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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Choploin Cites Beliefs of
Modern Fighting Men

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 20 Up
"A Marine on a transport talk
ed atheism all the way from the
United States to the Solomon Is
lands, but later when under fire
at Guadalcanal told his chaplain:
IF this keeps up, I'll be think
ing the way you do"
The incident was related to-
day by Captain c. A. Neyman,
U.S.N., officer-in-charge of the
Navy Chaplains' school at the
Norfolk Naval operating base,
as an illustration of his assertion
tht religious response among
Naval personnel is far greater
in tn; second world war than
in its predecessor of rs years
ago.
"Officers and enlisted men of
the Navy are face to face with
realities these days." Chaplain
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29

an air route through the wilder
ness. Without the aid of instru-
ments or radio beams, they
flew "by guess and by God. !"
These bush pilots were their
own engineers, navigators, load
ers, unloaders and pilots.
They opened new "airports'
wherever the fishing or fur trade
was good. And when, just be-
fore the war, the Canadian gov
eminent decided that there
must be better communication
through the strategically vital
northwest, it. built its airports
mostly on the sites of McCon-
nahie's rough landing fields.
HAND-HEWN AIRPORT
At one site McConnahie and
his pilots cut the first runway
out of the forests. The Canadian
engineers who built the new
airport on the site of McCon-
nahie's hand hewn landing strip
marvel at the job he did. And
they've done quite job them
selves, floating in thousands of
tons of equipment down roar
ing rivers, dragging it behind
tractors over rough winter
trails.
That's the story as it was
told me by Vic Fox, himself one
of the bush pilots who helped
McConnahie build the route.
And what about our hero to-
day? Oh, yes; he has sold his
airline for several bags of sill
yer. He still manages the route
tor the new company. Today,
with the demand for plane
seats many times the capacity,
with tangles of priorities and
weather being what they are,
Grant McConnahie is living hec-
tjcally ever after.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29

And there's a real princess TO
come to his rescue at the crucial
moment.
Who first discovered this air
path between the mountains is a
matter of dispute. Some say a
flyer lost his way and happen
ed onto it. No matter. For the
hero of the fairy tale most GER
tainly developed it.
FLYING BUG BIT HIM
The story starts Is years ago
in Edmonton. Alberta. A young
man named Grant McConnahie,
who was a law student at the
university there, was bitten with
the flying bug. His father said a
flat mo" to his pleadings. So
Grant borrowed SIS from a friend
and took his first flying lesson.
Before long he had his wings
and was a member of the local
Aero Club. Before long, too, he
was thrown out of the club for
looping around a low bridge
The clubs equipment was ban
ned to him. McConnahie was a
flyer without a plane or capital.
Now enter the princess. A
real one, who owned some gold
mine properties in the inacces-
sible north. McConnahie, as en-
gaging a hero as they come,
journeyed to the princess with
an idea. He knew there were a
couple of planes which one of
the airlines had rejected for
minor specifications flaws. If
the princess could see her way
clear to buying them, and he
thought he could get them cheap,
he would fly her machinery in
TO her mines. 1t was a deal.
For time Mr.. McConnahie
lad an airline. But soon all the
equipment had been flown in,
all the freight flown out. Again
he was without either plane or
capital. Again he approached
the princess with an idea. If she d
let him have the planes for a
year, he'd start business and
make enough money to pay her
for them. Again it was a deal.
FORTUNE IN FISH
So young Mr.. McConnahie,
poor but happy, flew out to seek
his fortune. 1t turned out to be
fish. There was a big market for
fresh fish, so McConnahie flew
into the interior, bargained with
the Indians to buy their catch,
flew the fish to market. The
plan clicked. Soon he branched
cut into furs.
Before long the princess had
her money back and McCon-
nahie had his planes. Now he
started to expand. He persuaded
few other flying enthusiasts
to join him. Together they built
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Missing Man
Seeks Divorce
Soys Mate Told Him
to 'Toke His Clothes

