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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
WIN. RIKHUS WILL
ENTER AIR CORPS,

The application of William Rikhus
for enlistment in the army air corps
has been approved, and he is now
awaiting call to active duty.
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Bauxite Ore

The United States obtains much
of its bauxite ore used in manu-
featuring aluminium from Surinam,
Netherlands colony on the north
eastern coast of South America.
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First Tanks

The first tanks used in battle was
on September Is, 1916, at the battle
of Thiepval, in France, when 40 of
them were suddenly introduced into
the battle line by the British.
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Information Please Program

The celebrated Information
Please" program receives an aver
age of more than 5000 letters a
week.
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Air-War on Grasshoppers

Waglng air war on grasshoppers,
federal scientists are testing poison
bait mixed with oil instead of water
-as a weight-saving device.
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DRUM CORPS

CONTINUED From Page One)
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There is a great deal of criticism of
Congress today. 1 regard that as a
healthy sign that our democracy is
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RECREATION
News

BY Stanley Modin, Director.
SOftball Standings.
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SELECTEES

Continued From Page One)
Evening star., 1942-03-17

we saw the beauty who was pointed
out as the Queen of Carnival
there. In the midst Of bevy Of
other girls dressed either in white
or black lace, she stood out as the
typical Brazilian aristocratic beauty.
Each girl wore a gown of tight-f1t-
ting bodice, flaring hoopskirt of lace,
some gay-colored floral hair decora-
ton and carried a flmy bright
handkerchief. Outside the hall a
continual procession of the rank and
file of the population passed by
with illuminated signs. They kept
up almost continual dancing OF the
Samba. The songs included these
popular throughout carnival-"Ca-
reca" and "Lero Lero." One song
was about a bald-headed man. I
heard them singing at 4:30 am.
BY contrast, in Trinidad, where
the British colony is at war, authori-
ties had tried to stop carnival this
year. Trinidad lost nothing and
gained much without the celebra-
tion," said one newspaper. With
out the carnival hundreds of dollars
that as customary would have been
thrown to the wind by subjects of
the Mad King are still in the
pockets of the people to give to the
Red Cross, buy war saving certifi-
Gates and in other ways help the
war effort"
Evening star., 1942-03-17

made famous by Carmen Miranda
the movie actress. Indians showed
up everywhere, people dressed like
Brazilian Indians in gorgeous color:
and feathers. A breakdown of ar
automobile was the signal for the
whole crowd to get out on the street
to sing and dance.
Curious feature OF the Rio car
nival is the squirting of perfume
1t comes in small tubes with triggers
and Is one of the favorite means OF
by-play between boys and girls. A
girl would sneak UP on boy and
would squirt the liquid on his face
or neck. The perfume is dissolved
in ether. It leaves an ice cold streak
on the skin and plenty Of aroma.
Gayer Crowd on Return.
Taking a boat across the bay to
Nichteroy, found gay crowds there
and at least two bands. Principal
gayety on the boat was provided by
a fat, jolly girl, dressed like Car
men Miranda, who shuffled about to
the tune of the constant singing
teasing passengers and collecting
coins. Nichteroy was crowded along
the water front. Groups carried
banners, strange signs and cut-out
clowns and funny characters.
Waiting until dusk for return, so
as to see the lights of Rio come on
about the bay, I discovered an even
gayer crowd on the boat Standing
at the front of the boat and watch
ing the twinkling lights of Rio, I
heard the jangling music of a happy
people. Watching the peak of
Corcovada, rising more than 1000
feet above the city. I saw suddenly
flash into brilliant reflected light
the great cross of the Christ, with
outstretched arms.
Reaching shore, our gay crowd
rushed off the boat, and one group
of men, dressed alike in bright red
garments, formed into marching
lines. They began singing and shout
ing at the top of their voices, as they
headed for the avenue and center
of the celebration. Swinging their
arms and chanting, they kept in
cadence, but a few would leap to
the front and cut capers. Soon they
reached the Ayenida Rio Branco.
1t was jammed, but the marching
men paraded into it and disappeared.
I tried a block or two of walking
with the crowd. Nobody p2shed,
showed or crowded into one another.
but progress was almost impossible
Songss squirting perfume, bards,
costumes, Just plain people walking
slowly along, there was a kiaoa OF
weird excitement about the whole
thing. Some persons squirted per-
fume on their own faces and in
creased their dancing and singing.
To get to my hotel, 7 took a side
street and caught sheet car,
crowded with more singing groups,
monologists, curiosities and plenty
of banter. I saw no one Under the
influence. of liquor. nor any rough
horSeplay.
I left before the grand climax of
the street parade and charity ball.
But it was in Belem, Brazil. that
Evening star., 1942-03-17

