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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10

Congressman on Capitol Hill
are having their secretaries
phone across the Potomac to- the
War Department in the Penta-
gon Building new line OF
questions:
What were the soldiers in the
field told about the Presidents
last message? Was the opposi-
ton given an equal break? Were
both sides of the debate on the
soldier-vote bill broadcast TO the
soldiers and sailors at home and
abroad? What assurance have
we that Republican and Demo-
cratic political arguments will
be given equal prominence in
Army newspapers and in Army
broadcasts to troops overseas
during the coming campaign?
All such questions, which
used 10 be shot at Owls Elmer
Davis, now end up on the desk
and in the lap of a 39-year-old
Col. Edward l.. Munson, Jr.,
who used to teach plebe English
at the Academy, but who now
has the title of chief of the
Army Information Branch of
the Morale Services Division,
under Brig. Gen. F. III. Osborn.
From now until the election
Colonel Munson will probably
be sitting in one Of the hottest
seats in the whole vast War De-
Sartment's pentagonal set-up,
and you can darn well see why.
Politicians fear that this next
election may be decided by the
soldier vote, and each side is
scared the other will gain some
small advantage in spell-binding
the troops into voting for their
man. To the peanut political
mind; this is of greater moment
than who wins the war.
To do its job, the Army In
formation Branch-which, 1t
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NFA staff Correspondent


Slightly built Alan Laid, the
guy who came up in Hollywood
the hard way and recently won
medical discharge from the
Army, became the uncontested
kingpin of Paramount studio
this week when he topped the
all-time record by receiving 90
2l4 fan mail letters in single
week. Laid topped the l5-year
record held by the late Tom
Mix who, at the peak of his ca
reer, once received $4,000 let
tiers in one week.
A kibitzer was reprimanding
Donald O'Connor on the set Of
THE Merry Monahans' about
his forthcoming marriage to
Gwen Carter. Don't you think
you're both little young"
Donald is 10, and Gwen just 16.
well" drolled Don. my ma
was married at IA and had a
baby when she was IS" Touche!
Amusing introduction 10 the
new Frank Sinatra film, Room
Service" Broadway, in those
happier days when the only bat
ties were between the sexes"
Split second description Of
Bette Davis A fearful little ear
full.
Producer Frank Ross may
film several Of the biggest
scenes for the film version of
THE Robe in Mexico City be-
cause of the manpower shortage
in Hollywood. He'll need from
1000 to 5000 extras for the early
Roman scenes.
Recommended: Claren CO
Muses. latest song, River of
FREEDOM" It's natural for John
Charles Thomas.
All that new jewelry Lois An
drews is wearing is gift from a
wealthy Pasadena oil man. They
met in Mexico City. Carole
Lands will be bridesmaid when
Martha Raye and Nick Condos
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
PUBLIC SERVANT

Anyone foniIor with the National War Lobor's
activities will regret the resignation Of public MEM
Der Wayne L. Morse, who hos left to conduct conn.,
poien for the Republican senatorial nomination in
Oregon this year.
Exemplary foirness and honesty have marked
Mr.. Morses performance Of difficult and import
ant job They ore qualities which would make proc
ticobIe the ideal form Of War Labor Board COM
posed entirely Of public members without the pres
Ant cumbersome inclusion of special peoders for in
6astry and labor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
SLIGHT DIFFERENCE

There is, it seems, small but vocal group in
this country oetotne for on eory end Of the war;
and O negotiated peoce. From England, too have
come some recent demands for quick cessation Of
hosttes - without the negotiated peace. They
we're expressed by Gen. Sir Bernard l. Montgomery
This war began q long while ago." he sold to
troops preparing for the invosion =" am getting fed
up with the thing. think it nearly time finished
it,"
We feel pretty thot the majority Of Amer
cans incline toward General Monteomery's way Of
thinking.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10

