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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18
Q BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

by one of the Hollywood press
boys. AS she hit her stride, she
threw away the script and talk
ed, on an ad lib basis. Toward
the end, La Carson was giving
out with something like IS min
utes of imprisoned plea per
spiel, and laying the ladies in the
aisles. Like the excellent act
ress she is, she delved into the
vital statistics of each town be-
fore she appeared in it, and she
used every opportunity for ad
libbing.
And what a business the lady
did! Papers all over her terri
tory are still writing headlines
about the Garson-inspired bond
buying fever. She showed SO
much real sincerity in her stuff
that one soldier. hitchhiking
500 miles home because he was
almost broke, took his last 25
dollars and invested it in one
$l8.75 bond and some roses for
Greer. That kind of thing is
what you call real audience re-
spouse.
The lovely smooth Carson
voice declined into a sort of gut
teral croak, like Marlene Diet
rich with a bad cigaret cough.
But the lady kept talking. At
the end, when her voice, legs
and nerves all collapsed, her
studio representative pushed her
onto a hospital cot and then
went to bed himself, in nearby
hotel.
ALL DOUBTS DISPELLED
If you have been skeptical of
the worth of this movie star pro-
motion of war bonds, a short
confab with gal like Carson
pretty well dispels your doubts
She has been working on her
own time, off the studio payroll,
time that had been designated
for the first vacation she was to
have had ip years. She has prob
ably ruined the most important
implement of her trade-her
voice-and whipped her nerves
TO a fragile.
And the only thing she want
ed to do was to get back on the
saWdust trail and peddle some
more bonds. She had made up
her mind to ask for a release
from her new movie contract, to
devote all her time to bond cam
paigning, when a Treasury Off
cial tactfully pointed out that
her value as stimulant to bond
buying was high only so long as
she continues to make movies.
So she is working on an arrange
ment whereby she can make
pictures half the year and work
the bond business during the
other six months.
1t is a hard thing to explain,
but one movie star actor or ac-
tress can arouse more patriotic
feeling in the mass mind than
nine generals. The crowds that
have been turning out for great
Hollywood emissaries have been
tremendous, and the response
terrific. Millions and millions
of dollars worth of bonds will be
bought during the war as di-
rect result of the actors har-
argues.
A gal like Carson, or guy
like Gable-Who is in the Ar
j my as officer candidates. more
valuable to the industry out of
uniform than in it. We must
have money to beat the war and
the actors are bringing in the
sheaveS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18

BETWEEN The LINES
The Boruch Committees rubber report was an
unusually frank, hordhittne document. 1t told q
oreot nonv unpleasant truths in language which was
cosy to understand
The more one reads the published digest, how
ever, the more disturbing appear some or tne I'M
pIcotions between the lines
For example: The committee reported that four
Of the Ioroe rubber companies each had designed
ist own povmerzotion equipment That is the P'ont
in which butodiene and styrene combined to make
rubber But the Rubber Reserve Company ordered
that all use standardized type, representing COM
promise which "noy may not incorporate the pen
ideos of eooh on this point there are grave reasons
for doubt"
Well, anyway, we have standardized process
Or have we?
The first of these plants supposed to begin
producing rubber in November. But reading be-
tween the Boruch lines, we learn that none of the
standardized compromise poIynerizotion plants has
been built yet.
So there is question whether the first rubber
will become available under the new program even at
the Iote dote Of November Elsewhere in the report
the committee refers to possible delay Of much as
four months and says:
"If this occurs the production Of Buno-S in l943
will fall below zoo, 900 tons 1.-THE schedule coils for
100000 and our supplies Of rubber will be inode-
quote for miIitory needs"
On July 3, soys the report, the Rubber Reserve
Company obtoned on agreement by which four large
rubber companies would make available to every
body in the new industry, technical information on
compoundine methods But then it took the War
Production Board six weeks of repeated effort
to get this vital information released by the Rubber
Reserve"
Who held up this vital proeron'-the four COM
ponies, in spite Of their agreement, or the Rubber
Reserve Company q government agency?
Again: The digest recommends carrying out the
current program based largely upon petroleum., and
oddine facilities to produce 100 100000 gallons Of
alcohol from grain.
Does that that the committee considers
grain to be as available source Of butodiene os
petroleum. is it gesture toward the grain roisers
at the expense Of the taxpayers?
These ore not all the between-the-line questions
left by the digest and I'VE hope-onswered in the
full report not given to the public.
They do suggest that the rubber picture is even
bocker than the sonnber hues in which it painted
in the excellent report.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18
McKENNY ON
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The thrill of a lifetime came
to Mrs. julius Daub of New
York when she and her team
mates won the national anna
teur team-of-four championship
this year. A matronly woman
who has been playing bridge for
years, she has come close to win
ming on several occasions, but
this was her first championship.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18
HOG FORMULA

