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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
BY GENE CLAUSSEN

IOWA CITY, Ia, July 31-(P)
The Nays pre-flight training
setup has been described as the
most rigorous physical condi-
tioning program the world has
even seem"
This is no overstatement.
After spending a full day with
the cadets at the University of
Iowa base, I'm convinced the
Navy couldn't have picked a bet
ter phrase in describing this re-
evolutionary program.
Checking in at the base an
hour before Taps, / was quar-
tered with a platoon of cadets
from the University of Michigan.
OUTSIDE THE DOOR
They assured me I would have
no trouble getting our first
muster" at 5:45 the next morn
ing. l didn't. A loudspeaker sys-
tenn brings the bugler right out
side your door and you are Ii
terally blown out of bed.
At $50 was stretching and
bending with other cadets of the
4th battalion. They told me this
session of calisthenics was mere
ly to loosen you up and get the
sleep out of your eyes" Captain
David c. Hanrahan, commandant
at the base, was on hand.
After calisthenics, shave and
breakfast, l had to hurry to get
my room in order before the next
muster for athletics.
Our first period started at 1880.
We began with more calisthenics
tougher and longer than our
earlier get-together.
WRESTLING FOLLOWS
Soccer and wrestling classes
followed.
/ was already weary, but the
day was just starting. The cadets
trotted into the fieldhouse for
their wrestling class and l trail
ed behind.
Our first session ended at 10
a. M, and ] was looking for a
rest period. But they don't have
such things around this school.
Hiking was next. At the end
Of the hike-just a short nine
mile jaunt, nearly a third OF
which was taken at double-time
Il was ready to eat-and rest
For lunch we had meat loaf
spinach. noodles, potatoes, to-
matoes, milk, bread and butter
and ice cream.
Until 4 p. m, the 4th bat
was in class.
OBSTACLE COURSE
While the cadets were stdying
I took a look at the obstacle
course. The routine for this con
sists of running up and dowr
steep hills, getting over bunker.
and rails, crawling through cul.
verts, scaling a nine-foot wall
jumping a water hazard, cross
ing a ravine on ropes and zig
tagging around posts.
! caught up with my platoon
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
Nays Pre-FIight Setup
Most Rigorous in World
Revolutionary Prosrom Designed
TO Harden Naval Cadets

on 4th deck Fourth floor) to get
ready for the next period-com-
petitive sports.
Before I left the field I'd have
sworn the Who'll e1941 Minnesota
football team had just rolled over
me.
Dinner formation came at 7:05.
This time we had pork chops,
baked potatoes, string beans, cot
tage cheese, lemon pie, bread and
butter, and milk.
let off steam at this point.
But for the cadets it's a study
period from TAO to taps.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
German Plane!
Raid England
Scattered Attacks
Give London Alarm

LONDON, July 81 - (FD =
German air raiders attacked
scattered areas of Britain last
night, including the industrial
Midlands, and gave London two
quick alarms early this morn
ing - the fifth and sixth of the
week.
Seven of the raiders were
reported shot down by British
defenses and an eighth was de-
stroyed over its base in Holland
by an Raj fighter.
A number of casualties oc-
Cured in one west Midland s
town, where seven persons were
trapped in a shelter crushed by
a direct bomb hit. Casualties
elsewhere. however, apparent
ly were light.
No bombs fell on London it
self. but the city's secret new
anti-aircraft guns again were in
action.
British offensive gestures in
cluded a foray over northern
France last evening by a strong
force of Spitfires and Hurricane
bombers, which attacked Ger
man airdrome near st. Omer.
Enemy fighters rose to chat-
lenge the British planes
and a series of violent dogfights
ensued. during which, the All
Ministry said, five Nazi aircraft
were shot down.
Two other German fighters
were reported destroyed by
Spitfires and Hurricanes during
sweeps along the French coast
Yesterday afternoon, in which
an enemy tanker was set afire
off Brittany and a small motor
vessel was damaged severely.
The British said they lost IL
planes in the afternoon and eve
ming operations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31
MOUNT CLEMENS. MlcH.3
May Add Payment Of Debts to Income Tax Deductions
Warren Township Wife
Wins Divorce Dseseo

