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Evening star., 1941-09-18
Paper Clips, Rubber
Bands, Carbon Paper
Shortages Foreseen
Business Office Supplies
Made Increasingly Scarce
By Defense Demands
BY JAMES FREE.

Defense supply shortages today
threaten to extend to every business
or professional office in the country.
And the shortages might very well
affect all users of typewriters-and
even pencils.
The Office supplies situation has
not yet assumed serious proportions,
but it is developing fast and some
dealers say that at the present rate
they will be completely out of stock
of a number of important items in
six months.
Already dealers report difficulty
in obtaining deliveries Of paper
clips. staples, typewriter ribbons,
steel filing cabinets and furniture,
carbon paper, rubber bands, PEN
ellis and certain grades of paper.
Rubber Bands Tighter.
We've been told that we can ex-
pect only limited supplies OF paper
clips and rubber bands" one dealer
said here today. I'VE don't know
vet lust how drastic cuts in these
or other supplies will be. But it
seems to be getting progressively
more difficult to obtain normal de-
/ liveries."
Tightness in supplies of filing cab
inets, metal furniture, paper clips
and staples is due. of course, to di-
version of metals to defense use.
Some pencil orders are being held
up, it seems, partly because OF the
rubber erasers and partly because
of the use Of brass to faSten the
erasers. Curtailment of graphite i'm
ports from Vichy-controQed NADIA
gascar has also had its effect on
pencil production, defense officials
declare.
Figuring Profits.
Moreover, unusually heavy de-
mands of defense agencies and
plants for pencils have cut down on
available stocks.
One expert predicted that pencils
produced in the future might not
write so distinctly and would have
a rubber substitute eraser inserted
in the wood instead of attached
with band of brass.
Typewriter ribbon, may become
scarce largely because of transporta-
ton handicaps in getting from Eng
land the high grade of cloth used
in their manufacture heretofore.
Corner in Ribbons.
Apprehensive of shortage Of
typewriter ribbons. the War Depart
ment. according to reliable sources,
recently planned to buy virtually
all available stocks. but was dis
suaded from doing so on the ground
that this would handicap seriously
work of many defense plants and Of
fees aiding indirectly in the de-
fenSe effort
Carbon paper troubles are at
tributable to the fact that particular
types of wax used in making it, pre-
viously obtained from Germany and
England. are getting scarce.
Many pigments and dyes used in
coloring paper are being offered in
reduced quantities, if at all. And
chlorine, employed in bleaching pa
per. is being diverted to defense pro-
duction; thus leading to the fore
cast by some that ordinary writing
paper and paper on which maga-
zines are printed will have yellow
ish color in the future.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Bombing U. S. Property
Justified, Peru Holds
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LIMA. Peru. Sept. 18.-The Peruv-
ian Foreign Office said yesterday
that Peruvian planes had bombed
the property of a United States
company because Ecuadorean troops
were being concentrated there in
preparation for aggression against
Peru"
The announcement. in reply to
Ecuadorean charges, said also that
Ecuadorean war elements" were
being transported on ships belonging
to a United States banana company
1t added that during the bombing in
question Peruvian planes did not
drop their projectiles until they were
fired on by Ecuadorean anti-aircraft
guns.
An Ecuador dispatch Monday said
Peruvian planes bombed three from
tier villages,
Evening star., 1941-09-18

by agreeing to have all goods ac-
counted for at current world con-
trolled commodity price levels rather
than wait for the end of the war,
thus risking the possibility of higher
prices then prevalent.
The decision is realized never
theless to be one for the United
States authorities to take rather
than for their British counterpart
and it Is understood that President
Roosevelt himself is anxious to play
leading part in determining the
broad lines of policy governing the
problems concerned"
Evening star., 1941-09-18
British See Delay
In Fixing Prices Of
.Lease-Lend Goods
Discussion Said to Be
Proceeding on Methods
Of Accountoncy

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Sept. l8.-Well-informed
financial sources predicted today
indefinite delay In fixing basis Of
prices on which Britain plans
eventually to repay the United States
for lease-lend supplies.
They reported that discussion was
proceeding on methods of account
ancy to be used in fixing the value
of the delivered goods. but "the
difficult nature of the problems en-
countered' is likely to defer final
settlement.
The Financial Times said lone
school of thought maintains that
Britain would do best for herself
Evening star., 1941-09-18

settlement of all price levels is
known to be regarded as a very
subsidiary problem to the major
basic issues aroused by the scheme" :"
Evening star., 1941-09-18

