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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Senate Passes House
Deficiency Relief Bill

n ESPITE the warm opposition OF
- Democratic Senator j. w. Bail
ey of North Carolina and others, in
Guiding the few Republicans, the
senate passed the house deficiency
relief bill carrying an appropria-
ton of $948, 725 1868.
Senator Bailey spoke in support of
his amendment which would require
a means test, or ''pauper's oath, T"
as some have called it, for states,
counties, and their political subdi-
visions to secure federal aid for
their relief requirements. T h e
amendment was rejected
Out of the total allocated in the
bill for "relief and work relief, "
about $3.50, 900, 900 was expected to
be given to the Works Progress Ad-
ministration. From this fund aid
will be given to victims of floods in
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
| MINNESOTA
|. ON PARADE
Gopher News Review

Francis R. MCGOWAN of the famous
APPLETON newspaper family is Min
nesota's new state printer. He sue
ceeds Jean Spielman who died in De-
cember.
Flows pushed through drifts against
25-mile gale at PIPESToNE as the
southwestern section of the state wit
messed the champion blizzard of the
current season.
Business men of osAklS got togeth-
er, threw big party for Andrew Kon-
czak, town centenarian, presented
him with a birthday cake topped by
100 cleaning candles.
Re-entering her blazing home at
FERTILE to rescue articles of cloth
ing, Mrs. Zeno Grantham, wife of a
town restaurant owner, was trapped
by the flames, burned to death.
Return of a first degree murder
conviction sent Alton diversion of
RoSEAU to Saltwater for life to pay
for the killing of A. E. Harloff, mayor
of Warroad, on last December 6.
On March 1, DULUTH will welcome
w. G. McDonnaugh of Chicago as dis
trict finance director of the WPA set
up. He will succeed Robert Giffert,
scheduled to be shifted to the state
office at the capitol.
Here's appreciation for you! Into
HARRINGTON came James Crawford,
owner of Westwood Farms, presented
members of the local fire department
with $3.50 for their successful efforts
in fighting a fire on his estate.
Informed by the county board of
commissioners that his old age pen
sion had been cut by 81 per month, a
CANNON FALLS resident sadly shook
his head, commented: They might as
well shoot me like worn out horse"
BELLE PLANE has lost its govern
ment weather bureau station. An air
port fire at Sioux City caused a re-
routing of the Minneapolis-Kansas
City route through Huron, S. D., elm
mated necessity of weather observ-
ance in the town.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Biology Supplies
Newest Weapon for
Crime Prevention

New York.-Crime proven
ton has gone into the biolo-
gist's laboratory for its newest
weapon. Fingerprint technique
has been made more positive
and accurate through the adop-
ton of a staining solution
known as Trimmings reagent,
which blackens the slight fatty
deposit in fingerprints and
makes the telltale marks show
up plainly in many cases where
they are too light and faint to
be detected by methods previ-
ously used.
Sciences newest aid to law enforce
ment comes through the ingenuity of
Dr. Francis F. Lucas of the Bell
Telephone laboratories here. DR..
Lucas had noticed that on many
finger prints the fine powder COM
monty employed by the police tech
nicians does not stick. He knew that
the stuff that holds the powder on a
"good " finger print is a slight de-
post of the body's natural oil. The
problem therefore was to find some
thing to make even slight trace of
this oily material highly visible.
Biologists Helped Him.
He talked the problem over with
some biological friends. They told
him of Trimmings solution, which
has long been used in preparing It's
sues for microscopic examination.
1t is a mixture of solutions of cosmic
and chronic acid, which turns any
fatty or oily substance intensely
black.
Paper bearing suspected finger
prints is first treated with Flem-
ming's solution, and then dipped into
a dye which under ultraviolet light
CLOVIS with a brilliant blue-green
hue. The fingerprint stands out black
and stark against this shining
background. It's finest details can
be examined under a low-power mi
croscope, or it can be photographed
up to any enlargement desired. If
the paper bears print or hand
writing, filters over the camera
lens can cut off the ink from reg
istering on the film, leaving only
the boldly showing fingerprints.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Naval Construction by
Germany and England

