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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
STORIES .
ON STAMPS
Mochodo de Assis Wos
Noted Brozilion Author

rOMMERCIALISM 10 not the
~ only basis Of Pan-Amsrican
friendship. A knowledge Of the
culture Of South America Il also
necessary for q true understand
ing.
One Of the great writers Of
Brazil, Joaquin Maria Machado
de Assis, was recently honored
alphabetically by his government
In the 1910 stamp above comment
Grating the TOOTH anniversary Of
his birth.
Critics have called Machado De
Assis Braxil's foremost novelist.
He was born In 1850, wrote poems
md plays rs well a. novels.
Strangely enough, literary pur.
suits were only . sideline with
Machado de Assis. He worked %
q typographer in his early youth.
later entered politics. He re-
manned In government for The rest
Of his life. wrote only in his spare
time.
His early poems and plays st-
trscted no attention. He stayted
writing novels when he was IN bic
forties and became famous. Hi
best work 10 Memories Pustz1unos
d Bras Cubea" written n loel.
lt d1ocsibeo life IN Rio - Jonoege
during he loster part g ~ le0
century. lGaehsdo e Asels ~
n u ~. I. :
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
. SO THEY SAY

TODAY, as 20 years ago,
mockery is the weapon left to
those who have no other. To-
day, as then, German heaviness
is powerless in the face Of
ridicule.
Hubert Pierlot, Belgian pre-
mier-in-exile.
WOW! You've done your
duty. You're excused-defer-
red.
DRAFT Board to Samuel lsen-
berg of Pittsburgh, father OF
IL.
PRETTY soon you can buy q
good airplane as cheap as you
can buy q good truck.
William b. Stout, pioneer air
designer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
Sseedlh 81 ! THE SCElQsS
M WASHlN GTCN :

When H. West N1h11nln -
otoslol succession eooo e.
Up q few weeks 600, ho6
wQs put n ehoFpe Of that tIGs)
or the Privileges and el1ett9 ~
COMMITTEES, and 10 carried q
through. He won his flrst rIb-|
bon there.
NEW uADGRs kggpgD
The Ssnote needs fresll
young Ieodsrs. Harrison ond|
Shsppord have died. ByrNG<
hos gone to the SupromG|
Court. Borktey and Geos6e|
have beth bsst lit. commtN661
ehoirmorships ore beino Shift
ID ground. And %, costin1|
around for new tolent, HE
party fothsrs have apparently
hit on Happy Chandler. He 81
q good buttonhoIev. He ccr
toIk 70 the gentlemen. He con
out-toIk the gentlemen.
His n,onoeershlp Of the
property seizure Bill for the
Military Affairs COMMITTEES
wos no greet victory Of leole.
One Of the poos boys might
have pushed il through. for
the original droft OF the rneos-
IRE had been killed In commit
tee, and q new ard much less
obnoxious version was present.
cd to the Ssnote.
In monoeineg a bill on the
floor victory often goes 70 the
leoder who can talk the loud.
est and longest. From his POSI-
Ion, third seat from the eentek
oisIe in the back row Of the
Democratic side, Chandler
could foee eysyons, including
three fourths Of the gallery.
He let the debate oct pretty
for off the subject. Most Of
the time he wos toIkine about
oIlowine droftees to 90 home
offer their first year. He GOT
into q terrible row with Sen
otor Wheeler on thot, and
come off second best. Josh
Lee Of Oklahoma, in the choir,
had to rule both Wheeler ond
Chandler out Of order.
Anyway, Chambers side got
the bill through and Il IS his
first big victory as O bill mon
ooer on the floor Of the Sen
ote. Now he may 90 for as q
party leoder. And Poppy
O.Doniel IS coming from Tex
as to relieve him Of the title
Of Senote jester.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
BY WILLIAM Z. MeKENNEY
Americas Gard Authority

From Harry G. Stracks of
New York City comes this anus
ing story of q hand that turned
up in q rubber bridge game.
North-South were vulnerable,
with go points toward the rubber
game. South picked up his
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
D. PgTJR gDsoN
Dolly Meallos Wosklageon
cngNnannn1nne

