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The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
MISS VEST NAMED
RECREATION LEADER

Miss Patricia West has been hired
by the recreation board as a special
leader for the promotion of women's
and girls activities. She will super
wise the women's physical education
group, the girls baton club and the
girls game room.
Miss West has spent the fast five
summers as a junior hostes at the
Valley Dude ranch in Valley, Wyo.,
and has acquired a knowledge of west
ern crafts and outdoor activities. While
in high school, she was active IN girls
sports and swimming, and in Girl Scout
work. Her addition to the staff will
enable the department to carry on a
greater variety of activities for the
girls and women of Ely.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

With al the legislatures of the q.
S. throwing new bills into the hopper
besides hundreds Of curative acts TO
add TO the laws of the nation, in
addition to the rules and regulations
promulgated by the alphabetical div
isions of the Federal government, the
ordinary citizen is 4 law breaker OF
some kind or another all the time.
There are laws that cover every thing
you do in all your waking hours and
even while you sleep. Unwittingly you
are violating some law or another at
all times.
Our suggestion made many times in
the past 25 or 80 years, that the ten
million or more laws, imperative, on
the cumbersome tones of the country
be scrapped, have not met with any
degree Of enthusiasm on the part of
Congress and the legislatures. But,
We again make the suggestion that
the present laws be thrown on a scrap
heap and new codes based on the Ten
Commandments and the Golden Rule,
be prepared.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Remember Pearl Harbor

One of the most worthwhile move
ments by the public minded people OF
Ely and the United States ended last
week with the birthday ball of the
President and the March Of Dimes"
in the Fight InfantiIe Paralysis" cam
paign. Ely has felt the benefits to be
derived from one-han of the fund re-
manning in the county where collected
in the benefits to local Polio victims.
More dimes are needed and the good
people of Ely should not lay down on
the collections just simply because
the week ended John Smrekar is the
chairman of the movement in this
city
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Fire Fighting Crews
Formed to See Action
in Case of Emergency

time of registration, and additional
training will be given by the forest
service
After member has qualified in the
corps as a forest fire fighter through
certification of the local forest officers,
he will receive further recognition in
the form of certificate and arm band
from the OCD.
a second article on the forest fire
fighter service viii appear next week.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Ely Woman Receives
Letter on Jap Paper
Souvenir Sent Directly From
New Guinea Battle Lines
by Private Grahek.

An Ely woman has received
a souvenir directly from the
New Guinea battlefront.
It is a letter written by a
local soldier on stationery TAX
en- from a Jap warrior.
The unique letter was writ
ten by Pvt. Raphael j. Gra-
hex to his aunt, Mrs. John ].
Colobich.
st got this stationery off a JAP
Private Grahek said. Il figured could
make better use of it than he could.
It is presumed that the jap had
gone to meet his ancestors and was not
a war prisoner.
Grahek was a member of the first
American air-borne infantry flown
into New Guinea from Australia.
"I have seen how the natives here
i've" he said There is plenty OF
cocoanuts, bananas and other fruit tc
eat while we are going through the
jungles. We have plenty Of rice to mix
with our rations."
Grahek enlisted in the army few
days before Pearl Harbor. He landed
in Australia the following April.
He is % years of age and is the sor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Grahek. A
brother, Machinist Mate Stanley Ora.
HEX of the navy, is now on the Eas
coast
The field censor who inspected Ora.
hek's letter did not have the tools
on the battlefront usually available tC
these officers. The name of an Aus.
tralian and a New Guinea city wert
removed by the censor simply
punching hole in the stationery with
his finger. No scissors were al hane
for a neater job.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
INSPECTOR ON TRIP.

John j. Boldin, immigrant inspector,
stationed at Winton, has returned
from three weeks field trip to the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan on imni-
grafton and naturalization investiga-
tions. He states trat lbs inches Of
snow fall has been reported at CAL
umet Since the close of the tourist
season last September, Inspector Boil
din has spent most of his time on field
investigations in the northern parts
of Wisconsin, Minnesota and -Michi-
gan, working out of the Duluth reg
ional office
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Don't Be a Hoarder.

Fred Bessette, executive secretary
for the Timber Producers group, gets
out some very enlightening points in
his monthly bulletin. Fred has been
in the timber country of st. Louis,
Itasca counties all his life and knows
what he is doing. His arguments with
the OPA committees on timber produc-
ton in these war times have been won
for the benefit Of the smaller con-
tractors and truckers in the business
and woods workers in this section have
benefited by his work Fred seems
to be the right man in the position he
holds,
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
BANDAGE CLASS
WORKERS ASKED

A surgical dressing class will be held
next Thursday from Z to 9 p. m. in
room 218 of the Community Center.
The dressings made will be used by the
U. S. and other United Nations forces.
The local Red Cross branch, which
is sponsoring the project, has been as
signed a quota of 5000 dressings.
Workers must wear clean wash
dress and cloth to cover their hair.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Ely Area Prepares for
Can Goods Rationinq
Instructions on Procedure
for Distributing Book
2 AUaited Here.

