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HOROSCOPE E "The stdrs incline
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

| THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 In the horoscope for today are signs of great significance, since they mingle warnings with fair promises. Great national strength will be revealed under portents of supreme test.
 HEART AND HOME: Health should be carefully safeguarded un- der this configuration. Much ill- ness is presaged. Nerve straiu should be avoided as the winter progresses. Apprehensions must be prevented by a positive attitude of mind which declines to accept anything disappointing as actual except what is happening. The con- tagion of thought will be appar- ent as tendency to dwell upon what is threatening or proving un- fortunate increases. It is wise to expect what is good.
 USINESS AFFAIRS: Trade may lag slightly, but prosperity will continue for wage-earners. There is a warning sign for labor which continues under sinister direction of the stars. The death of man conspicuous in the coun- cils of industrialists and workers | is forecast.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Discussion of changes in educational systems may be widespread as the vision of a changed world causes a reali- zation of the need of preparing for novel postwar conditions
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS :: Pluto exerts an unfavorable in fluence in the Far East where storms and earthquakes are likely to add to the misfortunes of Ja- pan. The winter may be severe in many places where war continues to lay waste to cities and nations The United States Navy is to be exceedingly active in the Pacific Ocean where disaster will overtake any aggressive movement of forces l hostile to the United States.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of ex- citing events in which what is most unexpected may prove fortu- nate.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be exceedingly talented in science or the arts. They have the forecast of success in brilliant careers.
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CHURCHILLS PEANUTS

Winston Churchill didn't drop in on the President when he returned to the White House after his smash . hit speech to Congress. Neither did he immediately resume his crowded schedule of confer ences.
 The first thing the Prime Minis ter did was buy a bag of peanuts.
 A messenger was sent out to make the nickel purchase from Steve" famous Greek peanut ven dor who holds forth outside the White House grounds at East Exec utiVe and Pennsylvania avenues.
 Then Churchill walked out into the garden behind the executive mansion and fed the squirrels, for which, like Falla, the Presidents dog, the Prime Minister developed great fondness.
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WAR NOTES

Spending $233,Oo0,OoO a year for Army rations, the Quartermaster Corps has become the largest buy
 CT of food in the country. Average number of calories per man per day is 4,5oO. Before buying cloth for Army raincoats, the Quartermaster depot in Philadel- phia tests it with a machine that creates an artificial rain storm. Lend-lease officials were puzzled by British request for horn and hoof meal" manufactured from
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MODERN ETIQUETTE 0y RoRrRrA 1rr

O. If one does not being introduced should he do?
 understood it is quite in order to I'm name' always well the introduction
 Should stationery?
 stationery the he afford. letter written little featered writes
 O. happens to choose the place the butter the pate
 A. probably will apologies
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O-CALLED" FREE FRENCH

However, on the morning Admir- al Muselier placed the Free French flag on St. Pierre-M -Miquelon, Sec retary Hull, getting the news at his breakfast table, hurried to the State Department and OK'd a seathing statement, castigating the ''so- called" Free French.
 This upset the British consider ably, because they had been en- couraging the French people to think of the Free French not as q "so-called" government, but as a government more truly free and representative of the French peo- pie than Vichy.
 Also it upset the Jugoslavs, the Butch, the Greeks and a lot of other "socalled" governments which have been maintaining headquar- ters in London and have been call ing themselves the real govern ment of their countries = even though in exile.
 However, Secretary Hull seemed to be even more upset than t h e British. He had made a deal with Vichy's Admiral Robert in Mar unique few days before, by which Admiral Robert was to keep an eye on St. Pierre -Miquelon. And he felt this agreement should be kept. So, his Tennessee dander up, MT. Hull cabled U. s. Ambassador Winant in London to take up the matter with the British Govern rnent.
 Ambassador Winant, in turn, went to Malcolm Macdonald, Min ister of Colonies, who was upset that the United States and Britain should be working at cross -purpos-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-07
Entire Auto
 Industry |'! J } Now. }
 In War Work
Conversion of Factories for Production of Defense
 Goods Under Way

