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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
HELP W. HATE


and condemnation the Nozi killing Of
hostages in Poris. On every side COM
mentotors are pointing out that mod
ern history has known nothing to notch
it for coIcuIoted cruelty. II is reeolIed
thot hostages have been killed by con-
victs-it happened recently to war
den in Oklahoma. He was being forced
to help prisoners Escape, whereas the
thirteen men shot in Poris hod no pow
er to help or hurt their coptors.
They we're fronkIy slain in reprisoI
for ottocks on German soldiers by
Frenchmen who were not caught. They
had been arrested for the crime Of be-
ing Jews or Communists, and had not
been convicted even on that charge.
There is no claim thot they had any
thing to do with the ottocks or any
power to stop them. They we're simply
selected by lot to "poy" for smoIIer
number Of German lives. II wos colcu-
lated Nozi policy, designed to deter
further ottocks on Germans design
shown to be futile by continued ottoeks.
1t is not our purpose to stir up no.
tired or odd fuel to the emotional
flames. We should like to awaken COM
passion for coptive men and nations
rather than hate for the eoptors and
killers. But even to help the oppressed
it is necessary to direct attention to the
policy of reprisoI. 1t is necessary to dis
Germ something here which recognizes
no restraints Of civilized custom, or
international agreements for the treot-
ment of occupied countries, or Of hu-
name feeling.
So long as we soy This is war" we
shall fail to deoI with something thot
is much more than war - With evil
thinking, Of which war is only one prod
uct We shall fail to recognize that we
have to deal with something which
obeys no ethical code, with q revolt
against fundamental morality, with
kind Of thinking which corrodes the
whole fabric Of civilization. If we try
to soy, This is just another imperioIist
war;" we may think we have excused
our failure to deal with it; actually we
have only breoehed our own moral de-
lenses against it. The next step is to
accept or innitote it.
Merely to denounce Nozis for kill
ing hostages is to imitote their system,
to answer hate with hate. To reverse
this vicious negative ;'cycle it will be
necessary to bring In the positive pow
er Of love. That does not mean any op-
peoserent Of evil; it may mean Wig
orous steps to stop the evil. Most GER
toinIy it means turning attention chief
ly to helping coptive men and notions.
To demand justice, to uphold positive
standards Of humanity, to be ready to
sacrifice to break oppression-rother
than wasting time in being shocked or
in merely denouncine-thot is the con-
structive way to help. The touchstone
must be help, rather than hote.-From
the Christian Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
By the AssssisSsl Pres

Dy the ASS0easeod HFsee
EAR FULL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO-
year-old James Hurt be blamed
for having an earache?
James was taken to city hos
pital from school after complain
ing that his ear hurt and he
couldn't hear. Physicians re-
moved q pencil eraser, . piece of
lead and a wad Of paper from his
right ear and just q mere wad OF
paper from the left ear.
Up. S.: James hearing Is much
better.)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHING ON

