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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
LETTERS FROM
SERvIcEMEN

81 receive The Miner every week,
and it is really good to get the home
town paper way out here on the
west coast" writes Pvt. Frank F.
Sikala from Los Angeles.
"The weather here is just swell,
with the nights very cool and just
right for good healthy sleeping.
at sure enjoy reading the service
mems page. So take this means of
thanking the VFW for giving us the
opportunity to receive the paper.
at also want to say hello to all the
boys in the service, and also to my
many friends at home"
His new address is Co. G, 134th Inf.
APO, Los Angeles.
Pvt. Martin Makkyla is now taking
his basic training at Fort Knox, KY.
He is in Co. B, LIST Bn., AFRTC.
ct have been receiving The Miner
/ for two months, and find myself look
ing forward for each copy" writes
Pvt. L. j. Polajnar from San Diego
ct want to thank the VFW and you
for the paper"
He is a member of platoon 10, par
achute training center, marine corps
base.
Sgt. Stanley Perushek writes
poppy note from Long Beach, Calf.
where he is on special duty:
AL present and accounted for.
From sunny California, comes tiding
la Perushek. Believe it or not thu
old beaten-up sergeant is loosenint
I'D with a word or two. Hello, there
soldiers, sailors, marines. Hello, there
| John, Frank, Louis, and every down
to-the-core, devil-may-care, rootin-
tootin'-shootin' Elyites. Keep 'em ny
ing, keep 'em floating, and keep zen
winning. I am right behind you.
st express my gratitude to The Ell
Miner, VFW and all those who ar
responsible that the servicemen &c
the hometown paper. A task worth
of commentator. If everybody reao
the classified advertisements as I d.
the paper must be appreciated. tn
| seryicemens page can't be beat.
II st am enjoying my present station
duties, and my blonde. I better
signing off now before I start givir
away military secrets. G'bye now"
III $50
II Its plenty hot in Camp Robinso
Ark, writes Pvt. Arvo j. Niskala. T
says:
CT wish to thank the VFW ar
The Ely Miner for making it poSsib
to receive our home town paper he1
eve are starting the second ha
of our basic training period, the tin
seems to be flying fast. The wealth
here has been almost too hot for
northern fellows. The thing that
miss is a drink of good old Burntsi
water. Army life is about as tough
liz expected it to be. have nothil
to complain about after seeing {
hours and grind the infantry gets.
am in the Medical Training corr
as most of the other Ely boys he
are.
"The people in Arkansas are We
friendly towards the soldiers.
, "We are going for two-hour III
tonight into the woods. We have We
nice hardwood forests all around he
We will get some pointers on {
compass and night travel, and hs
an all day hike scheduled for
morrow. SO you can see we are X
~ pretty busy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
ELY AIRCRAFT PLANT TURNS
OUT PLANES TO FIGHT AXIS

Clarence Cardew, and Jack Lindgren
Melvin Smith, William Herranen,
Frank Tome, Frank Maurer, and
George Barich made two each.
Making one plane each were Donald
Melin, Donald Skufca, Stanley Nest
mix, William Pucel, Edwin Anderson,
Arthur zorman, Dick Buckley, Brian
Murn, John Mihelcic, John zupancich,
Louis Senta, Lawrence Slogan, Ber-
nard Pucel, Dale Brennan, Albert
Malner, Arthur Tokkunen, and Stanley
Kalan
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
THIS WEEK FOR VICTORY

