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The Washington times., 1933-02-17
White House Why

Now that it appears certain
that President Hoover will leave
the White House with a record of
not having once attended a
Washington theater one Of the
motivating reasons for such non
interest can be told. The Presi-
dent, Sc one of his closest ad-
visers reported, is wary of dark
ened auditoriums. He was never
an enthusiast for the drama, but
times being what they were and
unrest so prevalent, the Chief
Executive preferred the safety
and security Of the White House
as against mingling with crowds.
That was unofficially given to
a theater manager as the reason
for the seeming official indiffer-
ence to the passing show.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Washington's Beer

George Washington's own rec
ipe for making beer is in the files
of Col. Jake Ruppert's brewery
in New York, reports Manhattan,
one of the smart new weeklies.
While it is against the law to
publish the recipe there is no
statute to prevent Loew's Palace
Theater from displaying the
favored plan for mixing hops in
1776. Indeed it would probably
make an interesting lobby exhibit
with Jimmy Durante and Buster
Keaton's new picture, What, No
Beer" which is coming along very
soon.
Mike Cullen, at the Penn The
aten in Pittsburgh, set up an old
fashioned bar and served pretzels
and beer in the lobby. Near beer,
one presumes, Mike being a law
abiding fellow whose main vice is
believing wrestling is strictly on
the level,
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

Stoddard Tay-
lor on the nigh
of February 27,
I am happy to
pass it along to
readers of these
pages. Says Mr.,
TumuIty:
Dear Andy:
Everything
you said so
fe e lingly in
your most in
teresting col
umn q fe W
NIGHTS 20.
regarding the
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Mae Vests Success

Ed Wynn and Mae West
brought Broadway movie houses
back to normal business this
week after they were socked
plenty the past month by Radio
City opposition. Both stars are
making personal appearances and
win ho1d-oVer engagements.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Suspicious Start

The trouble, when it started,
came from the latter source.
The rich American music lovers
contributed without curiosity.
But the poor German-Ameri-
cans who went down into their
socks for stray dollars to donate
to the cause of Bayreuth be-
came restless. They wrote to
Mr.. UrchS. In the end some
of them wrote to the State
Department. What they wrote
about was this:
A few weeks before Sieg-
fried's arrival here with Frau
Siegfried, occurred the historic
and abortive Ludendorf mon
archist putsch in Munich, hav-
ing for objective the restora-
tion of Rupprecht of Wittels-
bach to the Bavarian throne of
his forefathers. The revolu-
tionary demonstration, in the
streets of Munich, was a
lamentable fizzle.
General Ludendorf's princi-
pal lieutenant and co-revolu-
tionary, a hitherto unremarked
soap-box orator named Adolf
Hitler, managed to dodge
through the lines of Berlin
reichswehr strung out to effect
his capture, and got away into
the beautiful and inaccessible
scenic wilderness behind Mu-
mich, over toward the Bohemian
frontier.
It is a country of thickly
forested hills dotted with lakes
and honeycombed with natural
caves. In one of these natural
sahetuaries for fugitive revolu-
tionary conspirators Hitler hid
himself away. He made his
plight known to his scattered
Munich adherentS, sending his
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Deluxe Hide-Out

The service of supply got or
ganized, fluent. It was no longer
a matter of bread and winter
underwear. The indus trious
lady conspirators could add
trimmings. The story persists
in Munich today that Hitler
finally decked up his cave with
furniture from the finest homes
in Munich, including a bed from
the palace itself. What is GER
tain is that the Munich ladies
baked cakes for their heroes of
the caves. That is historically
established. A Berlin guard
caught a runner carrying one.
For reasons which are not diff
ficult to understand when YOU
know of the sentimental yearn-
lngs of some German-Americans
for the good old days in a pleas
antly monarchial Germany, the
source of the funds which kept
all this service Of supply going
was American.
The ardent Republican post
master of Munich intercepted
one letter from Frau Wagner to
the Ludendorf- Hitler headquar-
ters and found therein a United
States 500 bill.
With reason or not, the con-
tributors to the "Bayreuth fund"
collected by Siegfried Wagner
here in 1924 said they suspected
their money was being diverted
by Siegfried's frau to the cave
in the Boehemerwald, where
Hitler was recouping his ener-
gies for the future.
And now, Siegfried having
died, the lady in question is
about to become Hitler's wife,
according to German dispatches.
For a few weeks in 1924, it
would seem, New York music
patrons were unconsciously in
VolVed in history.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
.ROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
EDITORS NOTE
BY Mark HeIIinger

