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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
CHISELING ON GASOLINE

Gasoline rotioning in the eastern
United States is furnishing at least one
clear lesson for application when new
cards come out July or when the soIes
restriction plan is extended to other
areas.
The cards should not have units"
merely to be punched-or or punched
by the station attendant when he de-
Iivers q filling Of "gos" to car. They
should include coupons to be torn off
and collected according to the number
Of gallons sold, and the dealer should
have to turn these over to the oil COM
pony or distributor in order to get re-
placement supplies, the same as the
grocer accounts to the wholesaler in
obtaining sugar.
This would obviote many Of the re-
ports and complaints received in the
Boston and New York areas and prob
ably elsewhere down the coast that
gasoline dealers, anxious either to sell
their stocks or to accommodate old GUS
toners, have made sales without
punching cards or without punching
the full amount from the cards. The
remedy is simple; but in the meantime
every loyal motorist and dealer owes
it to himself and his country to observe
the regulations and to heI p encourage
their obseVonce-From the Christian
Science Monitor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
. McKENNY ON BRIDGE

Onondaga the first week in De-
cember.
Kibitzing in on some bridge
there, | saw Mrs r. S. Wcekcs,
the outstanding woman player
Of central New York, demon
Strate i'm the hand shown today
that it sometimes pays TO be con-
sentative.
Over the spade response,
Mrs Weekes, with the South
hand, made a conservative re-
bid of two hearts But when
North showed the diamonds,
Mrs. WeekeS saw slam pOssibili-
ties and decided to explore
them with a Blackwood bid Of
four no trump. The response
Of five diamonds indicated that
North held one ace.
Although North was marked
for some strength besides this
ace, by his bid Of three diamonds
over two hearts, Mrs. Weekes
decided TO pass five diamonds.
She realized that East would
probably open cubs, and North
might be unable 10 avoid losing
a club plus the adverse ace, Her
expectations we're correct.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs

ino sets, pen knives and mani
cure implements have been
classified as unessentioI cut
Iery, and therefore curtoiled in
production. Army long
winter underwear will be made
in three erodes-oII wool for
the north, holt wool for temp
erote zones, O fourth wool tor
the deep south. Grocers
ave to poste oil those sugar
ration stamps on cords before
turning them in to the whole
soIer 10 get more sugar to sell
the customers. A hun
dred million b otis, nuts,
screws and rivets are used
daily in war production.
Printers are now permitted 10
use up existing stocks Of
bronze powder. -" The Of
ficioI doctrine on eos ration
ing now is, "Cut your mileage
in half, regardless of what
type of card you hold"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
. SO THEY SAY

We shall not be satisfied until
the ships under our flag han
die at least onc-half Of the
maritime traffic affecting our
nation.
Admiral Emory S. Land,
chairman u S. Maritime
Commission.
I think the prospect that we
will meet with reverSeS at some
points before our ultimate vic
tory needs to be in everybody's
mind.
Leon Henderson, price admin
istrator.
Suppression or repression of
criticism serves as a shield for
the protection and continuance
Of incompetency and dishonesty
George Creel, World War u.
S. Director OF Information
and Censorship.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

