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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27

We may not have to choose between guns
and butter. but the time is not far hence when
we may have to choose between guns and auto
mobiles-American Youth Commission report.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27

VIM. Joslyn goes "a Detroit
where he win engage In IT,
milk business, Woter pityi
Horace Cady's team GOT int
the river On Thursday last, -
The best part Of N hour 49,
occupied n getting them 81,
An old farmer sayS the -
wy % ost Z horse out q ~
WsSsr h b ~ . rope .uou1
his neck end jpke him. H ~ !
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
= 1lssygQppl.sa rME eovERkAAENT

1, slet- 4
Bitter are the lessons being written
n HIocd ocross Europe today woe
lsina.who will not leorn them!
ore OF them seems to be this: there
iS6uuuer in too greet centrolixotion.
:34Snt IS: II all your government offices
1 a. huddled in one small oreo, al! your
i1cofWorks huddIed in onother, all your
.ossto and munitions plants in another,
!. IN your bodybuilding facilities in an
& ioiItll,sr, So much ereoter the chance OF
q slnole crippIing blow by Some over
we,elmino bombing roid. Thot country
~ best OF whose productive facilities
@or0 50 scattered thot q whole series OF
Sutressful blows might not necessarily
cripple II.
The war has centered attention on
decentralization. New powder. plane,
and munitions plants are being built in
rCnnofe pieces which hod hitherto been
Without greet industries, even without
anoot populations. And this at q time
Men the tide Of people fIocking to the
Etfies seems to have reversed itself and
III HE first time the census figures
4l,ow an increase in the rural popuIo-
a'pn
But oooinst this tide swins govern
usent. The population Of Washington
.is0s grown SO per cent since 1880, q
sr,te of increase exceeded only by Nj
oSni ard San Diego. II has stopped over
its limits, and Arlington county,. ocross
Ne pptomoc in Virginia, is the fostest-
growing county in the United Stotes.
Office buildings connot be built fost
snouoh 10 hold the pulsine bureaus;
rents skvrocket.
Onetonswer has been proposed by
Representative Everett NJ. Dirksen OF
I illinois, lie has introduced into the
fjouse q resolution which would coll for
moving mary government bureaus bod
nv from Washington to other cities.
Even allowing for Dirksen's probable
direct interest in getting some Of them
Tor Chicago or for his motive Pekin dis
tdct, maybe this is worth thinking
about.
Dirksen argues thot 500, 0OO, 900
wos spent lost year by Officials in trovel
6om Washington to other places where
government business was being done;
mary OF the functions Of government,
like sociol security, roiIrood control Of
various kinds, census bureau, housing
ond home loan work, maritime controls,
WPA CCC, veterans work, and oeri-
:cliltssFol aid could just as efficiently
oNd perhaps more economically be dis
chorped In other parts Of the country.
Does too greet q concentration Of
~ notions life blood for sofety pass
llarouoh Washington? New York? Chi
nop9 Detroit? Ought we to begin
tinkino seriously Of doing something
e ,a =, IT.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
llElS THE NORMAL
NOTABLE

I, Some Of our contemporaries seem
pl1ovs gotten into quite q stote be-
R1l1pp o 28-yeor-oId oil company en-
63R Joined HE army the other doy in
W odk, volunteering before his droft
1ynoU1e happened to Be Winthrop
folisf. ond he happened to be one
W heits-opporen to one Of the
fortunes in the country. He did
ndmirobls thing thot thou
III n@j1ef, young Americans ore do
1t1p - less admirable because il
W 81 hlS part with less chonce
it1un II F,ony other coses.
6Dttln0 ti1iFo about this was
~ ylolld think it rernork-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

The townships Of Harrison and
Clinton have made their ~
turns TO the county treasurer,
reporting no delinQuents and 9TH
er townships are expected In
this week.
Collector Crittenden, Of MI.
Clemens, will make his return.
to the county this week. Every
thing collected but some nom
resident taxes. .
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Mrs. Emory +. Nunneley COM
pleted q series of seven articles
on Girl Scouting.
An entertaining floor show 10
being arranged by Mrs. Roy Nc
Kinstry for the Presidents Ball,
to be held in the Medea Ball
room, and the Young Peoples
Presidents Ball In Grace parish
house.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27

u ] don't re how the United States and VIC
torious Germany can exist psacefully side by side
for eny tength Of times-Bertrand Russell
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27

