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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
BY PETER EDISON

This Victory garden campaign
has some strange angles.
The big idea is to get six mil
lion farm gardens and IL mil
lion city and suburban gardens
under cultivation. AS there are
approximately 38 million fami-
lies in the United States, this
'means that one family out of
every three is supposed to spade
up and start planting.
The six million farm gardens
figure will fool you. Offhand
you might think that every farm
had a garden, but ii doesn't work
that way. 1t used to be that near
ly every farm had vegetable
patch and raised most of what
it ate, but in this modern age
of automobiles and specializa-
ton, many farms have given up
raising vegetables altogether and
in some areas the farmers are
the largest consumers of store
foods, consuming more canned
goods than city folks. So, the
Department of Agr culture
campaign to get garden dug
on every farm is what you might
call revolutionary. Some farms
do now produce as much as
three-fourths of all the meats,
eggs, milk, vegetables and other
groceries consumed on the place.
Therefore, the experts figure If
they can raise the national farm
garden fielding average to the
point where farms pr d u C e
three-fourths of all the food
farm families consume, that will
be relieving the tightness OF the
national food situation consider
ably.
AS for the IL million town and
city gardeners roughly three
out of every eight urban dwell
ers will be expected to raise a
bean, a tomato, a radish and
several callouses - there aren't
any definite goals for quantity.
Anything is supposed to be a
help. The average adult puts
away about ton of groceries a
year. That's a little over five
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05

recognition. A scenario was
written and for the first time in
Hollywood history a bit player
became a star in his own life
story. The picture, The Cow
boy and the Blonde" The bit
player, George Montgomery.
Thirteen years ago this month
a boy of 16 curled up in some
newspapers under a tree in Hol-
lyWood and shivered all night.
He had hitch-hiked his way from
New York intent on becoming a
film actor.
The next day he visited all the
studios. No one gave him so
much as an extra part. For two
weeks he tried for film jobs.
None ever came. He finally
wrote his family for train fare
home and returned to New York,
a film career forgotten.
But that was Is years ago and
boy can do many things in Is
years. He can make a name for
himself on Broadway, play sup
porting roles in many pictures
and finally emerge as a star in
the years biggest filmusical,
"Star-Spangled Rhythm" The
boy, Eddie Bracken.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
. IN HOLLYWOOD

moved away. The little girl
moved away, too, and grew up
and finally came to Hollywood,
where she became a star.
Not long ago she received a
letter. 1t was from a poet whose
vagabond verse of Hawaii had
made him famous. He'd just
published new collection. In
it was a poem, dedicated to the
star. He hoped she would like
it. 1t was titled THE Little Gill
Across the Street The poet,
Don Banding. The little girl
across the street, Joan Crawford.
STIFF SHIRT COWBOY
He was raised on a ranch. He
could ride and rope and break
broncos and even drawl west
ern song. He wanted to be a
motion picture cowboy but, typi-
cally Hollywood, casting direct
ors could see him only in draw
ing room dramas. For two years
he played bit rolls in stuffed
shirts and tight collars. His
heart wasn't in his work. He
was a nobody, but he was ambi-
tious. One day he met produc-
err and told him his story. The
producer became interested. He
asked him more about his life
and his struggle for Hollywood
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
MIRACLE VOICE

She was the pride of her home
town. Everyone from the drug
store clerks to the mayor pre-
dicted she would have a brilliant
future. A glorious singing voice
such as they'd never heard be-
fore and only years old.
And then suddenly the towns
idol was stricken with :. serious
illness. A complication OF things,
including the most fearful of all
for a singer, a throat ailment.
The towns doctors shook their
heads. Specialists from New
York confirmed their fears. The
girl would never sing again. But
the doctors were wrong. For a
year and a half the girl did not
sing note.
Then, as if by miracle, her
voice returned, the same voice
which has since thrilled millions.
Opera stardom in New York and
then screen stardom in Holly
wood. The girl, glorious-voiced
Gloria Jean.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
. SO THEY SAY

