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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26

HOLLYWOOD, Aug ga
few hours ago I would have
guessed that I knew, at least by
sight and name and waving ac-
quaintance and performance
records. all the stars in Holly
woods Then l met Mona Maris.
Just now, Mona Maris is the
feminine menace in one OF
RKO's whodunits - "A Date
With the Falcon" The fact that
1t is not starring role detracts
neither a jot nor title from her
prominence. During the past
10 years Miss Maris has starred
in 10 of Fox'S best pictures. and
she is one of the real headliners
of this hemisphere. For good
measure, include Spain.
The pictures in which she
starred were Spanish-language
versions of domestic -doop-
ers. Few people in Hollywood
knew about the able, earnest
Latins who moved onto the sets
as soon as they were vacated by
the regular casts, and who went
through the action and Spanish
translations of the script in a
fraction of the time needed by
the Englis h-speaking COM
panies. But all the fans south
of the Rio Grande knew them.
BIG BUILD-UP
Mona Maris was better known
locally than most of her sup
porting players because she also
appeared in seven English dia-
log movies for three studios
Besides, she had had an impress
sive build-up after her discov-
cry in Germany by group oil
Hollywood brass hats on tai.
emit scouting trip.
1t was the English language
that interrupted and almost
wrecked her career. Spanish
French and German were q
cinch, but in the early years Of
talkies her English remained al.
most unintelligible, so she quit
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

participate. will not attempt
TO explain it to you, because
watching il bewildered me. l
asked a man standing near a few
questions about the game. which
he readily answered.
Then I asked, do you play
much bridge out here?' The
husky gentleman replied, "Well,
YOU know this is a one-man
country. don't think bridge
would be a healthy game to play
here. Can you imagine what
would happen If you trumped
your partners ace in this
country"
Maybe he was right-it
shouldn't he healthy for you to
trump your partners ace; but !
recall a hand in which the only
way to defeat the contract was
to trump your partners ace.
After West won the opening
lead, he continued with the ace
of hearts. Looking at the dunn
my, East had the presence of
mind to trump IL in order to lead
a diamond.
He saw that IL West could not
open the diamonds and establish
a trick by force. then declarer
would establish the clubs for dia'
mond discards IL West held nc
more than one club stopper. His
reasoning proved to be correct.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Beloions Bottle Germans
In World War ! Fashion

In World War ! Fashion
UNDERGROUND Europe today
- is a brewing cauldron Of
hatred that may boil over and
scald the lesions Of Adolf Hitler.
Stories of resistance, both passive
md active, against Nazi conquer
ors filter out OF Europe's van
pushed nations. They constitute
an ominous threat for the little
man who sits astride the rem
nants of II independent states in
Europe.
Belgium, a veteran Of UNDER
ground warfare, is lighting the
invaders at every turn as in
World War I. Since King Leopold
capitulated May %, 1910, after an
l8-day struggle, Belgium has been
an unwilling host to, Hiter's le-
gions.
Anti-G m q n demonstrations
have taken place and sabotage
operates on a day-by-day basis
At least three papers-the famous
La Libre Beloiquc, Tenir and Ia
Beige are published.
Belgium has been Spanish, Aus
trian and French. The surtax
from the stamp above, which hon
ored the 18th century monks, wss
used to restore the Abbey at Or
val. This was destroyed in 1875
when Belgium was under the heel
Of another invader, the French
Republican army. 81
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
SPREADING THE WORK,

