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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tions, then checking against
the authoritative answers be.
low:
/. If you are asking a favor
of stranger in a letter, Is 1t
good manners to say, please
answer Immediately?
2. If you speak to a former
college professor is it enough to
say, II was in one of your class
es' or should you also give your
name?
3. If you know that a neigh
Dor is in the hospital should ypu
ask if you can help the family in
any way, send flowers, 60 to the
hospital-or in some way show
your concern?
What would you do if
You meet an old acquaintance
on the street and think he does
mt look we'll
(a) Say, Have you been ill.,"
(b) Say, How are your"
Answers
1. No. If you must ask the
person to act promptly say some
thing like II would greatly ap-
preciate your letting me know
as soon as possible"
2. Give your name.
3. Yes. That is only neigh.
borly.
Better what Would You Do"
solution-(b).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
ARMY TAKES OVER

BEDFORD, Ind. - Imagine
tht m ike d emotions of Ruth
Hamilton as she opened up the
cafe where she is a waitress and
faced SO ravenously hungry men
in army uniform.
She surveyed them with dis
may. An officer comforted her
with:
Don't be alarmed. We're 60
ing to help you"
And they did - cooking and
serving. After 35 minutes of
speedy food consumption they
departed amid the steady clang-
or of the cash register, and re-
sumed their journey.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
BY\PETER EDISON

A big blildup to increase the
price of crude oil is now being
waged, right smack in the face
of every effort to hold down
prices of everything to prevent
initiation. The argument for the
increase runs something like
this:
There Is q shortage of oil In
sight within the next two years
due to the heavy war demands
which the United Nations armed
services - particularly the air
force - have created for gaso-
line. The stocks of crude oil
above ground have declined
from 336 million barrels in 1885
to 800 million barrels in Octo-
Der 1897, to 244 million barrels
before Pearl Harbor, to 238 mil
lion barrels in October 1912. The
stocks are still decreasing, not
only because of increased con-
sumption and demand, but also
b c a use of limitation of oil
transportation facilities and re-
strictions on production in some
fields. In short, no oil reserve
has been built up for war pur-
poses.
The remedy which the petrol
cum industry suggests is to do
more exploring for new oil
fields and bring in more new
wells. To pay for this explOra-
ton it is proposed that the price
of crude oil from wells already
in production be increased by
some trifling few cents a barrel.
From other sources come 9TH
er arguments in opposition to
the case for an increase in the
price of crude. First and fore
most is this matter of restric-
tions on production, begun back
in MIRA days and continued dur
ing the depression as one means
of stabilizing the price, of keep
ing down excess production, or
maintaining production in bal
ance with demand.
OPC SETS QUANTITIES
The way it works out now Is
that every month the Office of
the Petroleum Co-ordinator for
War makes recommendations to
the oil producing states as to the
quantities that should be brought
to the ground to meet the ex-
pected demand. The states in
turn under their prorationing
laws determine how much oil
should be produced in each field
and from each we'll in that field.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

Behind the scenes: Changing
world affairs have made the
American girl the queen of
beatty" Varga, internationally
famous artist, talking. THE war
has rounded off the corners of
Americas diamond in the rough.
That is what the American girl
was few years ago. Today she
is the perfect gen."
The American girl has come
into her own, says the artist,
now that American women no
longer depend on the continent
for guidance in dress, cosmetics
and fashionable chit-chat.
Continues Varga: "She has al
ways had beauty but she didn't
know how to make the most of
it. The foreign charmer resorted
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02

opening lead with the queen or
hearts, then led the ten of clubs,
taking the finesse. Hazen (East)
calmly played the five-spot.
Now the declarer, feeling very
happy about his contract, con-
tinued with the six of clubs.
Again / played low, dummy
played the nine-spot, and Haz-.
ems queen won. You can see
that this killed the club suit.
Declarer's only entry to dunn
my was the ace of diamonds
and he needed two entries.
A heart lead established two
tricks for West, so that the de-
clarer now could not set up a
long diamond without giving up
a fifth trick-down one.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02

