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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

Anstrana's Per Capita Income
Australia's per capita national
income il now only $4oz.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

The Camera Club is backing the
baby contest for the Hi Jinx. Also
on their schedule is picnic dated
for October rs, at Kootenai Falls.
The darkroom equipment has ar
rived and will be set UP by next
meeting. AT that time Mr.. Clay.
Parker will address the group on
th4 ne and care d darkroom ma
terkls.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

A very enjoyable evening was
spent by the members of the Home
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

Girls, your hair wearing problem
has been solved. Upon entering the
Dutton home one night last week, /
was astonished to see Donald with
to 5 new wearing equipments in
his hair. For further information
as to the use of them, see Donald
himself.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

Duane Delzer and Athena Krey-
mer, are, though competition is
strong. the best note passers in Lib
by High. You teachers ought to
sec if YOU can't catch them at it
and read one. 1t ought to prove in
.eresting.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23
Nosey Notes

Patsy and Burton were
greatly surprised to find two gray
hairs on Duane Daugharty's head
the other day at the game. Maybe
some of our students are older than
we think they are
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

Say, if you want to see Rounds
IN exceptionally good humor, come
around the assembly a short while
after dismissal without an appoint
ment. He's really scream
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23
Class and Club Activities

The Il" Club is sponsoring a
Kangaroo Court to punish all stu
dents in Junior Hi and High School
who do not wear bow-ties or hair
ribbons in accordance with the slo-
gan of the times. Tie up with the
Terriers" The first session of this
court was held last Friday after
noon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

Well Bless Bess. Mr. Roberts has
his new glasses. Say, pulled the
darnest things right under his nose,
md now can see why he did not
lump me for them; he couldn't see
me
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-23

a much ~ I 0Uu010Q
dmss more light than you
struggle 10 Rad on study
under IN ~ average living
ssfflAE asfsss.n h w
NO WCfDEn ono out q
i've grade school childEsn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06

High-back style, made of heavy blue denim.
Full cut, with large pockets; triple-stitched
for long service.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

of hearts and played his cards
as they stood. He held of UNI
til the third round of spades,
then led a diamond. South won
and exited with a diamond. De-
clarer cashed the other top dia-
monds, and then tried to get into
dummy. He played the ten Of
hearts and let 1t ride, but South
shrewdly refused to win. Then
came the ace and another heart.
South won and cashed the
fourth heart. West won q
spade, two hearts, two diamonds,
two clubs, and his Joker, going
down one trick. I'M
There are several better dis
cards that West could have
made; in fact, he could have
picked up the deuce Of hearts
and discarded the Joker. Now
do you see what would happen!
When South exited with the
nine of diamonds, declarer
would win, cash his other high
diamond, then lead the deuce
Of hearts. playing the seven
from dummy. Thus South
would be forced In the lead, and
no matter what he returned, de-
clarer would be able to win In
dummy, cash the two good dia-
monds and thus make his con.
tract.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
. SO THEY SAY

Have you ever thought what
q world we could make II we
put into peace endeavors the en-
ergy, self sacrifice, and cooper
alton we use In the wasteful-
ness Of war?
General Sir Archibald Percy
Wavell to his troops.
He couldn't adjust himself to
freedom. Freedom, just living
In Q free country, made him .
captive.
Paul Wohl, friend Of Gins
burg rivitsky. gun victim
and onetime Soviet spy.
Il looks as though the farmer
were going TO carry most OF the
burden Of defense without too
much compensation.
Fred H. Sexauer, president.
the Dairyman's League.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
4 BlLLIoN DOLLARS
WORTH or FUN

