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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
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oslly klsalsss WsshIaSta"

WASHING To k-Whsn the
scores ope oil oddsd W. ON. OF
the things the Stote Depart
ment can toke the most prise
In is that II hos succeeded us
we'll as IL hos in keeping ".
S. shipping and U. S. notionols
out Of the eombot zone tor
ds long as Il hos, thus fedt'cir0
10 q minimum the chonces tor
one Of those nasty incldents
that always leods to- trouble
and sometimes Ieods to war.
In other words. the neutrality
oct has worked. :.
Right now. there are only
two coses which the criminal
division OF the Department OF
Justice has on record for viola.
ton Of the oct. They're in
terestino coses, too, In thot
they show how trivial incidents
have bssn given coreful check
UP to prevent complications.
First is the cos; OF Copt.
Hector Leon Marie Wander
donck. Belgian by birth. skip
per Of the good ship Vile De
Nomur, formerly O v. S. mer-
chontmon but transferred to
BeIoion registry early in the
wor. .Coptoin Vonderdonck be-
came q United Stotes citizen
back in 1920 but. being q soil
or. he never lived in the United
Stotes much and, according to
his own testimony, he thought
that his American citizenship
bod Iopsed. So. lost June his
vessel Iooded with war. sup
plies, ne soiIed her out Of New
York horbor under the Belgian
fIoo for Hovre. France. He eot
his ship through the blockade
sofely, unIooded. ond wos back
in the United Stotes in July.
The cose came to the often
tion Of the Department OF Jus.
tice, and It began on investieo-
ton. In Jonuory, Wonder
donck wos indicted and !:
owoitine trial in New York
When he will be tried is q ques.
tion. The principal witness ir
the cose was also O seoforins
man, and right now he's on hi
way to AustroIio and doesn''
know when he'll be back.
PENALTIES
PLENTY STIFF
Second case on the D. J. lis
is that Of an engineer with tn
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

In his own hand. Or he may
stand pat on his cards % dealt.
The discard or rejected card 10
set aside, face up, and the hand
played out with the Sc remaining
cards.
The Joker Is q "wild" card. Il
II Is led. the leader must specify
what suit IL calls for, and the
others must follow II able. The
joker may be played TO alead BY
another hand, even though The
player Is able to follow suit. and
II wins the trick, % Il ronlks
above the ace Of any suit the
owner chooses to designate.
But il cannot be attached 70
any suit II the owner hes pre-
viously discarded on . led Of
that suit. And IL the Joker b led
% . plain suit card ct . trump
contract. II can be won By .
trump.
i The attractive aspect Of "Su-
per Contract Bridge" b the op-
portunity II gives for N indiner.
ent hand to acquire greater pow
I, or. A hand with few top cards
can become strong BY the addi-
tion Of the joker. And II the turn.
Up card u q high honor. such .
hand may b able 70 outbid the
opponents and build itseH into
q roct. -crushef.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
y VIM. e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Many of you will recall the In
PRODUCTION Of five-suit bridge q
few years ago. While do not
believe that Q five-suit deck ever
will be popular, the 65-card deck
did bring out the idea of q "wid-
ow" in bridge. The possibility Of
lettering q hand through the ex-
change Of q widow card IL GER
tainly attractive and may con-
ceivably some day become an In
teeral part Of contract bridge.
Capt. John M. Ellicott, U.S.N.,
retired, has invented . form OF
contract with . widow, which
may interest my readers. He
calls his game Superb Contract
Bridge"
The rules are very simple. The
Joker ID added to the deck. Al
the end Of the deal, the card len
over (it can b tlse Joker or any
other card) u turned fsco up.
Bidding proeseds - In the re-.
ular game, but 10 naturally inllO-
sneed b. De fAct that tbe WIN
ning eide Will own the widow
CD. A1tsr Ne openin0 load 4
,Sno1o and SUNNY = Sproeo, -.
e1niV9sSn0v 1W1p The widow card
1oe o1ay e0rd either In dsnamy q
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
THE A. E. F. COMES HOME