bill. AID why net9 For Why
worry obout such q little thIno
as $2l9 million for domestic
use when you're oppropriotino
neo.ly SIS billion for Ieose-
lend?
Chairman Cannon gives ev-
cry ossuronce thot the Appro-
priotlons Committee Is fully
owors of its responsibility to
serutinize every item on every
bill. The $5985 million Isose-
end bill, you are assured, hos
olreody been cut twice-cut to
the bone. The concept of any
appropriation, no motter how
astronomical II was in the first
p'oes. being cut to the bone
end still having only Sis mil
lion less than $6 billion re-
main as the bone rothsr stoo-
GERS your imagination.
As for the $2l9 miIIion-pIus
being requisitioned for domss.
tie use and tocked onto the
!eose-lend appropriation bill
Just to get It passed, there are
some interesting items.
NEEDS SHOOTING IRONS
Biggest item is a request Of
$l2O. 9e6, 900 from the Nowh
for ordnance and ordnance
stores. Well, IL the Navy is to
shoot on sight, II probably
needs something to shoot with.
Then the Tennessee VALLEY
Authority wants $40 million
for its big dom deal, 50 IL can
make more electricity to make
more aluminium.
The Treasury wants SIS mil
lion for the Coost Guard, and
the Office Of Scientific Re-
seorch and Development wants
Just under SIT million for the
purposes best stoted In their
respective names. Since both
Of these ore defense measures.
they'll probably 90 through
without question.
Next In size on the list is q
request for an appropriation
for sundry ltems-you know,
needles, pins, maybe q new
bro o m or dustpon to keep
house with. This request comes
from Harold Ickes' Deport-
ment Of the interior, and for
these sundry items oil that is
requested is $l2.285 1899.
miss Witherspoon. pie ose
make q note to follow up on
this and see what Harold wants
thot 80 cents for. Here GER
toinly, is one item that can DO
cut.)
This sundy item business
even goes over into the sedote
Stote Department, usuolly one
Of the most frugal Of all fed
eroI offices, but which must
now have on additional 3d.
O32. 3OO-for sundry items.
The smallest item on the list
is q request for a poItry $l4.-
385 for the NctionoI Medic
ton Board, the outfit on which
rests the responsibility for pre-
venting q railroad strike thot.
If permitted to come off. would
tie the defense effort and the
whole country in 1885 Diff
ferent kind Of knots.
In view Of all the billions
and millions that ore being
asked for in this appropriation
bill, don't you suppose, II you
wrote your congressman reol
hard, he'd vote onother SD
for q few boxes Of cieors tor
the National Mediation Boord,
Just to make their opproprio-
ton come out even at $l4,4OO?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
NENTUAlLY.
THREE MONTHS, AND NOW

When the President announced in
d specioI message to Congress on July
! thot American troops we're in Iceland.
he Indicted clearly thot "eventuolly
thew were to take over completely the
defense Of that island.
They had arrived. he sold. lin order
10 supplement, and eventually to re-
pIoee, the British forces -" Iceland
understood thot, for in his interchange
of messages with the President on the
occasion Of the occupation. Prime Min
\ lister Jonosson Of iceland said. -. the
President IS therefore prepared to send
there Immediately United Stotes troops
10 supplement and eventually to re-
place the British force here"
This was on July 7, ond American
forces were olreody there when the
messages were exchanged. Eventually,
sAnericon troops were to replace the
British and toke over completely the
! defense Of iceland.
To what extent hos this been done.
and when will Il be accomplished? Of
course It is clear thot the y. S. govern
Arnent cannot issue bulletins on every
ship clearing for IeeIond, and give doy-
to-doy. occountinos Of the progress OF
ssokino ever there, Military eonsidero-
lions forbid that. Nevertheless, nearly
three months have now passed since
the occupation, and It is foir to ossume
that much progress has been mode by
this time n replacing the British forces.
AZ present, both countries have
forces on the island. With British troops
and piones there, it is q legitimate OBJ
iect Of bombing or other ottock. With
British troops replaced and released for
service in other places where they ore
desperately needed, it is not O Iegiti-
mate object Of such ottoek.
Having assumed the responsibility
for euordino iceland as an outpost vital
to American defense, the only thing
to do IS to euord II. put sufficient Amer
icon forces there for the job, and see
fl1ot they are supplied at whatever cost
But they should relieve the British
forces as planned, 50 thot any ottock
on iceland would be an illegal, unjusti-
fiobIe ottock on American troops, not
q justifiobIe ottock on British troops
in which the death Of American troops
would be mere by-produet.
The American people will be reliev-
ed and reossured when II is possible
to make announcement tFot the "even-
tuoIIy Of July 7 has become todoy's
now"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
WRONG TIMING

WRONG TIMING
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, - For a
year H. S. Bender, Of Moxham,
watched his two nisht-blooming
cacti plants, and prepared to call
all his friends to see the rare
plant when it burst forth into
full flower.
On of the plants finally did
bloom-at six o'clock in the
morning, q "scandalous" way for
a cactus to behave, Bender said,
because they usually bloom at
midnight. Undaunted he has is
sued q public invitation to at
tend the 1912 blooming OF his
plants.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
ANCIENT BELIEF

ANCIENT BELIEF
Mount Etna, beside the sea In
Sicily, was believed by the an
clients to be the chimney to the
blacksmith forge Of Vulcan, the
god of fire, and 1t was from Vul-
can that the word volcano" was
coined.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
DETECTING DE LUKE

