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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
WG aav~uA Ia

en- two years so far and Is only
about two-thirds finished. The
scene is the old Lasky studio on
the occasion of Gloria Swanson's
homecoming with new groom,
the Marquis de la Falaise de Ia
Coudraye. in 1925. Her wired
request. Up lease arrange ova-
tion." was seriously regarded by
Paramount executives. They
bought four barrels of roses.
strung banners. ordered all en-
ployes to be on hand to cheer.
From old photographs and fan
magazines, the artist Is planning
to put about $50 likenesses into
the celebrity-mob scene. There
are a few intentional errors be-
cause Potel is including various
people-such as Miss Swanson's
ex-husband, Wallace Berry, and
her stellar rival of that day, Pola
Negri-who hid during the cele-
bration.
Potel probably was the first
slapstick comedian to appear in
character roles in feature-length
pictures. He's pretty proud that
he never has been typed and
never has worn makeup except
for a little snick of eye tape
when he does Orientals.
These days he gets enough act
ing jobs to keep on living In the
modest comfort he always has
chosen but he still has time for
painting in the remodeled chick
en- coop which is his backyard
studio. Incidentally, he does 9TH
er sorts of pictures. One painting
of q back-country funeral rec
emily won an honorable mention
in an Otis Art Institute exhibit
ton.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
. SO THEY SAY

I have always told the Irish
that the greatest thing you can
do is to beat up an Englishman,
but don't let anyone else do it.
That is especially important now.
-Newbold Morris, president, N.
Y. City Council.
All this talk about the choice
for a woman between q career
or a family makes me sick. If
she has any brains, she can have
both.
Mrs. Agnes M. Mulligan, 76-
year-old New York lawyer.
AS an educational force alone,
advertising ought to play q lead
ing part in the preparedness
program.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
. McKENNEY ON BRIDGE

showing for himself. His team
was made up of DR.. r. H. Ecker,
a former winner of the Masters
Individual, Godfrey Mott-Smith,
one of the leagues national
tournament directors, and A: H.
Morehead, former editor of
Bridge World"
Not only did they get past the
qualifying rounds, but in the
first elimination round they
knocked out one of the strongest
teams in the field, Morrie Ellis,
Phil Abramsohn. Harry Fish
bein and Henry Chanin. One of
the most int. esting hands of
their match was the following:
Dummy took the opening lead
with the ace of diamonds,
cashed the jack of hearts, and
led a low trump. East played the
king, dropping his partners
queen. Ratified by this error, East
led q low trump. instead Of
forcing declarer with diamonds.
Boone simply continued the
trumps, as he had Q long trump
to stop the diamond suit. Thus
he won three spades, five hearts,
and two minor aces.
The same contract was
reached at the other table Of the
match. with the same opening
lead. Here declarer neglected to
unlock hearts, East did not err
In defense, and South was set
hoo points. Boone's team thus
picked up 1910 points on the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books q

How to be q hill-billy In 81
easy lessons might well be the
name of this delightful book
about the Ozarks, titled Take to
the Hills (Bobbs, Merrill
S2.50). For hill-billying Is fun
and the Chicago couple who
sought an anchor to windward In
the hills and fields Of Missouri
count it as their most delightful
experience.
The author, Mrs. Marguerite
Lyon, Is a copy writer in an ad-
vertising agency. and she 1,
widely known there for her
lovely word sketches Of the
Ozarks signed by "Marge OF
Sunrise Mountain Farm" The
book is q development from
these sketches, and II recounta
in vivid prose the hardships and
struggle of this couple ~ they
fought the Inconvenience and
discomforts which attend all pio-
neer efforts.
But these distressing expe-
riences are forgotten in the de.
lights of Ozark "vittles"-hick-
DRY nut cakes, chicken and bis
cults, wild strawberries, persim-
mon puddinss, wild mushrooms,
lamb s-quarters green's and wild
mustard. And Of course poke
green's.
The Lyons greatest pleasures
in the hills came from friendly
contacts with their neighbors-
Aunt Mealie Saunders, with her
misery" In her knee; Sister
Lydia, an Ozark writer who once
wrote q four-dollar poem for q
magazine, and Pinky Waters, the
dark-eyed widow who was de
mure q . Christmas angel and
logical as q supreme court Judge.
Their experiment In the hills
of Missouri was 50 intriguing
that Robert Lyons became . JUS
tice of the peace-a judicial part
of the hill-billy community. And
then when he had proved him
self a justice he became presi-
dent Of the Mountain View
Chamber Of Commerce.
There's more to being . hill
billy than meets the eye, and its
nice to know that q city-bred fell
Ter can be q success there II he
applies himself with diligence
and caution. Bet part Of The
book II the question-and-a nswer
chapter which contains The
astonishing Intelligence that z
I0-acre farm. complete with
three-room LOG cabin md out
buildings. can be he'd Tor 800 ia
SIyDoo. r. you hive ~ essG :
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
eBEHlND THE SCENES
m .WASHlNG TON .

