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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23
Win Sales Prizes

Christmas brought good news
to two Montgomery Ward en-
ployees here this week. Marvin
Femrite won first in general
sales contest and will receive a
nine days paid vacation over New
Years which he will spend at
Minot, North Dakota, while Ern-
est Olson, assistant manager, won
first in a region suit contest for a
$50 prize. He will spend the holi-
days at Bemidji.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23

Bad weather prevented good
attendance at a dinner meeting
called for members of the North
west Coal dealers association from
Redwood and Renville counties
in Hotel Ramsey Tuesday eve
ming. Only six men attended, G..
A. Patton, H. E. Kickul, Edward
Cuisine and j. j. Christensen of
Redwood Falls and Lester Bad
ger, president of the association
and G. w. Eckstrand, secretary, of
Minneapolis. Both out-of-town
men spoke.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23
DOG BITES LAD

Clements-Nickie Vierling, son
of John Vierling Jr. was bit in
the face Friday afternoon when
he approached two dogs who were
fighting over a bore. He was
rushed to a doctor who took sew
eral stitches in his cheek.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23
FATHER DIES

Joseph w. Prokosch, former
resident of Clements died at l p.
m. Monday at his home in Fin
layson. He was the father of
Joseph F. Prokosch of Redwood
Falls. Funeral services were held
at a. m. today at Clements.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23

A WPA crew of Is men began
work Monday enlarging the coun-
ty highway shop here ana re-
modelling the storage shed.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-07-16

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Death Takes Harry New,
Ex-Postnaster General

II AIRY S. NEW, one of Indi-
IL ana's well known citizens, died
in Johns Hopkins hospital, Balti-
more, at the age of seventy-nine He
had lived at Chevy Chase, Md,
since his retirement from active
work in 1929, but the body was TAX
en- back to Indianapolis for burial.
Mr.. New rose from reporter to
publisher of the Indianapolis Jour-
nal, and in later years he was head
of the Bedford Stone and Construc-
ton company. However, he was
best known in the field of politics
and public service. He was chair
man of the Republican national
committee in 19O7-O8, senator from
Indiana from 1917 to 1923, and then
served as postmaster general under
President Harding, establishing the
first transcontinental air mail.
From 1923 to 1925 Mr.. New was
grand consul of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

general ancient routine was fol-
lowed, there were some notable con-
cessions to modernity. For instance,
the abbey was equipped with tele-
phones and loud speakers. Anoth-
er innovation, on the days before
the coronation, was the stationing
of companies of soldiers from the
various dominions as sentries at
Buckingham and st. James pal
aces. Never before had this duty
been entrusted to other than the
British guards.
Throughout the British empire
coronation day was celebrated with
parades and banquets, and wher-
ever on earth as many as two Brit
ishers came together, George vi
was toasted.
In chateau near Tours, France,
Edward, duke of Windsor, sat be-
fore a radio listening to broadcast
of the coronation ceremonies; and
by his side was Wallis Warfield, his
fancee, for whom he surrendered
his throne.
1t was announced that Wallis had
formally dropped the name Simpson
and would be known as Mrs. Wallis
Warfield.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
New Roman Empire Marks
It's First Birthday

RENTER MUSSOLINI gave the
L people of Rome a fine spectacle
in celebration of the first anniver-
sary of the new Roman empire, and
at the same time he warned the
world not to interfere with ''the
thousands of years old civilizing
mission of Italy" in Africa. The
big parade which King Victor En-
manuel and the Duce reviewed was
given vivid color by the detach-
ments of native troops from Erit-
rea, Somaliland, Libya and Ethi-
opia, on Arab horses, on canels
and afoot. With them were the
mechanical forces of the regular
Italian army.
Gibes in the London press at the
Italian troops who were defeated in
several engagements in Spain so
vexed Mussolini that he barred
from Italy all but three of the Lon
don newspapers and ordered all
Italian correspondents in London to
return home at once.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Trying to Solve Explosion
of the Hindenburg

