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The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Of ARCTIC
BROKE, HAPPY
MISS BAHR

SEATTLE, Wash, April 6.-An'
drew Bahr, hero of a 2,000-mile
Arctic trek with 5000 reindeer
that saved Eskimos from sta1va.
ton, was back home today a hero,
but broke.
Bahr's amazing march across
the frozen wastes of Alaska took
two years, and in that time his
personal fortune dwindled to moth.
ing.
Today he had the consolation
of the knowledge Of a job we'll
done, along with the sympathy of
his wife and foster daughter.
Withal. he was happy and glad to
be back.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
New Sales Tax
Gives so Jobs
In MARYLAND

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 6.
Fifty new jobs will be created
here to enforce and collect the
revenue from the gross sales
tax, Comptroller William S.
Gordy announced today.
The State will employ 40.
countants, general clerks, Ste
nographers, file clerks, addresso.
graph operators, mail clerks, in.
vestigators, inspectors and junior
and senior field auditors. The
average salary will be $1,000 a
year.
Applications must be made to
Comptroller Gordy, who will sub
NIT them to the board of public
works.
Offices will be opened in the
State House here about April Is,
the comptroller said.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Leaders Seek to Beat
BoiIeau Amendment
International News Service

Alarmed at possible weakening
of the national defense, House
military leaders today moved to
defeat proposal prohibiting the
Army from conscripting men to
fight on foreign soil.
The proposal, sponsored by
Representative Boileau CPD Of
Wisconsin was approved by the
House yesterday as an amend
ment to the McSwain bill which
would curb wartime profiteering.
Chairman McSwain of South
Carolina, of the Military Affairs
Committee announced he would
ask the House to strike out the
amendment when his bill is con-
Sidered for final passage.
Approval of Mr.. Boileau's pro-
posal followed hours of acrid
e b a tie between advocates Of
preparedness and members OPP
posed to any militarist program
by the Government.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
ARMY CRIPPLED.
!. BY LACK Of
MODERN GUNS
Weapons Old, Ammunition
Supply Low As Result of
Economy Mania
Copyright, 1885. by International News
ServiCe)

Copyright, 1885. by International News
Service)
Army Day today found the
American Army lacking in almo
every weapon of modern warfare
and weaker by hundreds Of thous-
ands of men than the armies Of
the other big powers.
1t was not, however, the weak
ness in the size of the Army that
the Army high command de.
plored. 1t was the lack of ma
terialS to make what little there
is efficient.
Enforced economy at the hands
of the Budget Bureau and Con.
gress has resulted in the follow.
ing startling state of affairs in
the Army:
The munitions reserve sup
ply has dwindled so low that,
if called upon to fight on a
scale similar to that expert
enced in the World War, prac-
tically every branch of the
Army would run out of ammu-
milton in about six weeks;
Rifles Obsolete
Practically all the rifles in
the Army are old. The mod
ern rifles possessed by the
Army are sufficient only to
supply about two regiments;
Most of the field artillery
guns possessed are obsolete,
wartime weapons with a
firing range of 1000 yards as
compared with the 15,000-yard
range of the modern type;
The modern anti-aircraft
equipment is 60 per cent be-
low peacetime defense needs.
There are not enough gas
masks available to equip half
of the present standing army Of
130750 officers and men:
much less any army that would
be modified in event of war.
The size of the Army, even
with the additional $4,000 en-
listed men provided for in the
new War Department appro-
priationS bill, will still be $4,000
short of the 100000 called for
under the national defense act.
Use Toy Guns
Owing to lack of funds for am.
munition for target practice, the
Field Artillery now uses a toy gun
which is about eight inches long
and fires a one-inch steel ball
with the aid of a 22-caliber blank
cartridge.
An officer stands by and gives
the order as the toy guns are
fired at a miniature village. Be-
hind the miniature village stands
a soldier with a basket to pick up
the balls and return them to the
gun crews.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
TVA-CCCWOrker
Takes Death Dive

