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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-17

NEA stan
NEW YORK.-Keyed to the
holiday needs ahead when a
mood is clinched by the clothes
that you wear, at-home and
party fashions are made more
festive for this year of elegance
with heightened color, applied
glitter, interviewer gleam or
traceries of lace.
Featured by New York de-
signers are three general types
of gala duds-long and snort
dresses and the cocktail-type OF
suit-all of which will be
swishing around the Thanks
giving table and the Christmas
tree and making an entrance at
New Years Eve parties.
Long party dresses for the
forthcoming holidays are shade
more gala than they were last
winter, and you'll see the bit
more-formal look in bright
sheathes of lame, damask, satin,
velvet; in brown and black lace
with necklines a little lower
and sleeves a good deal shorter.
Typical of the uncovered-lady
look is the torso-molding dress
Of black lace shown at the right
which boasts something OF a
decolletage, short cap sleeves,
and for decorative interest a
black lace bow at the point of
origin of flowing skirt fullneSs
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-17

and aqua velvet ribbon bows for
bodice trim.
Any short dress that's posy-
bright or has fire-cracker shine
is a good dress for holiday at
homes or to 90 jaunting off UNI
der a dark fur coat. Many of
these come in<>velveteen, satin,
pastel-colored woolens and ray
on crepes and in style they
stick generally to two types: the
draped sheathe and the dirndl.
Best liked by the homecoming
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-17
Service Men Home
on Furlough, Leave

GEORGE HINSHAW, Mount
Clemens, to November 26.
JOHN S. FRINK, 27 Fourth
street, to December !.
M. A. JENNINGS, II Rath-
bone, to November %.
EDWARD c. BALLOR, Mount
Clemens to November %.
RICHARD r. BANNOW, Lin
coin avenue, to November %.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-17
Child Study Club
Hears Mrs. Hirt

THE CHILD STUDY CLUB
group one, met at the home Of
Mrs. Milon Grinnell on Union
street, Wednesday evening with
twenty members and two guests
present. The guests were Mrs.
Milton Thomas, and Mrs. Lewis
Thompson. The business meet
ing was conducted by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Paul Benz.
Mrs. Paul Hirt was the speak
err, her topic whats your score
as a Parent. She also conduct
ed a question and answer period
in regards TO children and par
ents and their problems in the
years 1880 to 1888, when the
children were very young and
the problems of these same peo-
pie today.
Mrs. Joseph Eckhout and Mrs.
Stuart DeMott were the hostess
eS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-17

ELECTED for the coming year,
by the Young Women's League
of Zion Evangelical Church this
week, Mrs. Leonard Freimann
was chosen vice-president, as
sisting Mrs. Wallace Gerlach, as
president.
MRS. BERT CHARTER, Hav-
ard road, Crosse Pointe, enter
tanned the members Of her
Mount Clemens dinner club at
her home last evening. Attending
from here were Mrs. George W..
John, Mrs. Oscar Kelhofer and
Mrs. Charles Gatz.
THE EVER ONWARD Circle
of Kings ught ers met
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Charles Wood. Ten members and
four guests attended. The group
decided to give a dessert lunch
con, card party and fancy goods
and bake sale at the Home, Mar
ket street, Thursday, November
80.
CAPT. AND MRS. MILES F.
MCKEE and children David,
Peter and Susan, of Bethesda,
Md, will arrive Wednesday of
next week to be the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Kelly.
They will spend Thanksgiving
Day at family gathering at
Broken Rocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
$4,000 Blaze
Hits Brawley

BRAWLEY, Sept. 23.-Fire start
ed by bloWtorch in the Tank
Fertilizer company on North EIGHTH
street resulted in a loss of approXi-
mately $4,000 to the property own
ers said.
The bloWtorch was being used in
that part of the building used by
Gabe Adelnour of the Victory Mar
ket while Workmen were repairing
a liquid fertilizer tank.
r. B. Wilson, operator of the fer
tilizer company, estimated his loss
in chemicals and fertilizer to be in
excess of S7500 besides valuable elec-
trio motors and equipment he will
have trouble in replacing
The front section of the building
was occupied by the Warner Seed
company. The owner said his loss
in grain and other seed would not
exceed $3.50. Some feed being used
for mixing also was destroyed Alb
delnour said he had not made a
final estimate as yet but thought his
loss would not exceed $1,000.
BraWley firemen fought the blaze
three hours. The burning building
was at the rear of Abdelnour's mar
ket and the flames threatened near
by buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
f. T.. Firm Gets
Options on
Tax Title Lots

