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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
d DRUcG CATION 81
Deity Msalsss WeshlsSass

WASHING An
eight year old fight between
liberols and conservatives IN
the Department Of AoricMtiys
IS ending at last with the liber-
OILS winning all olono the line.
Symbol Of the liberals VIC
tory Is the retention OF Claude
Wickord as secretory OF oori-
culture In the third-term cob
met.
In substance, the Victory
means q defect for the AA
group, led by such men as
AAA Administrator R. IA.
Evans and w. Dueoon, hsod
OF MAS southern division.
The victors' leoders ore Milo
Perkins, heed Of the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporo-
ton; c. B. Baldwin, chief Of the
Farm Security Administration,
and Howard ToIley. heod Of the
Bureou Of Agricultural econo-
mics.
The decision will mean less
emphasis on crop restfiet ton
ond more enphosis on meos-
ures to increase consumption
LESS OF the AAA program
and more of things like the
stomp plan and the form ten
ant program.
FIGHT GOES
WAY BACK
Two oetions by Secretary
Wickord recently eove the tip
off on the victory.
One wos his public settlement
urging formers to roise more
hogs to toke advantage of ris-
ing pork prices. This was
heresy to the conservatives in
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

knows where Carmen gets all
her vitality, and was she always
like this? She said her daugh-
ter was just born high-spirited,
because even when Carmen was
baby she was all over the
place and into everything and
making always the song and the
game, and that she seemed never
to sleep.
Now she sleeps, of course, and
a full eight hours while work
ing; but in all her spare time
she either swims or goes shop
ping. Doesn't smoke or drink,
ever. It is feared that If Car
men took any extra stimulant
she might explode.
Her part in 1.-THE Road to
Rio" is finished, barring retakes.
Miss Miranda said that never
in her life before had she tried
any straight acting, and when
she saw some of the rushes on
this picture she laughed until
others in the projection room
couldn't even hear the dialog.
The singing is all right,
though, and she is glad to have
had for the first time q song
in Englees. OF course the tenn
pc and lyrics are not fast like
her Portuguese numbers, but
maybe late next spring, when
she Is due to return from the
Shubert's Cray House" on
Broadway, she will be able to
rattle off the Englees muy rap
idamente.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
STORIES
. IN STAMPS

EXACTLY q year ago the Cuban
government announced plans
for the issuance Of airmail stamps
comlnemorating the death Of Jose
Maria Heredoa y Campuzano, poet
and patriot. At last these stamps
are now available. There are two
values, one Of which shows Niagara
Falls. The patriot, who once lived
In the United States, appears On
Apparently prepared while
France was still . republic n .
new French value h o a rims
Georges Guynemer, World War
ace. This r q S0-franc blue and
pictures the ace In flying toes.
The war eoes on In England but
stamp collectors are keeping right
up with their American issues. At
least, one Cleveland, Ohio, collec-
tor has received q letter from q
London friend who asks for more
new y. 8. issues, pointing out that
they are q splendid diversion In
Dc long winter nights while hud.
died IN cir raid shelters.
New Issues around the world:
Chile-oeries Of ave va1ne0
scheduled 10 commemorate IL
founding q the capital city.
PogtuGnl-tWo values maxAine
he S0oeh anniveTsary a II
founding q PortuoAl o a h6o-
pendent nation.
Hraxil-pictorisl eommemoeatlng
~ blcentsnary q he Colou3znt1on
q Porto AlaGro. Porto AaoU =
raptd1y bocoanlne one q d. ~
modeEn, impertanA eittes q 0raa1
Draxil = a1oo Issuing . NV Dgo0r
uels 81 cooslgting @ "a wilma
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
. SO THEY SAY

II our civilization is to be
saved, the religious faith of
Americas young manhood must
me preserved.
Committee on Army and Ma
Wy Chaplains.
. .
Scarcely anyone doubts that
today IL one Of the most favor
able periods in our history for
embarking on home ownership.
Dean r. Hill, president Mort
gage Bankers Association.
=
Hitler expresses what Is in the
German mind, or he would not
remain.
DIR. Carl ]. Hambro, former
speaker of the Norwegian
Storting.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
eMcKENNEY ON BRIDGE

upon the opponent on his left
hand said, II double"
Double what?" said the
player.
II double your two club bid"
But I didn't bid two clubs.
asked the waiter for two
cokes."
"well, I thought you said two
clubs"
The tournament director was
called over for q ruling. "Na-
turally, you couldn't double two
cokes."~ he said.
But" said the two-coke bid
der, ''he has given information
about his hand"
The referee looked ut the bid
der's hand, then drew him aside
from the table and said, what
do you plan to bid?"
1.-TWO clubs"
Don't you think you ought
to bid just what you intended
to, even though you know you
will b doubledf"
"Yes, I guess 80"
So the matter was settled
amicably BY changing 1.-TWO
cokeS' 70 two clubs. North's
double stood but South took Il
out and went 70 game In hearts
He made game costly BY ruling
one round q spades IN du1nnay.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books .
They used to call DODGE ctr.

