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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

and henceforth commands low
or price?
A-Radium. Newly discover
cd deposits Of the incidentally
valuable metal some in the
United States. have made the
supply adequate
@ What was the last official
territorial addition made to the
United States?
A-On March 81. 1917. the Y.
S acquired the Virgin Islands
from Denmark Purchase price
was s25,000,OO0.
O. What did Guiteau and
CzolgoSz, whose names are COM
paratlvcly unknown. have in
common with popular actor
during the Civil War?
A-Gultcau aSsaSslnated Pres
ident Garfield. Czolgosz slew
President Mckinley. and John
Wilkes Booth, actor brother Of
more famous actor. Edwin
Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln.
Q-What is the highest speed
possible for a man bearing a
parachute pack 10 fall before he
opens his chute?
4 He will never fall faster
than ll8 miles per hour, no mat
ter what the altitude.
Q-What statesman and writ
or invented the lightning rod?
A-Benjamin Franklin.
Q-How long would ii take
a dollar to double at simple in
terest?
A-You would have to wait
100 years TO get double your
money back.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
MEXICAN HOSPITALITY
. Questions and Answers

Q-What state has the highest
percentage of smokers?
A-According to recent sur
vey of the II states which pay
taxes on cigarets. conducted by
the Federation OF Tax Exami-
ncrs Connecticut jewellers smoke
about 90 packs per capita per
year.
When did President Roose-
welt sign the Selective Service
Act, and when was the first reg
istration day
A-The Act was signed Sept.
Is, 1910, and the first registrantS
were required to appear at their
local draft boards on Oct. rs.
@ What was the first L s.
Warship sunk by the enemy dur
ing this war?
A-The Reuben James, des-
troyer torpedoed and sunk west
of Iceland while on convoy duty,
Oct. 30. l94l.
Q-How can the flag Of the
President Of the United States
be identified?
Alt consists Of bronze re-
production Of the President s
seal, placed upon a blue back
ground thanked by white stars
in each corner.
What is the longest solar
day of the year?
A-Decembcr %.
@ If you bought plot Of
land. and 1t was measured IN
iaribs. where would you be?
Where if the unit was a man.
Zana?
Ain Iran (Pcrsia). II YOU
were buying land in Nicaragua,
Salvador, or Costa RIGA, YOU
would have TO dickcr for 50
many manzanas A iarib equals
247l acres; a manzana, ! 7i2
acres.
Q-Whsat is prime number
"A humber which is exact
~ divisible by itself and one,
but by 30 other number Ex-
amplcs, a. 10.
Q-|hat letter of the alpha
bet VA first transmitted across
the At lantic by wireless?
As, received by Marconi
in Newfoundland. from Poldhu,
EnglalE. in 1901
Q-Eho was the first Ma
tional League batsman TO be Of
ficiallI credited with a mark Of
over 4b0?
A-koss Barnes playing for
Chicago. rung up a 403 in 1876.
Q-Vhat fabulously precious
element is no longer SO scarce,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN

For the first time since production began
rolling, we have adequate supply Of steel for ships
tanks and other weapons Steel no longer is the bot
teneck behind the most serious Of oil bottlenecks-
that is shipping.
We have left the hot frying pan and ore falling
into on equally uncomfortable fire High labor turn
over hos coused labor deficit Of TO- 900 workers in
the shipbudino industry which is threatening ot-
tonment Of our expanded goals
This is serious The Nozs ore steppino up their
U-boot compo9n foster than the public hos yet been
informed The deficit hos not yet been reflected in
production figures, but will soon unless it is over.
come.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
BY PETER EDISON

Now the Great Prince had a
hobby of stamp collecting, but
when the Great Wars came, the
stamp collection suffered most
woefully. Other Great Princes
had no time TO daily with the
printing of new pretties for
packets, and with one half of the
world fighting the other half and
all the soldiers and sailors IN all
the armies and navies sending
their miSslves free of postage,
new stamps became scarcer than
new potatoes.
Besides, the generals. the ad-
mirals and the ministers took up
so much time with their endless
council meetings, often running
far into the night. that the Great
Prince after days comforting
had no yen. no heart and no
spirit in him to count perfor-
atoms and decipher cachet cam
cellationS --- paStimeS w h ! c n
made the science of philately so
thrilling
But events in the lives Of mice
and men have strange ways in
time Of war. and it came to pass
that the dispatch of one letter
was forsooth TO bring the Great
Prince cachet more precious
than rubies and rare roast beef,
an addition to the stamp collcc-
ton that would give il cover
which no other album in the
world would possess. 1t happen
cd after this fashion.
Over the seas beyond the
Alps, beyond even the land Of
the Hun and to the north OF the
holy cities of Damascus and
Jerusalem, there dWelt another
Great Prince in Muscovy.
THE MUSCOVITE PRINCE
Now this other Great Prince
was a strange fellow with fierce
mustaches who smoked a foul
smelling great black pipe and
had moreover a habit Of wear
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
TAKE EDEk'S WORD

