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The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
-SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board at Odds on Use of
Pdsteurized Milk in
School Project.

The school board approved a tax
levy of $4,000 for next year at its
regular monthly meeting Monday
night.
This is $1,000 under the levy of
$377,OO0 for this year and SAG, ,430
under the per capita limitation of $55
per resident of the district.
Actual per capita levy is $53.58, in
Guiding the bonded Indebtedness. This
indebtedness is excluded when COM
putting the legal limitations of $55.
The levy was adopted over the OBJ
jections of Anton D. Klun, who said
he thought it should be given more
study. Klun wanted to set up a re-
serve fund for postwar projects, but
the legality of such fund was
questioned by some members of the
board and the school attorney.
Louis c. Stember expressed the de-
sire to retire the districts bonded
Indebtedness in five years, instead of
six, if possible, but some doubt was
expressed by board members as to
whether the type of bonds issued by
the district would permit this.
The question of using only pasteur-
ized milk, which has come up repeat
edly, was raised again and was de-
feated on a tie vote.
Stember, in moving that the dis
trict use "pasteurized milk as far as
possible and all if it can be secured"
declared that the ''school doctor and
nurse, the best authority We have,
recommend the use of pasteurized
milk and we don't follow their advice"
On the roll call B. S. Richards, John
Dragavon and Stember favored the
motion, and DR.. t. Ahola, Jack Gian-
otti and Klun opposed it.
Richards, who seconded Stember's
motion, then moved that the mat
ter be turned over to the sales and
purchasing committee with power to
act, but when it was found that the
committee was composed of Stember
and Dragavon, who approved the
previous action, and Klun, who op-
posed it, Gianotti and DR.. Ahola
objected.
When it was more or less mutually
agreed that the past policy of pur-
chasing both raw and pasteurized
milk would be followed, the two with
drew their objection and the motion
was approved, with Stember voting
no.
The school nurse had reported that
the milk project for the year would
call for Sic half pints daily. The
Washington kindergarten will receive
At half pints and grades, 1913; the
Lincoln kindergarten, As half pints and
the grades, 96.
A hot lunch program for some 1870
malnourished students was approved
The surplus commodities corporation
will supply some of the food, while
the district will provide the rest
Pauline Deyak was hired to work in
the kitchen and assist with the pro-
ject. She will be paid $75 monthly.
The use of the Memorial building
for religious education classes con-
Quoted by pastors of the city was ap-
proved. Glasses will be held on Thurs
days for grades and Fridays for high
school students from to 5 p. m.
The schools will be closed Oct. 29
and 80 for the Minnesota Educational
association meeting in Minneapolis.
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The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
MAIL
z Months Supply Catches
Up With Sub Seaman.

When Seaman James Leroy of the
submarine service returned to the
West Coast from his furlough spent
here recently he found seven months
supply of Ely Miners awaiting him
and a large assortment of Christmas
cards.
The papers were water soaked, and
only the inside pages were readable.
The mail had followed Leroy, who
was in Manila when war broke out
over a good share of the Pacific, finally
catching up with him in this country
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15

Toimi Ahola, Ely city alderman, will
oppose Jacob L. Pete, incumbent, in
the fourth district commissioner race
at the general election Nov. 8.
Ahola's name was placed on the
ticket when Frank zgonc withdrew,
appearing personally at the Office of
County Auditor Walter H. Bergen in
Duluth Friday afternoon to ask that
his name be taken off the ballot.
zgonc had defeated Ahola in the
primaries by a margin of only %
votes State law provides that in
event nominee for office withdraws,
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
ritory is virtually alive with rabbits

rit0ry is virtually alive with rabbits.
Skins should be cured over shapers
made from boards, willow twigs or
any other suitable material large
enough to hold the skin without
stretching it. The flesh should be on
the outside. Wrinkles should be
smoothed out. The day after being
put on the shapers, the pelts should
be examined to see that edges are
drying fiat and the s2in on the fore
legs is Strengthened out.
The skins should be dried away
from the sun or artificial heat and
hung so they will get free circula-
ton. Never use salt in curing rabbit
skins.
They can be shipped to any fur
bllyer
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
Buy u. s. Defense Bonds

