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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
50 laps Strike Out
in Name Of Babe Ruth

CAPE GLOUCESTER, New
Britain --tDelayed)-(R-T This
will be news to the Babe. but
Staff Sergeant jeremiah A. o.
Leary, q Marine Corps combat
correspondent, reports that Japs.
evidently eager to display their
impoverished Englished vocab-
ulary, charged Marine lines here
shouting the strange battle cry.
ITO hell with Babe RUTH" The
charge was scored as an error.
Thirty Japs were struck out for
good.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
CHECK ESTS

tuberculosis tests were check
ed Wednesday morning by Miss
Mccall for positive reactions.
X-rays will be given to students
with positive reactions on March
%. Students who have had the
skin test since last June (through
the government tests for boys
are asked TO sign with Mrs. Mey-
ers so that the number of stu
dents covered by the tests will
be known.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
NEWSHAWKS

Assignments for the next is
sue of the Mirror have been
handed out and they are due
Friday. Reporters are asked 10
get their stories in on time and
in good order.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
ORNITHOLOGY CENTER

Central Park. in the heart of
New York City, is one of the
best spots known for bird study.
Migrating birds drop down in
this "oasiS" 10 rest and feed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
ENJOY HOP

A Nickel Hop was held after
school Wednesday from $3.50
in the girls gym. A good sized
group of 9-l2 graders attended
and everyone seemed TO enjoy
the party.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
MountCemens
High School


NOTE; Thb column ~ intended
"a deal with the activities Of all
MCHS classes and groups and the
writer urges all pupils and faculty
members 10 advise her OF items
which may interest the reading pub.
lie. II IL your column.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
SEEK MEMBERS

A membership drive for the
"9-20' Club is being opened and
all students are urged TO get
their membership cards immedi-
ately from any board member.
The price is only 81 for a year.
This card will entitle you TO at
tend club functions. There will
be a dance Friday night which
members may attend for only a
small charge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
SALES SLOW


The magazine sales campaign,
underway for six days. is not
doing particularly we'll. In these
times it takes no special sales
man ability to sell a subscrip-
ton. In the remaining days of
the campaign every student can
and should make at least one
sale. The campaign ends Mon
day. A banquet and a theatre
party are the awards for the
two highest selling rooms.
An auditorium program yes
terday was held to promote
sales. Joe Shields gave a pep
talk, as did Principal Monte Nc
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02

First rubber raincoats were
those of South American In
dians, who smeared liquid rub
Der on their bodies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-02
Charges Bribery Was Sole Key to Some Legislators

Farlane and Student Council
president, Jim Ullrich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
Don't Travel

This is the third summer that the Office of Defense Transportation has asked the public not to travel during their vaca- tionS. And this year the request is more than ever serious and necessary. Troop movements now total $1,500,000 month. And soon, unfortunately, there will be a two-way traffic when casualties start coming back to hospitals and homes from overseas. Furlough and war business travel remain heavy.
 Perhaps more immediately impressive than figures are the promises of discom- fort. Half of the country's Pullmans and a third of its coaches are in full wartime service. The rest are carrying a peak load So if you plan to go vacationing by train you can confidently expect some or all of the following experiences:
 You will have to stand all the way to your destination; there will be no air. conditioned cars; you will wait long for dining car meals-if you get em; you will have to carry your own baggage; your train will likely be late.
 Think it over and you may agree with the ODT that for wartime vacation, there's no place like home
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
Who Speaks for France?

