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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
DANGEROUS cARELESSNESS

The Department Of Agriculture has begun vi.
folly necessary campaign to reduce the tremendous
destruction coused year otter yeor by forest fires.
Wood, all know, is one Of the most critical Of
materials. Yet lost year the number Of forest
fires over 10000 This figure hos been reached
and topped for otter season. and the Depart.
n1ent estimates that at least 600 fires are man.
ooused and therefore preventobe.
Forest fires effect more than our timber supply.
They induce soil erosion and seasonal floods They
destroy wild life. And they compIicote the nonpower
shortage by requiring nearly 1000 900 mondays
each year to fight them.
The rules for preventing this dangerous wostoee
are the same ever: Smoke only in sofe Places and
be sure matches, cigarettes, cigars and pipe ashes
ore out before you leave them; toke core in building
and extinoushne comp fires; don't burn brush un.
less you know how and when TO do it,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
BY PETER EPSON


Maybe a $7,000,000 mistake
that is two years old and has
now been rectified is nothing TO
worry about in wartime. On
the other hand
Details of how the Navy De-
partment's Bureau of Ships in
sisted on sticking to its original
landing craft design-a better
design by Andy Higgins was
available = without testing it
and even though after it had
been proved unseaworthy. arc
row revealed in full and for the
first time in the third annual
report of the Senate Truman
Committee investigating the
war effort. Two hundred and
twenty-five of the bureau-de-
signed lighters were actually
built and orders for 100 more
were actually placed. Fortu-
ndtelN, COIlSti uCtlOIi was stopPCt
on 1000 of them before it was
too late. But the mistakes cost
the taxpayers S7,0O0,000 and a
full years delay in getting
started on construction of tank
lighters and small landing craft
of sound design essential in
Pacific island-hopping and in
the Forthcoming invasion of Eu-
rope.
The Truman Committee in
vestigated this situation in the
summer of 1912, and on August
5 filed a report with Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox. Next
day, the secretary asked that the
report be withheld in the pub
lie interest. He later asked
Chairman David |. Walsh of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
to make a separate investiga-
ton.
Professor Seward reported In
November, partially whitewash-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16

1l00-all of its own design! Or
ders were placed April %.
HIGGINS MODEL
SEAWORTHY
On May 8, 10 and IL, 1912.
first of the Nays 50-footers
was tested at Philadelphia. II
Unanswered forward all right,
but was unsatisfactory in re-
verse. Finally, on May IS, 1912.
this pilot model and a Higgins
model were tested at Norfolk.
each bearing a 30-ton tank in
an 10 to 23-mile wind. Says a
report, THE bureau tank lighter
shipped so much water
that it was forced to turn back
for fear of laundering. The Hig-
gins lighter successfully reached
Fort Story and disgorged the
Bottom tank on the beach,"
Although Rear Admiral c. A.
Jones said there had been no
danger Of capsizing and Comdr.
r. B. Daggett, chief Of the Con-
tract Design Section in the Blu
reau of Ships. would not admit
that the bureau lighter failed,
next day all yards building the
100 lighters were advised that
it was necessary to change con-
struction from the bureau of the
Higgins-type lighter.
THE failure of the bureau to
initiate rough water tests of its
lighter for a period of over three
years may be explained" says
the Truman Committee report.
"by any of three reasons: First.
negligence; second. an ingrained
doubt as to the probable sue
cess of such tests; or third.
belief that its own design could
not be susceptible to unsea-
worthiness"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
SHOES AND TAXES

