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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
LOOK CAREFULLY
AT THE SECONDS"

When buying household linens such
as towels, ETC., is it advisable 70 buy
those marked seconds. ?"
There are seconds" in all fabrics;
some are good bargains and some are
not. All good mills have an inspection
department and every piece Of material
IS carefully examined, before it is sent
cut. Sometimes there are pulled places,
or unsightly knots, which make the ma
terial little less valuable This ma
terial IS sold as seconds. If women are
wise enough TO choose well, they can
often get good piece Of material at
quite saving. But be sure to look at
every inch carefully and see just how
damaged it is. The cloth is apt TO wear
through if there are bad knots in the
yarn, or the damaged place may come
just where there is wear on the towel.
In such cases, it may be better to
escape disappointment by paying a
little more and getting unchanged
goods. Some Of the stores always label
the seconds they sell; others merely
put them on bargain tables. It be-
hooveS the buyer to be alert, and to look
the fabric over carefully.
Anna Olson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
FIT CURTAINS
TO THE ROOM.

To put the finishing touches on the
redecorating of the house, many of Us
yearn 10 replace our old curtains with
new, crispy ones from the stores OF de-
lightful colors and patterns that are TO
be found in the shops. Curtain styles
are ever-changing, but the principles to
be considered in curtain selection re-
main the same.
First of all, fit the curtain to the
room. What is the purpose Of the
room? What is its exposure? What is
its structural detail? Lustrous satin
crepes in rough plastered room with
beamed ceiling, stone fireplace and
easement windows, are out of place.
Fabrics such as crash, homespun, and
burlap fit into the spirit Of such a
room much better. Consider the wall
coverings, the rugs, and the upholstery
Figured wallpaper and figured curtains
make too busy q room. Set off the
figured curtains with a plain wall.
Select curtain fabrics with small de-
signs for small windows, and save the
large designs for larger windows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
MAKING WOOL
|COMFORTERS.

Those who have wool bats made for
comforters at strengthening time may
soon want 10 make up comforters. The
finished bats are usually about l inch
thick, Is inches wide, and as long as
the usual comforter. The number of
bats needed for comforter varies with
the size Of the bed and the desired
thickness Of the cover.
II IS usual to cover the wool with a
lightweight material, such as cheese
cloth, before putting on the outside
covering. For medium size, about i012
yards Of 36-inch cheese cloth are needed
for the inner covering and the same
amount Of a thin, soft, closely woven
fabric free from dressing or sizing, for
the outer covering. Lawn IS good
material for this purpose.
Cut the cheesecloth into four strips
of equal length. Sew two strips to-
gether lenghtwise. Press open the seam
and fasten the sheet, seam-side up, into
a quilting frame, or lay 1t out flat on
any convenient surface Of adequate
size Arrange the wool bats on the
cheesecloth, leaving l or IL inches Of
cheesecloth on all sides for finishing
IF two or more layers OF bats are
used, il is best 10 split one bait length
wise and start the second layer with a
half. This distributes the poiningS and
makes the comforter more uniform in
thickness. A second sheet made from
the two remaining lengths of cheese
cloth IS spread over the wool. Then
quilt or tack all the layers with short
baSting stitches both lengthwise and
croSSwise. Space the rows about
inches apart to hold the wool in small
pockets and keep it from punching.
Remove from the frame, trim off extra
material on the edges leaving about
one-haE inch on all sides for seams
Turn in these edges and sew together.
The filling IS now ready for the outer
layer covering.
Some prefer TO make the outer cover
ing simply a slip, scanned on three
sides and closed on the fourth by hand
after the quilted wool pad has been put
in Others quilt the outer covering 10
the pad or knot it at intervals with
yarn.
M Lois Reid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
"NOONANISMS"
From the Baudette Region)

