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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28

historic as THE Hand of the
Four Deuces" and l have had
many requests to review it.
1t was auction bridge, North
was dealer and bid. one heart.
Mr.. Maschke (South) bid one
spade, and all passed. He made
seven. The last four cards in his
hand were the four deuces.
Vests opening diamond lead
won in dummy with the ace, Mr..
Maschke playing the six-spot.
The queen of spades was finessed
and the three Of diamonds
trumped. The jack of spades was
finessed; the six of hearts led and
the queen finessed. On the ace of
hearts Mr.. Maschke played the
four-s p OF. Dummy's ten of
spades was led to the ace, and
when the eight and six of spades
were cashed, both West and East
were squee zed. Now Mr..
Maschke was left with the four
deuces. He led the deuce of
trumps, West decided he could
not protect the heart suit and
discarded the king. Dummy dis
carded the nine of hearts, and
East, trying to protect the club
suit, let 60 the jack of hearts.
Now Mr.. Maschke led the deuce
Of hearts and West let 60 the
jack of diamonds. Mr.. Maschke
then cashed the deuce of dia-
monds and won the deuce Of
clubs in dummy. It is true that
other defense might have made
it impossible for Mr.. Maschke to
cash his four deuceS in a row,
but the squeeze is there and
seven-odd can be made.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
POSTWAR SPEED LIMITS

Harold F. Hammond head Of the National Con-
sevotion Bureaus traffic division, predicts that o5
miles on hour will be the top speed limit the best
highways otter the war, matter how streomined
our cars or how super our highways and motor fuel
may be.
We hope that his prediction is correct In each
Of recent peocetnne years traffic accidents have
taken os many lives as q major military operation.
When normal driving is resumed our Pent-uP desire
for speed will lead the country on awful motor
ing binee if we are not curbed.
AS Mr.. Hammond soys, mo one has yet been
oble to engineer sofey into the driver"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
. SO THEY SAY

Americans! Soon the robot
bombers will come to your soil.
Soon you will feel what war
means. Quit the war before it is
too late.-Leaflets thrown from
German prisoner train passing
through Minnesota.
When we heard about the
Second front" soldiers and Of
ficers danced for JOY. We knew
that the war would soon be
over. Finnish prisoners cap
tured in Russia.
hope the time is coming when
we will recognize men and wo-
men for their work, their con-
tributions to the uplift of their
country. We must be educated
for it. We must learn about our
neighbors. - Gen. Benjamin O.
Davis, only Negro general in the
U. S. Army.
He kiddcd me about the art Of
how to make girls faint.-Frank
Sinatra after meeting President
Roosevelt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
[. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What are the six principal
parties in Italy?
A-Liberal, Communist, Chris
tian Democrat, Democracy Of
Labor-in power; Socialist, Act
ion-out of power.
Q-What odd profession pros
pers in Japan and probably no.
where else?
Attaching flower arrange
ment. There are 10000 teachers
engaged in this art in Tokyo.
Q-How many planes do our
commercial airlines have now?
A-3l7, with ALLEGATION of 20
two-engined DC transports TO 10
airlines recently.
Q-What does the term caveat
emptor mean?
A-Let the purchaser beware.
Q-By what name is the potato
known in Hawaii?
A-Thc rose.
Q-Are. animals being used to
any extent in the present war?
Ayes. AS an example, for
the India Burma frontier cam
paignS, India has sent 10000 ami
mails, and 10000 more have been
imported from Africa and Ar
gcntina. They include horses,
mules, bullocks and camels.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
By PETER EDISON

Any way you look at the cur
rent shortages of munitions they
are difficult TO understand and
in many respects they don't
make sense.
You may read all the hand
outs on critical items, listen to
all the speeches about them,
memorize all the statistics of de-
mand, supply and consumption,
rationaliZe all the alibis offered
by military or civilian produc-
ton experts, develop blind stag
gers reading their graphs, curves
and pie charts. In the end you
are dizzier than a blonde who
has been through the works in
the tunnel of love, and you still
don't know the answers.
This is where you came in. All
the columns of news dispatches
you now read from the fronts
and from Washington, all the
editorials trying to interpret the
shortages of ammunition, tires,
trucks, guns and even manpoWer
are of the same tenor as 1910
and Al.
The cumulative impact Of the
current production crisis reports
is that this is a bigger national
disgrace than Pearl Harbor three
years ago. Trying to fix the
blame for what happened at
blame for whatever it is that has
happened on the home front may
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
MR. MoeLEIsH's PRESCRIPTION

