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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-04-15

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| Africa, now the scene of wide
spread offensive action by U.
S. forces, and one from Aus
tralia have been received by
the VFW and The Miner in
the past few days.
Pvts. Rudy Glinsek a n d
! Frank Intihar mailed their let
ters from the dark continent
just before the present drive to
exterminate the Axis in Africa
began.
From the down-under CONT
nent comes word that Pfc.
Raphael j. Grahek is there
resting from his victorious six
months campaign in N e w
Guinea.
Private Glinsek, who said
he had been receiving the pa
per regularly, had quite a lit
tie to say about Africa.
A teletype operator, he typed out the
/ following message himself:
Am still in North Africa and am
still enjoying myself and doing lot
of work
THE people in this country Che ap-
paren.ly means the French) are very
nice, and, as I wrote before, the girls
are BEAUTIFUL. am getting along
with them better now that am learn
ing the language. 1t is difficult
language, but know enough of it to
talk with them and to accept invita-
tons to their home for supper. My
! buddy (not identified) and 1 have re-
ceived such invitations several times
and had quite meal-seven courses,
in fact, and plenty of wine.
1.-THE French are a fine race of
people and are very polite. I have
very good friends in this family and
will dislike leaving them when the
time comes. They all like the Amer
lean soldier.
IT wrote before telling you of the
trips had and I wish that I could tell
you lot more about them but I can't.
The boat trips were fine, but the land
trips were not so good. Riding through
the mountains in the cold and rain and
not any of us landing in the hospital
is beyond me.
1--WE have fine quarters here. We are
lucky enough to be in hotel in the
| town. We can go out on pass every
day when we are off duty. This is
(cenSored) I am in and there are many
| American soldiers here, but as yet I
haven't been able to find any from
Ely. I see by the paper that there are
a few here. I certainly would like to
see one of the home boys and find out
what two of us have experienced.
II didn't have a white Christmas as
I always had before, but I'll BE HOME
NEXT CHRISTMAS and will make up
| for it.
1--WE still get paid in francs, which
now are down to so to a ST., so we
don't get so much for our money.
81 see by the paper that Pfc. Tuon
ella is over here also, but not in the
same city. He says streets are well
lighted at night, but at night here it's
so dark when the moon isn't out that
you can't see your nose in front of
YOU I would much rather be in Eng
land, but have to do my part in the
war so I'm over here and doing it.
81 am receiving the paper regularly.
It is good to get it and see what the
other boys are doing and where they
are"
Private Intihar's letter was limited
to short message of appreciation to
the VFW for sponsoring the paper
project.
Again using stationery taken from
the defeated Japs, Private Grahek
wrote in an entirely different vein than
his preceding letter. Then it was of
fho ho of KTau, Ns,,;,,ao i1,r,o1o
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-04-15
NEPHEW OF ELYITE
WOUNDED IN GUADALCANAL

First 1t. Edgar Agnew, Dickinson,
N. D., was badly wounded in the bat
tie of Guadalcanal. He is a nephew Of
B. j. Agnew of this city.
Wounded, Lieutenant Agnew was
given up for dead, the Dickinson Press
states. He regained consciousness on
jungle battlefield and gave his COM
mander information on the enemy's
position. He is now back in the U. s.
in an army hospital recuperating.
Agnew rushed Jap machine gun
and fell under a hail of bullets. He
got four bullets in one knee, one in
the other leg and three in his stomach.
He livedl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-04-15

An Ely veteran of the bat
tie of Guadalcanal is credited
with being a creek machine
gunner.
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news ABOUT
SERvIcEMEN