Edgar Hickman, 29-year old
East Detroit war worker who is
awaiting circuit court trial on
charges of desertion and aban-
donment preferred by his wife,
Eleanor, 10, today filed suit for
divorce charging extreme cruel
ty.
A statewide search was
launched for Hickman Nov. IA
when he apparently lost his way
in the woods near Newberry
while on a hunting trip, only two
weeks after his marriage.
The search was abandoned
Dec. / when Mrs. Irene Johnson
of SIS Y North Broadway, Mount
Clemens, who says she is a clair
voyant, announced that Hickman
was alive and we'll. A mysteri-
Gus hunch led Mrs. Johnson to
go to Chicago where she saw
Hickman, she said.
Another tip from Mrs. john
son led to his arrest Saturday
in New Baltimore where he was
spending the Christmas holidays
at the home of Mrs. Elva Bigner-
on, 548 Clay, his former land
lady.
In the bill of particulars, Hick-
man alleges that Immediately
after their marriage " re stated
that both had made mistake
in having married" and that
when he left on the hunting trip
she told him ito take all his
clothes with him so that he
wouldn't come back to her.
Hickman is free on $500 bond
awaiting trial on the desertion
charge. Arraigned before JUS
tice Donald j. Parent Saturday,
Hickman waived examination
and was jailed for time until
he furnished bond.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Roar of Battle Shifts
Viewpoint on Religion

Neyman said. Grim prospects
confront them.
Il am constantly privileged to
see with what Frank acknowl-
edgment of eternal va ueS
many of these officers and men
face the uncertainties of their
Naval and patriotic services. !
have had senior officers come to
me for supplies of Bibles, pray
erbooks, hymnals and religious
helps just before sailing. 1t was
time they could i'll afford to
spare from the incessant pres
sure and drive of readying ships
and men for the tasks and dam
gers at sea-"
From the 80 or 85 chaplains
in the nations peacetime Navy,
the number has scared to ap-
proximately 700, many of whom
have been equipped for their
new work at the chaplains'
school here, the only one in the
United States.
The school was established
la. February and Chaplain Mel
man was placed in charge with
staff of regular Navy chap
lains to assist him. The course
covers eight weeks, six of which
are devoted to academic instruc-
ton and two to practical field
work under experienced chap
lains.
Trotestants, Catholics and
Jews receive the same training
conducting services, counsel
ing men, discipline and the basic
duties of Naval officers, admin
istration of sacraments as they
are conditioned by service re-
quirements, handling of librar-
les, athletics, relief agencies.
recreational and welfare activi-
ties, cooperation with physi.
clans, correspondence and inter-
views, preaching and reading.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Vandenbers Predicts
Fewer QulestiOnnaires

eral expenditures, headed by
Senator Byrd (D-Va) and num-
boring Smith among its men,
bers.
AS evidence, however, that
there was still work to be done,
Vandenberg displayed a War
Production Board order which
had been relayed to him by a
Michigan business man.
The order, headed "Revoca-
ton of Priorities Regulation TO-"
read.
Part 944 - Regulations ap-
plicable to the operation of the
priorities system Revocation Of
Priorities Regulation 100.
IS ection 944.31 Priorities
Regulation 10 establishing the
ALLEGATION classification system
is hereby revoked.
up. d. Reg /, as amended,
6 F. r. $3.50; w. p. B. Reg. l.,
7 F. r. SCI; E. o. 1924, z F.
r. 329; E. c. 904O, 7 F. r. 527;
E. o. 9125, z F. r. 2719; Sec. 2
(A), Pub. Law 671, 18th Cong,
as amended by Pub. Laws 80
and 507, nth Cong)
Issued this 5th day of No
vember, 1912"
Across the bottom of the
sheet, the harried business man
had penned: For Gods sake,
what does this mean? No speka
da Engleesh."
Vandenberg said he didn't
know what it was all about but
at the War Production Board 1t
was explained this was an or
der wiping out an intricate code
of symbols by which it had been
intended to trace to its final use
all of the materials and supplies
produced in the country. The
orctically, ore produced in a
mine would thus be traced TO its
final form of steel in a tank.
The system was wiped out.
the board said. to eliminate a
burdensome task on business
men.
Vandenberg called the elimi-
nation order, however, IAN ex-
cellent example of what is be-
ing done to befuddle the bust
ness man."
incidentally, this particular
circular was addressed TO CHA
teau Wines Corp, Royal Oak,
Mich"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Jurors Failed to View
Indecent Show Judge Says
Stey Of Execution Issued in
Wine, Women and Song Cose