WAsHlNGToN-Ths Hon.
orobls Albert Bsnlomlr
Chandler, A. B.. Il. B., Hon
Il. D., coptoin Of the Judge
odvoeote osheroI's department.
Of the y. S. Army. ex-governor
Of the sovereign stots Of Ken.
lucky ond by oroes Of oubsr-
notoriol appointment and q
speciol election, now Junior
senator from that great stote
in the 77th Congress, hos Just
qualified as q stotesrnon. Hl
hos successfully floor-mon.
oeed q major piece Of IeolsIo-
ton through the upper house,
and won the proises Of his
party ehieftoins.
II wos no bidding little bill,
either. Il was the horrible
: property seizure" bill 49, the
bill that was going to couse
such q storm Of opposition. the
bill that would be argued
about for months, the bill thot
might split the country wide
open. Senator Chandler jock
eyed il over the congressional
steeplechose hurdles in Just
four hours fIot.
II all this form toIk Of the
Senator Albert Benjomin
Chandler pedigree confuses
you q little, just recoII that
this entry is. none other thon
the brosh young colt who. from
1881 to 1887, was hailed by
the hopeful voters as "Hoppy''
ChondIer. He is the young
rocehorse who ran in the 1893
race for u. S. senator, but
whom Trainer Roosevelt cous-
ed to finish in the pIoce spot
when the administration pin
ned its eoIors on "Deor Alben"
BorkIey.
WOUNDS HEAL QUICKLY
But the wounds from the
borbed wire fences Of the poll
ticol pastures heal ropidIy. and
here is Hoppy Chondler now.
q fuIl-grown stollion. horness-
ed with old horse Borkley to
pull the administration band
wagon.
Hoppy-now 43-hos been
in the Senate less than two
yeors. He wos sworn in Oct
9, 1899, otter the deoth Of
Senator Logan. Happy hasn't
sold O greet deol in those first
two yeors. He has done q lot
Of listening, cornerino q num-
Der Of the older and, wiser
heods ond trying to teorn from
them just how this Woshin0-
ton game is played.
On the Senote floor, Hoppy
hos been his usual orimocino.
ployboy self. He gave no ep-
peoronces Of tokine thing.
seriously. He wandered around
oimIessly, whispering az &
wisecroekine. or, seating him.
self directly in front Of some
speIIbindine orator. he hos
looked Up into the speakers
foce pretending to be. owed.
or else erinnine 50 broadly thot
even the most orthodox stuffed
shirt would suffer discompos-
ure. Happy was. to outward
appearance, the Senote clown,
the first since Huey Long.
Hoppy's committees h owe
been good ones for q freshman
senator - Judiciary, Military
Affairs, Privileges and Elec-
lions, Mines and Mining. He
L.. ..>-L~I - &k~e> sahe
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
ALrTER FROM NAE