1t seems shame to droe such an om'ooe COM
edon as Ed Wynn into serious discussion or toSes.
But if Ed will Just lend his theatrical shoes TOR
moment. we will attempt to demonstrate that thess
famous brooons resemble the United Stotes income
tox lows about as closely as does anything IN TINS
troubled world
Ed as YOU probably know, hos worn the same
shoes for stage appearances throughout ms ooreer'
For reasons Of sentiment and superstition, ne mas
cuno to the footwear thot corred him onsto9e TOR
his first professional success Naturally, however,
thew don't look much like the shoes that Ed first
put on some 3O-odd years oeo
Time and trove have wrought many changes
They have been soled and heeed in annual over
houIs Toes and heels and tongues have gone and
come and gone again Big patches have replaced
little ones The shoes have swollen and bu9ed at the
seams as their strotfed burden Of leather increased
The income tax dotes roughly from the some pc.
Rod as do Mr. Wynn1s shoes and his rise TO tome
Perhaps the income tax has not achieved Eds pop
uorty, but the legislative branch Of our government
has clunq to it with fondness which may olso COM
bne sentiment and superstition
Time and circumstance have changed the tax
picture, too. And to keep up with both, successive
Congresses have patched and pe9eed and sewed.
They have piled new clouses and new toxes, they
have plugged old IoophoIes and opened new ones.
But they apparently have never thought Of tossing
away the whole elaborate contropton and building
new, understandable tax law, any more than Ed
has thought Of buying requirements for his toot'ieht
eunboots
Reports Of the Senote-House conference on the
1914 tax bill indicate that the present Congress is
different from its predecessors The conterees ar
oued about this and thot, but it wos always point
thot added, rather than subtrocted, complication.
The one motion to substitute simpler tax bill wos
quickly rejected on point Of order.
So don't get your hopes UP by thinking that the
present tax schedule you're sweating over is the uti-
mate in fiscal BOBBY trops. You con be os that
the 1914 edition will add to your headaches os you
con that Ed Wynn will odd couple more patches
to his Shoes
The only difference is, Eds shoes are funny.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
HEARD AROUND

Typographical error in a local
newspaper left three RKO ex-
ecutives blushing. They were
identified as "sexecutives."
Kenny Bowers, M-G-M's jit-
terbug comic, raised the eye
brOws of several executives
when he passed their table in
the studio cafe. Feed 'em
ivy, the little lamzies," quipped
Bowers to the waitress.
Add call sheet fun; from Uni
versal's Pardon My Rhythm -
Need two great Danes, one
camel, two wild hogs, mother
lion and cubs, two monkeys,
Bob Crosby and Marjorie Weav-
err"
Alan Marshalls 4-year-old
son. Kit, likes to relate his
dreams at the breakfast table
Other morning Marshall chided
him, Kit, l don't believe you
know what dream isl" Sure
| do replied the boy, cts a
moving picture while you're
asleep
Talking about a certain studio
boss, Scenarist j. NJ. Waideck
cracked: Hes the man who
makes all final indecisiOns."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

up in Arms" will leave you
hysterical. Especially when he
means. Before you see the pic
ture you have to sit through
the credits and then goes into
a double-talk routine.
Bayes made famous the
song, Down Where the Wurz-
burger Flows, y but Ann Sheri-
dan will not sing it as Nora in
Shine On Harvest Moon" The
reason is kinda obvious.
Judging from the reviews Of
Pistol Packin' Mama Repub-
lie must have been shooting
with blanks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
PSYCHIC RECIPROCITY

Lost month the Jops broadcast to the world the
news that spirits Of their soldiers killed on Attu had
voIontly opposed the American conquest Of Ksko
And some doy soon these same propooondists
going to be forced into the reluctant admission that
the ghost Of the oftsunk American fleet hos returned
to roise the devil with the ImperoI novy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-16
l283-YEAR TREE CUT

1283-YEAR TREE CUT
A huge cypress tree cut in
Louisiana a few years ago was
1882 years old. When sawed, it
produced 1852 feet of lumber.
Experts believe that the tree
grew one inch in diameter every
% years.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27

As WE MOVE closer victory it wouldn't be surprising if
~ you were saying yoursef-"Whats the big idea of
asking for all this additional money now? Isn't the
almost over?"
No sir is Not by long shot. Of course for
months heard mostly about the with Germany
where greatest effort is concentrated That's why many
people have the idea that the wars practically
But make mistake about -nohing could be farther
from the TRUTH The Japanese is tremendous under
taking and victory will high Well have to fight every
inch of the way.
Everything Costs More i'm the Pacific War
the Pacific will Take transport costs, for in
stance Because of the longer distances the amount of
freight Is per when shipped to the South
Pacific than Europe And takes twice many ships
in the Pacific support task force of given size because
turn-a around time is twice great!
More Planes :. Tanks Ships. Oil
In addition we shall need of everything. More BIG
Superortresses that each More PAT Thunder
bolts that cost $4,000 EACH More MA Tanks with bull
dozer blades that EACH More aphbous tanks
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27
Winning the Peace for Your Country