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, April 6
G.N.SO.-Stanley ziaja, 20, of
Yonkers, N. Y, described as a
model worker at the TVA-CCC
Camp P-8, near here, was be-
lieved by authorities today to
have committed suicide by diving
from a high bridge near Norris
Dam. He was last seen Wednes-
day when he said he was sick
and refused to eat. He walked
from the camp alone. and later
five women reported seeing him
remove his clothes and plunge
into the Clinch River.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Berry to Award
Race Cup Monday

Wallace Beery."West Point of
The Air" day will be celebrated
at the Bowie race track next Mon.
day, when the fifth race will be
named after that star who is ap-
pearing at Loew'S Fox Theater this
week in west Point of The Air"
AS an additional award, the
owner of the winning horse will
be presented with a handsome
trophy, the Wallace Beery Cup.
Although unable to be present,
Mr.. Berry will felicitate the winner
via telegraph.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Girl, Two Youths
Die in Auto Crash

SHARON, Pa, April 6 GNS0.
Two young men and a high school
girl were killed in an automobile
accident here today. Two other
persons were injured.
The dead were Miss Emma
Berchtold, IS, senior at Mercer
High School; John Kasmer, 20,
of Mercer, and Dominic Aiello, 81,
of Masury, Ohio. Otto Berchtold
brother of the girl, and an I'm.
identified young man were injured
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Florida to Remove
Homestead Taxes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April
GN.SO "a bill which would
exempt all Florida homesteads
from taxation, regardless of valu
alton, had passed the State Sen.
ate by unanimous vote today and
was before the House of Repre-
sentatives for action.
The measure seeks to strip the
$4,000 valuation limitation at,
fixed to the constitutional amend
ment ratified last November.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
HAMILTON GOES
|. BACK To TEXAS
|. DEATH HOUSE
No. ! Outlaw, "Turned Up"
BY a Pal in Fort Worth,
Still Hopes for "Break"

DALLAS, Texas, April 6
U.N.SO. -" Anytime anything
happened 1 would just shoot at
the men who bObbed up and
started shooting at me-"
Nonchalant Raymond Hamilton,
number One desperate Of the
Southwest, captured last night
without a battle at Fort Worth,
thus today expounde0 his method
Of operation in his dozens Of bat
ties with police during a career as
a bank robber and escaped con-
vict. He added:
II always tried to be ready
to move faster than they did"
Hamilton made his statement
just before he was started on his
journey to the death row at the
State prison at Huntsville today,
from which he once escaped. He
is under sentence of death for
killing a prison guard.
Assumes Joking Air
Hamilton assumed a joking air
today as he talked with report
ers while the Federal Govern
ment bluntly told State authori-
ties that unless Hamilton was
executed within 80 days the Fed
eral Government would step in
and bring him to trial in Federal
court.
Asked why he didn't put up a
fight when captured last night
in the Rock Island freight yards
at Fort Worth, he calmly re-
marked:
81 didn't have a chance and
knew it. Who knows? l may
get a better chance some other
time. am always looking for
the breaks"
Discussing his many gun bat
ties with police and posses the
gunman admitted he had fought
with National Guardsmen in Mis-
sissippi last month. He was evaSive
on details.
Only at the mention of his
mother and Katie jenkins, his
sweetheart, did Hamilton show
emotion.
Katie is reported to be on the
West Coast starting a new life.
Hamilton must be re-Sentenced
to die by the county court at
Huntsville and a new date for
his execution must be set. He has
no recourse to higher courts as
he escaped from the death house
last year.
Two Guns No Help
Surrounded by Sheriff Schmidt
and squad of officers in the
Rock Island Railroad yards at
Fort Worth last night, Hamilton
quickly surrendered with the
words:
"I'm caught-cOme and get
me-"
Although armed with two
pistols the desperate had no
opportunity to use them. Two
companions of the outlaw, who
gave their names as Chester
Regain and Glenn Allen, likewise
surrendered.
Suspected of being a friend of
Hamilton, Nolan Aired, 10, Of
Mississippi, was arrested here
yesterday and under questioning
revealed that he had an appoint
ment to meet the desperate in
the Fort Worth yards. The Of
ficers took Aired to the appointed
place as a. decoy last night and
Hamilton walked into the trap.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
PRESIDENT TO SIGN RELIEF BILL ON RETURN NEXT WEI
HOOVER'S NIECE
Witness fOrLOz1sSOHp

