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En- Candinavia, Ia crisis ha-
cia grandes estragoS y ell senti-
miento popular era cada vez
mas violento contra Burgenlan-
dia, que eXplotaiba AHA grandes
empresas capitalists. Legado
ell momento oportuno, no seria
harto dificil encontrar un buen
.pretexto para intervcnir.
En- los salones de Tilegrado,
apenas Rakoko o alguna otra.
persona amiga del gobierno, Sc
acercaba a i'm grupo, la CONVEX
Saci6n cesaba bruscamente. Sc
desconfiaba de todos y de TODD.
Sin embargo, a menudo Sc toma
ba por c~onfidente a DIPLOMAT
cos extranjeros.
FL senior de Reibeck moStraba
una reserva digna Y una discre-
ci6n POGO comGn EN- nuestro ST.
glo. Observable una completa
neutralidad. Escuchaba cortes-
mente a unos y a otros; pero
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cuento co Ia dltima Sanporada

cuanto en- la Ultima temporada
finalizAron en- el cuarto lugar.
La reconstruction de 1878
lie abri6 Ell campo a Crosley pa
ra ganar eli campeonato de la Ii
ga Nacional Ell aho 1899 Y Ell cam
peonato mundial en- 1910.
Tomaron los Rojos la canal de
descenso en- los amos 1941 y Ell
1912.
En- la Ultima temporada Ell pro
medic al bate de la novena Gin
cinatense fue de 231.
Los eXcelentes pitchers no tn
vieron la defensa que merecian
y a este acknowledgements Sc de-
be la adquisici6n de Eddie Mil
Ter.
Tendra Miller, Ell ''torpedero''
la cooperation de Lonnie Frey,
considerable, en- Ell 'fildeo," la
mejor seguda base de las mayo
res.
En- la temporada de 1912, Mil
Ter y Frey solo cometieron, en-
ire los dos, 81 errores.
Miller jug6 fenomenalmente y
solo cometi6 13 errores. A Frey
Sc lie acreditaron IS.
Los errores combinados de
Frey y Franck cCormick, la
primera base de los Rojos, fue-
ron en- total de Al, Is Frey y
% McC ormick.
Crosley no sc conformara con
la adquisici6n de Miller y trata-
"a de verificar otras compras y
cambios.
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nunca sc atrevia a aventurar un
comentario que pudiera clasifi-
carlo entire los amigos o los enc
migos del regimen. No guerra
complicaciones. IQue lie impor-
taba quien estuviera en- Ell po-
der? Su vida era agradable, y
pretendia gozar de ella durante
los IltimoS amos de su existen-
cha.
Por fin, habia encontrado ell
amigo tan deseado. Era un jo-
Ven s~ecretario de ia legaci6n de
Plaisse. Tom Zenko era un mu-
chacho encantadOr; en- NADIA Sc
parecia a esos malcriados que
.pululan hoy, y que solo escuchan
con aire distraido 10 que uno les
dice.
FL senior de Reibek conocfa
mil anecdotes sabrosas las mas
verdes Sc remontaban a la 9poca
en- que habia tenido ell insigne
favor de ser Chambelan del Rey
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corto que al esetrellarse en- la
mandibula de Nova lie hizo caer
de cara a la Iona.
La cuenta de diez Sc le hizo
con facilidad, mientras ell publ
CO ovacionaba al ganador.
En- loe primeros cinco asaltos
tenia Nova ~ventaja, segdn los
periodistas, que lie habian acre
ditado tres y dos a Mauriello. Sc
le do ell cuarto "round" a Lou
cuando su contrario lie descarg6
un golpe bajo POGO antes de que
sonara la campana.
Ell "Adonis" de California ma
da dijo, pero los bien enterados
Green que Sc retirara para STEM
pre- del "cuadrilatero."
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Tale con su ex amigo. El no era
analo nj rencoroso, pero no po-
dia evitar de sentir una oculta
satisfaction al comprobar que
la joven viuda jugaba con Ras-
tok como una gaia con I'm ration
otto, y que este acabaria por
caer en- la trampa.
-Esa chica coqueta 10 hara
sufrir. Ell es un migrate. No CO
sechara sino 10 que Sc merece-
pensaba el con satisfaction, ru-
nliando que, despues de TODD, e.
xIste en- este mundo una justicia
inmanente.
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Ell PARTIDO ENTIRE LOS Els
RIA Y DREW