= ERMANY'S new 10000 ton
- cruiser the Admiral Hyper,
first of three of that class under
construction, was launched at Ham,
burg. The vessel, of size that was
prohibited to Germany by the Ver-
sailles treaty, will mount eight g.
inch guns as its main armament. It
is named for the commander of
German battle cruiser squadron that
took part in the battle of Jutland.
Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the
admiralty, says the British still are
able to build better warships than
any other nation. During the ifs
cal year that ends in March, Great
Britain will have completed the con-
struction of thirty new warships.
They include four cruisers, two flo
tilla leaders, eight destroyers, four
submarines, six sloops, four motor
torpedo boats and two auxiliary
ships.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

yOuSS Will q
service record of at least ten years
continuously or otherwise" who
fails to resign or retire within six
months after reaching the age of 70
the President shall appoint another
judge.
2. That the number of additional
judges so appointed shall not exceed
fifty, the Supreme Court being linn
tied to Is members, appellate and
special courts to two additional
members each and district courts
to twice the present number OF
judges.
8. That two-thirds of the Supreme
Court and three-fifths of other courts
shall constitute quorum.
4. That the chief justice of the
Supreme Court shall transfer circuit
and district judges to jurisdictions
with congested dockets in order to
speed up disposition of litigation.
S. That the Supreme Court shall
be empowered to appoint proctor
to supervise the conduct of business
In the lower courts.
The President also proposed re-
form in the injunctive process which
he declared would expedite Supreme
Court rulings on the constitutionality
of legislation and would further in
sure equality" and certainty" of
federal justice. He said frequent in
functions which set aside acts of
congress are sin clear violation of
the principle of equity that injunc-
tons should be granted only in those
rare cases of manifest illegality and
irreparable damage against which
the ordinary course of the law offers
no protection"
He asked that congress forbid any
Injunction or decision by any federal
court touching a constitutional ques-
ton without previous and ample
notice" to the attorney general to
give the government an opportunity
'to present evidence and be heard. !"
His bill proposed that any lower
court decision which involved con-
stitutional question be appealed di-
rectly to the Supreme Court, where
it would take immediate precedence
over all other business.
New Deal leaders in congress
were expected to back the Presi-
dents proposals solidly, while it be-
came apparent that the conservative
Democrats might align with the
solid Republican group in opposing
it. The latter group saw in the bill
a direct attempt to get rid of some
of the older justices of the Supreme
Court who have proved continual
stumbling blocks for pet New Deal
acts.
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes, approaching IS, has voted
sometimes to sustain, sometimes to
invalidate New Deal laws. Justice
Willis Van Deventer, IS, has invari-
ably opposed New Deal laws; SO
have James Clark McReynolds, rs;
George Sutherland, IS, and Pierce
Butler, II; Louis Dembitz Brandeis,
30, has voted to sustain New Deal
acts, except in the case of the MIRA,
rejected by unanimous decision.
If the President is successful in
putting over the proposed changes
it will be the eighth time in the las
years of the Supreme Courts history
that the number of justices has been
changed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Views on Presidents Plan t
Enlarge Supreme Court

Senator Byrnes-Pm for it.
Senator Nye-I think the Pres
ident has hit upon a most ingen-
ious method of speeding up the
work of our tribunals.
Senator Vandenberg-I am op-
posed to tampering with the Su-
preme court.
Senator McAdoo-The Presi-
dents message receives my un-
reserved commentator.
Senator Capper-I am certain
ly opposed to increasing the num-
Der of Supreme court judges for
the purpose of allowing the eX-
ecutive during any one admins
tration to control the decisions of
the Supreme court.
Senator Holt-I'm not in favor
of increasing the membership of
the Supreme court.
Senator Hale-Should his rec
concentrations be followed, I can
see no hope of an independent
Supreme court.
Senator Gerry-I'm definitely
opposed to the Presidents pro-
posal in regard to the Supreme
court.
Senator Thomas-I think it is
a timely and happy solution of a
perplexing problem.
Representative Snell-This is
pretty near the beginning of the
end of everything.
Representative Fish-The mes
sage is political hypocrisy.
Speaker Bankhead-The plan
for adding additional judges is a
sound policy.
Senator King-I am unalterab-
ly opposed to it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Being Afraid
Of the Dark