rationing of clothes can be avoided
this year.
But there are some other changes
that can be expected. For example,
just as some style notifications have
been made, others may have to be
ordered. Fortunately, such changes
affect everyone alike.
1t appears that the public will have
to wear more Gotten than ever before,
because of the wool situation. Cloth
manufacturers will have Ito blend wool
with other materials in order to con-
serve.
The division is now making sur
vey of the wool, cotton and rayon
situations to see exactly what the Sit
uation Is.
Leather is another problem, for the
demands of our armed forces for shoes
increse rapidly. There are plenty OF
shoes in the stores, so there is moth
ing in the leather picture to get
excited about now.
Despite the problems we are facing,
We are all going to be warmly and
adequately clothed, even though
dressing as usual" is no longer
possible.
TRANSPORTATION.
Many people do not recognize that
there is shortage of fuel oil, largely
caused by transportation difficulties.
This shortage will be felt most keenly
in eastern states. We are facing a
serious problem in our efforts TO find
means of making available fuel oil to
keep our factories running and our
houses warm next winter. Everyone
who can possibly do so, ought to con-
vert now from oil-burning heating
apparatus to coal-burning appliances.
Also, we should lay in our supplies
of coal now in order to take some
of the strain off our transportation
facilities this fall.
Perhaps all this will make life seem
monotonous, but I believe anyone will
agree that it is far better than hav-
ing to stand in a bread line, refrain
from listening to all but propaganda
radio broadcaStS, or vanish from the
streets at the curfew hour.
SUMMING UP.
This represents only general pic
ture of what the future holds in store
for us. The Division of Civilian Supply
is charged with the responsibility OF
seeing to it that materials left over
after the demands of the war pro-
gram have been met are allocated for
various civilian operations in the
order of their Importance to our daily
lives. The Division will continue to act
as the guardian of our civilian
economy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
BY JOSEPH l.. WIENER,
Deputy Director, Division of Civilian
Sunnly-War Production Board

II
The war will bring far-reaching
changes in the lives and habits of
every citizen during the next few
months. This means simply that the
war economy must reach into every
home in the nation.
For many months specialists in the
Division of Civilian Supply have been
working to determine the needs of the
civilian population. They have en-
deavored to correlate these needs to
the exigencies of war economy. Out
of these studies h ave arisen some
indications of what lies ahead.
Let us consider some of them.
FOOD.
The food picture can be comfort
ing or discomforting, depending on
how we look at it. From the COM
forting side, it may be said categor-
ically that there is no danger that
this country will lack sufficient
supply of staples, or that the Amer
lean diet will lack its vital elements.
But on the other hand, while we
can be sure of balanced, nourishing
diet, it is also clear that some Of our
eating habits may have to be revised.
For example, sugar is being rationed.
Coffee and tea are not as freely avail
able as they used to be, because OF
the shipping situation. The same pro-
blem comes up in the case of ban
anas.
Some of our fishing areas are be-
ing closed by the war, or are con-
centrating on army, navy and lend
lease requirements, and this may at
times affect the supply of fish. And
naturally the job of sending our Allies
food, such as pork, imposes an in
creased demand on the supply, al
though, as is generally known, efforts
are being made to increase essential
crops and farm products.
Americans can help greatly in this
situation in number of ways.
First, don't hoard. Don't overbuy.
This is what the enemy wants people
TO do.
Second, don't waste food.
Third, eat fresh fruits and vege-
tables as much as possible, so as to
diminish the tin requirements for tin
cans.
Fourth, try to get locally-grown
vegetables, so as to diminish the re-
quirements for food transportation.
Fifth, eat substitutes for fish and
pork. There are plenty available.
CLOTHING.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25

Torrid Illinois Heat Has
Mercury Boiling.

The extreme heat of Illinois fairly
has the mercury bubbling, but the
worst is yet to come.
"All is fine here except the heat,
which is terrific" writes Pvt. John
M. Vessel from Scott Field.
1.-THE temperature in our class
rooms has been as high as SO, and
the hot season isn't here yet" he
declared. THAT'S something to look
forward to-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
WISHING
Soldier Longs for Drink
of Burnside Water.

Down in Camp Robinson, Ark,
where the heat has been making the
Ely boys long for the cool, green woods
of their native Minnesota, there is
a soldier who is wishing.
Pvt. Arvo j. Niskala says, 1.-The
thing 1 miss the most is drink OF
good old BURNSIDE water"
The Arkansas people, he says, treat
the soldiers fine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
TWO ELYITES
TO ENTER Navy

John F. Schwab and Alfred E.
Dargontina of this city have made
application for enlistment in the navy
at the Eveleth recruiting station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
GRADUATED AT
Tech SCHOOL

Pvt. John M. Lakner has been
graduated from the army air corps
technical school at Chanute Field,
Illinois
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25

The home is the greatest bulwark
of democracy. Make it more Iiveable
by keeping up your property.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
ROBERT w. MAXI
NOW IN IRELAND.

Robert w. Maxi has arrived safely
at an Irish port, according to word re-
ceived here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25

Modernize your home. 1t is your
greatest possession.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25
CLOTHING.