ST r I NC courtroom
photograph cat C hes Mrs.
Dunbar, niece of me r
President Herbert Hoover,
having a cigarette and a chat
with David Lamson, for
whom she is a character wit
ness in his second trial on a
charge of Staying his wife.
Mrs. Dunbar was a neighbor
of the Lamsons. Photo by
International.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Suitcases Stolen
From Parked Auto

Alfred G.. Ayers, Richmond, Va,
reported his automobile, which
was parked south of the White
House, was broken into last night
and several suitcases containing
500 worth of clothing was stolen.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Man En- Route Here
Stricken on Train

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 6
U.N.SO.-Stricken with a heart
attack while en- route on a train
from his home in Washington, D.
c., Frank H. Davis, 80, of Omaha,
Neb., was pronounced dead at the
Pennsylvania railroad station.
His daughter, Mrs. w. B. Rob
erts, also of Omaha, accompanied
him.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
THIEVES GET $25

Benjamin H. Ruggles, reported
to police that his room in the
1900 block Park Road N. w. was
entered last night and a Gig.
arctic case, fountain pen and
several pipes valued at $25 were
stolen.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
CHORAL PROGRAM

The Tempo Choral Society,
composed of 80 singers, will give
a program of sacred music at
st. Luke's P. E. Church tomor-
row evening at 8 o'clock. The
choral group is sponsored by the
Dunbar Community Center and
is directed by DR.. w. Scot
Mayo.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
MIGHT IN FRANCE

The Travellers Club of Catholic
University will present "A Night
in France" in the Music Building
Auditorium of the university on
Monday, April 8. at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-04-06
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tolIotD-
ing names tDere in the head
lines. Can you recall them?
Peter Guilday.
Efren ZimbaliSt.
Dave Hutton.
Mrs. H. A. w. Tabor.
June knight.
(AnSUerS on Page 2O.S
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
FRIDAY. APRIL s. isss.
Sixteen Men is Macy
April Quota for District,

Sixteen men will be enlisted in tx
U. s. Navy from the Minneapolis Navy
Recruiting District during the month
of April, 1895. This district comprises
the states of Minnesota and North
Dakota and few of the northwestern
counties Of Wisconsin
During the months of February and
March. 1895. the Minneapolis Navy Re-
cruiting District has enlisted twenty
four young men between the age of II
to Is. Beginning with the month OF
May. 1885, this number will be In
creased and by July, 1885. 1t Is expected
that this recruiting district Will be en-
listing approximately fifty men per
month.
The general requirements for enliss-
ment IN the Navy are very strict at the
present time. The recruits from the
Minneapolis Recruiting District rank
second, out of the fourteen districts
west Of the Mississippi River, in general
intelligence. The minimum grade Deins
847 out OF possible 100. Only one
other district leads the Minneapolis dis
trict, and that by only one point. This
showing reflects very favorably on the
educational system in this territory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
United States Civil
Service Examination

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has announced an open COM
petitive examination for the position
of Junior Safety Instructor.
Applications for the position OF junior
safety instructor must be on file with
the u s. Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. c., not later than April
%, 1895.
The entrance salary is s1,440 a year
subject to deduction of 81 per cen.
toward a retirement annuity.
Applicants must have had at least
years of practical experience in and
about mines. Experience in mine safety
work or as a mine official involving re-
sponSibility for the work of others il
highly desirable and additional credit
win be given for experience of thi:
kind. Additional credit will also bs
given for high school education.
Full information can be obtained
from Owney Hegman, secretary of the
Civil Service Board at the postof1ce OF
from the Civil Service Commission al
Washington, D. G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
By R. w. HITCHCOCK

