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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Bruges Plans for Fete
To Rival Passion Play

BRUGES, BELGIUM.-A medic
val pageant commemorating ia
NOUS religious relic. several drops
of blood of Christ, will be held in
this old Flemish town.
The pageant, in which 1000 per-
formers will take part, will be
staged in the Cathedral square and
is planned to rival the Passion plan
of Oberammergau. The facade of
the cathedral with its 25O-foot belfry
will be used as a backdrop. The
chorus and orchestra, a thousand
strong, will be directed by the
composer, Arthur Meulemans.
Theban trumpets sounded from
the top of the belfry will herald the
opening of the pageant, as the
facade is flooded with light and
angels in cloth of gold appear at
the windows, balconies and en-
brasures. The first scene ends with
Joseph of Arimathea collecting the
sacred blood in vessel.
The second scene, one of medi-
eval splendor, will show Thierry
d'Alsace bringing the relic to
Bruges on his return from the
Second Crusade in 1850.
The third and final scene will re-
call the profound veneration Of the
people of Bruges for the relic, which
is preserved in gold and silver ves-
sci encrusted with precious stones.
This finale will represent, on a mag
nificent scale, the procession in
medieval costumes that every year
commentaries the bringing of the
relic to Bruges.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Good Workers Are Given
Best Dinners by Warden

CAMDEN, N. ATOP the Cam
den county courthouse is an ultra
modern "skyscraper" jail used prin-
cipally for untried prisoners and
others unable to furnish bail.
Warden George Roundey has
saved the county about $4,000
through his system of dual menus.
Although no inmate is required to
work, those who do are given more
palatable meals.
Roundey is an advocate of an Sin
stallment plan" for paying fines.
''Take the case of a man who is
fined $25 or $50 for something that
perhaps could not be made out as
clear-cut case of negligence" he
said. "Why send him to jail in dis
grace when, under a more moderate
law, he could pay his fine at the
rate of 81 week, just as he does
when he makes a purchase. It
seems a shame that one man with
plenty of money can pay his fine
and go, while the poor man has to
stay in jail until the law considers
him purged of his offense."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Soil Treatment Kills Japanese Beetle
Grubs That Feed on Roots of Vegetation

When Japanese beetles, the off
spring of those that slipped unob-
trusively into the United States
some time before 1916 on nursery
stock from the Far East, were first
discovered in New Jersey, entomol-
ogists could suggest no effective
way to stop their spread. In their
native home, various parasites and
predators keep these beetles from
becoming a serious economic pest
but those that migrated here
brought no natural enemies with
them. Consequently they multiplied
rapidly.
Now they infest continuously
about II, 400 square miles, mostly in
New Jersey but running into New
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and
Maryland. Isolated colonies have
sprung up elsewhere along the At
lantic seaboard. Nothing can be
done to stop the natural spread of
the Japanese beetle here. Each
year it extends its territory a few
miles on every front, notes writer
in the Detroit Free Press.
The only effective control meas
ure for the Japanese beetle, treat
ing infested soil with lead arsenate,
is too expensive for use over large
area. In small, isolated areas of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Fishing Pole Antennae Will
Assure Wide Reception.

WASHINGTON.- Fire-fghting We
hicles of the United States forest
service will soon be equipped with
new, two-way radio notwithstanding
fishing pole antennae-which are
expected to increase greatly the
usefulness of the service.
The equipment, developed by A.
G. Simpson, a forest service radio
engineer, will enable the vehicles to
remain in constant touch with the
dispatcher. Fire-fghting headquar-
tiers can order fire trucks toward a
confagration and later, when the
truck is under way, give detailed
instructions. The dispatcher also
will be able to recall the truck
and send it to more dangerous or
more recently reported fire.
The radios-protecting an area
equal to New England, Pennsyl-
vania and Missouri combined-will
operate on the regular short-wave
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Another Effort to Be Made
To Find S. S. Merida.

