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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

N/AR between Paraguay and Bo-
w livia in the Chaco Boreal was re-
sumed after truce of 10 days, which
Paraguay refused to extend, reject
ing the plea of the League Of Nations
commission. Paraguay stated it be-
lieved the armistice served exclusive
ly to enable the Bolivian military or
ganization to continue the war, and
added that in view of alleged viola
tons claimed by the Bolivians, the
armistice had not created an atmo-
sphere favorable to negotiations.
ORANGE enjoyed one Of those great
L financial scandals not infrequent In
these times, and the government Of
Premier Chautemps was endangered.
Serge Stavisky, known as Handsome
Alex" had duped countless widows
and orphans out of some sixty million
francs through a Bayonne pawnshop
swindle, and certain members of the
cabinet were involved. Stavisky fed
but was traced to a lonely villa at
Chamounix, where two bullets in the
head ended his life. The police said 1t
was suicide, but the general belief was
that the police shot the man so that
the ministry could appear before the
chamber of deputies with clean hands.
The cleansing process was furthered
by the enforced resignation of Albert
Dalimier, minister of colonies.
DRESIDENT GRAU and his sup
L porters in Cuba were preparing to
combat an anti-government conspir-
acy which Secretary of the Interior
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19
Mike Fink, keelboat King
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

e WAS half wild horse and half cock
eyed alligator and the rest of him was
crooked snags and red-hot snappin'
turtle. He was Salt River roarer.
He was ring-tailed squealer, reg'lar
screamer from the OF Mississip'. He
was nursed on bottle of rye before
his eyes were opened He loved the
women and he was chock-full o. fight.
He could hit like fourth-proof light
MIN and every lick he made In the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

EARLE BAILIE, who has been act
IL ing as fiscal assistant to Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau, has re-
signed. and it is no secret that his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

D ECOGNITION of Russia was for
IN maHy completed when Alexander
A. Troyanovsky, the Soviet ambassa-
dor, arrived in Washington and pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

VOU need salt not Just to season your 1000 ana
i make it palatable. but to make up for the
great loss OF this important element from your oooy
when YOU perSpire
pen to be working at trade that causes consider
able perSpration such those in bakeries, IN lan-
dries in kitchens and furnace rooms
II has been found that the loss OF large amounts
Of salt in the sweat probably the chief reason for
heat cramps and heat exhaustion.
This type Of exhaustion develops more frequently
during summer but you should also be prepared
against il even in winter, where heat is serious
factor in persons occupation
Should any one in such work become suddenly
faint put him fat on his back at once, keep him
warm. rub any muscles that may be involved in
cramps and give him hot coffee as stimulant OF
course you should also send for doctor at once so
that the exact nature Of the faintng attack may be
determined
DUT as 7 have said you'll find that probably the
ID chief reason for the fainting spell is the lack Of
sufficient salt in the system, by its loss through
sweat.
To overcome this cause it is now customary to
make up the loss Of salt by having available small
tablets which contain about one gram or fifteen
grains OF table salt You dissolve this in glass Of
water each time you take drink.
Records now available from great many
industrial plants and they show that almost every
case OF heat cramps and heat exhaustion has been
eliminated when the workers made use OF these
tablets
THE worker should Of course, be protected as
Il much as possible against heat exhaustion and
heat cramps by proper arrangement OF his environ
ment.
We have not yet come TO the place where furnace
rooms air conditioned but II is possible. by
Of exhaust fans. by suitable facilities Of ventilation
and recreation 70 give workers in industries where
they subjected 10 heat opportunity for short
periods away from the heat during which their
bodies viii get chance 70 recover from the strain
and stress Of work under such conditions.
The human body is quite capable of taking care
Of itself Il given half chance. man who works
a few hours and has a rest period can then under
take additional hours OF work. whereas continuous
effort under such conditions might lead to serious
physical disturbances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Think, or BE Destroyed

