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WAVES AGE LIMIT
is RAISED TO 40

Atlanta. Nuv 9.-rhc maximum
a"y limit l"r midShipnan training
I";din" la commissions IN the Wom-
ems Reserve of the United States
Navy nI- ntrn ItI-,d from ~ Ia ~,
Lieutenant Mildred McFall. director
81 WAVE recruiting Tor the Sixth
Naval District announced today. The
MINIMUM age requirement remain
al ~.
Women oyer - should pnSScSS rx-
c"piI"nnl UcrUpIiiunal experience.
nr"cNCr.
rms move by the Navy Depart
hrni MIL greatly increase the MINI
| Der al "lLrIn!v candidates, for the.
WAVES w division" Lieutenant
NrFHll SHiH. II here are Ia b,. ru
l"Iih"r commissions granted direct,
h"W,l"r, without probationary tram
az nr added
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CHAPTER rHIRTY-THREE

SiiNi EN- llilh = l1iSFsE
MARY VIEWED herself In the
Mushroom mirror with a critical
nervous eye. She hoped she looked
all right. Even the mirrors rcas-
surfing reflection left her uncertain
She rcarranGcd the shining red
waves Of her hair. re-tOuchcd her
lips. Sh. was thankful she hal
worn the new chic black suit. En-
cept for the large green parrot
lapel pin. she looked every inch a
siren. she reflected humoroIslv. Too
bad she hadn't praCticed more the
art of Turing men. How did she
know she was to learn the art OF
pickup nj the request of the
F. b. l.? Ken had called her and
Fran Mata Harris that morning.
That's what she was-a California
Mata Hari!
A couple of the personnel girls
came through the swinging door
behind her. Jane said. Haven't you
been to lunch YETI"
! mo. I'm eating late today"
Mary picked up her purse and
tuckoa comb and compact away.
Gosh. bet you're starved" The
other girl Has all friendly SYM
lpathy.
! II they :sncw what little appe-
tite she had tonight. Mary thought
wryly, hurrying across the grounds
toward the cafeteria. Nervously,
she went over the instructions DAN
yer had given her so carefully that
afternoon.
The lunchroom was less crowded
than she was used to seeing It. She
picked up her tray and moved ii
along the counter. absently reach
ing for a sandwich. ordering cof-
fee. But her gaze dartcd about in
surreptitious glances.
Not until she had reached the
cashier and was waiting for her
check did her desperate eyes focus
on her victim. There he sat, in his
mechanics coverolls, eating full
sized dinner. She picked up her
tray and started casually In cir
cuitous route toward his table. Her
heart was beating loudly. STEADY"
lshe thought, 'stcady's the pass.
word. Joe Banks. here I GOMEZ"
She paused by his table, looked
around uncertainty. and as his eyes
raised to notice her. glanced at him
with start Of recognition. then
rested Ter tray on his table.
HI o." she said. Her voice oiav.
cred slightly. To cover this. she wild.
ened her eyes at him and tried
simpcring smirk.
She was weak with relief when
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she saw his broad. unsuspectine
grin. He was plainly observing tina,
this red-haired gal was quite dish
"How'rya ?" He chewed his food
with pleased vigor, looking at her
alcrtly and hopefully.
Just looking for an empty Ia.
ble." Mary murmured. This trays
heavy"
His smile grew broad with salts
faction. We'll. why dontcha unload
il ?" he invited.
The first step was taken. Mary.
facing him across the small table.
poured cream into her coffee and
then picked up her sandwich. She d
have 10 make a pretcnse of eating.
Joe Banks was not ncglecting his
heaped plate. He ate voraciously.
and grinned at her. He was not a
talkative man, during meals. Mary
wondered as she chartered emptily
If this coarse, but friendly fellow
could possibly be connected. even
as stooge. with a trcacherous
sabotage ring!
Hope you got an easier job than
I have" Mary worked the question
into her careless talk with a hui
morous whine.
Sure, it's all right" Joe Banks
mumbled happily. Kinda dull
don't see nothin'." He added lit
tie quickly, II mcan-its kinda
monotonous. But what the heck.
It's good money. Amt that how
you feel?"
Mary trailed her sandwich
around her plate and let her mouth
droop In pensive thought. ooh, !
guess so. Still" She sighed loudly
and slipped her coffee. IT'S pretty
long and tedious sometimes"
He worked half slice of bread
into his mouth and chewed 1t while
he watched Mary with IN apprais-
ing. genial eye. your boy friend
ought to come In handy there"
"Yeah?" Mary drawlcd sarcas-
tically. Hes in New Zealandm
'Hc is, huh ?" Joe Banks chew
ing now was growing in vigor and
confidence. you don't say! Little
girls all alone. eh?"
"Oh. I have an apartment--with
a roommate. been thinking of
moving into boarding house.
though, or maybe a hotel" she
looked at him, appealing for adj
II
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
''The Authority on Authorities-

