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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
High|ights from
the Latest Books
BY JOHN SELBY

GEORGIA.: UNFINISHED IA T e."
by Hal steed 'knopf; $3.50.
One Of the best books for
browsing | have seen for months
is Hal Steeds Georgia: Unfin-
ished State 1t is as good as
the Georgia State Guide and, as
the standard dictionary joke has
it, a good deal more consecutive.
Mr.. Steed has not written
history of Georgia, but an i'm
preston. Oglethorpe is in the
book, and so is General Sher-
man. But Dutch, the soda squirt
who made and lost millions in
the Florida land boom, is there,
and so is Mr. Title, who spends
his life running trolley by day,
and taking his wife over his eX-
periences, block by block, a t
night. Places are treated as
personalities, and schools as
well. Governor Talmadge, Fan
ny Kemble, Gutzon Borglum,
Warm Springs, Georgia cotton,
Rhett Butler and Tobacco Road
arc in the book and the remark
able proceedings at Atlanta,
when the movie premier of
Gone With The Wind" shat
tered the nerves and the good
sense of the populace, make a
vivid chapter
Curiously, the two most vivid
impressions l had from the book
concern two widely different
events - Sherman's campaign,
and the city Of Savannah. Mr..
Steed has been remarkably sue
cessful in suggesting the quiet
beauty of the most charming
of Georgia cities, even if he is
little naive in accepting hur-
ricane lamps as oddities. Saw
annah is one of the few Amer
lean cities which was laid out
from scratch; its alternating
parks and built up squares are
unique, and the life of the peo-
pie has absorbed, according to
Mr.. Steed, something tangible
from contact with the physical
advantages of the place.
And Sherman comes out of
Mr.. Steed's narrative rather bet
ter than you might think. He
energies a remarkably astute
commander, for one thing -
general who ventured a cam
paign only after he knew pre-
cisely what lay ahead, who used
pincer movements rs years
ahead of Hitler, who worked
with some success to hold down
his marauding men. But also
general who knew the uses of
terror, and developed those into
a technique. Mr.. Steed says
fatty that Wheeler's Confer
crate command was just as
much feared, perhaps more
feared, than Sherman's army
something form al historians
have sometimes CLOSED.
MIR. Steed's book is better
than a picture in prose. 1t is an
entertaining picture.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS
Test your knowledge of cor
rect social usage by answer
ing the following questions,
then checking against the au-
thOritatiVe answers below:

/. Should you shout or run
during an air raid?
2. What should you do if you
arc on a bus when an air raid
alarm is sounded?
3. If you are in a church or
theater when an air raid alarm
sounds what should you do?
4. Should you telephone dur
ing an air raid to find out if
some member Of your family is
all right?
5. What should you do if you
a c in a car on city street
when an air raid alarm is sound
ed?
What would you do if
An air raid alarm sounds
when you are at home and you
want to know what is going
on
(a) Run out into the street
where you can get better look?
OBJ Lean out your window to
see what is going on?
(c) Control your curiosity
until the all clear has sounded?
Answers
/. No. That is the way panics
are started.
2. AS soon as it stops get off
without pushing or showing and
go into the nearest building.
3. Wait for orders from the
air raid wsrdens who are in
charge.
I. No. Don't use the telephone
5. Pull your car TO the curb
at once, being careful not to OBJ
struct a fire hydrant, the drive
way to a hospital, police or fire
station. Turn off car lights, take
ignition key with you, leaving
car doors unlocked, and go TO
the nearest building.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(c).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. McKENNY ON BRIDGE

Masters Individual world cham
pionShip this year
Two rounds Of carts were
led, Fishbein Sitting North
ruffing the .ond. Three
rounds Of trumpS were taken,
dummy discarding the two low
diamonds. Before leading the
fourth trump, on which dunn
ny would be embarrassed for
a discard, FiShbcin cgshcd the
ace and king Of clubs and ruff
cd the three spot This play
might have dropped both the
queen and jack, but when the
Jack remained at large, North
caShcd the fourth trump and
dummy le GO the ten of clubs.
AS Fishbein had 1pcd, West
was in a trump squeeze. He had
TO discard down + four red
cards. If he saved only two dia-
monds, dummy'S tops would
drop his queen and North's last
trump woulC give re-entry to
cash the jack. If west saved
three diamonds and only one
heart dummy would be put in
with a diamond 10 ruff a heart,
then the other diamond would
give re-entry to cash the long
heart.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23