As the day of Frances liberation ap- breaches, who can speak for France in the councils of the liberators? What Frenchman, with the confidence of his countrymen and the best interests of his country at heart can aid and advise the American and British governments in the civil difficulties that will follow closely the military problems? The obvious answer would seem to be General de Gaulle. But that answer has never SatiS- lied those two governments, and it seems unlikely that it ever will. General de Gaulle was to meet Prime Minister Churchill, to be sure. Yet MT. Churchill, in the same speech that announced the meeting, repeated his doubts that the French Committee of National Libera- ton (now by its own decree the ProviS- ional Government of the French Repub- lic) represented the French people.
 It would be interesting to know if req sons other than those stated are behind the persistent Angio-American refusal to recognize General de Gaulle, except as head of the French troops now fighting with the Allies. Is it plque at his tri- umph over the Allied choice for head Of the French government-in-exile? Have they another candidate in the offing? Are there unrevealed facts or suspicious that count against the general? General de 0aulle has made his share of mistakes. But on the basis of evidence available to the public, he is the best man at hand. Hu Iabored in vain to prepare the French army for this war over the defeatlst op- position of Petain. He has promised not to perpetuate himself or. his government in power once France is liberated. And the French people seem to want him. It is significant that there was no popular protest from North Africa or metropoli- Ian France when General 0iraud faded tn| of lhe picture From what can pe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09

learned from underground newspapers and from the few persons coming out of France, General de Gaulle's popularity there is growing.
 Opposed by America and Britain, and denied the usual machinery of political buildup, he would seem to have achieved his present stature through his past repu- tation and the French peoples present faith in his ability and intentions. Surely the French patriots deserve consideration. They have endured with little complaint the tragic necessity of civilian deaths in the Allied war against their conquerorS. They have hidden, clothed and fed our flyers, and helped them to escape. They have suffered brutal reprisals. These are the people who apparently want General de Gaulle to represent them until they can choose their own leaders. They can- not be blamed if they have begun to question why the Allies so stubbornly oppose that wish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
A Thought for Today
Waste Paper Is a Weapon

There is problem to be met here in Waterbury. It is the problem of how to overcome our failure to satisfactorily at tain our paper salvage quota. It is a grave problem the seriousness of which is born of it's intimate relation to the war effort.
 It is difficult to conceive of the casual piece of paper contributing to the suc- ceSsful prosecution of this war. We are tired people these days and to task our imagination by such conception is an effort.
 Yet here is the truth! That casual piece of paper may contribute to preServ- ing the life of the fighting man from your home as it serves as a carton to transport vitally needed medicines. Or it may become in the process of resalvag- ing an integral part of high powered explosive missile designed to blast safer path through enemy obstacles that the task of combat may be frightened for that son or the, one from down the street. Or it may become an essential piece of pro-. tective wrapping shielding the delicate mechanism of intricate machinery de- vised to prosecute this war toward vic- torious Allied conclusion.
 Think now-at this moment You have contributed in the past year to pa per collections A great share of that paper that you handled personally by pill ing it, wrapping it and depositing it Ill front of your home for collection now may be in the midst of the battle heat of in- vasion-and may as an integral part of one of the aforementioned battle imple- n1ents be aiding materially in the steady, sure advance of the Allied troops. It doesn't take too much imagination to viS- ualize that.
 This has rightfully been termed peo- pies war; the civilian has participated 1n its many phases. He has suffered bomb- ingS, personal assault and has fought back with the barest of weapons.
 We civilians on this side of the Atlan- tic have never been asked to meet such situations. But we are being asked in some measure to participate in this war and that is by means of the time and effort and forethought we give to the col lection and salvaging of all waste mater ial, particularly scrap paper
 The need for this material is not imag- inative. It is stark reality. Waste pa- per has been labeled the number one critical waste material need of the coun- try.
 More collections which will completely canvass all the streets in Waterbury will be undertaken this summer with actual collection dates to be announced later. Start now to prepare your available scrap paper. There are pounds of it lying idle throughout the house or garage or store or office. This war won't be over in month. There will undoubtedly be the equivalent of more invasions. Don't re- tard their advance or handicap their aS- surances of success by an inadequate and unimaginative effort on the home-front. Make weapon Of your waste paper!!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
Legislated Comfort