We have every confidence in
General Eisenhower and Gener-
al Anderson and the men of the
Allied forces.-Clement r. At
lee, British deputy prime minis
ter.
The German position is deter
iorating and the doom of the en-
circled German divisions there
(Don and Volga area seems as
sured.-Undersecretary of War
Robert p. Patterson.
The novelty is beginning to
wear off.-Dallas, Texas, patrol
man who delivered nine babies
in eight year on forces.
Beyond any doubt, we will de-
fend ourselves. This has already
been explained in orders to all
subordinate military command
ers. Instructions being distribu-
ted that defense is TO cease are
false. - Prime Minister Per AL
bin Hanson of Sweden.
The American soldier is the
greatest potential soldier in the
world. American soldiers have
intelligence and initiative and
as soon as they got over their
filters they beat the japanese
at their own game.--Col. lie Roy
p. Hunt, marine commander at
capture of Guadalcanal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE ::
BY WILLIAM z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
(This is the fifth of a Sc
ries of six articles introducing
my 1912 All-American Team.)

have selected Tobias Stone
of New York as the outstanding
find" of 1912. This year he won
l4l Master Points. He won the
national open pair champion
ship, finished sec n d in the
world championship Masters
pairs, and first in the Eastern
States team event. He reached
the semi-finals in the Vanderbilt
Tournament, and finished Sec
ond in the national mixed team
and the Metropolitan open team.
Stone is a member of the Sig
nal Corps Reserve, and when he
completes his course shortly, he
will be in uniform. If he returns
to bridge after the war, you can
rest assured that his name will
often be among the winners.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
GIN RUMMY QUIZ

Q. Should one or both players
keep score in Gin Rummy, Hol-
lyWood style?
A. It is recommended h a t
both players keep score because
errors are frequently made in
scoring three games at one time.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
OH, MATERIALLY

BOISE, IDAHO-Three girl
employees, chatting in the State
House:
No. 1-"Oh, what pretty
pin. What is it,"
No, 2-"It's Marine Corps
sweetheart pin. Sergeant So
andso gave it to me-"
No. 3-"Gee, / wish / had
one"
No. Never mind the nick
hacks. I just wish l had a Ma
rine."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press
ARMY APPETITE

EAISAvA IA = II 4 = - -
TAMPA, FLA-Ever wonder
what a soldier eats when he gets
away from camp?
Patrons of cafeteria here
saw one khaki-clad youngster
load his tray with fish, ham and
mashed potatoes, steak and
french fried potatoes, avocado
salad, black-eyed peas, macaroni
and cheese, five rolls and butter,
four glasses of ice tea and two
kinds of pie.
Halfway through his meal he
stopped long enough to an
nounce belligerently to bug
eyed occupants of nearby tables,
well, I'm hungry"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
NAG. NAG, NAG

SEATTLE, WASH. - Adrian
A. Walker obtained divorce
yesterday on complaint that his
wife nagged him.
"Was there trouble over nag
eing?" his attorney asked him.
Yes" said Walker, who is
78-and who's been married 90
wears. We've had troubles for
40 years. -"
Superior Judge Roger j. Mea-
kim said that was long enough.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
eBEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONe

pounds day, which seems high
but is statistic nevertheless. II
the average urban garden plot
yielded Is pounds of vegetables
for Is weeks, that would be a
harvest of 225 pounds, or be-
tween 3 and 4 per cent of the
three-person family's food con-
sumption. 1t would also be a
miracle.
SPECIFIC PUZZLERS
Getting down to the specific
problems of the Victory garden
er, he will have his troubles. I'M
plements, for mple. The
hardware stores will not offer
as wide variety of tools as
heretofore. War Produc o n
Board has cracked down on the
manufacturers of garden tools,
and has issued an order, LIST,
which reduces the number of
forks, rakes and hoes from the
former 855 models to mere 158
in order to conserve steel and
good ash handles.
But don't let that worry you.
All the average gardener needs
is three tools - four if you in
clude the bottle of liniment -
one spade or fork, one rake, one
hoe. If these are labeled with the
catch line of Victory tools for
Victory gardeners that is,
If they are manufactured after
April 8, 1943, they will be sold
in Grades A. B. and c, the first
being the best.
Department of Agricul u e
gardening experts say anyone
can manage Victory garden
with the three clubs aforemen-
toned. Golfers giving up golf
for gardening may find them
selves little handicapped if
they have been used to having
some poor knock kneed and I'M
der nourished boy tote their
hodful of golf hardware, but in
gardening, un es S you are a
Burbank, you do not need No.
5 iron for approaching a green
tomato, nor a chrome headed
putter for putting the pea from
pod to pot.
THERE'LL BE SEEDS
Seed. There seems to be plen-
ty, even counting those that
won't come up, though seeds for
merly imported have been cut
off. Beet, onion and carrot seed
are the scarcest.
Fertilizers. Your Victory gar
den, spaded with Victory tools,
will be fertilized with Victory
fertilizer. 1t won't be as good
fertilizer as you have been used
to, for the demand for more fer
tilizer for more acreage and the
demand for more chemicals for
other war uses makes it neces-
sary to spread fertilizing agents,
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. The new fertilizer will
be 1877 per cent of those chem
icals in that order, in place Of
the ideal sos you used to use.
Anyone using fertilizer on or
namental paintings or golf
courses is sabotaging the war
effort.
Insecticides. Again there are
shortages, but they're not seri-
Gus. Base of most anti-bug juices
is arsenic, now needed for pois-
on gas. Rotenole root from South
America and pyrethrum flowers
from Japan are out because of
the shipping situation.
Now is the time for all good
gardeners to come to the aid of
their country.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
STORK BEATS CAB

