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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Beauty Of Guatemala
Draws Many Tourists

GUATEMALA, which borders
" Mexico on the south, is one OF
the most picturesque Of the Latin
American countries. There are
Indian villages, ancient churches,
relics of the conquistadores, road
side shrines and Magyar ruins. II
is one Of the most popular tour
ist spots in the western hemi-
sphere.
The country is not large, as the
1896 map stamp above clearly in
dicates. II has an area OF 45,452
square miles. The country Is Dor.
dered by British Honduras, Hon.
duras, Salvador and the Pacific
ocean besides Mexico.
Sixty per cent OF the popula-
ton is Indian, less than 5 per cent
Of pure Spanish blood, the re-
mainder of mixed ancestry. This
mixture Of Indian and Spanish
affords an unequaled study in the
customs and costumes Of the peo-
pie.
Agriculture is the most impor-
tsnt industry, especially coffee
which accounts for 70 per cent
Of the exports. Between 80 and
"a Der cent Of the plantations are
owned by Germans md before The
,rnr (erynaay ~ soeoo1 Only y
~ t,plloo oleoq = . 1900 ~. ! !.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

pardon q dirty dig. lnsteod Of
training pilots to FLY them and
mechonies to re-equip them,
they let some Of the planes lie
in crotes. From that, the ships
began to get q bad name.
Along about that time, Brit
ish production Of its own fight
ers began to accelerate. They
didn't need the P-4O's and pre-
ferrine to use their own pro-
duction in Britain, which was
natural, they shipped the rest
Of their P-4O's to the Mediter-
roneon. This was the second
point interpreted as an odmis-
sion that the P-4O was no good.
STALLED AND looS:D
The poor old P-4O was reoIIy
the first low wing, all metal,
closed cockpit fighter. II had
some foults. as any fist model
is opt to have. II manifested a
little wing tip stall, and il
would go into ground loops. Its
dir SCOOP fored q little, il was
not heavily ormored by todoy's
standards, but remember. oik;
this Wos back in the PRACTICABLE
pleistocene times Of 1889,
when its 800 miles an ,our and
multiple machine gun ormo-
ment were adequate.
Now the army has q habit Of
putting Improvements on
planes. and whenever an i'm
proved model is brought out,
they stick q letter Of the al
phobet after its model number.
P-4O-A's began to oppeor, and
P-4O-B's and C's and D's. To-
day there are PAGES -fIyina
around, and this month the
army is to announce q new
Curtiss o-4O-F, which is 20
much Of on improvement on
the original old P-4O that the
planes shouldn't be in the
same Gloss. And II might be
mentioned here that in the
way Of combat planes the army
olso hos in production models
up TO Republic PATS, which
the British don't have, and rep
resent seven basic improve
ments in design otter The P-4O.
Also, Lockheed P-38's and the
Bell Aircobro P-3o, both Of
which can do better than 400
miles on hour.
The reoI poyoff on the p
4O's. however, is that some Of
the P-4OsA's AM, P-4O-B's saw
cotton in Syrio where they
fought off the Germans.
Next time anybody tells you
the U. S. plane factories cont
make good pursuit ships, kick
him in the britches for q fifth
coIumnist.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
. BARBS

Now Germany wants q path
to Russia through Turkey. We
advise the Turks to watch out.
Gobble, gobble, gobble!
Bet the person who declared
saccharin the Sweetest thing
known never slept till 10 am.
"Houseboat Laundry Blows
Up"-headline. No doubt tho
clothes were washed ashore.
Some husbands suffer in ST.
ence and others for the lack
of Il.
Well guess that 1t would take
several hours to read TIE min
utes of q woman's club.
You lose out by . nose II you
insige a sticking ours into 9TH
. 1870 bQD1nn !, r. AZ
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
BY VIM. e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

During our Pacific coast trip,
Waldemar Won Zedtwitz and l
were greatly impressed with
Tom Stoddard's activity among
the juniors of bridge. THE ex-
perts can take care Of them
selves" Stoddard says. They
win the cups and the Master
Points. But the fellow who
must be developed and at the
same time get some fun out of
bridge, is the junior.
While it is true that youngsters
predominant among the juniors.
nevertheless I found some "ju-
niors" over 10. The term APP
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
S YEARS AGO TODAY
NA0H

