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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
THEY TAKE 1T ALL IN!

Three mothers were having COM
mittee meeting at the home of one
member. Jackie and Elsa, her three
and four-year-olds, were running in and
out, and the discussion was being in
terrupted by their mothers constant
admonitions for them to behave"
themselves.
do your children fight and squaibble
all the time?" she asked plaintively
'It seems to me I'm eternally having to
settle some difficulty they're getting
into, and the more punish them, the
worse they seem to get. Jackie! Stop
grabbing Elsa's cookies You've had
more than are good for you already"
"Oh, I guess it's in the nature of
children to quarrel" answered her
neighbor, practically. "I know we did
in our family. There were such lot
of us, wonder sometimes how mother
ever managed. As I look back, I be-
lieve she must have left us to fight it
out among ourselves a good many
times. Maybe there was a policy behind
it."
Several more times during the meet
ing of the three women, the hostess
apologized, with increasing irritation,
for the behavior of her children. And
when the visitors left, one of them
burst out to the other-as women will
before the door had more than closed
behind them.
why is it that mothers will persist in
talking about their children in front
of them?" she exploded. 81 felt awfully
sorry for Mrs. Blank, when the children
were so annoying. But really, she
brought it on herself. You could tell
they were just trying to get attention.
Every child likes to have it's mothers
attention good deal of the time, and
here was a good chance to get not only
their mothers, but two other peoples,
as WELL"
do you think children as young as
that pay any attention to what's being
said about them?" the other woman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
1908" BOlULing Team
Makes Score of 9O8.

Hopkins-Just one pin, tottering pin
that wiggled and wobbled on its base,
threatening to stand but deciding to
fall, made history in the local bowl
ing alleys last week One of the teams
in the women's league, '908' to be exact,
had things collectively figured out so
well, so exactly, that the five women
on the team scored the unbelievable
"coincident" score of exactly 9O8-the
seasons high single game in the league.
This score coupled with that of the
other two games played the same night
gave them a 2474-the seasons high
three-game score. To make this spec
tacular total Mrs. Rose Hamilton
knocked down 167 pins; Miss Alice
E. j. Mcdonald banged out 206; Miss
Shannon came through with 100; Mrs.
Mary Casey rolled the ball into 172
pins and Mrs. M. B. Hagen tipped over
TT. With their 26 handicap, you can
count 'em, add EN-, cuss 'em-they
always come out exactly 908 for 1908"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
Doctors AnslDer Queries
About TransfusiOns.

What is blood TRANSMISSION? Is it
harmful to healthy adult to give his
blood for TRANSMISSION? Does it in
volve danger to the sick patient who re-
ceives it?
These and many other like questions
are frequently asked the committee on
public health education of the Mime
sofa State Medical association as re-
suit of the newspaper and radio atten-
ton bestowed upon people who offer
their blood for the aid of sick friends
and relatives.
The committee accordingly issued
bulletin on the subject today, explain
ing it and reassuring questioners.
Blood transfuSions are used prin-
cipally to replace a serious loss of
blood or to refresh and renew a blood
supply in which essential elements have
been destroyed by disease. Blood donors
are available in all we'll organized hos
pitfalls and so it is very rare indeed,
that 1t Is necessary to make a public
appeal for such service. Friends or
relatives may give their blood provided
Iney are properly tested to see If the
blood is of the right type and harbors
no disease.
No harm whatever comes to the
healthy adult who gives his blood in a
blood TRANSMISSION. The amount taken
for the purpose does not endanger
health and the slight loss is replaced
automatically in a few days. In case
OF accidents or dire emergencies blood
may be needed Immediately to save
life. In that case regular donors are
always available in the larger hospitals
within 45 minutes of the time they are
called
II the blood given is the right type and
free from disease no harm can come to
the sick patient either. Often, on the
contrary, the procedure produces an
immediate improvement and very fire.
quently it is the only available means
of saving life
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
MERMEk GROOM
FOR state meet
Bow Swimmers Complete Home
Schedule by Submerging
Chisholm, Friday.

