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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

who had walked through their estates and
astounded the servants by his remarks
that they insisted he must be reincarnation
of their dead master.
Some relatives recognized him and others
refused to do so. His widow" the Rance
Bibhabati, fatty denied he was her husband
But Ramendras grandmother and sister both
swore that they recognized him instantly.
The Prince planned to fight his case in the
courts, backed by the meagre contributions of
friends 1t came to trial three years ago.
Since then 1900 witnesses have been exam
ined and grilled thoroughly.
Medical experts went over the claimants
body by inches, identifying the scar of a child
hood head-abscess, the scar of boil on the
spine, an operation scar on the thigh.
The Princes widow" offered evidence that
he was really peasant from the Punjab who
bore a remarkable resemblance to the dead
man. But college professors testified that the
claimant spoke faultless aristocratic Bengali
such a Rajahs son would learn in child
hood and which Punjab peasant could not
know
An English physician familiar with condi-
tons in India said:
The case OF Prince Ramendra is a very
typical one, and illustrates glaringly condi-
tions as they prevailed in India at the time
that is, over thirty years ago.
Gases of suspended animation or cata-
lepsy, were frequent following exhaustion
caused by fever imperfectly nursed. Indian
religious traditions, on the other hand, de-
manded that the body be cremated barely
few hours after the supposed death, which
was not, Of course, thoroughly or profess
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

with train of richly caparisoned elephants
moving ponderousy over the dusty roads
himself riding in a jeweled, god-studded,
heavily curtained howdah, and followed by a
retnue OF dancing girls and attendants also
on elephants.
This modern Enoch Arden, now bent and
grizzled. expects TO return to Dacca in a few
months to assume his inheritance and resume
matrimonial life with the Princess who re-
fuses to recognize him.
In 1909, Prince Ramendra accompanied by
his lovely young wife the Rance Bibhabati,
and her brother. journeyed on pleasure bent
to the delightful mountain Summer resort,
Darjeeng, where they stayed while at a
villa appropriately named step Aside"
Here they Toasted and listened to music
and wondrous tales. Dancing girls staged
voluptuous entertainments for them. All that
luxury could furnish was theirs. But Death,
SLY and grinning eyilly, was waiting behind
the jeweled curtains
Ramendra Narayan Ray sickened on
April s. 1909 On the 9Th Of the month the
malignant fever which had him in its grip
had done its work and he died about mid
night - to all appearances.
According to the customs of India and his
caste the body of the young Kumar was car
ried in solemn procession through the streets
Of Darjeeling. Once more the jeweled ele-
plants played their part, but this time the
Prince lay rigid and presumably dead, i'm
pervious to the lamentations of the hired
mourners and the many noises that accom-
pany funeral professions in India.
The procession stopped at the public Gre
nation ground outside Darjeeling, where the
funeral pyre, built high of aromatic woods
awaited the Prince The procession of court
mourners went quickly back TO Darjeelng
and only professional attendants were left to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

glassy-eyed, as though in a trance in the
dust of the roadside. He was looked on with
awe and hope by the poor Indian peasants
ever mindful Of acquiring merit by ministering
out of their poverty to the holy wanderers"
This existence extended over eleven years
during which the Prince wandered all over
India, begging food in payment for prayer
He was unrecogniZable as the Prince of
Old His flesh was shrunken and tanned by
the sun nearly black and his teeth, of which
he had been proud, became blackened stumps.
His memory was stnl wreck, but gradu-
ally flashes shot through his deadened brain
which suggested to him vaguely who he was.
Memory returned to him as suddenly as 1t
departed and under similar circumstances.
Then, in the foothills of the Himalayas, during
one Of the terrible storms that sweep through
the passes. coming from Tibet, the roof of
the world" Ramendra remembered He did
not at once know he was the Prince, but he
knew that his home was in distant Dacca.
He crawled to Darjeeling and traced the
cremation-ground attendants and learned the
story of his cremation He found the original
Sadhus who rescued him after the storm.
They promised to be witnesses for him.
1t required years for him to make his way
back to Dacca, as he had to travel as penni-
less Sadhu.
But in December, 1920. man with long
hair, beard and his body covered with ashes
wandered into town and took up his humble
abode on the bank of the river.
He attracted little attention at first, be-
cause he was just another Sadhu. But this
stranger soon proved to be startlingly diff
ferent because he could read peoples hearts.
The first to discover this was woman who
once had been popular and prosperous, but
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Indian court and proved
that he was not burnt
10 ashes after all. He
is Kumar (Prince) Ra-
mendra Narayan Ray.
Of Bhowal. The deci-
sion gives this man.
lately a nameless al
most mindless wanderer
and ascetic, a throne,
beautiful palaces and a
fortune OF 100000 a
year. His widow con-
tests his cls n.
Thirty three years
ago. In 1909, Prince Ra-
mendra, barely twenty
five. son Of the ruler of
Bhowal, was living in
the fairy tale sumptu-
BUSINESS of the princely
palace at Dacca, the
capital of Bhowal.
According to reports,
the Prince lived an indo-
lent and licentious life.
delighting in display and
travelling extensively all
over India. He travelled
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now was poor and neglected.
The holy man, raising his eyes
from the ground, held her with
a penetrating gaze.
YOU" he accused, ''were
warned Of this. The young
Kumar, before he died, told you
that you would come to this
state when you were untrue
to him."
The woman fed in terror,
because it was true, yet she
had never told anyone. The
family heard stories of a Sadhu
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

