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The Washington times., 1936-10-09
FOES ADVANCE
LINES NEARER
MADRID
Insurgents c a p ture
NavaIPeraI After
Long Battle
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, Oct. 8 ON.SO
Sweeping into gaping dents ham
mered in the loyalist defenseS, in
Surgent columns moved forward to-
day along three routes towards
Madrid, raKing and blasting the
retreating leftists with machine
gun and artillery fire.
Along the entire 100-mile battle
front insurgent airplaneS cease
lesSly bombed the way for the ad-
vancing inSurrectoS, and staged
their most successful raid at Aran-
jeuz, where the railroad to Ali
cante, Madrid's last line to the sea,
was shattered.
Madrid announced, however,
that construction crews speedily
repaired the railroad for resump-
ton of service.
Valencia Road Again Lost
For day or two the railroad
at Siguenza, leading to Valencia
from Madrid, was back in loyalist
hands, but after bitter struggle it
was again won by the insurgents,
cutting off that outlet for the
capital.
The insurgents took Navalperal,
40 miles northwest of Madrid,
EScalona, 35 miles west, and ad-
Vanced farther on the Toledo
Madrid Road.
Failing back en- their secondary
lines of defense, the loyalists
haStened construction of their
triple entertainments around the
capital. The main "Hindenburg
line" is being dug through villages
10 and Is miles from Madrid.
Insurgents Save OviedO
Meanwhile, according to reports
from Gibraltar, 5000 insurgent re-
Inducements for the Malaga and
Madrid fronts are being ferried
daily from Morocco.
Four hundred insurgents were
killed and 120 were taken prisoner
on the Huesca front when an
insurgent column was repulsed
near BarbeStro, according to a
Madrid announcement.
After one of the most furious
battles of the war, according to a
broadcast by insurgent Colonel
Amanda from Corunna, the govern
ment militia retreated from
OViedo.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
R E|CH BATTLE
ON REDS TOLD
BY M0FFETT
Former FHA Chieftain
Makes Report to
President
By EARL GOODWIN

Germany, looking upon itself as
the greatest bulwark against world
communism, is right now building
up defensive and not an offensive
program, according to a report
which James Moffett, late FILA
administrator made to President
Roosevelt before the President en-.
trained for his Western political
tour.
Mr.. Moffett, one of the Presi.
dents closest advisers, made this
report sitting on the edge of the
White House swimming pool while
the President took his daily swim.
Mr.. Moffett gave a report not only
on the German political and mill
tary situation, but also discussed
the difficult problems of monetary
exchange as it develops in several
of the European nations.
France to Right"
Mr.. Moffett believes that France
will swing to the right" This, he
believes, will be more apparent as
the time comes for the French
Chamber of Deputies, the legisla-
tive body. tc meet next month. He
believes that Premier Blum will
be displaced for a conservative, or
at least a more conservative, head
of government than Socialist Blum.
At the time the change :; made.
Mr.. Moffett believes, there may be
more or less violent outburst on
the part Of French Communists
and other leftists, but that the
French government has the situa-
ton in hand and that there is no
danger of crisis or revolution as
in Spain.
Mr.. Moffett's picture of Ger.
many as he presented it to Presi.
dent Roosevelt is that of a well
organized government with the
people regarding Herr Hitler aS
a Superman.
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Continued from Page u

(COnLIHuCu axe ~
servers believe the November elec-
ton will be decided Landon' S
own advisers have told him he will
be elected President if he carries
the four States on top of his
acknowledged strength in other
sections of the nation.
The Republican nominee will
discuss Federal finances in Chi
cago tonight. He will disclose his
plans for putting the Federal Gov
ernment on sound financial
basis, while continuing Federal aid
to the needy unemployed" and
Federal benNitS to farmers in dis
posing of their surplus crops. 1t
will be one of the most important
speeches of his campaign for the
Presidency.
leaving Chicago late tonight
Landon will spend the next three
days in Ohio. He will make q
breakfast speech in Cincinnati to-
morrow morning, rear porch"
talks in Hamilton, West Middle
town, Dayton, Springfield and Lon
don during the forenoon and at
tend the Ohio State-Pitt football
game at Columbus tomorrow after
noon. He will remain over the
weekend in Columbus.
On Monday, he will deliver rear
porch" talks in Mt. Vernon, Millers-
burg, Orrville and Akron while en-
route to Cleveland for another
major address.
On Tuesday, he will visit San
dusky and Toledo, while en- route
to Detroit for a third major speech
that night. He will spend Wednes'
day touring Michigan and Thurs
day in Indiana.
The governor was in fine health
and fighting mood as he opened
the tour with a rear porch" talk
in Freeport. He frankly declared
there would be mo slackening" in
his attack upon the New Deal until
the ballots are counted in No
vember. He added:
1--WE may be opposed by the
greatest political machine this
country has even seen. Our Op-
pOnentS may have billions of dol
lars-Of your money incident
alIy-in their campaign fund.
But when the people Of this
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'BABS' T0BR|NG
BABY T0U. 5.
Continued from Page u

