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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

This unusual picture was made as
the first doughboy made his jump
at the army parachute training
center in Highstown, N. ].
sensational stuff in the line of troop
training. The Benning infantry
jumped in four "easy" stages, like
this:
Stage l was a drop in an open
parachute, equipped with comfort
able seat. That wasn't so bad at all.
Stage was a drop in an open para
chute, with harness instead of a
seat. Stage 3 was a free" drop with
an open parachute, and stage was
a "free" drop with a packed para
chute, which had to be opened up
in the air. In any mans country
Russia aside, for some reason-it is
none too easy to recruit parachute
jumpers. Goering, in Germany, had
to start it off by using the dare
devils ('mordskerls") of his own
bodyguard. Even these TOUCHES
grumbled, the first time up and
down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

WASHINGTON. - False teeth,
cameras and a Mexican version of
the old Spanish trunk swindle" give
customs inspectors new problems
today because of the war.
Narcotics, jewel, fur and silk
smuggling are standard fare for the
inspectors, but the times have add
ed new wrinkles.
Many United States citizens have
been attracted across the Canadian
border by wartime cut rates on false
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Headache

Meanwhile, the U. S. army had
new headache. 1t found that its 300
best airplane reservists were work.
ing on the wide network of Ameri-
can commercial and transport air.
lines. Here they are vitality need
ed, and so is the flying equipment.
Some of these topnotch civil pilots
are military, some are naval, and
some are marines, but all of them
will have to stay-in case of war
right where they are. This was the
u. S. general-staff verdict.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
PRISONER:
NotU Freed

Bangor, Maine, had a good one.
A German war prisoner, shipped to
Canada, jumped off a prison hulk
in the st. Lawrence river, and swan
to freedom. He was 25-year-old
Kurt Reich, machinist's mate on a
U-boat-a fellow with initiative and
pluck. At the Maine border, U. S.
patrol seized him, but he was saved
from a hanback, by International
law, and by Arthur Teele, an able
Boston lawyer. Hurts reprieve was
pronounced unconditional"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

RESIDES being a most attrac-
~ tive addition to lawn or garden
in herself, this cute little sunbon-
net girl has practical features too.
The parasol trellis she holds is
ideal for climbing flowers and
vines. Cut the girl from plywood
or other thin lumber with jig, cop
ing or keyhole saw, add the trellis,
then paint according to the direc-
tons given on pattern Z91l2, Is
cents. General cutout instructions
accompany this pattern. Send or
der to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
There Are Two Ways
to Get at Constipation

Yes, and only two ways-betore
and after it happeHSl Instead Of
enduring those dull, tired, head
achy days and then having 70
take an emergencycathartic-why
not KEEP regular with Kellogg's
All-Bran? You can, if your con-
stipation is the kind millions have
due to lack of bulk" in the
diet. For All-Bran goes right to
the cause Of this trouble by
supplying the "bulk" you need
Eat this toasted, nutritious
cereal regularly with milk or
cream, or baked into mullins
drink plenty of water, and see if
your life isn't a whole lot bright
erl Made by Kellogg's in Battle
Greek. If your condition is chron-
ic, it is wise to consult a physician.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
u. S. ARMY
Parachutes

At Hightstown, N. j., some 48 in
fantry regulars from Fort Benning,
Ca, gave a parachute jumping dem
onstration from two 125-foot steel
towers. High army officers looked
on with grave attention, for it was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

out to Wendell Willkie esquire. And
yet, more than 80 per cent of the
newspapers of the United States
were supporting him against the III
term. More and more, people were
showing themselves anti-Roosevelt,
rather than pro-Willkie.
Dilemma
An evidence of this was the con-
tinued drift of Democrats, over to
the Republican fold. AS each Demo
moved over, Roosevelt would de-
nounce him, but still they moved.
Lewis Douglas, Roosevelt's erst-
while budget director, had been one
of the first. Now came Edmund
Toland, counsel to the house COM
mittee, investigating the National
Labor Relations board. Toland re-
signed, in order to work for Willkie.
On the other hand, fair number
of liberal Republicans were none too
sure about Willkie. They stressed
his "non-savory" background, and
his "anglophile" war expressions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
DOPESHEET:
DIAGNOSIS?

