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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
THE FUTURE WITHOUT FEAR

THE public" soys Evans Clark,
executive director Of the Twentieth
Century Fund, us too much ofroid of
the postwar period. That is because we
haven't faced the issues and seen the
challenge they make to courageous
and imaginative effort to create bet
ter life for everyone"
The central foct revealed by five
different surveys of postwar posi-
bilities made during the post year is
this: the stimulus Of war has enabled
the United Stotes to do what it could
not bring itself to do in time Of peace
-thot is, use its full productive fociIi-
ties, and even increase them. The steps
which we hotinely took in mortal feor
OF bankruptcy have been dworfed ol-
reody by the war effort. Stuart Chase
points out that we have already oppro-
Prioted twice as much for war purposes
as the whole governmental effort at re-
hobiIitotion cost in the previous eight
years. Yet during those eight years
everybody feored bankruptcy and now
only O comparative few fear it, Not be-
cause i is any the less possible, but be-
couse q prospect SO much worse has
ben shown US that we know thot the
chance must be taken.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
. McKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Perth was at his best in playing
difficult or hopeless hand.
Here is typical Reith play.
North had carried Reith to
four spades in a situation that
drew the comment from Reith-
a comment carefully withheld
until the hand was played out
Your hand doesn't get any
bigger because I rebid. II you
couldn't raise on the first round,
how could you raise later?"
Two rounds OF hearts began
the play. South ruffing the Sec
ond. Noting that East had both
ace and king of hearts, Reith
inferred that West held both
minor aces. He cashed a top
trump, then led the ten and
overlook with the queen of
trumps.
Dummy led the jack OF dia-
monds, East covered with the
queen. South with the king and
West played his ace. West led
a third heart, South ruffed low
and then pulled Vests last
trump.
South led a low club and the
king won when West played the
eight. Dummy led a diamond
and South won by finesse Of
the eight-spot. He led the seven
OF clubs-his only chance-and
was rewarded by seeing the ace
drop. That left the queen a
trick and gave Reith his con-
fraet
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
10000 VssVsvvvs
Muri|Io Led Fight
To liberote Bolivia

DEDRO DOMINGO MURnLO,
L precursor of Bolivian indie
pendence, never lived to see his
nation freed from Spanish tyranny,
but he lighted a torch Of freedom
that ultimately burned through
the Spanish bonds.
The stamp above, issued in
194l, commentaries the l30th an
niversary Of the execution OF
Murillo. The stamp bears a pic
ture OF the popular leader in Jail
as he awaited execution.
Murillo was born in La Paz,
capital OF Bolivia, in 1889, and
studied law. He had long nur-
tured the. hope Of emancipating
his country from the yoke OF Spain
and on July Is, 1909, led a small
band OF patriots in a coup d'etat
in La Paz which successfully
ousted the Spanish authorities.
Murillo was chosen head OF the
new government and patriot offi-
Gals were installed in administra-
tive positions. independence was
proclaimed. but it was not long
before Spanish troops. sent from
Peru, restored the authority OF
the Crown.
Overwhelmingly outnumbered.
the patriots were defeated at
Chacaltaya, in October. 1909. La
Par was occupied and Murillo
Jailed. Hundreds OF his followers
met death at the hands OF the
veneeful Spaniards and Murillo
was executed in 1910. Bolivia
gained hnai iadependsnss Is years
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11

automobile, and the industry can turn
out between five and six million BIZ
cycles year without much expansion.
Further, STANDARD "wor model"
has been adopted nsteod Of the 375
different models formerly made. 1t
will be stripped Of nearly all sodeets
and bright metal.
AS the number Of automobiles on
the road decreases - and it will -
cycIino will be sofer and easier. Amer
ico will soon be PedoIing its way to VIC
tory.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
HighIights from
the Latest Books
BY JAMES E. HELBERT

If you want to know what
soldiers are talking about these
days, you will hire an inter-
prefer, play just plain dumb or
stealthily look up the word in
"Army Talk" princeton Uni
versity Press: S2), very read
able dictionary of the language
of American troops as compil-
ed by Elbridge Colby.
For instance, if lad on fur
Tough told you he had been in
the corner pocket for throwing
an armored cow at the slum
burner, but expected chance
at a Mae West before becoming
a meat ball, he might as we'll
be speaking the least known
dialect of Outer Mongolia to
most of us.
Translated, this fellow said he
had been in the guardhouse for
heaving canned milk at tn e
cook, but expected to drive
big tank before his Army hitch
expired.
Colby, praised by H. L.
Mencken as probably the great
est authority on Army slang,
not only knows his rhetoric,
both plain and fancy, after
stretch as an English professor,
but has been in the Army since
1917. In addition to eight
books and scores of magazines
articles, the author has written
many chapters for encyclope-
dias.
The American" languag
probably more than any other
has been enriched or defiled, as
you may look upon it, ny the
greatest assortment of slang
ever slung. Much of it originat-
cd in our armed forces, and just
as the Army and Navy have
been mechanical and modern
lied, so has the slang coming
from those sources.
The Air Corps has borrowed
chit the dirt" from the Army
and chit the deck" from the
Navy to make "hit the silk,
meaning to leap from a plane
with a parachute. And from
Sally Rand comes bubble dane
ing" to portray poor private
washing dishes on kitchen police
duty.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
KANSAS UTY-A. E. Know

