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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
FOOT SUIT THROWBACK

George Montgomery. dressed
in a screaming four-button plaid
jacket, tight pants and bulldog
shoes for his latest screen role,
met friend on the lot the other
day. "Yegads," said the pal,
what kind of getup is that?"
Replied Montgomery: I'm
the 1904 zoot suit kid"
Anything for a laugh, say Bud
Abbott and Lou Costello. So for
scene in their latest film, 1T
Amt Hay" they 60 to bed with
a race horse. But here's the top
per-dreamed up by Producer
Alex Gottlieb. The camera turns
to their shoes under the bed. Be-
side the shoes are four horse
shoes.
Despite their dates together,
John Payne and ex-wife Ann
Shirley are telling friends there
will be no reconciliation.
On a recent bond selling tour,
John Carradine was called upon
TO substitute for Don Wilson as
master of ceremonies because OF
the bulky radio announcer's ILL
ness. The customers were rather
disappointed when the all but
emaciated Carradine stepped
onto the stage. I'm sorry said
Carradine, "but this is all that's
left of Don Wilson"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
. SO THEY SAY

The purpose of education Is
not escape from doubt. 1t is to
learn how to meet doubt head
on, and again and again to Crap
pie with it. - DR.. John M.
Potter. president Hobart Col
lege.
Can we wisely accept the idea
that all the important social
services, including education,
are destined to become purely
governmental functions? The
issue is one of great social i'm
port for all liberty-loving peo-
Piles. - DR.. Edmund E. Day,
president Cornell University.
don't know il farmers can
keep turning out enough food for
our troops, our allies and our
people. Our only hope lies in
Harvesting all of our resources
to the task of producing only
the farm products which are abb
solutely essential. - Secretary
of Agriculture Claude Wickard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

Off the sound track: The
French can-can, upon which mo-
ton picture censors have always
frowned - they complet y
eliminated Claudette Colbert's
version of it in "ZaZa" a few
years back-is about to be reviv-
ed on the screen by Betty Ora
BILE. But this time the censors
will be sitting behind the camera
when it's filmed. They have ap-
proved the famous dance on two
conditions.
(1) That Betty can stoop just
so far and no farther and CD
that her frilly costume will be
a little longer and a lot more
frilly than usual. And they'll be
on the set with tape measures.
Promised and hoped for: Lu-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

Today's hand shows how Mrs.
Ernest Ballard and G.. w. Craig
of Asheville, N. c., handled q
situation that helped them win
the Southern Appalachian mix
ed pair championship, held at
Asheville recently. The no trump
game was missed by most other
tables after the spade bid by
West. While North has two spade
shoppers, he has little else, and
only the discovery of the club
fit can warrant the game bid.
West held the first trick and
also his next lead, the king Of
hearts. Then he exited with
club. Five rounds Of the suit
made hash of the adverse hands,
and Mrs. Ballard, the declarer,
then established a second dia-
mond trick. The third diamond
gave dummy entry to lead q
spade at trick eleven, and West,
who had been forced to blank
his ace, then had to lead hearts
from the minor tenace.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
CANDIDATE FOR A MEDAL

When war medals ore being posed out, we nori.
nate Warren Breoux, years DID, Of Gueydon Louis
iono He weighs II pounds, himself but since April
he has collected 400 tons Of scrop metal for our
proorom.
Sure. He eorned $2736 for his work. But what has
thot to do with the cose2 The oborer worthy Of his
hire, and Warren had no opportunity that wasn't
available to any boy with initiotVe and dash
Of patriotism.
Uncle Sam will be doing on injustice and missing
q bet if he doesn't recognize this lods superseviee
for democracy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
laughs. Attending an opera with

laughs. Attending an opera with
Walter Brennan, she stands up
and MARBLES a few notes. >.
Sight of the week: Fred AS
taire's dance coach, Peggy Car
roll, teaching Joel McCrea to
rhumba for a scene in Column
bias Merry GoRound." Nc
Crea must dance we'll enough to
make plausible the fact Jean Ar
thur and a bevy of IL other
beauties all but come to blows
over the right to dance with him.
Dante, the magician, will turn
dramatic actor soon in a Broad
way play, wake Up and
Laugh
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
THAT BRAID AGAIN!

