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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
Petition For
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for the beaver pelts if they can be
returned to Montana the petition
charging that they were illegally dis
posed of.
The petition alleges that the charges
of an existance of alleged voluminous
rackets in hot furs" does mot exist
except in the Pigments of the defend
ants (McFarland's) own imagination. .
1t is charged that the governor has
been misinformed and that the COM
paratively few persons convicted of
| Illegal trapping and killing of beaver,
have been sin the main, citizens of
Montana who were lured, enticed, en-
trapped and encouraged into violation
of the fish and game laws"
The petition alleges that McFar-
land, contrary to law did impose his
own will and purpose on Justice
of the Peace Mclaughlin" in Hamil-
ton and causing Mclaughlin to levy
fines totaling $1,000 against a man
charged with violation of the game
laws and that inasmuch as justice
of the peace cannot impose a fine of
more than $500, four separate Grim
inal complaints were lodged against
the man, all charging the defendant
with failure to keep fur dealers rec
ords" 1t is claimed in the petition
that the man was not found in pos
session of any untagged beaver or
illegal skins or offering any for sale.
1t is also charged that the superior
of the man was told that if the man
told of what happened when he was
arrested and fined, it would cost him
his job which comes under the con-
troll of the federal and state govern
ments.
1t is stated that besides the Mon
tana Furriers Association, the action
against the state game warden is
backed by the Montana Fur Trade and
Trapers Association, an organization
of raw fur dealers, furriers, fur breed
ers and trappers.
There has always been opposition,
more or less organized, against the
trapping of beaver by the state fish
and game department, and a legis
lative investigating committee in the
1887 session which investigated the
recommended that the
practice be discontinued.
A joint session of the fish and game
committees of the house and senate
was held last Tuesday evening, and it
is presumed that the petition was dis
cussed but no information was re-
leased by the committees.
The Fish and Game Commission for
q hearing on the charges in the petit
ion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

WASHINGTON (FP) - After ST.
100000 worth of construction on the
project was done, the huge s45,000,000
Continental Ordnance Corp. plant be-
ing built at Hammond, Ind was or
dered stopped by the war production
board. Planned to make heavy steel
castings, it couldn't be finished in
time to justify the large use of crit
ical materials needed for its compile
ton WPB decided.
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Capital Highlights-
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shooting affray during the Christmas
holidays. The liquor board is gener-
ally speaking, without power to pre-
vent licensees from obtaining renew
ais of their licenses, and this has
caused difficulty.
In political circles it was rumored
that Sen. James E. Murray planned
to run for governor in 1914 against
the present incumbent, Sam c. Ford
The rumor reached serious proper
lions and it was pointed out that if
Murray ran he would not have to re-
sign from his senate seat and if he
did win, he could appoint his success
sor Credence was given the rumor
by an article appearing in "The Inter-
national Teamster," official organ of
the National Transfers Union, which
is run by Franklin Rooseyelt's good
friend Dan Tobin. Said Tobin's mag
aZine: Senator James e. Murray of
Montana, strongly supported by organ
lied labor, won close election last
month, in spite of the opposition of
Senator Burton X. Wheeler, who
played with the Republicans in an eff
fort to elect the brother of Jeanette
Rankin, the pacifist congresswoman
Murray may settle his score
with the state Republicans two years
hence by running against Gov. Sam
c. Ford, for governor of Montana. If
he wins he would resign as senator
AS governor, he could appoint his
successor in the senate" So says
Dan Tobin.
The Montana State Board of Educa-
tion was scheduled to meet January
Is, and consider the selection of
president for Montana State College.
A great deal of sentiment is present
for DR.. r. r. Renne formerly of the
college, now in the Helena office of
the OPA. Many Believe Renne to be
out of place in the OPA which is
stated largely by businessmen, ex-
chamber of commerce secretaries, ex-
politicians, and self-styled big shots. |
The nomination of ex-senator Prentice
M. Brown to succeed Leon Henderson |
as OPA chief may bring about
house cleaning in OPA officialdom,
and if it does the results will be very
much worth while.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
Management


meet the problem of war production
in the essential activities designated
and to avoid hardships and injustices
to employers and employees shall be
recommended at that time"
The decision to hold two confer
ences rather than single joint con-
ference, was made to save time and
travel for the labor and management
representatives, Mr.. McCusker said,
and to permit each conference to con-
slider problems affecting the industry
in which it is most interested.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

