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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30
AFTER THE ACCIDENT
CHAPTER XIX

When Martha Marshall opened
her eyes, at last. she was lying
on someone's coat in the road A
man was bending over her. A
strange man, with frightened
eyes, like burned-out holes in
his face.
care you all right now" he
asked huskily.
"I'm-fine-" Memory came
flooding over her. People, magi-
cally appearing from nowhere,
were milling around her. They
must have stopped their cars on
the highway, she thought vague
ly. When the crash came -.
She became aware, then, that
there was q singing on her
cheek. One arm was numb. She
lifted her head, and the man
bent quickly and slid his arm
under her shoulder. Her head
was spinning. But she could sit
up. She said, "rm all right.
Nothing broken"
The man looked down at her
leg. Her stockings were torn,
and there was blood. But Martha
touched the spot and told him,
"A scratch. See?" She moved
her legs, and then she was cling
ing to him to stand. The faces
of people. the moving lights
from electric torches, the beams
from parked cars, all made a
Keeling pinwheel before her eyes.
Paul? Is he ell right"
Wordlessly, the man turned his
head. Martha saw then the little
group around something on the
ground. She tried to 60 toward
them.
Don't" the man said. Wait"
But she couldn't wait. She
walked, shakily, scare y
knowing she walked. to where
they were bending over Paul. as
he dead?" she asked fearfully.
as he dead?"
A. state trooper Strengthened.
mo, he's not dead. He's had q
nasty knock on the head,
though"
A woman told her, gently,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30
Sharp Quake
Rocks LA.

CLOS ANGELES, Jan. 30-(N
A sharp earthquake of about
ten seconds duration alarmed re-
sidents of Los Angeles and near
by communities last night.
Many persons in Alhambra;
San Gabriel and Monterey Park
ran into the streets, and resid-
ents of Monrovia, Glendale.
Temple City, Santa Monica, Pas
adena, Hollywood, Arcadia and
the Los Angeles county coast
line reported feeling the shock.
No property damage or loss
of life was reported.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

Similarly handled were deals
for surplus Lewis, Vickers, and
Marlin machine guns totaling
l4,494, and 62,988 anti-aircraft
machine guns, together with TO-
900 Browning machine guns,
and more than 100000 rounds
of ammunition for them. Also
included were 100000 revolvers
and more than . million rounds
of 80 caliber ammunition for
them, but not included is an
unknown number of privately
made machine guns and SUBJ
machine guns.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

More than ESQ mobile can
teens and kitchens have been
provided by various relief or
CARNATIONS, and the Red Cross
has accumulated a stock of
1000, 900 garments for distribu-
ton to people rendered needy
by air raids. Diphtheria serum
for a million children has been
sent or is on the way, and
movements like the Bundles for
Britain and Defense of British
Homes have sent thousands Of
garments and hand weapons.
And of course several millions
Of dollars in cash have been sent
by various relief organizations
to buy supplies in Britain for
those rendered In need by war
suffering.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30
81:

The Stokes mortar Is q British
weapon to begin with, and 3l6
of them left over from the World
War, with 93,113 shells for them,
were similarly sold. Other mis-
cellaneous surplus material
went to Britain in this indirect
channel included 1850 caissons
and limbers for 75-mm. guns,
10000 tripods. 100, 900 ammuni-
ton belts, 100000 magazines,
$4,000 Lewis gun barrels and
10000 Lewis magazines, 1916
500 pounds of TINT.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30
S( MERCHANT SHIPS

Through the u. S. Maritime
Commission, 1872 ships were
transferred to Britain between
September, 1889, and December,
1910, and 43 to Canada. This
added q tonnage of 532,525 to
merchant shipping available to
Britain, and, In December, 16
additional ships were authorized
to be sold to Britain from the
Maritime Commissions laid-up
fleet. It Is likely that private
transactions have added consid-
erably to this total, but 1t is diff
ficult to obtain exact figures.
Nine tankers transferred to
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

