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The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

New York: One of the most def
mite reports of the sinking of a
!U-boat off the coast was reported
by General Drum, who said that
patrol bomber returning after pho
Geographic mission had seen sub
marine, had dropped four depth
bombs and that the oil and debris
which Uttered the sea made it def
mite that the submarine had been
sunk.
Peoria, ILL.,: The government had
stepped in and ended a strike on the
239-mile Toledo, Peoria and Western
railroad. The government held that
the failure of the railroad to arbi-
trate with the brotherhoods consti-
tuted a blocking of the war effort.
Istanbul: Turkey was predicting
the fall of the Kallay government of
Hungary in favor of a regime which
would be still more favorable to Ger
many. The Turkish observers felt
that it was a general move by Ger
many to blackjack" Hungary into
providing more soldiers for the
Nazis.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
LABOR:
Picture Complicated

The labor situation, in the other
big battle which had centered IN
Washington, the fight over whether
the 40-hour week should be retained
or not, had complicated the New
Deal picture tremendously.
On the one hand Secretary OF La
Dor Perkins and the White House
itself had been found apparently un-
willing to scrap the 40-hour week,
while Thurman Arnold, of the at
torney generals staff, had issued
the most bitter statement against
labor unions as obstructing the war
effort that had come out OF WASH
ington since the New Deal started.
Now, the unions were whole-heart-
edly against the move to end the 40
hour week, claiming that the only
benefit their workers had from it
was the extra half-time pay for the
usual eight hours of overtime week
ly, while business already was be-
ing accused of getting huge profits
for its share of the wartime boom
in industrial activity.
Congressional leaders were found
urging, against business, that all
profits over 6 per cent be recap
tured for the government, and at
the same time highly divided over
the 40-hour week.
Tremendous mail was being re-
ceived on the subject, convincing
many congressman that definite
nationwide campaign to have the 40
hour week thrown out was in prog
reSS.
One official high in the War Pro-
duction board stated that the 40-hour
week through overtime payments
was adding 8 per cent to the cost
<os.4-r,4.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
Button-Front Classic.

HERE'S the frock which de-
- serves an important place in
every spring wardrobe. In Pat
tern No 1898 we offer the cham
pion of classic styles, the button
front shirtwaist dress which, in
smartness of line, neatness of de-
tail and comfort in fitting has nev-
er been surpassed.
Cut with shoulder yokes, this
dress is easily fitted. Below the
yokes are gathers which permit
the comfortable fullness for the
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
ATTACK TOKYO:
Pleads McNutt

Lashing out at disciples of de-
spair," Paul V. McNutt, social Sc
curity administrator, had urged an
"attack on Tokyo" as the "real de-
fense of America"
He said:
Americas defense does not be-
gin at wading depth on Coney Is
land, nor on the sundrenched sands
of San Diego.
Americas defense begins with
the attack on Tokyo. It is when
flames roar through Yokohama
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
Tie Up Icebergs

Whaling ships in the Antarctic
are frequently followed by small
icebergs propelled by the forward
movement set up by the vessels In
the air around them, reports Col
lier's. When a ship cannot get
away from one of these nuiSaRces
after several days, even by turn
ing quickly to port or starboard-
members of the crew have to take
an old cable and tie it up t. 4
large berg.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
JAPS:
Yarn Aussies

The japanese, apparently trying
to undermine Australian confidence
and trying to build up a lack of
unity within the continent, were put
ting out warnings to Australian"
before they had tried landing.
The grim determination of the
Australians to defend their country,
plus the appointment of Gen. Doug
las Macarthur to the supreme COM
mand, was ample assurance that
Japanese propaganda would fall on
barren soil.
As the invaders of New GlS4ea
were moving across the difficult and
almost impossible terrain between
Salamaua and Lac and Port Mores-
by on the southern coast, with pros
pect of a bitter battle at the end,
they issued the following warning:
Australia stands at the cross
roads. She must choose between
freedom and the fate of the Dutch
East Indies.
Japan has no territorial aspira-
tions, and wants Australia to be-
come partner in the eastern Asiat-
ic prosperity realm.
Australia, with a population of
only 100000 cannot defend her long
eastern coastline.
"The countries, Japan and Aus
tralia, economically supplement
each other. One way leads to the
end of Australia's existence and the
other to wealth and peace" said
the Japanese.
At the same time the Japs showed
evidence of being jittery over possi-
BILE attacks by American planes
from Alaska via the Aleutians, Adm.
Kayozo Nakamura having told the
Japanese people in broadcast:
"Fears that the United States in
the spring will embark on surprise
attacks on Japan by submarines and
aircraft are unnecessary.
'The Americans have no adequate
base"
European centers had placed
little importance on the signing in
Moscow of a renewal of the pact
between Japan and Russia on the
subject of fishing rights off the ST.
berian coast.
Refusal of Russia to have signed
would have been viewed as a prac-
tical declaration of war. But few
European observers took the sign
ing of the pact, in existence for
many years, as any special sign of
friendliness.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
BRITISH:
Gain Air Strength

