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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Anti Chain Store Bill
Opposed by Witnesses

g EVERAL witnesses who appeared
- before a senate subcommittee de-
clared that the Robinson-Patman anti
chain store bill, which has administra-
ton backing, would promote rather
than curb monopolies, increase the
cost and lower the standard of living,
and decrease employment in whole in
dustries.
The hearing was on the Borah-Van
Mugs bill, modification Of the Robin
son-Patman measure, but the witnesses
particularly attacked the latter, which
already has been reported favorably.
The house judiciary committee report
ed the Utterback bill, still another
modification of the Robinson-Patman
measure, and bitter fight over the
proposed legislation is expected.
The RObinson-Patman bill would pro-
hibit manufacturers from making price
determinations in favor of large guam
THY purchasers, through advertising al
lowances, service charges, brokerage
fees, etc. The Borah-Nuys bill would
prohibit such allowances only when
they were refused to purchasers of
goods of like grade, quality, and
quantity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
New Processing Taxes
Out of Revenue Bill

n NE of the major features of the
" new tax program suggested by
President Roosevelt is omitted from
the measure prepared by house sub
committee and on which open hearings
were begun by the ways and means
committee. For political reasons 1t
was decided that the plan for new
processing taxes on farm and Compel
ing products should be abandoned. Mr..
Roosevelt's suggestion for 'windfall'
tax TO recapture part of the refunded
or unpaid AAA processing levies was
accepted by the subcommittee.
A third suggestion of the President,
for graduated taxes on the portions of
incomes which corporations do not dis
tribute in dividends to stockholders,
was changed to provide levies on total
income of corporations varied accord
ing to percentages of profits put into
reserves.
The subcommittee agreed that the
corporation tax rates should be so
drafted as to permit corporations, par
ticularly small ones, to build up re-
serves for lean years without being
compelled to pay comparatively high
taxes for the privilege of doing so.
The subcommittee figured on col
lecting some S25,OOO,0O0 from taxes on
dividends going to foreigners who own
stock In American corporations and
$S3,00O,OOO from temporary continual
tion of the capital stock and excess
profits taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

in connection with the soil conserva-
ton program now being put into OPP
Grafton. There are now 100000 recip-
tents of the Tugwell loans and the
number is expected to increase to $685.
600 by July l.
The soil conservation subsidies are
to be paid to farmers who transfer
land from commercial crop production
to soil conserving growths, or who re-
sort to other economic" farm prac-
tees. Officials said that the rehabilita-
ton clients already are under Obliga-
ton to treat their soil wisely. Before
a family can obtain a rehabilitation
loan it must agree to follow a farm
management plan drafted by the gov
eminent.
This plan stipulates that the borrow
er must conserve his lands fertility
and grow food and feed crops for home
consumption. 1t also includes fnan-
cial budget.
Tugwell indicated that examination
may show that the farm management
plan is so closely in accord with the
AAA's soil conservation aims that the
rehabilitation clients may already be
qualified to receive the AAA subsidies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Only Slight Difference
Between Dove and Pigeon

There is no sharp distinction made
between the dove and pigeon, although
the former term is used for the small.
er type of both tame and wild species
Homing or racing pigeons have slen-
der bodies, very pointed bills and their
eyes are surrounded by bare skin.
For the most part, states a writer in
the Los Angeles Times, they are seed
eaters and drink much water. Two or
three at time are, Matched and are
called squealers when young. Both
parents take an interest in their young
sharing the stay on the nest and In
the feeding.
The use Of birds carrying messages
is as old as Solomon and was often
the sole means of sending communica-
tons. 1t Is classed as a sport, and Is
found in England, France, United
States and Belgium.
Training starts around the age of
four months. The bird Is first taken
a short way from the loft and tossed
into the air. This distance is gradual
ly increased until the bird is able to
find its way home from a neighbor-
ing town. Trainers are very careful
to send the birds in the same direction
at the start. At the end of the season.
one hundred miles is the distance for
one of the tests. When thoroughly
trsined. they may be flown over great
distances their speed depending upon
the ATMOSPHERIC conditions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