PARSONS, KAS. - If he
grins when you call him crow,
you'll recognize him." 13-year-
old Patricia Shifflett told police
asking them to help her find her
lost mongrel pup.
The skeptical cops tried It out
on ali the stray dogs, and one OF
them did grin. Patricia confirm
ed the identification.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
A HUNTING WE WON'T GO
INTERNATIONA FALLS

INTERNATIONAL FALLS,
MINI. - The grouse hunting
luck of H. L. Owen was very
consistent-all bad.
His record:
Got wet and cold
Mosquitoes plagued him
His car mired
Another car ran over the tail
of his hunting dog
He chased the injured dog
three hours before catching him
and
Someone stole Owens birds
hanging outside . cabin while
the weary hunter slept
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-25
CERTIFIED

CERTIFIED
LONG BEACH, CALF. -
Hermosa George Smith finally
got his birth certificate.
He told the court he was born
August /, 1886 on the steamer
Hermosa between San Pedro
and Catalina Island. His mother
died before the ship locked and
no official record was made.
Smith finally found John Noy.
man, retired engineer of the long
retired Hermosa, who remem-
bered the incident. The court
accepted his testimony and
granted Smith his birth certifi-
cate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
20 YEARS AGO fME FIT EMPIRE
MAY 23. 1921

MAY claimed of salvaging $200OO0 in gold nuggets Frank
  steamer Sophia the Suemez from Seattle
 That the received in with the arrival Seattle with Supt Louis board
 the of B. and Company left the Etebeth Skagway a business trip
 A. A. Nicholas left Esebeth for Hanes spend the a ranch representative of the American Paper Company the Latouche from business trip Western Alaska
 L. Commissioner of Education left for the commence ment exercises Ketchikan Public Schools. the the Government Hospital somewhere n
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23

count, including the $25O,0OO check.
 But meanwhile two things had happened. Several weeks earlier the Nazis had quietly removed all their funds from the National City, and that morning the bank had re- ceived a cable ordering the l. G.. Farbenindustrie account transfer red to the credit of the Reichcredit Bank. This was clearly in antici- patton of the $250OO0 deposit ex- pected made that day.
 Had the Justice agent come either the day before or the day after, he would have found an empty till. Instead, he arrived before the $250,- coo check reached the bank. But when the check did show up, the agent reported to the Justice De- partment that the bank refused to accept it for deposit-on the ground that it was not certified.
 AS long as the check was nos de- posted to the I. G. F. account, the Government had no way of sezing the money. And once the Nazis knew the Government was after it, they would be on their guard. The agent had to move fast and oe tough.
 Serving his legal papers on bank officials, he notified them that un- less they accepted the check he would immediately rush to the near est federal judge and cite them for contempt of court for refusing to execute the impounding order.
 The bank officials capltulated, and S250,O00 flew the Nazi coop without the aid of Messerschmitt 110.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
LATIN ADMIRALS

The State Department scored a ten-strike when it finally persuad- ed the Navy to invite the chiefs of Latin American navies to visit the United States. The junket defin- itely carried weight. For the United States Navy, without any ifs, ands or buts, is the most powerful in the world, and the thing that counts n South America today is the be- lief that this country can really ward off Nazi invasion.
 Behind the scenes, the man who helped most to dress the stage for Latin American admirals was John- ny Thomson, better known for his prolific pen portraits of the Mar ines (Red Pants, Fix Bayonets, Jeb Stuart, Salt Winds and Gobi Dust
 Thomson, now colonel in the Marines, had served in Latin Amer lea, knew the importance of the admirals' visit. Other U. s. brass hats didn't. Admiral Harold Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, flmed and fretted, only wanted to show the Good Neighbors a few East Coast stations. At this point John- ny Thomson remarked: This visit is giving you pain in the neck. How about letting me take it over?"
 Thomson insisted that the trip was important enough to do it right, demanded more entertainment mon- ey from the White House and got it. At first he worked on the idea of meeting the admirals with U. s. cruisers at Barranquilla, Colombia, taking them out to the mid- Atlantic to view the U. s. naval patrol at work. This was given up as too long, and coast -to-coast inspection Of U. s. naval stations was substi- tuted plus stop-over in Holly wood.
 Ncte-Ex-President of Chile Car los Davila returned from South America to tell friends that Latin America believed the United States weak and torn. Strikes. Lindbergh speeches and Herbert Hoover are played up by the Latin press, interpreted as meaning the U. $. A. is split into bitter camps ana could not possibly defend the Western Hemisphere.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23