The defense Job naturally grovi-
toted inro the hands Of the large COM
ponies best equipped to groppIe with it
directly, Immediately, and on q large
scole
Materials vitoIy needed for de-
tense naturally we're assigned to these
large industries. Meanwhile many
smaller industries, making goods not
immediately necessary in the defense
effort, and unable to get defense con-
tracts, foce shutdowns Pools of uner-
pIoynen+ ere beginning to appear in
the flood Of defense Jobs Something
has TO be DONE
The Office Of Production Manage
ment is io>ng the problem Already it
has moved to remedy the situation by
forcing TIE spreading out Of defense
work orcne smaller companies. The
OPM proposes to proceed along this
line:
Special efforts to get defense work as
signed to communities already feeling
the loss OF jobs through lack Of priority
requirement that in all contracts over
requirement thot if all contracts over
$4,000 definite percentage Of the
work he formed out" to subcontroc-
tors; negotiation Of some contracts
without competitive bidding, SO thot
some small shops con get contracts
even though perhaps tht large firms
might outbid them
Ob> iously this is not the most eco
nonnicoI way TO proceed. It seems per-
fectIy clear that some work is going to
be oIIotteA to certain towns and plants
deliberately to alleviate unemploy-
ment. rather than on q strict economic
basis. The toxpoyer will cay, again. but
it will be price incident to defense
So with negotiated contracts instead Of
competitive bids: there will be in
stances in which Bethlehem Steel
might bo able to bid lower on q Job, vel
the Dookes Manufacturing Company
be given the contract as means Of re.
Iievlne the unfilIed-order list Of BethIe
hem ord spreading the work.
Time and morale ore both element.
in defense, just os mochine guns onc
tonks. Tie proposed OPM plans look
like q way to buy some Of both BY
spending more money than production
Of the oc!UoI goods would cost if the
lowest bidoer we're always to get the
Job regardless Of time and the effect or
the morale Of smoII-plont enpIoye!
thrown cut Of work.
II might we'll be economy in the
long run t. buy some time ond morale
in this way along with the octuol goods
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
BY WIN. z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

eat Phoenix we decided not TO
return home without visiting
Boulder Dam. was anxious al
so TO see Las Vegas. So back we
headed northwest, arriving at
Las Vegas in the wee hours of
the morning.
We stopped at one Of the gam
bling places where I became in
terested in a game of panguin-
que. Played with eight decks Of
cards. any number Of people can
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON -

curly administrator oIone was
enough to endeor him to the
mosses, passing out social Sc
curity benefits, lettering edu-
cotton, helping youth in dis
tress, providing jobs for the
unemployed, improving health,
keeping the foods and drugs
pure ond properly labeled.
When on top Of thot wos piled
the responsibility Of "offordine
social protection 70 individuals
and communities suffering dis
proportionote burdens as O re-
suit of defense activity" os
the government m onuo so
feelineIy puts il, there was Gre
oted q perfect set-up for any
stotesnon or d e m oeoe to
make himself O great guy with
the voters and q buiIder-u
Of pep.
MORE FOR MekUTT
Three million dollar. were
given to McNutt as the co-or-
dinotor Of health, welfare and
related defense activities. IL is
now gone. II YOU don't feel
three million dollars worth bet
ter because of this expenditure,
thots your fouIt. a survey q
being made to see how much
more it will take to do the Job,
and il the President ever signs
the order supposed TO be on his
desk, transferring the McNutt
activities to the Office Of
Emergency Management, it is
assumed that DEM and the
Budget Bureau will get together
TO hand out more.
I'm der the circumstances,
MeNutt's "ReIoted Defense
Activities" are getting along os
best they can. Roughly, they
divide into the departments OF
recreation, nutrition, health,
and sin.
The recreation work, under
Mark McClosky, New Works
capable director Of recreation
on loan, is doing all right. It
hos q small stotf out in the
fled, actually doing something
to provide advertisement or Just
O place to sit down for soldiers
on leave.
The health program under
Dr.. Twin Abel, chairman Of the
American College Of Surgeons,
hos good ideos but no money.
The nutrition program got off
TO O bad stort in q Washing
ton conference lost spring, and
the medical doctors and nutri-
tionists are still wroneIine
about il.
The sin program. as its COLL
ed, has to do with preventing
; prostitution in the Vicinity Of
Army camps.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26

