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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
FROM FOE
TO FRIENDS

This combination of firmness
and friendliness made a tremen-
dous impression on the little d.
rector. He has been a natural
ICED citizen for eight years but
still was overwhelmed by cor
diality of navy flyers and their
wives who came to his cocktail
parties and invited him to theirs.
"Just Think" Curtiz said, mar
yelling, I'm the last war, am in
the Hungarian artillery. And
now look! :. they like me"
It's to the credit of Curtiz and
his company that navy officials
and San Diegans were as friend
ly because some studios which
have made flying films there
have given Hollywood a pretty
sour reputation. The snooty hotel
recalled with distaste the antics
Of some players and stunt men
who delighted In shocking the
wealthy winter residents.
Best proof of the hotels &C.
ceptance of the Dive Bomber"
company wasn't Enrol Flynn's
hob-nobbing with society. It was
the regular afternoon sight of
"Limey." the prop-man, having
tea with a clique of be-diamoned
dowagers. They remembered
that he liked his brew double
strength, piled him with sand
witches and sugar cakes, and
asked no questions about the
cinema
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
STORIES 0
. IN STAMPS
Greek Stomp Shows
Century Of Expansion

DHILATELlSTS have a map of
1 the war in Greece in the 1880
stamp above, showing the expan.
sion Of the nation from 1880 to
1890. During the century, Greece
doubled its area and population.
After the successful war Of in
dependence against Turkey. the
frontier of Greece was drawn
from the Gulf Of Arta TO the Gulf
OF Volo, as shown on the stamp.
First addition to Greece was
Britain's ceding Of the 1onisn
islands. on the west coast, In 1864.
IN 1881, when q new Greco
Turkish war threatened, the from
tier was extended, added 5000
square miles Of territory, and q
population Of 300, 900. Crete was
annexed after two years Of trouble
In 1898, although Cretan deputies
were not admitted until 1912.
Turkey surrendered the greater
part Of European territory ct The
end Of the frst Balkan war:
Greece and Serbia united against
Bulgaria In . quarrel over the
spoils. Greece gained more terri
tory In Macedonia and Thrsce, wss
awarded the Aegean islands, with
the exception Of the Dcdecanese.
held BY Italy. The treaties OF the
World War pushed Greek frontiers
70 present day lmita
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
. HiehIiehts From
The Latest Books q

John Jennings, pioneers In an
almost virgin field Of historical
romance, South Americas strug-
gle for independence, to pro-
vide action and background for
his latest novel, Call the New
World" (Mac MILAN: $2.75).
With the American Revolution
fairly well wrapped UP and the
frontier era and Civil War Pc
Rod probably past their peak.
other authors are likely to fol-
low Jennings lead into the lands
of Bolivar, Sucre and San Mar
tin.
Jennings has explored the area
pretty thoroughly with a hero
who has the ability for meeting
most of the leading figures OF
Western Hemisphere history In
18l4-24. And the dashing Amer
lean cavalry officer wins three
sweethearts during his adven-
turous odyssey from West Point
to Ayacucho.
Peter Brooke, newly commits
stoned West Point graduate, got
his first taste Of war at Mari
borough, watched the British
capture and burn Washington.
Unjustly cashiered out of the
army, Peter sees his romance
with Judith Mason, daughter of
a diplomat, end when he fights q
duel.
Chance had introduced him to
a South American patriot and
the beautiful Dona Carlota. Soon
he was sailing south to join ST.
mon Bolivar. S hipb GARD ro-
nance brought his marriage to
Carlota.
But Carlota was unfaithfuI
and Bolivar indispensable. Peter
antagonizes the Liberator. aban-
dons the cause after one cam
psign when rival leaders quarrel.
After the failure Of his marriage.
Brooke turns southwark, joins
San Martin, follows that patriot
leader In his famed march across
the Andes, one Of the great feats
of military history.
There more action and ro-
nance before Brooke finally re-
turns 70 United states TO hear
the FIRST pronourcement Of the
Monroe Doctrine. ,regain his
commission and HE hrst love.
Jennings makes Bolivar, Sen
Martin, Sucre and Monroe aesh-
spd-blood men Of purpose, and
with Peter Brooke linking than,
writes Q story that provides Z
graphic glimpse into South
Americas struggle for independ-
enco. -~-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
: BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHlNG TON

