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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
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ted TO both the Americans and
the British, he has seen service
in most of the armies fighting
Germany today.
He has been with the Greeks,
the Poles, the French, the Aus
tralians, etc, and his campaigns
include the Greek Italian, the
Persian, the Western Desert,
the war in Syria, and parts of
the Italian and Southern French.
He was present when the tide
turned so dramatically at Ell AL
amein. He was at Anzio, and
entered Rome on the day the
city regained its freedom. He re-
Gently rejoined his Greek wife in
a War-torn but liberated Athens.
BOOK NEWS
In war-torn China, where one
would suppose people had no
time or energy for anything but
keeping body and soul together
and getting on with the war, lit
erary magazines enjoy better
market than other magazines.
There are n my translations of
new fiction from America and
England, as well. John Stein
beck's THE Moon Is Down" is
available in half a dozen trans
lations, all coming out at about
the same time. THE Grapes of
Wrath" is also popular.
sThere are two transactions of
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With
the Wind, and a translation of
Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca"
is widely read, though the trans
lation is poor. Ernest Heming-
ways For Whom the Bell
Tolls is popular in Chungking
and other cities. Works of
Shakespeare, Dickens, Tolstoy
and Gorky have been transla-
ted and .retranslated during the
last few years, and Goethe's
The Sorrows of Young Werth-
er, translated by Kuo Moio. is
one of the current best-sellers.
Chinese readers are also fond
OF French literature. and trans
lations OF novels by Hugo, Flau-
bert, Maupassant and Balzac sell
in large numbers. The above
mentioned facts were found in
China After Seven Years of
War;" the book. which was edit
ed by Hollington X. Tong and
published recently by Macmil-
Ian.
Lay That Pistol Down" ISL
mon x Schuster), by Richard
Powell is an Inner Sanctum mvs-
terry in which Arab and ANDY
Blake, who shot their way
through Don't Catch Me" and
All Over But the Shooting
are at ii again.
This time the story centers
about a gun that originally was
smuggled out of Czechoslovakia
and for some mysterious reason
is wanted badly by the Nazis
and the Japanese. The setting is
wartime Washington and il de-
velops that the gun in question
Is wanted enough by several
people that they don't care how
rough they play. Arab feels
strongly that it's up to her to
keep the gun out of the hands
of the Germans and japanese,
regardless of how far Andy's
neck gets stuck out in the pro-
cess.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD - NOW
know what a nuisance ! was,
Constance Bennett said.
Our favorite movie queen -
because she looks and acts like
movie queen is expected to
look and act-was wearing 4
pair of dark glasses, a green suit
and one emerald and one ruby
ear ring. She dunked her index
finger into a sad-looking cup Of
coffee.
Its not hot enough" she
said, calling a waiter. Another
cup, please"
Glamorous Connie had just
compile d Paris I'm -
ground" produced by Constance
Bennett and starring Constance
Bennett for Constance Bennett
Productions.
II have always wanted to pro-
duce a picture she said, dunk
ing her finger into second cup
of coffee.
Just right" she said to the
waiter.
LAS an actress ! was limited In
my responsibilities where the
picture was concerned, but tre-
mendously interested in what
was technically, certainly, none
of my business, and l always
had 1Ol ideas which l enthusi-
astically and gratuitously offer
ed to the producer.
Nov, after producing a pic
ture, l know what a nuisance
that made MEL"
"SOPHISTICUTE"
Impish Connie Bennett is no
ogress as some people would
have you believe. We found her
delightfully."- amusing. La Belle
Benefits famed sophistication
is no act. She is a sophisticate-
but with a wonderful sense Of
humor.
Connie ordered ham and eggs
and then asked about the des-
serts.
I'm crazy about Dessert" she
said. The richer the better. At
home l eat fast-to see what's
coming for dessert. But l don't
gain a pound. I've weighed 81
pounds for years.
Julie Styne, the song writer,
stopped by.
Congratulations, Connie" he
said.
"On What?" laughted Connie.
II have several things to be con-
graduated on"
ION Paris Underground"
said Julie. II hear it's wonder
full"
Julie accompanied Connie on
TIC pldllO uululS q ClSOIldl dP-
pearance tour a couple Of years
ago. She sang a couple of songs
and demonstrated Hollywood
makeup methods with Con-
stance Bennett Cosmetics. Julie
and Connie went into Mysteries
reminiscing about the trip.
1T was HORRIBLE" she said. II
thought Id be alone on the
stage but it looked more like a
circus. In the first town the the
ater's., marquee read, Constance
Benefits Hollywood Revue
Connie said that producing
and starring in . movie Is fun.
Even l had to work practically
"a hours day." But the biggest
headache of the year, during
filming, she said, was at her
beach home, where she now
lives. She recently sold her big
Holmby Hills mansion.
She lost her cook and couldn't
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13