CHICAGO-A woman in dis
tress rushed into a liquor store,
told the clerk she must get TO
hospital.
The clerk asked policeman
Francis O'Connor to call taxi
cab, but by the time the cab ar
rived, O'Connor reported, the
woman, Mrs. Blanche Butler,
walked out of rear room of the
store, carrying newborn baby
in her arms. O'Connor and the
cab driver took the new mother
and baby home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
STAMP STOMP

CHICAGO-Students of ILL
nois Institute of Technology
have put their dancing on a ra-
toned plan and their mid-year
social tonight is billed as the
ration ramble."
Students will be denied the
right to dance unless they have
a draft card, a coffee and sugar
ration book anG school ration
bid and booklet. Each coupon
in the booklet will entitle the
holder to one dance.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05
SOLVED

PORTLAND, ORE. - There's
another murder mystery in the
Portland Zoo.
Some time ago Director Ar
thur Greenhall found red
deer, slain. Now q rare mouf-
lon sheep from Sardinia is dead
from a deep cash in its flank.
Greenhall said the nature OF
both wounds points to old Hay
baler, a 1,80O-pound buffalo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-05

Dive bombing was originated
and perfected by the United
States more than a decade ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21

This sceek aoe yield this space
to William Garner BOuic, Gttor-
neg, of Hot Springs, Arkansas,
master hand at "Reminiscences.
Mr.. Bouic is brother of Albert
NJ. Bouic, of Rockville.
Rockville, beautiful place; wide
streets, shade trees, imposing
buildings, spacious homes with
everything modern to add the COM
fort of city, is no longer viii
lage. 1t has been forty odd years
since left and each visit finds me
engrossed looking for places which
/ knew. They are practically all
gone, given way to modern i'm
provements.
One Sunday in June past arriv-
cd in Rockville before the town was
astir and walked to that part
where / was born, searching for
landmarks which have left such a
deep imprint on my memory. Fort
unately I was able to locate the
spot where my grand fathers anG
my fathers homes had stood;
across on the opposite corner
looked in vain for the things l had
known-they were all gone.
The places for which l was
searching were there before there
was an electric light in town, wher
the streets of Rockville had beer
lighted with lamps on the corner
of each block; the hour / had ar.
rived was about the time that ole
man Marshall Hebron, the lamp
lighter, would have been passing
along with his little ladder on hi:
back, shutting the lights, trimming
the wicks, cleaning the globes ant
replenishing the oil.
Standing there / could in mem
DRY almost hear the voices Of
"Uncle Yay" and Miss Agnes No
Ian, hear the cooling of the pigeons
in the Offutt stable yard, see th'
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21
"CIVIC SARAH"
MEETS THE
COUNTY PRESS