One European neutral observer
doped out the American presidential
race like this: If the war is still in
progress, Roosevelt will win, hands
down. People don't like to change
horses in crossing stream. But if
the war is over, Willkie will have it
by a nose. For if Churchill re-
signs, which is always possible, the
Roosevelt foreign policy will be dis
credited. The observer linked Church
i'll to Roosevelt, just as Chamber
lain was linked to Daladier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
THE WAR:
Aircraft

While the world waited YEARLY
for the German invasion of Eng
land, air fighting ragged to and fro
between the Royal air force and the
Goering flying circus. The Germans
forced the port of London, biggest
in the entire world, to close, and
also the ports of Newcastle on Tyne,
Hull, and Newcastle. This meant
that all sorts of commodities had
to be unloaded in the still solvent
west of England, and shipped east,
which dislocated the British time
table no end.
On the other hand, the British
claimed they had peppered Ham
burg to a really serious degree. This
is Germany's third biggest city
after Berlin and Vienna-and by far
the friendliest city to England OF
them all. Its inhabitants speak a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY ROGER SHAW
German and British Airmen
Raid Vital Industrial Centers;
Political Campaign 'Roars On


of
Western Newspap
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
COMMONS:
1t Laughs

The house of commons, at West
minister, is pretty grim these days.
But it got a good laugh for once.
One member announced that no less
than IA Italian submarines had been
sunk by the British navy in the Med
iterranean. In Parliament, there is a
rough and tough Scotch Labor dep
uty named J. J. Davidson, who loves
to wise-crack the Tories and the
'furriners." When he heard about
the submarines, he yelled out: SIS
it true the British sailors at sea,
only have to call out, 'waiter!' and
Italian subs come to the top?"
But the Italians had an answer.
They were actually shipping 'pock-
et' submarines over the Alps, to
help Hitler in the English channel
operations. Once the great Hanni-
bal of Carthage shipped his ele-
plants over the Alps to harry the
Italians, and now the Italians
were turning the same fantastic
trick with their fiery sea-serpents.
And strangely enough, historians
have always referred to England as
the modern" Carthage, because of
its shipping, banking, colonizing and
trading.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
The Catch

There is catch to all this aerial
warfare, between the British island
fortress and the long seacoast un-
der Germanic domination. It is this:
the Germans do their air raiding by
day, and the British do it by night.
Air raiding by day is much more
dangerous to the flyers, but it is also
much easier to hit land targets when
the sun is up. Night bombing is
safer for the pilots, but it is far
harder to "reach" the detectives.
This accounts for the much heavier
German air losses. The Germans
outnumber the British in the air by
perhaps to 1, so they can afford to
"take" it. The Royal air force has
to be economical in its expenditure
of men and machines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Busy Hangman

If lying were capital crime,
hangman would have to work over
time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
NICE NAMES:
Pretty Cute

Liberty, equality, fraternity have
vanished from la belle France, and
they have vanished from Washing
ton, D. c., too. Only, in this case,
liberty, equality, fraternity are at
tractive young ladies. They have
gone on vacation.
Their father, former president
commissioner of Puerto Rico, is
Santiago Iglesias. The complete list
of his Hispanic daughters includes:
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, JUS
tice, Light, Peace, and America.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

Former Gov Alfred Smith New York who his
tention
after Shop
New Worlds joining
the in
the Presidential O
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

pauline Revere" in the person Of Miss
Elaine Summers, l9, University Of Wiscon-
sin beauty queen, pictured about to mount
her ,Ohite horse in front OF Chicago's city
hall en- route to Washington, d. C., ,Uifh
an anticonscription bill or scroll to be
presented to President Roosevelt. Her
ride is sponsored by the Committee to
Defend america BY Keeping 1t Out Of
Var. This gives but one side OF the
CONSUMPTION problem. as proponents Of
the plan claim that Americas interests
can best be served by a universal
military training program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

local dialect closely akin to Anglo
Saxon, and its sea-going and COM
mercial ties with John Bull have al
ways been strong. After the Ma
poleonic wars, Hamburg's republi-
can senate petitioned England to
take them over.
Bremen, Hamburg's sister city,
also got it in the neck, but not so
bad. So did Dusseldorf, Essen,
Vessel, and Duisburg, in the valley
of the river Rhine. Essen is the
German Pittsburgh, where the vast
complex of the Krupp works spreads
out. 1t is an easy aerial target.
Sheffield, the English equivalent of
Essen and Pittsburgh, was sched-
uled to be next" on the list, while
Welsh Cardiff and English Ports
mouth were repeatedly already bad
ly Quilted. One ex-Englisher was
excited by all this. He was living
in PARKWAY Chicago, but he bought
Spitfire fighter and presented it to
his home town: bennington Spa, in
Warwickshire.
Anti-Aircraft
In the German service, the anti
aircraft department is an integral
part of the Goering flying circus,
which is an independent branch of
the national defense, co-equal with
army and navy. lin the American
service, anti-aircraft is part of the
army's coast artillery During the
first II months of the present war,
the crack German anti-aircraft
brought down 1920 enemy planes,
knocked out more than 400 tanks,
sank 10 ships, and damaged 10 more
of them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
CoriILas

