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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
today came up for a great deal
of discussion after the game.

today came up for a great deal
of discussion after the game.
AS at my table, the South
hand in several instances opened
the bidding, but the auction soon
closed at one no trump by South
or two spades by North.
At other tables South passed,
West opened with one diamond
and North overcalled with one
spade. The final contact was
usually no trumps or diamonds
by West.
The part-score contracts by
North South were mostly made
and those by East West were
mostly not made. The match
point results thus seemed to de-
pend largely on which side
opened the bidding.
Only one North-South pair
bid four hearts and this game
was made easily. The question
asked by everyone was, how can
you get that high? Or IL our bid
ding practise faulty il it cannot
find this laid down" game?
In my opinion you should not
get to game. This II merely a
lucky hand in the play. Four
hearts Is impossible IL West
holds the queen Of clubs. Even
with the good club break, IL
East holds the ace Of spades the
contract will probably be defeat
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
ANOTHER STEP
BACK 70 the CAVE

Newest step in the campaign to re-
ds,ce Europe to rubbIe is the destruo-
ton Of the greet Dnieper River Dam by
the Russions. who would see this SYM
Dol Of 'Lenin's dream of an industrioI-
lied Russio wrecked before they would
see It used by ruthless invoder.
Finished in 1892 under supervision
OF the American engineer. Hugh L.
Cooper, With machinery built by Gen.
Ierol Electric (now oIso DESTROYED this
greet dom meant much to Russio. The
dofounirotjon to socrifice it rather
tl51 Yield It speoks volumes for the
s1o fostnesS Of Russion resistance,
~ ND Iotes. Il is one more loss for
~ ~ Eunops, and for the world,
41u Iefe n,iIitory yoIue is sue-
@ 1f11GtQn limerick:
49, WITH rsspss.
eslD = dsspsr end
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
CIVILIAN DEFENSE MEASURES

The various measures being taken
for civilian defense, practise bIockouts,
fire precautions and the like ore not
being token very seriously by some peo-
pie. They should be- Here's why:
In 1888 q British committee in
these oImost apologize words justified
its coll for such measures
THE need is not reIoted TO any be-
lief thot war is imminent Ii crises from
the foct thot the risk of attack from
the Dir, however remote it may be, is O
risk thot cannot be ignored -. cannot
be inprovised but must be made
in time Of peoce.
To such words, Brtoin might have
listened with profit in 1888 Perhops
we ought not to ignore them now.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02

be shunted around from one To-
to another as needed.
Director Mike Curtiz got into
an argument over a scene in a
script the other day, and reared:
What's so tough about 1t, the
way want it? Give me four
writer's and l could write it my
self" ~. es.,g
Simone Simon, back in Movie
town and ready to work, is anx-
ious to win back the personal
prestige lost by her tempera-
mental behavior. Except for her
name, she seems like different
person. :. John Garfield is un-
der suspension again, and pals
are warning him that unless he
quits turning down roles at War
ners he'll be 70 years old before
he finishes his seven-year con-
tract. -. Bing Crosby owns a
part of a night club, the Pirates
Den, but never sets foot in that
or any other gay spot.
Metros in a spot. About 10
years ago the company bought
70 acres adjoining its main lot
to use mostly as storage space
for sets. There are oil fields
nearby, and now biologists have
decided that at least 10000
900 worth of oil lies under the
clutter of studio equipment. Bids
are tempting, but M-G-M needs
the land. I've suggested they re-
make Boom Town" while real
ly drilling few wells.
Baseball is about to have its
innings on the screen. The life
story of Connie Mack is being
written; Sam Goldwyn is send
ing Lou Gehrig's biography into
production, and Babe Ruth is
coming to bat at 20th-Fox. -.
When Barbara Hutton was dane
ing at Ciro's one evening, and
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
BUREAUCRACY CRIES
FOR MORE

