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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

IlnlOB 1n0 tupt
her complaining 10 only q HARM
less way of calling attention to Il.
Don't ESPECIALLY II you're .
man) rave about how attractive
some other woman is-or what
a wonderful cook, IL you're talk
ing to q woman who prid,s her.
self on her own cooking. Even
IL you are raving about how
pretty q woman's daug' .tei u.
it's nice to see q RESENT lance be-
tween her and her mama.
Don't tell Q woman how much
she looks like come other woman.
That's not f1attefins-slnless you
are talking to . sixteen-yeor-olN
girl, and then you'd bettse find
q resemblance between heg ono .
movie star--s,ot between hsr md
some othsr high spAool elrl.
NO WOMAN WILL
AHRRBC1AT1 1uH9~
Don't say 10 . mn. svua
Il che y your eeatomoegoey.
When We were yelQo-" 6
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
DICKINSON
Coming Events
70 evoid eeafiietiee h sstsinS dstss and tor
changes In reeulss aseetiaDs, cell 1900.

TO-DAY
RUNMAGE SALE. sponsored by Grace Church Guild In the
Matthews building, North Broadway.
BLUEBELL CLUB Of st. Louis parish at the home of Mrs
Frank Watts. 1880 North Gratiot, with Mrs Joseph
Osterman hostess at 8 pm.
METROPOLITAN CLUB AUXILIARY in John r. Murphy
Clubrooms, at pm.
FRIDAY, JULY
AMERICAN LEGION AND AUXILIARY. picnic at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Edward Devriese 1902 North Grstiot
avenue, at pm.
ESCHENBURG FAMILY Reunion Edward Schrode Grove
Elizabeth road
SCHOEN FAMILY Reunion, at Freedom, near Ann Arbor
LOO.F in Barron Hall, st B pm.
MONDAY, JULY
WORLD WIDE GUILD Of Gilbert Memorial Baptist Church.
picnic at the home Of Lulu Schonschack, 29s Euclid
avenue, at $40 pm. -
RuMACE SALE sponsored By Margaret Bottome Circle Of
Kings DouehterA In the Matthews building.
SPECIAL MEETING Of daIegatss Of all circles Of Kings
Dsusf,ters 1t the Kings Daughters Home At $50 pm.
Preceding business meeting. address will be given
BY Roger Rieherd4 ropfsssntatiye Of Michigan Tuber-
culosie Association. All Kings Daughters invited to
BOARD 81 TRUSTEES q Kings Daughters Hom. 81 tn.
NORTH cHA1lof daouy 81 wscs, At tn. HON. Of Mrs.
william xoehlW, ct 3 pm.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
Red Cross Urges Precautions
TO Make July 4th Safe

beach and leave for home before
the crowd; when possible. avoid
driving at night. Accidents are
more frequent then, and usually
more serious.
Don't venture beyond a speed
easily controlled, taking into &C
count the amount of traffic and
condition of highway surface.
For swimmers:
Enjoy water sports at patrol
led beaches.
Don't swim soon after meals.
Don't swim alone, nor take
chances on distance swimming.
Be thoroughly familiar with
the depth of the water and speed
of current.
Eaton also stressed the i'm
portance OF adult supervision of
children playing with hrecrack-
ers, and of warning children
against experimenting with the
type of crackers large enough to
MAIN, or even kill.
Campers, he suggested, should
beware of drinking from untest-
ed wells. springs or streams;
watch for snakes, poison ivy;
have a hrst aid kit handy at all
times.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
independence Day Might
Have Been Observed Ju|y2

