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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
High|ights from
the Latest Books

The Army can be fun and
Army life is full of laughs, re-
ports Marion Hargrove in "See
Here, Private Hargrove" (Holt:
So, one of the best and wittiest
chronicles of the draftee's life.
Private Hargrove's private war
with sergeants ends Dec. 7. The
final chapters are more serious.
MOSES THE MAN
The B ible disposes of the
early life of Moses, leader of the
Jews, in half chapter. w. C.
Hardy now supplies fictional
revelations of that neglected BIZ
ography in "All the Trumpets
Sounded" ward Mccain:
$2.75), the story of the life of
Moses as the adopted son of the
Egyptian princess.
This is tale that has long
needed telling and the antiquity
of its setting robs it of none of
its love, adventure and superb
human drama.
PIRATE AND HERO
No. 1 on the list of swash-
buckling adventure, duels, sea
battles and romance is Thomas
B. Costain's For My Great
Folly" putnam: S2.75).
Roger Blease goes to sea with
John Ward, English pirate, in
the days when King James rul-
ed the Isles and Spain ruled
the seas. Roger gets all the fight
ing he could ask for, in 500
pages of one of the best histori-
cal novels of the year.
SPOTLIGHT ON NIPPON
"Year of the Wild Boar" by
Helen Mears Uippincott: S2.75O
is an intensely interesting study
of life in modern Japan.
The author, who writes with
great keenness and wit. spent
many months in Tokyo where
she was swept into the inner life
Of the city like Alice through
the looking glass. and with
much the same confusion. Ev-
erywhere she found the same
psychological and physical con-
flicts between the old and the
new in this nation which has
been intellectually fascist for
hundreds of years.
Briefly noted:
December THE First 30
Hours (Knopf: So. Reporters
history of Americas entrance
into war. Well done and i'm
portant to recall many events
missed in the excitement.
City Lawyer" by A r thur
Garfield Hays (Simon and
Schuster: So. The autobiogra-
ply Of an able attorney. cover.
ing everything from the Scopes
trial in Tennessee TO the Reich
stag fire.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04

The Russians lack courage, Noz Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbes has explained to the
German people, They have to be pushed into bottle
by commissors with revoIvers. They find million
Germans in front less terrifying than few thousand
commssors in the rear.
This intriguing thesis might serve as the boss for
any number Of speculotions For instonce-whot he
men those oomnissors must be, that each is more
compelling from behind than few hundred thou
sands of Woden's most oryon sons in front!
Perhaps it will suffice to porophrose Abraham
Lncon's remark about IS. Grant and his whisky
drinking. Let's find what StoIin gives his cowords to
nnoke them fight they do, and send cases of the
same to all the onti-oxis armies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

quently the actor found the di-
rector perched in the tall, blue
chair. Neither hints, outright
remands nor scurrllous remarks
could-ge him out of it.
The other morning Fonda
found Wellman in a tall, white
chair with Director" lettered
on the back. Fonda was pleased
at first, but suspicion dawned
when he discovered his own
blue chair was missing. He got
some paint remover, rubbed it
on an arm and found a layer of
blue enamel under the white.
Next morning j, had disappear
ed but was replaced by a child's
high chair bearing the direct
or's name. Wellman couldn't
squeeze into it. Now both he and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04

shots in bridge meant nothing to
Pvt. Melvin Lohell and Mrs. E.
M. Goddard, who won the mixed
pair event.
Today's hand helped our SOL
dier boy win the tournament.
With the South cards, he played
three no trump. The opening
lead brought out the jack and
queen of spades. East exited
with a heart, though a club lead
would have causet the declarer
more trouble. Dummy won with
tn jack of hearts and led a dia-
mond to the king. Lobel. now
a diamond toward dummy,
and when West played low the
eight was put on. The object of
this play was to be sure of four
diamond tricks. Declarer could
afford to lose trick in the suit.
provided that East won it instead
of w st.
Lobcll was rewarded for his
care when the duck turned out
to be winning and very neces-
sary finesse. He crashed four no
trump, while the contract Of
thr was lost at other tables be-
cause declarer assumed the dia-
monds to be solid.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
BY PETER EDISON
M0nitOr-Leader Washington
COrresuOndent

