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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

A special letter-writing pro-
feet to Mount Clemens service
men and women overseas; soft
ball playoffs and playground
lemonade and cake" parties
This week will mark the closing
Of the Department of Recrea-
TONS 18th annual season on six
city Fairgrounds.
Fairgrounds children are
writing letters to the men and
women now in uniform who
once supervised play or played
on the departments recreation
centers.
Incidental to this, children
And supervisors alike are COM
bining their efforts to raise their
total of war bond and stamp
purchases, which they have
maintained weekly throughout
the eight weeks program.
Activities during the past
Week were greatly hampered by
extremely hot weather, and at
tendance Jagged on most
grounds to below the 1000
mark, the lowest of the season.
Softball championship play
offs were the most strenuous
activities of the week, and most
grounds confined their work to
games more suitable for hot
weather. On Wilson playground,
however, despite Fridays heat,
group of boys age 10 and lI
passed their two-mile hike for
achievement test points.
Following is the weeks report
as compiled by playground SD
pervisors:
WILSON
Barbara MacLachlan and Joyce
Randolph
While the rest of the children
enjoyed a story hour and poet
ry reading, our 10 and 11-year.
old boys braved the heat and
completed a two-mile hike
They took the hike easily, kept
In the shade and earned their
achievement points without toe
much discomfort.
Our midget softball team put
IN a busy week, but lost out fol
the semi-finals. On Tuesday
they defeated Griffith at st
Mary's Stadium 8 to 6, and or
Friday were defeated by Dick
inson 10 to 2.
Croquet, ring-toss, paddle ten.
MS and horseshoes-all in small
doses because of the extreme
heat-were enjoyed during the
week.
We made an early start on oul
letter-writing to the soldier boy!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Mount Clemens Men
Wounded in France

Pfc. William J. Ko1loski. %
Mount Clemens, Is In IN army
base hospital In England recov.
ering from wounds suffered In
action in France. according to
official word received this week
by his mother. Mrs. Grace Koz-
loski, of II National street.
Mount Clemens.
Pvt. Kozloski has been over
seas a year and in the service
for two years. The War Depart
ment telegram received by his
mother was later confirmed by
letter from the wounded sol
der, who is attached to the In.
fsntry.
Another member Of the fam
lily. Ernest. is with the u. 8,
Navy in the Pacific area.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

at the Macomb ice plant, North
avenue. Soaked with perspira-
ton and exhausted from the
suffocating humidity, the ice
men worked some IS hours
daily loading an average of SIS
tons each day into cars, trucks,
coaster wagons and baskets of
an endless lineup of customers,
Fifty-five tons is the plant
capacity, and on Friday and
Saturday the output had caught
up with production. A big
effort was being made over Sun
day to build up the stock again
so that no customer limit would
have to be imposed as was found
necessary in Detroit. Cur
rent ice business is the heaviest
in six years, Sample tells us.
ShOrt-change artists who
had planned cleanup in
Mount Clemens Monday were
dismayed at the speed with
which Chief Art Rosso's big
men descended on them, be-
fore they had a chance to
make a dishonest dollar. A
clerk in a meat market OBJ
served three slickers rehears-
ing their tricks with money
and from their actions and re-
marks sized them up per-
fectly. He called police, and
as the officers arrived two of
the men decamped and the
third submitted to arrest.
However, Monday afternoon
the chief was sure the two
missing brethren would show
up because they left their
automobile parked near the
butchers shop. A police
man was patiently watching
the automobile as we write
this.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
4s Mm the DAY
Rx ID. A.
By D. A.

Flowing field on his truck farm neorly yeor oeo,
farmer Charles Schom Of Washington let Of sub
stontoI proportions Not one Of those mncne drowns
sneezes the suppressed kind reserved for time
church but full tedeed bIockbuster type such any
hard working former would give when the dust ond osweed
pollen tickes his nosrls.
, II wos man-size sneeze and before his pIow had
bumped very along the turow Charles realized his upper
deptol
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
THIRSTY THIEVES

Twenty bottles OF Ii
liquor and an undetermin-
ed number of packages OF
cigarets were taken dur
ing the night from Steve Wag-
thuwizzss' Cedar Garden tavern,
according to Sheriffs office re-
ports Friday. Entrance was
gained through window on the
right side Of the building, &C.
cording to Sheriffs reports, and
the front door was taken off the
hinges on leaving. The pin ball
machine was broken also.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
CARS DAMAGED

