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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22
ANNOUNCE list
OF RESERvISTS

The following group of reservists
will report here Monday at 7:30 a. m.
for transportation to Fort Smelling,
from where they will be sent to army
training centerS.
Acting Corp. Louis F. Sever, Ber-
nard j. Shikonya, Elmo A. Wirta,
Arthur E. Hujanen, Einar A. John
son, Louis F. Kastelac, Wayne w.
Salminen, Victor j. Perushek, Edmund
M. Haapaniemi, Maynard H. Thoren,
Alton L. Norlander, Robert N. Browne,
Helmer G. Hanko, Gerald E. Peterson.
Michael E. Shuster, Walter S. Mat
thews, John F. Lindroos, Arthur A.
Pajar, John j. Stepan, John ]. Ora
hex, Bernard NJ Thaisen, Jack Yuma,
Toivo N. Lofberg, Charles w. Aronen.
Joe Wallace, Uno j. Johnson, Ed
ward L. Korpela, Roy A. Maxi, Veikko
j. Koski, Edwin M. Carlson, Heino j.
Koskela, Elmo M. Alaspa, Leo P.
Hiltunen.
- Ia
Rru nofax,so Dox,de ond Cfo,,,pS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22

Miss Ida E. Kotchevar, daughter of
Mrs. Anna Kotchevar, has received
commission as ensign in the WAVES,
and will leave Nov. 10 for officers
training at Smith college, Northamp-
ton, Mass.
Ensign Kotchevar received her B. B.
A. and B. S. degrees from the Univer-
sity of Minnesota and did graduate
work at Northwestern university,
Chicago. She was formerly employed
in the commercial department of the
Aurora high school, and has secured
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22
AT ELY'S
THEAT
CROSSROADS" DEPICTS
WAR INTRIGUE IN PARIS

Suspense takes a front seat in
M-G-M's Crossroads" the thrilling
drama playing at the Ely Theatre
this weekend Thoroughly believable
and entirely engrossing, the film un-
folds a story of romance and intrigue
in Paris just prior to the present war.
1t stars William Powell and Hedy
Lamar, with Claire Trevor, Basil
Rathbone and Margaret Wycherly
heading sterling supporting cast.
Powell plays a French diplomat
married to the glamorous Miss La
MARI. Their happiness is threatened
when Rathbone and Miss Trevor engi-
neer a blackmail plot against Powell.
They charge him with masquerading
under a false identity and claim he
is really murderer and thief.
The situation is loaded with sus-
pense as Powell endeavors to prove
his true identity and expose the black
mail plot. With the ghost of his for
gotten past becoming ominously, Powell
probes for the solution.
The picture is a tightly-written,
plausible drama. It's characters, in
addition to those portrayed by the
stars and Miss Trevor, Rathbone and
Miss Wycherly, are finely drawn and
expertly played by such outstanding
actors as Felix Bressart, Vladimir
Sokoloff, Sig Rumann, H. B.. Warner,
Bates Post, Reginald Owen, Frank
Conroy, Philip Merivale, Fritz Leiber,
James Rennie and Mitchell Lewis.
SERGEANT YORK"
TO SHOW HERE AGAIN
In the days when folks are in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22

SERGEANT YORK"
TO SHOW HERE AGAIN
In the days when folks are in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22
KIWANIS CLUB MEETING.

The Kiwanis club will honor Navy
Day at their meeting tonight at the
Forest Hotel. Movies depicting life in
the U. S. Navy will be shown. Corp.
Matt Banks, who arrived from northern
Ireland is expected to attend the
meeting. Corporal Banks is a member
of the original contingent who sailed
for Ireland. Committee in charge of
the meeting are o. T. FriedSburg,
Archie Swanson and Harry Homer.
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VIDMAR
lConrtnued From Pare Onel

ing candlehght. Most of the time this
is by-passed, for you come in too
tired and you hit the hay.
"There are other duties here also
which call for long day, such as KIP
Everybody knows what that isl which
lasts one whole week (seven mighty
long days.. Or sometimes you back
to the line after supper, or sleep in
the ship, or to guard duty. Byrd
BrowneI CHS former employer) said
I'd get plenty of this, and boy, he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22

the end, it makes no difference if a
great forest blaze is started by enemy
action or by carelessness of an other
wire loyal American" If you're in
clined to be careless on your forest
vacations, watch your step. You may
be housekeeping.
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
A Humane and just Commander

