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Mayor LaGuardia is trying to make New York one of the quietest cities in the country indicating that he must be planning to do most of his speech making henceforth outside the city.
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The auto manufacturers promise that there will be some new models next fall. Tanks we hope
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A1RMA1Ls ENVELOPES. showing air route rom Seattle 10 Nome. uD sale ct j. B. Burfo-c & Co. sds
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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VALENTINE SILVER TEA
 Trinity Hall, Sat, Feb. Is, 2 to 6. Publiv invited. adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
DEFIANCE:
By Miners

Following 40-day period in
which the National Mediation board
had sought vainly for a peaceful set
Element, and in which finally Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself had attempt
ed to take a hand, a strike of 80, 900
coal miners in seven vital mines had
been called by John L. Lewis.
The headlines made the issue
plain. Lewis Defies Roosevelt. Once
an enthusiastic partisan of the adj
ministration, man who had seen
his CLIO. grow to enormous stature
under the broadly liberal labor
laws passed under the Roosevelt
administration, Lewis openly defied
the Presidents personal request for
"no strike"
The mines were the captive mines
of the steel companies, and from
them the coal and coke vital to
steel-making were drawn, the steel
firms contracting for the mines en-
tire output.
The strike was seen to hit at the
very heart of the national defense.
Out of it, the friends of the labor
movement frankly feared, would
come the signing by the President
of a long-dreaded work or fight"
order which would draft all defense
strikers summarily into the army.
The strike was being watched
with keen anxiety in dozens of i'm
portant quarters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06

One of aviation's most thrilling
stories was that of the parachutist,
Arthur H. Starnes, who leaped from
a plane at 81, 500 feet, carrying some
Is pounds of extra equipment, and
didn't pull his rip-cord until he was
$500 feet from the ground.
He risked his life to find if hui
man brain could retain conscious
ness through such a free fall from
such an altitude. He lost con-
seriousness for just a second, at the
moment when his chute opened and
snapped him into comparative i'm.
mobility.
At the instant it opened he was
travelling 100 miles per hour. He
somersaulted in the air - fell
straight, tried everything, and took
IA breaths, 6 deep and 8 light, in
the l minute and Sc seconds he
was falling.
He landed safely two minutes
after the first of the two chutes
he carried opened up. His feat
opened a new way for pilots to es.
cape in case their planes were dis
abled in combat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
SOVIET DEFENSE:
Last Ditch

What was called the "last about"
attack possible for the Germans to
launch had been touched off on all
three of the major Soviet fronts, and
there were indications that the de-
tenders were reaching their last
ditch.
The military miracle" was hap
pening before the eyes of the world,
as the Red troops had apparently
halted the full fury of the Nazi adj
vance, had kept their defense lines
intact, and were putting up what
even Berlin admitted was a mag
nifcent defense.
But whether they could continue
to hold or not remained the latter
part of the needed miracle. Ger
many announced the fall of Khar-
kov, Donets basin industrial CEN
ter, a city of $4,000 souls, of IL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
POLICY:
Defined by FDR

On the same day as the senate
opened its debate on the historic
measure aimed at stripping the neu-
trality act of all restrictions on
American shipping, the President
delivered his Navy day address IN
which he declared that the U. S.
foreign policy was one of deliver
ing the goods" to friends OF democ-
racy.
He said that despite U. S. efforts
to avoid it, ''the shooting has start
ed" Bristling with challenges to
the Nazis, his speech pledged his
administration to a policy of de-
stroying Hitlerism and assisting in
establishing peace which Will
make better world.
In writing to the Foreign Policy
association an exposition of his
own foreign policy, President Roose-
welt had said that it was so simple a
child could understand it.
The cardinal principle, he assert
ed, was the destruction of the "Hit-
Ter menace" and the protection OF
the American way of life from a
system that would destroy it.
He admitted that there were those
in this nation who would lull the
people into a sense of false security,
but warned that this action had pre-
coded the fall of every country
now occupied by Axis forces.
This and his Navy day address
served the purpose of clarifying the
situation as regarded the road the
United States was prepared to
travel in following the administra-
TONS leadership.
The President expressed himself
as confident that his aims were the
popular aims of the nation, and that
the people would be ready with
such sacrifices as would be neces-
sary to carry them out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06

