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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01

Approximately 1000 offices in Eng
land, Scotland and Wales were
opened to facilitate registration.
Under the new mobilization pro-
gram one class is being registered
each week.
A large number of men being reg
istered are Immediately exempted
from military service because they
are employed in reserved occu-
pations listed by the government as
essential to the development of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
BURMA ROAD:
So Silly

The Burma road controversy took
the silliest turn on record. That
road carried war supplies to Chang
Kai-shek and his armies. The Brit
ish foreign office closed it, on the
heated demand of Japan. Then Sec
rotary Hull protested that the Bur-
ma road was necessary for world
trade and international commerce
(Hull is an old free-trader). At this
point, part of the British parliament
supported Hull against their own for
eign Office, with cries of mo ap-
peasement." China, infuriated,
threatened England with dire
threats. Germany, of course, took
the side of Japan. Thereby, Hitler
took the side of the British foreign
office, against Hull and Chang Kali
shek. 1t was Anglo-Germany, plus
Japan, versus the U. S. A. Mean
while, England was trying to nego-
tate the finish to the Jap-Chinese
contest, but apparently our own
state department was opposed to
"appeasement' in the Orient. All
this hit new low in foreign rela-
tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
AUNT MARTHA
Gifts of Life

Let us thank God in gladness
and humility for the great and
simple gifts of life; for the fire.
side and the intimate talks of
friendship; for the gift of wonder
and the JOY of discovery; for the
everlasting freshness of expert
ence, for the newness of life each
day as we grow older.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
HITLER TALKS:
EndIessly

Hitler's speech came over the ra-
dio, translated into an extreme, ul-
ira, English accent. 1t must have
been Lord Haw-Haw putting it
across. It went on endlessly. Hitler
said he didn't want to destroy the
British empire. He said he shrank
at the destruction which hung over
England, and suggested an "honor-
able" peace. Hitler reviewed his
conquests, his methods, and his dip
lomatic wrangles with Chamberlain
and Daladier. He said he spoke not
as a victor, but as nationalist, anx-
ious to terminate futile misery.
Some 81 Pacific coast radio stations
cut off his speech because it was
trying to Justify his crimes against
civilization itself"
Hitler also made Goering some
thing brand-new in the staid history
of the Prussian army: Reich'S
Marshal of Greater Germany, and
gave him the Grand Cross of the
Iron Cross. Goering designed him
self a new, different, extra-special
uniformly only one of its kind
in all German officialdom. Hitler
also created nine new field-marshals
and two new Acknowledgement,
and II new colonel-generals Ger
man military grades run different
from the American).
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
Titanrin B

Simultaneous with the military
turnabouts, England went in for a
new kind of white bread. 1t was
rich in vitamin B and, calcium salt,
to help overcome the wartime strain
of nerves and physical fatigue. It
was a revolution in nutrition. The
scientific food ministry was enthusi-
astic about it, and it might turn out
to be a real boon to medicine, and
to humanity in general. The Brit
ish public began to buy it up, and
gulp it down, prontissimo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01

To Adolf Killers ''last chance
peace offer" Prime Minister
Churchill Of England sounded the
expected no" Long an enemy Of
Hitler, Churchill has been particu-
larIy obnoxious to the Fuehrer.
EUen t0hen Churchill ,0as just a
private citizen, Hitler singled him
out for oratoricaI attack.
(See-Hitler Tsiks.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
ANCLO-SHIFT:
TurnabOuts

While Hitler was promoting an
those glamour-boy generals and air.
men, and scattering decorations to
the four winds, England was kick
ing various people upstairs. An ar
rogant-looking gentleman named
Lieut.. -Gen. Sir Alan F. Brooke, re-
Gently general officer in charge of
the southern command, became
commander-in-chief of the home
forces. He took the place of Gen.
Sir Edmund Ironside Git was Oliver
Cromwell's ironsides that founded
the British regular army.
Sir Ironside, a huge, hulking fell
low, who once commanded Gibral-
tar, was kicked into being a field
general. Viscount Gort, former COM
mander of the Inflated British ex-
peditionary force in France and
Flanders, had the same experience.
He became Inspector general of
forces for training. Previously, Gort
had received the sacred order of
the bath, which evoked considera-
BILE criticism. But Gort, everybody
admitted, was a good organizer.
Brooke had commanded the II corps
of the British expeditionary force.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01

