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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. Cam
ada has gone much farther than
the United States in controlling
industrial manpower by compul-
sion. And yet, in the opinion OF
competent observers, even its
orders in council have not
proven drastic enough.
That is why Elliott M. Little,
dollar-a-year head of Canada's
selective service system, resign
ed, precipitating a crisis.
Director Little has done sue
cessfully veral things that
Americans are being told their
organized labor never will stand
for.
He has frozen $4,000 miners
and metal workers, represented
by two of the most touchy la
Dor unions in Canada, into their
industry. Twice he has shifted
sizeable attachments of workers
from less essential to more es-
sential industries. In both in
stances sensitive labor un o n
problems were involved.
WORKERS CONDEMNED
LABOR MINISTRY
He resigned because he was
not given the scope of authority
which he considered necessary
to go even farther in controlling
workers.
Yet, when his resignation was
reported, the heads of both ma
jor labor groups issued public
statements strongly approving
Director Little and condemning
Labor Minister Mitchell, his ad-
versary in the dispute.
Mr.. Little's success, saw OBJ
servers here, came from his skill
in making labor an active part
ner in the unpleasant jobs that
have to be done.
This was illustrated when the
International Nickel Company
OF Canada, upon which both this
Dominion and the United States
depend very largely for the stra-
tegic white metal, had to close
down one of its four smelters for
lack of ore. The sudden shortage
had arisen because TAB miners
quit their jobs within "a hours,
when the pay-as-you-earn pay
roll deduction became effective
for income tax purposes.
Anticipating mining difficult
ties, Mr. Little had persuaded all
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

Major Labor Groups Seek
More Drastic COmpulsiOn

metal producers to form q Do
minion wide manpower plan
ming committee. He informs this
group TAO competent miners
must be produced quickly.
DRAFTED MINERS
FROM GOLD CAMPS
The gold producers realized
that the public would consider
theirs the least vital mining
branch. So the industry commit
tee decided to move the neces-
sary men from the two principal
gold camps, Kirkland Lake and
Timmins, to the nickel mines.
The draft was allocated by a
generally acceptable formula
which required each mine to
give up its fair share.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
SAFETY FOR SOLDIERS
CHANUTE FIELD TIL

They're taking no chances
here-even with automobile
traffic cut down by gas ration
ing.
Every body of men marching
at night is equipped with amber
glass reflectors to be worn on
the belts Of the first and last
three men in the column. Stud
ent flight commanders also car
ry flash lights.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
INJURED IN FALL

Walter Eschenburg, 80. of 20
Lafayette, was taken to St. JOS
eph's hospital at 7::55 pm. after
he fell while crossing Walnut at
Macomb. He was treated and re-
leased.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
ONLY LOCAL
BUSINESS PROTESTED

The committee, howe ever,
worked out a down-grading sys-
tenn so that the men actually
released we're the lowest paid,
who would suffer least from the
transfer - and the only protest
came from local business inter-
ests, rather than from labor.
Mr.. Little resigned because
even such powers as those he
exercised did not enable him to
utilize Canada's manpower ef-
fectively for war purposes. And
organized labor, opposing accep-
lance of his resignation, wanted
him to stay on and supply the
broader powers he sought.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

Now, the industry committee
included an equal number of
labor and management represen-
tatives. When meetings of the
miners were called to tell them
what was proposed, and why,
their own leaders supported Mr..
Titles plan, and their own I'M
ions prepared and circulated lit
erature supporting the plan.
AS a result, altho ugh the
nickel company was very unpop-
ular with organized labor and
although the unions were in the
midst Of an intensive organiza-
tional campaign in the gold
mines, the full number of men
needed volunteered to 20 to the
nickel mines and among them
was the president of their local
of the United Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers.
When 1t was necessary to cur
tail production in certain paper
mills because of q power short
age - that industry, its man.
power planning committee or
ganized at Mr.. Titles request,
and like all such committees
half management and half labor
did the job.
Here the difficulty arose from
the fact that papermakers have
just about the greatest pay scale
in Canada. A fierce row might
have been created at shifting
hundreds of very highly paid
men to less remunerative en-
ployment.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-25
lofice of Election

