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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21

leased to a public that found 1t
pretty dull - there being little
of the huluist in the final cut
Miss Ross was on her way to
London to dane in the revue
called stop Press" While
there, she also wriggled in a
late floor show at Dorchester
House, and by day she found
time to toss her torso a bit in
five English movies. An agent
from Cannes meanwhile had
been sitting around patiently
with a contract, so Miss Ross
and her hay wardrobe went to
the Casino for several weeks.
Returning to Hollywood, she
met Band Leader Louis Prima.
whose 1--WE rhythms had nothing
in common with the island
tunes to which Sc danced. New
ertheless. they were married a
couple of months later.
STARTED OWN SHOW
For a year. she just travelled
with her husband. BY this time
Paramount regretted her cap
ture by foreign agents. and now
it offered her a long-term con-
tract. Alma Ross came back,
appeared in few college pic
lures, but mostly posed for leg
art and comply fashions.
So she quit, went to New
York, and produced a new show
at the Hurricane Club. Miss
Ross is perhaps the first Amer
lean who ever taught Hawaiian
girls how to do their own
dances - or versions of them
anyway. She also moved the
grass skirts a bit and introduce
ed the use of luminous paint.
Soon the expected cycle of
South Seas movies arrived, and
she returned to gyrate modest
ly in all those of the past two
years. Oddly, most of them have
been Tahitian rather than Ha-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
ny PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, FEB. 21-One
of the best investments ever
made in the modern history of
show Misunderstanding with
Charlie Chaplin's 50-cent cane,
Arthur Marks SO harp, and Sal
ly Rand's first set of rummage-
sale fans-is the So Adma Ross
spent for q hula lesson.
For 10 years, from the time
that she herself was, 10, Miss
Ross studied tap dancing. She
learned triples and spins and
acrobatics and stair-dancing, but
all she got out of it was hoof-
ing engagement the last time
"Show Boat" was filmed. And
then her bit was chopped from
the picture.
The movie colony seemed to
be swarming with tap dancers.
Then one day early in 1885
Miss Ross heard about a call
for a few Hawaiian dancers for
Hollywood Boulevard" That
evening she raid an Hawaiian
girl to teach her a hula routine,
and the next day she got job.
CUSTOMERS DODGED
It was no TIM all on the
set at Paramount that Alma
Ross was discovered to be sem
sationally assembled by nature
for the undulating swishings OF
the grass skirt. Without moving
her feet she could flip a hip so
far and fast that orchestra
members and cabaret customers
involuntarily lodged. She was
downright gyroseopic, defying
not only the limitations OF an
atomy but the laws OF gravity.
Fascinated persons would tip
toe onto the sound stage TO stare
at the middle-swiveled marvel.
Long before the picture was re-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

SAGINAW-(RD-A 155-M M.
German field gun which Amer
lean doughboys brought back
from the last war is headed for
the scrap listing as an all to
Americas present war effort.
The city council voted Monday
night to give the gun, along
with two 1,000-pound projec-
tiles ornamenting the city park
gateway, to the Red Cross for
that purpose. The American
Legion, which brought the gun
to Saginaw, approved the coun-
ellis action.
o
FORT CUSTER-(R-Lieute-
nant Edmundo Decosta Neves.
who has spent four months here
as an observer for the Brszil-
ian army, departed for the east
Monday in the first new car ra-
toned in Calhoun county under
the heading for government
officials" The Lieute n n
bought q Michigan license Ito
show tire folks" after having de-
clined a dealers plate.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

