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Evening star., 1942-10-23
Huskints Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.

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@. What is the salary Of the British
Ambassador to the United States?-
E. A. C.
A. Robert Berdiner, author Of "The
Riddle of the State Department" says
that it is roughly equivalent to- the salary
of the President ef the United States,
which is $75,0O0 year.
@. Are there any living descendants
of Christopher Columbus?-C. r.
A. The Spanish Duke Of Veragua Is .
descendant of Columbus lne. Several
families in South Americs trace their
ancestral lines to the admiral.
@. What is the origin OF the term
widows peak"?-M. s. s.
A. The term widows peak had Its
origin in the type of heaidress worn by
widows in medieval Europe, a cap COM
ing to a point on the forehead.
@. Who are the Qua&s?-O. B. A.
A. This is a populsr name for the
Canadian Women's Ar ny Corps.
@. What other great singers besides
Lily Pons have had tie role of Marie in
the Daughter of the Regiment Pr. c.
A. Jenny Lind an1 Adelina Patti are
among the great sinJers who have sung
the title role in Dontetti's popular work.
=
Q. What Negro regiments received
the Croix de Guerrs in the last war;
H. C. F.
A. The military authorities awarded
the Croix de Guerrs to four whole Negro
regiments, the 368th, 370th, 37lst and
372d, and the first Attalion of the seth
Infantry for heroisn in action.
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Evening star., 1942-10-23
Proposes Sharing Seats
In Crowded Buses.

To the Editor of The Star:
While riding crowded buses twice daily
I am obliged to stand, after days work,
tired, envious of those seated, or get a
seat and am conscience stricken because
some one standing near might be as tired
as I.
Can this condition be eliminated? Not
entirely. The Capital Transit Co. prob
ably is doing its best under the condi-
tions prevailing. Can they be amelio-
rated? Yes! and It's up to us travelling
public.
This is my suggestion: On a trip, say
from Takoma Park downtown, let all
seated at the approximate halfway
mark give up their seats to the standee
next to them, regardless OF sex.
Such an act Of courtesy would appear
natural and quite ordinary when done
once or twice. I am sure the spirit Of
fair play and sportsmanship Of our people
would welcome an opportunity to share
their travelling convenience once 1t Is
started. 8. J. JAFFE.
Evening star., 1942-10-23

A. Inc Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
.ne use tor republication of all news dispatches
paper and also the local news published herein
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1942-10-23

Carolina, in the notification crisis. forced
down the tariff rates: how at that juno
ture John Quincy Adams in Congress
threatened. in terms. retaliation. on be-
half OF Northern tariff beneficiaries,
against Southern shareholders. =
Your reviewer, discussing copper
heads Of those times, wonders" from
their numbers, 'if it is Just to lump the
sincere in with the careerists" Now.
Abraham Lincoln was copperhead dur
ing the Mexican War. that war in which
Jefferson Davis led and bled in battle
for the United States
In that Mexican War incident Lincoln.
In Congress, made charges against Pres
ident Polk of blood outlines and execu-
tive usurpation, much like those brought
later against Lincoln himself as war
President";; and he opposed a congress
sional resolution indorsing Polk's course,
just as similar resolution in Congress.
1861, supporting Lincoln's course, met
strong opposition in the many debates
thereon. and was never passed. Even
John Sherman, Republican supporter
OF Lincoln in general, declared that
he, would vote against the resolution
because of Lincoln's Unconstitutional
actions, including his suspension of the
Constitution guaranteed right of habeas
corpus
The second of the two books discussed
by your reviewer treats of the period
between the election of Abraham Lin
coin to the Presidency in November, 1860,
and the fall Of Fort Sumter in April,
1861" To actually get the true in
wardness" of the Sumter matter, involv-
Ing sometimes devious manipulations."
your reviewer says (and with which must
be linked that Of Fort Pickens hundreds
OF miles Distant, one should read the
official documents as compiled in Capt.
H. w. Johnstones enlightening PAM
phlet 192D. Truth of the War Con-
spiracy Of 1851" and in John Shipley
Tilley's recent book, Lincoln Takes
Command" (the University of North
Carolina Press, 194D.
FLOYD T. EVERETT.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Member of the Associated Press

Entered as second class matter post ofnce,
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1942-10-23

WASHINGTON. D. C.
FRIDAY October 23 1912
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26

Pvt. VIM. A Saari, 10th Photo
Recon. Sqdn., army air base, Colorado
Springs, Colo, is at new station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
FOREIGN MAIL DEPT. RECEIVES
LETTERS FROM FAR off PLACES

