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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
By ROBERT RUARK

The Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation's semi-annual crime re-
port, Just out, confirms what was
generally suspected-that Amer
ica's first war year would show
a decided lift in crime, particu-
larly of a violent nature.
Rapes. nearly always associ-
ated with shifting populations,
over-crowding and acute ma
tional excitement. have jumped
go per cent over the same Pc
Rod for 194l. Negligent man.
slaughters are up ga per cent;
robbery, aggravated assaults and
larcenies have swelled cores
pondingly.
Only three decreases were
noted in the FBI survey-burg-
larry, murder and auto theft
and those slumps were minute.
The national tendency to MUIR
der is down OF per cent, for in
stance, and car theft has dropped
10 per cent.
War, while often removing the
economic impetus to crime, SUBJ
stitutes mass recklessness that
is a vicious compensation. The
lid is off, the sky's the limit, the
world is going to hell in bucket
so normal fear of conse-
-quences- is erased
Of special significance is the
fact that Americas youth con-
tinues TO predominant in fire.
quency of arrests. For the first
half of 1912. the ages II. ID and
81, in that order, appeared most
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
MAN CATCHES SLEUTH

LOS ANGELES - Los Ange-
les policemen have to say where
they're going on their vacations
and it's fine rule, reports
hitchhiker Kenneth Fox, Toledo,
Ohio.
He lost his wallet and $40 in
the car in which he caught
ride-with an officer-from Los
Vegas, New, yesterday.
Headquarters knew who'd
been vacationing there. and Fox
got his money back. The officer
was relieved, too; he had no idea
where TO find Fox.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Frank Capra, now in the Army,
was a tiptoe- and-whisper direc-
tor, who led his players aside in
dividually for quiet conferences,
making each one feel that the
whole picture rested on the next
line he would speak. w. S. Van
Dyke is brisk and outspoken,
with scant respect for the pride
of stars.
STAR GOT TICKLED
These days, of course. direc-
tors have to be more subtle than
in the silent era. D. w. Griffith
once had difficulty with a noted
actress who was supposed to lie
on a couch and register extreme
anguish. Finally, while the cam
era watched only her face, Grit.
fifth sat at the other end of the
couch and tickled the stars bare
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Introducing Charles H. Goren
of Philadelphia. who with Mrs.
A. M. Sobel won the world
championship Masters pair
event,
Many bridge players do not
understand that in champion
ship play. the luck of the cards
means nothing. All contestants
play the same hands, and it is
possible to win even though you
get a minus score on a hand.
In other words, if you lose less
than the other pairs, you can
get a top score on the board. In
today's- hand, for example.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10

Goren and his partner took a
set of 900 in a sacrifice against
a slam bid.
South could have made seven
hearts as the cards lie. Several
other East players, like Goren,
went to seven diamonds. But
every other West player went
down six through failure to
make provisions for the fourth
heart loser. or course the de-
tenders led two rounds of
trumps. early in the play, leav-
ing dummy one less trump than
the number of Vests heart
losers. Mrs. Sobel, playing West,
developed a spade trick in dunn
my to hold the loss to 900 for a
top.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
OF ALL THE-XXX
OKLAHOMA CITY

liam c.. Mackey read his draft
board notice TO appear for ex
animation - First step toward
becoming an Army Private
And joined the Navy as Sea-
man.
Then he dropped in to tell
the Draft board
That's too bad" said the
clerk. The Secretary neglected
to inform you that you had been
accepted as volunteer Officer
Candidate.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
DOWN WITH TEMPTATION

OGDEN, UTAH-It isn't that
he has no faith in boys, jjabut-
William c. McCorry, manager
OF the Ogden Pioneer League
baseball club has fixed it so no
one will break into the ball park
buildings this winter.
He's leaving all the doors un-
locked.
No boys will shoot out the
light bulbs, either.
He's removing EN- all.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
GOOD MANNERS

