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Evening star., 1941-11-19
Remaining Games

Remaining Games.
New York-With Washington and Brook
Washinston-Wuh New York Green
Brooklyn-With Pittsburgh and New
York
If the Redskins and the Giants
tie Sunday. the Giants still can cop
the title by tying or beating the
Dodgers on December 8, regardless
Of what the Redskins do against
the Packers and Eagles.
If Washington beats New York. it
can lose either to Green Bay or
Philadelphia and still tie the Giants
only if the latter bows to Brooklyn.
Brooklyns only chance to figure
in what may yet wind up as three
way tie is for Washington to beat
New York and either the Packers or
Eagles. while it whips Pittsburgh
Steelers and the Giants in the final
game. In that eventuality, two
game playoT would decide the East
ern title. lots being drawn TO decide
the first-game opponents. the VIM
ner meeting the team drawing bye.
Ties during the regular season do
not affect the percentage of team.
only to the extent that they may
leave it with less victories than a
rival contender
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Skins Task Is Tough
To Stay in Running
For Eastern Title

The Giants can win the Eastern
championship Of the National Foot
ball League by defeating the Red
skins Sunday. or Washington can
retain its sectional title outright BY
capturing its three remaining games,
but the best the Brooklyn Dodgers
can hope for is tie.
Here s the standing OF the Eastern
contenders with their remaining
schedules:
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REACTION:
And Results

The immediate reaction of Japan
was what amounted to a "sparring
for time" Nippon was caught with
several ships tied up at American
wharves, automatically, by this gov
ernment's declaration, prevented
from moving.
Some 40 additional ships were en-
route here, and were hove to at sea-.
And if the Pan-American republics
were to take similar action to the
United States they might find it hard
to make port where they would be
able to unload. One of the vessels
was carrying a $2,500,000 silk cargo
and nearly 500 passengers bound for
the u. S.
Most serious result, however, was
seen as the immediate stoppage of
oil expectation to Japan from Amer
lean sources. Utterly dependent on
foreign supplies of petroleum, and
for much of her scrap metal as
well, japan was visualized as prac-
tically forced to move on the Meth
erlands East Indies for the former
and for supplies of tin as well.
Most observers felt that if and
when such a move was made, it
would find the United States taking
some sort of direct naval action of a
preventive nature.
Tokyo, Immediately after Presi-
dent Roosevelt's outline of Ameri-
can action with regard to the Indo-
Chinese incident, broadcast an APP
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COINCIDENCE:

1t so happened that the sudden
move by japan and the counter
moves by this government were
timed exactly to coincide with con-
gressional consideration of the
measure to keep draftees, guards
men and reservists in the armed
forces for the duration.
There was no question but that
the back of the opposition to this
measure was badly bent if not bro
ken by the quick change in the in
ternational situation.
That this was true was seen in
the action of the senate military af-
fairs committee, which voted favor
ably on the proposition to declare
the nation ''imperiled," and to back
it up with the extension measure.
The senate's intentions were out
lined by Senator Hill, who said that
the committee didn't feel that it
ought to declare a full national
emergency, which would give the
President the broadest possible pow
ers, but that, acting under the Ian
guage of the selective service act,
it intended to declare the nation i'm
periled.
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PAN-AMERICA:
Having Troubles

While the governments of the Pan
American republics were standing
firm on their solidarity pledges with
the United States covering hemi-
spheric defense, they were beset by
many troubles, some of them report
edly generated by Nazi diplomatic
and fifth column offensive ordered
from Berlin to occupy Americas
attention on this side of the At
lantic.
However, the close of hostilities
between Peru and Ecuador, in
which it was thought that the Nazi-
japanese hand could be seen, final
ly were halted, and neither the
casualties nor the fighting apparent
ly had been heavy.
Bolivia nipped an attempted Nazi
coup d'etat in the bud and dealt
drastically with the reputed author.
The Herald Tribune came out
with story from Buenos Aires tell
ing of the seizure of some 400
pounds of packages of spy material,
messages and the like uncovering
very definite Nazi plot against the
government of Argentina.
One German embassy fled the
capital by plane, carrying 440
pounds of excess baggage, presum-
ably afraid of having it seized and
examined. He finally got it all into
safe-deposit vaults in Lima, Peru,
after great difficulties en- route and
after arrival, but there was doubt
whether the mysterious baggage
would be permitted to remain there.
This doubt was quickly resolved
by the Peruvian authorities order
ing the whole baggage to be shipped
back to Buenos Aires. There it fell
into the hands of an investigating
committee which found the baggage
to contain a radio transmitter and
large number of walnuts, which,
when opened contained the plot
evidence in the form of messages.
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NOTICE.:
Served on Japs

