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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

VINO, starting with
$3.50 week job, fought his way to
the very top of the financial world,
created the vast Standard Oil trust
and built up one of the biggest pri-
vate fortunes ever recorded. At the
age of twenty-siX he was beginning
to be prominent in the then young
petroleum industry, and in 1870 was
formed the Standard Oil company
which, by methods that were con-
sidered ruthless, gained control of
three-fourths of the country's oil
output. For 40 years Rockefeller
and his associates were bitterly at
tackled through the courts and in
every other way possible, and f.
nally, in 1902, the Standard Oil trust
was ordered by the Supreme court
dissolved into its component parts.
But its business went on and the
Rockefeller millions continued to in
crease until the family fortune was
estimated at about two and a half
billions. At the height of his ca
reer John DIS income was between
so and 80 million dollars.
Disturbed by i'll health, John D.
retired from active business in 1911.
Some time before that he had
switched from accumulating wealth
to giving it away. The giving was
done Systematically, and represent
atives of the family interests esti-
mate that his own benefactions be-
tween the years 1885 and 1884, both
inclusive, totaled $3.50, 1853 ,632. At the
top of the long list of gifts are the
Rockefeller Foundation, which re-
ceived $182, ISL ,48O, and the Cen
eral Education board, which was
given SIPS, 209, 167. For years the
University of Chicago was pet of
his, and he gave it in all $78, 448, 407.
Numerous educational and religious
institutions and organizations were
given large sums, and in times of
great disasters Mr.. Rockefeller do
mated generously to the relief funds.
Mr.. .Rockefeller's body was taken
from Ormond Beach to his estate
at Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, N.
Y, and there the funeral rites were
conducted by DR.. Harry Emerson
Fosdick of New York city. Next
day the oil king was laid to rest in
Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, be-
side his wife who died % years ago.
Only two of Mr.. Rockefeller's chill
dren survive him. They are John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., head of the bust
ness since the father retired, and
Alta, wife of E. Parmalee Prentice.
There are eight grandsons and five
granddaughter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
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Shaping Knitting Needle-Before
using circular knitting needle,
immerse it in hot water for few
minutes to make it pliable. Be-
fore it cools, and hardens, hold it
IN knitting position, and make any
desired adjustments such as
Strengthening the ends. This dis
penses with long breaking-in pc
Rod.
Rhubarb and Figs - To one
pound rhubarb, after peeling and
cutting, add half pound good figs,
cut into smallish pieces. Place in
a saucepan with very little wa
ter and about dessertspoon gold
en- syrup or sugar and gently stew
till tender. Serve with a rice or
sage mold or hot milk pudding.
Unwrap FOOd-Food should not
be stored in the refrigerator while
wrapped in paper because the pa
per prevents the cold air from
circulating freely over it.
Season Lightly - Be careful
when doubling a recipe not to
double the seasoning. Use it spar
ingly at first, then add more if
needed.
Eggs in POtatoes-Bake pota-
toes. Cut off tops, scoop out CEN
tiers and season with butter, salt
and little pepper, MASKING thor
oughly. Half fill shells with pota-
to mixture and drop a raw egg,
salt, pepper, a little grated cheese
and one teaspoon butter in each.
Put back in hot oven for four
minutes to set egg.
To Keep Frosting From Run
ning-A half teaspoonful of bak-
ing soda added to boiling frosting
will keep it from running.
Keeps CaulifiOwer White-A ia
blespoon of sugar in the water in
which caulifoWer is cooked will
keep it white.
Hole in, TableclOth-If a small
hole is burnt or worn in an other
wise good white tablecloth, it can
be 'mended' most effectively by
stitching a motif in fine crochet
over it and cutting away the
spoiled fabric underneath. Add
one or two more motifs so that the
necessary one does not look odd.
This is certainly more decorative
than an obvious darn!
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Paris Exposition Opened
by President Lebrun

nv ITH considerable ceremony
w the Paris exposition of 1887
was opened to the public, more than
three weeks late because of labor
troubles. President Albert Lebrun
led long procession of government
members, diplomats of all nations
and distinguished guests on a tour
of the grounds, which lie along the
Seine, mile wide and two miles
long.
The fair was said to be about 80
per cent complete on the opening
day, but many of the buildings were
still in process of erection. These
included the pavilions of the United
States and Great Britain. France
expects many hundreds of thou
sands of visitors during the sum-
mer, and those fortunate enough to
go there will see a wonderful dis
play of the science, industries and
art of nearly all nations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Russia Will Have Air Base
Close to North Pole

