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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
SINGAPORE:
Siege

The Japanese, having increased
their pressure on the narrow and
difficult Malayan peninsula, had
finally induced the British defenders
to make a sudden, dramatic with
drawal from the mainland, starting
the long-expected siege of Singapore.
This, battle expected to 60 down
into history as one of the bitterest
and bloodiest in the history of war
fare, started with the 750, 200 popu-
lation of Singapore largely added to
by civilian refugees from the main
land.
1t was the first test in battle of
a fortress and stronghold called by
British tradition the Gibraltar of
the Far East" and now, after 118
years of building and rebuilding its
defenses with more and more mod
ern armament, the time had come
for its testing.
Singapore stood buttressed on the
north by mile-wide strip of land
from which the British had attempt
ed to strip all distractions which
might offer refuge and cover to
enemy soldiers or batteries; by an
other mile-wide strip of water which
had become the "moat" of Singa-
pore following the destruction of the
granite causeway which connected
the potato-shaped island with the
peninsula.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
PILOTS:
BY Thousands

Secretary Knox electrified the ma
ton when he announced that four
large American universities would
"join the navy" and serve as train
ing centers for huge army of COM
bat pilots for the new navy air force,
to be created with a Is billion dol
lar appropriation.
Keeping the identities of the uni
verSitieS secret, Knox revealed
that the plan will be put into opera
ton so swiftly that by May l it will
be in full swing-perhaps sooner.
Briefly, the plan was this. Each
school is to become an Annapolis of
the air. The entire facilities of the
universities will be rented by the
navy for the duration of the war.
A rigorous routine will be adopted
for the students, future combat pi-
lots. They will handle $500 naval
flying cadets monthly.
A three-month preliminary train
ing will be started, with men dig
ging bitches, marching up to 40
miles from sunup to shutdown. They
will chop wood, clear land, will learn
jiu-jitsu, boxing, rough-and-tumble
fighting.
The whole course is expected to
take year, from the time the
student starts until he has his navy
wings. But when the first class gets
through, the navy's supply of pilots
will grow at the rate of $500 a
month, according to the plan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

Washington: Walter Nash, first
New Zealand minister to the United
States, urged that an American
naval officer be placed in supreme
command in the Pacific.
Hamilton, Bermuda: Survivors
from a torpedoed British freighter
said that the German submarine
tried to crush and upset their life
boats.
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Washington: Automobile ration
ing, following the end of auto pro-
duction, will start on February 26,
Leon Henderson announced. He will
make an effort to release some half
million frozen" new cars ordered
but not delivered since sales were
stopped the first of the year.
Washington: One type of hoard
ing that has actually been recon-
mended is the purchase of coal.
Fuel Co-ordinator Ickes urged con-
sumers to "build up their stocks of
coal" while they can.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
PINCERS:
In Island Empires

Little by little study of the maps
of the island empires of the AIDA
forces in the East Indies began to
show the picture of the japanese eff
fort, and demonstrated that a giant
pincers movement was being car
ried out with three major detectives.
On the extreme west, the two
prongs of the Japanese pincers were
working on Rangoon and Singapore.
The former, if the Japs could crack
it, they felt, would put an effective
stopper on the Burma road. The lat
ter would jettison British hopes of
defending the west half of the island
empire, and leave the japanese fleet
in command of the India-Australia
supply lines.
In the center lay Borneo, and
with invasion forces going both to
left and right of this island, it was
evident that the Japs were seeking
to wipe out the advance defenses of
Java and Sumatra.
On the east was the Bismark
archipelago, and the drive here,
while not so well established, appar-
emily was seeking an invasion of
Cape York, Australia, and sweep
down the east coast of the continent
'tdown UNDER" the only rich and
populous section of the whole huge
island.
AS Singapore rocked under bomb
ings, and held grimly in the face of
actual siege at last, the japanese be-
gan an about assault on Amboina,
tiny island naval stronghold of the
Dutch south of the larger island of
Ceram.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
CHECKMATE:
On Farm, Prices

The administration in Washington,
having apparently lost an important
point in the Price Control bill, SEEM
ingly discovered that "all was well'
when a joker was found in the
measure.
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
said that the government power to
buy and sell commodities in case in
fiation threatened, probably would
give the administration powerful
curbs to keep farm prices down to
parity.
The senate agriculture committee
questioned Wickard for four hours,
left his office somewhat ruefully adj
hitting that his claims were prob
ably true.
Some were quoted as saying that
they felt their legislative victory
over the administration had been
nullified by a power the bill itself
conferred on the government.
Wickard was frank about the
whole thing. He told the senators
that cotton, wheat, tobacco, will be
stabilized at parity.
He said that corn and other feed
crops will be stabilized at around IS
per cent of parity, probably to keep
stock prices from going sky high,
also to encourage farmers to stock,
dairying and poultry-raising.
Livestock, dairy and poultry prices
will be permitted to go above parity
ON the same basis of reasoning.
Farmers who grow corn, however,
will be given benefit payments by
the government to permit their re-
turn to be up to parity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
DOING THEIR SHARE

