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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03

Harvey of Boston, Jay Feigus OF
Brooklyn and Sam Katz Of New
ark, could we'll be proud OF their
record in finishing runners-up
in the world championship
Masters team-of-four contest.
Marcus. president of the Cav
endish Club of Boston, is vet
eran- tournament player and
certainly did all he could on to-
days hand to pull his team
mates toward victory.
On the first lead Marcus
(North) won the king Of spades
with the ace. He cashed the ace
and king of trumps, then led the
ten of diamonds and let 1t ride
when East did not cover. Next
he cashed the queen Of spades,
the ace and king of diamonds.
discarding his spade, and ruffed
out dummy's last spade. Then
he led trump, and the defend
ers found that they could win
only one club trick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
. BARBS

Cutters win just about as Of
ten as winners quit.
The way things look now, the
winter season will bring more
and more Staying parties in
Russia.
Free mail makes postage
stamps about the only thing that
won't take a licking from our
men in service.
A printer in Colorado won his
seventh marathon race. Proving
he's no plea.
Alibis work much better il
you remember to tell them the
same the second time.
1t isn't what father plunks
down for a harp for his daugh-
ter-its the plunking ever after.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
FESTIVE LABOR

Walter Reuther, who seems to be the outono-
bile unions principal spokesman has warned the
War Labor Board that labor is restive He made no
threots but sold os foct thot wage roise and
nornic security are prerequisites to peace on the
outonotive labor front, war or no Wor
When he spoke the average weekly pay enve-
lope in the outomotive industry was $5l OF for q
Is. 5-hour week. The average weekly envelope in
the oircroft industry, oIso UAW-CIO stronghold,
was $4498 for 47.7-hour average week. The "un-
ion security phrase meant closed shop
So. says Mr.. Reuther without roise and clos
ed shop, he doesn't think his men can keep their
minds on the war. Does the membership subscribe to
this viewpoint?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

There was h to pay at War
ners. Humphrey Boz art. the
toughest guy on the lot, was un-
dergoing a case of pique. With
his left fist he had grabbed a
terrified press agent by the shirt
front; with his right he was
menacing the fellows chin with
a rolled up newspaper. And in
the deadly tone that has sound
ed the doom If many a movie
villain, he was demanding:
"Whaddya mean by crack
like that?"
Bogart had read a story in
the newspaper to the effect
that just as Clara Bow had 1T"
and Ann Sheri dan had
"Oomph," Humphrey Boga
had Div"
"Where's that dictionary I
asked for?" he roared. One was
supplied by the prop man and
Bogart seized it, thumbed fur
iously to the BIS and drew a
quivering index finger down
the page.
HOLD 1T, PAL
''Wait a minute, DOGGY" urg-
ed the intended victim. Don't
you get the idea? 'Biv' is just a
contraction for 'ambivalence'."
The executioner pause d.
Flows that again."
"A m bivalence. A-m-b-i-v-a-
l-e-n-c-e."
Bogart consulted the diction-
airy again. "Oh, yeah. 'Ambiva-
lence: Simultaneous attraction
toward and repulsion from an
object, person or action. Also,
simultaneous attractiveness and
responsiveness of such a object,
person or action"
"See?" said the press agent
hopefully.
1T says I'm repulsive, don't
it,"
mo, you don't get the idea.
The way DR.. Popenoe explains
it In that newspaper story. ;"
Who's this guy Popovitch?"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
EN- HOLLYWOOD

"Popenoe. DR.. Popenoe. He
the psychologist. Head of the
Los Angeles Institute of Family
Relations. This guy who says
you're ambivalent."
"Hows he know" asked Bo-
CART suspiciou-ly. Il never even
met the guy"
UNSAFE FOR WOMEN
The press agent started to re-
treat and then said, Look" He
carefully removed the newspa-
per from Bogart's hesitating
fist, unrolled it and started to
read: 'Ambivalence,' said DR..
Popenoe, is that quality in a
man which simultaneously in
spires fear and love in wom-
an - or love through fear. 1t
is what a woman doe not mean
when she says Ian is perfect
ly safe to be out with.
Don't forget Clark Gable, "
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
. Literary
Guidepost .
By JOHN SELBY

