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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
. Questions and Answers .

Q-For what particular rea-
son is Princess Elizabeth, heir
TO the British throne. making an
intensive study of French?
A-French is still the FREEDOM
inant language OF diplomacy and
royal courts
Q-Jan Masaryk said the
Czechs had been praying for an
attack by the r.. A. F. on the
great Skoda ornaments in Pill
sen. Who IS he?
Ale is Foreign Minister OF
the Czech Government-in Ex-
lie. and son of the fir-t president
of the Czech republic.
O-Where are the Kerkenna
islands. recently occupied by the
British
Ain the Gulf Of Gabes, east
of tie Tunisian city OF Sfax.
which also passed from axis to
British hands.
Q-What is term used for in
laid decoration in wood?
A-Marquetry.
Q-In bridge, may a score be
doubled after a redouble?
A-No. A redouble, or four
times the original trick value. is
the limit.
Q-Practically all acids are
manufactured from inorganic
substances. Name one that is
produced from living thing.
A-Formic acid, found natur-
ally in ants. other insects, and
some plants.
Q-Who owns the Balearic Is
lands in the Mediterranean, be-
lieved by some military students
TO be likely stepping stones to-
ward an invasion of continental
Europe
A-They are the property OF
Spain, and lie off her eastern
coast.
Q-What is the longest tunnel
in the Worldy
A-Shandaken, in New York
state. A water supply tunnel, il
is 1871 miles long
Q-Why is caster oil highly
valuable as lubricant for ma.
chinery?
Alt retains its oily. lubricat'
ing quality at extremely high
temperatures.
Q-What food, according tc
legend, gave tie Greek gods i'm
mortality? What beverage &C
companied it?
A-Ambrosia, washed dowr
with draughts OF nectar. is sup
posed 10 have done the trick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08

Congress can't run this war,
and il is fortunate that il knows
II ~ Rep. Sam Ray burn OF Tex
as. House speaker
In France il was nothing like
this. Our men fought every yard
Of the way back and they had
none Of these things gums to
fight with British major IN
Iunlsla.
We're sorry We didn't get a
chance TO hit them We've seen
the ferries run but they never
ran before as they ran yesterday.
British corps commander on
Tunis victory.
Long as everything in the
town was running smoothly, |
thought ! should do something TO
help my country as we'll as my
city. SO sold the grocery store
and started to help build these
big planes MAY or Alvin l..
Cresswell Of Alvarado, Texas.
II We arc to secure the best
judgment aud hacking of the
American people on a foreign
policy best fitted for tho nation
and the world We must meet
each other frankly and discuss
candidly all questions All Nj.
Landon.
Had Gen. Douglas Macarthur
been Australian born and serv.
cd IN the Australian Army. he
could have done no more fol
the defense of Australia than he
has Macarthur has not only
been great organizer. but hi:
presence here has been an in
spring force
Premier John Curtin Of Aus
Galla.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08

Q-Is a stone boat another
name for a cargo ship with a
concrete hull?
A-No A stone boat is a
wooden slcdge used for hauling
heavy rocks
Q-DOes an album filled with
War Stamps automatically be
come a bond that will mature in
10 years?
a No. II must be exchanged
for war bond. Stamps bear no
interest.
What was the first insignia
used by the United States Ma
rines?
a In 1904 a brass hat-plate
bearing an eagle was the insig-
MIA of the L S Marine Corps.
Q-Does the Polish govern
ment-in exile have navy?
Alt has a navy stronger
tlan the one Poland had before
the war. Recently the British
gave the Poles big cruiser
which is manned exclusively by
Polish sailors.
O-What happened to the war
materials ordered by Nazi-occu.
pied countries before their fall?
a - More than $4,000 00C
worth of such items has been To-
cat in warehouses and divert.
ed 10 United Nations use.
OFF YOU we're collecting the
biographies Of lives of the saints,
what would be the name OF your
hobby?
Autobiography.
O-CaoutChouc is difficult tc
pronounce and even more diff
cult TO obtain IN these days OF ar
all-out war effort. What Is IT!
common name?
Rubber
When YOU reach the age o.
70. what is your expectation o.
life
A-AccOrdlng 10 official tabu
lations. the average expectancy
Gs q az wears
Q--What Mediterranean is
land were allied forces recent,
invited 20 invade by Greel
gucrillas Lying there?
A-Nazi-occuplcd Crete.
Q-How did the secretar,
bird. found in South Africa, &c
his name?
A tuft of feathers at tn,
back of It's head suggest pen
stuck behind the car of an old
time clerk or secretary.
Q-Name the dams in Ger
many's rich industrial Ruhr re
Gently preached ty Raj bombs
A-The Eder and the Moline
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
GRATITUDE