From Tokyo comes this picture of
a Japanese aviator described by the
caption as "about to take off" in
fighting the Chinese. Note the jap
anese flag being tied about his head.
ing to agree with one of his utter
ances.
The Domei news service, and the
Times Advertiser, both authorita-
tive, predicted that special ses-
sion of the diet would be called for
the direct purpose Of discussing
Japanese-American relations.
They were both gloomy over the
outlook for the lasting peace in
the Pacific that the United States
desired, and Japan was apparently
fighting for-provided it would be a
peace dominated by Nippon.
The American formula for peace
was this: Withdrawal from China
and Indo-China of Japanese, Ameri-
cans and British. Recognition of
the United States of the puppet gov
eminent of Manchukuo. Guaran-
tees of inviolability of territory to
the "status quo" of governments.
And all recognized that Japan
was far from willing to sign any
such treaty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06

These are three women of the
crew of the Russian freighter Pc
trovski which locked in the u. S.
recently-the first Russian vessel to
arrive here since the outbreak of the
Russo-German war. The women
sailors, photographed under the Red
banner are Cleft to right: Maria
Antonovna Bondarenko, Klavdia
Sergena Borovik and Valentino
StutZerenko.
story industrial buildings, dubbed
the Pittsburgh of Russia.
Fantastic stories were told of the
losses on each side.
Strange was the report from Mos
cow, telling of Stain in personal
command, of the removal of Buden-
ny and Voroshilov from command,
to take charge of the forming of
new armies, and of the placing of
Timoshenko in actual command of
the defense of the capital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06

A gift within a gift is the new
Christmas gift hurnidor package
of Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco
now being featured at local deal
ers. The handsome wrapping of
this package conceals a real glass
humidor filed with Prince Albert.
The humidor is welcome gift for
any pipe-smoker-not to mention
the choice tobacco inside it. Prince
Albert also is available in the
one pound tin, specially wrapped
as a gift. Take care of the pipe
smokers on your Christmas list
with Prince Albert-The National
Joy Smoke
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
! ASK NE =.
! ANOTHER.
The Questions
What is a jury-rigged ship?

1. What is jury-rigged ship?
2. What is the unit of lumber
measurement called a board foot?
3. What was the first place in
the British colonies in America to
have slaves?
4. What Canadian province ex-
tends along the border from New
York to Minnesota?
S. In Greek mythology what was
the name of the monster with 100
eyes?
6. What is bowdlerized novel?
z. Who was the fnancier of the
American War of independence?
8. Who made the Gibson girl
famous?
8. The Hundred days" are
usually associated with whom?
10. Who was the youngest man
ever to serve as a justice of the
Supreme court Of the United
States?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
'BUTCHERIES':
Continuing

Prime Minister Churchill, Presi-
dent Roosevelt and General De-
Gaulle all had their say about what
they called the ''Nazi butcheries" of
hostages which were continuing all
over occupied Europe.
Resentful people were taking pot
shots at high Nazi officers, and each
time one of these hit a vital mark,
scores of persons connected only
distantly with the crime were be-
ing executed.
Churchill, reading President
Roosevelt's statement concerning
the killings, called them fatty
''butcheries." He said he agreed
with Mr.. Roosevelt's sentiments.
The President had said that it
was a primary tenet of civilized
man that it was barbarous for any,
one to make the innocent suffer for
the guilty.
He said the practices should be
a lesson to all those who would
advise "giving i'm to Germany, and
that it should be a warning that
the German ''Lebensraum" policy
is being pursued in such manner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
MISCELLANY:

SAN FRANCISCO: One of the
witnesses in the Bridges deporta-
ton case, James O'Neil, was con-
victed of perjury.
LONDON: A new Florence
Nightingale" in Crete, Joan STAY
ridi, who refused to flee to safety,
but who had remained there to
nurse wounded British Tommies as
well as the German chutists, was
receiving worldwide acclaim. Her
hospital was a cave.
COLUMBUS, OHIO: Adolf Berle,
in talk before "a Y.M.C.A. group,
disclosed Nazi plan to reorganize
religion by substituting copies of
Hitler's ''Mein Kampf' for the Bible.
BERN, SWITZERLAND: Ration
tickets had been required for the
purchase of articles of clothing in
this last refuge of democracy in
Europe.
BUENOS AIRES: Nineteen pack
ages of baggage were seized on the
suspicion that they contained the
spy secrets of Leo Hirsch, removed
from a Spanish ship by BIRTHS
authorities at Trinidad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
BENES:
His TieuU