Baronyon Steuben endeared himself to the
American soldiers, not only by his quaint
foreign WAYS and his explosions Of profanity,
but above all by his soldierly zeal, his sense
of justice and his kindness to the common
men. He frowned on all abuses of authority
and did his best to do away with barbarous
punishments. If an officer or soldier was
punished unjustly, he sought to give him
redress.
On one occasion, when, laboring under a
misapprehension, he had cursed a subaltern
IN the midst Of a drill and was Informed after
ward that he had picked on the wrong man,
he had the lieutenant step forth from the
ranks. Dofing his hat, and standing with
his white hair uncovered to a driving rain,
the Baron publicly begged the young officers
pardon for the unmerited rebuke, remark
ing, however, that the blunder perpetrated by
the other culprit might have imperilled the
safety of the troops in real action.
Before Steuben came to Valley Forge mis-
creants among the soldiers were made to
suffer cruel punishments, taken over from
the English,-such as fogging, branding,
sitting in the stocks, being hogtied or made
to ride a sawhorse with their spine resting
on a sharp edge sothat the culprit after a few
minutes tainted from pain. There was also
the barbarous punishment of running the
gauntlet, when the culprit had to run bet
ween two files Of his comrades beating his
bare back with their ramrods. After that
punishment, or after so or even 100 strokes
with a lash, the torture was made worse by
rubbing salt in the lacerated flesh. To all
such barbarities the Baron objected earnest
|ly, nor would he tolerate an officer or non-com.
striking an enlisted man while on duty. In
the American articles OF war, which ne after
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11

army so far that it could move in general evo-
buttons. During that time he had taught 1t,
no longer to traipse along In single file on
the march, like Indians on the warpath, but,
where the roads were wide enough to allow it,
in solid fronts of tours, Fights or even six
teens, marching in step like seasoned Euro
pean soldiers, thus greatly shortening the
column and the time it spent III getting from
one place to another. By the end of March
the new inspector general could proceed to
drill the army as a whole in battle evolutions,
a marvellous achievement in so short a time
amid such difficulties. AS Steuben wrote to
an old comrade in arms, Frelherr Won Gaudy:
The Genius of this Nation is not in the least to be
compared with that of the Prussians, Austrians or French.
You say to your Soldier: edo thisl" and he doeth it;
but l am obliged to say to the American: ''This is the
reason why you ought to do that, and then only he does it,
In his memories Steuben wrote of that
time
Nv Enterprise succeeded better than I had dared to
expect. / had the satisfaction in a Months Time to see
not only a regular Step introduced in he Army, but I also
made maneuvers with 10 or 10 Battalions with as much
precision as the Evolution of a single Company.
At last General Washington, having just
witnessed Steuben's general evolutions, felt
justified in proposing to Congress to give
Baron Steuben his due by appointing him
inspector general and giving him the rank of
MdJOT OeIeIdl. LII Ills report W OOHSIeSS OH
the subject, written April 30, some six weeks
after Steuben had entered in his active duties,
Washington wrote:
Baron steuben's length of service in the first military
school in Europe and his former rank point him out as
a person peculiarly qualified to be at the head of the
/ should do injustice, if l were to be longer silent with
regard to the merits Of Baron Steuben. His knowledge
of his profession, added to the zeal which he has displayed
since he began upon his functions, leads me to consider
him an acquisition to the service, and to recommend him
to the attention of Congress.
His expectations with respect to rank extend to that
of major general. His finances, he ENORMOUSLY confesses,
will not admit of his serving without the incidental emolu-
ments. Congress, I presume, will without difficulty crafty
him in these particulars.
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
A Gala Day

Washington received the welcome news of
Conway's elimination on April Both. On the
same day came the even more welcome adj
vance news of the conclusion Of the treaty
of alliance with France. The French officers
at Valley Forge went wild with JOY. General
Washington requested Steuben to be his chief
Of staff in preparing the troops for their first
grand parade in honor of the event. On May
9Th came the confirmation of the news and
the official communication of the Act of Con
gress appointing Steuben a major general.
On the following day the whole army was
drawn up before the Commanding General
and his Chief-of-Staff Won Steuben with a
suite Of distinguished guests and several thou
sand spectators, to a grand parade, followed
by impressive evolutions in three columns
and a final fen de joie. According to Steu-
ben's dispositions Lord Stirling led the right
wing, Baron de Kalb the centre and the Mar
quis de Lafayette the left. At the end of the
review the Commander in Chief, before the
assembled guests, thanked Baron Steuben
for all he had done to bring the Army to its
manifest efficiency and handed him the patent
of his Congressional commission as major
general.
The Baron, blushing very red, respectfully
suggested that every soldier that had parti-
cipated in the review on the troops return.
to quarters be served a gill Of rum. Washing
toms smiling order that this be done was re-
ceived with a joyous cheer and tossing up Of
hats, the Commander in Chief himself, rising
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
An American General at Last

