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Evening star., 1941-04-17
Mrs. Roosevelt Says U. s.
Must Aid Future Peace
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, April 17.-Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said today
the United States, when the war
is ended, has to accept some sense
of responsibility in making future
arrangements to prevent a recur-
renee of war" 20 years later.
Here to deliver lecture tonight,
Mrs. Roosevelt told a press con-
ference ave didn't accept that re-
sponsibility 20 years ago-we de-
cided to concern ourselves only with
ourselves. And it doesn't seem to
have worked out so well"
Pointing out the highest number
of selective service reflections is
attributed to bad teeth, she said
the Nation needs nutrition
education and community response
bility for the child's health.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Press 10 Stay Free,
Roosevelt Says in
Message 10 Editors
Heavy Applause Greets
Presidents Letter Reed
At Soeiety's Convention

President Roosevelt declared today
in letter to the American Society
of Newspaper Editors, in session at
the Willard Hotel, that free speech
and a free press will continue in
this country.
In the letter, which was read at
the opening session of the conven-
ton, the President said:
"Theh assurance I would bring to
the American Society of Newspaper
Editors, if it were possible for me
to greet them in person, would be
that free speech and free press are
still in the possession of the people
of the United States.
Free speech is in undisputed pos
session of publishers and editors, OF
reporters and of Washington cor
respondents; still in the possession
Of magazines, of motion pictures and
of radio; still in possession of all
the means of intelligence, comment
and criticism. So far as I am con-
cerned, it will remain there, for that
is where 1t belongs"
No Government Control.
Referring to the freedom Of news
papers and other publications to
print what they please, the President
said:
TT is important that it should re-
main there, for suppression of opin-
ion and censorship of news are
among the mortal weapons that die
tatorships direct against their own
peoples and against the world. AS
far as I am concerned, there will be
no Government control of news un-
less it be of vital military informa-
ton"
The President added: Like all of
our liberties, liberty of speech and
of the press is not a mere phrase, a
mere form of words, constitutional
abstraction. 1t has q living mean
ing-whatever meaning the press it
self gives it. Government and jurid-
ical process can afford negative
protection against interference with
freedom of speech, but its care, its
nurture ana ltS use are reSpOnSlDll-
tiles of the press itself, which has
never priced it so much as it should
prize it now.
How that freedom should be used,
what contributions it should make
to national defense, national in
terest and national morals are ques-
tions for publishers and editors
themselves to decide.
"It would be a shameful abuse of
patriotism to suggest that opinion
should be stif1ed in its service.
Unified national sentiment, which
all of us should desire, bears no
resemblance to a totalitarian regi-
mentation of opinion and treatment
of news.
'T cannot better close this message
(See EDITORS, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-04-17
picture on Page Az
a ASrnriafed Press


LONDON, April 17.-Lord Stamp,
perhaps the most brilliant economist
in the empire, was killed last night
with Lady Stamp and his heir, the
Hon. Wilfrid Carlyle Stamp, when
high explosive bombs made several
direct hits on their home on the
outskirts of London.
In all, six persons died in the
wreckage of the house.
The house collapsed atop a shelter
where at least seven members of
the household had taken refuge. A
maid was removed alive. OF the
dead only the body of Lord Stamp
had been recovered tonight.
Relief workers said there was no
chance that Lady Stamp, her Oldest
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Raid Kills Lord Auckland ,
Amateur Animal Trainer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
LONDON, April 17.-Lord Auck-
land, 46, amateur wild animal trainer
who spent much time in the United
States or aboard his Mediterranean
yacht before the war, was killed in
London's air raid last night.
He once crashed into the sea of
Florida while plotting flying boat
with his mother as a passenger.
His widow, the former Constance
Caroline Hart of San Francisco, is
among the survivors. His first mar
riage, with Susan Hartridge of Jack
sonville, Fla, was dissolved.
Lord Auckland was an associate
of the Institution of Naval Archi-
tects, a flight lieutenant of the r.
A. F., and former assistant air
attache in Paris. He maintained a
menagerie on the Isle of Wight.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Popen to Leave Ankuro
To Report to Berlin
By The Associated Press.

