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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
LETTERS FROM
SERvIcEMEN

"The third week of our medica
training is over, but there are eigh
weeks to CO." writes Pvt. Bernard
Svetich from Camp Robinson, Ark
"The same goes for Leslie Hill ane
Fred Woleben who are in my com.
pany.
"Our training deals with first aid
stretcher bearing, and the fundamen.
| tails of medical soldering.
1--WE received your paper and II
really is good to get news from the
home town, especially when we are Sc
far away. The weather is sultry. Wher
1t rains it's damp, and when the sur
shines it's rather warm.
"This week We went on two anc
three hour hikes with light and heavy
packs. Men who enter the army used
to this are more fortunate than those
who are not"
Their address is Co. D. 1O5th Med
TT. Bn.
Pvt. Jacob Musich is acting as COM
pany clerk. His address is Co. K, 160th
Inf, APO 40, Fort Lewis, Wash.
From Pvt. j. S. Perushek, Bly,. c,
18th CA, Fort RoSencrans, Calf,
comes the following newsy letter:
ct wish to take this means of say
ing hello to the staff and congratula-
ting them for their fine work on the
serviceman's page of The Ely Miner.
I also wish to thank the VIEW for
giving us this chance to receive The
Miner every week. I know they have
been working very hard to raise funds
to send this paper to all the boys in
the service from home. think that
it is mighty swell of them, just as
the other boys do. 1t is nice to read
about where the other boys are
stationed and at what kind of work
they are doing.
"Our job here is training in harbor
defense which is quite different from
what most of the boys are training
in. I just remembered we were in
one of the vital war zones on the west
coast and we were told not to give
any information on anything. So
think you will understand why I do
not write about this place.
81 also wish to take this means of
saying hello to my many friends at
home and those in the service and
I hope to meet up with some of them
in this period of war. Well, I think
will close my letter now cause the
lights will soon go out and taps will
be played and I will slowly lay my
body on my comfortable bunk and
probably dream of girl friends just
like the other soldiers do. Well, so
long and thank you again and the
VIEW for the paper"
New addresses:
Carlo Colombo, Co. c, 10Th Bin,
Bird Plat, Med. RTC, Camp Robinson,
Ark. In card to M. j. KapSch
Colombo says the weather is plenty
hot, the work is tough, but "I'm get
ting along all right"
John P. Dowler, 500 School Squad
ron, Lubbock, Texas, army flying
school.
Tom McNelly, 7th Sig. Co., APO No.
z, USA, San Luis Obispo, Calf.
Carlo j. Golob, 4th FA Bly,. Fort
Bragg, N. c.
j. S. Kosher, Fort Sill, Okla, has
been promoted to sergeant, fourth
class, a new rating created by the
war department.
In a letter to The Miner, he wrote,
ct was both surprised and glad to
receive the paper. have been at Fort
Sill IA months"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
I;;3I37apo
He Meant II Too

A Paris movie house, the Grand
GuignoI, recently featured a creepy
thriller, entitled The House of Slow
Death" Outside the theater, next to the
poster advertising the program, the
manager placed large notice: Visitors
to Paris Are Cordially Welcomed" The
only visitors in Paris today are Nazis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
DOWN In
Current Song Hit OK With
"Texas" Louis Zaverl.

"Here I am Down in the Heart OF
Texas" writes Louis j. zaverl from
the Lubbock, Texas, army flying school.
I'm in the dust bowl, and how the
wind does blow" he said. Although
the days are plenty warm, we have
to pull up the blankets toward morn
ing. Five of the men who left Ely
April are here"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
LET Them freeze :!

When the Nazis recently tried to con-
iscate wooden blankets owned by Nor
wegians for their armies in Russia, many
Norwegian women burned or destroyed
their blankets rather than hand them
over to the Germans. Others soaked
their blankets in hot water so as to
shrink them below the minimum size
fixed for requisitioning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
KNOW YOUR
ARMY TERMS

Mess gear-A soldiers individual
mess kit, knife, fork, spoon and cup.
Mule skinner-A noncommiSsioned
officer.
On the carpet-Called before the
commanding officer TO: disciplinary
reasons.
Over the hill-To desert.
Shave tail-A seond lieutenant.
Top sergeant or top kick-The first
sergeant.
Skipper or the old mel-Company
commander.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Corp. Frank NOsdn is
Artillery Instructor.