--.sr- ...-... ..---
WHEN YOU know Somcthr"
'.upuiIant about The hand. which
~ unknown To The IicClarrr. ari
which r"n!d ne very valuable in
formation him. hut Of littl" or
-" ":;!i" !" your partner. please
IL :" keep the knowledge To
':"Iisrlt Try to pick some play. il
v"u can. which will mislcad him
definitely Lacking any way To DO
that. at least rndcavOr to adopt 4
cours" Of action which will keep
the facts withheld from him.
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Catherine Vcnablr. "u.yrar-uld S.,n..
~ count i.nrn .u!. A.d ,u.,,.,,
inst hon"rS In tn" victory "..u,.
competition.
Four girls. inrludir Mis- Nl.ln,,
were named ia Ire n.ur .Iuiu..
group. The other three Winning r.,:
recognition were. Wv 'au W:l,. e.
Arson comfy: IE:,lv Ballr..u. q,
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Gr''m1 -ty' and ~, "A,tn
W,a.i' oi Mash county.
i reward Tor conducting t:c
Dr''t" ing victory Garden, aiupna
NC.ir cardinals lnO.nOu cluh i.rn.-
b"r-. the l"Iu. rirls viii each receive.
Il So war bond. The winner. wcr.
"'clcd un the basis of record, SUBJ
""ttd Oh their protects.
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Buy Another Bond Today,
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SURRY Girl. WINS
GARDEN CONTEST

C"il"Gc Station. Ralcinh. NOV. .
Ah''htr 'iHI' t-li contest winner W.T.
i,f'"'Cd i"jt", "a Mis-. France Mae
Gt"G"r. H.sI-ian; I'll Club leader Il
:. {. STATE COLLEGE,, announced that
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NO PEACE IN DEFEAT

Hitler needing another victory
badly has beaten France again. What
else can Marshal Petoin's announce
ment Of collaboration with Pierre Lo-
val mean? "TodoY in q moment as de-
cisiVe as that Of June, 1910, | again
find myself with him =" June, 1910,
brought France the soddest moment Of
its history unless this moment in 1912
is sodder still.
There must be more disiIIusioned
people in France today than at the
moment Of French defeat before Ger
man arms. In 1910 disiIIuson wos
confined to that section Of French
opinion that had been deceived into
thinking France strong. Now it in
cIudes even those who knew France
was weak but imagined that in &C
kno"Iedging that fact they could
somehow find q rest from national re-
sponsibiIity.
It has not been possible. Even had
Britain fallen as many Frenchnen
expected it to, in q few weeks after
June, 1910, France could have found
no security or comfort in q Nozi vic
tory. Back Of Peton's words stands the
toct Of frances continuing troqedy,
the lesson Of which is plain to all free
peoples: that there is no peace in de-
teot, only more defeot-From the
Christian Science Monitor.
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BANS CRISS-CROSS

All other gag-men whom ]
know boast of their criss-cross-
indexed libraries of all the jokes
ever uttered, and how they
merely select and twist these
cracks to fit required situations.
Mahoney never has filed a sim
gle clipping, and his aversion
to such blatant piracy is en-
HANGED by the fact that thou
sands Of the Witticisms, cpl
grams and puns which he has
borne out of hard labor have
been popping up for almost 20
years in the thin DISCUSSES pro-
Vided by hack humorists.
He came up the hard way
along a route that parallels the
rise from loWly burlesque of
some of today's greatest coined
ians. After graduating from
Santa Clara University, Mahon-
ey hurried to Hollywood and
manned around for a few years
in the hope of being a new Slim
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
. McKENNY ON BRIDGE