Until a few days ago the
casting executives at Warner S
were going crazy trying to find
an actor-prize fighter with a
convincing cockney accent to
play Jack Burke in the new
Enrol Flynn starrer, Gentle
man jim" It's Jim Corbett's
lucky knockout of the former
British champion that starts his
fabulous career.
Movietown is full of ex-pugS
who can make valiant stand in
screen braWls but are unable 20
hold their own in the dramatic
department. Some of them were
being considered, though, when
a scout brought in for testing a
Strapping individual named Art
Foster whom he had coaxed
from the California Shipyards.
Foster lived in England 20 years,
fought professionally, quit and
became a rigger Of heavy ma
chinery. Obviously, though, he
had missed his ealing. He is a
natural actor.
An overnight leap from the
Boilermarkers Union to the
Screen Actors Guild hasn't ruff
fled the rugged Mr.. Foster He's
handling his sizeable speaking
role with an assurance that
causes veteran actors to forget
their lines in sheer amazement.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, June 8 -
You'd probably imagine there
could be only one Charlie Nc
earthly, but today | saw three
on the set of Here We Go
Again
Mccarthy No. /, the real pal
and alter ego of Edgar Bergan,
lay in bed in a tent that had
been invaded by bear, and
Bergan crouched just out of
camera range so he could man.
ipuIate the frightened dummy.
On a table offstage perched
another Mccarthy, this one as
full of mechanism as Major
HoopleS robot. There's a speak
er in him, plus a motor, and he
can tax and 60 through sim
pie motions without Bergen be-
ing near.
Mccarthy No. 3 is a midget
named Jerry Maren. His fea-
lures have been built up to re-
semble the dummy'S, and his
height g feet, inches) and
slim build allow him TO double
for Mccarthy in sequences such
as the ones where he's chased
by the bear.
ALSO APES APE
Being a double for ventrilo-
GUSTS doll is perhaps not an
exalted occupation for an actor.
But it's as good as doubling for
a Chimpanzee, which Maren does
on occasion. Sometimes he gets
TO play himself as a midget and
speak a few lines, and he was
one of the dancing Munchklns
in The Wizard Of o.
In Beyond the Blue HOri-
zon,' Maren was Dorothy La
mour's chimpanzee in several
sequences. More recently he
donned the monkey suit for a bit
of fantasy in Road to Morocco.
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are
langLishing in a sultan prison,
and while idly finguring bau-
BILE that turns out TO be a magic
charm, Hope remarks that he
wishes he had drink. Instant
lv a drink appears. well, I'll be
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

One may be reminded Of another
army by the WPB order freezing oil
the safety rozors in the manufacture
ers' stocks for the immediate use and
benefit Of the United Stotes armed for
ces. Tradition has it that Alexander,
planning his conquest Of the world, de-
cided to do it with q beordIess army.
Soldiers then wore boards, and enemies
erosped each other by them in person.
al, hond-to-hond combat A beordIess
soldier, as Alexander saw, would have
on advantage over an antagonist with
this convenient honde He set out on
conquest with q smooth-chinned army
One does not know how this was
Individually achieved There we're GER
toinIy no safety rozors such as are now
reserved for soldiers. One may have
read that the Greeks and Romans used
tweezers to remove boards, but one re-
mains skepticoI about thot. The pro-
cess demands too much patience. One
cannot imagine q Macedonian army
doing it that way without O reluctance
that would have amounted to revoIu-
ton and stopped Alexander before he
got storted The unsofeguorded steel
razor Of another generation, still WELD
ed by fearless BARRIERS, wos generally
introduced less than two centuries ogo.
This, however, was on improvement in
steel manufacture and had been Iona
preceded by rozors which, if not just as
good, answered the same purpose for
chins that wogged in toverns in the
reign Of Anne and earlier chins that
came over with William the Conquer
or.
Generations have gone alternately
whiskered and shoven, whiskered and
shoven. Rozors are several times men,
toned in the Old Testoment; but re-
search hos not told US what the razor
"HS 'Ne "'uI "INCi' Vle lISIpSi SuIfl-
noned by OeIiIoh "shoved off the sew
en- locks" Of Son0son's infatuated head
It has been thoughtIessIy argued that
the invention Of the sofety razor Gre
oted the present shoven ero; it is ust
os likely that O pendulum swing Of
fashion from beard to beordIessness
erected the sofety rozor. However thot
may be, it is good to know that free
dor's soIdiery need have no such ham,
die for the enemy to grasp.
From Christion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
By PETER EDSOk
Monitor-leoder Washington
r0SraeHonAaox

IF you're still sitting up
nights trying to think Of q
good name for this war, you
might consider calling it The
TriIIion-DoIIor War"
Speaking eIibly in terms Of
millions of dollars became
popular with the New Deal,
and talking in terms of bill
lions has become common
during the defense era. But
before this frocos is over,
someone may speak Of q tril-
lion dollars as the cost and be
talking sense.
After all q triIlion dollars is
ony 1000 billions. TotoI u. s.
appropriations have already
reached 500 billions and will
undoubtedly be $500 billions
before you can say "Where ore
you going on your vacation,
deorie - if you get q Voco-
tion?"
Two hundred billion dollars
is q fifth Of q triIion dollars,
and when you consider that
onybody's and everybody's
money is good in this kind Of q
spending spree, it doesn't toke
much arithmetic to multiply
$500 billion by five. and get
$1,000 billion.
No one really knows what
the war is costing today. The
statistics for l94l ore already
so obsolete as to be ancient
history. A guess would be that
miitory expenditures in l94l
ran close TO 500 billion.
There you ore again. A TO-
year war even ct that pikers
pace Of spending would give
you q triIIion-doIIor expense
account.
Best estimates on war ex-
penditures in l94l run some-
&l.r.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
PATRIOTIC LIMITATIONS