CONTINUED from Page II
money. After all, 1 am only
one generation removed from the
women of my family who washed
their own dishes and made their
own clothes. 1 have a hunch
if 1 had to go back to the dish
pan could do it.
my son isn't SO far away from
his grandfather, who started in
a small town store, that he can't
understand and go back to it.
If l can, shall bring up my
son so it won't make any diff
ference whether he has money
or not. My son will do some
thing. 1 don't know what it
will be, but something. He'll be
trained as his father was trained,
and my father and grandfather
were trained. He won't be just
a rich wOman'S spoiled kid"
OF her former marriage tc
Prince Mdivani, upon whom she
settled a million dollars, the Coun
tess said:
81 never loved Alex Mdivani.
1 never thought l did. But he
was my best friend. For a long
time he was my only friend and
cOnfidant. Girls didn't get close
to me. Maybe they thought it
was unfair that I had so much
money. I wanted a companion.
/ didn't realize that the worst
thing I possibly could do was
marry a titled foreigner. 1 didn't
know that Alex had planned to
marry me when grew up ever
since he first met me, but our
marriage wasn't what l thought
it was going to be-"
VOTE AMERICAN
IS Arabs Are Killed
JERUSALEM, Oct. 9 G.N.SD
Fifteen Arabs we're reported killed
today in a battle with British
troops south of Tulkarm.
Three British battalions are now
combing the hills for the remainder
of the Arab band.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
THIRD WEDDING SLATED

Westport was rejected at Stamford.
Yesterday after she and the hus-
band-to-be were arrested on breach
Of the peace charges following a
party at his home, she declared the
marriage was off.
Today she changed her mind
again and set the new date with the
announcement that she still loved
Cyril and that he loved her.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
LANDON RESUMES DRIVE

country become aroused there
is no stopping them. When they
are convinced, as they are to-
day, that they are going to win,
they will win.
During the past three weeks,
1 have seen this spirit of fight
ing determination on the faces
of crowds in Is States. The
American people, not as men,
berS of any single party, but
as good citizens, are demand
ing that waste and extrava-
gance in the Federal Govern
ment be stopped.
The New Deal is going to be
beaten"
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
By H. r. KNICKEEBOCKER
Copyright, 1885, by international
News Service)