ON JULY SECOND. l77e, .
resolution was read before the
Continental Congress by Richard
Henry Lee, the resolution being
In effect the declaration that the
United Colonies should be free
and independent. The resolution
was a d opted. carrying the
phrase: ARE and of right ought
70 be. free and independent"
John Adams, later president of
the new nation, wrote at the
time that he thought the date
July 2nd) would 60 down in
history AZ the great American
!, Festival.
Thus we might easily have
perpetuated the second of July
% independence Day. 1t was on
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
At the Fairgrounds

strong with Lois. Vierk in the
lead. The jackknife champion
will be chosen on Thursday.
A girls softball team was or
ganized today, and q few prac-
tise innings were played.
Linda Stewart and Mary Ellen
Neering, Supervisors.
WILSON
Kathryn Smith led the young
er children in q picture drawing
contest. Suckers were given as
prizes to Tom Copp, Frederick
Copp, Herman Bronke. Alvin
DeShano, and Patsy DeShano
for their pictures.
Thursday will be a busy day
at Wilson with q newcomb game
for older girls in the morning
with the Lincoln girls, q Rookie
softball game with Lincoln in
the afternoon, and blackstone and
jackknife contests to find the
playground champions.
Tonight we h ave . Midget
softball game scheduled with
Lincoln.
Mary Jane Watts and Eliza
beth Rice. Supervisors.
sT MARY,S
The finals in both the jack
stone and jackknife contests
were held today. The jackknife
was by far the most holly con-
tested. Approximately Is boys,
10 years old and under. entered
the contest, and after more than
an hour Richard Rhodes was de-
clared winner.
Richard Pelticr, Supervisor.
GRIFFITH FIELD
The enrolment at Griffith is
still increasing, reaching today
a new high of 90 youngsters.
The attendance for the morning
was as, for the afternoon A.
Joan Heller was chosen cap
tain for the girls team Both
boys and girls teams had good
workouts, and are apxious for
their first soft-ball game.
The younger children are be-
ing kept busy in the sand pile.
Dorothy Jenkins, Supervisor.
MIR. AND MRS. DONALD
READ with children, Virginia
and Donald, Jr., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Arl Binge will leave this
afternoon for Hubbard Lake to
enjoy q few days of swimming
and fishing. They do expect
to return late Sunday evening or
Monday.
MIR. AND MRS. WALTER
KUNKEL, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Ahrens, of Mount Clemens, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Lucht-
man, of Dearborn, will spend
the fourth of July at an all-day
outing.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

70 q woman VINO
still "cares'':
Don't ask her
II 3 h . hasn't
gained a fe w
pounds. e v e n
In the case Of
q thin woman
who goes around
benoaning ths
fact thst she
CO { Z . l n
weight, it's SAT-
er to assume she
ID really proud
Of her stream
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
To Wed seFridl
on Saturday, July, "a.

MRS. AUGUST Won BoES-
LAGER yesterday announced
the engagement and approaching
marriage of her daughter, Fran
ces Joan, to Lieut.. Amos Frank
Riha Of Selfridge Field, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thomas Riha
of Taylor, Tex.
The news was made known 1t
q delightful tea given by Mrs.
Won Boeslager and her daughter,
Mrs. James Randolph Doll, 1t
the Doll home ION Moross ave-
nue.. More than 100 guests At
tended the event, w h Q n little
Happy Doll. tiny niece Of the
bride-elect. presented each guest
with . colored paper fan, ON
which were the names Of the
couple, and the date OF the wed
ding, July 20. The ceremony will
take place in st. Peters Catholic
Church.
Mrs. Won Boeslager and Mrs.
Doll received the guests with the
bride-elect In the living room.
which was bright with lovely ar
rangements Of garden flowers.
Larkspur and daisies were used
In several b o u quet 8, and .
charming Dutch arrangement
was another that caught the eye.
The bride-elect chose for the
occasion . gown Of lowered
white silk jersey, made with
short sleeves and bodice draped
to the high waistline. Her COR
sage Of mixed flowers matched
exactly the shades In her frock.
Mrs. Won Boeslager wore Z roso
and white crepe gown, while
Mrs. Doll was In green and
white. They both wore garden.
las on their shoulders.
In the dining room, the table
was laid with Z, cut-work cloth
with Verona iaee inserts. A leaS
morrow centerpieee combined
blue. lavendar, yellow and pink
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
Jobses' Tiny Peer Tree
Flourishes, Bears Fruit

