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War Against Finland

The Russians long ago had asked the United States to declare Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Finand-all of which except Finland, had declared war on us Secretary Hull, however, demurred, said that these were mere puppet governments doing the bidding of Hitler. So no action taken
 But the Russians came back with some very pointed observation as to how we'll these puppet' soldiers were fighting at Odessa and Kerch and asked them if we still considered them puppets.
 During the recent conversations, therefore, Roose- welt yielded to the Soviet and sent his message to Con- gress asking for declaration of against Hungary Rumania and Bulgaria, and Congress acted promptly.
 In regard to war with Finland, however, told that the presence of the U S. legation in Finland gave an excellent military listening post and also help ed to influence large groups of the Finnish people who bascaIly are much with the United Nations than with Hitler. The Russians agreed.
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-15
Overtime Pay For Men On Salary
SUPREME COURT SAYS WHITE COLLAR
 WORKERS GET EXTRA PAY

WASHINGTON, June - In decision affecting se- eral million white collar workers the Supreme Court upheld the Governments contention that additional compensation for overtime must, in the absence of contract for specific hourly wage be paid employees though they receive fixed salary above the ount required by the Wage and Hour Law
 Two decisions were delivered by the court on this question In the decision delivered by Justice Stan ley F. Reed, the Tribunal asserted that the Wage and Hour Act lis designed to require payment for over time at time and half of regular pay where they pay above the minimum well as where regular pay is at the minimum. This to 1 decision applies to the Overnight Motor Transportation Company of Bati- a suit for extra compensation sought by for mer employe
 In a 5-4 decision delivered by Justice James F. Byrnes the Court held that the A. H. Beo Corporation publisher of the Dallas, Texas, Morning News and owner of Radio Station WEAR is within it's rights in passing overtime compensation hourly wage fixed contract Justice Reed explained that his decision in
 the Overnight Motor differed from the newspaper in that the latter contract of specified hourly rate and not less than time and half overtime with guaranty of fixed weekly sum, requires the employ CT to pay more than the weekly guaranty where the hours of the workers at the contract rate exceed that sum-"
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-15
Grim Facts

Let no amount of Wishful thinking deceive you Next only shipping the rubber shortage the most tragic bottleneck facing this nation today In one respect the rubber situation is even grimmer than the maritime We the way to solving shortage of ships If we have not quite turned the corner, are about to- but the alarming deficiency in rubber remains major problem. Our vaunted industrial capacity depends more than the layman realizes yet, upon of the auomobile which in turn hinges upon rubber for tires
 Take away tires immobilize automobiles and we bring creeping paralysis upon the marvellous plant which we have builded and converted to supply the anti-Hiter world with armament and munitions
 Rubber is utterly essential to the task remaining be- fore us of destroying the ability of totaltarianism attack democracy.-Anchorage Times.
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-15
Shipping Is Needed

The seriousness of the shipping need is illustrated by the statment recently of Rear Admiral John w. Green slade who told West Coast shpyard workers that 40 900 military trucks at single East Coast port wait ing for ships to ferry them to zoneS and that at inland plant, 30000 combat vehicles are ready to be shipped
 There facts emphasize the Admirals observation that we lost the Philippines and Singapore because did not have enough shps-eombat and commer- cia" He added: We might lose Australia for the same reason" Finally, the Admiral explains that vic tory defeat resolves itself into simple and mathe nautical pattern-can we built ships fast enough
 The destruction of shipping off the coast of North America represents serious loss in view of short age of tonnage Gradually it is believed effective defense measures are being put into effect This seems to be indicated by the fact that heavy losses off Cape Hatteras have been reduced although enemy U-boats have scored successes in other areas including the Gulf of Mexico and the St. Lawrence River.
 A White House statement admitted that the ship ping shortage will continue until building gets into full swing It points out that in the first 130 days of this year, l30 vessels delivered This is 10 per- cent more than the number of ships built in 1941
 Declaring that there is lag today in cargo ship building" the White House explains that steel and other materials which would go into factories are needed for immediate arms production and that mer- chant ships being built in the United States faster than ever before in the history of the world"
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-15
It's Not Too Early

