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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
THE SERBS STILL FIGHT

1t is easy to understand why Hitler
was so anxious last year to have Yugo-
sIovio sell out to the axis. He knew how
easily his mechanical legions could
overrun the little Balkan country But
probably he realized, also, that such q
victory would be far from final.
When we win this war, we should
do something nice for the Serbs.
Thanks to them, the Maj attack on
Russia was delayed so long that winter
saved Moscow, and gave Britain and us
time to help the Reds. Meanwhile Gen.
eroI MikhoiIovitch's little guerilla army
is tying up close to half q million ItoI-
ans, Hungorions, BuIgorians, Germans,
and Groots who, otherwise, would be
available for the invasion Of Russia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08

have no suPeriors, man for man, as
fighters.
The sad thing is that all these ePics
of heroism had to be in lost causes,
Our little expeditionoY forces have
fought to the bitter end against over
wheIming odds. To US the glory, to the
Jops the sPoiIs.
We can not continue thus indefi-
niteIy. Somehow, some doy soon, we
must find the way to get enough men
and equipment to the bottIefieIds to
stop the little brown men in their tracks
and send them back home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
o McKENNY ON BRIDGE

discard a couple of hearts TO pro-
tect his club suit, and declarer is
able TO develop a second club
trick for game.
Now suppose that East breaks
the rule never TO finesSe his part
ncr's lead. Instead Of winning
the first spade trick with the
ace, he plays the queen. You can
see the declarer's predicament.
He does not know where the ace
Of spades is, and ne is afraid TO
play low, fearing that East will
lead through his king of spades
and he won't get spade trick
at all.
If he wins the first spade with
his king and starts the diamonds,
East wins with the ace, cashes
the ace Of spades and leads the
five. West cashes his good spade
and can sit back and wait for eli
Their a ieart or a club trick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
GOT HIS GOAT

TOPEKA, Kas. - State sugar
registration officials seriously
are considering a Lebo farmer S
request for a new ration card
My goat ate the first one"
said a note accompanying the
request.
In further explanation, h c
farmer wrote that he had hung
his coat on a fence post, and the
goat rooted the card out Of the
pocket, ate it, and had a good
start on the coat itself before
he was interrupted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
D HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

THE married actor nobody
suspects has quit following
around the best girl of that big
comedian who hits first and
thinks after"
What top male grosser beg
ged his studio to scram female
star on his lot because she was
in his hair? They got another lot
to pick up her contract"
What star stormed into the
front office of what studio and
accused everybody therein of
breaking up her home? They
sanctioned a junket which in
Guided gals attractive husband
and a w. k. glamor item"
YOU GUESS
What foreign singing star 5
husband exhibits nauseating pro-
Schickelgruber opinions when he
is in his cups-Which is often?"
when a studio delivery lad
brought her a script, who was it
that greeted him attired in a
flimsy slimsy with oh! I thought
it was my agent ....
what exotiqueen had her sec
rotary occupy a bungalow where
she's registered, and then took
over another booked in secre-
tary's name, so she could meet
her married actor boy friend, un-
disturbed"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08