Winning the Peace for Your Country
If the peace well the the cost of living
be kept down and the purchasing of money pre-
served reckless initiation that would necessarily be fol-
lowed by the catastrophe of deation-with its unemploy
ment bankruptcies misery
at all cost.
Let's make mistake-a dangerous period lies ahead.
The American people have nothing fear however, if they
show the future the they have shown
in the past and continue put every penny
expenses into the purchase of and more War Bonds
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-27

aircraft carrers-more supply shps-more gasoline
and oil than it took for the invasion of Europe!
Care for the Sick and Wounded
And lest anyone forget, shall need battalion aid
staons-more clearing staonsmore evacuation hospitals
more convalescent hosptals-more hospital ships
For many many years the sick, wounded and otherwise
disabled will require medical attention and
That's the least Uncle Sam do in appreciation of what
they We done for
Maintenance for Millions
Did YOU ever stop think how much money costs to main
tain the IL IL million and in army and
navy? Whether the actually fighting not, they
must be fed housed transported from training center
battle area to another cared for in hundred and differ
ent ways That all money and will continue to until the
last man demobized is back in civilian clothes.
Inadditon millions of dollars will required for mastering
out pay for benefits and services voted by Congress
to help the boys get started in civilian life
These enough why patriotic Americans will
want buy heavily during the Sixth War Loan But here
still more
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
What Was Legend Of inc Star
 In inc East!

"The New Testament does not guide us in attempting to identify the Christmas star" Dr. Dinsmore Alter, director of the Griffith ob- servatory, Los Angeles. Calf, states.
 We know what the heavens ap- peared like 2,000 years ago and there is only one reasonable theory for the announcement of the Wise Men, who said, in Matthew 2:2:
 Where is He that is born King of the Jews, for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship him?'
 Tn B. C., there was a grouping of three planets Jupiter, Saturn and which might have pro- vided the ancients with their long awaited sign of the Nativity.
 "One year earlier-7 B. C.-Ju- piter, Saturn and Venus were sim ilarly grouped.
 What makes the astronomer pause at accepting this theory is the passage in Matthew which reads, The star went before them That, many scientists assume, must have been a psychological rather than an actual visual impression"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
SCOT PRIVATE TELLS HOW "5ILENT NIGHT"
 SPILLED WAR GUNS

It was Christmas Eve, 1914. be- tween Armentiers and Arras, while Gordon Highlanders huddled in trenches when somebody remem- bered the day.
 Jim, let's sing" one said to Pri- vate James Sutherland-Wat of Nor folk, Va.
 Jim pleaded off, but someone else started Silent Night, Holy Night" and soon Jim and the whole Scot regiment had joined in.
 When the last refrain subsided, from the opposite trenches arose other voices attuned in "Stille Nacht." Then all night long Christ mas carols rang from trench to trench in strange tongues while can- non and flares from other sectors lit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
GNua11saA SelA 71szy R1w ,4aa<~

:. y,
 s NY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
OUTDOOR YULE TREE FIRST MADE BOW IN
 CAPITAL DURING '23

In 1923 beautiful evergreen tree, cut in the woods of Vermont, was sent to Washington and set up in sherman Square.
 This trees was gift from Mid dlebury College to the President of the United States. It was decorated and wired with hundreds of tiny electric lights, and on Christmas Eve President Coolidge switched on the lights of the First National
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
ATTA5TUFF

Are you going to have Christ mas tree at your home?
 Yes" answered Senator Sor- ghum.
 Are you going to decorate it with many gifts?"
 "Yes. I'm going to show that an American citizen can be just as generous toward his only family as he is expected to be to nations abroad"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
XMAS, FRIENDS GIVE COUPLE A
 NEW BEGINNING