SAN FRANCISCO - Lieut..
Robert Simon and Seaman
Frank Woodford heard a mon
key had been taken from its
owner, who was jailed for beat
ing it.
They asked for-and obtained
the monkey as a ships mascot.
1t promptly bit Woodford
finger so severely medical treat
ment was necessary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
. IN HOLLYWOOD

the maid answers and tells her
she can't come in. End of scene,
and of role Paul Heinreid
has a new Warner contract as
a result Of tons Of mash notes
from the femmes. Warner
Bros, which has been right SO
far on its timing for Casa
blanca and Mission TO Mos
COW" figures there will be big
news on the front pages about
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
McKE1NY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM +. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Everyone who knows me
knows my keen interest in the
children's ward at Memorial
Hospital in New York. ! was
very pleased recently when Ray
mond j. McGrover and his A.C.
B.L. committee of Brooklyn and
Long Island decided to run the
Brooklyn and Long Is q
Championships this year for the
benefit OF the children S ward.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
. BARBS

If a crouch could see himself
AS others see him, he wouldn t
believe It.
Part of the blame for the jump
in potato price is due TO the
demand for seed potatoes. The
eyes have IL.
The hllbillies are among
those allowed three pairs of
shoes a year Now 10 find a
way to make them wear EN-.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
UNWELCOME GUEST

HARRISBURG. Pa. - The
State Game Commission is stu
rying a new kind OF damage
claim.
A school teacher. seeking $40
under legislation providing re-
endorsement for owners Of pro-
perty damaged by wildlifc. re-
ported:
A pheasant crashed through n
window OF her home. then nest
ed for week in the living room
sofa before being evicted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
SWAP FOR VICTORY

The WPB committee al the
Thinker Roller Bearing Com
pany. Canton, Ohio. issues a
publication, Trading p t.
which contains classified coll
umns on swapping rides, buying
and selling tools and other aids
for workers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
SAvIORS

SAVIORS
CHICAGO-A battalion chief,
a fire truck, rescue squad, a
police patrol wagon and a squad
Of policemen responded to a re-
port that a boy had fallen into a
hole in a wall of frame build
ing
But somehow in transmission
10 police the message became
jumbled and when the rescuers
arrived they discovered kitten
trapped in the wall-not a boy.
But the firemen proceeded to
chop a hole in the wall and re-
leased the kitten.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
MAN MOUNTAIN

CHICAGO - Lake County
draft board officials in North
Chicago have big man sized
problem to consider
Sherman Walter Villman. 81.
appeared before the Board for
his preliminary examination.
Villman, a restaurant operator,
weighed $40 pounds and mea-
sured 7 feet 2 inches in his
stocking feet.
The Board officials advised
him to return later for another
physical examination.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
GRANDNA'S BUSY

DOWNE1, CALI. - a score
of women employees of the Con-
solidated Vultee Aircraft Corp,
h.ve formed a new organization
President is Mrs. Marie Hig-
bee. SO. twice a grandmother
and with three sons in the armed
forces. Mrs. Gertrude Murphy.
50. with four grandchildren and
whose son is a prisoner OF the
laps, is vice-president.
Their organization: Grand
mothers At War"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
THEY DIDN'T MEAN To-

BOISE, Idaho - Legislators,
now gone home. approved a
Constitutional amendment to be
submitted TO voters in 1914,
changing elective State officials
10 four-year terms.
All except the State auditor. =.
they didn't provide any term
at all for him.
Secretary OF State George
Curtis ruled it an error, and
said he'd fix it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
GOLF WIDOWS PARADISE

SALT LAKE CITY Mayor
A. B. Jenkins received letter
signed "A Forest Dale widow
complaining gambling was fav-
orite pastime at that city perat-
ed golf club.
The Mayor acted: six men
were arrested on gambling
charges.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .
EXODUS FROM AKRON