The reaction of Tokyo, as ex-
pressed by Ito, was coupled with a
none-too-veiled threat in the news
paper Nichi-Nichi as follows:
"The United States may be con-
fronted with a perilous situation
fraught with the danger of war"
The newspaper Asahi said:
"This is no longer an economic
problem which could be dealt with
economically, but provokes the fun
damental determination of the Japa-
nese people"
These words were particularly
significant, because they bespoke
the nations inability to face the
withdrawal of the exports of the
United States and Britain and her
dominions, or to replace these miss
ing goods without going to war to
| get them.
Thus observers saw in the Philip
| pine mobilization order that this gov
eminent was serving notice on ia
pan that the United States is get
ting ready to defend her territory
in the South Pacific and her trade
lifelines to that part of the world
with armed force.
Gen. Douglas A. Macarthur, for
mer chief of staff of the United
States army, was called out of re-
tirement to take command of all
the far eastern forces. The hand
some, socially debonair general, still
vigorous for all his years, immedi-
ately went to work.
The forces involved total now in
the neighborhood of $4,000 trained
or partially trained men, and with
draft machinery already at work in
the islands, and equipment ready to
f, be rushed there, an armed force
considerably larger was a possibili-
| ty.
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INVASION:
By Stratosphere

Huge American-made Boeing "f1y-
ing fortresses" yet not the largest
ships soon to be sent overseas, made
British aviation history by partici-
pating in the first "stratosphere"
raids.
They were sent, with heavy car
goes of bombs, to height of 50, 900
feet, at which point, according to the
British, they were practically invis-
ible in the daytime, and apparently
inaudible.
Equipped with the U. S. army
bombsight, they got over relative
ly small target at that distance, the
German battleships Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau, at Brest and nearby
port, and reported making at least
one direct hit and several near
misses"
British reports were that the "en-
emy's probably first awareness that
the bombers were near them came
when the bombs started to explode. >
By this time, when fighters were
sent aloft, the bombers were safel
on their way back to England.
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RUSSIA:
Holding Hard

While it was still practically i'm
possible to make any definite sense
out of the German and Russian
claims, the consensus was that the
Russians were making a surprising
ly good fight out of the war.
AS time wore on the battles were
admittedly severe according to both
sides, and the main detectives were
clarified as Smolensk, Kiev and Len
ingrad.
There was nothing definite to in
dictate that any of these three Ger
man claims had actually been car
ried out.
This lent general credence to the
belief that if the Germans were not
stalled, they at least were able to
make only thin forays past these
points, and were probably having a
hard time of it.
German dispatches tending to
prove this to be so told of "bad
roads" and "unfavorable weather, "
plus "stif resistance" of scattered
units of the Red army as making it
dlfncult 10 advance.
The Firms were more frank, and
stated there can be no talk of a
blitz campaign. We are advancing
but have to take one bunker after
another"
From time to time there were in
dications that Moscow was taking
the offensive, certainly at some
points in the front.
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JAPAN:
ShOtUs Hands

Dwarfng even the Russo-German
war, with all its action, the Japa-
nese situation because of its close
ness to involvement of the United
States, stole the world spotlight.
While there were indications that
the japanese were to continue the
war with China, perhaps on even a
more vigorous basis, and that Nip
pom was attempting to strengthen its
hand on the Russian front, the main
move was the military and naval
occupation of French Indo-China.
While this had been foreseen as a
major Japanese objective, and even
regarded as a probable one during
and after the period of the change
in government in Tokyo, the actual
occurrence fell with a sense of con-
siderable shock on the United
States.
For once the nation began to feel
the hot breath of actual war blowing
upon it, and the feeling that "an
that" was far, far away began to be
a distinctly shaky sort of thing.
For the action taken by this gov
eminent was swift, drastic and met
with complete collaboration by
Great Britain, Canada and Austria
liza. 1t consisted of this, as the first
steps:
The freezing of japanese assets.
The limiting of all trade with ia
pan under special license.
The mobilization of the troops of
the Philippines.
In addition to the British empires
collaboration with the first two
plans, Britain's far eastern troops
were on the qui vive for action and
a request by Thailand for British
aid in case her territory was violat-
ed was met with instant assent.
In fact, it seemed extremely likely
that Britain would move into Thai
land in order to create a buffer
state that might prevent japanese at
tempt to cut the Burma road, which
lies only short distance, relatively
speaking, from Hanoi in the north
ern part of Indo-China.
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from sulphie liquor, waste product
of the wood-pulp paper industry.
Sodium hexametaphosphate, 1e
pounds of which in 1000, 900 gal
Ions of water will prevent scale for.
nation in pipes.
At the Waldorf-Astoria:
A dinner dress of glass fiber.
A stiff, lustrous hostess coat FROM
natural gas, coal oil, salt and air.
An exiguous bathing suit, from
coal.
A day dress made of casein, pro-
tein ingredient of milk.
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Synthetic Fabrics Reveal Marves of Modern Chemistry

