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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
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barked orders, noncoms ragged at
their men.
Stay put! Discipline slowly but
surely prevailed over the hot i'm
pulse of sef-preservation. Men dove
into their trenches to bury their
faces In the earth, or ripped of their
cotton shirts, and wound them,
doused with water, about their faces.
Gas-and not a gas mask In the
entire regiment-only ninety In the
whole division and those for demon
stration purposes In training tests.
What type of gas had the Van
Hassek barbarians put down? OBJ
viously not a mustard or persistent
gas. The Van Hassek infantry would
not want the sector contaminated
In the morning when they launched
their attack to blast the Americans
out of position. A noncom caught
the answer as his eyes burned into
tears.
Tear gas!" he shouted.
The sector commander cursed
again and trotted of to the left, i'm
parting a show of elaboration to
his gait. Gas officers were making
their calculations of what appeared
a new gas. Scores Of men, afflicted
with lachrymation and burns that
might extend over several days,
would have to be evacuated to the
hospital at San Antonio for treat
ment.
Overhead the American aviation
was redoubling its efforts. The SD
Pursuit Squadron was hawking over
the sector. The 77th Pursuit Squad
ron was patrolling to the front. That
audacious attack fight of Van Has
sek's had used its heels to get away
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
PERPLExED

Consider Sally Water's problem j..
Scorned BY her husband after her baby
s01s born, Sally became discouraged
and finally s0as diUorced from Paul
Sally soenf to s0Ork, giuing Paul and his
mother the baby daughter for toO
months each year. Nos0 at the age Of
10, the daughter s00nts to lire tCith her
father and grandmother. Should Sally
be obliged TO giUe up her only child?
Read Kathleen Norris startling reply.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

the army got back from France Il
is hard for me to believe this as this
camp is regular building project
and there is almost as many carpen-
tiers here as soldiers. They shood
have all the buildings finished by
the time the war Is over, If they gel
good weather and don't walk so fan
for nails.
Army life is big disappointment
to me ma on account always had
an idea from the story books and
pictures that most soldiers had sad.
die horses to ride. / amt seen nc
horse since / got here. II is strictly
bunion derby army as / sed be-
four. I wish army uniforms fitted
better. What the army needs i
more tailors. got a hat that Is
big enough for a coat and a Goa
so tight cud use it for a hat.
There is no glammer here Ike IN
the movies of army life. Almost
everybody here needs a shave and
haircut and this goes for the gen.
erals who are homely old pelicans
and don't look nothing like the gen
erals In pictures accept WaIy
Berry.
The boys here tell me the training
am getting is good for me but ]
do not feel no better than when ]
started training even If I am IN bet
ter shape like the doctors say. ]
wud rather be out of condishun IN
private life than perfect spesser.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

have today anc
tn { in 7 Amy
weather a soldier
had TO live Ike q
mud turtle. He
says he didn't see
no wooden floors
from the time he
left home until
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

men In the army. ! steep SOO0 OUk
not for long on account OF the rule
that makes soldier get up at day
break. Il never seen so many sun
rises In my life.) Gee ma am half
through a days training before you
and the folks are out Of bed back
home. ! wud be In better shape for
war if cud sleep an hour longer.
IfIwu IN war wud not Scuawk
but what is the sense getting an
army I'D so early when there IS
nothing to do but just what you
done the day befour witch cud be
done better IN brighter sunlite any
how.
/ am glad the winter is over. The
first robin was seen In army chick
en- pie here yesterday and four baby
chicks Matched out of half dozen
eggs In the mess room last week
Spring can't cum to soon as have
had enuf outdoor life In cold wealth
er and do not care for II even II
it does make Eskimoes healthier.
Well, I must close now ma as ]
have got to go walking again IN de-
tense of my country. Cud you send
me some more socks as my feet
wear right through them the first
100 miles?
Oscar.
OBSERVATION
There's nothing makes a man yen
''Ouchi"
Like sewing left upon couch
Merrill Chilcote
average American talking about an
appropriation of 81 600, 000, 900.
SLIGHT ACHIEVEMENT
Results are so himsy
From things done by whimsy.
Merrill Chilcote
New York has had a drugstore
strike which crippled the drugstores
so badly they were unable 70 hanole
anything but drugs and medical sup
plies.
The Turks closed the Straits
to the crooks, as il were.
Hank Ford says that fiivver air.
plane viii soon be as easy to op-
crate as the first auto used TO be.
But it's going to seem strange 70
see the air full of Lizzies with feath-
ers on 'em.
There's an actor In western
Union who is ringer for Wendell
WiIke. He is Dean Jaeger and he
not only looks like Wendell must
have looked before he got travel-sore
but whose voice IS Ike his.
OUR OWN MOVIE REVIEW
"Adam Had Four Sons."-Thank
goodness he didn't have five.
The trailer industry Is IN a slump.
The strain of trying to keep the
eggs In the pan going around curves
was too much for the public.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
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THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE
PURKEY
Dear Ma:

Lear me-.
I wish you wud stop worrying
about me as / am all right accept
for fallen arches, fu, chilblains,
limp in both legs and Indigestion
But ! feel lot less like squawking
since / talked to an old timer up
here who was In the last war and
from what he says I CESS We have
all modern Improvements up here
now. He says In the last war the
draft army just had tents Ike they
WIZ camping out with no wooden
floors and no electric lights and he
says every time you was not In bed
you was standing N wet grass OF
In mud puddle.
He says tents did not have WIN
dows and screen doors Like We
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
NEXT WEEK
A~otsss AlAosll.sS 5~4zsA-ss~t
D O Mt "A Is S I'll

The first attack tcGpe crosses The
Rio Crande and the desperate baftle
for the defense of the United States
has begun. Don't miss this piUid story
Of the q. S. army in action!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
IF JeyiaLGveyy american Should Read

THE STORY so FAR: Intelligence
omcer Benning's warning that zoe, 900
foreign troops were poised in Mexico
for an attack on the United States
caused grave concern In army head
quarters. but the people branded the
statement as swar mongering." He had
Just returned from Mexico City where
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03


w than they used to be, the
old "catty" fenininity has gone
pretty well out of fashion, and
still the very hardest thing for a
woman to do is to admit that
another woman is more attrac-
tive than she is. You never hear
a woman say: 'Well, to tell you
the truth, she is really nicer
than / am. She has better man.
ners and more charm. People
like her better"
OF course men don't admit
this of other men, either, but I
am writing of women at the
moment.
If girl wins away another girls
beau, the second girl never con-
cedes that the first girl is anything
but designing and hatterer and
two-faced and INSCRIPTIONS. That
is human nature; unless we may
console ourselves that the vampire
is a thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS crea-
ture, we have to admit that we our
selves are rather second rate.
And yet some wives really ARE
second rate, they really are whining
and stupid and unattractive, and
man might reasonably turn from
them to the friend In whom he finds
sympathy and gentleness and affec-
ton. Just because a man marries
a woman at 20, when she is sweet
and fresh and laughing and devot-
ed to him and his plans, doesn't
mean that he is going to adore her
Il years later, when she has lost
all bloom and charm, when her
voice is disconnected and her house
keeping disgraceful-
SaIly's Problem.
The problem of the woman ] am
going to call Sally Waters has some
thing to do with this situation; Sally
is 81 now, and hers is a real tragedy,
sadder perhaps even than death.
This is part of the letter.
paul and I were married when
I was q and he two years older.
! had good job teaching and for
year I kept it. Then his anxiety
for a real home with a wife In It,
and a child, persuaded me to stop
work, and year later Jean was
born. Money was rather scarce at
the time and the baby was delicate;
] had hard year or two, when
Paul, who never paid the slightest
attention to the child or helped me
IN any way with the Homework,
was wasting most of his evenings
with a crowd at the club, and COM
ing home so late that he was ex-
hausted In the mornings and was
continually losing jobs.
when Jean was two, he suddenly
discovered that he adored his daugh-
ter, but by that time was thorough
" discouraged. I was offered the
job of house manager In a home
for defective children at a good
salary, and Paul and / were di-
vorced. He went to live with his
mother, who came twice to me aft
erward to help her get him a job,
which ! gladly did. The arrange
ment was that they should have
Jean for two months year, pure
generosity on my part, for I could
have asked different terms. Paul,
without a job and with bad record
of intemperance was not IN a posi-
ton to question anything. At that
time his father, most exacting in
valid, was living.
Daughter Wants to Leave.
81 managed my job and my child,
keeping little girl to watch her IN
business hours, and stealing every
minute / could to be with her. She
grew lovelier and lovelier, and at
about six, her invalid grandfather
having died, began to spend sum-
mer vacations with her grandmoth-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

Briu, commander Of the army In Texas.
reported % General Hague af Washing
ton that he was opposed by greatly SUI
perior forces but was ordered 20 resist
af al costs General Mole. division COM
mander. prepared 10 make the best Of q
desperate situation.
Now continue with the story.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