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-William Knudsen, OPM director, today called upon the automobile indus try to make deliveries this year of 5000, ,0O0,0 900 to $6,o0O, ,000,000 worth of weapons and other war goods.
 Knudsen told reporters during a recess of meeting with POO top ranking auto makers, labor leaders and government officials tha everybody expressed a willingness to cooperate in the program of con- verting virtually the entire industry to war output
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LOOK and LEARN %. c. GORDON

surgical operation performed 9. many pure gold contain? United longest full names?
 Which the Spanihspeakng city in the world? 5. a the road?
 ANSWERS:
 Tonsilectomy.
 3.
 Rutherford Richard Franklin Delano Roosevelt whose 23
 Aires
 And be a friend "The House by the Side of the Road, by Samuel Walter
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Chinese Consulate has issued iden- tification buttons to help Ameri- cans tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese. The insig- mia shows Chinese and American flag.
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One of the defense program commission men told congressional committee that his bank balance was $1.25 November 28, 1940 and over STA 900 on December l, 1941 Sometimes be as use- full a pair of trick dice.
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stopped in Canada to talk to Cana
 dian Naval Minister Angus Mac Donald, and also picked up some American newspapermen to witness the taking over of the two islands.
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They have perfected electron microscope which will magnify things up to 100000 times. It ought to be useful in the post-mortem to see if Adolf Hitler had heart.
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BROKEN LENSES

Are promptly replaced in our own shop. pr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Building. adv.
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Certified
 (hinanlen

NEW YORK, Jan. 7-American- born Chinese and Chinese ne- tionals will be known by the but tons they wear from now on. The
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Washington MerrY- Go-Round

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MOE ANNENBERG

After being rebuffcd twice by
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James Freeburn and daughter leit on the An the previous evening for the Chichagof mine. sM
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Miss Harriet Sey was happily surprised at h friends, the occasion being her birthday.
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Mae Murray starring in The A. B C. of Love" at eatre while Douglas MacLean starred in The Jabr liSeum.
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Frank Metcaf mineral surveyor passenger on the fer Chchagof he planned remain for time dol he
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21

isn't going to order because the
management doesn't allow
lounging. Me, the gal who ord
cred a Scent coke in the drug
store every day after school and
spent hours reading all the
movie fan magazines"
Of course Lana doesn't spend
all her time behind the soda
fountain in the picture. This
place where she works, the
Coast to Coast Small Change
Mart, is in one of the dullest
towns in America. And final
ly she gets fed up with it.
Then she leaves the sticky
spoons and the gooey bottles and
the ice cream behind and poses
as the long-lost, amnesia-suffer-
ing daughter of a millionaire,
played by Walter Brennan.
But eventually she decides
she'd rather be back behind the
soda fountain instead Of rolling
in luxury as millionaire s
daughter. A guy named Robert
Young, with whom she falls in
love, has something to do with
il.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21

Supply part of the WPB-OPA
setup is becoming increasingly
important in Washington, under
the new GIMP or Controlled Ma
terials Plan which will allocate
all scarce materials.
In deciding how little petrol.
cum products the civilian econ
omy will have to get along on,
OCS is merely reaching out for
control, and is cutting the heart
right out of MIR. Ickes' Office of
the Petroleum Co-ordinator for
War.
Naturally, Mr.. Ickes doesn't
want this to happen, and his ad-
visers say he has written a let
ter for the President to sign,
which would give OPC control
over OPA on these matters. So
far the letter is unsigned.
Either way it falls, it would
appear that the gas ration for
the II eastern states at least
would have to be cut and when
that happens, the above will ex-
plain in some measure what the
behind the scenes fight was all
about.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
q A K @ 8
y A Q j 10 6
q K 7 6 3
= None

