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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
BY PETER EDISON

II the news photos and the
newsreels of President Roose-
welt making his Oct. 5 radio
speech to the party workers
looked unusually good to you,
with the old Roosevelt smile
and youthful vigor, there was
reason. Lighting arrangements
for this occasion we're something
extra added special. Instead of
using the movie flood lights
which the Washington newsreel
crews usually employ, there
were a lot of big Kleig lights
brought in, such as the movies
use on special sets in Hollywood.
The stage setting for this af-
fair was different too. Instead of
speaking from the Oval Room
in the main part of the White
House where the President has
usually had the microphones set
up, this speech was delivered
from theater room in the new
East Wing of the White House.
There's a special projection
screen set up there, and that's
where the White House movies
are now run off.
For the speechmaking, a book
case was brought in as back
ground, with ship model on top
of it, and the desk with micro
phones set before this prop. 1t
looked real honey and you
&C easily imagine that a fire
pl was right around the cor
ner.
The still picture men shot
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
. SO THEY SAY

In this hemisphere the goods
we exchange 20 years hence may
not be the same kind Of goods
as are exchanged now, but there
will be enormous increases in
volume and value. - Former
WPB Chairman Donald Nelson.
The history Of our republic is
the story of the most significant
racial admixture in history. IL
one faith can be said TO unite a
great people surely the ideal
which holds us together beyond
any other is our belief in the
moral worth OF tho common
man. go Supreme Court Justice
Felix Frankfurter.
In my opinion the union labor
leaders who rally their mem
bers into an overpowering vot-
ing unit and then use that politi-
cal power to coerce official &C.
ton are dangerous in the ex-
treme.-Federal Judge Evan d.
Evans of Chicago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .
Q-What Is the total popula-
ton Of the Balkan nations?
About $4,000, 900.

Q-What Is the total popula-
ton Of the Balkan nationsi
About 5O,OOO,OO0.
Q-What is the average daily
war spending of the United
States?
A-s2s3 ,ooo, 900.
Q-Where do we get the word
nicotine?
A-From the name of Jean
Nicot who introduced tobacco in
France in 1860.
Q-From what two states was
Romania created?
A-Moldavia and Wallachia,
in 1862.
Q - What distinguishes the
armed services signal mirror
from an ordinary mirror?
A-The signal mirror can be
aimed: a small hole in the center
is used for sighting, to make the
flash coincide with the point
signaled.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
D IN HOLLYWOOD

jokes like: I've been voted Miss
Tank Trap of '44!"
These jokes got me a lot of
laughs. 1t kept on until sudden
ly l realized they had gone too
far on this formula. l held a
house cleaning.
OUT COMES A JOKE
Look again at my brain. You
will see jokes there to fit any
situation. Whenever / want
joke about the weather, all l do
is tip the brain messenger. Out
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
Rowing Reporters

by Hollywood movie versions
no doubt, picture the gambling
hall girls as frizZle-haired
painted up Observation-Disclosures
jezebels - dressed in low-cut
evening gowns. Actually, these
girls are a rather conservative
lot. They wear ordinary street
dresses or shirtwaist and slacks
while on duty. They are moder-
ate in their use of facial make
up and dress their hair in neat
and becoming styles.
The dealers work a six-hour
shift. They are given Is min
ute rest period hourly. Thus
they are on duty As minutes and
off Is minutes. Short hours, to
be sure, but the job is no snap.
Dealers earn their money.
TIPPED FOR LUCK
Every casino has its share Of
Washers on the make. But the
girls keep their eyes on the ball,
or the cards, as the case may be,
and do not flirt with customers.
No woman dealer sees any
thing unusual in her choice of a
profession. AS one girl puts it:
Its no different than work
ing in a restaurant, or selling
dresses in department store.
It's just job to U.S."
A casino chick spends her
days off in much the same man.
ner as any other working girl.
They attend movies, parties, and
since their work Is rather con-
filming, a great many Of them 60
in for athletics.
Az this abracadabra about
marked cards, loaded dice and
hidden control buttons is all
movie stuff the girls say. And
in their opinion the suckers al
ways get an even break. People
who spend their time and money
in the gambling halls usually
have pet theories about things
that bring them luck. One sure
way of getting the Lady Of For
tune on their side is to tip the
dealer.
These tips, which are called
tokens" really mount up, and
in boom times dealers think
nothing of making as high as $50
a day in tokens.
A female dealing job may be
a bit on the unconventional side,
but lucratively speaking, it has
its points. The girls receive a
salary OF 500 a week, and this,
plus their tips, is lot Of pota-
toes to sack up for a rainy day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
BY JOAN DAVIS
(Pinch Hitting for Erskine John


