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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
Sale of Canned Goods VIII
be Stopped Saturday.;
Resumed March I.
WHEN TO REGISTER.
Tuesday-A through c.
Wednesday-D through K.
Thursday-L through P.
Friday-Q through u.
Saturday-V through Z.

Residents of this area will
be required to register in al
phabetical order for war ra-
ton book No. 2.
Persons whose last names
begin with the letters A
through c will sign up Tues
day, the opening day.
They will be followed by
the D through K group on
Wednesday, the L through P
group on Thursday, the @
through u group on Friday,
and the V through z group on
Saturday.
Persons who were unable to
sign up at the required time
may do so Saturday, E. C.
Bolitho, war price and ration
ing board chairman, said in
making the announcement of
the alphabetical registration.
Persons who fail to register,
or who do not yet have war
ration book 1, must wait until
March 13 to apply for their
books.
The Washington school is the reg
istration place for residents Of this
area. Hours of registration are from
4 to 8 p. m. on the first four days,
and from 9 a. m. to IL o'clock noon
On the final day.
Victory Aides will canvass the area
to give instructions to housewives on
registration procedure, Mrs. M. j.
Fleming, head Of the organization,
has announced.
The seventh corps areas civilian de-
Tense office at Omaha has requested
Mrs. Fleming, by telegram, to have the
Victory Aides emphasize that CLOTH
ING WILL NOT BE RATIONED NOW
OR AT ANY OTHER TIME.
There is plenty of fabric available
for the manufacture Of clothing. the
federal government has declared.
All sales of rationed canned goods
will stop at the close of business Sat-
urday and will not be resumed for one
week.
First purchases of rationed goods
can be made on Monday, March /.
Families will not find it to advantage
to stock up" in rationed canned goods
for the week during which they will
not be sold, because the family must
declare the amount of such goods
owned on Sunday, Feb. 81, when ap-
plying for book 2.
Each family or household will be
permitted to have on hand five cans
of the rationed goods per member
on Sunday without having book sub
ject to the removal Of stamps when 1t
is issued.
The person applying for war book
for his family group must report to
the registration clerks, who will be
school teachers, all the cans Of ra-
toned foods she has in excess of five
containers for each member of the
family.
Ali the cans, bottles, packages, boxes
or jars of vegetables and fruit juices
catsup, chilli, baby foods, whether they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
Kantola Now Flight Surgeon

An Ely boy is believed to be one Of
the few navy flight surgeons from this
section of the state.
He is 1t. CIR. gr) Bennett w. Kan
tola, who has just received his wings
from the Pensacola, Fla, naval air
base.
Lieutenant Kantola, who was here
on leave. left Wednesday with Mrs.
Kantola for Hampton Roads, Va,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18

the five books, 20 points In stamps
from each of four books and "A points
from the fifth.
If there was more than one pound
of coffee for each member of the fam
lily IA years or older as stated on book
/ the clerk will remove one stamp for
each pound from BOOK NO. /.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18

eve had a very nice cross
ing over the Pacific" he said.
81 didn't get sea sick at all.
The sailors got more sick
than the soldiers did.
"But don't anyone ever call
the Pacific ocean pond again.
"Over here person doesn't care for
time at all, or whether it is one month
OF another. It's summer now, and is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18

where he viii be stationed at the naval
dispensary.
While the flight surgeons are capable
OF plotting a plane, they use their
training mainly in applying their med.
ical knowledge to the care Of the navys
flyers.
The Ely doctor enlisted in the navy
IN June, 1914, where he took his intern
ship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
Income Tax Address to
be GiUen Here Tonight

L. P. Goldberg, a representative of
the Virginia office of the internal rev.
enue department, will address the Ely
Kiwanis club tonight in the Forest
hotel. Interested persons are invited
to hear his talk, which will begin at
about Z O'clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
RATION BOOK 2
IS DESCRIBED
Time Limit for Opening Period
Not Yet Announced by
Government.