If you have never read a
novel by Angela Thirkell you
could not find a better introduce
ton than her latest, which is
called "Marling Hail." and for
tunately is just like the others
in feeling, if not in story. The
point of it all is that what is
important in a Thirkell novel
is neither the plot nor the set
ting, which are not particularly
brilliant as rule, but the peo-
pie. She has the knack of pre-
senting England's Astounding
subjects for caricature in ex-
actly the proper light. Her dia-
logue is always witty and her
approach just funny enough to
Justify the proceedings. If you
want, you may call her fem
mime p. G.. Wodehouse-but
that's none too &C cur a e..
(Knopf; $500
Armine Won Tempski runs to
the sultry style of fiction, as
Thunder in Heaven" proves.
It's about a couple of doctors,
one a specialist from New York
who has been driven away from
his practice without justifica-
ton, and the other half-white
Hawaiian who practises on a
Observation-Disclosures and girl. The
girl is named April Wilde, which
will tell you something about
the girl and something about
the novel as we'll. Miss Won
Tempski makes generous use of
Hawaiian atmosphere here, as
she did in Born in Paradise"
DUEL. Sloan & Peace; $2.75)
There is always a market for
the sort Of soft, wind-bell jing-
ling prose that Elizabeth Goudge
writes. There will be a market
for The Blue Hills" too. This
novel is warm enough to be
used as a hot brick at your feet
through the coming oil-less win
ter. II is richly sentimental, full
of drawing rooms fragrant with
roses and potpourri, girls lift
ing starry faces, chintz-covered
arm-chairs and mares named
Christmas Rose. The period is
35 or 40 years ago, and Aunt
Ophelia will just love it. Cow
ard Mccain; So
Kathleen Norris operates in
the publishing business as the
champion of the well-arranged
marriage. Her heroines may oc-
casionally listen to the chap
with the black moustache who
breaches unhallowed love, but
you can bet they run for home
in good time. Loveday Guerney
does in "An Apple for Eve
which is Mrs. Norris latest.
wish that someday Mrs. Norris
would look the other way for q
minute. doubleday, Doran; 81
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
the press agent added,

the press agent added.
What's he got to do with it,"
Il guess you didn't read that
far. DR.. Popenoe says Gable S
got 'Biv,' too"
Yeah? Well, the way I fig
ure it, it makes us both look like
a couple of 81, NOR boys
Humphrey Bogart might have
resorted to violence but Direct
or Lloyd Bacon called him back
before the camera.
The press agent vanished
from the set.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
, SO THEY SAY

It is Just as important to en-
tice laborers back to the farm
to produce food as it was to en-
tice them to the factories to pro-
duce war materials. - Repre-
sentative Paul Brown.
For sume 1000 years the direc-
ton of civilization has been for
ward toward freedom. and
worth of the h u m a n be-
ing. All this is in process of
being crushed by the most pow
erful nation in Europe and the
most powerful nation in Asia
DR.. Frank P. Graham, president
University of North Carolina.
It seems to me a primary po-
litical principle that wherever
you have something which is
universally needed, but which is
governed as q monopoly, that
monopoly should be taken over
by the state.-Archbishop of
Canterbury.
The women's vote this year
will be more important than
ever before. With so many of
our men at the front, it is ap-
parent that the women's vote in
all probability will exceed that
of the men.-George B. Rowell,
chairman Massachusetts Repub-
lican State Committee.
We cannot win the war with
part of the nation sacrificing and
another part benefiting. We can
not win the war with part of our
resources in action, another idle.
Gov. Payne Rather Of Kansas.
We shall have to work out a
system by which the world is
safe and at peace il we are to be
safe and at peace. The reasons
are hardboiled military facts
Louis A. johnson, presidential
secretary.
In terms of time damage the
greatest thief of war production
is illness.-V. A. thinner, direc-
tor of u. S. Department of La
boris division of Labor Stand
ards.
The more we take in older
men, the less will be the endur-
ance and fighting qualities OF
the Army. Rep. James w.
Wadsworth.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
FOR BETTER, OR WORSE

