
young Frenchman who had followed
Lafayette to this country and dis
tinguished himself as an engineer
in the Revolution. For to most of
the people Of that day L'Enfant's
scheme was madman's dream.
The Frenchman was eccentric and
he paid for his eccentricity with a
death in poverty although his plan
lived. Thirty-two years ago he was
reburied with honor in the Arlington
National cemetery.
When the landowners of the acres
that were to comprise the capital
heard about streets Of 100 to 40
feet wide and an avenue 400 feet
wide and a mile long. they said
L'Enfant was crazy to waste this
land that might be sold as building
lots.
Today many Washingtonians vain
ly protest when streets with a line
Of trees on both sides of the side
walks are widened between curbs
to allow for the congested automo-
bile traffic. But if it had not been
for L'Enfant's planning of wide
streets and the active support which
he received from President Wash.
ington, this widening of the pave.
ment today would have been impos-
sible. Now, at least, one line of
trees can be preserved.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
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Farm Product Research
Brightens Rural Picture
Government ChemurgiC Laboratories Seek
New Outlets for Raw Materials
Of U. S. Agriculture.
(WNU ServiceS
BY BAUKHAGE
National Farm and Home Hour Commentator.

WNU Service, 1895 National Press
Bldg, Washington, D. C.
From four strategic points in the
United States members of the de-
partment of agriculture are looking
into the future and slowly and care
fully planning the way toward new
uses of the product of field and
farm. They are the men directing
the work in the new laboratories Of
the bureau Of chemistry and engi-
neering.
The layman who takes a quick
look over the shoulders of these men
may get little dizzy. AS I sat in
the Office Of one Of them taking
notes with a pencil he had just
handed me. labeled "U. S. Dept.
Agr. Soybean-Phenolic Plastic"
had difficulty keeping down to earth.
! saw the cornfelds of my native
state suddenly producing the fuel Of
tomorrow. I saw husks and cobs
running farm and factory machin-
cry and automobiles, and cornstalks
turning into paper. Plants and
vegetables from the farms of the
nation became all sorts Of gadgets
from airplane parts to ash trays. q
gallon Of milk turned into q lady's
dress. a pumpkin into a limousine.
At this point I was taken by the
hand and led gently back to earth.
I was reminded that "chemurgy."
which is what the modern Aladdins
call their art, Is still in the list Of
new words" in the dictionary.
looked It up. Chemurgy, I found.
means that branch of applied
chemistry devoted to industrial uti-
lization of raw materials. especially
farm products, as use of soybean
oil in paints and varnishes, and of
southern pine for paper pulp"
Attack Surplus Problem.
That definition by no means gives
the true picture Of what the four
laboratories Of the department of
agriculture are doing. In the first
place it is necessary to point out
that the government chemists are
combining their research efforts to
farm surpluses and to what is now
waste. They are bending their ef-
forts to discover new uses for farm
products rather than trying to de-
velop products to compete with
present markets. The objective. re-
duced to purely material terms. Is
more cash for what the farmer
raises.
The decision of the congress of
the United States in 1898 to vote
$4,000 900 for these four laboratories
to carry on this research was not
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

sudden thing. 1t was the gradual
realization that in this changing
world, new conditions have proved
that making two blades of grass
grow where only one grew before,
will not solve the farm problem.
International trade restrictions,
wars and rumors of wars, revolu-
tions both economic and political,
have conspired to create great sur
pluses of farm products. The Job
today Is to find new markets for
those products. 1t is a long-range
job.
DR.. Henry Knight, chief of the bu-
reau Of agricultural chemistry and
engineering. describes the function
of his new organization as a combi-
nation of three kinds Of research.
One is finding new facts about the
substances he is dealing with. That
is the kind of thing that goes on in
the laboratory of the professor of
physics. Another is improving and
controlling the quality Of a product
and lowering the cost of its manu-
facture. That is the kind of re-
search a manufacturing concern
carries on.
Then there is the third type Of ex-
perimentation which an industry de-
veloping new products follows, the
attempt to discover and develop
methods for processing or combin-
ing various raw materials to pro-
duce useful products.
Wider Markets Sought.
These are the three basic types
Of research" says DR.. Knight,
(which will be employed in the four
regional laboratories to find new and
wider markets for the farm COM
modities assigned to them"
These four laboratories are locat-
ed in four areas in which four diff
ferent types of farm products DOM
mate.
In the western laboratory in Al
bany on San Francisco bay. fruits
and vegetables and alfalfa are the
chief concern. The eastern labora-
tory is in Philadelphia. Here to-
bacco and milk products are stud
led. The northern laboratory is at
Peoria, ILL.,, where corn and wheat
are the chief commodities dealt
with. In the South, at New Orleans,
cotton and peanuts are the main in
terest.
Perhaps the best way to sum up
what is being done right now is to
quote the men in charge of the diff
terent laboratories:
Cotton overcoats for Sheep"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Off To Bermuda

