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WITHHOLDING TAX:
EmpIoyers Responsible

In far-reaching, all-inclusive pro-
posal. the treasury department rec
commended to congress that 10 per
cent of an individuals estimated
taxable income be withheld at the
source.
The withholding tax, according to
the treasury department, would
tighten the taxpayers burden, speed
the governments program to COM
bat imitation and aid in collecting
taxes from small wage earners.
Under the plan, 10 per cent OF a
single persons income in excess OF
s11 a week would be withheld; 10
per cent of married mans income
over $26 a week would be withheld
and an additional exemption of $3.50
a week would be granted for each
child or additional dependent.
Treasury officials estimated the
plan would produce $2,500, 0O0,0 900 in
| it's first full year of operation. Tax
payers would be credited next
March for the part of their taxes
already paid under the plan. EN-
ployers would be responsible for col
| lectino the tax
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04
SHIPBUILDING:
Vital Front

With the launching of q cargo
vessels the nation marked its OBJ
servation of National Maritime day.
War Shipping Board Admins
traitor Land said that by that
date 1873 ships had been deliv-
cred into service since the be-
ginning of the year." approx
mately IS per cent more than
were delivered in all of last
year." Two ships day are now
being delivered under Shipping
Boards program and by fall
there will be three day. This
means ships "put into active war
service"
Maritime Commission Vice Chair
man Vickery estimated that by the
end of 1943 American shipyards Will
be able to turn out 100000 tons
of shipping or Sin two years will do
more than twice as much as the
World war yards did in five years. "
President Roosevelt on Maritime
day said, 81 can assure you that we
will perform this near-miracle OF
ship production. The nations ship
building capacity has been increased
more than 500 per cent. That of it.
self is an outstanding achievement.
Despite this progress, he stated, the
country still is confronted with a
serious ship shortage, partly be-
cause of the heavy toll taken by
enemy U-boats.
But the submarine menace, like
other problems, sis being solved,
said the President.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04

Syrup from canned fruits can be
used on cereals and for sauces.
To protect posts against ter
mites, soak them (the posts, OF
course) in fuel oil before putting
into the ground.
To help preserve the color of
beets and red cabbage when cook
ing, use a tablespoon of vinegar
to each quart of wter.
Pineapple and peach juices
mixed in ginger ale make a de-
licious punch. Add the ginger ale
at the last moment and serve in
glasses or pitcher half-filled with
crushed ice. The ice is needed to
dilute as well as to chill the
beverage.
Put sugar in the cup before add
ing tea or coffee and you can use
a smaller amount for the same
degree of sweetness. The hot
beverage Immediately melts the
sugar and no undissolved grains
are left in the cup for the house
wife to wash down the drain.
When cotton sheets begin to
wear out in the center, rather than
sew the outside hens together,
make two pillow slips of the two
good ends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04

Ottawa, Ont: United States tour
lists entering Canada will be given
ration books emitting them to only
20 gallons of gasoline on yearly
basis, not for each entry.
Washington: A five-pointed white
star within a blue circle has been
adopted as new insignia for all
u. S. combat aircraft to remove the
possibility of confusion with enemy
planes.
London: The 800-year-old cathe-
dral at Exeter suffered a direct
bomb hit and was damaged badly.
New York: Glenn L. Martin, pio-
neer aircraft manufacturer, stated
that Americas warplane production
is nearly twice that of Germany, but
is a "mere trickle compared with
the increasing flow that is to come. I"
Holland, Mich: Approximately
10000 persons attended the 14th an
nual tulip festival.
Washington: The army will SUBJ
stitute steel and zinc buttons, coat
ed with brass, for those made OF
solid brass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04
RUSSIAN FRONT:
THO OfenSiUes

