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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22

The Navy hos disclosed that in the first two
weeks otter D-Doy wounds proved foto in less than
per cent Of all wound coses. Army figures, though
unonnouneed, reported to be equally heorten-
ing.
For such news the entire country owes debt OF
gratitude to the surgeons general Of the two serv-
ices. They prepared for the worst Months oeo they
ignored the bitter complaints Of civilian doctor
shotoee to troin medical men for this campaign.
They required and got the best Of medical supply.
All this moy have caused civilian inconvenience,
even suffering. But can anyone soy thot it wasn't
worth il?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
A THOUGHT ABOUT VETERANS

Two short news items about returned service men
point their own moral One is Of the lad who had lost
three fingers Of one hand in bottle, and who quick
Iy found Job after he was discharged from hos
pto back home He had to find another because he
couldn't stand his co-workers' pity He asked for
job Where they're used to seeing bon9edup men"
The other is Of soldier who came home from sea
with the Purple Heart, and who got job as bell
hop. An older beIIhop chided him for not being in
uniform Thot started fight, and the wounded vet
eron came out Of it with black eye and O broken
orm
Let's 90 little easy on the fulsone sympathy,
which is only embarrassing And let's think twice be-
fore making wsecrocks about likely looking lad
who isn't in uniform. With nonpower as short os it
is, some Of them have good reason for wearing
-nufti.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS .
Test your knowledge Of cor
rect social usage by answer
ing the following questions,
then checking against the au-
thoritatiye answers below:

thoritative answers below:
/. Is it bad manners when
dining in a restaurant with an
other person to say, II wish l
had ordered chicken; this roast
pork isn't fit to eat?
2. If you feel you must break
up an argument should you try
to do so without taking sides or
making either person angry?
3. If you are telling story
for laugh is it better to tell
one in which the laugh is on
you than on another person?
4. II you discover that you
have a reputation for snootiness
should you try to act in way
that won't give that impression?
S. Do such statements as NO
body can tell me what to do"
make you appear important?
Answers
!. Yes.
2. Yes. II you can say some
thing funny or light, that is the
best way.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. No.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
BY PETER EDISON

The possibility that Paris will
be robot bombed by the Ger
mans is giving military people
considerable cause for specula-
ton.
1t may never come off. From
the standpoint of waging effect
i've psychological warfare, there
are good reasons why the Nazis
should not buzz-bomb Paris, and
equally good reasons why they
might be expected to do so.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
ANTIDOTE

ANTIDOTE
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A
paid ad in the Vancouver Daily
Sun urged all voters to listen to
Gov. Thomas f. Dewey's radio
campaign speeches - but the
ad was signed by the Clark
County Democratic Committee.
An increase in Dewey listen
ers would mean more votes for
Roosevelt, said Edgar Swan,
committee chairman.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

box Office receipts nave dropped
considerably during the last
six months because Hollywood,
aWed by the wartime theater
boom, thought any old cellulold
would make money. But after
six months of turning out six
stinkers for every good movie,
the sagging receipts have eXecu-
tives sending word around the
lots to bring up the quality of
all movies to preWar levels.
It's finally happened, accord
ing to the RKO press agents, A
fan telephoned Frank Sinatra
long distance from Ohio and
Frank crooned to the lady over
the telephone.
Letter from a soldier at Camp
Roberts reveals that Red Skel-
ton is learning to be a buck prl-
vate the hard way. Other day
Red was asked to tell few
jokes on the camps weekly en-
tertainment prog a m. Next
morning he was ordered TO help
clean up for the auditorium.
Cracked Red: This is the first
time I've laid my eggs and then
had TO clean them up, too"
ANOTHER TUNE is SUNG
George Sanders, self-s y d
publicity hater, finally revealed
his spots the other day. Starting
work in a new film, Sanders
brushed off the publicity de-
partment. SO the publicity boys
ignored him for a couple of
days. AS the film neared compile
ton, the"gent was following the
press agents around the lot like
a puppy, begging 10 get his name
in the papers.
A black cat that follows Will
liam Powell through an entire
scene in The Thin Man Goes
Home wasn't that we'll trained.
They rubbed tuna fish over the
heels Of PoWelis shoes.
Sights Of the week: Sue Carol
taking her new maid on a tour
of the Paramount lot. You gotta
baby your servants these days.
The boys on the S. S. PastoreS,
somewhere in the South Pacific,
read with interest our piece
about Chill Williams being I'M
able TO afford the cost of mail
ing out 100000 pIn-up picture,
Today we received a note from
Eddie SaruSSl, recreation petty
officer of the ship. Ii read:
Chill Williams was unanimous
ly chosen as the pin-up girl OF
our ship. Enclosed is $40. We
would like to have 100 photo
graphs" Relax, boys. RKO is
mailing you the 100 photographs
and I'm returning your &c
bucks.
OF all Judy Garland's songs
"Zing Went the Strings of My
Heart ranks first with service.
men.
Film male shortage continues
Latest TO turn actor is Red Lar.
sen, makeup man with the
Dark Waters company. Hell
play the role of one of Merle Oh
eron's suitorS. Larsen once act
ed in little thcatCrs back in Ne
braska with Robert Taylor whcr
he was Arlington Braugh.
Nominated for the film scene
that will receive the biggeS
cheers of 1914: u. S. troop!
marching into Berlin for The
Master Race"
Bob Crosbys thumbnail de
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
BY DAVID A. STEIN