ST Ell tempo 10 permite Sc efec
tuara hoy, en- horas de la tarde,
Il partido de futbol entire los Els
partanos de la Universidad de
Tampa y ell once de la base de
aviaci6n Drew.
Defenderan ell pabell6n uni
'versitario, segGn ell mentor vi
mes, los j6venes estudiantes La
safer, Crosland, Thornton, Gil
lett, Dziewgue, Yarbrough, Fan
tel, Ashworth, Matherly, Gle
mentes y Straub.
Por los m~ilitares jugaran See
lie, Karbowiak, Parrish, White
head, Antinori, Given, Collins,
Quinn, Armstrong, Pene y Len
non,
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HUERTA ELECTO CAPTAIN
DE LOS TERRIERS DE
HILLSBOROUH

En- una comida efectuada ano
che en- ell comedor del institute
Hillsborouh, en- Seminole Heigh
Sc eligi6 captain del eQuipo del
futbol, ano 1912, al joven atleta
Marcelino Huerta, Jr.
Fueron sometidos a votaci6n
los nombres de Huerta y Mar
vim Touchton, venciendo Ell pri-
nero por un pequeno margen.
Los Terriers eligen SUI CAPT.
tan al fin de la temporada de ca
da ano.
LIE fueron concedidas letras
por ell coach Crockett Farnell a
estoS j6venes futbolistas: Jose
Cueto, Luis Boyd, Reinalddo Els
cobar, John Favata, Harry Hob
Marcelino Huerta, Randall Hug
hes, Jerry Jackson, Randolph
jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Kar-
ny Kerr, Joe Lewis, Billy Nc
Adams, Frank Lorenzo, Manuel
Miranda, Paul Mortellaro, Ange
10 Pullara, Dewell Rushing, Tho
mas Ritter, Woodrow, Simmons
Hubert Ten Ecyck, Marvin
Touchton, Edhar Tucker, Gas
par Vaccaro, Bonnie Ward,
Jack Wilson y Roderick Dou-
glas.
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Calisxto Whitmarsh
CHA ES
NOVELA
NOVELA

blicaban con columnas ente-
ras en- blanco; 10 cual facilitaba
su lectura.
I'm orden absolute reinaba en-
Tilegrado y en- todas las provin-
cias. Burgenlandia podia CONT
nuar desarrollando la politica
saba y previsora del prohom-
bre que dirigia sus destinos.
Ell Presidente- Dictator Sc sen
tia sinceramente afligido de yer
sc obligado a tomar medidas dra
c~onianas contra su querido pue-
bio; pero, en- su fuero inferno,
experimentaba especial satisfac
ci6n al pensar que 10 hacia por
ed bien de la patria, y que solo
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DEPORTES
Ell CONSERVA-
RIA EN- SUS L AL JAR
N E MEDWICK

New York, Die. 12.-Branch
Hickey, ell nuevo p~residente de
los Esquivadores, anunci6 aver
que no sc desprendera en- la pro
xima temporada de los servicios
del famoso jardinero Joe Med
wick.
Hickey hara un esfuerzo pa
"a lograr que Medwick recupe-
re su efectividad con el bate.
Hoy saldra Ell presidente del
Brooklyn para San Luis, donde
reside. ALI pasara las fiestas de
la Navidad Y ell Aho Nuevo.
Refiriendose a Medwick pro-
nuncio estas palabras: Joe era
I'm gran jugador de pelota, hace
algunos amos, y no hay raz6n
para que no siga siendolo, 81 EN-
peha en- su cerebro en- tai obje-
two. Tiene 81 amos y su estado
fisico es admirable. Hace dos a.
nos recibi6 un golpe en- la cabe-
"a y este lie perjudic6 mucho, pc
70 va Sc ha recobrado por com.
pleto. Bate6 con un promedio de
300 la temporada pasada.
Podia Ell pegarle a todas las
bolas, sin excluir las malas. e.
ano pasado avanzaba hacia Ia
bOla, con Ell bate, pero despues
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pensaba en- probeGerse = perdda
efecividad."
"Creo que haolandole podre
convencerlo."
Existe la posibilidad de que
Billy Herman desempehe la pri-
1nera base de los Dodgerss, 81
Camilli resuelve quedarse en- su
finca. Herman es I'm veterano
de la segunda base.
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CROSLEY Sc PROPONE RE-
CONSTITUTE A LOS ROJOS