cate of reasonable doubt staying
execution of a six-month jail
sentence imposed on Isidore II.
Herk. producer.
Said Bernstein:
Whether play is decent or
indecent may depend on the re-
action of the person who sees
the play in the surroundings in
which it is exhibited. There
may be a vast difference be-
tween a bare description IN
words of what has been said or
done upon the stage and an ac-
tual view of the performance.
1T may sound improper in the
dialogue of the courtroom and
appear innocuous in the atmos-
phere of the theater or vice YER
Sa.
Whatever it may be, the de-
scription cannot, however, equal
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
BY JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Up
- Happy New Year, Mr.. Bust
ness Man, and here's news that
may warm the cookies of your
heart couple of days ahead OF
time:
Senator Van d e n b erg (R-
Mich.), who doesn't usually go
in for forecasts, predicted today
that business men and others
would be assailed with so per
cent fewer questionnaires and
government orders in l943 be-
cause of a congressional cam
paign against such "nuisances,
as he described them.
THE quizz boys have got the
ouakes." the Michigan senator
told reporters. The ref o r m
started by the Byrd Committee
has lust been born, but the ques-
tionnaire compilers are under
notice now that they have to JUS
tify their questions hereafter
and they couldn't do that in one
case out of Is heretofore"
Vandenberg, who started the
drive against unnecessary gov
eminent missionaries said he
thought a great deal had been
accomplished through an order
issued by Budget Director Har-
old Smith requiring Budget Blu
reau clearance of all such in
ouiries before they are fired
broadside at the public.
This order was issued as the
result of an investigation by the
committee on non-essential fed
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Pedestrian Struck
Crossing Gratiof

Struck by car driven by
Wendell V. Gates, 81, 345 Green,
New Baltimore, as he walked
across Gratiot at Macomb, Theo-
dore Eberts. "a, of Kibbie, was
in ST. Joseph's hospital today
where his condition was de-
scribed as "fair."
Gates told police he was max
ing a left turn from Macomb on
TO Gratiot when the accident oc-
Cured at lis p. m. yesterday.
Eberts suffers m a inly from
shock and bruises, hospital at
taches said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
State Ferries 60 On
Winter Schedule Today

LANSING. Dec. % - (P -
The state ferries at the Straits
of Mackinac 60 on Winter
schedule today. the State High
way Department announced.
The ice crushcr "Sainte Ma
ric" is scheduled 10 make five
round trips daily leaving st.
1Crace at $40 a. NJ. 9 a. M,
II noon, 3 y. nj. and 6 p. m,
and leaving Mackinaw City at
7 a. m. 1890 a. m. 100 p. m,
400 p. m, and 1880 p. m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
BY TOM WOLF

NEA Service staff Correspondent
WHITEHORSE, Yukon Ter
ritory, Dec. 29-This is a true
fairy tale. It's the story of how
the weather-free air route to
Alaska came to be developed.
And, since the route of the new
Alcan Highway was chosen in
order to link up the airports
along this air route, this fairy
tale is also the story behind the
highway.
Like all good fairy tales, the
hero is deserving but poverty
handsome young man.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29

NEW YORK, Dec. 29-(R-
The Jury that convicted three
heads of swine, Women and
Song" of presenting an indecent
show should have seen the revue
in the flesh first, Supreme Court
Justice j. Sidney Bernstein
should have gone, too.
The fact that they saw no evil
dence beyond the spoken word
and some gestures by witnesses
led Justice Bernstein yesterday
to grant a motion for a certifi-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29
Aerial Fortune Hunter Blazed
Trail FOLLOWED by D. S. Army

The adventurous story-be-
hind-the- story of the Alcan
Highway is told in this, the
last of six articles by NEA
Staff Writer Tom Wolf, who
has travelled over the amaz-
ing project.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-29

BIKE STOLEN
Harold Lozen. 1875 Hubbard,
today reported the theft of his
bicycle to city police.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
. McKENNY ON BRIDGE
opening in the Masters Pair
World Championship.

opening in the Masters Pair
World Championship.
In today's hand, Maier passed
on the first round because OF
vulncrability. When North-South
quit at one no trump, Maier dou-
blcd to reopen the auction.
West made business pass,
risky because he had no club
protection. North could have
earned a good score by passing
too, but took the natursl-looking
runout into two clubs.
Maier read from the bidding
that neither North nor South
held four spades. The chances
were then good that West held
four. Also, it was now clear
that West was short in clubs.
His business pass must be based
on strength in the red suits. A
heart suit would not be enough
he should have the king of dia-
monds.
Maier now saw the PROBABLE
ity of a spade game. He bid the
suit, and thereby rectified the
false situation created by Vests
failure TO respond to the dou-
BILE with two spades.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
SITUATION WANTED