MIR. AND MRS. OSCAR JOB
Sc, $50 Gallup avenue, planted
q small pear tree In their back
yard not many months ago, but
didn't expect Il 70 prosper quite
q readily q Il has.
This spring, the same httls
tree, not yet three feet tall. wa
covered with blossoms md 4
now displaying. 70 svsryone'a
astonishmeot, . 0lnelo hoalthy
pear. The unusual hoDpsainG
haa drawn tha at$ent30n e. -
efal neishbeRS and 6i66oA
HOWARD wlDI q Ysss-
port, III, has sxSivad - 1ou
the summer with his 1othegs -
ct Weber, Of % Hubbord 60
nue..
oUT-CT-TowN GUESTS -
evening visiting Mr.. and Mn,
c. H. Howe were Mr.. and Mn,
Harold o. Howe, Of Detroit, and
Mrs. H. K. Bundy, Of ManistiQue.
DIR. AND MRS. MILTON e,
SMITH and Miss Ann Croek9E
spend the weekend motoeins
through northern Michigan.
BERTHA KTTTLITZ lsft THU
afternoon for q visit with relA-
tives at Beaver Falls, Penn.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
BY RUTH MILLETT

THERE ARE SOME THINGS
no woman who fancies herself
attractive likes to hear. So II
you want to please, don't make
any Of the fol- Jwins comments
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
DONALDSON

DONALOSON
THIS MORNING we held our
jackknife contest. II was a diff
ficult match, but Donnie Four
nier finally won the SC h o o
championship. Morton Bowman
and Robert Greiner were second
and third.
The blackstone contest will be
held this afternoon. Ann Eek
bout and Joyce Froberg seem
to be the favorites 30 far. The
smaller children are busy in the
sand. Today our sand box was
turned into a circus with tents,
animals and all the sideshows.
Betty Nank, Supervisor.
LINCOLN
The Midgets from st. Mary's
came over Wednesday for an ex-
citing softball game with our
Midgets.
The girls n w O m b team
spent the afternoon practising
for their first game. It will be
at the Wilson school, and we are
hoping to give them some stiff
competition.
Betty Brink, and Sarah Jane
Kennedy, Supervisors.
GRANT p,.1 5s ~.
Several events were held al
Grant playground Wednesday,
and the soft ball 6 q m e with
Dickinson was the outstanding
one. Sam vivoli pitched q Chit
game, and was helped towards
victory by Charles Court and
Joe Vivoli, who were the out
standing batters, and Harry
Mishion, who played . good all
round game. The fifth inning
proved to be Dickinson's Wster.
loo, for Grant scored eight runs
in that inning, to win 10 to six.
Ken Dubay and T. Monte were
the outstanding players for Dick
inson.
We held our blackstone con-
test in the afternoon, and Mari
lyn Lemp, 8, came out in first
place. Bertha Blohm, 10, placed
second. and Evelyn Dennison, z,
and Betty Blohm. 6, tied fol-
third place. The champions from
all Fairgrounds will m e ct al
Grant next week to determine
the city winner.
The jackknife contest for boys
under 10 was won by Jackie
Schwartz.
Lorraine LePage and Maurice
Levine, Supervisors.
DICKINSON
In the morning our Peanuts
and Rockies played q softball
practise game. The Rockies ar
range a practise game for the
afternoon with Grant school, and
the final score was in favor Of
Grant.
Our blackstone contest Is going
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

No cor 10 completely SAIL
without q . odysss LIFE.
GUARDS. oudsst terms. 0ee6-
year Service Store. Gets %
South Ave-.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

sardGa '1IowoBA
Noec1Eo6. aunt q ~ LII
and MI Paul nehon
Mis- ~ bosSleG -. = On ~
Of 81. 1eary's HlGM nche ]
been o1np10ysd - ~ Mt6Q
clermene Public Ilbs19y
past SEVERAL yearot k1oi ~
who = u Oocodo - n5n1
at the pfssGnt, sytpoe u
transferred there 1nr II
after which hs expocto 81
toned st Fort wayns. H. IS'
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
FourthMaybeNoisy-
Still Safe and Sane

