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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Robinson Wants Federal
Law on Basic Paw

r Unless Joe Robinson is wrong
- in his predictions, congress will
at this session adopt a constitutional
amendment to provide for the regu-
lation of wages and hours of work
either by the states or by the federal
government. The Democratic ma
jority leader of the senate promised
that this would be done, and at the
same time he bitterly attacked SUI
preme court decisions which, he
said, now make such regulation i'm
possible. The senator was especi-
ally severe in his comments on the
decision in the New York state wage
case, declaring:
''It is simply incomprehensible-it
is ridiculous-that there should eX-
list no legal means for protecting
a woman or a child from working as
long as anybody can extort money
from them. I don't hesitate to say
that the Supreme court opinion in
the New York case ought to be re-
versed and the American bar by a
great majority supports that view
point. That opinion was bad law"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

The obligations include about $751;
900, 900 owed to many Americans
who invested in public work gold
bonds which were issued during the
administration of President Gerar-
do Machado.
The new constitution which the
Cuban congress recently voted orig
inally prohibited any such negotia-
tons as those contemplated before
1910, but when it appeared in the of
fetal gazette that article had been
radically altered. 1t now orders the
government to find a satisfactory
way to settle all debts to the United
States before 1910 and authorizes
the president to open negotiations
Immediately.
This "error" in the gazette's COM
posing room is supposed to have
been ordered by Colonel Batista,
and though congress has the power
to correct it, a majority of con-
gressmen, after reading the arti-
Gle in the gazette, gave it their APP
prevail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Britain and Italy Sign
Mediterranean Pact

= REAT BRITAIN and Italy signed
~ a treaty concerning the Medi-
terranean that is of the highest i'm
portance, Italy first pledging itself
to keep hands off Spanish territory.
In the public declaration are these
three leading statements:
The interests of Britain and Italy
in the Mediterranean do not con-
flict but on the contrary are
parallel"
The two powers announce they
recognize their respective maritime
rights in the Mediterranean, mean
ing that Italy will have free access
to the oceans by way of Gibraltar
and the Suez canal and that Brit
aims imperial trade route to India
will remain free and inviolate.
Britain and Italy announce to all
the world that they favor preserving
the status quo everywhere in the
Mediterranean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Burgos, First City" of Rebel
Spain, Has Intriguing History

the city is one of the main reasons
for the name of CASTLE.
even after the transfer of the
royal residence, Burgos was still
the scene of much royal pomp,
splendor, and treachery. Several
kings were crowned there, and
some were born within its walls.
Perhaps Burgos' most notorious
son was King Pedro the Cruel,
who was reputed to decorate his
rooms with the heads of his vic
tins.
Columbus Welcomed Here.
Columbus, returning from his
second expedition to the tabled
New World, was welcomed by Fer
nando and Isabella in that pala-
tial residence of old Burgos, the
Casa de Gordon. The building still
spreads its stone front across one
side of the Plaza de Libertad.
Royal marriages attracted to
Burgos the pageantry of medieval
chivalry from more than one ma
ton. England sent a Twelfth
century princess there to become
Spanish queen, and later came
an English king and a French
duke to claim Spanish wives.
Gin Burgos was born Ell Cid,
the national hero of Spain in the
struggle to reconquer the country
from the Moors. The hilltop cas-
tie, then a magnificent strong
hold, was the scene of his mar
riage to Ximena, who is buried
with him in the Cathedral. One
of the towns saddest days was
that of their hero's return, when
all doors were closed against him
by the jealous kings command,
and the grieving populace had to
do their hero-worshiping silently
from their windows.
City Is Battle Scared.
Remnants of warlike days sur
vive in the city. The castle, de-
molished by the French after it
had successfully resisted the
forces of the mighty Wellington,
faunts its ruins from the hill.
Four fortified gates remain, as
well as pleasant Walkway, called
the Paseo de los Cubos, the Prom
enade of the Tubs, because it
passes a row of tublike circular
bastions of the old wall.
'On the outskirts of Burgos
stands the convent of Las Huel-
gas, to which only noble women
were admitted. It's abbess fol- 500
years ranked second only to the
queen of Spain, and had power of
life and death, the gallows and
the knife over all who came
within her jurisdiction
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Spain Plans to Resist
German Aggression

