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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
BY PETER EDISON

Congressional proposals for
putting all ATS in labor battal-
ions, which will be taken up aft
or the Easter recess, make it
worth while looking at these
4-Fs TO see what's the matter
with them, and what kind of a
work force they would make.
Selective Service headquar-
tiers reports that as of Jan. l
there were approximately 3d.
437,000 men between the ages
of 10 and 81 classified Az. That
is a sizeable body of men
nearly As per cent of the
strength Of the entire Army it.
self-and considering that the
bottom Of that barrel has al
ready been exposed in the
search for effective manpower
for armed services and essen
tial industries, this is a tempt
lllS lGSClN We Oll WlllNIl W III q w
Also, it offers Congress a con-
venient substitute for the Aus
tin Wadsworth compulsory serv-
ice law proposal.
Thus far the armed services
have successfully fought off all
pressure for lowering their
physical standards, and when
you look at the reasons for the
rejection of these 3,437,000 men,
it isn't hard TO see why. Broad
ly, there are three principal rea-
sons for a mans classification
as AT.
Physical and mental defects
account for 1865, 400, or TAT
per cent.
Educational or mental defic-
iency, including only those men
who have failed TO meet mini
mum intelligence s. a ndards
from June !, 1913 on, account
for 472, 200, or 1877 per cent.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
BEDTIME STORY

The newspaper account Of the man dischoroed
from the Army because Of his loud snorinq opens
UP fascinating field Of speculation Whot, for in.
stance, would have happened if he had remained in
the service and gone into action? Would he hove put
Too's Jungle troops to flight with sound like sew
eroI lions on the Ioose2 Or terrorzed the Wehrmocht
with the conviction thot here wos O new secret
weapon
What effect will his discharge have on future
inductons and the nonpower situotion in eeneroI3
Will it mean that LAS must take sleep test as
port Of their physooI2
Will it turn loose upon the country horde Of
nocturnoIy roucous 4-Fs who somedoy must answer
their grandchildren what did ! do in the great
war? ] snored."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

the men who are least employ
able, through no fault OF their
own, but through their misfort-
une Of bad health or physical
disability. Trying to round up
the other 100000 ATS to Gre
ate a mobile war labor force
would conceivably d s locate
men who have already found
niche that they can fill.
SHOULD GOVERNMENT
SHOULDER RESPONSIBILITY
There is good reason for not
wanting TO take these ATS into
the Army or Navy. Once these
men were indicted into the
services, the government would
be responsible for them for life,
the same as any other veterans.
Now, if the services discover
physical deficiency within
reasonable time after induction,
a man may be discharged be-
fore he becomes a public respon-
sibility. Maybe it is the public's
responsibility to care for It's
physically handicapped, but is
it the job of the Army and Navy
TO care for them?
Undersecretary Pate rson
recommends legislation making
it clear that 4-F's in labor units
should not be eligible for Veter-
ans benefits. But why not? IL
man is drafted and showed
around from one job to another
in a labor battalion, why isn't
he in an army, even if he gets
civilian rates of pay? And even
the undersecretary agrees such
men should have government
insurance in case of disability
incurred on the job. All men
being physically or mentally
handicapped to begin with, such
disabilities would unquestiona-
bly, be tremendous.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

Exclusively yours, There's al
most a film plot behind the
casting of Elyse Knox in
the feminine lead Of Biltmore
Productions "A WAVE, a WAC
and a Marine. Elyse's photo
graph as soldier with wings"
for the Air-WACs recruiting
drive, inspired Producer Eddie
Sherman to cast her as WAC
in the picture. She posed for
the poster shortly before an
nouncing her forthcoming mar
riage to Lieut.. Tommy Harmon.
And here's the topper: The
photographer for the poster was
her eX- husband, Paul Hesse.
Although Deanna Durbin
sings only two songs, both pop
ular, in Christmas Holiday"
she says they gave her more
trouble than any numbers she's
ever sung. She says: I've been
so used TO putting volume into
my singing, it was difficult to
restrain myself to the torch
style"
A few months ago pair OF
trained bears worked with Bing
Crosby and Bob Hope in scene
for The Road TO Utopia Now
their trainer has the bears on a
vaudeville tour-doing imper-
sonations Of Bing and Bob.
Alexis Smith and Craig Stew
ems have made date for June
wedding.
GARFIELD HAILED
Another hit for Warmers is
Between Two Worlds" Sneak
preview cards especially hailed
the performance Of john Gar
field.
Joan Bennett was a visitor at
Barbara Stanwyck's apartment
the other day. AS you know,
Joan is ear-sighted. She said
TO Barbara. What beautiful
painting. never saw that be-
fore, Replied Barbara: well,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
HOW FIGHTERS FEEL

