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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
PAN-AMERICA:
HaIf-Loaf Won?

What had first looked like half
loaf victory for American diplomacy
at the Pan-American conference at
Rio de Janeiro, was gradually as
Stunning the proportions of a larger
loaf
Most of the South American and
Central American countries had
gone to Rio intent on a solid-front
breach with the Axis. Some already
had broken relations, some had de-
clared a state of war.
But Argentina and Chile had re-
manned adamant. Whether that
meant simply long coastlines to wor-
ry about, or Axis leanings, or eco
nomic hopings made little differ
ence.
Enormous pressure was brought
to bear, but they would not go
whole hog" along with the rest.
Finally, in true diplomatic manage
ment, our conferees managed to pull
out the plum of a resolution which
committed all nations to a breach
of relations, but allowed any indl-
vidual to do so at time he might
select.
Uruguay and Peru were the first
to sever relations, followed by Para
quay and Bolivia. The lineup fol-
lowing the breakup of the confer
ence was cat War;: United States,
Canada, Costa RIGA, Cuba, Domini-
can Republic, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and
Salvador.
Broken Relation: Colombia,
Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Paraguay and Bolivia. Only four
maintained any form of normal in
tercourse, namely, Chile, Ecuador,
Brazil and Argentina. 1t was re-
garded as certain that the first three
would soon sever relations and that
the fourth, Argentina, would eventu-
ally take this step.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
SHIPS:
Japan Losing Then,

The British, Dutch and American
bombers and ships of war were not
formally coming to grips with large
bodies of Japanese naval ships, but
they were whiting away at them,
and Japan's losses were assuming
important proportions.
A count of Japanese ships report
ed sent to the bottom in the first
seven weeks of the war totaled 100,
not counting those damaged and
probably sunk.
This, it was pointed out, has been
AN average of better than two day,
despite the fact that when the war
started Japan had the jump on the
other nations by virtue of the sur
prise, and that opening successes
had weakened the allied hitting
power.
A continuation of this rate, OBJ
servers said, would cost Japan
more than 700 vessels of all types,
and that no navy in the world, ex-
cept the United States, could stand
replacing such losses.
Latest exploit was an attack by
air and sea forces of the United Ma
tons against Jap war ships and
troop conveys in the Straits of
Macassar. Reported as the great
est demonstration of combined Al
lied might since the wars begin
ming, this force was revealed to
have sunk or damaged at least 26
japanese ships in running battle.
These straits are of the utmost
tactical Importance, and are believed
to be a passageway for a chief Jap
anese attempt upon Australia itself.
All the United States destroyers
engaged in the attack came out of
the attack unchanged, and suffered
only four casualties, one man seri-
ously wounded, and three slightly.
The successful attack came at an
opportune moment with Japanese
thrusts against Australia causing
Prime Minister Curtin of that Com
rnonwealth to issue appeals to both
Britain and the United States for aid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
LUZON:
Critical Stage

That the battle of Luzon had
reached critical final stages was ap-
parent. General Macarthur report
ed that not only were his troops
being subjected to an about jap
anese land attack by forces of at
least ten to one superior strength,
but that Japanese warships in Subic
bay were able to fire their guns into
his positions.
Constant Japanese reinforcements
were being landed in Subic bay on
MacArthur's left flank, where the
heaviest Japanese attacks were be-
ing launched, and he reported that
the numerical odds were rising con-
Stantly.
Commentators, while declaring
the battle of the Philippines was a
losing fight from the start, placed
the highest importance on the long
and brave resistance of the Amer
ican-Filipino army,
ECONOMICS:
Americas first foodstuff rationing
came from the office of Leon Hen
derson-sugar. After controversial
statements about supplies, and after
considerable buying up of sugar by
panicky housewives, ration was
set at about one pound per person
per week, as against a normal con-
sumption of about pound and
half
The shortage, said Henderson,
would be about a third. He said
measures would be taken to recover
sugar from hoarders.
At the same time the tire situa-
ton was becoming more acute, with
many tire dealers having only a
four-month supply on hand, and abb
solutely no more for civilian use in
sight.
New car production was about to
stop, and $50, 1000 auto workers were
to be idle until their factories made
the changeover.
Labor peace was practically as
sured by a C.I.O.-A.F.L. agreement,
and the War Production board re-
ported no work stoppages in war
essential industry, and none in
sight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
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UTILITY SENSATIONS

