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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Coast-fo-Coas+ Hike

Men have walked from New
York to California. The fastest
time that we find was made by an
amateur walker, Abraham l..
Monteverde of Mays Landing, N.
J. He left New York on May g.,
1929, and walked, via Philadel-
phia, to San Francisco, arriving
there on July a. He covered the
3,415 miles in 79 days, 10 hours
and 10 minutes. The former rec
ord of 80 days, hours was held
by John Ennis. The famous walk
er, Edward P. Weston, made the
distance from New York to San
Francisco in a little over 104 days
in 1909.-Detroit News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Foreign Commerce of u. S.
Was Higher In Septembe

WASHINGTON. - The commerce
department said American foreign
trade expanded in September over
August.
September exports totaled $246.-
361, 900, compared with $3.50, 1925. 900
in August. Imports were $167, 651,-
600, compared with August imports
of $l65, 541 900. In September, 1887,
exports totaled 1926, 579, 900 and i'm
ports $3.50, $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Americans, Britishers
Equal as Meat Eaters

The average American and the
average Britisher eat about the
same amount of meat in a year.
Figures compiled by the Institute
of American Meat Packers give the
per capita consumption of meat Tin
GLIDING lard) in the United States
for 1897 at 1875 pounds. Great Brit
aims fg,we is 1873 pounds.
Americans eat more pork but less
lamb and mutton than Britishers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10

sound and judicial execution of a
technical law under such circum-
stances, and the matter becomes Of
moment to everyone because this
monster, radio, is still in swaddling
clothes.
The battle within the commission
crops up every once in awhile, just
as it did when the commission re-
Gently fired Hampson Gary, its gen.
eral attorney. Mr.. Gary was asked
for his resignation, and an alterna-
tive of another appointment else
where in the government. But he
stuck out his chin, and said mo-"
Well, he promptly was fired.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
eQuOtes'
JULEAN ARNOLD, q. S. com

JULIAN ARNOLD, q. S. COM
mercial attache at Shanghai:
"Unless Americans awaken to
what is taking place in the
Orient, this nation will lose
its place as Pacific power
and also it will lose its lucra-
tive trade with China"
u. S. SEN. EDWARD r. BURKE
on the 1910 election: Garner
has just what the country will
need in 194D, lots of common
sense. And sentiment to put
him in the White House is
growing by leaps and bounds"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Federal Control of Radio
Story of Troubled Days

The history of federal control OF
radio, as I said above, is a story OF
troubled days. The bulk of the
trouble has been due to the type OF
personnel selected for administra-
ton of that control. That is to say,
politics is to blame as much as any
thing. Politicians will endorse any
screwy bird, long-haired theorist or
narrow-eyed half-breed if such en-
dorsement will get him votes or help
hold the royal order of nose-pickers
in line at election time.
And that is why, or largely why,
the federal communications COM
mission at this writing is undergo
ing pains like / used to have when
I allowed my childish enthusiasm to
overcome my judgment and ate ap-
piles before they were ripe.
wouldn't care how many of the boys
on the government payroll had tum-
my aches about their jobs, or how
many private and bitter words
passed between highups or low
downs in the commission except for
the fact that precedents are being
established that will affect you and
me directly as the years roll by.
The things that have developed in
the F. c. c. concern us because
they involve free speech, involve ii
as directly as any attempt to use
censorship on your newspaper or
mine. Besides, there is the certain
ty that radio has been used to To-
ment or put to sleep some national
issues. 1t brings the nation within
any small room that happens to
house a couple of good, workable
microphones. If there was ever q
place for establishment of basically
sound and wise policies, it is in the
government supervision of radio.
It is hard to get at the facts in the
current dust storm within the COM
mission. There are so many sto-
ries afloat, however, that some
where there must be some truth.
And this belief is buttressed by the
known fact that President Roosevelt
is considering what to do to get the
tanole straiphtened out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10