Here is one of the outstanding
hands of the contest. The deal
was mostly played at three no
trump, and most players made
the contract but missed the extra
trick through lack of foresight.
For example, where the dia-
mond deuce was opened, West
made his queen, led back to the
ace, and East shifted to a spade.
Dummy won and North got in
with the diamond jack to lead
the king of clubs. West return
ed spade and the jack won,
and North cashed two top clubs,
peeling down to the ace and
queen of hearts in dummy. Now
he could not risk the heart fin
esse, so had to cash nine tricks
and give up trick at the end.
When in with the jack of dia-
monds, North should lead the
nine of hearts with the intention
of letting it ride. If it wins,
four odd is sure. 1t 1t loses,
three-odd is safe.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON



Lana Turner, the little high
school girl, who was discovered
by the movies, in front of soda
fountain, stood behind one yes
terday and discovered your Hol-
lywood correspondent.
Yes sir, we Just walked into
the Coast to Coast Small Change
Mart, sat down on q soda foun-
tain stool and there was Lana
scooping ice cream for a Jumbo
Banana Split. And what's more,
she was blindfolded. Yes, blind
folded.
A customer had ordered the
Jumbo Banana Split. "A tricky
order even when you can see.
But the blindfolded Miss Turn
er went into action like a drug
store Commando.
Two steps right-a dish. Back
a step-a banana. Split it with
a knife. Three steps to the
right-ice cream ladle. Three
scoops of ice cream. Ladle of
fudge. Reach-in ice box.
Whipped cream. Nuts, sprink-
led evenly. A cherry.
THE AWAKENING
There" said Lana, remov-
ing the blindfold. But by this
time we were occupying the
fountain stool where the custom
er was supposed to be.
mice going" we said, digging
into the Jumbo Banana Split.
"You-you-" Lana thought
fast. She whirled around to the
cash register and punched out a
$3.50 check.
She whirled around again.
laughing.
1.-Two dollars and fifty cents,
please" she said.
1t was worth it. Who would
Mt dent the family bankroll for
a Jumbo Banana Split, or even
little chocolate malt, with
Lana Turner on the side.
Yep, after six years Lana
Turner has completed one of
those Hollywood cycles - from
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
. BARBS

One of the slushiest things
about snow is the poetry it in
spires.
Their dislike for K. P. duty
didn't stop the American SOL
diers from hopping up in Egypt.
Opportunity may knock only
once at your door, but you can
always find it hanging around
town these days.
~. An Illinois couple danced "a
hours without stopping. Then
they probably called it a day.
Remember when nom used to
hide money in the old coffee
pot? She's hiding coffee there
now.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tions, then checking against
the authoritative answers be-
low:
/. Is it all right to flick ashes
on the carpeted floor of hotel
room?
2. II you find you are going
to be late to an appointment
and it is possible to telephone
and say so, should you call?
3. If there are women get
ting on an elevator, should a
man step back to let them enter
first?
4. Should you give your
number to the elevator operator
when you get on the elevator If
you are the only passenger?
5. If you are staying in no.
tel should you say Good morn
ing to the elevator operator
when you 60 to breakfast?
What would you do if
You are packing to leave on a
trip when friends stop by to see
YOU
(a) Tell them casually what
you are doing as soon as they
arrive so that they won't stay
long?
(b) Feel you must pretend
that you aren't busy?
Answers
/. No.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
GET RID OF THE PENNIES

hoyounester has So pennies in toy bank, he is
hoordine enough copper for making another Gorond
rifle with which to shoot Jops and Nozis.
Let the kiddies save their pennies by all means.
Encourage them to do So
But as fost as they have enough let them buy war
stops or. at Ieost exchange the coppers for coins
made from less critical metals.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
, IN HOLLYWOOD

an unknown in front of soda
fountain to q movie star behind
a soda fountain. She goes be-
hind the fountain to play a soda
jerker for a picture titled
Nothing Ventured."
"And how do you like this, ;"
says Lana. Gin one scene / tell
q customer to move on if he
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
BY PETER EDISON