NEW YORK.-A new chapter in
the quarter-century effort to recover
the famous Merida treasure will be
written this summer when the Ital-
ian salvage ship Falco resumes the
search for the rusty hulk. buried in
the sea off the Virginia coast.
Early in 1911 the Merida sailed
from Vera Cruz. On board were
200 passengers, refugees fleeing
from revolutionaries of Madero, who
had stormed Juarez two days be-
fore, and the safe in the purser's Of
fee held more than $4,000 in
gold and silver bars, priceless ru-
bies and other gems that once had
adorned the imperial robes of the
Emperor Macmillan and Empress
Carlotta.
Rammed in Fog.
East of Norfolk, Va, on the night
of May II, 1911, the Merida was
moving cautiously through thick
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
STRAIT GATE
BY RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
INC.

and bread, honey" he ordered
briefly.
The woman slammed down their
plates and cups and Gunnar was
buttering thick slice of bread.
Their taxi-driver had risen and
slouched into the back room, and
now little man in an enveloping
apron came out. He had scared
eyes and an unimportant chin, and
he was staring at them. He spoke
over his shoulder. Honest? You
amt stringin' me, Nick?"
The woman said something to him
and he popped out of sight like a
gopher into it's hole, and the taxi
driver came back, grinning.
1t was the usual thing to be rec
ognized. Almost everywhere they
went someone knew Gunnar Thor
wald at once, and then there would
be nudges and whispers.
Other customers came in. The
woman served them truculently.
Her husband came edging out of
the kitchen again to stare at Gun
mar and Sarah Lynn. He had a
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roll little pot-bellied figure and
pipe-stem legs, and he stood nerv-
ously rubbing his hands over his
dirty apron.
81 just gott asst you," he began in
a kissing whisper. mick, he's
great one to kid you along. On the
level, are you Gunnar Thorwald and
and that girl?"
They were, they told him, Sarah
Lynn gently, the Norwegian ace
with a sudden friendliness which
surprised her.
The wife wheeled about, snarling.
"You get back where you belongl"
She took an order. 'Stack a.
wheats!" Ham and!"
Without a word he scuttled back
into his unsavory domain.
Gunnar finished his bread and
honey and drank off his tea. His
eyes were narrowed to cleaning
blue slit. Then he stood up and
walked back through the stuffy
room, past the hunched figures feed
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learning, remembering, and stored
up questions for the earth.
81 have the wish to see your
Golden Gate in sunset" he said one
day.
They were driving to the landing
field. "Gunnar, ! want to come
down in parachute" Sarah Lynn
said.
eyes. But not yet. There is for
you much more learning"
"Of course. After I can really fly.
It must be the most satisfying thing
in the world and not so terribly
hard. Just wait and count ten be-
fore you pull the string"
''That is, you think, so simpler"
She shivered happily. at must
be the most gloriously terrifying
thing-just bailing out into the blue
beyond with a silly trick parasol
over you! But want to do it, Gum
mar"
He nodded. "You shall do it. That
I promise. From my plane. But
when say you are ready"
"Yes." She settled back in her
seat, entirely content.
Lynn Dana had written Sally Ann
the night before: GAS to your ques-
toni don't know. Our queer dark
one, beyond all possibility of
doubt, quite literally worships the
air he flies in. AS for the lad-he
approves her utterly for her cour-
age and cleverness, but he's flint
hard and bat-blind. If her hearts
on her sleeve, he doesn't see it, and
she has a nice young dignity and
reticence."
Something did not quite suit Cum
mar in Hermod's rhythm as they
flew up the valley, and they came
down at Oakland before crossing
the bay. It needed only minor ad-
justment, but would take a little
time.
"Tea, while we wait" the ace
said. He hailed taxi and put
her in it, arr they drove a couple
of blocks. Here! This will dol"
It was shabby little eating-house
with menu written in chalk on a
blackboard at the door.
"Waiti" Gunnar directed the taxi
driver.
"Sure," he said amiably. Comm
in myself. 'Lo, Lena!" he greeted
big-busted woman with dyed hair.
slows tricks?" He sat down in
the last seat before the counter
which was close to the kitchen.
The fiers sat near the door. "Tea
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him bodily out of his fetid trench
and propel him through the tiny
restaurant and into the taxi, the
driver, wiping his mouth, grinning,
running after, jumping into his seat,
Sarah Lynn, delighted, aghast, fol-
lowing Gunnar, the staring custom.
ers, the woman emitting shrin STAG.
cato cries
Pop! Popl You come back here!
You crazy? Want to break your fool
neck? Pop!" She began to whimper
and storm. "You let loose a him,
Misterl I'll call a cop! You can't
kidnap-"
They were rafting down the
street, the little man wedged in
between them, the unhealthy pallor
of his face suffused with scarlet ex-
element.
When they reached the field Gun
mar placed friendly arm about
the man. "Still gamer" he asked.
To which the fellow, too overcome
to talk, nodded eagerly.
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

where. The first of next year he
takes office as chairman of the
United States social security board,
the first man to hold that position.
But he is already experienced in
that work, having been called by
President Roosevelt to start the
program last year.
Mr.. Winant's latest honor is cleo
ton as director of the International
Labor organization, a part of the
League of Nations with representa-
ton from nations throughout the
world. It is a major post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Bell Too Violent;
Skaters Windows

