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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
i. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What is the high diving
record?
A-Ales Wickham, a native of
the Solomon Islands, dived 2O5
feet, nine inches in Melbourne
in 1919 To establish a high div
ing record that still stands.
ON contract bridge. may a
player ask for complete re-
view of the bidding?
Ayes, if prior to the OPEN
ing lead. After the opening lead.
player may ask only what the
contract is, and whether it is
doubled or redoubled.
Q-How should garm n s
made of rayon and wool blended
fabrics be pressed?
Alike woolens. Use damp
cloth-old muslin sheeting for
ordinary weights of materials,
light weight canvas or similar
material for heavier fabrics.
Q--Can payment of a War
Savings Bond be made TO the re-
ceiver or trustee in bankruptcy
of the estate of a registered
owner
Ayes. when bankruptcy or
insolvency has been adjudicated
and request for payment has
been duly executed.
Q-Where do the u. S. Ma
rines get their name?
A-From the French ina
rim" meaning sea soldier. The
French word is derived from the
Latin word for sea, mare"
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BY PETER EDISON


Behond Vice President Henry
A. Wallace's six-weeks' trip 10
Costa RIGA and down the west
coast of South America Ito Wis
ii the birthplace of the potato"
is a l0-year story. Most North
Americans have never heard this
story but il is a story of which
this country and the vice presi-
dent himself can we'll be proud
because ii makes one of the best
chapters in the long and some
times not so good record of inter-
American relations.
The story goes back to the
time when Mr.. Wallace first
came 10 Washington as secretary
of agriculture in 1882. AT that
time, says Mr. Wallace, he found
a conflict of ideas between the
Department of State and the De-
partment of Agriculture on what
TO do about South America.
On the one hand there was the
State Department wanting TO be
pals with Latin America and
build up the Good Neighbor pol
icy enunciated by President
Roosevelt shortly after he took
office. On the. other hand, there
was in Mr.. Wallace's own De-
partment of Agriculture a con-
viction which merely reflected
tht prevailing opinion of U. S
farmers and livestock men ir
general and farm-statc congress
man in particular, that Latin
America was a potentially dan
gerous commercially r V
which should be held in check.
Once let South American
countries get started raising the
four basic u. S. farm products
wheat, cotton, corn and live
stock-lct them once develop
world markets and North Amer.
lean agriculture would be fin
ished because of cheaper land
values and cheaper labor.
COMPLEMENTARY
AGRICULTURE"
Out of this impasse developed
the i d of Complementary
agricultures. The basis of the
theory was that since only four
Latin American countries were
in the temperate zone and l6
were tropical or semitropical and
largely undeveloped. it would
be possible for South and Cen
trail America to develop agricul-
tural products which would not
only compete with North Amer
lean products but would also
find a ready market in North
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PlCAYUkE

The picoyune used to be O copper coin worth q
fraction Of cent 1t has long been obsolete but its
name still is used to describe what is petty, Poltry,
mean.
Picoyunsh does not describe with complete &C.
curocy the petty, mean activities of some members
Of Congress, because the picoyune wos not vicious.
Such episodes as Representative Thunderstorm
ottock upon the Roosevelt boys mitory records,
Representative Tobers criticism of the Owls Roos-
eveIt cartoon book. Representative CooIey's alarm
about wooden guns otoP the House Office Building,
ore both petty and Vicious
However questionable the method by which the
RooseveIts originally acquired their military titles,
the Presidents sons have mode good officers. and
deserve that respect which pay to oil good fight
ina men, CONGRESSMAN Lonobertson was out Of
bounds when he permitted his dislike for the Pres
dents policies to sIop over as stobn-he- back crt-
cism Of the four boys
Congressman Tober has been around long
time, and knows that the President Of the United
Stotes synboIizes to the whole world the might and
the will Of American democracy. About half of the
American electorate, be it less, disogrees
with the Roosevelt philosophy Of domestic govern
ment.
That is no reason why we should refroin from
copitolizng in elobo war; upon the foot that to our
allies to neutrols, to the conquered peoples Of En-.
rope, franklin Roosevelt personfes militant de-
mocrocy about to become triumphant.
II Congressman Cooley really worried about
wooden guns and wooden men defending his person,
why didn't he take the matter up quietly with the
War Department? If he had been in North Africa,
and discovered that wooden guns and tanks we're
deceivine RommeI while the genuine weapons we're
being sneoked around to smite the Nozis unexPect-
edIy from elsewhere, would he hove felt mpeed to
act onto the radio and tell RomnoeI?
The most charitable explanation for such petty,
harmful actions is thot these congressman vic
Tins Of heodiinetis far from rare disease that
becomes virulent when politicians have not seen
their names in headlines for few days.
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BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

