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The Washington times., 1938-05-04
Chest Clinic Mdu IL

ARLINGTON, Va, May "A
free chest clinic for both children
and adults will be held in the Ar.
lington Health Center, 1925 Co.
lumbis Pike. from 10 a. m. to /
p. m. Thursday, May IL. the Ar.
The Washington times., 1938-05-04
Infant Travels Far
TOSee About House

SHENANDOAH, Iowa, May 4.
Bobby Franks, 20 months old, of
Roseburg. Ore, Travelled 1000
miles here to complete a real
estate deal. The child inherited
home property, and his parents
brought him here because he was
the only one upon whom legal no
tice could be served in order to
complete his title.
The Washington times., 1938-05-04
Car Handle in Skull

but today he was was dead. The
boy was struck q glancing blow
by an automobile driven by Louis
Silverman, n, and the door
handle penetrated his skull four
inches,
The Washington times., 1938-05-04
BENEFIT DANCE

The Washington Delaware Ter
centenary Committee will sponsor
a dance in the clubrooms at 1900
Rhode Island Ave. N. W., May IA,
at 8 p. m, for the benefit of the
tercentenary celebration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
"NOONANISMS"
(From the Baudette Region)

Down east they have school to
teach new fathers how to change
diapers. There is nothing like be-
ginning at the bottom.
Perhaps no profession has progressed
more than dentistry during the last ten
years. Getting a flock of teeth out
these days is as painless as getting a
haircut.
A candidate for sheriff in southern
Minnesota weighs $50 pounds. If he is
elected he should fill the Office in a
big weigh.
Look ahead, plan ahead, keep your
head, and you'll always be ahead, says
a writer.
A writer says that every citizen owes
his country something. Perhaps taxes
There will be more than six hundred
candidates for the Minnesota legiSla-
ture in June. And of course the big
majority of them are Just playing tunes
on wiShbone.
With the highway loaded with autos,
good motto is to drive carefully
Diving through windshield doesn't do
your appearance any good.
Opportunity knocks only once, but it
is different with the neighbors.
A farmer south of town captured 20
wolves in 1887, but remained at a re-
spectacle distance while doing it. He
wanted to remain respectable.
The recession is pretty tough, but
don't moan. It's long worm that has
no turn.
Candidates are giving the voters
lot of handShakeS, but reduction in
taxes would be better.
The best signs of returning prosperity
will be when MEN Wanted signs are
hung up.
Everything in this section has been
refreshed by the ripping rain drops,
but we can get too much of a good |
thing, and what this district needs is
a lot of smiles from Old Sol.
Brighter colorS feature the 1888 autos. |
Brighter drivers would be better.
With the grass growing, home owners
see mower and mower exercise ahead of |
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Doctors Study Ways of
Cutting States Deaths.

Fewer deaths among mothers and
babies in childbirth were reported in
Minnesota than in any other state last
year.
This record is noted with pride in
the bulletin issued today by the Min
nesota State Medical associations COM
mittee on public health education; but
the doctors point out that there are
still approximately three deaths among
mothers in childbirth for every 1000
live births and 1,278 deaths reported
last year associated with childbirth
among the babies.
Even Minnesota's comparatively low
rate can be cut and precious lives
saved, according to the bulletin; and
the series of courses on new methods
of treatment for mothers and babies
which is now being offered to doctors
in eight different centers of the state
is evidence of the effort now being
made by health officials and physicians
to cut Minnesota's rate still further.
These lectures are financed by Social
Security funds and arranged by the
division of child hygiene of the state
board of health in cooperation with the
Minnesota Medical association.
The first course was held May 4 at
Winona and Crookston. Similar courses
are scheduled as follows: May II at
Hibbing at the Androy hotel and in
Willmar at the Lakeland hotel; May 10
at Albert Lea at the Hotel Albert and
in Fergus Falls at the Chippewa Club
rooms; May Is at Worthington at the
Hotel Thompson and in Bemidji at
the Markham hotel. The local chair
men in charge of arrangements are
DR.. Eli E. Christensen, Winona; Dr.
Chester L. Oppegaard, Crookston; DR..
Carl N. Harris, Hibbing; Dr. B. j.
Branton, Willmar; Dr. F. M Feldman,
Albert Lea; Dr. Clifford A Boline,
Fergus Falls; DR.. Edwin A. Kilbride,
Worthington, and DR.. j. r. Kingston,
Bemidji.
A distinguished faculty of Minnesota
experts in obstetrics and pediatrics is
giving the courses in each center and
physicians from all surrounding COM
munities are invited to attend.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
LEARNING TO TALK