= ERMAN warships continued to
- halt Spanish steamers, in re-
prisal for the seizure of the Nazi
freighter Palos by the Basques; and
the Spanish government made ready
to resist such action to the best of
it's ability. Foreign Minister Julio
Alvarez del Vayo said: "We are
firmly resolved, come what may,
not to permit another single aggres-
sion from the German fleet and to
reply as soon as they occur with
all the means at our command"
The Valencia government an
nounced through its Paris embassy
a fiat refusal of German offer to
cease molesting Spanish shipping
if the cargo of the Palos and Spa
nish passenger were returned.
Fascist planes rained incendiary
bombs on Malaga, setting fire to
many buildings and killing or in
juring hundreds of men, women and
children. The loyalist forces were
reported to have recaptured Alma
drones on the Guadalajara front af-
ter three days of heavy fighting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Venerable Place Was Once
the Capital of Old
CASTLE.

Burgos, Capital of rebel
Spain, while new to the ears of
present-day observers, has played
an important part in the Spain
of the past, says bulletin from
the Washington, D. c., headquar-
tiers of the National Geographic
Society.
"Burgos, with only $4,000 in
habitants, rises from the heart
of a rolling plateau about 100
miles due north of Madrid" con-
tinues the bulletin.
GAS capital of the province of
Burgos, it was normally a quiet
city which the Woodworking farm
ers, shepherds and foresters in
the province used as their market
place. Irrigated fields form green
patchwork along the valley of the
Arlanzon river, but much of the
district surrounding the city is
arid and barren like parts of the
tableland of Mexico. Where water
is available, however, good crops
thrive-chiefiy grains and chick
peas.
Once Capital of Old CASTLE.
"While Burgos may have no
boast as to high rank among ur-
ban centers on the Iberian PENN
sula, it is rich in history and in
architectural treasures. Until
1887, when the royal residence
was moved to Toledo, it was the
capital of Old CASTLE. 1t is limited
that the crumbling castle above
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
States Get $2oO,OOO,OOO
for Road Improvement

CECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
~ WALLACE has just apportioned
5000, 100000 to the states for road
Improvement. OF this sum $685.
100000 will go toward improvement
of the federal-aid highway system,
$25, 1000, 900 for improving secondary
or farm-to-market roads, and $780,
100000 for grade crossing elimina-
ton.
The fund is for use during the fis-
cal year beginning July l, 1887, and
funds for improvement of roads
must be matched by the states.
Grade crossing elimination funds
need not be matched. Highway
projects selected, contracts and
specifications are subject to federal
approval after designation by state
commissions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Chang Gets Ten Years
but Is Pardoned

M ARSHAL CHANG HSUEH-
AvA LANG, who kidnapped Gene
ralissimo Chang Kai-shek, dictator
of China, and then repented, was
courtmartialed at Marking and sem
fenced to ten years in prison. How
ever, the government listened to
Chiang's plea for mercy and agreed
to give Chang a full pardon. The
government rejected for the third
time Chiang's resignation of his mil
itary and civil posts.
There was much speculation in
Shanghai on probable political re-
adjustments. One newspaper pre-
dicted the early dismissal of six
so-called pro-Japanese officials of
the national government and the
appointment of a number of left
wingers including Nine. Sun Vat
sen, widow of the Father of the
New China" She has advocated
communist regime and alliance
with Moscow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

with the bottom of the firedoor.
In mild weather, of course, you
can leave a little heavier layer of
ash on the CRATES. This will keep
the fire burning very slowly, yet
keep enough coal burning to
provide sufficient heat should the
outside temperature drop sudden
ly.
Let me repeat this warning:
After putting fresh coal on the
fire, be sure to leave an exposed
spot of live Goals directly in front
of the fire-door. This "hot-spot"
will act as a pilot light and ignite
the gases that come up from the
fresh fuel. Allow these gases to
become totally burned before
checking the fire.
COpyright
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