Mr.. Heinger has temporarily discontinued wrns his col
during sojourn in the Indian junsss whers postal
facilities such that foruOard, cable column
daily impossible He u however, send columns when it
During such periods the column H be written
BY James Whitaker, distinguished critic of and the
drama, novelist and esayist of distinction. Mr.. Whit
takers initial effort is presented herewith.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
first message directly, it is
said, to Frau Siegfried Wagner.
Advertise Putsch

N@NSI NISS SA~S
The monarchist putsch, being
one of those gallant lost-cause
affairs with a romantic de-
posed prince in the background,
had enlisted terrific feminine
support in Munich and, for
weeks before it was launched
to plunge splendidly to the bot
tom of nowhere, Munich's love
liest and best-dreSsed ladies had
been advertising it by wearing
tri-color (black, blue and White)
monarchial cockades in their
Paris hats.
Conspicuous among the lady
conSpirators was Frau Siegfried.
She had been seen wearing the
biggest cockade of all. On the
day Of the big putsch, the fact,
she was stationed in the editorial
rooms of Munich newspaper.
The plan was that, at a given
signal announcing royalist vic
tory, she and the lady patriot
staff were to seize control of
the plant and run off a rousing
extra telling the Bavarian peas
antry how happy they all were
and how excellent a thing it
is to find a misplaced King.
The ladies, it so happened,
never found any use for their
editorial abilities. But they
were called upon for another
and more feminine display of
loyalties to the lost cause. The
message from hidden Hitler
coming through and being fol-
lowed by others describing the
arrival Of hundreds of exiles to
join Hitler in his cave and the
lack Of food and warmth, the
ladies pitched in to supply the
wants.
For the next month or so all
of the fashionable ladies of
Munich captained by Frau
Siegfried, were hard at work
in kitchens and sewing rooms
supplying food and clothing for
the revolutionary runners who
rlsked arrest and execution as
traitors by carrying supplies to
Hitler in his cave,
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
By JAMES WHITAKER

Apropos of the that Adolf Hitler is planning to
marry the daughternaw Of the great composer Richard
Wagner did you know that he (Hter) once lived in
cave on chocolate cakes prepared by the fair hands of
lady conspatorand that the chocolate on the cake was
for hv dOllarS9
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

Did You Know?
That Charles RuggleS once
handed prescriptions across the
counter of a Los Angeles phar-
macy?
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Trace Chocolate

Trace Chocolate
The episode dates back to
1924, and is probably the least
publicized of the events which
have made a national German
hero out of the boy orator Nof
Bavaria. In a curious round
about way the cake-eating Incl
dent in Hitler's early political
career resulted in some hard
feelings and harsh words which
churned up New York musi-
cal-social clique, and the State
Department at Washington
went to trouble and expense to
trace down the origin Of the
chocolate frosting on the cakes.
The origin Of the State De-
partment's interest in Hitler,
and the cave where he ate cakes,
was in the visit to America,
early in 1924, of the late Sieg-
fried Wagner, son of the i'm
mortal composer, himself
composer-but only mortal. The
official purpose of Siegfried's
visit here was the collection of
a 100000 fund to maintain the
Bayreuth Festival.
Siegfried Wagner, stepping
off a boat onto a United State
Line pier in the North River,
was readily believed when he
stated that he had but one in
terest to advance in the United
States; namely, that of preserv-
ing Bayreuth.
Among those who failed to
give due notice to the small
lady with restless hands and
eyes who sat in the stage box
to the left when Siegfried con-
Quoted symphony concerts of
his fathers works was rugged
old Ernest Urchs, an in-law of
the Steinways and president of
the famous piano company. Mr..
Urchs had accepted the job of
receiving donations to the Bay
reuth fund, which was to be
swelled by the proceeds of Sieg-
fried's concerts and any private
donations from rich American
music lovers and poor German
Americans.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17

that will really bring back the
musical story.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
TRIBUTE TO A MANAGER
NancyCarroII
Does O'NeiII
Musings

