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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
ATTEMPTING
 SHORT CUTS
 TO MAJORS
Fifty Recruits Line Up for Making Running Broad
 Jump from Minors
AP Feature Service


 NEW YORK, March 20.-There's always possibility, but slim, that rookie can jump from basebalrs lower minor leagues to the majors ln one big hep. About 50 recruits try ing to make that running bread jump this spring.
 Sid Hudson made it year ago He twirled for Sanford in the Flori- da State league in 1889. And last year he was one of the rookie stars of the American league. Not many, though. can get through ticket like Sid did.
 Hal Reiser from Elmira seems most likely to make the grade this year Reiser, however, is not exactly a , rookie, for he played part of last year in Brooklyn's outfield. The Dodgers are counting on him for regular service in 1941.
 Maynard Watched
 The Giants are paying close at tention to a young outfielder from Richmond, Walter Maynard, who led 7 his league with 337 average.
 Woodrow Rich looked like conner during his trial with the Boston Red Sex a couple of years ago. Then he developed sore arm and went back to the minors. He was with Scranton last year and if he has his old stuff the Red sex will welcome him.
 Sherrard Robertson of Charlotte is 9 fancy fielder but his weak hit ting may keep him from staying with the Senators.
 Cleveland was impressed last spring by Pitcher Mike Naymick. He was with Wilkes-Barre last year and the chances are the Indians will figure he needs still more seasoning.
 The Red Sox are going to give a chance to Norman Brown, who won II and lost for Rocky Mount. Yer non Kohler's 18 and 5 record for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
PERCY'S CAFE
s T Q F
. DELICIOUS FOOD . FOUNTAIN SERVICE . REFRESHMENTS
 AT pERCY'S CAFE Breokiost Dinner or Light

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 He was referring too glowing advance reports on MT and Mrs would rather have Fright surprise by any than be held perfect Of its genre vaunted perfection making perfect target.
 Then for milf and his hurt Hitchcock turned again to the scene = Misses Shelton, Brown and English country church have Just ds covered that who started to services with them are missing Fright" the of wife who suspects her husbands murder her
 fourth take Hitchcock pronounced with genial acidity you it is getting worse and the company breaking laughter broke for lunch
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
BOWLING SCHEDULED
 FOR ELkS TONIGHT

Elks bowling will continue tonight after last nights postponement for meeting, with the Columbia Lumber Company playing Jennings. At T o'clock, the Dodge Dealers playing the George Brothers at 8:15 o'clock and the Medical Clinic playing the Triangle Inn at 9.30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
MORE THAN GOOD

TOPEKA, Kas., March 20.-A To- peka bus company awarded bonus of $25 each to 16 drivers who went through 1940 without an accident. And it's an accident. so far as the company is concerned, when an- other car hits bus standing still.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20

Flint interested Cleveland. Alex Zu- kowski won g and IA for Greenville and the Senators will look him over. The Bees will inspect Arthur John son, 17-game winner for Hartford.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

less fortunate than he. How he
inadvertently causes near
tragedy in their family, and
how, in spite of failing an Eng
lish exam, he manages to be
among those present when diplo-
mas are handed out, makes for
one of the most human screen
of the year.
The popular cast has again
been assembled, with Lewis
Stone as Judge and Mickey
Rooney as Andy. Fay Holden Is
seen as Ma Hardy, Sara Haden
as Aunt Milly and Ann Ruther-
ford as Polly Benedict. Two ad-
ditional screen favorites, Ian
Hunter and Gene Reynolds,
make their appearance with the
family in the new production.
This picture also marks the
screen debut of q pair of prom
Using newcomers, Kathryn Gray.
son, seventeen-year-old colora-
tura soprano, and Todd Harms,
son of the popular screen come
dian, Roscoe Harms. In addition
to appearing in the important
role of Andy's secre-
tary, Miss Grayson sings three
songs, two classical and one
selection. Young Harms,
who proves himself one of the
most promising juvenile finds of
the year, portrays the role Of
Miss Grayson's brother.
The newest of the Hardy Fam
lily series was directed by George
B. Seitz, who has piloted the fam
lily through most of their screen
adventures.
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goal had not been reached by
Thursday.
Today's meeting includes cap
tains and all members of both
the General Canvass Committee
and the Special Gifts Committee.
Coffee, doughnuts, sandwiches
and pastry will be served in the
Hostess House cafeteria for the
workers, it was announced.
During the meeting, entries
will be marked on a large bulle-
tin board provided to record the
progress of each team and in
dividual. Workers will not be
detained after making their re-
ports.
Flowers for the Rose Day sale
were donated by the Mount
Clemens Greenhouses, F. J..
Munt and the Brietmeyer Green
houses.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Mickey Rooney is Starred
in New Jewel Feature

