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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
Hieh|iehts from
the Latest Books
BY JAMES E. HILBERT

AS dissipated as the circles
under King Carols eyes, as
treacherous as the Iron Guard
and as flimsy as a Nazi reason
for executing 100 Poles, such
was the Bucharest described in
r. G.. Waldeck's "Athene Pal
ace Mcbride: $2.75), an eye
witness account of how Mad
Adolf New-Ordered Rumania to
fall flat on its face.
E. Phillips Oppenheim in his
pipe dreamiest days never con-
ceived a more fantastic setting
and set of people than those who
moved, or crawled, about Bu-
charest's grand hotel from the
fall of France to what we now
cautiously call the rise of Rus
STA.
The hotel was the spy head
quarters of Europe, the place
where all the saints and sinners
of the continent gathered to
listen at each others keyholes.
Everyone was there from the
ancient Excellencies of Buchar-
est to members of the British
legation to the German military.
mission Charming fellows, too)
to Iron Guardists plotting to
hand their country to the high
est bidder.
Another solid reason for read
ing this book lies in its hard
boiled, professional account of
Just what went on in the Iron
Guard during the hectic months
when Carol was abdicating,
Helen was returning and Mich
ael was vowing allegiance. 1t
also is valuable and interesting
because it shows how Nazi mis-
sionaries work to convince all
classes of society that life would
follow as usual under Hitler.
Here's one example:
ION this particular evening
the society matrons were assur-
ed about the Nazi way OF deal
ing with elegant women. by
a princess superbly dressed in
something that spelled the Rue
Cambon. This Serene Hishness
made no bones of the fact that,
war or no war, her chief in
terest in life was clothes. Pow
dering her high patrician nose
from a crested golden compact,
she would say, with a trusting
look at Nazi diplomats and jour-
nalists, L do hope that now we
have Paris. can buy at Channels
and Molyneux with reichs-
marks
The Nazi diplomats and
journalists would laugh and
reply, Don't you know that for
you to be able to buy at Channels
and Molyneux with reichsmarks
is one Of the German war
aims?'
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
MUCH IN LITTLE

George AIDE is on old man, having
posed his 18th birthday. His reputo
ton as the "Hoosier humorist" depends
on writings, chiefly the "FobIes in
SIone," which already sound dotted"
to generation which has passed
them by.
But neither the generation nor the
times have passed by AIDE himself. He
soys the old bean is working; con
reod oil ! want. and get around as
much os like"
Evidence that this is true comes
from q sentence in his birthday inter-
view in which he came about as close
to telling whot the war is all about in
one sentence os some others have done
in encyclopedia books. Said AIDE:
Decent people cont lie down
ond let those roush-nseks woik on
Them"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
BRITAIN REPLIES

The old propaganda story. used
during the World War, used oeoin to
divide the French from the British
during this war. about how the British
will fight to the lost Frenehmon." or
TO the lost colonial" is going the
rounds again. In some eoses there is
reason to believe thot it is being delib-
eroteIy planted to divide the allies once
again, the old, old tootic Of sowing
dissension and distrust.
The British have an answer, and
so general hos the story become, that
they have felt called on to make it
publicly. 1t is simply that lib per cent
of the totoI casualties Of the British
Commonwealth Of Nations in the war
thus far, have been among soldiers
and sailors Of the United Kingdom,
that is, from England, Scotland. Wales,
and Northern Ireland.
Unless and until those official fig
ures are disproved, they ore surely
more worthy of belief than idle chat
ter and biosed suppositions.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
Russian Women Replace
Men in War Industries
sSOSossssVssssssS
S0sasAAsAsA.AeaAsS

