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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Start of Bonneville Power
Sale Asked by Roosevelt

n PEN warfare by the govern
~ ment on private power inter
ests will be started soon if the rec
concentrations of President Roose-
welt to congressional leaders are
acted upon favorably. In letters
to Vice President Garner and
Speaker Bankhead, the President
urged that prompt action be taken
to provide for the sale of electric
power from the S51, 900, 900 Bonnie
vile project on the Columbia river
in Oregon; and he intimated this
might be taken as the forerunner OF
a national power policy. The rec
concentrations were in accord with
a report from the committee on ma.
tional power policy and also with
the position Mr.. Roosevelt took in
the controversy with DR.. Arthur E.
Morgan, IVA chairman, who IA
vored cooperation with existing
power companies and consideration
for their investment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Panama Canal Tolls Rate
Revision Is Proposed

a BOLTON of the dual system
1 4 of measurement of vessels pass
ing through the Panama canal was
asked by the President in a special
message to congress, in accord with
a report of an advisory committee.
Nothing definite was said about rails
ing the revenue of the canal.
The War department recently as
sailed the present dual system of
collecting tolls as permitting in
equalities, manipulations, and end
less reductions in charges, resulting
in losses to the United States and
unfair advantages to shipping in
terests. At present the canal, 546h
million dollar investment, is losing
almost million dollars a year.
Manufacturers and other shippers
of the Middle West have long main
tanned that the Panama canal toll
charges are so low that the effect is
to subsidize shippers of the East and
West because it is cheaper to ship by
water from either coast than by rail
from the Middle West. The middle
westerners have urged that the
rates be raised to give them equal
footing with seaboard competitors
and also to give promise of amortiz-
ing the canal investment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Hughes and Jean Batten
Get Harmon Awards

THE International League of Avi-
= ators announced in Paris that
Howard Hughes, the wealthy Amer
lean speed fiier, and Miss Je n
Batten of New Zealand had been
awarded the Harmon trophies as
the outstanding man and woman
in aviation for 1886. Hughes land
plane records in flights across the
United States won the honor for
him, and Miss Batten was rewarded
for her spectacular solo flight
across the south Atlantic.
The league awarded the special
Harmon hero medal to Jean Mer-
MOI, French airmail pilot who dis
appeared with his crew after max
ing twenty-four crossings of tn e
south Atlantic, carrying mail to
South America.
Ernst Lehman, chief pilot of
Germany's ocean-fying Zeppelins,
was voted the world champion dir
igible pilot, and Ernst Demuyter,
Belgian, world champion for spher-
icar aircraft.
Louise Thaden was voted the out
standing woman flier in the United
States, and it was announced that
President Roosevelt would present
trophies to her and Hughes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

court justice who would retire at
this particular time, by virtue of
the bait that was held out to him,
would not be the sort of individual
for whom I would have the greatest
respect"
The retirement bill was favored
by the President but, as Senator
Pat McCarren said, was not part
of Mr.. Roosevelt's bill for enlarge
ment of the court. The controversy
over the latter measure grew more
bitter day by day and to the sur
prise of the administration, it was
found that it was likely to be de-
feated in the house. Therefore the
majority leaders decided to let the
senate act first. In that body the
decision rested with some twenty
five senators who had not yet an
nounced their position.
Mr.. Roosevelt stood firm in his
determination to force the bill
through congress, and announced
he would deliver a radio speech in
its defense on March 9, the day
before the one set for the start
of senate judiciary committee hear
ings on the bill. The President de-
MED report that he would make
a tour of the country in behalf of
his plan.
Senator George of Georgia, DEM
ocrat, stepped into the fight with
an assertion that the Supreme court
enlargement proposal is a repudia-
ton of the party's 1886 platform
pledge that it would seek a Clarity
ing constitutional amendment if it
could not attain its social-economic
welfare program by legislation.
In defense of the measure various
members of the cabinet and heads
of federal agencies began a speak
ing campaign.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