NEA staff W...er
NEW YORk-Whether you're
d New Yorker with a yen for
Cherimoyas as a Californian with
an urge for Long Island found
er, you can have your hearts
desire within "a hours. Cheri-
mOyaS are the fruit of sub
tropical tree recently introduced
in southern California, and Long
Island founder is an east coast
fishing faVorite, but the 5000
miles that separate them are
just a days hop for the modern
air cargo transport.
Air-borne cargo tranSporta-
ton was in its diapers when war
began, Now it's a lusty youth,
yelling vigorously for a place in
the postwar sun. BY sheer coin
cldence, two groups meeting in
dependently in New York, with
in a few weeks of each other,
found their aims dovetailing
perfectly into a pattern for rapid
growth of air transportation.
One, the First National Air
Cargo Packing Forum, was pri-
marily interested in air cargo
from metropolitan business CEN
ters like New York's garment
district TO distant markets like
those on. the west coast and in
South America. The other, Air
Cargo Research of Wayne Uni
Versity, had been surveying
markets for pcriShable produce
from distant agricultural regions
TO metropolitan markets be-
tween New York and Chicago.
Thus each group found a pay
load for the other.
FRUITS AND FRILLS
Planes that will fly vine-rip-
cncd fruits and vegetables from
Texas, Florida and California
will return with bridal gowns
and hcight-of-the-season fash
ions for the bellies Of the San
Fernando Valley. Experts are
convinced that the major part of
air cargo volume will be made
up Of style goods, seasonal
goods, goods changing in model,
and gift packages, specially fish
fruit and vegetable items, and
cut flowers.
To dramatic air tranSporta
ton Of seasonal foods, Wayne
University invited $50 food cx-
pcrts TO a lush banquet. a Unit
ed CargO-linCr brought in a full
planc-lOad Of pcrishablcS order
cd i'm routine fashion by 4 & T
stores from its regular Suppliers
In west coast farming sections
DungCnCss Crab-meat cocktails
"StratOSphCrc' salad of greens
picked the day before i'm Califor.
MIA and Washington, Colorado
rainbow trout, and dessert OF
rare fruits shipped for the first
time over a great distance were
features Of the meal.
Not 10 be outdone, the All
Cargo PaCkaging Forum exhibit
ed ladies rcady,to-wear. sport.
ing goods from a Manhattan
store, bottle goods. X-ray tubes
and baby ChickS-all destined
for plane delivery to far-away
places. Business executives at.
tending the forum we're told thai
Air Cargo. Inc. formed by IL
major transport companies, wa.
completing a survey Of 35 cities
checking on postwar express
for 5000 present and potentia,
) shippers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
D IN HOLLYWOOD

scription of certain too-Viva-
cious star: She lives every
minute as though it were a
crisis"
Uncle Sans profit for the first
month Of the 80 per cent tax on
night clubs was 4 IL million dol
lars, the biggest cover charge in
after-dark history.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22