Corp. Frank Nosan of the field
artillery spent the weekend in Ely on
furlough. Corporal Nosan is stationed
somewhere on the east coast" but
could not reveal his station for mill
tary reasons.
Nosan, who has been in the service
for IA months, is teaching new re-
cruits how to handle 155mm guns.
His mailing address is APO As, care
postmaster, New York City
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Danes Not Out

Although Denmark is not officially at
war with Germany, more than 10000
Danish seamen are now serving on mer-
chant and naval vessels of the United
Nations and are thds doing their bit
against Hitler.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Russian Grain

When the Russian armies withdrew
from Southern Russia last fall. they
carefully took with them seed grain
from varieties especially bred for that
region. This grain has been planted in
suitable areas of Canada, to be available
after the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
German Losses

Conservative estimates place the num-
Der of German casualties in the Russian
campaign to date at more than one mil
lion men. This is more than half the
number of Germans killed in the Whole
four years of the last war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
PHYSIQUE of Women

American women have a less uni
form physique than the women OF
the more stabilized nationalities.
They more frequently have the mar
row pelvic structure which makes
a Caesarean necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
BeIgians Refuse Work

There are $4,000 fewer miners work
ing In controlled Belgian and
French mines today than there were a
year ago. Swiss reports credit the de-
cline to the insufficient food supply and
to deliberate absences of workers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
MOVIE SHOWS ORE MOVEMENT.

The tory of the part that iron ore
plays n the winning OF this war is
told il, a movie, Lake Carrier" re-
leased to northwest theaters this week
by the DEM. The picture shows the
production of ore on the Iron Range
of northern Minnesota, its transpor-
tation to Duluth and Superior docks,
the loading of the huge ore boats and
over the Great Lakes TO the steel
mills -or fabrication. Fredric March,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Kerosene Fish

A favorite Norwegian method OF
sabotaging the German war effort is to
pour kerosene. gravel or refuse into
cases of dried and sailed fish destined
for Germany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
More Dogs

AS result of increasing sabotage
against German trains passing through
Czechoslovakia, the number Of police
dogs attached to the railway police has
been greatly increased by the Nazis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Sweden Listens

A Swedish paper reports that SAM
pie poll taken in Sweden indicates that
ten times as many people listen to Brit
ish radio propaganda as to German
broadcasts
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Invitation to Bomb

The British government has received
letters struggled out of occupied France,
asking the Raj. to bomb the Germans
out of the country"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Greeks Aid Russians

Several Greek coastal steamers, which
escaped the Nazi invasion forces, are
now operating with the Russian feet in
the Black Sea.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
BRING IN AN OLD BATTERY.

BRING IN AN OLD BATTERY.
Purchasers intending to replace
their old automobile batteries this
year will have to bring in the old
one before the dealer can turn over
new one. This has been ordered by
tn WPB in connection with an order
curta,iing production OF new bat
teries.
The program, northwest War Pro-
duction Board officials said. is aimed
at turning $4,000 tons of lead and
huge supplies of other critical metals
and rlbber into war production. The
number Of models was dropped from
rs to is and retailers were instructed
to carry only a 45-day supply on hand
at any time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Most Spectacular

The most spectacular subject ever
filmed was the explosion of the Hin
denburg at Lakehurst, N. j., on
May 6, 1887.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14

Size OF Greenland
Greenland is less than one-fourth
the size of the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
Jefferson Own Architect

Thomas Jefferson was his own ar
chitect for his home in Monticello.
He also was the architect for many
other buildings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
WOOD IN PLACE OF STEEL.

made of steel is included in the list
of 400 items that the government has
prohibited so far as use of iron and
steel are concerned. But a good num-
Der of these articles will be made Of
wood, due to some ingenious research
that has shown how wood can be
made as effective as metal in these
items
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
CUT FIFTY PERCENT.