Success of the union had an
unusual effect on the industry.
Wanting TO insure more con-
tinuous flow of production, not
wanting all their rubber eggs in
the Akron basket where labor
disturbances were upsetting the
basket too often, some OF the
rubber companies beC"n de-
Capitalization of their industry
and moved plants out of town to
find lower wage and better
W. rking conditions. There had
been some decentralization OF
the industry in the 1905. but this
second exodus in 1897 left a good
n any of the rubber workers in
bad way Employment dropped
to an all-time low of around
$4,000.
But the six-hour day and the
five-day week, meaning the 30
hour work week. hung on. The
Goodyear strike in 1899 was
largely caused by fear that the
companies were movif toward
the 40-hour VIZ *. I was not
Until war demands really took
hold that the industry was able
to move away from the short
week.
At Goodrich, il was raised
from 30 to SO hours a week, and
the average work week is still
under As hours. AT other plants,
the basic week is 40 u RS, over
time beginning after the 40th
hour, with an average 48-hour
week.
Following the accepted labor
dogma OF making gains while
business is good, however. Akron
rubber workers put in their de-
mands for further increases in
b.sic wage rates. But take look
the long range implications Of
these demands.
HOW AVERAGE
WAGE INCREASES
The Scents an hour wage in
crease which the War Labor
B o n d recently authorized
brings the average straight time
earnings to between S1l8 and
81 23 an hour. Actually by the
setting Of new rates for new OPP
erations the average has been
raised from $l28 TO Sl.33 an
hour. though the War Labor
Board does not recognize such
increases as being factor. Nor
does the board consider as fac
tor the average take-home Of
from 81 SIS an hour, including
overtime.
But even the low figures are
from SOC TO 33c an hour higher
than wages paid tire and tube
workers outside the Akron area
Faced by that added competitive
cost, rubber manufacturers are
again beginning to think about
the decentralization of the in
dustry which took place after
1897, and TO talk openly OF more
of the same.
Everyone woul like TO see
the rubber workers and every
one else make a lot of money. but
the issue here i whether il ism {
possible to force too much Of a
gain, spread the wage differcn-
tial between Akron and other
cities too much, force more Of
these rubber factories TO get out
OF town where the labor is cheap
err and so put the rubber manu-
featuring capital of the world
back into another period OF de-
spond.
What the PREVIOUS depression
did to Akron, the Inhabitants
still remember with a shudder.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
ONE SAFE TEST

The National Civil Service Reform League,
which long has been bulwork Of the merit system
in government employment odds IT'S voice to pro-
test against the Mcclellan bill which would require
Senate confirmation for oil appointments to odnn-
istrotve positions thot pay from $500 up
This proposal !" the League worms, is direct
threat TO the war effort It strikes OF the very heart
Of the merit system principle Of selection for public
positions It makes career system virtually Impos
sbIe It pieces premium on political connections Of
persons whose capacity may be mediocre. Those
who rely on merit and oblty alone ore placed OF
decided disadvantage"
The intent and the effect Of the McKeIIor bill
should be recognized ceorly by all who interest
ed in the efficiency Of our nQstodonc federal gov
eminent which hos close to three million men and
women on its poyoIs exclusive Of the armed sev-
stensbly-ond there is not too much reason TO
90 behind the clam the bill is designed to give
Congress control over oil persons who help to make
federal policy
This desire IS increased { not inspired by the
extent to which, under wortnne avs properly I'M
properly the executive departments ore making and
altering low SO thot congressman have no ideo what
the law may be at any given time.
The bill is oin1ed OF whot Senator Mcclellan and
many others record usurpoton Of unconsttution-
al powers by vost and expanding bureaucracy It
orouses much sympothy the public breast
Nevertheless its effect unless human noture has
changed overnight would be to make stote and To-
col porty leoders the judges os to who should fill
every responsible Job in Washington Their judg-
ment inevitably would rest upon the porty Loyalty
ond activity Of candidates. tother than upon obiIity
to serve the nation in time Of stress
"Senote confirmation" the League worms, mel
ther prevents over-exponsion Of personnel nor as
sures against the appointment Of over-zeoIous and
offcious bureoucrots 1t substitutes one evil for on
other by inevitably injecting the patronage system
And the League odds; The World War hos now
brought the United Stotes to the point where but one
test can safely be applied to our public service =
competence"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
THE MATINEE FRONT