SOM
Ever see inside comic
brain, You haven't? o. X. Tell
you what I'm going to do. I'm
going to show you my brain.
Don't laugh. IA being serious.
Comics have brains. Take mine,
for instance. Frequently 1t
works like clock first, It
goes tick, then took!
Pull up a microscope and
let's look. AS the microscope is
slowly adjusted, out of the dis
tant horizon we see that my
brain has two parts. One side
says joke is funny. The other
side says it's not funny. l hired
an umpire to tell me the score.
1t was 90!
Seriously, that is how a CO.
median's brain is made. Actu-
ally, one side doesn't say joke
is funny. That side is the brain
file. The other side that argues
is better judgment.
Here's something you didn't
know. Before a comedian tells
a joke, he has actually (within
the space of few split seconds)
pulled from five to 10 jokes out
of his brain file. His better
judgment argues until the right
Joke fits the situation, then bet
ter judgment laughs and releas-
es that joke TO the comic S
mouth.
LIKE A MACHINE
Let's prove this. Take another
look through the microscope.
You'll see that the brain is built
like a machine and notice, my
file side closely. Whenever l
need joke (and l sure need
one now a brain messenger
presses button and joke
pops down chute. Three
wheels start going around and
if they stop on two cherries and
a lemon, five jokes drop out.
A comedian cont inually
cleans out old jokes from his
brain. Just like when you clean
house.
Quite often your better judy
ment goes on a vacation. That's
when a comic types himself by
his jokes. Every story that
comes out of his brain has the
same formula.
Recently this happened TO me.
II was when the armed forces
were awarding pretty girls spe-
cial titles. The laugh part OF my
brain Immediately gave me
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

comes "It's been so hot that
when I went home the other
day, l saw some ice cubes TAX
ing a shoWer!"
All comics brains work that
way. One comedian has toured
so many Army camps and told
so many service stories every
one Of his jokes has chevrons.
Another comic l know has so
man Jokes in his brain he has
no room to think, so his brain
moved out.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
BY COURTNEY RANDOLPH
NEA Correspondent

LAS VEGAS-The attractive
young lady behind the roulette
table was calm and self-posses-
sed. She smiled slightly but her
eyes carefully appraised the
crowd in front of her table.
call down." she said in firm
voice. place your bets, please"
well, what do you know
about that? A woman a man
back in the crowd undertoned.
Yeah" said his companion,
glancing around the Las Vegas
gaming club. Women dealers
all over the place
Travellers across the barren
Nevada desert find sprawling
Las Vegas fascinating city -
find that within its sun-baked
walls, surrounded by plump pur-
pie hills, the spirit of the Old
West still lives.
Reno was once the mecca OF
tourists, gamblers and would-be
Divorces, but the divorce crowd
and pleasure seekers are moving
southwark. Southwark to Las
Vegas, The Best Little City in
the World"
CRAZY IDEA CLICKS
With the gay crowd came the
Lady Gamblers" A crazy idea,
this hiring women dealers, peo-
pie said, when a certain Reno
club manager put women to
work in his gambling hall. But
contrary to expectations, the
girls handled their jobs so eff
GENTLY some of the other clubs
began TO hire female help. Las
Vegas soon fell in line. Indeed,
all games of chance in one of
the swank casinos there are op-
Grated by female croupiers.
The more adventuresome Lady
Gamblers find the exciting at
mosphere of the casinos much to
their liking. There they often
see fortunes made and lost over
night, They cross wits with
people from all walks Of life,
fabulous international figures,
bankers, politicians and many
notorious underworld charac-
tiers. Certainly many wanted"
criminals have been picked up
in gambling halls, evidently be-
cause they could not resist the
urge TO take just one more
chance.
Women dealers usually learn
the tricks of the trade by asSoci-
ating with someone in the gam
bling business. Sometimes
father or other relative is the
owner OF casino. Again the
feminine croupier may be the
wife OF male dealer. There
are few exhabitues Of the
pleasure palaces, faced with the
problem OF sustcNance, who have
taken up the work profession
ally.
The length Of time required
to learn the art of professional
gambling is controversial SUBJ
ject. There are those who claim
TO have learned all OF the ms
and outs in eight months. Others
insist il takes at least three
years 10 master the intricacies
of the profession.
The average person, inspired
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
. BARBS

