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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16
News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
President Asks for Shorter Hours and Higher Wages
Plans for Continuing Relief Program; Desperate
Dilinger Escapes From Jail.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

GENERAL thousand members Of the
- code authorities gathered in Con-
stitution hall, Washington, at the call
of the President to revise and
strengthen MIRA industrial agree
ments. The opening session was for
NAL and rather stately, with the mem
bers of the cabinet, other high govern
ment officials and many senators and
congressman present. Before this as
semhly came Mr. Roosevelt to tell not
so much what had been accomplished
in the last twelvemonth as what he
hoped for in the. near future. He
warned the industrial leaders that
1.-THE government cannot forever con-
tinue to absorb the whole burden Of
unemployment" He called for great
er protection Of small business, term
ing the code authority "the keeper of
your small industrial brother"
Briefly summarized. this is what Mr..
Roosevelt proposed: a'a
Wage increases and shortening Of
hours to bolster consuming power and
spread employment.
Greater adherence by the people to
the Blue Eagle symbol to make all
''play the game"
Continued enforcement of the anti
trust laws to retain competition and
prevent monopoly.
Strict adherence by employers to the
law allowing free choice by employees
of representatives to do their collective
bargaining.
Permanent reorganization of the
economic and social structure along
the lines already started.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

MACHINERY for enforcement of
Az the collective bargaining pro-
visions of the NRA was frightened by
the President when by Executive order
he made the findings of the national
labor board final and authorized that
body to report violations directly to
the compliance division of the NRA
or to the Department of Justice for
appropriate action. In the same order
the President enlarged the board
from nine to thirteen members. The
new men appointed are: Clay Will
liams. president Reynolds Tobacco
company. and Leon Marshall. of Johns
Hopkins university law school, vice
chairmen; and Ernest Draper. of New
York; Gerard Swope. president of the
General Electric company. and Henry
Dennfson. of birmingham, Mass. In
dustrial members.
The two vice chairmen will relieve
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

q social revolution.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself, in a brief
address on the occasion of the install
the American university in Washing
ton, said zone of the most salient fea-
lures of the salient year in our Amer
lean life has been the amazing and
universal increase in the interest" of
the people in the subject of govern
ment. 1--WE can be thankful" he said,
that we have studied and are en-
gagged in the process of eradicating
the deeper causes of that illness (of
the nation) and of many other III
nesses of the body polite"
The joint congressional Republican
campaign committee took occasion to
issue a statement declaring that the
administration ends its first year with
many platform pledges untried and
practically abandoned. with policies
unshaped and conflicting, with its
monetary program bewilderingly un-
certain-a situation battling enough
to prove hindrance to a return to
prosperity"
Replying for the supporters of the
administration. Senator Hiram john
son of California, nominally a Repub-
lican, said:
at is not necessary to agree with
all that has been done in every con-
ceivable particular, but unfair and I'M
just would be the individual who
would not emphatically concede that
President has acted, and has accom-
plished amazing results.
1T is sorry policy that now says
TO 120,OO0OO0 people that nothing has
been done that is right and that the
President has brought them no relief,
and the future holds for them no hope.
1--WE are better, and our country is
better, and our people are better, and
our times are better for what the
President has done during the past
year"
Throughout his first year the Pres
ident has had the virtually united
support Of the Democrats, together
with that of many Republicans, and
the nation as a whole has stood back
of him because it recognized his cour-
age and sincerity, even though many
citizens doubted the wisdom of some
OF his policies. In the year to come
he probably will find his task harder
in way, for revolt against some parts
of his program is developing in his
own party. Congress shows a grow
ing tendency to resist his demands.
All this, as one correspondent says,
sis partly due to the oncoming No
yember elections and partly to the nat
ural fact that renewal of confidence
reduces the willingness of political and
economic individualists to sacrifice
their own desires for the sake of
unified movement"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

