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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-08
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
BEHIND n SCENES IN
AMERICAN BUSINESS"
By John Croddock

NEW YORK, July 28.-GOING UP!-
Retail prices, which have been held fairly
well in check through the war period" up
to recently, are almost sure to show much
more abrupt rises between now and autumn
and thereafter. The June index Of living
costs of the Department of Labor was 1O4.6,
compared to 1929 for May-by far the
sharpest monthly ditferential this year to
date. Thing that makes further and more
drastic rises unavoidable is that, up to now,
stores have been selling merchandise acquir-
ed when wholesale prices were lower; but
stocks in this category are now being rapidly
used up-and they have to be replaced, OF
course. by goods that come in at a higher
cost. This is especially true in the food, cloth
ing and house furnishings lines. It's a moot
question whether the price control Legislation
now being formulated can halt this advance
to any noticeable extent. Retail trade circles
think it can't. Even some "one-price' cloth
ing stores, always reluctant to disturb es-
tablished prices, have been forced to an
nounce increases of as much as 10 per cent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Dr.. z. C.. EImore

1t is impossible yet to realize that DR.. X.
C. Flmore. well known and beloved DuTant
physician, has passed into the great beyond.
While he had not been in the best Of health
since January has many friends had resigned
themselves to the thought that he had many
years of office practice ahead of him III the
work he loved so well.
Only Ga years of age, DR.. Gilmore had liv-
ed a useful and happy life here since the
first day he came to Durant.
When all is said and done the best test OF
a mans worth to himself, his family and his
community, is the way he performs his work
and how he serves his fellowman. DR.. Ell
more was one of the finest doctors in the
state. and had the implicit confidence of all
his patients. Proudly and conscientiously he
kept abreast of the latest developments in
the field of medicine. He was a valuable
doctor and a good citizen.
He will be sorely missed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

A few fair men on the other side will ar
que and reason against the war with speech
and pen and at first will have a hearing and
be applauded, but it will not last long; the
others will outshout them, = " = Before long
you will see this curious thing: The speakers
stoned from the platform and free speech
strangled by hordes of furious men who in
their secret hearts are still as one with those
stoned speakers but do not dare say so. And
now the whole Nation, pulpit and all. will
take up the war cry and shout itself hoarse
and mob any man who ventures to open
his mouth, and presently such mouths will
cease to OPEN Mark Twain.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
300

UNION POLICY-One union, which has
quite an important part to play in handling
of food supplies for the army as well as in
civilian supply, has gone right to the White
House with a voluntary statement of policy
in defense or in war" The Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen OF
America, in the statement presented by their
president, Patrick German, vouchsafed that
1--WE must put our w personal concerns ana
our own union concerns second to the nat
ional concern and welfare and that 'Our
union will not in any way take advantage of
the national need to seek advantage for our
membership 1t further promises to abide
by results of arbitration in all cases where
contracts. call for it, and to seek to apply
arbitration methods even where it is not so
stipulated in contracts.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
THIS WEEK in DEFENSE

