The Ely miner., 1943-12-02
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WITH WAR BONDS
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A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial
by the Editor

A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial
by the Editor
Over in Michigan, according to tn,
weekly newspaper Iron Ore OF Ishpem.
ing, several groups are agitated ovel
the Gestapo methods employed by the
OPA hirelings who harrassed foul
hunters who had pooled their gasoline
for one car in which to go hunting. Nc
extra gasoline was consumed and rub
Der was saved, but the OPA officials
could not figure this out and made
nuisances of themselves.
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Juvenile delinquency is agitating the
minds OF authorities everywhere, and
the conclusion has been reached in
many quarters that it is a national
outgrowth of delinquency among par
ents who are setting a poor example
for their offspring to follow. Girlhood
is being detached by organized vice
rings in the larger cities. and young
men feel themselves secure in pulling
off stunts since their older brothers
are away in the services. On small
er scale, these conditions prevail in
every community as well, only the
small town Is used as a recruiting sta
ton for the pandering and pickpocket
activities in the larger cities. The age
group not quite old enough to go to
war and too young to go to work is
getting off to a bad start. In several
cities it has been found that these vice
rings debauching girls could not exist
except for the patronage and foul
money of older persons. As long as
these rats who prey on girls for money
are at large and unshot, the condition
grows, and it is up to the parents to
get busy and cure the evil, in many
cases impossible because parents have
turned the rearing of their children
over to the over-worked police depart
ments. Such conditions do not prevail
in this city, but it would not hurt
parents to take look around and see
where their children spend the time
when they should be at home.
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S. Burton Heath, N. E. A. editor, in
commenting on the draft, thinks that
the decision to put pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers on the bottom of the draft list
instead of banning their induction
completely is proper and sound, and
the bill leaves no doubt about one
thing-that such fathers must be de-
ferred until all others available have
been taken. Every non-father in the
U. s. who can pass the tests should
be inducted before the first father is
drafted The matter of preserving
homes as long as possible should be
considered on national basis. not on
that of individual localities.
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Arthur Nelson in the Fairmont Sen
tinel pays the "Steel Trust" deserved
compliment when he says: What a
tremendous contribution Minnesota is
making to the war effort through her
great iron mines. And this is possible
because they are so expertly operated
by the Steel Trust Never has the
value of big, efficient business been
better illustrated. Do you suppose, had
the mines been operated by the gov
ernment, that the record would have
been anywhere equalled? And you
haven't heard of any strikes OF Min !
nesota miners either, have your Even
slightly ashamed politicians in the
south part Of the state have piped
down on giving the Steel Trust hell
for vote catering purposes. Too bad
winter will soon stop the ore fleets
from plugging down the lakes with
their precious cargoes. If only navi-
cation could be kept open all winter
the war would be shortened consider
ably. But there will be no stopping. !
Huge stock piles have been accumu-
lated at the big steel mills for winter |
production. When you evaluate the
factors that were in the front line for
victory. don't forget Minnesota's mines
and miners. In this, Minnesotas new,
enlightened labor laws play goodly
part as responsible to some degree at
least for the absence of labor disturb
ances and delays. CThe political clap
trappers will say, of course, that this
expression is in returns for Steel Trust
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The Detroit Lakes Record makes
pertinent comment on the war situa-
ton in Washington, as follows: A
contemporary tells us that a Miss
Kitty Boulger of Minneapolis is en-
ployed at washington and when she
was asked what position she was hold
ing. she replied: 'I work in that data
ANALYSIS group of the aptitude test
sub-unit of the workers analysis and
manning tables of the bureau OF labor
utilization of the war manpower COM
mission" Poor Kitty!
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Debt conditions in local units OF the
county government are revealed by the
Taxpayers Association. The total debt
obligations in all local units In the
county on January 1. 1943, were $1f,-
47e.817. They probably viii show less
by January this year as many OF the