The Lost Of the 1000. 900 soldiers
who went from the United Stotes to
France during the World War are only
now, more than 20 years later, stro99l-
ing home.
Many American soldiers stoyed be-
hind when the A. E. F. came home. They
morried French girls, and settled in
Poris or in the little towns and villages
they had come to know: At q rote Of 100
q week the Red Cross is now moving
them and their fomiIies to Lisbon on
their way to the country most OF them
have not seen in 20 years, and which
their wives and children have never
seen.
It is a troeic end to 20 years Of eff
fort to build life in another lond to
which they had become ottoehed. But
Of course the German conquest which
wiped out so many Frenchmen has wip-
ed out these Americans, too. Thus q
thin trickIe Of good French blood is be-
ina added to our national life, and vel
come it is, just as these veterans Of the
A. E. F. ore welcome, though their
homecoming hos been SO long delayed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17

It's only human nature to think thot
our properly and our lives ore in small
donoer from fire, the greet killer and
destroyer. So, many Of US defer taking
simple "onti-fire" precautions. In this
ease, putting off until tomorrow what
stDuld be done today. is sofe-moybe:
And t.,ot's a very important "nnoybe
indeed. Fire isn't considerable enough to
warn US Of an impending visit. ltn,oits
40 advance notices. II strikes when we
east expect it-ond often it strikes at
niQht. If it finds US Ill prepared, It en-
Joys grim field doy Of destruction.
Perhops you've seen homes ond toe
tories burn. You've seen woIIs foil in an
inferAo of smoke and flame. You've
seen costly possessions and irrePioee-
oble keepsokes reduced to worthless ash
ia q few minutes. Possibly you've seen
helpless people trapped floors above the
ground, waiting in Ponic at windows
for aid that moy or may not come.
You're lucky If that hosn't hoppen-
ed to you. But there's no guarantee that
luck will 90 on Indefinitely. You and
yours moy be next on fires long list
unless you take those precautions thot
will moke your property safe. Nothing
offers greoter potential dividends than
fireprevention.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
SHERLOCK HOLMES RE-ENTERs
RUSSIA

For a long time Russian children,
not is soy odults, have been deprived OF
ne pleasure Of ropt contemplation OF
de Adventures OF Sherlock Holmes: Oe,
tectjve fiction was somehow considered
beneotn the dignity Of Morxist mento'-
IN. and those who wanted to REGGIE
themselves with the mysterious go'ngs-
81, of late 10Th century London had 70
doit By otronizine the inevitable boot
leooers, who oppeor to hove sprung UP
no less reodik under socialism thon un-
der repubIiconism.
Nov the Soviet Union is once more
ollowino ocross its borders those toIes OF
Sherlock Holmes and others OF the de-
tective and ehost|y cIiques.
Possibly the thril!ers provided by the
public treason trinls. and the exploits
81 the OGPU agents in foreign londs
were expected to provide dH the neces.
sorv thrills to Soviet youth. It 50, It will
Be a relief to have them given on OPP
portunity to turn to pulp-poPer thrilIers
insteod Of the genuine ortieIe.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
: BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHlN ct Ns

round jfish f,oma Of Fronk
MeEIhsrron who shipped outof
Sovonhoh, Ga. lost July on
the Greek vessel Nicolou Wr-
oinio. An international mlxup
Of nomes like that would seem
certain to oct Into trouble, and
MeEIherron cot Il. Out Of port,
tho n,ostsf chonoed his course
and took the vessel through the
combot zone. II wos reported.
and McElherron, BEING the
cniy Amercon citizen In the
crew, was brought to triol in
Philadelphia. Since Il wosn't
the engineers foult, however,
the court let him off with a
one-doy sentence - and then
suspended the sentence.
Principal reason there hove
been no more important coses
than these Is that penalties FOR
violation Of the neutrality oct
ore rother steep-$5O. 900 or
five years In prison for a ship
owner or moster who takes a
vessel into the combot zone,
$4,000 or two years In pri-
son for individuals who get
into II.
When the oct wos first poss-
ed, there we're q number OF
coses Of mariners eouoht in
midoceon, outword b o U n d.
With no newspapers available
to tell them they could not do
that, they went into the COM
bot zone. Once out, back
home, and with the low ex-
pIoined. there were no further
violations and no prosecutions.
But new coses which may
eventually eouse trouble ore
those Of the pilots feryino
combat planes from the Unit
ed Stotes to England. Two
routes have been followed, the
northern by way Of Newfound-
land. and the southern by way
Of Bermuda and thence nom
stop to EnqIond.
D. J. UNDECIDED
ABOUT PILOTS
Special passports permitting
travel in combot zones con be
issued Of course by the State
Department under the neu.
trolity oct. WiIlkie got one,
newspaper foreign correspond
ents get them, ond business
men with sufficient reason for
travel obrood.
II q pilot feryine q Plone
to England is shot down on the
way, IT'S his neck thot Is brok-
en- and perhaps no one can bs
prosecuted for that.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
CONFUSION INDICATES FAILURE

