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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11

asked the director If he could
CALL the opening lead. The
director replied correctly: No,
the law does not so provide.
After some thought, declarer
elected to make the spade ace
penalty card.
West thereupon opened
spade, TO avoid letting the de-
clarer lead trumps and force
the discard of the ace. East won.
cashed the king of spades, and
led third round. Now the de-
clarer had to lose a trump be-
sides the ace of clubs.
Declarer protested bitterly.
He pointed out that West, in the
absence of any irregularity,
would have led a diamond and
then the contract could have
been made. South's option in
penalties gave no protection. To
make the spade ace penalty
card naturally forced West to
lead spades. But if the declarer
had prohibited a spade opening
lead, West could have laid down
the ace of clubs, and then Shift
ed to spades.
The director pointed out that
he could not give the declarer
the option of calling the opening
lead, >but that he did feel that
the present duplicate law was
defective on this point. There
fore he offered North-S South q
neutral score with such points
as he felt were justified.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
MONEY FOR SAIL ORS

When the liberty ship Lou
Gehrig slid down the ways of
the South Portland, Me-, ship
yards the other day, hidden
somewhere deep in her hull was
treasure chest of stowaway
money, the money that is hid
den in every ship when she
leaves the building ways.
Employees of the Samuel
Goldwyn studio, where Geh-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
ALTITUDE 10 FEET

BURBANK, Calf. = Hall a
dozen United Airlines steward
esses remained almost grounded
yesterday.
With a score of airline office
girls, they climbed ladders to
pick oranges, helping relieve a
labor shortage.
They picked $40 boxes of the
fruit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
America s Card Authority

(This is the fourth of
series of articles which will
help you to clarity the inter-
probation of some Of the laws
of bridge)
During the first round of the
auction on todays hand, East
dropped the ace of spades face
up on the table. The director was
called and he stated the law:
West was barred throughout the
auction; if East became a de-
fender, the declarer could either
prohibit an opening spade lead
or require the spade ace to be
left on the table as a penalty
card.
After the auction was over
and South became declarer, he
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
By The Associated Press
III WAS LIKE THIS

KANSAS CITY - Investigat-
or r. w. Eldridge was telling the
court why Emanuel Glass was
charged with carrying a policy
book-used in gambling rackets.
His overcoat tapped in the
wind, Judge. 1t turned back like
this =" He grasped the coat
-. land there was the book"
He paused.
There in the same pocket was
another book.
Glass was fined $50.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
DISCRIMINATING

HIC A G o - Thieves are
showing favoritism for articles
on the scarcity list.
While Raymond KankoWski
was making a delivery thieves
stole three cases of shoes from
his truck.
Grant Brammon told Damen
avenue police that among arti-
cles stolen from his home were
six pairs of nylon hose.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
GOOD RECORD

CHICAGO - Executives of a
large magnesium foundry are
praising the example of sand
mauler for his generous pur-
chase of war bonds out of his S35
weekly salary.
When the Treasury asked for
notable examples Of self denialS,
the executives found that Mack
McCland, 81 year old Negro,
had been buying SIS worth of
bonds each week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
AMERICAS WAR CONTRIBUTION

