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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

2. The Jukes are a celebrated
family of imbeciles and criminals
to whom students of heredity have
given this fictitious name.
3. Marriage to a person who is
related to you.
4. No. The letters were chosen
merely for their simplicity, and
do not represent words.
5. Cuba-the largest and richest
of the West Indian islands.
6. Egypt developed papyrus,
which was then rolled and tied.
This accounts for the word vol
ume, which comes from the Latin
word meaning to roll.
z. Fictitious characters in
Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" pos
sessing the form of both man and
horse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
Develop Films Long in Sea

Five films which went down when
a French exploring ship was
wrecked in a storm off the coast of
Iceland have produced photographs,
according to a Paris report. They
were found recently buried in sand
three miles from the scene of the
wreck and were developed by dis
abled soldier, who found the red
protecting paper, the films and the
spools one solid block spotted with
sand and salt. They showed a view
of the coast and of the crew.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24

tanned by the diamond mine owners
at Kimberley, South Africa, is be-
yond the powers of most of us to
imagine.
There, kennel of about IS dogs,
most of them German shepherds,
although few are mastiffs and
other breeds, is maintained.
The dogs are put through a rig
orous course of training which
makes their the most efficient
guards available. They work from
sunset to sunrise and are assigned
to regular posts of duty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
Kimberley Diamonds Are
Guarded by Trusty Dogs

The use of the dog as guardian
dates from prehistoric times. One
of the relics which binds the people
of ancient Pompey more closely to
us than any other is the inscription
on a fragment of garden gate,
"Cave Canem," beware of the dog.
However, most of us think of a
watch dog as acting independently,
or at most, in pairs. The establish
ment of such a kennel as is main
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
ASK NE
ANOTHER
The Questions

1. What does the phrase "by
and large" mean?
2. Who are the Jukes?
3. What is a consanguineous
marriage?
4. In writing the international
distress call signal S o S, are pc
RODS used after the letters?
S. Which country is known as
the pearl of the Antilles?
6. Why is a book called vol
ume?
z. What are the Houyhnhnms?
The Answers
1. Complementary, on the
whole.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
More Thinking and Less
Emotion Seems to Be Rule

Looking over the whole picture,
as the colors and the outlines now
exhibit themselves, one who favors
good government of a sound and
lasting character cannot help hav-
ing his faith renewed. Of course,
the political pendulum swings back
and forth. That is to be expected.
But, to me, there has appeared on
the horizon a new level of political
thought. Perhaps, I should not say
that it is entirely new; I should say
that it has been restored to its place
in American life. And that observa-
ton should be amplifed with the
further statement that more think
ing and less emotion appears to be
the rule throughout the land. Abb
sence of hysteria, or reduction of
the scope of hysteria, always makes
for sounder and more constructive
conclusions. That is why there is
so little use for an analysis of mi
mute returns this year. The aspect
is too broad to hinge upon such de-
tail.
Probably, it can be said that the
vote was an expression against
waste and extravaganza, against
corruption of the electorate by use
of public moneys, such as went on
among relief workers and for which
we ought always to be ashamed; it
probably can be said that it was a
vote against blank check appropria-
tons, or against government mess
ing into every phase of human en-
deavor, or against many another
item of policy in the New Deal, and
if it were so said, it would be true
to a degree, everywhere. But we
are concerned with the sum into
which these several things have
been added.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
People

Great Britain is badly in need of
statesmen to keep her far-flung en-
pire intact, and no better salesman
could be found than the duke of
Windsor. Now exiled in Paris with
his wife, the former Wallis Warfield,
England's abdicated king may soon
return to England's good graces.
That conciliatory gestures are in the
air has been shown by the visit to
Paris of the duke and duchess of
Gloucester, Windsor's brother. It
is considered likely that Edward and
his wife will spend Christmas day in
London, probably returning later to
take up permanent residence at Fort
Belvidere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
FSCC Buys SIS, los, 900 Farm
Surplus Goods in S Weeks

WASHINGTON.-The federal sur
plus commodities corporation said
it had bought surplus farm prod
ucts costing SIS, los, 900 in "a states in
the last five weeks.
This brought total purchases since
July / to about ST., 1881, 900. The
commodities were distributed for re-
lief purposes. Purchases during the
five weeks included SAT 900 bushels
of apples bought in the New Eng
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
Vote Discloses ReUolt by
So-CoIIed Middle Class

The United States has been gov
erned by an expression of the will
of the majority. It is sound. 1t is
the basis of a republic. There has
been much criticism of President
Roosevelt on the basis of his DOM
nation of government. 1t has been
said that he is the government be-
cause he has had such complete
control that even congress moved
this way or that at his direction, in
the manner of puppets.
If those characterizations be true,
then it appears to me logical to
conclude that the late election was
something of vote for government
by law and not by an individual or
group of individuals. By the same
reasoning, it is logical assumption
that the vote disclosed a revolt by
the great middle class of the Ameri-
can people-the group which lives
neither by the power of organization
and the. strike threat, nor by the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
Defense.