MY boy of two years says only few
words, such as mama, doggie, me, and
papa. My other two children were
talking lot by this time. What can
you suggest? I'm sure it's not his hear
ing, and he is bright child-under-
stands all we say to him."
That this mother may be unduly
concerned about the slowness with
which her little boy is learning to talk
is suggested by the fact that children
vary greatly in the age at which they
begin to use speech readily. In the
first place, if her other two children
are girls, their earlier speech would be
explained on that basis as girls usually
do learn to talk sooner than boys.
A boby's first words are usually
spoken at about the age of year, al
though a few babies speak word or
two as early as eight or nine months.
These are very exceptional cases, how
ever. Some children are using good
many words by the time they are 10
months, but others don't talk much be-
fore they are two, or even two and
half.
Only children learn to use language
sooner than do children who have
brothers and sisters, probably because
they are talked to more Children in
playing together can have lots of fun
without the need of much speech, for
laughter and facial expressions, and
gestures, all help them to communicate
with one another. Twins, naturally
are never without companionship, be-
gin to speak as early as other children
do, but they have a more limited vo-
cabulary, and also articulate their
words less clearly than do other
children. Hearing each others i'm
perfect speech probably handicaps them
in getting words pronounced right All
during the preschool years, they lag
behind other children in the general
level of their speech accomplishment
AS soon as they go to school, they begin
to throw off the speech retardation, but
their poor articulation of words proves
harder to outgrow than the handicap
of a small vocabulary.
Children who are exposed to two
languages during the time they are
to talk don't progress quite
as fast in either language as though |
they were learning that language alone,
but, counting what they know of both |
languages, they are slightly ahead of
children who can express themselves |
in only one language.
The first words a baby uses are likely |
to be the names of the familiar things |
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

In the good old summer time. When
the ice is all gone, the sun shining
brightly, birds singing, trees budding
etc., a mans thoughts naturally turn
to fishing. With May Is but few
days away, everything is in readiness
tourists who are expected to visit the
Arrowhead country this year. Never
before have the resort owners made
such elaborate plans and Improvements
and spent more time and money adver-
Using the beauties of our country in
order to attract the tourists from near
and far. According to reports, fishing
will be extra good this year and
travellers coming from all parts of the
country should enjoy themselves to
the utmost as we have everything to
offer. But don't forget to be courteous
to the touristS-it makes them want to
come back.
You probably know this, but touch
ing mosquito bite with camphOr
water or alcohol will relieve the sting.
We used to watch him play ball in
the old range league few years ago
and he had the reputation then of being
one of the hardest workers and most
dependable players on any team. We're
speaking of Ray Hoefler, secretary of
the Ely Commercial Club. Ray is still
known as hard worker and a most
dependable public servant, having done
much toward building up the Ely Com
mercial Club to the point where it is
considered one of the greatest little
organizations in the state. We've
watched him at the Sportsmen's Show
at Minneapolis where he sits for hour
after hour and describe the various
scenes of the movies being shown to
the ever-gathering public, without so
much as a single comment of being
bored or tired. His description of the
Arrowhead, coupled with his pleasing
personality and enthusiasm, has at
tracted many a visitor to this state.
Minnesota vacation literature will
this season be maintained in 1000
to 1,500 more bureaus than last year.
1t looks as though the tourist bureau
is doing great job.
We have received several letters from
our readers recently asking us to pub
lish a formula for waterproofing tots.
We have selected one which is used by
Robert Page Lincoln, nationally known
sportsman. 1t follows: Dissolve one
half pound of powdered alum in four
gallons of boiling soft water. Next dis
solve one-half pound of sugar of lead
in the same amount of water. When
this has settled pour all together in a
larger vessel and let it stand for "a
hours, stirring it occasionally. Next
immerse your tent in this mixture, per-
hitting it to soak for about four hours.
After this, take your tent out, wringing
it so as to get most of the water out of
it and then hang it out to dry. A tent
treated with the above mixture is burn
and spark proof for some time after
its treatment, and it will remain water
proof for a long period of time if it is
not allowed to become widowed"
You may not agree but some say
the best manner of hooking on live
minnow is to set the hook back of
the dorsal fin into a little flesh under
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Growing With Your Child
University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Welfare