S YEARS AGO TODAY
1886
Covered Wagon c o pany
ships IA covered wagons to Ma
tional Democratic Headquarters.
Otto Reichrath and two chill
dren are taking motor trip OF
two weeks in the Upper Pen
insula.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Macomb County service clubs
have outing at Camp Rotary.
Radio Shop defeats Copeland
and wins City championship.
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1906
District No. 10, Clinton, has at
last decided TO build new
school house. The location will
be on the Peters property at
VOLTS corner.
Big bunch of teachers being
examined at the high school.
so YEARS Ago TO-DAY
1891
The "Old Crowd has its an
nual fishing excursion on Thurs
day of next week.
A meeting of the New Crowd"
Is called at DR.. telly's office on
Thursday evening next, at $3.50.
so YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
The insane asylum commission
will get together the first OF the
month and settle the matter OF
location.
No services at the Presby-
terrain church Sunday. Rev. Tai
ZACH goes to Dresden, Ont.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

in in dramatics and was going
to see that her protege got some
small trial roles.
Miss Coleman knew exactly
what to do then. She has several
clippings of the story and is
showing them to every director
on the lot. Several have agreed
to give her bits In their next
pictures.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
u. s. INTEREST IN
PEACE PROPOSALS

Have the solt reody. mere orc w
;no to be q good many peace proposals
fIootino about some advanced in 9ooo
foith, some less disinteresteo' coCn VIII
need pinch Of solt.
The United Stotes is properly ,nte'-
ested in these proposals. some OF 'ne
most violent Of isolotionists are &C.
tivelv interested in them. Even pro-
found dsinterest in the war does no.
preclude eager interest in the Peoce; ~
motters to the United Stotes,, ana "
motters deeply, what kind OF Peoce
nronosols ore node The United Stotes
s not in the war, and hos not the slight
est rioht to dictote to either side what
nence measures it might odvonce or
occept. But the United Stotes is in the
world. and it is effected los every one
Of US knows now by whether Europe
and Asio keep the peace.
The reason for the solt is this: ne
lust and workable peace thot is the
onlv kind worth making is seorce!!y
within sight at time when one s'oe
in q war holds all the chips. he pig
winner in poker game is usually VIII,
ino TO coll quits when the stock OF
blues in front of him rises formidobly.
But the other fellow insists on playing
on, hoping for change Of luck.
As Woodrow Wilson sold, "Only q
peoce between equals can lost" Until
both sides in this or any war see them,
selves as equal in power or Potent'o'
power, there is no negotiated" peace;
there is only peace OF comPuIsIon,
recognizing iII-eotten gains, trustrot-
ing legitimate detectives
A peoce, for instance, "legitimo-
tizino" the conquest Of small peoples
by aggressive warfare, is no Peoce. a
peoce leaving Europe or Asio in pre-
corious balance between vost militor-
istic forces ready to spring at one an,
other whenever the chance looks good
is no peace. A peoce which ossents to
any nation or system using the rest OF
the world as mere spawning place for
its propaganda and intrigue is no
peoce. A peoce which denies occess to
the worlds raw materials on equal
terms to all is no peoee. A piece with
out an organized means whereby oil
can restroir those who would break it
is no peoce.
Il is just such pinches OF solt that
must be token with every peace pro-
posol thot may be advanced.
II would be moral crime against
mankind for people Of any country to
refuse to consider honestly and hope
fully weigh every proposal looking to
the wor's end; but peace proposals ore
often gift horses requiring the most
minute orol inspection.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
By PETER gpsok
Dolly Monitor Washington