mond tricks and he has Q losing
spade trick.
Nevertheless, this declarer, by
magic or otherwise, lost only
two n cks.
He 'ruffed the opening heart
lead and cashed the ace Of dia-
monds only to learn that East
held four trump. A small club
was then led to the dummy and
another heart trumped.
Now the ace of clubs was
cashed and a club ruffed in
dummy. The third heart was
trumped and another club ruffed
in dummy.
The ace of spades was cashed,
followed by the king Of spades.
The seven of hearts was then led
and when East trumpsd with the
ten of diamonds, the declarer
simply threw away his three Of
spades.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13

ReeltOOt Lake, In tennessee
just across from New Madrid,
No.. always had fascination
for Harry Emerson Knoll. AS a
small boy his Imagination was
set afire as he climbed cy-
press tree to stare into the dark
waters which were said to be
bottomleSs :" and recalled
the strange history of the lake.
A violent earthquake rocked the
town of New Madrid in Deem
Der 1911, and succeeding quakcs
fromed the great depression
which became Reelfoot Lake.
Mr.. Knoll has taken the New
Madrid disaster as fire with
which to distill his characters:
Hogshead Bolivar, giant, red
headed and profane young river
man; Old Aunt Sock, the inn
keeper who is about to marry
flashy, mysterious Waits Burn
sides; Betsey Lou, her plump
daughter who draws men like
flies; Don Carlos Gayoso, relic
of the days of Spanish owner
ship; Miss Eliza Bryan, the
school teacher, ana a host of
others.
How these assorted gentry re-
act to disaster is interesting and
sometimes surprising. The au-
thor's picture of the rough, col
fui- life on the Mississippi
nearly a century-and-a half igo
is convincingly realistic. Humor
and action abound, and the
book is solidly entertaining.
CARICATURE
If there are any foreign CORE
spondents who are the proto-
types of Clayton Klein and Pearl
Nesbitt, characters in A. c.
Sedgewicks Tell Spart a"
(Houghton-Mifflin: $3.50, they
will not be inclined to show this
book around and say, Look
here we are, immortalized in
prose" Sedgewick, foreign
correspondent h I'm self, lays
them apart, not with a scalpel
but cleaver. His novel is no
attack on members of his pro-
feSsion as such, but is an almost
slapstick satire aimed at the few
Otis hard to believe that such
creatures exist) whose bread,
butter, and glory depends upon
the suffering of others.
Klein, q brash, bounci
young man from the west, ell
bows his way to Europe as a
correspondent for a large New
York newspaper. Pearl Nesbitt
made her entrance via I h e
morgue and achieved her goal
through similar tactics. Once in
Paris, before the occupation
Pearl discovered she couldn'.
write her stories, got friends to
do them for her. Klein was a
yellow journalist at heart, and
stayed that way. After various
adventures, they wound up in
Athens, when Greece was invad.
ed, and muffed the story.
The Athens interval is the
best Of the book. Sedgewick's
Creeks are likeable, credible
people, seeming all the better in
contrast with his unlovable
Americans.
Author Sedgewick was borr
in Stockbridse, Massachusetts,
and is a graduate Of Harvard
Sedgwick has been in the news
paper field since 1924. Accredi-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
. SO THEY SAY

