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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
. IN HOLLYWOOD

someone took a snapshot-prob-
ably on sale tomorrow
Barely escaped ground loop
when our plane landed this
morning Something went wrong
with the lane. I'm lucky, /
1t rained through half of our
show today but the boys never
moved If they can take it, |
guess | can too. There were a lot
of natives in the audience and
they yelled louder than the sol
The mosquitoes are eating me
alive | think they prefer my
Did six shows today. Also
made a siX-hour plane trip-l5
passengers and only four chairs.
Did 10 shows today in every
kind of surrounding. Travelled
around the island in an ambu-
lance-With me reclining.
Today a soldier came up to
me with tears in his eyes, and
gave me a knife. II got two Japs
with that one" he said Then he
ran away Modest, I guess.
Haven't received any letters
from you recently. | guess I'm
kind of hard to reach.
GUADALCANAL SOUVENIRS
Finally arrived in Guadalca
nal We have really had some
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09

experiences here. Feeling fine.
Never worked harder. One of the
Marines gave me Jap sniper s
rifle and some Jap invasion
money. I'm sending the stuff on
home.
Did a show tonight until it
got dark. Wanted to quit be-
cause the boys couldn't see my
kisser. They said they just would
be happy hearing my voice, so
continued the show.
Saw Guy Kibbee's boy the
other day. Also Marie Wilson's
brother. Call them and tell them
the kids are looking fine.
Ten more shows today
I'm tired - but this job is
something ] simply have to do
and | will return knowing ] went
all out.
Tell someone to send the boys
later motion pictures. They
played one here the other night
that was four years old. keer
after everyone to get new pic.
lures. The kids just can't ge'
enough entertainment.
>. Well, it's getting late. Ano
I need steep. Had chance -tc
90 TO bed early last night, sc
started to read detective story
magazine. I fell asleep in tho
middle of a murder.
Love and kisses to everyone
Your wandering husband,
doc.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
. SO THEY SAY

You got to take your time
learning TO milk or you'll ruin a
good COW. Learning to milk
comes hard with some people,
but it sure is a lot harder on the
COW.
George Simmons. farmer and
Instructor at Fdrmingdale, N.
Y, Agricultural Institute.
II democracy can by a vol
untary measure solve a problem
which others have mad TO solve
through compulsion. it is one of
The greatest tributes to our abil-
ity TO do job as a democracy.
-Manpower Director Paul v.
McNutt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09

hearts, which North promptly
doubled. Cain jumped to three
no trump, which Sobel doubled,
and Cain redoubled.
Now, 10 complete the story.
should be able to say that So
bel took the first seven tricks.
but that amt the way | heerd
it, Upon completion of the bid
ding, East led out of turn! Thus
Cain was able to call for heart
lead and cashed the first eleven
tricks, making three no trump
doubled and rcdoubled, with
two oVertrickS.
That's the rule, II the wrong
opponent leads the declarer can
either treat the card led in err
ror as penalty card, or he can
tell the player to pick 1t up,
and call for the lead of any spec
flied suit by the proper leader.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

EDITORS NOTE: For the
last two months screen coined
ian Joe L. Brown has been en-
pertaining Uncle Sans armed
forces in the South Pacific.
Transported from island to is
land by Army bOmbers. Brown
has visited Hawaii. Midway,
Canton, the Fijis, New Gale
donna, Guadalcanal, Tulagi. the
New Hebrides, New Zealand
and Australia. Brown under
took the morale tour at his
own expense in the memory
of his son, Don. an Army pilot
killed in a bomber crash. The
following are excerpts from
letters to his wife in Holly
wood:
Dearest:
Well. here I am sitting in
shack in the midst of a cocoa
nut grove - just like they do IT
the movies. You should see me
in my G.. |. shoes and short pants
/ look IKE Spencer Fraep-AIit;
tie sunburned but sure do look
rugged.
We're constantly on the go.
hope you understand why | went
on this trip. This is a job thai
has to be done. And when these
kids start laughing and scream
ing and yelling, I'm paid for eV'
erything - and it isn't because
I'm stagestruck
The kids just can't get enough
entertainment. And what feel
ing of pleasure it is TO be able
to entertain them. I've tried al
my new stories and they can
be that funny The boys howled
Even the natives are wonder
full. They told me what a grea
man | was - and how beautl
full! Then one Of the chiefs said
through an Interpreter
Hitler will get it IN tn
~ -a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
REORGANIZATION INDICATED