oy LDe ASsOCidteQ fIeSS.
ANKARA, Turkey, April 17.-Ger-
man Ambassador Franz Won Papen
has arranged to leave today for
Berlin "to report" a German en-
bassy spokesman said early today.
He planned to travel by train to
Istanbul and there board a plane
for the German capital.
His trip follows repeated rumors
which have been officially denied
here of prospective non-aggression
pact between Germany and Turkey.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Maj. Bentley Ordered
To Duty at Lisbon

By the Associated Press.
Maj. william G. Bentley, jr. who
was withdrawn as assistant military
attache at Rome at the request Of
the italian government, was as
signed today by the War Depart
ment to duty at Lisbon, Portugal.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
B Billion in Additional Toxes
Agreed On for u. S. Next Year;
All Sources Will Be Tapped
Winont and Wife
| Narrowly Escape
Bomb in London
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 17-At the height
of last nights German air raid,
United States Ambassador John G.
Winant and his wife went to the
Embassy roof to watch.
They had one narrow escape when
a high explosive fell nearby, and
Mrs. Winant, who said she had been
practicing falls, had chance to put
the theory to a practical test.
Speaking for both of them, Mr.
Winant said, I'VE know now what
London can take it really means. "
Evening star., 1941-04-17
4-lnch Snow FuIIs in Utuh

SALT LAKE CITY, April II .(P.
"A five-State snowstorm centering
in Northern Utah. closed mountain
roads and delayed air travel yes
terday. Blossoming fruit trees here
bowed under q 4-inch fall.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Fire Destroys Seven Planes

ROSWELL, N. Mex, April II R.
Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed seven small airplanes in the
all-metal hangar at Roswell Air
port last night. Loss was estimated
at $13,500.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

The priter of the follotDing
story ,Gas member OF the Asso-
ciated Press Washington staff
until three months ago.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

Foreign.
Lord and Lady Stamp and son killed
in London raid. Page Al
Vast ruins left by worst German raid
on London. Page Al
London under raid described by
writer as sheer hell" Page Al
Nazs claim Servia taken in strike at
Allies east flank. Page Al
Axis to reorganize Yugoslavia soon,
Berlin indicates. Page ALA
National.
President tells editors free press will
continue. Page Al
Leaders agree on raising 81 billions
of new taxes next year. Page Al
Schenck convicted, faces 10 years for
tax fraud. Page A
Senators quiz Knox on awards Of
defense contracts. Page AS
Steel firms may test Presidents price
control axthoritE Page ALI.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