Many collections give a lot of atten-
ton to black dresses for town wear.
1t is expected that soft tones will
have preference this spring and sum-
mer.
Color combinations will be more In
vogue than ever next spring and sum-
mer.
A charming evening suit with an
ankle length skirt is made In rust col
ored wooden.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

diana for trial, be-
came irked by con-
finement in the "es-
cape-proof" Jail at
Crown Point. So he
made a pistol out Of
a piece of wood and
the handle of a safety
razor, co W e d t b e
guards and deputies
and locked them In
cells, obtained two
machine guns from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16


pistol from a guard. took Sheriff Lii
liam Holley's car from the garage and
drove away with negro murderer.
They took one deputy sheriff and a
garage attendant as hostages but re-
leased them near Peotone, ILL.,, and
then vanished. 1t was believed Dillin-
ger was hidden somewhere in the
vicinity Of Chicago. The law authori-
ties of the Middle West were all
searching for him. and all officers had
orders to kill him at sight.
Sheriff Hoiley's car was found aban-
doned on street in Chicago.
This escape of the desperate was
one of the boldest performances of his
career, and it is amazing to consider
how it could have been successfully
carried out, In view of Dillinger's
record. Perhaps some sympathy is
due the woman sheriff, Mrs. Holley.
who was given that Office after the
death of her husband. Terribly de-
pressed by the fasco, she made the
futile gesture of strapping an auto
matte about her waist and setting out
to find Dillinger. IF / ever see him
again." she declared, It'll shoot him
dead with my own gun. Don't blame
anyone else for this escape. Blame
me. i have no political career ahead
of me and don't care"
once again the government of
~ Greece has notified Sam insult
that he must get out of that country at
once. One person who had been adj
mitted to the fugitive's house quoted
him as saying: 81 am old and sick. /
will 90 home and die"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

COMPLETION of President Roose-
~ velt's first year in the White
House called forth chorus of lauda-
ton and of hostile criticism from his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

ONCE more the tariff comes up as
~ a leading issue, for the President
has sent to congress a request for new
powers permitting him to fix the tariff
within wide limits. The legislation he
asks is designed to expand trade and
would give the Chief Executive author
ity to shift the tariff up or down by
as much as so per cent so that recip-
rocal tariff treaties with other nations
may be negotiated. Furthermore,
these treaties would not have to be
confirmed by the senate, and the tar
if commission would not be consulted
The new authority would be limited to
three years and no article could be
placed on the free list or removed
from it. 1t was predicted that many
Republicans and some Democrats
would oppose the scheme. but that it
would get through congress after long
debate.
John DILLINGER. eminent bank
- robber. gang leader and alleged
murderer, who was captured with great
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-16

Senator Robert f. Wagner, Of New
York, chairman, of much of the work
of presiding, duty which he has
found it difficult to fulfill in addition
to his duties in the senate.
Acting under its new authority the
board cited four companies to show
cause why their cases should not be
referred to the NRA compliance d.
vision and to the Department of JUS
tice for action. These companies are
the Hartman Hosiery Mills, Hartman,
Tenn; S. Dresner & Co., Inc, Chi
cago; A. Roth & Co., Chicago, and
Patrick, Inc, Duluth.
NEW DEALERS were pleased i'm
mensely by a decision Of the
United States Supreme court sustain
ing the New York milk control law.
1t upheld the right of state to fix
a minimum price for milk, and has
an important bearing on the validity
of recovery legislation. The opinion
was delivered by Justice Owen j. Rob
erts. and. as in the Minnesota mort
gage moratorium case, was held by
five of the justices. four dissenting.
LOW the President proposes to car
Il ry on the relief program was re-
vealed at a press conference. In adj
dition to continuation Of the CWA In
cities, relief of distressed families in
rural regions is to be placed on a
new basis, and the government is to
undertake the transportation of entire
communities from incorporating coal
mine localities and similar centers of
unemployment to the subsistence
homestead colonies which are being
created with $25,OOO,OO0 of public
works funds.
In rural regions families in distress
are to be helped to raise enough food
for subsistence and to get part time
employment in industries and on road
building and other public works.
Communities Of miners, out of work
because of the closing down Of coal
mines, the President calls stranded
populations" They were left stranded
when work gave out and there is no
prospect of resumption of mine OPP
erations. In most cases the mines
have been exhausted. The President
said the undertaking would be to move
an appreciable number of such fam
lilies to localities where they can main
tain themselves on small tracts Of
land with incidental Industrial employ
ment which is the subsistence home
stead idea now being tried out at
Reedsville, W. Va.
Concerning that Reedsville plant,
pet of Mrs. Roosevelt's, 1t is interest
ing to read that the house refused by
a margin of 165 votes to approve the
construction and operation there of
factory to make post office furniture.
The project was denounced as "a
plunge into state socialism"
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
ICOVer

