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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

the United States Marines. In.
terested only In war affairs. /
found, however, that he wanted
TO talk bridge with US. He ask
ed If there was any advantage
in the Warren slam convention,
developed by his daughter and
DR.. Robert Israel of Warren.
In this convention the ace
counts two and the king one.
In response to the four no trump
bid, you bid five clubs for a
count of one or less; five dia-
monds to show a count Of two
Gan ace or two kings; five
hearts to show q count Of three,
and so on.
told the general Of one hand
on which the slam convention
had worked to advantage. Al.
ter the two-spade response,
South felt safe In bidding four
no trump, a slam convention
bid. At worst he would land in
five hearts. for which there
should be at least a play.
But the five-spade answer.
showing q count Of four, indica-
ted that North held all four
kings, since South held al the
aces. Before the opening lead
was made. South laid down his
hand with the remark, Thir-
teen solid trickS."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
cUBA JOINS THE PARADE

Germany is oIwoys pointIvely won
derina why other notions won't treot
her on terms Of equolity. The reason
IS pIoin Germany won't act on terms
Of equality.
Cubo hos now joined in the porode
Of countries sending Nozi consu|s beck
home. Minister of Stote CortIno soIo
The government has been obIe TO
prove thot German Consul Heis'n9er
.hod engaged in activities opo,t from
those inherent in his post and which
effected the security Of Cubo:
Some old story. Same old elo'm
that thev are somehow superior, Privi-
leqed, unwilling to obide by the ordln-
ory rules observed by others. Country
offer country hos found such Preten-
sions intoIerobIe. Nobody wants to
take away from Germany such q posi-
ton in the world as It has eorned by
its legitimate achievements; tor it to
seize a position Of special privilege
this, the world will not permit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
THE FRENCH PAY

The cost Of preparedness is high.
Everybody is worried, and rightly so,
obout the increase in government debt,
the cost, il money and time and socri-
flee, Of defense.
All roods ore costly today On the
other side, tuke q look at Fronce. which
did not prepore we'll enough. -Four hum
Hred thousand froncs q doy France Poys
10 Germany for the inestimobIe priv
-iieae Of entertaining in its midst O con-:
fouerino German army. How much that
lis in money is hard to say, because O
fronce today is what Berlin soys it is.
But you can get some ideo from the
fact thot this annual indemnity Of
l46,OOO, 900, 900 francs is more than
twice Frances annual receipts, more
than all other French expenditures.
So while it costs to prepore, it costs
to be unprePored, too.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21

hesitatntly made a large sclec-
ton of expensive gifts. She
thought she'd better wait, may
be, and bring in her daughter
to approve her choices. Next
day, sure enough, in came the
lady, her daughter and son-in-
law. A moment later two pee
uliar looking men entered and
bang-bang!-shot the woman.
You can imagine that Mr.. Le-
witch was distressed. He and the
daughter and son-in-law were
helping the wounded woman out
to rush her to a hospital. Once
in the car, she commanded,
Hurry up, mister. If I'm not at
the theater in 10 minutes Olsen
and Johnson'll give me the
devil"
She was the wardrobe mis-
tress.
LIVESTOCK MEN, TOO
Whether by plan or accident,
Chic johnson has made quite
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Japan Threatens Sofety
OF Dutch East Indies

FOCAL point Of the Pacific hot.
= bed today Is the Netherlands
East Indies. q sprawling empire Of
10000 islands covering a sea area
wider than the United States.
Japans thrust southwark into
French Indo- China has made this
rich island group the most impor-
tant objective in the Pacific.
Three nations are watching ev-
cry move In this Far Eastern chess
game. Japan, Great Britain and
the United States want the inval.
liable materials Of the islands and
may fisht to get or keep them.
The Dutch really began to work
these islands q century ago. They
invited foreign capital. under
strict supervision, to exploit the
islands oil. rubber, tea, quintne,
tin, tobacco. sugar, copra, teak
wood, tapioca and sulphur. They
stamped out disease and encour-
aged native health. Such work
was honored by the government
in the 1899 stamp above which
shows q native nurse feeding an
ailing man.
The Netherlands East Indies
have Q weu.orsanized defense
consisting Of about 90 900 troops,
one light cruiser. about 10 de-
stroyers. Is or 10 submarines and
IN cir Aeet Of about 400 planes,
many y. 8. built
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21

