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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
Loss of Stote's TopsoiI
Worries Conservation Men
Estimote Loss at $500. 900
in Berrien County Alone

loss was reckoned to be great.
T.. c. Sackrider, of Michigan
State College, secretary Of the
committee, declared Good con-
s"rvation practices, such as
tf )se advocated by soil con-
Servation distri IS, have mate
rally lessened the normal loss
and conserved valuable topsoil
to aid in the all-out food pro-
duction program.
Since 1897, when the legiSla-,
ture permitted the creation of
soil conservation districts, the
committee said, 22,996 Michigan
farms covering 2,190,093 acres
have been organized into ID soil
conservation districts. Action
followed a 1885 survey which
showed tat 1921 ,483 acres of
farm land in this state have oc-
casional gullies resulting from
erosion, 5,262,2 66 acres have
suffered moderate erosion of
topsoil and 6ll,000 acres have
been damaged by severe wind
erosion.
Asserting that wind and wat
er have removed tremendous
amounts of Michigan topsoil,
Sackrider declared that follow
ing one rain in Berricn county
the st. Joscph's river was gaug-
e. and found to be carrying tons
of soil in a 24-toL. period. much
of il from that one county.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
5ai|ings End
Fight
Freight Ferries
Weigh Anchor

DETROIT, June 10 49, lPD -
Loaded with trailerS and semi
trailerS, two freight ferries. the
City of PetoSkey and the City of
MunlSing. "eighed anchor here
and al Cleveland last night with
the former cnroute today TO
Cleveland and the latter on It's
way to Detroit.
The Sailings ended week
long controversy between the
Transfers Union (AFL) and
the Office OF Defense Transpor-
tatlon
Joseph b Eastman, ODT di-
rector, had ordered freight be-
tween the two cities to be ship
ped by ferries and placed a ban
on -thc-road truck trans
portation The union, how ever,
protested the order. refusing to
permit its members to drive
trucks onto the ferry boats.
The union capltulatcd last
night George ). Fitzgerald at
torncy for Detroit local 300 of
the union. sent telegram to
Eastman and John Rock, district
ODT director pledging full
compliance with the ODT di-
receive
Eastman had issued the order
TO conserve tires, and the union
objected because, officials said,
the plan would interfere with
drivers seniority rights, would
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

LANSING, June Is - (P) -
The state soil conservatio ! COM
mittee, arguing that a quarter
mlllion-dollar tornado loss in
rural Michigan stirs the public
interest, bu' that little thought
Is given to the steady loss of
Michigan 5 valuable topsoil, es-
tlmated today that recent hea-
Wy spring rains in Berrien
county alone had cos farmers
more than 50 100000 in soil and
fruit damage
On the basis of experiments,
the committee reported enough
topSoll is lost annual from the
farms in Berrien county to fill
a string of freight cars from
South Haven to Paduc IN, Ky"
The committee sal central
Michigan last year suffered
great soil loss from rain run
offs, baSing its estimates on tests
n Livingston county. 1t as
serted more than 100000 tons
of soil from good corn land
alone was lost in the central
counties from a half million
acres of rolling ground
Due to unreasonable rain this
spring which delayed blowing.
the committee reported, serious
soil washing and resultant soil
losses probably were smaller this
year than normal although in
areas whore floods occurred the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

MUSHROOM d. Richard
F Hogan, 27 of Cleveland, ac-
cuscd of manslaughtor in the
death of a carfcrry crew mate,
Francis j Kelly So was bound
over to Circuit Court following
a hearing Monday before MI
nicipal Judge Harry Geoghan.
His bond was reduced from
$4,000 TO $1,000. and he was
ordered To appear Sept - y
coronerS jury had found thai
Kelly, chef on the Madison, died
from a blow struck by Hogan
after the snip had arrived from
Milwaukee May 2l
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

a meeting Of the Executive
Council of the Gel. at Toronto
yesterday, al which an appeal
was directed to the Federal gov
eminent asking legislation en-
forcing collective bargaining
and union recognition
While labor itself has been
subjected TO rigid controls by the
government, employers remain
free TO deny collective bargain
ing, the Councils statement
said. The inevitable results are
the disruption of the war effort
and an increasing spirit of re-
sentiment among Canad n
workers
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
Mana1an Quits
Draft Board
Retired Druggist
Agrees TO Serve

