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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
BOOK
REVIEWS

Anything Can Happen" by
George and Helen Papashvily
(Harper: $1,000, is the discovery
of America by a Russian, and at
the same time 1t is the discovery
of a thoroughly nice guy by the
reader. George, a native Of
Georgia, the Transcaucasian Sow
let republic once best-known 20
this country for its princes,
reaches Ellis Island with an open
mind and skill for making dag
gers and swords. In his story,
with the aid of his American
born wife, the latter asset is
quickly written off, but the for
mer proves invaluable.
George, who has no English.
gets a job in garage his first
day ashore, and that miracle per-
suaded him that anything can
happen in America; when he
loses that job shortly afterward
he Is convinced Of it.
In his innocence he goes 10
work as q scab in a picketed fac
tory. When 1t dawns upon him
why the wages are 50 high, why
he Is well-fed and well-bedded
inside the plant, and why a fell
low worker" daily burns tar
paper to make the chimneys
smoke, he quits. After recovering
from a beating by the strikers
who could not read the note,
written in his native tongue.
proclaiming his stand on the
question, George joins the pick
cts.
He Is overcome with nostalgia
for home, has not heard Georgian
spoken for over a year, and tries
desperately to find q compatriot.
When he does, It's . man who
some time since had gone to the
point Of advertising an offer OF
$1,000 for anyone who could
talk Georgian with him. George
was delighted to talk, and for
free.
The migration to the coast
from Detroit during the depres-
sion, with friends and mountains
CT household goods, the lunch
box enterprise, George and Hell
ems wedding and the great, mag
nificient, unbelievable feast,
and finally, the move to . farm.
house and Its attendant house,
warming provide entertainment
replete with humor and warmth.
Any stumbling In the Papashvily
English r. natural In it. charm.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
. BARBS

A toast to what's left of the
Nip navy-bottoms up!
Hitler is reported to have been
forced to yield control over the
Reich to Himmler. Another way
of saying he wished something
on Heinrich.
Indiana wife has asked police
to help locate her husband, gone
three months. Perhaps she sent
him to match some ribbon.
Too many people fall down
on the job Of growing old be-
cause they don't take their time
about it.
II you want points to 60 down
on canned vegetables, simply
grow all you need in your own
garden.
Most youngsters think that
dessert is a food that comes and
goes with company.
"Tokyo ablaze after BIOS pass
over" - news item. The crews
have a burning desire to wipe
that city off the face of the map.
These days Il takes about q
week to get shirts hack from
the laundry. Maybe the Mrs. Is
sewing the buttons on too tight.
In the spring . young mans
fancy - In this years offering
Of flashy sports clothes.
A bachelors life Is just one
undarned thing after another.
There may be rhyme to spring
poems, but there's little reason
for some Of them.
An Ohio Judge says It's natu-
raj for q wife to want to run
things |at home. Finei Get out
the lawn mower.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
NURSE.
BY Iona l.. TROTT
Assistant Director,
Red Cross Nursing Service
Written for NEA Service

Doctors depend a great deal
upon laboratory findings TO aid
them in diagnosing and treating
illness. For example, a labora-
tory examination of sputum is
used in diagnosing tuberculosis
CT in treating pneumonia. Exami-
nation of the urine is a routine
procedure during pregnancy to
determine whether the system of
elimination is functioning prop
erly.
1t Is important for the home
nurse to know how to collect
and handle these specimens in
order that infection may not
spread, or the specimen spoiled
so that it is no value. The doctor
will sometimes provide contain
ers for specimens but it is not al
ways possible to get these when
you need them, and prenatal
cases are usually expected to pro-
vide their own containers.
If a specimen of sputum is re-
quested, a small wide-mouthed
mayonnaise jar with a screw cap,
or a half-pint fruit jar makes a
convenient container. 1t should
be washed with soap and water.
and boiled in clean water for Is
minutes. Lift it out with a spoon,
being careful not to touch the in
side of he cap or jar.
LABEL SPECIMENS
The patient should rinse his
mouth after eating to remove all
food particles. He should then be
instructed to cough and expecto-
rate the material raised directly
into the jar, being careful not 10
contaminate the outside of it. The
lid should be applied and the jar
kept right side UP until it is given
to the doctor. The name of the
patent and the date should be
written on a label and pasted on
the jar.
To collect a urine specimen,
clean and boil a bottle and cork,
as described above, and let II
cool. A morning specimen Of ur-
inc is usually desired. 1t may be
voided in a clean bedpan or jar
and poured into the bottle with
the aid of d funnel made from
heavy paper over which q no,
iron has been passed to sterilize
II. The specimen should be la
beled and kept in a cool place
until it can be given to the doc
tor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
. SO THEY SAY

