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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 8-Be-
hind the screen: A talent scam
dial now brewing here is likely
to show that newcomers have
been victimized and their
careers squelched by unscrupu-
lous agents.
Under no circumstances are
tate-licensed talent agents sup
posed to ask or accept money
directly from clients; they're
supposed to find jobs for clients
and collect 10 per cent of the
salaries thus earned. But quite
a few young movie aspirants
are said to have reported that
they've been shaken down for
bride money by some of the
obscure flesh peddlers+the lat
ter having declared confiden-
TALLY that they have to pay
certain underlings at the stud
Jos in order to bring unknown
players to the attention of real
executives.
It's extremely unlikely that
any studio employees have asked
or accepted such biibes, but |
hear that the district attorney
office is investigating all the
way. Story is that at least a
couple of men are in plenty
trouble, having falsely posed as
agents and then pocketed the
savings of youngsters anxious
to win movie contracts.
1t was inevitable, of course.
that MarIene Dietrich would
have all her distinguished visi-
tors at the hospital autograph
the plaster cast on her broken
ankle. And the cast. contain
ing not only the signatures but
an actual impression of part of
one of the actress famous legs,
will be auctioned off for the
Red Cross.
It's hard to recall, now, how
genuinely frightened Hollywood
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08

was only year ago in anti
cipation of business slump.
Now the North American enter
tainment market is having such
boom that companies are
scrambling to buy theaters, and
more theaters are being built
than at any time since 20. The
expected spread of single fea-
lures has a lot to do with it.
It's so-long sarong for Doro-
thy Lamour during at least one
picture. Studio has scheduled
her for "Angel in Furs," with
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08

Parachute troops, predicting in
Montono, are developing techniques Of
,ottockino and putting out forest fires.
Alteody theyhove been nicknomed the
Fire Chuters."
This is On inspiring example Of .how
"a MODS developed by war con serve
~ II peocetime. Loree oirpIones
t up when the call comes from
m sfutlon. A dozen or more men
q jeop into the sky just out
III zone. They CORY much
pd more is sent down by
itifea Thus research con-
1 constructive ends as
% 1EeGs Of wor. - From
- Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON e

en- for oIlspice. and from four
to six for cloves. So the time
is too short and the lock OF
shipping spoce for imports
from the Dutch eost Indies,
nov that more rubber and tin
hove to be houIed for defense
industries, makes everyone
reolize how important these
islonds ore to the United
Stotes. Fortunately. someone
in the pepper business was
smart enou9' to foresee q
shortoee, so there is q two-yeor
reserve on hand.
II you make yours vonillo,
the next time you have one re-
member thut vanilla bean i'm
porting is O SIS million indus
try seriously effected by the
wor. France, Madagascar and
Tohiti have been principal
sources for the bourbon beans
which provide most Of the u.
S. vanilla extract. Mexico cuts
in for q sizeobIe quota Of this,
but the prices for both imports
have more than doubled.
French possessions elso con-
tribute other spices to the
shelf. principally cloves from,
Zonzibor and Madagascar.
And if you have thought it
makes no difference in your
life whether the japanese &C.
cupy French Indo- Chino, re-
fleet, neiehbor, thot the coun-
try is q source Of cossio and
both white and black peppers.
Still another effect Of the Jop-
onese war hos been on imports
Of Chinese ginger and cossio,
oil of which used to clear
through Hong Kong. Most Of
the ginger, however, will con-
tinue to come from British
West Africa and Jomoico.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
YEARS AGO TO-DAY

5 YEARS AGO TODAY
1886
A political comment from The
Monitor:
"A friend of ours tried every
store in New Baltimore the other
night and could find only four
sausages in the whole town. They
were probably hiding, awaiting
the outcome of the election"
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Scout Executive Horace B.
Ward presented a silver loving
cup to Troop Is, st. Clair Shores.
Group of 10 seek naturaliza-
ton hearings, County Clerk
Isaac A. Hartung announced.
IS YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1906
Major A. M. Keller celebrated
his 80th birthday anniversary
quietly at his home Sunday.
DIR. George M. Smith has been
elected vice-president Of the
state association of osteopaths.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Donaldson Bros, with unfail-
ing enterprise, are Handsomely
represented at the state fair.
Keiffer & Macarthur, OF the
Park House, will put in . COM
plete system of steam heating.
so YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Jno. Roskopp and Anthony
Click are up at the lakes.
The marriage of Mr.. Alex
jacob, of this city. and Miss
Rose Moore, of Chicago. e an
nounced for Wednesday. Sept.
22d, at 260l Wabash avenue.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
JAPAN MUST CHOOSE

