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Warfare today is more than ever
ever before in history dependent
upon the productive effort of the
men and women behind the lines.
The ships, tanks, planes, guns,
shells, and other equipment pro-
duced by these behind-the-lines
workers very definitely determines
the C. or failure of a nation
at
How efficiently and rapidly
these products of war are manu-
featured also is, of course, most
vital in determining the fate of
a nation at war. This leads directly
to the subject of labor's part in
the United States war effort, and
the question: is Labor Patriotic?"
The answer is an unequivocal
Eyes" Labor is participating in the
war effort in the United States
whole heartedly and ingeniously
as only a nation of free men and
women an. Labor is fighting the
battle every minute of the time,
Sundays and holidays included,
fighting not with guns, but with
its skill and Drawn, at the work.
bench, forge, assembly line,
wherever war material can be
produced.
1t is true, and labor itself will
not deny it, that there have been
strikes, iurisdictional disputes, and
other occurrences which have
interefered with the smooth oper-
alton of our industrial war ma
chine. But these incidents are a
part of our industrial system. AS
long as our system permits the
gaining of profits from the manu-
facture of war goods, so long will
it be only fair that labor be en-
titled to a just share of the profit
for its efforts.
But with u actual entry into
war, labor displayed its patriotism
through its willingness to give up
its right to strike, demonstrating
it's sincere desire to produce un-
hampered while a Government
board exists to settle differences.
In addition, labor unions, which
fought long and hard for improved
labor standards, r giving up
their wage scales of double time
for Sunday and holiday work for
the duration, accepting the Wage
and Hour Law provision of time
and one-half for work beyond 40
hours in a single workweek.
And as far as actual bearing of
arms is concerned, the record is
sure to show that labor is at least
proportionately represented in all
branches of the service. The same
can be true with respect to par
ticipation in community organiza-
tons, such as service as air raid
wardens and in other civilian war
work groups.
What labor is doing in the way
of investing financially in the war
effort is a matter of almost daily
front page news. The purchase of
War Bonds and Stamps by work.
ing men and women on an ever
increasing scale illustrates per-
haps better than anything else the
vital interest in the war effort
felt by labor. The workers of
Union after Union and plant after
, 1942-09-17
Sowing Costs Of
Government
By William Kesling, UE Local SOL

Various agencies of the Government, including the local issuing
agents of War Bonds, m asking the purchasers to give consideration
to the thought of saving paper, engraving, time, etc, by ordering
their bonds in larger denominations than the $500 bonds.
, 1942-09-17
IS LABOR PATRIOTIC?

EDITORS NOTE This is de@ second of a series of four articles written by Grace G..
Ga@oh Cleveland Regional Director of the Wage and Hour Division, U S Department
dLabr
Military sragss in recent years have told us, and events of the past few years nave demon
tad that modern warfare is vastly different from what was as recently dwmg World War
Primarily the difference in the materials of w ar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
SWU Field
Day Sunday
Event to be Held in School
Stadium; Parade, Banquet
Are Planned.

Minnesota's annual field day for
the Slovenion Women's Union of
America will be conducted here Sun
day. A program has been arranged for
the event, tentatively as follows:
Attend holy mass at st. Anthony
church at 1920 a. m.
Parade at $3.50 p. m. followed by
the field day demonstration in the Ely
Schools stadium.
Banquet at 6 o'clock in the Com
munity Center Speakers at the ban
quet are the Rev. Frank Mihelcic and
Anton zbasnik of this city; Mrs. Albina
Noyak, editor of Cleveland, and Mrs.
Mary Lenich, supreme auditor, Eveleth.
Vocal selections will be given by
Edward Shepel, accompanied by Mrs.
Frances Lindbeck; MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Merhar; Miss Amelia Korosec,
accompanied by Mrs Katherine Mer-
har. Louis Rebel will play accordion
selections and Miss Mary Hutar will
lead the community singing.
Mrs. John Kapsch and Mrs. Matt
Vertin will be in charge of the BAN
quet; Miss Frances Pengal and Mrs.
Ann Stoll will be in charge of table
decorations and Mrs Mary Startz of
publicity.
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E xpect Final Word on
Athletics by Sept. 1st