around him, and so many of them are
nouns. Soon he begins to use good
many verbs and adds adjectives, adj
verbs, and pronounS, conjunctions, and
SO on gradually. The speed with which
child adds to his vocabulary, once he
has begun to talk, is remarkable. A
child who has acquired three words at
the age of twelve months will have over
$50 words in his vocabulary when he
is two, and from then to the time he
is six, the rate slows up, and he adds
only about 500 words year.
It is interesting to note that in in
vestigations in which account was kept
of the total number of words used in a
day by some three and four year old
children, the longest time one of these
children kept quiet was four minutes!
No wonder, with all this practice, that
children can speak almost perfectly by
the time they enter school.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

the time and to the further constern-
alton of the neighboring onlookers, the
ghost suddenly tip-toed down the front
steps and gingerly sped around to the
back door and disappeared. An in
quiring reporter discovered that the
apparition was none other than Bud
himself who was alone in the house
and had gone out on the front porch
in his pajamas to pick up the evening
paper. The door slammed and the
night latch caught, locking Bud out.
Finally he got back into the house
through rear window.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

them.
/ Public opinion will smile at any
candidate who comes out for less SPEND
ing and lower taxes. The people want
rest from digging into their pockets.
The politicians are beginning to give
their opinions of things they know
nothing about.
A lad who holds his head up and
doesn't sour on the world during these
troublesome times has big job on his
hands, but many are doing it.
More than one hundred divorces a
day are granted at Reno The only
cause for divorce out there is marriage.
$50
If your store is rusting in peace, try
advertising. 1t will ring the cash
register.
More than half of those who are
arrested for crime these days have
been paroled from prison.Justice is not
only blind but dumb when those bad
eggs are released.
We are becoming a nation of liars,
says minister, who evidently has been
talking to fishermen
When you go camping and cook a
meal in the woods, be careful about
putting out the fire. You might cook
the woods too.
If you insist on dying young, it isn't
absolutely necessary to go hell-bent
along the highway in your car You
can change places in a canoe.
80
GraSshoppers chewed up a lot of
western states last year and lunched
off North Dakota and Minnesota. 1t
might be well for farmers up here to
apply for their share of the poison that
makes the grasshoppers turn up their
toes.
We are in favor of the old age pension
if they will give it to us while We are
still young enough to enjoy it.
Don't wait until you get sunStroke
before coming to Northern Minnesota
for your vacation. June is the ideal
month to visit this wonderful section.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

distant future and the additional tour
lists attracted by these fighting fish will
be a boon to the resort owners of the
Arrowhead country and the state in
general. What could be more exciting
and thrilling than battle with a
really large muskie? Although we've
never had the good fortune to hook one
we are anxiously awaiting the time
when they will be plentiful enough so
that even we amateur fishermen will
have an opportunity to brag about
''our mIlSkie."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Man Can Take
Dynamite Blast.

Bagley-Proving that he can take
it" Joe Eastwood of F'alk township in
this community showed recently what
a trifling matter blast of dynamite
in his face is to him. 1t had him down
and out for short time, but he's
none the worse now for the experience.
Joe had decided to blast out a wolf
den. Getting some dynamite he took
it out to the location of the den,
planted it and lit the fuse. He then
stepped a safe distance away and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Walking Ghost
Mystery Solved.