Nothing can ever undermine
the japanese from believing that
they will never be invaded by
the enemy. - Toshio Shiratori,
former Jap ambassador to Italy.
We must have the united sup
port of the whole American peo-
pie SO that the arrangements
that are made for the peace and
to keep the peace will be sup
ported year in and year out by
our people, regardless of the ad-
ministration in power.-Thomas
E. Dewey.
Events are moving fast and
peace may come sooner than
some expect. - Sir Alexander
Cadogan, British Dumbarton
Oaks Conference chairman.
II this country should fail to
maintain its domestic economy
at high level of activity. to pur-
sue q foreign economic policy
consistent with its economic po-
sition In the void, and to take
the leadership in world economic
cooperation, the Illustrations of
the thirties will undoubtedly be
repeated. - Howard p. Whid-
den Jr., Foreign Policy Associa-
ton research associate.
-
We intend to follow our sys-
tenn of democracy, capitalism
and individual enterprise. We
shall leave 1t up to each coun-
try to decide what II wants. We
shall make II clear that we will
not countenance any other gov
eminent un d e m n ing US.
- Comdr. Harold e. Stassen,
United Nations Conference del
egate.
Discussions and questions are
naturally squelched. Our teach
ing is a deliberate process of dis
couraging independent thinking
as much Is possible. - Teacher
at Marbufg, Germany.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

doubt that any list Of out
standing women players of the
country would fail to include the
name of Mrs. Wilkinson Wagar
Of Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Wagar plays
In few tournaments but she can
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Virginian's gal, Barbara Britton,
and gets killed in a gun duel.
Hoss opera formula No. 82X.
Donlevy admitted. he wasn't
too good on a horse. He's sea-
goin' man. Give him a rolling
sea to a buckin' hay burner any
old time.
But with Sonny, the Boston
socialite, it was different. He
loves horses. Sonny said not to
mention it, but he even rode
when he was only IL. In Bos-
tons fancy horse shows on
Chestnut Hill"
SADDLE SCENES
But this movie riding was
wonderful, he said. How can you
fall out of big western saddle
after riding in those fancy east
ern horse show BOBBY traps?
The cast of 1.-THE Virginian"
figured Sonny would break his
neck the first day in the saddle.
But Sonny went about the bust
ness of getting into the saddle
like an expert. He had been TAX
ing riding lessons for three
weeks. Does this horse know
what to do?" asked Sonny.
Listen, buddy" said the
nag's owner. That horse has
been in pictures longer than you
have"
Sonny did all right, though.
He's even talkin' western lingo
with a Boston accent.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
LUCKY MAN

LUCKY MAN
SALT LAKE CITY, April "a
-R-W. S. Nimocks of Rose
burg, Ore, has his billfold back
after II years-and with the
$72 still in 1t.
It was lost in a canyon near
Provo, Utah. The purse and
money were found by John L.
Atwood of Salt Lake City and
forwarded them to the owner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .


NEW HANULE
SEATTLE, April 24-B-
Remi G. Delaey asked Superior
Court to allow him to change
his name to DeLoy 1.-The way 1t is
properly pronounced"
I'm a bus driver" he said
when filing his petition, land
I'm doggone tired of having
people say there comes General
Delay again."
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Americans are eating better than we used to. The
focts to back up that assertion from Harvey A.
Baum, who heads the organization that buys pro-
duce for the A g P stores Mr.. Baum has roked over
"A years of dnner-tobIe statistics and come up with
some interesting information.
He finds that the average American eats 10 per
cent more food than he did in 1900 gets more good
out of it, and tends to keep trimmer wost|ine than
he did at the turn Of the century,
In the interim we have cut down on some stoPle
starch and bulk" foods as much as IS per cent At
the same time use Of protective fruits and vegetables
has come up IS per cent. Beans peas and nuts have
taken big Jump - "a per cent Egg consumption
has increased q per cent sugar and syrups Is per
cent; tea, coffee and spices, 81 per cent.
dory products Use Of butter and other fots and oils
has stoyed about the same.
We may laugh at spinach and turn up our noses
at the soy beon but the above figures con scarcely
be disregorded when we learn that todoys average
soldier sailor is 3d. inches toII against 81. 49,
inches for the l9l7-l8 service man, and thot his
average l507o pounds top the World War dough-
boys average weight by 9.22 pounds.
We may nostalgia over erondroo's soIt pork
dinners and pie for breakfast. But we shall probably
have to admit thot if grandma had lived and cooked
in this day Of better transportation and better nut
tionoI knowledge she would have been delighted to
serve fresh peos and lettuce the year round.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24

