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easily portable. Heavy and bulky
gifts are not desirable because the
soldier might find it inconvenient or
even impossible to take them with
him if he is transferred to a differ
ent camp. Desirable" gifts cover
large range of articles from sub
scriptions to home newspapers and
personal apparel.
ALI gifts should be well-marked
and properly addressed, giving the
rank of the receiver, as well as the
camp, company and post Office.
Among the suggested gifts were:
tennis balls, tennis rackets, tennis
shoes, pajamas, bath robes, sweat
ers, house slippers, athletic cloth
ing, bathing suits, razors, shaving
material, cigarettes, tobacco, pipes,
matches, lighters, soap (bath and
facet, talcum powder, tooth brushes,
tooth powder or paste, wrist
watches, pocket knives, sewing kits,
tan shoe polish, clothes brushes,
metal polish, handkerchiefs, scrap
books, photo albums, postage
stamps, stationery, fountain pens,
automatic pencils, hair brushes,
combs and musical instruments.
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tiers, where factories already are inn
porting power from Canada, and
where residential consumers rates
are among the highest in the nation.
The project itself is not a new
one. Ever since 1895 Canada and
the United States have worked to-
gether at the job of making the
Great Lakes, their connecting chan
nels, and their outlet, the st. Law
renee, economic assets to the conti-
nent. Canada completed the biggest
link in 1882 with the opening of the
Welland canal, enabling freight YES
sells to bypass Niagara Falls, which
was the chief navigation obstacle
up to that time.
Small Canadian canals on the st.
Lawrence now carry freight direct
from the Great Lakes to the sea,
but their minimum depth of IA feet
limits traffic to small vessels. Never
theless these shallow canals have
been operated at capacity for sew
eral years, carrying some 100000
tons of freight last year. The new
seaway will be limited in capacity
only by it's canal and locks system,
but it is estimated that it will carry
at least Is, 600, 900 tons of cargoes an
nually.
Roosevelt Supports Project.
President Roosevelt has urged the
immediate construction Of the st.
Lawrence development as neces-
sity for continental defense. Ship
yards in the protected waters Of
the Great Lakes could produce a
large percentage Of the warships
needed for the two-ocean navy, and
cargo-carriers of every type. Lakes
shipyards have the further adyan-
tage of being nearer to the source
of steel and other materials, it is
pointed out.
The national need for more cleo
trio power already has brought
about an increase of production at
Boulder dam, Bonneville, IVA,
Grand Coulee, and other big hydro
electric plants. The President re-
Gently pointed out that st. Lawrence
power is badly needed particularly
to produce more aluminium.
Even though the st. Lawrence de-
velopment would not be completed
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Conscientious Directors.

Announcements that ], loo conSci-
entious DIRECTORS will report to nom
military training camps in the next
few weeks are a lot of hooey. Real
fact is that only 201 draft registrants
have even been classed as genuine
religious DIRECTORS.
Out of the 100000 questionnaires
received from draft eligibles, less
than $500 sought exemption on the
ground of religious scruples. OF
this number, 201 have been OK'd so
far. They will train in eight camps
as follows:
Fifty at Camp Patapsco, Elkridge,
Md; IA at Grottoes, Va; IL at
Lagro, Ind; 80 at San Dimes,
Calf; 10 at Richmond, Ind; 40 at
Marietta, Ohio; 80 at Colorado
Springs, Colo; 10 at Cooperstown,
N. Y.
While operated by the govern
ment, the camps are financed by
private funds, supplied chiefly by
the Quakers, Mennonites, and Unit
ed Brethren. In some instances the
men pay their own costs, at the
rate of $35 a month.
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Australian Opinion on War

Prime Minister Menzies of Aus
tralia held some very important
conversations with high Washington
officials during his recent visit. In
these talks he expressed every con-
fidence that Britain would win the
war, but he was hard-boiled and
realistic regarding the time neces-
sary for a victory.
Coming from Australia, which has
a detached and unbiased view Of
the situation, his opinion is impor-
tant. III
During 1941," he said, "all of
Britain's effort must be concentrat-
ed on defense.
During 1912 we can really begin
to concentrate our efforts on build
ing up a real war machine.
"And in 1943-with Americas help
we can take the offensive, and we
will win the war;"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-06-05
Vas 1t but a Suggestion
From Exhausted Clerk?

