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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
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Giant corporations may be the
curse of modern life to you,
or they may represent all that
is good, but regardless of atti-
tudes the story Of big business
belongs as much in the story of
America as do Valley Forge, the
Louisiana Purchase or the dust
bowl.
Du Pont growth from a small
manufacturer of explosives TO a
corporation producing mere than
10000 separate items, forms the
basis for William S. Dutton 5
book, "Du Pont-One Hundred
and Forty years (Scribner; So,
the story of a firm which chang
ed our material way of life.
From its earliest days until the
post World War | period, the Du
Pont family made munitions
and explosives. World War / re-
vealed Du Pont had the know
how for production of munitions,
and on their shoulders was plaC-
ed a large share OF the burden
of arming the allies.
World War | also revealed the
dependence of American indus
try upon Germany for many of
its essential chemicals, chiefly
for dyes. When Du Pont under
took 10 fill the nation S needs for
domesticalIy produced dyes, a
far-reaching change in the cor
poratlon had its beginnings.
In 1913, Du Pont employed
1922 men and women, had S75,-
100000 in assets, and derived 81
per cent of its income from eX-
plosivcs. At the end Of 1889, Du
Pont employed $4,000, owned as
sets in excess Of $3.50, 100000 and
more than 80 per cent of its in
come came from sources other
than explosives.
Most important the author
comments, is the creation of
new industries and new employ
ment, and providing the United
States with a new.y found Sc
curity in the form of dependable
domestic supply Of many essen
tial materials, formerly obtained
abroad. Lacking this supply,
following the momentous events
Of December, l94l, America
would have been hopclCsS,y
lost"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
TOO GOOD (TO BE TRUE)

FORT GEORGE WRIGHT,
WASH.-Three air force soldiers
had been smacking their lips in
anticipation of Sunday chicken
dinner with the George Pixies.
Sorrowfully, though, they
called TO say they wouldn't be
able to make it-had to stay on
the reservation.
II didn't stop Mr. Pike-who
loaded chicken, giblet gravy and
all into the family bus and scrv-
cd il TO the soldiers, right at the
fort.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
BY PAUL HARRISON
N-Ex S.r,.icx Stafs TorrAxpo n "A . N

HOLLYWOOD, May ia
big wind arose on Paramount's
Stage 6 today and blew up the
Frederic March-Susan Hayward
wedding. 1t tossed the assem-
bled guests into a state Of disar-
ray and confusion. 1t blasted
the groom into the arms of a
one-eyed witch named Veronica
Lake, and it blew the bride and
the visitors into Mysteries.
The sequence will be funny
on the screen, but it was even
screWier to witness in the film
ing. Some so elegantly attired
people were seated in a large
living room which also contain
ed a lot of flowers and an Or
chestra. Along the cameras
path on one side of the room
stood a wind machine and a Cou-
pie Of prop men with mixed
arm,oads of bouquets and hats.
Also out Of camera range, lining
a balcony, were 10 property men
holding fishing poles with IN
visible strings attached to mats
worn by some of the seated
feminine guests. Still another
technical aide, a red-faced, grin
ming fellow in working clothes,
was concealed as he lay flat on
the floor behind the chairs of a
coupe of doWagerS and held a
compressed air hose.
UP FROM GRAVE
At this point I'll have to go
back and explain more. One Of
MarCh'S great-great- granfathers
had been responsible for the
burning Of witch and the plant
ing of an oak tree on her grave.
Thus conVentionally imprisoned,
the lady had fretted for a couple
Of centuries until released by a
lucky bot Of lightning. Now
she was out for vengeance on the
descendant Of her prosecutor,
and her plan is TO break up the
wedding and bewitch March
into falling in love with her SO
that she can break his heart in
to suitably small pieces. The
picture is titled Il Married a
Mitch" and is adapted from
~The Passionate Witch which
mostly was written by the late
Thornc Smith.
SO at the beginning Of this Sc
quencc, Witch Veronica Lake
and her perpetualiy pie-eyed
sorcerer-father, Cecil KellaWay,
appeared suitably dressed for the
wedding. The big doors at the
rear Of the room swung open,
and with them came their pri-
vate hurricane. The biggest
wind machine on the lot went
into action, women began
screaming in alarm, and the prop
men on the balcony started yank-
ing hats up into the rafterS.
Another giant fan joined in
the blast as the GENERA moved
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
OVER THE HUMP