The report concludes that per-
manent adjustment agency should
prove useful as a central co-ordinat-
ing body, or board of strategy, for
an occupational group composed Of
small and loosely organized operat-
ing units such as in agriculture. 1t
recommends the continuance of the
federal agency in order to assist
farmers in adjusting their industry
to changing technical and CONNER
cial conditions and to cushion the
shock of disasters such as drouth
and flood.
AS for crop insurance, the belief
is expressed that system of all
risk insurance under government
sponsorship would prove financially
sound and beneficial to farmers if
premiums and indemnities could be
kept on a true actuarial basis. 1t
insists, however, that crop insur-
ance should not be mixed up with
the ever normal granary proposal.
To the whole ever normal granary
idea in general the Brookings report
is unfavorable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

According to informed sources,
the foreign secretary then went on
to declare that before Great Britain
even could consider returning the
reich's colonies or yielding League
of Nations mandates over former
German overseas possessions, tn e
security of Europe must be estab-
lished by a general accord.
Eden said the question of raw
materials for Germany was one in
which all the great powers who
had control of principal raw ma
terials were interested. In this con-
nection, he said that while tn e
league should settle the colonial
matter, he could envisage an al
tentative method Of approach
through diplomatic channels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Vidal Quits as Head of
Air Commerce Bureau

EUGENE VIDAL has resigned as
IL director of the federal air COM
merce bureau and says he will re-
enter private aviation. His conduct
of the bureau has been subjected
to much criticism at times and a
committee headed by Senator Cope
land of New York has recon-
mended the reorganization of the
bureau. Recently the bureau and
representatives of the air transport
industry have differed sharply over
causes of the series of major air
crashes.
Vidals successor is Prof. Fred D.
Fagg of Northwestern university law
school. He became associated with
aviation during the war when he
served as a second lieutenant with
the ninety-second aero squadron in
France. After the war he returned
to the United States and specialized
in air law. His assistant in the bu-
reau will be Maj. R. w. Schroeder,
also of Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
President Asks State
Soil Conservation Laws

IN IDENTICAL letters to the gov
errors of the 48 states Presi-
dent Roosevelt called on the state
legislatures to enact soil conserva-
ton laws which would supplement
the federal measures designed to
lessen the ravages of floods and dust
storms.
Along with his letter the President
sent the governors a copy of a
model soil conservation bill pre-
pared by the Department of Agricul-
ture. This provides for the organiza-
ton of soil conservation districts to
carry on erosion control projects
with federal aid and regulations for
use of land.
According to the plan the sug-
gested state laws would have no
bearing on federal soil conservation
benefits, but enactment of state
laws would be necessary before a
state could receive any federal con-
servation funds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
News of the Strikes,
Sit-Down and Otherwise

II AVING virtually counteranced
the sit-down strike in the case
of the General Motors controversy,
the administration found itself en-
barrassed by that favorite ma
neuver of John Lewis Committee
for Industrial Organization.
Out in Monica, Calf, about 200
employees of the Douglas Air
craft corporation went on strike and
"sat down" in the big plant, COM
pletely stopping work on $24, 900, 900
worth of airplanes the company is
building for the government.
Finally the strikers were indicted
for conspiring to violate two old
California laws against forcible en-
try and trespassing, and when 300
armed deputies appeared at the
plant, they surrendered and were
taken to Los Angeles for arraign-
ment.
Another big government JOB was
halted for time by sit-down
strike of employees of the Electric
Boat company at Groton, Conn.,,
which is building submarines for
the navy. There, however, the local
and state police soon evicted the
trespassers and arrested them, and
the rest of the employees, a large
majority, resumed work.
Sit-down strikers in the plant Of
the Fansteel Metallurgical corpora
ton at North Chicago, ILL.,, who de-
fed court eviction orders, were
routed by force of deputies and
police armed with tear gas guns, and
were arrested for contempt of court.
Also taken into custody was the
strike leader, Max Adelman, who
had fed to Wisconsin. The strikers
and their friends insisted they would
prevent the reepening of the plant
by strong picket lines and the cor
poration obtained an Injunction
against such procedure. The sheriff
said he was prepared to deal with
any act of violence. This is another
c. I. o. strike, and Governor Horner
of Illinois gained no glory in his
efforts to settle it.
Among the many strikes in the
Detroit district was one of $50 en-
ployees, mostly girls, of the largest
Woolworth store in Detroit. They
planned to extend the strike to all
other units of the company there,
meanwhile keeping the big store
closed by the sit-down method.
Japan had two strikes that at
distance seemed amusing. A large
number of geisha girls struck for
collective bargaining and "sat-
down" in a temple on top of a noun
tain. Then the merchant marine Off
GERS employed by the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha, largest japanese
shipping company, struck because,
when the emperor was reviewing
the feet last October, the COM
pany did not order the raising Of
the national flag on all it's vessels.
This, said the officers, was an in
suit to the emperor and the ma
ton, and they demanded an
apology.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