Cincinnati, Die. 12.-Powell
Crosley, Jr., ell millionaire dueno
de los Rojos, ha resuelto correr
de nuevo los cordones de su boil
sa y reconstruir al Cincinnati CO.
mo 10 hiciera despues de la tenn
porada 1898.
Los Rojos necesitan "nueva
sangre" o reconstruction por
La gaceta., 1942-12-12

NO HABRA NUEVAS PRAC-
TICAS DE "~APAGALUCES"
HASTA QUE PASEN LAS
FIESTAS DE NAVIDAD Y
ANO NUEVO
FL presidente de la Junta de
Defensa del condado de HILLSIDE
rough, letrado Howard P. Mac
Farlane, anunci6 aver que no
habra nuevas practicas de "apa
galuces" hasta que pasen las
fiestas de Navidad y fin de ano.
Las pr6ximas que sc verifi-
quen abarcaran los barrios de
Seminole Heights y Sulphur
Springs.
En- los cuerpos de la defensa
el minimo de edad Sera de Is a.
nos, con la exception de los men
sajeros.
Para mensajeros Sc acepta-
ran los j6venes entire IL y Is
amos.
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XIV

Jacqueline logro, por fin, en-.
eontrar ell departamento que ha-
OLA ouscado con tanto afan y en-
tusiasmo. Era Ell cuarto piso, sin
ascensor, de una casa sta en- el
Quarter Latin; pero reunia las
condolences reQueridas y tenia
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TAM Maunello puso=a domif a Lou Nova
lie hicieron al de California la cuenta de 10

New York, Die. 12.-N hon.
bre del os punetazos "c6smicos"
81 "Yoga" y la taxa de te des-
pu6s de los ejercicios, Lou No
va, de Alameda, California, fue
derribado aver por Tami Maui
riello, del Bronx, y tom6 Ell ca
mino de su hogan y del ostra-
cismo pugilfstico.
tPesaba Nova 20 libras mas
Tami pero en- el sexto asalto ell
arbitro Billy Cavanugh lie hizo
la cuenta de diez y tuvo que "a
yudarlo a Incorporates y llegar
a su eSquina.
Los pesos de los dos gladiado
res sc anunciaron como de 2O3
Nova y 1873 ell triunfador.
Derribado en- ell primer asal-
to, a punto de caer en- Ell cuarto
" ell quinto bajo golpes rectos de
izquierda, los mejores puheta-
EOS del californiano, MaGrieno
tom6 la ofensiva en- Ell sexto, con
extraordinario vigor, y lie arrin
como en- una esquina neutral. va
en- la esquina lie solt6 un gancho
La gaceta., 1942-12-12

81 se6or
Compre la pintura B.
L. P. Solamente Sc ven
de en- King-G Greco Hard
ware Co., ga. avenida y
Gale Is.
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en- una Bodega. Empleo fijc pa
ra la persona appropriate. Diri-
jase al 2705 de E. Columbus DIR.
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peloteros que puedan batear a la
izquierda.
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Liga en- 1913.
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25

The hair on q woman's~ head
grows faster than does the hair
Of her eyebrows. a.,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25
Rewards Called too Rich
for japanese to Ignore
Advantages to Jepon Of Invasion
Outweigh Donssvs, Experts Soy

ton of 100000 or more.
Air and sea power have been
the chief factors in Japan's
southern progress, military men
say, and with air and sea control
she does not need large land
forces to hold her gal IS.
While that is accomplished by
stages through the summer, one
military observer commented, a
force of 10 Japanese divisions
could move against Siberia.
"Once the northern air from
tier is secured" he said, Japan
can move westward against In
dia or southwark against Aus
tralia."
Russian sources, who are opti-
mistic over the Red Army's
chances of finishing" the Ger
mans in 1912, are silent when q
possible Jaranese attack in the
east is mentioned.
The Russians, like the Ger
mans, informed sources say, are
fearful of a war on two fronts.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25
Markets
Livestock