The prospects of frowzy headed
women may not be inviting to the
imagination, but that's what Wen be
coming to if Americas women aren't
careful with their hairpins and bobbie
pins.
The WPB put a stop order on high
carbon steel, which is used for bobbie
pins and when the current stock is
used UP no more can be made. Hair
pins can be made yet, for a while,
but they cannot be more than two
inches in length.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
" THIS WEEK FOR VICTORY

the movie star, gives running
account.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
COFFEE IN TIN CANS.

Coffee and a few other items such
as motor Oil and vegetables that
come packed in autographed tin cans
will be available in the old packages
for a while. Northwest War Produc-
ton board officials were notified today
that tinplate already prepared for
such packaging and autographed still
can be used for those items. A stop
order on production was issued Feb
ruary IL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14
BE PATIENT.

While the government is putting
into effect its drastic price regulation
order, the OPC is asking Americas
housewives to be patient and tolerant
Administrator Leon Henderson said
the basis of the order is to protect
the country against the rising cost OF
living.
Long run success of the program
requires the complete cooperation OF
the consumer" Henderson said. "The
housewife and shopper can help by
learning how price ceilings viii oper-
ate and by showing patience while a
program so vast is getting under
way"
Every retailer in the country must
re-price his merchandise by May ID
to conform with the maximum price
regulations. This is a tremendous
task, much more difficult than any
thing the consumer must do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14

When you see little girls half past
IA out after half past midnight,
parents are not on the Job.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-14

Vacant tomato cans, untenanted
shoes, empty banana skins and used
Scotch bottles are no ornaments to
your back yard. Remove them and
prevent passers-by turning up their
noses.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23

the youth found it had been locked.
Ordinarily, he said, it had the run
of the house.
Capt. Peter Geishecker of the
Evanston police, said the mail, de-
livered at l0:45 am. still was in
the mailbox and that a messenger,
who had come to the Calvin home
with a percel at Ills am, had left
it at a neighbor's home when the
doorbell was unanswered.
A letter addressed to Mrs. Gall
vim from a friend offering thanks
for ENTERTAINMENT on recent vis-
it was found beneath the maids
hand. Police planned to question
Calvin about the letter upon his
return to learn whether it had any
significance.
Police recalled that Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin had been held up and
robbed of $l6,500 worth of jewelry
in July, 1910, by two masked BAN
dts who forced their car to the
side Of the road while they were
on their way to visit friends.
Calvin, whose Iirm manufactured
Motorola radios before turning to
war production, recently was NAM
ed chairman of the radio indus
try's priorities and governmental re-
latiOnS committees.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Congress Uneasy
At Wars Trend

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23-fUP)-
There is growing uneasiness in con-
gress today over war developments,
particularly in the Southwest Pa
tific.
The uneasiness stems primarily
from the belief that the United
States fighting power is being dis
sipated by lack of coordination of
the land. sea and air forces.
The congressional quarters in
which private expressions of con-
Germ are becoming more and more
frequent are not the type that will
produce loose public statements or
spectacular demands for overhaul
ing the war effort Nor is there
any disposition among the uneasy
elements TO make prediction po-
litical capital of the situation,
though they include Republicans as
well as the administrations warmest
friends in congress.
There is no likelihood of any
pUplic development now to indicate
the efforts of these congressman to
bring about a correction of what
they believe to be the inherent mis-
takes leading to the present situa-
tion. But after the elections there
is a good possibility that:
FORTHCOMING ELECTION
/. President Roosevelt will be
urged to make basic changes in the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Eskimos Starve
To Help Win War
Continued From Page