Lots Of people, pulling long foces
will teIlyou thot they had O pretty thin
time lost year, and that the slogan with
which they face the. future is'"No Fun
in al" y
Well, they're having q billion dol
Iors' worth Of fun every year, or getting
themselves eypped, one or the other.
For the Census Bureau figures thofs
what the United Stotes spends every
wear in the pursuit Of pleasure down or
oonized commercial bywoys. The NOV
les oct more than half Of it, but bowl
ing alleys knock off nearly fifty mil.
lions year, race tracks forty, ond poo!
porIors almost as much. Professional
baseball, the national game" trolls in
sixth place.
Are you having any fun, Mr. and
Mrs. America? II you aren't, it isn't
because you haven't been trying.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
By PAUL HARRISON
NAE Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD-Behind the
screen: After an actress had
received about a dozen visitors
and twice as many messages on
the set the other day. an impa-
tient assistant director remark
ed, THAT DANES got more guys
chasing her than the Italians
have"
A London company, Ealing
Studios, announces production
of a documentary and satirical
Aim made from newreel clips
and based on the life of Musso-
lini. Tentative title: '"Top Wop."
And speaking of the Black
Shirt country. its purchase of
the films "Intermezzo" and ere
becca" have brought q good deal
of criticism in Movietown against
David Selznick. Attitude here
Is that his sale of the pictures
not only Is counter to the boy
colt of Italy declared by Holly
wood before war began, but that
the action may look to the Ital-
ians like an encouraging ges-
ture from the U. S. "The least
we can do now" suggested a
British actor, "is give the mon
ey to the Greek War Relief"
DICTATOR" DEBUTS
DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
The Argentine government
finally passed Charlie Chaplin's
Dictator" after the Aim orig
inally had been banned because
of protests by Germany. Con
LESSONS of a Nazi Spy" though,
remains on the shelf. =. Chap
lin and Paulette Goddard are
together again, living at the
beach home Of her agent and
planning q Honolulu trip when
She finishes her new picture.
Cecil De Mile cabled an
offer for q part in Reap the
Wild Wind" to Rex Harrison
in England, and got this reply,
Sorry, but busy in the great
est role of my life The actor
is a private in the British army.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
: BEHIND THE seen ES
m WASt CTONs

orno1jno osruy OF individual
oppfopeiotion which indicates
what q complicated business
this preparedness effort Is and
how many rot holes have 10
b. ehunked full OF money
one million here and five mil
lion there to take core Of some
emergency no one thinking
anything further about the al
location except the guys who
have to spend II. or the fellows
who get it in poychecks, q mere
SIS or $50 q week at q time.
To troin army and navy per-
sonnet for the American re-
publies. $500, 200.
To survey the ST.. Lawrence,
$3.50, OOO- though how that
fits in as q defense measure
isn't quite cleor.
To stort the seIective service
machinery functioning, $780,
600.
To strengthen the G.men
setup in F.B.I. $4OO, 900, plus
another $50. 900 for alien no.
turoIizotion.
To the secret service. to
check counterfeiting and pro-
vide more Treasury guards, q
mere $l73, 900.
To recondition the S. S.
America, $500, 900.
To build the trons-Iths-
monion highway In Panama,
the Stote Department gets
So. 675, 900 - though this is
probably the first occasion on
record where the Stote Depart
ment ever paved a road for
onything other than q good in
tention. Just to license exports
Of war materials, the Stote De-
portment had to have $751;
600.
The council Of national de-
Tense research boys get more
than four million and 50 do
the gentlemen Of the advisory
committee to the council Of
national defense. And the CO.
ordirotor Of cultural relations
IsIsys1ooH uosIsN 6u!uosw-
and his setup to spread North
Americonism In South Ameri-
co-eets So. AIS 900.
And so on. II would take q
three-puee table to list them
all, but II you have to sit up
nights figuring UP your income
tax, you can take consolation
from the foet thot, Just to keep
books on all the money il takes
to run q war, the President had
to dio down in his Uncle SONS
jeans and from these ener-
eency ieons and from these
emergency funds give the bud
get bureau onother hundred
orond.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
AArftrAL PREPAREDNESS

The time for this hos not yet come
Hit Il may come, and 1t is not o!ormist
Il MRS. Roosevelt to suggest that we
benin getting into the mental frame OF
mind Is ride with it il II comes.
r. general. we have felt sure, IN the
the United States, thot we could have
bott, Guns and butter. The industrial
resources Of the country are SO greet
thot: il general, this should be true. But
ttere may be exceptions. Aluminium,
for instonce. Suppose the pressure for
pjones and more planes rises, and there
IS q shortage Of aluminium. so thot it
cont be used for cooking utensils.
When the government points out the
reed. we should be ready to postpone
buying such materials, laying oside the
money insteod to buy them otter the
emergency is passed. Then every such
purchase will help to eose the stroin OF
trunsfer back to peocetime production.
AS to stocks Of goods on hand this
does not, of course. apply. II may never
apply. But it is just as we'll to toee pos
sibiIities and be prepored to make them
work forus, not ogoinst US.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
By WIN. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

This Is the last Of series OF
six articles on "Super-Contract
Bridge" q form of the game us
ing the joker, described by Capt.
John M. Ellicott, u. S. NJ, retir-
ed, In his new book.
Today's hand Is another warn
ing Of the Importance Of know
ing how to handle the widow
card in this new game. The de-
clsrer pushed aside the deuce
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books .

