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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-13
Airport Claims
Decision -Nears
Court Must Determine
Payment Of Damages

Counsel for owners OF prop
erty in the proposed { and now
abandoned) Warren Township
airport site believe that when
Judge Paul r. Cash hands down
his awards on damage claim.
within the next few days, that no
appeal against the award will
be made by the City Of Detroit.
Desultory cross-examination OF
witnesses by Detroit's counsel,
Bert Sogge, at the hearings on
claims gave indication that De-
troit was satisfied to leave the
fixing of claims in the hands
of the court, according to an
opinion expressed by Howard r.
Carroll, Warren Township attor-
rey interested in a number OF
airport properties.
Sogge's superficial challenging
of some of the admittedly in
flated claims was clearly an
indication that he had faith IN
the courts ability to separate
the wheat from the chaff; to
sort out genuine damage claims
from the fanciful and speculative
bills of some property owners.
Whether or not the damage
award will approach the $685.
627 mark Go per cent OF the
jury's award) Is a moot question.
In many prior damage suites OF
similar nature in Michigan, the
award has lowered around the
10 per cent mark, and Judge
Cash has given no indication of
his attitude towards the claims,
except a repeated assertion that
the court will be fair with those
who have shown they suffered
damages during the l1-months
of airport litigation, which De-
troit Abandoned after the jury
made its award.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-13
Indicate RagWeed
Season Near End

LANSING. Sept. Is - R-
Pollen counts in all Northern
Michigan areas have dropped
below the 100 count danger
mark indicating the ragweed
pollen season is near the end,
the State Health Department re-
ported today.
Houghten and Ironwood re-
ported no ragweed and Monday
and Tuesday counts show grad
ual decreases in Southern Mich
iRan. Counts include: Lansing,
IT'S; Saginaw. 226; Benton Har-
Dor, 100; Hillsdale, $40: Luding-
ton, 81; Muskegon. 102: South
Haven. 1877; Marquette, Is:
Manistee, IS and Rogers City,
80.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-13
MISSING WITNESS LOCATED
Hif-Run Hearing Set

the court, and in the interests OF
proper judicial procedure, Sow
inski must appear here and put
himself on record as to what he
wants 10 do. cannot examine
him or be a prosecutor, but |
do insist that the complaining
witness clarity the situation
Parent asserted.
Previously, the court said re
may question Sowinski as %
whether any fear or persuasion
had been used TO influence the
witness absence from court.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-13
Another Fish Story

INDIANAPOLIS - W.D -
Police investigated a man who
chose TO mix drinking with
fishing. He told a fantastic story
of being kidnapped and having
all his fishing tackle stolen. The
last line of the police report
stated that he was drinking at
the time he was fishing and he
like he still was"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
NURSE
By Iona l.. TROTT
Assistant Director,
Red Cross Nursing Service
Written for NEA CArv;ca

The emotional strain of home
nursing is likely to become
very great when there is a lin
gering illness that is sure to end
in the loss of the loved one.
THE hardest thing l had to
face in the death of my father"
said an inexperienced young wo-
man, was to see him change
before my eyes. He always had
been kindly and considerate of
my every wish, but his illness
made him peevish and rebel.
lious. Toward the end when q
cerebral hemorrhage had taken
its toll, l scarcely knew him. He
fought my efforts to help him
till ] went to the doctor in de-
spair."
The physician consoled her
with the knowledge that her IA
Their didn't know what he was
doing, and also relieved the an
guish of the final days with sed-
atives that made the situation
much less difficult for the pat
lent and the family.
Several examples of heroic
nursing by family members in
their homes have come to my
attention during this war. One
woman who had been accustom-
ed to servants in wealthy
home, and to the services of spe-
cialists in medicine and nursing
at times of even minor illness,
found herself faced with a serv-
antless household, no nurse, and
only an occasional visit from an
elderly physician during her
mothers fatal illness.
CALM AND POISED
THE thing that carried me
through" she said, twas know
ing that the nurses and doctors
had been accustomed to having
serve me were overseas working
in evacuation hospitals. Some
how l remembered their calm
poised ways and adopted them.
I never shed q tear in my moth
er's presence, and the doctor
thought / must have had nurses
training because I carried out
his orders so well. He assured
me that I had done everything
that could have been done TO
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What food items name
comes from the name Corinth,
in Greece?
A-Currants. They're a major
product OF the Ionian islands and
Gulf OF Corinth shores.
Q-ls glued wood stronger
than single piece?
Ayes. The CLUES used hard
en- stronger than the wood itself.
Q-How is the number of
electors in the Electoral College
determined?
A-Each state has an elector
for each senator and representa-
tive In Congress-435 represen-
tatives, 96 senator's.
Q-How much of Germany's
oil supplies are synthetic?
About 40 per cent.
Q-How industrially costly Is
the common cold?
About 100 million man
(and woman) days are lost each
year due to colds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
NO TINE FOR BALL BATS

