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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-02-27
C~HRONICLE-STAR AND
ADVERTISER CHANGES
TO SEMI ISSUE

Two Papers Weekly To BE Published Starting Tuesday;
Growth Of Pascagonla And M0Ns Point brings
New Service To Subscribers and Advertisers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15
NewHaven

The New Haven Rotary Club
enjoyed an afternoon of golf in
Mount Clemens, Thursday after
noon. followed by dinner a,
Kings Inn at $50 o'clock. This
event took the place of the regu-
lar dinner meeting on Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. Walter Willert, Mrs.
Chris Lubahn, Mrs. Louis Lieb-
zeit and Mrs. Myrtle Melkerson
were in Mount Clemens Tuesday
to attend the Lady Arbeiters
luncheon and card party.
Supt. and Mrs. E. F. Siefert
attended a banquet and meeting
of the All Club Council and
Service Club held at St. Clair
Inn Thursday evening.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Bull were MIR.
and Mrs. Lloyd Bull and son of
Deckerville, Mrs. Sophia Meier
and Charles VoSs of Armada.
MIR. and Mrs. Clyde Jones
were Saturday dinner guests of
Mrs. Anna Wurm at Pontiac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Willert
spent the weekend with Miss
Sylvia Card at Port Huron.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Broder-
lex of Detroit were Sunday
guests of Mr.. -and Mrs. Earl K.
Hoster.
MIR. and Mrs. w. F. Barck
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Paul See
man at Utica on Sunday.
Mrs. William Kendrick, Mrs.
Bert T. Will, Mrs. A. j. Bennett,
Mrs. William Will, Mrs. Clyde
Jones, Mrs. Judson Waite, Mrs.
Albert Will, Mrs. Clinton Sher-
man and Mrs. Glenn A. Bates at
tended the 50th convention IF
the Woman's Relief Corps Of
District No. at the Fort Shelby
Hotel in Detroit, Thursday and
Friday. Mrs. Kendrick, presi-
dent of John Stockton Corps was
named as District Color bearer
No. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dryer
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Bennett
called on Mrs. Emma LaForge Ut
the Port Huron hospital, Satur-
day evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Waite Of
Grand Rapids were Sunday
callers at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hart and also Mrs.
Emma Lunger.
Defense Stamps and Bonds
are again being sold each Tues
day at the New Haven high
school. The sales for October y
and Is totaled $107.45.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Kesner
were among the guests at fam
lily gathering Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Bobcean at MacOmb.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Tesch
and daughters we're Saturday
evening guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Tebelman in Highland
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Duncan
and MIR. and Mrs. r J. Jones
were guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Atkins in Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15
REMEMBERING PITY
CHAPTER XIX

S84IA8 = 4OAs SbA<k
Martin appeared already dead
His head had crushed look and
from his nose and the corner Of
his mouth trickled q thin dark
stream.
For the space of q breath, that
seemed ages long they stood, Pc
ter and Candace, arrested in at
titudes Of Mortified disbelief.
The shocked group gathering in
the doorway understood that: af-
ter oil, Dr.. Martin Corby, one of
their own! "-out on the high
way" the policeman was saying.
'They hit the back of q truck.
You should see their car. Folded
up. Like an accordion"
The attendants moved off, as
though they, still had work to
do, and with a sense Of night
mare repetition Candace heard
the sounds commence again, the
opening and shutting Of doors,
the squeak Of a stretcher- car
riase wheel. Still her limbs felt
locked, immovable.
Peter spoke. releasing her.
His voice. cool, peremptory. was
the voice of q doctor ordering
her to duty; mechanically she
moved to obey.
Peters hands were moving
swiftly, cutting away cloth,
deity probing. Under those
searching fingers Martin stirred.
his eyelids fluttered open. He
managed what was almost a
smile. Mouse. Pete" he gasp
ed painfully. Numbers up"
Peter said gruffly. Nonsense,
boy" but when he Strengthened
from that hurried examination
his own face was gray.
Martins gaze slid beyond
him, seemed to search for some
thing; when his eyes fell on Can
dace he had found it. "Candace,"
he said, "Candace Painfully.
A mere breath of sound. cts
been all wrong. Wrong. You
shouldn't have let me-
Peter nodded at a lowering
orderly then walked away, and
q screen was put round Martin
and Candace, closing them in
alone in a cold white stiffness.
Outside in the room q girl was
crying. She screamed once, a
shrill crescendo of pain and loss,
Martin, Martini" When he did
not even stir at that, when she
knew finally, irrevocably, that
Martin never would stir again,
Candace left him there and step
ped outside the screen, drawn
unwillingly, like a sleepwalker,
to that cry.
Peter looked up at her stand
ing there, eyes hard and bright,
face drawn, and he knew it was
over. The girl on the table did
too. She shrieked again. wildly,
and struggled to rise. An in
terne held her and Peter spoke
soothinsly, you're all right
There was the brief flash of q
needle against the exposed white
arm before its healing point
went home.
Candace had seen Faith Hart
shorne often, driving about in
her open car with her bright
curls blowing, or sitting outside
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15
. SERIAL STORY
OF BRIGHTNESS GONE
BY HOLLY WATTERSON se'...eaL Il:
coPvNiohr. toA4.
MA ogRvlCg. INC.