KANSAS CITY-Lieut. James
McAtee, Navy Public Relations
officer, was waiting in the lob
by of a burlesque theatre. He
wanted to talk with the mana
ger about a float for a war chest
drive.
Up walked stranger who
eyed McAtee's uniform, COM
plete with stripes and braid.
stop dreamin, usher!" he
barked. Tell me when the
show starts"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
Mayor Lauds Defense SetuP
BY DONALD R. WESTEkDoRF
Mayor and coordnotor OF CiviIion Defense OF
Mount Clemens, Michigan

Civilian Defense in the City Of Mount Clemens
has been unique in it's conception, for although we
have one of the best organized and trained Defense
Corps in the Stote, no one in the organization re-
ceves any money for his or her Civilian Defense
work. This means thot all work is done on purely
volunteer and patriotic bosis. This means thot eve
~ person participating in the programme is motivot-
ed by the desire to serve his neighbour his City and
his Country Thot they ready and willing to
oive of their time efforts and brains to promote the
War Effort and to form system OF protection for
the homes and property Of the Citizens OF Mount
Clemens, if and when the enemy strikes. Such pro-
lection could not be organized AFTER raid, be-
couse Of the confusion which would necessarily exist
at that time.
The Council Of Defense through its Recruiting
Chairman, Mrs. Paul Hrt and its Enrolment Choir
man, Mrs. Hugh Neoe has instituted campaign
for this week to fill up the ranks Of the Citizens De-
Tense Corps and the Citizens Service Corps with men
and women who would like to be part Of the Ma
tons War Effort. Many Of our Citizens have al
ready sacrificed lot Of their time and efforts to
train to protect their homes and the homes Of their
friends and neiehbors. They have found that they
have received many rewards already, in their new
found knowledge Of such things as First Aid, Home
Nursing, Health g Nutrition and other valuable in
formation which will always be useful in life. They
have found new and sincere friends among their CO.
workers. They have found sense Of interest
I'D responsibility in Civic offors They have become
better Citizens.
Should this War end tomorrow, the value Of Civil.
ian Defense Work will continue to show for years oft
enwords in this new Civic Spirit which hos been cre-
oted in our hours Of National Peril and the necessity
OF mutual ossstonce
And so in my capacities os Mayor and CWon
Defense Co-ordinotor may urge every man, woman
and child to give corefu consideration to the appeal
of the Defense Council for recruits in the many
clossificotons Of Civilian Defense, and where ever
It is possible, to enroll and serve your Nation and
your City in this greet struggle to protect all that we
hold to be very life and existence Don't let your
neiehbor carry your end Of the load. IT'S YOUR RE-
SPONSBILITY, TOO.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
By PETER EDISON

A little grumbling Is begin
ming to be heard in Washington
to the effect that the trouble
with the American war produc-
ton effort, the manpower situa-
ton and all the other related war
activities is that there Is no mas
ter plan. In other words, no
grand strategy.
The complaint runs that the
Army has simply asked for and
is letting contracts for limitiess
quantities of everything in
sight, without knowing whether
they can be produced and al
most without knowing whether
they will be needed.
That is a pretty serious charge.
Army supply officers like to kiss
it off as a lot of malicious Cos
sip. There is a master plan, they
insist, an exact, overall bill OF
requirements which was made up
in December and January, after
Pearl Harbor. There Is a plan
for 1912 and a plan for 1943,
with definite goals on every
item. There is even supposed to
be one for 1914.
The mere size of the program
has been one handicap to con-
filming its specifications to pa
per. The changes in the war
situation, necessitating the max
ing of brand new plans, have
also made accurate planning
next to impossible. Difficulties
of making national inventories
cannot be ignored.
But in spite of all these per-
fectly good reasons why there is
as yet no master plan for grand
economic strategy, it is apparent
one difficulty is the fact that
there are too many sets Of books
in the government.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
POWERFUL DISCOVERY

