The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-26
Q MIND YOUR
MANNERS

the battle of bullets and type
writers are rafting like machine
guns to keep up the pace. No
estimate can be made OF the
number of "war books released
and planned. You can be sure,
however, that future historians
will have plenty of material at
hand when the final report on
this global conflict is written.
Even the fiction field is feeling
the battle influence.
First of current issues be-
cause of the important facts it
reveals and because Of the vivid
action w. L. White has given it
is They Were dependable"
(Harcourt, Brace: So, the re-
port of four youn gnaval officers
port of four young naval officers
Americas own Dunkirk.
The achievements of Motor
Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, COM
manded by Lieut.. Comm. John
Buckley, made headlines during
the early days of the war. But
these men had no time to read
them. They knew that the
squadron, with its six speedboats
and 70 men were "expendable'
that they were to delay the
enemy as long as possible with
out hope o fcscape. This use OF
"expendable" forces is accepted
military strategy. 1t means the
sacrifice of a few to save many.
Only four came out of the
Philippines - Lieut.-C o m m.
Buckley, Lieut.. r. B. Kelly, En-
signs c.. E. Cox and A. B. Ak
ers. They came back to teach
others the lessons they learned
under fire-with gasoline sabo-
tagged, with no aerial protection,
with even their. own batteries
firing on them.
America should know of the
mistakes of the Philippines: how
the air force was caught on the
ground two days after Pearl
Harbor; how they waited, in Ba-
taan and Corregidor,-) for help
that did not come; how they
kept courage until the last.
Americans should know how it
feels to be dependable"
FIGHTING SEADOG
The U. S. Navy has never had
a harsher critic nor better
friend than Adml. William Sow
den Sims. Twenty years before
Pearl Harbor the old seadog was
preaching the effectiveness of
air power, but his warnings, like
those of Billy Mitchell, went UNI
noticed.
The voice of Admiral Sims
was that of a prophet UNDECIDED
and baked during his life. To-
day the full value of his words
come home. Citing E. Morrison
brings you the full story of an
unsung naval hero, never under
fire, in Admiral Sims and the
dern American Navy"
(Houghton Mifflin: So.
THE ARMY
The U. S. Army of 1918 is
gone. A new fighting force, of
trained experts carries the Stars
and Stripes to the battlefields of
the world. Marshall Andrews
brings you first-hand report on
this swift change in Our New
Army" Little, Brown: S1.50), a
book to strengthen the morale of
those who stay at home.
THE HOME FRONT
An all too complacent Amer
lea needs the kind of jolt admin
istered by Sabotage" a careful
ly documented expose of the
scope and effectiveness of the
Axis powers secret war against
America by Michael Sayres and
Albert E. Kahn (Harper and
Brothers: $3.50.
Exciting as an expertly con-
structed mystery story, the book
tells the truth about this under
ground warfare, naNrHg names
and pounding home its message
with facts and figures.
If you have scoffed at stories
of sabotage, if you have believed
such stories exaggerated, if you
have been complacent about the
whole thing, Sabotage" should
change your viewpoint on the
whole matter-and for the bet
ter.
No wife, whose husband is
serving in the armed forces,
should be without her copy of
Ethel Gorham's brilliant words
of advice, so Your Husband S
Gone to War" Doubleday Dor
an: So.
Here are the answers TO all
the problems that may confront
the woman left at home. Shall
she go to work? What TO do
about dates? Wolves in friends
clothing? How about furloughs?
and visits to camp? Even tips
on the best way to write letters
are included. 1t is loaded with
good, common sense.
Also of particular interest 10
women is Thrifty Cooking for
Wartime" Macmillan: Sl.5O),
which boils down to cook
book aid to your budget. You