Alfred was an Anglo-gorilla at the
Bristol zoo. He is worth $4,000 and
weighs 426 pounds net. He eats $12
per week in foodstuffs, and is said to
be the longest lived gorilla in cap
tivity. Keepers say he's just as good
sport as the fellow with the alumni
mum leg. But Alfred's too expensive
to keep up, and if somebody doesn't
adopt him, he'll get shot. Nobody in
England likes that prospect. One
man wrote the Bristol zoo, and said:
"Why don't you ship him to Amer
lea, with all the other Hapsburgs."
simultaneously, 100000 dogs were
being slaughtered in Germany, to
save food. Poor dogs; poor Alfred;
Door HapsburgS!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
SPORTS:
Porkers

Inc wimbledon tennis club, In
England, is the best known in the
entire world. Every American
champ and she-champ has played
there on the green turf. It is CLAM
orous and top-drawer. 1t was an
nounced that the Wimbledonians
would turn to pig-breeding for the
duration of the war, and would deal
in porkers instead of lob-lollies and
back-hands. 1t was revolutionary,
and it certainly wasn't cricket, or
tennis either. 1t seemed that the
Davis cup was turning into bitter
cup of misery, to be drained by
new champ, the great god Mars.
So with English polo, as well. It's
fields were plowed up!
Britons are good sports. England
needs aluminium, and needs it bad.
One veteran of the last war turned
in his aluminium false leg, to scrap
metal depot at Windsor. He wanted
to hold off Hitler, just as much as
the fancy Wimbledonians did. Mean
while, there was lot of talk about
equipping parts of the British army
with steel breastplates, and helmet
visors, to bounce off shell splinters,
which was one back-step more to-
ward the dark ages of ironsides,
ironpants, and ironheads. At the
battle of Bull Run, in 1861, some of
our own New York militia wore
bullet-proof vests. But they proved
so heavy, that the New Workers
threw them aside when they ran
away. They were not such good
sports.
COrilLas
Alfred was an Anglo-gorilla at the
Bristol zoo. He is worth $4,000 and
weighs 426 Mounds not He eats S12
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23

With all of us cooks agog to make
w-fashioned jellieS from old-faSh-
ioned herbs, it's fun to recall the leg
ends connected with the favorites !. .
Basil, for instance, is the sacred plant
of households throughout midland
so highly is the herb regarded by rustic
Italians that no lover would think Of
going courting without sprig of basil
hung over his ear. Then there's rose
mary, once brewed into a drink to
strengthen" the memory-that's why
the herb stands for remembrance to-
day.
In addition to the romantic back
ground Of the fragrant plants. we know
that gentlemen love the taste OF such
new and different jellies when they ac-
company beef. pork or fowl-and as
long as the road to a mans heart is
where 1t is, you can't go wrong on
making up batch to try!
Jellies like these are foolproof, re-
quire but a 3O-second boil, and have all
the summery flavor Of sundried herbs.
Please note. too. that from three cups
Of sugar you get four medium glasses
Of the finished spread.
Basil Jelly
makes about 4 medium glasses
l cup basil infusion
cup vinegar
3 cups sugar
Coloring
/ bottle fruit pectin
Pour II cups boiling water over
tablespoons basil. Cover. let stand Is
minutes, strain to remove herbs.
Measure infusion into 3-quart sauce
pan, adding water If necessary, to make
l cup. Add vinegar and sugar. and
mix.
Place over hottest fire and while mix
ture is coming to a boil, add coloring
to give desired shade. Use coloring
which fruit acids do not fade. AS soon
as mixture boilS, add bottled fruit pee
tin, stirring constantly. Then bring to
full rolling boil and boil hard min
ute.
Remove from fire. skim. pour quickly.
Paraffin hot jelly at once.
Rosemary Jelly
(Makes about 4 medium glasses)
! cup rosemary infusion
cup vinegar
3 cups sugar
Coloring
bottle fruit pectin
Pour II cups boiling water over 2
tablespoons rosemary. Cover, let stand
Is minutes, strain to remove herbs.
Measure infusion into 3-quart sauce
pan, adding water If necessary, to make
/ cup. Add vinegar and sugar. and
mix.
Place over hottest fire and while mix
ture is coming to boil, add coloring
to give. desired shade. Use coloring
as mixture boils. add bottled fruit pee
tin, stirring constantly. Then bring to
a full rolling boil and boil hard i
minute.
Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly.
Paraffin hot jelly at once.
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23
Montana Vets
Need More Room