The report of British-German
air fight around Malta, where the
British had been taking a beating
since the war began without giving
in, had been a signal for the fact that
the British R.A.F. had been steadily
igaining strength.
/ In this assault, British Hurricane
fighters and anti-aircraft gunnery
had brought down IL bombers and
two fighters in a 24-hour assault on
the island, the biggest bag in the
war so far.
Most significant was the fact that
the "ack-ack boys" the gunners on
the island, were credited with
knocking the two fighters and 8
of the IL bombers out of the air.
The other four planes shot down
were fighter-bombers, similar in
plan to our medium attack bomb
ers," and they were all bagged by
the Raj. fighting squadron.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
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STAGE GEkScREENRADlO
BY VIRGINIA VALE


Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
TAXICAB business doomed
i recently at one of Holly
woods major studios, unaf-
fected by the rubber short
age. Richard Carlson and
Martha O'Driscoll drove off
in one to be married, with
Cecil Kellaway at the wheel.
That was in New York. Then
Burgess Meredith and Louise Platt
rode to railway station in Newark,
N. j., in the same cab. Finally
Allan Ladd and Bonita Granville
took the same cab to Brian Donley's
home in a Middle Western city.
Same cab-mounted on a fixed plat
form, never turning wheel; it had
no wheelsl
In case you're interested, the pic
lures for which that taxi worked so
hard and so faithfully are "My
Heart Belongs to Daddy" Street
of Chance" that being the new title
for ''The Black Curtain" and ''The
Glass Key"
3
Almost ten years ago Red Shelton
played his first vaudeville act in
Wooster, Mass. June Earle danced
and played straight man" for him.
Tommy Mac was also in the act.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
SUGAR:
a Week of None

The announcement that there
would be week of no sugar sales
decreed by the government for the
week of April q, came when sugar
rationing, ban on sales OF new
automobiles, and demands that auto
graveyards give up their dead were
holding the economic spotlight.
The East was having gasoline shut
downs, with rationing in prospect
throughout this territory, perhaps
also in the Pacific Northwest.
Washington told the people of
7,90O,OO0 tons of sugar having been
withdrawn from the market by
hoarders, and told of plans to make
sugar hoarders give up their sup
plies to the retail stores, selling
them back at retail prices.
A campaign had been started to
force used-car-lot junkmen to turn
over" their cars every go days or
face the penalty of having the rusty
metal requisitioned by the govern
ment.
In one eastern state of average
size, it was said, the junkyards had
$4,000 cars, enough metal to make
2,300,0 900 three-inch shells; 5000 rs
nm. howitzers or 5000 anti-aircraft
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
ATLANTIC:

Sinkings continued at rapid pace
along the Atlantic seaboard, though
there were not so many on the regu-
lar sea-lanes carrying commerce
between Britain and the u. S.
Yet there were favorable signs,
and measures were being taken to
make the lot of the submarine hard
er, and to cut down sinkings.
One of these was the dim-out or
black-out of lights of cities and re-
sorts along the coast, particularly
along sea-lanes frequented by coast
wise vessels.
Sinkings off Miami at night, for
instance, had been reported caused
in part by the silhouetting of ships
close to shore by the lights of the
city, the subs lying out to the east,
and having excellent targets to fire
at.
The answer came swiftly and pa
triotically, the cities along the coast
Immediately adopted "dim-out" or
"black-out'' precautions, not for
their own protection, but designed
to remove the light background for
the ships passing close outside the
beaches. The silhouette targets will
be lost for the Jap raiders.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
MERRY-GO-ROUND