f1OVe me HliiltOty Iu'SIS " S0PO''
decided thot nothing is to be gained
by neeotiotions in Washington? Lhot
is the most obvious meaning Of the
beIIicose broodside launched by Lieu
tenant Colonel Mobuchi, recognized
spokesman Of Tokyo's generals. His
orotuitous denunciotion Of America
and the weI-publiclzed assertion that
there must be q "long-term war against
AneIo-Amerioo" ore strange amenities
Of diplomacy at q time when Prince
Konoye is reported to have sought q
personal meeting With President Roose-
Welt to compose REPRESENTATION
differences
The simplest explanation is that
the miItory clique wos dissatisfied with
American response or that it wished to
sabotage the Prime Ministers efforts.
Yet it may be that the Mobuchi do
tribe was only another move designed
to friqhten the United Stotes into con-
cessons. Tokyo's playing up Of the
question Of American oil supplies for
Russia also looked like q noneuver for
bargaining. There is still some hope
that japan will not stop the American
tonkers going to VIodivostok Or thot
if she does, it will be with nuch-better-
thon-Mobuchi manners. If Tokyo has
been really serious in recent peoce
moves, it seems to have sought only to
eose Japanese American relations;
there is no sign Of readiness to halt ex-
ponsion and make q full settlement.
Washington might be satisfied with
q temporary adjustment which left the
United States free to devote its whole
attention to the Nozis The Stote De-
pertinent would see no advantage in
fixing up Jopon's troubles with China
unless Tokyo gove some guarantees
thot it was abandoning other phases Of
the Greater Eost Asio program Peoce
with China might only free ambitious
japanese generals for other odven-
tures
Yet even the generals must give
some heed to the japanese people, And
there ore sounder elements in japan
who must look upon "Ione-term war
against AneIo-Americo" as suicide. A.
reody the economic pressures adopted
by Britain and America ore being felt.
They can be quickly made severe But
for America, too. there is every reason
to exhaust peaceful measures
There is no real luminosity between
the countries. Both could live comfort
ably in the Pacific oreo For the United
Stotes at this time, trouble with Japan
might hamper the full use Of American
power against the main cause Of con-
fict-the Nozis Even the crushing Of
Japan would not remove the problem
Of finding ways to live peooeobly With
her.
These things explain the patience
Of American diplomacy the lost two
years. That patience has seen Japan
slip to much weaker position But
there comes time when q sterner at
ttude may better promote peooe Jo-
pon's action now will determine whe-
ther that time has come for America
From the Christian Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Queen WiIheImino Rules
Netherlands in Exile

ENGLAND is the headquarters
- for many Of the refugee
crowned heads of Europe and
among those present is 6l-year.
old Queen Wilhelmina, ruling SOW
ereign Of the Netherlands in ex-
lie.
Germany overran the Neither,
lands in four days last year. AL
though the invading troops made
q desperate attempt to capture the
queen, she 6ed to London on .
British warship, May Is, with her
key ministers and others Of the
royal family.
Unlike most refugee monarchs,
Wilhelmina still has something 70
rule over. Although Holland y
occupied, there Is still . vast, u.
credibly rich empire six times .
large @ the mother country with
Q population Of 50 million people
Wealthiest Of her possessions =
the Dutch East Indies which hon.
ored their beloved queen philateli-
cslly u the leSS stamp seev&. =
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
BY WILLIAM +. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Who is the greatest woman
bridge player in the world?
For number of years she was
Mrs. r. c. Young of Phila-
delphia, the first woman to
achieve Life Master rating.
During the last few years,
however. Mrs. A. NJ. Sobel Of
New York has made phen-
omenal record. Today the ans
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08

The $40, OOO, 900 Grof Spec brought
only So, 900 os soIvoee Those who have
tried to sen the junk man their old ice
chests and iron beds will Understand
From the Christion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
FRErpoM FOR LlkDsEReH