A recent survey shows that in the
opinion Of many stote utility reeulo-
tory Officials the proposed program Of
the Federal Power Commission to d.
rect the expansion Of the electric light
and power industry beginning with
l943, would be direct and needless i'm
vosion of stotes' rehts-ond would &C.
tuoIIy hamper power Development
c. c. Baker, president Of the Coli
fornio Roirood Commission, sold THE
Federal full control proposal would un-
doubtedIy preoiptote complications in
voIvine delays, Implications. waste. etc.
A continuation Of present policy
would insure adequate power supply
and service under increasing demands
with minimum Of confusion as to reeu-
Iotory proctses. Ben Carter Of the
Arkansas Department of Public Util-
tiles, sold: This country is too big and
it's various interests are too diverse and
too conflicting for any one commission
to be able to regulate wisely the entire
power industry" George MoConnough-
ey Of the Public Utilities Commission
Of Ohio, sold thot the plan would in
vode regulatory rights of stotes and
toke away fron-pfivote companies
proper managerial judgment which it
hompered would delay defense pro-
gram most seriously" So it goes, down
long list of opinions from stote regu-
Iotory authorities.
Under the established system Of
stote regulation, buttressed by suitable
Federal regulation when power in in
terstote commerce is involved, the pri-
vote utility industry of America has led
the world in improving and extending
service and lowering rotes. Under this
system, local needs ore met in the light
of local conditions The FPC plan would
extend dictotoroI Federal domination
over the power resources Of the entire
notion-ond Washington bureoucrots,
not local Officials, would make all de-
cisions.
Most serious of all, the plan would
toke this country another step along
the road to "totoIitorion" government.
Federal centralized control of all our
resources-woter power, cool, oil ogri-
culture, or anything eIse-is simply q
form Of dictatorship, whether you like
thot word or not. Government grown
too great is true democrocy's worst enc
my.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Grof Zeppelin Shown
In Poroeuoyon Stamp

CERMANY'S famous Graf Lep-
pelin 10 honored by Paraguay
in the 1893 stamp above. One of
the Zeppelin series, il shows the
airship flying over Paraguayan
terrain.
The Graf Zeppelin was decom-
missioned in 1897 after her sister
ship, the Hindenburg, blew I'D at
Lakehurst, N. J. The Graf Zeppe-
lin was placed In service in 1928,
travelled over q million miles and
crossed the Atlantic 143 times,
mainly In commercial trips 70 and
from South America.
Paraguay II one Of the two In
land countries Of South America
but has IN excellent outlet %
Buenos Aires through the Para
quay river. This river ID naviSable
for vessels of l2-foot draft a. far
as Asuncion.. Smaller boats can
travel the entire length. of the
river-some 1900 miles.
Air mail end passenger services
connect Asuncion and Buenos
Aires, and the government has
established % avis0oo school
oherA
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

to make any accurate sstl-
NOTES Of what the droin will
be on the reserves in, the trust
fund. BY the best overooes
which tn Social Security Board
hos been oble to make. the ov-
erooe benefits which an 'indi-
v;duoI worker can collect when
thrown out Of q Job Is from $40
to Sill q week for period OF
from 10 to u weeks.
IL every one Of the two mill
lion workers who may lose their
Jobs in this period Of reodjust-
ment would collect this over
oee 500. that would mean q
$500 million droin on the re-
serve fund Of ST. billion or
less than q 10 per cent reduc-
ton. And 90 per cent Of the
tctoI kitty would still be there.
The trouble with this coIcu-
lotion is thot the drain will not
come evenly. industrial stotes
will toke the heoviest rop. and
some stotes would normally ex-
houst their reserves much
sooner than others.
Social Security Boards on,I
swer to the obvious inequalities
and uncertainties Of the pres
ent systems is that the trouble
is not so much with the build
ing UP of the big reserve but
with the rotes Of benefit pay
ments, which it considers too
small and not Of long enough
duration.
Lost year." soys Ssh Chair
man Ar thur }. AItmeyer,
lover one half Of all the work.
ers receiving benefits we're still
unemployed when they hod ex
housted oil their benefit rights.
In addition, some three million
employees Of smaller sized
firms ore entirely excluded
from coveroee." a
From this. 1t is apparent that
the unemployment compenso-
ton plan, as now constituted,
doesn't do the job II should.
Thot will probably be even
more obvious Is the end Of the
defense effort means thot tho
country goes into O long tail
spin Of depression, and the
Treasury hos to borrow money
to redeem the bonds to meet
the eovy demands Of the
stotes for their benefit pay
ments.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Csrrespssdest