The Congress answered Washington's
letter with the following resolution OF May
5, 1878:
That Congress approve General Washington plan. That
Baron Steuben be appointed to the office of Inspector general
with the rank and pay of major general his pay to com
mence from the time he joined the army and entered into
service of the United States.
Congress having neglected to provide other
wise for Inspector General Conway, it's new
appointment of another MAI to the same
office, of course, created an Immediate pre-
dicament. An effort was made to appease
Conway by sending him on a idle military
errand up and Town the Hudson to inspect
non-existent defences between Peekskill and
Albany. This by no means appeased General
Conway. Thinking to bluff Congress into
sidetracking Steuben he wrote a petulant
letter threatening to resign his commission.
AT the end of the letter to General Gates he
wrote:
I Do not pretend to be superior to Baron Steuben as
as to Genius or merit but having been peculiarly employed
in training troops to all field maneuvers, having much more
practise than he has, speaking the Language, / can venture
to say that I would have effected in one month or six
weeks, what he will not be able to accomplish in six months.
However if the army is train'd up properly it is not
material who trains it up, and | am pretty well satisfy'd
as to that point, but the Campaign is opening. l am
readily to take the field, if my services are deem'd Neces-
sary. If they are not, I must represent to you that my
honour, my principles, the regard | must pay to my rank
in the french army will not permit me to remain idle.
Therefore, Sir, if you have no occasion for my services,
l expect Congress will be SO equitable as to accept of my
resignation.
General Gates wanted to retain Conway, so
as to use him as a foil to. Washington and
Steuben, but Congress met the Irishman's
bluff by accepting his resignation, thereby
bringing infinite relief to the Commander in
Chief.
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
Jealous Resentments

The parole of the day was "SteubenD
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
SIDE G OF HISTORY
Steuben, the Man
By EDWIN EMERSON

ward helped to formulate, no countenance is
given to such degrading punishments.
In General Won Steuben's famous 'Blue
Book embodying the earliest American drill
regulations, which he wrote on General Wash
ington's request, the following instructions
stand forth to the everlasting credit Of its
author;
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11

Citizens Of German blood in this
war, as in every other wa in which
the United States have had a part,
certainly should not let themselves be
out-done by other groups. We are
all American citizens and we stand
as one in the defense Of our nation.
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
We Are All Americans

We hold all wars to be
deplorable. Once a nation
is drawn into war, however,
unless an honorable peace
may be secured betimes, it
would be disastrous to be
beaten in that war. There
fore we hold it the duty Of
all loyal American citizens
to do all in their power to
help our country, the United
States Of America, to win
its present war.
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11

Unsere Regierung hat die Wehr-
macht unseres Landes yum Schutze
ihrer Rechte und Freiheiten aufge-
boten. ALE Amerikaner ohne Inter
schied der Geburt und Herkunft,
darunter die LandesbIrger deutschen
Blutes, stehen in diesem Kriege elm
miitig hinter ihrer Regierung. Anne
rika list unser Land, das Land unse-
rer Kinder, das zu schitzen jetzt
unsere h0chste Aufgabe ist.
Washington Journal., 1942-09-11
Wir sind ale Amerikaner

Wir betrachten ale Krie-
ge ais bedauerlich. Aber,
wenn elm Volk nit Krieg
uberzogen wird und bis es
einen ehrenhaften Frieden
erringen mag, ware es YER
heerend, zu unterliegen. Da-
her halten wir es fir die
Pficht aller treuen ameri-
kanischen Burger, allies in
ihrer Macht zu tun, unserem
Lande, den Vereinigten
Staten Won
rum Osnno IN unrholfon
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-09
Seuttle Muchinists
Vote 7-DdY Week