PHOENIX, Ariz. - The four
Pryor children, Mary Ellen, Ed
die, Nancy Lee and Ernest, start
ed lemonade stand and offered
free drinks to service men.
When thirsty soldiers began to
deplete their exchequer, the chill
dren hung this sign over their
stand:
Sailors and Marines drink
free, Soldiers have TO pay"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
NO APPEAL

OSCEOLA, Nor. w. Gins
berg, publisher of the st. Clair
county Democrat, has been
drafted-by himself.
Chairman of the st. Clair
County draft board, Ginsberg
drew his own number Saturday,
and was indicted into the Army
yesterday.
Il just wanted to get in" he
explained.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

l. Is it good manners for
woman TO run down her
daughter-in-law when she is
talking to friends?
2. Should a man or woman
be as courteous and gracious TO
visiting in-laws as to visiting
relatives?
3. Is it rude to introduce
your husbands mother as your
''mother-in-laW'?
4. Should a girl start calling
her prospective mother-in-law
"Mother"
5. Should a husband or wife
feel they should be shown all
the others letters?
What would you do if
Your husband is not at home
when mail arrives for him
(a) Open it if you know it is
a letter he will show your any
way?
(b) Lay it aside unopened for
him?
Answers
l No. Very bad manners.
2. Yes.
3. No. Though if you are in
PRODUCING her to close friends Of
yours or of your husbands it
would be more gracious to say,
This is Jim's mother
4 II isn't a good idea.
5. No.
Better What Would You Do
Solution-(b).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
CHIC PROTECTION

RIVERSIDE, Calf. - Style
note in the Post Beacon, March
Field publication:
The steel helmet should be
worn slightly dipped over the
brow, and raked gently to the
side
The mask strap should be
slung in such a way that it adds
width to the shoulder, and the
mask itself, if permitted to rest
its tip on the hip, emphasizes the
masculine line in walking"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
BY WILLIAM +. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

! went to Syracuse a short
time ago, TO meet with an en-
thusiaStic committee Of IS mem
bcrs, already making plans for
the fall session Of the national
session OF the national tourna-
mcnt. to be held at the Hotel
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
GOING MY WAY?

SPOKANE, Wash. - Sheriff
Ralph Buckley had given up his
search for a man charged with
deserving his family.
On the way back to Jail Buck
ley picked up a hitch-hiker.
After a few minutes of con-
versation, the sheriff took his
passenger right on to jail-it was
the man lie had been looking for.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
TUTIU pTIU UTTItTS,
UP GO THE FIGURES

Just how obsolete those fig
ures ore is indicated by the u.
S. expenditures. While this
country spent S35 billion in
l94l, the estimote for fiscal
yeor l943 is SIT billion and
it may go higher. The sky is
apparently the limit in this
sIoP-hoppy Ieose-Iend land.
Lower standards Of living,
lower wage scales, lower costs
Of materials and the depreci-
oted currencies Of other coun-
tries ore oIso reflected in those
figures. Soviet Russia, for in
stance, with on army and q
miIltory machine and O war
effort for voster than anything
in this country, gets by with O
budget Of from q third to q
seventh as big, in dollar ex-
change equivalent. In the Sow
let, too, oil the profit has been
wrune out Of war costs.
If you odd on to the strictly
miIitory expenditures the cost
Of rebuilding oil the bombed
cities, the pensions for crippled
fighting men and survivors Of
the decd, the cost Of this war
pyramids all over creation. A
triIIion dollars for the totoI2
Don't be q tieht-wod. Make it
two triIIion and you'll come
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

The new Iend-Ieose proposal looks very
much like q frank invitation to Russia
to Join now in the postwar planning
that is already under way and to as
sure itself q position Of equal trust at
the peace conference.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
o FLASHES
OF
LIFE o
BY the Associated Press
THEY GOT A LIGHT