Fred S. Sexouer, president Of the
Doirymen's League Cooperative Asso-
ciotion of New York, recently made
this sane observation on the oericuI-
turoI price prob m: prices must now
be fixed 10 give proper and realistic
recognition to costs. In view Of inereos-
ed commodity prices, increased cost Of
producing milk and higher consumer
purchasing power, ii is now Necessary
TO establish sound pr,ce relationships
in the interest of the reservation Of
AGRICULTURAL assets and to support the
national credit structure"
The former isn't making unreoson-
able demands. According to Official
government reports, the purchasing
power of foctoy workers is now at rec
ord levels, and the incomes Of these
workers have increased much more
than the cost Of living. The former, on
the other hand, is getting little more
for what he sells-yet must pay greet
ly increased woees to his help, and
must pay soaring prices for everything
he buys.
This situation cannot 90 on for long
if millions Of farm fomiIes are to be
saved from disaster. The former must
have and is entitled to return thot
will meet his abnormal costs Of produc
ton.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
|, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

q good thing out of an exchange
Of gag gifts of livestock with
friends and fans.
One fellw circulated this petit
ton: "For years Ole and Chic
have been sending pigs to bed
rooms, putting snakes under pill
lows, beans down the neckss of
their audiences, and have scared
heck out of little children and
the defenseless aged. You there
fore are invited and urged to
send them any gag lift, big or
small, alive or dead"
The result was an amazing
collection of creatures that gave
the team laugh. But they didn't
let 1t 60 at that. johnson took
all the chickens, pigs and cows
and stocked a farm in upper New
York State.
While Olsen and Johnson were
playing In Australia, where a
six-weeks' engagement stretched
to two years, they were invited
to appear at a party for the
visiting Duke and Duchess Of
Kent. Going from the theater
in their low-comedy costumes,
they pretended to be couple
Of suspicious derelicts who had
been wandering around the man.
sion grounds when picked up by
the guards. Brought into the
ballroom, they removed their
hats with impudent flourishes
and a couple Of pigeons flew
out
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
SAVING FOR TAKES

For long time it has been matter
for occasional low moaning among
Americans that they have to pay taxes
on income which in large proportion
OF eoses they have already spent
Obviously Uncle Sam cannot tell
how much you should pay on your
yeors income until the year is complet-
ed and you can report how much your
income for the year has been. Then
governmental lenienoy permits the cit
lien to pay in quarterly instolments
the tax on his income of the yeor thot
is post.
Under these circumstances large
corporations and few forehonded per-
sons with knowledge Of occountoney
put aside what they coll reserves for
toxes" "a portion Of the current years
income stmoted to be sufficient to
pay the taxes on that income when the
settlement comes back from the reve-
nue. collector.
Too n1ony Of US have gone ahead
paying Lost years taxes out Of this
years income, little concerned thot
Such q process Leaves this years taxes
as O liob,'ity oooinst next years in
come. The Treasury, however, is aware
thot the sharp increase in toxes for de-
Tense is going to be severe jolt for the
Amerjcon toxPoyer next year unless he
begins to budget or make some other
preparation for it this year.
The Treosury's Tax Sovinos Notes,
which began to be issued on August
bid obout which many must now have
rod o. heord, ore we'll designed to
1--we the purpose Of q tax reserve for
~ odd{nqty citizen ObtonobIe from
~ koA Federal Reserve Banks, or
they yield moderate in
~ ~ 1912 or 1913. They
~ pf getting oheod Of the
M ~ !octor. From the Chris
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 21-The
practical joke usually is regard
ed as the lowest form of social
enterprise, but Ole Olsen and
Chic johnson have proved that
i: also can be one of the most
remunerative of the arts.
Their thriving stage hit, Hell
zapoppin," brought proof that
people will pay good money for
the privilege of being ribbed,
RACED, embarrassed and fright
ened. Only an Olsen or a
johnson would have had the
nerve to turn out the lights on
New York audiences and show
err 'em with beans while holler-
ing Look out for the spiders!"
After "a years of practical jok-
ing on and. off stage, the come
dams ought to be totally friend
less by now, but the fact is that
they have thousands of pals and
admirers, from governors to
truck drivers, who hope some
day they may be able to pull a
successful trick on Olsen md
Johnson.
OSCAR GETS EN-
There's a good example, nam
ed Oscar Levitch, who lives in
Seattle. Levitch> is just a SUBJ
'stantial citizen who runs a Jew
elry store, but he thought 1t
would be tun to rib the Hell
zapoppin" stars by sitting in
box and reading a newspaper
and paying no attention to the
performance.
1t was funny, too, but Olsen
and johnson got hundreds of
magazines and books and bomb
arded him out of his seat. In
an effort to get even for that,
Levitch sent them chicken
and champagne feast backStage.
The comics were enjoying it,
figuring that it must be sort
of bonus from the theater man.
agement, when the caterer
brought them a bill for S64.
Next day a portly, dignifed
and prosperous looking woman
appeared at Levitch's shop and
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
~ PETER goSok
Dolly Msnlsss weshlnstea

