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The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC:
Smash jap Squadron

The battle to clear the enemy
from the northern Solomons was on.
U. S. troops were pouring ashore
at Rekata bay on Bougainville is
land. In darkness and rain, recon
naissance reported the approach of
strong Jap naval squadron to re-
sist the American landings. U. S.
squadrons headed north for the fight.
Ninety minutes of tense maneuver-
ing was followed by two hours of
fighting. Toll: One Jap cruiser and
four destroyers sunk. U. S. loss:
Damage and casualties.
Their footing secure, U. S. troops
pressed inland on Bougainville. At
the Japs' great base of Rabaul to
the west, U. S. f1iers dropped hun
dreds of bombs, with Allied head
quarters claiming 100000 tons of
enemy shipping sunk or damaged.
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RUSSIA:
Near Runtanid

AS German forces retreated in the
southern Ukraine, they were only 100
mules from the prewar Rumanian
border, while in the north, they fell
back to within As miles of the old
Latvian boundary.
Krivoi Rog remained the focal
point in the southern Ukraine, with
the Germans fighting bitterly to hold
open an escape corridor for their
troops threatened with encirclement
in the great bend of the Dnieper
river. With the Germans holding at
Krivoi Rog, it appeared as though
they were successful in moving most
of their forces from the trap.
Along the Black. sea coast further
south, Russian troops continued to
pour over the bleak, barren Nogaisk
plains, with German forces stream
ing westward toward the Rumanian
border. AS result of recent move
ments, the battle front in Russia
ran in almost a straight line from
north to south, with the huge
Dnieper river bulge eliminated.
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ITALY:
Line Says

With Generals Clark and Mont
gomery bringing their full pressure
to bear on the western and central
sectors of the Germans Massico
ridge mountain line, the Nazis be-
gan to slowly give ground.
AS they drew back along the west
coast, they planted extensive mines
and dynamited and blocked off
roads, impeding the advance of pur-
suing Allies.
Smashing through during the
night, British troops captured Iser-
mia in the center. By so doing,
Montgomery's Tommies cut the
Nazis' forward east-west supply
road, forcing them to use other
routes behind the mountains.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
More about Racing

The bigger game gets to be-the
sharper, keener and more intelli-
gent supervision it needs.
For one example, can give you
the difference between racing in
New York and Chicago.
In Chicago they have seven stew
ards covering each race. They
watch every move a jockey makes.
Around New York tracks, which
double any Chicago play, there are
only some two or three stewards in
action who have no possible chance
to see everything that happens.
Chicago, for one, is far ahead of
New York in this respect. ] happen
to know that New Orleans. last win
ter, had the same advantage.
In addition to what saw, leading
trainers and owners with horses rum
ming, gave me the correct informa-
ton. These men are not satisfied
with conditions around New York.
In Chicago, no one connected with
the governing side of races, is al
lowed to make bet on any race.
No more than a baseball umpire or
a football referee could bet on any
game in which he was in any way
involved.
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people urIn Ii LLlelr
conviction tn at
theirs is a holy war
to smash the white
m ans economic
domination of Asia.
Early victories
after Pearl Harbor
h eig ghtened ] apa-
nese enthusia sm,
and although. over
burdened transpor-
tation facilities have
aggravated the gen.
eral food shortage
with black markets
thrivin G, travellers
say that the usually
e--41 ~4~,,Io44 hos
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18

L. Ickes, acting on behalf of the
government which again took over
the pits when serious strike
threatened.
Bypassing the War Labor board
which had consented only to a wage
increase of $1.121s daily, Lewis and
Ickes worked out formula boosting
the bituminous miners daily take to
$1.50. Under the terms, the work
day would be extended to 815 hours,
with miners compensated for the
average of As minutes of under
ground travel time, but with their
lunch time chopped from 30 to Is
minutes.
Anthracite miners will receive 70
cents more daily, 1878 cents more
by sacrificing Is minutes of their 30
minutes lunch time, and 1922 cents
more as a result of a previous WLB
award.
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accepted added privations as one Of
the necessities of war.
Financed by paper money issu-
ance, Japan's war industries are
booming, with everybody from en-
ployer to worker prospering. Coolie
wages alone have risen from about
"a cents to $3.50 day. The Japs
are heavy war bond buyers.
AS head of the Japanese religion,
Emperor Hirohito still commands
awesome loyalty of the people, with
Premier TOTO cleverly playing upon
this reverence to mobilize the
state.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
6 Presidential Aspirants
Win After Being Defeated