MlSSOULA. Mont. - a laun-
dry driver returned 10 the Of
flee at the end of the day, on
time with no bitches, no trou-
BILE. Then the phone rang and
an irate woman said she had re-
ceivcd tho wrong bundle.
Whats the name on the bun
die you got?" the manager ask
ed.
It was the drivers own laun-
dry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Counting tricks is probably
easier from the declarer's stand
point, but you should remember
to count your tricks when you
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22

Virginia Mayo was supposed
to drop quickly to her knees for
a scene in THE Princess and
the Pirate" The cameraman had
trouble moving the camera to
keep pace with her in several re-
hearsals. Finally Bob Hope
cracked: cts no use. You'll
either have to get an older girl
or a younger camera"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22
MILES CITY. Mont.

MILES CITY. Mont. - Three
times the customer returned his
electric motor to the mechanic:
1T won't work. even il you
say you did fix it,"
They argued They took the
motor apart. -
About the coils was coiled
garter snake.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22

Bob Crosbys thumbnail de-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-22

Nominated for the film scene
that will receive the biggest
cheers of 1914: u. S. troops
marching into Berlin for The
Master Race"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-01

you buy an sxtr1 Bond-jGst for yoErself?
 There are hundred and one ways you could use some extra money few years from now. Buy that extra Bond-tuck it away-and you'll hsVs that extra money!
 Nyou're going to want something extra out of life-now's the time to get it.
 When you're cooking up some coffee, it's that extra spoonful ''for the pot that makes a richer, better brew. Put an extra War Bond in the pot-and let it make a richer, better future for you!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-01

IKE every good American, you've bought A your share of War Bonds. You've bought 'em to help build the tanks, ships, planes, and guns.
 You've bought 'em to back up our fighting men.
 You've bought 'em for every conceivable reason to help speed the winning of very tough war, and as long as that war goes on you'll naturally keep on buying Bonds. BUT...
 Next payday, even if it pinches, why don't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-01
:. ..Iand an extta one 
 :. for fine poi ]

American Bross Company Apothseories He'll compony The Bristol Company
 Benrus Woteh compony Chase Bross C Copper co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-01

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Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
New Year Greeting

/ saw the hills of the morning,
The form of the new year arise;
He stood like a statue adjoining
The world with a background Of
skies;
There was courage and grace in his
beautiful face,
And hope in his glorious eyes.
81 come from Times boundless for
ever"
He said, with a voice like a song;
II come as a friend to endeavor,
/ come as a foe to all wrong,
To the sad and afraid I bring prom
Use of aid,
And the weak I shall grid and
make strong.
81 bring you more blessings than
%terrors,
I bring you more sunlight than
gloom,
l tear out your page of old errors,
And hide them away in Times
tomb;
/ reach you clean hands and lead on
to the lands,
Where the lilies of peace are in
bloom"
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
Tell Me an Indian
NeW Years Story

The ceremonial for the snow has
passed, when enemies are forgiven
and harsh words forgotten, as a new
trail has been blazed for all through
the New Years festivities.
The storytelling grandmother has
taught the ancient chants and GUS
toms through the beads of the
strings of historic wampum; but nov
she again has time to entertain the
children.
Gathered around her lodge-fire,
they plead for another story with
their bright eyes and shrill voices.
To satisfy them, she tells an ancient
legend about the clouds.
Long moons ago when the world
was first made, the sky at win
tertime was cloudless much as it is
on clear midsummer days. The
ground was covered with white snow
and the trees, except the pines, stood
bare. The cold wind whistled around
the bark cabins; and with a cloud
less sky, everything above and be-
low looked dreary.
"The children, too, missed the
green leaves and changing colors
over the landscape and they gave a
wish that the sky might have clouds
now and then. 1t is true, dark-gray,
fierce-looking clouds came in great
masses and covered all the sky and
let down snowflakes to amuse the
children. But the children also
wished for bright clouds and the old
bear in the sky heard their wishes.
$50 the old bear blew his moist
breath into the heavy clouds and
broke them up; he even made
humps in some of them, and held
on to the n of others, until
when they passed over the village, f.
each cloud had a different shape, /.
some like bears, some like wild cats,
some like hills and even some like
funny people. Ever afterward, the
clouds took these strange shapes
to bring smiles and imagination to
all children in midwinter DIR.
E. A. Bates, Cornell.
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
Traditional New Years
Gifts Were Sacred

