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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

needed TO make 1943's features
included 725 actors, 119 produc-
ers, l19 directors, 364 writer's,
in addition TO free-lance talent
and extras. There were O435 of
the latter registered with Cen
trail Casting during the year and
an average of 1880 worked each
day.
Edward G.. Robinson All
stars are accustomed to letters
from fans who look exactly
like you" and think something
should be done about it. Eddie
claims the prize, however, n a
letter from a proud grandmoth-
er who says her 9month-old
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
BY PETER EDISON

News of the invasion put news
from Washington in its proper
perspective. D-Day found the
capital duller than at any time
since il was invaded by Coxey' S
army, and there is every indica-
ton it will stay that way till the
beachheads are firmly establish
ed, and then some.
Matters that had seemed i'm
portant on D-Day minus |,
somehow have become insignifi-
cant. Bigwigs who try to say
something appropriate some
how sound and look silly.
Who cares about Sewell Avery
of Montgomery Ward and his
tile fight with the government
over a labor union?
Secretary of State Cordell
Hull was taking vacation
which, in way, was the most
sensible activity of all.
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr. was get
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A BETTER RECORD

The American Civil Liberties Union has totted
up the score Of prosecutions FOR utteronces pub
locations alleged to obstruct the conduct Of the war"
since Dec 7, lo4l, os against the record in World
War |. The result shows that, in the approximate
time in the lost Ito the end Of August,
lo43) there had been 70 federal coses involving 30
persons against nearly 1000 coses and more than
1900 persons in lol7-l8.
Granted that the Justice Department may have
done some diIIydoIIyne in some instances, the
port is generally encouraging The splendid record
of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation boIks any
charge that the government has been lax in its pur
suit Of sedton. The contrasting figures rather go to
prove thot the country views the whole question Of
disoyoIty with more sanity than in the lost war,
when authority was confused and divided, when
wd-eyed amateur Howkshows we're numerous and
unrestroined, and the mere possession Of German
name brought suspicion and, on many occasions,
vioesce.
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hand, taken from the Midwest
mixed pair event. When the
opening lead held, West shifted
to the ten of clubs, which Buck
(South) won with the ace. Now
he did not make the mistake of
cashing three rounds of hearts.
He led small heart to dummy's
queen, led the seven of clubs
and trumped. in his own hand
with the six of hearts. An
other heart was won in dummy
and the diamond six returned.
Now you can see Vests pre-
dicament. II East played low
on the six of diamonds, the ten
spot would win. If West ruffed,
he would be end-played. II
East played the queen and led
another diamond for her part
ner to ruff, the diamonds would
be established and again West
would be end-played.
This hand has many interest
ing angles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
. BARBS

Onion sets may slow down
due to the heat but they al
ways come back strong.
If the Germans really want 10
avoid destruction they should
give us their army as they an
nounced they did Rome.
When you neglect TO take care
of your lawn at regular inter-
walls, comes the unkindest cut of
all.
When a tire blows these days
it's left flat and has nothing
on the holder of an "a" coupon.
Under the new income tax
law 100000 will be relieved
of any further computations
or, as most of us remember it,
complications.
Advance tip: the more you
can this season the larger the
Jar against the Of high cost OF
living.
Pull doesn't open the door TO
success nearly as well as just
pushing ahead.
Men are finding out that Moth
ing can feel better and look
worse than last years straw hat.
No new passenger cars until
the collapse of either Gep"any
or Japan. says the government.
For the present we must be sat-
isfied to ride the enemy.
The will power of men would
get a lot further il il weren't
for the won't power Of women.
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BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

The film parade: If you like
statistics, here are the latest on
the motion picture industry,
compiled by the 1914 Film Daily
Year Book: Capital invested IN
the United States film industry
totals S4,06l, 100000. The in
dustry employs 100000 people.
pays an annual wage of $780,
1880 Hollywood st u d o
employ 10000 persons, have a
payroll of Sl88,760,000. Costs of
3l2 feature-length films and 500
short subjects produced in l943
total S247,l25,000; the cost of
feature pictures averaged at
S395,000 per film. Personnel
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
AGREES WITH SHERMAN

