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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
WHEN OLE
THANKSGIVING
COMES
By Earle Hooker Eaton

LTHEN Norah makes the big mince
w pie,
We know that ole Thanksgfvfng's nigh.
The mfncemeat forms a nice big mound.
Where londs of rnisins kin be found;
It's fun to hear her chop and pound.
The chopin bowl Jest roars with sound.
But small boys can't be botherin' round.
When Norah makes the pie!
When Pepper goes and gifts the axe.
And at the turkeys long neck hacks,
While hoIdin' tight its runnin' gear,
And Sister Sue looks mighty queer
Ez she stops up each shrinkfn' ear.
Becuz she doesn't want to hear,
We know that ole Thanksgiving's near.
When Pepper gifts the axe.
When Mommer brings the turkey I'm,
The family wears a hungry grin;
But Peppers eyes begin to glare,
And Mommer's face soon clouds with
care,
For she knows carvirS he can't bear.
And when he rises from his chair
We know she'll say, .Now, Jim, don't
swearw
When Mommer brings the turk.
When Pepper tries his worst to carve,
We wait and wait and almost starve.
The turk hops round and seems to Zee
And Pop gifts mad mad kin be,
EFF I could only use my knee.
I'd hold the critter down. b'gee.
That's what I wouId.- he sex seq he
When Pepper tries to carve.
G Western Newspaper Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21

SNSoSiSf ~ hhdfNSStNibSs
and then the lapse until President Lin.
coin set aside Thursday, August 6, 1868
as a day of Thanksgiving, and then
later in the same year designated the
last Thursday of November next for
the same purpose.
President Lincoln's proclamation was
as follows:
The year that is drawing toward
fits close has been filed with the
blessings of fruitful fields and
healthfuI skies. To these bOunties.
which are so constantly enjoyed
that we are prone to forget the
source from which they come. 9th
ers have been added, which are of
so extraordinary a nature that they
cannot fail to penetrate and soften
the heart which Is hnbitualIy In
sensible to the ever-watchful provi-
denee of almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of un-
equaIed magnitude and severity,
which has sometimes seemed to for
eign states to invite and provoke
their aggressiOns, peace has been
preserved with all nations, order
has been maintained, the laws have
been respected and Obeyed. and har-
mOny has prevailed everywhere, ex-
cept I'm the theater of military con-
fiict; while that thenter has been
greatly contracted by the advancing
armies and nayies of the Union.
NeedfuI diversions of wealth and
of strength from the fields of peace
full industry to the national defense
have not arrested the pIow, the
shuttle, or the shipj the AK has en-
Iarged the borders of our settle
ments. ard the mines. well of
iron and coal as of the precious
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21

THANKSGIVING day is more in
terwOven with the nations his
= tory than any other American
holiday and has had the most check
cred career of them all, a historical re-
view of the long chain of circumstances
surrounding this most pleasant harvest
festival reveals.
While Thanksgiving, as an annual
event under the auspices of the state,
is a legacy from the early New Eng
land cOlonists, it nevertheless was first
proclaimed as a national day for giving
thanks by the first President, George
Washington, who was requested TO do
so by joint resolution of congress in
1889, writes Clifford Ernest in the Chi
cago Daily News.
At intervals from then on TO the
present it has been observed nationally
by proclamation of the President. The
longest interval during which no proc
lamation was issued and the day was
only observed by some and that section
ally, was about 30 years ago.
This hiatus in official national graft
tude occurred between the presidencies
of James Madison and Abraham Lincoln
During this lapse the southern states
objected TO it's observance by presi-
Dental proclamation on the ground
that it was a relic of Puritan bigOtry.
During this long period of supremacy
of the South and West in national at
fairs the festival was confined chiefly
TO the northeastern states.
Thursday has been most generally
selected as the day of the week
for observing the holiday. However,
Wednesday has been occasionally used.
Although November has been preferred
as the month for expressing publicly
the national gratitude, February, April,
May, August and December have been
designated at times.
Wednesdays and Thursdays were Sc
lected by the Puritans of New England
for their festive occasions in connec-
ton with giving thanks for abundant
harvests because they desired to have
them as far as possible from the Chris
tan Sabbath, which they observed with
strict simplicity.
The turkey typifies Thanksgiving vi
ands because Governor Bradford of
Plymouth sent out four hunters to pro-
cure a supply of game for the feast
after the first harvest in the fall of
1921. Conspicuous among the game
birds and animals bagged by the hunt
ers were numerous wild turkeys, which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
Man Stays Wife by Gun;
Court Imposes $40 Fine

