davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23
The ReU. Sloan Delegate
to NJ. f.. Fall Conference.

The story Of Bishop James M Tho
burn, young missionary who established
the Methodist outposts in India, pro-
videS the basis for the broadcast which
the Million Unit Fellowship Movement
of the Methodist Episcopal church viii
present this week over the radio station
WCCO in Minneapolis.
An innovation in church activity and
in keeping with the Million Unit Fellow
ship Movements forWard-looking pur-
pose of revitalizing religious conscious
ness, the broadcaStS will be special
features of the United Session Of the
Northern Minnesota Fall conference of
the Methodist church which opens on
Tuesday, September %, at Minneapolis,
and at which the Rev. L. S. Sloan OF
this city will be delegate.
The program will be heard at 100
o'clock on Thursday, September 80.
The broadcast is one of a series of
dramatized episodes from Methodist
missionary history, prepared by the Mil
lion Unit Fellowship Movement under
the title "Heralds of Destiny" The
Bishop Thoburn program describes his
miraculous escapes from the Moham-
medans and his experiences in the front
trenches as InSurrectoS rained shells on
Manila.
Bishop j. Ralph Magee Of the st. Paul
area will preside at the Minneapolis
meeting, the Rev. Richard c. Raines of
the Henenpin Avenue Methodist church
is host, and r. E. Diffendorfer will be
Million Unit Fellowship Movement rep
reSentatiYe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

The Brainerd Tribune, edi-
ted and printed by the Erickson
family, is to be congratulated
on the excellent special edition
put out two weeks ago on the
occasion of the anniversary of
the paper. The Tribune was
established fifty years ago by
the late A. J. Halstead and for
the past two decades has been
operated by Mrs. Lilly Erickson
and her accomplished family of
a daughter and two sons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

The United Mine Workers of
America, from which John l..
Lewis built the CLIO, according
to reports just made public had
a bank balance on June l OF
$685. 1t was also re.
vealed in the report of the
United Automobile Workers, a
Go affiliate, only Is months
old, that it had a cash balance
of over half a million. Why
it was not stated unless salaries
of $2S3,306 paid for the first
six months of the year is the
"why." For the same period
there is a charge of $180,527
for expenses" which were not
enumerated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23
"NOONANISMS"
From the Baudette Region)

Minneapolis residents were swindled
out of 100000 in an auto selling lottery.
There is one born every minute, and
most of them in the city.
A sure way to grow sideways and
frontways is to poke your nose into the
ice box nightly.
A western man has given his heart in
marriage nine time. He must be an
Indian giver.
Those new fifteen-inches-f rom-the-
ground skirts may be all right, but it is
going to be embarrassing for a driver
to reach for the gear shift handle and
find that he has grabbed lady by the
kneecap.
Out west the other day an 87-year-
old mans fourth marriage was to a
21-year-old girl. It's habit when a
man keeps on getting married when he
should be thinking up catchy epitaph
Out west woman, panic-stricken in
airplane tried to jump out. A case
Of high-sterics perhaps.
1t looks like red hot primary cleo
| ton in the Farmer-Labor party The
Petersen supporters and the Benson lads
are about as chummy as the Chinese
and Japs.
Mother is glad the children are back
in school. She was about ready for a
nice quiet sanitorium.
We saw our first auto accident the
other day, and the drivers face looked
like an overripe tomato. Too much
speed did it.
A st. Paul man wants divorce be-
cause his wife won't talk. It's a rare
case, gentlemen.
thought that there is nothing in a
name, Dut an alrplane pilot at Inter-
national Falls owns the name, Rising.
1t is enough to give you the fidgety-
widgets to see kids hanging onto the
rear end of cars. Something pretty
awful will happen one of these days.
A tourist who tried to bring a quart
of Scotch over from Ontario the other
day found out that customs officer
knows quart when he seize one.
Magicians make money disappear be-
fore your eyes. A lot of us can do that
trick
Most of the Hollywood actresses have
been happily divorced. They could have
saved lot of trouble by marrying their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

If a newspaper in this fine
state of ours comes out with a
slap at the Communists, who
have bored into and are a large
part of the political party in
power, the purely American
move is seen as a Republican
threat for the coming cam
paign. Only the "kept" press
of the Farmer-Labor regime
can see through this "Republi-
can move" and are very
much alarmed. In answer they
continually harp on the state.
ment that all the Farmer.
Labor candidates last fall were
outstanding, church members
including some deacons and
Sunday School superinten
dents" So what? Men are
judged by the company they
keep besides we think the
deacon" and superintendent
statement is rather far fetched
as the larger part of these we
know are not Farmer-Laborites
or Communists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

