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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
AMERICA:

The oronte-cropped hiIIsides and
stone-woII-lined fields Of New England.
The tumbIing brooks singing down
pasture slopes. Peaceful, elrn-droPed
streets with q white-sPired church
focinq the village common. The roll
ina waves of rich soil in New York and
Pennsylvania The fertile, endless
acres of the midwest. The SEQ of
prairie reaching to distant horizon.
The jagged, noble mountain chains Of
the far west lifting lofty spires into
clean sky. The plantations Of the
South and the range lands Of Texas.
The roaring bottle song Of focto-
ries. The cocophony Of millions Of ham,
mers, presses, and rivetng guns, Of
planes and rifles and tanks beIching
from endless assembly lines, of ships
and tonkers and submarines sliding
into groy-green Woter
A hundred thousand schooIhouses
where boys and girls get decent
chance to study because free men and
women know that democracy depends
upon intelligent citizenship. The thou
sands Of churches in sprowling cities
and honey towns where people may
worship as they choose. - From the
Christian Science Monitor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
. McKENNY ON BRIDGE

Point, N. c., won the mixed pair
event Mrs. Capus Waynick, play
ing with Peter A. Leventritt Cf
New York, finished a mere one
and one-half match points be
hind them. Mrs. WayniCk was
gratified, however, with the re-
suit on one hand i'm which she
and Leventritt reached a small
slam. On checking the scores
later, she discovered they were
the only pair in the room TO play
the hand at no trump rather
than at the indicated heart con-
tract.
The four no trump by Mrs.
Waynick was a BlaCkWood bid.
asking for ar ce-ShoWing re-
Spouse, and the five-heart bid
indicated two aces. In deciding
TO bid six no trump, Mrs. Way
nick took account of the free
bid by Leventritt, which ought
TO show the king of clubs at
least, b ST d g S the two aces.
Hence, even if the heart ace was
held adversely. North and South
had double shoppers i'm every
other suit and would be able TO
clear the hearts in time.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs

Brehon SomeVeII, head Of the
Army's Service Of Supplies, and
numerous other authorities on
special phases of war produc-
ton.
Credit for inception Of this
conference and the background
study Of stote laws m &c h
makes it possible goes to the
marketing laws unit Of the Bu-
reau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. T heir research,
now under the direction Of Mo-
ior A, n. Martin, Jr., began
as O WPA project to codify all
the state laws. Recently the
work was merged with the in
terstote trode barriers division
under Paul Truitt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
SET SILVER FREE

Nothing but the Pettest selfish
ness can stand in the way Of Secretary
Moreenthou's proposal that all newly
mined silver be made available to in
dustry at world prices
The Treasury now has more than
three billion ounces Of the metal in
cold storage, and is obligated to take
all offerings at the artificial price Of
7L.ll cents an ounce. The world price
is only IS cents. The Treasury is not
permitted to sell for less than S. 20 an
ounce.
We are short Of copper, tin, anti
nony and other war metals which sill
yer can replace occePtobIy. Decision
to free 10000 tons Of silver to re-
place copper in electrical bus bars is q
wise step toward ultimately making
available enough silver to replace 75,-
600 tons Of copper for direct war pur-
Poses
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
LET'S NOT WAIT TOO LONG

The demand for O second front
against Germany, on the European
continent, is mounting constantly
throughout the United Nations.
There are millions, literally, who
agree heartily with Lord Beoverbrook's
passionate exhortotion: "Strke out to
help Russia. Strike out violently. Strike
even recklessly"
The strotegions, upon whose de-
cison the fote Of the world rests, are
inclined to be cautious. They do not
want to launch the decisive counter
offensive until the United Nations ore
equipped down to the last rifle bullet.
Perhaps the experts are right.
Nevertheless, there are major orgu-
ments strongly in favor Of the more
daring course
If, os in the World War, we pos
sessed France and Belgium and ItoIy
and Russo os brideeheods for our
AngIo-Arnericon invasion forces, we
could better Oxford to delay.
But France and Belgium are occu-
pied, ltoIy is an axis portner. Only
Russio remains, on the continent, TO
keep the Nozis occupied and provide
us with welcoming landing place.
II we delay until Russia may be
beaten, there will be no spot on the
continent where we can plant our feet
without having first to push the WE'LL
trained, weIl-equipped Reich veterans
back from the coast.
Withholding no smallest toto Of the
credit due the Russians for their onoz-
'n9Iy courageous and capable de-
tense, and the winters counter-offen-
sive, we con still be reoIists. Our ex-
perts ore. Their hope thot Stains
forces can Withstand HitIer's Sprino
drive is very small.
So we arrive inevitably at the con-
clusion thot we ore backed into
corner by the horns Of dilemma.
Either we must strike before we are
thoroughly prepared, or we shall foce
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04

