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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
Hieh|ights from
the Latest Books
ny JAMES E. HILBERT

A WPA project seven years
in the oven has been baked and
by no means half. With pub
LEGATION of oklahoma (Uni-
versity of Oklahoma Press
S2.5O), the Works Progress Ad-
ministration's American Guide
Series is completed, and few dis
pute the worth of this project.
Here in 81 volumes-one for
each of the 48 states, District OF
Columbia, Puerto Rico and Alas
ka. we have all the facts and fig
ures, and many of the tales and
legends which make America
America. The books were pub
lished by firms from Boston to
Portland, Ore. and sell at prices
from SIPS to $3.50. Most of them
are first-class jobs of writing,
editing, binding and printing.
Whether you approve of WPA or
not. here is the United States in
black and white-with some
good maps and pictures.
1t seems wise to finish the
series with Oklahoma, for If any
state combines the American fea-
lures of pioneering, sudden
wealth. dust bowl-bittcn Okies,
rowdy politics, salty characters,
and Indians il is the Sooner
state.
Greatest paradox of all the
white mans treatment OF the In
dams rose to haunt him in Okla
homa. The red men were driven
into Indian territory-the whites
thought it barren, useless land
to have and to hold las long as
grass grows and the waters run"
They didn't even dream oil might
spout from those red clay hills
some day.
Oklahoma, one of the last
states admitted to the Union,
was our first great oil producing
state, and as a result made many
of the Indians wealthy and the
palefaces ready to kick each
other all over that end of the
nation. Oklahoma proudly ack-
nowledges itself as the only state
in which oil wells flow in the
front lawn of the capitol.
The Sooner state likewise
claims notice as the common
wealth which produced Will
Rogers, impeaches most OF its
governors, and sent Alfalfa Bill
Murray soaring to headline
heights by challenging the
United States government.
II you are limited to buying
one copy of the American Guide
Series, have a look at Oklahoma.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
WAR AGAINST INITIATION

The retailers of America, chain and
Independent alike, are doing every
thing in their power to fight initiation
and unjustfied price increases. An
example of that is found in recent
release from the Retailers Advisory
Committee, on Independent oreonizo-
ton which octs for the 100000 re-
toiIers Of America as their designated
agency for cooperation with war
agencies.
This release gives strong proise to
Price Administrator Leon Henderson
for stopping q wild inf|otonory spiral
in basic commodity markets. which be-
gan directly otter the Pearl Horbor at
tack. "t must be sold to his everIost-
ing credit" it stotes. "thot he stuck
with his guns regardless Of personal
consequences. Already committed to
q policy Of holding prices down by
moving against them at the source, he
applied sound remedies to situation
thot was rapidly getting out Of hand,
with q heortenine disregard for what
pressure groups might do to him."
The retoiIers of this country have
actively supported every practical price
control plan proposed by Mr.. Hender-
son and other government officials.
And, on their own hook, they have
taken steps thot have been worth un-
told millions Of dollars to the consum-
ers Of America. They ore lighting spec
uIotion and score advertising and buy
ing. They ore educotine consumers in
the use Of suitable, inexpensive sub
stitutes for articles and foods which
ore scarce or costly In many instances
they have voluntarily reduced their
own profits, in order to hold retail
price increases to the absolute mini
mum. They ore operating with maxi
mum economy and efficiency, and With
the lowest possible overhead expense
The retailers proised Mr.. Hender-
son beoouse they felt he showed oour-
oee and forthriehtness in q price emer-
eency. That is concrete evidence Of
their desire TO do everything thot is
humanity possible to protect the con-
sumner.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
BY PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. IT. Ele-
CANT in tWeeds and fawn-colored
coat, Orson Welles lay down in
the middle of the studio street
and threw a fit.
Passersby paused and stared.
A cop started to walk that way
but turned back toward the gate
when he heard laughter from
the little group of men around
the figure on the pavement.
Welles gave a good performance
but brief-just enough to show
he knew how a distraught and
chivied movie executive is sup
posed to behave.
Three different film units
were working on various final
phases of The Magnificent Am
persons. AS he had started for
one set, assistant directors had
met him with word that he was
urgently needed on the other
two. At this point the film edi-
tor had hailed him, saying the
rusheS were waiting in the pro-
lection room. A moment later the
business manager pressed him
for a decision on something in
volving a call to New York, and
Just then the radio producer lop-
ed up for a quick conference on
the next air show. This last was
the straw that knocked him
twitching into the gutter.
ALL WORK, NO SLEEP
Actually the young man is
thriving, as usual, on much work
and very little sleep. Lately, be-
sides gathering up the loose ends
of the "Ambersons" job. he has
been getting Journey Into Fear
into production. And in the film
vaults is part of still another pic
ture, It's All True" His Mer-
curry company really is rolling
now, and Welles no longer is the
whole show. Norman Foster is
directing Journey Into Fear,
and Joe Gotten, the star, is CO.
author with Welles Of the screen
play. If he appears on the screen
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
/. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

