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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Nv PETER EDISON

w ASHIN C T N, D. c. -
Transportation to the United
States of some tens of thousands
of skilled French factory work
ers has been suggested as one
means of relieving American
industrial manpower shortages
in critical industries. War plan
ners who have proposed this
idea say it would get results
more quickly and be easier. in
some cases, than trying to build
up French industry. French lab
orers would be brought to the
United States on temporary
work permits, with the under
standing they would return to
France as soon as U. S. produc-
ton crisis was past or French
factories were ready to reabsorb
them.
Difficulty in reconstituting
French industry is shortage OF
raw materials, particularly coal,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

Glamor has gone to war on
the back lot at the M-G-M stu
dio, with "Privates' Lana Tur-
ner, LARAMIE Day, Susan Peters
and so chorus girls reporting
for training every morning as
WACs in the sweater-less male
less movie "Womens Army"
Private Day admitted it was
all a little embarrassing. She's
the gal who said she saw too
many brass hats and not enough
c.. rs on an Army camp tour.
Miss Day plays a brass hat-lov-
ing generals daughter in the
picture.
81 wonder" she said with
worried look, what the G. is
will think"
Privates Turner and Peters,
driving a c.. /. truck with the
words "Wolf Trap" painted on
t.. back, said they were having
fun. But they had their worries.
The WAC uniforms hide some
of their highly publicized
charms. WACs are issued 80
pieces of clothing, including an
off-duty sweater, but Lana new
err gets a chance to wear sWea-
ter. Neither do the other gals.
Miss Turner didn't say any
thing about it, but her WAC
training in the film may be use
full if ex-hubby Steve Crane and
current boy friend Turhan Bey
decide to slug it out again.
WACs are trained to cope with
emergencies.
so BEAUTIES
Director Edward Buzzell was
mighty grateful for the so M
GIN chorus girls. There's a lot
of close order drill in the pic
ture.
Eve called up the studio
dance director Eddie said.
land ordered so dancers. They
learned all the routines in half
an hour. We've got the most
beautiful company of WACs in
America.
1--WE show the gals enlisting,
going through Officers Train
ing School and then going over
seas"
The girls don bathing suits
for one sequence in which the
trainees 60 swimming in a lake.
They shot it on M-G-Ms back
lot. which is between two Army
air fields. The Army got wind
of it and director Buzzell had
low-flying P-38's and bombers
in his hair all day.
With so many planes in the
movieland skies these days, di-
rectors on outdoor sets now
have front office orders 70
keep shooting" Dialog drown.
cd out by plane motor noise IS
re-dubbed on sound stage
Hating production and waiting
for the all clear signal was cost.
ly.
But getting back to this swea'
terless, male-less movie WON
ems Army" director Buzzell
said he had the doggonedes'
bedroom scene in Hollywood
history Twenty-Five WACs go.
ing to bed. But il was just q
pain in the neck for assistant
director Charley O'Malley.
TSK, TSK, CHARLIE
Charley walked. on the SCI
and moaned that the girls look
ed too beautiful. He ordered
some of them to put curriers' IL
their hair and others to smeaI
cold cream on their faces.
How do you know how 2:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

WACs to carry on family tradi-
ton. Lana is a spoiled heiress
who joins up to get rid of a six
year hangover, and Susan plays
the wife of a tank commander
who is killed in the South Pa
cific
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
NEW TWIST

CHATTANOOGA, TIE N NJ,
Feb. 16-(R-The initial show
ing of a WAC movie here next
week is being billed as the first
torchlight premiere.
Since the governments
brownout order prohibits use OF
the traditional searchlights. ar
rangements were made with a
nearby chemical warfare serv-
ice unit to enlighten the pro-
ceedings with giant flares.
The movie is MGM's Keep
Your Powder Dry" and many
of the background shots were
made at nearby TT. Ogelthorpe,
Ga.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
. IN HOLLYWOOD

women look when they go to
bed?" chided BuZzell over the
loud speaker.
Charley blushed and SIAM
mered, "Well, l was raised with
five sisters"
LARAMIE portrays generals
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
. SO THEY SAY