LONDON - Britisher5 chuck
led today at the story told by a
group OF rescue workers, who
declared they were digging in
the debris of a house wrecked
by a Robot bomb in Southern
England when they heard a
hoarse voice saying:
"Blimey, wot bloomin'
war;"
After digging frantically for
a half hour, they found a par
rot.
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NATIONAL SERVICE INSURANCE

Postwar planners, Officials and otherwise, ore
sensiby devotine much Of their attention to the prob
lens that will confront the returning veteran And
now n,ioht be good time to remind octuol and Po-
tentoI veterans at the risk Of repeating Army and
navy lessons, that there is something they con 90
for themselves That is to convert their wortme m
suronce to q permanent peocetme form within the
prescribed time and to keep up their payments on
it.
Monv veterans Of the lost foiled to do this
and doubtless regretted it Ioter There now less
than 800 900 policies Of World War Type life in
suronce in effect nony Of which we're taken out by
members Of the peocetime forces otter the war and
before October, le4O) although 100000 policies
were written in l9l7-l9.
1t is unlikely thot there will be similar discreP
oncy of figures in this The services ore seeing
to it that their men and women are more insurance.
WISE Yet the insurance officers" with the fighting
forces are officers with other more important and
immediate duties Soldiers and soors obviously have
plenty to think about in their doyto-doy duties SO
some policies will unovoidobly lapse. For those REQ
sons little added soes talk to present and future
veterans and their fomies may not be unjustitied
National service insurance is originally tive
wear policy which should be applied for within 20
days otter induction After the first year and before
the end Of the fifth the policy should be converted
to one Of three types-ordnory, Repayment or 30
payment life insurance.
There are many advantages to continue wartime
insurance in peocetinne 1t is less expensive than the
usual type. 1t provides for waiver Of premium Poy-
ments during periods Of disability, There is no cash.
surrender charge, and loan and cash values start
building after the first year.
There are other advantages, too. But perhaps the
most compelling reasons thot the discharged
service man or woman does not need to take ply
steal examination when this wor-servoe insurance is
converted, and does not have to pay higher pre-
MUM for occupotonol reasons.
All this soles talk is not meant to dsporooe civ
iIion insurance. and should not be SO construed Mo-
tiono service insurance is not noney-moking prop
osition for the Veterans Administration, which is
sues it, or for the toxpoyer 1t doesn't intend to be
competitive. Issued in monthly payments, it prob
ably will not meet most families complete insurance
needs.
National service insurance might rather be con-
ceived Of os offering benefits in the nature Of O
bonus in return for modest payment. Core should
be taken that these benefits ore not lost through
oversight.
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. SO THEY SAY

II America is to avoid unem-
ployment and depression at the
end of the war she must find
some way of increasing produc-
ton by $4,000, 100000 over
what it was in 1899. We have
not the ghost of a blueprint to
guide us.-Leon Henderson, for
mer OPA chief.
There is not the slightest
ground for believing that the
cutbacks in our production pro-
gram or any other possible eco
Monies will relieve the urgent
need for greater savings and
greater taxes in the near future.
War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes.
The Germans always seem to
fly in twos or tours, strung out
in line, and they keep right
behind their leader, no matter
what happens - as If they are
afraid TO branch off. - Capt.
Don S. Gentle, a leading Amer
lean air ace.
The chief factor holding down
(steeD production is a growing
deficiency of manpower which
is being made up BY the en-
ployment of $4,000 women and
by the lengthening Of working
time of remaining employees. -
American Iron and Steel Insti-
tute bulletin
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The mixed pair event in the
Midwest Conference Tourna-
ment, recently held at Indian
apolis, was won by Mrs. Max
Gutman of Covington, KY, and
F. r. (Rolly) Buck of Indianap-
oils. "Rolly" is one of the old
timers and his name will be
found not only on national tro-
phies, but on most of the i'm
portant midwestern trophies.
Declarer could easily have
missed four hearts on today's
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23