The bent and prematurely
aged man wandered from OAR
jeeling with a band of Sadhus,
mumbling prayers, reciting
mystic mantras or suuatting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
BaCkFf0ulHS0 1aM>

The Prince, in His Role of Holy
Man, Said to the Woman, "YOu
We're Warned You Would Come
to This If You We're Untrue to
Him" She Cringed in Terror,
Because II Was True, and the
Sadhu's Fame as a Reader
of Minds Spread.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

er, by tank car, tank truck.
barge and pipeline total only
from 100000 to 100000 barrels
a day. In other words, the east
is using up its reserves at the
rate of from 100000 to 100000
barrels day.
1t doesn't take a dollar-a-year
man or a government economist
to tell you that you can't keep
the Riddles warm this winter if
that goes on very long. The So
LUTON lies in a concentrated pro-
gram of the most drastic action
from all government and private
agencies in the next 80 to 60
days.
Decision on fuel oil rationing
must come first from WPB. The
rationing division of OPA does
not want to ration fuel oil, but
has made its preliminary studies
and will be prepared to put in
fuel oil rationing program on
schedule, even If il means reduc-
ing the existing four-gallon "a"
gasoline ration to three gallons,
in order to divert tank car capac-
ity to hauling fuel oil. And it
may be necessary to spread ra-
tioning of gasoline and fuel oil
clear to the Mississippi river, to
stretch supplies.
Anyway you look at it, it's 60
ing to be a cold winter.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
MA s9>toa. lse

the life of a Navy gun crew
on a merchant vessel IN the At
lantic, but they manage to brir 9
in Jane Wyatt for bit Of ro-
nance with George Murphy.
She's a nurse brought oVet from
another vessel.
There were no women OH
Wake Island, so Paramount S
movie Of that name can't put
any cuties among the defend
ers-especially since tie picture
is a sincere attempt at docu-
mentary accuracy. AT he be-
ginning Barbara Brit!on is the
bride of Lieut.. Macdonald Car
ely and they're shown as he
leaves for Wake. Pearl Harbor
brings death to Miss Britton and
puts extra fury into Carey'S re-
sstance at the outpost.
Carol Lands is vagabond
lovely who is stranded by an
attack by the Japanese on a
small island of the Philippines
in Manila Calling" There's :
radio station on the island which
has been engaged in Allied
counter propaganda work, and
the Americans continue the job
to the last. Miss Lands behaves
nobly and brings happiness to
Lloyd Nolan.
Crash Dive" Tyrone Pow.
er's last picture before he enters
the Navy, also ends on an is
land, with Power and Dana An
drews blowing up Japanese
supply base. He previously has
cut in on the betrothal OF An
dreWs and Ann Baxter, so the
two men who have to fight To-
gether are really enemies in
love. Warmers Air Force deals
with events inside a bomber,
and shows that war does not
eliminate passions and jealous
les in individuals.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31

But if North has the minimum,
he is in doubt whether the spades
are adequately stopped. South
has high honor in the suit. Why
should he bid the diamonds, just
TO show that he has them, and
thus by inference deny help in
spades? North lacks the ace
or queen-jack of spades, he can
not return to no trumpS without
making a bad bid.
AS it was, North was on the
spot after three diamonds. If
South held real two-suiter,
three no trump ought to lose
after a spade opening, but five
diamonds might be made. He
cautiously assisted diamonds and
South tried to correct his error,
too late, by bidding his spade
stopper to give North the choice
Of four no trump or five dia-
monds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
. SO THEY SAY

Airborne transportation offers
our only possible chance of win
ming this war.
Senator Josh Lee, Oklahoma.
was in Germany just before
Hitler came into power and was
terribly shocked by the militar.
ism of the very young children.
-Mayris CLANCY, dancer
| do not relish the job of
throwing cold water on anyones
enthusiasm for an immediate
large-scale invasion Of the Euro
pean continent. But the ques-
ton, IL seems TO me, cannot be
decided on the basis of emotion
and political pressure. 1t must
be Judged in the light of strate-
gic realities.
Maj Alexander de Seversky,
aviation expert.
IL | have to choose between
rigid state control and no organi-
zation and laissez -faire, then /
should choose state control
Ernest Bevin, British labor
minister.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
BY PAUL HARRISON