Pvt. Stanley Grebenc is now MEM
Der of the GIMP Det, Camp Savage,
MINI.
Pvt. Louis C. DeBernardi is stationed
at Camp Robert, Calf, in Co. D, 82nd
Inf. TT. Bn, Bar. 311s
Pvt. Eugene G. Domich is in Sqdn. G,
PL3, AAFCTD, GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Cpl. A. w. ZbaSnik is stationed at
Fort Sheridan, H., 777th CA Bn., Hq.
Bly,.
Matt ]. Mayerle, seaman, first class,
has been assigned to overseas duty with
the Seabeas.
1t. Vern E. Johnson is in Bly,. G,
2O5th C. A. "a. Al, Santa Monica,
Calf
F. Lemuel Anderson is in training
with the coast guard, c. G. r. 1873,
Friday Harbor, Wash.
Sgt. Frank ]. Osaben has been
transferred to Shreveport, La, where
he is in Hq. & Hq. So, 2 ASC, Barks-
dale field
Pvt. Fred C. Childers, Co. A, ASTU,
SCSU ll42. Kendall So. P. o., 4 Ames
S., is now in training at the Mass
achuSettes Institute of Technology,
Cambridge.
Air Cadet Raymond L. Poljanec has
been transferred from Texas to Santa
Ana, Calf, sAAAB, So. 80.
Edward Albert Petek, seaman, second
class, is stationed on Treasure Island
Bar. 2, San Francisco.
Pvt. Mathew Skube is in Co. D, 1st
Med Rgt., Camp White, Ore.
Tech. Joseph ]. Mayerle is member
of the 32nd Ar. Rgt. Main. Co., APO
253, Indiantown Gap. Pa.
Pvt. Arnold E. johnson has been
transferred to Harding Field, La.
Pvt. Wllho o. Nykanen has been
transferred to Yuma, Ariz., and is in
the 447th CA (AA Bn.
Pfc Emil Kyro, TSS 1853 AAF, Bks.
E-6O9, Buckley Field, Colo, is in the
army air force and it attending an ar
morers school from which he will be
graduated in another week. He will
then be sent to another field to get
actual training on the various duties
of an armorer. He told the VFW that
'I am looking forward to the time
when am sent overseas to see real &C
ton against the enemy"
Steve A. ]. Grahek, A. S. R), is
now stationed at the U. S. Pub. Health
Service Hosp, SheepShead Bay, Ward
2-N, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Air Cadet w. j. Lindgren is men,
Der of the College TT. Det., Furman u,
Greenville, S. C.
S. C. Paul R. Yadlosky, AAF Student
Det., Creighton u, So. 2, Fit. D, Oma-
ha, Neb, writes the VFTW that "our
training is very strenuous and the air
corps isn't wasting single minute.
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busting Daily

Daily busting with clean, soft
cheescloth, old silk material, chem
ically treated dust cloths, or NIT
tens, is recommended to maintain
the beauty of wood finishes. busting
with clean, soft cloths not only re-
moves the dust but it polishes the
surface and brings out the beauty of
the grain of the wood. Soiled dust
cloths are likely to scratch fine
surfaces.
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For Abundant Health

1t isn't enough to read a chart or
see the list of recommended health
foods on the blackboard-or even to
see that the food is on the table.
Each person actually must drink
pint of milk day and eat an egg,
servings of meat, fish or fowl, vege-
tables, fruits, whole grain cereals
and other protective foods if he is to
have abundant health.
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AT LEAST 1917

will soon begin actual flight training.
That's when the fun begins"
Pfc. Arthur Niemela has been grad
uated from the Fort Logan, Colo, cler-
ical school and is now stationed with
the Goth Supply SOD. ADG, OCAD,
Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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service, and is now at New London,
Conn, where he began training this
week
Seaman Kapsch, who spent the
weekend in Ely on leave, has been
stationed at Minneapolis.
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KAPScH Sent
TO Sub SCHOOL

M. j. Kapsch, seaman, first class,
has been assigned to the submarine
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u. S.-PANAMA LINE

The United States is separated
from Central America only by a
white line in the pavement, where
the United States headquarters IN
the Canal oZne touches Panama
City, capital of Panama.
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ture Sunday evening from Russian
War Relief, st. Mary's Russian Or
thodox Church and Russian I. w. o.
Hall.
Alfred j. Green,
RWR Publicity Director
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Gica Oaib y 4 :: ::::; z: !:
\ : 4.A,AfA.Al4t