CHICAGO - Richard john
son. 10, who was named champ
ion hog raiser at the Junior Mar
ket Hog Show and Sale, says his
formula for raising prize pigs is
no secret. II is:
Give EN- all they can eat"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18
NO NICKELS

spare a nickel?
II you can. you ought to be an
Omaha banker. They're about
out.
A nickel shortage which be-
gan about a week ago is becom-
ing acute in Omaha.
1t started when minis stopped
coming nickelS pending develop
ment of a new coin which would
use silver and other metals in
stead Of nickel, Sorely needed in
war industries.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18

I've heard a lot of tori c s
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18
WRITER PLAYS WRITER

In new MGM picture Rich
ard Carlson portrays a young
New York playwright. In real
lie he's achieved quite a name
for himself as an author and has
had one of his plays produced
on Broadway. But here's the
topper. In the picture, Van Hef-
lin appears with him as the pro-
Queer Of his plays. Four years
ago Carlson wrote a Broadway
play in which the star was Van
Heflin.
Lloyd Nolan was playing golf
at the Lakeside Country Club
when a boy on a bicycle charg-
cd up TO the twelfth tee and
said. MIR. Warner wants you on
the telephone. Nolan, expect
ing phone call from studio
boss Jack Warner about a new
picture, rushed the half mile
back TO the clubhouse, grabbed
the receiver and said, Yes, MIR.
Warner.
Said the voice on the other
end of the phone: This is Mr..
Warner of the Snowman Trade
Review. How about taking out
a page ad in our next edition."
Mr.. Nolan's reply would never
get past the Hays Office CEN
SorS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-18
. BARBS

standardization often indi-
Gates there is no accounting for
tastes.
Shakespeare said there are
seven ages in a mans life. It's
just as we'll he didn't go into de-
tails about the ladies.
AS president of the Union Pa
cific, William LETTERS keeps 'em
rolling, and as U. S. rubber car,
he hopes to stop em.
There's just as much sense In
worrying as there is in advising
others not to.
The ripcning of the grape crop
will bring a lot of crooks out of a
lot of cellars.
We will arm to the teeth and
will not remain idle but will at
tack.
Foreign Minister Oswaldo Ar
anha of Brazil.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

ure, his brows screw up. his mouth
knots and his eyes close raptur-
ously.
Wagner of course, is his favor
lite. He once said:
"For me, Wagner il something
-celestiaI-and his music
my religion. I 20 TO his concerts
as others go to church"
Sometimes even In the midst of
the most tense political situation
he will want to hear music and,
if there is no other possibility
available. he will have a small
orchestra come to the chancellery
where, alone or with two or three
of his closest associates, he will
listen for a half hour.
He definitely does not like
gramophone or radio music, but
wants it produced directly from
the instrument itself or from the
throat of the singer.
On this he commented:
81 must see the musician HIM
self who brings music from the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12
P0Pen Repeats 10

Franz Won Papen. then minister
at Vienna. with seeming casual
ness. repeated Schusschnigg's re-
mark to Hitler just 4S hours
before the Austrian chancellor was
received at Berchtesgaden. The
result. as Won Papen had hoped,
was that Schusschnigg was treated
with brutal contempt by Hitler.
This fascination Of Hitler's in
columns incidentally is interpreted
by medical specialists as revealing
his subconscious preoccupation
with the column as phallic
symbol
4 On the occasion of the remodel
Xng of Hitler's house at Berchtes-
Z Eaden, Goering, who often shows
an ironical turn of humor, said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