So he sat down next to a little
boy who already was a bit drow-
sy, and prepared for the worst.
This is awful" commented the
kid when the picture started. Nc
Carey agreed with him. A few
reels later the kid curled up in
his seat and shut his eyes. Hey
mister" he said to McCarey,
wake me up when Abbott and
Costello come on, will ya?" Nc
Carey fled.
Loretta Young, who played
the deaf, lip-reading sweetheart
of Alexander Graham Bell on
the screen, has drawn another
unusual acting assignment in
China" Two of her longest
speeches are made in Chinese.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
A SMALL ITEM

KANSAS CITY - Only one
little thing went wrong with the
first day of q government-spon-
sored experiment to determine
how some typical families can
manage on meat rationing one
family couldn't get the ingredi-
ents recommended.
The Sunday menu called for
oatmeal for brea kfast, and
shoulder of lamb for dinner.
Charlie Sayer, whose family is
cooperating in the demonstra-
ton, couldn't find either so
he came home with bacon.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
RUMMAGE? RUBBISH?

CHICAGO - The White Ele-
plant Rummage Shop, which
collects all sorts of cast-offs for
benefit of The Children<s Me-
mortal Hospital, announced it
would hold party, with a pack
age of rummage for admission.
A lady with the correct in
Elections called to ask the price
of admission.
Rubbish" was her horrify-
ing reply to the answer. What
kind of people are giving the
party? Are they respectable. and
is it a respectable party TO 60
to?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
WHAT. NO PEANUT SHELLS?

OIL CITY, Pa. - Here it is:
Mix five pounds of bran; one
can of molasses; two eggs, we'll
beaten; brown in oven three and
one-half hours.
That's the formula bus driver
Jay S. Coleman follows to make
his own coffee.
We've got substitutes for rub
Der. why not coffee? My for
mula for home made coffee will
solve the shortage problem"
says Coleman.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

The states have their own pen
alties for violations of these
prorationing oSiers, though the
states are not bound to accept
the production limitation made
by Washington. The federal gov
eminent, however, through the
Connally hot oil act, prohibits
interstate shipment of petroleum
produced in excess of state reg
ulation.
u. S. production is now run
ming around four million bar
rels a day. Maximum production
this year has been four and a
quarter million barrels a day,
but that is by no means the
maximum that could be prOduc-
ed if the prorationing controls
were lifted. Nobody knows what
u. S. production from the wells
already drilled would be If they
were permitted to produce all
they could. And if the country
is faced with a shortage of oil,
the question naturally arises as
to why wells already in produc-
tion should not be permitted to
produce all they can?
TWO OBJECTIONS
Only objection raised against
unlimited production is that il
might lead to the exhaustion of
the fields, bleeding the oil fields
to death sooner than sound con-
servation practise calls for. A
secondary objection Is that il
production controls are removed
now, it will be difficult to get
them back after the war is over.
Both points smack good
deal of oil business as usual.
Taking time out to explore
for new fields Is gamble and
furthermore it runs right into
scarcity of steel for casing and
pipe even if new wells should
be found. Also, if there is a
transportation bottleneck for Pc
troleum products, why discover
new oil fields which will re-
quire use Of still more critical
materials for the construction
of additional pipeline or other
transportation facilities?
If prorationing restric t i o n s
were removed for the war, you
might see the price of crude
oil 60 down, thereby cutting the
cost of the war instead of rails
ing it, as an increase in the oil
price would do.
The alternative to having the
price for validating paid by
the consumers in the form of an
increase in the price of crude
oil products is to have it paid
by direct government subsidy.
Some oil men have testified that
no, they are too patriotic to
want subsidies p,eferr:ng the
price increase instead-but Sec
rotary of the Interior Harold l..
Ickes has come out in favor of
subsidy.
WASHINGTON BLACKSTRAP
Office of Price Administration
is king care of maximum
prices on mincemeat, plum pud-
ding, apple cider and other
Christmas delicacies Win
ter coats are from 6 to Ia per
cent higher than last December,
according to Department of La
Dor cost of living reports
From May to September, cost of
living rose, 1.6 per cent /.
Kitchen enameled ware produc-
ton has been cut from $50 items
to Is Dealers are not re-
quired to give allowances for
trade-ins of old rubbers when
buying new No one may
operate a taxicab after Nov. Is
without a Certificate of War
Nacoccifu
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
AT LONG LAST

DENVER - Night workers
aren't social outcasts any more.
USO clubs have organized
midnight and early morning
recreational programs especial
ly for war workers on the night
shifts. Programs include bowl
ing, square dancing and table
games.
Even a breakfast club has
been started, where workers can
gather with others who follow
the same work and sleep pat
tern.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .

COMEBACK
CHICAGO - The horselesS
carriage is a good contraption-
but it will never replace the
horse. That's what city collect
or Louis Rixmann may we'll
think.
For the first ten months of
1912 he reports 1908 licenses
for horse drawn vehicles were
issued compared with the LIZA
for the entire IL months of 1941.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
VALID EXCUSE

BETHLEHEM, Pad White,
Lehigh. University sophomore,
won't take anything for granted
in the future.
His best girl answered his in
vitation to the annual house
party this way: "Fll be there If
/ have to walk"
On the eve of the party she
sent Ed this telegram:
Sorry can't come. Fell and
broke my leg. Can't walk"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKENZIE
Americas Card Authority

This is No. of a series OF
colorful hands that ! picked up
lately. I had the pleasure OF
playing in duplicate game
with Lee Hazen of New York.
and thought his play to defeat
the contract on today's hand
was both colorful and interest
ing.
South. the declarer, won my
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02

STANDPOINT, Idaho-A fem
mime motorist braked her car to
q quick stop in front of the
county jail.
whats the natter" she ask
ed in q shaky voice.
I'VE just had an earthquake"
replied q deputy sheriff.
"Oh thank goodness! I thought
I had q flat tire"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
ERROL'S AMBITION

Leon Enrol is celebrating his
40th year in show business. But
he hasn't yet realized his great
professional ambition-to play
the life of Sir Harry Lauder on
the screen. He's even put written
to work on a screen play on his
own payroll. Several studios are
interested in the idea.
1t took a lot of talking but
Adolphe Menjou finally saved
his reputation as the screens
best-dressed actor. The impec-
cable Menjou hit the ceiling over
one of the advertising still phot-
ographs with Rita Hayworth for
You We're Never Lovelier."
Seems his tie was outside, in
stead of inside his vest. And Men
jou was fit to be tied. The studio
liked the picture and was hest
tant about killing it. Menjou fl
nally won out.
In the script: Ruth Donnelly
to William Demarest, playing a
theatrical agent in Johnny
Doughboy"-"When you die it
Will be from chronic pneumonia.
You've carried that piece of ice
you call your heart near your
lungs too long,"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-02
. IN HOLLYWOOD

to dress, smartness and sophisti-
cation. The SAVIOR faire of the
French woman made up for her
lack of true beauty. She used
tricks to cover up deficiencies.
The artist is in Hollywood do
ing a series of drawings for a
composite Varga girl, Using as
models the showgirls in jMGM's
"DuBarry Was Lady"
McCAREY'S ERROR
Director Leo McCarey realiz-
ed his mistake as soon as he
walked into the little suburban
theater. It was kids night and he
WIS about to sneak preview his
sophisticated Ginger Rogers :
Cary Grant comedy, "Once Upon
Honeymoon" But there wasn't
anything he could do about it.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Vichy Radio Reports
Nozis Reaching VoIgo
B, the Associated Press

B. the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug, 27.-The Vichy
radio broadcast today that German
vanguards which had pierced Rus
sian lines east of Kachalino, above
Stalingrad, reached the banks OF the
Volga River yesterday.
The river was reached, it said, at
Dubovka, about so miles northeast
OF Stalingrad. and the Germans
advanced down the river road to-
ward the threatened citys northern
suburbs.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Nazis Claim RepuIse
OF Counterattacks
West Of Sta|ingrad
Russians Also Reported
RepeIIed Near KoIueo
And on Rzhev Front
2, the Associated Press.