WASHINGTON, Aug. Is
There has been so much wing
Hopping Of loose toneued ovi-
otion experts obout how bad
Y. S. eombot planes were in
service obrood hot an omo-
teur expedition to determine
where all this criticism storted
and how justified II is makes
an interesting postime for any
rocking chair stroteeist Of the
air. So here goes:
Most Of the knocking hos
been against the pursuit ships
ond fighters. For American
bombers there can't e enough
proise. The British would be
hopelessly outclossed todoy II
IL were not for these bombers,
and that goes for the lockheed
Hudsons, which were not de-
signed as military oircroft, but
have been very effective as
light bonbers.
Criticism Of the combat
planes has been aimed portic-
uIorIy at the P-4O. II thot is
only q meaningless designation
to you, it might be mentioned
thot q Up" plane is O pursuit
plane, and the number 40"
merely indicotes that il is the
fortieth design which the orny
hos put into production. Cir
cunnstonces which have given
this plane it's bad name troce
beck to O peculiar chain Of
events.
BRITAIN BOUGHT
BoMr.RS
Before the Ieose-lend bill
was passed, it was oeoinst the
law to sell to foreign govern
ments models Of planes which
we're in service in the y. 5.
armed forces. This meant thot
when the French and British
came TO order planes, they had
to oct models the Army had
not adopted. Also, they had to
oct planes which U. S. manu-
focturers wer' in q position to
deliver. The British took Lock-
heed Hudsons and made them
into light bombers. The French
picked on the P-4O, on expert
mental model Of 1889 intend
ed to be on improvement Of
the P-36,. the stondord v. S.
Amy equipment in the old
fashioned Days Of 1925.
The French ordered q lot OF
these original P-4O's and they
put in French eodeets-French
radio, French instruments. The
throttle was on the wrong side
Norway and Sweden ordered
some too. TT en- France ono
Norway got knocked out Of the
picture, and Sweden was block.
oded. Some Of the planes rust
ing in Martinique are supoos.
edly P-4O's. Delivery Of other.
couldn't be made.
The British, anxious to gel
anything thot would fly. took
delivery on all the P-4O's the,
could 10y hands on. Wh.n they
90 them, however, they woke
up TO the foct that the equip
ment was all wrong for Births;
pilots. The radio ooeroted only
on French frequeneies. Tht
throttle showed forword to -
crease speed insteod Of back
ward.
Now those fine points ma,
not seem importont to q lay
man, but to q pilot whose ever
action must be q reflex, they
ore decidedly confusing. Thu
British weren't vey smor
about this, either, If they'll
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
SOUND EFFECT

LANCASTER, Pa. - Volun-
teer fireman Art Gibble heard
the wall of q siren after he had
retired, leaped out of bed and
raced for the firehouse.
Encountering other volun-
teers on the way, he insisted
he could smell the smoke and
urged the firemen to hurry.
But when he reached the Are
hall, he learned the siren was
part of q musical number be-
ing played by the town band
not far from his home.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the AssseiateA Press

TRAFFIC JAM
= RICHMOND, Va.-Police had
a rather sticky traffic problem
on their hands.
A barrel of glue toppled
from a truck and put a nice
gooey coating on the intersec-
ton of Fourteen and Mill
streets. Perseverance, patience
and the arrival of a public
works sanding truck saved the
day.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
THE WILD WEST

YREKA, Calif.-Times just
aren't that bad in Siskiyou
County.
So Sheriff Ben Richardson
has them in jail-the three
hunters who tracked down and
slaughtered one elderly Guern-
sey COW.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
EXCLUSIVE

EXCLUSIVE
CORSICANA, Tex. - Brice
Bonner, Jr., was the only
candidate at the lodges initia-
ton ceremonies.
Father Bonner was the mas
ter. Grandfather Bonner helped.
ed.
Five Uncle Bonners helped
Grandfather Bonner.
Six Boomers are past masters.
POINT IS.. IT'S CLOSED
MILWAUKEE-Prof. Hugh
L. Riordan Of Marquette Uni
versity, IN Irishman who has
been French consul here for IL
years, announced the closing Of
the consulate with . German
flourish.
Just say that the French
Irish consul says 'Auf Wieder-
sehn,'" he said.
o
SEQ TREATMENT
CHICAGO - Seven women
customer Of q beauty shop got
some expensive treatment they
weren't expecting when two
gunner berded them into 2
booth. rift6d thoif purses and
I'D Win ooN 4
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
PIPE DOWN, ROE