WAYNE, Neb.-The irony of
it was almost too much for Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Lutt. They return
ed to their farm home southeast
of here to find that their house
had burned to the ground. They
had gone to town to buy match
es.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
. BARBS

It's always hard for anyone
who is crooked to keep
straight face.
Three fishermen stranded
off the Florida coast used their
shirts for a signal. There are
times when it isn't smart to keep
your shirt on.
You never know how we'll off
you are until you are not.
To a boy false alarm Is
when the house next door TO .
school burns.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
o HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

a monkeys uncle" murmurs
the aWe-stricken Crosby, and in
the blink of a cameras eye he
turns into an ape. That's Jerry
Maren again in zippered
ChimpanZee skin.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
IEND-IEAsE: ROUTE TO PEACE

The United Stotes ProPoSo' 'o'
new lend-Ieose agreement with KuSS'u
is much more than another step to"o'o
v;nnino the war. 1t en1bodies, to luo9e
from Secretary HuII's description OF
- economic ideals which ore indisPen-
sobIe to the maintenance or peace III
the postwar world
Adherence to this agreement by
Russio would widen the oreo or ProPoS-
ed economic freedom perhaps decisive
Nv since it would odd Russia to the OIL
reodv impressive oreo Of trode covered
bv lend-Ieose agreements with others
onono the United Nations. 1t would
SANITY also the Soviet Unions Inten-
ton to work by the side Of its allies TO
build durable peace, as it now t'9htS
beside them to win the war.
There is great difference between
honorinq economic freedom in theory
and in practise. Many may doubt the
obiIity of the Soviet Union to contrib
ute to economic freedom among no.
tons while restricting it among ITS own
citizens But behind Mr.. HuIIs trode
concepts based on foith that the tree
ina Of international trode can increase
the economic and the political freedom
of individuals everywhere-stonds the
history of western civilization, which
is history of the extension Of freedom
over the world as trade developed in
the hands of peoples who lived by free
Ideals.
To assure Russio's participation in
q renaissance Of untronmeIed lnterno-
tionoI trade might be to assure to Rus
sio's people economic and political lib
critics which they have not yet known.
Already in Russia there has emerged
freer way of life than that enVisoged
by the early architects Of rigid coIIec-
tivisn. Recent conservative studies OF
Russia have shown that many Of the
same impulses which condition eco
nomic life in the United States and
Britain ore shaping economic orgonizo-.
ton among the Soviets. The prestige
which attaches to merit, the normal
demand Of humon beings for room in
which to exercise indiViduoIism, have
for some years been modifying the eco
non1ic proctises Of coIIectivst groups.
Aside from effects on freedom with
in Russia, this lining up with the other
United Nations in q peace front dedi-
coted to economic freedom among no.
tons is important to the outcome Of
the war. A guarantee by great Powers
Of general economic freedom would
clarity the future for small nations and
intensity their peoples interest in the
defect Of Noziism.
Moreover, for Russio's strong allies,
some Of whose citizens ask whether did
TO Russio may not result in merely SUBJ
shutting Communist for Nozi don7ino-
ton Of Europe, Russian agreement with
plan to Iiberote world trade would
help to reduce doubts.
The benefits Of lend-Ieose policies
have been open for some time to Rus
sio, but obviously not os fully as to Brit
ain. Similarly the outlook for postwar
political cooperation e twee n the
United Stotes and Britoin on the one
hand, ond Russia on the other, has
been by no means os clear as the pros
pect Of AngIo-Americon cooperation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES Q
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY


1887
Mary Orr will take a trip 10
Europe when the schools close.
Giles Hubbard is expected
home from Evanston about the
goth. Concludes to spend the
summer here.
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
1882
The Rev. J. E. Davis, 90 years
old, Of Davis, is the Oldest free
mason in Michigan.
Miss Carrie Kendrick is visit
ing in Bay City.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08

There's 1855 billion O year
for you, and it omits the ex-
penditures Of Canada, Chino,
Netherlands, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, Fin
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
SURPRISE