A writer says that many children Of
the next generation viii be bow-legged
from learning TO walk in trailers.
II you must swear, don't do it in front
of children. Familiarity breeds attempt.
When they say two can live as
cheaply as one they probably mean that
father and mother together spend as
much as it takes to keep a son or
daughter going.
Don't let your car get excited. It is
poor fun 10 spend five or six calendars
getting prison tan.
A local citizen caught a big pike
Sunday, which IS not unusual, but here
is where II begins to sound fishy. He
said pickerel had the pike by the tail
and he hauled in both fish. If you ask
us, he hit the bottle once too often.
A local young man spent whole
evening watching his best girl knit a
sock. It must be love.
Some Of the state employees should
be aimed at the exit. They are about
as busy as a dressmaker in a nudist
colony.
If you take up too much room in q
chair try doing three miles on the hoof
daily.
A legislator has bill making nagging
by wives grounds for divorce. Why not
leave out the gender and make it just
nagging? There are plenty OF tongue
laShers among husbands too.
The new U. S. ambassador TO Norway
IS woman, and three minutes after
she took the oath of Office she let out
a secret that she should have kept TO
herself You might tell that TO your
wife the next time she asks you if you
think you viii ever amount TO any
thing.
They pick their candidates right from
the nursery these days. Kenneth Hay
craft, who is running for Mayor OF
Minneapolis, is less than 30 years from
the diaper stage.
You'll see some fine gardens soon if
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
SIZING FOR TICKING

The long sunny days Of spring invite
all sorts of cleaning and restoration
jobs. And one question that IS sure TO
arise sooner or later is how to restore
the original finish to pillow ticking, how
10 prevent the feathers working
through.
After the ticking has been washed
separately, apply stiff starch mixture
70 the inside with a cloth or sponge.
This closes the pores Of the material
and prevents the loss of feathers.
Ewes Whitfield.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
16oI1t Sll,eel71el.fdI
Helps for in Minnesota homes. prepared by the
Home Demonstration Staff. Extension Division,
University Farm. St Paul, Mimi.

have special slots or loops that viii keep
the edges separated. II IS poor prac-
tice TO toss tools into bins or drawers.
Why not organize tools arranging
them as to size and kind? The busy
worker should not need to waste time
hunting for misplaced tools and equip
ment. An orderly work shop makes re-
pair work a pleasure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
THE FULL LIFE HAS
A RECREATION BUDGET.

We hear a great deal about demo-
crazy these days. especially political and
economic democracy. But these are not
enough for those who hold TO the
American dream-naking the best Of
life available TO all. Just to have
enough TO eat and wear and place TO
live viii not provide a full life Music
drama, art, crafts, sports, and contact
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
DOING AWAY WITH
LIPSTICK STAIN.

One stain that causes much trouble
in this modern world is npstick Some
ipstick comes out easily in the wash,
but many Of these red preparations are
set permanently if they come in con-
tact with soap. This is because many
Of them are mixture of iron oxide
and some fat or oil. The iron oxide
gives the red color and becomes in
delible on contact with any alkan, such
as soap and ammonia So for safety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
PUTTING THE REPAIR
SHOP IN ORDER.

As the work season opens, il is es-
sential to have the work shop become
a storage room. Why not weed out oil
cans and boxes ,discarding useless items
and sorting the nails, screws, nuts, bolts
and tools? Make a list of needed ma
terial. Add more boxes, bins and
shelves, if additional containers are
necessary.
Clear off the work bench 50 that
repairs can be made without hindrance.
Edged tools, including files, should
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

with nature, make up the play and
recreation programs Of many conlmuni-
ties. Play and recreation are no longer
luxuries which only the rich can have,
but necessities which all must have.
They contribute to the spiritual and
emotional needs of mankind Many
communities are convinced that as re-
irrational facilities increase, delin-
Quency decreases.
Belle Osborn Fish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

the seeds follow the directions in the
seed catalogues.
Mrs. Roosevelt says that people who
stay too long in Washington get the
idea that they are the whole United
States and the Minneapolis Journal
adds that perhaps she should take her
husband along on more of her trips.
The swimming season isn't open, but
girls might get a little practice by
splashing round in the dishpan while
mother takes a rest.
The big snowfall during the winter
should be big help to your wife's
garden.
Now that the tourist season is near,
remember that visitors come back to
the friendly towns. A genial smile is
better than dozen frowns any time.
If your cash register has a fit Of the
blues, campaign Of advertising viii
cure it.
IF members Of the legislature, at the
special session, continue TO kick i'm
portant legislation around like soap in
a bathtub, they will find the voters
wearing "we-areu't-with-you" looks.
A financial shark says that everyone
should save one-fifth Of his income
That would be fine if We didn't have
TO spend five-fifths OF it 70 live.
Minnesota will charge $3.50 for the
Notre Dame game. Boy, an asperin,
please.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
First Educational Endowment

First Educational Endowment
The bequeathing of $50 acres of
land, an adjacent salt marsh. and
eight COWS comprised the first edu-
catlonal endowment in America.
This was left by Benjamin Symmes
to found a free school in Elizabeth
County, Va Mr.. Symmes died in
1884.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Efficient Warden
Can Take o. Joke.