of millions of terrified men, women and children have migrated westward. Their 100O- and 2,000-mile treks constitute population flight unparalleled in recorded history. Today they finding new homes on the western plains of New China, almost in the shadow of the mountains of Tibet
 The Government of Generalissimo Chiang Kali shek functions in. capital city which has been under constant aerial bombardment for nearly two years. There in Chungking Government offices and manufacturing operations alike function in caves hewn out of solid rock while air battles rage above The leaders of New China, who are seeking here to build a new civilization, include the thousands of young Chinese who trained in American colleges with Boxer Indemnity Funds and have returned from campuses of Cambridge, New Haven Ann Arbor, Berkeley and many others to work for their country
 The job is to feed homeless millions, to for the bombed and wounded where hospital operations often performed without anaesthetcs and simul- taneousy-through 50,0oo projected cooperatives-to make 5OO0oO refugees self-supporting again. It is this far Western frontier of the New East that stands yet as a rampant against the rising tide of totalitaran autarchy
 More than fifth of their country has been overrun by the invader. The Chinese dead are esti- mated at more than 1500000 Fifty million refugees have been forced to flee to the interior and all over China there sick wounded, hungry people by millions more.
 The people of Alaska have been asked to pray for the Chinese on May 25, China Sunday. But 1t will take than prayer to insure Chnas victory against Axis aggression on the Pacific There can be no total remedy for all Chinas tragic human misery. But there is way of relieving it in part American dollars can do that American dollars which will produce tenfold when set to work in China Dollars for medical supplies and care; dol lars for the helpless orphans of the army and the dispossessed Dollars to give new hope to people that has looked somberly at frightful odds, but iected defeat dollars for the reconstruction of New China.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Acting on suggestion made by Thomas D. Campbell, well-known Montana wheat grower, during his recent visit to England, the British Ministry of Agriculture will appoint commission to work out a basis oi cooperation between British En- pre- and United States farmers"
 The P-controlled Kansas Ieo- islature hit Representative Jack Houston, lone Kansas Democrat
 With everything but the water oucket In gerrymandering his dis trict' but he takes it philosophically When a salesman makes good on the job he says with a grin. "his territory is increased" U. s Military Intelligence places the number of German .panzer, division.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
CHINA SUNDAY

There are two conceptions of China and one ol them is false That is the conceptionolten fanciful of the quaint but backward nation which has meant China to all too many Americans Stripped of it's sentimental trappings that conception derived from the facts of Old China, which lasted more than $500 years but now has passed away.
 Old China produced a great literature, fine arts, philosophy; it fathered of our most important modern inventions Its people were divided into very small highly refined upper class, including the officials of the empire, and the great mass largely agrarian locally self-governing, but almost un- touched by that impulse called Progress in the West
 New China was born in this century. Into no more than 30 years the builders of New China have sought compress the progress of three centuries in the Western World It is a China few Americans know and this is strange, for Americans more than any other people have been its sponsors. American ideals and American techniques have gone into the fashoning of its aspirations and its accomplish ments American trained administrators compose the majority of the inner group in its Central Govern ment and of its minor officiadom well, for today in the capital city of Chungkng, there are 2,OOO recent Chinese graduates of American universities.
 In the plains, valleys, waterways of an embattled nation larger than continental United States, many American men and wonien are working today under gunfire and aerial bombardment age-od, now motorized caravan routes, in the incredible welter and turmoil of 5O0OO0O0 uprooted refugees Driven from their homes by invasion, these multiple tens
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
BEARDED CONGRESSMAN