ions. Ten of the corporations plants
already were closed by sit-down
strikes and walkouts, and $1,000 of
its employees were idle.
Edward F. McGrady, assistant
secretary of labor, who has spent
three months in futile effort to stop
the maritime walkout on the Pacific
coast, hurried back to Washington
to take a hand in the General Mo-
tors strike. After reporting to Sec
rotary Perkins, this chief mediator
held a conference with John L. Lew
is. Miss Perkins already had dis
cusSed the situation with Lewis,
seeking data on which Cancellation
could be recommended, though she
said this would not be undertaken
at once.
The auto workers in their Flint
meeting, besides creating the board
of strategy with power to call a
strike, approved of eight demands
on the corporation ranging from rec
ognition of their union to higher
wages and shorter hours. They also
appointed a committee to negotiate
with the corporation.
William S. Knudsen, executive
vice president of General Motors,
declared the company never would
agree to collective bargaining on a
national basis and, despite strikes,
would continue to produce automo-
biles as long as possible.
The prime object of the c. I. o. is
organization of the steel industry,
and the crisis in the automotive in
dustry was not expected by Lewis
and his associates or wanted at this
time. However, they are giving the
auto workers their full support, NOR
ally and financially.
In. the Youngstown district the
number of idle steel workers rose to
about 1000 when the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company suspended
operations in its strip mill because
of "stop" orders from automobile
customers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Herbert Hitchcock New
South Dakota Senator

TOM BERRY, before retiring
L from the governorship of South
Dakota, appointed Herbert Hitch
cock of Mitchell, S. D., to fill out
the term of the late Senator Peter
Norbeck. The new senator is Demo-
cratic state chairman and his APP
pointment brings the Democratic
membership of the senate to rs, the
highest party total in history. The
Republicans now number Is.
Mr.. Hitchcock was born in Ma
quoketa, Ia, in 1867 and was edu-
Gated at Anamosa, Davenport and
Chicago. He went to Mitchell in
1894 and was admitted to the bar
two years later. He was president
of the school board in his home
town for ten years and states at
torney four years. He served as
state senator in 1909, 1911, and 1929.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Andersen's Fairy Tales

One hundred years ago there
was published in Copenhagen
pamphlet, badly printed on poor
paper and bound between thin
blue paper covers. Its author and
publisher were faint hearted
about the enterprise. Thus did the
first series of Hans Christian An
dersen's Fairy Tales appear.
Hans Andersen, as he is known
in Denmark, was one of the found
ers of modern Danish. He intro
duced Danish language into DAN
ish prose, and before his death
Denmark credited his name with
national holiday in honor of his
birth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

Ships, authoritative naval yearbook,
the United States has 80 warships
under construction or planned;
Italy, &c; France, 43; Germany, 80;
Japan, 38.
Though no figures were given for
soviet Russia, it is known the Reds
are planning to launch a sea pro-
gram which will bring their naval
strength up to that of their land
forces, now the largest in the world.
Information in Washington says
the United States has and will have
under construction 95 warships. 1t
expects to increase its personnel
by almost 10 per cent and build up
a strong naval reserve. The ships
will include light and heavy cruis-
ers, destroyers, and submarines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Milburn L. Wilson Gets
Rex Tugwell's Place

M LBURN L. WILSON of Mon
A'A tana, who has been serving as
an assistant secretary of agricul-
ture, has been made undersecretary
of the department to succeed Rex
ford G. Tugwell, resigned Wilson's
post was given to Harry L. Brown,
a dirt farmer who rose from herds
man on an Iowa hog farm to be di-
rector of Georgia's agricultural ex-
tension service.
William H. Moran retired as chief
of the secret service with the close
of the year and was succeeded by
Frank j. Wilson, whose detective
work was largely responsible for the
conviction of Al Capone on income
tax evasion charges.
Charles T. Fisher, Jr., resigned
as a director of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation to become
banking commissioner of Michigan.
He had been with the RFC since
its creation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

History in the Scientific Monthly. In
three of these, men were bitten re-
peatedly on various parts of the
body by Infatuated males. The
fourth case was a native woman
who had been injured seriously by
a tremendous back-hand slap.
With dogs, the gorilla's tactics
were somewhat different. He
"would simply stand still until he
considered the dog within reach,
when he would suddenly grab him
and slam him on the ground. This
was the end of the dog"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Five Hundred Mothers March

