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Evening star., 1941-09-23
u. ). Funds 10 Avoid
Water Rate Boost
Asked by Citizens
North Capitol Association
Also Seeks Change in
'Skip-Stop' Plun

voicing opposition to proposed
water rent hikes here, members of
the North Capitol Citizens Associa-
ton last night demanded that the
Federal Government provide any
funds for expansion of water facili-
ties made necessary by the increase
tn Washington's population.
In a statement supporting his
motion. James Crooks, secretary OF
the civic group, said:
1--WE understand there is large
surplus of funds in the Treasury, set
there for the express purpose OF
making capital outlays for expansion
of water facilities. If the increased
population here has made neces-
sarv any such expansion, as the
Water Department declared at the
1943 budget hearings. we believe the
money should be taken from this
fund.
"If no such fund is available, the
Federal Government should pay the
bill for any water plant expansion,
ElOI lIl6 SIIldll w doliIAlS bOAA ISHHeiJ
The surplus referred to by Mr..
Crooks is a reserve Of 81 l,836.OOO the
water fund has to its credit in Sc
curities. While this was originally
set up for an increase in supply. the
Water Department, in submitting Its
estimates for the fiscal year l943.
expressed the belief financing prof.
ects to distribute the present supply
Is of more Importance at this time
than any proposed future projects
now being studied)
The association also suggested
that the Capital Transit Co.'S skip
stop" system on North Capitol street,
north of Rhode Island avenue, be
stepped" alternating on north
bound and southbound runs.
Nine new members were admitted
10 the association-J. w. Stephen
son, H. L. Stout, M. E. Pittman,
J. r. Dwyer, Harry Gittleson, George
n. Bennett, Arthur S. Bishopp, Mrs.
Ellen C. Hurley and Mrs. Grayce
z. Schench.
John F. Hardie, president, pre-
sided at the meeting, held in Nc
Kinley High School.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

ventory of trucks and buses that
might be used in an emergency.
Mr.. Gagdoff said his estimates did
not take into account shipping
restrictions, large scale Army maneu-
vers and other factors which might
further complicate the situation.
He predicted that 46,2O0000 car
loads this year and 50,4OO,OOO car
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Serious Freight Car
Shortage Predicted
By Defense Official
Unprecedented Program
Seen Needed to Meet
1912 Requirements

BY the Associated Press.
A defense research official ex-
pressed the opinion today that an
imminent drastic shortage Of trans
portation facilities may become one
of the most serious bottlenecks IN
the arms program.
Harry Magdoff, acting chief of the
civilian supply section of o. P. Ms
Research and Statistics Bureau, pre-
dicted that only 1,516,000 active,
serviceable freight cars will be avail
able this fall to handle an estimated
peak load requiring 1,646,000 cars.
Moreover. to meet peak require
ments in the fall of 1912, an un-
precedented car building program
Evening star., 1941-09-23

Asserting that the best car utiliza-
ton ratio ever attained was 164 in
October. 1889, Mr.. Magdof estimated
that that figure may go no lower
than 16 this year, even considering
Evening star., 1941-09-23

loads in 1912 would be required to
handle freight for the defense pro-
gram and increased industrial ac-
tivity. In 1910 only 36,354 900 car
loads were needed for such purposes.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

increased railroad efficiency recent
ly. The ratio represents the average
number of active cars required to
move one carload Of freight in one
week.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

above) is offered in the lower priced series.
New features are many. And in every instance,
they represent actual improvement resulting
from progress in design We invite you to come
in now to give these Pontiacs your most
thorough and critical inspection. You will find
Pontiac today, more than ever, the Fine Car
with the Lou Price You will find it also
which you drive for many years should
that prove necessary.
MCKEE SERVICE CENTER
22nd and N SITS. NV.
|NTIAC co. WILSON MOTOR CO
S.xin
Evening star., 1941-09-23

~ SURPRISINGLY ADVANCED in style and
" luxury noticeably improved in riding
comfort and handling ease, the new Pontiac
Skies or Fights for 1912 today come sweeping
into the spotlight-refreshingly new to all out
ward appearances, but still the same, fine, faithful
Pontiacs in time-tried quality.
Two series of new Pontiacs include ten
widely varied models-and now for the first
time Sedan Coupe illustrated at the left
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
all Gained down enough to get
Benton's story straight.