Acting Secretary of State Welles
said present Japanese activities dir
ccted toward lndo-China %endanger
peaceful use by peaceful nations of
The Pacific jeopardize the pro-
curement by the United States Of
essential materials such as tin and
rubber necessary for our
defense program 49," He said the
safety of other areas, including the
Philippine Islands, also is endanger-
ed.
The President issued a s~tate.lent
that the United States has been
letting oil go to Japan with the hope
and it has worked for two years
of keeping the war out of the
South Pacific for our own good, for
the defense of Great Britain and
the freedom Of the seas .."
Mr.. Roosevelt told his press COR
ference events in the War East are
bringing to the American public a
greater awareness of the danger Of
the whole world situation. But as
yet, he said, the public is not suf-
f~iciently cognizant of the perils of
the situation, any more than it rea-
lies the dangers of war in the West.
ARMY
Secretary of War Stimson said
production of vital items has been
increased with the cooperation of
American industry during the past
100 crucial days" as follows: light
tanks, AIS percent; medium tanks,
CAT percent; smokeless powder. 1877
percent; machine guns, SO percent;
INT. % percent; training planes,
55.7 percent: bombers, 17.8 percent.
The War Department said Army
expansion has progressed faster in
the past year than the manufacture
OF modern weapons, but since it is
important to know how to en-
ploy a weapon taetically rather than
to know how to fire it, 'little train
ing value is lost by the substitution of
a stove pipe for a mortar or an
oak bough for a machine gun" If
a company has fewer guns than
men, the guns are rotated so each
ma has a chance TO learn how to
handle them.
Tho Val Department said it is
giving four types of tests to discover
a trainee's ability and to help find
his right place in the Army. Selec-
tive Service Headquarters
eed that 952,572 twenty-one-year-
olds registered on July /.
HIGHWAYS
Congress passed a $500 600. 900
defense highway bill for construc-
lion of roads and experimental air
plane landing strips, and to nav
states for damages from Army and
Navy maneuvers.
AID TO BRITAIN
Federal Loan Administrations
Jones announced the RFC has author
lied a loan of S425, 100000 to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northrn Ireland to pay for war
supplies Great Britain ordered be-
lore the Lend-Lease Act was passed
Mr.. Jones said Great Britain has
put up collateral which includes
securities Of U. S. corporations, CAPT
tai stock of Al British owned U. s.
insurance companies worth $780,
0O0, 600 and the earnings of u. S.
branches of Al British insurance
companies which has net assets of
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

SENSIBLE, PATRIOTIC-When the OPM
announced it's rubber rationing plan a few
weeks age, we listed several rules for "stre-
tching'' tire miles, a thing that it now is
patriotic, as well as thrifty, to do. John L..
Collyer, president of the B. F. Goodrich COM
pany, now backs up those rules with hard
facts on the "why" of them from the test
ing laboratories: The reason correct ar pres
sure is important is that each pound of un-
der-inflation increases tread wear by one
eighth, besides adding to gas consumption
A tire only slightly out of line is dragged
sidewise many feet per mile - that could
cut it's total life-span in half At 20
miles an hour, tread wear is twice as rapid
as at As. . Watch the thermometer, for
tread wear is five times as fast at 100 de-
gress as at ~ and you should allow for
excess pavement heat, for even when the air
is cool, road surfaces are often 20 to 80
degrees hotter Git takes 100 degrees to make
tar melt).
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
FOR CIVILIAN SAFETY -

FUR CIVILIAN oHTEII 4~dtToff
training programs for employees OF local
governments in such primary defense duties
as air raid and sabotage protection are being
urged as an Immediate necessity by Mrs.
Melville Mucklestone of Chicago, president
of the National Consumers Tax Commission
Mrs. Mucklestone, who is a former national
president of the American Legion Auxiliary.
says that special training for employees OF
such municipal department as public works.
health, fire, police, and utilities is needed:
These are the men and women who would
be called upon to protect civilians from
enemy bombs and to protect such essential
services as municipal water works from sabo-
tage should the nation find itself at war, Mrs.
Mucklestone says.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
BITS O. Observation-Disclosures no,

BITS O. BUSINESS-Pre-fabricated hous-
ing may be that revolutionary" big new in
dustry for America - economists have long
wondered why somebody didn't put it on a
"production-li, q" basis; defense housing
needs may give it the required extensive, sud-
den market Much-debated increase in
curtailment OF auto production $50 per cent
instead of 20i would not go into effect until
November, anyway, no matter how the OPM-
OPACS dispute turns out Cotton crop
beset by boil weevils, bad weather, smallest
couple million bales below domestic con-
planted acreage on record - sure to fall
sumption; may be real crop scare" if rains
continue heavy in southeast Nations
department store sales up % per cent. last
four weeks average.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

