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Evening star., 1941-05-12
Dr.. Booker to Speak

DR.. Ivan Booker of the National
Education Association will speak at
a meeting of the eParent-Teacher As
sociation of Thomas Nelson Page
School, Arlington, Va, at 8 pm.
tomorrow. The annual health day
program will be held Thursday from
5 to 2 pm, with Miss Jean Buck
master and Billie Barnes as queen
and king, respectively.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Spanhoofd Attack Checked
For Link 10 Simon Case

Police Inspector Bernard W..
Thompson announced today that
detectives are investigating the as
sault March is on DR.. Arnold Wer-
ner Spanhoofd, 80, in an attempt
to link it with the murder here last
week of Heinrich Simon, prominent
German refugee.
The assault on Prof Spanhoofd
occurred in the same block as his
home, 1924 Riggs place NV, at
$50 pm. Police said he was unable
to identify his two assailants, who
fed without robbing him when he
cried out as he was hit on the head.
The fatal assault on DR.. Simon
occurred near Seventeenth and
Church streets NV, police believe.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Monday Club Members
To Tour Reformutory

A tour of the District Refonna-
tory at Lorton, Va. will precede a
meeting of the Monday Evening
Club at the home of Ray L. Huff
superintendent of District penal in
stitutionS, on the reformatory
grounds at pm. next Monday. The
group will leave the District Build
ing at pm.
Supper will be served at 8 pm.
followed by election of officers at
$3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Toll In Previous Months.
In May, Beware OF:

In May, Beware OF:
l. Careless walking at night.
Six of the eight persons killed
in traf1ic during May, 1910,
were struck after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action In May last year.
The six other traffic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal. attempting 10 jump onto
a moving vehicle, attempting to
stop stampeding horses. stand
ing in a button safety zone.
crossing at an uncontrolled In
tersection or riding in an auto
mobile.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
D. e. Firm Gets Contract

The Bureau of Yards and Docks
of the Navy Department has an
nounced award Of a $494,l35 con-
tract for construction of gradings,
roads and walks at the new Naval
Medical Center at Bethesda to Cor
son & Gruman Co. Of this city.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
PIT. A. to See Exhibit

An exhibition of the work of COM
mercial, shop and art department
students will feature the annual
meeting of the Parent Teacher As
sociation of Washington-Lee High
School, Arlington, Va, at s pm. to-
morrow.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
STRANGE H,Y n-E@S GTEVFS PAYCHRCK

CA"P FORREST. Ten. Aoril
 I@s.- =" P~v"hee's, one af the heavyweight fighters to fall be- fee he blows of Jse Laais, is in the Army hospital h ra with a mE.ter.ous ailment that has caused him to lo5z approximately 25 r2unds in the last two weeks.
 I'll be fighting here in camp as soon as the doctors find out whats wrong with me-" said the Chicago boxer who is a member o3 .a lzlst Field Artillery from Crioaso.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
Current Comments From Washington

Regarding the strike situation, the conference between Mr Mur- ray of the CIO and the Pre-ident.
 was held as schedul= [. but nj ther had anVfhinq 10 say st is conclusio1 Desrite uooular irri- tation, there are many willirq to testify a- Conoraseion9l investiga
 lions th3. anti strike legisl2ticn
 is not needed at present, 2 view which has Whit H7usa s"nn0rt. Secretary Perkins would have the government take oyer strike lockod plants only as last re- sort and at he last moment. Dir :. ertor Knudsan. althouqh intrcduc ing some of the last moment qualifications may h,z set down as favorably inclined toward legis lation of cur';7g nature, where as Secrotarv Perkins is noDarked- ly on the other side of the fence.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

York spe ch can be set down as part of war propaganda in high places, or as a sound and pat riotic utterance, depending us3n the cast of mind of the hearer. Ho is a3a.ed as saying Ne. Am erican aid must be of such na- ture that n=ither a mad man nor a mad nstian VII eyer @aain b1v7 the opportunity ta kill mil lions If men and destroy billions of dollars in property. Ii is to b. feared that Mg. Wallace hopes for too much in that respect. He intimates that isolation on the part of the Unit States, follow ing the first World War is to blame for existing conditions
 -.a3: which may or may not b
 rrec.. The address included 3 statement that the American peo- pie are ready to g. to war if their rights are tr4nzsr ssed al any val point, ard sast the Nag. philosophy is based oa violence and deceit That is what every body thinks. Even a Vice Presi- dent has the right to say as much.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
TCKFS FAVORS MORE
 MINERAL SURVEY WORK