stood out above his coat color
a no patiently, smlIinolN ar
oued II out without once los
inc his temper.
ALL GIT
THE SAM
Every other key witness BE-
fore these committees hos had
g slmiIor experiences. John D.
Bioesrs wos persistsntly asked
about Ia Dor and prloritIes. .
though he is the expert on pro-
duetion. Secre toy Of Wor
Stimson and Secretary Of Navy
Knox were both osked about
production. and 50 was VIII
liam n. Oovis, vice ehoirmon
OF the Mediation Board. lrrsle.
want and unnecessary cues.
tions fly all over these Commit.
tee rooms and what good they
do is something impossible to
tell.
An bvious explanation
would be that congressman
ore perh q ps woefulIy unIn-
formed on even the things that
get printed in the newspapers
the fact thot Ford strikers
offered TO LET the men on de-
Tense jobs keep on working,
the foet that the coal miners
offered to keep on working the
mines II terms of settlement
we're made retroactive to April
!, the foet that A. r. Of L..
building trodes have olreody
outlowed iurisdictionoI strikes.
And SO on, unendinely. More
purPoseless questions have
been osked in thess lnvestigo-
tions, based on lack Of infor-
nation, than you will hear ip
any sixth-erode sehoolroom.
Lack Of information on cur.
rent offoirs is not the only reo-
son for this waste Of effort. As
stated before, the government
has become too complicated
for anyone to keep UP on and
conQressmen are too busy with
po'itieo appointments, Job
seekers and offoirs Of their
own district. To many men are
sent to Washington just be-
cause they can get elected.
The result is that We have q
Congress ruled by emotions
and not by focts. Everyone Is
all excited about labor trouble
now and some new legislation
will be passed in an effort to
do something about II. Whot
is overlooked is that Bethle-
hem Steel has olreody been cit
ed by the National lobor Re-
lotions Boord 81 times, and
that the time to have settled
the Ford strike was four years
ogo, when trouble first beeon.
And the foct that the two
worst strikes Of the defense ef-
fort have taken place in stotes
which had compulsory "eool-
ing off" periods, Michigan
and Wisconsin, goes for MOTH
ina.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25

two doys Of retreot with the Greek and
British ormies, climbed q high ploteou
in the plain Of Thessoly and,
r.. there found Q bueolie lovlinsss,
hserd the talking Of bells Of hundreds
OF sheep ond the notes Of flute played
by an eyed, wrinklsd shepherd sitting
under q tree" Pressed fos an opinion
on the war, the old mon sold 10 had
none. "and sedIy went beck to his flute
pIoyins."
There is something eternal about
Greece. Byron was not the only one
who "dreomed that Greece might still
be free" Greece shol be free again
and the old man, piping his flute on q
plateau in Thessoly, has q greoter per-
ronenee there than any driver OF q
Nozi tank.
Does itIook dark for Greece, for the
world, for freedom. Perhaps it does.
Yet go back q year. The British we're
then withdrawing from the fiosco in
Norway. The fall Of France was only
weeks away, and there we're people
then who gave Britain only weeks to
live Yet Britain lives. and in the midst
Of the Greek tragedy, on old man can
still pipe upon q mountoin-toP.
Did YueosIovio fall? Yes, but Yueo-
sIovio almost fell without struggle,
by the signing Of q paper. 1t has cost
Hitler more than thot, and in conquer
ing it he hos incurred hotreds not costly
queIed.
Has Greece fallen? Yes, but it hos
cost Hitler thousands Of his finest
youth. Lost October, it looked os
though Greece might fall within q few
weeks to the Italians. Yet six months
later both MussoIini and Hitler ore
paying price for Greece heavy
price to create one more house OF
hatred to be policed and held under by
armed force
Strongly and more strongly comes
the realization that the struggle that
shakes the world is no mere business
Of bottles won and quick bIitzkriees,
but q long grinding struggle which may
consume years. For, just as modern
war is war on civilians and peoples,
and not merely Of armies, SO conquest
implies not only the beating Of ornoies
but the beating Of peoples, the break
ing or remoldine Of their spirit and
their soul.
In this sense, Hitler has not yet con-
quered single country, though his
Ieqions have achieved (ot q price,
many victories. His ponzer divisions
may drive Greek rif|emen before them,
but the shepherd is unconquered.
In every conquered county in Europe
the people remain forever unconquer-
ed, because there is something within
them that must remain forever free.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25

ficioIS. Without thot CO.
operation all individual
efforts would be futile
and | am confident thot
the understanding and
industrious Macon b
county public will, as it
has in the post, work
with the county board
20 solve the numerous
problems which con-
front it.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1919

