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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-15
HERE, TOO, Is A
CORREGIDOR

drives on his Job and wondering II he
will be allowed enough more gasoline
to make even his minimum rounds as
q salesman.
Sister bordering how her Officer
will get through the war with its an
tiquoted cash register and how long
she will be able to get hair curriers', me-
chonicoI pencils, kitchen knives or
some Of the other four hundred articles
no longer to be made Of iron or steel.
Brother and his young wife sizing
up the tires on their cor and speculate
ing whether these will wear out or be
requisitioned before he, notwithstond-
ing his ga classification, is called to
the Army
This is q representative American
family today. In thousands Of house.
holds the exoctions Of war have struck
much nearer home-o loved one lost
or injured, income practically stopped
during change of employment or con-
version Of business, education or
career interrupted to enter one Of the
armed services, hours taken from
nursery and freside to attend first-oid
classes, tie up bundles for Britain, or
herd people off the street in practise
blockouts.
And yet America has scarcely been
touched For her the fires Of war have
only begun to burn. For most, sacrifice
is still q word rather than an expert
ence. inconvenience or annoyance -
these ore all the war has cost q major
ity Of Americans thus for. But q higher
price will have to be paid for victory.
Men who have stood fIoggines and
torture in concentration camps can
tell Americans what part Of that price
is. NoNwegions who broved capture
and an icy seq in small boats to Join
their comrades; Frenchwon1en who
have bundled their children in rags to
shiver through cooIIess winter; Greek
storekeepers who have seen their
shelves looted while their countrymen
starved; Chinese who have watched
the skies rain deoth for four years;
Filipino boys who fought beside Arneri-
cans on Botoon and at Corregidor-
these know the price.
Now the guns on Correedor are ST.
lent. The little garrison there held out
five nonths-for longer than military
men supposed possible otter support
and hope Of reinforcement had been
lost at PeorI Eorbor. When MocAr-
thur drew his forces to Botoon and the
forts in Manila Boy, the men and
women with him knew that the sup
plies they had would have to Lost till
reIief-or surrender-cone.
America, for all her material
strength and advantages, is today in
much thot same position. The supplies
which the United Stotes and the Unit
ed Nations have must see them
through this war. The rubber, tin, cop
per, iron and steel, sugar. gasoline, oil,
coal wool, leather, paper, aluminium,
and SO forth must be husbonded SO
thot there is no possibility Of their rum
ming out.
The supplies on hand simply have
to lost long enough to win. These ore
the fundamentals behind all the de-
tails Of rotionine and ALLEGATION, how
ever we'll or fumbIineIy they may be
handled, in the United States.
The American who unerunblngly
rides the street cor 10 work insteod Of
i 1 4 +.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-15
SHEAREE QUITS

Norma Shearer not only has
quit Metro, where she worked
10 years, but probably has end
ed her acting career. A seem
ario called Stand BY to Die
has been submitted to George
Palmer Putnam. 1t is based on
the life and disappearance Of
his wife, Amelia Earhart Put
nam. Yarn attempts to explain
her last flight as a patriotic mis-
sion in the South Pacific. =.
Movie production is at an all
time low for this time Of year.
This doesn't indicate bad bust
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-15
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff Correspondents

HOLLYWOOD, May 10 - Be
hind the screen: Two studio cleo
tricians, three scenery handlers
and one prop man are doubling
as skating chorus boys in Sonia
Henie's Iceland This shows
how the armed forces and de-
Tense industries have thinned the
ranks Of Hollywood's extras.
When 20th-Fox sent out a call
for 26 male skaters, it normally
would have from so to 80 appii-
cants. Instead, only II respond
ed. After the six studio work
men we're assigned as perform
ers, the group was filled out with
amateurs recruited from local
Kinks.
AS the manpower shortage in
creases, you may find high
priced song writer's appearing in
movie orchestraS, or producers
doubling as dialect comedians.
Matter of fact, while preparing
to produce and direct a musical
called The Gangs All Here, y
Gregory Ratoff has written in a
role for himself-the part Of a
Broadway talent agent.
Four of the principals in Ely
ing Tigers" were playing a scene
in which they break out in bar
Der shop harmony. Urged John
Carroll: Lets give it all we've
got, fellas; there may be a Wes-
tern Union Scout on the set"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-15
BY PETER EDSOk
Monitor-leoder Washington
Coyrespondert
Field representatives Of OEk