tGus expected Adolf Hitler tCouLd
attempt inUaSion OF Britain, Lon
don WdS under almost daily at
tack for weeks. British recently
struck strongly at Berlin, eUok-
inq Nazi threats of retaliation.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 17.-HundredS
of Nazi planes roared contlnu-
ously over London for eight
hours last night and early today
to drop uncounted tons of high
explosives and fire bombs in the
heaviest raid of the war.
Morgues were crowded and hos
pitals were jammed. There were
blocks on blocks of smouldering
wreckage.
No one had any accurate idea
of the number of dead or wounded
or of the vast amount of property
damage in the already battered
capital. but there were no doubts
of the intensity of the attack.
Thousands of explosive and fire
bombs fell Observers compared 1t
to the fierce raid on Coventry and
said it was worse than anything
seen in London during the height
of the Nazi assaults last autumn.
Among the dead were Lord Stamp
the governments economic adviser;
his wife and son. His body was re-
covered, but searchers were still
burrowing in debris for Lady
Stamps.
Raid Service Men Killed.
Death struck air raid service men
in all parts of the city. Members
of a rescue squad were killed by
a bomb which exploded directly In
front of their truck as they sped
to the scene of previous blast.
Firemen high on a ladder pouring
water into a blazing building were
killed when a bomb hit the foot OF
the ladder. Five fire watchers were
killed by hit on church.
To an observer standing on the
roof of a tall West End apartment
building it seemed that all London
was burning or exploding as bombs
crashed down and the anti-aircraft
batteries poured unending streams
of shells into the skies.
The air was filled with thick
smoke and dust and sparks danced
over the sky. The very earth seemed
to shake. Screams could be heard
even above the roar of guns and
bombs.
In spite of the heavy anti-arcraft
barrage and the activities of the
r. A. F. night flyers, only six Ger
man planes were reported shot
down. Some sources estimated 40C
German planes took part.
No Sleep In Shelters.
There was no sleep even in the
soundest AFRAID shelters, as the
whole city vibrated. In one big hote,
shelter the wardens spoke sharply
every time bomb hit nearby.
mo panic, please-keep your
seats" they said.
All over the city there were vast
billows of smoke and jagged tongues
of flame. When daylight came and
silence fell on the city once more
people crept out of the shelters and
began looking for their relatives and
friends.
Throngs gathered around a big
workers apartment where many
were burned to death and an un-
known number trapped as flames
engulfed the building after a di-
rect hit.
A government communique this
morning said the raid was very
heavy and sustained" and added
that early reports show that
casualties we're heavy and that con-
siderable damage was done"
The Press Association, British
news agency, labelled the assault the
most vicious and wanton attack
since the fire raid of last December
29," when the "City"-London's
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Washington and Vicinity.
Finch to be witness at D. C. suffrage
hearings today. Page R-1
Hunter predicts House group ap-
proval of Overton bill. Page B-1
Schools to seek deficiency sum for
additional supplies. Page B-1
Park Commission announces addi-
tional land purchases. Page B-1
Evening star., 1941-04-17

A resolution urging that all per-
sons in positions of public trust
who receive pay from public funds"
be required to take the oath of
allegiance to the Constitution was
approved unanimously today by the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton as they continued their 50th
Continental Congress in Constitu-
ton Hall.
At the suggestion of Miss Janet
Richards, charter member of the
organization, Mrs. Henry M. Rob-
ert, jr., president general, called
for rising vote. Applause followed
reading of the resolution by Miss
Emeline A. Street, chairman of the
Resolutions Committee.
Meanwhile, balloting continued in
the election of national officers, a
proceeding marked by only one con-
test. A total of 2,183 delegates out
of the 3,238 persons registered for
the convention were certified as
eligible to vote.
The only race on the schedule was
for the four openings as vice presi-
dent general. Six women, one of
them a Washingtonian, have been
nominated.
Unopposed candidate for the Office
of president general is Mrs. William
H. Pouch of New York, former presi-
dent of the Children of the Amer
lean Revolution and wife of a steel
company executive. Mrs. Pouch
will succeed Mrs. Robert to the
three-year stewardship of the ma
tional society.
Also unopposed are the 13 women
(Can n d pnnn ~
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Vast Ruins Left
By Worst Nazi
Raid on London
Killed and Wounded
Uncounted; Hundreds
OF Planes in Attack
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Last important German bomb
inq OF London occurred about
month ago, but previously, par
ticularly last September, 1chen it
Uds expected Adolf Hitler tcould
attempt inUdsion OF Britain, Lon
don wdS under almost daily at
tack for DeekS. British recently
struck strongly at Berlin, eUok-
inc Nazi threats OF retaliation.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

(See D. A. r., Page ABB
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Oath Of Allegiance
By Public Officials
Urged byD A. R.
Congress Ballots Today
With Single Contest
For National Office

NOMINATING SESSION puts an
end to D. A. r. dark horse ru-
mors. Page AS
SIDELIGHTS AND FEATURES Of
the third day of the convention.
Page AS
PROGRAM OF EVENTS at the con-
vention for the next "a hours.
Page AS
Evening star., 1941-04-17

