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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
Basketball
Scores
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
EAST
Southern California SO, Law
renee Tech a..
Niagara as, st. Johns 40.
Albright Sc, Cornell 20.
Dearborn Naval Training A,
Toledo Naval Training 30.
TIE mple 40, Philadelphia
Coast Guard AZ.
MIDWEST
Southwestern a., Springfield
(Mo.) Teachers 81.
Wabash so, Fort Knox 38.
Great Lakes SIS, Glenview Air
Base 80.
Camp Grant (Ill) al Navy
Pier 80 1.-TWO overtimes).
WEST
Utah As, Montana State SO.
Utah State 76, Weber College
81.
st. Mary's Navy pre-flight SO,
California 35.
Idaho University 38, College
of Idaho q.
Stanford as, Santa Clara a..
Oregon 80, Vancouver RAM
blers 38.
Washington U. 40, Pasco
Naval Flyers 81.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
Butter
Continued from Pare I

demand of EOS pounds. The de-
mand for shortening and lard
was fixed at 26.2 pounds and the
supply at % pounds. Supplies of
fats in other food products, such
as bread, cake and canned soups,
were calculated at ~ pounds
per person against a demand Of
10.4 pounds.
Coffee and sugar already are
rationed and meats and cheese
soon will be. Secretary of Agri-
culture Wickard previously had
said butter would be added as
soon as the necessary plans could
be made.
The bureau estiamted the sup
ply of fats and oils in 1913
would be 14,50O,00O 900 pounds,
about 80O,000,000 pounds under
the expected demands from the
military, lend lease and civilians.
The shortage was attributed to
the curtailments of imports from
the western Pacific and to the
exceptional demands.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
NaZi Retreat
Continued from Page I

reported within 100 miles of
Rostov One column had cap
tured the large village of Kam-
ensky in the vicinity of Millero-
70. 100 miles du, north OF Ros-
TOW, while the other seized the
town of Morozovka, about the
same distance northeast of Ros-
TOW.
First reports confused Kamen-
sky with Kamensk, a city 40
miles south of Millerovo.
While the Red Armies battled
to inflict a crushing Yuletide de-
feat on Adolf Hitler's invasion
forces, the fate of the Axis in
North Africa grew even more
precarious.
On the Libyan desert front,
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
ery's British 9th Army was re-
ported to have advanced within
$50 miles of Tripoli. capital of
Italian Tripolitania, after a
220-mile advance in IL days
from the old Ell Agheila line.
British headquarters in Cairo
said Gen. Montgomery's van
guards continued to haraSs Nazi
Field Marshal Erwin Rommels
fleeing Africa corps, while Brit
ish sappers speeded the task of
clearing away deadly minefields
retarding the main advance.
PATROLS CLASH
On the Tunisian front, Allied
patrols skirmished with German
forces yesterday Is miles north
east of Medjez-El-Bab, which
lies 35 miles southwest of Tun-
is, the capital, and also clashed
with Axis troops 10 miles
southwest of Mateur.
Mateur is Is miles southwest
of the big Axis-held Naval base
at Bizerte on the Tunisian North
coast.
French troops knitting toward
the Gulf of Gabes coast below
Tunis, in an attempt to cut off
Axis communications between
Tunisia and Tripolitania, were
reported to have inflicted "seri-
Gus loses" on the Germans in
fight yesterday.
An Allied spokesman said
there were no indications that
1.-The enemy is in any great
strength in that area, or any
where in southern Tunisia," ap-
parently having concentrated
their forces in the strategic
Tunis- Bizerte zone.
Italian headquarters asserted
briefly that Axis troops gained
ground after lively local en-
counters" in Tunisia.
Allied bombers, warships and
submarines continued to exact
heavy toll on Axis ships ferrying
badly-needed reinforce m
AMI supplies across the Mediter-
ranean to North Africa, sinking
or damaging two Axis warships
and eight merchant vessels.
These blows, while minor ac-
tons individually, are playing a
vital collective role in frustrat-
ing Adolf Hitler's desperate eff
fort to maintain a foothold in
North Africa and thus delay an
Allied offensive against the soft
under side" of the Nazi-con-
quered Europe.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23

