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Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
MR. PETRlLLO'S
IDEA OF PROGRESS

James Caesar Petrillo, czar OF the
American Federation OF Musicians, JUS
titled his unions ban on recordings be-
fore senate Investigating committee the
other day by venturing the opinion that
ice men would never have helped develop
refrigerators, had they been asked TO 40
so.
Petrillo argued that his ultimatum
against allowing his union members TO
make recordings should make more work
for musicians, just as there would be
more for the ice men without refrlgef-
ators.
James Caesar Petrillo's utter disre-
gard of the American public as an inter-
ested party is astonishing. His short
sighted social and economic policy is Just
as startling.
1t is to be hoped that congress, acting
on the findings of the senatorial commit
tee, provides the missing recognition OF
the public welfare.
There are few people who would argue
today that we would be better off if re-
frigerators had never been developed.
There are none who can successfully ar
que that the development OF. refrigerators
has not made more work, in the factories
and in production of materials, as we'll
as in the selling line, when house-to-house
peddling of ice created.
For that matter, there are none who
can refute the fact that there are more
musicians today, since the advent of radio
and photograph recording, than there
were before These two factors have
done much to make the public conscious
of music, and out Of that consciousness
grew a greater demand for individual
talent.
What Mr.. Petrillo is doing, in addition
to withholding their only source of music
from thousands of persons, is attempting
to create a situation in which there will
actually be less demand for musicians
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
RUSSIA ROLLS ON

Nevada State JournaD
Because Moscow never releases figures
of Russian losses, there is some. skepti-
cism over its reports of Axis losses. But
even if the communQues are shaded con-
siderably, they still are impressive.
Since the Russian counter-drive started
on November 10, Moscow declares, the
Germans and their Allies have lost al
most 100000 men killed or captured. That
total constitutes the worst defeat Hitler
has ever suffered Not only that, but
this campaign has just begun. Twenty
two Axis divisions are trapped IN the
Stalingrad sector. If any of them sue
ceed in breaking out, it will be at great
sacrifice.
Forty to so more Axis divisions are
threatened with being cut off in the Cau-
casus, with the Russians rolling toward
Rostov which they say is just 60 miles
away. The Red army is now farther
east on the central front than it has been
at any time since Htler's steamroller
started moving Is months ago.
At what cost these successes have been
won can only be conf ectured, but it Is
certain that Soviet forces too must have
suffered heavily No army can conduct
an offensive of such magnitude against
a foe so strong without suffering heavy
casualties.
At the present stage the extent Of ter
ritory regained by the Russians is not so
important as location of the key points
won. Russian strategy is aimed at de-
stroying the Nazis forces, not simply at
driving them back.
If to the present booty in materiel and
the toll taken of personnel can be added
most Of the trapped divisions at Stain
grad and at least part of the German ar
h. +loo +oc1 Of oo
ing a whole front with reserves and
equipment will put tremendous strain
on a Germany already suffering from
production and transportation difficult
ties. The Russians are doing magnifi-
cent lob
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
Tunisiun Battles
Guide StrdteqV

Fighting French forces from the
Chad region were 800 miles or less
soush of Tripoli They were NOV
ing north from newly captured Muir
zuk. capital of Italian F'eZzan.
Axis broadcasterS indicated that
italian forces were taking a heavy
pounding from the Fighting French.
Radio Vichy said today that Ital-
liam forces had been "regrouped'
and were resisting Leclorc's men.
Another French force from Tu-
risia was about to take Ghadames,
an Axis fortress 25 miles inside
Tripolitania and 300 miles south
west of Tripoli American Flying
FortresseS had softened it with a
heavy bombing.
PORTS RAIDED
Allied bombers from both North
Africa and the Middle East, bomb
ed and machine gunned Axis port
facilities increasingly.
Observers believed that the AXIS
had $4,000 first line troops in Tu-
nisia. While these were undoubt-
edly being reinforced. it seemed
impossible that Adolf Hitler could
put enough men into his African
bridgehead to hold it against the
American Fifth Army. the British
First and Eighth armies and strong
French forces.
1t was thought, rather, that Hit
Ter was fighting delaying action.
because as soon as the Allies clean
up in North Africa, they will spring
en- to the continent and drive for
the hear of the Axis. A minor
factor in the Axis defense probably
was prestige.
Radio Dakar announced today
that reservists of the 1910 and 1941
classes, both French and native,
had been ordered in the Dakar area
to join their cadres by Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

