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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
BY ROSETTE HARGROVE
NEA Staff Correspondept

PARIS - Paris is ShiVerinS
in the grip of what promises to
be the severest winter in de-
cade. Gone is the lighthearted-
ness and gaiety which greeted
the city's liberators four months
ago. Parisians have one beset-
ting preoccupation right now
not how to keep warm but
simply how to protect them
selves from the cold. They are
also considerably dismayed at
the realization that there is little
hope of relief in the near future,
because the necessities of war
have become even more imper-
ious by reason of the recent
offensive.
Paris has no coal, no wood for
heating purposes and now the
electric supply is being drastic
ally cut. The Government has
issued a decree restricting the
use of electricity for domestic or
commercial purposes during the
day except for one hour at mid
day. The order forbids the use
Of electricity for window light
ing. All stores, excepting food
shops and pharmacies, are to
close at 5 o'clock. Night-clubs,
cabarets and dance halls are to
be closed. The city's gas supply
is cut off at $50 o'clock.
MANY LIVES LOST
Lack of heat and shortage of
food are cause for grave con-
Germ all around. Babies are
dying because mothers cannot
keep them sufficiently warm in
apartments. Doctors report that
pulmonary diseases in young
children have greatly increased
and that many lives are lost be-
cause of the lack of certain
medicines, plus, of course, the
lack of heating. The same Is
true Of old people.
People employing large staffs
say that working capacity is re-
duced by at least so per cent.
Stenographers, salesgirls and
clerks pile on all the clothes
they possess. They work in their
outdoor coats and overshoes, and
type in gloves with the finger
tips cut off. Even the boss sits
behind his desk wrapped in an
overcoat, with a huge muffler
wound around his neck. The
average temperature in most
offices is around 2 degrees Gen.
tigrade.
Parisians had been looking
forward to the distribution Of q
small quantity of coal at the be-
ginning of the year--40 pounds
per person for the month of jan
uary had been promised. But as
a result of the torrential Novem-
Der rains which flooded the
rivers and because most water.
ways are now frozen, the major
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
AND SPEAKING OF CONGRESS

A bill has been introduced in the House which
would creote q sort Of West Pont-AnnopoIis-New
London to troin women officers for voous branches
of the service in peooetime. The debote on the
ure promises to be vicorous Bottle Of the Ano-
IONS" which should be something to watch.
But what intrieues us at the moment is thot the
bill was introduced by-O, shodes Of southern chv-
airy, ScorIett O4oro, crinone and noenoIios - the
gentleman from Georgia, Rep. E. E. Cox.
Con II be thot the doy is coming when the SOUTH
ern colonel will be identfiobe not by groy van
dyke, but by o short eroy bob and perhaps, trife
too much Iipstick?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS .
Test your knowledge Of cor.
rect social usage by answer.
ing the following questions,
then checking against the al.

rect social usage by answer.
ing the following questions,
then checking against the al.
thOritative answers below:
l. Should one ever ask for an
invitation for oneself?
2. May one ask q hostess who
invites one to dinner if it would
be all right to bring q house
guest along?
3. If a friend invites you to a
large reception might you ask il
you might bring a house guest?
4. If you are living temporar-
lily in a furnished apartment and
do not have the equipment for
serving a formal dinner, should
you stick to informal entertain
ing?
5. If someone writes and asks
II he might visit you at a GER
tain time should you answer the
letter Immediately or take your
time?
What would you do if
You want to be as gracious
hostess as possible
(a) Feel that it doesn't matter
whether you remember
the food and drink pref
erences of your friends?
(b) Always remember SUI h
things as that this per-
son likes more than one
cup Of coffee and that an
other is allergic to eggs,
etc.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
cERMANY's INDUSTRIAL DISARMAMENT

