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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-18
.BaDam: Fiction Versus FACT

and THEIR POWER IN MANY RESPECTS Is
INCREASING. and the longer leave them
in virtual control OF eastern Asia the more diff
fcult the eventual struggle will be-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-18

main on the existing wage as
the cost Of living advances.
AS patriotic as they are and
want to be. there is limit TO
their endurance and patience.
Something will have to be done
to elm ma te the conditions
under which they are now
working. and that very soon.
WHAT'S WRONG?
+. ID. ID.
TO THE EDITOR:
IT MAKES me so angry TO
i think that my 212-year-old
daughter asked for a glass of
milk before going 10 bed and |
had 10 tell her there WASH [ any
This is one time / would like
10 let whoever is back of this
milk situation know what people
think. And | am not blaming
the poor farmers either.
II YOU are not a steady Gus
toner i'm a store. or if you don't
order your milk then you arc
just out of luck, because | have
walked 10 three OF four stores
land you Just can't get il.
They can take coffee, sugar
and a lot of other things away
from the grownupS. but children
Should have their milk and
plenty of il If they arc expected
10 have strong teeth and bones
and rosy checks.
MRS. A. X. PAPP
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01

Club team. said, Harry, don't
tell me that all of the hands YOU
played were perfect" No" he
said, I'VE did get into a mess on
this one.
The bidding shown is the way
il was bid at the other table. Six
clubs is cold and seven clubs can
be made. AT FiShbcin's table,
however, nc sat North and OPP
encd the bidding with club.
Harry says, My partner in
the South bid two no trump.
West did not inform us OF his
nice diamond holding by bid
ding diamonds at any time, so
over the two no trump bid | bid
three clubs South made the
bold and optimistic bid Of three
no trump. which West did not
even bother TO double. West SIM
ply laid down his ace of dla-
monds. followed by the king,
and East very obligingly UNI
blocked with the Jack and ten
of diamonds. So West cashcd the
first six tricks, setting the con-
tract two"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01

Ii you really want the low
down on rubber, the No. war
draitce, and want TO have fun
while you're uncovering it, read
Trees and Test Tubes by
Charles Morrow Wilson (Henry
Holt: $3.50. Here is an extreme
~ readable and authoritative
book, the whole story from the
beginnings OF Hevea tapping in
the Amazon basin through trans
plantation TO British Malaga and
the Dutch East Indies.
The struggles. of the idcalst
Charles Goodyear to realize his
revolutionary process of vulcan
iZation, the financial monopolies
of the British and Dutch cartels.
Henry Ford's rcdiScovery of
Brazil, the guayle and Cryptos-
tegia shrubs Of Mexico. the out
look for synthetic rubber.
There is realistic gauging OF
the rubber shortage and what it
means and a consideration OF
prospects for the future. The
Baruch report forms an appen-
dix.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
. SO THEY SAY

Every report that resistance
shall cease is false. We will fight
for our country and all that IS
most valuable 10 US Concerning
this we are all united.
Premier Per Albin Hanson or
Sweden.
Peace will be achieved only
IL Germany IS absolutely crushed
and if the troops Of the United
Nations will occupy Germany
for several years.-Dr. Edward
hambro. son Of Norwegian Par
lament president.
We shall soon be In the high
summer Of military success--the
spring Of our liberation from
the. horrors and chances OF war
has begun. - British Production
Minister Oliver Lyttleton.
The kind OF peace we wish 10
see can only be achieved II there
is some sort Of practical world
organization and our own coun-
try assumes its share Of that re-
sponsibility -Undersecretary Oh
STATE Sumner Welles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
REDEDICATED TO FREEDOM

Mount Clemens yesterday paid fitting tribute TO
the memories Of oil that voIont host which, down
through the years hos unhesitotinely mode the su-
preme soerifiee thot this nation might live ond that
man might continue TO enjoy freedom from tyronny
Thot the srisy tentoees Of war have oeoin tost
ened about the heorts and the minds OF Americans
everywhere makes this Memorial Day at least os
meoninafuI as ony in the notions long history.
The bowed heads, the tense foees ond sporkle OF
foth in the eyes thot wotehed the impressive dispioy
Of miitory might poroded by ousurs we'll for the fu-
ture Of this Iond. II will ever be free.
II is at such moments thot individuals can ond
do oson dedeote themselves TO do their port TO de-
serve the benefits which free have won, and ore
winning. for them on blood stained bottefields.
To the committees responsible for yesterdays ex-
eeIIent porode oil Mount Clemens citizens ore GER
tain TO offer their Thanks ond admiration. II wos
Job we'll done.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01