Here's a description Of war ration
book No. 2, which on and after March
will be constant necessity in pur-
chasing some 200 food items import
ant in the family diet:
Book contains eight pages Of "a
stamps each. -Four pages contains
blue stamps and four, red. The stamps
to be used in the first point rationing
program are the BLUE ones. The red
ones will be used later for meat.
The books for the local district
have been here for nearly a month.
Each stamp has on its face both Q
letter and a number. Going across the
page there are six stamps lettered
A, B, G, D, and so on. The numbers
are 1, 2, 5, and 8, the point denomina-
tons of the stamps.
These numbers, 2, 5, awin play
mighty important part in the life of
every Ely persons for some time to
come. These are the point stamps that
the housewife removes when she makes
her purchases of rationed canned
or dried foods. During the first period
she will use only the A, B, and C
stamps.
Each person in the family will have
total OF 48 points during this period
to use for rationed foods for this one
period.
The point value OF each rationed
commodity will depend upon its sup
ply, and will be set by the govern
ment. The price will have nothing to
do with the point value. The point
| value is not fixed and may be changed
from time to time, depending on the
| supply.
The exact length Of time for the
first ration period has not been an
nounced yet by the OPA.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
MISS CHERNIyETZ HERE.

AUX. Wayne Chernivetz, who was in
Ely on furlough, has gone to Milwaukee
to visit. Sunday she will report back
to the WAAC center at Fort Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
IN NORTH AFRICA.

Bernhart R. Kukko, son of Mrs.
Mathilda Kukko, is now in North At
ria with the navy's Seabees. Two
other sons of Mrs. Kukko are in the
army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
TO GIVE REFRESHER COURSE.

There will be refresher course in
first aid to be given all persons who
have been in Mrs. Rex Larson's class
in the standard first aid course last
summer. Glass members are asked to
study their manual and bandages.
New procedures will be taken up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
SAFE IN PACIFIC.

Corp. Arnold Riikola of the marine
corps has been transferred overseas
and has safely reached his destination
somewhere in the Pacific, according to
word received here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18
MISS KOBE CORPORAL.

Miss Clarice Kobe Of the WAAC's
has received a rating as a corporal,
and will complete a training course in
radio at Kansas City, Mo-, next week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18

are packed dry, liquid or frozen, must
be listed.
Then from the total should be de-
Quoted five containers for each men,
bers of the family for a net amount
of containers that must be reported.
This figure, along with other in
formation, must be set down on a
form known as the consumer decla-
ration which will be available at the
Washington school.
Here is a typical problem that
family of five may have to work out:
The family is entitled to Is contain
ers of commercially processed food that
it doesn't have to declare. If the total
number on hand is exactly Is, there
is nothing to report.
But, suppose the family pantry adds
up like this:
2 bottles of catsup.
l bottle of chilli
l one-pound box dried prunes.
/ one-pound box dried prunes.
2 cans of corn.
4 cans of peas.
2 cans of baked beans.
2 cans of green beans.
cans Of vegetable soup.
cans of tomato soup.
cans of tomato juice.
2 cans of orange juice.
/ can of spinach.
2 jars Of peaches.
jars Of pears.
80 containers, total.
Deducting the allowed rs continers
from the 80 leaves IL that must be
declared
Home-canned items, of course, NEED
NOT BE LISTED.
Commercially canned olives, meat or
fish. pickles, relishes, jellies, jams, pre-
serves, spaghetti, macaroni or noodles
do not have to be declared.
The number of pounds of coffee on
hand on Nov. %, when coffee ration
ing went into effect, minus one pound
for each person whose age as stated
on war ration book No. / is IA years
or older, must be reported.
War ration book No. must be sub
mttted at the time Of registration for
book 2.
Here's what happens when the
family has more containers of ra-
toned goods or pounds of coffee than
permitted:
The registration clerk will remove
points in stamps from the book for
each container of ounces or more
over the allotted five for each men,
Der of the family.
In event the family of five has -
cans to declare, the registration clerk
will remove a total of 1O4 points from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18

as hot as I ever saw it in California.
have met some Ely boys here that
had been here for almost a year Che
did not name them, nor did he reveal
his location)."
For additional letters from soldiers
in Guadalcana1 Alaska, Australia,
ana England, see the back page.
HARDY IN TRAINING.
Apprentice Seaman Boyce Dewey
Hardy OF Winton has began his train
ing at Farragut, Idaho.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-02-18