HOLLYWOOD, Sept. BE
hind the screen: No matter what
certain senators do about charg-
ing that Hollywood is an agency
for war propaganda, the studios
are going ahead with at least
As pictures touching on the war
or national defense.
These films all are sunfavor-
able to the axis, but in general
they are not stories of outspoken
bitterness, and nearly half are
o m d les with an American
background. Watching reactions
to pictures of the past couple of
m o n s, producers concluded
that audiences are eager to
laugh and cheer, but don't want
to be riled up. Practically all the
action stuff laid In Europe will
deal with aviation, although
there'll be two or three dramas
about the resistance and def
ance of people in occupied coun-
tries.
The newsreel companies do a
quick job of distributing docu-
mentary flashes of world events,
but one of them is about to try
its hand at forecasting news be-
fore it happens. Sounds like a
gag, but Pathe actually has hired
an astrologer, Louis de Who'll,
to pop before the camera now
and then and guess at future
headlines.
Real security is looming now
for hundreds of movie extras
and stand-ins. Daily wage scales
hav. been increased 80 that ma
jor studios will find 1t profitable
to put a flock of atmosphere
players under regular contract,
at least for several weeks at a
time. It's possible, too, that sew
eral of the big companies may
maintain a common pool of sal
aried atmosphere players who'd
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
BY WILLIAM f. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Our foursome enjoyed our
visit at Wichita, Kan. The men,
bers of the Kansas State Bridge
Association held q special bridge
party for us, at which Waldemar
Won Zedtwitz played with the
president of the association, Err
nest Wasser. l played with II.
Ben Hutchinson. the secretary.
Mrs. McKenney and Mrs. Al
bert Rockwell paired up to-
gether. None of US carried off
top honors, but we did see . lot
of fine bridge. The hand shown
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
. BARBS

The darker things get for you
the more chance there Il to
shine.
II some people didn't have
troubles. they'd have . hard
time carrying on q conversation.
Exsggeration in the war bull
letins from Berlin and Moscow
suggests that the pen still III
mightisr than the sword.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .

1886
Seven t0p-notch ClassA
schools to face Mount Clemens
High School grinders this fall.
Record enrolment of 1000
predicted for high school.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
East Detroits largest struct-
ure, the Kaiser building, pushed
back to make way for wider
Gratiot.
Junior Business Girls stage
play Friday for charity.
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1906
N. L. Miller has purchased the
Norman Whitney residence on
Lincoln avenue.
There will be a meeting Of the
Eastern Star next Friday night
at which time officers will be
elected.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
There was q brilliant wedding
at Romeo yesterday, when Miss
Louise Tackles was married to
Mr.. Fred j. Schutt, one of the
rising young. business men Of
this city.
Mayor Blake, of Canton, O. is
at the Avery. Prominent citizen
and big politician.
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Giles and Barton Hubbard are
home for a few days.
Mrs. DR.. Folsom and children
are home after q long and happy
visit at Minneapolis.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
~ PETER gDSok
Dsily Menitss Wsshlnstsn
CASan~aAaA>~A

S0S1o0p000o0t
WASHINGTON, Sept. q
President RooseveIt's an
nouneenent that stote unem-
ployment insurance fun s
might have to tide workers
over periods of idIeness in the
tronsition Of industry from CT
william to defense production
is the tip-off that this emer-
oency will give the whole un-
EN- 10y ment compensation
plan its first major test.
As many as 5000 plants
working on non-defense orders
moy be forced out Of business
because Of mobility to secure
priority on materials.
Thot means, according to
American Federation of Labor
estimates, thot anywhere from
one to two million workers will
have to find new Jobs in de-
tense industries and q good
many Of them may have to rely
for O time on their jobIess in
suronce.
In making his settlement
about reliance on unempIoy-
ment compensation, the Pres
ident mode clear that every ef-
fort would be taken to provide
q oO-doy leewoy before any
toctoV wos actually closed
down by material shortooes. In
thot time. new Jobs in defense
, industries may be found, OF
plans made to rive workers re-
troinin9 courses which will fit
them for defense Jobs. It is
only when these shifts foil to
produce results thot unempIoy-
nnent insurance will have 70
CORY the load.
ATTACK BIG RESERVES
More than ST. billion in
contributions from the 48
stotes, the District Of Column
bio. Hawaii and Alaska ore
now on deposit with the feder-
al government in the unem-
pIoyment trust fund. One OF
the main criticisms Of the CON-
pensotion plan hos been that
these reserves we're unneces-
sory-thot the plan should be
run more on the bosis Of let
ting current receipts in the
form Of payroll taxes toke care
Of the benefits paid out to the
temporarily unemployed. Total
benefits poid out since the So
ciol security oct become effec-
tive in January, 1888, have
run more than SIS billion.
What critics Of the plan there
tore advocate is q downward
revision Of the tox so thot the
reserves would not exceed the
collections ord benefits by so
greet O muroin.
1t must be borne in mind
thot the 81 billion reserve is
NOT in one pool thot can be
drown on by any or oil stotes.
The account Of each stote is
kept separately by the govern
ment, which merely octs as 3D.
administration and trustee for the
stotes, investing each stote's
contributions in United Stotes
bonds, oreditino the interest on
those bonds, and making dis
bursements to the stotes on de-
mond. Pennsylvania and Ohio,
for instance, hove reserves Of
over S. go million to their cred
it. Maine hos only 81 million.
Similarly, rotes Of unempIoy-
ment benefits poid to workers
ond the length Of time they
con be paid vary in each stote.
DRAIN WON'T BE EVEN
In considering the unem-
ployment compensation pic
A.. - .>e=:lla
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
EXPENSIVE FURLOUGH

