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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15
Traffic Record

Inc tramC record. as feVeafed
at police headquarters, for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
yesterday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, So.
Motorists injured. 8.
Motorists arrested. 263.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for VIOLA
ton of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right Of way to pedes-
TRANS, /.
Killed in 1910 trafic. 81, by
November IA; In 1889, 70.
The trafl,c record, Is revealed
1t police headquarters. for "a
hour period ending at . Am.
today: e" -,
= Fatalities. ! pedestrian.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, 4.
Motorists arrested, 274.
Pedestrians injured. Is.
/ Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton Of pedestrian control reg.
ulatons, 2. : IL
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right Of way to pedes-
TRANS, 3. :.
Killed In 1910 trafic, 50: by
November. In 1888. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15
Induction Station
Being Prepared for
Opening November II
Qualified Men Will
Emerge os Members
OF Armed Services

Washington's induction station
where young men will enter as
classified selective service registrants
and leave as official members Of Ma
tons armed forces, provided they
meet all requirements-will be open
for business at 458 Indiana avenue
NV. on November 81.
Not only will this station. situated
in Offices formerly occupied by the
5th Battalion. Marine Corps Reserve,
next door to metropolitan police
headquarters. have final authority
in picking Washingtonians for a
years military training. but it also
will induct selectees from four near
by Maryland counties and 10 Vir-
ginia counties.
BY early l941, it is expected to
develop q clearance capacity of $50
to 200 men each working day.
Announcement about the induction
station was made today by Capt. r.
M. Peak. acting recruiting officer for
the District, who is to have admin
istrative charge of the station.
Physical Tests Begin Tonight.
Compilation of physical reports on
more than 200 classified registrants
in the District is scheduled for to-
night at four local hospitals, be-
ginning at o'clock. These men have
been classified by the Is local draft
boards which will furnish total of
81 men, through the new induction
station, in the Districts first draft
quota to be filled on November q
and %.
Men scheduled to report to Emer-
gency, Providence and Freedmen's
Hospitals tonight should check in
at the outpatient clinics of these in
stitutions before Z. oclock, it was an
nounced last night by Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox, selective service OH.
Ger for the District. Those sched-
uled to report to GARFIELD Hospital
should apply to 2519 Eleventh street
NV, on the left Of the main en-
trance to the hospital.
Sociological tests for District Sc
lectees will be made in the District
Health Department laboratories
under the direction of DR.. j. e. Noble,
laboratory chief, under arrange
ments announced today by Assistant
Health Omcer Daniel L. Seckinger.
The blood specimens are to be
taken 1T the hospitals where the
selectees are examined. The Health
Department laboratories will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15

solidarity could Be based on "senti.
mental reasons alone.
I A committee report also dealt with
the highway.
ANOTHER. report asserted that the
"gyp fringe" In the automobile
financing business was on the de-
crease and that "there has scarcely
been 4 national or regional meet
ing OF finance company ofic:a ais
during the past year at which this
matter was not discussed"
The meeting Will adjourn this
afternoon following election Of Of
Acoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15
Staff Held Lackinq
For Quick Inspection
Of Used Co.'S Sold
Van Duzer Points to Cop
After Coroner Cites
Defective Auto in fotolity

