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Evening star., 1942-07-26
Boring Mountains for Chrome

emy ships. It. goes into the resilient
bearings for thousand and one uses.
Race With Death
We've been buying chrome from Tur-
key. New Caledonia, Rhodesia. But now
the shipping lanes are race with death.
UP to this point our diggings have been
considered too expensive. But now we
have to use them, and price be hanged.
These deposits have been known since
1885. They're q sort Of long slice that
cuts through two ranges of the Bear
Tooth. They trail through the vast VAL
ley, too-but here's another race for
time. Prospectors still are hunting the
trail through the valley, while the miners
cut the known vein on the peaks.
The deposit is a 30-mile stretch which
varies in width from inches to 16 feet.
It may turn out to be the biggest de-
posit in the world.
But It's a gosh-awful place to do min
ing. The ore vein runs from 5000 to
10000 feet above sea level. There were
iO 1Oduo AIltO At AHO IIlc MOUNTAIN SlOcS
are solid rock and straight down.
The way the vein runs, three mines
had to be bullion three peaks Each
mine had to have its own mill, its own
road, Its machine shop, power line, tele-
phone line, messhouse, houses for the
miners. Houses are going up now four
day, complete with electricity.
The start was made a year and half
ago when the RFC leased the holdings
and asked the Anaconda Copper Co. to
run the show for management fee.
That was January, 1941 Anaconda
sent in Fred P. Gaethke, gentle, quiet,
youngish man who had been running
the company's mines In Poland. He
frowns at the slaughter he saw there, and
puts In II hours day.
No Roads
Gaethke came in with a pack train
and crew OF Is. They camped In
pup tents and slept with bowling bliz-
yards around them. There were no
roads up to the chrome vein, 20 they
strapped their tools, food and tents to
their backs and climbed painfully up
the rocks 1t took five hours to do the
last 10 miles.
Evening star., 1942-07-26
Wide world Phcto.

Gaethke's Job was to determine
whether the vein was worth the show
It was In June, 194l, just a year ago,
Washington wired the Go ahead"
Gaethke grabbed an auto distributors
Office which had closed {priorities), bor-
rowed miners from Butte, hired truck
ing contractor and told him to get all
the trucks for hundred miles rolling
Roads had to be cut, and there was no :.
time to wait for machinery, so Gaethke
borrowed cats and bulldozers from the
Forestry Service.
Tunneling the Mountains
Everything started at once. The. !.
miners set out with pack trains. Three
groups set out, one for each mine. They a
clambered to perches high above the !
valley, set up pup tents, melted snow to 4
drink, cut down trees to heat their !.
canned food and began the tunnels into
the mountains.
The going got tougher and bigger ma
chinery was needed Still no roads So
the machinery was lashed to skids,
winches were locked to huge crags,
cranks turned, and inch by inch the ma
chinery was tugged up the mountainsides
to the diggings while men scrambled
over ice and beat the cutting snow out
OF their faces.
Down in the valleys the road crews
raced to meet the miners. Bulldozers
chewed new roads through frozen ground
Trucks raced in with gravel, steel to i.
brace old wooden bridges, food for. the :
men. And the men slept and ate where i.
they worked.
The roads had to wind up mountain 4
sides that, in the years to come, viii be I
one Of the wonders Of America. The
scene from one mine entrance makes |.
Grand Canyon look like sideshow. The B
road lies so looped down the mountain
that you can throw your hat down 5000 !
feet and then drive over 1t when your
car hits the valley floor. It was In SUCH 4
a scene the clumsy bulldozers had tox
churn to cut out the road.
One mine Is complete. The mill Ii
working. the road In, the miners homes
done. The other two are mining the
ore and stacking It, awaiting for the
two mills that should be done In few
months.
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feet condition. and it has been loaded
with fuel and freight.
The night before trip is a quiet one
for me. spent with my family. The
rules forbid alcoholic drinks for "a
hours before flight.
Next morning I meet the crew at the
airport and we check the weather with
the meteorologist. Then we map our
flight plan, considering the most favor
able winds and flying levels at which we
can avoid the danger of icing.
Finally we agree on a plan and it is
approved. The ships papers are checked
and signed. The radio man gets the
secret code of the day.
After the flight clearance is obtained.
taxi the ship to the end Of the RUNWAY.
gun the motors and we're on our way to
an airport in Newfoundland the first
leg Of the trip.
Uusually fly the ship manually most
OF the way on this leg. getting the feel
OF the craft and checking performance.
l watch the fuel flow from each tank
carefully and switch from one tank to
another at intervals to keep the ships
balance.
Hourly Position Reports
Meanwhile, the radio man has ad-
viSed the tower of our ke-off time and
is prepared to send hourly position re-
ports SO that ground personnel may
record the ships progress, The NAVIGATOR
is checking our course and advises me
whenever winds have blown us slightly
of course.
During this time, turn the ship over
to "George-the automatic pilot-and
see that all auxiliary equipment is
checked carefully. The oxygen supply
must be adequate, fuel transfer pumps
working and the electrical system in
good order
Evening star., 1942-07-26
BY Sigrid Arne,
Wide World