NEh service StaII correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, July 81 -
Love has turned out to be some
thing of a bottleneck in the pro-
duction of war movies, and the
studios are resorting to all
sorts of devices for installing ro-
nance in situations which in
real life would be all-male.
How can a scenarist get a
glamor girl into the arms of
a submarine officer on a raid
ing mission? Or how intrude the
charms of beautiful blond dish
into the friendship of two guys
in a foxhole in a Pacific island
jungle? Well, he can do it with
flashbacks if necessary.
That's the way it will be done
in THE immortal Sergeant"
which is about a lost patrol in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
RESERVES DwINDLE

In peacetime, it took Is mil
lion barrels Of all petroleum
products per day to keep this
eastern area going. BY gas ra-
tioning, consumption has been
cut down to l million barrels
a day-a wonderful saving. But
petroleum products coming into
this area now by occasional tank
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
ALMOST ANSWERED

TOPEKA, KAS.-City detect
ives nearly solved that old puz-
zle about what woman carries
in her pocketbook.
One feminine victim Of burg
lars listed:
"One dollar in change, a driv-
ers license, some envelopes
And the other articles ladies
carry in their pocketbooks.'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
PLEASE RETURN SAME

PORTLAND, ORE. - Patrol
man L. Johnson evidence led to
the arrest of a fortune teller, but
he's not quite satisfied.
Il paid her rs cents for hav-
ing my fortune told and would
like to have her return same, y
his report stated.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
TEAMWORK
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS-Oliver S.
Livaudais, Jr., and his father
both qualified as candidates in
the Democratic primary for a
district judgeship in ST. Bernard
and Plaquemines parishes, but
they won't oppose each other.
1--WE just wanted to make sure
of winning" explained the faith
er. Were having some meet
ings with our friends and as
soon as we decide which has the
best chance of winning, the other
will withdraw"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
1882

A recent issue of the Chicago
Times contained a column and a
half advertisement of Mt. Glenn
ems.
The Moni tor compliments
Sheriff Newton very highly for
his efficiency in turing
thieves and other police duty.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
MOO!

ELGIN, ILL.-Cora the ele-
plant, two and half ton men,
Der of Wallace Brothers circus,
was so upset by cows sudden
below that she broke away
from her trainer and Numbered
for several miles through Elgin.
Fences we're smashed, grape ar
bor's crumpled and victory
gardens sqashed before she was
recaptured, but no one was hurt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
WORTHY OF OUR SOLDIERS

The Arnys chief of ordnance, Maj. -0en Levin n.
Campbell, Jr, has gone to some length answering
criticisms of the guns and tanks being built TOR use
Of American and other United Nations soldiery.
His recent discussion at Salisbury, NJ c. deserves
emphasis because he os specific as, under war
conditions an Army spokesman could be asked to be
For thot reason he was convincing. And this is
time when we want and need, to be convinced thot
"our weapons, ammunition and tanks ore worthy OF
our soldiers"
"Americo's colossal war production effort, exceIl-
Ina as it does in quantity and quality the output OF
our enemies, is turning out the finest tools placed
in the hands Of fighting men" eeneroIized General
Campbell and then he became specific
Our machine guns are still firing when the enemy
hos to stop to change borres Our tanks have heavier
guns heavier armament and greater speed Our Tank
guns out-ronee the best the enemy hos The 0orond
rifle speaks for itself wherever it is used
These things are reossurne. But even more reos-
surina is General CompbeIrs discussion of certain
ornament items about which ugly rurnor had been
disturbing the public
1t is not true, said this expert fIoty that the Ger
man Mark " tonk corries an 88nillinneter cannon.
The gun is low velocity 75-nnoeter weapon
The high velocity cannon Of equal coliber in our own
M-3 tanks can be fired while the tank is in motion
holes in Hun tank at distances at which enemy
weapons cannot reach our tanks at all.
The NEW" German 88-minneter ont-tonk gun,
soys General ConpbelI, us about secret as water
pistol 1t hos been known to us and our allies for at
eost Il years. The novel feature the Nozi strategy
Of hiding the weapon and trapping unwory British
attackers.
I'VE outnootch this gun with several Of our field
and onti-tonk guns We, too have double purpose
Weapons They heavier in fire power, they pos
sess higher muzze velocity and carry greater explo-
sive charges than the German 88-milIimeter gun"
This is the sort Of news which can properly be
given to anxious public without aiding the enemy
After all as General Campbell remarks gums
are machines Nobody in the world makes better ma
chimes than ore made in the United States. You
wouldn't believe Germany or Japan could make bet
ter automobiles Don't believe they can make better
guns. They cont"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
BY PETER EDISON

