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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
BY WIN. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Last year the Southeastern
Sectional Championships, held
at Coral Gables, Fla, established
all new attendance records. This
year the tournament will he held
at the same place March 1915.
and should be even larger, as so
many cities are conducting
games to send their winners to
the event.
While northerners have here
tofore won most of the cham
pionships in this tournament,
now that the southern players
have made such a good showing
in the Nationals at Richmond, /
would not be surprised to see
most of the Southeastern titles
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

nothing photographed about
it, even though they're both
Hollywood veterans at ~. The
story isn't about any movie fig
ure but is q satire on salesman
ship and conferred on a cham
pion vacuum cleaner peddler.
This is the one the authors hope
to direct.
Along with about a dozen
other established film drama
fists, Jarrico and Collins have
been teaching at the League of
American Writer'S school here.
Film cutters, newspaper report
ers, refugee authors and people
from the stage are among their
pupils, along with local scripters
who haven't been doing very
we'll. The instructors say they
can't create creative talent, but
they can help with mechanics
and technique and judgment of
story values. Through better
screen writing, Hollywood's own
stagnant scale of values would
have to change, too.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

20 to the south this year. OF
course the outstanding bridge
player of 1941, Mrs. A. M. Sobel
of New York, will be there to
defend one of her many titles.
Mrs. Sobel gave a good dem
onstration of her skill in hand
ling the pasteboards in the hand
shown today. Sitting South, she
ducked the first trick. With only
IL tricks in sight and no possible
play for a 18th but squeeze, 1t
was necessary to give up one
trick at once to set the stage.
West led another spade and
Mrs. Sobel was in. The five
clubs were ca h e d. On the
fourth, West let 60 a diamond.
and so did dummy. East let 60 a
heart. On the fifth club every
body discarded diamonds. The
next lead was a diamond to
blank ace. p
North cash e d the king Of
spades, on which East and South
discarded hearts. A low heart to
the king put Mrs. Sobel in, and
when she cashed the king of
diamonds, West was squeezed.
He alone held q heart stopper.
but he could save it only by dis
carding his last spade-where-
upon dummy would let 60 the
low heart and win the heart ace
and the eight of spades.
Had West chosen to hold dia-
monds instead of hearts at trick
six, Mrs. Sobel would simply
have reversed her play Of the
red suits and developed the same
squeeze.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31

though that would be welcome,
too, since they now are rated
somewhere in the vicinity of the
set designer and the creator of
coiffures. What writers most
want is sufficien. authority 10
prevent mutilation of their work
and enough latitude to introduce
new ideas.
AS several other writer's, in
cludin Preston Sturges, John
Huston and Charles Lederer,
have done, Jarrico and Collins
want to direct. At least, they
want to co-direct one of their
own scripts - 80 that we can
find out what direction con-
tributes to a picture" It's their
notion that the relationship
should be close - directors
should work with writer's on
final drafts of screen plays, and
that writer's should be on the
sets at least part OF the time
during production. Bruce Man.
ming, the producer for whom the
team now is working, is an ex-
writer who used to 1T on the sets
of the Deanna Durbin pictures
and think up dialog and business
as the action went along. And
Jarrico and Director Carson
Kanin worked together closely
on tom, Dick and Harry"
That sort of cooperation and
mutual respect is rare, though.
Understated Collins: There is
an interesting degree of antag-
onism between the crafts"
RIBS DRUMMERS
Collins and Jarrico now are
completing screen play titled
wonder Boy" but theres
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
REkEMBER3

A few years ogo when some Amer
lean newspopermen were just discov-
erne South America there were q lot
of stories about President Vargas Of
Brozi|. Admittedly a good deal Of q
dictator, he was, some Of the writer's
added, practically Fascist. and oil
too sympathetic to totolitorionism.
So comes the Rio de Joneiro con-
ference to form q united front against
the oxis, and who stood firmest ogoinst
the axis, who insisted most strongly on
the most drastic action? President Var
eos.
Thus we see again demonstrated q
truth about South American politics.
Latin America has dictotors, but Latin
America is patriotic and notionolistic.
Even those rulers whose regimes foil
to show up as 100 per cent democrocies
by the standard Of American liberal.
ism. are pretty sure to stand firm
against foreign influence, and espe-
eiolly the subversive kind prootised by
the totolitorion countries.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
: BEHIND THE SCENES
ut WASHING on .

