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The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
CAPITAL NECESSARY
TO KEEP LABOR AT WORK

BILL JONES has a job. That job
provides food, clothing, shelter, a
car, tickets for the movies, and other
Iuxuries, as well as essentials for
Bill and his family. To enable
Bill to have a job means an invest
ment of SO, 900 in tools, including fac
tory building and other essentials Of
production. Bill did not have SO, 600,
and others had to provide the tools
which made Bills job possible. Il
was the American capitalistic sys-
tenn that provided the tools.
For each man who has a job IN
an American factory, there is an
average of $4,000 invested In the
tools and buildings which make a
job possible. It means total in
vestment of something like 48O bill
lion dollars. That is America work
ing capital which provides jobs for
our so million workers. II we make
it impossible for capital to provide
the tools, we take away the jobs
that support workers and their fam
lilies.
That is what we are doing right
now. The war will be over some
day and then new tools must be pro-
vided to replace those used in war
production. With government taking
out of industry all industry can earn,
leaving nothing with which to pro-
vide new tools, Bill Jones, and his
co-workers, will be without jobs. We
will have won a war and lost q
peace. We will have destroyed the
American system of free enterprise.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
u. S. Army PISS
Warm Up In Iceland

Here you see a line of P-SSs, Of
the q. S. army air forces, being
warmed up for a reconnaissance
light on a snOwswept airfield, some
where in Iceland. And that's some
lob! The P-38 is the twin-taAed
streak of lightning that has given
such an excellent account of itself in
shooting down Jap ZerOs In the
Southwest Pacific, as well as for its
fne work against Nazis in Africa.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
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Washington, d. C.
AID TO RUSSIA

It is now permissible to reveal
that several months ago about 300,-
600 tons of shipping were tied up in
the Persian Gulf waiting to be un-
loaded.
This represented super attempt
to aid Russia, and although some
ships were tied up for weeks, it was
not the fault of the War Shipping
administration or the army. This
was an attempt to show good faith
to Russia when she was under ter
rife siege, when the battle of Stain
grad was in the balance.
In some cases ships rode at an
Choir so and go days in the Gulf of
Persia, waiting to unload, their
crews idle.
Basic reason for this delay is that
port facilities along the Gulf of Per-
sia are backward if not medieval.
There were no modern docks or
cranes, and to unload locomotives
without cranes is almost impossible.
Also the railroad running north from
Basra to the Caucasus is a mean
dering affair, never completely fin
ished, originally built to reach the
Shah's hunting lodge rather than
port facilities on the Caspian.
Very little had been done by the
British to improve this line, until
American engineers got busy. Even
before Pearl Harbor, when we first
started sending aid to Russia, Amer
lean railroad men were rushed to
Basra. But it was a tough job, and
was still unfinished last fall and
summer. At that time the Nazis
were knocking our Murnahsk con-
voys off Norway into smithereens.
So, to keep faith with Russia, ships
were piled into the Gulf of Persia.
Today the situation, though still
difficult, is greatly improved. In
fact, hard-hitting Lew Douglas, dy-
namo of the War Shipping admins
tration, has popped up unloading IA
cilities in India, South Africa and
other bad bottlenecks where previ-
ously U. S. ships had to wait three
and four weeks to unload.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
WORRIED OVER RAILROADS

Certain Washington officials ac-
quainted with railroad operation are
worried about temporary break
downs of the transportation system,
and consequent serious delays in
moving war materials.
While it is admitted that the rail-
roads are doing a grand job,"
there is no overlooking the fact that
the burden is proving too heavy.
Most serious is the situation In
westward freight traffic. The coun-
try's railroads were built with the
idea of moving traffic eastward, with
bigger facilities as traffic moves
east. But today, with a Pacific war
to supply, the westward movement
is greater than ever.
Breakdowns have occurred on sin
gle-track western lines, requiring re-
routing in circuitous manner, with
delays of days and weeks in some
cases. A transcontinental freight
movement which once was accom-
plished in five days is now requiring
ten and fifteen.
The remedy seems to be an in
crease in the centralized control of
traffic. This smells like government
operation, from the railroads point
of view, and they shy away from
it. But officials in ODT who have
no railroad connections regard such
control as necessary for the war
time job.
Note: The burden for meeting
these problems falls on the shoulders
of V. V. Boatner, director of the di-
vision of railroad transport in the
ODT. Boatner has now shifted to a
without compensation" basis so he
can act as consultant for the rail-
roads and be paid by them, while
still officially working for the gov-
ernment.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
FARMER CHENNAULT

