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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18

INV - - OW''O
Once more the chance to live ond
"a breathe with growing things. Cne
tho,,oht alone should spur US oil 70
roke. weed, plant seed, Prune the o'o
and set out the new. 49,.
This IS the thoueht-0od made the
world. and then, He made the trees ono
flowers to beoutify it. And this old
world thot began with Sod = o'mos!
holt of it now lies broken ond Dru'seo
ond desolote: Destroyed by the very
ones II was, given to. -
Where ore the flowers thot proudly
roised their foces to the sun to Pro'se
Him? The trees with outstretched arms
forever looking towords heaven?
We. who are not at war, here in
America: UPON US falls the response
bility and to US is given the privilege OF
snokino flowers bloon,-mokin9 trees,
arrow. 70 work like our Creotor-cre-
otino new beauty, to work for Him.
The mony beautiful eordens in Eng.
iond. France and Germany ore gone and
vegetables ore being planted SO thot
pGhops s months or .yeor from todoy,
tl16ir people will fot Be Starving. So
mich Of the land has been burned, dug
u and generally destroyed that all
ovoiIoble good earth must be used for
food and supplies. The small percen-
tooe OF land used for flowers is as MOTH
ina compared to WIZ. was used before
the war;
Here in America we have thousands
ofocres on which to grow things. But to
bvino our vision close at hond-here in
DIR own little garden plots, the space
bef,xeen the back porch and the oIley-
the few feet between the front door ond
the neutrality-suspicious. all these little
spots con be beoutified, with flowers
and shrubs that bloom. So little effort
isneeded, so little that even q child can
grow things by pokine his finger in the
ground ond dropping in few seeds.
And seeds ore so cheop-pocko9es con
Be bought for 5 or 10 cents and even
less. No one is 50, poor he cannot have
q flower or q garden.
He who does not want one is indeed
duller than the cIod Of earth that is
turned over in the Spring.
April Garden Digest" the little
mooozine thot comes to Garden Club
nnembers each month hos q very good
suggestion in it. 1t is BUY q few seed
pockets for q needy family or invest in
seeds for Britain, or if you have little
surplus land why not let someone grow
vegetables on IT,"
The head Of one of our Agricultural
Colleges soys, THE finest thing about
oordenino is, it's release from COMPETE
tion. In practically everything else we
~, in work and in ploy, there is string
~ compete with what others ore doing.
Gardening hos no par to it. Your neigh
boe noy grow an ideoI lily thot is rare
pnd difficult, you n,oy be growing good
5p4tunios. You ore both good gardeners
You meet on q common oround"
hove olwoys felt it is reerettobIe
sfoct ti,ot just when the siren coll of our
aortle9s comes, it is oIso our busiest
fll9,e indoors. Few are brove enouoht to
UEocIeon during the cold months
q; ~ tise turonce Is going, and when
6en ON windows to let in the clean
W ~ Spring while We ore busy
- indcof4 the outdoors is tug
III tonkt-sf Strings. SoWe wish we
o34fT 10 divido our days so
No. = given 20 ouroordens
40 Gltwisss ore busy all
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18

Lucie Neville 10 pinch-hittin0
for Paul Harrison, noD touring
army camps and defense indus
tries.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
THE IRON AGE

One often hears our times referred
to as The Iron Age" or the Steel Age"
because on this metal the whole struc-
ture Of modern industry seems to rest.
There is something irresistible obout
good, humping. staggering figure, ond
50 here's another: Since 1854, the
United Stotes hos put in use ] ,76O,-
600 OCOs n@f tons Of rolled or cost iron
and steelss yhot is the estimate OF the
Americon1 Iron and Steel institutes -
OF that vast mass of metal, nearly
two-thirds is todoy octuoIly in use
zoo, 100000 tons Of buildings,
bridges, roilrood equipment. ships.
automobiles, machinery, pipes, and
q thousand other useful things. Rough
" third Of that totoI production has
been bought back os scrap ond long
since reoppeored in some other "incor-
notion" as new steel.
Of course no mind can imagine or
picture ! ,76O, OOO, 600 tons Of steel. But
SO staggering figure does give some
Sideo Of the extent to which we have
built our modern industrial life on q
foundation of steel.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED

The sofety record of life insurance
during the post ten years hos been With
out parallel IN history.
Thot is q brood settlement, but the
figures back it up. The totoI assets or
companies which suspended operations
duri1o the decode l92o-l938, amount
ed to about 2 per cent Of the assets OF
ali companies. lnosmuch as only q part
Of the assets of the suspended comPon-
les we're impaired, the potential loss to
policyhoiders wos only about per cent.
And, as the impaired reserves ore being
rebuilt by reinsuring companies, the
maximum aggregate loss to PoIicyhoI-
ders hos already been reduced to about
one-hoIf of one per cent!
Thot was the industry's record dur
ina the worst depression in modern
times, when businesses we're foiIing by
the thousand, the national income
dropped by tens Of billions, and security
volues went to olI-time lows. 1t is q rec
ord which justifies confidence.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
NO MORE POLITICAL LUxURIES

One recent statement Of the Presi-
dent soys that his next budget will in
voIve drastic porine of government ex-
penditures With the sole exception Of
those which have q direct bearing on
the defense program. That is sound 1t
will meet with the approval Of the peo-
pie.
The President and his finopciol ods
certainly have wide field for sloshine
expenditures in many overgrown 'octiv-
tiles Of the government. There can be
no further excuse for relief spending on
q erondiose scale, nosmuch as the re-
armament drive is rapidly absorbing
the unemployed, according to the gov
ernment's own official figures. And,
vastly important, there can be no fur
ther excuse for the spending Of tax
funds for purposes which can and
should be left to private enterprise and
privote ooptoI.
Federal competition with the utility
industry is on outstanding cose in point.
As has recently been observed, most Of
the governments power plants ore in re-
eions where there ore few defense in
dustries. The great industrial regions
on which we must depend for our instru-
ments of defense, no less than our tools
Of peoce, ore served almost 90 per cent
by neutrality-suspicious., hiohIy-toxed pri-
vote companies. These companies have
Ioid ambitious plans for expanding to
meet anticipated increases in demand
Their responsible Spokesman have sold
oooin and again thot they ore fully
capable Of providing needed service
and at low cost. There is no necessity
whatsoever for squonderino onother
doIIor Of the toxpoyers' money on Soc
ioIizsd power dsvslopd lent.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
By WIN. E. MCKINNEY
Amerca's Card Authority

On the walls of the Hamilton
Club in Philadelphia l found a
beautiful deck of cards. 1t is a
deck of Japanese cards for play
ing the most popular card game
in Japan, Ka-Ru-Ta, which is
played by young and old during
the New Years holiday season.
The deck displayed in the Ham
ilton Club was one used by pri-
mary school children. The Jap
anese have different and much
more difficult decks for national
contests. w
Two cards, in particular, i'm
pressed me. One halls the arrival
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
LINCOLN FILMS
ALWAYS FLOP

Yet Grapes of Wrath" was an
artistic picture and far from the
popular pattern, but it has been
doing a tremendous business.
Yes, and so has "Rebecca." But
Long Voyage Home" ranks
about 100 per cent below Boom
Town" in patronage, and "Our
Town" is clear down in the eel
lar. THE Great McGinty" hasn't
done we'll, nor has Ben Hecht's
fine angels Over Broadway"
ABE Lincoln in Illinois" is in
the sub-cellar.
Such things are hard to ex-
plain. But then, every Lincoln
picture has been a flop.
Weak selling, poor titles and
lack of big star names have a
lot to do with failures. l wish
more people would be guided by
directors names when they shop
for entertainment. Better assur-
ances of quality than casts, costs
or ballyhoo are names of direc-
tors like John Ford, Alfred
Hitchcock, Sam Wood, Ernst Lu-
bitsch, Carson Kanin and Henry
Roster. In 1941 these and
BY the way, how about max
ing some New Years resolutions?
Maybe you could promise not to
use the word "glamor" anymore.
It's so overworked.
I'll try, and I'll toss in Super
colossal" But right now / gotta
grab a handful of aspirin and
get back to Brenda Virus, my
flu bug.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

of the American ships at Uraga
with Commander Perry. who
opened the doors of Japan to
western civilization after 800
years of isolation. The other card
shows the first American am
bassador, Townsend Harris, and
the japanese Lord TX, who con-
Guided the epoch-making Ansci
trade agreement which bound
America and Japan to eternal
friendship. y
In mstch-point play, today's
hand is the kind that can cause
large Swings" An extra trick
may mean Q top score.
The opening lead was lucky
for declarer, as it assured him
of two heart tricks. He won the
first with the queen, then led q
club for the winning finesse of
the queen. The ace of clubs was
cashed, then the king of spades,
and another spade lead was let
ride to Vests jack.
The idea was to embarrass
West. IL possible, and induce a
helpful lead. But West simply
returned a heart and East let it
ride to dummy's king. Seeing
that the hearts must make any
how, declarer led the heart
tricks, then broke down and
took the king of clubs. All that
remained for the defense was the
diamond ace. Declarer made two
odd good score, as il hap
pened.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Axis Helps Hungary
Regain Lost Lands