Called upon to pronounce on the
case Of man who killed his wife be-
cause he had discovered that she was
unfaithful, an Assize court jury sit
ting at Lille has returned a thorough
ly French verdict. 1t found him not
guilty of murder, but guilty of carry
ing arms illegally.
Charles Simmoneau, an account
ant, was the accused man. Suspect
ing his conjugal misfortune, he had
engaged q detective to follow his
wife's movements. Informed one
day that she was in a certain hotel,
he waited near until she left and
then followed and shot her. She
died in three months. In court SIM
moneau said that he deeply regretted
his act, and also expressed his grief
at not having been allowed to go to
his wife's bedside to beg her forgive
ness. Acquitted of the murder charge,
he was fined $40.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
Sculptor Loses Fortune
and Bemoans His Fate

A talented young sculptor was the
last TO arrive at the party. He
seemed gloomy and detected and the
smile was missing from his usually
cheerful countenance. AS he seated
himself beside the Woman she
found it unnecessary to ask the cause
for his detection, for he Immediately
informed her ruefully, 81 lost $500
today"
The Woman was surprised. AL
though he is a talented young man
he has not yet reached the stage in
his career where he can turn his
talent into means of livelihood.
He has difficulty selling his work
and the woman never would have
suspected that he owned so much
money. She said nothing and he
continued, I'm so mad at myself.
It's all my own fault, too."
Her curiosity prompted her to put
the question for which he was wait
ing. What happened?" she asked.
He seemed glad to unburden his
troubled soul. II wanted to bet on
the horse that came in first today and
if | had, I'd have won $500. But
1 didn't have the So to put on him
darn it. Pm as mad as hops at
myself-all that money lost."-New
York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
Forest Management, in Canada

Under Intensive methods of silvicul-
ture the forests Of France produce, on
the average, A cubic feet of timber
per acre each year; in Germany the
average is 30 cubic feet per acre While
such intensive methods are inapplicable
in Canada at present. it is estimated
by the forest service department of the
interior, that, if the accessible and pro
ductive forest area in Canada were
managed so as to produce even 10 Gu
bic feet of wood per acre, it would
practically replace the present annua
depletion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21

If you want to make up an mex
pensive useful gift, here is laundry
bag that will answer very nicely.
This bag, when made up, measures
Is by 20 inches. The embroidery de-
sign is stamped on muslin material
ready to be embroidered and sewed
up. You will find a wire clothes
hanger about the house somewhere to
sew into the bag. This stamped piece
No. 1908 will be mailed to you for Is
cents. Hanger and crochet cotton are
not included.
Address-Home Craft Co., Dept.
A-Nineteenth and st. Louis Ave-, st.
Louis, Mo. Inclose a stamped. adj
dressed envelope for reply when writ
ing for any information.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
Porters Who Shoulder
Burden of Half a Ton

To become a porter in the Central
Markets of Paris one must pass dras-
tic weight-carrying tests. One such
is to walk the whole length of the
market carrying at least 400 pounds
on the back. Would-be porters must
show also that they are capable of
carrying, for shorter distance. half
an OK, weighing about 500 pounds.
The knack of balancing various
kinds of burdens has to be painstak-
ingly acquired. Several of the star
porters can carry 600 peunds-more
than a quarter of a ton. Standing
still, some of them can hold across
their shoulders a burden of half a
ton.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21

year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, and of the
independence of the United States
the eighfy-eighth.
A. LINCOLN
BY the President: WILLIAM n.
SEWARD, Secretary of State.
President Andrew Johnson in his
first Thanksgiving proclamation de.
parted from the precedent of Washing.
ton and Lincoln and designated the
first Thursday of December, 1865. The
following year he returned to the last
Thursday of November and all his sue
cessors have followed suit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
ANNUAL REMINDER

