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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
SWAPPING SONS

Many elaborate plans have been
devised, most of them complicated and
expensive. for creating closer under
standing between the Americas. Few
thus for proposed have been SO simple
and inexpensive os that now being tried
out in San Francisco.
A Son Francisco fomily and Son.
togo, Chile, family ore going to swap
sons for year. Fred n. WoIthers is
on his way to Sontioeo to live with the
family Of Fernando Contreros. Young
Contreros is coming to the United
States to occupy Fred's room in the
WoIthers home. A committee at each
end selected the boys and the families
as representative.
Both boys ore of the just-finished
hieh-schooI oee. Each is going on with
his studies; both families lone Cotho-
lie, one Protestont) have ogreed not to
temper with the religious or political
beliefs Of the boys. At the end of the
year eoch will return home with ex-
periences highly valuable to them
selves, and with heightened under
stondine ct each others lands.
This experiment will be worth wotch-
MO Nit works, it uspht b worth ex-
nnndino to oImost os,y extent. "
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

As q result OF the depression,
beginning in the early .nins-|
teen-thirties, the fiscol relo-|
lions between the local, stote.
and federal government shift
ed ropidly ond were marked by1
q ereoter sharing In the cost
and administration Of govern
mental activities.
In 1913, II Is pointed out,
totol expenditures in Michioon|
for stots ond local government
from federal, stote, and local
sources amounted TO- neoriy
$5l 900. 900. Of this totoI the
local government furnished
74.5 per cent; the stole IS per
cent: ond the Federal Govern
ment O.5 per cent. BY 1889,
totoI expenditures reoched
$54l 900. 900 with the. local
government paying 81 per
cent; the stote 81 per cent ond
the Federal Government IS per
cent.
Several foctors have mode
this sharing Of costs seemingly
inevitable. These foctors In
clude: a widening Of comnu-
nifty interests in certoin func-
tions which were formerly
only Of local concern, and the
unwiIIineness or the lsek Of
financial obiIity of many local.
tiles to support these funo-
tions; superiority Of the Fed
eroI Government over the
local units in the odminis~
trotion and collection Of GER
tain taxes; constitutional re-
strictions preventing the trons-
fer Of functions to the Fed
erol Government; and the in
equality Of financial obiIity
among the stotes and commu-
mites Of the country.
There hos oIso been a shift
in the use of federal funds
since 1913 when more than
one-hoIf Of the federal ollot-
ments were spent for public
welfare, with education ronk-
ing second, and conservation
third. No old wos received for
highways in that year. BY
1889, stotistics show thot, OF
these four functions, highways
ranked first, public welfare
second. conservation third, and
education fourth.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books .

Leo Ldnt0, P0rts0n t0rtfer, 10 an
Austrian by birth. HE hatred
of Naxisns s00s toeU knoWn; yet
When tcdr broke ONT. he scGs In
termed along Nth thoxsands OF
other aliens. In 1.-THE Dorkest
Hour" (Houghton, Mtff1tn: S2.75)
he tells the story OF his cdpttvtty,
of his subsequent flight through
occupied territory. In this drd-
matte account, you toiU find
astonishing evidence as to the
reasons for Frances fall. Here,
for example, Is Mr.. Lontd's story
of his encounter With a line OF
French soldiers IN the wn0ccxpied
area:
In the distance we saw q long
column, moving slowly on
Loches. Soldiers! German? No.
they were French.
We caught up with them. A
CHASTITY sight! Their uniforms
were in tatters; many were with
out shoes and had their feet
wrapped in rags. A large number
were wounded, their comrades
helped them along. An endless
procession of wretched, broken
men!
And not an officer to be seen!
"Are you going to Loches?" ]
asked.
Eyes, we're being demobilized
there"
A big, powerful fellow joined
us. On his tunic he wore the
Croir de Guerre and the Meddills
Militdire.
"A fat chance we had!" he de-
clared. "They didn't even give
us arms to defend ourselves with.
l was. ON the Marine. We had
rifles from the last war, and 20
kilometers behind Us In the ar
senal there were hundreds OF
thousands of tLc latest models,
We didn't get them. The Ger
mans got them.
1.-THE anti-tank batteries -. {.
don't make me laugh .. the
shells could hardly scratch the
German armor. Our 75's were
OK, but there wasn't enough am
munition. Just plain treason. The
fifth column was behind Us at
staff headquarters. We could
have handled parachutists. But
the sabotage of our high officers
-Pauvre France" The soldier
had tears in his eyes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
DECAY At THE CORE