BY ANDREW r. KELLEY
From Barrister Joseph P. Tum-
ulty comes communication about
the proposed testimonial to L.
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
CuIbertsons PLAY
in Match With
Mad Makes
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright 1888, King Features
Svndicate Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 17.-Ely S.
Culbertson will have to prove his
charges against Hollywood bridge
playing.
The famous authority yeSter-
day was challenged by the Marx
Brothers (all but Groucho) to a
Is rubber match. A half hour
later word of his acceptance was
received and negotiations ere
now under way to set the date.
Mr.. Culbertson, you'll not have
forgotten, recently declared that
film stars never will be good
bridge players because they can't
give the game sufficient con-
centration. His statement created
considerable rumpus among the
cinema bridge fans, and led
directly to the Marx challenge.
And, incidentally, the comed-
ians are sufficiently expert that
they may give CulbertSon a good
game. 1t is planned for Harpo
and Chico to team against the
bridge expert and his wife.
Zeppo will be used as relief man.
COR he can keep score"
offers HarpO. "That will en-
able Mr.. CulbertsOn to keep
his mind on the game"
Both the comedians and Cul-
hertson have agreed to allow a
gallery at the match.
spectators won't bother us"
saws Chico, "let CulbertSOn show
the color of his cards."
Hollywood Parade
With everything packed, Joan
Crawford finds she can't go to
New York after all. Unusual
reason. too. Seems the British
censors have never allowed pos
sessed" to be shown in England.
Learning that their objections
can be overcome by retaklng Ger
tain scenes, M. G. M. is summon
ing Joan, Clark Gable, Wallace
Ford and several other players
hack to work on a picture that
thew finished over a year ago.
loan even has to have the
clothes she wore in the picture
duplicated. All this will take
enough time to prevent the vaca-
tion. Meanwhile, Joan is taxing
dailv dancing lessons from Leroy
Prinz. Her next picture, you
know. is Dancing Lady"
And you hear around that
DOUGLAS Fairbanks, jr., may be
leaving Warner Brothers after his
new film, An option comes due
at that time and if exercised it
calls for a big jump in salary.
Doug is not so eager about sign
ing anyway. He wants TO go
back to New York and DO a stage
play. -.
tie in evidence socially, Maurice
Chevalier has become quite the
! gay blade. He called Lillian Har'
vey from the lunch table at Fox
yesterday and kept her on the
phone for 81 minutes. But at the
Rachmaninoff concert and later
at the Cocoanut Grove, he was
the attentive squire of Adrienne
Ames. ELISA Landi went to hear
the famous pianist with John
Lodge.
It's to be a new long-termer for
Slim Summerville at Universal
and they're offering a similar
agreement to Zazu Pitts. The
popular team may make three
pictures next year instead of two
Their first, which will be one OF
the first films to get under way
after the studio reopens April 8
will be "Iill Billies.'
The Washington times., 1933-02-17
Signed for Pictures

Helen Freeman, for IL years a
New York stage actress, director
and producer, is signed to make
her screen debut in THE Song Of
Songs" Marlene Dietrich's film.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
Father of Mrs. r. Chinn
Passed AIUay at GLenlcOOd.

With regret it was learned here a
few days ago when the Glenwood papers
arrived, that John A. Pinkerton, father
Of Mrs. Richard Chinn, had passed
away at his home in Glenwood of
pneumonia after less than a weeks
illness.
Mr. Pinkerton had visited his
daughter and family here on several
occasions and became quite well known
to many Ely people who will miss his
visits and CHEEKY disposition.
He has been superintendent of the
fish hatchery at Glenwood for nearly
twenty three years. He was held in
the highest respect by his fellowmen
with reputation for honesty and fair
ness.
Mr.. Pinkerton was II years Of age
and all his life has been connected with
fish hatcheries, for thirteen years being
at the head of the Duluth hatchery at
Lester Park.
Surviving are his widow, one son,
Thomas NJ Pinkerton of Montclair. N.
j., and one daughter, Mrs Richard
Chinn of this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
Ely Boys NOlU at Fort
Smelling in Forest Army.

Word received from the boys who left
here week ago for Virginia and sue
cessfully passed the examination for
the conservation army, says that they
are being well taken care of at Fort
Smelling and are very well satisfied
with their enlistment in the forces to
battle depression. A letter was re-
ceived from John s. Seliga by his
relatives and the news contained in the
missive was cheering.
Fifteen boys were examined and sent
to the Fort for conditioning In the
party from here were Roy Leroy, Fred
Dargis, Chas. Novak, John 8. Seliga,
Anton Popesh, Ed. Marolt, Louis Bolka,
Erwin w. Jokinen, John Kordich, Paul
Dyhr, Arthur w. Anderson, Frank
Chernivec, Harold Pellika, John Roiko
and Arvid HILL
Albin E. Lassi, Wesley Harju and Paul
Lekatz also went to Virginia for the
examination but the quota was filled
out of the first fifteen examined and
these three names were placed on the
sub list. They expect to be called in
the next call to be made shortly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
FISH Pike
ON May IS.
Pike and Pickerel Season to
Open as Heretofore; Error
Named May 20.