Montrose, Pa.--Five Penn
sylvania selectees In training at
Fort Bragg, N. c., probably will
remember their holiday week.
end visit home at least for .
month.
They hired q taxi for the
1,250-mile round trip which cost
them $105 or their pay for q
month.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
A VACATION EARNED

DES MONIES, Ia. John
Summers Is one carpenter at the
Des Moines ordnance plant who
appreciated his Labor Day holt
day after two consecutive weeks
without q day off.
He Is 81 years old.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
ny the Associated Press
CONSIDERATION

PHILADELPHIA-TWo gun.
men who held up lunchroom
and four persons eating there
were considerable to ray the least.
After taking $18 from the cash
register and a wallet containing
Sc from Detective Frank May,
Jr., they returned 81 to May 80
he could see his feminine COM
panion home.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
VACATION ADVENTURE

COFFEYVILLE, Kas. - The
Fred Hoffman's vacation trip
was minutes old when a passing
car snatched off fender and
wheel.
Undaunted, they had 1t fixed
and proceeded. Then q tire blew
out. Tipped them over twice "
q ditch.
The trip to Indiana is off.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

wearing jewels to her elbows,
someone cracked "She can't
deny that that stuff came from
the 5-and-10."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
TSK! TSK!

TSK! TSK!
RACINE, Wis. - The Junior
League will operate . china
smashing booth and q light bulb
breaking shooting gallery as
main attractions at q fair to
raise funds for an orphanage.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
THE NEW DISORDER
IN EUROPE

The dull, sckenine crash Of the
ouiIIotine sounds in Paris, and the old
Sonte prison runs red with blood as the
pooes Of history flip back $50 years.
Whot is the crime Of Frenchmen
who are dying today in Poris at the
honds of Frenchnnen? They ore against
the Germons Yes, it has come to thot!
Frenchmen are dying in Poris in '94'
because they ore ogoinst the Germans
and oooinst kind of Germon system
that the German eonquerors OF 1870
dored not even try to inflict on beaten
Frsnchmen.
The script for the next act is al
ready written--written by Hitler nun
self yeors oeo in "Mein komPf." He
personally admired the stern measures
which the French took when they oc-
cupied the Ruhr, especially as the in
effective measures taken by his polit-
col opponents within Germany to de-
feot them we're grist for his mill. But
as he watched the feeble attempts OF
the Cuno government to combot the
French occupation, Hitler himself set
down what he would do if he we're the
French. What should and occupying
army do if sabotage, passive resistance.
ond sucF toctics finoiIy get in its hoir?
Hftier's answer for putMs10 rut pkostN
finish" to this "childish mischief" IN q
week was THE most violent. bIoodiest
persecution"
This, one may be sure, his vice
fuehrers in France will now carry on.
Every decent person in Fronce who hos
at any time been reIuctont to cheer
and whoop for Nozism now stands in
Danger of his life. And we may be sure,
on the formula long since established
as early as the Reichstoe fire Of 1888,
thot everyone who is orrested, killed, or
otherwise punished will be set down as
Communist p'otter.
But not by the Germans themselves.
This also Hitler noted: thot in the cose
of conquered countries there ore OIL
ways people who "contrive to feel not so
badly, since they not infrequently ore
entrusted by the crofty vctors with the
Job Of slave overseer, which these Choir
octerIess natures then exercise over
their own people, at thot generally
more heortlessIy than any alien beost
placed over them by the enemy him.
SELF"
Should there be ony in France who
seem increasingly we'll described by
such yroPhic phroses, we hope Mon-
sieur tenr-Hoye will remember that
they ore Hitler's Phrases, not ours.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02
CONSERVATIONISTS