HUNTINGTON, w. Va.-And
here are three more Honest
thieves. Three bandits held up
Louis Click at gun point, took
his automobile, watch and $50.
Click said they were extremely
polite" and promised to leave
his car in a downtown section
unchanged.
They did.
Then he received his watch,
an expensive one, via the mail.
With the watch was Polite
Letter"
Now Click is waiting for his
twenty bucks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
. behind THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

frequently in 305.570 arrest
cards examined by rBI. More
than SO per cent OF all crimes
against property were commit
ted by offenders less than rs
years old. The increase over
l94l for arrested minors is la
per cent.
Youths under % represented
81 per cent of robbery charges;
65' per cent of burglary charges,
and 1855 per cent of auto thief
charges. Arrests Ct women also
had increased over last year
from 81 to 1912 per cent.
IMMATURE BRAIN
INFLAMED
SociOlogists can dip down into
their whisker and offer up any
amount of explanations for the
leap in juvenile crime participa-
ton during wartime, but the
main facts seem to be these:
/. The immature brain is in
famed by ceaseless stories of
violence. Peacetime disapproval
of killing is removed and re-
placed by national attitude of
glorification. Press, radio and
moving pictures pander end
lessly to brutality in the name of
war. The Commands, lionized
for their no-holds- barred attacks
on the enemy, heiplessly and I'M
Willingly could be responsible
for sending the not-too- bright
youngster down a criminal path.
2. War, which takes the father
from the home and often sends
the mother to a factory or office,
destroys to large extent a very
vital parental control. With
Father in the Army and Mother
working overtime at Lockheed,
Junior is infinitely more suscep-
tible to evil ways.
3. It's dumb kid in his teens
now who can't 60 out and knock
off fat-paying job for himself.
The government is checked with
'teen-aged employees who are
making more money than their
employed father could command
in less lush days. Washington is
full of girl clerks and stenogra-
piers who are barely out of the
pig-tail stage on their own
in a town which, next to Nor
folk and San Diego, quite pos
sibly presents more interesting
sociological hazards than any
other city in the land.
TOO MUCH MOrrEY
The nations demand for man.
power, no matter how young or
crude, adds up TO the fact that
too many youngsters are quitting
school to 60 to work; too many
are making more money than is
good for them; too many farm
kids are leaving the hayrick and
sWarming to britches- busting cit
les where social maladjuStment
is certain - and they all are
subject to hysteria and tempta-
ton they normally wouldn't en-
counter in peacetime.
The answer is simple: more
crime now, and probably success
sive increases as the nation be-
comes more deeply mired in
war. Crime goes hand in hand
with overcroWding, abnormal
excitement, superfluity of
cash, national unrest, disrupted
homes and huge transient prob
lens.
1t is almost sure-fire bet that
FBIs next report, for the last
half of 1912, will show a CORES
ponding increase in practically
all phases of lawbreaking with
the possible exception of tire
stealing.
Not even a young Capone
would be chump enough to take
a chance with somebody elses
hot tires.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
STRATEGIC RETREAT

PORT ARTHUR, Texts
not their fault that Port Arthur
Lions club members are the
common or unkissed variety of
patriots.
Three pretty girls were TO be-
stow kisses on War Bond buyers
today.
Then the clubmens wives
heard about it.
The men are buying their
bonds straight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
OPEN LETTER

Dear Leon Henderson: We are in receipt OF
OPA Release 476 from the Office Of War 'tnformo.
ton, the subject Of rubber heel prices consisting
Of six and one third pages on excellent grade Of
white paper.
Set in the same size Of type used in our news
columns this release would take one solid poqe and
would CORY four inches onto another pooe ex.
elusive Of the heading. Our foreman soys thot il
would require the equivalent Of full doys time Of
frst-oIoss printer to handle the tables, alone
Probably few trade papers can use this release
We regret we cannot. Sincerely, The Editor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
CHOOSY CUSTOMER

CHICAGO.-The bandit who
invaded a South Side garage
went on shopping expedition
before making his selection of
car.
The gunman first made known
his choice of a 1899 model car
TO Attendant Sylvester Hoover
but there were none in the ga
rage. Then he looked at the
others. selected l94l sedan and
drove off.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
All, YES, OF COURSE