business manager and press
agents-Will be seen as Gestapo
agents or shopkeepers or some
thing.
Such castings are a Whim OF
the boss, but they also are in line
with his notion that everyone in
his outfit must be willing to pitch
in anywhere at big or little jobs.
Best example is doughty old
Richard Bennett, pappy of the
Constance-Joan and Barbara
sisterhood. Just finishing the inn
portant role of Major ANDERSON,
he'll soon toss off bit in Jour
ney Into Fear as ship captain.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON o

hordest-the fellow who did
nothing but sell tires-the fell
low who had built UP q big
business selling tires-ths fel-
low with from 100000 TO
holt O million invested in on
one purpose establishment. He
is tokine an awful beotino.
Applying this moroI to the
ID, 600 retoil automobile deol-
ers, the OPA consultonts fore
see, as nearly os anyone con
prophesy, some drostie
changes on the business hori-
ION.
II, in q given oreo, there ore
10 dealers in any one rotionsd
or restricted commodity, they
moy have to foce choices:
!. The 10 con form q CO.
operative or q corporation,
closing UP six or eight or nins
OF their establishments that
connot be operoted profitobly.
Z. One or two dealers con buy
out the others, who con then
look for defense jobs. 8. Some
Of the deolers con leose or
sub-let their territories and
franchises to other dealers,
ooreeino to split UP as they
were otter the wor's over 4. II
they oil try to stoy in business,
some or oil may foil. S. Sum-
morizine. the merchant who
hos-o diversified line Of goods
TO sell stonds O better chance
Of survival than the specially
shoppe.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

RECENTLY compiled reports OF
philately in l94l show that 1t
was a heavy year for stamp COL
lectors. More than 1900 postal
items were issued, an increase OF
more than 200 over the preceding
calendar period. Record for q cal
endar year was set in 1920 with
3lS3 issues.
The war affected o great num-
Der Of stamps; more than So per
cent of those issued had their
origin in some phase of the con-
flict. Eighty-four governments is
sued new stamps as result of war.
Another war influence was the
impetus given to airmail stamps.
With normal ship transport of
mails interrupted, airmail became
more important. There were 252
airmails released as compared
with 900 in 1910. Costa Rics is
sued "a. more than any other
country.
ECUADOR has released . series
- concentrating the First Elk
position of Journalism. The de-
sign bears a portrait OF DR.. Fran
cisco Javier Eugenio de Santa
Cruz y Espejo. Ecuador's hrst
newspaperman (i740-96).
The stamps bear the dates 194l
and 1872. the date when DR.. Es-
pejo established the nations hrst
newspaper. Two values. 3o-cen-
tavos light blue and l-sucre
orange, are for postage: airmail
values are IS rose and los yellow.
New Issues: From st. Pierre and
Miquelon comes . report that
Free France" overprint Is being
applied to stamps issued before
General de Caulle's forces occu-
pied those islands. Other
oyerprints caused by Free French
occupst ton are coming from the
C a m oons. The 25-centimes
black brown and SOC light green
and eerise carry the overprint
Francois" and the date
OF occupation by de Caulle's
forcsR\
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
BY WIN. +. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

There are few cities in the
United States today that do not
have a weekly duplicate game,
and many of these duplicates
have been paying off with cash
prize. In the interest of the de-
Tense of our country and of
bridge itself, the American Con-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
. BARBS

Wonder if the army couldn't
use some of the wife'5 old hats
in the camouflage division?
One of the new inventions is
a barber chair with a seat for
the barber. Does 1t have sound
attachments?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Jas. Singleton died Wednes-
day at Richmond. He was a
devoted member of the Meth
odist church.
During the last eight months
of 1881 William z. Hall sold
$4,000 worth Of lumber.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