Now and again is said that we must not talk of the peace and of postwar problems All we must do now
 it is argued is to fight the and win it, allowing no other aim to divert energies All this sounds very We-inentioned but it does not stand scrutiny There would be little point in making all the sacrifices this war will entail if we fighting only for survival We ought to define and plan for the postwar settle ment, and the postwar adjustment here at home, be- cause that will give meaning to the effort and the rifices we are making from day to day.
 It is often said that we the last war and then lost the peace This is not quite true We helped im- mensey to win the last war, and then in 1919 we did not lose the peace but threw it away And we shall throw it away again, by retreating into pretended isolation after the victory, unless while the is Waged we build the public sentiment to support courageous, enlightened foreign policy
 There can be enduring peace after the Fascist dic- tatorshps are vanqushed only if the United States takes its rghtfu role of the leaders the world community We do not seek world hegemony for the postwar epoch but proper share in the orderly gov ernance of the world that it may be peaceful and increasingly prosperous.
 We must be thinking also of the postwar problems closer to home There is the task of ouidating vast government enterprises needed in war but too closely akin to dictatorship for to permit in peacetme We must be planning the transition from war production to the pursuits of peace that we may escape the horrors of economic collapSe-Cincinnat Enuuirer.
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|. s. and Russia Reach Amicable
 Understanding Secret Conversations

WASHINGTON-Strictest secrecy has shrouded the conversations which have been taking place between the Russians the United States and the British The Soviet Government has asked that mention be made of of the personnel taking part in the discussions and this has been rigidy observed.
 However 1t be revealed that U. $. officials are highly pleased, have found the Russans very reason able and that some of the most important discussions of the entire War-nvovng even peactime boundaries have been taking place.
 Two possible stumbling blocks were feared. One the Russian request for U s. declaration of war against Finland. The other was the Russian de- sire to map out her frontiers after the is over
 However, neither proved difficult
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Davies Says Russia Will Last

Tn Russia have the greatest confidence, in it's fight ing strength, it's courage, it's morale l believe the will the eventual overthrow of Naz power in the will mean the eventual overthrow of Nab power in the world. These are the words carried in press dis patches of Joseph E. Davies who served as Ambassa dor to the Soviet Government from 1886 to 1888 and the author of Mission to Moscow
 It is somewhat remarkable that Mr. Davies an Am ercan capitalist, after intimate acquaintance with Russian leaders and an opportunity to understand Rus sa, should express confidence in the ability to with stand if necessary, the combined forces of Germany and Japan
 Mr. Davies who is in much demand as public speak er says that Stains recent speech was significant be- cause for the first time" he did not stress the peril Russia faces Instead the Russian leader spoke pos
 vey and aggressively of the task of driving the Naz invader from Russia"
 Mr. Davies points out that Japan while successful in deceVing the United States and Great Britain as to it's potential military power unable to deceive the Russians MoroVer he records the encouraging fact that Russia is receiving magniiscent support" from Eng land and from America and that we are delivering goods to Russia n the great quantities we promised
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-15

Joseph E. Davis, former U S. Ambassador to Soviet Russia The combined forces of Germany and Japan cannot defeat the Russian Empire this summer
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-15

Sir Stafford Cripps, British Lord Prvy Seal There must nOtbe after this those gross inequalities that were an aftermath of the last war"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
ELY BASEBALL TEAM TRAVELS
TO cLoQUET FOR SUNDAY GAME
Mrs. NJ. J. Murphy Cites
Membership Campaign.

