The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
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EYE TRICK

EYE TRICK
The war has spawned a number
of rackets, designed both to gain
deferment for unwilling draftees and
to aid others in passing their phys
ical examinations. But the most
ingenious to date was uncovered
by the navy department.
A Washington doctor has been re-
storing 1920 (perfect) eyesight to
applicants for commissions - long
enough to enable them to pass their
"physicals"-by injecting a high
powered drug. The trick was
brought to light during an examina-
ton of a young commission-seeker
with defective vision.
He had been examined three
times and each time was told to
60 home and practice eye exercises.
But his eyesight remained 31-9, far
below the required standard. After
the third test, the applicant was told
he would be given one more
chance. If he fiunked again, he
would be rejected.
When he returned the fourth time,
he amazed the navy eye doctor by
passing with a 1920 mark. Doubt
ing that the exercises had achieved
such phenomenal result, the doc
tor decided to make check. He
sent the applicant into an adjoining
room and kept him there five
hours. E -
Then he was given another exam
ination. This time his vision was
found to be 31-9 again. -...-...
The applicant finally broke down
and admitted that his temporary
perfect vision had been due to a
shot in the arm given him by a
Washington doctor. This doctor, he
said, had told him to make sure he
was examined within flour or five
hours" after the injection, as it's eff
feet would last only that long.
NAZI FOOD SHORTAGE
Word from inside Germany makes
it clear that Nazi officials are an
ticipating a hard winter, even if Hit
Ter does take the vast granary Of
South Russia. They have already.
completed arrangements for emer-
gency food distribution, in anticipa-
ton of serious shortages.
The plan calls for community
feeding throughout Germany. It,
would mean that families would no
longer sit down to dinner in their
own homes, but would line up at a
community feeding center for gov
eminent handout.
Under this system, the hausfrau
would not buy her own provisions,
ration cards would be replaced by
meal tickets, and one-dish meals of
the "stew" type would be handed
out several times a week.
Under this system, the Nazis will
be able to distribute food supplies
more efficiently, with greater use Of
substitutes, and with equal treat
ment for all.
Hitler may not see the irony of
it, but this system brings him to
communism, from which he pro-
fesses to be so eager to "save
Europe"
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MERRY-GO-ROUND
q Opening prayer in the senate was
offered recently not by a clergyman
but by a member of the u. S. senate
itself Berkeley L. Bunker of
Nevada, former bishop in the Nor
mon church.
q Whenever I come to Washing
ton," says Walter Winchell, SCI am
amazed at the number of big men
supposed to be working for the coun-
try who spend their time working
against each other"
q Curtailment of musical instru-
ment production will save enough
metal to build $4,000 six-ton trucks,
more than 100 big tanks, 500 pieces
of heavy artillery, and $4,000, 900
rounds of machine-gun ammunition.
q The OPA soon will crack down
on number of tire recappers on
charges of incompetent workman
ship and waste of vital materials.
q Hon WI, chief of the 500 Chinese
residents in Chicago's Chinatown,
points proudly to the fact that his
group was one of the first in Chicago
to be organized for civilian defense.
q Northrop Aircraft company has
evolved new welding process that
is claimed will revolutionize plane
making. The new method will per-
NIT the construction of aIl-magne-
SUM planes. Magnesium is one
third lighter than aluminium.
q Attention stamp fans: Soon to be
put on the market will be the famous
100000 stamp collection of the
late Col. E. H. Green, son of Hetty
Green.
q Despite Leon Henderson's hectic
crusade to keep a price ceiling on
all foods, there is one ceiling he is
going to raise immediately-canned
crab meat. Reason is that before
Pearl Harbor most canned crab
meat came from Tokyo. So the
price Henderson originally set was
based on cheap Jap labor. Now it
will be raised to meet American la
Dor standards.