Luverne- Superstitious residents here
were startled one evening recently dur
ing rain when they saw what looked
like a ghost-like apparition lodging
around the house of Russell BuO
Sherman. The wraith-like figure was
apparently trying to enter Mr.. Sher-
mans front door, but while ghosts are
supposed to be able to go through solid
substances, this one seemed baked and
on closer observation was discovered
to be shaking the door-knob frantically
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Outdoors
- in the
Arrowhead
MARTY Says
Everything Set for the Tourists.
Hail to Ely's Secretary.
Much Interest in Forest Feud.
ADMINISTRATIONS of Muskies.

the skin.
According to a nationwide survey
just completed, the largest nuptial
flight of wild ducks and geese in four
years is heading for Canadian breeding
grounds this spring. Local sportsmen
report they have seen thousands upon
thousands of ducks on lakes in this
vicinity recently and the prospects for
a successful breeding season never
looked better. This is especially good
news for the duck hunters who have
had little success in the blinds the last
few years.
They tell us the age of rattle
snake is not computed by the num-
Der of his rattles. A rattler may
grow two to four buttons year.
Who cares?
In his legislative program, Herman
G. Wenzel seeks law which would give
the Conservation department the power
TO condemn unsafe boats offered for
hire to hunters and fishermen. Al
ready the boat owners are needing the
warning and from all appearances there
will be few boats on lakes this year
not in first class condition Time and
again we have heard sportsmen tell of
narrow escapes from death due to
leaky and unsafe boats. We feel that
as long as sportsman is willing to pay
a fair rate for a boat he is entitled
to one in first class condition. AL I'M
safe boats should be reported and the
owners brought to justice the same as
an automobile owner whose lights,
brakes, etc., are not up to safety
standards. What do you think, read
ers?. Let's hear from you.
There's one thing that the pro-
gressive town of Ely really lacks and
that is a rifle club. With all those
expert riflemen around they should
have one of the best teams in the
state. How about it, fellows?
The proposed Quetico- Superior Inter-
national forest program has come in
for great deal of publicity within the
last few weeks throughout the state.
Up in this part of the country Fred W.
Bessette, Duluth, and Sig Olson, Ely,
have been doing their share in keeping
the subject alive. Although the two
have different ideas on the matter,
their articles have brought to the pub
lie lot of good facts that were not
known heretofore. Too often the pub
lie has been led to believe various
untruths because of ignorance on the
subject. However, with local sportsmen
coming out into the open with their
reasons for and against the interna-
tional forest, we will all benefit greatly
and be able to talk intelligently on the
subject.
Minnows can be kept vigorous in
the minnow pail by forcing air into
the water frequently with bicycle
or auto pump. Try it and let us
know how you come out.
While the waH-eyed pike is con-
sidered the most popular fish in the
state at the present time, it won't be
long before the muskellunge will be
out on top. According to plans of j.
o. Nelson, Minnesota's superintendent
of fish propagation, our lakes will con-
tain lot of muSkies in the not-so-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

A campaign was launched last week
by the Theodor Petersen post of the
American Legion to attract visitors
to Minnesota when the first million
of five million brightly colored
stamps, exploiting the advantages
of Minnesota as summer vacation
playground went into the mails.
The stamps are being distributed
to business firms, municipal and
state officials and individuals with a
request that they be attached to
mail going outside the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Ski Body Founded i'm 1904

The National Ski association was
born on February 81, 1904, at Ish-
peming, Mich, inspired by a group
of skiing enthusiasts headed by Carl
Tellefsen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
Rabbits DESTROY Much Food

Where rabbits infest land, it is
estimated that four of them will de-
stroy as much food as would main
tain a sheep.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

Sherman'S Invasion Destructive
Gen. William T. Sherman's inva-
sion of the South was so destructive
in many places that it was said
agriculture could not be developed
in his path for generation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

waited and waited. No explosion fol-
lowed. Thinking it.was dead he went
back to the hole and just at that
moment the temperamental dynamite
exploded in his face. Eastwood re-
manned on the cold ground in an I'M
conscious condition from that afternoon
until the noon the following day. When
he finally came to, he walked home
alone with only stiff shoulder to
show for the accident. His folks had
become worried over his absence and
had neighbors out looking for him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12
japan and Religion