The American Legion Auxiliary
entered July with more members en-
rolled than ever before in its his
tory, according to Mrs. M. j. Murphy,
membership chairman of Frank Lozar
Post unit here.
Last years all time high record OF
523 1928 was passed during June and
the enrolled has passed $4,000 before
the end of the month. Forty-six of the
Auxiliary's So Departments had ex-
ceeded their 1912 quotas by July l. A
total enrolment of at least $4,000
was expected before the end of the
year.
"The Auxiliary's strong membership
increase this year indicates the inter-
est of eligible women in the organi-
zation's war work" said Mrs. Murphy
Always the nations leading patriotic
organization of women, the Auxiliary
intensified it's activities after Pear
! Harbor and has been an important
factor in modifying the power Of
American womanhood for the de-
Tense of the country"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

would be both a great deal happier
about price control and halting in
fiation today if they had needed that
sound advice of Washington in draft
ing the original program.
The omissions and weaknesses in the
Price Control Act and program, clearly
recognized when it was drafted, are
now coming home to roost, plaguing
the Administration and Congress and
threatening to burst the general max
imum price regulation issued by Leon
Henderson of OPA before it has even
had much of trial.
The great omission from the act
| was the lack of an effective program
| to stabilize wages, which are major
factor in costs and therefore in prices.
Henderson, testifying before our bank
| ing and currency committee when the
bill was under consideration, admitted
that wages would have to be stabil-
lied if price control was to be effec-
tive. but counseled against including
anv provision in the bill because
very frankly, he was afraid it coulc
not be passed if such provision were
in it.
The lack of any wage sterilization
provision, in turn, produced the great
est weakness in the program, which il
the lack of effective control of farm
commodity prices. 1t was impossible
and would have been unfair, to til
agricultural prices down tightly with
out providing any wage control. Re
suit was a continued increase in tn
cost of living, leading in turn T.
demands for higher wages. These Il
turn increased costs and prices an
operation of the parity formula auto
! matically boosted possible ceilings o.
farm prices. Nobody gains anythln
= out of such a cycle, because every
thing goes up, but the general public
the consumer, takes it on the chin.
j Henderson has proposed to hold nj
ceilings by substituting higher costs
S manufacturers, but congress ia
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turned him down fatty on the ground
that with major elements of costs
uncontrolled such subsidies would
amount to tremendous totals and in
the long run would be extremely infla-
tionary of themselves.
There is some indication recently
that the administration is at last
ceilings will blow up in his face unless
something is done very soon, and
that an effective wage sterilization
policy may he developed. Once that
| is done, congress should amend the
| law by lowering possible ceilings on
farm products from ITO per cent of
parity down to los or even 100 per
cent.
| Wage sterilization is, of course, an
extremely complicated and difficult
task. In one big corporation there may
be thousands of different wage rates
with scores of adjustments every day
The danger of migration of workers
into higher paid plants must be con-
sidered and we certainly cannot pro-
hibit raising of sub-standard wages.
The best answer, it seems to me
probably would come out of con.
ference of industry and labor repre-.
sentatives called by the President anc
held to reach agreement on polio!
or have one written for them. The!
know most about the problem and i
they reached agreement voluntarily
the job of policing such a polio.
would be greatly simplified.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
PIONEER ELY
Man SUCcUMBS
Death Takes Matt Pavlisich,
Resident of City for
Half a Century.

Funeral services were conducted this
morning for Matt Pavlisich, 68 years
old, resident of Ely for half CEN
tury. The last rites were held in ST.
Anthony's Catholic church with the
Rev. Frank Mihelcic in charge. Burial
was in the Ely cemetery.
Mr.. Pavlisich was born in Jugo-
slavia on Nov. IA, 1873. He came to
Ely about SO years ago and was en-
ployed as a miner and in recent years
by the city of Ely. He died Tuesday
after an extended illness. He was a
member of st. Barbara's lodge No
200 American Fraternal Union.
Surviving are three sons, Tony anc
Jack Pavlisich, Ely, and Joe Pavlisich
Milwaukee Pail bearers were Ignati
Fink, Frank Lunka, George Peternel
John Scufsa, Matt Weiss, and Luke
Chimzar. The Banovetz Mortuary wa
in charge of the remains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Final Contest of Season Set
for Aug. 2 With Cook on
Local Diamond.