In Lincoln. Neb., drunken driving arrest
cards are marked dizzy. devilish. daxed or dead
drunk. dumb" would be appropriate on all Of
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

The announcement comes from
Washington that Chas. H. Castle
has been appointed postmaster ut
Armada, succeeding D. H. Bar
rows.
Work Is progressing on the
new telephone lire from Mount
Clemens.to Inlay City.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27

THIS Is tire first OF series OF.
sir articles on the McPherrdn No
Trump.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
: THOUGHTS

And the anger Of the Lord
was kindled against Uzxa, and
he smote him because he put
his hand to the ark: and there
he died before God.-Chron
icles 1910.
The object Of punishment b
threefold: for Just retribution:
for the protection Of society;
for the reformation Of the Of
Sender.-Tyron Edwards.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
- YEARS AGO TODAY

The psint'ng of the Rapids
cars r. Q work Of art. The Job
n being done at the old power
house, and greatly improves
their appearance.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-27
LOTS or MAIL

More than 100000 pieces Of
first-clao mail dow through the
New York CIV pos(odica svesy
~ during he ChristAas he'll,
days. as 49,.
Evening star., 1941-05-28
Trial Nearing Jury
As Davis and Kaufman
Derry Every Charge
Character Witnesses
To Complete Case for
Retired U. S. Judge

By the Associated Press.
! PHILADELPHIA, May 28.-Trial
of retired United States Circuit
Judge j. Warren Davis and Morgan
S. Kaufman, former bankruptcy
referee, on criminal charges neared
a Federal jury today after both
| had appeared as witnesses to deny
fatty every Government accusation
against them.
Defense attorneys said calling of
several character witnesses would
complete their case. The prosecu-
ton plans to summon several re-
buttal witnesses, possibly including
William Fox, one-time movie mag
nate, who has pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to obstruct justice and
defraud the United States. Judge
Davis and kaufman are being tried
on similar charges.
Kaufman Denies Loan.
Following Judge Davis to the
stand, kaufman denied statements
of Fox that he had given him
$4,000 loan for the 74-year-old
jurist while litigation was pending
in connection with the former movie
figures one-time 57000,0OO hold
lngs. He told the jury he never
had conspired with Fox to attempt
to influence Davis decisions or with
Davis in connection with any de-
cision.
The 58-year-old Scranton law
yer also denied ever meeting Fox
in Davis company as claimed by
the Government and stated he had
no connection whatever with Fox
except as an attorney or in an
agency capacity before the time
the prosecution charges the con-
spiracy originated.
$4,000 Loan Cited.
kaufman said that four cases in
which he was interested were pend
ing before the Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, of which Judge Davis was a
member at or about the time he ad-
vanced a $4,000 mortgage loan to
the juriSt's cousin, Charles Lee
Stokely, a Florida citrus grower.
The Government charges the loan
was one of the "favors" Davis got
in return for judicial decisions be-
fore his retirement two years ago.
Testimony developed that one
Davis decision, filed November 7,
1926, was favorable to company
Kaufman represented and that less
than a month before Davis had
sent telegram to Mr. Stokely say
ing the money had been definitely
promised" The judges former law
clerk, Thurn Lord. testified he met
Kaufman and Mr.. Stokely when ar
rangements were made for the loan
which he said was secured by deeds
on Mr.. Stokely's Florida property.
Evening star., 1941-05-28

Oklahoma City Mems Social Service
Center, the announcement said.
Other Salvation Army transfers
will bring 1t. Dorothy Summey to
the Northeast Center, It's I street
NE, and 1t. Marshall Capps to the
Georgetown Center, 1075 Thomas
Jefferson street NV. 1t. Eupha
Gibson will assist at the Alexandria
(VaD branch.
Evening star., 1941-05-28
Washingtonian Is Assigned
To D. T.. Salvation Army