KANSAS C1TY-A. E. Know
land accompanied his son to
Music Hall, anticipating pleas
ant evening with the philhsr,.
monte. Son Lilburn is flutist;.
But son. who arrived in full
dress suit and embarrassing
bright yalles shoes, spoiled faith
er Knowland's evening.
The flutist finally dumped
onto the stage in heavy. hob
nailed, black brogans. Father
squirmed throughout the con-
cert In the light tans-two sizes
small.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

For many years George Reith
was chairman of the card COM
mittee of the Knickerbocker
Whist Club in New York. where
duplicate bridge was first play
ed in this country. He was a
strong player, winning many
notable tournament victories in
both auction and contract.
Rcith wrote several books on
contract, including the first on
the one-over:one system, which
has since become an integral
part of all leading systems.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
DOUBLE HONOR

HbL1VbIL4Nt V]kNHH' f'1S
city's official flower has ac-
quired new significance with
the gallant stand of American
Filipino forces on Bataan Pen
insula.
It's the General Macarthur
Rose, named in 1915 in honor OF
the late General Arthur MacAr-
thur, whose son commands the
Philippine forces.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
~ PETER EDISON
Dolly Monitor Washington
CoHIaanondenf


WASHINGTON, Feb. H.
Some of the dornedest things
do hoppen in war. You
wouldn't think there would be
many bottles fought with mo-
chetes in this oee Of bombers
and tanks and submarines,
yet one Of the most importont
and reolistic compoiens which
the United Stotes now hos to
conduct in maintaining the
good neiehbor policy is being
Wooed with moehetes. Not
thot people ore carving each
other UP or cutting each other
down. Whot it is really is q
bottle of propaganda over
mochetes.
A mochete, you'll recall. is
one of those wicked tWo-foot
knives which any native born
citizen of q southern republic
Yields with such omozing dex-
terity not only to cut sugar
cane, for which the implement
wos originally designed. but
oIso as q razor, OK, hoe. tooth
pick, carving knife, fineernoi
trimmer, sword, cleover. scis.
sors, odz, hotchet, lance, SOW
pig sticker, snake skinner, oP'
pendix remover, can opener
fly swotter, screwdriver, scythe
pototo peeIer, baby sponker
post hole digger, hearth ono
home protector. letter opener
due-out canoe digger, orgu'
ment settler, fish cleaner
bread slicer, butter /sPreode'
and pea boIoncer. In otheI
words, q handy trinket to have
about and it's difficult to un'
derstond how the United Stote:
got where it is without WldeI
use Of the mochete.
Anyway, the mochete in the
hot countries has on econon'
ic history and social signiti
canoe, too. Every rural to
miIy has at Ieost one per male
A good, serviceoble working
model without any fancy cory
ing, but with plenty Of room
for notches on the grip sell,
for the equivalent Of Sl.2-
United Stotes money. Becoust
mochetes have SO many use'
however, and because they ge
such hard, everyday wear one
tear and ore whetted razor
sharp almost dolly, q mochett
ordinarily losts only q year.
The replacement morke
and demand ore therefore
steady and since the orieino
design Of 1872 or earlier seem
ed to give satisfaction dow
through the decides, retool
ina for new annual model
never became necessary. I
manufacturer who built up
business in mochetes had
good thing to hand on to hi
grandchildren.
AXIS CUTS
Since the lost war, however
German and japanese hard
ware and cutlery monufoctur
ers, with lower labor costs
cheaper materials and NOR
vigorous competitive sole
methods for cheaper lines Q
barter merchandise have BEEF
driving u. S. manufacturers on
Of the market. This is portic
uIorIy true Of the mochet
market. The result is that to
day there is only one Y. 5
manufacturer Of mochete:
Collins and Company, Hart
ford, Conn.,, who have develop
ed this specially into q ma
jor line resulting in forei9
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
the BICYCLE ENLIsTs

The comeback Of the bicycle, which
|yolly storted about 1886, has of
slrse been speeded up by the war.
k $50 bicycles con be made from
ln& Ct Steel thot- goes into on
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
so YEARS AGO TODAY
1892