COLUMBUS, Mont-One Of the most
exciting mining ventures the world has
seen Is taking place here in South Gen.
trail Montana on bleak peaks OF the Bear
Tooth Mountains so high that greenies
faint in the thin air.
Three chrome mines are being thrown
together so fast that sweating miners are
the mountainsides before there even are
roads to truck it out.
Seven days = week-24 hours q day
thousands Of men are swarming In places
that only eagles have known, tunneling
through tho peaks, laying electric rail-
roads through the tunnels, sinking air
shafts, building whole villages to house
the miners, tossing up huge mills to re-
f1ne the ore, cutting roads out Of rock,
swinging ore trans down the mountains:
living in sweating, excited, lonely world
OF their own, hours from the nearest
pack Of cigarettes.
Mining experts are here from all over
the world to drive the mines through.
They say there's never been an ore
paying cash cut in old mother earth
with such speed. ea-
Mountains Into Molehills
The scene is strange for the struggle.
The air is sweet with the clover in fields
5000 feet below. And straight below.
There's nothing gentle about the Bear
Tooth. I stood on one peak, $500 feet
high, and looked straight out across a
6o-mile valley and saw not a single trace
OF human beings, except for a ribbon of
road.
And yet all around me men swarmed.
trucks dumped, whistles blew, drills
ground, cables whined.
The men are bringing out the chrome
without which our shipyafds would stop,
our torpedo plants and plane factories
bog down. And they know it. They
probably won't stop until the war is over.
Most OF them have left their families
behind.
Chrome toughens steel. It makes the
tough sides Of battleships It makes
armor- piercing torpedoes to hurl at en-
Evening star., 1942-07-26

AN AIR BASE SOMEWHERE IN
NEWFOUNDLAND fown the At
lantic II times delivering bombers for the
Royal Air Force Ferry Command, but
no matter how many times you 60 across,
there still is Just enough uncertainty
about the 30O0-mile flight to give any
one big thrill
All the boys say the same thing. 1t
isn't the hair-raising blood and thunder
business it is sometimes pictured-and
we aren't the hell-raising lot many think
We are-but just the same there is plenty
Of excitement.
Most Of the civilian ferry captains are
fellows very much like myself. They
once few In the United States or Cana
da and they believe that after the war
there will be great opportunity in trans
Atlantic flying. That's why I want as
much experience as can get-and feel,
too. that I'm doing my part for our side.
Ny wife, Mary, wasn't any too keen
about me taking this job at first. But
she doesn't mind so much now. She's
used to 1t. Our children, Robert, jr., S,
and Mary Alice, 3, don't seem to care
one way or the other and they aren't
impressed by my job at all
What is it like to make a ferry trip to
England in one of Uncle Sans big bomb
ers?
Called on Assignment
Well here's the story:
The crew assignments officer at a Ca
madam airport calls me at home to tell
me have been assigned plane and
crew for another ferry trip. 1t might be
a flying fortress or Catalina flying boat.
We never know what type ship We'll fly
next. Perhaps the crew will be old
friends Of mine or they may be strangers.
After the call from the ferry COM
mand check my navigation equipment,
such as map, charts, sextant, chronom-
eters, protractors and rulers.
During the afternoon before the trip,
q meeting of all crews who are to take
of is held at the airport. It's called
briefing. There We get the latest in
formation on new navigational aids put
up since our last trip, the changes in
operational procedures and warnings
Of dangers ahead such as prohibited
areas over England and the aerial cor
ridors free of balloon barrages and anti
aircraft guns.
It's good idea to remember this
Information because you can't 60 cruis-
ing over the countryside at random when
you get over there. We've all heard
the story of the pilot who failed to
identify his craft properly and was shot
down by a fighter plane.
At the briefing, too, we get our verbal
orders our destination and the route
to be followed. There are a great many
destinations for the planes today and
many routes that might be travelled.
After the meeting, always get to-
eether with my crew to check over the
plane and equipment. You've got to
have the full confidence and co-opera-
ton Of your crew in this game, for each
Is depending on the other.
Ship Is Ready
The ship is ready for the take-on
when 1t Is assigned to q ferry captain.
Maintenance crews have put 1t In per-
Evening star., 1942-07-26

