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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
" PETER EDSok
Dolly Menitos WsshinsteN
CoVvospondent

Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 49,
The totoI cost of the federol
governments share Of ciwiIion
defense for the next year will
be around $237 million il the
job is done os Mayor La 6uor-
dos boys and girls have fig
ured it out. Thot $237 mil
lion figure hosn't been men,
toned very loudly before. One
Of the bills being considered
by Congress mentions $l0O
million as the original oppro-
priotion, but that will merely
start things. II will permit
the placing Of the first orders
for the so million eos mosks
and the so-for undiscIosed
numbers of fire engines, am
buIonces fire extinguishers,
. tin hots and all the poropher-
noIio thot q welI-oreonized
civilian defense should have.
ldeo Of the whole program
is, first, to see that every city
Of 10000 or more population
in whot you might col! the
target oreo Of the United Stotes
hos what it takes to care for
the civilian population in
case Of an air raid bombing.
This potentioI forget oreo' is
roughly q strip 300 miles wide.
extending inland from U. S.
shores and borders. It may
be deeper in some oreos like
the industrial northeast, and it
may shoIlower along the mid
continent Conodion border.
If you have been bothered
about whot the Office Of Civil
ion Defense hos been doing
since il Wos erected lost Moy,
one Of the little tosks has been
to compile the lists Of all this
civilian material, to inventory
every town in the forget oreo
as to its fire-fiehtine equip
ment and emergency hurry-up
wagons, then to compile the
lists Of additional firehose,
decontominotors and all such
stuff that will make the oreo
sofe The orders ore all writ
ten. Army and Navy procure
ment offices have been used to
determine where the contracts
can be let, and they'll be placed
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
Hieh|iehts from
the Latest Books

Dennis Wheatley's 1.-THE Scar
let Imposter" Macmillan: 81
5O) Is a fast moving fictional
account of British spy's activi-
ties behind the German front
during the current war. It drips
with intrigue, prophetically
foments an internal revolution
in Germany, and handles a love
element cleverly. But tn e
strange thing is the uncanny
way the author foresaw Russia's
tactics in the war.
Wheatley undoubtedly spent
months writing the volume. and
could have had no advance in
formation on Russi an war
strategy. Yet he foretells in q
few paragraphs just what Rus
STA has done to turn the tide af-
ter invasion by Germany. These
quotations illustrate his powers
at the crystal ball:
when Voroshilov took over
the command of the Red Armies
on Trotsky's fall, he reorganized
the whole strategy of Russia.
He believed then that Russia s
future lay within her own
boundaries, and there Is no
reason to suppose that he's ma
terially altered his opinion
since. He based his plans upon
the supposition that Russia
might possibly be attacked, but
would never involve herself in
a war necesstiating her troops
moving far beyond her own
frontiers.
Success in modern warfare
depends almost entirely upon
the availability of supplies. II
Russia had had aggressive in
tentions Voroshilov would have
established munition factories
air bases. supply depots and so
on within a reasonable distance
of Russia's frontiers SO that he
might the more readily feed an
army advancing into Western
or Southern Europe. but instead
of this he did the very opposite
HE marked a belt of terri
tory two hundred miles wide in
side the Russian frontiers, which
he was prepared to regard as
a sort of no-man's land. Every
thing in it. including bridges,
roads and railways was to be
destroyed as far as possible 50
that the enemy should exhaust
himself while adva 1 n &
through such difficult country
and be an easy prey when he
suddenly came up against the
main weight Of the Red Army.
He then strapped nearly all the
old munitions plants in Moscow,
Leningrad. Kiev. Kharkov and
the other principal cities In
European Russia and built new
ones in q Forbidden Territory
that lies beyond the Urals.
thereby securing himself against
the destruction of his vita !
bases by enemy aerial attack. "
II appears that Wheatley call
ed the turn.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10. -
When the monkey men from
Japan began to move on the
Philippines, a Hollywood pro-
Queer and his staff retired in
confusion and embarrassment to
their conference rooms and be-
gan to reform their lines. The
lines were those incautiously
written for a big musical called
I'll Take Manila"
Worst of 1t was that most the
picture already had been filmed
There were Navy and Philippine
backgrounds; there were puns by
Red Shelton and Bert Lahr in
volving the locale and the island
ers; and there was tremendous
whoop-te-do finale in which
Eleanor Powell sang the title
song and then, in her dance, tap
ped out a code warning to sail
ors in the audience that axis
agents were about to blow up a
battleship in the harbor.
BAD AS THAT?
For awhile, the situation
looked as hopeless as the time
Just before Germany's romp
through the Low Countries when
2Oth-Fox confidently announced
production of a super-epic called
THE Maginot Line
Things looked brighter when
the authors changed the title
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Too many people make hard
work out of playing bridge.
May l remind you that bridge
is a game and a game that you
should enjoy.
Make any bid you like or
make any play you like; how
ever, you should have some ex-
plicable reason for your bids
and plays. Don't always be
trying to make a bid according
TO some established rule, be-
cause some day you may be
called upon to play with a part
ner you have never played with
before.
At Richmond, Mrs. Tom Stod-
dard of Los Angeles and Mrs.
William E. Mckinney sat down
to play in one of the open ses-
sions. They won sizeable top
score for themselves for the ses-
sion, simply basing their bids on
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
BUY DEFENSE BONDS