YESTERDAY: Paui parks on . byread,
after Martha tells him Of Susanne's threat
70 70 % Bill. Paul admits he 10 In lsve
with Martha, bst has Kept II secret. be-
cause he 10 Bills friend. He demands
that she csme back to the sffice. give ~
this killing work. Martha refuses, asks
to 70 home. Paul slams the ear Into
gear. darts ant On the highway. A ear
speeds toward them. There n . crash .
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30
Steady Stream of
Weapons Bolsters
Island Defenders

In September, 1910. when
pressure from the German cam
paign against British shipping
first became severe, the famous
destroyer deal" was made, in
which the United States ex-
changed so destroyers of World
War vintage. not strictly up to
date. but definitely serviceable,
for the right to lease naval bases
on various British possessions.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

The American ambulance or
ganization has sent 260 ambu-
lances, and various other organ
izations have added to these, and
many surgical units and mobile
first aid posts, to say nothing of
extensive medical supplies, have
been furnished.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

Directly after the Dunkirk re-
treat, when the British Expe-
dictionary Force left most of its
materiel on the beach, small
arms became a vital need. Sec
rotary Stimson has officially re-
ported that surplus army rifles
were sold to the u. S. Steel
Corporation. which in turn sold
them to Britain, to the number
of 100000.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

Much of the light artillery
left over from the World War
was of q French make and de-
sign, considered by the Amer
lean army as superseded by
American guns of newer design.
So along with the other guns
described went 395 75-mm guns
with limbers and sights, and 500
others in good condition.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30

Panama registry are also avail
able for British use.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-30
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GUARD YOUR HEALTH
THE SENSIBLE WAY

II you need laxative, remov
the cause by drinking FRESH
RAW CARROT JUICE. Heal
ing, vitalizing. A healthy diges-
tive tract means health and hap
piness. Try il yourself. IT
WORKS Drink pint q day.
Made fresh daily.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
SYNOPSIS

George McAusland was 80 years old when
he sailed from America to undertake his
post as a missionary In the Fiji Islands. A
crime he had committed In fit of excite
ment had shattered all his confidence in
himself. He felt forced to avoid pretty
Honolulu. She was en- route to visit her
parents, who were missionaries on Gilead
Island. Mary was attracted by Georges at.
tempts to avoid her. One day George
accidentally fell overheard. Mary unhesi.
tatingly dove into the sea to rescue George.
who falls in love with her. When the boat
approached her home on Gilead Island. they
learned that Mary's parents had both died.
George volunteered to take charge of the
accepted his clumsy proposal and they left
the ship to live In her former home ON the
island. The scanty dress of the natives
shocked George at first, but he soon be.
came reconciled to their customs. Mary
discovered that Corkran, sailor friend OF
Georges, had deserted ship to live on the
island. He had come there to help George
full life was interrupted one day when
ship stopped in the harbor in search OF
pearls. They see the pearl divers attacked
and their schooner sunk by a pirate ship.
The pirates head their boat toward the bay
near their village. George sends Mary In.
land for safety and walks down to the
beach, alone and defenseless, to meet the
unwelcome visitors. Natives carry him back
to Mary hours later, shot through the Shout.
der. Natives killed the pirates that night
and set their boat afire. The boat was still
burning when the long-awaited whaler. the
Venturer, arrived. Mary was told that its
captain had died, and that his sons, Rich
ard and Peter Corr, were now in charge as
captain and first mate.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
FARM
Tories
ELECTRIC FENCE
IS INEXPENSIVE
Low Amperage and High
Voltage Advised.
BY r. R. PARKS