Every large city in the United Stotes,
and some not so Jorge, foee the same
problem. soys Frederick L. Alderman,
New York architect and plonner. Their
course has run along this line:
First, q spectacular growth during
the first &C years Of this century. until
more than holt Of the American PoPu-
Lotion was living in the cities. Then the
rote of urban growth declined, and in
some cities the actual population is
declining. From the expanding central
area now moves q continual migration
of people TO the suburbs and even the
country
There ore many reasons for this mi
grafton, but they boil down to this:
many people weighed the comparison
and found that life was better farther
out. Whereupon the con9ested urban
area stognoted still further and be-
came PROBLEM oreo.
We ore now, Alderman says, in! q re-
placement ero, the original develop
ment era having played out. He be-
Iieves that cities must seize that
period of replacement to redevelop the
stoqnoted central areas into the most
desirable residence districts of the city
But thot sort Of development will
no longer take care Of itself. The cities
grew by themselves, without direction
or plan. But the replacement era will
not work thot way. 1t must be planned
High valuation due to overhonging
capitalization stands in the way OF
privote efforts to accomplish such re-
building. Alderman puts it thus: I'VE
have built our cities under guidance OF
the same economic folIocy which &C.
counts for the plight Of our railroads.
We foiIed to extinguish their coPitol-
izotions at rotes corresponding to
physical decay and obsoIescence,
whichever was the higher. In q world OF
unprecedented advance in science, the
urban center has stood firm against
change, either in respect to physical
plan or fiscal policy, both Of which ore
obsolete"
Such changes sound like Spartan
remedy, but no city which hos q
"bIighted section" at its center can Of
ford to see that heart Of the city go to
seed without making strenuous efforts
ITO meetthe Problem- before it is too
Etote. s
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
. SO THEY SAY

The UAW-CIO is ready to
draw the curtain on the past. We
hope the Ford company will do
likewise.
r. j. Thomas, JAW president,
on winning labor election at
Ford's.
It is objected that certain
dresses are more comfortable and
hygenic. out If they prove dan
gerous for the soil they must be
unfailingly rejected.
Pope Plus XII.
The United States must lie pre-
pared, to make sacrifices that
will match any sacrifices that
have been made By any genera
ton of Americans that have gone
before US.
Navy Secretary Knox.
lou Can tIuSt SONlc PGOPAc w
the ends Of the earth-and 9TH
ers after they get there.
The population of U. s. per
square mile In 1910 was 44.2.
We don't see how that can pos
sibly include all the kids In our
block.
The best opinion you can have
is that your opinions are merely
your opinions.
Every henpecked man needs q
dog to criticize.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

for Paul Harrison, NOM touring
army camps and defense indus
tries.
BY LUCE NEVILLE
NEA Service staff Cssssslsndent
HOLLYWOOD-Bsnnv Rubin
is working in q pictI&N at Col
umbia. ITS a prize hSht comedy
with Bob Montgomery; Rita
johnson, Claude Rains, and 9TH
ers, and Is unoriginally titled
"Mr. Jordan Comes to Town"
Rubin plays . boxers trainer
and scurries around making
Oh, you don't know who
Benny Rubin is? Why, he's q
comedian. Up until five years
ago he was mostly a Jewish
comedian and as busy and pros
porous as any character funny
man in pictures. Along about
that time such comics went out
of style.
Rubin didn't care especially,
at first. He was great favorite
in Movietown and his stories
and cracks were quoted like
those Of Bob Hope are today. So
he'd sit around in producers Of
fees and get off a couple of fast
ones and would ask, Got any
thing for me In your next pic
ture?"
And they'd say, IN othin 6
quite your type, drop around In
a coupla week, Benny"
RUBIN THE RUSSIAN
That was the old brush-off.
Pretty soon Rubin discovered
that movie executives actually
believed he couldn't do anything
except Jewish dialect comedy.
So Rubin went into radio and
was welcomed for his versatility.
When he'd answer q call for
some dramatic III o w, q man
would hand him a script just be-
fore rehearsal and say, You're
the Irish cop beginning on page
g." or you're the Arab on page
15." He did Chinese, Negroes,
Russians, and Britishers, but
mostly Irish.
That sort Of acting isn't much
of a living and Rubin didn't like
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
STORIES .
Elm STAMPS
Rumonion Stamp Issued
As Pro-Nozi Propaganda