Our participation in war makes the
purchase Of immense quantities of De-
Tense Bonds and Stomps all the more
Necessary.
We cannot finance the war through
taxes alone. Nor can we finance it by
selling more ond more regular govern
ment bonds to the banks. The financial
burden that war makes unavoidable
must be largely absorbed by the people
-by ordinary American men and won-
en in all walks of life. The Defense
Bonds ond Stomps offer US all, what
lsvsr our finoncioI stotus. the chance
IL help buy the guns ond the planes
'oQ6 ire greet worships that will event.
'uolly destroy our enemies.
The bonks have been leoders in
9(llno thess Defense Bonds. They sell
Mittouf . cent Of profit to them
e. hundrods Of millions Of DOL
- 6f0 6Ipotchod at once to
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19

song to I'll Take Talullah."
And now, they say, the picture
is falling into new pattern as
smooth as one of Miss Powelrs
dances. Locale of the yarn has
been switched to q tourist cruise
in unidentified tropicol waters.
The stars character name has
been changed to Talullah, ana
of course this will require a
lot of retakes.
They're now filming the I'll
Take Talullah" number without
any code stuff, but can promise
that whatever has been lost in
dramatic value is well repaid by
Miss Powell's amazing dance
routine.
Tommy Dorsey's orchestra is
playing. Drummer Buddy Rich
stands at the edge of the plat
form Gathering his sticks and
tossing them to Miss Powell,
who's dancing on a table top.
She leaps down. catching a drum
in midair and Whirls it around
in her dance so that Rich can hit
a few ticks as it goes by. He
then bounces a stick against the
floor. She makes the catch, hits
the drum with the stick and
bounces it back to him. AS the
chorus finishes, both to 60 to
their knees with the drum be-
tween them. She catches two
whirling sticks tossed from the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19

leaving of it.
Joe Louis has been q fair. clean
fighter in the ring, and q decent. self
respecting citizen outside it. Not only
those Of his race, but all Americans,
have reason to be proud Of his conduct,
pride heightened by his cIimoxing OF
an unparalleled championship coreer
by giving his entire share Of the pro-
ceeds Of his Lost fight to Navy relief
and then enIistine as q privote in the
Army. He has set on example to Amer
leans Of his race, and to all Americans.
We wish him as good luck in his new
career as Private Barrow as he has had
in his long coreer as Joe Louis, heavy
weight champion.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19

oment. Every bond sold amounts to q
blow at dictatorship.
Buy as many bonds as you can of-
ford. Put your spare dimes and quarters
into Defense Stamps. This is every
Americans wor-ond every American
must do all he can to see it through to
victory.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
UTILITIES MUST DIG
DOWN