There seems to be greet deal Of loose thinking
as to how this country most contribute to win
ming the war This is resulting in overmuch pulling
and hauling among vorious agencies, each seeking
nnonpower and materials.
Such competition, within bounds, is healthy 1t is
not necessary to cite chapters and verses to convince
the public that it has become unhealthy One reoson
nobody has been told yet what should constitute
major contribution to the
The determination must be made by persons pos
sessed Of information not available to loynen Ult-
motey, President Roosevelt has to be orbiter Yet
there are some considerations which no reasonably
weII-informed person can foil to have in mind.
1t was announced early and has been reiterated
often that the United Stotes must be the arsenal and
the eronory for the ont-oxis world. Possessing
rivoed industrial capacity limited but nevertheless
superior supply Of materials, and being located
far from the zone Of action, this is the only United
Nation which produce the weapons, ships, food
stuffs in the necessary quantities.
II we do not fill and maintain the arsenal and the
oronory nobody can do So If we divert over many men
from manufacture Of the materials Of war; and from
the growing Of foodstuffs, then the United Nations
will be forced to fight 10th century with 18th
century army.
1t is easier and more gratifying to human vanity
to produce fighters than workers. at the expense
OF war productions it is easier for the individual to
leave vital civilian job to do routine military duty
Because the uniform makes him feel heroic and self
sacrificing.
We must not and will not shirk our duty in this
When peace it will be easier to argue who
the war" if we have put millions Of men into the
bottle and piled up huge casualty lists.
But is thot how can best serve2 Is desire for
q big army and navy bosed upon considered knowI-
edge that these will help most, or upon national pride
and the desire not to be oudone in demonstration Of
courage?
We civilians do not know Sometimes we wonder if
our leaders KNOW The estimates for armed services
keep going UP and up, at the very moment when the
need for capable industrial workers is most CRITICAL
Unless the Commonder-in Chief makes firm de-
cision soon. it may be too late.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11

WIG-WAG
LUKE FIELD. Ariz. - IF you
wish to receive me, shake your
wings the signal tower radioed
"a pilot in recent training
flight.
The pilot responded promptly:
IF you are receiving me,
shake the tower
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
AND NO SOUP

KANSAS CITY George c..
Shelton, as, Terminal Railway
worker, left in a street car shell
ter one of his two lunch boxes
The one that contained all SOS
worth of his teeth.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
WATERBUGS GO TO WAR

People who have always con-
sidered cupboard motor speed
boat and Waterbug racing as the
most futile and suicidal of sports
might be interested to know that
the u S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers has taken this idea, en-
larged on it, and developed a
landing barge scooter, powered
by 50horsepoWer cupboard,
that can skim over the surface Of
shallow water, skip like a flat
stone onto dry land, and permit
a detachment of soldiers to leap
into action as a first wave in
establishing bridgehead. These
military scooters useful in
crossing streams too wide to
bridge with ponton.
The Russians are supposed to
have useC c-,aft like these sue
cessfully at Sevastopol.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
Q BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONe

laboratory in Fort Belvoir, ar
lists have labored painstakingly
to build old-fashioned dioramas
miniature, table-sized, three
dimensional replicas of typical
arctic or tropical scenery. Each
diorama is perfect as to detail,
to lighting effects and colorirg.
Even the intensity Of the sun
light and glare is accurately re-
produced.
When a new paint job is to be
done on a tank-say it's for Lib
ya-a scale model of the tank is
built in perspective. 1t is then
placed in the Libyan diorama.
1t is photographed, looked at
from a distance. The paint job
is changed. Results are COM
pared. The lights are changed to
represent morning, midday,
rain, overcast or shine. More
comparisons Out of this detail
ed laboratory testing, the ideal
paint job is found for this par
ticular tank. Then it is copied
on the tanks to be sent to Africa.
FALL OF PONTOON
No one knows just exactly
who ordered i. or how or when
it happened, but the correct
spelling is now ponton-not pom
toon. Most of the technical
terms in military science come
from the French-words like
reconnaissance, cul dc sac, re-
vehement, enfilade, echelon and
pontoon. With the fall of France,
pontoon seems to have fallen to
pontoA. Maybe some of the 9th
ers will follow.
Anyway, old-fashioned pom
toon bridges in the last war
were made of heavy steel or
wooden bargeS, 1t took one truck
or trailer to carry each Of the
boats and, when you consider
that it takes 20 or so or more
flats to cross stream OF any
width, W can see that some
times it was almost impossible to
get the markings of a pontoon
bridge up to where they could
be used and do some good.
Today'S modern pontOn
bridges have the boats made of
fabric reinforced synthetic rub
Der. If you say that looks like
waste of precious rubber in these
days of rubber shortages, the
Army Corps of Engineers will
say that it isn't and will argue
that a ponton float made of
synthetic rubber actually saves
rubber. The reasoning behind
this statement is that the deflat-
ed rubber ponton weighs much
less than steel or wooden
barge. One truck is thus able to
carry a number of compact, de-
flated pontons and the number
OF men transported to carry and
initiate the rubber pontons is
correspondingly reduced. That
means less rubber for truck or
trailer tires.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
|, GIN RUMMY QUIZ

