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The Nome nugget., 1938-01-14
REWARD FOR PEOPLE WHO SWEETEN LIFE

The last will and testament of the late William M. Carson, con- tains a neat and painless little sermon for all of us.
 MT. Carson was a wealthy San Francisco business man who, when it came time for him to die, had neither chick nor child to leave his money to. He owned some $1,800,00O worth of this worlds goods, and he didn't quite like the idea of handing it all in a lump to some impersonal phil anthropic organization.
 So when he sat down to make out his will he simply wrote the names of everybody who had been kind to him, everybody whose courtesy, efficiency or help fulness had made his life little pleasanter-and divided his be- quests among all of them.
 
 The, 34 people who worked for him all got bequests. The maids, janitors, bellhops, walters and elevator boys at his hotel got be- quests; so did the employees of the country club where he had been patient, the church he at- tended, the university from whi- ch he had graduated, and so on.
 Altogether, more than 100 peo- pie were named in his will, for Amounts varying from $5,OO0 to t1o,o0o.
 lhere is sort of moving pics ture romantieisin about this will, of course, and earnest thinkers will no doubt say that the money would have done more good" if it had all gone to some worthy cause.
 But there is a lot to be said for the idea of doing something to repay all the people who had helped to make life run more smoothly and happily.
 For all of us, as we travel on toward the graves that await us, carry with us debts just like those which this millionaire paid in his will. We don't often stop to think about them, but they exist. It's a good idea to stop
The Nome nugget., 1938-01-14
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

and tabulate them once in a while.
 Life consists of an infinite num- Der of small human contacts. A man may consider himself utter ly friendless and alone-yet his ability to get his work done, to sleep well at night, to maintain a smooth temper, even to enjoy his meals properly, depends in no small measure on the people with whom he makes these con- tactS.
 Think of what a miserable day you would put in if, some morn- ing, you should find all of these people falling down on their jobs; if their pleasant efficiency should be replaced by grumpiness, slov- enliness and laxity.
 Corner cop, street car conduc- tor, filling station attendant, the telephone girl, lunchroom wait ress, man-at-the-desk, apartment house janitor, mailman, store clerk-all together, they could ruin your day beyond repair; in week they could drive you crazy.
 We don't have millions to give away when we die, and even if We did few of us would give them as this San Francisco man did. But it won't hurt us to re- member that we carry those debts with us.
The Nome nugget., 1938-01-14
Approves Land
 Exchange Juneau

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13, R)-The Senate Military Affairs Committee has approved of the exchange of land near Juneau in order to obtain a more suitable location for the radio station us- ed by the Signal Corps, and the measure now goes to the Senate Officials explained that the 227 acres designated by Presidential order couldn't be used, because of interference by a commercial station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

pointed to the Supreme court by
President Harding in 1922. He was
born in Buckinghamshire, England,
and was brought to the United
States in his infancy. He was iden-
titled with the conservative wing Of
the court.
Immediately upon the announce
ment of Sutherland's retirement, ev-
eryone began guessing as to his sue
cessor. 1t was taken for granted
that Mr.. Roosevelt would select a
liberal.
Prominent among those men
toned for the place was Senator
Sherman Minton of Indiana, a
steadfast supporter of the New
Deal. If the appointment goes to
the Middle West, Gov. Frank Muir
ply of Michigan seemed to stand a
good chance. Except for the fact
that New York state already has
three men in the court, Senator Rob
ert F. Wagner would be near the top
of the list of possibilities. Solicitor
General Stanley Reed of Kentucky
was the favorite of many, but there
are two other southerners on the
bench. Others suggested were Judge
William Denman of California,
Lloyd K. Garrison of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, and Donald Rich
berg, former general counsel and
later chairman of the NRA.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Ball-and-Socket Joint
in Skull of a Dinosaur