approximately $500, 100000. The
loan natures in Is years and bears
interest at 3 percent per year.
POWER
OPM Director General Knudsen
named j, A. Krug, OPM Power Con
sultant, head of a special power
anti to ssure an uninterrupted
supply of electrical energy by re
ducing consumption in n~on-defense
iEecstries, and, if necessary, by
rationing power where shortages are
threatened.
Mr.. Krug said vast power pools
supply Of electricity for aluminium
snd magnesium plants now under
construction. He said n has al
ready been formed for aluminium
plants in Tennessee and others are
aeing considered for Arkansas, Okla
homa, Texas, Louisiana, the southern
sections Of Kansas and Missouri,
and for the Northeastern section, in
Guiding the New England States.
New York, eastern Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
lckes requested a voluntary cut of
33 1-3 percent in motor fuel con-
sumption in the Atlantic Coast States
to avoid r~ationing. Congress passed
a bill authorizing federal aid to
private firms in constructing inter-
state pipelines, and Mr. Ickes re-
commended that the petroleum in
dustry construct at $4,000, 900 pipe
line from east Texas to the Atlantic
coast with a daily capacity of $780,
600 barrels. He also asked the in
dustry to construct 40 to so large.
high-speed oil tankers in addition
to 139 now on order.
CIVILIAN SUPPLY
Price Administrator Henderson
announced a tentative program to
cut production in the automotiye.
domestic mechanical refrigerator and
mechanical household laundry euuip-
ment industries to make more mater
lals available for defense. He said the
cut will be offset by defense work
these industries would undertake
OPM Director General Knudsen I,id
the proposed shift should coincide
with increased defense orders TO
the industry to avoid unenplov-
ment.
ALUMINIUM COLLECTION
OCD Director LaGuardia announ-
,ced that on July 80 local aluminium
collection committees will send mater
ials collected in the voluntarily pro-
gram to concentration points in the
large cities of the 48 states. He
said the Treasury Departments
state ciceurement Offices will then
offer the scrap to smeIters having
defense contracts, at OPACS prices.
PRICES
Price Administrator Henderson
asked the baking industry to re-
duce operating expenses instead of
raising bread prices. He said ingre-
dent costs have risen half a cent a
soar Bituminous Coal Counsel Harr
recommended maximum prices at 10
percent above the present minimum.
Mr.. n Mrs. w. f. Lyon have inst
returned after visiting relatives and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
THINGS TO WATCH FOR-Two mo

stamps; One is a variation of the old Chain
letter" gag using defense stamps instead of
dimes; the other is making cigaret coupons
redeemable in defense bonds A crusade
by T.. S Travel Bureau to have all our LEGAL
holidays celebrated on the nearest Mon
day. they say it would vastly increase
tourist travel 49,.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. w, f. Lyon have Just
returned after visiting relatives and
friends az Amory.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
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new YORK.
NORTH CALLAHAN

Down on Whitehall Street, some
what of a sensation was caused this
week. For to the US. Army building
there had come a strange visitor. He
vas 4 man in a Flying Cadets uni
form who stood just inside the re-
cruiting office with his face firmly
fixed on the picture of an airplane
above his head. People started at the
man. asked questions about him and
were surprised when they approach
I'd quite close and he did not shift
his fixed stare. But this was not
serious until night came and the
Waterman was carefully making his
rounds. Suddenly, ne came upon this
in the darkening gloom Of the
empty office. Whipping out mis- gun,
the Waterman grimly demanded to
know what he has doing there. No
Again the demand, but the
uniformed one just stared at the pic
ture. Finally the Waterman nabbed
him by the arm - only to discover
was made of wax. Now he is
asking himself which is the bigger
dummy.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
COLLECTION

Price Administrator Henderson
asked the baking industry to re-
duce operating expenses instead of
raising bread prices. He said ingre-
dlent costs have risen half a cent a
soar Bltuminous Coal Counsel Harr
recommended maximum prices at 10
percent above the present minimum.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
DEFENSE. NOT DEFENSE IS
 REASON FOR FORTIFYINC
 ALASKA, SAYS COREY FORD

section. If Dutch Harbor is talk en, fleet operations would fa'l back to Kodiak, and if that base falls, they will retire to Sitka. But as the U. S. pipe line short ems, the pipe line of the enemy in waging it's war must lengthen. Ford points out, with the attend ant difficulties of waging war via long supply route.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
STOP WORRYING ALASKA