THANKSGIVING day comes as
i an annual reminder that there
is always something for which to
be grateful. even If its discernment
requires close observation and su-
perior intelligence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
A Week of Peace

a week or Fedce
ITO THE sentimentalists amongst US,
L the peril of the moment is that we
may run out of these something-or-
other weeks. You know, weeks dedi-
Gated to hay fever or sanitary plumb
ing or ankle-length union suits or
anemic Armenians. You see, we only
have 80 weeks to start with.
The surest way to spoil a good thing
Is to overdo it. That also goes for
salad dressings, four-plus pants, rice
pudding and the young thing who puts
so much makeup on her eye lashes she
looks as though she were peeping out
through two buttonholes in an old
plush vest. Any party could gain
lot of votes by inserting plank in its
platform calling for just one plain, old
fashioned week starting without ex-
element on Monday and ending very
quietly the following Sunday.
Tugwell and Native Sons
I TNTIL he hauled off and made that
speech recently, Professor Tugwell
was leading the brain trust with the
title of Chief Lobe. He may still be
that, but just the same. if were Tug
which the fire department prints on
the theater programs: Look about you
now and choose the nearest exit"
Speaking of vanishing species, what
ever became of the pedestrian classes
in America-you know, people who
went places by the quaint old-fashioned
process called walking? Today the pop
ulation seems exclusively to be made
up of two major groups-those with
cars who are riding and those with
thumbs who crave to do so.
And, speaking of travelling, I've dis
covered what, in the modern sense of
the term, is true California native
son. A native son is a fellow who has
been here long enough to sell his
trailer.
Two Promising Actors
MY BUDDING ambition TO turn
4Vl actor has had a boost. A young
fellow, who, l predict, will yet get
somewhere in this business if he keeps
on trying, was over here. and, after
dinner, this party, whose name is
Charles Chaplin, gave an imitation of
a buzzard lighting alongside a sick
horse. Such judges as Claudette Col
bert and Edna May Oliver agreed that,
as buzzard, he would fool any living
creature, except possibly another buzz
zard.
But talk about acting, now. By spe-
cial request played the principal sup
porting role, that of the horse, and the
sheer artistry of the performance gave
delight to one and all. So now I'm
convinced my future is assured, if only
we can get somebody to write show
with part in it for a sick horse.
IRWIN S. COBB.
North American Newspaper Alliance.
Inc--WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21

md you WnareVer
you's at; all she wants
Is you home address.
They had barbaric
pride twas the
breath in their black
nostrils - but poison
gas would be the cure
for that foolishness.
Like foxes, they den
in the earth. The scout
plane spies on them
and the bomber plane
comes and N a K e s
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
SS5;'I%5,!(s||s5es
about:
The Cultural Expansion

CANTA MONICA, CALF
~ What a war it has been for ed
ucation.
They were savages, ruthless and
very ignorant. But now they know
about the armored tank and the
screaming shell and the admirable
fiame-thrower which cooks the flesh on
the living bone. They were isolated.
Dat ole long distance gun, she sho' kin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
Thanksgiving Lasted 3 Davs

The first observance of THANKSGIVING
day began Thursday, November 3, 1921,
at Plymouth, Mass. and ended with a
state dinner on the following Saturday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21

scrap VI IutlE UOuACSs
Like lions, the naked spearsmen ad-
vance; the machine gun levels the
ranks down fat. Like moles, the fugi-
tives burrow under the mud walls. So,
with his high explosives, the white
man blasts them out.
Verify, there is no excusing any race,
however remote, however backward,
for failure to share in the cultural
beauties of this modern civilization.
Toe Robinson's Elegance
CENATOR Joe Robinson, somewhere
~ in Arkansaw, Dear SEM hear
some of the boys are agin you for re-
election because you've been guilty of
spats in the first degree. If your home
folks predicate fitness for Office on rug
gedness of feet, Primo Camera is their
man. But if they want brains at the
other end to balance the load, l insist
you've got the credentials.
1 know how you've suffered. You
put on spats, and, just about the time
weather turns warm on you.
Still, a more tolerant day is dawn
ing. Why, the first time 1 wore spats
in Paducah I needed police protection.
1t was a good thing for me 1 wasn't
Yankee. And on down in the tall
timber my wrist-watch was mistaken
for handcuff with a time-lock on it.
I reckon they thought 1 was fugitive
from a Vassar daisy chain.
Now, just around every corner is a
service station, a beauty parlor or a
country club. And that, mind you,
where once, when boy came of age,
they had to run him down with dogs
to put pants on him. g.
So cheer up, Sen. AT least they
didn't prove a monocle on you. Yours
sympathetically, Cobb.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-11-21
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Evening star., 1935-05-04
PEACE ADVOCATES
HEARD0vER WORLD
League Sponsors Broadcast
of Leaders Featuring
Miss Jane Adams.