Rosalind Russ got her
come-uppance the other day for
talking too loudly - not on a
sound stage, but in the Brown
Derby. She was lunching with a
friend and their conversation
got around to a certain screen
hero. Eat first he seems rather
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-15
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD-All over the
lot: When anything disturbs the
work or thinking of Cecil B.
DeMille, his wrath is wonderful
to behold. So when a whisper
ing extra actually spoiled a
scene, the rest of the company
watched fearfully. expecting the
sky to darken and lightning to
strike the culprit dead.
DeMille. however, behaved a
little differently. Sarcasticaliy,
over the public address system.
his voice doomed at the extra:
Since what you were saying
was important enough to delay
this picture, I think you'd better
come over here and repeat it
so that all of us can hear
The a tmos sphere player
squirmed, tried to stammer an
apology. don t be shy" roared
DeMille mercilessly. Take the
mike and tell us just what you
said"
"Okay," agreed the extra
"All / said was: I wonder when
this bald-headed old so-and-so
is going to let us 60 to lunch.
Players and crew didn't even
laugh-then. They just waited.
DeMille didn sputter, cuss or
grin. He just looked at his
watch and remarked, at is
pretty late. Lunch time!"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
Is Someone Going Bugs?

It is hard to imagine that Major
Nelson of the Fairmont Sentinel
was serious when he wrote about
receiving bed bugs by mail. He
reports the bugs as hungry look
ing. Maybe they were sent to
Martin county because the Major
boasts of its prosperity and that
it is Gods country where no one
reeds to go hungry. Advice of
one editor to another: Don't
carry the bugs around. Prac-
tee cleanliness. Destroy as you
would type lice and there should
be no ill effects. The Sentinels
heavy editorial follows:
Bed bugs are being distributed
through the United States mails.
This is a serious charge we have
hesitated making but it has occurred
twice in this office within a month
In both cases the bug has appeared
in letter mail posted at Chicago.
The first time we ripped open ar
envelope and the bug dropped out
we didn't think so much about it
Not being sure if it was bed bug
we asked Sophie. She said she
thought it was. Then Earl took look
and a smell and the. identification
was complete. The bug was alive
but looked like it needed a square
meal.
But when it occurred the SECOND
time it looked more serious. Is some
body deliberately shipping Chicago
bed bugs all over the country and i
so, why?
Can it be that some enemy boring
from within, some dastardly fifth
columnist, is injecting these bugs will
some deadly, contagious virus tina
will spread disease wherever the.
60? We've heard tell of such things
but so far no one has sickenee
around this office.
If any more bed bugs show up il
the mail we shall turn them over t.
F. B. I. Watch your mail, especial.
Chicago mail, and if bed bugs arr
detected be patriotic and report thu
fact. Everyone should do somethin,
for national defense.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
War Retards Progress

It is in times of peace that a coun-
try FORCES ahead economically, social
ly and culturally. That is true OF
America, and another outstanding ex-
ample is the Scandinavian countries.
Up to the present time Norway and
Sweden have not been at war for
127 years and Denmark for n years.
During all those years much good was
accomplished for their own people
and they harmed no other nations.
Now is a good time to give seri-
Gus consideration to what war does
to a nation. The Duluth Herald in
an editorial brought out some good
points in the following paragraph:
"The whole history of warfare and
humanity shows that war is fiendish-
ly designed to kill, MAIN and i'm
poverish the ablest and most generous
of a country's citizens and to pre-
serve, enrich and empower those
whose physical, mental and spiritual
characteristics are least desirable
from the view point of society in
general. When this war ends the
level of human nature will be lower
than it was in August, 1889. There
was similar decline between July
1914, and November, 1918. An un-
deniable decline of the same sort
took place in this country between
March, 1861, and April, 1865. 1t is
safe to assume that the human race
will come out of this new war with
its level lowered again."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15

some other convenient place, for the
purpose of mobilizing the great
strength of the farm people to achieve
these most needed results.
SIN presenting to the public this
picture of the plight of agriculture,
and our conception of some needed
reforms we approach the problem
without dogma and with the recog-
milton that this is only an imperfect
presentation of some things but not
all of the things which must be done
to save the farm people of this ma
ton"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
THE ANOKA MESS
Duluth News Tribune)