ON6N
# Admiral Stork's optimistic stote-
ment proves correct, and we actually
ore brinoinq the submarine menace
under control in the Atlantic, then the
tide of this war has turned.
No loymon is in position either TO
confirm or to deny the odniroFs dis
closure. We don't know how many
ships we're being sunk in the past, nor
do we know how many are being sent
to the bottom today.
For military reasons, which we ore
obliged to ePt even though we
sometimes question their soundness,
the public hos been kept completely IN
the dark both os to our losses and as
to the retoIiotory vengeance we have
exocted.
We do know, from O long series OF
official statements on both sides OF
the Atlantic, that shipping is our worst
headache. When we we're attacked, we
had inadequate facilities for supply
ina our allies, bringing raw material
into this country, transporting exPedI-
tonory forces to the fighting fronts
and servicine them while there.
Sinkings have exceeded launch
inos, so that os Of today we are worse
off than we we're lost December.
Experts soy that one may speculate
intelieently thot we have averaged q
loss of at least two ships day. BY the
end Of this month we expect to be turn
ing out two ships q day, ready to go to
sea with corgoes. On that basis we
would be just about holding our own.
But two ships q day is only on in
ternediote point. Our goal is to pro-
duce $50 vessels this year and twice
as nnony-on average Of four doy-
in lo43.
IF Admiral Stark is correct, even to
the extent that we con count upon
holding the U-boots to their present eff
fectiveness, then by Decoration Day we
shall have climbed over the shipping
hump and stort coosting down on the
sunny side.
Nobody knows what the total will
be- At the beginning Of l94l we had
ll5O ships with q combined gross tom
mage of 100000. Lost year we built
less than we lost This year and next
we ore adding 23OO croft with O gross
tonnage Of roughly 100000
So by the end Of next year we shall
have something fewer than $500 YES
sells With O gross tonnoge Of less than
100000 At the beginning Of l94l
the British possessed 2664 ships Of | g.
$4,000 tons. Japan, third maritime
power, had only 800 vessels crossing
4754,OOO tons.
Knock off what you will for sink
ings. Your guess is better than any
figure that hos come through the GEN.
sorship. 1t still will be sofe to soy that
- if Admiral Stark is right and we
have brought the submarines under
control - from the middle Of this year
thenceforword we shall have begun TO
break the bottIeneck which is hond-
copying war production and prevent
ing US from taking the offensive
against Hitler and Japan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
BOOT FOR THE JAPS

CHICAGO-The Master Shoe
Repair and Valet association of
Illinois plans TO collect all the
old heels-the rubber ones-in
town. The wornout heels will
be sod TO ease the rubber short
age and raise funds for war re-
lief.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
Q MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of COR
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authori-
tative answers below:
!. Does the bride direct her
wedding rehearsal?
2. Does the bride take part in
the wedding rehearsal?
3. Does the brides father take
part in the rehearsal?
4. Are the words Of the mar,
riage service rehearSed?
s. In a double wedding should
half the ushers be friends of one
bridegroom and half Of the 9TH
err?
What would you do if
You marry a soldier at his
camp
(a) Send out announcements
Of the wedding?
(b) Since there is no real
wedding. don't b o { h r
with announcements?
Answers
|. Yes.
2. No. Someone else takes her
place. as il is considered bad
luck for the bride to take part in
the rehearsal
3. Yes.
4. No. -
3. Yes.
Better What Would You Do
Solution-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
SURPRISE FOR MOTHER

PHILADE l. p II A - NJ r s.
Margaret Lanes son, Robert, 81,
a U. S. sailor, had been reported
missing in action. Shed had no
word of him in six months.
Yesterday Bob came home
bearing a Mothers Day bouquet.
He'd been on Warship which
recently reached an east coast
port.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
PRIDE

CHICAGO-Willy Schroeder,
hotel employe, donated to the,
scrap drive an iron cross award
cd him for bravery with the
German army in the First World
war. In its place he proudly
wears a Red Cross Blood Donor
button.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
0 HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

past the terrified guests, The
prop man on the floor got busy
with his air nozzle, poking it UNI
der the skirts Of stampeding wo-
men and providing a display of
girdles, legs and lingeries.
QUITE A BLOW
The end of the room was a
shambles of sheet music, hur-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
TOO BUSY