By LLOYD PANTACES
PUBLICATION RIGHTS RESERVED

proved that it was the informer
who was short-Sighted and not
Mr.. Gould. I couldn't be Sorer.
Note on a Columbia "call sheet"
where be written the require.
ments for the next days shoot
ing: one dog and one bit tramp.
Binnie Barnes, one Of tn e
wives who was decapitated in
Henry the Eighth, claims the
only thing she can find wrong
with America is the lack of peo-
pie who can whip up a tasty dish
of tea. incidentally, Miss Barnes
does not drink or smoke. Robert
Allen, a newcomer, wishes it to
be known that he has taught his
police dog how to play polo, all
of which needless to say is not
done on horseback.
Otto Kruger actually invented
the talkies, inasmuch as in the
old days of the nickelodeons he
used to write dialogue for one
reel SilentS and then stand in
back Of the screen and give
forth all the speaking parts
Preston Foster practically got
himself done away with when a
whale selected the bottom of his
fishing boat as a wonderful
spot to scratch off its bar
nacles.
The first detective story to be
told in rhyme and rhythm is MY
Grandfather's Clock" a two.
reeler being dished UP by the
MGM-ers. Irene Dunne's dimpled
chin is to get a break for the first
time in four years of nonrecogni.
ton in "The Age Of Innocence, J"
where she plays a mid-Victorian
gal whose dimple caused her mis-.
ChieVouSneSS.
Copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

There are too many ordinary
hooters in No. spots. There are
too many acrobats doing substan-
TALLY the same routines. There
are too many with voices that
can't penetrate beyond the first
few rows of the average theater
supplied with a microphone and
given next-to-closing spots on pro-
grams. There are too many Holly
wood personalities booked without
due thought given to what they
are to present as entertainment.
There are too many repeats, far
too many, for the steady movie
goer.
Since two-a-day vaudeville be-
came a memory the situation for
the paying patron has become
steadily worse. The available
supply Of acts has been reduced
to the point that those booking
for the local theaters find them
selves forced into taking what
they can get and too often it is
an acC CIlaC mas played washing
ton over and over again and with
out new material.
To list other faults. For one
thing the element of novelty has
almost completely disappeared
from vaudeville programs: For
another the one-act sketch which
was such a bulwark of Keith
vaudeville has become as rare as a
good microphoner'S voice. The art
Of the monologuist has practically
perished, so that when somebody
like Leo Carrillo comes along, once
in a blue moon, critics like myself
go a trifle ga-ga in overpraise.
Where are the Walter Kel1ys and
the Julius TannenS?
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

and there are others still around
waiting to be discovered.
love vaudeville and always
have, and it seems to me the ap-
petite for this type Of amusement
was never stronger. The diff
Guilty appears to be that those
who are supposed to supply it,
to keep a fresh procession of tai.
ent coming along, are falling
down woefully on the job. Fall
ing down is not the word, they've
been PROSTATE for these several
seasons. They seize every fresh
name from radio, and some of it
is pretty mediocre, and figure
they are fulfilling their full duty.
So I say for my sake and the
pleasure of all those who pay to
see stage shows in washington,
wake up, New York, before it's too
late. This Is a cracking fine
show town, but you're doing your
best to kill it.
Why can't those who buy and
sell vaudeville get together and
pool interests so that an act
could be offered, say 40 weeks
Of continuous playing time, with
short and inexpensive jumps?
This would create new acts.
Why can't you import acts
from Europe, Asia or Africa and
get a little novelty into pro-
grams?
Why not revive good one-act
sketches, such as Nazimova'S
"War BrideS?"
Why not, in fact, stop vaude-
vile from going completely to
the dogs? For that is exactly
where it is headed unless a new
Marcus Loew or q B. F. Keith
comes forward and right soon.
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