GLAVAN VISITING HERE.
Frank A. Glavan Of the navy is In
Ely on leave. He is taking training at
Butler university, Indianapolis, Ind.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20

were l2 aircraft.
Once again the Allied planes
caught the big JunkerS So trans
ports over the Sicilian narroWs yes
terday. The communique did not
specify whether the planes were
loaded or in which direction they
were travelling, but those shot
down the previous day were north
ward bound and apparently carried
troops. at least 500 to 1000 of whom
were believed to have been killed.
Late Cairo dispatches detailing
the destruction Of a record break
ing So transports Sunday said that
numerous "ant-like". figures were
seen racing in all directions from
planes which crash-ianded on the
Tunisian beaches. Today'S commu-
nique raised the number of enemy
fighters destroyed Sunday b. three.
FALL TO FIGHTERS
The other four enemy planes shot
down yesterday fell to fighters pa
trolling the forward areas, the COM
munique said.
American Flying F'ortreSSes shift
ed their main attack back to TuniS
yesterday and bombs were seen TO
fall in the dock area. Medium and
light bomhers pounded La Sebala
airfield north of Tunis and fighter
bomberS attacked tank concen-
tration. Both the airfield and tanks
were well covered with bombs
the communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
AirpIanes Destroy
Many Nazi Subs

LONDON, April 20. fUP)-An
airplane-submarine battle in which
LiberatorS, Flying FortresseS and
Sunderlands took a heavy toll OF
pack of Nazi U-boats attacking
two conveys was described today by
the air ministry.
The action occurred recently on
the British side of the North At
lantic. Nineteen attacks were made
Oh about that many subs, with Sev-
eral U-boats being blown out of
the water by planes that dropped
SO low pilots could see the horror
on the faces of NaZi seamen.
The planes were flown by Brit
ish crews who caught the U-boat8
after they started their attack be-
yond the range Of air protection.
The battle, the air ministry indi-
Gated, was one of the biggest of
its kind ever fought.
Convoy losses were not indicated
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ATn DfDr

ESTATE OF HARRY O. ERS-
kline, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, CLARA ERSKINE as
eXecutrix OF the estate of HARRY
O. ERSKINE, also known as H. Q.
ERSKINE, deceased, to the credi-
tors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased,
that within six months after the
first publication of this notice they
either file them with the necessary
vouchers in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the Coun-
ty of Imperial, or exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers to the
said Clara Erskine, as eXecutriX of
said estate, at the office of d. B.
Roberts, POT Bank of America, Bldg,
Ell Centre, California, the same
being the place for the transaction
of the business of the said estate
in the County of Imperial State
of California.
Dated at Ell Centro, California.
this 10 day of April, 1943.
CLARA ERSKINE,
ExecutriX of the Estate of
HARRY o. ERSKINE,
Deceased.
mo 62) (A2O-27; MAID
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
he People Speak

Editors Note: This is copy o
letters sent 10 Secretary of inte.
rior Harold Ickes and Senator A. Il
/ Chandler.)
April l6 l943.
Secretary Harold Ickes,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, DC.
Senator Happy" Chandler,
Washington, DC.
Gentlemen:
News reports of boUh of you en-
deaVoring to separate sheep from
goats is indeed very interesting and
Mr.. Secretary. | wonder if you
have had actual experience on the
farm sufficient that YOU could pick
real sheep from goats, to say MOTH
ing of selecting three Japs TO work
on your farm whom you know TO
be loyal citizens just because they
were born in the good old U.S.A.
Mr.. Senator, as you and I both
grew up under the same conditions
in Henderson County, Kentucky, I
am sure you know your sheep, but
I doubt if you know the Japs or
ever saw one until your recent Wis
it to the West Coast. Since when
you. were only a boy, I have lived
near and been in close contact with
many japanese farmers of Imperial
County, California, and I must con-
fess it took the FBI to convince me
that I really knew little about the
JapS. I thought I knew Jap nature
and could pick out the goats, and
believe me, knew there were many
goats. But Happy when FBI
men soon after Pearl Farbor took
away two of our most highly re-
spected Japs, men whom 1 had
known intimately for tWenty-eigh
years, whose children grew up in
school with mine, men whom I
would have trusted anywhere, I
realize We could not take chances
on any of them
AS to the American-born chill
dren, I believe them our most dan
gerouS element. Many of them and
their parents, now in concentration
camps, I knew personally and be-
lieve them okay, but you just can't
tell which is which. From infancy
all of these children have been TAX
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20