| MOSCOW. Jan. l3.-tUP)-Rus-
sian forces, in a powerful thrust
southwark from Velikie Luki, have
advanced to within 25 miles OF
Smolensk, anchor point of the Ger
man defense system ON the CEN
tral front. dispatches reported to-
day.
Correspondents of the official
TasS News Agency reported that
Soviet forces had captured Sloboda,
IS miles north of Smolensk. Slo-
boda is nearly 100 miles southeast
of Velikie Luki, major town near
the Latvian border which the Rus
slams won TWO weeks ago.
The Red army now was in posi-
ton to offer serious threat at
Smolensk. ancient fortified town,
$50 miles west of Moscow.
ADVANCE IN CAUCASUS
While Red army forces advanced
on the central front. other Soviet
columns closed in on SalSk. key
point in the Caucasus. 100 miles
southeast of Rostov.
Driving down the north Caucasus
railroad from Kotelnikovski, So
Wet troops were in contact with
the Germans lat the last natural
defense position" protecting the
northeast approaches to Salsk, front
reports said.
Stockholm observers believed the
Russians had reached high ground
on the north bank of the Manych
river, about Is miles north OF
SalSk.)
STALINGRAD DRIVE
The Soviet noon communique re-
ported that Russian forces swept
through more villages and towns on
the Caucasus. and Don fronts dur
ing the night and battered back
the Germans within Stalingrad.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
Air Hero Urges
Blasts at Tokyo

range and conducted systematic
daily missions in search CT enemy
and aerial forces and signs OF enc
my base construction over a vast
expense Of the island dotted ocean.
Saunders said the South Pacific
was the most difficult operational
theater in the world for planes. be-
cause Of the distances between
bases, lack of navigational aids and
weather conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
SUSPECTS HELD

said. There will be an impartial
investigation. If the charges are
confirmed, steps definitely Will De
taken to try those arrested under
regular procedure.
The court investigating them Is
n military tribunal composed of five
officers. according to the law of
l849. which is prescribed under a
state of siege. We are now at war
therefore a state of siege exists.
There are $4,000 (French soldiers
in Tunisia. The order for them to
fight was given by Darlan, and he
was followed by Giraud. Therefore,
the soldiers have as much right to
see a fair trial as others. If eVi-
dence leads to a trial. the defend
ants rights will be respected"
The civil affairs section OF Allied
headquarters announced yesterday
that a joint commission had been
formed to investigate the cases of
political prisoners and refugees in
North and West Africa.
The committee is composed of
British and American consuls in
Algiers, together with representa-
tiVes Of the office of civil affairs.
the judge advocate and a French
representative. 1t will act only in
an advisory capacity, visiting pris-
oners suspected of being held be-
cause of their politics question them
and recommend their release. II
politics is the only reason they are
being held.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
Editorials and Comment
UNIFORMS
FOR FARMERS

(The Hoosier Farmer)
Let no one dare point to farmers with
Scorn if the bread basket is empty, when
Government war contracts were fat en-
Ough to attract 100000 farm workers
to the field of industry. Farm income
cannot compete. An estimated addition
al 5000 Federal workers going to Wash
ington each month isn't helping the home
labor situation :.
Employment agencies have pumped
neVer-ending stream of farm labor into
industry. Now they are trying to pump
something back to the farm. And what
comes back? The old, the incompetent.
farmeretteS. school children :.
Farmers know better than to accept
this type OF farm help, for in the deal
they would lose their machinery and the
public would have no additional food.
The Selective Service can prevent agrl-
cultural decline from reaching lower lev
els if high -produing young farmers are
left on the farm. Something more than
mere deferment is necessary. for farm
boys have no desire to be pointed to as
'slackers" These young farmers OF
draft age should be inducted into the SER
vice, given a Government insignia denot-
ing they are in the agricultural corps,
and directed TO remain on the farm.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
BY c. R. CUNNINGHAM

ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. ID
(UP)-A French military board oil
inquiry questioned today second
batch of priSonerS-some important
flgures-suspecte of completely in
the assassination of Admiral Jean
Francois Darlan.
A spokesman. who announced last
night a number of additional ar
rests" said the supectS would be
court-martialed. if the board de-
cides they were involved.
A number were arrested shortly
after Darlan was shot on Christmas
Eve. but the spokesman said some
.n these had been released, imply
il that they had given informa-
tior leading TO the later arrests.
INST .GATORS SOUGHT
Darlans assassin, a young
Frenchman who has never been Of
ficially identified was executed the
Gay of Darlan's funeral. Gen. Henri
Honore Giraud now was seeking the
men who put him up to it.
The spokesman said some AL
giers personalities were arrested
Sunday for questioning, because
inquiry showed that the killer had
some accomplices,
He emphasized that they were
being investigated. not as political
enemies. but as men suspected of
murder.
Crime needs punishment and
French law will be followed" he
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
Reds 25 Miles
From SomoIensk

The Red army appeared gathering
momentum to drive the enemy out
of Stalingrad
Soviet shock troops, smashing
German defenSes in the northern
industrial settlement of the Volga
city. reached the western outskirts
of Stalingrad while rear units, in
tensifving their pressure from the
northeast recaptured several addi-
tional streets and enemy dugouts.
The Stalingrad fighting grew
fiercer as the short-rational Ger
man troops sought desperately to
cling to their positions, but they
were being forced to yield house by
house and street by street. dis
patches said.
Upward of a battalion 1000 mem
of enemy troops were destroyed
during the night in the industrial
district, which stretches for seVerai
miles along the Volga and doml-
mates a wide part of Stalingrad. 1t
was here that the Russians checked
the German drive last summer. Full
possession of the industrial settle
ment would facilitate expulsion of
the enemy from all of the city.
Ripping through desperate Ger
man defense on the Don front. the
Russians took several inhabited
places during the night, the noon
communique said. killing 800 Ger
mans, destroying seven guns and
five tanks and capturing eight guns,
80 motor trucks, ammunition ana
food stores and other spoils.
The Russians had gained four
important inhabited places in yes
terday's fighting and dispatches m
dicated that they were hammerlng
at the last German defense line pc
fore Salsk at the Manych river, 10
miles northeast of that key Junction
city 100 miles southeast of RostoV.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE

LONDON. Jan. l3.- (UP)-TWo
fierce battles ragged in South Gen.
tral Tunisia today over mountain
passes vital to the whole Allied
campaign in Africa.
In one, French units, strongly
supported by the Royal Air Force,
were trying to extend substantial
gains made earlier at Karachoun
In the other, the French had sur
rounded italian forces in valley
and were exterminating them.
The outcome was a strong indi"
cation that the Allies had opened
determined campaign to take all
the passes.
CAN PREVENT JUNCTION
If the Germans can win control,
they can use the mountains, run
ming north and south, as a cover
for reinforcements and supplies
moving between Tunisia and Trip
olitania. II the Allies win them,
by thrust to the southeast, they
can prevent a junction of the Afri-
ka Korps, in Tripolitania, and Col.
Gen. Hans Arnim's Axis forces in
TuniSia.
The British Eighth Army was
ready for the climatic drive against
the Africa KorpS. In fact, Ex-
change Telegraph agency heard Ra-
dio Morocco broadcasting yesterday
that British tanks had already op-
ened attacks against enemy posi-
tions at Wadi Zem Zem 165 miles
southeast of Tripoli.
FRENCH MOVE NORTH
The Afrika Korps was now grave
ly threatened, not only by the pow
erful Eighth Army, but also by two
French columns driving toward
Tripoli from southern and south
western Tripolitania
Brig. Gen Jacques Leclercs S
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
MATHEMATICS

He said on the question of ef-
fec tiveness Of high level and other
types of American striking planes
that any type Of bombing was a
question of the force engaged
1T is purely a matter of mathe-
MATES" he said. IF you have the
right kind OF formation and enough
planes you are bound to get hits"
The new japanese air field on
Munda Point in the New Georgia
group Of the SolomonS, north Of
Guadalcanal, is new menace to
Are ican positions, Saunders said
But he added that American bomb
ers are hitting the field so consist
entity that the japanese are having
increasing difficulty in operating
from it.
Saunders, 80, Of Aberdeen, South
Dakota. one Of West Points
qreateSt football line men and line
coach Of the Army team from 1884
1899, was the first members of
his 1923 class TO be named brig
odicr general He wore his gen.
,rfTs star for the first time today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

