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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

do you get more than one bid
in contract"
Certainly" was the reply.
"Thank you. I'll bid one
heart and one spade"
And that is exactly what ]
would like to do on this hand,
but though the heart suit Is
stronger, we must bid the spades
first. Ill
West continues clubs and
South ruffs. "A trump lead
knocks out one adverse honor,
and another club forces South
again. A second trump lead
forces out the other adverse hon
or.
Although q fourth club lead
can force South's last trump,
North still has hte Jack OF
trumps with which to take out
the last adverse trump. Then
the tricks In the red suits ore
ample for the contract.
Il South bids hearts first,
North still has the Jock d
hearts instead Of four spodos,
since North's extra spode = not
sufficient 10 offset ap deei6ed
preference shown for hearts By
Soueh. AZ four hearts, the con-
tract % set BY the repeated club
leooe despite TIE BET possible
tGxoks In al four 6ults. q
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26


That the n5otion picture is quickly
responsive to public opinion seems to
be proved BY the announcement thot
the Morton Picture Producers and Dis
tributors Of America, presided over by
Will n. Hays. hove begun to delete
from films drinking scenes which are
not considered essential to the plot.
Protests by movie-eoers against too
much liquor" had only begun to be
heard in volume recently. Before the
year is out the improvement probably
will be noted. as pictures now in pro-
duction reach the Market,
Motion picture exhibitors usually
get q quick response from sensitive
picture fans, though it may toke longer
for the reactions to become impressed
upon the consciousness of producers.
II the offended novie-ooer does not
complain to the ticket-toker or the box
office or. even to the manager, his re-
marks are carefully noted by strotegi-
colly stationed ushers and attendants.
A theoter manager knows offer his first
week end whether he will hold over
the film for another week or whether
he has been handed another "Iemon"
What his patrons think Of picture
means everything to him, and he is the
first to let Hollywood know it his pot
rons object.
1t is gratifying to learn that the
movie industry actually is taking
stand oeoinst over-emphosis on drink
ing. Producers are peculiarly sensitive
in the region Of the pocketbook. but
undoubtedly they also have con-
science. Some of their recent socially
important productions oppeor to prove
their genuine sincerity.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

Cummings started to put It
down - another peculiarity Of
Hollywood's m vie genivses,
then decided that, since he didn't
have anything else to do, he'd
try II. He stayed ct home, with
one OF his wifs's stocking tops
converted into . can for his To-
tion-plastered head, and trained
his hair.
AT the end Of the fortnight, he
emerged with his face and hair
part synchronixsd, and Auer
gave him the role he had want
ed. Since them Cummings never
has lacked for q Job.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
WE DEPEND ON EACH OTHER

A certain effrontery which almost
stogeers one bulees out Of q recent
statement by q manufacturer to the ef-
feet thot if million Ieoders in industry,
transportation, and learning were eli
minated, the whole population would
storve.
Unanswered question is: would the
population come closer to starving
then, or il the formers we're eliminated
who produce our food, or the workers
who produce our industrial goods?
The whole question then becomes
silly Eoch needs the other. and O mod
ern civilization con by no ineons survive
without either. Lite might be sustained
otter some fashion even without those
who happen to be in positions Of leod-
ership todoy. But it would be primi-
tive life thot nobody wonts to Ieod.
We depend one upon the other
When shoII we reoIize 1t?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
BY LUCE NEVILLE
NEA Service saafs Csrrsspenss.s

