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

HOLLYWOOD, Nay 10 -
Movie aspirants speak ,ongingly
of crashing Hollywood as if a
role or two represented the fin
al step toward security and a
career. But they can take the
word of little blond trick nam
cd Phyllis Ruth that staying in
pictures is a lot harder than
starting in them.
When she won d comedy role
in Caught in the Draft, and
then in Louisiana Purchase, y
Miss Ruth had a private dress
ing room, a standin and a lot
OF other flattering attentions. In
the midst of her work on the lat
ter picture, she was called to the
front office of Paramount,
where executives intimated that
her work was so good that they d
like to have her around all the
time. She was offered a con-
tract. For the first time in three
years of persistent effort -
years Of sitting in casting offices
and playing bit roles and wealth
ering disappointments - Miss
Ruth sighed, signed and conSid-
cred that her troubles were over.
EARLY TO BED
That was last August. Pres
emily, aong with murmured
apologies, she was given rather
small role in The Fleets In.
When the picture came out of
the cutting room, Phyllis Ruth
was just blond flash who spoke
two lines. Since then, nothing
has happened. She gets her check
every week, and spends part
of it for vocal and dancing les
sons. She keeps her weight
down to 100 pounds and goes to
bed early so she'll be in condition
when the studio calls.
When the studio calls, it's al
ways someone wanting her TO
donate TO something, assist in a
bond drive, entertain at an Ar
my camp, or maybe pose for leg
art.
What makes her especially
nervous is that she keeps on get
ting the most f,attering enCour-
agement and yet never has a
chance to earn her salary. Bob
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
MODEST EXTORTION

OMAHA-An extortion note
left at the Z. f. Mcclure home
was modest in its demands but
dire in its threatened conse-
quences.
only five dollars a week TO
keep alive it warned. IF you
don't pay you die at midnight"
Police said it apparently was
the work of youthful pranksters.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
4igh|ights from
the Latest Books
BY JOHN SELBY

FLOODS OF SPRING, by Henry Bell
amann tSimon a SchuSter: $3.50.
There is a peculiar something
about H enry Bellamann's
Floods Of Spring that cannot
be explained very well. This
would be why you believe in the
novel when the chief character
is not believeable himself. But
you do believe, strongly enough.
Mr.. Bellamann's chief charac-
ter is a man named Peter Ket-
tring. Peter served i'm the Union
army through the War Between
the States. He left the army dis
satisfied and disillusioned, and
after a time he decided that the
dark urge within him was to-
ward freedom. He married a
Pennsylvania Dutch girl and at
once took her with him to Mis-
souri,, There he bought a farm on
the north bank of the Missouri
river, and there he tried TO build
himself a small kingdom. He
wanted, like Greta Carlo, TO be
alone.
Floods of Spring is the story
Of Peters campaign against the
world, and of its effect on the
lives of his wife, his two sons,
the girls these sons loved, and the
neighborhood as a whole. His
wife and his younger son died
because of him. His neighbors
distrusted the hard-shelled Yam
kee in their midst. Slowly he
bound himself i'm chains which
existed in his own mind, and
only with the greatest difficulty
was he saved in the end,
The strange thing is that by
any reasonable analysis | can de-
wise, Mr.. Bellamann's central
figure simply could not have act
cd the way he did. Peter was not
stupid, yet for The best years of
his life. MIR. Bellamann makes
him act as only a stupid man
could act. He knew what he
wanted, and again and again he
did things TO his family and his
ncighbors which prevented his
getting what he wanted And
this seems not only futile, but
Just the same, il is not easy to
read Floods of Springs without
being caught up on the crest and
carried along. When this hap
pens, it is pretty likely to be
because the writer himself truly
believed, and probably that is
the reason this time. MIR. Bella
mann sees Peter as the symbol
of man against the world. of the
individualist pushing against the
we'll known trammelS of society.
You have the feeling that even
If logic is lacking in some depart
ments. the basic thesis of the
book is valid, believeable and
honest. And you overlook some
inconsistencies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
CAN'T STAND CRITICISM

SANTA FE., N. MA man
who had been living with his
common law wife Is years, and
had seven children, appeared
before the draft board.
New Mexico law does not re-
cognize such a union, and the
board chairman tactfully sug-
gested wedding might be in or
der.
I've been thinking about
that admitted the registrant,
but l didn't want anyone TO
think ! got married just to avoid
the draft"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
SHE TRIED, ANYWAY

