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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff CORES pendent

MA service Nldil Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, May Moore
about Wilkie Mahoney, the only
remaining gag man of the
movies. A stranger might talk
with him for hours without
guessing his trade, for humOr is
a serious business with this
Irlshman.
The tall, loose-jointed laugh
specialist started out TO be an
actor, but he was no eXtrovert
and now is satisfied with think
ing up ways for other actors to
appear funny. Mahoney has
written radio and stage ma
terial for Al JoIson, Eddie Can
tor, Ed Wynn, Bob Hope, Mil
ton Berle and Phil Baker, but
he never liked that type of rap
id-fire wisecrackery and now is
much happier in pictures, where
the best jokes can be developed
out of story situations and can
be Slyly underplayed.
At present he's a consultant on
the Jack Bcnny-Ann Sheridan
m o vi g, George Washington
Slept Here" AT home, he writes
out suggestions for future scenes
but some of his best lines and
situations have been thought up
ON the set, WIRE he slumpS in a
camp chair. In conversation he
seldom engages in HollyWooden
pun-and-gag contests, but good
many of his remarks are wide
ly quoted around town.
The other day, for instance,
someone was commenting on the
intcrnmcnt at Santa Anita Park
of alien Japanese. Murmured
Mahoncy: "D'you think that's
the first crooked race they've
had out thcrc?'
WROTE FOR HOPE
He wrote most of the patter
that Bob Hope, as master-Of-
ceremonies, delivered at the
Academy Award banquet, and
the grateful Hope sent the gag
StCr am order for a $50 suit.
Like everyone else in Holly
wood, Mahoney has an agent
who is supposed to collect 10 per
cent of his earnings. SO instead
of sending the agent a commits
sion check for SIS, Mahoney had
the tailor make an extra coat
sleeve, which now hangs i'm a
special glass case at the agency
office. OF course this bit Of
monkey business preceded WPB
restrictions on clothing design
and surplus materials.
After he was graduated from
Santa Clara University and had
starved for six years as a Holly
wood actor, Mahoncy decided TO
the field of written hu-
NOR. He still remembers the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
HENDERSON OVERRUlED

From time to time, these
retailers gave written memoir
ondo to OPh outlining their
views. At the beginning Of the
conferences on April |, as
suronce was given that the
price freezing order would COW
e all phases Of the national
economy, including aericuI-
turoI products and wages.
Some place along the line,
those two items we're dropped
from consideration. Who gave
the order, or why, is q rys-
terry. It was known that Leon
Henderson favored and fought
for an across the boards
freeze thct would include
wages and farm products, but
somewhere in the top policy
councils Of the government,
Henderson was overruIed. The
retailers stressed that anything
short Of on over all freeze
would be explosive. It did no
good. That was their principal
setback.
The way the retailers ex-
press their viewpoint is that
you can't control the flood wo-
tiers Of the Mississippi by put
ting O roof over the Gulf Of
Mexico. Floods have to be
managed at the source, dams
must be thrown across the
tributaries, and back up in
the hills there must be q lot
Of cotch-bosins.
7 h e national economy is
pictured os being much like
thot. Price control must start
beck where the goods origin
ate, with raw materials and
wages. Those ore the Catch
basins Of the economic sys-
tenn in the view Of the retail
erS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
o HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

first two Jokes he submitted: To
Judge went a suggestion for a
cartoon showing Judge send
ing his mother-in-laW to jail,
along with the inquiry: What's
wrong with this sentence?" To
the low-brow, racy Capt. Billy's
Whiz-Bang he dispatched an
idea for a woman saying: Well
celebrate our tin wedding ami
versary when hubby gets out of
the can"
When each of these attempts
brought a check for SIS, Ma
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
BY PETER EDSoh
Monitor-Leoder Washington
Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May z -
The IL million retail store
owners Of the United States
are now buster than they ever
we're at big sale time, inven-
tory time or income tax time,
trying to figure how they're
going to come out on this new
general moximum price reg
uIotion order slapped down by
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson.
The story behind the issu-
orce Of this order is almost
as interesting as the order it
self. It became apparent TO
Office Of Price Administer
ton officials as early as Lost
January t h q I the seIectiVe
price control principle W q S
not adequate to check intIo-
ton with the country actually
at war. 4 number of OPA men
went to Canada TO study the
Dominion's system Of price
control, and from time to
time some Of the Canadian
price officials came to WASH
ington for consultations.
On March 81 OPA took its
first steps to consult with rep
resentotives Of the re to |
trade. Between April and
April IT, there we're from Il
to 30 merchants Of national
standing in Washington for q
doy or more. Their work tinoI-
~ was delegated to q commit
tee Of seven, with Fred Loz-
orus, Jr., Of Columbus, O., as
its chairman. They stayed on
the Job until the order was
issued. lozorus, as head Of
the Retailers Advisory Com
nnttee, had played a leading
role throughout the defense
period, conducting on educo-
tionoI campaign against infIo-
ton, scare advertising, reduc-
ton Of quality in merchandise
and similar measures, but in
the consultations wit h OPA
he and all the retailers called
in acted only as individuals
giving their counsel on w.
rous lines in which each was
on authority. All meetings
were secret, and admission
was CLOSELY checked by OPA.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
COMES IN SECOND LESSON