The Miners foreign mail depart
ment this week received airmail let
tiers from local soldiers in Brazil,
Central America, and an undiScloSed
base in tropical climate that may be
somewhere in the Atlantic. A fourth
letter from Gudalcanal is printed on
page one.
From newly commissioned Staff
Sgts. Tauno E. Maxi and Alex Maxi,
the only local soldiers now stationed
In Brazil, comes the declaration that
"this branch of the air corps, air
transport command, I can assure YOU,
is doing it's utmost to help win the
war
"We are in beautiful country, al
| though not quite as progressive as
| ours. The people are friendly, and
Portuguese is the universal language.
| Wed appreciate any letters our friends
write. The last issue of The Miner
was Aug. 81" CTheir letter was
little over week in transit) Their
address is A. T. c., A. P. o. 604, care
Postmaster, Miami, Fla.
PFC Frank Kromar, member OF
the military police believed stationed
somewhere in Central America, says,
my duties are many and varied, and
I'm quite busy. Sometimes my dogs
feel like bowling, but that's the life
of soldier and I don't mind it.. As
long as we do our best, and little
better, there will be no more Axis
before long" Kromar can be reached
through A. P. o. 839, care Postmaster
New orleans, La. His service number
is 37177643
The only hint Pvt. Milo H. Tuomela
is permitted to give as to his station
is in his assertion that "Coconuts
oranges and bananas are plentiful
here" Pvt. Arne Riikola is at tbs
same station, he said.
every Sunday" he said, when w
go to the beach we fill our stomach
with wild fruit. After seeing thu
natives all day long, white woman
would certainly look good to us. Tn
natives are very dark completed, ant
quite friendly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26

this page very much. 1t Is interesting
to know where the Ely boys are
located, and I hope to find some OF
them near here.
Ct came here from Fort Smelling
alone-traveling from one end of the
Mississippi to the other Am assigned
to the finance section of the Hq. Co.
and Hq SOD, 50th Serv. Group, Hard
ing Field, just six miles out OF
Batan Rouge, the state capital.
I'm enjoying the Souths warm
weather and picking up nice sun
tan. Am completing a stiff basic
training period, but like the army
a lot"
Three Elyites have been assigned to
another unit at Lubbock, Texas. They
are Cpl. Frank j. Zaverl, Jr., Staff
Sgt. Louis Zaverl, brothers, and Sgt
Helmer Lepisto, now in the 848th q
Eng. Flying Sch Sqdn. Like Private
Olson, the three are enjoying the
warm weather. The mornings are cool
but it sure warns up by noon. We
are all getting along swell and all
feeling fine We wish to thank you all
for the paper. We also wish the people
of Ely very happy Thanksgiving"
Pvt. Robert c. Cowling, AIT Tech
Sch. Sqdn., Bks. 528 Sheppard Field
Texas, sends thanks for his first issue
since entering the service.
Seaman Hugh Dinsmore is stationed
at Charleston, S. c., and Mrs. Dins-
more is working in the navy yard
there.
Pvt. Jack Yuma is now located at
Camp Adair, Ore. His address: Bly,. G,
361 Bn., APO &c..
"The first edition of The Miner has
arrived" says Pvt. Joseph L. Pertz,
864 Bomb TT. Sch. (Sp0, AAFBS, San
Angelo, Texas, land I cannot express
in words my appreciation"
Seaman William Lunka of the coast
guard has been transferred to the Big
-Four Inn, Granite Falls, Wash. He is
in Co. 5.
Pvt. Frank Beuk, Co. B, TIT M. P,
Bn., Camp San Luis Obispo, Calf, is
now serving in a newly created mil
itary police unit composed of limited
servicemen. We will guard public util-
tiles, etc. 1 believe I'm the only Ely
boy here. We started out with a five
week course, but it may run to seven
weeks. Thanks for the paper"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26

