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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14
BY SAM SMITH
United Press staff Correspondent

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-U.P)-
American troops wore protect
i've clothing"
Remember that one short line
in the D-Day stories from Nor
mandy, North Africa, Sicily
and Italy? Probably not, lee
cause il received no conspic-
uous place in the reports OF
great happenings.
There is a story behind that
line of type of 20 years OF lab
oratory plugging between the
two world wars by small group
of officers of the Army's chemi
cal warfare service TO neutraliZe
the blister types of gases.
Because those men refused to
quit in the face of apparently
insurmountable odds and lack
of funds, soldiers of this nation
go into battle today wearing ar
NOR against such gases as mus
tard and Lewisite. 1t will throw
off the blistering vapors of those
gases better than the old chain
mail of the knights errant blunt
ed the arrows of the longbow-
men.
FORMULA GUARDED
The formula is one of the most
closely guarded of Uncle Sans
war secrets. Even details of the
process itself are known to but a
few officers because facts of
only passing interest to a lay
man might permit enemy chem
lists to narrow the field in a
saerch for the invaluable COM
pound.
There are plants in this coun-
try today which treat regular
Army issue clothing to armor it
against blister gases. One of
them is within the compound of
the Kansas City Quartermaster
Depot. Other specially con-
strlcted plants manufacture the
carefully guarded chemical
which is the secret of protective
clothing.
Maj. j. r. Cooper, in charge
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14
Shores WV Post
10 Mark Birthday

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Mem
bers Of the Corp. Walter F.
Bruce Post ll46 Of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars are completing
plans for their tenth birthday
anniversary dinner to be held at
the Memorial Home on jefferson
avenue, September 80.
Many state officers OF the or
ganization have been invited 10
attend as well as members of the
auxiliary to the post.
Following dinner, which is 70
be served at 8 o'clock program
Of entertainment is being plan
ned under the direction of Lewis
Peters.
There are approximately 100
members in the post at the pres
ent time, several of whom are
veterans of World War II.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14
e Commissioners
Study 0pA Rentals
LoBorse Attends
State Conclove

ROSEVILLE - Circuit Court
Commissioner J. Russell La
Barge recently attended the an
nual convention of the State
Circuit Court Commissioners
Association held at Grand Rap
ids Friday, Sept. 8.
The principal topic of the
group was OPA rent regulations
and their relation to the offices
of the court. Discussion center
ed around the postwar prospect
and whether or not rent restric-
tons and OPA control Of rent
levels should be dropped entire
ly or modified.
Some speakers feared an
abrupt rise in rents to an un-
reasonable degree if OPA re-
strictions are entirely removed
Some criticism was levelled al
the complications of the OPA
rental plan and the difficulty
faced by both landlords and ten
ants in interpreting it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14
Gas RepeIIins 81 Uniform
Is Closely Guarded Secret
Chemical Worfore Service Scored Military
Success With Cos Protective Uniform Process

| of the plant here under admins
trative supervision OF Col. Clar'
ence Blake, depot commandan'
and technical director of the in
dustrial section of the chemical
warfare service, told today OF
those heart-breaking 20 years
Of work which, quite possibly
helped to eliminate to date gas
warfare in this conflict.
The chemical warfare service
went TO work in an effort to
neutralize blister gases late in
the last war, when rs per cent
of the artillery shells carried
gases, he said.
But, when peace returned, the
nation wanted TO forget war.
Appropriations in those gay
192Os for research into gas war
fare were few and small.
DEVELOPED AT ARSENAL
However, they kept working
on this, as they received funds,
he related. by l938-about 20
years after they started-they
arrived at this process. It was
worked out under the direct
supervision of the chemical war
fare service at the Edgewood, N.
j., arsenal
How many formuiae were de-
veloped, then discarded, before
the successful one was found
remained untold. But the num-
Der was large.
1T was very difficult prob
lem" Mai. Cooper said. The
chemical had to neutralize the
gas. It had to stand laundering
II could no. cause deterioration
and it could not ihjure the skin
of the Wearer."
All clothing, from underwear
to the outer garments, from
socks to gloves and wooden
hoods fitting over and around
gas masks, is impregnated. &
soldier so armored in his CT gar
ments is safe from all forms of
blister gases other than direct
contact with them in heavy Ii
quid form.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14
Rush $4,000
Drain Program,
To Let Contracts
On IL Projects