prevailed the last two years. It was an
impressive list of letters.
But perhaps you will ask me" said
the Senator, have not also received
letters of an opposite tenor. Yes, !
have. and I will tell you about them. .
Here" declared the Senator, waving
it aloft, lis letter from business man
asking me to vote for higher license
rates. This man is pushing proposal
to build sS5000O bridge across the Red
River. If this goes through, the high
way department will be compelled to
cut of a portion of his building and he
will get money as damages which will
enable him to build new building. OF
course, he wants higher license rates.
The Senator paused impressively and
then shouted. Shall vote for such a
thing as this?"
mol" doomed the voice of Senator
Bob Marshall of Hennepin, and the
galleries smiled.
Here's another letter" said Senator
Stiening, again waving it aloft. This
man is spending the winter in Florida.
He wants higher license rates. too.
Shall I vote for such thing?"
Here the Senator leveled a finger at
his COLLEAGUES, Senator Marshall, and
Marshall, this time reinforced by a
chorus, doomed back, mol"
BY this time the Senate and the
galleries were both enjoying the party,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05

mo. no. a thousand times no." said
Senator Henry c. Stiening Of Clay
countv-or words to that effect.
The much disputed and much delayed
decision as to the license fee that
owners of motor cars must pay in Min
nesota was being hotly debated in the
Senate. The House, rather surprisingly
had passed a bill raising license fees
in an amount of s1,3OO,OO0 over those
paid last year The Senate seemed in
clined to stick to the reductions that
have prevailed in the last biennium
The House bill, amended by the Senate
SO as to continue the rates Of the last
two years was under discussion and had
been argued pro and con at long
length. 1t was noon of the first day of
spring, the Stomachs of the grave and
reverend Senator's were empty and their
threats were hoarse from much shout
ing. They were ready to vote. Then
il was that the Senator from Clay,
serving his first session in the legiS-
lature, and already well known as a
sound and conservative thinker, arose
and addressed the Chair
That I may not be accused of poll
teal motives, I want to explain my
vote" said Senator Stiening. He pro-
duced bundle of letters and read them
TO the Senate. They were from Farmer
Labor groups in wilkin and Clay coun-
ties, begging the Senator to vote for the
same motor vehicle license rates as have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
COUNTY Wins
MORE H0N0RS
County All Clubs Capture First
Ranking In All County
Progress Contest.

Ranking first in a national Al
county progress contest, st. Louis
county All clubs viii be awarded a
$4,000 community building, completely
furnished and HANDICAPPED.
Announcement of this award was
made recently by the National Com
mittee on Boys and Girls Club Work,
Chicago, which supervised the contest.
ST. Louis county previously had won
first over Is Minnesota counties in a
state All progress contest.
Facts which counted in ST. Louis
county's selection were its enrolment
of 1884 club members, said to be the
largest of any county in the United
States: its efficient All club organiza-
ton, headed by two fun-time club
leaders; and the excellent cooperation
given these leaders by residents of the
county, individually and through theil
farm and civic organizations.
Other factors bringing about this
selection were the high percentage OF
member projects completed; large at
tendance of members at All club meet
ings and other events; and the influ-
ence of All club work on farm. home
and community progress.
H. j. Aase is in charge of the boys
club work in this county, and Miss
Mabel Fertig directs the girls projects.
Both have headquarters at Virginia.
The building, donated by one of the
nations large mail order firms, will be
completely furnished with kitchen and
dining equipment; a social parlor with
fireplace, and a 250-volume library. A
site for the building viii be selected
soon by st. Louis county local and
county club leaders.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
Photograph Contest to be
Feature of Sport ShOID.

A photograph or snapshot contest,
sponsored by the Minnesota Tourist
Bureau, viii be features at the second
annual Northwest Sportsmen's Show
which is TO be held In the Minneapolis
Auditorium the week Of April 20-27.
Pictures are to be entered at the Office
of the bureau in the state capitol. st.
Paul.
George H. Bradley. tourist commits
sioner, stated that:
Photographs or snapshots of action
in outdoor Minnesota are desired; pic
lures showing people having a good
time in the playground OF 10000 lakes.
The field is unlimited. as subject mat
ter may include fishing. hunting. SWIM
ming. hiking, boating and kindred re-
irrational activities.
"Au photographs and snapshots which
receive awards are to become the prop
erty of the Minnesota Tourist Bureau
for use In advertising the State Of Min
nesota, and viii not be returned unless
specific request is made for such return
and the entry accompanied by self sd-
dressed and stamped envelope.
Prizes will consist of cash amounts a.
follows: First prize, $12.50; second prize,
$3.50; third prize, $500, and Is fourth
y,,-;zac IF e1 m aoaf,
Rulings of the judges, TO be ap-
pointed by officials of the Minnesota
Tourist Bureau and the Sportsmen's
Show, are to be final In case Of ties,
duplicate prizes viii be given.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05

