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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-HoW can YOU get ratloned
foods for church suppers?
A-The minister or other Off
cial represent tive of your
church can obtain the necessary
certificate by applying TO the
local ration hoard.
Q-Why do naval enlisted
mems trousers have exactly 10
buttons?
Alt IS a traditional practise
each button represents one Of
the l3 original states.
Q-Arc soldiers supposed to
salute Army nurses?
Ayes They are supposed to
be salutcd according to the
same regulations which dcsig-
nate who should salute whom N
the Army.
Q--How was the first Amcri
can submarine propelled?
A--Thc T urtle." one-man
craft invented by David Bush
nell, used in a futile attempt
against the British during the
revolutionary War. was run by
foot power. bicycle fashion,
@ What is tin cry?
A-The strange squeaking
sound produced when pure tim.
IN solid or NOISY form, is bent
or compressed.
Q-What new development
has taken place in the manufac-
turc of optical goods for the
l. S. Army
A type of glass that will
enable the observer 10 look di-
rcctly IN sun, and still see
clearly
Q-How many ration points
VIII a person save by using the
produce from a Victory Garden
measuring - y 80 feet?
App OK IN a. ely 2772
points.
|Q-Arc bridge laws changed
every year?
A-No New contract bridge
laws made effective April |,
1913, were the first changes
made IN eight years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30

suit would not break, and took
the diamond fincsSe. AS a re-
suit, they lost three clubs, a dia-
mond and the ace OF spades
Why take the unnecessary
diamond finessc until you find
out whether or not the heart
suit will break? The safe play
is to win the third club, then
lead a small spade to dummys
queen, establishing a spade
trick. OF course East will re-
turn a club, but now if the heart
suit breaks, you make five heart
tricks, two diamonds, a club and
a spade-nlnc tricks.
Once again cannot help but
say count your tricks and the
squeeze plays and end plays will
take care of themselves.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
no SERVICE RATE

AFIorido hotel in community sureine with Army
and Navy men out Of rooms in ote afternoon.
The desk clerk called larger hotel and asked if It
could accommodate two officers
I'VE have two or three rooms" he wos told but
don't send any service here We cont give
them special rote Well need our rooms for reeu-
lor patrons. Tell them we're filled up"
Can the desk clerk be blamed because he told the
officers how the second hotel felt about accommodate
inc service men in time Of war?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
DOCUMENTS OR
GARBAGE WRAPPERS?

Already issued are the reports
on drinking near army camps on
the first year of the war. on the
doctor shortage, on the compar-
ative qualities of u. s. and for
eign military aircraft, and this
latest report on the food stu
alton.
Coming up are reports on
transportation, on civilian econ
omy, on the quality and guam
tity of the stocking supply, on
the Baltimore plan for handling
manpower and related problems,
on the wartime status of air
transport, and others.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
. SO THEY SAY

We look upon a world in
which the vast populous coun-
tries, such as China and India
and Russia, are becoming en-
terprising and enlightened That
process will extend to manufac-
turing and commerce. Our des-
tiny Will be much greater and
more secure by having these
peoples as our friends. - Wen
dell Willkie.
We must send more help to
our Chinese allies, whose in
domitable resistance constantly
W ears down the z h &
strength of the Japanese mill
tary machine and holds for us
the roads TO Tokyo. - Economic
Director James F. Byrnes.
We have faith that future gen.
erations will know that here in
the middle of the goth century
there came the time when men
of good will found way to
unite and produce and fight to
destroy the forces of ignorance.
intolerance. slavery and war
President Roosevelt
Our allies should no longer
watch our hardships with their
hands in their pockets Chi
nese newspaper editorial.
1t will be inevitable this year
TO give more weight TO what
the registrant is doing than to
the relationship he has with de-
pendcnts Draft Director Lew
is B. Hershey.
You cane win a war without
fighting, and the strongest must
do lie. But short Of actual COM
bat, every man, woman and
child in this nation is in the
fighting forces. - Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker.
II America is TO achieve its
destiny, it must be free of the
confusion and inequities that
come from centralized control
and domination over the citizen,
his job, his economic and social
lfare.-Gov. John w. Brick
or of Ohio.
If at the close of the war VIC
retreat into isolationism we'll
have a third world war and the
destruction of everything we be-
lieve in. AS a part of this coun-
try's cooperation in the post
war period, advocate the con-
tinuance of lend-lease during the
peri cd of reconstruction. -
Clark M. Eichclberger of the
Council of World Affairs.
A victory with vengeance is
ultimate defeat in the modern
world. We can have peace or
we can have revenge, but we
cannot have both. No nation
can be punished as whole and
at the same time leave any hope
for lasting peace. - Herbert
Hoover.
kow in my heart that so
many others are more deserv-.
ing of tribute and glory than I
am.-Barney Ross.
We definitel yhave air superb
GRITTY in Tunisia now.-Col. j. 5.
Allard OF 18th Army Air Force
in Africa.
In spirit, desire and fulfill
ment, British officials have come
up to our expectations in the
lend-lease agreement. - Lend
Lease Representative w. Aver
ell Hartman.
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By PETER EDISON

