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The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
n A MES
In the neUs

q Said a Washington official, here
perforce anonymous, to your CORE
spondent: ''We must stop Hitler,
and save the British empire. We
simply must! But if we save the
British empire a second time, we
will have to take it over, lock, stock
and barrel"
q Peter Cannon, age 18, of Long
Island, joined the regular U. S.
Eighteenth infantry. He was the
sixth Cannon brother to enlist.
Gannons now have been joining up
with Uncle Sam for just 10 years
since 1880. This is supposed to con-
stitute regular army record, and
a sarcastic pacifist spoke of Gan
non-fodder."
q Said parliamentary Deputy Sam
Valck of Chile: Although myself
am the son of German, born in
Chile, firmly believe that our gov
ernment should investigate the ac-
tivities of Nazi elements here"
q DR.. Anne Kothenhoff, head of the
Nazi female students league, told
her girls they'd have to quit smok-
ing around the cloistered halls of
Heidelberg, etc. She said it was
bad for them, but the. German Gig
arctic shortage was believed to be
the real reason behind the Fuerine's
edict.
q Lenox L0hr, president of the Ma
tional Broadcasting company, re-
signed this post to become president
of the Chicago Museum of Science
and Industry. Lohr had been presi-
dent of NBC since 1896. NBC will
elect new president in mid-July.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20

the hard-pressed French armies.
While they have been expecting the
move for some time, they were so
busy fighting off the German ad-
vances in the north that the
spread of battle to the south weighed
heavily upon the high command.
Italy's chief value to Hitler as an
ally lies in the fact that the nation
is geared to strike fast-in the blitz-
krieg manner so well liked by the
Fuehrer. Military experts general
ly agree that Italy is not in an
economic position to successfully
wage long and costly war.
Naturally reaction to Italy's en-
trance into the war was varied. Here
is brief summary of this sentiment
from the various world capitals:
London-An information ministry
communique declared that prepara-
tions of the allies to meet Italy's
war bid were complete and that
Britain and France know how 'to
meet sword with sword"
Berlin-Cheering crowds hailed
the reports as being added evidence
that the end of the war for vic
torious Germany was at hand. Hit
Ter wired Mussolini that he was glad
Italy had come in "of her own free
will"
Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt
declared in a speech made the same
day as Italy entered the war, that
Italy had scorned the rights and
security of other nations" by this
move. He promised material aid
to the opponents of force"
Politics
Premier Reynaud dropped zap
peaser" Daladier from his cabinet,
and it looked as if "appeaser"
Chamberlain was also on the way
out of the Churchill dictatorship.
Churchill and Chamberlain had
been on bad terms from way back,
and this was Churchills chance to
get even. Furthermore, the British
veterans back from Flanders were
especially bitter with Chamberlain
and his friends because of the lack
of British airplanes to hold back
Goering's daredevils.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
THE WAR:
Enter Italy

After nine months of watching his
ally Hitler carry on the actual war
fare against France and England,
Benito Mussolini has finally thrust
the armed force of Italy into the
European conflict. In a dramatic
announcement the Italian dictator
told his people and the world that
his country had decided to enter
the war on the side of Germany.
From Berlin came reports that
the first Italian troop movements
had been directed into French Riv-
iera, even as Mussolini was notify
ing British and French diplomatic
officials that a special train was
ready to take them out of his coun-
try as war against their native lands
was already under way.
Italy'S main war aim as outlined
by Mussolini is control of the Medi-
terranean by that country.
This grave development presented
a truly serious military problem for
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
ASK ME
ANOTHER
The Questions

/. Who delivered the famous
orations first called philippics?
2. What is the longest verse in
the Bible? The shortest?
8. For what people is Suomi an
other name?
4. What is the slop chest on a
merchant ship?
5. In how many states are wom-
en- permitted to serve on juries?
6. What is the term for a per-
son who is always telling you his
troubles and finds no pleasure in
life?
7. In what country were Arabic
numerals first used?
8. Can sailboats travel faster
than the wind?
9. Natives of what countries are
not subject to quota restrictions
when applying for admission to
the United States?
10. Muscovy is the ancient name
of what country?
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Battle of France