What will be the reaction of the Britshers of Ber-
muda to the establishing of Americans their island?
This is one of our defense bases, and Uncle Sam
Is sending about 5000 soldiers Sailors marines and their
families to Bermuda to establish residence
There is prediction that although it will be diff
cult for native Bermudan to change his allegiance to
Britain, with the establishing of homes and places of
business the American influence will be great enough
that in time the islands will become completely Amer
ican.
Remember that America is given 9O-year lease
on this island That is long enough time to prove
some theory or other. There has been report that
already there words between the American sol
diers and the British who won the last war!
Sounds sort of like us.
Perhaps it is well for the defense base to be located
on group of small islands at the end of the country
farheSt from the exclusive clubs beaches shops and
hotels which managed by the British. Of course
American businessmen will follow to this 10 square
miles of tropical Eden.
Time will iron out the difficulties After all it was
a blow to the Bermudans that their little empire
turned over to Uncle Sam. They will do business with
these Americans who bring in new life, freshness,
push and money, but underneath their sentiments
British and it will take years of living the islands
to work out the problem
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
b | L 5 By Baukhage

q. The department of commerce,
which for some eight years has been
feeling little peaked, is picking up
considerably. Friends Of six-foot,
white-haired Jesse Jones. who suc-
ceeded Harry Hopkins as secretary,
give the tail Texan the credit for
the departments new lease on life.
q It's a long lane that has no
parking.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
March

On the old Roman calendar March was the first
month of the year. They smart people, for
surely the month of March signifies beginning of
new year in new life March overcomes January in
growth, and its wind is sometimes mild and often
balmy The song of the bird seeps through March days
and few persevering and tulips push up their
heads Days begin to engthen and winter darkness
gives way to more daylight for mans work.
March does have a way of dampening
enthusiasm as her winds chill our glow, her storms
stamp on sentiment. But we remain true to our
faith in her the forerunner of spring and feel that
indeed does March herald in a new year.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

q II your COW chews bones it means
she needs phosphorus. But even if
your pup steals matches. it doesn't.
q The office Of education Is admin.
istering over a thousand courses in
the Middle West alone in defense
training for rural out-of-school
youth. who are now back in school.
training themselves for defense in.
dustry jobs.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
No Kitchen Police?

Army life amt what it used to be-! This is proven
by the description of the new hall of of the
army camps erected in the East. From the angle of
potato peeng and dish washing the days of the kitchen
police are of the past.
The present mess hall in one of the camps is
thing of beauty and joy forever in chromium and
enamel It has all the equipment found in the kitchen
of the most modern hotels There are automatic meat
and bread scers huge for baking electric mixers
and dish-washng machines, with automatic potato
peelers to tighten the task for any kitchen policemen!
OF course there will still be the task hopping the
floor and emptying the garbage.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Thank

Diner-I beg your pardon, but why
do all these girls stare at me?
Waitress-Im not supposed to tell
you, sir, but we got some of our food
from the school of cookery and home
ECONOMICS, next door. and if you get
sick after that omelet you've ujst
eaten, those girls have all failed in
their examination.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

Two girl friends met in the street
one day. II hear you've broken of
your engagement" said one Of
them.
"Oh, my dear, yes," answered
the other; Jack simply became i'm
possible. He criticized the way
dressed. objected to my friends,
and always expected me to be at
his beck and call. Then, on top of
all that. he suddenly went and
married another girl. So I simply
made up my mind to have nothing
more to do with him."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Glib Gardener

