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The Ely miner., 1943-06-17
Sprinkler Cleans Air-Cleaner

Air, oil and water are used In q
motor-driven sprinkler system to
speed the cleaning of electric cells
which collect dirt from the air in
steel mills. The sprinkler does the
job 10 times as fast as the old hand
method. The electric cells are part
of an air cleaner called a Precipi-
tron which attracts dirt particles
like a magnet and prevents short
circuits that would be caused by
dirt wedging between the terminals
of steel mill motor.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17
No Lost Jug COrks

To avoid losing corks from jugs,
make them out of soft wood, bore
hole through the top, then tie loosely
to the handle with strong cord of
lace leather. When the cork is re-
moved from the jug, 1t hangs by
the cord from the handle.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETT-
TTON FOR LICENSE TO SELL
REAL ESTATE.

TION FOR LICENSE TO SELL
REAL ESTATE.
IN PROBATE COURT.
No. 36952.
Saate Of Minnesota,
County Of st. Louis, IS.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF ANDREW MILLS, Decedent.
1T is ORDERED that the petition
OF the representative of said estate for
license to sell the real estate described
therein be heard before this Court on
Monday, June 28, 1913, at 10 o'clock
A. M, in the Probate Court Room in
the Court House in Duluth, Minnesota,
and that all persons interested then
show cause, if, any they have, why such
license should not be granted.
Witness the HON. WIN. j. ARCHER
Judge of Probate Court, this 26th day
of May, 1943.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate.
A. w. Nelson, Attorney for
Petitioner, Ely, MINI. Ga GIT
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17
Fourteen Accented

So high is the standard set for
girl operators in the London tele-
phone service that out of every hum
dred candidates for posts only about
IA are finally accepted.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17
Motor Fuel for Cars

It is estimated that every "a hours
one-third Of all U. S. motor vehi-
cles-10, 900, 900, drive into the ma
tion's 100000 retail gasoline outlets
and obtain 100000 gallons of mo-
tor fuel.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17

"How about joinin' us in a game, Judge?...
I'll drop out for while"
Sorry, Phil, but can't today. I'm on
my way up to the hospital to see how Franks
wife is coming along. just dropped by to
give you the answer to that question you
asked me about synthetic rubber yesterday
in the barber shop. looked it up and found
out that the beverage distilling industry's
facilities for producing grain alcohol make it
possible to include 100000 tons of rubber
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17
London Leads

Out of the 10000 divorced persons
in England and Wales, Is per cent
live in London. About $500 mar
riages are now dissolved each year.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17

From Pvt. James W. Pete, .TG BOT,
Br. 265, Sheppard Field, Texas, writes
to the VFW:
II read that the VF'W is signing up
recruits for the air corps, and r
think it is doing fine job. 1t was
some of the members of the post who
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17

from grain in the governments $4,000 ton
synthetic rubber program.
81 also verified the fact that no distiller is
making whiskey today. They all stopped
making whiskey last year and are working
night and day. days week, producing war
alcohol for the government ;. for .smokeless
powder, chemical warfare materials, medical
supplies. as well as for synthetic rubber. It's
mighty good thing these distilleries were in
existence ready to do this important job"
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17

Joseph L. Vidmar, seaman, third
class, is in area ], Bks. 14C5, Farragut,
Idaho, naval training station.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-17

Pfc. Albin G. Markun, Hq. Co., Serv.
Bn, Bldg. 139, Mob, San Diego,
Calf, writes:
Things certainly have changed
since I left Ely and there certainly
have been a lot of surprises. The fell
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
PIGS AND DOLLARS
(Ontario Daily ReporD