The Squire of Saugus has
done it again. Thirty years in
motion pictures and still one of
the top character stars in Holly
wood. Yes, it's Harry Carey,
the Saugus rancher, who steals
acting honors in Air Force"
one of the years really great
movies. It's remarkable that
Carey, one of the all-time great
western stars, should so success
fully bridge the gap to character
roles. From riding the range to
riding a B-21 bomber is quite a
leap, too. But Carey does it
with typical Carey finesse.
Warmers location trip to
Tampa, Fla, for the film, was
one of the toughest in Holly
wood history Unbearable heat
in swampy country that had
most Of the cast on sick leave.
Except Harry. who explained:
"At my age (65) if took day
off it would probably start a
whispering m p a 6 n. You
know. They'd go around say
ing, 'Carey's getting old. He
can't take it any more. Most
men 20 years his Junior would
like to be able to take it the way
he can.
After four years in Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman has undergone a
me.amorphosis complete from
complexion to character. The
blonde, shy and stately Swede
has been transformed into the
blackhaired Creole vixen, Clio
for the film version of Edna Fer
ber's Saratoga Trunk Miss
Bergman herself, and not the
Hollywood influence, must be
credited with the transforma.
ton. She believed the change OF
acting pace would be good fol
her career. After a succession
of serious dramatic parts, she
wanted a gay happy role. Ano
Clio is it. She vamps every male
in the cast, has a lavish ward
robe of 80 changes. She dark
ems her eyebrows. to harmonic
with her black wig, and is using
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PREMIUM BONUS

It is difficult to understand the reasoning Of the
War Labor Boord when it granted IA per cent bo-
nus to swing Shift workers in O Connecticut plant as
compensation for premium pay lost through pres
dentioI order.
The executive order provided thot time ond-o-
half double time should not be poid for Saturday
and Sunday work that fell within the basic work
week. The WlB did not countermond the presden-
tioI decree, but instead gave those workers bonus
thot accomplished exactly the some purpose.
Without the bonus, sold the WlB, the workers
would have lost income they had expected to re-.
ceive. Wasn't that the purpose Of the presidential
order - to have everybody work minimum week
before he began collecting premium poy for over.
tinneo
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Eastern motorists have on opportunity to sove
everybody in the country, themselves included, from
much future grief.
II they justify the confidence placed in them by
OPA Administrator Brown and limit their driving
to what really is essential there will be no necessity
for reimposno the onerous and expensive checking
system that Mr.. Brown has Discarded.
IT, on the other hand, they try to get away with
everything possible, the OPA can be expected to
feel thot Policine'is necessary = not alone os to
gasoline usoee in the cost but as to all critical sit
uotions everywhere.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
BULLS EYE

BULLS EYE
TACOMA, WASH-Night or
day, Lieut.. Robert F. MacCarl
is a crack shot.
Awakened by a noise in his
henhouse, he crept out, armed
with his double-barreled shot
gun.
AS he trouched at the hem
house door, his dog slipped up
and nudged him.
Bang Bang! Went both bar
rels.
Inventory: IA hens dead, four
hens and one rooster alive-but
nervous.
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EVEN SWAP

Et En- SW Ar
SAN FRANCISCO-Mrs. Lii
liam Stoddart called the market
to report that resting comfort
ably in a head of lettuce she had
just bought was $50 bill, and
whose was it please?
Soon a sailor was at her door.
saying he was Tim Morris and
that he had lost the fifty while
buying fruit.
You're luckier than I am"
said Mrs. Stoddart as she hand
ed him the money. II lost my
bag few days ago but couldn't
find a-.trace of it.
If it's brown purse with the
initial S on it. said Morris, Il
found it while scouting around
for my $50"
Ii was hers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

