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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
SANTA CLAUS UNMAsKED

Current pIons now call for roisine
81 900, OOO, 600 or more per year
through new toxes and increases in ex-
istino taxes. And this is but stort-
we cont build and nointoin twenty
or thirty billion dolIor miIitory defense
establishment on deficits.
The next inescopoble step will be to
assess direct taxes o9oinst q larger pro-
portion Of our population. Thot has al
ready been done to q minor extent,
through reductions in Federal income
tax exemptions approved by the lost
Congress. The new Congress will have
to 90 to much greoter lengths in this
direction to roise needed revenue.
The old theory that we con support
the government, no motter how costly
it is. by the easy expedlent Of soaking
the rich, is at lost exposed. The rich
ond this goes for industries no less than
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. about reached
the limit of their ability to poy. with
out bringing business to q stondstill
New revenue, in lor9e amounts, can be
roised now only by going otter those
WtOSS UNOVIISS IOII w tIIS JIUOOuS OJvO
lower brackets.
This will give millions Of people
their first real and personal knowledge
of the stoke they have in government
spending and government debts. It will
show them who, in the long run, Sonto
Claus is, and why thrift in government
is as indispensable as thrift in the home.
Indirect toxotion, no motter how heavy,
'is hidden from, and unknown to q mo-
jority Of the people, 1t is direct toxotion
thot hurts. When you get statement
from the Bureau Of Internal Revenue
telling you to remit five or ten or fifty
dollars you begin to understand thot
your interest in the cost of government
is just as reoI as your interest in the cost
Of groceries or rent or clothes.
We are to have toxotion on scoIe
we never dreomed of. The shock will be
good for us. We will take new interest
in "our" government as we learn that
we are Sonto Claus
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10

When you stort to "IeoisIote" O.
goinst someone, be exceedingly core
full that you are not harmed in the pro-
cess. This oppIies particularly to laws
designedto penolize specified Gloss Of
business In q number of instances, such
laws have recoiIed with devastating eff
feet on other business.
In Colorado, for example, it was
held some time ogo by the Stote Su-
prere Court thot independent retoil
stores ossocioted in voluntary buying
groups-o classification which includes
thousands Of the most progressive in
dependents-ore subject to thot stote's
chain store tax. The Colorado Treasurer
is olso seeking to collect this tax on
quito dealers in the stote, from the man.
ufocturers, on the grounds thot the
deolers ore subject to control Of the
manufacturers and SO are chains with
in the meaning Of the law
A Stote District Court in Idaho hos
held thot acknowledgement stores as
socioted in q voluntary group ore SUBJ
ject to the Idaho chain store tax law.
Similar opinions have been handed
down by courts in South Dakota, Texos,
and elsewhere
Whot the outcome of all this
will be remains to be seen. Certainly,
substantial public sentiment in favor
Of punitive chain taxes no longer exists,
it it ever did exist; in recent elections
such toxes have been strongly disop-
proved by the people, The omozine
mass Of testimony presented to the last
Congress in opposition to the Potmon
Bill which would have destroyed all
lor9e chains by class toxotion, shows
the way the wind blows.
At any rate, it is we'll to learn thot
it you Try to ruin another fellows busi-
ness by law, there is reason to feor that
the same law may react against your
business. Gloss toxotion and class leo
isIotion ore the most insidious and dan
9erous Of weapons. America wants
none of them.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
CRANIUM .
CRACKERS
FAMOUS WOMEN

Until the Goth century, the wo-
mans place was generally con-
sidered to be In the home, but
before that time there were
many who played important
parts in world events. How many
of these famous women can you
identify?
/. Name the Indian girl who
repeatedly saved an early Amer
lean colonist from death.
2. What Archduchess of Aus
tria, born in Vienna, married q
French king and was later be-
headed in Paris?
3. Who was the woman that
offered to pawn her jewels to
aid an Italian navigator in his
business of exploration?
4. What Egyptian woman was
wooed by two well-known Ro-
mans?
S. Who was the 19-year-old
girl that was burned at the stake
after leading French troops into
battle against the English?
Answers on Page 8
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
: BEHIND THE SCENES
m WAsHlN GTON