At Hai-phong, French IndoChina,
when labor recruiting Jagged, a Jap
band enticed listeners, Jap troops
then surrounded the crowd and al
lowed only those proving regular en-
ployment to leave The rest were
marched off under guard.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

Michigan is the only area where
chickory is grown to any extent, and
coffee roasters are getting the entire
supply, anticipating the demand for
mixing it with coffee.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


Soldiers who work as stage
hands in Irving Berlin's all-sol-
dier show, This Is the Army"
are classified in the army's rec
ords as "theater mechanics" :.
Sgt. Franklin D. Ickes, one OF
the members of the chorus, is a
cousin of Harold Ickes, secretary
of the interior When Mrs.
Roosevelt visited backstage after
attending performance, Pvt.
Hank Henry told her, I've had
a bit of correspondence with
your husband. He sent me a
letter that began, Greetings "
:. Corp. Stephen Sandes, one of
the shows chorus boys, was AL
exander Wollcott's secretary be-
fore joining the Army.
The cast of This Is the Ar
my" receives several hours OF
military training daily. When
one of the soldier-actors showed
up late for drill one day in New
York, Sgt. Julie Oshins told him,
GAS punishment, report tomor-
row morning to Lindy's Restaur-
ant for K. P. ~&A
Sgt. Fred Kelly Of the MAN
dy" number, is the brother of
Gene Kelly, Judy Garland S
leading man in For Me and My
Gal"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
. IN HOLLYWOOD
GRANDPAPPY ANDERSON

When Sgt. Earl Oxford sings
II Left My Heart at the Stage
Door Canteen" to Ernest Truck S
son, Sgt. Phil Truck, made up as
the famed Eileen, he manages to
look properly romantic by
thinking of the last girl he sang
to professionally before going
into the Army. That was Ann
Sheridan, with whom he made
a personal appearance tour a
couple Of years ago Sgt. Alan
Anderson, stage manager, is the
son of the famous playwright,
Maxwell Anderson. His famous
father will become a grandpap-
Ply next March.
Corp. Tilestone Perry does a
devastating impersonation of
Lynn Fontaine in This Is the
Army" Lynn attended recent
performance of the show and
afterwards came backstage.
Corp. Perry tried to duck, but
the famous actress singled him
out. You do look like me-" she
told him. But l wish / had
your figure" -. When Corp.
Pinkie Mitchell, song and
dance man in the show, was
married recently, 18 members of
the cast were ushers at the we'd
ding and therefore asked to be
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
BY PETER EDISON

Alumni from every alma ma
ter in the country and the pres
idents, faculties and trustees
thereof are putting the heat on
Washington these days in what
amounts to q tremendous educa-
tional lobby to get a piece of the
Army and Navy money and a
part of their specialized training
programs. Congressman, under
pressure from every college in
their district, are bombarding
Manpower Commission and u.
S. Office of Education with de-
mands for good old "Freshwater
u" greatest little institution
in the country, sir--to get its
share of the government gravy.
And he harassed government Of
ficials who have to decide which
college will get how much are
beginning 20 wonder who origi-
mated the idea this academic life
was calm and clustered.
A large part Of the confusion
over this ruckus comes from q
lack Of understanding on just
how big this whole education for
war program really is. When the
Army and Navy announced the
latest chapter of their plan in
mid-Decembcr, mention wa 5
made that they would use the IA
cilities of 200 to 800 colleges
and universities. From that, the
idea got around that this was the
whole program and fear was ex-
pressed that all the others might
have to tear down their ivy and
nail up their doors for the dura-
ton. 1t can be stated authorita-
lively there is no cause for such
alarm.
True, colleges and universe
ties have taken a terrible beating
In this war. Income from endow-
ments is down, expenses are up.
Private philanthropy can't make
up the differences. Enrollments
are down IA per cent from last
year, so tuition is down. Eight
thousand teachers have gone to
war and a lot of those left have
had to take cuts in pay and work
longer hours.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
. BARBS