by H.. II. fARhS
Extension Agricultural Engineer. University
of Illinois College of Agriculture)
Electric fencing is becoming a
definite part of good farm planning,
but to be effective and safe, electric
fences need high voltage and low
amperage current.
The voltage, or electric pres
sure" of the fence must be rela-
lively high, 400 volts or more, to
cause the current to discharge
through the animal that makes con-
tact with it; however, the fence
charger unit must have some cur
rent limiting device or characteris-
tic to keep the amperage low, less
than Is milli-amperes and not more
than one charge per second. That
charge should not be more than one
tenth second duration. A milli-am-
pere is fraction of the current that
goes through the ordinary small
light bulb. Even Is nailli-amperes
are dangerous for smaller animals
or persons with heart ailments.
The reason the current should be
intermittent rather than continuous
is that animals coming in contact
with an intermittent current will re-
ceive the shock and be able to
step back before the next shock oc-
ours. If they came in contact with
continuous current they might fall
on the wire and not be able to re-
cover their footing. ~
Fence units are ordinarily mex
pensive to operate. Most of the cur
rent which is actually used goes
either through the animals or is
lost through leakage owing to in
adequate insulation of the live wire
from the ground. Much of this loss
can be eliminated and the fence
made more effective by the use of
properly designed porcelain or glass
insulators. Many of the ordinary
small spool insulators are made
quate for insulating the high-voltage
fences.
There are two reasons why the
electric fence may become ineffec-
tive. It may either be improperly
insulated or a dry ground condition
may prevent the animal from re-
ceiving enough current to be felt.
In some instances second wire
has been run beneath the live wire,
and grounded to the fence con-
troller unit to give the animal a
shock when touching the two wires.
This works particularly well on
hogs.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
War Provides No Cure
For Farmers Problems

While the European war and the
American defense program will
stimulate business temporarily, de-
crease unemployment, and improve
domestic demand for farm products,
in the long run the war will only
aggravate the farmers problems,
decares o. B. Jesness, chief of the
division of agricultural economics at
University Farm, st. Paul.
The loss of foreign markets for
wheat, lard, tobacco, and some
fruits cannot be offset by increased
domestic demand, DR.. Jesness
points out. Unless foreign markets
recover, a serious agricultural sur
plus will remain until production can
be shrunk to fit the smaller demand.
While price boom is not in pros
pect at present, long war and ex-
tensive war preparations may in
time produce conditions favorable to
imitation, DR.. Jesness declares. If a
rise in prices occurs, it will be a
good time for farmers to pay off
some of the existing debts rather
than to take on more obligations.
An expansion of production would
only make worse the depression
which is sure to follow after war de-
mands are cut off.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06

his tone made anger rise in Georges
cheek.
you'll never be really well
here" Mary pleaded. IT want to
get you back to clean, sunny, cold
weather. That's what you need"
He looked past her at Richard, yet
he spoke to her. tWhat changed
your mind, Mary?" he asked. "Has
Captain Corr here persuaded your"
Mary said: "No, of course not! I
think I'm afraid to stay!"
"You can always hide" he pro-
tested. "And after what happened
this time, the people will hide too"
The argument proceeded for so
long that Richard became more and
more impatient. He broke in at last
on their long futility of argument
and pleading.
"Mr. McAusland," he said, "this
is no place for Mary"
"It's my place." George retorted.
"I'm needed here; and Mary's place
is with me, isn't it,"
Richard cried explosively: "Man,
they don't need you! They need to
get rid of you'll"
Mary caught her breath; but be-
fore she could speak George asked
sharply: "What do you mean?"
why, I mean you've killed fair
batch of them already" Richard
told him.
She cried: flush, Richard!"
George lifted his thin, veined
hand. "Be still, Mary" he COM
manded. Rage choked him; he be-
gan to cough heavily, and could not
speak, and red stain touched his
lips. He wiped it away with his
fingers, and muttered alphabetically
to Mary: II guess the bullet must
have touched my lungs"
Richard spoke in wrath. "Don't
be blind, man. You've got. con-
sumption. You'll die of it if you
stay here, and so will half the peo-
pie on the island"
Richard, don't! You're cruel. Be
still. George, it isn't true"
"It is true, isn't it," George
SAoA~N, AWNING w oe iASA. VA1e
Captain Corr says? ! can see it
must be true"
She said slowly: 'I'm afraid it is,
my dear"
He nodded in a broken submits
sion. Every WE'LL" he said. "Then
I've failed here. Worse than failed.
Well have to CO."
After that surrender, as though
crushed by his own defeat, by the
collapse of his life and hopes, he
did not speak. He was passive in
their hands.
Once the decision to depart was
made, Mary had begun to pack their
belongings. When the last of the
load was borne away down the path,
Peter said urgently:
"All right, Mary, come along"
She babe him 60. "I-want to
say good-by Alone" she said. ia
rambo stood watching. Peter moved
grudgingly down the trail.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
Ell hes llM[[([|I{k ;! |(|I|{!|!|k|R
~ BEN AMES WILLIAMS
q BEN Ai1E5 WILLIAMS
w. ~. ~. S erviceI