With the battle of Flanders at an
end, the follow-up battle of France
began. The so-called battle of
France was primarily a German
drive for Paris, Normandy, and
such additional channel ports as
Havre and Cherbourg, and Seine
port Rouen, where Joan of Arc was
burned by the English in the Fiji
teenth century.
Twenty-four hours after Mussolini
had entered the war, German tanks
were encircling Paris and the city
was under constant bombing by the
Nazi air force.
Whether the Germans could keep
it up or not, depended largely on the
amount of their tanks destroyed by
the allies in the battle of Flanders.
The new Aisne-Somme front was 125
miles long, but probably only two
thirds of the northern French army
was left to hold it. Meanwhile, the
English army had been driven
back to England, with the loss of all
its mechanical equipment.
Generalissimo Weygand invented
a new anti-tank strategy, which
consisted of opening "free" lanes
for the German Suhls and A. Y. VS.
and then hammering them from all
sides. These were exactly the anti
elephant tactics of the old Roman,
Scipio Africanus, with which he
finally beat the great Hannibal, that
master of tank" warfare. For
Carthaginian war elephants were
used just like Hitler's battle wagons.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
Son Kne1U Economical Way
To Bring about Result

Father and son had gone togeth-
er to bazaar where a pretty girl
was selling kisses in aid of local
charity.
"My boy" said the father slyly,
'here's a dollar bill. You 60 and
kiss her. When 1 was young, you
can bet I made 'em scream"
The son left his father, and
shortly after returned in a high
state of satisfaction.
"Well, did you kiss her, SOM"
asked the father.
eyes, you can bet I did, Dad" "
was the reply.
"And did you make her
scream?"
Scream? I'll say so! I kept
the dollar"
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
Strange Facts
To Religious Liberty
Rat Digests Steel
Sans RailtUav. Hotel

q Standing in Fairmount park,
Philadelphia, is one of the few
statues in the United States that
symbolic and are dedicated to re-
ligious liberty. 1t was given to
the American people in 1876 by
the B'nai Birth, the famous inter-
national Jewish organization.
q The powerful dissolving effect
of digestive juices has been dem
onstrated by their action on vari-
Gus kinds of metals fed to rodents.
In one case a steel ball bearing,
while in the stomach of rat for
Is days, was reduced "a per cent
in weight.
q Many registered trademarks,
solely owned by a manufacturer,
have been so widely applied to
similar products that they have
become a part of our language
and are found in dictionaries.
Among them are autogiro, cello
phane, ethyl, mercurochrome,
parcheesi, pyrex, teletype and zip
per.
q British Somaliland, protec-
torate since 1884, with an area of
$4,000 square miles and a popula-
ton of 350,000, still does not have
a railway, hotel, bank or Euro
pean hospital.-Collier's.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
GUNS:
Instead of Butter

New York state planned to incor-
porate three anti-aircraft regiments
in its National Guard outfit. Two
of these would protect New York
city, and a third would look out for
the western part of the state. New
York's historic Seventh (fashion-
able) and Sixty-ninth Qrish) infan-
try regiments would be converted
into anti-aircraft units, according to
the scheme. This would class them
as, officially, "coast artillery"
1t was reported from Washington
that some 10000 old World war RI
fles and $500 w. w. field guns would
be sold to the allies, plus ammuni-
ton. This stuff is not considered
Satisfactory for U. S. require
ments, but might help to replace
material lost by the British in Flan-
ders-material which, the Ger
mans said, would serve to equip no
less than 40 fresh Nazi divisions.
A ruling by Attorney-General Jack
son appeared to have cleared the
way, legally, for a highly profitable
sale.
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The AnsUers

/. Demosthenes (his orations
denouncing Philip of Macedon).
2. Longest, Esther 80. Short
est, st. John 11:35.
3. Suomi is another name for the
Firms.
4. The store of clothing, for is
sue to the crew.
S. In "a states and the District
of Columbia women are permitted
to serve on juries.
6. The technical name is anhe-
donist. Commonly he is called a
crouch.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
LATIN AMERICA:
Y Columns

There was a lot of fifth-columnar
talk from Mexico, Uruguay, Ecua-
dor, and Colombia. Many critics
seemed to feel that the Nazis were
at the bottom of anti-Y ankee feeling
in these countries, but that was
hardly the whole case. For the
United States has had serious trou-
BILE with Mexico, Nicaragua, Colom-
bia, Chile, Haiti, San Domingo, the
Argentine, and others, long before
Hitler was ever heard of. Nearly
a century ago, we annexed half of
Mexico, and Latin Americans have
a curiously unified feeling when it
comes to Anglo-Saxons.
Naturally, tricky Nazi agents
sought to fan these ever-present
flames. But by curious circum-
stance, the only truly totalitarian
dictatorship in Latin America is our
very best friend of the lot-Brazil,
under Dictator Getulio Vargas.
Most like ourselves in its institu-
tions is the all-white Argentine, and
the Argentine is our stoutest oppo-
nent among the 20 Latin American
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A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

