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Evening star., 1941-01-06

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
cation of Securities Dealers. Inc. which
transactions or firm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices and
unless otherwise indicated. are as quoted
hy the sponsors or issuers.
Not quoted by sponsors or isSuers.
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London Bar Silver

LONDON, Jan. & (PD.-Bar silver 233sd,
UNCHANGED Equivalent 30 40 centsl Bar
gold. 16ss, unchanged. Equivalent S33.S57.
Exchange 81 .03.
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Steel Quotations

NEW YORK. Jan PI-Steel prices
per 100 lbs. fob. Pittsburgh: Hot rolled
sheets. base price, . 10; galvanized sheets,
2 so: steel bars, 2.15.
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| Sharp Increase
| In Loodings
| Is Forecast
Ply Re Associated Press.

The Association of American Rail-
roads has estimated that freight
loadingS in the first quarter of
1941 would total 5,527106 cars, an
increase of 9.5 per cent over the
same period last year.
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK. Jan Is lP.-National
Association Securities Dealers, Inc.
CLOSING quotationsD
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CAMBRIDGE AssoclATES-BosToN

HOW is BUSINESS?-C business activity compared with
the week year ago in the Cambridge Associates chart
above
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u. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK Jan. IP-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds
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London Tin Prices
LONDON. Jan. 6 GF,.-Tin steady, spot
1855 l5s bid. f257 asked: future, 1859
15s bid. $3.50 asked.
Switzerland's coal shortage is be-
coming serious.
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pondlns week Of the pssvIou yer. BIaek srM
indiests declines RON asms week, twelve months
sshi~. Change. shown In pssesntsss
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GENERAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY i~ he country
Indicated BY ssak pseis essds n, y. ciS.
Shaded sss show week ef setvIty sbevs ne cone.
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Federal Land Banks
United States Treasury Position


BY the Associated Press.
The position of the Treasury ia
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

ly, a gesture from the motion
picture division Of the u. S.
Committee for the Coordinate
of Commercial and Cultural
Relations Between the Ameri-
can Republics? And if it isn't,
why doesn't the committee keep
such films north of the Rio
Grande?
Writers in Mexico, Brazil, Ar
gentina and way points say that
the fans down there want North
American flickers, that they are
NOT entertained by Hollywood S
notions of life and love in the
southern republics. Neither these
statements nor the irrefutable
evidence of box office figures
seem to have the slightest effect
on Hollywood's stubborn view
point.
Many producers continue to
believe that they are Wooing
the Latin market and big
hearted promoting inter-
American friendship with
flicker locales ranging from
Juarez to Cape Horn. Right
now there are 10 such pictures
on studio schedules, mostly
with slick haired, guitar
plunking baritones winning
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
.
. m STAMPS
Panama in Crucial
Geographical Position

BANANA became prominent
L early in the course Of World
War IL when q great many United
States merchantmen were placed
under Panamanian registry to
avoid restrictions Of the United
States neutrality act.
Because the strategically vital
Panama Canal cuts through the
center of Panama. this small Gen.
trail American nStion is in a posi-
ton OF possible danger, although
strong American naval and mill
tary forces are stationed In the
Canal Zone or in bases guarding
the approaches to the canal.
With sabotage in the Canal Zone
and neighboring vicinity an ever
present danger, the above stamp,
issued in 1897 to commemorate
the 50th anniversary OF the IRE
department. is especially signii-
cant today. The stamp shows mod
ern nre-fghting equipment, 600
there is little doubt that II would
be available to the Canal Zone
should need for il ever arise.
Panama, always important be-
cause of the narrow isthmus sepa-
rating the two oceans. achieved
her independence from Colombia
in 1908 with the help OF United
States Marines, who were sent in
to protect American interests in
connection with canal negotiations
which were then proceeding.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH"