Upon request of w. H. Tyler Jr.,
the City Council Saturday had
granted the Tyler Insurance Agency,
500 Main street, an option on tax
titles of property included in the
Residence Park subdivision, addi-
ton number 3.
Parcel l will include Block 3, lots
1920, nine lots north of the 1000
block on Vine street; Block IL,
lots 6, 7 and 8, three lots on the
north side of the 1900 block ON
Wensley; Block 4, lot II, north of
the 1000 block on Wensley; Block
10, lots and 3 on the south side
Of the 1900 block on Wensley, Block
5, lot 8, south Size of 1000 block on
Wensley and Block ), lot 8, north
side of the 1000 block on Len Rey.
Parcel 2 property is located in
Block u, lots 8-11, inclusive, north
side of the 1900 block on Vine street.
The council approved a 60-day
exclusive option, subject to prior
tiles and Federal Housing Adminis-
tratiOn commitments. Purchase price
has been set at $3.50 lot for prop
erty contained in Parcel | and at
$3.50 for Parcel 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
County's School
Children Win
War Work Acclaim

Attracted by the stellar perform
ance of Imperial county school chill
dren in the Schools AT War" pro-
gram last year, A. j. Gray, haiSon
officer in the programs education
section, and Barry Buchanan, spe-
cial events representative from the
treasury department in Washington
visited Imperial cunty last week end.
I'VE wanted to meet some of the
school children who have been do
ing such wonderful work in selling
war bonds and stamps in Imperial
county, Gray said. These school
children have shown outstanding
thrift and patriotism in their bond
and stamp selling campaigns for
the last two years. They have es-
tablished a record which it is diff
cult for other communities to equal.
We feel certain they will excel all
past records by their activities this
year"
Thursday the visitors left cita-
tionS at the Barbara Worth, Ruth
Reid, Myron D. Witter, and Hidalgo
elementary schools in Brawley, the
Holtville elementary and high
schools in Holtville. The citations
were given for work well done last
year.
On Friday they visited Heber
elementary school, the seventh and
eighth grades and the high school
and junior college in El Centre,
and Westmorland e mentary
school.
Mrs. Florence Finney, deputy
county school superintendent will
be head of the program in the coun-
ty once again. She was compliment
ed for her efficient and enthus-
iastic work in the campaigns the
last two years
First activity this year, Gray said,
will be a Name Your Weapon"
drive. Details will be announced
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
ITALY KEEPS TAB ON
U.S.A.S SANTA CLAUS

From reports seeping through from
Italy, it appears the liberated people of
that misguided country have been well
Informed and have heard much of the
habit of Uncle Sam playing Santa Claus
for the whole world. And as result the
a disgust for the gimme" chorus that
American soldiers there have developed
greets them everywhere they go to liber-
ate the Nazi-ridden areas Word seemed
TO have gone far ahead of the fighting
Yanks that when they got there they
would come laden with food and luxur
les to be scattered with generous hands
while the populace would have only to
sit back and take it easy.
And the disillusioned people are not
only as disgusted as the Yanks, but they
are resentful. There was food to follow
the army IN quantities to end starvation
among the ranks unable to obtain it from
the Hitlerite hordes. But that was not
enough. Now the upper crust openly is
ugly toward the Americans and 50 much
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
President Wants
information
On Pearl Harbor

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. CUP)-
Anyone who has information that
this government knew 70 hours in
advance of the Pearl Harbor attack
that a japanese task force was
steaming toward the Hawaiian ISL
ands should submit that informa-
ton to the military boards now in
veStigating the entire Pearl Har-
bor case, President Roosevelt said
He told a news conference that
there would be lots of things like
that-referring to Republican charg-
es that information about the Jap
anese naval activity had been sub
mitted to this government in ad-
vance of the attack-circulatin day
and night from now until Nov. 7.
Asked if he intended to order
court-martial trials at any time
soon for army and navy leaders at
Pearl Harbor at the time of the
attack, Mr.. Roosevelt replied that
there are two committees or boards
working on that now and it would
be just as we'll to wait to hear from
them. He referred to the army and
navy boards which are inveStigat-
ing all circumstances surrounding
the attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
THISS HAPPY BREED OF MEN
(Christian Science Monitor)