4 S FAR back as can remem-
a Der 1 never was afraid of the
dark. When I became mother,
I believed that there was no rea-
son why any child should be
afraid, and that if fear were never
suggested in connection with dark
ness, it wouldn't occur to the child
to be afraid. Darkness is a natural
phenomenon, I reasoned, and one
of which babies are not afraid.
Applying this theory, all went
/. well with my own little girl, until
something unfortunate happened.
Either someone complimented my
little three-year-old on her brav-
cry, shown in going up to bed
along, or someone told an alarm
ing story, or someone-well, no
matter I don't know how it hap
pened. This I do know: Jane be-
gan to say she was afraid of the
dark-that frogs would get her.
She would even refuse to go to
the bathroom alone with only the
hall light burning.
Believe Fear Is Expected.
Now l really believe that most
cases of fear of the dark on the
part of children have no deep
rooted reason. When there is such
a reason, if it can be found, of
course very careful consideration
should be given to reconditioning.
But most children fear the dark
because they have somehow i'm
bibed the idea that it is rather
expected of them-that if they are
not afraid they are very brave,
but if they are afraid it is nothing
to be wondered at. The child hav-
ing acquired the fear, there are
TWO popular methods for exercis-
ing it. One is to attempt to get
back to the original cause and ex-
plain that away; the second to
overcome it by setting up artifi-
cial bravery.
I tried to reason with Jane, and
showed her pictures of frogs to
let her see how small they are,
and also made a lot of "brave
talk" about ga great big girl
like you" But my efforts had
no effect.
Imagine With Child.
It seemed best to accede quiet
ly. I took her to the bathroom
and to bed for two or three
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Keeping Up
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&SseA"@M2e rx4e
Depth Thermometer
Shows Hot Spots
Within the Earth
Temperature Is Revealed
by Melting of Alloys

Washington.- look
ing forward to the day when
the earth's insides will be
tapped for heat and power,
have a new tool to aid them in
locating the shot spots" below
the earth's surface.
1t is a depth thermometer" for
taking the temperature thousands
of feet underground. Ernest N.
Merrill and George A. Young, both
of Long Beach, Calf, are the in
)ventors who have been granted a
patent here.
More and more, scientists and oil
companies have become interested
in just how hot things are down
under. They know that the tenn
perature increases the further down
you go.
Oil Men Want to Know.
From readings already obtained,
scientists have been able to make a
rough estimate of the age of the
oldest rocks, and to infer from this
result that the amount of heat which
is being supplied to the earth from
radioactive minerals may be much
less than heretofore supposed.
However, aside from the re-
search, sub-surface earth temper
atures have a present day practi-
cal aspect for the oil man. At
tached to a long steel wire, he
drops thermometers down the wells
as he drills deeper, pulls them up,
reads the temperature.
Alloys Tell the Heat.
Bullet-shaped, the new thermom-
eter, claimed to be more efficient
than anything heretofore used, COM
prises water-tight metal case. In
to this goes metal box provided
with many compartments. Through
the bottom of the box in each COM
partment and through its cover are
small holes.
Each compartment cont a in S
sharp edged plates of various al
Toys which are the mercury of
this thermometer. It is by noting
which of the alloys have been melt
ed after the thermometer has been
lowered into the bore hole of the
well and raised up, that the under
ground temperature is obtained.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
By
Audrey c.
Hayden

weeks, and did it as a matter
of course. I made it a point, also,
to walk from room to room with
out light as soon as she was
in bed. After going downstairs I
would come up on an imaginary
errand, and walk about again in
the darkness. On several occa-
sions, a little before bedtime, we
took walks together, and some
times we went down cellar in the
dark, but always without any men
ton of its being. dark.
When she spoke of frogs said
yes, I could see them too-that
it was fun to be able to imagine
things, wasn't it? And the best
part was that since they weren't
real, you could stop imagining
them whenever you wanted to.
Darkness Is Ordinary Condition.
Then one day I felt very i'll and
spent the day lying on the couch.
When night came and Jane want
ed to go to the bathroom 1 called
her over and said, 'Now, Jane,
Mother is sick, so you will have
to go alone" And she said,
yes" sit will be dark in there,
do you understand? And 1 cannot
come in if you call me to turn
on the light" l explained. She
thought a minute and then said,
"All right" When bedtime came,
I undressed her and sent her up
to bed alone, and then casually
sent another member of the fam
lily up on an errand. Jane had
the idea, though, that I was send
ing her alone to bed, and that
the company and the light were
merely incidental.
The next night I went to the
bathroom, ostensibly to get some
thing, making it appear accidental
that I went when Jane was there.
Then / sent her off to bed alone,
casually. The next night I sent
her to the bathroom and to bed
in the dark without comment, and
it has been a regular occurrence
ever since. Did we get at the root
of the trouble? That's hard to
say since I never found out the
beginning of the fear, but
we made the dark into very or
binary, matter-of-fact condition.
National kindergarten Assn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
House Votes Billion for
Governmental Agencies