A long established vice resort,
the Clinton View Hotel was
raided this morning by deputies
from Sheriff Theut's depart
ment. Nine girls and "a fire.
quenters are taken into custody.
Prime Minister Churchill says
England needs guns, planes and
ships, "far more than we will
be able to pay for" from the
United States more than Large
armies from overseas"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
. SO THEY SAY

Man Is the master machine
in war.
Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear, Second
Army.
feel IL is time that q bit of
healthy hate for the enemies
crept into our war efforts.
Air Marshal William A. Bish-
op, Royal Canadian Air
Force.
This nation must never forget
what il is fighting for, q better
break for the little fellow. q
chance for his sons and daugh-
tiers to live a better life.
Senator Robert F. Wagner,
New York.
II would be difficult to over
emphasize the service rendered
our country BY its small col
leges.
Prom q plea signed by alum
nj Of such colleges.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
60 YEARS AGO today

The Utica people are already
taking to the woods, on account
of a rumor that the band is to
be Observation-Disclosures Re-
view.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
FIVE YEARS AGO
v091

Bathers face Hurons In re-
newal Of traditional rivalry.
The school board had q long
tuStle with the book question
Friday night. and when they
were through CHM d Co.'S
mathematics had + taken the
place of all others.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
~ PETER gDSok
Dolly Menitov Washington
cnSSnsmnnAAnA

OOUy WOUWOS VOoWsUUsVW
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. ~
Whot hoppens to the retail
merchant in these times?
The answer to that one cont
be given in full, but II Is be-
ginning TO oppeor and the re-
suits thus for ore q little sur
prisino even to some Of the
economists who thought they
knew oil the onswsfs.
The shortoee problem hos
hit everyone olnost oliks.
There ore some lines Of ner-
chondise thot, il not oIrsodv
gone, will simply Disappear
from the shelves as soon as sx-
istine stocks ore consumed.
Thot is the first step, and II Is
here the I 100. 900 retoiI mer-
chonts Of the country hove
been honded one Of the tough
est assignments Of the war.
Attached to the civilian sup
ply section Of the Office of
Price Administration is whot's
known as the Industry Council
q committee mode up Of some
Of the Ieodino merchondisers
Of the country who oct as con-
suItonts on some of these sup
ply problems.
This industry Council has
given TO the retoiIers Of the
country the Job Of selling their
patrons on the ideo Of oceept-
ing these shortages os O war
time necessity. Advertising
stoffs ore inportuned to ham,
noer away on the reasons why
goods ore scorce and to do on
educational and moTole build
ing job on the general public.
FIGHT PRICE HIKES
On top Of this comes the
problem Of price control. With
scorcities in mony lines Of
merchandise, the temptation
is to kite prices as the demand
rises. Here the trode ossocio-
tions Of the retail merchants,
remembering the tough time.
they had with inflotionory
price rises during the lost war;
have counseIed their member,
oeoinst boosting prices or sub.
shutting inferior merchandise
at the prices formerly prevail.
ing on better qualities.
As Edoor J. Koufmonn
president Of O Pittsburgh choir
Of stores ond q member Of thu
OPA industry council, point!
out, only two OF the price cell
ires which OPA hos ordered
thus for have been imposed al
the retail level. These we're or
flashlights and tires. All tht
other price noximums decreee
on oioorets, sugar, cotton ono
royon goods and the like how
been at wholesale or higher
levels. The retailer ond his Gus
TONERS get the benefits Of thsss
latter ceilings, but the flash
light and tire schedules direct
Iy effect the retoiI trode. TIKI
fIoshIieht ceiling wos imposed
to stop O run which would de
veIop q shortage and the tir'
ceiling wos imposed becous,
there wos q genuine shortooe.
BIG BoYS HURT
Freezing the prices on tir'
retreodine and rotionino tn
sole Of tires revealed man,
surprising focts which ore in
terestine because they shet
light on whot roy. hoppen o.
other items Of common trod.
ore rotioned-os they certain
~ will be.
Most significant wos tn
foct the little man wos no
hurt as much os the big deoIer
The explanation, os OPA in
terprets it, wos simple. tn,
small business man had diver
sified. Knowing thot HI
couldn't make his living or
tires ond nothing but tires. h.
hod taken on other lines
filling stotion, soft drinks, {
hot dog stond, fresh countr,
vegetables, q restaurant or
dance hall.
II wos the one-commodit
merchant who was hit tn
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17