Archibald MocLeish generally conceded to be
and noet and oood Librarian Of Congress- has not
had very distinguished career in government. AS
head of the pre-OWI Office Of Facts and Figures ne
wos more inclined to persuade than to inform -
natural enouoh mistake for q poet to make, 0ut
scorcely q recommendation for purely toctuo IOO'
Now Mr.. MocLeish has been nominated Tor AS
sstont Secretary Of Stote in charge OF cultural reo-
TONS 1t sounds like good Job for him. But the Sen
ate has held up confirmation Of his nominations, with
those of other assistant secretary candidates, Peno
ina some deep and earnest discussion
# NAV be that Mr.. MocLesh's poetic profession,
tooether with his OFF record, will not prejudice the
senote in his favor But before they Judge him too
horshIy we would commend to the practical stotes-
men recent prose article by the Poe-Ibroron And
thouoh it's probably no nducement, we will agree to
reod the whole article if the senators will do the
same.
The piece is titled "Humonism and the BeIet
in Man," And quoted samples Of it in the newspapers
would indicate thot Mr.. MocLesh has sold sone-
thino quite appropriate to the times and his pro-
spective new job.
Hun,onisn is loose and inclusive term, but Mr..
MocLeish's definition Of his own particular brond
seems to be summed up thus: ut is necessary to be-
Iieve in man, not only as the Christians believe IN
man. out Of pity or the democrats believe in man,
out Of loyalty, but oIso as the Greeks believed in
man. out Of PRIDE"
Certainly that prescription should suit the worlds
needs in the immediate postwar years. War makes it
hard to believe in out Of pride in spite OF the
multitude Of heroic octs that it coils FORTH 1t brutal
ICES him, strips away his civilization, and squond-
ers his life with cruel prodeoity 1t is necessary otter
every war to ennobe man anew, to restore his faith
in leadership to believe that from lesson OF degro
dotion has come new concept Of decency and dig
nifty.
Thot did not happen otter the lost war, and there
are symptoms that it might not happen after this
one We should like to see Mr.. MocLeish take his
ideo Of democratic humonsm" into the State De-
portnent and see if perhaps it might catch on in
ternotionoIIy
For our future depends upon diplomacy, re-
mote region in which the common people have diff
Guilty in making themselves heard - even in de-
mocrocy. 1t is good our deludine ourselves into
thinking that the world is going to be made better
by lot Of new inventions.
Our salvation lies not in Poscs but in ethics,
and ethics in the highest reaches Of government
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

S o m e misunderstanding has
arisen in connection with an
nounCements that income tax
payers may file their final 1914
returns, and clean up their Obll-
cations to the Treasury on Janu-
airy Is if they choose.
This option does not replace
the customary March Is filing
date. 1t is nothing new. There
never has been any reason in
past years why taxpayers could
not file on, or before, January /,
provided they could obtain the
necessary forms. And there is no
change in the law that prevents
your waiting until March Is, if
you want.
The real significance of the
January Is date arises out Of the
final quarterly tax estimate UNI
der the y-as-you-ear system.
Here is how it works:
If you knew, last April IS,
that your 1914 income tax would
be substantially greater than the
tax your employer was with
holding, you were required TO
file Form l040-ES, estimating
your probable tax liability, and
with it to pay one-quarter of the
amount Of your tax that would
not be covered by withhCidings.
CHANGE PAYMENTS
If there was no change in your
tax prospects by June Is, and
again by September l5-that is,
if your income was running
about as you had antiCipatCd-On
each of those dates you would
send in anthcr quarter of the
estimated tax not covered by
withholding. If, however, by
either date you discovered that
your expectations had changed
materially, you were supposed to
file an amended Form l040-ES
and change your payments ac-
cordingly.
Those responsibilities are past
history. But there was a fourth
dCadline scheduled for December
Is. At that time you were re-
CURED to bring your estimate
close enough to the facts SO that
with the December Is payments
you would have paid not less
than 80 per cent Of your total
1914 tax.
That is where the new Janu-
airy Is date comes in. The Treas
ury and Congress realized that
many taxpayers would have
paid not less than 80 per cent OF
your total 1914 tax.
That is where the new Janu-
airy Is date comes in. The Treas
ury and Congress realized that
many taxpayers would have
windfalls between December Is
and January !, which would slap
penalties on men and women
who had conScientiouSly and in
diligently complied with every
provision of the tax law.
So the December Is final csti-
mate and payment were deferred
until January Is, at which time
all 1914 income will have been
received and all 1914 CXpcndi-
lures will have been made. and
an accurate report will be pos
siblC.
So by January Is It is your
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
D IN HOLLYWOOD