The Japanese cannot claim to be
religious race unless emperor-wor-
ship and patriotism be considered
religious.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

Minnows can be kept vigorous in
the minnow pail by forcing air into
the water frequently with a bicycle
or auto pump. Try it and let us
know how you come out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

While the wan-eyed pike is con-
sidered the most popular fish in the
state at the present time, it won't be
long before the muskellunge will be
out on top. According to plans of j..
o. Nelson, Minnesota's superintendent
of fish propagation, our lakes will con-
tain a lot of muSkieS in the not-so-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-12

There's one thing that the pro-
gressive town of Ely really lacks and
that is rifle club. With all those
expert riflemen around they should
have one of the best teams in the
state. How about it, fellows?
The times-news., 1938-11-28
Gechs, Poles Dead In Border Clash;
Say Latter Take Land Not Allotted

in warnings to Warsaw and Buda-
pest from the British, French,
German and Italian governments.
Czech versions of the shooting
said the Poles used extreme
brutality" against the civilian
population of the Javorina district
because the people, who had not
anticipated the occupation until
December l, were unprepared to
leave quickly.
II also was alleged in Prague
that the Poles had occupied con-
siderably more area in the dis
trict than had been ceded to them
mnder the recent Polish-Czeeh
sgreement and had taken the
town of Smercovka, which was
snnposed to remain Slovak. -,
It was admitted in Prague that
the slovak population had resist
cd the Poles "because they were
nnprepared for the sudden cross
ing of the border"
Czech authorities said they had
been assured by Polish military
leaders that the Polish troops
would withdraw as soon as tne
new frontier is definitely drawn
hv a delimitation commission.
The times-news., 1938-11-28

TOKYO, Nov. 28. (UP)-Japar
must have sufficient munitions on
hand to fight, if necessary, two
wars simultaneously against Rus,
sia and China, japanese munitions
makers were told today by the
foreign office.
Lieut.. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki,
war minister, told the manufac-
turers at conference that it was
necessary to increase the NUM-
tions output Immediately.
LONDON. Nov. 28. (UP)-The
News Chronicles diplomatic cor
respondent, A. J. Cummings, said
yesterday that Germany, Italy and
Japan are ready to transform their
anti-Communist pact into a close
military alliance.
The newspaper said the text of
the new agreement, officially en-
dorsed in Berlin, Rome and Tokyo,
would contain four main points,
as follows:
1. If any one Of the three coun-
tries is menaced by war the other
two will assist Immediately "politi-
cally, automatically and by every
economic means at their disposal"
2. If one of the three powers is
all three will consult i'm
on measures of assist
ance.
The times-news., 1938-11-28
JAPANESE TOLD THEY MUST
PREPARE FOR z WARS WHILE
MILITARY ALLIANCE NEARS
London Hears German-Jap Italian AntiC Communist Pact
Ready To Be Transformed Into Military Alliance
and Pledges Involved Made Public

3. If two or all the powers OF
the Rome-Berlin- axis are
engaged simultaneously in a wal
they will make no separate peace
but only tri-power peace in com.
mon agreement. ..
q. The alliances duration of 10
years will be extended automati-
cally for another five years If it is
not denounced before the end of
the decade.
The News Chronicle said Joa-
chin Won Ribbbentrop. German
foreign minister, is ready to sign
the agreement Immediately but
that Foreign Minister Count Ga
leazzo Ciano of Italy, although he
has agreed in principle to the pro-
visions. has asked that the formal
signing be delayed for several
months. g..
The Moscow weekly, journal
of Moscow" which is close. to. the
Soviet foreign office, announced
two weeks ago that Germany, Italy
and Japan were ready. to remodel
their anti-comintern pact into q
military alliance as direct result
of the four-power Munich accord
which dismembered Czechoslo-
yakia. -