Any thinking, feeling man knows that a coat and tie in the heat of summer is uncomfortable nonsense. He quickly sheds both in the privacy of his home or in the accepted pursuit of leisure activi- ties. But convention decrees that for business he must bind his neck with a piece of starched linen, further encircle it with stifling piece of knotted colored goods, and protect his steaming torso from healthful sun and cooling breeze with an enveloping garment.
 The wiser and more successful man is, it seems, the more he respects conven- ton. Comfort and good sense count as nothing against it. But even more than convention he respects wise and benefi- cial law.
 That is why the bill, introduced in the Louisiana state legislature, to- prohibit the wearing of coats and ties from June to October (except for weddings and church) is not as wacky as it counds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
Selected Poem

HALT IN JUNE
 (Peter J. Henniker Heaton in The Christian
 Science Monitor) I have pulled the communication cord, I am stopping the train; it is worth the maximum penalty to stay forever in June First on my wrist a tiny jarring of clockwork, a snapping of springs; then in my pocket a tearing of pages, my diary; time telescopes into itself, the weeks fold up like
 a camp stool; now We are stopped. I must go to the guards van and get my bag, then walk away into the meadows; after day or week or a month in June I will return to the track, flag down a train and go on. But first must pay off the guard with his whistle and notebook; it is worth five pounds or if he has understanding he will take less than that, three pounds or two pounds or one, Now he is paid the train has departed. and am in June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09

hearings on Montgomery Ward, WLB Chairman Will Davis was on the witness stand being cross examined by Chicago's hard working Republican Representa- tive Charley Dewey, partly with questions slipped to Dewey by Montgomery Wards John Barr.
 Dewey was asking about the operations of the War Labor Board in connection with Mont gomery Ward and, as the cross examination got hot, Davis shot back:
 If you think these are so easy, come and sit in my seat"
 'I'm having a hard enough time being reelected to take time out to do that" replied Congressman Dewey good na- turedly.
 CIO leaders who sat in on the hearing came up to Dewey la ter and jokingly reminded him that if he wanted to be reelected he shouldn't forget the 500 mem bers of the Montgomery Ward union living in his district. So. Dewey invited C1O leader, Leon- ard Levy over to his home that evening, where they talked for two hours.
 During their conversation, Dewey seemed impressed with the unions point of view regarding main tenance of membership.
 "Sewell Avery has been claim ing in his advertisements that you demand closed shop" the Congressman remarked. But he's absolutely wrong. Under maintenance of membership, any worker has fifteen days in which to withdraw from the union, but once he decides to stay in, he has to stay until the contract expires. That isn't 8 closed shop.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
AVERY SAYS NO

AVERY SAYS NO
 About this time, Mrs. Dewey came in to say that Sewell Avery was on the phone.
 "Ask him to come Over," sug- geSted CIO's Levy, "and give his point of view. And after hear ing him, my union will be glad to leave this question of main- thenance of membership entirely up to you, Congressman. We'll let you act as arbitrator and settle the whole dispute"
 "Yes, Charley, that's an ex- cellent idea" seconded Mrs. Dewey. "Why don't you settle 1t? It would be a fine thing for the country"
 But when the proposition was put to Avery, he refused. Con- gressman Dewey argued at some length, but got nowhere. Later he remarked:
 Sewell Avery is just one of those feudal members of sOicety and there's not much you can do about him."
 However, in subsequent Mont- gomery Ward hearings regarding the post-office, Congressman Dewey has continued to heckle the government.
 NOTE: If Montgomery Ward workers decide to go after Dewey next November as they un- doubtedly will-they probably will have an easy time. In l940, Dewey was elected by majority of G. 990. Tn 1942, this margin slipped down to 2,124. Meanwhile, there are not only 500 Montgomery Ward families in his district but also 5000 CIO families.
 Copyright. l944, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
Views Of The Press

