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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18
U. 5. THREAT
 SPURS ACTION BY SHIPPERS
Vessel Owners HurriedIy Negotiate with Strik-
 ing Seamen
(By Associated Press)

A threat by the United States Maritime Commission to take over Il strikebound ships today brought ship operators and A. F. L. Seafarers International Union representatives to a hurried conference at We hauken, N. J.
 The commissions ultimatum was that unless arbitration proceedings were started immediately the Fed eral Government would requisition the vessels concerned. The struck ships have been held in dock for the past six days by the labor dispute. There are seven ves- sells lying idle in New York. two at New Orleans, one at Boston and one at Mobile, Ala.
 The union called the strike Sat- urday, demanding increases above the $60 month now paid by some 1 lines as war bonuses on trips through menaced waters.
 West Coast reports said that the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific today was preparing to join the walk out unless the shipping companies met the demands of the Atlantic seaboard strikers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18
.aIko'ut at kansasCity
 Continuing
Regular Light, Power Serv- ice Maintained by
 Non- strikers

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 18.- The AFL electricians today con- tinued the walkout but the metrop- oils enjoyed regular light and power service nevertheless after the sud- den blackout early yesterday morn- ing.
 Skeleton crews of striking employees are operating the power houses of the Kansas City Light and Power Company
 The strikers, however. voted last night to continue the walkout which has been stemmed by jurisdictional disupte of the AFL union which rep resents $50 company employees, and has demanded it also be al- lowed to represent 200 other work CTS members of the independent Union of Utility Employees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18
7 Reports On Mystery
 Explosions

STOCKHOLM, Sept. Is Ac- cepted most generally today as the cause of the explosion which yes teday cost Sweden three modern Gestroyers was that a torpedo had been mishandled on one of the ships.
 Another report in civilian circles said that boiler explosion aboard the destroyer Goteborg set off the blasts, which also sent down the Klas Horn and Klas Uggla, lying at anchorage in Harsfaerden Fjord, south of here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18
Marthds 10 Hold
 Business MeetinQ

Meeting tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, members of the Society will hold a regular business meeting. Mrs. J. J. Stocker and Mrs. Baggen will be hostesses,
 During the afternoon, the mem bers will be addressed by Mrs. Le- roy Huntington, who will tell them about the Philippine Islands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
n SHARED DUTY

President Roosevelt, in naming his
new National Defense Mediation Board
oIso set down the guiding principle OF
labor relations in times like these. He
said. in his executive order:
ut is hereby declored to be the duty
of employers and employees engaged in
production or transportation OF moter-
iols essential to national defense to
exert every possible effort to settle oil
their disputes without any interruption
in production or transportation"
As general budapest thot stands
out fair and cIeor. Neither employer or
empIoye should toke lightly todoy the
responsibility for falling to exhaust
completely every ovenue Of Cancellation
and mediation, including the newly
created board, before allowing de-
Tense industry situotion to become q
strike.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
Fother ard Son Were
Presidents Of Bolivia

TN United States. John Adams
1 second President. lived to see
his con, John Quincy Adams in
augurated 20 sixth President, the
only time In U. s. history that
son has followed his father into
the nations highest ONCE.
Bolivia has similar Patterson
combination In the Ballivians, Jose
and Adolfo. But the elder Balli-
Wan died a years before his son
took the oath Of Office. Jose Balli-
Wan, the father, u pictured on
Aollvia's stamp, above. Adolfo Is
also included Ia philately's presi-
dental 1allery.
jose Ballivian fought for Bolivi-
an independence under Lama,
continued his army career under
Presidsnts Sucre and Santa Cruz.
attaining he rank Of general. In
io4i, shortly after Hallivian's cleo
ton % the presidency. Peru IN
vadsd Bolivia. Ballivian defeated
The Peruvians, was hailed - the
savior o. his country. He was
ovorthrUWvn By . revolution n
iol7. exilod 10 Chile. He died n
AraIil In 1852.
AAollo Dallivian. The son. shared
Ma fn0hGrso oxile, later Yves banned
g. ~ homeland when dictator,
~--a nenNrN1 vy6o0 o20etDf
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25

small dog biscuits tucked under
the elastic W q is { b n d Of her
practice shorts, and flips him
one whenever Alderman isn't
looking.)
The pup was the runt of lit
ter and nobody much expected
him to live when he was given
to the Crooks syhungster. Ger
tainly nobody 0lGhght he'd turn
into one of Hollywood's smart
est performers. He hadn't even
been trained to sit up or shake
hands when Alderman first saw
him. Visiting the boss kid, the
prop boy discovered the little
dog eager and willing to learn.
He had seen trainers handle
dogs SO he tried the same meth
DDS on Buttons. When Miss Pow
ell started talking b out her
search for a new partner, Acker-
man suggested his pupil.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books q

