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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
SUMMARY BY EITHER SIDE

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And unseat, oh,
Adolf, Josef
And Benito,
Satan, ricketts,
And all evils
Such as dandruff
And boil weevils!
III
Moths and heartburn,
Tonsilitis,
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They will leave you!
"The Japanese government has
entered into this triple alliance for
peace and the development of the
world. Premier Konoye.
Tweet! Tweet!
Representative Starnes of the Dies
committee says more than 600 Bund
members or sympathizers, all
aliens, are known to have jobs in
eastern industrial plants making
war munitions and supplies. And
probably the Bund attitude is that
it's pretty good, for start.
ANTI-vEGETABLE-PLATE STUFF
1t always seems to be incredible
A radish is considered edible.
Shirley Mae Williams.
Nothing seems to me less valid
Than cucumbers in any salad.
TOUGH GOING
It is going to be pretty hard, it
seems to us, for even the Japanese
to voice salute such as Hell,
Yomawatcaskuo."
And both Hitler and Mussolini
will look silly welding Japanese
fan.
Major Quisling is designing new
flag for Norway. Some people are
so sweet and considerable.
CANDIDATE FOR FIRING SQUAD
A guy / loath
Is Wilbert Shores;
He must have all
Those football scores.
The football season is here again
and in their second heaven are the
folks who dote on eating cold lunch
in a pile of leaves, sitting on a cold
slab in stadium and spending three
hours wondering what's going on.
Add SMILES: As warlike as an
Axis peace move.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
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Washington, ID. C.
WAR PROPAGANDA

Never in our history has there
been such open propaganda for Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY

The senate has twice refused to
ratify the St. Lawrence waterway.
It never was and never will be a
waterway project. 1t is power
project. 1t was called a shipway
to fool the Middle West. Actually a
10000 cubic foot diversion into the
Mississippi from Lake Michigan
which was bargained for with Can
ada in the boundary waters treaty for
the Chicago Drainage canal has al
ready been largely surrendered.
That greatly helped low water navi-
CATION in the Mississippi. Its sur
render hurt every Mississippi valley
state far more than the st. Law
renee can ever help them.
The plea was "Great Lakes navi-
CATION" The facts were that mex
pensive works in the lake outlets
could have raised their levels 10
times the amount that diversion low
cred them. The motive was not
navigation but power-and, in that
particular case, private power at
Niagara Falls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
DIPLOMATIC CAPITAL

It looks as if San Francisco is
slated to become the capital for Axis
diplomacy in the United States.
For several years, the city has
been the headquarters of Capt. Fritz
Wiedemann, Hitler's World war
commander and personal represent
alive in this country. And now he
has been joined by a new Italian
consul general of equal behind-the-
scenes eminence. He is Carlo Bos-
81, who ranks as high in inner Mus
solini councils as Wiedemann does
in Hitler's.
Bossi, who is carefully avoiding
the limelight, played a leading role
in Italy's support of General Franco
against the Spanish Loyalists, and is
credited with directing the capture
of Barcelona, the blow that crushed
the Republic. He is strongly anti
British and has close ties with both
Nazi and japanese bigwigs.
It was no accident that Bossi as
sumed his San Francisco post short
ly before the announcement of the
Axis-J Japanese alliance. From the
Pacific coast city, and working
closely with Wiedemann, he will be
in strategic position to represent
II Duce in the Far East.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

and, whatever we call ourselves we
shall be her ally. We must fight
wherever defeat threatens, or vic
Tory beckonS.
1t now seems quite probable that
the direction of the war has turned
from westward to southeastward.
New TheaterS threaten in the Medi-
terranean, the Balkans, perhaps
Persia, the Persian gulf and even
unto India.
That is the British domain on
which ''the sun never SETS" Propa-
gandistS now openly say that to pre-
serve democracy on earth we must
preserve the British empire. Per-
aaps the millions of conquered and
exploited black people in Africa and
brown people in Asia and Malaysia
are their idea of democracy; but to
try to push this great, powerful and
peaceful nation into wars to protect
such foreign possessions is hysteria
that has broken all bonds of reason.
These war-minded men advance
measures which could take us into
such remote and sterile fields as
defense of America" They say
that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
are no longer barriers of defense,
but avenues of attack. Since Hitler
can't cross twenty-odd miles of the
British channel to get at Britain with
a land army, it is safe bet that he
doesn't turn up his nose at the At
lantic ocean, even if these potential
architects of their country's disaster
do so every day in their war dane
ing madness.
If we push our belated defense
preparations on land and seas as
rapidly as possible, the chance of
our involvement in bloody war, no
matter what may come, is too re-
mote to consider.
The catastrophe of our involve
ment in war would not be merely
the bloody loss and danger to life
and limb. 1t would Immediately adj
iourn our free democracy for war
dictatorship. 1t would permanently
adjourn our free economic system of
private ownership and liberty of en-
terprise by so burdening it with ad-
ditional debt and taxes that the gov
eminent would control all private
property and absorb all private in
come in the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
WINNING ISOLATIONISTS


