The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-11-02

icanism commission to combat the ever
increasing inroads of the radical and
subversive groups" declared the retir
ing commander, adding that the man
dates handed down by the nationa
convention in Chicago a year ago have
been followed out in so far as it was
| possible to do So.
Declaring that high schools, colleges
and universities. and in some instances
religious groups, have been caught in
web of un-American propaganda
which is being woven by radical agi
tators," Hayes report emphasized that
the Americanism commission has cen.
tered its counter-attack upon the
schools.
When President Roosevelt dedicated
veterans hospital at Roanoke, Va.
the other day, he let it be known that
he is still firmly opposed to immediate
payment of the. soldiers bonus, and
said that the veterans, as class, "are
better off from the point of view OF
unemployment and of annual income
than the average of any other great
| group of our citizens"
Disputing this view, Commander
Hayes said:
1.-The experience of those of US who
have been devoting the last fifteen years
to the problems of the World war vet
| Grams has supplied us with ample proof
that vast majority are in class OF
handicap because of their service to
| the government in war.
"The loss of time, which they vir-
tually donated to the government
the interruption of their careers, the
loss of their priority and the decrease
in their earning power, in thousands
OF instances due to disability, have
set them permanently back of the aver
age citizen"
In this other leaders of the Legion
and those of the auxiliary concurred
A CCORDING to reports in Washing
\ ton, President Roosevelt and his
advisers were completing their relief
plans for 1895, these providing for
abandonment of the federal dole and a
five billion dollar program of work re.
lief with the intention of providing a
job for every one who is physically
sically disabled will be left to local
communities. For the others places
will be provided on federal work prof.
ects, many of which it is hoped will
be self-liquidating. Some of these
projects already are under way. They
include housing and slum clearances, q
widened application of the subsistence
homestead program and of rural re-
Mobilization, and the elimination of
grade crossings.
Hewvto raise the five billion dollars
is a question. Insiders think the Pres
ident favors a relief bond issue to be
sold as were the Liberty bonds, from
house. to house, through appeal to the
patriotism of the people.
President Roosevelt went Oh the air
again, broadcasting a nationwide ap-
peal to citizens to help charitable or
CARNATIONS in caring for the needy
His address was part of a program ar.
ranged by the committee for mobiliza.
| ton for human needs.
light federal officers led by Melvin
IL Purvis, head of the Justice de.
partment's bureau of investigation in
| Chicago, caught up with Charles A.
Floyd, known as Pretty Boy on a
farm near East Liverpool, Ohio, and
few minutes later the desperate OF
the Ozarks was dead with fifteen bull.
lets In his body. He had two auto.
matte pistols but did not fire a shot
as he sought to escape across field
Floyd, accused of at least seven muir.
ders and lately of completely in the
Kansas City depot massacre, was hunt.
ed for years. He was 0klahoma's most
notorious outlaw since the days of Al
Jennings and the Daltons.
- w. A. SCOTT and Campbell Black
~ of England, flying their Red Comet
| plane, won the great London to Mel
bourne air derby, reducing the record
| by many hours. The second plane IL
arrive in Melbourne was that of X. D
Parmentier and J. ]. Moll of Holland
They gave the winners a close race
though flying longer route. Col. Ros
coe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, Amer
leans. lost time when they wandered
from the course near Allahabad, India
but came in third. James and Amy
Mollison, the famous flying couple from
England, led at the start. but were
forced to quit in India by damaged
| motors.
| Tragedy marked the race when Har
| old Gilman and James Baines of Eng
land crashed in flames in Italy and
were burned to death.
Twenty planes started on the II, 80:
mile flight but several were forced out
of the contest by mechanical trouble
| VIRTUALLY at full battle strength
' the United States fleet sailed from
Guantanamo. Cuba, for its fall
maneuvers in the Caribbean. The YES
sells headed for Panama, where it wa.
| planned to make great attack" OF
the canal. The fleet was to attempt Il
destroy the shore defenses at the At
lantic entrance. to break through the
submarine and airplane defense ant
to pass through the canal to the Pa
cific.