Of the Is presidential candidates
who ran for the Office one OF more
times after their first defeat, only
six were elected. They are as fol-
lows: John Adams IN 1896, Th0m-
as Jefferson in 1900, John Quincy
Adams in 1924, Andrew jackson in
1928, William H. Harrison in 1910
and Grover Cleveland in 1892 for
his second term.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
whyal. So Good
For Relieving Miseries of
ChiDdrens Colds

More than two generations ago-in
grandmother's day-mothers first dis
covered Vicks VapoRub. Today it is
the most widely used home-remedy for
relieving miseries of children's colds.
And here is the reason -.
The moment you rub VapoRub on
the throat, chest and back at bedtime
it starts to work two ways at once
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18

1t all depends on
the length and prog
ress of the war. If
the war swings into
1914 at an increased
pace or tempo, if it
moves into a new
fury through anoth-
er spring, there will
be no big time COM
petitive sport.
Or, if there is, it
will be on a minor
scale Thic cap all
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18

YOU'LL be delighted with the
way this four-gore slip with its
brassiere top fits your figurel You
may finish it with a smart lace
front and lace hem. The pattern
includes panties to match.
Pattern No. 1896 is designed for sizes
IL, IA, 16, 18. 20; 40 and AZ. Correspond
ing bust measurements 80, 80. "a. 36. 80,
40 and AZ. Size IA 1927 slip requires 214
yards SO or 39-inch material, panties /
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
COAL STRIKE:
agreement Reached

John L. Lewis 100000 soft and
hard coal miners were ordered back
to their jobs following agreement on
new wage conditions between the
United Mine Workers steely chief
and Secretary of the Interior Harold
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
eUANDMEs idea FOR cOlDs' ACHES

She often used medicated mutton suet
now many mothers use Penetro,
modern medication in base contain
ing mutton suet. Rub on-double
action relieves colds muscular aches,
coughing. ID vaporizes to comfort
stuffy nose (2) outside, stimulates at
spot where applied. Get Penetro.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
Among the BaHed

can easily understand why so
many people are badly baff1ed when
they read about star athletes, turned
down for war service when they can
still play football and baseball /.
when they can still outrun, outjump,
outmarch and Outright hundreds of
thousands who lack the physical
equipment of those called to the ac-
tive war duty.
And don't think that many hun
dreds of thousands of mothers and
fathers who have sons in the serv-
ice are not thinking along these
same lines.
All of this, of course, is up to the
draft boards and army or navy regu-
lations.
1t carries no reflection against any
able-bodied athlete who is not in
uniform.
Sport has done an enormous job
in this war. 1t has gone unbeliev-
able leagues beyond the First World
war. This applies especially to ball
players, football players, boxers,
golfers and tennis players.
But in spite of this, draft boards
plus army and navy physical regu-
lations, have passed up any number
of athletic stars who would have been
far more useful at the front than
they could be at home. For these
men would have been, or should
have been, natural leaders.
War needs personal leadership,
from a four-star general down to a
corporal.
If. the athlete can't give this, then
sport is a rather useless enterprise.
In my opinion there should be no
exemptions of any sort simply be-
cause the athlete was needed to keep
the sporting game going.
Sport in this country, as in Eng
lRua, is essential. But it should be
provided from the war side, not from
the civilian side, except in the cases
of those under 18 years old, or those
beyond 38.
Once again it should be remem-
bered this is all up to various draft
boards plus army and navy regula-
tions with no reflection on anyone
not in uniform
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
Industrial and Farming