Washington.-What use was there
for a ball-and-socket jointed bone
at the back of a dinosaurs skull?
Charles w. Gilmore, curator Of
vertebrate paleontology at the Unit
ed States National museum, would
like to know.
At the back Of the skull of a had
rosaur, a rooster-crested monster
that lived in Montana about a hun
dred million years ago, he has found
a bone arrangement that has never
been found in any other kind Of
skull. A relatively small, triangu-
lar bone bears on its front edge a
socket or cup, which fits neatly over
a ball-shaped projection on the bone
in front of it.
Whatever was the use of this
unique skull joint, it could hardly
have been to make room for the
hadrosaur's massive brain. For the
hadrosaur's brain was anything but
massive. It couldn't have weighed
more than two or three ounces. II
was enough to see, hear, and prob
ably smell with, but that was about
all. But then, very likely a dino
saur never bothered to think-ex-
cept possibly once in a while about
another dinosaur.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Normal American Man
Doesn't Look So Good

New York.-Homo Americans
(male) took debunking at Cooper
Union here, at the hands of Dr..
John Dollard of Yale, who has stud
led the species intensively, taking
thousands of measurements of atti-
tude both physical and mental
Here's what you look like, Mr..
Proud American Man:
Physically, you are potbellied,
fat-cheSted, round-shouldered.
You believe what you read in the
papers. You think the competi-
tive system is all right, and expect
to thrive thereby yourself, but you'll
take your beating without whining
If you do chance to lose out. Win
or lose, you're for the status quo.
You are married or expect to be.
But you're not averse to a bit of
philandering before marriage, or
even after.
On the credit side: You don't like
too much talk. You keep clean.
You believe in education and in
democracy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
SX2au,uea NJ Ncko1d
SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
@ Western Newspaper Union.

of s4O1, O76,OOO from the present ifs
cal year.
Expenditures, exclusive of debt
retirements, will total Sc, 1876, 000, 900,
a decrease of $3.50, 500, 900 from the
present fiscal year.
National defense appropriations
will total 1891, 800, 900, an increase of
S34, 300, 900. Later the President may
ask for additional funds to construct
several extra naval vessels.
Relief expenditures for the next
fiscal year will total roughly ST, 138,-
304, 900, a decrease of $841, 1856, 900
from the present fiscal year.
The deficit will be financed
through Social Security and other
trust funds and not through public
borrowing.
The deficit estimate for the fiscal
year which ends June 80 has been
raised from $685., 100000 to $685.
100, 900, because of the business re-
cession.
Expenditures for new highways,
new rivers and harbors projects,
new public buildings, new recla-
nation projects and other new pub
lie works will be reduced sharply.
The public debt will reach a rec
ord high of $50, 528, 200,O on June
80, 1899.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Senators Hear About Autos

A FTER listening for two days to
"A government officials, the sem
ate committee studying unemploy-
ment and relief turned to industrial
leaders for information and advice.
It began with the automotive indus
try, receiving a long and exhaustive
statement from the Automobile
Manufacturers association which
includes all the most important con-
Germs in the industry except the
Ford company.
Major points in the statement
were:
In 1887, $4,000 automobiles
were produced in the United States,
10 per cent less than in 1929.
Employment averaged $4,000,
largest ever and 16 per cent above
1929.
The automobile industry was the
only one having an increase in labor
cost per unit of output since 1929.
Weekly earnings of workers aver
aged $32.04 for first eight months
of 1887.
At present dealers have on hand
about 400, 900 new cars, largest
since 1890; manufacturers have
very large inventories of parts and
sub-assemblies.
Hourly wage rates are 30 per cent
above 1929, all direct manufactur-
ing costs equal to 1929, but auto
prices per pound are still Is per
cent below 1929.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Keeping Up
&Ss1"@S2e ,MMs
Fever Therapy for
Organs of Body
May Be Developed
g Science Service.-WNU Service.