Hindered by labor condition:
and shortage Of contractors, and
slowed by the necessity fol-
avoiding damage to crops and
truck gardens, Macomb County's
drain construction and mainte-
nance program is now swinging
into its stride towards the COM
pletion of $4,000 worth OF
projects before bad weather in
terferes.
Despite handicaps imposed by
war necessities, the Drain De-
partment is now completing 10
drains; has scheduled mainte-
nance work on eight projects
and during September will let
contracts on IL drains to be
completed before Dec. 81, ac-
cording to Drain Commissioner
William c. Harper.
Maintenance work is behind
because of labor shortages, but
eight of the current projects are
scheduled for completion before
Oct. Is.
Three engineering and survey
crews are working daily in the
field TO rush all pending prof.
ects. In addition, work is being
mapped out on 80 drains as
postwar projects.
Recently the drain depart
ment dismantled the old Minde
pumphouse in Warren Township
and constructed a stone pump
house. Fully modern automatic
pumps were installed and flood
ing Of easements in the Nine
Mile-Mound section of Warren
Township has not been eliminat-
ed. Previously rented pumps
which were inadequate cost
$1,000 annually.
The drain project status, re-
ported by Harper, is as follows:
Contracts to be let in Septem-
Der work to be finished before
Dec. 81: Callahan, Erin TOWN
ship; Dixon, Richmond-Lenox
Townships; Rubarth, Richmond
LenoX Townships; Smith, War
rem Township; Rivard, Warren
Township; Hildebrandt, Clinton
Sterling Townships; Pulls, War
ren-Sterling Townships; Cady,
Sterling Township; Kukuk,
c lin t n-Sterling Townships;
Stadler, Clinton-Sterling Town
ships; Priest, Erin-C in o n
Townships; Cottrell, Harrison
Lake-Clinton.
Maintenance work to be COM
pleted on drains by Oct. 81.
Hetchler, Erin-Lake Township;
Junction, Erin-Lake Township;
Lewis, Warren Township; Healy-
Brook, Bruce Township; Ingle-
side, Clinton Township; Martin,
Lake Township; Rohrbeck, Erin
Township; Masch, Ware
Township.
Drains now being finished
Williams, warren Township;
Berger, Sterling Township; Muir
dock-Ballard, Harrison Town
ship; Burr, Sterling Township;
Peltier, Lake-Clinton Township;
Crooked Crook, Clinton Town
ship; Mclnerney. Sterling; Davis
Storm, Ray; Smith Ballard, Har-
rison; Knust, Armada Ray.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14
HERO

WEWOKA, Okla. - Jimmie
10, and Dearl Martin, II, saw
something moving in the grass.
and dived at ia 5-foot rattle
snake. But Boy" their little
dog, was quicker. He leaped
ahead of them and took two
venomous bites intended for his
young masters.
A veterinarian thinks Boy
will recover.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-14

The military Order OF the
Purple Heart was founded by
Gen. gorge Washington in
1872.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-25
MONDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1914.

ported by it. He wept, 1t is said,
and laughed, and in the dark
of the London night he left his
house and took repeated walks
of Is and 20 miles,, oblivious to
London fog and footpads.
It was published just before
Christmas, and sold 5000 cop
les the first day, and 1000 more
almost immediately. But Dick
ems had expected 1000 pounds
in sterling, and he actually got
less than 700 pounds sterling. It
soured him on the s'Carol'' for
quite a time, although not so
much that he failed to write other
Christmas conceits for succeed
ing Christmases.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-25

He was in debt, too, and his
relatives were bounding him on
all sides. They made ridiculous
requests for fantastic sums, and
Dickens wore himself out grant
ing them, or lodging them. And
he was in the midst of a fight
with his publisher.
The firm was Chapman and
Hall, and Forster's standard
Dickens biography describes the
battle in detail Dickens left the
firm, but not without a few well
aimed blows. One of these is i'm
mortal, just like the Carol. He
made Samuel Carter Hall into
Pecksniff, in Martin Chuzzle-
WITT The nice thing is that, ac-
cording to Forster, Hall didn't
recognize himself.
But shortly before Christmas
of 1843 Dickens was seized with
the idea of doing a special
Christmas story-it was a habit
with authors in those days. He
got the idea, and he was trans
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-25
THE NOME NUGGET
Christmas Carol Centennial