A lack of personnel to operate the
Districts two auto inspection sta
tons at full capacity prevents the
inspection of used automobiles at
the time of their purchase even
though such cars may continue to
operate on the streets in poor me-
chanical condition for months after
delivery, it was learned today.
The shortage Of inspectors who are
now working full time checking on
District vehicles as their numbers
come up was cited by Trafnc Di-
rector William A. Van Duzer as the
prime hurdle in assuring up-to-date
mechanical perfection Of automo-
biles.
Attention was called to the situa-
ton this week when Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald. ofnciating at an
inquest Wednesday Of the Districts
6lst traffic fatality, held it was the
second fatal accident case that had
come before him in which me-
chanically defective automobiles had
been involved.
1T would require an appropriation
Of approximately $4,000 additional
over the present budget to operate
the two stations with a full crew."
Mr.. Van Duzer said. With the 1911
budget requests already in. sucl. q
fund would not be available before
1912, he pointed out.
Funds at the present time permit
operation OF the four inspection
lanes at each station only between
the hours of II am. and $50 pm,
Mr.. Van Duzer said. From 3 an. to
II am. and again from $50 pm. to
$50 pm, the stations operate only
two lanes.
Under existing regulations, ma
chinery is lacking for assuring that
secondhand automobiles are In
spected at the time Of purchase, Mr..
Van Duzer points out.
when the purchaser Of . used
car is issued new license tags,
they are usually OF a high
number. and until that number is
called for inspection in the serial
block on our schedule 1t remains
uninspected." he said.
Mr.. Van Duzer stressed. however,
that car owners transferring tags
which already have been called in
the annual inspection are bound
to present their new automobile.
whether secondhand or new, ct
one Of the stations.
He pointed out that IN average Of
$500 new and used cars are sold In
the District monthly.
Our stations are designed to take
up the inspection Of these additional
automobiles, but we lack the facili-
ties" he said. Additional person.
mel and longer hours easily would
take up this slack"
Local automobile dealers, mean
while, contend It would require adj
ditional sales force and the resultant
hiking Of car prices to assure the
sending OF their stock to stations
for pre-sale inspection. They also
hold such q practice would bring
about delay In delivery Of both new
and used cars.
Dealers. under the present regu-
lations, are required solely to Ger.
tify that the engine and body serial
numbers correspond to the title is
sued the owner, :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15

acting quartermaster In charge OF
transportation, subsistence and shell.
ter for selectees, and 1t. Frederick
q. Rogers, assistant induction omcer.
Maj. Seth Gayle, jr., y. s. A. Med
ical Corps, Is to be medical super.
visor. PesYonnel Of hds stan will
b announced later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-15
Plus XII Society to Meet

The Rev. John Reilly, director Of
the National Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception, will address the
Plus XII Society at 4 pm. Sunday
in the Grafton Hotel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
N A NJ E S
. in the netUs

Old Marshal Petain was warned
by his fellow politico, Marcel Deaf,
against any attempt to restore the
monarchy in la France. The So
called count of Paris, Henry VI, is
the candidate, funny looking little
creature. Petain himself would
make a better king, if any. The
duke of Guise, father of the present
pretender, died last August.
Al Smith, Hiram Johnson of Cali
fornia, ex-Candidate John Davis,
and Hitler were variously reported
as working for WiIlkie. So were for
mer members of Woodrow Wilson'S
cabinet, former members of the So
cialist party, the isolationists, and
William Allen Whites committee for
intervention. The New York Daily
News and the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch, both strongly isolation-mind-
ed, came out-none the less-for
Roosevelt. So did the paradoxically
named Springfield Republican. Anti
Tammany LaGuardia and pro-Tam-
many tigers worked for Roosevelt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

Here is admiral Sir Harry NJ. Har,pood,
Uho commanded the British forces of the
coast OF South america Uhen the Ger
man battLeship Graf Spec roas trapped, and
notO is named Lord Commissioner OF the
British Admiralty and Assistant Chief Of
the naval staff.
Their danger of typhoid, influenza, a
higher insanity rate, and other at
tendant ills. 1t will be remembered
that epidemic disease is one of the
four grim horses of the apocalypse,
and perhaps the worst of the grisly
team.
The Balks
When it came to the Balkans,
there was increased tension. Ru-
mania was further occupied by the
German invaders. Bulgaria headed
straight for the Axis orbit, while
British citizens began to decamp
from both Bucharest and Sofia.
Jugoslavia, squeezed between Italy,
Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, and
Italian Albania, signed new trade
and political pact with Hitler, which
tied up the Jugoslavs in the Ger
man continental system, at least for
the time being. Greece was threat
ened by the Bulgarians and Italians,
and was backed up by Russia and
Turkey. Greece and Turkey, along
with Egypt and Portugal, were still
nominal British allies. The Soviets
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

attract attention if used to sell at
a church bazaar. All the direc-
tons you need to make one are
right here in the sketch.
Cotton flannel or heavy cotton
knitted material are good to use
for the braided strips. Cut the
strips two inches wide if the goods
is heavy or wider if light weight
Braid tightly and then use No. 8
white cotton thread to sew, as
shown. A set of these mats are
pretty on the table; and mats for
oval dishes may be made by sew
ing two daisies together.
NOTE: There are directions for a hot
dish mat made of cable cord in SEWING.
Book 4 Books and also contain dlrec-
tons for many gifts and novelties. These
booklets are a service to our readers and
each contains 80 pages of illustrated d.
rections for things to make for the home.
Send order for booklets, with 10c coin for
each copy desired. direct to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
THE WAR:
Aerial