We leagued our armed might
for war, now let us league our
moral and material might for
peace. - Sen. Tom Connally, of
Texas.
One of the most important and
pressing tasks before you (the
President) and Congress Is to de-
mobilize as rapidly as the war
permits the gigantic civilian fed
eral army. Sen, Harry F.
Byrd, of Virginia.
I'm doing my best o-get ev-
erybody out (of the Army as
soon as possible, especially the
high point men. - Gen. Joseph
T. .McNarney, commander of the
American forces in the Mediter-
ranean theater.
d. To the extent the Japanese
improve their positions in Chi
ma, it will make more difficult
our task Of acquiring bases
there. But when we are ready
to 60 there, l think we will be
able to do it. - Adml. Chester
w. Nimitz.
I believe in democracy but I
also believe in wary watchful-
ness of the enemy. II he is per-
mitted to creep back, our own
very promising civilization will
be at an end. :. Lady SAMSON,
wife of Sir George SAMSON, Brit
ish Embassy attache.
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agency would call. I'd drop ev-
erything to interview cook. AT
last | found one. She quit in
three days. She couldn't find
any place TO buy cigarets."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

the Johnson act prohibiting
loans to defaulting foreign gov
ernments.
Just for the fun Of It, take q
look at what has happened to
those four measures on which
Judge Vinson wanted SO much
action in a hurry.
The Trade Agreements act
was passed by the House on May
26, reported out in the Senate
June y, has been debated off
and on since then. AS they go
into the stretch, there is every
probability that the San Fran
cisco Charter will be drafted
before the Trade Agreements
act becomes a law.
BRETON WOODS BILL
STILL PENDS-
The Breton Woods measure
passed the House on June z but
is now tied up in Senate Com
mittee hearings with no indica-
ton of when it will be cOnsid-
cred by the Senate.
Export Import Bank legisla-
ton, containing provision for
full repeal of the Johnson act,
has just been introduced in the
House. The delay here has not
been the fault of Congress but
of the Foreign Economic Ad-
ministration, which took two
months to draft the bill it want.
ed Congress to consider. There
is an even chance that nothing
will be done about this legisla-
ton before the end Of the pre-
sent session, when Congress goes
home for vacation.
Alert and conscientious Con-
greSsmen are aware of this ira
ditional slow notion as evil
denced by the work of the La.
Toilette Monroney joint COM
mittee to study reorganization
of Congress. But even this COM
mittee, which has been holding
hearings since last March H.,
has made only one report. 1t IS
working on two other reports,
but if it takes over three months
to plan the reorganization Of
Congress, think what speed is
demonstrated by drafting in a
little over two months a plan to
reorganize the whole cockeyed
world.
CONGRESS NO MODEL
FOR SPEED
The San Francisco speed Is in
fact almost equal to the best
that Congress has shown since
the early days of the New Deal.
The record is probably the pass
age of the original Lend-Lease
bill in 1941. 1t became a law in
just two months and a day after
it was requested by President
Roosevelt. Some Of the war ap-
preparation bills have been push
ed through Congress In a little
over a month, but these records
have been made only after
weeks of hearing by Appropria-
tons subcommittee which the
oretically examine every item
before approving.
With this lack of speed the
chronic condition in Congress. it
will be a great though pleasant
surprise if the Senate ratifies
the United Nations Charter in
anything less than the two
months required to draft that
document at San Francisco.
Memory is short, but the book
still shows that when President
Wilson brought back the Treaty
of Versailles and the Covenant
Of the League of Nations in May
1919, the argument went on un-
til March 1920, when it was
killed.
If President Truman should
be able to fly the San Francisco
Charter back to Washington and
if the Senate by some hook and
no crook should ratify the docu.
ment before vacation adjourn
ment, it would be a miracle, and
maybe the dawn of a new age
of speed for statesmen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM z. MCKINNEY
Amerca's Gard Authority

take time out each week now
to 60 to the hospitals and do card
tricks for our wounded soldiers.
thought the declarer in today's
hand was somewhat Of q magi-
clan. think you will agree
with me that there Is no question
but what he has two losing dia-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
ANSWER TO A PEACE OFFER

