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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07

ice in the Army had not dulled
his wits at the bridge table. /
wonder how many of you
would have made the two plays
that Ellis made on today's hand?
The opening lead was won
by East with the ace, and the
deuce of hearts was returned. II
Els had passed this second
heart, he would have been de-
feated, because the opponents
would shift to spade. Ellis
realized this, and from the open
ing lead and the return of the
deuce, he figured that both OPP
ponents held four hearts. So he
won the second trick and led
the eight of clubs, taking the
finesse. East win with the jack,
and realizing that it was prob
ably impossible to defeat the
contract with a heart lead,
shifted TO spade.
Ellis won with the ace, and
now he did not cash his clubs.
but first led small diamond to
the queen and returned dia-
mond. East, hoping to block
Ellis out of the diamond suit,
went in with the jack. But Of
course Ellis won with the ace,
cashed the ten OF diamonds, and
had the six OF clubs to go over TO
dummy to cash the remaining
tricks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
. BARBS

In one month more than 21OO
German planes were destroyed.
And before we're through ev-
erybody in Germany will come
down to earth.
Who knows - little boys who
won't tell the truth may be our
future fishermen and golfers.
Prospects are very poor for a
man having enough gas to send
his wife OH his vacation this
year.
Now the invasi I coast OF
England is closed to ALL out
siders. Originally it was just the
German soldiers.
Considering the thickness Of
some lip rouge, crack smile
is right.
When road hog meets road
hog. we're glad Of IT,
Politician. aren't satisfied with
a horn Of plenty. They insist on
blowing theirs too much.
II looks as il we'll have to
wait at least another year for
the first da. of spring to arrive
on the first day Of spring.
A Cleveland boy was injured
hopping a ride on the back OF
an auto. That isn't the brand OF
bumper crops we want this year.
Don't let the work of making
Victory Garden get you down
except on your knees with
trowel and seeds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07

Letters ore unquestionoby the biggest morale
builder on oversees soldier or sailor has If you're COR
responding with one you know that already If you
orent just reod any war correspondent on the sub
Iect hat is one thing which the journalists ore
in complete agreement.
S'noe letters ore SO lmportont it is disheorteninq
10 see on Army settlement thot IS per cent Of mail
TO soldiers oversees is improperly or insuffcientIy
oodressed so remember that the envelope needs
rank, full name with middle intio scroll number,
service organization and unit, APO number and post
master at point Of en1borkotion through which the
mail is routed
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
HOMESICk HARA-KIRI\

The sizoble number Of Joponese prisoners taken
in the Morshols indicates thot the fonoticoI fight
tdeoth bottle zeo Of the little yellow men may be
cooling off There is oIso report from China thot
japanese prisoners admit many Of their conrodes
in the occupying army are nfIctng 9unshot wounds
upon themselves in order to be 1voded home The
boys seem to be taking even such an DID, stopIe no.
tionol remedy as horo-kri in much more tempetote
doses.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
, FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
By the Associated Press
UNLUCKY FIND

BY the Associated Press
UNLUCKY FIND
NEW YORK - A depositor
found $500 on the floor of a
bank, returned it TO the owner
and received $50 reward.
He figured a celebration was
in order.
The festivities were barely
over when he found himself in
Jail - charged with assault,
dangerous driving. driving while
intoxicated and passing red
light.
And there was nothing left
of the so.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
THE LESSON OF CASINO