The great feud between War
Production B oard Chairman
Donald M. Nelson and Lieut.
Gen. Brehon Somervell, COM
mander of the Services of Sup
ply, was over almost before il
got started. Main bone of con-
tention was who was to, allocate
raw m teri s. For about a
week, the status of their rela-
tons was largely one of the
General wanting TO tell that ex-
Sears Roebuck clerk where to
head in, and Mr.. Nelson want
ing to tell the soldier he would
have to make up his mind
whether he just wanted to run
things, or whether he wanted
to win the war.
In the end, the two got to-
gether at lunch. Nelson issued
the invitation, but it was held
in the Generals office and the
menu was all of Nelson's fav-
orite dishes. even to fruit salad
with lots of Russian dressing.
The official word today is
that all differences of opinion
have been smoothed over. WPB,
meaning Nelson, has veto power
over the Joint Army-Navy Mu-
nitions Board, instead of the
other way around, which is
the way the General wanted il
at first. So there is unity on the
war production effort, and Mel
son is running the show - al
least until the Army gets on Its
high horse again.
Curious sidelight about the
WPB VS.. Army argument is that
Senator Truman's committee in
vestigating national defense has
persistently backed Nelson, in
sisting that he, and not the arm
ed forces, run the war produc-
ton effort.
FUEL FOR THE FIRE
Just after gasoline rationine
program went into effect, the
staff of the rationing division
in the Office of Price Admins
tration had an informal dinner
to relax from the strain of or
ganiZing one of the toughest adj
ministrative problems any gov
eminent bureau ever tackled.
Feature of the dinner was an
impromptu, satirical speech by
one of the top men. He review
ed, in mock seriousness, the re-
quirements for getting extra
gasoline rations - organization
of car pools, sharing rides with
three other people living and
working in the same vicinities,
etc. Then came the gag lines:
Next" said the speaker, in
effect, will be fuel oil ration
ing. How can a home owner get
extra rations of fuel oil? The
answer, my friends, is easy. Can
the applicant for an x or B OF
c fuel oil card prove he has
formed a pool? Is he sharing his
bed with at least three other
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04

To use the vulgar expression,
you amt seen nothing yet. -
Leon Henderson, federal price
administrator.
We Norwegians are fully
aware that not only continents
but also oceans are links be-
tween nations and we would
regard il as great disaster il
the United States of America
were again to isolate herself
from Europe. - DR.. Arne Ord
ing. adviser to the Norwegian
Foreign Office.
Because our transportation
system has functioned so we'll
does not prove that it can keep
doing so indefinitely. There are
serious dangers ahead. - Joseph
B. Eastman. director, Office of
Defense Transportation.
II il werent for the bits Of
metal flying about, the desert
would be a healthy place.-Sen-
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
STUDYING INITIATION

President Roosevelt is making study Of intlotion
This is supposed to be in preparation TOR action IN
some form or other, perhaps new executive oroer
perhaps accommodations to Congress, perhaps 0oth
With the foct-finding facilities at his disposal,
the President will not have to rely upon what every
man knows And yet, we wonder what his researchers
will produce other than elaboration upon few tundo
mental sets Of focts?
First the factories that used to make consumer
goods now are making armament and munitions ana
supplies for the fighting forces To do this, they are
employing every worker they can get
Therefore we have more money but fewer con-
sumner goods. This year, as nation we shall nave
close to 10 billion dollars Of income, but not more
than 10 billion dollars worth Of goods on which to
spend it.
Thot leaves 40 billions for savings, including war
bonds for taxes and for initiation Out of that 40 bill
lions we can and will pay excessive prices for anything
we want and can buy unless Leon Henderson can keep
prices down. That will not lead to initiation. That will
be infIotion.
Second, Mr.. Henderson has imposed ceilings on OIL
most everything But not on farm products, and not
on wages.
. Third, prices already are very high. Paced by the
sprint in agricultural commodities the most recent
bosic commodity price index Of the Labor Department
shows that prices generally have risen more than
two-thirds since August, 1889
Fourth, the wages paid to workers-whether COM
puted hourly, daily, weekly or yeory-ore at an oil
time high Almost group has failed to profit from
this The War Labor Boord has set IS per cent above
the level of JAM 1o4l, as the point at which wages
are to be peeged.
Fifth, all these and other economic developments
ore based upon efforts to maintain the American
stondord Of living, and if possible to improve it, But
we can't do thot until we have beaten Hitler. The
standard Of living depends upon usoble goods not
on paper or metal bearing mystic symbols imprinted
by the Treasury. The goods with which to maintain
our standard Of living do not exist, and cannot be
manufactured so long as fighting the axis.
In the words Of who should know: "Our
standard Of living will have to come down Who said
thot? President Roosevelt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