When Heny recently hat he intended doing after the with the manynion dollar aipane factory he that he build aplanes added only few short until Americans by the thousands would be flying planes That the attitude which to the gloom purveyors who spending time wondering what 0 de- days visuang catastrophe Henry Ford meets the challenge of the future envsoning and glorious vas of accomplishment American i've genius and industry
 tongues of Aaskans the constant question what going happen Alaska when the ton period the defense program end? logical enough question: the consideration of Alaskan business Alaskans in general
 We certainly lay claim the prophetic quality of judge which has characterized the Henry Ford but ocaganarian slaved industry since childhood look in the face with the battle in his vire like Alaska surely
 
 place we do not believe that defense work in Al aSka will be completed this year the the We believe that just getting nicely started and that Aaska posts will be added that Alaska defense shall be mpregnabe that will
 
 In second place system Hhou connecting highways and communication system, Ndng and maintenance which require O
 " men for Again, in these days of vital inn
 Nce of the air of defense and ofense military
 Is completed construction numerous further airfeds again. requiring plenty of labor.
 In the third place, askans must have poor opinion their great land indeed they believe of women and selecees who there VII be who vii advantage opportunities offers for good living general the present hysera hundreds thousands of to country certain to favoraby Alaska offer with the strife
 In the fourth place regardless of the outcome important that thinking along consructvely opmis tie lines We of Alaska should be making to seize hod on this prosperity and make We should be making vab We should be doing everything which and our b- lty permit to provide conditions which with family and emphasize advantages which part of Alaskan citizenship.
 Mark Twain said that he had noticed things worried about almost terday today the way yours to do with what you will.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
FEDERATED CHURCH HAS ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Fed erated Congregational-Methodis Church of Nome was held We'd nesday night, following a cov- cred dish supper in the social room of the church, and both the meeting and supper were well attended
 The principal action taken at the meeting was voting to pay $100 a year on the church indebt edness of about $55O and to pay, at the request of the Home Mis- sion Boards of both supporting churches. an additional $25 a month toward the pastors sal ary. The church is looking for and expecting the support of the community in these actions. Good annual reports were heard from all departments of the church.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
Job In Alaska

And here's what Ford advocat es at the end of his article;
 We've secured our position in the Atlantic and our job is now to finish safeguarding our North Pacific position as well. We should hasten to select, equip and fortify fleet, submarine and air bases all the way out the Aleu- tian Islands to and including Attu. That way only can we anchor securely our Pacific tri- angle of defense. That way only can we offset any possible Nazi thrust at the Western Hemi- sphere via Alaska and Canada, and send adequate ships and planes from our island bases to slash at the invaders Hanks. That way, and that alone, can we dis courage permanently any Orient al attempts to trespass on our West Coast, on Hawaii, on the Philippines, even on Singapore and the East Indies.
 "Only with the whole Aleutian chain fully fortified and ready can we really dictate peace in the Pacific"
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
Good ParlOr Game

Take globe and a piece of string Put one end of the string on Tokyo, and the other on Seat tie. The string will cross the Aleutian Islands twice. Dutch Harbor, you will find, lies smack in the middle of the shortest ocean highway between the Unit ed States and Japan. Now swing the western end of your string down as far as Manila. Still it will pass only a few hundred miles south of the .Aleutians. Actually it is shorter to Manila by way of Dutch Harbor than by way of Honolulu. Impossible? Check it yourself). Even the southern islands of Guam and Luzon, you will find, are nearer our Pacific coast by way of AL aska than by way of the Flaw allanS.
 Ford describes Alaska's string of defense, or offense, bases as a pipeline" for the Navy. Dutch Harbor is the center of the first and frontline section of this line. Kodiak is the principal spot in the second section, and Sitka the capital for the third and final
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
"A aska Gets Hot"