Vaudeville has evolved into a
continuous procession Of dance
teams (Society adagio and hot),
acrobatS to open or close the
show, microphone singers or
radio acts who initiate the same
stars, Hollywood celebrities who,
after they have satisfied the
yearning to see them in person,
are not equipped to entertain;
name bands that are all pretty
much alike with identical tunes
and routines. Some maestros
like George Hall parade singer
after singer to the "mike," 9TH
ers, like Phil Spitalny, decide
you'll take so minutes of straight
music, mostly classical, and like
it.
The fault, of course, lies in the
home offices Of the great chain
circuits. They have permitted
vaudeville to degenerate into a
collection Of suit case acts" or
performers who can carry all the
stage equipment, wardrobe and
properties they require in a bag.
Only half a dozen times over a
full season does an act demand
ing a full stage arrive and it Is
practically a curiosity.
I have talked with many per-
formers, stars like Pat Rooney
and Will Mahoney, who have
spent a lifetime in vaudeville,
and they claim there is little in
centive for an act to invest in
new material or a production.
The available playing time is so
limited it would be a. precarious
venture to put money into a pre-
tentious act. It is cheaper and
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
Vaudeville Dying on It's Feet While Bosses SIumbe

more profitable under present
conditions to do a routine that
can be offered in street clothes
and with 10 cents worth Of
grease paint.
I think the best commentary
on present-day vaudeville is the
fact that a smart production
manager like Gene Ford, Of
Loew's, can come to Washington,
issue a call for local entertainers
to addition and, in a fortnight of
rehearsing, put together a show
or an "All-Washington Revue
that can stack up against the so.
called professional talent and
equal it in entertainment value.
Something is wrong when such
a condition exists. These are the
facts.
Vaudeville, in 1894, is crying
to high heaven for another Mar.
Gus Loew. It needs him more
than he was ever needed in the
days when he started his infant
circuit against the great and the
powerful Keith organization. The
late Mr.. Loew secured the coun-
try and even the world to find
novelty acts and new faces for
his IS, Is and 35-cent stages.
He let Keith have all the names
and he depended upon young
and unknown talent who could
go before the footlightS and de-
liver. Marcus Loew found them
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

no. YES MI. "fOAu NA"S"
Ripley: Raymond Walburn. OF
Columbia Studio, spends all OF
his spare time, when not before
the camera, fishing, but never
eats any Of his catch on &C.
count of when he was but a
spright of a boy, he struck a
bad one and almost died OF
ptomaine poisoning.
Harold Lloyd claims he is not
asuperstitiouS but he insists on
going out the same entrance OF
q building he entered won't
60 through a tunnel unless it is
while riding in a train. He in
sists on using the same stage
for production at the Metropoli'
tan studio where his first big
success was photographed and
he always carries a roll Of lucky
money he started collecting Is
years ago. Not superstitiouS-
Oh yeah!
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

and comfort,
to say moth
ing of shooting
a gun as though
1t were not a
W a er pistol,
rush out to the
p a t h e Studio
where Sol Les
ser is looking
for just such a
little woman to
play opposite
George O'Brien
in "The Dude
Ranger"
Believe 1t or
The Washington times., 1934-07-20
Rv ANDREW r. KELLEY

So concerned with making the movies
cleaner and less offensive that seems to me the problem Of
what about vaudeville is being almost entirely neglected.
don't claim that vaudeville needs to be deodorized but
claim that requires infusion Of blood and fresh
faces unless those who operate the heaers satisfied to
become routine and part Of the complete be
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

Curiosity got the best Of me
when I heard that Dave Gould,
dance director at RKO, was so
near,sighted that he couldn't see
the people he was directing. A
visit to the set of Gay Divorce"
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

. A bit Of casting-but if you
are too far away it will prob
ably not do you much good:
If you are a good looking blonde
and ride horseback with ease
The Washington times., 1934-07-20

QUARTET OF FUNNAKERS
c beauty who charms him into marrying her Geneeve Tobn) They
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