Ely .............1O 100 100 OH
Virginia ........... .002 100 04
The Ely baseball team win travel to
Cloquet Sunday for its next Range
league encounter The Cloquet club
holds an 8-6 win over the Vermilion
range crew registered on its diamond.
Final league contest is set for Sun
day, Aug. 2, when Cook comes here.
Last Sunday in an exciting game
Virginia downed the local club, 9-5,
on the Ely diamond.
Manager 'Arti" Artisensi's club
drew first blood with a run in the
opening inning and held this advan-
tage until the third Then the Queen
City pushed over 2 scores and was
never headed from then on.
The last two innings, during which
total of runs crossed the plate
for both teams, had the spectators
sitting on the edges of their seats.
While Ely lost the game, it did
score an achievement by cutting the
errors to only two. Pitcher Ray Babb
counted six strikeouts and walked
three batters, while E. Zukosky for
Virginia wiffed seven and handed six
men free tickets to first.
| The box score:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
COUNTY CLUB
PICNIC SUNDAY

A picnic for the many hundreds of
farm and town families in st. Louis
county is being sponsored by the St.
Louis County Club and Farm Bureau
Assn to be held at the All club build
ing and recreational grounds on Lake
Eshquaguma Sunday. The 100 aff1li-
ated adult and All club organizations
of the st. Louis County Club and
Farm Bureau Assn will take active
part in the days festivities.
The days picnic program starts at
10 a. m. with picnic lunch parties
under the pines where tables are being
provided for all picnickers. Conces-
sions on the grounds will sell lunch
and refreshments to those coming
without their own picnic baskets.
The afternoon program will be held
in the large stone amphitheater in
front of the club building at 1870 p
m. At 3 p. m. the sports program
will be held on the two play grounds;
one located on the beach and the
other on the large athletic field.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Athletics Now in Hands of
Government Tire Rationers

The question of interscholaStic
athletics this fall and winter will be
brought to head Friday night when
the Range School Boards association
meets in Hibbing with Richard
Stempf, state tire rationer.
Tire rationing authorities have in
formed school boards repeatedly that
school bus tires will not be approved
for replacement if the buses are used
for any transportation other than that
of pupils from their homes to school
and return.
Hibbing has already notified range
schools that out-of-town athletic
schedules will be cancelled for the
| coming season, but other range schools
have not taken similar action.
At a meeting in Duluth Tuesday
school superintendent of districts u
and % passed and then rescinded a
resolution opposing the use of school
buses to transport athletes.
| H. B. Cough, st. Cloud, president
of the high school state board of con-
troll, is quoted by the Minneapolis
oGdi OOuIIldl DIS Say ing.
1--WE recognize that state high
schools are facing serious trans
portation problem in carrying out
their athletic programs this coming
year, and we are going to try to do
something about it,
Cough said he would call a meet.
ing of the state board of control soon
but did not indicate what form theil
assistance might take. He limited tina
each school might have to solve it
own individual problem, and said tina
the solution would not be easy.
Certain to come to the fore sool
irrespective of the transportation diff
ficulties will be the availability o
suitable material for COLLEGE foot
ball in the Northern Junior Colleg
conference. Many college men will b
liable for military service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
LAYING Cornerstone

Even the laying of a cornerstone
has been done over electric wires.
Not long ago in London, 10000 Ma
sons in an exhibition hall watched
a dignitary go through such cere-
mony, every movement of laying
the substitute stone actuating,
through electrical synchronization,
the laying of the real stone on the
site of a hospital several miles
away,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Garden Worms That Talk

Earthworms actually commune
cate with each other by faint sounds
emitted by their mouths, according
to a German scientist. This is re-
ported in an article about worms in
the magazine You're Wrong About
That. The worm voices, asserts the
article, "are used in emitting faint
sounds, rarely in solo number but
generally in series marked by def
mite and changing rhythm. So ap-
parent is this rhythm that it leads
to the conclusion that these sounds
are broadcast with the object OF
communication. The sounds resem-
BILE the clicking and ticking OF a
mass of infinitesimal clocks and
can be heard quite clearly"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
AT INSTITUTE.