Office of War information
report on the food situation has
stirred up quite minor tempest
in Washington wastepaper bas-
kets. Fifteen star Owl writer's
have resigned in huff because
they say the report was doctor
ed. Owl Director Elmer Davis
has countered that his organiza-
ton deals in only one commod-
ity - facts the people need to
win the war. You can take your
pick.
But there may be something
more fundamental TO pick up in
the wake of this handout ty-
phoon than the differences of
opinion over the details of ac-
curacy in the food report, and
that is the question of whether
or not these reports should be
made at all.
II the reports aren't accurate,
as the Is resigning writer's con-
tend, then they shouldn't be
made at all. If they shouldn't be
made at all, then Elmer Davis
and Owl are both better off for
having had the Is talented tenn
peraments resign, thereby hav-
ing another government bureau
eliminate itself.
So far, Owl has issued half a
dozen of these reports to the ma
ton. but there are that many or
moro coming IN
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. IN HOLLYWOOD

ideas for his short subjects on
dogs, Pete Smith said: It's so
per cent warp and so per cent
wool wool Bling Crosby was
startled, but not speechless when
Bob Hope asked him his opinion
of a new sport coat he was wear
ing between scenes of Let 5
Face It. Let's face it. said
Crosby, chose pads would make
swell hangers for carrier pi
Seons.'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WM. 4. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Can YOU see any problem IN
making three no trump on To-
days hand? Several pairs OF ex-
perts failed TO make it in re-
cent good duplicate game.
For some reason, the experts
evidently figured that West
held a five-card club suit and
was false carding when he open
ed the deuce of clubs. They held
off the club until the third
round. decided that the heart
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .


start that one of the reasons for
setting up Owl was to create an
agency which would see that the
people were given the facts.
How Owl goes about presenting
these facts is a subject for de-
bate. Some of the Is reslgni0g
star writers had the theory that
these reports should be put in
pamphlet form to present them
as more or less lasting docu-
ments that would look well ON
the library table or in among the
stale literature in the doctors
office, and not just as perishable
stuff in newspapers. hastily per-
used, then used TO wrap the gar
bage in
The pamphlet theory is pretty
weak, for the American people
aren't tract readers, and 5000
or 500, 900 copies of leaflet, be-
sides costing a lot of money,
won't in themselves put over a
message. Presentation through
the newspapers and over the ra-
dio makes a lot more sense.
The cost to the government of
$4,000 copies of mimeographcd
handout is around S25, and on a
normal distribution that will
reach every press association,
every Washington correspondent,
5000 country newspapers, 1000
trade journals, 5000 commercial
outlets. and $500 others. Reds
tribution by these agencies Will
reach darn near everyone inter-
cSted.
NEWS OR HAY?
The question still remains, are
these reports necessary at all?
Most of the reports issued SO far
have been too long - 5000
words and up and full of hay.
They repeat things that have al
ready appeared in the newspa-
pers and therefore may not be
news.
Take any one Of these reports
and analyze it carefully and you
will find that it is nothing more
than what a good newspaper or
magazine roundup Of given
situation - food, for instance -
should be.
Maybe the newspapers aren t
doing this job the way they
should If so, then Owl is per-
haps justified in doing it for
them. Maybe the newspapers
can't do the job. A lot of infor-
nation is now held back from
the newspapers under the guise
of war secrecy. Much of this in
formation is available to Owl as
another agency of the govern
ment. And when Owl issues its
reports, they become authorita-
tive, official, government pro-
nouncements, which makes them
news.
The catch is that Owl, being
one government agency, cam
criticize Department of Agricul-
ture or Office of Price Admin
istration or any other govern
ment agencies on their food pol
icies. In fact before Owl can put
out one of its reports, ii must be
cleared by every other govern
ment agency interested in the
subject. Owl in that respect Is
more censoredy than the press.
That's the basic difficulty of the
present Owl report system.
And the newspapers still have
a job to do.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
GIN RUMMY QUIZ