THE DALLES, ORE. - I'm
too busy said gag wary Sheriff
Harold Sexton TO the man who
phoned to say he was tired Of
being a fugitive.
IF you want to be arrested,
drop around TO my office" he
sighed, and hung up.
The fellow showed UP in half
an hour. He was wanted in Ia
coma, Wash, for passing bad
checks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
TOO TIRED

LOS ANGELES-Mr. and Mrs.
Felix Hall left last night with
son Thomas, 81, and a tired air
craft worker, sound sleeper in
his room.
They returned hours later TO
find their home shattered by a
lOO-foot eucalyptus tree, sprawl
ed through the porch and living
room.
Son Thomas was still sound
asleep.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
SILENT STAGE

There was p,enty of action
but not a sound at last night S
performance of Arsenic and Old
Lace" at the Fulton Theater.
The Dramatic Club of Gallau-
Diet College, Washington, d. c.,
was giving a special presenta-
ton.
Gallaudct College is the only
college for the deaf in the United
States, and the entire comedy
was portrayed in sign language.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
STRIKE POSSIBLE

There ore two further out
comes if you care to consider
the long shot possibility that
the War Labor Board would
decide against the unions on
the closed shop or union main
tenonce issue, or decide that
this issue should be frozen for
the duration Of the war.
The unions might 90 on out
law strike if the decision went
against them, in spite Of the
no-strike agreement.
The union members Of the
War Labor Boord might with
drow from the board, os they
did in the coal case, and there
by wreck it,
In all these alternatives you
have the War Labor Boards
great weaknesses. It can be
wrecked. There is no oct Of
Congress, no specific law Civ
ing il clear cut jurisdiction or
standing before the courts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
. BIT TOO FAR

Mrs. Anna Rosenberg has been do
ing right we'll for herself. 4 fuII-time
salary of $500 from the Social Secur-
ity Boord, O consuItonts salary Of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
MAkDALAY


spoken, Jopon's race against the nnon-
soon on the "Rood to Mondoloy" got
almost the attention its strategic inn
portonce deserved in the United No
tions. BY taking the old capital Of Bur-
ma two weeks ahead Of the roiny-seo-
son deodIne, the Japanese have won
q campaign which was Of great inn
portonce to them. For it removes the
most serious threat Of q counter-ot-
tack which might cut the long tento-
cIes Of their conquests.,
For the Allies the defeat, although
probably not decisive in the gIoboI
war, vastly increases their difficulties
It ends hopes for an early move to es-
tobIsh in China bases from which
Iorge-scoIe thanking dir attacks could
be directed at Formoso, Japan itself,
and all the supply lines running south
to the Philippines, the Dutch Indies,
and Singapore. It makes the supplying
Of China q hazardous and uncertain
business. 1t endongers the lost oil
supply open to China, and frees large
forces Of Japanese for new drives -
against India, Australia, or Russia.
To these concrete nnilitory factors
must be added the effect on morale.
Chino has seen the enemy she had
wthstood alone for four years quickly
successful once more against those
great Powers from the West, Britain
and America. All through the Eost the
white mans prestige has suffered an
other blow Who could have imagined
that Rongoon would ever see the Ris-
ing Sun coming up like thunder outer
Chino 'crost the Boy?" Or in the Inn
Perio India, Burma, and Malaga Of
Kiping's not SO distant day, " h 0
would have believed that the irrodiot-
ed banner Of Japan could rise in Sing
oPore and be carried in six weeks
from Roneoon to MondoIoy2"
The Japanese not only had super
or forces; they used them we'll against
great difficulties Of terrain and trans
Portotion. Their jungle war by small
sef-sustoining units has been as we'll
adapted to their problem and field Of
operations as 4itIer's bIitzkrieg to Po-
land and France The Allies con only
hope that if the enemy tries now to Of
tack India from Burma. the mountain
Gus country and the heightened lines
Of communication will slow him down.
They have to foce the prospect that
when the Japanese fleet that caused
SO much CONSERVATION in the Boy Of
Bengal three weeks ogo hos refueIed
at Singapore, it may bring O new army
for q seo-borne attack on Calcutta or
landing in Madras.
The bombing Of Rongoon by Amer
lean planes indicates that such O move
will not be unopposed 1T is likely in
foct thot the British have now eother-
ed O fleet W h c h combined with in
creosing British American Dir forces
can h o d off the Japanese by SEQ.
Somewhere the spreading power Of the
japanese will reach O limit. The Allies
have counted - perhaps too much SO
for - on this law Of diminishing re-
turns
There is reason to believe thot they
have taken risks in Burma in order TO
strengthen the Near Eost and Russia.
Whot happens in the West may soon
determine whether MondoIoy marks q
discouroainq but Temporary d G { Q I
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