The hard-hitting Truman commit
tee hasn't got around to the
matter yet, but some hot sensations
are in store when the committee
digs into the dollar-a-year-man ham
ding of the power phases of the war
production program.
For years one of the hottest issues
in Washington has been the power
lobby. It has been repeatedly inves-
tigated, and several years ago, aft
er fierce legislative battles, the fed
eral power and holding company
laws were enacted to curb the lobby.
The Truman committee has con-
fidential information that today this
lobby is more powerfully entrenched
in the capital than ever before.
For months, it has been operating
directly inside the government, for
mulating and running the power pol
icy of the OPM, which was until
last week the key war production
agency. ..
The OPM power division is not
only manned with utility officials,
but they are still on the payrolls of
private power companies. In other
words, while presumably working
for the government, they are actu-
ally paid employees of the utilities.
After being deluged with COM
plants that the utility-ruled OPM
power division was secretly aiding
independent rural power co-ops, the
house appropriations committee
questioned J. A. Krug, head of the
division, on these charges.
Krug defended his staff, but the
committee, unconvinced, ordered
him to submit a detailed report on
his dollar-a-year assistants, includ-
ing the amount of salaries they are
drawing from utility companies
while working for the government.
Two months have elapsed since
Krug promised to produce this i'm
portant information and so far he
has not done so.
All the committee has received
was cagey letter from John Lord
O'Brian, former corporation attor-
ney who is OPM general counsel,
giving a list of the power divisions
personnel, but has nothing about
their private salaries. However, the
little information O'Brian did dis
close speaks volumes.
It shows that no less than IL key
officials in Krug's division are dol
lar-a-year and woo" without COM
pensation) men, who are still on
private utility payrolls.
Note: Appropriation committee
members estimate that the total pay
these men draw from power COM
panies is more than $250,000 year.
War Production Chief Donald Nelson
has privately indicated he will
houseclean Krug's unit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
AUSTRALIA:
Readies for Defense

Despite the heroic fight on land
before Singapore, and the strenu-
Gus efforts being made to gain air
supremacy and control of the long
Malayan coasts, most commentators
and observers actually believed the
"island city of apathy" would even
tually be besieged from the main
land, and might well be lost.
This intensified the belief in Aus
tralia and in many American quar-
tiers that the real battle of the South
Pacific would center on the east
coast of Australia.
Some trained observers, among
them w. w. Chaplin, who had made
a years close study of the East In
dies and Australia, including Singa-
pore, publicly expressed the belief
that Java and Sumatra constituted a
"Maginot line" of defense in the
East Indies, and that japan was in
tent, in taking the Philippines, Singa-
pore and Borneo on so surrounding
and going behind that line that they
might attempt to duplicate Germa-
ny's similar feat against France.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
SQUADRON:
Wiped Out

Despite the attacks by Japanese
and Thailanders in the rear of the
main Malaga battle for Singapore
upon the Observation-Disclosures
defenders of Burma "the modern
roads to Mandalay" had reported a
two-day "bag" of 80 Japanese bomb
ers, believed to be an entire squad
ron.
While military secrecy covered
the development of the land action,
thousands of Burmese, wild with de-
light, watched the American and
British fighters in mad dog-fghts
overhead at midday,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
FARM PRICES
IN WAR TIME