escape films and nothing else" To this attitude is attributed the box office flop of some of the most ex- cellent war films yet produced.
 Motion picture producers are rec ognized as pretty shrewd business men. But it seems that the popu- larity that films such as What Price Glory?", '"The Four Horse men of the Apocalypse" and "The Big Parade" achieved after the First World War has misled producers to conclude that the public must avidly crave war theme pictures while the present conflict rages. They have soon found themselves wrong. No more defenite eviednce of this fact is required than that among headline pictures slated for release this summer not a single one depicts any phase of the war. The public is demanding comedy and scare" films. It cannot emo- tionally take" the effective war drama at this time.
 The explanation of this state of mind is not far to seek. We are still too close to this war-a war in which nearly every family has one or more members or close relatives. As MT. Ward observes "The fan who has had a tragic wire from the War or Navy Department, and the one who has just heard the word Missing, are in no mood to look at a duplication of such tragedies on the screen" And those fans who have not suffered such heart-rend- ing experiences can have no plea sure in projecting the possible future of their sons into such scenes as war films portray. To all of us this grim war is so much Q part of every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
IT'S A SIN TO BE GULLIBLE
(New York Herald-Tribune)


 The amazing pace at which ru- mors spread and the more amazing credence given even patiently venge- :. full ones have made the sabotage by-tall-tales fruitful field for ene- my propagandists, including our na- tive little tin fuehrers. The latest stories, so widespread as to indicate a deliberate plant by enemies of the war efforts, are CD that wounded soldiers are charged for Red Cross blood plasma and (2) that the Red Cross charges the Army and Navy for blood donated by civilians. There is, of course, not scrap of truth, not a shred of evidence, to make these tales believable. No money is deducted from service mems pay for blood transfusions, and blood do- mated to the Red Cross is delivered at once and without charge to pro- cessing laboratories, where it be- comes the property of the Army and Navy.
 Yet the number of queries as to OAASN4 e1 AeAA WAAASAA A4dtC CO1tiC tO LktC Red Cross has given no little con- cern to those in charge of recruiting for the blood banks. Obviously these rumors stem from an organiz- ed attempt to discourage volunteer blood donations.
 Rumors such as these are launch- ed by our enemies. but they are spread by the gullible. All that is needed to outwit those who plant them is a little sharp querying as to source. little curiosity as to evi- dence. a little investigation into mos tive; in short. 6 little-it should take very little-thought before acc cepting. much less passing on. such silly but harmful tales.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09

eIFI's words, He has not had HIS photograph taken. The other truth she saw very plainly was that when we look ct the picture of Jesus, we see the picture of God. He chat hath seen me hath seen the Father" 1" said Jesua. et. Paul declared that the light Of the knowledge Of the glory of God ls to be seen iIi the face Of Jesus Christ.
 1hla means for lg that We gre never Co become dleoouraeed and feel lhat ood is ter aHaT ana hes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Quaint Quackery

Dr. - of the -.- society Ca trick name for the charlatan'S racket claims he can restore the natural flora of the colon thereby obtaining perfect health. Is there any scientific basis? (Mrs. K.) Answer-Gn my opidnion, no. But 1t is a great selling argument, koncks over lot of Wiseacres even today.
 Coffee With
 Was told If I must drink coffee I should leave the cream or milk out. (Mrs. H. B. S.) Answer-Take coffee with cream or milk and sugar or without, as you prefer.
 Rheumatiz
 am 70. subject to hypertrophic arthritis. So far hae kept joints from locking" by daily bending, massage. etc. Both hands, particularly mid- dle fingers. (B. M Answer-Keep on with the daily bending and messages and exercises of the affected joints In your place I'd give the calcium and vitamin D treatment a good try. Send stamped envelope bearing your address ask for pamphlet Calcium and Rheu- matiZ." Inclose ten cents if you want booklet ''The Ills Called Rheu- matisTn."
 Blood Is Blood
 What is the difference between blood of a white person and blood of a colored person. that makes it necessary to keep plasma separate for transfusion? (R. L.) Answer-No difference at all. Copyright, 1944, John P. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
Current Comment

