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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

Having long wanted to be a
war correspondent, we h av e
been studying up on the tech
nique, with the following re-
suits:
Veronica Lake, who has Just
returned to her base after a
day and night sweep of the
country during which she left
large fires burning in Column
bus, Madison Square Garden
and Daytona Beach, is resting
up for another costly raid on
the Americans, it was learned
in an exclusive interview today.
In a two-week sortie, the Fly
ing Sorceress unloaded $40, 0OO,-
600 worth Of war bonds over an
area extending from coast to
coast. Part of her right forelock
failed to return.
Informed sources said man
named Meyer Regenstein got
the hair, but only after Miss
Lake had inflicted losses on his
pocketbook estimated at $780,
600. The ack-ack was heaviest in
the Garden, she said, but she
neatly escaped direct hits every
where except Macon, Ga, where
she had a brush with a visiting
expert from Columbus, O.
HELPS HIMSELF
"It's my birthday - do you
mind?" the man S k d, and
planted one smack on Miss
Lakes lips, observers said. She
made a forced landing in Wash
ington, D. c., where she confer
red with a high u. S. Treasury
official and cabinet member who
is very close to Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau. A photographer, about
to shoot a picture of the two,
asked them to pose behind the
officials desk.
"But it's such an imposing
desk" observed Miss Lake.
"Oh, you think THIS is i'm
posing?" shot back the unnam-
ed Treasury official and cabi-
net member. "You ought to see
So and SOS desk" (naming a
high official of Metro-Goldwyn-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
nv PETER EDISON

First news that Axis subma-
rines were being furnished In
formation by radio from Cuba
on the movement of United Ma
tons ships in western hemis-
nhere waters was carried In an
exclusive series of dispatches
written by Robert Ruark for
NEA Service newspapers last
June. Ruark Is now an ensign IN
the Navy, butthe news that ne
uncovered while on assignment
in Havana for this newspaper
has been officially confirmed by
disclosures of the arrest, trial,
conviction and sentencing TO
death of an Axis agent named
LuninR, who operated a secret
radio in Cuba to relay informa-
ton to submarines in Caribbean
waters. Luning, after his convic.
ton. made written confession OF
the part he played in an intricate
network of Nazi spies operating
in Latin America, linking Nazi
headquarters In B ar celona,
Spain, with agents in Santiago,
Chile, who relayed informa-
ton on the ship movements to
Cuba.
The Luning case Is apparently
the first conviction in a Cuban
government roundup OF Nazi
agents which the Ruark disclos-
ures helped bring on. But as
Reporter Ruark wrote at that
time, the quinqua-columnistas
were operating actively through
out the island republic, and
charges were frequently made
that Nazi subs were not only
being informed by radio from
Cuba, but were actually being
refueled and supplied from Sc
cret bases. So the Luning case
is perhaps only a beginning.
TREMENDOUS TRIPLES
The way a few insignificant
words can shape up inter-
national affairs was never bet
ter illustrated than in the case
of this classic runaround given
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
. BARBS

Our musical ear tells us there
is plenty of scrap in Tin Pan
Alley.
When you get started on the
wrong track, it's time to make
better connections.
There will be on satisfaction
in having a couple of blowouts.
With but three tires left, you
won't have to worry about the
amount of gas you get.
Fellows who pick winning
grid teams likely think things
are decidedly for the bettor.
Suits for SANDER often prove
to be nothing more than vanity
cases.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17

As an example, he gave me
the hand shown today in which
a sacrifice bid gave him q fine
score. His opponents had bid a
small slam, which they would
have made. johnson therefore
lost less by going down 900
points than he would have If his
opponents had been allowed to
make the slam and thus he re-
ceived a top score.
West began by leading three
rounds of trumps to kill any
ruffs by dummy. That held
Johnson (South) to four spade
tricks, two clubs and heart,
down five tricks. But the East
West slam was worth $50 points.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
COFFEE SHORTAGE