Of bio corporations who oct
transferred from ono branch
office or one plant to onothsr,
often in distont cities. These
white-eoIlor mioronts are just
as much Of q housing heod-
oche as the doy loborer. And
none can be expected to buy
and sell q house every time
the fomily changes Location
with any expeetotions Of COM
ina out even on the holf-doz-
en- deals.
In the foce Of such condi-
tions. the old toIk Of Settling
down and roisin9 q fomily"
becomes mere nonsense as
expressing the woy OF average
American life. The letter part
is still possible. but the former
is complicated.
ACUTE SHORTAGE LOOMS
There is q demond, now.
for housing from S per cent to
10 per cent Of the war indus
Try workers. For lack Of hous-.
inc on the job. workmen who
live in Connecticut ore riding
in their automobiles to war
Jobs in New Jersey ord beck
to bed in Connecticut. And
from Atlantic City they drive
to Jobs in Comden and Philo-
deIphio. Wherever there is a
bio new munitions plant or
shipyord there ore coses OF
Iona distance committing like
this till the housing problem
is solved.
But wait till tires wear out
and for lack Of rubber can't
be replaced. Committing by
privote auto will then be out
Of the question, ond insteod q
denond for additional housing
for from S per cent to 10 per
cent Of the war industry work.
ers. you may have q demond
for housing up to Is per cent
Of these workers near the
plant site.
In plain language. an oeuts
housing shortage for war labor
is imminent. An immediote
reorganization Of oil govern
ment housing organizations to
end the present confusion ond
to odopt q new and definite
war housing policy is essential.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

A RRIVALS from Mexico include
IA one OF the hrst series issued
in 1912. Il marks the fourth CEN
teuary Of the founding Of Merida.
the capital Of Yucatan.
Designs are Of ruins and art
examples associated with Mayan
civilization. Others bear pictures
of structures, still standing, built
by the Castilian conquistadores
headed by fernando Cortes.
One value Is illustrated by the
city's coat Of arms and the in.
scription, 1.-THE Noble and Faithful
City Of Merida" All values bear
the dates Of l542-le42.
Colombia added q 20-centavos
gray black to the regular postage
series. II carries . portrait Of
Garcia Rovirs, an army general
under Simon Bolivar In South
Americas war for independence.
Rovira IL not . philatelie new.
conner. His likeness was used On
an Antioquia 1o03-04 stamp.
..
The Dominican Republic plans
70 commemorate the founding Of
the Department Of Posts and TeIe-
srapi,s Is years ego with as.
centavos blue and l5c purple.
News from France reports
stamp speculation, rather than
collecting, 70 the rage. Most pur-
chasers hold specimens for 2 rise
In prices and then 'ssll. Pocsal
authorities In France forbid sne
sending q stamps out Of The eosm-
Try.
New Issues: Ecuador he's ovor.
printed it, S-saeres emerald y ne
Golden Gate international Expo-
sition commemorative alrmcu -
ries. conceal" b ovsFprinsed vcr.
ticslly. =. Surinam's recent ~
sue inciuds sureharOQd H.
$500 - ID cnn0 49, -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
HiehIiehts from
the Latest Books

For 4 revelation OF the almost
hateful smugness which can
saddle. COME SELF satisfaction. q
spirit that had q chance to be
healthy, try Warwick Deepings
Corn in Egypt" (Knopf: $2.50).
story of the problems Of man
and woman during wartime In
that well-known novelists ma
tive England. go
AS the journal of . man with
a heart for the land, and for q
measure of pithy Deepingims
such as 1.-THE child's pretending
may become the mans philoso-
phy," it is an interesting book.
but with q good plot gone piop.
Grant Carey falls heir to .
fair-size chunk Of the coin OF the
realm, gives up his business. and
retires pleasantly to the country
to live the simple life as 2 farm
er, The right woman, Phillida-
like Demeter she Is tall, strong
and rolden-comes along, they
fall in love. marry and then SUI
fer some of the hardships ana
dangers Of war.
Carey must be Of dubious.
stuff, however, for Ne smiles in
stead Of cringes when his wife
speaks like q Virtue In . morale
~ play. "Oh, Granite, life Is 4
iest!' she lifts. Some Of their
conversation has all the banter
ine abandon of Q Victorian mis-
sionary's report to the Home
Conference.
Despite such lapses, however.
Deepins fans will find much to
please them. Carey's heart IL
great for his house, his fields, his
cow and fruit trees, wheat going
golden and . plum in flower.
He loves his dog, his hired hand,
will, and his wife.
But Carey Is . man with
neither patience nor pity for
rypsies. for city jewellers who
would or could not escape, for
the weak, the ineffectual-for
anyone not Of his own strong
mind and kind.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
GLEcTklc INDUSTRY
ovEkcoMES HANDlCAPS