Circuit Judge James Z. Spief
today granted Mrs. Mae Behl-
ender, of Warren township, IN
uncontested divorce from her
husband, William, on grounds
of non-support.
The couple married In July
of 1888 and separated in Jan.
uary of 1898.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-31

The federal government owns
about one-fourth of the land In
the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
It Can't Be Done

First there was a wave of popular enthusiasm, when Henry J. Kaiser pro- posed huge fleet of aerial box cars to carry war supplies from factory to fight ing front, high above lurking Axis Sub- marines. Then, inevitably, there arose the chant which so often has sounded the death knell of progressivism: Tt can't be done" The heavy thinkers, the ex- pertS, the traditionalists are warning us that nothing like Mr. Kaiser proposes ever has been done, and therefore noth- ing like it can be done.
 Unfortunately, to the voices of consist ent pessimists and let's-do-it-the-o old wayerS have been added the discourag- ing advice of some who in the past have shown willingness to try new pathways after the old have led to dead ends Per- haps it really can't be done. Perhaps it is not feasible to provide 20O-ton or even 7O-ton cargo airShips, built largely from non-critical materials, as substitutes for the vessels which Axis U-boats are sink ing faster than they can be replaced.
 Certainly there are very grave barriers in the way, of which the highest hurdles would be engines and precision instru- nents. Nevertheless, to brush off the Kaiser proposal so cavalierly, without any attempt to find way of achieving the ostensibly impossible, would not be the approach by which this war is going to be won.
 If one were to sit down in cozy arm- chair, canvass the war situation today and draw differences from history he might conclude that the United Nations cannot win this war. By conventional standards already we are beaten. We are beaten, up to now, by nation which 10 years ago could not possibly, by con- ventional standards, have been conceded fighting chance against even France not to mention Britain, Russia and the United States.
 The Germans, whom we considered a stolid, unimaginative people, have cleaned up all of continental Europe except Rus sia by forgetting that things "can't be done," and doing them. The Russians, whom we considered inept imitators of more original-minded peoples, have withstood the Nazi blitzkrieg marvelously well because they didn't concede that 'it can't be done"
 Are we, whose greatest pride has been our inventive genius, our willingness to take a chance, going to curl up and die because somebody thinks it can't be done"? Perhaps it can't. Perhaps it shouldn't. How do we know? Have we tried?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
His Star Rises Again

The dominant figure in the New York political scene today is not the success ful candidate for the Democratic nomin- ation for governor - Attorney General John Bennett-but his mentor, James A. Farley, one-time Postmaster General, Democratic Chairman of New York, and one-time National Chairman. MT. Far ley is definitely in command of the situa- tion in New York. That's position which gives him an early control of the 1944 national picture of Democratic po- litics.
 Of course, there's the very great pos sibility that MT. Farley may have bitten off more than he can chew. The result of the November election will show that. He now has to overcome whatever Thom- as M. Dewey may possess in N. Y., where he undoubtedly will become the COP gu- bernatorial candidate very shortly. A Bennett-Dewey contest would be extreme ly one-sided if the former did not have behind him such dominant personality as Mir. Farley and all the influence that Is his and will be his from now on.
 It remains question of how President Roosevelt and the New Deal will recon cile themselves to the present situation. While it was more or less understood that Senator James Mead was the admins tration candidate, still there was no last minute appeal for him by the President nor any such intervention such as MT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Sabotage