Freshman Rep. Charles z. Nc
Kenzie of Louisiana expected to get
a frst-hand report on the war in the
Far East when he shook hands with
his most distinguished constituent,
Gen. Claire Chennault, leader of
American forces in China, who is
visiting in the United States.
But the Fighting Tiger" almost
foored Mckenzie by inquiring:
''How's farming down home? I can't
wait to get back to my plantation"
Mckenzie replied that he had Just
returned from Louisiana, that farm
ers in his district were doing Every
well' considering the shortage Of
labor and machinery.
did you see my place in Concor-
dia Parish?" asked Chennault anx-
iouSly.
"You bet, General" replied Nc
Kenzie, ''and can report that it is
one of the most beautiful and best
regulated plantations in Louisiana.
I'd like to live there myself, on the
banks of Lake st. John"
Note: While Chennault is at war.
his Louisiana farm is being man.
aged by his wife and children.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
q The carpet in the state depart
ment reception room, where Secre-
tary Hull holds press conferences,
is bordered with swastikas.
q William B. Lewis, chief of Owls
radio bureau, resented Times"
calling him smooth, dapper," and
one of the "soap salesmen'' in Owl.
He called Times" Washington bu-
reau threatening to write letters of
protest to important people. write
one to u.s." said Felix Belair Jr..
head of the bureau, eff it's good.
We'll print it,
MAIL BAG
G.C.C., Rochester, N. Y: There
is no war department regulation
which prohibits enemy aliens from
serving In combat units of the U. S.
army.
PISS, New York City: Within the
last few days, complete sending and
receiving V-mail stations have been
opened in North Africa. Thus V-maiI
is now available to all overseas
areas. About 40, 900, 900 letters have
been sent overseas by V-mail, on
rolls of film, without single loss.
Buy War Bonds
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
DEBT LIMIT
AND THE FAMILY


CONGRESS RAISED the federal
debt limit to 30 billion dollars and
it will reach that point by the end
of this year. That means each man,
woman and child has been mort
gagged for 81 SIG, and over each fam
ily of five there is a mortgage Of
SO, ,080, on which there is an annual
interest charge of not less than S16I
for each family to pay. Our indebt-
edness at the close of 1913 will be
eight times what it was at the close
of the First World war.
IN HIS VETO of the bill that would
have increased prices on farm prod
ucts to a slight extent, the Presi-
dent said such an increase would
tend to produce imitation The War
Labor board has not seen the same
danger in an increase of wages In
war production plants.
THE GOVERNMENT CAN, If il
wishes, break Henry Ford and 9TH
ers of his kind. When and if it does,
it will deprive millions of workers of
the jobs that provide homes, neces-
sites and luxuries for families.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20
TOP-HEAVY BUREAUS
IN GOVERNMENT

SAMUEL INSULT created a great
public utility structure by building
corporations on top of corporations,
until the top-heavy organization top
pied over, and in the crash the pub
lie lost millions of dollars. To pre-
vent a recurrence of such a catas-
trophe, congress created the SEC.
But the government is not taking its
own medicine. Bureaus and depart
ments are being built on top of other
bureaus and departments, until gov
ernment has become as top-heavy as
was Insults public utility structure.
There is limit, and should a top
heavy government topple over, the
insult failure would be but a drop
as compared to an ocean of disaster.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20

~ TOW and then a man and
N woman get a divorce,
= drift about the world try
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Statesman
Continued From Page DID