America and the rest of the
world as we'll.
Furthermore, the four tenn
perate zone countries of South
America might delevop pro
ducts of those regions for trade
with the tropical countries to
their mutual benefit. The agri-
cultures of the various regions
thus complemented each other,
without competing. Everybody
had something to gain and no.
body had anything to lose. for
the more of these non-competi-
tive products that Latin America
could export, the greater their
purchasing power for u. S. man.
ufactured goods.
In 10 years since the idea of
complementary agricultures was
first thought up, only a bare
start has been made towards car
rying it into effect. War hasten
ed the development consider
ably because it has created the
demands for raw materials and
because other pre-War sources of
supply like Japan, China and the
Netherlands East Indies have
been cut off.
SOUTH AMERICAS CROPS
What are some of these COM
Elementary products which the
United States can encourage
Latin American countries to
grow?
Rubber is the obvious one,
and one in which there is per-
haps the greatest development
today, all over the Amazon val
ley.
Like rubber, quinine from the
bark of the cinchona tree is an
other native of South America
which is now being cultivated in
Guatemala and Bolivia.
Cocoa is a third native crop
which has had extensive de-
velopment in the old world but
can be greatly increased in the
western hemisphere. Tea, an old
world native, can be grown in
Latin America. Further growth
of tea and cocoa inductrics
might also reduce South Amer
ica's coffee surplus.
Tapioca, from the root of the
cassava plant, is still a fourth
native American agricultural
product which can be developed
commercially in Latin America.
Kapok, or tree cotton and
manila hemp or abaca, as we'll
as sisal and henequen, are fiber
crops which the United States
needs in quantity and which
South and Central America can
supply.
Rotenone roots provide the
most important sources of insec-
ticides, South American hard
woods are essential to the Amer
lean furniture industry. Various
nut trees provide source of fats
and essential oils for paints and
perfumes. Bananas and spices
60 into almost every North
American household.
Plans for building trade in the
western hemisphere by in.
creasing cultivation of products
such as these, worked out in de-
tail during the last 10 years, may
bring important results in the
next 10. Vice President Wal
lace says all this has been a
matter close to his heart. When
he gets to South America he will
see at first hand. And in attend
ing the Inauguration OF the new
er-American Institute of Ag-
ricultural Sciences at Turrialba
Costa Riea, he will see fulfill
ment of an idea he proposed in
1910 as a first step towards car
rying out the theory of develop
ing complementary agriculture
in the Americas.
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McKElNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY


Americas Gard Authority
This Is the ninth Of series
of IL articles on the new laws
of contract bridge, which Will
become effective throughout
the country on April l.
In Yesterdays article / men
toned the human element at
the bridge table and how the
laws committee took this factor
into consideration when prepar-
ing the new code. The average
bridge player knows and cares
little about the laws OF the
game. The only time he COM S
into violent contact with them is
after he has transgressed some
rule.
In today's hand East bid two
hearts over North's three-dla-
mond bid. Under the new laws,
if he changed the bid to three
hearts in practically the same
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-19
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press /.
DAVIS


INDIANAPOLIS-Emil Adel-
man, an Indianapolis butcher, is
convinced of that old saw: 1T
pays to advertise.
Three steaks wrapped for a
customer disappeared from his
meat counter. He placed an adj
vertisement in the indianapolis
News. No sooner had the news
paper been delivered in the
neighborhood than woman
came into his store and said she
had taken the steaks by mistake.
No" he lamented, she did
mt bring back the steaks,
But he added brightly, "she
did pay for them. 49, y.
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KEEP EN- ROLLIN'

EFFINGHAM, I'D. = Burg
lars who broke into Effingham
High school cracked the safe and
stole some money and war
stamps, but they missed the big
loot-the schools "jeep fund"
Students had collected $500 to
buy a jeep for the Army. then
matched their patriotism with
prudence, put the money in the
bank.
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1T BACKFIRED

