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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23

this tournament last year new
pair event was inaugurated in
honor of +. NJ. Goddard Of AS
bury ark, who has been chair
man of the tournament for sew
eral years. The popularity of
the event was confirmed this
year when il broke last years
attendance. The winners were
Mrs. Fay Lasarow of Miami,
Fla, and DR.. William V. Kirk
of Eagle Lake, Me
DR.. Kirk obtained a top score
by a nice play. Declarer won
the opening spade lead, cashed
the king and jack of clubs, then
led a diamond to the king. DR..
Kirk, sitting West, held up the
ace. The idea Of this hold-up
was TO make North believe that
the ace was held by East. Then
if North had only the queen-tcn
AT the top of his diamond. he
would take a finesse of the ten
on the second lead This is ex-
actly what happened.
II the ace had killed the king
on the first trick. the declarer
still might have finessed. But at
several other tables North
guessed right and made six
clubs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
. SO THEY SAY

can assure you China, like
Britain. will not stop fighting
nor shrink from further sacri-
ficos until the last aggressors
give up arms. - Generalisslmo
Chang KaiShek.
The willingness of the people
10 sacrifice exceeds in some re-
spccts the willingness Of the
government to ask for those sac
rifiCcs. - Rep. James w. Wads-
worth.
The final test Of military air
craft is their record in action.
and so far in this war the COM
bat record of American planes
h as been good 49, Mai n. F.
Silsbce and Mai f. c Locke
Jointly to Society of Automotive
Engineers.
Go in wholeheartedlv and do
your best. Less than That is not
full service. - John s. Dunn
ser. new G.. A. r national COM
mandcr, in message to army age
youth.
The seamen will carry on de-
spite hell and torpedoes. - Jo-
seph Curran. president of the
National Maritime Union.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

Army's Bureau of Public Re.
lations, radio branch, gets out a
brochure called Behind the
Headlines in Our Army" Here
are excerpts:
Private Paul Gordon of Gard
ner, Mass, was granted q five
day furlough to get married.
Four days after his departure
from FIT. Devens, members of his
company were surprised to see
Private Gordon in line at re-
veille. How come you've re-
turned a day early?' one of them
inquired.
Realizing that he had indeed
returned to camp a day too soon,
Private Gordon quietly fell out
of line and grabbed a cab TO the
railroad station"
MORE OF THE SAME
And here's another:
women will probably swamp
the WAAC recruiting office
when they hear of the effect of
the Army on Private Mike o.
Brien. His bunk mates at TT.
Moultrie were surprised one
morning when he bounced from
bed announcing: Congratulate
me, men, this is my 22nd birth
day" Hold on a minute" said
one of the soldiers. when you
first came to this outfit you told
us you were almost IS"
Il know" said Private o.
Brien, "but Army has done
things for me. Now / feel like
I'm 22!"
This inane stuff runs on for
pages, and fresh patches come in
every week or so. Maybe Army
reorganized its press department
after the noted "airplane mark
er hoax" but evidently the re-
organization didn't reach far
enough. This particular kind OF
stuff certainly has no legitimate
place in the war effort.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

How a Chinese boy parlayed
a Brownie camera, a pair OF
blue eyes and a black velvet
curtain into fortune sounds
like Horatio Alger story IN
technicolor. It's the story Of
James Wong Howe, one of the
screens greatest cameramen--a
story as fabulous as Hollywood
itself.
The Brownie camera helped
him learn the rudiments of pho
Biography as a youngster in a
small town near Portland, Ore,
The blue eyes belonged to silent
film star Mary Miles Minter.
The black velvet curtain ac-
cidentally happened to be be
hind Howe when he snapped
Miss Mlnter's photograph - a
prank of fate which elevated
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
OUR RENT IS DUE

