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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
ARMY HOUR
is SOLDIERS BOON

Science has added greatly to the
frightfulness of war, but science has
also offered some compensations. I
well remember in 1918 how our boys
in France were hungry for a word,
voice from the homeland. They
would listen intently to the ightest,
most inconsequential chatter if ex-
pressed in the English they liked,
the American kind. I thought of
that hunger of 1918 as 1 listened to
the army hour on the radio. It in
cluded many typical American
songs rendered by feminine or
mixed choruses. That hour goes to
our soldier boys wherever they may
be on the far-fung fronts throughout
the world. 1t is but one of the COM
pensations science has offered to
ameliorate the frightfulness of war
to those who fight the battles. It
provides each day the word, the
voice, from the homeland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
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DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM
is OUR GREATEST
Released by western Newspaper Union.

DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM
is OUR GREATEST
THE WAR has added to our
knowledge of production, but pro-
duction is but a portion of the an
swer to our peace-time, as well as
our wartime problem. The greater
problem is that of distribution. If
the war can show us a solution to
the problem of distribution, all the
world will profit from that knowl-
edge in the peace time that is to
come.
Since World War I, America has
produced great SURPRISES of food
products that have gone to waste
during years when millions were
starving-all because we lacked a
knowledge of distribution. We could
ship to China, for example, but
did not know how to find market
in China. Finding or creating
market, with methods that will ar
range for purchase price, are all
a part of distribution.
The world needs not less produc-
ton, but more consumption. There
is no reason for the destruction
of American wheat or Brazilian
coffee when they are needed by mil
lions who are hungry. The need
is for men, statesmen and econo-
mists, with the brains necessary for
the solution of the distribution prob
lem. America has such men. When
they have been used and have
solved the problem that comes to
us as the greatest creditor nation,
they will have provided use for
all the vast production of this ma
ton and of the world, and the best
assurance of maintaining world
peace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
Two Towns Are One

Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales,
Sonora, Mexico, are two towns
geographically, but only one phys
ically, says Golfers. The inter-
national boundary line, which runs
down the middle of their one
common main street, is marked
by a barbed-wire fence. Interna-
tionalism is so strong that the
inhabitants celebrate all American
and Mexican holidays.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06

superstructure from floating wreck
age to shield them from the sun
They mapped plan to ration their
barrel of water, but by taking adj
vantage of rain, avoided tapping
the precious emergency supply.
Finally, ship hove into view.
More resourceful than ever, the men
on the RATS fiattened a can, attached
it to an oar, and flashed signals in
the sun. Risking the rescue, the
ship responded, and was under way
again while the final survivors were
still on the rope ladder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06

Eighteen members of the crew of
the United States ship reached shore
after spending 10 days aboard life
RATS. The survivors credited Miles
Nelkin, able seaman, with sticking
to the task of releasing life RATS I'M
til it was accomplished but he was
unable to save himself.
Two of the RATS were dashed to-
gether by survivors who then in
geniously constructed a sheltering
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
THIS STANDS BETWEEN US
AND AXIS SLAVERY

THEY WE'RE just two kids.
Neither had as yet passed his 18th
birthday. AS the friend who intro
duced me said, ''they are not dry
behind the ears" But they were.
They had matured in the grim battle
of the Coral sea. They had been on
the Lexington. One was a member
of the crew of bomber plane.
The other was member of a gun
crew. One had been slightly wound
ed by Jap machine gun bullet.
Both had gone overheard at the or
der to abandon ship and had floated
about for an hour or more before
being picked up. They were back in
the States for rest period and both
were tired of the enforced idle
ness. They wanted to be up and at
the Japs again. The only thing
they told me of the fight and final
sinking of the Lexington was of the
free ice cream that was passed out
just before the order to abandon
ship was given. They represent that
young America which the Japs
and the Huns and the Wops cannot
lick. They and their kind stand be-
tween us and slavery.
AMERICA IS ONE OF BUT few
nations that has never known a
dictator. AS a people we have
never felt the lash of the dctator's
whip since, as colonists of the Eng
lish king, our ancestors threw the
tea into Boston bay. 1t would be
hard to imagine Americans counte-
nancing dictatorial government 9TH
er than in war time, and even then
we demand the right of criticism,
and to pass judgment on the gov
eminent we create.
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
at Washington tells congress where
an annual saving, amounting to
$16.03 for each man, woman and
child in America, can be made
without in any way affecting the war
expenditures, or the effectiveness of
the peace-time operations of the
government. The total is the tidy
sum of $2,O85, OOO,O But does con-
gress want to save?
THE FIRST OF LAST JANUARY
there were in the United States 421,-
473 business establishments engaged
in selling or servicing automobiles,
with over 100000 employees and
with over one billion dollars a year
in payrolls. When we add to these
figures the number of people en-
ployed in building automobiles, we
can have some idea of what the
automobile industry, a creation of
only about 40 years, means to the
nation. 1t was product of the
American system of free COMPETE
ton.
A PEACE BUILT ON THE
PROMISE of the Atlantic charter,
with the addition of economic free
dom, meaning to the individual the
right to work and to acquire;
peace that would establish and
maintain representative govern
ment throughout Europe and Asia,
with personal liberty for all people,
and insuring against wars of the
future, is the kind of peace for
which America is fighting.
1T MAY BE HARD LUCK to bet
on the wrong horse, but it would be
good judgment not to bet on any.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
Merchantmen Sailors Heroism Told by Navy