dig out thumbed copies, and
children will be told about Tiny
Tim, and Old Scrooge, and the
rest of the immortal story.
And people will depict Dick
ems as he wrote it 100 years ago
"a kindly, cahrming gentleman
whose mind was filled with SEN
timent, whose heart overlooked
with fine, milky human kind
ness.
It's the wrong picture!
Dickens was as sour as onlv
a disappointed author can be.
He was stuck between two in
stallments of Martin Chuzzle-
witt which was appearing SER
tally in London, and. was doing
much worse than its predeces-
sors-the immortal Pickwick,s
adventures and "Oliver Twist"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-25
BY JOHN sELBY
AP Arts Editor

NEW YORK - Down in
North Carolina a celebrated pro-
lessor will soon be reading
Charles Dickens "A Christmas
Carol' to a dozen Or more aud
fences, and over the air as well.
All over the country preachers
will quote the work. Parents will
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-25

100 YEARS YOUNG: The
familiar figures of Dickens
for the "Carol'' never has stop
ped selling. not not for 100 prs.
'sChristmasCarol has been
re-created with meticulous at
tention to dress and detail in
series of five window dis
PLAYS at New York's Rockfel-
Ter Center Thy the National Cash
Register Company. The three
foot tall mannikins here enact
Scrooge and Christmas Pres
ent neft) while Tiny Tim gives
his memorable greeting from
the shoulder of Bob Crutchit
lower.
The CIO news., 1944-05-22
Municipal Light PIunf
BY MARY LUCON
from last issue)


In several cities municipal light
plant takes care Of all city activity.
and enables some cities to be tax
free entirely. At the time Of the
local proposal, 1t was freely pre-
dicted that to carry the proposed
rate charge after the IL years 1t
took to pay off the indebtedness,
for an additional eight years, the
city could have by applying all
profits to q reduction of taxes, made
the city tax free. In other words,
the entire loan, with interest
charges, maintenance, depreciation
costs, ETC., could have been liqui-
dated, and the city made . tax
free city, all In a 20-year period,
which is general with many out
standing bond issues Of today. All
this with an immediate saving of
thousands of dollars. through re-
duced electric rates.
The proposal for a city-owned
light plant, brought up during the
administration Of Mayor George
Henderson, was the subject Of de-
bate for several months in the
meetings of the Taxpayers League.
This body finally recommended
that an electric plant be owned and
operated by the city, with all en-
ployes governed by q merit sys-
tenn. This was the Leagues solu-
ton for the problem of how to
secure more revenue for the city.
But the proposal required an en-
abling act by the Maryland Leg
iSlature.
The bill which was introduced in
the General Assembly was called
the Municipal Light Plant Bill for
Cumberland, but this was really a
misnomer. The bill, which was in
troduced and passed In the State
Senate through the efforts of Sena-
tor Robert B. Kimble. merely au-
thorized the taking of referendum
vote at the next city election on
the question whether the people of
Cumberland desired an electric
plant of their own, or not.
The members of the county dele
CATION in the house favored the
bill. But the utility lobby was
brought into play with all the force
The CIO news., 1944-05-22

needed revenue. why not consider
the question of licensing book
makers. II pari-mutuel betting on
horses Is legal for the State by q
simple act of legislature. then 1t
seems that pari-mutuei betting on
horse races, approved by city or
dinance for the benefit Of city
finances, also would be legal.
At the present time this form of
sport Is run under cover. and Is
hard to suppress. The city collects
q fine now and then. Under q
licensed system, the city could de-
rive needed revenue and the pa
irons Of such places could enjoy
such recreation openly and above
board. How about this angle of
revenue. Mr.. Post?
The taxing Of city buses ut $1,000
each IL worthy Of o great deal of
thought. But It IL our guess that
the company will Immediately 20
before the Public Service Commits
sion and demand o fiat fare Of 10
cents and 5 cents for q transfer.
The CIO news., 1944-05-22