Breckenridge Warden Lewis
of Otter Tail City is one warden who is
always on the job and proved TO Carl
Thulen and Ed johnson of Breckenridge
that he can also take joke when it is
on him Through large binoculars
Lewis had been watching the men fish.
He finally went out TO where Thulen
and johnson were and asked TO see
their fishing licenses Turning his at
tention 10 Thulen, Lewis noticed that
there was a drop line beside where
Thulen was seated. As Sternly as pos
sible, the warden said ''Thulen, pull up
that line and come TO shore. Your Ii
cense allows you 10 fish with only one
line and you are using two. You are
under arrest" As Thulen started 70
pull his line from the water, Warden
Lewis noticed it pulled heavily and
thought he would have another viola
ton when the fish would be taken
from the water. As the end Of the line
reached the surface, Lewis eyes opened
wide and Sickly smile spread across
his face, for instead of fish a large
bottle Of beer that had been cooling
hung from the end Of the line well,
boy, that's good one one me-" saiG
Lewis as he rowed back 70 shore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

You'll see some fine gardens soon if
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Security Checks
Are Slow To
Arrive
Applicants Fret; Out
law Says They Should
Be Here by the First

With a new month almost at
hand. Social Security checks for
the month Of July have not yet
arrived here, much to the despair
of A. H. OUTLAW, county welfare
agent.
1t has been some days since
Mr.. Outlaw forwarded Pasquo-
tank County's Social Security ap-
plications to the State Welfare
Board in Raleigh, but to date no
checks have arrived.
Upwards Of 100 checks are due
applicants of this county for old
age assistance, aid to dependent
children, and assistance for the
needy blind.
Applicants besiege Mr.. Outlaws
office daily, asking when they are
going to receive their checks. ES-
pecially anxious obout the checks
are those applicants whose names
were taken off the county bene-
fit list July 1st and who have seen
the month of July slip by with
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Work For
A 5-POint
Program
Asks
for Action Before
Adjournment

Washington. Ju'y 28.-(U.R-In
the face CT q growing surge to-
ward early adjournment. Pr,.i-
dent Roosevelt and congressional
leaders tonight agreed to fight for
enactment of a fivc-pOint leGi&-
lative program before the legisla-
tors so home.
The legislation to be sought in
wolves:
l. A maximum hour and mini
mum wage bill.
2. Judiciary reorganization.
3. A low cost housing measure.
4. Legislation to plug loopholes
in revenue laws.
5. A sugar bill.
A date for sine die adjourn
ment was discussed but no agree
ment was reached. Leaders eSti-
mated that enactment Of the five
point program would require at
least two weeks.
Those who met with the chief
executive were senate majority
leader Alben w. Barkley, D., KY,
Speaker William William B. Bank
head. D.. Ala, Of the house, and
house majority leader Sam Ray
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Henderson Woman
Stays Her TWO Sons

Henderson, N. c., July 28.-(U.R)
Mrs. Leah Davis overly, 30
year-old rural church worker who
killed her two young sons with a
shotgun because she wanted them
to go to heaven, was near death
tonight after swallowing poison.
A note written by the young
mother, apparently a few minutes
after she had shot her seven-year-
old son, John, and his siX-months-
old brother, Jamie, said she kill
ed them so they would go to heav-
en- and 1T was the only way I
could get them there"
Hospital attendants said there
was slight chance for the woman
to recover.
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Settlement Agreed Upon
Tn Buffalo Food Strike

threatens the city however, as lit
tie progress was reported in ne
gotiations to settle the strike OF
the packing company employees,
members of a CLIO. union. Meat
prices continued to soar as butch
er shops reported their supplies
running low.
Settlement of the food handlers
strike called by the joint council
of teamsters, an affiliate of the
American Federation of Labor,
came at time when most Of the
chain and independent retail
stores in the city were depending
upon bootleg" supplies in order
to keep their doors open to GUS
toners.
Storekeeepers sent trucks out in
to the country to pick up all
available butter, eggs and other
farm products at whatever price
the farmer had. The price in
creases were passed along to the
customer. Butter sold in some in
stances at 10 cents a pound more
than when the strike was called
Eggs were up as much as II cents
a dozen.
The daily independent., 1937-07-29