AS the Nazis began massing new
panzer divisions for the first 1912
thrust at Moscow from the west,
further to the south their forces
scored a strategic victory as they
forced withdrawal of Russian troops
from the Kerch peninsula. Their
goal in that section of the front was
of course the vital oil fields of the
Caucasus.
Around Kharkov, to the north OF
the Kerch area, Marshal Semeon
Tinoshenko's armies of the Ukraine
held the offensive after more than
two weeks of steady intensive fight
ing. Success by the Russians at
Kharkov would expose rear lines OF
main German units attacking the
Caucasus.
Just across the narrow strait from
the Kerch peninsula the Russians
were reported to have heavily re-
inforced their defenses on the eau
casus shore and the Soviet Black
sea fleet was said to be massed
near the strait and doomed as Hit
ler's biggest obstacle in any jump
toward the oil treasure.
United Nations strategists hope fol
a successful stand by the Russians
in the Caucasus region. For If Hit
Ter can be kept from this oil his time
table will be once more upset. Some
experts expressed the suggestion
that the threatened Moscow often
sive was feint to lure heavy Rus
sian defenses away from the OF
fields. While the moral effect o
Moscow's fall might be bad, the los
of rich supplies of oil in the Cauca
sus would be far more damaging t
the Allied cause.
Both the Nazis and the Russian
were claiming that the other had sui
fered huge losses in tanks and othe
armored material all along the front
In three days of fighting on the L
yum-Barvenkova front, the Russian
reported the destruction of IS Gel
man tanks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04
MEXICO:
National Pride

AS Mexico moved toward war,
government officials explained the
necessity for such step. Mexican
national pride demanded that the
deaths of 81 sailors killed by Axis
torpedoes be avenged.
A solemn demonstration in men,
DRY of the dead sailors drew thou
sands of people to Mexico City's
huge central plaza. President Man.
uel Avila Camacho, members of the
cabinet and congress appeared at
the demonstration. The memorial
program was followed by a pageant
at which the Nazi banner was
burned amid cheers for Roosevelt
and other Allied leaders and boos for
Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hiro-
hito.
Many German, japanese and Ital.
ian business houses were painted
with slogans Down With the Axis!'
and Down With Hitler!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04
TRANSPORTATION:
Lonely Highways

BY June, 1913, the Office of Emer-
gency Management reports that TO-
600, 900 passenger cars will go off
the roads-leaving about 5000, 000-
unless car pooling can be made eff
fective on nationwide scale.
According to DEM statistics, the
average passenger load per mile
last year was less than persons,
although the average car capacity is
AZ persons. The War Production
board reported some labor-manage-
ment committees have enabled
workers to form their own car pools
by indicating on conspicuously post
ed maps the home location of every
man driving car to work and OF
every man without car.
| Meanwhile the Office of Defense
Transportation banned operation OF
all sightseeing bus services and re-
stricted use of chartered buses to
such essential operations as trans
porting members of the armed
forces, war workers and school chill.
dren.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04
Franklin's Greed

I believe in one God, the creator
of the universe. That he governs
it by His Providence. That He
ought to be worshiped. That the
most acceptable service we rem
der to Him is doing good to His
other children. That the sou Of
man is immortal, and will be
treated with justice in another life
respecting its conduct in this.
These I take to be the fundamental
points in all sound religion
Franklin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04