Seattle ULNS). - AFL machinistS
employed in Seattle defense industries
nave decided 20 observe II Sevcn-day
work week effective April ;.
\ rotating shift plan, affecting 5000
workers, has been overwhelmingly
voted by Local No. 70. 1t is similar TO
that which already is in operation in
the Seattle shipyards.
With the seven-day week in effect,
the men will get double time only for
the seventh day of Il week, instead of
the mandatory double time for Sunday
work in the present contract. Under
the new contract, the men will be paid
straight time for first five days, time
and one-half for the sixth day, and if
they work seven days will get double
time for that day, irrespective Of
whether ii is Sunday.
The new contract, which provides Il
wage increase of approximately - per
cent, plus bonuses of 10 per cent on
the second shift and II per cent on the
graveyard shift, will he effective for
the duration of the war.
l. \. Sandvigcn, union business
agent, says the new program will re-
suit In Il Spccdup Of war production.
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Looking Forwdrd
(Continued From Paar One)

too easy and perhaps we are, but we
prefer to err on that point.
Brothers Walter Minick and Bill
Perrin were reported sick. Brother Joe
Bradbury who has been off work since
last December is very ILL., We want
these brothers to know we are think
ing of them.
Metuchen won the last bowling
match with our boys which evens the
series, one game each. A number of the
brothers made the trip to Metuchen to
witness the match. We are expecting Il
lot of interest to be taken in the final
match which be rolled Saturday, April
Is at Bernies
AsSemblyman Browne answered in
part our communication to the state
legislative body through his column in
the Sunday Times Advertiser on March
10Th. o. &. 10.
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ment ana Dy Cne retailers.
prices are going up all along the
line and at dangerously accelerated
pace he added. while there have
been cases of prOfteering it is not fair
to blame the retailer indiscriminately
for this The records Indicate that, as
a whole retailers have exercised con-
siderable restraint in raising their
prices. Often they have resisted the
upward pressure and thus foregonc
profits they might have had
Supplies Cut. Income Up
"The nature of this pressure Kee-
zer continued, can be Indicated by
the fact that national supplies avail
able for civilians are being cut about
one per cent Il month to meet military
needs, while money available to buy
these supplies is increasing about three
sets up situation which, left alone,
can result in Il monthly increase of
three and One-half per cent in the cost
of living, ruinous rate of imitation.
1T was both to combat imitation and
protect consumers from paying un-
| reasonably high prices that OPA re-
Gently set maximum prices, effective
March 80, that retailers can charge
for seven important household ap
pliances. The sureSt aid to the retail
ers in fighting imitation would be larger
supplies of the things they sell. While
we cannot hope for great aid along
this line while the war continues, the
situation would be materially eased by
the elimination of boarding, both by
consumers and in trade"
"Irresistible Forces" Seen
Speaking in Chicago, DR.. Ne
CarOtherS, conservative economist an(
head of the School of Business Admin
istration of Lehigh University, pre-
dicted a further and perhaps speedy
rise i'm the price level.
''An almost irresistible set of forces
is working to bring higher prices" he
said. "Our national income is at Il rec
ord level and rising steadily At the
same time 30 per cent of our total pro
duction of goods and services is de
voted to the war program"
With more purchasing power and ;
diminishing supply of consumer goods
no government control device can pre-
vent an upsurge in prices, DR.. Caroth
ers cOntended.
|
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-09
Preserving Civil
Freedom Despite
War, Union Told
Government Conscientious
And Vigildnt In Protection
OF Peoples Rights

New York City (ILNS).-Despite
the most dreadful struggle our coun-
try has ever known Americans have
preserved their liberty and freedom
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, chairman
of the board OF directors of the Amer-
can Civil Liberties Union, said ut the
annual meeting and report of elections
of the union at the Town Hall Club
here.
ut would be easy to become dis
couraged at the dark prospect of Il
world at war;" Holmes said, but 1t
would be betrayal of what is true
if I'VE did not acknowledge and pro
claim what is of such consequence to
the Civil Liberties Union-that Amer
ica is fighting Il war, as England has
out the loss of liberty"
Dr. Holmes pointed out that opinion
is free the organs of public expression
are at work, and the government is
conscientious and vigilant' in the pro,
lection of the peoples rights. This
does not mean that the fight for civil
liberties is won," DR.. Holmes said
There are some unhappy things taking
place.
But it does mean that we are en-
iOying as large Il measure of civil lib
critics as we deserve, and are still free
even in wartime, to fight against theil
abridgment, denial, and outrage"
Roger n. Baldwin, union director
who also spoke at the meeting, sale
conditions in this war are in "sharI
contrast with the mob violence, perse
cution, repression and fear of World
War L."
Another speaker, Quincy Howe
chairman of the National Council fol-
Freedom from Censorship, said tha
censorship conditions, in view of tht
war, were "amazingly good, and lef
little to be desired from the govern
ment" He said that she could Onl.
express the wish that motion pictur,
and radio producers would show more
enterprise in using the freedom whicl
they enjoy.
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Progress Is Being
Made In CUTTING
Futul Accidents
Illinois Is Doing It's Share
Towdrd Conserving
Mdnpower