Law or injustice has nothing to do with it - if you have the money you can get divorce and thwart all the state laws in the Union. Rep. Norris Poulson of Califor-
 mia.
 The question the United States must face is not whether to have isolationism or unternationalism It is only a question of the character of the international agreements which we must make to get the things We need and get a fair re- turn for the things we grow and make and sell.
 WIPE Chairman Donald M. Nel-
 son.
 Marriages are about four . day. What with our nurses and the Aus- tralian girls, I begin to feel very sorry for the girls left at home. -Lt.-Col. Martha J. Rose. back
 from Australia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09

no interest ln our problems. He came Into the life Of the world inc deed when He allowed His Son to take upon Hifnseif the form of q man and live the human life gitil all ils trial and disciplines. When we think of ood as He manifested Himself to iis in Jesus Christ. Hl seems very near. And because He ii near the Bible urges us never G iose hope.
 All Rights naserved-
 nahsou Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09

| AAAA(O AV6NAh hOA 4AONA ALx . dllus SuJe ported by Ma tanks which rolled of the LST's they quickly establish ed the beachhead. From the air they were aided by SBD's which dis Igorged M-4 tanks under the air protection furnished by P'4Ts and A-20-A's
 And so on.
 No situation would ever develop like that and heaven knows no re- porter in his right mind would ever write it that way. But this gives an idea of how this trick technical ilingo is developing, and it's higf. time 1t was stopped, inasmuch as it's likely this war will be around for quite while.
 JUST HAVEN'T GOT
 SEX APPEAL
 Even when spelled out, too many of these names still read like some- thing out of a manufacturers cata- logue instead of words that make small boys want to emulate the deeds ..of @ Commando Kelly. A Landing Craft, Infantry, Large" is useful in Invasion, but it's still a loucy name without sex appeal or glamour for a gal who wants to brag to her play mates about what kind of a war ship her Sweetie is sailing on. Also, song writers and poetasters can get no inspiration out of such st1f. What kind of tune could be writ ten about a couplet that went: My sailor boy ain't got much rank, But he commands a Landing Ship,
 Tank!
 And what in the world can you find to rhyme with an LSM, even when you spell out the M for Me- dium.
 Maybe a lot of these things are too new to have acquired much tradition or the rich and racy nick names which soldier and sailor and leatherneck slang in time bestow on all articles of war, sacred and pro- fane. It took four years or more to break down official Army and Navy conservation at the top and get colorful names approved and adopted for aircraft. But when once the barriers were removed, how much more drama in Thunder bolt" than PAY. how much more of lift to the spirit of pilot fly ing Havoc" instead of an APO, how much more of buildup for ! the morale of the folks at home to know that their dive bombers were called 'Dauntless" instead of having to bear up under the. cold pork gravy designation of an SBD. NAVY'S BEHIND THE TIMES
 Army has been way ahead of the Navy in this naming business as a morale builder, particularly in all lowing the pilot and crew of an air. craft to give their own plane a pet name and to doll it up with a little loud paint. Think what Chen nault's Flying Tigers" did to the Japs. There are thousands of B-17s, but there will be only one Mem phis Belle" only one "Wabbit Twacks," only one We Should Do This More Often"-names that will go down in history.
 Why the Navy gold braiders haven't come down of their high sea horses and permitted the pilots and the shippers of its thousands of small landing craft to have a lit tie fun in. naming their birds and barges is mystery. The Navy has a long tradition of naming things l-battleships for states, cruisers for cities, submarines for fish. destroy- CTS for naval heroes and so on. But it's still against regulations to name planes and small craft and the boys in the Pacific who have begun to tag their weapons have to do it unoficially. The Navy should relax.
 Anyway phooey on all this LCI, LSM and LIST stuff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-09
THE WAR FILM DECLINES
(Hartford Courantl

The motion picture depicting war. either real or realistically simulated, ls "box-office poison" according to ", Ward Marsh Of the Cleveland
 Plain Dealer. He quotes an exhib- itor as saying 'srhe film patron is not foollns any more about the war movie. When my phone rings now,
 the first question I am asked Is this: 'Ie your picture tonight e war film7' If I have to tell 1t is, hl says: Sorry, I'll see the Iiext onE ak your house--il ik Is not a var fllnl.' What lhe public wants nos is