 That's the striking title of an article appearing in the Golfers Weekly issue of November 29.
 Written by Corey Ford, nation ally known writer who spent the past summer fishing and prowl- ing around Alaska, in company with a fellow scribe, Dan Hol- land, the piece is the most com prehensive digest of the way this Territory is preparing for mili- tary activity yet to appear in magazine.
 Ford, in his article, starts at Dutch Harbor, then goes to Ko- diak and finally to Sitka in his story of the modern miracle of turning tundra and rocky islands into streamlined naval bases with in a year. Colorful, he paints the picture of $100,000,00O being pour ed into Alaska to make it ready and the white population doubl ing within 12 months as soldiers, sailors, marines and defense crews arrive by the boatloads.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
Wants More Bases

Most striking is a colored map along with the article, showing how the Aleutian Islands lie along the shortest route between Tokyo and Seattle, something few residents of the States ap- preciate. Of interest, also, is his stand that more bases should be built at Adak, Kiska, and Attu, fortifying the Aleutian chain to the very tip.
 Alaska is being made ready, the Golfers article assures the reader, then Ford asks:
 Ready for what? Invasion? Military experts generally scof at the idea that an enemy would attempt to capture a territory so far from home, so sparsely set tied and undeveloped that it would be impossible to hold it successfully. Attack by Para chute troops? Air-borne tanks? A siege of Alaska by an enemy fleet? No; ncne of these Con trary to popular impression our Army and Navy are not primar- fly concerned today with Alas kan defense. There is another reason for all the military pre- paration going on up there in such a hurry right now.
 That reason is offense.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
Federated Church

Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor 11:00 a.m.-Church School 7:45 pm. = Worship service. Sermon topic: Searching the Scriptures" A quartette will sing Sermon topic: This Bewilder- ed World" Anthem by the choir. Lavinia Wallace Young Mission Miss Constance Erickson,
 Superintendent
 11:00 a.m.-Church School 5:30 p.m.-Worship service. A Bible Sunday sermon will be preached.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
Discourage Attack

Discourage Attack
 The mere existence of we'll fortified bases in these islands would have a strongly deterring effect in an tendency to trespass on the Philippines, the East h. dies, Singapore, or Australia" Ford asserts. Furthermore, in this thousand mile Aleutian chain there are at least three harbors Dutch Harbor, Adak and Kiska which are larger than any harbors in the South Pacific east of the Philippines. The capacities of Pearl Harbor, Pago Pago and Guam are respec- lively, four, seven and eleven first class ships; the capacity of Adak Harbor alone is B ships, Kiska could accommodate 40, and Dutch Harbor could furnish ec- commodations for the entire fleet.
 The military plan anticipated by the Admirals and Generals was explained by Ford thus;
 "Alaska's role is to keep the peace; but, if war comes to the Pacific, Dutch Harbor is the spot they all figure would be the most logical target for an enemy attack. Not invasion, but token bombing. "There are three req sons, a Navy official explained, why this place would be Mum Der One on the list First Is it's offensive position; an enemy would naturally wish to remove it, for his own security, before it could strike at him. Second, such a bombing of an Alaskan base would have an immensely stimulating effect on enemy mor- ale at home; and Dutch Harbor is the nearest. Third and most important, any attack on Alaska would bring our ships rushing from all directions, thereby i'm mobilizing large portion of our fleet in the North Pacific and leaving the southern waters less adequately protected
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05
Catholic Church

Father J.I. McHugh, S.J. (Pastor) Sunday Masses 8 and 10 a. m.
 Sunday Benediction 7:30 p. m.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-05

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Evening star., 1941-04-09
Soldiers Wit Defeats Girls
In Quiz Entertainment

Five soldiers matched wits against
five Government girls last night and
the soldiers won-mainly because
they knew such things as ennui
refers to boredom and that if you cut
earthworm you get two earth
worms
Tie occasion for the display of
such special knowledge was the first
of series of free programs held at
the Federal Auditorium on Conosti-
tuition avenue. The programs are to
feature quiz contests and are to be
staged by the radio and show group
of the Federal Employees Service
Committee of the District Defense
Council for the entertainment of the
public and members of the armed
services.
Only a small crowd saw last nights
show, but Lee H. Shugar, chairman
of the production group. expressed
the hope that next weeks perform
ance will be better attended.
Last night the soldiers, all of
whom are members of the 18th In