THE WORLD WAR I price of
farm products, with wheat at top
of $297 a bushel in 1917 and other
items proportionately high, harmed
more farmers than it helped. Such
prices encouraged them to buy land
at exorbitant values and the mort
gage holders closed them out when
neither principal nor interest could
be paid as prices dropped to nor
NAL, or below, after the close of
the war.
In this war America does not have
the problem of feeding the greater
part of Europe, as it did from 1914
to 1919. Now our one customer is
England. But war does make a diff
ference. Top price of wheat in 1889
was TN cents. In 1941, top price
was $1.28B-not enough to encour-
age high land values.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
BAD FILMS FOR GOOD
NEIGHBORS

NElGHbUhS
Young Nelson Rockefeller, who on
the whole has done a good job for
Pan American cultural relations,
has begged down badly on films for
our Pan-American neighbors. His
Museum of Modern Art, which was
supposed to do this, has been labor
ing for nine months at cost OF
Sic, 900 per month to the govern
ment-and finally has brought forth
a mouse.
Rockefeller and Jock Whitney are
getting a large dose of criticism
about this because they personally
are interested in the Museum and
have permitted an amateur group
to run the show-into the ground.
Without benefit of competitive bid
ding or any system of checks and
balances, amateur after amateur IN
the Museum has tackled the job of
deciding what kind of films should
be sent to Latin-America. Here is a
cross section of the results so far:
"Better Dresses Fifth Floor" ga
Child Went FORTH" "The City," and
"Power and The Land utterly
unsuited and without objective for
South America.
Some reasonably good CONNER
cial films have been donated, such
as "U. S. Steel" Greyhound Bus,
General Electric Excursions in Sci
ence," and "The American Can
Company's Silver Millions" Also
HOLLYWOOD has handed over group
of pictures, such as eyes of the
Navy" Soldiers of the Sky" "The
Battle" which are the best pictures
that have gone to South America.
Meanwhile the amateurs continue
to chatter and muddle over uplifting
the films for our Good Neighbors-
all at the expense of Uncle Sam.
MERRY GO-ROUND
q Navy Secretary Knox has bust
| of Theodore Roosevelt on his desk.
q Bakers in the army quartermas-
ter corps are experimenting with
tomato bread" made by adding to-
mato Juice or canned tomatoes erich
in vitamins) to the baking dough.
q New York air raid wardens are
complaining that every order they
receive is countermanded five min
utes after it is given.
q E. B. Craney, Montana radio man
who is close friend OF Senator
Wheeler, recently promoted, financed
and successfully completed a Red
Cross relief drive netting over $780,
600 in "a hours.
q Rep. William S. Hill of Colorado
| tried to drum up trade for pinto
bean growers during his recent visit
to Britain. He took with him large
bag of the beans and distributed
them among British officials. Il
hoped they might include pintos in
lend-lease ORDERS" Hill grins, "but
the British still prefer their white
BEANS"
q FCC's foreign broadcast monitor
ing service records, translates and
analyses between coo, 900 and 900,-
900 words of foreign broadcasts ev.
cry day.
d Uruguayan Ambassador Juan
Carlos Blanco has an autographed
photo of Theodore Roosevelt on his
desk.
A Washington air raid warder
called the Office of Civilian Defense
to ask what kind of tape should be
used for tapping windows in event o.
a raid. The amazing answer was
s'It depends on what kind of bombs
are dropped"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
ADDING CADETS
TO GOVERNMENT

SINCE 1913 they have added many
new gadgets to automobiles that
have made of them better machines
which are more easily operated,
more pleasant to ride in, and the
improved cars sell at much lower
price than those made in 1913. Auto
mobiles are product of private en-
terprise.
Since 1913 many new gadgets
have been added to the national gov
eminent. New departments, new
bureaus, new commissions have
been added, but the machine is not
more easily operated and it does not
provide any additional pleasures for
us average Americans. But govern
ment does sell at a much higher
price. In 1913 the national govern
ment cost for each man, woman and
child in the nation the modest sum
of SILT, or a total of 1892, 100000 for
all of us. By 1899 the new gadgets
brought the cost for each of us up
to $69.76, a total of So, 142 ,O00, 900 for
all of us. In 1889 we were not paying
for any war preparations, as we are
now.
The cost has been multiplied up to
10 times what it was in 1918. If
congress really wants to reduce the
cost of civil activities of govern
ment, it should study that old 1913
model which we, the people, liked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
BY Edward C. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