"Since I left Arkansas, I have been
in good many places. Travelling from
Minnesota to New Orleans to New
York, I've seen all the country
want to. We saw Washington on the
way to New York. 1t certainly was
thrilling passing through the capital.
It is something I'll never forget.
"Now that I'm on foreign soil,
realize how much I would like 10 be
in the states. 1t is going to be an
odd Christmas without any snow. 1t
certainly Is awful warm here. cannot
let you know where I am. When we
get back home, we'll have some real
stories to tell"
Both Tuomela and Riikola can be
reached through A. S. NJ, Med. bet.
Sta. Hosp, A. P. o. 800, Care Post
master, New York City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
KEEP EN- FLYING

soon. Well be glad to leave here, be-
cause the weather is terrible. All
we've been having is rain. The ground
sure gets muddy and do mean mud.
I wouldn't trade our little town for
the whole state of Kentucky.
eve want to say hello to all our
friends in Ely and to the men in the
service"
Words of appreciation come to the
VFW from Pvt. L. w. Johnson,
373OO398, Co. B &c Bn., IA Rgt., Camp
Robinson, Ark.
Have been getting the paper for
two months and surely appreciate the
efforts of local people and comrades OF
the WV" reports Pfc. Mike Lekatz,
bet. ONO (W), Fort Riley, Kan.
Pvts. Arthur Rule and Waino Writ
amen are well along in their flight
| training in ST. Cloud as members OF
the army air force reserve. Says Pri-
yate Rule: Eve will be here until the
middle of December, and then we will
receive a short leave to come home.
After this we will take a two-month
course in instrument fight work and
then will go either to fight officers
ferry school or directly to an air line
as a co-pilot with pay beginning at
$3.50 monthly during our training per-
iod. The pay raises to $500 monthly
We may also become instructors in
army basic training if We wish.
cat the present we are flying How
ard DGA 1875, a low-wing advanced
trainer for acrobatics. Our ground
school consisted of international
morse code, radio, navigation, meteor
ology, engines, theory of fight, aero
dynamics, etc. We also had military
ceremonies and drill. The course is
very complete, in fact it couldn't be
more complete
Both Privates Rule and Wirtanen
fall somewhat in the "local boys make
good" class. A couple of years ago
they began taking flying lessons from
various local pilots. They kept at 1t
until they finally received their
pilots licenses with both land and
seaplane ratings. They then applied
| for admittance to the air force re-
serve, which supplies the army with
civilian pilots for ferry work, and
were accepted
Pvt. Tony j. Zaverl tells about his
training at the Lincoln, Neb air base,
as follows:
81 wish to thank the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars for sending me The Ely
Miner. 1t sure is appreciated very
much. I haven't met any soldiers from
Ely yet but I hope to soon. will be
graduated from here about the first
week in December. I've been here
since July 25th and sure did lot OF
travelling before I got here. I was in
Miami Beach for eight days. While
there I stayed in a hotel overlooking
the Atlantic ocean, From there I was
sent here for airplane mechanics
training
"The schools here are running seven
days a week and "a hours day. Each
shift is for eight hours. This base i
about six miles northwest of Lincoln
I've seen a few university football
games in Lincoln. saw the Mime
, sofa Nebraska game.
"The first class graduated here
yesterday. Some of the boys left TO!
Burbank, Calf to work in plane fac
tories. Some went to Chanute Field tt
take up specialists training and SOM
were chosen as instructors. tn
> weather has been pretty cool latel,
but we haven't had any snow yet"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
Experienced Farm Girls

Farm girls who have had expert
ence in dairy calf club projects can
help out in these times by preparing
themselves for testers in dairy herd
Improvement associations. A train
ing course for testers will be given
at Ohio State university October ~
81. Full information can be obtained
from Ivan McKellip, animal hus-
bandry department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
NEW ADDRESSES.

Pvt. VIM. A. Saari, 10th Photo
Recon. Sqdn., army air base, Colorado
Springs, Colo, is at new station.
Pvt. Joseph Bottiani Ola Sig. Co.
depot, Avia), AAB, New Orleans
La, in sending his new address, said
you are doing a great work making
it possible for us to receive the paper
I like my work and my station"
Pvt. A. j. Pechaver, C. L. TT. bet.
6Sth Med Rgt., Camp Forrest, Tenn.
is at a new station.
Pvt John LlnuroSs, SIT Tech. Sch
SOD, rs No. 1905, AAFTTC, Basic
TT. Cntr. No. f. Miami Beach, Fla.
in submitting his new address, says
Il Just arrived here, so don't have
much to say about the place, but the
weather is certainly different thar
Ely's. You'll hear more from me after
I've been here a while"
TNG. 1O1NO LO1US1S, Oio1O4OS, w. ~
381St Inf, APO 9, Camp Adair, Ore.
is in a new camp, eight miles from
Albany and 35 miles from the Pacific
The country, he said, is similar to Ely
but there are no lakes.
Pvt. Carl Morris, AAFCC 1919 Sch
Bldg, Tarrant Field, Texas, is now al
a new station after leaving Philadel-
phia, and spending a month at g
bomber plant in Baltimore. Morri:
says, "ThiS is a new camp. The boy:
here are all very friendly. Have seer
a few fellows from Minneapolis anc
Duluth"
Staff Sgt. Joe F. Pechaver, "E'
seth, Bx. 1850, Ventura, Calf, is now
at a new station.
Pvt. Helmer Olson, Baton Rouge
La, former Elyite who left a position
in the state department of lands anc
minerals in Hibbing when he was in
Quoted into the army, writes: ENJOY
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
LETTERS FROM
SERvIcEMEK
AT LEAST 1919