Stote and local governments ore being driven by
war into making longneeded administrative reforms
A survey by the Civil Service Assembly shows turn
over Of close to SO per cent in key administrative and
technical personnel About half Of those who leave
ore taken into the armed forces The rest enter fed
erol service, industry etc.
To meet such situations oert communities ore re-
vonpine old setups. Louisville for example; hos re-
organized the police department to offset the loss Of
IS per cent Of its experienced men, Wohto has COM
peteIy revomped administrative machinery, consol
dating IS major departments into five
Even the @or=cioud hos @ silver lining.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
SO THEY SAY

SO THEY SAY -. =. ......
am very positive in my own
mind that the American people
cannot even approximately sup
port an armed force of IL or IL
million and meet the require
ments of the military on war
production. Sen. S h er d a n
Downey (Dem., Calif3.
People who don't waste time
wondering what makes the
world 60 round are the ones
who keep II going.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
SCORCHED FURNITURE
POLICY

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. -
Mr.. and Mrs Duby Nf1ffer arc
getting little tired of snatching
their household furnishings out
of a blazing home.
A week ago the Millers man.
aged to save the furnishings
when their house was destroy
ed by fire.
Wednesday their new house, a
few doors from the old one,
burned to the ground when an
oil burner furnace exploded, and
most of the furniture again was
saved.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

creases. First, on the insistcnce
of Solid Fuels Co-ordinator for
War Harold l.. Ickes. the indus
try went from a five-day TO a
six-day week. Naturally. miners
were TO get time and half for
that sixth days operation.
PLAY TO LEWIS HAND
Mine operators put forth the
claim that if the price of their
labor was to be greater, they
would have to receive higher
price for coal. Office of Price
Administration granted the OPP
orators demands, to the extent
of % cents ton - not for just
the coal mined on overtime, but
for all coal mined, whether on
straight time or time and a
half.
Lewis could stand off and let
these things happen without
more than a token protest, for
the reason that if mine operators
were getting more money for
coal. Lewis could get some Of
that money for his miners. That
this was a reality is now best
shown by the fact that today less
than half of the miners are
worked on the sixth day. Instead,
operators work miners the basic
five-day week at straight time,
and get the extra % cents ton
on all coal mined in the five-day
week At no increased cost of pro-
duction.
This government approved
double play was right into Lew
is hands. All it did was let the
government provide money for
wage increases Lewis was about
TO demand. If the government
could approve inflationary price
increases to operators. how could
it consistently deny increases to
miners.
BREAK FOR LEWIS
The next good break Lewis
got was in the recent Circuit
Court of Appeals declaratory
judgment in which Tennessee
Coal and Iron was ordered to
pay members of the Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers Union for
all time workmen are under
ground. Coal miners are not
now paid on this portal to por-
tai" basis from the time they
enter the mine TO the time they
leave. Instead. they are paid only
for the time at work at the bot
tom OF the mine. But here is q
federal court decision which
sets major precedent and com
pels employers to pay all miners
for a longer work day, or else
shorten the time actually spent
at Wefk II is equivalent to or
dering that all coal miners be
paid an average of nine hours
wages additional per week. A
time and a half rates that i:
equal TO about $l3 2 week ane
it is better than the So day in
T. crease which Lewis is asking.
Lewis won another point ir
getting his-reetiest-feF-a-ean
tinuation Of negotiations will
the mine operators from Apri
to April 30, with the under
standing that any agreemen
would be retroactive to April ]
Then came his best break OF al
allowing himself to be ma
neuvered into the position o
having to be subpoened to APP
pear before the Truman Senat
| Committee investigating labo
efficiency in the war Effort. Her
was public platform am
sounding board easily worth
million dollars to the mine lead
or IN present his arguments.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
LEASED LAND