Record U. 8. passenger car
re gistration was in December,
1941, 29,418,000 vehicles.
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4 COUPLE OF CHARACTERS

Sonny Tufts and Brian Dom
levy were in their dressing
rooms. They're in the picture,
too. Sonny plays the pal the
Virginian has to lynch when he
discovers him rustling cattle.
'Donlevy is the black hearted
villain who tries to steal the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
DRY YARN

HELENA Mont, April a.
R-Police found a man sprawl
ed out in q vacant lot during a
rainstorm.
Officer Martin Foley gave this
description at the city Jail:
This gentleman is drying out
internally and externally"
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. IN HOLLYWOOD

Joel McCrea started trying
them on, walking up and down
in front of the sound mans mi
crophone. The sound man
clamped on his earphones and
shut his eyes.
On pair No. 3 the. sound man
opened his eyes.
That's IT," he said. perfect.
They jingle, jangle."
Action" Director Gilmore
said.
"The Virginian" was back in
production with spurs that jim
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-24
DIETS AND SOLDIERS

In surveys Of the physical condition OF our ormed
forces it miqht seem that too much attention has
been paid the boys who we're turned down. The rec.
ord isn't too good to be sure but it cannot be denied
that lot of husky youngsters passed their Physieos
and became magnificent soldiers and soiIors and
flyers.
To have listened to long-foeed predictions during
the 3Os one would not have believed that this could
be possible We we're assured that the younger gen.
erotion was headed for On early grave and the devil
They we're pale, fIobby bunch, we were told -
bunch of jitterbues and goldfish swolowers.
It's too bad that it took war to prove the long,
faced prophets wrong. But wrong they were, and tor
several apparent reasons One surely the toot that
the advance Of medical science has not only inereos-
ed our life expectonce from 1924 in 1900 to almost
IS today, but has toned up Americas health in the
process.
Another reason is thot though we may not be
producing as many colorfuI Cobbs Ruths, TiIdens
and Dempseys as we did, q lot more youngsters are
taking part in supervised athletics than in former
years.
Evening star., 1945-05-13

nUsHY BARNES, down at the
newsstand, says this country
is on the verge of havin' another
civil war.
you mean labor an capital an
Republicans an Democrats an
such?" l ask him.
"Aw. no, that's just everyday
wranglin' between friends. Didn't
you know New York, Texas an
California is ready to declare war
on each other?
"a couple months ago." Bushy
goes on, "the New York Herald
Tribune wrote an editorial advisin'
Texans to quit braggin'. / guess
they was just kiddin', but you
gotta laugh fast when you run
Texas down if anybody from Texas
is listenin'."
How'd California get into it?"
THE editorial allowed Texas
braggin' wasn't up to the Cali
fornia brand. An then, a couple
of days later, before the two big
gest states in the Union could get
their breath, a New York depart
ment store took a full-page ad in
the same paper an declared 'NeW
York has the biggest of eeerything.'
They even put in a picture of
big Stetson hat - at least a
twelve-gallon one.
The effect couldn't of been no
Evening star., 1945-05-13

worse if Mister Stettinius had
pulled Uncle Ioe's whiskers an
give Churchill loaded cigar.
bet this minute the women of
Texas is moldin' musket balls an
fortifyin' the Alamo.
II wouldn't be surprised if every
Californian over four years old is
streamin' toward the Hudson
River, each one bringin' rope in
one hand an a Chamber of Com
merce pamphlet in the other an
Just itchin' to use 'em both"
Now if New York had picked
on Rhode Island or somebody its
size we might have been able to
patch up the difference. But no.
Bushy's right The Empire State
has aggressed.
What's more, it has invited
war on two fronts. 1t is too late to
mediate an arbitrate. Let's hope
it's a quick an merciful, if bloody
struggle.
New York forgot that Nimitz is
boss of the worlds biggest single
fleet. An the Admiral is Texan.
l guess nobody told 'em that
Eisenhower is from Kansas an
that Kansas an Texas has got a
mutual-assistance treaty.
So you see what loose talk can
lead to? -WkllY b0REN
Evening star., 1945-05-13