people? And if four people are
not sleeping in his bed, can he
justify his right to sleep alone?"
What to do with the veterans
of the last war who are now on
relief in Civilian Conservation
Corps camps is one of the tough
est problems in demobilizing
the CCC. But in New York state,
a deal is being considered which
may solve the problem in part.
1t is a proposal to transfer some
of the veterans camps to the
Works Progress Administration.
WPA thought this up, and it
may 60 through.
Principal difficulty is that
WPA hasn't any too niue h
money, itself. Congress cut its
appropriation to 1882 million,
which means WPA must cut its
enrolment from $4,000 to
around 100000. WPA already
has 100000 veterans of the last
war on its rolls. CCC now has
about 500 veterans. If entire
camps and projects can be trans
ferred to WPA, we'll and good.
Otherwise the CCC veterans
will have to 60 to work in pri-
vate industry, or wait their
turns for a place on .WPA.
FUNDS VS.. FACTS
Merger of the Office of Facts
and Figures under Archibald
MacLeish and the Office of
Government Reports under Lo-
we'll Mellett into the new Office
of War Information under Ell
mer Davis was pushed through
by the Budget Bureau in order
to save those two organizations
from Congress, it now comes
out. MacLeiSh and Mellett had
taken terrible criticism from
ongres sional appropria-
ton committees. Many congress
men felt both organizations
were useless and wasteful of the
taxpayers money. Administra-
ton advisers felt it would be
difficult to get new appropria-
tons, and the decision was
therefore made to lump the
OGR and OFF functions in with
Owl, in order to keep them
alive.
u. S. bombers have been shot
down over both japanese and
German-held territory, but the
Army Air Force still doubts
that. the axis has its famed and
secret bomb sights. For one
thing, when plane crashes,
this bomb sight is so shattered
that it would be impossible to
put it together again. Also, there
is the oath which every bomb
ardier must take before he is
even permitted to look at this
weapon
''In the presence of the AL
mighty God I do solemnly swear
and affirm that l will accept
the sacred trust placed in me by
my Commander in Chief, the
President, by whose direction 1
have been chosen for~bombard-
Ter training. l pledge myself to
live and act according to the
code of the bombardiers of the
Army Air Force. l solemnly
swear l will keep inviolate the
secrecy of any and all conf
dental information revealed to
me, and in the full knowledge
that l am a guardian of one of
my governments most priceless
military assets, do further swear
to protect the secrecy of the
American bomb sight, if need
be, with life itself"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
A LITTLE COMPETITION

Mr. Harold l. lckes insists thot trouble will come
out Of the OPA's decision to eliminate gasoline dealer
rotionine in the new Eost Coast system. He is ofrod
price cutting will result.
The public does not share that feor A little price
competition is appreciated by consumers But more
tIson that, the motoring public has the notion that
evuIobIe gasoline should be distributed where il can
- used and not left to lie idle in some areas while
41asass suffer sscs drought The regulation is
bed 70 remedy that evil.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 - All
over the lot: An odd mixture
of horror and hilarity is found
on the set of 1.-The Oxbow In
cident," but never at the same
time. The story, following the
novel by Walter Won Tillburg
Clark, packs action and sus-
pense plus the grimmest sort of
tragedy, for it tells of the hang
ing by a posse of three inno-
cent men thought to have COM
mitted a murder. But the direc-
tor is William Wellman, and
Wild Bill is a ribber.
Lately there has been a feud
between Wellman and Henry
Fonda over the latter's extra
long-legged folding chair. FIRE.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Several years ago the Pocono
at Buckwood Inn, located at
Shawnee on-Delaware, a few
miles from Delaware Water Gap.
At that time a great rlany Life
Masters turned out, and now
each year this tournament has
one of the strongest fields in the
country. This yea IL Life Mas
tiers and more than 40 National
Masters participated, but big
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-04
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY

Some of The Monitors cor
respondents must be dead.
Ullrich & Crocker's bank has
been handsomely decorated.
so YEARS AGO TODAY
1882
The wet spring and summer
has started new bitches all over
the south of the county.
Joseph Tucker, Pearl street,
has added five and ten cent
counter to his store.
Evening star., 1942-09-07