If there really coffee shortage, then oil of us
will gladly accept rotionne. There does seem to be
some question: however, how genuine the scarcity OF
coffee is.
Because Of the quantity Of war goods we have
been shipping to Brazil, coreo space northbound has
been relatively ample The best available figures
indicate thot we have received around IS per cent
Of the usual amount of coffee. Prospects for on
increase during the next few months.
Perhaps much Of this hos to go to our oIlies There
noy be other explanation for the apparent shortoee
Con and will somebody expIon outhoritotively?
WI NEED SCRAP
In single week, shortage Of scrap prevented the
moking Of enough steel for three cruisers sixty
s<Dstroysrs. or more than 2 900 medium Tanks
Supposs you don't believe all available scrap is
otIllxed 70 the best advantage. Are you going
buck oad suIk? Or ore you going to dig in
bvtds 50 much scrop that there cont pos
future shoroee?
~ need serop!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS
Test your knowledge OF
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques.
tions, then checking against
the authoritative answers


tions, then checking against
the authoritative answers
below:
l. Is il more important in
wartime than in ordinary times
for people to be cheerful?
2. If you are in doubt about
the pronunciation Of a word,
should you look it up and make
sure how it should be pronounce
ed?
3. Should one borrow as few
things as possible?
4. Is it good manners to ask
questions when the answers are
obvious, like "What are you
doing, washing your carr" to q
man who is obviously washing
his car?
S. Is it usually a good idea to
tell a Joke at the expense OF
someone present?
What would you do if
You have friend who is a
lawyer
(a) Try to get him to advise
you legally when you see
him socially?
(b) Go to his office if you
want legal advice - and
expect to pay him for 1t?
Answers
I. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes. The person who is
forever borrowing is a nuisance.
4. No.
5. No.
Better "What Would You Do"
solution-(b).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
FRIEND IN DISGUISE


CHICAGO - Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Torkildsen have agreed
to 60 dining and dancing every
Wednesday night for the next
month, to sit side by side in a
movie on Sundays, and to try to
converse amicably about their
days work every evening.
Torkildsen may drink on Sat-
urday nights - in moderation,
while his wife may bet on horses
- if she limits herself to So bets.
So ruled Superior Judge JOS
eph SABBATH, hoping that about
the middle of November he can
dismiss Mrs. Torkildsen's suit
for separate maintenance.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

the United States by the Chilean
government. The recent speech
of Under Secretary OF State
Sumner Welles in Boston
brought this situation to a head,
but the events leading up to that
showdown make a story OF tire
mendous trifles in themselves.
In its Oct. 8 issue, the Foreign
Commerce Weekly, overseas
trade magazine of the Depart
ment of Commerce, printed an
article caption Wars Effect on
Chilean Economy" First para
graph of that article follows:
"Chile, the second largest cop
per-producing country in the
world, possesses ore reserves es-
timated at more than ESQ, O00,-
600 tons. Although the Chilean
government has not yet severed
relations with the Axis powers,
the Chilean mining industry Is
shipping to the United States
thousands of tons of copper and
other strategic metals vitality
necessary to our anti-Axis Of
fensive."
The article then went on In
routine style to outline Chile's
domestic conditions, foreign ex-
change, agriculture, manufac-
turing and so on. Copies of this
article apparently were rushed
to Santiago. Almost Immediately
thereafter, leading Ch l e a n
newspapers appeared with OBJ
viously government-inspired ed
itorials, quoting the paragraph
given above and then going on to
say that in view Of this official
u. S.. view of the situation, it
would not be neces ;ary for the
Chilean government to break
relations with the Axis powers.
When this official state OF
mind was reported back to the
United States things began to
happen.
Under Secretary Welles made
his speech denouncing Chilean
aid to the axis, the Chilean gov
eminent protested ard then the
facts came out on. the participa-
ton of Chilean citizens in Nazi
spy ring furnishing information
to Axis submarines.
CIVILIAN ARMY
The u. S. War Department
now has more than 100000 CT
william employees, making 1t the
largest employer in the country:
This means the War Department
has one civilian employe for ap-
proximately every four men in
the armed service.
If that figure looks high, the
Army thinks it has justifiable
explanation. The civilian cleri-
cal force of the War Depart
ment in Washington numbers
only Assoc, or about one clerk
for every 100 soldiers. That
leaves 1,O53,5O civilian en-
ployes to account for. They're
scattered all over the United
States as machinists and helpers
in and Op-
Grated ordnance plants, as con-
struction workers at Corps OF
Engineers Army Camp projects,
as Quartermaster Corps store
keepers, storage or maintenance
employees, and SO on.
This million or more workers
does not include any of the peo-
pie working for private employ
ers who have War Department
contracts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
sIN HOLLYWOOD

Mayer whose name happens to
tally with the last part of the
hyphenated company name).
Expressing keen satisfaction
at the results of her trip, the
star nevertheless revealed some
alarming data on the rising cost
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
LOT FOR A NICKEL