TT is a logical question whether species so fun-
Il damentaIly stupid is worth saving. OF course
in the end they must learn to think or else De oe-
stroyed; which is to be is still matter OF doubt
The gods appear to be neutral in the matter, or
perhaps they are not really neutral but only seem
to be in order to emphasize the necessity for the
crowds learning to think for themselves.
Personally I incline to be optimistic; think
the present setup Of sO-caed civilization Is on the
way out whether blOodily or abruptly, or gradually
and peacefully Is great matter after it has passed
out The OLD phrase, that the voice OF the people
is the voice OF God, is perhaps the greatest hoel
against Divinity ever published. My advice (Which
YOU haven't asked for is to keep on being just what
YOU are Your value lies in sanity and balance and
your occasional levites accentuate your essential
gravity OF intention"
Mr. added a postscript, in which he said
Here's part of a column for you. Don't use my
name or it viii look like lOg-rollng.
Mr. X happens to be my favorlte American hu-
rnorist I edited his communication in few places
in order to dull the edge Of its friendllness.
think we understand each other and that we are
both wrong OF course the word 'humorist' should
not suggest to anybody that feeble phrase "A Funny
Man" ,
Mr. Y has succeeded in being great deal more
amusing and also far more moving than ever have
been He wrote a farce which was hugely successful
and a tragedy which failed The tragedy was closer
TO his heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
S75O,OOOOOO FOR DROUGHT BALM


that there should be plenty Of
food, of one kind or another, for
all hands. If you insist on main
tanning your present ration Of
meat, you'll pay through the nose.
Meats probably viii be up 20
to 40 per cent soon after the first
of the year, with choicest cuts
prohibitive for most families. But
many other foods should keep
relatively near their present levels
and you can beat the game by
reverting to those wartime meat
less days"
Anyway, food costs are only
about a third Of the average in
dividual's cost Of living.
TT may also console you to
Il know that even the worst pes
simists among informed econ
omists are certain that the high
est possible average food price in
crease between now and next sum-
mer Will not equal the percentage
increase since the New Deal began
with the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Whether you've noticed it or
not, retail food prices now aver
age % per cent higher than in
April, 1888, and most OF the diff
ference has gone to the farmers.
Chief increases have come in
meats, butter, cheese, and cereal
products.
President Roosevelt and Sec
rotary Henry A. Wallace have
served notice that they'll wage
war against any proflteers who
stick their heads above the justi-
fed price levels. They have the
power to influence prices through
marketing agreements, NRA codes,
and the privilege of going into
the market and buying and dis
tributing as they like.
There really isn't much they
can't do-if they want to. But
unless the price situation gets too
serious-or the political reaction
too dangerous-they will rely on
publicity to save consumers from
gouging.
If you want to keep track of
fair price increases as distin-
guished from unfair increases,
consult DR.. Frederick G. Howe, con-
sumers' counsel in the AAA, IA
nous leader of innumerable pre-
New Deal popular battles against
proflteering and other forms of
special privilege.
To DR.. Howe is delegated the
job of studying farm prices and
food supplies in relation to retail
prices, encouraging an intelligent
skepticism toward butchers, gro
GERS, and middlemen and spread
ing information on exorbitant
food price boosts and how to rec
ognize them.
EFFECTIVENESS of this sort
T. of thing was demonstrated
last year when DR.. Howe and
assistant consumers counsel
Thomas G. Observation-Disclosures
young Columbia university econ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

THERE'S plenty of beef and
Il lamb now, but these meats
will become relatively scarce and
costly this winter as farm animals
become fewer and SKINNER. PORK
prices already have shot up, and
will go higher, but you might
remember that not long ago they
were at 38 per cent of pre-war0
Next years feed and pasturage
will fatten the cattle, but there
will be some shortage for the next
couple of years-even though there
never was an AAA cattle reduc-
ton program-and prices will be
high through 1885 and 1886.
The quality of meat will be so
lowered that "best cuts" are like
ly to become rarities. Prepare for
a lot of tough steaks-if you can
still afford them!
The feed shortage and reduction
of COWS will boost milk and other
dairy products. Milk should not
rise more than 2 cents a quart.
Butter prices will be stopped by
imports if they go over 80 cents
wholesale, but don't be surprised
to find yourself paying around 40
cents a pound.
Poultry and eggs also will be up
considerably in the next twelve
months.
Canned goods, fresh fruits and
vegetables and other goods not de-
pendent on the animal-feed sup
ply shouldn't rise very much.
Bread is likely to be up a cent
a loaf, partly due to other factors
than drought. Grain spectators
will be watched carefully.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
COUNTY ROAD LEVY
is URGED BY CLUB
Motor Group Backs Move of
Commissioners.

