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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
0.E.S. Mairons
Plan Picnic
Shodyside Park
Chosen For Fete

UTICA-The Macomb Coun-
~ Past Matron's Club of the
Order of the Eastern Star met
with the Past Matrons of Utica
Chapter on Tuesday, the pro-
gram opening with pot-luck
dinner at 1890 pm.
After dinner the regular bust
ness meeting was held at which
time it was decided TO hold a
picnic at Shadyside park, Mount
Clemens. on August 9. The
meeting on December l3 will
be held with jefferson Chapter
in 81. Clair Shores. Mrs. Daisy
Tincknell. president of Romeo,
presided.
Erma Hansen Of ST. Clair
Shores is secretary and Ursa
Sumner of Armada organist.
Seventeen members were
present including Mrs. Nora
Brough, Mrs. Lulu Donaldson,
Alice Horen, Fanny Haines,
Hovis, Florence Rogers, Mete
Srigley, Erma Hansen, St.
Clair Shores; Mrs. Myrtle Laid,
Mrs. liberia Frank, Mrs, Made
line Beauchamp. Mrs. Pearl
Foster, Mrs. Gernith McLain and
lmogene Stark, Utica.
A social hour was spent after
the meeting and games played.
The president called upon each
present to tell of sons or other
relatives in the service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

I'VE recognize men like OAR
Ian and the snivelling George III
of Greece, but refuse recogni-
ton to men like De Gaulle, who
represents every phrase OF
French opinion.
They call this policy ex-
pediency and say it saves lives.
But we lost many lives at An
zio and Casino because politics
cut across our general staff
strategy
During the course of his
fiery speech the correspondent
expressed the opinion that sold
iers on the battlefronts would
vote almost to man for Roose-
welt; that our foreign policy
was written at No. 10 Downing
Street; that the Cat h o / C
Church, "a stronghold of reac-
ton for centuries" was respon-
sible for the protection of the
Monte Casino Abbey at the cost
of American lives.
How many soldiers did you
talk to who wanted Roosevelt
elected?" he was asked.
"A lot more than you can
ever talk to-" Gervasi replied. II
was with them"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
Martin MichUlkP

Martin Michalke, II years of
age, father of Mrs. Frederick
Breitmeyer, Jr., 10 Breitmeyer
Place, died today in Sagin1w
following a six weeks illness.
Mr.. Michalke, who lived in
Mount Clemens and engaged in
business here more than 30
years ago, is survived by his
wife, Bertha, by one son, Arthur,
and by two daughters, Elsie
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
Mrs. II. Medium

Funeral services for Mrs.
Elizabeth McGlynn, 60. who
died Sunday, were held Wednes-
day at ST. Peters Catholic
Church, with burial in the Cath
Ollie cemetery.
Besides her three sons and
three daughters. Mrs. McGlynn
is survived by two brothers and
sister, Joseph and Howard Du-
bay, and Mrs. James Campau,
all Of Mount Clemens district.
There are seven grandchildren
and two great grandchildren
surviving.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

Michalke, of Midwest, Wyom-
ing. and Mrs. Breitmeyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Breitmeyer left
for Saginaw this afternoon. Fu-
neral arrangements are not yet
complete.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
Amateur Who Trounted
Sullivan Dead al 81

LONDON, April 10 up -
The Earl of Lonsdale, promi-
nent sportsman who once fought
John l.. Sullivan five rounds
under an assumed name and
won, died today at Oakham,
Rutland. He was 81.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

II the alternatives of war
should require sending our ar
my to defend the common cause,
we are willing TO do so. We are
ready for it. - President Avila
Camacho of Mexico.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

