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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

Then we saw the plane appear, they waved
to and made a perfect landing Fuel and
emergency supplies were taken on board Dr.
]. T. Oxford the Indian Agent for tho district
Joined the police party The plane rose, cir
cled and headed into the unpredctable north
A WEEK passed The only news we got
~ Of the plane was that it was seen nearing
the islands Our community seethed with spec
ulation. We knew that the Islanders were
descendants of a savage exception 10 the gen
eral run of Eskmos party that had wiped
out trading post there. Was the present cpl
demic of murders a throwback to sava-e
strain? What kind Of greeting awaited the
police? Would the killers flee or world they
fight the Mounties off with the heavy hunting
guns they had?
There is not a tree on Belcher Islands.
The Eskimos live in crude igloos Of rough
stones chnked with sod and moss. small
window admits dim light through panes of
parchment made of strips of walrus or seal
intcstines sewn together with snew.
Seal is meat. drink, fuel clothing, harness
and ornament to the Eskimos Of the Belcher
Islands not the fur seal of the Pacific coast
but the common hair species-The EsSinaes
wear parkas pants, socks and boots made of
sealskin.
Their skittish boats. the kayaks, are COW
cred with seal hide out Of seal hide are cut
spear lines. dog harness and many another
necessity OF the soft silvcr-white and fluffy
skins of unborn seals come the touches OF
trimming with which Belcher Island Eskimos
indulge their fancy when things go we'll with
them, which means when seals are plenty.
But woe to them any Winter when seals
are scarce!
A N April 18th radio word came to us that
n the police plane landed safely an iHpesti-
CATION was completed and the plane was
ready to return TO Moose Factory. =
/ went out to the river with Constable
Dexter. who had just returned from his~PatroL
The ice was still two to three feet thick, but
mild weather had set in and slush and water
had covered il to a depth Of several inches
With the come and 60 Of the tide water
poured through holes and cracks IN the ice
We radioed back that IL was a case of come
soon or keep away.
ON April II We heard the plane overhead
AT Moose Factory II circlcd around and
came down q column Of water shot up as the
plane plunged into the slush, and we came
running To welcome the arrivals
THE police emerged first their faces showing
strain Then came three figures in Eskimo
dress two men in feather lined pafkas, seal
skin pants and boots and woman in seal
and caribou skins. All three were bareheaded
Their first flight in "skybrd" had terrified
them and they knew of course they would be
put on trial for their lives yet their stern
faces ruddy bronzed and deeply lined, were in
scrutabe.
Inspector Martin introduced them around
Joe Adlaykuk. a man of thirty with the. fea-
lures of the Cree Indians TO whom the Belcher
Islanders are closely related. regarded us with
a little smile that was hard to read.
Peter Quarach who looked like younger
more impetuous brother TO Joe seemed uneasy
with tension at finding himself in world of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

lud B7y only three bundled m'lo- to the
tb of Moose Factory But such three
hundred miles 10 traverse II took recent
expedition 10 the islands year and half 90
gct there from our post
Dense fogs envelope them much Of The time.
The bad temper Of Arctic weather seems To-
concentrate about them Heavy gales, binding
Billiards ice MOST Of the year. and you can't
even depend upon the ice staying put II VIII
rr smooth as glass one day, TIDE and storm
I'D break it up pile it into miniature ice
l.rss then freeze the whole mess solid again.
li climate affects the character of people az
am Father Cyr and I would not havc been sur
prsed that murder should break out on Bel
cher Islands But from everything we knew
about The Eskimos we were shocked that
such "a thing should be reported Of them.
Suddenly ! saw Father Cvr's face light up
he pressed his earphore5 little closer t9
l'af something thai Was just coming over BE-
listened Intcruy asked several questions said
1ood.by to someone and turned 20 me-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

1T is bad form
among the Eskimos
10 say I want this
or that. one SAYS, I
would like It is still
worse form 10 say,
My whip, my sledge,
my ieloo The accent
i'm Eskimo life is on
communal sharing
They treat each other
with dignity. and
their children with a
touch of ave They
seem 10 hold with
Wordsworth that in
fants come into the
Hefid trailing clouds
Of glory from a
rrrter ~ q rid and
bring it's wisdo M
with them
Father Cyr was
having trouhlr get
ting details Of what
was happening on the
Eclchcr Islands He
turned 20 tho controls
Of his sending APP
paratns and quericd
one after another
the isolated posts
along the frozen re-
cions 10 the north
OF us asking oucs-
tions NOW in English.
.o.t, 49, urorcb
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
THE SYMPATHETIC WARRIOR