POHILAND, ore. - L nave
case coming up. Could you put
it over until next week." said
the voice over the phone to
deputy city attorney Don Eva.
Why l suppose so, Eva re-
piled.
The caller said Thanks, and
hung up.
Eva's still wondering whose
case he put over.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
FIRST GET A LAMB

PORTLAND, Ore.-You bar
becue a lamb two and a half
hours, you make sure everybody
has a good time, then you sell
War Bonds like everything.
SO says Alex Geokan, Stock
Rancher and native of Greece.
II was all he could think of to
help win the War. so he's done
il three times-and sold $4,000
worth of Bonds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
HONEST-OR DEAD

LOS ANGELES-There are
at least 10000 honest persons in
southern California, says Paul
Barksdale DOR, State Rationer.
That many Sugar Rationing
books have been returned by
persons no longer entitled TO
them, he said.
They've entered the Armed
Services, moved 10 hotels or 10
other stateS-or died.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
ALIEN WORKERS

Reasonable reloxotion Of federal regulations to
permit the employment Of aliens in non-secret war
production, is step in the right direction Not only
is it humane, but oso it is prootico since it makes
available hundreds Of thousands Of needed workers.
In wartime there is q tendency TO beware Of
aliens. This surely is noturol if "oen" describes
person Of foreign birth who has come to this country
poroken Of its bounty ond Locked enough gratitude
to assume citizenship
But we cannot forget that among those who did
become noturozed were only few who did it only
for subversve purposes-thot among those not not
urolized many who have suffered greatly for
their devotion to the principles for which we fight
Il isn't sound to draw the conclusion that all aliens
are untrustworthy ond all citizens ore democrats.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
NO JOYRIDING, PLEASE

SAN JOSE, Calif,-The Gus
amers might argue if they could,
But-The San Jose tire ration
ing board turned down under
taker Dan Grey's application for
4 tire for his hearse.
Ruled the board:
1T is a pleasure vehicle"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
, FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
nv The Associated Press
SAW 1T COMING

ELBERTON, Gao. H. Join
err, Superintendent of City
Schools, thinks there may be
something to dreams, after all.
He says he was dreaming he
was buying bicycle when a
knock on the door of his home
awakened him. 1t was a city
policeman, come to tell him that
his car had been found several
blocks away with all five tires
missing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
FATS AND FIGURES