Frock after frock had been dis
played to the lady with the super
cilious air, until the salesperson
in the exclusive dress shop was
on the point of nervous exhaus-
ton.
The customer would inspect
each dress and then make biting
remarks about most of them. At
last she looked around the deva-
stated place with an overbearing
glance and complained:
"All your frocks are so skinny.
I believe I would look better in
something flowing"
The tired clerk was quick to
seize the opening.
Madam might try the river"
she said coldly. =
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New Organization Urges
Public Aviation Classes

NEW YORK.-All the nation
public schools will offer aviation
training and America may become
the most air-minded nation in the
world, if a program now being
launched is successful.
It Is planned to raise 500, 900 from
business and private individuals
with which to enable Air Youth of
America, a national group, to un-
dertake a program for aviation
training in public schools.
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Dive Bombing
KELLY FIELD. TEXAS.

KELLY FIELD, TEXAS.-Stu-
ka dive bombing which Germany
is employing with great effective
ness was not developed by the
Nazis, but by the United States
army air force not long after the
World war. The marines gave
a sensational dive bombing DEM
onstration at Cleveland in 1882. It
is significant that one of the spec
tators was a reserve officer of the
German air force.
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ST. Lawrence Seaway Plan Would Open
| Great Lakes Ports to Ocean Shipping

NEW YORK. - More than ~
per cent of the worlds merchant
shipping will be able to enter
Great Lakes ports if the St. Law
renee seaway project is ap-
proved by congress. Only 81
miles of canals are needed to
open a 2,350-mile waterway into
the heart of North America.
Vessels with a draft of less
than IA feet are now able to
enter the lakes, but their
small size has greatly limited their
cargo carrying capacity. Propo-
nents of the project assert that it
would prove valuable aid in ma
tional defense.
The st. Lawrence seaway was APP
proved on March 81 by joint board
of engineers and diplomats repre-
senting Canada and the United
States. Congress is expected to ac-
cept or reject their agreement in
the near future.
Test Behring'S Made.
Since November, 1910, United
States army engineers have been
working in the international Rapids
section of the river, making surveys
and test borings and drawing up
plans. Construction work can be-
gin soon after congress and the Ca
madam parliament approve the
agreement.
The job to be done Immediately
will cost $266, ITO, 900. It consists of
damming the st. Lawrence at the
foot of the International Rapids,
where the river drops nearly 80 feet
in 48 miles. A control dam would
be built some 40 miles up the river
to regulate the level of Lake On
tario and provide an even flow of
water into the deep pool created
by the main dam near Massena,
N. Y.
A canal with minimum depth of
q feet, equipped with locks, would
be built on the American side. Pow
erhouses would be built under the
main dam, and would produce ap-
proximately 100000 horsepower,
making the st. Lawrence hydro-elec-
trio development the largest in
North America with the exception of
Grand Coulee in the state of Wash
ington. -
Completion of this project, which
will take about four years, will re-
move the last important obstacle to
deep water traffic from Great Lakes
ports to the Atlantic. With a few
other minor channel Improvements
and canal engagements a seaway
extending 1850 miles into the heart
of the continent, from the Atlantic
to Duluth, Mimi, and which will
accommodate any vessels of 25-foot
draft or less, will be completed.
Save Freight Charges.
A recent survey by the depart
ment Of commerce indicates that ap-
proximately 70 per cent of the
worlds freight vessels would be able
to use the seaway, and that it will
save $50, 100000 a year in freight
charges to shippers of the Middle
West.
The International Rapids section
of the St. Lawrence is the largest
undeveloped source of waterpower
remaining in North America. It has
the further advantage of being To-
Gated near the heart of the United
States biggest manufacturing CEN
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Army Survey Reveals Appropriate Gifts for Soldiers

