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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Speaking of Sports
Rookie Stars
Pace Majors
In 1888 Race
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

By GEORGE A. BARCLAY
FRESHMAN ball players are rul-
ing the ro0st in the major leagues
this year. A crop of brilliant rockies
unprecedented in the history of the
game have achieved stardom right
of the bat and clinched key jobs on
seven of the sixteen teams in the
American and National leagues.
These boy wonders are no morn
ing glories, mind you, who arc likely
to fold when the going gets tough.
They've demonstrated their right to
their jobs by sheer merit. For in
stance, up to the halfway mark of
the season, six of the freshmen out
felders and infelders playing regu-
lar positions had knocked in 249
runs and compiled a composite bat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

classy young catchers, including
Johnny Riddle of the Boston Bees,
Cap Clark of the Phillies, Herb
Bremen of the Cardinals and Tom
Heath of the St. Louis Browns.
Put all these rockies together on
a ball diamond and with the excep-
ton of shortstop you would have an
all-star aggregation that would give
a first-rate account of itself in any
ball game. And even SO, that short
stop position could be acceptably
filed by Justin Stein of the Reds.
Such a team of first-stringers could
be ably supported by lot of other
promising young first-year men, in
Guiding Dario Lodigiani, second
baseman of the Athletics and EN-
met Mueller, keystone sacker of the
Phillies; Don Ross and Mark Christ
man, third basemen of the Detroit
Tigers, and Outfielders Johnny, Riz-
20 of the Pirates, George Case of
the Washington Senators, JEFF Heath
of the Indians, Ernie Koy and Rosy
RoZen of the Dodgers and Harry
Kraft of the Cincinnati Reds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Classy Talent

Another scintillating recruit is Joe
(Flash) Gordon, second baseman of
the New York Yankees and regard
ed as about the classiest infelder
in the junior circuit. The Cleveland
Indians have Ken Keltner on third
base, who specializes in home runs
between hair-raising plays.
In the outfield there are such
young stalwarts as Sammy Chap
man, the Philadelphia Athletics
star rookie from the University of
California, Enos Slaughter of the
st. Louis Cardinals, and Hank Stein
bacher, who has been batting around
$50 for the Chicago White S0x.
Ranking next to Wander Nicer
among the young pitchers is Bob
Klinger, of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
who has had an earned-run average
of about two per nine-inning game
up to date. Bob is cousin of Char
lie Hollocher, one time Chicago
Cubs shortstop and one of the most
amazing fielders in the history of
the game.
Then there's Jim Bagby Jr., of
the Boston Red Sox, who has shown
enough stuff to become a dependa-
BILE regular starter. Jim is the son
of famous old Sergeant Jim Bagby
who was a 30-game-a-year winner
for the Cleveland Indians a couple
of decades ago. Tot PresneH has
helped the Brooklyn Dodgers make
things uncomfortable for other Ma
tional league teams this year and
has become about the most dependa-
BILE starter on the club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
First Death Clause Case

a CITING under the utility holding
"A company act, the federal secu-
rites commission began its first ac-
ton to simplify major utility hold
ing company system.
Chairman William o. Douglas an
nounced that a hearing would be
held in Washington August 8 to de-
termine what steps the $500, 000, 900
Utilities Power & Light corporation
should take to limit operations "to
a single integrated public utility sys-
tenn"
The commission will consider
whether the company should be re-
quired to rid itself of interest in
"any or ALP of it's As subsidiaries.
Douglas said the commission ac-
ton was being taken under section
lib of the holding company act
the so-called death sentence" Sec
ton.
Utilities Power & Light, with
headquarters in Chicago, has SUBJ
salaries in mid-western and north
eastern states. The company is be-
ing reorganized under section 77-B
of the bankruptcy act.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