Are todoy's young people as frivolous
and Iioht-minded os they sometimes
oppeor? Or ore the implications Of the
worlds resistance o9oinst the forces OF
eviI-o resistance whose weapons ore
largely spirituoI-hovino their .inevit-
able effect? These questions ore
prompted by O newspaper clipping
which describes how q schoolboy in
Toronto was healed, otter his life had
been despoired Of, by the proyers Of his
sohoolmotes.
The boy wos senior at the Lawrence
Park collegiate school. When ne wos
stricken, and no hope held for his re-
covery. group Of his companions, with
the principals permission, asked the
sick lads postor if he would come to
the school and proy with them for their
young friend In the assembly hall, the
minister and 200 boys united in silent
prayer. ut was the most remarkable
experience Of my whole ministry" sold
the minister.
On the third doy the boy in the hos
pitoI reooined consciousness, and in q
fews dogs he was convolescine. Doctors,
nurses coIIed it mirocle. Bock at the
school the boys re-ossembled ond sang
"Proise God From Whom All Blessings
Flow"
The boy and his porents know what
soved him. 1t wos the power Of God
reached through the prayer Of foith.
Those boys. reored in Conodion Chris
ton homes, know, with the Apostle
JONES, thot the effectuol fevent
proyer Of q righteous man ovoleth
much" Probably none Of them will
forget that experience Doubtless it
confirmed them in their foith, ond will
open new vistos to understanding
From The Christion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
WHAT WAR SETTLES

is it an evoSion OF tnOu9nt 10 soy
thot "wor never settles anything?
Thot is how Mr.. Justice Fronkfurter,
speaking at the Radcliffe commence
ment, described this settlement fire.
ouentIy mode by Americans who want
their country to stay out Of the present
conflict. He sold:
1t simply is not true that war never set
ties anything" The Civil War settled slav-
cry. And this war will settle the quality OF
your lives and your children's lives
1t is useful to question such general
MISUNDERSTANDING the learned JUS
tees. Some of those who cosuolly
discard war need to look into history
O bit as he was doing in the reference
to the Civil War. Lincoln and oil the
others who suffered through it felt that
it was necessary to preserve the Union.
To be logical those who soy war never
settles anything should apply it not
merely to foreign war" but to the de-
tense of America and disbond the
army. They might oIso porophrose the
settlement and soy, 1.-THE police ore USE
less, they never settle crime" Not to
recognize this is indeed on "evosion OF
thought"
In forness it should be recognized
that many who use the phrase per-
ceive thot what men think governs
what they do and that their thinking
is changed by reason more than force.
They can point out to Mr.. Justice
Fronkfurter thot slovery was really
settled when men rejected it as un-
just. He probably would oeree that
the quality of your lives" will be set
tied by the kind Of thinking done
todoy-whch will itself determine the
outcome Of the war. One important
need in thot thinking is to avoid evasion
of the foot thot in the present sto9e OF
human progress, force is required to
support justice and defend freedom
From The Christion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
JUNIOR COLLEGES FILL A NEED

In 1900 there were two score junior
colleges in the United Stotes; today
there ore more than 600 The junior
college, the junior high school, and
summer comps for boys and girls, are
original contributions to the American
educational system.
The junior college is growing in inn
portonce because it fills reoI need in
the schooling pIon It offers one ond
two-yeor terminal courses. 1t combines
general cultural training with voco-
tionoI preparation. It offers on oppor-
tunity for transfer Of credits if young
person decides on O four-yeor course in
q college or university The junior COL
leQe is definite answer to O. need for
new type Of modern, higher educo-
tion.-From The Christian Science
Monitor
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

be able to participate In the
tie a m of four championship,
in which he and his teammates
tied for first place last year. In
the play-off our team was fort
innate enough to win the cham
pionship and we expect to be on
hand to defend the title this year
Here is one of the hands that
my partner, Waldemar Won Zed-
twitz, played for a win in last
years tournament.
North won the opening lead
and led a spade, the queen fall
ing to the ace. Won Zedtwitz
(WesO returned a spade, which
was won in dummy with the
king. Now the declarer adopted
a faulty plan. He cashed dunn
my's king OF diamonds, ruffed
dummy's last spade. and ruffed
his own last diamond.
A low trump lead from dunn
my was won by the king, and
on a second lead the ten finesse
forced the ace.
Declarer had hoped to induce
q club lead, but Won Zedtwitz
led his diamond, allowing North
to ruff and dummy to discard.
Now we were bou n d to win
either q club trick or the jack
of trumps or long spade at the
end.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