LOS ANGELES, Dec. % Up
- America, through a short
sighted CONSUMPTION policy, is
laying the groundwork for an
other great war 20 years or so
hence, a prominent sociologist
said today, and is depriving OF
life uncounted members of an
unborn generation.
DR.. Constantine Panunzio, as
sociate professor of Sociology at
The Diversity of California, Los
Angeles, declared that calling of
young married men into the
armed services will result in an
alarming decrease in Americas
birth-rate.
"And even though we deal
Japan a knockout blow now"
he added, "in the next genera
ton we may be obliged to con-
front a nation with a manpower
problem even greater than at
present.
BY 1870, he predicted, the pro-
life japanese will have increas-
ed their population by 10000
900, while the United States
may anticipate a gain of only
100000.
ITO understand the full effect
of calling youthful married men
to the colors without regard for
future manpower we must re-
alize that the younger married
people give birth to large pro-
portion of the children" DR.. Pa
nunzio continued.
''In World War /, France re-
cruited without regard to mari
tai status. And when 1910 came,
with its new and greater war,
France found itself actually with
fewer men between 20 and Is
years than in the earlier conflict.
Births between 1915 and 1919
were 1,040, 900 fewer than nor
NAL.
Apparently the United States
Is going to face a manpower sit
uation similar to Frances"
Another factor contributing to
4 lower birth-rate here, he as
serted, is the increasing employ
Eaent Of women in war indus
tries.
"Our situation" DR.. Panunzio
,aid, lis serious because the pop
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
Lincoln Pupils
Fete Mothers

THE CHILDREN of the 1B
grade of Lincoln school enter
tanned their mothers yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 at Christmas
program.
Alice Murphy gave a little
message of welcome to the
guests.
A playlet entitled Santa Wis
its Mother Goose" was presented.
All the characters in the origi-
nal story were portrayed with
Santa Claus, as follows: Patsy
Perry, the old woman; Robert
Conklin, Tommy Green; Carol
Cross, Little Miss Muffet; Rich
ard Ernst, Johnny Trout; Mari
lee Miller, Little Boy Blue;
Stanley Showalter, Little Jack
Horner; Richard Williams, Jack
be Nimble; George Zoyiopolos,
Simple SiHon; Santa Claus,
Walter Englebrecht.
Christmas Solors were sung by
Ann Bures, Sheila Campbell,
Steven Hawkes., Kenneth Hold
en-, Jerry Merkle, Betty Lou Co.
vert, Lorraine Hammond and
Gerald Rivard.
Christmas carols were sung by
all the children and concluding
the program an interpretive
dance was given.
William X. Stewart gave a lit
tie closing address. Refresh
ments were served.
Elsie Schwartz is the teacher.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
Fights
Last Night
By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND Anton Chris
toforidis, 1856, Cleveland, out
pointed Nat Bolden, 172, Chi
cago, 172, Chicago, Q0; Lulu
Costantino, 1919, New York, out
pointed Joey Pirrone, 1874,
Cleveland go.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.-Lee
Murray, 1875, Norwalk, Conn,
outpointed Ted Lowry, l76, New
Bedford (10).
NEW YORK - Herbie Katz,
1884, Brooklyn, stopped Jimmy
Gordon, 175h. Tampa, Fla,
%.
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Cannon
Ball Gibson, 1913, New York,
outpointed Jose Domingo Rozo,
1877, South America go.
LOS ANGELES-John Thorn
as, 1881 ", Los Angeles, stopped
Lew Jenkins 1877, Sweetwater,
Tex, (5).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
Methodist Guild Plans
Election of Officers

THE YOUNG WON EMS
Methodist Guild will hold their
next meeting on Dec. % at the
home of Mrs. John Kuster, 14O5
Wellesley drive. There will be
election of officers at this time
and also a "Goodie" sale. Mrs.
Alfred Landon will be a guest.
All the money from the sale
of Christmas card boxes must
be turned in at or before this
meeting.
All members are urged to at
tend.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
New Guinea