Elyites will soon be purchas-
ing canned goods by coupon
as the sacrifices necessary TO
winning the war move progress
sively closer to members Of the
home front.
The OPA has announced the
following information concern
ing the rationing of canned
vegetables and fruits:
Feb. 20-Sale of these
goods stops at midnight.
Feb. 22-Issuing of war ra-
ton book 2 can be started
and must be concluded within
a six-day period.
Mar. 1-Rationing of cam
ned goods starts.
The local ration districts supply OF
book No. was received here more
than a week ago.
The new ration books viii be dis
tributed probably at the Washington
school with teachers acting as clerks.
Distribution of the books viii un-
doubtedly be confined TO the late aft
ernoon and evening Definite instruc-
tions on procedure are being awaited
by the local rationing board.
The sale of rationed canned goods
will be prohibited during the week
preceding Mar. l.
While formal rationing of canned
vegetables and fruits viii not start un-
til next month. practically al local
grocers have been limiting customers
to from three TO six cans for some
time, because the supply available 70
the merchant was limited
The war ration book now IN posses
sion of everyone viii continue N use
for sugar and coffee. Persons not hav-
ing this book cannot get the second
The rationing of canned fruits and
vegetables, to become effective when
the point system Is inaugurated on
Mar. is aimed at the conservation
of food products and 10 assure every
American of HIS EQUAL SHARE OF
FOOD TO EAT, z C. Bolitho, chair
man of the local war price and ration
ing board, explains.
Because food cannot be wasted or
some individuals given more than their
fair share, canned fruits and vegetables
Will be rationed, Mr.. Bolitho states.
When point rationing becomes effec-
tive, the person doing the buying VIII
use the coupons in war ration book 2
when purchasing any OF the rationed
processed foods.
Every person IN the household, in
Guiding children of any age, win
have 48 points to use in obtaining
rationed foods during any one ra-
tioning period
Blue stamps in book marked A.
B, and c will be valid only during the
first period
The book viii contain red stamps 70
be used at later date for the raticn-
ing of meat.
Coffee and sugar viii not be ra-
toned under the point plan, but VII
continue to be secured as at present
The price of the article purchased
will in no way determine its point
value, and point values Of iGenticel
items will be the same IN all stores in
Ely, and the country, regardless Of any
variance in price. The government
will establish the different points for
each item no matter what the price.
The available supply VIII determine
the point values, and will also de-
termine changes in point values.
In buying rationed articles, the
housewife is urged to spend her points
as wisely and sparingly as she does
her money. Extravagant spending OF
points can be more disastrous than ex-
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The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
REPORT FOR DUTY.

Merlin Thompson and William
Pucel, who enlisted In the air corps
reservists and qualified for aviation
cadet appointment, were ordered to
active duty They reported to Mime
apolis Tuesday. They will proceed
from there to the army air forces
technical training command at Jeffer-
son Barracks, Missouri, for pre-avia-
ton cadet basic training.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Sale OF BONDS
GOES over TOP

Ely exceeded its war bonds quota Of
s35, 900 for January by S14,500, A. j.
McMahan. drive chairman, reports.
The bonds thermometer on the city
hall shows a sales of s49,5O0 for last
month of series E bonds. No figures
are available on series F bonds as they
are reported directly to the government
and the committee gets no credit on
the quotas set for it on E bonds.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04

w. M. SOMERO, city engineer, will
leave Ely Feb. Il for Camp Robinson,
Ark, where he will begin active SER
vie with the o. S. army.
Somero is a veteran of the-last war,
serving 1S months in the coast artillery
corps. He spent seven months overseas
The city engineer notified the coun-
Gil Tuesday night of his call to active
duty and was given leave of absence
John Palmgard was named acting city
engineer during this period.
Conducting much of the organiza-
ton work for the local civilian defense
corps, Somero severd as controller He
is a member of the local civilian de-
fense council.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
LIEUTENANT NOW.

William Jones, Jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Jones of this city, has
received his second lieutenant's COM
mission in the U. S. Marine Corps at
Quantico, Virginia.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
is PROMOTED.

Miss Kathleen Lomasney, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Lomasney of
Section Thirty, has been promoted to
First Lieutenant in the y. S. Army
Nurses Corps, Louisville, KY.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
ENTERS THE ARMY.