Test your knowledge of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authOri-
tatiVe answers below:
/ If you move into a new city
and a hostess representing a
number of the city's business
firms comes to call, should you
treat her as graCiously as you
would any caller?
2. Would it be all right to ask
her any questions you want to
know about the city?
3. IF she gives you presents
from the various merchants or a
book Of coupons which you can
turn in for presents or credit
should you thank her graciously?
4 II no hostess calls on you
but there is one in the city would
it be all right for you TO call her
and ask for any information you
would like about churches,
stores, beauty shops, etc?
5. Should you feel you cannot
invite the hostess in when she
calls because you are not yet set
tied and the living room is clut-
tered with unhung pictures?
What would you do if
When you move to a new town
a number Of persons call on you
la) Return the calls promptly?
lb) Don't bother to return the
calls if you think the place will
not be your permanent home, or
if YOU don't care about knowing
great many people?
Answers
I. Yes.
. Certainly.
3. Yes.
:. Yes.
}. No.
Better What Would You Do
solution--(O.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
BY WILLIAM T.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Two hobbies for which, in my
opinion. most rules have been
established are bridge and pho
Biography. Just recently | be-
came a photography bug and
I have spent the last year learn
ing a lot Of rules. Now ! have TO
learn when TO break those rules.
The same holds true in bridge.
You learn in bridge, for in
stance, never to fineSse your
partners lead. SO in today's
hand, when West opens the spade
East promptly goes up with the
ace, leads the queen, which is
allowed TO hold, and then plays
the five of spades. Declarer wins
the third spade trick and immed-
lately tackles the diamonds. On
the diamonds East is forced to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
NEEDED MORE MATURITY
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo-
Young Jonathan Hollilgsworth
gave way TO an older man in
yesterdays election Of the Miss
ouri GAR.
Hollingsworth, 96, was nam
ed senior vice-commander when
he relinquished the presidency
to 99-year-old William II. Os-
born.
James A. Best, 95, and George
w. Johnson, "a, were other Of
ficers elected, making the COM
bined age of the new officials
384 years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
LEAPING WOMEN

Bureau of esthetic criticism:
Humphrey Bogart recently
was persuaded TO attend a bal
let performance for the first
time. Asked how he liked it, he
said, II didn't. 1t was nothing
but a bunch of DANES jumping
up and down."
Grudge department: 'In Hol-
lywod," says Scenarist Arthur
Caesar, making wisecracks and
enemies is the most expensive
luxury" This is the writer who
made famous and often-quotcd
crack about a certain producer
going from Poland to polo in two
generations. He figures that the
remark has cost him about $780,
900 in subsequent sales Of stories
to the movie baron.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
GIVE PRICE CONTROL A CHANCE

Confusion and misunderstanding
probably are inevitable, as the new
price control regulations go into effect.
There will be deliberate frauds, sly
chiseIng. But these will be in the MI
nority. The real trouble will arise from
honest if careless errors; from ignor-
once on the port Of both merchants
and customers; from suspicion, Intol-
eronce, hot-heodedness.
Most of the disputes will be started
BY customers who believe that they ore
being charged illegal prices. Nine out
Of 10 of these-perhoPs 90 out OF IOO
-con be avoided if buyers will make
certain Of their focts.
Actually the price control system
is simple SO for as the consuming public
is concerned.
All you need to remember is this:
Except for certain exempted COM
modties, the merchant is forbidden to
charge more for any article after May
IS than the highest price for which he
sold the same thing during March.
Thot ought not to leave room for
misunderstanding. But it will. There
are q million and one possibilities.
Many merchants keep no real rec
ords They price merchandise as it
comes in, sell it, and q month later
have no good idea Of what they
charged for it.
These men must now go over their
stocks, determine for each item their
highest March price, and mark their
goods accordingly
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
SECOND THE MOTION

WALLA WALLA, Wash. 49,
The society for eliminating the
stranglehold of convention on
mankind" has solicited Presi-
dent Roosevelts support for its
first official act.
The organization submitted
this unanimously endorsed reso-
luton:
Elimination Of necktie wear
ing in the summer would save
wool, cotton, silk and rayon, and
ties thus made useless could be
reclaimed"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


HOLLYWOOD, May 8 Cos
sip department: Periodically the
Movietown correspondents and
radio humOrists are reproached
from various quarters for what
are termed destructive attacks
against the industry and its peo-
pie. Scurrilous gossip is espec-
tally feared and hated.
You cannot blame Hollywood
for not liking scandal singing,
but its plaintive attitude seems
pretty silly when you find that
the movie industry hasn't back
bone enough to protect itself
even in its own trade press. A
paper which is almost wholly
dependent on the studios and
picture people for subscriptions
and advertising still can, and
does, publish Overwhelming items
such as the following:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08