CHICAGO.-To answer many re-
quests for suggestions of appropri-
ate gifts to send soldiers in the ex-
panding army of the United States,
the Headquarters Sixth Corps area
in Chicago has conducted survey
among chaplains, morale officers
and enlisted men.
From a soldiers point of view, it
was agreed that any gifts for his
personal comfort and enjoyment
were acceptable. 1t was suggested,
however, that gifts be small and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-06-05
Bearing Ills

There are three modes of bear
ing the ills of life; by Indifference,
which is the most common; by
philosophy, which is the most os-
tentatious; and by religion, which
is the most DECENTRALIZATION.
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5HOULD BE DIRECT,
NOT INDIRECT TAX
WHEN WE TAX business we tax
production and distribution. When
we tax production and distribution,
we tax the consumer. This is the
hidden tax we hear about.
Taxes are a part Of the cost OF
production and distribution. They
are part of the cost of product.
That additional cost is added to the
selling price of the product, or pre-
vents a lowering of the price if econ
omies of production would otherwise
lower it.
If Observation-Disclosures and dis
tribution-did not pass on to the
consumer the increased cost occa-
stoned by taxes, business would
soon be bankrupt and the consumer
would lose by loss of jobs.
We are all a part of American
business and all are dependent on
it's continued operation. ALI of us
are concerned directly or indirectly
with production and distribution.
When the politicians tax business
directly they tax all of us in
directly as much, or more, than any
direct tax would have amounted to.
Politicians looking to their per-
sonal future-a continuance of their
jobs-attempt to mislead the mass
of Americans by boasting of their
intention to take from business the
money needed to pay for the extrav-
agances of government, and they
succeed in putting over such mis-
leading idea.
Men well versed in finance and
industry, well qualified to speak on
the subject, tell us that before we
are through with the present world
holocaust the federal government
will be facing an indebtedness Of
$50, 000, 000, 900, sum so great that
it is impossible to conceive what
it means. In the face of such
prospect, congress does not attempt
any economies in the normal opera
tons of the government.
Despite the fact that more than
million men are now in the armed
forces of the nation, that industries
engaged in providing implements of
preparedness for ourselves and war
materials for England are provid-
ing work at high wages for millions
of men, and seeking more help,
our relief costs do not come down.
We are still spending billions for
relief.
The politician is not willing to say
to those who prefer the meager iv-
ing a government dole provides to
working for better living that they
must either work or starve. The re-
ceivers of relief vote, and the poll
tician will not jeopardize that
vote.
We must prepare for defense. We
must have battleships, airplanes,
tanks, merchant ships, all the inn
plements needed for war. But
we must also prepare for the future
and it will be dark future if we
are to face a national indebted
ness of $3.50, 000, 1000, 900.
Congress should economic in
every practical and possible way,
and it should levy an honest tax and
collect it in an honest way so each
individual may know what he pays
"a direct instead of an indirect tax.
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HITLER RUNS LABOR

FRENCH LABOR controlled the
French government and blindly re-
fused to produce when France need
ed production. The German dicta-
tor controlled German labor and
told labor what hours, and when,
and for what it would work. Today
much of French labor is controlled
by that same German dictator and
the French working man is not tell
ing Hitler what he will or win no. do.
Hitler issues the orders. Is that
what American labor is looking for?
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Washington, D. c.
RAILROAD TEST