+ 1oAiiiil lillIb l1 fllllloIll11h IoA
"A Madrid dispatch said German
Gen. Jurgen Won Arnim had sent
an urgent appeal TO Berlin fol
| greater numbers of fighters to pa
troll the Sicilian straits. He also
was said to have complained OF
diminishing supplies of fuel and
munitions. Without replenishment,
he was quoted as saying, he could
not guarantee to prolong resistance
in Tpnisia or even etacuate essen
tial personnel)
ON LAND FRONT
On the Tunisian land front, the
communique reported the easy
repulse of a German attack against
French positions about 80 miles
southwest of TuniS. Only patrol
activity was reported from other
fronts.
The French forces turned the
German counterattack back in the
Djebel Hejij sector near Bou Arada,
ON the southwestern corner of the
Iunisian front. Fighting centered
around a place called Ouid Kebir
The German and italian COM
muniques reported that local Allied
attacks were thrown back
Yesterdays bag of "a enemy
planes ran the toll for three days
up to 142 and for the month since
the start of the battle of the Mar
eth line to 631. The number of Axis
transports shot down in the last
Two dayS alone reached 70 Allied
losses in all operations yesterday
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20

en To Saturday school 10 keep up
Japanese customs and language
Many are sent to Japan to finish
school. / wonder who selected the
teachers and who paid the expense
OF foreign schooling for the ordi-
nary farmers children. | believe
the japanese government did, and
sent them back here a far more
dangerous element than their par
ents, most OF whom were here be-
cause they preferred our freedom
TO what they knew OF life in Japan
Gentlemen. | believe you both are
honest III your opinion concerning
these interned people, but ! don't
believe you are qualified 10 act as
judges | think there should be an
effort made TO class them as loyal
and otherwise and provide separate
locations where they should work
and be more than self-supporting,
but not turned loose SO any could
nave opportunity to do damage or
give information TO the enemy
Regardless of which pasture it is
born in or if the mother be an or
binary jennie or q Kentucky pure
bred mare, the offspring of jack
ass will always have long ears. So
will Jap always be a Jap.
We do not want them returned
to Imperial Valley after the war
as they cannot be assimilated by
the American people as the German
and Italian races, who make up
some of our best citizens and of
whom we are proud to have as
So let's begin now to
find some solution to the problem
that We must face after the war.
Won't you gentlemen please help
is? Yours very sincerely,
w. E.. HANCOCK.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
Davis Will Hold
Costly Conference

WASHINGTON, April 2O-CUP)
The stage is set for Director Ell
mer Davis of the Office of War In
formation to hold a $47,342, 600
press conference tomorrow.
Davis has agreed to hold his reg
ular weekly press conference in the
Senate office building as the open
ing session of a Senate judiciary
committee investigation of Owls
operations. The manner in which
Davis impresses the Senators may
well exert considerable influence
later on congressional consideration
of a request for $47,342,00O for
Owl which President Roosevelt
submitted to Congress yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
Editorials and Comment

to prevent future aggression through a
United Nations military force
The resolution advises also that mem
Der nations should agree to seek no new
territory. All this is sound doctrine.
The plan we make should leave plenty
Of room for adjustment But if we want
the coming peace to put an end to war
once and for all. and if it is to bring
better life to the peoples of the earth,
we must have some notion which road
will take lis where we want to go. Other
wise We are more than likely to fail as
we failed last time.
Nc conference since the world began
has ever had to deal with problems so
many, so complicated, and so vital as the
coming peace conference. No conference
was ever 50 we'll worth planning for in
advance.
Making our general position clear be-
forehand will help the peace conference
beyond measure. It will also let the
United Nations know where we stand,
and make il easier for them to stand with
us.
Justice and security are what the world
needs most. Without them there is little
hope for young or old in any country. of
any race, or any creed. NaZi cruelty has
shown us that without justice and secur-
ity; guaranteed through lasting peace,
life is hardly worth living.
We must have lasting peace It is our
clear responsibility to see that our chill
dren shall not be forced to pay the dread
fu! price of a still more terrible war here
after-the dreadful price in life. in
health and wealth, and in happiness.
The isolationists. who did all they
could to send Us into the war unprepared,
at present are trying 10 send us unpre-
pared into the peace. By doing precisely
what they still continue to recommend,
we lost the peace last time and are at
war today.
There are times when the common
sense of the people is far nearer right
than the opinions of some who profess to
be experts And this is one Of the times.
The people want their government to
prepare for peace And they are equally
right when they demand that III handling
the greatest problem the world has ever
faced, party politics shall be barred out.
The Ball resolution, above described,
IS strictly non-political. 1t is neither for
the administration nor against it. 1t is
for the United States of America, and
all nations just and perma-
aent peace. 1t should be passed without
delay.
There is little time to waste. If you
agree that our country should look ahead
and take the lead through the prompt
passage of the Ball resolution Is. 11D,
why not write to Senator Tom Connally,
chairman of the Committee on Foreign |
Relations, Washington, D. c., and tell
nim what you want done? That is the
way to make democracy work.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
10Th Air Force in
Burma hits JAMS