over Icy roods he reached Wa.
terown, N. y, at q. m. He
wos up at $50 and drove out
to Comp Pine. He drove around
oil morning. Counting knot
holes" In the green lumber,
ia x n 9 pictures, talking to
wotehnren and carpenters, see
ing whot wos wrong.
no PUBLICITY, Pleas
At 1920 he went to the
comp commanders heodquor-
tiers. identified himself, ond
osked for three things: First
coll the camp public relations
officer and tell him thot Con-
9ressmon eneel wosn't there.
Second, coll the construction
quortermoster ond arrange for
q conference with The controc-
tor ond the engineer. Third.
send him q bottle Of milk and
two sandwiches at noon.
For four or five hours he
poured over construction rec
ords. estimates and costs. He
went into the problems of land
acquisition, who picked the
site and why. Materials, why
the cost Of lumber had gone
up S. q thousand feet. Equip
ment. how much the controc-
tors had charged each other
for truck and bulIdozer hire.
lobor, why the general con-
Proctor had subIet parts Of the
job so as to charge in as costs
the overtime above the pre-
voilino woee rote set by the
government. Utilities, why il
cost 81 q foot to string wires.
enoeI was driven around the
camp, and the difficulties Of
its construction were explain
ed. Then he drove on TO the
next camp. so as TO be there
in time to 90 in with the work.
men next morning. He slept in
tourist homes to avoid hotels
where O eonoressmon's name
might be noted by local news
poPers. He spent his evenings
in pool rooms where the comp
workmen eossiped about what
wos wrong. At Fort Broee, N.
C., he sot UP most Of one night
to watch q check on equip
ment.
When Congressman Enoel
got beck to Washington, he
had driven some $500 miles.
He turned in his expense &C.
count and it added up to
$248.67. For thot sum, he had
shown up woste running into
the tens Of millions Of dollars.
1t shows what O congress
man could do il, insteod of
voting these millions Of doI->
lors and then sitting back and
looking wise, he got out to find
where the money went and how
IL Wos spent.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

FIGHT airmail stamps have been
- issued by Switzerland to call
attention to her scenic spots. Each
stamp carries the picture Of some
place Of beauty.
A Philatelists British Help Com.
mittee, to aid victims of Nazi blitz,
has been organized In Canada,
chiefly under the sponsorship Of
the Canadian Philatelic Society.
One OF the first activities will be
an all-Dominion stamp auction to
be conducted In Toronto, with
mail bids accepted from distant
points.
Use of l0-cent postal savings
stamps instead Of 2-cent postage
stamps was unwittingly permitted
by some New York postal clerks
on letters which were Cancelled.
Such items will be considered as
freaks and will not Be listed UNI
less postal authorities rule that
defense stamps may be used for
postage.
The regular series Of Canal
Zone airmail stamps will be sup
plemented by a new 30-cent stamp
which will 20 on sale July Is.
Collectors desiring hrst-day covers
should communicate with the
postmaster at Balboa Heights,
Canal Zone.
The inscription, "Creece-Con.
Queror," was printed on the
1910 Greek National Youth" 80
ries to memorialize Greek occu-
patiou OF Albania. This was done
before he German invasjeA
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Csrrespendent