Mona Maris was born Mona
Maria Emita Cap de Vielle in
Buenos Aires about q years ago.
Her father was a French Basque,
her mother Spanish Basque.
Since she had proved her i'm
pulsive spirit with a runaway
land quickly terminated) mar
riage, her elders schemed to
cure her celluloid fever with an
overdose of the old run-around.
A letter made a fellow con-
spirator of Argentina's ambas-
sador in Berlin. with the result
that she met the president of
UFA and was given a screen test
without any film in the camera.
While she was in the studio a
prominent director g | mp d
her. made a quick but genuine
test. and offered five-year con-
tract. The shocked elders, coun-
seled by wise grandmother, let
her accept. Mona Maris had
been featured in four pictures
when Joe Schenck persuaded
her to 60 to Hollywood.
OUT-HEADLINED FDR
That wasn't so good, as five
years of effort showed. Miss
Maris is ambitious beyond the
limits of mere plushy living, and
if it hadn't been for her visit
to South America a year and
half ago she probably would
have stayed in retirement
Trouble was that press and pub
lie stormed the piers her ship
touched, and in city or two on
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
, SO THEY SAY

have no alternative but to
oppose vigorously any attempt
to tie up taxation for defense
revenue with the social security
program. - Abraham Epstein,
social security expert.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
KNOTTED

JEFFERSONv1LLE. Ga. - E.
G.. McCants killed . rattlesnake
at the front door of q tenants
house. discovered he had to pry
the porch steps apart to pull
the reptile out. Post mortem
disclosed q large wood-knot in
the snakes stomach which had
damned tight when its swallow
err attempted TO glide beneath
the steps.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr. Fred j. Schutt,
one of our active young business
men, and Miss Louise Tackles.
of Romeo. daughter OF the ex-
county treasurer. The interest
ing event will occur next Wed
nesday.
VIM. T. Moxon. Of this city,
is the architect of q new linl-
ment for man and beast;
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

The regular meeting of the
Samaritan Circle will meet next>
Tuesday night.
Foreman Henry Ullrich, Of
the Monitor crew, suffered a
smashed finger whenj his hand
became caught in the press yes
terday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
DOMESTIC sIDELIGHT

OMAHA - John Popaczew-
ski got 80 days in jail after his
wife testified he BACKED her
eye when she objected to his
taking the outside edge OF the
bed. John said his wife push
ed him around with her feet.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
60 YEARS AGO TODAY

Mt. Clemens bakers are los
ing their business. Thousands
OF loaves of Detroit bread are
sold in this city weekly.
Telephone lines will be work.
ing in two weeks.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
FUTILE ALARM
By the Associated Press

FUTILE ALARM
HARRISBURGH, Pa. - Hen
rietta Sheeley's parrot had the
right idea but apparently didn't
know the words.
Investigating raucous squawk-
ing of the pet, she discovered a
thief had entered the living
room in which the parrot was
Gagged and made off with $50 she
had placed in a buffet drawer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
CROSSED SIGNALS

OMAHA - Patrolman Carl
Zich waved leone on" but q
couple of prospective passens.
ers on the corner waved stop"
So bus driver Albert E. Clark
stopped. At the police station
he was given q suspended 81
fine.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
BY PETER gDSok
Dolly Monitor Washington
CagrasnondAnf