Chicago LNS).-Illinois did its
share in 1911 toward conserving man
power for war production by reducing
fatal accidents Is per cent in relation
to total employment and hours worked,
State Director of Labor Francis T..
Murphy announces.
All accidents for which workers
claimed benefits under the workmen' S
compensation law of the state de-
creased about one per cent in 1941 in
relation to total man-hours of eX-
posure.
Better Record Is Aim
"This record is encouraging, but we
want TO improve on it in 1912" Direc-
tor Murphy said. Our battle cry today
is: BE careful! Every Accident Helps
Hitler"
Preliminary reports prepared by the
Department of Labor show that there
were 473 fatal industrial accidents
among non-agricultural and nondO-
nestle workers in Illinois in 1911, as
compared with 400 such fatal acci-
dents in 1910.
While this looks like an increase, Di-
rector Murphy explained, it is in re,
ality Il decrease i'm fatalities in relation
to the number of persons working and
the number of hours worked, which
statisticianS call ''man-hours of eX
posure to accident hazards"
Safety Drive Now On
"Our records show that employment
in non-agricultural and non-domestii
jobs in Illinois increased II per cent iT
1941, as compared with 1910, and the
average weekly hours of work in
creased 4.6 per cent Murphy said
This means that there were 122.:
chances of people getting hurt at work
in 1911 for every 100 chances in 1910
If the 1910 rate Of fatal accidents haC
| continued through 1941, total of 57z
fatalities would have occurred instead
of 473"
The labor director said his depart
ment is now conducting an "all-out'
safety campaign, calling for greater
cooperation between management ant
employees and safety inspection agen
cies, with the hope of further reducin.
industrial accidents.
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Three States Arrange
For Scrap Collections
OF Auto License Taos

Chicago, NS).-When Wisconsin
and Michigan motorists purchase new
license plates this year they will be
asked To discard their 1911 plates in
bins set UP by the state agencies regis
iering motor vehicles, the American
Public Works Association reports. The
OHIO registrar of motor vehicles has
arranged for return of old plates by
arrangements with the oil companies.
which can be thrown into special re-
ceptaclcS in service stations. garages
and license bureaus, will be collected
by Boy Scouts. The scouts will sell
the metal and receive the proceeds.
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Thirteenth All-Ohio
(C0niinnrd From Page Onr)

Effect ON the Worker"
At the Wednesday morning session
of the Construction Section, Frank
Smith, Cleveland, business representa-
tive of the International Union OF
LathcrS, will speak on the subject,
safety in building Operations from
the Workers. Viewpoint"
\ panel discussion, "IIow Can We
Stimulate and Maintain Interest in
Safety in the Construction Industry in
Ohio will follow Smiths subject.
ON Wednesday afternoon, "Our Ma
tionnl Safety and Defense" will he tn"
topic of the general session. Repre-
Harry Stevenson, president of the In
tcrnnlional MolderS Union, Cincinnati,
and G. +. Delaplanc, administrator of
the Medical and Dental Service De
partment of the Cleveland Industrial
Union Council.
OF special interest will be discus
sion of "Occupational Disease Hazards
Their Cause and Control' which is
scheduled for Thursday morning. Or.
\. l.. kctauvcr, assistant supervisor of
the commissions medical section, will
be chairman of this meeting.
The annual Congress banquet will be
held Tuesday evening tlariS Adams,
president of the Ohio State Life InSlIr-
ancc Company, Columbus, will serve as
toaStnaStcr. Principal speakers at the
banquet will he Philip T.. Aucr, pastor
of Peace Lutheran Church, Gallon, and
Thurman DUSTY" Miller, Wilmington.
Bill Naughn'S Orchestra will play at
the banquet, and Il solo will be offered
by Leslie l.. Diehl, baritone, accom-
panied by Marie Arms
Exhibits of safety devices, clothing
and practices will again be Congress
feature.