q dozen - as plentiful as erondstond strategy at q
boil oome, and for the most port probably as un'
sound Everybody has had crack at the problem,
and you can take your choice of>exPerts, from loro
Vonsittort and Secretary Moreenthou to Joseph r.
Dookes and your Aunt Minnie
Solutions have ranged from mass determination
70 Chrstion forbeoronce But on one point most
postwar Germany experts o9ree Germany must De
kept from building another machine. You can
act lot Of opinions how that should be done,
too. And one Of the most logical seems to us to be
+hot offered bv five notionoI technical societies.
Its very source corries authority, for the suggest
ed proorom comes from leading practitioners in five
branches of engineering - civil, mechanical, min
ina and metoIluricoI, electrical, and chemical. They
seem to know w1ots needed, and their outlined pro-
orom stotes how the results should be achieved.
Briefly, they fovor process Of elimination Which
would prohibit the production above Prewor needs,
Of synthetic OIL nitrogen and its compounds heavy
forqnas and high alloy stees, aluminium and air.
crofts They would apply like restrictions to imports
Of manganese, chromium, nickel, tungsten, flux mo-
teroI, iron ore, steel and steel products
This program hos already been presented to the
Secretary Of Stote along with request thot odv'sers
from these five engineering professions be included
in the American delegation at the peace conference.
certain to involve industrial decisions Of technical
noture that will need professional rather than Po-
(. ItcoI minds And compromises in the philosophy OF
postwar industrial control would require further
(: technical consideration.
In fact, it might be sensible if the nations at war
+: with Germany formulated and agreed on on indus
trial disarmament policy for postwar Germany, and
made it public before the end Of the Agreement
in this field should be possible, though govern
nents don't make separate diplomatic commitments
in advance Of peace conference Of course for feor
Of losing foce at home and bargaining power o0rooo.
Such on announcement might take some OF the
wind out Of Hiter's Soils As it is now, he is holding
up to the German people an exaggerated picture OF
toto economic ruin as their price Of defect. He is
using it to make them fight horder ond to Prolone
the war.
All we have announced so far is unconditional
surrender, so we cannot refute HitIer's exoegero-
tions Germony's industrial future will doubtless be
brighter than what Hitler hos pointed. To announce
it in advance might stimulate the Germon will tor
peace, and save Allied lives
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
RUGBY RASCALITY

KINGSTON, N. Y. - Feb. 8
-R)-There1l be early rob
ms" aplenty in these parts.
A Kingston man baited a trap
with chicken feed, caught IS
Starlings, painted their breasts
red with his daughters lipstick,
and turned 'em loose.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

/ saw more freak hands In
1914, I believe, than have ever
seen in any previous year. To-
days hand brings up an inter-
esting point in bidding. What
would you bid with Vests hand
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
GRAVY SPOT MAYBE
KEARNS. Utah, Feb. 9 IF

- Major Eugene Hill of the
Kearns overseas replacement de-
pot said a Salt Lake City wom-
an telephoned him that her son
wrote he was homeward bound
from the Pacific with hash
mark"
"Is that serious wound?"
she asked.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
CAUGHT UP

CAUGHT UP
RIPPLE, N. Y, Feb. 9 - R)-
Comment on the tough winter
b. Robert M. Rownd. 100, Past
Commander of the G A R.
1T makes me feel 100"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
MAIL GOES THROUGH

WATERFOWL, N. Y, Feb. 9
Up In one year Mrs. Nina r.
Stroup wrote ,401 letters to
her husband, 1t. Robert S.
Stroup, now with the Army in
Belgium-and he received all OF
them. They were numbered.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
Rowing Reporters

ity of coal carrying barges are
immobilized at their loading
points. What coal has been
brought into the city has been
absorbed by public utilities,
hospitals and schools. Priority
cards are being distributed to
the sick and the aged.
Parisians comment "a little
ruefully at times-on the fact
that last year you could get all
the coal you needed in the black
market, at price, of course. To-
day it is still possible to buy coal
at $160 a ton and wood at $50 a
cord, but buyers have to supply
the transport. Even If l could
find transport of some kind" a
friend said to me the other day,
Il wouldn't dare have any coal
delivered in broad daylight.
People would mob the delivery
men,"
The wealthy are not doing so
we'll either. Owners of luxur-
ious apartments are living in
one room. Those who were far
seeing enough to lay in a stock
of coal last winter have installed
an old-fashioned stove right IN
the middle of the living-room.
1t is now common sight to see
ugly stove-pipes jutting out of
windows of modern buildings,
where in peacetime heat was
supplied in the most modern
form and such things as fire
places did not exist.
FURNITURE FOR FIREWOOD
So desperate are some people
for heat that many have been
reduced to combing attics, eel
lars and closets for anything
that will burn. Old chairs,
tables, bureaus are being chop
ped up for firewood. Others are
going the rounds of auction sales
buying up odd lots of furniture
for burning. Even books, news
papers and magazines are being
torn up, wetted and mixed with
coal-dust to fashion homemade
"briquettes." Chances are that
q general inspection of Partisan
cellars today would find them
swept absolutely clean of the
smallest trace of coal dust.
Shortage of coal is also maxi
ing itself felt on the railroads.
Until further order, all steam
trains are to be cancelled. These
will be replaced by Diesel
engine trains to the suburbs mo
workmen's trains will continue
to operate, but anyone wishing
to travel over so miles must
apply for a special permit
which, II Is pointed out, will
only be granted to people who
can give a very good reason for
making a journey right now.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09
STAGE SETTING

