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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Opposition Surprises Nippon

oppOSlTlOn SuTpTiSSS i<iPPOu
JAPANESE naval guns and bomb
~ ers carried the war 600 miles
south of Shanghai when they at
tackled the port of Annoy, which
houses huge Chinese fort and ar
senal, opposite the island of For
mosa. Their bombs carried little
effect and the shore artillery chased
the warships, completely disabling
one. The battle was but thirty miles
from Hong Kong, recently ravished
by typhoon.
Elsewhere along the far-fung
front the japanese were meeting
with opposition the caliber of which
they had not expected. Along the
Woosung front, 100000 Chinese, in
GLIDING crack German-trained divi-
sions, were successful in holding
back $4,000 japanese; it was said
to be the severest opposition the
Japs have met since they fought
Russia in 1904.
Japanese aerial bombardments
continued in the Chapel, Kiangwan,
Taichong and Yanchong districts of
Shanghai. The continued peril of
the International settlement and the
French concession spurred the
American, British and French con-
suls to demand of both the japanese
and Chinese that their forces be
withdrawn from that vicinity.
Scores of noncombatants were daily
being killed and wounded there by
falling bombs and shells.
But Japan's long-awaited "big
push" had not yet materialized. 1t
was believed large reinforcements
were being awaited. The Chinese
man power was beginning to tell
against the inferior numbers of the
Japanese.
Only in the northern province of
Chahar did the Japanese make real
progress. There they captured the
capital city of Kalgan. A commits
sion of 100 prominent" Mongols
and Chinese (many of them known
to be associated with the japanese
army was setting up a new "pop-
ular" autonomous government un-
der japanese control. The Chinese
soldiers driven out of Chahar were
reported concentrating in Shansi
province, to the south.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Black Death in Shanghai

A S IF there were not horror
a enough in Shanghai, the ill-fat-
ed city found itself face to face
with a new peril-bubonic plague.
The outbreak of the disease, first
discovered in the French conces-
sion, where most of the American
population lives, was traced in large
part to the sanitary difficulties in
removing the bodies of Hongkew CT
villains killed by bombings, artillery
Smelling and machine-gun fire.
Sanitary officers in the concession
and the international settlement
fought franctically to check the
spread of the dread cholera. They
were hampered by Japanese mill
tary forces which insisted upon
keeping closed areas where there
still remained bodies to be buried.
Admiral Harry Yarnell, COM
mander of the United States Ash
attic fleet, cancelled all shore leaves
for sailors and ordered Chinese
hands off American ships. With the
port of Shanghai closed to Ameri-
can shipping other than warships,
because of the ever-increasing dam
ger of bombs and artillery fire, 500
Americans who had intended to
leave on the next liners out of port
were stranded, making a total of
1000 American inhabitants who re-
manned exposed to the double dan
gers of warfare and cholera.
Evacuation of Americans from
Shanghai was difficult with the ban
on shipping. Warships appeared the
logical means of rescue, but there
were few in the Shanghai area cap
able of taking aboard large loads
of passengers. Accordingly, cruis-
er squadron of six ships was being
prepared to leave the United States,
steam to Shanghai and remove
those stranded there.
The Japanese embassy warned
foreign nations that they had better
advise the japanese navy of move
ments of ships into the vast block
AIDED area, lest these be mistaken
for Chinese supply ships. The en-
bassy intimated that cargoes of am
munition and military supplies
might be denied admittance and ad-
vised foreign ships that it might be
a good idea to permit japanese au-
thorities to inspect their cargoes
before entering the blockade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16

seed called catclaw. also used as
food.
Also identified was oak gall, prob
ably used for dye and, according to
a suggestion made to custodian
Earl Jackson, used by some Indians
as an astringent. The dried oak gall
was ground and mixed with water,
making a drug which acted like
alum.
Cotton used for weaving, chacte
used for dyes and medicines, and
blackberry, the use of which is un-
known, were also found.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Palestine Plan Approved