Cosgo1p00ooWt
WASHINGTON, Aug. al
You may think Of the greet
Reconstruction Finance Cor
porotion as something thot
deals only in millions or Bill
lions Of dollars, but q recent
summary Of RFC defense loans
revealed that out Of the 81 800
millions II hos loaned 50 far to
help the defense - including
loans like $3l millions to Gen.
erol Motors to build an oircroft
engine foctory in Chicago -
there we're over $50 little pid-
din loans.
They went TO previously un-
heard Of individuals for sums
like $3.50 or $685. ,or
$86ol.3O. The curious thing
about all these loans was thot
they we're all for the some
purpose: ITO buy one training
pIone."
Whot goes on here, that the
United Stotes government
steps out TO loan q lot Of John
Doe Citizens the wF1erewithoI
TO buy 'em on oirplone? The
answer is simple. These ore
the planes that ore being used
by private flying schools in the
civilian pilot ironing program
Of the Civilian Aeronoutics
Administration. And these
schools are doing the primary
and secondary training Of pi-
lots for Army and Navy.
A short time oeo, q bank in
SomerviIIe, Mass, knocked the
eyes out Of local newspaper
readers by offering TO loan
money at s per cent simple in
terest, and no corryine chore-
es, for anyone who wanted to
borrow money to buy on dir
plane. Thot mode banking,
newspaper and eviction his
tory, for il was the first Of its
kind. Heretofore, sound, con-
servotive bankers would have
considered looms to buy planes
as extremely bod business.
Thot's why the big Reeonstruc-
ton Finance Corporation hod
to make these loons-iust to
get this business going and just
to get competent flying in
structors, who ore darn scarce
these days.
BOTH LOANS
AND PLANES SAFE
Thot these have been good
loans is Indicted by the rec
ord. Out Of approximately 100
Of them made in the first z
months this policy hos beer
in effect, more than 30 hove
been repoid in full, and not
one is in oFreors.
The sofety record in opero-
ton Of these planes is impress
sive - only one fotoIiN tor
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
s YEARS AGO TO-DAY

5 YEARS AGO TODAY
1885
Ray Callens wins Judge Of
Probate seat.
$4,000 water system pro-
posed for New Haven.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Second period for boy scouts
at Camp Rotary assured, How
ard Fenton, chairman, announc-
ed.
George A. Hines, Civil war
veteran, celebrated his 91st
birthday anniversary today.
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1905
The Ladies Aid Society Of the
First Congregational church OF
Chesterfield are holding their
annual picnic today.
A man in Port Huron was re-
stored to health, mentally, when
hit on the head with Q chair.
We have a big hard chair.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
New improvements In the
town: New single roof on the
Standard opera house; new stone
work in tho areas at the front
NJ the courthouse.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will give q lawn social
on Mrs. r. s. Avery's lawn, OPP
posite the Avery House this
evening.
1881
The Greenhelds OF Mount
Clemens and the Chesterfelds OF
Chesterfield played at Grove
Park. Score 80 to IL. In favor
of the home club. The Green
fields clean out everything they
tackle. and are without doubt,
the best team In the county.
Mount Clemens Encampmsnt
No. 81, ]. o. o. r.. was instituted
August 10 by Fayett 5. Day,
assisted by Z. H. Whitney and
pstriarchs from Detroit and
Pontiac camps.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
. BARBS

Only about one .two-billionth
of the energy sent out from the
sun is intercepted by the earth.
Indians used the wood OF the
Usage orange for making bows.
Since 1858, there have been
more than 1000 different makes
of automobiles.
Noah's ark was made OF cyp-
ress, according to authorities.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
BY WIN. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

After meeting Mrs. Albert
Rockwell in San Diego, we de-
cided to drive part of the way
back East in order to meet more
of the various groups of bridge
players. Before doing so, we
went over to Coronado to meet
Mai. Gen. j. H. Pendleton Gre
tired), Mrs-Rockwelfs father.
/ expected to find Uncle
joe" as the general Is known to
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press