CLOTHING.
There have been lots of rumorS
about clothing. Let's set one of them
at rest. 1t appears now that the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-25

Cleanup, Paint-Up, Fix-Up
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
Envoys Hail ROOsevelt's Warning To
Nazis Against Atrocities On Civilians

sponsible for atrocities and other
acts violating international law.
1.-THE Presidents statement ap-
parently means that the United
States has associated itself with
the declaration made by the repre-
sentatives of nine occupied coun-
tries at meeting at st. James
Palace in London last January.
They then pledged punishment OF
the guilty and began keeping a
record of crimes and their perpe-
traitors" one of the foreign diplo-
mats said. Other diplomats here
thought it likely that the Presi-
dents statement would be follow
ed by some. similar expression
from the British Government.
1--WE are highly gratified by the
Presidents statement which will
result in tremendous re lie 1
throughout the occupied nations"
a spokesman at the Polish en-
bassv said. 'It lends great force
to the declaration already made
bv the German-held nations in
London" The spokesman recalled
that Premier Stain, in his talk
with Premier Sikorski in Moscow
last December 4, assured the Pol
ish statesman that Russia would
see that enemy atrocities were
punished.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
Dieppe Raid
Encourages Jews
In France

LONDON (JTA)-Jews in &C.
cupied France discarded their yell
low Mogen Davids when they
heard that British and American
armed forces had made landing
at Dieppe, the Nazi-controlled
Paris radio reported in comment
ing on the immediate reaction IN
Paris last week during the Dieppe
battle.
Private Harry Kline, next-of-
kin of Harry Kline, Memphis
Tenn. is listed among the missing
in the first casualty list OF the
Dieppe raid. Harold Bergman a
young Jewish officer from wlnn-
peg, is reported among the cana
dian fighters who returned sa1eiS
from the epic battle.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
Tally neWSpaper repOrted.

uoIly newspaper 1CPO1 CCUs
Describing the brutal conditions
under which 1000 Jews were de-
ported from unoccupied France
recently to do slave labor in the
coal mines of Polish Silesia, the
Swiss democratic paper states
that most of the deportees were
in a lamentable physical condition
after a winter of privation in
which they had little to subsist on
except turnip soup. The Quakers,
according to the correspondent of
the National Zeitung, have opened
a fund with which to provide food
for future deportees, but it is ad-
mitted that this will only prove a
drop in the bucket as far as re-
lieving the wholesale misery.
Switzerland Orders Escaped Refu-
gees to Return to Occupied France
The Basler National Zeitung
sharply protested against the ac-
ton of the Swiss Government this
week, ordering the expulsion of all
refugees who succeeded in escap-
ing from occupied France and
other Axis-held territories into
Switzerland The order provides
that such refugees who entered
the country since August II be
returned to the places from
whence they fled.
Swiss Federal authorities this
week considered the question OF
making this order retroactive tC
July 81. They assert that the
number of refugees, principally
Jews, seeking to cross from
France into Switzerland is grow
ing daily. Reporting that many
of the refugees have already beer
deported by the Swiss authorities
the Basler National Zeitung, in it.
article condemning these expul
sions, declares that the Swiss Fed
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
Chanlain Earl Stone First American
Jewish Chaplain To Reach Britain

straus. of Alexandria, La, was
named a lieutenant commander.
Of the sixty-four chaplains now
on active duty, fifty-eight are in
the Army and six in the Navy.
The first American Jewish
chaplain to reach Britain with the
American armed forces is Earl
Stone, formerly assistant rabbi OF
a Chicago temple. He was chap
lain at Camp Blanding, Fla, and
while stationed there married the
former Judith Wilensky of jack
Sonville.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28

NEW YORK (JTA)-Promotion
Of seven Army and Navy CHAP
1ains of the Jewish faith to higher
rank and an increase in the num-
h or. Of Jewish chaplains on active
d,,tv to sixty-four were announced
This week by DR.. David de SOFA
Pool, chairman of the Comml'see
~ army and Navy Religious Ac-
tivities of the National jewish
Welfare Board.
Six Army chaplains were eie-
vated from lieutenant to captain,
ond one Navy chaplain, H. CerI
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28

WASHINGTON (JTA)-Envoys
of the nine governments whose
territories have been occupied by
the German forces warmly well
coined President Roosevelt's warn
ing to the Axis powers that their
officials would be held legally re-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28