ton - which he denied - France
would never again capitulate. But
Premier Daladier's promise is not
borne out in fact. At the Marseille
convention of his Radical-Socialist
party he outlawed communists from
the government, plainly a move to
curry favor with communicating
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini. Many OBJ
servers believe this decision shows
Premier Daladier is frantically
grasping for a straw, since by re-
pudiating the communist party he
throws away large part of his
Popular Front support. Not only will
the premier lose his next election,
but France will probably break off
her treaty with communistic Russia
and thereby become isolated prey
for Italy and Germany.
. Rumania's complete shift to
Modification marks another step in
Germany's economic invasion of
southeastern Europe. Acting under
orders from King Carol, the Ru-
manian government has proclaimed
100 per cent totalitarian principles
in the hepe that Germany will re-
spect its territorial integrity in
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's "drive
to the east" Since Czechoslovakia
and Hungary are already pro-Nazi,
Germany's economic orbit is ex-
tending itself with little difficulty.
Utilities
New Deal dams and power plants
have offered public utilities serious
competition, forcing down their
prices and creating an unfriendly
breach between electricity execu-
tives and the administration. One
government power project not yet
started is the st. Lawrence water
way, which President Roosevelt
praised during September when the
war scare first began. At that time,
partly because he feared a lack of
power reserve, partly because such
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Trouble Shooter Fails
To Smooth Out the Mess

To 60 back bit, it will be re-
called that Mr.. Roosevelt sought
more than year ago to smooth out
the mess by transferring Frank Nc
Ninch from the job of chairman of
the federal power commission to
that of chairman of the federal ra-
dio commission. Every one con-
versant with the situation said at
that time that the new chairman
was good trouble shooter and that
he would get things working as a
highly technical agency ought to
work. But the truth is that Mr..
McNinch has not succeeded. If any
thing, there have been more rows
and the work of the commission
has been slowed down even to a
worse condition than it was.
The whole thing would not amount
to a hill of beans except that it
seems utterly impossible to get
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Defense

Knotted inseparably in recent
news have been Japan's conquest of
China and world democracies' at
tempts to strengthen their military
economic positions against German
Italo-Jap aggression. Though Eng
land and the U. S. have been rub
bling noses in their trade pact ne
gotiations, autumn of 1888 will be
remembered primarily as the period
when America first stood up and
barked at modern imperialism.
Within "a hours two banks came
from Washington. First was Presi-
dent Roosevelt's precedent-shatter-
ing condemnation of nations employ
ing force (Japan), exile Germany
and repression (Italy) as instru-
ments of national policy. Next day,
on the heels of Japan's conquest OF
Hankow, the state department made
public 21-day-old protest to Tokyo
against violation of China's "open
door" policy.
This was but percussion in the
new American overture of prepared
ness. Ginning in are plans to
strengthen military and naval forces
so that "the Western hemisphere
may work out its own interrelated
salvation"
Thus, if Britain and France deny
it, the U. S. admits Japan has be-
come the Far East's No. l power
and bids fair to dominate the Pacific
unless stopped. Although Generals
sino Chang Kai-shek will continue
battling japan in the hope his foe
will eventually commit military and
economic suicide, there is little like
lihood that China's door will be re-
opened to Western nations unless
japan wants it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Foreign

After the peace of Munich,
Frances Premier Edouard Dalai
der went to great lengths justifying
his position before the senate and
chamber of deputies. He won conf
dence by assuring Frenchmen that
If Munich's treaty was a capitula-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Above Ourselves
r m LIQUID OR TABLET FORM

1t is vanity to want to be SUI
perior to someone else; it is wis
dom to want to be superior to
ourselves.-Joseph Fort Newton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
Neutralize excess stomach
acids to lDake up feeling like
q million

- EftSkstSAS
To relieve the effects of over-indul-
gence - escape ''acid indigestion"
next day - do this: Take 2 table
spoonfuls of Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia in a glass of water AT
BEDTIME.
While you sleep, this wonderful
alkalizer will be sweetening your
stomach &. easing the upset-feeling
and nausea helping to bring
back normal" feeling. By morn
ing you feel great.
Then when you wake - take
2 more tablespoonful of Phillips
Milk of Magnesia with orange juice.
That IS one of the quickest, sim
plest, easiest ways to overcome the
bad effects of too much eating, smok-
ing or drinking. Thousands use it.
But never ask for milk of
magnesia" alone - always ask for
''Phillips" Milk fMagnesia, @A
PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGkESIA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-10
GERMANY IN AFRICA

