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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
DOUBLING IN DIPLOMACY

Two London newspapers, The Times ond Lord
Beoverbrook's Express, have been moved to EDITOR
ioIs of enthusiastic and rother remarkable prose oy
the American capture of Cherboure. The cautious
and conservative Times quite bubbles over, while the
Express hostens to refute any suggestion thot the
American port in the invasion has been played up
unduIy.
: "suooestions have been made" the Express edi-
torio soys "thot American armies getting more
than their due credit in this war, Nothing more un-
generous could be sold or written Americans have
proved themselves to be race Of great fighters IN
r the very front rank Of men at orms.
Saws The Times, while every section Of the A.
lied force made it's contribution, the most n'rnedI-
ate credit is due the gallant American troops who
have driven path UP to some OF the most torrnd'
able prepared positions ia Europe and smashed their
way into Cherboure wit indispensable dash and Wig
or"
These we'll deserved appropriations undoubtedly
reflect the popular sentiment They sound sPontone-
Gus as we'll as sincere in contrast to official stote
rnents which sometimes seem to spring from sense
of Diplomatic etiquette as we'll as from the heort
The American 81 isn't alone in the successful
accomplishment of this odded task. The average
Establishments admiration Of him is reciprocoted over
here by our high regard for the British soldier.
Relations among the governments Of the fight.
ine Allies, while good, haven't always been honey
n,oon Plain Main Street citizens Of oil these coun-
tries too have been confused and disappointed at
times by the Chunekine. But they just cont be dis
trustfuI or Jealous Of the heroes Of GuodoIconol and
-StoIinerod and Alomein.
The men who do the fighting, one suspects, ore
doinq more than all the diplomats and heods Of gov
ernments to weld the spirit Of allied peoples into O
common bond of purpose, understanding and trust
And up to now, they seem to be doing we'll os the
diplomats in solving the touchy problem Of French
friendship ond cooperation.
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) BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .
A pet topic for cocktail lounge

A pet topic for cocktail lounge
strategists is the possible econ
omic collapse of Germany-how,
when and a bushel of big ifs.
This alcoholic academic discus
sion has been heightened since
the invasion of France and the
advances in Italy, revealing Ger
many's terrible shortages in
manpower, the lack of sirpower
and the deterioration of all her
fighting equipment.
Even though the Germans do
appear to be worse off than even
the military authorities thought
possible there is of course no
use counting the Nazis out yet.
And when the collapse comes it
may be from a different direc-
ton than in 1918.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03

My final suggestion for mas
tering depression calls for deep
resources of character: Remem-
Der that some tasks are so inn
portant that they must be gone
through with whether we are de-
pressed or not. Strong person
alities commonly solve the prob
lem of their dependency not by
eliminating but by sidetracking
it. They have a task on hand,
a purpose TO fulfill, and to that,
whether or not they feel defect
ed, the main trunkline of their
lives belongs.
We we're made for tasks and
duties; our personalities were
meant to produce something,
and like eggs, if we do not
hatch we 60 stale. Many are
fed up"Iwith living, not be-
Cause they have been badly bat
tered by it but because they
have never given themselves to
any engrossing aims and obliga-
tons so demanding that no mat
ter how they chance TO feel,
these major matters must be got
on with.
The truth of this is manifest
in those greater servants Of
mankind who have passed UNI
swervingly through ,helis of de-
preston in loyalty 10 their chos-
en- aims, like Jesus in GethSe-
name, sweating blood but for
all that accepting a task that,
whether or no, must be gone
through with.
Too exclusive an emphasis has
been put in modern psychology
on the problem personality
faces when he finds his way
ward, primitive impulses and
passions inhibited by the more
orderly customs Of society. This
aspect OF the matter, taken by
itself alone, suggests the picture
of an individual unruly with alb
original instincts facing a society
of superior orderlineSs and feel
ing himself camped and sup
pressed. This picture has inn
portant truth in it but ii does
,At I'LL tln L.
1t is also true that fine grain
ed, Socially-minded, wcll-inte-
grated personalities face So
ciety that is unjust and cruel,
They do not so much find their
primitive impulses inhibited oy
social order as they find their
best ethical values and insights
outraged by social disorder. To
this unethical and inhuman state
of affairs they refuse TO become
well adjusted
ar,.to- tt1c -rvtts OF -prcda=
tory economics, TO racial preju-
dice, totalitarian dictatorship,
or whatever other social i'll con-
fronts them, they refuse COM
fortably 10 adjust themselves. Ii
Is natural part of a total ex-
perience which the personality
as a whole deliberately chooses,
because, depression or no de-
preston, IL must be gone
through with for conscience
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on f2exiz9 f..
REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDlCK

sake. Anything less would seem
to the person a Wretched sur
render of his human dignity, so
that in terms even of his own
personal satisfaction he would
choose it along with its accom-
panying dependencies rather
than any easier way.
If man has a real vocation,
he can make that essential and
his off moods incidental Mil
lets personal circumstances
were at times depressing in the
extreme. I'VE have only
enough fuel to last us for two or
three days" he wrote, and we
don't know how we are going
to get any more; for they won't
let us have any without money
-, " In such deplorable power
ty he painted the "Angelus, and
was at one time so respondent
that he contemplated suicide.
Had he not been painting the
"AngeluS" he might have COM
mitted suicide. But there it was,
his work that ought TO be car
ried through whether he was de-
spondent or not. Now he is re-
membered by his work, not by
the incidental objections he
pushed aside in order to do 1t.
Whoever has a task that dig
nifies his days, so that, depreS-
sion or no depression, he pro-
poses to see it through, has one
OF the major prerequisites of
mental and emotional health.
Such sugges, onS, directed to
the relief of depression, and as
Stunning that its origin is in
wrong mental and emotional at
titudes, do not, of course, meet
the whole issue. Some despon-
dency is physically cause. In
such cases the wise physician is
an indispensable resource.
The vast majority of us, how
ever, who fall victim to occas-
ional or settled moodincSS and
gloom have no such justification.
-Net-nnly -iS-it-in-o ur-poMcr- TO
correct our dependency, but
better yet to undertake a way
Of thought and life that will pre-
vent it. The ideal is not to fail
into blue moods and then eS-
with a life that keeps its zeSt
cape them, but TO forcStallthcm
and SAVIOR. This achievement
involves the whole process of
healthy living, from holding
great faiths about lifc's meaning
to enjoying varied hobbies and
recreations that diversity life S
interests.
Much of the depression We
struggle with downstream
could have been prevented up
stream If we had been wise.
Great convictions 10 trvc BY,
great resources to live from,
great purposes to live for, the
love of nature, the companion
ship of books, the nurture of
friendship, the fine uses of play,
the satisfactionS of an unasham-
ed conScience--Such factors en-
ter into a life that keeps its saw
or, and furnish an immunity TO
dependency which makes cure
needless.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03

After the last war, General
Ludendorf blamed the collapse
on the German people. There
is a distinction to be made, how
ever, in that it was Ludendorff,
Hindenburg and the other mill
tary leaders who told the social
list civilian politicians they
should sue for peace ,ecause the
country could fight no longer.
This time there aren't any oppo-
sition politicians 10 be told to
sue for peace and if Hitler
fights to the last Finn, the last
Italian Nordic and the last Ary-
an Quisling, it will be a COM
plete breakdown of the civilian
population which will end his
war for him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03

with fairly good scores as a re-
suit, as most East-W pairs
who bought the contract made
seven hearts. If Clark had not
doubled seven hearts, DR.. Israel
would have bid seven spades
with his defenseless hand.
DR.. Israel saw that East would
trump the ace of diamonds, as all
thirteen diamonds were in sight
when the dummy was spread.
However, he did not max the
mistake of discarding a club or a
spade. Instead, he discarded"
his jack of trumps, which was
useless in itself. The play gave
South a trump trick with the ten
and defeated the contract one
trick for clear top.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Lester Cowan's desk twice a
day. One gentleman wrote that
he is as, weighs 1l2 pounds and
is just as hungry-looking as
Pyle"
An auto painter in Ohio
wrote: What interested me
most was that you are looking
for a guy that looks hungry and
has a bald head. I'm 100 per
cent qualified"
From another entertprising
party came the inside informa-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
DAMP soUlB'