The Hoosier hot shots arrived
in Hollywood over the week
end for the third in a series of
eight films for Columbia, Rock
in in the Rockies"
Add things we wished we'd
seen: Marie Wilson playing Ca
mile" in a school theater pro-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Q FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
POSTWAR PLANNING

NEW YORK, Dec. 28-Ten
American lieutenants, now pris-
oners in Germany, have at least
one postwar plan made. A New
York hotel reports they have fill
ed a standing order for reserva-
tions for use as soon as they
reach the United States.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
CLANG, CLANG, CLANG
VENT THE TROLLEY

DENVER, Colo, Dec. % -
Up The unsuspecting motor
man continued merrily on his
way, his street car motor ablazc.
After passerby turned in the
alarm, firemen chased the street
car four blocks before the mot
orman could be stopped-and
the fire quenched.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

be about as fruitless as trying
t. fix the blame for wha: hap
pened at Honolulu on Dec. q,
l94l. But isn't it about time that
everybody in the United States,
collectively, start getting mad?
WE'RE GOOD, BUT
Bonds have been bought by
the billions. Production "E's"
and LAS" and ms" and proba-
bly, Abs and Obs have been
awarded by the convoy load to
management for the swell job it
has done. Labor with a capital
l. has alternately been kicked
on the backSide and patted itself
on the back for the job it has
done. The Army and Navy are
bigger and better than any Army
or Navy have ever been before.
The women, God love 'em, have
rocked the kiddie car with one
hand while heading up rivet
with the other. We're good -
there's no denying it.
Yet from the reports Of gen.
erals from Eisenhower and Mac
Arthur TO Somervell, we haven't
begun to fight and we can't until
the home front passes not only
more ammunition but couple
of production miracles as well.
What happened? 1t isn't
enough to kiss this off as mere
misfortune of war.
Why should there be billions
of dollars worth of SURPRISES to
dispose of when there are bill
lions of dollars worth of short
ages of critical items? Why mil
lions Of surplus, over-age dry
cell batteries when the dry cell
battery production program is
behind. schedule? Was that bad
planning?
Why should supply ships have
to ride at anchor unloaded? If
a people is smart enough to plan
in advance for mulberry" UNI
loading docks and build portable
railroad bridges in England to
replace those bombed in France,
why hasn't the same people
enough genius to lick the supply
problem to the Siegfried or
Gothic Lines?
WHO is THE REAL VILLAIN?
Were civilian production
chiefs and private business men
too eager to plan too much re-
conversion too soon?
We're service chiefs wrong in
cutting back production of such
things as small arms and cotton
duck?
Was the Senate Committee In
vestigating the War Effort a bit
off base when it criticized the
Army for ordering too many
trucks and tires-in view Of the
present shortages?
Was Congress wrong in refus-
ing to consider National Serv-
ice Act a year ago, in view of
present manpoWer difficulties?
Was the White House laggard
in demanding a substitute?
Were appropriations commit
tees short sighted when they re-
fused the War Manpower Com
mission sufficient funds to recog-
nize the Employment Service
and enforce their Certificate of
Availability program to control
job transfers?
Have labor leaders, now
claiming so large a share in
shaping national policies, been
as smart as they claim to be in
their opposition to stricter labor
regulations?
You may blame everybody or
anybody for this thing that has
happened on the production
front, but finding sacrificial
goats to offer on the affairs of
national wrath will not remedy
the situation. All you can do is
recognize that it has happened
and then
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Iull Before the Storm

Censorship Of domestic mail
was introduced into Denmark by
Nazi authorities more than two
months before they seized coa-
troll Of the Danish government.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
GREETINGS

GREETINGS
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. %
Up From an irate Oregon Wo-
man to the State OPA Ration
Board came this handed
holiday greetings on appropri-
ate Christmas stationery:
"Thirty-four blue stamps, "a
red stamps, Is pounds of sugar
invalidatcd. Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
DANGEROUS STATIC

Two West Orange, N. j., men have received q
potent eodeet which introduces artificial noise
into Ione-distonce telephone conversation in or
der to blot out the Gross talk" thot one OCCASION
oily hears We only hope, in the interest Of pre-
serving fine old American tradition, that this de-
vice is never incorporated into the rural porty line
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
duCtion.