Nancy Hale's "The Prodig gal
Women. - is followed by a collcc-
ton Of short stories on women,
Between the Dark and tho
Daylight (Scribncr'S 50 So.
These short stories range IN
mood from warmth and simple
itv 10 bitterness and satire One,
The Japanese Garden, IS as
true and as deep a commentary
on the fundamental inconSist-
cncy and IncongrIltv of a world
at war as can be found
Particularly timely right now
is Cory Ford's Short Cut 10
Tokyo CScribner's; Sl75).
Ford, known nationally for his
magazine artic les. writes Of
Alaska and the Aleutians, and
their importance as stepping
stones 90 Tokyo, and the rigors
OF the Arctic that hide the ma
nlpula'onS Of friend and foe
alike, Ford, who spent months in
this section, warns that Japan
still has as its paramount aspi-
ration invasion Of the United
States coast, and that this north
crnmoSt outpost OF ours is where
he bio might come from, if
ever.
Books on medicine generally
are rather dull reading 10 the
layman But DR. Gregory Oil
bord'S Mind Medicine. and
Man 5 (Harcourt, Brace SO so is
q blt different than the ordinary
heavy volume on this subject.
Particularly interesting il his
treatment OF psychiatry. and
how knowledge Of this subject
Will influence our thinking about
mental and physical maladics,
ven touches on medicine and It's
relation 10 religion.
Sir Thomas Bcccham -orches-
ira conductor. composer. entre4
prcncur businessman - relates
the story of hi life in lciSurely
fashion. The world Of music and
It's dcvotees energies from "A
Mingled Crime putin m:
$500, arrayed in anecdote. OBJ
scrVation and criticism, From
the time the non prodigy 6.year-
old aStounds his parents by ask
ing permission 10 learn the
piano. through tho conventional
l.cnooling Of an English gentle
man, into the manysided pursuit
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
ABsENTEEIsM

The National Industrial Conference Board esti-
mates that obsenteesn1 lost year cost American IN
dustry the equivalent Of $50 900 employees working
full time Thot is almost one-t third Of the monpOwer
shortage the nation is sold to tooe
1t is exclusive Of an even greater loss through IN
dustrioI accidents 1t takes account Of non-ndus
trial accidents, which exceed those in the plant It
does not include time lost on approved Leaves of OBJ
senoe Neither does it count time lost through strikes,
sitdowns, sowdowns, Holidays" and Vacations" -
which ore euphemisms for the nov unpopular word
"strike"-or through other effects Of labor disputes
misunderstanding act Of staying away from work
without permission or prior notice - increased about
20 per cent lost year and shows no signs Of declining
which probably means thot in spite Of the urgent wor
need for workers. the percentage staying Just about
constont.
A large proportion Of these absences ore ex-
cusoble Many Of them are inescopobe But also there
are millions Of man dogs lost for trivial personal
sons It is not for to workers to treat obsenteesm as
though it we're entirely their fouIt-to lay the blame
on oziness, dsinterest, setshness Yet if the confer
ence boards estn,ote is correct, ond As per cent
Of such absences ore unnecessary then the equivo-
lent Of more than 500 900 full time workers we're
lost in 1912 because the ond women weren't
interested enough to stay on the job
Governmental agencies ore owore Of the donooge
which this stuoton is doing to production They
are seeking TO ascertain the fundamental causes.
Some sort Of sanctions viii have TO be provided,
by which workers who orc not interested enough IN
American victory to stoy the Job can be forced to
do what they should be hoppy to do.
But first, it is necessary to study and, 50 for os
possible to eliminate the causes Of ustifioble OBJ
enteeisn, in order that major ihJustices shoIl be
worked
and must help but one which the government must
sponsor, coordinate and osslst When the findings
ore complete they will require co-operotion-voIun-
tory or oherwse-from many agencies not directly
involved from stores closed OF hours when work.
ers must shop from housing and transportation and
amusement and medical ond child core ond null
titude Of other services.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
. IN HOLLYWOOD