Giving the news out, when it
is news, would stimulate the
morale of the folks at home.
They want to know what is 60
in on and they are entitled to
it. - Adml. Harry E. Yarnell.
retired, former Asiatic Fleet
chief.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

and lack Of shipping plus the
bad condition Of French rail-
way system for transport of ma
terials to and from French fac
tories. Principal difficulty in
getting Belgian coal mines in
operation was the local labor
situation. Germans had PAM
pered Belgian miners, giving
them extra food allowances and
incentive pay. When liberated,
Allied authorities cut miners
back to standard allowances TO
check initiation and coal produc-
tin went down.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

First calendars were based
upon the lunar year of IL moon
months, and therefore years
were only 354 days long.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
SPEED DEMON

BROADUS, Mont, Feb. 10
fP-Fido is in the doghouse
while his owners, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Newmiller are recovering
from broken ribs and lacera-
tons.
Fido. riding in the front seat
of the Newmiller car, put an i'm
patient paw on the acelerator.
Mrs. Newmiller lost control OF
the car and went off the road.
PRACTISE BLACKOUT
MOUNTAIN HOME. Idaho,
Feb. 16-(R-A bobcat caused
a blackout q Boise.
Linemen ssaid the bobcat
climbed q power line pole be-
tween Mountain Home and
Orchard, causing q short cir
cult which burned out the wires
to Boise. The animal was killed.
BATTLE CASUALTY
McCOOK, Nebr., Feb. 16-tF
Sgt. Cecil r. Rillstone, opera
tor of q mimeograph machine
at the army air base here, has
entered his claim as q casualty
of the Russian Front" even
though he "never left home"
Turning out war bulletins on
the progress Of the Russian cam
pain, he thrust . finger between
the whirling drum and stand OF
the machine. While medical Of
ficers stitched up the wound,
the Sergeant announced he
wasn't expecting the Purple
Heart.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
MALONEY'S DEATH
SLOWS REORGANIZATION

Death of Senator Francis Ma
loney of Connecticut has slowed
up movement for study of reor-
ganization of Congress. This was
one of Senator Maloney's favor
ite projects and thus far no 9TH
er Senator has stepped forward
to assume his position. Senator
Harry F. Byrd of Virginia has
endorsed the idea but Is consid-
cred too busy. with Joint Econ
omy committee to take over
lie a d e ship Of Congressional
study. Senator Robert F. LaFol-
lette is most interested, but he
Is a Progressive, and therefore
would not be considered eligible
to head the committee.
Chinese production OF en-
trenching tools, small picks and
shovels used by infantry soldiers
for digging foxholes, has been
greatly stepped-up and may
mark the beginning of a post
war agricultural implement in
dustry which could well revolu-
tionize agriculture in the big
country of 400 million inhabi-
tants.
There will be no formal u. S.
announcement or statement of
policy on the question, but il
revolutionary movement breaks
out to upset Francisco Franco in
Spain, there will be no effort to
save him.
Net effect of Office Of Price
Administration and War Pro-
duction Board orders on cloth
ing production will be to make
going pretty tough for the high
price line, high quality apparel
shops. But there will be more
medium and low-priced goods,
and therefore, OPA insists, no
need for clothing rationing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

Business needs to be free from
that type of ownership and man.
agement that never knew or has
forgotten that goods and serv-
ices belong to the people, to all
of the people. - Henry j. Kais-
err, shipbuilder.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
SPOT AUTHORIZATION
HELD HELPFUL

Backers Of Donald Nelson's
spot authorization" plan Of
gradual reconversion say that 1t
was q lifesaver for war produc-
ton in that 1t enabled war
plants to keep their labor forces
intact and thus prepared to step
up production when munitions
shortages became acute in some
lines. None of the original spot
authorization permits, granted
late last summer when some
people thought the war would
be over by Christmas, has been
cancelled. It Is doubtful II ad-
ditional spot authorizations will
be granted during first half
year, but the plan Is still on the
books and can and will be put
back in full operation when war
production crisis eases.
Bit Flying Fortresses are no
longer in combat in the Pacific,
and the entire production now
goes to Europe. B-24 Liberators
now do the medium range
bombing job in the Pacific and
the BIO Superfortresses Of
course do the long range jobs in
the Pacific and China-Burma-
India theaters. Concentrating
use of each type of plane in the
theater for which 1t is best suit
ed had greatly simplified pro-
duction, supply and servicing
operations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
THE HARD WAY