1885
Mount Clemens High schools
Junior class play, THE Princess
and Mr.. Parker" 10 presented.
under the direction Of Miss
Jean Leona Currie. Star parts
are taken by Jack Dalby, Betty
Walters, Betty Bird and Ben
Baron.
Michigan State College alum.
nj clubs are to give 80 schol.
arships to Michigan students.
William Murphy, Macomb coun-
ty Agricultural Agent, Is taking
local applications.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Seven hundred and fifty
thousand tons Of coal TO serve
Mount Clemens hotels and
greenhouses are among the rea-
sons why the government should
dredge the Clinton river, &C.
cording to A. D. Brewer. Sec
rotary of the Board Of Com.
merce.
Par ent-Teacher council u
formed In Macomb county, with
Mrs. G. F. Olmstead ~ prcsi.
dent.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
George F. Sumner returned
from the Southwest Saturday
night, after q successful trip In
the interest Of "Sprudel."
Montgomery Gibbs. editor Of
the Chicago Evening Post, Is at
the Avery.
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Sid Hopkins, formerly OF the
Romeo Observer, d In the city.
Metealf Bros, . new firm.
will 60 into Freedman Bros. old
stand, Detroit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
Dy PgTvR GpSok
Daily Msalsss wsshlRstss

Vsss
WASHINGTON -Thers are
no two ways obout it-func-
tions Of the administration Of
your federal government are
so complex that II Is impossl-
BILE for ony one not entirely
fomiIior with the workings Of
any particular agency to keep
trock Of what IL does. Even
most members Of Congress
who passed the laws. creating
most Of these oeeneies. or at
leost appropriate the money to
keep them going. ore just as
confused as q toxpoyer.
This sod o bservotion Is
made today otter watching
Sidney HiIImon for the fourth
time appear before q congress
sionoI committee to tell the
story Of his Job as ossoeiote
director general Of the Office
Of. Production Management.
In all four oets, HilImon
had to 90 through the same
routine, explaining with super
human patience things which
every congressman S h oul d
know but obviously doesn't. It's
enough to make you cry.
SHOULD
DRAW PICTURES
What I these congressman
have trouble in .fothonine is
the simple fact that OPM wos
set up by the President as q
purely advisory board, and that
il has no judicial or executive
powers. Equally Incompetent
sible hos been the foct thot al
though the OPM hos q labor
division which Hillmon heads.
the function Of that labor divi-
sion is principally 70 insure an
adequate supply Of labor fol-
defense industries and not tc
settle labor disputes-o func-
ton assigned to the Councilio-
ton Service in the Department
Of Labor, and to the National
Defense Mediation Board.
Inability or unwillneness tc
retain this picture Is most op-
parent In the questions which
HiIlnon answered repeatedly
Why h q dr. he personally
moved in to settle the COO
strike or the Ford strike or any
other strike? The obvious an.
swer that he had no authority
to do so had no stondine what.
ever before the committee.
Hillmon was heed OF the 10.
Dor division of OPM, and, OPN
was running the defense effort
wasn't it? Therefore HiIlmor
should have done something
about it. The inference wa.
that HilImon was personally
responsible for all this and j
wos now up to Congress to SCI
things right. No wonder per
spirotion popped out on hi!
forehead and q roll Of his neck
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
BY LUCE NEVILLE

BY LUCE NEVILLE
NEA Service staff Correspondents
HOLLYWOOD - The "Dive
Bomber" company and Director
Michael Curtiz are back from
location at the navy's San Diego
air base, and Curtiz is changed
man. He didn't try to break rules
and get his ears slapped down,
but after five weeks of iron
clad discipline, studio red tape
looks like pink satin ribbon to
him.
He was completely confused
and baffled by strange, new
world that neither knew nor
cared about the way things were
done in Hollywood, If they didn't
coincide with the navy's way.
II was painful to the hard-work-
ing Curtiz, especially on sunny
days, that camera couldn't turn
after 4 pm. The movies work
as long as a director holds his
company, but naval base hours
are 8 am. to 4 pm.
To understand Curtiz' bewild-
erment, realize that he lives,
thinks and talks only in terms of
pictures, and, director of some
so films, his slightest wish Is q
command. Worst shock he got
was the day 200 planes and 1000
men were being lined up for a
magnificent display and he was
told you can have one shot"
That was impossible, he protest
ed. Any scene was filmed at least
twice, II only for protection. One
shot, said the navy calmly. He
could have couple Of rehearsals
but that was as long as they
would paralyze the air base. His
reward was a perfect one-take.
RIGHT SMOKE
WRONG DIRECTION
He was allowed only a skele-
ton picture crew and cast of SO
on a three-day cruise aboard the
aircraft carrier Enterprise. The
regular location company num-
bered $50. but officials made
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
GUEST EDITORIAL
First Things First
BY
FLOYD W. R0SSo
ChoiImon
Meeomb County Board Of SUPERVISOR