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-Racing
drivers at the Ozark Empire
fair, fully conscious of the
eastern gasoline shortage, will
do their bit.
Their fuel will be diluted with
alcohol.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-02

The dull, sickenine crash OF the
ouilIotine sounds in Pors, and the Old
Sonte prison runs red with blood as the
pooes of history flip back $50 years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-08
MONTANAN MADE
LIEUT.. COLONIES

The army. making a drastic change
Of policy. placed the accent on youth
from top TO bottom.
In two swift moves designed TO re-
tuvenate its command, II asked con-
greSs for permission to Gust unfit Of
ficers, who constitute a real danger
to our national security" and promoted
2S6 lieutenant colonies to temporary
colonies on the basis of performance
These moves followed by a month a
request TO congress for revision of the
selective service act TO reduce from
IS to % the maximum age limit of
regLStrants subject to active military
duty. Such legislation is now pending
The entire program is aimed at full
filling army efforts TO weld a vigorous.
hard-hitting and mechanical force.
The request for broad powers TO
purge" the ranks Of unfit officers was
made by Acting Secretary Of War Rob-
ert p. Patterson in letter to House
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Patterson proposed that the army's
cumbersome retirement machinery be
overhauled completely and that the
secretary OF war be empowered to re-
move any officer-from a second lieu
tenant to a general-whoSe retention
Cou4u NOT De JuSliItd lot good ana
sufficient reason"
Removal would be recommended by
q special board Of five general officers
, convened by the secretary Its decision
would be final.
Senator Ebert D. Thomas, democrat,
Utah, promptly introduced legislation
to translate the request into action.
similar measure is expected to be in
troduced in the house
Patterson's request to GUST officers
who are unable to stand up under
the strain TO which they must be sub
jected if we are TO build up a modern
army capable OF meeting the present
demands of modern combat" is aimed
especially at commanders Of field units
1t fits into the recently enunciated
policy Of Gen. George c. Marshall,
chief of staff, that every effort must
be made to get youth, vigor and abu-
ity into this phase while brains and
experience" Of older officers can be
used in other less rigorous physical
jobs.
Lieutenant colonies among those Sc
lected TO be temporary colonies in
cluded:
Henry B. Cheadle, infantry, Lewis
town, Mont; Frank W Milburn. IN
fantry, MiSsoula. Mont
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-08
Montana
Editorials

Income paid, covering salaries.
wages, dividends, rents and benefit
payments, is running at level never
before reached. 1t is equivalent, esti-
mates the department Of commerce,
to s86,OO0O00 900 a year, topping that
for 1929 by approximately $4,000 900 900.
This is the goal all have looked for
in the last decade. Once reached, it
was to solve all economic problems,
balance the national budget and, in
conjunction with the reforms effect
ed. establish prosperity on a broader
and more lasting basis than ever be-
fore known.
That prospect was optimitically
dwelt on by President Roosevelt in his
budget message for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1870 Indicating it
was his purpose to stabilize govern
mert expenditures at or near SO ,OOO,-
0OO, OOO-more than twice the average
under Hoover-he went on to recite
that an income of between $50 ,OOO,-
100000 and $50 900 900 900, the returns
under the tax structure then existing
would be sufficient to carry the load
without increasing the government
debt That the lower of the two in
come totals would be reached within
reasonable time, Mr.. Roosevelt was
confident It was his aim, he said 1t
has been reached and passed, but cir
cumstances alter cases.
Mr.. Roosevelt, no more than any
one else. foresaw what lay ahead only
few months distant-the war began
in September, 1e39-and the effect on
this nations economy. Even as the
pending revenue bill for this year
carrying the heaviest levies the Amer
lean people have ever had 10 face, is
being reported, the president asks for
more billions to be added to the S33.-
oOO,OOOOOO already appropriated. 9th
er similar requests will follow. Thus
previous spending calculations for this
year must be revised still further up
ward. foreShadowing not only a record
deficit, but also the possibility of still
heavier taxes for next year-(Helena
independently