NEW DELHI. April 20. up
The tenth United States air force
announced today that several for
nations of its Liberator bombers
attacked Japanese-hel targets in
Rangoon, Burma, early yesterday,
scoring many direct hits.
The Central railroad station and
its yards were blasted, and flames
visible 80 miles swept through ad-
joining buildings, a communique
said. Other bombs hit an oil refin-
cry.
Curtiss P-4O fighters dropped de-
molition bombs on two railroad
bridges in Burma. After an attack
on brie.5e northwest of Myitkyina
its approach span was down and
the center span was out of line The
southern approach to- another bridge
at Namti was destroyed and the
main structure damaged.
A British communique said I'M
perial troops patroling the Mayu
ridge area in Burma ambuShsd 200
Japanese, killing 25 and Wounding
many more - a sharp engage
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
AdoIf's Birthduv
Is Fer Different

i time Austrian house painter there
we're no parades or demonstrations
scheduled radio Vichy in sub
jugated France said.
On April 90. l942, things were far
different-Goebbels spoke truthfully
when he said that. The Nazi mill
tary position was:
RUSSIAN PICTURE
RUSSIA-Ieningrad isolated from
the rest OF Russia, the Rzhev,
Vyazma and Smolensk hedgehogs
and the Velikie Luki sectors stand
ine firmly; KharkoV was in Ger
man hands; the siege of Sevastopol
was in its final stages. the spring.
board for the Caucasus was ready.
AFRICA-The desert war was at
a standStill with Nazi advance lines
only 40 to SO miles from Egypt's'
frontier.
FAR EAST-The Allies were fall
ing back steadily before the Japa-
nese. only Corregidor still holding
out in the Philippines. The u. S.
raid on Tokyo was known only by
hysterical japanese announcements.
AIR Wharf.-The Raj was yet to
launch its l,000-plane raids but the
pulverizing of RoStock was just
around the corner; the USAAF was
not yet operating in daylight from
Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
!. Mr.. Paul A. Jenkins,
] Ell Centro, California.

Dear Mr.. jenkins:
!. Few will deny that the American peo-
-ple are practically unanimous in want
ling three things: first, victory IN the
war; second, no more wars after this one;
-third, better life after the peace.
/. World War | was advertised as the
war to end all wars. But because we
-fumbled the peace, it turned out to be not
-the sterilizer of the war germ that we
chopped for, but an incubator for more
swar By losing the peace, in sense we
slost the war also We must not make that
sblunder over again.
Success in the peace is almost impos-
ssible without plan. This time we must
sknow where we are headed.
: How then should we start to plan
sbetter world to come? Four United
.States Senators, Ball Of Minnesota and
sBurton of Ohio, Republicans, Hill OF Ala
.bama and Hatch of New Mexico, Demo
.crats, have shown us the way. Joining
together they have introduced Senate
vResolution whieS proposes that the Unit
red States shall take the lead in form
sing an organization of the United Nations
efor the following purposes:
: To win the war; and then to look after
countries freed from the Axis till they
scan do so for themselves to help nations
that need help; to settle disagreementss
Between nations by peaceful means; and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-20
American Aerial
Drive Upsets All
jap Battle Plans

WASHINGTON, April COUP
The greatly intensified American
aerial offensive IN the Solomons
was believed today to have effec-
lively impaired Japanese efforts to
strengthen their air bases.
japanese shipping, apparently
carrying supplies have suffered
damaging blows by American air
men. Absence of enemy transports
in the Northwestern Solomons indi-
Gated that the japanese are con-
centrating on building up existing
defenSes.