WAR, which touches the life o.
w every man, woman, and child
in each country it ravages, found
the women of Soviet Russia well
prepared to take conflict in their
sturdy, indomitable strides.
The stamp above, issued in l941,
pictures an infantryman of the
Red Army and his mother ad.
monishing him to BE hero"
Russian women have taken
places beside men in factories, in
the building trades, on the collec.
tive farms, and even in the army
Women pilots, gunners and bonn.
bardiers are found in the air force
although they do little actual
fighting. Their work is to train
the young men for those posts.
In contrast TO czarist days In
Russia. when the woman was con-
sidered much in the same class
as a pack animal, the Soviet revo-
luton brought wholesale suffrage
to the feminine population.
Russian women are insulted II
called members Of the weaker sex.
They draw the same wages rs men
and in some cases equal men in
strength and endurance.
The proportion OF women engi-
neers, women technicians. women
research workers is higher in the
Soviet Union than m any other
nation.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Carl Robertson, of Cleveland,
was an old-time auction bridge
player, who we'll remembered
the days before the negative
double, when bluff no trump
bids made the bidding very diff
ficult for the opponents. He
carried his no trump habits into
contract, and was so successful
that a whole school of players
was developed that played the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
kLRB SINNERS DOWN

National Labor Relations
Boord was six years old recent
ly, and though NlRB used to
be the biggest news in Wosh-
ineton, this sixth birthday and
the accompanying sixth on
nuol report received scont no.
tice. A summary Of the
boards six-yeor record before
the courts, however, Is worth
noticing:
The U. S. Supreme Court has
enforced 70 board orders in
full, enforced six with modifi-
cotton, and denied only two.
In the same period, the Cir
cult Court Of Appeals enforced
l4O board orders in full, l02
with modification, and denied
enforcement Of Sc.
Operations of the board,
once the most controversial OF
all labor subjects, ore now re-
duced to routine procedure, OF
interest only in local COM
munities where specific ooses
come up.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
WARS ARE NOT WON
WITH WORDS

This war will not be won with words.
It will not be won with talk about soc
rifice and prvotion. Those things the
American people will take os mot
ter of course. This war will be won
with work. 1t will be won by utilizing
the potentially |mitless American
production machine to the absolute
limit.
A Senate Committee, under the
craftsmanship Of Senator Truman. has
made it's report on the defense effort
up to the middle Of January. 1t cites
example otter example Of waste, inet-
ficiency, failure and seIf-interest. Some
hioh government officials proved them
selves ostoundineIy incompetent. Some
business men we're reluctant to toke
the steps that oI-out war demands.
Many labor leaders put their own am
billions and interests above the needs OF
q nation in peril. The people we're oPo-
thetic. Too few of us seemed to reolize
that it is one thing to appropriate tens
Of billions for defense and war and q
very different and infinitely more diff
ficuIt thing to turn those billions into
the instruments Of war.
We must pursue different path
in the future. The appointment Of q
one-mon defense head ond the oboIi-
ton of the buneIine. indecisive OPM
are important steps in the right direc-
ton. Now there is only one job for oil
Of US, from the President down to the
Iowiest worker in the smallest defense
plant. Thot job is to produce - to
produce as no nation ever produced
before, to work as no people ever
worked before.
Look at the American industrial
machine. What nation in history has
ever been so rich in resources and mo-
chimes? The motor plants, the coal and
metal mines, the oil fields, the power
and light systems, the plane makers,
the steel mills, the transportation
agencies - these and thousand 9TH
or enterprises constitute an industrial
empire which has long been the envy
Of on initiating world. This is what
free enterprise hos given us - this is
what we must use to the fullest now.
To foil in this war, on either the
home front or the miIitory front,
would be death for free enterprise,
deoth for free government, death for
all the other freedoms. We are learn
ing. at long lost, the terrible, costly
mistakes Of yesterday. Let them be
used to show us the way to unparalleled
achievement today and tomorrow.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12

RACINE, WIS.-St. Mary's
hospital will offer free hospital
service-private rooms, nurses
and medical care-to mothers
having their eighth or more
babies.
"It will encourage more Of the
good, old-fashioned large fami-
lies" hospital officials explain
ed, land, after a mother has had
seven babies we think she Is en-
titled 70 something special"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
i. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

to lay aside tn cir prejudices
against movies, cameras, cos
metics and other fripperies. 1t
was accomplished only by care
full explanation of the purposes
of the picture, and by a days
work in the fields by the entire
company to prove they were not
entirely frivolous and insincere.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
CoFe0spond0nt