(Ontario Daily RepOrD
As of April 2, I94z, l372 , billion dol
lars had been appropriated by congress
TO pay for the war Of this amount, 80
billion represented inflated prices, ac-
cording to the Office of Emergency Man
agement.
Inflated prices are a direct result of
public spending Oh borrowed money.
Each billion that the government bOr-
rows from the banks and pumps into
circulation through the pay windows of
our var plants IN eI1ecr adds to the to-
tai supply of money. As the money sup
ply increases i'm excess of goods and
services available, its value goes down.
Any farmer knows what happens when
the market is glutted with too many pigs.
The value of pigs drops. On the other
hand, as pigs become scarce and money
becomes plentiful, the value of money
drops.
The old law of supply and demand is
ineXorabe. 1t applies to the dollars in
our pockets Just as TO the products of
the farms The only difference is that
we call it initiation when there is too
much money. Also, too much money is
not an act Of God, as in the case of pigs.
Too much money of the kind we have in
this country today, is due solely to play
lllS IJOlllINN lllSlCStN VI Aoiio"iiiS SOuiit
financial policies.
The people of America and their politi
clans have avoided paying for war
through taxes and war bonds. In trying
20 escape their duty they have permitted
government to pay Tor guns, planes and
tanks by borrowing from the banks in
4 way that creates" new money. AS
result. the value of money has gone down.
The country is in the midst Of "infla-
ton High war wages are increasingly
illusory. Prices are steadily rising. No
one is cheating us but ourselves. We are
literally throwing away financial integri-
ty along with our standard of living, our
savings and our self respect.
If the figures of the Office of Emerg
ICY Management are correct we had, as
of last April, squandered S35 ,000,000,000.
There is no other name for it because the
bulk of that vast sum represents an un-
necessary addition to the cost of winning
the war And by this time we have squan-
dered many more billions of good Amer
lean dollars, for tWO-thirds of the war
cost is still being financed the easy way
through the banks.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
SHOULD THE LAWS
BE CHANGED?

The outcome Of the Flynn case has pro-
duced in the minds of many persons Il
suspicion that somewhere, somehow the
laws governing matters of this kind are
not properly balanced.
A minor girl, they point out, cannot
marry without the consent of her par
ents. In the case of marriage, the respon-
sibility of selection and good judgment is
thus transferred to the parent who is
given dictatorial powers (and quite right
ly so) in such cases.
But if the same girl becomes guilty of
moral misconduct, those same parents
suddenly are scott-free of responsibility
in the eyes of the law, and the legal guilt
is aimed at third party.
That hardly seems logical. While par
ents cannot be expected to be 100 per-
cent responsible for the moral acts of
their children, certainly it is reasonable
to assume that the law which gives them
full control in the one case, should hold
them at least partially responsible in the
other case.
Certain it is that if the law were sud-
denly changed to hold the parents respon-
sible for moral misconduct of their minor
adolescents, Sunday schools and churches
would be filled to capacity; character
building organizations would thrive, and
more attention would be paid to where
children go and what they do. Parents,
in self defense, would see to that,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Entire Nuzi Resistance
Waivers as kursk Topples

LONDON, Feb. Sup Disaster
threatened the Germans at both
ends of the Russian offensive line
today and military quarters dis
cussed the possibility that they
might have to fall back TO the
Dnieper river $50 miles west of
Kharkov before the spring thaWs
came.
At the south end Of the line
where the Russians were attacking
Rostov, the Germans were placed
in jeopardy of losing the entire
Donets basin mining and industrial
area.
At the north end the fall of
Kursk increased the threat to
Kharkov, industrial capital of the
Ukraine, and the great enemy de-
fense bases of Orel and Bryansk,
which lie IS miles apart at points
about 200 miles uth-southWest
Of Moscow.
A Radio Ankara broadcast re-
celved here reported that long col
umns of German troops were al
ready retreating along the coast
from Rostov
An official commentary broad
cast over the Berlin radio by Capt.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
THE EkROL FLYNN VERDICT
POINTS A FINGER

Last Saturday, jury of three men
and nine women brought in a verdict of
Not Guilty following a month-long
trial of movie actor Enroll Flynn on
charges of attacking two teen age girls.
Unhappily, many of the millions of peO-
pie across the country who followed the
case through newspaper stories will let
the matter rest right there. Properly,
however, they should think beyond the
verdict, and if they do it should be APP
parent that there are several important
conclusions to be drawn.
These are indicated by the declaration
of jury woman that the nine ladies
held caucus and decided Flynn could
not possibly have harmed these girls.
Now this might be interpreted in either
one of two different ways. 1t might mean
that they concluded Flynn did not COM
nit the acts Of which he was accused. But
they didnh say so. They said he could
not have harmed these girls.
This would point a finger of scorn at
all girls Of minor age who lead question
able lives or lives open to moral danger
By implication, it would indicate a new
''unwritten" law to the effect that minor
age girls cannot expect the protection
of the law unless their moral conduct
deserves it.
Youths and maidens should take heed
Here is definite warning that they must
recognize wrong and right life, and
make the proper selection lest the law,
even as presently written, cease to pro-
tect them.
Parents, also should observe this warn
ing that parental guidance be observed
lest the mark of ALREADY harmed be.
ct q popod DpoO their dauphterS
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09