CINCINNATI.-For IS years a
giant bell has hung in the tower
of St. Francis de Sales church
here, but during that long period
it has swung only once to sum-
mon worshipers.
The bell, weighing $4,000
pounds, is reported to be the
largest swinging" bell in the
United States and the second
largest in the world. There's good
reason why it doesn't "swing,"
however.
When the bell was hung in 1893,
it swung according to schedule.
The thunderous note of the bell
shattered windows in the inme-
date neighborhood and parish
priests ruled then it was to re-
main immobile thereafter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Salvage Vessel to Seek
Sunken Gold and Jewels
the Merida was nowhere to be
found.
MiIlionaires Racked Project

the Merida was nowhere to be
found.
Milli0naires Backed Project.
A group of millionaires financed
the next scheme, which was to have
been carried out by George D. Still
son, diver and former chief gunner
in the navy, but after a month of
painstaking trawling there was still
no trace of the Merida.
Other schemes were envisioned,
but the position of the Merida re-
NAMED as great a mystery as ever
until in 1924 a group calling them
selves the "Sea Hawks" decided
to make another try.
Two trawlers, the Foam and the
Spray, with weighted chains fes-
TONED between them, swept the bot
tom off the capes. All summer and
fall in 1924 they searched without
success. After a winter of idleness,
and just as the venture seemed
hopeless, the chains encountered
something solid. The Merida had
been found again.
But bad luck still logged the ex-
petition. Before divers could be
sent down, a storm blew up and
when they sought the Merida again
it was lost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Use Two-Way Radio to Fight Forest Fires

band instead of the ultra-high fire.
quency band used by police cars
and the forest services portable
radio equipment. The regular short
wave band will assure broadcast re-
ception for at least Is miles in the
worst weather and in fair weather,
up to 500 miles.
"These distances are phenome-
nal," said Simpson," when it is
considered that the antenna used is
only a 7-foot metal fish pole of or
binary hardware store variety,
costing about 60 cents.
''But the outstanding feature of
the apparatus is a small iron box
containing the matching unit which
permits unusual efficiency in trans
ferring energy from the transmit
ter to the antenna and conversely,
from the antenna to the receiver.
"a coil and condenser combina-
ton is used to adjust the impotence
of the antenna to the transmitter so
that they are brought in perfect
tune"
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wNU SERVICE

ing at the counter, and stuck his
head into the steam and stencil.
$50 it interests you-fying?"
"Interests-say, boy! I read ev-
cry scrap I can lay hands on, and
/ see every movie that's got flying
in it, and when stand here, hashin'
and hear 'em go by in the sky"
he stopped, gulping, his Adams APP
pie moving convulsively in his
stringy throat.
The wife came back with a pile
of soiled plates and pushed rudely
past the fiier. Pop, you tend to
business! Tea-bone and country
fry!"
The Norwegian looked through
and beyond her. Yourself would
wish to fly?"
The little man put down a long
pronged fork and clasped small
pudgy hands with broken and black
trimmed nails. "Just once-before
I die-I wouldn't asst nothin' more.
I wouldn't"
"Come, then!"
It was all done in a flash. The
aviator's arm which seemed to lift
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

This man was a captain in the
United States army during the
World war, commanding the eighth
observation squadron after rising
from the ranks. His background is
unusual for New Highlander; Mr..
Winant was born in New York city.
But he was educated at Concord,
N. H., and then at Princeton. Be-
fore election to the New Hampshire
gubernatorial position, he served
two terms in that states house of
representatives, and another in the
state senate.
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infestation, it is cheap safeguard
against spreading infestation that
would soon become very costly.
Soil treatment kills the beetle
grubs that, just below the surface,
feed on the roots of grass and other
vegetation. Unsightly brown spots
in lawns and on golf courses in the
East are evidence of this feeding.
Adult beetles feed on about 200 diff
ferent plants. They live mainly on
foliage and the upper and outer
parts of plants exposed to bright
sunlight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
London Will Use Rattles
In Warming of Gas Raids