THE HARD WAY
The history Of work or fight" legislation to dote
mioht serve as shining example Of how to do things
the hard way And for proper book9rouno Tor '''e
example we might go back to the Fall OF '94O
l. becore evident at that time that this country
would have to roise train and equip citizen army
ooonst the threat Of war; and tho in order TO be OF
odeu,ote size it would have to be conscriPted
AccordnoIy, the President requested and Con-
oress passed the SeIectve Service Act This Act cor
res civil penalties for failure report for regstro-
+;on and examination for induction, among many
other things
The penalties range up to $4,000 fine and tive
veors in prison. The Act has worked efficiently and
it's forness has not been questioned even though IT'S
oppcotion has been confusing upon OCCASION
In the last few months it has been made known
thot the men of this citizens army and navy we're
lockino certain war materials which they needed TO
conclude the war VIGOROUSLY, and with the greotest
possible saving Of time and lives
It nnioht have seemed that the parallel between
need for men and need for arms would have been
opporent and thot the supplying Of the second need
would have been patterned the successful Select
i've Service model
Insteod however, the House Mi|itoY Affairs
Committee went to work on q bill aimed only at men
between IS and As who had been given droft DETER
nent because Of physical or mental disability.
1t proposed to force them into essential work by
threatening them with PeNersion OF the m'''tory
service for which they had been re ected - libel
UPON the proud and solemn patriotic duty to serve
ones country.
1t did not seem to occur to the committee men,
bers thot physically unfit men could be made to en-
ter essential work on pain Of the same punishment
imposed for dereIiction Of military duty, until Army
officers told them that the Army had all the limited
service men it could use.
Only then did the committee remove from its bill
the monifestIy unfair mlitoy punishment and SUBJ
stitute penalties Meanwhile there certain sus-
pcion arising from the activities Of other congress
siono committees thot nobody quite sure OF the
why-when-ond -how-much Of production shortage.
Senate committee was investigating ineffi-
Gent use and hoording Of monpower.- Phil Murroy,
CIO president, urged thot footfindin9 and odvis-
oy committee be appointed from industry labor,
agriculture and government to find out what the
score really was.
But the House Committee kept its sights IeveIed
on the At, though it was by means certain that
they were the only scope9oots or thot they offered
the whole solution to the nonpower problem.
1t might have been more efficient to make sure
Of the source and extent Of the trouble first, and
then, if necessary, enact National Service Law to
droft workers for osks honorable and essential as
miltoy service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
FRONT OFFICE EXPOSED

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Feb. 16-(R- College topics,
student newspaper at the Uni
versity of Virginia, has one blank
column in the current issue
headed by this EDITORS note:
due to the inefficiency OF
the business staff we are unable
to run the theatre ads"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Our bidding problem for to-
day concerns the following
hand:
You pick up this hand and
open the bidding with two
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TULSA, Okla, Feb. 16-R-
T.. r. jackson says Tulsa news
paper men are Johnnies-on-the'
spot when something's breaking.
John Booker, = Tulsa World
reporter now employed by the
Associated Press, happened
along one dark night several
years ago just as Jackson smash
ed a jewelry store window.
Booker's testimony got jack
son a l5-year penitentiary sem
tence.
Yesterday, Jackson broke an
other jewelry store window.
started to scoop up an armful OF
yaluables when he noticed three
men watching him. They were
Ray Billings, Cecil Brown and
Hubert Hutto all World report
ers.
jackson fled. but when he
was arrested later, the news
paper trio identified him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 16
LIPS ecial investigator
Walter Downs, Jr., combing
Evansville without finding a
miss Ruth Elder. heiress to an
estate in Scotland. returned
home and mentioned his failure
to his wife.
"Why!" Mrs. Downs exclaim-
ed. "That's my cousin. Her
name is Mrs. Fletcher Denton
now"
The detectives wife also knew
the correct address.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29