LOS ANGELES - ustav
Muley heard a motorist having
trouble with his car.
He left his apartment, and got
the auto started.
When he returned, he found
$500 had been stolen from a
bureau drawer.
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sequence in his motion pictures,
has a honey in his latest, "A
Guy Named Joe" AS a pilot
killed in action, he finds out
that pilots never die-because
there is a greater job for them
to do-to pass on to the younger
pilots knowledge . so that avi-
alton may never be static but al
ways progressing"
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SCREEN WRITING

Quiet please. Authors are au-
thoring Geniuses are genius
ing. Novelists are noveling.
That odd sound you hear is a
pang Of hunger gnawing on a
poet. It's all taking place at
the Warner studio, where the
cameras are busy with the ca
reers of more writing folk than
you could sling an inkpot at.
Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins
both play novelists in "Old Ac-
quaintance." Olivia de Havil-
land, Ida Lupino and Nancy
Coleman are the Bronte Sisters
in Devotion. Also, in this pic
ture is w | a m Makepeace
Thackeray, played by Sydney
Greenstreet. Frederic March is
Samuel Clemens in THE Adven-
lures of Mark Twain" which
also includes Bret Harte, Long
fellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Whittier and Ralph Wa, % Emer-
son
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GIN RUMMY QUIZ

@. May a player look back
through the discard pile?
A. Yes, but only il both play
ers agree beforehand.
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. IN HOLLYWOOD

more makeup than she has ever
used before. She also sings for
the first time-in French and in
New Orleans Negro dialect.
Quite transformation. And one
the customers, I'm sure, will en-
Joy.
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WINDFALL
NORFOLK, NEB.-The ele-
ments have taken care of a job
farmer Jim Gillet planned to
undertake.
He had purchased new 35-
foot smokestack which he was TO
erect on his dairy building after
he had dismantled the old one.
The dismantling job was done
by strong wind.
CHOOSY THIEFS
LOS ANGELES-Steve Kor-
monday reported that thieves
who broke into his butcher shop
ignored hambuygers and VIE
ners, but
They left with $1,000 OF
choice steaks.
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CREDIT DUE

Jimmy CaeEey's Oscar, won
for Yankee Doodle Dandy"
isn't decorating the mantle in
his home. It's parked on Broth
er Bill Cagney's desk at United
Artists where the Cagney's now
have their own film company.
Bill produced Yankee Doc
die, " says Jimmy. He deserves
the Oscar" No motion pic
ture ever carried so large a list
of credits as Forever and a
Day." the all-star RKO charity
film. Yet the identity of the
man who nursed it along for
three years during it's produc-
ton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, is
hidden in the cast of 10 actors
Credited, in addition to the 70
stars, are seven directors, 81
writer's, four cameramen, five
sound men, three art directors
and two film editors. But no
producer is mentioned because
Sir Cedric preferred it that wa.
Spencer Tracy, who never
lacks, it seems, an inspirational
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Spencer Tracy, who never
lacks, it seems, an inspirational
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-24
GOOD REASONS
FOR CHRISTMAS