to break the British blockade and
feed the starving French, Dutch,
and Belgians, with American food
stuffs (of which we would have a
surplus). This would make the iso-
lationists take an interventionist po-
sition. Meanwhile, the intervention
lists would cry Glands off" the Brit
ish blockade, and would want the
continent to stew in it's own juice,
which would turn them into isola-
tionists. This, then, was the key
note to the European war situa-
ton as whole. Meanwhile, Hitler
liberated the Belgian war prisoners
and sent them home, having long
since done the same by the Nor
wegian and Dutch soldier-captives.
The French were expected to be
next on the parole list. Not so, the
"tough-and-ready' Poles, of whom
there were more than a million in
German military hands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01

True Dignity
True dignity is never gained by
place, and never lost when honors
are Observation-Disclosures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
GERMAN WAR:
Strategy

49, ~OJ
1t is about time that we exam
med the fundamental strategy of the
German war, at this point. For
the whole situation has changed, in
England, in Germany, and in the
United States.
The German aim was simple
one. It was to attack England by
land, sea, and air, without wasting
much time or effort in other theaters
of war, which were trifiing, anyway.
Italy was expected to take Malta,
and Spain was expected to enter the
war and take Gibraltar, with the
possibility that japan might take
Hongkong, but all these were side is
sues as compared with the basic bat
tie of Britain. Here the preliminary
German air bombardment proved
highly effective, and English Ports
mouth and Welsh Cardiff were be-
lieved already to be Quilted. Ed
ward VIII, duke of Windsor, was
called a fifth columnist by some
Englishmen, and hailed as the next
monarch by others.
Churchill Plan
The English war plan was this:
to hold out, like besieged fortress,
if possible for two or three months.
Then, late fall would put an end to
German operations against the is
land fortress. At this point, the
English would swing into offensive
action in the following way: by an
intensified sea blockade that would
bring famine to the entire continent
of Europe. There have been crop
shortages, and failures, on the con-
tinent, and another war-winter might
bring untold horrors to the Dutch,
Belgians, French, Morse, Danes, etc.
and even to the Germans. This
was exactly what Winston Church
i'll was counting on.
There was one hitch in this plan.
What food there was on the CONT
nent, would go ID to the German
army, (2) to the German home
folks, and (3) to the Dutch, Bel
gians, French, etc., etc. Thereby,
the British would make the Dutch
and French suffer for Hitler's wrong
doings. But this was only the be-
ginning of the repercussions. 1t was
expected that this plan-the Church
i'll plan," they called it-would have
the following astounding effect in
the United States: it would turn the
isolationists into interventionists,
and the interventionists into isola-
tionists. The reason for this was as
follows: the humane isolationists
could not stand the continental star
walton, and would want to intervene
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY ROGER SHAW
Fundamental Strategy of War
Undergoes Major Alterations;
Presidential Race Warns Up

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions these columns they
by Newspap
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
More of 1t

While a good many Democrats
were muttering about the III term,
Wallace, and Farley, Willkie stressed
his own humble origin, and inferred
artfully that Roosevelt's path had
been lot softer. Willkie said, fur
thermore, that he was making no
sacrifice, but that he really wanted
to run-which was certainly obvious
to almost anybodv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01
CAMPAIGN:
Up-Warning