DENVER, May l9-(P)-Pol-
ice thumbed through their rec
ords, in search of T-year-old
speeding charge against Mrs.
Nancy Owen, Portland, Ore.
Failing TO find record of the
offense, they returned Mrs. Ow-
ems 81 money order, which she
had enclosed with traffic tic
ket issued June 80, 1895.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
GOOD INTENTIONS

CHICAGO-When his friend,
Adolph Muench, 40, fell into the
Chicago river, William Arvid-
son, So, didn't hesitate a moment
but jumped in to rescue him.
But Arvidson remembered, af-
ter he was in the river, that he
couldn't swim and neither could
Muench. They both began call
ing for help and luckily police
men Joseph Kowsl and Thomas
Hayes happened along and pulled
them out.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
PETTY COMPLAINT?

SEATTLE-"What if the dog
had bitten him." unused Sheriff
William B. Severyns as he and
his deputies poured over a g.
page typewriter complaint.
The complaint, the most ex-
haustive ever received by Sew
eryns, was from man who
charged that a dog had groWled
at him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
SUCCESSFUL MANEUVER

COLUMBIA, MO.-The tire
exigency caused cancellation of
trip by 800 University of Mis-
souri, goods to attend a dance at
Fort Leonard Wood last month.
The soldiers didn't take the
disappointment lightly.
They sent a petition to the
war department, and Saturday
night 800 Of them will call on
the goods in twenty army
trucks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19

introduce the Red Cross to the Amer
icon public. It's achievements in the
field of applied mercy, its contribu-
lions to the alienation Of suffering, in
war and in peace, would seem to have
pubIicized this magnificent orgonizo-
ton FOR above our poor power to odd
or detroct"
And yet, sometimes we toke Tor
granted the benefoctor who oIwoys
stands ready with q helping hand. We
forget that behind unstinted eeneros-
ity lies the seIf-socrifice Of thousands
whose glory it is to serve humanity.
In time Of peace we think Of the
Red Cross, most Of US, on two occo-
sons. One is when we make q little do
nation for the annual roll coll. The 9TH
er is when some major disoster-eorth-
quake, flood, famine, explosion -
brings into swift pIoy the efficient mo-
chnery which hos been built up over
the 81 years since Clara Barton stort-
ed the movement in this country.
But today we ore reminded Of the
Red Cross dramatically by what it is
doing for our soldiers, sailors and mo-
rnes.
The Red Cross is sending food and
clothing to Americans imprisoned in
ItoIy ond Germony, is checking prison
camp conditions, is arranging for mail
to reach our boys captured by the Jop-
onese.
Already some 100000 sweaters,
socks, muffIers, helmets, SEQ boots,
scorfs and other knitted articles have
been shipped to our fighting men.
More than 100000 garments have
been sent for the relief Of war victims.
More than 100000 surgical
dressings have been made and sent to
Europe, and more than 100000 to
our own Army and Navy hospitals.
The Red Cross is operating IS
blood donation centers, seeking to COL
Iect $4,000 pints Of blood for trans
fusions for the wounded.
II is estimated that Of all the men
who have passed through our army
camps, one out Of Gig ht has received
assistance from the Red Cross.
These ore figures, accurate but
neither cold nor hard, They ore figures
of mercy, made possible because mil
lions have donated money and thou
sands have given Of themselves, in
work.
This is not on appeal for money!
The Red Cross hos no financial drive
on now
This is just q reminder Of q very
few Of the things that the Red Cross,
on its 6lst birthday, is doing for the
relief Of distress.
Can you help? Don't be SO modest.
The Red Cross will need more workers
than it ever con hope to obtain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19

May z is the lst anniversary of
that mild spring evening when q little
group OF men and women gathered in
Cloro Boron's house on Eye street,
Washington, and organized what now
L the Anericon Red Cross.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
II ARD TO SWALLOW

PHlLADELPHIA-rhe ZOOS
four-foot chicken snake made a
natural mistake and now it has
tummy ache.
1t swallowed a china nest egg.
Ordinarily, said curator Roger
Conant, a snake swallows an
egg and then breaks the she'll.
China eggs don't break.
Conant said he'd squeeze the
decoy back up the way it went
down.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
WE ALL ARE CONSUMERS