HOLLYWOOD The moviee
have found q lot Of actresses on
bandstands. saving audiences
while they swayed their black
satin-clad curves end sang of
home and mother or ooh, you
nasty man. There have been
Alice Faye, Mary Healy, Ruth
Terry, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley
Ross, Ann Sheridan, Rosemary
Lane, and lately Cobina Wright,
Jr.
Now teen age character actress
Virginia Weidler plans to re-
verse the discovery system and
have a microphone maestro ask
her, How'd you like to sing
with my band?" When that day
comes, Hollywood will have to
find itself another 13-year-old to
play brat roles, because she'll
say Eyes"
Just now, her professional ca
reer as singer Is meeting with
the usual discouragements. She
thought she was set for the solo
recently organized by her broth
ers-18-year-old Walt, younger
Warner, and George. She had
been warmly urged to take a
swing with the hammer and
paint brush wher the boys were
building music racks and q
bandstand, and whenever the
pianist or clarinetist couldn't
make q rehearsal, good ole Vir-
ginia could step in. She's pretty
hot on both instruments.
SHE NOW
TAKES LESSONS
When everything was ready
for the first engagement, at a
local country club, little sister
was told to scram. Indignantly,
she d e m a n d e. explanations.
Well, they said, she was pretty
young and she'd take away some
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
1885
Macomb county's flood quota
for the Red Cross Il set at 40
dollars.
Mount Clemens High school
plans Stunt Night" for April
3.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Betty Fleumer ID spending her
Sprine vacation from North.
western University with her par.
ents, Dr.. and Mrs. Q. 9. Fleu-
mer.
pal Monte McTarlane have been
in Lansing at the annual meeting
Of the Michigan Educational A.
sociation.
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
The Rapid viii add two new
cars 70 10 system on ApEn !
which will run between Fort
Huron and Detroit. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. Davis naye
returned home after = VISIT IN
Pennsylvania.
- YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
+. Harold Hayward Is pslnt-
ing . picture for the PM
American Exposition. w.
The Marine Sugar Co. cut 1,..
500 tons or beets md made: IL
500, 900 pounds q sugar.
50 YRARs AGO TODAY
The Flats sre promised . new
9SS,0oo hotel this seaeoa, 70 o
built BY .. a. whitney ana
The ladies a. ths Baptist
church WIN glvs = social O NJ
residence q Mn. Page ~ 80
ming. All are invitea.
9 YEARS AGO roDA1
1854
The Good Templars annosmce
. maple sugar s9l1cia1 q RyDseu
Han March 81 and invi6 ~
thsir sgiseoa
], . 3; !.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
BY VIM. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Today's hand reminds me of
q situation that occurred In the
early days of contract bridge.
At q national tournament In
Cleveland, there were . number
of players In the contract event
who had previously played moth
ing but auction.
One young lady asked me,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
STORIES .
IN STAMPS
Americas Can Summon
Three Million 20 Arms

- 49, - - = ~ e -71-.7
THE ParsCiayan soldier on the
= stamp above symboliz6s = 20.
tential army Of three million men.
ready y defend the western hemi.
sphere. Recent surveys place The
total manpowsr Of 20 American
republics. excluding United States.
az moofly two million.
Peru. with . standing army a
1850 and reserves Of go, 900 hos
lhe laresst potential military force
IN South America. Brazil he's tlre
larnsst regulaS srmy-l13, 800
and roserves Of 250. 900: Mexico
Ne the third largest active force
WITH o1,ooo, but Argentine and
chile have larger reserved. Pare.
may ronks seventh with . poten-
SiGl army Of $4,000.
The smaller republics-Costs
Rjca, Dugainicon Republic. 20 Sci.
vohur, 0uotesma1a. HAITI. Hcndu-
RI. Nlcaraeua-have small forces
thss sse ypore military police than
roG6D0or army. Panama, with n
og1Ig, ~ : ceno(ebulafy oorpo -
49, ~ 80. n, -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
. HiehIiebts From
The Latest Books .

The Lo~ghorn, that 0oxmt, rdngy
breed Of cattle that at Ole time
kicked Sp dxst from kestco to
CaSoda, 10 near estixctiom, near.
er than the bx|falo ever cos.
Bxt J. Frank Dobte rescxes them,
" only for htstory's cake. IN q
0alIoptn0. sctHd-spept, wxforget.
table BOOK, "The LAx0horms"
little, Broom: SS.50). TIE ax-
thor Of apache Gold and YaQxi
Silver" 70 at his best describing
4 these bd,cltw0 Atstory makers
from the days Of Colvmbxs to
the late wt~ettss phe the STAN.
pedes and bvH fights and coU
forms began to dtsdppeov a. a
Udy Of sosstsrw We. Too esccrpts
from Dobts's book catch tie sptr.
II Of ~ story, the fret sOoxt
Low0hor~ 0eef dad the second
Ghost Lomohorw "pordwers" on
the dusty trail north:
AZ money. q furnisher Of
rawhide that had illimitable
uses, ~ the material Of . peo-
pies occupation, % food, the
Longhorn became to ranch Tex
ans, who "lived ct home" al.
most what the buffalo was to
the Plains indians.
In the fight against General
VOLS army of Msxicans that In
vaded Sen Antonio In l042, one
Texan who he'd that morning
eaten . very hearty bait Of beef
was shot In The stomach. After
the doctor had examined him he
said Il was the most fortunate
shot he had ever seen. IF II had
not been for the beef," he ex-
planned, "ths bullet would have
killed the man, and II Il had
not been for the bullet the beef
would have killed him."
Handled properly, . trail herd,
no matter how Wild the indivi-
duals making II up might be on
their native ranges, generally
became, within . short time q
perfect travelling unit. There was
always Z leader, who assumed
his place at The head Of the herd
and there kept Il day after day.
Behind him IN TIE eoloe-splotch-
Cd ribbon that stretched out
from . quarter Of . mile - Two
miles or more The other
cattle found their positions and
without much variation main-
talned them.
IN . beef herd most stoers lid
''travslins pardnsrs." and whan
tn any kind q mix-up thoeD
pardners became eoperatsd. they
wouA % q bowling until ~
oUeGno 60 49,. /. ~ &.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
= BEtiIf u mn SCEIl Es
I'm. WASHlf (sTON =