t4iS LILLY SA
tente and Russia. Said he:
The Fuehrer says Germany does
not want to take anything from any
body, but he already had said that af-
ter the Saar plebiscite. He then also
reaffirmed the Locarno treaty, which
since has been repudiated. In the name
of the integral sovereignty Of the Ger
man people, does the Fuehrer intend,
when he thinks the moment favorable,
to bring up the Danzig question?
when he proposes a nonaggression
pact with Lithuania does he accept
definitely the status of Mcneil or is
he just stalling for time to prepare
new deeds of force in violation Of
treaties?
IF Germany intends to assert her
right to possess and exploit colonies,
what colonies is she going to claim?
as it not significant that at the mo-
ment Hitler launches his peace appeal,
Nazi propaganda is redoubling in Aus
tria, Danish Schleswig, Polish Silesia,
among the German minority in Czecho-
slovakia, and even in German Switzer-
land?
YES or no, does Hitler renounce
annexation and even full absorption of
the populations of these territories into
the reich, or does he proclaim that
these are internal affairs of the Ger
man people in which he does not in
tend to let other nations NEEDLE?
IF the latter case be the TRUTH then
we understand why Germany is rearm-
ing at a record pace"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

the recent military revolt in Tokyo and
are increasing the strength of their
troops along the Manchukuan border"
Amau said the recent Soviet policy
has been to fire on any persons near
the border" He said he regards this
a rather strange behavior on the part
of friendly neighbor." He said Pre-
mier Hirora had protested the alleged
action to X. K. Yurenev, Russian am
bassador to Japan.
Almost every day there are reports
of clashes on the Mongolian border,
each side blaming the other as aggres-
sors. The Outer Monaghan government.
reinforced by conclusion of its mutual
assistance pact with Soviet Russia. dis
patched a note to the Japanese-spon-
sOred state Of Manchukuo, declaring
its readiness tn resist any invasion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Facts About New Three
Power Navy Pact

IN CONNECTION with the signing of
L the new naval treaty by the United
States, Great Britain and France. 1t
was disclosed in London that the two
first named powers have reaffirmed the
$3.50 ratio for their fleets and again
promised not to compete against each
ether ip naval building. The new
three power pact limits the size of
battleslips to $4,000 tons. retains TO-
600 TINS as the maximum for cruisers
and provides no cruisers of that size
shall be built for six years.
In the expiring Washington treaty
there was an article regarding forth
fication of naval bases. This is not
renewed in the new pact. and Japan
requested information as to the future
intentions of the powers. ConSe-
Quently the United States, Great
Britain and Japan were carrying on
diplomatic conversations on that topic.
The new treaty gives the signatories
certain liberty of action In the event
of unforeseen naval activity by powers
not signatory to the treaty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Third Party Is Favored
by Farmer-Laborites

FORMATION of a third national
L party was suggested in resolution
adopted by the Farmer-Labor party
convention at st. Paul. Mimi, and the
delegates nOisily welcomed the hint
that Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota
might be it's Presidential candidate in
1940 Just now Mr.. Olson is after a
seat In the senate. The resolution was
adopted by vote of 36S1a to 25Ols al
though several leaders pleaded that
the move be put off for four years.
Governor Olson said privately that
in his opinion the resolution could do
no harm since it does not commit the
liberals to putting a national ticket in
the field this year. Neither does 1t
authorize formation of such ticket
unless second convention cOnvenes
and ratifies any action proposed "ex-
ploratory conference" may take.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09


