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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Strange Facts
7 Worth Quarter More
! Sleepers' Etiquette !
. Rents the Earth .

The ruler of Jaipur, India, the
Maharaja Sawai Mau Singh BAHIA
dur, like his predecessor, uses Sa-
wal in his name to increase his
prestige. The word, meaning lone
fourth better than others" makes
him a maharaja and a quarter.
Lest his subjects forget that they
have Upper cent monarch, his
royal flag carries a quarter-sized
duplicate directly beneath it.
When the Great Bed of Wear,
which holds II sleepers, was pre-
sented to King Edward w of Eng
land in 1853, he employed a spe-
cial guardian and had prepared a
list of rules of etiquette that all
who slept in this bed had to OBJ
serve for the peace and comfort
of their bedfellows.
s.
Each time a horse show, rodeo
or circus is held in Madison
Square Garden in New York city,
the Garden has to provide 700
tons of earth, which it rents from
a local contractor at a cost of
about Stockholders.
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EUROPE:
Berlin Sphere

~With the achievement at last OF Ger.
many's equality Of rights -. the chief
reason for (its) UithdratUal from the
League of Nations is eliminated :. =. Thus,
after three years look upon the struggle
for the restoration Of German equality OF
rights as noto concluded. In Europe zoe
hare no territorial claims to put fouodrd."
This was a speech by Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler, but not the speech he
made before the reichstag on Octo-
Der 6. 1t was made March z, 1886,
when Germany reoccupied the
Rhineland. But it was unpacked
from British-French mothballs this
month as one important reason why
the allies would not accept Der
Fuehrer's latest peace overture. In
three years they had learned too
much about his promises"
While intermittent fighting contin-
ued on the western front (See THE
VAR, Europe's battles continued to
be diplomatic ones. Russia mopped
up busily in the Baltic (See beLOto),
taking time off to throw in a good
word for Germany. Briefly, it looked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
DEFENSE:
Vars Reaction

What happens on continental Eu.
rope when the war is ended con-
Germs few Americans. But should
France and Britain capitulate, re-
turn Germany's pre-World war col
onies in Africa and hand over their
fleets, Nazidom's strength in the At
lantic would become a fierce threat.
Although the current $4,000, 000, 900
national defense appropriation will
give the U. S. navy capable of
licking any foe, militarists now real
ize more than ever that it cannot
simultaneously lick two foes, one in
the Atlantic and the other in the
Pacific.
Reborn this month, therefore, is
talk of two-ocean navy. Thinking
in terms of the worst possible job
that might confront them, naval
forces are plugging for an addi-
tional $3,000,000,000 to be appropri-
ated by the next regular congress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

oC1ECo tIS
opportunity of convention spotlight
at Cincinnati to speak ON the SUBJ
ject. Said he:
Communists, Fascists and Nazis
are the people who denounce de-
mocracy as failure The Sta
linists have cried out against the
dangers of Fascism and Naziism-
and the Hitlerites have screamed
=. against communism. But now
the essential fraud has been
exposed. Hitler and Stain have be-
come partners.
But A. F. of L. did more than bait
reds. Its executive council was ex-
pected to suspend the International
Typographical union for failure to
chip in on the 1887 "war chest to
fight c. l. 0. It talked about ask
ing President Roosevelt to mediate
in Europe's war and discussed the
touchy subject of whether to back
the President for a third term.
Ohio's Sen. Robert A. Taft, G. o.
P. presidential hopeful, took the op-
portunity to plump for NLRB
changes, long favored by A. F. of L.
and opposed by c. 1. o. But little
was done on the biggest problem
confronting labor, that of peace. The
battle of A. F. of L. versus c. I. o
seemed destined to go on.
At San Francisco, John Lewis
opened his own convention with a
10000 word speech ignoring a truce
with A. F. of L. and panning that
whisky drinking old man" again,
John Nance Garner. Said Labor
man Lewis: Garnerites conspired
with A. F. of L. and the National
Association of Manufacturers to
strip NLRB and the wage-hour divi-
sion of their ability to help the
underprivileged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

Colorado, the Snake river canyon
sis both the narrowest and the deep
est cash in the North American con-
tinent," he states. From the sum-
NIT of He Devil peak, seven miles
east of the river, to the edge of the
river the depth is 1900 feet; from
Bright Angel point, an equal dis
lance from the Colorado, the depth
is $3.50 feet. From Huntington,
Ore, to Lewiston the Snake river
descends On an average nine feet
to a mile, in some stretches more
than IL feet to a mile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