then labor hos q responsibility
to prove that it can contribute
something to management.
Labor must therefore put on
end to any Of its own proetises
which ore economic wastes,
which tend to curtoiI produc-
ton, which increase costs un-
necessarily, which ore bod
management. Labor leader
ship, in other words, hos as
sumed the responsibility Of
proving to management thot
labor can contribute as much
about management as man.
oeement itself.
This is no mere battle Of
theory. Labor leaders won't
toIk about it much outside Of
labor circles, but within the
unions themselves there is q
definite conflict between the
younger, smorter, more pro-
gressive element and the Old
time organizers. These vet
eron local union officials still
stick to policies Of limiting
the number Of apprentices
trained in any given trode,
keeping the number Of women
in on industry at on absolute
minimum because women can
be hired at lower pay than men
and therefore tend to keep the
wage sooIes low opposing tron-
ing-within-industry programs
which tend to upgrade skilled
employees and teach those ski|Is
TO less skilled workers who
thus become competitors for
jobs, obstructine the introduc-
ton Of chronological advances
like pre-fobriooted housing
which at first tend TO be Iobor-
sowing, maintaining make
work" proetises which require
the duplication Of unproduc-
tive work, and so on.
COOPERATION PLANS
TRIED
Department Of Labor re-
Gently made q study of the
growth Of this movement for
encouragement co-opero-
ton, now one Of lobor's prin-
cipoI detectives in speeding
conversion Of industries from
civilian consumer goods to war
production. The idea gained
considerable Roadway during
the Coolidge boom, but most
Of the early experiments were
ended by the depression Of
1898, when competition for
jobs wos every woge corners
principal worry.
In some Of the experiments,
the ideo Of Iobor-monoee
cooperation is carried to the
extent Of having union funds
loaned to q company for ex.
ponsion, the sponsoring Of
soles and advertising cam
poiens to promote the COM
pony's business, joint lobbying
for legislation favorable to on
industry, and cooperation to
prevent bankruptcy Of the en-
ployer and resulting loss Of
jobs for the employees.
Baltimore and Ohio RoiIrood
wos one Of the pioneers in this
labor management co-opero-
ton policy. In 1923, in one
shop, B. g 0. set up q system
Of shop committees to elimi-
nate wostefuI production. The
experiment Worked, and the
idea wos extended TO the whole
system. The Springfield,
Moss, division Of Westino-
house Electric adopted q similar
program in 937.
A die costing plant in Potts
town, Po., has O production re-
search proorom, jointly fl
nonoed by management and
labor.
Steel Workers Organizing
Committee since 1887 has Of
fered q plan Of cooperation
with management in plants
where the union is recognized,
but few establishments have
accepted il.
Hosiery, millinery and cloth
ing industries have probably
advanced this ideo OF lobor-
management cooperation the
forthest, eliminating with the
ooresnnSnf Of a veor 600 in
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

The Salvation Army vacate the
opera house and return to their
old stamping ground on Front
street.
The February crop report
states that wheat is in good shape
all over the state.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12

50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1892
Brick is being delivered for
the new Presbyterian sanctu-
airy.
Smith e. Preussell have en-
larged their interior by general
re-arrangement.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
One Year Ago Today

1941
st. Clair Shores was the fast
est growing city in the United
States.
Fred Kendrick is named presi-
dent of the Macomb Theater
company.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12

5 YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
Dean O'Ferrall, Detroit radio
speaker, speaks at the Grace
church.
Macomb county contributes
$4,000 for Flood Relief.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-12
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

which the international Ladies'
Gorment Workers union and
the New York City dress indus {.
try set up O proerom to increase
efficiency and soIes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
H. Counts Outlines
Administration He'd
Promote, Il EIeded
MAJORITY Candidate
Pledges Economy,
Enforcement, Progress