DETROIT, March 25-(P-(U.
IS. Dept. Agr.) - Cattle salable
$50. All classes in light sup
ply, practically no good cattle
offered; scattered sales slaughter
steers and she stock steady; bulls
very slow, undertone weak; odd
lots common to medium steers
and heifers 9.00-10.50, few med
ium shortfed steers held up to
around 11.50, good light fe d
steers quoted 12.25-13.00; med
ium to good beef cows 1862 100,
good weighty cows quoted to
|9.25, fleshy cutter and common
beef type cows mixed 8.35-8.60,
Gamers and cutters largely 600
8.25, generally bidding 9.75-
1000 on good weighty sausage
bulls, asking around 1925.
Calves salable 500. No early
sales, asking steady or 1850 on
good to choice vealers, buyers
talking around 1900.
Hogs salable 1000. Market
not established early.
Sheep salable 1900. Steady;
top and bulk good to choice 80
90 ID fed wooded lambs 1900,
part deck medium to good %
ID weights 1880; load good to
choice weighty lambs unsOld,
Gull to common lightweights
8.O0-11.50; sheep practically abb
sent.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25

WASHINGTON, March Is -
up - The CIO and AFL profess
ed readiness to modify their
overtime pay scales today in re-
Spouse to administration efforts,
but despite this House drive
pressed forward for suspending
the 4O-hour-week in war indus
tries.
The agitation for a longer
work week in arms plants con-
tinued undated even though
President Roosevelt reiterated
his opposition to changing the
40-hour-Week.
The way events were moving
on the labor reproduction con-
troversy led many on capitol hill
to believe that q definite show
down was ahead, perhaps involv-
ing some sort of a compromise.
One authoritative source dis
closed that the House naval
committee was studying legisla-
ton which would put only war
industries on a standard 48-hour-
week, with a bonus-incentive
plan to spur production. The
double purpose of the bill would
be the reduction Of labor costs
on arms contracts and the re-
capture of all war order profits
above six percent.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWS
Committee discussion of this
bill followed the action of the
CIO and AFL in offering to fore
60 some of the extra pay now
provided for in existing con-
tracts.
The CLOS executive board rec
commended to affiliated unions
last night that they waive over
time pay for Saturday, Sunday
and holiday work when such
work is performed within q 40
hour week. However, overtime
rates would continue in effect
for work over and above the 40
hour limit.
President William Green of
the ALL likewise announced
that his union had given the gov
eminent assurance that It will
waive double-time payment for
Sunday and holiday work in all
war industries for the duration"
GREEN'S CLAIMS
The CLIO chief, Philip Murray,
said that the action was at the
behest of President Roosevelt
and Donald M. Nelson, war pro-
duction board chief, but Green
claimed that AFL unions had
adopted such policy more than
a year ago.
Double time for Sundays hap
pened to be one of the issues in
the case involving the Interna-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25
Bonus.Incentive Plan,
48.Hour Week Considered
Definite Showdown Involving Compromise
Believed Aheod by Washington Observers

tional Harvester Company which
was called for a hearing today
before the full war labor board.
Both CLIO and AFL unions have
joined in presenting demands
on the subject, but in view Of the
announcements last night I h e
two unions were expected to
withdraw their double time
claims.
The latest legislative effort
involving the labor and war pro-
duction question was still in the
tentative drafting stage, but
House sources said the propos-
ed bill would:
BILL PROPOSES
I. Retain the present 40-hour
maximum hour work week for
civilian production, w h | e in
creasing il to 48 hours for those
engaged in war work. Under
that plan, overtime pay would
start for the war workers after
48 hours, and bonus payment
system would be inaugurated to
discourage slow-downs and to
encourage increase individual ef-
fort and output.
2. Establish q limitation on
profits of six percent Of the cost.
That feature of the bill would be
aimed chiefly at recovering big
bonus payments to corporation
executives and employees.
3. Freeze the union status in
industry for wars duration, with
an added clause to limit union
initiation fees to IS and to peg
union monthly dues to their
level on March /.
4. Outlaw jurisdictional strikes
and eliminate double time pay
for Sunday and holiday work,
and time and one-half for Sat-
urday work In plants handling
war and navy contracts.
Under the plan of influential
members of the naval commit
tee, those changes would be
made in q measure introduced
by Rep. Smith (D-Va). which
called for outright suspension
Of the 40 hour work week and
Of overtime pay. stringent ban
on the closed shop, and the prof
it limitation.
Two features - and only two
- of the modified proposal ap-
peared to have support In adj
ministration quarters. Both war
production chief Donald Mel
son and Secretary Of Labor
Frances Perkins expressed be-
lief that jurisdictional strikes
and double pay should 60.
But while Nelson said he
would submit the suggestion for
48 hour war-production work
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25
BY DREW MIDDLETON