Very quietly, the administration is
waging campaign to win over Mid
west isolationist sentiment. Most
striking feature of this campaign is
the distribution of the Bullitt speech
given at independence hall in Phila-
delphia.
This distribution has now reached
the amazing figure of 2,384 900.
After his speech, Bullitt received
no less than 5000 letters and tele-
grams, with unsolicited contribu-
lions totaling more than $4,000.
This paid for distribution of the
speech.
Three people saw the Bullitt
speech before it was delivered. One
was Stanley Hornbeck, state depart
ment adviser on Far Eastern af-
fairs, who urged, without success,
that Bullitt tone it down. Another
was Archibald MacLeish, librarian
of congress, who was elated with it..
The third person was the President.
Note = Highlight of the Bullitt
speech was the warning: The Unit
ed States is in as great peril today
as was France year ago I'm
less we act now, decisively, to meet
the threat, we shall be too late"
MAIL BAG
S. R., Philadelphia-Any man not
yet 81 may become subject to the
draft whenever the President sets
another registration day. Under the
law he may designate future regis
tration days, and those who have
reached 81 in the interval are then
required to register.
L. p. A., San Mateo, Calif.-Rob-
ert Montgomery is not an alien. He
became an American citizen many
years ago. AS such he was wholly
within his rights in introducing Will
kie in Hollywood.
II. H. N. iii, Clark's Summit, Pa.
The japanese settled the Panay
incident by paying to the United
States an indemnity of $2,214, DOT.
This was in April, 1888, four months
after the attack on the Panay, De-
cember, 1887.
Il. B., Grand Forks, N. C.-There
is not much point in saving tin cans
for the national defense, since "tin'
cans are mostly steel. Articles
containing tin are regularly sal.
vaged and defined"
r. T. R., Austin, Texas-Rep.
Lyndon Johnson has one Of the best
attendance records in congress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
WNU-G
Mark of Guilt

Mark of Guilt
The thief at every sound doth
jump, and sees an officer IN ev-
cry stump.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31
NEW SYSTEM FOR ARMY
RTJYTNG

Nothing has been said about it
publicly, but the defense commits
sion has persuaded the army to
make a revolutionary change in its
purchasing methods. 1t will mean
juicy orders to hundreds of factories
which never had look in before.
The new system junks the old pro-
cedure of advertised bids and sub
stitutes a modified plan of negotiated
contracts. Instead of buying shoes,
shirts, or raincoats in huge quanti-
ties from a few large concerns, the
army will purchase these goods as
far as possible within each of the
nine corps areas.
This means that small local fac
tories will have a chance to obtain
a chunk of the army's business.
On the basis of orders already
granted under the new system, ex-
perts say costs will be no higher
than under the old procedure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-31

Cipher-Key
How much lies in laughter; the
cipher-key, wherewith we de-
cipher the whole man.-Carlyle.
Evening star., 1940-11-22

nection with the Randolph fund for
aid to needy Confederate women
was turned down, and the Daugh-
ters decided to place the surplus
aside as a reserve.
Debate developed over . sugges-
ticn-finally adopted-to discon-
tinue the office OF corresponding
secretary-general, effective In 1941.
Award for the most constructive
work last year among divisions Of
less than 1000 members went to
Maryland, while the Georgia Divi-
sion received plaudits for activities
among larger units.
A two-volume work on Aero
nautics in the Union and Confed-
crate Armies" won for r. STAINS.
bury Hayden Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity $1,000 prize. DR.. Rembcrt
Wallace Patrick, Rollins College,
was awarded $500 for second place
in recognition Of his four volume
work on Jefferson Davis and His
Cabinet"
Evening star., 1940-11-22
British Censors Fail to Censor
Story Gliding Censorship

