davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03

"Nothing's going to happen to
me-" he whispered again.
There was a Catholic church at
San Alejo, and a small nondenomi-
national chapel; between them a
burial ground. It was here Mitchell
and his wife now lay side by side.
Service was said over Bill Hender-
sons body early Sunday morning,
and he was lowered into the ground
before the sun was high.
Lee chung close to Curt during
these last rites, and Curt could
feel her trembling. She dabbed at
her eyes and turned homeward as
Curt went on to his office where
Montaya was to join him for their
first major discussion of the en-
cheering work Curt had taken over.
While waiting for the Spaniard,
Curt paved over in his mind this
chain of deaths. All three were so
apparently what they seemed to be
"a grudge killing, suicide from
grief, DRINKS accident. Yet there
was that telltale coincidence among
them. All three victims had known
something. There were, too, few
details which just didn't fit. They
haunted Curt.
One was the fact that Montaya's
letter offering Curt this job was writ
ten before Mitchell's body was dis
covered by a trackwalker.
Another, not only was Fora Mitch
ell very definitely not neurotic
type, but where would she get hold
of-in the Mitchell household for
eign make of gun?
And, though it was not out OF
character for Bill Henderson to have
taken a drink, it was certainly out
of character for Bill to forget that
switch even if he'd been rolling
drunk! Bill was a railroad man!
Curtis thoughts harked back to
Mitchell. What was it the man had
known? He'd done some mutter-
ing about sitting on powder key"
He couldn't have meant revolution,
for that wouldn't have upset Mitch
ell. He'd been through them before
in this country. No American who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
FARM OPINION
WELCOME IN WASHINGTON

THE ONE CLASS from whom our
representatives at Washington well
come most an expression Of opinion
on national subjects are the people
of the farms. They recognize in the
man or woman close to the soil a
type of sane thinking Americans
who are not carried off their feet
by undue excitement or by selfish
interests. They prefer to hear di-
rect from the people Of the farms
rather than receive an interpreta-
ton through the lobbyists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03

dangerous men in the world"
Where they are going is a mill
tary secret, but thousand
bombardiers destroyed Cologne
in a single night! And Uncle
Sans air force is training at
least $4,000 bombardiers!
The tyro bombardier becomes
familiar with his thrilling job
with the bi-motored AT-11 train
ing bomber. He watches me-
chanics who keep 'em flying"
At the bomb loading dump,
brawny ordnance men carry the
kind of bright blue 100-pounders
used for practice.
Each cadet drops as many as
two hundred bombs during
training-the equivalent of forty
real raids. A scale model of
Tokyo's waterfront industrial
section provides a realistic tar
get for bombardment, and re-
ally gives the boys something to
shoot at.
These pictures tell how cadets
from all corners of the U. S. be-
come 'tlords of the bombsight."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03

Two-Way Radio for Police

Rapid development of two-way ra-
dio in municipal police departments
showed that more than As per cent
of the cities now have this facility.
In 1941 the figure was 35.5 per cent
and In 1910 only 26 per cent. Eighty
one per cent of all police cars have
some radio equipment, as compared
with approximately rs per cent in
1941. The number of cities with
radio equipment for motorcycles also
increased-from 27.9 per cent to 3l.1
per cent of the cities reporting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
Birth of a Bombardier

Would you personally like bomb Berlin and Tokyo?
towns cities farms factories and colleges thousands of American
youths answering Eyes, and swarmng the worlds lag
est bombarder college Midland Texas learn the technique
Scientifically selected the deadly u S. bomb
sight bobarder IL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
WaI s tesassl 6V eSSsc 49, te!!lE4x;WV

THE STORY so FAR: Jeff Curtis and
his wife, Lee, are already on their way
to TERRA Libre when he receives a note
from Fora Mitchell warning them not to
come. They arrive to find both Fora
and her husband dead. Although he In
vestigated the fruit company that hired
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
Jeeps for Farming???