HUNGARY is a new partner in
IL the German Italian-Japanese
totalitarian axis, but this nation
has been collecting rewards Of
Hitler's new order since 1898.
Admiral Nicholas Horthy, pictured
on the stamp above, regent OF .
kingdom without q king, isn't
overlooking any chances to regain
all or part Of the 10000 square
miles Of land Hungary gave up
after the World War.
When Czechoslovakia was dis
membered, Hungary grabbed .
strip Of Slovakia and the Car
patho- Ukraine. Last August, Rou-
mania returned half Of Transyl-
vania. In all, friendship with Hit
Ter has paid Hungary In 1900
square miles of land and four
million people.
Germany wants the food raised
on Hungarian farms. Agriculture
Is the principal industry; wheat,
corn, rye, oats, ,suear-beets and
tobacco the most important crops.
These products, and Hungarian
coal and iron help Germany neht
the British BLOCKADE.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2.-Man
talking to himself:
Hey!-it's past time for you
to be doing a piece about the
Ten Best Pictures of the Year.
Aw, lay offa me. l was sitting
here figuring on long nara
tive poem about the romantic
adventures of a flu bug-a girl
flu bug named Brenda Virus, and
how she got around to meeting
some
But okay, we'll think about
pictures. Start with 1.-THE Grapes
of Wrath; that's No. 1, all right.
I'm not so sure about the order
of the others, but put down
''Rebecca," Foreign Cores
pondent," Long Voyage Home"
Our Tow n" philadelphia
Story" "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic
Bullet" "Abe Lincoln in Him
ois," The Great McGinty,' may
be edison the Man" Or
How about 1.-THE Great Dicta-
tor? And the booming Boom
Town?
was disappointed in the
Chaplin picture, and I'm good
and tired of all this genius" and
great artist" talk both Chaplin
and Disney. Let's honor them for
the fine things they've done, but
let's not assume that everything
they do must be superb. For my
dough, 1.-THE Dictator" began to
oroop about the time Jack Oakie
came into the story, and it died
during that six-minute curtain
speech.
AS for Boom Town." Clark
Gable himself pegged it when
he said it contained everything
except the kidnapping of Charley
Ross. That film also had a
preachment I didn't like, a gra-
tuitous harangue that sounded as
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
DO WE NEED ST. LAWRENCE
POWER?

The advocates of sociolized electric
power ore preparing to again bring up
their biggest orti|Iery in support Of the
old proposal to develop tremendous
generating facilities along the St.
Lawrence River, through joint Y. S.
Conodion oction
II is probable thot the prime oreu-
nent used will be that this is necessary
to national defense. The American peo-
pie should learn beforehand just how
valid that argument is.
According to Ernest R. Abrams,
well-known authority on power, the ar
oument hos no validity at oil, for the
reason tFot q minimum OF five years
must elopse, once octuol construction
IS undenxoy. before any power can be
generated at the two proposed power
houses, which would be situated on
lO0-rile pool to be erected by the con-
struction Of q greet dam near Mosseno,
New York. In other words, not five cents
worth Of juice could be delivered to de-
Tense industries. or anyone else, until
offer q period Of time which in all prob
aobility will see the European war decid-
~.
' Keep HAT in mind when the St.
vrence project is being plugged in
3tess oooin. II is estimated that
UTILITIES, il ond when demand
- con have gigantic new steam
pvonts in operation in two years
eI g. oooinst the five yeors that
hydro plont construction re-
oticnoI defense Is q compeII-
etp tye3e days, and II will IN
X3pedng on ottroctiye COM
M Il cugtiYund unneces-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
IT'S THE FIRST
vHIRD-TERM CONGRESS

You can figure thot out for
youseIf. Here's q plan that
would have the u. S. govern
ment taking over the produc-
ton Of guns. planes. ships and
so on for Greet Britain. The
big ideo is to get the stuff built
without, as the President puts
it, worrying about q lot Of silly
dollar signs. Having built it,
you get it oversees fost, and
you coll it q loan, or q Ieose,
or something similar, the gen.
erol ideo being that otter the
whole fuss is over you can sit
down and figure out who gets
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