The stores and business places who
are featuring war bonds and stamps
almost to the exclusion of merchan-
disc on the shelves are doing a great
work at their own expense for ad-
vertiSing, clerk hire, rent and other
costs which in a period of time run
into substantial sums. Bond and
stamp purchases have not as yet
reached the monthly total which the
Treasury has set. The goal is $1,0O0,-
100000 of purchases this month and
every month thereafter 1t costs money
to fight wars and we are supposed to
pay for it. Buy more bonds and
stamps.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
Remember Pearl Harbor

If it is possible to carry out Pres
ident Roosevelt's declaration that
those guilty of war atrocities be
punished, it will meet with general
favor of the public. Not that it will
be possible to punish every individual
case of brutality but it will mean
that machine gun squads and bat
terry of guillotines could be kept busy
twenty-four hours a day with three
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The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
On This
Occasion
Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Several of our subscribers have
asked what became of the 40, 25 and
ten year old column formerly appear
ing in The Miner The column fell
by the waySide several months ago
when it became impossible for the
editor with a broken leg on crutches
to negotiate the stairs to the base
ment of the city hall where the files,
are kept in a vault through the kind
ness of the city council. The column
will be resumed shortly.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
HOMECOMING FRIDAY.

Memorial high school has scheduled
its Homecoming for Friday, with
football game with Gilbert and
dance in Memorial gymnasium after
the game to which college students
are invited. A bonfire has been set
for tonight.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
KANTOLA PROMOTED.

Word has been received by Mrs.
Emma Kantola that her son, DR..
Bennett w. Kantola, has been pro-
NOTED from Lieutenant q. g. to
Lieutenant. He is stationed at the U.
S. Naval Air Station at Pensacola,
Florida
The Ely miner., 1942-10-15
CITY TAX LEVY.

IUUdI ............ Sz46Z03 SZ35,UI4
Figures for 1912 are given as they
were spread upon the tax books by
the county auditor after final valua-
tions for the year were received by
his office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
A Thought for Today
India and the War

When Columbus sailed away from Genoa that memorable day in three over sized lifeboats, he sailed in search of India, mysterious land of fabulous wealth. The kings and queens of Europe needed that wealth to keep their wars going and their treasury departments from complete bankruptcy Columbus missed India but, unknown to him, found something much better. All the adven- turesome gallants who sought a north west passage through North America al- so missed India, but will Hitler and Hiro- hito miss it? Anyone knowing the answer can go long way toward forecasting the outcome of the war.
 With the Japanese driving in from Bur ma and Germany expected to slash down from the Middle East upon 'the brightest jewel in the British Empire" the fate of India means more to the cause of the United Nations than many of the every thing-will ill-come-out-all- ll-rignt" boys care to admit Should Hitler and the Japanese joir4 forces in India, it would unite these two strong foes for the first time in phy- 3ical military way, and the unsplitting of that union would be long and costly and
 
 forces of the British Empire and endan- ger China more than anything that has happened The wealth, manpoWer and strategic position of India also would be lost.
 Last and hardly least, if, India is lost, would we have much of an argument with which to keep the Arabs, Africans, and Polynesians who are on our side still on our side? We could keep offering them independence and keep insisting that bad as British imperialism might seem to them, the known barbarian of the Sons of Heaven and the Gestapo is hundred fold worse. Such exhortations don't mean much, however, if you continue flying the white flag.
 This is no plea for the United States to land an eXpeditionary force in the land of Gandhi, the maharajas and the un- touchabes. We are far too busy in other corners, and the British and the Indians should by now, after Singapore and Hong Kong, realize this battle won't be won on the polo fields of Calcutta or the fashion able cocktail lounges of Bombay. The point is that the conquest of India by the enemy would rate in many ways as the greatest disaster of the war for the United Nations. Some might welcome this dismemberment of the British Elm pire, but they would be cheering for the outfit all set to swat Us, come the right day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
Justi6able Complaint

