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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
o HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

at Salton Sea, and a more real
istic n d unpleasant location
couldn't have been found. This
watery waste, roughly Is by 40
miles, once was spilled into Cal
ifornia'S southern desert from a
Colorado river development and
lies 224 feet below ocean level
A sand bearing half-gale blows
most of the time, and cameras
have to be deliberately shielded
to keep lenses from being pit
ted. After a few days of desert
heat and flying grit, actors and
crew look as tough as the 60
real Leathernecks stationed in
the region.
SOME WERE THERE
OF the Marines who are as
sisting in the picture, Is were
on duty on Wake Island and
were transferred back to the
mainland only a few days be-
fore the wars outbreak. And
the contracting company which
was in charge of construction
projects on the Pacific outpost
has built the camp at Salton
Sea. Besides the tent houses and
other buildings, some of which
were erected to be destroyed by
bombing, a practical airport has
been built and will be turned
over to the government after
the filming.
The day l visited the location
wasn't good for much besides
crouChing in the lee of trucks
or tents and trying TO keep the
sand out Of our eyes. The action
was confined to a shallow beach
emplaCement where r o b e r t
Preston and William Bendix
were manning a machine gun
and waiting to repel Japanese
landing party. After some dis
Cussion of the ammunition stu
alton and "reminiscences regard
ing a blond in San Francisco,
they settled down to shooting.
FEW FLOPPED
A couple of hundred FilipinOs
had been hired, at $1,000 a day,
to play Japanese soldiers. Now,
after few false tarts, two
boats full of them rounded the
end of wrecked pier and bore
in toward the shore Under
hail Of fire, they jumped out in
shallow water and began wad-
ing.
Fall down, some Of you"
yelled Director John FarroW.
But not one fell until all had
reached the dry sand, and then
they began dying by dozens.
Farrow and his assistants had to
stop the shot and detail certain
men to flop, wounded, in the
water, while others were to be
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
High|ights from
the Latest Books

Two of the brighter lights of
American literature shine this
week with collections of their
works, most of them unpublish-
ed before, to bring JOY TO their
partisans and confuse their en-
emies. Few can be neutral about
this pair. The books are "Razzle-
Dazzle" (Harcourt, Brace: $3.50,
new plays and opinions Of Will
liam Saroyan, and VILLA m
Faulkner's Go Down, Moses"
random House: $2.50).
Saroyan, yielding to none in
his admiration of Saroyan, leads
off with a discussion of the the
alter in general and his contrib
utions in particular which sets
the pace for this sure to- be-read
book. He admits the public and
most people of the stage are not
prepared for his plays.
Best known of the Saroyan
works. in this volume is The
Great American Goof." AS do
most of his play, THE Goof'
reads as we'll as 1t performs, A
one-acter called The Hunger
erS' is about the best thing in
the book, and the funniest is the
lecture on Good Health, It's
Cause and Cure" from Elmer
and Lily" AS Saroyan says, eff
the critics have not yet agreed
with me on the value of my
work, it is still TO be proved that
| am not the writer | say | am"
Faulkner's new stories, intense
ly southern in background and
spirit, speak with that dreamy
violence and the perverse fatal
ism Of character w h C h have
made him famous, and this book
contains some of his finest writ
ing.
The title story is one Of his
best, full of pity and tragedy
The Bear" a longer tale, will
please many, while The Old
People" is an exercise in con-
trasting squalor and magnifi-
cence and is pure Faulkerian.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
BY PETER EDSOk
Monitor-leoder Washington
CorvexDondept