INGLEWOOD, CaIif.-A Rcd
Cross instructor was lecturing
a North American Aviation class
on treatment of injuries.
only two types of bites
should be washed" he said,
Animal bites and m r inc
bites"
what about sailors?" asked
a girl pupil.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
o MIND YOUR


Test your knowledge of
correct social usage by an
Swering the following ques-
tlons, then checking against
tn e authoritative answers
below:
l. Is it good manners when
you meet d business man to run
down another member Of the
firm?
2. Does it sound we'll for a
man to run down his employer?
3. Should a woman ever re-
peat the office gossip she has
learned from her husband 5
condolences?
4. When a woman gives her
name to the switchboard opcr-
ator i'm her husbands office
5 houl d she say This is Mr..
Jones wife or This IS Mrs.
Jones?
>. w hen a man joins new
firm is it up to him and his
wife to extend the first social
invitations to older members of
the firm?
What would you do if
You are a girl, new in an Of
flee
ca Wait for the girls who
have been there longer to
ask you to go to lunch
with them?
(b) Go up TO several girls
who are going out 10
lunch and ask if you may
eat with them?
Answers
|. No.
2. No. AS long as he is TAX
ing his money he should be 10y
al.
3. No. That not only shows
poor taste, 1t is bad business.
4. This is Mrs. Jones.
5. No.
Better What Would You Do
solution-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
JUST US GOPHERS

GOWEN FIELD, Idaho-While
on guard duty Pvt. Arby A.
Johnson heard a suspicious noise
behind some boards.
"Who goes there" he chal-
lenged. There was no answer.
Johnson cautiously thrust his
hand behind the boards to inves-
tigate.
A gopher bit him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
OIL AND TEXAS

Not only is Texas the largest
shipper of oil to other states,
but it imports the largest amount
Of crude from other states. Dur
ing 1910, il exported l42.888,-
600 barrels and imported TO-
$4,000 barrels.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
MIGHT RECONSIDER

TUCSON, Ariz. - A pillow,
Mrs. Anna Nechvatal decided,
makes a mighty fine head rest,
but very poor bank.
She reported to police that her
life savings, S2,100, which she
kept in a pillow, disappeared
recently when she was moving.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
VICTORY RIDERS

WHEATON, lll.-The student
war board at Wheaton College
came up with novel idea TO sell
war stamps-and it proved sue
ceSsful.
For each dollars worth of
war stamps sold, the buyer wa9
given a ride in an Army jeep.
In four and a half hours yester-
day $500 worth of stamps were
sold. The Army supplied the
jeep and a corporal TO drive it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
BY WILLIAM T.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Each year Mrs. Benjamin NJ.
G. o q CT of Philadelphia, Pa,
takes home one Of the champion
ship trophies from the southeast
Cru sectional tournament This
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
NOT THAT SERIOUS

DENVER - War or no war,
city councilman Harry Rosenthal
and police chief August Hane-
buth don't want women driving
taxicabs in Denver.
Rather than having the ladies
chauffeuring the cabs, tn e y
agreed, they first would recon-
mend the lowering of the driv-
ers' age limit from Fl to 10.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
CIVILIAN Duty

VALENTINE, Neb.-The Ar
my doesn't want Carl Lurz but
the district clerk does-for jury
duty. Lurz failed to pass the
Army physical examination but
when he returned home he dis
covered he is wanted for jury
service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02

some slogans, some cheerIeoders, some
flag waving, some name calling, some
enthusiasm, something to let the ten
millions who are going to be in uniform
know that we're with them - not
oWoy behind.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
CHANGES STATUS