Montana'S war veterans are still
carrying on the fight to secure ade-
quate facilities for the veterans hos
pital at Fort Harrison. Since the earth
quakes of 1885 ruined some of the
buildings at the institution on Hell
enA's outskirts. organizations of ex-
service men have made intense efforts
for new unit, providing 1872 beds at
Fort Harrison, where today but las
patients can be cared for.
The Helena chapter Of Disabled
American Veterans has been especial
ly active in urging enlargement of the
Helena hospital. but the U. S. Veterans
administration has so far failed to heed
their requests. At the recent state con-
vention of the Montana department OF
the American Legion a resolution was
passed urging action in the matter. The
coming national conventions of the
Legion and Disabled Veterans will hear
about this need for sick and ailing men.
who served during the late war and in
the Spanish-American conflict.
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23

]. Bruce Kremer's interest in early
American history found expression be-
fore his recent death in plans TO re-
store the birthplace and former holnS nS
of John Hanson, famous cololial anu
revolutionary politician and statesman,
on the Potomac river in Maryland.
The former Montana resident-an
a country place with historical back
Ground when he went to Washington
from Butte in 1888.
He found II at old Port Tobacco.
Nd once a thriving colonial village,
PORT Port Tobacco creek, above the point
where it empties into the Potomac,
he he bought 1900 acres of land. There
he had started to build a modern
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23
|&~%&4
PATTERN 1873
Princess FrOck
Buttons at Front

A roundabout cotton frock must CON-
bine good looks with good sense-and
Claire Tilden has used a large dose
of each in Pattern 1873. It's par
ticularly suitable style for women, with
its princess lines that give smooth,
perfect fitting without the bother of
darts or gathering That attractive,
slimming button-front opening is won-
derfully conveniently lets you in and
out of the frock SO easily. 1t also makes
for simple adjustment to your figure
If you should gain or lose a few pounds
You may prefer plain, V-shaped
neckline, but we think the be-friiled
collar a most becoming touch, espe-
cially with the frills repeated on the
decorative pockets. The collar is very
refreshing in crisp contrast. Take your
choice of three sleeve styles-long,
short and straight or short and flared.
Make this useful frock in CHEEKY cot
ton-wear 1t everywhere now and at
home throughout fall and winter. The
Sewing Guide will show you all the
professional secrets of cut, fit and
finish.
Pattern 1873 IS cut in women's sizes
"a, SO. SO, 40, AZ, A, 46 and 4S. Size 36
requires Al yards 35-inch fabric. TX
yards ruffling and Is yard contrast.
Send fifteen cents G5c) in coins for
this pattern. Write clearly size, name
address and style number.
Send orders to Pattern Department
M. N, 10 Fifth Avenue. New York, NY
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23

as the Croton bug or water bug. These
brown. flat, winged insects live mostly
in kitchens, pantrieS and other warm
places.
They remain hidden in the daytime
sallying forth at night to eat and soil
bread. milk. vegetables and other foods
and they will gnaw cloth and the
bindings of books. They leave Sick
ening odor.
To get rid of reaches, keep premises
clean and free from loose food, elm
mate their breeding and hiding places,
poison them and trap them. Their nat
ural enemies are mice and rats, GER
tain fowls, and frogs. all of which are
about as bad to have around as the
reaches.
The best poison for reaches is sodium
fluoride, which must be used with
great caution, as it is also poisonous
to man. This chemical is mixed with
meal or finely powdered bread crumbs
and busted in corners. creviceS, holes,
closets, runways and cracks. Another
effective poison is pyrethrum powder.
An ingenious trap for cOcNoacheS is
described in the July issue OF Food In
dustrieS magazine. 1t consists of a glass
jar with a wide-necked paper funnel
leading inside from the mouth. AS a
lure or bait for the roach, bread soaked
in stale beer or aniseed is placed in
the bottom Of the jar, and changed
daily.
In order to facilitate entrance Of the
roach. strong cardboard or wooden
runway should lead from the floor to
the top of the jar. Some reaches, such
as the Croton bug. are said TO be too
brainy to fall for this trap, but most
will go gaily to their doom. Once in
side, they can be killed with boiling
| water or kerosene.
A free leaflet on the control OF
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23
BIDS REQUESTED
ON 9 ROAD JOBS
HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL LET
CONTRACTS ON AUGUST
23RD