The FBI'S record in catching saboteurs cannot be praised too highly. John Edgar Hoover can be proud of the organ ization he has created. Ordinarily it shows excellent judgment. But the charge of sabotage made against Edward Jones, former Newark, N. J., short order cook, seems too drastic.
 Jones lost his grip on an iron rod, with which it was his job to keep plastics from clogging chute in duPont plant. The rod went down into the conveyor Jones shut off the current. Another employe turned it on. Fearful of losing his job, Jones held his tongue, and the rod did damage which shut down the equipment for several days.
 Obviously Jones proved himself a moral coward, lacking in good judgment. Probably he showed unfitness to work around machinery. But sabotage? The idea is silly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
People Or Rulers

Now and then some writer or speaker attempts to drum up hatred of the Ger man people. He is answered by another who contends that we must not hate the German people, but only their rulers. A recent Gallup poll would seem to show that most Americans do not hate the Teutonic people, but only the Hitler clique.
 In time of war such discrimination is out of place. The German people per mitted Hitler to take it into this war. The German people is supporting the war, killing our men and prosecuting the civil ians of occupied nations shamefully. The German people is showing no softness. Nor should we. Let's first catch the criminal, and then worry what to do with him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

The announcement that Congressman Joseph E. Talbot will run for office again in the Fifth District clears up the pie ture for the Republicans throughout the whole state. It was question whether or not he would accept renomination to an office for which, it has been claimed, he has little liking. Evidently COP lead CTS prevailed upon him to be a candidate again for well they know that his strength is needed to bolster their ticket down in the Naugatuck Valley. His announce ment may also smooth out the path for aspirants to places on the state ticket in the party. Oddly enough his decision came on the very same da.' that Mayor Vincent A. Scully was announcing that he would not be candidate for the Democratic nomination of Attorney Gen. eral. This had been rumored of recent date, because the mayor is more or less convinced that his first duty lies here in Waterbury and he could not very well pass over the responsibilities that go with the office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
RESPECT FOR THE LEGIS-
 LATURE
(Hartford TineS)

The best point which can be made against the proposal of the Motor Vehicles Department that regula- tion be issued requiring repairers to report damage amounting to more than $25 in cars brought to them for attention, is that the Legislature at its recent session repealed 8 statute requiring such reports.
 Were the Motor Vehicles Depart ment to issue such a regulation 1t would be tantamount to circunl- venting the Legislature. It would be restoring, by fiat, a condition which the Legislature abolished. That is not the way to do things in a democracy.
 The reason for the proposed reg ulation is that individual car owners involved in accidents frequently fail to obey the law requiring that they report the crashes to the Motor Ve- hicles Department. Now the Depart ment would like to have reports from garagemen as a means of checking up on delinquent operators. Laud- able as it may be to run down law evading operators, the repairmen object to being made virtually police agents for the Motor Vehicles De- partment, especially in view of the fact that the Legislature repeated the law that required them to make such reports It would seem as if the repairmen have the better of the argument. Certainly State De- partments must show respect for the Legislature If they are to de- mand that individuals respect the laws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

We read that the Board of Police Com- missioners is considering construction of a shelter for bus patrons on the south side of the Green. This more or less means that the present temporary bus station is going to be permanent. We don't know if the police commissioners have taken up this matter with the Board of Park Commissioners, but we rather imagine the latter board should be con- suited, for if we aren't mistaken they have jurisdiction over the Green. Per sonally we think both boards might we'll take the matter up with the bus con- panies that utilize the stopping zone. Theirs is the responsibility for providing bus shelters, not the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Expansive

Probably you have heard of District 50 of the United Mine Workers of America, set up as the Gas, By-Product Cake and Chemical Workers district of John Lewis union. AS such, it is not difficult to argue that District 50 bears some re- lationship to mining It is interesting to note how broad a field MT. Lewis con- ceives gas, coke and chemicals to cover. Under it's charter the district is attempt ing to organize public utilities, matches, paints and varnishes, dairy farms, alkalis, explosives, activated aluminium, lime stone, cosmetics, perfumes and sea fowl droppings.
 In the midst of all the silence he can command, MT. Lewis is busily organizing those fields and perhaps others. When next his voice booms out, there are some who think he may have the makings of a third national union setup - as if the c. I. O.-A F. of L. warfare were not enough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