Just because we now have on os-
tensible ceiling over prices, we can nor
Oxford TO relax and assume that oil
donoer of price infIotion hos been re-
moved.
The ceiling is Leon Henderson's,
and that alert gentleman is not tooline
himself. He knows thot the step we
have taken thus for is merely O stop
oop, helpful but limited in its effective
ness.
That, of course, is why Mr.. Hender-
son has been back before congress
sionoI committee and is reported op-
posing general increases in the woee
level and fovoring taxes even more
onerous than Treasury Secretary Nor
eenthou proposed
The hearing was closed, and only
secondhand reports as to Mr.. 1ender-
sons proposals have been made avail
obIe These did not mention q ceiling
upon the prices Of farm products.
Since the Price Cor is O reoIist, and
hord-boied, it seems probable that he
did bring up this third element in the
program needed to avert further-ond
potentially dsostrous-price initiation
Working men, who support their
families on wages and try to save BIT,
hate to have Uncle Sam decree that
their incomes shall be fixed, for the
duration, at present levels.
Farmers, who took q beating for
years, would like to recoup out Of the
present wor-nduced prosperity. They,
too, dislike having any effective roof
put over the prices they can obtain for
their products.
We can sympothize with both,
just as we synpothze with the indus
trioIist and the m ere h ut who
squeoked through the long depression,
often by drawing upon copitoI assets
and morteoene their futures, and now
are forbidden to make good their
losses.
We ore almost as sorry for the
wooe-eorner and the farmer and the
business ron-but not quite-os we
ore for millions who ore being drafted
into the Army at S2l, S42 and $50
month, and ore wondering what is 90
ing to happen TO their families while
they ore gone, and to themselves otter
they come back, if they do.
Nevertheless, the people have re-
solved that nobody shoII make money
out Of this war; If, by Installation or
troud, some contractor does profiteer,
we are determined that his ontisocioI
profits shall be taken from him by tox-
alton.
Most Of US are either formers or
All Of US ore consun-
ers. We have come, or been brouoht, 70
the point where we must subordinate
our interest os eorners TO our interest
os onsumers-where we must rest
content with present income in order
that we sholI not force the cost of Iiv-
ing beyond our reach.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19

eigners who cant even learn to
speak English. Georges Rigaud
and Isa Miranda, for instance,
had to be replaced by other pay
ers after their pictures were
started.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
BY. WILLIAM +. McGENNEY
Americas Card Authority

Harry Fishbcin, this year S
winner of the Masters Individ-
ual, is one of the few players
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
so YEARS AGO TODAY

S. B. Spier attends a banquet
at the Russell House tonight Of
the Michigan delegates and al
ternates to Minneapolis.
Mr.. Frank Brehler is home on
a visit after an absence Of four
years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
BANG GOES A BOTTLE

These million workers ore
Just as much entitled to break
O bottle Of champagne over q
boiler or q reciprocotine en-
gineS give O cheer and sing
the song Of the Victory Fleet
as their fellow worknen at
tiaewoter.
Perfection Of this technique
for ship building hos done won
ders. Originally, it wos figured
thot six months-l8O doys-
would be required to build q
Liberty Ship from keel laying
to commissioning But the time
was soon cut to los dogs, and
os O RECORD Of 50 dogs hos
been set, marine engineers now
figure that the overoee time
will soon be 90 days. Thot's
building ships, Mister, in any,
6odyS language.
BY the end Of lo43 it will be
1000 new ships completed.
Half Of them, 800, will be
the lO,OOO-ton Liberty Ships
thot started out 70 be coIled
ugly duckIines. Five hundred
will be the modern C-type YES
sci thot will form the nucleus
OF Americas post war mer-
chant marine. Three hundred
will be tonkers. Seven hundred
will be smaller ocean tugs and
borees.
Small wonder then they sing
the interlude 10 this new Song
Of the Victory Fleet.
In the fncrrics hear the hammers
night and day.
In the shipydrds everyone IS on
his CdU
on the ocean ercry seaman Joins
the frGU
We heard the buglcS bloU' We
apSccred our country's call
We're ready one and nll'
From 1922 to 1887 there
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19

THIS the chorus OF the new Song Of the Victory Fleet
words and music by Leonard Whtcup which will ring
Notiono Maritime Doy Nov d ond from then on in speed
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY

r. j. Crawford, principal Of
the New Haven school, goes to
Richmond next year.
The barn of +. EdSen, north Of
Romeo, burned last week. Loss
$3.50. Insured.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19


