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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07

Q-HoW many aircraft car
riers are there in the u. S. Navy?
A-Forty. according to Secre-
tary of the Navy Frank Knox.
Q-Who is Gen. Josip Brozo-
Xlch?
A-Better known as General
Tito, he is leader Of the Jugo-
slav partisans.
Q-What sea is known as the
Mediterranean Of the North :?
A-The Baltic Sea.
Q-When was the Pony Ex-
press inaugurated?
April 3. 1860.
Q-When were the Hawaiian
Islands annexed by the y. S.?
A-July 7. 1898.
Off you are called 4 splen-
etc person, what sort Of a person
are you?
A--Morose, malicious, spite
full, peevish and fretful.
Q-Several fish are named af-
ter birds, can you name two OF
them?
A-The sea-robin and the par
rot fish.
Q-What famous inventor was
born in Milan, Ohio?
A-Thomas Alva Edison, in
l847.
Q-Who was David Burnet,
famous in the history OF Texas?
Ale was named president OF
Texas when that territory de-
clared its independence Of Mcxi-
can rule in 1885.
Q-When was the first widely
used commercial typewriter put
on the market?
Ain 1887.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
UNEssEkTIAL

Gorwood, N. j., has 5000 permanent residents
plus 1000 daytime working guests It had one doc
tor. The government which considers one physicon
necessary for every 500 persons, held Gorwoods
Doctor to be non-essentoI, which subjected him to
the droft
This is not untypiooI Of the type Of judgment
which hos been exercised quite generally in procur.
ina doctors for the armed services
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
STREAMLINlNG

RICHMOND, Va Governor
Colgate w. Darden, Jr. took two
days off 10 write his annual
message to the general assem-
bly,.
Then he eyed il critically and
announced he needed another
half day TO trim it down.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
GAS FOR THE STORI,

SALT LAKE CITY - Told
there would be "a slight delay"
before she could be granted ex-
ira gasoline ration coupons to
g. to a maternity hospital. an
undaunted applicant threatened
TO have my baby right here"
Procedure was speeded up, and
the woman left hastily -
clutching a handful OF coupons.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
LIGHTING THE
CHRISTMAS TREES

BOSTON - The Boston and
Maine railroad announced to-
day it was making a bonfire Of
FL carloads OF Christmas trees
that never did get to a glutted
market.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
TECHNICAL NO

NEW YORK - A Canadian
plane, grounded at LaGuardia
Field three days by bad wealth
er, finally took off, ran smack
into flock OF about 100 sea
gulls-and was grounded again.
Noting the edge OF a wing
had been flattened when the
plane struck some of the birds,
the pilot landed rather than risk
having wing de-icers fail to
function.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON


that every time Red Shelton
sees a man in uniform he does
a show. Not long ago, SO the
story goes, he spotted gent in
uniformEand- did-three routines
before he discovered the guy
was hotel doorman.
It's really more thai. just a
gag though.
Ever since the war started.
the film comedian has given
more Of his time and talent 10
the war effort, with less pub
Lefty about it, than anyone we
know. Several weeks 40 we
decided something should be
done about it.
We talked it over with Edna
Shelton and Johnny Gudel and
Reds film studio associates. And
so the other night, on Reds ra-
dlo program, we publicly ex-
pressed an appreci ton he 50
richly deserved.
On behalf of thousands OF
soldiers and sailors and marines
who have written u letters
praising Reds entertainment
tours, on behalf of the Treasury
Department and on behalf of
the millions of reader. of this
column throughout the nation,
W had the pleasure of honoring
him for his 1000 appearances
for the armed forces, the Treas
ury Department, benefits and
charity performances.
HONOR LIST
In physical form, the appreci-
alton was expressed IN a lamp
fashioned from a 77-mm. hell
from the boys of the l43rd Field
Artillery. But in spirit, tho lamp
represented lot Of things -
big and little things which
Red Skelto has done.
HIS Army, Navy and Marine
camp shows at regular bases
and in remote camps in the
California and Arizona deserts.
Sale Of 104 million dollars of
war bonds in Portland. Oregon
Countless flights and hours OF
entertainment for smSll groups
men on remote islands along
the coasts Of California and Mex
leo.
Recruitiig Of 1850 workers for
the Douglas airplane plant at
S-nta Monica, Calf.
His Victory Christmas Card
campaign "A postcard bearing
a regular stamp and a 10 cent
war savings stamp.
The lis chocolate cream pics
he delivered weekly TO a certain
Army outfit while they were in
training near Palm Springs,
Calf.
The II Dood It. clubs through
out the nation. You had to pledge
a months salary in war bonds
t. become member.
The II Dood It. 63rd Troop
Carrier Group, all the planes of
which are named. in Latin, Il
Dood II.
His salvage campaign which
sent millions of kids into the
streets on above en- two years
ago, yelling. Trick or salvage
instead OF Trick or treat"
The list is endless. We've just
touched the high spots.
LITTLE THINGS
We didn't mention the time
Red donned blond WIG and a
dress and wa: indicted as a
SPAR TO stimulate recruiting
drive. Or the time he gave a
complete. two hours show for
three soldiers and a marine in
the lounge car Of train return
ing 10 Hollywood. Or the time
he made a Nazi prisoner laugh
for the first time since he was
taken prisoner by pulling the old
vaudeville trick of pretending
TO break his nose by liking
into wall. Those are just some
of the little things.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
POSTWAR AVIATION
QUESTION