Two care were slightly DAM
aged Sunday when a car driven
east on the Market street bridge
collided with one driven west.
Douglas Feben, l0l34 Roxbury,
Detroit, driver of one car escap-
ed injury. Bessie B. Ballinger,
6O54 Barrett, Detroit, driver of
the other car also escaped in
jury, and admitted to the city
police that he had been drink
ing intoxicants. He was arrest
ed by city police for driving a
car while intoxicated.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

games and using the coloring
books. The older boys and girls
did not let the heat interfere
with their sports.
Paddle tennis, volley ball,
newcomb ball and even girls
softball continued despite the
heat.
Our achievement tests were
completed and many of our boys
and girls were high point win
ners.
Our final project, writing let
tiers TO servicemen, is now I'M
derway, and we will conclude
the season with a good contribu-
ton towards bonds and stamps.
GRIFFITH
Terrell Whitsitt and Joan
Heller
To relieve the tension from
the heat were had several ses-
sions in the shaded part of the
playground and told jokes and
riddles and read stories. We
were knocked out of the softball
tournament at the beginning of
the week, and, due to the heat,
did not play many innings after
wards.
Horseshoes, paddle tennis and
circle games kept the older and
younger children busy.
A beach party succeeded in
cooling off a number of our
children on Wednesday, and this
was probably the weeks most
popular activity.
On Friday we started writing
our letters to servicemen and
the children enjoyed this project
very much.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

and hope to bring much cheer to
those overseas.
GRANT
Eddie Dubay, Carol COulon and
Barbara Kroner
The more strenuous activities
were dropped last week in favor
of story-reading, play with dolls,
an amateur show and other
cooler pastimes.
We finished our story of
"Pinocchio' and read a number
of stories brought by the child
rem. On Wednesday afternoon
many young girls brought their
dolls and we helped sew clothes
for them.
Donaldson school beat our
team in the playoffs Tuesday.
The rest of the week we had
short sessions of volley ball,
paddle tennis and croquet.
On Friday we started writing
letters 10 the soldiers and plan
TO submit a good number for
mailing this week.
LINCOLN
Isabel ,Millar, Eunice Walken-
horst and Carol Engelbrecht
Every activity, even football,
softball and neWcomb, had a
place on our program during
the week despite soaring tenn
peratures. We even conducted
two short hikes, one of the 10
to 11-year group, and another
short, shaded walk for the young
tots.
While the older children
carried on with their achieve
ment tests, the young ones used
the sand bin for modelling. Col
oring books were unusually
popular, especially in the shaded
portions of the grounds on hot
afternoons.
We were beaten in the soft
ball playoffs at st. Mary's, but
made up for this setback with
the largest attendance Of all
grounds at our Hobby Show.
The most popular activity in
recent weeks, and especially
during the hot weather, was our
miniature golf course. 1t has
been constantly busy.
This week we are writing let
tiers to be mailed to servicemen
and women overseas.
DONALDSON
Norma Metler and William
limerick
We are very proud OF oui
softball team which has batteo
it's way to the final playoffs.
Activities at the playground
during the week were reduced
by the hot weather, although W.
maintained an interesting pro
gram for the little ones.
Short sessions of volley ball
softball, newcomb, horseshoe.
and paddle tennis were held
and numerous other circle bal
games and other activities.
Puzzle-making, sand-model
ing, story hours and other hot
weather activities amused the
young ones.
We intend to make a gooc
showing on our final specia
project, writing letters to serv
icemen, and will also increase
our bond and stamp sales thi!
week.
DICKINSON
Jean Millar and Cleo Carlos
Our softball team is now II
the finals after beating Lincoln
and Wilson, and our newcomt
team met Lincoln twice durini
the week.
The weeks program was
full one, with the younger one
playing circle and guessing
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
BAR LOOTED

