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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
BY PETER EDISON

Unofficial new slogan OF the
Naval Guard, the outfit which
mans the guns on merchant
ships, is Sighted sub. Club!
Club"
Unofficial designation of the
new Controlled Materials Plan
or GIMP, cooked up by the War
Production Board, is "Cripes!
Moro Paperwork!"
Munro Lief, the whimsical
fellow who wrote Ferdinand
the Bull" has just been pro-
NOTED to an Army captaincy and
sent out to Kansas service
school to find out what fight
ins branch of the service was all
about. But a short time ago
when he was just first lieuten
art in Washington, writing SER
ious speeches for generals to de-
liver, Lief was sent on speak
ing tour with a lot of colonies
and majors who thought they
were something. Imagine the
surprise of the colonies and ma
jors when, on picking up the 10
cal newspapers to look at the
photograph of their arrival It
the railroad station, they saw it
under the headline, MUNRO
LIEF AND PARTY ARRIVE IN
TOWN"
IT'S A WOMAN'S WAR
Flying fortresses, the biggest,
toughest fighting planes the u.
S. Army or any other Army
possesses today, are now
being made by a labor force that
is so per cent women, and by
the end of next year officials at
the Boeing plants in Seattle and
Renton, Wash, say the labor
force will be 70 per cent women.
In Washington it is believed
this is the highest percentage of
women employees of any aircraft
plant in the country. In April,
Boeing had less than 4 per cent
women employees. BY July it was
25 per cent and it has been dou-
bled since then by simplifying
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

Behind the screen: Did you
ever wonder how comedian Burt
Gordon acquired the title, The
Mad Russian" It's quite a yarn.
Goes back 10 years ago to
Broadway when Gregory Ratoff,
now the movie director was pro-
ducing plays. Among them was
Girl Crazy" in which Gordon
was the comedian. Gordon was
so intrigued by the Ratoff per-
sonality that he often engaged
the Russian director in long con-
versations.
Eventually Gordon evolved a
character woven around the
comical aspects of the Ratoff
mannerisms and dialogue. And
even now, whenever the two
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
RED HOT KEGLER

PITTSBURGH - John Red
MacConnell of the Oakland Rod
and Gun Club, almost stopped
the bowling at the Elba alleys
when he rolled games of 247,
278 and 232 in a Central Pitts
burgh Duckpin League game.
Friends claim the 757 total is
highest ever reported in league
game.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

of explanation than the sudden
rise of an unknown TO stardom.
It's a phenomenon, however,
that doesn't apply to Bud Abb
bolt and Lou Costello. The ma
gic wand in their case was an
alert young man with rare ca
pacity for managerial shreWd-
ness and an obsession for self-ef-
Placement. The self-effacement
quality is the reason you haven't
heard much about Eddie Sher-
man. Eddie is Abbott and Cos
tello's first and only manager.
Throughout the comics climb
from the gaslight circuit in vau-
deville and burlesque to screen
stardom it has been Sherman
who has been the directorial
genius. Sherman has been a
booker for 20 years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

It has frequently been said
that the opening lead is the key
to the defense. A poor opening
NAV give declarer al impossible
contract, by killing defensive
stopper or by LOSING, q valuable
tempo. A well-chosen opening
lead may be the onl:' means OF
defeating an otherwise sure con-
tract.
In his new book, Charles n.
Goren stresses the importance
of choosing safe opening leads,
such as from sequences of near
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
. SO THEY SAY

Through the complete discred-
ting of it's militarists, by over
whelming defeat, japan must be
purged of those elements which
have made it a dangerous and
untrustworthy neighbor.
Joseph c. Grew, former am
bassador to Japan.
The world cannot make peace
without us. We must not make
the mistake of 1918-19. This
time we should see the job
through.
DIR. Clark M. Eichelberger, di-
rector League of Nations AS
sociations.
We lost everything but our re-
ligion. could not even save my
New Testament.
Lutheran chaplain sunk Off
New Guinea.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
MIND READERS