How much the people outside
of Washington are interested in
the inter-departmental rows of
bureaucratic administrators is a
question. But since these inter-
palace fights for power do take
place and since they are such a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

large part of capital life, they
have to be reported from time
to time just to give a complete
picture of the battle of Washing
ton.
Currently there is being
enacted another phase Of the
battle of Petroleum. It's a new
stage of the old battle between
the well-known Harold l.. Ickes,
Co-ordinator of Petroleum for
War, against the War Production
Board and the Office of Price
Administration and the Office of
Civilian Supply, headed by the
well-known Donald M. Nelson
and the well-konwn Leon Hen
derson.
This argument goes back a
long way, but as revived now 1t
is a showdown to settle who Is
to be boss of petroleum. In the
beginning there was the Office
of the Petroleum Co-ordinator
for War. set up by presidential
order.
But this setup was completely
outside the War Production
Board. Co-ordinator Ickes was
thus a little independent boss
over one commodity, apart from
the Jurisdiction of Nelson and
Henderson.
1t is out of this confused di-
vision of authority that the
Washington battle of petroleum
has grown.
From the point of view of CO.
ordinator Ickes, all demands for
petroleum should come to his Of
flee.
ON THE OTHER HAND
Office of Price Administra-
ton sees it the other way
around. According to OPA, it
should determine the minimum
requirements for the civilian
economy, and then advise the
Office of the Petroleum Co-ord-
inator how much of what pc
troleum products should be
made available. OPA has set up
petroleum production, refining,
transportation and marketing
divisions, practically duplicat-
ing the research and work of
the OPC. OPA issues orders to
the petroleum refiners to do
thus and so. OPC may have al
ready told the refiners to do it
differently. The refiners run
screaming to Ickes, wanting to
know what they should do. And
Ickes goes screaming to War
Production Board, of which he
is not a member, though Nelson
and Henderson are
All this broke out in open
warfare the other day when
Ickes came before WPB, charg-
ed that the OPA gasoline and
fuel oil rationing systems had
completely broken down, that a
huge gas black market was de-
veloping, and that reserve stocks
of petroleum products were dis
appearing. Ickes demanded
sharp and immediate cut in Pc
troleum supplies going to civil
ians.
The Ickes charges and de-
mands started fight that re-
suited in one of the noisiest
WPB meetings ever held.
The WPB side of the story is
that it wasn't at all necessary
for Ickes to shoot off his mouth
as he did, for the Office of CT
william Supply in WPB had al
ready made its survey and had
determined that further cuts
were necessary. Ickes was there
fore put in the position of beat
ing a dead horse.
Now this Office of Civilian
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
TOUGH LUCK

TOUGH LUCK
CHICAGO Theodore L. Toll
lefson, fireman and locomotive
engineer for the Illinois Central
railroad since 1908, had but one
wish when he was retired and
that was to travel.
His retirement came q few
days ago and with II the war
time curtailment Of railroaders
passes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
OPEN SEASON

OPEN SEASON
CHICAGO - With the pleas
ant hunting season ended, a
checkup on results in Illinois
brought this:
George Rowcliff of Batavia,
captured an eagle he shot and
wounded; Albert w. Zweifel of
Elgin bagged a red fox; Bob
Cernocky of Fox River Grove
brought down two snow geese;
DR.. George Nesbitt of Sycamore
caught four jackrabbits and six
rattlesnakes; a De Kalb motor
list killed a buck deer with his
automobile; and another hunter
shot up the Browning rural
school, smashing window and
damaging the blackboard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21
POOR KIDS