Dolly Monitor Washington
Correspondents
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26-
Before tearing out too rony
hoirs about the morale in the
National Guard and SeIective
Service Army. it would be q
good thing il everyone would
sit down quietly in front Of q
non-distortion mirror ond have
q oonder or two at the condi-
ton Of the civilian morale. To
anyone not afflicted with my
opio or oeute ostiemotism, the
morale at home isn't any too
good, either, and whats being
done about it isn't so good,
either.
In the lost war, the Gernon
general stoff blamed defect on
the breakdown Of moro {
among the people behind the
line. The same principle op-
plies TO the United Stotes to-
day. Soldiers don't suck all
their ideos out Of their thumbs,
and maybe the doubts. the un-
certointies, and the blind stoe-
gers which are supposed to Of
feet the militory ore nothing
more than q reflection OF the
confusion Of the boys and girls
and the pops ond MONS they
left behind them.
The Job of boIstering the CT
viIion morale now seems to be
split three ways, and they're
all indirectly linked to the mill,
tory. First is the Office Of G.
viion Defense under Mayor Lc
Guordio. Next is the United
Service Organizations u n d e
Tom Dewey. Third is the Office
o. the Coordination Of Health
Welfare and Related Defense
Activities under Paul McNutt
who is oso federal security 3D.
ninistrotor.
IA GUARDlA LEADS
FIRE Fighters
The big effort Of 10 Guar
dos outfit so far has been the
mobilization Of aluminium pot:
and pans. 1t is setting ur
schools to train fire fighter:
and other home defense work
ers, and under stote and loco
supervision n e e VOLUNTEER
home workers have been regis
tered and cord indexed.
USO, working through Cath
oIic, Jewish and Profession
churches the Y, K Of c. JWB
Salvation Army, Legion and {
host Of other religious and pa
triotic bodies hos conducted IL
drive for funds and in its owr
way is going about its business
o. using civilian effort to Dol
ster the morale Of the militor,
in off hours.
The HeoIth, Welfare am
Related Defense Activities or
qonizotion is the official gov
eminent body catering to tn
civilian morale, and if tn.
handsome phiz Of the hand
some McNutt has not been
beacon and banner to bolste
your morale thus far, we'll
what's the matter with you
anyway? Get in tn ere an
fight, os the coach would soy
II ever q government etficio
was handed q golden emporium
ityt sell himself to the Amer
lean people as q hero and
natural leader, it is Pou| Voor
his McNutt.
, McNutt's Job as federal Sc
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
NO VARIETY

NO VARIETY
DERIDDER, La. - Weary of
a menu which included much
corned beef, a medical detach-
ment of maneuvers near here
dispatched Private Joe Hizem to
town for store bought" food.
Private Hizem's contributions:
a supply of corned beef. j..
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881

DR.. and Mrs. J. M. Croman.
Washington apartments, have as
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Shepard. Toronto, Ont,
German Caron, 8645 Dodge
avenue, was married today to
Felix Forth by the Rev. FIR.
Lewis at Centerline.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
PLENTY OF B-B'S?

PLENTY OF BIS?
SAN DIEGO, Calf - Be-
cause it's no fun just to pull
trigger and yell pow BIB
guns have found their way into
Camp Callan.
They're strapped right along
side a Springfield 80 calibre
rifle and when the rookie pulls
the trigger he can see results.
So far they've only used the
contraption - brainchild Of
Lieut.. Col. Manly B. Gibson -
in target practise.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
SH-H-H-H!

SH-H-H-H.
OKLAHOMA CITY - West
Nichols Hills residents can 60
back to sleep now.
Instructors at nearby Wiley
Post airfield have been ordered
to use plans of only 30 horse
power in night training flights.
The big 800 hip. jobs made
too much noise.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-26
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
S YEARS AGO TODAY

YEARS AGO TODAY
1886
County Welfare load drops to
$50. 254 in County, Director
I. A. Hartrng announced.
Armada Fair opens Aug q
and Gath year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-05
New Contract By
Convention Time
Aim of Local 756
Cupid Displaying Excellent
Workmanship In East
Palestine

East Palestine, Ohio.-Many of the
members of No. 156 fail to attend the
meetings of the local which are held
every other Monday night. Those
who do not attend are the ones who
are always complaining about what
little the local is doing. The balance
of the members attend and feel some
good is being done.
Our present wage scale is still far
below that of other shops, so we have
reopened our contract with the COM
pany. We hope to have this matter
settled before convention time rolls
around.
Dan Cupid" moves at such a speed
among our members that it is hardly
safe for a single person to work in
the plant and still have the slightest
hope of keeping his or her freedom.
All singles should be warned to be on
the lookout, for if "OP Dan" gives
you a shot of that "Love Elixir" your
days of freedom will be ended. If
you doubt my word ask Sister Hainy
or Brothers Don Rowland and Bob
Hail. All three of these members
were hit hard and look what happened,
they lost their liberty and have de-
cided to settle down. The local ex-
tends to these three members and
their companions congratulations and
good luck.
We hope East Palestine turns out in
fulI force for the Dicnic June a. O,
G. l56.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-05
cause of American democracy.