Monv Americans labor under the delusIon thot
their country them living and the r'9nt 10 me-
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
An even oreoter nunber-intelgent enough TO
know that the privilege Of being on American nos
been bouoht for them by the teors and oIooo or
those who went before-nevertheess are conP'o'son'
about their GOOD fortune and toke the American her-
toge for granted.
Roth Of these classes need reminding that the
freedoms and privileges they enloy-treedon' OF
speech and of Worship freedom to work. free educo'
ton, the highest living standard mankind ever mas
ottoned-oII of these benefits flow from the COM
nosite oood will of the people Of the United States
For the inestnobIe privilege Of enjoying those
benefits we owe debt to the United Stotes. lhot
debt may we'll be called rent.
Unlike many landlords Uncle Sam demands his
rental fee only when he really needs It. ms IS one
of those times Your rent is due. Are you Poy'n9'
Those men who have volunteered, those men who
have been drafted, their wives and children and Por'
ents ore paying their rent.
t1o about the rest Of US?
Those who whine about the hours they have to
work, the pay they get, ore not paying their rent
Those who do not buy bonds and stamps up
to the limit Of their capacities ore not Poy'n9 ther
rent.
Those who waste precious rubber by unnecessary
or careless motoring are not paying their rent
Those who complain about necessary rotIonne
prooroms and decline to help save materials and
TRANSFORMATION, ore not paying their rent.
Those who will not take the trouble to gather met
al scrap from around their homes and turn it in, to
save grease for gyoerne to save tin cans tor salvage
are not paying their rent,
Those who believe everything bad about our al
lies, and spread alarming and disturbing runnors are
not paying their rent
Those who oroue thot we can not win-ond those
who contend that we can not lose-ore not paying
their rent.
Freedom and prosperity con not maintain them
selves except os we value them enough to pay the
price.
Our rent is due. Let's pay it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23

The stepping up of the inten-
sity of the vital conflict in
which we are engaged and the
growing need for enlarged
forces make it clear that all
young men fortunate enough to
have the physical and mental
qualities to enable them to serve
their country in the armed
forces are destined for that
service. - Henry l.. Stimson,
secretary of war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
NEW DEPARTURE

A War Labor Boord panel has taken big step,
one way the other by ordering closed shop clause
incorporated in the oontroct between O stationery
manufactured and C.I.O union.
Persons with overoee memories can remember
when President Roosevelt gave public assurance thot
the government would not its powers to force @
closed shop clause into q contract. That was only
lost foil, in the "coptive mines" cose
Now WlB panel hos taken the Logical next
step in the consistent course the Boord hos pursued
from the beginning There may be little proctico
difference between ordering closed shop and order
ina "nnointenonce Of membership" clause But
even the pretense hos been dropped.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
IN HOLLYWOOD

him from third assistant to chief
camcraman.
Film in those days was infer
Tor TO modern celluloid. One of
its faults was washing out
blue eyes to almost Whlteness.
Mary Miles Minter was a blue
eyed blonde. But in Howe s
snapshot, taken with cheap
still camera, she had lovely dark
eyes.
James Wong Howe was as
amazed as Mary Miles Minter.
He didn't know how or why 1t
happened. But when the clated
star asked him. Can you make
my eyes dark with movie
camera?" he assure ID her he
could.
REFLECTION DID IT
He couldn't recall just how
the camera was set, but when
he went back to the stage where
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
CORRECTION

Violation Of rotionine rules and regulations, it
Develops is not serious matter os eastern motor
lists had supposed. Apparently somebody in the o.
flee Of Price Administration made q mistake.
Gasoline ration books their owners that
viootors are liable to | years imprisonment, SlO,-
600 fine, or both Actually Uncle Sam cant stick
US away for more than year, in addition to the 10
grand assessment, unless we commit perjury to OBJ
tain q ration allowance
There's lot Of difference between one year and
10. Still Il months is long time in the pen FOR
the privilege Of chisene in wartime. Many cheap
skates already have found that the game isn't worth
the condIe even at the lower price.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
HUSKY BABY

KANSAS CITY-The Ameri-
can Legion voted Sunday to OPP
en- its membership TO veterans of
the present war.
1t got results sooner than ex-
pected. Sgt. Ross McCulley, Jr.,
honorably discharged because OF
an injury to his eye, applied for
membership in the William J.
Bland post.
The 24-year-old veteran-who
may be the Legion's baby for
while, at least-will have TO
wait, however, until Congress
amends the Legion charter to
permit veterans of this war to
Join.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The national contract bridge
championships tournament OF
the American Contract Bridge
League is divided into two ses-
sions. the summer and the fall
session. There are too many
events to be completed in one
weeks play. The summer SEES
sion has been held for the past
IL years in the Convention Hall
at Asbury Park, but this year it
was moved to New York. In
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
HASTEN SLOW SPEEDERS