WASHINGTON, Moy g.
Thot segment Of the PoPulo-
ticn which has believed the
foke hue and cry that the in
vestigotion Of Father Cough
Inns Social Justice represented
q threat against all freedom
Of the press" might take into
consideration some Of the 9TH
er foIse rumors that have been
spread by like vermin. One lie
that has been whispered by
such people and has been troc-
ed directly to the women in
the Social Justice crowd is that
the moves to establish wom-
ems ouxiIiories for the Army
and Navy we're nothing more
than yelled white slave re-
cruiting drives to procure wom-
err for the soldiers and soilors
of the armed services. II there
is any suppression Of civil lib
critics in squeIchine people
who spread stuff like this, bring
on Hitlerism.
teen. Brehon SomeVell,
commander Of the Service Of
Supply, and his experts say it's
impossible to make any occu-
rate calculations Of how many
workers ore needed behind the
Iires to keep one soldier in the
field. There have been unotti-
cioI estimates running from
three to l8. The top figure is
obviously ridiculous, for on
that basis an army Of 10 mil
lion men would need $50 mill
lion workers in reserve, and the
total population Of the coun-
try, is only 80 million.
In the first World War, just
before the ormistice, the A. {.
F had about two million men,
SO per cent Of whom we're in
the Service of Supply. This be-
ing q mechanical or godeet
war, the supply problem is more
complicated, and the ratio may
be higher. But the effort is be-
ing made TO keep that rotio as
low as possible.
If you want q rough guess
Of how you'll be fixed at the
end Of this year or q year later,
here's one official economic
guess from the Henderson
stoft: BY the end Of 1912 the
standard Of living will be down
to what it was in 1895. A year
later, it will be back to the
level Of 1892.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
WE PROTECT FRANCE

Officially the State Department
must recognize the Laval government
unless some particularly viruIent oct
makes Vichy an active oily Of the
Nozis. Therefore we must continue to
receive and reply groveIy TO such COM
municotions as the protest against our
sending troops to protect New Gale
donio against the Jops.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
TOO MUCH EVIDENCE?

HILLSBORO, O.-This town,
noted as cradle" of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union,
was still blushing today.
A bootlegger'5 trial was in
progress when someone diScov-
cred a juror was drunk.
Judge George w. Mcdowell,
red with anger, dismissed the
jury, fined farmer Matt Collins
500 for contempt and declared:
Never before in my legal car
eer have l heard of such a thing.
This court has been insulted,
disgraced and embarrassed"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
@ MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorl-
tative answers below:
/. Should a bridegroom have
the wedding ring engraved with
his and the brides initials and
the date of the marriage?
2. If the bride gives the bride
groom a ring, is that also mark
ed with initials?
3. If a summer bride is being
married at the city hall or a par
Sonagc, may she wear street
length white dress and hat?
/. Should a bride who is being
married at the city hall wear a
long wedding dress and veil?
5. May wedding pictures be
taken either before or after the
ceremony?
What would you do if
You neglected TO send a we'd
ding gift to a bride who was
married several months ago and
feel badly about it
(a) Send { gift with a note of
apology for its being so
late?
(b) Feel that it is too late to
do anything about it?
Answers
I. Yes, or with a sentiment
=. Yes, or with a sentiment.
3. Certainly,
!. No.
). Yes.
Better What Would You Do
sOlution-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
LOSES NO TIME

YOUNGSTOWN, PA.-Principal
David j. BERT, supervising issu-
ance Of sugar-ratiohing cards at
the Airport school, said the
youngest member of family he
listed was a baby As minutes
old.
The father hadn't recovered
his breath from hurrying over
from the hospital" said BERT.
He declined to name the parent.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06

stopped on the beach and only
a few survivors would rush the
machine gun.
While the Chastened n m y
withdrew for another assault,
explosives experts remined the
beach with bombs which would
simulate shell bursts. The de-
lay would mean another day of
life for Preston and Bendix, but
they didn't especially appreci-
ate it. They had counted on dy-
ing gamely at their gun this aft
ernoon and later celebrating
with a ghostly little dinner par
ty across the border at MeXi-
cali.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
NO SERVANT PROBLEM