an annual income of 1900 reichs-
marks or less must pay three reichs-
marks, those with an income of
more than $500 reichsmarks will
pay Is reichsmarks annually.
Married couples count as one tax
able person if both are Catholic and
as half a person if one has another
religion.
The tax is payable to the new
laymen's church council in each
passionate but the state will collect
with costs from delinquents at the
church's request.
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like the much-ridiculed Rome-Berlin-
Moscow triangle was at least hold
ing together long enough to place
Britain and France firmly over a
barrel.
Herr Hitler was not so brash as
to offer definite peace terms; blunt
refusal would have hurt his prestige.
But he did drop hints about colo
MES Germany lost in the World war,
politely offering in return to join a
disarmament move and restore Po-
land under Russo-German suzerain-
ty. ..t.-.- ..-...
Zone report said Germans repatriated
from Baltic states tUOuld be settled in a
section of Poland; that another section
10ouLd be allotted to JetUs; that still a
third section tUould be giren to POlesJ
A few days later, while Europe
waited for somebody to do almost
anything, unofficial German quar-
tiers limited that President Roosevelt
might make a good mediator. This
got cold shoulder not only in Wash
ington, but also in London and Par
is, where allied leaders stood firm.
Benito Mussolini, who had been her
aided as a mediator, also kept his
silence.
Finally it was bold, impolite and
uninhibited Russia that broke the
silence. Said Izvestia: Zone may
respect or hate Hitlerism or any
other system But to begin a
war for the determination of Hitler
ism means to admit criminal silli-
ness in policy"
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grees, his job got tough when Ger
many started the World war. The
militarists back home pooh-poohed
his warnings that their course was
leading the U. S. into war. Said he:
"They (the Wilhelmstrasse) knew a
repetition of the Lusitania incident
:. would automatically mean war
with the U. S. But they would not
listen" On February 8, 1917, Johann
Won Bernstorff was handed his pass
port. Later minister to Turkey,
reichstag member under the new re-
public, author of disarmament plan
which Germany ignored, he never
became sympathetic with the Nazi
cause. In early October, Johann
Won Bernstorff died in Switzerland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Canyon of Snake River Valley in Idaho Is 1000 Feet Deep

The deepest cash in the North
American continent is not the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, as most
people believe, but the canyon of
the Snake river in Idaho. At its
deepest point the Snake river can
yon is 1900 feet while the canyon
OF the Colorado reaches $3.50 feet.
The Snake river canyon averages
for 40 miles depth of $500 feet,
which is almost equal to the Grand
canyon of the Colorado river at its
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

deepest point.
Otis w. Freeman, head of the de-
partment of Geology and Geography
of the Eastern Washington college
of education, Cheney, Washington,
points out that the Snake river can
yon is also one of the last remain
ing pioneer areas in America, some
200 people. including 40 families liv-
ing scattered along the IS mile
length of the canyon.
Much less spectacular than the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Austrian Roman Catholics
Must Pay for Religion

Neutrality-suspicious. of the
Roman Catholic church in the land
that once was Austria must pay for
their religion as non-Catholics have
done for decades. The payment,
however, is nominal, a proclama-
ton by Ostmark archbishops and
bishops revealed.
Church authorities, with the states
approval, have levied a graduated
tax based on income. Catholics with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Moscow Sphere

Russia showed similar boldness in
ner own rejuvenated foreign policy.
With tiny Estonia and Latvia COM
pletely under her domination, she
moved on Lithuania and won the
same concessions-pacts of smutu-
al assistance" and military-trans-
port privileges. A good sign that
Joseph Stain had outsmarted Adolf
Hitler was the shipment, bag and
baggage, of 10000 Germans from
Latvia to the Fatherland. German
minority problems are usually
solved by annexation of the territory
in which they live.
I'm Rome, there iUere signs this repa.
tridtiOn UGs breaking up the axis. Said
Milan's COrrier Della Sera: after seven
centuries OF battle against SlaU influence,
the German nlinorities tUhich acted as
sentineLS OF northeast Europe retreat, giu-
ing up their posts TO Russians" At Fer.
Tara, the newspaper Corriere Padano de-
scended its mailed fist on SOpiets in gen.
eral, calling Communists ~liUing mon
SterS" and models OF vulgar beStidLity."
Its tenet: Italians are born dnti-Con-
muniSts and rOaHt to remain anti-Con.
nlunists.")
Russia moved next on shivering
Finland, where Foreign Minister FL
jas Erkko had the problem of his
lifetime Russia had demanded"
that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
come to Moscow; Finland was more
politely invited" First Finnish re-
action was to be insulted. Elias
Erkko explained Finland considered
herself a Scandinavian nation, not
a mere Baltic state. But the tune
changed later when Russia seemed
bent on winning hawaiian rights on
HIGHLAND island in the Gulf of Fin
land, and the Aaland islands be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Morse Use Substitute Gas