In a news release by the navy
telling of recent ship sinkings there
were stories of the machine-gunning
of dinghy bearing survivors, the
use of tin can to send heliograph
messages, and the heroism of
25-year-old seaman who gave his
life for his shipmates.
The victims were large Norwe-
gian merchant ship, sunk by three
torpedoes off the northern coast of
South America on June 3.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
Wrap-OVer FrOck.

N7HAT a comfort, at the end of
w a hard day to slip into cool,
utterly simple frock like this one
shown. in Pattern No. 1854. The
fact that it wraps over and is held
in place with just two buttons at
the waist makes it very easy to
slide into! You'll find it a prac-
teal and attractive frock for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
Ell HOUSEHOLD
III % l his

Chamois leather gloves will not
dry stiff if, after washing, they are
rinsed in warm water to which
teaspoonful of pure olive oil has
been added.
A soft cloth dampened in borax
water will do wonders for yellow
piano keys. Dry thoroughly with
another soft cloth.
AS a filling for picnic sand
wiches try cream cheese mashed
with strawberry jam or with
brown sugar. Cream cheese and
chopped, crystallized ginger make
another good mixture.
Always warm the pot before
making coffee, then sprinkle a
little salt on the coffee before add
ing the boiling water. This will
improve the flavor.
A finger cut from an old glove
and slipped over the end of a
curtain-rod enables it to be pushed
through curtain-hems of the finest
net without catching and tearing
the fabric.
A simple way to freshen white
washing silk which has become
yellow through constant washing
is to add milk to the rinsing water
and allow it to soak for a few
minutes before squeezing out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06

YES, your youngster is ready for
hours and hours of play when
you make her this cunning suit
in a stout durable cotton which
"can take it,! We suggest seer
sucker, poplin, denim or broad
cloth. The suit is trimmed down
to essentials only-a topper which
can be worn tucked in as a shirt,
or as a jacket-overalls and an
abbreviated romper suit for sun
worship. The last named carries
a sail boat decoration which can
be applied as a bright patch of
contrasting color.
Pattern No. 8166 is in sizes for 1, 2. 3,
and year olds. Size 2 years set takes
314 yards 35 or 39-inch material. ia
yards ric rae to trim rompers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
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Washington, d. C.
u. S. FOREIGN LEGION