- SyvUONS W0EIU WvO5 -
has olroody resulted n ~ o.
polnfinont Of tho new lEohc(
Mediotion Board ond may -
suit In recommend tion foe
new Iobor lsoIslotion from He
House Judiciary Committee.
The form bloc, tssino copl.
tol and lobor making effcsts
at o comeback to oct tholrs,
hos moved In with demonds
tor increased parity poyrnents
from $500 million to $500 nil.
lion to roiss the prices form
ers Get for the things they sell.
And 80 powerful IS this farm
bloc that He Sanote Anricul-s
ture COMMITTEES recently hsord
John T.. 6onkhsod Of Josper,
Alo., recommend that formers
90 on strike for o year, 50 as
to raise prices. This, mind YOU,
in q year Of oIl-out defense
effort.
Government ooencies, in
steod Of wino to see which
could cut requests for op-
propriotions most, have octu-.
oily competed to oct control
Of defense funds. .'
Every department Of Federal
Security ooency-the WpA,
NYA. Ssh. B, OF e., and USES,
to mention only O few by their
fomilior and unfomilior ini-
tiols have found reasons to in
crease their spending. Even
organized labor supports WPA
claims for more relief money,
SO as to keep employed woos
levels high.
Government workers have
their honds out, too-ond II
everyone else is GETTING II, the
theory is why not?"
ALL CONES BACK
TO THE TAXPAYERS
All these erobs for oovern-
ment gravy have certain inflo-
tionory implications. lf.evsry-
one IS to get more money. the
tendency is for prices to rise.
Shortages Of some moteriols,
soon to be felt in manufacture
ond sole Of everyday articles
for privote use, will provide
q too-eosy excuse for raising
prices.
Retail merchants on the
whole have co-operoted with
the pIeo to keep prices down.
There have been some In
stonces Of O desire to regain
losses, but the theory Of the
more forsighted trode ossocio-
tions hos been thot greater
soles volume, breoter turnover
ond therefore oreotev profits
con be gained by keeping
prices down.
Whot is generally overlook
ed in this mad scromble for
federoI folding money is the
simple foct that the more bill
lions appropriated, the more
the toxpoyers must eventually
she'll out. Thot's fundamental,
but in times like these, Of
shoot the works psychology,
we forget the oxioms.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

About this time Of year. when mo-
1torist longs to charge TO sumnev-orode
cll ard pveose und Get out on the road,
l9jf erQQ6 fotfer used 70 oreose and re-
poir tsorness pc6purutoty 10 sprin0
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
HE GOT
THE JOB

Bob Cummings is one of the
busiest, most successful young
comedians in town, b, he can
remember the time when he was
making the dreary rounds Of
producers offices, hat in hand,
and gettil.. very little response.
He's glad now that he had to be
polite and couldn't wear his hat,
because he believes the turning
point of his career traces to that.
He had gone to Republic Stu
dos, where he had heard there
might be q spot for him In q pic
ture. He got the usual rundown,
but John Auer, the producer
who interviewed him, gave him
most unusual reason for his re-
fusal.
"The trouble with you," Auer
said, lis that you have . left
handed face and q right-handed
part. I think you'd do q lot bet
ter If you were to part your hair
on the left side. Try it and come
back to see me in q couple OF
weeks"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