ISSUED as propaganda for the
i Rome-Berlin axis, this new
Rumanian semi-postal airmail
stamp honors Corneliu Zelea Co
dreanu, Iron Guard leader, who
was slain In 1888.
At the time Of his death, Co.
dreanu was serving a l0-year
prison sentence, and Rumanian
ofYicials said he was shot when he
and Is other prisoners attempted
to escape.
Codreanu had strong hopes Of
becoming q Rumanian Hitler. He
began his movements against the
government as an anti-Semitic
and thus was ready and willing
to embrace Nazizm when It first
grew up in Germany. In 1924 he
was arrested for killing q police
official during student riots
against the Jews, but he was &C.
Quilted.
King Carol II tried to break the
thriving Rumanian pro-Nazi party
when Re arrested Codreanu and
more than 1000 Of his followers
IN April Of 1888. Codreanu was
tried before Z court-martial, and
after HE sentence the Iron Guard
organixation seemed to suffer Z
decided decline.
After Hitlerian influence caused
Carol % dee Rumania, Naxis BE-
ran Q camunim 10 hsve their mar
mt joooof eonoalSDd ~ ~
1870 ovoho1o9 cAUuA
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

it anyway. Though he had been
in show business almost all his
life, he tried making q complete
break by selling clothes. Couldn't
stand it. So he took q job as
manager--really q sort of glori-
fled head waiter-at Ciro's.
That was pretty painful. Nat
urally he Raw AN the brass hats
in Hollywood, and after three
drinks they'd call him over and
say, Benny, 1t amt right for you
to be standing around h e e.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
An ENEMY ON THE RUN

II is only q few years ago thot the
American people learned to pronounce
the word syphilis, and to face publicly
it's dangers.
In those few years greet progress
has been made in fighting this con-
querobIe disease. Pennsylvania Secre-
tory of Health John n. Shaw believes
that syphilis has been cut down 40 per
cent in men of droft oge since World
War days He bases his estimate on q
comparison between present expert
ence and the figures covering the
World War droft. Another stote ou-
thority found an incidence of g. Is per
cent infections in droftees, markedly
lower than the 10 pre- cent estimated
for the general population. I'VE now
have q National Guard and y. s.
Army free of tuberculosis and syphilis, ="
sold r.ShoW.
Thus, once more, out Of the enner-
eency, we can make q greet forward
stride in fighting the socioI diseases it
we ore resolved to get the greatest pos
sbIe benefit out Of the defense effort
which circumstances have forced upon
us.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorize
tive answers below:
1. Does q bridegroom ever ask
men friends other than those
who are to serve as best man and
ushers to his bachelor dinner?
2. In q wedding procession do
the ushers precede the brides
maids down the aisle?
3. Is it all right for q bride
to show her trousseau to her
close friends?
4. When addressing an en-
velope to q man and his wife
is it all right to use "&" In place
of "and?"
S. What do the letters H. S.
v. P. on an invitation mean?
What would you do IT,
A guest is unable to come to
your formal dinner and lets
you know the day Of the din
ner-
(a) Just count on having one
guest less than you h q d
planned?
(b) Telephone good friend,
explain the situation and
ask II he will fill int
Answers
1. Yes. II he likes.
2. Yes.
3, Yes. Though q rousseau
shouldn't be on display, like
wedding gifts.
4. No. Write out the word
"and."
s. responder sill vous plat
Answer II you please.
Best "What Would on Do"
Best "What Would You Do"
solution-(b) II possible, other
wise (a).
OLD REMEMBRANCE
AMOUNT JOY, Pa. - David c.
wilmer still has . live remem-
brance Of his 1911 graduation
day at Millersville Normal
~ehool
In keeping with q custom Of
graduates, he took three gold
fish home with him, and ooe
= sin normal and healthy afeH
50 years n . barny1r4 wuose-
- Co. - Z. = - So
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Don't you want to get back in
pictures?"
"Yeah - oh, sure, you gotta
live. But not like this, Benny;
you're q terrific actor. I'm gonta
find you q spot, Benny. I'm gonta
have Worthbloom call you early
next week."
WELLES SAVES DAY
OF course nobody ever, called.
Rubin got so he hated them. He
even hated Orson Welles
when that young man said with
every evidence of sincerity that
he used to admire Rubin's work
in pre-movie days and would
like to use him on the radio. I'LL
call you in a couple C weeks"
Welles said.
Rubin was surprised wher he
actually called, pleased when
Welles handed him the role OF
the second most importan
Frenchman in "Algiers." Later
he did an even more prominent
dramatic stint on an Arch Obeler
broadcast and received a graft
tying stack of fan mail.
He even got a few jobs OF dia-
log directing in studios, but no.
body hired him to act until this
"Mr. Jordan" picture came
along. It isn't big part but it
seems to have broken the tipping
link because Hollywood Is wei
coming Benny Rubin as 1t would
an actor who for five years had
been ill or out of town.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
BY WIN. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Myron Fuchs, who was q men,
Der of this years Van ierbilt Cup
championship team, won his
first master points in 1888 when
he was first in the Eastern Pairs.
His next major championship
came the following year In the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
BY CLAUDE Z. THARP