A.E.F. Takes Over Northern Ireland Base
AS u. S. and British Form Supply Pool;
Jap Convoy Blasted in Macassar Strait;
Hawaii Report Blames u. S. Commanders
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Long Way to-.
Marine Recruit. II, Made
3,5oo-MiIe Journey

Because he wanted to serve un-
der his country's flag. 17-year-old
Herbert Grose journeyed $500
miles from England to await the
time when he would be old enough
to join the United States Marines
Today Crosse is Detroit's most
recent marine recruit.
He asked TO be assigned TO a
Commando unit and TO see action
IN Europe.
Grose, who experienced the blitz
in Britain, explained:
II drove a truck cleaning up
after the bombings of Britain. 1
saw the damage and I want TO
get even. but I want to do II as
an American marine"
A native of America, Crosse has
lived in England since infancy. He
has been living with relatives al
70 East Alexandrine avenue since
last May. awaiting his seventeenth
birthday so he might enlist.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Citizen
Appeal
To Aliens

Following conference Of state
and federal officials regarding
Michigan's part in the National
Citizenship Educational Project,
10000 letters 10 aliens IN the
state are 10 be mailed today, urg-
ing them 10 become citizens.
Stressing the need for loyalty on
the part of aliens during wartime.
the letters outline the require
ments for citizenship, and list the
help that can be received from
government agencies. Names OF
the aliens were procured from
lists of those registered with fed
.eral offices under the alien regis
tration law.
In part. the letters tell the nom
citizens that while IL is not easy
10 qualify. the government is
anxious 10 help through night
classes, textbooks and other in
struction. State education agencies
are available for help.
At the conference where the
plan was revealed. were Frank
Watkins. director OF immigration
and naturalization; Gilbert p.
O'Connell. director of education
for the state WPA: his assistant,
Paul Lee Pine; Henry j. Ponitz
Of the state educational system
and Paul Werner, Watkins assist
ant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02

LANSING, Sept. 2. - Leo v.
Card. commissioner of agriculture,
today warned that periodic block
AIDES are being conducted on state
highways to enforce compliance
with fruit and vegetable regula-
tons. More than a dozen arrests
have been made for violation OF
the state apple tax law. Card said,
revenues from which defray adj
vertising expenses of the state
apple commission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Detroit Takes
Drive Spotlight

NEW YORK. Sept. 2.-Detroit
took the spotlight at the $685.
600. 900 commando breakfast,
held in New York City to launch
the September billion dollar war
bond and stamp drive being spear
headed by the motion picture in
dustry.
At the breakfast, held in the
sumptuous east side apartment OF
Stanton Griffis, with industry
leaders acting as Commands TO
sell war bonds, Earl Hudson, Com
mando for Detroit, reported ST.
375 900 in advance bond sales.
From all ports of the country, via
wires and phone calls, other Com
mandos reported a total Of S49,-
$50, $50 In bond sales.
The drives quota is $33. 600, 900
per day for September.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02

Colonel" saluted els that a command or q request"
Its order" he said.
"In that colonel" told him, at that
about to be back to the seective service board
why did they send you to me:" the colonel wanted to
know.
II apprentice" informed him. "to who
tied knots In string talk for the Obazway Indian tribe Of
Oregon"
"Where II he now"
"Out In Hollywood writing dialog for Greta Carlo"
why did he quit the ObijaxIways?"
They wanted him to work by the day, and he wanted to
be paid by the yard"
Bugs" said the colonel heres another message If the
attistra the Of the
tootsaloo' What do you make of that!"
Colonel" said giving him the triple salute with the
emergency brakes and the ticker tape IF Of Is nuts
hope it's you"
Bugs" said the colonel. wait here until three other
dimwits In Then I want you to march out four
abreast"
That put right back in the seectve service board.
Fortunately there when the board lunch from
breakfast to supper
don't TO At in the army I'm a round peg in q
square hole getting three-cornered wages
(To be continued.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Obi+u aries
Charles Sadowski
Father
TO Be Buried Saturday