The Ely boys swimming team de-
feated the Chisholm high school boys
aggregation in the last dual meet at
home this season. 1t was the second
win for the locals over the Chisholm
swimmers, having previously won at
Chisholm by a score of 361s to 29k.
One more dual meet is on the locals
schedule. Next Saturday they SWIM
against Eveleth in return meet at
the Eveleth pool The following week
Coach Herseth will take few OF the
best swimmers to Minneapolis to COM
pete in the state championship events
to be held at the University OF Mime
sofa.
Ely, by taking both relays and placing
first in three other events, took the
largest share of the honors in downing
the Chisholm squad by score of 40
to 26.
Joe Grahek, who is recognized as the
outstanding 40, so and 100 yard free
style swimmer in the state, although
beaten twice by Mckenzie of Virginia,
earlier in the season, as well as the
outstanding diver, was entered IN the
Chisholm meet in the 100 yard free style
event as an experiment to see just how
well he could recover from this race be-
fore the diving event which immediately
follows.
The 100 yard free style is the hardest
race on the program and it was found
that it is too hard on the legs for a
quick recovery for the diving. Joes
legs almost buckled up couple of times
during the dives and his performance
was far from the usual as he could do
no better than win third place in the
event in which he has been state
champion the past two years.
In the state meet, Joe will be en-
tered in the SO yard free style, diving,
and the free style relay.
Other boys who may go to the state
meet, depending on their performance
next Saturday at Eveleth, are as fol-
lows: Joe Atkins, back stroke and re-
lays; Carlson, so, 100, and free style
relay; Hall, breast stroke; Hendrickson,
back stroke; Klun, so, 100, and free
style relay; Lindholm, breast stroke and
medley relay; Markovich, so, 100 and
alternate in free style relay; Nankervis,
breast stroke; Joe zaic, diving.
Result of Fridays meet:
40 yard free style-Klun, Ely, first;
Sutich, Chisholm, second; Carlson, Ely,
third. Time 2O.6.
100 yard breast stroke-Nankervis
E, first; Haglund and Hunerick, c, Sec
ond and third. Time l:19.9.
220 yard free style-Cvar and Alden,
c, first and second; Markovich, E, third.
Time 1859
100 yard back Stroke-KoStelic, c,
first; Atkins and Hendrickson, E, sec
ond and third. Time 1909
100 yard free style Grahek and Klun,
E, first and second; Sutich, C, third.
Time STA
Diving-Loushine, C, first, TOO points;
zaic, E, second, 698 PTS; Grahek, E,
third, 69.3 pts.
Medley relay-Ely, first, with Hend-
rickSon, NankerviS and Markovich.
Chisholm, second, with Kostelic, Hum
enick and Cvar. Time 1:576.
Free style relay-Ely, first, with Ora
hex, Carlson, Atkins and Kun CHS
holm, second, with Loushine, KoStelic,
Maxi and Sutich.
Total score, Ely 40, Chisholm 26.
Referee, starter and judge of diving,
Harry Boardman, Virginia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17

Imperfect Sympathy a Fault
Imperfect sympathy is a fault as
great as imperfect knowledge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
Pygmy Races Not True Dwarfs

The pygmy races, mostly de-
scrlbed in Africa, are not true
dWarfs, having an average height
OF four and one-haf feet. Their di-
mlnutive size is undoubtedly due to
Incredibly, and they have many 9TH
er hereditary stigmata, such as ex-
ira toes and fingers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17

COUNCIL, II SUCH a resolution mas been
passed.
No taxicab driver shall deceive any
passenger who may ride with him, or
who may desire to ride in any such
vehicle, as to his destination or distance
travelled or to be travelled.
Every taxicab will be provided with
windows in the tonneau sufficient in
number and of such size and dimensions
that at all times persons may be readily
seen through such windows with suffi-
Gent distinctness to identify such per-
son.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
who has been transported by taxicab
to refuse to pay the fare for such trans
portation and the driver of said taxi
cab is hereby authorized to drive such
person who refuses to pay the fare to
the police station in the City of Ely.
Section Is. Separability-Every sec
ton, provision or part of this ordinance
is declared separable from every other
section, provision or part; and if any
section provision or part of any or
dinance shall be held invalid, it shall
not affect any other section, provision
or part thereof
Section ID. Penalty-Any person VIC
lating the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of misdemeanor and
shall upon conviction thereof be pun
ished by fine of not more than one
hundred dollars ($1OOO0) or by i'm
prisonment for not more than ninety
900 days, for each offense.
Section Is. Effect-This ordinance
shall take effect and be in force ten
(1O) days from and after its passage
and publication.
Passed by the City Council this 18th
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
Materials Used i'm Maxine C,I,s.

materials Used in Making Glass
Most glass is made from the same
materials used from the very be-
ginning, namely, soda, lime and
sand, and the proportions are usu-
ally about the same as those used
perhaps 1000 years ago or more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
Seer Tells Where
To Find Currency.