CHICAGO - Chicago motor
lists are learning that the police
meant business when they an
nounced they would strictly en-
force" President Roosevelts 35
mile speed limit.
In the first two days OF the
drive against speeders, the pol
ice served summonses on 33l
drivers to appear in safety court
before Judge Edwin Hasten.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
PATRIOTIC CAMPAIGN

VINCENNES. IND. - Candi-
dates Wayne Combs Estate Re-
preventative and Gerrel Powell
County Recorder) have hit upon
an ingratiating method of cam
paigning this year.
Conserving tires, they travel
around the countryside, calling
on farmers for scrap metal.
I'VE don't bore the farmers
with our stories of how badly
we need the votes" Combs said.
I'VE tell 'em how badly Uncle
Sam needs their scrap metal"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
BY NEA Service

1t couldn't happen, but 1t has.
Almost nobody supposed that
the War Labor Board could add
TO the confusion that has con-
founded its wage policy" But
the WLB, unlike some other
agencies, recognizes nothing that
can't be done. Now turmoil
reigns once more.
With all the criticism that
greeted the Little Steel for
mula, there was feeling that it
at least offered something rela-
lively specific. The idea seemed
TO be that, in general, the Board
would grant raises only to the
extent necessary to preserve the
January 194l buying ability of
workers.
Now the whole troublesome
matter has been cut wide open
by a panel decision affecting
metal miners.
This was one of those excep-
tons that test the rule. That is,
it was not a special grant to an
underprivileged group. The min
ers already we're getting from
20 to 81 cents an hour. The
existing wage scale was describ~
ed by the employer of the panel,
dissenting from the decision, as
being 40 per cent above the
january l94l level, though cost
Of living has risen only Is per
cent by the WLB's own compu-
tatlon.
The panels recommendation
was argued on the basis that air
plane makers, shipbuilders and
some other western Workmen
are getting from 80 cents to
S1.lO an hour. Miners have
been shifting to the higher paid
Jobs, and metal production
particularly copper-has been
dropping off.
Such pirating of labor by one
essential industry from another,
intentional Gas in this instance)
or accidental, is what ManpoWer
Administrato Paul V. McNutt is
trying to stop by his directive
that men leaving war industries
must obtain separation certifi-
Gates in order to get work else
where.
HERSHEY STEPS IN
Mr.. McNutt's order has been
supplemented by instructions
from Draft Director Hershey to
his subordinates in II western
states to reclassify any metal
worker who leaves his job with
out permission.
Without waiting to see wheth-
er this approach might work, the
WLB panel has gone off on a
tangent of its own, which APP
parently opens wide the Little
Steel formula.
At first glance, observers can
rot see any stopping point in the
new venture short of that OF
which the minority member, Al
mon E. Roth of the San Fran
cisco Employers Council warned
in his dissent:
1T is impossible to differen-
tate this case from hundreds OF
other cases involving manpower
shortages. The highest wages
become the level to which other
wages must be raised.
Literally thousands of unne'
cessary press releases flow over
a Washington correspondent!
desk during a years time, bu'
occasionally you see something
that makes you little sick a
the waste Of time, paper, postage
and typewriter ribbon.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
SAFETY SETBACK

AUGUSTA, KAS.-There was
a slight delay in starting the
safety meeting.
Chick Evans, hurrying up the
high school steps on his way TO
the gathering, slipped and fell. A
physician was called TO treat his
injuries.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
ARMED FOR THE ARMY

SAN FRANCISCO - The Ar
my will issue regulation firearms
to Prince Totoa Auelua, 18-year-
old Samoan chief, but he really
doesn't need them. He showed
up at a recruiting office Juggling
milestone and a tWofoot
knife.
I'm going to kill the Japs
with it, announced the chief,
waving the weapon. Knife, whet-
stone and Prince were indicted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
KEEP EN-"

KEEP EN-"
LOS ANGELES-Others may
have their Keep EN- Flying or
Keep 'em Rolling war slogans.
Traffic court Judge II. Leonard
Kaufman prefers one of his own,
plain Keep EN-.
That's what he has been doing
with speeders licenses. He has
impounded 40 in the past week
in an effort TO keep auto speeds
down.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
BETTER LATE, ETC.