Eveleth Clarion Individuals who do
big job for their community should be
recognized.
1t is the idea of this paper that proper
honor should be paid the person who
makes the best record in this respect
for any one year. BY this We do not
mean work in his own behalf, nor do We
mean endeavors extended that do not
affect the entire community.
There are people now, as will as in the
past, who have done great things for
Eveleth but who have been overlooked
and forgotten. Why not pay them the
honor due? If we have not carried out
this idea in the past, certainly it is not
| too late to start now. There is time
between now and the first of the year
for some organization to get this plan
in shape so that this individual can be
chosen and be properly recognized fol
1888. At the end of the year it may
be that there will be difference OF
opinion as to whom shall be recognized
but certainly it is not the most difficult
task to pick the outstanding individual
for the year. Cooperation will be ex-
tended from the many organized groups
and societies here.
Not only is it well to pay honor to
whom honor is due, but the act itself
is such great Stimulant and en-
couragement to others to go out and dc
unselfish work for their home town.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

Two Harbors Chronicle-Beef stew is
on the way in, beefsteak on the way out
in the popular price individual restaur-
ants, survey of the effect of high
meat prices disclosed.
But patrons can take heart Govern
ment experts said they might expect
their steak back by Christmas unless
the war in China becomes information
ally obStreperous.
Confirmation of the trend against
steaks come from Max Weinstein, presi-
dent of Dunhill's Food, Inc, New York
He said rising prices were going to he
a tragedy" if they continued.
Like every other restaurant, catering
to the popular price trade" he said, 1--WE
used to give tenderloin as a special
leader three times week. We priced il
at As cents.
eve havn't made it special since
April or May now. And now we don't
even sell it. A good filet would cost us
35 cents pound for meat alone, and
Iup to As cents after the trimmings With
the overhead in this business you'd have
to sell it for 80 cents to make profit.
"a good Sirloin you can get in the
best restaurants for anywhere from 81 .1C
to SITS. The only reason they can dc
it generally is because they depend on
liquor to make up their profits.
I'VE have to stick to things like chops
or beef stew, running about % cents a
pound in the open market. Last year
they were about II or Is cents. And
you just cut your margin-because a
man who will pay 20 cents for beef
stew meal can't pay 80 or else he has to
cut down on something else.''
For the week ending Septmber 4
the last one for which records are COM
plete, choice beef (steak beef aver
aged $3.50 per 100 pounds here as
against $14.8O in 1886. The 1887 price
on medium beef was $1585 as against
$1120 and common $3.50 as against
$11.20.
at traces back to the droughts of 1884
and 1885," said one expert. Beef is a
crop that takes several years. Prices
ought to start going down for the
Christmas holidays or New Years, when
the new crop natures.
That's always provided you don't
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23
Habit of Game Birds

Many types Of game birds con-
tinue laying eggs during the breed
ing season until one nestful has
been successfully Matched.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

have something like the war in China
that's liable to cause so large demand
for our wheat and corn that cattle
owners won't be able to feed beeves."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

Fred N. Maxi, a Hibbing
writer in Sundays News-Trib-
une open court, let out a
thought worth thinking about
when he stated that R. w.
Hitchcock of Hibbing would
make an excellent highway en-
gineer or highway commits
sioner for the state. He also
in his article stated that Mr..
Hitchcock is one of the best
critics on highway construction
and maintenance in Minnesota.
This fact is conceded by many
besides Mr.. Maxi. The Miner
would suggest the name of
Grant McMahan of this city in
a similar vein. Grant would
make a capable construction
superintendent and his record
while county commissioner
will bear this out. Every cent
appropriated for roads during
Grant Nc Mahan's regime went
on roads and results were ap-
parent at a time when the
county was engaged in opening
up roads in all directions.
Our present County Com
missioner, Joseph Veranth, has
an enviable record in the mat
ter of roads, their upkeep and
stability. Not only in road
matters has Mr.. Veranth shown
much ability but also in all
other county matters. He con-
stantly aligns himself with
other commissioners, ready and
willing to do things for st.
Louis county. A go-getting
young man possessed of train
ing and intelligence he would
make a good engineering head
for the highway department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23
Damp Air Weighs Less