An increase in the appropria- tio1 for Geological Survey work in Alaeka is favored by the De partment of the Interior and has hann f#as mr~o- dad repeatedly by S7cr@t7ry Ick 2. Alaska was inforn e5 n a 'e'.ea firm Actin S~crs \ I. Wir.z i0 "a9lY to g naa=soe.al of fsa 15 n Jaeis- la'ura as's.sa '" ae tha aopros r.a .icn b. q dza5lcd.
 IT. fis letter to Secretary of Alaska F. L. (Ba5) Bartl tt, Wirtz said:
 "Tha pre~osa1 a7eets the full endorsement of this Department. Tn fact, fer many years the Sec- retery has repeatedly recommend Il aH inar ase for this import ant work ard for the past three years he has recommended even larger amounts than those sug eested in the memorial, though, for fi9aneial and other reasons. such iner ascs have not been granted.9
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
Old Papers For Sale

B-> them py .s bundle, Use .Dt.a t9I s,er,.c- fires For Sale
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The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

Japan, Inc invasion of England will be in progress before these words can be set in type. Russia is ugoted as believing that the seat of war has been shifted to the Fest. and that the British Isles a~e n no immediate danger. Be ihst as it may, MT Churchill is concerned about th Battle of -la A+lan.:e. His clearly evident attitude 2 is tha' although the Unit a4 0t7 s las dcne much, she shoJld not hesitate to 30 more, especially in the way of convoy ing.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

In spite of T fJri77s bar-:.-g 9 of th- Midlands nortion of Brit ain, and he none too eacaurag: :ne reports that float acr9zs western Europe from the Balkans. the English population remains con fidant n d belligerent. NJ. Churchill seems quite as de CT mined, but in nowise inclined to minimize the gravity of the case. He casts an anxious glance sea ward
 AccOrdino tO news bv y1-oU of
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

The Ford deadlcc1 apoe~~- ta have b-en broken. and 210000 workmen soon will ake u0 t1air tools o2ain. The trooble in the soft coal n1i9as br0ugbt the nun Der of idle men up 10 more thao half a million while .he F-r7 strike vas on. Approximately seventy-fivz percent of ire soft coal opera prs st-"3 Will;~a to aceede to the demands of the United Mine Worke~s. but ac- cord is being retarded by pro ducers in the southern fields.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY

Fair tonight and Thursday with change temperature Cloudy Thursday night Winds remain light northeast
 Data for "A Hours Ending LOO D m Today Highest temp - 48 temp 34 Precipitation - n Total precp this month - O3O Total 57
 Temp. Humidity Weather lz Midnight 35 67 NINE 8 Clear 5 m 39 50 NE Is Cloudy lz;3O p m AT 45 NINE 12 Clear Tomorrow Sunrise 3:32 Sunset 8:27 p. m.
 One Year Ago Today
 Highest temp 34 Lowest temp 29 Precipitation - 0l5
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

Closely coupl-d in point of t:n-c with the Mexican absorption of a dozen Italian and German veesa7s. was President Roose- velfs request that Congress au- tho-izo the purchase of thres tim es that many Danish ships, to give added force to the Lend Lease law. Upon the theory that bombs gre as bad now for Brit air as beer used to b. fer this country, tn coast guard cutters, forr-erly engaged in enforcing Tr7Aibi.i9n, will go abroad. The delivery of ten small craft will not suppress the submarine nui- sasca, bu' the effect on the nor ale of harassed Europe will b2 good,
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

l. must take a mind of huge cap7ci.y. ar many minds of that sort. to think up and work out all the schemes that endanger the welfare of the other fellow in s:n-e of conflict. The fapers r : rar. that German firms in the Tn;'od S.s es gre making eyer l-s~e- sing shipments Of drugs
 75 chemicals to South Amcr.ca The alleged purpose is to leaV the United States short of Ger ~ --e7~ r7lled products that a-a9ld be useful in connection e..h war. and at the same time 7d.ii u0 n70ney reserV her which. f not discovered speedily " Federal authorities and treat
 q c-rdingly, would afford 2 = zi bsakroll capable of being - .-ioye5 for evil purpose.
 Vice Pr sident Wallace's New
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