(See LONDON, Page AID
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
possible showers; not much change In
temperature; lowest tonight about so.
Temperatures today-Highest, "a, at
pm; lowest, 60, at 5;45 am.
From the United STATES Weather Bureau report.
Full Details on Page A-2.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Unanimous Accord
Reached by Leaders
Of Both Parties
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
HaUing Uoted billions for de-
tense, Congress noU is turning to
drafting OF neD reUenue legiSla-
ton to help pay for rearmament
and British aid programs. Presi-
dents budget estimates called for
expenditure OF S17,485,000 900 in
1912 fiscal year, of l0hich S10,811,-
100000 1Dould be for defense. In
addition $1,000, 900 approprid-
ton iDaS authorized to implement
ledSe-lend program. Meanwhile,
estimate OF tar reUenue under er-
iSting laWS has been boosted by
billion dollars to 1929, 900, 900,
due to income tar collections
heavier than anticipated.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

.(See TAXES. Page A-8A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-22
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Evening star., 1941-11-23

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formal and informal.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
MURPHY HEADS
CHARTER BOARD
DIR. Thompson Named Sec'y at
Organization Meeting; to
Convene Friday.

The Commission of fifteen men,
bers named by the district court
judges to revise and correct defects
in the existing charter of the City of
Ely and bring it up to date and in a
workable condition, met in an organiza-
ton meeting Friday evening.
NJ. j. Murphy was elected president
and DR.. j. E. Thompson secretary at
the meeting Friday and it was decided
to meet again tomorrow evening and
further complete the organization.
The commission as named by the
judges in May is composed of the
following:
John E. Porthan, j. A. Rothman, o.
w. Parker, Anton Slabodnik, Louis
Champa, Olof Knutson, E. W. Hanson,
Mike Somero, j. E. Thompson, John
Rikhus, NJ j. Murphy. j. j. Call,
Peter Schaefer. Matt Vertin and
Stanley Adkins.
Two of those named are not quail
fed to serve and two others are pre-
vented by illness in taking part in
the deliberations it was developed at
the meeting Friday.
The judges win be asked TO COM
plete the Is TO serve on the commits
sion after which the work is to begin.
The changes made VIII probably be
submitted TO the voters early next
spring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
SEASON ENDED FOR
GOVERNMENT PLANE.

The forest services seaplane viii be
taken to Tomahawk, Wis, this week
end for winter storage The cub ship
was howen to Milwaukee last week
where it win be equipped with pom
toons and made ready for service next
spring. It will also be stored at Tom
ahawk
Merle A. Moltrup, forest service pilot,
will conclude his seasons work Nov
l, but Moltrup said he would stay in
Ely for about a week for a little
duck hunting"
Moltrup expects TO return to Douglass
Aircraft corporation to resume work
he left early this spring when he
came here TO start his third season
with the forest service. Last winter
Moltrup ferried bombers from the
west to east coast. and acted as a
test pilot for Douglass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30

they ordinarily received one meal every
"a hours. Russ said. Food was served
from mobile kitchen units, and the
men lined up to wait their turn.
Everything you do in the army
you wait for" he said. I'VE call il
sweating out that line"
There was plenty of equipment in
evidence at the maneuVers-pursuit
ships, bombers. heavy and light artil-
lery, tanks.
Some live ammunition was used by
the artillery to make shell craters, he
said, but infantry and machine-gun
ming airplanes used blanks. The
paper wads in the cartridges, how
ever, scattered over a wide area, and
Russ told of being machine gunned by
low-hying ships, with the paper wads
scattering the members of his COM
pany in bullet-like style.
Il had never gone through anything
like that before" he said, land I adj
nit I was a little scared
If a man were hit by one of the
bullets he was ruled out
Of action by the umpires who fol-
lowed the action.
lone time z heavy bombers at
tackled our headquarters. and We were
ruled out for the day." he said The
ships dived low for the attack, but
dropped nothing.
Russ was among the first selective
service men to leave Ely, going to
Fort Frances E. Warren, wyoming, for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
Army Men Itch for Real Action
Dr. Get the Service OUer With" Ely Veteran Declares