jured; near Michigan City, 6 dead;
near North Holly Springs, dead.
The area Is populated largely by
Negroes. a
Pupils Narrowly Escape.
The storms struck separately in
Mississippi shortly after 4 pm. &C.
w. IT,, and large groups of school
children, en- route home, narrowly
escaped. At OTuckolofa, near Wa
ter Valley. q schoolhouse and teach
er's nome were demolished a few
minutes after school closed. Snps
Edwin Vernon Ferrell, So, and a
5-month-old tHtn daughter were
killed. whSse his wife and the other
twin escaped.
At Fort Pemberton, near Green
wood, a school bus tkat had just
unloaded its passengers, was blown
several hundred yards and over
turned. The driver was injured
severely.
Two storms struck scattered areas
in East Central Illinois. The first
ripped through three eastern coun-
ties, and the second blasted a trail
about 100 miles to the north and
west. The first storm hit the CEN
ter Of Alvin. town of 339. leaving
at least eight dead, and the second
passed through Lacon, 1900 popu-
lation. where six were known dead
and about 100 injured in that dis
trict. Property damage was heavy
in those areas and near st. Joseph
where three were reported dead.
The towns of Hope and Savoy
Ill, each reported one storm death
and another was known dead near
Mayview. Damage in six Illinois
counties was estimated at more than
100000.
20 Dead in Tennessee.
Tennessee's 20 known dead and
more than 100 injured were report
ed from western communities in the
rich cotton land bordering the
Mississippi River. Seven unidenti-
fed persons were reported killed at
Russen's store near Bolivar. -Four
were killed at Reagan, and five
near Selmer. Enville, Finger, Paris
and Coopertown each had one
death. Pleasant View and Series
reported heavy damage and at least
eight hurt.
Flying glass injured II persons at
the West Tennessee State Hospital
at Bolivar where damage was es-
Evening star., 1942-03-17
s1,O78,340,O(O Cut
In Budget Charied
by Senator Byrd
Gives Personal Views
On Method Of Reducing
Non-EssentiuIs

Supporting his contention that
$4,000, ,000, 900 in non-essentials could
be Topped from the national budget,
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Virginia
has prepared table specifying re-
ductions amounting TO 50, ,078, ,349, 900.
AS made public today, the proposed
cuts parallel In some instances those
recommended in report to Presi-
dent Roosevelt in December by the
Joint Committee on Reduction OF
Nom essential Federal Expenditures,
which the Virginian headed. There
are additions, however, which in
crease this list by more than $780,
600 900.
The proposals today were advanced
by Senator Byrd simply as express
ing his individual views, and not
those of the expenditures commit
tee, and amount to one-third of the
contemplated 1943 budget for nom
defense expenditures.
Specific Recommendations.
He recommends abolition of ac-
tivities as follows: Civilian Con-
servatiofl Corps with a saving of
S246, $50 900; National Youth Ad-
ministration. $91 ,767 900; Works
Projects Administration, S875, ,000,-
900; farm-tenant program, S7.122,-
900; Farm Security Administration,
including its lending authority,
$l90, 500 900; public works and road
projects not connected with national
defense, $164, 10000.
Other savings advocated are:
Defer all Agricultural Department
land purchases, $4,000, 900; cut Agri-
culture Department overhead err
penses, 100000 900; reduce depart
ment's appropriation for expectation
and domestic consumption of farm
commodities, 100000, 900; make
other unspecified cuts in agricul-
tural appropriations totaling $780,
900 900; reduce expenses of monde
fense agencies, transferring un-
needed employees to defense work,
$100. 1000.
Burden on Government.
In a6vocating abolition of the w
P. A, Senator Byrd said that needed
relief could be given through State
and local governments.
The Federal Government has the
entire burden of the cost of the
war" he said. ut is a fact that
the States are reducing their tax
alton while the Federal Government
has terrific burdens to bear"
The Joint Committee also recon-
mended abolition of the c. C. c
and N. Y. A. and proposed a cut
of approximately $500, ,000, 900 in the
w. P. A.
Concurrently it was made known
that the Interior Department hac
received formal orders transferring
the Fish and Wild Life Service, Ma
tional Park Service and Once oi
Indian Affairs to Chicago, but the
date of departure was not fixed
1t had been earlier announced that
these groups were scheduled to move
in the decentralization program de-
signed to create room for war work
here.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Tornudoes
Continued Prom FIRST PAGE.