blond cuties from los Estados
Unidos.
ANDY HARDY TO RESCUE
Some of the typical pictures
slated are 1.-THE Gentleman From
Buenos Aires" 1.-THE Man From
Brazil" Carnival in Rio" and
remake of Rio Rita" There's
even going to be an Andy
Hardy in South America
Among Latin players under
contract here are Brazirs Car
men Miranda; Desi Arnaz from
Cuba; Mona Naris, an Argentine;
Maria Montez from the DOmini-
can Republic; Esther Fernandez,
Mexican star, and Alberto Villa,
native of Uruguay who starred
in several Argentine pictures.
He will have the lead in Para
mounts Gentleman From
Buenos Aires" and the studio
expects him to become great
attraction here.
His first picture in Hollywood
hasn't given him very aus
picious start. 1t is RKO's cur
rent little dilly, They Met in
Argentina" which is reported
to have been banned in advance
by Argentina-jUst on the
strength of the New York re-
views.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
~ PETER Eosok
Daily Monitor Wsshinstea
Cossospon6oNt

WASHINGTON, June a.
All too many people have look
ed on Nelson A. Rockefeller's
Office for Coordination of
Commercial and Cultural Re-
lotions Between the American
Republics as q form Of high hat
boondoeeIine concerned prin-
cipoIly with sending Doug Foir-
bonks' smile and Dorothy To-
mour's sorono on junkets be-
low the Rio Gronde. seeing that
polite Spanish was fought in
the public schools. introducing
the rhumbo in Utoh and tc'':::ng
oil South American bad man
characters out of Hollywood
movies intended for export.
There hos been O good bit Of
thot. it's true, but for more
important, though less specto-
cuIor, hos been the reol en-
phosis put by the Rockefeller
office on the commercial end
of its program. The cultural
stuff is nice, and it hos done q
lot of good in making every
body simpotico and Americas
conscious, but thot is only the
tobosco souce on the CONNER
cioI activities, which ore the
real tonoIes.
The Rockefeller office won't
be O year old until August.
During its first year, the Co.
ordination hos been done at
the expense Of the Presidents
emergency fun IS. which set
oside something over three mil
lion dollars to get going in q
hurry. before the Nozi fire
burned down the good neigh
boris houses. Currently. the
Rockefeller office is before
Congress with q b udeet Of
more than $40 million to carry
on its work during the next
year. From any angle, it looks
like cheap insurance.
MAGIC GETS THE GATE
The financial and trade
spheres Of the Rockefeller oct
have not been juoeIed to pro-
duce anything spectoculor, and
perhaps thot's Why the COM
mercioI program has not at
trocted the attention il should.
Insteod Of producing nifties
and rabbits, the doIlor-o-yeor
men furnishing the brains have
reached under their hots and
gone otter their problem as q
long time job.
One of the older hands and
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

JACKSON - R- The test
case of Harry Southland, inmate
of the Southern Michigan State
Prison here, attacking constitu-
tionality of the habitual Grim
inal law, will be carried to the
u. S. Supreme Court, it was an
nounced Sunday by Herbert n.
Heuman. Appeal is to be made
of recent state supreme court
decision denying Southland a
writ of habeas corpus and up
holding the intermediate SEN
tence law.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

hoods who have been shaping
policy for Rockefeller octivity
hos been Joseph c. Rovensky,
q director Of the Chose Not
ionol Bank Of New York. Row
ensky first discovered" South
America 20 yeors oeo. He
has been all over it, the Lost
time in 1887. He hos been
plugging South America con-
tinuolly, to such an extent thot
q lot Of his associates have
thought him O little hipped on
the subject. But now, at q dol
lor O year. in O silk shirt and
on infancy office in Woshina-
ton, he Iobors like any other
government clerk. only horder
and longer. promoting his pet
hobby. the furtherine Of inter-
American financial and trode
relations.
When Rockefeller oreonizo-
tion first got going. they beeor
to look for the critical, strot-
egic materials the United
Stotes didn't have. The metals
ending in m and n-tunesten,
vonodium, magnesium. beyI-
liun, and thot fomiIy. They
even looked at the copper sup
ply. though U. S. copper in
terests sold they could produce
oil the country needed. Now,
with copper rotioned and q
shipping shortage on, copper
men ore wishing they hodn't
been so cocksure and hod let
more South American ore or
fneots come into the country.
1t is Revensky's belief now
that if the war Iosts long
enough, the United Stotes may
even be needing South Amer
icon iron ore. He may be
Damned roundly for this pre-
diction by American mining
men. but the limited supply
of the Messobi ronoe ore is
we'll known, and since the big
demand is for steel and more
steel for ornaments and shells,
the nation can we'll consider
the question Of its iron ore
supply.
The copper and iron ore
examples ore perhaps extreme
cases, but they emphasize the
importance of the Rockefeller
proerom. the objective Of
building up O permanent inter-
continental commercial relo-
tionship, with ereoter Inter-
American trode consciousness.
Rovensky's fovorite story is
the old one from the lost war
obout the coIored soldier who
sIoshed at q German soldier
with q razor.
"Never touched me" grin
ned the German. "Woit!" sold
the dorky, It'll you shokes yo'
head" Rovensky's point is that
there ore still too many golf
playing business men who, like
the Germans. ore still walking
around with their heods cut off
and don't know it.
II q settlement Of that kind
came from q New Dealer, il
would be considered the usuol
hote- business philosophy Of
the administration. Coming
from q silk shirted director Of
the Chase National Bank, you
have to listen to it with respect.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
BY WILLIAM T.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Last year the American Con-
tract Bridge League established
the Southern Appalachian Tour
nament at Asheville, N. c., as
one of its sectional champion
ships. The tournament will be
held this year August %, % and
"a.
At the present Sam D. Holt is
confined to the Veterans Hospi-
tai at Oteen, N. c., but he may
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