According to news by way o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
KEARNY:
Major Incident:

Impact of the torpedoing of the
destroyer Kearny near Iceland had
been terrific. First reports of the in
cident indicated no loss of life but
when the ship made port (under its
own power) IL crew members were
listed as missing" and 10 more as
seriously injured.
The full report of Commander
DAMS had been awaited with eager
ness, particularly after Nazi sources
called the entire story 'f1at lie"
and stated that the Kearny had
probably run into an American
mine.
The denial had been expected, and
the senatorial and congressional
comment had been along expected
lines. Nye said it was just the sort
of thing the country could have
looked for, in following the admin
istration's foreign policy.
Most members of congress, how
ever, took an extremely serious view
of the situation, many permitting
themselves to be quoted that ''this
might well be the spark needed to
explode us into war;"
The incident occurred when the
house was debating the ship-arming
bill, but was not believed to have
had any particular effect on the de-
bate, and the passage of the meas
ure had been foregone conclusion.
Chief among reactions to the tor
pedoing of the Kearny had been sur
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
MERRY-GO-ROUND

The American Association for Eco
nomic Freedom has reprinted an adj
dress made more than 10 years ago
by Federal Judge Robert N. Wilkin
of Cleveland on "a New Social Or
der" in which he advocated union
of the English-speaking countries to
resist the totalitarian aggressors.
Heavyweight champ Joe Louis,
soon to be drafted, is tackling what
he describes as ''the biggest fight of
my career" He has sent circular
letter to every member of congress
asking them for help to raise a fund
for a movement to improve the eco
nomic condition of Negroes.
It isn't advertised, but the army
now has a regular military air serv-
ice across both the North and South
Atlantic, operating on schedule, just
as punctually as any commercial
airway in the U.S.A.
Good news for the troops eaten by
chiggers in the Louisiana maneu-
vers: Denton Crowl of Toledo had
just discovered chemical which
will make them as scarce as Amer
lean heavy bombers.
Jesse Jones is angling to get John
Hertz, original king of the Yellow
Taxis in Chicago, appointed to the
Maritime commission.
Manfred Zapp, long-beaked chief
of the Nazi news agency who was
deported several months ago, is
wanted by the National Press club
for an unpaid debt. On the clubs
last posting of debtor accounts is
this item, Manfred Zapp, $16.10."
Every time the duke and duchess
of Windsor walked through the lob
by of the Hotel Montreal recently
they had the pleasure of walking on
the Nazi swastika. 1t was woven
into the carpet, yellow on field of
black Princess Julianna also
occasionally walked over the hated
symbol of Mr.. Hitler's armies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30

severe breach between the United
States and Japan"
Japan's terms admittedly had
been received, studied in Washing
ton. Washington admittedly had
been discouraged at the prospects
of agreement. 1t may or may not
be that this attitude had been con-
veyed to Konoye through the Jap
anese ambassador.
At all events, it was PLAIN that the
prince must himself have believed
that agreement on the Pacific with
the United States was impossible
and hence his resignation.
His Successor-General TOTO. And
one of his first utterances had been
that his cabinet would make early
and final decision" as to what
measures to take to end the crisis.
Coupled with this had been
strong and unequivocal affirma-
ton of Japan's complete loyalty to
the Axis.
Most observers had been watching
Nazi Germany whipping Tokyo into
action in the Pacific, obviously to
create a new front, to divide the
U. S. fleet, to lessen our aid to Brit
ain, and to involve in near-at-hand
struggle the powerful continent of
Australia.
These seemed plain facts and
watching the developments, those
who wished to avoid war with japan
were becoming gloomy indeed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
NEW LABOR HEADACHE