we came in" Richard assented.
Mary looked at him gratefully.
George asked:
Where's your uncle, Mary?"
"Uncle Tom was killed by whale
months ago, George" she said.
"And Cap'n Corr died last night.
She looked at Richard. Richard is
Captain of the Venturer now"
"I'm sorryl" He spoke apologet-
ically. "I'm not in shape to play
host, I'm afraid; but you're welcome
here. How long can you stay with
us?"
"Peter and l want to bury my ia
Their ashore here, Mr.. McAusland,"
he said. II thought I'd-see to that
first. This morning"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
Neighbor Seemed to Find
Memento Interesting No,v!

There came rap on the kitchen
door, and Mrs. Brown opened it
to admit her neighbor, in a state
of great indignation.
'It's that mischievous boy of
yours" cried the enraged wom-
SIN, holding up a brick. "He's
thrown this right through my win
dow"
A delighted look came over Mrs.
Browns face.
"Really! How Interestingly" she
remarked. 81 wonder if you will
let me have the brick? We're
keeping all the little mementoes
of his youthful pranks they'll be
so interesting when Herbert grows
up"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
CHAPTER TX

Late that morning Captain Corr's
body, sewed snugly in clean canvas,
was brought ashore. Mary went to
hear Richard read the funeral serv-
ice, and she thought he was like a
small boy laundering through rec
itation badly memorized.
When the time came to speak to
George of departure, Mary told him
what they planned but she found in
him an unexpected opposition. He
was weak enough to be stubborn;
and he watched them all with dry
burning eyes and said fatty that he
would not 60. Peter in his persua-
sions was gentle with the hurt man;
but Richard, uneasy for his ship,
was brisk and stern. Sometimes
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
Americas Dairyland

Wisconsin again led the nation in
cheese production last year. Prelim-
mary reports indicate that dairy
product production will be even larg-
err than 1889 when 100000, 900 pounds
of cheese were made, more than
half of the nations total production.
Factories in the state produced
about SO per cent of the brick and
Munster cheese made in the nation,
and SO per cent of the limburger, SO
per cent Of the Swiss, and SO per
cent Of the American cheese.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
Electric Engine Can
Handle Big Overload

Believe it or not, but a five
horsepower electric motor can
develop three to four times the
power of a five horsepower gas
engine. However, when running
at full load over a long period of
time, they will both deliver the
same amount of work.
The difference in the two en-
gines arises from the fact that
gas engine has little overload ca
pacity, while an electric engine
will develop several times the
rated power for short periods
of time.
Machines often producing a
temporary overload are ensilage
cutters, wood saws, pump jacks,
hay hoists and grain blowers.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
vrNU sesEs
THE AUTO HORN SOLUTION

THE AUTO HORN SOLUTION
Mayor LaGuardia of New York is
in another campaign against auto
mobile horns, but hi9zoner makes
the same mistake others make when
he thinks anything can be done
about auto horns except abolishing
the darned things. Campaigns to
soften the notes, decrease the vol
ume and dilute the pitch are silly.
An auto horn is an auto horn any
way you take it, the human thumb
being what it is today.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06

Mary told him what had happened.
When she spoke of Fritz Aulgur'S
first coming to hunt pearls, Richard
asked quickly:
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06