I idea that Nancy Brown was a spy.
He would play on this belief.
He left the inn, found his friend
in the stable yard grossly in
sulting the black, tatooed Sudan
ese ostler whom he was trying to
underpay.
Three pieces Of silver I gave"
he cried, land most generously, o
creature with pigs ears! And not
another will you receive"
"One more piece, o Protector
Of the Pitiful!"
MOI
Il am a poor man! My seven
children are starving! And my
parents
The Afghan proceeded to relate
some amazing, biological details as
to the Negroes origin; and the lat
ter screamed with rage.
Hail he shrieked. The in
suit into your beard, foul and
sinking Asiatic!"
Sinking, am I? Allah! And
how do you like the smell of my
foot?" came Zaman Khan's coarse
rejoinder, as, suddenly. he raised
an oak-like leg and, with superb
aim, kicked the other violently in
the nose.
Weeping, the man ran away
while the Afghan turned to Lin
coin with happy, childlike smile,
"In such a way" he announced
proudly, did save a silver
piece"
The American drew him to one
side
do me a favor?" he asked.
do I not love you? Name it
and it is done, heart of heart!"
Il want you to stay here in
Yebba for while
But I am on my way to Libya.
I must join my old regiment"
You haven't been in such a
hurry so far, what with your horse
trading
II have already arranged for the
sale of the mares at fair profit.
Even SO, stay here for a while
I need your help"
Lincoln went on to say that he
believed Zaman Khan was right
in suspecti2g the girl of being a
spy. So he had decided to get out
of town at once and find refuge in
the dense jungle the other side of
Lake Tchad.
80, at least for a month or
two he wound up, will you keep
close track of her, lest she
should 2"
Il am man of deeds, not OF
words. A thrust of my dagger -
and you will not have to run for
jungle, nor shall l have to remain
here"
You mean - you , . %
Yes"
"You-you Wouldn't
Il would, saheb! Why trust the
living? Why fear the dead?'
But she's a woman!''
rs she less dangerous" in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23
EXTRA FEATURE
STRAND PICTURE
"Stage Door Canteen"
Hollywood's Top Cinder=
ella Story of Year

Hollywood's top Cinderella story
for the year involves two youngsters
who were extras working out OF
Central Casting Bureau last year,
but today are playing leads in an
important picture and getting their
first real break toward stardom.
But what is more unusual in this
Cinderella yarn is that the eX-
tras have a supporting and bit
players in their cast of forty eight
top ranking stars Of screen, stage
and radio.
The kids who got this unusual
break are Cheryl Walker, who was
stand in at different times for
Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake
and Madeleine Carol, and William
Terry, who not so long ago filled
such jobs as truck driver and mes
senger to Keep from starving, while
at the same time trying to con-
vince Broadway and Hollywood pro-
ducers that he could act.
The picture in which they are
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23

getting this one break in a million
is Sol Lesser's outstanding produc-
ton, "Stage Door Canteen," now
playing at the Strand Theater for a
glorious second week of entertain
ment.
In the picture are also 40 great
known stars, and six more bands.
Hence two youngsters from the
extra list are getting the chance In
a lifetime that all movie aspirants
who come to Hollywood look for and.
on top of that, they can point to
their supporting cast as the great
est star-aggregation ever assembled
for one picture.
On the same program Selected
Shorts and latest news events.
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Promising Pictures Feature Programs of Local 7eaters
Owe STORY film
STATE HEADLINER
1.-THE Constant Nymph''
Features Three in CO.
Starring Roles

The Constant Nymph," acclaimed
the most unusual love story to CONF
to the screen in years, is currently
at the air conditioned State theatel
with Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaint
and Alexis Smith in co-starrini
roles.
Adapted from the best seller anc
the sensational stage play THE
Constant Nymph' is said to be some
thing to really get excited about as
it brings to the screen the most ex-
citing "other woman" screen audi
ences have ever met.
Aerial Gunner" a stirring story
of the Air Corps gunners, is the Sec
ond hit of the current show and
features Richard Arlen, Chester
Morris and Jimmy Lydon.
The Jitterbug generation is going
to have a chance to see, and hear
what young America was dancing to
and singing hundred years ago.
when the new Bing Crosby-Dorothy
amour musical Dixie" makes its
local debut at the air conditioned
State theater starting Wednesday
next.
This is the first time Hollywood
has undertaken to reproduce the
kind of entertainment that thrilled
America in the 1850's, those great
minstrel shows of song and COM
edy, formed by Dan Emmett.
To most devotees of Tin Pan Al
ley's tunes, the name Dan Emmett
may not mean much now. But En-
NETT Is the man who wrote Dixie"
and many other hit tunes of that
period and who, in 1843, founded
the Virginia Ministries, first of a long
line OF blackface entertainers whose
most recent disciples are Cantor
and Jolson.
The story of Dixie" tells how the
Virginia Minstrels came about, with
Lynne Overman, Eddie Foy, Jr, and
Billy de Wolfe, a newcomer to the
films, rounding out the quartet with
Crosby. DeWolfe, incidentally, is a
product of Broadway where he
vowed habitues of Radio Citys
Rainbow Room. In addition to
being one of the four Ministries in
the picture, he's Crosby's rival for
the love of Dorothy Lamour.
According to everything one hears
about Dixie" its a singin', sWingin'
minstrel show with new songs and
old ones sung as only Bling Crosby
can sing them, a rare musical treat
and something definitely new in that
this is the first time minstrel shows
will have been given their screen
due in technicolor.
High Explosive with Chester
Morris and Jean Parker will be the
second hit of next Wednesdays new
show
Coming soon to the State is the
new Deanna Durbin hit Hers to
Hold" with Joseph Gotten being CO.
starred with Deanna; also This Is
the Army" co-starring George Muir
ply and Joan Leslie.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23
PLAZA FEATURES
RUSSIAN FILM
Siege of Leningrad' Opens
Sunday; Local Commit
tee Gets Approval

