The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-06


altar. Kings go the
Arthur Brisbane oro,,,, remains
The services were broadcast, new
feature of royal funeral. The SIM
pie Church of England burial service,
read by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
was heard far over the earth, wher-
ever Britain's 4OOOOOOOO subjects live.
Veterans having successfully climbed
the long, long road, the government
began the biggest "pay-off'' job in his
tory, the printing of two billion four
hundred million dollars worth Of
191 World war veterans. The mere
distributing cost alone will be $1,000
600.
Now government wonders what new
taxes can be invented to pay the two
and one-half billions.
Interesting news from Ethiopia sent
by an American correspondent says the
residence of Halle Selassie's son has
on the roof a large red cross, although
1t has nothing to do with the Red
Cross. Associated Press sends news
of Swedish field hospital" captured
by Italians in the South, carrying am
munition on five trucks adorned with
Red Cross flags and insignia. The
''field hospital" automobiles con-
tanned, in addition, 81 cases Of NUM-
tons. In modern war, the safe plan
seems to be bomb everything. The
war drums Of the Ethiopian hero, Ras
Desta Demtu, were captured. He will
miss them.
"The Blood Is the Life" according
to an old Hebrew saying, and oxygen
is the life of the blood. No oxygen
means death, in three minutes or less;
too little oxygen means premature
death, inferior health meanwhile.
The Dionne quintuplets are marvel
Gus in their health. The marvellous
babies sleep outdoors every morning
and afternoon; on one occasion the
temperature was 80 degrees below
zero.
All five walk, all have gained weight
during the past month, and have new
teeth. Annette has three new ones,
twelve in all. All have beautiful big
eyes, high foreheads. pretty faces and
look as French as the Marseillaise
get plenty of oxygen, but wrap up well.
Lloyd George says the new king,
Edward VIII, has the magnetism of his
grandfather, Edward. VII; that he
comes to the throne with such great
troubles ahead as few kings have ever
encountered, but "his courage and his
sure instinct will not fail him."
o. X. Allen, Huey Longs governor
of Louisiana, died of cerebral hem
orrhage He remained in succession to
Senator Long, leader of the Long party,
q short time only. Perhaps they are
together now, both aware that nothing
happening on this little earth is i'm
portant; Huey Long wondering why he
made such fuss about 1t.
The unnecessary air disaster in Ha-
wall, two United States bombing planes
destroyed In collision while flying Gin
formation" and six men killed, causes
aviators to say that they object to
night formation flying. They may well
object; nothing more densely stupid
could be imagined than sending up
planes to fly at high speed, almost
wing to wing, inviting disaster and
death. Even in these busy times there
ought to be somebody sufficiently INTEL
ligent to stop that nonsense, at night.
and In daytime also.
Mr.. John Koran of Milwaukee, called
by his fellow workers "Soda Ash
Johnny" first used soda ash to clean
locomotive boilers, discovery that
should have made him rich. but did
not.
"Soda Ash Johnny" proud man,
refused to let his son accept pension,
told the authorities: 81 am still able
to work, and no boy of mine is going
Tic
1t will surprise you to hear that the
son, aged sixty-six, had applied for
on old age pension.
The statement that imagination is
worse than reality applies to every
thing-death included. let US hope.
When a colony of nudists move on
San Diego, Calf. the strongest protest
comes from San Diego's Braille club,
an organization of blind people. They
could not actually know whether the
colonists were dressed or not, but they
do not like the idea.
Consider how men have prosecuted
tortured and burned each other for
religious differences, in matters that
they could neither see nor know.
g King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.