and failing to get Spencer Tracy
for a picture about Will Rogers,
Warmers thought about testing
Will Rogers, Jr., who looks
and speaks amazingly like
his father They don't mean
TO be unpatriotic about it,
but you should hear the piteous
means of the actors agents
whose high-salaried clients are
going to the Army. The talent
peddlers won't collect 10 per
cent Of the rockies new wages.
If anyone has been wonder
ing why Enrol Flynn hasn't been
trying to take Tokyo or bomb
Berlin, it's because he has a
heart ailment. Both Army and
Navy have turned him down.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04

almost insurmountobIe Obstacles later.

The decision must rest upon wheth-
er the best-infornned strotegions con-
cude that our striking power - and
our ability to transport that strength
to where il is needed - can be exPond-
ed by further delay more than HitIer's
defensive resources will be increased
in the meanwhile.
Lord Beoverbrook, who might be
expected to have accurate informo-
ton, soys: "Fiow admirably Britain is
now equipped in weapons Of war for
directing such an attack on Germany,
| we'll know"
In all probability the United Stotes
today can equip as many weII-trained
troops as there will be shipping to car
ny to Europe for long time to come.
If we intend to take the war to Ger
many, we mustn't wait too long.
We can't win by sIopping the oxis'
wrist.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff Correspondent
Hnl NMnGn A1nN 4 i


HOLLYWOOD, May 4 - Be
hind the screen: Fire broke out
in the cutting room of stulio
which is making a very poor
picture. But they put out the
b age reported an actor glum-
Iy, before it could do much
good Best idea to explain the
American way to the people of
other nations is a consolidated
export newsreel company to be
formed by the five major outfits.
All neWsreels will be edited into
a special week y film with narra-
ton dubbed in foreign lang
uages, and distributed to at
least IA foreign countries not
now receiving regular issues Of
the individual companies In
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
by in. Associated Press
GENEROUS THIEF

DUNKIRK, N. Y.-Arthur
Mesere would almost like to
thank the thief who stole his
automobile. The machine was
found abandoned 25 minutes af-
ter he reported it missing, and in
the interim its tank had been
filled with about seven gallons
of gasoline.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
CALLED BY FDR

The Washington conference
Of state and federal officials
to discuss these needed chang
es was called by the President,
and it is unquestionobIy one
OF the most important confer
ences Of local and national
governments ever convened.
A number Of stote deIego-
tions ore being headed by their
governors, and the 200 or more
stote officials attending will
have the opportunity to meet
and talk over the war economy
with practically every leader Of
the war effort in Washington,
including WPB Chairman Don
aid M. Nelson, Secretary Of
Commerce Jesse Jone, Secre-
tory Of Agriculture Claude
Wickard, Price Administrator
Leon Henderson, Monpower
Director Paul V. McNutt, No
tionol Housing Agency Oirec-
tor John B. BIondford, Jr., De-
tense Transportation Director
Joseph B. Eostmon, Lieut.. Gen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
SPITFIRE STORY