Designed to strike a respon-
sive cord in the hearts of all the
family, ANDY Hardy's Private
Secretary" opened at the Jewel
Theatre Sunday for an engage
ment of four days and is herald
ed as destined to prove one of
themost ppular of theseries.
The latest Hardy Family pic
ture proves a milestone in the
life of Andrew Hardy. Its plot,
in brief, finds the young man
deep in the duties as chairman
of numerous senior committees,
and being a Good Samaritan on
the side to couple of youngsters
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

cinity, respectfully petition your
good offices In urging the i'm
mediate re-opening Of the Mount
Clemens Pottery company now
closed by strike.
CITE SALARY LOSS
I'VE represent that the closing
Of this factory II costing the
community 2 %, 900 daily loss of
payroll and IL seriously affect
ing the welfare Of the workers
and community. We understand
that a majority Of the workers
desire to return to work If the
plant can be re-opened and the
management il willing to re-
open the plant I rovided such re-
opening can be accomplished
with safety"
The petitions are addressed
to the Honorable Governor Muir
rsy D. Van Wagner.
Reese's petition to Charles e.
Doll, Pottery company manager,
contained the following de-
mands: Return Of all workers,
elimination Of discrimination, es-
tablishment Of shop committees,
review Of wage scales. continu-
alton of privileges, establishment
Of full seniority rights, REIN
statement Of men returning from
military service, improvement of
health conditions and the right
tn make additional demands.
SEEKS ACTION
The petition asserts that the
management Should initiate
whatever steps may be necessary
to return the workers, including
members Of another faction, and
a number who have no affilia-
ton whatsoever, to their jobs by
re-opening the Pottery"
Reese asserted today that Gun
der the law the Cooperative will
demand negotiations with the
company and once the negotia-
tons are completed we will de-
mand that the management taEe
legal steps necessary to effect a
ye-opening."
CLAIM MAJORITY
He asserted that the Cooper
alive can prove a majority Of the
workers are its members. Our
membership cards could be
checked against the payroll and
the signatures against the vouch-
ers, he said.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Stepping Stones to Suez
Nov 30 Greecion Islands
Lsap-Fsos Msnsuvsrs Believed
Alrsody Underway of Coost