For many yeors, the electric power
ostd LIGHT industry has been subject to
unnecessary political ottock. It has
beon ti1e object of destructive lows.
I sese q me Holding Company Act,
salth bcve ploced tremendous ortifi-
!'elqt cbstoclss IN the way Of its expon-
and progress. Il hos been SUBJ
"a tox-subsidixed competition
1900 Nstsm3 booked by all
o. ~ public treasury II
~ end denounced on
MY . group Of politicians
Iectkei : The complete
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
. SO THEY SAY

The people Of the U mite d
states must understand that
while the government OF my
country. under Acting President
Castillo, II conservative and
even reactionary, IL 10 not Nazi
and IL IL not Fascist.
Angelica Mendoza de Mon
tero, Arsentinian writer.
Whatever hardship may be In
store, we shall face Il together;
IL shall be distributed fairly and
borne by al in their fair proper
ton, in accordance with their
ability to carry Il.
Treasury Secretary Morsen-
thau.
For the first time In the his
tory Of hemisphere relations
joint action Of the highest i'm
portance has been taken with
unanimity.
u n d e r secretary Of state
WelleS.
Will-power - such II like
wise . very effective counter
poison against defeatism.
Qkafnn - p0nn0nv Inafit1stn
for Advanced Study, Prince
ton.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
So YEARs AGO TO-DAY

50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1872
There IL TO be Organized In
Mount Clemens . Womsns
Christian Temperance Union.
George Chambers advertised q
slaughter Sale" because OF too
much jewelry."
IS YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1857
Hurds vitalized Air u the
only safe, certain and pleasant
anaesthetic. for extracting teeth
without paln.-B. +. Yates. y.
y. s.
judge of Probate Avery &C.
counts for Il BY saying that there
u IN inereess Of insanity In st.
Clair county.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
SWEATING OFF THE FAT

Il is always pleasure 10 see pun
lie Official step right out. grab q PROB
lem squore|y by the horns. and go to the
mot with it. Possibly the pleasure is en-
HANGED by the fact that it happens SO
seldom.
Anyway, every stote and local Off
ciol knows that in this time Of war, with
federoI debt rising. with costs OF living
risino, it is highly desirable that stote
and local expenses and toxes be cut
Just as far as possible.
Few Officials have had the fortitude
to tockIe the problem squoreIy. 0over11
nor Lennon Of New York is on exceP-
ton. In presenting his budget to the
stote legislature, he has recommended
a Is per cent reduction in each individ-
uol's personal income toxes payable
this spring; a similar reduction in same
toxes payable in l943; q cut Of five mil
lions in totoI budget despite unovoid-
obIe war expenses and all this in the
face Of inevitable loss Of revenue from
auto and eos taxes. He proposes to
postpone almost all projected public
improvements, cut expenses all around,
and actually give the stote toxpoyer
some relief to enable him to carry his
increased federoI taxes.
How Governor Lehman will fore
with his proposals, we do not yet know,
but such program. actually en-
bodied in q budget and showed straight
at stote Legislature, is q fitting subject
for loud cheers.
Much Of the saving that can be
mode by stote and local governments
in times like this can be made without
injury or handicap to individuals Many
employees will be leaving to join the
orned services. The total will foll auto
moticoIly if new employees are not inn
mediotely odded, yet it will not be
Necessary to fire anybody.
All copitoI improvement projects
not necessary to the conduct Of the war
which can be postponed will not only
add their share to present economy, but
will be waiting to be launched otter
the war at time when jobs and work
may be at a premium. Thus the post
ponement serves q double purpose.
Every stote and local government
has before it q definite task: to sweat
off the fat ond get down to minimum
operations consistent with sofety and
effective administration. The toxpoyer
tond thot's everybody nowodoys) is 60
ing to have to carry q heavier and
heavier bod for the nation. It is up to
the lesser governmental divisions to
tighten the burden all they can.
Few Of them have as yet foced the
situotion with as much courage as that
shown by the governor Of New York.
n RRPDa<s nAR1aeF0N
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
! ~ pgTUR GDSok
Dolly Mssitss wsshlsssss

