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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
GOT THE BIRD

Property Man Jack de Col
coma was propping picture
being made off San Francisco 5
waterfront several years ago for
a most excitable director. The
scene called for a fishing boat 70
proceed along the waterfront
followed by flocks Of sea gulls.
DeGolcona had no trouble get
ting the gulls to follow the
fishing boat. He was hidden in
the back Of the boat tossing fish
10 them.
Nov get the sea gulls to fly
away from the boat, screamed
the director. Its important
they fly away now!'
Well, the minute de Golcona
stopped tossing fish TO those sea
gulls they got sore. They set
tied right on the boat in flocks,
fighting de Golcona, and above
their shrill protestations he
heard the wildly screaming di-
rector, Get them to fly away!
Get them TO fly away"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
MARGARINE LAMENT

Mel Ryder, editor of the Army
Times, is mild-mannered, quiet
and extremely patriotic citizen
to all outward appearances, but
the other day he started re-
volt against one Of the restric-
ton of wartimes, and his cam
palgn may grow.
Every night when Ryder got
home, he found waiting for him
a job which his wife simply re-
fused TO do and always saved for
her helpmate's strong right arm.
1t was the job of working the
yellow coloring matter into the
oleomargarine, which the Ryder
family had converted to for rea-
sons of patriotism, economy, and
necessity - no butter being
available. Extremely annoyed
over this chore, Ryder finally
was driven to do something
about it. SO he sat down and
wrote song.
The chorus goes like this:
Please put the yellow IN the
margarine,
That's all | ask and pray.
| hate like heck TO mix it in
When | come home each day.
I'll do without coffee, sugar or
tea,
Whatever you ask, you can count
on me.
I'll always be happy, III never
be mean
If you'll only put the yellow IN
the margarine.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What is the importance CT
Wilhelmshaven, German city re-
Gently bombed by American air.
men?
At is the home port of the
Nazi North Sea fleet and has i'm
portant foundries and repair
shops.
Q-Must you surrender ration
stamps when you eat meals in
restaurants?
A-No. Restaurants will be
rationed in the total amount Of
processed foods they may buy
according TO the number of
meals they serve.
Q-For what soup Is Mar
seille famous?
A-BouillabaisSe, made of
various fish caught in the Med
lterranean, Dolled together ana
Favored with laurel leaves, on
ions, garlic, tomatoes and SAT-
from.
ON 500 at no trump, what
suit must be played when joker
is led?
A-Player leading must name
the suit he wishes played to his
lead.
Q-What sport is altogether
American?
A-Basketball, originated by
the late DR.. James A. Naismith
at the Springfield, Mass, YMCA
in 1891.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. SO THEY SAY

We have had too much of a
tendency in the past to look up
on the people of China and
Russia in terms of masses Of
population rather thans as men
and women as deeply concerned
with world progress and security
as we are ourselves.
Wendell Willkie
The war has entered new
phase. First it was battle of
production. Now that has pass
cd and it is battle of distribu-
ton.
Lieut.. Gen. Brehon B. Somer-
veil, chief of Services of Sup
ply.
After long months Of holding
bon. we have now turned the cor
ner in the war. We are fighting
for freedom-not only for our
selves but for all people every
where.
President Roosevelt
The Germans are bound to
lose Gin Tunisia) unless they
knock out five of our tanks for
every one of their own that is
lost.
-Lieut.-G J l.. Devers
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
BY PETER EDISON

