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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20
CoNGR ESS

ABOUT CONGRESS
From time to time we have said some unpleasant
things about Congress and congressman. Apparent
~ our words hurt. We meant everything said and
as yet have been given reason to take back any
word or thought.
Nevertheless there is the chance thot we
fair in the aggregate because we're criticising
specific failures Of Congress, and could not pause
to fit each into dispossionote overall perspective
We believe thot Congress, by it's actions and at
ttudes, is doing itself ncoIcuobIe harm and we be-
Iieve thot anything which damages the prestige Of
Congress as an institution constitutes serious threat
to the very heart Of democracy.
We can not conceive Of democracy functoning
without strone alert capable, informed, couroge-
Gus representative legislative branch.
The present Congress as whole is not strong
olert, or informed courageous. Many congress-
men are capable but Congress is not Neither is Con-
gress in the true sense representative.
Congressman individually, so far as they can see
the light, try to represent those organized groups
which have influence in the congressmens districts,
which of mostly special interest pressure
groups.
But congressman as whole do not represent the
people of the United Stotes whole. Therefore,
by process Of IogoI|ine and mutual bockscrotchng,
major legislation is made into hodeepodee Of cotch-
vote items that in the long run inure the very people
they are designed to help
Here, them is the Offset We do not feel that this
Congress is particularly than its predecessors
in recent times We do not feel that most congress-
men are deliberately and consciously subvertng the
national interest for selfish reosons-though some OBJ
viousIy ore.
Over period Of decades Congress hos permitted
it's machinery to deterorote. Its members have fall
en- prey to the Ioudest and most frightening lobby
ists
In the current setting, only neor-eenius con-
gressmon can consistently follow the straight and mar
row path Of national interest. Since most members
do not approach eenuses but merely rother cop
able specimens of the genus citizen, they go ostroy
much too often
MANPoWER NEEDS
There are many differing theories as to the meas
ureent Of this countys monpower crisis. They range
from the theoretically ideoI-the roto-of.workers-
to-soIdier ideo-to the pessmisteoIy procticol-the
thots-oII-there-s, we've got to stop thesis.
E.A. Locke, Jr, Donald Nelson's assistant, sums
It up this way. Normally there about s. 900 900
eoinfuIIy employed workers. Next year we shall need
minimum Of So 900 900 for essential industries and
services, pus-he soys-"perhops up to Il, 900, 900"
in uniforms.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20

a Hollywood scenarist-the au-
thor of Destination Unknown"
Leon Enrol playing his
715th starring role in a new
RKO picture.
Betty Cradle, attired in an
old-faShioned 1890 CO stume,
gasping for breath after being
kissed by George Montgomery
for scene in "Coney Island. "
stop Sinking" she told
George. You're not that good.
They laced my corset too tight.
Edmund Lowe, who won
fame as a tough cinematic ma
rine, doing a female impersona-
ton for Murder in Times
Square" Cecil b. DeMille
proving he can take it by kid
ding himself, with a flock of
"yes men," in a government
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

the following questions, then
checking against the authorita-
tive answers below:
1. Is it all right to tell a man
who has just gone into service
how nice he looks in his uni
form?
2. If a service man sends his
picture to a girl, should he
write an ardent message on it?
3. Does it show i'll manners
for a man to appear at a party
with his clothes impressed and
his shoes unshined?
4. If you hear definitely that
a friend has received promo
ton in the Army, should you
write him q letter and con-
graduate him?
S. If you have a friend whose
son is in the service, should you
inquire about him when you
see her?
What would you do if
You are talking to a middle
aged woman
(a) Tell her how young she
looks?
(b) Don't emphasize her age
in any way?
Answers
1. Certainly.
2. No. Not unless he wants
her to be razzed by her family.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(b). 1t isn't until peo-
pie get old that other folks
start telling them how young
they look-so don't make per-
sons feel old by insisting that
they look young.
I. If you are having a meal
on the diner of a train and pas
sengers are standing in line to
get into the diner should you
take time to smoke a cigaret af-
ter you finish your meal?
2. If a woman with q tiny
child is waiting in line behind
you to get into the diner, should
you give your place to her?
3. In a crowded diner should
one complain because service is
slow?
4. If you can eat a meal on
arrival instead of on the train
and the diner is badly crowded,
should you do so?
5. Should you complain all
the while you are travelling
about how crowded the trains
are?
What would you do if
You have a house guest arrive
and you are not sure whether or
not he had dinner on the train
(a) Ask him in q manner that
indicates you have something for
him to eat if he did not?
(b) Say, II suppose you've al
ready had dinner?
(c) Don't mention the subject?
Answers
/. No.
2. Yes.
3. No.
4. Yes. That helps to relieve
the crowded condition.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20