LONDON.-Sirens and hand rat
ties will be used to give warning of
air raids in Great Britain. Goef-
rey Lloyd, parliamentary under
secretary for home affairs, dis
closed in an address to the Ladies
Carlton club of London.
"The signal for an air raid action
warning will be an intermittent ST.
rem blast or continuous blast, al
ternately rising and falling in PITCH"
he said.
"The raiders past signal will be
a continuous blast for two minutes
of the siren, keeping at steady
pitch. Gas warnings, which are
much more local in character, will
be given by hand rattles sounded by
air raid WardenS."
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chine, Lynn and me, and we're pay
ing young teller to teach her to
run it. Didn't I tell you, first time
ever I laid eyes on the young-one?
I knew right off she was one a
the dark ones
Then she went close and peered
up at her and shook a parchment
finger in her face. And you listen
to me, Addie, for it's the gospel
truth. She's more my child than
she is yours, for all you borned her
and there's worse than seventy
years between us!'"
Sarah Lynn was sincerely sorry
for her mothers martyrdom, but
life contained for her now only two
shining and splendid facts-fying
and Gunnar Thorwald: when other
subjects came into her mind it was
like pouring fluids into an already
trimming bowl; they simply ran
over and off.
Whenever she flew with Gunnar
Thorwald, Sarah Lynn sat in silence
watching his sure hands, looking,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Changes in United States Capitol

Changes in United States Capitol
In 1864 congress transformed the
old house wing of the Capitol into
Statuary hall. On December 2, 1868.
a patriotic crowd assembled to wit
ness the placing of Thomas Craw-
ford's Statue of Freedom on the
top of the dome. When the field
battery fired the national salute at
noon the Capitol was complete in
its main lines. Subsequently minoi
renovations were made to permit
the introduction of steam heating
(1865); elevators (l874); fireproof-
ing (188D; electric lighting 1892 |:
modern drainage system (l893);
and air conditioning (1937).
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u WI M i N III Il
BIoG X A HE
JOHN G. WINANT

JOHN G. WINANT
For more than 100 years the
state of New Hampshire never re-
elected governor. But when John
Winant came along he was re-
elected twice, serving a total of
three terms.
Currently Mr.. Winant is busy else
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Horse Wears Goggles

SEATTLE.-See on a country
road: A little mouse-colored horse,
wearing goggles, riding in trailer
hitched to an Oklahoma car.
Evening star., 1938-07-01
Mobile Typists
TOBe Hired for
Vacation Relief

The Social Security Board is plan
ming an innovation in government
the employment Of mobile force of
male typists and stenographers who
will move from Office to office to serve
as relief for regular employees on va
cation-it was disclosed today in a
decision by Acting Controller General
Elliott which cut down the funds to
be spent for this itinerant force.
Under the board plan the workers
would have been continuously on a
temporary basis and therefore en-
titled to maximum of IS daily for
subsistence in addition to their regu-
lar pay. Mr.. Elliott ruled this out,
however, deciding that each station at
which they work will be considered
"permanent" and that per diem and
other expenses OF travel win only &C.
cs7ue as they move between points.
The board said 1t was felt that such
Q force could meet its vacation needs
70 the best advantage.
Evening star., 1938-07-01
LET'S CLEARS WORK
OF DECADE IN YEAR
20 Per Cent of Local War Risk
Insurance Cases Disposed of
hv Instice
by Justice.

Justice F. Dickinson Let's Of the
United States District Court Is
credited with cleaning up within a
year almost 10 per cent of local war
risk insurance cases-a Job that ordi-
narily would have taken a decade in
the normal course Of court business
officials said today.
Litigation aggregating 5000 900
faced Justice Let's when he was as
signed to the task last August The
jurist devoted on an average Of two
days week to hearing these cases.
Veterans, contending they were en-
titled to total disability under their
policies, growing out OF the World
War. brought suit.
Authorities said almost 15c cases
were dismissed for lack Of prosecution,
while 80 additional are being settled
out OF court. Twenty-four veterans
obtained judgments totaling around
100000.
Col. Allen Crenshaw of the De-
partment of Justice headed attorneys
assigned to the job Of clearing the
docket Of this type of litigation. They
prevailed in % cases, while in another
case, which went to a jury, Justice
Let's has granted new trial.
Evening star., 1938-07-01
COURT ADMISSION
RULES T|GHTENED
Night Law Course May Be
Made Four Years or
Longer by Action.