about 100 miles deep. The section
mostly rural, with only a few scat
tered. cities, was without commune
cation for several hours in many
places. Torrential rains followed
the high wiads and washed out
many roads.
Thirty-one were known dead and
206 injured In Lef1ere County ir
Northwestern Mississippi and at
least 18 were killed and As injured
in the vicinity of Water Valley, a
small town in the north-central
section of the State.
Other Mississippi cotton belt towns
reporting were Grenada. 8 dead,
more than 100 injured; Baldwin. 4
dead, 90 injured, / missing; Oxford
and .Tula, dead, many others in
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Important Summit
Taken From Trapped
Nazis, Reds Claim
Violent Fight Reported
To Be Developing in
Entire Doness Busin

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 1.-THE
German 18th Army trapped by
the Russians at Staraya Russa,
below Leningrad, has lost one OF
its most important points Of re-
Sistance in heavy fighting, the
Moscow radio reported today.
Front line dispatches identified
the point only as an"
The loss of this point was said to
be particularly grave for the Ger
mans, as it is situated on the sum-
init of q commanding height.
The Red Army has been steadily
Tightening its ring Of steel around
the Germans in Staraya Russa.
Violent Battles Develop.
A dispatch from the Donets Basin
said violent battles were developing
in that entire area, with success
swinging first to the Germans, then
to the Russians.
A Red Guard unit was credited
with leading the way in terrific
fight for an important junction at q
heavily fortified link in the ap-
breaches to an unidentified city"
Employing tanks and artillery
against Nazi tank detachments and
freshly called-up reserves, this unit
captured the junction after a free
three-hour battle.
(The German radio, as often
before during the Soviet winter
offensive, blamed q new cold spell
last night for the continued SLOW
down of the Nazi armies. The
radio reported that all along the
Russian front, from the Crimea
north to Leningrad, subzero tenn
peratures had set in after the
first spring thaws)
Red Air Force Has Edge.
The Russian air force held an
edge Of almost four to one over Ger
man squadrons in fighting last week
and several additional communities
we're recaptured yesterday by ground
troops of the Red Army, a COM
munique said.
I'm the period of March 8-14, 215
German planes were destroyed" the
Soviet Information Bureau an
nounced. Our losses were 81 planes. 4"
Dispatches from the Ukraine,
where Marshal Semeon Timoshen-
kos southern army seeks to knock
out major Nazi base at Kharkov,
said the Germans were Surrendering
in mounting numbers, some in
groups as large as 60.
The Berlin radio-also referring
to the Black Sea theater-said three
days OF savage fighting on the Kerch
Peninsula of the Crimea had cost
the Russians 1876 tanks and between
1000 and 5000 killed.
One of Hitler's tank commanders,
Gen. Won Hartel. was said to have
been severely wounded in recent
fighting on the northern front. Two
other generals, William Reinhardt
and Rudolph Schmidt, we're reported
to have been promoted to field
marshalls after Distinguishing them
selves IN counterattacks.
Evening star., 1942-03-17

