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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02

MY Fighting Congregation" has
been praised by William r. Arm
old, the Army's Chief of Chap
lain's, as a mirror of the effort
TO provide spiritual comfort on
the battlefrontS. Interdenomin-
ational leaders have hailed its
contribution TO understanding
between various faiths.
The chaplain says he has seen
many proofs of the efficacy of
asking Gods aid. From friends
in the Navy | have heard how
prayer kept ships from colliding
in the dark, and how il steered
rescuers 10 tossing lifeboats
when their radios wouldn't
work" he recalls. Il have seen
the prayers of people back home
answered-have seen loved ones
safeguarded, messages delivered,
wounded men restored because
someone at home cared and
prayed. There have been too
many of these to explain away as
condolences"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02
Legal Notices

beInstein A Bernstein, Attorneys 1854 SO
National Bank Bldg, Detroit, Michigan,
t26
No 1875
STATE OF MICHIGAN-In the Circuit
Court for the County OF Macomb. in
ChanceTy Henry q. Brusseau. Plaintiff,
VS.. Rose BrusSeau, Defendant. order for
publication. A. session OF said Court
he'll In the Macomb County Building in
the City OF Mt Clemens, Michigan. on the
goth day Of October. A y. 1913 Present:
Hon. Neil E Reid, Circuit Judge II APP
pearing by Affidavit that Summons was
duly Issued directed 10 defendant. Rose
Brusseau, and delivered 70 the office OF
the Sheriff OF Macomb County. Michigan.
for service and that the said Rose Brus-
seau could not be found by said Sheriff
a. her place OF residence aforesaid nor
else here and that said defendant. Rose
BruSSeau, rs concealed and hidden in this
state SO that process could not be served
upon her and that said defendant was
continually absent from her last known
place Of residence: on motion OF Bern
stein q Bernstein, attorneys for plaintiff;
IL is ordered that defendant, Rose Brus-
seau, enter her appearance IN the above
entitled cause on or before three months
from the date OF this order and that with
IN forty days the plaintiff cause this
order 10 be published in the Monitor
Leader, a newspaper published and cir
eulated IN said County IN the manner
prescribed by law.
NEIL REID,
"A true copy Circuit judge.
EIMORE Z LESTER. Denuty Clerk
Nov. 4-il-l5-24-Dec. 20
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02
By NEA Service

CORAL GABLES, Fla, Dec.
2-There's a chaplain in the
Army Airport Hospital here who
praises the Lord and once, dur
ing a scrap with the Japs, very
nearly passed the ammunition.
Chaplain William c. Taggart
got Silver Star and a citation
for bravery for his share in the
latter matter, but when it comes
down to the everyday exigencies
of fighting and staying alive, he
depends on prayer.
His faith in prayer is
straight" because, he says,
cat the front, a man needs his
religion straight. When he prays,
ne wants his answers in a hurry.
And the prayers are answered. "
Chaplain Taggart ought to
know. He has been through the
Pacific war from hell TO break
fast and his own faith has been
strengthened by the experience
A few months before Pearl
Harbor, DR.. Taggart, then %,
and the son and grandson of
ministers, preached a farewell
sermon to puzzled congregation
in Wichita Falls, Tex, and went
into the Army. On December Z,
he was preaching aboard a
transport in mid-ocean.
The men aboard had started
out TO reinforce the 10th Bomb
or Group in the Philippines, but
they went TO Australia instead
The chaplain volunteered to go
with part Of the reorganized
bomber outfit TO Java, where
he found plenty of action. Soon
game the wounded from the
Cruisers Houston and Marble
head.
CONQUERED HIS QUALMS
When he started into the hos
pital train at the Djokjacarta sta
ton, the odor of burned flesh
made him i'll. But he was
ashamed of his sickness and
went on, giving water, handing
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02