After anything reaches Us
peak, decline and decay set In.
So it is with the Gaunt family,
sturdy enough in themselves but
full of inharmonious elements.
The story of John and Carrie
Gaunt and their children, Henry
Morton and Sylvia, is told In
Light on Mountain" by Ger
aid Warner Brace putnam:
$3.50. Struggled in their Yer
mont valley home, the Gaunts
try desperately to exist as q fam
lily and might have succeeded II
Morton had not brought Marie
home to live with him and his
wife.
IC>is Marie who starts all the
trouble and against whom all the
bitterness is directed by the elder
Gaunts. But Sylvia and Henry
understand that she Is only IN
instrument. Had it not been she,
ii might have been someone else.
The Gaunts have known the
mountain all their lives, and YET
il casts a strange shadow over
them---sometirnes of fear, some
times of ecstacy, as II the search
for pure truth began at the TOP o.
the mountain.
Between Sylvia and Henry
there is complete understanding
But with Morton, there II always
trouble. Morton Is headstrong,
cruel, vindictive, passionately
devoted to the power Of brute
strength. II is he who does most
of the work on the farm, but 1t is
Henry and Sylvia who really un-
dcrstand the hills and appreciate
the farm.
When Morton brings home
Marie and dumps her uncere-
moniously into the midst Of the
family circle, il II the beginning
of the end. Marjie Is weak, un-
adaptable. Work piles up, on
Mrs. Oaunt and Sylvia. Sylvia
doesn't mind, but Mrs. Gaunt's
bitterness turns into hatred that
leads the whole family into {
swirl Of unpleasant events.
Mr.. Brace loves this New Eng.
hand country and has . deep un-
Outstanding and appreciation 81
the rich characters Of its people
When the Gaunt family decays
Il u not because Of their weak
nesses but because Of their In
dividual strength.
"xlsht On . Mountain" = {
! elqEy q "a families = -, 1aol
IN 11 80 w r.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
NE GAVE THOUSANDS A HOBBY

Long the close companion Of ex-
plorers, natural scientists. and every
day photography enthusiasts, the leico
miniature comero is focusing today the
worlds good wishes on its inventor.
Or. Ernst leitz. who recently observed
an anniversary at his home in Wetzlor.
Germany.
When Leitz's revolutionary little
comero first appeared in 1924, it was
difficult to SELL Slow to recognize its
usefulness, the world is now glad to
honor this pioneer. His constructive
idea hos contributed enjoyment thot
knows no national boundaries. The
news reminds Us Of the good that hos
ccme cut Of Germany in the post ond
which undoubtedly IS still there ond
4 puble OF bonsfitino the world. If al
\ - ssprosslon.
4tt-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
By LUCE NEVILLE.

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD - When writ
ing about Eleanor p ow e liz 3
dances for Lady Be Good" I
didn't have space to tell you
about her new partner. He's bet
ter than Fred Astaire, nimbler
than George Murphy. and can
look more woebegone than Bud
dy Ebsen.
He's Buttons" a pup whose
ancestry is cross between a fox
terrier and q beagle, with the
funnier points of each breed re-
tanned.
This dance with a non human
partner is something Miss Pow
ell has been planning for q long
time. She thought of introduc-
ing comic strip characters but
rejected that idea as too fanciful.
There didn't seem to be any ami
mails that could learn as intri-
cate routines as the dancer likes.
Then they found Buttons.
Normally, the dogs owner is
14-year-old Arlene Crooks,
daughter of M-G-M's head prop
man, but actually. Buttons be-
longs to Propboy Jackie Acker-
man, who trained him, and to
Miss Powell, who is completely
nuts about him. There's consid-
cradle undetermined rivalry for
his affections, with each slipping
him snaps of hamburger.
UNFAIR DOG
WINNING PRACTICES
Currently. Miss Pow Is
ahead, with Buttons Juggling her
slippers around and scratching
at her dressing room door when
ever he hears her voice. (Also,
the dancer carries q supply OF
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
SO THEY SAY

The newspaper in its relation
to democracy Is first Of all Q
paper of news.-Trank L. Mott,
director, Iowa School Of Journa-
lism.
Times may change but what
remains forever unchanged Is
American generosity. Jean
Barraud, Marseilles official vel
coming an American Red Cross
ship.
We stand today q united CONT
nent, united not for aggression
but for social betterment and
self-defense. Sumner Welles,
undersecretary of state.
After the war our first con-
sideration must be he soil itself
and its welfare.--L. F. Easter
brook, British farm expert.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
) HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