thirds OF the worlds popuIa-
ton con Be classified os rice
eating, and more thar holt Is
in the most denssly populated
oreos - lndio, Netherlonds
East Indies, Chino, } op on,
ThoiIand. lndo- Chino, MoIoyo.
and the nnyriod Islands Of the
Pacific. And while the over
ooe per copito rice consunp-
ton in the United Stotes Is
obout five pounds q year. in
the Orient II runs to 300
pounds per person per yeor-
nearly q pound q day.
lndo- Chino an d Thoilond
ore the two largest rice export
Ing countries. II there is any;
world rice n,orket eopitol, il is
Saigon. Scattered loeoi produc-
ton over vast areos prevents
there being any rice kings or
rice monopoIies.
japan, however, BY her one
bold stroke in lndo- Chino hos
come as close to cornerina the
world rice market as Is posi-
BILE. and il she can further ex-
ert her influence over rice ex-
ports Of Thoilond, hundreds Of
millions Of people in rice i'm
porting countries next year will
be wondering where they're
going to get enough to cot.
Toke Netherlands Eost In
dies, with IS 900. 900 people.
more denseIy populated on
some isIonds than Japan, and
always forced to import rice.
What Japan may not be obIe TO
win by argument in conees-
sions from I he Dutch. she
might win by shutting off the
rice supply from Indo- Chino.
It's as simple as that.
Toke our own Philippines
and Guom and Hawaii, Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico, which
strangely enough don't begin
to grow enough rice for their
own brown brother popuIo-
tions.
All lotin America consumes
quantities Of rice. Brazil hos
stepped UP lately as q rice pro-
Queer. louisiono, Arkansas
Texos and California ore prin-
cipoI rice producing stotes in
the U. S., but higher produce
ton costs limit their morkets.
Invaded Chino, which should
be suffering from rice short
age, isn't. It's the jap ormies
who need rice most. and that
exploihs the grab Of the Indo-
Chinese rice market.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


HOLLYWOOD-It's nice to
see Paul and Grace Hartman on
a movie set for q change. The
hefty red-headed gent and his
small, bright-eyed and astonish-
ingly durable wife, who dance,
have been too long among the
white-tie and bareback night
spots Of this and several other
nations. It's time we four-bit
movie customers got q look at
their terpsichorean mayhem.
After the Hartmans' appear
ance in a peculiar film titled as
Fathers" In 1887, I predicted
they would be long absent from
celluloid. Enticed here by 10Th
Fox for q musical which was de-
layed at the last minute, they
were tossed into the aforemen-
toned charade even more heart
lessly than Paul, in their cabaret
routine. hurls Grace out among
the $40 ringside patrons and the
champagne buckets.
It may be that the Hartmans
will make their appearance in
Sunny" only a stopover be-
tween their supper-club rounds.
But you never can tell. They took
the Job because Producer-Direc-
tor Herbert Wilcox promised
they could do some acting.
They're as important as anybody
in the show except Anna Neagle
and Ray Bolger.
PAUL'S FATHER
INTRODUCED THEM
At any rate, it's likely the
team will drop around for other
pictures. For the last four years
they've been telling producers,
Sorry, but we're booked solid
for the next seven months. Be-
sides, we get $4,000 a week. And
most important of all, we're
having fun"
Naturally, there was a time
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
. BARBS

Some people who don't get
everything that's coming to them
are plain lucky.
90
John Garner says he isn't CO.
ine to express himself publicly
for q year. Force Of habitf
.
Woman In q west coast town
stole 20 ret her husband out Of
jail. He Isn't out-but at least,
they're together.
.
Britons this year win eat 1900
per cent more onions that last.
Just wait TN. the Germans get
wind Il Il.
- .
Cola Sbee ofl1n keeo 3 NJ
- - g te.roea ( *.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10

made more liberal in another
way. Instead of limiting no
trump bids strictly to 1883 dis
tribution, 4-4-3-2 hand may be
used for no trump bids If the
hand has no biddable suit" This
harks back to the original ap-
proach principle, which with the
forcing principle formed the
basis of the first Culbertson Sys-
tenn when IL was introduced in
1927.
In today's hand, South has q
one no trump bid under the now
Culbertson requirement. b y
playing the hand properly, he
made his game.
On the first trick. he put up
dummy's ace of CLUBS correct
play which many players over
look. The theory behind Il Is
thst IL East has three clubs, q
hold-up play will do no sDod;
while If East has only two clubs,
the suit will be blocked.
On the second trick dummy
led q small diamond, South
played the jack and West took
the king. A heart shift was
won by South with the ace, after
which South cashed his three
high spades, the queen Of hearts.
and led Q dismond.
East won this with the die.
mond ace, but could not defeat
the contract owing 70 the block
IN the club suit. Dec'arer won
four spades, three hearts . club
md q diamond.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