RELIEF
MAYSVlLLE, KY.-Pstrol-
man j. F. Brodt, Jr., tagged q
city bus, told driver Roy Nit
chell that Mrs. Mitchell just had
given birth to q son.
The patrolman ordered Nit
chell to the hospital where he
could greet the new arrival and
said: "I'l take your place at the
wheel"
Brodt made one complete trip
over the bus route before being
relieved by q regular driver.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON

eoch tive n1Illion-0et thot-
five million hours Of flying, In
spite Of the foct that there now
are more than 81, 900 private
license pilots buzzine around
in 1000 licensed plones. all
over the country. This onnoz-
ing sofety record is reflected
by the foet that insurance
rctes on small planes have
dropped more than 300 Der
cent - from $35 to $3.50.
What is happening right be-
fore your eyes is thot the coun-
Try IS oetuoIIy being converted
to the flying oee when fIiwsr
planes will be relatively as
common as fIivvers used to be.
When the Civilian Pilot
Training Program was Iounch-
ed experimentoIIy back in
1882. it looked silly. Three
hundred boys were picked for
courses in 10 schools. They did
oil! right. Congress appropriate
ed the money TO troin 10000.
Then It roised the ante to $37
million, resulting in the bio
proerom in operotion today,
which is largely responsible for
increasing the number of H.
eensed pilots to near the lOO,-
900 mark.
1000 STUDENTS
THIS FALL
CPTP courses run four
months each, making it pos
sible to turn out three closes
O year. Summer sessions in
some $40 cooperating schools
vii! soon be closing, ond the
foil term will stort In 500
schools in September withfl2,-
600 student pilots in offend
once. The reduction in the
number Of schools Is accounted
for by the increased enphosis
which will be given to second
oN training for defense.
These students will get in
the primoY training II hours
Of ground school and SO hours
IN the oir@Those who poss will
be permitted TO take second
oY training, which gives them
on additional lO8 hours Of
ground school, plus 80 hours
in the dir. From there, the STU
dents con go right into the
Army or Navy troinin, il they
can poss mental and physical
examinations. Or they con 40
on to toke the cross country
courses Of onother l08 hours
ground school and IS hours
flying, and 90 on from there
TO receive an instructors H.
cense.
Out Of all this training
comes the reservoir Of pilot
moterioI the ormed services
ore yelling for. The side issue
is that here ore being trained
the people who will fly the pri-
vote planes when peace re-
turns TO the world, and the
country can have fun.
Originally, the cPTP pro-
gram called for training one
girl pilot for every nine boys.
With the emphasis on defense,
ond with the need for military
pilots, the eols we're cut out OF
the picture. They're still kinda
burned up about il.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
GONE WITH THE WIND

WINSTON.SALEM, N. MA
convict at q prison farm near
here literally disappeared in q
cloud Of dust.
Superintendent Bud Flynn
said a guard on duty with . crew
loading topsoil told him the pr1s-
oner was there when they
started loading the truck but
when the truck pulled out he
was gone."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
HOT DOGS

HOLLYWOOD, CALF. -
John M. Stahl, 50, who has walk
ed $40 miles since July 5, 10 rid
ing back home to San Francisco.
II get homesick every time /
see a train," explained Stahl,
who has visited IL missions dur
ing his walk for health.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
you MEN OF THE NEW Array