and finance possible. After q hear
ing on the merits and demerits Of
the bill, at which time the Tax
payers League Of Cumberland petit
tions signed by upwards Of 5000
registered voters, the bill was re-
ferred to some committee for the
purpose of burying 1t.
The county delegation succeeded
In getting the bill out of such COM
mittee and again restored to the
calendar. In the rush and hustle
that always characterizes the clos
Ing days Of term Of the Maryland
General Assembly, the bill was
finally ordered TO . committee
headed By q Baltimorean, who sue
ceeded In carrying the bill around
In his pocket until the session
closed. The utility lawyers know
why this was the action that spelled
doom for the right of Cumberland
citizens to express themselves by
ballot, whether or not they would
like to see the city go into the
business of furnishing electricity to
Its citizens at half the rate charged
by Power Trust.
NEW REVENUE STILL NEEDED
The $4,000 or 100000 a year
that would accrue to the city In
the form of overall profits from
such plant as that at Hagerstown,
would permit the Mayor of Cum
berland to put into immediate
operation of the very fine and con-
structive ideas he has long cher
ished as home-loving citizen of
the Queen City of the Alleghenies.
But inasmuch as all these good
things were blasted by trickery
and connivance, funds will have to
be found from other sources. It
will be interesting to hear the
many proposed sources of revenues,
when Mayor Thomas Post opens
up at one of the budget meetings
in the city hall. Utilities and others
are in for a shock.
And while on this subject Of
The CIO news., 1944-05-22
CeIanese Declares
Stock Dividend

Following Its policy Of keep
ing It's profits In the business
for expansion, the Celanese Corp.
Of America on May 16 declared
o stock dividend of one share OF
common for each 10 shares held.
Regular cash dividends were
paid ON the preferred Stock. ....
The CIO news., 1944-05-22
GRAPE VINE
Polly Ticks
Rv MARY TT CON
OVER THE DAM
Nv ARMAND III. BRAND
BY MARY LU CON

For the benefit Of those who
don't know IL. when they read
about Hagerstown's prize money
maker, its municipal lighting plant.
that contributes annually to Hag-
erstown's municipal levy, we'll
Cumberland had a municipal light
plant once. The shame Of 1t oil IL,
that Il was closed down and then
burned dOwn-some say deliber-
ately.
If YOU go over on Green Street
YOU can see the large parking lot
and the Girl Scout building-this
;s the site. Cumberland had large
brick pumping plant thereon 40
wears ago to pump water out OF the
potomac River, and force 1t in the
water mains, for fire protection
only. The river water already prior
to 1910 was badly polluted. and no
one had drunk it or cooked with
II for years.
The surplus steam from the large
boilers which drove the Prescott
pumping machinery was used to
operate two small motors. All over
the city. at street intersections and
blocks. there were arc-lights and
smaller lncandescent lamps in
alley. 1t was really make
shift and often lights were out on
bright moonlight nights to save
current, but nevertheless, the old
timers tell us. the system always
lighted the CITY, Operating ex-
penses barely provided for pur-
chase of paucity of needed sup
plies with the pay of city elec-
trician at S100 and three lamp
trimmers at $50 a month.
PLANT HAD ENEMIES
The City Council. under the
ward system. had q light commit
tee which frequently did the best it
could. But the little light plant
always had powerful enemies, and
they systematically starved 1t In
every way possible. The city elec-
trician, gossip says. worked often
at night without pay with second
hand material. to keep the plant
in operation.
Suddenly, after q new Council
under the Commission form of gov
ernment. had taken office. it
signed a contract with the local
electric and Illuminating company
shut down the tiny light plant and
dropped its employees. The Coun-
Gil declared that the city would
have money, that its light plant
had become obsolescent, our in
former tells us. Not business
group In the city. not q labor or
ganization tand there were large
groups Of workers affiliated with
the American Federation OF Labor
as much as filed>a mild protest or
asked questions.
PLANT BURNS DOWN
Not long after that the building
caught fire, very mysteriously, and
an expensive pumping plant, excel
lently maintained, was ruined by
fire and water and sold later for
junk.
History on that day of the fire.
so grandpop declares, has 1t that
the crowd that looked on at the
burning brick building was highly
amused-a water plant burning.
Some said, one aged citizen re-
cords, "Let 1t burn, the city will
get more insurance" So the tiny
plant owned by the people was
systematically sabotaged for years
A. ~nL~kA.sum
The CIO news., 1944-05-22

On this basis, the company would
take tho city for IN old-fashioned
trolley ride and the citizens would
be the chief sufferers. Thin twice
on this one or be sure Of your
ground.
The CIO news., 1944-05-22

And while on this subject Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-11