Prominent visitors were taken
TO the cellar TO see the cannon.
When Mussolim visited Hitler, as
a great mark of distinction, he
was even allowed to load and shoot
II and with great glee Mussolini
entered himself in the record book
of shooting results which was kept
there.
Hitler enjoys target shooting.
but his associates learned that 1t
was not wise as a regular thing
to outscore him. He became
definitely miffed. Col. Gen. Wer-
ner Won Fritsch. who later died
under mysterious circumstances
on the Polish front, once dared to
score seven bulfs-eyes in II shots
on military target range. whereas
Hitler scored only one. but with
good secondary shots.
There was an unpleasant mo-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

One last anecdote: A woman of
some prominence in Germany and
an expert palmist, often had
asked Hitler to let her read his
palm. He finally agreed. but in
order to make it more sporting.
stipulated that another person
should stand with him behind a
curtain and she should read both
their palms without knowing in
advance which was which.
This was a few months before
the beginning Of the war.
Two right hands were thrust
through the curtain, one of which
she read quickly and without
much interest. The other she
Examined long and exhaustively,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

All of the SIS men around Hitler
have to be good shots. Hitler
sometimes took part enthusiastic
caily In pistol practice. One OF
his prize possessions was an old
English pistol given TO him by
Unity Milford.
II Is unique and worth over
1000 marks. Besides using il for
target shooting. Hitler occasion
ally used to carry 1t with him to
the front. The ammunition for II
ran out the had 5000 rounds) and
he couldn't get more in Germany.
but he said:
"Never mind, Wen fetch IL
ourselves I'm London"
Walking has been the main form
of exercise for Hitler. although In
earlier years he did some garden
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

workouts, and walks In the woods
remained his essential exercise.
He set fast mace and took par
ticular pleasure in making Goer-
ing. sweating and putting in his
great bulk, go along and keep up
with him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

One of Hitler's great means of
release and escape from the world
is music. Yet. strangely enough,
Hitler personally is highly un-
He cannot whistle or
sing. Few people know that for
several years he tried to tootle a
flute presented to him by the Bel
gian Rexist leader. De Grelle, in
1885. He never got beyond the
rudiments, although he is able to
pick out simple tunes on a mouth
organ.
To see Hitler at a concert IS
interesting, particularly IL he feels
that he is not being watched. His
face may grimace in pain or pleas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

found much interest and good In
il. and finally pronounced that
the owner some day would do
something to set the worlds
tongues wagging.
The curtains parted and the
owner of the hand appeared. 1t
was Rudolf Hess. =
Tomorrow; Hitier's library
and the wild west stories.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

to Architect Albert Speer jok-
|ingly:
"Yes, but this hall should
have 400 columns In It."
This remark reached Hitler, who
completely missed the irony In II
and considered il a sincere and
wise observation on the part OF
his chief deputy.
Outside his circle Of intimates.
Hitler is not without the ability to
sense opportunities for creating
and enjoying small dramatic sit
uations which center on himself.
For example. shortly after the
completion OF the Kehlstein Eagles
Nest, ne invited the French am
bassador, Francois Poncet, TO the
], 600-foot peak for q visit.
Asks for W0taR
Stepping from the elevator and
seeing no one around. Poncet OBJ
served ironically:
what, hasn't Wotan arrived
yet"
From behind a curtain came a
deep voice. equally ironic, Yes,
here ne Is" and Hitler stepped
forth.
On other occasions, Hitler likes
TO act the role of benign father
to all his people. One day Hitler
was walking In the chancellery
garden. He met the wife of one
OF his bodyguardsmen carrying a
one-ycar-old daughter in her arms.
Heinrich Hoffman, was follow
ing with his camera, as he often
does TO get candid shots. and had
focused and snapped the shutter
before, he realized that the child
had wet Hitler's tunic, making
a dark stain.
Hoffman, said to Hitler:
swell, Of course, I will de-
stroy this plate."
"No. Keep it for this young
lady" Hitler replied. at will
some day be of great value TO
her and certainly it will be
unique.
In the cellar OF the ReichschAf1-
celery stands a miniature cannon
modelled after one of Krupp's mod
ern giants. The barrel is about 3
feet long. with a silencer. Hitler.
when he had time, used to delight
in loading, aiming and firing this
little piece himself.
The targets were wooden figures
of Polish, English. French. Belgian,
Dutch and Russian soldiers. The
Russians were painted with ieer-
ing bestial faces. In time all the
figures were shot 70 pieces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

|ment, but Hitler turned the whole
thing of with a laugh and said:
"Well. after all shooting In
your business."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

dead instrument"
Hitler Is no lover of military
music. He once described II as a
military necessity" His taste
runs to light Bavarian and Aus
trian compositions and folk songs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12
Hitler Cont Take 1t,
But Hands Out Jokes
Low Barracks Room Humor
at Expense Of Others EIa+es Him