The Americans mopped up. They comb
ed the cocoanut groves, picking off snip
remained in their nests. The men who
died here lie on the battlefield. A rifle
marks each grave-U. S. Correspondent
Frank Hewitt on capture of Buna.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
BY CHARLES P. ARNOT

HEADQUARTERS, SEVEN T H
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE,
Hawaii Jan 12-CDelayed)-CUP)
Brig. Gen. Laverne G.. CBlondy)
! Saunders West Point football star
and Pacific war hero, promised to-
day that his Flying FortreSses and
other American planes would plaSt-
er japanese bases throughout the
South Pacific as far as they could
reach
But the one sure way to lick
the Japs is to knock them out in
their own home land" Saunders
said. Il hope to spend next Christ
mas over Tokyo
Saunders said that the Japanes'
were getting the stuffing knocked
out of them aerially in the South
Pacific and had lost more than 900
planes there since the Marine
landings in the Solomons in Au-
gust.
SIX TO ONE
Their losses are at ratio Of at
| least six to one, he asserted,
The secret of the South Pacific
| offensive is the constant use Of
long distance striking weapons such
as heavy bombers with adequate
defensive fire power, Saunders
said.
He reported that the Japane7c
were still using capable and eX-
perienced fighter pilots TO protect
| their ships but were now generally
: inferior TO those they used in the
! early days of the Pacific war be-
cause Of their heavy plane l9sses.
Saunders, commanding the Unit
ed States heavy bcmbardment
forces in the South Pacific, came
back back to headquarters for the
first time since July, his forehead
scared by a wound scar, TO learn
that President Roosevelt has just
submitted to Congress his nomina-
ton as brigadier general.
FORTRESS RECORD
Saunders said that his Flying
Fortresses alone llying from ~ adj
vance base in the New HeDrlieS
had accounted for l54 japanese
planes known destroyed and G2
damaged within five months.
In their operations, he said, the
Fortresses had scored damaging
hits on "a japanese surface vessels
pounded relentlessly at the six
main enemy bases withing their
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13

| consider one of our men equal to 20
Of them (Japs). In addition, they are
not supermen. They are Just low mon
keys.-Adml. William F. Halsey.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13

winbe followed" h beingh hed ~ 0 ~ W
THANK YOU!
The beoble ubo lire in the cities, toms and wllages
along Southern Pacifc,sHu in The West hare just
b,ov1aed n fine example Of 11ar-fiMe cooperation.
cooperation deserves recognition and
thank YOU since Southern Pacific primarily concerned And
quite the thousands of uniform who benefited
would also like this expression of appreciation
Early faced with the problem of providing
poron during the holidays for large number of men the
be given holiday uroughs Because OF the
pressure of traffic equipment and locomotives we
could provide for all these service
and number of civilian holiday travellers
So we arranged and extensive program requiring
for virtually all and aside portion
of both Pullman and coach for the Then we ran ad
vesing telling people what problem and why could
asked people MOTTO Try Train"
people holiday they much wanedto
civilian travel compared with December l94
reduced took of the good
shape There comparatively little congestion and essential travel
accommodated.
that people generally have coopeated and we give
all hearty thank
hope you your trips 1913 essential
travel
express appreciation this for condea
understanding attitude towards Southern Pacific and its service
carrying troops equipment freight materials and food
and the decreased of equipment for
engc has been below Standards Trains have been
crowded. been of the for
ment old and haven't been able
and eurbs equipment well would like We
obtain additional dining and conditions surrounding dining
car operation these days extremely difficult.
tried the facts about problems and difficulties
trying do the transportation job could
under have responded way that has
encouraging have shown endness under
time conditions that heartwarming railroade
A. 7. MERCER, President
SIP
The Friendly Southern Pacific
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-13
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
Without CalomeI-And You'll Jump Out OF
Bed in the Morning Karin to 20