southern district of New York. Fed
eral Judge Henry w. Goddard
signed an order for the service of
subpoenas on all the defendants, di-
recting that each appear before the
court in New York within 20 days
after being served.
The government is seeking an
equity decree, Thurman w. Arnold,
assistant attorney general, an
nounced, requiring the companies to
divest themselves of ownership of
theaters or of production and dis
tribution facilities.
The suit named Paramount Pic
lures, Inc, Loew's Inc, Irving Trust
company, New York, as trustee in
bankruptcy for Radio-Keith-Orphe
UNI corporation; Warner Brothers
Pictures, Inc, Twentieth Century
Fox Film corporation; Columbia
Pictures corporation; Universal cor
poration; and United Artists corpo-
ration.
Mr.. Arnold said that allegedly mo-
nopolistic power exerted by the de-
PENDANTS has a tendency to drive
independent theaters out of bust
ness or to compel them to sell to the
producer-owned theater chains on
the latter's terms"
Asserting the companies control
"about IS per cent of all pictures
produced from the selection of the
story to the final showing at the
theater," Mr.. Arnold added:
"The actual control of the prod
uct is even greater than would ap-
pear from this figure, because from
80 to 80 per cent of the quality fea-
ture films upon which exhibitors are
dependent for successful operation
are produced or distributed by the
eight major companies"
Mr.. Arnold alleged that independ-
ent theaters are subject to numer-
Gus oppressive" determinations,
such as block booking, high rentals
and the imposition of preferred
playing times. Isl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

could organize a staff and correlate
it's available information it would
issue subpoenas for company rec
ords. Facts which the inquiry I'M
earths will be turned over late this
summer to the joint monopoly in
vestigating committee of six govern
ment officials and six congressman.
Hearings may be called in the fall.
Other government departments
were organizing similar inquiries
into other phases of the broad prob
lem of concentration of wealth and
economic power.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

and has a diameter of 51a meters.
Weighing 351z tons, the apparatus
rests on a base of metal floating in
bath of almost ton of mercury.
This liquid permits of the beacon
being rotated at the speed of one
complete turn every 40 seconds. The
lantern has two stories, each
equipped with an elaborate system
of lenses.
In good weather lamps of 8 kilo-
watts will be used, but to pierce
fog there will be lamps of so kilo-
watts, using continuous current.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

very young and attractive-espe-
cially the snug basque top, square
neckline and tie belt. In a gay
print, with ricrac to match, this
will be one of your most fattering
cottons.
If You Wear Women's Sizes.
Then you'll want the slenderiz-
ing dress, built on classic shirt
waist lines, with a plain, slim
hipped skirt. Fullness beneath
smooth shoulder pieces gives it
correct fit over the bust. Notice
there is a slight blouse at the
waistline, for freedom of action.
That narrow roll collar, finishing
the V-neck, is becoming to full
faces. This, too, will be pretty in
any tubfast cotton that you like,
trimmed with ricrac.
1867 is designed for sizes Il, Ii,
Is, Is and 20. Size IA requires Az
yards of 35-inch material; 9 yards
of ricrac to trim; 125 yards ribbon
for tie belt.
10y is designed Tor sizes "a, So
38, 40, AZ, A and 46. Size Sc re-
quires AS yards of 35-inch materi-
al; ga yards of ricrac to trim.
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how you approach the task in
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professional looking in every de-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Strike Brings Martial Law

GOVERNOR kRASCHEL of Iowa
- declared martial law in New
ton, home of the Maytag Washing
Machine company, whose plant was
kept closed by c. I. o. pickets de-
spite efforts of nearly half the en-
ployees to return to work. National
Guardsmen with armored cars and
machine guns occupied the area but
before they got there the two labor
factions had bloody street battle
in which many were injured.
In North Chicago pickets of the
Steel Workers organizing commit
tee, affiliated with c. I. O., who had
been keeping employees from re-
turning to hardware plant in de-
fiance of court orders, were routed
by deputy sheriffs with tear gas.
Ten of the pickets were found guilty
of contempt of court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