gpsfos's NoTE Ths following sssst seitert.i Penn:s
0ess1 % Sspssvissrs. comes ~ ferms, gfeesnE ".
~ veHss.n 1srrisen leader the &C.
sassn % hs elevation - The pest which Re new ns
q tAe sgbtb . series ss gsest editersh :ponss'es
81 ne psiy Msaiser. Al such edsrisls :p,ens N,n
tSey heve 10 be. are indivfdsa expre
ssi ny sseesssry. reflect the precise opinions
tbb Dewspspes
AS the newly elected choirmon OF
YOUR Board of Supervisors ! desire, first
Of all, to tell you thot feel grove
sense Of responsibility in serving at the
heod Of that vital body during this per
iod OF olI-out national defense effort
and the resultant strain on oil COM
communities within the country-ot-
large.
know thot the very reol progress
which your township, village, city ond
county governments have mode is, in
the main, due to the splendid coopero-
ton which the public has given its Of
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25

0eiteve II 70 De my
duty, and thot Of all other duly elected
public Officials, to hold fost in their
minds their responsibility to the general
public and to prevent the unnecessary
expenditure Of public funds. know,
in soyino so, thot reflect the consider
Cd Judgement Of 0il members Of the
county board. They are your represent
olives charged with conducting your
vital department Of government.
Ny plans concerning the conduct
Of county offoirs can be expressed only
in general TERMS In the first place ]
have but one vote ond, in the second
ploce, most of the proposals to reach
the supervisors floor will emenote from
other members Of thot body.
But Of this feel confident. Ny own
bosie opinions concerning efficient
operotion Of public departments will
find an echo in the hearts Of all citizens
and supervisors DESTROYS Of aiding the
moterioI and financial development Of
the townships. villages and cities which
go to make UP our county.
Just yesterday in Moconb county
hioh-ronkine Army Officials accepted
for the United Stotes government two
Of the most formidable weapons Of war
yet devised: The 28-ton medium H. S.
tonk. Already Mocomb county hos
been assured pIoce in the sun wherein
national reormoment is concerned. |
believe thot increased armament pro-
duction in the oreo is certain to result
| heartily oeree With Moior-Gen Char
les IA. Wesson who, yesterday in War
rem township declared. ~ prey thot
these weapons sholI never have to be
used in bottIe, | am in hopes thot the
rnenoce Of their guns and Of their fire
power will alone prove sufficient to dis
courage our foes"
I believe that we, in oil ports Of Mo-
comb county. con take pride in the part
which the county is playing in the Mo-
tons Defense Program.
As the choirn1on Of your county
board sincerely solicit your odvice. II
tolees many heods and many tongues
g defioe the proper course Of public
uffoln.
~ know thot can count on your
hport ard tl,ot Of my associates on
2 boond for the conduct of my new
n q ~ be$t for oil Of you.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
. BARBS

Main problem today seems 70
Be 70 ret TIE airplspss into the
air while keeping cost Of living
figures on the ground.
The higher you get, tia hard.
Or you land when you finally
tau.
Don't quite know bow The
campaign In The Balkans y 60
ing Just now. re Ill Greek TO -.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25
WRONG DIRECTION
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

This is the seventh Of n
series Of l6 articles on World
Bridge Olympic hands. CIV
ing the committees par.
BY WM. L. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-25

Lucie Neville Is pinch-hit
ting for Paul Harrison, now
touring army camps and de-
tense industries.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Arlington Towers
Will Go 10 Highest
Bidder Wednesday
Shafts Used to Transmit
Messages to Ships at SEQ
VIII Go for Junk
Bv NELSON NJ SHEPARD.