Anthony Eden British foreign secretary, hos
spiked the guns Of professional oneophobes who have
pretended to feor thot when Germany beaten Greet
Britain will pull out Of the and leave US to fight
japan oone
I'VE, no less than you ond our partner Chino
have score to settle with the Japanese he told the
Maryland Legislature recently; nor shall we Geese
fighting until thot evil growth the Pacific hos been
cut beck. We shall be with you in this to the end"
OF course. 1t wos obvious But if few tird
men wonted to be reossured there is from, on Eng
Iishron who hos the confidence and esteem of oil
Amerieons.
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. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

ing his pants tucked inside his
boots, and his shirt tucked out
side his pants Yet he was
Great Prince indeed, idolized by
his people, and his armies fought
CALAMITY against the hordes of
the Hun. He was good ally.
He was a shy fellow, though,
and he would not confer. He
confined himself to doing rather
than talking, and he Stunned
every invitation from our own
Great Prince TO get together, pull
up chair, put his dogs under
table and talk things over like
a pal.
Now this was great rebuff
for our own Great Prince. for
how could war be fought
without a conference? But he
bethought himself of a plan, a
plan which would get him as
much publicity as a conference
He would send the Great Prince
OF Muscovy a letter.
1t would not be an ordinary
letter. 1t would be the most OK
pensive letter ever sent 1t
would be borne on one of the
Great Princes fastest space ma
chimes, a Stratoliner with four
great engines churning the air
with the force of 1000 horses, fly
ing the 1000 miles there and the
1000 miles back at the wonder
Gus speed Of nearly 200 miles an
hour between stops for oil and
gas. True. the cost OF carrying
this stamp collectors letter with
out stamps might run to 81 a
mile, but what of cost for SO cur
iOus communication as this 1t
would be more historic than the
message to Garcia, or the good
news from Client to AK, or the
ride of Paul Revere.
POSTWAR DELIVERS
THE GOODS
So precious indeed was this
parchment that il could not go in
pouch like any other letter con-
Quoting the Great Princes bust
ness Instead. it must have
special postman all its own and
for this high honor the Great
Prince sent for one of his eX
ambassadors to the court Of the
other Great Prince, and sent him
off on q second mission to Mus
covy.
AS is the custom among all
Great Princes, when the exam
bassador postman rang twice and
delivered the letter that Travelled
by itself without postage stamps.
he was greeted befltting cour-
Ter with good news. If the news
had been bad the courier would
have been beaten - or purged or
liquidated as the MuscoVites say
in their quaint way. But since
the news he bore was good, the
ex ambassador postman was
merely stuffed with caviar and
sturgeon and 10 shots of vodka.
When the ex-ambassador post
man had recovered and when the
Great Prince Of Muscovy had
penned him an answer, the ex-
ambassador postman mounted his
good steed Stratoliner. sank his
spurs in its cushioned and car
peted fuselage and galloped
home.
And all the people wondered
what the letters said, but we're
proud and pleased to think that
the envelope without postage
stamps could come such a long
way so fast, and make such
lovely addition TO the cachets
and covers in the Great Prince S
album.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
McKElNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Car Authority

Anyone, who has ever partic-
ipated i'm a tournament IN met
ropolitan New York knows Har-
ry j. Roth, who has been active
for years in bridge in Brooklyn.
He can always be courted upon
to turn out large crowds espec-
tally when the party is conduct
ed for the benefit of some wor-
thy charity.
had the pleasure OF sitting
in social game with Roth not
long ago, in which he played
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
NO BOTHER AT ALL

SAN FRANCISCO-The rob-
Der told hotel clerk Earl Stick
he didn't want 10 be bothered
with coins, Just hand over the
currency
Stick told police the man took
Sl49 in bills. Stick kept the
$3.50 in silver.
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GIFT
KANSAS CITY - There was
short pause in ration book
mailing at Central High school
when a worker discovered he
was preparing a book for David
Huffman of Kansas City - on
the date of the latters l02nd
birthday anniversary.
Huffman does his own cook
ing, too, they later learned.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
Bv The Associated Press
SAFEGUARD THEIR
VAI.CABLES