Pasadena, Calf. - New re-
searches at the California Insti-
tute of Technology here hold the
possibility of offering the long
sought goal of selective treat
ment of various organs Of the
body by those ultra-short radio
waves now being employed to
produce artificial fever in the
therapy of disease.
Cancer, rheumatic fever, arthri-
tbs, syphilis, gonorrhea, St. Vitus
Dance, and certain ocular diseases
are among the Affections Of man
kind which have been treated by
artificial radio waves. They all rep
resent potential directions in which
the treatment may be extended with
new and, perhaps, more successful
results.
Wave Absorption Studied.
Prof. C. Potapenko of the physics
department is the man whose find
ings may yield these important
practical results. For more than a
year he has been investigating the
absorption of short radio waves "a
inches to feet in length) as they
pass through many substances. g.
Contrary to present-held theories
the point of maximum absorption
seemed not to depend greatly on the
size of the molecules in the sub
stance, but rather on the size Of
part of the molecule which can be
called the tail" This tall seems
to rotate freely about the axis Of
such molecules as those of alcohol
To Produce Selective Heating.
The exact knowledge Of the max
imum of absorption is necessary to
produce the selective heating of spe-
cific organs or parts of the body
Those parts containing molecules
with orienting tails" can be easily
administered the sought-for selec-
tive heating treatment.
All that is necessary, points out
Professor Potapenko, is to tune the
radio wave generator to the wave
length corresponding to the maxi
mum of absorption. Otherwise the
effect is one of general heating
like that now used to produce gen.
eral artificial fever in the whole
body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
BUDGET Message Summary

MORE vitality important than his
AVl annual message on the state of
the nation was President Roose-
velt's budget message to congress.
In it he forecast deficit of 81 $685.
129, 800 for the current fiscal year
which ends on June 80, and deficit
of $949, SOC, 900 for the 1899 fiscal
year.
There was no promise that the
budget would be balanced in the
near future, the national revenue es-
Inmates being reduced because of
the depression.
Nearly billion dollars was asked
by the President for national de-
tense because of world conditions
over which his nation has no con-
troll" and more may be called for
soon for the same purpose.
Summarized, the Presidents
budget statement said:
Revenues for the next fiscal year
will total $5,919, 100000 a decrease
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
For National Defense

r EFORE the reading Of the
Il budget message in congress had
been concluded, the President was
in conference in the White House
with men who will have most to do
with putting into effect his plans
for Strengthening the national de-
tense. These were Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy Charles Edison
and Admiral William D. Leahy,
chief of naval operations; Chairman
Edward T. Taylor of the house ap-
preparations committee, Chairman
Carl Vinson of the house naval af-
fairs committee, and Representa-
tive William B. Umstead, chairman
of the appropriations subcommittee
on naval appropriations.
The group considered additions to
the navy building program, includ-
ing recommendations for beginning
construction on five battleships to re-
place all obsolete American capital
vessels, ten to fifteen cruisers, and
additional submarines, destroyers,
and auxiliary craft.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Chemicals In Paper Aid
in Pooling the Forgers

The invention of bank credit
brought number of evils in its
wake. One of these was the temp
tation to dishonest people to alter
fraudulently the writing on checks.
Chemistry has aided such persons
by providing them with chemicals
that will render ink colorless. I'M
partially, chemistry has also en-
abled the paper makers to tint
check paper with colors that are al
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
War Vote Plan Killed

p REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS LUD-
~ LOWS war referendum resolu-
ton will not be acted on at present,
for the house, by vote of 200 to
1873, left it in committee for the
remainder of the session.
This was victory for the admin
istration forces and was brought
about after President Roosevelt
himself had taken a hand in the
controversy. Through a letter to
Speaker Bankhead the President
had warned congress that adoption
Of the resolution would hamper any
chief executive in the conduct of for
eign relations and would lead other
nations to believe they could violate
American rights with IMMUNITY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Wheeler Hits Ice.