While the United States has be-
come an industrial nation, the pro-
portion of its land devoted to farm
ing has increased from 1876 per
cent in 1850 to 55.7 per cent in 1910.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18

THOSE who are trying to guess
= what is going to happen to big
time baseball and football next sea-
son are trying to outguess e-tiny
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
INSIDE JAPAN:
Morale High

Intensive propaganda has had its
effect in Japan, with its 80 million
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18

and keeps on working for hours-to
ease coughing spasms, help clear con-
gestion in cold-clogged upper breath
ing passages, relieve muscular soreness
or tighness. 1t promotes restful sleep:
Often most of the misery of the cold
is gone by morning! That's why
VapoRub is so good to use when colds
strike. Try it'll
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Both Parties Study Election Trends;
Higher Wage Scale Ends Coal Strike;
Permit System May Regulate Marketing
AS Hog Shipments Flood Packing Plants

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Meat Production

Meat production for 1914 will total
"a billion pounds, the Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics reported, but
increased government needs will cut
civilian ALLEGATIONS.
More than 96 million hogs will be
slaughtered in 1914, the BAE said,
or three million more than this year.
Because of smaller spring pig crops,
however, next falls marketings
should drop below current levels.
Despite record slaughterings in
1943, cattle on farms should number
about 80 million head January /.
Because of the feed situation, total
cattle fed should slide below 1943
levels in the corn belt and other
areas, BAE said.
Because of shortage of ewes and
labor, the 1914 lamb crop should be
one to two million head smaller than
this year, with slaughter also drop
ping. Butchering of sheep at 1943
levels would seriously deplete sup
plies by 1945.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
HOGS:
Heavy Receipts

With hog shipments flooding pack
ing centers and many slaughterers
reported shifting receipts to less con-
gested yards, there were rumors
that the government may impose a
permit system to regulate market
ing.
During a recent three-day period,
packers received $4,000 hogs, al
most 10000 over the record October
peak of the previous week. With
packers in possession of from three
to ten days supplies, $50 to 270
Founders brought $14.40 in the Chi
cago yards, with weights below 18O
pounds dropping from Is cents to
81 under the $13.75 "foor."
Although the government had
worked out a permit system for
marketing last year, it did not ap-
ply it when heavy runs leveled off.
According to experts, preference
would be given to bigger hogs if the
permit system were to be applied
now.
The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
CAPITAL CHAFF

q Wendell Willkie in his closed door
session with COP congressman de-
scribed Stain as "he-man's he
man, who doesn't go in for glamour
but who keeps his word and expects
others to do the same"
q More and more railroad workers
are saying that they would be bet
ter off if the railroads were run by
the government.
q Last spring, delivery of heavy
bombers to the u. S. Eighth air
force in Britain was increased great
ly. The increase is still continuing.
q, Many people whose sons and hus-
bands are being drafted wonder why
Italian prisoners, now in the U.S.A.,
are not sent back to fight for the
Allies, now that their country is on
our side. The war department, how.
ever, has turned definite thumbs
down for this reason: Italian troops
never had their heart In the war,
have undergone months of priva-
ton, would be no match for tough
Nazi combat troops.
q Italian prisoners will remain in
this country probably until the Eu-
ropean war is over, but will be re-
leased for war work.
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I PATTERNS
SEWING CIRCLE -

yard. One lace motif plus yards edgins
to trim set.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required IN filling orders for a few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22
Soldier Sure
In Trouble