The 1910 presidential campaign
race was busy up-warming. 1t was,
in fact, getting warmer and warmer.
The third term attempt, by Mr..
Roosevelt brought forth many dire
predictions from newspaper editori-
al writer's. One excellent quip went
the rounds. A lady said t. a gent:
''But third terms un-precedent-
ed" To which the gent replied, $50
was General Washington's first
term"
Some thoughtful students of politi-
cal science believed that the third
term phenomenon was pale Amer
lean reflection of totalitarian dicta-
torships abroad just as our
Civil war of 1861 was a pale reflec-
ton of "civil 1848'' in Europe Hen
ry Wallace was put up as Demo-
cratic vice president in order to
match the Republican McNary, for
both were agricultural experts of
the very first water. The choice of
Wallace brought out that this New
Dealer was an ex-Republican, and
Mr.. Roosevelt had passed over a
number of regulation machine Dem
ocrats.
Wallace, Ickes, Stimson, Knox,
Hopkins, Miss Perkins: none of them
had had Democratic background.
But then, of course, the ex-Demo-
crat Willkie had only been Repub-
lican for but two scant years. Hoo
yer, too, was a former Democrat,
while it was expected that Al Smith
would continue to take a walk. It
looked as though the old party di-
visions were breaking down all
along the line, and the terms New
Deal and Old Guard were increas-
ingly taking the place of the Re-
publican and Democratic tags. The
loss of Jim Farley, the political ge-
MUS who managed the party ma
chinery for Roosevelt, was a heavy
blow to many of the Democrats.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Registration Of
Aliens Began
August Il

The vast task of registering
and fingerprinting the 100000
aliens in the United States began
August 27 and is to be complet-
ed Dec. 26, Earl G. Harrison,
director of registration, announc-
ed.
Voluntary appearance is ex-
pected from the great majority
of the aliens, yet, since registra-
tion is compulsory, those failing
to comply will be sought, and on
further refusal subjected to the
penalties of the Alien Registra-
tion Act, six months in Jail and a
$1,000 fine.
Many complications are ex-
pected in administering the reg
istration and fingerprinting and
the penalties will be invoked only
where the failure is "willful." F."
Likewise only "willfully" false
statements will be punished.
Mr.. Harrison reiterated that
the registration and fingerprint-
ing carries no stigma, and that
no witch hunt" will result.
Two weeks before registration
started, sample forms were
available at all $4,000 post
offices, among them, the Newark
postoffice. Aliens are now filling
them out to have in readiness
when they appear at all the first
and second class postoffices and
those postoffices at county seats
to register.
At each of these 1900 regis
tration centers, designated Post
office Department employees ask
the necessary questions and
write down the answers to which
the aliens must swear.
The millions of fingerprints
will be forwarded to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for re-
tention in a separate file, but
where it will be possible to check
them against other prints tc
discover criminal records OF
false statements of any kind.
Registration of fingerprintine
is free, yet already racketeer'
are offering to "help" the for
eign-born for suitable fees.
In this connection Mr.. Harri
son pointed out that aliens neet
no aid from any one except the
duly authorized officers at the
postoffices.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

The maximum number of hours
a person can work in interstate
commerce without being paid ov-
ertime under the Federal Wage
Hour law, will drop to 40 hours
per week on October "a, 1910.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Both AFL and CIO Join In New
Drive To Do Away With Poll Tax

An intensive drive for passage
of the Geyer anti-poll tax bill
was launched recently under lea
dership of the Southern Confer
ence for Human Welfare, back
ed by CIO, AFL, railroad broth
erhood and other leaders of labor
and liberal groups, according to
reports from Birmingham, Ala
bama.
The campaign is to reinforce
the effort of Representative Lee
E. Geyer d., CALI to obtain the
signatures of 218 House mem
bers on petition that would res
cue the bill from committee and
bring it up for immediate action.
This step was taken as part of
the plan of action recently form
ulated by a strategy committee,
consisting of Geyer; Paul Schar-
renberg, representing the AFL;
Joseph Kovner, for the CIO; JUL
ius Luhrson for the Railway La
Dor Executives association; John
P. Davis for the National Negro
Congress; Joseph S. Gelders for
the Southern Conference for HUI
man Welfare; and representa-
tives of number Of other nation
al organizations.
Gelders emphasized again that
the poll tax in eight southern
states has been the chief factor in
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
WAGE AND HOUR LAW
FACES SUPREME COURT

A U. S. Supreme Court test of
the constitutionality of the
Wage-Hour Law became a possi-
bility when an Alabama cotton
textile manufacturer sought an
order setting aside the Wage
Hour Divisions wage order for
the industry.
The suit brought by the Opp
Cotton Mills, Inc, and II other
corporations, seeks in particu-
lar to set aside the Wage-Hour
Acts provision for industry
committees which are empower
ed to fix minimum wages up to
40 cents an hour.
Industry committees have thus
far issued wage orders raising
the pay of more than 100000
workers approximately $50,000,-
900 a year, it is estimated.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Ap-
peals on April 2 unanimously up
held the Wage-Hour Division in
the suit. Petition has been made
now for review by the Suprem
Court.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
M. J. COLLERAN