Arllngton's famous talking towers
are doomed for early destruction as
hazards to flying.
NO longer OF any real value to the
Navy in communicating with the
fleets at sea or relaying weather re-
ports to mariners since the intro
duCtion of the short wave radio, the
three tall wireless towers are to be
sold Wednesday to the highest bid
der. Like an old car outdated by
streamline models. the steel frames
are to be dismantled and disposed
of as junk.
The order for their removal as
hazards to air navigation came as
no surprise. Their doom was pro-
nounoed several years ago when it
was decided to establish the new
Washington Airport at Gravelly
Point on the Potomac. Now that
the airport is nearing completion
the Navy is keeping a promise it
made to remove the obstruction.
Main Tower 600 Feet High.
The main Arlington tower is 900
1tEL 1i4Sli. INC OlIItl lNO dI t fOU
feet. When they were erected %
years ago the main tower, so feet
higher than the Washington Monu-
ment, offered no problem. Aviation
was still in its infancy.
On the day the Nays plans to
establish its wireless station at
Arlington were announced, three
planes took off from the College
Park field simultaneously to con-
stItute a record for mass" flight
around Washington. It was the first
iOreWarning OF WaShingtOn's future
Air traffic problem.
Since the short wave" made the
wireless station obsolete, the Three
Sisters" as they have become
known, haven't been as talkative as
in earlier years. When they were
in fine form. the eight powerful
tranSmitters enabled the sisters to
chatter away at the rate OF 2400
words a minute. One needs an
adding maChcine to estimate their
days flow OF words.
Station Soon to Be Silenced.
Some years ago two other smaller
towers were erected across the road
from the Three Sisters" Soon, the
Evening star., 1941-01-05

invention of the wireless was i'm
portant. BY 1911 1t had completed
a chain of wireless stations on both
coasts in order to connect the chain
directly with Washington and also
to communicate with ships at sea,
the Arlington station was proposed.
Congress also had passed safety
law requiring sea-going ships to
carry wireless capable of sending
messages at least 100 miles. The
wireless had gone a long way in
development since MarCOni was first
awarded a patent by Great Britain
in 1897.
In November, 1912, testing at the
Arlington station started. Messages
were sent successfully to the u S. S.
Salem during trip to Liberia,
West Africa On the strength of the
performance, Congress appropriated
SIS 100000 for additional stations at
San Diego, Calf, San Francisco,
the Panama Canal Zone, Hawaii
and the Philippines. One year later,
signals were exchanged between Ar
lington and a small powered sta
ton in San Francisco, marking the
first time the continent had been
spanned by radio.
Paris Signals Picked Up.
About December, 1912, the Arling-
ton station had picked up signals
from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The volume of traffic by 1915
made it necessary to employ the
present remote-control system at
Arlington. BY it actual sending was
done in the Navy Building and
Weather Bureau and other depart
ments. The power at Arlington has
been used to throw these signals
out.
The prime objective of the Navy
was to communicate at all times
with its ships at sea. Secondly, the
mission undertaken at Arlington
was to signal the time, weather con-
ditions. ice and location of derelicts
to mariners. To lonely ships pass
ing in the night in distant seas
the service was great help. Later,
as it developed, complaints were
heard about weather and nautical
reports interrupting music or news
broadcast to the feet or to passen-
ger ships from the Navy's far-hung
radio stations.
In time the 600-foot towers were
established as standard size by the
Navy, although the World War saw
the erection of a radio station at
Evening star., 1941-01-05

effect the short wave radio has had
on the other old-time wireless sta
tions maintained on the coasts and
IN island possessions as distant as
Samoa and in the Philippines. The
lid was Clamped down, no doubt,
because of the present emergency.
Most Powerful Station.
When the Arlington Radio Station
was established in 1912, the 10000
kiloWatt machine supplying the
sending power was the most power
full in the world. The 600-foot tower
was then the worlds tallest radio
support.
The Navy had been testing the
sending apparatus at the Brant Rock
station, before its final installation.
1t was found the distance a wireless
message may be sent depended only
on the height of the towers and
the power of the generator. So, as
nothing as high as 600 feet had
Evening star., 1941-01-05

Arlington station will be silenced
forever and abandoned. The four
600-foot towers located on Green
burg Point, across the Severn River
from the United States Naval Acad-
emy. are to handle all radio Sles-
sages from the Navy and other
Government departments in the
future.
More and more in recent years the
Annapolis station, established during
the World War, has been taking
business away from Arlington Tes-
timony given during recent hearings
on the naval appropriation bill gave
the information that the service of
the Arlington station has never
been entirely satisfactory.
The Navy Department was un-
willing to give out much information
about the Arlington towers. Their
work was finished, that was all 1t
would give none at all about the