Field representatives OF DEM
the Office for Emergency
Management, top odmlnistro-
tive "hoIdino company" OF
the war oeencies-were given
q smart assignment q short
time ago when they we're told
to 90 find what was worrying
the American people the most.
What things about the war
program we're misunderstood?
What things had to be explain
ed to them more fully in order
t. get wholeheorted support for
all the restrictions and chang
es being imposed on life as
usuoI"?
The list Of worries, if you
want to call it that, was rather
amazing, for it showed that in
spite Of all the hieh-powered
publicity, the efforts Of the
press, the radio and the other
media Of communication in
this free speech country had
not yet trickled down TO the
bottom. This is important be-
cause if this war is to be won
at home in the manner best
suited to O democracy, it be-
hooves everyone who does un-
derstond these reasons to make
himself into q one-mon propo-
eondo agency TO explain what
the war effort is oil about TO
the people who don't under
stand it.
Things that have to be ex-
planned range all the way from
trivioIities like why you have
trouble buying q spool Of silk
thread, up through economic
theories on price fixing or the
relation Of wages to the cost
Of living. People ore wiling to
make sacrifices, the investigo-
tors discovered, but people
still want to know why. It's the
why that reeds to be emPho-
sized,
Silk thread is scarce for CT
villains because silk thread is
stronger that cotton thread,
and the strongest thread avail
able is needed to sew up para
chutes and snokeIess powder
bOos
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-15
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs

have been few. Clothes and
rent increases also ore ques-
toned.
The result Of this roundup
of worries is going to mean
that the war at home must be
better sold, and sold with more
emphasis on the why's and
wherefores of every ordered
variation from the fife as US
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-15
NEVER IDLE

From the standpoint of acitv
ity and studio popularity, Add
son Richards probably is the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
COFFEE:
One Cup a Day

Coffee will be rationed throughout
the nation beginning November %
on the basis of one pound each five
weeks for all persons over Is years
of age, under an order issued by
the Office of Price Administration.
On the basis of 35 to 40 cups per
pound, the ration means slightly
more than cup day a person. So
that merchants can stock their
shelves, retail sales of coffee will be
frozen at midnight, November 81.
First of all the rationed coffee will
be purchased on the last stamp in
the sugar ration book, stamp No. %.
Following rationed coffee will be is
sued by working backward through
the sugar stamp book, using stamps
No. % to 10, in sequence.
Eligibility will be determined by
the age shown on the sugar book.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
Raj BOMBERS:
OUer Italy

Long-range Raj bombers struck
$50 miles across France and Switzer-
land to ravage sections of northern
Italy and to smash the port of Genoa
in the heaviest raids of the war on
Hitler's henchmen.
Targets included the great Genoa
Milan-Turin industrial triangle, site
of Italy's principal aircraft and ship
building works. The day before,
Raj planes left Genoa flaming un-
der two-ton ''block buster" bombs.
The British air ministry announced
that many large fires were set at
Genoa, and the raid drew the almost
unheard of admission from Rome
radio that the bombers caused heavy
damage. While the bombers also
attacked other points, they concen-
trated their incendiaries and heavy
explosives on Genoa, Italy's chief
port.
The reason for the heaviest attack
on Genoa was obvious. That port
city is vital supply terminal for
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in AZ
RIGA. 1t is also the site of aircraft
parts and munition works.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
HONG KONG:
Docks Bombed

Hong Kong's comparatively peace
full days came to a sudden end as
United States bombers blasted the
Japanese-occupied city in the first
Allied raid on the British crown col
ony since the Japs occupied it last
Christmas day.
The U. S. planes unloaded tons of
explosives on the great Kowloon
dock area, shooting down 10 enemy
fighters and probably destroying
five others. One American bomber
failed to return to its base and one
fighter was reported to have made
forced landing in Chinese territory.
Shortly before the Hong Kong raid,
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault' s
China air task force smashed a
vast Japanese operated coal mining
area around Linsi, in northeast
China. ~
Not a single plane was lost in
this, one of the longest bombing
raids of the war. The bombers de-
stroyed the huge power plant, which
was the main target, and put the
Linsi mine and five others in the
Kailan area out of commission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05

THE Illustration shows what be-
= came of a mirror and piano
stool. To the mirror and stool
were added two wooden boxes
from the grocery. These were
placed on end about 18 inches
apart and shelf of half-inch ply
wood was screwed to the top. A
frame was then screwed to the
back of the boxes as shown. A
curtain rod was placed across the
top and the mirror hung length
wise under it. An arm was then
hinged to the front of each box.
Paint was next. White, because
white furniture is smart and be-
cause it matched the woodwork.
The lowered chintz in tones of
rose and blue-green with narrow
frills of the plain blue-green tone
matched the window curtains.
The dressing table skirt was
made with a one-inch heading at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
HI &c HLIGH HTS in the weeks "e~s