The army's jeep, or quarter-ton
reconnaissance car, may get job
on farms after the war is over.
Tests made by agricultural engi-
neers of the department of agricul-
ture show that the jeep can be high
ly useful as supplemental power for
road use, for light blowing and for
other field work, except for the cul-
tivation of row crops. The jeeps,
now being made for the army in
large numbers, have 60-horsepower
engines and four-wheeled drives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
JOES, JOHNS AND BILLS
PAY u. s. TAX LEVIES

IN 1910 the state governments col
lected, as various forms of special
taxes, from business a total of
So, lilo, 900, 900. But it was the Joes
and Johns and Bills who paid those
taxes when passed on, as they had
to be if business was to survive, to
them as consumers and patrons
of business. For the same year the
federal government collected as
taxes on business total of $4,341,-
555, 1000, and this, too, was paid by
the Joes and Johns and Bills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03

him before accepting job as chief en-.
gineer, Jeff Is already suspicious of the
company and Of his employer, Senior
Montaya. Conversations with Jerry Nc.
Innis, who works for = rival company,
and with Bill Henderson and Stats Mona
han reveal that there Is something going
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
w.N.u. S GRNlCE

on and that Mitchell and Fora were
killed because they knew too much. Now
Montaya has Just called Jeff to tell him
that Henderson, too, has met with an
accident and is dead. A hasty inquest
II being conducted.
NOW CONTINUE WITH THE STORY
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
INITIATION
IN COUNTRY AREAS

PEOPLE of the country commu-
mites are experiencing some effects
of the initiation they are talking
about in Washington. I live in a
small place in the center of great
fruit and vegetable section. Here
year ago you bought a head of let
tuce for two and three cents. Now
you pay Is cents and up. ALI other
vegetables are proportionately high.
That is an evidence of imitation.
Houses that were renting a year
ago for from $40 to $25 a month are
now renting for from $50 to SIS. An
other evidence of initiation caused by
the war and the vast government
expenditures that war makes nee
essary. Price ceilings are helping
on some few food items but by no
means all of them. Victory gar
dens are today a real asset.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
NO TAX MONEY
FOR CIVIL FRILLS'
PATTERSON
Released by Western Newspaper Union.

NO TAX MONEY
FOR CIVIL FRILLS'
REPRESENTATIVE CANNON Of
Missouri, chairman of the appropri-
atoms committee of the house, In a
recent statement said war appropri-
atoms made from June l, 1910, to
June 20, 1912, totaled 228 billion dol
lars.
That was war appropriations only
and did not include any expendi-
lures for the civil functions of the
federal government. It means an
expenditure of approximately $4,000
for each man, woman and child In
the United States, a mortgage on
each family of five for close to
$4,000. 1t represents two-thirds of
all the national wealth of the ma
ton; more than four times the value
of all the farms, the livestock, poul-
try and farm buildings.
The American people do not offer
any protest against this expenditure
for war purposes. Our liberties are
worth all, and more, than any price
the war may cost. But the Amer
lean people do protest any expendi-
ture for governmental nonessentials
whether they be made by municipal,
county, state or federal govern
mentS.
The war is loading us with an in
debtedness on which generations yet
unborn will be paying. We, the
American people, protest against
adding to that terrific cost any sim
gle dollar of other expenditures
that is not absolutely essential. Such
nonessential expenditures are being
made by every governing body in
the United States, those of the towns
and cities, the counties, the states
and the federal government.
That 228 billion dollars is ten
times our total expenditure for the
World war. It is far greater sum
than the cost of operating the fed
eral government throughout the en-
tire period since it was founded, in
Guiding the cost of all previous wars,
and the end is not in sight.
Money to pay for the war, yes,
but no money for frills in the civil
operations of any of our governing
bodies is the edict of the American
people.
Evening star., 1942-01-11

Departments have changed specifications
and quantities in midstream, so to speak.
1T wasn't always possible to tell the con-
tractors why. They could see only q
changing, confusing picture.
But back of 1t was an equally confusing
military picture. Until we formally en-
tered the war planning Of an overall ma
ture that curtailed civilian supply and
broke right into the normal economic
processes could not be done as well as it
can be now that the Japanese have
forced us into shooting war. Mr.. Knud-
sen, for example. in a public address IN
December, 1910, appealed for termina-
ton of the weekend "blackout" in indus
try. But his plea went unheeded. The
newspaper files will reveal many such
an exhortation along other lines.
But it's war now. and mulling over past
mistakes is only important if 1t prevents
repetition. The spirit Of war is today in
the blood of every important factor In
the defense program from coast to coast.
We have the tools and the materials
We are getting the manpower ready and
the Allies have manpower in big enough
quantities for us to arm. II We could
arm the Chinese alone, we could van
quish Japan in short order. If we could
arm the people of the occupied areas of
Europe by safely transporting weapons
to them, we could bring about the big
gest crusade in all history to restore Eu-
rope to its free peoples.
Our Job Is to supply Russia and China,
India and the subjugated peoples Of Eu-
rope-the Poles, the Norwegians, the
Dutch, the Greeks, the Yugoslavs and, In
due time. the French. We must have
Evening star., 1942-01-11