DIES MONIES - Clerks in
the state Health Department
looked at the letter curiously. 1t
was addressed simply: ST. d.
H."
Postmarked in Chicago the
day previously, il had been de-
livered in the first mail. Inside
was a request for information
about a birth record.
The postal service was given
credit for guessing right the
first time.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
. IN HOLLYWOOD

meet, there's terrific session of
butchered English. Gordon, in
cidentally, has just won a four
year contract.
And speaking of names, l
guess Joan Davis, the comedi
enne, has acquired more of them
through her wacky routines than
anyone else in show business.
1T all started" she explains,
when | was in Texas with a
vaudeville act. was introduced
as the Panhandle Baby. You
known-the day l was born my
father took che look at my pan
and refused to handle me"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
SOLVED

SOLVED
SPOKANE - All this time
Spokane has been calling it the
Allan Baxter General Hospital"
The Army nearly got the new
1,500-bed hospital complete be-
fore an appeal to the Library
of Congress Strengthened out the
name puzzle.
Reported the library: The hos
pital lis named for Jedediah
Hyde Baxter" surgeon general
from Aug. Is TO Dec. 4. 1890.
Anyway, it's still Baxter.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
REVERSE ENGLISH

SEATTLEIA couple of Uni.
versity of Washington men put
on a Embarrassing stunt that fair
ly smacked of patriotism. =,
The two - Roger Ryan ana
Barry Rogers - capitalizing on
the patriotic fervor of the coeos
and the imminent man shortage
prospect. set up oootn III
which they sold kisses to the
gals for a dime.
All profits (they are not re-
ported) were TO go to the CO
ed-sponsored fund for purchase
of a jeep for the Army.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
LIKES HER MUSIC
BY the Associated Press

TOWANDA, Pa. - marie"
is just Guernsey heifer, but
Farmer U. NJ. Holmes says she
has an ear for music - and a
nose.
Holmes installed a radio
above her barn stanchion and
Marie, he says, grew SO fond of
music that she no longer waits
for him to come in in the morn
ing and turn the switch.
Instead, Holmes explains, she
nudges il herself.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
MADE TO ORDER

LOS ANGELES = WV
ago Richard Dean obtained
court order to change his name
from George Richard Leickness'
Now he's back again. asking for
another alteration. His present
name. Dean said in his petition,
doesn't accord with the best re,
ouirements of numerology and
astrology. He wants it trans
formed 10 Keith Trenton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON ..

work processes. Eighty per cent
of all beginning and probation
airy mechanics being hired are
women, and there are now some
women doing practically every
job the plant. Ninety-five per
cent of all the rivet buckers arc
women, and from two-thirds to
three-fourths of the workers in
upholstery, fabric covering,
electric wiring and tubing shops
are women.
Big surprise has been that
most of the married women with
children prefer the second shift,
from p. m. to midnight. They
do household work in the morn
ing, let a neighbor take care of
the children till the husband
gets home from his day shift. .
UNSEEN SIGHT
The famous and highly secret
Norden aerial bombsight is still
believed to be just as exclusive
ly u. S. weapon as it was at
the beginning of the war, all of
them being accounted for and
none having fallen into Jap or
German hands.
What has surprised u. S. OBJ
servers, however, is that the
Japs appear to be better pre-
cision bombers than the Ger
mans and it isn't known what
sight the Jap bombers are using,
either. Maritime Captain Ray
mond Lytz of Mobile, Ala, just
back in Washington from Quad
alcanal, says that when the Japs
come over Henderson Field for
high level bombing raid at 3d.
900 feet or better, they can hit
the runways with remarkable
precision. To appreciate what
good bombing this is, you have
to consider that the Jap bomber
is not only more than four miles
up, but he is also two-and-a-
half to three miles horizontally
off his target at the time he re-
leases his eggs.
MOST AMAZING!
Most amazing thing about that
rumored Harold Ickes-for-Fan-
ny Perkins-for-P Paul v. McNutt-
for Harold Ickes cabinet shift
that had Washington so excited
was that it offered such an in
genious solution to SO many
Washington headaches.
1t raised McNutt to cabinet
rank, which he has long wanted.
1t gave Ickes larger voice in
the war production program,
which he had long wanted. 1t
put Madame Perkins back in So
cial work, for which she is best
fitted. 1t pleased organized labor
by promising to get Miss Perk-
ms out of the Department of La
Dor. 1t paved the way for a pos
sible transfer of control over the
petroleum industry from Ickes
to the War Production Board.
which NPB has been asking for.
1t promised a stronger manpow-
er setup in the Department OF
Labor, with an experienced,
two listed cabinet member in
charge who would get in there
and fight for his rights, that is,
lsbor's rights.
1t denoted everyone for past
INTAKES and promoted every
one at the same time.
Big laugh was that organized
labor seemed willing to accept
the scrappy Ickes, but as one c.
I. O. official explained, ANY
thing would be better than what
is there now, and Ickes is GER
tainly preferable to Dan Tobin. :"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