Lieut.. Gen. Brehon Somervell,
Just returned TO Washington
from a six-weeks' flying tour of
inspection of U. S. Army serv-
ices of supply lines in Africa,
the Middle East and India, took
time out 20 do only two bits of
sightseeing. the Holy Sepulcher
in Jerusalem and the Tai Mahal
in India.
He was duly impressed by the
beauty of the Tai Mahal, though
as a good Army engineer should,
he noted that there was consid-
cradle construction work and
repair going on about the place.
AT Jerusalem, he went through
the Holy Sepulcher in less time
than any other visitor had ever
done it in, but it was there he
got the surprise of his life.
He had noticed off in one cor
ner a priest with head bowed,
presumably in meditation. But
when the priest saw the gen.
eral, he walked over to him
briskly. extended his hand and
said, my names Jones. I'm
from Kansas
u. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture, which in peacetlmeS was
the biggest agency of the gov
eminent though it now probably
runs a poor tenth, still has more
specialists possessing more di-
versified knowledge than any
similar acreage in the world.
Walk into almost any office in
I h e three main agricultural
buildings and you'll find some
character who carries around in
his head information that not
more than a score of other peo-
pie ever heard of
A Lend-Leasc Administration
official had occasion to put that
to a test recently when he call
ed up and wanted to know what
could be done about the worms
in the North African sheep. 1t
seems there are some millions
Of sheep grazing the hills of that
area, and they would be val
liable source of meat and wool
except for the fact that what
with the war, disruption OF the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. BARBS

Rationing on play shoes" has
been dropped - which should
please the few people who care
to take time out for play these
days.
Statistics show three fourths
Of our accidents unnecessary.
We can't imagine necessary
accident.
The u. S. minis continue to
make more nickels and dimes
despite the great demand from
all of us for quarters and halves.
Illinois man of 90 says good
rule for longevity is, do all bust
ness on a cash basis. In other
words, don't worry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27

Betting is high in Hollywood
at the moment that the latest
prop man to come cropper will
be one Dick Brandow. Mr..
BrandoW is now working out the
details Of his assignment for
Lady in the Dark" the new
Ginger Rogers picture. Direct
or Mitchell Lessen has ordered
prop man Brandow to get him
pink elephant in a lavender
evening dress being made love
to by a frog.
Yup, yup, yup!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
GIN RUMMY QUIZ

@. Some people claim that the
winner Of the previous hand
should deal, others tell me that
the loser should deal. Which is
correct?
A. The winner Of each hand
begins the next deal. He has
just won some points, and there
is a very slight advantage in
having the first pick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
FAITHFUL DUO

DIES MONIES, IA.-Only two
members of the Iowa house were
in the chamber when it adjourn
ed for the Spring recess.
One was A. II. Avery, Speaker
protein who was presiding,
and the other was Rep. j. A.
Newsome, who made the motion
for adjournment.
Avery and Newsome listened
patiently while the clerk read
the as bills tossed in the hopper
by lawmakers who got a head
start for home for the Today
vacation. Normally there are
lob House members.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27

/. Is it a good idea to pay a
social call close to mealtime?
2. Is it all right for a house
guest to sleep later than MEM
bers of the family if the hostess
says, Sleep as late as you like
3. If friend invites you over
to meet her houseguest from out
of town should you later tell the
friend that you liked the guest,
or say something else that is
complimentary to the guest?
4. If you would prefer to serve
as a guest breakfast in bed IS IT
all right to say, I'll bring your
breakfast TO your room when
you wake up?
5. If guest is not used to eat
ing much breakfast is it all right
for him to tell the hostess, Il
never have anything for break
fast but cup of coffee and a
slice Of toast?
What would you do if
You are visiting in a home
where there are children.
(a) Don't interfere in any way
with the hostess disci-
pine?
(b) Say, ooh, don't make
them go to bed" if you
think she is being too
strict with them?
Answers
/ No.
2. Certainly.
3. Yes, it is the gracious thing
to do.
4. Yes.
5. Yes. That will keep her
from preparing big meal that
he won't want to eat ANYHOW.
Better What Would You Do
solution-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27

that South must be void in
hearts, and must hold five
spades. Fagin therefore made
the free big of six spades.
Even though the opponents
held two ace-king combinations,
an ace in another suit and the
king queen in the fourth suit,
North's contract could not be de-
feated because East could not
lead a spade. The declarer
ruffed the opening club lead,
then ruffed a heart and proceed
ed to cross-ruff the hand until
all five hearts were trumped,
losing only the ace of spades.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
WILLOW RUN