LOS ANGELES-County Reg
istrar Michael j. Donoghue has
been convincing voters they
must register. Tomorrow is the
deadline if they wish to vote in
the Nov. 3 election.
Registrar Donoghue gets re-
suits. Last night he remember
ed he had changed residence,
must sign again. He will do it
today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23

he took the picture he found the
reason. Miss Minter was facing
a wall covered with a black vel
vet curtain when he took the
picture. The reflection gave her
the dark eyes.
From then on Howe was
Mary Miles Minter's favorite
cameraman.
Behind him is a record of IL
years photographing the screen S
top stars and pictures - the
first man to recognize the mer-
its Of panchromatic film - the
first to use low key lighting -
the first to capture moods on
film - the first to discover
need for new types of camera
lenses when talking pictures
eliminated noisy arc lights.
But like most Hollywoods-
men. James Wong Howe has his
ups and downs. The talking pic
lures he improved almost end
cd his career. He d had salary
tiff with MGM and took vaca-
ton in China to cool off. While
he was away "talkies' Wer G
born and when he returned to
Hollywood no one would hire
him because he'd never worked
on a sound picture.
MADE OWN TALKIE
Turned down by all the stu
dos, he decided to make his
own talkie - a movie for the
japanese market. Not until the
picture was completed Gid he
discover there were only two
theaters wired for sound in all
of Japan.
Now he had to get job and
once again he made the rounds.
Producer Harry Sherman gave
him nine-day job photograph
ing a western. He did another
uuiCkie for Columbia, then got
back on the cinematic map for
his work in Transatlantic at
Fox.
w h en- he's not squirting
through camera lens. you can
find James Wong Howe greet
ing customers at his Chinese
restaurant in Hollywood.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
PERSEVERANCE

LAMBERTVILLE, N. j. -
Back in 1917 a Lambertville
man took an examination for a
license to drive a car. He failed,
but he wasn't discourage.
The State Motor Vehicle Bur-
eau says the same man has just
taken out another learners per-
mit-his 225th in 25 years.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
President Calls Press
OF Church Guide in War
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 6.-President
Roosevelt said last night in a let
ter to the Associated Church Press,
now in annual session, that 1T
should come within the special prov
ince of the religious press to pro-
claim the strength that lies in spir-
itual things"
Declaring that it is well "often
to reiterate the simple truth that the
downfall of any of the democracies
is threat to our own democratic
way of life and to freedom every
where" the Chief Executive wrote:
Our religious press can be a guide
and beacon, real tower of
strength in this momentous strug-
Gle. 1t seems to me that 1t should
come within the special province of
the religious press to proclaim the
strength that lies in spiritual things
"a strength which no mere physical
force can overcome and which, un-
der God, We shall maintain in COM
plete national unity.
But in striving for unity we do
not aim at uniformity. Uniformity
| is of the very essence of the total
/ itarian tyranny In the real spirit of
our free institutions we must retain
diversity of religious outlook"
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Woman Found Slain;
New Husband SOUGHT

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 6.-The body
of woman tentatively identified as
Mrs. Rose M. Whitmore. about so
and formerly of New York City, was
found in her recently-purchased
home last night, her head battered
with a car jack handle.
She presumably had been dead
since April 81.
Police Capt. Vernon Rasmussen
broadcast an order for the arrest
of ruddy, gray-haired man, about
SIS and feet or taller, to whom, he
said, Mrs. Whitmore had been mar
ried recently. He did not give the
mans name
Police investigated after Miss A. M.
Taylor, neighbor, reported she
heard screams from the Whitmore
house April q, and she and Ray
mond Steep. an AFRAID warden,
had not been able to arouse any one
at the house since.
Mrs. Whitmore's body was found
on her bed. Bloodstains indicated
she had been attacked in the living
room. then dragged to her room
and beaten again.
An expensive watch and some
jewelry were on the dresser. A mans
clothing as well as woman's were
found in the house.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Thoughts of Girl
Inspire Doughboy
oCompose Hit