Mary Gates might be someone
you knotU. She might be one OF
your friends or neighbors. She
might, in fact, be you yourself.
She is q typical American moth
er, poorer than some, richer than
many. With three children to
take care of, neither she nor her
husband has much money to
spend on entertainment or Iu1u-
ries. But they manage to buy de-
tense stamps-not just once in
a ,ohile, ,Uhen they think OF it,
but every toeek. Mary knits, and
her little girls are also learning
to knit. Her stepson ,oants to
join the Marines. Simple, auer-
age, everyday Americans, they do
their share to help our country
,Uin the victory which may, at
long last, mean permanent
peace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
MIRACLE:
Man on LuzOn

The continued holding out of Gen.
eral Macarthur ''smoke-begrimed
army in its foxholes on Bataan
peninsula" to use his own words,
challenged and won the admiration
of all Americans.
1t was felt that his long stand in
the face Of more than 10 to odds,
his ability to maneuver his men
into position where only fraction
of the Japanese power could be used
against him, and the fact that he
was still immobilizing vastly SUI
perior force, entitled him to the title
of miracle man" of warfare.
If the Japanese attempted to in
filtrate his lines, as often as not he
checkmated them with counter
attacks. If they succeeded, either
by a skillful withdrawal or by vigor-
Gus conference.-the at hand-to-
hand, the following day would find
the Macarthur army still intact, still
fighting, still able to resist all eff
forts to drive him into the sea.
Though the communicates from
Luzon never had given hope of
successful outcome, there was no
tinge of heroics, save the tribute of
the general to men who, without re-
lief and subjected to almost constant
attack by fresh troops in rotation,
continued a defense that seemed to
grow from day to day in strength
rather than to be collapsing under
pressure.
General Homma, Japanese COM
mander, sent over a "leaflet raid"
in which he strongly suggested sur
render, paying tribute to the mag
nifcent defense of Macarthur
army. 1t was not rejected-the
army simply paid no attention to
it whatever.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
SOVIET:
Continued

Grounding day came and went, but
regardless of shadows, King Winter
reigned in Soviet Russia, freezing
into motionless hulks the majority of
Hitler's mechanical war-fghters,
and giving the Russians continued
strength to hurl the Nazis back along
the entire long front.
A 93-mile gain in the Ukraine had
brought the Reds to within easy
striking distance of the lower bend
of the Dnieper river, brought within
the realm of possibility the capture
of Dnieperopetrovsk, where the
500, 000, 900 dam had been blown up
by the Russians in their retreat.
Most remarkable dispatch was the
announcement of the capture of a
town named Berestovoya, lis miles
west of German-held Taganrog, a
serious blow to the German rear,
and forming a possible trap for thou
sands of Nazi troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

London. Quisling has assumed in
Norway the German-designated post
of 'Prime Minister of State"-
equivalent to dictator.
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Belfast: Americans in the British
Isles were reported as clamoring
for chances to enlist in the A.E.F.
Many of them already were serving
in the British army and wanted
transfers to American units.
Washington: General johnson
Hagood, army critic who resigned
following the fracas over his re-
marks that WPA money was "stage
money" had blamed the Pearl Har-
Dor debacle squarely on the in
efficiency of the war department it.
self.
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Bern: When Hitler made his an
niversary talk before the reichstag
recently, it was said that Goering,
Won Ribbentrop and Admiral Raeder
were missing from the "honor
bench" near the fuehrer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