Throughout the year many kind unselfish persons help to tighten the burdens of life for those less for tunate than themselves. But on Christmas as the spirit of the Christ Child descends upon a troubled world, these acts seem more com- mon and those suffering from pow erty and the sometimes unkind acts of fate are often given new hope through the selflessness of others.
 In snug little three-room house on ten acres near Chicago. H., MT. and Mrs. John Hoogewoning, truck farmers, and two of their children were suddenly brought face to face with the deepest meaning of Christ mas on that very day.
 One midnight of the previous month fire swept through their for mer home. Their eight children sleeping upstairs were trapped. John Hoogewoning ran up over the blaz- ing stairs but could rescue only his oldest daughter, Gerretie, IT, and youngest son, Carl, 3. The others died in the smoke and flames which reduced the home to pile of ashes. Hoogewoning was rushed to the hos- pital suffering severe burns. Short ly afterwards, Mrs. Hoogewoning lost the child she was expecting in a few months--the last bitter action in a series of tragedies.
 Committee Established
 The Hoogewonings were not alone. They were surrounded by real Amer jeans who would probably have helped him at any time. But then it was the Christmas season and the spirit of giving was at it's greatest intensity. A committee was estab- lished. Within a month it had col lected $5,U0o.
 On Christmas day group of neighbors took MT. and Mrs. Hooge- woning and their two remaining children to a new home on a ten acre plot of land. The property included a brooder house and 165 laying hens. A jolly Santa Claus presented the couple with deed to the property and the neighbors left the Hoogenwonings with the Christ mas present of new home-a new start.
 That's how one group of neighbors celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace who said: Tt is more blessed to give than receive"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

Christmas tree.
 The following year beautiful living tree was planted in Sherman plaza behind the White House and a permanent underground electric service installed so that each year the same living tree can be decor ated and illuminated
 The national example was quick ly followed by many cities and con- munities. Now every year brilliantly illuminated trees grace State capi- tol grounds, city squares and village greens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
GIFT GIVING

Gift-giving was well established among Northern European tribes before they became converted to Christianity. It was so much of an obligation among pagan Germans to distribute gifts that men actually left the country during the holiday season to escape gift-giving.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
THAT WAS THAT

Daughter" said mother, what are you planning to give that young man friend of yours for Christmas?"
 "Huhv' snapped daughter, If the old tightwad doesn't come across with something better than he did last year I'm going to give him the gate-with a big G."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

the sky.
 At the cutomary zero" hour. the British soldiers saw gray-clad fig ures making their way out of the opposite trenches. At few shots were fired. Then it was seen that the Germans carried no arms. Scots leaped from their trenches, likewise unarmed, only to be ordered back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

The Nativity theme in Christmas carols gave way to the sentiment: Bring us in good ale"
Evening star., 1944-02-27

that this be done without any stop
page Of work"
He added, To-day an umpire could
be appointed within Is minutes
after the union puts the men back
to work"
The company did not elaborate
on its statement last night that vio-
lation of management rules and
procedures" was involved in the dis
charge.
In another Detroit area strike
which made 1000 employees OF the
Briggs Manufacturing Co. idle, Local
1912, United Automobile Workers
(CIO), called meeting for tomor.
row afternoon to discuss Saturday
suspension of work on airplane wing
assemblies.
1,50O Face Layoff.
The company said today produc-
ton schedule reductions by prime
contractors would necessitate layoff
Of $500 employees in order to operate
the plant on a 48-hour schedule, and
added, "this is<a temporary layof
until tools are completed for new
work"
Striking foremen in the pressed
steel department of the Ford Motor
Co.'S Rouge plant returned to work
late today with their dispute set for
a company-union hearing Monday.
Some $50 former walked out Fri
day, objecting to transfer of one
foreman without permission of his
union, the unaffiliated Foreman's
Association of America.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Strike Halls Output
OF Armor Plate for
Navy Landing Barge,
nv the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Feb. 26.-Production
Of armor plate for Navy landing
barges was at standstill today as
5000 employees of the Great Lakes
Steel Corp. in suburban Ecorse re-
mained idle in a strike that began
Friday.
Thomas Shane, District 20 direc-
tor of the United Steelworkers OF
America (CIO), urged appointment
of an impartial umpire to rule on
the discharge Of an employe, which
precipitated the walkout.
At the same time Mr.. Shane said
the major cause of the strike was
that for "the last 18 months the
men have been working short
handed crews" He said the workers
had not been compensated for the
extra work.
Company Charges Subterfuge.
A corporation spokesman termed
Mr.. Shane's request "subterfuge'
and said that while the unions
working contract called for the
naming of an umpire when dis
agreement occurred, it also required
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-06