same bill recently was reported favor
ably by the house committee.
Pending action by congress on the
measure, Secretary Perkins has been
holding up the deportation of some
$500 aliens mandatOrily deportable un-
der existing law, contending that they
are Hardship cases." Some are radi-
Gals, some have criminal records, and
others entered the country Illegally.
By hardship cases" Secretary Perkins
means that they would be separated
from family ties or put to some other
inconvenience.
Senator Robert r. Reynolds of North
Carolina, Democrat. not long ago at
tackled the action of Secretary Perkins
in holding up the deportations and de-
nOunced the pending bill as a 'sham
and a mockery" and a subterfuge to
shield all kinds of radicals, criminals
and dependents unlawfully in this
country.
Secretary Perkins refused to pro-
duce information respecting the $500
Hardship cases until Reynolds intro
duced a senate resolution. whereupon
she permitted him to examine the
records.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Government in Business
Decried by Committee

a CCORDING to the committee on
"A government competition with
private enterprise. whose report has
been made to the President, that prac-
tice is wholly destructive except in
situations where the public welfare
can only thus be served. "The govern
ment's function" the report said, "is
to protect economic activities of it's
citizens and not to supplant Them"
The committee unanimously agreed
that only under the following condi-
tons is the government justified in
entering into competition with private
enterprise:
l. When required to assure adequate
preparation for, and creation of, the
facilities for national defense.
2. For the conservation of natural
resources.
8. When private enterprise fails to
conduct needed scientific research and
exploratory activities to advance in
dustrial development. or in the inter-
est of public health and safety.
4. When private enterprise fails to
render service necessary for the gen.
eral welfare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Fourteen Are Killed by
Mexican Plane Crash

EOURTEEN persons persisted In
Mexico's worst aviation disaster.
big trimotored plane carrying ten
European tourists and four company
employees crashed on the ridge be-
tween the volcanoes Popocatapetl and
Ixtaccihuatl and there were no sur
vivors to explain why 1t fell. Among
the tourists were Prince Adolf of
-Lippe and his wife, Prin-
cess Elisbeth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Germany Almost Solidly
Supports Hitler

TERMANY'S men and women to
" the number of 44,3S9,140 declared
by their votes in the reichstag elections
that they supported the policies of Hit
Ter. Only 542. 1893 had the nerve to vote
against the reichsfuehrer, and a still
smaller fraction refused to go to the
polls. Among the latter were the for
and his wife.
Hitler's victory was thus extraor-
dinarily complete, and the Nazis cele-
brated it with wild rejoicings in Berlin
and other cities. 1t was the culmina-
ton of a three years campaign in
the population of the reich that only
Hitler could save the country from
great danger. According to Berlin cor
respondents, there was a difference of
opinion there as to the influence the
triumph would have on the fuehrer.
Some said it would stiffen his back and
induce him to ride roughshod over the
powers which objected to his scrapping
of the LOcarnO pact. Others said the
election would make him feel so strong
he would be willing to make conces-
sion to his neighbors in an effort to
help establish 1.-The new order in Eu-
rope" to which he referred so frequent
ly in his election speeches.
The new reichstag will be the largest
In history, having about 740 members.
Most of them will be officials of the
Nazi party.
For the first time in the history of
aviation a polling booth was estab-
lished in the air. 1t was aboard the
new dirigible Won Hindenburg, whose
104 passengers and crew voted solidly
for Hitler. The Hindenburg and the
Graf Zeppelin cruised over the Saar
and the Rhineland all day long,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

scouting planes gave warning Of
what was to come, so the casualties
were few. An official telephone mes
sage from Harar to Adds Ababa said
fifteen incendiary bombs struck the
Egyptian Red Cross hospital and 9TH
ers hit the Ethiopian Red Cross hos
pital.
A French mission, the French con-
sulate, the Ethiopian radio station and
prison all were reported officially to
have been ruined.
The attack on Harar, coupled with
a heavy bOmbardment of Jijiga, fifty
miles east of Harar and a center of
Ethiopia's southern defenses, raised
native fears in Adds Ababa that the
capital itself might be the next target.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
One Fight in A. F. of L.
Ended by COMPROMISE

n NE of the big fights within the
~ American Federation of Labor
has been settled peacefully. 1t was
for control of the building trades de-
partment. In the past. building prof.
ects have been held up by strikes
growing out of arguments over which
of two unions should do a certain
piece of work. The peace pact pro-
vides for appointment of an impartial
referee to settle such arguments.
The pact also called for ]. w. Will
liams of the carpenters to head the
reorganization department, with NJ. ].
McDonough of the plasterers as Sec
retary-treasurer. Each has been the
leader of one of the warning factions
and each has styled himself as the
lawful department president
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