chorus girls at the Hillstreet the
alter. The candidates were TO be
given their chance before the au-
dlence. Those who received the
most applause would get the
jobs
She was the third contestant.
She was wearing shorts held up
by a halter around her neck, AS
she danced the halter broke
and she grabbed for her shorts
to keep them from falling off.
The audience roarcd with laugh
ter and hooted and cat-called.
The girl was so embari assed she
broke into tears. Then anger
came TO her aid. She became 50
mad she didn't care what hap
pencd and finished the number
waving one hand in time with
the music and frantically hold
ing up her shorts with other
The audience. which had been
laughing and hootlng, suddenly
changed its tune and cheered the
plucky miss as she danced off
stage. And, TO her surprise, she
was one Of seven girls selected
for her that she won the APPROX
al of that first audience. If she
hadn't received that job, a movie
talent scout who visited the tho-
alter several weeks later might
not have seen her might not
have discovered her as a screen
possibility. The girl-the dane
ing star Of Sweet Rosie O'Gra-
dy'-Bet'v Cradle.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
STIMULATES FLYING
CONDITIONS

The fusclagc is made SO Il
Will vi brate TO simulate the
movements Of Oh plane at any
speed through any atmospheric
conditions. When the crew is
seated lights are put out. The
inside walls of the Silo are paint
ed dead black. SO all is now pitch
dark as inside OF the airman'
prOVerbial COW 5 stomach But as
Your eyes become accustomed TO
the ar he 5, the instructor
throws a switch and the stars
come on literally. Overhead, set
I'm hCmlSpherIcal Ct m g of
chicken wire are tiny electric
lights fixed as the fixed stars are
fixed, yet adjustable so that the
heavens over any location any
gwen time can be accurately
represented. There is the Big
Dippcr, the Pole Star. Cassie
pcia 5 Chair, Andromeda, and all
the rest Of the consultations you
pick out on any starry night.
But now look below, Here on
a keystone shaped movie screen.
landscape is unfolding It's IN
Technicolor. and you make out
the bend of a river, the shape of
fields green fields, ploWcd
fields, a village. roads, a city.
you are now says the instruc-
tor, flying over the approaches
to Bremen.
The instructor throws another
switch. and c louds cross the
landscape. shutting out part OK
the view. Light cirrus clouds at
first, then h cav Ter nlmbus
clouds. You're gong TO be in for
some rough weather on this
flight They can simulate any
condition you might mention,
right here in the silo. II some
body would Just shoot $4,000
miles of movies TO run off on
this screen YOU could take a
trip arund the world, bombs in
Guided without leaving the silo.
But what a pity no one thought
to take movies Of this kind be-
fore Colonel Smith started out
l3 years ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
. BARBS

The government says the dis
tribution Of meat is one Of the
war efforts toughest problems.
And have you tried some of the
meat?
The Germans defeat in North
Africa is their worst since 1918.
That is, thus far.
Results show that. with the
war, America got set TO 60 ahead
instead Of going ahead and get
ting upset.
It's nice TO be the head Of the
house except for the headaches
that so with il.
The business man of America
Is interested primarily in econ
omics. The new world will be
one of political economics. Our
business men must be interested
in both C. OF c. President Eric
A. Johnston.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01

They were pals They went 70
the same school, dated the same
girls, laughed together, shared
the same heartaches. Then one
Of them left school to join the
Navy in World War l. The other
soon followed After the war.
they both decided to crash the
stage They shared a room in
New York together and lived on
81 a day They saved enough
money to buy a dress suit one
dress suit which they shared
like everything else And when
ever things got too tough, the
suit would 60 10 a paWnbrokcr.
But no matter how bad things
went. they managed TO make
ritual out OF one meal week,
joined now and then by another
ambitious youngSter, a struggl-
ing song and dance man who
was also looking for work.
None Of them have to worry
about their next meal today. But
the three Of them, recalling the
days when a doughnut and cup
Of coffee were Injuries, still
meet once a week ia Hollywood
for dinner The two palS-Pat
O Bricn and Spencer Tracy,
whom you'll SEQ on the screen
next i'm "A Guy Named Joe
The ambitious song and dance
man who shared their struggles
"a guy named Jimmy Cagney.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