Fred p. Smith, Of $50 West
St. Clair. Romeo, was appointed
to Macomb County Local Board
No. 3. replacing Bert j Mana
han. l47 Church street Romeo.
who resigned. according TO an
announcement made today by
the State Selective Service
Headquarters in Lansing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15
FOUR HURT

DETROIT - Four per
sons were injured. one seriously.
when a truck collided with an
automobile. crushing il against a
street car Monday night The
driver of the car and three street
car passengers were hurt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

Pressing work in connection
with. his business was cited by
Manahan as the reason for his
resignation.
Smith is a retired druggist
He was IN the business for 40
wears conducting his work at
the SchaaS Drug Store on the
corner of Maine and 81 Clair
in Romeo Before TINS he work
ed IN Mount Clemens
Other members of local No 3
are Luke Leonard, chairman of
Disco. and f W Priestap. of
Richmond
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-15

IN normal times, ships under
way al sea during foggy wealth
er must give signals by siren
every two minutes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

This little strip Of light
'TWi1t night and night
Let me keep br1ght
Today!
And If tomorrow shall be sad.
Or never come az all, I've had
At least today!
Newton.
A 23-PAGE typeWritten letter
~ of over 1900 words. That
is what Pvt. Donald Monty of
the United States Army says he
has recently received from his
wife. Gilmore, who is living in
Detroit. Pvt Monty asks:
Isn't this some kind OF a rec
ord? ?"
Sounds like the L. s. Army
record for length of love letters
received to me.
IN BARSTOW, Cal, a lad Of l6
Il with no experience, can earn
as dollars and 66 cents a week
for a 48-hour work week. The
labor board of the marine corps
depot of supplies near Barstow
has reduced the age limit 20 per-
NIT the hiring of boys of IS. The
wage scale paid the boys is So
cents per hour with time and a
half for overtime over 40 hours
a week.
This puts inexperienced boys
on about the same wage scale
as the many experienced rail-
road men employed in Barstow.
For example 16-year-old kid
can earn almost as much in a
week as railroad towermen, car
inspectors and switchmen Of 20
or more years of experience.
The kids could earn even more
If the California law did not
limit them 10 a 4S-hour work.
ing week.
SIGNED "a tallsome twosome,"
~ a letter from Pittsburgh, Pa,
says:
80 some marine revives the
tall vs.. short girl argument by
saying tall girls are not cuddly.'
II IL evident he has not met any
of the lengthy ladies Of Pitts
burgh who are nearly all torrid
and terrific. That IL, after a
reasonable length Of acquaint-
ance. Statuesque girls are never
promiscuous or predatory"
QUERIES from clients. G.
W What is the origin of the
saying carrying the torch"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

Al am ashamed 10 say, and
so is my Horses 4 Women Re-
search Bureau, that We have
not the answer TO your interest
Ing question. But we are taking
steps TO find out.
Q-The sergeant says he
heard OF a man who went to
the Empire City race track in
New York with $500 and won
$4,000 in one day. Did II ever
happen
Alt might have happened In
the days OF the track book
makers. I knew q fellow named
Charlie Pope who went TO Bel
mont Park with $500 and won q
lot more than $4,000 In one
afternoon.
Q-Haye been married FIVE
years and though / love my
husband 1 seem 10 enjoy the
admiration of other men. My
husband seems TO enjoy playing
up TO other women. What has
your Horses & Women Depart
ment on this subject?
A-Our III e. w experts say
the feeling described IL not un-
common among the married but
that IL Is very unusual for a
married person 10 admit IL.
Don't let IL worry you. just
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

parents came from Ohio, Michi-
gan and Minnesota. You've got
all the blood strains in you,
Tony. You're not a westerner,
nor a Southerner. You're an
American"
II ULLSTEIN'S The Rise
IL. and Fall of the House Of
Ullstein" (Sumon-Schuster) is a
tragic story of the slow death
of Germanys greatest publish
crS via the swastlka poison
The history OF its downfall has
an uncanny way Of paralleling
some Of the events already TAX
ing place here The author
reports that he told conserva-
tive German dallies 10 offer
suffer resistance 10 the rising
tide Of Nazism. But they. and
even chiefs OF his own paper,
told him not TO be so pessimis-
TIC about the danger within.
They feared that such stories
would lose subscribers--so they
did nothing, and now they have
nothing.
&c CRET AIRY HAROLD
- ICKES The Autobiog-
raphy Of a Curmudgeon' Trey
nal e. Hitchcock offers the fol-
lowing in the chapter called
Blessed Event: "Mouth-to-ear
rImors about a public man are
almost without exception so
fiercely barbed that most peo-
pie would hesitate 10 repeat
them out loud If they should be
said Of private citizen. The
private citizen has easy re-
course 10 the courtS-protection
under the law SO. too / grant
YOU, in theory has the public
man. but the more public he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
West Coast WOrrierS
kisko Causes Frettine,
Islands i'm East Don't
By ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