From England, David Niven
has written friends here about
production Of film called The
Spitfire." Much Of the picture is
being made at combat fields and
shows real action. 1T will be
the first full-length feature about
any service over here that is
technically perfect he said.
Nobody appears in the picture
in a uniform TO which he is not
entitled"
After haggling for months
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@ MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge OF
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tiOnS, then checking against
tn c authoritative answers
below:
/. Is it all right for a woman
TO wear conspicuous clothes to
a funeral?
?. Should those who are at
tending a funeral talk among
themselves before the service
begins?
3. May a man refuse TO be a
pallbearer with some trivial eX-
cuse?
4. Must the family Of one who
has died write notes to all those
who sent flowers to the flu
neral?
5. If one cannot afford to
send flowers at the death of
a friend, is there any other way
of showing sympathy?
What would you do if
A friend dies in your own
town
(a) Don't go to the funeral
because you dread flu
neralS?
CD Go to the funeral for the
sake of the family?
Answers
l. No.
>. No.
3. No. only serious illness
should prevent his serving,
i. Yes.
5. Yes, by writing a note Of
sympathy to the closest mem
Der Of the family.
Better What Would You Do
solution-(b).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
High|ights from
the Latest Books

This years winner of the Dial
Press award, The Gates of
Aulis," by Gladys Schmitt dial:
S2.75) is a genuinely distinguish
ed piece Of fiction, as too many
prize winners are not.
Ellie and Carl Hasselman, the
son and daughter of a mid
dle-class family, live in an
industrial city. The book is
theirs, and through them the
story also of their parents, of
Eugene MacVeagh, of Stephen
Maurer. Ellie is a painter, Carl
a sociologist, and in their strug-
Cling search for the fundamental
purpose of existence, they epito-
mize the spiritual conflicts of
this generation.
MaCVeagh, Files lover, re-
presents the dying traditions Of
yesterday, Maurer, the brilliant
teacher who collapses from his
liberalism into faScism, is the
devil lurking in the modern spir-
it.
The quality which marks The
Gates of Aulis' more than any
other is its unusual intimacy.
Miss Schmitt is close to her
characters, she understands
them absolutely, their destinies
are important to her. This feel
ing is communicated to the read
er instantly, and as the truth
about these people is slowly re-
Vealed, through their letters and
dreams as we'll as their out
ward behavior, the reader too
becomes absorbed in everything
pertaining to Ellie and Carl.
1t is a melancholy common
tary, either on the tensile
strength of modern writing or
the integrity of critics, that so
few prize novels are worth
prize, but THE Gates OF Aulis'
is a rare exception, and one Of
the seasons finest books.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
EQUALITY

KANSAS CTTY-Speaking of
Democratic institutions, consid-
er the telephone book.
The latest issue sandwiches the
Kansas City social register be-
tween the Kansas City Soap and
Rendering Works and the Kan
sas City Spraying and Extermin-
ating Company.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
CLEANUP

LEWES, DEL.-TWo sea-going
survivors Of ship torpedoing,
recuperating in a hospital here,
asked attendants for scrub
brushes and can of paint.
We always clean up a ships
quarters before we leave" said
seaman James Jensen and Jo-
SET Walker.
They redecorated their room.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
EDGEWATER, COLO.-Two

EDGEWATER, COLO.-Two
brothers who correspondent re-
gulary, just got around to their
first visit in 55 years.
Somehow, we just never got
around to il before commented
Charles O. Bell, 80, of Edge
water, after meeting brother
Joseph, 80, of Ogden, Utah.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
TIRE SAVER

LAUREL, NEB. -Dav d
French, "a, has a recipe for tire
saving that he believes really
works. His tires were getting
old so he allowed his drivers Ii
cense to lapse and put his car
away for the duration.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
SERIOUS GARDENING

DENVER-There'l II be a lot of
hot pansieS, Cabbages and toma-
toes growing in Denver this
summer.
Someone stole 1000 Of the
young plants from a seed store.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
BY WILLIAM T.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

AT the new Carolina Piedmont
Tournament at Greensboro, NC,
Mrs. a. NJ. Sobel Of New York
and Capus Waynick Of High
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY

Mrs. Bishop, wife of the mind
reader who was here several
weeks ago, has applied for a di-
vorCc.
Capt. Orr and wife and daugh-
ter returned TO Put-ln-Bay this
week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
THAT PATRIOTIC MOTIF

SANTA FE., N. Indian
weavers are turning out the Mac
Arthur plaid on their hand
looms as tribute to the defend
er of Bataan.
The plaid, raw material for
neckties, is a blending of black
and dark green with a bright
yellow striple, and Santa Fe
Scots say, is the authentic pat
tern of the Macarthur branch Of
the great clan Campbell.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
TIME SALVAGE