New Ulm-Whether or not you're a
believer in fortune tellers, here's a story
that should keep both the skeptics and
the believers talking. Norbert Seifert
upon losing about $50 consulted a for
tune teller and the seer gave him a de-
tailed description of the place where the
money could be found. Seifert had
lost between $40 and $50 and did not
have very clear idea of where it might
be, though he suspected somewhere on
Minnesota street in New U1m He tried
every possible method of finding the
money and then stopped in at fortune
teller 100 miles away. Following a de-
tailed description Seifert returned to
New Ulm, followed directions and found
the wallet with the money intact.
Imperfect Sympathy a FAINT
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17

Magnolia Named for Botanist
The magnolia was named for
Pierre Magnol, a French botanist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17

day of February, 1888.
(SeaD JACK PESHEL.
Attest: Mavor.
A. o. KNUTSON, City Clerk.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
PUG AUTHORIZES
GAS RATE CUT

A $50, $50 reduction in gas rates
for customers in the commercial
and wholesale apartment brackets
Of Washington Gas Light Com
pany customers was ordered to-
day by the Public Utilities Conlmis-
sion effective September /.
The reduction will effect the
bills of 2,3OO customers. The COM
mission announced $1,16O was set
aside for 1,160 customers in the
wholesale apartment schedules,
whose minimum bills Of rs cents
per apartment was cut to IS cents.
Users of the so-called schedule
&C" in the commercial bracket
get $52,47O cut in rates. The COM
mission ordered in cases where
10000 cubic feet over the first 1O,-
600 cubic feet issued per month
the bill be Slashed from the pres
ent 6.5 cents per 100 feet to 6.1
cents.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
G-MEN CAPTURE
TWO KIDNAPERS

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. ID
UNSO-Federal agents today an.
nounced the arrest Of two eX-con-
victs, who confessed the 36-hour
kidnapping of Peggy Cross, st.
Louis society girl, and her escort,
Daniel Fahey, jr.
Fahey'S mother, Mrs. Katherine
D. Fahey, resides at 1850 Connec-
ticut Ave. N. w. The Fahey fam
lily formerly lived in Riverdale,
Md, and he attended the Univer.
sity of MarylandO
The men, seized late last night,
are James Meredith, 81, of Lyn-
wood, Ark, and John Couch, %,
of St. Louis. They were captured
by a squad of G-Men and police
on a farm nine miles east of Effie,
MINI, near the Canadian border,
about Is miles north Of st. Paul.
Meredith resisted arrest and
was moved down by the officers
gunfire. He was taken to the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
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Lindberghs Plan
Visit 10 Moscow

MOSCOW, Aug. 16 0.N.S0.
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
are expected in Moscow tomorrow
on a visit, the Soviet radio an
nounced tonight. The announce
ment said the couple would come
here as tourists and make a few
flights while in Russia. They also
are expected to attend events dur
ing the annual Soviet aviation
week, which begins Thursday.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Daniels Welcomes
Earle 10 Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug. l6 U.N.SO.
After arriving by plane in . 40.
mile an hour gale, Gov. George H.
Earle of Pennsylvania and his
wife stopped in Mexico City today
while United States Ambassador
Josephus Daniels sought to ar.
range a meeting between the Gov
ernor and President Lazaro Car.
denaS. Gov. Earle said he and his
party were on their way to the
equator and will stop at Guate-
mala City, San Salvador, Mana
qua, San Jose, Panama City and
Guayaquil.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
President Quits City
For Canada Tomorrow

President Roosevelt will make
a nonstop railway run through
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
York tomorrow en- route to two
good neighbor" ceremonies in
Canada. according to an informal
itinerary made public today by
the White House.
Thursday morning the Chief
Executive will receive a degree
from Queens College in Kingston,
Ontario and that same afternoon.
in company with Canadian pre-
mier Mckenzie King. will dedicate
the new eight and q half-mile In
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
REICH RUSHES
'FORT|FICAT|ONS
AMID SECRECY
Precautions Taken
Against Spies
BY PIERRE J. HUSS