the bulk of the cargoes will get through.
With ample materials, ample machine
tools, ample labor supply and ample
weapons, what of powder and ammuni-
ton? The big chemical companies have
swung into line here. Du Pont has built
ammunition factories for the Govern
ment and our supply of explosives, while
small in May, 1910. is getting up to real
proportions now. The story Of the chem
ical industry-Dow Chemical, Monsanto,
American Cyanamid, Reichold Chemi-
calls another one of those unSpectac-
ular affairs which are absolutely vital
but of which the public hears little. Our
chemical industry has come forward to
do a Job the equal of anything in the
world, and there will be no fall down
there.
What of electric power? The engineer
ing genius of the electric power industry
and its rapid strides in interconnection
have enabled America to turn the motors.
Despite the fact that this industry has
been maligned-the real blame attaches
more to financial manipulation than to
anything else-the electric power plants
Of America are keeping the wheels turn
Ing and mobilizing electrical energy as
it never has been modified before. The
Nation will have occasion to take OH its
hat to these electric power people when
the show is over.
So, with materials and tools, skill I'm
aircraft and tank production, a chemical
industry that furnishes the requisite am
munition, plenty Of industrial capacity
put to work In fields never entered be-
fore, the question might be asked: "How
can oil this be transported overseas?'
Ships. apd ships. and more shipsl
Evening star., 1942-01-11

enough materials not only to equip our
own Army, Navy and Air Force, but all
the rest of the Allies. And that's the
Canada's production are big, too, but in
relation to what is expected Of the United
States no program Is as big. We have
the main task and we must organize 1t
successfully in eighteen months. Our
first goal or peak was set for July, 1912.
Since our entry into the war became
inevitable last summer we changed to
a new peak-July, 1943. The biggest pro-
gram the world has ever conceived OF
will be rolling on that date. And maybe
only half the program will do the trick.
Victory Is Assured.
That victory must in the long run
come to us is certain. Defeats in the
Far East now or German push through
to Gibraltar merely mean that the war
will be longer In the end Germany will
be defeated by the very weapons she
thought would conquer the world for her.
Germany had seven years in which to
prepare and has won the first innings.
The last innings, however. will find her
outfought by soldiers and sailors Of equal
or better quality. And they will DO
equipped with materials better both in
quantity and quality than industrial Ger
many can produce because of her limited
resources, her gradually depressing in
ternal situation and the inevitable de-
crease in the effectiveness of her fac.
ment.
The road to victory is long, hard one.
but In 1943 perhaps sooner-we shall
see organized fascism defeated by or.
RAnized democracy.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
FOR PAGE OF PICTURES SHOWING TANK
PRODUCTION, SEE ROTOGRAVURE SECTION

That was the cry in the last war and It
is again the great need. Tonnage is be-
ing built on a mass production basis.
Companies like Bethlehem and the
Federal Shipbuilding e. Drydock Co.,
owned by United States Steel, have been
making records unsurpassed. Other
companies not as well known are doing
a progressive job, too. Ships Of all kinds
combat and cargo-are coming of the
ways in an ever-increasing number. We
shall have turned out nearly 10000 900
tons of new shipping by the end Of 1912,
and will duplicate that tonnage in 1943.
We have the lumber and steel and the
motor equipment. For one thing, we can
build faster now than in the last war.
The welder does now in a few hours the
Job that the riveter did in days before.
1t means speed that is indescribable COM
pared to the riveting of the last war.
Exasperating Delays
But while industry has been producing,
official Washington has been trying to
award billions of dollars of contracts and
get going. Delays have often been ex-
asperating. Some incompetent eXecu-
tives who don't know their respective
fields have crept into the picture. But
in the main the Army and Navy Ord
nance and the Army and Navy Aero
nautic Divisions and the Army and Navy
Procurement branches have managed.
with the help of some hard-working and
conscientious civilians in the advisory
defense agencies, to get some order out
of the chaos Williaq Knudsen hasn't
had the authority to deal with economic
policies, but he has co-ordinated pro-
duction facilities and gotten certain basic
jobs done even as the War and Navy
Evening star., 1942-01-11