The black market man does
honest workers instead of hon
est work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20

goods He was directed to hang the sus- pension order in his window for the world to see all because he was physically unable to change hundreds of point value tags as rapidly as the OPA could issue them. The OPA hearing commissioner noted that the respondent was sincere and conscientious" and thoroughly ac- quainted with :. point values" But, We cannot question the wisdom of those who framed the regulations. :. :. A period of time Suspension from buSiness) is necessary to enable respondent to be- come thoroughly indoctrinated with the regulations and to conduct his business according to the rules and regulations as laid down by his government" This mer- chant is no longer free man. He is liv- ing under dictatorship and is given ten days in which to become "indoctrinated" with the idea!
 Read again the foregoing statement, "We cannot question ." It is difficult to realize those ominouS words are an official utterance of public servant in the United States, to free people. It has the true ring of the dictator And these bureaucrats now seek to perpetuate their powers after peace comes!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
This Is Dictatorship

Price and rationing control, though ugly and unAmerican, has been accepted cheerfully because war itself is ugly and because every possible effort must be exerted to insure maximum war produc- ton. But the plea that government con trol should be continued indefinitely into the peace, is another matter Anyone who doubts the danger that would follow such an extension, has but to consider the recent case of an aged retailer in small town on the West Coast of the United States. This man has been leading merchant in his community for 45 years. For over four decades he has been known and respected by fellow citizens as fair and reasonable in the conduct of his bus mess His store is still well-stocked go- ing concern furnishing a real service. But he is elderly, has no help and more work than he can do. As the mountain of government decrees grew, he met it to the limit of his physical and mental" strength. He meticulously collected the right amount of points on every rationed Item. His prices were always correct.
 Recently, this merchant was suspended for ten days from handling rationed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
Won't Mix In Same Pot

The government of the United States is launched on a great experiment. It has undertaken to guarantee minimum living standards for all. It will endeavor to furnish jobs when needed, the social security system is to be expanded, farm prices are to be maintained by subsidies, and an almost unlimited program of pub lie works has been proposed. The experi- ment will cost untold unlimited program of public works has been proposed. The experiment will cost untold billions, and will come on top of war that promises to run the public debt up to three hun- dred billion dollars or more.
 There is only one way in which this experiment can be carried through Suc- cessfully, and that is by stimulating to the gerateSt possible extent the produc- tivity and the initiative of the people. For, notwithstanding the clear propaganda of patronage dispensers that government grants are gifts, every dollar distributed by government must first be taken from the people in taxes on their earnings and their businesses
 Basic industries, including electric power, mining, and transportation, should be encouraged to progress and develop as P4AVdtC cAAICA p4lOCS II AOA AAO OGAAOA ACo- son than that the efficiency of private management has made these industries a primary source of government revenue. The current campaign to socialize the electric industry, thereby creating vast tax-exempt political power monopoly, should be abandoned at once. The private electric industry pays hundreds of mil lions of dollars annually in Federal taxes. The government is getting much larger share of the power industry's earnings than are the millions of investors who own it, without having to share any of the risks of operation
 Plans such as the proposal to establish seven more taxsubSidized IVA Federal electric power projects in direct competi- tion with the taxpaying private electric industry, strike at the vitals of the great experiment to eliminate human want. Obviously the country cannot kill it's tax paying industries with tax-exempt gov ernment monopolies, and have its taxes too. A government spending program requiring maximum taxes and maximum production, cannot be mixed in the same pot with socialism
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
We Will Pay For Carelessness

Laconically, the National Board Of Fire Underwriters reports that estimated ire losses in the United States in October, 1944, are up per cent over September 1944, and $2,5OO, ,O00, or per cent over October, 1943. This is the highest Oc- tober loss since October, 1881. Losses In the twelve months ended with October 3l, 1944, are estimated at more than $42O,- 100000 as compared with $361, ,485 ,OOO mnafor the year ended October, 1943.
 Not only is the total fire loss rising, but the rate of fire losses has reversed it's long downward trend, with the result, as re- ported in Business Week, that some fire insurance companies now report that their combined losses and expenses are running around $1.05 for each premium dollar they are collecting.
 If the present adverse trend in ire losses throughout the country is not brought to a halt by greater public con sciousness of the menace of fire, people must eventually pay more for the pro- lection of fire insurance. They will un- avoidably be assessed for gross careless ness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
A Lone Patriot