BERLIN, Aug. 16 d.N.S0.
Extraordinary precautions to pre-
vent foreign agents from spying
on the work being done on Ger
many's new western Notifications
were taken today as Berlin became
a hive Of military activity coin.
cident with the gigantic army
maneuvers throughout the Reich.
Construction work on the forti-
fications paralleling France S
Maginot line was intensified as the
army games got under way. Build
ing and highway construction
throughout the Reich was stripped
of manpower as laborers were con-
scripted for the Notifications.
LobOrers Checked
Departure of a special train from
the Potsdammer station in the
heart Of Berlin for the TrieE re-
gion of the Rhineland presented
remarkable scenes. An eyewitness
revealed that police roped off all
approaches to the platform as the
labor conscripts marched aboard
the train after a most careful ex-
animation of their papers.
The slightest irregularity in
Identification was sufficient to
bring about dismissal. Far more
care was exercised in dispatch Of
the fortification workers than in
the exodus of reservistS in bright
new uniforms, dispatched to east
ern and western regions Of the
Reich for the military maneuvers.
Many of the conScriptS carried
their own picks and ShoVelS. Some
of them, staggering drunk, sang
ribald songs and attempted rough
house on the station platform un-
til police rounded them up and
carted them away in patrol wagons.
The papers of all conScripts in
such condition were examined
with double care.
Warning to France
The eyewitness who saw the de-
parture attempted to interview a
few of the conscripts. One was
asked whether the train was
special train. His reply was:
Vacation? BAIL" Another re-
piled: I'VE are under orders to
say nothing to anyone"
The train consisted of 10 third
Continued on Page 4, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16

Rails showed a better tone after
yesterdays sluggishneSs. Union
Pacific went up two points and
Atchison a point. Chemical shares
continued wide gains, with Allied,
Dupont and Union Carbide up a
point. Tobacco was an exception
to the trend.
Fractional gains were the rule
In utilities.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Mercury at 33
In Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE PARK,
WyO., Aug. 16.-While many
other parts Of the country
Sweltered in abnormal heat,
yesterday turned out to be a
"cOId day in August" in Vel
IOwstOne Park. The ther-
mOmeter dropped to 33 de-
greeS at (Of all placeS) Nam
moth Hot Springs, to register
the coolest August Is on
record. An unofficial record
ing at Tower Falls went even
lOwer-tO "a degrees. Snow
was reported by several mo-
tOriSts.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Stock Gains Persist
After Weak Opening

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The
stock market opened quiet and
irregular today after yesterdays
improvement by gains of from one
to two points developed later in
the session. The steel list soon
moved up. to more than a point in
Big Steel. Chrysler opened lower
but later rose nearly two points.
General Motors gained about q
point.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
A NAZI VICTIM?
Boron Won Cru1nm
Reported Suicide
Ace of Tennis Cup
Team Is Held in
German Jail

LONDON, Aug. 16 U.NS).-
Baron Gottfried Won Cramm, for.
mer ace German tennis star and
bulwark of the Reich's Davis Cup
team, who was imprisoned upon
conviction of immortality, has com.
mitted suicide, a columnist for the
London Daily Sketch reported to,
day.
The columniSt, Noel Thompson,
said he had learned from an Off
cial source that Won Cramm took
his life in prison.
The columnist wrote:
II am told he committed sui
eide three months ago in the
prison to which he was SEN
fenced for one year.
BERLIN'S DENIAL
BELIN, Aug. 16 QN.S0.-A re-
port, published in London, that
Baron Gottfried Won Cramm.
former German tennis ace. had
committed suicide in prison was
denied today.
The German court adminiStra-
ton announced:
"RumorS that Won Cramm
committed suicide are untrue.
He is serving his stretch in the
LehrterStreet prison in Berlin"
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Blood Purge RlIrlOr
Frightens Diplomats

LONDON, Aug. 16 QN.S0.
The Laborite London newspaper
Daily Herald reported from War
saw today that German diplo-
matte and consular officials are
shaken with fear" of a new Nazi
blood purge" as a result of the
death of Vice Consul George Bliss.
mer in Berlin.
Blissmer, sometimes called Prop.
aganda Minister Joseph GoebbelS'
secret" ambassador to Poland.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Central Labor Union
Backs DaVey Lewis