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81
A greet deol Of the congress
sionoI thinking. on housing is
still based on the assumption
thot the only kind Of housing
which Is any good Is thot in
which an honest American
worker buys q house or q form
on time, settles down in the
community, roises q fomily, fl
nolIy pays off the mortgage.
stoys on the some plocs or
keeps working for the some
company all his life, sovss
enough money to retire on and
spends q comfortable old oas
putterino around the house he
and the little women built just
otter they got morried, 40
yeors ooo.
Thot wos the pre- First
World-Wor conception of ideol
American life. II is still the
rurol and the snoIl- town con-
ception of life as it should be,
and the mojority Of the con-
aressmen today are definitely
ruroI. definitely small town.
definitely pre- World War;
One. No one con deny thot
those were the good old dogs.
But the question crises as to
whether life is like thot any
more or whether it will ever
be like that oooin.
Surveys today indicote thot
not one worker in 100 lives in
the some house for IS years.
Jobs change. Factories 90 bust.
A dFouth or q depression comes
along and makes Necessary
wholesale mierotions Of thou.
sands Of people. Hopeful
homeowners carrying mort
edees get foreelosed on. slop-
dob in the middle Of one OF
these cotostrophies and lose
everything but their shorts.
THE AMERICA THAT WAS
1t is sod to odmit, but rural
and snoll-town America as
they were in those good old
days are disappearing. Rural
iy, there aren't enough new
forms opening up for the sons
Of formers reaching manhood.
and these good young men
have to 90 to the big town fo'
q Job. In the small towns.
likewise, there oren't enough
jobs to 90 ground. With auto
mobiles. good roods onc
eieht-hour doys. these yours
feIIers and O lot Of the Older
ones can commute to jobs SO
or 40 or so miles away from
home.
II you were to spell out the
cycle Of shelter requirements
for the average worker during
his life span todoy, housing
experts believe it would b
something like this:
/. Before morrioee - one
room.
Z. Just married - two tc
three rooms.
3. Roisino q fomily - one
to two more rooms.
4. Chonoe Of jobs - q DIFF.
ferent dwelling for each new
Location.
5. Increasing prosperity -
q bigger or better house.
s. After the children grow
UP and leave home - back tc
two or three or four rooms.
SETTLING DOWN" IS OUT
In other words, during 80 Of
40 yeors Of useful life, thu
overooe fomiIy will requir.
from five to six or maybe {
different dwellings,. This ism
confined to foctory workers II
the lower income brackets
either. II oppIies to white-eo''
lar workers in the middle IN
come groups ond to skiIlee
technieions, professional folk
and executives - poticu'or
iv RI the better oojd empIove!
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31

Wos just given.
And that thousondth donor? DR..
F. S. KoppeI, who left Germany as an
enemy Of Hitler and HitIerism in lo33
otter practising medicine in Cologne
for l8 years.
HitIer's slogan is bIut und boden-
blood and soil. Well, here is some good
Germon blood being offered on new
and different soil to defect the man
who rented Of blood.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31
FAR FROM HOME

The naval battle between the
Alabama and the Kearsage was
fought off the coast of Cher
bourg, France, during the Civil
War.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-31

Far out in front on donation Of
blood for the Army and Novy-Red Cross
pIosmo bank is Cleveland, where the
thousondth pint Of blood in II Days
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
NEWEST COMEDY
 l!NDEEES DRAMA
 FILLED pL0 !
Capitol Theatre Offering Stars Jack Benny and
 CaroIe Lombard

Discussing his latest film pro- duction, ITO Be Or Not To Be, now at the Capitol, Ernst Lubitsch pointed out that it was actually a comedy spy melodrama about the reactions and doings of group of ham actors who became all mixed up with the Gestapo after Warsaw had been invaded.
 Before the invasion started the group of actors had been rehears- ing an anti-Nazi play, which they never were allowed to present. But as a result of the rehearsals they had some storm troopers uniforms which came in very handy when the plot turned to melodrama and the members of the theatre stock company pretent, for spy pur- poses, to be part of the Polish Gestapo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
CADET GIRL"I5 ATTRACTION AT
 10TH CENTURY
Scenes Shot at Camp Hahn Included in Landis Mont
 gomerY 'Boogie -Woogie'

Fifteen thousand cadets at Camp Hahn, near March Field, Califor- mia, unknowingly joined the cast of 20th Century-Fox's Cadet Girl the current attraction at the 20th Century Theatre.
 One Saturday Kay Kyser put on a show for the boys at the camp. One of the top members of his all- star cast was lovely Carole Landis, who has been giving up most of her free time to entertainments at the Army camps.
 Carole sang several songs for the boys. While she sang, Director Ray McCarey and a camera crew filmed the scene as an important sequence of Cadet Girl"
 In the picture, Carole, cast as songstress, leaves night club engagement to entertain at Unit ed States Army camps. Camp Hahn proved the ideal setting, and the l5,O00 cadets were a perfect back ground.
 George Montgomery is starred opposite Carole in Cadet Girl" The new songs were written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
OVER HUNDRED
 TAKE PASSAGE
 FOR SOUTH