With post war planning the topic
of thoughtful persons everywhere,
might not a look at our own gov
eminent as a functioning body be
timely? What is Congress supposed
to do? How do bills pass? Who
has power to do what? How do
Congressman know what is happen
ing? These questions are in the
minds Of the citizen today What
are the answers?
Two small but potent books, This
Is Congress, by Roland Young, and
Our Federal Government and How
1t Functions, sponsored by the
George Washington University, are
in your Library. The Washington
County Free Library, in addition to
many others dealing with the same
subject In the back Of "Our Fed
eral Government" is a list Of the
Government Agency Initials.
If one is curious to know exactly
how certain Representative votes
on specific issues, the Congressional
Record will satisfy even the most
dilligent. The March issue is Of es-
pecial interest since the question of
Federal Aid for Education and
Training of Service Men and Wo-
men is debated pro and con
Herbert Agar in his Time For
Greatness, suggests a self-examina-
ton of our social, spiritual and po-
litical life before we attempt to
solve International difficulties.
Complications of race, religion
and national heritages are of para
mount Importance and Get Together
Americans, by Rachel Davis-DuBois,
is interesting both as to subject and
presentation.
Shall Not Perish From the Earth,
by Ralph Barton Perry, stirs a rem
iniscent note. Mr.. Perry believes
that no man can defend what he
does not passionately believe is
worth defending.
A challenging book from yet an
other approach is Free Men of
America, by Ezequiel Padilla Hem
ispheric democracy is the theme.
The opinions of the man of the
states, from Texas to Maine, from
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-06
GOOD READING FOR THE WEEK

Seattle TO Florida are all gathered
in Selden Menefee's Assignment: u.
S. A. II is strong reading.
How You Can Make Democracy
Work, by Eugene T. Lies, throws the
responsibility on the citizen. One
may use this as personal project
guide, so practical is the material
Not to be forgotten is Walter
Lippmanns The Good Society.
Written before the war, the ques-
tions discussed are Of increasing
importance today.
FOuntainheads Of Freedom, by r.
win Edman, deals also with the
democratic society. Mr.. Edman
traces the democratic idea histori-
cally, and shows the gain in strength
in each succeeding generation
Do you know Facts on FiIe?. II
is quick and accurate reference to
current news, compact, chronology
cal and day-by-day
The Library is keeping abreast to
the times AS far as possible, ma
terial of all types is made available
for public use. If we are to help
others untangle their home prob
lens, must we not know something
Of our own National housekeeping?
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-06
CT 4 s SEFIE D::
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES

INTERNATIONAL CORRESPoN-
DENCE SCHOOLS Announces NEW
RISES. Aeronautical ENGI-
NEER1NG, ELECTRoNICS, PLAs-
TICS, FUNDAMENTALS FOR
WELDING ENGINEERS, AND
OTHERS. Full information on re-
quest. Write Box II, Hagerstown,
Md. Rollan Henry, Representative.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-06

State of Maryland
Office of the STATE
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Baltimore, Nd, March 1st, 1914
I Hereby Certify, That the above
is true abstract, taken from the
Annual Statement of the Planters
Mutual Insurance Company for the
year ending December 81, 1943, now
on file in this Department.
LAWRENCE E. ENSOR
3-23-3t. Insurance Commissioner.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-06
AUTO SALES, USED CARS

Diamond I Motor Truck Sales and
Service. General auto and truck
repair work-Poe's Garage, rear lis
T.. Franklin ST., entrance on alley
between Locust and Mulberry SITS.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-04-06

Wayne s. Fernsner, this city, and
Charles Brewer, Fairfield, Pa, and
a granddaughter, Miss Jayne Ferns
ner, this city,