One of the simplest war ods asked by Uncle
Som-one which does not require even the slightest
seIf.socrfice-s the saving of fots and ereoses.
The response thus far has been good, but not
oood enough. Perhops thot is because sowing waste
grease is so very simple that its importance hos not
been realized.
To make UP shortage coused by Japanese
aggression, and then to supply the added needs
brouoht by war; American housewives must ond
take to their meat nekets-for forwarding to Uncle
Sor,-hoIf billion pounds Of waste fots this year.
Thot is only fourth Of what has been wasted
in the post But since the year half gone before
the campaign beeor. 4 is about half Of what could
have been saved if every housewife co-operoted to the
limit Some will shirk Therefore the rest must con-
tribute enough more to make up for the loegords
Grease and fots produce eycerine and this is
made into ntroe lycerine and other explosives ely.
eerne is needed also float for ships comPosses
and in the mechonisms which throw depth charges
overheard at oxs submarines
A one.pound coffee can will hold two pounds Of
grease. That is enough to make the explosive need
ed for five onti-tonk Shells
In the post we got almost billion pounds year
from Far Eastern sources cut off by the Jops-oocoo
nut oil and copro from the Philippines, palm oil from
the Dutch East Indies and Malaga, tune oil from
ShIno, PerIII0 OH from MonChurIO ana JoPOn
We can replace part Of this loss and get sonne-
thing toward the billion additional pounds required
by war; from Lotin American sources if we can spore
cargo space in ships. The more get from home,
the more shipping we can use directly against the
axis.
So out Of American frying pans and broers-
from the drppines Of steaks and chops beef and pork
and lamb roosts chickens and turkeys and ducks and
eeese-nust fat for eycerine for explosives for
shells and bombs and depth charges to win this war;
Pour off the drippines through stroiner into
tin con When the lard or vegetable fot gets too
old to fry douehnuts potatoes fostnoohts dump
it into the can.
Around the first Of the week, when the butcher
isn't too busy, toke him anything you have from q
pound up. He will pay the market price, and send
the fat to the muniton makers
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feet. In her effort to keep from
giggling, she made just the faces
which the director wanted.
Anna Sten was the most nota-
BILE practitioner of a trick still
used occasionally. For the long
or medium shots, Miss Sten de-
liberately would be little care
less about her makeup, her
movement, or her enunciation.
But she never failed to look her
best and play her best in the
closeups. Thus, when film
was being assembled. it was al
most always necessary to choose
her close-ups.
If an actor catches another
demonstrating, he is likely to
blow his lines or make some
other mistake that will halt the
shot. These interruptions may
60 on and on until the offended
actor is able TO maneuver him
self into favorable position and
the other guy into partly OBJ
scured or shadowy spot.
MUM SHUNS TRICKS
Paul MUM, now in The Com
mandos Come at Dawn as
sumes authority without stoop-
ing to trickery. He'll stop in the
middle of line and say, That's
no good. Let me try it again"
The director may not feel that
way about it, but there's nothing
much he can do.
Most brazen scene stealer is
Jack Oakie. He isn't above
scratching himself, or even
swinging from the chandeliers.
In Something to Shout About"
he has a sequence with a CHM
panzee. l tried to rib him about
the difficulty of stealing scenes
from animals, but he said it's
easy: "All you got to do is give
them the old fish-eye. This makes
you the center of attention and
throws them off balance. The
worst animal l ever worked with
was Elsie. the COW. Elsie Just
stood there and chewed her cud
and looked at me disapprov-
ingly.'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10
FORTIFIED

TOPEKA. Kas. - Police Of
ficers Dave Hummer and Bill
Miller arrested a woman on an
intoxication charge In her purse
there was:
One pint of Whiskey.
One Bible.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10

The lowly bean is served as a
delightful custard dessert in
Mexico.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10

Ezra Meeker crossed the Unit
ed States by airplane so years
after crossing IL by OK team.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-10

feet. In her effort to keep from
giggling, she made just the faces
which the director wanted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

vim Coolidge where only is boys
registered this morning.
Arrangements were made at each
Of the Is schools selected as regis
tration points for two shifts OF
teachers to enroll the non-students
from 8 am. to 7 pm.
Face Call in February.
The boys enrolling for the draft
In this registration are not ex-
pected to be called until late In
February. Since high school stu
dents in the last half of their
school term can be deferred until
the end of the term on request
many of the boys registering today
will not 60 into the service until
June.
Today's registration includes the
youths who turned 10 in July and
August. Next Monday, those who
reached their 18th birthday in Sep
TENDER and october will register for
the draft at the same schools.
The boys who became Is in the
last two months of this year may
either register today or next Monday
at the schools or at their local draft
boards from December 26 to Deem
Der 81.
Beginning January I, youths will
register at their local draft boards
on the day they reach their 18th
birthday or, If that day falls on
Sunday or legal holiday, on the
next day.
Registration Of those who became
10 in the last half of 1912 began in
nearby counties and elsewhere
throughout the Nation last Friday,
but special arrangements were made
for the schools to carry the registra-
ton load here on the two registra-
ton days.
Registration Is Slow.
In nearby areas, registration of
18-year-olds, which opened Friday,
was proceeding slowly.
In all but the Alexandria Draft
Board, youths are registering at
their local board Offices. Alexandria
18-year-olds are registering in the
City Post Office Building. 1t is es-
timated that approximately $500
youths in nearby Maryland and Wr-
ginia are affected by this latest
registration.
The following registration totals
thus far were announced by draft
board officials:
Montgomery County Draft Board
No. in Rockville, IL; Montgomery
Draft Board No. in Silver Spring,
10, and Montgomery Draft Board
No. 2 in Bethesda, 16. All three
boards will be open on the next two
successive Sundays.
Prince Georges County Draft
Board No in Hyattsville, 40; Draft
Board No. 2 in Upper Marlboro, 8,
and Draft Board No 3 in Upper
Marlboro, 7. County Girl Scout
leaders are aiding in the registra-
ton at Draft Board Mol.
Arlington County Draft Board No.
1, 10; Arlington Draft Board No. 2,
Sc, and Alexandria Draft Board, So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