Justice had been done him, the pow
erty and anxiety of the following
years, your mothers long illness,
were all so many barriers between
you and normal happy youth. Now
for the first time you are free to
make your own friends and find your
own place, and you must not be i'm
patient if it takes a little time.
Look about you, not for the at
tractive, popular men OF just the
right age, position, income to make
ideal husbands, but for some soul
perhaps as lonely as yourself, with
as unusual a story, and be good
friend to him before you expect him
to be one to you.
One way to find him is through
church circles, or language or study
clubs. But the probability is that he
is in the group about you now, Ell
Their at the clearinghouse table or
in the office or somewhere in your
immediate vicinity. With the idea
of giving friendship rather than
seeking admiration make few SIM
pie overtures to this man. Try it
| on two or three at a time, so that
the law of average will be on your
side.
Prepare for Rebuffs.
You won't have to do anything
as radical as wearing badge bear
ing the words 81 want to get mar
ried." But you may have to over
come shyness and awkwardness and
inexperience as great as your own;
so be prepared for rebuffs.
The moment you have his atten-
ton, remember that you are trying
to make him feel your interest in
him rather than to win his interest
in you. His secret passion may be
duck shooting, stamp collections,
chess or cooking; find it out. Then
lead him on.
In California there is a beloved
professor who is regarded by his
associates as a genius. He and his
plain, sweet, clever wife have three
daughters and a son. 1t was 19
years ago that the wife, then a lone
ly girl of about Caroline's age, de-
liberately stopped at his desk as she
was leaving his laboratory class and
asked him whether he would dine
with her and her mother some eve
ming. His answer was an inarticu
late roar.
Two days later she asked him
again. He answered sourly that hi
had no time for social engagements
This time she said seriously ant
slowly, 81 am %. am lonely. 1
ever you feel you would like me fol
a friend will you let me know?
like you very much"
; She then went on her way with ;
5 burning face, and the simple wisl
: in her heart that the earth woul,
i open up and swallow her. But be
5 fore she reached the campus gate
l a clumsy figure in a top coat
f with specialized eyes and rough hal
t under an old cap, was beside hel
r and the professor was carrying he
r books.
Once when / had a rather sh
small girl to guide through her frs
hard social experiences I told he
that when she was out with a ma
it was a helpful idea sometimes
say dreamily, "I'm having such
good time!"
If you doubt this, think for a
instant how pleased you would {
= if one of these males against whol
\ you are at present planning a can
+ paign, suddenly, in somewhat d1
bious moment, said the same thln
With my shy little girl it worke
to a charm. Boys began to say TIL
it was fun to take her out.
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MANPOWER:
Mobilization

In a program to promote fullest
utilization of manpower a program
was announced in Washington which
directed the U. S. employment serv-
ice to prepare and maintain lists of
skilled occupations essential to war
production in which national short
age exists. Preferential referrals OF
workers would then be made to en-
ployers engaged in war production
in order of their priority before max
ing referrals to other employers.
Further the employment service
was directed to analyZe and classify
occupational questionnaires distrib-
uted by the selective service system
and to interview persons skilled IN
critical war occupations and refer
them to war job openings, and in
crease its activities and facilities
necessary to provide additional ag-
riculture workers. .
In addition assistance to the farm
er in helping him meet serious la
| Dor situation was seen in an order
to the Farm Security administration
to increase mobile labor camps tc
make agricultural workers avalla'
BILE. The Office of Defense Trans
portation is to assure adequate
TRANSPORTATION facilities for such
| workers.
In discussing these labor mobiliza
ton programs, War ManpoWel
Chairman McNutt stated that if it i:
possible to insure full and effective
utilization of manpower through vol
untary cooperation, "it will be un
necessary to put into effect lega
controls to limit freedom of actor
of workers and employers. Skille'
labor shortages have forced 1874 on
of 700 war contractors to reduce pro
duction, he said, and estimated tina
by the end of 1912 war labor force
will be boosted by approximately
18,000,0 900.
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AIR SCORE:
against Nazis

Three German planes are being
lost to every British plane downed
in Africa, according to British, Ca
madam and Australian airmen visit
ing in New York. However, they
pointed out, that the Axis still holds a
so per cent superiority in the number
of fighting planes. Special praise
was heaped upon the CUrtiss-Wright
P40 American pursuit planes. The
men are touring U. S. plane fac
tories
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04
Rv KATHLEEN NORRIS
r WONDER what would hap