O. In scoring picture cards. do
suits have any rank?
A. No, suits have no rank, pic
ture cards all count 10 points
each.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
MORALE-SHAKER

BUTTE, Mont. - The twenty
Crow Indians who were induct-
ed into the Army may confuse
the enemy bit.
Some of their names:
Harry Rising Sun, Myers
Black Eagle, George Real Bird,
Sampson Bird in Ground, Jr.,
Joseph Mountain Pocket, Jr,
Frank Grasshopper, Guy Old
Bear, Peter Old Bull, Felix Well
Known, George Little Light, Cy-
ril Not Afraid, Frank Falls
Down, and Kelly Passes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
TOKYO BACKS WATER

For propaganda benefit, Premier TOTO now con
tends thot while japan is going to crush the United
Stotes to punish for interfering with her plans, sh
hos no designs upon western hemisphere territory.
This Of course marks recession from eorIie
boosts Also, while it was shortwoved to us it was
broadcast to the Jops themselves.
The truth is thot Tokyo would be delighted to ee
away with even major port Of what she hos conquer
ed olreody She will be fortunate if she can wind uE
with the same territories she possessed before the or
einoI attack upon Chino
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-11
SQUIRE SAM

Senator Byrd disoloses that the War Department
hos purchased II, OOO 600 acres Of Iond-equivoent
to the combined areas Of Massachusetts Connec cut
Rhode Island and New Jersey-ot q cost Of hundreds
Of millions Of doIors
The Virginia seaotor osks why oil this land should
have been purchased rother than leased and what is
going to be done with it otter the war; He points out
the effect Of removing these Jorge areas from local
stnx rolls.
~ There still remon important war problems which
|Cpn1ssss can handle without invading the technical
properly reserved TO professional fighting men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
PETER AND JOHN IN
GETHSEMANE

LESSON TExT-Matthew 26:3e-46: John
lo:10-12.
GOLDEN TEXT-Watch and pray. that ys
enter not into temptation. Matthew 26:41.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
80 &OUHDl ~ " 80 aI, tie Iln b
t;lsssIHH@ H|9 q

Wilted vegetables may be made
crisp if covered with cold water
and allowed to stand several hours
in the refrigerator.
To prevent the lower crust of
fruit pies becoming soggy, brush
over with the white of egg before
putting in fruit filling.
Do not fill a bird too full when
stufing a chicken or turkey. Fill
ing about three-quarters full is
better. The dressing in cooking,
will have a chance to expand.
When hanging pictures remem-
Der that the center of the picture
should be on the level with eyes.
If you are unusually tall, this rule
does not hold good.
When tablecloths wear thin in
the center, cut up the outside into
IL or 16-inch squares and hem
stitch and use as napkins.
A night light can be made from
a half-burned candle. Light it for
few minutes and then blow out
and sprinkle fine salt over the sur
face and halfway up the wick.
The flame will be much smaller
and the candle will burn slowly.
Sprinkle a cake with cornstarch
before icing to prevent icing rum
ming off.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
" HONE FRONT 1$sII;,S'S
\72,tN RUTH WYE1n SPEARS ,.0

YOUR tape measure and a little
! figuring can help you save ma
terial when making those new
slip covers. In estimating goods
remember that the length and
width of each section must be
the same as the widest and long
est measurement of the part of
the chair to which it is to be fit
ted plus seams, seat tuck-in and
fiounce fullness. The method of
measuring is shown here.
Slip cover material usually
comes in SO and 50-inch widths.
Frequently a narrow chair back
may be covered by splitting So
inch width of goods. For other
chairs 36-inch material might be
cut to better advantage. If the
material has large figure an ex-
ira yard will be needed for match
ing and centering the design. De-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16