CHICAGO - Four men took
Joseph HoroWitz for a ride in his
own automobile, robbed him of
SITS and jewelry, but failed in
their plan to rob his wife.
Mrs. Horowitz found her hus-
bands car missing from the ga
rage and she was waiting in
front Of l.cr home when he and
his abductors drove up.
Horowitz, as, instructed intro
duced the four to his wife as
my friends" but his wife had
a quick comeback that caused
them to flee.
Il don't mind you bringing
your friends home she said,
but I've already called the po-
lice"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
Q MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of cor
rect social usage by answer
ing the following questions,
then checking against the
authoritative answers below:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
FAST

FAST
CHICAGO - Police Detective
James Fast lived up to all that
his name implies.
Five minutes after John F.
Koch, taxicab driver, reported
a man tried to rob him, Fs t was
on the scene.
A minute later Koch sighted
the would be robbcr running
down the street And in hardly
no time at all, Fast had captured
the suspect.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
WTUTN
CRITERIA

The duck and goose body
feather order hos been chang
ed, reservine for the miIitory
all feathers under four inches
in length, nsteod Of three
inches, as before. Cov-.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-08
WAR COSTS AND CANALS

For on appreciation Of Just
how meaningless all these fig
ures Of billions and triIIions Of
dollars really ore, you con toke
the word Of }. S. KnowIson, d.
rector Of industy roperotions in
the War Production Board.
"A billion dollars is just q
figure to me" confessed
KnowIson in q recent speech.
But fellow came in lost
week." he continued, "ond
sold O billion dollars is two
Panama canals. Perhaps that
means something. It's impress
sive to think that we turned
out six or seven Panama con-
OILS lost month.
Toke that Panama Canal
yordstick and apply it to the
cost Of the war and see what
you get. Americas war ex-
pendltures in l94l we're equoI
to 10 Panama canals. For the
next fiscal year, America will
be building the equivalent Of
| "A Panama canals. And if
the cost Of the war reoches
this oltitudinous two-triIlion-
dollar mark, thot will be 1000
Panama canals. The question
is whether the world needs so
yNO,oN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
Went to Capital

Immediately after February Is
I went TO Washington 10 confer
with the federal housing authori-
tics.
| made if plain 10 them that the
federal authorities owed II 10 the
proposed now occupants 10 guar
antcc them adequate and continu-
ing protection after the families
moved IN.
To date I have had no promise
or suggestion Of assistance from
them TO accomplish what seems
10 be lmpCratI~~
Various interested groups have
importuncd mo 10 insist upon I'M
mediate Negro occup1Cy. Some
have urged that if occupancy is
actually begun resistance Will
cease. 7 regret that l cannot
share this optimism,
Other extreme groups have
said that tho Negro citizens viii
project themselves and their
people
That only means that they in
tend 10 shoot il out with any
who might attempt 10 modest
them This situation cannot he
tolerated from any group white
or Negro.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
RunUays Damaged

The Royal Australian Air Force
reported that in an attack on Cas-
mata. the airdrome runways were
heavily damaged. Both Rabaul
and GaSmata arc used by the
Japanese in attacking Port Noresby
and other Australian bases.
The Japanese made two more
attacks on MoreSby. which is the
key 10 the Torres Strait, of north-
east Australia The twelfth attack
on the port was carried out FRI
day by Japanese fighters which
machine gunncd the poyt The
only injury was TO an Australian
airman, who was wounded IN the
leg. The port was attacked Satur-
day~by nine heavy homberS IN
close formation but they were
driven of by anti-aircraft guns
Japanese planes also bombed
Yale Island. 90 miles west Of
NOrcSby.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
Serious Situation

] do not feel il is fair OF proper
for the Washington authorities,
having walked over the original
objections of the Detroit Housing
Commission. 10 now say in effect,
We had the power and money;
We built the project where We
wanted 10, but having built it
against tho judgment Of the De-
trolt Housing Commission $50 sup
posed 10 know the local situation
nOncthclc>S. there 1t is, and il
is up 10 Detroit alone 10 carry out
our decision without any further
help or assistance from us.
BY now every one must appre-
ciatc how serious this situation is
II IS quite obvious that the pro-
fesSional agltator and all the sub
VcrSlNe agencies are working on
both SldcS attempting 10 create
COMMUNICATIVE chaos and Confu-
sion by arouSing every latent
prejudice that may exist
II Is OF course greatly 10 he de-
sired that an end be made of the
matter AZ Is early a date as II
can be properly, justly, and ade-
quatcly done