When q war hos JUST begun, or even
In it's more octive phases, there is q
tremendous wove Of patriotic enthu-
siosm. ut all the woeine Of war does
not consist Of series Of doshing deeds.
Wooine war consists in grinding labor.
ir doing thousand little things we'll,
and in doing them over ond over again
as long as it may be necessary. And the
country that can keep doing them
longest is the country thot wins.
You probably got greet kick out
OF buying that first defense bond. But
the second week it was less thrilling.
the sixth still less SO, and by the time
the sixtieth week and the hundredth
and the two hundredth have posed,
the whole thing tends to drop into q
routine. Thus we ore automatically told
that in Germany even repeated victory
had come, by the time Of the foil Of
Greece, to be q bit Of bore in Berlin.
They moy be less bored there now.
For instance, Noel F Hall, British
economic envoy to the United Stotes,
soys thot the cumulative effect Of the
petty onoyonees Of the temporary loss
OF q large variety Of small things must,
think, have been much more serious
to the morale Of heavily bombed popu-
lotions Than would have been q lorQer
number Of deaths and serious injuries"
People rise to the mark in spec
toculor crises, and even bad news is not
too hard to toke when you feel you are
striking back. 1t is the long periods Of
inactivity. the petty onnoyonces and
nuisonces. the eonstont and relentless
pressure, that droe peoples spirits
down - in other words they induce
boredom.
Peoples like the Germans, Jopo-
nese and ItoIions, have been living in
q stote Of things for 10 years and more
which the United Stotes is just op-
preaching.
Do things like stondine in line for
q use tax stomp for your cor bore you?
Well. remember thot if we have to do
IL for three or four years, thot's still
10 years less than the other fellow hos
bsen doing it.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17

The action was taken among other reasons be-
eouse We didn't have winning football team
-pr. a. q. Crane, after removal as president Of
university Of Wyoming.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17
DoMBlNe AND BOREDOM

What sounds like fIiPPont re-
mark about grave subject is not reoI-
" 50 flippont when you stop to think
about it. The remark is that the worst
thino about war is thot it is such ter
vibIe bore.
Thot doesn't mean that one grows
bored with war as debutonte grows
bored with receiving white orchids. 1t
means thot there is one terrible and
dangerous aspect Of war that is con-
cerned with on immense and over
Mhelmine WEAKNESS.
The United Stotes hos been at war
only little over six weeks, SO this os-
pect of war doesn't concern US now.
But it may, and it is just as we'll to un-
derstond it in advance.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-17

g s'lln9 Arrested for Flirting With Phone Oper-
c oSU 3len. He really got the wrong num-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-07
BY JACK CUDDY

NEW YORK, Sept. 7. CUP)-The
halloWed courts of the West Side
Tennis club in Forest Hills were
still echoing today to the too-too
polite handclapping of the blue
blooded gallery that greeted Pauline
Betz' triumph in the National Wom-
ems singles championship
The echoes were about as loud
as the sounds that accompany drop
ping a pebble into the Pacific ocean.
because it was such an unpopular
victory.
The red-headed Betz gal, who
made the initial mistake of coming
from the wrong side of the tracks
in Los Angeles and who later in
Cured the animosity of the snooty
California Tennis association, and
who wasn't given a chance by any
of the eastern ea-cup tennis play
ers. turned in an almost sacrileg-
ious upset.
She licked Louise Brough of Bey-
.erly Hills. Calif-a suburb of Los
Angeles that apparently means
something, at least in the social
register of cafe society = because
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-07
SOUTHERN CALF.
MISS CHAMPION