Gertrude Stein Il loose
again with her first novel In II
years. Her latest contribution
to the worlds present-day con-
fusion Is called Ida" (Random
House: so. It Is all about Ida,
which Is all anyone can say
about it with any degree Of GER
tainty.
It is not quite clear just what
Ida Is doing oil through tie
pages Of the novel. She moves
around . good deal, and then
again she doesn't; she Just seems
to get places without moving.
At various times, Ida decides to
be q twin-and she Is q twin.
She marries assorted gentlemen
from time to time; In fact, they
seem to 60 with the places In
which Ida finds herself. lda's
chief occupation IL resting,
which seems q little odd consid.
ering her extensive marital ex-
periences and travels.
Here's q dash Of typical s elm
csc. Make something Of II II
you can.
"As she was leaving Connecti-
cut she began to listen to . man.
He was an officer In the any.
His name was Sam Hamlin. He
was q lively Sam Hamlin. He
said IL he had q wife he could
divorce her. He came originally
from Connecticut, and he was
still In Connecticut. He said the
only way 10 leave Connecticut
was to 20 out Of IL. II he had
left Connecticut he might have
gotten to Warrington, perhaps
to Utah and Idaho. and IL he
had he might have gotten lost.
That II the way he felt about
Connecticut"
When you read q couple Of
paragraphs Of Miss Stein, you
begin mulling over what she has
said. and you think. perhaps,
you have got what she IL driv-
ing ut. Then you resd another
paragraph. and you realize
you're right back where you
stsrted from.
So the best way 10 reed ida"
IL to read. just . couple Of para.
graphs 1t . time. 4 you like,
you con- start at The end and
read bsckwsrdA Il makee Just
% much Senoo.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
MORE STRANGE BEDFELLoWs

We've all got to get used to stronee
bedfellows il we're to get any sleep at
oll ia this topsy-turvy world.
News from Mexico thot Spanish
Nonorchists and Republicans ore trying
TO oct, together on meons Of ousting
Dictator Fronco from Spoin sounds
'stronoe indeed.
But let's have no sorcostic crooks
from the United Stotes, which sees
spectocles like this: Colonel McCor.
mick Of the Chicago Tribune and Eorl
Browder, general secretary Of the Com
n,unist Party, united oeoinst measures
which they feel might lead to war; Nor
rnpn Thomas and Senator Toft united
in fear thot war preparations leod to
dictatorship; John /. Lewis ond Henry
Ford joining hands in opposing old to
Britoin; Fother CouehIn and Harry
Bridges oIike viewing with alarm the
soctivities for defense and help for the
British.
( Everybody must now pick out his
own political bed and lie in it as COM
fortobIy as he may, trying not to roll
over OF listen to adjacent snoring. Sleep
well!
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

A SET Of "a Know the Ameri-
- cas-" poster stamps will be is
sued April IA in observance Of
Pan American Day. Although
these items are non-philatelic
stamps, the set presents impor-
tant inter-American features. A
description Of each poster stamp
accompanies the series.
Finland's four new Red Cross
semi-postals symbolic recon-
struction in the country. Finland
has issued Red Cross stamps an
nually since 1880.
William Tell gets his picture In
stamp albums again in the new
Swiss series Of nine values honor
ing heroes. Four other famous
Swiss leaders also are pictured.
Washington reports future addi-
tons to the Famous Americans Sc
ries will be postponed in favor Of
a l94l series portraying significant
events Of u. S. history. The l50th
anniversary Of the incorporation
OF the Bill Of Rights into the u. S.
Constitution may be marked with
a postal issue for December re-
lease.
New issues: Costa Rica, airmail
and postage stamps marking re.
opening of university; Hungary,
four semi-postals for artists ptE.
sions and fine arts; Colombia, II
airmails.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

The James Roosevelt divorce
becomes final on March z, and
friends say that he and his for
mer nurse, Romelle Schneider,
will be married soon afterward.
Marlene Dietrich wanted
John Wayne to play opposite her
in 1.-The Flame of New Or
leans" But Republic. which
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
D PGTgR gpeoM =.
ps,ly Msslses Vs. issses
cApSoeDoo4oUe