International Harvester and
Keorny shiPyords decisions
might lead anyone to believe
that Inland and the other Lit
tie Steel" comPonies-RePub-
lie, Youngstown and BethIe-
hem-ore in for q licking on
this union maintenance or clos
ed shop issue. Four things
might happen then: The com
ponies can comply gracefully,
The companies can comply and
yell. The companies can re-
fuse to accept the decision,
which would lead naturally to
q tokeoVer by the government.
The companies might decide TO
toke the issue to court on the
principle Of equity that the
courts have the power to re-
view the findings Of the War
Labor Boord. No such right is
admitted in the Presidents
executive order setting up the
War Labor Boord under the
war emergency powers octs. II
the courts should accept iuris-
diction, legal battle longer
than the fightin' war itself
minht enSue
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
BY WILLIAM l.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Sometimes the expert bridge
player goes out Of his way to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY
1887

Don NJ. Dickinson and Judge
Kelley, of Detroit, were in
town Saturday.
+. S. Osborne, +. B. ColWell,
William T. Parsons and w. B.
Lawrence, bicyclists, rode up
from Detroit Saturday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-11
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES o
so YEARS AGO TODAY

G.. r. Lovejoy, postmaster at.
Lenox, has been down at
Washington, trying to get MS
salary up.
A. S. Whitney is at Jackson,
attending the meeting Of the
I G superintendent of
schools.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28

Kept at temperatures below
80 degrees Fahrenheit, white po-
tatoes tend to become sweet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Kaiser Rites
on Friday
Funeral Set
for z: P. IA.

Funeral services for Capt.
Carl F. Kaiser, of the Raj Fer
ny Command, who died Monday
in the crash of a huge bomber
near Montreal, will be held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
tn c William D. Clyne Funeral
Home in East Detroit.
The Rev. Melbourne johnson,
pastor of Trinity Methodist
church, Roscville, will conduct
the final rites. Burial will be in
Forest Lawn cemetery, Detroit.
Capt. Kaiser, scion of a prom
inent, pioneer Macomb county
family, died with Is others in
the tragedy which resulted when
he encountered difficulties upon
taking off on the first leg of a
projected flight to Great Britain
Monday morning. The plane
crashed in a nearby field. Capt.
Kaiser, an airman of IA years
flying experience, had made nu-
merous flights to Great Britain
the past year during which he
has been with the RAJ. Prior to
his war-service Capt. Kaiser had
been an active figure in Macomb
county's political and business
life. He is survived by his wife,
Helen, and a son, Donald, 10
years of age.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Crash

the front end of the bus and all
/ know is that there was a crash
and then fell down and then
somebody cut through a piece of
wood and picked me out"
Employees of a coal o fife e,
against which the front end of
the bus was hurled, said two
nuns were among the few pas
sengcrS who were not injured.
Clos, the bus driver who is Is
years old, has been a regular
coach operator for two years.
He was taken to the police sta
ton in suburban Hamtramck
for questioning. Nolan said Clos
was unable to tell coherent
story of the accident.
The crash occurred at the De-
troit Hamtramck boundary. on
the Hamtramck side. The front
end of the bus was tossed into
Detroit territory by the locomo-
tive.
The train, a through passenger
from. Chicago by way of Durand,
Mich, was in charge Of John r.
win, conductor; w. McDanields,
engineer, and S. Babcock, fire
man, all Of Durand.
Frank Lyman, terminal super
intendent of the Grand Trunk
Western Railroad, began an i'm
mediate investigation of tn e
tragedy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Cardboard Lover
Closes Tonight
FIorido Background
Features Film

Combining their talent for the
first time since their remark
able triumph in Escape, NOT
ma Shearer and Robert Taylor
again co-star in "Her Cardboard
Lover" which closes tonight AT
the Jewel Theatre. Their reun-
ion is a worthwhile screen event.
AS a demonstration of their YER
satility, this comedy from the
play by Jacques Deval Is an
ideal vehicle. The story mas
been lavishly m cunt e q, WIN
spectacular backgrounds placed
in a smart Florida winter re-
sort, The Metro-Goldwyn-May-
or art department went the linn
it. as did the costume designers
and photographers. The direc-
ton by George Cukor Is further
evidence of his suave ability IN
SOPHISTICATED material.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Moral Battle
RACES Across
The SoIorllons
Lond Fighting
Sweeps to New
ond Sewage Heights
WASHINGTON, Oct. % Il