Damp air weighs less than dry air,
as the dampness is due to the vapor
of water in the air, and vapor of
water is lighter than most of the
other gases of the atmosphere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

The Sleepy Eye Herald-Dis-
patch is of the opinion that
racketeers flourish because the
ordinary citizen hides behind
the statement, 81 won't say any,
thing, it might hurt my bust
ness" The paper is right. 1t
will hurt his business, especially
in communities that are in
tested with rackets of every
description and where the
racketeer holds full powers
over everything that is said and
done. He has the business
man by the throat.
The business man is up
against the axe on every side.
If he opens his "yap" the side
represented by the racketeer
gives him the go-by. If he
says nothing, those not in the
racket, say he is spineless and
in turn give him the go-by. He
must do business to keep alive.
He must have the business of
both factions to keep out of
the bankruptcy court. AS a
matter of self preservation he
supinely lets conditions shape
themselves and says nothing.
Can you blame him? The
editor of the Sleepy Eye paper
is in the same boat. His en-
ployees are assured, as we'll as
the employees of the business
man, of a steady and stated in
come. The business man has
only his patrons from which to
make a living, pay the help,
taxes, advertising, delivery
charges, unemployment COM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

pensation, old-age pensions,
and other necessary eXpendi-
lures besides a dozen money
grabbing rackets with which he
is weekly confronted.
WPA and relief organiza-
lions are not for the business
man. While in many cases the
man in business needs relief
worse than many of his patrons,
there is nothing for him out
side of his business. In the
case of the merchant, he has
his goods on the shelf and is
"broke" unless he can dispose
of his stock, consignment pur-
chases in many cases.
The newspaper is expected to
fight the battles of the people
and chronicle rottenness and
graft to the wide world. Were
the newspaper only circulated
in the town in which it is pub
|lished, an expose might have a
tendency to clear things up.
Almost every citizen knows
what's going on. 1t is rather
an imposition to expect the
newspaper to stir up a mess fol-
the edification of its out-of-
town readers. The reputation
of any town is worth more in
the business world of the out.
side than it is in its own con
fines.
Out-of-town readers, finan
cial agencies, wholesale house.
and other institutions interested
in local communities would fal
rather hear of the good deed!
and enterprise of the city o.
town and its people than tt
hear of the shortcomings o.
your neighbor and yourself
The newspaper is in the same
position as the merchant. Will
an investment reaching int
the thousands to protect ant
dozens depending on it for sup
port, it is compelled to sof
pedal many happenings. l
also uses discretion in what i
prints for the very reason
above given and not becaus
it knows nothing of what j
going on.
| 1t is sometimes a sore task t,
| fill several columns with tn
enterprising acts of small tow
lpeople. 1t sometimes would b
perfectly easy to fill severa
pages with news not so enter
Uprising, but the average countr,
paper foregoes police cour
news in the interests of com
munity reputation. You Nigh
be interested and gloat over
neighboring family downfall
but want your own family hap
openings suppressed. The re
putation of the city in the out
side world demands the sup
preston of every bit of derog
atory news and gossip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23
WHAT OTHERS SAy|

Grace Dunn in the Princeton Union
says: While we do not admire the sun
suits or shorts that some of our sisters
are wearing everyone must admit that
the women of this day and age are dis
playing a eommendable spirit OF indie
pendence in dress. A woman over 20
years of age who will appear in public
places such as lunch rooms in a village
or on the streets in shorts must have
good reason for donning such costume.
No woman looks attractive or pretty in
such attire and it is questionable
whether they are as comfortable on a
hot day as they would be in some
simple, light, loose, pretty dress. I'm
less their physical well-being demands
such garb, we must admit the ladies
who drift into the villages in these
startling costumes cannot be lacking in
courage, but are woefully short in fine
sense of discrimination and the eternal
fitness of things.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23
On This Occasion
Continued from Page One)

Lewis last year? Lewis is
making faces at the president
at the same time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

Red Lake Falls Gazette Zone organi-
zation soliciting funds for the relief of
noncombatants in Spain reported to the
state department that receipts were
$4,000, expenses of administration,
$4,000 and so far no money had been
sent to the suffering. AS the Grand
Forks Herald suggests, "relief for Spain"
means lot of fat jobs collecting money
for other people. 1t was ever thus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

A tourist who tried to bring a quart
of Scotch over from Ontario the other
day found out that a customs officer
knows quart when he seize one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