War Department figures indicate that the Army
hos not purchased r. 900 900 ocres Of land os had
been reported only 100000 acres. The larger fig
ure represents territory acquired by tonsfer from 9TH
er federal departments, Of land already owned.
This correction is gratifying. 1t is eosier to be-
Iieve thot the Army wos forced to purchase 100000
ceres than u 100000 Nevertheless, the purchased
ocreooe still exceeds that Of New Hampshire, YER
mont, Massachusetts, New Jersey it is ereoter than
the combined areas of Rhode Island Connecticut ond
DeIowore; it is almost equivalent to that Of Mary
land
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09

WASHINGTON - You don't,
the Office of War Information
explains, hang flying fortress
es" in the sky and use them for
aerial pillboxes.
DR.. Gerald Winfield, who
works for the Owl in China,
told a group of American re-
porters here that a Chungking
newspaper not long ago told its
readers that what the wartime
capital of China needed was
three flying fortresses," which
when hung in the sky at the
corners of the city would fcnd
off any possible Japanese bomb
ing attacks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press
SAD AFTERMATH

MADISON, Conn. Last week
the % seniors of Hand High
school took their annual trip to
New York. escorted by two
teachers. But this week they're
not going any place, not even to
school.
One of the class, II seems,
didn't feel very we'll on the way
back. Health Officer Milo Rindgc
diagnosed il as scarlet fever. and
quarantined the whole class -
and the teachers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
SUPER. PRODUCTION

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Nellie, a
big red hen owned by Mrs, Ann
Woodward. has gone all out for
war production. Monday, Nellie
laid a brown egg eight inches in
circumference Tuesday, she laid
another six inches around and
when Mrs. Woodland broke the
shell she found a normal sized
egg inside, containing two yolks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

o. What Is Joseph Stains
title as an officer of the Union
OF Soviet Socialist Republics?
A - He is chairman of the
Council OF Peoples Commissars
He is also chairman of The State
Committee for Defense. a depu-
ty TO the Supreme Soviet OF the
u. S. S. r., a member of the
Military Council OF the Supreme
Soviet and general secretary Of
the Communist Party OF the u
S. S. r.. in addition to being
premier. and cOmmander-in
chief of the army.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM 4. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

While in indianapolis, A. Nj.
Sobel, national tournament di-
rector, played rubber bridge at
the indianapolis Athletic Club.
Sobel held the West cards shown
i'm the box. His South opponent
was Joseph f. Cain of Indianap-
oils. When Cain bid a spade, So
bel decided to have little fun
and rorda rsychic bid Of two
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09

We've been doing an average
of five shows a day. 1t is the
most hectic and thrilling exper-
fence of my life We did show
the other day 30 miles out in
the Jungle for bunch Of Ma
rine Raiders. More than so of
the boys have decorations. What
an outfit
took shower this
morning with the aid OF a bar
rel and nearby stream. You
should have seen me, ! suppose
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
O-DOcs the Presidents 49,
hour minimum work week or
dor reu,,ira Siy -6ay week.

UVT 1VVU''V ''1S ""y
A-No. The AZ hours may be
divided into any desirable num-
Der of DAYS, subject to local and
state restrictions as may exist
for spec classlflcations of
workers, such as women and
minors.
OFF both cO-Owners Of
war bond die before the bond rs
presented for redemption, who
gets the money?
A-The estate OF the co-oWn-
er whose death took place last.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
GOLDEN EGGS

LOS ANGELES - She WASH t
overly concerned about the fam
lily car or other property. Mrs.
Virginia Critchfield told the
court as she was awarded her
divorce from Thomas l.. Critch-
field, but -
She demanded, and received,
custody Of eleven laying hens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
BARKING LOOT

KIOWA, Colo.-Burglars who
looted the Kiowa postoffice, said
Sheriff Roy Brown. stole:
Cash totaling SIPS, 1,160 gas
oline ration books. a .410 gauge
shotgun, 80 caiiber rifle
and a bulldog.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09