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF KODIAK lLASKA
 Division No. Three, Territory
 Alaska
 Notice is hereby given that urSuant to Chapter F, Section 432 c. LA. 1883, a primary lection will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 1942 between the hours dS o'clock A. M. and 7 o'clock P M. of said day.
 The Common Council of Kodiak. Alaska having hereto fe, by ordinance duly desig- nted the polling place in said town, the electors are hereby Dti6ed:
 That all duly qualified voters rdding within the town of Kodiak Alaska will vote at the. iE hall building, located on. lill Bay road street, in and up- n Lot 4 of Block 2. which is Wned by City of Kodiak, the pme being the duly designated bling place in and for the town { Kodiak, Alaska.
 Dated this 27th hday of March Is42
 {Signed) THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF KODIAK |LLASKA
 By Catherine BIankenburq
 City Clerk.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-25
Classified

CASH s s$s CASH for oil stoves. furniture, guns, binoculars, cameras, diamonds, watches. See Bet tinger at H. Pinch. Jeweler, across from Mecca bar.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-25

FOR SALE-Modern trailer house, furnished, with income, in city. Sacrifice for $650 for quick sale. See to appreciate. @ See driver of Jimmie's Cab.
 3-21-ind-lp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-03

tons Of places AS guide polar projection map
Next all surface pictures of lands and waters,
in order emphasize the of what aviation
Air is divided into many different parts CONT
and oceans Air unit boundayless and universal
Air much larger than all and lands combined and
is available alike to all inland and coastal places every
where Therefore belere air The dominant realm for
transportation We know that there will always be need
for ships trains and vehicles but believe that the
relative value and effectiveness of all surface methods
will be determined according how we'll what
only air transportation makes possible.
Fortunately for our nations war effort the United
States has the worlds greatest system of Arlines AS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-03

THE WAR is forcing great changes in the lives Of
l. people all the EARTH Some temporary; others
will remain.
The greatest permanent change wil Yesnlt from tbe
Increasing use Of air Area for transportation Therefore
unnumbered millions of persons esudyng geography
But there is map of the invisible air
The land and miles that separate places remain the
But aplanes cancel the surface barriers and change the
proximity of places Inevitably, all peoples continue
become closer neighbors they will have direct inu
upon each other No phase of lives will be immune
to the effects of this propinquity.
The air map above shows nothing but the and loca
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-03

part of their warwork, they operating
many foreign lands. Another part the mante
of better air transportation service the
home production 'front.' Great these contributions
date in order win. Air transportation shoulder
much of the war burden.
But air efforts relax with viosry Immediate
development and expansion of Americas aviation is neces
sary also in order protect nation at the Peace
Conference Them either will be dominant in the air
-or we will be dominated in the postwar ar.world.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07

not. Where the OPA previously has regulated rents the presents order does not apply.
 o. I take in . single bOarder. >Am I affected by federal rent con- troI. A. Yes.
 Q. Does the new order apply to rentals in office buildings or ware houses? A. No, unless the space is rented to be used for living quar- ters. This would not affect the rest of the building, though.
 Q. In q new apartment house (compIeted after March 1) who determines the amount of the rent? A. The landlord. It is sub ject to review by the area rent director, however, and 8 refund can be ordered if the rents are found to be excessive.
 o. I have already signed a years lease calling for rent above that of March 1. Am I bound by the lease? A. No. Lease or no lease, you pay only as much as the landlord re- ceived for the same apartment March 1.
 o. Are there any remedies against a landlord who receives rent in excess of the established minimunns? A. Certainly. In ad- dition to criminal penalties, the tenant may sue the landlord for $50 or triple the amount by which the rent exceeded the established maximum, whichever is the larger sum.
 o. Does the act provide the ten- ant against eviction? A. Yes. It is unlawful for any person to remove a tenant or refuse to renew a lease because the tenant has taken or proposed to take action under rent control regulations.
 o. Are there any conditions under which a landlord can evict? A. Yes. For not paying the legal rent and for violating some local law. But the eviction must not be for the purpose of raising the rent.
 Food Prices
 o. Will ceiling prices of the ad- ditional foods for which ceiling prices were set Saturday remain at the levels at which they are now frozen? A. Probably not. Some of them may be rolled back to prices prevailing earlier in the year, some may be raised.
 o. Why were certain fresh fruits and vegetables, peanuts and fresh fish excluded from the maximum ceilings? A. Because it would be too difficult to enforce ceiling prices on those items. They only make up 10 per cent of the average family pOOd budget.
 o. What shall I do if a store is violating a price ceiling? A. Report it to your local war price and ra- tioning board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
} FATALITIES ON
 MERRITT PARKWAY
Decrease of Five Com- pared to Figures for
 September l94l