WNSUvJvV0t0vN JOblO ,.
for Sap Toxpoysr, sVconciIed
ond reody to finunce his coun-
tN's defense effort, might Be
more willing to give tiliit hurts
if assured that some Of the
We'll get ours beck" boys
would b O little less ropocious.
For while the country al
Jorge has accepted the foot
That everyone must moks
sacrifices to help save the
world for democracy loooinl
congressional and odminlstro-
tive Iovishnsss in oppropriot-
Ina billions Of dollors hos stir
red every selfish instinct OF
every seIf-centered orou 2
which thinks itself entitled to
oovsrnment aid. So the brood
Highway to victory is lined
with gimme hitchhickers rsody
to orob q hold as the corovon
OF government contract trucks
goes by.
The whole spectacle is OF
course natural. No one can
forget costly the LONG lean
ysors when profits vanished.
when trode dwindIed, when
Ioyoffs stretched into unem-
ploynent when the three RS
Of relief. regulation and re-
form were primoy education
for the New Deal. When de-
Tense spending began by bill
lions, the inclination was to
get back port losses, and if
this meont at government ex-
pense. dondy.
FOLLOW
THE LEADER
Perhaps the first to have ex-
tensive ambitions Of recovered
profits were manufacturers
seeking prime contracts for
war supplies, for memories Of
profIteerine in the lost war
were still pleasant. Counter
ing the prospect Of these
hopes, however. wos the public
demand and the odministro-
ton determination that in this
effort there would be no pro-
fiteerins.
In the some Gloss were the
firms given contracts for con-
struction Of new plants for
defense production, firms Civ
en- contracts for construction
Of new comps and conton-
ments, and the land oeents
who bought ocreooe for new
miIitory reservations.
Speed has been essential
and many Of the controets, in
steod Of being let on the CON-
petitive bid bosis, have been
let on the cost-plus- fixed-fee
bosis in which the government
poys all costs. regardless Of ex-
trovooonce or economy OF
management, and owords the
contractor q percentage, usu-
oIly3.2per cent for supervision
ond profit. To just what ex-
tent there hos been irreoulor-
ity in the awarding or opero-
ton Of these contracts may
come out in the investigation
by Senator Harry S. Trumon's
committee. Washington opin-
ion is none too hopeful, ow-
ING to the committees limited
funds and the questionable
strength and obiIity Of the
committee itself. Definitely,
whot IS not wanted from this
committee is q liberal coating
Of whitewosh. Whot is won't
ed is o thorough probe Of every
rot hole.
Labor. no less eoeer than
eopitol to recoup losses hos
come in for its full share Of
dirty looks. The record Of even
a few exorbitont assessments
Of union initiation fees, OF
strikes in defense industries,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

Of the dignity Of the band. Why,
she didn't even have en- evening
dress! Further pressing brought
out the real reasons: one Of the
brothers girl friends had been
promised the job long in ad-
vance, and not only was she
more decorative than Virginia,
she had 3 better voice. c'>'4 -
That was too much, declared
Miss Weidler. Nobody was going
to say her voice wasn't good
enough, not while she could %
something about il. What she's
doing is taking lessons, between
school and workin in MAN
From the City," from Metros
music coach, Al Siegel. He's also
coaching Shirley Temple, an d
Ethel Norman was one of his
star pupils. The last report from
the Weidler brothers was, Well
let Virginia try it, but The has to
GO home at intermission."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

Daylight is getting more plentiful but it's still
a good idea to use all of it,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