Despite the present need for speed
there ore two good reasons for not rush.
ing into q reeimented economy. First,
tits not the best way to win this stru9-
ole; compulsion is q weaker force than
the enthusiastic efforts Of q free people.
Second, freedom too costly surrendered
may be lost. The force we are combot-
ing is totolitorionisn; let US not sur
render to IL in advance 80. There ore
rnony in our midst who would like to
turn this country into q socioIist stote
ond would use this emergency for tt!ot
purpose. ~. RondoIph Burgess. ia.
fionoI City Bark Of Nsw York.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
. SO THEY SAY

I am here to challenge you to
a higher fate than compromise,
negation, and death.
Wendell Wilkie.
There Is simply no other ad-
dress today for the truly great
designers than Hollywood and
New York.
Margaret Case, magazine edi-
tor, on Vienna as q style CEN
ter.
The Republican Party II COM
hitting hari-kari with the sharp
knife of a political inconsistency
between the free economic
system and isolationism.
Glare Booth, playwright.
. . .
After all, love is q mild form
of insanity. and 1t doesn't last
over 80 days.
State Senator A. Z. Edwards,
Washington, on . proposed
new marriage law.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

leads In westerns and serials at
Republic for, SIS a week. Re-
Gently the studio offered her
$4,000 to do the romantic lead
in isis Hopkins" . top-budget
musical. And Miss Lands turn
ed Il down. =. Anew angle has
been discovered for westsrns:ln
Psramount's "Men Of Action"
Evelyn Brent is q lady leader OF
the outlaws.
Some of the dramatic events In
the Life Of Sergeant Alvin York
actually will be underplayed
and even ignored by the picture.
I read part Of the data turned In
by q crew Of researchers who
went into the Tennessee noun
tains, and there was m interview
describing how York once halted
q threatened battle between two
groups Of tough guys. I'll do all
the shootin' around here" he an
nounced, and with that he
knocked the head off . lizard at
20 PAGES. The boys cooled down
right away. .. But that incl
dent won't be used In the pic
ture. Sounds too much like
something that could happen
only In Q movie.
They say that Jascha >Heifetz
was introduced to q local pug
with the remark: "You two
ought TO know each other; you're
both making your living with
your hands" The prize fighte1
stared adImirinsly ct the great
violinist. "Gee-you must b
soodi" he exclaimed. "You
sin't got q mafk on va"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
ne FIGURES

is significant thot no stote has
06pted q new onti-choin store tax
ss1nce 1887. Since these punitive taxes
first appeored in 1925, q number have
been repealed. The political oppeol that
used TO be found in betting the ehojns
has diminished.
There is q reason for this, namely,
improved public understanding of the
retail Industry. Consumers have learned
that choins ore not destroying the in
dependents--thot, to the controy, the
indopendents ore doing larger pro-
,cstion Of total retail trade than five
e6ss ago iobout IS per cent in o4O).
III consumers have learned thot hon.
/ ~ cornpetition. with all types Of stores
! ~ g 90 otter the business, is whot
ossures reasonable prices and improves
services N finoIiy, the consumers have
. leorl1nd that HE chain store industry,
{ like my legitimate industry, is major
s ecunesnic ossst for the country.
Ihe claims, for instance. boy
nand, ass, ooo, 600 q yeor in direct
n ~ addition 70 substontioI indi-
W heir expenditures for re-
q lighting, fixtures, equip
= glh1o, ETC., come to more
QQO, 600 . year; this IS spent
Nh tfl,csseQnds Of small towns
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
MEANWHILE. DEMOCRACY
FUNCTIONS