The people closest to you are
usually the hardest to touch.
Women may be smarter than
men, but you never see q man
buttoning his shirt up the back.
Driven by the British from
high ground in North Tunisia,
the Germans have found that
there's plenty of brass in them
thar hills"
When you give folks who owe
you money too much rope they
are liable to skip.
Horse meat Is healthy, 50 to
those who eat it-more horse
power to you'll
Allied flyers are proving all
over again that zeros amount to
nothing.
II you don't think moths now
are specializing on bath n
suits, just wait till su m m e r
comes
What you hear never sounds
half as important as what you
overhear.
Speaking Of the March OF
Dimes, we sincerely hope that
everybody loves a parade!
RARRS
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

While in Cleveland I dropped
in to see Alvin Landy's bridge
club in Hotel Statler, and saw
many old familiar faces there.
Ollie Enrich was up to his old
tricks, bidding high but playing
for all il was worth to make his
contract. Here Is hand I
watched him play in a rubber
bridge game.
In response to his partners
eight-spot, West continued the
diamonds and Enrich (South)
ruffed. Then came the ace and
five of clubs, and West led an
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other diamond. This time Em-
rich ruffed with the king. He
led low trump to the jack in
order to lead the last diamond,
which he ruffed with the ace.
South's last trump was oyertak-
en- by the queen, the nine-spot
took out Vests last trump, and
dummy cashed three good clubs.
OF course trump leads oy the
defense would have spiked the
declarer's guns. Ollie might have
tried settings up the spades by
ruffing, but he thought that the
defense would then surely shift
to trumps.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
IT'S A BIG PROGRAM

But this whole education for
war plan is so much bigger than
the one 100000 college program
mentioned above that an entire
ly unofficial guess might be that
half or more than half of the
100 institutions of higher learn
ing, normally enrolling 100000
men and $4,000 women or q to-
tai of 100000 students will be
tied in one way or another. Take
all the service school programs
now definitely set for men and
women in uniform:
Special technical traini n 2
courses for enlisted men will
have enrollments of about no.
900.
Pre- officer and officer train
ing courses for enlisted men will
enroll 225,000 more.
Amy Air Force pre-flight
training in colleges near ade-
quate airports will get another
10000.
Training for all WAACS and
WAVES may be moved into col
leges, meaning that perhaps 50,-
600 women will be going
through their special courses at
a given time.
A plan that is not yet definite
ly approved calls for putting
half a million illiterates through
a special eight-weeks course in
addition to the Army's l3-weeks
basic training. II adopted, this
program will call for classes to-
falling 10000 or so.
IT'S REALLY A BOTTLENECK
Add up all these courses and
you get a total of 495,000 stu
dents to be educated for war at
a given time. Here you run into
a curious bottleneck. 1t is now
doubtful if there are as many as
495,000 beds in college dormi-
tories and fraternity houses in
the whole United States. The
fact is that between 100000 and
a million of the college students
live at home or in private rooms
or small rooming houses. The
services are insisting that all
their students live under Army
or Navy discipline, attend class
es in uniform, study under SUI
pervision, eat regular meals, get
up and 60 to bed on time and
actually work, not loaf, which Is
simply good sense. After all, the
students will be paid $50 a
month for it. and get board and
room free.
But when you come to fitting
that qualification to the appli-
cation of "Freshwater u" for a
part of this war education, if the
campus and its environs don't
have adequate dormitory and
boarding facilities, poor old
Freshwater may be out of luck,
for there are not time, money
nor materials to build even tenn
porary dormitories.
There's another bottleneck -
lack of laboratories for science
courses and, sad to relate, lack
of competent professors. The
services will have to check up
and approve both before signing
a contract with any college. 1t
will cost Army and Navy about
$3.50 to keep a student in college
a year. Multiply that by the 495,
900 students and you get an ap-
proximate cost of this program.
over 1911 million, but that
should help most of the institu-
tons stay open.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27