q Army, navy and civil defense au-
thorities rate tall Mayor Ed Kelly
of Chicago as the most cooperative
and efficient municipal executive on
war problems in the country.
q Having taught himself Spanish,
Good Neutrality-suspicious. Vice Pres
ident Wallace has taken up the study
of Portuguese.
q Among agriculture department ir-
reverents, the high handed bureau
Gratis of the AAA are known as
"clusterheads."
Buy Defense Bonds
q A quiet investigation is under
way of reports that certain corpora
ton officials are forcing kickbacks
from war subcontractors. Accord
ing to the information in govern
ment hands, the money is going to
the corporation officials personally.
q The navy has paid an unusual
compliment to the high efficiency of
the NYA's training system. The
navy is sending specially select
ed men from its newly organized
construction regiments to NYA
training centers for training in
skilled craft.
Buy Defense Bonds
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

"More Leathernecks, tet0er bottlenecks."
and the factories of the Ruhr are
blasted and broken that Wichita,
Kansas City and Omaha will be Sc
cure.
''The leathernecks of Wake island
taught the Japs what it costs to lick
only a few hundred marines. What
this nation needs is more leather
necks and fewer bottlenecks."
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

The sending of a Japanese mis-
sion to the Vatican in Rome and its
acceptance by the pope had brought
statements from Washington and
London that the Allies 'had direct
ed the attention of the pope to the
unfortunate effects of allowing ia
pan to establish a mission at the
Holy See.
While there was no direct answer
to these Representations from Pope
Plus himself, the pontiff's close friend
and American spokesman, Archbish-
op Spellman of New York, said:
Leaders of nations who have
tried to influence the Holy Father on
one side or the other in this conflict
must understand that the Holy Fa-
ther has to be impartial.
"While there can be no neutrali-
ty between right and wrong, and
the church is against atrocities, the
Holy See must keep in contact with
and aid the Catholics of every ma
ton.
''The Holy See must accept the
ENJOYS who choose to make these
contacts"
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
BY Edward C. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANAL YSIS
McNutt Lashes Disciples of Despair
Calls for ALL Out Attack on Tokyo;
Pan American Solidarity Increases;
Raj. Reverses Tide in Malta Battle

NoTEwhen opinions in columns
lRsea by Newspaper Union
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
TRAINING PROGRAMS:
For Army Forces

War Secretary StimSon has an
nounced that 100000 men and wom-
en- will be trained for civilian jobs
including overhaul and repair me-
chanics, production workers, inspec-
tors at government factories, depots
and arsenals-in government and
state-owned schools and rented facil-
tiles of private technical schools. FL
igible men must be outside the age
and other selective service require
ments. Students will be paid 5000
to 81, 400 year in training. Courses
vary from Is weeks to four months.
Applications may be made to any
civil service commission local office.
The Army institute has been es-
tablished at Madison, Wis, to pro-
vide for enlisted men with at least
four months active service, CORE
spondence study in more than IS
courses in English, social studies,
mathematics, science, business and
engineering at a cost of two dollars
a course.
Army Ground Forces Commander
McNalr announced selection OF a
site ''west of the Colorado river"
for large-scale troop training in
modern desert warfare, part of a
program to develop task forces for
mountain, airborne and armored
warfare and for joint ground opera
tions. The department said the re-
placement and school command will
open headquarters at Birmingham,
Ala, and the anti-aircraft command
at Richmond, Va, before April !
The former will include IA schools
and replacement centers, including
officer candidate schools. A military
police replacement training center
will be established at Fort Riley,
Kan, about April 8, to accommo-
date 1900 trainees from all sections
of the country. Mr.. Stimson said
the R.O.T.C. program will be main
tanned in colleges, but the army can
not supply material and personnel
to provide pre-induction training at
such institutions.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

Bob Hawks having to do a lot of
explaining. He decided to invest in
a restaurant. Found one, signed a
lease, and the sign painter went to
work. The place was to be called
"The Griddle"-but the painter
made a mistake-and Hawks ex-
planning to friends that he isn't
really in the girdle business.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

PRESIDENT-ELECT JUAN RIOS
Relations ,cith Germany strained.
preserved during your term as pres
ident, and if possible, become even
closer"
Yet, by contrasts, most Latin
American observers took this as
hint that relations were on the point
of being broken.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

Richard Gaines is descended from
President James Madison-but SO
far on the stage and air he's been
busy portraying Abraham Lincoln
and Woodrow Wilson-except when
he took time out and did Patrick
Henry in "The Howards of Virginia. "
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02
BRITISH RED TAPE
Washington, ID. c.
SENIORITY