Magicians make money disappear be-
fore your eyes. A lot of us can do that
trick
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

Most of the Hollywood actresses have
been happily divorced. They could have
saved lot of trouble by marrying their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

1t is enough to give you the fidgety-
widgets to see kids hanging onto the
rear end of cars. Something pretty
awful will happen one of these days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-23

pensation, old-age pensions,
and other necessary expendi-
lures besides a dozen money
grabbing rackets with which he
is weekly confronted.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
GENERAL ELECTRIC
RAISES DIVIDEND
Forty-Cent Payment Voted.
Orders Up 79 Per Cent
in Two Months.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 5.-Announcing
a dividend of 40 cents, General Elec-
trio Co. revealed today a 79 per cent
gain in orders booked in first two
months of the year.
The dividend, payable April 26 to
stock of record March 10. compares
with recent quarterly payments Of IS
cents and an extra of so cents in De-
cember.
Profits for 1886 were $43,947, 900, the
company reported, equal to $l.52 q
share on common stock, against ST.
843,772, or 81 cents a share in 1885
These were the best profits since 1890.
Gerard Swope, president, said orders
received in first two months totaled
$64 900, 900. Increase in income was
due In part, Swope said, to boost in
returns from investments.
United Carbon.
United Carbon Co. directors declared
common dividend of 81 a share, pay
able April to stock of record March
IS. A payment of rs cents was made
December l9 last.
General Public Service.
Directors Of General Public Service
Corp. have declared dividends on
accumulations of SIS on the s6 pre-
ferred and $l375 on the $3.50 pre-
ferred stocks, both payable April to
stock Of record March Is. On De-
cember "a last the company paid
$40 and $9.l62s, respectively.
Mead johnson & Co.
Mead johnson & Co directors have
declared an extra dividend of rs cents
and a regular quarterly Of rs cents,
both payable April to stock of record
March Is An extra of 81 was paid
last December 26.
Newport Industries.
Directors of Newport Industries,
Inc. have declared a dividend of so
cents on the common stock, payable
April S to stock of record March 20.
On December Is last an initial pay.
ment Of so cents was made.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
NEW YORK, March lP.-Federal
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. March lP;-Poultry live
20 trucks: hens easier. chickens firm; hens
over 5 pounds, u. 8 pounds and less. l9;
Leghorn hens 1917: colored fryers "a:
ored broilers. s5:, White Rock, 80; Plym-
outh Rock. "a: barebacks Is: roosters.
l3: LeRhorn roosters. .12: turkeys, hens,
p; young toms II; old 49, No; . turkeys,
Is; ducks Az pounds UP. white and col
ored. 90. small. white and colored. II:
than pounds. 2:.
Butter 1858; firm: creamery. specials
L93 score) "a 2-35; extras t92l 34 extra
firsts (90-9D, 33la-o4: flrsts. (ss.S9. 81
3D. standards 900. centralized carlotsD. "a
Eggs, 14,3o3; unsettled. prices un-
changed
Potatoes %: on Track. ,3s2; total United
moderate: best russets firm. demand fairly
sood; other stock steady; demand light; ligght
set Burbanks. U. S. No: !. 3:25-65. &C. aes
McClures U S No. / few sales. 3.0O-05:;
Wisconsin Round Whites, no U. s. No. l
sales reported: U. s. commercial car. 30:
Wisconsin Cobblers. Y S. No, .. for seed
car. -: new stock firm. supplies moder-
ate. demand moderate track sales: car
y. s. No. l. 2.17l2 a crate.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
BUSINESS SCORES
BRISK ADVANCE
Spring Buying Lifts Sales
to New Years High
During Week.
by the Associated Press.