A week ago the resort owners and
fishermen were thrown into consterna-
ton over an order issued by Governor
Olson closing the season for angling
pike and pickerel until May 20 instead
of having the fishing season open on
May is as formerly. In his proclama-
ton the governor said this was done
on the advice of the conservation de-
partment and w D. Stewart, commits
sioner of game and fish
1t is said the changing of the date
was an error on the part of the party
writing the order and that the only
recommendation made was that the
Spearing season be set back to May 20
in the northern zone and to May Is
in the southern zone
1t was not the intention to interfere
with the angling opening date and
therefore pike and pickerel fishing will
open to anglers on Monday, May Is, as
usual.
The season for lake trout is now
on and many parties have been re-
porting fair success with these tooth
some species during the past week.
The ice is now out of the lakes and the
native waters of this gamey fish are
being sought.
No change was made in the bound
aries of the zones, the northern and
southern zones being divided by an
imaginary line drawn from near Sun
rise on the eastern boundary across
the state through ST. Cloud to Browns
Valley on the west.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
"Grdndma" LOcher Dies at
Ninety-fUe Years of Age,

Mrs. Catherine Locher or Grandma"
Locher as she was Familiarity known
in this city, where she formerly resided
at the home of her daughter, the late
Mrs. Lena Seraphine, died Saturday at
the home of her daughter. Mrs. Dan
Kinsman, ST., at Bull, following shortly
after she had suffered a stroke of
paralysis
Mrs. Locher was 95 years of age and
has made her home at Bull with her
daughter for 81 years since leaving this
city. She is survived by two sons and
four daughters, Jack Locher of Tenes-
see; Ed. Locher of Hibbing; Mrs Lois
Kaiser of Hibbing; Mrs. Dan Kinsman
of Bull; Mrs. James McCormic and
Mrs. Thomas White of Ishpeming
Michigan. Surviving also are forty
grandchildren among which is Jack
Seraphine of the Miner force, and sew
eral great grandchildren
The remains were taken to Ishpeming
Michigan for burial
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
KIND WORDS
OUR RANGE
Skillings' Mining Review Gives
Facts Regarding Vermilion
Iron Range.

Iron ore shipments were started last
week from the Vermilion iron range,
over the Duluth, Missabe & Northern
Railroad, at Two Harbors, Mimi. where
boats will receive iron ore for the dis
tant blast furnaces in the east Iron
ore is being loaded from the Pioneer
mine at Ely and the Soudan near
Tower, says Skillings' Mining Review.
The Vermilion is bessemer range, to
the extent that II 90 of the ore shipped
is of that grade. It has the distinction
of shipping the largest percentage of
bessemer ore to its total than any
other of the Lake ranges.
The iron mines of the Vermilion are
the result of steady expansion in de-
velopment into properties of greater
capacity of output when market con-
ditions warrant. The range has five
mines in the five million tons" class
That is, mines that have shipped that
amount or more during their existence
The late Charles Trezona of Ely
general superintendent for the Oliver
Iron Mining Co., on the Vermilion
lived to see the Pioneer ship one million
tons in season, which was 1880. Few
shaft mines ever reach such pro-
duction in single season.
Few people today think of the faith
and courage that was needed to make
the Vermilion iron mines possible, by
financing shafts and the building OF
the railroad from Soudan to Two
Harbors, Mimi. in the early eighties
Charlemagne Tower, Geo. c Stone
Samuel P. Ely, Col. James Pickands
Samuel Mather and j. c. Morse, were
among the early pioneers to aid financ-
ing for mining and railroad building
In Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
POPPY day
ON May n
Frank Lozar Unit Arranges For
Sale of Poppies, Mrs. j. C.
Kotchevar, Chairman.