1. VETS CHOICE Fire per cent
Of our Army men expect to Work
for the Government. Which depart
msnt is their No. l choice?
The Post Office Department.
L. M. X, Scarsdale, N. Y.
z. FLAT-roP FOOD How much
food does an aircraft carrier require
per day?
Six tons one ton of meat
alone. Fifty cooks and bakers are
aboard.
,. BARNAcLE BILL How has
the Nary licked the problem Of bar
nacles on the bottom Of ships?
A new paint has been developed
which keeps ships bottom clean
for two to five years. Previously
ship had to be scraped every six
to Is months.
4. "AN1ERIcAN DAY" May
20th has been proclaimed as II
Am an American Day." Whom does
ii honor:o
Those who have become citi-
Evening star., 1945-05-13
q u,z 'rn

zens in the past year through
naturalization or by reaching their
majority.
R. w. S., Camden, N. J.
S. LEDo-BURNdA ROAD 80. What
was the cost of the Ledo- Burma
Road Q,044 miles through noun
tain Jungle. tn dollars and men?
For every mile: 81, 100000 and
a U. S. soldiers life.
6. GROCERY BILLS :. The cost
of food for the Average family in
1914 was S451. Was this more or
less than the cost in 1913?
A decline from $458 in l943 -
the first drop since the war began.
7. BLOOD PLASKIA HON. is
blood blasma delipered to American
groups cut off by enemy lines?
1t is fired in shells to isolated
groups.
Mrs. r. S., indianapolis. Ind
CONDUCTED '' w No.,
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Tonnenberq

On August 7, 1934-just little
more than ten years ago-the body
of Paul Won Hindenburg was en-
tombed in one of the towers of
great modernistic monument erected
at Tannenberg to commemorate the
German victories achieved in the
neighborhood two decades earlier.
The funeral of the famous marshal
and Reich President was attended by
many of his comrades in arms in
the struggle with the Russians in
1914. It was one of number of
occasions when Adolf Hitler warned
the world of the "resurgence of the
German nation" The Nazi party,
however, took charge of the cere-
mony of interment. Members of the
veteran Stahlhelm were outranked
in the procession by Schultz Staffel
Guards and Storm Troopers. The
degenerate Horst Vessel song took
precedence over the noble Good
Comrade."
But not even Hitler could spoil
the larger significance of linden
burg's return in death to the scene
of his triumphs. The victory at
Tannenberg was . supreme achieve
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Dog Story Reaction
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is obvious that Col Elliott Roose-
velt thinks that his father has been
President of the United States so long
that, as his son, he has the privileges
of royalty. According to the Presidents
secretary, Col. Roosevelt left request,
before going overseas. that his dog be
taken "if an empty bomber or some
thing" were going across the country.
1t is inconceivable that a bomber
would make the trip empty" when so
many servicemen need transportation.
When Col. Roosevelt views the war thus
lightly, it is hard to believe that he is
doing anything either dangerous or i'm
portant overseas. Others who return
from the battle area seem to have a
much grimmer attitude.
1t undoubtedly is very embarrassing
to the President to have this matter
come up just as he has sent his second
request to Congress urging the immedi-
ate passage Of labor draft. II the
President cannot convince his own son
that it is necessary to sacrifice to win
the war, he may have some difficulty
in convincing others.
If any other officer in the United
States Army had committed this blum
der, he would suffer reduction in rank,
or at least severe reprimand. Since
1t happened to be the son of the Presi-
dent, we are asked to accept Secretary
Early's statement that it is a regrettable
error. 1t is, indeed. regrettable.
EDITH HATHAWAY ANDERSON.
Evening star., 1945-01-22

course, but If well directed and well
co-ordinated 1t can most certainly
undermine the German will to fight.
In the circumstances the hour seems
peculiarly propitious for a common
Anglo o-American-Russia policy on
how best to use the weapon of ideas
in these climactic and decisive days
"a subject well worth the fullest at
tention of Prime Minister Churchill,
President Roosevelt and Premier
Marshal Stain when they meet
again. Conceivably, if they work out
a joint definitive statement on un-
conditional surrender, they will be
fashioning a hammer blow whose
effect may be equivalent to adding
new Allied armies to the ones al
ready in the field, paying dividends
of incalculable value in terms of
shortened battles and saved lives.
Evening star., 1945-01-22
On the Record
By Dorothy Thombso,