by Jack Rosen which won first prize
recently in Waldorf-Astoria employ
ees exhibition in arts and crafts.
The mere presence of horn on
an automobile transforms a driver
into a speed maniac, a pig, and
fathead with the manners of die
tator and the ethics of a gangster.
He can own a revolver without
the slightest yen to use it; he can
possess shotgun without the least
impulse to use it, but put an auto
mobile horn under his control and
he becomes potential assassin with
all the instincts of hungry hyena.
eft is the horn,'' said Elmer
Twitchell today, "that gives an auto
owner the Nero complex, shucks
him of all remnants of civilized i'm
pulses and makes him a plain
damned fool, filed with the idea
that all he has to do is to press
the button to make the whole world
jump.
81 don't care whether it is loud
horn or soft horn, bass horn or a
canary, blaster or a boop-a-doop-
er, nothing can prevent the owner
from making nuisance out of it,
and Mayor LaGuardia is suffering
from dropping intelligence if he
thinks otherwise.
"All the reckless driving, all the
violations of automobile laws, all the
disrespect for the rights of other
highway users, and most of the auto
accidents are due to the horn, and
to nothing else. Take that horn off
the car and the driver would be
forced to depend on common sense.
"Back in the horse and buggy
days you didn't see teams crashing
into one another at every crossroad
or wobbling all over the road at
breakneck speed, did you? And why
not? Because they never had horns
on horses!
eyes sir, this world started 60
ing savage the day the first horn
was clamped to gasoline vehicle.
1t started swelling up with inconsid-
erateness, self-importance and the
neutrality-suspicious. spirit the
first time an auto designer put a
button under car owners calloused
thumb. 1t converted nation of toll
Grant, easy-going, kindly folks into
a country of bad-mannered, jittery,
wild-riding, mean and homicidal
dogs. 1t made bigger and better
hospitals the never-ceasing need of
America.
"And there will be no change I'M
til the horn is removed, made I'M
constitutional and plowed under for
all time. Man won't be so reckless,
so selfish and so pigheaded once he
has to depend on brakes instead of
breach of the peace!"
CHILBLAINS?
Don't rush the season." says the
man
Who claims he likes winter sports;
But yesterday I caught him with
A folder on Southern resorts!
Doris Irving.
SHORT STORY
A motor car,
A little horn,
A human thumb -.
And peace is "gorn."
Women's hats for spring and sum-
mer are being taken from the old
family album. Instead of out of old
numbers of "Puck" and Judge"
A New Jersey court holds that
anybody walking on a moving esca-
lator does so at his or her own risk.
Not only that, but it looks so darned
silly.
Elmer Twitchell, in our opinion,
always had the right idea on esca-
lators and energy conservation. He
o1,,,o,,c cite Jo1r,,, ~, fboy,o
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-02-06
Magic in Home

Magic in Home
There is magic in that little
word 'home" it is mystic circle
that surrounds comforts and vir-
tues never known beyond it's hal
lowed limits.-Southey.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-15
Retailers
Should IpiH
american Way

. Inasmuch q the retailers con-
tinued succesS depends entirely
on the sustained good will and
cordial patronage Of his local
customers, it should be obvious
that representative retailers
must, Of necessity, typify and
display those qualities that we
definitely associate with the
American way Of life.
Resourcefulness, the ability
born Of experience, restraint,
honesty and unfailing courtesy
are but q few Of the qualities
that make for character in the
typical American store.
Distribution is both an art and
q science, end its continuing
good health Is 30 bound up in
the welfare of the community II
serves, that all the urges for IN
ever improving standard Of liv-
ing naturally find ready express
sion In the average American
retail establishment
The retailer il not only the
purchasing agent for, but the
Woodworking servant Of, the
great American public" No one
is better qualified to speak on re-
tail distribution and its vital
place In the social and economic
picture, than Benjamin H.
Nainm, president of The Namm
Store, In Brooklyn, and National
Chairman of "RETAILERS FOR
DEFENSE" Week. the fourth an.
nual National Retail Demonstra-
tion-September 18th to Goth.
Here are some of Major Namm's
observations on this pertinent
subject:
sThe American retailer does
far more than the mere buying
and selling of merchandise. En-
lightened self interest, il nothing
else, has made him strive, day
In and day out, towards q better
standard Of living for every man,
woman and child in the country.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-15
National Retailers Chairman Outlines Sfamp4

Z. To give every possible en-
couragement 10 employees who
wish to serve their country.
5. To disseminate to consum-
ers such defense literature and
information as the government
may desire to have distributed.
6. To cooperate with manufac-
turers so that merchandise may
be informatively labeled.
Z. To help the U. s. Treasury
sell Defense Bonds and Defense
Stamps.
8. Last, but not least, to help
unity the people Of our coun-
try through our advertising, dis