The railroads had to stand for
the heavy holiday travel that
they warned against - not to
mention a lot of the travellers.
The Allies are giving the Ger
man radio q hand toward bring
ing the war home to the Ger
man people.
Corn on the cob has reached
the end of another season. Corn
-the-hip will continue to be
with us.
When baseball passes out, the
greatest batter of all comes in
that for pancakes on the cold
mornings.
Some of the folks who claim
to have open minds ought to
close up while for repairs.
The easier a mans job the
more time he has to become dis
gusted with it.
Four Illinois men. fined $40
each for gambling at pinochle,
were nabbed the second time
and fined $40. Double pinochle!
A golfer doesn't have to be
English to be an old topper.
Killing time is the easiest way
to murder opportunities.
Japs who thought they would
dictate peace terms in the White
House" must have got a little
mixed up and landed in the dog
house.
The American Indians are taxi
ing such an active role in the
war il may be said they are fight
ing without reservations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
THEME SONG

80 Looking at the pictures Of Noz war prisoners in
English port towns, we wondering if the boys
still remember I'VE Soil Against England" = that
invoson song they learned four years ago. And if
Ethsy do. we wonder if maybe their foth isn't bit
shoken the sort Of mtoy stroteey thot first COM
oossspn Meme song for cross-chonneI attack and
then never goes any farther. urj
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 20 -
P)-Pvt. John w. Mitchell,
USMC, Republican candidate for
the Y. S. House of Representa-
tives, spoke very briefly at a
reception by admirers last night:
Because of Marine Corps re-
strictions, l shalt make no
speeches and no promises" and
then he added: Il shall not cam
paign in the usual sense"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
SHE KNEW HIM WHEN
ALSO WHY

She was one of those sweet
faced, wispish little old ladies,
and all the way through the in
vestigation of DR.. Edward A.
Rumely before the House Cam
paign Expenditures Committee
she kept shaking her head and
whispering to herself in annoy
ance at almost everything he
said. When Rumely finished his
testimony, denying each and
every charge that his Commit
tee for Constitutional Govern
ment had engaged in any politi-
cal activities, the little old lady
leaned across the table to report
ers and unburdened herself.
That mani" she said. "You
know, he used to 60 to school to
me, back in La Porte, Indiana.
He was one of my brightest pu-
pills, too. l used to give my
classes themes to write, and he
was one of the few who had a
real ability to express himself.
But his father sent him back to
Germany for part of his educa-
ton, and that's what spoiled
him. Just look at what he is
now"
A west coast editor who flew
into Washington TO attend the
Transfers banquet at which
President Roosevelt delivered
his famous Fala speech, stayed
on in the east for several days
afterward, flying up to Boston
and back before going home.
When friend expressed a little
surprise that anyone could nail
down seats on airplanes with
such certainty that he could
keep all schedules, the man from
the west explained that it was
simple. Everything is arranged
on that in fine shape" he said.
Dave Beck (vice president of
the Teamsters) got me top prior
ity."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
YEP, THERE'S A WAR ON

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 20
R)-OPA officials have figured
out what has become of a lot
of the missing blue ration
tokens. They're coming back
with coatings of red fingernail
polish.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