srealned Allison through the depart
Allison Plant IN Indianapolis The
has just from and is being taken apart that each
unit be inspected.
The Allison currently
British government
the rate of hundreds month"; Workers total 1900
Evening star., 1942-01-11
u Will Be Industrial battle-ground Assuring Victory for Allies
America Must Outbuild Enemy
In All Instruments of Warfare
Big Problem Is Time, but This Country Possesses
Abundant Resources, Machinery and
Man Power to Defeat Axis


a be
United
materials of tools of labor and production
thus which judgment based
questions that must be and doesn't take
them. the information be
production
May
Evening star., 1942-07-29

The same famuos labels. the
same fine skins. new fashions,
guarantee and service you ex-
pect to md ct $ls5 and 32ls
-. but not charge accounts or
deferred payments. A small de-
post will hold your selection.
MOnTONG-4eeena Yisss
Evening star., 1942-07-29

Oar Reg. $3.50 Valae
A brilliantly conceived decs-
ratof type sofa BY day and 1T
night that - needed extra
bedroom for unexpected
Guests. Tailored In flne Fig
ured tapestry makes 70
d0uhle bed with luxurious in
nerspring mattress and con-
cealed bedding compartment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Values to Io,ool

Spectaca values famous nationally advertised waer and
physical Shoes Sizes 4B ony pumps and oxfords
sucde smooth feathers and eombnaons black brown and blue
Buy several pairs this amazing low price,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

invasion of the Islands and also at tached the enemy from the rear in a surprise rubber boat landing.
 Of the Solomons assault, Brig General William H. Rupertus. who led the landing on Tulagi, said:
 "This campaign should compare with any in history on the score of bravery. A whole carload of con- gressional medals should be given out for the heroism displayed here. What these men did was far above and beyond all devotion to duty. The United States should be proud of them.'
 Some writers mistakenly have stated that the Raiders have adopt ed tactics developed by the British Commandos, and even refer to the Raiders as American Commandos. !"
 The Raiders indignantly answer this with "The Marines have been using and developing these methods of attack for the past l67 years"
 Even the name, Raider, has a counterpart in American history. During the Civil War Colonel John Hunt Morgan, famed Confederate cavalry officer, led his "Morgan's Raiders in devastating attacks upon the Union forces.
 Today'S Raiders combine Indian fighting tactics with modern wea- pons dealing automatic death. The tricks of their trade have been culled from all over the world Much of their knowledge of the Japs tac- tics came from the experience of Lieutenant Colonel Carlson, who was an observer with the crack Chi nese Eighth Route Army, famed for its successful guerilla warfare. Served In Far East Lieutenant Colonel Carlson served in the Far East for years as a U. s. Marine intelligence officer He is considered one of the best informed living Americans on China and re- signed from the Marine Corps short ly after the outbreak of the Sino- Japanese war to carry on crusade to acquaint American with the Jap- anese threat.
 He gave the Marines some new twists and tricks for the business of killing Japs. Quick shooting at sur prise targets. knocking sniper dum- mics out of trees and aSsaulting an objective under live barrage of fire were included in invasion re- hearSalS.
 The activities of the Raiders cover aside range. They are used in sur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