4 o.. Pooe Three OF 'todoys Dolly
Nonltor oppeors Letter tothe Editor
which deserves the attention OF every
ihinkjno resident 81 Mount Clemens.
Il IS q truly remarkable opPeo' tor
Understanding: An oppeol from an &C
knowledoed "modome" for symPotny.
n Her ottitude is that Of an oerieved
!enltimots business proprietor.
II The omozino psychology which long
vnors of freedom from Official interior
nee has developed presents fose'-
notinq soeioI study.
Here Is q won,on who has long been
oksy-fiours In the communitys under
world assuming as her fright" protec-
tIon from efforts by the public or BY Q
lSswspopsr to put on end to her ille9o'
l,slress offoirs. She speoks blond'y,
5d with evident sincerity, OF Persecu-
TN" Of being an Aunt" to holt the
E1fys children and, with colossal ct
jSontery, Of the possibility OF Ieeo' &C.
{ton." ;.
ssWho,t m okes an individuals
tJ1ouoht-processes reoct in this omoz-
IA nonner?
~ 70 tssitl. is that the public, to q con-
3i3erobls degree, IS responsible.
ss For 22 ysors this woman hos scot
3rod Iornesse where it would DO the
}bef doeu6 COUNTLESS individuals 'ond
f1nonj2 6fiofi5, must fave benefited In
1J,e l6f5563n9SSr during Those long yeors
4t4nse ,i310t Gullible perSoj1S term "oen-
oecGity."
We prefer, to interpret Moe Mcken.
no's bio-heortedpess Aos q seriss OF
sound, Investments in public approval.
Abusine3sIike, and thus far successful,
often1pt TO minimize complaints.
x The 6verooe citizens approach to
HE vice problem hos been unsound:
That citizen, In the main, has assumed
HAT The operotion Of disorderIy houses
eonStitutes q form Of insurance against
Sope-crimes.
What that citizen hos not stopped
Is consider, apparently, is the demorol-
ixina effect upon youth. upon neigh
bors and upon officioIdom which re-
suits Whsn such enterprises ore permit
Nd n residential oreos.
Il, Mount Clemens today it is the
pubIic, not Moe McKenno, that is on
trioI In the court Of Public Opinion.
Either the public at lost will become
0wore Of the lowering cloud Of deero-
ldotion which hovers above red-lioht
enterprises in its midst or it will not.
The Dolly Monitor, fully aware Of
human froiIties, recommends thot vice
resorts be permanently bored from oil
eosidentiol oreos. Il is not crusodine. II
would like. merely. to correct sociol
evil which hos been too long tolerated.
Such is but one Of any honest news
poper's obligations to the public which
it serves. The Daily Monitor invites
letters from its readers on this and all
other public questions. Where de-
sired the signatures will not be printed
and will be treoted in strict conf
donce.)
Miss Mckenno's letter speaks for it.
ELF.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
IS YEARS AGO TO-DAY

william A. Rosso has been
appointed substitute carrier in
the Mount Clemens post-office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Hew-
lit, Of New Orleans, La, visi-
ted with Mrs. Fred Campau, st.
Clair hotel. one day last week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY

1881 4
Rev. Cecil G. Purton takes 80
Mount Clemens boys to the De-
troit- Philadelphia ball game In
Detroit.
Eighty-six mothers Of East
Detroit presented 70 the city
council q petition asking that
known gambling operations be
cleaned out at once. The coun-
Gil tables the plea.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY

( John Spaller. 20. son Of Ex-
Sheriff John Spaller, dieA rs .
result of q motorcycle accident.
League of Women Voters is
asked to give its opinions for
presidential year.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
PUPPET SHOW m \ VACUUM

The world has been treoted to many
sorry speetocIes OF late, but none more
depressing than the puppet show in
a vacuum now being stoged in France
by the ooed but no longer venerable
Marshal Petoin.
Though the French people are COM
PIeteIy under the heel Of the German
conqueror, the ancient, 84-yeor-oId
Marshal soIemnIy goes about the busi-
ness Of having CONSTITUTION" written
for France.
A constitution! BY whose right
and authority, one wonders? Have the
French people ever repudioted their ex-
listing constitution? A few, yes, like
Charles Mourros, who as q Monorchist
Ieoder hos been fighting the republic
for many years. A few like Laval and
Dorian, and the others who Ieoped so
ovidIy at the Germon-eronted oppor-
tunity to reoreonize Fronce according
to their own design, while the German
occupation troops kept the people from
speaking.
But the French people themselves?
The farmer on the soil, the village
shopkeeper, the worker in q Bordeaux
foetoy? No one has heard them speak,
for their mouths are stopped.
It is oyeor now since Petoin reeeiv-
! cd from the National tAssembIy the
orotesqus shreds Of power that the Ger
mans suffered to remain to France. No
one can Interpret the mind of the
French psopls at that ehostIy moment,
for II had no mind. The owfuIness Of
the militory disoster had robbed it. Of
all power to think. Possibly many turn
ed to the old soldier, Petoin, in hope
that he could save more fragments
from the disoster than anyone else. But
thot the French people ever, directly or
indirectly. vested Petoin with power to
write q new and permanent constitu-
ton for France can scarcely be suggest
ed With 9 stroisht foce.
Il is difficult to blame Petoin for
what he hos done or not done during
the post year Of his power" After all,
he has done what the Nozis directed
and permitted him to do. But for the
oncient marshal to attempt to clamp
on the French people for all time some
kind OF totoIitorion nightmare, which
it is now eIeor he had been dreaming
long before his country fell, is on or
rooont assumption Of power which will
never stand, once the French people
find their voice again.
This is not to assume thot the Third
Republic must rise again. 1t is dead
But whatever new government Of q free
France shall come into being, it will be
Of the people ond by the people, and
not q prescription for the people writ
ten by q clique Of old dotords beneath
Nozi boyonets
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24
FLASHES
OF
LIFE