For National Defense chiefs, June
holds special significance. 1t will
indicate whether government opera
ton of railroads may be necessary.
In June the nations railroads will
meet their first crucial test Of
whether they are adequately
equipped to handle the enormous
increase in freight resulting from
the defense program.
When the wheat harvest starts in
the Texas Panhandle and continues
north, the carriers will be on the
spot to prove their determined con-
tention that there is no shortage Of
freight cars, and that they can cope
with the great demands of the de-
tense program without the govern
ment taking them over as in the
World war. ..-.
Railroad moguls are fully aware
that they face a decisive showdown,
and they are making tremendous
efforts to meet it.
Twenty-Five thousand cars have
been modified to handle the Texas
crop and strict rule has been laid
down that they must be kept rolling.
Cars will not be allowed to be used
for storage purposes. If a ship
ment can't be unloaded without de-
lay, cars will not be released.
Cars will be peremptorally re-
called if shippers don't load. Cir
cuitous routing is being eliminated.
And the railroads themselves are
now distributing the materials and
equipment they will need months
hence, so that the maximum num-
Der of cars will be available in the
peak season next autumn. This
alone is expected to release 10000
freight cars.
Mechanical Cavalry.
It took war in Europe to do 1t,
but the u. S. army is now doing a
whirlwind job of replacing cavalry
with tanks and armored cars. Even
Secretary of War Stimson's aide,
Col. Eugene Regnier, has gone in
for mechanization.
Commenting whimsically on this
the other day, Secretary Stimson
said: "After riding horses all his
life, Gene is now commanding the
first reconnaissance battalion of the
First Cavalry division. He rides in
a bantam scout car and has ar
mored cars and tanks under his
command. I tell him this is strange
for a man who. has sworn that
horses are the only thing in life.
But he says it takes the brains of
a good cavalryman to handle a
mechanical unit"
Note-Colonel Regnier deserted
his swivel-chair job in Washington
for Ell Paso, Texas, where Gen.
lines P. Swift commands one of the
most active army posts in the
country.
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Swaying Mind
When the mind is in a state of
uncertainty, the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.-Terence.
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OUR DEBT

OUR DEBT
THEY TELL US that to maintain
a democracy it is essential that the
citizens be informed. One Of the
things we should like to be accu-
rately informed about is what we
owe nationally, including the labil-
ties of the numerous corpora
tons and administrations we have
financed and whose debts we have
guaranteed.
HOW MUCH would a real growl
from the Russian bear brighten the
Nazi wolf?
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PIONEER SPIRIT
STILL ALIVE

ORANGE, CALF, is little city
Of 1000 people, typical of the Golden
state. It was founded by pioneers
who stopped there when it was but
a crossing place of trails. Many of
it's first generation of settlers are
still living. They knew it when the
spot on which the city stands and
all the surrounding country was a
sandy desert. Their children see it
today as modern small American
city, enjoying all the advantages
America offers and surrounded
by well-kept, prosperous farms,
ranches and orange groves.
But the younger element is not
permitted to forget its pioneer origin.
I Witnessed the parade that is a
part of each annual harvest festival.
The outstanding features of that
parade were the covered wagons OF
the pioneers, the prospector and his
burro, the cart of the pioneer ped
dler and handyman-every possible
display of the hardships and simple
pleasures of the pioneer as the
foundation on which the city was
built. Interspersed with these were
the brightly uniformed bands, many
of them from the various county
high schools, each led by high-step-
ping girl majorettes, and with mod
ern floats representative of city in
dustries and institutions.
But it was the evidences of the
pioneer days that appealed to the
people and caught and held the
crowds. These displays represented
the spirit that is back, not of Orange
only, but of all the towns and
small cities of the West. That pio-
neer spirit is not dead, and will not
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20 YEARS AGO fTE FIT EMPIRE


 taking oil Skagway the Alaska Campbell returned 
 Mccormick brother Walter left for Chchago Edwin Hmbut Mrs Herbert Scfuman the waltz finals at Hall the previous evening. W. among the passengers booked for Juneau on sailed from Seattle 
 honor of Alberta Haula visitors from Douglas the Tenakee picnic ladies also honored wit a Nelson Hall
 Mary Myers canney at Stka Bay Canney Walter board Weathe High low, 46; clear.
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All Hands at Work