The Hoosier Motor Club, through
its secretary manager, Todd Stops,
today backed the county commits
sioners in their efforts to obtain
county tax levy of $4,000 for road
work in 1885, in addition to 100000
which will be received from the
state for that purpose.
Considering the fact that 90
cents out of every dollar spent on
the roads goes for labor, it would
seem foolish to neglect the roads
and give the same amount Of money
for poor relief" Mr.. Stops said.
Money spent for road labor will
help many poverty-stricken families
financially and enable them to
maintain their self-respect," Mr..
Stops asserted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
HOUSING ACT PRESS
COMMITTEE NAMED
Paul RiChey Heads City
c. of c. Group.

Essential features of the national
housing act will be brought forcibly
to the attention Of the public
through a publicity committee head
ed by Paul @. Richey, president and
secretary of the Russell M. Seeds
Company, the Chamber of Com
merce advisory committee has an
nounced.
The nationwide effort to stin1u-
late home modernization will be
launched early in September.
Member banks of the Indianapo-
lis Clearing House Association have
pledged full cooperation under the
new law and all are expected to &C
cept it's provisions which guaran-
tee a proportion of loans made un-
der the act.
Business places will be urged by
the advisory committee to improve
their establishments with federal
aid,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

ID EIEMBER that the extremes
IN of the emergency won't be
felt until next winter and spring,
which seems a blessing to an ad-
ministration which has a con-
greSSional election to face in No
vember, and that some Of haese
predictions may we'll prove cock
eyed, because there never was a
situation in which so many foods
were affected.
On the latter point, however,
you can brace yourself with the
knowledge that the relatively
abundant cereal grains contribute
about a third of the energy and
protein content of a normal diet,
while meat contributes less than a
fourth of the protein and about Is
per cent of the energy.
There will be regional and local
scarcities, resulting in complicated
distribution problems, as we'll as
consumption shifts designed to
ease the cost burden.
The percentage of canned and
cured meat to fresh meat will rise
and lots of us will be eating more
vegetables and fruits.
Economists are mighty curious
as to the ultimate effects of these
shifts. They recall that wheat
less days" in the war resulted in
a lasting per capita consumption
cut of five to four and one-half
bushels, along with more or less
similar reductions in other cereals
in favor of more sugar, dairy prod
ucts and fresh vegetables.
They wonder whether wheat
will regain some of its lost pop
uIarity, at the expense of meat.
NEXT - The effect of this
drought on the AAA program and
the future Of agriculture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Or0an LeSSOnS-Path to Success

MIR. COUGHLIN's office is rather untidy and
1V1 has about it the gloomy air and Jumpled
aspect of those lawyers offices which Charles
Dickens wrote about. There is an ancient teuerS
wicket in the partition and in an ante-room visible
through the door, are sacks OF potatoes and bread
which the statesman doles out to his pepole.
Mr. Coughn, himself, at g. has white hair OF
rather yelowish ivory tinge cut in the old-tash-
toned bartender's shoe-brush fashion His white
eve broWs would be bushy except that he keeps them
clipped down to briStles His tie is carelessly
knotted and like his gray suit is spotted here and
there for Mr.. Coughlin is rough -and-ready rather
than fastidious
He discussed his career and the state of the
nation.
Il got started running bath house myself, said
he 1T was the first all-night Turkish bath IN
America So they called me Bath House john
don't mind it. It's all right. had the best people
in Chicago. had George M. Pullman and General
Phil Sheridan and all the sports and gamblers in
town.
II took organ lessons when was kid. learned
to recite too and had good clear voice SO 1t gave
me confidence to get up and make speech and that
is how got started.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