THE discovery" Of the Amazon
river by Francisco de Orellana.
Spanish explorer. Is commemorate
ed in q series Of eight stamps re-
Gently released by Ecuador.
Actual discovery Of the Amazon
where II enters the Atlantic was
made by Vicente Yanez Pinzon, .
companion Of Columbus who
sighted the rivers mouth in 1900.
A small expedition Of so men
led by Orellana left Guayaquil in
May, l54l, to join q larger force
headed by Gonzalo Pizarro which
left from Quito. Together they
started from the eastern slopes Of
the Andes down thousands OF
miles to the ocean.
Food became scarce and the ex.
petition separated. Orellana and
81 picked men went down river
in search Of provisions and
reached the Atlantic in September,
1912. ahead of the other group.
Remnants Of Orellana's force.
decimated by disease and Indian
attacks, set sail for Spain the next
month and announced their dis
coveries to the Crown the follow
ing year.
War. playing hob with the post
age OF Ethiopia. will result in .
postage series soon to be released
honoring the recrowning OF En-.
peror Halle Selassie. Expected de.
signs are Of Adds Ababa scenes
and interiors and exteriors OF the
palace.
New issues: Perak brought an
Scent red into use prior to the
japanese invasion Of the Malay
States. Ecuador has issued
another national defense fund
raising stamp which supplements
that issued nearly . year ago. The
new patriotic stamp. which Is
obligatory in addition to normal
postage. Is . 20-centavos blue pic
turing . warrior. armed with
sword and shield. protecting Ecu.
adorian women.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON

OPM fell. On Jan. l3 Nelson
was colled to heed WPB ond
on Jon. 20 he announced his
plan of reorganization. At thot
time Nelson stoted he would
have one industry bro IN
chief, q centralized authority
government man responsible
directly to the WPB boss. but
thot each of these industry
branch chiefs would have two
advisory committed, one from
management and one from To-
Dor. The advisory committees
would meet seporoteIy. but
could be coIIed together for
joint meetings when necessary.
The formula seemed sotis-
factory to both management
and labor. At any rote, every
one had confidence in Nelson
and wos anxious to give the
WPB every opportunity to
make good. Nelson sold he
wanted constructive ideos from
everyone, regardless Of wheth-
er they come from monooe-
ment or labor.
A month or more operation
under this policy has seen worry
ing developments. 1t hos tok-
en- Nelson this long to name
his planning committee, the
WPB brain trusters who will
look at this war production
proerom in its broodest phases
and advise on policy. At first,
it was prosed to make this q
big committee, with represen-
totives from all degrees Of
management, labor, and con-
sumner interests. Then it was
changed to q small committee
reporting directly to Nelson.
VARIABLE PROCEDURE
There is as yet no difinite
policy on how the labor odvis-
oV committees and the man.
o9ement advisory committees
ore to work with the industry
branch chiefs. Procedure vo-
ries within each industry.
The automobile industry, un-
der Branch Chief Ernest Konz-
Ter, hos shown an inclination to
work with both the monooe-
ment and labor advisers and
Walter Reuther sees EdseI Ford
to discuss q brood program for
stondordizine the production
Of tank engines.
In the wool industry, labor
sot down with management
and helped work out the pro-
erom Of oIIocotine production
for civilian use. In the pottery
industry, the management 3D.
visory group asked to have the
head Of the union coIIed in as
q technical eonsuItont, but the
industry branch chief vetoed
the proposal.
Policy on this point Of labor
management participation, in
summary, is still undetermined
and performance is spotty. To-
Dor Ieoders ore meanwhile bor-
ing from within to get q greet
er voice in the offoirs Of man.
oeement for all this war pro-
duotion, using the labor odvis-
DRY committees as their We
hicle. In industries where they
ore not given q voice, they
threaten to force q showdown
and would apparently be will
ing to wreck any industry
branch group, just as they
wrecked OPM, to gain their
point.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
/, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

waiian, such as the current
Turtles of Tahiti" Miss Ross
doesn't mind. She's still being
paid off by that lucky ?3 invest
ment.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
. BARBS

II you think we need more
radio comedians, you must not
be paying attention to the COM
mercials.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21