8 (yese doys. But we don't always mean
llse same thing. We speak Of the United
$fofes as democracy. ond 50 it is in
Nv brood sense, but that isn't the same
i)sind as merely having republic. Let's
nv to define some Of these things more
/ fIoselv. 50 thot when we use the words
y Irva'll al know precisely what we're tolk-
jnc about.
First, democracy. Democracy is q
6enesol condition Of society, q way OF
ne. not q mere form Of government. 1t
I b 3 condition in which all men have
eouoI rio5ts, none has speciol privileges
md Oq06l opportunities are open to oil;
h which ali linen join freely in govern
ma themselves Thus England, Norway,
and Sweden. all monorchies. have been
rs Mssch democrdcies as the United
Hates srony believe that Norwoy ond
wsdenhove been more so.
The United Stotes is O democracy.
III IS not q perfect democracy. Of course,
{oy Il is here on earth, not in heaven.
70 HE extent thot all men do not have
1quol rights, thot they do not have
&oQol opportunities, that any hos spec
3ul privileges, to that extent we have
fuiled 70 achieve democracy. But we
hove achieved a great deoI, and democ-
lacy Is simply q struggle to ochieve the
6emocfofjc ideal.
\ Note tl1ot the totolitorion ideal is
3he direct opposite. In Russio. single
Duss, proletoriot, IS conceded oil
oNers there okesu inherent rights
nv Ell b6dk else except as the only
os70ttted party; which claims to rep
|(osont ~ proletorion Gloss, chooses
- Qront them. In Germany ond ltoly
3 single party hos oil the powers Of
&oNeTNnent; whole roces and classes
ore excluded from having any polite
bl sO1d sociol rights except as that
privileged Gloss tportyl chooses to
orus,t thesn. The ideoI. the goal, is
6iometricol'y opposite to our own.
Now, q republic. A republic is simp-
" scheme Of government by elected
representation. 1t might or might not
~ completely democratic though to-
doy the two usually 90 together. There
have been republics in which only smoIl
elosses had any political or social
TIGHTS. Our republic is democratic re-
public.
Further. it is speciol kind Of re-
public federal stote. Thot is, like
5Witzerlond. one in which various poll
ticol units (stotes here, contons in
Ssdtzerlond) ore joined together in q
central government mode up Of those
units. A federol stote might be neither
= republic nor q democracy.
The United Stotes is all three. 1t is q
federol union Of stotes, forming CEN
troll republican overnment-thot is, q
government run by popuIorIy elected
representative Of all the people, limit
"a by q fundamental law or constitu-
lion odopted ond modified by all the
people. But most important, the United
5t0tes is q democracy; q society con-
5ciously committed to struggling al
cyx toword the shining COOL Of equal
gIebn for all, special privileges for
m live our democratic federo| re-
Al.ssT.s IAREwILL
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26
/, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Lxcie Nevtlle 70 pinch.htttin0
for Paul Morrison. nOw touring
army comps and defense tndxs.
tries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-24
BIG STAGE SHOW
 WITH BOB CROSBY
New Haven Arena Offers Afternoon, Evening Per.
 fOrmances Tomorrow

A top-flight modern dance band which achieved success by playing Q presumably outmoded style of jabb is Bob Crosby's triple-threat crew, which will give forth It's Dixieland Rhythm in the feature spot on tomorrow afternoon and evenings show of the Week." at the New Haven Arena. There will also be Q super stage show appear ing in front of Harry Germans band to make 1t two great shows in one.
 Three New Orleans band mem- bers, drummer Ray Bauduc, guitar ist Nappy LaMare and saXophoniSt Eddie Miller brought to the Crosby band the influence of the original Dixieland Jazz Band which father ed swing some years back in New Orleans. And, It's that old-style irl- fiuence, ironically enough, which gave the Crosby crew the distinctive touch 1t needed to forge ahead from welter of -upto-date swing bands "a touch typified in what Bob Crosby considers the best recording his band ever waxed South Ram part Street Parade"
 Bob and his band starred in the current hit isis Hopkins" and are also featured In the new release from Hollywood, Rockies on Pa rade". Liz Triton is the featured female vocalist with the band.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-24
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 ADJOURNS JUNE 4
City's Charter Revision Trade School Bills Await
 ing Final Action

(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol Hartford, May 24- Final legislative action on the Wa terbury charter and trade school bills has still not been taken, though the June adjournment date Is drawing perilously close. Proponents of the legislation will strive to secure passage of the measures by the House early next week. This would end legislative action on the bills and send them to Gov, Robert A. Hurley for his signature.
 Even with the first Monday ses- sion of the year slated for next week, there will be only four legis- latIve days in the week because of the Memorial Day holiday Friday. A Monday session again the follow ing week would leave only three more legislative days, since ad- journment sine die Is mandatory on the first Wednesday of the month.
 Early this week reporters were told that the charter bill posi- tively' would pass by Friday. 1n- stead the Republican controlled House sent 1t to the printers and 1t Is doubtful If 1t will be ready for action on Monday.
 The House likewise refused to