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 9 - lP-
A water main broke in the Id
aho Capitol basement, and the
electricity was shut off to avoid
electrocuting repairmen.
It really didn't matter, unused
Speaker of the House Willis c.
Moffatt. "We're in the dark
most of the time anyway"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-09

I. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
S. Answer Immediately.
Better What Would You Do"
sOlution-(b).
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
9TH WAR LOAN PLANNED

Indications that the 7th War
Loan Drive will begin in May were
given yesterday by Walter H. J..
Behn, Dayton war finance chair
man. Possibility of another war loan
drive was limited when Behm gave
results of the 9Th which took place
in November and December.
Total sales amounted to SAL, Ill.,
015 to surpass the goal Of $780,
100000. The tabulation brings the
total amount of bonds sold in Mont
gomery County in the six drives to
$225,911,776.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
TO NORTH CAROLINA
POLIO HOSPITAL
KNOWS NO COLOR
HICKORY

HICKORY, N. c., Jan. 20
(ANP) - Northern Agitators"
have brought democracy to this
state by the way Of the ultra mod
ern hospital for the treatment of
infantile paralysis victims. White
and Negro children, victims of the
dreaded affliction, lie side by side
in the same wards. In support of
the "Mach of Dimes" program, the
Carolina Times, a weekly newspa-
per, said:
'Here is an example of simple
democracy and real brotherly love
brought and taught to us here in
North Carolina by the section of
the country where Northern Agi.
garerers" come from. 1t is hoped
that local local agitators will not
find out about the fine work being
done at this much needed institu-
tion and have it stopped"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
Three Go On Trial Today
For Murder Of Cafe Owner

Selection of jury to try the trio
charged with first degree murder
of John Herby, owner of the Brown
Derby restaurant, 1911 North Main
street, will begin today in the Com
mon Pleas Court of Judge Robert
U. Martin. A venire of Is names
will be called.
Indicted for the July 5, 1914,
murder of John Herby are George
Arnold, 25, 227 Dunbar avenue
William James Moon, %, home at
large; and Robert Mckinney, e.
of 624 South Western avenue. Arm
old i srepresented by Herbert Mills
Moon and Clark by Charles Folk
erth.
The trial is the first one of any
Importance to come before Prose.
cutor Matthias Heck. Herby was
shot at 4 am. last July 5, when he
and waitress were interrupted as
they counted the cafes receipts. NJ
money was stolen.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
jim CROW HITS
BRAZILIAN TROOPS

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (ANP)-
Those Brazilian troops now fight
ing in Italy, all anti-Fascist volun-
teers, had first-hand experience
of racial discrimination on the boat
going over, according to story ap-
pearing in last weeks New Leader.
"Some 5000 Of then. on one of
the largest coast guard tra1spests,'
the paper said, "were, segregated
from white American officers and
men. Separate quarters and mess
were set up for them, from the
commanding officer on down. A
Negro coast guardsman on board
(Negroes were also segregated)
asked chaplain why. The chaplain
said he didn't think it was actually
color discrimination, rather that
the Brazilians were our cultural
interiors"
Gen. Douglas Macarthur was re-
ported to have issued an order to
correct treatment Of Filipinos
fighting with American forces. The
order stated that our allies were to
be treated as equals, not according
to Jim crow customs prevalent in
| the USA, the New Leader reported.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
ASK LEGISLATURE FOR
NEGRO COLLEGE POOL