The former president of Czecho-
slovakia gave his views on the war,
saying that the sudden and early
winter in Russia was the death knell
of Hitler's hopes.
The Nazis, he said, might last
through this winter, taking the de-
fensive in Russia, and turning their
forces to other fields where the
weather was better.
He could not see Germany sur
viving another winter. He claimed
that Hitler was losing faith with his
present associates, and that mill
tary dictatorship soon would be
formed, and following that Ger
many would collapse, for an inter.
nal schism would be set up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
NEUTRALITY:
Fight Commences

The fairly close vote in the senate
foreign relations committee by
which it was decided to add to the
ship-arming bill an amendment per-
hitting American ships to travel
where they pleased with lease-lend
cargoes, indicated that a severe
fight was in prospect.
Senate anti-administration lead
ers, however, did not predict victory
for themselves, but said that the
bill, as amended, would probably
pass by a close vote.
Delay and full debate was what
they promised, though there were
indications that the ship-arming bill
would have passed swiftly.
Wendell Willkie, in a statement
following the committee action, had
expressed himself "gratifed" by
the vote, and especially by the Re-
publican reaction. But this was
hard to understand, for only one
COP. member voted "aye," Sena-
tor White.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
A quiz with answers offering
information on various subjects

8. Jamestown, Va.
4. Ontario.
5. Argus.
6. An expurgated novel.
7. Robert Morris.
8. Charles Dana Gibson.
9. Napoleon. (The interval be-
tween his entry into Paris after
his escape from Elba and his de-
parture after his abdication, March
10 to June %, 1859
10. The youngest associate JUS
tice of the U. S. Supreme court
was Joseph Story of Massachu-
sets, who was appointed by Presi-
dent Madison in 1911 when he was
only 80 years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
Free, a Grand Cook Book

Standard Brands, Inc, Dept. w,
691 Washington Street, New York
City, have prepared a cook book
containing dozens of delicious
recipes for those who bake at
home. 1t may be had absolutely
free by dropping a post card to
Standard Brands at the above adj
dress, requesting that it be mailed
to you.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
Commercial Steam

A New York steam corporation
not only sells steam for heat and
power to $500 large buildings,
but also for miscellaneous pur-
poses to laundries, Turkish baths,
hat-makers and contractors who
wash stone structures.
An advertiser uses it to depict
the vapor arising from a cup of
coffee on a Broadway sign and
Metropolitan operagoers see it
belch from the mouth of the
dragon in Siegfried.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
A GOOD DEAL OF HOPE RESTS
WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES
[a:S1F1j(;J

INCREASED Dy WESTERN NeWspdPSr Ohaoh.I
A GOOD DEAL OF HOPE RESTS
WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES
A GENERATION ago an evening
spent at a friends home, an occa-
sional visit to the theater or a dinner
at hotel or good restaurant were
considered the pleasures of life by
people of the cities. Automobiles
did not provide quick transportation
to night clubs, which did not exist,
with their blare of saxophones and
snare drums, their "blues" singers,
scantily dressed women entertain
ers, round after round of alcoholic
concoctions and their headaches for
the morrow. The Victorian pleas
ures of the eighties and nineties
were of simple kind, but they were
real. They made for substantial
citizenship that was not subject to
hysteria.
Today those city pleasures of the
past are gone. They have given
place to wild orgies of hilarity,
which leave in their wake only re-
grets for lost opportunities. We
have imported the ways of what
were the gay capitals of Europe and
those ways were at least partially
responsible for what has happened
in Europe. They helped to make
Hitler possible.
People of our rural communities
are today more typically American.
They live more rational life. They
represent the culture of the nation.
They provide the foundation upon
which our future must depend. If
our civilization survives the world
cataclysm, it will be because of the
influence of our American rural
communities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
WHAT OF THE FUTURE,
A MUCH-ASKED QUESTION