f1rst-as a federal responsibility
even talting precedence over
possible invocation Of the neu-
trality act.
Hull acknowledged that the
question of evacuation is being
considered but he emphasized
that such action was not especial
ly imminent and will remain in
a state of allegiance so long as the
situation is not too ominous.
If evacuation became necessary
that is, when the safety of
foreigners can no longer be guar
anteed by embassy and legation
guJrds-this country's nationals
will be rushed to the seacoat by
train, under guarantees of the
protocol of 1901, drawn after the
Boxer rebellion. This specifies
that in event of war the railway
from Peiping to Tientsin will re-
main open for the safe removal
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Mayors Talents Get
A Much BeLated
Recognition

Returning from the American
Legion convention at Durham OIL
Tuesday night, Mayor Jerome B.
Flora brought with him a belated
token of recognition of one phase
of his wartime service. Presented
to him at an inter-convention
meeting of the organization with
which he served, VISA a brick, en-
crusted in gold leaf and inscribed
as follows: ~. B. Flora, BIT Am
bulance Company, Durham, N. c.,
July 1927, 1887"
The brick was presented by Wis
former commanding officer in a
speech in which he said that the
Elizabeth City mayors wartime
qualifications for achievement
along lines suggested by the token
were uneXcelled.
The term gold brick" in army
parlance, means one with unusual
ability to evade such chores as
potato peeling and other kitchen
police details.
The daily independent., 1937-07-29

Buffalo, N. Y, July 28.-NU'H'-
One thousand produce truck driv-
ers and warehousemen tonight
voted to end their strike which
has tied up movement OF food IN
this city for five days.
They voted to return to work
tomorrow morning under an
agreement providing for a modi-
fled closed shop, higher wages and
shorter hours.
The settlement was worked out
at a meeting of representatives OF
wholesale merchants and union
leaders with Mediator John P.
Boland, and was ratified at a
mass meeting of the strikers.
A strike of 1900 packing house
employees remains to be settled.
The strike had tied up the clty's
major source of butter, eggs, can
ned goods and other staple food
stuffs supplies since last Wednes-
day morning. The shortage result
ed in price increases and some
stores rationed their diminishing
supplies to customers.
An acute meat shortage still
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Fighting Breaks Out
Between Factions
at Teintsin
Legations Prepare
Resistance by Chinese May
Collapse Unless Central
Government Aids

Peiping, Thursday, July %.
(U.R) China's northern lcgiOns,
their morale broken by heavy
losses and revolt of two di-
visions, were in headlong re-
treat here today and Pciping
was virtually undefended.
However, Chinese attacked
the Japanese concession at
Tientsin, 80 miles southeast.
Retreat Through City
Remnants of the shattered 3Sth
division of the 29th Chinese route
army streamed through Youngtin
(south) gate of walled Peiping
after Japanese bombers and ar
tillery destroyed the great Nam
yuan barracks.
The 37th and 132nd divisions
evacuated their posts along the
long walls about the city and
withdrew toward the northwest
corner, leaving easy entry to Jap
anese trops closing in on Peiping
from all sides.
One Italian and one Annamite
soldier were killed by stray bull
lets in the fighting at Tientsin.
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Anendnent'TO
Judiciary Bill
Renews Fight
Would Require TwO-thirds
Majority In Cases of
COnstitutiOnality

WASHINGTON. July 28.-(U.R)-
Sen. Sherman Minton, D., Ind.
today renewed a proposal to curb
the power of the supreme court
lust as Sen. Fat McCarran, D.,
New. formally reported a sub
stitute judiciary bill stripped OF
all provisions affecting the high
tribunal.
Minton, an administration SEN
ator. said he would offer an
amendment to require the su-
preme court to have tWo-thlros
majority before declaring an act
of congress unconstitutional. His
proposal Immediately drew op-
position of Sen. Burton K. Wheel
er D.. Mont. leader of the group
which defeated President Roose-
velt's supreme court bill and die
tated terms Of the substitute.
Wheeler said he considered the
Minton amendment a violation OF
the agreement between himself,
vice president John N. Garner and
senate majority leader Alben w.
Barkley when the historic five
months war over the Roosevelt
program was ended.
Il do not believe" said wheeler,
othat such an amendment would
be within the terms of the under
(Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Administration
Wins Skir1nish
On Labor Bill
Sen. Vandenberg Agrees
to Drop Fight for His
Amendments