when the Hartmans were not in
such demand, although it wasn't
so tough except right at the be-
ginning. Paul was the son Of
Ferris Hartman, well-loved
Snowman called the Ziegfeld of
the West. Grace Barrett was q
sea captains daughter, San
Francisco born, who became q
Denishawn dancer and was hired
for one of the elder Hartman's
productions.
She and Paul Hartman were
introduced by his father. Paul
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

pOSTAL paper Of II Pan Amsri-
= can republics will be given
special attention during April.
Oficials Of the Pan American
Union at Warrington, d. c., have
announced q special philatelic dis
play. April IL IL celebrated
throughout the western hemi-
sphere ~ "Pan American Day."
Cover collectors are reopenins
IN old neld In censor markings.
Collection Of these items, which
ended shortly after the Armistice
In 1918, u In full stride again,
with plenty Of British Empire and
German mail supplying demands.
Overpeints, natural result Of war
and occupation Of conquered ter
ritory, are Increasing, but only .
few are reaching United States.
Recent addition was the Free
France" overprint Of French CO
lonials directing attention 10 Cen
eral Charles de Caulle's appeal 10
Frenchmen 10 defend the empire.
The numerous German issues
bearing Hitler's portrait and no
counterpart In the philatelic his
tory Of Kaiser Wilhelm, leader q
the World War ]. The kalDog's
portrait appears on Q single iqsue.
The coronation stamp Il 1900. He
appears IN . group and can hardly
b identified.
New issues: Dominican Republic,
small. sinGle value picturing Ms-
:ridn Military Hospital: Sidewalks:
airmail IN climb a0Ainse hack-
ground q huos bird; philipp1ne
lslandA Jqlp ?, Rlsal. lotA esn1usy
Ieoder. Nye66h - nv aiEHafl
snsvine ua11e - nnalve -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10

An opening bid OF one no
trump In the 1941 Culbertson
System may be made on three
and one-half honor tricks,
whereas previously four were
required. In this way gilbert
son retains the principle of
fairly strong opening no trump
bids, but greatly increases the
number of times a player has a
chance to bid one.
The requirements have been
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

Twenty-one men, representa-.
tive Of Macomb. Wayne. Lapeer.
st. Clair and Oakland counties,
met In the office Of the Macomb
county road commission Thurs
day TO establish further plans
for the establishment Of the pro
posed national park for south
eastern Michigan. The site for
the park ID three miles north Of
Algonac on the st. Clair river.
With the beginning Of their
next payroll periods, Michigan's
05, 900 WPA workers employed
on projects will 60 on . four
day week with no drop In pay.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
WHAT THE PEoPLETHINK

Whot do the American people think
of life insurance?
Here. in figures, is the answer. Ac-
cordin9 to Holeor }. johnson, president
Of the institute of Life Insurance, there
ore now 6K times os many poIicyhold-
ers as there we're in loOO-ond almost
every fomily has at least one life insur-
once policy.
The American people seem to think
lite insurance is one Of the best and
sofest forms Of economic protection.
The omozino record Of life insurance
hos proven them right.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
The TRAGEDY OF ITALY

NOTHING is eoSier Tor more oeSP'S
( oble). thar, to kick q man when he IS
down. 1t is cosy, at long range, to cd
minister q verbal kicking to the ltolion
people. especially now that their ornies
hove token such literal kicking
Soround in AIbonio, in Libyo ond IN
Ethiopia.
II is unjust, however, to use these
foilures as blanket indictment OF the
ltolion people, and especially to allow
il to reflect on Americans Of ltolion de-
cent. II is the strutting, bombostic.
truculent leadership thot hos tostened
itself on ltoIy thot must beor the
blame.
There is nothing wrong with ltol-
ions as such. They did oil right when
they we're kicking Rodetsky out OF Nj
Ian q hundred years ogo, ond 0ori-
.bojdrs redshirts and Mozzini's legions
we're the odmirotion Of the world when
they made their gallant but hopeless
resistance to the Austrions ond French.
But they we're fighting to defend
their country, fighting tor freedom.
And that makes all the difference.
People who like to bring up Coporet-
to forget the Piove and the foct that
gltoIy. almost knocked out, rose again
ord delivered q knockout blow ogoinst
the Austrions, losing 600. 600 decd and
q million wounded. But oooin, ltoIion
soldiers we're throwing Austrian invo-
ders out Of northern ltoly. They were
willing to fight and to die for thot. ond
for the bright dream Of freedom promis-
ed by their oHies.
Since that time, Italian niIitoy ex-
,pIoits have not been so brilliant. Sent
TO the pIogue-ridden, 6od-forsoken
wastes Of Ethiopia to conquer Q sewage
land for no reason that they could see,
they were not impressive. Sent to SPoin
to take a hand in q civil war in which
they were not interested. Guodoloioro
wos the result. And now in Albania,
where they know they have no business
to be in the first place; in libyo, where
they have resoiutely refused to go as
"coionists" and in Ethiopia, where the
young NeopoItons look at one onother
and ask 'NNhy?"-they surrender in
droves rather than die. For what? For
the ambitions Of q renegade sociolist in
q movie-doornon's uniform who tells
them Don't ask why. Go and die. am
always right" Mozzini ond 0oribold
spoke other, brighter words.
Men who served with the sQuod-
mates Of ItoIion origin in the World
War know that such men were good
men; Ioyol companions and brave fight
ers. But they we're fighting for free
land, their land, to keep it free ond to
make their motherIond free, not for
mad imperioIist dream Of vanished en-
pire They will do it again, il need be,
and do it we'll.
Bravery IS not alone in fighting and
DYING when told. II is also in choosing q
couse worth dying for. For tyranny the
itolions ore Iooth to die.
Americans. including Americans Of
ltolion descent, understand.
80 aan<AAa kaR An efl00 TIM
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