temporary government when the
military crisis is over. The fact that
many officials think that de Gaul-
lists are shying at shadows does not
make the situation any the less dis
turbing.
Hope Seen to Unite Factions.
It is also pointed out here that
some members of the Fighting
French delegations In Washington,
in London and in other posts are
former Vichy officials who presum-
ably followed faithfully orders from
the Vichy government until their
consciences prompted them to join
Gen. de Gaulle. Many Vichy off,
Gals allowed some time to elapse
before joining the Fighting French:
others made swift change Some
members of the Vichy Embassy in
Washington who resigned recently
have been accepted into the fold Of
the Fighting French.
The main reproach against Ad-
miral Darlan is that he served the
Vichy regime. He shares that stig-
ma, however, with large numbers
of the Fighting French who are
not looked down upon for that
reason Admiral Darlan served
Vichy more prominently than most
because he was a prominent
Frenchman before the fall OF
France.
His chief omission seems to be
that he neglected to 60 to London
to offer his services to Gen. De
Gaulle, preferring to cooperate di-
rectly with the American military
forces which landed in North
Africa.
This. however, should be consid-
cred a matter of protocol rather
than a cause for feud. 1t is
fervently hoped here that either
President Lebrun or some other
Frenchman will unite all factions
and put a stop to the bitter name
calling in Washington and in Lon
don which is making 1t. Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's difficult
task still more arduous.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

patent leather. high-laced shoes. He
was one of the most respected Of
husbands and fathers and typified
the solid family virtues Of the home
loving French. He is one Of the few
living political men whose name has
never been connected with any type
of scandal.
M. Lebrun belongs to the old type
French orators. In his rare speeches
he used Srandiloquent sentences and
flowery phrases. At ceremonies
concentrating the dead of the last
war President Lebrun showed his
emotional stress on more than one
OCCASION. The French people re-
ferred TO him affectionately as
Papa Lebrun."
Though the French republic went
to its doom at the beginning of M.
Lebrun's second term of Office, he
was not held responsible for their
plight By the French people since
his constitutional powers were
limited<
Could Set Up Capital in Algiers.
The possibility of a government
headed by President Lebrun is of
such interest in Washington to all
French factions that the discussion
has already started as to where the
government will be located. In those
quarters which are strongly support
ing Gen. De Gaulle there Is q dis
tinct desire to see any possible gov
eminent situated in London, as are
the other governments in exile.
In the case of the Dutch, Norwe-
gian and other allies, the London
headquarters was a necessity, how
ever, since there was no home soil
on which governments could func-
ton. The French situation is en-
tirely different. Algeria is French
soil and constitutes department, as
do the other subdivisions of France.
M. Lebrun could, therefore, establish
a government in Algiers, making it
the temporary capital of France.
There are number of French
deputies and senators who have
escaped from the Nazi clutches and
who are leading precarious exist
ences in different parts of the world.
They could be assembled in Algeria
to form a parliament.
The factional differences between
French groups In exile have been
growing more bitter as the days pass
and this situation is causing con-
siderable anxiety In many official
quarters in Washington which desire
to see all Frenchmen united against
Hitler.
Each passing day that sees Ad-
miral Darlan remain as chief Of
state of North Africa sharpens de
Gaullist fears that he will not keep
his word to resign as head of the