Many newspaper publishers suffered most OF the
pones Of death when the radio began broodoostn9
news They feored the lightning speed OF this COM
petitor" It developed, however, that the radio was
newsboy crying headlines and telling listeners why
they should rush out and buy papers,
The daily newspaper has its foults, individual and
collective The wise editor never lets doy Poss with
out seeking to better his service to his reoders New
ertheIess there is no medium Of news distribution
thot can rival the newspaper for combined speed, &C.
curocy completeness ond mportiolity.
Does this sound boostfuo Sorry, but its how we
feel
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-09
DEAD AS MUTTON

As writer H. c. Wells must be taken seriously
Aeo nronbet sometimes he is inclined to toke in too
much TERRITORY. like the bortly who announced his
obity to lick any son-o-oeun in the world and DIS
covered that he was Boosting to John |. Sullivan
Mr. Wells expresses profound CONVICTION tnot
The newspoperlsqs decd os mutton and thot It VIII
never come back" We have no equivalent outnor'1y
as to EnqIish journals, but we sug9est-too 'ofe or
co,Irse-thot the eminent author should have con-
suited the o43 Editor 8 Publisher Year Book before
he committed himself in such sweeping terms.
In the United Stotes our "deod os mutton" news
popers enoyed in 1912 the greatest circulation m
their history coping unbroken yeor-by-yeor 3D.
vance that began in 1888. As 1912 ended, morning
and evening newspapers we're selling more than 49,
600, 900 copies daily. This represented on increase
Of 8 400, 900 over their pre-wor total.
That does not suggest anything resembling deoth.
II would seem to indicate enormous vtoty Portou'
lorv since many newspapers to meet skyrocket'n9
costs found it necessary to increase soIes prices.
It is Mr. Wells idea thot otter the war we shall
dioI NEWS on our telephones and listen then to
summary Of what has been happening in the lost two
or three hours.
This is entirely possible If the telephone comp
any needs bit Of needing about establishing such
q service newspapers might encourage ond assist
trenn- telephone bulletin news service might DO
exoctIy what radio news bulletins have done-w1et
public appetite for news Of the day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
RUBBER RUMORS

Nothing is more persistent
than a war rumor. Recently
there has been circulated the
report that the United States
is getting a substantial share
of the crude rubber in Japan's
hands via Russia which has
been allowed to buy it from the
Japs in order to retain fishing
privileges off Kamchatka Pen
inSula.
Washington officials declare
that there is nothing to the
story. The Russians depend upon
the United States for a large
part of their rubber supply
products, says William M. JEFF
fers, who adds that the Soviet
demand is increasing and that
the Russians have a mission in
this country studying our pro-
duction methods of synthetic
rubber.
Mr. LETTERS insists that the
rubber shortage in Russia and
the United States is as acute
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
DRIED SOUPS NO
LONGER RATIO NED

In ar emergency decision
made after the official point
charts for May were printed, the
OPA temporarily removed from
rationing all dried or dehydrat-
ed soups, effective May 2.
simultaneously, OPA revealed
the May point values for pro-
cessed foods, high lighted by
further substantial reductions
in the number of points requir-:
ed to be paid for most fruit and
vegetable juices.
Decision to make dried or de-
hydrated soups ration-free for
the time being was reached
jointly by the War Food odmin-
istration and OPA on the basis
of a study of new statistics re-
ceived after the May point
charts had gone to press. The
new figures disclosed that, while
sales of these products were at
all-time high levels, production
during the last two months had
grown by leaps and bounds and
was outstripping total consumer
purchases. AS a result, inven-
tories were piling up in trade
channels and curtailing produc-
ton. If this condition were not
cured Immediately, the abnor-
mally large stocks in trade
hands would be threatened by
warm-Weather spoilage. When
the inventory situation becomes
more clearly normal, consider
alton will be given to putting
these foods back on the rationed
list.
The further lowering of point
values of most fruit and veg
etable juices reflects a similar
desire on the part of OPA to
speed up their sales, which have
been tagging behind those OF
fruits and vegetables in other
forms.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
NAVY VETERAN
ON PROGRAM