At lost efforts ore being made to overtoke the
flood Of dsoouroene run'ors that have come from
the mammoth bomber plant outside YPsilonti oPer-
oted by Henry Ford The owl has persuaded the Ar
nv to permit brief general foctuo statement, and
NEA Service has been allowed to give the answers to
some unfortunate misunderstanding.
One source of trouble appears to be that the gen.
eroI public never has understood the routine Of mass
production os originated by Ford and perfected in
the larger American automobile Ponts
We have become accustomed to seeing new
model at the foil shows and finding its counterPorts
waiting on the dealers floors We had no conception
of the long and complicated preparation that pre-
ceded manufacture Of single car.
With automobile models changing once yearly
and usually not very radically throughout, Ford and
General Motors and Chryser we're able to design
new version and have the necessary tools made over
period Of months while Still turning out the preceding
model in vost quantities.
When the time came to change over, the shut
down was brief, and then the plant was ready to go
into mass production once Once storted the line
flowed without having to stop for changes.
But at Willow Run was brond-new plant, the
hueest ever conceived thot started as meadow land
Every BRICK beam and machine had to be designed
and fabricated for brond.new purpose, put into
place. tested, perhaps shifted and finally put to work.
There existed no equipment to turn out bon'bers
while Willow Run was being built. There was only our
blind, pathetic foth in production and its father,
Henry Ford.
Moreover, Charles Sorensen, Ford vice president,
wos over-optimstic He supposed that bomber models
could be made as static as automobiles On the
trory bombers must undergo almost continual change
so thot our may have the best that oeronoutco
and militoy sciences can DEVISE
Now, it appears, Willow Run is getting going 1t
has built up threeffths Of the necessary trained work.
ing force without roiding other plants Mass produc
ton is about to demonstrate itself in the field.
We can now expect results
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
McKE1NY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM +. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Quite often too much weight is
placed on the value of aces and
kings. would like to have
you look over today's hand and
see how well Harold Fagin OF
New Haven, Conn, reasoned 70
get into the slam contract.
He made a simple overcall OF
one spade over one heart, then
East made a forcing overcall OF
three clubs. Now when his part
ner bid three spades, Fagin felt
justified in going to four spades
over four hearts.
When South bid five spades
over five clubs, Fagin reasoned
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
RABBITS HOME GROWN

Rabbit raising threatens 10
gain in popularity as source
of homegrown meat d ur n &
wartimes, particularly in urban
areas where zoning laws pro-
hibit the raising of chickens.
Big Point i'm favor of rabbits
seems to be that the hares don t
crow and wake the neighbors.
But so intricately is your federal
government set up that if you
want information about raising
rabbits, you don't go to the Blu
reau of Animal Industry in the
Department of Agriculture, the
first place you'd think to look
Instead, you go to the Fish and
Wildlifc Service Of the Depart
mcnt of the Interior.
Rabbit raising was transfer
red from Agriculture to Interior
some years ago, when, after a
big huddle, it was determined
that the principal reason hares
were grown in the United States
was for fur, not meat. Also, the
wild jack rabbits of the plains
are considered predatory ami
mails, and it's the job OF the
Department of Interior to look
after both fur-growing and pred
atOry beastieS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
WHAT'S ALL THE
SHOUTING ABOUT?

BATAVIA, N. "a Skidding
automobile, jumped a curb here,
snapped a telephone pole at its
base, sounded a fire alarm, hit a
mail box, knocked out street
lights in the district and demol-
ished the front porch of a home.
In the ensuing blackout, the
fire department answered the
alarm, power company crew
arrived, and the jammed auto
horn blared vigorously.
The driver stepped from the
wreckage with a cut lip.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
MODERNIZED

TWIN FALLS, IDAHO-Ida-
no farmers, unable to get priori-
ties on new machinery, recalled
the old horse trading days-and
designed modern system of ex-
change.
They decided to pool their ma
chincry, some contributing what
they didn't need and others buy
ing equipment they couldn't get
along without.
II worked.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
The Hollywood property man
has rightfully earned the rep
utation of being a jack of-all-
trades who can perform miracles
at a moments notice and save
the day for a movie company.
But props do, on occasion, fall
pretty flat.
The myth of invincibility has
been built up around Holly
woods property men for over
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
WHAT, NO STARS?