II was bitter Al Smith who slipped
out q side door Of the Congress Hotel
in Chicago July 8, 1892. He wos an
hour before train time, but he wos
sooer - avoid the crowd gathered at
the front entrance to greet Governor
Roosevelt, triumphant winner Of the
Presidential nomination Smith had
sought ond lost.
Il was q bitter Al Smith who through
the succeeding nine years snorIed
criticisms Of the New Deal and aided
and comforted its enemies.
Wos it the memory Of the dogs
when he, too, bore the crushing weight
0f leadership and public responsibility
that led Al Smith to the White House
the other day? 1t wos just q friendly
enll he sold. Il wontedt to shake hands
VIII tie President and wish him WE'LL"
n Wcs decent ond gracious thus to
opJNe old bitterness in sympathetic
M Mill toNord one who is bearing
? einn burden.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Ssrvies Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD - For quite a
while now, this reporter has
been whipping around the coun-
try watching the progress of ma
tional defense. Camps, factories,
flying fields, arsenals; man.
power, fire power, horsepower.
Back in Never-Never Land, and
with the region between my ears
still buzzing with such things,
I find that Hollywood can be ex-
amined in the same terms.
There's the vital matter of
machine tools forturning out
stars, stories and other compon-
ents of motion pictures. From
miles away, you can see the
smoke rising from the typewrit-
ers of the publicity factories
turning out communicates and
propaganda by the ton. OF course
they're handicapped by censors'
restrictions because certain de-
tails of the chassis and super
structural design of screen sirens
may not be photographed any
more.
Sweaters, long considered es-
sential in the production of
oomph, are being raveled and re-
knit into soldiers socks or some
thing. Opentoed shoes and GRIM
son fingernail lacquer are likely
to 20 next. The industry is pre-
pairing affidavits for the OPM
that no platinum is required in
the evolution Of platinum blends.
NO BOTTLENECKS?
In general, Hollywood manu-
facture has reached assembly
line efficiency. New actresses
going through the mill get the
same instruction, the same build
ups, the same hair-dress, makeup
and figure molding.
An identical plan Is working
we'll In the story departments,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

first two tricks were won by the
ace and king Of spades, and the
third by the jack. Then North,
trying to get his partner back in
the lead, returned q club. Dunn
my played the jack, South the
king and West the ace.
Fishbein, seeing that South
probably held the king Of hearts
counted that he could now make
contract IL he could win four dia-
monds besides two hearts and
three clubs. But the diamond
finesse looked dangerous, for II
it lost he would be set at once.
He decided to make q safety
play in diamonds by cashing the
act first. II he then lost q trick
to the king in the North hand,
he might get an extra heart trick
to make up for 1t. II South held
the guarded king, the hand was
hopeless anyhow.
The fall of South's singleton
king was just reward for his
decision. But more was to come.
Fishbein cashed his clubs before
running the diamonds. The last
diamond was won In dummy,
and South found himself
squeezed.
Dummy held one spade and
two hearts. while West held
three hearts. South could not
hold shoppers In both spades and
hearts. fishbein thus made four
odd, doubled at three.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

There is an old bridge saying
that q singleton king over the
ace always makes. But once In q
while the king Is caught, much
to the chagrin of the owner. This
usually comes about from q
safety play.
Harry Tishbein, playing in the
recent Vanderbilt Tournament,
sat West in today's hand. The
bidding was rather optimistic,
and I don't wonder that South
felt insulted and doubled. The
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12