National Maritime Day, Nov z
the big shipbuiIdins program
-one Of the most impressive
Of the inspiring phoses Of this
whole gigantic war production
effort.
The song is one Of those
rousine SEQ chonteys thot even
O Iondlubber building Ifeboots
in Kokomo con timber up his
IoVnx on and get O belt out
Of believing or borbershoppine
And when you accompany the
tune with full orchestrotion
and sound effects of rivetine
hammers, cIonkine anchor
chains and the blowing Of full
Iunged baritone ond boss
steamship whistles-motey, it
does something to your morole
Morale building is the big
idea behind observance Of
Maritime Day this year and
this whole shipping program
IS something TO give your spine
q tineIe. 1t isn't just something
to celebrate on saltwater, eth
err with maybe the Greet Lakes
thrown in for good measure.
There will be big celebrations
in the 90 shipyords where, on
some 300 woys, ocean, going
ships ore under construction.
Thirty-two ships ore scheduled
to slide down the ways on Nay
z in what will be the biggest
launching on record. And the
threequorters Of O million
shipyords workers will have
something else to cheer about,
for this day will mark the
achievement Of the Maritime
Commissions second eooI-the
scheduled commissioning Of
two ships day.
READY TO RIDE
Not just the launching Of
two ships doy, mind you, but
the octuoI putting into service
Of two ships all ready TO carry
cargo to Russia, the Red SEQ,
Australia or wherever.
But oil the rejoicing on Mo-
tionol Maritime .Doy won't be
observed Of seo-Ievel. Back
inland, OF more than 500 foe
tories in some 3 stotes, ships
ore being built. Not completed
ships, Of course, but compIet-
ed sub-osserbIies. For, thanks
TO American assembly line pro-
duction genius, the building
Of ocean vessels now begins
with the making Of Iifeboots,
complete with oars and ready
to swing from the dovits, at
Kokomo, Ind; the making Of
steel plate assemblies at Den-
yer, the making Of switch
board installations at Plain
field, Conn.,, the making Of
turbines at Schenectady, N. Y,
and so on.
A full million men ore build
ing parts Of ships at these in
land pIonts-ports SO COM
PIete they can be timed to or
rive just when they're needed,
hoisted into the huIIs Of the
shipyord woys, riveted or weld
ed into place and be ready to
function.
BANG GOES A BOTTLE
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
By PETER EDsok
Monitor Leader Washington Covrespondent)

Wen build and sail 'em-We'H never jail en-!
The Victory Fleet piU be plete knOU.
on uery ocean, ioeH be in motion
The Victory Fleet loiH defeat the foe.
Wen hare bridge OF ships beyond compare,
Wen soon be able 10 tcdIk from here to there
The tcOrid is cheering! The skies clearing!
VIII the IictOru EIeet-Let's 10
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Mrs. Lynn Hostess
At Bridge Party in
Home at Herndon

HERNDON, Va, March 21.-Dr
Ernest c. Shull. accompanied by his
brother, Mr.. Horace Shull of Wash
ington, D. c., Is spending two weeks
in Miami
Mrs. Russell Allen Lynn enter
tanned last evening at four tables OF
bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph o. Ennis have
as their guest the latter's mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Moffet of Arlington
Mrs. Herbert L. Seamans has Is
her guest Mrs Margaret Lincoln OF
Washington, D. G.
Cadet E. Barbour Hutchison, jr
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
is spending a week with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs E. Barbour Hutchison
Miss Agnes Lawrence of Staunton
Va, is the guest of her grandmother
Mrs CaSsius M. Lawrence.
Miss Gertrude Lawrence left this
week for Atlanta. where she will be
guest of Mrs. Lucy WEIGH.
Mrs. j. L. Nachman will enter
tain Monday afternoon at dessert
bridge party.
Mrs. George Ramsey Bready en-
tertained Wednesday at a bridge
luncheon at her home, Edward
stone.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Miss Lois Dasher
Weds Mr.. Elkins
At Parents Home

An attractively arranged home
wedding was that Of Miss Lois Eliza
beth Dasher and Mr.. Hal Fox Elkins
U. S. N. r., son OF Mrs. Flora Elkins
of Fredericksburg, Va. The wedding
took place last evening in the home
of the brides parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Arthur Lee Dasher in Aring-
ton, the Rev. DR.. Orris G. Robinson
officiating at 8 o'clock. White snap
dragons, roses and carnations
against background Of palms and
fern formed the improvised altar
and Capt. Dasher escorted and gave
his daughter in marriage.
Miss Harriet Ann DaSher was
maid Of honor for her sister, and Mr.
Karl Elkins of Fredericksburgh was
best man for his brother.
The brides gown had 2 fitted
bodice of white and a full duch-
esse satin skirt falling into a train.
Her veil was of flngertip length
held by headdress of braided net
and seed pearls. She carried cluster
of white orchids Her sister was
dressed in light blue marquisette
over matching taffeta with lace
yoke in the bodice. The skirt was
faring and the long full sleeves
were caught at the wrists with pink
roses.
An informal reception for about
so guests followed, and later Mr..
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Party to Precede
Figure Skating
Club Carnival