ST managed my job and my child,
keeping a little girl to watch her IN
business hours, and stealing every
minute could to be with her. She
grew lovelier and lovelier, and at
about six, her invalid grandfather
having died, began to spend sum-
mer vacations with her grandmoth-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

experimental films until 1884, when
he went to work for the March Of
Time, becoming their chief Euro
pean cameraman. His tact and ex-
perience In working with diplomats
and important government leaders
and his amazing news sense make
him a notable figure In his line Of
work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

There's an actor IN western
Union who is ringer for Wendell
WilIkie. He is Dean Jaeger and he
not only looks like Wendell must
have looked before he got travelsore
but whose voice is like his.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

After playing dramatic roles In 81
pictures, Robert Young viii become
a song and dance man IN Lady Be
Good" the Metro musical N which
he'll star with Ann Sothern and
Eleanor Powell. It will be the first
time that he has sung on the screen;
he'll do duet with Ann and dance
with Eleanor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
The Turks closed the Straits
to the crooks, as it were.

Hank Ford says that a fivver air.
plane viii soon be as easy to op-
crate as the first auto used TO be.
But it's going to seem strange 70
see the air full of Lizzies with feath-
ers on 'em.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

IfIwuz IN a war ! wud not squawk
but what is the sense getting an
army up so early when there IS
nothing to do but just what you
done the day befour witch cud be
done better In brighter sunlite any
how.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
OUR OWN MOVIE REVIEW
"Adam Had Four Sons. Thank
l.

The trailer industry Is IN a slump.
The strain of trying to keep the
eggs in the pan going around curves
was too much for the public.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
OBSERVATION

There's nothing makes man yeu
''Ouchi"
Like sewing left upon couch
Merrill Chilcote
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

w TOMEN are much more
w generous to each other
w than they used to be, the
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Houston Fears
| Initiation and
| Price Control
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 1.-P. D.
Houston, president of the American
Bankers Association, warned today
against the possibilities of initiation
and Government controlled prices
he said would arise from decreased
production of peace-t time goods as
result of the national defense pro-
gram.
In a year-end statement. the
Nashville banker said defense orders
inevitably" would deliver the
manufacturing capacity of the cOun-
try to military production, and that
employment will be ample, wages
will be high and the public will
have another joy-ride through
temporarily increased purchasing
power
Failure of peace-time goods pro-
duCtlon to meet the demand result
ing from increased consumer purch-
aSing power, he added. will bring
about initiation and Government
control of prices may result
Successful handling Of the situa-
ton, he asserted, will call for reduc-
ton of non-defense expenditures to
a minimum. He said increased
taxes probably would be necessary.
and in that event the tax base would
have TO be broadened with the
object of increasing receipts without
discouraging production"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Endicott Halls Growth
OF Home Ownership
BY Cambridge Associates.

BY Cambridge Associates.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Nineteen-
forty was year Of substantial
achievement in the field of home
ownership in America, Paul Endi-
colt, president, United States Saw
ing and Loan League, declared to-
day.
This last year, for the first time
in 10 years. general business condi-
tions were favorable enough to en-
able at least 100000 families to
build, or to buy newly built, one
family homes.
"Conservatively. it can be esti-
mated that about 100000 other
families bought used residential
properties during the year. Thus
three-quarters of a million American
families entered on the road to home
ownership in this first year of the
fifth decade of the 20th century.
Retaliation Of the home owner
ship dreams Of these hundreds of
thousands of families was the result
of a combination of factors. The
spark that set the machinery in
motion was the increased prosperity
of 1910.
Preparation included the all-im-
portant factor OF the strengthened
home financing institutions of our
country. the awakening of the
home-building industry to a realiza-
ton of the necessity for concentrat-
ing on smaller and less pretentious
homes and stability in construc-
ton costs during a substantial por-
ton of the year
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Bituminous Output Rises
To Peak Since 1880

The bituminous coal industry IN
1910 made notable progress and in
terms of mine output experienced
the best year since 1880. John D.
Battle, executive secretary of the
National Coal Association, reported
today.
1T has been a year Of expanding
markets and improved marketing
practices: Of increased efficiencieS
both in the mining and the utiliza-
ton of coal; of increased employ
ment within the industry and Of
harmonious labor relations and
close cooperation with the Govern
ment in the interests of national
defense in which bituminouS coal
is so vital and so indispensable an
element.
Coal consumers, both industrial
and domestic. viewing it as whole,
received bigger value than ever for
their coal dollar and more than
$500, 900. .O00-S12, 100000 every week
went into the pay envelopes of the
miners, working on basis of
seven-hour day, five day week, at
hourly wages currently averaging
88 cents, a figure substantially high
er than the composite average in
all manufacturing as reported by
the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The bituminouS coal industry
enters 1941 with prospects of further
increases in mine output in pace
with the steadily expanding activity
in war industries as we'll as with in
creased demands for fuel coal in
almost every channel"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
DEFENSE CONTRACTS BY REGIONS