cause of American democracy.
"The President of the United States
has said that national defense pro-
duction must not be interrupted or
obstructed by industrial disputes. He
has appealed to us in all good will to
utilize the conciliation and mediation
machinery set up by the Government
to avoid stoppages of production.
ave must do this. We can do
this. And we pledge our good faith
as Americans to the President that we
will do it.
"The American Federation of La
Dor has heretofore enunciated no
strike policy. 1t has appealed to all
of it's affiliated organizations and
members to exercise self discipline. 1t
has urged them to exhaust every op-
portunity of Cancellation and media
tion before adopting the final resort
to strikes.
"The response to these appeals have
been gratifying. Strikes by Ameri-
can Federation of Labor unions on de-
fense projects have been few and far
between. The no-strike policy of the
American Federation of Labor has
proven SO per cent effective.
However, we cannot be satisfied
with even this extensive compliance
with our national policy in times of
full emergency. Our record must be
100 per cent or as close to it as is
humanity possible.
Therefore, we call upon every
union affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor to refrain for
any reason whatsoever from calling a
strike interfering with national de-
fense production until full opportuni-
ty has first been given to the Concilia-
ton Service of the Department of
Labor and to the National Defense
Mediation Board to bring about a
peaceful settlement of the dispute.
"The American Federation of La
Dor will take disciplinary action itself
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-05
Executive Council
Places Teeth Into
No-Strike Policy
Prompt In Following FDR's
Declaration Of Emergency
BY Tdking Action

Washington, D. C.-The Executive
Council Of the American Federation
Of Labor promptly followed up Presi-
dent Roosevelt's proclamation of an
unlimited national emergency by put
ting teeth into the no-strike policy of
the Federation to assure uninterrupt-
ed production of national defense ma
terials.
Any local union under direct A. F.
of L. supervision which goes on strike
without first giving full opportunity
to the Labor Departments Concilia-
tion Service and the National Defense
Mediation Board to settle the dispute
peaceably will be strictly disciplined
the Council declared.
At the same time it called on all
national and international unions to
apply disciplinary measures provided
in their constitutions against affiliat-
ed local unions which ignore this
policy.
"The President of the United States
has said that national defense pro-
duction must not be interrupted OF
obstructed by industrial disputes" the
Council declared. "He has appealed
to US in all good will to utilize the
conciliation and mediation machinery
set up by the Government to avoid
stoppages Of production.
"We must do this. We can do this
And we pledge our good faith as
Americans to the President that we
will do it.
The text of the Councils statement
follows:
"President Roosevelt has now made
it clear to all Americans how neal
and how menacing are the dangers
which threaten the American way OF
life. We agree fully with him that
our national defense can best be pro.
noted only by thorough preparedness
and by courageous action in support
of Great Britain and other democra.
cies. Any other course is equivalent
to surrender to totalitarianism.
"By proclaiming an unlimited ma.
tional emergency, the President has
brought home to the American people
that it is incumbent upon all of VI
to make sacrifices for the national de-
fense. Forces beyond our contro
have disrupted the usual procedure!
of our daily lives. We are not living
in normal times. We are now actual
ly and officially in grave emergency
If we try to pretend there is no emer
gency we invite disaster.
"The Executive Council of tn,
American Federation of Labor call
upon all its members to serve tn
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-05

THIS is NO JOKE
A man who gives in when he is
wrong is wise; man who gives in
when he is right is married.