Not oil the expense OF civil
ion defense is to be borne by
the federoI government. Public
utilities have to supplement
their emergency repair crews
and the shovel brioodes must
be armed with tools olreody
manufactured. r. OCD were
to 90 out on some fancy scale
Of buying new pickoxes and
such, os some municipalities
have advocated, 1t would take
q considerable chunk Of steel
that should be going to other
implements Of war.
All the educational work Of
getting this phase Of Iocol CO.
operation organized hos been
u propaganda effort that has
kept the government printing
presses on the hum for months.
korty-five pamphlets, hand
books, instruction sheets and
leaflets have been turned out.
The average edition Of these
has been about two and q
half million copies. Some Of
the individual instruction
sheets have q 5O-miilion run.
OCD now hos over 1000 To-
col defense councils with about
three and q half million vo-
|unteers registered or enrolled
or in training. When they
get through, there will be
about ten miIIion-six million
men and four million women.
Thot's the size Of the job.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
HoARpERs IN HIGH PLACES

Government power ogencies are
boarding tremendous quantities OF es-
sentioI and scorce war materials. Thot
serious charge hos recently been made
by responsible critics Of the drive to So
ciolize the electric power industry.
Speaking on the floor Of the House,
Representative Winters Of konsos sold
that the Rural Identification Admins
trotion is holding millions Of pounds Of
copper, not for the purpose Of employ
ING this vital defense metal in the dis
tribution Of power to new form homes,
but to further program Of sociolzo-
ton Of the utility industry. This copper,
he said, could never be used to illunin-
ote q single additional rurol home or
barn, as it is in heavy cables which are
usobIe only for high transmission lines.
The Oregon Voter charges that the
Bonneville Power Administration s.oIso
boarding bosc moterio|s. 1t stotes that
Bonneville Officials will not tell the
quantity oIreody hoorded or the
amount to be requisitioned for building
propaganda lines. 1t would not set
we'll with the hundreds Of industrial
concerns deprived Of much needed cop
per, steel, aluminium. to learn that
governmental agency right on through
the notionol emergency is consuming
troinloods Of the strategic metals need
lessIy."
These charges should be thoroughly
and immediately Investigated by Con-
eress. There is no excuse for any oreon-
izotion, whether it be private or an
agency Of government, boarding war
nooteriols at this time. Every unused,
available pound Of copper, steel or any
thing else should be at once released
and placed where it can do the most
good in behalf Of the war effort. In the
electric power field, the private utilities
have said that they will build new fociI-
tiles as fost as they can be given sup
plies. They don't hoard materials. They
put them to work to generate and dis
tribute power for defense.
Il should be understood once and
for all ttot the drive to socioIize the
electric utilities is menace ID war pro-
duction and the free enterprise system
-ond that means it is q menace to the
snfety Of the notion. The socialists
must be stopped before further damage
Is done to the cause of American secur-
ity in q world torn with war.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
PRIVATE BARROW

Nothing in the professional coreer
of Joseph Louis Barrow. omozing
though it was, become him like the
Ieovino of it.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
so YEARS AGO TODAY
60 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Wesley Sears Is named super
intendent Of the Methodist Sun
day School.
Lemuel Sackett, IN old resi-
dent of this city, died Monday in
his 18th year.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON

around to granting the outhor-
ity and oppropriotine the
money.
NO GUNS FOR ocD
Not one cent Of these op-
propriotions for civilian de.
Tense will 90 for onti-oircroft
guns or shooting irons or am
unition Of any kind. Mayor
La Guordio feIIs his OCD reoI-
~ hos an unfortunate name.
Because of the defense" in
the name, too many COM
munities have written in to ask
thot half q dozen or more onti-
oircroft guns be sent along to
them in q hurry.
Thot isn't OCD's business,
and right here is the place to
soy thot the ideo Of turning
over to the Army this civilion
defense job or whichever it
should be called is one of the
silliest ideos ever to get born
in Congress. Fortunately, the
ideo died young. 1t was Jorge
ly inspired by q pique against
the mayor and q desire to do
anything that would get the
OCD direction out Of the hands
Of La Guordio and Mrs. Roose-
welt. But rule No. ! for any
war is thot the Army's job
is to fight the enemy and that
the civilian population must
look out for itself. In that
distinction is the simplest pos
sibie explanation Of what civil
ian defense really is.
All this $237 million worth
Of OCD equipment will be
bought at the expense Of the
federol government ond given
free to the cities. Cos masks
will be given to the SO million
people in the forget oreo. The
theory is that these ore notion
al expenditures which cont be
soddled onto Ire local govern
ments. Such equipment as is
given will be strictly on tho
utilitorion, and not on the orno-
mental side. The fire en-
eines will not be shiny or red,
but simply light trucks with
q hose reel, q pump and the
noeoee~r~, 1~IIare
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-19
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

ONE xEAh AOO 1ODAx
1941
President Roosevelt inaug-
urated for third term, tells ma
ton: "In the face of great perils
never before encountered, our
strong purpose is to protect and
to perpetuate the integrity OF
democracy"
Three New Baltimore youths
killed in auto accident:
Bryce Reiter, 20.
Beatrice Ridley, %.
Atwood Shattuck, ID.
SO YEARS AGO TODAY
1892
Mount Clemens Chapter r. A.
M. is represented at the meeting
of the grand chapter this week
by w. S. Hathaway and I. w.
Newton.
DR.. ]. M. Croman, Of Detroit,
son-in-law of N ]. Gibbs, will
begin practise in this city about
May LIST.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14

Il is easier to learn to talk than
to learn how. when. and why not to.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14
Offers Home to
Libby Soldier Boys

Louis WOODBURY., we'll known
Libby resident few years ago,
but now of Clay Center, Kans., re-
mits for the Western News and says:
Il guess | will never lose interest
in Libby and its activities, people,
etc.
I'VE would like very much to
spend each summer in Libby but
this war and tire rationing, etc,
change ones plans.
we live within 40 miles of Fort
Riley. Kans., which is the largest
fort of its kind in the United States,
and if any of the Libby boys are
ever stationed there. please advise
them that they are absolutely well
come TO spend their weekend leaves
in our home"
Mrs. WOODBURY. is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Botchek of Lib
by. She and Mr.. WOODBURY. fire.
utIpntiy visit here
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14
National Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mon
tana. up to and including 200 P.
M. June |. 1912, for all merchant
able dead timber standing or down
and all live timber marked or des-
ignated for cutting on an area en-
bracing about go acres within I'M
SURVEYED Sections % and %. T32N.
R33W, M. P. M, Rabbit Creek,
Kootenai National Forest, estimated
to be 600 M #. B. M. of larch and
Douglas-fir No bid of less than
$500 per M #. B. M. for larch or
Douglas-fir will be considered. The
sum of $500 must be deposited with
each bid, to be applied on the pur-
chase price. refunded, or retained
in part as liquidation damages ac-
cording to condition of sale. The
right to reject any and all bids is
reserved. In addition to the above
stumpage, 75c per M #. B. M. for
all timber cut must be deposited
in cooperative fund to cover the
cost of slash disposal. Before bids
are submitted, full information con-
corning the timber, conditions Of
sale and submission of bids should
be obtained from the Forest Super
visor, Libby, Montana. ap3O-m14-2t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14
Entertain Past Commanders
AT Enjoyable Banquet

Thursday night at $50, members
of Austin Reedy Post No. 81 of
the American Legion entertained
the past commanders and the ladies'
Auxiliary at a banquet. Pne affair,
known as Past Commanders night,
was the last joint meeting of the
Legion and the Auxiliary for the
season.
Post Commander H. R. Richards
acted as POSTMASTER and called on
past commanders for talks. Enter
tainment was furnished by group
of high school musicians.
Past commanders present were
Gus Adamson, D. 0. Mount, James
Krall, E. E. Jaqueth, Russell White
field and Vernon Crotteau of the
local post; Ralph w. Smithberger
who served as commander at Luz
verne, N. D.; and Mrs. Irwin B
Flesher who served at Harlem
Mont
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14
Keep EN- Flying" Stars
Popular Comedy Team