in II eastern seaboard states is
the nasty prospect for the COM
ing winter.
II that is strong lang dage and
ii scares a lot of these / 400 900
oil-burning home owners into
converting their furnaces to coal,
we'll and good, that's the pur-
pose.
Nobody in government wants
to ration fuel oil 1t is head
ache of only slightly less mig
rane severity than the headaches
of gasoline or sugar rationlng
programs. But the way things
are heading now, fuel oil ration
ing seems inevitable.
1t is due to two circumstances.
First, to a conflict of authority
and responsibility among the
various government agencies re-
Sponsibie for making the neces-
sary decisions to increase and
conserve the supply. Second,
to the colossal dumbness of the
people in the threatened area,
who have lazily refused to do
anything at all to protect them
selves against this shortage, in
spite of repeated warnings.
For months the Office of Pet
roleum Co-ordinator, the Office
of Price Administration and its
divisions of Civilian Supply and
Rationing, the Office of Defense
Transportation, the War Produc-
ton Board, and the Department
of Commerce have warned of
this impending shortage and adj
vised the people living in houses
heated by fuel oil to convert
their units to coal burning where
that was possible. Furthermore,
the Office of the Solid Fuels Co.
ordinator has been staging a
campaign all spring and summer,
urging people to put in their
coal now so there would be no
trouble about getting it in the
fall and winter. And on top of
all this, there has been the actual
gasoline shortage, stuck like a
boil on the nose, to warn every
one that this fuel oil shortage
was real and no phony.
PUBLIC APATHETIC
In spite of all this. the reac-
ton of that portion of the pub
lie which should have been con-
cerned has been an amazing
hookworm indifference. The
customary attitude has been,
"Oh, let the other fellow con-
vert. People who have found
that conversion back to coal
might cost fromeS50 to SIS have
refused to male the expenditure,
apparently waiting for a govern
,ment subsidy. Others, who have
cleaned up the old coal bin in
the cellar, hesitate to convert
1t back into storage space for the
winters fuel. Some have been
unable TO get CRATES to reinstall
in furnaces that formerly burn
ed coal, due to a confusion on
priorities and ALLEGATIONS of met
al for manufacture of the CRATES
which are necessary.
Best guesses are that only
about 2 per cent, or $4,000 of
the 100000 oil burners in the
eastern states have actually been
converted to coal. The average
oil-burning home furnace con-
sumes about 1000 gallons,
or approximately so barrels
Of fuel oil a year. That figures
out to 70 million barrels to sup
ply these eastern states in an
average winter. At most, SO per
cent of this quantity now seems
available If fuel oil rationing
comes, therefore, the average
home owner affected must ex-
pect to get only about 60 per
cent of his usual 1000 gallons,
or 1900 gallons.
If that doesn't scare 'em, what
WILD
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
OUR LATINO ALLIES

Sometimes we North Americans assume that we
not only the big frog in the hemisphere puddle,
but olso the only frog worth mentioning. We take q
sort Of nobIesse obHee ottitude toward Central and
South Americans, and forget thot, if we will permit
the lotinos make substantial contributions for
our welfare.
For example, consider ships. We're rotonine
sugar. facing rotioned coffee and cocoo, struggling
with inadequate supplies Of critical war materials,
for lack Of sufficient shipping. What hoppens9 The
Lotns in their forgotten yords ore going to build
hundred wooden sailing vessels out Of mostly non.
critical noteriols and use them for nter-Ameroon
trode, in which they CORY million tons Of cargo
q yeor.
No. there'I be no bananas
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
MCKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Here is a trap bid l saw re-
Gently. After the hand was
played out and the declarer was
set one trick, the players wanted
to know whose fault it was that
they had reached four no trump
instead of stopping at three.
In my opinion South was at
fault, in his bid of three dia-
monds. North has suggested no
trump and must be assumed TO
hold a double-stopper in dia-
monds. together with the ace OF
hearts. That is the minimum on
which he can properly bid two
no trump. If he is any stronger.
it doesn't much matter what
South bids, as North will stick TO
no trumps anyhow.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
MONEY SQUEAKS

MANHATTAN, KAS. - Miss
May Rood of the City Clerk S
staff suspects sabotage.
She reached into money sack
sent over from the city swim
ming pool and pulled out....
A mouse.
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. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
a.sO
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY

The Romeo opera house is to
be thoroughly repaired, the car
riage company reorganized.
Business dull with everybody
excepting hotel keepers.