DAN Loo L ELL
Russell Bliss, proprietor of
the Hall road tavern, North
Gratiot and Hall roads, reported
to the Sheriff's office Friday
that his establishment had been
broken into during the night.
Upon investigation, sheriff's
deputies found that entrance
had been gained by breaking a
window in the side door. A pin
ball machine, music box, and
grip testing machine had been
broken, and an unknown amount
of money taken. Two cases of
beer, two cases of wine and a
table radio were also taken.
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He hurried back and con-
Quoted a search, but his val
ued teeth had disappeared,
covered by the upturned
earth.
The loss of the teeth was soon
forgotten in the day-in day-out
hustle of a truck farm produc-
ing food for war. -. That par
ticular field has been plowed
disced and dragged a number
of times since last fall.
The other day, one OF Char
lies grandchildren was pick
ing beans and there lay
the teeth in a bean patch.
The dental plate was intact
except for one tooth missing!
Farmer Schalm, who is bless
ed with a good sense Of humor,
is telling all his friends of the
incident while he's trying
to get used to his teeth again..
and avoiding hearty sneezes.
Anyone who knows a Gus
v. Moore, of Mount Clemens,
is requested to get in touch
with this column for delivery
of a prisOner-Of-war card from
a Jap camp in the Philippines.
The card was sent by SISgt.
Norman Rose, and was deliv-
cred by mistake to a Gus
Moore, 161 Court street,
(whOse middle initial is not
"V'O and who has never heard
of a Norman Rose. The
only Rose listed with the
Draft Board here is Joe Rose
Jr., a PFC in Panama since
1912 . and no Philippines
connection. Sgt. Roses
message on the card is a per-
sonal one, but we feel justi-
fled in revealing this part of 1t
in order to help identify the
person it is intended for.
It refers to an aunt lila and
Sis" Let us know If you
can help.
TOO MUCH WEIGHT for TOT
small a boat nearly had tragic
results Sunday at Lexington fo'
Earl Mumea, 20, one of our com
posing room hirelings, and tw'
of his pals. Earl, Leonard La
valvo, of the Coast Guard, ant
"Banty" Lapdt, %, of Monroe
loaded their 537 pounds o
weight into a small rowboat
Then they attached the 85-poune
four-cylinder motor, and loaded
in some more equipment, for
gross load of we'll over 62;
pounds. A mile out in Lake
Huron it happened. 1t wa
Just like stepping off a porcf
with the steps removed, Ear
said. The trio suddenl!
found themselves floating.
Lavalvo happened to have
one of the two lifebelts twist
ed around him when the boat
floundered, and "Banty" and
Earl, neither Of them swim
mers, tried to share the other.
But things looked mighty bad,
when suddenly the upturned
boat popped up, a few inches
above the surface. Earl
and Leonard pushed 1SO-
pound "Banty" on top of the
swamped boat because Ban
ty" was in a bad way from
swallowing too much Of Lake
Huron. This caused the boat
to sink almost below the wa
ter surface. The three ship
wrecked mariners chung des-
perately to this slippery haven
for a half hour until another
boat rescued them. II the
rowbOat hadn't come to the
surface, or the upset had hap
pened at nighttime this
story might have had a differ
ent ending, Earl admits.
HARDEST WORKING gentr.
in Mount Clemens last weel
were Henry SAMPLES men owe
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

before THIS WAR IS OVER, thesemay
be only two kinds Of people In America :.
!. those whe cen still 81 - wesk
In automobiles,
4. these whs ere fseesd 10 wulk.
II you want to be In the fortunate group
who will still be riding to work in automo-
biles, join Cuffs "Ant-Breakdown" Club
today. How do you do it1 just come IN foe
Guifs Protective Maintsnancs Planl
This plan was conceived by experts In car
care. Gulf developed it because car mainte-
nance is most important civilian job.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Playground FinoIe Features
Soldiers Letters, Parties

chiIdren's Letters Will Cheer Those in Service;
Scoring Mercury Hampers Lost Weeks Activities
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In order not to scorch milk,
rinse the pan with water for sew
eral minutes before heating the
milk.
A little skim milk rubbed over
leather chairs several times a
year will keep the leather soft and
prevent cracking.
Wax your book shelves. This
will permit books to slide in and
out easier and cause less wear on
them.
Add salt to the water in which
eggs are to be cooked. This makes
the shells more brittle and easier
to remove.
When driving a nail into a wall
to hang picture, try placing
small piece of adhesive tape over
the spot and drive the nail through
it. This will prevent the wall from
cracking there.
When sending book through
the mails, cut the corners from
several heavy envelopes and place
over the four corners of the book
to protect them.
To clean under the piano,
place an old sock moistened with
polish over a yardstick.
If candles are soiled, rub them
with a cloth dipped in alcohol.
Or they may be rubbed with lard
or other fats.
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W.NU. r ElEASE