Have the English changed much since
September, 1899? One by one they have
relinquished, without a murmur, cherish
ed practices and institutions. They have
permitted cockney youngsters to overrun
stately country mansions. They have TAX
en- up seriously the leveling of enrolment
at famous public" schools. They have
even submitted to restrictions on bath
water.
Let their friends, however, rest assur
ed There is no fundamental and alarm
ing change. They are not going to give
up cricket. From Normandy comes the
comforting news of troops playing the
traditional game, with an entrenching
tool for bat, tin can for ball, and
chunks of stone for wickets.
We affectiOnately preserve in our files
the biographical sketch of an English
man of our acquaintance who wished, for
the most worthy purposes, to make good
impression on his American friends. He
made no special point of his classical rec
ord at Cambridge, or the fact that he
had held an important post with Lord
Kitchener in the Ministry of Munitions
during World War |. But he did make
modest point of the achievement of "2ll
runs at cricket in 1892 at Lords Ground
i'm London"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
BY PETER EDISON

Here on the home front, this is
the stage CT the war when you car
begin to laugh at let of the some
what needless frenzy that people
worked themselves into. worrying
about crises that never quite de-
yeloped. You can appreciate this
now as you read about the new
presidential directive which abol-
iShes the office of rubber director
In its place will be rubber bureau
in WPB, with all the production
and research handed back tc Sec
retary of Commerce Jesse Joness
Rubber Reserve company.
Remember all the excitement
about this rubber director job two
years ago? 1t was September l0,
1912 when the famous Baruch re-
port came out, predicting a national
military and civilian collapse unless
certain corrective measures were
taken at once. Thereupon William
F.. Big Bib Jeffers was named
rubber director and the air began
to turn blue.
Big Bill quarreled with every
one-Army, Navy, Congress, Owls
Elmer Davis, Undersecretary OF
War Robert Patterson. Jeffers re-
signed after year, saying his job
was done. He turned it over to Col
Bradley Dewey, who in less than a
year recommended that his office
be abolished.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
HITLER TO THE FRONT
(!San Diego Union)

Good news comes from the western
front in the announcement that Adolf
Hitler has taken personal charge of the
NaZi armies in the Battle of France. This
may mean that der fuehrer's presence is
necessary to bolster dwindling morale
and put down insurrection among his
warriors. If precedent is followed it also
means that the Allied victory will be ap-
preciably hastened. Hitler intarvened in
the Russian campaign and his assump-
ton of personal leadership was followed
by tremendous Russian victories. He
spent short time at the front during
the Allied invasion of France and the in
vaSion accelerated its tempo Immediately.
To the Allied commanders, Hitler's
pose of military leader by inspiration
is amusing and satisfying. That it is
something decidedly different to his own
commanders is indicated by previous re-
SultS
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
HAS SIDNEY BACKED
TOO GENTLE A HORSE?