The duty of land ords is to
keep rents down and tenants in.
Judge Samuel II. Sibert,
Cleveland jurist, unfolding
federal fair rent act.
The voters must chose leaders
who have principles and the
courage to state them plainly re-
CARELESS of party lines.
Wendell L. Willkie.
Every time we utter a word Of
peace we run the risk of Of
Tending one side or the other.
Pope Plus XII.
The privileged exemption of
government officials from gaso-
line restrictions applying to the
people is a violation of demo-
cratic principle.
Senator Sheridan Downey Of
California.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
BANKS AND THE FARMER

Thousands Of bankers throughout
the country ore playing big part in
the effort to expand farm production.
And they are doing it in q typicoIIy
American manner Small community
bankers, working through stote bank
ing associations, have over period Of
years established agricultural pro-
grams designed to develop better
farmers and better farms. They init
oted these programs long before the
war, seeking to help build q more
prosperous agricultural industry.
When bankers help the farmers
they are helping themselves. They
know that only continuous progress
brings q rising standard Of Iivinq and
better things to all.
The record Of the bankers Of the
single western stote Of Oregon in en-
oouroeins agricultural development,
which is typical Of many other states,
IS Illuminating. For the post thirteen
years the Oregon Bankers Association
and key bankers within the the stote,
have promoted rural youth activities
such os Al club work and future
farmer work through granting Of pre-
miun1s and providing means Of finonc-
ing projects. They have cooperoted
with form organizations and county
agricultural agents in the improve
ment Of livestock, introduction of bet
ter seed, expansion Of certain crops,
and they have had members Of the
banking fraternity attend agricultural
meetings in order to keep informed on
the agricultural situation.
Work such as this is being carried
on in every port Of the land. The bank
ing industry is lending q supporting
hand to the smallest farmer in the
smallest community. If we could oil
see O few Of these manifold activities
lof industries in octuoI operation and
0rosp their full significance, we could
better appreciate whot is meant by
sfr ~
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs
in a half-dollar If you throw
n IN In the air for him

in a half-dollar if you throw
it up in the air for him.
POLLEN
Armaments for sale to the
government are exempt from
price ceilings. An electric
tricycle. operating on batter
les has appeared in Sweden as
one solution to the gas short
age Women are to be ac-
cepted for training as air port
traffic directors. Picked
high school stuG ~lts are to get
pilot training. No more
cOIOred bed sheets after July
1. Rubber restrictions may
set maximum mileage on re-
capped tires at 5000 miles
year. War expenditures
may hit 81 billion a month
for May. Belts on night
gowns are limited to half-inch
width.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
AT THE POST EXCHANGE

One or the war PRODUCTION 6oord s
recent orders is going to prove q
boon to recruiting agencies.
Cocoa to make candy for civilians
has been rotoned severely. But the
beans used for the benefit Of soldiers,
sailors and marines will not be charged
against professors quotas
So, it seems, if you like chocolates
yourself or your girl friend does, you
will find an unlimited supply at post
exchanges and ship conteens - for
men in uniform.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
Ply WILLIAM l.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The squeeze play i" one of the
experts most efficient weapons.
Some players have difficulty in
recognizing a squeeze, but sell
dom docs Harry Fishbein miss
one. The squeeze play in to-
days hand helped him win the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. BARBS

If you hear a great silence
it's the children crying because
vacation time is coming.
If you really want TO earn to
swim this summer get some
smart ducks to teach you
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. SO THEY SAY

Every candidate for the Senate
and House, to be elected, must
be able TO convince the voters
that his election will assist in
bringing the war to an early and
successful conclusion.
Gov. Dwight Griswold of Ne
braska.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23

VERONICA LAKE-"Tve had
fun being a witch, all except the
first day of the picture, anyway.
/ knew the d ire ct or irene
Claire didn't think | was quite
right for the part, so | was extra
anxious to get off to a good start.
But the first scenes he made
were where / appear in a lot of
smoke in a hotel lobby. / was
supposed not to have any clothes
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES Q
so YEARS AGO TODAY