meaning. Style 1867 is for sizes
34-48. Size SO requires yards
of IS inch material plus rs yards
contrasting.
New Pattern Book.
Send for the Barbara Bell
Spring and Summer Pattern
Book. Make yourself attractive,
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selecting designs from the Bar
bara Bell well-planned easy-to-
make patterns. Interesting and
exclusive fashions for little chill
dren and the difficult junior age;
slenderizing, well-cut patterns for
the mature figure; afternoon
dresses for the most particular
young women and matrons and
other patterns for special occa-
sions are all to be found in the
Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Send
Is cents Tin coins) today for your
copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
211 w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, III.
Patterns Is cents Tin coins) each.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNUS Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

pose for the camera this week.
They're under the strict tutelage
of Dame Fashion just now, learn
ing the latest lessons on how to be
well turned out this Spring with
out benefit of private mint. You
can understand, then, why the
coed above, center, sort of jumped
the gun, so to speak, and was al
ready on her way when the cam
era clicked.
A Frock That Clicks.
Speaking of things clicking,
don't think that new princess
gown she's wearing isn't doing it
in big way. Can't you see from
where you're sitting that it is
simple to sew besides being fig
ure-hatterer of the first order?
The buttons half way and a neat
little collar in contrast are all its
lively lines need to complete the
perfect balance-chic VS.. SIMPLE
ity. Take a tip from this stylish
student and figure it out for your
self in cashmere or velveteen.
The style is 1902 and it can be
had in sizes 1920 (30-38). Size
IA requires AIS yards of 80 inch
material plus rs yard contrasting
Go Print for Spring.
The charming young lady above,
left, has chosen 10 model a very
dainty and rather picturesque lit
tie frock for she believes you'll
be interested in this style as a
fitting gesture to Springtime. Es-
pecially in a modern print, fea-
turing, say, pussycats or deep-sea
flowers, would this frock be
tempting. The skirt is bias-cut
for artistic reasons, and the cir
cles of contrast aid and abet it's
gracefulness. Let yourself 60
print then, come Spring. Style
1857 is designed in sizes 1920 60
40 bust). Size IA requires As
yards of 80 inch material. Elev-
en- yards of bias binding is re-
quired for trimming as pictured.
Gay House or Street Frock.
Lest you begin to think every
day is Sunday for our starring
trio, the trim-looking young lady
above, right, wants you to concen-
trate now on her new Bingham
gown. Not an ordinary bread
and-butter cotton version, but a
beautifully cut, carefully planned
dress for general service. The
linked button front is enough to
give it first place on your Spring
sewing list if Sew-Your-Own de-
signers know their clients as well
as they think. However, there's
more to recommend it: a young
becoming collar, a simple yoke
and-sleeve-in-one construction,
and slender action-built skirt.
Put them all together they spell
CHIC-that little word with a vast
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

missionaries and Christian Indians
into the region and established Pill
gerruh.
1t was the summer of 1885. The
colony existed not quite year. The
missionaries built only temporary
structures, traces Of which had been
obliterated when historians of an
other century began search for the
village. Establishment of definite
site followed years investigation
by David Sanders Clark, research
assistant of the Western Reserve
University Historical society here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Japanese Like Home Cures