After tying up production of engines for B-29 Superfortresses for three days, striking workers at the Wright Aeronau- tical Corporation voted grudgingly 1000 to 500 in favor of returning to work. In another case couple of dozen crane operators walked off the job, paralyzing work in one of the worlds largest steel mills, regardless of the plea from Gen. eral Eisenhower that American workers turn out ammunition at top speed. He said the reduction of the city of Aachen was delayed by shortage of ammuni- tion. And then came the coldly deliberate acts of the telephone workers threatening the war effort. These are but recent examples, by certain Segments of labor, showing callouS lack of concern for the men on the fighting fronts that is wholly beyond understanding.
 Upon contemplation one wonders what claim we on the home front have to being patriotic. The strikers alone are not to blame for what is happening. We are all to blame for permitting it to happen. The extent to which we have drifted away from true patriotism is brought home by the woman WarwOrker of Pennsylvania who sent General Douglas MacArthur $525 saying that 'it was simply partial payment from one American woman for letting the boys on Bataan and Corregl- dor down." The money is being spent on candy and other gifts for orphaned and homeless Philippine children.
 This lone patriot, forced to quit her job because of illness, then added: And when I looked around me at work and saw all the loafing on the job knew that in spite of the wonderful job we are do- ing, we are still letting the boys down."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
THE MARSHES OF LOUISIANA
(New york Herald-Tribune)

n
 The people of Louisiana, especial- ly those prominent ill postwar planning circles, are reported sharp ly divided people in Louisiana are always sharply divided" about somethting) over the issue of whe- ther to drain enormous areas of swamp and marshland to be turn ed into farms for returning veterans or to leave it more or less as it is one of the richest game, fur and fish sections in the country. Cover nor Jimmie Davis, the old song writer, is said to be in favor of a drainage project, and a great many influential persons are on his side. Included in the opposition. however, are great many conservationists as well as many persons who have long made a living from the marshes. All the facts in this argument are not yet available, but the offhand reac- tion would be to advise Louisiana to go slow before embarking on any large-scale drainage program which would destroy one of the most faS- cinating and important areas left relatively unspoiled. pr. Thomas Barbour, the naturalist, in a recent book complains eloquently and con- vincingly of what the nleddling hand of man has done to Florida. Such spoilation should not happen in Louisiana. Surely land is not SO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20

such e belief has no basis in the teachings of the Bible. We are as- sured that whosoever sincerely seeks after God will find Him. There is a way in which God elects us for salvation, and salvation never oc- CUTS apart from the power of God. We do not save ourselves simply by desiring to be saved. It is true that we are elected. But everyone is elected who believes. Everyon who has truthfuliy said Yes in the face of Christ's offer of himself is saved.
 The word ''whosoever" rings through many q passage of Scripture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
TWINKLE, TWINKLE
Christian Science Monitor)

lOIlTlStldL OClGIlC6 MOIlIIOIJ
 Americans will view the prospect of three five-star officers in the Navy and four in the Army with somewhat mixed emotions. They want their military and naval leaders to rank with any in the world, but at the same time they are reluctant to see an increase ot brass on the hats.
 Additionally Americans have dis liked resounding military titles. They have been almost penurious in actually granting ranks which they have already created. The Navy. for instance, had no officer with permanent rank above Captain until the Civil War.
 But American is fighting war as one of the United Nations, and its allies do have their Marshals and Admiral of the Fleet. It is doubtful whether actual lines of re- sponsibility and authority have been clouded by the lower relative rank of American commanders. For in- stance, General Eisenhower func- tionS smoothly as the Supreme Commander over several officers of higher rank than his. But rank and protocol count heavily with the professional soldier and sailor in his routine official and social con- tactS. For better or worse, this has been true for centuries and such a tradition cannot be dissolved over night. Nor can Americans expect their allies to denote their fleet ad- miralS and field marshals or abolish ranks which have mellow histor- ies. So they will just have to add the stars and put up with the blit- ter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
PLEASE, SANTA CLAUS.
(New York Herald Tribune)