TALAVERA DE LA REINA,
Oct. 9.-We left our car in the
main square and went up an Of
flee building stairway crowded
with soldiers of the legion and
cluttered with telephone WIRES and
rubbish of all sorts to the head
quarters of Lieut. Col. Juan Vague
Blanco, commander at the front
Of all the columns Of the legion
and of the regulars, or native
Moroccan troops now pushing on
Madrid.
This Lieutenant Colonel Vague
is therefore a man whose name
appears every day in the news
columns. Previous to this war he
was noted as the man who recon-
uuered Oviedo from the ASturian
miners in the revolt of october,
1884.
Chauffeur Missing
He is a CaStilian, born in Soria.
His bush of almost pure white hair
and his massive head give him a
leonine appearance. He has been
a professional soldier all his life,
is married, has thre~ children, one
of whom was boz. after this war
began in Ceuta. He possesses the
military medal for his work at
Cviedo.
He received us in a small room
full of maps. He haG been study
ing one on an architects table.
He recognized me from our pre-
vious meetings, cordially shook
hands and Immediately granted
us our passes to go on up to the
front.
We had plenty Of time as it was
only about one in the afternoon
but when we came downstairs we
could not find our chauffeur. Two
hours later we found the car. He
had taken it town and hid it under
a tree.
Risk Neck for Car
I could not blame him much
because that car was his personal
property and represented the saw
ings not only of himself but of
his whole family for practically a
lifetime. It was a very good car,
too, as French cars go, and smart
looking. 1t was the apple Of his
eye.
The little man, he was only
shoulder high, and had the beauti-
full soft black eyes of a woman,
used to get very frightened when
we we're being bombed or machine
gunned, as indeed we all did. but
he would risk his neck for his auto
mobile.
We finally found him and re-
preached him for leaving us. He
promised to keep the car from now
on always by us. But" he asked
what shall do if it is destroyed?
There is no insurance any more
in Spain. 1 would be ruined" At
that very moment a stupid army
truck backed into the rear of the
little mans spotless machine and
banged a hole IN the door OF his
luggage carrier.
Sorrow Solved
The chauffeur's sorrow was mov-
ing. He calmed a bit when we
promised to pay for the necessary
repairs, but it was evident that no
payment could possibly fix up the
wound to his heart at the sight
of the DETACHMENT of his beloved
vehicle.
We finally got away about three
o'clock, and with lieutenant from
Yague's staff to show us the way,
started for the front. These local
guides are absolutely essential be-
cause at the actual front there are
no sentries or posts to warn you
where whiteland ends and redland
begins.
Over and over again in this war
automobiles have blithely driven
straight into the enemy's hands,
and that's another reason for the
great numbers of riddled, bombed
and burned cars you see along the
battle roads of Spain.
The Washington times., 1936-10-09
WRITER TELLS
HOW HE LOST
CHAUFFEUR
Found Him Hiding Car
Under Trees Outside
of TalaVera

r'oIloWing is the ttDenty-third
of the War logs from the Spanish
battlefront by H. P. Knicker-
booker, famous roUing CORE
Spondent of international Net0S
Servtce.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
Salesman KayOes
Highway Bandit.

Benson-The next time a certain
bandit who operated near Benson re-
Gently tries his game he will pick on a
small man. v. E. Bengtson IS ap-
parently not the type. Enroute to visit
at the home of his wife's mother, Mrs
Charles Quinn at Benson, Bengtson
stopped at Kandiyohi for lunch, and a
car he noticed had been following him
pulled up and the occupants, man and
woman, attempted to make conversation
with him. The salesman left, and the
car again followed him to Willmar,
where he again stopped. He drove on
until he was three miles west of Will
mar, when he noticed a car parked
SidewiSe across the road. A woman
with a red flashlight signalled him, and
BengtSon stopped to ask if she was
having trouble. The man who had been
following him popped out from the
ditch and told the salesman to step
out and stick up" at the point of a gun
As Bengtson started to get out he gave
the door, which opened from the front,
a quick push and knocked the revolver
from the gunman's hand. As the fellow
stopped to recover the weapon, Bengtson
bounced on him, slugging with his bare
fists and knocking the bandit out
BengtSon leaped into his car, swung
wide, and drove on in a hurry.
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state would have been mulcted of a pos
sible 100000
From the first under farmer-labor
control employment in the highway de-
partment was limited to those who
could show membership cards in the
farmer-labor party.
The number of employees in the de-
partment was doubled; hours of work
were reduced, the hourly wage was in
creased, so that the costs of the de-
partment for administration and main
tenance have increased 100 per cent or
more
Now the highway employees, more
than doubled in number under the
farmer-labor control, are stunned with
the news that they must contribute 10
per cent Of their wages to the farmer
labor campaign fund.
Thus partisanship, not road building.
has from the very beginning been the
animating motive of the farmer-labor
administration Of that department of
the state government which handles.
very much as it pleases, far more mil
lions than any other department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
War Veteran Laid Away.

The funeral of John Helbakka, aged
As, who died at the Veterans hospital
at Fort Smelling, Tuesday evening, was
held Friday afternoon from the Beth
Tamminen Of the Suomi Synod church
conducting the last sad rites. The
funeral was held under the auspices of
the Frank Lozar Post No. 248 of the
American Legion. Deceased has been a
resident of Ely for the past 81 years.
He is survived by his father, Gust Hell
bakka Of this city; two sisters, Mrs. John
of Ely. and Mrs. Charles Salo
of EmbarraSS, and a brother, Victor
Helbakka of Peabody, Massachusetts,.
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Married With License
Obtained rs Years Ago.

