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riding light hardly
STILL his leg broken Then, Pete the nightmare began
Pete Haus Injured Bargeman to His Bunk.
Pete picked him carried him to his bunk The other
still lying their the CHASTITY palOr Of
seasickness their When what little he
the injured Pete went and started ringing the
fog
night lifting yanked
rythmically tolng dirge
getting tired His hand chan from its constant contact
the bell Every minute expected to the bow of
looming expected hear
pnterng bers craft them
began that couldn't hold his to pull
bell He went into the cabin and tried
Of the of
himself but a In
he told them the dangers of leaving that bell unnamed
They didn't whether the barge went down not In fact
of them hoped it would.
dragged himself the bell sick-sleepy-
aching But he couldn't quit. His life depended it, And
and still jerking that Still the fog hadn't
lifted ALI morning ongal afernOonhe stuck to his post
through the bell and pull it with his
still it. His whole stiff
ached and joint and bone His working
mechanically realized pulling that
Pete Rings Bell for 36 Hours Straight.
And for nights and day Peter that bell Never will he
forget the nightmare of that On the of the third
He didn't He fell
right where he was-from sheer exhaustion
again the disappearing the
the had lifted There sign of the
had been unable find the bargeand
night they day
sighted rced around in the skies and then headed
"When it around" Pete,
that pilot hadn't u.s. But the plane had spotted
from New London for that
And the fifth the boat came out
long get of his
though worked himself exhaustion trying
sending that barge the bottom But in
all e he II didn't single of those big liners
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Expensive Carcass

a MAJORITY of horse races on
I = the nations tracks are claim
ing races-in which any starting
horse must be offered for sale at a
sum which is stated before the race.
An illustration: A $1,000 claiming
race is one in which any starting
horse may be purchased (claimed)
for $1,000. Claims are deposited,
together with a check, at least Is
minutes before post time.
Any horseman, of course, is happy
who can put over a fast deal on a
rival. Recently at New York's Ja-
maica racetrack, Milo Shield, vet
eran, entered two-year-old gelding
named Staff Sergeant in a $1,500
claiming race. Never a world beat
er, Staff Sergeant fell dead near the
end of the race.
The owner of the then defunct ami
NAL strolled to the racing secre-
tary's Office. He was told that a
rival horseman had put in a claim
for Staff Sergeant. Shields received
the S1,500. The unfortunate buyer
received the carcass, and was
forced to pay for its removal from
the track.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25

eran pro, ranks as one of golf's
most rabid baseball fans !. It
costs $529.1 to ship one horse in
box car from New York to Churchill
Downs In 1879 batter was not
allowed to take first until nine balls
were called i. 4. Lynn Myers, Car
dinal infelder, is one of the major
leagues smallest players. He is S
feet 6 inches tall and weighs 145
pounds Johnny Buff, former
bantamweight champion, has re-
enlisted in the United States navy
Players squawks don't bother
Umpire Bud Newman of the East
Texas League. He's deaf /. Said
to be the highest paid prep coach
in the country is Bill Brocerick, foot
ball mentor at Salem, Mass, high
school. He is paid $4,000 annually
Joe McCarthy's age remains
a mystery. The Yankee managers
mother says he is So, his sister in
sists 81, the records show 54. Joe
doesn't say anything I. :. The big
gest price ever paid for a horse at
duCIlOll WdS 1ZoO,OOO lOl OOlol lO 1llS
deal was made at Newmarket, Eng,
July IL, 1888 The Cincinnati
Red Stockings scored Sc consecutive
victories between March of 1869 and
June, 1870 sgd Hull, British
promoter, predicts Joe Louis
Tommy Farr battle in London would
gross a million Bill Terry says
if he can get another hitter like
Zeke Bonura he can win the Ma
tional league pennant Sun
Beau, leading racehorse money win
ner of all time, is IA years old /.
In England a golf or tennis profess
sional hasn't the same social rat
ing as in the United States, so un-
doubtedly Ellsworth Vines and Don
Bulge will be snubbed a bit during
their European tour Even
though Gabby Hartnett and others
OF the Cubs deny it, New York sports
writer's insist all is not as peaceful
as it should be in the ranks of the
National league champs. The
Yankees still hold the record for
most base hits in a game-30, set in
1923. And also for the most runs
scored in an inning-14, set in 1920.
Weieased by Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Moue Started to
Publish WPA Salaries