too. Sometimes a dozen or more
writer's are hired, each of whom
installs a gag, situation or a
hunk of love interest as ideas are
built into screen plays. Rapid
fire dialog and higher-explosive
jokes are standard equipment on
current killerdillers, although
scenarios have the same boy
meets-girl framework which was
SO effective against m vie
patrons even before the first
World War.
John Barrymore and w. G.
Fields still are the ablest tankers
but Mae West has figured promi-
nently in development of the ar
mored forces. I have learned
from a metallurgical technician
that her corsets now are being
welded instead of rivited.
NICE UNIFORMS
Movietown selectees-young-
sters brought from all over the
country by talent patrols-are
scared and awkward when they
arrive for basic training. New
actresses acquire poise, though,
as soon as they're issued uni
forms which are bathing suits.
After posing for leg art, they
learn how to present arms in love
scenes, to stand at-ease, to ma
neuver themselves into camera
range.
Victor Mature Is the only
actor who has lived in a tent in
years, and he's now conducting a
Ritz-blitz of Broadway. Major
players are billeted in mountain
mansions or valley villas but
even the extras are doing very
we'll in war pictures. In the big
battle scenes for Sergeant
York." extras in U. S. uniforms
were paid $3.50. Those playing
German soldiers got Sill, but
that was because they were
specially selected types.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
STORIES .
eIN STAMPS
New Zeolonders Enjoy
Mony Social Benefits

AMONG the British Empires
IA most eficient fighters today
are the New Zealanders, who
come from Q land that has been
settled only . little more than 100
years.
The stamp shove shows the
first settlers landing on Petrone
Beach IN New Zealand in 1870 and
was issued last year 70 commence
rate the Tooth anniversary Of this
event. Within . month after the
first colonists landed, the British
government took formal possession
OF New Zealand.
Despite difaculties with the ma
tive Maoris, Sir George Grey in
stituted considerable progress dur.
inn the next 10 years. Self.gov-
eminent was granted the new
colony In 1882, and four years
later The first responsible govern
ment was Get up.
Trouble with the Maoris finally
came 10 On end in 1871, whe1 the
colonial government adopted .
conciliatory policy toward ~
natives, ct up educational fecili-
ties for them end provided . share
IN the government Since Msn.
she hdvsnee q New Zealand he
80 Uoso6y, With . QeoS uAeny
800 beneoo = e0see
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
. Hieh|ights From
The Latest Books .

This is America: boys who
strive to attain ambitions; men
who battle for ideals; politicians,
doctors, lawyers, gangsters,
fighters, bankers; courageous
men and towards; honest men
and thieves-all of them make
up the nation.
It is such a cross-section Of the
country that I. j. Kapstein pre-
sents in his outstanding novel,
Something of a Hero" (Knopf:
$2.75). Here's a story that you
should put down on your must"
reading list.
Beginning in 1907, the author
traces the lives and fortunes OF
a group of boys, bound together
by the loyalty of childhood as
ISOLATION, yet made enemies by
the course each chose for his
life. The real hero is John Can
trell, Civil War veteran, who
watches the development OF
these lads in his community,
tries to guide their paths to
safety and security, and dies that
the battles between Americans
may not be revived. He is a pow
erful character, and through him
the divergent stories of half q
dozen youths are bound to-
gether.
You meet these heroes first as
boys-Dave, the jew; AL, the
German; Joe, the italian; Ambie,
the Irishman; Phil, of colonial
American stock; and Indie, the
Negro. Their boyishy Dragging
gives a hint of their ambitions
and personalities. -
Kapstein carries the stories Of
each forward In strikingly effec.
tive parallels. Dave becomes 9
doctor, Indie a prize fighter, Joe
q bootlegger, Phil q reporter. In
die and Joe reach their respec-
tive goal in q bootleggers' war;
Dave treats the wounds Al in.
flicts on Ambie in strike battle,
while Phil reports the clash.
There's more-a great deal
more-that provides fine read
ing. So plan . Fourth Of July
treat, and spend the holiday with
this book, and you'll learn . loi
about this nation and the men
and boys who live in il.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12

the Spanish and Portuguese trees
But it takes IS yeors to grow q
cork oak to the point where cork may be
stripped from it. In order for this plon
to have helped to avoid todoy's short
oee of cork, somebody would have to
have thought of it IS years oeo and
had the courage to go oheod with 1t.
II he had, he would probably have been
denounced as visionary and fonotic.
Todoy and its crises force US to
strain every eye toward tomorrow.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
y WORLD or WANDERERS