Probobv YOU reod that story from the tohon
front the other doy about on American reteot oCross
the Ropido river An nfontry outfit crossed the stream
and found themselves in hell OF PontD'onk cross
fire There we're Germans three sides OF them ana
the river at their back Some just stayed there ana
fouoht it out till they we're wounded or killed. ror
the Others retreot meant plunge into the icy "o-
tiers MANY we're swept owoy in the swift current.
The rest made it back by swimming ocross under
heavy fire.
Perhaps, as you reod the story, you thought OF
the unqIomorous and sometimes unoPpreo'oted oo
the infantry is doing. They don't get many heod-
lines In this war, the men who tly are the men or
oIonor. And they deserve their proise - more pow
er and glory to en. But the infantry is in there pitch
ing too
The infantry is made UP Of hundreds Of thousands
Of guys named g. !. Joe. g. Joe slogs along, like
the postnon, through snow and rain and heat and
oIoom Of naht = as much as 20 miles in day that
also includes fighting. He can't remember when he
slept in bed There are weeks when he hosn't had
BATH or even taken his clothes off, There ore doys
on end when he hos lived on canned rotons.
In ItoIy, 6 l. Joe hos slowly dogeedy bosted
the German out of seemingly inpreenobe positions
that bomb or she'll couldn't reach. He hos kept fight
ing through binding, freezing mountain snowsorms
He has packed supplies on his back UP steep NOUN
tain trolls where even mule couldn't trove.
In the Pacific, he hos bottled heat rain and jun
gle, disease and insects and every treocherous trick
of borborous warfare thot the Jop could muster.
Wherever he fights, g. !. Joe must sometimes
take his rifle and boyonet and go ocross patch Of
buet-swept ground to drive the enemy out He may
be pushed back, but he hos to 90 again. Thot's
the only way that wars are won.
G. !. Joe can't function without air support and
ortIey and the vost intricate system Of supply But
they can't function without him either. No job in the
Army demands more endurance and quiok-thinking
odoptobiIity and plain CUTS than Joe's does
So the next time we at home carp about the
sowness Of the drive toward Rome or drown.out
compoien in the Pacific, let's remember the task
thot 6. Joe hos cut out for him. He's the man
who some doy will march into the remains Of Berlin
and Tokyo But he is going to have to fight like the
devil all the way there.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

PERTAINING at Army hospitals,
noticed that many of the kids
had been injured in jeep acct
dents. In face, one of them told
her: "Hitler's secret weapon is
the jeep."
ADD GOSSIP
Mickey Rooney will caddy for
his ex-wife, Ava Gardner, at a
golf match next month TO raise
funds for the USO. Bill
Shawn is getting "V' letters
from Louise Albritton in Eng
land. He's Ann Miller's dancing
partner.
Nat PenGeton C a m s he
clipped the ad from local pa
per: Young man with l941
Chrysler wants to meet young
lady with siphon. Object-Kan-
sas City"
There's gem of golf course
humor in the script of Wilson. .
Edith Boiling Gait, who is to be-
come the second Mrs. Wilson. is
describing her golf game to the
president shortly after they
have met. The last time |
played" she says, Il. was about
200 yards from the green on the
ninth hole, and I asked my cad
die if he thought could make it
with my mashie.
eyes. Ma'am,' she quoted the
young Negro, 1 guess you can
make it-allowin' you hit it
often enough.
Although he'll probably new
or pilot a real BIS bomber, Van
Johnson is spending six weeks
learning to fly one - on the
ground. Van will play Capt. Ted
Lawson in the film version Of
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
To make certain his screen fly
ing meets with the approval of
Army pilots, the studio has him
studying alEhe intricacies Of pi-
loting a BIS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10

New Guinea has a pigeon as
large as a turkey.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
in the weeks news

dates for service in the army or
navy chaplain corps. "Servicemen
will need spiritual aid just as much
during rehabilitation as they do in
front lines of battle" Colonel Rixey
said.
MARRIAGE BY MAIL: AS far as
the army finance department is con-
cerned, marriages by mail are valid
If the state in which the contract
is made recognizes them as such.
The comptroller-general gave this
opinion in a case involving a wife's
allowance payments. He cited many
legal opinions on the subject, dat
ing back to the time of the first
World war.
PENICILLIN: Another important
step in speeding up production of
penicillin was announced with a new
drying method, employing radio ap-
paratus. reducing the time needed
for the evaporation process from "a
hours to a half hour.
CHICKEN FEED: Poultry rails
ers will have hard time getting
enough chicken feed again this win
ter, Walter Berger, government
seed expert, predicts. He added
that the number Of hens and pull
lets in the country has increased
from 377 million in 1941 to SIS mil
lion as Of last January.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
DROUTH:
Partly Broken