Six members of the Ely Methodist
Youth Fellowship are attending the
District Institute at Little Hanging
Horn Institute near Barnum, Mimi
esota. The Institute sessions began
Monday, July 20, and will close Sun
day, July &C. Those in attendance are
Misses Doris Warner, Marabelle Dow
Ter, Anne Eckert, Betty Gordon, and
Dorothy Lehto. Kenneth Curnow was
the only boy that could attend this
YEAR
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Fergus Falls School
Teacher Passes Here.

Miss Anna Marie Ryren, Fergus
Falls, died in the Shipman hospital
Saturday night after brief illness.
The remains were shipped Monday to
that city for burial. A school teacher,
Miss Ryden was employed at Burnt
side lodge. She was born on Oct. 80,
1899. The Laing Mortuary was in
charge of the remains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
FOREST Chevrolet GIVES BOY
SCOUTS five CARS TO SCRAP

The Forest Chevrolet company has
given five old automobiles to Boy
Scout troop TIA to junk under the
supervision of Scoutmaster Steve
Smrekar.
il. Donovan, Duluth, auto salvage
inspector in this area for the WPB,
has asked all garages to junk old cars
so that the scrap metal will become
available Immediately for the war
effort
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
ELYITE STAR
OF ALL-STARS

The Range league All-Stars defeated
Cook, the first-half winners, 6-2, on
the Virginia diamond Tuesday night.
AL Banks and Don Prola, who scored
a hit and run, played with the
Stars. Manager "Arti' ArtiSensi Of
the Ely club attended the game.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED
ADVICE OF WASHINGTON.

eff, to please the people, we of1er
what we ourselves disapprove, how can
we afterward defend our work. Let us
raise a standard to which the wise
and honest can repair; the event Is
in the hand of God"
That was President George Wash
ington's advice to the constitutional
convention in 1887.
The administration and congress
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Ely Miner advertisers are guaranteed
delivery. The postman takes the paper
Historic Saloon

HIStOTIC SdIUUH
The historic saloon in Washington,
D. c., whose proprietor was said to
be the recipient of more condolences
of public men than any other one
man in Washington was Shoomak-
er's, and the man in question was
George Williamson. Newcomers
who had heard of Shoomaker's were
disappointed because it looked like
an overcrowded storeroom with
cobwebs all around. In spite of its
unkempt appearance the order
here was excellent. Any patrons
who became too boisterous were
asked to leave.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
CHICAGO union
Head TO SPEAK
President of the National
CLIO Council to Attend
Ely Convention.

John Brophy, Chicago, president OF
the national CLIO councils, will be one
of the principal speakers at the 9Th
annual constitutional convention OF
the Minnesota State Industrial Union
Council scheduled for this city Aug.
TO-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
TEAM
DROPS GAMES

Elys American Legion team dropped
a doubleheader to Virginia here Sun
day afternoon.
The Queen City won the opener,
6-5, and the nightcap, 81. Ely's lineup
follows: Pucel, CT; Kuzma, Id; Buck
ley, 3b; Spreitzer, If; DeBarnardi, C;
Somers, p; Klobuchar, 2b; Kostelac,
SIS: and Mersnik, IF.
Runs, hits and errors for the two
games follow:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
GARMENTS Sent
TO FAR POINTS
Red Cross Ships Hundreds of
Thousands of Articles
Thousands of Miles.

A large quota of garments has just
been accepted by the war production
department of the Red Cross, accord
ing to Mrs. George P. Tweed, Duluth,
production chairman.
In letter from the midwestern area
headquarters, st. Louis, it was pointed
out that as it is becoming more and
more difficult to secure material, re-
serve stocks must be increased to fill
emergency requests from abroad.
Hundreds of thousands of garments
i'm the past six months, it was stated,
have been shipped to Hawaii, Aus
traIia, Russia, and Great Britain and
future calls may be greater.
The local war production depart
ments expects to complete it's current
quota by Aug. 1. The new sewing
quota will not be started until Oct. l
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first World War.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

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