alameda TimeS-Star)
Modern Germany has had two strong
rulers, Bismarck and Hitler Both uni
fled the German state by merging null
tituda Of smaller principalities in the
larger unit. Both won wars. And there
the resemblance ends.
In 1886 Bismarck's Prussian army as
tonished the world by crushing the sup
posedly stronger Austrians, in a conflict
SO short that ever since then it has been
known rs the Seven Weeks War. Vienna,
the Austrian capital, lay hapless before
the invader, and the king of Prussia,
soon to become the German emperor,
wished to occupy it. The supposedly cold
and heartless Bismarck resisted passion
ately, saying that he wanted Austria as
an ally and would not humiliate her need
lessly He had his way, and for so
years Germany and Austria remained
steadfast allies.
In 1910 Hitler conquered France al
most as quickly. How he treated the
fallen is known to everyone Now the
beaten state is rising against him, and his
work begins to crumble.
The difference is between a statesman
-Bsmarck-and Hitler, a mere adven-
tllrpr
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Dutch, Aussie
Fliers hitJap

GEN MacARTHUR'S H E A D :
QUARTERS, Australia, Feb. O.
UP)-Dobo, Japanese-held port in
the Aroe islands between Dutch
New Guinea and Australia, was
virtually wiped out" by Dutch and
Australian airmen early Monday,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur said to-
day in his communique.
The Dutch, flying American
built B 25 Mitchell medium bomb
ers, attacked at 5000 feet, while the
Australians, flying Hudson patrol
planes, came in at around 5000 feet,
and wrecked the Japanese head
quarters, the harbor, barracks,
storehouses, and other installations.
1t was the third great raid with
in five days on Dobo, chief port of
the Aroe group, and the heaviest
yet for combined Dutch and Aus
tralian operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
QUICK CAPTURE

On the north end, the amazingly
quick capture ofg Kursk, 280 miles
quick capture of Kursk, $50 miles
north of Kharkov, was a threat as
grave if not graver to the Ger
mans and added to the possibility
that they might have to withdraw
to the Dnieper.
strongly fortified of German bases.
The Germans had held it since
Sept. 1941. 1t lies 265 miles east
northeast of Kiev, on the Dnieper,
the only one of Russia's big
three" cities the Germans took.
The Russians had started their
offensive at Voronezh, 385 miles
east-northeast Of Kiev.
They were constantly threaten
ing the encirclement of scores of
thousands of Germans and widen
ing the scope of a gigantic pCten-
tia trap.
Military quarters here said that
regardless whether the Germans
evacuated Kursk voluntarily, as
they were expected to claim when
and if they admitted its loss, they
must have abandoned great quanti-
ties of desperately needed war ma
terials. 1t was one of four great
pegs in the German Orel-Kursk-
Relgorod- -Kharkov line, and Orel,
80 miles north of it, was now in
danger. Military experts had fore
seen Kursk's fall but had not eX-
pected it SO soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-UP)--
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
declared today that "all resistance
on Guadalcanal apparently has
ceased" except for a few small
isolated groups of surrounded Jap
anese troops.
He told reporters that he had in
formation from Guadalcanal partly
supporting Japanese reports thay
had withdrawn troops from Quad
alcanal
Knox said that this now brings
our forces into striking distance
of some of the most important Jap
sneSe bases.
He made these assertions in COM
menting on Axis radio broadcasts
quoting a Japanese communique
that they had transferred GER
tain units Of the japanese army
end navy from Guadalcanal and
New Guinea during the early part
Of February.
Knox said that the air-sea en-
gagements which have been occur
ring in this area for more than a
week might be in part an effort
to cover the withdrawal of troops
from the island.
KNOX SPEAKS
The South Pacific story might
have been vastly different for the
last three or four months had we
not established ourselves in the
SolomonS successfully, Knox OBJ
served.
Knox began the press conference
by recalling that when he returned
from his recent tour of the South
west Pacific ne had made an eSti-
mate that significant japanese re-
sistance on Guadalcanal had col
lapsed. Then he quoted from the
Axis broadcast on the Japanese
communique.
II don't think there's any doubt
about the truth of that" Knox
said. What we thought were at
tempts to reinforce may have been
attempts to evacuate. But that is
! speculative and we will have to
await confirmation.
I'VE are satisfied by our air and
! ground reconnaissance that there is
no large number of japanese in
any one group. Several small
groups have been surrounded and
cut off from supplies and rein
| forcements
DIDN'T FIRE SHOT
He recalled that during his visit
TO Guadalcanal he had stood in
an exposed position which might
very well have come under Jap
anese fire. Yet the enemy did not
fire a shot, probably because he
didn't have any artillery shells
TO reach U.S." Knox said.
The few isolated japanese groups
that were left, Knox continued,
took refuge in the jungle valleys
and defiles of the island where
'either death or surrender were
their only alternative.
He said there had been no fur
ther news of the air-sea engage
ments going on in the Solomons
area.
80 far as | know, the same pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
American Troops
In Africa Await
RommeI Battle