NEW BRITAIN, conn.-Po-
liceman william 8. Strolls fig
ures he's got Is much right to
respect as any army officer 20
when he heard "yoo-hoo!" he
stopped.
There was no need for disci-
plinary action. though. A house
wife had mistaken Strolls' white
cruiser ear for her bakers truck.
10
VEGETARIAN
LUMBERTON, N. G. - John
Jockey says his dog, Spot, has
his own ideas about breakfast.
As soon @ the sun rises, Spot
heads for the garden, finds sew
eral ripe tomatoes and eats
them.
Oh, OSCAR!
SEATTLC.-When her apart
msnt owner told Gladys Castle
TO move Oscar or move" the
stenographer gave the pet duck
to Woodland Park.
Now Gladys .has moved and
wants Oscar back but he's in the
city budget, lawmakers told
her, and can't get out without
IN act Of the city council.
II she can identify Oscar,
Miss Castle will ask the coun-
Gil to pass q duck bill.
SCOOP
wENATCH Z z, Wash. -
Neighbors pounded on the doors
Of the Willis Board residence
as q grass fire blazed danger7
ously near. Failing to rsise
Board-sound asleep inside ~.
they borrowed his garden hoss
and shovel. put out the FIVE md
went home.
He read about Il next morn.
ing In the Wenatchee World.
Hes . reporter on that psper.
o.
AGE WILL TELL
CHICAGO - Mrs. Elizabeth
Tancxos claimed the German
shepherd dog was hers but
william Schrip. . neighbor, In
sisted Il belonged % him.
His name u Major and he's
five yssrt oid.s aid Mrs. Tanc-
soe. ''ais name n Ralph" Schrip
replied. "And he's TO-"
Judge Jossph II. McGarry
called b . veterinarian, who
after locking &C The animals
teeth ana eyes and observins
the Rrayuos az The uauxxle, fired
the age @ nine or 10.
Take him aw1y," the Judge
told Sclrip.
s %
PAneLRS0 BULLET
D4ILEvMLE, M. - Virginia
fOltnop. IL wss struck by .
ri0e ballet and wasn't even
W0m6od. The slug broke .
win6ow in trent q which ~
~ 0tondlnc. hi hse eas and
IN G. - 0eoe. Tho bulloe NJ
qpa1 ~ tpsee SGalnGe ~ pa
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24

50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1891
Mrs. A. +. Donaldson and Miss
Hattie Miller are Spending the
week In Port Huron.
Mrs. John Lodewyck, Of De-
troit, r. spending . lew days
with her daughter, Mrs. An
thony Cxixek.
80
90 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1851
The Avery house has over $50
guests, and the new part OF ne
cessity . being hurried TO COM
pletion.
Frames age Oh up fot Daley
and Shook'e new boat, and the
craft down Ne river y progres-
sing rspidlYs 49,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24

10 YEARS. AGO TOUAx
1901
Five tons Of hay fell on q :
man from Frank Bywater's
farm, near Memphis, but he was
dug out alright.
Threatened with strike among
the teamsters. They want $3.50
q day.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-24