During the first nine months of this year, three automobile fatalt- ties occurred on the Merritt Park way as compared to eight during the same period last year, the Mo- tor Vehicles Department reports.
 Two deaths occurred on the park way at Norwalk and one at Stam- ford during that period this year. Last year from January through September, Merritt Parkway traffic deaths included one at Fairfield, three at Greenwich, two at New Canaan and two at Norwalk.
 The drop in parkway deaths re- fleets the sharp drop in through route travel this year. An indica- tion of this drop is a check made by the Highway Department with automatic traffic counters which showed travel on through routes was down 24 per cent prior to ra- tioning and 50 per cent during the first three weeks of June.
 Movement of vehicles on local or community roads showed the least decline according to the automatic counters with a reduction of 19 per cent before rationing, and 28 per cent for the first three weeks of June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
Heard in passing
Elm Elm

Heard in passing The Artists and Writers of Connecticut scheduled to hold meeting in the Middlebury Town Hall Sunday at D. with the fol- lowing speakers to address them: Lieut. Gov. Odell Shepard Secretary of State Mrs. Chase Going Wood house, Mrs Frances Redick, and Judge William Had don A small-type magazine has hit the news stands Its title is Predictions" its contents events of the future as seen by eminent authorities You'll
 like getting this closeup of what is likely to happen weeks and months from Sonny Skyler, vocalist with Vincent Lopez band at the Hotel Taft N Y o. is regarded as the tOps" among 1942's song writers His latest ove Over" shot into fame after only AS hours airing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
PLOYES GET
 200 CARL DADS IN 6. E. SCRAP HUNT

Schenectady, N. r., Oct. T (U. p = Salvaging in a big way is the goal of the General Electric Com pany this year. Everything from out-dated rubber stamps to an ob- solete power plant will be salvaged to bring the c. Els scrap contribu- tion to war production to 380 mill lion pounds.
 According to H. J. Beattie, head of the company's salvage depart ments, there will be enough waste material to fill every car in 100 average freight trains. Approxi- mately 30 per cent of the total ton- mage collected by the salvage de- partment is steel scrap, only one of many waste materials important in war production.
 Even waste paper is applicable and approximately 30 carloads of paper will be salvaged by General Electric to be shipped to mills manufacturing boxes for cart ridges.
 To further swell its scrap yield this year the company held treasure hunt" for war scarce material in conjunction with the nations Salvage for Victory cam paign. One plant alone turned in 2,500 obsolete rubber stamps and at another, an old power plant was dismantled to yield 27 carloads of scrap.
 All employees joined in searching offices, tool rooms, laboratories and even lockers, to clean house to clean Hitler" and produced 200 carloads of scrap in the hunt
 The salvage departments at the various plants are well equipped for speedy handling and operation methods have been so stepped up that materials can be readied for shipment within "A hours of col lection.
 Along with this salvage program the company's engineers, drafts men and method men constantly are developing new ways of reduc- ing waste in manufacturing, and the war workers in the factories have added their efforts by sugges- tions for increasing production and conserving vital materials. For the thousands of suggestions from it's workers adopted SO far this year, the company has paid out $100,00O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
Army Experts See Draft Slowing Next Year

