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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

MA StdII Correspondent
MAMA" Joan Fontaine anc
Olivia de Havilland have al
ways said, lis the biggest ham in
the family"
1t was inevitable that mama
silver haired Mrs. Lillian Fon.
taine-Would she day be in the
movies.
Mama base acted, every place
in Hollywood except in front OF
camera-on Little Theater
stages, at parties, at Army camps,
She s played all kinds of roles
"a 5year-old Negro boy seeing
his first movie, princess on
the bottom of the sea, woman
trapped in revolving door. In
that one everyone thought she
was drunk.
So mama is now in the movies,
just like everyone predicted
playing in the role Of Jane Wy
mans mother in The Lost Week
end
PLEASE be careful of my nose. 4"
mama warned director Billy
Wilder before the first scene.
Its rather large"
Director Wilder took a good
look. Il like it., he said. He
walked around mama and look
ed again. 1t faScinates me-" he
he said.
Mama's first scene was in pro-
file. She groaned. This" she
said, SIS the beginning and end
of a perfect career.
But in the rushes mama S
nose looked all right. In fact,
mama was all fright.
Not spectacular" she said,
"but honest. A little hammy.
although l tried to make it ar
tistic."
LIKE MAE ROBSON
Mama reminds YOU Of Mae
Robson. Only younger. With a
personality that bubbles like
Joan and Olivia.
She's glad Joan has stopped
playing those neurotic roles.
People were beginning to think
she really was neurotic," she
said.
Mama was on the stage in
England long before Olivia and
Joan were born. When the fam
lily moved TO Hollywood, she
gave dramatic readings at clubs
and colleges, renewing her in
terest in acting.
She studied for a year with
Nine. Maria Ouspenskaya, then
toured Army camps as Aunt
Martha in Arsenic and Old
Lace" and appeared in 85 per-
formances of Night Must Fall"
at the Actors Laboratory in Hol-
lyWood.
1t was while studying with
Nine. Ouspenskaya that mama
got mixed up in that revolving
door in hotel lobby.
Nine. Ouspenskaya teaches the
Stanislawsky method Of drama
tic tralning-pretending TO be
some one or doing something
largely in pantomime.
Came Lesson No. Ia woman
trapped in revolving door.
Mama went TO dinner at the
hotel. Going home, she went
through the revolving door and
decided to do Little home work,
For Is minutes she went round
and round. A crowd gathered
but mama didn't notice it.
SHE WAS A SENSATION
Mama finally stopped revolv-
ing and staggered back into the
lobby. The spectators we're roar
ing.
Il made a complete fool ol
myself" mama chuckled. but
next day everyone including
Nine. Ouspenskaya said / gave
the best performance she -hae
ever seen of woman trapped
in a revolving door. IL was easy
! was still revolving"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
SUCCESSOR TO
ISOLATIONISM


1t isn't just the ex-Jap-man-
dated islands or the existing u.
S. territories and possessions
that need to be worried about.
You should have heard Congress
man Ham Fish of New York, the
old public isolationiSt number
one, spouting the other day about
how he was in favor of acquiring
every one of the islands on
which there were Y. S air bases
under 90, car lease, from Ber-
muda to South America. And
you should have heard Congress-
woman Edith Nourse Rogers Of
Lowell, Mass, coming in with
cold soprano proposal that this
country should have Greenland,
too.
If all such talk sounds 10 you
much like the old line of Ameri-
ca First iSolationiSm, ii isn't. This
friends, is the successor to iso-
latlonism--tne first still small
voice OF the new American i'm
periallsm, and how do you like
il?
AS mentioned supra the basic
trouble with our governing OF
territories and possessions has
been that the country had no
colonial policy. On top of that,
such governing as was done was
scattered about the government,
in Interior, War and Navy De-
partmcntS.
A COLE is PUT ON THE FIRE
In the works, however. is one
proposal to end all this by arts
trarily putting the whole terri
torial management business slap
dab in the Navy. 1t is bill be-
ing prepared by the Navy at the
request Of smart young Con-
gresham w. Sterling Cole Of
Bath, N. Y. who will sponsor
the legislation
Cole is in good spot for initi-
ating this idea. AS a member OF
the Committee on Insular Al
fairs. he has been in on all the
Puerto Rican investigations and
has had chance TO see what's
wrong there. He is also a mem
Der of the House Naval Affairs
Committee and the new 21-man
Committee on Postwar Military
Policy.
His proposal TO vest all terri
torial government in the Navy
will probably be shot at from
many quarters. Cole justifies it
in that the problem is primarily
one of sea-pOwer defense. and
the protection Of maritime COM
merce with these territories. But
the Nays record of government
in Guam and Samoa is nothing
to shout about and the people
who live in the larger territor-
les resent any ideas of anything
other than civilian self-govern-
ment.
Mr.. Ickes will probably be
heard on this subject, too.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
. IN HOLLYWOOD