Detroit Lakes-In April, 1910, more
than 26 years ago, the fancies of De-
troit Lakes couple lightly turned to
thoughts Of love. Hopping into a
buggy, they made hurried trip to the
marriage license bureau and rushed
home From that time on their story
is not known. Time marched on. Wars
were fought. Governments changed
hands DepreSsions came and passed.
Cupid was apparently too busy keeping
the wolf from the door to shape the
affairs Of men. On August Il, 1896,
came the license to G. B. Connen,
present clerk of court. Yellowed with
age, brittle with the accumulated dust
Of over a score of years, the license
served its purpose, for on that date
the couple agreed that they fully under
stood each other, and that they were
not rushing into a hasty marriage.
They secured the consent Of their
parents, bought the ring, and having
thought the matter over for 26 years
and 100 days, they were married.
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&|t!'; e. ! =: 81

The motorist who burns me to
cinder and no doubt irritates thousands
Of others is the individual who makes
a left turn to turn right.
Have you ever seen a motorist swing
into the left lane of the highway to
turn right at an intersection? That is
the bird am talking about
Instead of signaling you that he is
going to slow down so that you can
at least pass him, he makes a move
ment to turn left at the intersection and
suddenly turns right. This means that
you are directly behind him and in
swinging right suddenly find MIR.
Motorist directly in front of you at an
angle.
These people either have no concern
or feeling for other motorists or are
absolutely ignorant of the right of way
to drive.
These people must be educated to
turn corners correctly and to signal
before they turn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
Stupid Children Are
Often Hard of Hearino.

Many heard of hearing children have
been unjustly branded in the minds of
both teachers and parents as mentally
deficient.
This observation appears in a bulletin
issued by the Minnesota State Medical
associations committee on public health
education issued today.
II Is based upon painstaking studies
made with the aid of the audiometer
on the children Of a Missouri public
school. The children with hearing de-
fects were picked out by means of it
and given careful intelligence tests.
Nearly all of them rated far below
normal. Some of them were behavior
problems; some of them were labeled
plain stupid"
These same children were given the
best possible medical aid to improve
their hearing and they were taught lip
reading to make up for whatever ir-
remedial defects that might remain.
The results were astonishing. In or
binary circumstances the average childs
intelligence rating remains stationary
~cN0~-NoS LA4C S4444OS years IN SCQOOl.
But for these children the rating went
up to normal and above normal for ap--
proximately half of them in from two
to three years instruction in lip read
ing. All Of them showed marked i'm
provement in behavior and the great
majority did much better work in
school.
1t is obvious, according to the bulle-
tin, that many children are rated
stupid who simply have not heard
enough of what goes on about them to
be able to answer the ordinary cues
tons that normal children do. They
are likely to be "repeaters" in school.
misfits and behavior problems out of
school if they are not discovered early
enough, either to correct the trouble or
to teach them lip reading at an early
stage
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
Careless Prisoner Sets
Car of Sheriff Attire.

Chaska-Sheriff Frank Trende,s new
car almost went up in smoke as the
result of an arrest which he made at
Carver recently. The sheriff was called
to that village to take charge of an
intoxicated man. The drunk was loaded
into the back seat of the officers coach,
and the journey toward the county Jail
was begun. Meanwhile, the arrested
man dropped a lighted cigarette onto
the seat. Some time later, a passerby
noticed clouds of smoke issuing from
the sheriff's car, parked between the
Jail and the court house, where the
prisoner was taken. Trende was noti-
fed, and efforts were made to ex-
tinguish the blaze. The fact that the
fire was under the upholstering made it
difficult, but efforts were finally sue
ceSSful
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
BY r. w. HITCHCOCK
tc:.too