They used to call Dodge CITY.
Kansas, the Athens of the Coo
Trade" hack in the helI-rdising
dogs otter the Civil War. Charles
C. LoDther knep the rtp-roarin
camp Of tents, "dngouts" and sod
houses then, harin0 come there
az child Nth his minister
father. Mr.. Lopther recalls It
tctth all ITS ttc0-0nn detail In u
book as salty as you'll find,
Dodge City, Kansas" (D0rrance /:
S2.50). 1t runs to anecdotes like
q Teras steer to short grass.
Take the Jollo,oing experience OF
the Req. Mr.. Lopther,- aesO N
Dodge City:
Just before we entered the
lobby there was q knock at q
door which opened into the din
ing room from q stairway. The
waiter. opened 1t and four men
bearing q corpse came In.
1--WE were told to bring this
party through here" said one Of
the men.
THE boss don't admire to
have no corpses lugged through
the lobby" said the waitress.
"You can take yon door to the
alley" she added.
Father now moved slowly
toward the four men who bore
the blanket-covered corpse on
q wide board, which lumber
looked a. If IL might have been
part of q wagon box.
Excuse me, Sir" he hesitated,
"but being q minister of the Cos
pei, could I be Of any service
to your"
Begging your pardon, par.
son, and thanks just the same
but the hole Is already dug
has been all winter, so it's just
q case of film in. -.
"Have you got any encyclo-
pedias In this here hotel" .
waitress was asked on still an
other occasion.
Amt seen none since we
washed the beds in kerosene"
replied the waitress.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
THE NEW tpls) ORDER

Oe0moTk ono INOIWOy WeTe tOe IlISt
of the notions to be overrun by the
Nozi mechanical horbineers Of Eur
ope's "new order" Denmark has neces-
soriIy accepted whot for it is the newt
oble. But Norway, with little more
geography on its side. is proving less
susceptible to the Nozi threot.
The news now beginning to find its
way out Of Norway in considerable
quantities indicotes that unrest hos
been increasing there for some time. 1t
indicates that similar turmoil choroct-
erizes the rule of the Nozis over other
occupied nations, even though opPosi-
ton has not yet become so overt or vio-
lent as to be observed in neighborine
Stotes with press still free to report
it to the world.
. But in Norway one Noz writer
finds himself reduced to asserting de-
fensiveIy that even Norwegian Nozis
Should have right to existw In West
ern Norway, particularly, pro-British
attitude is marked. And attempts Of
the QuisIine government" to GUST To-
col Officials in fovor of Nozis appear to
be without effect, since the people ore
reported as ignoring the orders OF the
central authority.
As long ago as November an ocute
situation arose between the govern
ment" and the Supreme Court, and in
December this eliminated in the resig-
notion of the Court. Current reports
show the Norwegian Nozis as unable to
police the country and soy they ore
compelled to call for Germon help. An
interesting sideshow is presented by
Major Quisling, who is organizing an
armed force to fight for Germany, with
himself as leader. 1t would appear that
Major QuisIing, Nozi overload in Nor
way, either is being groomed for de-
motion or is himself so uncomfortable
in his present position as to wish q
change.
Frequent reports of physical ot-
tocks by Norweeions on German police
point up picture thot looks like any,
thing but dioerom of order, new or
old. The press, no less than many Of the
people, seems to be maintaining q sui
len independence of imposed authority;
for the Norwegian Nozis complain thot
they cannot get the proper support
from. the newspapers. Indeed, reports
from Sweden soy newspapers have had
to be suppressed repeatedly for ottock-
ing the QuisIine outfit
The German Nozis in Norway evil
IDENTIFY ore learning that it takes more
than might to establish order, more
than terror to submerge the character
Of q people devoted to individual free
dom and national independence.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
: BEHIND THE. ScE1 Es
M WASHlfl GTON :