Work stoppoees in Detroit automobile plants
have been followed by charges and counterehorees
by the parties involved The JAW union soys thot
management hos deliberately fomented strikes to
discredit labor An industry spokesman soys that
the strikes are port Of JAW divide-ond.rue pro-
gram to take over and more management funo-
tions
These charges, which are not new, should be the
subject OF prompt congressional investigation and
oction The public is not particularly interested at
the moment in the auto industys private feuds 1t is
vitoly interested in woIkouts whatever their cause,
as they effect the conduct Of the war and the ex-
Pendture Of the lives Of the men who fight it.
This is no time for eter management or labor
to reach behind the door for ball bot with which
to belobor the opposition. Thot fovorite postme
should be reserved for peooe II either porty has oI
ready begun it, the foct should be brought to light
and action taken to halt it,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
. IN HOLLYWOOD

my money. But I'm a clothes
horse. My agent is always
screaming at me, Rocco, you're
just a clothes horse But / can't
help it. always take along
three trunks and eight bags
wi n | travel"
Rocco had just come off the
floor at Hollywood's Glover
Club where his weekly salary
runs into four figures. He was
perspiring like he had just gone
10 rounds with Tommy Dorsey.
He put on purple dressing
gown and wrapped turkish
towel around his head.
The first thing you notice
about him are his hands. They're
as big as CARLOS feet. He can
hit 10 keys with either. The
fingers Of the left hand are a
quarter of an inch longer than
the right, an acknowledgment
from featuring southpaW tactics
on boogie-woogie.
He's just written an instruc-
ton book titled, Maurice Roc
cos Boogie- Woogie."
He started playing the piano
at 10. His mother was and still
is piano teacher in Oxford. His
grandmother plays the organ in
church every Sunday.
"Boogiewoogie" we asked.
"Not grandmother" r o Geo
chuckled, but ma and l some
times play duets"
At 20 Rocco was teaching pi-
ano harmony after studying at
Oberlin University. He finally
gave it up to tickle the keys be-
tween intermissions at a dance
hall in Cincinnati. Il liked to
play too much to just teach he
said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

People laughed when Maurice
Rocco, the Negro boogie-woogie
expert, started to sit down at the
piano. They laughed because
there was no place for him to sit.
The night club was as crowded
as Lockheed bus. One of the
customers was sitting on the pi.
ano stool. "A big guy" Maurice
said, II was afraid to ask him
to move"
So Maurice Rocco played the
piano standing up that night.
The joint went crazy. That was
in 1941 at the Blackhawk Rest
aurant in Chicago. The custom
ers haven't let him sit down
since.
Rocco had been beating out
boogie-woogie in night clubs and
in vaudeville for 10 years be-
fore that. But nothing happen
end to me-" he said, until l found
that guy sitting on my piano
stool"
Standing up at the piano,
Maurice Rocco has since earned
a fortune. Hollywood even dis
covered him. You'll see him soon
with Betty Hutton in "Incendi-
airy Blonde" and in the film
version of "Duffy's Tavern"
He owns two apartment hous-
es in New York, a farm and
three houses back in his home
town of Oxford, O., and a ranch
in Chatsworth, Calf. He has \
100000 insurance policy on his
hands, valet, and so tailor
made suits with a different pair
of shoes for every suit.
That's my only extrava-
gance," he said. II have most of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

He won quite a reputation as a
boogie-woogie expert in Cincin-
natl. Even appeared in one
movie, Walter Wanger's "Vogues
of 1888"
But nothing happened" he
chuckled again, until somebody
stole my piano stool"
HAS A MIKE IN PIANO
Rocco uses small piano with
a microphone stuck inside to
give it more volume. II should
be using a baby grand, but it's
too awkward when you have to
stand up. He has to have a GER
tain kind of piano, too. A strong
one. Il break 'em up" he said.
Il hit the keys harder than any,
one in the business"
Maurice Rocco-and that's his
real name-is dapper little guy
with slicked black hair and an
infectious grin. He calls himself
ham and when parties get dull
he goes into a routine of him
self being temperamental on a
motion picture set.
Bad eyesight left him a At.
He's only 80.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
UNCLE SAM FIGHTS
NINE WARS