Far from it. In the poorest
state the average spent per year
for teachers salaries is S517, in
the richest, S2,61S. The average
spent per pupil per year is in
some states S32, in others Sill.
This is not due to the poorer
states spending smaller pro-
portion of their funds for educa-
ton, but to having less property
TO tax. This unequal oppor-
tunity for our boys and girls
brought disastrous results to
our army and navy.
unless you tied your
thoughts of his voice and ap-
pearance with his name when
you met him. To think of any
thing you did not associate with
his name simply blocks the re-
call Of the name. Furthermore,
as shown by psychologist knight
Dunlap, any effort TO recall any
thing blocks your remembering
it. but an effort TO forget the
name helps you 10 remember IL.
3-Large families. Prof. Els
worth Huntington made a study
of this subject of Yale students
in the classes from 1922 10 1926
inclusive. 1t is amazing how
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29

Own the age Of army dis
charge be lowered below 38 To
35 soon:
A-No announcement of fu-
ture lowering of discharge for
age has been made.
"a soldier who lost his life
In active service named his wife
a. beneficiary of his insurance,
and before his death his parents
did not receive family-alloM=
ance. Are the parents entitled
to a pension: +. l..
Aft the combined income of
the parents of the deceased SER
viceman is less than 500 per
month, they may qualify for
pension and should file claim
on Form 535 with the nearest
regional office of the Veterans
Administration.
Q-If a mother has two
sons in the service, no income
and unable to work can she
get an allowance for herself
and 15-year-old daughter from
both sons, IL the boys are will
ing TO make the necessary pay
contributions: r. j. ID.
A-One son could apply on
behalf of his mother and sister
as Class-B-1 dependents. and
they may be eligible for family
allowance of $50 per month.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

located just above the kidney.
In addition TO the drug. he also
gave ordinary salt in proper
amounts, since il has been found
that when the salt is admins
tered less of the desoxycorticos-
terone is necessary.
In carrying out this treat
ment, the patients blood pres
sure and weight are carefully
watched by The physician 10
make sure that the proper dose
is being employed.
In one patient treated. il was
found that morning weakness
was frequently present and that
this could be relieved by giving
an increased amount Of salt.
The patient has been under
treatment for more than a year.
The injections of desoxycorti-
costerone were given daily.
Later, a preparation was inn
planted under the skin at three
10 four-week interva s. and
s,nce that time the injections
have had to be employed only
twice a week.
II would appear that this form
OF treatH4-n. may be Of definite
value in the low blood pressure
called postural hypotension.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29
Z. ". DURLING

ford, Gloria Swanson and Bette
Davis were born under this sign.
l can't imagine any of these
girls being easily deceived, but
then, who am 1 TO contradict
the stargazerss
Q-Do you 90 TO the horse
races every day?
A-NO, sir. However, that
il one of my pet ambitions. I
am "A hard working fellow now,
and only go TO the race course
when a checking of the situation
reveals the law Of probability
indicates IL may be day of
triumph for the solid horses.
I OUISE ER, glamorous
~ matrimonial mate of A.
Bugs" Baer. Louise has writ
ten for the "Today's Woman"
magazine an article titled MY
Life in Bugs House" In this
she reveals, among many other
interesting things, that her
justly celebrated husband is one
of IA children and the seventh
son of a seventh son.
JACQUELINE DELYA. Tall,
dark. 98 per cent terrific sultry-
voiced stage and screen siren.
She says her professional name,
Delya, is Encouragement of the
name Daley. That scrambling of
letters 10 get another name is
quite an idea. Person named
Ryan could charge that TO Nyra,
a Casey could switch TO YeSca
and a Sullivan TO Nasullivia.
All I can get out Of scrambling
my name is Gnilrud or Nurdlig.
Both sound like the name of
restaurant featuring smorgas-
brod.
HOW long do your razor
IL blades last? Have you con-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29