Just q reminder of what it means to
lose war these days make q note Of
this:
Many Britons, mostly retired rub
Der planters, had their life savings in
vested in MoIoyon rubber. Then the
Jops took Malaga.
Today those investors ore looking
around for Jobs. Most of them ore too
old and never expected to work again.
Thot's not os bod os bullet through
your heart, but its still pretty tough.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
BY PETER EDISON
Daily Monitor Washington
Correspondont


WASHINGTON, March 80
The Postoffice Department
hos issued It's first order OF the
war barring one issue OF q Pc
riodicol from the moils tor
publication Of moteriqI held to
be detrimental to the national
defense program under the So
colled espionage oct Of 1917.
but there's nothing to get ex-
cited about. The publication
held to be unmoiIoble wos the
March issue Of the Gollileon, q
mooozine published at Mobiles
Vile, Ind, by the Fellowship
Press of William Dudley (Sil-
YER Shirt, Seven-Minutes-
in-Eternity) PeIley.
Bleeding hearts who may be
inclined to droin their liver
and lights over this ruling may
as we'll save the self-torture
Barring from the moiIs one is
sue Of q dirty mo9ozine isn't
any violation Of the right Of
free speech or freedom OF, the
press and is no infringement
on civil liberties.
All it amounts to is Curbine
the circulation Of moteriol thai
is definitely subversive, sup
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
. BARBS

With sugar on the ration list,
maybe it would be a good idea
to have our sweet tooth pulled.
Famous bedtime story-"Just
one more hand and then we'll
60 homc."
The dictators will not make a
separate peace. but will hang to-
gether-we hope!
"Loose Nut Wrecks Car
headline. Our guess is that he
was driving.
Two New Workers went to
Jail for bringing home the bacon.
They stole truckload.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, March 80 -
Behind the screen: The Dorothy
Lamour- Woolworth DOnahue ro-
nance seems to be getting on
glitteringly; at least, the actress
is wearing a big diamond on her
engagement finger, and movie
colony gossip is, as usual, put
ting one and one together.
Less known is the story of
how the romance began: During
her last vacation, Miss Lamour
stayed in a New York hotel
suite adjoining that of the mil
lionaire. Her maid and Dona-
hue's butler had few dates.
Donahue was out of town, but
he hurried back when the butler
mentioned during long-dis-
lance call that the star was
their neighbor.
Special newsreels for exhibit
ton to troops are to be issued
soon, under control of Maj
Frank Capra, of the Signal
Corps. Also documentary pic
lures showing operations on va
rious war fronts, plus training
and work of different branches
of the service. =. Survey
shows approximately 1900 movie
men now are in uniform. :.
USO reports that in addition to
star and band appearances at
camps, 25 shows are given every
night with large casts of enter
tainers and are seen by some
100000 service men.
BEST TITLE
Now that Warmers have COM
pleted an Ann Sheridan-Ronald
Reagan picture called The
Shadow of Their Wings" Metro
is scheduling a Clark Gable fca-
ture titled Shadow Of the
Wing" For a reported ST.
500 a week, Grace Moore has
agreed to star for Paramount in
a musical called, cXtra-appro-
priately, "Prima Donna" g.
Best title of the year will 60 on
a story thought up by Orson
Welles and Charlie Chaplin.
About Landru, the French Blue
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
High|ights from
the Latest Books

