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SOBRE 10 MISMO

Nt lOuid eSpCl arse que SuNN'
diera otra coSa, dado que ell a
sunto reviSte una importancia
capital para todoS aquellos que
li0ran Su subSistencia en- la in
duStria del tabaco. FL problema
de fijar un minimo de 40 Y 80
centagoS Ia bora para esa in
dustria l6gieamente tiene en-
suspense a muchos obreroS,
una vez que le han consagrajo
al caso aquella atenci6n que ell
lismo requeria.
Naturalmente, que en- este CO.
mo en- todaS las cosaS de la vida,
axiste una c%orriente de opinion
favorable. y otra c%ontraria den
no de los propioS obreros, cue
en- ultimo case Seran los que ten
dram que sobrelleyar las conse-
.uencias de una decision, GUAM
do sea aprobada, que ha de in
fluir en- alto grade Ell ell futu-
70 econ0mico de muchas fami-
las que viven al amparo de Ia
industrial local y que practical
mente han dependido de ella, en-
una succession de padres a hijos,
ash como tambi6n el resurgi-
miento de 10 cue fuera un mo-
desto villorrio de pescadores a
la segunda mitad del siglo pa
gado, y hoy es la %importante ciu
dad de Tampa.
Los que mas directamente Sc
ran afectados, 81 Sc aprueba la
medida tai como esta sugerida,
ara los que tai cOsa represen-
Itaria I'm sacudimiento econ6mi-
co en- sus mOdestos hogares, pr
lvados del trabajo que hasta e
presente les ha ayudado a so
brellevar la vida, la opinion nc
puede ser humanamente favo-
rable a una cosa, que no hay du-
da alguna esta inspirada en- IN
principle humane, pero q. no re
siste la adaptation y adopci6n
en- ell ambiente de la industrial
local. Hay que tener muy pre-
sente, que todos los tabaqueros
10 mismo que todas las despali-
lladoras no estan dotados por
la naturaleza con las mismas ia
cultades para rendir una labor
en- el taller que precise ajustar-
se a un Unite mas ALA de 10 que
su naturaleza y su habito crea-
ron Y han sostenido al traves de
los amos. En- este de las faculta-
les del ~artesano en- cualquier o.
ficio, su habilidad para renoir
una tarea larga o corta, influ-
yen condolences especiales, tam
20 de edad como de ps~icolOgia
personal. 10 mismo sucede en-
ctras profesiones, artes o Glen
cias; quien tiene una facultad
brillante en- cualquiera activi-
dad humana, siempre Sc ma
destacado; quien no las tiene,
es simplemente uno del monitor
comdn, que va viviendo y usa
como instrumental para wivir,
aquel oficio, arte 0 profession
que aprendi6, pero del cual no
es un oiempIar muy brillante.
Pero csc Of zero, csc artis,a,
csc professional, es un ser hu-
mano que vive, que esta sobre
la terra para ejerc-r una fun
ci6n social, que items familia,
y a quien no hay derecho, dem
tro de una l6gica razonable y
humana, de arrancar de un plu-
mazo dc TODD aquellO que tan
arc Is para 81, 10 que tantos a
nos de dedication y trabajo lie
costaron. Y en- este case Sc en-
euentrau muchos trabajadores
de la industrial del tabaco &C
tualmente, que tienen ante ST la
perspectiva de verse tambien
lesarraigados de 10 que les ha
ervido p0r tantos amos como
medic de vida, 81 es que un ana
Isis frio y prcbado de la situa-
ci6n de los obreros de la indus
tria local, no Sc lie puede de-
mostrar a las personals que au-
toridad tieren para decidir en-
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Ell LOCO DICE 49,.