PHOENIX, Ariz. - W. F.
Steel is glad now that the plumb
ing leaked. He had been in the
house only a month, and was
pretty peeved when it went bad.
Under the house he went to in
vestigate.
Before he found the. lead he
found q box. Inside was a
newspaper dated nine years ago.
Also inside we're eight sticks
of dynamite, complete with caps
and fuses.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

Casualty insurance companies have decided TO re-
dice rdtes to motorists in eosone-rotioned oreos
the the6ry thot decreased driving lower speeds and
nreoter core should reduce claims.
This Is one Of the first breaks motorists have re-
N the war economy. They have to pay the same
pllpe tax. or more. We have heard Of no stote
SolstfotioH fees, now thot they permit only
NINA. No community, so for os we know, has
(cl property tax rotes. But every little bit
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
McKEf1NY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The sectional championships
OF the A amer lean Contract
Bridge League have done Q great
deal TO develop tournament play.
Records show that when these
tournaments are inaugurated,
the stronger out -of-town players
usually come In and win all OF
the titles. Very soon, however,
the local players fathom the
systems of the experts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
EMILY POST TRAP

SAN DIEGO-William Charles
Parrish, Dayton, o., copied the
uniform correctly, but he muffed
the manners.
Parrish, 81, was jailed last
military dress. FBI agent Har-
old Nathan said the disguise
might not have been detected
except
Parrish saluted enlisted men
before they saluted him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
ON HOLLYWOOD

Giles Balls strip-tease routine
in "DuBarry Was a Lady" It's
in reverse she starts with a
pair of scanties and works her
way up till she's fully clothed {.
Joan Crawford would like to
have new hubby Phil Terry as
her leading man in her next
film. Studio executives are con-
sidering the proposal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

BLACKFOOT, Idaho - B / | /
Clough, 12-year-old son of
county sheriff Del Clough, be-
lieves in obeying his father.
A two-point buck was spied on
Bills first hunting trip.
"Where'll I shoot him?" asked
breathless Bill.
Between the eyes"
Billy shot and the buck drop
ped. He was drilled in the ex-
act center of his forehead.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

These are times when every
day is precious for each one OF
us; we have an obligation to our
country and to ourselves not to
waste it. - DR.. Charles Sey-
mour. president Yale University.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
ROONEY'S HEADACHE

Judging from advance legal
skirmishes, it'll take more than
heart to heart talk with Judge
Hardy to get Mickey Rooney out
of financial difficulties with his
estranged wife, Ava Gardiner.
Lana Turner, who has always
wanted to sing on the screen,
finally gets the chance in Moth
ing Venturcd." But it's only for
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press


MITCHELL, Ind.-It was just
hungry burglar that entered
Mrs. Wayne Chastain's home.
She reported to police the man
bound her to a chair, gagged
her securely and then helped
himself to a meal from the fam
lily refrigerator.
Mrs. Chastain, freed by neigh
bcrs after the gourmet fled. said
she was too terrified to obtain
an accurate description of the
man.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

I have learned a lot in my
years and can handle myself as
well as any one 20 years young
err. And I can swing . mean.
mean hammer. - Woman's let
ter asking shipyard job.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
WHAT GOOD ARE FIGURES!