ORANGEBURG, S. C.-Two
smartly- dressed young women
came out of theater just as
heavy shower was striking its
stride.
They stopped and each girl
removed her shoes and carefully
tucked them under her arm.
Then they Jared forth in the
rain-barefoOt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
ALL ABOUT LOUIS

ROSWELL, N. Louis Fall
conf, Jr., keeps the folks at
home informed.
From his serviceman's post
abroad he wrote that all he does
is work, eat and sleep.
He couldn't tell about the
work, he said and sleep is un-
interesting SO his letters de-
scribe his daily meals.
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. IN HOLLYWOOD

merely blowing off my repres-
sion. We try for fun but avoid
vulgarity. the writer's soul be-
ing as pure as driven snow
Lieut.. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
is one of the most popular Off
GERS on his ship but to win recog-
milton as good fellow, we hear,
he was kidded as no actor has
been kidded in any branch of
the armed forces. AS newcom-
er 10 the ship, he was ordered to
the theater, where the officers
ran off his worst film. kissing,
booing and signing during the
love scenes
MEXICAN HOSPITALITY
Pan Americanism is m G
than something politicians talk
about these days in Mexico Pan
Americanism, according to Joan
Fontaine. just returned from
Mexico, is at work. You feel
the friendllneSs Of the people to-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

JOKE
FRESNO. Calif-It was a
good joke, Jess Feliz, 20, related
aftcrWard to police.
He told acquaintance in
tavern he was ranch foreman
carrying $1,000 payroll in his
pocket
They followed him and rob-
bed him.
All they got was S. 1t was
all he had.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
NO GAIN

NO GAIN
CHICAGO-The burglar who
ransacked Mrs. Nettie Browns
apartment, police theorized, was
a forgetful fellow.
After Mrs. Brown checked her
losses-which totaled SIS cents
she discovered the intruder
had left revolver on the kit
chen table. a.
But police learned the burg
lar wasn't out anything-the
weapon had been stolen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
BY EESKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff COrreSpOndent

A friend Of ours, Hollywood
secretary named Ann McGill,
has a problem Seems that Enrol
Flynn has caused her more
sleepless nights than any man
she has ever known. It's like
this. A few months ago her hus-
band went TO war and she
moved into a small apartment.
Somehow she inherited Flynn's
old telephone number The
darned thing rings at all hours
Of the day and night. When she
tells callers, mostly feminine,
that Enrol doesn't live here any
more" they Cd fly into rage
and imply that she's trying to
keep them from Flynn; GU sim
per and make alleged smart
cracks, and (3) are amazed that
a WON n answers the telephone.
Well, says Ann, this has been
going on now for two months
and honestly, she needs sleep.
The payoff was when Flynn's
studio called her and asked for
the star. They wanted him on
the set. right away, and the man
insisted that Ann get him TO the
studio
please. Enrol" yawns Ann
McGill won't YOU tell your
friends, relatives, the studios
and all other interested parties
that Enrol doesn't live here any
more because Annie DOES
CONTRARY CAGNEY
For an Academy award win
ner, Jimmy Cagney isn't rum
ming true to form. His first pic
ture since winning an Oscar.
johnny Come Lately" defies
all Hollywood tradition. Charac-
ter actress Grace Georges role
is more important than Gag
ney's That, in itself, would have
most Oscar winners reaching for
the smelling salts Bill Henry
not wins the girl one
Of Cagncy'S pals. a screen new
conner named Ed Mcnamara, has
the best character role in the
picture And the director is Will
liam X Howard. whom Holly
wood has been overlooking for
several years. It's just like Gag
ncy. who likes to be different
In facetious mood. Scenarist
Dudley Nichols used all the pro-
family he could muster in de-
scriblng his characters in a fore
word to the script OF Govern
mcnt Girl" Then he added
note 10 the Hays office: All pro-
family confined to this page;
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AXIS LICKER

CHICAGO - Frank Ingrams
big dog. Hans. is putting in his
ticks TO help beat the Axis.
Hans. stationed in lobby Of
North side hotel, is bedecked
with a sign which reads: rs war
stamps licked. ! penny" That's
the charge to children; adults
pay more.
rhe collections 60 into a pool
Ito buy more war stamps.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