One of the commonest causes
OF personal disorganization is
dependency.
There are types OF melanchol-
ia where it is positively danger
Gus TO urge the victim by trying
hard to overcome his despond-
ency. In neurasthenia, where
shock, overstrain, or chronic
fatigue has brought on genuine
nervous prostration, trying hard
is the worst possible therapy. 1t
is precisely what one tries hard
with that is sick.
In this situation, religion can
be of incalculable service, for 1t
is often of small use TO tell a
soul to rest back when he has
nothing to rest back on, and d
practical, working religious
faith at the very least meets that
need.
A first suggestion for dealing
with this problem is Take de-
preston for granted Not only Is
there plenty in life TO be de-
pressed about, but by its very
nature emotional lone has an
up-and- do Nn gamut AS the
Negro folk-song has it:
Sometimes I'm up, some
times, I'm down,
Oh, yes. Lord
Some temperaments are more
given 10 low moods than others
are, just as some climates have
an unusually large proportion of
cloudy days AS long ago as
400 B. c. Hippocrates classified
mans temperaments under
heads phlegmatic - slow, inn
passive. lethargic, heavy; choler-
ic-quick, ardent, fiery, passion
ate: sanguine-Warm, cheerful,
buoyant. enthusiastic, optimistic;
melancholic sober, somber,
grave, sad Each of us can more
or less clearly locate himself
under one of its categories.
Nowhere does the principle Of
self-acceptance apply more OBJ
viously than here. Alike our
general temperamental cast and
type, and the inevitable ups and
downs Of emotional tone, are
part of the material of living.
To rebel against it is absurd; TO
surrender 10 its hayward and
disintegrating abnormalities is
fatal; TO take low moods too Sc
riously, instead of saying. This
also will pass, is to confer on
them an obsessive power they
need not have: TO take both our
basic temperament and our
variable moods for granted and
make something worth while
out of them is wisdom.
Another suggestion of daily
importance: I'VE can identify
ourselves not with our worse,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
FALSE ALARM

CHICAGO - Herbert Bailey,
Radio Operator at the suburban
Willow Springs County High
way Police Station, was disturb
ed when the two-Way Radio
station shrieked: Murder, dirty
dirty. murder"
The cries obviously came from
rowing squad car but Bailey
was unable to contact the
source. The voice repeated
Murder" and once shrieked,
Someone put water in my
beer"
Deputy Sheriff Jerry Counter
exp laine the disturbance.
While he and his partner were
investigating case practical
joker had put parrot in their
squad car-and the Radio Mic
rophone was on.
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grandson is a dead ringer FOL
the ex-Little Caesar.


the ex-Little Caesar.
Dennis O'Keefe - Scheduled
TO be indicted into the Army
soon, Dennis probably will re-
ceive a deferment under the new
26-year ruling. Sonia Henie is
paging him for the lead in her
next ice musical.
Gail Patrick-At the opening
ing of a rally in small town
in Canada, Gail was presented
with a corsage of roses and ever
lasting flowers. Aware that
flowers were virtually extinct in
this hamlet, Gail inquired and
learned that some resourceful
fan had plucked them from a
wreath in a funeral parlor.
Joan Leslie - After three
years of movie success, Joan
went back TO her home town,
Detroit, and was greeted by a
neighbor with: Its nice to see
you again, Joan. Where have
you been?"
AL Dexter-The wife of the
composer of Pistol Packin'
Mama" is suing him for divorce,
charging cruelty. Maybe she
heard that song once too often.
Joel kupperman - Quiz Kid
Joel will receive $4,000 week
for four weeks this summer
when he comes TO Hollywood for
another movie.
Carmen Miranda - Carmen
was describing a new dress she
had just acquired for her role in
Something for the Boys.
Wait" she burbled, "teel you
see eett on me. / am some
deeshes.
Charley Grapewin-While the
Hollywood serv t problem
grows more acute, Charley
doesn't worry. He has three. II
wrote them into my WILL" he
says. Then | showed them the
will, which specifies they will
collect only if they are in my
employ"
Eric Blore-Eric is playing a
butler for the 4lst time on the
screen in a new Universal pic
ture.
Franchot Tone - Hollywood
once knew Franchot as one of
its leading sophisticates. Now
he's become typical proud
parent master at whipping
out snapshots of his 9-month-old
son. Tone is co-starred with
Merle Oberon in the film ver-
sion of Dark Waters"
Henry Waxman - When he
was imported by Warner Bros,
the portrait photographer asked
the studio TO supply him with a
photograph to set the mood for
his sittings. Recently, while
photographing Ann Sheridan, a
studio executive came. into the
gallery and wanted to know why
Waxman wasn't playing the
photograph. He explained: THE
music isn't to put the star in
the mood. It's 10 put me in the
mood"
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GRASS CUTTERS