To Field Marshal Jon Christian Smuts, Htlers
potess plane, the vounted secret weapon which COL
-euioted to terrt ond irrnaobize British effort is
Just "domp squib."
In eose you don't know what O squib is, it's O
powder.fied tube Of poper - sort Of crude fire
CROKER. But even If you don't know it was still O
wonderful description. The very sound is splendid
synthesis Of courageous, imperturbobe, thoroughly
British contempt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
JAPS SAFER THAN
GODDARD

William Gargan, Just back
from a 4O,00O-mlle entertain
mcnt tour around the world,
says he'd rather fly over Jap
territory than ride in a jeep va.
Paulette Goddard as fellow
passenger. He did both in India.
With Paulette sitting next to
him, the driver of the jeep, Gar
gan said, just couldn't keep his
eyes on the road.
Several peek-a-boo costumes
Carmen Miranda wears in
Something for the Boys are
undergoing minor alterations at
the suggestion of the censors.
Some of the cutouts, the CEN
Sors said, were bit too large.
Hollywood's younger set may
be called upon by the govern
ment to headline a coast to-coast
radio show TO help combat the
juvenile delinquency problem.
Government officials and net
work executives are working on
the idea, featuring all of the
screens younger players. Bonita
Granville would be starred
What with the war and the
servant problem, some Of Holly
woods better known bachelors
have gone domestic. Quinn Big
Boy Williams, for instance. IL
give that vacuum cleaner regu-
lar workout and scrub the kit
chen floor he says, land so
help me, I'm getting house
maids knee"
Interesting new spotlight on
Johnny Mack Browns career:
Monogram will alternate his
roles between western heroes
and romanticS,-First- nea-sage-
brush story is They shall Have
Faith" Johnny will play a
Texas doctor. He started out on
the screen as Mae Vests tall,
dark and handsome"
Sound stage ribbers had a
field day at Sonny Tufts ex-
penSc. When he arrived for
work in Here Come the Waves"
he found that his set chair had
been wired so he could be
shocked. When he asked for a
glass of water, it came in =
breakaway affair that drenched
him. Another ribber gave him
a cigaret tina exploded When
ever Sonny did a scene, the en-.
tire cast and crew yelled
HAM
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
ROOM SERVICE

BROKEN BOW, Nebr. - The
hotel desk clerk was puzzled
when someone called from one
of the rooms and asked him TO
send up some change because
1--WE want to 60 to a movie"
His records showed the room
which called was not taken, but
investigation revealed two girls.
ages 4 and S, resting comfort
ably in bed.
The clerk discovered their
parents were visiting friends in
Broken Bow, but he still is
puzzled as to how the girls got
in the room.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
THE BRIDE WORE ,

CHICAGO - Although des-
cription of the wedding gown
might not fit in Society columns.
Alice Osterberger and Stanley
Studzinski were married in the
popular garb of today-work
clothes.
Surrounded by greaSe-staiaed
fellow-workers the couple were
married just as the Onsrud
Machine Works plant closed for
the holiday week END.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

Behind the Screen: Every
nook, corner and Granny of
these United States seems to
have a resident who is the spit.
tin image of Ernie Pyle. All
are write-in candidates to play
Pyle in &c. l. joe" based on
the columnist's book Here Is
Your War" The mailman
dumps a sack Of letters, snap
shots and photos on Producer
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03

ton that three mattresses and an
elevator starter. told him he
looked like Pyle.
Not since the days when ev-
cry female between and 80
yearned to play Scarlet y Hara
mas a film producer been so be-
set with applications. Ernie will
probably Snudder when he hears
about it.
Ten years ago Shirley Tenn
pie ana Jane " lthers were riv-
ais for the juvenile crown at
20Vh Century-FoX. Other day be-
tween scenes of Double Fur
lough' Shirley telephoned an
ola friend at FOX. The gentle
man was out and the secretary
asked, Who should | tell him
calIed?" Said Shirley:9"Tell him
it was Jane Withers stand-in."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE


DR.. Robert H. Israel and John
p. Clark of Warren, Pa, recently
won the open pair championship
at the Philadelphia Master Point
tournament.
Sometimes you needn't get too
upset when your partner trumps
your ace, because it may work
out we'll, as it did on today's
hand. With the North and South
hands many players went to sew
en- spades for a paying sacrifice,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
UP ON THE ROOF TOP