Veterans of the selective service
army are eager for action and well
prepared TO take any hardships, First
Glass Private Joseph j. Russ declares.
Russ is in Ely on a l4-day furlough,
coming here from Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri, where he is attached to the
headquarters military police company
Lets go, or get the service over
with" Russ declared was the average
selective service mans attitude The
men would also like to have concrete
information as to why the military
training is being required of them,
Russ said. In other words, they want
70 know what they are fighting for.
Describing maneuvers in Louisiana
as all work and no play, Russ said that
what the boys went through made
them ready for anything"
Typical was the training given
Russ sixth division. Its infantry
made 800 miles on foot, often travel
ing Is miles a day. The men when in
the field once went So hours without
food, and were issued one canteen Of
water per day for drinking, and shaw
ing, and were expected to have enough
left over for a sponge bath-if they
wanted a bath.
The maneuverS were conducted
under real wartime conditions" Russ
said. And was it hot? Boy!"
If We got a bath it was a rare
treat he continued Il guess got one
in four weeks"
When the men were in the field
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
Event Set for Next Week to
be Open to Public; Many
to Perform.

Members of the boys and girls
swimming classes will present their
annual water carnival for the public
Tuesday and Wednesday evening,
starting at 7:30 o'clock. There is no
admission charged.
Given by the physical education de-
partment and under the direction of
Leonard Klun and Miss Madalynne
Grevich, the carnival has as per-
formers students from the fifth grade
through high school. Theme is Health
full Swimming"
There will be demonstrations of the
various strokes used in swimming, div
ing exhibitions, relay races. water polo,
water volleyball, and under water dis
lance swimming. Prospective members
of the high school swimming teams
will be seen in action for the first
time
The program of events includes a
demonstration of the first steps in
swimming and cork game by fifth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-30
Death takes
ELY PIONEER
Nick Alfalfa, 70, Succumbs at
His Home; Funeral Set
for Friday.

Nels Alfalfa, more Familiarity known
as Mick" Alfalfa, a resident of this
city since 1889, died at his home at
$50 Wednesday morning after an i'll
ness Of several years, the last several
months of which he has been con-
fined to his bed.
Deceased was born in Tornio, Fin
land, on August "a, 1868. He came to
America and Ely in 1889. In 1892 he
was married to Miss Hilda Anti of this
city. Mrs Alfalfa died seven years
ago.
To this union four sons and one
daughter were born who survive their
father, all being residents of this city
The sons are Uno, George, Fielder and
Felix and the daughter is Mrs. Siiri
Luthanen. Surviving also are two
brothers, Walter and Elof of this city,
two brothers and two sisters in Fin
land and one sister in Red Lodge,
Montana
Continued on Last Page
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eight weeks of preliminary training
early in January. This is his first
visit home He will return to Mis-
souri, Friday of next week.
From Wyoming, whose climate drew
Russ praise, he went to Fort Leanven-
worth, for two months, where the
army was on one hill and the federal
penitentiary on another" On May 20
he was sent to the Missouri fort. Aug.
8 came the trip to Louisiana, and the
last of September the maneuvers
ended
There is plenty of entertainment at
the camp for the boys who have time
theatres, bowling alleys. gymnasiums,
and more recently, football teams.
At the PIX post exchange, or can
teen), the soldiers can buy anything
from meals and soft drinks to cloth
ing. No liquor other than 80 beer is
available. The PIX is operated by
civilians.
The best thing is to say nothing
and obey orders" if you wish to get
along in the army, Russ said.
Everybody takes a turn at KIP duty,
and Russ said he pared "spuds" one
time until he had blisters on his
hands. He said there might have been
machines, but he never
saw one.
He said he had no kick to make
against army life, and that it had
given him an opportunity for a great
of travel