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE SOUTHERN HUNTSIA
tRCNT. Feb. 8.-CDelayed)
American boys crouched in fox
holes today along a l50-mile front
of Barren valleys, plains and noun
tains from Central Tunisia to the
edge of the Sahara desert. guarding
the Allied flank, raiding the Ger
mans at every chance and awaiting
their big test against Field Mar
shall Erwin r o m m e ! S Afrika
Korps.
1t was indicated now that Rom
mel would make his major stand on
the line extending Is miles across
lhe coastal bottleneck between the
salt flat and the Mediterranean
coast just north of Gabes.
German resistance at the Ma
reth line, 10 miles inside Tunisia
starting at point about 35 miles
south of GabeS, was expected to be
only a delaying action preliminary
to the definitive fight some weeks
from now.
ESTABLISH CONTACT
The American Army established
contact with Gen. Sir Bernard
Montgomery'S Eighth Army several
days ago at the southern end of
their line when a group of the
ard-bitten, bronzed men who had
marched 1900 miles from Ell Ala
mein to Tripoli filtered through
TO shake hands with them at des-
ert oasis.
This was a harbinger of the day,
clearly in sight now, when the
Allies of the East and West will
open a co-ordinated offensive to
drive the last Axis soldier from
Africa.
Already the Americans are fight
ing the pick of Rommel'S men,
newly re-equipped, at the strate-
gically important Faid Pass, 90
miles north of Gabes and 125 miles
south of TuniS.
GUARDING PASS
The Germans were guarding the
pass against the constant Ameri-
can attempts, by means of heavy
armored raids, to punch a wedge
into the Axis coastal defensive po-
SitionS.
The placing of seasoned veterans
in the Faid position showed the
Importance the German command
attached to the pass as a key point
in the line dominating heights they
are holding parallel to the coast,
to protect Rommel'S withdrawal
from Libya.
So far the Germans had sue
ceeded skilfully in blocking a pos
sible American offensive stab to-
ward the coast to cut off Rom
mel'S retreat. They had done so
by series of successful attacks on
the mountain passes. Considerable
Allied forces were necessary to pre-
vent the Axis troops from tanning
cut on to the plains west of the
heights, possibly to outfiank the
Allied positions in the north
The long, loose battle line in the
south was trCly one of passes.
GERMAN OBJECTIVE
The German objective was to OBJ
tain tight control of the north
south line of low mountains: the
Allied objective was to prevent this
control without committing too
many troops and at the same time,
if possible, to block the withdrawal.
Faid Pass was the key position
for the moment because it con-
troled the road between Sfax, Is
miles north of Gabes, and Cen
tral Tunisia. Sfax is now the most
important Axis supply port.
The Americans were dug in on
the plain west of the pass, Just
outside artillery range, preventing
the Germans from sending patrols
westward from the pass.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Jups Evdcuute
GuodQI Force