Continuing the Adventures Of
the Great Prince. Any similar
ity 10 real persons and places is
purely Intentionally
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ROUTINE

ROUTINE
SALT LAKE CITY - Ray
mond d. Earl, 5i2, has had his
first haircut by John Burt.
It's a tradition.
w. c. A. Smoot. Sr., Ray
nond's great grandfather,
had his hair cut by Burt 33
years ago. and the family's been
Burts patrons ever since.
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6. I. SUNTAN

FORT BLISS, Texts an
army order, not vacation.
Men of the first cavalry divi-
sion must take sun baths daily,
starting with l0-minute expo
sureS.
It's to tougher the skin. they
explained.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

DALLAS, Tex This applica-
ton reached Dallas from a Yoa-
KUN county draft board:
I'VE have five members and
one clerk Sometimes we stay
in session until 3 a m. and we
make coffee so we can stay
awake We need a special
ration book for coffee and SUI
gar"
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
HOME BATTLE FRONTS
Rv i E ZONES

The Government has issued a
Handbook of War Agencies in 143
closely printed pages. No attempt
has been made to include activi-
ties of the agencies originally es-
tablished for other purposes, even
though much of their present work
has been integrated with the War
Program. These war agencies in
clude many Offices" many Ad-
ministrations, many Boards, Com
Authorities, Corpora
tions, Joint Boards and Commits
sions. Programs, branches repre-
senting the Navy, Army, State. Ag-
Commerce and the other
Departments.
Washington. District of Colum-
bia, is the Capital of all Home Bat
tie Fronts, and it's motto is Justitia
(Justice to AID; its Off
cial flower is the American Beauty
Rose; its area So square miles. The
has doubled, and the
new description of the city is
Greater Washington" The new
spread and sprawl of 100000 hu-
man beings extend far over it's
borders into the States of Virginia
and Maryland.
President Roosevelt recently said
that public spirit in the Capital
was far below the rest of the coun-
try. His criticisms were due to
the difficulties. quarrels, disputes
and open breaks among high Off
cials, in and out of the War Agen-
cies. He has been disturbed over
union labor defiance of his War
Labor Board. The big-3 brass hats
Of the principal unions are housed
n the original 50 square miles of
he District.
The principal differences on the
Home Battle Frant are, and have
leen, between Congress and the
So far the Congress
las not been able to pass laws to
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
LOST

LOsT-Ration Bosk No 2. Mary c.
Milford. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

FOR SAI.E@SiX dining room chairs
and tahlc, also leather bottom
chairs. one roller top desk. also swiv-
el chair. also desk lamp Wesley
Aden. Milford. at pool room next to
FIRST National Bank Itp
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE

With all the unhappy news that
mas appeared in the papers in re-
cent weeks regarding the domestic
scene, such as that caused by wild
cat strikes, 1t is good to see some
occasional notes of cheer to cOun-
terbalance it. One of the more
cheerful items to appear recently
was the quarterly report of Cen
ersl Motors.
The fact that this company is
the worlds largest producer of war
materials is enough to make one
OF its reports very pleasant read
ing for people of the United Ma
tiOns and very bad news for the
Axis. However, the specific de-
tails of the recent quarterly re-
port themselves call for attention.
For example, war materials de-
livered by the company in the first
three months of 1943 established a
new all-time production record.
while the corporation also attain
ed new peaks for employment and
pay rolls.
The war deliveries had a dollar
value of S765 ,525, ,S35, which
means an annual production rate
in excess of three billion dollars.
That is good news for all Ameri-
cans. Beyond this, total deliveries
by the company for the first quar-
ter, including other authorized pro-
ducts either directly or indirectly
essential to the war program,
amounted to 3,529,947. We are
told by Alfred p Sloan, Jr., chair
man of the corporation, further
more, that the physical volume of
production increased more rapid
ly than its dollar value indicates,
because of the fact that the COM
pany made substantial reductions
in prices as cost savings were
realized through development of
new methods, simplificatiOn of de-
sign and expanding volume of pro-
ductiOn. This led to voluntary
price reductions of approximately
$59,000,O00 during the three months
in line with the cOmpany's policy,
bringing its total voluntary price
reductions on war materials to
S5Oz,OUO,U ,UOO.
The employment statistics in the
report are good news too, especial
ly in view of the manner fn which
various labor leaders have in
weighed against President FOose-
velt's wage freeze order. During
the quarter the company had an
average of 4O5.S94 employees on
the pay roll. higher than for any
previous quarter in the cOmpany's
history. Salaries and wages to-
tailed $2S5, 5,3OS.239 for the three
month period. against $15S,756,S
for the first quarter of 1912. an in
crease of $126,551 $50. Working
hours averaged 45.7 hours per week
compared with an average of I
42.9 for the first quarter a year
ago, an increase of 6.5 per cent. !
These facts may tend to take the
wind out of some labor leaders
sails, but they are good news to
most of us.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