five persons in an Anderson shelter,
only a few feet from the golf course
and the rabbits, weren't even
scratched. A parrot, blasted from
his cage, was seer walking down the
street muttering to himself, quietly,
of course, SO as not to give any
information to anybody.
And there wasn't any damage
anywhere at all.
Authors note-If you believe any
Of this you're sap. But it's fine
example of the sort of dispatch
which the Ministry of Information
seems to- think will arouse the
United States to realization of
what this war is all about. This
piece, unlike some others, probably
Evening star., 1940-11-22
BY ROBERT J. CASEY,

chiesso Daily News Fcreign CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON, Nov. 22-An undeter-
mined number of bombers came over
an unidentified portion Of an un-
mentioned European country, on an
unstated day ('recently" is the off,
cial word for it). There was no
weather. Had there been 1t would
have been considered a military
secret. The alert sounded at no
particular hour because the enemy
one hesitates to label them with a
proper name-are not supposed to
know the right time.
The bombs fell on a golf course
killing rs unnamed rabbits. Twenty
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Mrs. Boiling Of Richmond
AGAIN Heads j. D. {.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. a.
Preparing to wind up business of
their 47th annual convention, the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy looked forward today to an
other years activity under the lead
ership Of Mrs. Charles E. Boiling,
Richmond, Va, before meeting in
1941 In Los Angeles, Calf.
Los Angeles was selected last
night for next years gathering after
Mrs. Boiling and a majority of 9TH
er general officers had been retained
for new terms.
A proposal that an oversubscrip-
ton Of the organizations Jefferson
Davis Monument fund be set UP as
an endowment to be used In con-
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Cubun President Offers
Cooperation in Defense

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Nov. 22.-President
Fulgencio Batista offered his full CO.
operation to the continental defense
policy promulgated at the Havana
Conference in his first message to
Congress last night.
His message, read in the House Of
Representatives, said he did not
think Cuba would enter the war ex-
cept "in case Of invasion"
II think this will never happen, I"
the message added, because the
possibilities are too far away. hut it
might occur. For such a case we
must be prepared"
Evening star., 1940-11-22
WASHINGTON G, FRIDAY NOVEMBER a.

will get to you uncensored-it's thai
accurate.
.(Copyrixht. 1910, BY the Chicago
Daily News, Inc)
Evening star., 1940-11-22

NOTE in the oninoI coot, hoir is
ALL ON THE FACE. The back of the
eoot is thin, soft, plioble skin. This
hoit or wool on the foee protects the
animal against heat or cold without
excessive weight.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Sales 81 Assek
Of Closed District
Banks Under Way
federol- Americon
Paper Brings 1891;
Foce vdIue SOC, 900

Proceeding with liquidation OF
closed banks, receivers conducted
preliminary sales Of assets at the
District National Bank yesterday,
the Federal-American National
Bank Il Trust Co. today, and viii
sell out al remaining assets Of the
Departmental Bank tomorrow.
John H. Hardeu Of this city, who
previously had been successful bid
der in buying some remaining as
sets OF the closed Commercial Ma
tional Bank, today bought assets Of
. face value Of about 500, 900 from
the Federal-American, for 1881.
The auction was conducted by Fred
erick J. Young, receiver, with bid
ders present from several cities, in
cluding New York, Chicago, Balti.
more, Philadelphia and st. Louis.
There are many other assets re-
naming in the Federal-American
receivership.
Justus s. Wardell, receiver Of the
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Need Now 10 Folue
New Spirit 10 Save
France, Reynaud Says
Revolutionary Measures
To Be Token in Winning
Victory Over Nazis j..
1y the Associated Press.

oy tue ASSocaete0 Pre88. 3
PARIS, May 16.-Premier Paul
Reynaud told the cheering Chamber
OF Deputies today France would be
victorious against Germany which
was throwing her all into one des-
perate push to the West.
When all can seem lost" M. Rey-
maud declared, "the world will see
what France is capable Of"
He recalled that Germany had
declared she was going to win the
war In two months.
Referring to the great need of
action in a modern battle of move
ment, M. Reynaud declared, ut is
necessary Immediately 70 forge q
new spirit"
He also told the Chamber that
I'VE will be called to take measures
which in other times would have
seemed revolutionary"
M. Reynaud addressed the Cham
Der at session ending a parlia-
mentary recess which began April IS.
Life counts for nothing" the
Premier said.
"One thing only counts and that
Is to maintain France"
The lower house adjourned with
out q vote after its President,
Edouard Herriot, followed M. Rey-
maud with an address.
He told the Premier that the
Chamber showed by It's applause
"the confidence it has in you"
The Chamber granted M. Herriot's s
request that the date Of the next
session be left to him.
Evening star., 1940-05-16