The marriage of Miss Rose
Groesbeck to Mr.. Robt. Hamil-
ton, of Brockton, Mass, Is set for
the 18th.
VIM. Heine, ST., is visiting in
Boone, Iowa.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. l1-On
or off stage, there's never an
armistice in the rivalry Of Holly
woods wise-cracking comedians,
and it's an odd experience to sit
with a group of them and study
the tricks each one uses to try to
gain the floor and dominate the
conversation. They seldom
laugh at each others gags for the
simple reason they don't pay at
tention; while one fellow Is talk
ing the rest are figuring on what
they'll say as soon as they can
get a word in edgewise.
1t was at just such a session of
laboring wits that Martin
Greene heard one of the boys ex-
planning his recent absence of a
week. 1t seems that his father,
a one-time stage figure, had died
in New York. I'VE were all
shocked" he said feelingly," al
though we really had been ex-
pecting it. He was in bad health
and very DID,"
Immediately another coined
ian, coming out of spell of de-
tached thinking, cut in loudly
with, IF you think that's funny,
femme tell you this one 49,"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
s YEARS AGO TODAY

A check of $4,000 was re-
ceived by the county for the sale
price of refunding bonds sold
recently.
The county humane society
plans q public meeting to dis
cuss the Spring program.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

The funeral of Jno. Peltier, an
old and esteemed citizen OF Har-
rison, occurred from the Catholic
church Wednesday.
Fire Quilted Westendorfs Drup
store. The loss exceeded the in
surauce carried by $1,000.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
KEEP THELlBERTY FOR
WHICH WE FIGHT

A free country always foces GER
tain difficulties in time Of war. Certain
quick and temporarily effective means
of protecting the stote and furthering
the war effort are not open to it, simply
because there is no sense in making
freedom itself the first sacrifice in
war for freedom.
In totoItorion country where no.
bod y has any rig hts anyway, it is SIM
pie matter to arrest or shoot anybody
who seems to someone in authority to
be in the way. Free countries cont oP-
crate thot woy They are faced With the
problem Of preserving their sofety and
winning war, and at the same time
leaving people just as much freedom as
possible.
As the war effort grows more and
more serious, it is going to take all the
brains and stamina we can muster to
secure the sofety Of our people and gov
eminent and at the. same time leave
them free 1t con'be done, however, and
it must be done.
Every proposal to curtoiI Liberties,
even temporarily, must be carefully ex-
omined, and not rushed through simply
because it seems q quick solution to
some problem Attorney General From
els Bddle put the thing very we'll q few
days after Pearl Horbor He said:
THE enemy has attacked more
than the soil Of America. He has at
tackled our institutions, our freedoms,
the principles on which this nation was
founded and has grown to greatness.
Every American must remember that
the war we wage today is in de-
tense Of these principles. 1t, therefore,
behooves us to guard them most zeal
ousIy at home"
A typical example is in an amend
ment to the Nationality Act already
passed by the House, which contoins q
provision that the courts may revoke,
without Jury triol, the citizenship Of
noturoized citizens whose "utteronces,
writing, actions, of course Of conduct
establishes that his political allegiance
is to foreign stote Of sovereignty"
A citizen is q citizen, and all are
equal before the law. That is q basic
American principle. Yet here it is pro-
posed to apply different standards to
noturoIized citizens than those apply
ing to notive-born citizens. 1t creates
sort Of "second-closs citizenship"
Aside from doubt as to the constitu-
tionoity Of such law, is it wise thus
to divide citizenship? Certainly any
such proposal demands most careful
consideration.
There will be many such proposals,
and when it can be shown thot the
sofety Of the government and the peo-
PIE can De protected IN no other way,
some Of them may be adopted But
they should not be adopted hurriedIy or
without the fullest consideration Of the
long-ronge results. We may we'll keep
in mind the words Of the United States
Supreme Court in the MIIeon case
otter the Civil War:
The Constitution Of the United
States is law for rulers and people,
equally in war and peace, and covers
with the shield Of its protection oil
classes Of men, at all times, and under
all circumstances. No doctrine invoIv-
ing more pernicious consequences was
ever invented by wit Of man thon that
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
POWDERED LOTHARIO

There's always new laugh
on any set where certain
brawny, homely actor Is work
ing. He has nothing but ego
where his brains ought to be,
and he'd jump off a skyscraper
if a director assured him it'd
look heroic on the screen. About
a year ago, in fact, he very near
ly drowned himself because dur
ing filming of storm sequence
the director incautiously told
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
One Year Ago Today

1941
The Old Newsboys-Goodfel-
lows association will carry a ST.
69O.s3 balance, members an
nounced today.
Leon Luke, former road COM
mission employee, is named to the
state highway commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03