A doctor says men who smoke
are liable to have everything.
Everything but matches.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
BACK TO yAPS

SALT LAKE CITY - Dolores
Oswald, 10. had intended weav-
ing a rug of the 780 silk stock
ings she had collected, but she
gave them instead to the nation
al silk salvage drive. hoping
they would help weave weo
around Tokyo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
STAGE TO CINEMA

Hollywood still depends on
the stage as the tryout ground
for primary conditioning of its
talent. For example, Universal
named six feminine stars of to
morrow. from its long contract
list the other day: Louise ALL
britton, Elyse Knox, Marjorie
Lord, Peggy Ryan, Jennifer Holt
and Grace Mcdonald. Five of
the six sprouted their thespian
wings behind the footlights.
Strikingly beautiful Elyse Knox
bowed professionally as mag
azine cover model.
Loretta Young, who remem-
bers her own early struggles in
Hollywood, has habit Of
adopting" ambitious movie be-
ginners whom she meets in her
films. The stars latest protege
is shy ID year-old Chinese Girl,
Marianne Quon, who makes her
debut in China"
Loretta encouraged her to for
get her self-consciousness and
gave her pointers on how to act
easily and naturally. When a
casting switch left open one of
the principal feminine Chinese
roles, Loretta asked Director
John Farrow to give her friend
a tryout. Thanks to Loretta S
coaching, Marianne got the role.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
ScRAPPY DOES 1T

SCRAPPY DOES IT
When the nations steel mills facing Slow
downs for lack Of scrap, the War Production Board
called on the newspapers to conduct an ol-out drive
to supply the deficiency.
They did, Whirlwind drives, in which the papers
turned news and editorial columns into pronootionol
organs for the soIvoeine Of scrap, brought six mil
lion tons Of iron steel and other strategic metals to
the eountrys junk yards.
This poper is proud Of its port in this spectoculory
successful war effort and proud to belong to bus
mess which gave Of itself universally SO intensive
", and so effectively But that is only in posing
The significance of the scrap drives success is
that once again it has been proved that the way to
oct results is to concentrate hammer and tongs, tor
limited period rather than to onbIe along rather
hof-heortedIy day otter doy.
There had been previous appeals for sorop They
failed, in the grand sense, because they we're hum
drum, unnspirng. The newspapers fost, hord-hit-
TING drive conducted at tempo that could be main
toined only for limited time, did the job
Canada has demonstrated the principle in
its Victory Loan drives Of which three OF three weeks
duroton hove been stoged since the middle OF l94l.
There had been two drives Of the casual sort prev
iousIy. These sold, together, hoIf billion dollars
worth Of war bonds equivolen-on the bosis OF relo-
tive national weoth-to seven billions in the United
Stotes.
Then the new National War Finance Committee
took over and boyhooed the three Victory Bond
drives with every device Of modern pron'otonoI SCI
ence.
In three recent weeks such "bIitz" disposed Of
billion dollars worth Of victory bonds, equivalent to
about Sl4 900 900 Of sales in the United Stotes
If, since the middle Of l94O, we had done as we'll
as Canada, we would have sold $4,000 100000
worth to the public instead Of SIS 900 900 900 WORTH
Some believe that Americans have gone inteIIec-
tuo since lol8-thot we have risen above our emo
tions-thot we discount appeals to the heart, and
are ruled solely by heads. These are opposed to
porodes, bands, theatrical stunts mnutennen orators
everywhere to drum UP enthusiasm.
Perhaps they're right But their method did not
oct in the scrop and the newspapers btz succeeded
Their method has not sold enough bonds and the
Canadians bIitz has. Perhaps they're wrong.
APooR RECORD
Petroleum Coordination Ickes estimates that half
Of the 7l2 900 eastern seoboord fuel oil could
have converted to COOL but thot only per cent did
lone out Of z. And now there is danger that not
even IS degree temperature can be maintained this
winter
Granting the possibility Of error estimates, thot
still is not record Of which to be proud. And yet,
it was to be expected.
Experience is showing that when everybody is
compelled to share in the grief there is little protest.
but thot most folks dislike to assume discomforts
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