Voices of peace echoed around the
world yesterday as the Women's In
ternational League for Peace and
Freedom sponsored simultaneous radio
broadcasts from five nations.
Gathered in Mcpherson Square,
Fifteenth and K streets, members and
guests of the league took occasion to
honor Miss Jane Addams, world
famous peace crusader, and to hear
representatives of four other nations
In person and by radio This year is
the twentieth anniversary Of the
leagues founding.
Mrs. Ickes Presides.
Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife Of the
Secretary of the Interior, and chair
man of the Anniversary Committee
of the league, presided at the observ-
ance yesterday. AS first Of the guest
speakers, Mrs. Ickes introduced Sir
Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador from
Great Britain, who. in turn, intro
duced Viscount Cecil and Arthur
Henderson, who spoke by radio from
London.
Alexander Troyanovsky, Russian
Ambassador, next addressed the as
sembly here, prior to reception OF
radio greetings from Nine. Krupskaya,
widow of Lenin, and Nine. Litvinoff,
both speaking from Moscow.
Hirosi Saito, Japanese Ambassador,
introduced Prince Tokugawa, speaking
in Toxic. Paul Boncour spoke from
Paris after his introduction here by
Jules Henry, counselor Of the French
Embassy.
Miss Adams Speaker.
From New York came the greetings
of Norman Davis and finally, upon in
PRODUCTION of Miss Josephine Roche.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
came a radio address from Miss Ad-
dams. After the outdoor observance
a group of delegates visited the White
House to present its plea for scholar
ships, not warships."
The league held an anniversary din
ner at Barker Hall, Y. w. C. A, last
night, Miss Elizabeth Wheeler presid-
ing. Later in the evening visit and
informal meeting was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips.
Evening star., 1935-05-04

Imagine the embarrassment of q
certain Representative when q House
attendant walked up and handed him
q wad Of money during roll call the
other day.
What made 1t w0rSe iras the
Representative had publicly an
nounced he tDould pote one Ddy
on the roll call and then uoted the
opposite ,Uay. The pote was on the
question t1hether Secretary Ickes
should haze another 10000 as
sistant. No lawyer could ever pine
TOR a better circumstantidl case
shouting that Mr.. Ickes ,Uds paying
of promptly for potes, but, like
many another circumstantial case,
1t tDas all tDrono.
The Representative had arranged te
cash personal check and sent q
House attendant downstairs to bring
him the money from the disbursing
office. It was true. he changed his
vote, but he did so because Mr.. Ickes
had recently been made head Of the
relief allotment division. The Rep.
resentative will get money later from
Mr.. Ickes, but 1t will be relief money
for his district.
(Note: The name of the Representa-.
tive Is being omitted. because somt
stupid voter In his district would
probably suspect that he actually had
been bribed.)
The city Of New York is quietly
opening up an ONCE here, apparently
preparing to get Its share when Mr..
Roosevelt opens the $4,000, ,000, 900 re-
lief barrel.
(copyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1935-05-04
APARTMENT BLAZE
TAKES FIVE LIVES
Seven Also in Hospitals.
Three Playing Boys
Are Blamed.