A writer says an extravagant
girl usually makes q poor moth
er. First. however, she makes
q poor husband.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20

4. Yes. That heIpS 70 reIIeVe
the crowded condition.
5. No. That Is situation
that can't be helped.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(a).
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
HAZEL NEWS

MIR. and Mrs. Clovis Phillips
are the proud parents of a new
baby girl
John and Bert Sutherland, Ho
bert Kiser and Frank Woods
were shopping in st. Paul last
Saturday.
Helen Kiser is getting along
nicely with the school at Ivy
Spring.
Mrs Ruth Mccoy is staying
with her daughter, Mrs. Clovis
Phillips, for awhile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy Laforce
have fine new boy.
Most everyone here is busy
taking care Of their beans and
canning peaches.
Leafy Wise and Julie Kiser
spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Noel Sutherland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Sutherland
spent last Sunday at the home
of Holly Kiser.
Richard Rasnick was here this
week and bought truckload Of
cattle.
Leah Kiser spent Wednesday
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
Workers Should Secure
Duplicates Of Lost
Social Security Numbers

Persons who intend to apply
for work in any war industry
should secure duplicate account
numbers Immediately, if their
original cards have been lost, it
was announced by the Social Sc
curity office at Bristol. While
original cards can be issued i'm
mediately, these duplicates are
.ssued by the Baltimore records
office of the board, and it re-
quires approximately one week
to receive the card.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
ON POUND RIVER

Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Willis
spent Friday and Saturday mite
with S. j. McFall and family.
Mrs. Faye Hill and children
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmer Null
Inns Sunday.
Luther McFall, employed at
Fairfax, was visiting here Sun
day.
Thaddeus Short is having a
flue built at this time.
Everett Short visited at the
home of Bee McFall Monday.
Services will be held at Little
Zion church Saturday and Sun
day. Services will be moved to
the home of Morgan Mullins on
Saturday night in honor Of his
son. Ballard, who is in from the
army. Everybody be sure to at
tend.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13

won, the plan set down by Pres
ident Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill of Great Britain
in the Atlantic Charter and since
accepted by all the % nations
fighting with us against the Ak
IS tyrants.
What this charter says is that
the United Nations intend to
build a world in which free Deo
pies may live in peace and a
world in which these nations
may trade freely, the one with
the other This would mean a
world loyal to the ideal of those
Four Freedoms named by Presi-
dent Roosevelt: Freedom of
Speech, Freedom of Religion,
Freedom from Want and Free
dom from Fear.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
X X
WhotHo~41s1M>M
WAN BINDS

When the American Expeditionary
Force landed in Ireland recently
newspapers reported the citizenry
remarked at the similarity of the
steel helmets worn by our boys with
those worn by German troops. These
steel hats are protection from shrap-
mel fragments and other light mis-
siles. We need thousands of them
for they are a regular issue to every
American soldier
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
EAST END NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. James Besseck
announce the arrival of baby
boy on Aug. 7, wei Ching pound
and 5 ounces. It has been named
James Joseph.
Miss Goldie Mullins is staying
with her sister, Mrs. Besseck.
Babe Stanley visited Brown
Porter Monday of last week.
Everyone here is sorry to hear
Of the death of Billy Conn, little
son Of Madge Younce. 1t was
buried in the Colly Cemetery on
Sunday afternoon.
The father Of B. B. McThenia
is visiting friends here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mullins
and Mrs Harold Hughes called
at the home ofJames Besseck on
Sunday.
Mrs. Hampton Osborne and
daughter, Virginia, visited with
friends here Sunday.
Miss Virginia Osborne left on
Tuesday for Kingsport, where
she will visit friends while II ok
ing for employment
Miss Bertha French spent Sat-
day night with Virginia Os-
borne.
Rant Mullins did not work
Tuesday because of sickness.
Mrs. Brown Porter and chill
dren called at the home of Don
aid Mullins Friday.
Joe Baker called at the home
of Mars Mullins Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Deloach visited
with friends here Thursday after
noon.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
More About
THE HOME FRONT
(FrOm page one)