Although varying rainfall broke an
extended drouth in the Ohio and
middle Mississippi river valleys to
help bumper paintings along, the
eastern coastal sector from New
England to Maryland suffered from
continuing dry weather.
With corn tasseling and new ears
appearing; soybeans starting to fill,
and pastures drying, the wet wealth
er arrived in the Midwest at criti-
cal time. Because of the large stocks
would be transferred to other activi-
Of meat animals on hand, and the
tight feed situation, there is a great
demand for good grain and legune
crops.
Although the rainfall pushed the
corn along in Kansas, an important
part Of the estimated 207, 918, 900
bushel wheat crop was threatened
with ruin by moisture as it lay in
the field because Of a lateness in
harvesting and shortage of facilities
for moving the commodity to mar
ket.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
GHLIGHTs

HOTELS: Service in hotels, al
ready below minimum peacetime
standards, will be still further re-
duced by order of the War Man
power commission. Hereafter no.
tells must be classified as locally
needed" to obtain the WINGS help
in finding employees. Furthermore
hotels may not employ men under
IS, except in special cases. the VINO
ruled.
BARLEY: Prospects Of large If
not bumper crop has Influenced the
OPA to lower the ceiling prices on
barley by an average of three cents
a bushel in producing areas. Off
Gals pointed out that the biggest
reductions will take place in re-
gions where unusual conditions Gre
ated comparatively high prices dur
ing the freeze period, November
20 to December 8. Highest price un-
der the new schedule is $1.24
bushel for Los Angeles area. Low
est is $1.121s for Sioux City. These
standard prices are for No. grade,
with a test weight of 46 pounds.
CHAPLAINS: Even though the
war may end soon, the need for
chaplains will continue for a long
time, Col. George Rixey, deputy
chief of chaplains told group Of
Methodist ministers who are candi-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
EUROPE:
Ya7lk BreQk-ThrOugh

With the harassed Germans hold
ing down British gains on the east
ern end of the Normandy beachhead,
u. S. troops Embossed powerful as
sault on the western sector to break
through the Nazis' first-line defenses
and force an enemy withdrawal along
40-mile front.
With heavy bombers preparing the
ground for the big offensive with an
earth-sllaking attack that buried
many of the German soldiers and
shoWered dirt over their guns, U. S.
armored forces then rode into bat
tie to exploit the breach in the de-
lenses. AS the enemy pulled out,
U. S. fighters and fighter-bombers
sWooped low to shoot up the retreat
ing columns.
On the eastern end Of the front,
Nazi Marshal Rommel threw in a
succession of counter-attacks to cur
tail the British advance south Of
Caen, with fighting see-sawing as
one side would 60 into action when
the force of the others initial as
sault had been worn off.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
ON THE HOME FRONT

To prevent the diversion of ma
terial into higher priced clothing the
War Production board ordered man
ufacturers to channel about 5O,OOO,-
600 yards of cotton fabric into cheap
and moderate clothing during each
quarter Of the year.
AT the same time, the WPB
considered a further reduction
in the release of refrigerators
since $4,000 remain out of an
original stockpile of 10000 when
production was stopped in 1912,
and the present supply would
be exhausted by the end of this
year.
With milk production i'm seasonal
decline and the demand for export
able dairy products rising, the War
Food administration ended the July
ice cream holiday by again limiting
manufacturers to IS per cent of the
milk they normally used and 22 per
cent of their milk solids content.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10

Allied cause" then went on to
charge that the new regime assisted
Axis subcontractors to bid on work
utilizing American material, and
also allowed distribution of imported
newsprint to Axis papers attacking
the United Nations cause.
Argentina's repeated attempts to
arouse favorable attention by harm
less anti-Axis measures were de-
nounced by the U. S., which de-
clared: 1.-THE principles for which
the free nations of the world are to-
day contributing the full measure of
their =. resources cannot be the
subject of a bargain :"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10