The United States Coast Guard
operates under the Treasury De-
partment in peacetime, but auto
matically becomes a part of the
Navy in war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
so YEARS AGO TODAY

Il OJ-
Rev. Chas. Ryckaert, pastor of
st. Peters Catholic church, died
this morning after several
months of failing health
II is now or never with the
railroad.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
oUT-oF-TowH OFFICES


the good old hooP-lo that gets under
the toughest hide, brings ones heart
up into his Throat, and transforms
humdrum mechanics and ProsoIc
clerks into doshing heroes.
In q mechanical way we are doing
very we'll. We ore making enormous
quantities of very superior oirPIones,
tanks, jeeps, ships, guns, etc.
Yet five months after the sneak
attack upon Pearl Horbor there is
nothing like that swelling emotional
response which swept the nation inn
medioteIy otter war was declared
against Germany in 1917.
This is no evidence Of disunity
Probably the people Of the United
States hate Hitlerism more intensely
and more universally than their fathers
and others disIiked koiserism.
But we refuse to let ourselves go.
We don't want to erote. We take
pride in our cynicism-in being SO So
phistcoted that even q world holocaust
can't sweep US off our feet.
We believe this is all wrong. The
underdog has to get steamed up to
snoring, drooIine oblivion Of the odds
against him, before he can hope to win
war.
i,> | I1iA
Nations ore the underdoes today Don't
let any PolIyonno convince you other
wise.
Potentially unconquerobIe, we soft
ened ourselves with phony logic, ro-
tonolizotions, sophisticoton We per-
nitted ourselves to be caught unpre-
pared. Now we have been forced into
Lost ditch defense, struggling desper-
otely to keep from being pushed off the
face Of the earth before we can muster
our strength to fight back.
Cool, calm, reasoning efficiency is
necessary. But that is not enough to-
day.
We need the firecrocker enthusi-
osn Of 1917 and 1918. We need floas
waving, troops marching, one-minute
speakers We need war songs thot will
spring to our lips os spontaneously as
liPperoy and Over There did O quar-
ter of century ogo.
Why should oble-bodied unot-
toched young men argue with them
selves q bout going into the Army or
Navy, and pull strings for cushy home
jobs or commissions?
Why do we tolerate business, labor,
the formers, consumers, all jockeying
for immediate or future ADVANTAGE at
q time like this2
Why does the President pull his
punches, and carry on long preparatory
campaigns before he takes each tiny
step toward oII-out war?
Because we're not psychoIoqicoIIy
ready. Because we haven't reached the
MISUNDERSTANDING, Stor-
Spongled Bonner-singine, to-HeII-with-
conservatism, goo h q do n DIDN'T
mind-if-it-hurts me pitch thot will
win this war.
We hate Hitler. We hate Musso-
|ini. We hate the Jops. We hate every-
hing which distinguishes the axis from
Let's soy so. Let's have some sonqs,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
FEAR BLACK MARKETS

AS TO the consequences Of
falling TO take into consider
alton this cotch-bosin theory,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
VITAL OCCUPATION

GLEN RIDGE, NJ. - Draft
Board No. 6 called the number
of Ernest L. Bridge, 38, unmar-
ried.
The board then appealed to
itself for a deferment until some
one could be trained to take
Bridges place. The appeal was
granted.
Bridges occupation? G Jerk,
Glen Ridge Draft Board No. 6.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-02
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY

When certain saloon keepers
receive three or four more les
sons, we suppose they will stop
selling liquor to boys.
Doc Hutch thinks of leaving
Mounts clemens to assume the
editors p of the Cow and Calf
Compel dunn.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Jop Raids Killed 1,102,
Hurt 1850 in Ronqoon

? BY the Associated Press.
: LONDON. Jan. ga Reuters dis
patch from New Delhi, India, yes
gterday said 1,102 persons were killed
and 1850 injured in Japanese air
attacks on Rangoon, Burma, De-
scember % and December IS.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Examinations Slated
For School Positions