fiance DR.. Corby., The curls
were matted now the young face
smeared with tears and dirt and
discolored by an ugly forehead
bruise, the eyes that Candace
had seen crinkled with laughter
were bruised and discolored too,
Blue, those eyes, blue as a
smiling inland lake, but clouded
now with a brief too terrible to
be borne, q wild look, q lost
look. Candace had seen q look
like that once before, in eyes
that had stared back at her from
q mirror in a lonely hotel bed
room; the pansy dark eyes of an
other girl who had lost Martin
a long, long time ago. In
swift remembering pity she bent
to touch the girls straining
hand.
Faith clutched at her fingers,
searching her face with fierce
hunger. Nurse. did he-did he
say anything?"
The way of Martins going had
left the other girl with a Tester
ing core of bitterness; for her
sake this should be q clean
wound, one that would heal.
Candace lied gently, "He asked
for someone named Faith. He
said, Tell Faith I.love her"
She turned swiftly, made
blindly for the door. Peter
would cover her, he would know
she couldn't stand any more.
He was at the doorway as she
reached it. "Candace," he said.
His voice was warm, and COM
passionate. For a dizzying in
slant she fought with a longing
to clutch as that girl had done.
The moment passed. Pity! She
hardened herself. She wanted no
ones pity. She said bitterly.
Your perfect machine in oper-
alton, Doctor. The patients con-
dition called for something spe-
cial in the way Of treatment, and
your machine trotted it out"
His own expression hardened.
Perfect machines don't break
down in the middle of q job"
Peter worked with one eye on
her and another on the clock. He
watched Candace moving about,
obeying orders as in a daze, and
he was grateful for the confu-
sion that would keep anyone
from noticing that or his own
distraction. He dreaded the
blank moment that would come
after the HartshOrne girl had
been moved upstairs.
DR.. Patterson had been sum-
mOned, other staff members
swarmed about; he hoped that
the confusion would last until
the nurse who was to relieve
Candace, and his own relief, bad
come. He was almost prayerfully
thankful when the two-turned
up practically simultaneously
and they were at last free to
60.
He threw his topcoat about
his shoulders and waited to catch
Candace at the outside door
through which she must pass, He
grasped. her elbow and steered
her firmly past the nurses homo,
down the path to the road. II
she was feeling even remotely
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15