With the shortage OF razor
blades, how are restaurants 60
ing to cut butter?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
MANAGERIAL CREDIT

Of all the mysteries of show
business, none is more difficult
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09
MILK MEN AND UNIONS

The milk distributors in and around New York
have been given deodIine, the middle Of December,
otter which they must show specified saving ooso-
line and rubber consumption.
When the distributors tried lost summer to
echeve this sowing, among other woys by establish
mo eveyotherdoy delivery, they were stopped by re-
nnest Of Washington offer the unions had threatened
f (rike on the ground thot drivers jobs threat.
8 lsths government prepored now to force the un-
ptuy ball? Or must the whole burden foil on
Ebutor?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23
President Duffy
Talks TO L. y. n
Brotherhood Chief Answers
Many Questions For
Members

Salem, OhiO.-Local Union AZ had a
large turnout at their last meeting to
greet President James Nj. Duffy. The
meeting was very interesting, especial
ly the Presidents talk. 1t was full of
sound advice and the many fine points
he brought out met with general ap-
prevail At the conclusion of his talk
he answered any and all questions
asked of him.
Brother Dick Reedy gave an excel
lent report of the last meeting of the
Sebring Trades Council. He discussed
the recent controversy of the high
school teacher, whose resignation was
accepted by the Sebring School Board
last week.
The death claims of Brothers Hugh
Turner and Clifford Harrington were
filled ont and forwarded to headquar-
terS.
The Mccartney Brothers. members of
~, have opened new service station
at the corner of Penn and PerShing
streets, and solicit the patronage of
all their friends in the pottery indus
try.
Through an error, the names of Mil
dred Mckenzie and Paul Brand of l..
Y. 163 were omitted from the list of
guests attending the anniversary party
of Florence and Pete Means. o. c. ~.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23
Resolutions Called
For BY Local No. IS
Remind Members Mex,
Meeting On April 9th
Is Deudline

Officers of Local Union No. sc are
glad to note that the meetings are
being attended by the members
who are still faithful to the Organiza
ton. We would like to say to those.
who attend only when the door prize
is high, you are not showing very
good cooperative spirit, and would ad-
you to think more of the interest Of
our national union, than a few extra
dollars.
Our next meeting on Monday night.
April 9th is your last chance to hand
in resolutions, so let's have few more.
We are sorry to hear Brother Goff
Gilkinson met with an accident while
engaged in his spring plowing.
Brothers Bucy and Feist, our dele
gates to Trades and Labor Council
gave an interesting report of their last
meeting.
James Cook was obligated as a mem
Der of this local.
John ColclOugh was the name drawn
for the door prize He was not present.
o. c. Sc.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23
Austruliun Maritime
Labor Votes To Join
International Body