1895
A local organization at Romeo
Is about to present 1.-THE Missing
Link" and there is general dis
may.
The acreage of the Mount Gle.
mems Sugar company next sea-
son promises to be very large.
It Is up TO the 5000 acre mark
now.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

THIS 10 the seventh of series
OF re articles on the nep bidding
rules IN the 1871 Cnlbertson Sys-
TEN.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Stan Cady attended the Ice
boat races ut Gull Lake yester-
day.
Official call for the Republic
can county convention has been
Issued by George p. Eckstein,
chairman Of the county commit
tee.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
hslaGlch AkD-oR EDUCATION

Le,fjcoofophers deplore the written
e,33ression "ond-or," and so do we, but
jf dos Sem an opt way to describe the
lsyteFe$tino experiment now going on in
M New York public schools. Eighteen
4 bools have been selected; parents
sSya dBs;onofe their children in those
II uls a. tondidotes for religious in.
sfio0s the designated children ore
Y ~ lSed. an hour eorly one doy
III ~ 10 neorby churches, Gothic
ont und Jewish, where reIie-
Non hos been prepored for
lF1cee churches. About $500
e primary grade are now
IN ji if ~ bsino wotched
- f 1s,eti,er II moy
lIi <,S 4, s y, ), j. a. a. 5.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
40 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

The high school students
have purchased q picture Of
George Washington.
There Is talk that the school
board will discuss . proposed
$4,000 school building at IT.
next meeting. ~ . " y
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
Dy PETER GDsoN
Dolly Msaitss WsshieStea
coseosooodont

n1ent OF Commerce, tney I'll
together to solve O Japanese
puzzle in q manner that would
be almost too neot, II it weren't
for the officioI reports them
selves. which give the key to
the whole situation.
First, there wos the an
noun -ment from Toxic thot
rice is to be ratic,ed to the
japanese people. Food books
are to be issued. Manuel To-
borers will act q loroer rotion.
but the bowl Of rice that every
one gets will be definitely lin
tied.
Then. while the Japanese
we're fixing up a oeoce between
ThaiIond and French lndo-
Chino. they also mode q little
deal Of their own with lndo-
Chino and the first item in that
agreement provided thot 10.
pan would have q virtual
monopoly Of Indo-China rice.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
INDo- CHINA RICE
With that trick token, !,
might apoeor that Japan would
hove no further worry about G
food suooIy, but here's the
kicker. The Jooonese people
don't like lndo- Chino rice.
There ore, of course. dozen:
Of varieties Of rice. but in gen.
eroI thev cIossify rs hard grain
and soft oroin. The Japanese
like the hard groin voriety
which they raise themselve:
and which is oIso roised If
Chosen (koreo) whose sur.
oIus is imported by japan
Lost year. however, rice crop:
in both Japan and Chosen
weren't so good. To make "
the shortoee. the JoDanest
food minitsrv tried to enforce
ruling mot 20 per cent lndo'
China rice should be mixee
with 80 per cent Joponese rice
lust to give everybody enough
But lndo- China rice Is soft
aroin. II cooks foster thar
japanese rice and goes mush>
IL cooked too long. There wa!
q family tempest in every rice
pot in Japan. II the house
wife cooked for the Indo- Chine
rice, the japanese rice wasn''
done. II she cooked for the
harder japanese rice. the In
do-Chino grains went into
paste. For q time. things were
in such stote that the govern.
nent tried q mixture with lC
to 20 per cent wheat. but thu
people wouldn't accept 1t.
The result Of all this hs.
been that the price Of rice no!
doubled, from 1888 to 1910
the high for last year being 4;
yen per koku. A ven Is q
cents and O koku is five and or
eighth bushels, and any slide
rule should figure thot out al
about 81 O busheI. Chicago
wheot now being around 8Oc
and the japanese incomes be-
ING what they ore. you cor
figure It out thot things oren',
so good.
On top Of that there Is ar
acute form labor shovtooe II
Jopon, there is q shortooe o.
fertilizer, and crop reports art
so low that some belief con b
given the idea that the rice
formers ore simply holding ou'
on the government purchasing
oeent. Normally. Japon prod
uces so per cent Of her rice
consumption, the hsIonee com.
ina from Chosen and Toiwor
island.
HIGH y. s. costs
CUT PRODUCTION
The world balance OF rice
therefore becomes on import
ant economic factor in main.
toinino stability. Nearly two
RARRS u
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10