ton, and she does not forget prayer.
Every morning before seven she
walks to church for 20 minutes of an
earnest service, and when she walks
home to start breakfast her face is
always bright.
But perhaps the finest thing about
Mary Gates is her mental, moral
and spiritual attitude. Her only
brother is out on the great north
Atlantic on a destroyer; Mary knows
in her heart what the news from
Don may be at any moment. But
she faces whatever may come with
complete fortitude.
She will do what she can, in the
years ahead, every day and every
hour; she will pray and work and
plan over each new duty, each
change as it arrives, and no one
will ever hear her complaining of
the world that is at war, or vainly
wishing that things could 60 back
to what they were.
Things won't go back. They'll
never quite 60 back. But perhaps
we'll all be simpler and kinder, less
exacting, less rapacious, when this
tragedy is over. Perhaps the sacri-
fees, Inequalities and generosities
of war will be extended to days Of
peace, and nobody will have ten
times too much of the necessities of
life, and nobody will have only one
tenth enough.
Lift Your Hearts.
So lift your hearts, and get into
the side of this fight that does not
involve hate or revenge or ugliness
of any kind, but just loving and
serving. The situation is not of our
choosing; the decisions have been
made for us, and in that very fact
there lies certain sorrowful salts
faction, a certain conviction that no
matter how difficult our path may
be, at least it has been made plain.
Many years ago I found some
lines of an old hymn. I've thought
of them often in the last few weeks.
Here they are, perhaps imperfectly
quoted, but the spirit is there:
When you come to the Red Sea
place in your life,
When there's nothing else you can
do,
There is no way back, there is no
way round,
There is no other way but through.
Then trust in the Lord with faith
supreme,
Till the dark and the night are
gone,
He will still the waves; He will
calm the storm
When He says to your soul, go
on"
There is no other way for us now
but THROUGH. And we will get
through.
Do your share. Do it half as well
as Mary Gates is doing it, and into
our farthest-1ung army camp OF
most distant airplane base the knowl-
edge that you are helping will &c
like a great wave of hope.
A life like this woman's life is an
inspiration. Obscure, poor as the
world counts material wealth, with
out influence or power, yet she has
found tiny channels by which to
swell the great river that is our war
time effort for our country and QUIZ
soldiers, and in doing what she can
she finds herself too busy to WORN
about what she canrOt do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
(Ben syndicate-wNU Service.


going to come of age in the
- next few years. She is go
ing to put aside the grabbing,
boasting, playing, unthinking
ways of a child, and develop her
own consciousness and her own
soul.
She is going to waste less
food; buy fewer things that
she doesn't want; stop throw
ing aside perfectly good gar
ments for newer garments;
stop focking to poor shows that
she doesn't care much about seeing
anyway.
She is going to learn the value Of
the things she has always taken for
granted; things she has felt that ev-
eryone has and she must have as a
matter of course. Money is going to
look quite different to her in the
next few years, and such common
places as a good dinner, a safe
home, freight and books and friend
ly faces, suddenly are going to ap-
pear to be the miracles they are.
All One Now.
And since immigration has stopped
short, and may not begin again for
a decade, we're gradually going to
unity ourselves into strong, ma
tionally leveled people. Not Irish
American any more, not Italian
American, not belonging any more
to the varied lands that gave our
forefathers birth, but all one now,
devoted solely to our own country,
and the immortal principles that
have made her what she is.
We will not buy it cheaply, the
world-peace that must come out of
all this. There will be no nation in
the world that will not be bled white
before it arrives. But when it does
arrive, if it finds us understanding
ourselves and our neighbor and our
social obligations better, it will not
have been in vain.
This is the story of Mary Gates.
I know there are many women like
her, but she happens to be the ex-
ample that has come to my personal
knowledge and ] want the women
who would love to do something
but don't know how to get at it, to
hear about her.
Mary is "a, the wife of a man
whose income is $4,000 year. She
has daughters and 10 years old,
and stepson who has just volun-
teered for service in the marines.
To begin with Mary saves two dol
lars a week, and takes two more
out of the paycheck each month, to
buy government stamps. She puts
these in her daughters names. She
made a house-to-house canvass OF
her entire neighborhood-a rather
humble one-to pick up games and
packs of cards for the boys club in
the nearest camp. She had printed
at her own expense list of things,
often thrown away in the household,
that would be acceptable gifts for
soldiers. At Christmas time she had
six soldiers to dinner, and small
p1C0Cllt LII SdSll WdS VA iiS1 ~
Mary knits helmets steadily; she
has knitted more than a hundred
altogether. The yarn is given her,
but she does the knitting.
Children Help.
The small girls knit, too; they are
knitting those all-service garments
that reputedly are most popular of
all in any cold-weather camp. These
are first simply oblongs of knitting
about "a by % inches. They are
sewed into tubes, to be pulled up
into the armpits to protect the en-
tire body from cold, or to be drawn
over the head to keep throat, chest
and shoulders warm.
An old and faithful Red Cross
worker, Mary keeps up this obIga-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
CHINESE:
DriUe Japs Back

What a major disaster the closing
of the Burma road would be had
been convincingly demonstrated by
the Chinese in their latest victory,
an important defeat of the japanese
east of Canton.
The fight was in the Waichow area,
only go miles from the city, and the
Japs were reported in disordered
flight, with the Chinese armies in
close pursuit.
Of tremendous interest in this dis
patch was the report that one entire
division of Chinese troops of the
Marking government, armed and
equipped by the Japanese, had de-
serted to Chang Kai-shek's banner.
If this fight should develop with
continued favor to the Chinese, they
would place the japanese holding
forces on Hong Kong with a tough
job to retain their tenure of the
island.
Canton is only go miles from Hong
Kong, and the Chinese said they had
possession of the Canton-Kowloon
railroad.
The Chinese are driving to liberate
Canton, and then move on Hong
Kong itself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