~ GhRO hOo IoDhf
1892
The public schools have 20
new pupils this spring, 40 in ex-
cess of the summer term in
crease of last year.
The Pagoda orchestra made
$50 at their masquerade last
night.
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
The Kendrick re-opened for
business Monday morning.
In spite of dry weather base
ball Clubs are springing up in
different parts of the county.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
Stimulating

{ A r B { N ALTON puts the
sparkle in your soft drink and
quenches your thirst faster. too.
The natural action of the stom-
ach is stimulated, and the fluid
travels on more quickly, to be
absorbed by the system, reliev-
ing thirst.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23

the free enterprise system. We could
beqin to understand that this system is
the American way Of life.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
BY PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, May 23-One-
minute interviews with some
celluloid celcbS:
HEDY LAMAR - ANY girl
can be what is called glamor-
GUS All she has to do is stand
still and look stupid"
ERIC Won STROHEIM - II
believe it is my patriotic duty to
be vicious, hateful Nazi -- on
the screen During the last war
] made people hate the enemy so
much that they rushed out Of
theaters and straight to recruit
ing stations. And / want to do
that again"
MAE WEST-"After my sec
ond picture | knew that that
come up and see me some time
and you can be had, big boy
stuff couldn't go on. But would
the producers listen to me? No,
they said, Mae, that's what the
public wants, so let's give it to
en-. So we gave il TO EN-, and
the public got tired of it, and |
got tired Of it. That's when
started turning down picture Of
fers. They said | was tempera-
mental, but / was just smart, and
this spy picture will prove it.
It's different - modern clothes.
and I'll act almost ike a lady.
MAKE ROSENBLOOM
II never read but two plays by
Shakespeare - Romeo and
Juliet"
BEARD BUSINESS
MONTY WOOLLEY-"They re
still ribbing me about my beard.
This morning we were making
a scene where I'm shown look
ing out a window, and then |
turn and see the six kids who
have followed me into the room.
First time we tried il, | looked
around and all the youngsters
were wearing false whiskerS. II
was the most startling thing I've
seen since the time | was giving
a party in New York and Cole
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23
o HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
CLOTHED IN SMOKE

Porter brought bearded WON,
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Food Dropped
On GudddIcdndI
For laps Blasted

WASHINGTON, Dec. % (INS)
The Japanese, who have lost
nearly 100 planes and about 1000
troops in the Solomons. today were
desperately attempting to save
their forces on Guadalcanal from
Humiliation by dropping supplies
TO isolated Jap units by parachute.
Using the new tactics for the
first time because they were APP
parently afraid TO risk their sur
face ships to the growing United
Estates air might i'm the Pacific,
the Japs. under cover OF darkness,
landed supplies by parachute on
the beach at TaSsafaronga, 10
miles from the American held
Henderson Kirfieid on GuadaI-
canal.
However, a dawn patrol flight
by United States pilots spotted
about 30 cargo laden parachutes
ON the beach and they We're
bombed and strafed by Airacobra
fighters.
The use Of cargo parachutes in
dictated that the Japs. holding ad-
vance posts on 100-mile-long Qua
'dalcanal, were hard pressed for
supplies.
In the North Pacific, United
States planes carried out almost
continuous attacks against Jap
held KiSka Island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

the Jap airdrome at GaSmata on
the south coast of New Britain.
Heavy bornbers ranged north
ward OF the Buna battle area to
strike at the enemy base OF
Finschhafen, New Guinea. The
airport runway was bombed. Over
nearby Goodenough Island an
Allied fighter shot down a Jap
reconnaissance plane.
Two points on the Jap-held
Dutch-P Portuguese island of Timor
were attacked by Allied medium
bombers. The assaults were made
on Laval and Fuiloro. Jap Zero
fighter planes made an unsuccess-
full attempt to intercept and one
was shot down.
The sole Jap air attack con-
sisted OF a raid by one float plane
on the harbor of Merauke in the
Dutch portion OF New Guinea.
The attack resulted in only slight
damage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Real Relief. Big Saving.
So Easy. No Cooking.