timated by hospital ofdcials at
500 900. A house-to-f1oise canvass
of the wrecked area of West Ten
nessee was still In progress early
today to determine other possible
Casualties.
DR.. w. D. Martin, superintendent
OF the institution, said ssit was "A
miracle" no one was killed when the
high wind ripped roof Of ward
and cracked sails Of one building.
Nine persons were reported killed
when q tornado struck Browder,
West Kentucky coal mining COM
mwdity. Twenty. others were injured.
Four persons were killed and ct least
10 injured near Leitchfield, home
community OF Kentucky's famed
ysar-old Porter Lashley. quadrup-
let's.
-Four were known dead ,ear BardsA
town, sKy.;; two near Summit and
cne near Drakesboro, KY.
Tornadoes Strike Freakishiy.
Indiana's tornadoes struck freak
ishly In two areas about $50 miles
apart. Two were killed at Goshen,
q city Of 10000 In ne North Central
part Of the State, and at least 80
were injured. Violent windstorms
injured three persons at Shelbyville
In the southern part of the State
Full force of the tornado ripped
through q new residential section
Of Goshen, causing fires and heavy
property damage. At least 10 homes
were f1attened.
Several narrow escapes were re-
ported throughout the storm area.
Seventeen women and two chill
dren, attending church meeting at
Lacon. Ill, sayed themselves by
Sscurrying to the basement. but hac
to be dug out of the buildings
wreckage later by rescue workers.
When a second tornado whirlec
into BALDWIN, Miss, Mrs. Tom Alb
bott, moaler of a half hour -old baby
felt her house being blown away
She left her bed, grabbed up a 2
year-old child and led another by
the hand to safety. A neighbor
cared for the newborn babe. A
recent widow, Mrs. Abbott is the
mother of nine children.
Mrs. Ed Gossitt, As, of Delay, Miss.
said she grabbed her baby and
pitched 1t under the bed" when shs
saw the storm coming. Her husband
was critically injured.
ct didn't know what to do, but
knew had TO do something quick,
she said. Il believe it saved hel
life"
Near Huntington, Tenn, Mrs
Wayne Redwell saw the storm ap.
preaching, seized her two small
daughters and ran toward q neigh
boris house. Unable to reach tn
home, she tossed the girls into {
roadside ditch and lay down acros
Z them. The wind roared over them
Three members of DeaA Neal
family were killed. He lives il
Water Valley. Miss "I was a mil,
or so down the road" he said, "ant
when I got to the house there WASH
a board left standing on it,
The American Red Cross dis
patched SO disaster workers int,
Southern and Midwestern States t.
direct aid for tornado victims ant
called 100 Red Cross nurses to dut.
in the affected areas. .
Relief headquarters were sStab
lished in Memphis. with Nat c. vii
son Of the Washington staff il
charge Assisting him we're Glen z
Whistler. Frank .Curtiss and Mrs
Edith McAlister. In charge of nurs
ing activities were Miss Marguerite
Wales and Miss Virginia Gilman
The Memphis Red Cross chapte
reported that a caravan carrying l
doctors and 20 nurses had ls.t TO
the Grenada Miss ares.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Navy CANDLES S2,6t0,OO0
On Normandie SaIvaqinq
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE
Navy is gambling $2,610,000 on the
possibility of salvaging the fire.
twisted, water-logged former French
liner Normandie from its Hudson
River mud bed.
A check for that amount has been
deposited to pay the City of New
York for pier 88. alongside which
the 83,0o0-ton giant toppled Febru-
ary 9 while being converted as the
naval auxiliary Lafayette.
The pier is needed, the Govern
rnent said, for the maintenance, re-
pair, renewal and alteration" of the
fallen ship, although no assurance
has been given that the Normandie
can be raised.
The liner cost 100000 900.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Minesweeper Downs Bomber.

LONDON, March II P).-A Brit
ish auxiliary minesweeper guarding
Russian merchant ship in the
Arctic shot down a German JU-88
bomber which was making an at
tack, the Admiralty announced
today.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Sale of Amethyst Nets
$500 for War Effort
z, the Associated Press.

by IHt AbSUUIdItu FICess
LYNCHBURG. Va. March IT,
An amethyst which Sir Walter Scott
reputedly gave to washington Irv-
ing about 125 years ago has been
donated by its owner, Mrs. Iverson
Graves of Lynchburg, to the busi-
ness Of beating the Axis.
Given by her to the British War
Relief Society, Inc. it was sold by
the society for $500, Mrs. Graves was
informed by letter by Mrs. Halstead
G.. Freeman, chairman of the So
ciety's Piccadilly Arcade In New
J York,
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Role Of yudoism' is Topic

DR.. Louis Ffnkelstein, president of
the Jewish Theological Seminary of
New York, will be guest speaker at
a meeting at 8:15 tonight at the
Adas Israel Synagogue, 800 street
NV. His subject will be The Role
of Judaism in This World Crisis. "
Evening star., 1942-03-17
DuiY Union to Move Here

FLINT, Mich, March II R.-The
United Dairy Farmers, AFFILIATED
with the United Mine Workers
&C. I. o., will move its national
Offices from Flint to Washington
April l, Ralph H. Marlatt, organ
national director, announced today.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
v. r. w. Post TO Meet

A meeting of the Walter Reed Post
No. 284, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will be held at $50 pm. tomorrow
at 1912 Ninth street NV. A repre-
sentative Of the F. B. L will give a
talk snd movie Of r, B, I. activ-
tiles will be shown,
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Carnival Celebrated
Four Days and Nights
In Latin Countries
War Causes Difference
In Fetes of Nations;
Rios Less Subdued

Mr.. Rogers has returned from
Chile, lDhere he tDds one of sir
American netDspdpermen Dho
Were guests of Chilean rletDs-
papers. Their trip returned the
DiSit to the United States last
year of Chilean journalists. The
interchange tUdS arranged By
Claude G. BotUerS, United States
Ambassador to Chile. This is the
ninth of neiD series OF articles
on South America.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Successes in LopIond
Reported by Germans