SOME POTPIE
AURORA, 1ll.-The city coun-
Gil seeks to kill 500 birds with
one resolution. The council
passed a measure to permit
trapping some 500 pigeons
which make the city hall their
home.
with the mating season COM
ing up there'll probably be
1900" said Alderman Alan
Schoberlein who sponsored the
resolution.
"The'll carry off the city hall
If we're not careful" :,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
WEIGHT GUESSING PAYS

WEIGHT GUESSING PAYS
CHICAGO - H. E. Scales"
Thompson, World War veteran
and for many years weight
guesser, displays his Snowman
ship for Uncle Sans benefit
guessing weights of prospective
purchasers of war stamps and
bonds at treasury center.
Guess my weight and I'll buy
q $500 bond" shouts a man in
the crowd.
Thompson sizes him up and
touches him about the shoulders
and hips, and says: For a $500
bond, I'll say you weigh 1T
pounds.
The man, Charles w. Payne,
Jr., Of La Grange, tipped the
scales at 179-bought a $500
bond.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
CRUELTY TO BEEF

LOS ANGELES - The burg
lar took $500 in cash and 81 800
In checks - and a porterhouse
steak an inch and a half thick,
cafe owner Charles Morgan la
mented to police.
There's almost tear in his
eye as he adds:
%. He broiled it on my
own stove-and from the grease
spots, he must have overlooked
it,"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
MILITARY SETBACK

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - U.
S. Army aviators retreated on
orders from higher-ups, in the
face of an unexpected weapon.
The Bradley Field Filters were
all in their uniforms, ready to
have a whack at the New Brit
ain Teachers College basketball
team, when word came not to
play the game.
Headquarters had learn e d
about measles epidemic in New
Britain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
GIN RUMMY QUIZ

@. When a player wins the
first game of three, Hollywood
style, do both players stop scor-
ing on that particular game?
A. Yes, they only 1dd addi-
tional points to the second and
third games. After a player
wins the second game, points are
then scored on the third game
only.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PIONEERS
NEWARK, N. J.-They blam-
ed this one on the gasoline short
age, too.
Joseph Angelic, IL, and DOM
mic Paris, IL, started out for
Texas because, they told police.
they had heard the horse was
coming back and Texas is the
best place to learn to ride
horses"
With IS cents in their pockets.
they got as far as New York
City.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
THE HARD WAY

KANSAS CITY - Mrs. Mar
garet N. Trapp mailed her pay
check to her bank, to deposit.
Eventually she got it back -
from Pvt. Enos l.. Trusdell. in
Alaska.
1T must have worked into a
large envelope, addressed to me.
that had an open flap he wrote.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
SURPRISE!

SURPRISE!
LOS ANGELES - Mrs. Karl
Nichols sat down with surpris-
ed thump on a stool at her cash
register, because the stranger
blurted:
This Is q holdup"
He took from the cash regis
ter the SAL she'd started to
count.
After he left Mrs. Nichols
took from atop the stool the $500
she'd finished counting.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
AS MARCH IS DRAWS NEAR

Those rurbIines of renewed interest in the Run
income tax plan signify that March 5 next is be-
aiming to disturb the sleep of toxpoyng citizen
~.
In between tax dates most of us can't be worried
about the details Of the SYSTEM But nov, with the
Victory Tax taking bites out Of every pay envelope
and huge instoInnent due on lost years tax,
we're beginning to realize how much harder it is to
pay for q dead horse than O live one
The RumI plan proposes that we pay most Of our
income tax as we earn it, In that way we never would
come up to an annual March 5 With burdensorne
debt to Uncle Sam and nothing with which to pay.
The current system assumes that we taxpayers
are superhunon enough to save up the money with
which to pay tax whose very size we cannot know
until the saving period has virtually ended.
Suppose Joe Dookes, keeping his New Years
resolution, lays aside ST. week for the $50 income
tax he expects to have to poy Seeking to finance the
war, next October or November Congress besides to
up Dookes tax to SIS. Of what avail we're his good
resolutions? Of what benefit that he kept then9 He
still hasn't saved enough to pay the tox
The Rum plan recognizes his difficulty and recog-
nizes also that human nature is weak and that most
Of u.s. however good Intentions do not even sove
up the $50 we thought we would have to poy, let
alone the, SIS.
In so far as we have dared figure out, most Of US
realize that the tax next March is going to hit US hard
Whether not we realize it, the tax year from next
March will be much greater
We can't plan on the 1914 payment We wouldn't
be able to guess how much it will be. All we can
do is try out of what is left otter per cent bond
deduction per cent Victory tax bite, per cent
social security tax skyrocketine prices for food and
mounting costs Of most other things to squeeze out
enough for the l943 income tax.
While we do that, we can be forgiven if we think
now and then how much more pleasant it would be
if we had paid the 942 tax week by week earn
ed, and thus we're out of debt to Uncle Sam.
The closer March IS approaches, the more we con
expect to hear about the Rur plan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
HALIFAX JEALOUS