William Green, President of the
American Federation of Labor,
joined with Philip Murray, Presi-
dent of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, in making an ap-
peal to British labor and its Of
ficials for the immediate creation
of a Jewish Army of stateless and
Palestinian Jews.
The joint message, in part,
reads as follows" The rehabilita-
ton of the Jews, the most perse-
cuted people upon this earth, can
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
TT HAPPENED
THIS WEEK
HATCHET DAY"
nv MILTON BROWN, JTA

From Stockholm the news is
relayed that the Nazis are COM
blaming that it is the Jewish in
fluence which fosters the ''Hatchet
Day" movement in Holland.
What is Ratchet Day? 1t is
new holiday to which the Dutch
are looking forward to with great
eagerness. All over Holland there
are organized 1--WE Remember"
Clubs. Every member of one of
these clubs is assigned one Nazi
official in his town to "remem-
her" He follows him and learns
his habits and whereabouts and
when "Hatchet Day" comes, the
day of deliverance from the Nazis
this member is to take his little
Ratchet and remove the poisonous
Nazi viper from further molesting
the earth and degrading civiliza-
ton. The Nazis complain that
one "Aryan" hardware dealer dis
played in his window a stack of
hatchets with a sign:
"Arm yourself. 1t will be only
a few weeks more. You can chop
with this small hatchet. Even a
woman or child can handle it."
ODD :. TO SAY THE LEAST
There is an odd item of Ameri-
can news this week. We are told
that there are some fifty refugee
Jews confined in American intern
ment camps. They are confined
along with Nazi internees. AS
might be expected, there has been
friction between the Jewish in
ternees and the Nazis.
1t is of course absurd to cOnfine
Jewish refugees to internment
camps on the grounds that they
are German nationals. The most
stupid person knows that these
Jews have no sympathy whatever
with the NaZiS and are therefore
harmless and should be released.
But there is one hitch in the mat
ter. These Jews escaped from
Germany to Latin American ,cOun-
tries and were transferred to the
United States upon the entrance
Of the Latin American countries
into the war with the understand
ing that after the war they were
to be returned to the South Amer
lean countries. Such is the eX-
PLANTATION furnished for their de-
tentiOn. But whatever the eX-
PLANTATION, there should certainly
be something better that the Gov
eminent can do with German
Jewish refugees, hating NaZism
with all their hearts, than keep
them imprisoned with genuine
NaziS.
THE JEWISH BOY AGAIN
But there is happier news in the
reports of the week also. The
young Brooklyn Jewish hero Mey-
er Levin has scored another bulls
eye, hitting a 10000 ton japanese
ship.
Meyer Levin first came into the
headlines shortly after Pearl Har-
Dor when as the BOmbardier OF
captain Colin Kelly's airship, he
let loose the bomb which sank the
japanese battleship, Haruna, IL
the first American victory of thu
war.
AS of the true race of heroes
meyer Levin is all modesty about
his exploits. Doesn't seem t.
Know that he is a hero at all. L
was not from him but from thu
newspapers that his parents learn
60 Of his deed or of the fact tina
ne had been awarded the Disting
mshed Service Cross.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
9,000More JewsDeported
From France This Month

BASEL (JTA)-ApprOximately 5000 more Jews
held in concentration in unOccupied France will be
depOrted to Nazheld Eastern Europe before the end of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28

be accomplished through the joint,
far-sighted leadership af the Brit
ish and American peoples. The
first essential step toward this
goal, we feel, is to give the Jews
an opportunity to fight as Jews
against the common enemy OF
mankind"
Both labor leaders are members
of the Committee for Jewish
Army of Stateless and Palestinian
Jews of which Pierre van Paassen
is National Chairman.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28

eral Government is assuming "a
horrible responsibility"
'Indescribably gruesome scenes
have taken place at the border"
the Swiss paper writes. Nobody
can doubt that such refugees are
threatened with certain death.
Many cantonal governments share
the belief with an overwhelming
majority of the Swiss people that
this means abandonment of the
right of asylum which, in view of
the frightful fate of racial refu-
gees, cannot be justified" A SIM
liar protest was made this week
by another Swiss paper, La Senti-
nellie.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-28
Protests Mount Against Swiss
Decision To Expel Refugees