me 0ppQytu1ont VINO orouod u
,sos simply q n,eons Of Knock
Ing down pork prices oM over
oonin.
Another wos WIekord's on
nouncsment Of q supplement.
tai cotton pvooroFn, which In
effect will give cotton erowsrs
cotton stonnps rother than Gosh
for Imokino further reductions
In cotton ocreooe-o meosuse
oimed at increasing cohsunnp-
tion Of cotton goods at the
some time thot II cuts produc-
tion or raw cotton, thereby Bit
ing into the surplus from both
sides.
The oroument between the
two wings Of the department.
dates beck to the beginning
OF the New DsoI. In the moin,
the conservative group stood
for the theory that the form
problem could Be solved bycut-
ting production and keeping
prices up. II has fought to re-
tain ooricuIture's foreign mar
kets, via export subsidies. In
cutting Domestic production, il
hos consciously or uryconsc-
iousiy followed the viewpoint Of
the loroe-scoIe former, the big
plantation owner, the forming
seriousness man.
purge"
REVERSED &.
From the stort this brought
about q scrop. The other group
in the department protested
thot the AAA proorom was
making the plight Of the tenant
and the shorecropper worse,
thot only q broadening Of the
domestic market offered any
real hope. and that to insist on
keeping the export market at
oil costs would Ultimately roise
hob with the notions foreign
policy.
Several yeors oeo the con-
servotives triumphed, ond
there followed the famous
"tripIe-A purge" in which such
men as Jerome Frank a n d
Gordner Jackson we're. ousted.
But events played into the
hands Of the IiberoI bloc. The
war helped kill the reIionce on
export morkets. The existence
todoy Of a 1900, OOO-buIe
cotton cory-over hos stimuIot-
ed the effort to broaden the
domestic market, And with
President Roosevelt giving his
booking to Secretary Wickord
IN the letters siding with the
libsrols, the reversed Of the
conservatives victory in the
purge" is obout complete.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

Mrs. Francis Goodar was en-
tertained ct Z party at the Park
Hotel Saturday evening on the
occasion Of her birthday.
Hugo Walter entertained the
members Of his card club at his
home on South Gratiot avenue
Last evening.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY

FIVE LEANS AOO xVOAx
1885 -
Supt. Wade Fast sends out q
call for 80 Macomb county high
school graduates TO enter q Com
munity College at Mount Glenn
ems, starting Feb. 8. The Univer.
s:ty Of Michigan will sponsor
such . college providing enough
students are interested. All
courses will be held In the after
noon, taught by teachers sup
piled by the University.
Mrs. Allen w. Reid and daugh-
ter Janet arrived recently from
Panama for . visit with Mrs.
Reds parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. v. Groesbeck. Captain Reid
will join them here the last OF
the month.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

DR.. J. F. O'Keefe, . Chatham
physician, locates In Mt. Glenn
ems, occupying the offices vacat-
ed by Lungerhausen d Erskine.
The Monitor congrAtulstes
Hon. Harvey Mellen. repessenta-
tive from the second district, who
on Morday took 20 wife Miss e.
len Z. Proctor. . comely Armada
maiden. SN
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
BY VIM. e. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

At every national tournament
there is q good story or two,
but I think the prize story OF
all time, happened on the tourn-
ament floor at Philadelphia.
The waiter had q cart which
lie wheeled from table to table
serving soft drinks. He came up
to a table. and one Of the play
ers said: Two cokes." Where
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

Pride soeth before destruc-
ton. and IN naughty spirit BE-
fore q fall-Proverbs 1918.
Pride defeats ID own end, b.
bringing The man who sseks -
teen and reversnce Into eou-
tsmpt-DolinoeeekA. 81 NJ. ),
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

Peter Schoenherr, of Warren,
announced his candidacy for
county treasurer on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Deputy sheriff Sutherland and
wife entertained . number Of
friends last night.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
= TNolWAY ROUTE

~ IS every reoson to Toxic sotis-
IN he foot that Americon-buiIt
LII ore now flying reoulorIy on de-
~ 6wfoundtond to Britoin in
bfocks the worlds record for
at crossing.
4 sooson for satisfaction but
j)(ss EAST con fly west.
,ot An,oricon bosnbers
81 5snesjcu to Europe
I'D teo-time sneuns
elep ~ y
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

Rev. W. O. Pearson preached
his farewell sermon Sunday eve
uing. Mr.. Pearson goes -
Houghton this state. The church
here WIN probably remain with
out . pastor Tor \ time.
Harry Tayloe b another M.
Cle0sas boy who sstrikso . job'
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
Local CIVIL PROTECTION
'pART or DEFENSE