Z. India.
8. Light racing sailboats can be
made to travel about so per cent
faster than the wind at a certain
angle to it.
9. Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mex
leo, Newfoundland, and the indie
pendent countries of Central and
South America.
10. Russia.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
WILLKIE BOOSTER

Remember the Liberty league
which crusaded against the New
Deal in 1886? And remember Jouett
Shouse, its dapper head, who was a
crony of Al Smith and the dup Ponts?
Well, Jouett is now the No. Wash
ington booster of Wendell Willkie.
dewey will lead on the first bal
lot" he says, 'but that will be his
high point. From then on he will
fade out of the picture. On the Sec
ond ballot, Taft will jump to the
front. But he, too, won't have the
staying power; and on the third bal
lot Vandenberg will forge to the fore
for moment. But that will shoot
his bolt. He won't have what it
takes to make the grade and the
leaders will then turn to the one
man who has-Willkie.
"On the fourth ballot Willkie will
lead and after that it will be stam-
pede."
Shouse's explicit forecast should
interest the other candidates-par-
ticularly Senator Taft, who has pub
licly declared he will lead on the
first ballot. It also is interesting in
view of the fact that Willkie is the
one dark horse who SO far hasn't a
single delegate pledged to him.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
KINGS FALL:
And Rise Again

Former King Edward of England
Bonnie King Eddie"-gave up
his job as British major general and
liaison officer between the London
and Paris war departments in
France. He retired to rest on the
Riviera, so the story went, and
some thought he had been forced
out of office. His successor,
strangely enough, also had an
American wife, though not a War
field of Baltimore.
There was an inner significance,
some felt. King George has never
had marked social sympathies like
brother Eddie, and if England
should lose the war, Eddie might
regain the kingship. His support
would come from the unemployed,
the hungry and underprivileged, the
Welsh coal miners, and Mosley's s
blackshirts, all of whom upheld
him against brother George back in
1886. Strangely enough, Winston
Churchill was also on Eddie's side
at that time, while Chamberlain
stood for George, as did the dowag-
ers and archbishops.
Eddie, however, is reported as
without any strong personal ambi-
ton, although his wife, reputedly,
had vague fascist sympathies before
the II German war. AS for brother
George, phony rumor persists that
his two little princesses are tucked
away in some fool-proof Canadian
hamlet, and that he may soon fol-
low after.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20

Somebody just figured out the
following tags for the present in
cumbent Of the White House at
Washington
The President, if one reueres
him.
F. d. r., if one likes him.
Mr.. Roosevelt, if one is objec-
tue about him.
Franklin, il one despises him.
"Comrade" Roosevelt, or
"Rosie," if one shudders at his
name.
l. Is popular in the South, and
in the N. Y. Times. Also, in wish.
full England.
2. Is popular ,uith machine poll
ticians.
8. Is popular ,Uith this column,
etc.
4. Is popular in Ne,o England
and the N. Y. Harvard club.
S. Is popular in "ultra-ultra"
PhiLadeLphian circles.
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width or weight. The paneled
skirt flows into graceful fullness at
the hem, accenting the narrow
hipped look.
Make this design (No. 1971-B)
of smallfgured print, fiat crepe,
georgette or chiffon, with decora-
tive buttons down the bodice in
the front. The plain v of the neck
line invites all sorts of different
jewelry and necklaces.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1871
B is designed for sizes "a, 36, 38,
40, AZ, A and 46. Size So requires
Az yards of 39-inch material with
out nap. Send order to:
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
POLITICAL CHAFF