Funeral services for Charles
Sadowski, father of George Sadow-
ski, former congressman from the
First District, will be held at noon
Saturday at St. Hyacinth's Church,
McDougall. near Farnsworth ave.
nues, with burial in Holy Sepul-
chre Cemetery.
Mr.. Sadowski. IS, was widely
known in Detroit, where he ar
rived IS years ago from Poland.
For the last II years he lived in
Florida.
Besides George. he leaves two
other sons. Vincent and Philip, and
three daughters. Mrs. Agnes Gates,
Mrs. Stephanie Degowski and Mrs.
Cecilia Sullivan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02

Order War Stamps delivered
to your homo by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Pair Jailed Anew e
On Auto Theft Count

IONA. Sept. 2 uNS). - 4
month ago Loren z. Drinkwine.
20. of Pontiac. was released froUl
the Michigan reformatory here
after serving a year. The charge
auto theft. His partner In the
theft was similarly released.
Today Drinkwine is again on
the inside looking out. The charge:
auto theft. The new sentence:
Ia TO Is years. The partner who
also helped this time: ditto.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Sales Drive Set
On v Corsdges

An intensive campaign 10 in
crease sale Of the Victory Cor
Sages," flower-like clusters of war
savings stamps. will be under way
this week, Nate Shapero. chairman
of the Wayne County Retail Mer-
chants War Bond and Savings
S Stamps Campaign, announced
today.
He also announced that Hazel
V. Young, acting for the Women's
Advertising Club of Detroit, has
been named to handle the drive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
DENY Nszis at Dskar

VICHY. Sept. 2 UNS).-The
vichy government today denied
reports from Russia and England
that Dakar and other French
West African bases had been Sec
reilly turned over to Germany. An
official communique also denied
that German troops had arrived
at Dakar.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
StiIWeII Fears
-
laps Set Stage
To Strike Siberia

NEW DELHI. Sept. ? tUP).-
japanese preparation for a north
ern campaign against Russia are
indicated by reports that they are
taking a defensive attitude in
Indo- China and China, Gen. Joseph
w. Stilwell said today.
THE japanese are resum-
Ing construction of blockhouses
along railroads in China and are
putting up defensive works along
the Indo- China border" Stilwell
said. "They seem to be taking
n defensive attitude, which is
logical II they are concentrating
for q northern attack. 1 think
chances that the Japs Will at
tack Siberia are good"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Charles R. Miller
Burial Of Tool Firm S
Partner Tomorrow

Services for Charles r. Miller
a partner in the Miller g. Miller
Machine and Tool Company. will
be held at 3 p. m. tomorrow in
the Schmalzriet Funeral Home
1925 Grand River avenue, with
burial in Grand Lawn Cemetery
Mr.. Miller died yesterday in Mt
Carmel Hospital after several
weeks illness. He was Sc and
lived at 1880 Sarasota avenue
He is survived by his widow
Bertha; a son. Don, and a
daughter, Mrs. Russell Carter.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
SLOWED UP BY INDIA

Stilwell, the United States com
mander-in-chief in India. China
and Burma, said the Indian situa-
ton is affecting activities oil
American forces.
"The disturbances there" he
said, "have affected transporta-
ton and already have slowed
down the movement of equip
ment."
Stilwell said he considers the
Far Eastern theater as most i'm
portant because il offers the best
way 10 get at Japan.
The first step must be the
reoccupation of Burma - then
China again will become an
asset" he said.
The Solomons battle strength
ems the Allies in this part of the
Pacific theater, Stilwell said, be-
cause ANY diversion helps. and
the japanese can hardly be
heavily engaged in the Solomons
and at the same tome think seri-
ously of initiating action in In
dia."