M. J. ColIeran, General President
of the Operative Plasterers' and
Cement Finishers' International
Association of the United States
and Canada, has been member of
his Union for 35 years. In 1916 he
was elected President and Business
Agent of Local No. 60 of New York
City. Eleven years later he was
appointed to the Office of First Vice
President of his international I'm
ion and held that position until
1929, when he was elected General
President. Mr.. Colleran was Presi-
dent of the Building Trades Council
in the city of New York. He later
served as a member of the EXecu-
tive Council of the Building Trades
Department of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
Mr.. Colleran has been very ac-
tive in Labor Union activities dur
ing his entire career. Under his
able leadership the Plasterers' Un-
ion has grown to be one of the
strongest in America.
He served as one of the three
representatives on the housing COM
mittee of the American Federation
of Labor. In 1888 he was elected
by the convention of the American
Federation of Labor as repre-,
sentative to the British Trades Con
gress held in Weymouth, England
in 1884.
His address is: Mr.. M. j. Col
rex~p, President, Operative Plas'
terers' and Cement Finishers' In.
ternational Association of the
United States and Canada, 401 W
263rd Street, Riverdale, Bronx, New
York.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

reducing the number of voters
to only "a per cent of the poten-
tial total, as compared with a sc
per cent vote for the 40 states
that have no poll tax.
These poll tax laws also con-
tribute much to crooked poll
TICS" said Gelders, "as it is a
common practice for political
bosses to buy up blocks of poll
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

tax receipts and pass them out
to people who will vote right.
Political machines thrive on the
poll tax.
mot only are the vast MAORI
ty of Southern people denied the
right to vote, but the poll tax
has decided effect on the rest
of the nation. The poll tax per-
mits the election of representa-
tives of the vested interests and
also enables them to remain in
Congress long enough to rise to
positions of power, where they
can block legislation which would
benefit the entire nation"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Fewer Farms

Fifty-nine counties including
Licking showed declines in farm
units during the last five years,
according to census records re-
leased this week. There are
4,029 farms in Licking county
this year as compared with 4,543
five years ago. Knox and Cos
hocton counties also showed a
decline, as did Franklin. Mus
kingum and Fairfield counties
showed slight increases.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Prison Made Shoes
For CCC Boys

A proposal to buy 100000
pairs of shoes for CCC boys from
the Federal penitentiary at Ft.
Leavenworth, Kas., has been pro-
tested by the United Shoe Work
Ars.
VAhe proposed purchase, the
union said, would materially re-
duce the opportunity for en-
ployment in the shoe industry.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
WINS KROGER
SCHOLARSHIP

Dorothea Louise Tyler of AL
exandria has been selected a
state winner for a scholarship
given by the Kroger Grocery &
Baking Co. and will enter the
College of Agriculture and Home
Economics of Ohio State Uni
versity this fall. Twenty awards,
each worth $125 cash, are made
annually by this company to
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

Learners, apprentices and
handicapped workers may be en-
ployed for less than 80 cents an
hour if special certificates have
been issued to their employers by
the Wage and Hour Division, u.
S., Department of Labor.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

CCC Director James G. Nc
Entee promised he would write
the Army's procurement officers,
who provide materials for the
CCC, advising against the pur-
chase if possible.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

rural high school graduates who
rank high in scholarship and ac-
tivities in young peoples organ
izations, such as All clubs and
vocational education.
Judges who select applicants
from all the state include Dean
J. F. Cunningham, Dean Lyman
Jackson, Director H. c. Ramsow-
er, State All Club Leader w. H.
Palmer, State Vocational Super
visors Ralph Howard and Miss
Enid Lunn, and l.. L. Rummell,
agricultural counsel for the
chain stores of Ohio.
Dorothea, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Tyler, graduated
from Alexandria High school
with honors as valedictorian and
won the high school cup for best
all-round student, as we'll as
medal for the best science record
in her class. She was vice pres
ident of the senior class, presi-
dent two years of her All club,
won her letter in athletics and
received the highest rating in
Camp Fire Girls exhibit at the
State Fair. She has won 45 rib
bons at various fairs, including
I8 blue ribbons for first prizes
at the State Fair.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