Dressed entirely in black or wear
ing mourning armlets, 500 mothers
marched in silent procession to the
City Chambers, Edinburgh, Scot
land, and presented to the city coun-
Gil petition signed by 1000 wom-
en- demanding adequate medical IA
cilities for Niddrie Mains, the city's
greatest municipal housing project.
1t has 10000 inhabitants, but no
doctor or hospital. Three of the
marchers told how children died for
want of medical attention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

ter. It will be submitted to con-
gress with the Presidents favorable
recommendation.
The Mellon collection, part of
which is stored in the Corcoran art
gallery in Washington, includes
many paintings of highest impor-
lance and some fine works of sculp-
ture. Lord Duveen of Milbank, head
of celebrated art firm, says that
its actual value is more than $780,
100000 and that it is the greatest
collection ever assembled by any
individual collector"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Naval Treaty Expires;
Building Race Is On

a T THE close of 1886 the Wash
"A ington and London naval treat
les expired, and great naval con-
struction race started among the
powers. Great Britain got off well
in the lead, for on New Years day
she laid the keels of two huge bat
tleships, the George v and tn e
Prince of Wales. The British pro-
gram calls for the building of 70
new vessels at cost of nearly
billion dollars. The British also are
understood to be planning to rebuild
the Hongkong and Pacific bases.
According to James Fighting
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

10 SetCle all OuDan
obligations in the
United States and is
expected soon to in
vite the bankers and
bondholderS con-
cerned to enter
negotiations to that
end. Credit for in
ducing Bru to do
this is given to Col.
Fulgencio Batista,
who appears to be
largely in control of
affairs in fha island
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Quotations"

There is no more independence
in politics than there is in jail
Will Rogers.
Next to worry, probably one of
the most potent causes of unhappi.
ness is envy.-Bertrand Russell.
In political life, YOU must under
stand, every pilot dies before he
comes to port.-Andre Maurois.
1t ought moi to be assumed that a
person doing nothing is wasting his
time.-Raymond B. Fosdick.
1t is clear that ito serve God" is
equivalent to serving "every living
ihing.-Albert Einstein.
Hope is the dream of possession;
faith is possession of the dream
Jules Simon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Nebraska's Unicameral
Legislature Opens

a S NEBRASKA'S unicameral
1 \ legislature, unique in the Unit
ed States, was about to begin its
first session, Gov. R. L. Cochran de-
clared politics was out. He dis
couraged party caucuses among the
members and said he would have
no spokesman in the legislature.
The governor pointed out that the
constitution provides that the one
house chamber shall be non-parti-
san and that the voters had done
their part by electing, or a non-poli-
teal ticket, % Democrats and 81
Republicans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
a Home Heating
\Z Hints By s! John Barclay sana!:
Deep Bed of Fire Burns Less Fuel
Than Skinny" One; Saves
Time and Labor.

a GREAT many home-owners
are under the impression that
they save coal by putting only a
little coal on a furnace fire. As
matter of fact, that's one of the
surest ways to actually waste fuel
that / know of. A "fiimsy" fire
burns coal quickly, has a tendency
to go out easily, won't deliver suf-
ficient heat, and makes repeated
refueling necessary.
The truly economical way is to
keep a deep fire bed at all times.
1t should always be up to a level
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

Whereupon 300 dele
gates from tn o S e
plants in ten cities
met in Flint, Mich,
and granted to a
"board of strategy"
power to order a
general strike. The
board is headed by
Homer Martin, in
ternational president
of the United Auto
mobile Workers of
America, one of the
~ ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
African Natives Avoid
the Dangerous Gorilla

African natives travelling through
the forest will usually detour to
avoid a party of gorillas if they
hear them. On the other hand, if
a group of natives, talking as they
walk along, come near group of
gorillas, the gorillas usually move.
Four encounters of man with 60
r:llas with serious consequences are
described by DR.. H. c. Raven, of
the American Museum of Natural
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

magnificent art col
lection, valued at
$23, 900, 900, together
with a $4,000, 900
building for its hous-
ing in Washington
and a fund for it's
maintenance and in
crease. The offer is
made through Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with
whom Mr.. Mellon
has been in CORE
spondence and con-
fprnnpa on fbo M Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
General Strike Threatened
in General Motors Plants

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORA
- TON fatty refused to consider
collective bargaining in its 50 plants
except through local management.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Mellon Offers Great Art
Collection to Nation

a NDREW w. MELLON, Pitts
burgh multimillionaire and for
mer secretary of the treasury, has
offered to present to the nation his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Bru Plans Settlement
of Cuban Obligations