The international av at o n
thing has been considerably in
the limelight. 1t hangs on the
decision, apparently to be made
in the State Department, wheth-
er postwar international avia-
ton expansion shall be an eco
nomic free-for-all, with Compel
ing American companies scram-
bling for flying rights over
various routes, or whether one
chosen instrument" company
either privately financed, pub
licly financed or a combination
Of the two-shall be given ex-
elusive franchise unGer govern
ment control.
The international oil thing is
just now coming into the lime.
light. II is spotlighted by the re-
cent disclosures on the Armys
Canol oil development project
in Canada. The real center of
this situation is in the still very
hush-hush program of the
Petroleum Reserves Corpora
ton which has apparently been
given the job of arranging for
the development OF foreign oil
concessions, SO that this oil can
be made available to the United
States to make up for diminish
ing American oil reserves, heav-
lily drawn on by the war.
The stage now seems to be
Sc for PRO to 60 places and do
things. The first place it has
gone into Saudi Arabia, sending
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mission
to see what's cookin' on the des-
ert oil stove. This comes as a
folloW-up on the recent visit to
the U. S. of two Arabian princes
-coincidental, of course.
Now in the old days, it was
always the custom for the big
oil companies 10 send their own
missions TO foreign countries to
do business on oil rights. The big
oil companies didn't want u. S.
government interference in such
business, and they yelled for
government help only when
some of the foreign govern
ments got rambunctious and
seized the American properties,
as Mexico did in 1898.
That confiscatlon or expro-
priation or whatever you want
to call it may have changed the
picture for the oil companies
future point Of view, in that it
may have shown the advisabilit''
Of having the government sit in
as partner on these foreign oil
deals. II the foreign government
then got funny and started ex-
propriating, II wouldn't be
bucking just an American cor
poration, but the American gov
eminent. A battleship could be
dispatched and the Marines
landed under such circum-
stances. TO restore order and
property. Oh, there are lot of
lovely wars in the making in
such set-up.
AS matter Of fact, the oil
concessions in Saudi Ara bia are
already held on a long-tcrm
basis by an American company,
the California Arabian Stand
ard Oil Company, a Joint SUBJ
sidiary of the Texas company
and Standard OF California. Just
what part the governments Pc
troleum Reserves Corporation is
to have in this is not yet an
nounced, but PRO is definitely
in international big business and
Is taking the government along
with il, willy nilly. What comes
OF all this is something to keep
your eyes on. And is this So
~;.1,ev> - enn;tsiisve7
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07