Heralded as one Of the biggest
comedy offerings in years. Univer-
sails Keep En- Flying" starring
Abbott and Costello, with Martha
Raye, Carol Bruce, William Gar
gan and Dick Foran, in featured
support opens Thursday at the ,Koo-
tenai theatre The vehicle, pro-
duced on lavish scale, is back
grounded against Uncle Sans eff
forts to annually train an addition
al $4,000 officers for the Army Air
Corps.
Merging riotous hilarity with ro-
nance, songs and aviation thrills,
the offering boasts of big and
brilliant supporting cast headed by
Charles Lang and the Six Hits.
Made with the full cooperation of
he War Department most of the
scenes were photographed at Cal
Aero Academy, Ontario, Calf, one
Of 80 privately-operated flying
schools now under contract to the
government
Abbott and Costello portray air
school grease monkeys" while
Misses Bruce and Raye are seen as
singing hostesses in a USO club
| house. Gargan characterizes a civil
ian flying instructor while Foran
appears as circus stunt flyer who
enrolls in the school in order to
be near Miss Bruce. Charles Lang
portrays Miss Bruce's brother, fly
ing cadet William Davidson is OPP
orator of the amusement park that
Figures in the opening scenes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IS Years AQo

Mrs. r. N. Whitmarsh read an in
teresting paper on the conservation
of birds at the Woman's Club meet
ing. Mrs. L. G.. Klenck was APP
pointed to represent the club at
the meeting of the district fedora
ton in Kalispell.
c. A. Robinson of Libby was APP
pointed deputy game warden Of
Flathead county.
Montana will be expected to make
the date on which enrollments I'M
der the selective CONSUMPTION plan
will be registered a state holiday.
Frank A. Young died in the local
hospital last Thursday as the result
of bullet wound received 10 days
previous while he was alone on a
road rfear Schank's ranch on the
other side of the river. That he
fingered that length of time before
death is considered remarkable in
view of the fact that the bullet en-
tered his cheek and passed out his
skull, penetrating the brain.
Due to large extent to the eff
forts of William Cady, large flock
of sheep--the first that ever came
to Libby--was unloaded at the To-
cal yards Monday. There were
$500 sheep in the flock They were
brought here from Great Falls and
will be grazed during the summer
on lumber company and private
lands that have been leased for the
purpose.
Libby captured first place in The
county track meet, with Eureka
taking second place. 1t was the
third annual meet to be held in the
county
The Libby Lumber Company ha,
completed its logging on Granite
creek and moved its two donkey
engines Monday to Mcmillan draw
Hugh Smith drove to Troy in hi.
new Overland country club cal
Saturday on a brief business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Petery of For
tine visited friends here during tn,
track meet.
Troy Items
The SnoWstorm mill is turning
out about carload of concentrate
every "a hours, with three shift
working in that period.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Greenough re
turned the latter part of last weel
after a three weeks visit in tn,
east.
Work on the water reservoir TO
the town plant is going ahead thi
week.
Miss Mary Hogan carried off frs
honors in the defamation contest
at the county field meet. Her topi
was. The Soul of the Violin
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-05-14
CALL FOR BIDS FOR ROAD OIL

Notice is hereby given that bids
for road oil will be received by the
City of Libby, Montana, not later
than five o'clock P. M. of May %,
1912. Bids are to be filed with the
City Clerk of Libby on 10000 to
10000 gal. 1890 per cent asphaltic
residue oil, commonly designated as
S. c. 8, road oil, and on 10000 to
10000 S. Cal oil. Prices submit
ted to be t. o. b. Libby. Montana.
The oil to be furnished in car or
truck lots at times during the sea-
son of 1912 as required by the City
of Libby. The City Council reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Done by order of the City Coun-
Gil, May 5, 1912.
R. r. VELDMAN,
1t City Clerk.