France for armaments, materiais. food and other supplies. we were
 able to get about 100000 men to France and service them there. if
 the war had continued longer this number would have been greater; but not much.
 Tn this war we do not have France to help supply our expeditionary force. England's capacity is defi. 'nitely limited. Tn fact, Englailo and Russia depend upon us to heiE supply them. Therefore, 1t is agrede we must allocate a larger proportion of our naanpower to production, d larger proportion of OUT shipping 10 supplies. than in the first World War.
 Moreover. in the other war al. most all of our expeditionary force was in Europe, a relatively short haul as contracted with the trip to Australia, or to Africa, or 10 India or to Russia. The drain upon our shipping, per man sent abroad so fight. is correspondingly larger.
 All of these considerations, well known to Axis strategists and thoroughly realized by our own, serve to limit the number of men we shall want in uniform at any one time. The aggregate number. of course, will depend upon the duration of the war, the number of casualties to be released, the danger of our having to repel any actual invasion.
 SEE NEED FOR CALLING UP YOUTHS
 From all of these considerations, insiders derive their belief that we shall not continue much longer to call up selectees at the present pace, and that therefore provided Congress acts soon to satisfy the1 Army's desire for the IS and i0 year olders- married men with children probably will not be called for some time to come.
 They warn, however, that this is only their informed guess; that the situation may change almost that If it does, and more men are needed than are . otherwis available, they will call for every man who is capable of putting one foot ahead of another under weight of a stand- ard uniform plus rifle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
Good Evening.
UNCLE zEKE's GUN

It all seemed to hinge on Uncle zeke's gun, That's what had Detective Small on the run If he could just get hold of that Then the case would be settled flat. But until that Colt came to light, It was just anybodyS fight. Uncle Zeke shaking in his boots, All the whole family were in cahoots To tell as little they could, Talking too much, they Said did no good Of course none of the family was involved, But 1t looked like the murder would never be solved And between you and me 1t wasn't much run, Because the shot was fired from Uncle zekes gun So day followed day. and it seemed no time, Two weeks had passed since the day of the crime The local police and Detective Small were scrapping, The police said Small did too much yapping. Why said Small did Zeke have gun? Zeke allowed he bought it just for fun. Came a day a farmland was lurking, Closely where Smalls stooges were working. Near the spot was unused well, You've probably guessed there's not much more to tell When cornered the farmland knew he was done, And admitted he had hid Uncle zekes gun In the well and trying to get it out When he heard nearby commotion shout Time to get up!-Johnny wakes with scream, Only to discover Uncle zeke's gun was dream.
 Elm Elm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07

Charley Littlehales of Scovrs General Manufacturing Tool Room celebrated his 5Oth anniversary of conn- uous service with that plant last Thursday In honor of the event he was made recipient of gold service pn set with two diamonds He was born in England and came to this country in 1884, He directly to Waterbury and Scovl, being first assigned to the Aluminium Room on bench work He has since worked in the Engraving and Designing Room, the old Button Shop, and in the old Tool Room where he worked for 31 years on die sinking In 1885 he moved to the Main Tool Room where he is, today, in charge of the Tool Crib.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
By s. BURTON HEATH

By s. BURTON HEATH (NEA Service Stan COrrespondent)
 washington, Oct. T-All of this confusion about the draft, which has been keeping families upset and unable to plan ahead, arises from the fact that Iobody-from Presi- dent Roosevelt down-knows what we are going to do.
 This fact is not cited here in Washington as criticism. It is re- garded as plain truth unfortu. nate, of course, but easily explain able and, in the opinion of many, quite justiflable.
 General Hershey, director of the draft, has used figures of 1O,OO0,- 900 and 13,000, 900 as potential to- tals of men to be taken into the Army.
 HERSHEY'S FIGURES
 SEEN AS EXTREME
 Informed sources in both the War Department and Selective Service say frankly, but unoficially, of course, that this is only General Hershey's guess.
 They believe that General Her. shey deliberately has taken the most pessimistic viewpoint in or- der to prepare the public for the worst that can reasonably be an- ticipated.
 Their own guess is that we shall not attempt to maintain more than perhaps 100000 men in the Army at any one ne-perhaps less.
 They predict that the public will. not again be informed how many men are in uniform-th the last figure we shall have, until the war Is over and ned for secrecy is ended. is the forecast made recently by Chief of Staff General Marshall that, by the end of this year., we shall have surpassed our announced goal of 4,500,000 men.
 This can be amplif1ed from pub- licized statements of General Mar. shall that by the end of this year the Army Air Force will have a million men, but that this will be doubled eventually.
 FATHERS UNLIKELY TO BE CALLED SOON
 That is the background against which. 1t is permissible to report the speculation of informed sources as to what may be in store for men not yet in uniform, and their Womenfolk.
 General Hershey has said that, unless Congress authorizes drafting of 18 and 19 year old youths, then fathers of dependent children should be prepared to be called up in about a year.
 That, the insiders say, is based | upon his hypothesis that he will be ordered by the War Department to produce at least 10,000,000 sol- diers, and perhaps 13,000, ,000.
 But Army experts do not believe that the draft will be continued at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07