KANSAS CITY - John Mike
Brulja, 10, went into a drug store
to use the telephone.
He remained in the booth so
long the owner, j. H. Fritts, for
got about him. Fritts closed the
store and went upstairs to bed.
Brulja finished his talk. A
German shepherd dog, left to
guard the store was waiting for
him. The resulting commotion
brought Fritts hurrying back.
He parted the pair. Brulja
needed slight repair work on
one leg and considerable repair
work on his pants.
FRIEND IN DISGUISE
AURORA, Ill. - The Enemy
Alien Act put roof over Alex
Szuch's head.
Szuch had been sleeping in a
church basement since his wife
sued for divorce and he was en-
Joined by the court from enter
ing their home.
Then he claimed his wife was
a native of Hungary, an enemy
alien and had no rights in Amer
lean courts. The judge upheld
his claim and dismissed the
case.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
THIS IS WAR

BUFFALO, N. Y. - An UNI
scheduled blackout alarm sound
ed during a campaign speech be-
ing delivered by John L. Kelly,
candidate for city court judge,
but it didn't bother him.
He kept right on talking !
In total darkness.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
THEY ALSO SERVE

SPRINGFIELD; Mass. - An
other women's organization has
been suggested-the WHAMS.
DR.. H. Hughes Wa gner, a
Methodist pastor, says that wo-
men who must stay home and
take care of their families make
a splendid contribution to the
war effort and should be organ
lied as the Women Homemak-
ers' Army Mobilization.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
TRAFFIC HAZARDS

LOS ANGELES - II it isn't
one thing it's another for Mo-
torcycle Officer Owen w. Mol
ten.
First a woman motorist- bit
him on the arm when he tried
to give her q ticket.
The next day his. motorcycle
hit a bump, tossed him off.
His injuries aren't serious.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
McKEk1NY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

One of the South's most ard
ent bridge fans is Benjamin O.
Johnson of Spartanburg, s. c.
johnson believes that after the
war, duplicate bridge will be-
come Americas greatest COM
petitive pastime. He says that
few people realize that you do
not have to hold good cards in
tournament bridge In order to
win a championship.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17

GUNNISON, Colo. - w h n
Sheriff H. G. Lashbrook goes
campaigning, his horse rides
along in the back Of a pickup
truck. Lashbrook maintains It
saves time as well as tires and
gasoline.
When Lashbrook rea C h
Schofield Pass, which has no
highway, he parks his car and
sets out on horseback.
He saves q 530-mile, 17-hour
drive. The horse travels the
shortcut in six hours.
u. 8. s. SNATCH
SAN FRANCISCO - A boat
now on the ways has been man,
ed the u. S. S. Snatch.
It's q Navy rescue boat. One
of its functions will be to snatch
seamen from RATS and lheboats.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
, SO THEY SAY

We were wealthy nation
grown fat and indolent. We set
out to win this war the easy
way - with our money. 1t is
not until we all begin to fear
that we will lose this war that
we will settle down in earnest
to win it. The Yankee is always
at his best when the chips are
down. - Rear Adm. Clark H..
Woodward, u. S. N. retired.
They (the enemy begin to
apologize to their own people
for the repulse of their vast
forces at Stalingrad, and for the
enormous casualties they are
suffering. - President Roose-
welt.
We kept getting hit. Bullets
and steel were flying every
where, littering the decks. Men
up on the sky control tower
dropped like flies. Bodies were
scattered around the deck. One
of the officers went down to
take some of the men from the
sick bay. After a bit he came
back with a bewildered look on
his face. There wasn't any sick
bay left. - Seaman Lynn F.
Hager of the sunk Astoria.
I don't intend to be influence
ed by anybody, anywhere, any
time. - Rubber Administrator
William M. Jeffers.
This is our country now, and
il is our duty to fight for it. -
Mrs. Domenica La Rocca, Cleve-
land mother of four sons in the
u. S. service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-17
INGENUITY MISAPPLIED