thing he could use. So Lodge got the
eggs In exchange for little sugar and
tea
Practically all the inhabitants of the
North Libyan desert have vanished by
Evening star., 1942-07-26

now, driven away from the coast by the
armies which surge back and forth, year
after year. Lodge saw only one native.
4 member Of the Senussi tribe OF No
mads.
Evening star., 1942-07-26
Ferrying Uncle Sans Big Bombers to England

BY Capt Robert Coffman as told to Don Whitehead
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

the Methodist church meets on
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
James Habcr.
Next Sunday morning at the
Methodist church Holy Com
munion will be observed at nine
0 clock and al. mothers are urg-
ed to be present. The regular
Mothers Day services Will be
held at 10 o'clock with sermon
by the pastor, Rev. James Lees.
Mrs. John T.uax entertained
the members Of the jolly Peuro
cub at her home on Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Miss Joan Ostrander was
pleasantly surprised on hex
birthday April 80 when abou: 70
of her friends came to help her
celebrate the event. A supper
was served by Mrs. Ostrander
after which games were enjoy
cd.
The monthly educational and
business meeting of the Luther
League Of st. Johns Lutheran
church will be held on Friday
evening of this week at the
church.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

Female help, new home on
lake near IL Mile Rd. adults,
2 children, general. Stay on
place. Roseville 1029-M.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07
Little Heads
Armada Rotary
Schaof Elected
ice-President

ROMEO The local Rotary
Club, has just elected new Of
ficers and will assume their new
duties the first meeting in June.
They are: President, b. c. Lit
tie; ce-president, A b ert
Schaaf; secretary, w. Harold
Miller; treasurer, Dwight S.
Seaman; directors, w. Harold
Miller, Kenneth Jewell, Earl
Heap, B. G. Little, a. j. Schaaf,
Roy Perry and d. S. Seaman.
Mrs. George SchIosser, a re-
turned missionary from China
was guest speaker at the Free
Methodist church on Tuesday
evening at 1880 o'clock.
The local w. c. T. u. meets
on Friday Of this week with
Mrs. Anna Ward on South Main
street. Mrs. Sam Turrell will
have charge Of the program.
Mrs. Lawrence Ridley will be
hostess to the Women's Guild
on Friday afternoon of this
week at her home on Church
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred p. Smith
returned home Saturday from
Florida, where they had been
spending the winter.
Clark NJ. Pierce, Agricultural
teacher Of the Romeo High
school was taken to Ann Arbor
hospital last week, where he I'M
derWent a serious operation on
Saturday for the removal Of an
abscess from the brain. The last
report he was doing as we'll as
could be expected and his
friends are all wishing for
speedy recovery.
The annual Senior Prom will
be held on Friday evening Of
this week at the high schoo.
auditorium with dancing from
nine TO one.
Kenneth Crafts, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Crafts left on
Monday, where he enlisted in
the armed forces. He has not
been assigned to duty as yet.
Mrs, Ella NJ. Cuffman and
Miss Anderena NJ. King attend
ed meeting at the Local Draft
office No. / in Mount Clemens
on Tuesday afternoon called by
Major Naylon of Detroit.
Allan Mckay is con/ned TO
his home on North Main street
and is under the care of a nurse.
The high school and grade
school were closed on Monday
and Tuesday in order that the
teachers might act as regis
trars for the suga~ rationing
Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings from to 9 the teachers
will also register all those who
were unable to be present the
first two days.
The Bertha White circle of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07
LUCKY cor