COVIET Russia is planning to es-
- tablish regular airplane connec-
ton with the United States by way
of the Arctic ocean, and in pur-
suance of the plan is building an air
base on the ice within a few miles
of the North pole. Four scientists
have been landed there from a plane
which first flew over the pole, and
they will remain on the foe for
a year, keeping in connection with
the world by powerful radio. They
have named the floating ice field
"Comrade Stalin's Land" The con-
templated air route will be from
Moscow to San Francisco.
Though Admiral Peary presum-
ably planted the United States flag
at the North pole, neither this nor
any other nation has claimed SOW
ereignty over the region.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Man, 127. WEEDS Wife No. 7

To celebrate his one hundred
twenty-seventh birthday Hassan, a
peasant living near Bigha, in the
Dardanelles Straits, married for the
seventh time. His bride is only
thirty-seven. Hassan declares thai
a man is never too old to marry.
Enjoying perfect health, a good ap-
petite and the use of new set OF
natural teeth, which first started
to grow 10 years ago, he does not
look older than seventy. He walks
several times a week from his viii
lage to the neighboring town OF
Bigha to buy his groceries. Has.
san hopes to live at least another
20 years and attributes his fitness
to his life in the open and his total
abstentation from liquor and tobac
CO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

Justice Cardozo wrote the two ma
jority opinions, and, as it CHANGED,
delivered them on his sixty-seventh
birthday. Administration leaders
declared they completely justified
the Presidents broad Interpretation
of the general welfare clause of the
Constitution and his policy of ex-
tending federal power, and it would
seem that this is true Justice Car
dozo's opinion on the unemployment
insurance said:
''It is too late today for the argu-
ment to be heard with tolerance
that in crisis so extreme the use
of moneys Of the nation to relieve
the unemployed and their depend
ents is use for any purpose mar
rover than the promotion of general
welfare.
AT times taxpayers have con-
tended that the congress is without
power to lay an excise on the en-
joyment of a privilege created by
state law. The contention has been
put aside as baseless.
Inc power to tax the activities
ard relations that constitute call
ing considered as unit is the power
to tax any of them"
Concerning the old age pension
provisions he said the scheme of
benefits created by them is not in
contravention to the limitations of
the tenth amendment, and: ''Nor is
the concept of the general welfare
static. Needs that were narrow or
parochial century ago may be
interviewer in our day with the we'll
being of the nation. What is critical
or urgent changes with the times"
In another to 4 decision the
court upheld the Alabama state I'M
employment insurance act, declar-
ing the relief of unemployment a
valid state function.
Yet another opinion was handed
down by five of the justices, up
holding Wisconsin's law prohibiting
injunctions against peaceful picket
ing in labor disputes.
The general view of neutrals in
Washington was that the days opin-
ions effectually put an end to the
chances of passage of the Presi-
dents bill to enlarge the Supreme
court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Sumner Welles Is Made
Undersecretary of State

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent to
the senate a number of State
department appointments. Assistant
Secretary of State Sumner Welles
was nominated for the post of I'M
dersecretary of state. Assistant Sec
rotary R. Walton Moore, who We'd
with Welles for the post of under
secretary, was nominated for the
newly created office of counsellor
of the Department of State.
John Cudahy, former ambassador
to Poland, was nominated as min
lister to the Irish Free State; Alvin
Mansfield Owsley Of Texas as min
lister to Norway. and Edwin L. Ne
vile of Ohio as minister to Siam.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

made from deposits of a fine coral
sand on the beach adjacent to the
kiln. AS fast as the sand is SHOW
eled up and hauled away for the
product of the kiln, the sea fills up
the holes with fresh deposits. The
take-and-give system has now been
in operation for many years with no
evidence that the taking operation
has depleted the supply.
The lime kiln was started in 1906
when a maritime strike prevented
lime from being shipped from the
mainland to the islands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Nature Feeds Lime to
Kiln for Thirty Years

A lime kiln on the island of Maui
which has been in operation for the
past 30 years has no worry about
the problem of raw materials, states
a Honolulu United Press correspond
ent.
The Maui kiln is in the happy
position of having its supply of raw
materials replenished as fast as it
uses it, if not faster.
The lime produced at the kiln is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
New Style Mail Delivery