Most people will agree with Gov Robert A. Hurley who last week telegraphed Pres ident Roosevelt to complain of set-up in Connecticut by which various young men of selective service age are being granted a chance to secure commissions with the ground forces of the U. s. Army Corps. According to the governor those selected for such commissions are picked for Spe- cial qualifications among which should certainly be service, but are arrived at after a series of interviews. The governor went so far as to say that the fortunate youths who passed the tests came by 1t after learning privately of such an op- portunity.
 If the commissions are available, they should be open to all and not merely few who acquire the information through some hidden channel. That's not the way the Selective service law is supposed to work and if fathers and mothers of boys in service or boys who may be called in- to service are convinced that partiality is being. shown, we may as well prepare for little revolution of our own. And who could blame parents for violent objec- tions to a method that is supposed to be indiScriminate in its application.
 There's no doubt but what some men show more aptitude for things military than others. With training most of them become more or less proficient, but there are still certain ones whose leadership is pronounced and makes them natural of- ficers But when selective service lists can be culled by civilians for officer prospects, you're apt to run into difficulties, in view of the democratic system We insist is be- hind our method of drafting. The gover- nor should see his complaint through.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
This Is America

American women have proved of re- cent years that this necessarily isn't a mans world. In every field of competition today the woman has proved that she can hold her own. We don't know if this is in back of the movement to create wo- mans army to help Uncle Sam win the war, but we sincerely hope not. If there is one place where the woman should not attempt to force her way, it's into the Army. We quite agree with Bishop John OHara who Sunday called on 5000 mem berS of the New York Police Department to oppose any proposals to put women in the Army"
 The House of Representatives recently approved plans for Women's Auxiliary Army Corps of 150,000 members and the Senate is even now considering the bill. True these women wouldn't be called upon to shoulder guns and fight along side of men. Their tasks would be cook ing, laundry, hospital, and clerical serV- ice. If it comes to choice of eliminating kitchen police duty for the soldier and turning the job over to the womers corps or retaining it with the boys in dungarees complaining of their lot, we think the lat ter choice should be made.
 Women can ana are being or the great" est assistance in winning the war. Many of them are taking the places Of men called from factory benches where de- fense manufacturing is going on; others fill positions elsewhere that formerly were held by men. In great numbers they man the civilian defense posts in every com munity That's real service, even if 1t is many miles away from the camps and the fighting sectors. We doubt if the effort to expand their opportunities to help win the war by putting them on a glorified "k. D." scale will work out the way it's supposed to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

an answer, and so general has the story become, that they have felt called on to make it publicly.
 It is simply that 71.3 per cent of the total casualties of the British Common wealth of Nations in the war thus far, have been among soldiers and sailors of the United Kingdom, that is, from Eng land, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ire land. Unless and until those official fig ures are disproved, they are surely more worthy of belief than idle chatter and biased suppositions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

vivors calling now upon the slow- going and carefully ravigated ves- sells 10 rescue them.
 Courage and foolhardlnesB may at first glance resemble each other; in fact SO much as to be almost indlB- tinguiBhable. But the same is true of the mushroom and toadgtoo1. The former iS food, the latter poison. He who hesitates, dallieg, or ShritikS from making . decision when the way Is clear and action is indicated, does himself and the whole world Q grave disservice. But, on the other hand, he who piunges along under full steam when fog has settled down upon his seA-ianes, ig getting himself ready for Ohipwreck.
 Restraint ig 6 word that few Of ug like. We all prefer to plunge along, once our minds are made Up. There is c time when VIC should do SO, but there are other times when we need to slow down for the fog. It takes self-masteTy to hold back when we want to 60 ahead. We want 10 Do pretty sure the way ahead Of is is clear before we put on full steam. All Rights Reserved -Babson News-
 paper syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
Current Comment

Instead of permitting the war to bend us to It's will, we must use 1t to forge for ourselves and our children some of the sterling traits of character that made our fore fathers great
 Mrs. William Kletzer, president, National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
 Countless thousands of tons of materials now going to waste can ~. be put to military use to de- feat the aggressor nations.
 --Lessing .. Rosenwald, chief,
 Bureau of Industrial Mobiliz-
 ation.
 I speak for the rest of my coun- tryinen when say that all Cubans, civilian and military alike, stand shoulder to shoulder with the United tSates in her determination that the axis shaoil never menace te shores Of the Western Hemi- sphere.
 --Dr. Juan Fisueroa, president, Cuban physicians' commission.
 