Continued from Page
Joined Australians In the job of
clearing the japanese frpmr the
area northwest Of Coma, which
Il In Allied hands.
Another medium-slzed Japa-
neae supply ship disguised by
tree branches and foliage was
sunk off New Britain yesterday
by American flying fortresses,
thu Allied communique said.
The vessel apparently was
bound for the north coast of
New Guinea.
Allied air units also attacked
enemy installations near Villa de
Avix at Timor, while a single
japanese plane early yesterday
dropped incendiary and explo-
sive bombs at Port Moresby in
ths Goth enemy raid on that AL
lied port on the southern coast
Of New Guinea. The commune
que said little damage was done.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
Area Openedby Highway Expects New k|ondike Rush
Subs
Continued from Page I

COntiHue0 from rage i
Bizerte, Tunis and other bastion
in axis possession.
Communicates from the Lon
don admiralty and British mid
die east headquarters in Cairo
listed these axis surfac, craft as
victims of the war of attrition
in the Mediterranean:
One axis supply ship sunk. one
believed sunk and two more
supply ships and an escorting
destroyer torpedoed by submar-
ines. Whether the last three
vessels were fatally damaged
was not ascertained.
One small enemy supply YES
sci sunk in the Gulf of Gabes
(off the Tunisian coast) by light
naval forces.
One enemy merchant vessel
set afire and a small escort ship
hit directly off Sicily and two
hits scored on enemy vessels in
the main basin at Tunis by allie d
planes Monday night. Tie Cairo
communique said mo trace of
the smaller (escort) vessel could
be found after the attack" off
Sicily.
The admiralty said two of the
supply ships torpedoed were
south bound Gin the Tunis-Biz-
erie area" A single submar-
inc accounted for both, it re-
ported, saying one went down
and sit was considered probable
the second ship also sank"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
SocioIogist Predicts Low
Birth-Rate TO Cause New War

ulation is fast becoming station
airy in size. Our present rate of
increase is barely enough for re-
placement.
The future strength of the
nation makes it imperative to
defer as many married men as
possible between the ages of %
and g."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
By TOM WOLF

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. %
Driving along the new Alcan
Higway, now and then you run
across stake which claims a
bit of the roadside as the prop
erty of one of the bodybuilding
pioneers who discovered it..
These claims, thoroughly il
legal, are not entirely humor-
ously intended. The highway has
unquestionably opened a new
frontier.
Before the road was built
access to hundreds of thou
sands of square miles through
which it passes was possible
only by dog team or snow shoes
in winter, canoe or horse in
summer. DR.. Charles Camsell,
Canadian Commissioner for the
Northwest Territories, told me
that he had covered the ap-
roximate route of the road
during the Klondike gold-rush
in the '90's. What now takes
hardly two weeks to drive took
DR.. Camsell more than eight
months to negotiate on snow
shoes.
LARD VALLEY OPENED
The highway opens up one of
Canada's most inaccessible re-
gions - the valley of the Lizard
River. The Lizard was first visit
ed by white men ITO years ago
when the Hudson's Bay Com
pany tried to open trading
post there. But so treacherous is
the river - racing through
glacier-cut gorges at as high as
Ia miles an hour - that the In
dams found it too tough to ne
gotiate with their furs. SO the
trading post collapsed.
The next white visitors we're
the Klondike miners, strug-
Cling north. They died in such
numbers trying to 60 down the
Lizard that one twist in the river
is still called the Corner of the
Drowned.
So little is known about the
region that as recently as 1925
a prospector named Tom
Smith sent out widely-believed
tales of discovering a tropical
valley along the rivera north
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
HAWKS BREED ON ROOFS

Nighthawks do not breed in
city suburbs although they do
breed in the centers of cities and
in the country. In rural areas,
they nest on the ground, and in
the cities on the flat roofs of
skyscrapers, but there are only
low buildings with sloping roofs
in the suburbs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23
SNAKES "TAMER"
THAN AUTOS

People are more afraid OF
snakes than of automobiles, yet
snakes only cause about $50 fat
slities per year in the United
States, while automobiles kill
approximately 10000 annually.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-23

How the Northwest Pas
sage will open a rich wilder
ness to postwar prOspectOrs
and settlers is told in this,
the fifth of six stories by a
writer who has travelled the
Alaska Highway.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-01
Russia Scores An Unset