If doesn't take much Of fresde general 10
prove thot the protrocted battle Of Casino hos
touoht an important lesson in use of Dir power On
March IS the Allies gave Cossno what was perhaps
the most concentrated bombing ever deolt to COM
porotive oreo Heavy and medium bonbers almost
blew the little town off the map. Yet when the m
fontry moved in otter further heavy artillery bar
rooe the Germans we're still there.
This battle, together with the failure OF German
civilian morale to crack under terrific pounding, hos
out crimp in the bombngsv 4lwin-the-wor school,
Casino proved to those who wanted proof thot
bombines not enough.
Casino also proved thot dug-outs and recessed
shelters can protect men from murderous torrent
Of steel It showed that an enemy even turn
such devastating attack to his own advantage, os
hoppened when the New Zealand troops and tanks
found that the rubbe-pied streets Of Cossino Of
forded ideal protection for the Genons still remain
ing there
It is conceivable thot Casino may have produc
ed some told you SOS among military men still
skepticoI of eviction possibilities But it is doubtful
that many Army officers ore discouraged by the
failure Of the March IS attack.
Aviation, otter o is q new and constantly
changing branch Of warfare. General Arnold has
probobIy less to learn from the air commanders Of
World War than General Eisenhower has to learn
from Hannibal. The orPone's capabilities are con-
stonty developing And toctics, unlike love- must
otter where they alteration find.
Accounts Of the Casino bottle indicate that the
problems there ore different from the problems
Of the Russian campaign os Stongrod was different
from Truk Difficult terrain and narrow front doubt
less entrusted unusually important role to dir sup
port.
Casino has been disappointing but there is no
point in the public being discouraged It
ottock and it met new defense The lessons learn
ed there may prevent similar stuotion in the fu
ture
Nor should the apparent failure Of Allied bomb
ines to crush Germans be signal to give up owl
alton. After all the German rods are horrible and
necessary thing, new in the history Of worfore There
is no precedent by which TO predict outcome. The
only failure far that the raids have not come up
to predictions and wishfuI thinking.
Sheer weight Of superior dir production is
surely making itself felt and will continue TO do so.
One failure or dozen will not lose the war.
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on Beziy f.
REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDlCk

alibis and tackle himself. This
involves the ability to blame
oneself without being discour-
aged by it, TO accept conscience
as a Judge, a corrective, guide,
a compass TO be both check -
and sailed by, friend that alike
admonishes and enheartens with
constructive leadership. Roads
to this end are not always easy
TO find, but even the start is i'm
possible without a mans frank
conformation of himself as con-
science presents him to himself.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
. SO THEY SAY

Russia and the United States
represent two extremes. and
their inevitable competition for
world markets will have about
it something truly titanic. One
rs peoples capitalism at its best,
the other state capitalism at its
strongest. - Eric A. Johnston,
president U. S. c. of c.
In the long view there can be
no lasting peace in the world
unless such peoples as the Firms
are TO have their independence
and lands restored. - Herbert
Hoover.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07

One OF the most familiar
forms of the alibi-habit is out
and-out self-pity Handling diff
ficulty, making the best of bad
messes, and surrounding even
tragic situations is one Of life S
major businesses, and in large
proportion Of cases the real rea-
son why this victory is not won
lies inside the individual, in
habits Of thought and in emo
tional attitudes for which the in
dividual must take responsible
ity if there is TO be any help.
The recognition of this, how
ever, by the individual concern
ed is difficult. At times we all
resemble the Maine farmer la
boriously driving his horses on a
dusty road. How much longer
does this hill last he asked a
man by the roadside. Hill
was the answer, Hill nothing,
Your own hind wheels are off y
One reason for our insistence
on seeking the cause of failure
outside ourselves rather than in
side is natural reluctance 10
examine ourselves. Introspec-
ton is difficult Few people eff
fectively practise it. They are
too busy. too obsessed by ex-
tcrnal affairs, too biased TO see
themselves fairly, and prying in
to their own motives. emotions,
rationallzations. and escape
mechanisms, beWilders and dis
tfesses them.
The deeper reason, however.
for our self-pity is Our dread Of
self-blame. Having TO choose be-
tween the two we almost inevi-
tably incline TO the first, often
with justification. We are not
personally to blame for every
thing that goes wrong with us.
Yet, after all, we know the diff
ference between man who al
ways has an alibi and the man
who in just as distressing a stu
alton habitually looks inward TO
his own attitudes and resources
no excuses, no evasions, no
passing of the buck. In any
matrix of external circum-
stance he regards himself as his
major problem, certain that If
he handles himself well, that is
bound TO make some difference.
One of the basic pre-requis-
ties of great personality is the
courage to deny oneself the lux
ury OF alibis. If a boy, losing
race, begins Al once TO ex-
cuse himself-Id have won il If
l had not slipped, if had not
got a pebble In my shoe, if :.
five may well be concerned
about him. But when he saysl
! was up against faster man
there is something the matter
with my form; | am going TO see
what | can do about tive nat
urally feel proud of the boy.
Anyone can recognize the forth
right, objective healthy-minded-
ness of the youth who wrote
home to his father after an UNI
successful football game against
rival school, Our opponents
found big hole in our line, and
that hole was me-"
IL is difficult problem the
counselor faces TO persuade a
person to give up his favorite
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07

band for Bring On the Girls,
they asked him what instru-
ments he could play. Said Spike
dashboard, coWbells. Swiss
bells, automobile horn. whistle
kettle drums, and l break dish
es."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
TRADITION-BUSTERS