= EDERICO LAREDO BRU, the
new president of Cuba, proposes
Nogales international., 1937-06-01
A GROUP OF CITY OFFICIALS 20 YEARS AGO

These pictures are of group Of men who
served the city in an official capacity about
20 years ago. Bracey Curtis, who was one
of the councilmen at that time, was presi-
dent Of the First National Bank at the time
Of his death on January 81, 1929. In this
group seven are still living in this city, They
are Bowman, Saxon, Ford, -
Bryant Lowe, Chenoweth and
Larcom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-10
Poor Mans Gold
Courtney RyIey Cooper '' ~sg s, e""

not gone well for Mckenzie Joe
during these last few months. He
had been forced to watch tire
mendous change engulf the young
man whom he long ago had come to
regard with an overpowering af-
lection.
But Mckenzie Joe never had been
diplomatic. He was doing more in
that direction now than ever before.
At least, he kept his mouth tight
when every atom of his supremacy
honest nature shouted to him to
have a showdown and proclaim
that he was tired of being dealt
cards from a stacked deck. Some
thing was wrong; he felt sure of it.
His distrust of Kay Joyce and Bruce
Kenning amounted almost to mania.
Not that Joe blamed Jack for be-
ing blind. 1t was wholly natural
condition.; the North makes man
snow-blind or woman-blind and Ell
Their affiiction is hard to cure. Jack
Hammond was not the first person
Mckenzie Joe had seen take to
climbing trees at the will of wom-
an. He could remember a few ex-
periences of his own. All prospec-
tors can.
The placards announcing Annie's
great premiere were still fresh in
his mind as he turned into Jeanne's
store.
Listen" he announced, 81 need
some new duds. Can you get 'em
by 'plane?"
eff you'll give me your measure
ments." Jeanne replied. 'I've got
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-10

an order going in on plane to-
morrow
''That's easy. Forty-four chest
for the coat, thirty-six waist and
thirty-one legs for the pants. If
the sleeves are too long, I'll turn
'em up" Then, without a break.
slows business?"
Rushing" answered Jeanne,
writing down the measurements.
Fine" Mckenzie Joe looked
sourly into the distance, only to
turn back as quickly. "Say," he
asked, peering hard into her face.
"You and me always have been
good friends. / think a lot of you"
Thanks, joe"
eff Jack Hammond had any
sense"
"Do you have any particular col
or you'd like for this suit?" Jeanne
broke in.
"Well, I guess not. I'm kind of
partial to blue. Not that dead blue,
you know. Something kind of live
ly."
She laughed. "You can see cleo
trio blue a long ways"
'That's my color. I want 'em to
know I'm coming. And get me a
couple of shirts. White, I guess.
And a tie with some red in it-not
all red. I'm going over to Around
the World Annie's on the Fourth
of July"
Wearing red, white and blue"
chuckled Jeanne.
might as well be neighborly, !"
he grunted and started away.
Jack Hammond was at home
when he arrived, with poster he
had ripped from cabin wall.
"Have you seen it?" he asked.
Mckenzie Joe nodded.
'tI've ordered a new suit for it."
Jack stared. "Are you going
overt"
The older man pretended a casual
air. He reached for his shovel and
pick, preparatory to moving up the
trail toward the test shaft.
"Yeh, I figured might drop in
and slap a few drinks under my
belt"
Jack Hammond's jaw fell.
you're not going to do that,
Joe?" His tone bore the portent of
impending calamity. Mckenzie
shouldered his pick and shovel.
whats wrong about that? You
went down to Seattle and got drunk,
didn't your"
"But-"
81 figure if one partners got a
right to get drunk, the other ones
got the same privilege"
eyes, I guess you have, Joe."
Hammond's features were clouded.
The elder man started away, then
paused.
"Say, I seen you on the upper
fiat yesterday afternoon with cou-
pie of men. What were you doing?"
1t was the last question Jack de-
sired to answer.
''Oh, just looking around"
SIN other words, figuring out
place to test that wild-eyed theory
Of yours, that the Big Moose swung
over toward the B. c. hills. That
it?"
"Well-since you put it that
way"