AS part of this general WPA use
and misuse of millions of dollars,
Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts,,
has started move to find out how
much money is being paid to those
who run WPA. He has introduced a
resolution to have the WPA head
quarters here supply the house with
a complete list of salaries paid un-
der WPA. You know, there have
been many charges tossed about
concerning the salaries paid out of
WPA funds-and the lack of work
done for them. In other words, Mr..
Martin wants to know some facts
why only about go cents out of each
WPA dollar ever gets down the line
to the poor devil out of a job and
with a wife and children to feed.
This action on the part of Mr..
Martin seems to link into conten-
tions long made that numerous poll
ticians have placed their pets in
WPA top jobs where, if need be,
they could be quite influential, polit-
ically. Mr.. Martin tried to obtain
the information about Massachu-
sets, but Col. F. c. Harrington,
WPA administrator, refused to make
the facts public. He contended that
disclosure of the salaries would be
embarrassing to those who receive
them" Mr.. Martin told the house,
however, that federal salaries
should always be matter open to
the public and he believed there is
no more right to secrecy about WPA
salaries than about the salary of
the President or a member of con-
gress.
1t will be interesting to see if the
house votes the order to make the
list public, but it will be more inter-
esting to see the amounts of those
pay checks.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Orphan Swallows Screw; Doctor Retrieves

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a
round-headed screw proved more of
an event in little Johnny Sears life
than he expected.
The two-year-old orphan found
himself quite a fellow in Misericor-
dia hospital. ~f
Johnny, who lives at St. Vincent's
Home for Orphans, Lansdowne,
picked up the one-inch screw some
where around the institution. Next
thing he or anyone else knew, it
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Rockies Big Year

THE beginning of this baseball
season will probably be remem-
bered for one thing at least-the
surprisingly large number of rockies
who survived preliminary weddings
and managed to carve place for
themselves early in their baseball
careers.
Take the case of young, brash Ted
Williams, Red S0x freshman out
fielder. Recently he stood at the
plate, facing Bob Harris, Tiger
pitcher. The count was 80 against
him, when Rudy York, catcher,
chanted: "Well, here she comes
the old 80 pitch. / s'pose you're
gonna hit it."
Williams didn't even turn around
when he replied:
I'm gonna take cut at it, and
! always tell the truth"
York didn't believe that even the
greenest rookie would swing at a
80 pitch. A lot of clubs would slap
fine on a player who was sucker
enough to bite on it.
But Rookie williams leaned hard,
and far into the distant stands the
ball sailed for a three-run, game
winning homer, his second of the
game.
Williams, to say the least, is one
of the seasons freshman finds. But
there are others who are just as
invaluable to their teams. Even the
world champion New York Yankees
came up with three exceptional
finds in Catcher Buddy Roser and
Outfielders Charlie Keller and Joe
Gallagher.
In addition to Williams, the Red
SOx look with pride on Jim Tabor,
third baseman, and Woodrow Rich,
pitcher. Both Williams and Tabor
went south with Boston this year as
sured of their jobs. Manager Joe
Cronin had traded off Ben Chapman
and Pinky Higgins to make room
for them. Rich has consistently
looked good on the mound.
Eddie Miller, fielding demon for
merly from Kansas City, does much
to bolster Casey StengePs Bees.
Miller has been rated by Charlie
Colbert, former Cardinal star, as
the finest shortstop he ever saw in
action. With Miller the Bees have
one of the smoothest functioning in
fields in the country.
In 1897 Manager Jim Dykes of the
Chicago White Sox tried to get
Manuel Salvo from San Diego. He
wasn't successful, but this year Bill
Terry brought the tall, pOker-faced
Italian to the Giants. Both Carl
Hubbell and Hal Schumacher are as
yet unknown quantities in this years
race, and Salv0 has stepped into a
starting job and has managed to
hold it.
It isn't all luck that this excep-
tional crop of rockies hove over the
horizon this year. It's the result of
the far-fung chain-store systems un-
der which big leagues groom pros
pective material. And it's success
couldn't be more strongly evidenced
than by the success of today's fresh
men.
Of course many of them won't last
it just isn't in the cards for the
majority of them to follow in the
footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig and other
baseball immortals. But a large
number of them can and will dem
onstrate enough playing ability to
remain on some big league roster.
Quite few first-year men have al
ready intrenched themselves in a
steady position, and a good many
more are giving the old guard more
than run for their money.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
No. 1 Sports Upset