define a condition of equal justice
to the public, employers and work
ers, as the President holds the
club of his veto over the legisla-
tive branch of the Government. The
Congress has been unable to meet
the demands of the President with
respect to pay-as-yOu-gO taxation.
That is another reason why the
President believes the public spirit
is low in the Capital.
The Handbook of War Agencies
is a helpful index to newsmen who
have resented the restrictions
placed on legitimate news at the
Hot Springs, Virginia, internation-
al food conference.
The Book is more than an in
dex of men in KEEP positions who
are constantly playing New Deal
politics, and persisting in their
efforts to extend Government con-
troll and management over private
industry in coming postwar years.
The Book is filled with names of
"yes-men" who make trouble for
abel and Independent Administra-
tors who are trying to instill old
fashioned methods of common
sense into the affairs of manpOwer.
shipping, transportation, commun-
icatiOn, stabilizatiOn, rationing,
finance. oil. rubber, raw and natur-
al materials.
In short: What is the condition
on the home front? A great ma
jority of the public will answer
that the strength and independ-
ence of the American government
and its people come first, and that
postwar plans must save the
greatest Republic in all the World
from being swallowed up in the
current global description of "One
World" ="
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
Certified RUTGERS Tomato

FOR SALE-Five fresh cows. ac-
credited herd; John Deere corn
planter. l international riding har-
row. I No. 10 Oliver walking pillow,
Oliver sulky plow. two ~ inch hot
toms. Inquire any evening after $50.
Roy ID. Simpler. Phone Lewes 4057.
Oyster Rock Road. jf-5tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
IN MEMoRIAM

In sad and loving memory of Mena
S. Walls. wife and mother. who de
parted this life June s. 1899:
To MON"
This life seems. oh-so empty
Since Nom has gone away.
We realize now that il was she
Who frightened every day.
When our burdens seemed too heavy
To Nom we'd always go.
She knew just how to help us,
And now-we miss her so.
We know we're not the only ones
Who miss their Nom this way.
There are many other broken hearts.
And now. to God. we pray
To keep our dear Nom happy.
Give her His loving care.
And tell her that the day will come
When we will meet her there.
Sadly missed by Husband. Children
and Grandchildren. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

FOR SALE.-Iair grey horses. one
SIX years old. other .: 5000. Work
anywhere. One pair old mated mules.
Slhn; odd mule. - years old. $50:
grey colt. > years old. S7j.OU John
Lincoln. m2S-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
IN MEMoRIAM

In sad and loving memory of our
dear daughter and sister. Doris
Ellen Isaacs. who passed away June
2, 1912.
Dear Doris. your smile was like the
sunshine.
Your voice one of good cheer:
And your memory will always linger
With the ones who loved you so dear.
Sadly missed by Mother. Father.
Brothers and Sister. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

FOR SALE-Four. used coal broodcr
stoves; 2.jO0 y. \. \ \. White Leg
horn pulets. day old. Will he avail
able by June 10th. 2jc apiece. I .O0U
tomato y baskets. used one time and
new VIM. NJ Robinson. Poplar
Grove. Milford. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04
FIXING UP A TAX BILL

Senate and House tax cOnferees
have finally agreed upon a COM
promise pay-as-yOu-gO tax plan
which they believe will be passed
and get the approval of President
Roosevelt. A great many people
are trying to figure out how much
forgiveness" there is in the bill;
but they need not be too hopeful
because about the only real vir-
tue of the tax measure is that as
sessments will be easier to pay
under the new plan.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

FOR SALE-Rutgers tomato plants.
grown from certified seed. Ready to
plant now. Wilson G. Hatfield. Green
wood. Delaware. Telephone 2791. For
mer Governor Penncwill Home Farm.
Ji-tf
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-04

FOR SALE-Rutgers tomato plants.
s1.00 per 900. Mrs. George Bond.
Milford Neck. ji-2tp