ployed They must check against Of
lenses and there is heavy volume O
correspondence. Assistant Director lie,
made out an excellent case.
All of which simply illustrates thl
fact that once, in democracy, vol
give birth to bureau, you have started
something over which YOU have no con.
troll The little bureau bludgeons
quickly into a Frankenstein. If there
is anything in all the world that grows
like a green bay tree it is government
bureau. They started one in Washing
ton a few years back with only a hand
full of employees. Today it is located
in a building umpty-steen stories high
and covering three entire city blocks
and even the denizens of the place
have to hire guide if they want to &c
anywhere in the building outside theii
own quarters.
Its no use to talk against the assist
ant director of a bureau, let alone the
director Either one of them can give
you a thousand good reasons why every
activity that the bureau undertakes Is
vital to the welfare of the people and
without any urging whatever they viii
let loose on you a thousand other
cogent reasons why the bureau should
expand here, there and everywhere.
Nevertheless. the committee recon-
mended Representative Hannah KEN
fer's bill to transfer the drivers license
division to the department of the regis
trar of motor vehicles, presided over by
Mike Holm, who does not have to argue
about efficiency and economy, having
proved it against every state in the
Union
If Mrs. Kempfer gets her bill passed
the Governor, of course, will veto it anc
keep the division safely in the Farmer.
Labor family, but under the law rs il
is at present when you have paid your
two-bits for your drivers license vol
have paid it for all time in Minnesota
and unless the Legislature does some.
thing about it the drivers license di.
vision will shortly perish for lack o.
pap.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
LOUer Car Prices
Reduce Auto Taxes

An important point emphasized in the
debates on auto taxes in the Legisla-
ture is that lower car prices have auto
nlatically reduced license fees. The
man who bought $500 car and paid
a $50 tax ten years ago is today getting
a better car for half the money and
paying half the tax. The man who
bought a $500 car ten years ago and
buys the same priced car today is
getting a much larger, speedier, more
powerful car, with no increase in tax
The owner of an old car is also getting
the benefit of lower prices, for his tax
is based not on the original cost of his
car but on the present list price of the
corresponding model, less 10 per cent
per year for depreciation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
Bids Called for
ELy-FinLand Road.

Bids on highway jobs totaling APP
proximately $4,000 have been called
for April Is. Grading, crawling and
bridge contracts are included.
The jobs in this immediate vicinity
are a grading project on Trunk High
way No. l, between four miles southeast
of the Kawishiwi river and one mile
north of Spring Lake; length % miles,
comprising 49,015 cubic yards Of ex-
cavation and 6688 cubic yards Of gravel
surfacing.
Trunk Highway No. l between one
mile north of Spring Lake and Spring
Lake; length IL miles; comprising 81
GIG cubic yards of excavation and 3648
cubic yards of gravel surfacing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
SSHzr4z2k1ls31 /lERE ARE No SILVER CONS IN CIRCULATION
IN BELGIUM, FINLAND DENMARK lBNlA ARGENTINA
ess "%hCAH"nc'aa~ BELGIAN CONGO AND PARAGuNY!

well Of him, stand by him, and
stand by the institution ne repre-
sents- II you must Witty. con-
denim and eternally disparage,
why, resign your position, d
when you are outside, damn %
your hearts content. But, / pray
you, so long as you are part OF
On institution, do not condemn it.
Not that you viii injure the iE-
stitution-not that-but when
you disparage the concern Of
which you are a part, you dis
parage yourself.-Elbsrt Hub
bard
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-04-05
g 1895 World Cartoon cOnpan,

a MIDDLE West battery dealer
"A selected the names Of 500
people who purchased batteries
during the past two years. To
these he mailed the suggestion
that they drive in for a complete
inspection Of the battery to in
sure trouble-free winter driving.
Over 800 responded. Total
purchases amounted to s795 and
Included spark plugs, cables, cleo
trical repairs, and new batteries.
The number of pension cases,
covering all wars, on the govern
naent roll now totals more than