Loue's dearest joys they Hever
proUe,
Who free from qUdrFeis liUe,
'Tis sure a GOd-iike part Of LoVs
Each other to forgive.
Sheffield.
TO-DAY I visited the Central
Il Park Zoo in response TO an
urgent request by four subScrib-
ers each having the first name
Rose. These young women
wanted me 10 take look at the
hippopotamus named Rose.
They seek my support for
their organization; The society
opposed to naming a hippo
potamus Rose"
They Indignantly state il Is
an outrage to have attached the
name Rose TO the ugliest animal
in the roo. They wanted me to
go over and take a good. long
look at this hippopotamus so ]
could understand the justice of
their objections.
/ did so. / am inclined 10
sympathize strongly with these
subscribers. While the hippo
potamus may be the ugliest
animal in the 700 ! think the
most curious looking creatures
there are the giraffes. Incl
dentally. one of the giraffes has
been named Pauline.
QUERIES from clients. @
Q What are Aries women
like?
A-The stargazers say Aries
women are sympathetic and
trusting, therefore, easily de-
celved by wolf-type males and
other unserupulOus persons. II
is said Little Red Riding Hood
was Aries born. The Aries girls
respond best to kindness and
resent domination. Mary Pick
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29
pETEoIFSa2FMEs
Answers to Veterans

pay which has been his only
income MRS N. C-S-
A-The first $1.500 per an
mum of service pay is tax
exempt and each individual is
entitled also to a personal ex-
emption of $500. Since your
sons military pay has never
even approached his $500
exemption. he will have no tax
liability when he is discharged.
Q=Mhat Is the pay of a cap
tain In the army:-L. X.
A--His base pay is $500 a
month, man without depend
ents receives SIS rental allow
ance and $21 ubsiste C q
allowance; with dependents the
rental allowance is $50 and the
subsistence S42 a month. The
officer receives 10 per cent in
crease of base pay for overseas
service and 5 per cent increase
of base pay for each three years
of service.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29

ish-American uniform right up
10 the day of his death.
Your sweetheart probably
can't get accustomed 10 seeing
you in clothes that fit.
She became used TO seeing
you Cunless you were different
from att other GfsI In a suit
that was either too large or too
small.
So get civvies that are skin
tight, OF six sizes too large.
If that doesn't work. get an
other sweetheart. and turn the
old one in to your old supply
sergeant as salvage.
QUESTION: The army gave
0 me a CT overcoat when I
was discharged Is there any
use 10 which this monstrosity
can be put?
Answer: Certainly. The CT
overcoat. or dog bed" as il is
unaffectionately know to
doughboys. can be put TO many
uses. Cut in squares. II makes
an excellent roofing material.
Dyed green, il can be used TO
cover a bare spot on the lawn.
A friend of mine, showing in
genuity, put wheels on his old
overcoat and made a serviceable
wagon for his 4-year-old son.
Ground up. the overcoat
makes excellent food for buff
faloes and elephants.
And il is a perfect device with
which 10 fight forest fires.
The big buttons off il make
unbeatable objects for dropping
on peoples heads from the bal
cony OF a movie.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29
HENRY McLENlORE

CINCE / resumed this column
~ scores of Gls just out of the
service, and many still in uni
form, have written 10 me for
advice on variety Of subjects.
l would like TO answer them
personally. but not having a
seefetary makes this impossible.
l advertised for a secretary
recently and the most reason
Able offer i had was from
gal who looked like she had
been Molly Pitchers stand-in.
All she wanted was $500
week. a seven-hour week. fish
ing and hunting privileges in
Yellowstone Park. a 20 per
cent cut of my life insurance,
a Button Gwinnet signature.
and the right 10 use my car
every day except Monday. /
told her 10 start writing this
stun and I'd sit on her lap and
take dictation.
DO, II You readers viii allow
me. | will answer the questions
right here. There is a chance
about 10000 to !, ! fgure-that
some OF the questions and an
swers will apply TO your own
problems and that you'll gain
comfort and aid from them.
QUESTION: My sweetheart
0 insists 1 keep wearing my
uniform. although I am out of
the army. She says ]. look like
a freak in civilian clothes. What
can / do7
Answer: Yours is a common
complaint. Women love uni
forms. ! had an uncle whose
wife made him wear his Span