TO FINANCE for another year
L the social security board, vet
Grams administration and about
thirty other federal agencies, the
house appropriated one billion, for
ty : six million dollars. The bill,
passed without a record vote, car
ried a last minute amendment pro-
viding that none of the funds ap-
propriated should be available to
pay for the expenses of any con-
gressional investigation. This
amendment was aimed at senate
investigations such as the La Fol-
lette and Wheeler inquiries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Mineral Show

Secrets of the earth's interior are
revealed in the mineral hall of Phi :
adelpkia's Academy of Natural Sci
ences. Its walls are made of rock
strata found under the city. and the
meteorological age of each stratum
in the walls is shown. On one side
of the door figures or animals which
occupied the earth during the va
rious ages are placed. They are con-
structed from fossils, and in the
hall exhibits show details of the in
terror of the earth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

More than 400 central state butter
makers attended the annual conven-
ton of the Central Minnesota Dairy
men and Creamery Operators, held at
the Breen hotel, ST. CLOUD. Re-
elected president of the group was
H. B. Otte of Melrose.
Seven names make up almost one
eighth of the entire population Of
FERGUS FALLS. Johnson tops the
list, closely followed by Nelson, o.
son, Anderson, Hanson, Larson, and
Peterson, in that order. Can you
guess the nationalities?
Frank Baldwin, REDWOOD FALLS
license agent, is sick. Since Decem-
Der 5, only three couples have applied
for the right to wed, marking the
slowest business in history. To aid,
the Sun, local newspaper, has estab-
lished a "get acquainted bureau"
Despite whirling snowstorm,
cRooksToN's annual Northwest
Farm School Week and Red River
Valley shows got under way as per
schedule. Mrs. Bess NJ Wilson, Twin
City newspaperwoman, served as a
featured speaker on the program.
Martha Ostenso, renowned fiction
authoress and former Minnesota resi-
dent, dispatched greetings to NOR
TON friend. Wrote Miss Ostenso: 81
have seized every chance to visit your
city In the past 10 years. 1t has a
charm that shall never grow dim for
me-"
Over a short wave radio set, Sheriff
Frank Johnson of MAHNoMEN heard
descriptions of two North Dakota auto
thieves. Driving on highway near
town several days later, the sheriff
picked up two hitchhikers, noticed
their similarity to the broadcast de-
scriptions, arrested them, wrung forth
a confession.
Famous physicians and surgeons
will address a northwest conference
on Industrial medicine to be held in
conjunction with the Saith annual
meeting of the Minnesota State Medi-
cal association at the ST. PAUL audi
forum on May 8, 4, and 5. Wiscon-
sons industrial commission chairman,
Voyta Wrabetz, will speak at the
industrial dinner May 4.
MILL CITY MELANGE
One thousand guests focked into
Minneapolis for the semi-annual Mar
ket Week exhibits and festivities.
Hollywood's Katharine Hepburn
will break the city's long theatrical
drouth when she appears at the Met
ropolitan theater, February 10 and 20.
in Jane Eyre" a dramatization of
Charlotte Bronte's great novel.
Zuhrah Temple Shriners announced
plans for their annual circus to be
held at the auditorium the week Of
March /. Several brand new acts will
headline the show.
Construction of new corner stop
signals on Hennepin avenue through
the loop neared completion.
DR.. Leo M. Mcguire was appointed
chief medical officer in charge of the
U. s. Veterans hospital at Fort Shell
ing.
E. Stanley Jones, noted India mis-
sionary, lectured in four public ap-
pearances, urging the support of a
united missionary movement.
NORTHFIELD citizens had their first
opportunity to see the inside of the
city's new school building at an open
house. The stage of the school audi
forum also serves as gymnasium.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Germany Leads World
in Aluminium Production

