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Evening star., 1940-09-15
The Draft and You-Detoi|s on Consumption

This is the first OF a series er-
planning in non-techntcal Ian
guage hoD the conscription bill
t0tN affect you and your family
,ohen registration day comes. 1t
tDiH attempt to clarity: Provisions
OF the bill, 1Dhom it affects, ho,U it
operates to insure fairness in Sc
lection for military service and
the treatment conscripts may er-
pect in the Army, and problems
particularly likely to affect Dis
trtct residents or those living In
adjacent counties.
Why Is cOnscription necessary?
Have you been reading dispatches
from Euope, Near East, Far East
Canada and South America? An
army of at least 100000 is needed
to defend the Continental United
States. Gen. George c. Marshall
Army chief of staff, said the Army
must reach a strength Of 5000, ,00O
or 4.ooo,oo0 to prevent invasion or
fifth column" revolu ion in all the
Western Hemisphere.
The War Department is slowly
building up its Regular force through
voluntary, three-year enlistments, to
375,000. But the process is con-
sidered too slow-and the larger
trained force is needed immedi-
ately. Congress declared that in
a free society the obligation and
privileges of military training and
service should be shared generally
in accordance with a fair and lust
system Of selective compulsory mill
tary training and service"
Will I be drafted?
If you are man who has reached
his 2lst birthday anniversary and
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The Answers

/. Probably not less than $4,000
pounds per square inch.
2. Because of its Interchangeable
ness, it is an old language and the
most universal.
3. 1t is of very ancient origin
and is one of the few known to
have been used by the Crusaders.
4. The hookless fastener was in
vented by Whitcomb L. Judson in
1898.
5. Russia (8,144,228 square
miles, is the largest country.
China lover 4OO,OOO,OOO people,
has the greatest population.
6. England has provided only one
pope, Nicholas Breakspear. AS
Adrian ", he held office from 1854
to 1859.
7. Most Mohammedans will not
produce a marionette show be-
cause, according to their teach
ings, those who make puppets and
prete..d they are living characters
will be called upon to provide
souls for them on Judgment day.
8. Garnets were used as bullets
as late as 1892 by the Hanzas in
their conflicts with the British
troops on the Kashmir frontier.
Garnets were believed to make
better bullets than lead, because
being of blood color, they were
supposed to inflict a more deadly
wound.
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brings accurate outline of the de-
sign, and complete directions for
making and painting.
Men, women, boys and girls are
finding this fascinating pastime,
and with each order will be sent
a circular showing many addition
al novelties which you may make
at home.
Today, we are showing designs
that will appeal to flower lovers.
Cut out and paint these clever
designs and they become gay re-
alistic flower boxes of your own
making. Number Z9069, Is cents,
brings you the pattern for these
eight designs along with general
directions.
Send orders to Aunt Martha, Box
166-W, Kansas City, Mo.
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Absolute Zero

Absolute zero is the point at
which, theoretically, all gases
solidify and all molecular motion
ceases. 1t exists at 1895 degrees
below Fahrenheit zero and 273.15
degrees below Centigrade zero.
DR.. Wander Johannes de Haas,
of the University of Leyden, an
nounced in February, 1885, that
he had achieved temperature in
experimental work of one five
thousandth of a degree (Kelvin)
above absolute zero.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
CAPITAL CHAFF

Fred Polangin, 26, chief of the
commerce departments crack press
bureau, is the youngest press chief
in the government.
Only intimates know it, but former
Treasury Under Secretary John
Hanes is one Of the largest contribu-
tors to the Hampton Institute for the
Colored.
Another scandal is brewing in Lou
isiana, which may hit more impor-
tant officials. Omen have uncov-
cred evidence which may be placed
before a grand jury soon.
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IIiuI@!49%
6o . Rsu A!{S|H
Britain Buying 10000 Comb It
Planes in U. S. -. Hope Psyche
logical Effect on German People
May Hasten Peace.
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT ALLEN