pen," an East st. Louis
l. girl writes me, eff I had
made a button bearing the
words, 4 want to get married.
and wore it on my coat?"
She goes on to tell me her
story, and it is hard and he
roic story.
st am &c." writes Caroline,
"healthy, tall, slender, smart,
and without any real fault OF
feature. My mirror shows me
a good straight nose, good
eyes, plenty of brown hair,
perfect teeth-my best feature-dull
skin and an expression that evident
ly suggests Keep Off,
"I was the only daughter OF a
bank-commissioner father and
very fine mother. When I was nine
my father was convicted OF dis
honest dealing; this was not true,
as we afterward proved, but it ruined
nv father. He served a seven
month term, after which we three
moved into the mountains, and lived
an isolated life for ten years. l
had no friend except my mother.
''My fathers name was cleared
lust before he died. He had planned
often to come back and try to begin
again, but there was no time. After
his death, helped by the old friend
who had fought my fathers cause
for ten years, my mother and
came to the city and ! studied book
keeping and stenography. We had
very little money; we lived In one
room and cooked our meals there.
When began to earn money every
| extra dollar meant treat, or the
wonderful feeling of paying off bills;
we two were sufficient to ourselves
Mother Became Ill.
Four years ago my mother devel
oped an incurable malady. Turning
to the friend who had saved us once
before I borrowed enough money tt
take her to the woods she loved fol
3 the remaining ten months OF hel
life.
"Since then I have plugged ava!
in gradually improving jobs; / nov
! make 81 800 a year, live cOmforta
& bly,, and have a few good womal
4 friends. Also 1 think ought to tel
you that two men, both married
q have expressed affection for me
One is the friend of whom l hav
4 spoken. After my mothers dealt
q he told me quietly that anything h
Z could do for me was pleasure t
y him, because he had always felt
strong affection for me.
Ellis wife and I are friendly, a
s though don't see either Of then
often. She has two children by
former marriage and is wrapped u
in them.
"The other man is an army caI
tain. He was stationed here withou
At his wife, who is an invalid. Thes
lie circumstances made me feel that
Iy am not without attraction for mel
n. but the truth is that few of thel
x seem to know that ! am alive. 81
lie riously, I know I would never hav
lie the courage to wear button al
I'd nouncing my marriage-hungry stat
to the world, but is there some les
er device that you could devise?
want a home; want children;
want someone to love and spo
How to go about finding them?"
= Must Not Be Impatient.
err Caroline, you are only 20, and Il
ed tragic story of your life accoun
he for your being far behind most wor
en- of your age in opportunity. "
70 had no girlhood, no school frien
IA with whom to form natural soci
~ affiliations. Those were years
exile and shame for you in the me
- sensitive period of your life. 70
IS fathers sorrowful death, just aft
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called these U. S.-made machines
the best in the world.
Japanese pursuit planes which
rose to challenge the American
forces during the daring raid
"never had a chance" he said.
Doolittle later told of the great
disappointment of two-thirds OF the
volunteer f1iers who were secretly
trained for the job attacking Japan.
They were "heartbroken" he ex-
planned, because the limit OF the
number of planes to be used on the
raid forced them to remain behind
at the last minute.
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HIG HLIG HTS IN the 'oeeks ne~s

Washington: Nine-tenths of all
factory workers earn 40 cents an
hour or more, according to Secre-
tary of Labor Frances Perkins. One
tenth of the factory workers earn
$1.10 or more.
San Francisco: Ten thousand Jap
anese, evacuated from Pacific coast
al states, will be moved to reloca-
ton center to be built in the Big
Horn area of Wyoming.
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DOOLITTLE:
To Do More

More raids on japan were prom.
ised by Brig. Gen. James H. Doc
little, commander of the U. S. air
fleet which bombed Tokyo in mid
April. In a nationwide radio broad
cast he praised workers and manu-
facturers of American airplanes and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-04

Including the Defenseless
No civilization is complete which
does not include the dumb and de-
fenseless of Gods creatures with
in the sphere of charity and
mercy.-Queen Victoria.
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opinions expressed In
of necessarily TINS
- - Reeas hy Newspaper Union
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

Nazi Divisions Battle on Two Fronts
AS Campaign in Russia lntensifies;
DEM Seeks Nationwide Auto Pooling;
Germany Reported Critical of Laval
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! PATTERNS
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-17

II is this lack. certainly, which
characterizeS the average Jap
soldier. a lack best summed up
by saying that ne, like his general
and his high command, is offenSe
minded
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-17
Americans Bomb
Jdps in Burma

NEW DELHI. India, Dec L
(INS). -A three-day American
aerial offensive against Japanese
shipping, installations, lines of
communications and supplies and
concentrations in Burma was dis
closed today by United States
Army Air Force headquarters
The offensive got under way
Sunday when American medium
bomberS carried out an offensive
patrol in Northern Burma. Freight
cars at Namti were set afre
The next day medium bomberS
attacked installations at Myo-
.haung.
On Tuesday fighters based a.
Assam Strafed a gun convoy in
the Hu-Kwang valley
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-17