In case you haven't guessed
IL. mama is character. She
lives in tiny one-room apart
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19

ment in Hollywood. spurning Of
fers of Joan and Olivia TO live in
their big mansions.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
. BARBS

In a Kentucky toWn-sLp pick
pocket robbed a girl i'm the sher-
ifs office Two deputies pres
ent escaped without loss.
Sounds paradoxical, but no
woman can hold her own in
battle OF tongues.
T formations have won a. lot
of football battles - v forma-
tions are doing the same in war
battles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19

Even after you mend a broken
promise IL is far from as good
as new.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-04
Big Top

YvOnne Estelle Tramblay,
one of the Ringing Bros.
Circus ballet beauties,
prettying up in Madison
Square Garden as "Clarky"
muscles in on the picture.
The circus will open in
New York City tomorrow.
International Photo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
Cleaning Concerns In
 State Under Scrutiny
9O9o of 5000 Establishments Fail to Post Ceiling
 Prices for Cash=and= Carry, Delivered Work

Being taken to the cleaners" here in Connecticut at least. should not be confused with taking to the cleaners whatever needs to be taken, judging from an up-to-the- minute price comp lance report just issued by the State OPA
 The agency's figures are based on an individual check of some 3000 cleaning and pressing 'estan- lishments who are requirde by regu- lations to post in plain sight of their customers a large-sized list of the 12 principal cleaning and pressing services with both cash and carry and delivered ceiling prices.
 The figures show that better than 90 per cent of the concerns in the state are not only complying with this requirement. but are posting the prices they filed as their ceil- ing with Local War Price and Ra- tioning Board nearly three years ago, OPA disclosed.
 Of the defaulting 10 per cent, the greater portion were found to be Technically in violation" and have since been brought up to full compliance through the help of the Price Panels in the towns which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
Your GI Rights
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 ON sERvIcEMEN'S PROBLEMS
By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff COrreSnOndent

Washington, March 22- Many veterans will want to take advan- tage of the special homesteading rights provided them. Here are some questions which have come in on this subject:
 Q. What special hOmesteading privileges does veteran have?
 A. Land about to be opened to homesteading will be offered to veterans 90 days before being open ed to the general public. A period equal to the length of the veteran service up to two years will be deducted from the three-year resi- dence requirement. before owner ship is established. Two years is al so deducted from the requirement for men who were wounded or dis abled in the service.
 0. How many months during a year must a man live on a home stead claim?
 A. A man must live on his homestead seven months a year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

they serVe.a
 The entire survey produced only 12 Violators considered "wilful enough in their practice of charg- ing higher than ceiling" to deserve re1erral to the Enforcement Divi- sion, OPA revealed
 Many of the 169 towns and cities covered by the survey were found to boast price compliance record as spotless as Well-cleaned flan- nelS, the survey indicated.
 Bridgeport, with 102 dry clean- ing and pressing outfits, produced only seven who were violating in a minor way, thereby batting higher than the states overall average.
 OPA acknowledged, however, that some localities pulled down the general average of compliance by turning up with records of viola tion as high as fifty per cent. These unnamed places are now focal points of concentrated educational work the agency stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