OF onetime German possessions (sho,cn
in black France holds mandates for
Togoland ~ and the Caneroons (2);
Great Britain has minor interest in both.
British South africa % holds mandate
for Southeast africa 81, and Britain
mandate for Tanganyika "a. angola 20
is held by Portugal.
claims, now handed to the Rome
Berlin axis for settlement. Musso-
lini, Hungary's friend, wants Czech
oslovakia dissolved, moreover wants
Hungary to get the common border
with Poland which she desires. But
Hitler, temporarily angry with Hun
gary and anxious to preserve a path
to the east through Czechoslovakia,
will fight partition.
Evening star., 1938-08-14

80
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
By CHARLES NUTTER Associated Press Correspondent Recently in Madrid Guest cOIumnist for Preston
 GrOverj

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22--A visi- tor on the Aragon front in Spain last spring was amazed and alarmed to find himself walking with 8 guide through trenches only knee deep, and the enemy lines 300 yards away.
 As he dived for cover, his officer guide turned to reassure him by saying:
 That's all right, we don't shoot at each other up here"
 The visitor thereupon proceed ed with a three-day survey of for tifications in that sector during which he ayows he didn't hear a rifle shot fired "in anger"
 In fact the story was current, he said, that rifle shot was used as an afraid warning He couldn't confirm this, but he was able to confirm that officers, instead of living at the front, lived leisurely in homes several miles behind the lines, and came to the front dur ing the day much as business man would go to his office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
Czechs Turn Ouer Sudetens 10 Adolf Hitler
Foster L. McCouern, Friend Of Alaska, Ciuen Promotion with
 Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Announcement has been received from Seattle by The Empire that Poster L. McGovern has been made Assistant General Manager of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
 The appointment is in the nature of a deserved promotion from his former position as Manager ot the State Department and Manager Of the Alaska Department of the Se- attle Chamber.
 In addition to his new duties, McGovern, who has been in the Seattle Chamber for II years and manager of the Alaska Department for six years will continue with the Alaska Department, which will be extremely gratifying news to all Alaskans. He has worked hard in the Alaska Department and per- hapS has contacted more Alaskans and done more to speed Alaska s various needs than any other in- dividual connected with the Seat tie Chamber of Commerce.
 McGovern has always accompan- jed the Seattle Goodwill tour parties to Alaska and has been one of the lively live-wires. During these tours he has always had time to meet AlaSkans and study needs of Alaska from the ground. His of fices in the Seattle Chamber have been the mecca of Alaskans.
 A genial fellow, studious to his duties, sympathetic to AlaSkanS and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
FDR ORDERS ALL GOVT. AGENCIES
 TO STORM AREA
President Asks Navy, Coast Guard, CCC to Render
 All Aid Possible
ARMY OF RELIEF
 WORKERS MARCH
Patrol Planes Take Of at Daybreak to Survey
 Storms S Work

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Presi- dent Roosevelt today ordered Gov ernment agencies to render all pos sible assistance along the storm struck North Atlantic Seaboard.
 Still troubled with severe head cold, the President remained in the residential quarters of the White House and instructed the Navy, Coast Guard and eco to render all possible aid in Long Island, Con- necticut, Massachusetts, or any other stricken area.
 The Federal Drug and Food Ad- ministration ordered it's inspectors to make a systematic check of foodstuffs and other supplies in the wrecked area.
 Soldiers, 2,500 Coast Guardsmen and scores of Red Cross workers were mobilized virtually overnight and let dramatic rescue and relief operations.
 Nearly one-fourth of the Coast Guards personnel and equipment has been called into service on land and sea from Long Island to Maine by Rear Admiral Russell Waesche.
 All Coast Guard patrol planes were ordered to take off at day hroak to accertair1 where he1p waS needed most.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
Cold Creek Span
 Nears Completion

Work on the new steel and con- crete, wood deck span over Gold Creek on the Basin Road, is pro- gressing swiftly and should be com- pleted by about October.
 Construction materials for the span includes 93,000 pounds of steel and two concrete abutements with 42 yards of concrete in each.
 Length of the bridge is 100 feet, width from wheel guard to wheel guard, 20 feet. Decking is of wood.
 Construction is being done by the R. J. Sommers Construction Company. Estimated expenditure for the job was $18,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
MOVE
 OUT; HENLEIN
 MARCHES BACK
Czechoslovakian Soldiers, Cendarmes and Police
 Leave Quietly
LANGUAGE FRONTIER
 IS NOW BORDER LINE
Swastika Flags Wave Over Crowds Shouting
 'Heil Hitler!'