Arrivals in Juneau from Skag. way on Saturday were Cora Ben son and Dan Hightower,
 Taking passage from here fol the south Saturday were:
 For Ketchikan-L. A. Simmon- sen, Claire Johnson, c. E. Parent K. E. Shoett, P. l.. Bush, Joh r Ross, G. M. Dillon, Ken Ronhess- 1 trano, Leo Skies, Marion Etter Oscar Larson, AloySius Steiner, D F. Robertson, V. R. Paris, Will lard Batchelor, E. R. Johnson, Olar Hjelm, J. O. Read. George Gorow. ski, Mrs. Mary Day, Frank Wallak Paul Dippell, Glen Smith, Joseph Brlocleau, Delph c. Robbins, Will liam J. Parsons, Mrs. Frances Cushing, Vernon D. Warner, Theo Frolictisten, Eugene L. Clark, Ward A. Turner.
 For Estella Paxton, Ha- gel Mcleod Robert Pederson, Jack Gucker, M. E. Tippets, Paul Soren- son, Oscar Harri Mrs. Grace Flick en, A. J. Ficken, Alta Brink, Les ter Carlson, Carl Carlson, Roth Carlson, Mrs. John Heath, Vern Gorstine, George Hendrick, Leola Ellingen. Chris Ellingen, Odes Will kening, Collis Druley.
 John Keyser, John Black, Dwight Parrish, Al Anderson, Mildred An derson. Chrystal Lewis. Harley Lewis, Gunnar Ingman, Esther Ingman, Edward Weber, Sam Franko, Clifford Clancy, w. O. McDaniels, Fred L. Rades, Elmer Hans, Roy Neil Mikel, Julius Stein, John Heath, Earl Cox.
 Philip Forrest, c. R. Jereczek. James Lucas Thomas Novel;, Ar thur Olson, Virden Duncan, FL mer Howson, Carl Lakso, Doug. D. Thim, John c. Anderson, Law renee January, Melvin Lancaster, Kenneth Mckee, Per Will Manson, Ralph Baker, Charles Dihle, Leon ard Croft.
 Joseph Rambraogh. Ed Ingle- son, Charles Gracey, Mrs. Billie Nottveit, Ivar Nottveit, E. R. Mac Causland, L. Lauderback, Mrs. Madeleine Rein, A. I. Matson, Will liam Neiderhauser, A. w. Lund- quist, William P. MacCarthy, Mrs J. F. DeVine, Agnes Keefe, Fred Erickson, Sgt. Robert Versen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

ander, Deputy Clerk Peggy McIvor, Court Reporter Mildred Maynard, Assistant U. S. Attorney Pat J. Gilmore, Jr., and Mrs. Gilmore.
 The Ketchikan term has adjourn ed to Juneau and will convene Sat7 urday for regular motion day
 The new term of court will open January G. The grand jury will convene January l2, and the petit jury on January 26.
 
 Beeswax is an important by product of honey production.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
ARMAND DUNCAN OPENS CLEANING
 AND PRESS SHOP

After an absence from Juneau of about 20 months, Armand Dun can is back in town and an ncunces the opening of Duncan's Cleaning and Press Shop.
 Duncan was associated with the Alaska Laundry for IT years be- fore he left Juneau to establish 8 laundry at the Army base at Fort Richardson where he served r-r Gocut Q year as superinten- dent.
 Since his return to Juneau, Dun ca1 hs purchased the Almquist T7eil"r Shop on South Franklin Street, next to the Snow White Laundry, where he will engage in the cleaning, pressing and repair ing business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
STIM50N SAYS !. AFRICAN DRIVE
 ONLY STARTING
Declares More Work Still Remains to Be Done
 for Air Supremacy

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. = Elm phasizing the North African cam paign was merely beginning, Secre- tary of War Henry L. Stimson declares the main big work still remains to be done and steps are completed to give the United States air supremacy"
 Secretary Stimson said that when air supremacy is obtained three ob- jectives lie ahead and one is to eXpel or destroy the Axis forces in Tunisia, attack Tripoli and destroy the Germans under Rommel.
 This will make the North African coast on the Mediterranean safer with a line reaching into the Egyp- tian area.
 The War Secretary also said the light forces of both the Allies and Axis are now engaged in what might be described as feeling out the enemy"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

Bagliore, the title sometimes given musical composition light and quaint in character, comes from the Italian word meaning flash of light"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
AM. LEGION TO
 MEET TONIGHT

The American Legion will meet at o'clock tonight in the Dugout to make plans for a Christmas Party to see Alaska Game Com mission movies which have not yet been shown to any audience, Com mander Al Zenger announces.
 Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer of the commission, will show the l,600 feet of movies. Coffee and other refreshments will be served.