II hos remained for sailor - common, ordl-
norv seaman aboard worship somewhere IN the
South Pacific where the Jops hang out - young
ster who makes no pretense to being writing man
- 70 do what professional writer's have been trying
for months to accomplish.
Kenneth Walsh Of Muncie, Ind, in his home
town paper, the Muncie Press has written on epic
Interpretation Of how the men who ore fighting TINS
war for $50 month, room and board, tell toworo
men making hundred dollars week, more or q
little less, who strike for few additional cents on
hour.
when YOU we're kid, Mr. Striker, you studeL
about the American heritage Of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" whote Seaman Walsh. well,
read it again and then again; study it; delve back
into the poees of American history and show me any,
thing in the American creed Of living that will JUS
tify your wartime strikes.
"Come out here with US in these South Pacific
waters and stay while Eat our chow, sleep in our
Socks wotch LIS work help US fight these Jungle tiles
help US kill malaria bearing mosquitoes. Walk with
US in the sweItering steony heat Of MONDAY sum-
There isn't any oir-conditionng out here, Mr.
c. l. O., and there isn't any way you can strike for
it, either.
"Come with me to the bridge over the jungle
river want you to see someone who would make
YOU ashamed Of that extra SO cents an hour you
get in your pay envelope He's just 7yeor-old kid
that the brass hats put on duty OF this nfrequent
bridge for the simple reason that he isn't OF him.
self any more
ibid hear you ask what's wrong with him? He
was on destroyer that took three fish oridships
and blew up, Mr.. Twenty Dollar q Day Man. His
brother was on thot ship, too. There we're but few
survivors from crew of 3OO and his brother was not
among them. He's plain sheII-shocked. Talk to him
WHILE watch him; he'll break your heart, man, if
you have one
ibid you ask me how much money he makes,
Mr.. Weder-S5O month, room and board"
There's much more, in the same vein - vein
Of bitterness, Of dsusionment Of reprooch. In one
powerful, tieht-pocked piece Of heortrendine prose
Seaman Walsh soys what hundreds or perhaps thou
sands Of men, facing death and mutiIotion under the
most unbeorobIe conditions for 1850 month, room
and boord, =" have tried less effectively to soy.
II you haven't read Seaman Wosh's piece, you
should, particularly if you belong to one Of the un-
ions that ore talking about striking against the
in uniform for few cents on hour, some matter Of
working conditions, q jurisdictionol dispute.
Do you have son over there, or brother or
nephew or buddy neiehbor? Do you wonder how
he feels about wartime strikes? You needn't wonder
any longer. Kenneth Walsh tells you.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

Some substitutes may be as
good as the original, but don't
try to substitute money for hap
piness.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
DEAD ENDERS STUFF

Maybe you've wondered, too,
what's happened to the original
Dead End Kids. Well, they're
still fighting. Billy Halop is in
the Signal Corps, Gabriel Dell
in the Merchant Marine, Ber-
nard Punsley in the Army and
Bobby Jordan, the kid Of the
gang, is an air cadet. Leo Cor
cey was rejected-4F-and is
still working in films. Huntz
Hall, who served in the Army
seven months and then receiv-
ed medical discharge, has just
gone to work at Paramount in
Bring On t. e Girls" The kids
are still a gang, keeping to-
gether with weekly robin let
tiers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

An optimist is a man who be-
lieves the pictures he sees on the
seed packets.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

An anonymous admirer. who
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
worked and obscure Army
transport pilot" is Hedy La
mars best fan. He just sent
her three pair of nylon stock
ings from Natal, Brazil. Hedy
will wear them in a scene for
The Conspirators."
Filling out biographical
QUESTIONABLE for the Selznick
studio, where he appears in
Since You Went Away" Monty
Woolley described the type of
home" he lives in with one
word: sloppy"
David Newell, who was bally-
hooed for stardom several years
ago, is now Ann Corio's make
up man for Call of the Jun
GLE"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Joan dear, you never were on
this side of the room before"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13

Overheard at the Mocambo:
"She's the kind of a girl who
will grab at a straw when one
end is in a highball glass"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-16
We Save Money at PACKERS

Our Observation-Disclosures problems have vanished since
ed shopping at PACKERS and oford buy only the
best too because Packers famous it's fine quoty Notion
oily advertised products at low prices makes budgetne easy
when we go to Packers And the invest
War Bonds We smile at budgets. for KNOW Pack
is the deo market for high quality nationally advertised
brands at low prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12
Further Decline In Lead
SfockpiIe Is Predicted
By the Associated Press.