The sensational motion picture of
the battle of Midway Island, which
Comdr. John Ford, U. S. N. r.,
filmed during the actual battle. will
be released by the Navy for exhibi-
ton within the next 10 days, it
was announced today by Francis
Harmon, co-ordinator of the War
Activities Committee of the motion
picture industry. 1t will be shown
soon in all downtown Washington
theaters.
The film was transmitted to the
committee by the United States
Navy Department through Lowell
Mellett, chief of the Motion Picture
Division, once of War Information.
Secretary Knox and Mr.. Mellett ar
ranged to provide 500 prints for
theatrical release. The Program
Committee of the theaters division
approved the release of THE Battle
Of Midway" during September to
provide theaters with an additional
blast of ammunition to build war
bond sales for the billion dollar
drive.
THE Battle of Midway" is 1900
feet long and is in technicolor. 1t
was taken on 16-mm Kodachrome
by Comdr. John Ford and Navy
associates who were on Midway
Island when this American outpost
was attacked by the Japs. Comdr.
Ford, climbing to the top of a power
house, exposed to bombs and shrap-
mel, continued to shoot the picture
even after he was wounded in the
arm.
A private screening for motion
picture industry leaders in New
York brought gasps and grim indig-
nation from the spectators. The
film, 1t is believed, will fire Ameri-
cans with eagerness to buy bonds
and with pride in the American vic
tory in the Midway battle.
Exhibitors planning War bond
premieres" or other War bond &C
tivities will find that Battle Of
Midway" will speak message
powerful and profoundly effective
for bond selling.
The commentary is by Donald
Crisp, Henry Fonda and Jane Dar-
we'll In the film are named and
Evening star., 1942-09-07

Hollywood comic whose technique
reminds many of Will Rogers, has
been signed to play leading role
in the Theater Guilds production of
Mr.. Sycamore" 1t will be Erwin S
first appearance on Broadway, and
the opus Is one of the subscription
plays scheduled to be seen here.
Ernest Truck is being sought for
the lead role, and Lillian and Doro-
thy Gish are among others desired
for the company. Adaptation by
Ketti Frings tells about a postman
who turns himself into a tree be-
cause he is tired of the dull routine
of his life.
X \
Manager Harry Somerville an
nounces a special Labor Day per-
formance tonight of the Willard
Roof Players popular revival of the
absurd old melodrama, From Rags
to Riches" This Is in no way a
departure from the established pol
icy of private showings on alternate
Monday nights for servicemen when
Evening star., 1942-09-07