PHOENIX, ArR, - A two
passenger private plane under
shot the airport, but the pilot.
James Taylor, 58-year-old anna
teur flier, managed such a sue
cessful landing his only injury
was a cut lip.
He landed on the hanger roof.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
RIDE EN-. WAR WORKER,

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz. - There
will be a one-day break in the
18th annual All-Indian Rodeo
today Monday because most OF
the Indian cowboy contestants
work at an ordnance plant.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
by the Associated Press

ORANGE, Calif.-Mrs. L. E.
Rails knows that victory garden
ing pays.
Roofing around among her
vegetables, she harvested a $40
goldpiece.
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EXPLORATION CAR

MEXICO CITY - IT isn't the
Jeep any more, at least Off
cially. The Mexico defense
ministry has announced austere-
ly that hereafter it must be re-
ferred TO as light one-quarter
ton exploration car ----------
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.. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

ANOWCkO
Q-How old is the robot
plane?
A - Inventor Lawrence B.
Sperry was granted patent on
one in 1918. 1t could carry ex-
plosives to be detonated at a
predetermined destination.
Q-What is the product of the
hevea tree?
A-Rubber.
Q - What is homogenized
milk?
A-Whole Pilk with fat glo-
bules broken up so that they are
distributed evenly. There is no
cream rise.
Q-What special communica-
tons value has Jap-held zap
Island in the Carolines?
Alt is the center of the Pa
cific cable lines. zap includes
10 islands surrounded by a coral
reef Is miles long, four wide.
Q-Where do we get Manila
fiber for rope?
A-From the abaca plant,
now cultivated in Central Amer
lea. Before the war it was i'm
ported from the Philippines.
Q-Where was Nero when
Rome burned?
A-Most historians agree that
he was vacationing at a resort a
number of miles away from
Rome, and that he, hurried back
and busted himself with relief
work: drained land and had
housing erected for the destitute.
Q-What is the mosquito 5
newest enemy?
A - Chemical bombs now
used to eradicate them. The
bombs are of Freon gas, used
as a solvent for pyrethrum ex-
tract and sesame oil, both insect
killers.
Q-How does the JapapeSe
Morse code compare with ours?
Alt has 10 more symbols,
So in ALI
Q-How much of the worlds
mineral supply is controlled by
the United Nations?
As per cent, by value.
Q-What is the Pisa Rimini
line?
A-The Nazis' next defense
line in Italy.
Q-How did the first rain
coats come into existence?
A-Early Spanish settlers in
Middle America, noting that
crude rubber used by natives did
absorb water, used the gum for
treating their canvas cloaks TO
make them water-resistant.
Q-For what work of art is
Bayeux, France, famous?
A-The Bayeux Tapestry, 2I5
feet long and 20 inches wide,
depicting in detail the successful
expedition against England by
Normandy's famous son, William
the Conqueror.
Q-What is the Oldest city in
Europe serving as capital?
A-Athens, Greece.
is the worlds lsrg-
est church?
A-St. Peters, in Vatican CT
ty. r.
Q-How much does 10 inches
of snow equal in water content?
A-On the average, about one
inch of rain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
EXPLANATION

Los ANGELES - Mrs. Ruth
Kuntz, testifying in a suit for
divorce from Herbert l.. Kuntz.
said that sometimes dinner was
delayed until II p. m. because
first her husband drank three
quarts of beer every evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-03
GERMAN FOOD
SITUATION IMPROVED