When Financier Bernard Baruch
first proposed a huge United States
rearmament program after the Eu-
ropean war scare, one of his talking
points was that private enterprise
would be revitalized Official Wash
ington agrees, as shown by rumors
that the 1917 war industries board
may be re-established to coordinate
a "rearmament spending program"
by private industry. The govern
ment expects $4,000, 000,0 900 to be
spent for rehabilitation and expan-
sion of railroads, public utilities,
chemicals, automotive and aircraft
industries. It also expects 'mobil-
ization" of Americas raw mate
rials, solving such problems as that
of manganese, an essential element
in steel production which now comes
largely from Cuba because United
States deposits are not developed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-24
News Review--
Latest Nazi Anti Jewish Driue
CiUes Restless Reich a Cause
Joseph w. La Bine-
BY Joseph w. La Bine'

only during war, Frenchmen have
only one Observation-Disclosures and
economic collapse. Although the
success of Frances rehabilitation
effort rests solely on cooperation,
Premier Edouard Daladier has one
strong right arm in the support of
7,000,0 World war veterans.
Domestic
After % years of pickering, the
U. S. and Mexico have reached a
settlement over Mexican expropria-
ton of American-owned farm lands.
On December ! a two-man commit
tee will meet in Mexico City to de-
termine the amount of Mexico's Ii
ability, after which a $1,000, 900 ini-
tial payment will be made. Suisse
quent payments will not be less than
81, 900, 900 a year. Mexico insists, how
ever, that the farm land settlement
establishes no precedent requiring
her to pay for $500, 900, 900 in foreign
owned oil lands seized during the
past few years. Why she should
pay for land which contains no oil,
meanwhile refusing to pay for land
that does, is perplexing bit of
reasoning. The most likely answer
is that farm land is cheaper than
oil land, and that Mexico hopes her
larger sin will be forgiven if she
atones for the smaller sin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
THE WASHINGTON TINES THURSDAY DECEMBER Is, 1888

Double Duty circulation Of the Herald
and Times produces twice the results
at one cost
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
TRADE BOARD
TOLD PLAN TO
BEAUTIFY CITY
Park Group Also Seeks
To Stabilize Values

Hitherto undisclosed ideas of
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission for stabi-
LIKING existing realty values in
Washington, while providing for
future expansion Of the city, were
revealed last night to the Board
Of Trade.
At a meeting in the Willard
Hotel, with 1000 business leaders
listening, members Of the commits
sion told of a three-point program
for the development Of "the
greatest city in the nation and
the greatest capital in the world"
PLANS OUTLINED
J. c. Nichols, of Kansas City,
Mo-, a member of the planning
group, declared the Capital is a
"lopsided CITY," permitted to grow
up ANY old way" Hence, he said,
the Park and Planning Commits
sion has determined upon a long
range program to correct certain
existing evils and prevent future
mistakes.
Chief among the points men
toned are:
Maintenance of the value
Of the downtown business area
by developing the Mall and the
Governments portion of the
section to the AnacoStia River.
This would include creation of
q Federal area along East Capt.
tol Street, with huge stadium
and athletic field at the eastern
end, tending to hinder the pres
ent trend toward westward ex-
pansion and consequent depreci-
alton of the eastern part of the
present business district.
23-MILE BOULEVARD
2.-Parallel sterilization of
the surrounding area by finish
ing of the Fort Drive, 23-mile
boulevard to swing in a circle
around the central portion of
WAC WY GO4AA4CIUAAAS G11C 14UI1ICI-
Gus remains of old civil war
forts from Anacostia to Potomac
Nights.
3. Provision for proper expan-
sion by building a new Wash
ington-Baltimore highway by
way Of Beltsville and Fort
Meade, with a 6O-mile parkway
linking Mt. Vernon with Great
Falls on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, continuing northward
over the river and swinging
back toward Washington.
Others who explained the plans
to the, commission were C. Mar
shall Finnan, director of National
Capital Parks; Frederic A. Delano,
chairman Of the Park and Plan
ming Commission, and Harvey L.
Jones, chairman of its committee
on parks and reservations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