LUMBERTON, N. e. - John
Jockey says his dog. Spot, has
his own ideas about breakfast.
As soon % the sun rises, Spot
heads for the garden, finds sew
eral ripe tomatoes and eats
them.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Woman's S Body Is Found
Hanging in Rooming House

A 68-year-old woman. registered
as Mary Hall of Philadelphia, was
found hanging from a door hinge
on the second floor of a rooming
house at 606 Fifth street NV. today.
Near the body, police found note
written on green paper which
pointed out, they said, that the
woman was old, friendless and in
financial straits. Two dimes were
found in her pocketbook.
The body was discovered by Clay
Darnell, proprietor of the rooming
house. who said he had wanted to
enter the room to get stove out of
the closet. When there was no
answer to his knock, he said. he un-
locked the door with his passkey.
A chair, propped against the door,
however, blocked his way When he
finally gained entrance, he noticed
coat on the bed he said Then
he saw the body suspended by
heavy wrapping cord from the door
hinge.
The white-haired woman, he told
police had registered some time yes
terday afternoon, carrying a small
suit case.
Police were not Immediately able
to discover any labels or clues to
positive Identification in her clothes.
She was moderately Well-dressed in
black.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
D. {. Dentist Is Held
In Death OF Fireman

DR.. Mark o. Davis, so, Washing
ton dentist, this afternoon was Or
dered held for action of the Mont
gomery County MD grand jury
on a charge of manSlaughter in
connection with the traffic death OF
John Adair, jr., %, Chevy Chase
fireman, who was killed at the scene
of the Bethesda-C Chase High
School fire February 81.
Trial Magistrate James Chris
topher ordered DR.. Davis held fol-
lowing a hearing in Bethesda at
which it was testified that the de-
fendant was ''in an alcoholic stupor"
following the mishap on the East
West highway.
DR.. E. G. Bauersfeld told Magis-
trate Christopher that the defend
ant was in this alcoholic stupor'
when he examined him at police
station after the accident.
Policemen Ed Shoemaker, Harry
Wheeler and Paul Watkins all tes-
titled they smelled alcohol on DR..
Davis breath.
There was also testimony that DR..
Davis was travelling 10 miles per
hour and ran past a red warning
flare at the scene of the accident.
The fireman was killed almost In
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Clues in Bride Murder Case
Sought in Kansas City
Detective Seret ToIson Will Accompany
Body of Strunqed Womon Back Home

and ADMIT that they are up against
a stone wall"
Capt Ira Keck. assistant detective
chief, said that not single finger
print of a stranger was found in the
place. although police made an
effort to develop prints on the
painted walls of the apartment.
Every one who has been questioned
so far has been cleared, Capt. Keck
said. A post-mortem examination
revealed nothing which would aid in
the apprehension of the killer, he
said. Tests on the f1ngernsils of the
slain bride indicated that she had
not had an opportunity to even
scratch her assailant.
Capt. Keck expressed the opinion
the murderer was known to Mrs.
Abramowitz and that he had made
a sudden, deadly attack which gave
her little chance to struggle.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Fast Italian Cruiser
Sunk by Submarine,
British Claim
Destroyers Are Reported
To Have Picked Up
Some of Survivors
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, March 10-The Brit
ish Admiralty announced today that
one of Italv's fastest cruisers, q
sistership of the Inflated Barto-
lomeo Colleoni had almost GER
tainly" been sunk by submarine at
tack in the Mediterranean.
"An Italian cruiser of the Con-
dottieri "A class has been torpedoed
and almost certainly sunk by one of
our submarines, the Admiralty
said, adding that an escort of Ital-
ian destroyers apparently had
picked up some of the survivors.
The Bartolomeo Colleoni and her
three sister ships were reputed to be
among the fastest cruisers in the
world, with a speed that was de-
signed to permit them to overtake
destroyers. In their trials one of
them was reported to have reached
a speed of AZ knots.
An Australian cruiser and British
6estroyers sent the Bartolomeo Col
leoni to the bottom of the Mediter-
ranean last July 19.
The other three ships of the class
are the Giovanni dele Bande Mere,
the Alberto di GiusSano and AL
berico da Barbiano, all of 5,069 tons
and mounting eight 6-inch guns.
All ships of this class were built
in 1880.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Attorney Challenges
Curran's Position
As Prosecutor
Counsel for Burko Tells
Court Officer Votes
In Bangor, Ne.