Sen. Homer E. Copehort Of Indiana was quoted
the other day as saying he had been rehoD'y m
formed" that Japan has made peace offers wn'ch
would be acceptable to me personally. Kemork'n9
he was not at liberty to disclose reported terms, ne
asked IF japanese promised to give up oil terri
toy they have conquered, including Monohuro,
wouldn't thot be all reht?'
WE'LL would it?
In considering such question, it surely can be
assumed the Senator chose his words unfortunately
when he sod IF the Japanese promised. lie knows.
Of course thot nothing is more worthless than JoP-
onese PROMISE He meant, probably that the JoPs &C.
tuoIy would give up all conquered territory. But an
other presumption must be thot, under such peace.
the Joponese mainland would escape American and
Allied occupation.
If these p,esumptions are correct what about
peace with Japan?
True enough, any sort Of peace hos strong op-
peal. Certainly it would save many lives if we do
not look beyond the immediate future.
But is it conceivable that criminals responsible
for such horrors as Botoon Correedor, the March OF
Deoth Manila Shanghai - the list is endless -
should be allowed to Escape punishment for their
crimes? Even if the desire for revenge could be tor
gotten isn't it necessary to make sure the criminals
are fought that crime does not pay?
Would it be other than stupid to ignore that jo-
pon's nnonpower losses have been negligible, COM
pared with totoI population? Or that Jopon's indus
try, despite bombing still is huge? Could any peace
be acceptable which would leave the enemy with q
gigantic industry and the monPower to operate and
expand it? Could anyone be SO foolish as to believe
that the JoPs, given peace and the opportunity,
would waste even day in starting preparations for
another war at the earliest possible date?
Are the Nipponese miIitorists to be allowed to
"sove foce" before their own people? Is it thinkobe
that they like the German worIords in 1918, might
be in position to dctote either directly or indirectly
the postwar policies Of Japan? With toto victory and
complete security in grasp at the price Of COM
porotveIy few more lives, could we consent to q
peace which might mean death or ensIovement for
the untold millions among Dur coming generations?
So we get back to the Senator's question.
Wouldn't peace such as he outlined be all right?
Each individual is privileged to answer the ques-
ton according to his view For part, we are
inclined to ask: Are you kidding, SENATOR"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-13
. m HOLLYWOOD
find another one.

find another one.
I'D be at the studio, study
ing my lines and approving pro-
duction costs and helping write
new scenes and an employment
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
Hobby Horse
Studios Open
December /

Glasses in all kinds of handcraft
for adults and children will be held
a. the Hobby Horse Studios. 3239
Biddle, which opens Saturday.
Featuring all varieties of hobby
kits and sets as well as finished
products, the shop will open at 1870
pm. December /. Gifts will be pre-
sented to all opening-day custo-
mers with each purchase.
A new venture ir this section of
the country, hobby shops have been
very successful in other parts of
the nation. The shop, designed in
the modern manner, is the only one
OF its kind in this area.
Glasses in handcraft for adults
Will be held during evenings.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
Bars to Close
ut 9 Pm. On
Christmas Ere

LANSING - UP) - The State
Liquor Control Commission has an
nounced all liquor establishments
throughout Michigan must stop the
sale of alcoholic beverages at p. m
Christmas Eve in observance of the
holiday.
The Commission also decreed that
when the nature of the business is
such that a complete closing of the
establishment is possible, the place
Of business shall be closed, refer
ring specifically to SID and SDM
licensees and restaurants.
The Commission also announced
that bars will be permitted to re-
main open until 4 a. m. New Year
Day by special action which sus-
ponds the usual 2 a. m. closing
hour.
The New Years Eve suspension
of hours is applicable only to eS-
adjustments selling for consump-
ton on the premises, however.
At the same time, the Commission
decided to lengthen open hours of
state liquor stores in metropolitan
areas during December for holiday
buying.
Beginning Dec. l, state liquor
store outlets in metropolitan areas
will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
excepting the Congress ard Gratiot
avenue stores in downtown Detroit
which will remain open daily until
II D. m. The new schedule is on a
six-day week basis, Commission
members explained.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
Legion, Auxiliary Make Christmas
Merrier for Vets With Gifts to
Yanks, Hospital Shopping Service

From articles donated, the auXil-
larry will package suitable gift boxes
for the service personnel to be dis
tributed during a Christmas party
Donations were made this week
by Max Morgantheau, George Cart
ner, Mrs. Catherine Wolfberg, j.
Kenneth James, Mariana Calderone,
Lauchie Mcneil, Harry's Furniture
store and Angela Upton.
Mrs. Coda Havelock, auxiliary
president, and Mrs. Blanche Col
well, spent Tuesday and Wednesday
at the Battle Creek veterans hos
pital, aiding veterans in their
Christmas shopping.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
Makes Postmaster GnesS