The hard cold fact of the fighting in Russia is that
the Red army, although beaten to it's knees and al
most destroyed, has come out of the corner, like
groggy, battered boxer to unleash cOunter-attack
that has forced it's great opponent to the ropes.
This does not mean that the Soviet is about to
deliver the decisive Knockout but the decision, it is
clear can go either way The Nazi army that surged
to the gates of Lenngrad stormed the outer basons
in Moscow and captured strategic Rostov, the gate
way to the Caucasus is reeling under the impact of
the weather and Russian willingness to fight it out to
death.
The retreat of the German army may be strategic
in inception and smart in view of the unpreparedness
of German soldiers for the fierce winter weather 1t
may shorten the front, simplify supply problems and
release Naz soldiers for other ventures 1t may stop
the line selected by the German high command and
next Spring renewed German assault may easily re-
capture the area relnqushed.
All this may prove true but, nonetheess the Rus
slams have given Hitler his first great defeat, and
Soviet morale increased with justification. Hitler pro-
claimed the Russian campaign the decisive battle,
committing the fate of Germany to the army as it
began. Many weeks ago he declared the Red army
destroyed and incapable of organized resistance He
has since admitted that Naz leaders entirely msjudged
the fighting strength of the Soviet
The Red army has decisively checked Hitler giving
new hope to the deocracies and causing the Germans
to doubt the outcome of the war. Russia has earned
the gratitude of the free world regardless of differ
ences in regard to the organization of social elements
Almost unaided the Soviet faced its mighty foe took
a terrible beating and paid tremendous price but
managed to survive because its people were willing to
fight and, if necessary, die for their native land
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-01
Here, 81, .Answer
With Logic Aplenty

neurOpSycnlaCrlSt on one OF rne
Medical Advisory boards had &C.
casion to examine a registrant from
one Of the county local boards. The
doctor passed him.
But when the registrant was sent
to Fort Smelling for induction, he
was rejected by neuropsychiatrist
there as being neurotic. The local
board, thinking the doctor who orig
inally passed the man would be in
terested, notified him to that effect.
The doctor was curious as to the
reason, and asked the local board
to send the registrant to see him
again.
$50 they wouldn't take you at
Fort Smelling" DR.. Kamman said.
.Nah," the registrant replied.
lone of those nervous doctors threw
me out. Asked me a couple Of fool
questions and wouldn't pass me-"
"And what did he ask your" DR..
Kamman inquired.
We'll, first he asked me, What
would you do if one of your ears
was shot OFF,
$50 said. Guess maybe couldn't
hear very well.
''Then he said. And what would
you do if both ears were shot OFF,
so / told him. Then l guess !
couldn't see so good. I"
Even DR.. Kamman hesitated at
this one. Then he ventured.. After
all, that was kind of an odd answer.
What in the world made you say a
thing like that?"
The registrant was affronted. He
explained patiently, well, if both
ears were shot off, my hat would fall
down over my face. and then !
couldn't see"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-01

tainers-carrots and turnips and
cabbages, too.
s. much for what the farmer Is
expected to do. Now what is going
to be done to the farmer?
In the first place he is going to
be asked to produce more with less
help. Secretary Wickard says that
goals in the ''food-for-freedom"
program are just about right but
that they have to be reassayed in
the light of the war with the Axis.
Here are some of the main changes:
First of all, because we are GO
ing to be Woodworking nation,
on the home front and elsewhere,
an increased amount Of vitamin-
contained strength-bringing vegeta-
bles will be needed.
The sugar situation will have to
be considered very carefully. We
may lose imports Of a potential mill
ion tons from the Philippines. The
Hawaiian islands as sugar source
ore uncertain. Much of the Cuban
sugar will have to be turned into
industrial alcohol. AS to production
IN the continent, the labor situation
of which shall say more later
cuts deeply into that program, for
sugar labor is always rapidly alb
sorbed by competing interests.
The supply of oils and fats is
another problem which may require
reassaying of the food-for-freedom
program. Fats and oils make up a
heavy import from the East Indies.
They represent essentials as food
and also for manufacture-the oils
which go into the glycerin products
for explosives, the drying oils for
paints, for instance.
Farm Labor Problem
OF course, the worst problem the
farmer has to face, and the one
that must be solved before those
I have already mentioned, Is the
labor problem.
Young. strong. mechanically mind
ed young men are the backbone
of the successful farm. Young.
strong. mechanically minded young
men are the backbone of a success
full army. Especially modern
army. The same segment of the
population is also needed in indus
try.
This brings us back to the ques-
ton Of machinery. Farm machinery
is more important than it ever was.
We know that as Vice President
Wallace pointed out to me the other
day, and as the last two years. rec
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-01