for more than three seasons on
Broadway
Meanwhile Oscar Serlin had be-
gun production plans. In despera-
ton, Howard Lindsay, co-arthur of
the adaptation, decided to play the
role himself. His wife, Dorothy
Stickney, played Mrs. Day. They
are still in the parts, at the moment
taking well-earned vacations.
Washington saw one performance
of Life With Father" as a benefit
for the National Infantile Paralysis
Foundation. The presence of
juveniles in the cast prevents It's
regular booking here under the
rigidities of the child labor laws.
But, sooner or later, it will be along
on the F street screens. Bids are
sought, and since most of the large
production companies are anxious to
get the script, its ultimate fate must
be Hollywood. Since the public ver-
dict is already in and overwhelm-
ingly favorable, there Is every rea-
son to believe that motion picture
audiences will accept this whole
some comedy on the same values,
with stars scrambling for the
rights to play the leads.
A stroke of good luck for the
United States Navy, yea history,
put Comdr. John Ford, erstwhile of
Hollywood and one of the industry's
greatest directors, in the crows
nest of battleship with techni-
color camera, while the battle of
Midway was raging. While shells
were flying and the surface and air
craft were humbling Hirohitos
hordes, the. Ford cameras were
grinding.
Results are some of the finest
action pictures ever taken of actual
battle, memorable for United States
Navy Archives and posterity. The
public will soon see them on the
screens of all downtown theaters.
Another battle began in Washing
ton after they were cut and screened.
The Navy was jealous of sthis pre-
cious film, reserved the right to direct
its release. The newsreels were
eager to include some of this foot
age in their regular releases and,
through the Office of War Inform
alton, made formal request for the
privilege. Decision was finally made
by President Roosevelt in favor Of
the Navy. Advantage is that the
two reeler, packed with action, can
be shown simultaneously through
out the country with 500 prints
being utilized. 1t is expected that
at least $4,000, 900 Americans will
get a chance to do some real cheer
ing before they are called in. The
War Activities Committee, which
enlists 5000 motion picture thea
ters, will be in charge of the dis
tribution.
Paramount has decided to ignore
the protest OF the Spanish Embassy
against the filming of Ernest Hem
ingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Besides the heavy cost of the best
seller novel, production expenses
have boosted the budget for this
picture beyond the $4,000, 600 mark
1t is now being made by Director
Sam Wood with Gary Cooper and
Ingrid Bergman featured.
Protest of Franco diplomats Is
Evening star., 1942-09-07
| Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-''Vickie," new farce
by S. M. Herzig: Tonight at $50.
.-.. Screen.
Capitol 49, 'Footlight Serenade."
musicale with Betty Cradle and
Victor Mature: IL am, 1:45, 4:30,
Tbs and 10 pm. Stage shows:
1850, $40, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Columbia-"Mrs. Miniver," epic OF
an English family under fire: IL
am, 1:4O, 4:20, 7:05 and 9:45 pm.
Earle-"Across the Pacific" Hum
phrey Bogart and Mary Astor VS..
the Japs: 11:15 am, 1:55, 4:40, 7:15
and 9:40 pm. Stage shows: 1:20,
4:05, $40, 9:10 and 1925 pm.
Keith's-"Eagle Squadron" story
OF Yanks in the Raj: 11:15 am,
1:20, 3:25, 5:35, TAO and 9:45 pm.
Little-"Night Train" the English
thriller with Rex Harrison and Mar
garet Lockwood: II am, LAO, 4:30,
7:20 and 1915 pm. Woman
Alone, 1890, $40, sos and 9 pm
Metropolitan Talk of the
Town." the Cary Grant-Jean Ar
thur-Ronald Colman comedy: 1880
am, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:45 pm.
Palace - Somewhere I'll Find
You" Clark Gable and Lana Turner
as newshawks, more or less: ILLS
am, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05 and $40 pm
Pix-"ships With Wings" English
story Of tbs war: 2, <.bo. TAO and
10 pm.
Evening star., 1942-09-07

Since then it has crossed nearly
$4,000, 900 on its New York engage
ment, besides impressive sums cor
raled by road companies. Such as
Economical figures impress Holly
wood, and, more because the script
will probably be accepted in toto by
the Will Hays Office without bring
ing out the blue pencil. 1t is dialogue
and situation comedy clean enough
to play in any Sunday school.
Hollywood stars often demand the
right to pass upon scripts before
they act in them, and Life With
Father" illustrates their discern
ment Is fallible. This domestic
comedy about life in the Clarence
Day family was first tried out in the
summer theater at Skowhegan, Me.
The folks down East liked it, but
July-August audiences are presumed
to be tolerant and their judgments
are not accepted as final.
Messrs. Lindsay and Grouse shot
the script to Hollywood. They
wanted the prestige of name actor
IN the lead role, the irascible but
loveable middle-aged family tyrant,
who could be wound around the
finger by his wife, Winnie.
Roland Young was invited to play
the lead. He read it in manuscript
and decided in the negative. Then
it went to Walter Huston, who
scanned it very carefully on its pos
sibilities with himself as the star.
With Huston's thumbs turned down.
ward, the script went to the late
Walter Connolly, one of the finest
OF character actors. None of these
experienced Equity members could
see the pith of greatness in the
play, nor role that would endure
Evening star., 1942-09-07

based upon the fact the Heming-
ways characters have no affection
for Fascists and, in the novel, fight
for the Loyalist cause. Spanish in
fluence in the South American
countries may cause some ambar-
rassment when FWTBT is eventu-
ally released below the border
Objection recalls similar mega
tive vote when Farewell to Arms"
was transferred to the screen. The
italian government, then on speak
ing terms with Uncle Sam, asked
for some modification of the script
SO that no reflection would be cast
on the courage of Mussolini's hench-
men. They made some revision but
not enough to please Mussolini's
ENJOYS. BY the time Farewell to
Arms" was ready for general release
in Italy II Duce had set up such
tariffs on American features Holly
wood had withdrawn from this
market.
Stuart Erwin, that low-geared