This splendid recipe Is used by NIL
lions every year, because 1t makes
such a dependable. effective medicine
for coughs due to colds. It's 20 easy
to mix-a child could do II.
From any druggist get III ounces
OF Pinex. q special compound OF prov
en- ingredients In concentrated form.
well-known for It's soothing effect on
throat and bronchial membranes.
Then make q syrup by stirring two
cups OF granulated sugar and one cup
OF water q few momsntA until dis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
ADVERTIsEMENT
For Joyful Cough Relief,
Try This Home Mixture

solved. rs no trouble at all. Nc
cooking needed. Or you can use corn
syrup or liquid honey. instead OF
sugar syrup.
Put the Pinex into n pint bottle and
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pint OF very effective and quick
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money. II never spells. and In very
Observation-Disclosures love II.
You'll be amazed by the way Il
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soothes the irrttated membranes. and
helps clear the air passages. Money
refunded II not pleased In every way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Rubber
due Next Month
From u. 5. Plant

CHICAGO. Dec. - (INS).-
William NJ. LETTERS. national rub
Der director, today said the first
blsnt IN the governments 1000
p0o-ton yearly synthetic rubber
program. viii begin operations at
institute, w. Va. next month.
The plant will produce $1,000
hons a year, LETTERS said. A sec.
|,nd plant OF similar capacity will
be opened In Pittsburgh in three
months and a third plant will be
opened IN Louisville, Ky, next
hummer
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WAIT FOR RESCUE

So there was nothing 10 do but
pull away from the second stricken
vessel and await rescue, which ar
rived in a matter Of hours in the
form of a British ship.
A torpedo Is where you find II
But Sofeld is still a bit surprised
that the tin fish got him on the
return half of the most famous
convoy that ever staggered into
Russia's northern ports, the
Fourth of July CONVOY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
RabauI Raiders Set
Jap Cruiser Attire

revealed. No damage resulted
from the bombardment believed
to have been loosed by japanese
submarines. The Smelling marked
the first attack Of its kind from
the sea against Allied troops In
the Buna area.
American and Australian fiiers
cooperating closely with Allied
ground forces constantly attacked
Jap installations as the new wedge
was driven deep into the Jap de.
Tense zone.
AIRDROME ATTACKED
Allied aircraft also attacked
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

This Is the second article in a
series by lnez Robh noted fea-
ture writer. revealing some OF
the heroic exploits of Americas
veteran merchant marines who
defy bombs and torpedoes 10
deliver supplies for the United
States fighting forces and their
Allies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Vanderlip Daughter Divorced

REDWOOD CITY. Cal, Dec. %
| CUP).-A divorce has been awarded
Mrs. Charlotte Vanderbilt Conway,
daughter of the late Frank Van
derlip. New York banker, ending
her l5-year-mafFiage to Norton
Conway. San Francisco business
Iexecutiye
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
TORPEDoES STRIKE

Here at Torpedo Junction,
homeward- bound six days out oi
Archangel, three torpedoes plowed
into the freighter on which Her
bert Sofeld, 36. able-bodied sea-
man Of Port. Washington, i. J.,
had helped deliver the goods to
Russia.
'The first torpedo hit at Sis
p. m, just after supper, No that
many of us were resting In the
crews quarters" Sofield said.
A short, thin. wiry man with
dark hair and dark. deep-set eyes
he spoke softly. without emphasis
or drama. at the headquarters Of
the National Maritime Union. He
has been at sea since he was y.
1.-THE torpedo tossed parts of
the ship and cargo around" So
field went on, $50 that the exit
from the crews quarters was
cut off,"
NO PANIC ABOARD
But there was no panic as the
crew sought desperately to extri.
cate itself and its badly wounded
men. The men had lived too long
with the unending threat Of tor
pedo 10 be panicked by reality
when it came.
I'VE were lucky, though, be-
cause the second torpedo struck
aft. tearing q big hole In the
ship. We crawied out of II,
carrying the men who were too
badly injured to walk" Soheld
continued. expertly rolling a
cigaret as he talked. 81 never
in my life thought I'd be CRATE
fut to torpedo, but WAS to
that second one"
UNAWARE OF WOUND
In the excitement, Sofield di'
not even realize he had been hur
or that the moisture he kept wip
ing out of his eyes was bloo'
from a cash in his forehead. Their
was a deep cut along the side O
his nose, too. and his left thumb
from tip to base, had been neatl.
laid open as with a cleaver.
I'VE got into a Hfeboat," said
Sofield. continuing his account.
I'VE did the sensible thing,
which was to row to the nearest
freighter I'm the convoy, and
then n kind Of funny thing hap
pened.
Just rs the first man In the
Ifeboat started mp the ladder Of
the freighter, n torpedo got this
ship we had picked on TO res
cue us"
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SUNK ON WAY HOME