TIL epaper said special attention
was being given to prices on cotton
tonnage due for shipment under the
Lease-Lend Act. and added that
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
WE'RE ALL INITToGETHER

A Jewish toxi driver who oot shot
going to help an Irish cop was dischoro-
ed from Catholic hospital and pre-
sented with q new cob by on English
dealer and q nedoIion-Iicense by re-
firing Scotch cob driver.
They we're Americans oil. the no.
tionoIities mentioned being merely ref
erences to obvious ancestry. 1t all hop
Pened in New York the other doy. on
aftermath Of the Fifth Avenue hoidup
shooting Of Jon. Ia.
There was no thought Of racial orr
gins or religion when guns started pop
ping and frenzied feet pounded the
sidewalks. They we're oil in it together;
the instinct to help wos automatic, in
stontoneous.
In the foce Of q ereoter crisis, ought
not the same instinct to stick together,
help one onother, to come noturolly to
the surfoee, without thought Of roce or
creed?
OF course. We're all in this thing
together.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Newsreel companies are

=. Newsreel companies are
quarreling with army author
tiles again, the specific beefs
about being loft out of import
ant events while certain govern
ment officials have commented
ON the newsreels' lack of in
terest in the national defense
program. -. A Los Angeles
theater, ballyhooing Greek war
relief, has its in lobby display
A wax image of Clark Gable as
a fluffy-Skirted Evzone.
"Charley's Aunt" q COM
edy first staged in London in
1893, has been purchased by
20th-Fox at a reported price Of
$4,000. 1t has been done by
clmost every high school dra-
matte club during the past 80
years and twice has been made
into movie. It's revival on
Broadway recalled it to Holly
woods attention, and the price
paid is an indication of movie
mems lingering respect for the
judgment of anyone connected
with the living theater. In
-cidentally, the price Buddy De-
Sylvia fin lily got from M-G-M
for Panama Hattie" was $140,-
900, highest figure p; id for a
stage hit this season.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

ing bid may be made in a six
card major (but not q minor)
suit with only two-plus honor
tricks in the hand. With six
card minor suit, you still need
two-and-one-haH to bid.
These requirements apply to
any position from first to fourth
hand.
East's opening bid on today's
hand made use not only of this
newly reduced requirement, but
also of the new provision that q
singleton in the hand is counted
as plus value"
The four-heart contract was
easy. South took two spade tricks
and East ruffed q third spade.
The ace of clubs put dummy In,
and the three of hearts was led.
North played low and East play
ed safe by finessing the seven
spot. The play Of the ace would
have cost him the contract, II
North had had both heart honors.
North South could not profit
ably have sacrificed Z four
spades, because East could have
ruffed two clubs, and q three
trick set would have given East
West 500 points.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
WILLK!E GET on
ANOTHER SPOT

wendell Wilkes oppeor.
once before the Senate COM
mittee conducting hearings on
the Ieose-Iend bill will place
the ex-Republicon candidate
on another Of the spots he has
manifested q monio for getting
on. He will be the first witness
who is right fresh from the
scene Of cotton. all the others
having been long distance ex-
perts. As such. whot M. Will
kie hos to soy will Be more
than the one day sensations
earlier witnesses have been.
Members Of the sdministro-
ton who louded his pre- depor-
ture stond on old to Britoin ore
prepared to give him . big
hand, and Republicans who
have been domnine him ever
since won't love him more.
WiIlkie himself is tokino
steps to see that whot he hos
to say will rot be forgotten. He
is scheduled to make the LIN.
coin Birthday spseeh before
the National Republican Club
in New York. and his before
Philadelphia" bsckers. stu
loyol, say thot he will loter
moke lectures ond write mooo-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Deserts Hide Scors
OF 1000 Years of War

THE lo-British conflict on two
= African fronts is important in
Europe's crisis, but the god Of the
Nile, pictured on the Italian East
Africa stamp above, sees these
campaigns as minor engagements
in struggle that has continued
Tor more than 40 centuries. Great
&, er conquerors than Mussolini have
won and lost empires in the des-
serts Of Africa.
The kings who built the Pyra-
mids sent armies to battle in the
desert; Assyrians and Persians
conquered Egypt. Alexander ex-
tended Greek power to include the
north Of Africa.
Rome destroyed Carthage in the
3rd century B. c. and Augustus
took Egypt as a prize Of conquest
in 80 B. c. Decline Of Rome's
power made the Mohammedan
conquest easy in $40 A. D. The
Crusades included an African ex-
petition.
Napoleon ran into trouble when
he launched an African campaign.
Construction of the Suez Canal
during the 10th century introduced
British influence. but final peace
was not effected without prolonged
struggle.
Italy gained Q foothold In Africa
late in the 18th century, gained re-
venge for defeat at Adowa In
1893 by conquering Ethiopia In
1895. combined Eritrea, Ethiopia
and Italian Somaliland into .
single colony-Italian East Africa.
Italian possession Of Libya dates
from 1912, following the Italo.
Turkish war.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
90 YEARS AGO TODAY