Time was saved in the sending of
letters which the keepers of a light
house fifteen miles from Newgate
Beach, England, cast into the sea in
tin box, short time ago. With
the letters was note asking the
finder to send the missives, for
which postage was enclosed, to
relatives. The letters were picked
up twenty-four hours later near
Newgate. In the regular course let
tiers must wait at the lighthouse
until the relief vessel arrives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Gotham Fair Appropriation
Vetoed by President

NEW YORK asked and obtained
: from congress an appropria-
ton of SIS, ZOO, 900 for its worlds fair,
with the provision that the money
was to be spent by the fair COM
mission. But President Roosevelt
vetoed the measure; and in his mes
sage he rebuked congress for "an
unconstitutional invasion of the
province of the executive" in setting
up commission to direct the ex-
penditure.
When the message was read in
the house the Republicans roared
with laughter and the Democrats,
or some of them, ragged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

matically would be called that" It
was taken for granted that Mr..
Rogers would not have said that
without the approval of therduke.
This widens the breach between
Edward on one side and the British
cabinet and Anglican churchmen on
the other. The dukes friends as
sert that Prime Minister Baldwin
and his associates have broken a
pre-abdication promise concerning
the marriage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
PaWnbrOking

Except in few nations, pawn
broking is wholly, or in part, state
or municipal monopoly, says Col
lier's Weekly. In some countries
these shops have charitable and
religious atmosphere and are known
by such names as Mount of Pity,
Mount of Mercy and Mount of Com
passion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

Dench lInmeQlately
after the summer
adjournment of the
court on June /, and
there were rumors
in Washington that
his example would
be followed by Chief
Justice Hughes and
associate Justices
Sutherland a n d
Brandeis when the
C o n t e S t over the
Presidents C Of rt
enlargement pro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Third Son Born to
the Iindberphs

DOL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
~ telephoned to the American en-
bassy that a third son had been born
to Mrs. Lindbergh on May IL, coro-
nation day. The news had been kept
secret for nearly two weeks. Mrs.
Dwight Morrow wrote to relatives
in Cleveland that her daughter and
the infant were both doing nicely"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

de Candle, near
Monts, France. But
whether she will be
"her royal high
ness" is at this writ
ing still a disputed
question. Edward,
through his Aneri-
can friend Herman
L. Rogers, has vir-
tually told the world
that she will, the
New Yorker saying
to correspondents:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
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IN REVIEW ~
BIZ 6dUuIzd W PicRdIld
q Western Newspaper Union.

wage above which a board regulat-
ing wages and hours would have no
control; set 80 cents an hour-or
double time-as the largest mini
mum wage.
Provide a series of gradations
in apprenticeship.
Prohibit industrial homework, a
new feature.
Exclude employers of less than
Is workers from the bills provi-
sions.
Bar from transportation or sale in
interstate commerce goods manu-
featured in violation of these stand
ards or by workers less than sixteen
years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

ulating the hours of
work, the wages and
the employment of
children. Immedi-
ately after it was
read, Chairman HUI
go L. Black of the
senate labor COM
mittee and Chair
man William r.
c o n n e ry of the
house labor commit
tee introduced iden-
teal bills designed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

Beach. T h e n he
went to bed, soon
fell into a coma, and
a few hours later
passed away, peace
fully and painlessly.
His wish to live to
be o n e hundred
years old was not
fulfilled, b ut h e
would have been
ninety-eight on July
8 next.
Thus died the man
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

lty OF the supreme
court. The unem-
ployment insurance
provisions of the law
were upheld by five
of the justices, Van
Devanter, Butler,
McReynolds a n d
Sutherland dissent
ing. The old age
pension provisions
were declared con-
stitutional by all the
justices except Suth-
erland and Van De-
1yantar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