In helping Sidney Hillmans Politica
Activities Committee, the siX-million dol
lar "angel" for a fourth term for tn,
commander-in-chief, ring up the cash reg
lister in New York City. Vice President
Wallace told Hillman this: the demo-
cratic party must become more liberal
or be discarded.
1t gets funnier all the time Wallace
was kicked out of the convention, bereft
of denomination for second place on the
New Deal ticket now masquerading under
the banner of the Democratic party. Was
Mr.. Wallace too liberal? He had become
an ultra-liberal while associating with
the Roosevelt wing of the Democratic
party; in fact he had Roosevelts blessing
on the venture of becoming a liberal Hill
man, repeatedly was satisfied with Wal
lace, but accepted Truman instead No
body seems to know whether Truman is
a liberal or a conservative. or gives a
hang.
But in his next breath Wallace must
have made Hillman feel powerful happy
and soothed his feelings at being accused
of being quasi-conservative after having
adopted party Mr.. Wallace thinks is
too "old-fashioned." Said the discarded
man from Iowa, please, Mr.. Hillman.
let's have your support of liberal pro-
gram with liberal production plan bas-
ed on more government planning
There are many interpretations of the
word liberal" But what Wallace meant
of course was "communistic." That's
what he has been trying to preach. He
knows well enough he need have no wor-
ry about the New Deal (EX-Democratic)
party being liberal" enough as regards
the definition of liberal" which means
giving away taxpayers money to every
Tom, Dick and Harry dream-schemer.
Or, say like giving away great quantities
OF sewing machines to the aborigines of
the South American jungles Or giving
box lunches with each containing a bottle
of milk to the whole world
One must just be plain kindly and
charitable toward the vice president when
considering his undertaking to tell Sid
ney Hillman anything about a liberal
party or anything about communism. One.
however, should proclaim the temerity of
the one-time secretary of agriculture in
being so courageous His courage we'll
could be directed toward a more fruitful
occupation.
Mr.. Wallace should know that when
Hlllman gets through with the old Demo-
cratic machine now under lease to the
New Dealers, not even New Dealer will
recognize it.
But whatever it NAV look like. the
President will still hold the patent and
will retain Hillman as chief mechanic
to keep it running.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
Wallace Urges
More Planning
By Government

NEW YORK, Sept. %. .GUP)-
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace
told the National Citizens Political
Action Committee Friday that the
Democratic party must become more
liberal or be discarded, and urged
support for a liberal program with
a liberal production plan" based on
more government planning.
He spoke at an NCPAC Embarrassing
luncheon presided over by Chairman
Sidney Hillman, saying it was his
hope that after victory on Nov.
we can make the Democratic par
ty an even more fitting channel
than in the past for manifesting
the liberal spirit"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
cophoI I elk
-by-
Peter Edison

1912, Cancelled in February. 1943, re-
ordered it April, 1914
In short. says the Rubber Reserve
report: The present synthetic rub
Der program is basically the same
as that which had already been
put into effect prior to the date the
rubber survey committee was APP
pointed, the only changes being the
addition of the four remaining re-
finery conversion projects, reduc-
ton Of butyl rubber productive ca
pacity. the increase in neoprene
capacity"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
MORE BUTADIENE
RECOMMENDED

7. Production of an additional
100000 tons of butadiene year was
recommended, and the rubber di-
rector authorized IL additional re-
finery conversion projects with a
total capacity Of 100000 tons a
year. Later, he Cancelled eight of
them with a capacity of l05 COO
tons, because they were not needed.
8. Construction of facilities to
produce an additional 100000 tons
of buna-S rubber was recommend
ed This was not carried out be-
cause plants previously authorized
were found able to produce at over
l20 per cent capacity.
9. Making of 10000 additional tons
Of buna-S from grain was recon-
mended, but never ordered by the
rubber director.
TO- Increase Of neoprene produc-
ton capacity by 10000 tens year
was recommended. The rubber di-
rector ordered this in November
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24

Cruising on 75-mile-an-hCur min
imum speedways should be banned
ior millions of Americans whose
eyesight is not at least 20/40 vision
in both eyes or 20/30 in one eye, ac-
cording to a Better Vision Institute
report which recommends a top
speed CT 25 for drivers with visual
acuity of less than 20/100.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
Editorials and Comment

SO as to declare that they Jared better
under German domination.
And so it seems Uncle Sam must be
warrior and Santa at the same time.
But why blame the poor Italians. After
twelve years of giving to all who ask and
to many who are not begging and dolling
out the dole. we have a reputation to de-
fend
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
HERE'S HOW THE
REPORT WORKED OUT