Bids for construction Of nine road
and bridge projects and erection OF
a shop and office building in Butte
will be received by the Montana high
way commission Aug. %.
Projects on which bids have been
called:
/. Grading and construction Of small
drainage structures on 3576 miles Of
the Wisdom-Divide road in Deer Lodge
county, and building OF one three
panel 57-foot bridge over Fish Trap
creek and a thTee-panel sl-foot tim
2. Grading. surfacing with gravel
and road oil mix treatment of the
surface course; construction Of small
drainage structures and building OF
two 3l-foot bridges and one 76-foot
timber bridge on $3.50 miles OF the
Hardin-Custer road in Big Horn
county.
3. Construction Of six-span. 1884,
foot steel and concrete viaduct TO
Northern Pacific railroad tracks one
half mile east of Manhattan in Gala
tin county.
4. Grading. gravel surfacing and
construction Of small drainage struc-
lures on 1l27s miles of the Jordan
Circle road in McCone county.
s; Construction Of two 7e ofoot t
bridge, one 1l4-foot bridge and one
38-foot bridge on the Jordan-Circle
road in McCone county.
8. Construction of l3 timber bridges,
together with grading and surfacing
OF approaches, on the Florence Ham,
uton road in Ravalli county.
z. Grading, gravel surfacing and
oiling. and construction of small drain
age structures on 5254 miles of the
Vigilante trail road In Madison county
8. Grading and construction Of small
drainage structures on 8.778 miles OF
the Crow Agency-Broadus road In Big
Horn county.
Q. Construction Of five timber bridge.
on the Grow Agency-Broadus road tn
Big Horn county.
10. CONSTRUCTION Of Q 100 by l04-foo'
frame highway Ghop and office build
nG in Butte.
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23
j. Bruce Kremer Planned
To Restore Colonial Home

country home at Mulberry Grow
colonial home Of the Hansons
The former democratic nal
committeeman from Montana
denced his respect for John Ham
another way. He wrote a biogd
John Hanson of Mulberry Grovl
1898. Following that. he laid nlal
restore either the first or second
dence on the Mulberry Grove
marked by a pair of old chimney
a foundation. The chimneys
razed, unsafe for new construct
John Hanson's grandfather buj
the first site. before IT'S, Ha,
birthdate.
Port Tobacco" was an earlv
corruption Of "Potobac," the mai
the Indian village that was .,
site when the colonials found Ii
Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23
u. s. Students Disp
NeighbOrly Interest

STUDENT enrollmentS In Spi
language classes in summer A
sessions at American colleges and
versities show substantial incH
over 1889, with still larger expaI
in Spanish enrollments predicted
the fall term by romance languagl
partments of many schools; this
holds one of the strongest hope.
real improvement in underestimate
tween the United States and its nj
Dor nations to the south, aCc1rdir
a study just completed by Northwe
National Life Insurance COMPANY
After many years in the doldr
the study Of Spanish began 70 re-
after the opening Of the Pan-Ame
highway to Mexico City in the sun
of 1886; fall enrollments then Sh
a definite pickup for the first tin
more than a decade, the report 81
A slow but steady increase in er
ment in Spanish classes has occI
each subsequent year; the average
was a little over six percen, fol
l939-4O school year compared
l938-39.
The gains among the l26 college
universities reporting in the surve
irregular and widely scattered
graphically, the study says citr
examples: University of New H
shire. where enrolment in 10
| Spanish classes almost doubled;
ward, with an increase of 20 percer
the regular school year and o: Is
cent in this summers session; Ur
sity of Minnesota, 25 percent in
/ lar school year Spanish en-ollT
extension school Spanish ella
I doubled in the past two Yeas;
igan State. increase, l939-4O Irer
80, AZ percent: University c. low
percent: University of Neb-ass
I percent: University Of OreCO" II
cent. Other smaller inCr aSeS
equally scattered, the report SAYS
schools show a practically S'lcl
enrolment in Spanish. and few
declines. but increases raDe!ag
small TO substantial proportlOL5 al
rule.
ITO be neighborly, one nV.t bt
to talk to his neighbors, '1e
points out in closing; il 4. t.
hope for practical improvem'
lations between the United S.A.e
its Central and South Amer :
bors, in the growing inter L
. Spanish language now being 10
this country.