"P'taters is good this morning,
madam" said the market gardener,
making his usual weekly call.
"Oh, are they?" retorted the
customer. "That reminds me. How
is 1t that those you sold me last
week were so much smaller at the
bottom Of the basket than at the
top?"
We'll" replied the man, ''p'ta-
ters is CROWN so fast now. by the
time I get basketful dug. the last
ones Is about twice the size Of the
first"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

was the first thing mentioned by
D. F. M. Lynch. director Of the
southern laboratory.
We're cooperating with the ag-
ricultural experiment station Of the
University Of Wyoming" Said Mr..
Lynch, ''Sheepmen in that state put
some Of these cotton coverings on
sheep last year-and found that the
wool grew better-and it was much
cleaner at shearing time. This year
we sent them 500 coats. They're
being put on the sheep just about
now-to be left on until warm
weather. If coats were put on all
our sheep it would result in a mar
ket for 100000 bales of cotton
year."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Pacific Lab Objectives.


Mr.. T. L. Swenson from the Pa
cific coast says: Were to study
alfalfa. apples and other fruits, po-
tatoes, poultry and poultry products,
vegetables and wheat"
And he is cooperating with the
frozen-pack laboratory, located in
Seattle. Zone thing we did recent
ly. Mr.. Swenson told us, twas to
prepare an entire dinner of frozen
pack foods = including chicken
stuffed with frozen dressing"
In the Philadelphia laboratory,
DR.. P. A. Wells is in charge: Zone
Of the things we are working on is
apples" he reports, better ways
Of making apple juice for the mar
ket."
And tobacco-new nicotine COM
pounds to kill insects and prevent
plant diseases. Milk is another study
in the East-making better casein
products. Casein is used now chief
ly in paper sizing. Lard is being
studied. too. and like soybeans and
other products, it is valuable in
making plastics.
In the Peoria laboratory, corn,
corn-stalks, corn cobs, are the chief
interest. Their cellulose content il
being studied. They have real pos
sibilities for making synthetic rub
Der for example. says Director o.
E. May. And motor fuel, too:
That's one Of the big jobs we're
going to tackle. One Of the impor-
tant aspects Of this problem is max
ing alcohol or other fermentation
products from corn or wheat, and
using the alcohol as a motor fuel
perhaps alcohol alone, or perhaps
blended with gasoline. We're set
ting up pilot plant-that is, a regu-
lar alcohol-making plant on a small
scale-so we can study methods Of
making alcohol and try to improve
them and cut down the cost.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
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L,stro0ed 0 STINDAY
Uniform oo-0@
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BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIsT, D. d.
Dean Of The Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for March 2

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
Council of Religious Education: used by
permission.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

lad says he isn't worried about the lack of
automobiles whether there will be many crcuses
the road.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST

LESSON TEXT-Luke 19:41-20:8.
GOLDEN TEXT-And why cali We me,
Lord. Lord. and do not the things which
say?-Luke 6:46.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

Women don't sit around in barber shops waiting
for hair cuts they used to- Maybe they think it is
not refined.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

The fellow in our town who yells loudest for his
rights is often the who insists upon limiting the
rights of others.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

$50 you were at the Smythe-Cays
wedding, eh?"
EYES,"
''Who gave the bride away?"
mo one. She married money"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
NEEDS OF FRUIT
 GROWERS CHECKED
Army of High School Stu- dents May be Organized
 10 Harvest Crops

Anticipating a labor shortage of some 5000 workers during the con- ing fruit harvesting season, the Agricultural Defense Labor commit tee of the State Defense Concil and the Connecticut State Employment Service cooperating with the Con- necticut Po1nological society, are canvassing more than 1000 fruit growers in the state to learn their labor needs.
 Representatives of the three or- ganizations met recently under the auspices fo the State Defense Coun- cil to discuss the problems and de- vised combined questionnaire and order blank which every fruit grow CT in the state has been asked to fill out and return to the State Employment Service as soon as pos sible.
 It was decided at the conference that the anticipated shortage can be met if the growers will cooper ate by returning the blanks at once and if high school students. women and agricultural labor, free after