Goods produced by Oppressive
child labor" are barred from in
terstate commerce by the Fair
Labor Standards Act.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

The United States has been
divided into Is regions for the
administration and enforcement
Of the Federal Wage-Hour law.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
EVER SEE ONE2

Ever see a pirate perch? Ac-
cording to fish management
agents none had been seen in
Ohio since 1898 until recently
several of this rare species were
found in the Auglaize river, near
Wapakoneta. They are cannibal-
istic looking little minnows that
never grow beyond five inches in
length.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
C.. [. o. Council
Meets Oct. 18 to 20
In Akron, Ohio

The 1910 convention of the c..
I. o. Council will be held in the
main ballroom of the Mayflow-
er Hotel in Akron, Ohio, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, October
18, 19 and 20. The opening ses-
sion will begin at 10 o'clock Fri
day morning. Registration of
delegates and visitors will begin
at $3.50 o'clock at the state con-
vention office adjacent to the
ballroom.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

Agricultural workers are ex-
empt from the wage and hour
provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-23
Greenbelt ShamrOCkS
Drop Opener

Last Saturday afternoon the newly organi Green
belt Baseball nine journeyed to cuantico, Virginia.
to face their first opponent Of the year the larines
and were nosed out by the score of to 5. Bother
ed with bad of opening game jitters, lads
permitted the Marines to them out of four
in the first inning and jump into to lead.
Greenbe1t then fought determined uphill battle
the seventh inning, where they tied the at
all. The home team then proceeded to what
Of Greenbelts fourth error. With the breaks the
other way, the would have shown Lads
the long end.
in the first innings the first up, Thompson,
swung at the first pitch and connected for home
This gave Greenbelt to lead. This
short lived, however, the Earines rets1ieted with
four runs, Sumner singled after the lie ed-off
grounded out; both runners we're safe LaFrance'
fielder's choice; Eotchell singled to Sumner
and bora tripled down the left field line and
tinued home LcDonalds error. Hi1burn and Cook
easy outs, and the to /. cuantico
added another tally in the third single by La
France and Hotchell's triple.
Greenbelt had their golden opportunity in the
seventh, when they had the bases loaded twice, but
all they could put run, just enough
to tie it up. After Roggs struck out, Jenkins walk
ed and advanced to second Mullins single, Res
nicly struck out, and Eolocmost walked filling the
bases. Uhrinak singled, scoring Jenkins with the
tieing and the bases still loaded. A single
here by koore would have the ball game but Obi
EeI, he struck out.
The larines put over the deciding tally In their
half of the seventh, when Adus and LcDonald pulled
"Alphonse and CASTOR" act jones hi Oh fly which
fell between then. ul1ingp at scondM tn two base
error, Jones scored later on hotchel1s' single.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-23
WITH THE REPS

In the best played game of the season, the Reps
of Greenbelt went down ning before the best team
pitted against them far this Information
al Business Machines is their title, Jack smi tn is
their pitcher and first is their position in the
Metro League.
For six complete innings, Curt Barker matched
speed and control with the much publicized
tn for six innings the two teams stayed dead
locked in scoreless tie, each having amassed
total of hit and To start the seventh,
the Reps applied the pressure, but limited to
by the smart fielding of the opposition.
Blanchard, Beale and Taylor all got base, but
only Taylor tailed. Last half Of the seventh Reps
/, 1.8.h. o. Weigel, first man for I.B.R. ground
ed out, Goldfaden to Beale. Love- next up, walked;
Bauer not George) singled and Berry flied to center
to Love and move Bauer to third. FRANKIE then
plastered the winning wallop Of the day, a high
bouncer third which scored Bauer and broke up
the ball game.
It a tough to lose, but few very evil
dent shortcomings exposed in the process and
the Reps should profit by their discoveries.
Bla ard and Taylor credited wi tn the only two
hits allowed by Smith and Goldfaden drove In the
lone The lads looked good, in fact they looked
like Winners, this column prediction still goes;
Chicago in August.