 Sec everything, hear everything, soy nothing. silence is safety. Navy notice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

That was startling information the American Petroleum Institute released lime a tanker is sunk 100000 motorists have to get gasoline from some other source. Pretty soon there won't be any other sources for those 100000 motorists; And what will they do then, pray tell? They simply will have to leave our cars in their garages and walk or bus to work and other destinations. That has been hinted at for long time, but most of us prefer to postpone the inevitable to the very last minute. On the other hand there's something to be said about what Uncle Sammie is going to do about this toll U-boats are taking in the Allan tic. A constant patrol for the submarines is naturally being maintained, but 1t either will have to be redoubled or else some other means of transporting oil Will have to be used. And that probably, VIII be the best way until the Navy and the Coast Guard have the situation well In hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

We don't know whether Gov. Robert A. Hurley scored point or not in his tel egram to President Roosevelt protesting certain commission recommendations by civilian groups, but at any rate it's notice able that a member of one of the three Connecticut committees mentioned-that in Bridgeport-shows the name of Ray noond D, Baldwin as a member It was only last week, if we recall correctly that the ex-governor took the Democratic ad- ministration to task for politics ir civilian defense work. His work on the civilian committee making recommendations for commissions is probably most exemplary, but if the governor makes his point against such groups the ex-governor naturally will be in the middle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

The submarine has since been raised, and It's navigation chart and log, translated Into English, showed 6 remarkable voyage.
 Tho submarine had actually made q complete tour inside this vital naval base, had escaped un- seen, and the captain had noted the location of each U. s. vessel together with the time he passed 1t.
 The chart showed the Jap sub had arrived off the entrance of Pearl Harbor at 1850 q. nl., December 7-a few hours before the air attack. It waited at the harbOr's mouth until 4:2O .. in., when the net was lowered to let Q garbage scout out.
 Then the sub sneaked in. The commander noted the location of the battleships Utah and the West Virginia - the former announced as sunk. He marked down the positions Of a2 destroyers, which he said were huddled close to- gether; also three gunboats, and the cruiser Trenton. Tn another place he noted Large white mans mans house."
 The chart showed that he passed out of the harbOr unseen at B:26 a. m. and apparently lay off the harb0r's mouth for the next hour while he raAlOed the exact location of each ship to the awaiting Jap air carriers.
 About the only thing the Jap commander failed to put in his log was that at 6:33 Q. m. he was sunk.
 BIKE. .G0-ROUND
 At a cocktail party the other day, Leon Henderson and sena-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24


 tor Burnet Maybank of South Carolina demonstrated how to ride the hosts new birthday bicycle. But Henderson looked at the tires, shook his head, and said "Guavule" Congresswoman Edith Rogers end Cabinet-wife Mrs. Claude Wickard declined to perform on the bike, though Mrs. Rogers declared she expects to ride a bicycle to work at the Capi- tol soon Mrs. Wickard made Claude promise to give her @ bike for her next birthday ., Mrs. Warren Pierson recalled that her last bicycling efforts-in Bermuda frightened ell the horses on the island.
 STRANGE BEDFELLOWs
 one of the most needed labor reforms today is law compelling unions to make annual certified public reports of their finances, just as corporations must report to stockholders and the SEC. Lac bor's exemption from the rule is one of the chief factors reSpon- sible for the dictator rule ram- pant in some Of the biggest unions.
 Most labor office holders are opposed to this reform; they are against any proposal to curb their personal power or tenure of office. But there is strong sen- timent for 1t among the union rank-and-flle. This column has received hundreds of letters from workers everywhere strongly ape proving compulsory accountings of the millions pay in dues.
 Probably the big-gun leaders by themselves would not Be strong enough to prevent enactment of such legislation, but 50 far they have been able to block 1t with, the potent aid of strange ally.
 This extraordinary bedfeIIOw Is the National Association of MhnuI@cLuVcTBs
 The NAM Is the oldest, most tireless and effective foe of or. ganized labor in the U. s. A. Its hand is behind every bill to curb union privileges. But on the issue Of public financial reports, the Manufacturers Association sees eye-to-eye with it's traditional foe. It IS just az violently opposed to this reform az the labor chiefs.
 REASON; The manufacturers
 fear tkat such Q law would be
 applicable also to them and, ape
 paFcntIy, like the labor mOguIS,
 they dent want the public to
 know where the Association gets
 It's money and what t does
 with it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
Selected Poem
I HEARD A YOUNG VOICE CALLING (Joseph Joel Keith in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