SolN aSNhNO uSl AilAiiAlllN p"Aa ="
industrial del tabaco.
OtraS razones importantes
hay que Jusrifican ell que algo
Sc haga humanamente por aque-
Hos obreroS de la industrial, que
no tienen hoy la tan n~ecesaria
cualidad de ser largoS, para He
gar a un Unite. Muchos de esos
operarioS han pasado toda su vi
Ga junto a la mesa de hacer ia
bacoS, o junto al barril del des-
palillado. En- epocas de prospe-
ridad economical EN- la INDUS
tria, han ganado menos de 10
que han ganado los de mas ia
cWltades; en- epOcas de crisis
han ganado menoS; pero algo
Siempre han ganado, que es me-
Jor que no ganar NADIA, y han
ajuStado Sus vidas a ese ganar
modesto, y la han lido sobrelle-
vando.
va muchos de esos obreros
man llegado a la veJeZ, o eStan
terca de ella, 10 cual representa-
lncapacidad fisica para renGir
una larga labor. No conociendo
otro oficio mas que ell del que
nan vivido toda la vida; no ma
biendO a esa edad oportunidad
va de dedicar Sus pocas activi-
0ades a otra cosa, 81 Sc les priva
del medic que actualmente tie
men para ganarse la VIDA, ell fl
nal de estas vidas que son par
te de nuestro conglomerado hu-
mano, tiene que ser logicamen-
te triste, sin contar desde luego
que a muchos Sc les haria muy
dificil 81 obtener una ayuda o.
ficial, 81 es que no estan califi-
cados para clio, por las leyes de
ciudadania.
La historic prueba con su fra
elocuencia la realidad de los he
chos de la vida, y el heeho real
es que la aplicacion del primer
Unite para la industrial en- Tam
pa, deJo en- la Gale a un grupo
Gle ancianos de ambos sexes que
lban cubriendo sus pocas nece-
Shades EN- la vida con los sala-
rios que entonces CANADIAN, y 10
mismo sucedi6 y puede suceder
actualmente con quien sea mas
Joven tambien y no tenga las ia
cultades necesarias para hacer-
lie frente al problema, y nadie
con mas autoridad que aquellos
que son actualmente maquinas
trabaJando Vitolas de
precios, pueden hablar de
esta realidad.
Naturalmente que estariamos
de complete acuerdo en- los efec
los de la APPLICATION de csc limi-
te en- la industrial de Tampa, 81
tai cosa fuera como ha sucedido
en- otras Industries donde ell o.
5rero CANADA menos del Unite
sehalado, y ell Industrial lie en-
la diferencia que existia
entire ell salario que CANADA y Ell
minimo sehalado, cosa que des-
lie luego 10 hacia de propia vo-
pues la ley en- ST no obli-
ga al industrial a conservar al
Dbrero, game o no ell Unite Sc
halado, Y este 10 deben de tener
muy en- cuenta, todos aquellos
que hablan de muchas cosas sin
10 que hablan.'
Ninguna persona, con un ce-
normal, puede ser que
este EN- contra de aquello
que le traiga un beneficio direc-
10. Pero ell problema aqui es que
beneficio directo Sc pueda a
a las condolences espe-
en- que Sc desenvuelve la
persona que 10 va a recibir. Tai
sucede con este minimo. No per
a los obreros que traba-
ian vitolas que por su precio
.ueden pasar de el. Pero los que
vitolas de bajo precio.
y las despalilladoras van com
pletamente sacrificadas, y con
el peligro de quedar en- la Gale,
81 es que una exception no Sc pi
(naSa ] Ia 10 DagJ
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que continuaban sus a%ctivida-
des en- contra de los submari-
nos enemigos en- esta @rea.
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HIG 81 Lie 81 T S

q London: Hitler had been report
ed as offering his Jap allies world
empire if the war is won by the Axis.
All of India, part of the Middle East
and part of East Africa was be-
lieved to have been offered. What
Italy was to get was not clear.
q Washington: The WPB board has
ordered cessation of the making Of
washing machines and ironers May
is.
G The CAA pilot training program
will be expanded to train $4,000 men
in elementary fight training, $4,000
men in secondary courses and will
inaugurate training of $1,000 ground
technicians.
q Sugar rationing regulations will
leave consumers free to buy where
they wish and to use sugar as they
please, according to the OPA. The
quantity will vary from time to time
according to supplies.
q Vice President Wallace estimated
farm income for 1912 would exceed
l3 billion dollars as compared with
8h billion in 1889.
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ATLANTIC:
Toll Growing

Though our navy, cooperating
with the British, was keeping supply
lines between Britain and the United
States open, coastwise shipping had
continued to yield terrific toll.
The loss of American flag ships
alone had passed the haf-hundred
mark, and the lives taken were as
Stunning important figures. Shipping
insurance rates were liked again.
There was no disposition to admit
Hitler's claims that Isl ships Of a
total of ], 029, 900 tons had been sunk
in the first two months Of the war in
the Atlantic alone, but the total was
large and was constantly mount
ing.
The loss of so American ships in
two months was an average of about
ship a day, and with one shipyard
in the East launching two large YES
sells weekly, this was not necessarily
a fatal loss, but other countries
losses were not being reproduced as
successfully as our own.
Despite the losses Of U. S. ships,
it was pointed out that if the present
rate was not increased, or even
lessened, it would not be long be-
fore our merchant marine was ire
mendously greater. But if Hitler's
figure of half a million tons a month
were true, then the picture was
less rosy, at least until we reach
our goal of 5000, 900 tons year.
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THE SILVER LINING