IL one desires to be technical and
wishes to include in the national
debt all of the obligations which the
federal treasury may have to pay,
the figures I have given will mount
very much higher. There are nu-
merous agencies of the government
that are empowered to borrow mon
ey on their own bonds-institutions
like the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration and the Home Owners Loan
corporation and the Commodity
Credit corporation. 1t seems to me
that when those agencies borrow
money, the federal government be-
comes liable in event the federal
agency is not able to pay, and the
total of those loans appears to be in
the neighborhood of $4,000, 000, 900.
Since most people regard the fed
eral government as having con-
tingent liability, there is some
ground for including that total which
would make the grand total of the
national debt in excess of SAT, 000,-
100000, and each states share would
NC SOAA l1SllC1s
What is the reason for this gigan-
tic debt? Well, anyone ought to know
that when an in
Why This dividual spends
Huge Debt? more than his in
come, he goes into
debt. That is what this nation has
been doing. I do not know how
much longer it can continue to
spend, to waste money in pump
printing. 1t seems to me that the
end will have to come very soon, or
people will refuse to buy bonds is
sued by the treasury. The banks
are loaded up with them now; load
ed so much that Sen. Carter Glass,
the veteran Virginia member of the
senate, several times has said he
feared what might happen if bond
prices declined.
Fundamentally, there can be no
doubt of the need to spend money
to feed the destitute. On the other
hand, can there be any justification
at all for spending billion after bill
lion in building post offices, national
guard armories, etc., when there is
none but borrowed money with
which to do it? Every time an addi-
tional dollar is spent unnecessarily,
the future taxes on you and me,
our children and our children's chill
dren are pledged to the payment
of the debt.
Pause to consider what it means.
If we calculated the average inter-
est on the debt at 8 per cent (Which
/ believe to be fair), we find that if
the nation pays off the current debt
in 100 years, the taxes will have to
be increased 33 per cent over 1888
in order to do it. If, as further ex-
ample, the debt is to be paid off in
SO years, the current tax rates will
have to be increased by 38 per cent
over that entire period. Those state
ments assume that we will not in
crease the general cost of govern
ment over what it is now and that
tax receipts will be as high or higher.
1t is apparent that spending must
stop, or our nation is going to be
as much of bum, even in our esti-
nation, as the most lowly hobo who
eats from a tin can and steals
ride on the rods of freight car.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

Lewis and given out
by E. L. Oliver, ex-
ecutive vice presi-
dent of Labor's Non
Partisan league, the
political agency of
the Committee for
Industrial Organiza-
ton. Oliver said the
opposition to those
named was based
chiefly on their
stand on the wage
hour bill, He indi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Charles P. Howard Dies

( dARLES P. HOWARD, president
~ of the International Typograph-
ical union and secretary of the c. I.
o., died in his sleep at Colorado
Springs, Colo. He was fifty-eight
years old. Howard was defeated for
reelection in referendum last May
by c. M. Baker of San Francisco
and would have gone out of office
September /.
Owen Wister, author of "The Vir-
ginian" and other novels, died at
his summer home in North Kingston,
R. l., at the age of seventy-eight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

ting average of 1922. And four Of
the rookie pitchers taking their reg
ular turn on the slab had won % out
of AZ games for an average of 700.
Standout among the first year
men, of course, is Cincinnati's SEN
sational Johnny Wander Nicer with
two nO-hit, nO-run games in success
sion to his credit. His teammate,
Frank Mccormick, a husky, slug
ging first baseman, has also made
good in a big way,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Elevated Highways in Holland

Elevated highways IN the congeSt-
ed districts of large cities long have
been advocated by city planners,
but it has remained for Holland to
try out the scheme on large scale.
Rotterdam has three miles of these
double-decker streets for the exclu-
sive use of pedestrians, bicyclists
and pushcarts and is proposing to
build more. The upper level is two
stories above the sidewalk, ex-
plains the Compressed Air Maya
zine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Bright Prints For
Your Home Frocks

ONE is for young figures, one
~ for mature. Both of these
dresses are smart and new in
fashion, and both are pretty
enough to wear when company
comes, as well as for working
round the house. Each has con-
venient pocket. These designs are
delightfully."- easy to make, even
for beginners. Each includes a
complete and detailed sew chart.
If You Wear Misses Sizes.
Make yourself the charming,
full-skirted dirndl-type frock with
shirring at the waistline, on, the
shoulders, and on the nice big
pocket. Everything about it is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Nl2awaka ~. XEcka1d
~ SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
g Western Newspaper Union.