I HEARD A YOUNG VOICE CALLING
 (Joseph Joel Keith in the Christian
 Science Monitor) I heard young voice calling. I opened the door Where. in what sweet, high rising, had l heard it before2 I walked to the knoll near the woodland, I shaded my eyes, giving them sight that sought the far meadows and skies. I saw a young girl running down the new hill, down where the days in slumber had been snowy and still. The sight of tho young girl singing made me understand: there, the firgt flower of spirngtiine, was held in her hand. We stood a while in the doorway; our vision went far. We entered the house, but we left the wide door ajar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

charges heard on Capitol Hill in Q long time.
 The speaker was Representative Clinton P. Anderson of New Mex leo, who was a successful business man before the came to Congress. These are the bombshells--so Inys- teriously unreported-which he tossed:
 l. THAT the labor crackdown furor was a carefully planned scheme initiated by certain business clements.
 2. THAT its purpose was to divert public attention and an- ger from the disclosures of huge war protiteering, refusal to convert plants to war production, and the undercover operations of key-placed doilar-a-year men to protect the private interests of industries from which they are drawing big salaries.
 3. THAT Arthur Bunker, head of the WIPE Division of Aluminium and Magnesium, is receiving $60,000 a year from a New York banking firm, and that he has prevented the con- struction of a low.cost mag nesiuin pIant while vigorously aiding Q high-cost project owned by the giant Dow Chemical Go. Anderson told the House he was firmly convinced that much of the uproar against labor was instigated by secret organized ac. nvity. Editorials were "plant. cd" and Congress was deluged with inspired letters demanding dras- tic measures, he declared.
 "The chambers of commerce in my State, and 4 suppose in yOurs," said Anderson, fare be- ing harried into special meetings tO damn labor for not working A hOurS a day. But what is la- bOr to produce? War goods? Oh, no. To produce enough radios, TefFlgeFatrs and rayn hose to stock stores drought the war, from factories that have not been converted tO military pur. poses. Do our people know that teddy, 3K months after Pearl HarbOr, and for a month and . half yet to come there are hun- dreds of vital plants that wifi not make desperately needed war supplles?"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

Can you answer seven of these
 test questi0ns7 Turn to back page for the anSwers.
 1. Name the largest fortified island at the entrance to Manila Bay.
 2. Duties on imported goods are paid at the offices of the Collectors of Internal Revenue or at the Gus. tomhouses2
 8. What famous aviator fcy around the world in 1888 in q plan named "New York Worlds F'ab l939"?
 {. Bessarabia was formerly a par of Arabia: true or false?
 s. What animal can sleep sus, pended upside down2
 6. How many ciphers added {. the figure one produce the cardina, number quintililon?
 2. On which famous document il John Hancock's signature the first and boldest2
 8. What Is a Miss Nancy"9
 9. There are five, ten or fifteef cities in the United States thai have . population of over one mil lior?
 10. The milrels is the monetar. unit of which South Arnericai cotintry7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

Three week-ends in row now have produced rainy weather. And not one ot the storms could be called shower. Eacn has been wild and wooly with plenty o1 rain falling. We don't know whether lts a good thing to crowd so much ram mo one month When that happens 1olloW- ing months often have habit Of oecom- ing extremely dry.