all Gained down enough to get
Benton's story straight.
II spilled some acid" Joe re-
lated, land when hurried down
to the end of the table to get q
rag to wipe it up, knocked over
test tube of diluted alcohol. It
spilled into an empty can of
Wondrosoap. There must have
been a little left in it. I turned
just in time to see few drops
of the acid run off the table and
into the can. Then-BOOM! ! |"
"You think the Wondrosoap
exploded?" Ted scoffed. "Impos-
Sible!"
II KNOW It exploded. That
hole in the roof is plenty of
proof. I've been mixing acid and
alcohol long enough to know 1T
doesn't explode. There wasn't
anything else to explode but the
Wondrosoap. It's the only un-
known in the equation.
"Wait a minute. If can find
some more acid, we'll try il out"
us it safe? Don't blow up the
entire plant" Kay ventured.
We'll try 1t in your garden.
1t will be safe enough" Benton
hurried hack into the lab.
He returned soon with bottles,
test tube, a long wire, and a
can of Wondrosoap. Carefully he
arranged the experiment.
A tiny bit of 'Vondrosoap,
placed on the ground and moist
ened with alcohol and water
poured from test tube held in
a long wire-produced nothing.
But when Joe added q few
drops of acid to the solution and
poured it over the Wondrosoap,
there was sharp explosion that
shattered the test tube, jerked
the wire from his hand and
sprayed dirt over all Of them.
Ted gazed down into the hole
the blast had left. II was q foot
or more deep, twice as wide.
GOSH" he said in wonder.
When a bit of Wondroso. p the
size of q matchhead and two
drops of acid will do that-what
would Q can of the stuff and q
pint Of acid dol"
There wouldn't be much fac
tory left" Benton laid.
(Te - CeQtl4asd)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06

agent that I'll have to study UP
on a bit. To-Day I'll start the
working tests you asked for.
Then I'll try making some Won
drosoap myself"
mo business before break
fast" Kay wsrned him. Tied,
you'll have ham and eggs with
us, won't your"
The business office Of Wondro-
soap had nothing to do until
Benton's analysis was complete,
SO Kay drafted Ted and Mary to
help her plart her long neglect
ed garden. Luckily they were
we'll away from the plant when
the explosion occurred.
1t came suddenly. A great,
earth shaking blast. the crash of
broken glass, falling bricks and
splintering who'd, and a cloud of
black and yellow smoke rising
from a hole In the roof.
Kay screamed. So did Mary.
Ted ran for fire cxtinguisher.
When she got her breath, Kay
found herself shouting: Joe! Joe
Benton! Are you all right?"
Benton's head emerged from a
rroken window.
"Everything's all right" he
yelled. Just had q little excite
ment." The head disappeared
again. Kay ran to the wrecked
laboratory, with Mary close be-
hind her. MI
They found Joe standing in the
midst of the wreckage, smiling
happily. HIS eyebrows were
singed and his face was black.
But he was unhurt Teds fire
extinguisher had stopped the
spread Of flames, but the labora-
tory looked like II had been a
target for q bomber. Sunlight
streamed through the hole in the
roof.
Its marvellous! Great" Ben
ton was shouting. Most remark
able experiment I ever saw.
Should have guessed II. Missed
II entirely. -"
What happened7" Ted yelled.
1T blew up!"
What blew up?"
"Wondrosospl!!"
It was some time bsfors they.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
COPYRIGHT. soAI.
NEA SERVICE. INC.

sold some of it and had to get II
back. Told me all about II, how
it ate holes in cloth, took paint
off cars, cleaned metal like an
acid. I tried to get some but he
said you hao called it all in" He
talked on confidently.
II am interested in your prod
uct. I suppose, after the trouble
you've had, you want chemist
to find out exactly what it will
do before you put 1t on the mar
ket again. ! can do that for you.
Even If you nire someone else,
I'd appreciate your giving me a
sample of your-your-"
"Wondrosoap." Key supplied.
"Your Wondrosoap," Benton
finished, $50 ] can test il In my
own laboratory. I teach chem
istry because ! like It. This pro-
duct interests me just AZ selling
a difficult 81 aspect would inter-
est you, Mr.. Andrews. Or q new
cake recipe might intrigue q
housewife. :"
I'm other words you're going
to analyze Wondrosoap whether
we hire you Or not, provided you
can get some of the product to
test?" Kay asked.
Exactly" Benton's eyes smil-
ed At her again.
The job might become per
manent," Tee said.
In that case / don't want Il.
I'm going back to school in Sep
tember." Benton picked up his
hat. May I buy q can of Won
drosoap, Miss Donovan? I'll run
II through when I get back to
elias"
'sWondroscap has been taken
oR ~ market Mr.. Bepton," he
anDwetod. But you can fmAke
ZprR oDUog IN our labOg1tory.
W4u ~ you go . week. You'll
- oug 1Ab3ratory u well equip
Ne wantys know Ill there u
t. s1nUw eDout ~ peodaacG
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
, SERIAL STORY
WANT-AD ROMANCE