Scotch emblem. According to the
records, the Danes removed their
shoes in order to approach the camp
as silently as possible. One soldier
inadvertently planted his bare foot
upon q well-armed thistle. You can
imagine the rest.
The farmer looks upon the thistle
tribe as a decided curse. It is no
easy matter to rid land of this per-
sistent weed. Back in 1896, the
Department of Agriculture pub
lshed bulletin, Legislation
Against Weeds" setting forth the
acts already on the statute books
of the several States and suggest
Ing a general State weed law that
would be broad enough to cover the
varying soils, climate and flora. All
but three of cur States had exist
ing laws for weed control, and since
then these States have co-operated
to the fullest extent-al have made
1t an offense for their citizens to
permit the Canada thistle to mature
and scatter her seed children.
However, Madam Thistle cannot
read and, while Ignorance of the
law excuses no man." the foe con-
tinues not only to prosper but to
increase her territory.
The Canada thistle is an intro
duced perennial. 1t propagates by
seeds and rootstocks. In June, the
first blossoms appear, and in many
parts of their range the thistle de-
velops beautiful rose-purple flowers
until late August. Seeds are ma
tured from July until late Septem-
Der. The bees visit the nectar laden
blossoms, insuring success for an
excellent crop of seeds; the gold
finch feasts upon the seeds and
scatters them about. The autumn
winds take the thistle's husky or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
End Of Printing Records
In Appeals Cases Urged

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 3.--Four for
mer presidents of the Maryland Bar
Association have advocated the
elimination of printing court records
except where the Court OF Appeals
deemed it advisable, estimating such
a step might save as much as IS per
cent of the cost of appeals.
If effected. the reform would abol-
ish a court procedure which began
in Maryland more than a hundred
years ago, Judge Carroll T. Bond,
chief judge of the Court of Appeals,
said.
The recommendation was made by
Walter c. Capper, James Clark, Ar
thar w. Machen and Charles Mar
kell, all former presidents OF the
Maryland bar.
It was understood that a labor
shortage in the print trades was re-
sponsible for the suggested reform.
When case passes from the lower
court to the appellate court it has
been necessary to print as many as
IS copies for use by the judges and
counsel and for distribution to Cir
cult Court libraries.
The common cost for printing one
appeal case has been about 5000 and
the printing cost of one case during
the current term ran to $1,000, Judge
Bond said
Approval by the eight sitting judges
Of the proposed reform would elm
inate the printing, at least for the
duration
Judge Bond said the Court Of APP
peals took recess last Thursday UNI
til November II largely because
printed records of cases pending
were not available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
BY LiIIiun Cox Athey

spring for new homesites. The
canny plant has perfected defen-
sive barriers, such as formidable
prickles, dense, matted wool-like
hairs and needle-sharp leaves
what animal in its right mind would
touch it?
To conquer such astuteness, the
habits and source Of food lines must
be understood. Plants soon starve
when deprived of their hard-work-
ing leaves. The thistle, as soon as
discovered, must be cut to the
ground. She does not give up easily.
Her roots may have gathered
enough food to permit her to stage
a comeback. The second beheading
usually does the trick. =
Where thistles have invaded the
land and taken possession, deep
tillage' will keep the foe in check the
first year. Stronger methods may
have to be resorted to and cherni-
Gals used. The greatest need is
vigilance - keeping foes out is far
easier than Kidding the premises of
their presence once they have got
ten in.
Wayside and waste places may
seem to be spots where the thistle
is harmless. But the seed children
are expert flyers and can drop down
on vital territory. An enemy can
never be anything else but danger
GUS SO long as freedom of action is
present. Your civic duty is to help
rid the land of thistles; grain is
essential to our Army and allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
Vireinions Must Pay
Levy on Victory Tax
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 3.-The 5
per cent victory tax which will be
withheld by the Federal Govern
ment beginning in January will not
be deductible from income for pur-
poses of the State income tax, c. H.
Morrissett, State tax commissioner,
said yesterday.
1t would be only a small amount
In most cases, even If allowed, Mr..
Morrissett said. A man making an
income of s2,4O0 would have had
his State tax bill reduced only about
$3.50 If the amount were deductible.
The war we're in is the war to
win! Buy War bonds!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-03
NATURES CHILDREN
CANADA THISTLE.
(Circium arpense.)

Some day, the chemists are going
to discover that the thistle can be
made Of value to man. At present,
the goldfinch and painted lady"
butterfly seem to be the sole bene-
dciaries OF this despised weed.
OF course, it is fairly well known
that the thistle was responsible for
saving Scottish camp from the
Danes and thereby given lasting
glory for Its place of honor - the
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