Passing through Flagstaff,
Ariz., Judd McMichael of the
Merry Macs tried to buy some
Indian souvenirs for his young
sters. NO souvenirs" said the
station man. Indians all work
ing in war plants.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM +. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

In December of 1880 / broad
cast today's hand from Cleve-
land. The late Maurice Maschke,
of Ohio political fame, was the
declarer. Tom ("Red") Manning
and Harold Gallagher were the
announcers. The hand became
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
FINDERS KEEPERS?

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf,
Dec. % - P)-Seaman Richard
B. McNeal has lost a hotel.
Registering late one night, he
left his money with the clerk
while he went out again. Re-
turning, McNeal couldn't re-
member the hotels name or
where it was.
He still has the claim check,
the Navy still is hunting, and
the clerk still has the money.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
APPETITE

APPETITE
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. % -
(P) - A burglar broke through
the second floor Of a vacant
building adjoining a down town
cafe, forced a door, and dropped
into the cafe kitchen through a
trap door.
His loot: One Accent sweet
potato pie.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
PUPPET PARTNERSHIP

- u AN
Now it's plastic cartoon char
acters. Two of Walt Disney's
former artists, Larry Morey and
John Sutherland, have formed a
"Daffy Ditty' company, starring
plastic puppets.
Leave it TO Hollywood TO put
showmanship into the blood
bank drive. Ingrid Bergman and
JcnnifCr Jones registered dom
ors at the Sclznick studio, and
a Marine combat team staged a
sham battle on the studios front
lawn.
Xavier Cugat is paging Au-
rora Miranda, Garments sister,
to join his band as vocalist.
A troupe of can-can dancers
working in San Antonio" serve
coffee TO service men visiting
the set There's a sign over the
coffee pot reading, Hollywood
CantcCn,"
George Yates. one Of the
towns better script writer's, is
publishing a Handy Guide for
the Amateur Screen Writer" The
book gives basic plots plus sew
cral hundred methods Of work
ing them out.
Ad in local newspaper:
Completely furnished Knabe
Spinct piano. Three bedrooms,
2 baths, enclosed central patio,
spacious reception hall, unit
heat" Now there's a piano
Martha Rayc can be found az
the Arthur Murray dance studio
three times a week giving rhum-
Da lessons tO service men,
Robert Walker has devoted
his entire screen career 10 the
wearing Of an Army uniform.
Now he's in Uniform again as
the bellboy i'm Her HighnesS
and the Bellboy."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

Exclusively Yours: For the
first time Hollywood is about
to link a great motion picture
of the past with the present. 1t S
Preston SturgeS' idea for Har-
old Lloyd's return to the screen.
The new film will open with
the final scene of Lloyd's 20
year-old comedy The Fresh
man." and then continue from
there. It's another first in recent
weeks for Lloyd, who recently
debuted on the air as host of the
COMEDY Theater' program.
Ida Lupino, resting between
films in her usual manner, is up
to her neck in new camp show
idea with Monte Woolley, who
is coaching her in Macbeth"
Ruth HusSey is headed for a
glamor girl buildup in Andrew
Stones new movie Bedside
Manner"
Now it is ersatz cigarets on
movie sets. They're made Of It's
sue paper and saWdust.
A writer at the Goldwyn stu
do met Sam the other day and
proudly announced that his wife
had presented him with a son
named Bill. Couldn't you find
a better name than Bill?" said
GoldWyn. Every Tom, Dick
and Harry is named Bill"
Vic McLaglcn and Chester
Morris are reSuming the Sgt.
Quirt-Capt. Flagg feud with
different namcS) in the Column
bia movie Men Of the Deep"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22

this district. The next waste
paper pickup is scheduled for
Sunday, April %. The Bay
State Golf Clubs 1914 spring
tournament the last week in
May will feature the James E.
Miller Memorial handicap in
honor of Medford'S popular
and sadly missed Jim" Miller,
former local baseball and golf
veteran who usually would be
greeting this reporter with golf
news at this time Of year. IN
til next week, thanks for your
cooperation and remember you
can send, write, or phone your
notes before Mondays, If pos
Sible.-M. K.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22