This means his family must live there also, with no other home be- ina maintained.
 Q. How much of athe land must . man cultivate on his homestead?
 A. The first year l-l6 of the land must be under cultivation, and l-8 Of it must be under cul- tivation in the second year.
 Q. have been in the service three years. want to claim a homestead. Exactly how long will It take me before the land Is mine?
 A. Your service gives you a two-year credit at the start. You
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

are given live months leave of ab- sence from the land per year un- der the law. Therefore you only have actually to live on the land and cultivate lil6 of it for seven months before filing for final proof But you must wait a year after the first declaration.
 0. already own . large farm in Texas. Can I also set up a homestead?
 A. If you own more than l60 acres of land anywhere in the U. s. you cannot claim a homestead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
oI TAKEs THE RACON

Herrin. III. CUP)-Many civilians would 90 a long way for . piece of pork these days, but probably not to the extreme MfSgt. Gar land Fitzgerald of Herrin. H.. has described in his letters home. With the aid of three other Tanks and a British gun carrier retrieved from the Germans, Fitzgerald went after two pigs quartered in the ferries front yard. The Germans had the high ground and shelled them un- mericfully, but the raiders brought
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
VERMONT DEER PLENTTFUL

Montpelier. Vt. CUP)-Slaughter- ed indiscriminately for more than a century. deer became almost ex- tinct in Vermont in 1870. However, IT deer. bought with private funds, were freed in Rutland county in 1878, and today deer are fairly plentiful in the Green Mountain State. An average of 2,000 are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
POLL TAX BEGINS AT O

Great Burlington. Mass. CUP) - Frederick J. Larkin of Great Bar rington, who is 60 years old, had to pay a poll tax this year for the first time in his life. Larkin had been a member of the fire depart ment since his youth until he re- signed recently and was exempt from poll taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

home the bacon. Fitzgerald claim 1
 ed his outfit at both animals in one sitting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

killed each year during the brief open season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22
FAVORTTE COUPLE

Toledo, O. (UP) - Msgr. Elmers O. Eordogh. pastor of st. Stephen'S church here. performed the mar riage ceremony for It. Elmer zavac and Irene Horvath, . Toledy couple he had baptized here p years ago. The ceremony was per- formed at Skidmore, Tex- near where the bridegroom is stationed with the Marine Air Corps.
 To trace its beef shortage. Ouba will take a livestock census.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

Gen. Sam Houston, 1Dho be-
ldbored Representative VIII
liam Stanbery on Pennsyl-
DGlil Avenue.
Greeley, then representing the New York
Tribune, by Representative Albert Rust
of Arkansas. The cause for the attack
which occurred in January, 1856, was
the outgrowth of remarks said to have
been made during the contest for the
speakership which resulted in the cleo
ton Of N. P. Banks. OF these remarks,
the Tribune's account went on to say:
IT have had some acquaintance with
human degradation, yet it did seem to
me today that Rusts resolution in the
House was a more discreditable propo-
sition than I have ever known gravely
submitted to legislative body ="
In this case, Greeley was on his way
to the Capitol when the first attack was
made, after which, it is said, 1.-The bully
turned and walked down alone; I fol-
lowed, conversing with two friends.
Crossing Four and-a-half street, they
dropped behind to speak to acquaint-
ances, and I, walking along toward the
National Hotel, soon found in my midst
a huddle of strangers. One of these
turned short upon mel saw 1t was my
former assailant - and said, DO you
know me now?' I answered, Yes, you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