GENERAL Investigations into the
- disaster that befell the huge
German dirigible Hindenburg were
started, the most important being
that of the air commerce bureau.
There was not much in the black
ened skeleton of the airship at Lake
hurst, N. j., from which could be
obtained an explanation of the ex-
plosion that brought it down in blaz-
ing ruin, killing "a of its passengers
and crew and one spectator. Among
the theories the most likely was
that the airship's hydrogen gas was
ignited either by static electricity
that ran up the landing lines or by
backfre from a stern motor.
The airship, just arrived from Eu-
rope on its first transatlantic trip
of the year, was about to land when
there was an explosion toward the
stern. Instantly flames broke out
and ran the length of the ship. The
tail sagged first, then the nose
crashed down and the split sections
telescoped as they fell. A few of
the A passengers and some mem
bers of the crew were able to jump
to safety, but many of the others
aboard hadn't a chance for their
lives. The navy men of the ground
crew heroically plunged into the
flaming wreckage and dragged out
those victims who could be reached.
Among the victims of the disaster
was Capt. Ernst Lehman, who pi-
loted the Hindenburg last year. He
had relinquished the command to
Capt. William Pruss but was aboard
in an advisory capacity. He was
terribly burned and died in a hos
pital. Captain Pruss was severely
injured.
1t was officially announced in Ber-
lin that another airship would re-
sumo the service to North America
in the autumn. 1t is now under con-
struction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
K X X X X x ~ X
0Gg 9! ~? z JEUI>Nz1|
IN REVIEW
BIZ CdUu/1d W PicRd/zd
q Western Newspaper Union.

a recess until autumn. Vice Presi-
dent Garner and House Majority
Leader Sam Rayburn are foremost
in the planning for adjournment.
Senator Joe Robinson, senate ma
jority leader, is so sure congress
will quit soon that he has engaged
passage to Europe for July for him.
self and Mrs. Robinson.
If, after the return of President
Roosevelt from his fishing trip, no
compromise agreement on the SUI
preme court enlargement plan can
be reached, congress probably will
take a long recess and resume the
fight over that measure in the fall.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon
tana, leader of the opposition, said
some of the proponents of the plan
told him of the possibility of putting
the bill over until the autumn, and
he interpreted this as sign OF
weakness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Special Foreign Rights
in Egypt Are Ended

EGYPT took another step toward
II complete independence when a
convention was officially signed at
Montreaux, Switzerland, terminal
ing foreign ''capitulations" or spe-
cial foreign rights in the land of the
Nile. Special courts for trying for
eigners in Egypt will be gradually
abolished during a twelve year tran
sition period. Freedom for Amer
lean scientists to carry on their
work in Egypt, including excava-
tons at Luxor and Sahara, is guar
anteed, and all American educa-
tional, medical and charitable insti-
tutions will be permitted to continue
their activities.
All foreign voice in the making of
law in Egypt will end on October
Is, 1887, and foreigners thenceforth
will be subject to Egyptian laws and
taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

the discussion, telling house ap-
preparation subcommittee that I'M
employment is a permanent prob
lem, that the government should be
prepared to support 7,000,00O jobless
persons at all times, and conse-
quently that congress must appro-
pirate the billion and half for
relief instead of cutting the sum
down to billion.
Both Democrats and Republicans
on the committee protested, and
Chairman Woodrum of Virginia told
Hopkins he would use every en-
deavor to have the appropriation re-
duced by at least a third.
Senator William H. King of Utah,
Democrat, not only disagrees with
Hopkins as to the amount needed
for relief, but isn't satisfied with the
way the administrator has been
conducting the work. He introduced
resolutions in the senate calling for
an investigation of the works prog
ress administration and taking the
future spending of relief money out
of Hopkins hands. King said his
purpose was to abolish the WPA.
In the house economy received a
wallop on the head when the re-
forestation bill was passed, I'll to
1853. This measure would appropri-
ate $4,000, 900 annually for govern
ment aid to farmers who wish to
turn part of their farms into wood
lands. 1t was fought by bloc led
by Representative j. j. Cochran of
Missouri, Democrat. cit has worth
while objective, but it is one of
those expensive measures which we
can defer passing for while until
the budget is in balance" declared
Cochran.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Mabel Boardrnan Honored
by the Red Cross