DEL MONTE, Cal. Sept. 7 =
(UP)-The Del Monte Womens golf
championship today returned to
Southern California with Miss Clara
Calender of Long Beach.
Miss Calender yesterday triumph
ed over defending champion Marion
Hollins, and 8, by continuing the
sensational play that saw her set
a new Women's course record of II
earlier in the week. The Long
Beach girl turned in a IA in the
morning, a stroke under the round
reported by Johnny Dawson who
defeated Bog Gardner for the state
amateur crown. She fired DO
on the first nine of the afternoon
round with the match ending on
the 28th Miss HollinS won only
three holes.
Calm and confident on the links.
Miss Calender had an attack of
the jitterS when she received her
trophy from Movie Star Enrol Flynn.
"Thank YOU she stammered.
"and may I have your autograph
Then she turned and walked away
without the $50 war bond prize.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-07
~. Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK, Sept. ; dUP1 - Stocks
were firm in dun, pre-holiday trading
today and closed The week with minor
net gains in the averages.
10 wpriced issues continued 10 feature
In turnover Near closing time, Eric com
mon and certificates became active. Each
rose 10 a new high for the year with
The latter the most active stock on the
board. Consolidated oil was well up on
The active list and equaled the high. An
conda Copper Pure oil. Standard Brands
and L. s. Steel were active
Automobile issues were dull and about
unchanged Rails had small gains IN lead
ING issues and many utilities made gains
oils were steady.
few issues moved outside fractional
area. Gains of a point TO nearly two
points were noted in Eastman Kodak.
New York and Harlem and Dow Cheml-
cal. Corn Products preferred, Lggett x
Myers and International Railways OF
Central America preferred lost more
than a point each. Pacific Telephone
opened al sos off IA on its dividend
cut and failed 10 appear again.
Copper issues were strong. Some de-
mand vas noted for liquor shares Schen-
ley equaled its high. Firestone and Lee
Rubber made new highs and Goodyear
euualed its top. Glidden made new
10 wfor the year on failure of directors
10 declare the dividend due at this time.
Dow Jones preliminary closing aver
age; Industrial 106 IS. up %: Rail 2o.5l,
up % Utility 1.57. Unchanged and %
stocks 3571 up Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-07
Celebration Brief
In Cal Shipyards

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept I. up
San Francisco bag area ship
yards paused barely long enough
today to celebrate Labor Day with
the launching of five vessels-three
for the Maritime Commission and
two for the Navy.
Henry J. Kaiser's Richmond
shipyards contributed two cargo
vessels.
The Andrew Furuseth," named
for a noted seaman's leader. was
launched at Richmond No. l yard,
sponsored by Mrs. Al T. Wynn. wife
of the Metal Trades secretary. At
yard No. .. Mrs. Jack Reynolds,
wife of the business representative
of the Alameda County Building
Trades council, christened the Pc
ter J. MCGUIRE, bearing the name
of an early labor leader.
A steel barge was launched at
Napa. a coastal transport in San
Francisco and transport at An
tioch. All vessels were earmarked
| for the Navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-07
l.. A. PRODUCE

Los ANGELES, Calf. Sept. tCP1 -
Bunched vegetables: about steady. per
crt: beets 2hs-3 doz s5-S1 fair 75c; car
rots 3 doz Sill. -. fair 75-s5c, small so
Csc jbos s5-S1 green onions doz S4 %
5. 50. fair S4-450: leeks > doz 81. .65-l. %
mustard 4 doz S1-1.1o; parsley doz
81. SOL. so: Santa Barbara doz S1.5o
radishes small red 6 doz S1-1.25. s dog
81. SOL so spinach 4 doz S2-2.10, fair 81. -
turnips 2lz 3 doz doz 81 ordinary SOC:
per doz chard 35c, dill S2-2.25, mint and
watercress 35-40c.
Squash: stronger: lugs local and san
Diego white summer 81 65-1.5 No Is
75-s5c: Italian 81 65-1. IS; No. 2s 75-s5e
yellow crookneek S1.75; table queen e0-Sl.
banana 2A -2s4 ID. Hubbard Lompoc 2Ss
DC h.
Tomatoes: about steady. Stones local
and San Diego 4x5 S1.15-1.35. 5x5 and
5xe 81 PSI so ordinary s5-S1 10, 6x6 90
S1.10, ordinary $3.50. 6x7 65-S5e, ordi-
nary s5-s1 Is. 6x6 e0-S1. TO- ordinary 65-
s5c 6x7 65-s5c. ordinary $1,000; Santa
Barbara 5x5 and 5x6 best S1.5o fair
81. 1o-1.35: overripes 40-65c 6x6 S1-1.l5,
oyerripes 40-50c.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-07
L.. A. HAY
l.. A. LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES. Calf, Sept. 1UP) -
efal State Market News:
Cattle salabe $50, COWS closing STEADY
10 25 cents lower, otherf classes steady.
load common fed Mexican steers J., two
loads pastured Mesicans lbs: better
grade steers lacking: odd medium heliers
10 II 50: beef cows 10-11 Gamers and
cutters 6.75-s.75, medium to good bulls
10 25-10.85.
Calves salable 50. odd common to me-
dium veaIers steady at lib: choice
quoted to IS or above.
Hogs salable 50. steady. medium to
good 2O0-26O ID. weights 15-l550' good
to choice 2OO-25o lbs. quoted to 1870.
good to choice sows j 75-14.
Sheep none: good to choice wooded
lambs quoted 14-14.50