The range area will not know until
Sept whether inter scholastic
athletic schedules for the coming sea-
son will be played.
BY this time, Supt. Stanley Adkins
told the school board Monday night,
additional information would be
secured from federal tire rationing
officials on the extent to which school
motor vehicles could be used and
still be given permits for new tires.
Present tire rationing regulations
permit the use of school cars only
for transportation of pupils to and
from their homes.
A meeting of school superintendent
and athletic coaches will be conducted
in Hibbing Monday, however, when
the problem will be discussed again at
another of a series of meetings started
several weeks ago.
Until final information is available,
football games set for the first of
September may be cancelled and re-
scheduled for the last part of the
season.
The designations of two teachers
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On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Why not let the military heads,
schooled in the art of war, handle the
present world difficulty. President
Roosevelt and winston Churchill, are
just as impatient over delays as is
the rank and file of curbstone generals
shouting for second front. There is
no doubt that they will open a second
front just as soon as they are ready
for it and all the letter writers and
post card advisers cannot stampede
them into position for which they
are not ready. The cost of a fail
ure is to be measured in lives and
money, should We go off half cooked"
in this about drive for victory which
Will come as soon as We are assured of
preparedness and success. The second
front Shouters are the same bunch
who bitterly opposed every move to
prepare American defenses against
Hitler up to the day Hitler invaded
Russia and who thereupon became
loudly in favor of war In the group
were noticed old line Communists who
began at once to lombard the presi-
dent for a second front No prodding
is needed. What We need is the ships.
the planes, armament and munitions.
The Red front is asked to concentrate
on providing weapons and leave the
war strategy to those who know how
to carry on leadership
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
Defense Bonds Mean Victory

This free America was not so free
few days ago when six of the con-
victed sabateurs were executed, one
went to prison for life and another for
thirty years, after having had a fair
trial and their guilt legally estab-
ished. In any of the German occupied
countries the sabateurs would have
met their fate without a trial before
firing squad and it would have made
no difference if they were guilty or
not. In fact mere suspicion of not
Hell Hitlering" would have resulted
in firing squad finish The German
Gestapo hits town and the citizens
who fail to bow and cringe before
the brass hats gentry are marked for
liquidation, their women outraged and
the children sent to a concentration
camp to die. Buy bonds to furnish
ornaments and supplies to make this
condition impossible in this country.
This will be our lot if the Hitler
MusSolini- Hirohito trio should win
this total war This is not expected or
even anticipated. Use every cent you
can spare for bonds and stamps.
Uncle Sam needs money Uncle Sam
needs men. Your money will not be
worth a d. should Uncle Sam fall
in holding off the hellish European
hordes. Buy Bonds.
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TOTAL, final
WAR-BRADLEY
Chicago Cleric Warns, owe
Stand But Upon Its
Threshold"

The war upon which America has
embarked will be total and final Dr.
Preston Bradley warned at Ely's VIC
tory mass meeting Sunday night.
1--WE stand but upon its threshold, -
DR.. Bradley said.
The woodworking Ely drum and
bugle corps had just completed its
exhibition when rain sent the audi
ence scampering from the stadium to
the Washington auditorium, where the
program was completed
Theme of the meeting was: Victory
by United Effort, by Individual Ser
vice-Buy War Bonds!"
America, DR.. Bradley said, must
assume Britain's place in world af-
fairs, or see it taken by Japan and
Germany.
"The United Nations will win this
war;" he asserted, "but no one knows
whether it will take two or 20 years.
When the hour of victory arrives,
there will come the greatest oppor-
tunity of leadership the world has
ever known.
"Then," he said, "all demarcation
lines of race, creed and color will be
washed away by human blood"
Dr. Bradley declared that this is
not just another war, nor is it world
war No. 2.
"You are NOW in the first world
war;" he said, distinguished by the
first use of the descriptive term
"total."
"There is not place on this world
that is not potential war territory"
he said.
"The war of 1914-18 was a prelude"
to the present conflict, he said.
The pageant, "Just Who Is Uncle
Sam?", was conducted under the di-
rection of Harold j. Dillon as master
of ceremonies. The characters, attired
in costume, were: soldier, Frank Sto-
mich; sailor, David Childers, Jr,; air
cadet, Keith Brownell; marine, Will
liam Rikhus; miner, Jos. Grahek;
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Returns From Year on Greenland