"A ~
CARROLLTON, H., Oct. 90
R)-Dobbin's favorite parking
place in Carrollton for the last
100 years, a hitching rack which
surrounds Court House Square,
is on the way out.
Proposals to remove the relic
of horse and buggy days have
been before the county board of
supervisors many times in the
last 20 years, but always there
we're sufficient protests to keep
it. Latest hearing on the pro-
posal brought no objections.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE


The fourth member of the
1914 Masters team-of- four
champions is B. Jay Becker,
manager of the Cavendish Club
of New York. Winning world
and national championships is
not a new experience for him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
STOP THIEF

STOP THIEF
ODESSA, Mimi, Oct. 20 -(P
The village police are trying
to solve a new line of thievery.
The, council is offering a re-
ward for the arrest and con-
viction of the thief who has
stolen stop" signs and other
street markers from the village
streets.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
SLOW BILLING

SLOW bILLlNo
WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Oct. 10 -
GA statement which DR.. j..
z. Walter mailed to a patient
in Waukegan on April 30, 1871,
bearing the required 2-cent
stamp, came back yesterday
undelivered because of insuffici-
ent postage.
DR.. Walter said he didn't
need TO RENAL the statement
the bill long ago was paid-but
he was puzzled by the return
of the mail since the intracity-
first class postal rate increase
to 3 cents did not 60 into effect
until last March--almost three
years after he sent out the state
ment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

close-ups first. They had been
told that they could then step
back and take a more general
view, but when they moved back
the Secret Service men said no
more pictures. And there were
specific instructions that no pic
lures could be made showing
the extra lights, reflectors,
screens and electricians lowering
all around.
Picture results were consid-
cred excellent from a campaign
publicity standpoint, going a
long way towards offsetting
those bad pictures made under
adverse lighting conditions when
the President delivered his ac-
ceptance speech from San Diego
naval base.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-20

- Benjamin Stoddert of Mary
land was the first ". S. secre-
tary of the Navy. -.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Forecasier Doubts
St. Swithin's S Leqend

With no rain in sight for the Dis
trict today, st. Swithin's Day, the
city Is in for an additional 40 days
Of fair weather, according to leg
end. But, according to the Weather
Bureau forecaster, q low-pressure
area in the Midwest, moving slowly
eastward, may bring more rain to-
morrow night.
The legend of st. Swithin, patron
saint Of Winchester Cathedral, Eng
land, dates back to the 10th century.
when 1t was q popular bit of dog
|gerel:
"St. Swithin's Day, If thou dost rain
For 40 days 1t will remain
st. Swithin's Day, If thou be fair
For 40 days twill rain ma mair."
But the forecaster, preferring to
be guided by his data rather than
legend, said today would be over
cast, with no rain and tempera-
ture in the upper 80s. Tomorrow's
Temperature will be approximately
the same, but soaring humidity will
make it uncomfortable.
The Weather Bureaus central Of
flee at Twenty-fourth and M streets
NV. today reported 1.02 inches Of
rain fell Thursday. This is vir-
tually all the rain the District has
had this month and Is about so per
cent Of normal for the first half Of
the month. On a yearly basis the
rainfall was sos inches behind nor
NAL
Yesterdays highest temperature
was 81 at 4 pm. and the lowest 60
at 6 am.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"a" GAS RATION BOOK. issued to Le-
land H. Smith. 9O6- Lawrence st. ne.
Serial No. S75O74-A I.
"A' GAS RATION BOOK, issued to Adele
NJ. Butler, 4713 Harrison ST.. Chevy Chase,
"a" GAS RATION BOOK, issued to H..
Burton Long, 1929 Bancroft pl NV.
.C'' GAS RATION BOOK, containing IS
coupons, tag number 3l34S3 Please re-
turn. James !: Amerault, Jessup. Md.
Soderst;cm. s0o5 Custer rd.. Bethesda,
GAS RATION BOOK A. No. Me- 1lsossAL:
issued n to D. 3 Miller seos Baltimore
iDEkTfFiCxrIos hDf hiFSzxa FOLDER, Stat. Depart
ment. with drivers license. Reward. Call
k1IioN BOOK No. 4. issued to Carrie E.
Watkins. 2soI Upshur ST.. Mount Rainier
RATIoN Books NO. ;. issued to Arthur
Ridgley. sr., Mary e. and william Ridgley
and Mildred r. Gray, Box SO, Route l.
Landover. Md Capitol Heights S04-J-2
RATION BOOK NO. 5, issued to MARGARET
Powell, 1000 Western ave. Chevy Chase,
RAI1oN BOOK NO: 4, in the name Of Id.
F. Moreland; 1899 N Ct. ne: AT, 390s. .
to W. l. Chance, LIST st. and East End pl.
Cabin John. Md.
WALLET. defense workers. drivers per-
NIT. etc. "a and b. sas books. Issued to
Robt. L. Muckenhirn. 3Os You st. ne;
Is reward. DU. 1898 after 8 pm.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
VINO Reports Job Program
Successful in ; States
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. July 15-War Man.
power directors for the Michigan
Ohio-Kentucky region reported to-
day that the new priority referral
program begun July l has been
successful to date in channeling
male workers in greater number to
the most vital war jobs"
The report was in the form of a
statement from Robert C. Goodwin,
regional VINO director, after a re-
view of operations in the three
States.
Mr.. Goodwin said there had been
a 8 per cent increase in the number
of individuals coming to United
States Employment Service Offices
during July l-8 compared with the
May average.
The most significant fact" Mr.
Goodwin said, was that referrals
to priority job openings increased
by 40 per cent in the 81 major
USES offices with 5,6l8 referrals
compared to the May 6-day average
of 4,077."
The directors called on manage
ment and labor Ito actively assist
the VINO in the equitable and efi-
cient administration of the priority
referral program and thus aid in the
effective prosecution of the war"
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Arlington Man Fined SIS
For Keeping Vicious Doa