"Siege of Leningrad" stirring doc
umentary film record which comes
to the Plaza Theater Sunday, is rec
commended as the most important
film since Mission to Moscow" by
the local chapter of Russian War
Relief, according to Mrs John S.
StanesloW, acting chairman.
Mrs. Staneslow, after attending a
preview, says it is in the picturing
! of calmness, courage and hardihood
of people, rather than in showing
the siege as a military campaign that
the film excels Our three pairs OF
shoes year, lack of gas, one pat
of butter, and myriad other incon-
veniences are forgotten when we see
winter scene in great Lenin-
grad factory of workers wearing
overcoats and gloves because all
available coal must be used to keep
the machines turning out tanks
which go Immediately into battle.
During the siege of Ieningrad the
Nazis used 5000 cannon; 4,500
trench mortars; 1000 tanks; 1000
planes; 10000 machine guns and
100000 men. Yet Leningrad was the
first spot on the earth where the
Nazis were stopped. For SIS days
the embattled people fought on, in
spite of complete stoppage of all
normal services, including transpor-
tation, fuel, water, civilian power,
and a bread ration that went down
to IL ounces a day.
At first, the only supplies came in
by plane, Or were struggled through
by guerrillas. When winter came,
however, daring engineers built a
on November %, 1941, the first con-
voy of 100 trucks roared across
100000 tons of supplies passed over
the ice-road carried by as many as
1000 lorries in one day. When the
ice melted, shipping carried on while
100000 Lenirgrad citizens cleared
the streets of snow, and planted
22,5OO acres of truck gardens.
With war at its grimmest, life still
went on. 10000 children went to
the unheated schools every day
Colleges graduated $500 students
Publishers brought out many vol
umes, including 100000 copies OF
Tolstoy's war and Peace. Lenin-
grad actors presented 10000 per-
formances to soldiers and workers
Auxiliary Fireman Dmitri Shostako-
vich inspired by this spirit wrote his
immortal Seventh Symphony
Delegations will attend the pic
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23
|'CONEY ISLAND
OPENS AT POLLS
Betty Cradle, Geo. Mont
gOmery Starred in Tech
nicOlOr Hit

Opening today at the Loew Poll
Theater is the greatest double hit
show ever presented at any time
on any bill.
goth Century Fox's "Coney Is
land, the technicolor extravaganza
which stars Betty Cradle, George
Montgomery and Cesar Romero.
There is rationing of entertain
ment in this superlative picture. 1t
is most lavish in its production
numbers; the songs, both new and
old, are easily the best in long,
long time; the story is fresh and i'm
aginative, capturing all the hurly-
burly drama and dancing delirium OF
a riotous age of ragtime and ro-
nance.
Producer William Perlberg has
taken every advantage of Betty
CRADLES many sided talents in
"Coney Island. The story is in the
best of taste - there Is enough to
pace the picture compactly, yet at
no time does it clash with the must
cal sequences. The tale of show
folk is set in the playground of New
York where fun was furious and the
lights were bright all night. Betty
is an entertainer in Cesar Romero's
cafe in Coney Island, but George
Montgomery - who Is on a par with
Cesar when it comes to being tall,
dark and handsome - sees bigger
things ahead for her. The events
which develop, with an eye for the
humorous revolve around the boys
for Betty and who can blame them
for knitting" each other! Among
the new tunes with which "Coney
Island" is literally sprinkled are
take 1t From There" Beautiful
Coney Island, Miss Lulu From
Louisville" and There's Danger in
a Dance" and the four old favorites.
"Put Your Arms Around Me Honey"
"Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs.
Murphy's Chowder," when Irish
Eyes Are Smiling" "Darktown Strut
tiers Ball." I'm My Harem', and
"Cuddle up a Little Closer"
Charles Winninger and Phil Silv-
ers top the featured cast of the
film. Special credit is due to
Hermes Pan, not only for the novel
intriguing staging of the dances,
but for his sure-footed accompani-
ment of Miss Cradle in several of
the dance numbers.
AS the second big hit on the pro-
gram we present an unusual treat
for both young and old alike when
we give you Walt Disney's famous
colored cartoon Revue. This great
revue is filmed in outstanding gor-
geous technicolor and proves to be
the greatest achievement Of Disney's
entire career.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23