A new rule, effective today, promul-
gated by the United States Court Of
Appeals. makes more stringent admis-
sions to the bar Of that court after
July l, 1943 Some observers believe
It will have the effect of making the
night law school course four years or
longer.
Offlcially termed seven and a half
the new rule, ordered by the court,
reads thus:
"On and after July /, 1943. each ap-
plicant for admission to practice in
this court, except attorneys in good
standing in the Supreme Court Of
the United States, must meet the
following requirements in addition to
those set forth in rule seven, to wit:
"1. Before beginning law study, if
such study is begun after September
!, 1898, he must have successfully
completed at least two full years Of
study in an approved college or uni
versity, or the equivalent thereof as
tested by an examination given by a
college or university in the District of
Columbia fully accredited by the As
sociation of Schools and Colleges of
the Middle States and Maryland.
q. If admitted after July /, 1943,
to practice in the District Court of
the United States for the District of
Columbia or in the highest court of
the State territory or insular possession
Of the United States from which he
presents his credentials, he must also
have graduated from a law school ap-
proved by this court which, at the time
of his matriculation therein, required
as condition Of admission at least
two years of study in college and
which required its students to pursue
(a) a course Of three years duration
If they devoted substantially all their
working time to their studies, or (b)
longer course, equivalent in the num-
Der of working hours to the course
prescribed in (a) above. if they devoted
only a part of their working time to
their studies"
This action follows the recent rec
ommendation of the Bar Association
OF the District of Columbia, which
urged that two-year college require
ment, or its equivalent as determined
by ali agency of the United States
District Court, be made effective Sep
tember l, 1912.
Evening star., 1938-07-01

Oregonian yesterday that his and
other concerns were placarded with
caricatures demanding q boycott Of
Jews.
The merchant, L. Nabut. said the
placards appeared four or five nights.
Other Jewish business men removed
them as fast as they were pasted up,
but yesterday Nabut left one on his
window, adding q few remarks of his
own.
The black and white poster depicted
q statute Of liberty holding . sickle
and hammer in one hand and q man
Evening star., 1938-07-01

colored. They are Ernest r. Amos, jr.,
as: Robert W. Hough. 26. and John o.
Curtis, %.
The others are: william D. Harvey,
ST., %; Charles Burns. %: Stephen L.
Elliott, ~; John J. Doherty, "a; Robert
P. Merlong, %: Clifton G. Edwards.
26; Charles w. Kelly, jr, "a; Elmer E.
Watkins, jr., ~; James E. Young, 26;
Kenneth M. Trundle, %: Ernest P.
Jefferson, IS; James B. Castonguay,
"a; Roland g. Mumbert, %; Byron X.
Miller, 26; Ernst H. Winter, IS; VIII
liam j. Col1man, "a; Kenneth p. Fol-
Evening star., 1938-07-01

in the other. The man wore q top
hat and smoked q cigar.
Woke up America!" the poster
said. do you want this? Clean
up America! Break the red plaguel
Boycott the Jew!"
Evening star., 1938-07-01

the metropolitan police force. They
are members Of the seth class
The young men. enlisted from all
walks Of life, stood at attention at
police headquarters yesterday while
Supt. Ernest w. Brown administered
the oath Of once.
This morning they began q three
month course Of instruction under It..
Walter Storm designed to acquaint
them with the finer points Of law en-
forcement.
Fifteen Of the rockies have had full
or partial college training. Three are
Evening star., 1938-07-01

som. 23; Paul c. Lewis, a; Allen L.
Underwood, "A; George I. Eppard, IT,,
"a; Paul I. Wilson, rs; Ira Franklin
Reese, "a: George G. Prati1er, "A; Rol.
lin Weber. "a; Robert J. Wagner, ~;
Matthew ]. Bartol. q; Ray ]. Hodge,
81, and James e. Redmon, as.
Evening star., 1938-07-01

Congratulations Received.
When Buenos Aires, Argentina,
opened its municipal broadcasting sta
ton congratulatory messages were re-
ceived from New York, London, Berlin,
Paris, Rome and other cities.
Evening star., 1938-07-01

Model Glider Sets Record.
A model glider released In New.
castle, England, was found several
miles away in Forest Hall after being
In theair two hours, . world record.