DRAFT: More than 1000, 900
men had been conscripted into the
Chinese army up to the end of Au-
gust, Gen. Ho Yingch'in, chief Of
staff, has revealed.
OVERTIME: The senate civil
service committee approved bill
to pay federal workers time and
one-half for all time in excess of A
hours a week.
NAVY: At a recent press confer
ence, Secretary of the Navy Knox
disclosed that the total strength of
the naval services is approximately
100000. Personnel of the navy to-
tails 100000, the marines 100000
and the coast guard about 10000
BENEDICTS: Twelve selective
service boards in the Seattle dis
trict are agreed unanimously to stop
inducing married men because of
the great pools of single men !.
in the cities of New York, Chicago,
Detroit ;"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
NORTH AFRICA:
Libya Bound

When the British launched the
biggest battle" of Egypt, military
experts knew that the objective was
to crush the Africa Corps of Nazi
General Rommel and drive the Axis
forces deep into Libya, there to
crush and destroy it. While it was
easy to arrive at this fact it was
more difficult task to determine
whether or not this represented the
much sought Second Front"
While the first reports of this new
offensive by the British and other
United Nations forces revealed that
the Germans were being showed
back by the quick thrusts of air
and land power nobody was under
estimating the tremendous task
ahead.
To nullify the German Africa
Corps and to open more the Medi-
terranean sea lanes is a big job.
But it appeared that the British at
tack had been well prepared and
long planned. 1t had been made
possible only because huge quanti-
ties of supplies had been poured into
Egypt from America. These came
through by way of the big U. S. base
in Eritrea, on the Red sea.
U. S. planes were cooperating
with the British but no large num-
bers of American ground troops
were reported in this action. And it
was in the air that the United Nations
first showed their strongest power.
For once Rommel did not rule the
skies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05

in a Pacific flight between Oahu
and another inspected island.
Rickenbacker, ace of the first
World war with 81 enemy planes and
four balloons to his credit, was in
the Pacific on an aerial inspection
tour for Lieut.. Gen. H. H. Arnold,
army air force commander. His
visit was a military secret until the
war department announced he was
missing.
Searchers continued to hope that
Rickenbacker and the seven army
officers and enlisted men accom-
panying him would be found floating
on life RATS that the plane carried.
Aviators in the Pacific war have
been picked up from similar RATS
weeks after their planes have gone
down.
Captain Rickenbacker recently re-
turned from England, where he
made special study for the secre-
tary of war of army air force per-
sonnet and equipment operating in
the active European theater of OPP
Grafton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
IMPORTANT COCS

There's nothing particularly
exciting about being a cog, even
il you are cog in an extremely
important machine. That, says
Kathleen Norris, is ,phat you
,oould be if you ,oent to Wash
ington to york at one of the hun
dreds of necessary, but not CLAM
orous, jobs girls and tUomen like
yourself think they ,uant. In an
ssoering a 34-year-old mother this
tUeek she points out the fact that
there is still much YORK to be
done in the home and on the
farm. Not all this ,Uar's battles
,UiU be fought overseas, you
knotu. There is still the home
front-remember?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
RUSSIA:
Relief Army

At points the battle line in Stain
grad had been driven to within 600
yards of the Volga as the struggle
for that vital city reached it's climax.
While the Soviet reports told of beat
ing off constant Nazi attacks, these
same communiques admitted that
the Germans gained important
streets and buildings in other Sec
tons of the stricken city.
To the northwest, the Soviet ere
lief army" battled forward. After
one advance this force found 5000
German troops dead and dying in
trenches and dugouts. In one in
habited locality 600 Rumanians were
killed and many captured.
Germany's final, about drive for
the city of Stalingrad itself was just
part of the news from Russia, how
ever, for in the Mozdok area of the
Caucasus the Nazi advance had been
slowed to a standstill; on the Black
sea Russian marines were throwing
back a strong Nazi drive southeast
of Novorossisk; and on the Voronezh
sector of the upper Don two Ger
man platoons were slaughtered try
ing to cross a water barrier. (Be-
ieved to be the Don river.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
THICKER SOX:
And Faster Mail
Hello, Eleanor. +"

Hello, Eleanor"
This was the greeting the Presi-
dents wife was given as she hus-
tied about the British isles on her
visits to American troops stationed
there. She had left Buckingham pal
ace and the royalty in it behind and
started her tour of inspection at the
Washington club, main gathering
place for U. S. servicemen on leave
in London.
Here she told the soldiers and
sailors that she had already learned
they would like to have thicker
socks. She promised to see what
she could do about it. Then the
men told her that they would like
some kind of a speed-up in the de-
livery of mail from home. This too,
would get her attention, said the
First Lady.
Said she: 81 came here to learn
just such things and hope you will
tell me more" That was her idea,
to learn as much about conditions
among the AEF as she could. Most
people who know Mrs. Roosevelt
sensed that she was coming home
with good store of information on
this subject.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
TANK, PLANE COAL:
Emphasis Shifted