man who can work will be need
ed. Already, in Oregon and Con-
necticut, volunteer registration
of women has been held and in
Akron, Ohio, plans are on foot
for a house-to-house canvass of
women willing to accept jobs. At
Detroit, where labor needs of
war production plants far exceed
the supply, it is hoped that $4,000
women will accept employment.
In modifying our womanpow-
er for war we are following in
the footsteps Of our Allie, who
long ago recognized, as our enc
mics, too, recognized, that total
war requires the full effort of
every person capable of doing a
job. In England, 100000 Wo-
men are working in factories
comparable, on comparative
population basis. to 16,50O,000 in
this country. In Russia, some 80
100000 women are working
many actually in the fighting
line. And Germany, two years
after the start of war, was believ
ed to be using 9,4OOO,OOO women
in war production.
This is going to place a heav-
Ter load on women who remain
in the home-on women whose
lives already been dislocated by
war. who have fewer labor-sav-
ing devices to help them and
more work to do.
Some Thinking In Order
It is we'll that we think now
and then of what will come after
the war and make such plans as
we can for that time, both as in
dividuals and as members of
community of nations. This week
August 14-is the first anniver
sary of the master plan for a bet
ter world after the war has been
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13

Wasted money is wasted
. lives. Don't waste precious
: lives. Every dollar you can
spare should be used to buy
War Bonds. Buy your ten
. percent every pay day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13

with Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Suther-
land.
Grover Rasnick is building
new dwelling house.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13

A smart strap fastens under the
chin and they are padded for COM
fort. One steel helmet costs SIS SO
every time you fill a SIS stamp book
you are buying protection for an
American soldier Invest at least
ten percent of your income in War
Bonds every pay day. Help your
community reach its War Bond
Quota. Us 7rcosu,,, D DEPARTMENT
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13

These intrenching shovels are
used by the Marines around camp,
digging trenches, setting up barbed
wire entanglements and in many
other ways. Your purchase of War
Bonds and Stamps every pay day can
readily equip our forces with these
necessary implements for warfare.
Invest at least ten percent of your
income every pay day. Buy War
Bonds and Stamps from your bank,
your postoffice and at retail stores.
u. S. Treasury Department
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
The Dickinson County
Herald
Fitz S. Beverly, Manager

Entered as second class matter
Aug. IL, 1889, at the post office
at Clintwood, Va, under the Act
Of March 3, 1879.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13
4 K
MlA0tHo~R~1MiM
| WAN Bonds
4 X

When the Marines get their serv-
ice pack, there is included therein
bright shiny new shovel cased in a
muslin carrier. The shovel costs 68
cents and the carrier SO cents, or
SLOT for the ensemble.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-13

Published Every Thursday
In
BEVERLY'S PRINT SHOP
Clintwood, Va.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Two Vessels Hit
Bv Allied Bombers

CAIRO, Aug. 10 CUP) - Ameri-
can and British fliers were re-
ported today to have scored direct
hits on two ships, and possibly to
have damaged third, in what was
offirially described as a highly sue
cessful daylight raid on Axis ship
ping at Benghazi.
Many bombs were dropped on the
targets, 635 miles west of the Brit
ish desert lines. Direct hits were
certainly made on two of the ships,
it was reported.
The brunt of the attack was
carried out b. big American bomb
ers of the Consolidated or Flying
Fortress type which made the long
haul to the chief Axis base in Libya
while light bomberS attacked Axis
reinforcements and supply shipping
off the Egyptian coast.
The light bombers also raided
enemy positions behind the front
lines west of Ell Alamein, where
British ground patrols continued
active.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
HoIIywood's
FoncieS