IF some of the ingenuity now being applied to
evodino and avoiding wartime restrictions could be
concentrated against the oxis, our progress toward
peoee could be expedited
Few Of us are so removed from the rush or ofrolrs
thot we do not know Of at least few strote9ems by
which the intent of war regulations is given the rum
around.
For exonnple an apparently reliable story is cir
cuotnq in Washington about how some 'onooroS
are beating the rent ceiling house, let's say is sup
posed to rent for SIS month"; But residences IN the
nations capitol are worth almost their weight in tine
ood and the owner is not satisfied with the ceiling
income.
What does he do? He "ses" the house for SAo
down and SIPS month, with on understanding thot
when the "buver" is through he will default Poy-
ents and permit the house to revert to the seller
This isn't Just sharp business trick 1t is deIiber-
ate violation of necessary and proper regulation de-
sioned to protect literally hundreds Of thousands OF
government employees against gou9ng.
Washington is so packed that another sharp work.
er-quite legally, it opPeors-took over two-story
brick warehouse, on which the normal rental would
be not more than $42O month, and is renting to ~
soldiers at $40 month eoch For this the soldier gets
the use of cot plus foot clearance on each side,
pus use of study table and toilet focilities-but no
screens and, thus for evidence OF heotlng equip
ment for the approaching winter
A manufacturer found his contracts with Navy
yord banned because the WPB forbade use Of steel
for his product But his competitors took over the bus
iness and filled the orders.
They did it quite legally, merely by changing the
name Of the equipment to something not covered by
the WIPES ban.
1.-THE moment any restrictive regulation oPPeors
soys this manufacturer 1.-THE lawyers coled in to
see how to get around it and keep in business The
factory whose lawyer gets the answer first has the
jump on its competitors"
These oren't isolated incidents. They are typical.
Almost anybody who gets around can substitute his
own observation for these three.
Apparently there still ore many who do not COM
prehend that this is total wor-thot not toer-
ote any obstructonism for private benefit if we are
going to win.
Official agencies, with all their foults are trying
sincerely to enforce the necessary wartime restrio-
TONS With all the bureaucracy they creating,
these agencies can not see all, know oil, do oil.
The final curb upon individual chseIing must
come through unreIenne pressure Of public intoer-
once.
The Ely miner., 1942-09-17
Committee Collects
States War Records

The Minnesota War History com.
mittee, which was established by Gov
Stassen on May 18 as one of the
agencies of the Minnesota Office Of
Civilian Defense, met recently anC
adopted a general plan of activity
The committee will collect all types
of war records relating to Minnesota's
part in the present conflict, includ-
ing records of individual Minnesotans
and of organizations.
Some of the committees collecting
activities will be conducted by local
War History chairmen appointed by
the chairmen of local Defense coun-
cils. A total of 106 such councils are
active in Minnesota. OF these, 40 have
named local War History chairmen.
Gifts from more than a hundred
donors were received by the state War
History committee before August l.
Many organizations are turning over
to it the records of their wartime ac-
tivities; numerous individuals are CIV
ing it the letters of service men,. and
army camps far and wide in which
Minnesota men are stationed ere send
ing in newspapers and other publica-
tions issued for and by the men. Any
one having material that may be OF
value as war record is urged to get
in touch with his local War History
chairman or with DR.. Lewis Beeson
director of the state War History COM
mittee, whose Office is in the Histor-
| ical building, st. Paul
The activities of the Minnesota Wal
| History committee and of its Local
chairmen are being reported in g
special section of Minnesota His
tory, the quarterly magazine of the
Minnesota Historical society.
The Ely miner., 1942-09-17
Navy LANGUAGE ALL GREEK
T0UNEDucATED LANDL LuBBERS

the galley smokestack. The galley"
is the kitchen.
"IriSh pennant" originally referred
to loose ends of rope but now is "any-
thing hanging loose" "Dead horse"
is an advance of pay or subsistence.
BOOTS n saddles" means that man
has gone to bed fully clothed.
These terms are the sea-slang" of
the navy, according to Lieutenant c.
S. Olson, Minneapolis, offlcer-in-
charge of navy recruiting for Mime
sofa.
Talking of navy enlistments, Lieu
tenant Olson stressed the fact that the
navy needs men and more men to
man the ships and guns that are
constantly pouring forth from the
factories and shipyards of America.
To men II to so, interested in en-
liStment, the navy suggests visit to
the nearest navy recruiting station
or the mayor of the applicants home
town, as all Minnesota mayors are
navy recruiters
The Ely miner., 1942-09-17
LETTERS FROM
SERviCEMEN
NEW ADDRESSES.