CHICAGO - Bunkie, eve,
and her lamb, Lulu Belle, take
the place of lawn mower on
the $50 foot lawn of Mrs. Cath
crime Buchholz, and keep the
lawn very trim.
A week ago Bunkie left home
suddenly and the lawn suffered
Lonesome Lulu Belle went On
a hunger strike and had to be
bottle fed.
However, Police found the
hayward mother and now Lulu
Belle has resumed grazing an
xious to get the lawn back in
shape.
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STATUS QUO

STATUS QUO
NEW YORK - Kelvin Pat
rick O'Sheel will continue to be
known by that name.
The State Supreme Court de-
MED him permission to change
it to Henri Marie Patrice Hubert
De Pineo.
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. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

ting ready to launch his Fifth
War Loan Drive to buy more
than you did before.
Secretary of the Navy James
Forrestal had a regular Tuesday
press conference but emphasized
that this was the Army's day and
the Navy had no desire to steal
the show.
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson exercised commendable
restraint by staying home in bed
and not dashing out TO the Penta-
gon building at 2 a, m. General
Marshall had the situation in
hand.
MIR. SECRETARY ICKES
SPEAKS AND CONFERS
Secretary of the Interior Har-
old l.. Ickes had been in New
York the night before, making
a speech in which he said among
other things that sending armies
to Rome, Berlin and Tokyo
would do no good and that this
country would make certain its
own defeat-unless religious
and race hatred were wiped out.
Arriving in Washington around
noon, Mr.. Ickes came to his own
office, then went to Capitol Hill
to confer.
Seer tary OF Agriculture
Claude r. Wickard was out of
town War Food Administrato
Marvin Jones made a few ex-
temporaneous remarks and then
-craMled back into his usual Sc
fusion.
Secretary OF Commerce Jesse
Jones was doing business at the
Usual two stands, with calendar
full Of appointments, seeing a
lot Of people on routine affairs.
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins worked on her budget
in the morning and had some
international Labor Office peo-
Pile in for lunch.
War Production Board Chair
man Donald NJ. Nelson hurried
back to Washington from De-
troit by plane, canceling what
he intended to be some important
conferences there. But the War
Production ards regular
Tuesday meeting had been called
off, too, and there wasn't much
for Mr.. Nelson to do. He had
been planning to go to Mexico to
give the Mexican government
postwar plan, although nobody
in Washington has been able to
find out very definitely what
the u. S. postwar plan is, If any.
WLB GRINDS ON AS USUAL
War Labor Board Chairman
William-H. Davis is In Hawaii
to advise the Army on what to
do about the labor situation
there In his absence, the Board
was in session, grinding away
as usual.
War Manpower Commission
Chairman Paul V. McNutt put
out canned statement in the
morning, telling everybody else
to keep on working to deliver
the goods to the boys over there.
Then he went on working him
self, at whatever it is that war
manpoWer commissioner does.
Up on Capitol Hill, Sewell
Avery drew poor house and
had to walk out on his own feet.
Missouri Senator Bennett Champ
Clark introduced couple Of
amendments on flood control,
and somebody else wanted to
amend something called the
Price Control Act. which it
seems will expire on June 30.
Both houses of Congress, in ad-
dition to praying, seemed to
want TO settle controversy Of
some kind about couple Of
fellows named Kimmel and
Short, who had something to do
with place called Pearl Harbor.
At the Presidents White
House conference, Fala the
Scottie wandered about among
the strange legs Of 200 or more
reporters, wondering, no doubt,
what they were all doing there,
but he didn't bite any of them
and they didn't bite him. That
would have been news.
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. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
AIR ATTACK

SPOKANE, Wash, Dive
bombing Robins are making life
miserable for Mrs. R. Z. Taylor,
One of the birds dropped a
worm in her hair, others OBJ
ject' when she hangs out a
washing, she told the Sheriff 5
office in a plea for relief.
Officers said they were sorry
robins are protected by law.
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SIMPLY

SIMPLY
KEARNS, Utah - Twelve
BARRIERS at the overseas replace
ment depot gave 100 men hair
cuts in two hours-one every
38 seconds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23

Another suggestion of daily
importance: I'VE can identify
ourselves not with our worse,
but with ous,better moods. The
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
San Quentin Trio
May Face Death
CHARGES in South