The legal right of United States
Attorney Edward M Curran to hold
the post of district attorney here
was challenged today in District
Court, on the contention that he
is not a bona fide resident of the
District but a legal resident Of the
State of Maine.
Attorney James j. Laughlin filed
in the criminal clerks office a plea.
embodying this point, which, II
sustained by the court. would have
the effect of invalidating indictments
returned recently against his client,
Joseph R. Burko, former clerk to
Judge Hobart Newman of Police
Court. Burko is accused of forgery,
conspiracy to obstruct and corrupt
justice and misconduct in office,
embezzlement and larceny
Mr.. Laughlin's motion had at
tached to it a copy of telegram
which said that Mr.. Curran is "a
registered voter in the city of Ban
gor, Me" The telegram was signed
by Frank H. Prilay. chairman of the
Board of Registration of Voters. Mr..
Laughlin's contention is that Mr..
Curran is not legally qualified to
sign the indictments against his
client and that hundreds of other
indictments similarly signed by the
present district attorney Should also
be thrown out of court.
Mr.. Laughlins argument was that
section 524, title 28, of the United
States Code requires that the Dis
trict Attorney shall reside perma-
nently in the district where his Off
cial duties are to be performed. The
section also says that the Attorney
General is authorized to fix and de-
clare the place of the official resi-
dence of the district attorney and
each of his assistants.
Mr.. Curran could not be reached
for comment. as he is attending the
district attorneys conference at
the Department of Justice.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
+ Billion Defense Bill
Approved by Senate;
Guam Item Included
Another Measure
Reveals Assembly Of
Expeditionury Boots
Earlier Story on Page ABB

Earlier Story on Page A-3)
By the Associated Press.
The Senate approved this after
noon a $1,533,5 ,5671O2 supplemental
defense appropriation, containing
S169.415 900 for naval works at
Guam. Samoa, some of the bases
acquired from Britain and on con-
tinental United States.
This action followed Senate ap-
proval earlier in the day Of legis-
lation approving establishment OF
naval air bases on the sites acquired
from Britain in exchange for United
States destroyers.
The Naval Committee said its
report that Senate approval of the
base legislation would have the eff
feet of congressional ratification
Of the base-destroyer exchange.
The appropriation bill, which now
goes back to the House for action on
Senate amendments, carried $751;
lO25OO in contract authority and
the balance in cash.
Senate Boosts House Amount.
The Senate increased by Sl87 400
the amount previously voted by the
House.
Largest amount in the bill was
S675 ,283.OO0 for construction of mill
tary posts.
The Navy would be allocated S202,-
100000 for ship construction and
armament.
All the cash would be available
for immediate expenditure.
The authorizing legislation, which
was passed first, would provide
program, including work at Guam,
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Bad Gasoline Fire
Prevented by Quick
Action of Driver

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star
DRURY, Md. March 10.-A
quick thinking driver from the
Annapolis branch of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of N. j. prevented
a serious fire or explosion at
Hunters Tavern here this aft
ernoon by driving his flaming
truck containing 1,640 gallons
of gasoline to nearby clear
ing where two volunteer fire
companies extinguished the
blaze.
The driver, Lee Catterton,
had just alighted from his truck
parked near the tavern's gas
pumps when Walter Hunter,
co-owner of the inn, saw the
blaze. He shouted to Mr.. Cat
terton. who was about to un-
load his gasoline.
Mr.. Catterton leaped into the
truck and drove it to the clear
ing, where the Upper Marlboro
and Galesville volunteer fire
companies extinguished the
blaze after fighting it for an
hour and a half.