Triton, Ga, May 7-tP) -
Trooper j. L. Futch of the Geor-
gia highway patrol stopped a
woman for driving too fast and
pol itely warned her. She
thanked him and asked his
name.
A few days later Futch re-
ceived letter, thanking him for
his kindness. He said it was
signed by the wife Of Red Ruff
fling, New York Yankee pitcher.
In the next mail the rt oper re-
ceived a baseball autographed
by all members Of the Yankees.
Rulings signature headed the
list.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

service on Harper are being
circulated in St Clair Shores.
The petitions would have the
bus line extenH It's present rUn
TO east of Eleven Mile road CT
further as anNaid 10 men WORK
ing in defense industries, and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07
OPPORTUNITY
FOR SALESWOMAN

We will employ a woman for
established route sales work,
age 25 TO IS. Must be licensed 10
operate car. We furnish and
maintain equipment. Salary
$3.50 per week, plus commits
sion and bonus. Bond and refer
ences required. Jewel Tea Co.
See Mr.. Spangenberger, Hotel
John r. Murphy, Thursday evel
ming or Friday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

WANTED-Girl to care for
baby a few hours 2 nights a
week. Inquire &C. Il Hubbard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

because of tire rationing.
The Village Commission also
received /; letter this week from
the Detroit Street Railway de
partment acknowledging a let
ter which the Commission sent
recently asking bus service on
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07
Shores Commission
Asks Lateral Bids

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Bids
o, a lateral sewer project cost
ing $4,000, will be opened at
the Village office Of st. Clair
Shores at 2 p. m. on May 20, it
was announced today by Wal
ter Pratt, village clerk.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

Only female mosquito bite.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

Count five average words 10 the line
initials and numbers count as words.
Cash must accompany out-of town
orders.
Copy may be elephoned 81 satisfactory
cICdn Is established
DEAD Line-Copy must be received
by 10 O'Clock daily for publication same
day
The Publisher will not be responsible
tor more than one incorrect insertion
Contract rates viii oe quoted upon
application.
The night Is reserved TO classify. revise
or reject any advertisement.
NOTE-Clsssified advertising scheduled
for Thursdays Monitor-Leader Will also
run In the South macomb News. the
same day. without extra charge How
ever. copy must be placed by .. m,
Wednesday
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

Experienced maid for general
homework. Likes children. Stay
nights. $500 per week. Phone
Birmingham 2786.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

WANTED-Waitress for beer
garden. Apply at Hank & Eds
Roast Beef Tavern, 25Gl5-17 Van
Dyke Ave, Center Line. Phone
9O7G.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

Dogs have been mans friend
for some $4,000 years, as indi-
Gated by ancient cave drawings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07
Circulate Petitions
10 Extend Bus Line

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Petit
tons asking evtention of bus
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

Nine Mile road from Jefferson
10 GratiOt avenue. The DSR
said the Commissions letter
had been referred 10 the DSR
general manager for survey.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07

When considered merely as
metal, gold or silver is known
as bullion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-07
EMPLOYMENT
Help Misunderstanding

White girl for general house
work, and care of children Stay
nights, 800 South GraGOt. Phone
Mt. Clemens 1922.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
Controls For Emergency Only

According high Army official who condenned loose TN
and the cnpacency Mang
ceremony The support the government o inc masses
comforts inspire leaders to take M aehon 10 ue
early and Ultimate efforts we fal u VIII not De
through any spirit willingness the part o. the sfea
ma OF people.
leadership under the pressure Oh war a
mands forcing controls national economy INTO lever
and authority vested III the virtual a
aohps occupations ana our lves
responsibility the gravity Of when ooh a"esoie
and dangerous
With the democracy bows to the dc
with quiescense OF the masses so well eN
spokesman for those who now run our Wa
machine TO straight return al
wars end economy which orefathers fought and Tor
whc fighting today
Dictatorship democracy, measure and war measure
only Carry successfully concluded end
the blood sacrifices of this world catacysm will
have
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
School Faculty Join In
Outstanding Party