Strikes are still serious problem,
but the big labor headache currently
marrying defense chiefs is the COM
pick and mounting difficulty of en-
ployment dislocations.
Almost every day brings new re-
ports of workers let out due to lack
of materials, forced curtailment of
production or other defense causes.
Official estimates of such diSmiSsals
put the number at between one and
two million.
And the end is not in sight. Some
experts anticipate that in the auto
industry alone 100000 workers will
lose their jobs.
Aware of the serious economic
consequences of such dislocations,
OPM heads are making strenuous
efforts to overcome them. So far
only partial answers have been
found.
Originally, OPM tried to handle
such dismissals by local absorption.
This worked all right in towns with
industries engaged in defense work.
They could use the displaced hands
and gladly took them on. But in
communities where this condition
did not exist, other solutions had to
be found.
Various methods have been used.
In some instances defense orders
have been granted to reopen shut
down plants. In other cases, where
conversion of a plant wasn't pos
sible, an entire new defense plant
has been erected in town. In still
other instances, workers have been
given "retraining" instruction and
moved to places where labor was
needed.
Defense chiefs count on Floyd Cd
lum's reorganized subcontracting
division to take up most of the slack
on defense dislocations.
Odlum originally estimated it
would take two months to set up
administrative machinery, but OPM
chiefs are urging him to turn his
attention to getting subcontracts now
and rounding out his organization as
he goes along.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30

Don't worry about what to send
the man in Uncle Sans services
for Christmas. He's told the coun-
try himself in any number of sur
veys. Cigarettes and smoking to-
bacco top the list of what he wants
first of all from the folks back
homeland first of all is Camel
Cigarettes. Actual sales records
from service mems stores-in the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and
Coast Guard-show Camels the
largest-selling brand, with Prince
Albert Smoking Tobacco a stand
out favorite. Local dealers are
featuring Camels in a handsomely
wrapped carton and in novel
Christmas package Of four ''f1at
fifties" either way you give 200
cigarettes. Prince Albert is fea-
tured in the pound tin and pound
glass humidor all Christmas gift
wrapped.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
PANAMA.:
Takes Step

The expected aftermath of the alb
dication and overthrow of President
Arnulfo Arias of Panama followed
when the little country in which hum
dreds of American-owned ships are
registered, decided to permit the
arming of merchant vessels.
This putting of ships in Panamian
registry was a device used by this
country because of the neutrality
act which forbids the vessels to en-
ter belligerent ports.
Instead of fleeing, Arias had re-
turned to his country and had been
placed under arrest, and it was ex-
pected he might be sent into exile
by the current regime.
The new president, Adolfo La
Guardia, was formally greeted by
the large group of military and ma
val officers in charge of iaison in
Panama.
The government of the United
States took cognizance of Axis
charges that the coup d'etat in Pan
anna had been engineered in Wash
ington by issuance of formal de-
NAL.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
PRICES:
No Action Yet

While congress debated the set
ting of ceilings on wages and prices
and rents, without taking any def
mite action, Canada stepped into the
breach and moved to halt initiation.
Prime Minister King said "the gov
eminent has decided to halt the rise
in prices, to undertake the control
of all prices, and where necessary,
take any other steps to control civil
ian consumption in fair and equita-
BILE ways
He said that ceilings would be set
on prices. He admitted it was going
to interfere with business, would i'm
pose irksome restrictions. Then he
announced that all prices would be
frozen after November II on the
basis of prices charged for that mer-
chandise during the four weeks from
September Is to October IL.
He followed this with a system of
controlling wages. Wages also were
to be frozen" at the same level,
but employers would be required to
pay bonuses in amounts that would
vary from time to time according
to nationwide conditions.
The first step in prevention of in
f1ation had been thus taken by our
neighbor to the north.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
Hugo Had No Doubt

One evening a number of Victor
Hugo devotees, dining at the
poets home, were trying to Guido
each other in praising their hosts
genius. One of them thought the
street in which Hugo lived should
be named after him. Other streets
were being suggested as more ap-
propriate when an enthusiastic
fellow declared that no one street
was worthy of such distinction.
The whole city should be named
after the poetl Hugo merely nod
ded approval and said: ''That
will come, my friend, that will
comet" /
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
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PRICE VICTORY
Washington, d. C,