Miss Delene Stoudenmire, 1908
Military road NV, one of two Wash
ingtonians commissioned as lieuten-
ants in the Salvation Army after
graduation from the Southern
Training College. Atlanta. Ga, Mon
day, will be stationed here at the
Temple Corps, 606 E street NV,
it was announced today.
The other newly commissioned
lieutenant, Vernon Nelson. 635 G
street Sc, will be stationed at the
Evening star., 1941-05-28
Council for Americunism
Announces PRINCIPLES

Formation Of the Council for
Americanism," dedicated to the prin-
ciples of liberty, justice, tolerance, "
was announced today by Walter l..
Williams, director of organization.
Based on a political form, the
council, however, has mo political
AK to grind" it was announced. 1t
hopes to gain support from little
party workers of all political par
ties"
Broad purposes include, according
to the announcement, teaching "the
Evening star., 1941-05-28

philosophy that the glory of the
republic must consist not only in
the beneficence and freedom of our
institutions, but also in our ability
to defend and protect them
Clyde Austin of this city is execu-
tive secretary. Offices of the Or
ganization are in the Barr Building
Evening star., 1941-05-28
Ship Sponsor Named

Secretary of the Navy Knox has
named Mrs. Husband E. Kimmel,
wife of the commander in chief of
the Pacific Fleet, as sponsor for the
submarine Flying Fish. Mrs. Kimmel
will officiate at the launching July 9,
at the Portsmouth IN. H. Navy
Yard
Evening star., 1941-05-28
Providing Its Own Suoor

According to the Census Bureau,
100000 tons of cane sugar are
processed in the United States in
wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
ALI Arms by. 3,
.Knudsen Says
Times stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. EVERY.
thing now on order for the de-
Tense or lend lease programs will
be delivered by September, 1943,
OPM Director General William S.
Knudsen told the House appropri-
ations committee today. The
committee is studying the new
Sc, 680,000,0O0 supplemental de.
Tense appropriation bill.
IF these additional facilities
are provided and this total ap-
preparation is made within what
time could you deliver from
your factories the m tie ria ]
under this program and the ma
terial already provided for?"
asked Chairman Clarence Can
non, Missouri Democrat
by September, l94S," said
KnudSen.
When Cannon appeared in
credulous, Knudsen repeated:
"Yes, sir. BY September,
1913"
This forecast OF the completion
date of the production program
was the first heard by House
committee from any one in a posi-.
ton to speak with authority.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03

Continued from Page 0nel
and banditry and civil dis
sensiOn.
So Japan occupied another
part of China and established
a separate Chinese govern
ment there, and probably ia
tends eventually to take il
under Japanese protection or
make it part of the japanese
dominion as we did-in a way
with regard to Texas.
We can very properly re-
gard Japan as the aggressor
in these matters ant we
should very probably not ap-
prove of them.
But, should we go to war
with Japan about them?
And have we really driven
Japan to the brink of wal
with us because of these
a C tual differences between
Japan and China, or because
we are pulling some other
nations chestnuts out of the
fire?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
NO.Strike
Bill Test
Due Today
BY GRIFFING BANCROFT
Init News Service stan Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Deter-
mined to pass anti-strike legisla-
ton but widely split over what
form it should take. the House
convened today for showdown
votes on six different labor bills
and scores OF amendments.
Most significant early test was
expected TO come with vote on
the measure introduced by Repre-
sentative Smith Cd of Virginia
which calls for 30-days of media
ton and secret ballots before
strikes freezes open and closed
shop relations. outlaws mass pick
citing. requires unions TO account
for their funds, and permits gov
Iernment seizure of strike-bounc
plants.
This bill, supported by most
southern Democrats and many
Republicans. comes as a proposed
substitute for a milder labor com
mittee proposal. "
In addition, the House has -four
other complete bills on the desk:
sBy Representative Vinson
Cd of Georgia, calling for
unions to lose National Labor
Relations Act privileges if they
fail to arbitrate.
sBy Representative Lands
(R) of Indiana. outlawing sub
versive individuals as labor
representatives.
sBy Representative Walter
CD of Pennsylvania. giving the
courts power TO stop strikes.
BY the CLIO, calling on the
President to arrange for volun-
taYv mediation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
A VENTILATION of a
~ rivals is England's pr