There were rumors and counter
rumors about the total evacuation Of
London, in the face of Goering's ae-
rial bombardment. Old people over
IS, school children, and active moth
ers were advised to leave as soon as
possible, taking with them all sick
or invalided souls.
About half a million children
more than so per cent of the school
population-were out of town, and
500 expectant mothers were depart
ing weekly for parts unknown. It
was not cheerful picture. The
British government still refused to
leave, although an emergency parli-
ament house had been prepared in
readiness, at Cheltenham, in the ex-
treme west of England. The board
of trade already had announced the
removal of its business offices rec
ords to the Grand hotel, in an un-
pronounceable spot in central Wales.
The spot was, actually, Llandudno.
The British board of trade CORE
spends to the U. S. Chamber of Conn
merce.
Reports from London, Berlin and
Rome indicated that the British air
force had launched major air Of
fensive against the axis powers in
reply to the constant bombings of
London by the Nazis.
While the Raj had by no means
been idle during the preceding
weeks, this current drive seemed to
take on more force than heretofore.
Invasion ports on the French side
of the English channel were severe
ly bombed and shipyards at Bremen
were reported blasted. Industrial
cities of northern Italy came in for
their share of the beating, accord
ing to the dispatches from British
headquarters.
Disease
The worst news of all was this:
Spinal meningitis had broken out.
This was due to the fact that nearly
10000 people had been sleeping in
unsanitary subways, crowded into
unhygienic surroundings. Nerves
were wearing out, and so was physi-
cal resistance, with an average of
only four hours sleep per night. The
"cerebro-spinal fever" was blamed
on nose and throat germ, pre-
Sumablv air-borne. There was fur
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

Der of British vessels sunk by the
enemy since the outbreak of war.
On the natural assumption that
the so war casualties included some
allied or neutral ships, then the
number salvaged is approximately
per cent of the total British, allied
and neutral vessels sunk.
The salvage department, in addi-
ton to its own staff and immense
equipment, has taken over the big
Liverpool and Glasgow Salvage as
ISOLATION and several Dutch salvag.
ing concerns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
England Struggles to Salvage Sunken Ships, Cargoes

LONDON. = Invention and i'm
proved methods of the ittle-known
salvage department of the British
admiralty during the first year of
the war resulted in salvaging off
home coasts of approximately 100
ships, of $780, 900 gross tons, valued
at more than $4,000, 900.
Additionally, this department
brought safely ashore some 300, 600
tons of cargo valued at SIS, 1000 900,
making a total of $50, 100000, or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
DOUBT:
Espdna

When it came to Spain, Generals
simo France, was still in much doubt,
Gibraltar or no Gibraltar. Heinrich
Himmler went down to see Franco.
Himmler is the head of the dread
Nazi Gestapo, and his agents were
very useful to Franco in the long
Spanish civil war. Himmler got a
big hand in the peninsular, except
for the ex-loyalists still left alive,
who hated this too-able German
fanatic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

nearly S3,000,000 per month for the
war year.
Only about half of these 100 YES
sells were actual war casualties, it
was said. The remaining so which
went ashore or became involved in
difficulties were routine casualties of
the sea.
If it is assumed that the so ships
saved were all British, then the adj
miralty may claim that it has sal
vagcd Is per cent of the total num-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
LEOPOLD:
The Belgic