!. LOCAL CIVIL PROTECTION
RAAT or Defense
The dromotic side Of the defense
nfoorom is the race ogoinst time in the
4 uiyplone factories, the shipyords, the
tfoinin0 comps.
But there is another side which we
dare not neglect. It is not dromotic; it
A = not fashionable to mention it; it
opens one to the charge OF hysterio.
Nevertheless
ifnpertent port Of the oll-out
defense on which we now depend to
I Keep war away from the United Stotes
IS civilian projection and locol precou-
tjons oaoinst oerioi bombordnent, So
4 botuae Of voter works, bridges, tun-
nels. power stotions, oirPorts, roi'rood
yards, and other nerve centers OF urban
life.
The American Society Of Civil En-
ojneers hos had committee working
q 81 these things Since last October. 1t
works with the War Departments
archaeological Civil Protection Commit
tee and with other societies ond ogen-
cjes to make plans for civilian defense.
H there should be q sudden war. it is
TOO late to improvise such plans, and
! III events in Europe are convincing
peQof that civilian defense is q most i'm
poftont foctor.
This does not mean that we must
iinmedioteiy begin building dugouts
nr.d protecting blockouts. There lis
Noahing about the study Of these things
aisaf suggests hysterio or wor-monger-
l1o. We have been taught, bitterly. in
lie past two years, thot wor con hap
pen to any country, ond woe to him who
IS not rendy.
These civilian defense plons ofeoHd
musf be toco1, Tor every community pre-
sents its own special problem. The War
Department and the various engineer
ing organizations are urging that To-
cal, city, and stote committees begin
immediate study Of questions like this:
Whether deep or shallow oir-roid
shelters best fit the local picture, and
whore they could be built in emereen-
cies.
WIether adequate supplies Of pill
ina and other timber are ovoiloble for
quick repcir to docks and whorves in
case Of bombing or sabotage.
Whot could be done to supply emer-
oency electric current if the regular
source were interrupted.
Whot emergency sources Of water
supply could be colled on in emergency.
Whot bridges and public works
would require protection, and how to
atirctpct them. (New York has oIreody
closed all openings and covered all an
choro1es Of bridges, increased patrols,
and Supplied floodliohts.)
NIaot could be done to evocuote
civillons quickly ond without Interrupt
ting nilitory movements
Whot speciol defense problems
WOULD occur in eoch community in cose
OK wor. in addition to those problems
4ts6t would be common to all.
Since the country hos decided al
p,ost unanimously on defense as the
ltost lnsuronce against possible wor. it
nD longer sensible to ignore This phase
Stpse, which events in Europe have
NM ~ be scarcely less important
~ purely miIitor octiviN.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
20 YEARS AGO TODAY

The new telephone company
people are satisfied with business
cond. tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Hears Shooting;
Sees Man Running

The informant on the other
end Of the wire continued;
II heard shots and saw the
man running. notified Ball
when he came along later-he is
now guarding the house"
Giles sped 10 the designated
scene. IS miles from Jonesville.
and found Deputy Ball in the
highway. his hand clutching a
service gun and his eyes glued
upon cabin pcrched high up on
the mountainSide
What happened" the sheriff
asked breathleSSly.
"Old Man Brooks shot down
Redmond and Bailey in cold
blood" replied Ball.
The sheriff followed the dep
uty'S finger along a 1igzag path
that wriggled up the steep hill
side like snake a few yards
apart lay the crumpled forms
of two men,
How do YOU know il was
Brooks ."
Deputy Ball pointed up the
highway toward a neighbor's
house.
Richard SprOles heard two
shots fired from Brooks front
porch and saw the two men
drop. No one i'm the entire noun
tain country hut Brooks could
shoot like that"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Steel Door Opens,
Jones Comes In

The steel door leading from
the jail was suddenly unlocked
and a tall erect figure with white
hair and beard stepped inside.
His deeply-set eyes of steely
gray swept the room like an
Arctic blast and failed TO rest
for even a split second upon
Giles standing by the wall and
presenting a full view.
There was an expression Of
skepticiSm in Sheriff Abel $
eyes. but Giles felt he could not
be mistaken.
"HOwdy. Allen" Giles greeted
him. 81 have come TO take you
back To Virginia"
There was not the slightest
sign of surprise. not. even a
minute witch or the muscles in
his bronzed face as he calmly
said.
THE name is Jones. sir-John
III. Jones'"
But I know you as Green
Allen Brooks" the sheriff re-
taliated.
And who might you be ?" the
old man asked politely
you know as well aS do
that am Bob Giles, sheriff Of
Lee County, Virginia ."
There are charges against
me I'm Virginia >"
His attitude made Giles angry.
THE double murder of county
policeman Robert Bailey and
deputy sheriff Arch Redmond at
your home near Gibson station
on the eighteenth of July. 1896!
i have papers for your eXtradi-
ton. DO YOU waive eXtraditiOn
or will l."
ooh. yes" the preacher inter-
rupted softly. you are an officer
of the law and 1 will go with
you. But l warn you, sir, you
are making very grave mis-
take, one that is bound 10 cause
you trouble"
"I'll run that risk" the sheriff
growled. Get your things to-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Threat Completes
Criminal Case