clothes: A special show of synthetic
fabrics for the Congress of Indus
try. The scenes were dissimilar but
the purposes were the same: To ex-
toll the marvels of modern chemistry.
Some marvels at Grand Central
palace:
Dyhydrol, paint vehicle made by
dehydroxylation of castor oil, to
compete with imported tung oil.
Stretchable patent leather.
Lignin plastics and vanillin made
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NEW YORK. = In Manhattan's
somber old Grand Central palace,
through whose innards move dozens
of expositions every year: Whirring,
clanking, buzzing, gurgling ma
chimes, bottles of queer-looking pow
ders, crystals and liquids-the Ex-
position of Chemical Industries. In
Manhattan's far-from-somber Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel, under soft lights,
on soft rugs, with lyrical common
tary, comedy models in dazzling
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RED:
Defense Technique

Still another described the mill
tary technic near the front. The
plan was somewhat similar to that
of Weygand in his attempted hating
of the Germans in France, except
that it was supplemented by better
mechanical equipment.
The Russians give way before the
German mechanical advance, which
finally, however, meets a wall of
Russian tanks" which at least
temporarily halt their advance.
Then the Russian artillery in the
rear, already trained on the roads
behind the advance German lines,
batters away at the supporting col
umns. When these are sufficiently
disrupted to prevent refueling of the
tanks and motor-fighting-cars, these
have to fall back and the attack is
broken up.
The Russians, when this point is
reached, military observers were
reporting, then attempt to put the
'pincers" on the German advance
force. This, it was said, was the
detail back of the three divisions
destroyed, according to Russian
claims.
Some let their minds drop back to
the Russo-Japanese war of 81 years
ago and recalled that the modern
Russian army was giving a very
different account of itself today
against sterner than japanese oppo-
sition.
One of these stated, as matter
of course, that Give Nazi attempts to
bomb Moscow had been frustrated
in succession" told of seeing two
Nazi bombers wrecked 38 and So
miles west of Moscow, and of watch
ing peasants calmly tilling thei,
fields" near the wreckage.
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peal to the United States to ere
consider"
The government took immediate
retaliatory action, freezing all
American, British, Canadian and
Australian assets, and Ito, head of
the japanese Board of Information,
said:
eff the United States refuses to
understand Japan's real intentions
and is now bent on taking measures
to exert pressure on japan, the
conclusion is inevitable that it is the
United States that disturbs the
peace. The responsibility rests en-
tirely with that government
Thus Japan, and this was recog-
nized as the most militant state
ment against this government that
had been made in the history of the
relations, many times strained, be-
tween the two nations. .-.s
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Too-Thin People Gain
On a High-Ca Diet

THE sorrows of being bony in
= swim suit! 1t makes you too
self-conscious to enjoy the beach.
Of course you're trying to gain
but are you getting enough high
calory foods? On low-calory
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Swim Suit Reveals Bony Figure.

Swim Suit Reveals Bony Figure.
dishes, you know, you can stuff
like a little pig and stay thin!
If you're careless, choosing the
low-calory food and passing up the
very dish that could help put an
extra ounce on you, you need a
calory chart to guide you.
.
Our 32-page booklet gives ~ "get-fat'
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Harry Hopkins, administrator
of the Lease-Lend bill, serving
again as President RooseueIfs
special ENJOY to London, is pic
tured here at the American en-
bassy in London. In speech
broadcast to the British empire,
Hopkins promised the British
that the ''tools" needed for uic-
tory are on the touy from Amer
lean production lines.
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Increase the Mind

If riches increase let thy mind
hold pace with them, and think it
not enough to be liberal, but mu-
nifcent.-Sir T. Browne.
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BRIEFS:

Washington: The highly contro-
versial question of whether hus-
bands and wives must file Joint
tax returns had been decided favor
ably by the house ways and means
committee, still wrangling over the
huge tax bill.
Washington: Lieutenant General
Golikov and Engineer General Re-
pin of the Russian army few all
the way from Moscow to the U. S.,
conferred with defense heads, who
assured them that military aid to
Russia will be speeded up.
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INDIGESTION

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BY Edward C. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

Japanese Movements in Far East
Bring Freezing of Assets by y. S.
Plus Philippine Troop Mobilization;
Nazis Claim Gains on Three Fronts
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Personal Confidence
The confidence which we have
in ourselves gives birth to much
of that which we have in others
La Rochefoucauld.
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~ And favorable pcblic
Sll0l3a# opinion supports that
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These physicians, too, approve every word
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a. a good diuretic treatment for disorder
of the kidney function and for relief OF
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If more people were aware of how the
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Burning, scanty or too frequent urinz-
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.Today's popularity

.Todays popularity
of DoGn'S Pals, after
many years Of world
wide use, surely must
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(For other news of Japan :. See Below
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The Nazi military seems to lack
completely any sense of humor and
simply cannot understand the tendency
of their foes to joke about it when
they are in tight corner. The 'News
of Norway" published by the exiled
Norwegian government recently in
Guided this amusing story illustrative
of how the Norwegian's dry humor gives
their Nad conquerors the willies:
The Germans would prefer to have
the people of Norway think that the
British are "doing nothing" There
fore all news of the sinking of German
supply ships by the British along the
Norwegian coast is carefully withheld.
At the official investigation into the
sinking of one ship the Norwegian
captain explained that a submarine
had risen to the surface, halted the
ship, given the crew ten minutes to
get into lifeboats and had then sunk
the ship.
A German officer interrupted:
"That is nonsense!" he shouted
"There are no British submarines
along the Norwegian coast. You must
| have struck mine"
The captain repeated it was SUBJ
marine, but the German insisted he
was wrong.
every well, then" said the captain
He then revised his account for the
records: "a mine came to the surface
on starboard side. It halted us, gave
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-11
DIR. THOMPSON
GIVEN PARTY

Nearly hundred Legion members
and invited guests were at the Com
munity Center Monday evening for a
farewell party given to DR.. j. E.
Thompson, who with Mrs. Thompson,
left yesterday by car for Columbus,
Ohio, where DR.. Thompson has acquired
an established veterinary hospital.
Following a most appetizing chicken
and spaghetti dinner, Ed. T. Buckley
took charge of the meeting as toast
master. Impromptu talks were made
ans several gold stories were told by
E. H. Anderson, commander of the
local post, Alderman o. T. Frielsburg
A. j. McMahan, president of the Ely
Commercial club, Dr.. Geo. T. AyreS
and others. A telegram from Otto
Swasson in Omaha, was read.
Col. Wilcox of Fort Robertson, Ark
ansas, a member of the local Legion
post, Roy Johnson and Red Hanson
of Duluth were introduced.
DR.. Thompson closed the meeting in
talk in which he thanked the group
and told of his work with the city
The DR.. also cited the history of the
city and laid particular stress on the
water situation here and the work Of
clearing the cattle out of the city
limits in all of which work he ha:
been vitality interested and in which HI
has been most successful
Well wishes were extended to DR.
Thompson and family in which thu
Miner joins. They are recommended
to tire people of Columbus. They viii
be missed in Ely.
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CHRISTMAS GIFT PAGE
STORES OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL $3.50 O'CLOCK.

us ten minutes to get into Ifeboats,
then ran smack into our ship, sinking
it,"
WeStbrook Pegler, newspaper
columnist whose choice of invective
usually is entertaining even though
you may disagree with his theme, took
Congress for very rough ride recently
in his syndicated column.
His chief source of irritation was that
Congress has not enacted severe legis-
lation to deal with abuses in labor
unions, which Pegler has exposed and
exploited for several years.
He asserted that Congress was afraid
of labor's political strength. Congress
was afraid to act unless and until the
President asked for legislation.
Daily speeches by scores of members
would have messed up normal legis-
lative business and in the end, those
members doing the talking would have
wound up thoroughly disliked by theil
fellows and consequently less effective
representatives of their constituents.
Likewise, the charge that Congress is
a mere rubber stamp and that it COM
pletely lacks courage, simply will no.
hold water. In 1888, Congress did per.
NIT geat deal of legislation to bt
written by the "brain trust" and the
rubber stamp" charge was much
truer then. Executive department!
still carry too much weight in shaping
legislation, but they very frequentl!
get kicked around on the Hill.