The phrase working l k e q
dog" never was as true as in this
case. Dancer and pup practiced
for six weeks before the number
was filmed, but that's an unbe-
lievably short time considering
that Buttons wasn't movie-train-
ed. The first tough trick he
learned was to make a Figure 8
around and between Miss Pow
ellis feet as she commanded
Get through"
ASTOUNDS
ANIMAL TRAINERS
The first time Miss Powell
started to tap, the noise threw
Buttons off completely, but as
soon as his ears were accustom-
ed to that, the dancer began us
ing finger snaps instead of spok-
en- commands. Finally, n e e
were eliminated a n d the pup
learned to cue to music-which
most animal trainers say is i'm
possible.
AS q finale to the dance, But
tons leaps over a table and sofa,
landing on the dancers chest,
and the two collapse on the
couch in q free-for-all romp.
To the dogs and his trainers
credit, everybody was SO sur
he'd be letter-p rife Ct in the
dance that the music was record
ed in advance. Also, h,'ll 60 all
through the picture and Miss
Powell keeps the script depart
ment busy writing in new scenes
and gags for Buttons.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
BY VIM. Z. McKENNY
Americas Card Authority

am not inclined to sympa-
thize with the fellow who claims
hard luck on a bridge hand. l
usually feel that the claim of
hard luck Is unwarranted, but I
really believe Joseph Low, of
New York. has q legitimate claim
to the prize hard-luck hand Of
the year.
My partners and sat North
and South respectively and we
bid the hand Is shown. I think,
incidentally, that we should have
got to four spades.
Low (East) played the ten Of
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
III HIGHT s 'bIIW EEN
FORCE AND REASON

Cold chiIls and cold feet would be
simultaneously justified II the United
Stotes were now undertaking the tosk
Of forcing every country IN the world
to become democratic republic like
our own government.
That IS not American policy. When
we tolk of oid-to- democrocies, we to!k
in pretty general terms. Whot We reolly
mean is Acknowledgements
The American people ond the gov
eminent Of the United States believe
in live and let live" We believe in the
rioht Of all peoples to set up the kind
Of government thot suits them best. We
did not interfere when Russia, Italy ond
Germany set UP oovernments which
were repuIsive to U.s. It was only when
they began imposing those forms on
other countries thot we began to worry.
The President has spoken Of Four
Freedoms-freedom Of speech and ex-
preston, freedom to worship God &C
cordino to conscience. freedom from
want. freedom from feor. He odded,
however, thot all are not Immediately
ottoinoble throughout the world. He
has no illusion thot they con be inn:
posed by force on any people, ond the
United Stotes hos no such intention.
Whot we stand for is thot all coun-
tries ond all peoples shall have the right
to choose their own institutions; thot
when they have so chosen, other Peo-
pIes sholl not by force or threot compel
them to change. to to yield precious in
dependence and freedom.
Thot is the key to the whole matter
Thot is what unites in spirit and pur-
pose such otherwise diverse people as
the British, the Greeks, the Turks, the
free sections thot remain OF Holland,
Belgium, Norway, France, and the rest
OF the dozen overrun countries.
Should Hitler be detected tonor-
row il is certainly unlikely that oil
these people would form governments
and institutions on the same model
even on our model. We would not Try
to make them do so. The cool and the
hope is that they will oeree on an inter-
notionoI order in which reason and
peaceful settlement Of controversies
will take the ploce Of q perpetual mo-
ton arms race the bullying Of the weak
by the strong, and force as the sole or
bitter OF events.
Thot is democracy as applied to the
international field q plain rule OF
live and let live" Democracy in the
long run means simply the willingness
to respect others rights as equal to
ones own.
II is to achieve this'kind Of peoce-
fdI and reasonable order in the world
that we have thrown our weight into the
scale, not to insist thot every country
must have senate and q house OF rep
resentotives and quodrenniol elections.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

clubs on his partners opening
lead. I refused to win and he
returned the club Jack, which I
won with the ace. West played
the three, showing me at least
five clubs.
A diamond was played to dunn
my's queen and . diamond re-
turned. When West dropped the
jack, shifted to q small spade,
put on the queen from dummy
and Low won with the king.
At this point most players
would return the deuce OF clubs,
thereby defeating the contract.
Low, however, had planned .
brilliant defense. He returned .
small heart and won with the
king. I assumed, ~ Low had
hoped would, that he had no
more clubs.
My plan was naturally TO con-
tinue with another spade finesse.
But first I cashed the king Of dia-
monds. discarding dummy's last
club. ~
Here the calamity occurred.
Intending to play the seven Of
diamonds, Low actually dropped
the deuce of clubs. and ! did not
notice IT, When I took the spode
fInooDe, Low won, but was uEs-
able - lead the club % Wet, MOI
odly that. but ~ he'd - ~ -
two ovteks Soe the rsvoks. wAleA
i1yoo1D(y eost ~ - ~ tkleIe1
go 9ecsS ~ T. - Z = ;! = 1
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
: BEL HIND the NE
M WASHlN GTON :