ANN Dor - Federal
funds have played an ever in
crossing role In footing the
bills and administering certoin
functions in Michigan govern
nnent.
Federal grants and direct
expenditures in Michigan have
risen from $4,000 in 1913
to on olI-time peak of more
than $l88. 900, 900 in 1889.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON Ne.

(Eaitss's Netss Nstss D1ssa's oally
:s'... ssY.:r:.s 2 1as ns,iZ nssssss.
By Claude - fhasp. . he Untssss1ey -
Michigan Dureau g osvsransae, su1lla-
ing the rapid riss In federal sld rssstv.
81 By the ststs. Mr. I1ssn's eslunn WIN
reappeaP tomOfYoW.)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
THREE MORE INITIALS TO
LEARN: oCD

Il will be long time before the I'M
tjols CCD are quite as fomiIior to Amer
icons as the initioIs ARP ore to BritoIn.
We hope they moy never be. Yet 1t IS
time to learn them, and to know them
as welt as circumstances dictote.
OCD is the Office Of Civilian Defense
headed by Mayor La Guordio OF New
York. 1t is roughly to the United Stotes
wFot the now-fomous ARP ,(Air Roids
Precoution) is to Britoin. 1t is the or
oonizotion which will set up the means
\ 81 M.ich civilians defend themselves
and their cities o9onst air roids.
There is nothing hystericol about
setting Up these techniques in time OF
peoce. They ore as much q port OF
nottonul defense as the training OF an
onnv. Modern war ottocks civilians
ard cities as viciousIy as it ottocks or
mieS. If the civiIion is unPrePored to
resist. an army, even good one, moy
Be suddenly left without the backbone
support which it must have to function.
Certcinly one Of the foctors which
brought about the copituIotion at Num-
ich Wos the defenseIess stote Of London.
Peopte who were in London at that time
eoptell Of the conditions: No ont-oir-
croft duns; no oir-roid shelters; no 3D.
euuota. evacuation arrangements for
women and children; no proper fire
fighting setup; nothing to prevent the
z IN from becoming an immediate
shombfe under q quick roid. This
tnust.hove Been one Of thNtpcu9hts ~
Ehomberloin'stmifh wherf he, NV to-
Munich. I'LL -
We have Warsaw, Rotterdom, Gov
entry and London before US. Their les
sons ore written for all to read. Mayor
la Guordio begins with the estimote
that ut is s. per cent probable at this
time that we will never get into oetion.
| But the country cannot take q chance
on thot.5 per cent"
III Thot is the thought behind the or
donizotion which La Guordio is now
! letting up Big cities, vulnerable to
Dir attack, will be tackled first, others
later. Most cities will be entirely un-
effected. at least at first.
vi II took months Of preparation, for
I instance, to stoge Seottle's first IS
/ minute bIockout. Should an emer-
d 1ency confront the country, it might
Z come suddenly. Then it is too late to
lnprovise.
sss With the experience Of Europe be-
fore as, it should be possible to lay the
groundwork of effective civil defense
Without disruptine at all the normal
\ tjfe OF communities. Thot, we toke it,
4 Is the aim of the OCD, to 10y bosis
for civilian defense, phose Of oll-out
I defense thot is 100 per cent defensive
IN nature, and as important part OF
national defense as the armed forces
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

nSALT LAKE CITY = Who.
Sver rilled John ". Bollwinkers
car must have grave plans Sor
The future.
The thief took . suit, travel.
ina bar. draftmen's tools and.
Dollw1nkea ~ police.-
1)1Deep slDstoho g = 49,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
THE BANKS COOPERATE