EGER, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 22.- Czechoslovakian soldiers, gendarmes and police began retiring from the Sudeten German region at noon as the first step in carrying out the cession of that area to Germany.
 All fell back by mutual agreement towards the language frontier" which separates Czech speaking areas from districts in which Ger man is the predominant language.
 Sudetens March
 Simultaneously with their with drawal, Sudeten free corps" was organized in Germany by Sudeten leader Henlein, which marched in all sides of the frontier.
 The two military forces did not meet, however, and reports reach ing Eger from other districts said all was quiet and the Czechoslovak- ian soldiers left in perfect discipline
 Heil Hitler
 ho iicWo ol tiiC tFoeH'eAoii 'Pi Se'A' holiday crowds, eight to ten feet deep stood all night in the streets in many towns, under the belief that the German army was com ing
 No German troops were visible along the frontier, but the entire territory was mass of swastika flags to which the Sudetens saluted, everybody shouting. "Heil Hitler!''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
Labor Relation Problems to
 Be 7nnlysed at October Meet
 OfAmerican Mining Congress

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22-One of the highlights of the 5th Annual Metal Mining Convention and Ex- position of the American Mining Congress sponsored by it's Western Division will be the address by Hon. orable Edward E. Burke, United States Senator from Nebraska. He will present his views on labor re- lations at home and abroad at the Thursday afternoon session, Octo- Der 27
 Senator Burke, leading advocate of revision of the Wagner Labor Relations Act to remove inequities in the law and it's administration, will have just returned from Euro pean trip where he has been able to secure first hand knowledge of Europe's experience with labor leg islation.
 Vigorous Campaign
 The Nebraska Senator has been working several months, conducting a vigorous campaign to amend the National Labor Relations Act. From the studies which he is engaged in making in several European coun- tries, of the status of their labor relations and legislation, he hopes to glean ideas and suggestions which will enable the bringing about of constructive amendment to the Act. Early in January, the Sen- ator plans to introduce amendments to the Act which will ensure fair treatment to industry by the Labor Relations Board.
 A study of the Senator's past his tory reveals that he has always been an ardent supporter of lnde- pendent legislative action. Past president of the Omaha Bar As sociation, he has zealously lent hls efforts to defeating proposals at tempting to make the courts sub servient to the wishes of any pub lie official. He was one of the lead CTS in the recent Supreme Court battle, and has opposed many meas ures designed to extend bureaucrat- ic Federal control. An orator of note, Burke has the admiration of his colleagues for his fairness and courage in presenting the cause of legislation which he sponsors.
 Revision of the Act is proposed by Burke in these terms:
 "The labor board should be re- constituted. Of the three members, one should be chosen primarily be- cause of his deep insight into the problems of the workers Another should with clear vision understand the particular difficulties that con- front management. The third should approach the task from the stand point of the general public. No man should be eligible for appoint ment if he has bias so strong that he cannot see all sides of the ques- ton.
 Under the Wagner Act the labor
 (Contin1lad On Page SeVen)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
SCORES ARE DEAD,
 HUNDREDS MISSING
Tidal Waves and Floods Sweep Coast from New
 Jersey to wHampshire
BULLETIN - NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, the Associated Press reports that the dead as the re- suit of the hurricane has reached at least 278 persons.
(Bx Associated Pressl