By the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, May 6.-He put
his thoughts to music - and
launched a career in music
when he though of her back in
Massachusetts, during his long voy-
age to Australia.
He is Pvt. Adrian Boudreau of
Medford, Mass.
She is Miss Rita Higgins of
Everett, Mass.
Australia bound on a troopship,
Pvt. Boudreau wrote a song he
entitled This Is No Time for
Tears"
Crooned during a ships enter
tainment, it won the approval of
Pvt. Boudreau's soldier buddies.
In Australia, the manager of the
commemorative largest theater in
duced Boudreau to sing his song.
A packed house applauded thunder
ously and now an Australian firm
is publishing the song.
Pvt. Boudreau, an electrician be-
fore he went into the Army, now
says he is planning a music career
after the war.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Soroyon Walks Out of M-G-M
With Meat Profit of Million
Says Thot's Enough
For Any Shore Bird
AssoiIs Hollywood

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May 6.-William
Saroyan, novelist and playwright
through the columns of Variety,
Hollywood trade paper, says he has
walked out of Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, or was fired" after making "a
neat profit of one million" in the
three months he worked for the
studio.
The Pulitzer Prize winner, signed
three months ago, was assumed to
be preparing to produce and direct
his original story, THE Human
Comedy" for which M-G-M paid
him S6O,0O0 He recently finished a
short made from one of his stories.
The studio refused to comment,
but Saroyan. after lengthy dlsser-
tation in style reminiscent of other
of his writings, commented:
It left the joint because sooner or
later a man gets bored with bores,
finaglers and jitney politicians. A
man just naturally gets fed up with
the baloney. He gets tired OF wit
Messing the continuous and dis
graceful crying. trmebling and shak-
ing. In three months I made neat
profit of one million at Metro. That
is enough for any shore-bird in the
world, orphan or otherwise
His shore bird" reference was to
the rest of his article, in which he
discussed the life of the bird-which
lays eggs on the beach sand-"very
pretty, but not commercial. It's
weight is less than that of newly
minted dime, and by the dozen it's
worth is less than that of an Amer
ican nickel"
He goes on to say that every
member of its (M-G-M) enormous
personnel is unfamiliar with the
life of the California shore-bird,
and consequently mistaken about
himself, too. Very few of the ex-
ecutives of this great institution
know, for instance, that they did not
cost a penny and can never be worth
any more
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Price.ControI Wardens
To Check Retail Stores
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 6.-"How
much?"
That will be the watchword for
civilian army OF price control
wardens soon to be formed to help
Uncle Sam in q war on the home
front-a war against imitation.
Although the price wardens will
be without legal powers in keeping
tabs on retailers, Dr.. John F. Sly,
regional price director for the
Office of Price Administration, said
in announcing the plans yesterday
there were plenty of teeth" that
could be used if necessary to en-
force the overall price ceilings which
60 into effect for retailers May 18.
The vast army, which DR.. Sly
said would constitute a group almost
as large as the Civilian Defense
Corps, will operate on "neighborly"
basis, the o. P. A. director explained.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
6 From Second A. (. F.
To Return to BeIvoir
b. he Associated Press.

Bs he Associated Press.
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, North
ern Ireland, May Six American
soldiers we're selected yesterday to
return home and study for commits
sions at the Oficers' Training
School, Fort Belvoir, Va.
The first chosen from the second
A. E. F. are:
Corpl Allen r. Merrill, Terre
Haute, Ind; Pvts. Robert T. Emery,
Patchoque, Long Island. N. Y; DON
aid M. Searcy, Boulder, Colo. !;
Sergts. Jerome Muhlman, Detroit
William Proehl, Madison, S. OAK,
and Cecil Hartin, South Dakota.
The first three are selectees. the
others National Guardsmen. All are
in engineering units.
Evening star., 1942-05-06

Men In the armed forces are being
allowed to purchase a share in the
democratic United States they are
defending. Do you have to be told
to buy q bond?
Evening star., 1942-05-06

Adolph, Benito and Hirohito-the
three blind mice. Make them run
with War bonds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15

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