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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
announcement

We, the Winter Sports committee shall attempt to
give the citizens of Ely the finest winter frolic
presented here. This is only made possible through
your local merchants the ski club, hockey club city
officials commercial club, and you.
Your part shall be to support queen and
buy your ticket which necessary to the enter
tainment offered you We offer carnival dance with
thousand novelties, good music and opportunity to
attend the last dance before Lent.
We will present for you approval troupe of six
figure skaters who have entertained at the Paul Bunyan
carnival at Bemidji and at the Million Dollar sports
carnival at st. Paul. The ski jumping will include
riders from Duluth, Hibbing Coeraine, Virginia and
other sports centers the state There will be hoe
key and broomball games galore, thanked by speed
skating country races, dog derby and snow
modelling contests The Oliver and Zenith teams will
feature another tug-of-war.
This all makes possible very enjoyable weekend
that rivals any program in the country. It's fun to
get out-and it's to you. Support queen and help
make this that it may continue as an annual
event. Your cooperation will determine the success
of the program There will be something doing from
Saturday to late Sunday night.
Hoping to you at the dance, at the ski hill or at
the rink with everyone wearing booster tag.
WINTER SPORTS COMMITTEE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Grapefruit on
ReIief" List

Preston-Local persons who have not
eaten grapefruit in more than 70 years.
are now getting them "on relief" The
fruit is the latest addition to the list
OF relief foods and when distributions
were made everyone was seen carrying
them. One woman, who had all she
could carry, stopped and asked a grocer
now to prepare the things as she had
never cooked any,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-28
Doll Used in Stone Ace

The modern doll traces it's ancestry
back $4,000 years to the Stone age
when images were fashioned to ap-
pease the gods of fire, thunder and
rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21

state only ten are now paying the two and one-half per cent dividend. Most of the savings departments of other state banking institutions re- tained the higher rate.
 In his letter to the mutual banks, the commissioner wrote:
 Any savings bank that has al- ready declared its next dividend at a rate higher than two and one-half per centunl per arlnun, but not in excess of three per centuYn, may pay the higher rate provided such divi- dend already so declared is payable not later than November 2, 1937." Perry asked an acknowledgement of his order by return mall and, that trustees and directors be immedi- ately notified of the reduction.
 Authority to alter the interest rates was given the state bank com missioner under Section l061-B of the cumulative supplement which restricts each and every state bank and trust company and mutual sav- ings bank to a dividend rate of three per cent. The legislation was er. acted as result of the, country -wide bank crisis of ieS2. Interest rates at that time varied from four and one- aalf 70 slx per cont i,s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
Saui1gs Banks Ordered To
 Reduce Rates Of Interest

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 21.-(UP)-- State Bank Commissioner Walter Perry today ordered 63 mutual sav- lngs department of state banks and trust companies to immediately re- duce their interest rate on savings from three to two and one-half per cent annually. Perry said there is no emergency m Connecticut. This step has been under consideration for six months" Once before, on Nov. lS, 1884, the bank commissioner lowered the interest rates as an emergency measure. Perry said today that no emergency existed now lin any way" ..
 "The three per cent rate now per- mitted is the highest paid by any mutual savings bank or savings de- partment of any state bank and trust company ia the United States, with the exception of one small state. am merely bringing Connec- ticut into lin. with the rest of the country" The order became effective today "until further notice"
 AS of July l. this yeer. the aver- age rate og interest in Connecticut was. 2.e3 per cent. Some banks had voluntarily lowered tho rates. Of llSe 12 mlliatnl SnvlllT1 banks in tho
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
MISSING SAFE,
 TRUCK LOCATED
Hunters Discover Coca Cola Loot Hidden Away
 in Cheshire Woods

A party of hunters starting out for an early-morning trek of the Cheshire woods today discovered the safe and truck which was Stol- en early Tuesday morning from the new Jefferson street plant of. the Coca Cola bottling works.
 The truck, q new 1887 panel mod el, was urlharmed, but the bottom of the safe had been cllfSeled out, and it's contents sof $350 was mis- sing.
 Sought Since Tuesday
 Sought by police since Tuesday, the safe and truck were discovered by MT. and Mrs. Howard Green of Park Place, Cheshire; and MT. are Mrs. Allen Hoffman of Milldale, in a secluded spot off the Peck Lane, which is in Cheshire. Cheshire au- thorities were notified, and they in turn informed local police of the find.
 Were Hidden Away
 The thieves had hidden the safe and truck in such a way as to be invisible to the eye of casual pas- ser-by. They were at least 800 feet off the Peck Lane, and amid dense foliage. Acting Chief Inspector William F. Pollard, and Lieuts. Will liam Shanahan, Henry Johnson and John V. Leary of the detective bur- eau went immediately to the scene for investigation. -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
SIX PERSONS MET
 VIOLENT DEATHS
(BY UNITED PREsS)