Thirty years ago, young man
named James Mead came from
Buffalo to Washington to take job
as Capitol policeman. He was
befriended by another policeman,
James Reilly. Today Mead, sem
ator, is trying to get raise for
Reilly, now dean of doorkeepers.
Airplanes have brought a mos
quito from Africa to Brazil which
is spreading malaria up and down
the Amazon. Public health direc-
tors agree that if not checked it
might decimate the population of
South America.
Ambassador Joe Davies is filling
job which should have been done
in the state department long ago.
He is contact man with congress.
For years the state department has
depended upon natty young men to
60 up and lobby with senators. Re-
suit: Foreign policy Jagged on Cap
itol Hill. But Joe speaks the right
language.
Tourists are pouring in at the
White House at the rate OF 5000 a
day, of whom 1,70O see the private
parlors by congressional letter. The
others see only the East room and
ground floor.
When Under-Secretary of State
Sumner Welles had no news one day
at state department press confer
ence, he apologized: ''I'n try to do
better by you tomorrow" :. A tour
ist, after examining the Czech lega-
ton inside and out, exclaimed, "Do
you mean to say the German gov
ernment pays for all this?" The an
swer was an emphatic mo" from
Czech Minister Hurban, who stood
the Germans off when they tried to
take the legation last year At
the end of 1887, IVA had $4,000
farm customers; at the end of 1889.
1900.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
Dangerous Passions

The passions have an injustice
and an interest of their own, WHICH
renders it dangerous to obey
them, and we ought to mistrust
them even when they appear
most reasonable.-La Rochefou-
cauld.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
WAR HUMOR:
One Bright Spot

Most beloved of all English wits
today is the famous P. G. Wode-
house, who always depicts his coun-
trymen at their worst-and most
ikeable. He and his wife were CIV
ing a gay cocktail party at lie Tou-
quet, an English resort on the
French channel coast. Little did
they care about the war. Then the
butler "Jeeves" knocked and an
nounced-the Germans! The latter
arrested the comic author, but not
Mrs. Wodehouse. Mr.. Wodehouse' s
farewell words were strictly Wode-
housian: maybe, my dears, this
will give me the material to write
a serious book for once"
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20

THIS dress has a beautiful line
i -slim-hipped, high-busted, ex-
actly the silhouette in which wom-
ems sizes look best. And it's so
simply designed! The bodice is
fitted in with long darts above the
waistline, and gathered just be-
meath the shoulders, where mar
row ruffles add a soft, dressy
touch, without any suggestion of
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY ROGER SHAW
Italy Joins Germany in War
AS French Retreats Continue;
Allies Ready for Mussolini

EDITORS NOTEWhen opinions expressed in these columns they
Release by Western nNewspa Union.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
HOOVER VS.. LANDON

Behind the scenes bitter Strug-
gle is shaping up between Herbert
Hoover and Alf Landon at the Phila-
delphia convention.
The eX-President is bent on writ
ing into the platform an endorse
ment" of his administration along
the lines of the one in the Glenn
Frank Program committee report.
Landon is not fatty opposed to this,
although he considers it unnecessary
and likely to prove a campaign
handicap.
But he is prepared to wage a last
ditch fight for a liberal platform.
He is determined to resist to the end
Hoover's plans for platform to fit
his conservative views. Landon is
against any blanket denunciation of
the New Deal.
Landon will be in a powerful posi-
ton to wage his battle. In addition
to leading midwestern bloc of at
least 100 votes, he also will be the
Kansas member on the resolutions
committee.
Note-In its original form the ar
rangement under which Hoover will
speak Tuesday night, the first ses-
sion of the convention, also called
for speech by Landon. But this
was dropped when it was pointed
out that as a delegate he can get
the floor any time.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
DOMESTIC:
Oddses and Endses

Earl Browder, serving a four-year
jail term, was yet again nominated
by the Americo-communists, to run
for red President of the U. S. this
year. The communist convention
was held in New York. Browder
probably will run against such pres
idential perennials as Norman
Thomas and Franklin Roosevelt.
The Belgian exhibit at the New
York Worlds fair took out the hand
some white marble bust of King
Leopold.
Edward Stettinius Jr. resigned as
board chairman of U. S. Steel to
give up all his time to Roosevelt's
national defense commission.
Columbia university handed out
5,345 graduation degrees at COM
mencement-a new record.
The German consulate in Boston
black-isted the well-known Boston
Traveller newspaper for rudeness in
a so-mean editorial.
The U. S. Supreme court ruled
that American children ''must"
salute the flag in school, if state
laws require it-a dubious ruling,
said many. Justice Stone dissented.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
FEAR:
For the Holy City