oLONDON, April 29-R-A
German attempt 10 use Greek is
lands In the Aegean sea as step
ping stones to bypass" Turkey
in . drive aimed at Syria and the
Suex Canal was suggested today
by British observers as . logical
sequence to Nazi successes in
Greece.
First steps toward such a
'leap-frog movement already
have been taken by the Ger
mans, it was pointed out, with
occupation of the islands Of
Thasos, Samothrace and Lemnos
in the northern Aegean.
From Lemnos, the tabled isles
OF Greece extend southwark at
short intervals for some 200
miles down the coast Of Turkey,
offering q natural bridge to the
Italian-owned Dodecanese is
lands.
Rhodes, largest of the latter,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Tests your knowledge of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorita-
tive answers below:
/. If you are i'll the day of a
party and have to have a men,
Der of your family telephone
your hostess and explain, should
you call on the hostess as soon
as you are we'll and tell her how
sorry you were to miss her
party?
2. Should a hostess resent a
guests staying home from a
bridge party because she is COM
ing down with a cold-if the
guest lets her know in time to
find someone to fill in for her?
3. If a member of the family
is taken quite ill, should a house
guest leave right away?
4. When visiting a person who
is ill in the hospital, should you
make your visit brief?
What would you do if
You call on q patient in the
hospital, especially to send him
some cut flowers that very day,
and see that he has a roomful of
cut flowers
(a) Wait until he is home,
convaleScing, before sending
him flowers?
(b) Send him a ported flower
that will last for some time?
Co Send him cut flowers that
day as you had planned-so that
he will know you are thinking
of him?
Answers
|. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes. Unless the house
guest is a relative or close friend
and knows that she can be of
help-doing the homework to
allow the hostess time to care for
the person who is i'll.
4. Yes. So you will not tire
him.
Best What Would You Do"
solution-(a) or (b) would be
best.
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is less than $50 miles from Alex
andria, Egypt, and about $50
miles from the nearest point in
Syria.
British observers expressed be-
lief a German thrust at Suez
from this direction would be ac-
companied by an assault upon
Gibraltar and an intensified
Axis thrust at Egypt from
Libya.
Commenting upon the situa-
ton, the News Chronicle saw
definite indications of a German
attempt to establish link with
the DodecaneSe.
IF the Germans can establish
air bases down tine west coast of
Turkey" the paper said, land If
their agents in Syria have done
their work, they may be able to
bypass Turkey"
The Times said Adolf Hitler's
purpose appeared to be to "seize
strategic positions valuable for
putting the pressure on, or &C
tually attacking, Turkey to
establish a link with the Dode-
canese and perhaps to bypass
Turkey on the route to Syria"
Speculation on Germany's
plan of action conceded with
talk in political circles of move
to streamline Great Britain's war
cabinet in the interests of great
er efficiency.
Rumors have been current for
some time that an imperial war
council of four or Ave members
similar to the one which guild
ed Britain in the World war un-
der David Lloyd George-might
replace the present eight-man
war cabinet.
Informed sources believe that
if such a council were formed,
its members probably would in
clude Prime Minister Winston
Churchill; Jan Christian SHUTS,
Prime Minister of the union of
South Africa; w. L. Mackenzie
King, Prime Minister of Canada;
and Robert G.. Menzies, Prime
Minister of Australia.
Edgar Granville, liberal ma
tional member of parliament,
has announced he would ask
Churchill in the house of COM
mons this week whether he
would consider inclusion of
empire statesmen in the supreme
direction of the imperial war
effort"
Some observers doubted, how
ever, whether Churchill would
consent to give q direct answer
to the question at this time.
They recalled that the last
time the subject was preached
Churchill said he felt the pres
ent system was working we'll,
but that he wouldn't close his
mind to the possibility, "if it be-
comes a necessity"
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Coal