The food situation in Germany
is better now than in the last
war, says Dingle Macintosh
Foot, British Parliamentary
Secretary to the Ministry OF
Economic Warfare who has been
in Washington to confer with u.
S. Foreign Economic Admins
tration officials. This improved
food situation has been one of
the main causes of Germany S
abiNty to hold out thus far. She
has had two good harvests, and
up until this year she has had
whatever food she has been able
to get from the scorched Rus
sian Ukraine, and by robbing
the larders of France, the low
countries, Norway and Den
mark.
Because the German food sit
uation has been better, it has
been argued that foods should
be let into the conquer
ed countries, to save their starv-
ing population and particularly
their children. Since 1899, food
has been considered contraband
by the British in their blockade
of Nazidom and only small
amounts have been allowed in
principally to Greese.
The British blockade, aug
mented by U. S. naval and air
aid after America entered the
war, has not been confined to
food, but has been against ev-
erything the enemy might need.
The full story of the blockade
operations cannot now be told,
but in general, says Mr.. Foot,
the German-Japanese efforts 10
beat it have in the last few
years been confined to winter
operations when nights are long
est and weather the worst. On
ly approach to Germany has
been through the western
French ports on the Bay of Bis
cay. Ships attempting to make
the run have had to make the
voyage nonstop from Japan,
without refueling, completely
BACKED out and with radios
sealed.
There have been three busy
seasons. In the spring of 1912,
Axis ships we're engaged in this
traffic both ways. In the wintC>
of 1943 only few got through.
Some were sunk by naval &C
ton, and nearly all those that
we're overtaken were scuttled.
So desperate have the Germans
become for some materials,
principally alloy ores and vege-
table oils, that there has been
some blockade running in SUBJ
marines. The climax came this
past December when the Ger
mans sent out IL destroyers to
escort in one shipload of VOL
fran. The convoy was inter-
copied in the Bay of Biscay and
several of the destroyers sunk
by naval gunfire and aerial
bombing. In the last Is months
it is not believed that any ships
have made the outbound trip
from Germany to Japan.
The blockade would have
been ineffective, of course, if it
had not been supplemented by
preclusive buying of Spanish
and Portuguese supplies by U.
S. and Briti'l governments. It's
all a part of this modern econ
omic warfare.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
New Army-nayy Ban
|0n Political Reading
Arouses Protest
~ NELSON N. sHEPARD.

Army-NAvy cenSor1hip OF service
mems reading again is under IRE.
The cause Of the latest criticism Il
the banning Of certain popular
books under Interpretation Of the
Soldiers Vote Act. which prohibits
use Of Government funds in dis
tributing literature designed or cal
culated to Affect the coming Fed
erAl elections.
Among the books banned thua
far because Of alleged political ar
gument or propaganda" Is Yankee
from Olympus" Catherine Drinker
Bowen's biography Of the late Chief
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. 1t
Is 4 Book of the Month Club selec-
ton and . leading best seller.
Another h The Republic" by the
historian Charles A. Beard, Of
which 10 installments appeared re-
Gently in Life Magazine, = publica-
tion widely read in AL service
circles.
Book Council Protests.
Protesting the restriction placed
by the act on these and 'other
distinguished books" for circulation
among the armed forces. the Coun-
ell on Books in Wartime, Inc, Of
New York City termed 1t ~an
alarming encroachment on free
dom" The council Is . voluntary
group Of authors, editors and pub
fishers, who cooperate with the
Army and Navy in recommending
books for inclusion in the Armed
Services Editions, paid for out of
Government funds and distributed
to servicemen ut home and over
seas. The council selects and rec
ommends, but the final decision Is
left to the Army and Navy.
Recognizing the special impor-
tance Of = free literature In war
time," the protest resolution said,
The Council on Books in Wartime
believes 1t to be its duty to take
note Of an apparently increasing
tendency on the part Of some
branches Of the Government to
encroach on that freedom. Two
recent restrictions on book distribu-
ton seem to them particularly
alarming as . menace to the role
Of books in = democracy at war"
An amendment to the Soldiers'
Vote Act by Senator Taft, Repub-
lican, Of Ohio provided that any
literature of general circulation
hereafter purchased by the Army
shall not contain political argu-
ment or political propaganda of
any kind designed or calculated to
affect the result of any election" for
Federal officers.
Other Books Under Ban,
Several other new books have
come under the ban Of the armed
services as result OF ofiicial ruling.
Two are "Slogum House" a novel
by Mari Sandoz, and "One Mans
Meat" a book Of essays by Z. B.
White. Exclusion of these books
was protested by the council.
Under normal procedure. $1,000
Evening star., 1944-07-03
The Great GameofPo Politics
Fourth Term Press Criticism of Dewey
Intellectual and Scattered, Says Observer

However, there are certain COM
pensations. One is that there u not
the party unity behind him with
which Gov. Dewey starts. For an
other, there are various disaffected
group elements. the support OF
which he always has had. For an
other. there IL the trend and there
A the "accumulation Of resent
ments" and finally, while the Roose-
welt luck IL famous. 1t has been
played for . long time and no one
can look at the record OF the last
four years without appreciating that
there u such thing Is Dewey luck
too,