oQonst employment OF Communists IN government"
service The Hatch law forbids hiring OF Nozls and
Foscists also, but the Civil Service Commission is
protecting only the Communists
In an order issued secretly Nov ;. which the
commission admits but refuses to PublIcIze InVest-
ootors are threatened with disciplinary action II
thew venture to ask any question which would tend
to prove Con1munistic utilization or Sympathy
That statement is not technically accurate. An
investigator apparently is permitted to inquire f'ot-
Nv. "Are YOU Communist" But only enough Conn.,
nunsts come into the open to provide the neces-
soy |ioison with the public and to supply candidates
to run for public office The rest stoy under cover
and lie about their Communism, moter OF tronk-
~ stoted party policy we'll to ovod the dsrePue
to which honesty would subject them.
The only way to tell most Communists is by their
octons II their reading is confined largely to party
line publications; If their affiliations largely with
red front organizations; il they against all that
America and democracy stand for additionally and
place the interests Of StoIin and Russio oheod Of
those Of the United Stotes, then they ore .Commu-
nists
But under this order, Civil Service Commission in
vestaotors ore forbidden to ask what prospective
federal employees think about capitalism or about
certain historical and current events in which the
cleavage between democracy and Communism is
clear and distinct.
The investigators forbidden to ask about
membership in organizations which high federal Of.
fcios Of very liberal instinct have described publicly
as Connmunistc. They forbidden to inquire about
reading material that is frankly Communist, as we'll
os about party line publications.
They can not ask if prospects wife, or
husband, is eord-corryine member Of the Conn.,
nunst party Nor is the ban limited to specified or
CARNATIONS and publications "If the Investigator is
in doubt the best policy not to ask the question:"
soys the order.
Who inspired such on order2 Who wrote t2 Who
approved it, other than the underInes who si9nedo
Congress should find out.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07

behalf of just about everybody.
He deserves everything we've
said about him in this column.
Why, he's even a Brownie in
the Girl Scouts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07

Descriptive tension between
our actual and desired selves is
variously caused Parents often
project into the imaginations of
their children ideals and ambi-
tons utterly out Of keeping with
the aptitudes and abilities Of
the children themselves.
One mother, aspiring to be a
singer and. frustrated in her own
career. transferred her ambi-
ton to her daughter. Into her
daughters susceptible magma
ton she poured her own unat-
tainable aspirations, and did 1t
the more perSuaslVely and re-
morselcssly because she con-
ceived her motive as maternal
love. The daughter, IN conse-
quence, untitled for the imposed
role, found herself al last with
an imagination preoccuplcd by
one ambition and conscience
committed TO ii as sacred duty,
but with an impossible chasm
between her actual and her de-
sired self For the tragic disrup-
ton that ensued before the
daughter could be brought to
accept herself. the mother was
responsible.
This emphasis is the more
need because popular stress is
commonly laid upon the other
side. To have large ambitions.
TO expect the most of ourselves,
TO attempt even the seemingly
impossible and achieve it is
not this the mark Of admirable
personality?
The answer. Of course, is af-
firmative, but that answer needs
to be chastened by the fact that
the beginning of wise ambition
lies in mans accepting himself
as himself and not as someone
else. and in trying to make the
most and the best Of that self
and not of another. Mistakes at
this initial point carry heavy
penalty.
From Periclean Greece 10
modern Nazidom, how diverse
have been the cultures into
which human individuals have
been born. Nothing runs deeper
in human nature than the de-
sire TO be appreciated, and in
whatever cultural setting a man
grows up, he normally tries 10
succeed according 10 its char
acteristic standards
Despite The fact that culture
powerfully helps TO make a per-
son what he is, he may find. as
millions do. that channcling his
life down the river bed where
the main appropriations of his
current civilization run, in
wolves the denial of everything
that he natively was meant to
be and do. Such tension. so
caused. is one of mans major
tragedies
No individual sclf-acceptance
alone can solve 50 vast a prob
lem in It's public aspects, but
multltudes of individuals. rec
ognlzing the nature Of the diff
Guilty and seeing clearly what is
happening TO them. might solve
their own problems. Especially
in free countries, with many di-
versitics of choice and with var
ious groups whose appreciation
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
. SO THEY SAY

Too many ships. Too ma
tanks. Too many planes. Anne
lea got too many everything.
Jap prisoner on Attu.
When the war began, Il
President OF the United Stat
asked me not to undertake nj
TO wage air war. This agree
10 and l have kept my promiA
Adolf Hitler.
The size Of combat tire usd
by the armed forces in create
numbers takes six times mo
rubber and five time more IA
ric than the most popular size !
passenger car tire .-Harvey
Firestone, Jr., tire manufa
turer.
Once we have come to kno
one another better and ha,
sudmounted the barrier Of lal
guage, there will be found +
two peoples anywhere in II
world better qualified to wi
each others respect and admi
alton and friendship than tf
Russians and the Americans. =
WPB Chairman Donald M. Ne
son.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE
InAun EArvC va.k