n
Some people have their eyes 50
firmly fixed on some doom they see tor
on oheod waiting for democracy, that
they overlook the foet its functionlag
right here and now.
When the droft oct was posed lost
wear, it was thoroughly deboted for
months. Every argument for it and
against it was given full ploy time and
oooin. Then, after the most complete
kind Of discussion, public and Privote.
Official and unofficial, the duly elected
representatives, Of the people passed it
by q broad margin.
II the possoge of that oct, revolu-
tionoN departure as it wos from trodI-
tionoI American principles, did not rep
resent the will Of the American people
in what possible way could that will
have been better expressed!
Similarly, the Lend-Leose bill. Since
the droft oct Of last year, there hos been
q congressional election. A good share
of the senators and representatives. now
on the floor have been to their consti-
tuencies for acceptance or rejection.
New members we're elected by people
who had one eye on European develop
ments and the woys in which they might
OBJECT the United Stotes. Now comes
the Lend-Leose bill.
No one can say both sides Of this
proposed legislation have not had every
conceivable opportunity to present their
coses. A continual parade of witnesses,
for and oeoinst, qualified ond unquo'i-
fled, expert and inexPert, statistical
and emotional, has passed through the
committee rooms Of both House ond
Senote. Debote on the floors Of both
chambers has been exhaustive. Every
conceivable scrap Of information. eve
ry imaginable point Of view, have been
spread publicly before the legislators
and the country.
The President apparently feeling
the criticism thot followed last years
destroyer transfer, for which he did not
90 to Congress for authority, appears
to have made an especial point Of keep
ina out Of this pending legislation.
Amendments have been proposed, ar
oued, and some have been accepted.
The people. through letters to Congress
and the newspapers, have had their d.
rect soy, oside from the official debote.
Z:
Soon the Lend-Leose bill will pass,
or it will not poss Whichever is the re-
suit, it is hard indeed to see how DEM
ocrotic process could have had more
difference. how any possible means hos
been overlooked to make certain thot
the decision is the deliberate decision
Of the majority Of the American people.
So, while we moan gently to our
selves about the fote Of democracy in
the future, let's not overlook this pretty
convincing demonstration Of its vitolity
that is going on every day before our too
often unseeing eyes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
. HighIights From
The Latest Books Z

Jules Romans turns 70 peace.
But II is q troubled peace this
author of the magnificent ''Ver-
dun" creates In his ninth volume
OF the "Men Of Good WIZ series,
Aftermath" (Knopf: $2.70).
Here again Romans takes up the
lives Of Quinette, the murderer,
Jerphanion, the soldier, and
Jaliez, the Journalist.
As in previous volumes, Ro-
mains exhibits q keen insight In
to the social and economic struc-
ture Of Europe after the war, sees
also the effect Of war upon the
lives Of those who endured four
long years Of conflict. While
Aftermath" possesses little Of
the smashing life-and-death
drama Of 'sVerdun" II II m Inn
portant addition TO the "Good
VIII" series.
The first half Of the book II de-
voted to Quinette's efforts to es-
cape consequences Of his first
murder, and Of his enemy's at
tempt TO create . second Blue
beard Landru out Of the book
seller. Jsllex recounts his efforts
70 regain happiness In the sec.
ond portion Of the novel. Jer-
phantom enters only briefly, In
letters TO Jallez. Particularly ef-
fective are his comments on the
aftermath Of war:
. mo, I won't let myself 60 back
on the world we knew before
"a; I'm too much sfraid that ]
might have to eat my words lat
er. The immediate future b not
particularly reassurins -.
1887! Shall we turn osn
thoughts q little to 1897 ! wei
remember the forecasts ] made
to myself. z. Whit I saw was tn
heyday Of the century, Just that,
A great period, solidly based
having found IT. feet and estab.
lished itself In equilibrium -.
Il would represent the final
achievement. the maturity Of
forms Of life and civilization to.
ward which the whole Of oul
wesfern world has been NOV.
ing
"And now what sort of pro-
spect does 1897 hold out to you!
I find that I no longer have any
Views on the subject. I some
times wonder whether, by Great
ins Z whole mass Of small new
states with al their history x
make. are we not watering enc
manuring into fresh strength tn
plant Of nationalian? ! wonder
whether, by overthrowing tn
old Europe and setting up . new
one, al awry, made up Of odd
ana ends and deliberately de-
prived Of sEy common ideal, al
collective enthusiasm. Of any
thing resembling . soul, . Eu
fope IN which the discontentes
Vim b counted by Millions, VI
sro not hsnding IL over IN I'd
vance % the forces Of inferno
snnrehy. r. local edvonturo
beUd AZ dellfilm end dogpoirs -
result u which No ~ en- 1oee
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
JANE WRITER'S
GROWS Up