Washington, July 28.-(uI)-
The administration today repulS-
ed the first attempt to make un-
ions more responsible under the
Wagner act when Sen. Arthur H.
Vandenberg, r., Mich, unexpect-
edly agreed not to press for act
ion on amendments to the law
which he had offered as a rider"
to the Wages sand Hours bill.
Vandenberg capitulated to a
plea by Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D.,
N. Y, author of the labor act, that
action be deferred until the
amendments could be studied in
hearings, after the New Yorker
warned he would fight them with
my life's BLOOD" and after he had
read a letter from president Will
liam Green of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor vigorously assail-
ing the proposed changes
The development came fewer
than "a hours after President
Roosevelt had made it plain that
he desired no changes in the
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
w oman Fails
In Attempt
AtSuicide
Wife of Colored PLY.
sician, Recently Miss.
ing, Slashes Throat

Beulah B. James Cardwell was
resting comfortably last night fol-
lowing an unsuccessful attempt at
suicide by slashing her throat
with a razor blade at the home OF
Walter Smith, South Road street
yesterday morning.
Missing since early Monday
morning when she disappeared
from the home of her father
Noah James, 101 Tatem Lane
leaving a note in which she stat
ed an intent to drown herself, the
wife of DR.. G. w. Cardwell, prom
inent local Negro physician, ap-
peared at the Smith home Tues
day afternoon.
While sheriff's deputies John
Anderson and H. F.. Whitehurst
waited to take the woman in
charge, she stepped into the Smith
bathroom and made the slashing
attempt behind locked doors.
Carried to the Albemarle hos
pital Immediately after the depu-
ties realized something had gone
wrong when they heard a cry OF
"Oh, Lord!" from the bathroom
Mrs. Cardwells wound was dress
ed by hospital attaches and she
was removed to the home of hel
husband on Sheppard street.
The blade made an ugly cash
on the left side of the woman's
throat, barely missing the jugulal
vein.
Entry was made into the bajil-
room by means of an axe welded
by a member of the Smith house
Continued on Page Three>
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Heavy Losses And Revolt
In Ranks Wrecks Morale
Washington Takes Steps To
Safeguard Americans

of foreign residents from Peiping.
Tientsin is only 20 miles from the
port of Taku where the Americans
could be embarked for zones of
safety.
1t was pointed out that the
necessity of maintaining an open
route from Peiping to the sea was
illustrated by the Boxer rebellion
when foreign residents. in Peip-
ing were trapped in the British
embassy and for two months
fought off bloodthirsty fanatics
who were determined to eXter-
inmate all aliens.
Hull TO-DAY continued moving
with extreme caution in line with
his recent appeal to Japan and
China to settle their differences
amicably for the well-being of the
world as a whole. In the back
ground was the possibility-and
not considered too remote-that
President Roosevelt might have to
invoke the neutrality act against
both nations which are among the
United States best foreign trade
customers.
It was recalled that he applied
it to Italy and Ethiopia in 1885
The daily independent., 1937-07-29
Virginia Dare
Stamp Out
S oon
Goes On Sale First at
Manteo August l8;
Is Described

Information and instruction re-
garding the Virginia Dare Com
memorative Stamp, a special
stamp issued in the five-cent de-
nomination to commemorate the
three hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of the birth of Virginia
Dare, have been received at the
local post office.
The stamp will first be offered
for sale at the Manteo post office
on August 18, Virginia Dare's
350th birthday anniversary. The
stamp will be available at other
post offices as soon thereafter as
stocks can be printed and distri-
buted.
The stamp is l inch square,
and is printed in light blue. 1t is
being printed by the flat-plate
process, and issued in sheets con-
tanning 48 stamps.
The central design is enclOSed
in a large upright oval, and de-
picts Virginia Dare in the arms
of her mother, who is seated in
the dooryard of their cabin home,
which is partly visible in the back
ground. The father stands close
by holding a musket. Arranged
vertically at the left of the CEN
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