"ThereU al,Uays be an England" but
U. S. fiers not0 trying to saue India are
wondering Why. British officials in India
don't ,Uant them to enter India until 81
days after they hare taken yello,O fever
shots. BY that time the japanese, pho
don't haze to observe the 3l-day rule, may
obuiate the need of U. S. fiers going to
India at all.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

George F. Putnam, NBC broad
caster, had an awful time with his
tory when he was in school. Now,
as result of reading the news over
the air seven times a week since
Poland was invaded in 1899, he has
world history at his finger tips.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

With practically all of Hollywood
doing some kind of war work, (and
really doing it, too; no fooling) Hedy
Lamar got busy right on her own
home grounds, when she saved her
hairdresser, Eadie Hubner, from Sc
rious burns from an exploding gas
stove.
The Ely miner., 1942-04-02

William Powell took time off from
his work to give farewell party for
Richard Barthelmess, before the lat
ter left for Norfolk, Va, to serve
as a naval lieutenant. Years ago
long before they knew their present
wives-those two and Ronald Col
man were bosom companions.
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Fort Lewis soldiers. most OF
whom never have seen legitimate
Broadway stage production. viii
nave the opportunity soon when
Uso-camp Shows. Inc, presents
Out Of the Frying Pan" at Fort
Lewis Feb. 10. 20. Il. % and "a
Paramount pictures recently
purchased screen rights Of the
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socistion They were definitely
decided upon At the final session
Monday night AZ the YwcA Of the
Junior hostess training course.
Mis- Eva Hancock, USO-YwCA.
who acts ss adviser 10 the girls.
summarized the weekly lectures
comprising the course. from which
the final standards were chosen.
Many Of the decisions were reach
I'd only after 4 lively discussion on
the part Of the girls. hut all agreed
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Fort Lewis Men To See Stage Hit

Broadway stage hit and VII send
II into production shortly for re-
lease next spring. making the Fort
Lewis showing something in the
nature OF a preview.
Written By Francis Swami. the
play is wound around the lives Of
six struggling young actors. three
Of each sex. who are trying 10
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10th and Pacific. open house.
18th and Pacific. open house.
18th and Faxcett, open house,
special musical program
South Tacoma. open house. Be-
ginners dancing class At 2 ?. m
Willie Kohner, kcChord Field. in
strurtor.
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PAGE THIRTEEN

break into the theater. The cast
includes William ". Terry. Leon
ard Patrick. Jean Dale. Stanley
Philips. Catherine Barrett and
others. Alexander Kirkland. noted
Broadway and Hollywood actor.
directed the play.
The play will be presented In IS
army camps and naval stations on
the Red. White and Blue" cir
cult.
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NINE OUTPUT INCREASED

SANTA FE. -. M.-Sew Mex
ico's mining industry. stepping NJ
output for the war effort, pro-
duced nearly So. oo0. 900 worth of
minerals and coal IN the fiscal
year ended Oct. 81. an increase Of
nearly II per cent over the preyi-
Gus year.
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ment AZ which she Il serving as =
junior hostess. II she does. she Il
no longer q junior hostess When
she attends a uso dance she must
check with her chsperon on arriv-
ing and again On leaving.
These rules comprise the stan
dsrds governing the behavior Of
members Of the Junior Hostess A.
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$50 Girls Adopf Rules

4 junior hosten may not chew
- wear boboy COX OF Stacks
- attending Uso or army
- 49, 1he must be Is years
- - elder She must attend
q ulmm Of four Uso functions
- uou1A and stay n least AZ
- - may not leave the hall
60 . 1nnoe or any entertain
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that once decided upon. they would
live Up to thsrn.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-01-23
Mrs. L. Polk Honors
Sr. Missionaries

Mrs. Lettie Polk entertained Be-
thel's Senior Missionary Ia
Thursday at the home of her Sis
ter, Mrs. G. Wisdom in N. e. I'm
ion. Aside from items of business,
two literary numbers, the moral
status of Harlem, story current
in Liberty magazine, read by Mrs.
L. Brock and excerpts from the
Missionary recorder, on home and
foreign Missionary work read by
Mrs. M. Duncan. While those pre-
sent were seated at the luncheon
table, a gift box of groceries sup
piled by a number of the Mission
airy ladies, were presented to Mrs.
Bernice Allen, president of the So
ciety. Mrs. Allen graciously thank
ed the ladies for the gift, added to
her thanks were those of Rev. Al
lens. A luscious dessert course
was heartily enjoyed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-01-23
Funeral Rites For
Estelle X. Scott