Unquestionably this was one of
the most remarkable reversals in
the history of boxing. Braddock
didn't stay at the top very long, and
was knocked out by Joe Louis on
June 22, 1887. Experts gave Brad
dock credit for being at the peak
of his career, regardless of the
fights outcome. He later proved it
by beating Tommy Farr.
Braddock made lot of money,
spent a large part of it, and lost a
great deal more. Four years after
he was considered to be washed up,
Braddock is attempting a come
back in the game which made him
famous.
The former champ is playing a
smart game. His attempt is being
made in England, where second-rate
fighters, at least judged by Ameri-
can standards, are as numerous,
and fully as agile, as old-age pen
sion advocates.
Jimmy is canny, ringwise fight
er, and he can hit. He has a good
chance to wade through the British
heavyweights to get chance at
Tommy Farr again for the cham
pionship of the British empire.
Don't be too surprised if he does!
And if he meets Farr, Braddock
will have plenty of hackers.
Jimmy, though not great cham
pion, was a popular one. Not be-
cause of his fighting ability, but be-
cause he jerked himself from real,
almost hopeless poverty to a worlds
championship. A man of that type
appeals to everyone. He didn't know
when he was licked, and for that
reason won the hearts of the Ameri-
can sports-loving public. This nev-
er-say-die athlete will have millions
of hackers when he climbs into the
ring to meet British competition.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Walks Should Be Aimless, Peripatetic Expert Says

A walk should never have an OBJ
jective. If you have it firmly fixed
in your mind, at the outset of your
walk, that you are on your way
to Cousin Elias or that you are 60
ing to get a pound of raisins, the
awareness of this objective will
gnaw constantly at your subcon-
science, like maggot in walnut. 1t
will tinge your sensibilities and irri-
tate your psyche. Do not, therefore,
have an objective. Just go for a
walk.
The taking of a walk must never
be a premeditated ritual. 1t must
not be an event that is planned in
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advance, like bridge party or an
application for a bank loan, but
must be as spontaneous as sudden
smile.
One of these days, while you are
quietly sitting reading-or doing the
housework or tidying the cellar OF
whatever-the notion will suddenly
and unaccountably fit across your
consciousness that it would be pleas
ant to take a walk. You must act
upon this notion instantly. Do not
attempt to think up reasons or pre-.
texts or objectives for the walk
Just open the door and 60 out.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Oriental Repartee

When in America, DR.. WI Ting
fang, the Grand Old Man of the
Chinese diplomatic service in his
day, was questioned sweetly by an
American.
"What 'nese' are you-Japa-
nese, Javanese or Chinese?"
After replying that he was Chi
nese, he asked in turn, "And what
'kee' are you-monkey, donkey or
Yankee?"-L. z. Yuan in Shang-
hal Evening Post and Mercury.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Charming Patterns
For Cotton Materials

MO. 1747: For junior sizes. A
~ precious play frock, with
snug, wide sleeves, basque bodice,
high at the neck, and a very wide
skirt in the swirling skating sill
houette. Included are tailored
shorts, with a fitted yoke that fits
slimly. A perfect thing for out
door sports and summer daytimes.
Make it of calico, gingham or per-
Gale, and trim it with rows of ric-
rae.
No. 1927: An ideal design for a
woman's street cotton. The plain
tailored skirt is topped by a mar
row sash belt, tied at the side.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
NERVOUS?

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Are you cross and irritable7 Do you scoid
those dearest to you?
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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For over 60 years one woman has told an
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Pinkham's Compound. It helps nature build
up more physical resistance and thus helps
calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
from annoying symptoms which often &C
company female functional disorders
Why not give it q chance to help YOU7
Over one million women have written in
reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham's
Compound
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Rare Franking Signatures

Washington's postal frank, al.
though the most popular, is not the
rarest of the earlier Presidents. The
franks of William Henry Harrison,
who held Office but one month, and
Zachary Taylor, one year and four
months, are extremely rare.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25

few years ago he went to work on
the docks as stevedOre. Times
grew steadily worse and James was
forced to add his name to the gov
ernment relief rolls. That was the
bottom of things for him.
He didn't stay at the bottom long.
Through a combination of circum-
stances he was tossed into the ring
on June 13, 1885, with Max Baer,
heavyweight champion who never
deserved the title. The former
light-heavyweight, whom everyone
thought was completely washed up,
was too smart for Baer. He won
the worlds heavyweight champion
ship and crossed his name off the
relief rolls.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25