WASHlMGTo M As thers
wos considerobls huloboioo
roissd when tire President wos
Given emergency funds Of zoe
million-l0O million in direct
appropriation and onothsr 100
million in contract outhorixo-
tions-it's rother interesting to
check up now and see where
all thot money hos gone. Al
the time, the general ideo OF
blank checks OF thot size wos
questioned, but that did not
deter the spending thereof.
and out Of the 200 million
there now remain only 81 mil
lion uneormorked.
The most obvious thing
about the spending, os reveal
ed by budget bureau figures, Is
thot Il went out to q good many
government departments. q lot
Of It in relatively small dobs
of O couple hundred thousand
or SO. Of course, 200 million
is quite O BIT Of dough and
could be spfeod rother foy and
wide as ordinary mortoIs fig
ure things, but in the gov
ment, we simply don't monkey
round.
IS MILLIONS
FOR NEW BASES
The biggest single dent In
the wod goes to the new bases
in the western hemisphere,
Newfoundland. Bermuda. and
the others which we're leosed
from the British in exchange
for the original so destroyers.
Seventy-five million is the mi
tioI expenditure for those pro-
jects, so million for the naval
end and IS million for the
army. And Of course. thot's
only the beginning. Point is.
the roll wos there to get the
boil rolling without any delay,
as soon as the swap was an
nounced.
Next biggest hunk, 36 mil
lion, goes to the Maritime
Commission for 81 shipwoys on
which the new 200 eoreo YES
sells Of simp!ified design will be
built. These ore the ugly
duckIing tromps which will
haul freight or war supplies
without benefit Of first Goblin
passengers and, eventually.
il the ships ore torpedoed IL
won't toke long to build others.
To build borrocks for the
new army. the War Depart
ment gets 29H million and in
the some eoteoory, the navy
gets 10 million.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation gets z million for
storage Of critical nnoteriols
and War Department q similar
amount for oerioI navigation
facilities, which could neon
anything from beoeons to
bonbsiohts.
AND FEW
SMALL" ITEMS
Those are the main big
items-lO million or over
and then under them is an
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
90 YEARS AGO TODAY

A bar meeting, of Macomb and
81. Clair county lawyers. was
held at Port Huron on Thur
day last 20 talk over the circuit
judeeship. The attendance vas
% small that adjournment was
had until the 23rd. ]. b. Ed
redge was The only Mscomb at-
torney proeent.
Geo. II. Law makes . very
pretty dI1p,sy = HE window.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

1881
DR.. ]. M. Croman and DR.. ].
M. Croman, Jr. LETT yesterday
for q southern trip. They will
visit Cuba and other places OF
interest before returning home.
Mrs. Walter Lehner and her
brother Don Delvin. have re-
turned from California. where
they went to see their brother,
VAUGHN Delvin.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22

The equipment that the British are now re-
ceivjng from W Is the equal Of and IN some In
ssances superior to the best produced elsewhere
n Ire wcrld.-Col. John H. Jouett, president,
Aerunautical Chamber Of Commerce.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

The Presbyterian brethren
had one Of their old-time sea-
sons of refreshment Monday
n ght. N. Mcintyre and s. B.
Spier were elected to the board
of trustees. ~
The Mount Clemens Post
Office distributed more thsn e.
600 Valentines, and the dealers
all sold out.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22

sln The terrific 10 yeors just passed,
/. the whole number Of farms in the
uhrited States declined 81 per cent,
from 6,2S8, 648 to 6;Oo6. 78o. At the
some 4ime the average holding increos-
led from 1913 ceres in 1910 to ia acres
todoy.
1hot IS portIy due to the foct that
the dust bowl which we have been in
si,dtjstriously erecting in the southwest
'lcvmonY years has at last begun to toke
ssits MI 81 bJosted hopes ond ruined
ahcm6tteods.
y All this meons fewer Of the kind Of
n1enN6,r ore solid proprietors standing
s;with 1liolf feet on their own land. Such
Sr,oIa;oro H. backbone Of any country.
y 70 lfSoke n worse, experts now believe
Is1eaot with hioh-powered production
J5sotfrods, half as many formers as To-
lpdoy could produce all the food the
;It4i16trY reeds. ~.
opple living on the land have
~ M Ne country far beyond the
MA thsy produce. They have
NY q solidnsss, shown by no other
n6)o. Thus every effort to de-
M Of LIVING On the soil. or
III nDoeoly os Q business but
S1nd 'lso contribution to
ord deserss 6ncour-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
MARY MARTIN
TAKES OFF AGAIN