(NeW YOrK HeralQ- ITlDune)
 In their letters to Santa Claus this year it appears that our youngsters are supremely conscious that a war is in progress, but, paradoXically, they seem blissfully unconscious of shortages. There was one exception to this rule among the letters read to reporters Thursday morning by Postmaster Albert Goldman. Dear Santa" wrote young gentleman Of five years, T want a bicycle, but I know there is a war on, so maybe you can bring me one and would like any toy you can spare" Here is a very civic minded citizen in the making.
 But the general run of requests were as covetouS as in the theoretic- ally piping days of peace. The dif- ference was in the categories of presents sought; applications for military weapons-not always toy weapons by any means-led all the re Santa Claus is being ;mpohtun- ed for rifles, cannon, machine guns. One boys letter rad: Please bring me all the guns you cal find in the stores and 1,200 bombs to shoot the Japs and Germans, SO my daddy can come hom etc stay"
 We think Santa should and will take cognizance of the object of this wholesale order and deliver it not to j nior but to his daddy. Please, Santa Claus!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
Teamwork

The statement is often made that this country can look to the future with con- fidence because of it's abundant natural resources That is only half the story. Its resources are not only abundant but have been discovered and developed in history making manner
 The story of one of our most valued resources, coal, is typical. Coal has helped to provide our military forces = and large numbers of those of our allies = with the finest offensive and defensive weapons the world has seen. It is the base for 85 per cent of all warplasticS, while the high exploSives-TNT, plcrlc acid and tetrol - are made from coal, in whole or in part It requires ton of coal to produce the steel for a 2,0O0-pound bomb 25 tons for a 3-inch antl-alrcratt gun. 50 tons for a medium tank, and 32 900 tons for a super dreadnaught. The uses for coal in peacetlme will oe even broader in the future than in the past. Coal derivatives have literally reVo- lutionized human existence.
 In this country, coal is nearly as ubiuuitous, in its occurrence as ln US applications. Found in 37 states, it is mined commercially in 28 of them. The value of the coal produced annually In the United States is greater than that of all metals combined, and is 1-2 times that of all gold, p times that of all silver, times that of all copper and 2 times that of all iron.
 fortunately, coal exists in practically unlimited quantities = known reserves in this country are estimated at 5000 to 4,OOO years at present rates of consump- ton. These figures give an inkling ot what is meant when we speak of our natural resources, but it should not be forgotten that without the teamwork ot vast scientific research, plus the ingeru- ity of American coal producers, the tlg- ures would still be buried in the ground along with the coal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20

diplomats. British officials claim that General Eisenhower OK'd the Churchill plan to clean up Greece. Which, if true, makes it pretty hard to withhold infor- nation from the United States.
 These high officials also inti- mate that ii Secretary Stettinius spent as much time cleanig up Allied policy toward Greece, as in tracking down State Department leaks, Allied relations would be a lot happier.
 NOTE-ChurchiIl's orders to Scobie were mot to hesitate to open fire on any armed male in the Greek capital who aS- sails the authority of the Bri- tish To hand ELIAS a les- son that would make it i'm. possible for others to behave the same way will back up ScO- bic in whatever action ScObie takes along these lines -. The British must keep and dominate Athens"
 BIGGEST WAR
 PRIZE-SURPLUSES %
 It takes more than magician to follow some of the sleight-of- hand moves being made in juggling war jobs from one agency to another. Last week for in- stance, War Mobilizer Jimmy Byrnes, issued a secret order which stripped the Foreign Econ omic Administration of its previ- ous job of disposing of surplus war property abroad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20

Instead Byrnes gave surplus war property abroad to Army Navy brass hats.
 Simultaneously, Secretary of State Stettinius was on Capitol Hill reassuring senators that his State Department did not plan to rob the Foreign Economic Ad- ministration of its functions. Pre- vioupsly Stettinius was reporited to have worked out plan with Will Clayton and Jesse Jones to bring many TEA jobs over to the State Department.
 Meanwhile surplus war prop erty remains the biggest plum in the entire government. Wash ingtOn is full of lobbyists want ing to get their hands on the trucks, the war plants, the x machine tools, the airplane parts, the raw materials which the Army Navy have accunu- lated at home and abroad. And neither Jesse Jones nor Will Clayton wants this vast wealth distributed by Leo CrOwley's liberal Foreign Economic Ad- ministratiOn.
 Now Jimmy ByrneS, by his se- cret order, appears to side with them. Army Navy brass hats, who under his secret order, will now wistribute war surpluses abroad, fit into the Clayton Jones scheme of things.
 Copyright. 1944, by
 the Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT
 MORRID NOTION?