King Leopold of Belgium was &C,
cused last June of grave military
treachery in the Flanders campaign.
They said he let the British and
French troops down by making that
initial separate peace. France re-
voked his legion of honor decoration,
and the Leopoldine bust was re-
moved from the Belgium pavilion at
the New York Worlds fair. Then,
months later, people began to reno
vate their opinions about Leopold of
the Belgians. The Petain govern
ment of France restored his legion
of honor. The marble Leopoldine
bust was restored to the Worlds fair
exhibit. Some 700 people were
specially invited to the bustial resto-
ration. The pavilion had been open
only two weeks when Leo made his
peace with the Hitlerians. The
weary months since that time have
meant seclusion-for the monarch
in a guarded Belgian chateau, where
he rules vaguely and in name only,
if at all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
Daisy Hot Dish Mat
An Inappropriate Gift
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

1T WAS the flower handle of the
teapot lid that suggested this
daisy mat. I had been thinking
of making a hot dish out of firmly
braided strips of cotton cloth. I
wanted it to be thick and sewn
firmly like a rag rug, so that it
would stand frequent scrubbings.
The design had to be novel and
gay so that it would be appropri-
ate for Christmas gift or would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
DuelIo

Meanwhile, Clare Boothe and Dor
othy Thompson disagreed on the
election. Miss Boothe wrote "The
Women" and other things. She stood
firm for Willkie. Miss Thompson,
N. Y. Herald Tribune or no N. Y.
Herald Tribune, pumped for Roose-
welt. Miss Boothe razzed Miss
Thompson, and the Herald Tribune
held up Miss Thompson's stuff.
There was quite a TODD about it
all, with Miss Boothe apparently
worsting Miss Thompson in this
blitzkrieg of hairpins and cat-calls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

were moving increasingly to the anti
Hitler viewpoint, for a Germanized
Balkans did not appeal to the Krem-
lin at Moscow. The actual military
value of the Red army was under
constant discussion. Had it found it.
self, in the last month of the Finnish
war? Was the Red aviation any
good? We're there any suitable Red
generals left alive after Stain s
purges? These were the moot ques-
tons, and even the left-eye monocies
of the Prussian general staff were
in some doubt about Marshal Voro-
shilov's warbids and warboys.
Reported demands upon Greece
by the Axis powers included: %
immediate severance of economic
relations with the British, (2) cession
of territory to Italy and Bulgaria,
(3) use of Greek air bases by the
Axis, (4 abdication of King George
of Greece, (5) grant of right of
way to Italy for construction OF a
major military road.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
On Mr.. r.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt did
not try to predict the result of the
1910 campaign, which was coming
to peak. She said she simply
didn't know, and implied she could
take it or leave it.
Said Mrs. Roosevelt, who is popu-
lar even with the foes of her hus-
band: GAS far as the polls go, they
mean very little to me. They are
so often too much one way. or the
other. When you've been the wife of
a politician long enough, you learn
not to express anything one way or
the other, but just go along and see
what happens :"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
A. C.. L. u:
Reforms

The American Civil Liberties I'M
ion used to be called radical. 1t de-
Tended Communists, Nazis, Negroes,
trade unions and other varied
causes, which was certainly an
American way of doing things, but
its leaders were sometimes accused
of leftist tendencies. 3@
Eleven new members were added
to the national committee of the A.
c. L. U. They were certainly of an
orthodox, and even conservative,
type. The new members included
Mr.. Roosevelt's headmaster of aris-
tocratic Groton school, DR.. Endicott
Peabody. Also, interventionistic
Robert Sherwood, the famous play
wright. Van Wyck Brooks, the blue
blooded author and critic, was an
other, and so was Pearl Buck, the
Chinese" novelist. Dean Christian
Gauss of conservative Princeton uni
versity was on the list, and DR..
Frank Kingdom, director of the citi-
zenship educational service. Also,
William Draper Lewis of Philadel-
phia, director of the American law
institute, William Allan Nelson,
president emeritus of Smith college
for women, Bishop Bromley Oman
of the Methodist church in Boston,
and Professor Sophonisba Breckin-
ridge of the University of Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
WEEKLY NEWS ANAL SlS
Election Day Holds National Spotlight;
Tension in Balkan States Increases
AS Axis Demands Greek Concessions;
British Garry Air War to German Soil
BY Roger Shaw

NoTEwhen opinions
Released by Western Newspaper Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
SNITE:
Iron Lunged