Pvt. Frank j. Lenlch is now III Buy.
c, 6O4th GAIA, Bergen Point Station,
Bayonne, N. j.
Pvt. steve Smuk, Co. c, 81st Ord.
NM Bn., Camp Forrest, Tenn, says,
"Tm awfully lonesome for home
town news. This is a new camp. We
have plenty of good food and good
water"
Pvt. Joseph Bottiani, Co. A, 28th
Sig. TT. Bn., Bar. 1876, Camp Crowder,
Mo-, is another boy yearning for Ely
news.
Pvts. Thomas Oreskovich, Abel An
derson and Bartholomew Lenich are
in Co. D, 82nd Ord. Bn. OdM, Camp
Gordon, Ca, "way don South where
Ely news am scarce"
"Here I am in the land of Dixie"
writes Pvt Anderson, adding his bit
to that sent in by Private Oreskovich.
"We arrived here Aug. 28," he in
formed the VFW. Thanks for the
diary and pencil. 1t sure came in
handy. I marked down everything.
Weather out here is very cool. I sure
like it. The officers are very kind and
sensible. 1t takes a lot of patience to
train old bucks like many Of us,
but, still, we get along fine"
George Ola Hq Det Stat No. 1747,
Fort Riley, Kansas.
First Glass Seaman Martin j.
Pecharich, USN Sub. Div. Al, S-35
flagship, care PM, San Francisco,
Calf, says he has been able to locate
all the Ely boys in San Diego through
addresses on this page.
Another Elyite lonesome for local
news is Pvt. T. G.. "Subby" st. Marie,
ASH 37299103, 348th Eng. Rgt. (GS),
Co. A. Camp Crowder, Mo. ST have
been working rather hard since ]
arrived here" he said, so would ap-
preciate it if you said hello to all my
friends back home"
Joseph " Novak, USNTS V-2)
University of Notre Dame, 4O5 Howard
Hall, Notre Dame, Ind. David Childers
presumably has the same addreSs)
writes: "We have started out training
and are being WHIPPED into tor
physical condition (this coming from
former Ely Junior college and Mac
alester college athlete indicates tha
the training must be no bed of roses)
We are being taught discipline ant
seamanShip.
"The daily routine is about twt
hours of calisthenics, one and a hal
of infantry drill, courses in seaman
ship, navigation, trigonometry ant
gunnery Hours are from $50 a. m. II
10 p. m We are fed well. The nav
life is OK, and like it.
"When our 80 days of training her
are ended, we will transfer to North
western university for further train
ing for our ensign commissions in tn
naval reserves"
Paul Dowler, 500 Sch SOD, Lubbock
Texas, army flying school has bee
promoted from corporal to sergeant.
"This army is different from tn
last one," Pvt. Steve Smuk, Cam
Forrest, Tenn, said in a letter to a
Ely friend. "Now they make you 6
to school. Here's the routine: In til
morning you drill from one to tw
hours. Then you have classes the re-
of the day. I'm in truck diviSio
which repairs vehicles. Painters al
kept busy cleaning the trucks up.
scamp Forrest is six miles squal
and is the biggest in the state. It WI
The Ely miner., 1942-09-17
"Scuttlebutt Dope" is Term
Everyone Should Keep
Fresh in Mind.

Navy men have language all their
own.
To the uneducated, any Minnesota
Bluejacket will reveal that "sea dust"
is table salt, "jamoke," coffee, and
"red lead" is catsup.
Scuttlebutt" is the drinking foun-
tain
"Scuttlebutt dope" refers to rumors
and the phrase has its origin from
the gossip passed between men
gathered around the drinking foun-
tain.
A mustang" is a warrant officer
who has come up from the ranks.
When one Bluejacket greets another,
it's "hi, Mac" Recruits in training are
boots"
A "bell Taper" is clock watcher;
on relief of watch he is usually prompt
but never early. "Charley Noble" is
The Ely miner., 1942-09-17
PROMINENT RADIO
COMMENTATORS TO SPEAK.

Eleven of Americas outstanding
radio commentators will broadcast
news of Americas activities in the war
as well as those of the other United
Nations, in a special series of one
minute announcements during six
week period which began Monday.
On the air, appearing on ell radio
stations in the country, will be H. v.
Kaltenborn, William Shirer, Gabriel
Heater, Walter Winchell, Raymond
Clapper, John Gunther, John w. Van
dercook, Earl Goodwin, Lowell Thomas,
Raymond Gram Swing and Pearl
Buck.
This broadcast campaign is described
by the Office of War Information,
which is in charge of arranging it,
as the most important yet undertaken
by the United States in connection
with the war.