1t has been my good fortune to be a
citizen of the city Of Durant for the
past 10 years. During this time ! have
tried to help in every way possible to
work for the best interest Of the city.
As agent Of the Railway Express Agency
I rave sought to give you courteous and
efficient service.
I would like to solicit your considera-
ton and support for the office Of Mayor
of the City Of Durant in the e%lction,
August 2sth, for which | am a candi-
date. 49,.
If you see fit to elect me your mayor,
I pledge to you my best efforts to pro-
mote at all times the best interest of
all the people.
I pledge that in all matters connected
with the administration of the city's
affairs, including law enforcement, !
will follow strictly the duties and func-
tions of this office as prescribed by
law.
Secondly, l promise, if elected, to do
everything l can, within the limitations
of the powers of the mayors office, to
promote the fair and reasonable en-
forcement of all the laws Of our city
and state.
Third, l promise, if elected, to give
you as economical and progressive an
administration Of your affairs as posi-
BILE.
Fourth. / pledge to keep you, the peo-
pie, fully advised and informed as to Of
fetal acts of the city administration
and on affairs of interest to the people
who compose the city and are inter-
ested in it's affairs.
If you desire such an administration
of your affairs as outlined above, l shall
appreciate your earnest consideration
and influence in this election. | pledge
again to do my very best and to keep
in mind always that the mayor Is and
should be The servant o. ALI people,
Sincerely yours,
w. II. COUNTS,
Candidate for Mayor, City of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
Walter Durham Is
Alderman Candidate

Walter Durham, we'll known Durant
business man, is a candidate for the Of
flee of alderman of the city of Durant,
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primary election Friday, August 28th,
Mr.. Durham is a business man who
owns property in Durant and is natur-
ally interested in anything that stands
for the progress of the town. In making
his announcement for alderman, Mr..
Durham said:
"If the people of Durant see fit to
elect me to their Board of Aldermen |
shall do everything in my power to give
them a good business administration of
their affairs, with a regular accounting
to them. 1 shall, if elected, do every
thing in my power to reduce expendi-
lures so that the burden of the taxpayer
can be lightened if possible"
Mr.. Durham will appreciate your vote
and influence in the election Friday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
Mayfie|d Howard Is
Marshal Candidate

To the Voters of Durant, Miss:
l solicit your vote and influence in
the city election August %, 1912. l
have served the people of District No.
2 as Constable for the past two and one
half years. Al all times I have had
the interest of the people at heart try
ing to serve as a law enforcement Off
Ger to the best of my ability. | will as
sure you if elected l will work dill
gently to perform the duties of this Of
flee being ready all hours of the day
and night to see that the laws are en-
forced.
If elected I will not be controlled by
any person or group of persons in the
city. l am acquainted with the condi-
tons of the city and believe that am
capable of making you a~good officer.
I realize thai there are some legal
limitations on the powers Of ali Off
G. rsg~naf Fri ierl to any legal lim.ta-
Il n. or restrictions on The powers Of
the kffice of Marshal, l promise, il cleo
ted Ito give MY best efforts to the en-
forcement of all the laws of the state
and the city, including the liquor laws.
MAYFIELD HOWARD.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
Naval Recruiting .Office'
In Jackson Sunday

Lieut.. (jg) Chas. B. Parrett, CEC-V
Isl, USNR, will be at the Jackson Re
cruiting Station on August % and "a
to interview all men who are qualified
for the construction regiment. This
construction regiment is made up of car
penters, electricians, oilers, painters,
steel workers, sheet metal workers, well
ders, bakers, craftsmen, s%torekeepers,
etc. After these men are recruited, they
are sent to a Navy base where they are
trained in Navy construction under the
supervision of Navy construction Off
GERS. This group of men will make up
one of the most important branches OF
the service at this particular time, since
we are now on the offensive. Many
excellent ratings from Seaman Second
Glass at S54.00 a month to Chief Petty
Officer at $126.C0 a month viii be open
to men who can qualify.
All men who can Gualif7 will be en-
listed and PLACED \ inactive duty
status lclg enDugh to complete theii
affairs at home, in order that they car
leave for service. This regiment car
rightfully be called "We Build For Vic
tory"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
Robertson Promises
Enforcement
If Eieded
Cundicote VIII
Also Try To Keep
Street, Clean

| am a candidate for the office Of
Marshal of the City of Durant, subject
to the action of the voters in the Dem
oeratic Primary election next Friday,
August 2Sth.
There is only one promise that make
to YOU as citizens and voters-and that
is that if you elect me Marshal will
enforce fully the laws of our commu-
nifty, state and nation, to the letter.
This applies ESPECIALLY to Bookkeeping
establishments.
If you do not want law enforcement
in Durant please do not give me your
vote.
To the ladies | will say this-To the
very best Of my ability, with the monies
allowed me by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen, l will try to keep the
streets and alleys of our city clean.
If you see fit to elect me your mar
shall, | will, TO the very best of my abil-
ity, give you a good. clean, law-abidine
town,
CLARENCE ROBERTSON,
Candidate for Marshal, City of Durant
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
|Durant City Schools
Open Sept. 14tk
Teachers Listed
Second Semester
Sturts Jon. Is;
Rules Given