mary pOlCy.
She practices it consistently
and she fortunately always
finds other nations to bear
the brunt of her wars and paw
for the advantages of her
victories.
The nation that pays and
pays and pays today, moi
merely to protect England's
world dominion but to crush
her commercial and territorial
rivals, is the United States OF
America.
Churchill scOrnfuIly rejects
all offers of peace.
Eden, in the Commons, re.
fuses to consider peace of an,
kind.
But how long would Eng
land maintain this attitude il
America stopped paying tn,
bills?
How leHg would Enrlant
demand war to the bitter end
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03

BERLIN. Dec. 3.-QNS)-Situ'
alton of the Russian forces at
tempting to defend Moscow is
becoming hopeless, German mill
tary forces asserted tod.
In an effort TO gain "propa.
gandistic success" the Russians
have rushed all Available reserves
to the southern sector.
I'm direct contradiction to the
German claims, the BIC report
ed from Moscow today that
Guderian's troops have been
driven back from II TO Ia miles
on the Moscow front, according
to a broadcast heard by NBC.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
$1,000 Germans
Lost at RostOv,
Says Moscow
Nazis Face Dunkirk
Disaster in Retreat
Before Red Army

KUIBYSHEN. L, :. :. +, Dec
3.-Twenty-ene thousand Germans
have been killed and wounded so
far in roaring battles in the war
zone west OF Rostov. the Com
munist newspaper Pravda said
today
A fFent-line dispatch 10 The
newspaper added that the Soviet
forces are continuing their pur-
suit OF the panic-Stricken enemy on
the RoStov front
All along the sprawlinc battle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
it is not
Japan who is precipi,
tating war with the


United States.
Our government is sup.
posed to be concerned about
American interests In the Far
East.
Waszonr government
that cut off our American
trade with Japan which was
our third best customer OF
all the nations in all the
world.
And it is now our govern.
ment which is telling Japan
that she must do this or that
or the other thing or there
will be war.
Japan is not telling us what
to do.
We are telling Japan.
Japan is not threatening us
"itH Wdt.
We are threatening Japan.
The Japanese wisely do not
want to fight us and will mo-
fight us unless we compe
them to.
So our participation in In,
war in the Orient does not liz
with Japan.
1t lies with America.
Peace can be assured TO
morrow if the United State.
VIII resume peaceful com
mercial relations with japan
as well as with China, and le
Japan and China i'm the Orien
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
TINE Pope of Rome is for
peace.
He saws:

he says.
"GiVe a glance at the
blood stained fields and seas
and then sag If ii i0aS for
this that benign, Omniscient
God made man IN his i'm
age, redeemed him from, has
sin, and reneWed him Nth
celestial favor"
I'm the school Of God 1Ce
are all brothers.
MAY oil men become
brothers aga}ft-ttFt6te dttd-
concord, an the uictOry Of
good oUer eril, IN justice
and an peace.
The Catholic clergy and
-laity are for peace.
The most powerful -ane
most Christian of the PrOtes
tant churches are for peace.
Why should not our Ameri
can President and our Ameri
can Congress- stand for peace,
Peace is the demand of TIN,
American people.
1t is the characteristic
American attitude.
We have all to lose by wal
and all to gain by peace.
Let as HAVE peace"
Last week the Methods
Conference on Christian Edu
cation declared in a resOlu
ton:
THE American people
are entitled to q statement
Of the contentious and pro-
posais Of all parties con-
cerned If orr nation is
on the brink Of mar IN the
TUcLJLC.
Another resolution declaI et
that the United States SHOULD
not become further involve,
in the present conflict ant
added:
We are deeply concerned
about the implication Of the
eight-point Atlantic confer
ence IN so far as they do
point tolCord a neW I'M
-pertatiSm =ratHeF-tHaH=G
true demOcrdcy.'
A ND lately in Chicago
~ DR.. c. +. Boss Jr., heat
of the Methodist Com
mission on World Peace
addressed 200 members o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
Reds $1,000 Planes