By Paul Harrison

ficial we know there's a lot of
talent going to waste, and we wish
there we're a lot more little-theater
groups and good dramatic schools
where more people could get train
ing and could be seen.
Sure we need players. Look at
Metro, the studio that built up the
so-called star system and that now.
has the biggest contract list of fea-l
tured people and stars in the busi-
ness. Yet Louis B. Mayer (execu-l
tive head of M-G-M) SAYS the pub
lie is tired of looking at the same
old faces on the screen, and that
new players must be found and
developed
Hollywood's attitude toward as
piring writer's and composers is
much the same, except that here
there is the additional hazard of
damage suits charging plagiarism
Unsolicited manuscripts are re-
turned unopened to forestall future
accusations that story plots or
tunes were stolen and used without
being paid for"
The movies have learned that it
is safer and cheaper to deal only
through established agents. Un-
fortunately for unknown writer's.
the better agencies won't look at
their stuff either. This situation
leaves the novice only one sure
approach to. the attention Of
agents and studios. and that is
through the medium of print, in
book or magazines. Similarly, a
composer gets no attention from
the studios until he has had few
published, broadcast or recorded
songs. ="
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Americans Smash
At Jops in 1st
Offensive by U.S..

the decisive phase.
Eight months after Pearl Harbor,
the United States and other United
Nations forces had launched their
first big scale attempt to roll back
the japanese from the South Seas.
The entire Pacific was becoming
gigantic theater of operations
of the greatest moment.
BLOW AT KISKA
A strong United States task force
had struck suddenly and heavily
at the Japanese invasion forces at
KiSka, in the AleutianS off Alaska
In Hawaii, the Army under Luiet
Gen. Delos C. EmmonS, was on a
day and night alert and held dra-
matte mancuvers yesterday simu-
lating defense against a sudden at
tempt by the japanese to invade.
In tacit warning of the danger
that still lurked in Hawaii, it was
announced that a United States
provost court had sentenced five
Japanese workers at the key Ha-
waiian airport of Hickam to pri-
son terms of from nine months to
one year for attempting to induce
other to slow up work.
JAPS BOAST
The japanese already had start
ed making inflated claims of sue
cess in the Solomons Island battle,
as they had done at Midway and in
the Battle of the Coral Sea three
months ago, which started in the
same waters in the Tulagi Island
area of the Solomons where a mo-
mentous engagement was now be-
ing fought.
Japan claimed the sinking of one
battleship, seven cruisers including
two Australian, four destroyers and
at least 10 transports, the damag-
ing of three crusires, more than
two destroyers, at least one trans
port and the downing of Al planes.
Japan admitted damage to two
cruisers and the loss of seven
planes.
Admiral Nimitz made no claims.
His situation was as it had been
in the battles of Midway and the
Coral Sea when any premature
announcement would be of aid to
the enemy.
Reports up to last night indicated
that though the battle was entering
it's decisive stage the turning point
might not have been reached by
yesterday, the third day of the
fight which started Friday when
the Allied forces attacked enemy
installations at the southeast end
of the struggling Solomons.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Raj Big Bombers
Blast German Rail ,
Factory Center