Examinations to obtain a list OF
; eligibleS for attendance officers, CEN
sus enumerators and child labor in
spectors in the white public schools
will be held February 13 at 8:45 am.
at Wilson Teachers College. The
; positions carry a minimum of 81 400
annual salary.
: Applicants, it was stated. must be
graduates of an accredited high
school and have an A. B. degree
from an accredited college. Appli-
cations must be in by February II.
Additional information is available
at the Office of the board of exam
liners at the Franklin School, Thir-
% teenth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
War Punishment Favored
By Archbishop Of York
nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The Arch
bishop of York, who is prominently
mentioned as likely to be the next
Archbishop of Canterbury, asserted
today there should be punishment
of the enemy for war crimes, but
not in a spirit of vengeance.
In presidential address at the
Convocation of York, he said:
THE Prime Minister undoubtedly
was right when he included retribu-
ton among our war aims. " = . Yet
when we applaud the purpose that
just retribution means vindication
Of moral principle, we must take
care that this is indeed the end we
seek.
+, TT Is easy to slide from the obli-
cation to impose retribution into a
, desire to exact vengeance and this
Is naked evil. - ="
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Spy Rings Fast Work
That Sank Ship Near
British Port Barred
Veteran Seaman Suspects
Fifth CoIumnists Aided in
Torpedoines OFF U. S.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. pa British
seaman, four times listed as dead,
told calmly today how several ships
were torpedoed beneath him and
how a fast-working spy ring caused
one ship to be sent to the bottom
only 80 miles out Of a British port.
IT wouldn't be bit supposed If
some OF the present torpedoings so
close to your shores were due to
fifth column work." said CHIEF
Steward Allan Harvie of the British
merchant marine, adding that his
Mediterranean bound vessel was
sunk by a U-boat shortly after leav-
ing port because of the inadvertent
words of a shipmate to his sweet
heart an hour before the vessel
saileds
The parting took place in pub,
Mr.. Harvie said, and the seaman,
who died in the torpedoing, told the
girl the ships name, cargo and des-
tination.
How Spies Worked Is Told.
It later turned out that the bar
maid overheard the farewell ana re-
marked that it was "a pity sucn
Young people" had to face such
dangers.
"The cashier passed the informa-
tion on to a man in a nearby movie
house." Mr.. Harvie related, ana ne
in turn phoned some one up the
coast, who signaled SUP !roiil a
deserted part of the shore: Elgnteen
men died because OF a slip OF Inc
tongue and a valuable war cargo was
lost. They caught the sples'
though" ~
Mr.. Harvie, who was 26 yesterday
returns to his Vancouver home To-
dav after four years absence 10
await a new assignment. He SAID
that of the eight ammunition snlps
m which he had served in The war
two had been torpedoed by U-ooats;
81 was officially dead for several
days after each of those boats was
blasted from under me-" ne con-
tinued, "On one, a 5,300-tonner.
the messroom steward and myself
happened to be at the ice box on the
top rear deck when the tin f1sh
struck us. We were blown into tine
water with a free lifeboat on deck
near us and were the only two men
saved. We were in the small boat
for five days before a destroyer
saved U.S."
Served at Dunkerque.
Mr.. Harvie told how the other
ammunition ship was sunk in
convoy last =. summer when SUD-
marines got several vessels, includ-
ing one on which American Red
Cross nurses lost their lives.
He said he saw the British shell
the French fleet at Oran and was
on boats evacuating troops at Dun
kerque, Narvik, Crete and Greece.
His narrowest escape in these
operations, he recalled, occurred at
Pireaus when a German bomb blew
UP an ammunition ship and wrecked
the harbor and the boats in it.
I'VE were miles off," Mr.. Harvie
said, land were late because We al
tered our course due to reports that
a submarine was sighted. As it
turned out, there wasn't any U-boat.
We were lucky, for as far of as we
were we felt the draught of the blast
and our ship got good rocking"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-29
Western Gridmen ADDING
10 Single Wing for Use
In Game With East
BY ths Associated Press.