the 80000,O00 needed annually for the silver industry.
 So New England Silversmiths now ask that they be permitted to buy a mere 80,0OO,000 ounces out of the two and 8 half bil- lion ounces which the Treasury has buried. They point out that the Treasury bought silver to keep it from being a drug on the market and to help the Rocky. Mountain States. So now they would like to buy . small part and put 1t back into use.
 However, the Treasury says no unless there is an act of Con- gress.
 MEAT RATIONING
 About six months ago, Under- secretary of Agriculture Paul Ap- pleby urged his chief, Claude Wickard, to prepare for meat ra- tioning. However, Secretary Wickard, knowing the United States had more meat than ever before in a decade, was skeptical.
 But just the other day Wick ard called Appleby in and said:
 Paul, you are 8 prophet. We're in tight situation re- garding meat and 1t looks as if rationing would be the only way out"
 One remedy for the meat prob- lem which will be treid first is the reallocation of civilian SUD- plies by areas. Some areas have plenty of meat, others don't, and the government will distribute to areas which are short.
 Also there will be fixing of prices on livestock, which means Government regulation of profits for meat packers and processers. This is drastic medicine and prob ably will put some small packers out of business. Wickard's ad- visers are urging that these. be taken care of by government sub sidy, but so far there has been TO decision. All this will precede meat rationing, which, however, is considered inevitable.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

stand certain fundamental truths of the solar system which today are automatic for us all.
 Some day in the great beyond, many a worldly person, many a man who scoffed at religion while he dwelt on earth will wonder how he could have been such a fool. Then will be see face to face the glories of the spiritual world. While he lived on earth he regarded the Bible as an outworn book of legends, and ministers and other religious be- lievers as good. pious folk. all right in their way but unable to face up to the realities of life.
 The reason why we are so often Ignorant is not because we lack the ability to learn, but because we lack the willingness.
 All Rights Reserved-Bahson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

One of these naval facts is that the Japs have suffered very sev- ere losses in cruisers. AL though it has escaped public no- tice, U. s. forces have been bump ing off this fast, important type of warsf1ip with deadly regularity, so that Jap cruiser strength is now cut at least in half, perhaps more.
 Another known fact is that the
 JapS have lost approximately half of their airpIane carriers. And with air power what it is today, this is the type of vessel they can least afford to lose.
 On the American side of the picture is the fact that U. S. repairs of ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor have been mir aculously swift.
 All this obviously was taken into consideration before the United States started major en- gagement and the offensive in the South Pacific. For Admiral King had to calculate the risk of the Jap admirals rushing large force to the Solomon Island.
 Simultaneously he also had to figure the risk of Jap attack on various other vital points-Mid- way, Alaska, Hawaii, even the con- tinental United States.
 Top Admirals, these days, do not take chances. Not when the fate of a nation depends on them. Therefore, it requires only a mathematician to figure that the scale of American strength in the Pacific has turned. It reaches it's low ebb just after Pearl HarbOr, when the Navy was unable to do any, thing about the Philippines, Singapore, or Java.
 But now the Battle of Midway has shown that Hawaii and the West Coast can be defended by land-based planes. No Jap ship dares come near land-based planes without committing suicide.
 This leaves a reinforced fleet to operate in the Pacific. Top naval men are not doing any growing yet. But at least the naval picture seems to counter balance some of the bad news from Russia-which is going to be a lot worse.
 LABOR CAPITAL TRUCE
 When President Roosevelt re- ceived promises of industrial peace from the heads of the CIO, the AFL, the National Association of Manufacturers and the United States Chamber of Commerce, which for years had staged knock down fights between capital /9nd labor, he remarked:
 Looks like the lambs and the lions were lying down together. Only I don't know which are the 1iOns."
 However" added the Presi- dent, "in this drama, I'm going to be Daniel"
 BURIED SILVER
 Ten years ago, President Roose- welt and Cordell Hull held a sereis of discussions with the foreign ministers of Europe in prepara- ton for the London Economic Conference, at which one of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