as he himself felt she wanted 10
run, she wanted to scream. to
release all the emotions pent up
inside her. 1t would be better
to walk her. Walk her until bod
lily exhaustion matched that Of
mind and nerves.
They were walking for an
hour before he felt her pace
slacken, falter. Wordlessly he
turned her about and started
back.
At the door Of the nurses
home he held her hands in his.
"Candace, want to tell you: !
let you in for this and I'm sor-
ry. asked Patterson 20 fi8 1t
so you'd work with me because
! knew that you wanted to run
away from me, from everything.
And / didn't want that. I didn't
think it would be good for you.
l wanted you to stanG and face
things. Now I'm not sure did
right"
She looked up at him DULY.
THAT isn't true. let myself in
for everything, from the begin
ming" She added questioningly
1.-THE girl? What Of herr"
There's q slight conclusion,
but no skull fracture. Multiple
Commissions and abrasions else
where but no fracture by X-ray.
There may be some internal in
jury, it's too soon to know def
nitely about that, and she's bad
ly in shock Of course; but as far
as I can tell now, she should be
all right" His concern wasn't for
her, it was all for Candace. "You
will be wanting to get away
now, l imagine?"
She said with weary surprise,
"Why now, more than before?
All this-this losing Martini"
she said, stiff-lipped. that real
ly happened q long time ago for
me. Tonight-doesn't make any
difference. Nothing-has chang
ed"
A sudden wave of bitterness
engulfed him. Martin living and
married to another girl would
have been one thing to fight,
Martin SO tragically dead would
be quite another. Even in death
Martin was playing dog-in-the-
manger.
And here he was, Peter
thought, still hanging around
hoping that sometime, somehow,
Candace would snap out Of it;
hoping that he'd be around when
it happened. 1t didn't look as
though she ever would now.
He said to her, You'll sleep?
You're all right?"
yes" But she had begun to
shake. She said, panicky, Peter,
l can't 60 back to Emergency!
/ can't"
"All right" he soothed her,
it'll be all right. Report your
self sick for few days. After
that we'll see"
Private duty" she suggested
anxiously. 1--WE been thinking
about that for long time"
"Yes, that's good" he reassur-
ed her. Eyes. 1t should be easy
to arrange"
(TO Be Continued
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15

WICHITA, KAS.-Halloween
will be celebrated without masks
if police chief Thomas Jaycox
has his way.
JaycOX vents an ordinance
against maskS--SayS Crooks and
saboteurs could hide behind
them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15

During the past 40 years, 49,
600 landowners in Pennsylvania
have planted ITO million seed
ling trees.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Personnel Policy

The steps President Roosevelt is
taking to subordinate Government
functions unrelated to the war effort
and to divert civilian manpower to
defense activities, should bring some
relief in the personnel situation here.
Time alone, however, will show if the
orders Of the past ten days on which
the program is based are adequate,
or whether a more positive attack
is needed to halt the uncontrolled
expansion which has brought up
wards of $4,000 employees to the
Capital in the past twenty months.
Success of the present measures
depends entirely on the extent to
which the Budget Bureau is able to
cut down on non-eSSentialS, for un-
less appreciable gains are made in
this direction, it is idle to expect
marked improvement. The fact that
the bureau can grant defense
status to one agency and deny
it to another to fix their relative
Importance in the war program is
meaningless unless there is corre-
spending effort to weed out surplus
personnel. Because Of real or fancied
connection with the defense pro-
gram, virtually every agency of the
Government has branched out and
added jobs since this country started
to rearm. Under its new grant of
authority to set aside reserves from
appropriations where the expendi-
lures provided for are deemed un-
necessary, the bureau should be quick
to curb any unit whose connection
with the defense program is ques-
tionable.
1t is only by enforcing reductions
in this quarter that personnel, in any
substantial amount, can be made
available for transfer to essential
work. The power given to the Civil
Service Commission to decide when
shifts are justified will work out in
individual cases-where an agency Is
unwilling to agree to the release of
an employe whose services are needed
elsewhere, for example. But the
commission could hardly reach into
an establishment and take away ten
stenographers because 1t was be-
lieved that they could be spared, and
there was more need for them else
where. That, in effect, is what must
be done, though, if the current effort
is to be successful.
For these reasons the Senate
should push its pending defense
personnel inquiry with vigor. There
will be no satisfactory reform until
some of the useless appendages of
Government are done away with,
and the President has made clear
that he expects Congress to take the
initiative in that respect.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Iqorot Warriors

General Douglas Macarthur, IN an
official report to the War Depart
ment, has paid particular tribute to
a company of Igorot soldiers Of the
Philippine Commonwealth Army who
especially distinguished themselves"
in an action which ended with the
destruction Of an entire japanese in
fantry regiment "early in February"
The story has been printed else
where and need not be repeated here.
What is worthy Of mention in this
place is the fact that q brief forty
years ago the Igorot people were the
bitterest enemies Of the Americans
in Luzon. Dwelling in the fastnesses
of mountains surrounded by thick
jungles, they enjoyed a reputation
for savage cruelty which veterans
Of the island campaigns of 1899
and 1902 have not forgotten. It
was alleged and never denied that
they practiced systematic head
hunting. The number Of tattooed
lines on the faces Of the men repre-
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Instunt of Beauty