To restore jam or jelly after it
has become hard and sugary,
place in a warm oven and leave
there until the sugar softens. This
will make the jam or jelly as
good as before.
If ivory enamel is to be used on
furniture an undercoat of fiat ivory
paint first should be put on. I'M
projections in the application of
enamel will show less if flat
coat is added first.
. AT
When two glasses become
wedged together, place cold water
in the upper one and set lower one
in warm water. They will then
separate with little effort.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
ES1nn!!eAwhlsg =

His Prer0gative
The conversation had turned on
the ways of wives.
"Well," said Brown, "when my
wife and I have an argument /
always have the last word"
"Oh," exclaimed someone. "You
do?"
Brown nodded.
"Yes. I apologize"
Selling Opportunity
Man at Door-Do you believe in free
speech?
House,Uite-Why, certainly I do.
Man-Fine. Let me use your tele.
phone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
In Riding a Bicycle, We
Balance With Our Ears

The transportation restrictions
have sent many thousands of peo-
pie back to the bicycle. Some Of
us had not ridden a bicycle for
years, but the art of balancing on
two wheels came back to us easily
enough.
Now, why don't we fall over?
The tires on the bicycle are a
serni-circular pattern, you will
have noticed, and when you come
to think about it they do look pretty
precarious. In fact, it is obvious
that you are going to hold them
up, not they hold you.
The truth is that we balance our
bicycles with our ears. 1t is all
part of our normal makeup, this
balancing act, and we commence
putting it into operation as soon
as we begin to walk.
The ear is divided into three
parts: the outer ear, the middle
ear, and the inner ear. Our bal
ancing mechanism is contained in
the inner ear. There we have two
tiny canals filled with liquid. We
might almost call them fluid lev
els" for they function in much the
same way. When the liquid is
moved by the sway of the head it
touches tiny hairs which convey to
the brain the message that we are
overbalancing.
Notice how a tight-rope walker
keeps his head perfectly still. AL
though he may not know it, he is
listening carefully to the message
from the delicate mechanism of
his inner ear.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Just a Natural Curiosity
To Kno,U Ones Position

The manager of Superb Colossal
Pictures entered the office.
"Get out!" he howled at a young
man sitting there. 'While I'm boss
I'll not tolerate any loafing around
here"
81 beg your pardon" said the
young man, "but don't work
here. l just came in looking for
a position"
"Then you're engaged" growled
the manager, land now you're
fired! Get out!"
The young man, surprised,
picked UP his hat and turned to
the manager. "Do you mind tell
ing me-" he asked, "just what sort
of a job I had before you fired
me?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Dried Foods Compressed
| To Save Shipping Space

Wartime shrinking of food to
save shipping space brings us, step
by step, closer to the old idea of
a capsule meal. The latest wrin-
kle is COMPRISING already de-
hydrated foods. Additional space
saved by COMPRISING ranges from
80 per cent for dried whole milk
to 80 per cent for dried cream of
cabbage soup.
A dehydrated and compressed
potato brick, no bigger than shoe
box, can be crumbled in hot water,
and, when mixed, makes mashed
potatoes for 100 soldiers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Paper Watermarks

A watermark is obviously very
valuable trademark, since it is
embodied in the paper without in
terfering with that papers USE
fitness. The name of the inventor
of watermarks is unrecorded. We
find watermarks as far back as the
18th century.
Briefly, a watermark is made by
incorporating design in thin wire
in the mold on which paper is
being formed. Where the wire
touches the paper, it is naturally
thinner. And so the impress Of
the wire is visible if the finished
paper is held up to the light.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Pay of Captives

When an American soldier Is,
captured, his pay is continued and
the accumulated amount given to
him upon his return, minus suchl
deductions as insurat pfefniurns
and allotments made to depend
ents. When a man is reported
missing in action and his fate isl
unknown, he remains on a pay
status for at least a year. e}a "a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Too Binding

Insurance Agent take it you
favor a straight life policy?
Client-Well, no. ! like to step
out once in a while.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Could He?