really is looking for
serious trouble with
Russia. This feeling is
expressed by Eli
Amau. spokesman for
the Tokyo foreign Of
fee, who said: Japan
must prepare for Sow
let aggression"
Recent activities in
dictate the Reds are
availing themselves of
the critical situation
which developed after
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Electric Home and Farm
Authority Is Renewed

MYTH only one change, the house
w passed the senate bill to continue
the Electric Home and Farm authority
as a federal agency until February /.
1897, or any earlier date decreed by
the President. The authority was Gre
ated to help finance sales of electrical
appliances.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Use Head in Dance

In the POT Dance" performed by
groups of native girls of Bechuana-
land, South Africa. the head Is as i'm
portant as the feet. The dancers exc
cute the intricate steps In fast rhythm
with large, round earthenware pots
balanced on their topknots.-Collier's
Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

more than half a mil
lion growers of farm
products would receive
double benefits from
the federal yer n
ment. 1t provides that
the rural families now
getting loa 8 from
Tugwell's administra-
ton to put them on
their feet and keep
them off the relief
rolls may also receive
full subsidy payments
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

old Clemenceau, not
sympathetic W ! t h
France this time,
says E n g | a n d is
dan gerously in
volve and 1--WE
S h all S e nd our
young men to die,
this time on Ger
man soil. to punish
these arrogant and
aggressive Teutons
for daring to make
preparations for the
defense of t b e l r
own soil against a
foreign invader"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

vorably the Kerr-Cool-
idge alien deportation
bill, which Secretary
Perkins has been try
ing to get through
congress for three
years. 1t will give her
and two other men,
bers of an interde-
partmental board dis
cretionary power to
harbor radical and
even criminal aliens,
otherwise deportable,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
italian Bombtrs Wreck
Second Ethiopian City

\ TUSSOLINFS air bOmbers were
A'l busy again in Ethiopia. virtually
running Harar, second city of that
country. with downpour of explosives.
Most of the populace had fed when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Half Million Farmers May
Get Double Benefits

ID EXFORD G. TUGWELL, head of
IN the rural resettlement administra-
ton, announced that special commit
tee is considering plan under which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

his cards on the table,
and intimated that IN
less Germany gives
concrete proof of no
aggressive intentions
in central or western
Europe, France will
decline to negotiate
further with the reich
and will prepare for
war. Flandin made it
clear that France will
stand firmly with her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Flandin Calls on Germany
for a Showdown

DIERRE-ETIE FLANDIN,
French foreign minister, speaking
at Vezelay, demanded in the name of
his government that Adolf Hitler lay
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Japan Expects Trouble
With Soviet Russia

THOUGH Koki Hirota, the new JAP
anese premier, said few days ago
that while he was in office there would
be no war, ii is evident his government
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Lightning Rods

Lightning rods of adequate size,
properly installed, are a distinct pro-
lection. Inadequate ones might be
dangerous.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Alien Deportation Bill
Reported to Senate

n ESPITE vigorous opposition, which
- will reappear on the floor of the
senate, the senate committee on immi-
grafton and naturalization reported ia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
TRUTHS SIDE

1t is one thing to want Truth to
be on our side, but quite another to
want to be on the side of Truth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Hear Lloyd George
News From the Cosmos
Statesmen and Politicians
Sloan's Fine Figures
Sloan's Fine

Lloyd George, who ran the big war
for England and won with the help Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

1t has been suggested here often
that airplanes might fight forest fires,
possibly by laying down from over
head a soapy layer to shut out oxygen.
Utah's officials have planned a new
parachute. instantaneOusly opening.
that would land from one to six fire.
fighters and apparatus from planes,
wherever desired.
g King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