tftCS.
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Csrrespendent
HOLLYWOOD-Victor Potel
is . veteran actor who has q
good memory for the past, and
no regrets. So he has appointed
himself . pictorial historian of
Hollywood and between jobs at
the studios he paints. His large
canvases are jam-packed with
likenesses of movie people of an
earlier day.
Whatever your experience as
moviegoer, the chances are
that you've seen Vic Potel on the
screen. He began with the Essa.
nay Company in Chicago in 1910
playing bits with Broncho Billy
Anderson for IS a day. Standing
a couple of inches over 6 feet and
weighing 1913 pounds, he got the
second title role in the blank
and Lark" comedies and from
there became the Slippery Slim
of the "Snakeville" flickers. For
nearly five years, until 1915,
Slim and Mustang Pete fought
for the favor of a 2O0-pound fe-
male called Sophie Clutts.
Potel had attended Chicago
Art Institute and liked to make
sketches on movie locations but
he didn't have much time. Be-
sides being chief comedian, he
served as business manager,
scenario discoverer and editor.
The latter job consisted of read
ing all the pulp magazines and
picking out likely m ateria |
which was unashamedly crib
bed.
KEYSTONE COPS IN COLOR
He came to Hollywood in 1915
and worked for Mack Sennett
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
BY WIN. e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Most of the teams that par
ticipate in the Vanderbilt tourna-
ment are old seasoned members.
At the last minute, however,
there are always a few teams
made up of individuals who
want to play but who don't have
q team.
Usually, these teams don't get
past the qualifying rounds. But
L. D. Boone of Grenada, Miss,
who travelled all the way to New
York to participate in the Mas
tiers. Individual, made a gocd
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
5 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

. leans AOO 1ODAY
1885
The Girl Reserves were 10
give their annual Spring Formal
at the Gowanie Golf Club. Mu-
sic will be by Wayne Adair.
A marriage license was II.
sued to Sam Madorsky, %, hotel
manager, and Frieda Lafcovitz,
g.. both Of Mount Clemens.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Paul J. Ullrich, prominent
Mount Clemens banker, suggests
the use of the Cass avenue to
overcome crowded conditions in
the court house.
Edwinna Jenney, Ruth Bren-
nan and Katherine Scott played
the leading roles In the annual
junior play, "A Case of Suspen-
sion."
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1895
The Mount C e m ems High
school baseball team defeated
the Utica team last Saturday.
Fred Vannatter, carpenter
working on the new Nellis build
ing fell from the second story
yesterday and sustained painful
bruises.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Police have issued . warning
against bike riders using the
sidewalks.
The Clinton il In with coal for
Mount Clemens fuel concerns.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
The coun I'll proposes to have
u paid fire service, 10 men
strong, to take the place of the
volunteer organization, 80 men
strong. that cost nothing. In .
few years Mt. Clemens will be
paying Z handsome figure for .
fire service. The present move,
ment 10 simply the beginning.
Savings bank-new red front.
90 YEARS AGO TODAY
1851
Judge Avery has made ar.
ran & e m e n - with the Grand
Trunk whereby that company
win sell excursion tickets to MI
Clemens over It's whole line. The
road will take special pains 70
advertise Mt. Clemens ana her
waters. -.
Pity Methodist preachers VIII
b n town next VIZ Ok.
One Of the easiest things q
earth y deciding what - DO Ne
49, 6 woels Z
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
DY pETgR gpSoN
Dolly Msnisss wsshisSse'


WASHINGTON - EvePl
professional ronter in Congress,
could very we'll toke q lessor
in economy and how to FIND
out whot's wrong with the
country and the defense effort
from Congressman Albert J.
EneeI Of Muskeeon, Mich. the
one-mon gong who hos done
more to expose woste and ex-
trovoeonce in the crmy's comp
construction program than all
the hieh-prieed.. formol and
somewhot futile Investigating
committees put together.
This Eneel is quite q ehoroc-
ter. He looks about as much
like q stotesmon as FiorelIo l.
La Guordio. He is short ond he
runs to the roly poly. His thick.
eroy hoir stonds stroioht on
end as though II were drawn
up by stotic electricity.
His eyes snop and he folks
through his teeth. punetuotine
sentences with q clipped exple-
tive: "See! ! wos q coptoin in
the war, myself. See! ] wos q
months in France ond Germany
and ! know what the ormy is UP
against when they've got to
get things done in q hurry. But
this thing didn't look right ond
wanted to get out and fin.1
out what wos wrong myself.
See! Without anybody knowing
what | was doing. See!"
Eneel hos olreody given six
reports to the House on whot
he found wrong at eight cost
ern army comps.
A TALE
OF TERMlTES
Exposure Of the muck site
below Ioke level OF Camp B'on-
ding, FIo.: the expensive ter
mite proofine at Indiontown
Cop, Po., where there hadn't
heen = ternoite since the cool
ooe; the extrovoaont pIonnine
at Fort Meode, Nd. where the
best land was not used. to save
q GOLF course; and the woetu'
woste Of all cost-pIus-fee con.
trocts. Those are just q few OF
his charges.
It's the way EneeI gets his
figures thot makes the most
interesting port Of his story.
He is, to begin with. q member
Of the War Department sub
committee Of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations.
When he found out lost JON
uory that the army hod under
estimated the costs Of its first
S466 million camp construc-
ton program by 1898 million.
he decided to find out whot
was wrong. He mode two trips.
one south, one north.
On the northern trip, he lett
Washington at 8 O. m. Driving
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31