southeastern sectional champion
ships held in Florida. She sue
Cessfully defended the women
pair championship, finished sec
ond in the mixed pai- event with
j. Patrick Dunno, the blind
bridge player of Miami, finished
second in the open pairs "a title
which she was also defending)
and finished in = tie for second
in the team-of-four. Here is an
example Of her daring play.
West was rightly suspicious Of
the spade bid by South, Mrs.
Wagar. He opened the suit any
way. Mrs. Wagar started by
cashing the ace and king of dia-
monds, then she laid down the
queen of hearts, as though try
ing to establish re-entry TO dunn
my. East fell for the bait and
withheld the ace.
Then the diamonds were run
off. West, misguessing the stu
alton, discarded spades in order
TO hold his hearts as we'll as
clubs, and Mrs. Wagar develop
Cd a ninth trick easily.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29

The report from }. F. Campbell,
Director Of the Northeast Timber SoI-
wage Administration, will be crafty
ing to New England citizens for two
reasons. The "big blow" Of September
1893, left approximately 100000
600 feet Of pine, hemIock, fir, and
hardwood on the ground-more than
the normal market could handle.
The Salvage Administration, OBJ
Grating under the United States For
est Service, paid the farmers q fair
price according to quality The logs
we're stored in hundreds Of ponds and
rivers. lunbermen who have follow
ed the process closely are particularly
interested to read Mr.. CompbeII's
statement that the loss from storing
in the water is very negligible" and
that the loss from lumber in yard piles
is less than ! per cent. Farmers and
timber operators in the future may
toke advantage Of new ideas to do
numbering when the price cycle is low,
hold their product for better times.
The second reason for grotifico-
ton is that SO much New England Ium-
Der is contributing directly to the no.
tons war effort. Unknown numbers Of
ships ore sailing to the Allies with cor
goes Grated in wood that grew on New
tngIond's granite hiIsides At the
present time, about 100000 feet Of
boards and PIonks day are eoinq
through the mills. Demand exceeds
supply and the labor problem is q ma
jor one to New EngIond's timber in
terests. Thousands Of farmers are
grateful to the Salvage AdministrQ-
ton for job we'll done and now With
in sight Of completion. The Forest
Service can add another Job we'll done
to its long list Of accomplishments in
the interests Of the public welfare.
From the Christian Science Monitor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
HOLDING THE BAG

The Reconstruction Finance Corp
orotion's willingness to take unstable
automobiles, tires, refrigerotors, etc,
off the hands Of manufacturers is q
commendobIe step toward relief Of an
extremely hord-hit Gloss Of little bust
ness men.
The real beneficiories will be the
distributors. Having been deprived Of
their normal means Of livelihood, these
distributors should not have their copi-
toI, including loans on which they must
pay interest, tied up indefinitely.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASH|NGTONs

mite e on Interstate Conn.,
merce, introduced q resolution
calling for an Investigation OF
the German control Of Amen-
can patents.
The resolution was posed
in October, and an application
was made TO the Senate Conn.,
mittee on Audit and Control,
Of which Senator, now Supreme
Court Justice James F. Byrnes
was chairman, for funds with
which TO conduct the inVesti-
CATION. The committee took no
action, and the Investigation
never got started. Why, would
be hard to determine. May
be Wheeler didn't push it hard
enough. Maybe the odminis-
trotion didn't want Wheeler to
BET credit for it. Take your
pick.
Anyway, if the Wheeler in
VestieQtion had been held q
year and q half ogo, q lot Of
the dirty linen now being put
through the senatorial -wringer
might have come out clean
then and the defense effort
would have been just q year
and q half farther advanced
with respect to the freeing Of
toreien-heId patents. AS it is,
ex-IsoIotionist Wheeler is now
in the position Of being able
to give 'em big u told you
so.', if he were so minded.
A lot Of these Germon-con-
troIIed patents which the Bone
committee is O. <ing into
would normally expire in four
or five years, SO it might seem
unnecessary to pass IegisIo-
ton permitting the govern
ment TO free monopoly held
patents. But it doesn't work
out just that way.
After on initial or basic pot
ent is filed, Improvements in
the process or the product will
be discovered, and additional
patents will be taken out on
them. The result is that while
the basic patent will expire, it
is usually obsolete by the time
it does expire, and during its
life it has been so prolific that
it hos spawned enough oddi-
tionoI patents to keep q mon-
opoIy alive forever.
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from
the Latest Books