On Tuesday night, for the
fourth time in . year, Mt. Glenn.
ems was inflicted with Uncle
Toms Cabin. First was the
Mason & Morgan troupe. The
big audience left the hall de-
claring that Uncle Toms Cabin
was well enough, but they want.
ed no more Of II. The Wilkin.
sons came and drew 4 lar4o
crowd, which went away say
ing that that was positively the
last dose Of Uncle Tom that
would 20 down. That old fraud;
Garry Hough, came. A large
crowd declared altar tls ehow
that II they were ever caught at
Uncle Tom again they wished
10 be treated % malefactors ana
miscreants. George =. Stevens
came Tuesday night, and the
opera house was full, the crowd
being made up q the same per-,
sons that attended the o$ha1'
shows. 1hky went home vowin1
and declaring @ oue man thae
r ever enanaFod b. Unele Ton
aeain, thsy desired - b taered
ana fsothorod, hung, drewn ana
chartered, and 0thefwioe hor.
rih1v tf00tod
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

lord Hauser, her vegetable-juice
man, planned to be married at
Nassau during a yachting trip,
with the D. & D. Of Windsor as
guests. But the cruise was cam
celed and the vow-taking post
poned.
Borrowing from the title Of
Babes in Arms" and the story
of Strike Up the Band" Met
ro's first picture for Shirley
Temple probably will be Babes
on Broadway Mickey Rooney,
judy Garland and Shirley will
be Broadway brats who win re-
cognition by putting on their
own show. Not even the incredi-
Bile. haywire touch of Director
Busby Berkeley could spoil
such a combination or such a
well-tested formula. Maria
Dietrich, daughter of Marlene,
s being groomed in drama for
the cinema. =.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
: BEHIND TIE SCENES
m WASHlNC TON :

zine orioles on Ills Nrst.hond
observotions in Europe.
Willkis Is reported totolly
uninterssted> in who becomes
COP. notionol chairman when
Congressman joe Martin ~.
sions on March a. He Is TOP
much the free swinging Hoo
SER to stay hitehsd 10 any sst
principles, party doonto. or
program. And whatever his
woy. he will 90 Il alone, the
darling of the newspaper pho
toorophsrs ond the heodoehe
of politicians.
Wee President .Wolloee's
trip TO Mexico resulted In.
among other things. the ssrd-
inc north Of q couple Of set.
tins Of turkey eggs for the De-
psrtmsnt Of AorieuIture's OK
psrimertol form at 6sltsvi'le,
Nd. Long interested in de-
velopina small turkeys for
small fomily dinner tobles,
Wallace found Two breeds in
Mexico which may do the trick.
One is q Bronze and the other
q White Holland. II the eggs
hatch and the pouIts have big
brsosts, the problem may be
solved. - . A distiIlsr IN
psoric IS tsyine to make Scotch
whiskey os good ss the import
Cd vorieties, ond the peot bog
business In Massachusetts,
Wisconsin. Florida ond Colitor-
nis is looking UP. The smoky
tosts Of reoI Scotch comes
povtIy from cooking the nosh
over slow burning peot fires.
30 eThe Nelson Rockefeller
committee to coordinate cul-
turol relations with South
America. port Of the defense
setup, hos some colossal ideas
on ROW to do the Job. Big ex-
port industries noy b osked to
buv advertising space In Some
200 Of South Americas news
popers. Or q visit Y. S."
travel cd campaign NAV be
launched. with iunkets Of South
Americon newspaper men to
write Orioles for home con-
sumption on what we're like.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
COURT RESTRICTS OFFICIAL
DlCTATloN