Nj. Stewart Finch entertained
1T - card party rt her h"nrc un High
land venue "Wednesday evening.
lnuuring Mir. Alton LcAIay. recent
bride.
she wa presented - c"r,agc of
,rchid gladlrl, and cry I'll III her
chosen pattern.
Mis-, Minnie L"u Pdrham won high
score prize for bridge and Nj Ew-
mott Rayrp" high score Tor rdIumy.
Mrs. ". !. Powell and Mi, Catherine
NlI,u were lrw scorers.
\ salad pIJ,c and coffee were .Cr-
vCd ip the following guest:
Mrs. ICM y. Mrs ". !. Powell.
Nr.s Polly Mcintyre. Miss Minnie
Lou plrhHm. Mrs. -. i. Mcdonald.
Miss Florence Brown, Miss NyrH
Ilun, Miss Annie Marshall LCMHy.
Miss Ilcicm Stone. Miss Catherine
Alien. Mrs. Fob Spain. Mrs. II. I.
Jackson. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Huff.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-11
Society News
WHITE HARVEST.

Can ,his path be the one VIC used to
know,
The. = the same hedges where tho
swallows wheeled,
And these the meadows where the
cattle kncclcd
Ey brooks that ripplcd not 50 long
ago
branches hang heavily where To and
no
Clouds driucd aimlcSSly above tho
tIcld
Wna, curious rcaping can the winter
yield
From tins long, level wilderness OF
snow?
But there is hidden harvest in this
AmiC
Community where cold has drawn
together
Tr, ~.oi,cps Of the toWN. where
rooms arc bright,
However bleak and blu,,"ry tine
weather.
Who're warmth rewards the tenders
OF the lame
trG tine hearts season needs no
other name.
Sara King Carleton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-11

Carpentry: Bill Cummings. pathrnd-
nS: Blou.iS L;IngStpn, Public Health.
Thomas Rowland, llandicrait: Harry
Trotman. ELECTRICITY, naulo: JONI.
iiaHclnurSt. Pathinding. Personal
Health; Franz Richards. Persona.
Health. FircmanShip: Alex Watkins,
H"ndicrait, Friendship, Public
Health; Billy Cox, FrcmanShip.
Woodworking, WoriiworI: Staten
Bass, Personal Health. pathlf irn.
tTcmanShip, Sidney Green. swim
Ming, Woodwork. T. jhind!ng. all o.
81.
Jim OvCrton. Personal Health. Dal
ton Abbott, Hand!cv;.!t. Persona.
i!Ud!'@. SaniiCy OVci;uu. IlandICraGi.
Personal Health: Malcolm Pullcy
iiHnG.y,Hl;. Personal liru!;u: ". II.
N'Ss. Personal !iCal,n. Bryan,
wright. Person Health. Persona!
Health: Ronald Smith. 10. and ruri;
Production. Corn Farming: Thurman
clone. Hand craft: Graham Ayscuc
Farm Mechanics, Personal Health.
FIRST At'. Poultry Keeping: John
Barnes. Personal Health, Roscn,
81 ytcn. Personal Health. Gcorl,
Frazier, Personal Health: Louis Mus
iian. Farm Mechanics. Personal
Health, First Aid: William Van Dyke.
Personal Health; Rev. II. II. Cas-,
tSMD, Plumbing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-11
Gardening Theme
For Fourth Clubs

Gardening VIII hr &c topic of
fuuT-il Ciub mcUi.agS scheduled
nest week. Miss Frances Wilson,
assistant home demonstration agent,
announced today. \ playl"t Will be
given by mcmhCrS ON Ill GARDEN
m% Miss Wilson and Hugh ID. Bar
den, a$SIaian, county agent. viii
ENC a demonstration ON preparing
Il seed hos and slides viii To shown
"n Garden I.$CCtS. New record books
iur TINS wear viii aISr be distribute
cd - boys and g!glS.
Tie following schedule OF meet
iH"S has been reported:
Tuesday mu"niug--N iiddl"btWg.
rucSd"y DrCWry.
Wednesday m'rauG -DaDnCy.
Thursday morning Tuwnsviilc.
Friday Morning He dcrson Jun
'or nigh.
Friday altcin.un- Xcb Vance.
The Ay,oCE club viii meet Mon
day M, rnin". February ~. and Hem
dCrSon IIiGh school, Aiond2y morn
ing. February -.