Most people don't realize it, but
there are many enemy aliens who
are officers in the u. S. army. In
fact the army, true to the American
tradition of the melting pot, is made
up of American citizens of almost
every national and racial back
ground, including 2,720 German ali
ems, not to mention 2,700 Germans
who are naturalized citizens.
The Italian total is 2,472 aliens and
1871 naturalized. In addition, there
are ga Japanese in the army, plus
5000 Japanese-Americans, formerly
of the Hawaiian national guard,
most of whom are assigned to the
Tooth battalion at Fort Mccoy, Wis.
The army goes on the assumption
that any man who wants to fight
can be a good soldier. Of course,
the "enemy aliens" are checked and
double-checked before they are adj
mitted for enlistment The men who
pass these tests are found to be even
more jealous for the defeat of the
dictators than the average Ameri-
can.
Latin-American Battalions.
To make the melting pot more
complex, the army has a Filipino
infantry battalion, and is forming
battalion for Norwegians in the
U. S. and Observation-Disclosures. In
struction and conversation in this
unit will be in the Norwegian Ian
guage.
Equally eager to fight are thou
sands of Latin-Americans, especial
ly from the nearer countries, such
as Cuba and Mexico. The office
of the U. S. military attache in
Havana is flooded with applications
from young Cubans who want to
wear the uniform of Uncle Sam.
Most of them would renounce Cuban
citizenship if necessary.
But what they do not realize is
that if they come to the United
States, they are likely to be swept
into the U. S. army, whether they
like it or not. Within five days after
entering this country, aliens must
register for the draft, and they had
better leave the country pronto if
they don't want to be indicted.
Not yet arranged, but highly de-
sirable, is a Latin-American bat
talon. There are now ten Latin
American countries which have de-
clared war on the Axis, and thou
sands of their young men want to
follow up that declaration with
something more than police duty at
home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
No-CHAUFFEUR ARNOLD

Trustbusting Thurman Arnold halls
from the small town Of Laramie,
Wyo., and he doesn't see any rea-
son why he should hire a chauffeur
to drive his car. So he drives it
himself.
One evening, after he and Mrs.
Arnold had been dinner guests of
Mrs. Evalyn (Hope Diamond)
Mclean, they were going out the
front door, when the doorman said,
in his most elegant manner, "Shall
I call your car, Mr.. Arnold?"
With a dour expression on his
face, Arnold said, "You can call it,
but don't think it will come"
CAPITAL CHAFF
q The Thurman Arnolds are mourn
ing over the fact that Angelica has
eaten Henry Wallace's corn. When
the vice president heard about it, he
having given the Arnolds present
of Iowa hybrid corn, he remarked:
81 hope the corn did Angelica some
good" Angelica is the Thurman
Arnolds' COW.
q Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of Sena-
tor "No-X-Card" Pepper of Florida,
walks to social engagements or
takes the street car.
q There may be gasoline short
age, but you would never know it at
Washington's Congressional Country
club. On a recent Sunday there
were so many golfers that cad6ies
had to double up and carry two or
three bags each On the same
Sunday, motorists so damned the
highways between Washington and
Eastern Shore beaches that cars
were lined up for three hours wait
ing for the Chesapeake ferry.
d Admiral Sherman, commander of
the late airplane carrier Lexington,
pays great tribute to newly enlisted
navy men. with only four months
training" he says, ''they behaved
like veterans. The order to aban-
don ship was almost like a parade
drill"
G Credit far-sighted Senator Josh
Lee of Oklahoma with having advo-
Gated many months ago giant trans
Atlantic transport planes to carry
war materials to Russia and Britain.
Now various experts say this will
be the only solution to our serious
shipping problem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06
BACK-BREAKERS

An American diplomat returning
from Italy tells this revealing story
about the true sentiments of the
Italian people.
In his office at the U. S. embassy
in Rome he found a clerk, an Italian
girl, crying. When he inquired what
was wrong, she replied: "Oh, I'm
ashamed to be an Italian. You re-
member what boasting the Fascists
did about the Greek campaign?
They said: we will break their kid
neys.' But everybody knows who
really beat the Greeks; it was not
our army; it was the Germans. But
now-have you seen the poster on
the streets this morning?" And the
girl broke into tears again.
The diplomat looked outside at the
poster, which that day was appear
ing all over Italy. 1t showed a
Greek soldier lying on his face,
with a steel bar across his back. On
top of the bar was the Fascist in
signe, and on the side, the swastika.
The caption read: eve said we
would break their kidneys. Musso-
lini is always right"
Note: All reports from Italy tell
of a growing disgust with the Mus
solini government, and a growing
hatred of the Germans. But the
people are too cowed to revolt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-06

hurried morning breakfast - in
fact it is a jewel in the wardrobe
of any busy woman. Extra smart
in lowered chintz.
Pattern No. 1854 is in sizes 80 to IS.
Size "a with bias cut skirt, takes AZ yards
35-inch material, 2 yards ric rae. Send
your order to:
Evening star., 1942-12-06
ECUADOR: Land Of Many Contrasts

