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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press
USEFUL TIMEPIECE

LUMBERTON, n. {. - Fl. T.
Flowers is more convinced than
ever that a pocket watch is more
useful to him than a wrist watch.
A police officer fired two shots
at fleeing prisoner. One bull
let ricocheted from a building
and hit Flowers who was stand
ing nearby. He suffered only a
scratch on his side as the bullet
glanced off his watch.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
McKElNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

I received an interesting let
ter from Jesse j. Hudson OF
Birmingham. Ala, mentioning a
hand in a series l wrote recently
about Harry Fishbein. Mr.. Hud-
son says that in Alabama, "the
land of hospitality and fried
chicken, Southern Style" the
bridge players at the Dooley
Club are optimists, and to con-
vince me, he sent me todays
hand. All l can say is, "optimis-
tic" is the correct word, but II
they play them so well down
there, they have a right to be
optimistic.
The bid of four no trump by
East was the Warren system,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
THE WINNAH!

PORTLAND, Ore. - Port
lands fire department insisted
boarding gasoline in unapprov-
ed storage facilities was danger
Gus.
The firemen seized a drum OF
the fuel from a hoarder, keep
ing it overnight at the fire sta
ton before moving it to a safe
place.
1t proved their point.
Fire damage to the station was
estimated at So, 900.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
. BARBS

The first thing TO take out of
the house when starting spring
cleaning is all of the men.
Folks who trust to luck usual
ly find that luck can't be trust
ed.
Beauty shops ranks high In
American industry. The business
has advanced many good fea-
lures.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
THE FIX

THE FIX
SAYRE, Okla. - George He
dicks cold resisted all his fav-
orite remedies.
Finally he went TO the medi-
cine cabinet and in desperation
took a swig from every bottle
therein no matter what the
label said.
Today's communique:
The cold is virtually gone. MIR.
Hedick is still there.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
NON-PAYING

WHITTIER, Calif-C. S. DIED.
mon. service station operator.
thought it was unfair when two
men to whom he'd offered
ride threatened him with gun.
They made him drive until
his gasoline was exhausted. AT
dawn they abandoned him.
He though it was nice,
though, that they didn't search
him. He was carrying his 500
gas station receipts in his pocket.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
GIN RUMMY QUIZ

Q. If l cut the nine OF hearts
and my opponent cuts the nine
of clubs at the start of = gin
rummy game, who deals?
A. Your opponent deals, or
the one who cuts the nine Of
clubs, as the suits rank spades,
hearts, diamonds and clubs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05

SALT LAKE CITY = Police
blushed and admitted today they
got quick results from their
broadcast yesterday that Trusty
Francis Reed had slipped away
from the Jail.
Mr.. Reed came up from the
basement of the Jail and Won
dered who was looking for him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
OVERSEAS VETERANS

SPOKANE, WdsT'-LiIIII NU-
dell kept, in a frame, an uncash-
ed check that Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Undersccretary of the
NAVY sent him in 1918.
The check accompanied Ro-
dell's binoculars, that he had
loaned to the Navy.
Now son c. E. Rodell is pre-
parinq another frame; the binoc-
ulars have gone back to the Ma
wy again.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
CLEANUP

CHICAGO-The citizens urge
to burn the rubbish in the city's
vacant lots yesterday gave Chi
cago firemen their busiest day
in history.
Over ID hour period, they
answered 430 fire alarms and
all we're for blazes in vacant lots
which got out of control. The
previous record high run was
$50 for "a hours.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