In uiuid account of her ex-
periences during a typical San
Francisco blackout, Kathleen
Norris sho,os that it is possible
to see the brighter side of life
even in maritime. 1t is, she be-
lieves, our duty to do so. Var
,UiH bring inconvenience and,
perhaps, hardship, but TOE will
be better able to endure that
hardship if ,Ue face it Nth a
smile. To ,Uorry unnecessarily is
not only foolish, but ,oaste of
the time and energy toe should
spend on intelligent preparation
for such possible emergencies as
blackouts and food shortages.
Remember that slogan of World
Var I?-"Look for the silver lin
ing!"
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in the weeks nes0s

q Detroit: The Michigan department
of the American Legion had before
it for consideration resolutions ask
ing President Roosevelt to Dust from
his cabinet Secretaries Hull, Slim
son, Knox and Perkins.
q London: The duchess of Kent, wife
of the younger brother of King
George, was expecting third
child. She is the former Princess
Marina of Greece.
q Leo T. Crowley has been desig-
mated head of the Office of Alien
Property Custodian, to have custody
of approximately $1,000, 900, 900 in
alien assets frozen in the u. S.
q President Roosevelt told a press
conference he is studying the prob
lem of controlling wartime wages,
profits and prices, but has arrived
at no decision as yet.
q The Federal Reserve board add
ed bicycles, lawn mowers, clocks,
watches, Photographic equipment,
silverware and floor coverings to the
list of articles on which there are
installment buying restrictions.
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OFFENSIVE:
British Bomb
Vital Maxi Centers

Britain, more or less held back
from bombings over Europe during
the winter season of bad weather
and worse visibility, had started an
about and continuous bombing of
German towns and industrial CEN
tiers, also of vital ports in northwest
Germany.
From various sources close to
London came word that this was a
definite part of the British "spring
offensive" and that the attacks
would become more powerful and
continuous as the weather improved.
Extremely large forces of British
bombers were being used, it had
been reported, especially the Hall
faxes, Strings and Lancasters, the
latter a new and highly regarded
bomber.
Not so much mention was being
made of the use of American "fort-
ress bombers," and apparently Eng
land had her own plane production
in better shape now, or perhaps
since our entry into the war was not
getting so many flying fortresses.
At all events the British airmen
we're getting in tremendous ticks by
day as well as by night, and the
Germans, beginning to feel the pinch
of heavy bombings with little or no
return on their part, had begun to
send fighter squadrons over the
channel to attempt to break it all
up.
The first day these had appeared
the British said eight Messer-
schmitts had been shot down. None
of our planes were lost" The
Germans broadcast Eight British
fighters were shot down over the
channel-no German planes lost"
1t was considered odd, however,
that the German radio which turned
fighter losses upside down rarely
claimed as many bombers shot
down as the British were willing to
admit having lost.
Some believed the NaZis were try
ing to minimize the number of
bombers Britain was using in the
raids by this means.
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sketchiest picture of what aid we
were sending to Australia to help
the Aussies get ready for their de-
tense against the Japs.
First hint that troops had arrived
there had come from Yates McDan-
iel, who had slipped into a "color"
story report that Perth was literal
ly damned with Americans in uni
form.
Next had come the story of a
London Daily Mail correspondent
who added giant figures to the tale
by picturing convoy almost with
out end, on the way to Australia and
already attacked by Japanese naval
"spearheads.
Finally, a Chicago Sun correspond
ent sent in a copyrighted story
which said that thousands of Amer
lean troops" had arrived safely in
Australia, but that he could not
say where they were being de-
barked.
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ROUNDUP:

Official weather springtime starts
in late March, but wartime spring
was to start, according to a roundup
Of AP correspondents in leading war
centers when the ground dries up
IN Russia" or in mid-Aprl or early
May.
What that time would bring was
a puzzle to most military-minded
correspondents, but they agreed it
would be offensive time" and
would bring battles on such a scale
as to make the present wartime re-
ports seem like child's play.
Most unanimity conferred about
one probability, that the Japs and
Germans would try a concentrated
offensive in harmony with each 9TH
er. Some were inclined to think that
the Japs, after gaining control of
northeastern Australia and estab-
fishing a front" there would turn
their main attack through lightly de-
Tended India and attempt to join
the Germans at the Persian gulf.
Others thought this plan too am
bilious and saw the Japs stopping
with Bengal and China cut off from
Allied aid, and then turning into
Siberia.
In this way the Japs would pre-
vent Americans from taking over
bases which would permit bomber
flights over Japan; Vladivostok be-
ing only two hours from Tokyo.
Others believed that oil being the
Japs' sole objective, and being now
in their grasp, they would simply
attempt to immobilize Australia and
spend their time redeveloping the
"scorched" oilfelds of the East In
dies.
Again there was a theory that
oil being Germany's primary need,
the Nazis' spring offensive would be
aimed at Rostov and tn ''""~''r
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the safest story in the ten-story
building.
San Franciscans aren't discussing
air attacks, nor worrying about
them any more than to be prepared
in every way for any and all I'M
pleasantness. Life goes on in the
nations most cheerful city, in the
usual way.
Life Is Unchanged.
I'm giving this in some detail be-
cause good friends of mine in the
East and in the Central states are
convinced that we are living here in
one Utter of terror, clinging togeth-
er in dark cellars at night, shudder-
ing through frightening days as we
watch the menace of the skies. Moth
ing could be further from the truth.
"May God help you through these
hours of horror" writes an old
friend of mine from Detroit. eff
you could come to us with one or
two of the precious grandchildren
we would do our best to obliterate
from your heart memories that
must be frightful. Persistent and
incessant fear is destroying thing,
and God knows we would relieve you
all of some of it if we could"
Well, one can't exactly laugh at
sympathy as sincere and distressed
as that, but it is impossible to keep
from laughter when such a letter is
read at the weekend gathering of
the clan. Pearl Harbor naturally
smote us all with CONSERVATION, and
for few days there was some furry
of apprehension; again it was like
the earthquake, Immediately after
which people did rush about franti-
cally asking, what shall we do?
What's coming next? What will hap
pen if-if-if-"
But within few days-almost a
few hours-everyone settled down to
help, to serve, to philosophize and
yes, to enjoy the crisis.
God forbid that anything should
be termed enjoyable" in war. War
is all bad. But we are fighting for
what is good, good for everyone,
and if neighborliness, sharing, serv-
ice, courage are born of it, let us
not minimize their eternal values,
values that will long outlast the war.
My hope is that if states in our
own country can have so exaggerat-
ed an impression of things out here,
some of the other atrocities reported
of life everywhere, in England, Rus
STA, China, in the oppressed and
conquered countries, are less in ac-
tuality than we fear. We hear fright
full details, and alas! some of them
are true. But remember, when you
feel your heart heavy, as you think of
it all, that many of them are not
true.
So take for your motto the familiar
prayer, ''Sursum corda," which
means, Gift up your hearts," The
great war may be like our first Cali
fornia blackout; a brief confusion,
sudden sound in the night of neigh
borly voices and young laughter un-
der the stars, and then-suddenly
the blessed light again.
Millions of human beings, whose
condition sounds utterly insuffera-
BILE, are unquestionably doing what
we Californians are doing in our
much-discussed blackouts. Like our
selves, they may be keenly alive to
the dangers that surround them or
may threaten them. Like ourselves,
they may be prepared to meet them
by every means in their power, with
vigilance and preparation. And
again like ourselves, they may be
getting considerable normal enjoy
ment out of life under them; their
sense of gratitude making small
comforts even more appreciated
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DISASTER:
Battle of Jaud

The world had known that there
had been a naval battle Oft Java
just before the japanese moved in
with their full might at three points
on land, but until the announcement
was made that the Allied fleet had
been Overwhelmed by superior
numbers" it had not been known
what the losses had been.
This, at long last, had been given
to the press in a more or less de-
tailed summary which showed that
the United Nations lost Is ships, not,
apparently counting any submarines
that might be missing.
The United States lost two, the
10,000-ton sleek cruiser Houston, IA
vorite of President Roosevelt HIM
self, who had gone to Hawaii in her
in 1884, and frequently had been
aboard her; and the World war type
''four-stacker" destroyer Pope, 1870
tons, both presumably lost with all
hands, though there was some hope
that some survivors may have
reached shore somewhere.
losers, having six vessels listed as
lost including the famous cruiser
Exeter, small but valorous, $3.50
tons, which had taken part in the
victorious attack on the German
Graf Spec off Uruguay.
The other five lost by the British
were all destroyers.
The Dutch lost their flagship and
chief cruiser, the DeRuyter, pre-
sumably lost with all hands, for she
was hit by torpedo and sank in
few minutes at night on the first day,
at the height of the battle. They
also lost a destroyer.
The Australians lost two vessels,
the cruiser Perth and the Yarda, a
sloop, both missing and presumably
lost.
The Japanese, according to the
same report, lost eight vessels, but
all details as to any actual sinkings
were unobtainable, probably due to
the unfavorable outcome of the
battle.
Included among the eight were
two cruisers, one of the 10,000-ton
class.
A study of the British and Amer
ican naval communiques seemed to
show that the most telling blows
were struck, not so much by the
;gunnery of the Japs, as by their
submarines and speedy destroyers.
The Exeter had one of her boilers
blown up by a shell, which cut her
speed so per cent, but she still es-
capped from the battle and was ap-
parently sunk seeking to escape from
Java to Australia. The same was
the fate of the Houston and the
Pope.
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BYRD:
Il Field Day