I'm the fifth of series the personal life Of Adolf
Hitler Frederick c. Oechsner discusses the Naz dctators
lighter moments)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

Nor does Hitler like political
Jokes which reflect on the Nazis
or their Axis partners. For ex-
ample, he issued blanket order
In the chancellery that all Jokes
about Italians and their armed
prowess should cease forthwith.
Fourteen persons. nevertheless,
violated these instructions and IL
were severely taken TO task.
A sarcastic remark, which got
back 20 Hitler and contributed to
the tragedy OF the Austrian An
schIuss. was dropped by the Aus
trian chancellor. Kurt Schus-
schniRH. who referred to Hitler as
the "saeulenheiliger" or pilla r
saint.
This Is common expression In
Germany. meaning figurehead of
piety, but rs used by Schusschnigg
IL concealed sly dig at Hitler's
prediction for columns I'm archi-
lecture as well as TO his general
unctiOiIS hearing.
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At one time he also had some
iron dumbbells put in his bedroom
and with these he exercised for 70
minutes each morning. For a brief
time Hitler practiced setting-up
exercises, naked. for 10 TO 20 min
utes at stretch. His manservant,
Walther Meyer. former body
guard, counted "one-two, one-two"
for him.
Meyer once suggested that Hit
Ter should box with him. They
spared with bare fists. Meyer
clipped the chief one on the right
ear which remained swollen for
several days. Professor Morel, his
house physician, was annoyed and
alarmed but IL all passed off and
Hitler did nothing about Il.
Finally he gave up the dumbbell
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

NEW YORK. June 12.--when II
comes TO Jokes. Adolf Hitler can
hand Il out but he can't take II.
He has a rough, barrack-room
sense of humor and frequently
makes jokes at the expense Of such
associates AZ Goering and Goeb-
bels. But he Is quick TO resent
any Jokes at the expense of him
self or the official position he holds
In Germany.
Among the examples Of Hitler's
huunor which bear general publica-
ton II the story OF the completion
of q new balcony In the Welhelm-
strasse from which Hitler was to
greet the Nazi throngs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

ing on the Obersalzberg at Berch.
tesgaden. 1t was a great day when
radishes grown and picked by the
fuehrer were served on the table.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12

The constructing engineer was
about to send out a detachment of
10 body guards to test its strength.
Hitler, however, stopped him and
said:
NNever mind, Goering was just
out there wearing all his medals,
and it didn't give way"
While he poies acid fun at other
people. including his closest asso-
ciates. Hitler cannot and will not
tolerate jokes on himself.
An SIS man. making a play on
words. said:
II am from the unterIeibstand-
\ ayts Clover body guard) rather
MAN from the leibstandarte
ttbody guard)."
Hitler was infuriated and had
the man sharply disciplined.
Evening star., 1942-11-01
Mordi Gros Spirit Is Missing
In First Wartime Halloween

Washington took the customary
note of Halloween last night, on the
customary date, but in far from
the customary manner.
It almost seemed as If the cele-
bration was being done from force
of habit, and from no other motive.
At a late hour, the Districts first
Halloween of the war seemed to be
the quietest it ever has had.
Downtown F street, customarily
thronged with masked and costumed
merry makers on Halloween, pre-
sented a surprising face to those who
have seen the traditional goblins'
holiday celebrated as if it were a
combination New Year eve and
Mardi Gras.
A stroll down the city's main
business and theater thoroughfare,
at an hour when the Halloween fes-
tivity has been at it's height in the
past, revealed only three girls
"dressed' for the occasion, in out
landish garb and painted faces. A
few scattered handfuls of confetti
were streWn on the sidewalk, but
not once on the tour did the re-
porter get the mouthful of paper
tidbits that past Halloween strollers
have known so we'll. ..
The men of the armed forces, If
Evening star., 1942-11-01