VAhA u 80 ~
tiated a wage agreement accept
your proposal without equivoca-
ton. We are ready to resume
work Immediately"
F. ID. r. REPLIES
The president replied in a
message to Gaines:
II am very happy to receive
your telegram of acceptance and
copy of a letter to Secretary
Jones that you will pay 81 q day
additional. I sincerely hope
in the interest of immediate
continuation of national defense
production that the mines can
be reopened at the earliest prac-
tical hour"
A separate letter to Jones
from the operators contained the
announcement that the south
ern basic rate would be hiked 81
a day and that relative increases
would be made in piece work.
There was no immediate COM
ment from Lewis but his as
sociates pointed out that the
UNIV had already gone on
record with an acceptance of the
White House proposal.
EXPLAIN PAY BOOST
Southern operators explained
that they voted to put the 81 q
day wage boost into effect i'm
mediately by saying that It
would rduce their contingent
liability If and when further
negotiations with the union
should result in a higher wage
rate and thus higher production
costs.
The union Is aiming for q 81
a day basic wage in southern
mines to match the 81 rate
granted by northern producers,
and thus wipe out a 40 cent diff
ferential which has been one Of
the major stumbling blocks to
the completion of a two year
wage agreement covering all
soft coal mining. Under the
contrecs which expired April l,
the north paid IS day.
Thus the 40 cent diffcrential
issue still faces the union and
southern negotiators on . retro
active basis. along with other
features of the northern agree
ment which southern producers
said they found Objectionable.
The acceptance of the presi-
dents reopening plan came In
the wake Of reports that steel
production was being cut be-
cause Of lowering fuel supplies
and railroads were reported
running short of coal for trans
portation service.
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ment debt for the 48 states and
the District Of Columbia was es-
timated at $40, 225, 900, 900 not
including $2l,021,000 in state
loans to local subdivisions.
The total public debt, includ-
ing federal, was reported as
$6S, 1o6, 900, 900 on last June 80.
OF this total the federal debt
constituted So percent; the state,
SIS percent and the local. 26.5
percent.
In 1902, the total public debt
was reported As $3,373, 900, 900.
of which $40 percent was fed
eral, 80 percent state and ST.
local.
The 1910 state and local debt
figure, $40, 225, 07O, 900, was di-
vided as follows. State, $685.
386, 900, county $2,155,817,000;
municipal, 81, 1913, 891 900; town.
ship, @20o. 827, 600; school. dis
tricts, $1.ola, $50, 900, and special
districts, $2,561, 789, 900.
'"The decrease Of $370, 600, 900
in county gross debt, from 81
33l, 900, 900 in 1892 to $685.
817, 900 in 1910, was the largest
in amount of any type of gov
eminent included in this study"
the department said.
DECLXNH SLIGHTLY
"A 9foSs municipal of $685.
100000 IN 1882 declined less
than one percent to So, 500, 891,-
/ 900 by 1910.
SCHOOL district debts, amount
ing to 92.170,000. 900 in 1892.
declined nearly II. percent to
$1,8l3,3 $3.50 900 In 1910.
Township debts shrank 18
percent, from 1888, 100000 to
$500, 600, 900 from 1892 to 1910.
debt behavior Of other civil
divisions-districts and authori-
ties-has been strikingly differ
ent from that Of the other types
of government under study. In
the past eight years, these dis
tricts have experienced a debt
increase of 81 percent - from
1881 100000 to $2,562,00O,-
OO0".
The department said that
"since 1892 the rate of increase
of revenues has exceeded that Of
public debt"
National income was reported
to have increased from $780,
100000 In 1902 to $73,800,000,-
900 in 1910.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Rites