Fs the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Aug. 27.-The Russians
have launched bitter counterat-
tacks against the r-advanced
German positions west of Stall
ingrad, but have been repelled
with great losses due to strong
German aerial support, the high
command reported today.
Forty Russian tanks were de-
stroyed, communique said.
In the Caucasus, German troops
have taken further important
mountain positions in progressive
attack against stubbornly fighting
Evening star., 1942-08-27
rangements were abominable, DR.

rangements were abominable, DR..
Cooper said.
The japanese guards he described
as young men who were fairly
friendly to the white people, but
very mean to Chinese prisoners.
Sometimes the guards would get
drunk. then they were not SO
friendly. DR.. Cooper said.
The Red Cross helped to supply
food to white persons interned in
Shanghai said C. j. Hanna of Wash
ington. who was stationed with the
Red Cross there. Mr.. Hanna ex-
planned that members of the jap
anese consulate were gentlemen"
| and co-operated fairly we'll in the
agreement with the Red Cross.
For four months her only clothing
was the slack suit in which she was
arrested, Gwen Dew, free lance
/ photographer of Detroit, said.
War Film Confiscated.
Miss Dew told of being held with
IA other persons in hotel room in
Hong Kong. When she was arrested,
she said, Japanese soldier ran his
bayonet lightly near her neck asked
how she would like that. then re-
marked he was only fooling.'
She was permitted to bring one
camera home with her. She reported
that the japanese had confiscated
five of her cameras as well as 5000
feet of motion picture film which
she had taken of the fighting ai
Hong Kong.
Customs men completed late yes
terday the tremendous job of in.
specting and clearing $1,000 piece.
of baggage which they said wa.
the greatest to reach New York or
any exchange vessel.
1t was believed that approximately
$50 more passengers would be dis
embarked before midnight tonight
and that the remainder would prob
ably be cleared tomorrow.
Editors Condition Improves.
What mission may be slated mex
for the Gripsholm was not definitel.
known, but Secretary of State HUI
indicated in Washington that ar
rangements might be made for an
other trip to pick up American
, still interned in the Orient.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
U-Boats Sink ; Ships
In Night in Foray
Into Caribbean
Torpedoines Follow LulI
After Stort Of Conveying
; Passengers Lost
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSs.
AN EAST COAST PORT, Aug.
27.--Axis submarines striking again
in force in the Caribbean Sea after
lull which followed the start of
conveying in those waters, sank
three ships in a single recent night.
1t was the. first large scale assault
in the West Indian area since June.
The sinking announced today, and
two disclosed yesterday, raised to
443 the Associated Press tabulation
of announced United Nations and
neutral ship losses in the Western
Atlantic since Pearl Harbor.
An account of the new outburst
in the Caribbean came from Navy
approved stories of survivors of a
medium sized United States mer-
chairman attacked south of q large
island within four minutes OF the
time another nearby vessel was sunk.
Still another ship already had
fallen victim the same night in the
same area.
Captain Dies Of Exposure.
One woman and two men passen-
gers were feared lost after the mer-
chantman plunged to the bottom
within four minutes Of the explosion
of single torpedo. The captain. H
P. Smith Of New Orleans. died in a
Cuban hospital of pneumonia
brought on by exposure and injuries
and four crewmen are missing.
Five passengers. five Navy gunners
and So crewmen were picked up by q
British warship 80 minutes after the
attack, which came at am.
Radio Operator Theodore Hergen-
raider of New Orleans said he had
been awakened about ESQ am. by
the automatic radio alarm, which
called him to his set to copy warm
ing that a submarine had sunk q
ship about 20 miles away.
II went back to my room again.
he related, when I heard something
smack
Another Ship. Burning.
Il went up to the bridge. Through
the glasses I could see smoke bel
lowing up from a ship about quar-
| ter of mile from us. She mus
have gone down in about a minute
About that time, the torpedo hi
us"
Missing passengers are Mrs. Beck
middle-aged Englishwoman; Ma,
Kleinblatt, former resident o
France, and a Mr.. Mcqueen, also 6
British subject.
Crewmen not accounted for ART
Second Assistant Engineer Lee j
Rome, Steward Charles Piedra, Ollie
Fred Cliston and an oiler names
Picot, all of New Orleans.
Passengers rescued were Mrs
Beck's husband; Mr.. Kleinblatt'
wife; George Nieuman of New York
and Stanley Wegnerowitz and Mis-
Anna Sosnowska, both of Poland.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Soviet defenders, the high command