Two of our foremost femin-
inc figures go to the head of the
class this week by writing about
things as widely separated as
you and a 1943 model automo-
bile. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
gives us the low-down on the
flat Florida land, which is her
home, in Gross Creek" (Scrib-
ner: $3.50, while Actress
Radio Star-Fashion Expert Ilka
Chase does her autobiography in
Past Imperfect Doubleday,
Doran: $2).
Mrs. Rawlings reminisces
about her life and times among
the backwOods folk of Florida,
where she bought an orange
grove and now lives. The idioms
of these Crackers are something
to hear-and read as recorded
by the author. She has done
America a service by reporting
the speech, customs and attitudes
of her neighbour in a little
known part of the land.
Of Cross Creek, where she
lives, Mrs. Rawlings writes: 1T
seems to me that the earth may
be borrowed but not bought. 1t
may be used but not owned.
Cross Creek belongs to the wind
and the rain, to the sun and the
seasons ... and above all to
time"
Miss Chase Yields a wicked
and witty pen in Past Imper-
feet. to set down the more
amusing incidents of her person.
al history, and she is perfectly
capable of using her pen as a ra-
pier, and does. She knows her
way around the world, and
what's more important, knows
her way around in her own
mind.
She dislikes uffed-shirtism,
either the male or female vari-
ETY., and the pompous ones get
quite a pounding from her. Miss
Chase has much to say. and most
of il is interesting, about the
stage, travel, fashions, and pco-
pie. Sounds bit silk and sat-
my, but the men will like it.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
beard, it'll be named
Killer"


Deanna Durbin's next will be
Three Smart Girls Join Up"
about women in war work. Bot
any Bay" dealing with the early
settling of Australia, has been
shelved until Australia's emer-
gency is settled. Rushing
back and forth between War
ners and Metro, Keye Luke is
playing a japanese plotter
against Pearl Harbor at one stu
dio, and a Chinese Red Cross
worker at the other.
SWAT KING STUMPED
Babe Ruth, hired by Sam
Goldwyn to play himself in 1.-The
Pride of the Yankees" remains
completely mystified by Holly
wood. On location at Wrigley
Field the other day, they reach
cd a scene in which the Babe
was supposed to 60 to the plate
and wham the first pitched ball
into the outfield bleachers for
a home run. Director Sam Wood,
Ruth declared, gave orders that
the scene would be rehearsed a
couple of times and then photo
graphed. The old swat king had
an awful time explaining that he
couldn't just step up there and
hit home run whenever he felt
like it.
Appointment of the week:
Ona Munson has been named
as Hollywood's official hostess.
This is the same actress who
played Belle Waiting in Gone
With the Wind" and Mother Gin
Sling in The Shanghai Ges-
ture."
Old trick of studio costume de-
signers has been squelched by
the Hays Office. Gowns worn by
glamor gals have to be shown to
ccnsors before they're used in
movies. 1t was the costom. after
approval, TO do a little "refit-
ting" so the dresses became
more revealing. Novelty
song in the offing is Silk Stock
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
SALUTE 70 LABOR

= Sincere soIute from America to
tbs 6. !. O. ond the A. +. of L. for offer
jnet give UP holiday and Sunday
~ pay for the duration. Thot wos
lgjotic thing to do, the kind Of
tot wins wors.
;letk have some comparable
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
PATRIOTS, ALL

KANSAS CITY-MrS. Harry
Dare-who says she flutters in
side everytime she sees the
flag-will stay indoors hence
forth if she doesn't want to get
downright giddy.
Neighbors hardened to her
suggestion that they all fly the
flag. This morning, the Stars
and Stripes waved in front OF
every one of the 80 homes in the
block.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The bridge world was sadden-
cd by the death Of Merwin d..
Maier. Jimmie, a brilliant
lawyer. won many high honors
in bridge. His death leaves an
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30

I see no difference between
the man who turns thumbs down
on Wagner, because he was q
German, and the man who bans
Mendelssohn, because he was q
Jew.
Deems Taylor. composer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
PRE.INDUCTION TRAINING

II
MANDAN, N. D.-Sam Metz
ncr, who lives 80 miles south of
here, fought a battle even be-
fore he was in the war to keep an
induction date with Uncle Sans
army.
Anticipating a hard journey
across snow-bound prairies, Sam
started day early. He drove a
truck until it stalled in a drift,
then floundered on foot four and
a half miles through deep snow
TO Schmidt, N. D., where he
missed the passenger train to
Mandan. Undauntcd, he had the
station agent flag down a freight
and arrived here on schedule.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-30
MOTION sECONDER WANTED

SALT LAKE CITY, nave
no alternative but to reflect my
self to every office"
Il don't have anytime to boss
around"
I'm getting tired of meeting
with myself"
The complaints come from g.
year-old Ira Storme, commander
of the Utah CT A. r. He's the
only member.
Its becoming monotonous,"
he says.