CENATOR BURTON K. WHEEL
- Err of Montana, chairman of the
senate railroad finance investigat-
ing committee, charged in a state
ment that the interstate commerce
commission is using trick rabbits"
in solving carrier problems.
He accused the finance division of
the I. c. c., which must approve
government loans to railroads be-
fore they are granted by the Recon
struction Finance corporation, of de-
iberately violating the law and
calmly gambling" on a stock mar
ket increase to protect the taxpay-
ers' money"
Wheeler's ire was aroused by con-
ditions surrounding loan of
S6,000,0 900 by the RFC to the Erie
railroad and an $4,000, 900 RFC loan
to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Silver Cellar Found

Silver of untold value has been
found in silver cellar in Stock
holm, Sweden. Workmen unearthed
it while excavating. Included in the
hoard were a cask packed with over
$4,000 coins and two huge copper
bowls filed with silverware. There
also was tea kettle of 1707, a tea
caddy OF 100, large oval dish
with rich ornaments, cups and can
dlesticks. How they came to be
there and what is to be done with
them are puzzling the government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

tered noticeably by the application
of such chemicals. Most recent OF
inventions, along this line, notes a
writer in the Chicago Tribune, con-
sists of combining certain metals
with the paper. The most likely OF
these is iron, either alone or mixed
with copper oxide, which is intro
duced into the paper in finely di-
vided state. In this condition the
metal cannot be seen, provided that
it is present in small amount. How
ever, when subjected to the action
Of bleaches a stain is produced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Civil Service Lays

CONGRESS was told by the civil
~ service commission that its fail
ure to place employees of newly ere
ated government agencies was be-
coming "a matter of grave public
concern"
wholesale exemptions such as
have been permitted in the last year
must cease if the merit system is to
prevail" the commission said.
It made these recommendations
Place first, second and third class
postmasters under civil service.
Authorize the President to draft
all nonpolicy forming employees in
to the classified service.
Make retirement compulsory for
government employees at the age
of seventy and optional at sixty
years, after 80 years service, or at
sixty-two after Is years service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
More Merchant Ships

CEVEN shipping companies have
- promised the maritime commits
sion that they will build from 20
to 43 ships for use in the foreign
trade within the next four years.
In return, the commission approved
long term operating subsidies, ag-
gregating $7,359, 900 annually, for
the lines.
Similar agreements now being ne
gotiated with other companies may
bring to 63 the number of ships to
be constructed with the aid of fed
eral subsidies, the commission said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Almost a Vacuum

Berlin.-The most nearly COM
plete vacuum ever achieved under
laboratory conditions, states Prof.
c. Ramsauer of Berlin, is repre-
scented by a pressure of one five
billionth of a millimeter of mer-
curry. Ordinary atmospheric pres
sure is about 800 millimeters.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Sauerkraut for Hens

Berlin. Sauerkraut is being
boosted as good for German hens,
to keep them laying when the usual
late-winter slump in egg production
sets in. Twelve grams (about half
an ounce) daily is the recommended
ration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

quit his seat in the
Supreme court on
January Is. Like
Justice Van Devan-
ter, he will still be
eligible for duty in
the lower courts at
his own pleasure.
Justice Suther-
land, a former Unit
ed States senator
from Utah and a
former president of
the American Bar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

the point OF resist
ance. The invaders
have been demand
ing full control of
the captured city, to
the virtual exclusion
of other foreign in
terests, and their
troops there have
treated British po-
licemen in the inter
national settlement
very roughly.
Prime Minister
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

tial nomination for him, but added !:
81 hope I shall never run away
from any public duty or obligation
which confronts me-"
In his letter he limited he expects
that a new form of opposition will
develop against Roosevelt as a re-
suit of the split in the Democratic
party and Republican activities in
seeking to form a new program
through a committee of $50 repre-
sentatives of all groups within the
Republican party.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Fixing Thermometers

BY means of a little metal mes
senger sent whirling down a wire,
it is possible to expose thermom-
eters at particular depths in the
ocean, and what they register can
be fixed SO that it does not change
on the way up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