1t has been going on for some
time, but few people realize
that the United States is now
fighting nine wars. China, In
dia-Burma, the Philippines, the
air and naval war against Japan
proper, the naval war in the At
lantic against submarines, in
France against Germany, in It.
ally and the Mediterranean
against the Germans, in the Mid
die East maintaining the supply
line to Soviet Russia, and in the
Indian Ocean. u. S. forces are
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

mond, to which East followed.
Hazen won with the jack, and
now the question was how to
play for the ninth trick. If any
one of the three suits broke, he
could make his contract; but
Hazen thought that in all proba-
bility the suits would not break,
due to Vests peculiar opening.
If he went after spades or clubs
and they did not break, he
would 60 down.
Having spent five minutes try
ing to analyze the hand, and de-
Gliding he would need luck to
guess the right play, Hazen led a
small club, won with dummy's
king, led back the deuce of
hearts and finessed the ten. It
held, and Hazen had his nine
tricks. Maybe you won't agree
with his play, but ! do-because
II did give him nine tricks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
WHO ARE PRIMA DokNAS?

Some conoressren and writer's have been COM
pIoinno oqoin, since President Roosevelts report to
CONGRESS on the Crimeon Conference, that Mr. Roos-
eveIt does not tell enough news. They seem put OUT
that Mr. Churchill seemed TO get all the news beats
while the President contents himself with reooPtu-
Iotion and comment.
We haven't yet figured out just what the Jour-
noIistic action Of chief Of stote should be. The
question never came up until the Big Threes arrival
on the world scene rather tWo-thlrds OF the Big
Three since Mr. Stain doesn't feel compelled to re-
port personally to his people. so there IS no Prece-
dent to guide
Offhond we should say that the good solution
mioht be to leave reportoro functions to the press.
The summaries Of the Big Two, Three Four meet
mas might Just as we'll include all the news instead
Of SOWING out some added items for Mr. Churchill to
surprise US with afterwards Then the statement could
fill in with background feature MATERIAL and editor
io comment.
Yet, since Mr. Churchill has consistently been
reporter, as we'll commentator it may be that some
source Of agreement on the division Of honors has
been reached Perhaps Mr. Roosevelt hos taken the
assignment Of keeping up interest in future develop
ents Of dropping hint cryptic remark that gives
hint to future policies while Mr.. Churchill contents
himself with film on what has already taken
place.
This conjecture is suggested by Mr.. Roosevets
nterpoIoted remark about primo donnos" in his
report to Congress.
After announcing the agreement on Yueosovio,
he said: but it is not only that but in some other
places we have to remember there are great many
primo donnos in the world all who wish to be heard
Before anything will be done, may have little
delay while we listen to more primo donnos" What
does the "thot" refer to- Who are the "primo DON
mas" since the name obviously isn't meant COM
pIiment? Does it refer to persons out Of favor with
any or all Of the Big Three? Is the rather tenpero
mental General De GoulIe prmo donna, or King
Peter Of YueosIovio. or Premier Arcszewsk Of the
Polish cobinet in London3
There is much bolt for speculation in the two
sentences about the primo donnos. There is also a.
probobe source Of future news in them, too may
be another scoop for Mr. Churchill.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
A WARMING EXAMPLE

MY goodness. it's been cold at Buckingham Pol
ace lotey," wos the Queen Of EneIonds fevent COM
nent as she looked loneiney at new heating unit
in an exhibition. 1t wos the spontaneous remark OF
monarch who lives on the same rotions as her SUBJ
iects, and endures the same privotions
When we soy thot cot may look at king we
ore expressing the essential democracy Of the hu-
mon spirit. But when we soy thot queen may look
at O stove. we ore speaking Of real, practical "de-
.mocrocy in oction."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