Course Of Wicked EIfrida Strikes
Again?" A strange murder In the
ruins Of h united COrfe Castle in Eng.
land frightens the superstitiOus who
nve In Its shadow Of 1000 years of
re- S[aseGy' Read about this strange muir
ger IN The American Weekly, with
Sundays WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
Lamb Company
To Give Bonuses

Employees of the Lamb Seal &
Stencil Company will receive
Christmas bonuses again as in
previous years, President r. l..
Lamb announced yesterday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01

but the trouble is people can not pay
out any more money than they are
in possession of, so it didn't work.
The buying power should have been
raised by checking the profiteers by
an income tax, so they should not be
allowed to become richer. They can
just as well pay to full ability as
farmers and workers shall pay above
ability, so they would not have any
money to loan to the government.
The government doesn't need their
money when it has the right to make
money.
The government should forbid the
profiteers to take money out of this
country to do business with in other
countries, and stop borrowing money
from them, and then issue legal ten
der currency as real money (not bills
OF indebtedness) and circulate it by
paying all kinds of debts with it and
help the needy so all people could
have full buying power. That would
make market for products so there
would be no need of having the gov
eminent to pay to have less produced.
If all net cash incomes were taxed
to full ability to pay, it would not
be any more out of the way than
it is to tax workers and farmers
taxed above ability; and it would
not be so great an amount of cur
rency needed to be issued when it
was kept in circulation, but when
the money is in the profiteers' hid
ing places, it is absolutely necessary
to have some currency issued to take
its place.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01
The Crucible
Askov Public Schools

This year again the high school
students are attempting to publish
monthly school paper that will be
reflection of student activities in
the school. There have been a num-
Der of papers that were started in
the past, but each was discontinued
after short period of existence.
The staff, under the leadership of
Esther Thomson as editor-in-chief,
is working for publication that will
be indicative of the progress being
made by the students throughout the
entire building. A contest was con-
Quoted to determine a name for the
paper; and from numerous sugges-
tons, "The Mirror" was selected. This
was the entry of Olga Nielsen, a
junior, and she will be presented with
a prize.
The junior and senior high school
classes had a pleasant surprise on
Tuesday afternoon of last week when
they were given the opportunity to
see a travelogue entitled ''They Dis
covered America" This film had
been prepared for advertising pur-
poses by the Northland Greyhound
Bus Lines and pictured trip to some
of the most interesting and famous
places in the United States.
The Thanksgiving assembly, held
on Wednesday, Nov. %, was divided
into two parts, the first being devoted
to numbers appropriate to the season,
and the latter to a pep fest. The
program opened with the reading of
poem by Ruby Jacobsen. The pupils
next heard the Glee club in two num-
bers. There were two plays that had
been prepared, the one skit by four
fourth grade students, and the other
a play entitled Scotch Grace" by a
group of eighth grade students. A
group of Miss Waananen's English
students entertained with a new fea-
ture, choral reading of poetry Dur
ing the remainder of the program,
attention was directed to a pep talk
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01

regain the colonies and then the po-
groms will be re-enacted, perhaps
in even more drastic forms than in
Germany now.
Suggestions have been made to the
British government that Palestine be
opened to German Jewish immigra-
ton, but in London there is serious
objection to this for the reason that
the strife pending between Arabs and
Jews in Palestine has been caused by
the fact that Great Britain already
has admitted what to the Arabic ele-
ment seems to be too large a num-
Der of Jews.
For the time being, no decision has
been made concerning the future of
the German Jews. They are not
wanted in their own country-where
their race has lived for more than
twelve hundred years-and, so far,
they are not wanted in other coun-
tries. They have to be somewhere
and that's what constitutes one of
the major international problems of
today.
Asiatic Situation.
Aside from sporadic fighting in the
regions near Hongkong the war be-
tween China and Japan has not been
featured by any important engage
ments recently. But on the diplo-
matte front there has been a good
deal of activity, for few days ago
Chang Kaishek, the Chinese military
dictator, announced to the British
ambassador that unless help of some
kind were forthcoming from the wes-
tern powers, China would choose her
own ally, and it was generally I'M
derstood that in this connection Sow
let Russia could be the only power
thought of. To some extent that was
confirmed on Monday by the Japan
csc deputy minister of war who de-
clared to the munitions makers of
his country that they must speed up
productions so as to be ready for
simultaneous war with Russia as well
as with China.
1t will thus be seen that although
the Chinese-Japanese war until now
has been a kind of isolated phenom-
enon, it still is replete with the pros
poets of further international COM
plicatiOnS
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01
Freedom OF Thought
Park Rapids Enterprise)