New York City ULNS).-The Aus
tralian Maritime Transport Council,
central body of the Australian sea-
farers and ship workers unions, has
voted for immediate affiliatiOn with
the International Transport Workers
Federation.
In a cable received at the American
offices of the federation, and signed by
J. A. TudehOpe, secretary of the Mari
time Transport Council. the council
communicated its decision which is of
great significance in view of the war
exigencies in the Pacific and recent
labor developments in the Australian
Commonwealth. TudehOpe is labor
member of the recently organized Mar
itime Industrial Commission which Is
an important factor in making the Aus
lralian Commonwealth impregnable
against japanese invasion attempts.
Spokesman of the ITF in New York
and London, information ITF headquar-
ters, voiced satisfaction over the affili-
alton of the Australian maritime work.
ers which adds considerable new
strength to the ITF membership, now
estimated at more than 2,OOO,OO0
transport workers on land, sea and air
in all five continents.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23
Local Unions Will Help Government
Make Survey On Notions Mdnpower

and turn in their QueStionnaireS. For
this purpose he suggests that local
union officers obtain a sample copy of
the QueStionnaire for their own infor-
nation and study ii in advance. They
can obtain the sample from the local
Selective Service Board or the local
L. S. employment office in East Liver
pool.
The QuestiOnnaire is intended TO
bring out the story of what each man
jobs essential to war production, and
the man who receives it is asked to
check those in which he has had eX-
perience or training. The list of jobs is
alphabetical, beginning with account
ant" "airplane mechanic "airplane
worker" and ending with wheel
borer," wire drawer" and wood
working machine operator" The ques-
tionnaires must be filled out and re-
turned to the f. Liverpool Selective
Service Board within 10 days after
they are received. They will then be
sent to the E. Liverpool office of the
United States Employment Service,
where they will be examined to see
which men are already qualified or
can be quickly trained for work in es-
sential war Industries. Those men will
then be asked to come to the employ
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23

Unions in East Liverpool will he
called upon during the next few weeks
to help the Government make an in
ventOry of the Nations manpower and
skills for war production purposes The
plan is to be carried out by the United
States Employment Service in cooper
alton with the Selective Service
Boards. according to Mr. Warren A.
Mathews, manager of the United
States employment office at East Liver
pool in an announcement today.
To gather the necessary informa-
ton, queStionnaires will be sent by the
local Selective Service Board to the
men between the ages of 90 and "A
who registered in East Liverpool and
vicinity on February 16, asking each
one what his occupation is and what
skills he has. Later. the same Ques-
tionnaire will be sent to other civilians
in this area who are between the ages
of l8 and 64-those who have already
registered under Selective Service and
those who still have to. When the
registration is completed all over the
country and the questionnaires are in
from all localities, the Government will
have record of the Occupational
skills of 40 million men.
The unions are asked to cooperate in
this survey, Mr.. Mathews explains, by
helping their own members fill out
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23
Michigan Idle Industrial
Workers Are To Retain
Unemployment Benefits

Lansing, Mich. ULNS).-As an in
centive for unemployed industrial
workers to accept work on farms dur
ing the war, the Michigan UnemplOy-
ment Compensation Commission will
permit these workers to labor part
time on farms without losing their ac-
cumulated unemployment benefits.
Under the commissions regulation,
a farm wOrk-week of 48 to 60 hours
was established. The 6O-hour week
10 hours day for six days-is for
summer. In the fall the week shortens
to 81 hours; in winter, to 48 hours.
The jobless industrial worker who
accepts anything less than full-time
farm work will continue to receive un-
employment benefits, which may be
somewhat reduced. His total income,
with farm earnings, however, will be
allowed to exceed the total unemploy-
ment benefits from his industrial job,
which may go as high as $50 week
under the 1912 revision of the Michi-
gan unemployment. compensation act.