An Army intelligence officer took
custody of Private Gabriel Rocco, ls
Of New Haven in superior court this
afternoon after the young soldier
was given a suspended sentence OF
one-year in Jail on charge Of
taking and operating a motor We
hicle without the permission Of the
owner, october II, while he was A.
w. o. L.
In order to hasten disposition OF
the case which had been continued
originally in city court, q superior
court bench warrant was issued BY
Judge John A. Cornell at the re-
quest of States Attorney William
B. Fitzgerald, and the accused was
arraigned Immediately. The soldier
admitted he took a car owned by
Attorney John Membrino of 266
Cooke street from parking area
while the lawyer was in theateE.
The serviceman had completed
his training at Camp Edwards.
Mass, and was scheduled to start
an overseas assignment after fur
Tough at his home it was reported.
His official leave ended Oct. 10. but
the soldier failed to report for duty.
The speedy hearing was given to
permit the Army to step into the
case at once. 1t was reported the
soldier will be returned to his camp
first and ultimately will start his
overseas service. Public Defender
Edward T. Carmody represented
him in court.
Another youth, John Ricasllann.
20, also Of New Haven, was arreste@
with the soldier and disposition -
similar charges against him vs.
be made later.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22
FDR Is Down
With a Cold

Washington, Oct. 20. (UP)-The
White House announced today that
q slight head cold and few aches
in the body" had compelled Presi-
dent Roosevelt to cancel all appoint
mentS for the day including his
press and radio conference and his
regular cabinet meeting.
White House Press Secretary
Stephen T. Early said the decision
to cancel all of Mr.. Roosevelt's APP
pointments was purely precau-
tionary" and that he had no tenn
perature.
Early told reporters that when
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire, the
Presidents physician, made his
usual call this morning, he decided
1t was best to cancel all Of Mr..
Roosevelt's appointments for the
day as precautionary move.
1.-THE President said he felt this
coming on for several days." Early
said.
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.Jugos War
Is FuII-Size

London, Oct. 22-(UP) -Jugoslay
partisans have wrecked one Of the
most important iron ore mines in
Europe after a bitter battle with
Axis forces In the Bosnian Fills, q
partisan communique said today,
and Swiss reports said other guer-
rilla bands have broken across the
Danube river to carry the war into
Hungary.
Swiss adviceS also revealed that
Marshal Erwin Rommel has rushed
two additional German divisions in
to Fiume for full-scale campaign
against the ragged guerrilla armies
that have crippled most Of the vital
railway lines in northern Jugoslavia.
A communique broadcast by the
partisan indicated their forces were
In action on a score of fronts from
the Albanian frontier to north
western Italy
Particularly heavy fighting was In
progress along the Una river in
northern Bosnia, where the guer-
rillaS killed more than 100 enemy
troops, captured another 100 and
confiscated a large supply of Ger
man arms and munitions.
Just south Of the river, the partis-
ans stormed into the town Of Ljubl-
ia, site Of a mine which formerly
produced for the German war ma
chine 10000 tons of the second best
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Pope Asks
Open City

Madrid Oct. 22.-(UP)-Pope Plus,
determined to remain in Vatican
city regardless of war events, has
renewed an appeal for Germany to
relnuve her tSoUpS sfunl Rome at
once and station them no closer
than the city limits, reliable reports
from the italian capital said today.
The Pontiff was said to have again
asked the belligerents to recognize
Rome as an open city and to have
advised the Allied high command
that Allied soldiers must not occu-
py the city militarily but content
themselves with occupation Of its
environS.
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candidate for the presidential NOM
ination?" he was asked.
why Of course, I would be I'M
pertinent and presumptions to do
otherwise" Willkie replied.
Willkie and the Governor have
been ct political odds since the
Philadelphia convention. but they
met on common ground when the
1910 Republican standard bearer
threw his active support to Hanley.
Following the Syracuse rally
Willkle received telegram from the
Governor, which Willkie read dur
ing a conference with mroe than
two score upstate political leaders,
"Fiave just heard your fine speech
for Joe Hanley,'" Dewey wired. 1T
was great. Many thanks"
Wlllkie replied:
MY Dear Tom: Many thanks Tor
your gracious wire. Joe Hanley
Roily Marvin (Rolland 3. Marvin.
upstate O. o.p. leadeFl ard I ioln
n sending you kindeat regards and
geapeels
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22
WiLIkie Convinced De.Uey
Will Complete Full Term