O. If the first card turned up
by the dealer is spade, is there
any difference in the scoring?
A. No, not according to the
rules, but this is variation that
some scattered players through
out the country might use.
O. Is there bonus for a
player who holds five unmatch-
ed cards totallng less than 10
points? q
a M
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-30
COMING Up

Universal's film about Amer
lean children too young for duty
with the armed forces. but still
active in the war effort, John
Doe. Junior The Dead End
kids gone straight? Myrna
10y and M-G-M burying the hat
chet after tWo-year feud over
the studios choice of roles for
her. She'll return as Nora oppo-
site William Powell in revival
OF the Thin Man series.
Fred Astaire's bar dance in his
latest RKO filmusical, The
Skys the Limit" It's the most
spec tacular of his celluloid
dance routines. He performs
atop a night club bar, and then
breaks 2400 glasses, kicking and
breaking them in rhythm, TIC
save film (and glasses), they re-
hcarscd the intricate routine for
a week. and then filmed the en-
tire sequence in two days.
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corners 1only not so much, on
account Of rubber and the good
old. dear old infallible chase.
Instead of hailing from Cicero,
the screen gangsters of today
are now the Nazis. the Japs and
Benito's boys. They may be
wearing uniforms. but they're
still gangstcrs in gangster films.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
Bv WALTER LIPPMANN

In pointing to the need of Amer
lean sea and air bases Secretary
Knox has opened up practical
and useful approach to the whole
question of the postwar settlement.
A statesmanlike answer to tn S
question-one based on a workable
view of American security - can
lead to that constructive agree
ment with Britain, Russia, China
and our other allies about which
so much is said and so little has
as yet been done.
Moreover, it is only by settling
effectively the fundamental prob.
lem Of our own security and that
of our principal allies that the At.
lantic Charter can be put into e.
feet, or a question like that of the
future of worldwide civil aviation.
which Mrs. Luce has called at.
tention to, dealt with at all.
Mr.. Knox has raise dthe ques.
ton after his trip to the chain o1
bases which we have constructed
at great cost of labor and BLOOD
from Hawaii to Guadalcanal
These bases are on American, Brit,
ish and French islands which rur
to Australia and New Zealand
Without any doubt we must, as he
says, reach a permanent agree
ment with our allies about the fu.
ture Of those bases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
Walter Lippmann Says:
SecretaryKnox Opens
Up Ne1u Post War Plan

But before we do that we must
remember why these islands are
now so vitality important to us.
They are important because we
have lost our own chain of island
bases at Wake, Guam and in the
Philippines. If we had been able
to hold them, the whole story OF
the Pacific war would have been
radically different, and we should
not have had. to fight the awk-
ward pestilential campaign in
New Guinea and the Solomons,
which Captain Rickenbacker has
described so poingnantly.
Therefore, when we think about
bases in the Pacific, let us think
first of all about the bases we
shall want when we win the war.
They are the Japanese man.
dated islands, known as the Mar.
shalls, Marianas, and Carolines
which lie between Hawaii and the
Philippines. We should have
bought these islands from Spain
in 1893, when we bought the Phil
ippines; it was shortsighted of us
to assume the obligation in the
Philippines and not to make sure
we could always reach the Philip.
pines. Spain sold the islands to
Germany instead of selling them
to us, and twenty years later, at
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
TUNISIAN WAR
TAKEN CALMLY
American Reverses Pro-
duce Little Dismay In
Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. IT, Qp -
The reverses suffered by Amer
lean forces in central Tunisia pro-
duced little dismay and no sur
prise today in military quarters
here.
The reaction generally appeared
TO be that while the repulse was
unfortunate it had been envisioned
for some time as a likely posi-
bility and would merely delay the
outcome of the Tunisian campaign.
There were indications in re-
ports received in Washington that
the attack by the German armored
Faid pass near Sidi Bou lid and
in another march drove the Amer
leans out of Gafsa about 60 miles
southwest, did not presage ma
jor drive toward Algeria but was
intended to gain ''elbow room" for
the two German forces in Tunisia.
That objective already has been
obtained by pushing the Ameri'
cans out of their advanced posi-
t1ons in line roughly south OF
Sidi Bou lid which threatened Ger
man operations along the coast.
The American positions we r
lightly held, with a relatively small
Continued ON Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
AMERICAN SUBMARINES SINK
5 ENEMY VESSELS IN PACIFIC:
CRUISER ALSO THOUGHT SUM-
Big British Bombers
Hammer LOrient Base