Proud, upHtted through the gloom
OF the forests secret room,
Rise the antlers, interlaced,
Delicate and finely spaced.
Lustrous-eyed, he stands at gose
Scenting all the Woodland poys;
Listening, alert but still,
While the de,odrops, stlvsr, sItt1l,
Bead tDith shining fringe each fine
Silken hair and shdpely line.
All the forest, breathless, soaits,
While at ease he contemplotes,
Perhaps, the sunset, crimson, slo,c.
Perhaps, the stars, tDhose sudden
glo1o
Prick the sky NTH 5etoeled light,
Marking out the path for night,
Who ,palks above the tallest trees.
NotD the ptney-tragrcnced breeze
Stirs, and silent, Nth the stream
OF dark, he n,er0es Ike a dream.
NARY WILLIE sHMBURNE.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.

A reader cdn get the answer 10 any
question OF fact By iorittng The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdsktn, director, Washington,
D. C.. Please fnclose stamp for reply.
Q. How much did the First World War
cost the United States2-R. 4. 9.
A. Statisticians differ in the estimated
cost of the World War. According to
figures published in the Congressional
Record for October ~, 1889, the direct
cost was $1se, ,233, ,ss7 .0o7. To this may
be added indirect costs Of $l5l 81, So, 500,
Of which probably $1,000, ,000, 900 was
spent for war relief. Total costs to the
United States were more than s5o, o,0oo,-
100000. Recovery costs were at least
tl5,ooo, ,ooo, 900.
@. Which is the nearest heavenly body
to the earth2-R. z. A.
A. The moon is the nearest heavenly
body to the earth except the meteors,
its average distance being about 100000
miles.
O. How many churches are there In
the United States?-I. N. r.
A. According to the 1885 census Of re-
igious bodies published In ls41, churches
Of all denominations numbered 100, 800.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Wants Change" II Necessary
To Preserve Our Very Lives"

TO the Editor Of The Star:
There Is one thing that differentiates
the nations that so far have lost the
battles of this war from those who have
not.
The countries which have been pushed
around have been those whose ruling
classes have been unwilling to change
their ideas. Those classes have been
self-satisfied, complacent and afraid Of
new ideas. In fast-changing world
they have allowed the dead hand Of the
past (tradition) to govern their military.
economic and moral policies. Their
leaders have learned to play the game
one way and have lacked the initiative
and daring to learn it another.
Now, the Russians, the japanese and
the Germans started from scratch, took
what was good from the old ways, but
were not afraid to develop new tech
niques in both the economic and mill
tary fields. AS result they all three
have won battles.
1t is . mistake to say that 1--WE are
fighting to save our way of life" We
are fighting for far more than that; to
preserve our very lives and liberty, and
If it becomes necessary to change some
of our ideas and ideals to do it, that
should be done.
Remember, this world is now jungle
in which herds of humanity, called ma
tions, are fighting for feeding grounds,
and that the jungle rule still holds for
man, that "he may take who has the
power to take, and he may keep who can" !"
WILLIAM OWEN.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Pleads for Full Participation
In Cadets Competitive.

To the Editor Of The Star:
How can any one call the cadet COM
petitive drills educational waste"?|
To the average cadet, the competitive
drills are the high points Of year of
strenuous work. If only one battalion
and one company from each regiment
are allowed to compete. the effect on
the other companies will be disastrous
II one battalion or one company be-
comes outstanding, 1t will cause lax dis
cipline, q decline in enrolment and total
disappointment to cadet officers.
Some have complained about school
hours lost while cadets prepare for the
drills. At most schools more time is lost
in teachers meetings than Is lost by
cadet drilling.
AS for actual time lost on the competi-
tive drill field, I have never lost more
than two periods Of school time. For the
time and energy put into drilling by q
cadet, two hours Of school time,
which can easily be made up, Is little
enough reward. We are willing to work
hard all year II we know we can be in
the limelight Of high school activities
for two or three days.
CAPT. JOHN PALMER,
Regimental-adjutant, Sd Regiment,
Eastern High School.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdceapell.