ST. LOUIS-Having lost her
houSeman to the army, and be-
coming fed up with maids who
talked back" a st. Louis mat
ron finally decided to advertise
for housekeeper who was, of
all things, deaf and dumb.
Surprisingly enough she OBJ
tanned one right away.
Madam is delighted. She is
now enjoying the courteous
smi es Of an obedient servant,
good food, an Immediately kept
houSe-and not one word of I'M
necessary conversation to take
up her time or white her
nerves.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
BY PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, May 6 - The
movies have finally got around
to a war picture in which the
hero or the second male lead is
not a coward or a rat or a moral
Weakling whose regeneration is
accomplished in the eighth reel
by a crisis in combat.
This epic novelty is Para
mounts Wake Island" and it
comes so close to being doCu-
mentary that the original story
is being credited to the u. S.
Marine Corps. The ending comes
in a weller of death and noise
and the sCuttling advance of
more and more and still more
Japanese. There is no Climactic
triumph beyond the establish
ment Of another bright chapter
Of the gallantry of American
arms.
They're shooting the picture
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
BRILLIANT VIOLINIST

Nicolo Paganini, who lived
from 1880 to 1910, was one of
the most brilliant violinists the
world ever has known. Noted
for his compositions for one
string, the G., he was able to ex-
tend the range of the G. string
TO four octaves.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
WE MUST HAVE SHIPS

r. con not be stressed too much or
roo often that ships will win or lose this
war
Shipping is the bottIeneck which
slows down production, because we
cont bring enough raw materials Into
the country. Shipping is the oottIeneck
which slows down our preparation TOR
tokino the offensive, because we can't
TRANSPORT and service enough eHPeo'-
tonory forces.
Nobody ever hos stoted the menace
of shipping shortage better than the
Arny's brilliant supply chief, Lieut.
Gen. Brehon SoneveIl, who said:
"Deod soldiers cont use the things
that are delivered too lote.
Exact figures on the shipping prob
lens ore miIitory secrets. But from
doto approved by censors it is possible
to point out some pertinent factors.
In World War the allies had use
of the combined tonnoges Of Britain,
the United States, ItoIy, Japan, France,
BeIoium and Greece, plus those of
smaller allies and benefit from much
neutral cargo space.
Now Japan and Italy, whose COM
bined tonnage at the beginning OF
1o4l was greater than that Of the Unit
ed States, ore against us. France hoV-
ina fallen, we have lost the use Of much
Of her shipping. The same is true OF
Greece.
In World War | ga gross tons Of
cargo capacity we're required for each
soldier we serviced in France,
In view of the long haul and mod
ern INFLAMMATION, this figure has
been multiplied several times. Probo-
bly, nobody will argue that we can get
by, in World War II, with less than
10 gross tons Of capacity for each SOL
der in our expedtionory forces.
Such q computation can not be ou-
thoritotive But it can point the way to
three conclusions:
First, we need more shipping, fast,
with which to bring row materials into
the United States.
Second, we need more shipping
fost, with which to transport and serv-
ice the expeditionoy forces that even
tuoIy will defect Hitler and the Jops.
Third, civilians must cheerfuIIy &C
cept transfer to war use Of every pos
sibIe ton of cargo space, and must poss
up everything dispensobIe which would
divert shipping that is badly needed for
the benefit Of United Nations fighting
forces
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
CAN HARDLY WAIT

BOISE, IDAHO-As soon as
Lloyd Emil Johnson, Providence,
r. l., is born, the Idaho depart
ment Of vital statistics will send
him the birth certificate he re-
quested by mail.
To the best Of my know
ledge" wrote Johnson, Il was
born in Boise, Idaho, Aug. IL.
1912"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
BY WILLIAM l.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Syracuse, n. Y, has been Of
ficia''y designated as the site of
the 1912 fall tournament. 1t
will give me great pleasure to
renew bridge battles there with
several Of my old friends. One
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
CIVILIZATION, UGH!

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.-The
white mans transportation prob
lem is heap big headache to
Chief ChaparisSon of the Warner
Indian reservation.
The chiefs ancient motor car
developed engine trouble, and he
abandoned it to go for a repair
man.
When he returned, he indig-
nantly told the sheriff, someone
had stolen three wheels and
tires.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
EARLY RATIONING

Maids of honor attached TO
the royal court in the reign of
Henry VIII had the following ra-
tons: Breakfast gallon of
beer and a serving of beef; din
ner-a gallon of beer and a piece
of beef; afternoon "snack"-a
gallon or ale and a handful of
bread; SUPPER gallon of
wine, mess of porridge, and a
piece Of mutton; after dinner
half a gallon of wine and a piece
of bread.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
SERVICE