That threat uttered by Green
Allen Brooks, when released
from Jail. now only too sadly
told the complete story.
Leaving Ball at the house to
arrest Luther Poore should he
return. and TO guard the bodies
of the slain officers until the ar
rival of an ambulance, Giles
wendell his way back down the
steep mountain path to his car.
Awaiting him there was Rich
ard Sproles, who lived 200 yards
beyond the Brooks home and
said he had witnessed the trag-
edy--
II was sitting in my front
yard" he voluntarily stated.
when i saw officers Redmond
and Bailey get out OF their car
and climb the mountain path TO
the Brooks home.
within a few minutes saw
Luther running along the side Of
the ridge back Of my place with
the two officers in close pursuit.
Repeatedly they called upon him
to stop; but he paid no attention.
THE two officers began firing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
I'd BrOOkS Trial
In Sent, 1898

Green Allen Brooks was again
placed on trial for his life on
Sept. 20, 1888. this time for the
murder of Deputy Arch Red
mond. Judge Ezra T. Carter
again presided and the same
fine legal talent, employed by
the numerous progeny of the
old man. was on hand.
The testimony was idcnticaiiy
the same as in the previous
trial with one eXccption-the
Commonwealth was able TO
show that officer Redmond was
not drinking man.
After five tense days Of a
bitterly contested battle a jury
again composed OF men of the
Cumberlands filed into the
crowded court room-and this
time pronounced Brooks guilty!
Extreme mercy on account of
his age was considered and the
penalty fixed at five years in the
prison.
The strain Of the two trials
and the months of close coniine-
ment behind bars have made no
inroadS into the physical body
Of the halfbreed backwoodSman.
The indomitable spirit Of the
mountalneer remains unbroken
and he proudly shows visitors
the many letters she still re-
celveS from erring men he had
converted 10 Christian ways in
the Texas oil fields.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Officers Drunk
Witnesses Say

Each declared the two officers
had come TO their mountain
home that July afternoon drunk
and had threatened 10 wipe out
the whole Brooks family" But
none were able 70 satisfactorily
explain the shots in the back
prima facie evidence refuting
any self-defense plea.
The mountain jury received
the case at $40 Saturday morn
ing. May %, 1888. Twice they
reported they were hopelessly
deadlocked and twice Judge
Carter sent them back for
further deliberations. At 4:30
that afternoon they announced
that a verdict had been reached
not guilty!
Although a complete shock TO
the staid Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia and considered a rank
travesty on justice. it was not
any surprise 10 the mountain
people who had damned the
court room and overflowed into
the corridor and street through
out the trail.
One and all, they were sure
"the old man would come out
all right -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Warning Went
Unheeded by Giles

But the warning unfortunately
went UNDECIDED because Giles
had confidence in the fine back
ground of the ancient back
woodsman.
Green Allen Brooks was a tall
willowy lad when the Civil War
was being fought; son of
white mother and full-bloodcd
Cherokee Indian. he proudly
traced his lineage TO the Prin-
cess PocahontaS and Captain
John Smith.
And this Indian blood prob
ably accounted for the straight.
prominent nose. piercing eyes
and agility of the aged noun
taineer who still had perfect
teeth and was able 10 do a
youths work at an age when
most men are memories.
In his long life Brooks had
been lawyer, successful business
man and Judge of Claiborne
County, Tenn, where no de-
ClSlon OF Judge BrOOkS was ever
reversed
But eventually all this was
sacrificed 10 the irresistible
yearning for the CumberlandS
and his birthplace on Lonesome
Pine.
Sheriff Giles was TO recall the
warning uttered by the pic
turesque prisoner in Judge
Carriers courtroom.
Ii was two months later, on
July 1S. 1886. that the morning
mail brought the sheriff a fugi-
tive warning from Sheriff Rid
ings of Pineville Ky. for The
apprehension of one Luther
Poore for having passed a bad
check amounting 10 $3.50.