WASHINGTON, D. c. The
Canol Project - remember?-is
headed for the news again. Sen.
ate's Mead investigating commit
tee has let the matter ride for
a year, since the Truman COM
mitee issued its report blasting
the Army's Alaskan pipeline
dream as great waste of public
funds. Mead Committees new
request to be brought up to date
on the project will reveal facts
just about az they were before.
Cost of developing the new oil
field in northwest Canada,
building pipeline and refinery
will be 134 million dollars in
stead of the estimated 35 million
dollars. The pipeline works,
though many scoffers said it
never would, and the refinery
started producing gasoline last
spring. But the cost of produc-
ing the gas in the Far North is
over a dollar a gallon and one
tanker, operating three-fourths
of the time, could deliver more
gasoline to Alaska and at less
cost than the refinery will ever
be able to do. Refusing to admit
mistake, Army will probably
stick to Canol as a militarily
sound project.
It was "justa like Chicag" for
ex-counterfeiters when u. S.
Army moved into Sicily and
Italy with bales of freshly
printed military currency. Many
of the queer money makers
came originally from these
parts, emigrated to the U. S. to
ply their trade until caught and
sent back home as undesirable
citizens. With a lot of the new
and unfamiliar in vasion cur
rency flooding Italy and a
healthy black market making
almost any kind of money desir-
able, some of the former coun-
terfeiters again tried to take up
their art. But the old touch was
gone, and the reproductions
were bad. They provided quite
a headache for Civil Affairs Of
ficers though, until the NJ. P.'s
rounded them up and put them
out of business.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
. BARBS

Race horses no longer are
coming down the home stretch
- unless it's in the form of
horse meat.
Jap officials say that Manila is
of no military Importance. Will
1t be as easy to convince them
that Tokyo isn't?
If you think you look pleasant
going around with a detected
look, just consider the prune.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

One of the most popular MEM
bers of the Executive Commit
tee of the American Contract
Bridge League is Lee Hazen of
New York. ! have occasion to
sit in a meeting with him every
two weeks. and he always has
an interesting hand. Here is
one he gave me the other day.
When the opening lead held,
West continued with the ace of
diamonds, then led another dia:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23
X X 4 X X
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

not on the Russian front, Of
course, and have only q minor
part in the largely British oper-
atoms in the Indian Ocean. But
there are stable u. S. garrisons
on the inactive fronts in Alaska,
Hawaii, Panama and the Carib-
bean, which raises the count to
IL areas Of operation.
.
ULTRA.CONFUSING
If you think Washington desig-
nations of alphabetical agencies
are confusing, you should get
next to some of the naval and
military alphabet hash. General
Eisenhower's SHAEF is now
pretty well known, but here are
a few others:
CINCPOA - Commander In
Chief, Pacific Operations Area.
SEAC-Southeast Asia Com
mand. (Also known as Supreme
Example Of Allied Confusion.)
MAAF - Mediterranean Area
Air Forces.
USTAF-U. S. Tactical Air
Forces.
SOLOC-Southern Lines of
Communication. (The troops say
the O. c. stands for "Of
Course.") v
With the top generals and ad-
mirals raised to five-star rank,
watch for the nomination of
number of prominent three-star
lieutenant generals and vice ad-
mirals to be four-star generals
and admirals. Lt.-Gen. Brehon
B. Somervell and Vice Adm. S.
M. Robinson, in charge Of Army
and Navy supplies and procure
ment, are high on the list.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

make mother comfortable and
happy"
These are days that are hard
for those who are carrying on at
home as well as those who min
lister to the wounded on the bat
tie fronts. The brave home
nurse will learn the hard lesson
of 'self-control and face her dut-
les without flinching.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

GIVE 70 THE RED CROSS Last year the American
Red Cross shipped than ten million food parcels
to American and United Nations prisoners of war; It
aided more than sixty thousand victims of disaster It
maintained blood donor in 81 cities and COL
lected 5270730 pints of blood 1t trained eighty thou
sand volunteers for hospital service nurses aides ETC.
In its vital work of mnisterng to the needs of our
fighting men, refugees the sick and the hurt and
the destitute the Red Cross deserves your fullest sup
port GIVE this year az never beforel
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

AMHERST, Mass. - WD - A
81 100000 war memorial honor
ing the so Amherst College men
killed in World War II will be
constructed on the Amherst
campus.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