Albert G. Ramquist of Ely was re-
Gently promoted at Camp Stoneman,
Pittsburg, Calf, to the grade of cor
poral. Before his induction into the
army, Ramquist was employed by the
Vermilion Mining Co. as dinkey OPP
orator.
Pvt. Lawrence A. Beatty, who has
been in the U. S. army air forces
since June, 1912, recently completed a
course in radio operator-mechanics at
the army air forces technical school,
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Prior to induction, Pvt. Beatty was
employed at carpenter by Gust r. An
derson Ely. He is graduate of Tower
high school class of 1927.
Pvt. Frank Mosnik, who recently
celebrated his. And birthday at Camp
Robinson, Ark, says that sits nearly
two months since I left Ely. The
weather is warm here, but the morn
ings are chilly. Suppose winter has
set in at Ely for another eight months
The soil here is mostly rock and clay
and when it gets wet it is really tough
walking. The land is nothing like
Minnesotas. I've had a chance to fire
a machine gun, 1.-the new Garand rifle
the Springfield rifle, and even the .2l
caliber rifle. My basic training is about
over"
Pvt. Louis F. Sever, 586th TSS, RTC
Fit. 154, st. Petersburg, writes that
81 am enjoying the Florida weather
and also the paper, thanks to the
VFW"
Seaman Ed ]. Hutar, Co. Is Sec. F
USNTS (Av), Navy Pier, Chicago
writes:
st wish to thank the VF'W and Tit
Ely Miner for making it possible fol
me to receive The Miner. 1t sure is q
pleasure to receive it.
"I'm still stationed at Navy Pier
which is the biggest school of its kline
in the country. I've been here for the
! last five months and have seven more
weeks before my course is completed
| The company I am in is to graduate
on December 25th, which is Christina
day. I don't know where I'll be trans
ferred from here.
1.-The training one receives her
consists of going to school for 81,
months. Twenty weeks are spent il
shop, learning different kinds of plane
and how to repair them. The las
four weeks are spent on the line. In
Guided in our training is the dali
physical exercise which we &c
throughout cur course. We get var
iety of exercise, such as marching
swimming, boxing and wrestling. Thi
puts us into tip-top shape.
Frank Hren is still here and I sc
him nearly everyday. 1 also see Victo
Markovich, a marine.
"Since I've been in Chicago, Iv
seen the Chicago Cubs and the S
Louis Cardinals in couple of baseba
games Now since the football seaso
has started I've seen the Chicag
Bears play in all their games. The
have a great team.
ct want to say hello to all the boy
in service and also to all my FRIEND
back home"
Pfc. Vincent Hren, who has ju
completed desert maneuvers in Cali
ornia, tells, among other things, he
the heat turned his paste shoe poll
into liquid. Says Hren:
"The last time wrote you our di
ision was leaving for two and one hi
months of desert manuevers, and M
we are back where the white m
live (and very glad to be back.
ct just finished reading the o
is issue and saw that Pvt. Joe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
Historic ThroWback

The adoption of the cap and gown
is one of the striking atavistic fea-
lures of modern college life.-Thor-
stein Veblen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26
THE 'L0WD0WN'
Seaman Writes About Ahola,
Lindgren, Markovich.