ON. DIANA!
BY TOM HORNER

3uB q40BYs uAviag lahsritsl fac
~ - ~ al11lea enllD - Wsndressap,
o9-40q11sl e1ssass. fvpa her late In
nees- -, atls1gea three stasnch
$1,000 AQot&eo1, oeo6poeg asl Flynn,
49, v6DA ~ tsWysess Ksy Dsnsvan
- 49, ~ rleas y sen Ne product
- vA1eA hes father apparently had -
ODeA faooA. ohe b sharing her living
Guastsss q ths festsry WITH competent
ooeeseasy Nary Aasshsll. whose first
1870 = - eesan ~ shs plses ana sell
=. l11souU1abSo ~ WashstsaA. Kay has
o5eoo 0upos-ea1esnaa Tel Andrews .
0qo0oe 1890 ~ ~ business fer taking
- - ~ 81 49, manager. The pred
- = golog Oyef yith bang when esm-
$1,000 eegne - Qst h cleans Tee well.
- hesss = toething aal ths paint eff
- Hay - ~ EN- In n wsadrsssap
DoooA Wun9 a1as Thsn lawyer Flynn
49, - ~ eo0poov eal they plan
~ 80 : SAsulse - ~ he prsdscs,
r. = esss 1seao s1eaans. Tel tells Kay
- enDee1n11ea DeoGs u.eee than busi-
= - ~. Dsea g 1he0 wsnlss II
ooaol ~ Sa1hes's chemist new IN
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06

What 1t is made of, how it is
made, and what it will do. We
want it tried out on cloth, metal,
leather, wool, everything you
can think of. Not knowing what
it would do has cost us money.
We don't want to repeat that
mistake"
I'll start now. l haven't lot
of time" Benton sounded eager.
SHOW me that lab ard we'll set
tie some of this mystery"
Thus did Joe Benton become a
member of the Wondrosoap
family" Late that night Kay
saw the light still burning in the
lab when she and Mary went to
bed, and she found Benton still
at work when she went to the
office the following morning.
She paused at the lab door.
Don't you ever stop working?
You don't have to do all of this
at once, YOU know" Benton
turned from his test tubes and
beakers.
Didn't notice it was 50 late.
Well, I know what's in your
precious Wondrosoap now. No
wonder 1t went through clothes.
It's. -"
II don't care what's in it, now.
You can tell ne later. Right now
you're coming TO breakfast. Ham
and eggs are being served in the
dining car"
She wouldn't listen to his re-
fusals, so Ted Andrews found
Benton breakfasting with Kay
and Mary. Benton launched into
a long discour Sc on formulate and
constituents, but Ted stopped
him.
Il wouldn't know what you've
discovered alter you told me
anyway. so save ii for the board
Of directors meeting. What we
want to kiow is: Will il clean,
and IL so. will it do more than
clean? Just tell me that. You
can save the formulas for Kay"
Benton laughed. Here's how
we stand this morning. / know
approximately all the compon-
ents-chemicas components--of
your cleaner. ! don't know how
they were PUT together. and
frankly, thers must b some n
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14

ally was able to return he found
himself in demand only for
dreamy dramatic roles. The
young radical in Idiots De-
light" was a horrible example.
Producers somehow couldn't be-
lieve that he had done comedy
on the stage.
Naturally he relished his role
in "Of Mice and Men," but after
ward he was appalled, when
some enthusiast tabled him "the
Hamlet of 194O." The phrase
was repeated until the actor felt
he ought to have Hamlet
1910" lettered on a sweater like
a collegian.
Gradually, erh a ps through
the missionary work of people
who have been to PARTIES at the
amazing menage maintained by
Meredith and Franchot Tone,
Hollywood began to understand
that Buzz did something besides
stew about social injustice and
the afte of civilization, and that
he could be as goofy as any local
character.
So he went into Second Cho-
rus" and into THAT Uncertain
Feeling" both in zany parts.
And now as a lazy and philoso-
phical screwball, he has the third
title role in tom, Dick and
Harry" a Ginger Rogers starrer
directed by Carson Kanin.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14