M ISIS MABEL T. BOARDMAN
A'i was the guest of honor at the
dinner of the American Red Cross
during the annual convention in
Washington, and she richly de-
served that distinction and all the
fine things that were said about her.
For Miss Boardman was closing her
thirty-seventh year of service with
the organization, during which time
she never has accepted either sal
airy or expense money. Such self
less devotion to a humanitarian
cause is not often met with and it
is most seemly that it should be
recognized. Since 1900 Miss Board
man has raised more than $780,
900 in gifts to the Red Cross.
''My satisfaction is in develop
ing things" the tall, impressive ma
tional secretary and volunteer serv-
ice head, explained. 81 don't care
very much for static things"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Scientists Hunting for
Rare Shells Find Pearls

Searching for rare seashells on an
island in Spencer gulf, Australia,
party of scientists hauled up bag
full of mussels, and from three shells
in succession fine pearl was ex-
tracted. The rest of the scientists
collection was rare and beautiful if
not so valuable. Brilliant pink and
green painted LADY, shells, glossy
black cowries, which are used for
currency on some Pacific islands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

fifty-three years old, is one of the
largest landholders in the South. He
owns a weekly newspaper at Rog-
ersville, Tenn, and the Information
al Playing Card and Label COM
pany. He has been president of the
International Printing Freshmen
and Assistants Union of North
America since he was twenty years
old.
The new senator has been one of
President Roosevelt's most ardent
supporters, and was himself con-
sidered for nomination for the vice
presidency in 1924.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Merrill and Lambie Fly
Across the Atlantic

FIRST of this years airplane
L flights across the Atlantic ocean
was made by Dick Merrill and his
co-pilot, Jack Lambie. They flew
from New York to Croydon airport
near London in 81 hours 2 minutes,
setting a new record despite the fact
that they had to land first at North
Weald, Essex, to obtain directions.
Merrill said they had bad weather
with rain all the way, but their Lock-
heed-Electra monoplane behaved
perfectly. The flyers were under
contract to start back with photo
graphs of the coronation immedi-
ately after that event, regardless of
weather conditions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

before the archbiSh-
op of Canterbury in
Westminster abbey
and the primate
placed on the mon
arch's h e a d the
crown which Ed
ward never wore.
Then the queens
crown was placed
on the head of Eliz-
abeth, and the two
took their places on
their thrones. At the
same time all the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
16 Inches of Rain

Reducing the Ohio flood into fig
ures, the weather bureau states that
from January l to January %
enough water fell over an area
thousands of square miles in extent
to form vast lake Is inches deep,
if it had remained on the surface
where it fell. In one belt 100 miles
wide along the $50 miles of the Ohio
river it is estimated that go billion
tons of water fell. At the rate of 3
tons second, it would require $50
years to count it all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
what /|lk
~JWV/ thinks
about:
Curing Suffering.

CHIN LEE, ARIZ.-Away up
~ here in the Indian country
comes a newspaper, saying
some expert at correcting hui
man utterance has turned up
with a cure for suffering.
But why? BY his own admission,
nearly all Sufferers can sing and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Italian Aviator Sets
New Altitude Record

n NE of Italy's fine aviators, Col.
- Mariox Pezzi, set new altitude
record for airplanes by flying to a
height of 1858 meters, or 1851
feet. The former record of 1928
meters was held by r. F. D. Swain
of England.
Colonel Pezzi, who commands the
military altitude school at Monte
Carlo, used Caproni biplane pow
cred with a 14-cylinder, 700-horse-
power Piaggio engine. He reported
encountering temperature of 65.2
degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

most OF Lnem can
swear fiuently, thus
providing superior
emotional outlets in
two directions. One
of the snartest
criminal lawyers 1
KIN ow deliberately
cultivated a natural
impeachment in his
speech. In court
room debates it
gave him more time
to think up either
the right questions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
and other kinds of shells were found.