III iiOPplilS IOTSeS
Don Meade is
a "hand rider" sell
dom using a whip
to pilot a horse
home Jimmy
Gleeson, Chicago
Cub left fielder,
socked out one or
more base hits in "a
of the 123 Interna-
tional League games
he played for New
ark last year :.
"o1far uo1N- -oA
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Sport Shorts

NOTRE DAME was the nations
' best football drawing card in
1888, playing before more than 500,-
600 persons from coast to coast
Saliva tests taken by the New York
state racing commission have re-
vealed the use of "a different drugs
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was somewhere inside of Johnny.
At Misericordia, the Horoscope
showed the object lodged in the
child's left bronchus. DR.. Gabriel
Tucker got to work with the bron-
choscope and retrieved it.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
LaGuardia's Statement
Politically Expedient

Surely, then, a casual reader can
|, understand why the comparative
statements of mayors of two great
cities had the effect on me that I
have attempted to report. One of
them giving consideration to the fu-
ture of the nation as a whole, a
Statesmanlike examination of a par
amount policy; the other apparently
thinking only of protecting the po-
itical hide of himself.
So, say that Mayor Hoan's testi-
mony was almost sensational, while
Mayor LaGuardia was singing the
same old refrain of gimme, gim-
me-" And I believe thoroughly that
the words of the Milwaukee mayor
will sharpen the wits and stir the
courage of those men and women in
congress who are seeking an honest
solution for the relief problem that
is now scarcely less repulsive than
fostering sore.
1t was quite by coincidence of
course that Mayor Hoan's observa-
tions should have come about the
time that house subcommittee
should have unearthed some evil
dence concerning uses of WPA mon
ey that actually stinks. I do not
know about the truth of the evil
dence, but it is matter of official
record now.
A subcommittee investigator pre-
sented statements to the effect that
WPA money was used to build lakes
in Tennessee without reference to
the need for recreational facilities
considered on any statewide or COM
munity basis" The statements were
attributed to a member of the Ten
nessee fish and game commission,
and the Investigators conclusions
were that the money had been di-
verted in this manner in order to
increase the value of real estate held
by several politicians.
The investigator and his sources
of information named ex-senator
George L. Berry and Gov. Prentice
Cooper, of Tennessee, as holders of
land which benefited by the WPA-
built lakes. This is the same Sena-
tor Berry who sued the Tennessee
Valley Authority for million dol
lars or so on account of damage
claimed to have been done by con-
struction of one or more of the IVA
dams. The then member of the
United States senate charged that
some of his marble quarries were
under so feet of water as a result
of IVA dams.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
History Student at Ten

Although Thomas A. Edison had
only two months of formal educa-
ton in school, he was devouring the
histories of Gibbon and Hume when
he was ten years old.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Suicide Recognized

In Japan, suicide is recognized as
the most acceptable means of meet
ing responsibilities, atoning for mis-
takes, or satisfying the claims of
honor.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Making Use of Pineapples

Approximately half of each pine
apple is canned. From the remain
der are obtained such by-products
as juice, sirup, bran, citric acid,
calcium citrate, alcohol and carbon
dioxide gas.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Astronomy Lesson

The north star lies almost direct.
ly above the north pole, thus ap-
pearing to stand still as the earth
revolves on its axis.
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25
Charges States Shirk
Relief responsibilities

Mayor Hoan appeared to believe
that some of the states were, and
are, shirking their responsibilities.
1t is so easy to come to Washington
and tell congressional committee
that "our people are destitute and
we have no money to care for
them" Aside from the mayors be-
lief, it ought to be observed that
the mayors and the governors are
prone to think only of how much
money they can pay out without hav-
ing to assess their own taxpayers
for it. They are not to be concerned
with federal policy in relief mat
ters, and they are all too willing to
avoid references to their own re-
sponsibility. They apparently have
a new slogan: "Pull Uncle Sans
Leg"
Another mayor was around town
at the same time that Mayor Hoan
was here. He was Mayor LaGuardia
of New York. Nobody seems to know
exactly where ''the Little Flower
should be catalogued, politically. He
once was member of congress as
a Republican. That is, he was a
The Ely miner., 1939-05-25