Senator Byrd of Virginia was hav-
ing ''field day" at the expense of
the Office of Civilian Defense, or the
OCD in the Washington alphabet.
Almost daily the senator was I'M
covering things which he was passing
on to the public through news re-
leases.
Among the latest had been his
expose of unpaid physical fitness ac-
tivities of OCD, with particular en-
phasis on the bowl your way to
physical condition" campaign start
ed by Bowling Co-ordinator Willem.
This leader, said Senator Byrd,
turned out to be an executive of an
advertising firm handling the ac-
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ASK ME q
A AN I
A General Quiz
The Questions
A General Quiz

!. In what state in the United
States is there a Thames river?
2. What is a hobble-de-hoy?
3. From what source comes the
expression, Something is rotten
in Denmark?
4. What is a chanSon?
5. How many hands high is a
horse that is five feet tall?
6. Ascorbic acid is better known
as what?
7. How do we determine the
date Of Easter Sunday?
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AUSSIES:
Getting Help

The same rigid censorship which
had kept an official record of the
Java sea battle from getting to the
British and American public until
two weeks after it occurred and
nearly that time after the Japanese
had announced the loss, for instance,
of the Houston and other vessels.
had given the country only the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-03-26
iSLOWDOWN:
On Car Speed

In a country stressing speed,
speed, speed in war production,
President Roosevelt had gone to the
governors of the 48 states with a
request for a showdown in one thing
the speed limits Of the nations
highways.
He had recommended 40 miles per
hour as top, as means of con-
servation of the present supply of
tires for the motoring public.
The President had said:
81 would greatly appreciate your
cooperation in an effort to achieve
this objective throughout the coun-
try"
! Most governors rushed to comply,
and many issued immediate orders
to their state police officers to see
that speed limits were cut down.
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The appointment of Gen. Doug

The appointment of Gen. Doug
las Macarthur as supreme COM
mander of all United Nations
forces in Australia gave truth to
the many rumors which had
cropped up in the past month.
Macarthur transferred his head
quarters from the Philippines to
Australia upon orders from Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He was given
his new post at the request of the
Australian government. His pro-
motion had long been expected as
the result of his courageous stand
on the Bataan peninsula.
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count of a nationally known concern
which, the senator added, "has a
virtual monopoly on the making Of
bowling alleys and equipment there
for"
OF a piece with this, he said, was
the naming Of Bernarr Macfadden,
the publisher of Physical Culture
magazine, as walking and hiking
co-ordinator.
Jack B. Kelly, physical fitness di-
rector of the OCD, termed Byrd's at
tack on the co-ordinators, who serve
without pay, "classic example Of
boondoggling in congress instead Of
focusing attention on what's happen
ing in the South Pacific and in Eu-
ropeo
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The ANSWERS

/. There is a Thames river in
the state of Connecticut.
2. A lad between boyhood and
manhood; an inexperienced, awk-
ward youth.
3. Hamlet (Act I, scene IV).
4. A song.
S. Fifteen hands "a hand is four
inches).
6. Vitamin c.
Z. It falls on the first Sunday
after the first full moon after the
21st of March.
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Acid INDIGESTION

What many DoctoTs do for IL
When excess stomach acid causes gas sour stSzzaeA
or heartburn doctors prescribe the fastest setEs
Tnedlcines known for symtonztic rehef-ne6cz-ea
like those in Bell-ans Tablets. No laxative II your
very frst trial doesn't prove Bell-ans better rea
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TOR the little angel in your fam
l ily-what about this frock? Yes,
there is a new look about tit
has that long torso top which
grown-up frocks make so much of,
dart fitted to reveal the slinness
Of the waistline-and it's tied in
back, too! And to complete this
sophisticated silhouette skirt has
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