April the sun shines weakly for about
four hours daily.
The workers live in barracks, eat
the best food, and are well provided
with recreational facilities, Johnson
said. Beer, of the canned variety, is
rationed, and from January until
June there wasn't an ounce available
There are juke boxes for music and
short wave radios for the latest news
Favorite stations were Boston and
London.
The occasional papers that came in
were shared by everybody. Johnson
received The Miner, and got nearly a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
Picnic, Water Show
Planned for City by
Recreation Workers
Gala Affairs This Weekend
to Conclude Summer
Activities.

Two gala events have been planned
for the city this weekend by the rec
reation department.
An an-city playground picnic will
be held at WhiteSide park Friday
morning and afternoon.
Sunday afternoon a water show
will be staged at the Shagawa
municipal park beach.
This event presents a fine oppor-
tunity for families to take a picnic
lunch and spend the day at the beach.
Game facilities will be open at 10
a. m. The water show will start at
2 p. m.
The playground picnic at Whiteside
Friday will feature the playoffs for
the city softball championship. Chill
dren will bring their own picnic lunch,
but the recreation department will
furnish pop. Prizes will be given for
races and stunts, and the favorite
playground leader, selected by popular
vote, will give a summary of the
seasons activities.
Registration will open at o'clock,
with games and stunts scheduled from
10 to II o'clock. A half hour will then
be taken out for lunch, following
which talks will be given by Mayor
John Kapsch and Edward T. Buckley,
a member of the recreation board.
At p. m. prizes will be awarded,
the leaders summary given, and re-
view of activities presented by Di-
rector Stanley Modin. The city cham
pionships will start at o'clock be-
tween the Whiteside and Lincoln
teams.
The water show at the beach Sun
day, arranged by Leonard Klun and
Miss Mary BONNER, supervisors, will
be inaugurated by a concert by the
municipal band from l to p. m.
The following swimming races for
both boys and girls will be conducted:
Crawl stroke, long course, ages 49,
18 years; short course, 8-12 years.
Breast stroke, long course, 1913
yColo. Dam SIIOhC, lOIlS COulSc, 1o-
Is years. Free style, short course, g.
IL years.
Novelty races-Blind fold, ping pong,
three-legged, newspaper, old clothes,
tug-of-war in water, water croquet,
all up to Is years; tub race, cork,
balloon, up to II years.
Game contests-Horseshoe tourna-
ment, 16 years and up; and sand
moulding, up to IL years; volleyban,
cageball, and water baseball, open to
any age.
Game facilities available to pic
nickers include horseshoe, volleyball,
croquet, chess, bocce ball, and cage
ball.
The picnic and water show will con-
clude the summer activities program.
The beach will no longer have atten-
dants.
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WAR BONDS QUOTA
rs SET AT $4,000.
Ely's war bonds quota for
August is $4,000, A. J. Nc
Mahan, committee chairman,
reveals.
OLIVER ANNOUNCES
PERSONNEL CHANGE.

Several changes in positions have
been announced by the Oliver Iron
Mining company here
George Coad, with the Oliver here
for II years, has been transferred to
Virginia, and j. A. Kellow, who
came here from Hibbing six months
ago, has returned to Hibbing.
A. w. Nyberg has been promoted
from cashier to assistant chief clerk,
and Berger E. Lindbeck has been adj
vanced from bookkeeper to cashier.
The changes were effective Monday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
POLICE BALL SOON.