WaShlngton.-I have frequently
mentioned in these columns tn e
problems tn t
business have confronted
Problems and continue to
confront the COM
merce and industry of the United
States. However one may regard
the ethics of the business interests
OF the nation, think everyone must
admit that business has its prob
lens that are just as serious as the
job OF earning living is to you or
me. This has been especially. true
during the period of the depression
and 1t is equally true at this stage
OF economic recovery.
Business, moreover, is affected to
greater extent than you or me by
any governmental policy that is pur-
sued or any legislation that is en-
acted by congress or by state
legislative bodies. In consequence,
1t seems to be a fair statement to
say that business lives by the will
and the whim of the elected rep
resentatives whether those repre-
sentatives be local, state or ma
tional.
Those observations should DEM
onstrate fully the Importance of one
piece of legislation now pending in
congress. I refer to the so called
permanent sugar bill. Seldom in
history, I believe, has a single unit
of industry found itself in a position
where it is so utterly dependent
upon federal policy for its existence
as is the case now with those eight
cen or twenty plants that refine
about seventy-fve per cent of all
the sugar we use on our tables
and otherwise in this nation.
The situation, succinctly, is that
President Roosevelt has recon-
mended to congress that it adopt
legislation of a permanent character
ito protect the interest of each
group concerned" and assure
meanwhile that the interest of the
consumer shall have due considera-
ton. Pursuant to the Presidents
proposal of March 1, last, the house
committee on agriculture is work.
ing out a piece of legislation which
seeks to reconcile the differences
of all the various interests a n d
make thereby a permanent policy
which this country may follow as
regards sugar.
It must be remembered that the
United States imports something
like seventy-eight per cent of all
the sugar it consumes. The other
twenty-five per cent is produced
by our sugar beet and sugar cane
farmers-a consequential industry
worthy of protection from it's gov
eminent but still quite unable to
satisfy demands for the commodity.
Some of the sugar we import comes
from Puerto Rico; some comes from
Hawaii; some from the Philippines,
but the bulk comes from Cuba.
Since Puerto Rico and Hawaii are
insular territories of our nation,
they must receive consideration as
an integral part of our nation. The
Philippines are no longer a pos
session and yet there is something
of fatherly interest, or should be,
on our part. With reference to Cuba,
the United States long has attempt
ed to help the islands economically
and politically in order to insure
the independence which our nation
helped them to establish.
So it is seen that we have in the
sugar problem questions involving
ID a home indus
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Windsor Warheld Wedding
Takes Place Tune 8

" ALLIS WAKEFIELD will be-
w come the duchess of Windsor
when she is married to Edward,
the duke, on June 3 at the Chateau
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Wage and Hour Measure
Offered in Congress

president ROOSEVELT in
L special message asked congress
to enact a new law for the benefit of
workers in interstate industries, reg
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Gold in Alaska

Gold was discovered in Alaska in
1880, 16 years before the great Klon-
dixie rush began.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

John D. Rockefeller, ST., Dies
in His Florida Home
ct AM very tired" said John D.
Rockefeller, ST., to his secre-
tary as he sat in the garden of his
Florida winter home at Ormond
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Social Security Act
Is Declared Valid

THE social security act, which
L President Roosevelt considers
the soul of the New Deal, is consti-
tutional, in the opinion of a major
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
There's
Sugar

PoSSSSSloil, \o) dill
industry in a nation newly born
and which we are trying to lead
into a position of complete indie
pendence and solvency, and az
the maintenance of our chief source
of sugar supply in a nation for
which our government yet feels
somewhat responsible.
That summary indicates the COM
plexity of the general problem to
be dealt with in the current legisla-
ton but the picture omits a most
important unit in the industry. re-
fer again to those plants who must
refine the sugar and must make
it ready for home use or other
consumption.
To make the picture complete, it
ought to be recalled that for sew
eral years we have had tempo
rary law which fixed the amount
of sugar that could be imported. It
was managed through what is called
a quota system; that is, the law
provided authority for the secretary
of agriculture to prescribe how
much sugar could come in from
each of the regions that I have
described. This had the effect of
stabilizing sugar prices and guar
anteeing to the cane and beet grow
ers of the United States a depend
able market. But it had another eff
feet which was shown by the opera
ton of the law, an effect not so
painfully evident when the law was
enacted. This effect was to encour-
age the refining of sugar in the
areas outside of the United States
where the bulk of it was grown. In
consequence of that, our own sugar
refiners began to suffer and they
continued to suffer because refiners
operating in Cuba or Hawaii, to
mention two examples, were able
to employ labor that cost about
one-fourth as much as the standard
of wages paid in this country. The
natural result was that our own
workers were thrown out of jobs
and the refining industry was run
ming at barely two-thirds of its
capacity.
To show by figures what has hap
pened: Imports of sugar, ready for
table use came from Cuba to the
amount of about one thousand tons
in 1925. In 1888, more than five
hundred thousand tons of refined
sugar was imported. 1t has grown
some since and for every ton i'm
ported, naturally the refining plants
of this country haze had their vol
une reduced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Justice Van Devanter Quits

A SSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIS
"A VAN DEVANTER notified
President Roosevelt that he would
retire from the Supreme court
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