SALT LAKE CITY-Theaters
are beginning complete movies
at midnight and 8 a. m.-for
swing and graveyard shift war
workers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-08

Q-Name the dams in Ger
many's rich industrial Ruhr re-
Gently preached by Raj bombs.
A-The Elder and the Moline.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-10
SPEND THAI VACATION AT HOME !!
BETWEEN THE LINES Dean e9 ssa g., Hancock

lethargic squabblings But this country has more
than It's share. To-day DcGaulle and Giraud are stag
ing their squabble in Africa The United states Is
afflicted with an al-out squabble over every matter
OF prime Importance In the war effort CapRal ana
labor are locked in death combat Negroes are
everywhere squabblng over the way We are TO at
tain unto the citizenship which We aspire
This intcrminable squabbIine results from So
called freedom OF speech We are confused on ev-
cry issue because propagandized on every
side We are being hgh-pressured on every cues
ton OF current moment with the result our confu-
sion IS becoming more confoundcd and we md sur
cease in squabbng. II is just as well for us 10
realize that the present more favorable position OF
the allied nations is not due so much to the virtues
OF democracy as to the efficiency OF the Russian
dictatorship.
our great mistake comes from the assumption
that because democracy is good in times OF peace
il can function efficiently in times OF war We must
not forget that the situation was saved by dicta-
torshp and not democracy. Had we gone into an
about dictatorship approaching that Of Germany or
Russia It is quite conceivable that the war might
be over We then could have reverted TO our cher
ished democracy The press strictly guards me
province OF free speech business strictly guards
"business as usual" labor sees chance TO exploit
the situation for higher wages capital secs rs or
portunlty 10 throw labor for loss; the ami Negro
element in this country sees in the situation the
chance to further subjugae the defenseess Negroes
and on.
Democracy should have been suspended for the
duration: and We would have been spared the great
confusion that now confounds Because thing
is good does not necessarily say It is good at all
times. in all places and under all circumstances.
The most disgraceful OF all squabbes is that OF
the coal miners and operators. Unless We can some
how squelch some OF our squabbling We going
to prolong the war and consign necdessly millions
OF our gallant men to death.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-10

Is as strange as II is disturbing His is the only
voice that stay REPETITION OF Detroit in half
dozen American cities including the city OF Wash
neton whore racial tension is at the breaking
point And II cannot be expected that Negroes Will
supnely submit to these unbrdled and unchecked
attacks on their person and their property
Great caution Is being exerted by the federal
government to keep accounts Of the racial distur-
Dances in American cities from Negro soldiers on
the fighting fronts. But there is no way earth
to completely suppress the news and Mnless there
assurances from those high in authority that
the Negro at home Will be protected by his govern
meni. there IS grave and immediate danger that
the bitterness and resentment OF coored citizens IN
America will ind expression in the ranks OF color
ed soldiers who face the enemy the seas.
For how can fight an enemy abroad when he
fears for his knsmen at home knowing them to be
at the mercy OF enemies just as savage and brutal
as the Germans or the Italians or the Japanese.
The Japanese radio Is probably brlsung with
accounts OF the race terror In America And II
won't make the task OF the American forces In the
southwest Pacific any easier. In score OF native
tongues and dialects the Japanese propaganda ma
chine is probably broadcasting with suitable dress
ingup the bloody story OF Detroit pointing ridicule
at Americas pretensions OF democracy. sowing the
seeds OF distrust and hate among 30 600 600 hroun
and who are in the patch Of American
armed forces
II may well be that Detrots contribution 10 tho
war effort is to make It enormously difficult n not
impossible for America TO conquer Japan And that
would indeed be high price to pay for racial preiu
dice-governmental apathy and incompetence and
moral cowardce
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-10
soUELcHINC OUR soUABBLEs:

IT SEEMS diaicult for humans 10 understand that
because thing is good. it IS not necessarily
good al all in all places and under al cifcum
Stances The lack Of appreciation for This iact ,eads
10 much misunderstanding and TO great confusion
For Instance man may be authority in given
field Of literature. But today We have specialists
TALKING on, n ,hef fields with an assumed author
nv mas. tL,if Qualifications 90 NOT warrant
\epio.S are especially afflicted with this Rriev-
Gus assumption Il matters not In what field a Negro
takes an advanced degree. he assumes the roles Of
final Spokesman on the Negro question. which Is
patiently a-sueinlDYical and economic question. We
have it more wildly demonstrated in Henry Fords
deIivcrances on various question OF moment. lie
projected peace movement at one Tine and dehv-
ers himself! variousy on matters OF current impor-
lance Henry Ford is not socioogis nor pol-
cal SCIENTIST he is manufacturer and Is authority
only in This field To attribute omniscience 10 man
because Of his accomplishments in given field Is
fallacous.
because democracy works in times OF peace we
assume Il works in time of war; and It does not.
For many months this column has deplored the as
sumption that our peace time economy could be
maintained in time OF war. We raise mighty howl
about freedom Of speech when censorship should
be rigdly clamped pulpit press and radio. We
are trying to submit every important question TO
public and congressional discussions in times Of
peace We are trying unsuccessfully 70 run q
country at war on peace lime basis and We are
failing ingoriousy.
Our success thus far has been due more to the
valor and efficiency OF our allies than to our own
ingenuity or organization. Russia nation with Its
centralized power has enabled the democracies with
their deccntralized power 10 prepare to fight to-
morrow while she herself is bleeding today.
While the ioiaiitarian nations attaining
efficiency SO desirable and necessary in
war effort the dcmocracies we're squabbng.
German bombs shocked Great Britain out OF its
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-10
A NON-PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
DAVIS SAYS: WIN THE VAR!

worker along an assembly NJ,
induce them not TO work Win y
eroes. The union charges ~
things are part Of bio, ~ -
manarement to disrupt tho n,,,s
g. Three foremen. nembo,s !.
Local l2i OF the Go l'ni,ea u.
Coke and Chemical Workers !.
America union were ordered ~,
from the Acme Baking comma.
Of BROOKLYN for promo,sn, MA
eat strike lime . cycr tho n.
ing of a Negro The a-bl,.,
George J. Mintzcr VAS recon-
maHa~d that these workers he ~.
PEELED from the unlon
T. Company Officials mn. Dim.
lap, president, and J " Criss,
vice president. We're acouses !,
fomcniing the recent Mobile ".
in the Alabama Dr, Dock ana
Shinbuilding conlnanv IN ihe hon.
81 dlscreditine Tho FEpc and ".
ecuiive Order $500 THIS ACCUSE.
tion was made by Marvin COX. re-.
rional director Of ne Office n
War information
This IS the kird ~ sabotage
that is costing tho nation millions
Of dollars. that brings on racial
clashes. that prevents Furnishing
fghtiug men Of Tho url'ed naion,
with the Implements ~ war that
DELAYS opening of 'Iie second
front in Europe that RAY hss
cost the lie Of your husband o.
ycur brother or Your svec'hea-t
on some battlefield ~ the ships
AZ sea
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-10

TOO MUCH credit cannot be given the ciy officials and
/ police department Of Hamramck for tne efficient
manner n which they maintained law and order IN that
cj during the riot ia Detroit They did not procrastinate
and mfOrize but began Immediately 10 take preventive
measure as he disturbance broke out at Belle Isle
SUNDAY night All the Hamtamck police force, includ-
ING NE eight coored officers Of that city, were mobilzed
for action Avenues leading 70 and from llamtramck
Sere adequately guarded prevent outside hoodums
from entering and to keep disturbing elements within the
community from Joining the rioting in Detroit
AT the same time constant police patrol was kept
von about the ctv preventing gangs from congregathg
and warning potential troublemakers from violating the
law. .,
AS result Of these precautions there was no racial
disturbance Ia Hamtramck athouh there was rotng all
around K In Detroit Furthermore, many Detroit youth
who attempted pass through ltamtramck 10 JON IN he
rotin 81 North petroit were arrested and dsarmed by
Hamtramck police Ninety per cent of these transient
rioters according 10 Hamtramck police, were whte.
We congratulate the lawenforcement officials OF
Harrack upon the fine example Of efficiency they DEM
onstrated TO Detroit and the rest Of the nation.
--Register Vote