Folks the West Coast worrying about island
named Kiska that's 1000 miles from Seattle
ever few. And they should
Yet on the East Coast have couple hundred islands
within half that distance of Miami and Anama The American
flag flies half Dozen >u ".l ~
Either they better worriers the West Coast
can take archipelagoes or leave EN- alone.
guess we're busy feeding the world that forget
what job Of catering did Haiti The last time
shook the tabecoh of the window forgot let Of
the corners
p s.-Down there they starved amidst plenty. Plenty of
politics.
Copyright
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
The Brighter Side
BY Damon RunyOn

are endeaNofing 10 prevent a
recurrence Of the sad expert
enceS they underwent after
their war.
HENCE when the Legion
- recommends a measure
stand ready 10 add my support
because no other organization
has the interests OF the service
men more at heart. And Of,
course, their families are the
first and greatest interest 81
the men IN uniform. Senator
Reynolds bill provides The fol-
lowing family allowance rates:
$50. II the enlisted man has
p VIE, hit - tehtldt - ny.
child. and an additional Sll for
each additional child.
S42. II the enlisted man has
no wife but has one child and
an additional $ll for each addi-
tional child.
$50. II the enlisted man has
enc parent dependent upon INN
for chief support and an add
tfouai Stf for ract1 brother or
sister dependent upon him for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
One World
a DecOy Phrase

ter the races. of the earth know
one another the more deter
mined, it seems, they are to wipe
out one another.
So you see what cunningly
specious title "One World" is.
But Mr.. Willkie is not con-
cerned with historical and psy-
Geological facts. What occupies
his mind is votes. And to get
votes you have got to build up.
kingdom~come visions in the
brain of the electorate II is one
of the blemishes of our democ-
racy. But il cannot be helped,
for / know of no better system.
why. even the United States
isn't One World" Do you re-
call the Civil War?)
MAYOR LA GUARDIA plans
NA 10 expand the American
Labor party into nationwide
group. This would be the inau-
guration of a class war on A
grand scale. In the first place,
the ALP is half communistic
and half state snptsFstic fte' :
~ Nh "stj., esssy :.
second place, the word labor
makes this party something dis
tinct from the people at large.
If there is TO be an American
labor party, then Jet us have
an American capitalists party,
an American white collar party,
etc. etc.
We are either for individual
liberty on the American plan re-
CARELESS OF class or for totali-
tarian-coilectiviSm on the Eu-
ropean plan. The ALP is Of the
latter breed. Which way,
Americans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
A Reporters
BOOkmarks

Is. the greater ,the probability
that should he prove that he
didn't actually commit the
crime, the publicity that he
would get would leave the
world convinced that he was in
the neighborhood when it &C.
Cured. In other words, the
people can believe virtually any
thing concerning a man in pub
lie life provided that il is suf-
ficiently unbelievable"
DROWN DERBY Tickertape:
- Add local fads: Mrs. Daryl
Zanuck wears her husbands
campaign ribbons Stop-the-
press-item; OPA has abandoned
price control over book-ends.
artificial fruit and reading racks
-. Jerry Bergen, the pint-sized
mimic, weds Ayline Ellis, in
Collinsville, Illinois, this week.
Chams suspect 1t. Tom Brown
and starlet Lynn Merriek are
secretly sealed Mickey
Rooney's real pulse-hopper is
Helen Muller, one Of the cover
girls"
Nick the Greek rs in the tail
money again via the Las Vegas
dice tables -. Elinor Troy sold
1000 dollar tickets here TO rattle
a $1,000 white fox cape gift from
Tommy Manville. To pay her
debts and fare back East.
LRANCO'S Spain has never
L been grateful for any help
ing hand America has given
them. Franco doesn't want the
starving millions of his Fascists
land 10 know that they're being
helped by democratic America
Thomas j. Hamilton
"Appeasement's Child" (KnopD
is a top-notch bit Of reporting
about the living death of Fascist
Spain In il he tells OF the
time a spanish newspaper MADE
vile attack on the wife Of
Americas Spanish ambassador
Why did they do it,
Because she fed a few starving
children.
IF YOU are still squawking
L about rationlng, then read
Round Trip 10 Russia. by
Walter Graebner OLippincott is
publisher e.. Graebner's excit-
ing book says that no civilian
IN Russia may travel by air or
rail or own car Eggs,
when you can get them. cost So
each Newspapers are used
for rolling cigarets and 10 put
between blankets for more
warmth Ninety-five per
cent Of all food is rationed. and
the annual civilian food con-
sumption there is less than the
annual civilian waste in the
I. s.. Still feel like gripping?
Copyrght o. Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