NTA staff Correspondent
This IS the story OF an acct
dent, mishap that led TO acute
embarrassment, boiling anger
and finally TO stardom. She was
Is years old-a flcdglne dancer
with her heart set on stage ca
reer She had tried the radio,
had sung with an orchestra and
had appeared in a number of
amateur shows. But somehow
she had failed to make an I'M
preston The public or al least
that portion Of il which had seen
and heard her, simply wasn't i'm
pressed Then one day she read
an advertisement in Los An
geles newspaper calling Tor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
CNCRINII\AL CRIMINAL

A criminologiSt turns criminal
i'm TO Catch a Thief by Daph-
ne Sanders Dial: so in order TO
square accounts with a ring OF
stock market manipulators. A
murder complexities matters,
however, and the criminolcgist
must solve the murder in order
to prove that. while he is legally
outside the law, he still lives
within moral limits. The story
holds you.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

navigation than il takes TO pilot
ship on the ocean or blaze
trail through the woods by COM
pass. Smith prepared for his
globe girdling by years plan
ming and study. Six months of it
was study of weather, and near
IS four months of that was study
OF the Alaska Alcutians and
eastern Siberian hops, where the
weather was, and still is. the
worst in the world Today flyers
get their weather by radio fore
cast for any place they want 20
go.
Smith had to arrange his own
supply dumps, getting gasoline,
oil, and spare parts space d
around at proper one day hop
intervals. There were no air
route maps. Smith had to make
his own All the gadget aids 10
flying which are now taken as
a matter of course Smith had 10
lmproviSe or pioneer, and he had
no l. ink celestial navigation
trainer 10 teach his plane crews
how TO become a flying team N
a couple weeks without leaving
the ground.
For a short course on the Link
navigation trainer YOU climb the
stairs, then YOU climb into a tiny
fuSclage with space for four men
the pilot, navigator. radio
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
{. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

c. Braiilc, an alphabet con-
Sisting of raised dots, is n WIDE
use throughout the world a. an
aid to the blind Name another
alphabet put to the same use
\ -Thc Moon type. Raisod
or embossed symbols arc used,
and arc In most cases similar n
design TO Roman capitals.
@ Should AIussolini lose Sc
lily, what essential war product
would ne lose along with 1t?
\ sulphur. vital TO his NUM-
tions industries. Sicily IS Italy
prime pal source of supply.
@ Mocha coffee is highly cs-
tccmcd, especially these days.
Where is the original and genu-
inc Mocha coffee grown?
A In Mocha, ARABIA.
@ The toothcd gcar-whccl is
familiar 20 almost everyone who
has seen tho inside Of a watch or
an alarm clock Il IS ordinarily
circular but could a gear OF any
other shape function?
A-Y6s, a square shaped gear
VIII turn DO perfect conjunction
with other gears. An exhibit Of
this mechanical oddly conlrontS
each visitor IS ne enters the Mu-
scum q: Science and Industry in
New York City.
g The sandwich was named
after the Ear OF Sandwich Why
was this world famous item on
the menu named after the Earl
A-BccauSc he was so busy at
the gaming table that he had no
time TO eat full meal, and or
dcrcd snack between two
slices OF bread brought 10 him
whenever he felt the pangs OF
hunger.
@ What popular song OF Nazi
cris II has co captivaied British
soldiers i'm Africa that il is a
number one hit with them and
has swept England and the ncu-
trail countries?
A-'Lili Marlecn" lis English
version is played and sung per-
hapS as widely as the original
German.
Q-Undcr the new contract
bridge rules. who may condone
n penalty. or choose the penalty
for an infraction?
A-Only the person on the left
OF the offending party.
Q-Lakc Superior is tho larg-
est lake IN the world, but can
you name the second largest
At Is Lake Victoria. i'm
Africa, with an area OF 10000
square miles. ~ against Lake
Superiors area oi 1890 square
miles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
WON'T