Some Americans make it plain
they can hardly stand to sleep
in the same United Nations bed
with the Red Russians, but even
the malcontentS must admit that
the Soviet Army is the only out
fit which has slugged it out with
the NaZis on an even or better
basis. That Russia will keep
smuggling is the clear conclusion
to be drawn from Alexander
Werth's Moscow War Diary"
(Knopf; So.
Werth, Moscow correspondent
for the London Times, heard the
roar of German planes, lodged
bombs on Moscow streets, plod-
ded through mud at the front,
saw the horrors of war that came
the German way, and does very
readable job of reporting what
he saw.
His experiences make most adj
venture tales tame and provide
one of the clearest views yet
published of war conditions in
the land of the hammer and Sic
kle. Yet the most pertinent in
formation in the book comes
from Russian leaders he inter-
viewed.
For instance, General Krassil-
nikov revealed that the Red Ar
my's training tactics we're unlike
those of any nation. Troops were
subjected to actual warfare, and
the bombing and Smelling of tar
gets was done with real bombs
and shells. These WhiStled and
screamed over troops heads and
bombs exploded so close by that
the soldiers had no trouble know
ing this was more than a mill
tary academy exercise. Such
training is credited with stiffen-
ing Russian backbones TO face
the Nazi cyclone.
Werth makes an important
statement when he says that
Russian industry after last falls
blitz will not be working at full
production before this spring
(the book was written last win
teri when Germany is expected
TO blast forth with her now-or-
never offensive.
Russia is fighting the most
crucial battle against the only
axis partner who counts" Werth
declares, and adds that neither
Japan or Italy will matter much
if Germany is crushed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of
correct social usage by an
sWering the following ques-
tons, then checking against
the authoritative answers be-
low:
/. If you want to go out on
the sidewalk when an air raid
alarm sounds to see what is 60
ing on, is it al right to do SO?
2. Is it all right to lean out
of windows during an air raid
alarm?
3. Is it up to every civilian to
keep calm and obey orders dur
ing an air raid alarm?
4. If you are asked to help in
civilian defense should you feel
obligated to do so if it is pos
sible?
5. If you wish to volunteer
for Civi ian defense service
should you call local headquart-
erS or go there in person?
What would you do if
You have friends or relatives
living in a city that has had air
raid alarms
(a) Write them how fright
ened you are for { heir
safety?
CO Don't try to brighten
them?
Answers
I. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Absolutely.
5. Telephone.
Better What Would You Do
solution-(b).
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BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


HOLLYWOOD, April 20 -
Wilkie Mahoney, who thinks up
funny lines and situations for
the movies, is a tall, unobtrusive
man who slouChes around in a
vast gabardine coat and looks
something like a tent wrecked
by a high wind. His house has
a sod roof, and he says he works
hard to keep a patch of ground
over his head.
Mahoney is the only gag spe-
CialiSt still flouriShing in the
movie industry. Hollywood used
to be full of joke-adapters, most
Of whom have moved into the
booby-hatch or radio. Mahoney
survived the padded cell school
Of vaudeville and radio script
ing and has escaped into the film
studios. He now is regularly
under contract to M-G-M, where
he functions as a consultant in
popping up sequences or whole
screen pays which have gone
flat.
Just now, his services are be-
ing rented II Warner Brothers to
brighten up the screen version
Of George Washington Slept
Here The play was mostly
sprightly dialog written by
George Kaufman and Moss Hart,
but motion pictures require
movement as we'll as blush-proof
lines, and Mahoney is helping
to provide same. Il keep hav-
ing to change the whole picture
to work in Wilkes gags"
grumbled William Keighley, the
director. He seems pleased,
though, and so are Ann Sheridan
and Jack Benny, the principals.
II STOOD UP
| saw a brief sample of the
Mahoney touch during visit TO
the sound stage. Benny and
Miss Sheridan drove up to the
ramShackle house that she had
bought sight-unseen. AS they
walked to the tumbledoWn porch
she reminded him: You know,
the Constitution of the United
States was signed just a few
miles away
And Benny, surveying the i'm
mediate premises, retorted:
That seems to be the only thing
that has stood up around here.'
In a part of the world which
is excessively populated by peo-
pie who think they're funny and
spend most Of their time shout
ing secondhand quips TO prove
il, Wilkie Mahoney is unique.
He speaks softly, and then
mostly of serious things. If
there is any true science in
honor, Mahoney is a scientist,
because his idea Of a big eve
ming is to settle down with
book on semanucS or psychol-
ogy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
BY PETER EDSOk
Monitor-Leoder Washington
Correspopdert