Berlin. - Germany is now the
greatest aluminum-producing COM
pany in the world. It's output of the
light metal during 1885, 10000 tons,
was greater than the combined alu-
minun production of the United
States and France. Germany's vast
rearmament program, particularly
in the air, is responsible for the
sudden leap in aluminium produc-
ton.
Germany has no deposits of baux-
lite, or aluminium ore, and imports
all necessary quantities from Hun
gary, Italy, and Jugoslavia. The 1885
bauxite imports amounted to $685.
600 tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

are often similarly fitted with them.
In the shallow oil fields of Okla
homa, many power houses have
whistles on the engine exhausts.
These enable the operators to tell
whether the engines are running,
even if they are miles away.
One, near Alluwe, Okla, says the
Washington Post, can be heard for
10 miles on a still day. 1t emits
a hair-raising screech.
Many musical instruments, such
as flutes, also are little more than
whistles, with trappings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Pope, in Better Health,
Makes Radio Address

p OPE Plus is believed to be on
the way to recovery from the ILL
ness that it was feared would prove
fatal. From his wheel chair in the
Vatican, he delivered by radio an
address to the 100000 pilgrims gath
cred in Manila for the eucharistic
congress, urging increasing ardor in
missionary work. His blessing was
bestowed on the great throng at the
closing of the congress. One of the
pontiff's reasons for delivering this
radio address, which of course was
heard by all the world, was that a
congress of goddess" was about to
open in Moscow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Engine Whistle Having
Cows "Moo" Won Contest

A Florida railroad recently fitted
an engine with six whistles and
footed them in 20 towns along the
line. Citizens were then asked to
choose the one they preferred. When
the votes were counted, whistle
with cows moo" won.
There is an almost endless vari-
ETY. of whistles.
The United States and Canada
use whistles in lighthouses. Buoys
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

socialist militiamen could not es-
cape because the city was surround
ed by land and sea, and bands of
murderous anarchists were said to
be roaming the streets until the fas-
cist army could enter from the
suburbs. The attacking troops
were under the immediate COM
mand of Gen. Gonzalo Quiepo de
Llano.
The long drawn out siege of Ma
drid continued, but there was one
important development when the in
surgents, attacking with infantry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
BOILERMAKERS RlvETED


sofas cagers ground Purdue into
the Field House floor, 45-41, in the
most exciting basketball game this
city has seen in years, it marked
the first time the Gophers have
rung up victory over the Boiler
makers from Lafayette, Indiana,
since 1881. Paced by sheer courage
and determination, the boys nosed
out their opponents In the final
minute of play before a throng of
1860 witnesses. The win cata-
pulled Minnesota to second place
in the Big Ten, with virtual assur-
ance of high berth in the final
standings. Johnny Kundla, Gopher
forward, was high scorer, with 20
points.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

OF malaga ana cap
tured that impor-
tant Mediterranean
coast city. The in
surgent army head
quarters said the
government. troops
were fleeing in dis
order, and observ-
ers posted on hill
tops overlooking
Malaga described
the situation as
complete chaos"
The population and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

works and national
water program for
the next six years,
and it was submit
ted to congress by
President Roosevelt
with the recommen-
dation that it should
be adopted. It in
wolves the expendi-
ture of five billion
dollars, and calls for
lump sum annual
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

which would allow
him to pack the SUI
preme court with
justices who could
be expected to up
hold the constitu-
tionality of New
Deal legislation.
He submitted a
draft of a bill to &C
complish this reor-
ganization. 1t pro-
vides:
/. That for every
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18

there may be a
recess with resump-
ton of negotiations
later. At this writ
ing this is the situa-
ton: G e n e r a !
Motors will not con-
cede the right of the
union to exclusive
bargaining r i G h t S
for all the employ
ees in all the plants,
but offers to stand
bxy tho rac,,1f IF on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-18
Congress Gets Plan for
Public Works Program

CECRETARY of the Interior Har-
- old Ickes and the national re-
sources committee of which he is
chairman have produced public
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and tanks from the south, threatened
to cut the highway to Valencia, the
capitals only remaining line of
communication with the outside.