"To him that hath shall be given"
even In Wall street speculation.
Beginning May 1. If you buy 500
worth of stocks. you must put $50 of
your own into the deal. This will
compel small fish to operate on a
small scale and get rich slowly, If
at all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

When Pittsburgh is through with
the disaster that has almost over
whelmed the city, monument should
be erected in park, or on the noun
tainside, in honor of the courage and
recuperative energy of the great indus
trial city. With lights turned off, wa
ter flooding the streets, many men and
women calmly continued their work,
wearing coal miners light-bearing caps,
like so many gigantic glow worms.
Americans still possess resourceful-
ness and can do what they must do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
Neu Deal
Spirits Rise


to be said at the same time that
New Deal spirits are rising. There
was time few months ago when the
national trend was decidedly against
Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t even went, so far as
to cause many individuals to say that
Mr.. Roosevelt would be defeated for
reelection. The picture around. the
first of April was quite different.
There is in Washington quite a gen.
eral feeling that the Roosevelt re-elec-
ton chances have improved and are
continuing to improve. This condition
is quite evident to observers continu-
ously on the job here for even in the
personal manner of the President him.
self there is an outward appearance
that he believes the situation is well
in hand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

Inasmuch as the New Dealers can
properly regard their situation pretty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09
(loI'j'ia2'9fI S5jjqt(&T
National Topics Interpreted "a G1TM41l2
by William Bruckart TTIHHfT1W
d. C.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. years ago
when Reed Smoot of Utah was a men,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

It is the old story: England has
statesmen, we have politicians-and
some of them are Anglomaniac snobs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

The fastest" double star is found,
and that is the big news. "Twin suns"
close together, in the constellation Of
Ophiuchus, revolve completely around
each other in twenty months. The
shortest period of revolution for any
other binary" star is five years. Some
revolve only once in a hundred years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-09

Nature is both fast and slow; the
electron In the atom revolves around
the proton thousands of millions of
times in second. The lens-shaped
Milky Way above your head, in which
our sun is one of thirty thousand mil
lion specks of light. revolves once in
225,OOO,000 years. No limit to bigness,
no limit to smallness. apparently.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-23
OVER S622,OOO HAS BEEN
SPENT ON COUNTY RELIEF
Covers Period of Thirty-three
MOnths-Over Fifty Million Ex-
pended in Maryland

Total expenditures for unemploy-
ment relief, old age pensions, and
similar activities including federal
and state funds reached $5O,5O9, 1885,
so between April 20, 1888, and Deem
Der 81, 1885, a statement issued by
William S. Gordy, Jr., state comptrol-
Ter, indicated.
Of this amount $45,316,987.71 was
allocated to Baltimore city and the
twenty-three counties for unemploy-
ment relief and old age pensions. The
balance was spent for adult education,
watermen's program, commodity dis
tribution, college student aid and
allied activities.
Baltimore city spent 82.377 percent
of the total outlay for relief and old
age pensions. The total expenses for
the period from federal ard state
sources was $37,33O,S56.35, including
S22,928,265.15 allowed the city from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-23
DEER PARK

Edward E. Sollars, Jr., is a patient
at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland.
Those who attended the funeral of
Mrs. B. T. Thrasher from a distance
besides near relatives, are: Mrs. B.
Hawkins, Mrs. George Waddele, Mrs.
E. Waddele, Everese BARLEY, and Mrs.
Melvin Long, Philippi, W. Va; Mrs.
John Korn, Mrs. R. Korn, Herbert and
Allan Korn, Wheeling; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Saunders, Miss Inez Williams, of
Morgantown; Mr.. and Mrs. w. Will
liams, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Williams, of
Bayard; Mrs. Grover Sutherland, Key
ser; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thrasher, Miss
Minnie Reed, Mrs. Jennie Reed, of
Clarksburg; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Pritts,
Kitzmiller; Mrs. Ida McClelland, Mt.
Lake Park.
There are still few cases of chick
en- pox in our town.
Mrs. George Dawson is visiting her
mother, Mrs. VIM. East.
DR.. Peck visited our school recently.