tooth, and to expect no quarter and give none.
 The Raider had a choice of wea- pons. But he had to know how to use them all. There was the po- tent Tommy gun and the light Reis- ing carried by paratroopers, and the Browning and Garand semi-automa- tics. He had pistols, machetes and daggers. Every method of death, demolition and destruction that a man could carry out singly and also as groups was perfected,
 Practically nothing was known about the Raiders publicly before the assault on Maxim Island. Under the command of It, Col. Evans F. Carl son, U. s. M. C., native of Terry vile, Conn, with Major James Roosevelt, U. s. M. C., second in command, they swept in and wiped out Jap seaplane base August IT.
 Don't Err!
 Green-painted Marine Raiders Don't ever call them Commandos unless you are tired of living) whip ped ashore through heavy surf in which one of their officers lost his pants and had to wear a sarong They knocked out snipers tied to tree tops, burned the radio station, wrecked the seaplane base and oth- CT installations and stores and counted l98 dead Jap Marines out of the POO on the island. Another l50 Japs were drowned when Navy shells sank two Jap ships.
 Raider battalionS next showed up in the Solomons where they were both the spearhead of the full-scale
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

presided at the meeting, and Mrs. James Donnelly acted as secretary in the absence of Mrs. Louis Von- Lott who is confined to her home with illness.
 Tea was served after the business session, with Mrs, George Knowles, Mrs, Albert Harris, and Mrs. David MacConnell as hostesses. A door prize was donated by Mrs. Castaldo and won by Mrs. Donnelly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

ing through barbed wire, tore apart bayonet dummies which spurted them with fresh animal blood. They swung by rope over wide ravines carrying full packs. They hardened themselves to march 40 miles day and did a maximum of seven miles an hour, half running, half walk ing. Every man became a compe- tent swimmer. They climbed up and down rope ladders and cargo slings, mounted sheer walls and had been burned, bruised and battered by repeated rifle and machine gun firing at surprise targets and sniper dummies.
 They played at Marines and Japs" with an earnestness that would have startled any civilian ob- server.
 Practiced Ju-Jitsu
 "Just grab me by the neck and try to choke mel" was @ frequent appeal to a buddy as they practiced ju-jitSu. They went at each other with knives and the man who weak ened was likely to get cut. Their machetes were forever singing about the camp as they walked about hurl- ing them at likely targets. Without warning they tripped each other and sought the dirty holds's of the bar room battler, learning how to gouge out mans eye or snap an ankle bone or femur.
 In the practice ranges that were hewn out of coconut and banana groves they trained for jungle law" fighting-to gouge out an eye for an eye and knock out a tooth for a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

prise landings to destroy air and naval bases, communications cen- ters, ammunition dumps, military stores and defensive installations. They bring back vital information about disposition of enemy forces, intelligence concerning his future plans and prisoners. They may be used in support of an offensive &C., tion or serve to create a diversion They may act as the spearhead of an invasion or effect a sudden sur prise attack on the enemy's rear.
 They particularly feature hand-to- hand combat carrying a relatively large number of automatic rifles and sub-machine guns. They are taught to shoot from the hip with whatever weapon is carried. or from any po- sition in which the Raider might find himself.
 Thus far the position of the Raid CTS has been "astride the Japanese. '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Holy Name Dance

Plans have been completed by the St. Joseph's Holy Name Society for dance which will be sponsored Saturday night at St. Joseph's hall Music will be furnished by Stanley Lesniak and his ten piece orches- tra of Middletown. Polkas as we'll as modern selections will be in- cluded. The event will start at p. m. and continue to a, m.
 Members making arrangements are Al YokSa, George Kalvaitis, John Necunas, Joseph Brazie and Joseph Shukis,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

gouged and strangled with a fury that bowled the little men over like nine pins.
 They swung through jungled is- lands of the Solomons like bands of Tarzans, knocking the monkey men" out Of coconut palms with blasts from their Reisings and Browning automatics. They dyna- mited and grena6ed the Jap out of thousand island caves, and in the Inky, slippery jungle silenccd snipers with pistol butt, black jack or just throttled them with bare hands.
 And there were few prisoners. The Jap would not be taken alive. He played dead under piles of his slain comrades and then rose up to sac- rilce himself with one last shot. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Bazaar Planned

Bazaar Planned
 Parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church met at the parish hall last night to further plans for the annual bazaar Dec. 3 to 5, Proceeds will be turned in to parish funds.
 Charles Stango is general chair man of arrangements. Other mem bers of the executive committee are Michael Ariola, co-chairman; Rev, Patrick w, Flynn. treasurer; Rose Verrier, secretary. Special com mittees will be organized to work at the bazaar.