Perhops no war Of the post mas
ever driven from their homes so many
.neople-hos ever erected Iiterolly NIL
lions of wanderers on the foce OF the
earth.
Everyone knows, in vogue 9enero'
way, that many people in Europe move
been forced to leave the places where
thew had built their homes and their
lives. We have many Of them in the
United States; to that extent we ore
usuoIIy owore Of the problem.
Il is, however, trogedy OF SUCH
mountainous size that only survey
like that made recently by the Met,
ropoliton Life Insurance Co. can reveal
its oppoling extent;
Had you realized thot these fruits
have been gathered BY. the men VINO
roshly decided to make Europe over by
force:
More thon 100000 people have
been forced to leave Germany.
Perhops 400, 1000 other oermons
have been brought back into Germany
from the BoItic, Polish, and Bessoro-
bion territories seized by Russia.
Several hundred thousand people,
mostly Ukroinions, we're received back
in her conquered territories, mostly
from Poland.
About It's, 900 Austrions ore being
moved into Germany from Italian ~
rol.
a hundred thousand we're expelled
from. Alsdes prrojne by the conquer
ing Germans.
A half niit;orn Firms would not live
in the part Of Finland seized by Russia,
but moved into distressed Finland it.
self.
In unoccupied France there is q
horde Of fueitives, estimated at $780,
600, who fled when the German mo-
chine rolled ocross Belgium and north
ern Fronce.
A half million fled from Spain when
the Spanish republic fell, and good
third of those are still on foreign terri
tory, unoble to return.
VirtuoI forced labor in Germany, re-
cruited in Poland, France, Holland.
Belgium. CzechosIoviokio, Hungary,
and ltoIy, totols almost q million, with
not less thon another million prisoners
Of war.
Other wars have not foiled to ereote
their rows on rows Of dead, their rovog-
cd viiIoees, their ruined farms and
cities.
None hos ever uprooted and scot
tered like choff ocross continent
these millions Of helpless, homeless,
and yet generally innocent people.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
|, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Movie technicians recently
turned to airplane production
because there simply aren't any
military ships available for pic
lures. Twelve are being built at
20th-Fox for "A Yank in the
Raj" Reproductions of Hurri-
canes and Spitfires are to be
used in "Flight Patrol" at War
ners, where an American plane
also is being built for "Dive
Bomber"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
: BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINl GTCN .

We WVt vlSntS mus tor, -.
T. OF !, hos q couple OF bad
eosss oheod Of II. First year OF
q t*o-yeor controet at Botina
expires soon and A. E. Of L.
woes negotiations for Je, 700
workers ore scheduled. Neoo-
tlotions ore under way at Con-
solicited for 1900 workers
osklno practically the same Do.
n,onds beins made at North
American. The tendency at A.
F. OF L. headquarters now
would be to sit tight to see how
North American comes out.
MURRAY MAKES
THE MOVES
Al c. I. O., President Phil
Murray hos two courses to pur-
sue. He con hondle the North
American cose as q local dis
turbonee or he con say II Is q
threat Of left-wlnesrs oaoinst
the c. !. o. leadership, and run
the risk of hovinq the entire
organization split wide open.
Reports that the bottle would
be fought on the lotter line con.
be pretty we'll discredited, ord
furthermore, there is no evil
denee thot John L. Lewis Is
running the oircroft fight from
the wings. He hos had his
hands full Of cool. Murray will
make the decision and Lewis
will beck il, even II Murray IS
wrong.
Where c. !. o. leadership Is
really embarrassed is by the
cotton OF Harry Bridges who
is titulorIy west coast regionol
director Of c. |. o. and as such
should be Murroy's representa-
tive in the North American
case. Bridges hos, however,
chosen to defy the Murroy
leadership. Ace ordine to
Washington word, Bridges
Ioneshorsmen have been the
reol strength Of the N orth
American strike. II this should
lead to q break that would
mean general Withdrawal Of
c. !. O. support oooinst pend
ing deportation orders for Bird
ess, he might find himself on
the way back to Australia
much sooner than expected.
The North American eose
has been, Of course, just the
incident Congress hos b cen
wanting to push over q pro-
gram Of restroint on labor in
defense industries. The strike
therefore gives the entire labor
movement O black eye. which
Iobor leaders in Washington
fully reoiize.
And II the administration
con make It's first plant seizure
stick, breaking q strike, the
tendency may be to stiffen fu-
ture labor policy, perhaps even
to q further consolidation Of
the existing mediation and
Cancellation machinery.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
" PETER lpsoN
Dolly Menises Wsshiastsa
CosrosDo0donf