Four Oklahoma youngsters, promised the priv
leoe Of christening the Liberty Ship Will Rogers in
fswond for scrap collection achievement, we're dis
oppolnted because the WCTU objected to their
smashing Bottles OF champagne on the hull
4N LET'S see-didn't Corie Nation smash bottles of
tqven stronger liquor?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-21

Better What Would You Do
solution-(a).
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DRIFTING TOWARD DISASTER

DRIFTING TOWARD DISASTER
The problem Of monpower utilization for war Pur-
poses drifting its unchorted course toward disaster
II is now lust about where the rubber problem wos
when President Roosevelt appointed the Boruch Conn.,
noittee to study the focts and recommend what should
be DONE
There are few things about monpower upon
which most of us can agree. Let's see what some OF
them are.
First we can oqree that if this country is to be the
arsenal and the oronoy Of democracy and olso to
supply millions of soldiers sailors and marines for
fighting, we must utilize nonpower with degree
Of efficiency hitherto never needed in this lush in
dustroI paradise.
Second we can oeree that industries upon which
the winning of the war must depend having trouble
getting enough qualified workers to do their jobs.
Third, we can agree that there ore millions Of
persons-notoby women and Neeroes-who could
be used but are not being used
Fourth, we can oqree that there are millions OF
persons now employed in tosks which we would like
to have continued but which less vital than the
winning Of this war.
Fifth, we can agree thot we are handicapped by
shortages of materials to expand our industrial
plant without using materials that otherwise could
be made into armament
Sixth, we can agree thot the plant we possess is
not for the most port being utilized with anything
approaching 100 per cent effciency-thot is, thot if
we had the to operote all essential industry on
l68-hour week bosis, we could produce much more
Of weapons and supplies with the plant we already
possess.
SEVENTH we can agree that the problem is one Of
arranging thot all the potential nonPower is used
with moximum efficiency.
The question is, How?
Some believe that by voluntary cooperative
methods, men and jobs be matched up with no
more waste than is inevitable in such mammoth
problem
Others believe that, human nature being what it
is, men and jobs cannot be matched UP without COM
pulsion, applied or held in usob|e reserve - that
workers and work must be shuff|ed like pieces OF
crossword puzzle, and fitted together.
To our points Of agreement, now, we can add on.
other:
Eighth, we can agree that Americans hate the
very thought Of being treated like nonirote Powns
upon ehessboord, and demand that every other
be exploited before this bit Of totoitorion
ism is applied
Has that been done? Surely not. Are the unex-
pIored possibilities promising enough to warrant fur
ther delay before we adopt oompuIsion? Who knows?
Is anybody in Washington trying to find out? Why
not? How long shall we drift?
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McKENNY ON
BRIDGE


indianapolis is one of the
outstanding cities in the coun-
try for team-of-four play, which
is perhaps the most scientific of
all tournament competition. On
several occasions an Indianapo-
lis team has won the national
title, and now for two years
running. a team from Indianap-
oils has carried away the ALL
American title-the team of JOS
eph E. Cain, Edison T. Wood,
Lawrence j. WEIGH and Richard
Lee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
ROOM BULLS
 BOW AGAIN Z TO 3

Naugatuck, July 1-The Ward St. Giants last night won the second game of their three game series with the Boot Room Bulls. The Giants defeated their opponents by score of "a: being able to meet the offer tngs of Lefty Farrar who held them in check previously, and also sil- enced the big guns of Plug Rowley, old Binghampton catcher and Johnny Minicucci the U. s. Rubber star. Fielding star for the Giants was Eddie Nolde.
 Shortstop Gesseck of the Bulls stood out in the evenings play.
 Cable Starlings of the Giants was injured on a play in deep center, permitting home run to be scored.
 Pete Brennan, star Giant pitcher, 1s back nj shape physically and pitched a stellar game, allowing only one run to be scored up to the 9th inning. Ron Schopp featured the Inning. Ron Schopp featured in the Aitting for the Giants.
 Final game of the Bulls Giants series will be played on Monday eve Hing, July 9th.