About the bravest young man In
America is Fred Snite Jr. of Chi
cago. He has lived for four years
in an iron lung, and has travelled in
it to distant places. He has mar
ried happily and now has an heir.
Snite wanted to register for the
draft, with his customary pluck and
grit.
They appointed Snite senior as a
special registrar, and the father
registered the son.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
NATIONAL:
Socialism,

Certain gloomy political scientists
were maintaining that the blight of
national socialism was spreading
round the world to all the major
countries: Germany, Italy, England,
France, Japan, America, etc. In
each country, they declared, it
varied its pattern, but the basic es-
sentials were always there.
Sad
They said that national socialism
now combined the aggressive mill
tarism of the POLITICAL right with
the aggressive socialism of the po-
litical left. This united left and
right, and made for some sort of
totalitarian state. The Churchill
government, for example, unites
radical labor (under Ernest Bevin)
with the military mentality of
Churchill himself. Chamberlain,
they claimed, represented the last
stand of Victorian middle-class cap
italism. The Vargas dictatorship in
Brazil, the Franco rule in Spain, and
the Konoye regime in Japan-mili-
tarized and anti-capitalist-were adj
ditional samples.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

With america re-arming TO the full, the
t0on,an's touch is used at the Frankford
arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa, to feed these
.5O.caLibre cartridge cases into the machine
that tapers them. These cartridges are
used in anti-tank guns.
young men that registered, which
topped the forecasts. In reference to
these young men, War Secretary
Stimson declared: "Only God and
Hitler know what will happen to the
United States" The army, it was
stated, plans to train 900, 900 annual
ly for the next five years, which is
the life-length of the Burke-Wads-
worth CONSUMPTION bill recently
passed by congress. The B-W bill
provided that an annual 900, 900 was
to be the maximum number called
up per year.
Western
One southwestern Indian was
found who claimed to be a member
of the German Bund, and didn't
want to register. He said he was
waiting for Hitler to come and
"free" him from the white man, the
White House, and the great white
father. Some people said that this
aborigine was red in more ways
than one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
COPS ELITE:
White HOusers

The White House, at Washington,
boasted specially uniformed corps
of specially selected police. There
were 30 of them, tried men and true.
They wore special uniforms, too.
These uniforms had fancy patch
pockets, and were made of the same
quality of dark blue cloth as naval
officers kits.
The men, also, were to get hand
some form-fitting overcoats. with the
belts to be worn outside, in the
European manner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
Secure knowledge

There is no wealth like unto
knowledge, for thieves cannot
steal it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
Western
POLITICS:
Wind Up

AS the politicians all over the ma
ton were busy winding up their
blasts of campaign oratory, Ameri-
can voters were preparing to go to
the polls to cast what was expected
to be the largest ballot in the ma
tons history. Major candidates
were completing their pleas to the
electorate and latest public opinion
polls indicated close presidential
race.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
DEFENSE:
Draftees

Thirty thousand draftees were to
be put into the army by November
Is, and another 100000 by June Is.
There had been a total of 1000, 900
La gaceta., 1940-08-26

Dilberto, 0felia Maggie, Marga-
rita Perez, Margarita Falcon,
Rose Gravas, Mercedes Blanco,
Felix Lastra y Sra, Angel Fl
gueras, Vicente Vaccaro, Mario
Gonzalez, Jesus Garcia, Lucia
no Rodriguez Y Sra, Silvia No
roma, Emilio Goderal y familia,
Ramon Altar, Normita Reyes,
Rafael Duran, Mary Santos, H.
Perez, Maria Gonzalez, Jose Mar
tinez, DioniSio Gonzalez, Ibra-
him Rivero, j. San MARTINEZ, Ar
mando Martinez (El Gordito)
Manuel Alfonso, Alicia Samalea,
F. Lopez, Jose Argielles, F. Bar
cena, Manuel Santos Pau. Aila
Gomis, Manuel Garcia Y otros
muhos mas que no publicamos
por falta de espacio.
Ell servicio del almuerzo estu-
vo a cargo de las siguientes da-
mas: Mercedes Blanco, Maria
Hernandez, Brecilia Caltagiro-