194l, their reception January rs
will be the first large entertain
ment which they have given.
They have made a wide circle
OF friends for themselves since
they came, but their parties have
been small and informal.
The Ambassador is the first
representative Of the President
Of Uruguay at this Capital and
established the Embassy here,
succeeding Senior j. Richling,
who served his government as
Minister at this post from April
Is. 1884, until the legation was
raised to an embassy and he
retired from the diplomatic serv-
Ice. Senior Richling was among
the very popular diplomats at
this post and now that he is In
commercial life he frequently
visits in Washington, where he is
warmly greeted by his many
friends.
When the Ambassador and
Sonora de Blanco came to Wash
ington they were accompanied
by their two children, Margarita,
now nearing her teens, and Juan
Carlos, jr,, now 7, as we'll as Sc
nora de Blanco's mother, Sonora
Sofia Platero de Iviarte Borda,
who are with them at the May
flower.
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West Virginians
To Dance FRIDAY

The annual Inaugural Dance of
the West Virginia Society will be
given Friday evening in the West
Ballroom Of the Shoreham Hotel, at
which time the members Of the
West Virginia congressional dele
CATION will be greeted. In this
group there are four members re-
turned to Congress By the general
election and four newly elected
members.
Admission will be by membership
card or by ticket which may be
secured at the door on the night of
the dance.
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Betsy Snyth
Wed Yesterday
At Cathedral
Becomes Bride
OF Corbl. Raborg
OF Richmond

The marriage of Miss Betsy Smyth
to Corpl. George Temple Raborg,
tr., Of Richmond took place yester-
day afternoon in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Washington Cathedral,
with the Rev. Armand T. Eyler of st.
Margaret's Episcopal Church officia-
ting.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight G.. Smyth and
Corpl. Raborg is the son of Mrs.
George Temple Raborg and the late
Mr.. Raborg.
Mr.. Smyth gave his daughter in
marriage. She was gowned in ivory
satin, made with long train, and
her finger-tip veil of illusion was
held by coronet of old Madeira
lace. She carried a white ivory
prayer book, a gift of her great
grandmother, covered with white or
chids and streamers of white satin
ribbon.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Horace
Wright Of Richmond, Va, sister of
the bridegroom, wore gold faille
gown with a fitted velvet bodice
and carried yellow roses. Brides
maids were Miss Harriet Lindner
and Miss Peggy Reutlinger, both of
Washington, who were gowned in
blue satin and carried shower bou-
quets of pink roses.
Sergt. James A. Harley served as
best man and the ushers were Sergt.
Donald H. Barksdale, Sergt. John
Owen, Sergt. John v. Carlan and
Pvt. Charles Berry.
Mrs. Smyth wore a blue gown,
trimmed with silver, and the mother
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Congressional
Receptions by
State Societies
Lee.Jackson Ball,
Inaugural Dance
Are Other Events

Representative Cameron M. Nor
rison, who served North Carolina as
Governor and Senator before enter
ing the House Of Representatives
this year, and Mrs. Morrison will be
present at the annual Congressional
Night reception and dance of the
North Carolina Society Saturday
evening at the Shoreham Hotel.
Representative Morrison is North
Carolinas new member OF Congress.
Ofdcers and members Of the Board
OF Governors of the society will en-
tertain the congressional party at an
informal reception in suite at the
Shoreham prior to the formal recep-
ton, which will begin in the ball
room at $50 o'clock.
A number Of young officers from
North Carolina, stationed in the
various branches Of the armed serv-
ices mere, Will be the special guests
Of the society for the formal recep-
ton and dance.
The congressional delegation to be
honored at the function will be
composed Of Senator and Mrs.
Josiah w. Bailey. Senator and Mrs.
Robert R. Reynolds, Representative
and Mrs. Robert L. Doughton, Rep
resentative and Mrs. A. L. Bulwinkle
Representative and Mrs. Herbert G.
Bonner, Representative and Mrs.
Harold D. Cooley, Representative
and Mrs. William o. Burgin, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Morrison Rem
fesentative John H. Kerr, Repre-
sentative Graham A. Barden, Rep
resentative John H. Folger, Repre-
sentative Carl T. Durham. Repre-
sentative Zebulon Weaver and Rep
resentative J. Bayard Clark.
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Representative
And Mrs. Curtis
Have Guests