Syracuse, Oct. 22-(UP)-wendell
L. Willkie said today he was con-
WINGED that Gov. Thomas z. Dewey
Of New York will complete his full
four-year term at Albany and will
not be a candidate for the 1914
Republican presidential nomination.
Willkie, who defeated Dewey for
the nomination at Philadelphia in
1870. expressed his views after adj
dressing q Syracuse political rally
last night In behalf OF Senator Joe
r. Hanley. the party's candidate for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
In discussing state issues Willkie
said Dewey had given New York q
sound. clean and able adEninistra-
tion." which the people can expect
from him during the coming years. .
After the rally. Willkie was asked
20 elaborate on the statement.
Does your statement mean that
you accept Governor peWey's pledge
70 serve the full four years at Al
bany and that nc win not b e
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Rome Splits
utAxis

Bern, Oct. 22.-(UP)- Shipping,
sabotage and terror" attacks on
Germans and FasciSts are increas-
ing in Rome as Allied armies move
closer to the former Italian capt.
tai, Italo-SwiSs border reports said
today.
Even NaA GeStapo executions of
suspected patriot leaders have failed
to stem the attacks, which were
taking on the character, though on
much smaller scale SO far, of
those which preceded the German
evacuation of Naples.
Clandestine pamphlets were re-
ported circulating freely through
Rome despite a shortage of typogra-
phical materials. inks and paper so
acute that the few newspapers still
published have been reduced to one
page.
All ministries of the self-styled
Fascist Republican government,
along with semi-official institutes,
are preparing to abandon the city
because Of the growing Allied threat,
the border said.
Food and transportation problems
In Rome were described as deSper-
ate. People fight in the public mar
kets for the meager supplies. border
reports said. Only 400 gallons Of
milk reach the city daily, and II Is
distributed principally among chill
dren. the aged and the sick. All
other food Is Tationed severely with
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.Mountbotten
BockIn India
Plans Bottle

Chungking, Oct 22--cUP)-Admir.
al Lord Louis Mountbatten, supreme
Allied commander for southeast
Asia, has returned to India to per-
feet plans for the re-conquest OF
Burma and Singapore following a
five-day round Of conferences here
with American and Chinese military
leaders, 1t can be revealed today.
Mountbatten arrived in Chung
king last Saturday to confer with
Gerenalissimo Chang Kai-shek,
Lieut., -Gen. Brehon B. Somervell,
commander of U. S. Army Service
forces, and Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell, commander Of American
troops In China, Burma and India,
but the news Of his visit was held
up by censorship until after his de-
parture yesterday.
Mountbatten now has met all the
military and political leaders with
whom he will have to work in the
coming campaign, one Of whose
main purposes is to reopen the
Burma road and thus permit the
building of China into a huge base
for an offensive against Japan it
self.
Unofficial military observers have
suggested that Mountbatten will
strike sometime before the mon
soons resume next spring. One
school held that he will land a pow
erful amphibious force not far from
Rangoon, while another believed
that he will bypass Burma tenn
porarily for q campaign to recap
Continued on Page q
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Chinese Tell
OfJop Burma
Rood Gains

The Chinese reported today hiatt
the Japanese had achieved partial
success In an offensive in western
China by blocking invasion routes
into Burma on D wide front.
A Chungking spokesman said 3d.
600 Japanese troops had overrun
three major roads into Burma from
Yunnan province, taking q 105-mile
length Of the western bank Of the
Salween river but failing to force O
crossing at any point.
Chinese forces were in Arm con-
troll Of the western shore, the
spokesman said, but had lost three
Of Ave ferry landing points on the
opposite bank.
Several days ago the Japanese
claimed they had cut the commune
cations from China to india In their
drive In Yunnan.
The development came as Lord
Louis Mountbatten, southeast Asia
commander, returned to India from
Chungking to plan an offensive to
retake Burma and possibly Singa-
pore with an attack from the west
on the india side.
In the southwest Pacific, Austral.
ian veterans beat Off continued jap
anese attacks around Finschhafen.
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs COM
munique said the enemy assaults,
which had made some COINS, were
designed mainly to relieve trapped
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