human after all. So when one
species tries to blame its ills on
the other, it is largely a waste of
breath.
Consider the case of ex-Justice
James K. Byrnes, the Director
of Economic Sterilization. Mr..
Byrnes was a Senator before he
stepped down from the Supreme
Court bench to become bureau
crat. At the time he was made
sterilization director, a. great to-
do was made of the fact that here
was an ex-senator who would
smooth the way of the bureau
Gratis with Congress because he
would know how to handle Con-
grcssmen.
Justice Byrnes has been a bur-
eaucrat for less than six months,
yet in a recent speech to news
paper editors gathered in WASH
ington, he took occasion to ask
the editors to go easy on the
brass hats and the bureaucrats.
The speech was at first put off
the record" but on second
thought, it was considered such
good medicine that it was put on
the record, The ex-senator hav-
ing become one of these bureau
Gratis himself, he is put in a po-
sition to make a speech in de-
Tense of bureaucrats-something
a live and kicking Congressman
today would rather be caught
dead than.
AS for handling Congress, per-
haps Justice Byrnes is learning,
if he did not know it already,
that nobody can handle Con-
gresS.
CONGRESS DOES IT'S WILL
This is not said in any intent
to disparage Mr.. Byrnes, nor to
sell him short. But the record on
the handling of the Department
of Agricultures war crop incen-
tive payment plan indicates that,
although the idea had been ap-
proved by the Office of Econom-
ic Sterilization and had been
announced as a definite part OF
the administrations food pro-
gram, House Ways and Means
subcommittee turned 1t down.
Justice Byrnes had spoken in
favor of incentive payments and
had presumably done much of
the preliminary work in selling
the leadership in Congress on the
necessity and the ACCESSIBILITY OF
boosting production of war crops
by this device. Nevertheless, the
Congressional committeeman re-
fused a $1OO million appropria-
ton to carry it out, making 1T
necessary for Byrnes and his fell
loW-bureacratS to start all over
again on some new approach.
How successful he will be is
something to watch. but the mo-
raj of the whole incident is that,
even when ex-Senators become
bureaucrats, they have no Ii
cense to consider as an accom-
plished fact any executive de-
partments program for getting
something done until Congress
finally puts on it stamp Of ap-
proval.
In the case of the incentive
payment proposal, the bureau
Gratis were just a little too sure
of themselves. But If the Con-
gressmen had been in the bur-
eaucrats' shoes, they might have
viewed the proposal more favor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05

SALT LAKE CITY-The sec
ond worst fire hazard in Utah
is the city's Public Safety Build
ing. the Utah Building and Con-
struction Congress said.
The worst. the Congress told
the city. is the Salt Lake City
Central fire station.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05
BLACKOUT DISASTER

PHILADELPHIA - Air raid
Warden James Rush stayed on
patrol during practise black
out and when it was over re-
ported to his headquarters:
Nothing went wrong"
Then Rush returned to his
home. He found the entire house
had been wrecked by fire.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-05

COUSINS AND KINSFOLK
The point is that Congress
man and bureacrat are Cd BROTH
ers under the skin and (2) only
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
Unique Family

A unique American family is
that of the Irish Horse Traders
whose 1900 members, all related
by blood or by marriage, spend
most of their time travelling
through the South in small groups
trading horses and mules. Their
one official address is an under
taking establishment in Atlanta to
which they ship their dead and
where they meet for a week every
April to celebrate marriages and
TO hold their annual mass funeral.
The midland journal., 1943-12-03

Brunswick Tire Company
The Century Tire 6 Rubber cemPany
The Cooper Corp.
Corduroy Rubber Company
cUppiss Company
The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Com
Dsnman Tire and Rubber Company
Dlamond Rubber Company
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
SSm!!IeAu!h!!sg =

' His Field
"And did you sver lose yourself in
your soork?"
"Yes."
"Whaf is your work?"
Exploring central africa"
College bred is made from the
flower Of youth and the dough OF
old age.
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still, It would be worth It to see
him on the job.
The midland journal., 1943-12-03

Psnnsylvania Rubber Company
The Pharis Tire ond Rvhbss cempany
The PoIsen Rubber company ~
The Riehland Rubber Company
Sears, Rosbvek and Co.
sslbsrIing Rubber Company Y
The United Tire & Rubber company
Unlisd siasss Rubber Company
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
Safe Is Safe

Three partners were riding in a
train and one of them said: eve
forgot to lock the safe in the Of
fice."
Another said: ''What are you
worried about we're all here
together, aren't we?"
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
ADOLF EXPLAINS ALL