ence with japanese Ambassador
Shigemitzu in Moscow, told the lat
ter that Russian troops would not be
withdrawn from the area in question,
that the territory was part of ST.
IBERIA, and that Japan would be held
responsible for the consequences if
the present 'caln" there is dis
turbed. The two statesmen used
violent language and the situation
was considered decidedly delicate.
Pick-a-back Flies Sea
MERCURY, the top part Of the
A'A novel British pick-a-back sea-
plane, separated from Maia, the
lower and heavier part, about a
thousand feet above Foynes, Ireland,
and then sped across the North At
lantic, making the crossing at mod
crate speed and without mishap.
Passing over Botwood, Newfound-
land, the pilot flew on $50 miles fur
Their to Montreal, alighting on the
st. Lawrence. After refueling the
plane completed its fight at New
York.
The flying time from Foynes to
Montreal was 20 hours and 20 min
utes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

acres - the mini
mum allowable I'M
der the act.
The action, which
came as the result
of the 967, 900, 600
bushel yield forecast
for this year on a
seeded acreage of
80, 900, 600, came in
the form of an
order signed by
M. L. Wilson, acting
secretary of agricul-
fy1r0
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Huge Beacon Will Guard
Dangerous Breton Coast

A masterpiece of the science of
optics, created under the direction
of the French service for lighthouses
and beacons, and which has attract
ed much attention in Paris, is des-
tined to guard one of the most dam
gerous parts of the Breton coast
Creac'h d'Ouessant. 1t will be the
first sign of land to travellers APP
preaching France by air.
The light proper is II meters high
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Banks and Insurance Are
Being Investigated by SEC

WASHINGTON.-The Securities
and Exchange commission started a
study of insurance companies, in
vesting banking, and the structure
and functions of business corpora
tons. The SEC is one of the key
agencies in the investigation of
monopolies which the government
plans.
Chairman William o. Douglas
said that as soon as the commission
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

civil antitrust suit
against 8 major mo-
ton picture produc-
ing companies, %
subsidiary or associ-
ated companies and
1872 officers or direc-
tors, in an effort to
divorce production,
distribution and ex-
hibition phases of
the cinema industry.
The suit was filed
in the federal dis
A
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
AH-Star Troupe

Behind the plate, Cincinnati scores
again with Willard Hershberger,
who came from Newark, the won
der team of the International league
last year. There are several other
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Russia VS.. Japan

NOVIET Russia and Japan, quar-
- reling over disputed territory
at the junction of Manchukuo, ST.
IBERIA and Korea, were openly threat
ening each other. Maxim Litvinov,
Soviet foreign commissar, in confer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
CLIO. Proposes a PURGE

M ORE than 40 members of con-
~ gress are marked for c. I. o.
opposition in the fall elections by a
blacklist formulated by John L.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
NERVOUS?

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Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold
those dearest to you?
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Film Companies Sued
I 1NDERTAK

T UNDERTAKING to break up what
~ the government alleges is a
great moving picture monopoly, At
torney General Cummings started
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Wheat Allotment

II R. TOLLEY, AAA administra-
- tor, announced a national
wheat allotment for fall and spring
planting of not more than SIS, OO0, 900
Evening star., 1938-12-19
LETTER-OUT

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called Tor in the last column opposite
ne WORD you nave removed FROM
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Answer
letterOut
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CD MALTSTERS-MATTRESS (Sleep on it,
% PENS1LE- SPLEEN Gl temper).
(V) WEYMOUTH -MOUTHER (hard to underestimate
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Evening star., 1938-12-19
UnsoIved Mystery