liminary plays are still going on,
Knox added, referring to previous
Navy statements that both air and
surface forces Of each side were
SkirmiShing.
II suspect it's possible that this
might be a demonstration to cover
the withdrawal of their troops" "
Knox said in reply to a question.
DO you have any information to
confirm the japanese reports of
WithdraWal?" he was asked.
PARTIAL INFORMATION
1--WE have information fr o m
Guadalcanal partly supporting the
japanese reports Knox replied.
"All resistance on the island ap-
parently has ceased except, that
there may be few small isolated
groups left"
Did the enemy have much to
withdraw"
mo, they didn't. The number of
japanese on the island when we
were down thereon January 21-2%
was estimated to be between 1000
and 6000.'
Again reporter asked him
whether the Navy had any con-
firmation of japanese evacuation.
we have some information in
dicating evacuation" Knox reit-
Grated. He was asked to assess the
value Of complete American domi-
nation of Guadalcanal.
1T has both positive and mega
tive value Knox replied The
negative would deny to the Jap
anese an opportunity for raids on
our communications Also affirm
atiVely, it has brought us up to
where we are in striking distance
of some of their most important
bases"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Capital Talk
-by-
Peter Edison

tening to in every one. At Boston
the other day he let go this one:
"rhe world is a little topsy-turvy
these days. Here's the Roosevelt
administration bending every ef-
fort to hold wages down, and en-
ployerS standing in line asking the
government to let them be raised
shouldn't be terribly surprised
some morning to read in the news
paper that the Communist party
had gone on record against taxes
on corporate income" n
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09

Ludwig Sertorious. military expert
fol the Transocean agency, show
&C clearly that the Germans rea-
lized the danger TO the Donets
basin. SertOrious said the mait
Russian drive was being made
southwark in an attempt to roll
III The German flank on the lower
Donets and attack the strong"
German positions at RostoV from
the rear.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

Without putting the blame on anyone,
the trouble in my opinion is that the pro-
gram for stabilizing prices and wages
has never been thoroughly sold to the
American people.-Cyrus Ching of War
Labor Board.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
PAY INCREASE
REQUESTS

In the three months since the
wage and salary stabili2ation or
ders were put into effect, some
! $4,000 inquiries. on pay increass
have been received by regional Of
fices in the Wage and Hour Divis-
! ion, which handles these matters
| in the first instance. Three-fourths
OF the inquiries have come from
employers wanting to raise wages
to pay more money to keep labor or
TO induce new workers to take
jobs One application out of every
| 10 has come to the War Labor
Board in Washington, which has
piled load of 1000 more decisions
to be made in the capital. Getting
out from under that burden, the
board will soon open Il new re-
gional offices with l2 Little WLB's"
to handle oil labor disputes.
With this further dccentraliza-
ton, the War Labor Board in
Washington will sit as a sort of
supreme court on labor disputes
and wage issues, handling only
those cases in which employer or
employees may appeal the de-
ciSiOn of the regional board.
Biggest headache which the war
Labor Board now faces is the ap-
plication from unions wanting to
90 above the limit set by the Little
Steel formula of last July which.
authorized increases in wages 4
up to Is per cent above January |,
l94l, levels.
MIS-, MSS, MIS-
Army ordnance raised the veil of
secrecy formerly hung over its Ms
light tank the other day and there
by corrected an error When the
tank deStroyer-the Self-propelled
Is or lC5 nm. artillery piece
mounted on trackS-WaS announced
in December after it had helped
knock Rommel out of Egypt, that
weapon too was designated as the
Ms. 1t wasn't the Ms at all 1t
was the MI The Ms is this new
light tank. an improved model of
the M-3, which Tommies call the
Honey The Ms. it is now reveal
ed, has also seen service in Africa,
helped lick Rommel It's lighter but
much faster than the MA or Gen.
eral Sherman. Swell for chasing
Germans and Italians on the run.
Office of Price AdminiStrat ton -
rationing heads fear they're going
to have to do something about the
steak places and chop houses which.
by paying premium prices to packA
ing houses, always seem to have
plenty of good red meat and have
been a haven where beef-hungry
customers have been able to find
a thick one at any time, if willing
to pay
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
SERIOUS THREAT

This main drive undoubtedly is
a serious threat" Sertorious said,
but the high command disposes
OF sufficient reserves, and rela-
lively good communications in the
Donets basin and the region west
i Rostov will allow it to move
troops rapidly TO threatened sec
tors.
Sertorious reported that the Rus
slams had gained some ground in
the direction of the Rostov bridge
head" but had failed to cross the
Don in the region of It's estuary.
The fate of Rostov will, how
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-09
Editorials and Comment

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