("Srength OF arms means nothing. 1t is
the unbending determination at home to
hold out and neUer ,Uaver that counts
Hitler to his peopleJ
Some people laud the German arms
They speak of Prussian force;
They emphasize my blitzes in
The world wars early course;
But planes and tanks and elite
troops
Don't mean thing to me;
The home folks (if they can stand
it)
Are my key to victory.
They talk of monster armies and
My armaments so vast;
They point to acts of sheer brute
strength
Within the German past;
But, ach, seldom think of these;
smack the weak about
With little but firm belief
My people can hold outl
The day tore all treaties up
And Belgium felt my boot;
When blitzed children in the
streets
And stayed to burn and loot
The fact had the upper hand
To me had not appealed -.
I did it all because knew
THAT GERMANS WOULDN'T
YIELD!
M, xao,,hIo oro.1 of p,,ce;o xx,.s
Not based on strength at all;
1t wasn't overpowering force
That gave my hosts the call;
Those towns to which gave the torch
Have got Der Fuehrer wrong
] dared to do it for ] knew
THE GERMAN WILL WAS
STRONG!
The little tricks Nazi loves
(Those BOBBY traps and such):
That Naples post-office affair
ct bore the Nazi touch);
These do not spring from German
strength;
Such acts I always back
Because Zach Gott, hope I'm
A46AAtiJ
THE GERMANS NEVER CRACKl
The Bowling Alley Proprietors As
s0ciation of New York has asked for
war prisoners to set up pins in al
leys. 1t would increase our interest
i'm bowling il we could count on a
Jap or Maxi general down at the
far end Of the alley.
"Hitler would laugh his head of
il he collected garbage over here
and saw the waste. Ladies Home
journal ad.
still, It would be worth 1t to see
him on the job.
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
BIER MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION, INC.
Speaking for the following companies !.

The D. 2. oeedrieh csmpany
The Goodyear Tire Q Rubber Co., Inc.
Heed Rubber Company
Inland Rubber coFPeraiion
The KsIly-springfleId Tire cempany
Lee Rvbbss 9 Tire Cooperation
The Mansfield Tire and Rubber ce..
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=, ECNI NztH NIH H>VITSSV eSS| /'ee~I SSSs~'
The American people saw the new synthetic rubber
plants spring up like mushrooms They heard Of argescae
production of synthetic rubber And they appauded I'm
fortunately, they also jumped to the conclusion that they
could stop oorrying about tires!
tits true that the RUBBER supply crisis is past.
But the long expected TIRE shortage is with us!
But" YOU may say, chow can this be when thou
sands of tons of Government synthetic rubber being
made when such tremendous tonnage of rubber prod
ucs is being turned out well apane and truck
tires than ever before.
One reason is that-as the Baruch Committee fore
saw-few tires could be manufactured until synthetic
rubber supply was well the way. This resulted in mil
lions Of tires going out Of at time when there
repacements Meanwhile tires left in service have less
mileage in them, and prewar inventories are gone.
Another reason is that our military needs are far
greater than anyone anticipated
Also, the rubber companies are using lot of
their machinery and manpower to turn out life
RATS, bullet-sealing fuel tanks, and hundreds of
other urgently-needed army and navy products,
In addition to tires.
And you should know that half Of today's require
ments are for argesize heavyduty bus. truck artillery
apane and combat tres requiring much labor and
materials than peacetime products.
Finally, the tire industry, like every industry today
feeling the manpower shortage. and there just aren't
enough hands for the job
Me y mute 1S'S/
~ These problems will be overcome when our enemies
are overcome Meanwhile, we want to put cards face
up on the table. .sg i.aa~
We've told you frankly phy there is serious tire
shortage Now we want you, and every other American
who owns set of tes know that this countrys trans
poration system can still suffer serious blow unless
The midland journal., 1943-12-03

MecFsary Tire & Rubber ce.
Miller Rubber Company
The Mehawk Rubber company
The Menoreh Rubber Company
Montgomery Word g Co., Incorporated
The NorxeIk Tire ond Rubber Co. -
Paeiiae Rubbsr ohd Tire MISUNDERSTANDING Cong
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
The Japs were wrong
Let's keep them zevomgh
The Japs were wrong.