Six persons died violently in Con- necticut Wednesday and police fear ed for the life of seventh.
 Three were killed by automobiles one was drowned, a woman died oi poisoning and 2S-year-old youth committed suicide.
 Mrs. Mary Brown Quealey, ST. was killed at West Hartford when struck by an automobile operated by George V. House, 22, West Hart ford.
 Mrs. Viola G.. Brewer, GA, East Hartford, was injured fatally when struck by e car operated by Carl R Olender Avon, at East Hartford.
 Peter Gilligan, 33, New York, was killed at Enfield by a car driven by Stanley Modzelesky, Suffield.
 The body of an unidentified man was found in the canal at Windsor Locks by John Grimes, a watch man for the canal company.
 Mrs. Nora Crane, 54, Bridgeport died at St. Vincent's hospital from effects of poison she swallowed al her home,
 Chester Smith, 2S, New Molford carpenter, committed suicide by in- haling carbon inonoxide fumes in his car at Brookfield, according to the Inerical examiner.
 Danielsoii police sought Paul Ber- nier, 70, who disappeared from his home after threatening to take his life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
JACKSON READY
 TO ENTER DEBATE

Washington, Oct. 21-(UP)-As- sistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson offered today to debate Frank E. Gannett, Rochester, N. Y., publisher, anytime between Nov. P to 25 on the subject: "WaS President Roosevelt justified in sending his court proposal to congress?"
 Gannett had challenged Jackson to debate Albert Levitt, former as- sistant attorney general and author of rejected challenge of Justice Hugo L. Blacks right to sit on the court, on the subject:
 That President Roosevelt in- tends and plans to abolish the su- preme court of the United States and to destroy the present constitutional powers and duties of its judges"
 Jackson replied:
 T am sorry, but I just can not take either MT. Levitt or your pro- posed resluticn seriously. Levitt of course is out of the question"
 Offering his own form of the court proposition as "a proper question, Jackson said, T really think the public is weary of both sides of this dis .ussion, but I will debate if you wish"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
JOHN MONTAGUE NAMED IN COURT
One of Four Robbers Says Hollywood Pet Was
 in Hold-Up

Elizabethtown, N. r., Oct. 21.- (UP)-One of the four men who robbed Kin Hana's roadhouse in 1880 swore today that John Mon- tague, the mysterious master golfer from Hollywood was & member of the gang that committed the crime.
 The witness was Roger Norton of Cleveland who served two years in prison for the robbery.
 Not a flicker of recognition came into Montague's face as Norton strode into the courtroom where the mystery man is being tried on charges of first degree robbery. Mon- tague, dressed in gray suit, sat quietly staring at the witness who kept referring to him as "Laverne Moore" which was Montague's name before he found fame as a golfer in California.
 Earlier District Attorney Thomas Mcdonald, in his opening statement, pictured Montague as sort of muscle man" of the gang-a brawny fellow who was the one they called when there was fighting to be done.
 Norton followed Hana, a stocky Japanese, on the stand. Hama had described the lloldup but had been unable positively to identify Mon- tague as one of those who partici- pated,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
YOUNG SLAYER TO
 SEE HIS MOTHER

South Pars, Me-, Oct. 21-(UP)- The youthful slayer of 8 country doctor and his wife probably will see his mother Monday for the first time since he made his fantastic confession to New Jersey police last Saturday.
 It was believed that Mrs. Jessie Dwyer, a World War nurse now at- tached to Hebron Sanatorium, would visit her son, Paul, IS, at the state hospital at Augusta, which he en- tered yesterday for mental tests.
 Unconfirmed reports were that the Rev. J. H. Burns, village parson of Hebron, had carried several mes- sages from the mother to the con- fessed slayer of Dr. and Mrs. James G. Littlefield. r l.,
 Between now and Nov 16, Dr. F. 0. Tyson of the state hospital will file his report here with the pre- siding justice of oxford county superior court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
WALTER O'HARA
 IN COURT TODAY
Held for Grand Jury in $5,OOO Bail on Criminal
 Libel Charge
BY HOMER JENKS