Disclosing that the years numer-
ical production for planes and tanks
would not be met, President Roose-
welt attributed the situation to a shift
in emphasis to heavier, harder-hit-
ting models dictated by battle ex-
perience.
In his message to congress last
January, the President said he had
ordered steps taken to increase our
production rate of airplanes SO rap
idly that in this year, 1912, we shall
produce $4,000 planes"
This, he explained, contemplated
not the production of $4,000 planes
but the attainment of a 60,000-planes-
a-year production rate.
He told his press conference that
the changeover from the Ms to the
MA tank meant that the numerical
goal (of $4,000 tanks) would not be
reached but that the full amount of
steel and materials called for in
the initial program would still be
used in the manufacture of fighting
machines through enlarged units.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
EE1z5I HOUSEHOLD
Ezl|I IIYTSHZ:

The trick in ironing sheets and
pillowcases is to keep the hens
straight and even, and pillowcases
should be ironed away from the
closed corners.
When mending sOnny's sweater
or wooden scarf, use a bodkin in
stead of a needle. 1t will weave
in and out much easier and do
much more satisfactory work than
the sharp-pointed needle.
Shoes that are old and do not
polish satisfactorily should be well
rubbed with methylated spirit or
petrol. Allow to dry thoroughly
out of doors, apply paste, and pol
ish in the usual way.
When a sponge cake is turned
upside down in the pan to cool, il
clings to the sides of the pan, and
is kept stretched in position until
it cools and becomes firm. This
prevents shrinking or settling.
Cooking apples are inclined to
be white and tasteless when the
best of the summer crop is over.
But add a little lemon Juice to
your next apple pie, or put a strip
of lemon peel in the pot when
stewing apples, and it will give
them a delicious flavor.
One of the chief reasons for
motor retirement is faulty lubri-
cation and consequent wearing out
of bearings. In addition to lubri-
cation, the life of the bearings
depends upon belt tension and the
alignment of the driving and driv-
en- shafts. In oiling a motor, use
light petroleum oil specified by
the manufacturer. Ball and roller
bearings require a light, soft
grease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05

The real test of gift is how well
it is received. Which puts Camels
and Prince Albert Smoking Tobac-
co right at the top of the list as
gifts sure to please any smoker.
And they're ideal as last-minute
gifts. It's a convenient and eco
nomical way to remember all your
smoking friends - particularly
men in the service who prefer to-
bacco and cigarettes to any other
gifts. You have your choice of the
Camel Christmas Carton, contain
ing 10 packages of 20's or the
Camel Holiday House," contain
ing four "f1at fifties." Both are
colorfully-wrapped, ready to give,
without any additional Christmas
wrapping. Also the pound canister
of Prince Albert is handsomely
gift-wrapped. Your dealer is fea-
turing all these welcome gifts now.
ADV.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05

RATIO: The Japs are losing ten
of their fighter pilots to one of ours
in the Solomons, according to ma
rine corps aviators in the southwest
Pacific.
NEWS: Because almost every
New Guinea village has a phono-
graph, Australian officials are PLAN
ming a recorded news service for
the natives.
PRODUCTION: In London, Capt.
Oliver Lyttelton, minister of produc-
ton, declared that Britain, with a
plane production four times the rate
of the first quarter of 1910, now has
''far passed the total output of air.
craft"
TAXES: Although Canadian in
come taxes are considerably great
er than those of the United States,
the dominion taxpayer will have a
greater amount of the tax returned
to him following the war, according
to a tax study.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
Can You Win Freedom
From Constipation?

Too many folks go on suffering
from constipation tChen there's
no need in the World for them to
do so! Why? Simply because
one Of the commonest causes Of
constipation is lack Of bulk
food" in the diet. In such cases.
cathartics and purges can give
only temporary relief
If this is your trouble, you can
expect lasting relief from con-
stipation - simply by eating
KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN daily,
This crisp, delicious cereal sup
plies the bulk" you may need
gets at the cause of your trouble
and coTrectS it. Start eating
KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN TODAY
and drink plenty Of water. See
what a wonderful difference II
makes when you correct the
cause instead of trying to rem
edy" the RESULT ALL-BRAN is
made by Kellogg's in Battle
Creek. If your condition is not
helped by this simple treatment,
it's wise to see a doctor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
Warship Had Stained Glass

Inns Repulse, which was tor
pedoed and sunk by the japanese
in the South China sea in Deem
Der, 1941, is believed to have been
the only warship in history that
had a stained-glass window in its
chapel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-05
SYNTHETIC TIRES:
Essential Use Only

When Rubber Director William
LETTERS announced that a 100 per
cent synthetic tire was being devel-
oped for all but military and heavy
truck duty, family drivers" were
overly optimistic. LETTERS said that
"some time after mid-1943" we
should have enough synthetic tires
to make an appreciate difference
regarding essential travel. In 1914
1--WE ought to begin to furnish tires
to civilians for family use."