Could He?
Said Mr.. Henpeck, who had just
overheard his wife scolding the
maid: "You and I seem to be in
the same unfortunate position,
Mary"
''Not likely!" replied the maid.
"I'm giving her a weeks notice
tomorrow.
"a mon0lOgue," wrote the
school boy, sis a conversation be-
tween two people, such as husband
and wife,
Some Reputation
Magistrate-Is the prisoner a
known thief?
Constable-A known thief? Why,
he'd steal the harness of a night
mare.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16

Princess House FrOck
I IKE looking neat, pretty and
~ efficient? Just button into this
princess house frock and presto
perfection.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1748-B, de.
signed for sizes 80, "a. SO. SO. 40. AZ. "A
and as. Size "a requires AS yards 49,
inch material.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16

1t FITS Beautifully
A REAL indispensable = beauti-
\ fully fitting shirtwaist with
kick pleat and action back.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1744-B, de.
signed for sizes IL. IA, 16. 10, 20; 40 and
AZ. Corresponding bust measurements 80.
80, "a. So, SO. 40 and AZ. Size IA 1927 re.
quires. with short sleeves. 3ia yards 80.
inch material.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
ROVED
UNIFORM lflTERlNATlO NAl
CuNDAy1
ccHOoL Lesson
BY HAROLD L. LuNDQuIsT, D. D.
OF The Moody Bible Institute OF Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Unton.D
Lesson for April 10

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts %.
iected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-16
Should Know Them

There ,Uas scream OF brakes as the
bus pulled to sudden stop, to apoid
fustered-Io looking pedestrian ,0ho Was
differing in the. roadway.
Crimson Nth strain and rage, the
driver leaned out of his cab. Ii ioas
plain he ,Uas controlling himself ,Uith
a great effort as he asked politely:
shay ask Uhaf are your plans, sir?"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-04-23

da, prvnich par dn1 vyskytly
Sc sem tam nejake ty potize, a.
lie nyn1 uz vse klape - ne snad
perfektne, ale ma vetsine mist
aspon uspokojive. Jsme ma tom
rozhodne lepe, neil kdyby-
chom pripustili, ably vsechno
maso skoupili v konkunrecnim
zapase O kazdou libru jedine tt
Tide, kteTf mali nejv1ce casu a
penez.
Vsechno toto IDA sc nasved-
covati tomu, re zde piece neni
mnoho lid, kter1 pohlfzej1 ma
waikiki pouze jake ma COST, co JIG
mutt jezditi v autobusech nebc
staff Eve frontach" ma maslo
Japonci tvrdili, re Sc nepfizp1-
sobime trampotam valky. To
t6z tvrdili i N6mci. Milujeme
pry prepych = americkou III
votni 1roven = tax vrele, re Sc
rad6ji dame poraziti, neil by
chom sc no vzdali. A to byls
Ease .jedna z tech vecf, v n1z Sc
Japonci a Nemci zatracene my,
ILL!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-04-23
Moskevsky komentator O situa.
CT " Severnf Africe.

Washington (OWD = NJ
moskevskem rozhlase rozebiral
IL. dubna sov6tsky komenta-
tor Vistorov situaci v Severni
Africe temito slovy:
"Hitlerovske vedenf dobre
chape, re evakuace Rommelo-
vych a Arnimovych jednotek
pills nezvysf jeho branne silly,
kdezto pocetne spojenecke ST
ly v Tunissku budou uvolne-
n.y."
"Uplna likvidace nemecko-
italskych vojsk Tunissku, lik-
vidace poslednlho operneho
bodu osy ma africkych brez1ch,
kterou mohou spojenci vykona-
v pomerne kratke dobe, NIL
re velmi vazne vysunouti z ro-
vnovahy plany a kalkulace hi
a m1ti sv1j vliv ma vni-
tTnf vztahy v naboTe hitlerov-
ske koalice, vztahy ktere ami
nynf nejsou zrovna ty nejlep-
ST."