REAT BRITA1N'S plan for the
~ establishment of separate Jew
ish and Arab states in Palestine
received the favorable report of the
League of Nations permanent man.
dates commission. The scheme,
evolved to solve the differences for
ever arising between the Arabs and
Jews, would give them each a state
of their own and leave a third divi-
sion of Palestine, the part contain
ing Jerusalem, Bethlehem and 9TH
er important shrines, under British
mandate.
The 235-page report said it was
conceivable the new states result
ing from partition might remain I'M
der mandate until they gave proof
of ability to govern themselves"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Mediterranean Menace

p EGARDED as a renewal of at.
N tacks on shipping in the Medi-
terranean due to the Spanish civil
war was the submarine attack upon
the Russian freighter Timiryazev off
Algiers. When the ship sank after
being struck by a torpedo the cap
tain and the crew of % were picked
up by fishing boat and brought to
Algiers.
None of the crew could identity
the attacker, although all reported
they had seen a submarines peri
scope just before the blast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Those Who Are Good
Must of Needs Match

I doubt whether anything in the
world can beautify a soul more
spontaneously, more naturally,
than the knowledge that some
where in its neighborhood there
exists a pure and noble being
whom it can unreservedly love.
When the soul has vertically
drawn near to such a being,
beauty is no longer lovely, life
less thing, that one exhibits to a
stranger, for it takes unto itself
an imperious existence, and its
activity becomes so natural as to
be henceforth irresistible. Where
fore you will do well to think it
over, for none are alone.-Maeter-
linck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Petrified Forest Found

Explorers have found a petrifed
forest in northern Rhodesia about
seventy-ive miles north of Fort
Jameson and not far from the bor-
ders of Nyasaland. Thousands of
miniature logs of solid stone still
bear the marks of the grain, the an
nual rings and even of the long,
vanished bark of trees. Known to
the natives as the Viziwa forest,
they have gathered a variety of
fragments of the f1inty stone for CEN
turtles to make various implements.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Japs Eye Sino-Russ Pact

N TOKYO 1t was widely believed
that the non-aggression pact
signed by the Russian and Chinese
governments was accompanied by a
secret military agreement which
would ally the two enemies of ia
pan to the extent that Soviet NUM-
tons, military advisers and avia-
tors would be dispatched to China.
The charges were that by the
terms of the secret agreement Chi
ma fully recognizes Soviet activities
in Outer Mongolia and the province
of Sinkiang in return for joint de-
tense understanding against Japa-
nese advance in China.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16

eff we go nearby" Stern said.
"I'm late as it is"
They entered the nearest res
taurant and sat down. Stern COM
planned that he didn't know what
was the matter with him, he didn't
seem to be hungry.
"Beg pardon, SIR" the waiter
said, "but it's no wonder, sir. You
just finished your lunch about ten
minutes ago."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Form of Beauty

REAUTY depends more upon
- the movement of the face,
than upon the form of the fea-
lures when at rest. Thus a
countenance habitually under
the influence of amiable feel
ings, acquires a beauty of the
highest order, from the fire.
quency with which such feel
ings are the originating causes
of the movement or express
sions which stamp their char
acter upon it.-Mrs. S. c. Hall.
The more we do, the more
we can do; the more busy we
are, the more leisure we have.
A busy man always has time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Postage Stamp War
IL OMDIIR AC and Minc


IL on the verge of running up the
curtain on their own little show in
honor of Mars, the god of war-all
over a postage stamp. Nicaragua
issued stamp bearing map which
showed an area along the Hondu
ras boundary as territory in dis
pute." Hondurans claimed it was
an affront to their sovereignty,
citing the Spanish award which both
sides accepted in 1906 and which
was supposed to have settled the
territory question. Hondurans were
further incensed when Nicaraguan
radio speakers limited the Honduran
army couldn't lick postage stamp,
and proposed sending troops into
that country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Clouds Pass By

The clouds I feared and wor-
ried about, and concerning which
I wanted so much precious
strength, lost their frown and re-
vealed themselves as my friends.
Other clouds never arrived-they
were purely imaginary, or they
melted away before they reached
my Threshold. H. Jowett.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Ancient Cliff Men Had
Variety of Vegetables

Evidence that the ancient cliff
jewellers had plenty of vegetables on
the dinner table has been uncov-
cred at Montezuma Castle National
monument, in Arizona.
Specimens of plants recovered in
excavations at the prehistoric ruins
were identified by Fred Gibson, of
the Boyce-Thompson Southwestern
Arboretum as squash, corn, bean,
wild onion, and a kind of acacia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Editions of Bible Copyrighted

The Bible itself is common prop
erty. But various special or re-
vised editions of it are copyrighted.
A Bible publisher, for instance, may
copyright his system of indexing or
his illustrations. The American
Standard Revised Version is copy
right, 1901" Subsequent revisions
have been similarly protected by
their publishers or editors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Chinese Won't Cooperate!