By the A8eoctateo Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-DemAnd
for lead continues in excess Of cur.
rent available supplies and produce
ers predict further reduction Of the
Government-owned stockpile during
November and December, trade
sources heard this week.
More copper Is expected to move
into consuming channels this month
and next than during the two pre-
ceding months, but industry circles
do not anticipate sufncient demand
to absorb available supplies.
A cautious attitude among manu-
facturers Of copper products With re-
spect to inventories resulted IN the
falling OH of copper shipments In
September to ll8,054 tons from $780,
SIS tons in August. October deliv.
cry figures were not expected to show
major improvement.
Production and deliveries Of zinc
were about in balance during DC.
tober, industry sources said. How
ever, an excess of IT'S tons added to
the previous zinc surplus established
a new record Of 224 200 tons on hand.
There are also large Government
owned zinc supplies In the form Of
ore and concentrate.
Steel plate production continues
to decline and trade authorities pre-
dict further drop, but the slack Ia
ingots is being taken UP by an &C.
tive demand for bars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12
! Reminders on Rati0ninQG

Consumer complaints should be re-
ferred to the appropriate neigh
borhood War Price and Rationing
Board listed on page 669 of the
telephone directory.
Volunteers urgently needed for ra-
tiOning and pricing work at Dis
trict OPA headquarters. 5601
CONNECTICUT avenue NV, tele-
phone Ordway 600, Extension 164.
Meats, Fats, Butter, Cheese, etc.
Book No. red stamps A-8
through Z8 and AS through P-5
good for 10 points each indefi-
nitely.
Canned Foods, ETC., Book No. 4, blue
stamps AS through Z-8 and AS
through VS. good indefinitely.
Each stamp worth 10 points
War Ration Book No. Persons
who did not register at the schools
may do so at their local boards
if they bring with them the
War Ration Book 3 for every
member of their families for whom
they are applying.
Sugar Book No. 4, stamps 30
through SO good for pounds of
sugar indefinitely. Sugar stamp
No. 40 good for S pounds of can
ming sugar through February %,
1945.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound of waste kitchen fats you
turn in.
Gasoline B-4, CA, B-5 and C-5
coupons are good for gallons
Coupons Alb good for 4 gallons
each through December 81. Cou-
pons ALA become valid December
%, good for gallons each.
Holders of A and D gasoline
rations should apply Immediately
for new ration books. Applica-
lions may be obtained at service
stations, local ration boards, Gov
eminent transportation commit
tees, the American Automobile
Association of Keystone Automo-
bile Club. Mail applications along
with back cover of present ration
book to your local board which
will send you new books by mail.
All suppliers may now accept
new r coupons.
Endorsement must be made on
the face of all coupons with license
number and State designation.
Failure to do so may lead to sus-
pension of rations.
Earliest renewal date Of your
supplemental ration is shown on
the face Of your gasoline ration
book. II and when you need a re-
newal Of your ration and In order
to avoid delay, be sure to comply
with the following: /. Complete
and mail your application form
together with Form 534 revised
not earlier than is days
before the earliest renewal date,
or, not later than is days before
your ration is all used. 2. Record
your speedometer reading as Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12

during the robot bomb attacks.
Our CT boys are always wonder
fully appreciative Of even the sim
plest routine ministrations of our
doctors, nurses and corpsmen," she
said Even the mortally wounded
somehow contrive to smile their
gratitude for the good beds, the
clean sheets, the American voices,
and the nurses in white uniforms
that are symbols to them of the
blessedness of home and the famil-
iarity of their own institutions.
Maintain Sense of Humor.
Their unfailing sense of humor
is as invincible as their dauntless
spirit" she continued. A gravely
wounded CT, who was also tetanus
suspect, had been given blood plasma
and sulfa drugs, and was about to
receive hypodermic of penicillin.
Between groans, he gasped: Nurse,
you just won't let a fellow die in
peace in this mans army will you"
Nurse Desmarais reports that he not
only got well but has been invaded
homo almost as well as ever.
A youthful Texas paratrooper who
was a D-day veteran proved to have
an aggravated case of athletes foot,
in addition to his wounds. While
being scolded for not having used
the preventive busting powder is
sued to provide against such condi-
tons. he countered with, We'll, lady,
in this little rendezvous of ours,
where Heinie finally winged me,
didn't get a chance to take my shoes
off for IA days. You get me fixed up
o. K. now, please, and I promise
I'll mind those orders from WASH
ington the next time"
Wounded Foe Surly.
In marked contrast to the gay
courtesy of our boys was the surly
ugliness of many of the German
prisoner wounded, who were given
the same medical skill and nursing
care. There never was any frater-
nizing, though, as the Germans were
confined to separate wards and were
always under heavy military guard.
Tough apples" was a term fire.
quently applied to those former
storm troopers and hard-boiled
young Nazis by our CT boys, who
consider them so impregnated with
hate from their childhood indoc-
trination that they believe it will be
almost impossible to change their
thinking away from Hitlerism.
Difficult to take was the insolent
smugness of the German wounded
when terrific jars and conclusions
from robot bombs indicated nearby
hits in the beautiful English coun-
tryside. They developed filters I'M
der the strain of incessant bombings,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12