Cotton Exchange, said the excess
of domestic consumption over the
usual rate is absorbing only small
portion of that cotton which is back
ing up in this country in consequence
of the debacle in the export trade. ="
The domestic stock of raw cotton
next July, he suggested, would prob
ably be an all-time record high for
the end of the season and it is
thought that perhaps 100000 to
11,300,000 bales out of the probable
end season stock will be in the hands
of the Government, since the flow
of cotton into the Government loan
stock in recent months has already
raised total Government holdings
to more than 10.600.000 bales"
Spot middling and futures cot
tons end the year at prices we'll
above the low marks set in May, but
generally are slightly under the
quotations prevailing at the close of
1899. In the case of futures the re-
covery since May amounted to
around 1l2 cents a pound to a basis
of about 10 cents currently.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Tighten Steel Control
Forecast in Canada

OTTAWA. Ontario. Jan l Can
adam Press. - Further control
measures to assure an adequate
supply of steel for defense purposes
and urgent civilian needs are fore
cast by Angus L. Macdonald, acting
minister of munitions and supply,
according to a statement issued by
the department today.
The indicated consumption of
steel in 194l runs to some % per
cent more than the total capacity of
the industry Macdonald said. He
described the situation in the steel
industi4 As vital to the mainte-
nance and expansion of the war
effort and declared an increasing
amount of steel would have to be
diverted from civilian to war pur-
pose in the coming year.
The statement quoted H, D.
Scullv. steel controller and chair
man of the Wartime Industries Con-
troll Board as saying total Canadian
steel requirements in 194l would be
100000 tons while the present
rated capacity Of the industry was
about 100000 tons. SCully added
that steps had been taken to over
come. at least in part, this shortage
Of 100000 tons.
Arrangements we're made with
the industry for additions both to
blast furnace and melting capacity
before the middle of the year. Also
the government is eXpending $780,
600 on additions to an electric alloy
steel plant.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Big Year in Advertising,
Ad Club Head Asserts

Advertising went into high gear
in 1910, as business scored new
peaks, said G. B. Burrus. president
of the Advertising Club of Washing
ton. in commenting on the years
activities. During the year in
creases in all departments of adver-
tising endeavor were recorded in
the Capital
Newspaper lineage and circula-
ton revealed an upswing, with sub
stantial gains over the previous
wear. Mr.. BurruS added. People in
WASHINGTON have made great mate
rial progress through advertising.
The new year appears to hold the
same favorable outlook from an ad-
vertising viewpoint.
The Advertising Club of Wash
ington has enjoyed one of its best
years and is looking to 194l with
great enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Dangers Recognized
As Nation Enters
BusYPeriod
Gould Points to Debt,
Tax and InfIution
Problems in lo4l
BY FRANK GOULD,
Editor, Manufacturer Record.

1t is evident that the United States
is entering upon a period of marked
business activity. Operations are
being stepped up until many plants,
busy with defense orders, are work.
ing on 24-hour schedules.
While it is recognized that the
vast sums the Government is spend
ing, and which probably will be
increased. are to fill an emergency
need, this will likely continue for
some time and the boost given buSi-
ness should lead to full employment
for those able and willing to work.
The outlook, therefore, for 1941, is
bright.
The year past has had its ups
and downs, but the signs of better
business. especially in the latter
part of the year as the construction
industry increased its activity, have
been encouraging. While public
work fell off to some extent, private
contracts increased and the next
advance may be seen in the real
estate field where it has been lacking
for some years. An appreciation of
real estate values is a pretty sure
index of a rising barometer in the
business world. and with record
low rates for money, coupled with
Government aid in the housing pro-
gram, more building should be an
important part Of the activity of
the coming u months.
Commercial borrowing from banks
has not shown an eagerness that
reflects an increasing demand for
needed cash on the part of industry,
but as the defense program gets
in fuller swing it is probable that
there will be a larger demand for
funds.
Inherent dangers in the situation
that has come upon the country
with more or less SuddennesS are
recognized, and it is difficult to see
how some of them may be avoided.
but they are recognized and that
fact should help in solving the prob
lem.