WhlIe opinions nave o,TIe!eo oS ~
the wisdom of public school boards
expeIIino pupils because Of their refusol
to soIute the American flag. friends OF
children almost everywhere will be
orotified at action Of the New HomP-
Shire Supreme Court in uPsetting q
decree Of lower court sentencing
three Nashua school children to re-
formotory for school delinquency grow
ing out Of this offense.
Coses of the sort have arisen in many
cities because of the teaching OF re-
Iioious sect called Jehovoh's Witnesses
thot the fIoe salute is form of image
worship hence q violation OF the Sec
ond Commandment. Inpreenoted with
this belief, children Of members OF the
sect have defied school regulations
about the flag. When such children
have been expelled, their further edu-
cotton has been left to their parents or
to private schools set up by the sect.
When instruction wos not provided in
the New Hampshire case, the children
we're incorceroted by truont officers.
Patriotic organizations argue thot
expulsions bring uniform obedience to
fIoq rules within the public schools. but
others hold that patriotism properly is
of the heart and cannot be induced by
q compulsory ritual. The Nashua, New
Hampshire. cose, however, introduced
q new and severe type OF punishment
for pupils who will not salute. Thot
three children who otherwise we're nei-
Their backward nor woyword should
be sent to reform school merely be-
couse they complied with @ religious
teaching Of their parents brought q
shocl'ed outcY from almost oil who
read Of it.
Now. the reversal Of this decree by
the Stote Supreme Court will be hailed
with a satisfaction os widespread as
was the former sense Of indignation.
The standard Of New Hampshire justice
has been tempered with mercy. and the
.locol school board has been set free
TO oct with wisdom in its further
hcOdlino OF the eose. IFrom the Chris
- ee:N1.eo hhGnah0e t
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14
/, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

champions of local league,
whom he had hired at SIS each
and fancy dinner at the Brown
Derby. Anything for a rib.
For a year or 50 he has been
living at Jimmy Stewards house.
When the corporal was about to
come home on leave recently,
Meredith prepared a welcome.
He strung a banner, across the
house announcing 1t as head
quarters of the Peace-At-Any-
Price Association, and then he
hired a lot of ragged, unshaven
extras to lounge on the lawn.
Meredith even ribbed the
studio press agents who had
trumped up lot of hoopla about
how the last pages of the tom,
Dick and Harry" script had been
sealed up and none Of the three
leading men would know until
the last day which one would
win the girl. Buzz Meredith
launched a whirlwind courtship
of Miss Rogers Immediately and
kept it up for weeks-dime-store
jewelry, carnival candy, field
flowers, magnificently tattered
fur coat, and finally junk au-
tomobile painted in red, white
and blue stripes which he lowed
to her house.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Modern BIitzkriee Makes
Oil Wars Richest Prize

TODAY'S wars are fought and
L won with oil. II Hitler runs
out Of oil, his war machine will
stop. Keeping him from getting
more oil is Britain's problem, to-
Rether with maintaining the en-
pire's supply.
Russia's stamp above, honoring
the oil industry, Is particularly
significant. Russia's great oil re-
serves are concentrated In the
Ukraine, bordering on Nazi-domi-
mated Rumania.
Germany has developed sub
stitutes, from coal, Ignite, oil
shale. Australia taps shale fields
in New South Wales for gasoline.
Fuel alcohol. from agricultural
products, helps ease the demand.
All gasoline supplies In Europe are
strictly rationed.
United States has the most
abundant supply Of oil, supplies
three-fifths Of the worlds totsl.
In emergency. u. 8. could export
enough oil to meet all petroleum
demands Of any belligerent.
First use Of oil In war 10 record
cd In ancient Greece. where The
Greeks dumped oil on water, ret
Are 10 Il and destroyed . Scythian
0eek
Althougi existence u oil In
ssaheerranooa depeoits ives known
- eeeHsrl0 u w. noe vnsn - -.
- g - e.sss = ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14
. Hieh|iehts From
The Latest Books q
The Chinese living In gres