There will be innumerobIe in
stances in which items now in stock
differ from those sold in March. The
merchant must try to determine what
things he sold in March are most
similar to those he has in May, and fix
prices accordingly.
In SO huge task, it would seem
improbable that honest mistakes can
be avoided.
Moreover the buyers memory may
prove tickle Under our setup, each
merchant has his own price ceiling for
every article in stock. The price
charged next door has nothing to do
with the matter.
If we remember buying q certain
brand Of coffee for II cents, and the
grocer asks US 3 we should be very
certain that the lower price was not at
some other store before we accuse him
Of violating price control rules.
Leon Henderson, who is not qiVen
TO over-potience with violations, hos
emphasized the enormity Of the task
and the need for patience, understand
ing and cooperation.
This does not mean we should per-
NIT chiseIing. 1t means rather we
should make sure we ore right before
we cause trouble
Let's give both the merchants and
the Office Of Price Control q for
chance to do os we'll as they con, with
wages and farm products left to run
wild.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
TRAVEL NOTE

A"man from Alaska says the
comparatively fresh films now
being shipped TO the north coun-
try, mostly for the benefit Of
soldiers and navy men stationed
there, have astonished the Eski-
mos. Previously it was Holly
woods custom to send only aged
pictures to Alaska where, after
a last showing on the igloo cir
cult, they were destroyed. After
years of peering at the flicker
ing, badly scratched films, the
ESkimoS were convinced it rains
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
CAPITAL CATCH BASIN

Germany is buying Plywood
tents in Sweden. CAA
wants 1000 instructor pilots
by June IS. Postoffice
Department says oirmoil seV-
ice will not be curtoiIed even
I h ough more commercial
planes are transferred 10 arm
ed service. " " Air Possen-
gers TO Latin America now
number $500 q month.
Attendance at FBl police train
ing schools has posed IS, 900.
" Criminals IS or younger
account for half the arrests for
robbery, two-thirds the orrests
for burglary end three-fourths
the arrests 70 auto theft.
Maximum rent for q Acton
steam crane has been fixed at
500 q day or 81 ZOO q month,
in case you need one for the
oorden. Railroads will
need $4,000 additional work.
ers this yeor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
PRESTO
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PRESTO
GRAND COULEE, Wash. $500 A
waterfall a third of a mile wide,
twice as high as Niagara and
carrying four times the volume
of water of the great Victoria
falls in Africa will be born in
less than a minute this summer
at the Grand Coulce dam.
Outlet tube now carry the
river through the dam. These
will be closed by one group of
engineers while another group
opens the gates at the crest of
the structure.
tt c bureau of reclamation
will announce the day and hour
for its super-spectacle later.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08

And so Correeidor is gone, and an
other glorious chapter has been added
to the legend Of the Far Eost where
Wake Island and Botoon have demon
stroted that the sons Of democracy
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES Q
so YEARS AGO TO-DAY

1917
The debt Of Grace church, Of
% years standing, was fully
paid off this week.
Maggie Mitchell, the distin-
guished actress, is taking the
baths at the Fountain Hotel
So YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
The base ball Cranks are work
ing their customary summer
madness.
The Detroit Tribunc's base
ball book is the best Of all. It
should be in the hands Of every
crank.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08

continuously in the United States
both indoors and outdoors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
% MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authOri-
tatiVe answers below:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs

deoder than q herring And
thot's the end Of todoy's fish
StOTv
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
EARLY EXPANSION OF
HOUSING FACILITIES
HERE NOW EXPECTED

Inquiry as to the results of the
activity of the Chamber of Com
merce Housing Committee de-
velops the fact that matters are
at a standstill due to the fact
that more than one housing
proposition is being considered.
One thing stands out as GER
tain-Key West is due for an
early expansion on a large scale
of it's housing facilities.
The Chamber of Commerce
project, a story of which was
carried in The Citizen October
"a and concerned the building of
houses and apartment houses in
what was called 'the blighted
area, is the one which has been
brought to a standstill because of
inability to get a priority rating
on necessary material. Authority
for this statement comes from D.
H. Burk, of Miami, executive Of
ficer of the Federal Housing Au-
thority, southern district of
Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
HUMAN BLOOD
LIKE SNAKES
BACTERIOLOGIST MAKES Elk.
PERTINENT TO DETERMINE
GROUPINGS
BY H. w. BLAKESLEE
Wide World Science Editor