WASHINGTON, Oct. % Up
- American and japanese war
ships boiled through the SOUTH
west Pacific in a titanic smuggling
r..atch for control of the bomb
SCARED Guadalcanal airfield to-
day while on the island itself
land forces were locked in NOR
tai combat.
Latest reports from the battle
zone showed action was continu-
ing at a furious pace over a wide
area and both President RoOse-
welt and Secretary of the Navy
Knox said the results were not
yet clear.
Two Japanese destroyers have
been sunk, last nights Navy
communique reported, one en-
envy battleship has been hit, a
cruiser badly damaged and a
destroyer hurt.
In the epic land battle ON the
north shore of Guadalcanal Jap
ane5c forces broke throught the
American south flank during the
night of Oct. 1926 but were
thrown back by Army troops
who regained their temporarily
lost positions.
On the west flank, held by
Marines against smashing SER
ic5 of attacks that have been un-
der way since last Friday, the
Navy reported the enemy was
forced to give ground in heavy
fighting"
At the Americans backs was
the priced airfield, built by the
Japanese and captured by the
Marines last August, from which
United States bombers have
been able to hammer at enemy
shipping for miles around. In
japanese hands, the field could
be used as a springboard for an
offensive against Australia.
Last nights communique told
of Navy and Marine Corps dive
bombers, apparently dispatched
from this same field, flying to
the aid of two United States
minesweepers which were set
upon by three enemy destroyers.
Two Of the destroyers were sunk.
Another enemy destroyer
brought a pack of Grammar
wildcats" from the Guadalca-
nal field roaring down on it after
1t sank the u. S. fleet tug Sem
mole and a small harbor patrol
boat near the island of Tulagi,
about 13 miles north of the field.
The wildcats, appearing after
shc.s batteries had slammed
three shells into the destroyer,
strafed and, in the language of
the communiquc further dam
aged" it.
During the night of Oct. e.
27, Navy consolidated "Cata-
linas" renewed an attack on an
enemy plane force 400 miles
northeast of Guadalcanal. They
succeeded in putting a torpedo
into an enemy plane carrier and
scoring two hits on a cruiser be-
fore heavy anti.aircraft fire,
which damaged one of the at
lacking planes, drove them off.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Corps Plans
War Clubs
keishborhood Groups
to Aid Effort

Immediate formation of Neigh
borhood War Clubs, to study and
promote cooperation with the
war effort, was planned this
morning, when the executive
council il of the Civilian War
Service Corps met with its new
commander, Lawrence Blades,
in the county building.
Mrs. A. A. Thompson WI S
or d cred by headquarters in
Washington, d. c. She will be
assisted by all committee chair
men of the executive council in
the work of the clubs. Among
the most important features will
be the efforts of the Speakers
Bureau, headed by Mrs. James
Nunneley. Members of the bu-
reau will address the clubs on
problems relating to the war eff
fort.
The meeting was opened by
Blades, and addressed by Harold
Lindsey, commander of Civilian
Defense: Mrs. Russell Stark, di-
rector of the Volunteer office OF
Civilian defense; Harry Sher-
man, who heads the Masonic
service organization, and who
stated that more older women
are needed in the work he is in;
DR.. William Kane, head OF the
health and medical committee,
whose Job it will be to direct
civilians in the vital work OF
guarding their health; Mrs
George w. John, who spoke on
Victory gardens, stating that her
committee of 20 must be increas-
ed once again, and include more
men, for next years heavy LOAD
of victory gardening; Mrs. Doug
las w. Ball, on survey and edu-
cation: Mrs. Paul w. Mckee on
salvage; Mrs. James c. jackson
on Consumers problems.
Mrs. c. H. Malbin, described
the plans so far made to care
for children in home nurseries
in the event of an emergency;
and A. d. Brewer, head Of hous-
ing. stated that he has a list OF
homes with rooms to rent. 10
take care of a sudden influx.
Anyone wishing to add his name
IN this list is asked to call him.
Meetings of this committee
will regularly be held Wednes-
day mornings in the county
building.