S0Uy bvVWuvVU WOOWUW bVW
Correspondents
Observation-Disclosures re-
lotions Of the entire oircroft
industry, not only for duration
Of the defense effort but for
years to come. ore at stoke in
the outcome Of government
seizure Of the North Americon
Aviotion plont at InoIewocd,
CoIif. From the Washington
point Of view, this is more than
just another tough strike, ofor
the issues involved hovsI6 d.
rect beorine on at leose five
other most important, nsiMo+
tions: 90 "a
!. Negotiations pending at
BoeinQ's Seattle and ConsoIi-
doted's Son DIEGO plants,
where strikes are threatened.
z. The future Of c. !. O. in
the oircroft industry. 3. The
porticulor stotus Of Harry Bird
oes. still under Investigation
for possible deportation from
the United Stotes as on unde-
sirobIe alien. a. Possooe Of
new legislation by Congress for
control Of labor relotions. s.
Establishment of new presiden-
tioI, War Department, OPM,
Mediation Boord, Department
Of Labor, and other executive
department procedure in sim
iIor defense labor coses.
To get the full significance
Of this North American situo-
tion, you have to look at the
general eviction industry pic
ture and its labor relations.
There ore in the United Stotes
today more than so oirolone
manufacturers, IS oircroft en-
CINE companies. 10 propeller
makers and no one knows how
many plants making ports on
sub-controcts. Totol employ
nent runs somewhere between
800, 900 and q million men.
NO UNIONS
At TWO FIRMS
Of the plane mokers, there
are q b out. q dozen Ieodine
companies, with 5000 or more
employees eoch. Two Of those
companies, Douglas and Mar
tin, ore unoreonlzed. OouqIos,
with perhaps IS. OCO employees,
has q few A. F. Of L. and c. I.
O. members but an obortive
sit-down in one Douelos plant
in 1897 rather queered the un-
ions there and the company
hos kept its woee seoIe ups dis
courooina organization. Nor
tin, with Is 900 employees, had
q strike Of about 40 men q few
months oeo but It went bust.
There have been about IS
strikes in plants with oircrott
contracts since The defense et-
fort began. The Vultee.C. !. O.
seven-doy strike at DowneY,
CoIif., lost November was the
worst, up until the present
North American dispute. Other
major c. !. o. contracts ore
held at Bell Nireroft in Buffolo
and Ryan in San Diego. A. F.
Of L. International Association
Of Mochinists major contracts
ore held at Boeina in Seattle,
Consolidated in San Diego,
Lockheed at Burbank. Veeo at
Burbank and Vultee at Nash
vile.
From this summary Il con be
seen thot the rivalry Of the two
labor groups for organization
of the biggest Of the new in
dustries is fierce. While G. ].
O.. with controcts in seven
plants and 1900 u. A. w.
oircroff members hos been in
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12

have found without excep-
ton that the vast majority of the
peoples are robustly democratic.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., during
his goodwill tour" to South
America.
One Of the few things about
which oil of US can be certain
In these days Of anxiety and
doubt 10 that the old world with
oil 10 siSnQ and symbols 10 goue.
IL. Edward Seriven, or4.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12

Ickes never has besn a Oh
expert. When I w1s n Wo0-
ingtcn Ne never dreamed of eau.
inG "a him for ajd.
Albert =. PAN DocSUtary q ~
in1ogioe 6uE1nO u T6opoe
pounG e. oeon6n1a ny,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
NAAR
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Miss Blanche Babcock ana Mr..
Arthur Donaldson were married
yesterday before 50 friends ana
relatives ut the home Of the
bride on Cess avenue.
Il Is expected that the new
engine In the electric works Will
be running next week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
1885
Charles Hummrich, prominent
M &C omb county Republican,
passes away.
Supt. L. Wade Fast explains
how the plan Of free text books
for school children will work.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
One man Is killed and the rest
of his family injured In a crash
between Matthew teithead's car
and the Grand Trunk gas-elect.
ric train.
Selfridge Field flyers were
honored today In the first Of q
series of appreciation luncheons,
held at the Park hotel.
o
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1906
Work on the North Gratiot
street pavement began yesterday
and 10 expected to be completes
in the near future. III
The ladies Of Grace Episcopel
church will hold . rummaSe sais
in Ben Lema's office this week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-12
60 YEARS AGO TODAY

One thousand dollars were
RAISED last evening In old Of TIE
telephone line between Mount
Clemens, Port Huron, and D.
troit.
Utica claims to do more ran.
road business than any other
place on the Bay City rood. sx.
ceptfnx Detroit and Bay City.