LAWRENCE, Kas., Nov. q
DR.. Glenn c. Bond, assistant pro-
fessor of bacteriology, Kansas
University, has used snakes
blood to determine the blood
groupings of 100 human beings.
His work suggests that snake
and human blood contain virtu-
ally Identical substances. He
used snake serum, the fluid re-
naming after red corpuscles
are removed, and this fluid
readily typed the human blood.
The serpents were rattlers,
bull, king, black and water
snakes. Alligators, turtles and
lizards also had some tipping sub
stances in their blood similar to
human.
Biologists believe blood group
ings or types are products of
evolution. Unable to trace di-
rectly the origin of mans blood
tipping chemicals, they are look
ing among the lower animals for
enlightenment.
One clue is the antibodies
which the blood groupings or
tipping substances form in living
tissues. Antibodies are one of
natures methods of combating
infections, and antibody control
of disease is one of the new fields
of medicine.
The antibody produces. are 1Slsaes-
to the nature of the factors which
produce thine Such products are
well known in higher animals like
livestock and monkeys. They
have been found also in bacteria.
DR.. Bond is the first to bring in
the snakes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
y. ~ - ~ ~ ~ 49,.
Former Army Captain
Recruits Men For Navy
CBy Associated Pressl

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. q
Charles c. Head. who served in
many parts of the world with the
Army before retiring as a cap
tain, has closed his little neigh
borhood grocery and is carrying
on one-man volunteer recruiting
service-for the Navy.
Enlistment posters have re-
placed the stock in his place of
business. He uses his own auto
mobile to visit young men and
their families in spreading the
gospel of navy service.
He began by signing up his son,
Charles, Jr., when he returned
from a year of Army duty. Two
grandsons also are in the nations
sea service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Key West Area Rent Director
Explains Status Of Tenants
Being Asked To VaCdtG Units

1t was stated today by the Key
West Area Rent Deterioration
ney that an increasing number
of landlords are asking tenants to
move from housing accommoda-
tions, in spite of the restrictions
upon removal of tenants effective
in this Area since August l, 1912.
AT the present time the law
provides that so long as the ten
ant continues to pay the rent to
which the landlord is entitled,
such tenant shall not be removed
from any housing accommoda-
tions except for certain reasons
for which removal is permitted
under the Maximum Rent Regu-
lation.
Even if such reason exists, a
written notice must be given to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

the tenant by the landlord stating
the ground upon which the land
lord seeks removal, and the time
when the tenant is required to
surrender possession. A written
copy of such notice must also be
given the Area Rent Office within
"a hours after the notice is given
to the tenant The notices re-
quired by the Rent Regulation are
in addition to the usual notice re-
quired by the State Law.
Regardless of the length of no
tice required to terminate a ten
ancy under the State Law, the
Rent Regulation provides that its
required notices must be given at
least ten days prior to the time
specified for the tenant to sur
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
s. AwlwMIw
NEW MOTOR
MECHANICS COURSE
NOW PLANNED

The American Red Cross an
nounces a new Motor Mechanics
course which will begin Friday,
November 9Th, from 6 to 8 o'clock
at the Key West Army Barracks.
1t. Barefield, U. S. Army, will be
the instructor.
A class of Is or IL persons is
desired, and while formerly a
Standard First Aid certificate was
a prerequisite to join the class, this
requirement has been waived in
order to fill the class, and those
who do not have this certificate
can take their first aid course in
the future.
All those who are interested are
urged to contact Mrs. Murray
Wiener at 105-W, or the Red
Cross Headquarters at 800, and
enroll for the course.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
vMl[lllllI
THIS COULD
HAPPEN HERE