BERNIE (JTA)-The storm of
protests against the decision of
the Swiss Federal Government to
expel from this country all refu-
gees who entered illegally since
August IL, seeking to escape de-
portation from France and Bel
GUM into Nazi-occupied Eastern
territory, reached new peak
when more liberal Swiss news
papers joined in the warning that
surrender of the sacred Swiss
tradition of asylum would weaken
the Swiss will to resist Axis ag-
gression.l
Reporting that hundreds of
hunted men and women, mainly
from occupied France, have, dur
ing the last two weeks, been MAX
ing the long and difficult journey
on foot to the Swiss frontier and
that many of them have been
caught and shot by the Gestapo,
the Basler Nachrichten editorially
said this week that if the Swiss
Federal Council carries out its de-
cision, I'VE will share in the guilt
for the terrible fate of these peo-
pie who have fled to our coun-
try"
The Neue Argauer Zeitung
pointed out that I'VE can let many
more refugees into our country.
Asylum is a sacred Swiss institu-
ton. We cannot escape our duty.
If the authorities forget that CIV
ing up the right of asylum might
also weaken our will to resist, we
must remind the government that
this is the case"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-26
An III-Considered Threat

THE international executive board of the United Auto
i Workers Union Go rendered disservice the
of organized labor in linking the $4,000 salary
limitation order with the unions agreement to suspend
strikes for the duration.
1t regrettabe that the union fguratively pointed
gun at the temple of the new Congress.
With consummate cheek and lawlessness the board
resolved:
THAT any action by Congress abrogatng ncreas-
ing the $4,000 salary limitation he construed Op,
congressional enunciaton that there exists
sity for labor to continue in the sacrifice which has
voluntarily been making in aid of the effort and
congressional suggestion that such sacrifices be
abandoned.
81" is further resolved that any such action by Con-
gress will be deemed by complete justification
for the reconsideration Of willingness sacrifice
aid in the successful prosecution of the war"
Irrespective Of the merits of the salary limitation
order, which the union sponsored for many months
before the President acted this defiant approach blow
at the whole institution of orderly sefgovernment.
IN EFFECT the leaders of this union thoughtcssly
promulgate the absurd doctrine that the patriotism Of
workngmen conditional congressional approval of
Of its pet schemes
These misguided union leaders evidently think that
in time Of great national emergency is proper to bar.
gain with the of the United matters
pertaining to effective prosecution of the war
Such doctrine is dangerous and borders on treason
This newspaper docs believe that this doctrine
represents the opinion of the rank and file of working.
men, who have PERFORMED magnifcenuH since Pearl
Haroor IN drder 10 help their nation in time of great
crisis.
We do not believe that loyal Americans predicate
their war help being satisfied in detail as to the action
that Congress takes fails take on specific contro-
versial measures
In the face Of the common enemy, real Americans
W.T. to pull together in spirit Of national unity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-26
BY BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs
A NEW kind of American is on

M HtNFNF.k ono ~ INC Onlled
w Nations makes brave
stand against The Axis some one
always makes comparison with
Ncrdun.
! think tho real Ncrdun Of
this war. M 10 date. is Malta.
This small British island in
tho Mediterranean has been
raidcd by air and submarines
over 5000 times
Eighteen thousand buildings
have been demolished.
Thousands of the Inhabitants
have been killed or manned. N ,.
Sill. the Notifications And'
bomhors on tho island have
brought down $40 enemy planes.
Yes. Malta is tho Vcrdun Of
this war.
"They shall not pass" the
Maltese shout IN tho souls Of
the Allied oldiCrs Who fcn AZ
Nc,Gun.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-26
What War Bonds Buy

YOUR PURCHASE Of war
bonds viii help pay for hun
dredS Of individual field radio
sets necessary for radio COM
munications IN modern warfare
Field radio is used by advance
troops 10 report enemy place
mcniS. 10 report accuracy Of
haTrage or fire range. and for
transmission Of important mes
SageS.
One Of Inc field radio sets
consists Of pack which tho
soldier carries on his hack and
by which he can both talk and
receive messages.
Overall cost or this equip
ment runs into many, thousands
Of dollars. Invest At least 10 per
cent OF your income in war
bonds. every pay day and be-
come member Of the patriotic
Ten Per Cent Club.
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