American cities have often been
a problem to authorities. But
they are no less a problem to
themselves. The only difference
is they understand themselves
better than Americans do.
In q city like San Francisco,
for instance, they lock them
selves into their Inner City, try
to live their lives based on a
code that the Barbarians can't
understand. At least most Bar
barians. One who does under
stand the American Chinese bet
ter than anyone, perhaps, Is
Richard LaPiere, who now fol-
lows up his best-selling "Son Of
Chan" with q stirring novel
about San Franchises China
town: "When the Living Strive"
(Harper's: $2.50).
It is the life story Of Lew Gan,
who arrives in America when he
is a boy of ia boy full Of
hope about the Land Of Golden
Mountains. Like most Of his
brethren, his chief ambition is to
achieve wealth and great honor
among the Barbarians and to re-
turn to his native land as q man.
DARN.
Despite certain disillusion-
ments and unforeseen obstacles,
Lew Gan. is successful after
many years, In reaching his
goal. But his return to China is
not the triumph he had imag-
ined. And the reputable business
he left in the hands of an Elder
whom he trusted does not pay
off sufficiently for him to MAIN
tain the status he has estab-
lished for himself in his little
village.
So Lew Gan returns to the
United States to make certain
adjustments. He Is forced to re-
wise his life, begin anew when
he discovers that his trusted
business partner is the leader Of
q rival tong. that his shop Is be-
Ing used as m opium den. The
San Francisco earthquake Is the
final, crushing blow to his
dreams.
Mr.. LaPiere exhibits . feeling
not simply of sympathy for this
lost race on the American con-
tinent but Of comprehension.
Theirs Il the problem Of IN elder
and philosophical people trying
% Isolate themselves In IN up
start civilization.
There u fascinating adventure
n III uovol @ ChingoDWn-tho
,aDogO opDonling = ~ - =
~ 49,, n >l.I ~. ".
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14
BY LUCE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


WOOD. - Burgess
Meredith is happy actor these
days. It has been nearly a year
and four pictures since anybody
called him a modern Hamlet.
In a series of zany characterize
tions, he has won the right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of
weakness in Movietown
Trouble was that flicker peo-
pie took him seriously from the
time he first came here in 1896
to duplicate his stage perform
ance in "Winterset." They re-
garded him as an earnest and
moody young intellectual. Some
times when he got to talking
they wouldn't know whether he
was kidding the movies or not.
The suspicion was strengthened
when it was learned that Mere
dith was refusing to make screen
tests for other studios, but was
sending them instead a ridicu-
lousy bad test which had been
made of him in New York years
before.
The real reason for Meredith's
behavior was that he was under
contract to return to New York,
and he couldn't bear the notion
of turning down big-money Of
fers from the studios. So he sent
around the unflattering test SO
that no offers would be made
and he wouldn't face any dis
turbing decisions.
HEXED
BY HAMLET
Meredith liked movies from
the beginning but when he fin
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

the committee, was also captain
Of the team that tied with US at
Asheville last year. The follow
ing was one of the interesting
hands that turned up in that
team playoff.
The opening lead was won by
the ace of hearts. Now the actual
player started developing the
spades-then realized too late
that the defenders were one
jump ahead of him with the
hearts. He got panic-stricken,
tried q club finesse, forgot to un-
block the diamond suit, and &C
tually went down on the hand.
The hand was played ut three
no trump at the other tables,
and the contract was made easily
by simple play. South won the
opening heart lead, cashed the
king and queen of diamonds,
then led a low club. The ace Of
clubs was put up, and dummy
took the diamonds, South dis
carding the low heart and two
spades.
Then dummy led the small
club. Now Il was clear that be-
sides Ave diamonds and the ace
Of clubs, declarer was bound to
win two hearts and m additional
club trick. or. II the defenders
chose 70 try TO prevent South
from getting In 70 make the &C.
ond hsart and SECOND club trick.
thsy would have 70 give dummy
ths spodes aftsr taking thsir 80
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14
BY WILLIAM f. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

There was only one disap-
pointment for me on my trip to
Asheville and that was to find
the chairman of the tournament
committee, Sam Holt, confined to
the u. S. Veterans Hospital at
Oteen, N. c., just few miles
outside of Asheville.
Sam is an ardent bridge fan,
and when I drove out to the hos
pital to see him, l met q lot Of
his pals at the hospital who had
become interested in bridge
through him. Sam, by the way,
in addition to being chairman of