And then, despite the half-light
of autumn, the freighter, which
had survived the famous Fourth
of July convoy, was sunk on the
way home.
Well, torpedoes are where you
find them, and Sofeld has found
them in both the North and South
Atlantic. He was veteran OF
the torpedo club long before the
tin fish got him near Torpedo
Junction." which lies dangerously
close TO the NaZi airfields in up
per Norway.
Four days before Pearl Harbor,
lSofield was on an American ship
Itorpedoed without warning in the
South Atlantic.
3 MINUTES GRACE
81 was at the wheel when the
torpedo struck" he recalled. cit
seemed to blow the whole wheel
house out from under me. We
had only three minutes in which
to abandon ship.
"She hit just ut dusk, and just
after the American flags ON the
side Of the ship had been lighted
up 30 the Statue of Liberty
could have seen them"
But Sofeld lived to be rescued.
not only rescued, but to go back
to the sea. Since that first tor
pedoing. Sofield has made two
long trips on the floating bombs
of the sea-" the indispensable oil
tankers. before going on the
mighty Murmansk run.
WON'T QUIT NOW
saw Sofield at the National
Maritime Union headquarters,
ready TO sign on for another job
at sea.
'T sailed before the war and
I don't intend TO quit now" he
said with fiat emphasis.
Then. wary of emotions. or
tall speech, he said bit proudly
and a bit definitely:
ITS my duty TO my country"
Tomorrow: The stranger
than-fiction" story of Harold
Harper.)
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UNITED NATIONS HEAD.
QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA
Dec. % (INS).-Heavy United
States bombers are believed to
have destroyed a large japanese
cruiser in a pre-dawn attack OF
the enemy-held harbor of Rabaul
New Britain Island, il was Off
Icially announced today.
eThree direct hits with 500-pouno
bombs were scored on the cruiser
which Immediately became envel.
Ioped in flames, a comnunique
said.
Besides the attack on Jap ship
ping, harbor installations at Ra-
haul were blasted. Full results OF
the assault carried out by BOA
Consolidated bombers could not
be observed, IL was said, because
of hazy weather.
FAIL TO BREAK TRAP
Gen. Douglas Macarthur an
lnounced simultaneously from his
field headquarters in New Guinea
that an attempt by the Japs 10
break out of positions where they
are trapped in the Buna sector
was repulsed in a bloody engage
!ment.
His communique said that
American and Australian troops
Icounterattacked Immediately on
tn, right of the battle front and
drove a deep wedge into the en-
Iemy defenses.
Buna village now held by the
Allies was Shelled during the
might by Jap naval craft. il was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

World Famous Comics! Three
pages every day In Daily Do
troit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
BY INEZ RoBB
International Ne~s service stan Writer

International News service stan Writer
Latest. up-to-the-minute maps
Of the North Atlantic and the
iBarents Sea between Iceland
! Spitzenbergen and Murmansk are
innocent OF so much as a pin point
marked Torpedo Junction"
But it's there, all right-ftve
DAYS out OF Iceland and FIVE days
this side ~ Murnansk, as con-
voy wallows.
Give any man in the merchant
marine who has been on the Muir
manSk-or madhouSe--run buoy
and a road sign. and he'll mark
Torpedo Junction" Tor you. And
mark IL on the nose.
Five days beyond Iceland and
five days this side of the great
Russian port is the Junction" the
danger point where U-boats swarm
and torpedo planes and dive bomb
ers keep their running rendezvous
with the ships and men carrying
materiel to Russia.
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HERALDED BY PLANES

No merchant seaman needs a
map TO tell him when his ship is
sailing close TO the Junction.
Sometimes "a. sometimes AZ hours
before il is reached, the German
reconnaissance planes IN the cold,
orthern sky begin wheeling
around the convoy like lazy vul-
lures, harbingers of the ordeal
ahead.
From the junction on into
Murmansk or Archangel, the con-
voys and the men who sail them
are the targets in running battle
that often lasts four TO six days
and nights in a latitude where
often the pitiless daylight lasts the
clock around.