AS INDEPENDENCE DAY
approaches each year, more and
more communities adopt "safe
end sane" regulations. But that
doesn't mean that American
children's love of = ,ise on the
Fourth need be curtailed. Toy
manufacturers this seasc 4 have
produced an ingenious new crop
Of noise-makers which guarantee
q full quota of uproar and ex-
citment without prese ling the
hazard of high explosives.
Along this line there's a huge
selection of squawkers, pop guns.
kazoos and drums. There are
miniature copies of all the CAD
gets used in popular swing bands,
too, Is well as of multi-instru-
ment band arrangement that re-
quires only one youngster to
operate.
For the FIDDLER, there are fine
rubber balls decorated with sta-s
and stripes, red, white and blue
h.and.pull toys and dolls
dressed in patriotic costumes and
u. 8. service uniforms. Kites
and balloons, especially for the
Fourth, are in patriotic colors
with emblems and motifs bor-
rowed from Americas defense
program.
MARION DIEHL, of this city,
Esther Smith, of Roseville, Rose
Mildred Costa, of Saginaw, and
Bernadine Duso, of Flint, will
leave on Sunday for q two weeks
motor trip in Canada on which
they will visit Quebec, Ottawa
and Montreal. The young women
attended Marygrove college to-
gether and take an annual motor
trip.
MIR. AND MRS. EDWARD L.
COPONY, accompanied by Louis
Denison, Mr.. and Mrs. Searles
Deck (Olga Stewart), Jean Ziel
and Roland Clark, of Detroit and
Elizabeth HARDWOOD, of st Clair
Shores, will leave for Grand
Bend, Ont, this evening, where
they will spend the weekend.
WEEK END GUESTS at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Klemm, 3447 N. Gratiot, >will in
clude Mrs. Klemm's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Helmut Messmann and
her brother and sister-in-law,
e. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Messmore,
all of LaPorte, Indiana.
MIR. AND MRS. H. DUANE
TRYLOFF and son Gerald left
this afternoon to spend the week
end in Cleveland with Mrs. Try
lofts parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Vim
cent Mccarthy.
MRS. CHARLES 3. DOLL re-
turned yesterday from q months
visit with relatives In Baltimore,
Nd, bringing with her for .
visit her sister. Miss Evelyn
Hamilton.
MIR. AND MRS. EDWARD s.
PRINGNITZ will be the week
end guests Of Mrs. Pringnitz's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Holly c.
Wright, of Carson City, Michi-
gan.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
frances Won Boes|ages Engagement Revealed at Delight
Reunion Continues
Custom Of 80 Years