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 nation which would be the master of totali- tarian states must not only strongly organize it's military and industrial resources but public opinion as well. So far the progress made in our training individual thinking. Proof of this is found in the ndecision such vital matter as conveys and in the isoatonist oratons in full bloom in the west.
 Therefore, the creation of governmental agency to be known as the Office of Civilian Defense, with Mayor LaGuarda of New York as chairman, is step of prime importance in the rearmament effort. LaGuardia, as president of the United States Conference of Mayors, was probably the logical man for this post his work involves for the present the launching of a three-fold program in cities all over the land.
 The thousands upon thousands of individuals who at present have no direct connection with the organization for defense will be assigned the parts they to play in emergency While they are learning their parts, which include such things as treatment of fire hazards, fire fighting air raid pre- cautions protection of water systems, volunteer policing and the continued operation of utilities and means of transportation, all hands will be turned to a common cause and soon all hearts will beat in unison. In this way public opinion will be unified and public morale made strong.
 The importance of LaGuardias position is indi- cated by the immediate consideration of the poSSi- bity that he may be called upon in the near future defense In Great Britain the Ministry of Home Defense, post held by Herbert Morrison is one of the most influential in the cabinet
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AIRWAYS GAIN

The people of the United States have been con- centrating their attention of late the military air craft which this nation must produce in order to save democracy. While back has been turned the other way, civil aviation has made vast strides.
 Quarterly operations statistics for the 16 domes- tic arlines record 26 percent increase year ago miles flown, 35 percent increase in passengers carried and AZ percent increase in pounds of air express Passenger miles flown in the first three months of 1941 totaled 230115,514. This is about equivalent to flying one man around the world 10000 times. Express pound miles flown totaed l 93O, ,495, ,O66. 4
 America is surely and rapidly taking wings.
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Mediterranean Sea of our hemsphere.--We wait hopefully knowing in our hearts that those French possessions will be used to our detrment, or later We wait, just Britain waited for Norway and still waits for Fire
 We see Dakar swinging from neutrality toward active service in the Axis campaign. We know it is closer by full days sailing to Brazilian and Ar genuine ports than southernmost bases at Trini- dad-bases not yet finished.
 We are waiting because democratic people is congenitally incapable of taking the strategic nitia tive Or is it? Is it too much to expect that the American Government should consult its military leaders and then do-regardless of public opinion what the future safety of the nation demands?
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LOOK and LEARN sy Hy c. GORDON

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 ANSWERS stealing pulonng passing the ideas writings, another. 9. Alaska, being than twice Texas 3.
 4. anatomical kneecap 5. Abraham Lincoln
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organization.
 In fact, the inner command Is sharply divided over the question of issuing formal repudiation of Bundist, coughlinite, Communist and similar groups which have been very prominent at America First rallies.
 John T. Flynn, financial writer and a top America First man, has been demanding that this be done At the last Lindbergh meeting in Madison Square Garden, Flynn tried to keep large blocks of tickets out of the hands of fascist ele- ments. When this failed, Flynn took the platform, denounced their pres- ence and asked them to leave. This brought down on his head the fury of Christian Mobilizer leaders, now gunning for his scalp
 Big obstacle for Flynn and his supporters in their house cleaning efforts is that they have been unable to get any help from any of the America First platform stars. Also, in several cities, America First branches are dominated by pro-Nazi elements.
 Senator Gerald Nye has talked under fascistic auspices; ex-Gov- ernor Phil LaFollette has appeared on the same platform with Father Edward Curran of Brook klyn Coughlinite leader and Senator Wheeler and ex-Colonel Lindbergh have rebuffed repeated efforts te persuade them to speak out against such groups.
 '. With. these top guns either open Nv or covertly playing ball with the ism crowd, the strictly isolationist faction in America First has made tiittle headway in it's qualification demands. Whether the issue vii lead to an open break remains tc be seen. z