II IS eosv to Understand the tee'-
inns Of Observation-Disclosures City
e the lotest-which refuse the use OF
nunicipoI ouditoriums to Colonel LIMO
beroh and the America First Commit
tee. Millions Of Americans ore conv'ne-
ed that their country must TOR IT'S own
soke and for the sake Of human liberty
toke a more octive port in the defense
oooinst Hitlerism To them ony WORDS
thnt weoker Americas worettort strike
periIousIy at the Nations sofety and
the hope of decent peace.
The sense Of outrage among these
citizens is increased when other Amer
icons can come into their communities
ond use publicly controlled ouditoriums
to voice opinions which closely PoroIIeI
Axis propaganda, making statements
which are quoted with satisfaction in
Berlin. Rome and Tokyo. To those who
believe America is oreody under ottook
such octivity seems to verge on verbal
sabotage.
Yet in the opinion Of this newspaper
measures which even oPPeor to deny
to Colonel Lindberoh ond others hold
>inae his views the right to speak freely
are mistaken. They produce sympathy
and Ioroer audiences for such speakers.
Worst Of all, they overlook the foot thot
the busic and slowly-won liberty OF tree
speech requires defense Of the unPoP-.
ulor view. If the majority can suppress
any opinion, it is tempted to declare
any to be dangerous which it dIsIikes.
Jefferson sold:
If there be any among us who
would wish, to dissolve the Union
or to change its republican torn,
let them stond undsturbed as
monuments to the .sofety with
which error Of opinion'moy be tol-
eroted where reason is left free to
combat it,
Let US today rely first Of all on reo-
son to combat what we consider error
Of opinion. Let US be slow to Judge thot
the dangers from free speech ore greet
er than those from hosty efforts to
suppress it. And let those who exercise
II think seriously about the Dangers
both to free speech ond to national de-
Tense which they may promote.
Incidentally the Lindbereh speech
in Oklahoma City offers on excellent
opportunity to let reason combat error
Of opinion. The speaker is quoted as
having said:
II wos no more improbable in
1899 thot England would turn
against Finland and France than
it is todoy thot she will turn
against US if it becomes expedient.
Can the reason Of the American
people sofeIy deoI with this? We be-
lieve so. They con figure out who turn
ed" and sided with the Nozis They can
see too how unsound must be any oreu-
\ rent which stroins SO to present Brit
ain as potential enemy while over
looking octive enmity Of the Axis. -
From the Christion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
. THOUGHTS

Grudge not one against an
other, brethren, lest, ye be con-
demned: behold. the Judge stand
eth before the door james 5:9.
The worst way to improve the
world Is to condemn it.-Bailey.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
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Dolly Mentor WsshinSte~
CogTosnondanf

Deity Monttog WoshinStoW
Correspondents
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -
II you'll forgive q bum pun,
there is no spicier reodin9
onent this war and what IL does
to you than the chapter on the
spice trade. For il any business
goes into the romantic, out-of-
the-woy ports of this war;
weary sphere and really Toys
claim to being worldwide in its
romificotions, it is the interno-
tionol business that in final
transaction puts n.lo-cent tin
Of flovorine or seasoning on
the pantry shelf. With bottles
roeine all over the place. spice
men are as upset as q stomach
full Of red peppers.
Toke soee, the stuff that
gives sousooe the tang and
makes old breed crusts polot-
cble when served to you as
DRESSING Most Of the soee used
in the United Stotes before the
war come from YueosIovio.
Hitler, Mussolini g Co. having
possession of thot land. the
price Of soee skyrocketed from
10 cents to ST 80 O pound in
eight months and there just
isn't any being imported today.
France was q source Of many
spices-onise seed for sweet
pickles, celery seed, cummin
for curry and chill powder.
morjorom and thyme for pouI-
try seasoning. The United
Stotes isn't dealing in these
kinds Of spices with France
these days.
HoIIond, another big source
OF supply, olso is out Of the
picture. Those oorowoy seeds
ord poppy seeds thot adorned
rye breed and fancy rolls came
principally from the Neither
lands. Holland, too, wos q prin-
cipol source for imported mus
tord, but here is one spice that
the United Stotes can and does
grow, though not in quantity
sufficient to supply oil domes-
tic needs. For the lost five
years, about half Of the U. S.
consumption wos home grown
and the other half imported
from Holland, China, Rumonio
and Denmark. But more thon
20 million pounds q year made
it O mi|Iion-dolIor business.
Lock OF shipping spoce is
the principal foetor interfering
with trode in the spices which
came from lndio although the
SEQ routes TO there and back
ore technically open. Fennel
wos the principal import from
India. though it olso exported
celery seed, cordomon, pepper
and cummin. lroq olso wos q
source Of fenneI, and Hungary,
Bulgaria, Spoin, Portugal and
even Soviet Russia
All these temperate zone
spices used to account for
nearly So million worth OF
world trade, including the coy
ennes and red peppers from
Japan and Mexico.
TROUBLES DOWN
TROPICAL WAY
It's when you get into the
spices grown in tropical coun-
tries, the spices which can't
be grown at all in the United
States, thot you run into the
big money. This is q $40 mil
lion annual import, and this is
the value Of the raw materials
before they ore prepared OF
pocked.
A good many Of these spices
con be and ore grown in Mexi-
co and the Caribbean islands,
but it takes five years to get q
nutmeg tree bearing, six fo'
the oossio and cinnamon, sew
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
CHICKEN QUIZ