D~urant's city schools will open on
September 14th, according to an an
nouncement of C. H. Carruth, Jr, sup
erintendent. Beginners will be permit
ed to enter school if they are six years
of age on or before the beginning of
the second semester, January %. 1943.
The school year closes on May %,
1943.
Teachers elected for the school year
by the Board Of Trustees are listed.
There are still vacancies in the social
science department and coach and math
departments.
First Grade, Miss Nell Bealle, 712
Henry Street, Greenwood; Second Grade,
Miss Mamie Clark, Durant; Third Grade
Miss Carolyn Mcpherson, Pickens.
Fourth Grade, Miss Agnes Burris,
Magnolia; Fifth Grade, Miss Kate Pin
son, Alderman; Sixth Grade, Miss
Frances Allen, Brooksville.
Junior H. s., Mrs. Rubye Merrell, 29tO
Electric Avenue, Meridian; Junior H. S,
and Science, Miss Bettye Lochridge,
C~atchings; H. s. English, Miss Pauline
Carter, West.
Com. and Math., Mr.. Spiva McCul-
louch, 1919 Adelicia Avenue, Nashville,
Tenn; Piano and P. s. Music, Mrs,
Madge Lipsey, Durant; Band Director,
Ralph B.. Walker, 528 Michigan Avenue,
McComb.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
RatiOning

Rationing
Sugar Ration Stamp No. 8 will be
good for five pounds of sugar in the
ten-week period beginning August 70
and ending October 81, the Office OF
Price Administration announced. While
not changing the basic ration of one
half pound per person per week, 1t Will
cable consumers to make purchase IN
larger units and facilitate the disposal
of 5, 10 and 2%5-pound packages.
Price Administrator Henderson and
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced
jointly that fuel rationing on the east
coast may be unavoidable next winter.
All eastern motorists were told by the
OPA to display their gasoline ration
stickers Immediately, because lit is
illegal for any service station attendant
to sell gasoline to a vehicle unless the
/ sticker corresponding to the type OF
book is conspicuously displayed on the
car" The rationing regulations for new
passenger automobiles were amended to
make members of the U. S. Armed
Forces eligible to purchase new cars
upon proof that a car is needed for
transportation between residence and
post or on official military business
where no military vehicle is available
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-08-20
Suggestions Given
Fo Harvesting
By Co. Agent

More than 200 farmers of the county
planted this year approximately 9oV
acres of peanuts in an effort to produce
needed fats for the government. Some
Of these peanuts are beginning to reach
maturity and should be harvested with
out delay.
Most of the peanuts planted IN
Holmes County are of the Spanish vari-
ETY. and il is easy to determine when
the crop is ready to be harvested by
the following indications: % The
leaves begin to turn yellowish green
(2) Occasional peanut sproutlng.
In harvesting the peanut crop 1T has
been suggested that the wing be taken
off a turning pillow which is run under
the plants. The method plows up the
plants, but does not cover them with
dirt as would be the case II the wing
were left on the pillow. The vines should
be left about three hours to cure and
then stacked around poles in the field
The poles can be cut from the forest
and placed on the ground about 10 to "a
inches. leaving 6 or 7 feet above, arouno
which the peanut plants are stacked
peanuts to the pole with tops extending
outward. Cross pieces approximately
feet long are nailed Is inches from th'
ground crosswise on the pole before
stacking begins.
The peanuts are supposed to remain
in the stack for a period of 6 to s weeks
before they are run through a picking
machine.
Remember that if you wait too lon
to harvest your peanut crop you WI
lose much of it as the stem of the nut
decays in a very short time after tn
peanuts are ready to be harvested. TIL
leaves the nuts in the ground, lnaces
sible to the harvester.