The night before Napoleon entered
Moscow the great bell of the cathe-
dral tolled the night through, and
when the French entered the silent
city one of Napoleon's first acts was
to send a company to silence the
still tolling bell. The French COM
pany, ascending to the lofty tower,
found the door to the bell locked,
and had to send down again for an
ak to break it down. Just as the
door was shattered by their blows,
the mournful tolling stopped, and
entering the room, they found it
empty, the bell rope still swinging
and what mysterious power kept 1t
tolling. no one to this day knows.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-13
Fleming Reunion
Held Last Sunday

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Fleming de-
ightfully entertained a large mum
,er of their relatives and friends, at
heir home near Henderson, Sunday
'or the annual reunion
The guest arrived at 10 o'clock.
Many hadn't seen each other since
asst year, when they met for the re-
lniOn at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Will Clark at Pinetops, N: c.
At noon a delicious dinner was ser
we'd on the lawn picnic style, con-
sisting of ham, chicken, sandwiches,
cakes, pies, pickles, tea and ice
cream.
All enjoyed a grand day together,
nd decided to meet next year at the
,ome of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Best
in Greenville, Route 1.
The guests were present were: Mr.
md Mrs. Will Clark, Mr. and Mrs
7. R. Best, Miss Lucy Best, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. L. Cummings, and son.
Joseph, Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman Best,
Miss Evelyn Best, Mrs. Mary Barnes,
and daughter, Virnita, Mrs. Herbert
Rocker, VERNON Best, Franklin and
Mary Best, all of Finetops; Otis Clark
on Inez; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Best
and Misses Mildred and Mavis Best,
of Greenville, Route 1; Charlie Har-
on, of Henderson,; Mrs. Florence
Stainback, of Durham; and Mrs. AL
ma Harris, of Richmond, Va. Mr..
and Mrs Glenn Fleming and children,
Frances, Annie, and Maurice of Bob
I1or
mitt and children, Samuel and Her
chel of Hillburg; Mrs. Mamie Hight
Willie, Arthur, and Joe Hight Of
Macon; Mr.. and Mrs. Will Adcock and
sons, Joe and John, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Buchanan, Ollie Buchanan, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Edwards and son.
Elvin of Norlina; Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Edwards of Elberon; Misses
Miriam Stanton, Louise Buchanan,
LESSEE Buchanan, Gordon Bowens,
and Robert Stokes, of Epson; Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Edwards and chill
dren, William, Mildred, James, and
Rachel Dell, Mr.. and Mrs Jim Best
and son of Roanoke; Mr.. and Mrs.
Rob Harton and sons, Joseph and
Edwin Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Par
IRISH and son, Jimmie, Mrs. Clara
Keel Edward Fleming, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Harton and children, Linwood,
Mildred, Anne and Betty, Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Hight and daughter, Audrey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Buchanan and
son, Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. Willie
Fleming and children, w. B., Buddy,
George, and Betty, Mrs. Frank Floyd
and children, Lucille, Thomas, and
Virginia, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hayes and
daughters, Mildred, jamie and Kath-
leen, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Breedlove,
Vernon Breedlove, Mrs. Jennie Breed
love, Vernon Breedlove, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. L. Stainback, and daughter, Doro-
thy. Miss Nancy King of Albemarle;
Mrs. Nelson Vaughan and son, Will
liam. and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Elem
ing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-13
AND A FAMINE MAY COME

You know, folks, Franklin d. Roose-
welt, Henry Wallace, the Senate and
House are going to keep on moneying
with crop control until first and last
we will probably have a famine in
this country.
H. Fundamentally it is the same old
sin of Adam and Eve down in the
garden seeking to usurp the power
of God and to know as much as He
did. When you enter the domain Of
birth control and crop control you
are simply trying to crowd God off
the throne and up to date 1 have
never seen or heard Of anybody who
could do that. The fact of the mat
ter is the divine plan brooks no in
reference by the evil Vaccinations
of men with these laws of recrea
ton, whether it be in the acimal or
plant kingdom, for in the making Of
man and the earth, it was expressly
stated God was pleased with what He
had done. And while He did COM
mand all these things, He subdued
for the benefit of the superior crea-
ture, man, the multiplying of the race
and the conservation Of herb bear