As 1t. Gen. Lesley ]. McNair, 81,
matched the ground forces he had
built up in action in Normandy, he
,Uas killed by enemy fire.
Renowned for having reorganieed
the old square" division of 10000
men into the modern Triangular"
unit OF $4,000, and one of the lead
ers in the Development of powerful,
mobile anti-tank guns to combat the
armored battle-,oagons, General Nc
Nair had received Cen. George Mar
shalPs praise as the "brains of the
army"
A soldier for Al years and veteran
of the Mexican campaign and World
Var |, General McNair ,Uas com.
naander of U. S. ground forces be-
fore being sent abroad recently on
secret as <.assnlent. While observing
the Norta african fighting in 1913,
he was ,Ool4nded by she'll fragments.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10

Oh tne AnaIgamat-
ed Clothing Workers Union, the
CLOS Political Action committee
calls for: About aid to returned
servicemen; full employment after
the war at fair wages; good hous-
ing; medical care and schooling
for all; equality of opportunity, and
an adequate social security system.
First objective of the committee is
to register every eligible voter for
the fall elections, and it repeatedly
has spent substantial part of $780,
900 in this work, with another $780,
900 available for immediate use.
'Love thy neighbor-and organize
hirn!" says the committee.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
FEWER CARS:
Drop of Over 100000

There were 100000 fewer pas
senger automobiles in service dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30
than in the corresponding 1943 pc
riod, according to the internal reve-
nue. bureau. The federal tax of SIS
a year on automobiles gives close
check on cars actually being op-
Grated. According to these returns,
nearly 100000 autoists had either
junked their cars, put them in stor-
age for the duration or simply did
not pay the tax. There is $25 fine
for failure to save tax sticker.
The use tax brought In $134, 1885,
537, a declins of $11.963, 746. Gaso-
line taxes also dropped in the pc
riod, the $271, 216, sol total being $17,-
$50, 1924 under the 1913 sum, q nat
eral reflection Of rationing.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
IT. S. LAND:
Disposal Program.

Government decision to auction of
5000, 600 acres Of surplus farm land
originally required for war pur-
poses, has created mild tempest in
Washington, D. c., with the Farm.
ers' Union insisting on the Farm Sc
curity Administrators handling Of
the disposal as part of its tenant
purchasing program.
Under plans of Surplus Property
Administrator William T.. Clayton,
the Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton is to supervise the program,
with appraisals submitted by local
experts; sales made as promptly as
possible without disrupting the mar
ket; former owners given opportuni-
ty to repurchase their original sites,
and tracts broken up into individual
units.
Spearheading the Farmers Union
opposition, President James G. Pat
ton declared that Clayton's plan
would lead to dominance Of the pro-
gram by the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards. with control
over permanent resources by big In
terests.
OF the $50. 004, 006 worth of surplus
property disposed of up to mid-July.
no real estate was included. Air
craft and aircraft equipment made
up the bulk Of the sales, the RFC
reported.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
PRODUCTIONS:
Army Sets Pace

With the war department declar-
ing monthly war production goals
were not being met, and output of
materials was 100000, 900 behind
schedule during the present quar-
ter, the army service forces set the
pace for increased delivery by put
ting both its military and civilian
personnel on 54-hour week in all
establishments with unfinished work.
There was no indication of how
many of the arny's 1,250,000 en-
ployees in arsenals and depots would
60 on the extended week with the
civilian personnel paid time and a
half for all work over 40 hours, but
the order was expected to affect 50,-
900 persons at all headquarters of
the service forces.
Army plants operating on three
shifts were exempted from the or
der. Where compliance would re-
suit in a surplus of labor, workers
would be transferred to other jobs.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
Near Warsa,v

Capital of old Poland and deep
inside the Germans defense lines,
the ancient city of Warsaw rever-
berated to Russian guns as the
Reds pressed their offensive on the
central sector of the 800-mile east
ern front.
While the Russian spearheads
pointed almost halfway across old
Poland, Allied troops drew up in
Italy for a grand assault upon the
eneny's Gothic Line" first of his
defenses guarding the northern
plains. Taking advantage of the
mountainous terrain on the ap-
proaches to their new fortification
system, the Germans resisted stub
bornly in heavy delaying action.
AS German lines stiffened on the
northern end of the eastern front,
and Hungarian troops slowed up the
Russ drive in the Carpathian foot
hills in the south, the full weight
of the Reds advance was thrown
into the central sector, where the
open plains gave the Nazis no natu-
raj cover.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
PACIFIC:
Japs VIII