Berlin soys that Rome newspapers have suggested
that captured American and British oirn1en be exc
cuted in Japanese foshion, in repriso for rod in
which they participated against suburb Of Rome
This is Just tok The Itoons ore made Of differ
emf stuff than the Jops They Fundamentally civil
Iized They have sense Of justice, And - unlike
the Jops = they would be deferred by concern about
the welfore Of their men who ore our prisoners.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
RY PETER EDISON

DAVIS MOUNTAIN FIELD.
Ariz. - This war is a war of
gadgcts, and il is being won by
gadgets - the most complicated
RUDE Goldbergs ever conceived.
That fact was registered on this
correspondent standing IN an
air conditioned silo which is
used TO train bomber crew Off
Ger teams IN navigation bombing
communications.
All this inside a silo? Yes, all
this and more, right inside a silo.
Col. Lowell II. Smith, the same
Lowell Smith who as young
Army captain led the first flight
of four now obsolete old crates
around the world, back in aVi-
alton pleiStoccne days Of 1924
stood in the Silo with group of
visitors, while A high 10 first
lieutenant instructor explained
the working Colonel Smith is
now commander Of this field and
back in the days when he Was
preparing for his flight around
the world there were no such
super gadgctS as these.
This is a Link celestial nav
igation trainer the young in
structor explained In IT, with
out leaving the ground farther
than to climb one flight Of wind
ing stairs. young bomber Off
GERS can perfect their teamwork
in flying on bombing missions N
any one Of four Ways-by direct
observation, by dead reckoning
over terrain. by radio naviga-
ton. or by celestial navigation
when flying al night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
CHIPS OFF THE BLOCK

WASECA, Mimi -- Block -
is in Waseca'S third ward and
has always been known as The
Fighting Third" Wartime has
only increased the reputation,
what with 90 children Of fami-
lies in the block in tho fighting
services-l9 boys and girl
WAAC.
The George Robran family
with five in the service and the
Leo Collins family with four dis
play the biggest service flags.
The 20 come from nine families.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
THE UNTAMED WEST

CANON CITY, Colo. - Henry
F. Snyder Of Grand Junction,
district grazier. is ordering rang
es in the Royal Gorge district
cleared Of their herds of wild.
unclaimed horses by Sept. !.
He's planning an organized drive
10 capture the anlmalS-so the
ranges can be used for beef and
lamb production.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
DOUBLE PLAY

BOISE. Idaho-A bundle-lad-
en- WAC made an awkward at
tempt to salute GoWen Field
major. He chided her about the
results.
She thrust the bundles sud
denly into the Majors arms, sa-
luted him snappily, grabbed her
parcels again and vanished.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01

MILWAUKEE, WIS. = He
quit his job as a laborcr for tho
city in l94l, shortly after he was
married But now he has asked
TO have his old job and get back
10 work
Why" an official asked.
my wife left me-. he replied.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
NO RADIO
NAVIGATION IN %

When Colonel Smith flew
around the world ne didn't fly
by night at all Radio navigation
was existent All he had 20
90 on was direct observation OF
the ground. and dead reckoning
not much more knowledge Of
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Book Reviews

of rigorous profession, Sir
Thomas treats the reader TO per-
sonalities, events, and reflections
with infinite grace and disarm-
ing Candor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
, FLASHES
OF
LIFE .


OKLAHOMA CITY Nurscr-
les were set up for children OF
working mothers.
Nurseries are for babies and
sissies, the youngsters declared;
and they refused 10 attend.
Mrs. Frances Presley, super
visor, renamed the nurseries
childrcn's centers. She had no
further trouble.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
PLYwOOD BOMB RACKS

Bomb racks for munitions
plants throughout the country
arc now being constructed Of ID
ply plywood. ondcd with cold
press soybean glue.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-01
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM r. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

In discussing with Harry j.
FiShbein his winning the Van
derbilt Tournament with his
teammates of the Mayfair Bridge