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WAR WORKER will pay cash to private
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s sso- positively no dealers. Phone Union
CAROLINA AUTO DEALER-our farmers
must have automobiles We are in are
need Of the car you can possibly do with
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gays, or Decatur $3.50 Sunday or evenings,
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NAVY oFFicER wants 1882 Ford, plym
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SEAVICEMAN will pay cash for 1910 mr.
ls4l Plymouth. Chevrolet or Ford, in GOOD
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12
Wounded GIs Appreciate Care,
Nozis SurIy, Navy Nurse Says

though, whereas American wounded
and the hospital staff maintained 9
grim composure.
1.-THE particularly nerve-wrackinl
suspense for all of u.s." admits thi.
young Navy nurse, was the four OF
I'VE seconds Of deathly silence thai
always occurred between the racing
motorcycle type of cutoff in a robot
bomb and the fearful intonation Of
the impact which followed. Some.
times we almost had to pinch our.
selves to realize that our number
hadn't been up on that one and We
were all in one piece"
Our boys always looked at thei,
first hospital breakfast trays with
their welcome change of oranges
toast and eggs from the monotony
of their field rations, as if they
couldn't believe their eyes, she said
The Germans wolfed their oranges
but did not seem excited about their
eggs, doubtless because they had
eaten their fill at the expense of the
civilian population in the rich Nor
mandy farm lands.
No Clock Watching.
There was no clock watching to
observe eight-hour schedules of duty
In their overseas hospital" Ensign
Desmarais said, because when hui
man lives are at stake time has NO
meaning" When the hospital was
first taken over it was not unusual
for nurses ordered off day duty to
work through half the night, cutting
and folding surgical bandages
Yankee ingenuity was always to the
fore among doctors, nurses, corps
men and patients in devising ways
and means of mending vital equip
ment. Many after-the war improve
ments doubtless will be made as q
result OF some Of the improvisings.
Nurse Desmarais, who is of
French-Irish background, is a grad
uate of the Children's Hospital
Nursing School in Pittsburgh, Pa.
and did graduate work in public
health nursing before volunteering
for Navy nursing service in 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE; Noy II oP..--Appls.-dulI;
S sSstl Sssfss u s. No. 2H mintTym
yirsinia, Red Delicious, staymans. Golden
Delicious; 3.00-3: So: Jonathans, 1903 Is:
M Maize a.. Blush Winter Bsn.nss Grimes.
Iie,.es unsraded. 106.l SO, few best
SACKS 8 No n taues New new , tqS1o ks
tahdins and chippewas, 2.so-3.15, few
shains and e" hlssss rag sd $685. s.:
pound paper sacks: 1.45-1 80: Idaho. Rus.
6ushel baskets; o: s. No. ], MARYLAND and
eW hsher ea as:ns r2s:shse few 2 s.hsa
Jerseys. unwashed. / .oo-I rs: white Vans.
90 90: North Carolina Porto Eieans.
nearby. H-susheI hampers. ooid.ns. $3.50.
Poultry Quotations.
POULTRY-Market firm; demand ex.
iHn eoss. mo t5?s5s s1d e sco
2e-2eis; Leshorns. 90. few higher.
La.s and Poultry: ,
wbaI.s,. .ein. n nlls. f 3ee1is, Light
street s.i.s Whit. .nd e mixed CO.. q.
'1i DoHKess ISL h Dosnd. e..
receipts, 37s cases.
GfAin MARKET.
Fridays Market.
Flour-Receipts, s,4a6 barrels
Wheat--Receipts, 103,2se bushels; ship
ments 1882 bushels: stocks. a,252 112
bushels; No. 2 red winter. garlieky. spot,
domestic. LIZ; No. z red winter. sarlicky,
Corn-Receipts, 45.las bushels; ship
ments. 1878 bushels stock, III
bushels. Ceiling prices prevail according
oats-Reeeipts. a.375 bushels; ship
ments, sf5 bushels: stock, 90 SEQ bushels;
No: white oats, $500.
Rye-Receipts, 1908 bushels; ships
ments, 63 bushels: stock. "a, 1855 bushels.
Barley-Recefpts. 1920 bushels; ship.
ments; none: stock. s.06s bushels;
none: stock, 1890 bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts, 733 tons.
and mixed hay. prices. 2T-29 per ton.
For All Grades Of hay below No. Q prices
are irregular.
strav-Martet steady; wheat straw.
No. 2. Der ton, 16 to II,