A FAMILY CUSTOM of more
than 30 years will be followed
on Fourth of July. when men,
beers Of the James Jones family
will gather in Meade for an all
day reunion. More than 100 rep
resentatives of the vario u s
branches of the family are ex-
pected to attend the event,
to be held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Lefurgy on
North avenue. in Meade.
Among the Mount Clemens
persons who will be there are
David Jones, last surviving
members of the original James
Jones family; Mr.. and Mrs. Milo
Warner, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Green, and DR.. and Mrs. Bernard
Warner of East Detroit. Other
guests will come from Florida.
Connecticut. Ann Arbor. and
Detroit for the event.
LIEUT.. JOHN HAHN, of
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, is visit
ing today at the home of his sis
ter and brother-in-law. Rev. and
Mrs. Wilfred Junke. Mr.. Hahn's
parents, MIR. and Mrs. John
Hahn, Of Lenox, will join him
this afternoon at the Junke
home, before they leave this aft
ernoon for q fourth of July
weekend at Camp Arcadia.
KATHERINE FERRIN of Ne
wark, N. j., arrived by plane last
evening to spend the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. Hugh Nc
Kee, Of Detroit. They will take
the Mckee children Donald and
Michael to Broken Rocks this
evening, where they will be
Joined by Mr.. McKhee over Sun
day.
MIR. AND MRS. p. X. Nc
WETHY will leave t o d a y to
spend Fourth of July weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M.
Stanton in Cleveland. Ann Nc
Wethy will be the guest of her
gra n d parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry p. Johnson, while her
parents are away.
THE ANNUAL JARCHOW
family reunion will be held to-
morrow at "Pine Nook, the
cottage of Mr.. and Mrs. John
G. Jarchow at Port Sanilac.
Relatives are expected from
Royal Oak, Highland Park and
Lansing.
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE
HARGREAVES with children,
George, Jr., Carol and Mary, will
leave early Saturday to spend
some time at their cottage at
Harbor Beach. They are unde-
cided as to when they will re-
turn.
MISS DELLA NUNNELEY Of
DETROIT has been visiting this
week at the homes of Mrs. Lou
A. Hall and Mrs. Charles Mike
lait. She will leave on Friday for
Chicago with Detroit friends, to
spend two weeks vacation.
MIR. AND MRS. AL e r r
s HOTT and Mr.. and Mrs.
James G. Law and children Lu-
anne and Fern Barbara will
spend the weekend with Mr..
and Lawrence Schott at their
cottage at the Colony.
RUTH VERKLER will be the
guest Of Grace Anderson, of De-
troit, for the weekend. Miss
Verkler and Miss Anderson both
attended the Michigan State
Normal College during the past
school year.
MRS. CHRISTIAN F. MAT
THEWS was honor guest yeSter-
day at a birthday celebration
given by her mother, Mrs. John
Butcher; her sister, Mrs. Flor
ence Adams; and her niece Jean
Adams.
REV. AND MRS. CHARLES
r. Jones of Huntsville. Mich,
have returned to their home after
q visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ley Bates and family, Robertson
street.
MARGARET DLUGE will en-.
terrain . group Of friends at q
swimming and sailing party al
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03
FEC Girls Club Has
Pollock Supper

teTtdineO MEMBER 4 the 0lIlS
Club OF Zion Evangelical Church
last evening at picnic supper at
the home Of her mother, Mrs.
Carl A. Brandenburg, North
Gratiot avenue.
After a delightful d nne r,
guests played Michigan rummy,
with prizes going TO Mrs. Norm
an Teichow; Mrs. Ohio G. Bell;
Mrs. Steve APPEL. a guest; and
Elfrieda Carl.
Mrs. Erwin Egle will be host
ess to the next of these Summer
social meetings. Another pot
luck dinner. II Is scheduled for
July Is, at Mrs. Egle's home,
21S North Gratiot avenue, at
$50 o'clock.
MR.. AND MRS. c. H. HOWE
and daughter Suzanne are plan
ming to visit several relatives
over the coming weekend. In
Guided will be Mrs. Howe's
mother. Mrs. Fannie E. Horton
and sister, Mrs. r. G. DeWeese,
of Albion, and Mr.. Howe's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmor r.
Howe. of Parma.
MIR. AND MRS. HAROLD
EYTH and daughter, Gretta
Gail, will leave tomorrow to
spend the week end at the cot
tage, Oak Beach near Port Aus
tin, as guests Of Mrs. Eyth's sis
ter and brother-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alden MacAlpine.
MIR. AND MRS. GUY vERK-
LER will spend the Fourth
visiting their son, Richard Yer
kler, at Camp Agawam, the re-
gional Boy Scout camp on Tom
my Lake, near Pontiac. Rich
ard is entertainment counselor
for the summer.
CARL MARQUARDT of Seat-
tie WASH, q former resident Of
Mount Clemens, will arrive BY
plane on Monday to be the guest
of his sisters, Mrs. William No
Vile and Miss H el ena Mar
quardt.
LEAVING THIS EVENING
for Muskegon will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Card and children,
Marjorie and Orville, and their
guest for the trip, Annabelle
Frede. The group will return
Sunday.
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE G.
STEEH (Barbara Leigh Young
OF Ann Arbor) and william
Mikelait were entertained last
evening at the home Of Margaret
Carter in Armada.
MRS. G. STUART DeMOTT
entertained q few friends a
luncheon today at her home on
Ahrens street. An out-of-town
guest was Mrs. D. B. Walker Of
Bloomfield Hills.
MISS HELEN KOESTER. OF
University Heights, Cleveland,
Ohio, will be . guest tomorrow
at the home of Miss Helena Mar
quardt, 233 South Gratiot ave-
nue..
MIR. AND MRS. HUG II
FOLEY will entertain at 2 fam.
lily picnic on the fourth Of July,
at their home on Elizabeth road,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