/ BY way of a checkup, here are a
number of the recommendations OF
the Baruch committee. the actions
of government agencies in carrying
out these recommendations, and
what actually happened:
l. The Baruch report called for
no speeds over 35 miles an hour.
This has been maintained for pas
Senger cars, but has been relaxed
for trucks carrying priority cargoes.
2. Recommended national restric-
tions on mileage and gas rationing
were imposed on a 5000 miles per
car, per year basis. They were fur
ther cut in the east, because of q
gasoline shortage.
3. Compulsory periodic tire in
spection was instituted, but was
abandoned in 1874 because it was
found unnecessary and nuisance.
4. Recommended release of more
rubber to civilians for tires and re-
Gaping, to maintain essential civil
ian driving, has been possible to
degree, but the tire bottleneck is a
shortage of manpoWer.
These variances between program
recommendation and their eXecu-
ton do not mean that the Baruch
report was wrong in principle. The
"geared to rubber" national eccn-
omy has been able to keep rolling
because of tire and gas conserva-
tion-and because synthetic rubber
was better and its production fur
ther along than the Baruch report
could foreSee.
5. The Baruch report recommend
ed expansion CT the production OF
thiokol to $4,000 tons year, for use
in retreads. This entire program
has been dropped-after making 75O
tons in l943-because the stuff was
not needed.
6. AS recommended, mission was
sent to Moscow to learn how the
Russians made synthetic rubber
but it learned little not already
known
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
MEDICINE TO BEAUTY

Witch hazel was first used for
medicinal purposes, but is now wide
ly used in beauty preparations for
the face and hands. 1t is derived
from the bark of a North American
shrub
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

main, new war is inevitable. The harsh
ness of conditions presented to the van
quished can postpone, but never prevent
a new war.-Berlin Foreign Office.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
METEORITE KNOWLEDCE

Meteories, although visitors from
far out in space, have added to the
knowledge of our own earths in
terror. Their composition is be-
lieved to be similar to the core OF
the earth.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24
EARLY CHEWING GUM

Today We chew chicle gum tif we
can get it,. but before it was known
in the United States, a spruce and
paraffin chewing gum was made
and sold as carly as 1850.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24

| don't believe the Japs will fold up at
any time. Their religious feeling will
prevent that. Well have to go in and
educate them and | believe we will have
20 go in and blast Japan.-Comdr. Ernest
NJ SnoWden. back from the Pacific
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24

On every side Germany weakens. Now
is the time for us to muster all our
strength and unity for the final blows
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24

Fighting for every place will be neces-
sary even after the Allies invade Ger
many-Dr. Eduard Benes, president Of
CzechOslovakia.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-24

EDITORS NOTE: The folloping edit
Oriais are presented as interesting Opin-
ions UOiced by editors elseWhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Evening star., 1944-10-29

nouND-sHouLDERED milk
n bottles are being made square
to give extra space. Housewives OF
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, who assisted
in giving the new bottles home
storage test, claim ''handi-squares
require about half the refrigerator
room of the round kind.
YHESHr SPoILED7 or Spelling!
A new fish test is devised to tell
the exact state of a swimmer.
The Atlantic Fisheries Experiment
Station has discovered that hsh
spoilage occurs almost entirely
through bacterial action at the
surface of the flesh, and that a
gradual increase in the alkalinity
goes hand-in-hand with decay.
Thus, by merely touching a sam
pie of fish to the glass electrode OF
an apparatus for measuring aka
Unity. the dial will tell an up-to-
the-minute story of the fsh's con-
dition. Maybe time will be when
every retail fish dealer will keep
a test machine in full view on the
counter to prove to the customer
his fish are of pristine quality.
cARAWAY SEED, scarce since the
war cut off supplies out of Holland
is a commercial crop in the States
for the first time this year. Cali
fornia has some 800 acres, Oregon
and Idaho are growing the seed IN
lesser amounts.
ON LONELY AroLLS soldiers are
growing their own salad green's
by the test-tube method. The
Society of Chemical Hortlcuitur-
lists have unveiled new idea.
the soldiers sand farm. Pack
cts of vegetable seeds, plus plant
nutrients, are being packed to-
gether with canvas containers TOR
garden making on desert islands.
Sand, gravel or cinders substitute
for soil, then the plant food IS
added in the form of chemicals.
REDUcERS who are including a
mineral-oil dressing in their diets
without doctors advice should
consider the warning issued by
government nutritionists and the
Journal of the American Medical
Association regarding the harmful
effects that may be expected from
its daily use. Research carried out
at various state agricultural ex-
pertinent stations has shown that
minerai-oil intake can seriously