Empty Victory
Nothing except a battle lost can
be half so melancholy as a battle
won.-Duke of Wellington.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
WOMEN'S SUITS

CD S39.75 TWO 6 THREE PIECE SUITS; Lopn or
ksIs'9S a % trimmed greer" '"' brown ~"e $2b75
~ S69.75 THREE-PIECE SUITS; Groy corocu Go *
trimmed Wine, size "a; black, size 20- %''''~
ID se9.75 THREE-PIEcE SUIT; Beover Lomb Go 7E
tuxedo revers Green, size l2-- %''''~
~ S69.75 LAPIN T0PcoAT SUITS; Brown GO *
lopin with amber, wine, rust and brown. II to l8
~ S79.75 THREE-PIEcE SUITS; Poor Wolf on top
eoots. Go|d size 10; bIue size 49, brown size GA 7E
70; green, size T. ''''~
~ $5975 THREE-PIEcE SUITS Skunk tuxedo revers on
toppes Brown, size 10; beige, size Is; black, GA Is
sizes Ia and ------ +''"'~
ID s79.75 THREE-PEcE SUIT; Grey with coro- <kI
cuI tuxedo revers size l8------ WV
Cd $7975 THREE-PECE SUIT Rosewood Wolf on &LE
brown tweed mixture. Size l8- WV
~ S7975 LAPIN TOPCOAT SUITS; Three &Eo *
quarter length fur eoots. Sizes Il and H.
Cd S6975 TWo-PIECE SUIT; Three-quorter Go *
length eoot, trimmed with black Penson Size 20
(5) S6975 THREE-PIECE SUITS; OF imported shetlond
tweed, with Wolf colIored topeoots. Green, sizes &EE
T. Is, l8; rust, size "a; wine, size 2O %~~
Cd $500 THREE PIECE SUIT; Juiords hair Go *
cloth, with Wolf Black, size l8 l8- %''''~
~ S59.75 TWo-PIECE SUITS; Black with &dd *
Persion Lomb trim. Sizes II and 18- '''~
% $1l9 THREE-PIECE LYNX-TRIMMED COO *
SUIT, green, size l2------------------$ II $~''~
Cd S5975 THREE-PECE SUIT; Green, with Wolf.
ss. Mo"039'e 0'e0't and SKIRT jacket $3975
Evening star., 1937-11-25
CLEARANCE OF DRESSES

t6 $l0s5 $l6s5 MISSES AND JUNIOR MISSES DRESSES $595
5O $l2e5 se95 MISSES DRESSES All style,
eoos Silk and and woos, sizes II to ---95
D $695 $2275 STREET AND AFTERNOON DRESSES Misses
sizes, II
1907 s9s5 s2s5 MISSES BETTER DRESSES Street
models. Sizes II to 20
~ s4s75 to se975 MISSES WOOL COSTUME SUITS Grey size.
u ond IT, trimmed with kmmer fur brown 49, with SIS
Slos5 RAYoN LAME AND IMPORTED BRocADE BLoUsEs Sizes
81 $3.50
Ho) $500 $3.50 SWEATERS AND SKIRTS Broken sizes end
eoon 269
Evening star., 1937-11-25
MEMS OVERCOATS !

Nl ENS VvENOOAlS L
l7 $500 RALEIGH ovERcoA7s; in sreys ond mixtures.
Sizes: Regular, 1867, 1917, 1887, 1897, (4O),
az, 49,; Short. l39); Long, 1897, (40), !
G Mz,; Stout '4o'' '42'' 49, ! (4s'. $I7.5O
1927 $500 and $4,000 oVERcoATs; brown and grey
ass ne~ o"d ehe''' " ss'0 shorts $2b85
(6l) $4,000 to $45 90 HART SCHAFFNER & MARX AND
tSH sad GvxscoA At fine sse' Msx " blues $3285
M Soxo, ovaRGoA osIs imported sx $3485
(50-S45.0O and 5000 HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
AND RALEIGH OVERcOATS; imported and &2k OK
domestic fobrics All sizes. Now- %~0'0~
l3 $500 and $4,000 OvERCoATs; imported tweeds and
Shetlonds with worsted nnerinnes Blue and grey Her
rnsbone ond dioeonoI Sizes: Regular (37),
(38). (3e), (40), ! az; Long, 1857, <2k OK
J I39l. t4o). Now w------------- %'o'oo
o49) 5000 to $500 OVER COATS; imported and
:9e. de%e''e f'seee' 0"d Ve0"o o's'e0of' oil $43.85