CHICAGO - Five year old
Theodore Beller was standing on
a wharf near Navy pier when
Coast Guardsmen pulled up the
body of a drowning victim.
Apparently affected by the
sight, the youngster lost his bal
ance, fell in and drowned.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
GOOD FISHING

RUSHVILLE, Ind. - Towns
people in nearby Carthage went
fishing for a hog.
The 150-pound porker ran up
the towns sewer from q mill
race into which the sewer emp
tied.
Unable to find it, searchers
tied an ear of corn to the end
of a string and lowered this
through a manhole.
The swine bit. Bystanders
seized it and pulled 1t out.
QUICK RECOVERY
SULLIVAN, Ind. -Two-year-
old Donald Mcmahon swallowed
16 straight pins and survived the
experience, and medical science
could be credited only with an
assist.
A doctor took one of the pins
out of his throat-after Donald
had coughed up the other IS.
o
RUBBING 1T IN
PHILADELPHIA - Honest"
thieves returned a stolen truck
to a North Philadelphia garage.
They didn't need it any more.
1t was used to cart away IL
tires, stripped from three other
trucks in the garage, and a drum
of oil. The speedometer showed
10 miles had been put on the
truck.
SOMNABULISM?
OKLAHOMA CITY - Glenn
Brauninger moored his plane
outside the hangar on Wiley
Post airport.
1t next came to public notice
parked in the middle of nearby
road on the other side of fence.
Airport officials would like to
know what happened.
o
GADABOUT
LOS ANGELES - Whenever
you get to feeling your age, you
might take a spin with Jake Ko-
enigstein.
The TO year old merchant
from Eminence, KY, is on the
return leg of a 7.O00-mile trip,
riding the tandem on 4. motor
cycle piloted by his son, Alvin,
20.
CHICKEN QUIZ
VANDALIA, Ill.-How many
chickens constitute q nuisance?
The city council, in placing q
ceiling on the number of hogs,
dogs and goats allowed within
the corporate limits, couldn't
agree on chickens. Some men,
bers thought IL a fair number,
others held out for IS.
Unable to agree, councilmen
scratched the chicken cause out
Of the nuisance ordinance.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
CHICAGO - Five year old
Theodore Beller was standing on
a wharf near Navy pier when
Coast Guardsmen pulled up the
body of a drowning victim.
Apparently affected by the
sight, the youngster lost his bal
ance, fell in and drowned.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-08

It's hard to recall, now, how
genuinely frightened Hollywood
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Lydia Now at
The Music Box

II IL Merle Oberon's candid opin-
lon that she l. A. last becoming
an actress. While there may Be
more than a touch u modesfy TO
the beautiful Miss oberons pro-
nouneement. she does manage To
make out a good case for her
theory.
The young English girl. who's
raven hair and deep dark eyes
won for her a series of important
roles which quickly led to star
dom. points 10 a long series Of
roles in which she was cast Just
because she looked the part. These.
parsdoxioally. included shop girls.
sirens. hslf-castes. society women
and simple country maids. Her
most recent picture. Lydia" pro-
duced by her famous husband.
Alexander korda. and released
through United Artists at the
Music Box theater. casts her as
an American. a Boston debutante.
With such a wide variety of
roles, Miss Oberon smilingly points
out that she could not avoid be-
coming an actress. As soon as
she learned to be one type. the
vagaries Of fate cast her into an
other. which was frequently the
diametric opposite. These quick
transitions from siren to good girl,
from the village queen to society
sophisticate, made her act. and
act well. whether she liked il or
not. She had no time TO be typed,
and just had To learn her trade.
In Lydia" Miss Oberon is
starred as the daughter of a So
cially prominent Boston family.
From her coming out party in
1890. TO the present day. she has
four men in her life. The film
reveals the development in her
character.
Sharing the bill Is Tanks a
Million" starring James Gleason.
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NOW PLAYING At LOCAL THEATERs