Big Horn county citizens who
were on the program of the
dedication ceremonies for Vel
lowstone county war dead at
Billings last Sunday were Capt:
w. S. Luce. superintendent of
Custer Battlefield. and Clarence
Oullette of Crow Agency.
Oullette is a veteran of the
present war who recently re-
ceived a disability discharge
from the navy. He was wound
ed at Pearl Harbor. again at
the Philippines while u: S.
forces were being evacuated to
Corregidor, and was permanent
ly disabled while serving on a
destroyer in the battle of the
Coral sea. .
He attended Hardin high
school before enlisting in the
navy just before the war start
ed in Europe.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
HARDIN PIONEER
DIES APRIL Is

Word has been received from
F. A. Jack Rowland of Seat
tie that his uncle, Andrew RouS-
seau. IS, former pioneer resi-
dent of Hardin, died at his
home at Redlands, Calf.
He had recently undergone
a surgical operation and appar-
emily was getting along well,
when he suddenly passed away
from a heart attack.
Andy Rousseau as a brick
by trade and built sew
eral of the first brick buildings
in Hardin. He burned the first
brick made here and used his
product in the construction OF
the buildings he erected. He
had two brick kilns near Har-
din.
His widow, who is a daughter
of the late Luther Witham, also
a former Hardin pioneer resi-
dent is confined to her home
in Redlands, suffering from a
fractured hip received in a fall
several months ago.
Besides his widow, Mr. Rous-
seau is survived by two sons,
OFT and Floyd Rousseau, living
in Texas, and a married daugh-
ter and two grandchildren In
RedlandS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
USE LIGHTS FOR
TARGET PRACTICE

City authorities this week
warned that shooting at street
lights not only causes direct
damage to city property, but
may result in a serious acct
dent.
Last week, one of the over
head lights was used as a tar
get; part of the lamp was shot
away and a wire was broken,
opening the circuit.
The street lighting system
carries very high voltage when
opened, and anyone coming in
contact with a live" wire would
incur very serious burns or the
shock might be fatal, it was
pointed out.
Officials are checking up
on these incidents.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
Personal
SOCIETY -.
HOLLEY- KENYON

Miss Dorothy Fern Holley,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
w. Holley of Lodge Grass, be-
came the bride of Cadet Rob-
ert L. Kenyon of the U. S. Army
Air corps in ceremony which
took place in the Kenyon home
in Billings last Wednesday
morning. The ceremony was
performed before a mantel
banked with palms and Easter
lilies.
The bride wore a floor length
gown of white chiffon and lace
over white satin. Her short veil
fell from TERRA of white sweet
peas and pink rosebuds, and
she carried a bouquet of sweet
peas tied with white satin rib
bonS.
Miss Mabel Holley attended
her sister. She wore a pink chif-
fon gown fashioned on the
same lines as the brides and
carried a bouquet of white rose
buds. Mr.. Loren Kenyon at
tended his sol as best man.
Mrs. Holley. mother of the
bride, chose a blue suit and a
corsage of white rcsebuds and
sweet peas. Mrs. Loren Ken
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
WOLCOTT TO GO
TO HAMILTON

Kendall Wolcott will leave
Hardin next week for Hamilton,
Mont, where he will operate a
wholesale and retail Standard
Oil bulk plant.
He will be assisted by Clifford
Wemple, who has been associat-
ed with him in the local Con-
oco station.
Mrs. Wolcott and their three
children will remain in Hardin
until the end of the school term.
Mr.. Wolcott has been in the
oil and gas business in Hardin
for IS years.
The Conoco station will be
under the management of
George Davis who has been in
garage and service station work
here for the past three years.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-05-06
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that
the Board of County Commits
sioners, Big Horn County, Mon
tana, will on the 18th day of
May, 1913, hold a public hear
ing for the purpose of creating
an emergency budget in the
amount of $500 in the County
General Fund for the purpose
of taking care of expenditures
of grasshopper control, at which
time any taxpayer may appear
and be heard for or against
the expenditure of money for
such alleged emergency.
Done in regular session this
5th day of May. 1943.
HARRY E. COX. County Clerk.
published May 6. 1943)