What beautiful and happy things
are associated with Christmas
holly and mistletoe candies
shining into the night > eager
happy children around the Christ
mas tree crowds of merry
shoppers -" family reunions
and then the greater and
bigger things joy in the heart
and peace and good will toward all
men.
How much of good has blessed
the world through the spirit OF
giving that Christmas awakens IN
the heart Since the Three
Wise Men, led by the light OF a
cleaning star, brought their gifts
of gold, frankincense and myrrh
and laid them at the feet OF the
Christ Child, men have been bring
ing unnumbered gifts of love Tor
the sake of the same Child.
Wherever the message of Christ
mas has been heard /" kind
ness, charity, giving, serving, have
followed . How much of hope
has been reawakened-how much OF
faith reborn-by the gifts of Christ
mas Something of magic
seems to touch the smallest things
that is done for others at Christmas
and how many of these gifts
of love there are
We only dimly can guess at their
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the tree all in white with popcorn
necklaces. tissue paper snow balls,
white glass ornaments, and frosted
white lights. The effectiveness OF
this color will be increased II green
wreatas with red berries are used
about the room.
A graceful pine tree trimmed
lavishly all i'll gold ornaments has
a fine formal grandeur about it
and is particularly distinguished in
certain rooms. In contrast to this
a tree trimmed entirely with red
and white lights and red and white
striped candy cones is very young
and informal in heart.
Little pleated paper fans made
of Christmas wrapping paper help
to 'fill' a big tree inexpensively
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practice was outlawed by the Third
Council of Toledo. in $50. and again
in the 18th century at the. Council
of Avignon.
But festive merriment would not
be downed.
In England. where carols became
suddenly popular in the l4th CEN
fury. they we're composed by nomad
bands of clergymen, called gypsy
scholars" who had left their
churches to live by their wits. In a
jargon of Latin and English called
"macaronic," they injected both wit
and gusto into their verses. Peo-
pla sang them to popular tunes Of
the day.
A final attempt TO end carol sing
ing occurred in 1914, when the
Puritans banned them by an act
of Parliament. 1t didn't work.
Carols had become synonymous
with Christmas cheer - something
folks meant to hold on to-
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Once hits
AP Features

Good King Wentecatas, goth CEN
tury patron of Bohemia and viz
tuous churchman, would not be
pleased to know that his fame
largely rests on Christmas carol
He probably didn't approve of carols
at all.
For the word is correctly applied
to lyrics written to dance tunes,
and the carols we now sing stem
directly from exuberant dancing
and making in early churches
at the vigils of saints day. This
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if glass balls and other ornaments
are lacking. 1t is also interesting
to add local interest by hanging
articles found in the vicinity, such
as unusual sea shells, or huge pine
cones, or curious burrs and pods
which are gilded to improve their
appearance.
Miniature trees are attractive,
too, especially when they're spang-
led with beads and shiny jewelry.
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YULETIDE

This is Christmas The laughter
of millions of children of hundred
racial heritages mingles with the
bells that summon the devout to
worship in freedom at affairs OF
their choice. Christmas tree lights
blaze bravely through unshuttered
windows. Motor cars move to
friendly places. There is food in
abundance, and general good will
over the land. This is Christmas
In AMERICA.
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CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE

At high noon on Christmas Day
in 1925, the famous General Grant
tree, located in the General Grant
National Park, near Fresno, Calf,
was designated as the Nations
Christmas tree. According to the
United States Department of the
Interior the tree is estimated to be
267 feet high, and is one of the So
called BigtreeS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-24
NOVEL DECORATIONS
ENlIVEN APPEARANCE
OF CHRISTMAS TREES

Before pulling out the old box of
ornaments used for trimming the
Christmas tree for the past several
years, it is a good idea to plan some
other decoration which will make
the tree different than it ever was
before An occasional change from
the old familiar design will do
much to brighten up the room.
One novel arrangement is to imi-
tate the snow draped trees of the
forest as closely as possible. Trim
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multitude 9 and at the hours
of happiness and joy they have
brought to mankind through the
ages But there is One who
keeps count of them all and
One who came down to show us
that the greatest happiness and
peace comes to us-not through
self-indulgence or ease-but from
giving and sharing with others.
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FOR HOSTESS

Holidays mean more entertaining
for her. Make her feel the part OF
a charming and gracious hostess by
giving her a beautiful black satin
housecoat, trimmed lavishly with
black lace and finishing touch in
a heavy gold locket.
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ATTA5TUFF

Are you going to have a Christ
mas tree at your homer"
"Yes," answered Senator Scr
ghum.
Are you going to decorate it with
many gifts?"
Yes. I'm going to show that an
American citizen can be just as
generous toward his only family as
he is expected to be to nations
abroad"
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VACUUM rnT

A vacuum bottle set for keeping
cold things cold and hot things hot
is a must have for every executive
office and around every home. An
attractive quart thermos bottle of
chrome. two glasses and black tray
make the complete set.
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The giving of gifts to the poor at
Christmas time originated with the
belief that the Christ Child some
times came to the door as a beggar