Republican when he came in, but he
wandered around into three or four
different political. parties and seems
now to be among the bell wethers
of the American labor party. Any
way, the New York mayor is great
little testifyer in favor getting all of
the money for New York city that
is possible-so long as it comes from
the federal treasury.
Mayor LaGuardia is a great fa-
vorite among many news corre-
spondents in Washington. He is what
is called "good copy" That is to
say, he always is ready with COM
ment on-well, on about any SUBJ
ject. Picture it for yourself; if you
were writer and had to have sto-
ries for your next edition and you
found the mayor of great city will
ing to talk. Mayor LaGuardia will
talk, a-plenty! Let there be no mis-
understanding about that.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Washington Chapel
Recital Programs

Favorite selections by Bach, Bee
thoven and Wagner appear in the re-
cital programs to be played tomor-
row, Wednesday and Friday, 8 pm.
at the Washington Chapel, Sixteenth
street and Columbia road NV. Two
modern selections. Clouds by the
young Chicago composer, Ceiga. and
"Sportive Fauns," by d'Antalffy, will
be heard tomorrow night, as we'll
as the Cathedral Prelude and
Fugue," by Bach.
On Wednesday evening D. Ster-
ling Wheelwright, chapel director
and organist, will play the descrip-
tive Song of the Basket-Weaver"
from "St. Lawrence Sketches" by
Alexander Russell, and the custom
ary group of familiar melody and
an old hymn in special arrange
ments.
Two songs by Ernest Charles,
Clouds" and when I Have Sung
My Songs" will be offered by Edna
c. Wheelwright, soprano, assisting
artist on the Friday night series Of
request programs. The Andante
from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"
and Wagner's Dreams" will be
PLAYED by Mr.. Wheelwright, the
program concluding with Festival
Toccata," Fletcher.
The public is invited to attend
these recitals without charge, and
no collection will be taken. A guide
is provided to show visitors through
the structure.
Evening star., 1939-08-20

January 20, 1847, at ball given by
the students Of the above institu-
ton. "Wo die Citronen Bluh'n"
c'The Land of the Citron Blossoms,
or literally, THE Land Where the
Lemons Bloom"), a set of three
waltzes with introduction and coda,
resulted from trip Strauss made to
Italy in 1874. 1t was first performed
IN Vienna on June 10, of the same
year, when the composer still had
fond and vivid memories of the
sunny Italian countryside.
The performance Wednesday night
of these two Strauss items marks
possibly their first concert per-
formance in America; certainly, this
will be the first time "Paroxysmen'
has been heard In this country.
Selection Of Soloist.
OF the hundreds of aspiring young
artists whom DR.. Kinder hears in
addition each year the only one who
has measured up to his high stand
ards during the last IL months is
Laura Stover, young and attractive
soprano from Pittsburgh, Pa. The
caliber OF Miss Stover's voice so
impressed DR.. Kinder that he Sc
lected her as soloist for his final
concert. Although no novice, her
appearance with the National SYM
phony Orchestra on Wednesday
evening probably marks the great
est opportunity to further her ar
tistic career which she has yet re-
ceived
Winner of the local and Pennsyl-
vania State awards In the At
water Kent competition-the Young
est contestant entered in that area
in l932-Miss Stover since then has
sung frequently over the air, has
appeared as soloist with the New
York Festival Orchestra, New York
City; was chosen by Cyr de Brant
to give the first performance of his
songs In New York City Composers
Forum, and last April sang "Leonore"
in the production in English of
II Trovatore" at the First Amer
ican Congress for Esthetics," at
Scranton. Pa. With the National
Symphony Orchestra Wednesday
night Miss Stover will sing "Adieu
Forests" from TschaikoWsky's
Jeanne dare"
Following is the complete pro-
gram which the orchestra, under
DR.. Kindler's direction, will play on
the occasion of the final concert for
this summer:
Overture "Schauspiedirektor" Mozart
symphony No. 5 in Z Minor from
the New World Dyorak
1ntermission.
Romeo and Juliet" Tschaikowsky
"Adieu Forest" from Jeanne dare"
Tschaikowsky
Miss Slower.
"Paroxysmen" Strauss
"Wo Die Ctronen Bluh'n" Strauss
'Roumanan Rhapsody No. Enesco