EVANSTON, ILL. - Stacked
on the lawn OF a large house for
the salvage campaign was pile
Of odds and ends, and beside it
an iron cot, complete with mat
tress and pillows. Tied to the
headboard Of the cot was this
placard:
mo more maps till we beat the
Japs.'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04

When Jan Valtin wrote his
sensational "Out of the Night"
a favorite comment of the
doubters was, ooh, a foreigner
couldn't write that kind of Eng
lish." Maybe he did and maybe
he didn't, but Bend in the
River alliance: S2), a collec-
ton Of Valtin'S earlier writings
and stories, stands out as a great
effort TO master a difficult Ian
guage.
In this collection, standouts
are "Outbound," "Jamboree"
and "Juanita," but none of the>
contents would cause a profess
sional Of reputation TO blush
with shame. But the book does
mark the way in writer's strug-
gle to write. Obviously, when
Valtin made up his mind to learn
fresh medium, he refused to
be detoured until he had master
ed it.
The principal functions of this
unusual book are not TO exhibit
the authors ambition, politics or
artistic concentration. It's lively
contents will interest many
readers Of fiction, but an even
greater contribution should be
its value to young wr .ers. In
expert as some of Valtin's early
efforts were, it is possible to see
the development of style and
the progression Of a talent. These
stories plainly bear the mark of
an original and seeking mind.
Not so long ago, Peter Flem=
ing had the reading public on
its collective ear with a tale of
Adolf Hitler's flight over Eng
land and how Der Fury was
forced to parachute to safety
and to life among the Britons.
Thirteen Of Fleming's earlier
short stories are now available
In "A Story TO Tell (Scrlbner:
S2).
Fleming knows the knack OF
mixing humor, adventure and
the dramatic TO make his tales
better than average and strictly.
not arty. They have beginning,
middle and end. His stories
have plots, old-fashioned as that
may be. Scenes in this collec-
ton range from South America
to China TO Scottish moors. And
for a good scare, he throws in a
hair-curling werewolf story.
Incidentally, there will be no
more Fleming stories for some
time. He is an officer in the
British army.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
so YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Il SSE
Miss Carrie Goethe reached
home from Berlin, Ont, on Sat-
urday.
No school today! feathers all
over at Utica.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
o HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

cidentally, a check is being
made of Hollywood actresses to
find how many could speak
Spanish for Latin American
versions of features. So far,
Rita HayWorth and Ann Sheri-
dan are the only prominent
ones.
The day after Carole Lands
adopted IL soldiers, three local
playboys joined the Army. "A
director was ia. liking to a dis
liked and over-ambitious young
actor: You'll probably go far,
my boy. And l must say that
nobody viii miss you
POOR POE
When Edgar Allan Poe wrote
The Raven he sold it for 500.
Now 2Oth-FoA must pay $4,000
to use part Of the poem in a
single sequence of the film bio
graphy Of Poe -. Amount asked
for film rights TO the new John
Steinbeck novel and play is
100000. The Moon is Down, -
but the price is up . BY train
plane and maybe hitCh-hiking,
writer's are streaming into Holly
wood. Seems there's a .eSSening
demand for radio drama, maya
zine and book fiction, and Holly
wood looks like the only place
where an author might eat.
Lots of novels have unhap-
py endings these days OBJ
serves Morton Greene. They're
being made into movies" 1865.
Don Barry, red-headed western
actor, has been taking a lot of
rubbing about a flaShy green
cowboy outfit. He insists it's
just Gene Autry retread In
planning Tyrone Powers new
picture, The Black Swan" a
pirate story, his studio had to
choose between CORY battle
scenes and shooting it in color.
The Hays Office cautioned that
blood's all right in black-and-
white film, but not when it
shows red.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04
BY PETER EDSOk
Monitor eoder Washington
Correspondent