were accepted, and that of a third
accepted conditionaIly.
Resigning were Misses Josephine
Slogan, junior high school music
instructor, and Evelyn Arko, home
economics teacher. Miss Doris Bergh,
music supervisor, asked the board if
it would release her so that she could
secure a position at the Kansas State
Teachers college, Emporia. Final word
from her has not been received.
DR.. H. c. Newgord was hired as
school dentist on full time at salary
of $500 monthly for nine months. DR..
Jack P. Grahek was rehired as school
doctor at a salary of $165 monthly.
and Mrs. Joseph Stoll as school nurse
at $140 monthly.
A group of non-teaching school en-
ployes asked for salary adjustment
"due to the high cost of living" Salary
schedules for similar types of work will
be secured from other range schools.
and the matter will come I'D for
discussion again at the next regular
meeting.
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Greenland
The land of the midnight sun.
The land of continuous darkness.
The land of the great icecap.
The land SO strategically located for
the defense of America.
Ben Johnson of this city has just
returned from this now land of mys-
terious and secret military prepare
tons after being gone for practically
II months.
Travelling 3,700 miles by boat, air.
liner, and train, Johnson is back
home for a brief visit before leaving
again Sept. 10 to resume his work on
the Greenland defense project.
johnson spent good share of his
life on Eastwood lake, unquestionably
one of the best fishing lakes in the
nation, but it has to take a back seat
to the waters of Greenland.
"There," he said, 1--WE catch trout
on bare hooks. All you have to do
is dip the hook in the water, and
the fish hit for it right away"
Minnesota" he added, "should be
given due credit. It's fishing is good
too. But you've got to have something
on the hook"
There is very little vegetation on
Greenland's rocky terrain, and inland
about the same as Ely's. In that far
ice covering everything to depth OF
thousands of feet. It's 500 miles wide
and 1,70O long. White fox, caribou
and birds are the only animal life
on the western coast where Johnson
was located The trout Johnson spoke
of weigh from one-half to two pounds
Eskimos live only on the east coast
The country is possession of Den
mark.
While johnson was practically or
top the north pole, the climate Is
about the same as Ely's. In this faI
north latitude, however, there's con-
tinuous daylight during summer
months. while from November tC
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
SECURITY BOARD TO
SEND WORKER HERE.

The Duluth field Office of the social
security board, bureau of old-age and
survivors insurance, has announced
change in its service of the Ely area.
r. w. Boeder, manager, has informed
us that Ralph T. Sprague will be in
Ely on Aug. 10 and will make his
headquarters at the court room of the
city hall from IL to II a. m.
Mr.. Sprague will be pleased to assist
all callers in any matters pertaining
to the social security act Subsequent
visits will be announced.
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Remember Pearl HarbOr

Several yearly hay fever sufferers
who have spent the pollen season in
this vicinity have informed The Miner
that they would seek other sections.
They stated that they would not come
again until the authorities conform to
the laws on eradication of noxious
weeds in more stringent manner than
has been the case. They complained in
particular of the rag weed. These
people come early and stay late and
are a source of considerable revenue
to Ely business houses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
Buy U. s. Defense Bonds

We have said it several times and
say it again. Why are the laws so
constituted that independent school
districts vote for and elect county
superintendent of schools when the
man so elected has nothing to say in
these districts and only has juris-
diction in the country schools? We
are not disparaging the ambition OF
the candidates to become head of the
county school system but feel that
the law should be amended so that
those whom he is to serve will elect
him.
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18th District Employees
Schedule Picnic SUNDAY.

The fourth commissioner districts
employees will hold picnic Sunday at
Mckinley park, near Tower, with
anyone in the district invited to at
tend. Bouyah will be served from
noon on as long as it lasts. Softball
will be played, and the districts
horseshoe champion will be DETER
mined. District employees are arrang-
ing the picnic, with John Kapsch as
committee chairman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
Remember Pearl Harbor

Hitler is now squawking because
cities in Germany are being bombed
and in this procedure civilians are
losing their lives II Herr Hitler will
look back on his memory pages he
Will find that it was himself that
started this unholy practice. The Allies
do not want to injure civilians but
this cannot always be avoiled in at
tacks upon military and naval objec-
tives which include plants where
munitions of war are being created,
saws the Carlton Vidette.
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Remember Pearl Harbor

1912 Fable. Having been impor-
tuned by thousands of my friends,
have persistently fought the idea but
have at last consented to throw my
hat in the political ring and have my
name grace the ballot at the coming
primaries. My whole ambition in
CONTINUED on Page Four
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Produce From Victory
Gardens Fair Feature
Board Increases Number
of Vegetable Entries
for Exhibitors.