TAPAN'S aim in the undeclared
- war is to make China submit
once and for all to her will, the
Japanese government virtually adj
mitted through its foreign minister,
Koki Hirota. The seriousness of
Japan's intentions were obviated
when Emperor Hirohito, departing
from precedent, referred to the con-
fiict in detail in a public statement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16

opposed any Ameri-
can representation
at the Nazi party
congress in Nurem-
berg. Secretary of
State Cordell Hull
refused to comment
upon Dodd's atti-
tude, but announced
that the United
States would be rep
resented at the con-
ference which will
celebrate H i t | e RS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16

piled backwatering
on campaign prom
Uses and limited at
the possibility of a
third party in the
elections of 1910. In
a radio speech he
declared:
at i'll behooves
one who has supped
at labor's table and
who has been shell
tered in labor's
hoIIco IN cI,rca with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Helper of Humanity

He who helps a child helps hui
manity with distinctness, with
an immediateness, which no other
help given to human creatures in
any other stage of their human
life can possibly give again.-Phil-
lips Brooks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16

utmost luxury even
after becoming de-
ceased.
How futile and
how vain are NEST
tombstone inscHp-
tons. They give the
dates of birth and
death - events in
neither of which the
departed had any
say-so - unless he
committed suicide.
And just as the av-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
Dodd and Hull DISAGREE

BY THE time this is printed Will
II liam E. Dodd may no longer be
United States ambassador to Ger
many. In an interview he vigorously
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
PLAQUE Upon a PLAQUE

John L. LEWIS, fire-eating chair
- man of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization, let fly re-
Duke at President Roosevelt for i'm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16
uJtt .
SCH
Nnvb1 about
Tombstone Inscriptions.

DHOENIX, ARIA gentle
L man took me sightseeing
through a cemetery that abound
ed in proud mausoleums and
stately shafts.
I figured he wanted to show me
that rich folks continue to enjoy the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-16

Birth is First Birthday
Jugoslavians hold that their birth
is their first birthday.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
END THE UTILITY WAR

In recent article concerning the
pI opposed Tennessee Valley power
pool, Raymond Moley, editor, of To-
day. wrote: Extremists on the one
hand are those business men who
believe that business, without any
interference by government, will di-
rect its affairs in the public interest.
Extremists on the other hand are
those who believe that business
must be battered into such a state
of helplessness that government will
become business and business gov
ernment.
1T is wise statesman who Knows
the point. between these two eX-
tremes. at which business tan he
compelled to recognize its RESPONSE
bilities and. at the same time, be
permitted to retain the wholesome
resources. material and spiritual.
that will enable it to serve the pub
lie properly. II is to be hoped that
the President. in cooperation with
his committee, will bring the costly
war with the utilities to an end"
in sound government. progressive
industry, and the restoration of
prosperity. can wish the war to con-
tinue. II has prevented the utilities
from spending hundreds of millions |
of dollars for plant expansion and
betterment. and has thus deprived .
men of jobs. and thousand indus
tries of business. II has frightened
capital thYf might have gone into
and prevented the refund
ing of many existing securities at
lower iD'ere Il rates-thus standing
in the way of electric rate reduc-
tions. Worst of all. perhaps, II has
established a precedent of political
persecution of industry that has
worried and appalled, all business.
II is encouraging to report that.
according to their statements, both Z
he representatives of the govern
nent i'm the mower Dool plan and the
Utility leaders involved. are working
n a spirit of sincere cooperation.
they seem to he making every effort
q he fair. and to achieve an eQuit-
hle reconciliation of differences. IF
his attitude continues to he held, ..
nd the ruinons and futile utility ;
var" is actually ended. another es-
ential sten to sound General recov-
nv and stability will have been TAX
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
Railroad Workers In
EnUiabLe Position