"Ciyic Sarah" unique creation
of the Montgomery County League
of Women Voters, was presented to
the county at luncheon given Fri
day at Mrs. KS Toll House Tavern,
by heads of the various depart
ments of the League, for nine
newspaper women of the county.
In introducing the ladies of the
press to the League members, Mrs.
Frank R. Garfield, president, voiced
her satisfaction in the opportunity
to learn more about good publicity
methods from the women handling
one of Democracy's most import
ant tools for molding public opin-
ion. Mrs. Garfield noted that the
demands for the services of men in
the armed forces have placed
women in positions of greater re-
sponsibility in the newspaper field.
Among those present were the
women VINO write and edit moot
of the Montgomery County news
today.
From the city papers, The Star
and Post, were two writer's of coun-
ty news, Mrs. Marion l.. Clark and
Mrs. Betty Ruth MeDevitt. Repre-
sentatives from the county papers
included Mrs. ]. Reed Bradley,
owner and editor of the Bethesda
Journal; Mrs. George w. Eiker,
associate editor of the Maryland
News; Mrs. GleE E. Mahar, wife Of
the publisher of the Silver Spring
Post.
Also present were: Mrs. Jane
Russell Snyder of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Tribune; Mrs. Frances
McKusick of the staff of the Ia
koma Journal; Mrs. S. Merhle
Haines, assistant editor of the
Montgomery County Sentinel; and
Mrs. A. L. Bergman, who is assist
ing at editing the Silver Spring
Standard and Montgomery County
Independent, as a wartime job.
The cryptic Sayings" Of Civic
Sarah will appear each week as a
special feature on page 3. Just
now the League is busy reminding
all women to register 50 they may
vote next year but primarily the
league is interested in an educated
voter, post war plans, records Of
our legislator. education and coun-
ty government.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
Bu ELSIE WHITE HAINES.

Offutt boys drive by on their way
to their farms. On the opposite
corner, where the Fields home and
the Montgomery Sentinel office
stood, / saw, in memory, the faces
of those who had so materially
helped in the building of Rockville.
Among them the Fields Boys, Mr..
Spencer Jones, Senator George
Peter, Hattersley Talbot, Judge
James B. Henderson, Phillip Laird,
my grandfather and father and Mr..
Thomas Anderson. These men had,
as my memory told me, done so
much in their time for the future
of the town and were the founda-
ton stones for the wonderful place
that Rockville now is.
Of course that morning l began
to look for other places-I began
to search for the homes of those
whom / had known in my early
days, DIR. Stonestreet, DR.. Maddox.
and DR.. Muncaster-these men who
had once been in practically every
home in Rockville; their homes
were gone.
The Churches and School Houses,
memory of which stands out with
all of US, had given away 10 adj
vancement, and in many instances
the very ground upon which they
stood was hard to identify. OF
course in thinking of schools,
thought of those teachers who had
taught practically every living per-
son of my age, now in Rockville.
Miss Lucy Simpson, Mr.. Luckett,
Miss Lucy Garrett, and old Mr..
Bagley-all gone.
When there | heard the voices of
a few of my old school mates,
Willie Vinson, George Henderson,
Harry Dawson, Bowie Waters, and
thought of those many others VINO
had meant so much in years gone
by, such as, Anderson Offutt, Ed
England and Bowie Vinson. "Time
Marches on"
Rockville has changed nightly
in my life. But / must admit that
while so many of those spots which
meant so much to my younger days
have been completely marked out.
it is beautiful and glorious place
to live-among real people. / try
to picture what the next fifty years
! will bring to the town when l have
witnessed what the, past almost
fifty years have done. In my opin-
ion Rockville has a bright and last
ing future ahead which will always
make natives point to it with pride
as their birth place.
William G. Bouic
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21
GERMANTOWN

Miss Helen Allnutt of Washing
ton visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. F. Allnutt.
Miss Mary Lee Monday Of Rock
vile was the over night guest of
Misses Pat and Harriet Browning.
Pvt. Emmanuel Walter of Camp
Gordon, Ga, is visiting his home
near Jamestown.
The Rev. and Mrs. Kundahl had
as their house guests last week
Miss B. P. McElveen of Seattle,
Wash, and their son 1t. P. C. Kun
dahl, NC, who has been trans
ferred from Fort Devans, Mass, to
Camp Tyson, Tenn.
Mrs. Fred Dollenburg of Towson
spent the past week with Mrs. H.
N. Burns and family.
Mrs. E. H. Mateny spent several
days with her son, Henry in Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Robert Browning R.T. &c spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Carlton Browning.
We are glad to know that Mrs.
Minnie Norton who is in Frederick
City Hospital is improving.
1t. and Mrs. John Waters of
Norfolk, Va, were weekend guests
at the home of 1t. Waters parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowie F. Waters.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21
POTOMAC