The Japs were wrong.
Cutting off our rubber supply in the Pacific didn't
take us out of the war--or even slow us up. ~
For Government, the Rubber Director the rubber in
dusry and the petroleum, chemical and alcohol indus
tries pooled their patents and deas worked together and
accomplished the seemingly impossible.
Today there is no shadow of doubt that planes
will continue to fly ships to SAIL tanks to roll
For America now has nearly enough rubber to
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
ROBBERY UNDER
DIFFICULTIES

C'Thieves Loot o. P. A. Offices head
line)
Butch-What's the job this time,
pal?
Slugs-Quiet. This is an OPA Of
fee.
Butch-If it's an OPA Office it
can't be quiet. Listen, I don't like
the idea. It'll get us into trouble.
Slugs-What makes you think so?
Butch-The OPA gets everybody
into trouble.
Slugs-Got cold feet, eh?
Butch-Yeah. They're frozen at
the April level!
Slugs-Let's have your fashlight.
Butch-I amt got no fiashlight.
Slugs-Why not? You're always
supposed to carry a f1ashlight on
job.
Butch-They're rationed! Where's
yours? You had one when we came
in.
Slugs-The battery's gone dead.
Butch-You should carry an ex-
ira battery.
Slugs-I amt had the coupons!
Butch-I can't do anything in the
total darkness.
Slugs-That's screwy. Millions of
people are in the dark with OPA
and they have to get along some
how.
Butch-Here's the safe. Got a
drill?
Slugs-You know better. They
stopped making drills for our busi-
ness.
Butch-How about the soup?
Slugs-That's rationed, too! It's
all being used in the war effort.
Butch-We can't blow safe with
out juice.
Slugs-You know very well it takes
too many points to get juices. To
hell with 'em. Well force it open.
Got the crowbar?
Butch-No.
Slugs-I told va to get crowbar,
didn't I?
Butch-I had one. But it wore
out and I couldn't get it recapped.
Slugs-Why not?
Butch-I forgot to take it in twice
year for inspection.
Slugs-Well, what'n we do now?
Butch-Search me.
(The lights flash on and an OPA
chief enters.) =
OPA tThief-What's going on here?
Butch-Believe it or not we was
waiting for trolley car.
OPA Chief Congratulations! I'm
glad to find a couple of fellows here
who are NOT LOOKING FOR GAS!
ADOLF EXPLAINS ALL
C"Srength OF arms means nothing. 1t is
The midland journal., 1943-12-03

IsSSV W '>'''''S 80
~ Do no unnecessary driving.
Live up to the Government regulation-don't exceed
IS miles an hour.
Keep your tires inflated up to recommended pressure
and check them every week.
Avoid hitting holes in the road bruisng your tires
on curbs stones. Don't start stop suddenly Slow
down for sharp corners. as
!. See that your wheels and axles are in line.
Switch your tires from wheel to wheel every five
thousand miles, and have them inspected regularly for
moval Of foreign objects and repair Of CUTS
And l.. most important of all -. recap your tires
as soon as they become smooth
HOW GOOD ARE PASSENGER CAR
TIRES OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER?
1t may be long time before all civilians can get syn
thetc rubber tires Meanwhile you should be Of the
few who do get them you will want this information:
Synthetic rubber tires for passenger cars are good
tires and will give you satisfactory service you take
care of them.
You should not think Of synthetic rubber tires I'M
proued tires but emergency tires And remember that
they have not yet had time prove what they do.
1t is beside the point to theorize how they would
react to the phenomenay high speeds Of prewar days.
Every patriotic American knows that tire treads. all
tire teads out faster at high Speeds and drives
at todays recommended speed Of S5 miles an hour.
As time goes on we will learn about the effects
Of of rough roads, and Of other abuses
They damage all tires. Indications that they do pro-
portionately more harm to synthetic rubber tires.
Meanwhile; oil fires are rofioned to yon in trust
for the l0fiot and it is your dnfy to take every
possible care Of them, to avoid misuse and pre-
vent abuse.
As experience teaches us more and more about syn
thetic rubber tres will pass the information along to
you Meantime, play safe. Be careful!
If you use synthetic rubber tubes, be they are
properly installed They should be put into the tire then
inflated, Debated and inflated again. And they should
never be mounted on rusty rims.
TRUCK AND BUS TIRES
aa ARE A Different STORY
Truck and bus tires. being larger and heavier. generate
The midland journal., 1943-12-03

sHitler would laugh his head of
il he collected garbage over here
and saw the waste. Ladies Home
journal ad.
The midland journal., 1943-12-03
TRUCK AND BUS TIRES
ARE A Different STORY