The Soviets are as close students of
geopolitics as the Germans, and the
Russian war college as familiar with
Haushofer (out of Mackinder) as the
German. The concept "Eurasia," based
on control of the central mainland of
the great continent, is as clear to the
Russians as to the Germans
One thing is certain. The Soviets do
not think in sophomore terms of good"
or "eviP' nations, nor do they permit
emotions of revenge to determine a
policy. Punishment of war criminals
may have many interpretations and
serve various policies. Shifts in popu-
lations have political effect, and that
effect will be taken into calculation.
The Russians have, think. alternative
policies. But each policy is implemented
by consequential program.
Give one program, the Russians have
the nucleus of government for Ger
many. They have been preparing it,
and quite openly, the past year and a
half. They have a trained German po-
lice force made up of converted prison.
er-s of war, and if estimates are correct,
1t approaches the size of the pre- Hitler
German police. 1t includes very high
offices.
This systematic preparation has to be
compared with the complete and mex
cusable lack of preparation for our
share in German occupation. Within
the last few days our War Department
has announced it has managed to guar
antee that Nazis do not murder anti
Nazi prisoners in German camps. We
must have well over a million German
prisoners of war. all of whom will have
to be repatriated to Germany, who are
exactly the same material as the Ger
man prisoners in Russia. But we have
not taken the Russian tip and have
created neither civilian nor a police
apparatus. Result: The Russian occu-
patton will be systematic, and ours will
be invented, by rule of thumb, on the
spot.
The solution of this dilemma cer-
tainly does not lie in further drawing
of spheres of influence. Germany is the
issue on this question. Unless I COM
pletely misread the situation, the divi-
sion of Germany will create, eventually,
one sphere of influence in Germany
not two, not three, and not four. There
fore common policy and, If possible, a
common military occupation, is urgently
necessary.
released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Western Front Moves
By Mai. George Fielding Eliot

FfeIdfHg EH0T
around Hagenau." 1t is hard to resist
the conclusion that good part of the
German armor and other first-rate
units have already been extracted from
the bag, and that the Volksgrenadier
elements plus such fragments of other
divisions as could not be rescued have
been left behind to sell their lives in ex-
change for time. 1t is likewise hard to
resist the conclusion that some at least
of the extracted troops have been rushed
down to Alsace to try to get back Stras-
bourg (Which would be pure prestige
operation) and also, on the basis of this
bulletin, to try to get back Hagenau,
which would be of much greater military
importance than Strasbourg.
If that is the case, then it would seem
likely that the next two or three days
will tell the tale as far as German
gains in Alsace are concerned.
\ 4 X
There is no reason to think that Gen
Eisenhower does not have sufficient
reserves to deal with German opera
ton involving matter of five divisions,
provided he can get them to the
threatened area in time. Indeed, the
French 1st Army has already launched
a counterattack north of Mulhouse,
which has made undisclosed gains.
But the question still remains as to
whether our high command now con-
siders it worth while to attempt to
stave of local German success in
Alsace by rushing down to the southern
part of the front with reserve formations,
or whether those formations can better
be employed the point OF view of
the overall Allied plan-in other sectors
where they can come more quickly into
action.
It is difficult indeed to believe that we
can long behold the spectacle of Ger
man army using up good troops in a
second-class prestige operation in Alsace
when the whole eastern defensive system
of the Reich may be crumbling before
the Red Armys drive and certainly will
crumble unless it is strongly and quickly
reinforced.
Very likely, therefore, the uppermos,
consideration in the minds Of our COM
manders at the moment Is how to gel
the best use out of our available troops
In the shortest possible time how K
pin down as many Germans as possible
how to offer the German high command
as extensive and pressing western
anxieties as possible and thus prevent
any transfers from west to east.
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