Like it or not, American business oin't whot 1t
used to be- And probably never will be oeo'n. On-
ouestionoby there ore both good and bod IN tnot
foct The very men who have engineered the cnon9es
neoret some Of the results The bteres dehords con-
cede certain benefits.
Ever more rapidly under the lash Of totol war the
voice Of management is becoming fainter along the
industrial 'front.' Except for the broodest motters OF
policy stockholders and managers now have ''tt'e
70 SOW about how their business shall be run.
Il used to be that q or q group deciding TO
40 into promising business would rose the money!
ocouire the plant hire workmen in competitive
market, manufacture their product, sell in conPet-
tive market, and pocket the profits.
Now, assuming thot prorities would permit IN
ououroton Of new enterprise, only the first two OF
the six steps under control Of the enterPreneurs
Hovino their copto and their plant, they must
hire workers under the rules Of whichever union con-
trolls their field If there happen to be two unions bot
tIino over Jurisdiction, there is likely to be trouble
right owoy.
The unions, with government backing, decide
who can be hired, how much shall be pod. how many
hours shall be worked and under what conditions
If the workmen oren't capable. or ore lozy or
insoent, thot is the employers hard luck He cont
fire them. Tomorrow, the next doy, in all prob
obty, the won't even be able to quit it the To-
Dor freezing program is carried out
When the product is ready for Market its top
price is fixed Suppose costs have moved UP. Moth
ina can be done but write the loss into the books in
red ink.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
Answers

4. Yes, since trains are
crowded and there are often not
enough red caps at station to
take the baggage of all passen-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

In pair events the runner-up
position is the most pathetic,
because you realize the oppor-
tunities you missed to win. But
in the knockout team-of-four,
the runner-up position is an en-
viable one. You had to 60
through the field, knocking out
team after team, and even
though you lose in the final
round, you still feel that you
accomplished a lot. The team
of E. N. Marcus and Charles
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03

The problems of the small
business man are again in the
Washington limelight-at least
temporarily. The Senate Com
mittee to Study and Survey
Problems of Small Business,
headed by Senator James E.
Murray of Montana, is holding
hearings to see what has hap
pened to their baby since they
turned il over to the nursing of
the Smaller War Plants Corp
grafton.
This SWPC, you'll recall, was
set up by act of Congress last
June as q part of the War Pro-
duction Board. But after these
early October hearings the COM
mittee will suspend until you
guessed it-after election. Poll
tics still survives, even though
in the meantime small business
may perish.
Currently the Smaller War
Plants Corporation has been
ducking miscellaneous dead cats
thrown in its general direction
because in the four months of it's
existence it has been able to let
only three contracts, aiding only
about a dozen of the 169, 900
small manufacturers scattered
throughout the land.
The National Small Business
Mems Association, leading
trade organization of the little
fellows, has issued blast
against SWPC for its delay, and
Lou E. Holland, director Of
SWPC, has admitted that the in
tricacies of procedure have been
more than he bargained for.
But the 10000 small manu-
facturers represent only about 6
per cent of the total of 2,700, 900
small business concerns. SWPC
Is empowered to aid only the
small manufacturers even when
it does get going.
In the meantime what is hap
pening to the $4,000 wholesal-
ers, the 1,614,O0O retailers, the
$4,000 service companies such
as laundries and dry cleaners,
the 100000 building companies
the 10000 places of amusement
and the $4,000 hotels? They're
all small businesses, too, and
they wall that nobody in Wash
ington is doing anything about
them except to deliver funeral
orations after they pass out.
Even in boom times small bus
mess firms die like flies, and are
born the same way. Some enter
prising citizen of every COM
munity is always getting the bug
to 60 into business for himself
usually on a shoestring. He op'
ens-a beanery or gas station anc
as often as not folds up before
the year is out.
In 1889 and 1910 recorded
business failures numbered ovel
1000 a month. All through the
Coolidge and Hoover booms the,
numbered over 10000 a year
In 1892 they reached peak o.
nearly $4,000, with liabilities o.
nearly $1,O0O,O0O,00O.
But even such colossal fail
ures as these are mere CHECKER
feed to the failures that are an
ticipated for the next year
Wayne Chatfield Taylor, under
secretary of commerce, estimate
the number of retailers alon'
which may be forced out of bus
ines before end of next year ma.
reach ,O0O-10 times the fail
ures of 1892.
What can be done in the fac
of all this woe?
When the Murray COMMITTEE
resumes its hearings-after tn
election-it will continue SEES
sions for a month. Its aim is L
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
TAIkT FUNNY