(ANP)-A plan which will per-
nit Alabama to share in a pro-
posed pool of college educational
facilities in the south will be pre-
sented in meeting Of the legisla-
ture by State School Supt. E. B.
Norton.
The plan follows a recent pro-
posal in the south whereby south
ern states will cooperate in a pro-
gram which will allow Negro stu
dents to train in specific schools
throughout the area.
The program which may also in
clude the training of white stu
dents, might permit a student from
Georgia to study engineering at
Tuskegee Institute, aided by fin
ances from his home state.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
URGE NEGRO TO beware
OF C0-0WNERSHIP BONDS

less of who holds the co-ownership
bond, tenant or landloard, the ten
ant has no right and no chance
whatsoever, it was explained.
The warning was issued o Ne
groes in the south as means Of
averting possible strife and need
less bloodshed. Negro leaders and
preachers were asked to inform
t h cir followers and members
against the danger Of purchasing
co-ownership bonds with white
landlords.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
RICHMOND SPEAKER Sees
PERMANENT FEp(

RIG IND, Va, Jan. 20
(ANP)-The FEPC should become
a permanent agency and the men
working with it should give their
entire time to it's operation, DR..
Charles Houston, speaker at the
January meeting of the Richmond
committee of the Interracial COM
mission declared.
Houston advocates the creation
of a national agency for minority
groups, and recommended that ed
ucators fight for such accomplish
ments by sending on letters to their
congressman and to their local
newspapers.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
NAME DR.. CLARKE,
MEMBER OF CINCINNATI
HOUSING AUTHORITY

CINCINNATI, Jan. 20 (ANP)-|
Though it was strongly urged that
some representative or organized
labor be appointed to fill the va
cancy on the Metropolitan Housing
authority, DR.. Ray Eugene Clarke,
prominent Cincinnati phsician and
surgeon, was named to the post by
county commissioners. DR.. Clarke
will fill the vacancy made by the
death of Fred Hook, labor leader,
and will serve an unexpired term,
until Dec. 3rd. After that date it
will be necessary to name someone
for term of five years.
Introducing the physician to fel-
low commissioners, Councilman
Jesse Locker outlined his qualifica-
tions to serve by stating that Clarke
holds membership with the Acad-
emy of Medicine, is an instructor
in surgery at the Cincinnati College
of Medicine, a member of the staff
at the Jewish hospital, General hos
pital, and Catherine Booth home
and hospital, a board member of the
Shoemaker clinic and director of
the Hamilton county Red Cross,
and that Clarke is chairman of the
Negro advisory committee of the
Metropolitan Housing Authority.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
INTRODUCE NATIONAL
FREEDOM DAY BILL
I'm CONGRESS

PHILADELPHIA Jan. 20
(ANP)-A move to make Febru-
ary 1st of every year National
Freedom day was made when Con-
gresham William A. Barnett, rep
resenting Pennsylvania's first con-
gressional district, introduced a
National Freedom Day bill in the
House of Representatives in Wash
ington.
National Freedom day celebra-
tions have been held here for the
last few years under the leadership
of Mrj. R. R. Wright, Sr., and a cit
liens committee. President Abra-
ham Lincoln signed a joint resolu-
ton passed by the house and SEN
ate propos ing the Thirteenth
Amendment to the constitution of
the United States on Feb. l, 1905.
Rep. Barret's bill requests Presi-
dent Roosevelt to proclaim the
first of February of every year
as National Freedom Day to be
observed with appropriate cere-
monies and thanksgiving through
out the United States.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (ANP)
investors, beware of CO.
ownership bonds! That warning
was issued here after it was re-
ported that white landlords in the
south are encouraging Negro ten
ants to purchase co-ownership
bonds.
According to reports from that
area, the landlords are lending
money to tenants to buy co-owner-
ship bonds on the proposition that
their name be placed on the bond
for security of the money loaned.
The landlord is reported to hold the
bond while the tenant pays the loan
plus 10 per cent interest.
Since the law written on the CO.
party in a co-ownership has equal
rights to the bond, the landlord will
not have to surrender the co-owner.
ship bond even if the tenant pays
the principal and interest. Regard.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
BEATEN AND ROBBED