Seaman A. E. Dargontina, MS &c,
USNR, navy 8120, care fleet Pc, San
Francisco, limbered up his writing
arm and commented pointedly on the
sheriff and fourth district commits
sioner races and on the cribbage play
ing ability of Frank Lindgren and
Capt Joe Markovich of the police de-
partment.
Said Seaman Dargontina:
ct get The Miner every week and
my mates here fight to read it more
than they do the Los Angeles Evening
Herald and Express. They really like
our paper. Glad to see Sam Owens
reelected sheriff again and Toimi
| Ahola, commissioner think they're
| two good men.
81 saw in the same Miner where
John Kangas struck the cribbage jack
! pot AS for Frank Lindgren, who claims
| he played cribbage for Is years and
the best hand he ever held was %
hand. It'll be safe to say there never
! was another cribbage player in the
world that held more 20 and "a hands
than he did and lost more games than
he did-also got double skunked more
than he did. That goes for Joe Mark
ovich too. Well, they're never too old
to learn.
1.-THE weather here has been pretty
cold lately. OF all the country I've
seen in the last four months I would
not trade my 80 acres of land at
Jasper lake for any other state in the
Union. And I'll include the weather
in that too. Say hello to all the gang
at the Chocolate Shop and tell all the
voters to keep up the good work. Keep
sending the paper to the boys; it's the
hest reading in the world for them |"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26

For Supper Table, Too
Dried soybeans make stock feed,
soy sauce, boiled and baked beans,
soups, coffee substitute, vegetable
milk and breakfast foods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26

Pvt. A. j. Pechaver, c. L. TT. >Det.,
68th Med. Rgt., Camp Forrest, Tenn,
is at new station.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12
Artist Pays
Rather than
Face Court

Because Ray hewitt, IS, q
commercial artist, agreed to pay
back alimony cue his wife at the
rate of 500 per month he was
not forced to return here from
New York City to answer
charges he had failed to pay ali
mony decreed by Circuit Judge
Neil E. Reid in 1885, Prosecutor
Ivan A. Johnston and Police
Sergt. Eugene Smith reported
today upon their return from
New York.
Johnston said hewitt also
paid his wife 500 cash and
$3.50 expense money necessary
to take the prosecutor and Smith
to New York.
Newitt's wife now lives in
Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12
| Mrs. Ada Nichols
Passes Away al Sc
FuneroI in Utieo
Sotuvdoy Afternoon

Mrs. Ada G. Nichols, a resi-
dent of Avon Township for the
past 8 years, passed away at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Milton Ferguson, 1920 Auburn
Road, on Wednesday evening,
November IL, at the age of Sc
years.
She Is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. FRed Fox of Grand
Rapids and Mrs. Milton Fergu-
son, of Rochester. Services will
be conducted from the Schwarz-
koff Funeral Home, Utica, on
Saturday. November IA, at 200
o'clock. Rev. Bentley of the
Utica Methodist Church officia-
ting. Burial in the Utica Gene
terry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12
Two Ohio Residents
Injured in Crash

Two persons were seriously
injured at sos pm. Wednesday
when a car and a truck collid-
ed on Gratiot one mile north of
Big Stone road.
Edwin j. Fielder, "a, 100 Oak,
Oak Harbor, O., assumed blame
for the crash according to New
Haven Police Chief Charles Kali
tenback. Fielder, travelling north
on Gratiot, admitted he fell
asleep, hitting a car driven
south by Gale Moninger, 40,
1923 Hopkins, Defiance, o.
In st. Joseph's hospital to-
day are Moninger and his wife,
Mae, also 40. He sustained q
fractured skull and she suffer
ed broken hand.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12

II Hips Shot Down;
J y. S. Plones Lost

WASHINGTON. Nov, l2-(R)
Destruction of II japanese
bombers and fighters which
tried to attack American posi-
tons on Guadalcanal In the
Solomon Islands was announced
today by the Navy.
Seven United States fighters
were lost.
In addition to the planes de-
finitely destroyed when the
American fighter planes inter-
copied two enemy dive bomber
formations over Guadalcanal on
Wednesday (Guadalcanal time),
five Japanese bombers and
fighters were reported as prob
ably destroyed.
Those definitely shot down
raised the total of japanese
planes listed in Navy communi-
ques as having been shot down
or otherwise destroyed to $50
in the Solomons campaign.
A Navy communique said the
first attack OH Wednesday was
made by ten enemy dive bomb
ers and II fighters.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12
Salute
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page ~
an unprecedentedly successful
school program.
The directors today expressed
their appreciation for the good
natured response Of the many
who were turned away when
the doors had to be closed, and
to the public for its enthusiastic
cooperation.
Due to the large number of
bond pledges, at least 10 days
will be required to complete all
deliveries. A volunteer group
of public school teachers will be
in charge.
Unavoidable errors were made
in listing top student bond sales
men from the stage last night.
A corrected list reads: Nancy
Sue Mandel, $4,000; Katherine
Croman, SLIPS; Robert Tink-
Ter. $1,000; Robert Hameister,
$1,000; Charles thinner, $500.