When the reciprocal trade pro-
gram was before congress, admin
istration officials said that if any
industries had to be sacrificed in
the effort to increase foreign
trade, uneconomic ones would be
chosen.
Soon after that FERA began in
vestigating to find which in
dustries habitually pay less than
a living wage, necessitating pub
lie relief for their workers.
The women's bureau followed
with study of home work, and
now reports that women ques-
toned by them had average earn
ings of $4.75 a week.
Home work is a parasitic in
dustry," the bureau concluded.
obviously women who earn such
low wages can not be self-sup-
porting. They must be subsidized
either by the earnings of other
members of the family or, if there
is no other breadwinner, by pub
lie or private charity.
MANY women who do home
work are, as a matter Of fact,
on the rolls of family welfare
agencies receiving money relief
because their earnings are made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

omist-publicised bread price
changes in relation to ingredient
costs and headed off what seemed
a threat of general unwarranted
price boosts.
The Consumers Guide" a BIZ
weekly illustrated magazine pub
lished by DR.. Howe's Office, will
analyze in simplified form the
findings of economists and statis-
ticians as to relations between
retail and farm prices-using as
its chief yardstick the margin
between the two-eXplain the
relative Importance of foods in
the average diet, give rules for
economical buying, and even tell
you how to prepare the cheaper
foods attractively.
Anticipating a huge demand for
this publication from housewives,
the AAA is expanding its facilities
to permit a much larger circula-
ton.
Just to bring you up to date, it
appears that there will be no
shortage of at least two-thirds of
the foods that go into the average
diet and that in some categories
there will be more than the normal
supply.
Canning crops are about 16 per
cent above normal and there are
normal or above-normal supplies
of wheat, rice, citrus fruits and
melons, vegetables, sugar, milk,
and cream.
Pork. is about 70 per cent nor
NAL, beans and peas about So.
And in the 90 per cent normal
class, according to the bureau Of
home economics, are other fruits,
potatoes, butter, eggs, cheese,
lard and poultry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

MA service stan
fcopyriEht. 1894. NEA Service. mel
UTAsHINGTON. Aug. 27.-Is
w the great drought going to
bring higher food prices?
You bet 1t is!
Are the enemies of the New
Deal going to make the last pos
sible ounce of political capital out
of that fact?
You said it,
VIII Roosevelt and the AAA re-
sort to every possible device OF
legitimate counter propaganda
and strain every brain-muscle TO
keep those prices down?
Right
Whereupon, we consumers who
struggle along on limited incomes
and especially those who just
about manage to keep of the re-
lief rolls-may well ask:
so what?"
Well. all your correspondent
knows is what people tell him and
If there's any one in the AAA de-
partment Of agriculture set-up-
where most Of the thinking, cal
culating. and worrying goes on
with whom he hasn't talked, soul
fully and conhdentially, these last
few days, let that person reveal
himself at once!
NOU may have noticed that
i official statements, if not
downright optimistic - and yet
vague-have carefully veered away
from definite predictions as to just
how badly we're going to be
soaked.
The rather impressive conf
Dental reasons for that are that
no one can be very sure about 1t;
that everybody remembers all the
Hoover predictions that never
came true-and hates to be caught
in any similar trap-that there's
no sense in giving the enemy po-
litical ammunition sooner than
YOU nave u, dllQ-lAAOob LII ROA SGAAN
ly-that such predictions, either as
to specific food prices or the gen.
eral level, are likely to encourage
proft-greedy handlers of food to
boost their prices much sooner
and much higher than the situa-
ton justifies.
But the word will soon be get
ting around that the brains OF
AAA-and they're the best brains
in town-have agreed on a be-
tween-us- boys guess that the av-
erage of food prices will grad
ually rise to IS per cent above the
present level; that the increase
shouldn't be more than 5 per cent
by December, and that the peak
will be reached late next winter
or in early spring.
But you don't have to pay that
IS per cent. Everybody agrees
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
CITY WOMAN is SUICIDE