able 70 land transport planss on the
naW Iuuways when. Warrington
Hoover Airport i unsafe. instead Of
diverting them to Boiling Field as Is
now done. You viii realize that
thus this new project win already
begin to serve the air transporta-
ton needs Of the Nations Capital" |"
he declared.
ION Monday we begin the paving
Of the Mount Vernon boulevard
along the crest Of the hill to which
It has been removed. The final pav-
ing Of the runways win begin on
Wednesday. About the same day We
will advertise the bids for the north
erly grade separation for the princi-
pal entrance to the airport. Within
two weeks the bridge over -Four
Mile Run viii have been completed
and We can start the southerly Grade
separation to and from the boule-
ward.
"some Of the permanent drainage
Is already In. Contracts for the field
lighting win be let very soon. And
! believe I can say to you now that
BY July 4 enough runway paving
will be completed and enough other
work done to make it possible to use
parts OF the field in emergency"
Evening star., 1940-05-16
London
Continued From First Page)

eastern side of the dent" made at
Sedan yesterday.
The situation is serious, but not
critical, although it is difficult to
say exactly what is happening.
Heavy Fighting in iceland.
Heavy fighting is reported in the
vicinity of Walcheren and Bever-
land, in the north of Iceland, un-
surrendered Dutch province, but no
definite results are available.
East of Antwerp to Charleroi and
Louvain, southwark toward Mezieres
and from Sedan to Longwy sporadic
fighting is in progress, that in the
vicinity Of Dinant being the most
serious.
A broadcast on the wave length
of the Brussels radio station said
German mechanical columns had
penetrated the allied lines in Bel
gium at several points ito a con-
siderable depth" but that the
thrusts were unsupported by in
fantry.
German infantry was said to be
closely held" by the allies.
Belgian Capital Calm.
The Brussels radio broadcast also
that the Belgian capital was opti-
mistic and calm, and that the public
had confidence in "the field army,
the defenders OF Liege and the
allies"
The military command was re-
ported convinced that "the new
phase Of events" would result in
allied victory.
The German-controlled Amster-
dam radio station, in / broadcast
heard in London today. announced:
From HAS am. until 7::3O pm.
today an uninterrupted column of
German mechanical troops will pass
through the city, coming from
HARLEM and going on to Utrecht"
The announcement warned that
all roads In the affected areas would
be closed.
Nazis Declared Held Back.
British Tommies thrown into the
sagging Belgian line were said by
a headquarters communique to have
successfully held back serious Ger
man attacks" in hard fighting.
Waves Of allied planes were said
to have broken up mechanical forces
massed by the Germans In q drive
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Vote for |. 7. U. President
Close on Early Returns
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May ia close
battle between Claude M. Baker,
incumbent. and Francis G. Barrett
Of New York for the presidency of
the International Typographical
Union was indicated in scattered
early returns last night.
Mr.. Baker was candidate on the
independent ticket and Mr.. Barrett
on the progressive.
Returns from locals throughout
the United States were being sent
to leaders of each faction and their
figures disagreed because not all OF
their reports were from the same
places.
An unofhcial tabulation OF the
early returns received by each group
gave Mr.. Barrett 1,745 and Mr..
Baker 1,728 votes. Odicial returns
will be carvassed and announced
May 81 but q complete tlnofncial
total is expected today.
Approximately $4,000 members Of
$50 locals balloted.
Besides the president, the vote
was for secretary-treasurer, two vice
presidents and lesser Offices.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Freedom Assured
Aeronautics, Says
Col. Sumpter Smith
National Airport Engineer
Holds interference by
Secretary Guorded Against