BY ths Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29.-The
Stanford training field, home OF
footballs Information, is having an
effect on the Western team getting
set for the East-West charity game
January l.
The Western College All-Stars
working out at Palo Alto yesterday
decided to adopt the Information to
use along with the single wing sys-
tenn attack. Bob Steuber of Mis-
souri, and Jim Jurkovich of Cali
fornia, both fast halfbacks. will be-
come the keystones of the new STRAIT
egy.
The Eastern squad went through
an intensified drill at Santa Clara
despite the absence of one of its
coaches, Andy Kerr of Colgate. Kerr
was in the university infirmary for
treatment of a bronchial condition.
George Hauser. Minnesota, and bud
De Groot, Rochester, handled the
workout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-29
Bunt-ond-Run May Come Back
To Majors With Home Drills
Would Be Suitable for Practice Indoors;
Also Sure to Bring Shortened Season
Might Help Conditioning

and in those two or three weeks do
their training at home.
Might Help Conditioning.
From the standpoint of the con-
serving of transportation the third
plan would seem to be the best,
and from the standpoint of con-
ditioning it also might work to adj
vantage. 1t would enable the ath-
letes to train under weather con-
ditions approximating those in
which they would play, and pos
sibly would eliminate the usual early
season epidemic of sore arms, char
ley horses and other muscular all
ments.
More than one athlete has blamed
the sudden change from a warm
climate to the uncertainties OF April
weather in the North for his physi-
cal indisposition. Some of those
April days in major league towns
are not fit for man nor beast, nor
| ballplayers. More than once the
pitchers mound on the day of an
early-season game could be used
Tor a SKI slide.
Sure, it would mean the shorten
ing of the regular season, but ex-
cept on favorable opening days the
early-season games don't draw a
platoon of fans anyway.
However, it's the ball clubs prob
lem and none of our business. al
though we like to kibitz little on
it. AS far as We are concerned the
teams can assemble for the first
time the opening day of the sea-
son, give Commissioner Lands a
cap pistol and let him start the
race with pop.
At least all the clubs would be
starting from scratch, even if some
of them, notably the Phils, wouldn't
be starting with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-29

Broberg, the former Dartmouth
ace. is graduated. Sergt. Frank
Strafaci. the golfer. sends word
from down under: These Aussies
are bold in their play and more
often than not get away with
spectacular shots" Maybe they've
been taking lessons from Mac
Arthur. 1t could be just a coinci-
derce, but lot of the boxers en-
tering Golden Gloves tourna-
ments from the South Plains
Army Flying School at Lubbock,
Tex, have just finished their
commando training.
Cleaning the cuff-Cleveland
and Chicago may have Grand
Circuit harness racing next sea-
son along with such smaller
newcomers as Allentown and
York, Pa; Trenton, N. jail
after the Reading dates-Du-
quoin, Ill, and Hamburg, N. Y.
Steve O'Neill plans to be the first
Tiger manager in years to spend
the winter in Detroit. A newsreel
company Is planning a movie
short of Tony Galento's come
back" Probably 1t won't be any
shorter than the comeback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-29
ODT Seen Firmly Controlling Immediate Future of Sports
Difficulty Over Basket Boil Rules Nay MEETING Tomorrow

and got turned down; we just
got on a train and came"
Just plane scared-Frank Kav-
anaugh, Cornell U. trainer, says
he doesn't mind sitting on the
bench with football Coach Carl
Snavely, who is apt to get G..
cited at the crucial NOM
but when it comes to ridir'
an airplane with him it's ano :.
matter While they were on
recent air trip. the pilot turned
over the controls to Snavely.
Il was kind of scared" Kava-
naugh confessed. What if all
of sudden he thought up some
football play? He would have
forgotten what he was doing"
Counting trouble - While the
NCAA business" meeting to-
morrow is supposed to be merely
routine affair, some difficulty
may develop about the basket
ball rules. Pointing out that his
organization can't freeze" the
rules without the agreement Of
the high schools. YMCA and
other groups. Jim St. Clair Of
Southern Methodist, who heads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-29

the Court Committee, told New
York writer's yesterday: II don't
believe rules should be frozen if
there are certain changes to be
made incidentally, the officials
concerned won't say yes or no on
whether they're even planning an
NCAA basket ball tournament
next spring.
Today's guest star Gene
Kemper, Topeka (Kans.) Capt.
tai: NO one is prepared to guess
1t will come out that way, but the
decision of Uncle Sam to plant
officer candidates in some 200
colleges may merely do some Jug
Cling Of athletic talent. Here's
hoping Washburn. Kansas and
Kansas State get an overdose OF
Big Ten football players"
Service Observation-Disclosures
varsity athletics at the Navy
pre-flight schools are for cadets
only nowadays, the North Caro-
lima outfit will be allowed to use a
few ofncers in its games at New
York and Philadelphia. And
Coach Dyke Raese won't have
much to worry about until Gus