now serving IN me new Amy. TTOfI'
what we know Of them, from what we
have seen and heard Of them, we be-
Ieve no finer body Of men ever stepped
forward to defend their country. We
believe they will not be found wanting
when the test comes, whether thot test
is theetest of bottle or the test Of O long
course Of training without the tensions
and excitements thot drive men
through or actual campaign in war;
Because we are SO sure thot American
youth is sound and true, we believe in
the future Of the United Stotes Of
America
There have been mutterines and
mumbIines of lote, both in print and
out of it, which suggest that there is
O certain amount Of discomfort among
the men of the New Army. 1t would be
strange If there were not It's not easy
to give uo year, and then another Is
months Of ones life to military pre-
poredness. X is even harder in q coun-
try not actually at war than when war
is actually under way, for the excite
ment, the oll-embrocine high tension,
ore obsent It's all grind and no CLAM
or.
Nevertheless it is being done. Sec
rotary of War Stinoson speaks straight
from the shoulder when he tells, you
men Of the New Amy; out Of
your devotion there is being created the
most effective fighting force which this
country hos ever known in time Of
peace"
Such discomfort as exists land
there is always some, in any ornoy)
comes, we believe, from lack Of more
thorough understanding Of just what
the United Stotes is UP against. Secre-
tory Stimson, reviewing the way in
which Germany, Japan, and Itoly have,
in seven years, attacked and overrun
10 countries, shows clearly the pros
poets for actual attack on this country,
and the steps taken in building defense
outposts, to keep war away from Amer
let. He shows clear y thot the Germans
alone have trained army Of seven mil
lion, oil fanatics, and all Professionals
and veterans. In any clash even in the
outposts, against such q force, ut
would be crime against you yourselves
TO send you hoIf-troined ="
I'VE wish an army which in equip
mert, training, and in spirit :. will be
able to meet and conquer any attack
which may be attempted against any
port of our homeIond"
The mere size Of the present Amer
ioon Army. q million and q half men, is
q guarantee that no wild adventures
in foreign wars ore contemplated.
Such on army, if trained to something
approaching German finish, might be
sufficient 10 handle q situation invoIv-
ing the invasion Of one Of the outposts.
1t certoinly does not approach the huge
five or six million men necessary to any
"olI-out invasion Of Europe 1t cannot,
by its mere size, be anything but q de-
fensve army.
We have confidence in it and in
the men who make it up. They will 90
through with what the country hos de-
cided it needs for its sofety.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
HOW ABOUT DOC?

HUW AUVO1 UVOs
NORMAN, OKLA.-Universi-
ty of Oklahoma professors who
hold the title of Doctor will have
to be content with Prof or just
plain Mister.
President Joseph A. Brandt
thinks the DR.. titles are confus-
ing.
An honorary Doctor himself,
the new prexy also made 1t
known he's to be called Mr..
Brandt or just joe.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
CAN'T BLAME EN-

CHICAGO-Sheriffs in the
pioneer days Of Illinois had q
mighty good reason for guard
ing prisoners closely.
Because, q WPA writer's pro-
ject dicovered, IL was the law
that IL Q man escaped. the sheriff
must "take the offenders place,
assume al his debts and pay the
fine for which he has been i'm
prisoned." "A
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-21
So OPENING

CHICAGO-During every hot
spell the last SIX summers
William Pokorny struggled vain
~ to open a small-window of his
home. But a burglar came in
through the obstinate window,
and left the same way-with OBJ
jects valued at So.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-08
Life of Mother,
New Born Babe
Saved by Collie

DTRANT. Okla 4 collie dog
saved the life n 35-vesr-old
woman and the habv 70 which she
gave birth. unattended. IN cold
rain on country road It vas re-
vesled TODAY.
Capt Leon J Thomas u the
Salvation Army said Ms I'd c
Northrup inexphcsbly left her
husband and small daughter in
their home near Hugo Okla, late
Sunday. She wandered down 2
narrow. country road in = cold
beating rain
On the WAY. she gave birth
Ia n son. She had lain hy the
road. In the rain. from n.
m. sunday until a. m. Mon
day. when the collie led Lonzo
Caldwell. a farmer. To her.
Residents reported that the dog
they did not know 10 whom II
belonged barked several hours
during the night. and whined and
scratched at their doors. They ran
him away. Finally he attracted
Caldwell's attention. and led him
straight 10 the mother and her
baby.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-08
Plane Victims
Bodies Sent 10
Their Relatives

Finai tragic chapter n the MS
tory Of ne McChord field bomber
which crashed against = ehffside
~ Deschntes peak bringing death
70 Is crew of seven. Vas written
Friday when The TueH mortuary
shipped The bodies % respective
families for burial
The BODY n each was accom-
panied b. an army officer If equal
rank. according II The local NOR
ticiaa The one exception Of fam
lies taking charge n burial pro
cedure vas that Of FIRST Lieut.
r. " Krummes. pilot. who vii 10
inferred in Arlington national
cemetery at Fl Meyer. Va
Other dispositions follow;
Second Lieut.. Lewis D. Mackay
Lincoln. Neh second Lieut..
Charles 7. Nielsen - Eau Clair.
Wis sgt. leo II. Netting. Wood
burn Ore. sgt. Paul l.. Mas
Quincy Ill. and Sgt. Hern \.
DaVis-Meridian. Miss Body ~
Second Lieut.. John r. GELS was re-
moved 70 Seattle. his home. We'd
nesdav. Funeral services were held
Friday.