The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-04

two came from Minneapolis and were
thought to have warned Dillinger Of
the impending raid on the camp
where he had been for several days.
Some hours after the battles in Wis
consin three members Of the gang were
seen by three deputy sheriffs in
suburb of st. Paul, Mimi. A running
sters apparently was wounded, but the
trio escaped and stole an automobile
in which they headed for the bridge
across the Mississippi river.
Federal and local officials through
out all that region were on the lookout
for the Dillinger gang with the tacit
understanding that the desperadoes
would be shot on sight.
Japan has issued manifesto as
- sorting it's responsibility to main
tain peace In eastern Asia and object
ing to the giving of help to Chinese
air and military forces by other ma
tons. Especially the Japanese dislike
the sales Of airplanes to China by
American and Italian manufacturers
To the expressed surprise Of the
Japanese statesmen, this statement of
policy aroused much resentment in
other lands. When the time comes it
is believed the American government
will inform Tokyo that it has neither
the power nor the desire to stop the
trade Of private citizens with China.
Italy, also, is likely to reply in vir-
tually the same tone. Great Britain,
though equally provoked, probably
will take less aggressive attitude.
In London it was held that the United
States must take the initiative If 1t
was desired to propose united front
of western powers against the Japa-
nese move. The French foreign Office
fears Tokyo's manifesto means the
end of the open door in China, I'M
less Japan is just bluffing to obtain
recognition for the empire of Man
chukuo.
VARIOUS writer's in magazines and
newspapers tell us that the chance
of war in Europe is remote, but al
most daily circumstances come to
light that contradict this optimistic
view. Here are some recent instances:
Orders have been sent out for the
twenty-year-old youths of Germany to
report for duty in military or labor
camps, which would indicate that
Chancellor Hitler's Nazi government
is quietly but efficiently providing mil
itary training for all these young men
the same as If military CONSUMPTION
for a full-siZed army were permitted
by international agreement Young
men employed in factories and shops
must belong to storm groups. Only
storm troopers get jobs. Labor camps
provide military training for those
who. for some reason or other, did not
become storm troopers. Many of these
labor camps are virtually military fin
ishing schools for storm troopers Tar
get practice and similar military
maneuvers are staged.
Michael Kalinin, president of Soviet
Russia, has demanded the intensive
militarization" of all rural Russia. as
part of general preparations for de-
Tense against war. He says: 1--WE also
must have a strong rear line con-
nected with the front by thousands of
threads. The chief task Is to train
women and children and others not fit
for military service to carry out the
work of collective farming when all
able-bodied persons are modified, so
that normal functions will not be in
terfered with. Those who remain on
the collective farms must be prepared
for everything. 1t is not sufficient that
they know how to use gas masks. 1t
won't be enough that they be able to
manage gun. They must have a good
knowledge of the physical geography
of their regions and be well versed In
all forms of knowledge regarding the
repelling of attacks on the civilian
population. Particularly they must
know how to resist raids from the
air.
a LREADY' suffering severely from
a drought. large parts of the Middle
Northwest were afflicted by a destruc-
tive dust storm, said to be the worst
in 20 years. The Dakotas, Min
nesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa
got the worst of 1t, the dry soil being
carried by high winds and In some
places deposited in heaps greater than
the snow banks of the winter. Farms,
many Of them already seeded. were
denuded of fertile top soil. Winter
wheat was badly damaged