YUMMYI The whole family will be enthusiastic
about this cake suggestion from our Home Service
Department:
Gingerbread Upside Down Cake
" cup shortening tsp. soda
~ cup sugar "a tsp. ginger
1egg IA tsp. cinnamon
"a cup molassss " tsp. cloves
IA cups allpurposs -four "a tsp. salt
"a cup hot
S flour once then and sf again with soda salt
and spices Cream shortening and sugar together until light
and fluffy Add beaten ess and noiassss Add aifed dry
ingredients and hot wafer, and beat until smooth Bake At
temperature of $500 F. for 90 to so minutes
Topping
4 tbs shortening cup brown
or large tart apples
Melt butter n the bottom of SxS-inch square pan.
sprinkle with sugar and sliced apples Pour cake batter
this.
%Es
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-23

KITCHEN CRAFT. Your refrigerator can be big help
in getting your meals the table in less time Many
dishes Be prepared well in advance of measeven
the night beforehand stored in the refrigerator ready
be popped into the when you wish. To name but
few dishes that can be readied in this ashion-meat
loaf bean loaf custards cookie and pastry doushs,
biscut-ix scalloped dishes Wartime meals also get
IN extra lift from frozen desserts made with fresh fruits
fruit juices nodded salads with fresh vegetables and
chilled csistardA
-Ze Hstsaiz Ed.do>e "a.
ssrvieS mere then hell ne people Of Miehissn
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-18
ENAKoPRZvNosT,

boko cislarn, in ko bi to uro mo-
gel, naredim, da niste vec oh
tenn grenkem kruhu."
Alena je dvignila glavo in mu
zrla v oko.
''Vi dvomite," Sc j je pribli-
zal Brest in stopil tik pred njo.
"Ah, ko sem tako nesrecna!"
Brest. je postal "a trenutek in
gledal v te oei, XII so zrle, sko-
raj orosene S solzami nekam v
daljavo, kakor bi iskale nekoga
in ga klicale. V MEM se je vse
vzvalovilo, vsak premislek je
izginil, roke so Sc same cd Sc
be razkrilile - in preden se je
zavedel sam in sc zavedela Ale
ma, so Sc doteknile njegove ust-
nice Aleninih.
Kakor bi bila hipoma o b a
vzdramljena il sanj, sta odsto-
pila "a korak vsaksebi. Alena je
iskala besede - nerazlocna be-
seda je prisla preko sepetajocih
ustnic, magic Sc je obrnila in
odsla, "a MO je stopal Brest, Xxi
je cutil po stopnicah, da mu kle.
ca koleno.
"Dovolj! &c ne gre, ne gre!'
Tako je nejevoljen rekel Brest
tisti vecer po Aleninem obisku
zaprl knJigo in upihnil luc. Kc
je nastala tema v sobi, je sele
opazil, kako lije mesecina skoz
okno. Zacel je hoditi po sobi
zamisljen, poveseno glavo.
"Neumnost sem napravil," j
mrmral. "Veliko neumnost! -
Ko bi bila Alena rafinirana zen
ska - ba - kdo bi sc menil
Toda prav "a prav je Sc otrok
In &c ia zenski otrok misli, de-
je stvar resna, potem, kaj po
tenn"
Brest je obstal pri oknu in S
postavil kazavec ma cello. "Po
tenn ostane neumnost - neum
most in "a neumnostjo maj prid'
modrost. Tako! Kaj pa lazi q
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-18
mano? PRAY ie tako!"

mano? Prav je tako!"
Hitro in jezno Sc je zacel sla-
citi, da je odletel gumb cd te-
lovnika in Sc zakotalil po tleh.
Nato je legel, zamizal in hotel
magic zaspati. Toda v polsnu so
pogledale vanj Alenine oci, ka-
kor hi ga iskale in klicale. Mic
vec nj ponavljal: Neumnost! sr-
ce je kljuvalo in klicalo: Pridi,
predraga!
Ko je drugo jutro sedel h
knjigam, je malomarno pomislil
ma prejsnji vecer, Sc nasmehnil,
kakor sc nasmehne clovek lepim
sanjam, ter Sc lotil della. Mirno
in spesno je pisal nalogo, da je
pozabil obeda in ga je morala
priti matt klicat. Hitro je doko-
sill in zgovorpi materi malo od-
govarjal, .da je starica kimala z
g1avo, ko je odhajal spet v pod
stresno sobico, in ponavljala !:
"Zmesa Sc mu, zmesa! Sveta
Katarina, ohrani mu pravi um
in pamet!"
(Dalje prihodmjic)