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Providence, R. l., Oct. 21.-(UP) Managing Director Walter E. o. Hara of "besieged" Narraganset! park race track was found prob ably guilty" of criminal libel to- day and was ordered held for the December grand jury. District Judge Maurice Robinson released O'Iara in $5,000 bail. O'Hara was charged with calling William E, Beehan of Larchmont, N. Y, coun- sel for a billboard company, a "briber" of politicians, in his Provi- dence Star Tribune last September 8. O'Hara already had been held for the grand jury on a charge of criminally labelling Governor Rob- ert E. Quinn by calling him a Liar" in the same edition.
 Penalty Is Heavy
 Conviction on a criminal libel charge carries a 10-year jail sen- tence or a $5,000 fine. Only four witnesses were heard during today's 10-minute hearing in the crowded courtroom. Mrs. Agnes Gibson, a court stenographer, said O'Hara had testified at a state racing commits sion that he was sole owner of the Star Tribune. Two newsdealers, George w. Blackburn and Irving R. Hewitt, testified they sold copies of the Sept 8 edition containing the al- legged libel. William E. McKenna, investigator in the attorney gener- al's office, testified he purchased a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
FatherOn TrialAccusedO OF Trying To Burn Children

floor. The windows, he testified, were packed tightly with oakum and there was a box of sulphur powder the middle of the floor.
 There were footprints in the ashes on the floor. McHugh said that he had found pair of Knights shoes covered with ashes. He found a pair of trousers in Knights bedroom, he said, with excelsior in the cuffs. Bremen, at the time, were amazed that the house didn't burn to the ground within few minutes. If it had, the girls, who were all asleep on the second floor, would have been burned to death. As 1t happened, the fire was discovered @ few sec onds after 1t started and extin- guished.
 The state was expected to summon witnesses today to bear out the as- Sertion of Assistant District Attor- ney William R. Toal in his state- ment to the jury, that Knight had taken out insurance policie total- ing $2S0,000 on his childrens lives shortly before the fire. The state charges that Knight, once consid- cred wealthy, had suffered heavy a. nanciai reversals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21

Media, Pa, Oct. 2l.-(UP)-Al- bert B. Knight, once a wealthy oil executive, sat in court room today surrounded by his three lovely daughters and listened to witnesses testify that he had tried to burn the girls to death to collect large insurance policies he had taken out on their lives. The girls--Ruth, 8, Susan, 19, and Mary 17-had obvious scorn for the testimony and were tenderly solicitous for the well be- ing and immediate comfort of their 55 year old father. He has indig- nantly denied the charges from the very beginning, and they have in- dignantly refused to believe them.
 The states case got underway yesterday afternoon when John Mo- Hugh, a volunteer fireman from Lansdowne, where the Knights live, described what flremen found in th- Knight home early in the morn- ing of May 2S when they were sum- moned to put out a fire. In the basement, he said, were strips of kerosene soaked paper hanging from the rafters that touched . layer of kerosene soaked excelsior on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
Michael Carusiuo Ls For Trial
ma in Gun Duel-C Continuance Was
 Granted Until Saturday yas

Michael Cartisf1lo, 5S, of 260 Nortl. Main street, who is charged witf the shooting of Constable Frank DiSomma, 45, of 535 Congress ave. nue, in gun duel on Bank street the morning of September IA, was arraigned in city court this morning on a warrant issued by Prosecutor Charles Summa, charging him with assault with intent to kill.
 A continuance to Saturday was granted by Judge John F. McGrath who would not allow Carusillo to be put to plyea when he learned that Carusillo wished to see a lawyer first. Bonds were set at $5,000.
 To Waive Examination
 Attorney Theodore V. Meyer, who was retained by Carusillo imme- diately after his arraignment, stated today that when Carusillo is ar- rained again on Saturday he will plead not guilty and waive examina- tion. Under such procedure he will automatically be bound over to the next term of superior court.
 Deputy Coroner Walter w. Smyth, upon whose demand Carusillo has been held since the day of the shooting, informed Prosecutor Sum- ma this morning that 1t would not be necessary to hold him further as a coroner's prison CT. Prosecutor Summa then signed the warrant for his arrest on the charge of as- sault with intent to kill.
 DeSOmma Is Improved
 The action by Coroner Smyth is the result of marked improvement in the condition of DiSomma who has been patient at St. Mary's hospital since the day of the shoot- ing.
 When first admitted to the hos pital. however, DiSomrna was in 8 critical condition and his name was placed on the danger list where 1t remained for several weeks. It will be several more weeks before he will be released from the hospi- tai, according to officials.
 The argument which precipitated the gun-play early on the morning of September IA between Carusillo and DiSomma is expected to be
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
CHRYSLER co. IS
 GIVEN WARNING