below that of the Incas, this mys-
terious, vanished race built roads
and temples, were skilled in stone
carving and pottery work and even,
according to skull remains, filled
teeth with gold
The majority of the Eucadoreans
still live in the highlands, despite
the fact that the coastal and lower
valley areas are more fertile and
commercially valuable. In the over
whelmingly Indian settlements of
the mountains families wrest q
meager living from the soil through
grazing and subsistence farming in
such crops as grains. beans, pota-
toes and other vegetables adapted
to the high attitudes
From the intermediate and trop-
ical zones-where the Indians are
strikingly different from their high
land brothers, and where the Negro
element in the population is con-
centrated-comes Ecuador's leading
export crop-chocolate-making Ca
Gao. Coffee, sugar, cotton, rice, trop-
ical fruits and some crude oil are
other important items in these re-
gions.
The purely Spanish atmosphere
and blood ties are found largely in
the cities, particularly in the ancient
and picturesque capital Of Quito,
more than 1900 feet above sea level.
Ecuador's first two cities are Quito,
with about zoe, 1000 inhabitants, and
the port of Guayaquil, economic
Evening star., 1942-12-06

nest and museum of natural his
tory" now being turned into a Pa
cific fortress-are $50 miles away.
Boundary Dispute Settled.
Ecuador is about the size of Ore
gon, although 1t has more than g.
100000 inhabitants-or three times
as many as the United States COM
monwealth. It's present area of
more than 100000 square miles Is
considerably smaller than that long
claimed in its boundary dispute with
Peru. 1t was only this year, in the
interests of hemisphere unity, that
the two countries settled the CEN
tury-old alteration, which at times
had erupted into open warfare.
Ecuador is a nation of extremes,
of magnificent cathedral architec-
ture and s-thatched native huts;
Of primitive muleback transport over
lonely mountain trails. and exquisite,
tradition-molded manners in CEN
ters of learning and culture Trav-
cling relatively short distances. you
can find tropical rain forests and
parched deserts, while coastal
plains contrast sharply with the wild
Andean landscapes of the interior,
where rushing streams cut their way
through narrow, sheer-Walled gorges
This country has an avenue of
volcanoes" many of them active
and among the highest in the world.
where fire and smoke meet snow
and glacier. The Equator lands
very name is often belied by its cli-
mate, cooled by mountain heights.
Yet because of its equatorial loca-
ton, the snow line in the mountains
Evening star., 1942-12-06

This is the eighth OF a series of
10 informative articles and maps
on the republics OF South Amer
tcd, the great continent 1Dith
i1kich Ue share the Western
Hemisphere. At the request OF
The Sunday Star, the National
Geographic Society. as a part OF
its many educational activities,
has prepared the basic data and
accompanying maps from, its rich
resources OF geographic kno,ol-
edge and surveys. By clipping
this series from 1Ueek to tDeek,
adults and school pupils may ac-
quire an up-to-ddte collection of
maps and notes on our neighbor
continent to the south.
A South American nation astride
the Equator loomed big in hemi-
sphere defense last September, when
Galapagos Islands were
as the site of a new offshore
base for United States forces. This
moreover, was not the first
indication of such cooperation. As
early as March, 1912, the President
Of Ecuador had announced the es-
of the United States
naval base at Salinas, overlooking
the broad Guayaquil Gulf that leads
to the nations chief port of the
same name.
Ecuador thus joins the defense
line on the approaches to the Pan
anna Canal. It's northernmost point
is only about 525 air miles from the
Canal (slightly more than two aver
age bomber hours'D. The Gala
pagos Islands-the one-time pirates
Evening star., 1942-12-06
A. |. De Leeuw, Inventor
Of Gun RecoiI Device, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Dec. S.
Adolph Lodewijk De Leeuw, 81, en-
gineer, author and inventor of re-
coil mechanism for the French IS
nm. guns of the last war. died to-
day in his home at 1924 Park
Avenue
AS vice president and mechanical
engineering consultant, he was ac-
tive in the direction of war work at
the Goss and De Leeuw Machine
Company, Bridgeport, Conn.,, until
his death.
During the last war, he built a
number of war plants. He was
member of the Machine Tool Com
mittee of the War Industries Board.
A native of Holland, he became
a mathematics professor there.
Soon after coming to this country
in 1890. he entered the engineering
department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. A few years later, he
became chief engineer of the Niles
Tool Works at Hamilton. Ohio.
In 1910 he became associated with
the Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.
He opened an Office in New York
In 1919 as a consulting engineer, and
in 1923, he joined the Bridgeport
firm which bears his name. He was
consulting editor of the American
Machinist.
Surviving are his widow and two
daughters.
Evening star., 1942-12-06