Rock ribbed COP Congressman Charles A. Plumley of Vermont and bearded George H. Tinkham of Massachusetts see eye-to-eye on practically every subject but two their genealogy, and aid to Britain.
 Good friends, the two New Eng flanders vie in tracing their ancestry back several centuries. They also differed vigorously on the lend- lease program, Plumley being for it, Tinkham against.
 The other day, Plumley, an af- fable, cultured former college pro- lessor, was lunching in the House restaurant when Tinkham SwOOped down on him with a frayed news clipping, which claimed that a ma- jority of Vermonters were against the U. s. becoming involved in war.
 Read it aloud" demanded Tink- ham of Massachusetts. T dare you"
 Glad to, George" smiled Plum ley of Vermont, quickly scanning the newspaper story. Tt says:
 "Ninety-five per cent of Vermont is under arms, including two reserve officer sons of Representative Charles Plumley. Roosevelt is try ing to keep the country out of war, but is being hampered on all sides by a bearded congressman named Tinkham, who has made a career of hating England
 "Tinkham traces his family tree back to Plymouth Rock. Though this is doubted in some quarters. Representative Plumley can vouch for it. However, when Tinkham's progenitors landed on the Rock, Plumleys progenitors waved them welcome"
 Congressmen at nearby tables roared at Plumley's quick -witted improvisation, while the sputtering Gentleman from Massachusetts grabbed his clipping, and waddled away.
 Copyright, 1941, by United Fea- ture Syndicate. Incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not comspe"
SATURDAY, MAY 2f

SATURDAY, MAY 24
 Malefic aspects rule today which may be marked by grave news of the war, for Mars is in threaten ing mien. An important naval en- gagement or movement is indicat ed. es
 Heart and Home: This is a promising day for women who are interested in serving the nation. The stars encourage the expansion of all forms of relief and philan- thropic activity Measures to safe guard city dwellers against summer epidemics should be enforced. Sani- tation should be thorough, for unu- sual heat and sudden weather changes are forecast for the sum- mer. Living conditions in centers of industry now should be inspect ed. Crowding will cause illness among children, it is prophesied.
 Business Affairs: Small mercan- tile and manufacturing concerns will profit greatly in coming months. Spending by workers and others who earn generous incomes will be reckless where there is a temptation toward travel and re- creation. Escape from the contem- plation of war and its inevitable results will be sought without re- gard to costs. But the wise will make the most of the summer, while adhering to budget limita- tions, for the future holds surpris- ing changes which will affect pen sons in all walks in life. -.o.
 National Issues: Propaganda criticizing Administration policies will become more and more bitter as it is widely circulated by radical thinkers who are unconsciously voicing views of foreign agents. Young men unfit for defense train ing will become leaders in sub versive activities which are labeled modern Labor organizations with plenty of troubles of their own will demonstrate their patriotism by uncovering secret societies of idle men and women. shsi
 International Affairs: Effective ness of United States effort to aid Great Britain will be evident and with it's progress will increase the danger of actual participation in the conflict. Uranus, the planet of change, is read as strongly influ- encing Washington which is to meet difficulties requiring the most skillful and clever diplomacy. Disquieting rumors will cause iex7 traordinary concern in protecting the Panama Canal. Strife among our statesmen will be precipitated by differences of opinion about the use and disposal of our various types of warships.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of more than average good luck, but it is imperative to avoid offending as- sociates in army or civil life.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be self-willed but talent ed. These Gemini natives may have unusual views on literature and art. They will be original in their ideas, but able to prove their claim to attention.
 Copyright, 194D
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-23
soUrHERNERs AND PERKINS

Joseph Hergesheimer, well known novelist, was the guest of Mrs. Ev- allyn Walsh Mclean some time ago. He asked his hostess to place him at dinner beside the beautiful Ma dame deWith, wife of the then Dutch Minister in Washington, and famous as the chief beauty of the diplomatic corps. Hergesheimer had wanted to meet her for years. When he sat down to dinner, however, a lady on his other side immediately attracted his attention.
 Gosh" she said, how I hate Southerners."
 It was none other than the Secre- tary of Labor. Madame Perkins Hergesheiner says that her conver- sation was 50 engrossing that he never got a chance to talk to the entrancing Madame deWith.
 Note-On Capitol Hill, Southern Congressmen say that Miss Perkins views are fully reciprocated -l