The Druids distributed branches
of the sacred mistletoe, cut with
peculiar ceremonies, as New Years
gifts to the people and the Saxons
observed the day with gifts and fes-
rivals.
The Roman custom of taking gifts
to the emperor was introduced into
England as early as the time of
Henry III. Queen Elizabeth is sup
posed to have supplied herself with
her jewels and wardrobe almost en-
tirely from these gifts.
AS late as 1892 the English nobility
were accustomed every year to send
to the king a purse containing gold.
Under the Tudors and the Stuarts
it was the habit of all classes to
give presents to friends with the
best wishes for the New Year.
Ladies received presents of gloves
or pins which were then expensive.
Sometimes the gifts were wrapped
in money and from this practice we
have the term "pin money"
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
open House on
New Years Dav

1t was customary for the Dutch
settlers of New York to hold "open
house" on New Years day and to
provide light refreshments, usually
c%entering around a large bowl of
punch, for friends calling to pay the
compliments of the season.
During the latter part of the 10Th
century the custom of making short
calls on New Years day was in full
swing throughout America. Metro
politan newspapers carried columns
of lat home" notices which, includ-
ing names of social prominence and
those making no such pretense, an
nounced hours during which visi-
tors would be received: having duly
received, hosts and ~hostesses closed
their receptions to join the process
sion of callers at other "open
houses"
A succession of "open houses" and
punch bowls minimized the courtesy
accorded h~ostesses-in many cases
and even resulted in receptions
being crashed" by bibulous young
men; these abuses led to the aban-
donment of the "open house" Gus
tom, New Years calls now being
exchanged only by intimates and
without any public announcement Of
to receive.
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
NOTICE OF CLOSE OF


Notice is hereby given that the
Registration for the Primary Nom
mating Election and for the Munich
pal Election in the City of Billings
will close on the following named
dates:
For the Primary Nominating
Election February 1, 1915, at 500
o'clock P. M.
For the Municipal Election Feb
ruary Is, 1915, at 500 o'clock P. M.
Electors residing within the City
of Billings may register by ap-
pearing before the County Clerk of
Yellowstone County at the Court
house in Billings, or before a Dep
uty Registrar, in the manner pro-
vided by law.
Dated at Billings, Montana, De-
cember %, 1914.
GEORGE G. OSTEN,
County Clerk and Ex-officio Reg
istrar of Yellowstone County,
Montana.
date First Pub. Dec. 81, 1944-8t)
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
New Years Eve
Festive Occasion
For Native Scots

Christmas never aroused much
enthusiasm in Scotland-but on New
Years eve the Wassail bowl goes
around, filled with savory liquid nos
talgically fragrant.
Floating atop the Wassail bowl,
apples stir memories of the "apple-
bowling when boys switched the
trunks of fruit trees petitioning "a
good bowling CROP: somehow, the
lambs wool" las the decoction of
the Wassail bowl is often called
seems reminiscent of young folks
rushing to the nearest spring at the
stroke of IL to drink the ''cream of
the well"-the first one so doing,
might expect good luck during the
ensuing year.
Handsel Monday-the Monday aft
er New Years, is additionally the
"big Day. for Scotch boys and girls:
and, in addition to being the Scotch
day of gift-giving, it is a day of
feasting and gaiety.
Small wonder, that families and
friends gather on New Years v to
Drink a cup of kindness yet
For Aud Lang Syne."
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCK
HOLDERS MEETING
Cove IRRIGATION Co
Cove Irrigation