True, the Army Services of
Supply may have very definite
figures on the quantities of every
item it would like to have. But
what good are those figures II
there is not enough steel in the
whole country to make those
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge OF cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorita-
tive answers below:
/. In dating social note, 40
you usually include the year!
2. Is notepaper in better taste
than correspondence CARDS!
3. Should a note OF apology
be brief.
4. When writing friendly let
ter. should you keep it CONVEX
sational rather than formal?
S. Should you sign . friendly
letter Yours very truly!
What would you do if
You are writing to a member
of your family who is in the
service
Cal Keep your letter cheer
full? =,
(b) Tell him all the small
troubles that are worrying you!
Answers
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-13

quantities? Or what good IL Q bill
of requirements II 1t calls for an
expenditure of more money than
the entire national income?
The question then resolves t.
self into whether the Army goals
have been set too high. whether
"all-out" has been interpreted
too literally, resulting In the
over-production of some items of
military supply, to the detriment
of balanced war production
which is simply the production
of the right quantities of the
right articles at the right time.
The easy Army answer that
in wartime it's impossible to
have too much of anything sim
ply does not make sense.
Fortunately, Donald Nelson
has apparently not been fooled
by any such loose thinking. He
declares there are constant dis
cussions with the Army and
Navy chiefs of staff to make
them adjust their demands to
what can be supplied.
Eight pairs of shoes for every
soldier in Egypt is reasonable,
for a pair of shoes wears out in
two weeks on the desert and it
takes two months to ship him
new ones. There are always sew
en- replacement pairs in the
pipeline" Elsewhere. four pairs
per soldier is enough and the
demands can be cut back to that
figure. The same principle ap-
plies to tanks, guns, mess kits or
corned Willie.
Beyond that point, the Army
position on this master plan can
not be stated. The grand strategy
is of course the secret of the
top command and it is right that
it should remain so. One Army
complaint is that too many peo-
pie know the grand strategy al
ready. Thus finance officers and
War Production Board BRAIN
trusters who feel that to do their
jobs effectively they should
know what the general staff is
thinking are left in the dark, and
a part of this grippe that the Army
has no master plan perhaps stems
from these civilian government
officials.
NO OVERALL LIST
Looking at this master plan
question from the WPB point of
view, however, it soon becomes
apparent that while the Army
may have it goals for every
item of supply, these totals are
not the figures on which the
War Production Board can base
its calculations, for the WPB
must cover not only Army, but
Navy, Lend Lease, United Ma
tons and the minimum require
ments for the American civilian
population as we'll.
WPB spokesman admit that
WPB does not yet have this over
all bill of requirements. 1t is
claimed that these totals are
rapidly being assembled through
the WPB requirements commit
tee now headed by Ferdinand
Eberstadt. Donald Nelson de-
clares that Eberstadt is making
rapid progress in the scheduling
of programs for finished prod
ucts, but the fact remains that
neither WPB nor any of its
predecessors, SPAB, OPM or
NDAC, has ever at any time had
an accurate idea of how much of
every material it was going to
take to supply the Army.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19

company. It's q little hard, she said.
to get used to giving orders to your
elders"
The Montana WAACs also stated
that the army men were somewhat
amazed at the ease Of matchmaking
women with army life. The girls
seem to have a more pronounced sense
Of rhythm" Miss Burke wrote, @and
are marching nov like soldiers with
q years training"
They are also proud OF their uni
forms and. IN spite Of the fact that
weekend passes to town allow @civvies.
prefer to wear the regulation suit at
all times. The fort itself, they said.
Is beautiful with the largest parade
grounds IN the country as wen as ex-
cellent recreational facilities which IN
clude a golf course and swimming
pool.
Each letter expresses the sentiment
with which Miss Burke closed. sAun
very happy and studying hard"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19
HOW EGG LOSSES
CAN BE AVOIDED

Most Of the losses In eggs through
careless handling can be avoided with
little additional effort on the part OF
producers and handlers, says Harriette
E. Cushman, extension poultry special
ist at Montana State college.
To start with. she said, proper ham
ding of eggs begins with gathering
them from the nests. Gathering at
least three times daily results In clean
er eggs and better ones. Eggs allowed
to accumulate in the nests for two or
three days suffer a loss ia quality be-
cause Of high temperatures. This loss
Is frequently as great as the loss IN
two or three weeks when kept il q
cooler.
Proper cooling, too, is Of utmost Inn
portance. Eggs gathered In wire bas-
kets permit the circulation OF air and
should be left in the cooling room
overnight before they are packed In
cartons or cases. Pack eggs small end
down for proper shipping. Store in a
cooler until ready for market to main
tain natural quality.
Use of clean containers, cases and
packing materials adds greatly to the
marketing appearance Of the eggs and
helps prevent the growth Of mold, she
said.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19
Retired Teacher Not
A Retired MGchinist