WHAT LIES AHEAD? What will
happen when the war or the emer-
gency or the boom blows up? Such
day is coming.
Some of my acquaintance in
Washington assure me that there is
nothing to fear. They tell me it has
all been given thoughtful considera-
ton. The government is prepared
to provide.
A bit of discreet questioning dis
closes that these acquaintance are
eagerly waiting that as the day on
which will be disclosed the failure
of the American system of free en-
terprise, and the substitution of the
state socialism of Germany, or the
state capitalism of Italy. These two
systems are so nearly alike that
only microscopical analysis can
determine a difference, and both
SAVIOR of Communism.
How will the government provide?
Can we keep on adding to the mort
gage of approximately $1,000 that is
plastered on every American family
and on which it must pay an interest
charge of some $3.50 a year? How
far can we continue to add to an in
debtedness that now equals close to
one-third of the value of all our ma
tional wealth?
Industry is not now permitted to
accumulate any reserve to provide
shelter for the rainy days ahead.
There is nothing to insure a days
wages for the workman when the
demand for guns, tanks and planes
is no more.
Congress should be thinking of
that future day, unless congress is
willing to see our American system
60 overheard and America follow
the road all the rest of the world is
travelling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
EH1|L HOUSEHOLD
% | I|IlTSKl

Allow mud stains to dry, and
then brush off.
Lard has the greatest shortening
power of any of the plastic edible
fats.
For Precipitation stains, use soap
and warm water and then bleach.
When making chocolate candy or
frosting always melt the chocolate
over hot water, as it burns very
easily because of the fat content.
MOlasses will not stick to the
measuring cup if that container is
first creased with butter or lard.
Use a clean sheet of wrapping
paper to roll pies and pastry on.
1t saves lot of cleaning up later.
Fruitcake makes delicious
pudding served with either hard or
hot sauce. Steam the fruitcake
before serving.
When taking a pie from the oven
do not put it on fiat surface of a
table to cool, but on a high wire
rack. The rack helps to keep the
crust crisp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
tor White.
PLANES:
Death In Peace

The loss of five pursuit ships
of the P40 type, the American Spit
fire, as it had been called, which
vanished during a fog during which
a squadron of 10 became separated
from each other, showed this coun-
try that deaths in plane training
could be heavy in peace as in war.
One pilot was seen to parachute
from his ship in the mountains near
Tehachapi, Calf. Another was
found, burned to death, in the
wreckage Of his plane.
Seven bombers were searching
for the others, Systematically. They
had to land on a field. The field
was too small, and one cracked
up.
Before they could take off again,
a tractor and road graders were
obtained. Emergency crews went
to work frightening the runways by
5000 feet.
The bombers of the searching
party arrived at the field in early
morning. It was late afternoon be-
fore they could resume their search.
There was no expectation of find
ing the missing three pilots alive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
KNOX:
And Japan

Secretary Knox of the navy, in an
address, had stated that some sort
Of clash of a military and naval
nature with Japan was inevitable"
and for once Tokyo seemed will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
The Answers

1. One rugged for temporary
service.
2. One foot by one foot by one
inch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
BY Edward C. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALY
U. S. Policy of Delivering the Goods
In Effort to Aid Foes Of Hitlerism
Is Nations Objective, Says President;
Nazis Pound Russians on Three Fronts

opinions in these columns they
Released by Western NEWSPAPER Union -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
KEARNY:
Il Diary Story