CHEYENNE. Wyo. Wp - Next
time a Cheyenne businessman gives
his secretary money with which to
BUY stamps, he's going to be more
explicit in his directions. He handed
his secretary a $50 check and told
her to buy some stamps. She ad-
dressed an envelope to the local
postmaster, put the check in it and
sent the letter on its way with
nothing in it but the check. She
explained later that she thought
the postmaster would know what
to do with it and we'd get the
stamps"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29

Each unit Of the Michigan de-
partment sends two members 10 the
Battle Greek hospital throughout
the season who will take a total
of 500 veterans shopping at the
American Legion gift shop there.
The gifts selected by veterans, at
no cost to them, will be wrapped,
addressed and sent as a gift from
the individual to close relatives.
This is the first year that the
Legion Auxiliary of the State has
conducted the shopping expedition
for the more needy veterans at the
hospital.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
EnrOute Home

Two Wyandotte men are now en-
route home from the Pacific thea.
tire of war.
James M. Richardson, MINIS SC
USNR and John j. Szydlowski
SSML &c, USNR, are among 4,2OC
high-point navy veterans who are
returning to the States aboard the
US.S. Yorktown.
Richardson is the husband of Mrs
Margaret L. Richardson, 2067 Nine
tenth street, and Szydlowski is the
husband Of Ms. Frances v. Sgd
loWsk1, 1904 Ninth street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29

Efforts of the Auxiliary and post
members Of Edward C.. Headman
post 217, American Legion to give
Servicemen anc women a happier
Christmas this season will include
presentation of gifts to hospital pa
tents at the Crosse lie Naval Air
Station and aiding veterans at the
Battle Greek veterans hospital to
select and send gifts to close rela-
tiveS
A box has been placed at the
Federal department store for dona-
tons of small gifts to be used in
making up the Christmas pack
ages for the Crosse lie patients.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
Prizes Churchill Note

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - UE -
Among the most priced possessions
OF jeanette NJ. Heller, Curtin Ju-
Nor High School history teacher,
is a personal letter of thanks from
former British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill.
Miss Heller received the note in
reply to a letter of sympathy she
sent Churchill on his losing the
election. The note said he had read
her kind message with great
pleasure"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-29
Drives Fire To Station

WOONSOCKET, R. I. U.P)-When
his truck caught fire, Louis Dubois
drove a mile to the nearest fire
station where the flames were ex-
unguiShed with no damage to the
all-steel truck body.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
81 Candidates Become
Members in Annual Ritual

tapers by Vice-President Mar
jorie Pringnitz. their introduc-
tion by the president, as she pre-
sented each with the Girl Re-
serves emblem.
The 81 new members OF the
Mount Clemens High school or
ganizat IN. whose advisors are
Miss Carol j. Booth and Miss
Kathryn H. Hughes, are:
Sue Albro, 10 Ann Ball June Bassett.
Lois Beardslee, Betty Bennett. Bernice
Benz. Msrilyn Bleakley. 10 Ann Brew,
Barbara Copeland. Marcia Coulon, Lor-
raine Daus. Irene David, Dorothea
Duncan. Dolores Green. Betty Hansel-
man, Csrole Harsreaves. Pearline Har-
ris, Nadine Hartway. carole Horning.
Joyce Jensen.
Eleanor kandt. Phyllis Keari. Eileen
Kelly. Lucille Klumfoot. Dolores Kloc-
kow, Charlotte krause. Carol Kruse.
Dolores Marchner. Msrilyn Matthews.
Alice Mazur. Marilyn McCresdy. Lois
Merritt. Betty Miller, Lorraine Miller,
Anita Murrell. Beverly North. Patricia
North. Anita Perry. Jackie Priebe. Jo
Ann Prindle.
Joan Reitzei. Shirley Ren,el. Betty
bin. Elaine Sanders, Janet Sherman
Eleanor Smith. Norma Shook. Orie May
Stroup. Jean Sumner. Ann Taylor
Wilma Thoel. Mary Thompson. Barbara
Tough. Pat Trombley, Mary Ann Yer
meulen, Mary Gay Weigand. Mary
Ann Whitney. Marcia Wilkinson, Fran
ces Young, Eunice Zuehlke.