Dietrich in The Flame Of New
Orleans"
PARk-Clark Gable in They Met IN
Bombay. also Marjorie Weaver In
Murder Among Friends
PRoCTOR-EdWard c. Robinson In
Man Power" also william Lundi-
gan in shot IN the Dark
REALART-Bob Hope IN Caught In
the Draft"
REN-Joan Crawford in "A Woman's
Pace also Bob steele in The
Great Train Robbery.
SHELL - DICK Foran in Horror
Island" also Ellen Drew IN The
Monster and the Girl"
81 >>ET-Ginger Rogers in Tom,
Dick and Harry" also Hugh Sin
clair in Saints Vacation
TENPLE-Joan Bennett IN wild
Geese Calling" also Greer Carson
IN Blossoms in the Dust
LIBERTY, Pusallup - Spencer Tracy
in Or. Jekyll and MI HYDE"
RIVERA. sumner-Robert Preston in
Parachute Battalion" also Adolphe
Men1ou in Father Takes Wife"
Alan L.add. who plays a powerful
juvenile character role in This
Gun For Hire" at Paramount.
once sold ads for a small paper in
North Hollywood. his home town.
He became advertising manager.
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all his time with her. she en-
counters other men who have no
difficulty in persuading her that
she is abused and should leave
him.
But hubby knows Of his wife's
peculiarities. and each time that
she makes up her mind to get a
divorce he drops everything else
To begin an adroit attack on her
affections. How his campaigns
work out make for the delightful
humor of the film and its often
hilarious situations.
Besides introducing Miss Lee 10
the American film-going public,
the RKo Radio picture also fea-
lures Charles Winninger as her
indulgent father and Reginald
Gardiner and Gilbert Roland as
a pair of her admirers.
AS the Beverly's companion at
traction Jane Frazee. young sing
ing starlet. comes in San An
tonic Rose" with Robert Paige
as her co-star.
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The American advance. which
was temporarily stalled until York
and his buddies silenced the muir
derous cross-fire Of enemy ma
chine gunners. provided the basis
for the more spectacular heavy
explosion effects. Crews of powder
men, ranging from II to "a men
with the intensity of the artillery
action. sowed the late barley field
with powder mines. As the Yanks
advanced in waves. these mines
were exploded by electric control.
More than 5000 such mines were
exploded, as many as 139 of them
for a single camera shot.
That there were no real casual
ties beyond a few minor powder
burns and bayonet scratch or two
resulting from carelessness was
tribute to the skill of the powder
men. These experts planted their
explosive charges in steel cylinders.
so they would burst directly up
ward. Over the mines they placed
bone black, burnt lumber. This
material. exploded upward as high
as so feet. provided color and
spectacle and, except for smearing
them the hue of hlackface oomedi-
ans, was harmless to the advancing
soldiers as IL showered down upon
them.
Under such fire Cooper con-
Quoted himself as the veteran
he should he after doing is
war pictures. He was in the
thick Of the artillery barrage,
and faced the bulk of the ma
chine gun fire effects In the
scenes devoted to re-enactment
of the actual York exploit.
This engagement was filmed in
detail as the natural climax TO the
battle action. York and his 10
comrades emerged over the crest
OF a wooded ridge. surprised and
made prisoners the men OF Ter
man machine gun battalion head
quarters IN the narrow defile below
them. They had scarcely disarmed
their prisoners when enemy ma
chine gunners on an adjoining
ridge opened fire. The first burst
killed six Yanks. wounded three.
York. now in command. found such
cover as he could While his sur
wing companions likewise sought
cover AMI guarded the prisoners,
he opened fire on the enemy ma
chine gunners.
Machine gun bullets. cut like hail
around him Seven Germans at
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a mans heart
With sirens shrieking =. bullets
blazing and thrills laundering.
the radio cops burn up the high
ways in a blaze Of gun-fire
as a girl cracks down on killers
who'd rub out her dad, With no
mercy asked and no quarter
given its man against rat
for a woman's heart IN
a drama shlaze with bullet-spat-
tering. nerve-shattering action,
With killers on the loose and
terror in the night. The Officer
and the Lady will send chills up
your spine when the picture makes
its local bow Thursday at the
Riviera theater. Rochelle Hudson.
Bruce Bennett and Roger Pryor
play the featured roles in the
film which deals with a sensa-
tional war to the finish on fiendish
murderers =. waged by the fear
less radio car patrolmen.