,rho l;ver abo,ild pour out about pints OF
t.iIc Iuice into your bowels every day II thus
bic bic Is not lowing freely your food % may yrbsa nos
digest. i, IL may just decay in the bowels; linen
gas bloats up your stomach. You get ,Id cohi
stipated. You feel sour. sunk ana 'he "o'''
'0Ie' IL takes those good. old Cartet's Little
s' ng freely to make you feel up and a;isa,ea up
Get a package today. Take as % difected; a.
hnfT tn Carter's Little Liver Pills. l0t and 26t
The Ely miner., 1943-06-24

powered to fill vacancies, as they oc-
cur, until the reorganization meeting
in July. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Klun, supported by Ahola,
that the clerk be authorized to adver-
tise for bids up to 7:30 o'clock P. NJ,
July IL, 1943, for the construction of
a storage vault in the equipment room
on the ground floor of the Memorial
School. Motion carried unanimously
Moved by Stember, supported by
Klun, that the superintendent be
authorized to release and sell addition
al typewriters to the government. Mo-
tion carried unanimously.
Moved by Stember, supported by
Dragavon, that the Board go into ex-
ecutive session. Motion carried unani-
mously.
The following matters were referred
to the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds:
Secure estimate on overhauling G.
M. c. bus motor and report at the
next meeting.
Part time labor for John Kapsch.
Moved and supported, the meeting
adjourn. Motion carried.
L. C. SLENDER, Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-24
NOTICE FOR BIDS

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That
sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Education of Independent
School District No. II, Ely, Minnesota,
up to seven n-thirty G:3O) o'clock P. M,
July IL, 1943, for the transportation Of
pupils during the school year 1913 and
1914 according to specifications and
bid forms on file in the office of the
Board of Education.
A complete description of equipment
to be used for the transportation of
pupils must accompany all bids.
Each successful bidder will be re-
quired to carry Workmen's Compen-
sation Insurance; furnish a bond in
the sum of $4,000, as required by law;
carry public liability insurance to the
extent of 100000 to S40,O00OO lin
itations and file such policy in the Of
flee of the Clerk on or before Septem-
Der /, 1943.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check in the amount of
$4,000 and made payable to John
Dregavon, Treasurer.
All bids mcst be in sealed envelopes,
addressed to L. G. Stember, Clerk, 600
East Harvey Street, Ely, Minnesota,
and plainly marked on the outside,
bid on Transportation, Route No.
.......
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
L. c. SLENDER,
6-24 I'll Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1943-06-24
On This Occasion
Continued From Page One)

cities, and they get the business not
withstanding the fact that local mer-
chants can supply the same things but
fail to tell the people SO by the printed
word, and the advertiser gets the busi-
ness.
Then there are those in every town
who don't read the id thing but
burn the soles off their shoes rushing
to the newspaper office to implore the
editor to keep it out of the paper when
they are in trouble or please print it
on the first page" when their son has
attained a rank in the army or their
daughter is getting married. Adver-
tising pay in these cases.
1t was our full intention to print a
special edition on the occasion of our
fiftieth anniversary. The scarcity of
material, the lack of help and the in
creased costs have made special ed
ition not feasible, even if we feel like
patting ourselves on the back with a
nice gold-covered copy Of the paper.
We will state, however, that We wish
to thank our patrons for their loyalty
in the past and bespeak their loyalty
for the future. We also desire to
thank those who have sent congratu-
lations on our 50th birthday 1t is such
expressions that make us feel that our
efforts in behalf Of our city and its
people have not been in vain. An
other thing that induced us not to get
out a special edition is the newspa-
per's desire to cooperate with the gov
renment in every particular during
these strenuous times when the auth
critics at Washington are getting gray
and in a state of nervous prostration.
The demand by the government for
unpaid publicity for its several bond
drives, rationing program, etc., over
shadows all other publicity material
The Ely miner., 1943-06-24

She's 5 feet / from her "A slip
psrs b her spun-gold hair. But,
ssar, Sh man, hoso she can handle
Der big pressl
Wait a minutei How can 110
pounds Of beauty boss so many
tons Of steel? -. !. Is this magic?
Yes, in a way. The modern
imagic of electric potcer. The
Enagic that makes it possible for
D girls slim fingers to lift noun
sins Of metal, or set great wheels
n motion just by pressing q
button or pulling a lever.
Women are able to work be-
side men on Americas roaring
production lines because cleo