Benjamin Richards. Jr., left Friday
for Hbbing, from there he went 70
Fort Smelling to enter the army.
The Ely miner., 1943-02-04
Remember Pearl Harb0r

With the trends of the times, it is
now proposed that the salaries Of legis-
Iators be raised from 81 900 a year to
$500 a year in the Mistaken idea
that the higher pay would attract
better material to the law-making
body. Maybe, but we doubt it. There
are men in the legislature who feel
that the ninety days they spend in st.
Paul, are somewhat of a vacation
from their regular work, and are get
ting paid for it. There are also men
in the Iegislaturee as well as other
public offices who are very much un-
derpaid while there are others who
do not rate one half or even one fourth
of what they are getting, in fact should
not be there at all to clutter up the
machinery with a lot OF nonsensical
measures to prove to the home folks
that they are on the job.
It IS not alone the legislature that
is CRYING for more money. Everyone
is in a receptive mood for a higher
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07

The BIufton NeWs presents
another in the series of import
ant bat lesser knoaUn aspects of
South America.-EDIToR.
A few weeks ago freight trains
moved across the newly completed
international railroad bridge span
ming the Suchiate River, uniting
Mexico and Guatemala by rail and
extending railroad connections from
the United States deep into Central
America.
The erection of this bridge, max
ing possible the transportation to the
United States of the products of a
vast tropical region, recalls the his
tory of railroad building throughout
Latin America, and the daring feats,
courageous perseverance, and tech
nical skill which enabled engineers
to conquer mountains, rivers, jungles
and deserts. North Americans were
leaders in many of these undertake
ings.
Prominent among them was Will
liam Wheelwright, who was born in
Newburyport, Mass, in 1898. Wheel
wright early took to the sea. In
1926 he was shipwrecked near Quill
mas, Argentina, and, impressed with
the possibilities for enterprise, decid-
ed to remain He laid the ground
work of Argentina's vast network
of rails. He built the first really
important line in the country, from
Cordoba to Rosario, a distance of
246 miles. This far-sighted Yankee
was the first to contemplate the
building of the Trans-Andean rail
way to connect. Argentina and Chile,
but death intervened in 1881. Wheel
wright also built what is probably
the oldest existing railroad in Latin
America, from the port of Caldera
to the coal mines of Copiapo in
Chile, completed in 1849. He started
road from Valparaiso to the capt.
al city, Santiago, but it was left
to another Yankee engineer, Henry
Meiggs, to finish.
Henry Meiggs went from his home
town of Catskill, n Y, to California
in the gold rush of '49 and later
shipped south to Chile for further
adventure. He got the contract for
the railroad Wheelwright had be-
gun, and carried it to completion in
less than two years. Meiggs next
turned north to Peru and began
| work on the Central Railway in
1870. This line starts at the port
of Callao, and in a distance of LOG
miles reaches an elevation of 1886
feet, the greatest height reached by
any standard-gauge railroad in the
world.
Chile has erected monuments tc
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07
Less Than Half of Usual Num-
Der of Hoboes Seek Over
Night Lodging
Easy Availability of War Jobs
Accounts for Large Re-
duction

Concrete evidence that the general
war boom prosperity of the country
has affected even the knights of the
road was shown in the sharp reduc-
ton, considerably less than half, in
the number of transients spending
overnight in the Bluffton jail during
the past year.
Usually there are about GOO to
500 transients given night lodging
at the Bluffton Jail in the course of
year but it is doubtful if there
were more than 200 during the past
year, it was stated by Marshal Lee
Coon.
I'm cold weather, as usually occurs
during the month of January there
were always five to seven every
night. Now there are seldom more
than one or two a week, Coon stated.
Warning Given
One reason, other the general
prosperity of the country, was the
stern warning given to the transients
that the municipality of Bluffton is
not running a lodging house and
that they should not return at any
time during the year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07
Home Appliances Should Have Care
To Conserve Critical War Materials

and out, and have it checked i'm
mediately by an appliance man if
anything goes wrong. 1t also will
have to do for the duration and de-
serves all the care you can give it.
Newer vacuum cleaners should not
require oiling for several years, but
equipment that is older than five
years should be oiled or CREASED,
whichever is correct for your model,
every three to six months.
The bag which holds the dirt
should be emptied after every clean
ing. 1t is made of porous material
and was planned so the dust will
stay in but the air seep out. When
dirt remains in the bag too long,
the pores become closed and the free
flow of air necessary to the vacuum
is cut off.
1t is also desirable to keep re-
volving brushes of vacuum sweepers
free from lint, threads and hair.
These interfere with the efficiency
of the brush. As tufts of the brush
wear down, it should be reset for
greater efficiency.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07