1t is expected that U. S. indus
try will be producing 10 times as
much fighting equipment as Japan
by the end of 1913.
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GIRL SPY?
CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVI
Lincoln felt like saying: You're
also a stubborn, pig-headed little
fool" But he decided it would
hardly be in keeping with his as
su1ned Arab character. Instead he
begged her, again and again, to
leave Yebba; and she refused, again
and again.
Finally. both grew angry.
You have your nervei' she
cried. Don't you. dare interfere
in my affairs
II assure you it's nothing per-
sonal."
"Woll-I should hope mott"
only don't say l didn't warn
YOU after your threats been cut
from ear to ear
After my throat's been cut
was her maddening reply, Il won't
be able to say anything"
oh" furiously.
Besides she went on leaning
across the table, you seem to
know more about this revolution
than seems reasonable. How
Gomez"
Here was a danger point. He
3 made up his mind to argue no
longer
He could not persuade her to
60, unless he told her the whole
truth or, at least, more than was
safe. And that he could not do.
Il am very sorry that I men
toned the matter to YOU" he in
formed her stiffly.
so am l." she said quite as
stiffly.
On the threshold he turned;
caught her looking at him from
beneath lowered lids.
She looked away quickly, So
did he.
Had, just then, an impartial OBJ
server told Lincoln that he, for
years a hard-bitten, hard-boiled
soldier in the Foreign Legion, had
fallen head over heels in love, at
first sight like a schoolboy, he would
have dismissed it as a lot of bunk.
Yet the fact remained that, at
stinate resolve not to leave Yebba
ana Lle reduZdJlOn OF WndC mlSnL
happen to her, something tore
through his heart as with the edge
of dagger. Therefore, in sub
conscious self-defense, he put this
emotion down to an ordinary
prompting Of humanity, to the no.
ton, furthermore, that they were
both Americans, and he credited
the same impersonal reaction with
his decision that: well - if the
damned young fool won't look
after herself, guess it's up to me
to do 1t for her.
He would persuade zaman
Khan to remain in Yebba In case
of trouble, the latter could take
her into his house. There, since
the Afghan was a Moslem, Nancy
Brown would be sacrosanct under
the laws of Islam.
He also figured out how TO ap-
roach the other in the matter.
without giving his mission away.
The man - he recalled - had an
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Ito B Ceontinued)

There are over $500 SPARS now
on duty in the United States, but
before the war is over there may
be as many as $4,000
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British sailors are being urged to
grow vegetables.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23
WORKERS "SHANGHAIED"

An Illinois county followed up
the golf adage of follow through"
in enlisting help for emergency
crop-saving this spring. Incipient
recruits were persuaded by a
travelling sound-etfects truck and
Immediately picked up for service
by a second truck close on the
trail of the first.
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quired Zaman Khan, reasonably
enough, for being a woman?
Would you leave meat on trust
; with a female jackal any more
than with a male? All" as he
saw Lincoln's shocked expression
y understand" He laughed toll
erantly. You are a saheb. Thus
Allah created you mad But
being an Afghan :"
(To b CeOntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-23
Silk Jersey Practical Fabric

For her tour of Army camps in
Washington and Oregon, Janet
Blair, soon to be seen in the Co.
lumbia picture Heart of a City,"
starring Rita HayWorth, packed
silk jersey dresses. Janet recon-
mends this fabric to any one who
must travel these days and who
wants to be we'll dressed on min
imum wardrobe. The wrinkles dis
appear like magic with just few
shakes and few minutes repose on
a hanger. Her favorite of the group
is an unusual flower print on a
white background fashioned with
short sleeves, draped blouse and
slim skirt.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-05
Scouts Set Date
Of &c. Camporee

Boy Scouts of the Ell Centre dis
trict will stage their annual Cam
poree at Five Rocks camp eight
miles south of Ell Centro Saturday
and Sunday of this week, it was
announced Monday.
Activities were scheduled to begin
at a. m. Saturday and close at 3
r. m. Sunday afternoon.
The northern district of the
Scout council will have a Camporee
at the Finney duck club between
Brawley and Calipatria, April II
and Is. The eastern district will
have the Camporee at Henry
Memorial park in Yuma county.
May 2 and 3. Three separate
Camporees were scheduled this
year instead of the usual huge
Camporee because of the necessity
Of saving gasoline and tires.