1851
There will be q masquerado
bell 1t Cady on the evening q
the 17th.
l1emphio has . centenerten.
ler. C1sorles Foots reached he
lptse h1Ethday a the - ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10

The keynote of Nicaraoua's foreign policy d
ooe Anastasio Ss11A - ehat eo,anogJl I
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
TUMBLE
IN PHILLY 90.

In Manhattan, after two years
of intensive practice, they found
ballroom-style dance teams were
q dime q dozen. That was in the
season of 1828-29, I believe. A.
ter playing q few cool engage
ments and worrying a few weeks,
they landed in Philadelphia, and
I now turn the story over to
Grace Hartman:
I'VE were doing an adagio-
but seriously. We didn't have q
full stage set of our own and
were using some discarded flats
for q backdrop which had q few
holes but looked all right. Paul
was whirling me around his neck
He let me 60, and instead OF
landing gracefully I slipped and
dove through the backdrop, clear
out Of sight Of the audience. They
howled and we practically died.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

The Market street bridge abut-
ment II completed, and seems to
be q very substantial piece OF
work.
Measles and colds hGve Great
ed sad havoc In the schools The
last month. Nearly 100 pupils
have been out.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10
HIGH y. s. COSTS
CUT PkoOU c1l0N

The world balance OF rice
therefore becomes on import
ant economic fsctor in main
toinino stability. Nearly two
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-10

was q sophomore at the Univer-
sity of California. In no more
days than there are words In this
sentence, he became an ex-stu-
dent, the husband Of Grace Bar
rett and her dancing partner.
They asked papa for q job, got 1t,
Topped, were fired.
Like q lot of success-seekers,
they went west. Already being
as far west as Greeley's advice
intended, they went to the
Orient. Beginning In spots such
as Shanghai, Batavia and Bonn
bay, they made 1t a two-year,
woodworking, shakily financed
h0nevmOOn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-04

22-AboundinE IN mari.
24-Canyas shelters.
y Wings.
29-Contract for services
30 Plant juice
3i-ToVard
20 -Adherent ~ realism.
35-where wss Abrahsm's birthplace
80 Haf ar en- tpi ,.
3--LF' ~ stand
Wide mouthed Jar.
a. one VINO reCites
43-What 10 the name ~ the naval sta
ZION in the northwestern part Of
France
4i-Lyric poem.
45-Briny
4T-Coincides
5o-Trmmed With beads.
s3-Maie offspring
54-RPpssts.
So Hebrew high priest.
57-Danre step.
5s-Wse men
59-shori sleep.
VERTICAL
Native metal
Floor covering
5-what kind u seat Is reared for its
long silky hair
Z Fun Of sand.
5-Impel
s-New England state tsbbr).
To the rghf
ticed voluntary poverty?
q--Obtains knowledge.
iO-Dine
1i-Before.
i6-Sicksf
1s-Three prefix
90 those who make nails
22-Mother
23-Solrary
25-LeCal document
26-What he another ttfle for French
mem
27-what Mother Goose character could
eat no fat
2q-pespise 33-Admires.
at-Ore mass CSpD 37-Spurns
l0-What Is famous Holland TINT
tersiv town 42-Cyprinoid hsh.
43--Cunsecrate 4s-Capable
47-Ven0mous serpent
fS-Thetsn gazele,
ocean
bi-Note IN Guido's scale.
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bS-Symhol for silver.