Civil aeronautics, irrespective Of
anything the Secretary Of Commerce
may do. win remain "as independent
Is = hog on ice," Col. Sumpter
Smith. engineer in charge Of the
National Airport. declared yester-
day ut Z luncheon Of the Insurance
Club Of Washington.
Speaking In the Lee-Sheraton
Hotel, he said that under President
Roosevelt's new reorganization plan
the duties Of the Civil Aeronautics
Board have been clarified and It's
responsibilities. particularly with
regard to safety in the air, have
been made more direct"
Col. Smith said III the Secretary
OF Commerce, or any other ofBcial
were to attempt to interfere In those
functions, both he and the board, II
1t permitted such interference, would
violate the law"
Can Overrule Secretary.
A former member of the Air
Safety Board, the Army engineer
pointed cut the board could over
rule the Secretary If he attempted
to change air reports.
If the direction and supervision
Of the Secretary should result In
anything family resembling the
situation charged to have existed
IN the old Bureau Of Air Commerce,
the administrator, under his oath Of
ONCE. would be obliged to protest
and his protest would be effective,
for his final responsibility Is to the
President. who appoints him and
at whose pleasure alone he serves"
Col Smith said.
Col. Smith reported that the flying
surface Of the Gravelly Point Air
port would be ready by late sum-
mer. He said completion and paw
ing Of runways had been delayed
because Of a slowness in approving
plans for the terminal building and
hangers. The delay, he said. was
laid to excessive costs. However, he
said, 1t is expected that final ap-
proval for letting the contracts
would be made shortly. He re-
marked that revised bids had been
received, but did not reveal how
much lower than the original offers
they were.
Service in Fog Cited.
1T may be that, late this summer
when river fogs begin, we will be
Evening star., 1940-05-16

~ oopt819D U1N1oo3o an& Urn ~,
flank of E1eneh 1netafod Anes.
A British headquarters ooam-
munique declared that since the start
Of the Lowlands offensive the air
force with the British expeditionary
force has destroyed ct least la Cser-
man planes, while % have been
downed by anti.aircraft fire.
British headquarters said an IL
lied feet Of $50 planes raked Ger
man lines converging on the Meuse
at Sedan yesterday and their bomb
Ing and machine cunning halted
the German advance and allowed
the French to counter attack.
The loss Of IS French and British
planes In the strafing operation was
called mot excessive:'
Cannonading Heard In Enxland.
Repercussions from the gunfire at
the great battle in progress in Bel
gium shook houses at Deal on the
southeast coast Of England. 60 miles
from the continental coast. In
habitants recalled that cannonad-
ing IN Flanders fields q generation
ago similarly ratified windows and
doors.
Wounded from fighting zones be-
gan arriving in England. Between
2OO and 800 British casualties. half
OF them stretcher cases, arrived At
Liverpool early today from France
and Norway.
Between 80 and 10 wounded Ger
man prisoners were brought to Lon
don today.
Tommies wounded in the f,rst
engagements in the Low Countries
remarked grimly:
We've got something to beat"
Government Stays in Brussek.
Reuters, British news agency, re-
ported that the Belgian govern
ment had decided to remain in
Brussels despite the threat broad
cast by the Germans that the CITY
would be devastated II military
operations continued there.
In the Low Country fighting Brit
ish land forces were reported rest
ing their left flank on iceland. the
Dutch province, and Antwerp. in
Belgium. Their lines were said to
cover Brussels.
A South British coast port got a
scare early today from heavy burst
OF gunfire. A plane flying at great
height turned away from q barrage
OF shells. No air raid warning was
given and no bombs were dropped.
Internment Extended.
The British home secretary today
extended internment to all male
Germans and AuStrians from l6 to
60 years Of age throughout the ma
ton whose movements had been re-
stricted but who had not been de.
tanned.
Hundreds Of police cars began a
vast roundup in the London area.
Restrictions previously applied to
enemy aliens in category 3D." those
affected by today's order, were that
they must not, own motor cars or
cameras, nor travel more than four
miles from their homes or change
their addresses without police per-
mission.
The British Press Association esti-
mated the order affected 5000 per-
sons, OF whom 1000 were refugees.
Evening star., 1940-05-16

district National Hank, yest1rday
sold at pfoitH1inaxy auctaCn Saie cor.
tain assets q ~ face yayue of 931o,-
600 for $1,505. The buyers were
Lamar Henderson ana Jesse Loeb.
Other nssets remain In this re-
ceivership.
Receiver John !. Moran plans to
close out the Departmental Bank
assets tomorrow in = flnal sale 1t
ms once IN the Riggs National Bank
6ulidlng at Fourteenth street and
tark road NV. The face value Is
Sl1o. 900. Finsl dividend viii be
ready IN about four months.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Double Jeopardy

The Legal rule that Q man can
not b tried twice for the saune
onense y denounced by Dtstriot
Justice Little Of Dublin, ireland.
who says that it should be applied
only IN murder and other serious
cases.