LONDON, Feb. 17-tH-Brit-
ish bombers and fighters in an
attack described by qualified
observers as the most exten-
sive night sweep Of the war
hammered last night at the
great U-boat lairs at L0rient-
the tenth time this month
and ranged hundreds of miles
into Germany, Holland, Bel
gium and nothern France.
There was no official esti-
mate of the number of planes
used in the mass forays but
there were believed to be many
hundreds.
The concentrated" raid ON
Lorient, at the notthern end Of
the Bay Of Biscay on the
French coast, was made by
a large force of giant bombers
carrying heavy loads of the
largest bombs, the Air Min
lister announced. And while
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
NELSON SCOTCHES
RESIGNATION IDEA
WPB Chairman Will Re-
main AT Post Until
Better Man Found

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-h-
Donald M. Nelson passed the word
today that until a better man
comes along" he has no intention
of resigning his troublous position
as chairman of the War Produc-
ton Board.
Nelson fired a WPB vice cair-
man, Ferdinand Eberstadt, yes
terday after WPB was shaken by
a period of internal strife. This
action was followed by reports that
Nelson had received suggestions,
from friendly and unfriendly, that
he himself retire.
Stephen E. Fitzgerald, head OF
WPB's information division, re-
ported he was authorized by Mel
son to state that any reports that
he was considering stepping out
were ''completely unfounded. -
Fitzgerald said, however, he could
not say whether friends had urg-
ed Nelson to retire.
Fitzgerald recalled that Nelson
at a WPB staff meeting last night
informed fifty WPB executives
that ne was 'here to stay" and
intended to hold the job for the
duration or until a better man
comes along. The statement came
as Nelson exhorted his aides t.
forget conflicts of personalities
and 60 forward harmoniously un.
der WPB's newly reorganized
leadership.
Friends of Nelson said they were
wagering that Nelson would choose
to stand by his guns. But they
said some associates who cannot
be identified, had been concern
ed over his health, and had made
the suggestion Of resignation out
of motives completely different
from those of opponents who have
suggested that he be replaced by
Bernard Baruch or some one else
whose relations with the Army
and Navy have not been clouded
by conflicts as Nelson's have.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
FOE HURLED BACK
Heavy Blow. Struck At
Routed German Units
By Russians
ESCAPE PATH
Latest Soviet Conquest
Leaves One Railroad
Open To Enemy