The widow Of London doctor,
only passenger on a recent convoy
from Britain to the United States,
kept brief daily diary of her trip,
and from it readers were able to
CLEAN more facts about the Kear-
ny's torpedoing than they had from
naval reports.
The torpedoing occurred two days
after the convoy left Iceland, two
days after the ships had been joined
by the Kearny and another U. S.
destroyer"
Though the diarist's vessel was
some distance from the naval ships,
she wrote of the shattering impact
of the depth bombs discharged by
the Kearny when submarine was
reported
She wrote:
''Our ship trembled like leaf at
each discharge. I thought surely
we had been HIT
The Kearny and the other destroy
er left the convoy, and were not
seen again, she continued. Two
OdyS ldtSI Sllc lSoAo tlS ASdIly
had been torpedoed.
This gave the public a picture of
the incident, and showed that in all
probability the Kearny, after drop
ping depth bombs, must have fol-
lowed the trail of the submarine,
and finally was hit by a torpedo
during the pursuit.
LABOR:
Clement Atlee, Britain's leading
labor figure, had flown to this coun-
try by clipper to attend union con-
ference, had been met in New York
by Labor Secretary Perkins.
In an interview he painted not
too-bright picture of British labor
conditions, the army having drained
industry until the labor shortage
was acute.
Efforts to replace working men
with women had not succeeded, Mr..
Atlee said, and the solution Of Eng
lands problem was not in sight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06

IT IS just like big sisters, that is
= why this jerkin, skirt and blouse
outfit will be so dear to the heart
of your teen-age daughter! She'll
enjoy starting off to school in it
the jerkin buttoned down the side,
the skirt smoothly fiaring and the
blouse fresh and clean! Pattern
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06

the worst billiards., it is not I'm
common for them to freeze to the
ground and be showed under suf-
ficiently to die of suffocation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
FIXING WAGES, PRICES

THE PAYMENT, at exceedingly
high wage rates, of billions of dol
lars each year to American work
men and a drastic limitation on
production of commodities for civil
ian use produce dangerous condi-
tons for the creation of wild, I'M
controlled initiation. Ways by which
such conditions may be offset in
clude a limitation on all prices, in
GLIDING wages, an exceptional and
drastic tax rate on all incomes that
are above those of normal times, or
an enforced purchase of government
securities. A commodity and wage
price-fixing policy is possible under
a totalitarian form of government,
but has never proved successful in
a democracy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-06
BETTER RELATIONS

BETTER RELATIONS
EDWARD c. JOHNSON of New
York heads an organization whose
purpose is to exchange information
between people of North and South
America, and so create a more
friendly interest. He wants the
North Americans to know and ap-
preciate Bolivar, and the South
Americans to know and appreciate
Washington. If we understand the
history and culture of our neighbors,
we will be less critical and more
appreciative of them. It is a worthy
cause, being promoted in a practical
way and for good purpose.
THE LORD HELPS
AN ENGLISH FRIEND, former
officer in the British army, quoted
to me the old adage, ''the Lord helps
those who help themselves" and ap-
piled it to England. He said, ENG
land will do a much better job at
helping herself when the Lord, or
the United States, do not attempt to
help. When help is offered, Eng
land is inclined to let up on her
own efforts and let the Lord, or the
United States, do the job" That
may account for lack of news of war
activities from England.
GETTING ON WITH LESS
TO SPEND so billion dollars a
year on war or preparedness activi-
ties would mean a reduction by
more than so per cent of all our
usual peace-time commodity pro-
duction. We will have to get along
with less than half the usual num-
Der of automobiles, refrigerators,
furniture, clothes, children's toys
and everything we have been MAX
ing and using. Perhaps there will be
no difficulty as to some things. But
on others it won't be easy at all. Can
the American people 'take it,?
Evening star., 1941-10-25
Wild Oil Well 5oaks
Three City Blocks
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 25.-A
wild oil well-Oklahoma Citys first
in five years-was harnessed early
today after it had sprayed three
block residential area with oil and
gasoline during the night.
Workmen capped an hours-long
battle by installing a master gate
valve on the well at 2:3O am. Fire
men earlier had checked the flow
by shooting water into the hole with
high pressure hose.
The well blew wild at 7:30 pm
AS oil and highly volatile casinghead
gasoline roared over the top of the
derrick dousing homes and auto
mobiles, firemen halted traffic in
the vicinity near the capitol and
ordered residents to cut off lights
and gas stove pilots.
(Casinghead gasoline is a term
applied by oil men to unrefined
crude oil of high gravity which often
flows from oil wells)
The well, Big Chief Drilling Co.'S
McManus No. /. blew wild when
pressure from two nearby gas wells
backed into the hole. The gassers
had been shut in so crews could
continue drilling deeper for oil.