Observation-Disclosures knew that
Lord Riverdale, co-ordinator of Brit
ish air defense, was in Washington
several days ago.
What Riverdale reported was that
the French and British now have
patched up their argument over
strategy, and the British have ac-
cepted the French thesis that in the
last analysis this war must be
fought out in the air.
The factor which finally influenced
this policy was the now recognized
failure of the British blockade. More
and more German merchant ships
have been slipping through.
AS a result of all this, Lord River
dale flew to Canada and the United
States to arrange for the largest air.
plane manufacturing campaign in
the history of the world. In the
United States alone, Britain will buy
10000 combat planes.
simultaneously the British are
stepping up their own airplane pro-
duction, now 1000 month, so that
by March or April they will be
turning out 1000 planes monthly.
One reason the British are partic-
ularly banking upon the American
planes is because of their effect
upon German psychology. So far
the German people have discounted
any air offensive from the Allies.
However, British government lead
ers believe that not even the most
efficient NaZi censors can keep from
the German people the impact of
what the purchase of 10000 Ameri-
can planes will mean.
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THERE'S GOLD IN THEM GALS
Mrs. Jock Ethel du Point Doris Duke
Whitney Roosevelt CromtOeH

Most interesting table at the Jack
son day dinner was No. 4, immedi-
ately under President Roosevelt's
nose, and occupied by three of the
wealthiest women in America. They
were:
Doris Duke Cromwell, wife of the
new minister to Canada and heiress
of the vast Duke tobacco millions.
She is contributor to the Roosevelt
campaign fund.
Ethel DUPONT Roosevelt, daughter
in-iaw of the President. Her family
owns the biggest munitions and
chemical industry in the world, and
controls the biggest automobile in
dustry-General Motors.
Mrs. Jock Whitney, whose family
owns part of Pan-American airways
and is one of the oldest of the First
Sixty Families of America"
None over 80 years old, together
they have a finger in a sizeable
amount of American wealth. Yet
they are great favorites with Roose-
welt.
And while Speaker Bankhead
opined on the many liberal, if not
radical reforms of the New Deal,
these three looked very bored, but
very, very beautiful.
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they now 60 to Devonshire and Corn
wall, where the climate is mild, in
stead of to the French Riviera. Thus
the local hotel and tourist industries
stand to benefit, for while at least.
Many of the English who used to
go to southern France are snugly
settled for the cold months at Tor
quay, Devonshire, or at Penzance
and Falmouth, Cornwall. Others,
who can't go to Paris for week-ends
because of the travel difficulties, go
west to Bristol and other places.
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Democratic Convention.

The Democratic national commit
tee meets on February S, which is
before the Republican national COM
mittee meets. That doesn't mean
the Democrats have abandoned
their determination to hold their
convention after the Republicans.
However, the Democratic strategy
is not only to nominate after the
G. o. P. but, even more important,
to force Republican convention as
late in the summer as possible.
The Democratic theory is the
shorter the campaign, the better.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
About F. D.? It's Sad
But True, Says Hugh

PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Vice Pres
ident Garner will announce he is
not candidate, Gen. Hugh S. John
son, former NRA administrator and
now frequent critic of the admin
istration, told the Merchants asso-
citation here.
"And them" he continued, "Roose-
welt will be nominated by acclama-
ton and elected by all the dissident
and subsidized groups in the United
States-I am sorry to say
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

" "'"'"'' ton to the various
territorial divisions.
None of the five or six except Mr..
Jackson and Mr.. Farley is burdened
with fitness for the job. The Presi-
dent could have selected as well
from any place in the nation-in-
Guiding Samoa and Guam.
Harry Hopkins is a good egg but
he doesn't have the foggiest notion
about commerce.
Mr.. Roosevelt is his own secre-
tary of the treasury and of the navy,
and, insofar as it is the partisan
political job of the cabinet, his own
postmaster general. Mr.. Farley has
eaten the smoke of his own inward
fires, taken his wounds, done his
job as far as he was permitted
and never released a squawk. In
that case alone it was a question
between ability and locality and if
there had been eight other New
Workers, Jim couldn't have been
omitted.
Then there is Muddom Perkins,
but she is there to represent not
state but a sex. There is no doubt
that she is woman.
Mr.. Roosevelt doesn't care much
for able men, but he does care pain
fully for complacent men. If man
is able and good yesser his ability
might not disqualify him, unless it
happened to be so great that he
took some of the spotlight. Then Mr..
Roosevelt would crack him down or
sew him up as he did so cleverly
to Pretty Boy Paul McNutt, who has
been as neatly and completely bum
died as caterpillar in a cocoon.
Mr.. jackson falls in the first class
discussed here-great ability and fit
ness for the job and second to none
as a yeSSer.
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Fisk Me 1nofher
@ A General Quiz
The Questions

l. What is the expansive force
exerted at the moment of freezing
of water?
2. Why is the Latin language
used in the medical field?
3. What is the origin of the bugle
call, Retreat?
4. Who invented the upper?
5. Which country is the largest
in the world, and which has the
largest population?
6. How many popes has Eng
land provided?
Z. Why are not marionette shows
popular with Mohammedans?
8. We're garnets ever used as
bullets?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