The Secretary Of Agriculture re-
centlv announced thot the New York
milk marketing order would be sus-
nended Februoy %, l94l, unless an
\ enforcement to the order was submitted
to the vote Of producers. and accepted.
attorneys ror the Doirymen's League
Cooperative Association, Inc. ond Il
other cooperotives and individuals took
cotton to holt the suspension order ond
restrain the Department Of Agriculture
from conducting q referendum on the
proposed amendment.
The District Court Of the United
stotes in Washington. D. c.. upheld the
plaintiffs. The Secretary Of Agriculture.
according to the court, had bosed his
moves on the theory thot he wos octin9
ia accordance with departmental
policy" The presiding judge observed
that il bod merely beer an effort to
"droooon the voters into octin0 under
threot. He observed that "deportmen-
tat policy had nothing to do with the
marketing agreement oct. It was the
intent ond policy embodied in the act
that the Department Of Agriculture wos
required to observe. Unless the morket-
Inc order operated contrary to the in
tent Of the stotute, the Department OF
Agriculture wos bound toobide byit. So
HE court held.
Il is obvious thot if the Secretary
at Agriculture could demand orend-
snents to marketing orders under thrSdf
of Suspension of the whole order. it the
fpnmers did not vote yes" on the
tfnendments, then the fundamental
nphts Of Lace, 600 formers working
isnder marketing agreement Progroms
;lnovernment estimotes1, would be wip-
"a out. The smooth working mochin-
cry Of officiolism could cheat them Of
their birthrioht to vote. free Of coer-
cion, on measures offectino their wei
fore. The.cose was orgued ond decid-
"a on these lines.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Csrrsspsndc lent

HOLLYWOOD - Behind the
screen:
For years, Billy Gordon, an
assistant casting director at
Metro, has been looking over
actors applying for roles and
teiling.most of them they were
not quite the type. So the other
day, Gordon went before the
draft board. A doctor looked
him over and told him he
wasn't the right type.
Only thing wrong with that
anecdote Is that Gordon wasn't
exactly heart-broken at being
turned down. A better turn
about story involves Lew Sher.
rill, q talent agent, member Of
q large group much maligned
as blood-sucking 10 per centers.
Well one of his agents clients
fell desperately i'll the other day
and needed q TRANSMISSION. Sher.
rill went to the hospital and
gave 10 per cent of his blood.
Two screen writer's, Ivan Golf
and Jack Scholl, have done a
musical called "You Asked for
IT," In which they poke fun at
Hollywood writer's who write
plays ,poking fun at Hollywood.
Movietown now has q
theater called The Hitching
Post which shows nothing but
westerns. And it's cleaning up.
Until now, local theaters never
have shown horse-opera, and
most Hollywood kids couldn't
even recognize Gene Autry or
Bill Boyd.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

THIS "a the i'm of series Ot
~ articles on the neW bidding
rxles In the 1871 Culbertson
System.
The requirements for opening
bids In the lo41 Culbertson Sys-
TEN have, In certain cases, been
reduced. For example, an open
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
I5 YEARS AGO TODAY

= Chairman Cady Of the street
commission, expects to have the
Gratiot street bridge open this
week.
The hrst anniversary of the
Hotel and Bath House Associa-
ton was celebrated 1t the Sher-
man House last night with about
100 persons In attendance. g.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Donaldson Bros. make up six
Ane carriages for a Detroit liv-
eryman.
II Il said that in their great
act Of keeping . secret, Mount
Clemens ladies are almost equal
to . big "ad" in q Newspaper.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

John H. Ahrend, new Macomb
county Welfare agent, who sue
ceeds Miss Mabel Mintern, will
take office next Monday. !;
Six hundred persons attend
ed the Mount Clemens Birthday
Balls, for the relief Of infantile
paralysis.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
GARBO WEDDING
DBLAYEDf

Producer Joe Pasternak is
planning to take q troupe to
Hawaii and make . picture,
mostly with q Honolulu back
ground. It's high time, after all
the movies full Of painted back
grounds and chorus girls Utter
buggins In hay skirts. Bob
Burns, without bazooka, is in a
huddle on q new contract. i.
I'm told Greta Carlo and Gay
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

That long.deIayed litigation
on the Price building will come
10 trial on February II.
The Methodist Church plans
Q countrywide survey Of the re-
lislous preferences and activities
Of the families In Macomb coun-
w.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

Il IL to be regretted that neither of our major
parties found space in its platform for plank
proposing IN amendment In the Constitution
whereby every adult citizen would be guaranteed
employment at living wages-Prof. Robert c.
Brooks, SwarthSnore College.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
,1y p1TgR GpsoN :
Dolly MsHltes WsshlaStsa