and forest contributions to make to
the military needs Of the United
States. Cacao is valuable in rations
to be consumed in battle areas
around the world. In 194l Ecuador
shipped out large quantities OF
cacao and coffee, especially to the
United States.
Other useful Ecuadorean exports
are crude rubber, malaria fighting
quinine, and fiber. dye and products.
such as the tagua nut, whose ivory
like substance makes tough, long
wearing buttons. The United States
recently placed q large order for
Ecuador's tagua nuts for this use.
(Copyright, National Oeographic Society
Evening star., 1942-12-06
So Pct. Of Criminals
In D. T.. Are Drinkers,
PoIicewoman SAYS
Copt. Rhode }. MiIIiken
Addresses Temperance
Group at HyottsvilIe

BY the Associated Press.
Capt. Rhoda J. Milliken of the
Washington Police Department told
the mid-Atlantic conference of
Youths Temperance Councils yes
terday that 60 per cent of the per-
sons arrested for criminal offenses
in the District of Columbia "are
drinkers"
In many instances, she added, al
cohol was the greatest single con-
tributor to the delinquency Of chill
dren. "On the basis Of $500 arrests
annually made by the Women's
Bureau at least 600 homes in
the District of Columbia are po-
tentialy breeding places Of young
criminals, due to the alcoholic asso-
Citations of the parents" she said.
Capt. Milliken was one of several
speakers at yesterdays sessions in
the First Methodist Church, HyatSs-
vile, Md, attended by delegates
from Maryland. Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania. New Jersey and the District
Of Columbia.
SOdCIl SldIh oIlduSiiliCSoy VI tiiC
University of Maryland, called to
Chicago suddenly, sent prepared
statement to the conference in
which he warned against even mod
crate use of alcohol and tobacco,
saying:
"The use of a little tobacco or
little alcohol very frequently de-
velops the tobacco and alcohol
habits, which are without question
harmful"
DR.. Wendell E. Malin, president of
the Leland Memorial Hospital, Riv-
erdale, deplored the lack of scien-
tific driving tests for drinking
driVne in many States. Other
speakers included.
Edward B. Dunford, Riverdale,
Md. attorney for the Anti-Saloon
League Of America; Miss Mary L.
Hoover, Johnstown, Pa, National
Youths Temperance Councils COM
mitteewoman, and DR.. Charles E.
Resser, president Of the District of
Columbia Sunday School Associa-
ton.
The conference will end this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Wars Effect on Youno
To Be Discussion Topic

Effects OF wartime conditions on
the behavior of young children of
the Georgetown area will be dis
cussed at a meeting OF the George
town .Neighborhood Council at $3.50
pm. tomorrow in the Georgetown
Branch Lhrary. Mrs. Morris Sell
ditch will be the principal speaker
Methods. used to solve the child
behavior difficulties will be reviewed
by representatives Of various social
agencies.
DR.. Andrew ]. Kress, chairman Of
the council, Is to preside.
Evening star., 1942-12-06

heart Of the nation, with 10000
people.
Farm and Forest Aid War Effort.
The war has proved, economically,
to be both a help and q hindrance
to Ecuador, as to many of the other
South American countries. It has
cut off necessary imports of ma
chinery and raw materials and at
the same time accelerated local
manufacture.
Unlike its Andean neighbors, Ecu
ador produces relatively little in the
way of minerals, although mining
for gold and silver. as well as copper
and lead. increased sharply In 1941.
It has, however. q number of farm
Evening star., 1942-12-06

is high-between $1,000 and 10000
feet above sea level.
Pre-Inca Civilization.
Roughly half of Ecuador's people,
1t is estimated, are pure -blooded
Indians, with another quarter a
combination of Indian and Spanish
stock. Centuries before the arrival
Of the Spanish conquerors-long be-
fore the expansion of the famous
Inca empire to this region-a pre-
historic Indian civilization rose and
waned in the Ecuadorean highlands.
Although its development is rated
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Chorus Plans PROGRAM

The boys and girls chorus Of
Woodrow Wilson School in Arnng-
ton will present a musical pro-
gram at meeting of the PARENT
Teachers Association at 8 pm. to-