Stalleworth, David Bracy, Law
renee Johnson, Willard Gallo
way, James Drew. Mercedes
GLADDEN., Albert Rutherford,
Jesse Pruitt and Miss Gertrude
Howard of BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Pfc Joseph Badly of 1882
Quartermaster Service Com
pany was home ON a brief fur
Tough from Fl Devens after
having seen duty at numerous
camps throughout the country.
Mr.. Badly gives much praise to
Hostess Madeleine X Digger,
formerly at Fl Devens and the
regret expressed by the boys
there because of her leaving
Devens. Pvt Odell Frost and Pfc
OStin Harris are with the same
outfit and are here on leave.
It's, John H Neal is also with
the group and will come on late
for his visit home.
The Communion service at
Bethel AME church, Rev H L
Moore, pastor, will be held on
the fifth Sunday Of this month
instead of the first of next
month. The general conference
will be held on the first Sunday
in May with the Rev William
Jackson Of Hartford as speaker,
sponsored by the Missionary
group.
Rev Moore, assisted by the
choir of Bethel church, were
guests at a special service at
the Peoples ANfE church on
Vine st the Rev ] Atkins pas
tor.
Mr. Roger Williams and his
bride from Washington, D C
are home. Mr. williams has re-
entered employment at the
Springfield Armory. A reception
is planned for the near future.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22
vV0BURN
ST JOHNS BAPTIST

ReD Harold T Branch, Pastor
WOBURN, Mass, April II -
The church'S weekly bulletin
has added a great deal to the
services. 1t is the desire of the
pastor that the members and
friends take a copy each week
and read it thoroughly. News
for the bulletin must be in the
hands of the pastor by Thurs
day of each week. Tickets for
the pop concert at the local
YMCA at Hammond So are
selling very fast. Any one de-
string to have a table reserved
for them must do so immedi-
ately. The pastor preached in
the morning and evening on
the subjects "a Global Gospel"
and call to Decision" Both
sermons were well delivered
and full of food for thought.
The junior choir rendered mu-
sic in the morning. The young
people of Woburn held a mass
meeting in the First Baptist
church, this city, at BIS p m
last Sunday. A delegation of
young people was present from
the Protestant church in the
city. The church school was
held at noon last Sunday, MIR
Chester Canada, Supt. Private
and Mrs John Martin spent a
few weeks in the city visiting
his relatives. Private Donald
Maddox is spending a few
days visiting in the city. Mrs
Jane Henry returned to her
home in Beaufort, N c after
spending a few weeks visiting
friends in the city. Junior choir
rehearsal will be held Mondays
from 4 to $50 p m. Senior
choir rehearsal will be held on
Thursday evenings from 8 to IL
D m. The Sunshine Band will
present the Cloverleaf Quartet
in the st Johns church, May 4.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22
WEST NEWTON
MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH

MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Req J H Dennis, Pastor.
Yes, you may join now the
worlds greatest Army, all I'M
der one flag. A flag that never
furls nor drags. Your uniform
is within but shines without
and is woven of love, mercy,
righteousness, justice and for
all the earth. For wherever we
may be, we are brothers with
God your and our Father. If
you think we are right come
and help us. Sunday, April %,
10:45 a m: misunderstanding
and a Bad Motive" Sunday
School 1915 p m. Young Peo-
pies meeting 6 p m. Theme at
745: ::God's Measure"
Sunday, April 16, the rain
failed to keep our members at
home. They were very well
pleased when they heard the
sermon on when and why the
Christian shouts. It is only
when something worthwhile
has taken place within and
without. The evening subject
was also catching. Topic:
DAILY Service" No hit and
miss here and there, gaping
and mapping, but service from
start to finish. Not just tongue
and lip and looking on, but
going in and taking an active
part. These sermons will live
with us. At 8 p m Rev Dennis
attended the Missionary meet
ing at Ebenezer Baptist church,
Boston, where an excellent
sermon was delivered by Rev
Lowry of Mass. Ave. Baptist
church, Cambridge. At the
morning service Mrs Jones CT
North Carolina, sister Of Mrs
Sidy Moore Of Curve st was our