Jane WitherS emerges as an
comply ingenue In her latest
film-and "emerses" Is right. be-
cause there are several sequences
that have to do with the tipping
of of . play skirt worn with a
bathing suit. The picture Is care
fully planned to establish her as
q budding romantic star, and she
makes the whole transition In
eight reels. Beginning as the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Prof. McAfferty entertained
'em immensely at the Presby.
terrain church Friday night. Hi
rendition Of Darius Green" wss
"grest." s.
Only at one night Tin Mont
calm county, did the thsrmo-
meter fall to zero II. southern
end central Michigan, In jan
uary.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17

Jane Withers you're accustomed
to seeing, she winds up in .
backless evening gown, complete
with her first screen kiss.
Rs -
Some of the little secondhand
book stores have adopted. the
slick scheme of writing the
names Of once-famed movie hg.
ures on the flyleaves Of few OF
the volumes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

IS YEARS AGO TOOAx
1903
Philo Wiirig comes up from
Southern Michigan long enough
70 say that the Mount Clemens
Sugar Company will have nine
or ten thousand acres Of beets.
Building for the new store Of
Grim and Delvin will begin early
In the spring. The building will
b located on the corner Of Ma
comb and Walnut streets.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17

We regret 10 learn that Mr..
Burt W. spsrry. clerk st IL
Avery, ie about 10 leave ~. He
returns 20 Bay City, from which
placs hs he's resolved . latter
ing offer.
J. n. Johason's house. n De-
trolt, wee entered BY anook
thievee Gntssrday night !hey
wer0 fstuhtsned swly and Seek
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES Q
we YEARS AGO TO-DAY

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
1885
George Belts and Walter vint
of Crosse Pointe were the guests
on Tuesday evening Of Mrs. Paul
J. Ullrich and daughters. They
later attended the concert Of the
Orpheus Club.
The question Of supplying free
textbooks 70 children In Mount
Clemens probably will be pre-
sented 20 the voters It the annual
meeting Of the school district
next June, It was held today at
the school board meeting.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
% YEARS AGO TO-DAY

The w. r. G. will give . maple
suenr social at the G. A. r. hall
next Monday evening.
An enterprising Mount Gle
mems newsboy drives around on
q horse and sees that his UNI
derlings deliver the paper prop
erly.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
WESTERN FEATURES
LADY OUTLAW

In Ginger Rosers next pic
ture, the role Of her mother prob
ably will be played by Mrs. LEILA
Rogers-who is her mother /.
Eleanor Powell's new dancing
partner, for a waltz routine IN
Lady Be Good" Is . French
poodle. A year and q half
ago, Carole Lands was playing
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff Csrrespsnlent

HOLLYWOOD Short takes:
One Of the exploitation experts
at Warmers sent word to. the
music department that he'd like
nonASCAP tune for STRAW
berry Blonde so the picture
could be plugged on the radio
networks. After about an hours
concentration somebody sent
back a song titled. II Got the
Razzberry ON Burberry Hill
From q Mulberry Street Straw
berry Blonde Blues"
Clark Gable and Carole Lom-
bard visited the Douglas airplane
factory recently and were cor.
daily taken on a thorough tour.
Now an order has been issued
that no more movie stars are to
be shown around the vast plant.
Workmen were 50 distracted by a
gander at the Gables that the del
icately balanced production rou-
tine YVES thrown out Of whack
for hours.
A kid named Henry Arnstein,
working at 20th-Fox, long has
been trying to crash the popular
magazines with his fiction, but
the only responses have been re.
jections slips. He finally got 90
mad that he had some rejection
slips Of his own printed. One Of
these, clipped TO a copy of each
Of the unappreciative magazines
b being returned to each Of the
editors.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17

TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1881
Mrs. Belle Wilson's cat won =
prize In the Detroit cat show.
OIL drilling u scheduled to
start In Macomb county within
the next 30 days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-16
Hf1t1frHnn 1atly Dtapatrh {
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1871

Ii full records are kept of cotton
grnncd or : ld. North Carolina farm
crS will get full conservation pay
mcnts due and Will get full Incas-
urc" when AAA authorities set up
normal farm yields, says +. y. Floyd,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-16

state AAA executive office at S,,,,
college.
Food freezer lockers will help s,vo
INK and TN uS.d IN packaging food
says Cerncla {. Morris. ~cXtcn.in"
food economist.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-16
IhlS and I.lat-

ng 81 publishers q Tar Heel papese
=feaetsad u HeH peak u the national