-hOafder Is person WIN WahsS
have m edge over his fellow citizens TO the
s~t.nt of having an abundant supply OF
thinss ON hand where there are not sufficient
stocks available to supply all his neignoors
during q wartime emergency.
Thot is the definition given by q
group Of New York merchants odver-
Using against boarding I'm the inter
est of intelligent buying and Potr'ot'c
behavior"
It's q pretty good definition. The
boys crouchine in the muddy foxhoIes
Of Botoon could probably soy it with
more force and color, but it's still just
as domnine as it is dienfed.
Are you q hoorder?
Are you buying up sugar SO you"
have an ledge" over that mother whose
son died at PeorI Horbor?
Are you q hoorder?
Are you grabbing erdIes Oft de-
pertinent store counters, because you
fear shortage and want to make sure
you have yours, even if there's none
left month from now for that pretty
oirI down the street whose husband
flew for Macarthur?
If you hoard, remember you ore
obIe to over-buy only because CD you
have enough money; ~ your selfish
desires overcome your Potriotic i'm
pulses. BY boarding you take odvon-
toee Of your neiehbor, your country
and yourself.
Hoordine beeets more boarding.
II you foresee q shortage Of points or
peonuts, the one sure method Of oe-
orovotine that potential shortage and
bringing rotionine is to rush all over
town buying up stocks and boosting to
one and oil Of your foresight BY hoard
ing you bring on rotionine and possible
hardship thot might be avoided.
Hoordine is unpotrotic. But con-
serving what you now have is just as
patriotic as buying defense bonds or
working harder longer or volunteering
for civilion defense. Don't waste. Take
care Of what you have. Buy only what
you really need-now.
When the finoI history Of this war
iswritten will it be recorded that Amer
leo lost? Thot America lost because
most Of her people remained opothetic
toward the war effort and the only
ones to arouse from competency we're
those who lothered themselves into the
hysterio Of boarding?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21

New Hampshire, according to
the 1910 census.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
& YEARS AGO TODAY

s YEARS AGO TODAY
1897
Establishment of q rural mail
service for Roseville was an
nounced. g
The large air fleet at Selfridge
prepares to disband after man.
euvers.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
One Year Ago Today

One Year Ago Today
1941
More than 165 Masons fete
Past Masters in an annual pro-
gram.
A total of 152 Macomb county
men face draft call in March,
selective service officials an
nounce.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1892
Jno. w. Porter hangs up q pic
ture of Christopher Columbus in
his bank.
Martin Croker sells q blind
stallion to Port Huron men Tor q
long price
IS YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
A lot of Utica school boys
came over Wednesday evening
and were handsomely entertain
ed at Oddfellows' hall by the
pupils of the high school.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-21
WHAT IS A HoARDER3

hoarder is person who wants TO
have m edge over his fellow citizens to the
extent of having an abundant supply OF
things on hand where there are not sufficent
stocxs available to supply all his neighoors
during q wartime emergency.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

found to cause the pressure in
side the skull to rise to four
times it's normal level. This calls
for an increased amount of cir
culation and adds a lot of work
for the heart. Sudden noise also
causes blood pressure to rise, and
sometimes temporarily paralyzes
the digestive system.
When an unexpected high
pitched noise strikes your ear
drums your legs and arms actu-
ally shrink in size. That's a fear
reaction and of course they get
back TO normal when the scare
is over. Your eyes probably
don't see as we'll as. they nor
mally would when your ears are
besieged by annoying sound
waves.
Even though noise doesn't
seem to bother you, listening to
it continuously wears you out,
makes you less efficient on your
job and causes you TO become
sensitive and irritable.
But panic is the worst effect
of noise in war. That's one thing
the enemy counts on to break
the nerves of opposing nations.
And the credit for that idea
doesn't go to the dictators- its
atleast 5000 years old. Only then,
men didn't have the modern
sources Of devilish sounds They
had to depend on such old
fashioned noises as the smashing
of crockery and the footing of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

Notifications. or even to kill and
MAIN soldiers. They were sent
out to wreck minds-and spread
an epidemic of war nerves cal
culated to make the very founda-
tons Of a whole nation crumble.
Some French poilus holding
key forts fled in abject terror
scared out of their wits by the
big noise. Bridges were left un-
burned; arms were not destroyed
keypoints of the Maginot Line
fell into the hands of the Axis
An ancient devil-scaring tech
nique Of witch doctors had helped
TO turn the trick.
But those French soldiers prob
ably were especially susceptible
TO noise warfare, and Hitler knew
this and profited by it.
Only two years before, doctors
had made public the fact that
men on duty in the huge fortifi-
cations of the Maginot Line were
suffering a strange nervous dis
order which they called betonite
in other words. "concretitis."
They were seized with sudden
fits Of uncomfortable anger.
causeless fears and anxieties,
and they simply couldn't sleep.
The doctors diagnosed the trouble
as echo nerves brought on by
listening % the coaseless rever-
beration OF footsteps through the
long concrete corridors Of the
French Notifications.
Hitlers shock troops rode in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