Business on the Rapid Sunday
was phenomenal. During the day
cars ran in pair and in the eve
ming six cars were seen going
into Detroit at one time.
1t is expected that the Toledo
Mount Clemens cars will begin
running r.ext week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff
COrreSpOndent

HOLLYWOOD - Pan-Ameri-
can relations are still taking a
beating from the movie-makers
here. And it isn't that the of
lenders don't know any better,
either. At the beginning of every
production dealing with one of
the countries south of the Dor
der, the responsibility is noted
with statements promising alb
solute authenticity, sympathetic
treatment and a script dedicated
20 the betterment of hemisphere
harmony.
After the flicker is released,
and the next news of it comes
in brief accounts of how some
South American audience has
booed it off the screen, or maybe
forced it off by tearing down the
screen.
Sometimes then. as in the
case of UniversaPs "Argentine
Nights" the film Is banned by
the mayor, who also asks the
Interior Ministry to Gust 1t
from the whole country. Mean
while the State Department Is
petitioned to request other
Latin nations to keep the In
sulting feature out OF their
theaterS.
GREAT FOR NAILS
NATURALLY the best thing
that can happen to an offensive
picture is its withdrawal from
exhibition. The real damage is
still to be done, and that comes
when the South American edi-
torialists get busy. The pro-Nazi
writer's have vituperative field
day. All the boys have fun list
ing the mistakes and misrepre-
sensations. Is such-and-such a
picture, they inquire sarcastical-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

NGOODLAND, Kas. - Harold
Mcdaniel refused to let a de-
formed toe end his naval career.
Given q medical discharge
from the Great Lakes, ILL.,, sta
ton because of the toe, Nc
Daniel returned home and had
it amputated. Now he's back
in training.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
roOTNOTE ON HISTORY

AEUR E X A, Ill. - William
Cerstner tells fellow inmates Of
the Mennonite home that his
father saved the late Kaiser Will
helm II from drowning.
That was IS years ago. The
elder Gerstner was bodyguard
and swimming instructor for
young wilhelm, then q prince.
At Stuttgart, when the prince
was swimming alone to gain
confidence, there was . call for
help. The local mans father
arrived @ he went down the
second time.
The reward was IN education
in architecture.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
so YEARS AGO TODAY

The repairs TO the M arket
street bridge. as orGered By the
council, will make the structur,
in reality q new one. An effort
should We made to give the new
bridge . mere eighty appear
ance.
There will be races 1t CApec
on The Fourth, and $500 will be
offered In prizes. AFFORDS Gray.
Of this city. he's been ontered.
She u trotJinS now n 3:SS.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

u motor horn which connot be blown
unless ~ cor is in motion is hailed as
~ beneficent new invention. But our
is that our old Model T
M aleh . vexotious controp-
& ~ The Christion Science
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
10 YEARS AGO TODAY

Commissioner Will L. Lee an
nounced that 285 students have
completed eight grades of study
in the county's schools.
Armed forces of state police,
under Capt. Don S. Leonard, are
ready for a new outbreak in the
trouble with unemployed in
Warren.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
AIR ATTACK SOLVED

aCHANUTE FIELD, Ill. - A
good beekeeper is sometimes
useful in the army.
A group of air corps men
abandoned q tent when a swarm
of bees buzzed in and settled
down. Master Sergeant Fulton
G.. Bulloch, who has an apiary,
confiscated the insects for his
own use.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
, YEARS AGO TODAY