Treating home appliances with
care and respect, because they are
made of the critical materials es-
sential to the war effort, is another
way of Fastening victory, it was
pointed out this week.
Clean all appliances carefully, but
use them as often as you wish, be-
cause like all things mechanical the
way to keep them in their best
working order is to use them.
Electric refrigerators especially
warrant special care. Government
officials advise brushing up on the
rules so the one you now have will
last for the duration of the war.
Set a regular time for defrosting
the day before the weekly market
ing is the best time. Manufacturers
recommend defrosting when the ice
on the freezing unit is one-fourth
inch thick, but once week is much
easier to remember.
When defrosting, remove every
thing from the refrigerator and
wash the interior thoroughly, in
Guiding the shelves and freezing
unit with warm water and baking
soda. Remember to empty ice trays,
wash them, and refill them with
fresh water.
For the outside of the refrigerator
use soap and water-nothing harsh.
1t is best to cool food to room
temperature before putting it in the
refrigerator. Try to remove every
thing you will need for one meal at
the same time. This cuts down on
the times you need to open the door.
Clean up spilled foods Immediately
for they damage the finish. Don't
use sharp instrument when prying
ice trays loose, for there is danger
of puncturing the freezing unit.
Guard the gasket around the re-
frigerator door. It's made of rub
Der, so avoid stretching or scuffing
it. Wipe off food or grease i'm
mediately.
Take just as good care of your
stove. Regularly clean all burners
carefully. Clean the stove inside
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07
BlufftOn High School Will Give
Pre-induction Training Courses
TECHNICAL TRAINING

Since modern warfare consists
largely of mechanical operations
there is much basic technical knowl-
edge that soldiers should have prior
to induction, it was stated.
If the schools are able to provide
this basic training then much of the
resources of the army are freed for
the more specialized training after
the young men are inducted, it was
pointed out.
The five courses of study to be
taught at the high school here have
been prepared jointly by the war
department and the United States
Office of Education. The study
books have been received here and
the instructors are making plans for
the course procedure.
STUDENTS URGED TO ENROLL
All of the junior and senior boys
have been urged to enroll for the
courses since most of them will face
induction shortly after graduation
following the lowering of the age
limits under selective service.
In addition to the pre-inductior
work, course in aeronautics will
be taught starting at the seconc
semester if enough of the student:
show interest. Name of the in
structor of this course has not We
been announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07
Study Booklets Prepared Joint
ly by War Department and
Education Office
Basic Training in Radio, Elec-
tricity, Machines and Shop
To be Provided

Bluffton High school will give
five pre-induction training courses
for boys facing induction into the
country's armed forces as the high
schools of the country begin to gear
their training to the needs of mod
ern mechanized warfare. The new
training will start at the beginning
of the second semester, January Is.
Courses of study prepared by the
war department win be taught in
connection with the physics classes
by Gerhard Buhler, principal In
struction will be given in the funda-
mentals of electricity, radio and ma
chimes in the physics classes.
Two war department courses will
be given in connection with the shop
courses taught by Haydn Steiner,
industrial arts instructor. These will
deal with general shop procedure
and automotiveA mechanics.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07
Considerably Fewer Transients Get
Nights Lodging At Municipal Jail

Occasionally the wanderers carry
their bedding with them, but more
often they sleep on the floor with
only few scattered newspapers be-
tween them and the boards. Some
use Jumps of coal for their pillows
and the group would appear to be
anything but comfortable when they
bed down for the night.
On some occasions they pool their
fcodstuffs but this year with so few
of the transients IN the Jail they
usually eat their fare individually.
Hoboes Work
Hoboes, as distinguished from
tramps, seek work in the seasonal
occupations in different parts of the
country. With so many jobs avail
able at the present time in war
plants it is known that many for
merly in the hobo classification are
now engaged in military production.
And OF course, many of the
younger knights of the road, who
could qualify physically, are now in
the armed forces of the nation.
Generally March is the peak sea-
son for lodging of transients, al
though January and February are
usually high in the numbers. In
these months last year, there were
more than one hundred each month.
Nothing approaching this figure is
expected this year, Coon said.
During the hot months of the
summer most of the hoboes sleep
outside, in fields or barns, which re-
suits in very few requests for lodg-
ing in the local jail at that time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-07
RaWSOn

Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Tooley en-
tertained with a watch party New
Years eve in honor of their son
Billy's birthday. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ellenberg-
er, Jr., of Beaverdam; Patty Lou,
Mary Ann and Carol Sue Lehman,
of Pandora; Mrs. Helen Blunk and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. C. X.
Tyson and family.
Mrs. Daisy Pifer spent the week
end in Lima at the home of her
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bergman.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Peterson and
family were Sunday evening supper
guests of Mrs. w. H. Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Grubbs en-
tertained in honor of Mrs. Grubbs
and her daughter Norma Kay's
birthday. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. C. w. Smith and daughter
Ruth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Beach and
Paul Steinnian of Erie, Mich, spent
several days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Smith. Sunday evening
callers We're Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
House of Toledo.
Mrs. Wanda Wakefield of McGraw
n. Y. is visiting her sister, Mrs.
o. A. Peterson and family.