months 10 retake the islands and
The airport from the enemy.
In the process. We lost 726
planes, more than FIVE times as
many as the enemy, and 50 ships.
Once. early in the campaign, we
catch a group of enemy cruisers
by surprise, and with our surface
forces. sink four Of them (the first
battle of Savo ISland); but our
high command fails 10 exploit the
advantage OF TINS victory which
might have been followed by a
mass landing OF troops on the tenn
porarily unprotected enemy shore.
Instead of forcing landing, our
ships simply withdraw.
What a bMnder. But il is only
one Of many.
The most fragrant errors in man
agement are made on land. We
have succeeded IN landing troops
near the enemy aIrhcld But ouI
high command undcroStImateS the
strength Of the enemy. Twice VIC
send IN forces OF our troops &c
break the enemy lines and retake
the airport. The first time we try
with "A force Of about 100 men,
which our command should know
but doesn't Us only a tiny fraC-
ton OF the enemy strength.
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tinue landing troops in small lots
near the enemy airfield. in the
hope of building a force which will
eventually be- strong enough to
wreSt the airfield from the enemy
PINCER STRATEGY
But when they have built up a
large force. the general staff then
decides 10 inflict a crushing pincer
movement on the enemy positions
near the airport. A great naval
armada, carrying 10000 troops, is
According 10 the plan,
this force, escorted by warShips,
will force a landing; then. with
great strength Of numbers, crush
the enemy positions.
That is the plan. But again, poor
staff work fouls the design. Our
armada is intercepted outmaneuv-
cred. licked, and Is of our ships
sunk.
In the confusion Of the fighting,
our transports are left unprotected.
nine OF them sunk. and 10000 of
our men drown. Planes are by this
time getting short, because of our
great losses. Our high command
does not put out protective UNI
brella of aviation. Only 40 planes
are sent out - and h o Z down.
| November: The sea battle for
. Guadalcanal)
II is a bitter failure. Our naval
forces, shattered, retire. Our
chances of sending food and fur
Ither reInforcements 10 our troops
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-17
RAID INDo-CmNA AIRDRoMF

WITH MERICAN AIR
FORCES IN CHINA. Dec IA tde-
layed) CUP.-Unitcd States bomb
ers today struck another blow
against Japanese air power in the
Far East by attacking the enemy
important northern Indo-Chinese
airdrome at Gialam, across the
Red River from Hanoi.
Four and a half tons of demo-
lition, incendiary and Fragments
ton bombs cascaded over the
airport's two major hangers, ex-
tensive workshops. supply dumps,
warehouses and runways.
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INVADERS DIFFERENTIATED

Accordingly. the enemy kills
nearly 900 of these. i'm the battle
and the remainder, are finished
OF afterwards (battle of the Ten
aru River August Zl1
But our stupid high command.
(the Jap stIll have not learned
their lesson DISdaIning the obvl-
Gus evidence Of great enemy
strength. they send another small
force, of about $500 mon. 10 break
through the enemy lines and seize
the airport. This force, TOO. fails
and is defeated with heavy caSu-
alueS 'battlc Of Lunga Ridge,
September 1f1
This atlomp' failing al a great
loss Of face. our high command
learns 10 be cautious. They con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-17
Toxic FumIDIeS War as U. 8. Opens Drive

On the island are greatly dimin-
iShed.
IL is even doubtful that We viii
be able 10 come back again in any
force. For the time being. at least
we are licked
That, in reverse, is the sad
history of the Jap general staff
in the Pacific war since the begin
ming OF the Midway battle.
LICKED FOR THE TIME
The Aleutian campaign is a
side issue which is equally. a
failure. Add the total score and
the Jap side of the ledger is very
red. Their general staff has made
plumbers which would have raised
a huge cry Of public indignation,
had they been perpetrated by Our
commanders; which. IN total
tartan nation, are hushed up-but
which continue 10 undermine the
enemy position al an accelerating
rate because they are huShed up
The most interesting fact IN all
this history OF failure IS that m
every case. where the Jap mas
failed. he has been met by uneX-
pected resistance.
He has come arrogantly into
battle, apparently confident OF
victory: but when ne has been
loutmaneuvered and beaten. where
he has been surprised, he ha,
Icrumpled rapidly. And this seems
a fundamental defect OF the jar
rfnaptaIity