HERE is a new department that
- we know is going to meet with
tremendous popularity with our
readers, for it brings you the OPP
portunity of combining pleasure
and profit. With jig, coping or
keyhole saw, you may cut these
designs from wallboard, plywood
or thin lumber. Each pattern
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. - On
England's home front the war is
Strengthening out several economic
jams, beginning with the railways.
The first three quarters of last
year were spent by the railways in
crying for authority to raise fares
and freight rates. Automobile and
truck traffic, they said, was running
them.
The war has changed conditions.
Gas rationing drove truck and autos
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WOMEN
Here's omozins way TO
Relieve Regular Pains

Mrs. J. C. lawson writes: 81 tr1s RrdeTnosu-
iShed, had cramps, headaches and back
Gcke, associated With my monthly periods
TOOK DR.. PieTce's FGpo7ite Prescriptions
for q pkiLe, gained strength, and toGS
greatly Teliered Of these PAIN"
EOR over 20 years, countless thousands Of
1 women, who suffered functional monthly
pains, have taken DIR. Pierce's Favonte Pre-
scription over period of time-and have been
overjoyed to find that this famous remedy has
helped them ward of such monthly discomforts.
Most amazing, this scientific remedy, for
INFLATED by practicing physician. is guaran-
teed to contain no harmful drugs-no nareot-
les. In a scientific way, it improves nutrtonai
assimilation; helps build you up and so in
creases your resistance and fortiheS you
against functional pain. Lessons nervousness
daring this trying period.
Don't suffer one unnecessary moment from
such monthly discomfort. Get DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription from your druggist. Dis
cover how wonderfully it acts to relieve you Of
"Regular" pains.
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GEN ERAL
JOH N SON
.0dHc,'
Can't Tell About Dictators /.
Stain Might Order Sit-Down ;. i.
Roosevelt Cabinet Now Chiefly
From New York.
By HUGH S. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON. - AS suggested
some weeks before the Finnish cam
paign, the Russian army has a
mush-like quality which offsets some
of the weight of its overwhelming
numbers.
A government can't expect its sol
diers to respect and have confidence
in their generals and other officers
If it has no confidence in them it
self. That Mr.. Stain has no such
confidence, he has dramatically
proved by liquidating one army
leader after another and other gen.
erals by platoons. 1t is reported
that 10000 subordinate officers have
been executed or dismissed. All i'm
portant commands are accompanied
by political commissars.
You can't operate an army on
such a plan. Comrades can't be
permitted to debate whether they
will attack, stand fast, or run.
Not Enough Equipment.
Considering everything, Joe Sta
Inns military outlook is not so hot.
Nevertheless, we should not fool our
selves about the gallant and master
full defense of Finland. AS more
facts become available, it appears
to have been, on the part of Mar
shall Mannerheim, as brilliant a
campaign as there is on record.
But, in the very nature of things
military, that kind of thing can't go
on forever.
Lee and jackson made monkeys
out of the Union generals for three
years, but, except for the possibility
of outside Intervention, the end was
certain. Overwhelming numbers and
weight of metal are very likely to
decide the issue in any long pull.
Anything Might Happen.
Furthermore, brilliant as was the
Finnish defense in this campaign,
the day-to-day news of it was mis-
leading. 1t sounds as though the
Firms were completely destroying
a new Russian division daily. They
did mop up one and handled others
roughly, but so much humiliation
simply isn't possible in that kind of
war. Some of this exaggeration
was due to overlapping stories, but
it is a safe bet that the good news
did not suffer any at Finnish hands.
If it were not true that anything
might happen under the dictators,
you could say, on all the precedents,
that Russia will simply have to tune
up real steam roller and crash
through any resistance that the
Firms can raise. But these gorillas
don't seem to know what is written
in the book of rules. Comrade Sta
lin might settle with Finland for
some face-saving sop, or he might
just dig in and sit. 1t would be no
more strange or unprecedented than
the sit-down war in the west.
With the appointment of Bob Jack
son as attorney general, there will
be five members of the cabinet from
one state-New York-or, if you
count Mr.. Edison, who at least used
to live there, six.
Secretaries Hopkins, Perkins,
Morgenthau and Farley and now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Common Sense
About Constipation