"Mr. Stanbery addressed complaint
to the Speaker Of the House and Gov.
Houston was arrested and admitted
the facts, although he denied that he
intended to commit or did commit any
contempt toward the House, any breach
of its privileges or of the privileges OF
any of its members. However, he was
found guilty was reprimanded by the
Speaker and then discharged from the
custody Of the sergeant at arms.
1.-THE question before the court upon
a criminal charge afterward brought
was whether the conviction and judg-
ment of the House of Representatives
were a bar to the prosecution for
assault and battery, and the court held
that they were not and considering
the situation of the parties, their high
standing in society, the original provo
cation, the deliberate revenge, the great
outrage upon the public peace and
severity of the battery and the mitigat-
ing circumstances imposed fine Of
$500 on the Governor
Gen. Houston during part Of the time
he served in Congress resided at 2107
Pennsylvania avenue in one Of the six
Buildings" the one into which the Navy
office was moved in 1900. He was born
at Timber Ridge Church, near Lexing-
ton, Va, on March 2, 1893, and died in
Huntsville, Tex, July %, 1868. He
served in the United States House of
Representatives from 1923 to 1927. He
later served as first President of Texas
from 1886 to 1888, and again from 1841
to 1874.
When Texas was admitted to the
Union Houston was chosen one Of its
1916 to 1859, when he became Governor
of that State and continued as such
until March 10, 1861, when he was de-
posed because he refused to take the
oath of allegiance to the Confederate
States. He is buried in lakewood Gene
terry, Huntsville, Tex.
Evidently the beaIlng Mr.. Stanbery
received had no bad effect upon his
health, for we find that, although he was
born in New York in 1873, he did not
die until he had passed his 84th mile
stone, and then in Ohio, OUTLYING Gen.
Houston by nearly full decade.
In Senate and House
A number OF fights, both In the Sem
ate and House, might still be recalled by
many persons now living-for instance
the one that took place there on Wash
ingtons Birthday July %, 1902, between
"Pitchfork" Ben Tillman and John L.
McLaurin, both representing South
Carolina in the Senate. And it was all
about the Philippine Islands. OF course,
it had to be an open session, when Till
man had just completed bitter speech
in which he made some insinuations
about McLanrin, his colleague, which
were promptly resented by that Senator,
who branded the statement as "willful
malicious and deliberate lie And
then Senator Tillman took summary
vengeance upon his political opponent
by attacking him with his fists, and for
half minute or more there was an old
fashioned South Carolina rough-and-
tumble fist fight which was witnessed
by several hundred people in the gal
lery, who, Of course, paid no admission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11
BY Joseph H. Baird

When ElWood Quesada-"Pete" to his
in his teens, he was an
ardent golf fan. One thing, however,
could make him forget the most mar
velous lie for long brassie shot-a
plane winging high over the course.
On such occasions he would drop his
club, gaze longingly aloft and murmer:
Gee, I envy that guy!"
Such was the ay-dreaming that
spurred Maj. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada's
rise from second lieutenant in the
Air Corps in 1925 to his present rank
as chief OF the hard-hitting 9th Air
Force
It is this aggregation Of American air
fighters, you will remember, whose
Mustangs, Thunderbolts, Marauders and
Havocs have been pounding German
troops, communications lines, gun en-
placements and bridges since D day in
France. 1t was the concentrated fury
of their low-fiying attacks which broke
the German drive into the Ardennes in
December in the Battle OF the Bulge.
And it is they who supplied the sky
power for Gen. Eisenhower's crossing
of the Rhine.
Gen. Quesada's friends in Washington
have become accustomed during the last
20 years to hearing unexpected news Of
his travels and exploits. But these have
reached a crescendo since the opening
of the western front.
Flew Eisenhower Over Normandy
1t was he who personally piloted Gen.
Eisenhower over the Normandy front
shortly after the opening Of the bat
tie for France, marking the first time,
incidentally, when two generals had
been aloft in a small, fast plane intend
ed for one.
Shortly afterward he made the head
lines again when he and his operations
oficef, Col Dyke F. Myer, reconnoiter-
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fee for the entertainment, and prob
ably urged the fighters on.
About the most disgraceful scene, es-
pecially for the assortment of profanity
used, occurred in the House on August
26, 1890. The language, according to
the report, was such as is heard in bar
room brawls." The leading participants
in this diversion" were Representatives
Wilson of Washington and Beckwith of
New Jersey. The affair was the out
growth of bad temper resulting from
the resolution offered by Representative
Cannon, in the preamble of which the
names of certain members who had not
answered the roll call were cited as
absentees. Wilson struck the first
blow and Beckwith retaliated. AS
usual, neither was injured.
OCCASIONALLY, even newspapermen get
mixed up with members OF Congress,
sometimes with minor results and some
times they end fatally. OF the first
category was the assault on Horace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