The produce from Ely's
victory gardens" will be one
of the principal features of the
18th annual Community Fair
on Friday, Aug. %.
The number of garden veg
etable entries has been in
creased greatly to attract a
large and representative dis
play.
The entry list was released today
by the fair board.
AS an inducement to conserve the
use of sugar, the judges viii rank
highest baked and canned goods US
ing sugar substitutes.
Entries will be received Thursday,
Aug. q, from l to 5 p. m. Anyone
residing in the Ely trading territory
may make entries. The fair will be
opened to the public the following
day.
The following individual entries may
now be made in the vegetable class:
Carrots, beets, sweet corn, rutabagas,
bell peppers, finger peppers, green
onions, Slicing cucumbers, pole beans,
and cauliflower. In addition there are
prizes for the best collections of
victory garden" vegetables.
All vegetables should be of the table
variety.
The largest pumpkin, largest head
of cabbage, and largest squash may
be entered for judging.
Three items have been added to the
canned goods entries. They are canned
meat, canned polish sausage, and
canned spinach. The prizes for potica
have been increased. This year there
are separate divisions for cooking and
eating apples.
In the domestic science and sewing
division, it was decided by the board
that all sewing articles must be
finished
With families urged by the govern
ment to raise larger gardens and put
up more canned foods, it is expected
that these two divisions will be the
best in the history of the fair
The complete entry list for canned
and dried goods follows:
Apricots, baby beets, beet tops, blue
berries, best collection of five var
ieties of preserves or jam, best COL
lection of five varieties of jelly, caul-
flower, carrots, corn, horse radish,
peas.
Tomatoes, peaches, pears, plums,
rhubarb, string beans, tame straw
berries, wild raspberries, canned fish,
canned meats, canned polish sausage,
canned spinach.
In addition prizes are offered for
Is canned pickle items.
FreSh-grown fruits that may be
entered include cooking apples, eat
ing apples, crab apples, plums, grapes,
strawberries, raspberries, currants,
cherries, gooseberries, and dolgo
apples.
The fairs display of flowers has
always ranked with the best in
Northeastern Minnesota, and this
years is expected to maintain the
same high standard. There are A
items in this class.
Thirty-six different items may be
entered in the domestic science and
sewing class. In the baking class there
are eight items under the heading of
breads, 10 different types of cakes,
and four types of pies.
The fair will be held in the Com
munity Center auditorium.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
Pressure Cooker Gauges
VIII be Tested Tuesda4

Pressure cooker gauges will be
tested here Tuesday evening from z
to 10 o'clock in the Community Center
by Miss Elizabeth Spreistersbach, vir-
ginia home demonstration agent. Only
the cover of the cooker to which the
gauge is attached need be brought.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
Supreme Board of AFU
to Begin Session MOndau.

The supreme board members of the
American Fraternal Union will be-
gin their annual meeting here Mon
day. The semi-annual audit of the
union books, which started Tuesday.
will be concluded this week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-13
522 POUNDS OF FOIL.

Five hundred and twenty-five pounds
of tin and lead foil have been sent
to the Red Cross chapter at Duluth
by U. S. Grant McMahan and Louis
Prijatel since Jan. /.
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Supreme Court Justices
Are Guests at BURNSIDE.

Justice Clifford Hilton of the Min
nesota Supreme Court and Mrs. Hilton,
and Justice Archie Mckay of the
superior court of Wisconsin, and
daughter, Mary, are guests at Burnt
side lodge.
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months issue of a Northwest daily
in one shipment.
He embarked from Greenland by
boat July and reached New York
Aug. making an uneventful voyage
over the 1900 miles of dangerous
ocean. There he boarded an airliner
and was in Minneapolis in eight hours.
POLICE BALL SOON.
The Ely police department will hold
its annual ball Saturday, Aug. %, in
the Community Center. Patrolman
Jack Poshak and Capt. Joe Marko-
vich head the committee in charge.
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FRIDAY.

Labor's plan for the 1940's was
outlined to the CLIO members of Min
nesota in convention Friday after
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