Detroit, Oct. 20.-(UP)-The Unit ed Automobile Workers Union today warned Walter P. Chrysler that 1t would file formal charges forth- with" accusing the Chrysler corpora ton of violating the Wagner Labor Relations Act. The warning was is- sued in Q letter to the corporations founder and board chairman in New York. The unions action marked its first open break with the company since Chrysler and John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Idustrial Organization, signed . peace pact last April 6 ending a 30- day strike.
 Charging the corporation with bad faith" discrimination and pro- motion ia company union, officers of the c. I. O. af1iliate announced they would withdraw from current conferences with Chrysler oflcialS and lay their grievances before the National Labor Relations Board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
DEMOCRATS TO
 MEET E ] l OCT. 28
Fairfield Woman Tinted as Successor to Late Mrs.
 Josephine Flynn

Mrs. Carleton Palmer of Fairfield looms as the next democratic na- tional committeewoman from Con- uecticut, succeeding the late Mrs Josephine Flynn of Bridgeport, ac- cording to reliable reports heard in the state this week.
 The next meeting of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee is to be held Thursday, October 28, at the Hotel Taft, New Haven. State Chairman J. Francis Smith of this city has called the sesison for 2 o'clock.
 Mrs. Palmer is well known in the state, as well as in Fairfield Coun- ty. In 1936 she was one of Con- necticut's presidential electors and she also ran for the State Senate on the Democratic ticket at the same time in the 18th district, fail ing of election.
 Support Assured
 Considerable support for Mrs. Palmer has already been assured
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21

blood1eSt sort Of fighting all over the long, irregular Northwestern Front.
 Not only have the Chinese aban- doned defensive tactics but they have risked frontal attacks in force against the Japanese in two battles, one in the Yuanping sector, 30 miles north of Taiyuan, the other in the Niangtse Mountain pass 130 miles east of Taiyuan, These two positions are the keys to all northwestern China, giving as they do direct ac- ceSS to Ttiyuain and other points of vital importance.
 Japanese Wiped Out
 At some points the Chinese have
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
HIGHWAY CASE
 TO BE DELAYED

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 21.-(UP)- Hearing on Q five-point demurrer of the attorney general to the ap- plication of the Connecticut rural roads improvement association for an injunction to restrain the public works director from taking over the authority of the highway commis. sioier, scheduled for Friday, will be delayed week, it was learned to- day.
 Former deputy attorney general Ernest |, Averill, appearing for the roads association, now is engaged in the Waterbury superior court. He notified the attorney generals of. flee of his inability to be in court sniNArrnw, .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
It There Is Found Any Dis. Crepancy, Mayor Hayes
 Requests a Recount COURT PROCESSES TO
 CRANK UP MACHINES An Early Decision on Whole Proceedings May
 Now Be Expected

Request by Mayor Frank Hayes that there be an irl- mediate check to determine whether certain alleged dis crepancies in the vote of last election actually exist, changed the whole process of the mandamus action of the Fusion candidates today. Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor, relaying the mayors message in Superior Court, asked, and was granted per- mission, for court supervision of Q re-check of the machine counters this morning.
 Mayor Hayes, in a long distance telephone conversation with the corporation counsel last night, told MT. O'Connor that if there was any question of discrepancy in the vote totals The certainly wants to have a recount"
 Court Fav0rS Recount
 Judge Edwin 0. Dickenson in the Superior Court heard agreement of counsel for both sides to the sug- gestion of the corporation counsel that there be an immediate re- counting of the counters on the machines. The court favored this astion and ordered a recess until 2 o'clock today to allow certain Stipu- lated persons to visit the basement and "crank up" the machines to view and tally the machine counting apparatus.
 This, however, does not constitute a re-canvassing of the vote of the machines as the writ of mandamus seeks to have the court order.
 Not Reopen Machines
 You don't plan to follow the proposal to reopen the nachinesp" the judge asked the corporation
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
Lando11, HoouerClan M Clash For Control
Conservative East Wants Free-fOr-An Convention Late Next Spring Showdown Will Come at
 National Committee Session
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff COrrespOndentJ