are Rust Of Arkansas. He then began
to beat Mr.. Greeley with heavy cane,
giving him many bruises, but none
severe enough to prevent Greeley from
continuing his editorial labors.
A case of similar character resulted
more tragically when, on February %,
1890, Charles E. Kincaid, correspondent
of the Louisville Times, shot former
Congressman Taulbee of Kentucky, in
the Capitol, the latter dying the follow
ing March II.
A Historic Duel
However, the present method Of set
ting congressional controversies is bet
ter than when the members resorted to
dueling, as they did In the engagement
of February "a, 1888, between Represent
atives Jonathan Cilley and william ].
Graves. Here it was agreed that the
parties should meet at Anacostia Bridge,
ION the road to Marlboro" between the
hours Of 1870 and 2:30 pm. Cilley and
his party arrived first, and all proceeded
to the dueling ground.
The position assigned Graves was near
a wood which partly sheltered it; Cilly's
was on higher ground. Cilley was at
tend to Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Bynum and Col.
James w. Schaumberg, and by DR.. Dun
can, as his surgeon. Graves was attended
by Mr.. Wise, Mr.. Crittenden, Mr.. Meme
fee, and DR.. Foltz. Mr.. Calhoun and Mr..
Halves, both members Of the House from
Kentucky, were at some distance of as
spectators. The hackdrivers, together
with Grafton Powell and James F.
Brown, constituted all the eyewitnesses.
When the command was given to fire,
Cilly fired before his piece was fully
elevated; both missed. The friends OF
both parties then assembled to try to
patch up the differences, but on account
of the obstinacy Of Graves seconds and
friends, this resulted in failure, and
again the men faced each other, and
again both missed.
From every viewpoint, this was
SILLY" duel. Here were two men firing
away at each other, neither holding en-
nifty toward the other, both fighting
solely to comply with the code duello.
Before the men were ordered to face
each other for the third and fatal time,
Mr.. Wise said: These gentlemen have
come here without luminosity toward
each other: they are fighting merely
upon point of honor. Cannot Mr.. Cilley
assign some reason for not receiving, at
Mr.. Graves hands, Col. Webb's commu-
nication?"
To this Mr.. Jones replied: II am au-
thorized by my friend, Mr.. Cilley, to
say that, in declining to receive the
note from Mr.. Graves, purporting to be
from Col. Webb, he meant no disrespect
to Mr.. Graves, because he entertained
for him then, as he does now, the high
est respect and the most kind feeling"
And here is real demonstration OF q
man being killed with kindness, for al
the next shot fired Cilley was shot
through the body. He dropped his rife
and said, II am shot; put his hands tt
the wound, fell, and expired in two o.
three minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

In March, 1913, Gen. Quesada, then
q brigadier, sailed under secret orders
and it was some time before the War
Department revealed that he was in
North Africa. There he joined his old
commander, Gen. Eaker, in developing
the 9th Air Force into q formidable
weapon which helped clear Axis planes
from African and italian skies.
With D day drawing near, the 9th
Air Force early in 1914 was transferred
to England and groomed for its vital
role as the tactical unit operating with
the invasion forces. Between February
and June its size was expanded 1000
per cent. It's role in smashing German
gun installations, bridges and transport
before the invasion, its effective CO.
operation in support Of ground forces
In the Battle Of France and Its recent
glorious part in cracking the German
drive in the Ardennes-aIl that now IL
military history.
The secret Of the 9th's success Is con-
tanned in Gen. Quesada's formula
close cooperation between air and
ground command. He has worked out
. system under which air forces off,
GERS are attached to each ground unit.
II German battery needs to be
smashed, q dive-bomber Is assigned to
the job in . matter Of minutes, con-
trasted to the old system under which
hours were sometimes consumed In
clearing official red tape.
Gen. Quesada is now engaged In his
most momentous assignment clearing
the road TO Berlin.
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life Of "Pete" Quesada, who has packed
more travel and romance into his 40
years than the average flyer.
He was born here in Washington on
April ID, 1904. His father, Of Spanish
extraction, came to the United States
when boy Of IA and, in 1895, came from
New York here. He was printer in the
Government Printing Office for many
years before his death decade ago.
Young Elwood graduated from Nc
Kinley High School, where he was cap
tain of the football team and also on
the baseball nine. Then he went on to
Maryland University, where he also
achieved fame on the gridiron, obtain
ing an athletic scholarship to wyoming
Seminary near Wilkes-Barre, Pa. How