In Darien, Conn, experiments
are under way to test the prac-
ticability of entire roads of steel,
suggested by the technique of
laying landing mats for the air
forces at the battlefronts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02

cigarets TO those who could
smoke. talking with the ones
who could speak or listen, He
carried out dead man and got
into an ambulance TO quiet cas-
ualties on the way TO the hospi-
tai He went into the operating
room and helped until % burned
sailors were resting in beds.
Four weeks later, still under
bombardment, they were order
ed 10 evacuate Transportation
was scant Chaplain Taggart was
assigned 10 a Dutch freighter
the Abbekerk. and on the dock
he found ii wounded sailors
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02
Men at War Take Religion Straight
Chaplain Tells Home Folks
U. Soldiers Under Fire
Prov They Fight To

who hadn't been allowed Ia
board any of the ships because
there was nobody to take care
of them.
The chaplain got them on the
freighter, which already had
nearly 1900 people aboard. The
sickest man went into state
room and the rest went into the
hold. Taggart gave his bedroll
to one of them.
Late one afternoon a Jap
plane was sighted. The chap
lain went inside and prayed. He
said: 1T doesn't look like we
have much chance, Lord. We
have few guns. We have no es-
cort ships. But if we are TO die
now, please help us to live out
our last few minutes as You
would want us to-"
He said Amen" aloud, and
went out on deck. There were
some soldiers there, but no Off
Ger and no guns. Taggart told
them to get some 50-caliber ma
chine guns from below decks
They did. A line was formed
and the guns and ammunition
were passed up. The chaplain
nudged a gunner and told him
TO do a good job. The soldier
winked confidently, and the
chaplain went to take care OF
his wounded sailors.
The Jap tried diving a few
times but was driven off. Next
morning was Sunday, and Tag
CART led the people in hymns.
God protected us from that
one" he said, "and He can help
US again"
WITH FIGHTING OUTFIT
They made it TO Melbourne.
Taggart stayed with the 18th
Bomber Group until ii was
brought home-the most decor
ated outfit in the u. S. Air For
ces. Finally he found time to
put his experiences into a book
or al least, he told them to a
collaboration, Christopher Cross.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-02
WASH TUBBS

RNA FEW MINUTES TIE MAJ,
SAI1Aek ON eASy'S CASE IS
OVER. the A,2o CARRYING AlM
ON MS SECRET MISSION MAS
toiTeHEp oveehEAo....
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Straight and Lovely Pines

Your straight and lovely pines, the
TO which you came In those first
years
When the small green croUns Were
hidden
In the grass and needs, stand proud
ly non.
You matched them groD as you had
Your sons and daughters groU. They
,Dere
The children you gave when those OF
your flesh
Had 0rown into men and ,Domen.
Wedthering
Those first cold ,pinters, they finally,
pushed
Proud heads above the thinning hay
And the ooldenrod. You had seen
them come
into their oWr, safe IN the strength
OF the hills. When you tell at last
Like the father OF pines at the knees
OF his young, you left these trees;
to Us.
The pines you oape In lite, the ones
You nourish no,p, and they make you
Immortal.
LANSING CHRISTIAN.
Evening star., 1943-07-06

decision, whatever it may be. At the
same time, he pointed out, both the
labor and the industry members are
getting a better understanding of
each others problems, and the prob
lens Of government as well.
This, in his judgment, points to
the conclusion that it is short
sighted for labor to go to the Govern
ment for help every time it is in a
jam and wishes an easy way out" In
this comment, Mr.. Lapham undoubt-
edly meant that Government inter-
vention in labor disputes is bound
to be progressive process, which, If
unchecked, will reach deeper and
deeper into the employer -employe
relationship and bring with 1t an in
creasing control over the affairs OF
labor as well as of employers. 1t is
significant that this Is a point of
view which is beginning to be shared
by more and more far-sighted union
leaders.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Dangerous Bio Balances

The proposed inquiry into war ex-
penditures by the Byrd Committee on
Non-essential Federal Expenditures
can serve a useful purpose. Neither
Senator Byrd nor any member OF his
committee believes that the Army
and Navy should be denied single
dollar required for the winning of
the war. Senator Byrd insists, how
ever, that the vast war sums ap-
propriated by Congress shall not be
wasted. All of this money in the end
must be paid by the American tax
payer.
AS Of today approximately $2o3,-
000, 100000 OF the $330,000, ,000, 900
appropriated or authorized to be ex-
pended remain as unexpended bal
ances. In the three years since the
national defense program was be-
gun-it has since become the war
program-only $103, ,000, 100000 has
actually been expended for this pro-
gram. In addition, $4,000, ,000, 900
has been authorized for expenditure.
If Congress does not appropriate
another nickle, the war program can
be continued for another two years.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Experienced Counsel