!, Ely will observe Poppy Day" this
year on May q, the Saturday before
Memorial Day, it has been announced
by Mrs. j. G. Kotchevar, chairman of
the poppy committee of Frank Lozar
Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary.
The Unit is making extensive prepara-
lions for the observance of the day and
is hoping for the full cooperation of all
other organizations and individuals.
Memorial poppies, to be worn in
honor of the World War dead, will be
made available to everyone in the city
by volunteer workers from the Auxiliary
Unit
Poppy Day Is the day for personal
tribute to the men who lost their lives
in the countrys service" Mrs.
Kotchevar explained. 1T is a. day
when all can show that they still re-
member and honor the sacrifices made
by those who defended America during
the great war crisis, and that they are
carrying on for America In time of
peace. The poppy is patriotic symbol
which means honor for the dead and
service for the living.
mo price will be asked for the
American Legion Auxiliary peoples.
The Auxiliary wants everyone to wear
a poppy and to contribute for the
flower according to his means. All
contributions will be used for relief
work among the disabled veterans and
their families, the bulk of the money
going to support the relief activities of
our local Auxiliary Unit among the
needy families in this city"
For shaping each of the little
flowers and attaching the official
American Legion and Auxiliary label,
the veteran is paid one cent. A limit
of from 200 to 800 is placed on the
number of peoples each man can make
in day in order to prevent the
veterans from overtaxing their strength
and to spread the work among as
many men as possible. The Auxiliary
supplies the materials and advances the
money to pay the veterans as the work
goes forward through the winter and
spring."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
FISH SEASON
PROTEST VOTE
Sportsmen Protest Order For
Opening Season May 20
Instead of May Is.

The annual meeting of the Arrowhead
Sportsmen's Association, of which the
Ely Rod and Gun Club is an affiliated
member, takes place Saturday evening
May Is, at Virginia, commencing at 7:3O
in the evening at the Mahami Club
house of the Oliver Iron Mining Com
pany. All sportsmen are cordially in
vited to attend.
Several speakers have been booked
including MIR. Ralph T. King, biologist
in the employ of the game and fish
department on the scientific research
work on ruffed grouse and game birds.
DR.. J. E. Thompson of Ely will speak
on the progress of the research work
done on the moose tick infestation
which is endangering the existence of
the moose herd.
A review of legislative results OBJ
tanned in the comprehensive program
of the affiliated clubs of the association
will be presented by the secretary. The
association enjoyed the most successful
year in its history.
Election of officers will take place
with the choice of presidency and
secretaryship going to Virginia, states
j. j. Boldin, president of the associ-
alton, who will preside with Joseph
Klobuchar as secretary
At special meeting of the directors
held in Virginia last week, the associ-
alton went on record sharply protesting
the recent order closing all fishing to
May 20, made on the recommendation
of the Director of Game and Fish
Protests were sent to Mr. Stewart and
the Conservation Commission, stating
the order is contrary to general in
formation given by the press that the
fishing season will open on May Is;
contrary to popular sentiment, contrary
to the actual facts and conditions in
this region, and without sufficient cause
for justification.
The directors also endorsed Parker
Anderson of the University of Mime
sofa for the position of Conservation
Commissioner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
Philip N. Stone Elected
Bar Association Head.

At the. meeting of the District Bar
Association held at Duluth Saturday,
Philip M. Stone of Virginia was elected
president to succeed Geo. W. Atmore of
Duluth R. B. Ravill of Duluth was
elected vice president; Arthur Roberts,
Duluth, secretary and Arthur NJ Clure,
Duluth, treasurer.
After the business of the meeting had
been disposed of the attorneys of the
county met in formal session and en-
dorsed Judge Martin Hughes for the
Federal bench to succeed the late
Judge VIM. A. Cant.
Attorney L. M. Bang of this city at
tended the meeting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-12
In Recital.

Miss Marian Odgers, who Is an ex-
ceptionally talented student, win be
presented in a piano recital at the
home of Miss Irene Thomas this
evening. Mrs. M. J. Fleming, reader,
will be assisting artist and will read
The Barrel Organ" and 1.-The Flower
of Old Japan" by Alfred Moves and
Mother" and Songs for My Mother
by Theresa Helburn.
Miss Odgers will play the Adagio
movement of the Moonlight Sonata by
Beethoven; "Fantasie Impromptu" by
Chopin; ''Kamerroi Ostrow" by Ruben
stein; "Golliwog's Cake Walk" by De-
busse; Witches Dance" by Mcdowell
and Hungarian Rhapsody No. by
List.