JWSSW &SvvrxvvSsN.T ~ ~tU 49, Snkfl
unless some way can ~ tol6
to spreod out the detenoQ \
benefits, or until the doto0 4
effort raises the general prooss'
perity to such o lsvel that tl6a'
non defense orsos ore Carried
olone in O flood tide Of rsccv~t
cry. ss y.
The ideo Of moving workers I
from the oreos which reed res
lief into the oreos which hove
q defense boom Is generally
frowned on. Past experiences
has proved that big MICRO
tlons Of lobor have been dir
ostrous failures unless corr
fully prepared for. end tn.
thermors, II isn't the unsklIled
relief worker who is wonted
in the defense industries whene
the highly skilled lobor short
ooe pinch is felt sufficiently
to make employers say Ouch!
Another and most important
foctor is that there ore todoy
more workmen than there ever
we're before, more people Who
need jobs. In the lost 10 yeors
there has been q net increase
Of s million potentiol Job hold
ers, and this figure you con
balance neotIy against the s.
million people now unemPloy-
ed.
In other words, there ore now
more people eoinfully employ
ed than there were at the Deok
of the boom in 1929. In still
other words, the depression
now. so far as unemployment
is concerned, Is just obout as
acute as il wos in 1880 and
1881, and from only O third
to a half better than II wos
in 1882 and later years when
there we're from 9 to II mill
lion unemployed. No one. OF
course, knows just how many
there we're.
WPA PROJECTS NOW
HELP DEFENSE EFFcRT
WPA connot and must not
be written off as q total loss
to the defense effort. It was
only q few years ooo, when
Congress was in the big-heort-
ed mood to spend millions for
relief but not one cent for
defense, thot WPA was given
projects like building military
oirfields and naval yard docks
and machine shops. And todoy
WPA labor has completed or
is working on no less thon
200 defense projects costing
in all $3.50 million. ir"iess
than six years. WPA hos buik
orFimproved 5000 buildings
for army and navy, 500 oir-
ports, 1900 new oirport build
ings.
Also to WPA credit ore the
vocational refresher courses
which ore now troining ZS,-
600 unemployed. formerly
skilled workers, so that they
con toke their pieces IN de-
tense industry.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
1885
Several local women attended
the Republican Women's Feder-
alton Of Michigan, held In Flint
Mar. %.
The Monday Musicale devoted
its program to American music.
with the Tuesday Musicale OF
Detroit as guest artists.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
steps for organization of Cub
packs In Mount Clemens and st.
Clair Shores were being taken
this week.
Emory T. Nunneley has been
appointed to a three year term
on the city planning board to
succeed H. j. McGill, whose
term has expired.
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1906
The baseball season opens here
on May 16. The Mount Clemens
team will play nine games.
James Wood has 30 bustboats
laid up in the lighthouses and
soon will be getting them on the
water for the summer.
40 YEARS AGO TODAY
1901
The Eastman will open In
formally on March %, and hold
formal opening on April /.
Frank Peltier has rented the
Pequignot building on Front
street and is planning on OPEN
Ing q cafe.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
r. H. Hayward has made .
handsome crayon portrait Of the
late Miss Alice Olde.
william Cleflke announces a
Easter ball at his favorita Star
Hotel, Cady, on next Monday
evening.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1854
Chariss 0rossbeck VIII start
hin stavo mill next voek md
proposes % run ie St4adily.
John y. Oiehl 10 nd ~
o.vek o9a boa|neqg - ~ q,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25

Lxcie NeptIls u ptnch.httttn0
for Paul Harrison, n0to touring
army camps and defense indus-
tries.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25