It is of more than passing interest
that Roger D. Lapham, retiring from
the War Labor Board after more
than two years in the forefront of
the Governments effort to bring
labor and industry together, should
see fit to stress the desirability of
holding to minimum the participa-
ton of Government in the employer
employe relationship.
Mr.. Lapham, president of the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany was one of the employer men,
bers of the board. And he feels that
1t would be a good thing for every
employer to get some experience IN
the work of this tripartite agency.
1t Is an experience, he says, which
teaches both labor and industry rep
resentatives to thrash out their
problems in a straightforward man
ner and to accept a finding arrived
1t through the process OF majority
Evening star., 1943-07-06

In other words the Government,
spending as fast as 1t can, will not
be able to pay out more than the
balances now on hand.
Why, asks Senator Byrd, should
Congress continue to roll up still
bigger balances by appropriating
more and more money? Yet, in his
opinion, the probabilities are that the
administration will be seeking an
other 100000, 900 900 by next winter.
Big balances in the Treasury en-
courage big spending, and big spend
ing too often leads to waste and
extravaganza. The Byrd committee
proposes, therefore, to show to Con-
gress and the country that further
huge appropriations are unnecessary
for long time to come. 1t proposes
further to sift charges that great
deal of this money is being thrown
away, either on material that Is not
needed or likely to be needed or IN
the payment of exhorbitant prices.
Congress has just passed a $7l,-
600 100000 Army appropriation bill.
There will be no more such vast ap-
propriations for a while, II Senator
Byrd has his way-not until the Gov
eminent has expended large pro-
portion of the money already made
available. Such appropriations are
in reality blank checks" The funds.
even if they are allocated in general
way, may be reallocated and used for
different purposes. Under this sys-
tenn, Congress has virtually sur
rendered its power over the purse.
The time has come to put a stop to
this practice, in the opinion OF men
like Senator Byrd and Senator
George.
World War I, including the money
which the United States loaned to
other nations at that time, cost only
$40 900 100000, or one-eighth OF the
sum which Congress has already pro-
vided for the prosecution of the pres
ent war. Considering the size OF the
effort in 1917 and 19l8-which was
very great-the projected expendi-
lures for this war seems excessively
large.
The Byrd committee hopes to be
able to show how considerable
part of the money already appro-
priated may be saved. But what 1t
hopes most to show is that great saw
ings can be made by curtailing future
appropriations.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
80 many times we have felt tempted
to write you how much pleasure we re-
ceive from your column. but the i'm
pulse has. always gone the way OF all
good intentions.
THE other evening saw young
robin with broken wing. 1t couldn't
fly but 1t hoped so fast 1t got away be-
fore I could catch it.
Later learned that three boys have
been stoning the birds and shooting them
with bow and arrow. I called the par
ents and they promised to correct the
situation; however, since care Of ami
mails and birds Is mainly a question OF
education, don't feel that there will
be much improvement.
Il would like to ask you II you know
what first aid can be given to bird
with a broken wing or a broken leg?
And If the broken parts are splinted,
should the bird be confined until the
bones are mended? 1t will certainly be
appreciated if you can give us some in
formation on this subject.
"Yours very truly, P. M. T."
-
1t is comparatively easy. II you are at
all handy person, to put splint on
a birds leg, but wing is an altogether
different matter.
This column has, occasionally, re-
ceived word from a reader that a sue
cessful wing splint has been made.
AS general rule, it is unwise to at
tempt it, The dynamics Of the bird wing
are dificult, and understanding of just
what to do and how to do 1t Is even
more So
Hence 1t will probably be best, In the
average case, to let Nature heal broken
wing, IL she can. The chances OF Ma
ture doing 1t are not more than so per
cent, or even less.
A bird with a broken wing should be
confined in a garage, or large box, and
no attempt made to set the wing, unless
one is thoroughly sure that he knows
exactly what he is doing.
Rest and care, with food offered and
plenty Of water, and freedom from worry
from animals and small children, will
be about as much as the average person
can do to help such an injured bird.
Do not feel too bad II the bird dies.
1t probably will, but then 1t should be
remembered that it probably would have
done the same in the forest.
The broken bird leg is another mat
ter
While 1t is serious. 1t Is never so much
so as the broken wing Keep in mind
that often what seems to be a broken
wing is only an injured wing. If left
alone, it will come around all right. but
if it is poked and pulled by an mex
perienced hand. real trouble may be In
store for the bird.
The broken leg may be aided by cut
ting of the head OF a stout. old-fash-
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Unity
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot.
This is the third OF series on
American problems OF 1Oar organisa-
ton and leadership.)
From the London Daily Herald.