@. The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Was it as tall as the Statue of Liberty?
 A. The Colossus of Rhodes is variously estimated to have been 90 to 120 feet tall. the Statue of Liberty is 151 feet, inch high, and its pedestal Is 154 feet, 5 inches high.
 @. Which of the following metals, copper, silver, gold, tin, lead, is the better transmitter of sound?
 A. Copper.
 o. Which was the first State to adopt prohibition?
 A. Maine, which drastically re- stricted the sale of liquor by legis- lative Act in 1946 and enacted a stricte~ prohibition law in 1851.
 o. What is the name of the fe- male figure, wearing the liberty cap of France?
 A. It is the pictorial representa- tion of the French Republic and is called Mariana"
 o. What is meant by a feminine rhyme?
 A. A double rhyme in which the accent falls on the penult; for ex- ample, "In this fight was Death the gainer, spite of vassal and re- tainer."
 o. How many signerS of the De- claration of Independence were born in Ireland?
 A. Matthew Thornton of New Hampshire, James Smith of Penn sylvania, and George Taylor of Pennsylvania. Six others were born in this country of Irish parents.
 o. Did the person who played the title role in the radio program, "The Shadow" die and is that the reason 1t has been discontinued?
 A. Bill Johnstone C'The Sha- dow'D is living, and the show has gone off the air only for the sum- mer, as 1t has in the past. It prob- ably will be resumed in the fall. EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirous of securing this weeks
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

It would have been interesting to see what would have come of formal com plaint about the primary ballots used to- day for Atty John F. Tobin. According to Democratic Party rules, as read to this writer, all tickets must be headed Democratic Primary Ticket. No provi- sion seems to be made for any deviation from this form, which automatically would seem to make it non-conforming with what are supposed to be official bal lots.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

chief proposals of the United States was world use of silver.
 At these conferences, the late Senater Key Pullman, of the great silver state of Nevada, droned through a regular 45 minute lec- ture on silver which American ex- perts knew almsot by heart and which put Hjalmar Schacht, Ger man finance minister, to sleep. Af- ter Pittman had finished, the German minister woke up with start, hastily brushed aside silver.
 'We accept silver. Now this is what we want in return"
 The London Economic Confer ence was a dismal failure. But the United States had commit ted itself so completely to silver in these preliminary talks, that it undertook a silver program, which actually meant that the world sold its silver to us at an artificial price and weeburied 1t in the ground at West Point, N. Y. It was 8 fine thing for Mexico, China and Canada and 8 great victory for Senator Pittman and the Rocky Mountain states. Also 1t resulted in the U. s. Treasury ao cumulating two and a half bil- licl ounces of silver-other than coin.
 Today, however, there is shortage of industrial silver. And yet the Treasury will not open up the giant hoard of sil- yer gathering mould at West Point.
 SHORTAGE AMID PLENTY
 What has happened is this. About 5,00O,000 ounces of silver monthly is being mined in the United States, which is ample to care for war needs, but not enough for ordinary commercial needs, especially for the silver industry ot New England.
 The silver industry, which makes knives, forks, and household ware, formerly used alloys and critical materials - all of which have now been dispensed with. However, silver is not a critical material. There is plenty mined for the war effort but not enough to supply
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Views Of The Press
The Plethora Of Stickers
 (Meriden JOurnal)

Somebody rises to remark that we can't win war with stickers. We are inclined to agree. We also think 1t might be well for the State Motor Vehicle Department to call attention to its rule, or law, that auto wind shields and windows should not be plastered with stickers and signs that may obstruct the drivers vision and which are likely to distract the attention of all drivers.
 A glaring example of over-stick- ering was noticed in a parked car the other day which in addition to the customary stickers, stamps and ration insignia had numerous pat riotic slogans and, to top them all off, an admission ticket to 8 bene-