Jamestown, N. Y.-James-
town firemen have made new
kind of cat rescue. Instead of
the usual ladders against a tree.
they piled a booster line down
storm sewer.
The cat, which had fallen in
one manhole, was snatched out
by firemen as the water from
the hose swept it down to the
next one.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
. IN HOLLYWOOD

tickets for the local premiere Of
The Sullivans" but gave them
all away to servicemen before
the fatal evening arrived.
Spike Jones - When Para
mount signed Spike and his
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
FORGOT TO REMEMBER

LOS ANGELES - Earlean
Benton stepped off a streetcar
and found she had left her purse
on it.
She signalled a motorist who
gave her a lift and overlook
the car.
She retrieved her purse, then
remembered:
Shed left her fur coat in the
strangers car.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
RECOMMENDED

RECOMME
DALLAS, Tex. A Dallas
firm asked high school teach
er of tipping TO recommend a
stenographer.
How much money!" the
teacher asked.
"Oh, she can start at SITS q
month -"
Teacher took the job.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM z. MCKINNEY
America's Card Authority

pulled up a chair beside Sgt.
Morrie Ellis at one of the events
in the Eastern Tournament, and
found that his two years serv-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS .
Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answering
the following questions. then
checking against the authori-
tatiYe answers below:

tative answers below:
l Is exaggerated makeup in
good taste?
2. Is the lavish use Of per-
fume in good taste?
3. In these days, should you
affect simple hairdo that can
easily be combed into place?
4. If you have an office job.
Is il all right to wear last years
Afternoon" dress 10 work.
5. 1t is important that your
clothes always look trim and
neat?
What would you do if
You have been invited out and
are not certain how to dress
(a) Wear something simple,
CD Wear something fussy?
Answers
I. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Not unless it can be made
to look tailored and inconspicu-
Gus.
5. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(a). 1t is better to be
underdressed than overdressed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07

To make the Philippine calen-
dar conform to calendars Of
other Asiatic countries, there
was no Dec. 81, l845, in the
Philippine Islands.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
QUICK FIT
PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA Eight
prospective brides had a fast
fitting at a dress shop yesterday.
The girls were trying on their
bridal gowns when smoke began
pouring into the shop from a
fire in the basement.
BY the time firemen arrived
the young women had changed
into street clothes and fled TO
safety.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

The film parade: Gregory
Peck-BroadWay's latest contri-
button TO the screen. Very few
Horatio Alger stories can COM
pare with Pecks. Less than a
year ago he came to Hollywood
on money lent by his agent to
make film test for Writerpro-
ducer Casey RebihSeHT-RebinSen
signed him for four pictures.
RkO saw the test and signed
him for two more. Then David
o. Selznick signed him for two
more. Then Doth Century-Fox
gave him a contract for four
roles, including Father CHS
holm in A. J Cronin'S The
Keys of the Kingdom" His sal
airy will Jump with each picture
until it reaches a tidy $4,000 a
week for the 18th film. He's do
ing all right for gent who has
yet TO be seen by the public on
the screen.
Cecil B. DcMille - Holly
woods veteran director. Says c.
B.: II don't direct actors, ! di-
rect pictures. The actors act in
the pictures and | direct"
Jimmy prIap Nnarold con
Of Fibber MCGEE and Molly -
Making his film debut in the
new Frank Sinatra musical, jim
plays an elevator boy. Says he;
II RkO doesn't pick up my op-
ton I've already had two offers,
one from the Knickerbocker and
one from the Hollywood Roose-
welt Hotel"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
CARSON AS A SHARK"

Green Garson-M-G.M has
hired a technical adviser, Mai.
George c. Mcbride, TO teach
Greer a series of card tricks for
her role in Mrs. Parkington. >
Greer is novice. doesn't even
play gin rummy. Thomas Mitch
ell-He's never yet been able TO
muster up enough courage 10 at
tend a premiere Of one of his
own pictures. He bought l6
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07
BIGFOOT BENNY