LONDON, March 25-(R-
The consensus of military opin-
ion as Spring heralds the great
battles of 1912 Is that the ad-
vantages to Japan Of an invasion
of Siberia outweigh the dangers
and the attack may come soon
before the Nazis launch their
drive in western Russia.
Even though Japan is deeply
involved in the southern Pacific,
military sources point out that
the rewards of success in an as
sault on Siberia and Vladivos-
tok, the u. S. S. RS big Pacific
port, are too rich for the Japan
csc general staff to ignore.
REWARDS LISTED
First and most important is
Vladivostok.
United States bombers based
there would be within easy
range not only of Tokyo and
Yokohama but also of Nagaski,
the great Japanese naval base,
which is only 655 miles by air.
On the other hand, Vladivos-
tok could be a secondary jap
anese base for attacks on Alaska.
Secondly, there is the grand
strategic design of the Axis bas-
ed on diversion of United Ma
tions forces. Only the Soviet, so
far, has been able to concentrate
its armies on one fighting front.
Thus, an attack by Japan on
the East ahead of q German
thrust in western Russia could
have two beneficial effects for
the Axis, it is reasoned. It might
draw Russian forces eastward
or, at least, compel the Russians
to hold some troops in reserve
against the possibility of a Jap
anese advance beyond Siberia.
STRENGTH NOT KNOWN
Russia's strength in Siberia Is
not known. The Axis claims to
have identified units of the first
and second Red Banner armies,
which once formed part of the
Siberian garrison, in western
Russia.
Observers generally agree that
Japan may be spurred to attack
on the belief of her generals that
the u. S. S. r. has drained at
least some power from Siberia.
Conversely, it is pointed out,
the Japanese have used relative
ly small forces in Malaga and
Java. Authoritative estimates
put Japan's current strength in
the South Pacific now at q mini
mum Of 10 and a maximum of
IS divisions-225, 900 men at
most--and say that only four of
these, three in Burma and one
split between Java and New
Guinea, are actively in the field.
These divisions form only a
small part of the japanese Army,
modified since 1887 from q ma
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25
See Jap Thrust at Australia
as Exceedingly Hazardous Move
Invaders Would Faes approximately
the Some Dangers a. Germens

WASHINGTON, MARCH Is
-(R)-Official dispatches from
the southwest Pacific gave mill
tary observers an indication to-
day that any japanese invasion
of northeast Australia might be
as difficult as a German invasion
of Britain.
A communique disclosed That
American fighter planes had
swept over the Torres Strait,
whcih separates Australia and
New Guinea. The Torers Strait is
100 miles wide, rs miles more
than the Strait of Dover. Air
superiority over the Strait would
balk q landing attempt in north
east Australia.
TAKE HEAVY TOLL
The war department said that
nine P-40 fighters took part in q
raid on the New Guinea city of
Lac, 400 miles from the nearest
Australian base, on March %.
The fighters escorted four fort
ress bombers and two lockheed
bombers which were credited
with destruction of three heavy
enemy bombers, ten fighters and
two unidentified aircraft.
Two American fighters were
lost in the foray. A direct hit
was scored on q Japanese am
munition dump.
In the Philippine theater the
Army reported that our forces
had made a successful attack on
a Japanese motor column in the
southern island of Mindanao.
The enemy suffered heavy losses
while only one of our soldiers
was killed. Many floating mines
were found in Philippine waters,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-25
OTHERS AWAIT TRIAL

week to his staff for study, Miss
Perkins entered her opposition
to the plan, contending that II
would encourage the drift" of
skilled labor from war indus
tries to those engaged in civil
ian production.
For the second time In as
many weeks, President Roose-
welt voiced his opposition to al
tering the 40-hour week. He
told his press conference yes
terday that an hour increase
would cut the average pay en-
velope. He also said that he
thought that some Of the cam
paign against the 40-hour week
was organized.