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-GNSl
"A British radio broadcast
heard by MIC to-day Quoted +
German radio commentator as
conceding that Soviet Russia
has 5000 planes" which are
making themselves felt.
The British broadcast also
quoted Russian officers of the
armies which recaptured Rostov
as stating:
The Germans ran like he'll
They looked like crowd of
panic-stricken refugees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
NEW ZEALAND LOSSES

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-UNS)-The
German high command announced
today that one New Zealand divi-
sion has been put out of action
south of Tobruk. being partly
taken prisoners and partly an
INITIATED.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
II TANKS DESTROYED

ROME, Dec. 3.-(INS)-De-
-struetion of II British tanks in z
battle at Sid Omar on the Libyar
desert was announced by the
Italian high command today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
IN THE NEWS

though the earth be destroyed
and the heavens fall, II our
administration at Washington
stood as firmly for peace as it
now stands for war?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03

For the Inside News" of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column I'm the Tirnos.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
IN SPEEDY RETREAT

Russian reports said the Nazis
were retreating so fast the pur-
suing Soviets could not keep up
with the German rear guards.
Nevertheless the official Russian
(Tass) news agency confirmed
that the situation on the Mozhaisk
sector west of Moscow remained
serious and that'"stubborn fight
ing is going on"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
the minister's no war COM
Imittee and repeated q tele-
gram sent to President
Roosevelt which read:

Roosevelt which read:
Il am utterly opposed, as
I belieue are the majority
Of citizens, to the continued
steps By Which the inter
pentioniStS are edaiag the
United States into an oil
ont, shooting qCdr. / appeal
to you to create q permo-
Rent commission on media
ton seeking on early and
Just end to the lCdr.
Surely, Mr.. President,
God has a higher and more
for-redching contribution
-1tsAtei-the-Enitcd States
can make than the portici-
patton IN further destruc-
tion, bIoodShed and loss Of
freedom.
Let us realize, therefore,
that Americas high desire is
for peace and that war dOes
NOT lie i'm the hands of Japan
nor i'm the hands of he anti
comintern confederation, MOI
in the hands of England but
in THE LAP OF TIE
UNITED STATES.
And surely as the American
church conferences declare
there is a better contribution
that the United States car
make to world liberty anC
enlightenment than in fur
Their destruction, blOOdshet
and LOSS OF FREEDOM
and further progress "towart
a new Imperialism rather
than a true democracy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03

front from Leningrad to the Sea
of Azov the Red armies claimed
the initiative today and said the
Nazi invaders have been put on
the defensive.
And on the southern sector, Off
cial Soviet reports declared, Ger
man Col. Gen. Ewald Won kleist $
elite army that was driven
more than 80 miles from Rostov-
london and is now in retreat 10
the west. faces Nazi "Dunkirk, y
authorities declared.
A Soviet surprise column was
said to have cut off retreat of
Won Kleist's forces by land and
the only possible method of escape
for the Germans was declared 10
he nv sea
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03
rs NOT the situation In
Europe very much the
same as il Is i'm Asia?

Europe very mucn the
- same as il Is i'm Asia?
Does not the question of
peace or war there lie i'm our
hands?
Is not Europe weary Of
war. and have not the allied
anti-cOmintern nations de-
sired peace with England and
America?
But England will not con-
slider peace until the power of
the European anti-cOmintern
confederation is crushed and
England's domination of Eu-
rope and Asia is maintained
and even more firmly estab-
lished.
The V of absolute victory
that reduces competing ma
tons to complete subOrdina-
ton is England's historic
objective.
In the sixteenth century
she destroyed the growing
power of Spain.
In the seventeenth century
she crushed the increasing sea
strength of Portugal.
In the eighteenth century
she reduced Holland to a sec
Ond-rate power, and in the
nineteenth she drove France
from the sea and overwhelmed
the armies of Napoleon on
the land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-03

attend TO their own Oriental
business.