Lncie Neville Is pinch-httting
for Paul Harrison. nOW touring
army camps and defense indus
fyies
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31

~ coll upon all loyal citizens to
place the notions needs first in mind
ond octicn -.
From this day until the emergency
sholI have posed, that is the pillar OF
cloud by doy, the piIIor Of fire by night,
which the American people must
steodfostly follow BY this stondord
every oc.. every thought must be judy
edE"the nations needs first"
II is 20 years since the nation wos
colled upcn to think and to oct So The
tumultuous twenties followed. with
every man out for himself and the devil
take the hindmost-with the result
thot the devil came perilously near get
ting US oil. The tremulous thirties fol-
lowed that, period Of bruised and Bit
ter effort to put Humpty Dumpty to-
cether ogoin. Now the fighting forties
hove roored upon US.
II is just possible that if there had
been. ir the twenties, little more
thought OF the nations needs first,
the thirties would not have been SO ter
'ribIe. 1t is just possible that, had the
thirties Known little more Of such q
thought, we would have recovered fost-
er.
Now the dark shadow Of war, falling
across the world and ever nearer to our
own homeland, dictotes with inexpor-
able force the single policy Of sotvo-
tion. TIE Notions needs first" Whot
We would not do because it wos wise
os,dsriQnt, we must now do because it
Is our only hope Of preserving all that
lis good in our political and social order
~ Does shipbuiIder or oirpIone me-
chonic pause in his work and osk,
Cont get q little more out Of this"
The American people want him to get
justice. but olwoys-the notions needs
first.
Docs manufacturer hesitote to
form out" much Of fot government
contract. is he. reluctant to expand TO-
eilities or inclined to hogeIe over profit?
The American people want him to get
ius.i-e. but olwoys-the nations needs
first.
Business as usuoI, life as usual, these
are set behind U.s. There is no longer
any salvation, even for the most selfish,
except in placing the nations needs
first in mird and action.
We used to believe thot if every man
looked out for his own, the common
welfare would somehow toke core Of it.
self II tt,ot ever wos true, it is true now.
Today we must think Of "oIl Of US"
before myself. We oil foil as indi-
viduoIs ], our way Of life falls.
Judge yourself long before others
huve the opportunity to judge you.
Measure every thought and oct by
that iron fneosurine-rod: 1.-THE Nations
Needs First"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31
THE STOCK PILES GROW

The proorom Of securing reserve
stocks of raw materials vitoI to notion
al existence in an emergency is slowly
advancing We are in infinitely better
sshope in this respect than we we're
yeor ooo Further progress is slowed
by lock of shipping facilities, but thot
lis inevitable, the world shipping crisis
being ws,ot It is.
Suffirsent for year or more ore
stocks Of chromite. graphite, moneon-
<ese, milo, tin, and rubber. Greet stocks
III opium from Mocedonio we're Ioid
IN before the Greek collapse. Most Of
M GIRLS copper output hos been con-
tlpd fos. needing only ships to bring
sG Mercury, which we allowed
IA 20 buy under our noses in Mexi-
IT. bo:np Increasingly produced To-
1Ieket we con be sure of in
I'M tungsten IS being pro-
lly wtsiIe substitutes ore
y - dsfsnss fields, we
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31

| ,sl.sv - shs winter
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-31

We don't like restaurants where you can read
~ menu On the walters coat 'front.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07
Christian Youth
Council Meeiinq