BY tt!e AsSoclhteO fresS.
NEW YORK, March 5-Trade and
business stepped ahead vigorously this
week under the spur of more fa-
vorable developments on all important
fronts, Dun g. Bradstreet said today
in the weekly review.
Customers started Spring buying
in earnest" the agency said, sending
sales to a new high for the year. The
unexpected extent Of last-minute or
ders for Easter merchandise pushed
many wholesalers farther behind in
their deliveries. Industries displayed
greater freedom in formulating plans
for expansion during the second and
third quarters"
The review placed retail distribu-
ton 6 to 10 per cent ahead Of the
preceding week and from is to Is per
cent ahead Of the same period last
year Percentage gains in the major
geographic regions over the 1886 COM
parative we're: New England, Is to %;
East, IA to 80; Middle West, Is to 25:
Northwest, IS to 20; South, 18 to 25;
Southwest, IS to 20, and Pacific
Coast, IL to 49,
Consumers released the full force
of their accumulated requirements in
nearly all departments, the review
said. Women's and children's Easter
apparel crowded in to the foreground
led by coats. suits, dresses. millinery
and shoes.
Sales of mems suits and topcoats
increased despite markups, the review
continued, adding that the upward
surge carried with it groceries, dry
goods, electrical appliances and nu-
merous other items.
In wholesale markets, the agency
said the momentum gathered in Feb
ruary lost but little Of its vigor. Good
prices for farm products were reflected
in heavier commitments Of rural
merchants, II said.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, March Q9.-Eggs H.
693: irregular: Mixed colors: standards
uess than carlots). 24h-34: carlots. 25b;
firsts, 23-23la; mediums 22l224; other
mixed colors UNCHANGED.
ptteri mer extTa creameTy @a frers nisner
34s4: frsts (SS-91 scores). 32Ka-34 "a: Sec
ondS (S4-S7 scores). 301a-32A; centralized
Cheese. e2.Oss: firm and unchanged
Live poultry, by freight. firm chickens.
Leghorn Is. Fowl, colored. 21: Leghorn.
IS. Turkeys. 1926. Other freight prices
UNCHANGED.
Bid
Evening star., 1937-03-05
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK March LP.-Foreign ex-
change easy; Great Britain. demand
1.s66is: France. France; demand. 4.56: cables, s
4.56: Italy. demand. 5.26h; cables. 5.26h
Demands: Belgium. 1888: Germany
free, 4O.22; registered. 1000; travel
Sweden. 25.1s; Denmark. -21 81; Finland
quoted: Portugal. -4.45; Greece. 80: Po-
land 1896: Czechoslovakia. 3.49: Yugo-
slayia. 2.34; Austria. 1S73n; Hungary,
1880; Rumania. .75: Argentina. 81 .55n;
Brazil. 8.SOAn: Toxic. 2s.49 Shanghai
1880; Hongkong, 3044: Mexico City.
$780, Montreal In New York. 100; New
York In Montreal. 100.
n-Nominal
Evening star., 1937-03-05
FOREIGN MARKETS.

eurities declined as fresh selling orders
came into the stock market, while trading
IN other sections was quiet. Transatlantic
shares rallied from their early lows while
oil and mining stocks were active and firm
German bonds. sold higher, although Polish
issues were in large supply. Steel and avia-
tion issues were in fair demand
PARIS.-Railroad and electrical Securi-
ties continued firm at higher prices. while
the remainder of the list was mixed after
early strength Rentes finished with net
gains of 5 to 25 centimes. while Bank of
France lost rs francs.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 5-Trading fell
away to a shadow of its former self in
the bond market today and prices
wriggled indecisively in narrow ranges.
What trading there was centered in
the domestic corporate section where
railroad issues tended to improve bit
and utilities sagged little. Baltimore
& Ohio 4l2s, Great Northern As and
Chesapeake Corp. SIS improved a point
or so, while st. Paul IS of 1875. Penn
sylvania general As and Southern Rail-
way As gained fractionally.
International Paper g. Power SIS and
American g. Foreign Power IS worked
lower on light dealings. Abitibi SIS,
however, jumped up more than 11s
points.
United States Government loans
were traded at lower prices with set
backs extending from 1872 to 6 80 of
. point.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
q. S. TREASURY POSITION.

~ tne ASSocIdCeU FItSS.
The position Of the Treasury on March
B: Receipts. S24. ass. .960.74: expenditures,
S79345 1853: balance, $1.600.S54.-
1a2 90; customs receipts for the month,
So 652 ,o70.07-
Receipts for the fiscal year (since July
u. S2,77S, ,SSO.507 SO: expenditures. 81
1863, ,597 1854. including S1945.17S.-
60316 Of emergency expenditures: excess
debt SS4. .6s7. 7o2 644.40. an increase Of
S53. .48S,1S2.2 .25 over the previous. day;
gold assets. $11 1.442 900 596.15.. including
S211. .710.40S.73 of inactive gold.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
HUPP MEETING DELAYED.

RICHMOND, Va, March 5 R.-A
special meeting of stockholders Of
Hupp Motor Car Corp. called for yes
terday was postponed until March az.
The meeting was scheduled in con-
nection with proposed recapitalization
of the company.