Typical Wisacre in a letter to the editor of popular magazine utters half a column of what purportS to be sarcasm on the subject of the Presidents ride around New York in the rain, deliberately running the sssk of catching cold, the Wise acre explains, in order to prove that his health was good. It irked the letter writer, evidently, to ob- serve that the President was ap- plauded for doing what little boys get spanked for, and so on.
 It would not yet occur to this person or a hundred million others who think they know all there is to know, that the President may not share the notion that getting wet affects the health or immunity to disease.
 Getting soaked in the rain is un- pleasant, perhaps, but it has noth- ing to do with health or suscepti- bility to illness.
 This fact applies to standing, walking, sitting, working or playing outdoors in the coldest weather with your head bare or with insuf- ficient clothing. The experience has no effect upon health or sus- ceotibility to disease or illness of any kind-except frostible or freez- ing.
 You could hardly be expected to know any better, considering the source of education in physiology, hygiene, pathology, sanitation and oII &bok Yoocfxy b,1cfV1acc Vo11 1aorf1- ed what you think you know about such things from the almanac, from the old woman of the neigh borhood, from the testimonials (genuine and fake) published by the nostrum monogers, from the screaming, illustrated announce ments of the manufacturers of overshoes and underwear and in sulating material and heating equipment, and from such ponder ous utterances as that letter to the editor cited above. In short you picked up your fund of knowl- edge about these subjects wherever you happened upon it, like street urchin collecting snipeS. You had to get it that way if at all, fol such things are simply not taugh, in school not if the commercial interests concerned are aware of it. This harangue will make no i'm pression whatever upon the minds of readers whose minds have set 1 like plaster of Paris and can no longer take new impression. have no illusions about that. But who knows? It may interest few younger folk, and they're my meat. Catch 'em young and get 'em think ing for themselves, before the cold phobia becomes fixed and incurable, l that's my purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Cnnr01a

Courage
 Please give the address of the magazine Courage" which you recommended so highly for people who have lost limb.
 (Mrs. R. L. M.)
 Answer-Courage, buck year, published by Paul J. Campbell 240 Arcade Bldg, East St. Louis, Ill., inois. Mir Campbell founded The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg. This little monthly magazine is well named. Every one who has lost limg read it. In Canada it is $120 year.
 The HypOchOndriac
 I will be grateful for any sugges- tion you may give me to stop or prevent premature graying of my hair Our doctor pooh poohed when I asked him-he said it is 3 vain idea, hypochondriac.
 (Mrs. C. L)
 Answer Send pre-addressed stamped envelope, ask for pam phlet Care of the Hair and Scalp It contains information on pre- vention of premature graying. Too few physicians practice preventive medicine. Formerly they neglected it because they didn't know enough about it. At present they neglect it because they haven't time for it. perhaps when the war is over and the best doctors get back home more attention will be paid to pre- ventive medicine, geriatricS and personal hygiene.
 Problem Child
 Daughter, g, allergic to citrus fruits, prrlnes, spinach, potatoes anc chocolate. She can eat celery, bu, no carrots, olives, onions, toma- toes, peas, navy beans-gets severe itching back of ears and in throat when she takes even wee bit o1 any of these, then has an intense coryza and prolonged incessant sneezing. Her diet is problem, yet she passes physical tests with high standard. (Mrs. G. L.) Answer-You say she was brought up on citrus fruits, vegetables milk, eggs and meat" Yet you say she is allergic to citrus fruits. Add wheat to what she was brought up on, and she'll get along oke. Send ten cents and ple-addressed stamp ed envelope for pamphlets Relief for Allergy" and ''The Calcium Shortage"
 Copyright 1914 5;hn F. Dille Co.,