A defense worker with
five children was having no
luck in finding a home for
his family. When he finally
located a vacant place he
was turned down as soon as
the landladY saw the carload
of kids waiting to move in.
Desperately the man relat-
ed his troubles to a friend.
And together they Matched
up an idea.
Before going to see anoth-
er vacancy. the man and his
wife took the children TO a
nearby cemetery. and left
them there with a picnic
lunch, with instructions to
stay put till the parents re-
turned.
When the usual question
of how many children was
put to them, the man an
swered huskilY. Five. but
they are all out in Fairmont
Cemetery"
SYmpatheticsllY. the own
er brought out the lease; it
was signed. and the children
brought in from their picnic.
Quote.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
OCEAN EYE
FOR AFRICA
DAKAR SERVES AS OUTLOOK
ON SEA TRADE FROM
WESTERN EUROPE
Wide World Features

Dakar, Vichy-cOntrolled CAPT.
tai of French West Africa on
which world attention is focuss-
ing, is a modern city with beauti-
full parks, buildings and streets
and a population of 120,000-one
sixth of them whites.
Established in 1857 by the
French at the tip of the African
Atlantic Coast, Dakar serves as
Africa's eye upon sea trade from
Western Europe, South Africa and
South America. 1t is only 1900
miles from Brazil. It's present i'm
portance dates from 1898, when
it was developed as military
port. Today several miles of
docks and modern installations
permit handling of all kinds of
merchandise and safe anchorage
for the largest ships. Imports
and exports normally total $780,
900 tons a year. Peanuts are the
main cash crop of nearby Sene-
gal.
Dakar connects by rail to st.
Louis, at the mouth of the
Senegal River, and to Bamako
on the Nigerias headWaterS. A
road is also believed under con-
struction to link Bamako with
Morocco in North Africa.
War has curbed continental liv-
ing of Dakar's officer and Off
cial class. Sugar and wine are
rationed, half-pound a week per
person is the limit on bread. Gas
restrictions make charcoal-burn-
ing autos common.
Unlike many other tropical
cities, Dakar has plenty of good
water, if fairly healthful.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Court Makes Compensation
Awards For Land Acquired

The District Court convened
this morning IN the Federal
building with Judge John W.
Holland presiding and awards of
compensation to property owners
of Monroe County for lands TAX
en- by the government in con-
demnation proceedings were
made.
The two cases heard this morn
ing before Federal jurors in
which awards were made are:
Key West Civil U. S. VS.. 5-28
acres. Roy Hamlin er al. de-
PENDANTS.
Key West Civil VS.. 8.31 acres
of land. J. Lancelot Lester ct al,
defendants.
The court continued in session
this afternoon for trial of similar
cases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Inventor Has Plan To
Salvage Ships Intact
(By Associated Pressl

LOS ANGELES, Nov. q
Ships that go to the bottom
through enemy torpedo action
would be salvaged intact if the
invention of Lieut.. Harry E.
Rieseberg works.
A former bureau of navigation
officer, he has applied for a pat
ent on an immense pair of tongs
which would be lowered from q
floating dry dock and engage
sunken vessels.
Rieseberg, who has had expe-
rience in salvage work, believes
the hulks could be hoisted to the
surface at the rate of $500 feet
in twelve hours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Uncle Sam Calls For Many
WOrkmen In Hawaiian Islands

a call for workmen in the Ha-
waiian Islands has been received
in the Seventh Naval District
and Uncle Sam is ready to pay
them well. house them comfort
ably and feed them the best in
e delightful climate.
No experience is required. Spe-
cial opportunities are offered
men with mechanical back
ground, who will be taught a
trade and paid while going to
school.
Transportation, first class, will
be paid by the government. II
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Factory FRESHMAN Rates
'Best-Paid Author Bow
Try Associated PresuD

AKRON, o., Nov I'm this
years list of "best-paid authors"
the name of Paul Ecker, press
man at B. F. Goodrich plant,
should be up among the leaders.
FOC Paul gets 34445 a word. At
least, that's the per-word rate rep
resented by the $500 check he got
for one one-word sentence.
Nine words were all he needed
to Law before the labor-manage-
ment "suggestion-bUx" committee
an idea for speeding war produc-
ton. The committee figured the
idea was worth $500 on the basis
of indicated savings in man-hours
and increase in production.