In connection with the Christian
Mission being held this week in
Seattle. the State Christian Youth
Council, which includes all denom-
nations, will hold its annual con-
ference at the Civic Auditorium,
March Z, s and Q beginning with
a Friday evening banquet at 6:15
and concluding Sunday afternoon
with the final session Of the Chris
tian Mission.
Between 1000 and 5000 young
people are expected TO attend this
7th annual state conference and
the Tacoma Christian Youth Coun-
Gil urges all local young people TO
avail themselves of this privilege
of hearing such internationally
known leaders as f. Stanley Jones
Of India: Muriel Lester. the Jane
Adams Of London; Philip Lee of
Shanghai: and Dan Polling, presi-
dent of the World Christian En-
deayor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07
Tacoma Seeking
Aluminium Plant

A. B. Comfort, chairman of the
industrial committee of the Ia
coma Chamber of Commerce, told
the South Tacoma Kiwanis club
Wednesday night that conferences
with large aluminium concern are
under way to bring the industry
TO this city within short time.
Added prestige is given Tacoma
in seeking this new industry by
the fact successful negotiations
with the Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp.
have just been completed, Comfort
said.
Comfort. principal speaker at a
dinner meeting of the club in Ma
sonic temple in South Tacoma,
declared that such concerns would
add materially to the direct pay
rolls of the city and would indi-
rectly stimulate business and other
/ industries.
r. r. Cheathsm presided, intro
/ ducing, in addition to Comfort.
Joe Spano, who played several &C.
Gordon numbers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07

Three men. one q them =
wears old. went for a stroll across
the SsrroWs Wednesdsy-Iust a
short hike from shore 70 shore
along the mile q cstensry curves
constituting the north cable O.
the dodo SsrroWs bridge
The elder member Of the tho
was II. D. Robinson. New YORK
civil engineer. one Of a board Of
FIVE famous experts retained BY
% insurance companies 10 IN
speet the present condition and
future possibilities Of what's left
Of the So. 500 600 suspension bridge
that danced Itself out Of commits
sion last November.
With Robinson On this
weirde>t Of jaunts went
Whitley White and Whitley
Yost-a couple Of iron work.
ers Of the humanity type who
get their bread and butter
from such commercial tight
rope walking.
Let's see, now: The spans
north cable is II inches thick,
$500 feet long. swings from shore
anchorage to 40 feet above the
swift eddies of the Puget Sound
channel at the towers, and drops
to less than 200 feet above the
water at the center of the main
sag, which in itself Is $500 feet
/ long.
Hand rail: None along the
center section. After all.
good man sufficiently sure
footed doesn't need much
width to walk In. Robinson
said IL didn't bother him. ex-
cept that he isn't A. young rs
he used to be and climbing
/ the cable 10 the towers left
him q little short of breath
Mt times.
But about the cables condition,
as he found it. Robinson remained
silent; he and the associate en-
gineers with him kept technical
findings to themselves until they
submit their formal reports to the
companies engaging them.
Yost and White had been out
on the cables before, making one
inspection since the timber bridge
did its fatal fandango. They knew
the way. Robinson even balkec
at putting on a safety belt al
first.
Others making special in
spections Wednesday included
Shortridge Hardesty. consult
Ing engineer Of New York;
Clark Clarahan, consulting
engineer OF Chicago; Prof. w.
NJ. Wilson Of the University of
Illinois; Hardy Cross. pro-
fessor of civil engineering at
Yale, and from Seattle, the in
surance companies consult
ing engineer. Clifford T..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-07
Club Presents
Road Program
Organization Has
Eight Points

An eight-point program Tor
county road improvement, directed
principally At tie first commits
sioner district has been adopted
BY the Mid-County Federation Of
Improvement clubs. consisting OF
representatives from Waller Road,
Canyon Road. South Summit. Md
land and Harvard district clubs.
On the list are completion Of
saith 81. west Of Waller road. traffic
control on Canyon road or hesvi-
er oil mat to take care OF trucks,
removal Of a traffic hazard al 6tth
and Vickery road, completion Of
I'D. ct. east OF Canyon road, re-
placement Of guard rails at I'D
and Golden Given road, completion
of Cherry and Cedar SITS. between
Evergreen and Maple in the South
Summit area, solution Of a water
problem at the intersection Of the
Military road and Malcolm Nc
CLARITY road, and more attention TO
maintenance OF gravel roads.