REDMOND, ORE.--A fire, ar
irving by train, was met at the
railroad station by fire chief
John II. Behring'S and his boys
by appointment.
The firemen, called when
someone noticed smoke coming
from the freight train as it near
ed Redmond, quickly extinguish-
ed the b axe.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
BATTLE IN BOLIVIA

II the BOord OF Economic
Warfare we're Of q mind to do
SO, it might issue commune
ques, just as the Army and
Navy do, telling Of b q tt e S
fought on the fields Of inter-
national big business.
For instance, here is one Of
the engagements for which the
economic warrior stroteoists
might have TO map bottle lines
soon: Argentina, unable to get
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
RUSSIA'S ROLE

strange effusion Of April IS. Against
Der Fuhrer's renewed claim that he is
sovinq Europe from BoIshevism stands
StoIin's declaration that Russio's sole
aim is to defect the Nozis and drive
them from Soviet soil.
These flat contradictions from Ber-
lin and Moscow are Of interest to the
peoples Of the United Nations Princi-
polly because in q new form they
spotlight the basic choice between al
lance with Germany or with Russia
which existed before the war and may
be revived when the war ends. Indeed
there is good reason to believe that in
secret peace offers, Hitler is trying to
revive it at this moment For Russia
must be the key to any peace offensive
the Nozis attempt.
One outline of the kind Of bait Hit
Ter might hold out runs like this: Re-
store all Nozi conquests in western En-
rope, give Britain, America, the Chi
nese, and the Dutch q free hand and
economic assistance to reclaim all the
Japanese have taken, in return for the
same help against Russia.
This is the kind Of grand strategy
Hitler loves. To his mind it would be
great victory, cutting his losses, sov-
ing the vast empire in the East which
Mein Konpf shows he originally
planned, and avoiding the utter crush
ing by Britsh-Americon power SO
clearly heroIded for him in Raj raids
and American production reports. Be-
lieving others TO be as INSCRIPTIONS as
himself, he sees no reason why Britain
should not be bought by the promise Of
regoning her Empire, and America by
victory over Japan.
Hitler may not have made such on
offer, but since he failed to conquer
Russia last summer and since America
has entered against him, he has known
that some such scheme was his main
hope What spoils it utterly, Of course,
is his previous record Of bore-foced
mendocity. Both Britain and America
prefer to trust Stain.
Moreover, behind the words Of the
two men lie geographic and economic
factors which make Germany q for
greater danger to the United Nations
than Russia Russio's record, for all the
threats Of the Comintern, supports
Stains declaration that she has no
territorial ambitions Soviet agrees
sions were minor until the Nozis broke
loose and Moscow seized the buffer
territories which absorbed the first
shock Of titer's attack Lost summer.
HitIer's repeated populations Of his
mo more territorial claims" are too
we'll known to need listing.
Moreover Russia is, by geography
and history, the natural balance to
Japan, whereas the threat Of Ger
monys power and position has plainly
facilitated Tokyo's depredotons. Every
British or American tank and plane
that goes to Russia and brings nearer
HitIer's defect shortens the time in
which Japanese bandits can terrorize
the Pacific Nor is Russia such an eco
nomic threat to world stability as is an
expansive German outorchy.
Russia has been the most destruc-
tive enemy Of HitIerism; it holds also
the key to victory over Japan and the
best hopes Of shortening the war; and
continued close British-Americon CO.
operation with Russia may we'll be O
prime factor in keeping the peace both
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
NEXT?

NEXT?
MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO-
Farmer H NJ. Shorter is down
TO his barn now.
A fire destroyed his residence
and three outbuildings, leaving
only his barn and a chicken
house.
Then a windstorm blew the
chicken house away.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
THE HARD WEST

BOISE, IDAHO - The soft
days of relaxing on mohair
cushions while covering their
territories are about to end for
Idaho fish and game conserva-
ton officers.
From now on they will strad-
die a horSe-or walk.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06

More than half the population
of New York state is concentrate
ed in New York City.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
IEAKY NIAGARA