Representative Carl T. Curtis of
Nebraska and Mrs. Curtis have as
their guests DR.. o. L. Erickson and
his son, Mr.. Jack Erickson of Kear-
hey, Nebr.
Representative Curtis and Mrs.
Curtis are now in the house in
Yorktowne Village which they have
leased for the present session of
Congress. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis and
the two Curtis children returned
recently from their home in Minden,
Nebr, where they had spent the
fall and early winter.
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Betty H. Raymond
And Ensign Bares
Engaged to Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Ray
mond announce the engagement
OF their daughter, Miss Betty
Houston Raymond, to Ensign
Rudolph Bares, jr., OF Chicago.
No date has been set for tho
wedding.
Miss Raymond is a graduate Of
the University Of Maryland and
a member Of Alpha Omicron Pi.
Ensign Bares was graduated from
Northwestern University and is a
member of Sigma Delta Pi.
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Massachusetts,
Society Dance

The annual congressional recep-
ton and dance of the Massachusetts
society OF Washington will be given
FRIDAY evening, January Is, at 10
O'Clock in the Wardman Park Hotel.
when the guests of honor will be the
members of Congress from Massa-
chusetts.
Servicemen accompanied by men,
oers OF the society will be admitted
TO the dance. Further information
may be obtained from Miss Char
lotte Clementson.
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Birthday Ball
On January p

The Lee-Jackson Birthday ball
and entertainment of the Society OF
Virginia will be given Friday eve
ming, January %, in the ball room of
the Willard Hotel, when a pageant
Will be presented which will be
based on the theme. What General
Lee Would See Today"
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Of the bridegroom was attired in

Of the bridegroom was attired In
black.
After reception at the home Of
the brides parents Corpl. and Mrs.
Raborg left for a short wedding trip.
For travelling the bride wore q
brown gabardine suit with alligator
shoes and bag and corsage Of white
orchids.
Mrs. Raborg, formerly Of Bronx
vile, N. Y, attended the King Smith
Dramatic School and Corpl. Raborg
was a student at the Medical Col
lege Of Virginia in Richmond before
entering the service:
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The Axis Is watching you; keep
'em signing, while you keep buying
War savings stamps.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
SHORT WAVE WARNING

The American Red Cross warns rela-
tives and friends of missing service men
not to trust enemy broadcasts which
purport to give information about pris-
oners of war.
False information is short-waved, as
part of Axis propaganda, along with
accurate data. Sometimes the inaccuracy
is unntentional; sometimes deliberate,
for the purpose of injuring American
morale.
All such broadcasts are monitored by
the Red Cross and checked against other
sources of information, so that when you
hear from the Provost MarshaPs office
you get not what the Axis would like
you to believe but the most accurate
facts that can be assembled.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08

U. S. forces on the Philippines
were 100000 Filipino nilitiamen,
12.00O scouts and $4,000 u. S. reg
ulars, of whom 5000 were Air
Force personnel. The planes num-
bered $50, of w ich 35 were Fort
resses and 107 were P-4Os.
A complete report On the peril
Gus job of trying to run the Jap
blockade to get supplies into the
Philippines, writes General Mar
shall. has never been received.
OF seven ships dispatched from
Australia, only three got to Cebu.
At least Is of the blockade run
ners were sunk or captured try
ing to get through to Bataan.
Several Over-age destrOyers were
refitted as blockade runners, but
none got through.
But a major miscalculation of the
Japanese, General Marshall reports
was the unanticipated and prolong.
ed defense of the Philippines, Cor
regidor falling on May 5, 1912. Thi!
completely upset their timetabl
for other offensive operations il
the Southwest Pacific, including
Australia.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
HIGHER JUSTICE

Probate Judge Leigh of Mobile, Ala,
has ruled that after a court has rendered
final judgment MISUNDERSTANDING a
newspaper editorials the right to crit
icize that judgment, SO long as he OBJ
serves the normal precautions against
slander or libel
This overrules the contempt conviction
imposed upon Publisher Ralph B. Chan
der by Judge Touart, who was hurt by
editorial criticism in Mr.. Chambers Mo
bile Press and Register.
Thus in Alabama, as elsewhere, prec-
edent piles on precedent upholding the
right, and the duty, of an alert press to
protect TIE public interest in connection
with the administration of justice, as in
other fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
AGE OF INNOCENCE
Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, Mass.)

Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, Mass.)
One must write of summer in the past
tense. 1t is the most temporary of sea-
sons while it is here, and it goes quick
ly :.
Most of us will remember it as the
season with few automobiles, and with
those few driven at moderate speeds,
bright memory which will endure longer
than the recollection of petty wartime
hardships :.
The whole attitude of the human race
toward street traffic was revolutioniZed,
and suddenly everyone became young
again -.
And the bicycles. No matter where
YOU went you would always see child
on a wheel . coming along at head
long pace and looking backward over his
shoulder. Approaching corner, you
could be virtually certain that child
would presently sweep around it on his
bicycle, no hands on the handlebars, and
while you watched with fascination he
would, as likely as not, casually put his
shoe on the most convenient part of the
bicycle before him and proceed to tie
shoelace, meantime continuing at top
speed.
What will it be like to -. duck and
dodge traffic again? Still surrounded
by our new age of innocence, with sum-
mer officially gone but September ben
evolent and gilded around us, we refuse
to face the question.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO

Soon after Italy found continued par
ticipation in the war untenable and sur
rendered Internationally there was
catch phrase which developed in this
country: "One down, two to GO"
Counter -propagandists of the Japa-
nese took quick cognizance of it and re-
taliated with this: 'lt doesn't matter if
the next two batters are Lou Gehrig and
Joe DiMaggio.'
Perhaps the Japanese ego was working
overtime when they compared themselves
with two of Americas greatest baseball
sluggers but there is more than grain
of truth in the simile.
Italy was easy The Italian people
had no heart for the war after they had
been betrayed by their leaders and made
a mere pawn in the international game
of death and destruction.
Although the Japs and Nazis may not
be members of those Yankee baseball
teams which will go down in history,
they are better than fair country league
players.
For 10 years the Germans have been
preparing for this war. 1t is impossible
to say how long the little yellow men
have been training for the big game"
but it is known that they have built up
strong resources both in manpower and
equipment. They will not easily be
struck out.
Our team has not been in training long
but it is hoped that we will make up for
it with better spirit and equipment, both
of which are vitality important in deter
mining the final tally.
The stiffening of the Nazis in Russia
and in Italy and the continued tough
shedding which our men have had in the
South Pacific indicates that the game
may have to go extra innings
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
OUTBLITzING BLITzERS
California Progress Review

(OdlllOTllld TTOSIeSS hepleW)
Three years ago at this time London
was undergoing its trial by fire" Begin
ming on September of that year and
continuing for SO consecutive nights,
bombs screamed down from the clouds.
During this period, and in the intermit
tent bombing that followed for some
months after that, the German air force
dropped 1900 tons of bombs in 80 nights.
Seventy-five hundred tons of bombs
was an appalling totai-three years ago.
Yet, today it is hardly more than the
equivalent of three big raids by the
RAF. In one attack on Hamburg, 2300
tons were dropped in 45 minutes. And
the heaviest raids of the war are un-
doubtedly yet to come-as Messrs. Goer-
ing and Hitler we'll realize.
The "blitz" was the nazi's baby, but
they hardly recognize it now
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
Hitler Attempts to
Bolster HenChmen

LONDON. Oct. 8. - (UP)-The
German DNB news agency report
ed today that Adolf Hitler summon
ed number of Nazi leaders to his
headquarters yesterday to heir a
pep talk based on reassurances
that the Germans could not lose
the war if they kept on giving their
all
I'VE will strike everywhere, and
never flag until our aim has been
reached broadcast DNB dispatch
quoted Hitler as telling his hench-
men.
Take with you unshakably and
firmly in VOTE hearts the belief that
if our will does not falter, this war
will end with a great German VIC
tory
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-08
TOO MUCH MONEY?
(San Bernardino Sum

(San BefnafQlnO SUM
The state of Utah recently decided to
increase the old age pensions. The old
folks living on them needed more in
these days of the high cost of food. So
up went the rates from $50 to $40 per
month. The amount even at the new
rate does not seem excessive.
Ever tried to live on $40 per month?
Maybe you did and maybe, if you were
smart and thrifty. you even got by on it.
But it was pretty tight squeeze, wasn't
it?
Not for one woman. though. She re-
turned her nice big check to an astonished
state welfare office. She never had
spent more than $50 month, she said,
and what in the world would she do with
$40?
There's thrift and contentment for
you. This woman would be good citizen
in any state and Utah should be proud
of her.