Harry Hamilton is home for
the holidays, and is toddling the
phenomenon" about the town..
The mayor justihably refuso
to contract for more street lamps.
1t is well enough to have lots
of street lighting, but the ap-|
preparation should not be exc
ceeded. Overrunning appropria-I
tons is what put Mount Clem-|
ems into the hole.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
MANHATTAN
BY GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK-Harry Carey,
the old Trader Horn, was ex-
planning how he happened to
make a picture called "Shep-
herd of the Hills" He had just
ambled into the Astor's Hunting
room, stretched his legs comfort
ably under table, and made it
clear that until he read the script
he knew little about Harold Bell
Wright's nosey hero.
"They called me and told me
they wanted me to play the
Shepherd" said Harry, "but I
told them, No. I'd made q lot of
cowboy pictures but / didn't
want to be shepherd.
They then told me there'd be
a lot of dough in it, but I shook
'em off. I told 'em hell no, don't
want to 60 back to Broadway
and have the boys yelling 'Baaa'
at me every time I walk down
the street.
But then they explained the
story and, after the studio writ
ers rewrote the story, and, incl
dentally, they improved a lot on
Harold's stuff, I signed for the
picture. The Shepherd. in the
book, is a sort of transom-peep-
er, a kind of rural columnist
who goes around poking his nose
into other peoples business. In
the picture he's pretty decent
guy"
About lions, which he under
stands pretty well and with
which he has been intimate ever
since he spent nine months on
the African equatorial belt, MAX
ing Trader Horn" Carey con-
fides:
There isn't a tame lion in
Hollywood. The only tame lions
you find are in Africa. The
trouble with Hollywood lions Is
the treatment they get. Lions are
no different from other guys.
They don't like guys standing
around with whips and guns in
their hands, taking pictures. That
makes 'em sore. If guy busted
into your house and showed gun
in your face and made you pose
for picture you wouldn't like 1t
either. ~
II remember in Africa we had
hard time finding wild lions.
They acted like over-fed tabby
cats. We had one scene so close
to five real wild lions that they
cut il out of the picture. The stu
do knew the public wouldn't be-
lieve It.
But them water buffalo are
different. They're really mean
They'll follow you all day, not
because they dislike actors espe-
cially but because they don't like
people In general"
While he was spinning these
yarns Harry got around to the
modern western movie. Ne ask
ed him II he thought the horse
operas had improved in the last
Is years and he shook his head.
They're too improbable" he
said. "Cowmen - we don't say
cowboys any more-have 20
work hard, but on the screen Ill
they ever do Is strum q guitar or
play around with the rancher's
daughter. The kids doa't bolieve
that, and the kids know also that
you can't catch . thief acy more
on q horse. You've got 70 ride a
automobile 70 Be plausibIe. and
there RoeS your Yom0nco."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
90 YEARS AGO TODAY

The new year prom.-es to b
Q happy one for Mount Glenn
ems. Her prospects were never
brighter.
Geo. r. Law reports his salea
during the holidays are NOR
than double those Of the same
period of any other year. Mr..
Law had q splendid stock. and
advertised II. OF course his sale
were large.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
10 YEARS AGO TODAY

1880
Mrs. Albert Schott, South vii
son boulevard, gave a watc
night party New Years Eve I'd
her daughter and husband, M
and Mrs. James Law, of Bloom
berg, Pa.
Next week Tuesday the con
mittee on social hygiene of I'd
League of Women Voters wi
make a trip to Detroit to Wis
the juvenile court. The chairma|
Of the division is Mrs. Willial
Weaver.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
. THOUGHTS

The meek shall eat and be
satisfied: they shall praise the
Lord that seek him: your heart
shall live for ever.-PSalms
1925.
Selfish men may posses the
earth; it is the meek only who
inherit it from the Heavenly
Father.-Woolman.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
Dy DRUcg CATION =
Deity Moajeos Mashlnot06
C0vrnano0inot =

SoSroopooQoWv.
Fret Of iosr colsmxs At0A1lsht'
ing major tissues before the ~ep
Congress.
First bio job Of the nav Con-
aress will be q little problem
in applied economics: how for
can you 90 in the way OF buying
q warning neiehbor his guns
and ammunition without buy
ing yourself q piece of his
war?
Aid for Britain will be the
No. ] topic on the proorom-
with. bells on. And q serop
Just as determined Though
probably not as lone) as thot
turned on when the President
got the arms emboreo repealed
in 1899 is certain to result.
It's likely to take several
queer turnin9s, that scrop.
Just what sort of oid-Britoin
legislation the administration
is going to hand Congress
isn't clear yet. It's likely to
be involved, because the Pres
ident's ideo is involved. And
while the President seems to
have the votes to get pretty
much what he wants, the very
foct that the new law is going
to have to be so involved will
give the isolotionists several
chances to toke q good toe
hold and wrestIe it around.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
BIG BUSINESS
GOOD PICTURES?