HALIFAX JEALOUS
Lord and Lady Halifax saw
the show in Washington. After
the performance, the distin-
guished visitors went backstage
to speak to Berlin: II wish I
could do my job half as we'll az
that fellow who juggles potatoes
in the show" -. When Jascha
Heifitz came backstage to meet
the cast, one of the regular Ar
my drill sergeants attached to
the show asked Julie Oshins,
Say, who is this guy Jascha
Heifetz?" Explained Oshins: He
does an ace like Jack Benny's.
only with less talk"
Corp. Leonard Berchman, one
of the comics in the show, has an
invention which is now under
consideration by the War De-
partment. It's a stretcher that
can be carried by only one man.
One day a few weeks ago in
Detroit, Sgt. Ezra Stone was
having lunch at a cafe near the
theater, wearing fatigue clothes.
Scenarist julius Epstein came
into the cafe and walked over to
Ezras table. Epstein was dress
ed in bright blue shirt and
very loud brown Stacks.
lingering Ezra's fatigue uni
form, Epstein said, What kind
of clothes are these? You don't
look like a soldier"
You're a fine one to talk"
squelched Ezra. You don't even
look like civilian"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
WELL, WELL!

WELL, WELL!
KANSAS CITY - DR.. Logan
Clendening has large house
and not much fuel oil.
And it's really a small world
after all, he learned when he
asked the fuel oil rationing unit
for more.
It seems that stranger with
whom he'd argued recently for
possession of a Pullman state
room is Eugene L. Lyon, chair
man of the fuel oil unit.
He still hopes he'll get some
oil. 20
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excused from military drill that
day. They received permission
but were warned that If they
failed to appear at the wedding
they would be marked "A. w. 0.
L." Before the ceremony, a
roll-call was taken.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
SHE'S GIFTED

SHE'S GIFTED
COFFEYVILLE, Kas. - Bet
ty is hen owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Wright - but she'll
never enter the oven.
Fifteen years old, she has tall
ent, says Wright. She knows
when he's due to arrive home
from work, and runs out to meet
his car. A'
She also mothers wild ducks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-27
EDUCATING AFRICA

The American Army is doing splendid mission
oy job in North Afrieo teaching the moral and ethi
col and human differences between human beings
and axis sodiery and, at the same time, mpressine
upon the world the superiority Of American economic
resources.
Some $500 Italian children mostly Of prisoners Of
war, were given Christmas party by our men in Fri
treo, with presents and candy and motion pictures.
The American invasion fleet took with it much
teo sugar ard cotton cloth. Rice, cgorets tobacco,
shoes. pencils, and medical supplies have fol-
lowed. These have been distributed among the natives
in payment for services.
This is, Of course, the exact opposite Of the axis
policy Of stripping occupied countries, ensovine and
starving the people. Be thot full details of such
attitudes will percolote throughout neutral occupied
and puPpet axis peoples, to our infinite benefit.
RUBBER DELAY
Administrator LETTERS says thot the synthetic rub.
Der program is about thirty days behind the schedule
proposed by the Boruoh committee.
The tordiness is due to Shortages in instruments
ond equipment which had to be diverted to the ovo-
tion gasoline ond escort vessel proeroms. There still
Tina, says Mr.. LETTERS, to get back on schedule.
Nothing should be permitted to hold up the pro-
onom any further. We nonessentoIs do not count.