its. present high speed after the end of this year. They anticipate a slowing down, which will defer the caclling of married men with chil- dren at least into 1944.
 "The determination" one such of- ficer told this correspondent, Ifs the Army's ability to equip, absorb, train and use the men. We surely are not going to call up men faster than we can do something useful with them."
 The speed with which soldiers can be- equipped, he pointed out, depends upon industrial output, which in turn hinges upon the availability of materials and man. power.
 The speed of effective absorp- tion depends upon available can. tonment space, officer material and equipment. Training, obviously, is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
Heard i'm naSSin {

Heard in passing Stan Kenton and his band the music worlds latest sensation has been signed mp for the Ritz Ballroom for this weekend. Joyce Bxes writes in to inquire about Jimmy Parkers radio eeaumn but Joyce will have to take that up with Jm- mic at WATR where he finds his duties today more than enough to allow him time for dashing off radio items Despite the fact that the Army has taken good section of Atlantic City, among other coast resorts there still 12OOO rooms available, which only goes to show you just how big spot it really is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
DIAMOND PIN FOR
 VETERAN EMPLOYE
O'Hanley Former R. R. Su- perintendent in Water.
 bury HOnOred

Boston, Mass, October GA dia- mond pin was presented this after noon to Ronald O'Hanley, assistant superintendent, Boston division, in recognition of his 50 years service with the New Haven railroad. w. E. Mullins, superintendent of the Boston division made the presenta- tion. J. Frank Doolan, operating assistant at New Haven and w. A. Hurley, assistant general superin- tendent, also participated in the ceremony held in Mir. Mullins offlce at South Station and attended by representatives of all departments of the railroad.
 MT. O,Hanley entered the service of the New Haven as an operator in Wilhmantic, Conn. in 1892. Two years later he became train dis patcher, and later chief train dis patcher. He was promoted to as- sistant trainmaster in 1916 and a year later was made trainmaster of the Midlnd division.
 In 1883 he was made assistant su- perlntendent of the Boston division moved on to superintendent of the Waterbury division in 1927 and then was made superintendent of the Midland division in 1880. When the Midland division was abolished In 1881. Mr. O'Hanley came back Co Boston as assistant superintendent.
 Always popular with his fellow employees, MT. C'Hanley has made a hobby as well as q vocation of rall- roading. At present he is No. 3 lEi the Telegraphers' Roster.
 Married in 1914, Mir. and Mrs. O'zanley make their home ct 1elo Beacon street, Brookline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07
THE MAPLE GROVE

Once we lived down in a valley Surrounded by the wood. The maple grove was very near, We always went there when we could. A splendid little trout brook Ran down there from the hil And used to catch some speckled beauties When everything was very stin. Nature made two abutments there With very solid rock, And little bridge was laid Clear across the top. There were several maple trees Which produced lot of sap That made the very best of sugar As sweet anything could be. They made the very best of shade At any time Of tho day, Where we used to go and sit 10 while the hours away. And there was very little cave there Away down under big lat rock AM& there was feeling og satisfaction, &&ish can never be scrgot.
 --DANrKg. ouLEyrE