Daniel T. Dunn running for one Of two Demo-
cnotic nominations from his district to the Mosso-
ehusetts legislature died eight doys before the pri-
U,ories.
Nevertheless, in his own town Of Palmer popu-
lotion 5000 he received 81 votes and his still Iiv-
Ing sfickst+note only IT, In two towns in the dis
;}cief heled his ticket-mote
fjooring such q toIe it is difficult to cherish many
cne os to The attention voters ordinarily give to
~ my nominate and elect to public office
p b treated like other soldier. Clark Gable
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03

II there ore profits along come corporation taxes,
the surtox and variety of other toxes and there go
the profits If there are losses thot is everybody
hard luck.
Some Of the laws and regulations that take man.
ooenent away from ownership ore vtoy necessary
wortime measures. Some others are unquestionobly
beneficial social restrictions.
PerhoPs-you don't like The new setuP. Perhaps
you look hopefully toward happier times.
However you feel, you might just as we'll accept
the situation. It's here, and in large port to stoy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03
eMIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tons, then checking against
the authoritative answers
below:
/. Is Aren't" you & a n ! n g
weight" a tactful remark to
make to a woman?
2. If someone leaves a num-
Der for you to call and you re-
ceive it much later than you
should have, is it necessary to
make an explanation when you
finally put in the call
3. If you take guests to a
movie houl d you make 1t q
point to get there before the
feature begins?
4. If you see an acquaintance
you haven't seen in a long time
is it tactful to say why aren't
you in the Army"
S. Is it nee essary to say
please ana uiahA you W Q
haio!
what would you 90 IL
Friends drop in during the
evening and stay past the time
you had set for your bedtime
va 1 .,u. =. A..
W. HeeP "' >
to> 49, 10. +h.n, s,,snect vo,,
W. 90 onx;o,,s - have tben
Leave
Arxwerx
I No Almost ALWAYS il is re-
sented
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Yes.
Best What Would You Do
solution-(c)
l. Should traveller wipe ou'
the washbowl in the dressing
room of a train when he finishes
using 1t?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-03

S. Ask the hotel to recon-
mend another one to you.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(b). This is even more
important now than in normal
times as trains are often late.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-02-27
IIIl[IIElElI!NE
~ I.l:I

E. W.: 1 have been passing time
with a fellow who has a wife but
she doesn't live here. She only
comes to town once every six
months. She lives with a man in
another town. When she comes in
town he deserts me and won't come
near me while she is here, but
when she leaves he is right back.
Now, does she have him tricked
or is he ignorant or is he just
trying to put a big hat on me al
together?
Ans: He's still in love with his
wife and would be the happiest
man alive if she were to return to
him permanently. You are second
choice. Naturally, when she comes
to town, he fOrgets everyone but
her. Under these circumstances
you couldn't ever expect to find
true happiness with him. Next
time she comes to town and he
drops you find you a beau and
give him something to worry about,
too.
F. B.: Now l need your help.
My husband and have been with
my parents and my mother and
don't get along. What would you
say for US to do? Can we get
along on what he is making?
Ans: Your mother is fed up
with you and your husband impOs-
ing on her and then fussing be-
cause you aren't pleased with the
way the house is run. You can't
blame her get out and find you
a small fat of your own. If you
can't make ends meet on what he
is making find a job and help
out yourself. All of you will be
happier in different surroundings.
F. S.: Pm a soldier and truly in
love with two girls. What 1 really
need now is a wife and I know it.
Should I marry either of these
girls before the war is over, and
if so, which one? L love them
both.
Ans: Best that you wait until
after the war before getting mar
ried. At this time you don't know
which one you love the best ..
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-02-27
Wild Flower Carries Own
Central Heating Plant