Carl M. Waldron, 2220 North Not
tingham street. Arlington, was fined
SIS in Arlington Police Court yes
terday on a charge of having a
vicious dog.
Judge Hugh Reid also ordered the
dog, Jumbo, pit bull terrier, de-
stroyed If it Is returned to the
county. The animal is now in West
Virginia. Mr. Waldron noted an
appeal and was released under 500
bond.
Mrs. Mary P. Stovall. 2lo4 North
Nottingham street. testified that
Jumbo has attacked her cog and
that she has seen it attack a
neighbor.
In Arlington Circuit Court, Jesse
O. Casey. 1925 South Wakefield
street, who was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail last month
on charge of striking Marvin San
tell, an Alexandria, Bancroft and
Washington bus driver. was placed
on probation for one year.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Tokyo Radio Reports
u. S. Attacks on Kozops
he Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Tokyo radio today broadcast
Japanese Domei agency dispatches
saying IS planes had raided Guam
and that two American Liberator
bombers had attacked Two Jima in
the Kazan (Volcano) group.
There was no Allied confirmati ton
of the Two Jima attack, and the
Tokyo broadcast gave no additional
details. This island is about 75O
miles northwest of recently captured
Saipan. and the reference to heavy
bombers might indicate the blow was
delivered by planes based on Saipan
The broadcast, recorded by United
States Government monitors, added
that a powerful unit, with carriers,
battleships, cruisers and destroyers
and other ships, is continuing activ-
tiles in the vicinity of Guam"
Reporting that air raids on Guam
are being persistently repeated day
after day." the broadcast declared
that "the war situation does not
allow moment of optimism"
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Pathfinder Bombing System
Used by U. S. Planes for Year

force and mark the hidden target
with flares and smoke shells. The
Raj pioneering of the technique
made possible night saturation raids
even in bad weather. American
adoption of the practice has more
than doubled the pace of United
States bombings.
Fortresses and Liberators have
been using the system for q year.
The secret had been withheld be-
cause the Germans apparently did
not know the lead planes were Path
finders and made no apparent ef-
fort to destroy them.
Outstanding examples of the use
OF Pathflnders on American day.
light attacks were the blows at Ros-
tock February 20, near Stettin April
II and at Bremen June 26. All were
bombed accurately. though targets
were obscured.