BERLIN From German Broad
casts), March IT (R.-Mountain-
trained German shock troops were
credited by the Nazi high command
today with carrying out successful
operations in Lapland, against the
extreme northern flank of the Rus
sian armies.
(This may indicate the start of
a new land offensive against the
Allies Arctic supply route to Rus
sia, already endangered by the
presence of the powerful German
battleship Tirpitz in North Nor
wegian waters. Lapland is the
northernmost section of Finland,
and its border with Russia is only
so miles from Murmansk, receiv-
ing port for sea-borne supplies
from Britain.
Russian attacks on the Kerch
Peninsula collapsed in front of the
German and Rumanian positions
and the Red Army suffered heavy
losses in repeated unsuccessful at
tacks on other sectors of the long
front, the German high command
reported.
The German communique said 80
enemy tanks were destroyed and al
some points on the Perch Peninsula
there was fierce hand-to-hand fight
ing.
1t said long-range batteries shelled
war objective in Leningrad with
good results.
The Nazi command said 10 Rus.
sian planes were destroyed during
the day in air battles or on the
ground, against a loss of only -four
German aircraft. The air force also
was credited with effective bombing
and strafing attacks on Soviet forces
ready to attack and some already
attacking"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-08
1t. Fyfe Tells of
Work at Texas
Flying Field
Paper renews offer to
send free "for the
duration"

The following letter of apprecia-
ton was received from 1t. Shay
Fyfe, who is stationed at Houston
| Texas:
Dear Mr. Reed:
Yesterday the paper arrived and
was much appreciated. About the
same time letter came from dad
telling us that you were sending the
paper to all Kennewick boys in the
armed SERVES. We think it is about
the incest thing you could have done
we appreciate it very much.
Perhaps dad has told you what !
am doing here WED rather be in
Washington" Ellington field is an
advanced training center for pilots
OF twin motored planes. We have
about 5000 fellows on the field now
but expect large increases due to the
war. I am in the medical admin
lstratiVe corps of the station hos
pital. My duties consist of many
th1ngs-2nd in command of the Hos
pltal Detachment, asst. personnel Of
ficer, asst. Utilities officer-altho
my main duties consist of running
the hospital mess in which we feed
about 125 men and about 100 pa
tients daily. 1T is interesting work
altho a bit far fetched from the
business of pharmacy.
Thanks again for sending the
paper. It means a lot to both Mona
and I to hear about home regularly.
Sincerely yours,
1t. Joseph l.. Fyfe.
The above is mostly to call at
tention to The Courier's offer to
send copy each week to all local
boys who are in the service any
where. If you have a friend or rel
ative in the service who might be
glad to get the paper each week,
please furnish us with his address.
Well send him the paper for the
duration.
Also, We'll be glad 30 hear from
service men, especially those who are
permitted to tell something of their
jobs, locations, etc. Relatives and
friends who have such letters are
also asked to bring them in for pub
LEGATION where permissible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-08
Seek to For m
SOiCOnservatiOn
District Here
Project promises facil-
tiles of benefit to
farmers of the district

Farmers in the east end Of Ben
ton county are-or will be-pre-
sented with the proposition of form
ing a soil conservation district. The
project is being presented this eve
ming at the Valley grange and next
Thursday night at the Finley grange.
A recent meeting of representa-
tives from the several districts To-
cally met with officials from the de-
partment of agriculture to consider
the proposition. It was the unani-
nous opinion of these men that the
people of the district be presented
with the plan in the hopes of form
ing district here to secure the adj
vantages which the plan offers.
A soil conservation district is an
organization through which farmers
themselves may exercise their own
responsibility and initiative in utiliz-
ing individual, community, state and
national facilities as available to-
ward a common objective Of con-
servation of soil and water resources,
the maintenance of soil filth and
fertility and the control and pre-
vention of erosion within the dis
trict.
Formation of a district will make
it possible for farmers to receive
assistance from state and federal
agencies In land use planning, de-
velopment of suitable rotations, I'M
proved farming practices, etc. Also
enables farmers to cooperate in
controlling erosion and, through
united effort, to more effectively
meet a common problem.
The district cannot levy taxes or
issue bonds. The five supervisors
serve without pay or travel allow
ances.
A district has already been formed
in the north end of the county. The
district now proposed encompasses
all the land in the east end of the
county this side Of The Horn.