they were taking note of Halloween,
were doing it as quietly as everyone
else. A military police lieutenant,
patroling the downtown area in a
jeep, reported late in the evening
that he hadn't thing to do yet"
Regular and auxiliary policemen
out in force, with all leaves can
celed-also had little to do.
Residents in outlying neighbor-
hoods also reported a quieter Hal
loWeen, with less vandalism, less
whooping in the streets, less porch
furniture being spirited away.
This does not mean that the
young were not celebrating at all
in the usual manner, but the police
radio dispatcher reported, when the
evening might have been expected
to be at its peak, that so far things
have been less busy than on the
usual Saturday night"
A report at the same time from
the District Fire Board revealed
that some vandals had risked lives
of fremen and burned valuable gas
oline and rubber by turning ir
some false alarms" but not nearly
SO many as would have been eX-
pected on pre-War Halloween.
Evening star., 1942-11-01
SoIomons
Continued From First Page. J

heavy attack on the harbor area
of Rabaul, New Britain, where 81
tons of explosives were dropped. The
results could not be observed be-
cause of low clouds, the commu-
nique reported.
In the BUN attack, the bombers
came over the target area just be-
fore dawn as they did in yesterdays
large scale bombardment when they
dropped 18 tons of explosives.
A direct hit blew up the heavy
cruiser, the sixth Jap warship sunk
or believed sunk by Gen. MacAr-
thurs bombers in month of opera
tions. One CT the three merchant
vessels was reported to have suffered
a direct hit.
On Friday. three waves of bombers
damaged big Warship, believed to
be either a cruiser or a battleship,
probably damaged an aircraft car
rier, also another cruiser destroyer
and set ablaze an unidentified vessel
in the Buin-FaiSi area.
The communique referred to the
previous raid, noting that reports
had come in, hitherto not an
nounced of the results of bombing
Evening star., 1942-11-01
GuodoIconoI Erupts With Steel
When Darkness Covers Island
American Armed Forces Quip at Deoth
During Lu|I in Beating OFF Jops

of the mess tent to another.
Said 1t. Shields to his new CO.
pilot. 1t. j. NJ. Kleiman Of New
York:
"Son, hear those shells whistling
up above? Well, they're moving
slow compared to a Jap zero. You
never see a zero-you just hear it
60 pft-t-t-t and a minute later
you hear something smack the side
of your flying fortress that sounds
like rain, but 1t amt"
1t. Kleiman gulped.
And the noise of the front line
increased.
Three sergeants strolled past the
tent. One yelped:
They amt made no Jap bullet
with my name on it." 80,
His companions chorused:
"Oh yeah2 How about all those
addressed To whom 1t may con-
cern?'"
Back to FOxhOle.
They were on their way to fox
hole, for it was time for Louie
and Louise and Washboard Willie,
two Jap bombers, to pay their
nightly visits. Also, in a little while
Spotlight Charlie was due to bring
his Jap cruiser offshore, pick out
a target and let 60 a salvo. Or
for Oscar the sub to creep toward
short and toss few over.
We all went to our tents and
craWled beneath our insect nets,
for Minnie the Mosquito is the worst
pest of them all on Guadalcanal.
But there was to be little Sleep
Scarcely had we hit our hard cots
when a big naval battle started a
short way offshore. The big guns
roared and flashed all night, adding
to the din Of the land battle on
the other side. Evidently American
naval forces had surprised the Japs
as they tried to land reinforce
mentS.
When daylight came the noise of
battle stopped. We went to our
bomber and found 1t unharmed.
Sergt Wallace Whitfield Wake,
jr., of Dublin, Ga, was asleep in the
plane atop the bomb load He
grinned when awakened, explain
ing:
Got caught in here last night
after dark and I was afraid to leave
the plane for fear the marines
would shoot me-"
Then he leaned back on the
bombs and began to whistle that
old Sunday school hymn, Jesus
Wants Me for a Sunbeam"
The sergeant always whistles that
when he sleeps on bombs.