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan 8. GUP)
"A youthful trio of bandits who
escaped from San Quentin prison
and blazed a robbery trail from the
west coast to the deep south to be
captured here Thursday night, were
taken to- Jackson, Miss, Friday
night to face charges of robbing the
Robert E. Lee hotel there of more
than $4,000.
Jackson Chief of Detectives E. F.
Rogers, said that the youths, Roy
Draken, 90, Raj ph Ward, %, and
Lawrence Motari, 81, will be charg-
ed on two counts with armed rob-
berry.
This charge can mean a death
sentence in extreme cases in Mis-
sissippi, Rogers said
The three, taken by Memphis po-
lice attracted to their car when
they blew its horn at some passing
girls, remained nonchalant through
out lengthy questioning By police
and Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion agents. Officers admitted they
failed to obtain much information
about the trio'S activities since they
fled San Quentin prison in Cali
fornia, December 26.
Memphis Police Commissioner
Joseph Boyle announced that Pa
trolman M. Stott, captor of the
three, had been promoted to the
rank of lieutenant
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8.
(UP)-Although the war in
Europe can be won this year,
the German army has yet shown no
sign of cracking, nor have the army
air forces sufficient power to bomb
German into submission. a con-
census of high army opinion indi-
Gated Saturday.
Here for a tWo-day army-navy
war conference, a half-dozen mill
tary leaders sounded the same note.
mo weakening or will of the
German army has appeared" Col
onel Curtis H. Nance of the general
staff military intelligence, told con-
ferees, although the country is
taking i terrific pounding"
The Germans are retrcating but
it is not rout.
I'VE will win in 1914 by United
action Of powerful American, Brit
ish and Russian armies attacking
from many directions"
With the air war half over, the
air forces still haven't bomber
strength for an all-out attack on
Nazi-held territory, Brigadier Gen
eral F. A. Armstrong jr., said
Operational training wing COM
mander of the army air forces in
England, Armstrong cited the need
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

will know Until then, we cannot
say much more regarding the
planes performance. But you can
be sure the jets are going to make
huge difference to flying"
development of the propeller-less
plane was revealed Thursday night
in joint London and Washington
announcements. The London press
was hailing it as "the plane of the
age and other sources said 1t
promised to hasten victory.
It took a five year fight before
industrialists were convinced that
the jet-plane the idea of RAF
Group Captain Frank Whittle be
given a trial. But for the faith Of
a few RAF friends, Whittle may
never have completed the plane.
Flight Lieutenant w. E. P. john
son said Whittle peddled his inven-
ton from door to door for five
years. Unable to find any one who
was intere Sted, he failed to pay re-
neWal on the original patent take<
out in 1880 and was about ready
to give up.
While studying at Cambridge,
Whittle had explained the ideas to
four associates, Johnson, Wing
Commander c.. Lees, j. c.. B. Tinl-
ling, and r. d. Williams. All were
enthusiastic and optimistic.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09

at the White House, had attended
a concert with friends during the
afternoon and then went for an
automobile drive. When she return
ed she was said to be feeling fine"
Shortly after 7 pm, while pre-
pairing to leave for dinner, Mrs.
Hoover suffered an acute heart at
tack. The former president summon
ed their personal physician and
also the house doctor, but Mrs.
Hoover died within 10 minutes.
Their two sons, Herbert jr., a
radio engineer, and Allan, a ranch
er, were notified in California and
left Immediately for New York.
Mrs. Hoover, the former Lou
Henry, was born at Waterloo, Iowa,
in 1875 and would have been SO
on March 80.
Although the tall, White-haired
Continued on page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-09
Military Leaders
See ~ Victory

for more escort fighters. German
pilots, he said, make suicidal plung-
es into the center of formations to
draw the fighters into combat and
expose the b3mbers General H. H.
Arnold, chief of the U. S. army air
forces, detailed the effects of the
attacks on Europe, but the infor-
nation was not publishable.
Undersecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson pointed out the difficulty
of fighting in the Pacific. Only 377
Japanese prisoners have been taken
in more than two Years of war. he
said. The rest have been killed,
man by man.
Victory is certain he said.
The allies will strip Japan of
all the lands she holds as the spoils
OF war and stamp out for all time
the Jap menace to the peace of
the world