Continued From Page l.
tribesmen."
Il saw Sinyookiee, gaunt Eskimo
medicine man, arise and, weaving
on his feet from hunger and Weari-
ness, make a halting suggestion ~
Marston said. He told them to kill
every fifth dog in the village and
feed the carcasseS to the other dogs.
Marston said the dogs represented
the entire wealth of the village but
the Eskimos readily agreed.
In the morning, 100 dogs were
shot" he said They were skinned
because there had been no hunting
and there were no skins for winter
garments. The lean carcaSses were
apportioned among the living dogs
saw a trio of pups gnawing on a
part of the carcass of their mother. "
Marston urged the hunters to seek
game. They refused but he finally
persuaded a l4-year-old boy to
leave. The youth killed a seal and
tramped into camp at dusk witt
meat. The villagers celebrated that
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Air Corps Group
Arrives in Valley

Lieut. John r Donohue and Sgt.
Deane E. Wilson of the San Diego
aviation cadet examining board ar
rived in Imperial county Friday and
were scheduled to remain for the
weekend to stimulate army air
cadet enlistments.
AS a special feature of the trip,
the officers will hold a qualifying
mental examination at Central I'm
ion High school at a. m Saturday
Those passing the examination will
be qualified to take the next step,
the physica | examination. Young
men between the ages of 10 and 81
are eligible
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23

contents bumped on a Dressing ta-
BILE. was found in an unused guest
room upstairs.
ACQUAINTANCE SOUGHT
Because the purse was dumped
and jeWelry perhaps missing, po-
lice believed the slayer may have
been a robber. But they pointed
out that the absence of signs of &
struggle and the locked windows
and doors indicated the slayer
may have known Mrs. Calvin. They
found no evidence that windows
or doors had been forced or no
unidentified fingerprints.
Robert told police that he left
home at 8:15 am, yesterday for
classes at the American Televisior
institute. The maid was preparing
breakfast in the kitchen at that
time, he said, and his mother still
was asleep. The house was dark
when he returned home last night
He rang the doorbell, then let him
self in with his key. He walked
down the empty hallway to the
kitchen, then returned to the liv-
ing room and turned cn the lights
and found the bodies.
DOG IN BASEMENT
A pet black and white terrier was
whining in the basement where
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Consul Speaks at
Rotary Meeting

That the vast majority of French
people in unoccupied France are
strongly anti-Nazi and eager to
Join in battle against their oppres-
sors, was the belief expressed by
Gray Taft, jr, U. S. consul at
Mexicali, here Thursday.
Taft, speaking at the meeting of
the Ell Centre Rotary club, said his
conviction was the result of personal
observation during his years spent
in Algeria, French North Africa,
and contacts with reliable persons
In France.
The historical development OF Al
geria, now a vital factor in the
African war theater was traced by
Taft.
He was presented by Earle q,
Davis, program chairman. Jack NC
Laren. new golf professional at the
Barbara Worth Country club made
a short talk on the value of golf as
sport. Club President Hazel Gal
lagher presided.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Mental Patients
Caught in Draft

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 23-CUP-
The State Department CT Institu-
tions today revealed California
draft boards have been ordered to
stop inducing paroled patients
from state mental hospitals and
homes for minded, after dis
c0very scme of these persons al
ready were in the Army.
Deputy Director Carl E. Apple
gate said the orders came from 1t.
Col. Bert F. Thomas, medical di-
vision, selective service headquar-
ter.
Appleg2te said there was no ex-
act figure on the total OF such
PAROLES inducted. He added:
AS far as we know, it was not
dcne with the knowledge of the
local boards. Paroled patients have
apparently neglected to tell their
boards that they had been in in
stitutions."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Law Planned to
Restrict PetrilIo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23-CUP)-
Senator D. Worth Clark, Demo-
crat, Idaho, said today he would
introduce legislation designed to
restrict the powers of James C.
Petrillc, president of the American
Federation of Musicians (AFL)
who has decreed an end to the
oroadcasting of canned music"
Clark said his proposals would
Exempt radio stations from the pro-
visions cf the Clayton antitrust
act so far as the transmission OF
ecorded music is concerned; moth
ing in the proposed legislation
would prevent the AIM. from
seeking to improve the wages,
health standards, working condi-
lions or hours of its members.
Clarks disclosure came as un-
confirmed reports were received
here that Petrillo was comforting
With Chairman Burton K. Wheeler,
Democrat, Montana, of the senate
interstate commerce committee on
a reported settlement of the con-
troVerS,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23
Air Wars Fury
Sc en- as Prelude