For your own better judgment
of pictures, you'd better check
on which ones actually have done
the biggest business during 1910.
Look at North West Mounted
Police" wise guy-and Boom
Town" and Strike Up the
Band" Northwest Passage,
1.-The Fighting 69th,' "The Sea
Hawk" my Favorite Wife"
All right, but I still don't be-
lieve they're an index of public
taste. Sure, the box office pic
lures reflect moods. ! guess l
got more relaxing enjoyment
from Deanna Durbin's Spring
Parade" than any other picture
in 1910; it was a tonic for my
mood that night.
The Mounty flicker is busting
records all over the country, un-
til you can't even hear the groans
of the critics for the applause OF
the fans. 1t amuses Cecil De
Mile, who isn't kidding himself
about dramatic artistry. He said,
Every time / make a picture,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
PkTs AND POUNDS

Agricultural Trode Relations, Inc, re-
Gently mode an important tolk before
the Institute of Distribution on the sub
jec of "AericuIture. Notionol Defense
and Chain Stores"
1.-THE pressing problem Of food and
fibre is the key to any successful de-
Tense program" he sold: 'Nutritionists
and industrial leaders know that the
minimum requirements for an average
person ore three pints Of food per doy
and twenty pounds Of clothing. As ner-
chondisers, you realize the magnitude
of the Job and the intricate, complex
and varied problems represented in dis
trbutine these pints and pounds to q
country Of is ,OOO, 900 people. ! won
der, however, If you ever considered
your business as one Of the final ogen-
cies upon which depends the stamford
of living Of cotton growers Of the South,
livestock producers of the nation. and
orange, apple and egg producers on the
Pacific Coast?
For decades we have heard pro and
con arguments on what was referred to
os the farm problem because it clearly
is the bosis of national welfare 80.
Form operation costs ore mount
ing and formers reolize the danger from
lack Of export markets for their surplus
supplies and feel thot greater portion
of these SURPRISES can and mustbe con-
sumed in the domestic markets. They
know that millions of people in this
country do not have an adequate. bol-
onced diet, or sufficient clothing for
all requirements. They believe these
people can and will use farm SURPRISES
if these products can be made available
at prices such people can offord
In other words. farm people today
realize that their major problem is dis
tribution. With increased purchasing
power resulting from larger poyroIIs.
increased orders for war equipment and
the quickening tempo Of our industrial
life, you have on excellent opportunity,
within the ability of consumers to buy,
to again demonstrate to agriculture the
value of mass distribution by making
more goods available to more people
and at the same time relieving oericuI-
ture Of the disastrous effect Of lost ex-
port morkets"
And SO, again, agriculture can turn
to the stores, for help in time Of emer-
gency And, again, os chain spokesmen
have said, the stores will respond With
the fullest measure Of cooperation. The
chain stores, like the organized inde-
pendents which olso work on the mass
distribution principle, are not static
business. They are q dynamic business.
They want to 90 oheod-to give still
better service to consumer and farmer
and monufocturer-to do ST finer
job for the nation which suppets them.
In these unbalanced times, the chains
have one Of their greatest opportunities
to serve. Their record in the post is q
guarantee that they will not foil All
Of their resources-men and materials
-ore being devoted to advancing the
interests Of the producers and consunn-
ers Of America.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

A. H. Sitter presents his witt
with a Standerman piano, anu
James Wood, Romeo road, Is the
purchaser of another.
Mr.. VanEps retires from the
registers office. Jan. LIST. and
Mr.. Lungerhausen will remain
there
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
20 YEARS AGO TODAY

1920
DR.. F. X. Lenfestey and Mr.,
Lenfestey returned from a visi
in Canada.
Manager STEELE, of the Noun
Clemens Gas Co., and Mrs. Stell
returned from visit in ChicS
60.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-02
Is YEARS AGO TODAY

1915
You can start the New Yea}
right by paying all your bills.
The D. A. r. Charity Ball is|
set for Jan. 14th, at the Cham.l
bert of Commerce hall. Agnes
Orchestra.