Leaves Burial lno ions Before
Taking Poison.
Mrs. Ethel Miller, AZ, of 1903 North
Meridian street, died in city hos
pital late yesterday of poison taken
earlier in the day. She left note
giving burial instructions.
The husband, Arthur L. Miller,
administered first aid treatment
and rushed Mrs. Miller to the hos
rital. The coroner's office listed the
death as a suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Indianapolis Tomorrow

Rotary Club, luncheon, Claypool
University Club, luncheon, Colum-
bia Club.
Gyro Club, luncheon, Sphinx
Arms.
Mercator Club, luncheon, Column
bia Club.
Architectural Club, luncheon,
Architects and Builders building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

quaJe even IOr Cne pare neceSSl-
tbs of living"
TINE report paid special atten-
l. ton to the lace industry, one
of those suggested for study by
Agriculture Secretary Henry Wal
lace in his discussion of reciprocal
trade agreements.
1t quotes the Connecticut de-
partment of labor, which found
that lace makers were paid from
$3.50 to 1920 a week during test
period and that this represented
the earnings not of one person,
but of whole family.
twenty-five per cent of the
families were receiving aid from
organized charity, and others were
getting private help.
The national child labor COM
mittee made its own study of
home work this spring and found
that children between 8 and Is
years old were being pressed into
service bending wires, cutting
puSsy-willows, folding strings, sep
arating tags, and cutting, pasting
and stringing petals.
States began legislating against
home work years ago on the
ground that diseased workers
might endanger the health of
those buying their products.
NRA, approaching the problem
from the standpoint of fair wages,
succeeded in having Prohibitions
against home work included in
eighty-five codes. Twenty-eight
others in which home work is util-
lied have codes which are silent
on the subject.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
II REUNIONS ARE HELD
1000 Attend Outings Sunday at
Garfield Park.

Seventeen families were repre-
sented at family reunions in Gar
field park Sunday, where more than
1000 persons attended reunions and
picnics.
Annual reunions included the Ut
terback, Park, Gibbs, Stewart, Bon
ner, Kennick, Aliss, Pottenger, War
den, Treese, Vailing, HARDER, Tress-
Ter, Campbell, Shelton, Talleron and
Harron families.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

He is rather proud of his
poem on the end Of prohibition.
which goes:
After all these years Of grief
With patience to endure
Marking time for beer to cure
The drys thinking it was time
to laugh
Never losing the American
spirit of good cheer
While fighting for our glass Of
beer
Never hinching in the battle
Now we hear the dry bones
rattle
That one is pretty good,
he said, rummaging in his pa
pers, but 1 wish I could find
Tho Nv,n ohAsrf tho cyNr-iY,cr Ct UlnS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
SECOND TERM IS HELD
Indianapolis Students Attending
Indiana u. Course.

william Breen, Velma Hacker,
John Haramy, Bruce Kendall,
Martha Melick, Kenneth Mitchell
and Christine Wente, all of Indi-
annapolis, are among the 176 stu
dents attending the annual three
weeks course at Indiana university
which follows the regular summer
session.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

matter how hot the weather,
Iowa-born Secretary Wallace still
clings to wooden clothes. He
peels his coat and works in shirt
sleeves, but lightweight linens are
not for him.
Copyright. 1884 by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
WESTbROOK PEd[ER

CHICAGO Aug. 27-The private office Of John J.
- Coughln is across the street from the Chicago
city hall and one flight up Mr.. Coughlin known
as "Bathhouse John" or simply. The Bath" is one
of Chicago's elder statesmen. He has BEEN the
years an important cultural influence on the city.
He has written much poetry which good critics de-
scribe as remarkable" A unique quality Of his
poetry is that it reads as we'll backward or both
ends toward the middle, as forward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

signs. slogans totems still appeal to the crowd, and
determine the character Of their reaction. 1t IS idle
10 hope that they ever WILL until tney nave lao d
feu- thousand wears more OF evolution be able to
look behind and beyond these externals The COM
bination of esrnestness with a witty manner they
simply can not grasp; the humor which IS USED 10
light and point and expose a human predicament
social situation which is in itself dreadful they can
not comprehend