DAoh w D1AN.N
Benny Goodman-He may be
King of Swing but probably
ranks as one Of the world s
worst dancers. He and Lynn
Bari tripped the light fantastic
for a scene in Sweet and Low
Down Commented Lynn: "He
used my toes as a jumping off
place" Linda Darnell -
Shed like to change her profess
sional name 10 Linda Marley.
She's married 10 Cameraman
Pew Marley. But the studio says
nothing doing.
Joan Blondell - Hollywood
was curious about how Joan
could replace Ethel Norman in
the stage hit Something for the
Boys" when she hasn't a COM
parable singing voice. Producer
Mike Todd solved the problem
ny dSSlkIllllS lllt SpllkS W billtI -
in the cast, giving Joan the pi-
VT spot for the musicals speedy
tempo and comedy. Joan receiv-
ed rave reviews. too.
Ida Lupino-While resting"
between pictures, Ida made IL
personal War Bond appeals and
appeared on six dramatic radio
shows. Director Roy Will
liam Ncill--An Irishman whose
life is more exciting than any
thing he has ever put on the
screen He was the only cam
craman TO photograph erupting
Mount Etna and the only man
in Hollywood TO be shipwrecked
twice.
Jennifer Jones+-She was sit
ting in seat 10, row ID. when
she was called TO receive her
Oscar for the best acting per-
Torrance OF the year.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-07

Jennifer Jonest-She was sit
ting in seat l3, row ID. when
she was called TO receive her
Oscar for the best acting per-
Torrance OF the year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

know nothing about Bartalini-
but l do know that some of the
most eminent citizens in town
are the fervent fans of this
Florence-born artist who sings,
acts. paints, designs and is a
master of pantomime.
Contrary TO the general iml
preston, Mark Twain was not
always mild end genial. He was
a master of the vitriolic phrase
and often impaled phoney
friends" on the spikes of his
wordage. Once when some one
told him that a certain bitter
foe was in distress, Twain
snapped:
I'll am more than charmed to
hear Of IL. Still, II doesn't do
me half the good H. would have
done IL IL had come sooner.
my malignity has 40 worn
out and wasted away with time
and the exercise OF charity that
even his death would not afford
me more than a mere fieeting
ecstasy, sort of mOmentary
Utilization now--unless of course.
IL happened In some particularly
radiant way-like burning or
boiling or something like that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

by Louis Shurr and Gilbert
Miller-and the girl promptly
dragged her escort over. The
young gent of whom she had
made the inquiry-golly, this
should kill you-was FIR.
S-N-Tr. Honest to goodness!
Wager on Sticks
At CoStelloS bar on Third
avenue, Walter Marshall. the
former ship news reporter;
Louise Jarvis, the Conover
beauty and a brilliant but un-
fortunately not too pleasant
hammered author were chatting
when in came Ernest Heming-
way, accompanied by Martha
Gelhorn and John Steinbeck.
In the ensuing conversation,
the author whom we shall call
Pete because his name is John.
Dragged that his blackthorn
walking stick was ono of the
finest in the world and so sturdy
that not even a sledgc-hammer
could shatter il. Hemingway
said:
II am an authority on black
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

thorn Sticks-the one you've got
Is 81 bad, l could break IL over
my hard head"
Whereupon there was a $50
wager. Whereupon (2), Mr.. III.
took the stick, brought it down
over his own head-and broke
it.
"YOur credit" said Heming-
way, sis good with me-but not
your blackthOrn sticks"
Love and Kisses
From Elsa Maxwell'S week
end roundup colin:
Louis SObol (my successor 10
o. o. McIntyre) peeked in"
etc, etc.
From the day by day COLIN
of Charles Driscoll successor to
o. o. McIntyre):
Louis Sobel. one of the
towns most likeable newspaper
men, recently went on the air
with n program about dOings i'm
New York, mostly movies, night
clubs and theaters," ETC., etc.
Dear Elsa Maxwell and Chas.
Driscoll:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
All over the world
women adopt Tampax