A letter to the Libby Commercial
Club from the Office Of Defense
Transportation, Spokane, says that
inquiries from Lincoln county re-
garding Certificates of War Neces-
sity for commercial vehicles should
be addressed to the Spokane Of
flee. The letter further says:
I'VE have jurisdiction over three
counties in Montana, those being
Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders. We
note that the number of inquiries
from your vicinity has been very
small and feel that possibly some
persons are requesting assistance
from the Montana district offices
rather than the Spokane District,
Office of Defense Transportation. Z
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
SYMBOL of Our Freedom

Throughout history mankind symbols have eNerted I'M
peng the lives Of In America the symbol Of
symbol Of everything hold
dear, is American flag
armed forces move INTO battle lines
world the American flag with them At the head Of
flags
which those afed
aloft with hands
effort and the influence which our flag has
upon the national morale appropriate hold
al our flag factories homes and
on public buildings?
To the America love to foster
unity for America
creased appreciation the
flag the firmly the de-
termination flag and
for which it stands shall no perish earth
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
THE TIDE HAS TURNED
Whitefisfl Pilot

From every section Of the far
flung fronts it appears evident that
the United Nations are rapidly
passing from the defensive to the
offensive. The tide has turned At
times and at certain points this trend
may be reversed, but on the whole
it is going to be forward from
here out The production capacity
and the man-poWer Of the United
States arc beginning to tell, and
they will tell more and more as time
passes.
The conquered nations pray day
and night for relief and their pray
ers, in the name of justice, liberty
and mercy will soon be answered.
The horrors of near-heatless, near
foodless winter faces millions. But
the human spirit is durable.
Courageous young men, planes,
tanks are pouring from our shores
and they will soon become flood
that will carry before it tyrants,
dictators and oppressors. Many OF
our Allies have fought on, oHt-
gunned, out-numbered, but they
have held the fort. The eyes Of the
world are turned on the United
States-some with JOY and others
will fear the day of reckoning.
And we who shall remain al
home must ever bear in mind that
TO our boys on the fighting fronts
shall 90 everything they need in the
way Of supplies and equipment
They risk eveTything--we risk only
freedom that they are fighting tc
preserve.
Every sign indicates that the tide
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
Road 10
Victory!
BY Taylor Caldwell

Human revolutions are Of slow
growth. Modern democracy Is the
heir Of the ages. of men dead for
many centuries II began in the
thoughts Of Egyptian, Hehraic, and
Grecian philosophers, and burst IN
to open fire in the Magma Charta,
when, for the first time, the Rights
of Man were boldly proclaimed, u
progressed through hundreds Of
years of darkness, oppression, and
misery. sometimes shining bright
~ soiiie - almost disappearing
in the murk of tyranny a..a l..sna,r
It broke into a wider blaze in the
American and French Revolutions
But democracy Is still in the process
of becoming. It may take many hun
dreds OF years longer before IT has
perfected itself, rid& itself Of the
old grossness and injustice which it
inherited from the Dark Ages.
But even in its present lmperfec-
tons it is still the noblest concept
which man has ever dreamed and
for which multitudes have herlocal-
lly died. In each century it must
again engage in the ancient struggle
against the primordial forces Of de-
struction and reaction. And each
time that the battle is won the
march Of ultimate democracy is
fastened
j It is worth fighting for, this Ill
innate democracy, though we our
selves may never see its perfection.
However, by the Grace of God and
our own devotion and strength, our
children will see it. They shall in
herit the treasure for which we
have fought and died-if we have
faith, if we realize that nothing is
too much to sacrifice for this in
Iheritance. Work is not too much.
| Courage and our lives are not too
much. All the money we can pour
out into War Bonds and Stamps is
not too much. For, if we hold back,
in work, in courage, in life, in mon
\ ey, we shall not bequeath democracy
to our children. We shall bequeath
them only the bitter knowledge that
when we were tested we gave too
little too late and that they have
inherited from us only slavery and
fear