Discovered Point Barrow, Alaska
Point Barrow, Alaska, was discov.
cred by the expedition of F. ".
Beechey in 1925 and named by hiia
for Sir John Barrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

it is offered him he
will not refuse the
honor. He so stated
in a letter to Joseph
Leib, organizer of a
movement against a
third term for Mr..
Roosevelt.
The S e n a t o r,
whose term expires
in l941, asserted he
would not work for
or countenance any
organized effort to
~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

has taken personal command of a
British program designed to curb
the Japanese expansion of power,
and is keeping Washington and
Paris fully informed of his plans
and actions. Also he has been in
frequent telephone conversation
with Foreign Minister Eden, vaca-
tioning at Cannes.
A high government official in Lon
don said Chamberlain had resolved
mot to stand for japanese use of
military superiority in the present
emergency to force concessions in
Shanghai" 1t was made plain that
Britain would act only in harmony
with the United States and France.
That the japanese are not afraid
of Great Britain was indicated by a
statement by Rear Admiral Tanet-
suga Sosa, retired, maintaining that
it would be easy for the Japanese
navy to reduce the British strong
holds at Hongkong and Singapore
before the British main fleet could
get there. Sosa said the only thing
that could save Britain was to
draw the United States into the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Vera Cruz Style

In Mexico's Gulf Coast states, tur-
tie eggs, with hard shell intact, are
frequently served in soup. The tru-
ly wise toss the egg away, and then
eat the soup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
japanese Too Arrogant

REAT BRITAIN'S government,
~ according to dispatches from
London, has finally been driven by
Japanese arrogance at Shanghai to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Jackson Day Feasts

DEMOCRATS who partook of
~ Jackson day banquets in vari-
Gus large cities paid about $250, 900
into the purse of the party's ma
tional committee. At the dinner in
Washington President Roosevelt
pleaded with the nation to under
stand that his administration be-
ieves it is helping and not hurting
business by the drive against mo-
nopolistic practices. His talk was
rather conciliatory. He promised a
fight, but he called it a cheerful
fight on his part, against a mere
handful of the total business men
and bankers and industrialists who
can be expected to flight to the
last ditch to retain such autocratic
control over the industry and the
finances of the country as they now
possess"
At the New York banquet Jim
Farley staged the debut of Robert
H. Jackson, assistant attorney gen.
eral, as candidate for the governor
ship of the Empire state. The young
lawyer, who has attracted public at
tention recently by attacks on big
business, was the principal speaker.
At luncheon party he admitted he
would be the Democratic nominee
for governor eff the party wants
me-"
jackson is believed by many to
be the Presidents choice for the
1910 presidential nomination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Sutherland Re+ires

HAVING passed the retirement
IL age of seventy-five years, As
sociate Justice George Sutherland
notified the President that he would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
Vandenberq's Stand

CENATOR ARTHUR H. VAN
" DENBERG of Michigan is not
going to seek the Republican NOM
nation for President in 1910, but if
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20

NEW YORK.-There was a tiger
l ' in an open door in China, the
door of a cave, and not John Hays
open door. Young Joseph Clark
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

The midwibtar dance of the
Florida State Society will be
held Friday at 8 o'clock in the
ballroom of the Raleigh Hotel,
Officers in charge of arrange
ments include Dan P. Mularkey
president; Sam e. Cobb, secre-
tary, and Miss Marie Cone,
chairman Of membership.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha
Sorority will be guests of honor
at a buffet dinner tonight at
the hom of Mrs. F. Eugene
Seltz, 45li Van Ness st. N. w.
Assisting Mrs. Seitz are Mrs,
Rene Reixach, Mrs. Ralph Cur.
tlss, M SIS Louise Munroe and
Miss Jal.e Bennett.
The Anacostia Parent-Teacher
Association will hold their next
meeting at 8 o'clock Friday in.
stead OF Monday as scheduled,
because the auditorium Of the
Anacostia Junior Senior High
School is closed for George
Washington's Birthday.
Celebrating their Founders
Day with a large birthday cake
and ice cream, the association
will feature a spelling bee and
information contest. Chairman
in charge Of this event is c. F.
Foster.
The ladies Of the association
will meet every Thursday at
1880 o'clock in the girls gym
of the High School for Physical
Recreation under the leadership
Of Miss Frankhouser. The men
also will meet on the same night
in the boys gym under the
leadership of Mr.. Lunn.