nights, the RAF has pointed out,
are too short to permit the long
flight under the protective cover of
darkness.
The Raj smash came Immediately
after the question of bombing Italy
had been raised sharply in parlia-
ment where members demanded that
Italy be paid off in bombs for the
repeated Italian attacks on Malta,
Britain'S Mediterranean fortress.
EASTERN FRONT MIRED
The offensive blow against Italy
came as Berlin issued lengthy re-
ports based on the communiques
of the high command, reporting that
the whole eastern front had been
begged down by torrential autumn
rains and mud which temporarily"
have halted all Nazi offensive ac-
ton north of the Caucasus. The
German broadcaSts said their forces
were on the defensive along most
of the Russian front.
The high command communique
briefly supported this description of
the situation. 1t reported no major
actions along the Russian front and
admitted the Russians were still
attacking with vigor between the
Don and Volga rivers northwest of
Stalingrad.
Moscow advised that thrusts both
north and south of Stalingrad were
being pressed
Another important hill north of
Stalingrad was reported taken by
the Russians and counterattacks in
side Stalingrad forced the Nazis to
the defensive at several points.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-23


charged that the draft of 'tcen-age
youths would "liquidate" an entire
generation and leave no one after
the war "to send this great republic
on it's way again"
Sen. w. Lee ODaniel, D., Tex,
announced he would sponsor an
amendment to the draft bill to
abolish time-and-half overtime pay
requirements for work in excess OF
40 hours a week.
His proposal in effect would abol-
ish the 40-hour maximum work week
provision of the fair labor standards
act (wage-hour law which provides
that time e-and-a- half must be paid
for all hours worked in excess of
40 a week.
ODaniel said his amendment
would provide for compensation at
the same rate for all hours worked"
for the duration of the war. 1t also
would nullify existing contracts be-
tween employers and employees in
sofar as they call for more than
straight time pay for work in excess
of 40 hours a week.
WORST HURDLE
Senate Majority Leader Alben w.
Barkley, of Kentucky, told news
men he hoped the senate would
complete action on the 'teen-agc
draft measure this afternoon.
Barkley said "the worst hurdle
to passage of the measure was q
proposal to prohibit 18 and 19-year
olds from being assigned to combat
duty before completing IL months
training. Senate Republican Leader
Charles l.. McNary of oregon prom
ised earlier to support the plan.
Leaders believed that amendment.
offered by Sen. Jon Thomas, r
Idaho, stood chance of being writ
ten into the pending bill, who's
most controversial issue was removed
late yesterday when the senate sent
back to committee the Lee prohibit
ton amendment The vote was 49
| to 25
DRY DEBATE
Barkle, of Kentucky said he hopet
disposal of the prohibition issu
would permit passage of the bill
today, but introduction of several
other amendments for training and
educating l8 and 10 year old youths
made it likely that the senate would
have to meet in Saturday session
Leaders said they doubted that az
many as 20 votes would be cas-
against the draft measure.
Defeat of the prohibition amend
ment, sponsored by Sen. Josh Lee
D., Okla, came after spirited de-
bate lasting more than five hours
Sen Millard E. TydingS, D.. Md.
denounced the proposal as Capont
amendment" and Sen. William H
Smathers, D., N. j., said congress
might as we'll turn the country
over to Hitler as to the anti-saloor
league and the crime and bootleg
gers which would result" from it;
adoption.
Lee said he regretted that his pro
posal-to prohibit sales of liquor
beer in the vicinity of army ant
navy establishments-failed to ge
a fair chance" before the senate
since the vote came on the recon.
initial issue and not on the merits o.
prohibition.