= The latest development in the ex-
ploitation of the state government in
Minnesota for partisan purposes has
thrown CONSERVATION and dismay into
the ranks of state highway employees.
It is a statewide demand, sent out
through highway heads and delivered
directly TO highway employees by county
area foremen-a demand for a con-
tribution to the farmer-labor campaign
fund of ten per cent of each en-
ployees salary. So far as can be
learned the demand thus far has been
limited to the September payroll but
there is fear among highway employees
that the intention is to enforce it for
October as well. This demand has
aroused intense resentment in the high
way personnel, particularly among en-
ployees in the field, as it has been ac-
companied by a verbally delivered
warning that refusal to- pay means the
job. There is a movement among the
men for organization to resist the de-
mand.
1t is currently reported at the state
house and from points out-State that
the 10 per cent levy is contemplated
against all state employees holding Of
flee or place SIS the result of farmer
labor control If the party leaders can
make this assessment stick they will
have pulled financial coup that will
fill the farmer-labor war chest to the
brim and running over.
1t may be doubted whether any de-
partment of government in Minnesota
was ever so plagued with politics as has
been the state highway department
during the last six years. Conducted
from its inception as a strictly business
undertaking for a period of nearly ten
years under republican control, for the
last six years it has been besotted with
partisan politics.
In the second month of its control
the new administration in 1881 set I'D
what the supreme court denounced as
Sitting regulations and limitations" for
highway bidding. The courts compelled
firms winning contracts under the limit
ations to disgorge 1892 ,98O.37. The court
alone prevented the application of
these limitations to all 1892 highway
contracts whereby the people of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
33-POund Muskie
Battles TUO Hours.

Roseau-A recent fishing trip proved
a real thriller for Charles Habstritt on
the mushe grounds in the Northwest
Angle country in the Lake of the
Woods. He hooked and landed a
beautiful thirtythre FOUNDER. It took
over two hours to land the battler, and
before it could be taken into the boat
he had to hit it on the head with a
hammer. Even after it was success
fully in the boat it put up a battle
The fish was placed on display at
Roseau that evening where it was a
big attraction. The next day Habstritt
invited every friend he could think
of to partake in a muSkie feed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
American WAY Best

We have found by experiences
mat American institutions serve our
purpose better than those Of any
other country. We not only want
70 safeguard our freedom, but we
also want security and abundance
OF the good things of life. We are
told, however, by defeatists that we
cannot have both. We must, they
say, choose between freedom and
security. They insist we must give
up one In order to gain the other.
Lei US not surrender to any such
counsel OF despair. Gov. ALI Lam
oon at West Middlesex, Pa, August
q. 1896.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our appreciation
to one and all who helped in any way
to ease our burden in the passing of our
dear son and brother The extremely
beautiful flowers were fine tribute to
a life beautifully lived
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Trudgeon,
William Trudgeon,
June Trudgeon.
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NO S. S. c. u. ELECTION
NEWS FROM FARLEY.

Up to this morning, Thursday, no
news had been received from Cleve-
land, Ohio, where the South Slav-
Onic Catholic Union is holding its
convention, as to the election of Of
ficers. 1t is hoped that all the Ely
supreme officials, Messrs. Zbasnik,
Champa, Mantel, Miss Matesha and
Mrs. Svetich will be returned to
their respective positions in the ma
tiOnal headquarters of the organiza-
ton in this city.
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Invisible Taxes

I'VE cannot buy a stitch Of
clothing without the govern
ment's taking in taxes a part
of the money we pay out. We
cannot buy an ounce of food at
our grocery store without being
taxed to support the govern
ment. We cannot go to a movie,
or to baseball game, or ride
In an automobile without this
invisible tax arm of government
reaching out and taking a part
of the money we spend. ALI M.
Landon at Buffalo, N. Y, August
26, 1886.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
iva Goes Wild

Congress appropriated $50, 600, 900
for a two year period for iva.
In the first Is months the expen-
ditures had amounted to $l10,000,-
900, with the government no. obi
gated to spending S379, DOC, 900 as
minimum of cost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
First Methodist Church
REV. L. S. SLOAN, Minister.
Sunday, Sept. 10th, 1896.

Sunday, Sept. 10th, 1896.
Sunday School, GAS A. M
Morning worship, .1o:45 A. M.
Saru,op Theme. In -D"aG J-<1t-sas
THE Great Betrayal" ~"
Epworth League, $50 P. M
Clifford Bird, Leader
Topic: What Do We Want To Do This
Year?'
Prayer Meeting, Thursday
Evenings, ... 7:30 P. M
The first meeting of the Senior Fell
lowsfip for the fall and winter will be
held on Saturday night, Sept. 18th, at
eight o'clock All adults are welcome
and cordially invited. A good program
has been arranged including a speaker.
Refreshments will be served.