BY the Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, May A.
Five persons are dead and seven are
in hospitals today, the victims Of a
fire which trapped them in four
story frame apartment house.
Police said the fire was started by
three small boys playing near an out
side stairway. The first stream Of
water turned on the blaze knocked
over a can of gasoline and sent the
flames racing through the building.
Those killed were:
Herbert E. Seifts, "a; his wife
Mary, 80; their two children. Joan. g.
and Rose Marie, !, and Shirley El-
more, Z.
They were found huddled together
on the floor near front window OF
the Seifts' third-floor apartment last
night. A coroner said he believed all
died of asphyxiation before the
flames reached them.
Firemen carried Mrs. Clifford Fl.
more, mother Of Shirley, and three oi
her children from the top-fioor apart
ment. Her other child was visiting
the Seifts.
The buildings on either side of the
apartment house, two brick stores
were destroyed. Damage was esti-
mated by Fire Chief Christ w. Mol
at S25,000.
Police Capt. Joseph v. Shelly said
the three boys had confessed setting
the fire. Because of their ages, rang
ing from 5 to years, he would moi
reveal their names.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
DR.. SIZOO TO BE GUEST
IN ENGLISH PULPITS
Plans for Interchange of Minis
ters Of U. 8. and Britain This
Summer Announced.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Plans were
announced last night for sending II
ministers abroad during the coming
Summer to represent this country in
the annual goodwill interchange of
preachers among Great Britain,
France and the United States.
Dr. Joseph r. Sizoo Of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, Wash
iugton, D. c., will represent America
in the leading churches Of Great
Britain as guest Of the British Coun-
Gil of Interchange.
Others going abroad include Rev.
Ferdinand @. Blanchard, Rev. Frank
Jennings and Right Rev. Warren l..
Rogers of Cleveland: Rev. Albert B.
Coe, Oak Park, Ill; Rev. Hugh S.
Mackenzie, Chicago; Rev. Clarence A.
Spaulding, River Forest, Ill. and Rev.
Harry C. Rogers, Kansas City, Mo.
Plans for the interchange, which
will bring six English and Scottish
preachers to North America, were
made jointly by the World Alliance
for International Friendship, the Fed
eral Council Of the Churches Of
Christ in America, and the Church
Peace Union, the latter acting as
executive agency.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
What's What,
Behind News
In Capital
Confusion Follows Yes and
No Attitudes on N. r. A.
Compromise.
nv PAUL MALLON,

BY PAUL MALLON.
TINE atmosphere is not the only
thing which has been balmy
around here lately. The boys
who have been negotiating the
N.R. A. compromise have been
at least 20 degrees hotter and dizzier
than the temperature.
For instance, congressman emerged
from President Roosevelt's office one
day and announced they had been un-
able to agree about an N. r. A, CON-
promise. Shortly thereafter, efficient
Senator Pat Harrison announced to
his Finance Committee that the Presi-
dent would accept the compromise
Chairman Doughton, at the other side
Of the Capitol. Immediately implied
the President would not.
New Dealer Roper praised the COM
promise, indicating 1t had administra-
ton approval N R. A.-er Hartman
in q press conference then rallied
against the compromise, indicating it
was unacceptable.
When Hartman Uds told 1uhdt
Roper had said, he decided to see
Co-ordinator Richberg, Who dp-
parently ,Das co-ordindting some
thing else at that moment. Mr..
Hartman returned NTH the neDs
that Mr.. Richbero ,Uould not utter
a word and implied that Richberg
was in q condition of silent dejec-
ton about the compromise.
But when New Dealer Roper learned
what N. r. A.-er Hartman had said
he sent out word to cancel his original
approval Of the compromise. It was
Cancelled by newspapers between edi-
tions,
Evening star., 1935-05-04
GARNETT IS DEFENDED
BY BAR ASSOCIATION
AND BARRISTERS' CLUB
Continued From FIRST Pasel

Continued From First Page.)
as the reason for postponement OF
action on the committee report last
Wednesday. Several members insisted
they were totally unfamiliar with the
developments during the investigation
and we're not in a position to pass on
the committees recommendations.
Business and civic leaders rallied
to the defense OF, Police Superinten-
dent Ernest w. Brown.
Three justices of the District Su-
preme Court-Jennings Bailey, James
NJ. Proctor and Oscar r. Luhring-
representing the entire bench of that
court-called on Attorney General
Cummings in Garnett's behalf yes.
terday.
Interview Confirmed.
The delegation declined to comment
but Henry Suydam, special assistant
to the Attorney General, made the
following announcement:
"A delegation of three justices rep
resenting all of the justices of the
District Supreme Court called on the
Attorney General and made strong
representation for Leslie c. Garnett
United States attorney for the District
of Columbia. No other statement will
be made
Later, reporters discovered Repre-.
sentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas
leaving Cummings Office. He told
them the purpose of his visit was tc
present the Attorney General with
a May day bouquet"
Active for Headley.
Blanton has been active in the de-
fense of Inspector Albert j. Headley
the only police official singled out by
the Crime Committee for censure
Headley, under the so-called gentle
mems agreement" between Blantor
and Maj. Brown. would have beer
advanced to the rank of assistant su-
perintendent upon the retirement OF
Inspector Thaddeus r. Bean.
Bean, incidentally. has changed his
plans about retiring June !, and i
expected now to wait until July 1
He said he had been invited to lead
the Shrine parade in June and die
not want to leave the department
until after that event.