D. Co. with naval officers and John studebaker plan to have
participate vital the o.
na training plane model making Looking over some
the models et right Artemu Gates assistant secretary OF
Sudebaker In the
About
so different
aircraft recognition
and estimation practice The models likewise will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Have
you eUer been curious and tUon-
dered tohere came the stars that
spangle our banner? If so, this
may appease that curiosity of
yours. The man shotVn is oPer-
ating a machine that cuts tohite
stars from bunting in blocks of
dozens at a clip. He is one of the
many workers in the PhiIadeI-
phia quartermaster depot tUhere
all flags, guidons, standards, col
ors and battle streaners for the
army are made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

some counsellor, cheerful COM
panion, or an effectual comfort
er.-ISaac Barrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

THE soft detail of the ruffling at
= the deep V neckline of this
dress adds much to it's charm
and femininity. Well planned for
the larger figure with its generous
ly full bodice and SHINING skirt
raised at the waistline, this dress
meets every requirement for a
smart style to wear under a win
ter coat. 1t may be suitable IN
terpreted in silk or rayon or wool
crepes in plain weaves, failles or
satin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
TEMPEST:

Arrival of large number of APP
parently well-equipped U. S. troops
in Northern Ireland, seemingly from
the Middle West, provided the first
reinforcement story of land forces
sent to combat areas by this country
and started an Irish tempest.
DeValera, in southern Ireland, OBJ
jected strenuously to the arrival of
American troops, and criticized it
most sharply for being what he
called ga British attempt to make
more sharp the breach between
northern and southern Ireland"
There were some critics also in
Northern Ireland, though in general
the populace was welcoming the
disembarked troops, and fraterniz-
ing was on a most pleasant basis.
What their mission might be was
obscure, but expected to be clarified
before long.
Whether that meant that Ameri-
can forces would use Belfast bases
as way-stations to Africa and the
Far East, or that they would take
up training duty to replace British
defenders of Great Britain proper
was a matter of conjecture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-12
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ILD SEWING CIRCLE Qlp

Pattern No. 1886 is designed for sizes
SO to So. Size 80. short sleeves. requires
4ys yards 39-inch material; 5 yards 35-
inch; ia yards machine-made edging for
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Farmers Asked to
List Prospective
Needs for Labor

The food production program
made necessary by the war will call
for full output from all acres of
available productive land and full
employment of all potential labor
according to a statement of John E.
Gross of Denver, regional employ
ment security representative.
In Montana. the farm placement
supervisor of the United States EN-
ployment service, j. P. Brennan of
Sidney, advises farmers to take
stock of their prospective labor re-
quirementS for the coming season
and talk it over with their local Of
fices of the employment service.
1T is well known that large num-
bers of workers previously available
for farm labor, have left the state
Also many young men from the
farms have gone, or will soon go,
into the armed forces. 1t will be of
greatest assistance now" said Mr.
Brennan, IF farmers who plan using
extra help this year will indicate
their requirements to the employ
ment service now. We need to make
plans to find the necessary workers
and not delay operations in the
spring and later"
Farmers and stockmen of Valley
and Roosevelt counties should advise
the local office OF their labor needs
at an early date, according to A. j.
Fey, manager of the Glasgow en-
ployment service office.
The Glasgow courier., 1942-02-12
1s Tables at Benefit
Mrs. Richard Erikst

Thirteen tables of whist, bridge
and pinochle were played at the
benefit card party under the auspices
of the Altar society Saturday eve
ming at the hotel. Members OF the
society served a lunch at midnight.
The games were played progressive
ly.
The prize winners at bridge wree
Mrs. William Bailey, high; Mrs. Les
ter v. Wetzbarger, second, and MRS.
Harold Kreis. At whist Mrs. McMur-
dock received the high score prize,
MIR. Muir the second high and
George Michel, low. The pinochle
prize winners were Mrs. John Hack
ner. high score prize; j. B. V. Faasen,
second high prize, and John Hack
ner, low score prize.
The Glasgow courier., 1942-02-12
Lutheran Aid Meets

Members of the Lutheran Ladies
Aid met at the church last Wed
nesday afternoon with Mrs. James
Corey and Mrs. Lisle D. Langley as
hostesses. The program consisted OF
the reading of three letters by men
who witnessed the Reformation. The
readers were Mrs. Max w. Burke,
Mrs. Don c. Bliven and Mrs. Albert
Van S. Pulling. The hymn, "A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God" writ
ten by Martin Luther, was sung by
the group
The business meeting was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Harold Aus, preSi-
dent. The group decided to sponsor
the collection of books for the men
in the army under the national prof.
ect. The musical tea was postponed
until spring. The next meeting OF
the group will be Feb. 1S when Mrs.
E. F. Gilstrap will give a program
on theAnusic of Stephen Foster.