vVS>Ss VsNNs NV Nv WV
complicated any Issue b.
comes, the oseoter Is HE ten.
dency to r-slmpliT II By
trick words, cotch pheoss3 ond
cotch Is catch con deoote.
This is particularly true Of
current oroumsnts on ald-. to
Britoin. and II will b further
svldsnt as the House debate
concludes, as the 'Ssnots heoT-
inas droo on. and a. the issue
plods II slow and tortuous way
to q decision even now fairly
obvious.
Ham. Fish. opening srov-
ments oooinst the lease Lend
bill in the three -doy debots on
the floor Of the House. domns
the whole business BY collino
IL the "Dictotor War Bank
ruptcy Bill" Sol Bloom. on
swerina for the administrator
recognizes the effectiveness Of
this type Of logic by marshall
ING arguments TO refute' the
charge that the bill empowers
the President to give away the
Novy."
The mere MONIES ard nick
names given the bill ore furth-
er evidences Of Tire ottenpt to
over-simpIify. The "leose-
lend" toeIine by which the bill
is most frequently identified Is,
il anything. too neat O sum-
mary. The bills number in the
legislative hopper, n. r. l776.
is seized upon to label the fight
IS another bottle Of It's to
safeguard most scored liber
ties.
On top Of these. however,
is q whole glossary Of bromides
and cIiches which creep into
professional Legislative or onno-
teur back fence ond street cor
= ner arguments carried on in
any effort to settle this most
important problem Of foreign
policy since the disarmament
conference Of 20 years ooo.
TOO. TOO
CLEVER, CLEVER
Bitter enmity. name colIine
and internal discussion we
connot clifford ore stirred UP BY
Senotor WheeIer's designation
Of RooseveIt's policy as O "plon
TO pillow under every fourth
American boy"
Vet il is no more misleading
than to have that policy sum.
med up by its proponents as Z
plan to make America THE
orsenoI of democracy"
Behind such niftiss as "or
unlimited budget for orms!'
and "BilIions for defsnse-not
milIions!" the notionol debt
limit is roised to IS billions Of
doIIars-65.
Complex problems Of bosic
economy, Of capital and lobor
we ottempt to solve with Z
shruo ond O oog-Iine Of "Con.
script Wealth as Wall o!
Men," or I'VE Must Fiaht tn
War in the Foctory os Well O:
in the Field"
We must have an "Ali-Out'
defense program. We must "Dt
in l8 Months Whot Hitler Die
in Six Years" And we mus
not let the Business Is Usual,
crowd interfere. Anyone viii
does is on "Appeoser."
All this is brought UP here
to point out thot in time Iikt
these the phrose- maker is
snake in the gross, ond thu
good citizen who is hypnotize<
by him is q sop. II tokes deep
er thinking than the merl
coinage of clever bits ono
Dieces 70 win an Aroument ar 1
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
REASON FOR PRIDE

Thot the .roilrood industry is fully
owoke to its public responsibility in
these unpredictobIe times was shown
6t the recent onnuol meeting Of the As
aociotion Of American Roilroods, which
adopted the following resolution. I'm
HE operotion of q continent-wide sys-
fem Of roll transportation, each rail
road has responsibilities to every other
foilrood, and all Of them together have
re responsibility Of providing the no.
tons essential Iow-cost mass tronspor-
lotion. The Member Roads Of the As
sociotion of American RoiIroods, there
fore, do hereby renew their pledge to
whom they serve, that individually and
IN cooperation with one another and
with the government Of the United
States, they will continue to meet the
full demands of commerce and the
ncds Of notionoI defense"
The roiIroods are proving their sin
ceftty. One line may compete with an
o9heg n seeking troffic-but every line
operotes with every other line when
\ komes to serving the country's needs,
ylosrnol ond abnormal. All cooperate in
hpsUvinQ equipment. in stepping up
~ speed OF freight troins, in eIininot-
M cor shortages. This country now en-
4 ~ 'fhe. finest. cheapest and most ef-
lent roll service in history.
4 or department officiols have ex-
liyoly slNeyed RAILROAD copocitv
lesoe needs and ooreed thot the
con neet any conceivable
i emergency
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
. THOUGHTS

But he who never sins can
little boast compared TO him VIE
goes and sins no more!-N. y.
Willis.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

90 YEARS, AGO TODAY
Mrs. Richard Leuschner Is Wis
iting In Buffalo.
Q. G. Lungerhausen and An
thony Ameis are at Ionia this
week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

They destroyed the place where the truth
IL told.--Wendell Willkie. on seeing the destruc-
tion In Pateruoster Row, London publilhins CEN
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07

This is the fifth year since the outbreak, yet
there IL no sign of q solution.-Japan's Premier
Fumimaro Konoye on the China incident"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-07
CLARK GABLE
IN A SKIRT

Sheila Ryan, selected by
press fagent maneuverings as
the Health Girl" for National
Health Week, is abed with flu.