The lions share Of railroad gross
income goes to labor. according Ia
summary issued by the Bureau OF
Railway Economics Of the Associa-
ton of American Railroads.
The summary shows that during
typical year locomotive fuel alb
sorbed 50 per cent of revenues.
Other supplies and materials. along
with miscellaneous expenses, took
1872 per cent. Insurance, pensions,
depreciation and loss and damage
accounted for per cent
BY contrast. the railroads labor
bill came to IS per cent of gross
revenues.
The balance. l4.5 per cent. was
available for interest, rentals. etc.
Several deductions can he made
from these statistics. First. 1t is oh
vious that the American railroads.
in spite of their tremendous gross
income, have little left over in the
way of net income after meeting
their costs. Even though both
freight and passenger traffic are on
the rise, the average line has long
way to go before it will earn a pro-
fit comparable to that earned by
most other industries.
Second. the railroads are vitality
important to other Industries as
purchasers, such purchases totaling
more than three-quarters of bill
lion dollars in the year surveyed.
Third, railroad labor is in a high
ly enviable position. Not only do
workers receive an extremely high
percentage of total revenues. but in
dividual wages are among the high
est in our industrial structure. and
working conditions are good. This
would certainly seem to indicate
that legislation which would arti-
ficially increase railway labor costs
nv reducing the working dav below
the present S-hour standard that
applies to other industry. would do
one of two things: namely. absorb
all the net earnings of railroads
from which investors are paid, If
the roads are to remain solvent: or
force an increase in transportation
costs that would he ruinons to the
roads and therefore to railroad Ia
Ior. This is not merely railroad
labor and railroad nnestion. it is an
economic issue of the gravest i'm
r1rtance to everv family and indus
t-v. IT should Re worked ont on
that basis with iustice to all being
the guiding principle.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
CARD or THANKS

We would like to personally and
individually thank every one in Mil
ford who so kindly expressed their
sympathy and assisted so helpfully
in the recent bereavement in the
passing on of our beloved brother,
Richard l.. Herbert. We therefore
can only take this method TO express
to his many loyal friends in Milford
and vicinity. our most sincere thanks
and our warm appreciation of your
many kindly words of commenda-
tion and the helpful assistance to
our brother when living and the
sympathetic and consoling assur-
ance of your friendship expressed so
sincerely and devotedly. This MEM
ory will linger long IN our hearts.
EDITH HERBERT LONG
FRAMES W. HERBERT
FRED W. HERBERT 1t
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
REAL INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS

The Union Pacific Railroad has an
nounced that IL will spend $4,000, ,00O
| for new engines, new passenger cars,
an additional feet of automobile
freight cars, and the air-conditioning,
re-eQuipment and modernization OF
other passengers. This supplements
an extensive improvement program
which has been carried In during
1886.
Contract has already been award
ed for 20 high speed freight and pas
senger engines. to- cost $4,000, 900.
Bids are now being taken for 40 new
passenger coaches and five new
coffee shop" type dining cars. Three
hundred automobile cars of record
capacity will be built at the systems
shops in Omaha. The air condition
ing and modernization phase of the
project has started, and. several hun
dred additional workers employed.
Here is real industrial progress
the kind of progress that provides
employment. stimulates a multitude
of other industries through pur-
chases. creates real productive
wealth and taxable income and, final
ly. improves the standards of a vital
public service. 1t is emblematic of
the kind of progress being made by
other railroads as we'll.
And this money is being spent in !
the face of the fact that the railroad |
industry has long way to go be- |
fore il can operate on a generally !
profitable basis. II is true that both
passenger and freight traffic are in
is also true that the
ines as a whole are doing little bet
er than breaking even. largely be-
,ause of our inequitable transport
,olicy that favors other carriers at
heir expense. Think of the millions
hat would be spent If we created a
'olicy that gave the railroads a fair
break and placed them
N an even regulatory basis with
heir competitors!
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
TERCENTENARY
AIDS ARE NAMED
IConfinncd from First Pagc1