SAlQ.
Besides the counterattack before
Stalingrad, the Russians continued
their assaults southwest of Kaluga
and on the Rzhev front west Of
Moscow. but at those places, too,
they were reported repelled.
A German counterattack north
west of Medyn threw the Russians
back to their starting point, the
high command added.
In the Leningrad zone there was
local fighting, in which German
shock troons destroyed 40 Soviet
fortifications, 1t was stated.
IN the iast TWO days on the
Russian fronts 153 Soviet planes
have been destroyed. with nine Ger
man planes lost, the communique
oScnrf oI
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Uruguay Will Assist
Brazil in Defense
Against Aggression
Country Step Ahead
OF keiehbors in Her
Showing Of Solidarity
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 27.-The
Uruguayan government announced
yesterday that Uruguay and Brazil
would cooperate in common de-
fense against possible aggression" :"
Because of the close geographic
connections OF the two countries, 1t
was said, the Uruguayan National
Defense Ministry had been author
lied to adopt, in agreement with
military authorities of Brazil, all
measures designed for better eff
cheney in the common defense
against possible aggressions."
This action placed Uruguay a step
ahead of her South American neigh
bors in their show of solidarity with
Brazil by giving the Defense Min
lister full power to proceed with
military consultations.
Foreign ONCE circles, at the same
time, intimated that the government
still was considering the possibility
of entering the war. 1t was said,
however, that the decision would
greatly depend on the outcome of
Uruguay's protest against the sink
ing of the Uruguayan merchant ship
Maldonado August Z.
Military circles were silent on the
implications of the government an
nouncement which might mean any
thing from staff contacts to actual
mutual assistance. Since Uruguay s
army is small, her military col
laboration probably would be mainly
question Of giving the necessary
air and naval bases should Brazil
request them.
The Uruguayan government also
declared its complete solidarity
with Brazil and said Brazil would
not be considered as a belligerent
an the state of war to which it has
been forced by Germany and Italy.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
Argentine Chamber Studies
Diplomatic Break With Axis

BUENOS AIRES. Aug. u (P).--
The Chamber of Deputies Foreign
Affairs Committee, in the midst OF
preparing its report on two meas
ures FOR breaking diplomatic rela-
tions with the Axis, yesterday in
yited Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz
Guinazu to attend today's session.
The measures were introduced by
Radical Deputies Raul Damonte
Taborda and Manuel Rodriguez
Araya and already have been de-
bated in the chamber without vote
being taken.
Evening star., 1942-08-27

The tide Of war Is about to turn.
Push II along with War savings
stamps.
Evening star., 1942-08-27
FOUND.

ANIMALS to Animal Protective Associa ton,
1900 Wheeler rd. sc. AT. 1853 Present
facilities limited 10 that class only
DOG-Black, wayy hair, brown legs. fe-
male, medium size: gentle and quiet
Owner please identify. WI. 6os2
GLASSES, mans, with light brown rims
Apply newsstand, llth and Pa. ave NV.
GREY HOUND. black and white markings.
Call GE 92S6 after s.
MONGREL PUPPY, black and white. found
near Ashmead place. co. 7496.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Japs Must GET Oil
Or Go Under,' Says
Admiral Hart
U. S. Gunboots Blocking
MoniIo Boy InfiItrotion,
He Tells Chicago Group
~ the AsSociat4d PrssG

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April S.-Admiral
Thomas Hart, former chief OF the
United States naval forces In the
Far East. said last night the Jap
anese had to obtain oil "or 60 un-
der"
That Is the one essential stra-
tegic material which the Japanese
have to acquire-or 60 under-and
the fact was fundamental. In the
Far East campaign which the jap
anese have won-for the present"
he told members Of the Economic
Club.
Campaign Built on Speed.
THE Japanese offensive In the
Far East appears to have been built
around their necessity Of getting
those southern oil fields just as
quickly as they could. Until they
can get that oil out they have to
carry on, for the most part, on the
oil which they had in storage. They
had a lot of 1t but they have to
manage replenishment in some
way"
Admiral Hart said several United
States ships of the gunboat class
have kept the Japs out Of the in
terror of Manila Bay.
But for those gunboats," he
added, "the Japs could have been
all over the bay, in small craft, at
the Army's back door and employing
the same inf1ltration tactics which
worked we'll in their advance against
Singapore"
Opposes Single Air Arm.
Admiral Hart told reporters earlier
that he opposed an independent air
force and elaborated in his speech:
IF learned anything of amphihi-
Gus war, 1t is that ships and planes
must-absolutely must-be worked
together; that In narrow waters
land based planes should be in
cluded, and that al types OF planes
which fit the conditions must be