LONDON, Aug. 10. (UP)-British
long range bombers, reSuming a
powerful offensive against war
industrial western Germany, made
concentrated attack during the
night on the great railroad and
factory center of Osnabruck.
Well informed statements that
only a minute percentage of the
planes engaged were lost. and Off
cial admission that six of the
great bombers we're missing in
dicated that the raiding force had
run we'll into the hundreds.
Germany admitted that several
fires had been started, as usual
in residential quarters
While the British planes were
attacking Osnabruck, on the main
Ruhr Bremen Hamburg railroad
and one of the two chief commune
cations centerS of all western Ger
many, smaller forces bombed other
towns in northwestern Germany
and lighter craft, on intruder OPP
erations, struck at airfieldS in Hol-
land and Belgium to keep night
fighters down.
Fighter command planes bombed
docks at LIE Havre on the occupied
French coast.
Western Germany had been
bombed four times last week and
in resuming the attack today, avi-
alton quarters said, the Royal Air
Force was continuing carefully
charted plan to concentrate on
railroad and industrial centers.
Three OF small force of enemy
planes which raided the Midlands
and other British areas during
the night we're destroyed by night
fighter planes and gun fire.
One of the enemy planes downed
was a Heinkel which crashed into
the streets of town, exploded
and was blown to pieces.
The plane set fire to a house it
hit, and caused some casualties.
Some new phosphorus bombs
we're among hundreds of incendiary
bombs dropped near southeast
coast town, but they fell in a wheat
field-fortunately already harvest
ed-and did no damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10 - About
once a year this department is
moved, reluctantly, to write an open
letter of advice-and in many cases,
I'm afraid, of discouragement-to
readers who happen to be aspiring
actors, actresses, scenarists and
song writer's. The volume of mail
I've been getting lately is evidence
that it's time for another general
reply In fact, I am writing now
in Self-defense, because many Of
the letters are reproachful and
some are down right indignant
why do you claim that Holly
wood needs new talent?" they
chorus. Il have written to all the
studios, submitting pictures, and
some have not replied at all and
some have answered that their tai
ent requirements are all filled at
this time"
The form letters sent out by the
movie companies in such cases are
deliberately discouraging and per-
haps are misleadingly phrased be-
cause the studios will not consider
applications made by letter and
photographs. Talent scouts or other
executives must see prospects in
person, either in interviews or, pre-
ferably, in action on a stage. This
is why every motion picture outfit
has representatives who roam the
straw-hat circuits, visit little-th-
ater groups and attend college dra-
matte club productions.
eff a person who wants to be q
movie actor hasn't ability or de-
termination enough to get into
some sort of organized ,heatricals
we don't want him." said one Of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
yANKS LAND

AT A BRITISH PORT. Aug 10
CUP)- A very large contingent of
United States troops arrived at
this port today and left immcdi-
atcly for training camps somewhere
in rural Britain.
Superbly equipped and tough
looking, the Americans we're in high
spirits and swung from the docks
Immediately to special trains.
Hour after hour tenders piled
back and forth between the Ameri-
can troop transr orts and the dock
as the troops were brought ashore.
As they landed. q Scots Army
band greeted them with rousing
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
BY FRANK TREMAINE

UNITED STATES PACIF FIC
FLEET Headquarters, Pearl Harbor,
Aug. 10 tUP) - United States sea,
air and land forces aided by Au-
stralians smashed for the fourth
da% today into the Japanese-held
Solomon Islands in the first great
American offensive of the war.
Meager reports to Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz, commander in chief
in the Pacific, who directed the mo-
mentous battle from his headquar-
ters here, made it plain that the
Allied forces retained the initiative
and their offensive was entering
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
By HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Aug. 10. CUP)-Ger-
man panzer forces have smashed
Russian dcfenses in the Kropotkin
area of the northern Caucasus
and are streaking toward Armavir
and the oil fields of Maikop, dis
patches from the Caucasian front
said today
Furiously fighting Don and Ku-
ban. Cossack cavalrymen killed at
least 1000 in two actions-1,0 900
Rumanians and 5000 Germans.
Having broken through around
Kropotkin, the Germans were push
ing along paved highways, graveled
roads and across sun baked steppeS
toward Armavir, to join forces
with Germans already fighting in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

Sousa marches, striking up as the
first am ndropped his duffle bag
on the dock.
1t was evident that the troops
liked their greetings.
Il thought only American Army
bands could play Sousa as II ought
to be played" a soldier said to a
United Press correspondent.
1T sure is good to see Scotmen
wearing their tartans." another
said.
As the trains pulled out Of the
soldiers leaned from a window and
eheered as the band again struck
up a Sousa march
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Russ Defenses Smashed

that area. 1t is as miles to the
southeast from Kropotkin to Arm
avir, and the next German objec-
tive was the Maikop oil field, the
source of Russia's best aviation
gasoline, 55 miles southwest of
Armavir.
CT.'~ German hi6'l command
claimed last night that IMaikop
had been stormed and captured,
as we'll as KraSnodar, 60 miles to
the northWeSt)
REDS FALL BACK
The So3iet neon commupique
reported that the enemy was striv-
ing to advance in the Armavir
area, and that, after bloody bat
ties, in which five German tanks