Police last night were looking for
the ma nwho attacked and robbed
William Warren, 331 Bruen street,
of his billfold containing $48 at the
rear of 2O9 Washington street
about 9:3O pm. Saturday night.
John Simon, 214 Washington
street, reported to police several
pieces Of jewelry were stolen from
dresser drawer in his bedroom
between 7:30 and 10:30 pm. Sat
urday night.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
KATHERINE DUNHAM
PURCHASES n. Y. BUILDING

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (ANP)-
Katherine Dunham, unique dancer
of stage and screen has purchased
a six-story building here.
The building a portion of which
will be used for the Katherine Dun
ham of Dance, adjoins the Frick
Art Reference library and is To-
Gated at Ia East list street. The
plot is 100. feet deep.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-01-29
SAYS BRITISH HAMPER
ALLIED COLONIAL policy

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (ANP)-
''The colonial policy of the British
Empire prevents the united nations
from making a definite statement
concerning their postwar plans for
colored peoples" declared DR.. w. E..
B. Dubois. ut is not simply the de-
sire of the British to be reaction
ary," but the spirit Of nationalism
is very strong. Also because the
modern, civilized world has invested
heavily in colonial resources, it is to
their advantage to keep the people
in poverty and ignorance in order to
realize a great return on their in
vestments. That is part of the pol
icy of "divide and rule"
Continued on page A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22
SAVE GREETING CARDS; THEY HAVE
 USEFUL pURpOSE

Here's suggestion that will make your friends wish they had thought of it first.
 Don't throw away the lovely greeting cards you have received and saved during the year Keep them as ornaments for packages, or to decorate an otherwise pain wall.
 The next time you wrap a gift for someone, glance through the greeting cards you have saved and pick out one with a colorful or ap- propriate picture on it. Cut the picture cut neatly, glue or paste it on your gift wrapping. That's all there is to it.
 There are any number of objects about the house that cutouts from greeting cards might brighten; closet doors, furniture, waste paper baskets, screen and cigarette boxes. Pasted cn and coated with a pre- servative of clear shellac, greeting cards can serve a variety of deco rative purposes.
 Inexpensive and distinctive gift novelties can be made from the greeting cards. Bookends, jelly jars for flower vases, bookmarkers. match-boo handblotters, tally
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22
WAX CANDLE SPOTS
 EASf TO REMOVE

Dripping candle wax is especially prevalent during the holiday season but few simple household reme- dies can he used to clean it up
 Wax spots on rugs can usually be removed successfully by first scrap ing off as much wax as possible with a dull knife and then sponging with carbon tetrachloride.
 When you scrape, be careful not to injure the yarns If the candle was colored and stain remains, try sponging lightly with a liquid made of two parts of water and one part of denatured Tubbing) alco- hol.
 AS a precaution against fading, test the mixture first on an incon- spicuous part of the rug.
 Wax that has run down from eandleholders onto the linen can be removed by the same method of first scraping and then sponging with carbon tetrachloride
 Wax spots on the mantel will come 0ft r rubbed vigorously with a cloth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22
SOAP FLAKES MAY BE USED AS SNOW
 ON XMAS TREES

The final step iu trimming the Christmas tree is frosting it with fluffy snow. There are a number of ways Of doing this, but simple and popular enc uses ordinary soap flakes.
 Any homemaker can produce all the sncw she needs in a short time and it won't melt, either If it is properly concocted
 Here's the way to make it: Use three or four cups of soap flakes to one cup of warm water Beat in an electric beater or very vigorously with a hand beater, until it is very smooth and fluffy, Then spread it immediately over the branches of the tree, scattering 1t with the hands.
 If you want the snow to sparkle. quickly spread on some artificial gliStening snow, Use as much soap snow as you like.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22

cards and score pads can be made to look quite impressive by the simple addition of a design cut out from greeting cards and pasted on these objects.
 The lovely etchings and reproduc- tions of famous masters and the flower prints that appear on so many greeting cards are well worth the price of a small frame. These print-sized pictures are just the thing to brighten a dark corner of some room or entrance hall.
 Some rainy afternoon when the children are looking for something to do, give them the greeting cards you have saved during the year. Especially will they like to make gay blotters from the cutout de- signs. Have them make smal-sized cnes for checkbooks, a good -sized che for Dads desk. and a pretty feminine one for Mothers corre- snondence. or selected ones for