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho-EaSt-
ern Idaho peace officers, in con-
vention here, will dine on moose
meat purchased from the state
game department which confis-
Gated it because the animal was
killed illegally.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
INSIDE JOB!
MEMPHIS :

ers $113.56 in Christmas saw
ings disappeared last month.
Yesterday a SIS bill turned up
under sidewalk in the back
yard. Further investigation led
10 all but $1,000 OF the money
in the basement where IL had
been carried-by rats.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Rcd Shelton has donated his
time and talent whenever and
wherever 1t was needed. That's
why we found it a great privi-
lege TO honor Red Shelton, on
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

rary, and they're mere chicken
fed when compared to the much
larger postwar applications of
this theory to the control OF in
ternational aviation and interna-
tiOnal oil
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
DODGING AN ISSUE

The H. S. Civil Service Commission hos found
way around the prohibition enacted by Congress
oooinst employment Of Communists in government
service The Hatch law forbds hiring OF NozIs and
Foscists oIso, but the Civil Service Commission IS
protecting only the Communists.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-07
I. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-HoW many aircraft car
riers are there in the u. S. Navy?
A-Forty. according to Secre,
tary of the Navy Frank Knox.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

WASH Use mild soop ond plenty OF
hot svdsy voter tumble g. 10 minutes in
woshins moehine. or ~ushthorouehIy by
hond. Rinse OF Ieosi twice (befier three
tines in fresh ho' woier Add tiehiIIHfT
solution 70 fnol rinse 70 restore finish.
sTARoH PrePore uhT ony one Of
three ~oys-quiok. quicker. quickest
tull directions on every box Of LIhII).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27
ALL COTTON GOODS ARE SCARCE. To

ALL COTTON GOODS ARE SCARCE. To
moke your cotton dresses lost longer
10 keep them fresh ond smart looking
-storch with LIMIT. the modern loun-
dry storch.
LIMIT penetrotes fine fobrics. restores
the original finish. gives q smooth sur
foce thot sheds dust ond resists soiIng.
LIMIT is very cosy 10 prepare okes
ironing cosy. All erocers sell LIMIT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

IIhI1 does up beautifully your curtains, blouses.
lingerie, sheets. rompers. aprons. work clothing
ond oil woshobles. Once you use LINII you'll al.
~oys depend on this fine modern siorch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

Storoh rUffles. belts. cuffs with bosic
LIMIT solution directions on Poekoee).
LlNIr helps she'd soil. helps keep cloth.
ing cleon longer. lehtens foundry labor.
IRON Use moderately hoi iron LIMIT
sioroh never sticks. mokes ironing cosy.
LIMIT beov'ifes ond protects oil wosh-
c6le fobrics Get LIEIT. The modern
:ioreh, al your sroeers todoy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-02
Report
$55,OOO Sale;
OF War Bonds

y total Oi S1J,U50 purchased m
VA. bonds during the Fourth War
Loan WIS reported nv the L.rn, CLUB
al their weekly meeting i night
This amount Is TN" maturity value
"i The bonds purchased ar sold by
the Lions club.
NIcr-PrcSidru; !. {. Nam prcsid-
cd over the meeting last night. For
t""r meeting next week Ladies'
N,GHt Will bv observed with a barbc-
cue supper It South Lake Lui.v.
Henry Young. ,ha'rm a, thr
sight cuuscrN alton and o.ud cpm-
m.,"c. reported IN the clab has
Joined with the State Association tor
the BLIND. Private Frauk Wurulm
WAS welcomed as gUcsi a. the meet
ing.
Dr y. t. kallman. Veterinarian.
spoke Ia club members uu Care OF
Dogs" Following his talk he an
Swcr"i unpromp;u questions from
the group.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-02
! Phenomenon OF
Smoke Writing Is
Cause Of Wonder

Ire" Ii-plluc> u ni.h they
Nr-r barely visible irduIccd IN
n'ni" writing IL I'VE Ky over
i''"i'!>on about two u'Clrrk This
afternoon. and lett inrmat,nn
fF|t created ~omCthinc at A sea-
>i'!hH !C" many people. In"
n'HF" had the appearance nf
cloud formation and left thc I'M
preston Oi an unu>uII ph"np-
n"run OF nature.
f1lirC and iirrmrn ~sih ih"N
'IW the three plane, aud saw -,
>li,1hc ~ emitted Irur tuc
rl'nrs seemingly tryin: IT, write
d ii"urr So. hut c\hLu>ting their
'ur.N ~: smoke :a> before
'"Wn!"iIng the character
fs!,"Enncs at i;C Dispatch Of
iirr i"u@ frequently ~ inquirer,
'ou'h; some information l> To
TIE rLuNr M meaning of tie liz
GIc. which appeared III an ntIc:.-
wise ClCudlcs> >kN III early aft
.rnrlu. Til" formation WAS car
iI'd ilCng hN air currents bu; rr-
'LiuCG ii" general nuiIin, tor
lHt""f (" L" Cn:y mInutrS. som"
even "rui 81 tar - Ia hazard
l'u iHA' the spectacle hrrildrd
"U enemy Invi>IUn. Other i,cc-
h-u-N remarked that maNbr il
vas 'nC rroNc with which Hitler
"A> To- hr banged.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-02
s:~' Sss, To-?