Another exompIe Of splendid coop
S6fotion In the governments defense
spr> jrdn1: the banks.
/ Not only ore they uniformly handling
3Sibscriptions for Defense Bonds with
SSolst cost but many bankers have gone
Syptach forther, personally urging their
5tl6chose. In St. Louis, one bank took
sd fu1tpooe advertisement at its own
3bense q urge their advantages, head
~ With the legend "UncIe Sam Is
4 oo NIodest," and then setting forth
pln ~ buying.
MIGHT think banks would regard
% lo3Ge Bonds as competition, and
1aok snle. After oil, money
1ss Bonds Is not depos-
,ots deposity 70 inset
oslo 4 eegldes, World
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FlLES,o
5 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Production at Covered Wagon
was to hit q peak of 1000 units
during the month.
]. Victor Messmore, Of Utica,
was named q delegate from the
Seventh district to the DEM
ocratic National convention to
be held in Philadelphia June %,
"a and Is.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1871

Word from Washington indi-
Gates that the First National
Bank of Mount Clemens will
open by July /. The capital II
given at 100000 with Henry
Stephens as the leader Of the
organizational work.
Four men escaped when State
Police under Sergeant Tubbs
raided the home and warehouse
of Pete Hume on the South River
road. Police seize d beer and
whiskey found on the premises.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
80 YEARS AGO TODAY

A fakir .pened . fraudulent
gift enterprise In the old Joslyn
shop Saturday, and the mayor
ordered the marshal % close him
up. Good for the mayor!
The supervisors convene on
the fourth Tuesday OF June.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

Lucie Neville 70 pinch-hittin0
for Paul Harrison, ~otoo touring
army camps and defense indus
tries.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

Mrs. M. G. Cronin, Mrs. Will
liam Breitmeyer and Mrs. Ade-
laide Robertson are In Wheeling,
West Virginia, attending the con-
vention of Kings Daughters.
Councilmen are still discussing
the North Gratiot paving pro-
posal.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28

40 YEARS AGO TODAY
1901
Mrs. G. Dryer has been secur-
ed as teacher at the Lutheran
school.
Frank Peltier has named his
new restaurant 1.-THE Great
Northern"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-28
90 YEARS AGO TODAY
1851 ~

Van Landeghem has erected
q good sized building on his rec
emily acquired property In
which will be placed stave ms
chinery. He Il giving the mill
proper q thorough overhaulins.
Yesterday was Ascension Lay,
and brought many people 20
town.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-16
Aeronauiits Officials On
 Southern Hop
Hoppin, Alaska Manager, and Engineer Going
 10 Seattle

Marshall O. Hoppin, Civil Aero nautics Authority Regional Mana ger for Alaska, and c. M. Lample, chief of the GAIA. airways engi- neering division, today awaited fa- vorable weather before flying to Seattle in Hoppin's plane.
 Hoppin, whose headquarters are at Anchorage, and Lample came here yesterday Lample is enroute to his offices in Washington, D. O., after spending nearly three months on detailed inspection and super vision of defense airport projects throughout the Territory. Hoppill will return to Alaska after brief visit in Seattle.
 Enroute south, the GAIA. of- ficials plan to stop at Annette Is- land to talk with officials at the Army landing field under construc- tion there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-16
New instructor Will Aid Nursing Class;
 Meet Tomorrow

The evening class of the Home Nursing group sponsored by the American Women's Voluntary Ser vices will meet tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in the Juneau Health Center. All those who attended previous meetings and wish to con- tlnue the course are invited to at tend this class.
 Mrs. Burr Johnson is in charge of the nursing division, and Miss Jane Hubbard, public health nurse is aiding in the instruction. An- other instructor has volunteered her services so athat tn egroup will be divided into two classes. The time of the second class meetings will be decided tomorrow night.
 Anyone wishing to enroll may begin at the next meeting. They will be eligible for a certificate providing they attend regularly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-16
Alaska Day Marked By School Studies;
 No Glasses Friday

Alaska Day, which comes on October 18, was marked by the Juneau Public Schools today in special work throughout the vari- ous classes. All students will have a holiday tomorrow as the schools close in observance of the Terri torial holiday.
 Pupils in the first four grades went in groups with their teachers to visit the Territorial Museum where Curator E. L. Keithahr spoke to them on phases of Alas kan history and culture. The fifth sixth, seventh and eighth grades took up some phase of Alaska ill their daily work.
 Every high school class devoted it's time to Alaskan subjects ac- cording to the class interest F'oi instance, the science classes stu died scientific branches, such as the fishing industry, game ant mineral studies. The history anc economics classes undertook worf in Alaskan subjects in their fields Students in mathematics studied the annual customs report, utiliz- ing all available material fol graphs and other studies.