KEARNS- FIELD UTAH -
These six Kearns Field privates
should be buddies, their fellow
soldiers say, because their
names represent the components
of a pleasant evening. They are
privates Shutdown, Moon, Sour
bier, Sourwein, Love and Peace.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
NIIX-UP
NORTH PLATTE. NEB. =

NORTH PLATTE, NEB. -
Somewhere, there is a mighty
embarrassed ski trooper.
Mrs. Audin Berthe of North
Platte picked up the wrong
suitcase in Omaha Union station.
The suitcase she opened in her
hotel room was filled with a ski
troopers outfit.
Now she's wondering what the
ski trooper said when he opened
her suitcase.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
SPEED DEMON

DALLAS-This homing pig
cons business must be rushing.
p. p. Dransfield said bird
released in Omaha at 8 a. m.
arrived in Dallas at 6 p. M, an
average speed of 56 IA miles
per hour-as the pigeon flies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
ENEMY ACTION?

SAN DIEGO, CALF. - Ma
rine Hoyt Rhodes was unable 10
meet sailor Harlow Meyers for
the 18th Naval District handbail
championship-German measles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
WHAT GIVES?

For Whom" is filmed in
technicolor and when a river
suddenly turns color in the
midst Of a scene, you've got a
right to ask questions. Director
Sam Wood was shooting a scene
in which Gary Cooper and In
grid Bergman were crossing the
Stanislaus river in the High ST.
erras. The water was a beauti-
full bright blue. They didn' t
complete the river crossing in
one day.
When they returned to COM
plete the scene, the water was a
dirty brown because farmers
upstream had opened a dam to
irrigate their land and silt had
colored the once-clear water.
McCrillis tore his hair and chew
cd up his fingernails but nothing
happened. They had to wait two
weeks for the water TO clear.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
A MODEST SOLDIER

Col. Royal P. Davidson superintendent Of the
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Wis
consin, died recently in Florida. His departure
ted little national interest because few knew that he
wos perhaps the eronddoddy Of military mechonizo-
tion
When the bicycle first become popular in the ,9Os.
Colonel Davidson mounted his CADETS While the ou-
tonobiIe still wos in the get horse stoee Davidson
put automatic rifle chassis, and then contin-
ued experimenting until he had completely ornor-
ed cor The British Army sent experts to study his
work. The tank emerged in time to win the World War
for the allies
Colonel Dovidson's contributions we're recognized
in military circles but the public heard little of him.
He did not seek publicity Now that he is dead here
are few flowers for his grove
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
RATIoNED DOCTORS

doctors that, from now on Increasingly, medical serv
ices must be "rotioned" for the DURATION This does
not mean thot we should poss UP necessary medico-
ton surgery. 1t does neon thot those with money
should give up luxury service, in order that the ovo
oble doctors and nurses moy core for cases of real
need.
In many communities there is serious shortage,
orisno sometimes from departure Of too many doc
tors or from the mushroong Of cities and towns so
chat they have outerown medical facilities.
Cooperation will help meet this crisis. like others.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS .

Test your knowledge of
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tons, then checking against
the authoritative answers
below:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

market, lack of sheep dips and
general neglect, the herds had
deteriorated and were infested
with parasites which made the
wool of an exceptionally low
grade and the meat positively
inedibile.
Well, the Lend-Leaser finally
got to the right parasiteologist
in the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, and within two hours there
was on its way back to Africa
a complete report on what par
ticular types of worms infested
North African sheep, together
with full information on how to
kill the parasites and cure the
sheep.
The information had been
gathered years before through
an exchange of information with
the old French colonial govern
ment ministry of agriculture,
and there it was, waiting for
somebody to come along and ask
for it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-27
. IN HOLLYWOOD

20 years and consequently
ed to reach print, thereby deny
ing the public Of some of the
more amusing stories of movie
making.
Such as. when Property Man
Bob McCrillis came a cropper
during filming of For Whom
the Bell Tolls" McCrillis, a real
superman with the props, saw
river turn from bright blue TO
dirty brown before his eyes and
there wasn't anything he could
do about it.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-24

Theses just no use in trying to dodge this fact; Somebody's got to pay for that stuff we lost. Some bOdy's got to pay for the new stuff that replaced it. Somebody's got to pay for the infinitely larger amount of stuff that's going to be used-and part of it lOst-in Italy, in France, in the Balkans, in Norway, in India, in lot of places.
 It's no use kidding ourselves. That somebody" is Uncle Sam--and we've got to lend him the money to do it by buying War Bonds. There's no cheap way Out-nO easy way out - there's just nothing we can do except to keep on working and buying more and more Bonds till this War is won.
 And the harder we pitch in RIGHT NOW - and the more Bonds we buy - the quicker that will be.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-12-24

the sicilian campaign, part of our losses in the aterial employed were as follows:
 We lost 8a5 of our medium tanks. We lost nearly half of our 57-mm. guns. We lost S31bao of our 75-mm gun carriages We lost 229a of our 1O5-mm. hOwitzers We lost 54fs of our 37-mm gun carriages. We lost an undisclOsed number of ships, landing barges airplanes.
 We lost vast quantity of collateral material like food, clothing, things like HOO miles of copper telephone wire.
 We lost all this in a mOnth-lOng minor cam paign that was in every sense of the word a complete victory for us
Evening star., 1943-08-30
Volunteers Meet Need
For Freight Handlers
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press. Co.,.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.--The rush
of persons answering an emergency
call for temporary freight handlers
to move vital war materials In New
York and Jersey City, Hoboken,
Bayonne and Weehawken, N. j.,
reached such proportions that the
United States Employment Service
and the Railroad Retirement Board
announced yesterday no more were
needed.
Regional director Ray r. McCurry
OF the Railroad Board said more
than 1000 persons had responded
since a hurry call for full or part
time workers was broadcast Thurs
day in an effort to remedy a critical
jam in metropolitan railroad yards
and piers.
I'VE certainly appreciate the re-
sponse to this appeal" said Mr.. Nc
Curry. "It was gratifying and we
regret that some of the people who
came in today could not be put to
work. I think the railroad
people are to be commended for the
way they put these people to work at
odd hours"
Nine New York and New Jersey
employment Offices set up for
the purpose were jammed with
applicants.
Evening star., 1943-08-30
Hitler Sends Sympathy
To Premier and Queen

, LONDON, Aug. 80 (P).-The Ber-
lin radio said yesterday that Hitler
, had sent kilograms of sympathy
to Premier Philov and Queen Joanna
of Bulgaria following the death of
King Boris.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press, said Hitler sent
this telegram to the Premier:
Il would like to convey to your
excellency on the occasion of the
death of his majesty King Boris
mine and the German peoples most
cordial sympathy.
L know that you are closely
linked to your sovereign in his his
toric mission for the future of Bull
garia as a faithful counsellor. l
feel with you deeply the heavy loss
which Bulgaria has suffered.
Please express my condolences
also to the royal Bulgarian cabinet
The following telegram, the broad
cast said, went to the widowed
queen:
The moving news of the death of
his majesty King Boris has given
me great sorrow. Bulgaria loses in
King Boris sovereign who led the
history of his people with admirable
courage and circumspect wisdom.
II myself lose in him a faithful
friend and ally whose memory will
be forever highly honored by myself
and the German people. I ask your
majesty to accept mine and the
whole German peoples deeply felt
and sincere sympathy for the roya
house and the Bulgarian nation"