From the London Daily Herald.
If unity had been lacking on the home
front we should not now be celebrating
a triumph In Tunisia, not now looking
forward eagerly to yet greater triumphs
in Europe. Unity, under the national gov
ernment which was formed just three
years ago, was essential to sustain the
morale Of the people in days of defeat:
essential to overtake our deficiency of
ornaments; essential in order to mobi-
lize the neglected resources of the ma
ton. If that unity had not been at
tanned in Britain the war would now be
overland the Axis would have won 1t.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles +. Tracetpell.

ioned wooden match stick. We do not
mean the sort which comes In = paper
Of matches, but in one Of the old box
Of matches which used to be sold at
the old-time corner grocery store for
cents
This stick is cut to the proper length,
and bound to the broken leg with silk
thread.
Women can do this job much better
than men, and besides, they have more
genuine interest in birds than men.
Many a man who instinctively likes
birds thinks that he mustn't show it. be-
cause he believes that to do 50 would
be effeminate on his part
The truth is that women love the
birds because the songsters are small,
and so often helpless, and the womanly
heart goes out to all small and helpless
things, whether bird with q broken
wing on her lawn, or another woman's
sen lying wounded on battlefield.
A little stimulant may be given q
wounded or hurt bird.
Two drops Of whisky and little water
may be mixed and a drop Of this mixture
given the bird with medicine dropper
every hour or two for = while.
After this, the yolk Of hard boiled egg
may be offered. Insects, bits Of worm
and scraped meat, If any can be found,
also are good.
Often the bird will eat from the
ground, but sometimes it must be fed
by forcibly poking down the bill.
The food simply won't 60 down, II the
bird has had enough or doesn't happen
to want anything to eat at the time.
"TAKoMA PARK, Md.
Dear Sir:
II read your articles in The Star every
evening with the greatest pleasure and
interest and count the day lost If I do
not read them.
Il feed the birds summer and winter
and have quite a collection of them
here Your recent article about trees
I was more than interested in.
Il am wondering If you could tell me
what to do to a sugar maple tree that
= week ago.
He stripped the bark all of the tree
up to about II feet high. Is there any
way to save it?
we have two rows OF them in our
yard planted by my brother.
The poor tree stands there just naked,
stripped of its bark 1t does not seem
to be dying as yet, but OF course when
the winter comes it must die.
Il hope you will write more articles
on trees, then perhaps the parents will
teach the small boys not to mutilate
them.
Il am. yours truly B. G. A."
Some day, when everybody realizes
what great natural resources we have
In the animals, the birds and the trees,
nobody will molest them, young or old.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BY Frederic J. Hasktn.

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact by tDritin1 The Zoe
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washington.
D. C. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What State ut one time had
House Of Commons7-G. L.
A. In the early history OF North Caro-
lima the lower branch of the Legislature
bore this name.
Q. Where is the largest medical D.
brary in the world?-H. H.
A. The Army Medical Library In
Washington, D. c., is the largest.
@. What is the native name for India7
e. L. H.
A. There is none common to all the
Inhabitants. In Sanskrit the country
would be called Bharatavarsha. The
name Hindustan, once used by European
geographers, properly applies only to a
portion.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
General Sikorski