MOSCOW, Feb. 17-@-
Soviet troops smashing the
Germans back from Kharkov
in hasty retreat have driven
SO miles to the northwest to
capture Bogodukhov, on the
Kharkov-Sumy railroad, the
Russians announced tonight
in a special communique.
(Red army men rained
heavy blows on the remnants :;
Of the routed German units
and "the Hitlerite path OF re-
treat is covered with l.. the
bodies of dead enemy OFFICERS
and men as well as abandoned
German heavy and llgh1
arms" declared the Russian
midnight communique as r re-
corded in London by the 50
Wet monitor.)
The fall Of Bogdukhov leaves op'
en- only the Poltava-Kharkov rail-
road for the Germans in their re-
+reat to the west, and the Russian
drives in the Kharkov region were
reported still developing.
Soviet soldiers also captured
Graivon, 20 miles north of Bogodu'
kov, and Zmiev, 20 miles due south
of Kharkov, the Soviets announced
while to the south in the Donets
offensive the Red army seized vital
slayyansk, railroad junction on the
Lozoyaya-Donbas railroad, and 6u
miles north of the German strong
hold of Stalino.
The Germans were losing heavl
ly in equipment in their retreat
from Kharkov, the midnight com
munique reporting that one Rus
sian formation alone in three days
destroyed 70 German tanks, II
self-propelling guns, and a large
number of troop carriers and
trucks. Men of one of our units
captured a plane, nine tanks, 1t
aerosledges and several dozer
trucks"
CThe powerful Soviet offensive
was reported rolling forward
against stubborn German resistance
on a broad front from the Khar'
kov area to north Of Kursk.
(west OF Fatezh, northwest o1
Kursk, said the midnight co1nmu
nique, Russian troops (which cross
ed water barrier broke into q
large populated place and afte1
stubborn fighting captured it," kill
ing two companies of Germans.
North of Kursk "our troops con
tinued their offensive and captured
number of populated places. Un
der the blows of our units the enc
my troops are retreating with hea
wv losses" and in one sector" 1,30(
Germans were accounted for in two
days.
More than four hundred Germans
were reported killed in an advance
near Graivoron that carried into E
big populated place where the Ger
mans were dislodged in hand-to
hand fighting).
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
ROMlMEL s ARlMOR SMASHES
FORWARD TO GAIN IS MILES:
REDS CAPTURE BOGODUKIHOV
German Morale Reported
To Have Hit Low Level
Neutral Observer Believes Hitler Nav Not Be
Able To Raise Peoples Trust From
Depths Now Apparent

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 17-tR-
German morale has hit the low
est level of the war, and 1t is
questionable whether Hitler can
lift it out of the depths as he
has In the past with military
victories.
People who have recently been
in Germany, the Nazi press and
Swedish newspapers confirm this
view. Perhaps especially signi-
can't are reports of how heavi-
ly the terror of bombs is hit
ting the German people, and how
wounded soldiers describe the
"heIl' on the eastern front and
express hope they won't have
to 60 back.
These sources give the follow
ing picture Of the causes Of
sinking spirits inside Germany
and signs of Nazi uneasiness:
At the root of the gloom and
depression are the rapidity with
which Germany is being brought
into the "front lines" through
RAF bombings and the hard
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
RAIDS
MARRYING FOE
Night And Day Bombing
Stretches Nazi De-
fenses to Limit

LONDON, Feb. II. III Allied
round-the-clock bombing strategy
u. S. bombers on the day shift,
and British bornbers at n h t.
'keeps the enemy fighter and anti
aircraft defenses extended to the
limit, and they already are stretch
ed thin," Maj. Gen. Ira c. Eaker,
newly appointed commander of u.
S. Air Forces in England, said to-
day.
Eaker contended that the divi-
sion of the bombing task utilized
the best characteristics Of both tn
British and American b O. m b r
types, each the best Of its kind
but different from the other. Gen.
Eaker succeeded Maj. Gen. Carl
Spaatz only yesterday.
He pointed out that yesterday
concluded the first six months OF
high-level daylight precision bomb
ing of the German-held continent
by U. S. Flying Fortresses and
Liberators, in which tn ey had
knocked down four Axis fighters
for every bomber lost.
The heavily armed and armored
American bombers make up for
a smaller bomb load by an ability
to protect themselves and to reach
and hit their target, while the
British night bomber, with a big
ger bomb load but less protection,
would show too great losses il
used habitually in the daytime,
E,aker said.
Eaker blamed some criticism OF
the present bombing strategy on
s'wel meaning individuals" but
said that some Undoubtedly
springs from subversive or enemy
propaganda"
'It would be the greatest TRACE
dv which the Allied cause has SUI
fered in this war if misguided pub
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-18
Consideration
Of Limits Bill Wanted

Murray James, local attorney, dis
closed Wednesday night he had been
advised by Mr.. Kemon that the bill
would not be introduced in the House
until Friday.
Mr.. Kermon recently announced
the salient points of his bill and
made the following comment:
"You will notice that I include
the shipyards in the proposed new
limits" the representative said 1r
releasing a copy Of his. proposed
bill.
ct am reserving the right to ex
clude them, if I believe it advls
able after further study and inves
tigation.
His bill provides that an cleo
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