self boasted of their closeness.
alfred simply can't live with
out mel" she gurgled. And
young Alfred, smuggling home
with mama while the other kids
played football, agreed that he
couldn't.
But Dad insisted he must
try. So Alfred was packed off
tC a boys summer camp.
And mama had her first ner.
VouS breakdown.
At the hospital they thought
it. was heart trouble. But there
seemed to be no organic cause.
Yet the symptoms persisted.
Dad surrendered; said she
could visit camp. Off she flew,
beaming.
Now it was Alfred'S turn to
have a breakdown. He'd howled
for Mama when they took
him off for camp. Actually he
was bowling from terror Of a
world which he had never dared
face screaming for the
protection which his mother
had given him against the
world.
Then gradually his terror be-
gan to wear off. He was just
beginning to pick up courage
when Mama came back on the
scene. Instantly he went to
pieces-staged such a scene
that it disrupted the wnole
camp. Back home they went
together, Mother and Son.
Again Dad tried to crash the
line. Shipped young Alfred off
to ''he-man's" college. Mama
tagged along. Kept her Darling
virtually prisoner in her notel
room for two weeks, lest he be
hazed. Tried to buy the older
boys off, so they wouldn't hurt
him. Naturally, when she
left, they had him branded as
a Sissy-and gave him the
works.
After a month of misery he
fled home. Mama said he
should stay. Dad made him go
back. Con sequence-another
nervous breakdown for mother.
nad died At last there WAS
no one to keep them apart.
Mother and son were always
together. What a lovely re-
lationShip! " everyone said.
Then Alfred began to fall in
love. And back came mothers
heart attacks!
For a while the attacks
worked. Then suddenly Alfred
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Many Odd Ideas
About Dogs
Persist
BY LIZ HUME

There are lots of freak ideas
about dogs. Some have doubt
less had their origin in fantas-
tic animal stories. At any rate,
there are many persons who
still cherish certain of these
ideas as the truth.
For example, the belief that
ordinary bites of certain dogs
are poisonous. 1t Is thought
by some that the bite of a dog
having a red-colored nose and
lips is more dangerous than the
bite of a dog having a black
mouth.
Color has nothing whatever
to do with the effect of a bite.
In fact, no dogs bite is poison
Gus. The nearest approach to
poisoning from any bite occurs
from the decayed tooth of dog.
And, Of course, a wound should
be Immediately treated with an
antiseptic solution.
Odd Whims
The greatest possible harm
which can result from such a
wound is blood poison. To be
sure, this, in itself, is a serious
enough matter. But it is by no
means to be compared with
rabies. And there is no need
whatever for WORRY about the
contraction of rabies from such
a bite.
Still another whim is that, in
order to be a thoroughbred, a
dog must have a full, black
roof to his mouth. Otherwise
his breed and his quality are
always in doubt.
Practically every dog except
ing red pigmented animals, has
a black roof to his mouth. Al
though the roof is not entirely
black, it is at least partially so.
And, as a matter of fact, the
greatest mongrel very frequently
has one of the blackest roofs to
be found.
Docking
Fanciers of this cannibalistic
art devoutly adhere to the doc
trine that the only proper and
safe method by which to dock
a puppy's tail is to have some
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
By JULIET SHELBY


Like the case Of Jack Spratt
and his wife, there are con-
trary desires in any family
especially when it comes to the
seasonal question, Ito tan or
not to tan"
:. This summer, perhaps, you
have decided to keep your own
naturally lovely skin tone, and
you are going to do every
thing within your power to
prevent the sun from harming
it. Sister, contrariwise, is tired
of looking like the same old
gal, and thinks a rich beige
skin-shade will make her life
more exciting: while little
brother, no matter how many
times he has been cautioned,
will just go ahead and get
himself a nasty sunburn, then
howl all over the place for re-
lief!
Because families are quite
apt to be like that. a very
adroit skin specialist has
taken advantage of the fact,
and has prepared a kit of
summer aids that enables the
whole family to, spend rollick-
ing days under the sun with
out regret.
In the family kit is a sun
burn oil that sister wants to
know about. This marvellous
oil filters the actinic rays Of
the sun (they do all the scorch-
ing), but allows the ultra vio-
let rays to give the skin a gen.
tie tanning. The oil is also
readily absorbed by the skin,
so that makeup may be used
over it, if desired.
And for you, who wish to
preserve your natural skin color,
there is a Sunburn cream that
filters both the actinic and ultra
violet rays, and doesn't give Old
Sol the slightest chance to do
his stuff. Rub it on your skin
before going out in the sun, and
if you feel the desire to bask,
put on fresh applications every
once in a while.
For dare-devils like little
brother, who defy the powers of
the sun, there is a medicated
cream that gives instant relief
to severely burned skin, and
draws out the inflammation.
After a few applications the
skin of the reckless one will be
restored to normal.
And just for good measure