Truck and bus tires being larger and heavier generate
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10

rector of the Drama Group, the
moving, one-act production dealt
not with the mighty Red Army, but
rather with the valiant stand of
the Soviet's guerrilla fighters
against the German invaders. It's
action was of any day in any
Russian town in the war zone.
DEFEND TERRITORY
Staged on an open platform in
the center of the camps drill hall,
without scenery and with the audi
ence on all sides, the play opened
with the people of the Soviet wait
ing for the expected invasion.
When it came, they took up arms
in guerilla warfare against the
enemy and despite heavy losses,
drove the invaders from their
homeland
Continuity in the action was
carried out through the medium of
an unseen narrator Dodson) who
told the people of their duty and
urged them on to victory. Their
response was portrayed through
choral speaking and choreography.
The play numbered an all-Negro
cast. of thirty, plus the glee club
of forty voices and 20-piece drum
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
BY DOLORES CALVIN

NEW YORK-(Calvin'S News
Service)-It's a known fact that
when the First Lady of Swing takes
over the mike, her soft and sweet
voice is all that's needed However,
the Eddie Durham All-Girl band
did all right for itself as they had
the major part of the show to
carry. The Apollo Theatre always
saves Miss Fitzgerald and the -Four
Keys (noW five) until last, to give
you something to well remember.
And Ella certainly knows how to
leave the best impression!
With the Keys" as the musical
background, Ella sang Gle Says
Murder" and Lets Get Lost" Ella
is definitely cute trick in show
business. This particular night
happened to be unbearably hot and
perspiration came streaming down
her forehead Having no handker-
chief, one of the keys" coyly
reached in his pocket and brought
out not one, not two, but three
small white hankies and presented
them unceremoniously to the dis
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
(SWeetheartS Have
New Hot Trumpeter

CHICAGO CAMP - Ray Lee
Jones, manager of the Sweethearts
of Rhythm, announces that on the
bill opening Regal Theatre, Chica-
go, July 16 will be featured Ernest
Inc Tiny" Davis, 300 pound hot
trumpet player and vocalist. She
does variety of stunts with her
trumpet and on the vocals, starring
on want A Tall Skinny Papa,
and Ration Blues.
After playing the Regal one week
they perform at Dayton's huge coli
scum with capacity of 10000 on
July "a and close their tour for the
season at Victory field in Indiana
polls on Sunday, July IS, doinf a
campaign for the purchase of war
bonds, at which many notables
have been invited, including gov
ernor of Indiana.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10

To tell the story backward, Ruby
Golden, who has been studio cook
for Lum and Abner during the
filming of their latest picture,
Dollar Year Man." has been
cast for speaking role in their
next picture. That's definite 1t
came about like this:
Lum (Chet Lauck) and Abner
(Tuffy CoffO had just enjoyed one
of Ruby's Lucious Southern Lunch
cons served in their bungalow on
the lot where they eat, sleep and
broadcast during filming.
Ruby" said Abner, you deserve
a bonus. Name it and you can
have it."
well, Mr.. Abner," answered
Ruby with her infectious smile,
I'D like right well to be in Lum
and Abner picture"
And you can be-" spoke up
Lum. "Abner, have her written in
to the next script And pass me
another helping of that good corn
bread"
Mrs. Golden, wife of Chief Petty
Officer Tilman Golden who is one
of the few Negro service men hold
ing such rank, came to Holly
wood after Pearl Harbor. When the
Jap bombs fell in that attack, she
and her husband were on Hickman
field in the officers quarters. They
were unhurt. But with war on,
Golden sailed on his destroyer and
Ruby sailed back to Hollywood.
Here, recently, she has appeared
briefly in pictures such as Cabin
in the Sky" and STORMY Weather"
in both of which she was Just
an extra or very minor bit. But
now it looks as though Ruby-who
is pleasingly plump-will be an
other lucky colored girl who makes
good, and gets major money, be-
fore the picture cameras.
She's got another angle, too, for
Kay Kyser, who halls from her
home town in North Carolina,
knows her father well. Her dad,
Richard Greene, was Kay's barber.
So it looks like things are
rosy for Ruby-and mostly because
she can really cook.