sat down. 1t was the same bench on
which she had sat that morning to
wrestle with her problem.
Paul did not sit down. He stood
near her, with his hands in his coat
pockets. From that characteristic
posture, with one shoulder down a
little, she knew what to expect, and
she wondered if he took that stance
when he was addressing his classes.
"Zorie," he said, this evening
has shown me exactly what I'll be
up against when we're married. I've
been watching you and studying you
all through dinner-analyZing you as
I've never bothered to analyze you
before. I've had the pleasure of
watching you-the girl I'm going to
marry day after tomorrow-staring
continuously at another man, with
such alteration, such worship that it
nauseated me to watch it."
Her sense of fear suddenly de-
parted. With it went all of her old
feeling of meekness.
Zorie got up. Paul" she said
softly, II think you'd better stop. I
think you don't quite realize what
you're saying. I think you had bet
ter be awfully careful, Paul"
II know what I'm saying" Paul
said harshly. "Tm saying that
you're nothing but a natural-born
cheat! 1t was written all over your
face! You were goofy-eyed! You
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Never use a big unsightly knot
when sewing. Even a tiny knot
should be hidden on the wrong
side. Most dressmakers do not use
a knot at all in the ends of bast-
ing threads because in removing
hastings the knot may catch in
the threads of the fabric and pull
them. Three or four fastening
stitches at the beginning and end
of basting will hold it securely.
If there is a suggestion Of rust
on your refrigerator shelves,
wash them with a mild securing
powder and hot water, dry wei
with soft clean cloth, and apply
thin coating of hot melted paraf-'
fin.
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were ga-ga! You sat there, just
drooling over that brother of mine!"
"Paul-''
"Let me finish," he snapped.
Paul, I'm warning you. l won't
let you or any other man say such
things about me-"
You'll let me say what I have to
say" Paul replied.
Zorie sat down again. He con-
tinued in the same strain. Her
shameless alteration of Steve.
Look at those flowers in your
hair! Ever since he put some white
ginger flowers in your hair, you've
been wearing them like a holy SYM
Dol! Steve the great, Steve the Won
derful puts ginger flowers in your
hair and you melt. You go bah!"
1t was, she supposed, inevitable.
Out of him was gushing the bitter
ness that he had kept damned up
since that morning of their discus
sion on deck. She realized the truth
Paul could not take it, He had
cracked urder the strain he had i'm
posed on himself His solicitude had
been a pretense. his ardor sham.
He did not. she realized. love her.
Not at this moment IN the morn
ing he might, but not now He hat
ed her for revolving against his Vic
torianism. He hated her because
she had refused to be disciplined
and dominated. 1t was really as
simple as that.
Il can't go through with it," Paul
said. 81 want to be released from
our engagement"
Any other time, Paul's outburst
might have been justfed-a little
justified, although nothing she had
ever done, except in her innermost
thoughts, could have justified this.
81 understand" she said gently.
In spite of the ugly things he had
said, she was sorry for Paul. To-
morrow, if she knew Paul, he would
humble himself, would plead for her
forgiveness. Yet, even tomorrow.
he might realize that things, after
this, could never be patched up. She
hoped he would. She hoped this
was the end.
you're free" Paul said waspish-
ly. you're free to do whatever you
wish. to marry anybody you please"
To marry anybody she pleased!
That, in his mind, meant Steve. AS
if she had merely to mention to
Steve that she was now free to be
his-and he would clasp her in his
arms, to have and TO hold. forever!
Perhaps, in one sense, Paul was
right. Certainly, a large part of
Steve's attraction was physical. She
could not recall ever being attracted
SO strongly to Paul.
Anyway. she would not have to
marry Paul. She had escaped!
Zorie was aware OF a sense OF
soaring relief.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-01
BY VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper I'm