DR.. and Mrs. l.. F. Butter
celebrated their 30th wedding
anniversary.
Advertisers model home will
be built on Lodewyck avenue.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY The Associated Press
TACK FROM ABOVE

oPORT MATILDA, Pa.-Luc-
ian G.. Dale swerved his auto.
mobile and avoided striking IA
year-old Eugene Orwick as he
rode along on a bicycle.
However, the car rammed into
a barn. The impact hurled
single which broke one OF the
youths ribs.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
KINDNESS REPAID

oDANVILLE, Ind. - James
Gentry, deputy town marshal,
vouches for this dog story:
A stray dog that had four
pups in the basement of an old
school gathered food for them
from four Danville homes.
When they we're weaned, she
left one at each of these four
homes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24


FREEDOM OF THE LAKES
In his fireside chot Of Moy II. Presi-
dent Roosevelt sold
We reassert the ancient American doc
trine of freedom of the seas.
The Robin Moor osks, "Whot freedom
Of the seos" Her crew and passengers,
offer being left in open boots in the
middle of the South Atlantic, ask,
"VNhot is to insure such fortunate
rescue for those who trovel on other
American ships?" The news reports
twenty-six American ships on the same
route, but actually corryine contro-
band and planning to deliver it in
Egypt. And q Nozi spokesman declares,
We'll shoot at any ship carrying con-
trobond to Britain"
What is the United Stotes doing to
book up the Presidents words? There
have been increasing evidences thot
Uncle Som was getting tough
automatically at least. Lost week Sec
retory Hull reoIIy told off" Vichy, &C.
cusino it Of fighting the Nozi's war in
Syrio. The freezing of Axis funds and
closing of German consulotes was more
than folk, although the biggest effect
is psychological 1t is followed by ol-
most Nozi-Iike measures to keep Ger
mans from leaving the United Stotes
with any money. And by Official COM
mert which is anything but friendly.
But none Of these things provide
tnfety for Americans at SEQ, even
Americans on o ship like the Robin
Moor which carried no controbond and
was outside all designated "conbot
zones" Or Americans like the mission
aries on the Zomzom. shelled by
U-boot commander before he knew
whot kind Of ship they we're on. None
Of these things implement the reos-
sertion Of the ancient American doc
trine Of freedom of the secs" And ct
his Tuesday press conference the Pres
ident sold he did not know whether
pIons to arm American freiehters had
been taken out Of the Navy DePort-
ment's sofe or not.
Perhops the President is merely
speaking softly but carrying q big
onti-sub stick. We do know that Amer
icon naval forces in the Atlantic have
been strengthened, that the Navy De-
portment believes thot potros ore in
creosjnoy effective. There is some evil
dence that shipping losses on the route
to Britain have been reduced and good
reason to believe thot the lives Of u
boot commanders and Nozi Iong-ronge
bombers have become complicated, not
to soy hozordous.
This moy mean thot the Bottle Of
the Atlantic is slowly being won and
deliveries to Britoin largely insured
But it does not mean freedom of the
secs. 1t does not answer Berlin's threat
to sink any ship carrying anything
(Nozi definition Of oontrobond) TO any
pioce where the British might get it. 1t
does not answer IowIess sheIIine Of un-
identified ships as in the Zomzom's
cose. II does not answer challenge
which would leave America the
freedom Of the Greet lokes and the
Mississippi Americans should not be
sent into "combot zones" which ex-
tend to the seven secs without pro-
lection. Merchant ships should be
ohned and conveyed - From The
Christion Science Monitor.
80, -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24
TWO OF A KIND

TWO OF A KIND
CORVALLIS, Ore. = The
Navy turned down Ethan F.
Parker, independence, Ore, be-
cause one of his fingers was
stiff.
Parker got in anyway. He
marched to a hospital and order
ed the finger cut Off.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

The people and government of Mexico will
continue faithful 70 their democratic traditions
and they hope that the union among the peoples
Of our continent will be Q permanent reality
Prssidsnt Manuel Avila Camacho Of Mexico.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-24

returns on Fother's Doy
htless will be heard when
~ SAJisly ]. fsovn The
M Monltof.