onous, continuous sounds can be,
they are the ones that the Ma
tional Noise Abatement Council
warns us to prepare against. 1t
is the sudden, loud noises of as
sault, such as would accompany
air raids, that can, and will, do
great damage.
First, these experts suggest,
we'd better look to our own UNI
necessary noises in industry and
in our everyday surroundings.
If we don't, 1t won't be con-
cretitis that will make us a
ready prey for enemy noise, but
rather our particular brand of
echo nerves created by our re-
fusal to curb the shrill blasts of
automobile horns, the blare Of
loudspeakers, the needless rattle
of machinery and other noises
that assault our ears day and
night.
Those noises give mild cases
of nerves to everyone exposed
to them despite the belief of
some persons TO the contrary.
In other words, the best way
to prepare for the Big Noise
of warts to make our daily en-
vironment now as quiet and
noiseless as possible. This en-
ables people to build up energy
instead of causing fatigue.
THE day and night noises OF
our cities frequently prevent us
from making up for over-fatigue
and nervousness with much-need-
ed sleep" the Councils experts
point out.
And the greater working
hours and intensified defense
activity make relaxing sleep alb.
solutely essential for the well.
being and stamina of our citi'
Zens.
But, some people will say, II
we make everythi~g as quiet anc
calm as possible in our own coun
try, won't sudden noises Of all
raids be more harmful than ever
Shouldn't we be used to racke'
so we can take 1t better?
The contention of the Nois'
Abatement Council is that keep
ing nerves calm most of the TIM
by reducing ordinary noises vii
enable people to take it bette
when a time Of stress comes.
The Importance of having stead.
nerves, particularly in wartime
cannot be overestimated, an
everyone should make a specia
effort to keep his nerves undo
control.
AS for war noises, the mos
effective defense against them /
q calm realization that they onl,
conquer by instilling fear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

of anger and it is believed
hypnotize his listeners.
This strange scientific dis-
covery brings up the happy
thought that it might be possible
to throw enemy nations into a
panic by having some voice con-
tinuously dining into the ears OF
its home-folks at Toxic or Berlin
at a pitch of 254 vibrations,
which is the voice usually asso-
ciated with fear.
But harassing as these monot-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

helmets the Nazi troops adj
vanced. Their hands were busily
beating out a devilish din on the
tom-toms they carried, and dia-
bolical noisemakers fastened to
their belts changed and ratified
their fear-inspiring accompani-
ment to goose-stepping Nazi feet.
Like an advancing horde Of
fiends they came; rumbling,
drumming. rafting and setting
off ear-splitting, nerve-cracking
explosions.
Their job was not to wreck
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

that it is terribly important for
everyone to be prepared for noise
attacks.
No one knows when the noise
maker Axis gang may arrive on
our shores or in our skies with
a new set of ear bombarders. 1t
should be a patriotic duty for
everyone in this country, the
Council suggests. to get ready
to defend his ears.
Noise truly can do a lot OF
harm to the human system.
A sudden loud bang has been
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

ITS Just as important in this
war 10 know how 10 protect
J ones self against noisy bed
lam as against bomb. because
noise is one of the most potent
nerve weapons used by the
Axis gangsters,
And. even more terrifying
noises, ironically enough, must
be made by defenders against
those racketeers.
The ruthless dictators of this
war know only too well that a
bomb may damage more people
by it's whine than it does when
it eXplodes. Special airplanes.
equipped only with loudspeakers
continuously broadcasting dem
oniac dins. have been suggested
as an added morale destroyer for
civilians
Everyone knows that air raids
are cunningly conceived devices
for SCATTERING nerves as well as
cities.
Dive bombers scream and
shrek, Many are equipped with
internal mechanisms making
fiendish noises. Fighter planes
zoom, roar and drone as they
try to drive off the bombers.
Shells of defending ack-ack
guns spit ear-splitting barks into
the sky while, with nerve-chill-
ing whines, bombs seek their tar
gets.
Even guardian air raid sirens,
designed to warn people to hunt
safe spot, fall right in line
with the nerve weapons of the
attackers.
Sirens run the whole gamut of
ear-bombarding sounds-because
that is the way they attract at
tention. But sound experts have
learned that such a noise, of
many varying tones. is much
more wearing on already upset
minds than a sound Of one con-
tinuous pitch would be.
Mingled with this inferno of
noise are the equally disturbing
shouts of frightened people.
All these fearful, martial
sounds are calculated to add up
to panic-and an epidemic of
fear. At least that's what the
attackers hope.
The triple alliance of Axis
racketeers knows, as well as our
own scientists do, that letting
loose such a conglomeration of
noises is one of the best ways
to wear down mental stamina
and rob men and women Of their
working efficiency. The trio is
improving its noise-makers all
the time.
But even back in 1910, when
the special Nazi shock troops
made the first actual break
through the Maginot Line, it was
a big racket that helped them
penetrate. In some cases they
got through on the strength of
their sound effects alone.
1t is said that with giant fire
crackers attached to their steel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