inches. It Is o chunky little fellow, and
the red on its head Is seen only in
spring at the mating season. The female
is Q more modest greenish bird. In
neither sex is the white on the wings
very plain.
The goldhnch, or wild canary, as 1t Is
often called, is not recognized by some
observers when 1t is wearing its winter
dress. Then 1t Is on the greenish side,
not gray, in both sexes, but the white
bands on the wings are very distinct at
all seasons. The goldfnch is AZ to s
inches long.
Goldhnches seldom II ever eat Oh the
ground with other birds. They viii
not eat seeds and grains at feeding sta
tions unless fairly driven to 1t by starva-,
ton. Since they are capable songsters.
always able to wrest Q living from ma
ture, there Is not much chance that
they will be driven to 1t. There are al
ways weed seeds, seeds Of shrubs and
trees, to be had for the picking.
Few birds are more industrious. The
goldfinches can alight on bending stalks
with scarcely ripple, not even causing
the fragile branches to bend, but If they
do bend. the little birds 60 right down
with them, retaining their hold, even
II the branches touch the ground. In
this way they can eat upside down, If
necessary.
We have told before how these birds
like nothing better than chickweed, the
bane of many lawn.
Often a flock Of them will present q
perfect picture in chickweed, eating
away with such gusto that pretty soon
there is not seed left. This Is a much
better way of getting rid Of chickweed
than trying to pull 1t out by hand The
only trouble with the method is that so
much depends upon the arrival Of
band Of goldfinches at Just the right time.
Since these beautiful creatures do not
travel on schedule, but come and 90 in
a wholly capricious fashion, it may be
that they will not get around to the
chickweed in your own lawn. Never
mind. They are welcome at any time,
owing to the perfect picture which they
make. wherever they are, in trees, shrubs
or on weeds, high or low.
*&x&
We sometimes think that the little
birds are everybody's favorites, because
somehow they seem to be just what q
bird ought to be. We are so used to
having the words tiny" and little"
hitched on before the name Of bird,
that we are inclined to think Of all
birds as little The truth is that some
Of our most beautiful and dainty birds
are little only in comparison with the
observer. There Is nothing really small
about blue jay, for instance, yet he Is
as dainty in his way as any bird which
merits the term small"
The sparrow hawk, held in hand, Is
perfection in feathers, yet he Is far from
little, in any sense, except in comparison
with other hawks. Distance makes any
bird seem small. Large hawks high up
seem to have small wings, but If they
should come down to the treetops you
would see what large 'wihgspreads they
really have ~- $3.50
There has been too much speaking of
birds as "little." The diminutive tends
to give them an iendearing aspect which
/ too many persons think Of as wholly
feminine. Truly, there is nothing fem
mime about male cardinal, or q mock
ingbird in the spring making high-dive
at cat, dog or even human.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
PreventobIe Sabotage

A saboteur caught in the act of
pouring sand into airplane motors
and thus reducing their efficiency by
as much as 10 per cent would be
given maximum penalties under the
law and his arrest and conviction
would be dramatically told in head
lines all over the country.
Yet, a recent case of damage to
airplane motors from preventable
dust reduced the motors efficiency
by 80 per cent, required overhauls
costing $4,000 and will be repeated
again and again on tn, Nations dirt
surfaced flying fields for want Of in
telligent and relatively inexpensive
remedial steps.
The remedy lies in utilizing the
skill and experience Of our Depart
ment Of Agriculture scientists
through establishment of an advisory
service and research program on the
culture of turf grasses. The cost Of
such service has been estimated at
100000, in addition to training men
for the expert supervision Of turf
culture and maintenance on the
hundreds OF airf1elds, highways, can
tonments, defense housing jobs and
other such projects now under con-
struction all over the country.
The need for turf development is
already recognized, and many more
millions Of dollars are being wasted
in futile efforts to grow grass than
would be required to establish an
orderly plan for research and expert
supervision assuring the growth Of
grass. AS in so many other Of our
national undertakings, each of many
Government agencies goes merrily
along without reference to what the
others are doing. There Is enormous
waste, failure to benefit from what
has been learned in grass culture
and little or no success in making the
grass grow. Miniature "dust bowls"
are being created everywhere, and
new dangers are added to the haz-
ards OF flight training because Of
dust and mud that could be grass
covered.
It would require a relatively small
appropriation to enable the Bureau
of Plant Industry of the Department
of Agriculture to organize an ade-
quate research and advisory service
and to train supervisory personnel,