The demand for Tampax has spread
with surprising rspidity throughout
the continents and islands OF the
world. This form Of monthly sanitary
protection (interndD seems to be well
coined regardless Of climate, distance
or local conditions.
Doctors have long known and used
this principle OF internal absorption,
but Tampax makes it available for
women in general, with all its advan-
tages OF neat efficiency and true invis-
Utility. For Tampax causes no bulge
or bunch-not even lin" whether
you are wearing skirts or Stacks.
OF course. you do not use belts or
pins with Tampax, which makes it so
easy to change in rest rooms or when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Weeks Without Clue

Weeks passed. Throughout
the countryside Hall probed
with his questions. but uncov-
cred no helpful information.
Then at 6 o'clock one morning
about month after Will Adj
kins had been buried the West
Virginia police were informed
that four bandits who had robbed
bank in Kentucky were
headed east. There was reason
TO believe their destination was
somewhere in Virginia. so would
the West Virginia state police
intercept them? As a result of
the ensuing statewide broad
cast, Sgt. Hall Immediately took
the highway east of Beckley.
When he stopped the first car
early that morning Halls eyes
widened as he approached its
two occupants. They were
Cleophus and Gusta Adkins!
Like a flash, the blurred pic
ture of the Adkins crime jumped
into sharp focus. That was it!
Mrs. Adkins was too pretty, too
well groomed to be a bacixwoods
woman-without admirers!
Turning on her charm in full,
she explained to Hall that her
daughter had stayed out all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
By Louis SoboI.

take a picture with Herbert
Hoover, remarked:
"Some day there'll be another
Hoover i'm the White House
and l don't mean Herb"
Geo. JesSel: Regardless OF
whether we agree with you or
not politically. your loyal re-
mark about w. Willkie and his
rebuff by the voters deserves
recording:
Goods delay Is not Gods de-
NAL"
Many Recommendations
So many people have tele-
phoned insisting that for a real
treat l ought TO attend the per-
Torrance of a genius named
Bartalini, at Town Hall tomor-
row, that I've come to the con-
clusion the fellow must have
something.
For instance, Gobind Behari
Lal. my distinguished scientific
confrere actually took time off
to come over to my office to
tell me in excited tones how
wonderful Bartalini and his
amazing impressions of medic
val characters were.
His Fervent Fans
Then I got several telephone
calls from people whose opin-
ions l value and finally a few
days ago, from Manhassat, Olga
Petrova called and for Is min
utes discussed the genius of this
chap who had thrilled her, it
seems, years ago in Italy and in
Paris.
AS matter of fact, the bril-
liant Petrova refused TO have
the subject changed to the new
book she is writing. Now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

travelling. Another great advantage
is the lack OF odor; no sanitary de-
odorant is necessary. Investigate
this TdmpaI right away and discover
how it makes life more bearable for
the busy woman who must be around
on her feet a lot of the time. Tamyax
can be worn even in a shower or tub.
How is that for improvement!
Tampax is made of pure surgical
cotton compressed into patented one
time-use applicator very dainty to
use. No chatting from Tampax and no
embarrassing disposal problem eitherl
-. Sold at drug stores, notion counters.
Three absorbencies: Regular, Super,
Junior. Tampax Incorporated, Pal
mer, Mass.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

body of a gray haired farmer.
A single bullet, directed
with mountaineer accuracy,
had snuffed out his life; also
the victim had been beaten
over the head with some blunt
instrument in maniacal fury.
whoever did this job" re-
marked Sgt. Hall. twas either
taking revenge or he wanted To
be darn sure of his work. See II
he's been robbed"
While the two corporalS went
through the victims pockets and
then examined the environs,
Hall talked 10 the only other
person on the scene. He was a
truck salesman who had called
on the victim, VIII Adkins, TO
talk over a trade-in deal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
The Only Suitor

As Mrs. Adkins sobbed the
tragic news to her daughter
they chung TO each other in
wailing grief. Neither could
advance any reason why any
one would want to harm their
Will. He was a quiet, hard
working man who minded his
own business and had no con-
ceivable enemies. - The only
steady visitor was Cleophus Ad-
kins, no relative. who called on
Catherine; other suitors had
been discouraged by Wills
preference for Cleo as his pros
pective son-in-law.
'aBut couldn't this have made
one Of these boys sore Mt your
father for keeping him away 2"
the sergeant asked Catherine.
Mrs. Adkins answered for her