funny-shaped and raucous horns.
Noise warfare thirty centuries
ago probably sounded like
whispering breeze compared to
the diabolical sounds we face to-
day.
What seems to be the first re-
corded instance of winning war
with >noisemakers happened back
in Biblical days when the Midia-
mites were annoying the children
of Israel
These invaders seemed uncon-
querable-and were thick as
grasshoppers-until Gideon went
after them with only 800 men,
armed with empty earthenware
pitchers, lamps and trumpets,
Boldly, Gideon marched his re-
cruits up to the stronghold.
Fiercely they blew their trum-
pets, and with deafening crashes
broke the crockery, at the same
time shouting THE sword Of the
Lord, and of Gideon"
The Midianites-like some Of
the French poilus-promptly got
a noise neurosis and fled.
Gideon didn't know a thing
about how noise affects the blood
pressure, the heart, the digestion
or the eyesight. He just trusted
the Lord and found how 1t af-
fected mems minds and their
running ability.
When the walls of Jericho fell
another well-known Biblical
incfdent-it was to the accompa-
niment of blasting trumpets.
A more insidious use was made
of ear-torturing sounds during
the recent Spanish revolution,
only this time they were not used
to conquer but as a cruel form
of punishment.
Torture cells were uncovered
in Barcelona, after General
Frances conquest, which showed
among other things one chamber
called the Cell Of the Everbeat-
ing Drum"
Built into the wall Of a corri-
dor from which opened six sepa-
rate torture cells was an ordi-
nary metronome, like those used
by beginning students of music,
but this one was so arranged that
each tick of the beating instru-
ment was magnified to the beat
of an enormous drum.
Minute by minute, hour by
hour. during day and night, there
pounded against the unprotected
ears of the occupants of these
cells the slow, repeated blows of
the metronome's strokes.
Prisoners were stripped naked
when they were put into the cells
They had nothing 10 sit on but
sloping concrete and no way to
lie down. They could neither stuff
their ears against the unceasing
beat of the tormenting mechan-
ism nor find a moments relief in
sleep.
Gradually this monotonous and
never-ending noise. drove its
listeners over the borderline to
insanity.
Not the least Of the sound war
weapons today may be the voice
Of Hitler, believed by experts
peculiarly TO influence mems
minds by its monotony and pitch.
Scientists, measuring recordings
of his speeches, find that he al
ways speaks with a voice pitched
at 22S vibrations a second. That,
according to experts, is the voice
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

French Poilus
Guarding the
NIaginot Line
Were Easy
Prey for Noisy
Nazi Attacks
Because They
Had De-
veloped Echo
Nerves From
Listening to
Their Own
Footsteps Re-
sounding
Through the
Long Concrete
Corridors of
the Fortifi-
cations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

on the tide of
( ar already
started. TIL e
uproar t h e y
ere a ted was
like he pro-
v e r b ia | last
straw.
A n d that's
w by experts
OF [ n G Ma
tional N OILS e
A b a I e m e mt
Council of this
country etreSS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

Winning a War
With Noises That
Scare People Out
of Their Wits Is
an Old Trick
First Used by
Gideon Against
the Midianites
More Than 5000
Years Ago, Ac-
cOrding to Bibli-
cal Records.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

High Ex-
plosive Bombs
Damage Peo-
pie Far From
the Place
Where They
Fan Because
Their Terribly
ing Whine,
Often In
creased by
Organ-Like
Pipes At
tached TO
Their Tails,
Is a Potent
Nerve
Weapon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

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