Well known and much appreciated
in Washington, General WladyslaW
Sikorski was one of the leaders who
made the United Nations an alliance
in the complete meaning OF the word.
AS Prime Minister of the Polish gov
ernment in exile and commander IN
chief of the Polish armies in the field,
he personified the cause OF Poland as
a valued ally in the prevailing con-
flict. The business of his country
brought him to the Capital OF the
United States in April, 194l, and
again in March and December 1912.
President Roosevelt received him on
several occasions and corresponded
with him in regard to problems Of
mutual concern.
Born in 1881 at TuszoW and edu-
Gated at the University Technical
College in Lwow, General Sikorski
prepared for the important work he
was destined to do by taking an
active part in patriotic enterprises
which kept the spirit of Polish ma
tionalism alive in the period preced-
ing the First World War. He was
conscripted by the Austrian Army in
1905 and ordered to the engineer
corps as a lieutenant the following
year. Subsequently he organized a
volunteer military club with which
he was occupied until Ne outbreak of
hostilities in 1914. AS commander of
a regiment, he shared in the defense
of the eastern front until the treaty
of est-Litovsk, when he was ar
rested as IAN agitator." The collapse
of Austria in the early autumn of
1918 gave him his liberty and sent
him home to join Marshal Pilsudski.
He was in the Battle of Warsaw in
1920, became chief of staff in 1921,
was Prime Minister in 1922 and 1923,
Minister of Military Affairs from 1923
to 1925 and commander of the Lwow
army area from 1926 to 1928.
Meanwhile, General Sikorski gained
a continental reputation as writer.
He was a popular contributor to the
principal newspapers in Warsaw,
edited periodical of his own on 1.-The
Polish question" published history
of the Polish-Russian War in 1923,
lie Probleme de la Paix'' in 1881 and
La Guerre Moderne" in 1885. Mod
crate and philosophic in his opinions,
he nevertheless was an energetic
orator and debater. Before 1899 he
consistently favored an understand
ing between Poland, Russia, France
and Great Britain in anticipation of
trouble with Germany. When Hitler
finally struck he was not surprised.
During the confusion of the first days
of the Nazi attack he offered his
services to the Warsaw government,
but no assignment was given him.
Subsequently in France he was
chosen head of both the Polish po-
litical and fighting forces. His labors
thereafter are portion of the his
tory OF the age.
How serious is the loss of such a
man may be estimated from a mo-
ment's consideration of the difficult
ties involved in replacing him. Gen.
eral Sikorski has died too soon. He
was needed not by Poland only, but
by the world at large. A similar
observation may be registered for his
talented daughter, his secretary, his
chief of staff and the other junior
aides who perished with him. The
whole party has been sacrificed to
freedom and will be remembered in
that relation.
Evening star., 1943-07-06

Recently mess sergeant married
a WAAC cook. Here is one family
that will make the best of their steak
in the postwar world.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Political C0lumniSt Criticized
For Alleged Distortion Of Facts.


To the Editor Of The Star:
I have never read Frank r. Kent's
column with the hope of getting clear
eyed and objective discussion Of current
political, economic or social problems,
especially when his discourse involves
the interests of organized labor. Ordi-
narily his carping and complaining rolls
of my back quite harmlessly. Neverthe-
less, Mr.. Kent's antilabor spleen does
not grant him license to write that which
is clearly untrue and misrepresents facts.
refer you to his column of June %
wherein he states, in referring to Con-
gress' overriding of the Presidents veto
of the Smith -Connally bill: For Con-
gress, vigorously responding to an over.
whelming sentiment, has isolated the
President with the labor lobbyists whose
obvious price Of support is that their
right to strike during the war not be
taken from them" Mr.. Kent knows or
should know that the right to strike
latter a 30-day cooling-ofi period is
embodied in Section 8 Of the Smith Con-
nally Act. The labor lobbyist" OBJ
viously could not make the deal Mr..
Kent imagines when the bill itself pro-
vided for the right to strike.
Further In the same column he refers
to the "phony nonstrike pledge" given
by the labor leaders. Again the facts,
which Mr.. Kent so blithely disregards,
prove conclusively that labor's nonstrike
pledge has been well kept. For 1912,
man hours of work lost through strikes
amounted to less than one-han of per
cent of the total man hours worked
This record does not look "phony' to
me.
Finally. in referring to the opposition
OF the unions to the bill, he writes: 80
far as known. the opposition was repre-
sented by Philip Murray of the CIO.
William Green of the AFL and Alex Rose
of the Communist American Labor
party" So far as this writer knows only
by the stretch of q Goebbelsian imagina-
ton could Mr.. Rose be called Com
munist, and further, the name of the
party Is onicially the American Labor
party; by prehxing this title with the
capitalized noun Communist" Mr.. Kent
inadvertently or with forethought mis-
lead his readers.
The record of organized labor in this
war, based on readily accessible statistics,
is q good one. The overwhelming
abundance of material in the North Az
rican campaign is further testimony OF
this record.
HERMAN sCHE1N.