There will be a meeting of the
Potomac School Improvement
Assoc. on Oct, 81, at 8 P. M. Every
one interested in the school is urg-
ed to attend.
Mrs. H. H. MacCubbin and Miss
Clara MacCubbin spent the week
end with Captain MacCubbin, us
NC. in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Durrill L. Goodloe returned
home this week from Kansas City
Mo-, where she has been visiting
for the past month.
Mrs. Arthur Buchanan of Wash.
ington is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
j. Hamilton Knox of the Glen.
Mrs. Irwin G. Priest has return.
ed to her home on the Glen Mil
Road from Maine.
Lieut.. and Mrs. exit" Carson
U. S. N. (j,g.) are visiting his sis.
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. anc
Mrs. John R. Curry of Travilah.
The Farmers and Neighbors
Horse Snow held at Great Elm
farm on Sunday was huge sue.
cess.
Mrs. Ralph Counselman headed
the committee. Mrs. George P
Plummer had charge of entries
Mrs. Plummer entertained the
women of the committee at lunch.
con at her home while the show
was being planned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21
WOMEN'S CLUB
CHATTER
NEWCOMER CLUB

The choice of the home of Mrs.
B. Peyton Whalen for the tea held
Friday for honorary members, and
new members, of the Newcombe
Club, seems especially appropriate,
as Mrs. Cuttings, Mrs. Whalen's
mother was a charter member of
the club and lived in the century
old home-on the foundations of
which the present home is built. A
painting Of the first house is hung
on the wall and it is possible to
recognize many of the lovely forest
trees still standing.
Mrs. William B. Mobley and Miss
Lulu Bell were cohostesses, and a
letter was read from Mrs. Harry
Newcombe, founder of the club for
whom, it was named
HOLIDAY EXCHANGE
Mrs. Vestus Wilcox, federation
president, is stressing the need for
the clubs to increase the contribu-
ton to the Holiday Exchange a
little this year. Next year it will
be part of the Community Chest
and no longer need club support.
Mrs. MINER Hostetler heads the
Holiday Exchange this year.
GAIIHERSBURG CLUB
Mrs. Luis Munoz-Marin, wife of
the President of the Senate of
Puerto Rico = poet, translator,
author, member of the Woman's
Party, and once a delegate to the
Peace Conference in Geneva, was
the guest speaker at meeting of
the Gaithersburg Club held Thurs
day, Oct. IA at the home of Mrs
Frank Severance.
Mrs. Munoz- Marin, or Miss Muna
Lee, as she is known professionally
is on leave of absence from the
University of Peurto Rico, as a
part of the two-way approach OF
a better understanding between ma
tons by cultural relations.
A part of the Nelson Rockefel-
low division of the State Depart
ment, she translates from the
Spanish into English and vict
versa. She spoke of Chili's socia,
service program of Public Health
in Brazil from which we might
learn much. The afternoons pro
gram was arranged by Mrs. w. c
Franch, of Oak Hill Farm, and the
meeting was conducted by Mis-
Vashti Bartlett, president of thu
club.
THE INQUIRY CLUB
The Misses Elberta and Eliza
beth, Rice, and Mrs. Arthur Ora
hame were hosts to the Inquiry
Club when final plans for the Com
munity Harvest were presented b!
Mrs. Lucy Barnsley. Funds wer'
allotted for a prisoners War boz
and for local Christmas opportuni
ties.
Mrs. Nanette Shuman of tn,
Social Service League explained
the work and the problem of thu
League. The next meeting will b.
on Monday at the home of Mrs
Brawner Nicholson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-10-21
Mrs. Mary Goodyear SmOOt

Mrs. Mary Goodyear Smoot, died
on Wednesday Oct. 13 at the Wash
ington Saniterium. Mrs. Smoot was
the mother Of the late Donald
Meredith McNeale and Philip Ag-
new McNeale and is also survived
by a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Donald
M. McNeale and three grand
daughters.
Funeral services were held on
Friday, October Is, at 2 P. NJ. at
Charlottesville, Va.