! what Is tho FENp
: W"dccW""d is = Kind at tree.
pottery. nr mechanical device.
;. What O.. 20 Maverick?
! Another name tor peanut. ,-
g-
, + Athens Greece. seaport
G. what d. the initials. y. \. f..
stand fr~o We
D. Nn A'"T Corps is commanded
by corporal. true ur false"
q. LORD Give wou the Battle ol
IIas,cy IN France. Canada. OF India
y How many days has leap year,
~. tn" minimum age for cl:gi-
DlIilY iu the Office OF President of the
United States Is IS. 81 OF 10 years?
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Judicial independence

In ordinary circumstances a news
paper hesitates to comment on the
conduct of a criminal trial prior to
the return of verdict by the Jury.
This is especially true when the jury
has not been selected, because it is
conceivable that critical comment
might influence prospective jurors
for or against the defendants.
These restraining considerations
are not applicable, however, to the
attempt by one of the defendants in
the sedition trial now pending in
District Court to bring about con-
gressional investigation of the man.
ner in which Chief Justice Eicher
has been conducting the proceed
ings. The request for the investiga-
ton has been made, Senate Judi
clary subcommittee has returned a
report, and the petitioning defend
ant is exclusively responsible if the
report proves embarrassing to the
defense.
Chairman McCarran of the Judi
ciary Committee referred the COM
plant to subcommittee headed by
Senator Hatch of New Mexico, who
is one of the Senate's most earnest
champions of a free and untram-
meled judiciary, and who recon-
mended against any intervention by
Congress.
Asserting that the appeal to the
legislative branch of the Govern
ment "smacks strongly of an at
tempt to intimidate or influence"
the court, Senator Hatch declared
that the courts must be left free
to function, without interference
from any source whatever" AS he
pointed out, this freedom of the
judiciary from outside interference
is a guarantee to the sedition de-
PENDANTS, and to all citizens, that
they can be assured of receiving fair
and impartial trials. For Congress or
the executive branch to intrude
upon the. function of the courts in
this case, or in any case, would re-
suit only in whiting down that
judicial independence which stands
between the American people and
persecution.
This Is doctrine which will COM
mend itself to Congress and which
should be Endorsed by every one.
The court is having a difficult time
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Historic Reform

Although it seems almost too
good to be true, it is nevertheless a
happy fact that the Nation, may
now look forward to paying it's in
come tax in relatively painless
manner. This has been made pos
sible by the bill which was approved
overwhelmingly by the House yes
terday and which is slated for the
same favorable action in the Sen
ate. It's technical features aside, it
means, in effect, that $4,000 900
Americans are to be led out of the
paperwork wilderness of legal
phraseology and superinvolved COM
putations heretofore making March
18th a day to be dreaded.
The Simplification, worked out by
the Ways and Means Committee
with the support of the Treasury,
has been effected chiefly by merg-
ing the Victory tax with the income
tax, establishing new normal and
surtax rates and exemptions and so
revising the Withholding system that
perhaps as many as 30O0O,0OO
wage-earners will be relieved of
filing any return at all, apart from
a receipt showing the amount with
held by employers. Contrasted with
the system in operation up to now,
this new procedure, though not alb
solutely perfect, is like the differ
ence between severe headache and
the complete absence of one.
The reform, moreover. is of his
toric significance, amounting to
nothing less than a major operation
on the entire income tax structure
which, since 1918, has been SO
amended as to become a maze and
a hodge-podge. In every major re-
spect, the new measure does away
with all that, and when March 18th
rolls around notwithstanding the
Senate acts as expected-the Amer
lean people will find the change q
pleasure. The Ways and Means
Committee and the House as a
whole are to be congratulated. and
the Nation may well say, For this
rellef, much thanks"