A. B. c. D,--What is a hydro
cele and what causes 1t? How
can il be cured?
Answer-Hydrocele is coll
lection Of fluid in the tunica
vaginalis. The cause is usually
irritation. 1t can be cured by
removing the fluid through
hollow needle.
F. F. D.-What is the cause Of
gangrene Of the great toe of old
people? How-can It be pre-
vented ?
Answer-It is due 10 a hard
ening of the artery going 70 the
toe.
II is aggravated by and more
frequently occurs in association
with diabetes than without il.
II can be prevented by treat
ment Of the diahetic. by keeping
the toe elevated. removing all
construction Of the circulation of
the leg, such as garterS: when
sitting, use ioOtStOOl so that
the edge of the chair will not OBJ
struct the circulation of the leg.
II. L. What causes the
growth of cyst and what
should be done when one al
ready has started?
/ have had one removed from
my neck and believe another
has started on the other side.
AnSwer-The kind Of cyst you
describe G. G., on the neck is
probably what is generally
known as a wen, which is caused
by stoppagc in the duct Of one
of the grease glands Of the skins.
Such cySts are easily removed
by simple surgery under local
anestheSia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
RunyOn FaVOrs
Reynolds Bill

chief support, bat not TO ex-
coed $50 IN the aggregate.
SOS, # the enlisted man has
two parents dependent upon
HIM for chief support, and an
additional Sll for each brother
or sister dependent upon him
for chief support, but not 10 ex-
coed SOL IN the aggregate.
Si2, If the enlisted man has
no parent. but has A brother or
sister dependent upon him for
chief support, and an additional
Sll for each additional brother
or sister dependent Upon him
for chief support. but not 10
exceed S64 IN abe aggregate.
-
NXONLY crI'icsm.of The bill.
~ is that The QSwance.s ace
e A. 40 IA SSkiy ~ .a.e.
wives OF 'thesSSefVicemei with
one or more children, However;
the increases are better shan no
increase AT ALL and IL is tough
enough as II is 10 get anything
out Of Congress for the men
and their families
The appropriation Of 81, 400
900 by Congress 10 provide ma
terTftv and 1nfsnt care for the
wives and children Of the men
was largely on the urging OF
the National Legislative Com
mittce Of the Legion and the
Child Welfare Department OF
the organization is now trying
10 round up nine remaining
states that have not yet joined
with the 80 approving in imple-
menting the law.
This law provides that the
wife of any Serviceman in the
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
grades may receive prenatal,
maternity and infant care. II IS
not charity. II is legal provi-
sion for the families Of men in
the service whose pay is too
small TO take care Of these extra
costs. There IS no needs test,
no discrimination as 10 racial
and other conditions. State
boards OF health administer the
assistance.
WE MAY eventually arrive AT
w point where nothing is
3D. lef; HAdene feF-the neh-tn-liae -
service. including continuing
their pay for al least a. year
after the war, and all this is as
il should he. The man who
serves his country and his flag
is entitled 10 a little bit more,
than the man who remains at
home though the debt has never
been fully acknowledged by the
United States after our other
wars.
Mere money can never repay
the seTvicemen for their sacri-
flee. Of course. But great hber-
atty toward them with money
will serve 10 remind the genera
tons TO come who will be pay
ing for this Var for the next 100
years in pensions and otherwise,
that for once the republic was
not ungrateful TO its fighting
men
Copyright, 1873, by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27
March Of Events
BY Benjamin DeCasseres