Big Washington news hos q
way Of leaking out long before
it is officially announced. a
lot Of it doesn't leak down the
gully, but the trickles indicate
what's coming. Thot wos por-
ticuIorIy true on the recently
announced General Moximum
Price Regulation. The leaks on
this schedule we're SO frequent
and SO many thot Dexter Kee-
ger, administrator Of the Con-
sumers' division, d u b b d it
THE Niagara Of Leaks. "
The War Labor Boord, which
is supposed to settle the labor
controversies that can't be con-
ciIioted, is up to its neck. The
board has had about rs coses
referred to it for settlement,
some y OF them beng inner
tied from the recognized No
tionol D e t e n s e Mediation
Boord. The board has settled
only 3O-odd coses.
Price Administrator L e o n
Henderson every now and then
has to get into whot he calls q
lecture on economics to ex-
plain some Of the background
for his onti-infIotionory moves.
"A lot Of people," he soys,
"hove had TO take courses in
Henderson | or Henderson II "
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06

The railway bug, tropical in
sect, is so called because of a red
light on its head.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-06
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
so YEARS AGO TODAY

so YEARS AGO TODAY
1892
AS The Monitor goes TO press,
news comes of the resignation
of Supervisor Upleger.
Miss A. Hall was named pres
ident of the Methodist Ladies
Aid Society.
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
Mrs. J. F. Berry, of Detroit,
is visiting with Mrs. Geo. A.
Skinner.
Paul Ullrich has been elected
treasurer of the Masonic lodge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30
STORY OF CAIRO sPEAKEAsY

STILL IN Cairo next day.
If my problem was merely rolling
sevens and elevens instead Of
seeing how fast l can get TO the
Indian war front. | would be a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-30

rich man today. My luck is as
hot as a can OF red fire on the
Fourth Of July. I'm getting away
tomorrow instead OF having TO
wait at least another week for a
plane seat.
Mike Morrison, who has been
here for two months and had been
ordered TO Delhi, got a telegram
from Chicago (Sun) today telling
him 10 postpone the trip. His
travel order was all issued for to-
morrow, so ! took IL over and the
British press officials merely
scratched out his name and wrote
In mine.
That may. have been slightly
irregular, but two OF the British
press officers here were with me
in France during the first stage OF
the war. and such ties do count.
Anyway, it's every man for himself
in this business. and you aren't
fussy about formalities.
CAIRO NIGHT LIFE
With this accomplished, I thought
a little celebration was in order,
so the lame British colonel and i
set out 10 see the night life Of
Cairo. We were told there wasn't
any. but we both have been around
a bit and we suspected there must
be some blackout curtains in this
town that conceal more than light.
The old night life OF Cairo, which
was strictly waterfront style. has
really gone. There's q military
governor now and he has laid down
the law in no uncertain terms.
Ne drinks of any sort may be
legally sold except from 10 to noon
and $50 10 10 p. m. What the
colonel and I were looking for was
some place that risked the punish
ment for violation of this edict
And so we found our speakeasy,
Cairo style.
PROHIBITION EXPERIMENT
How did we find IL? Well, we
had lived through prohibition.
Even the colonel was in America
for part OF that arid era. So we
followed the old rule and asked a
cop, A few piastres changed hands
and we followed his directions to
what will call the Arab Club.
Just inside the door. we became
members OF the club by signing a
couple of names In school copy
book. and walked into the bar.
There were a good many uniforms
there. including several of the
women's auxiliary services, and
trade was brisk.
They even had American canned
beer, for the equivalent of go cents
per can. That seemed pretty steep
but the Americans there (of course
there were Americans there), were
going for ii in a big way.
DRANK A COUPLE
The colonel and I had a couple
and then went along. He was very
insistent that the doorman remem-
Der his name so he could get back
again. II was only after we were
in the dark street again that he
realized he had forgotten himself
what name he had signed. But rs
we got in once unknown l guess
he can manage II again.
The colonel isn't going on with
me tomorrow. He has the nee
essary military papers but the
civil authorities won't let him out
because insufficient time has
elapsed since he had his yellow
fever injection. He'll have TO kill
time for another week.
Copyright, 1892 by King Features
Tomorrow; Devil.