Mrs. Estella K. Scott was laid
to rest in Lincoln memorial park
Wednesday, Jan. IA, following fu-
neral services held 1870 p. m. Rev.
Browning c. Allen, pastor of Beth
ell A. M. E. gave the impressive
eulogy, Rev. ]. F. Smith, A. M. E.
Zion Church, assisted with the SER
vices. Solos and music in tribute
to the memory of the deceased
were rendered by Mesdames zepha
Baker, Mabel Henderson and Mr..
c. E. Ivy. Floral tributes were so
much in profusion, there was
scarcely room to accommodate
them. The bier was banked with
gorgeous sprays in testimony to
the esteem of friends. Members
of the Rosebud study club, wearing
a pink rose, their emblem, attended
in body to pay their respects to
a departed loyal member. Mrs.
Scott was formerly a member of
the Harriette Tubman club. Com
ing from Hilsborough, Ohio, in
1908, Mrs. Scott had since made
her home in Portland where she
acquired a large circle of friends.
She came to the end quietly at her
home in S. E. Tibbets, Saturday
late, Jan. 10th. Her demise was a
shock to Portland because it was
so sudden. She leaves to mourn
their loss devoted husband,
George e. Scott, sister, Mrs. Lu-
la Harris, and nephew, Howard
Page of Seattle, who came down
for the funeral, another nephew,
Lionel Page, and brother Edward
Page of Zena, Ohio and host of
friends.
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Readiness And Bonds

Every one of us, whether we
know 1t or not, Is or should be en-
listed for the duration of the war.
Wherever we live, whatever our
station In life, whatever our work
may be, we have a new Job be-
fore us. One which we cannot
shirlk. We are called to the active
defense of that freedom which is
the cornerstone of our way of life.
These are grave times. 1t Is the
fight of each and every one Of us
and we must do our full share. We
have seen what happened to other
nations who waited to organize
their civilian population for de-
tense. We must not only prepare
for every emergency but we must
stay ready. Yours for Unity, Buy
Bonds, buy savings stamps. Buy
now. They are for Victory. In
all wars some must pay with their
lives-others with their cash,
M. nj. ID.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-01-23
N. A. A. C. P.

At the monthly meet Sunday OF
the Portland branch N. A. A. C. p,
Pres. Wyatt w. Williams made
appoints for committee chairmen
namely. Mrs. Carrie Ingersoll, en-
tertainment; Rev. B. c. Allen, ed
ucation; Mrs. M. Duncan, Press
and Publicity; Mr.. Kelly Foster,
Legal Redress. For the annual
dance (date and place to be
named) Mr.. Sherman Picket. The
membership drive now in progress
is being canvassed by zones with
responsible persons in charge OF
each zone. From the production
management o. P. M. Wash, D. c.
Clarence Johnson, in the Negro di-
vision of training, gave an inter
esting talk, in which he encouraged
mass training in Defense indus
try-said we should cease to think
merely in terms of the Negro, but
in terms Of the people.
The Youth Council N. A. A. C. p
held at A p. m. proceeding these
Nor branch meeting, Sunday, de-
cided to arrange program in OBJ
servance of Negro History Week
A fine gesture of the Council was
that representatives of the Youth
Council will visit the soldiers out
at Columbia Air Base during next
week. Hubert Lewis, first pres. OF
the Council and its treasurer will
leave for camp in a few days.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-01-23
Governor Sprague
Names DIR. Unthank

Oregon's Governor Charles A.
Sprague, last week designated
Portland's own DIR. De Norval I'm
thank, civic leader, to represent
Oregon at meeting of 100 prom
inent Negroes in Philadelphia Jan.
81 to Feb. 2. The COMMITTEE of
100" is meeting to mobilize for
the sale of defense bonds. The
drive is scheduled to start Feb. Z,
Emancipation day." the date of
which Pres. Lincoln signed the
joint congressional resolution MAX
ing the 18th amendment part of
the constitution. Chairman of the
committee is r. r. Wright, ST.,
Philadelphia, pres. of the national
Negro Bankers association.