DIR. +. NJ. Johns. Miss Anna r. Lincoln.
Edward Il. Mack. former Governor G.
Douglass Buck. Governor Richard G.
McMullen. the Mayor of Wilmington. J.
Rogers Rolcomb. Chancellor Josiah O.
Wolcott. J. w. Woodford. Col. Thomas
c. Frame. Judge w. w Harrington.
Henry Ridgcly. Col. ii. l.. Cannon. Mrs.
Sarah Tammany. Harold w. T. Purnell.
Dr. G. Layton Grier. G. Marshall Town
send. DIR. J. L. w Wallen. former
Judge Hugh NJ. Morris. Dr. Harold L.
Springer. John Price Hyatt. J. Piilins
Wright. Judge Charles NJ. Curtis and
the Mayor of New Castle
BY Senator Simonton-Ui. :. Senator
John q. Townsend. Jr.. Mrs. 4. ID. War
ner. Jr., the Rev. Martin \. Larson.
Irenee DUPONT. Comma nder William r.
Eliiason. Speaker Fader. DIR. =. NJ.
Stouffer. Mrs. Henry Il. Thompson.
Robert II. Richards. Lammot dupont.
by Mr. Fader-Lieutenant- Governor
Edward w. Cooch. Senator Simonton.
U. $. Senator James II. Hughes. the
Rev. Elliott Fields. Frank Collins.
Chauncey l.. Holcomb. the Rev. Park
w. Huntington. Henry Clay Reed. Geo.
ID. Hill, the Rev. Robert Hall
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
BRIDGEVILLE

c. v. Lewis entertained at stag din.
Der ON Tuesday evening. The guests
we're c. T.. Anderson, Ira Lewis. Guer-
ney Baker, Harrison Phillips. George r.
Norman Scott. Stanley Ledenham. El-
mcr Hoch and NJ. X. Hoke.
Mrs. George T. Macklin spent the
weekend In Philadelphia with her
daughter. Georgianna.
Miss Charlotte Truitt OF Temple Uni
vcrsity. spent the weekend with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Truitt
Miss Georgianna Macklin. of Temple
University. will spend the weekend
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George
T. Macklin.
the following at a bridge dinner on
Wednesday evening: Mr.. and Mrs. Mace
Allen, MFR. and Mrs. Walton Smith. Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Macklin and Mr..
and Mrs. Guerney Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Scott and family
spent Sunday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Bailey Thomas of Wyoming.
gave a talk before the Tuesday Night
Club ON Conservation. March .. Miss
Eluizabeth Kinder was chairman OF the
evening.
The W. C. t. U. will hold a bake on
Saturday.
The faculty and members of the
school board will hold a covered dish
supper at the school on Monday eve
ming at D. m.
Mrs. Lester Newton entertained at
a bridge party on Friday night.
Mrs. Guerney Baker will entertain
the Monday Afternoon Bridge Club on
Monday next.
Mrs. Harrington Messick has return
ed from Florida.
Mrs. Henry Holliger who has been In
Florida during the winter is home.
Miss Mary Messick of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Harrington Messick.
Edwin Layton is back at work after
having been i'll a few days.
Henry Greenwood who was Ill I'm a 4
New Haven Hospital is better and is |
low home.
John Eankford met with a painful ac-
'ident recently when he was caught in
saw. He sustained a broken arm and
uts and bruises of head and face.
A bake will be held by faculty and
'upils on March 20 for joint benefit of
he Athletic Association and providing
ome new equipment for the sick room
nd reception room at the school, Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
MILFORD. II. AND l..
OPENS NEW SERIES

The Milford Building a. Loan AS
s0ciatiOn announces the opening Of
Il new series of stock, the G5th, for
public subscription. The associa-
tion. one of the oldest in the state.
has just completed its 65th year of
successful home financing and sew
ings. Phone or write
Milford Building & Loan Association
James X. PettyjOhn. Secretary
2-to-If
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12

Miss Francis and Master David Webb
OF Seaford were guests of Master Dom
aid McCaulley on Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12

Todd has charge OF the bake and the
selection of foods promises TO be varied
and of fine quality.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-03

a muscle bending exhibition. with at
least four healthy grunt and groan
contests on the card.
Promoting this new one ring circus
is Jim Lyman who is in the process
of construction on a new wrestling
ring for his grapplers. The contest
will be held in the ANB hall on Will
loughby Avenue, a week from to-
morrow night, December 10.
Headlining the bill is Roughhouse
Doc Webb Juneau mat villain) who
will swap ear bites with Big Bad
Bill Byington. former high school
champion of the State of Oregon, in
a no time limit two out of three
falls contest.
Webb and Byington 'rassled' last
year in the Elks club ring tests, with
Byington getting criticized de-