The trustees of Beloit college, one
of the oldest institutions of the Middle
West, have adopted a declaration of
principles, the central idea of which
would seem to be freedom of thought
They call for spirit of liberation
that shall perpetuate freedom as to
work, worship, speech, the press and
academic research.
These principles are in accordance
with the ideas on which the United
States government was founded.
There are many countries today where
these principles are denied, and where
free thought is not tolerated.
These governments say it is not
safe for the people to think freely
because they will get wrong and
dangerous ideas. An editor who tried
to express thoughts contrary to gov
eminent policy would be likely to
find himself in Jail. The governments
of these countries say that to obtain
national progress, they must have
unity of action, and they can't get
unity of action if people are free to
criticize the government.
Unity of action is a good thing
if obtained in the right way. Gov
ernments frequently get wrong ideas
and if they force such unity of ac-
ton that the people all support these
wrong ideas, these countries may blow
up in wars and revolutions.
The American people have had the
most successful government in the
world, because they have maintained
freedom of thought, speech and the
press. When the government does
wrong things, or when the people
make mistakes, it is considered legi-
innate to criticize and point out these
errors. If the criticism is reasonable
in time the people are convinced that
changes must be made, and the evils
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01
Is Democracy Safe ?

AS seen by the trend in recent
months, it is well that the demo-
cratic peoples of the world awake to
their danger; awake to the saving
of their beloved liberty as enjoyed
under a democratic form of govern
ment Recent word has it that France
is rapidly slipping into totalitarian
state and Britain is staggered by the
problem of defending its far-flung
empire.
In regards to the French situation
it is seen that the finances of that
Republic were in such state few
weeks ago as to cause Premier Da-
Ladder to ask for and get almost die
tatorial powers. This newspaper
gave expression to the danger which
existed at that time in regards to it
ever returning to a democracy and
with various problems in a world
of turmoil facing it and veXing it
more and more each day, it is now
seen to endanger its democratic form
of government.
The same thing has happened in
other countries and that makes it
apparent that the trend is toward
relationships and if and when the
few dictators of the world today
find themselves aided and allotted by
increasing numbers, real menace
to our own democracy is likely to
come
A few days ago Hitler, Mussolini
and Japan were reported as about
ready to sign what is termed, war
pact. That pact would insure mill
tary assistance to each of the three
in case he went to war and it would
likewise prohibit any one of the three
to make peace without the consent
of the others. Doesn't that sound
like a collision between dictators?
It is a collision and it will endanger
the peace of the world just as soon
as they get, what they think, is suf-
ficient resources to do their 'stuff."
It is well, then that the people
of this country and the rest of the
world, who love their democratic free
dom, to get busy and patch up their
governments to insure that demo-
cratic freedoms existence. It is well
for the people to keep the reins of
government tightly in their own
hands, rather than to gradually step
aside for the superior intellect of
some crackpots" who would lead them
into "greener pastures"
1t can happen here unless citizens
keep awake to the functioning of
their own government, from the small
est and closest to home to the larg-
est in Washington. True representa-
ton in our governmental halls and
on our governmental bodies will in
sure continued democratic govern
ment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-01

by the new coach, Harold Jensen,
and number of cheers and songs by
the cheer leaders, Delpha Petersen
and Mavis Conway. Mr.. Jensen
urged all to encourage the team by
their support, and then he introduced
the members of the team that will
represent Askov this year.
Sports.
The high school basketball season
opened rather early this year with
Askov playing North Branch on their
floor on Wednesday, Nov. %. Two
games were in order with both the
first and second teams playing. The
second team game was fast, hard
battle all the way. While it was a
low-scoring game, it was a credit
to the Askov team that it made as
fine showing as it did, for they
had few substitutes. Although Askov
led to at the half, North Branch
came through and the final score was
Is to II in their favor. The first
team game was also very close, Askov
losing by a score of 80 to 81. North
Branch, with fast-passing and hard
breaking team rolled up an early lead
which was never quite overcome
The half score was "a to II. The
second half was clearly harder
fought. Askov seemed to awaken
and for time threatened to take
the lead and was again creeping up
as the final gun sounded. The game
demonstrated that Askov has team
which is worthy of the support of
both the student body and the COM
munity. Persons coming out to wit
ness the games will not be disap-
pointed if they are seeking hard
fought, clean athletics.
The next team that Askov will
meet is Sandstone on their floor Fri
day evening, Dec 2. This is the first
game for Sandstone this season.