Bringing all of their superior fire.
power into play, U. S. forces in the
far Pacific continued to tighten their
foothold on Japan's inner ring of de-
lenses around the Marianas islands,
while farther to the south in New
Guinea desperate enemy detach-
ments tried futilely to crack the iron
ring General Macarthur has been
fastening about them.
AS big u. S. naval guns tore into
enemy emplacements inland to sup
plement heavy artillery fire, u. S.
troops bore down on Tinian island in
the Marianas, while other American
units broke up frantic Jap counter
attacks to consolidate their hold
on Guam, one of the first U. S.
possessions to fall to the enemy
after Pearl Harbor.
BY establishing beachheads all
along the northern New Guinea
coast, General Macarthur succeed
ed in trapping thousands of Japa-
nese troops in between, and many of
these were attempting to upset the
American lines before the steel moose
could be drawn around them tighter.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10

planning to organize
heighborhood politi-
cal groups with the
assistance of union
members, the CLOS
Political Action COM
mittee looms as q
powerful, influence
ing factor in the
1914 campaigns.
Headed by Rus
sian = born Sidney
Hillnan, chieftain
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
TIRES:
Less Heauies

Because of the arny's increased
demands, and shortage of man
power in manufacturing plants, CT
william ALLEGATIONS of heavy and small
truck and bus tires for August were
sharply reduced, while the quota for
passenger use remained unchanged.
Although the War Production
board recognized that the present
grave truck and bus tire situation
may result in curtailment Of es-
sential transportation, it revealed
that the army refused to consent to
diversion of its earmarked stocks to
civilians.
In rendering his resignation as
Rubber Director, Bradley Dewey de-
clared that u. S. plants were now
producing synthetic rubber at rate
of $4,000 tons yearly, and that flu
ture manufacturing costs may even
tually be cut to IL cents a pound.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10

way anu SnIItH his advocacy o.
white supremacy" in the South.
Only woman member of the sen.
ate, Mrs. Caraway was fourth in
the Democratic primary in Arkan.
sas, where Representative Full.
bright's failure to win majority
Of the votes necessitated a run-off
between him and Governor Adkins.
Mrs. Caraway succeeded her hus-
band in the senate in 1881 and close.
ly supported President Roosevelt's
foreign and domestic policies.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
MYSTERY STORIES:
In Great Demand

Publishers report nationwide de-
mand for Observation-Disclosures fic-
ton and horror and ghost tales. Av-
erage sale of a mystery book has
risen from $500 to $500. Stories by
widely known authors are selling up
to 10000 copies each.
Psychologists believe the mystery
books come into greatest favor dur
ing times Of strain and crisis be-
cause "they provide the purest kind
of escape-mechanism." They enable
the reader to forget the war for a
little while.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
GOOD NEICHBOR:
Not So Good

Charging the present Argentine
government with offering friendly
support to Axis establishments and
scotching the solidarity of western
hemisphere opposition to the enc
my, the u. S. government reasserted
it's non-recognition of the new re-
gime.
Indu1ging in no diplomatic double
talk, the government, through Sec
rotary Of State Cordell Hull, brand
ed Argentina as q "deserter to the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10

Is. CO. and Hattie
Caraway (Ark.) will
not be among the
members.
Dean of the sem
ate with So years Of
service and famed
for his champion
ship of the farm
ers, Cotton Ed
was defeated for re-
nomination for a
seventh term by
Gov. Olin D. John
ston, former textile
worker. Besides his
ardent support of
agriculture, Smith
also was known for
his opposition to tar
ifs, his upholding
Of states rights and
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
Weekly News Analysis
Naz Crisis Heghens Allies Break West Defense Fronts

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
CLIO:
Political P01Uer

Prepared to raise up to $3,0O0.0 900
for the forthcoming elections, and
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-10
u. S. SENATE:
NeU Faces

When the next congress convenes,
Senators Ellison Cotton Ed'' Smith