At least 133 persons lay dead in the twisted ruins left by tropical hurricane that yesterday evening swept death and Instructions across the North Atlantic Seaboard.
 The terrific gale sideswiped New England States with devastating force and the loss from smashed homes, wrecked boats, crippled con- munication and transportation lines and other property damage ran into the millions.
 Death Toll Mounts Fears increased that the death toll will mount steadily as hum dreds of persons remained unac- counted for, both at sea and ashore. Fire and flood added to the terror as thousands were left home- less by the storm.
 Weather Bureau records show the storm is the worst that has hit the northeast coast in a century.
 Known Dead
 The known dead, by States, fol- low:
 Massachusetts, 51; Connecticut. p; Rhode Island, 32; New York, 20; New Hampshire. T; New Jer- sey, l.
 Cape Cod Hit
 After hours of silence concerning the fate of Cape Cod residents, the Coast Guard reported 1t had re- ceived word that eight persons per- ished near Buzzard's Bay, and six near Woods Hole.
 Storm from South x Swirling up from the south. the hurricane swept in from the sea late yesterday, smashing shipping and shore resorts with waves lash ed to tidal power.
 Striking the coast. the 10o-mile -an-hour gale roared on into Can- ada, leaving desolation behind.
 Long Island Demolished
 The storm dealt its most terrible blows along Long Islands fashion able south short, where at least eighteen persons are dead and 6 hundred missing.
 Floods hit Connecticut, Massa- chusetts, and Rhode Island, and left marks on New Jersey. Ver- mont and New Hampshire.
 Chaos Reigns
 In the wake of the gale. hun dreds of miles of rich farm lands were flooded by raging torrents that ripped out bridges, railroads, and highways. Aa Buildings were demolished. boats were sunk, livestock was destroyed and telephone and light wires were swept down. leaving scores of com munities isolated.
 Everywhere, unbelievable oh a s and fear has gripped terrified residents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
FORMAL ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL ON PWA IMPROVEMENT SETUP

The City Council at special meeting last night in the City Hall canvassed the returns from Tues days special election and finding it correct passed resolution ac- cepting the offer from the Public Works Administration to assist with the public improvements by pro- viding 45 per cent of the money and accepting the city's bonds for the balance, payable over a 20- year period.
 Work will be started, officials said, just as soon as specifications have been approved and bids can be called for.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
Girl Writes Letter
 And Gets Education

WIELUN, Poland, Sept. 22.-A letter to Marshal Smigly Rydz from Mania Susak, 15-year-old Jewish girl, has won her an education. When Mania discovered her par ents were too poor to send her to high school, she wrote in despair to the marshal asking whether it would be possible to obtain an education at government cost.
 The marshal investigated the case immediately, found she was an out standing student and arranged for her tuition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
BRITISH LEADER ASKS HITLER TO MAINTAIN PEACE
Chamberlain Has Three Hour Chat with Nazi
 Chief-More Talk

GODESBURG, Germany, Sept. p. Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain, after a conference of more than three hours today with Adolf Hitler, issued an appeal to Fuerher and other parties concerned, to assist in maintaining state of orderliness" in Czechoslovakia.
 The communique was issued from Chamberlain's headquarters her e after he returned from his talk with Hitler.
 Chamberlain said he conversed with Hitler from pm. until after ' pm. and that he intended re- suming conversations with Germans leader tomorrow.
 The British Prime Minister ar rived here this morning by plane and automobile from London.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
KING ISLAND
 ESKIMOS MAY
 GET OWN RULE
Secretary Ickes Approves Charter Form-Will
 Vote October l5

WASHINGTON, Sept. g. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has dis closed that Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes has approved a form of charter which may be used by the King Island Eskimos in es- tablishing home rule.
 King Islanders will vote on the charter before October Is.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
ALASKA ON
 NEW ROUTE
IS ELEVATED

Steamer Alaska, now northbound, is on new schedule The steamer calls at the usual ports in South east Alaska with the exception of Wrangell but also calls at Haines and Skagway west and southbound.
 The Alaska is due in Juneau on Saturday as per schedule.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
Sun Swinging
 South; Leaving Alaska Behind

Today is summer (your almanac says so)-and tomorrow is fall.
 The autumnal equinox will occur tomorrow morning at o'clock, Juneau time, when the sun crosses the equator on its journey south.
 Day and night are now approxl- mately equal, but from now on until December 21, Juneaus nights will be longer than her days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-22
3-DAY TRUCE IS DECLARED
 TRUCK STRIKE
Over One Thousand Work. CTS Take Action, New
 York Trouble

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-A three day truce in the unsanctioned strike of truck drivers, which has par alyzed trucking since last Thursday, has been approved This was &C., complished by more than 1000 striking workers at meeting held last night.