WASHINGTON, April %
To some people in Woshine-
ton, the explanation Of Why
Pierre Laval is such q you
know-whot is fairly simple. For
years, they soy, Laval was at
torney in France for !. Q. Far
ben, the German dye trust
which through its monopoIies,
patent pools and corteIs at
tempted to maintain q stron-
gle hold on the worlds chem
icoI business. Considering the
close relations between the
German government and |. @.
F., Laval has been on the Ger
man payroll for years, SO what
more could you expect.
About 10 million motor We
hicIes in the u stotes and the
District OF Columbia go on
short gos rotions Moy IS. That
amounts to one-third the no.
tons motor transport.
The principal headache Of
this initial gas rotioning will
come when the school teachers
who do the registering have to
pass on the applications Of car
owners who feel they ore en-
titled to more than the mini
mum allowance. Every car own
er will be given on "A" card
emitting him to minimum al
Iowonce Of seven units. The
trouble will come in classifying
or handling the appeals Of mo-
florists such os war workers,
who feel they will be entitled
to B. b., or B-3 cords Of H.,
IS and l9 units respectively.
School teachers are suppos-
ed to know everything, but
how they'll be able to tell q
b from q B-3 without the
help Of algebra is the unsoIved
problem on the blackboard.
Main benefit Of this interim
rotioning is that it will serve
as an experimental registro-
ton TO determine what bugs
must be erodicoted from the
permanent ro ioning plan
which will go in effect July |.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
PREP AREDNESS

PHILADELPHIA-Five far
sighted marines who expect to
sandwich Tokyo between the
halls of Montezuma and the
shores of Tripoli" have begun
studying the Japanese language.
Their instructor, Sannosuke
Yamamoto who has been here
since 1905, taught them to say
Good Morning" and Good
bye" in Japanese.
That's fine" said staff SER
geant Murrey Marder, Now
how do you say: Tokyo here we
Gomez
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
NIISCUE

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.-These
tire thieves picked the wrong
car.
A man engaged r. w. Chad
wick in conversation until an
other man entered the store. and
said, Lets 60"
When Chadwick discovered a.
tire and wheel missing from his
car, he searched nearby construc-
ton camps for the culprits.
He found the two men, had
them arrested and recovered his
tire
Chadwick is a retired police
detective sergeant.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
WHOOPEE! BANK NIGHT!

COLUMBUS, O.-When Ted
Orr, 10, and Bobby Smith, II,
found $50 in a street they got
set for a spending spree
But their parents watched the
Lost and Found" columns and
the youngsters hearts sank when
the loser was found.
They weren't disappointed,
however. The loser, DR.. NJ. D.
Godfrey, gave the boys SIS each.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
NOT so EASY

PHILADELPHIA - Il guess
I'll let you down easy" smiled
magistrate John j. O'Malley to
motorist charged with ignoring
six parking tickets.
Its $3.50 or 80 days in jail"
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o HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
Summerville," His natural diff

Summerville," His natural diff
dence probably licked him.
Anyway, during one of his in
tervals of starvation, he thought
up a couple of jokes and sub
mitted one to Judge and one to
Captain Biily's Whizzbang. To
his amazement, each replied
with a check for IS, and Ma
honey there-upon became a gag
man. The jokes
My space is filled. More of
Mahoney later.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
MIDDLE NAME, PLEASE?

VAN ALSTYNE, Tx. - His
registration card lists him as
Daniel Wisdom Murphy. !
But in the family Bible the Ne
gre enrollee is Daniel Wisdom
May l Know Steven Faith And
Spirit Chose Johns Devine Com
munion Fled Moses Weakness
And Joshua Zeal Wins The Day
And Conquer All Murphy"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
RIGHT PLACE

COLUMBUS, .. - Thirteen
year-o,d Glcnna Thompson
walked into fire engine house
clutching her wrist.
II think it's broken" she said
and asked for help.
She got p enty. A First Aid
class was in progress in an adj
joining room.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29

The War Production Board soys
No. These Shortages are here for the
duration of the war. If we don't like
them, we might get buster and short
en- the war.