A remarkable Swiss wild flower
called "soldanella," able to melt
tunnels through several inches Of
solid ice to let its flowers out into
the air and sunshine In the spring,
has claimed the attention of Amer
lean scientists.
During the spring months in
Switzerland these flowers may be
seen waving over the surface Of an
unbroken ice field at the edge Of
the glaciers as though they were root
ed in ice and snow instead of soil.
Actually, the roots Of the plant are
In the earth underneath. The how-
ers are sent up through small tubes
or tunnels melted through the ice
by the heat Of the plant itself. Starch
from the leaves literally Is burned
In the plant to make heat.
While 1t is common knowledge
that plants breathe, few realize that
many plants can see" Plants turn
toward the light, which Is as nec-
essary TO them as 1t Is to ourselves.
Some plants, such as the common
clover, are more highly developed
than might be thought from a mere
turning toward the light. Nearly all
leaves act as lenses Of such excel
lence that photographs can be, and
actually have been, taken using por-
tons Of leaves in the camera in
place Of ordinary Photographic
lenses. In nature these leaf lenses
concentrate the light upon the cells
in the leaf so as to drink in the life
giving sunlight Plants growing in
shady places, where the light is least
have these leaf lenses most highly
developed to get the greatest value
from 1t.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-02-27

both girls care for you and have
proven it. Continue on and as time
goes on try to decide between the
two. You really don't need a wife
while you are in service and can't
be with her that one that loves
you the best will surely wait.
M. 2. R.: My nephew is II and
doesn't have a mother or father.
He lives with me and his older
sister and we all love him very
much, but he is hard-headed and
doesn't like to work, just likes to
walk the streets and play around.
Please tell US what to do?
Ans: The boy needs a job very
bad right now 4. he's just at the
age if he doesn't get a job right
away, he will get into the habit of
lOafing and won't be satisfied do
ing anything else. Offer to send
him to a trade school if necessary
=. talk to him in a business-ike
manner and help him. Both you
and his sister can afford to spend
a little money to get the boy pre-
pared to work. Whatever you
spend will be money well spent
and the chances are you will get
it back in years to come. He needs
to stop running around with the
gang he is with take him to
church on Sundays.
NJ. H. G.: Please give me some
advice. I am not satisfied living
here in this city, want to go back
to my native home to live. Now
1 have home of my own and want
to know if I should leave this man
and go back, as he won't come with
me?
Ans: This same problem has
been before you for the past five
years and you have allowed your
self to be upset about it all these
years. Go back if you think you
can find happiness there. The man
in question does not intend to make
a change. If you go .. don't de-
pend on his joining you as he is
well satisfied with city life. Natu-
rally you are going to be happier
where you can see your children
occasionally.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-02-27
Marry Soon or Wait

University of California graduates
marry at once or wait from six to ten
years. according to Robert Sibley,
alumni director.
OF the men. 28.7 per cent marry
within a year of graduation, the per-
centage for women being 34.2 Dur
ing the second year after receiving
diplomas 1875 per cent of the men
and 1877 per cent Of the women mar
ry. Between the sixth and tenth
year the percentage for men is 21.2
and that for women 20.4.
The average family Of an alum
nus or alumna is SO persons. This
compares with 2.58 for college grad
yates throughout the country and
S.61 for all families. The average
age of NC. alumni is ST. years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-02-27
Even His Bees Failed

Here's a story which should win
the first prize at an Ananias club
contest. It was told by A. Shinlkle,
now of Arcadia, Calf. who lived
many years in Dawson. He started
a ranch, intending to stay Outside,
but termites got into the house,
bugs in the plants, disease killed
his chickens, the COW became sick,
the horse died, crops failed, fruits
frosted but he still had his bees.
Then the old Queen Bee fell in love
with a horsefiy, they married and
Matched a big flock Of queer bees
which made honey tasting like
horseradish. Shinkle has decided to
quit farming and 60 to mining in the
Yukon again.