Great numbers of Japanese are
returning to the home remedies in
herited from their ancestors and
originally coming from China, &C.
cordinS to doctors of Toxic. Among
ANNA, materials are oyster d
other sea shells, blister beetles, lam
preys and toads. The mineral king
dom supplies calcite and burnt clay
Innings from old cooking stoves. Veg
etable materials include seaweed
lily-of-the-valley, rhea-grass, sal
from, plantain and arrowroot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

be raised by bond issues and the
loans to be supervised by new
department, the United States Hous-
ing authority. To supplement the
loans congress is asked to appropri-
ate $50, 900, 900 to be paid in out
right grants. The loans are to bear
interest at not less than the going
federal rate and are to be payable
over such a period, not to exceed
60 years, as the authority may de-
termine.
The four year program calls for
the construction of $4,000 family
dwelling units at an average cost Of
$4,000 a unit. Wagner and Steagall
insisted that the bill called for ode
Capitalization"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Farm Experts Approve
AAA as Co-ordinator

THREE specialists in agricultural
1 economics have been studying
the modified Agricultural Adjust
ment administration as it has OPP
Grated in relation to such important
products as wheat, cotton, hogs and
tobacco and their report, published
by the Brookings institute, says it
is desirable addition to the ma
tons economic institutions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Lost Moravian Village
Located Near Cleveland

Archaeologists h ave discovered
along the banks of the Cuyahoga
river, near Cleveland, the exact
location of the lost village of Pill
gerruh, frontier outpost of the Mo
rowan missionaries. Ten years be-
fore General Moses Cleaveland and
his surveyors arrived at the Guy
ahoga, David Zeisberger, one of the
most remarkable figures in Ameri-
can frontier history, led a band of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

and house the adj
ministration bill set
ting up a program
for the construction
of homes for "fami-
lies of low income"
Under the measure
the government may
lend to state or local
housing authorities
$1,000, 900, 600, from
July l, 1887, to July
l, 1941, the money
for this purpose to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Furnish Paint CoIors

French Carmine, a lake color,
is made by extracting coloring mat
ter from cochineal insects. Vast
quantities of these insects are Sc
cured from Mexico and South Amer
lea. The insect bodies are dried, the
color extracted by boiling them in
water and then precipitated on an
alumina clay base. Carmine lake
has been made for over 200 years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Sword as an Ornament

AS early as Civil war days the
sword had virtually become an or
nament. Only officers and cavalry
men carried them into battle. Gun
powder and bayonets ended the
utility of the sword. In the Middle
ages, the most priced swords were
made by craftsmen in Toledo,
Spain, and Damascus, Syria
Blades, which brought unheard of
prices, were subjected to severe
tests. They were bent double.
plunged through one eighth inch
of sheet steel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Mont Operating Railway
Brotherhoods Ask Raise

Z GLOWING the example set by
the five operating railway broth.
acknowledgements, firemen, con.
ductors, trainmen and switchmen-
the sixteen incorporating brother.
hoods, with membership of 8O0,.
600, have voted to demand wage in.
creases averaging 80 cents an hour.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Ex-Navy Officer Sentenced
to Prison as a Spy

John S. FARNSWORTH, former
- lieutenant commander in the
United States navy, who had plead
ed guilty to charges of conspiring
to sell naval secrets to Japan, was
sentenced by Justice Proctor in the
District of Columbia court to serve
from four to twelve years in prison.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

Germany'S desire to
get back some o f
her lost colonies, and
was told plainly that
at present British
public opinion w a S
against such restor-
alton. Moreover,
Eden said, the ques-
ton was not one for
Britain and Ger
many to settle alone
but could only b e
dealt with by t h e
League of Nations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

justices at the age
of seventy on full
pay. The four who
opposed the meas
ure to the last were
Bridges of New
Hampshire, Bulow
of South Dakota,
Johnson of Cal
ifornia and Moore of
New Jersey. During
the debate Senator
Johnson declared
&Lox &C. C,~ro-A
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
"Peace Before Colonies"
Eden Tells Ribbentrop

JOACHIM Won RIBBENTROP,
- German ambassador to London,
had a heart-to-heart talk with For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden about
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Congress Gets Billion
Dollar Housing Bill