Last summer Hjalmar Petersen,
Farmer-Labor candidate for COVER
nor, made some charges about the
way in which some of the Anoka
tornado relief funds, totaling $4,000
were administered and spent.
Some may have dismissed these
charges as campaign talk. Others,
familiar with Mr.. Petersen's charac-
ter and record, suspected that there
was something behind these charges
other than political rivalry.
These found their suspicious con-
firmed last December when Joseph
T. Langlais, state public examiner,
issued a 64-page report condemning
the methods followed in the distribu-
ton of these funds.
Distribution of funds had been ap-
proved in violation and utter dis
regard" of conditions governing state
and federal grants, Mr.. Langlais
found. He said the handling of ac-
counts was generally insufficient and
inaccurate as to name of clients,
dates of delivery and billing"
Mr.. Langlais cited names and in
stances of the use of tornado funds
for purposes which he held were
expressly forbidden in the conditions
laid down when the funds were sup
piled to the distribution authorities;
to repair income-producing property
and property far from the tornado
zone, for instance.
Now a committee of the legislature,
which investigated this distribution
of funds, brings in a report, soothing
ly worded, which says that there is
mo basis for any criminal guilt or
fraud, embezzlement or criminal mis-
management"
This appears to be another of
those twilight zone cases which oc-
cur with such frequency in Minneso-
ia. The state, rather sheepishly con-
fesses that it just doesn't seem to
know how to punish anybody for
doing something which is generally
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
THE MIRROR
Askov Public Schools
BY Herds Jensen
Third and Fourth Grades.

The following pupils were the best
school citizens last week: Third
grade-Enen Christensen, Gwendolyn
Clegg, Walter Eells, Mary Ann Jen-
sen, Muriel Jensen, Edith Larsen
Leonard Lund, Lawrence Molgaard
Kay Morgensen, Beverly Mortensen,
Donna Nedegaard, Gladys Olesen and
Duane Petersen.
Fourth Grade-Mary Audrey An
dersen, Sylvia Bic, Dorla Clark, Eve
lyn Dietz, Burnadette Eells, Jackie
johnson, Karen Larsen, Alvin Mad
sen, Ejvind Rasmussen and Elaine
Sorensen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
OF
SCHOOL BOARD
District II.

The regular school board meeting
was held on May Is, 1941, with all
members present except Ludwig Mad
sen. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
There was some discussion con-
corning the possibility of obtaining
hot lunch and gardening project in
connection with WPA. 1t was de-
cided to ask for general discussion
following the election on May 20 to
obtain the sentiment of the voters
of the district.
The following bills were allowed:
Otto G. Hoiberg, postage, physi-
cal education program, book 1850
w. M. WEIGH, supplies -------- LOS
Farnham Stationery & School
Supply Co., forms --------- lib
University of Nebraska, book 100
Quarrie Corp, reference book 100
Gaylord Bros, Inc, supplies 3.45
st. Paul Book & Stationery Co.,
supplies 1926
The Typewriter Shop, stencils,
etc. ------ 1928
Lowe & Campbell, tennis tapes 7.06
Red Wing Advertising Co., di-
plomas --------------- 1888
Minnesota Power & Light Co.,
account --------------- 44.91
Daniel Aakhus, piano tuning - ESQ
Fred Olesen, labor ----- Its
George I. Glenn, express --- 1926
Montgomery Ward & Co., music
stands Recommendations 4.78
Adjustable Sign Co., signs - lao
Helvig Serritslev, freight, etc. 1926
Sorensen Implement Co., sup
plies 2O.17
There being no further business,
the meeting was adjourned.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON,
Clerk.
A "quitter" never wins; winner
yox,or c,,ifc -AdxortiSa
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-15
Gardeners Nook
BY GARDEN CLUB EDITOR

New Lawn.
For weeks, across the brown lawns
open space,
Like down upon its adolescent face,
The tender little spears of grass ap-
peared,
And flourished in the April rain and
heat.
Today my lawn is looking very
I pushed the mower through it's thick
green beard!
-Maisie Speaker.