and other kinds of shells were found.
Wading to procure these speci-
mems, great care had to be taken
because of concealed "razor" shells
which grow hidden in seaweed and
which will dangerously injure the
foot that treads on them. Some of
the rarest shells were always found
in a damaged condition, and this
was puzzling until naturalists dis
covered that the seagulls find these
shells in the water, and in order to
extract the fish, fly to height and
then drop them on the rocks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

assembled peers and peeresses
donned their coronets, drums and
trumpets sounded and the guns at
the Tower of London doomed. This
was the climax of the grand spec
tacle that had attracted many thou
sands of persons to London and that
held the attention of the world for
a few hours.
First of the days events was the
procession to the abbey, which was
observed by vast throngs in the
streets, windows and stands. 1t was
two miles long. The lord mayor of
London, gorgeously clad and carry
ing the city mace, arrived first at
the annex built at the abbey en-
trance, and was followed closely by
the speaker of the house of COM
mons, representatives of foreign
governments, the prime ministers
of the dominions and the princes
and princesses of royal blood. Next
came Queen Mary, and then King
George and Queen Elizabeth.
When all the fortunate ones en-
tIlSu " places III Tic dDOSy Hdo
taken their seats, the ceremony be-
gan with the ancient recognition"
ritual; the archbishop of Canter-
bury presented the king to the peo-
pie, and four times the throng re-
sponded with God Save King
George" After the rite of corona
ton and the actual enforcement of
the monarchs the doors of the abbey
were thrown open, George and Eliz-
abeth, wearing their crowns and
carrying their scepters, stepped in
to their coach, and the second grand
procession made it's slow way to
Buckingham palace.
Every detail of the spectacle and
careroopv bod baap roboorcad until
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

with such huge ex-
penditures as t h e
billion and a half
dollars Mr.. Roose-
welt asked for relief
is a puzzle that con-
gress doesn't know
how to solve. Harry
H o p kin S, Works
Progress admins
traitor and most &C.
complished spender
of the administra-
ton, took a hand in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

all were perfect in
their parts and moth
ing marred the per-
Torrance u p o n
which the British
government spent
about $4,000, 600. It
really was a gor-
geous show and no
one begrudged the
money it cost, espe-
cially as visitors to
London spent prob
ably ten times as
much Though in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

cooperation" what
ever that may
mean, is now United
States senator from
Tennessee, having
been appointed by
Governor Browning
to fill out the term
of the late Senator
Nathan L. Bach
man. He will serve
until the regular
election in Novem-
Der, 1888.
M D1~n1y ,xyI1 -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Congress May Adjourn
or Recess in July

p ECAUSE the economy move
II ment in congress makes unde-
sirable the enactment of much So
cial legislation that had been
planned, the law makers find they
haven't much business to do. There
fore they are getting ready for adj
journment early in July, or at least
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Lifetime Food Estimated

The average human being con-
sumes during his lifetime 1000
pounds of bread, $4,000 eggs, about
10000 pounds of meat and 10000
pounds of potatoes, declares a Lon
don scientist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Historic Spot ON CAMPUS

Among historic spots on the cam.
pus of the United States Naval aca-
denny is the Maryland state capitol,
the fifth place (l783-84) to be used
by the Continental Congress for ses-
sionS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20

or to figure out the right answers.
And one of the most charraing
voices I ever heard belonged to a
Louisiana girl whose soft southern
accents were fascinatingly inter-
rupted at intervals by a sudden
stammer-lke unexpected ripples
in gently flowing brook.
How to Relax.
p EFORE I started out here, feel
- ing somewhat jumpy after
wrestling a radio program for six
months, Jimmy Swinnerton, the art
ist, who's one of the most devoted
friends these high mesas ever had,
advised me to try stretching out on
the desert sands as a measure for
health and complete relaxation and
a general toning up.
"Just lie down perfectly fiat" he
said. Then he took another look at
my figure. Anyway, lie down."
he said.
So today I tried it. Another friend,
John Kirk, the famous Indian trad
er, helped me pick out a suitable
spot on the Navajo reservation that
was forty miles from the nearest
habitation.
But the site l chose was already
pre-empted by a scorpion with a
fretful singer and an irritable dis
position that seemed to resent be-
ing crowded. So I got right up
again. In fact, got up so swiftly
that Kirk said it was impossible to
follow the movement with the hui
man eye. 1t was like magic, he
said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Hopkins Insists on Having
Huge Sum for Relief