There was one real Italian fear:
now that their country was in the al
lies might bomb holy Vatican City,
adjoining Rome. The allied armies
contain many strong French anti
clericals and old-style British Puri-
tans, and few accidental" bombs
in the direction of st. Peters were
not considered an impossibility.
There was even talk of the pope
coming to America to get away
from 1t all. This rumor had no bases
in fact.
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CHICAGO LINE-UPS
Speaker Bill Bankhead is in a
direful predicament.
It's White House secret, but the
courtly hammered and able Ala
baman is the Presidents personal
choice for keynoter at the Demo-
cratic conventional high honor
much sought after by number of
big shot party leaders. At least
half dozen are pulling every pos
sible wire to land it.
But Bankhead, who can have it on
silver platter, doesn't know wheth-
er he wants it or not.
Reason for his dilemma is a
virulent case of vice presidentitis.
Bankhead feels he is strong Sec
ond-place possibility and that the
keynote speech customarily is made
by dignitary who is not candi-
date. For him to accept the role,
therefore, would be an admission
that he was out of the running. And
Bankhead is anything but that. He
is very much in the vice presiden-
tial race.
Roosevelt picked Bankhead be-
cause he liked the speakers witty
speeches at the last two Jackson
day banquets. But while fiattered,
the speaker is still undecided wheth-
er to accept the Presidents offer.
NOte-Roosevelt's choice for per-
manent chairman of the convention
is Senate Floor Leader Alben Bark
ley, 1886 keynoter and also vice
presidential hopeful, though not a
very hot-and-bothered one. The
Presidents choice for his floor man.
ager is brainy little Senator Jimmy
Byrnes, assisted by Senators Minton
of Indiana, Pepper of Florida, Lister
Hill of Alabama and Mayor Ed
Kelly of Chicago.
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u. S. DRAFT:
COnscripts Again

The N. Y. Times, which some be-
ieve to be in a nervous state these
days, published an editorial advo-
eating u. S. conscription, which
they called Compulsory military
training" 1t created a stir. Roose-
velt said he found the editorial most
interesting, but declined to COM
ment. War Secretary Woodring
said it was a matter for the populus
americanus to discuss. Secretary
Wallace said that the populus amer
icanus was waking up.
m
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republics" Nevertheless, Uncle
Sam sent warships to South Amer
lea, to save the South Americans
from V columns. Their primary
objective was believed to be Rio.
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either the will must be broken in
childhood or the heart in old age.
Richter.
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EducatiOn's Aim
Education has for its object the
formation of character.-Herbert
Spencer.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20
MONEY:
They Toss 1t around

The tax subcommittee Of the
house ways and means committee
took on a formula to permanently
broaden the base of the federal in
come tax. Some 1000, 900 new tax
payers would be annexed, and $500
"singletons' and $4,000 marrieds
would now be made to hand over.
The house committee also decided
that the legal national debt limit
should be raised by a mere four
billion-to SAC. .O00. 600 .O00.
The Ely miner., 1940-06-20

School of Patience
No school is more necessary to
children than patience, because
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-27

he would make $4,000. To his surprise
it was promptly turned down: giving
some idea as to the dizzy heights TO
which royalty prices scared. People
from Chicago bought royalties not on
basis of value but for whatever price
was asked. Occasionally the seller was
fooled and Devonian production will
make a big profit for some of the ignOr-
ant buyers. lot of others win find
out that while they have good producing
royalties, they will pay little profit on
the investment.
The same thing applied to the finance
ing of drilling as applied to royalty In
vestments. Around the lake found in
the Salem field were lot of summer
homes and these lots were purchased by
promoters who frequently did not have
room for a rig on them. One operator
who had a strip so narrow that he could
not get an ordinary rig on 1t had
special drilling machine built, narrow
enough so that it would fit on the strip
of land. With this he drilled and inn
mediafely two big rotary rigs came up
against his line on either side and beat
him to the sands. He moved back and
drilled a second well and again and
again the great giants moved up beside
him, making his little rig look like an
illustration from the story of the IAlii-
putians-and so it was that not hum
dreds but thousands of wells were drilled
and an oil field was virtually drilled out
within the short span of two years. 1t
was an expensive. wastefuI procedure,
vet that is the kind of a boom that
capital seemingly enjoys. Ii Is some-
thing we haven't had here in Montana
since the days of Cat Creek. No new oil
field has been found in Montana since