Lah-A-Lof llub Ia a 4
First Annual Bsl,S
THE LAT A-Lof cf.SjlIII x
IT. first annual hoaQu1t TT ~ E''
ming at Northwood IN l NJ,
part Of the floor s1ovv S = ,ss
Gated 10 the naembes1. l|j SsS
Among those ~ - = n t8 I
trip were Margaret D1( u A.
WinnsGheimer, LlllQA q L. WI
Felicia GuStow, 115 M
Moore. Virgins Psi1le s N
Voiland. SssSs' ~
Mis- Gustav wfll e1lut =
Club next, On July ~ n III
wafne bake WIN u hol d sS
o'clock 1t her hpan9 q q - =! u
street. b "a u :sS|s l's|
Mr.. AND NM. JylIQ y n 81 8
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tho arrival q tla1E nG ~ q
Mn. Albegt 1oWemy TDlo & szl
pectsd from IyonCvil) n
marrow ovonine. VIM & ~
b her husnouA ~ N "a
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nus. for The 49, enl n SsSsS
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

MR.. AND MRS. III g H
FOLEY will entertain At 2 fam
lily picnic on the fourth Of July,
at their home on Elizabeth road.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

Mr.. AND MRS. LEROY
LUDzElr u New Haven ere the
parents of 3 con born yesterday
n q Jooeph'S hospital.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

Mr.. AND MRS. OREN DAVIS
Of Ferndsle announce the arrival
Of . son, born July 1, In st. Jo-
seph's hospital.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-03

the Fourth Of July. l776, how
ever, that the Continental Con-
gress adopted the resolution we
all know % the Declaration Of
independence. In this unique
document was q phrase that to-
day places our country almost
alone In the company Of nations.
That phrase reads: "---a decent
respect for the opinion of man.
kind!
John Adams was wrong In his
prediction Of the date, but he
was right In assuming that the
event would msrk the great
American Festival. And now. II
you care to look up the true
meaning Of the word festival
you will find that feast" Is the
essential stem Of the word. Here
are some special Fourth of July
recipes to help make this day q
festival in more than name only
POTATO ROLL HAMBURGER
Evening star., 1941-05-06

lected on World War contracts. In
seeking a review OF this case after a
lower court setback, the Justice De-
partment said it would have impor-
tant bearing on defense contracts
now being negotiated, but Justices
Stone, Roberts and Murphy disquali-
fled themselves from taking part be-
cause of some connection with the
litigation, and the retirement OF
Justice McReynolds reduced the
number Of justices available to hear
1t to one less than the quorum re-
quired by court rules.
The generally accepted reason for
President Roosevelt's failure to fill
the vacancy is his reported desire to
give the place to Senator Byrnes
when the South Carolinian can be
spared from the Senate. Whatever
the cause, 1t has operated to throw
additional work on the other men,
bers, and has contributed to the de-
lay in litigation that was a target
of the Presidents criticism when
the court-reorganization plan was
offered four years ago.
Evening star., 1941-05-06
The Free

Hard by the hill tphere ti0o roads
cross I found,
Not far from to1Dn. some distance
set a1Day
From busy traffic, one small plot OF
ground.
There, ro1Ds of faded tonbstones
stand today.
Like old mems faces, etched By mind
and rain,
Their ancient surfaces are marked
Nth dust;
The epitaphs that once formed words
remain
Strange undeciphered guardians OF
their trust.
I could discern, uncertainty at times.
Inscriptions formed NTH phrasea
long unused,
And uestioes of simple, broken
rhymes.
The minds had Whipped out letters,
left confused
This evidence that gaze the truth
to me
The quick are serfs, only the dead
are free.
JOHN pooLEY WRIGHT.