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, Oct. 21-(UP)-A proposal to summon a free-for-all anti-New Deal national political convention late next spring came from the conservative east today.
 Former Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey proposed the anti New Deal meeting in letter to D. E. Pomeroy, New Jersey Republican National committeeman. The edge conference would supplant the off, year Republican national conven- tion sponsored by former President Herbert c. Hoover.
 Edge was the Hoover administra- ton ambassador to France from 1929 to 1883. He suggested that the national committee select "50 or perhaps 75 outstanding men and women, representative of every fac- ton of those who oppose the Roose- welt dictatorship"
 Not Confined To COP.
 He said the committee should not be confined to Republicans but should be representative of labor, agriculture, industry, the American Legion and practically all perma- nent phases of American life, young and old" That committee would consider the convention suggestion and, if 1t deemed 1t wise, prepare for late spring meeting next year.
 Edge would center convention consideration upon three "funda- mental principles"
 "These principles" he said,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
LAST LOYALIST SEAPORT FALLS TO INSURGENTS GijOn With Its l3O,OOO In- llabitants Surrenders to
 Franco Forces EVERY ESCAPE GAP
 HAD BEEN CLOSED Three LOyalist Leaders on
 Trial for Conspiracy at Valencia
BY HARRISON LA ROCHE

BY HARRISON LA ROCHE United Press Staff Correspondent,
 Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier, October 21. = (UP) - The Nationalist legions ot GeneraliSsimo Fra nciS c o Franco marched victoriously into Gijon today and hoisted the red and gold flag of the monarchy. The military commanders of the city, the last important Loyalist sea- port in northwest Spain, were re- ported to have voluntarily surrend- cred. The city, crowded with 1S0,- 900 half-starved refugees and thousands of retreating Loyalist sol- diers, would have faced destruction had 1t not surrendered. Almost every avenue of escape had been cut off by the advancing National ist army. The Nationalists closed III rom the east ana SouCn WIllle insurgent warships blocked escape by way of the sea.
 Faced with annihiliation, the Loy- alist commanders sent ernissaries to the Nationalist fines and announced that the city was prepared to sur render internationally.
 A sea of white flags could be seen flying from buildings and balcon- les from the National lines, it was reported. .'.--
 First Troops to Enter
 First troops to enter the city were the Navarro brigades who figured
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
HIRES SPECIAL TRAIN

New York, Oct. 2l-(UP)- P)--Tom- my Manville,. the asbestos heir, mitde Q typical gesture today when ne \paid the Pennsylvania railroad sS,OOo for 6 special two-car train so ais secl@tary and her sister could Nturn fn style from a Louisville, ky., vacation. The special train
 Garing blonde Dolly Goering. her Aster and q maid. was attached to Pennsylvania flyer st Columhus,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
PEACE IN TRADES
 UNIONS SOUGHT
John L. Lewis Has Found Difficulty in CIO Dues
 Paying Basis
BY c. L. SULZBERGER


 United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Oct. 21-Pressure from minority groups in the Ameri- can Federation of Labor for trade unity and committee of industrial organiza ton internal differences were reported today to be largely responsible for convocation of the joint peace conference scheduled for next Monday
 CIO. chairman John L. Lewis, neutral sources reported, has had difficulty placing his claimed mem- bership of 3,700, 900 on a sound, dues paying basis. Threats of successions by small groups and rumbles of dis satisfaction have been heard from within the CI.O.
 In the AF. of L. powerful group of leaders in the miscellaneous and railroad trades are making @ secret effort to bring about peace with the C.I.O. rebels, 1t was learned This move has been accelerated by
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21
wARBURG FUNERAL

New York. Oct. 21-(UP)-Fu- neral services will he held tomorrow for Felix M. Warburg, 66, nnancier. philanthropist and internationally known Jewish leader who died yes- tnrday. ].