ords show, farmers can always
increase their output a lot without
buying new machinery II the mar
ket justif1es it and il they have
manual labor. But they can expand
their production only so far without
either more labor or more machines
and they can work the old machine
only SO far before it breaks down,
unless it has particular care.
The farmers of America are be-
ing called upon to do agriculture s
biggest job in history. They need
all the machines that can be spared
from the factories now building
tanks and other supplies. They
need labor to take the place Of the
boys called from the farm to the
factory and the battlefield.
Land Army of Women?
Already efforts are being made to
fill the demand. Among others,
Mrs. Roosevelps land army Of wom-
en-, as one official puts it, does not
look as funny as it did when the
idea was first put forth. But at this
writing I have been unable to learn
anything further of the plans for a
land army Of women from civilian
defense headquarters here. And 1t
has to be a trained army before 1t
can help the farmer.
What steps are being taken to re-
place the brain and Drawn which
the war is taking away from the
farm?
The department of agriculture is
working with county committees
and defense boards to establish
closer cooperation with national,
state and local employment service.
The farm placement organization
has been expanded.
Farm placement services are be-
ing set up in II regions. Within
these II groups Of states. placement
representatives are being appoint
ed. Federal Security Administrator
Paul McNutt has sent out call for
specialists in farm-job problems.
He expects to install one in each of
the nations 1880 full-time state en-
ployment offices.
Although / cannot state anything
official on. the subject at present it
can be safely predicted that con-
gress will be asked for additional
appropriations for adult education
in agriculture.
AS this is being written efforts
are being made to obtain ruling
from the Selective Service admins
tration which would put skilled
farm laborers on the same basis
when considered for deferment
from the draft as are skilled indus
al workers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-01

WNU Service, 1s4s n Street, NV,
Washington, ID. G.
Americas two important weapons
against her enemies in the long war
we see ahead Of US today are the
assembly line and the farm. In
Washington In the, department Of
agriculture a war cabinet has been
created for Secretary Wickard
made up of the heads Of the action
agencies-the agencies that are Gre
ated to help the farmer do things.
1--WE, in Washington, can't do
thing by ourselves" said an Of
fetal to me. I'VE can't grow BUSH
Ell of wheat or raise a peck Of corn.
But we can line up behind the de-
partment's field men to help the
farmer in this emergency. We are
now organized to put our maximum
effort into that kind of help"
The three most important things
for the farmer to do now, according
to Washington officials. are:
I-Repair Machinery
First, get agricultural machinery
repaired. SPAB has allocated ma
terial for repair parts. There is no
sign that these ALLEGATIONS will be
cut down but there is no chance Of
increasing them. The farmers got
out record crops in 1910 and 194l
with their old machinery. They
can't do it third year unless that
old machinery is repaired now. And
II it isn't repaired now 1t won't be
ready for spring.
2-ConserUation
The second important word for
the farmer is conservation.
Get every piece of scrap metal of
the farm and into the hands Of the
junk man. Watch your bagging.
Remember we import jute and
there is likely to be decided short
ages. Cotton can't entirely fill the
gap because the machines making
heavy cotton materials are being
utilized by the army. Save waste
paper. too. (This column is being
written on the back of mimeo-
graphed newspaper release.)
3EThe Farm Garden
And here is third reminder: The
farm garden. Remember that there
is sharp shortage on tin-plate.
Everything in the way Of food that
you can preserve for yourself saves
the need of cans. Not only the
things that you can put in glass
jars but also root crops which can
be stored without the use of con-