A hasty title change has been
made by Warners-of Winged
Victory" to Shining Victory"
Somebody reminded 'em that
Winged Victory Is Hitler's favor
tie work of art. Mary Martin
does a brisk strip tease in kiss
the Boys Goodbye; peels of
numerous old-fashioned gar
ments and dives into q pool
Yeah-there's q modern bath
ing suit underneath.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY

1885
Prof. James K. Pollock Of the
University Of Michigan will adj
dress the League Of Women
Voters at q luncheon meeting
next Tuesday.
Plans are being completed for
the annual Macomb County
Teachers institute to be held In
Mount Clemens High school.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22

Dedham, Mass, couples marriage not only
went 70 the dogs, but to the cats. He got divorce
becauoe che kept nine Of one and II of the other.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
20 YEARS AGO TODAY

Woodmen Hsrlo Widrig and G.
H. Burkhardt are in Milwaukee,
Wis, on business this week. -
Miss Laura Kuhn Is home from
Pittsburgh, Mrs. Fred Cady from
California.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
owns the actor, has cast him
with Ona Munson in 1.-THE Lady
From New Orleans.
DIRECTS PICTURE
IN THREE TONGUES

IN 1nNEE xVNOOEO
Typical Of Hollywood and the
bold front maintained by movie
people is this sign in a boule-
ward dress shop: Everything
in sports apparel for the week
end at Palm Springs. We glad
ly cash relief checks.
Director Reuben Mamoulian
tries to make everyone feel at
home on the set of blood and
Sand" He speaks Russian to Ma
zimova, Spanish to Anthony
Quinn, and Texas to Linda OAR
nell. Spencer Tracy refers
to himself as 1--WE" since he
went into the dual role of DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. Par
amount wants to stage a nation
al poll so that the public can
cast For Whom the Bell Tolls"
But Ernest Hemingway is IN
sisting that Annabelle play Ma
ria.
CASUALTY NOTES: Jimmy
Gleason rose from flu bed to
play q scene In "Affectionately
Yours"-an easy scene, he was
assured, In which he could lie
down all the time. So he lay on
a couch and was repeatedly
drenched by an overhead sprink-
Ter for q comedy sequence. +.
Edward Arnold has a sprained
ankle and can't walk, but q
saddle-chair has been rugged up
with wheels 50 that he appears
to be moving about in scenes
for THE Lady From Cheyenne"
80. Kent Taylor, with q bro
ken collar bone, turns only his
left profile to the camera SO
that a bulky neck brace won't
show.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22
81 YEARS AGO TODAY

Fred Gutchow will open
stock Of furniture in the store
vacated by Weaver and Bauer.
The Mount Clemens Electric
Company celebrated its first an
niversary yesterday In its new
building.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-22

Those are the main big
million or over
and then under them is an
Evening star., 1941-06-23
u. :. Armored Outfit
Believed Able 10 Do
Good Job in Battle
Gen. Patton Says Division
Has Enough Tanks to
Tackle the Real Thing
By the Associated Press.

5S Inc ASSOSldICA 1900
WITH THE ARMY IN TENNES-
SEE, June 23.-With new tanks ar
irving during field maneuvers. the
I'd Armored Division-even now
has enough equipment to do good
job" in real battle, Maj. Gen. George
S. Patton, jr., said to-day.
Six new light tanks, jusL off pro-
duction lines at Rock Island Arse
nal, we're thrown into the Tennes-
see war games today, theii first
time in service, and 26 more are
awaiting the division at Fort Ben
mig, Ga. A division has about
$50 tanks in it.
IF it had to, the division is ready
to tackle the real thing anG do a
good job," the general said as he
prepared 20 lead his men and ma
chimes into the first Of the two 48-
hour exercises of the last week of
the June defense test in mld-Ten-
nessee
TT would make certainty more
sure if we had a regiment of me-
dun tanks with IS NM cannon"
Gen. Patton added, but the equip
ment we have is superior to that of
any nation in the world.
Our light tank has more frepow-
er than any other nations and per-
haps as much as any other medium
tank. 1t has good deal more speed
and endurance"
A 23-ton tank, mounting rs nm.
cannon is in production, but none
has been delivered to the division.
1t has many medium tanks mount
ing 37-mm. cannon and five ma
chine guns. That also is the arm
sment of the light tank.