\ Jhere tslro law on the statute books
4 e alltno folks to n,oke room for q
4 fincled Child. But there is q divine
n " sWritten on the hearts OF men con-
sfyusnlr0 them to make ploce tor our
S1ntl1,n Toms, Dicks, and MoYs," so
\ lsdks HEY too may enjoy the great
\ EN- Ieoe of doing their daily work and
Nh 81 forced through physical hondi-
I sIcps 6 live q life alone and oport.
For the past sixteen years. the Mo-
stcnb County Society for Crippled Chit
0ton hos quietly sought out these
n tancsters, who through birth injuries.
jI,fnnfile pofolysis, or numerous other
s4f;rrjlnd conditions, faced the world
T,((s ot least two strikes on them. Over
ct,oy ti.oJsund such children in this
t6g,1tv have been treoted or trained.
kerol have been under the supeVis-
1oei ofE HE Society from boyhood
I1lsrcuch high school.
ne recIoimino Of. q crippled child
i(ss6laoh tie painful process OF surgery:
4 (i1 wears of coruolescence; special
Y = GG4 TOR little hands and minds, thot
\ 3i,1 go He locin0 Of q shoe mighty
q I133oI, Mn on he iodd to recovery; is
NV. very costly. And nearly oil OF
~ crippled children come from fom-
llses W. are unable to pay the price OF
IItptsnf.
4 V3,en the State Officials at Lons-
lhos duced aid to niegordly propor-
'5licNS tfe0e years ago, il looked like the
III ~ the world to many and many q
Alnuhoster. The County Crippled Chill
drons Societies have been able to
sf,ouIder part OF this burden, but there
shS stilt . snountoin Of work to be done.
s;ln Aprll, 1910, survey in Mocomb
CountY showed that of the 100 odd
I6s nov under our supervision. 81 are
Sc 5nmnediote reed Of operations. while
s wsro put ia the deferred classified
81. This means maybe they'll get their
dance and moybe they won't.
DUrtno the post sixteen years,
c,osst 325, 900 hos been collected
Jjoen generous eivers in this county to
~ spqnt on milk and mitts. clutches
and led liver oil, coots and costs. braces
ond boots, ortificioI limbs. and the end
sIess coll for special shoes to fit deforn,-
"a ond crippled feet. With the excep-
! tion Of tie few dollars, which have gone
u further the work OF the Michigan
Society for Crippled Children. it hos all
beeE1 spent on our own children.
You will Be colled upon, in the next
threo weeks, 10 contribute to the l94l
Eot4of Scot Sale. An "oII out" contribu-
((ous lrlN you will Be answered by 100
I <t III small voices, giving proyerfuI
s. M 2 4l2ot locomb County still has so
n dam nice people.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-25
Dy pgTgR gpSoN .
Daily Menitss Wsshiasten

CovrospondeMt
WASHING Any hops
YOU may have hod thot the de-
tense proerom; by greeting q
lot Of new jobs. would wips
out WPA, now seems rother
remote. And with. that 3D.
mission, you begin to wonder
lust what there moy b 10
the Beautiful Dreamer Wake
Unto Ne theory that We Of
anyone else con ever spend
our way back to prosperity.
even when we spend for such
ephererol stuff as bottleships
and bullets, mode to DO de-
stroyed.
lis simply not In the cords.
In the first place. the Presi-
dent has transmitted to Con-
oress the National Resources
Planning Boord recommends
ton for q six-yeor public
works program to old post
war sterilization. ond the
WPA, without waiting for con-
qressionol cotton, has olreody
set Up q new unit to stort mok-
-
ing plans to put in q reservoir
to be drawn on when ond a
the defense effort eollopses
These two moves indicate the
administration has no thought
Of folding UP relief work
ooencies.
Frank A. March, who ho.
teen director Of the project
control division of WPA II
Washington, hos been made
national director Of the new
lone-ronee planning unit. onc
while there has not been time
to prepare q detoiled 'proorom
there are indications thot j
will consist mainly Of super
highways. swimming pools
sewers ond such. So those arr
the things we may be spending
for when national defense l!
over.
DEFENSE SPENDING SMALL
IN BIG WPA AREAS
In the second place, defens'
spending is not spre q {
evenly, like soft butter owe
the national breodline. Tn
butter knife was wiped Oft OF
the crusts, with the result tho
the old industrial cost and tn
new industrial west and tn
Buffalo to Milwaukee oreo o
the Greet Lakes region sc
the biggest eobs Of govern
mental gravy. And the cen
ter of the loot gets compare
lively none.
Putting it stotisticolly, q
per cent Of the defense con
trocts oworded thus far hov'
been in areas representing onI'
% ner cent Of WPA EMPLOY
ment. Putting it t'other wa
round, 80 per cent Of the PEG
ole on WPA live in areas which
get only 20 per cent Of tn
contracts. Four out OF fiv
don't have much chance o