FARMER PRICE VICTORY
Louis j. Taber, National Grange
president, and other farm leaders
didn't come away empty-handed
from their conference with the Pres
ident on price control.
While he would not agree to their
proposal that wages be included in
the price control bill drafted by
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son, Roosevelt did make one impor
tant concession. He said he would
have no objection to parity aver
ages formula" being put in the bill
to limit the dumping of government
owned wheat and cotton when the
prices of these commodities threaten
to soar out of bounds.
Under this formula, to insure
farmers an average parity price for
the full crop year, restrictions would
be placed on the amount of wheat
and cotton that could be sold. Also,
the dumping could not begin until
prices reach certain above-parity
levels, to be worked out by Hender-
son and the department of agricul-
ture.
Taber and his colleagues had to
do some fast talking to sell the Presi-
dent on this plan. At first he seemed
in no mood to accept any changes
in the bill and told his callers that
if they had come to debate the ques-
ton of controlling farm prices they
were wasting their time.
eve have simply got to head off
infiationary trends" the President
declared grinnly, ''or face the worst
depression the country has ever
known after this emergency is over"
The farm leaders finally won him
over to their plan with the assurance
that they would not oppose Hender-
sons system of selective price con-
trolls, providing the parity gains won
at this session were not lost.
Taber pointed out that though the
prices of wheat and cotton are now
only slightly below parity, and live
stock above it, farmers get only 43
per cent of the consumers dollar
spent for farm products, as against
60 per cent in 1917, when defense
production was geared to the peak
it has reached today.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
WILLKIE:
Again to Fore

Though the isolationists and nom
interventionistS constantly were
pointing to President Roosevelt as
the "big, bad wolf" that was leading
this nation into actual warfare, it
was Wendell Willkie, former Repub-
ican candidate, who ''beat the gum"
and in an address urged the country
to "face war"
A coincident reaction with Will
gressional leaders began to think in
terms not of passing the ship-arming
bill, but of scrapping the entire
Neutrality act.
Lets kill the whole darned
thing" many of them seemed to feel.
Willkie told his listeners:
''Let us stop deluding ourselves.
Berlin, Tokyo and Rome are ir-
revocably linked by the dangerous
dream of world conquest. Victory
for one is victory for all. Their aim
is world domination, the destruction
of liberty and the end of democracy.
"Our ships will continue to be tor
pedoed and sunk if we don't arm
them fast. Axis victories will not
end unless we deliver the goods.
''But even this is not enough. We
must remove the show and decep-
ton of hypocritical neutrality laws.
We must abandon the hope of peace.
''We can no more negotiate a
peace with the war lords of Tokyo
than with the conquering dictator of
Berlin. On any continent, in every
ocean, we can only stop these part
ners in piracy.
''They are winning now. Unless
we act soon it will be too late"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
MISCELLANY:

YUMA. Franchot Tone, former
husband of Joan Crawford, had flown
here to wed Jean Wallace, Is, a
blonde film actress.
SCARSDALE, N. T.: The death
of DR.. Karl Connell ended the career
of the man who designed the first
American gas mask, used in the last
war.
CAIRO: The Greeks reported by
grapevine" that the Germans had
confscated their fire engines, send
ing them to Germany. One Greek
laughingly said it didn't make much
difference because the Nazis had
taken all the cigarettes and matches
anyway-so the fire danger was
less.
NEW YORK: George M. Cohan.
63, veteran of 5000 theatrical per-
formances, had been reported
gravely ill following an emergency
abdominal operation.
LONDON: Raj. f1iers, on test
ing the first Airacobra machines to
arrive from the United States,
called them the best pursuit ships
in Europe. They would Outright any
Hurricane, they said, and would per-
form better than the Spitfres at low
attitudes, though they preferred the
Spitfres far aloft.
SINGAPORE: Likelihood of a
drive on Siberia as one of the first
moves of the new TOTO regime in
Tokyo was seen here, according to
reports.