A doctor would tell you that the
best thing to do with constipation
is get at its cause. That way you
don't have to endure it first and
try to "cure" it afterward-you
can avoid having it.
Chances are you won't have to
look far for the cause if you eat
the super-refined foods most
people do. Most likely you don't
get enough bulk! And bulk"
doesn't mean a lot of food. It
means a kind of food that isn't
consumed in the body, but
leaves soft bulky" mass in the
intestines.
If this is what you lack. try
crisp crunchy Kellogg'S All-Bran
for breakfast. 1t contains Just the
bulk" you need.
EatAll-Bran often, drink plenty
Of water, and Join the Regulars"
Made by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
If your condition is chronic. it Is
wise to consult physician
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

dUIHUTILy. ne
other plan-which is preferred
would be for RFC to buy the bonds
of the authority. This could be done
under existing powers of the RFC.
Disclosed for the first time is the
fact that last year, syndicate of
British banks, including the giant
Midland bank, offered to buy bonds
of the canal to the total sum of $780,
100000 sufficient to cover the entire
cost of construction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

from the roads. Persons who used
to ride in autos now take trains.
The railroads no longer plead for
a square deal, for they have cashed
In, but there is talk of raw deal
for the public because of late trains,
bad service, and cold compart-
ments.
The war is making other rectifica-
tons. in the home front economics.
Englishmen are learning to stay at
home. Because of travel difficulties,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

the attorney gener-
al, all hail from the
Empire state. There
is little to be said for
the fetish of terri
torial representation
on the cabinet if
there is a question
of the best brains
and a b ility to b e
weighed against a
question of domicile.
But when there is no
such question, there
is a precedent, hoary
with age, in favor of
giving some recogni-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

ship canal before
congress, asking
for action at this
session.
Its proponents
have a new argu-
ment and a new
money plan. Their
money plan has
two alternatives.
One would be for
the federal gov
eminent to under
write bonds of the
Florida ship canal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Lack of Imagination

The absence of a poetic taste
is a sad indication of a lack of
the imaginative faculty; and with
out imagination what is hfe?-
Richardson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Use of Time

Know the true value of time;
snatch, seize and enjoy every mo-
ment of it. No idleness, no lazi-
ness, no procrastination; never
put off till tomorrow what you can
do today.-Lord Chesterfield.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

Secretary Of Agriculture Henry
Wallace as he appeared before the
house ways and means committee
to testify in defense of extension of
the reciprocal trade agreements
act. AT the hearing Secretary Wal
lace admitted that he would 'like to
keep on being secretary of agricul-
ture."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
IN DIGESTION
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Florida Ship Canal.

Dynamic Senator Pepper of Flor
ida once again will bring the Florida
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

Jim Braddoc former worlds heavywegh champion dropped
the Washington
the legislators discussing bill for the District
Columbia Jim them pointers the manly art Left
rights
of Jersey Rep. Joe Martin o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
For Ones Country

Man was not born for himself
alone, but for his country.-Plato.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
HIGHLY RESTRICTED

Neiehborhood in beautiful Kirkside con-
tanning 3 baths. den and 3 and 4 bedrooms;
constructed of brick and stone OF the very
finest materials. Sample home located at
4O3l Oliver St Directions: Out Wis ave
pass d. C. line to Oliver and right one block
to homes
MONTGOMERY REALTY CORP.
Q wilson Lane. Be theSda. Nd. WI 2431.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
ROLIINGWOOD

A fine group of homes in this beautiful
location containing u rooms, 2l2 baths:
priced, Sl2,g50: trade or terms Direc-
uons: Out Brookville I'd. to Woodbine st.
and right to home
MONTGOMERY REALTY CORP.
Wilson Lane, Bethesda. Nd. WI 2431
Evening star., 1940-10-12
$500 14th ST. NV.