Endorsement Of the Maryland
senatorial campaign Of Represen-
tative David ]. Lewis, Democrat,
was voted last night by the A. F..
of LIS Central Labor Union. The
organization adopted a resolution
commencing Lewis as a 100 per
cent New Dealer after a few op-
ponents pointed out from the floor
that Lewis was unduly friendly to
the rival c. I. o.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Is Miners Entombed
Deep in German Shaft

CHEMNITZ, Germany, Aug. 16
uN.SO-Rescue crews toiled to-
day in an effort to save Is workers
entombed $50 feet below the sur
face in a coal mine Where a cave-in
was caused by a flood. Fourteen
miners were rescued after the
mines walls collapsed.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Dewey, STRYKER'
IN TIFF AS HINES
JURY IS. QUIzzED

NEW YORK, Aug. l6 G.N.SO.
With ten tentatively chosen jurors
in the box today, the policy racket
trial of James J. Hines. powerful
Tammany leader. entered its Sec
ond day.
Alert as a pair of bloodhounds
on the trial, District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey and Chief De
fenSe Counsel Lloyd P. Stryker
strove with all their legal skill and
subtlety for psychological advant-
age in selecting the jury.
Hines Faces Talesnlen
While Hines switched to a chair
directly facing the talesmen who
were being interrogated in groups
of IL, Dewey and Stryker leaned
against the jury box railing and
questioned the talesmen.
Now and then Judge Pecora
cupped his hand to his ear and
had a talesman speak up"
One talesman was excused when
he said he was hard of hearing"
Another was passed up when he
frankly admitted prejudice.
QuestiOns Gener0lized
Dewey generalized his questions.
Did any of the talesmen own stock
in the New York Giants baseball
club? Were any members of the
Continued on PAGE 2. Col q
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was recently recalled from War
saw to Berlin.
Officially it was stated he com
mitted suicide. according to the
Daily Herald, which added Bliss
mer's friends believe he was exc
cuted, allegedly because he knew
too much"
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
Yesterday Today

'ternational Bridge between Collins
Landing, New York and Ivy Lea,
Ontario, through the Thousand
Islands.
The Presidential special will
leave Washington shortly after
o'clock tomorrow afternoon by
way of Baltimore, Harrisburg,
Renova, Emporium and Buffalo,
reaching Kingston about 9 o'clock
Thursday morning.
president Roosevelt pOnders
visit to Maryland 10 help Repre-
sentative David J. Lewis. Details
on Page III
The Washington times., 1938-08-16

ing and Veterans Administration
Excess humidity accumulated
under the low-hanging clouds and
added to the suffering of the city's
heat weary populace.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
700 Twins Gather
For Experts Quiz

LAKEWOOD, Me-. Aug. 16
QN.SO Twins, nearly TOO OF
them, were gathered today for an
all-day party. They comprised the
largest group of twins ever brought
together N the State. They were
interviewed and photographed by
Prof. G. C. Rife, Ohio State Uni
versity, international authority on
twins.
The Washington times., 1938-08-16
WPA BRANDED
COMMUNISTS
FRONT IN U. 5.
very Dangerous
Dies Quiz Told
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL

The WPA is a front organize
ton" for the Communist party, a
member Of the congressional COM
mittee investigating un-American
activities charged today.
The committeeman, Representa-
tive Thomas (RD of New jersey,
characterized the New Deal relief
agency, headed by Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins, as a "very
dangerous organization"
Representative Thomas state
ment came as John P. Frey, high
official and spokesman for the
American Federation Of Labor,
started his third days testimony
before the committee.
"Planned Auto Strike"
Frey offered in evidence pur-
ported secret Stalinist documents
to show that Communists were
chiefly responsible for the great
sitdown strike which paralyzed
the automobile industry.
AS Frey took the stand. Inter
national News Service was in
formed that charges Of lavish
spending by Russia to Sovietize
the United States, would be sub
mitted to the committee. More
than $5,O0O,0O a year in Com
munist money has been poured
into this country, these charges
are expected to show.
Sketching Communist activities
In the U1.ited Automobile Workers
Union briefly, Frey said that Presi-
dent Homer Martin Of the union
will later testify before the COM
mittee in detail.
MoscouO's Interest
ST have had no contacts with
. Martin" said Frey. II never
met him but once, and that was
when we debated a choice be-
tween the American Federation
Of Labor and CIO.
II would say, however, that
the Communist International in
Moscow was very much inter
ested in the work Of CommCn-
Continued ON Page 10, Col. II