Mrs. Clarkson Baker will enter
tain a party at a buffet supper
following the fourth annual carnival
of the Washington Figure Skating
Club, which will be held tomorrow
evening. A thousand compliment
tary tickets have been distributed
for men in the service who are
stationed in and around Washing
ton.
Mr. J. Douglas Rollow is president
of the club, which will present a
variety of programs. from black
face comedy to the beauty and
grace of a black and white ball.
Among those who have already
purchased tickets are DR.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Grosvenor, their daughter,
Miss Gloria Grosvenor, and her
fiance, Mr.. Torfinn Oftedal, second
secretary of the Norwegian Lega-
ton; Admiral and Mrs. L. o. Col
bert, Capt. H. N. Heck and his
sister, Miss Emma Heck; Capt. and
Mrs. C. L. Garner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Bachrach, Mr.. J. c. Capt,
director of the Census Bureau; Maj.
and Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard;
Judge Bolon B. Turner of the United
States Board of Tax Appeals; Mrs.
Suzanne Davis King and Miss
Emma Fensom of Richmond who
will be guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Leroy Parker.
Miss Mildred Ramsay is in charge
of ushers and will be assisted by
Mrs. D. Harvey Blair, Mrs. Frances
Carter, Miss Helen Clifford, Miss
Barbara Conard, Miss Jane Love,
Miss Lima Macatee, Miss Cary B.
Minholland, Mrs. August Nagel,
Mrs. Arthur J. Phelan and Mrs.
Richard Sherman, jr.
Evening star., 1942-03-22

Residents
'andGO
Parties Are Few
In e.Activities
OF the Week

WARRENTON. Va, March al
Coming and going of residents and
visitors in the Warrenton area forms
most Of the social news for the past
week. with parties being almost non
existent.
Mrs. Howell Peoples has left to
spend 81 month with her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Dudley, lin Summit, N. J.
Mrs. E. Douglas Prime has as her
guests her mother, Mrs. E. Boutros,
and her brother, Mr.. Richard Bout
ros, Of Charlottesville.
Mrs. Harrison Nesbit and Miss
Betty Nesbit returned this week end
from a two months stay at Miami.
Mrs. Alexander S. Hamilton mo-
tored with her brother, Mr.. Luther
H. Chamberlain. to Florida, where
she will spend three weeks at Sea-
bring with her sisters, Mrs. P. A.
Triplett and Mrs. William Chinn.
Mrs. John Keith has returned
from a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
P. Day in Plainfleld, N. j.
Miss Emily Fletcher is visiting
her brother -in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Cook, in Baltimore.
Mrs. j. Breckenridge Gibson has
arrived here from Arizona, where
she spent the winter, and will be
the guest of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Pieter B. Shra-
vesande, before returning to her
home on Long Island.
Mrs. K. F. Bowman is at Palm
Beach for stay Of three weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Turnbull
and Miss Harriet Turnbull spent this
week In New York and attended the
National Flower Show.
Miss Mary Davis of Beaver Dam,
Va. is the guest of her brother
and sister-in-law, DR.. and Mrs.
George H. Davis.
Mrs w. c. Marshall entertained
at bridge Tuesday afternoon at her
home.
Mrs. Edwin Meade of Sudley
Farm. near Marshall, has gone for
a 10 days visit to Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. Nathaniel H. Morrison has re-
turned to her home, Welborne. near
Upperville, after a stay of several
weeks in Mexico with a party Of
friends.
Mrs. Lindsay Fitch has returned
from a visit to New Orleans and
other Southern cities.
Mrs Alan Day, who recently re-
turned with her two children from
Florida, went to New York this week
to enter an arrangement py request
in the National Flower Show.
Mrs. Charles Shepherd and her
daughter, Miss Nancy Nelson, are
spending some time in Macon. Ga.
Miss Margaret F. Turner has re-
turned to her home, Westwood, after
visiting friends in New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Miami Beach.
Brazil's steel production has risen
from 1900 tons a year to over 3d.
900 in Is years.