II OW to economic by cutting
IL down government expendi-
lures, as the President has demand
ed, and at the same time to continue
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
George Berry Appointed
Senator From Tennessee
GEORGE LEO

HEURGE LEUNARD BENIN |,
~ veteran labor leader who has
been serving as President Roose-
velt's "co-ordinator for industrial
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Coronation of George Is
London's Great Spectacle

Glad in a cloth of gold robe en-
~ broidered with colored emblems
and lined with white satin, King
George vi of Great Britain knelt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
Speed Crazed Drivers.

w l see you almost daily. You're
roaring through populous streets or
skidding on hairpin turns or whirl-
ing at sixty perilous miles an hour
around the kinked and snaky twists
of mountain roads like some de-
moniac bug racing along the spine
of coiled RATHER.
If I am one to say, you probably
have primed yourself for this sense
less speeding on that most danger
Gus of all mixed tipples-the fear
some combination of alcohol and
gasoline. Or perhaps, like the blind
mule of the folklore tale, you just
naturally don't care a dern. One
thing is plain: Despite the high per-
centage of mortality your breed is
on the increase.
So, again, echoing the question
which the coroner must frequently
ask at the inquest, why the hurry,
Sonny Boy?
1t can't be that anybody wants
you back at the place where you've
been or that anybody else will be
glad to see you at the place where
you're going.
Really now, Sonny Boy, what is
all the hurry about?
Civilizations Predicament.
FEEL it my duty to call atten-
ton to the following warning, re-
Gently published:
1.-THE earth is degenerating in
these latter days. bribery and
corruption abound. the children
no longer obey their parents. it
is evident that the end of the world
is approaching!"
However, it should be added that
this prediction is not, as might be
assumed from its familiar ring,
the utterance of some inspired OBJ
server of the present moment. It
is a translation from an Assyrian
tablet, dated $500 B. c.
So, if the fulillment of the doleful
prophecy has been delayed for A.
737 years it seems reasonable to
assume that it may be some months
yet before civilization flies all to
pieces.
Waning States Rights.
a S I watch commonwealth after
commonwealth below the Ma
son and Dixon line tumbling over
one another to embrace centralized
authority in exchange for federal
funds for local projects, I'm re-
minded of a trip which a friend of
mine out here just made.
He's a descendant of the Lees and
he decided to pay pious pilgrim.
age to the last remaining strong
hold of the late Southern Confed-
eracy. So he went to the only two
states that voted last fall for states
rights, making his headquarters in
the ghost city of Passamaquoddy.
He reports that, in both Maine
and Vermont, the secession senti-
ment is getting stronger all the time
and that there's a growing tendency
to name boys for jeff Davis rather
than Ethan Allen or Neal B. Dow.
IRWIN S. COBB.
@-WNU Service.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
$500 Cash

and monthly payments less than
rent wN buy your choice Of
these homes.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
12-Room Home
On Market

One of the few homes in Cleve-
land Park with large grounds is
now available through the office
of Davidson and Davidson.
Situated 34OO Newark st. N. w.
the residence was "custom-built"
to individual order and boasts
nearly a half acre of land. Down
stairs it contains a center hall,
immense living room and solarium.
a den, dining room, porch and a
kitchen with two pantries.
Upstairs it has seven bedrooms,
three baths and sewing room.
A three-car garage, automatic oil
heat, electric refrigeration and
every known modern comfort and
luxury are also included.
Only because an estate must be
settled is this residence on the
market. The price is $29,500 and
terms may be arranged, according
to officials of Davidson and David
son.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
$50, 900, Spent
On PWA Hospitals

The Public Works Administra-
ton is continuing its record as
the nations greatest builder of
hospitals, a report from the
agency said today.
Since its organization in June
of 1888, it has been responsible
for two-thirds of the country's
hospital construction, repair and
renovation.
PWA allotments, as of Deem
ber 2, 1886, had made possible
the addition of $1,000 beds to
Federal and non-Federal hospitals.
There were 388 non-Federal prof.
ects covering work upon 922 hos
pital buildings, estimated to cost
$146, 100000. There we're also 1874
Federal projects costing $16,-
$4,000