(5 Blks North of Park Rd).
liv. rm. bedrm, bath. large kit, in
closed porch. Liv rm., din. rm., bedrm.,
bath. kit. and inclosed porch.
25-ft. liv rrn. din. rm. , bedrmS.,
baths tshower0. sleeping porch and mod
ern kit 3 expos.
Elevator, large closets, garage and park
ing; refrigeration on house current. Resi-
dent manager. RA. 1922.
RANDALL H HAGNER & CO., INC.
1921 Conn Ave Decatur 5000.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
HOUSES FOR SALE.
CORNER-S5 9O0

Five rooms and bath. large attic and
basement; F. H. A., S37 per month. includ-
ing taxes. assurances and interest; act
quickly: located in Bethesda.
MONTGOMERY REALTY CORP,
2 Wilson Lane. Bethesda. Md. WI. 2431.
Charming 4-Bedroom Home,
Located on Hesketh st., Chevy Chase. Just
of Wisconsin ave. This home is now under
construction which offers you an oppor-
tunity to select your color scheme. paper
and decorations: price only S13250.
MONTGOMERY REALTY CORP.
7 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, Md. WI. 2431.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
BURLEITH-$6.950,

24U5 TUNbAW RID. NV.
Near Western High and Gordon Junior
High Schools. Owner has authorized us to
reduce the price of this lovely home of
brick construction containing six rooms
and two porches Transportation at the
door. Liberal terms will be considered to
responsible party
Open Today and Sunday 10 to 8.
w C. & A. N. MILLER DEVELOPMENT Co,
LILO 11th St NV D1 1864.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
HOUSES FOR SALE.

2l3 ELM ST. CHEVY CHASE. MD.
eheTy chase 0efl6a ciu6 a G1Sen hSr t%oba
frame house with two-car garage. Lot
Modern GerGb oil heat and nsuafed
pfee sSa5o 5oa ? %sl Sn nanded sd n0SF VIII eon s
NV. p"
5OlS ST NV. (SHADY BROOK
bedrooms, > baths, bedroom and bath on
out Reservoir and turn right frst street rect
after crossing Conduit I'd.
SAMUEL S. SPRUCE,
A BETTER HOME-CoNGRESS HEIGHTS
These homes have the quality you have
heat; better workmanship, better ma
terials. Very light rooms dry basement
with large windows. F H. A: or building
loan financing; semi-det. brick.
Price. $3.50 to $3.50.
1926 18th ST. Sc.
Out Nichols ave. to Ala. ave, left
to | lth pl.. right to Congress St, left to
WAPLE & JAMES. INC, D1. 1916.
1914 VISTA ST. NE.
Spacious detached. southern exposure,
7-rm. home; oil hot,water heat summer
and winter system: low price; reasonable
terms Open, go m. To reach. r ]; ave.
ne, right on S. Oak. ave, left on Vista st.
RIO REALTY CO.,
$500 Georgia Ave. NV. RA oSO0.
SILVER SPRING VALUE,
504 Maple lane-Are you looking for large
rooms? Three large bedrooms and bath,
living room 15x22. dining room. kitchen
and breakfast nook: oil heat: close to St.
Michaers School stores and transportation.
Open Sunday.
ROBERTS E. LATIMER,
1913 Alaska Ave. GE. 1870.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
BRIDGES CROSSED

When you buy this home of quality con-
Struction;. 6 rooms, summer and winter
hookup: large lot with fruit trees price
only S7.490: reasonable terms: this home
Is located near new health center in Alta
MONTGOMERY REALTY CORP.
Bethesda. Md Wi o431
Evening star., 1940-10-12
SOUTHWEST

1t has beer said that many of Wash
this section. NOW many are returning;
close to new Soc. Sec. BID. and Census
Bureau: ARRANGED for 3 families. s rooms
and bath, h-w.h.. elec: S4.75O. Eve. or
Sun. phone Temple 2233.
L. T. GRAVATTE,
roo poo1tor n-S9
Evening star., 1940-10-12
APARTMENTS UkFURNISHED.
(No1tipuadl


ONE ROOM,
Kitchen. dinette, roll-away bed. dressing
closet and bath with shower; rent includes
gas and electricity: S45.
See Resident Manager.
THE LONGFELLOW APARTMENTS.
1921 Colorado Ave. NV.
7019 GEORGIA AVE.
3 rooms. Kitchen, dinette, bath and M
tnclosed sun porch --------- Sol.OU
Refrieeration on House Current.
Res Mgr, RA 1890
1925 18th ST. NV.
2 rooms. kitchen and bath $500
Refrigeration on House Current.
1920 10th ST. NE.
rooms q bedrooms). kitchen, di-
nette and bath $500
Refrigeration on House Current.
Res. Mgr. DU 1895,
E. M. WILLIS & SONS,
s16 Investment Bldg. National 7479.
THE GELHAVE,
405 10th ST. NE.
2 rooms, kitchen and bath $4,000
3 rooms, kitchen and bath $50
se' feif q BREuN1NGER Z n Ger 9sf y soNs rs o'4'
1880 K St NV. National 2040.