CENATOR ROBERT F. WAGNER
- of New York and Representative
Henry B. Steagall of Alabama intro
duced simultaneously in the senate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11
Supreme Court Packing
Controversy Increases

MYTH only four votes in the
W negative, the senate passed
the Summers house bill for voluntary
retirement of Supreme court
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more easily than the old ones and
therefore the housing administratio
plans are held to be justified. Yet,
1t does seem to be a perfectly nat
ural and logical thing that new
homes become old homes as time
elapses and there are many who
believe that the government, be-
cause it has guaranteed the loans
on new homes, will have to take
over large percentage of them as
well. That is, it will have to take
over at least a normal percentage
because whether the loans are made
by private financing companies or
by the government, a considerable
number of buyers are unable to full
fill their obligations. It is not al
ways the fault of the buyers. Sick
ness, loss of jobs or thousand and
one other circumstances may de-
velop that prevents the buyer of a
home from carrying through his
cherished dream of own the roof
over his head. It is the way of life
that certain percentage will, and
of necessity must, fall by the way.
side.
never have been able to agree
that the federal government has any
~, business in the
Wrong field of financing
Principle homes or extend
ing credit to indi-
viduals. I have always criticized
the Hoover administration for Gre
ating the Reconstruction Finance
corporation and the Roosevelt ad-
ministration for expanding it's oper-
atoms. The principle is wrong be-
cause it uses money either borrowed
by the government or paid into the
Treasury by the taxpayers to f.
nance, to build up, personal funds of
individuals or corporations.
It seems quite clear to me that
the Hole, following the experiences
of the farm loan system, justifies
the conclusion that the federal gov
eminent cannot successfully engage
in that field. In the first instance,
I think it is bad business for gov
eminent to 60 beyond the protection
of life, liberty and property, with
all the implications carried in those
three words as governmental pol
10y. Further, and with much more
emphasis, I am sure that any time
government engages in that field it
opens the way for politicians to be
tempted, to be forced, to do things
in legislative way that cannot be
justified as economically sound.
Earlier in this article, I suggested
the difficulty always surrounding
the sale of property that has been
taken back from the original pur-
chasers. Officials of private mort
gage companies and other financial
institutions have grown many a
gray hair in their efforts to recover
money loaned in cases where the
borrowers have met with unfortu-
nate circumstances. The govern
ment, finding itself in the position
of the private lender insofar as re-
possession of property is concerned,
has about one-half the chance of
liquidation that the private lender
would have. And beyond that, there
is too much chance for favoritism,
scheming and even crookedness
when the government attempts to
do a job like the Hole now is fac
ing. I say that regardless of the
honest purpose that I know char
acterizes the present Hole man.
agement.
It may not have occurred to some
but the fact that the federal govern
>, ment through the
y. ,. q Hole will own all
Taxpayer of these houses
x,,L;oL LoI L.
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Ask Me Another
9 Il General Quiz
9 Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service


l. What Revolutionary leader
was known as the swamp fox?
2. What is meant by "high Ger
man.?
3. To what do "great primer"
and ''long primer" refer?
4. In what state was Abraham
Lincoln born?
S. In geography, what is meant
by a march?
6. What two great mountain
systems traverse the United
States?
Z. BY what church official is
mitre worn?
8. What mountains separate
Europe from Asia?
9. What is meant by a "nodi-
cum?
10. In what ocean is the island
Of st. Helena?
IL. What is a "capper"?
IL. What are the Vedas?
Answers
/. Francis Marion.
2. The language of Germany as
distinguished from that of the
Netherlands, etc.
3. Sizes of type.
4. Kentucky.
S. A boundary or the territory
adjacent.
6. The Appalachian in the East
and the Rocky in the West.
Z. A bishop.
8. The Ural mountains.
9. A small account.
10. The Atlantic.
II. A decoy at gambling games.
IL. Sacred writings of the Hin
dlls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-03-11

IT WAS some job, Ladies of
l The Sewing Circle, to get
these three lovelies together to