Horace Greely's admonition to ego
west, young man" still holds true to-
day, and not only for youngsters, &C
cording to a letter from a retired
schoolteacher.
Lewis w. Spaulding, 70, who five
years ago retired from teaching at the
Lewistown Junior high school, wrote
that he now is machinist In a Van
couver, Wash, shipyards, working at
times as long as IL hours a day.
Il may be a retired teacher but I
am by no means a retired machinist
yet" Spaulding wrote.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19
FIRST MONTANA
WAC" BECOMES
IND LIEUTENANT
LIFE AT FORT DIES MONIES CAMP
STRENUOUS BUT PLEASANT
AND INTERESTING

Miss Betty Clague, former physical
education instructor at Montana State
university and the first Montana
woman to be sworn into the women's
Auxiliary Army as an officer candi-
date, has been commissioned second
lieutenant at Fort Des Moines.
Word Of the commission was re-
ceived by Lieut.. Walter G. Robbins
WAAC interviewing officer at army
headquarters in Butte, In letter from
Lieutenant Clague All three Of the
Montana officer candidates were so
commissioned. it was learned, and win
be assigned to duty.
According to the Montana WAACS.
Lieutenant Robbins said, life at Fort
Des Moines Is strenuous but both
pleasant and interesting Letters from
the officers and from Miss Eugenia
Burke, Butte enlistee who is compIet-
ing her four-week basic training, paint
a graphic picture Of the embryo
women's army. All are enthusiastic
about their new life and the "anaz-
ing ease" Of the adjustment from
civilian independence to military regu-
lation. At present men officers con-
@4Ck eNAA NA@aocto AAk wall oQQH DC re-
placed by women instructors who have
the period Of indoctrination.
Those notions about women being
unable to get along when placed IN
large groups and In close daily asso-
;iation are erroneous, Miss Burke
wrote.
Il have never been a part of a more
enthusiastic and sincere group OF
girls" she told Lieutenant Robbins
Even officer candidates are friendly
and helpful. II there are any more
yirls from Butte considering enlist
nent tell them they have my asSlr-
nee that they viii be more than sat
SIZED for making the sacrifice Of Civ
ng up what we all have given up"
She said the Montana auxiliaries are
IL together In new barracks and !
'eing with others from the home state |
Eliminates all tendency toward nostal-
ia and loneliness. The auxiliaries, who /
re now beginning their fourth week
+ training, had been assigned to drill /
nd teach new recruits when Miss
Surke wrote. She was acting as first
and was only slightly I'M
omfortable over the fact that there
'ere so many older women in her
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19
Death Takes Pioneer
Sheriff of Montana

Henry Lloyd Sherlock. "a, a resi-
dent OF Montana for SO years, died
at his home. He had been III for sew
eral years.
Sherlock was sheriff Of Jefferson
county from 1894 to 1903 and state
senator from Jefferson county from
1908 to 1907. He was also active In
other public and civic affairs.
sherlock was born July 10, 1858, at
AFaunga Karemea. New Zealand.
where he lived until 1872, when he
went to California. he came overland
Ia Montana IN 1879, driving a herd
az 5000 sheep, and settled at Grow
creek. ia Jefferson county.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-19
Hail Damage Above
AUerdqe in Montana

Hail damage to Montana grain crops
will be well above average this year,
possibly as high as percent of the
total wheat crop, Chairman E. K.
Bowman Of the state hail insurance
board reported recently.
1.-THE annual, long term average loss
is approximately to 6 percent" Bow
man said, while this year we expect
losses to run between S and 8 percent.
certainly higher than in l941."