Pallbearers are all relatives
of the former mayor. They are:
Harvey and Harry Moore, both
of Detroit, Harvey Brockman,
Ralph Cuyler, Robert STREET, and
Lynn STREET, Of Detroit.
Mrs. william STREET., who was
seriously injured in the acct
dent, was brought to st. Joseph's
hospital last night in the Hub
bard ambulance. She is suffering
from multiple fractures of one
leg.
Members of the Masonic
Lodge will conduct services at
Clinton Grove Cemetery for Mr..
STREET..
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been removed. Ashes, tin cans,
rags, paper and all other debris
will be removed, it was said.
City residents are asked to
have the rubbish in some con-
tainer which also may be thrown
away. However, If the house.
holder wishes to retain the con-
tainer, he is asked to notify the
driver or leave a note informing
him of his wishes.
Between eight and ten trucks
will make the canvass of the
city, Klockow stated.
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sered by the Utica Rotary Club
for the benefit Of the Public Ii
brary.
Doors Of the auditorium will
Be open ct z p. m. and the Per.
Torrance will begin promptly at
$50 pm each evening.
Tickets arNon sale by Rotary
members and members Of the
cast. Reserved seat tickets on
sale at Have1's Store.
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cept designations from reserve
officers during the emergency
period, Secretary Stimson pos
sessed discretionary power to
act favorably or unfavorably on
it.
In the conference the presi-
dent compared the flier and
other persons who predicted de-
feat of Britain by Germany to
the Copperheads of the Civil
War. The term was applied to
northerners who believed the
Union army incapable of vic
tory.
HITLER MEDAL?
Stephen Early, presidential
secretary, commented that Lind
bergh's resignation leads me to
wonder if he is returning his
decoration to Mr.. Hitler"
EARLY referred to an honorary
award for service to aviation
given Lindbergh on q visit to
Germany several years ago.
The White YJouse official also
was sharp-spoken in saying that
Lindbergli had released q letter
to President Roosevelt for pub
LEGATION before it was received
at the White House. Twice, he
said, Lindbergh has followed
that procedure.
Lindbergh gave out the let
ter yesterday In New York, mott
flying the President he was re-
signing his commission in the
Air Corps reserve because of
which he said the
chief executive had made con-
corning his loyalty, character
and motives.
The resignation followed q
press conference discussion in
which Mr.. Roosevelt had CLASH
fled the famous Hier with Civil
and Revolutionary war appeas-
ers.
NO LOSS?
Asked whether the President
would consider it q loss If Lind
bergh's resignation were accept
ed, Early said the answer would
be provided when and II action
on the resignation was taken by
the War Department.
Reporters said that this open
ed up q mice question" Of whe-
Their the resignation should be
accepted since It might open
the gate for conscientious OBJ
jectors to protest against any
service to their government.
Lindbergh, It was noted, would
have no duties to perform In
war time.
THE president" Early COM
indicated he wouldn't
have any duties II he continued
to hold his commission. Now
there b q commission some one
else can have"
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from Yost Custer TO Camp Liv.
ingston, L..
Other Mount Clemens youths
transferred 10 the same camp
were John W. Thomas and Harry
J. Fillmore, Jr.
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mo longer is q pleasant an
choring place for English war
ships"
Informed Germans regarded
the long, narrow island az q
springboard from which Alex
andria, Port Said and the Suez
canal could be threatened seri-
ously.
Morning newspapers in Eng
land said Nazi occupation of
Greece's Aegean islands - the
Germans already have claimed
Samothrace, Lemnos and Thas-
os might afford stepping
stones linked conveniently with
Italy's Dodecanese islands, from
which the Nazis might move
into French-mandated Syria,
thence toward Suez from the
east.
Thus, some of the papers said,
the Germans could leap-frog
past the Dardanelles, which the
Turks have declared was guard
ed by a million bayonets.
Fighting continued only on
the Peloponnesus in the south Of
Greece, sketchy reports indicat-
ing the Germans were still pur-
suing the last of the B.E.F. q
it fell back toward escape"
ports.
That the war was back on q
nerves" basis was indicated by
widespread guessing about Hit
ler's next immediate move.
Canadian Prime Minister Mac
Kenzie King, speaking to the
House Of Commons In Ottawa
yesterday, named points from
Singapore to Gibraltar ~ posi-
BILE German detectives. Some
circles In Warrington were I'm
clined TO-, agree with British
Prime Minister Winston Church.
i'll that no matter what the
Germans do elsewhere, they.
must win in the Atlantic to de-
feat England.
There were hints In London
parliamentary circles that Bri.
tain's reverses in the Balkans
might mean the abandoning Of
Churchill's eight-man .war cab
met in favor Of q four or five
man organization inclu ding
Churchill, Mackenzie King Of
Canada, Robert G. Menzies,
Austrian Prime Minister; and
Jan Christian SHUTS, South
African prime minister.
The Luftwaffe came back
again over repeatedly.bombed
Plymouth last night In \ two
hour attack. The RAJ reported
striking again 1t Brest. much
bombed port where the German
battleships Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau are reported tied up,
perhaps damaged.
On the opposite side Of the
world, the japanese press ex-
pressed increasing concern over
the United States decision to ex-
tend its western hemisphere At
lantic patrol. The newspapers
declared the United States had
moved within . step Of war with
Germany and charged President
Roosevelt with grave respon-
sibility," limiting that Britain
could not fight on alone and that
the United States was In . posi-
ton to take . hand in peace
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mate decision rests with the peo-
pie"
To another who said Tell the
President we will not give our
lives any place except in Amer
ica," she declared:
ANY American who will not
fight any place his country asks
him to fight is not an Ameri-
can"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
ODD CUSTOM

BY imprinting the dough with
their fingers in their own midi
vidual patterns, Arabs of Moroc-
co brand their bread as ranchers
do cattle. They do not bake the
bread athome, but in neighbor-
hood bakeries. The dough is left
on the door step for any passer-
by to carry to the bakery, and
then claimed there by the brands
on the loaves.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

The eight-hour working day
was inaugurated in Germany by
regulations passed In 1918 and
1919,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

Reformer says every girl in
short skirts is in danger. Yet
every man looks afteE her.