~
At ONE of the first committee
l \ meetings of the "American
Scriptures" intermission fea-
ture of the Philharmonic Sym
phony Sunday afternoon con-
certs, the distinguished council
waited and waited for Carl Car
mer. They snapped stories of his
absent mindedness-there was the
time he'd completely forgotten
faculty meeting, the time he'd in
terviewed a famous actress, and
worn one white shoe and one black
one. The famous gentlemen of the
council were in something of tizzy
over the absence of the famous au-
thor who's heard in american
Scriptures. Finally they phoned
him-and discovered that the meet
ing had been called for the following
day!
Danny Kaye says he makes love
in two styles, wolf and dove, in
1.-The Wonder Man." his second pic
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HElSM 0vERBQ AR6

THE STORY THUS FAR: Zorie Corey,
who hates herself for being SO meek, is
railroaded into taking job she does not
want, helping Admiral Duncan write his
memoirs. She is in love with Paul Dun
can, the admirars grandson. While
aboard the steamship Samoa en- route to
Hawaii a hand is clamped over her
mouth and she Is scooped up and tossed
into the sea. She manages to catch hold
Of life ring some sailor tossed over
board. On recovering from shock Zorie
learns that Steve, Paurs handsome broth
er, with whom she is infatuated, was
taken violently Ill at the time she was
thrown on the boat. The admiral makes
the announcement that Pearl Harbor Is
bombed.
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completely opposite temperaments,
and woos Virginia Mayo and Vera
Ellen by different techniques.
Chungking, capital of wartime
China, played an important role in
the first American air raid on Tokyo,
in 1912; it was there that Doolittle
and his men were to meet after
bombing the Jap capital. So Met
ro's Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
was booked for world premier in
Chungking as well as in New York.
Spencer Tracy has the brief but i'm
portant role of Doolittle.
All top roles for Columbia's pic
turization of the radio show, II Love
Mystery" have been filed. Jim
Bannon, former announcer on the
program, plays one of the two detec-
tives; the second is played by Bar
ton Marlborough, who created the
role in the original radio show. The
two leading feminine roles go to
Nina Foch and Carole Mathews;
George Mcready has the most i'm
portant male role.
-
Johnnie Johnston, rising young
movie and radio star, is proving
that performers have to have the
stamina of coal HEAVIER these days.
Recently out of hospital bed after
an appendectomy, Johnston, who
sings romantic songs with Paul Bar
on's orchestra on the new CHS "Mu-
sic That Satisfies" appeared at FIVE
shows a day at the theater where
Lana Turner's Marriage Is Pri-
vate Affair." was playing.
Phil Baker, star of CBS's Take
1t or Leave IT, claims he was the
highest paid movie actor in Holly
wood. He got eight weeks pay for
one weeks work-when he reached
Hollywood, the Take 1t or Leave
It. film was complete except for his
sequence.
Johnny Morgan seems to have
grabbed top place among the new
comedians of 1874. In addition to
his Monday evening show he will
soon be seen in new Broadway
musical comedy, and is headed for
Hollywood in the spring.
A talented new crop of top-kre
performers, scripters and techni-
clans will emerge from veterans of
this war, survey of the results of
the first few weeks of MICS "NNel-
come Home Additions" reveals. One
of every three veterans interviewed
has been found worthy of profess
sional employment. Additions are
held Wednesday and Saturday morn
ings, and interviews are held in
Radio City all week.
Goodman Ace, of Easy Aces"
once named a character for two of
his friends, and innocently offended
an individual of the same name in
Brooklyn. Now, whenever possible,
he has each actor use his own name.
Judge Begley Florence Halop, the
secretary, and all the others are
real people. Mary Hunter, who's
"Marge Hale" is an exception
"Marge" was an established script
name when Mary joined the cast.
-
ODDS AND ENDS-Tom andrea, first
member OF The This Is the Army" troupe
to receive an honorable discharge, has been
signed to long.tcrm contract by Warner
Bros. Jack Carson gets the leading male
role in "Mildrrd Pierce" Opposite Joan
Craze ford. :. "The Legend OF Sleepy Hol.
Io,U" rUill be produced by RKO as a must.
cal. The airs Grand Ole on: y" celn-
brates its 10Th anniversary in radio Nouem-
Der 20. . Film stars Lloyd Nolan and
Claire Treror take radio fier to cope
tUith crime and criminals in the Mutual
netroork thriller series. "Results, Inc" he
plays defective agency boss, and Claire,
his secretary.
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