Of stote and local laws effect
ing labor, transportation, dis
tribution of agricultural prod
ucts and building codes will
follow the conference Of stote
and federal Officials in Wosh-
ineton on Moy 5, 8 and 7.
Most Of the Changes will be
in the nature Of wartime modi-
ficotion Of stote laws hondi-
coping the war effort. The
changes will be effected in
several ways. There will be
some emergency agreements to
suspend enforcement Of lows,
where such alternative rests
with the stote attorneys gen.
eroI. There will be some exer-
else Of wartime emergency
powers granted TO stote COVER
nors, giving them authority to
suspend stote luws interfering
with the war effort. The mo-
iority Of the notifications will
come only after action by the
stote legislatures. Forty-three
Of the stote legislatures meet
regularly in l943, five having
met this year, but q number
have held special sessions TO
enact emergency wor measures.
Other special sessions may be
called during the remainder OF
1912 to enact relief laws or to
amend existing codes. 1t may
therefore be six months or q
year before many Of these
changes can be made, but tax
en- together they will unques-
tionobIy provide O sweeping
change Of stote and local laws.
The nature Of the changes
needed is extrem, Ely voried.
Most publicity has been given
to the interstate trode barriers,
hompering the free movement
Of war goods across stote lines.
Enactment Of uniform limits
on load weig h t and truck
length is needed, or at Ieost
upward revision in stotes hoV-
ina sub-stondord limitations.
BLUE LAW BARRIERS
States having Sunday blue
lows may have to suspend their
enforcement to permit truck
ers to haul war goods on SUM-
day or to permit three SHIFT
seven-doy operation Of war
plants. The ! ! states with laws
prohibiting the employment Of
women between 10 pm, and 8
am. may find it advisable to
suspend those laws to permit
oround-the-c Iock war produc-
ton.
Stotes which prohibit OF re-,
strict the importation Of milk
or eggs from other states may
have to suspend these laws in
order to make it possible to
provide sufficient milk or eoQs
for the armed forces encomp-
ed within the stote.
With Shortages Of critical
building materials, stote or To-
col building codes requiring the
use Of these critical materials
in new construction may have
to amend their restrictions to
permit the use Of substitutes.
These are the types Of stote
law which must be repealed or
amended if var production is
not TO be stynied.
Called RY EDp
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-04

After haggling for months
Evening star., 1942-05-17

half, have been getting training in
the specialty Of examining for mill
tary service. These doctors under
stand better now what is expected
of q soldier, and as q result there
are fewer doubtful cases remaining.
Temporary Ailments Cured.
Physical conditions, moreover, are
frequently temporary. A severe in
fection may cause q disturbed heart,
and the man would be rejected. A
registrant rejected because Of what
one doctor considered an inoper-
able hernia may decide to go
through with an operation. Re-
moval Of the hernia would put him
in la. Within the recent past the
medical profession has made tre-
mendous strides In the study and
treatment of gonorrhea. A cure Of
affected registrants Is quickly COM
pleted and the men are inducted.
There has to be changing status
to prompt q re-examination. For
instance, q totally deaf or blind
man or a one-legged registrant
would not be re-examined as po-
tential Ia material.
A small group o. 1-B men Is to
be taken into the Army soon as
an experiment to see what jobs
physically handicapped men who
were useful in civilian life could do
in the Army. 1t is thought these
Evening star., 1942-05-17
| Virginia Drivers
ToFind Speeding
Too Expensive
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, May 16.-Gov.
Darden promised today to make
hard the way Of the highway
speeder.
The one way to stop speeding, he
said, was through iron enforce
ment" of the 0-mile-an-hour speed
law. All types of motor vehicle
drivers must comply with the law or
else they will find speeding too ex-
pensive to pay for"
The Governor said he would use
plainclothes patrolmen whenever
necessary to control speeding.
I'VE don't propose to make a
speed trap Of Virginia" Gov. Dar-
den said, "but we propose to en-
force this 40-mile speed limit so
vigorously that tourists and other
motor vehicle drivers will know
what to expect If they violate the
speed limit in Virginia"
The Governor said he planned to
discuss both speed law enforcement
and the law requiring the dimming
Of car lights when meeting traffic at
night during the Statewide safety
conferences here. He will recon-
mend, he said, that where driver Is
arraigned in court for the second
and third of1ense Of speeding that
the operators permit be suspended.