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Cove Irrigation Co., will be
held at the City Hall in Laurel,
Montana, on Tuesday, January 16,
1916, at 2 o'clock P. M. for the
purpose of electing one director
from District No. 1 for a three
year term and also to elect a di-
rector from District No. 2 for a
three veal term, and to transact
any other business that may prop
erly come before the meeting.
NOTE: This is the annual meet
ing of the stockholders, and a
quorum must be represented, either
in person or by proxies, in order
to conduct the meeting, so please
be present, in person, if at all pos
sible, and if you r unable to
come to this meeting be sure to
send in your proxy to some one you
know will be present, so that we
will have a quorum and can con-
duct the meeting. 1T COSTS
MONEY TO ADJOURN ANY
MEETING TO A LATER DATE.
The secretary asks that you do not
name him as your proxy.
BY order of the board of directors.
B. L. PRICE, President,
LLOYD LIPP, Secretary.
Billings, Montana, December 10,
1914.
(Date First Pub. Dec. 81, 1944-2t)
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
New Years Day Ante
dates the Birth of
Christ by 452 Years

The celebration of New Years or
January l began in 452 B. c., and
therefore, contrary to logical reason
ing, had nothing whatsoever to dc
with the birth of Christ.
The ancient Roman calendar be-
gan in, and with, the month of
March: there were ten months, the
last six of which were named Quin-
tilis, Sextilis, September, October,
November, and December-or, the
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth
and Tenth months respectively. MI
ma added two months, January and
February, placing the former at the
beginning of the year and February
at the end. In 452 B. c., February
was placed between January and
March: thus establishing the order
of months as of today. The ancient
calendar year did not correspond to
the solar year and by the time the
days of julius Caesar rolled around
the actual and calendar equinoxes
were months apart: a situation which
Caesar set out to remedy.
Caesars astronomers and calen-
dar experts fixed the calendar year
at 1865 days-and because they esti-
mated the solar year as of 1854
days-an extra day "a to be add
ed every fourth year. This Julian
calendar was effective, by decree
of Caesar, on January l, 46 B. C.
Actually, the earth goes around
the sun in 365 days, 5 hours, 48 min
utes, and 46 seconds: and by 1882
A. D., the Julian calendar was 10
days behind the sun. Pope Gregory
XIII remedied the situation by or
dering that the calendar play leap
frog and the intervening days be-
tween October 5 and October Is,
1882, were lost forever.
In order to prevent repetitions of
the sun running away from the cal
endar and vice versa, Pope Gregory
decided that a leap year should be
omitted now and then: hence only
those years divisible by four-ex-
elusive of years numbering the cen
turies-should have 366 days, and
the century-marking years shall be
leap years only if Invisible by four
after the ciphers have been omitted.
The Gregorian calendar has been
officially adopted in most countries
of the civilized world: however,
many creeds and peoples still cele-
brate their religious and traditional
festivals in accordance with ancient
calendars.
re-Christian Roman inaugurated
the new year by offering sacrifices
to the gods, exchanging greetings,
and bestowing gifts. During the
early Christian centuries, New
Years festivities persisted and be-
came SO b%oisterous that the faithful
were forbidden to participate there
in.
After December 25 had been es-
tablished as the day of nativity, the
church made January l a religious
festival honoring the circumcision of
Jesus: the day being thus observed
n the Roman church since 497, and
n the Anglican church since 1549.
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the District Court of the Thir-
teenth Judicial District of the
State of Montana In and For the
County of Yellowstone.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF NORA DOWLEY, De-
ceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned Administrator of
the Estate of Nora Dowley, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Everett
Miller, Administrator, at the office
of Melvin N. Holiness, Court House,
Billings, Yellowstone County, Mon
tana, where the business of said
estate will be transacted.
Dated at Billings, Montana this
10Th day of December, A. D. 1914.
EVERETT MILLER,
Administrator of the estate
of Nora Dowley. deceased.
Melvin N. Holiness
Court House
Billings, Montana
Attorney for Administrator.
date First Pub. Dec. 20, 1944-4t)
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-27
Bowl Came Feature of
Ne1U Years Since 1916

Since 1916 the Rose Bowl football
game has been played annually on
New Years day as a cofeature of
Pasadena's Tournament of Roses.
The championship team of the Pa
cifc Coast conference invites an
Eastern contender selected from
among the teams which have made
the best records during the autumn
playing, thus making the game one
of Americas outstanding %intercolle-
giate sporting events.