THE title One World that
Wendell Willkie gave to his
book is what makes ii sell. For,
inside. the book is hollow of all
ideas that are practical, sane or
enthusiastically A m eri c n.
"One World is what might he
called a sucker-bait phrase. 1t
conjures up in the minds of the
unthinkable and the impression
able that we of this planet are
of one world, that all our in
terestS are the same. that we
are all one people. that we are
all nefghborS. that there is a
oneness between all men.
II is thus a messianic, a tub
humping. an eye-rolling catch
phrase, which when analysed
has no meaning at all because
there are as many worlds" as
there are races. ideologies,
minds, countries, religions. The
interests OF Z,5OO,OOO,OOO people
are not the same. In fact. they
are antagonistic and warlike. as.
this war and all wars THAT have
come n, n g - 'a'e =.
One World" is dne Of those
decoy phrases used by the
facketeers Of the ideal, like
Parliament of Man" Brother
hood Of Man. Workers of the
World. All Gods Children
and Fraternity and Equality
These phrases, like One World"
are breeders OF wars. for they
soften up the democracies and
the civilized peoples of the
world. which is Just what the
Toios, the Hitlers. the Stains,
the Mussolinls desire. They, too,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

THE amate ur physiologic
Il chemists who sit around my
golf club. getting their exercise
by watching their fellow men,
bers playing the eighteenth
hole. are wont 10 crack their
knuckies every once IN while
and remark that they are full
Of acid.
They remain hlissfully uncon-
scious of the fact that an ex-
cess of acid in the body does
not produce pain, but sleepinesS.
For instance. diabetic coma,
when the patient is completely
unconscious is a manifestation
Of aeidoSis.
AS matter Of fact, IL is very
difficult 10 produce an acid con-
dltion of the blood. Nature likes
the juices of living things 10 be
neutral or slightly alkaline, and
protects her alkalinlty fiercely.
4 METHOD Of treating cpl
"A lepsy is 10 keep or attempt
10 keep the blood slightly acid.
This. while not going so far as
10 produce sleep or coma, has a
soothing effect on the brain and
thus conduces 10 the prevention
Of attacks. The latest medicine
for epilepsy is a form OF giu-
tanic acid which has this effect.
But for many years a stand
ard and in some cases quite
successful treatment for cpl
lepSy was the ketogenic diet
which, by furnishing fat in large
quantities 10 the reduGAion of
sugar and starch in the diet,
created an acid condition also,
In epilepsy the use of the diet
reduces the number Of convul-
sions sometimes completely. The
symptoms Of about 30 10 IS per
cent of patients who follow the
diet six months are controlled.
the condition of another 30 10
40 per cent is improved; about
80 10 40 per cent OF all patients
are not benefited.
THE best results are obtained
Il in children and young adults
who are just beginning TO have
seizures, and in whom the
regularity oil, corwIsioHs has
, 49, 8: LIZ 49, :sssl'4s,t.S.ee'y;
dren stand the 9let well And
they are far more faithful 10 II
than most adults. If they get
some benefits. they are logical
enough to keep on with what is
good for them.
This Is shown in the story I
have told before, but which will
bear repeating, OF a doctor
friend of mine who was in the
general store Of a small town
and bought some candy 10 give
10 group of youngsters who
had gathered around One of
them refused and said:
Mister, wouldn't eat
piece OF that candy for $50, be
cause IL ! did. as sure as any
thing I'd have a At before I got
home"
He had been on a ketogenic
diet for two years.
4 TYPICAL days ketogenic
"A diet is:
Breakfast-FIuit. 3 slices
bacon: ! egg; ! slice bread; 2
squares butter; a glass 40 per
cent cream.
Lunch Meat: ) per cent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-27

believe in One World. = and
how!
4 MOTHER idea that Mr..
"A Wilkes "One World" at
tempts to slyly slip into your
brains, Americans. is neigh
borlineSs.' - The core of Mr..
Wilkes book Of a vacuum can
be said 10 have core), is that
this world is now so small that
we are all neighbors. and. being
all neighbors, we should kiss
one another and be forever
happy thereafter. In his doctrine
of "one small world" Mr.. Will
kie deceives himself land hence
others) with the belief that be-
cause he can scoot from Moscow
to New York in few hours the
world is getting cozily small,
tractable and neighborly.
Geography and physical speed
have. nothing to do with bring
ing peoples closer Of that is at i,
all desirable.l All the airplanes
in the world buzzing from Ber-
lin 10 psyls in ap hour or so
b \ S.-s ~ 4sAtSStl "a s.ESe
nearer TO the French mind. and
if the kremlin could be reached
in five minutes from Independ-
ence Hall the differenceS be-
tween the fundamental indie
pendenCe Hall American mind
and the fundamental Kremlin
Russian mind would still be
abysmal.
AS a matter of fact, the more
we become One World" and
the more neighborly. so-called.
we are. the bitteTer become the
feudS between different races
and different peoples. The bet