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are
being made in Norway in the use
of lighting gas as motor fuel, ac-
cording to a report from the con-
sulate-general in Oslo, made public
by the department of commerce. 1t
is expected there that war will re-
suit in sharply curtailing Norwegian
supplies of gasoline.
In Oslo recently a local engineer
demonstrated an automobile having
a gas-filled balloon fastened on the
roof of the car.
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eminent de-
partm ents.
So popul a r
was this tack
that A. F. of
L. S Presi-
d e n t w il
liam Green
(whose foe,
the c. I. o.,
has a popu-
lar reputa-
ton of pink
i S h n e S 81
seized the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

the 90-day credit provisions were
eliminated. Thus they would ap-
prove "cash-and-carry" in modified
form, meaning that belligerents
could buy anything except NUM-
tons and carry them away, pro-
vided they pay cash.
Some observers believed it was
more matter of tagging interest
than isolationist defeat, though the
two factors might be tied together.
Fervent speeches by Isolationists
Borah, Vandenberg and Overton had
failed to arouse national zeal for the
embargo. Moreover, there was a
growing feeling that congress should
quit Grating and vote one way or
the other, thus clearing the way for
unfinished domestic business. To top
it off, New Hampshire's Sen. Charles
w. Tobey called for a vote to recon-
NIT the bill for separation of the
arms embargo from other sections.
Some isolationists called this a
blunder, for it forced test of their
strength. Repealists, too, were skep-
teal, until Sen. Key Pittman pre-
dicted his side had IS senate votes
sewed up to floor the Tobey motion.
Everything considered, it looked
like Senator Tobey had pulled the
plug from under meaningless flood
of oratory.
But the plug was hard to loosen.
A vote on the Tobey resolution was
postponed when California's Sen.
Sheridan Downey held the floor four
hours with an isolationist speech.
Then Colorado's Sen. Edwin c. John
son moved for a three-day recess so
the President could act on European
peace feelers which suggested that
he be mediator (See EUROPE).
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LABOR:


One of wars reactions in the U. S.
has been popularization of patriot
ism and denunciation of reds, Hit
lerites and Fascists. Texas Rep.
Martin Dies and his un-American-
ism committee got going hotter and
heavier than ever, threatening to
publish list of communists in gov
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
CONGRESS-:
Fatigue

BY early October month of war
had changed U. S. ideas about neu-
trality. Much of it artificially in
spired, about 80 per cent of early
congressional mail favored retention
of the embargo against arms ship
ments to belligerent nations. Within
a few weeks more than half the
mail favored repeating the embar-
go. Meanwhile similar trend was
evident in the senate, where hale
and hearty isolationists began re-
treating.
AS gesture for peace they agreed
to support the rest of President
Roosevelt's neutrality program if
repeal of the arms embargo and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
PEOPLE,:
Refugees Death

In 1862 Johann Heinrich Won Bern
storff was born in London, where
his father was German ambassador.
In 1908, after learning his country's
and his family's diplomatic lessons,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

Johann Won
BernSt orff
became am
bassador to
tn e U. S.,
w h e re h e
married the
f o r m e r
j e a n n e
Luckemey-
er.Apopular
S pc a k e r,
much hon.
ored by col
lo0iofo do
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Handy Small Table
Made of Camp Stool
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

AVE you ever wished for q
small, low table that would
appear from nowhere and dis
appear again when you were
through with it? Have you ever
thought it would be nice if Fa-
theirs ottoman could be folded up
and put out of the way when not
in use? Or perhaps you have I'M
packed a suit case in a guest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Nazi Peace Feelers Rejected
But Europe Still Shuns War;
Only Russia Plunges Forward

EDITORS NoTEWhen opinions in these columns they
dby stern Newspap Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
EXPECTANT MOTHERS

Cedar Rapids, Iowa -
Mrs. Adolph Speas, $40
/ Ave, W., says "Be-
fore two of my babies
came | was very weak.
But ] used DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and
it was a wonderful help to
me. 1t stimulated my APP
petite and helped to re-
lieve me of that tired,
nervous feeling Ask
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19

your druggist today for DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription in liquid OF tablets. See
how much better you feel after using it.
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Factories everywhere are turning
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oAnd the place to find out about
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-19
Clearing the Mind

My dear friend, clear your mind
of can't. You may talk as other
people do but don't think
foolishly. Samuel Johnson.
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Montana labor news., 1939-06-29

DLANNED for the young woman
who starts housekeeping In a
smallish home or apartment, the
1889 all-gas kitchen in the Brides
rooms designed by the decorating
staff Of House Beautiful is a dual
purpose type including a cooking
center and a dining area.
The business-like severity Of the
room illustrated above is relieved
by variety of texture in the wall pa
Montana labor news., 1939-06-29

Life is service, the one who pro-
crosses is the one who gives his
fellowmen a little more, a little bet
ter service.-E. N. Statler.
Montana labor news., 1939-06-29
Address Of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt 10 The
National Righf-fo- Work Congress. June 7.
Labor Department Auditorium. Washington

Introductory remarks of David
LASER, national president of the
Workers Alliance of America, in
presenting Mrs. Roosevelt to the
congress;
We are proud to have with US
today the wife of the President of
the United States. That in itself
should be a distinction because of
the kind of a mar that the President
is. But this lady is not content to
be just that. There are many
women who, in her position, would
have been satisfied to just bask in
the sunshine of that social position,
but this lady has considered it her
mission, her career, her vocation if
you wish, to go throughout the coun-
try and try and study and under
stand the problems of the common
people of this country. There is no
class in the population too humble
there is no problem of the people
that is too humble-that this lady
has not concerned herself with.
And it is because of that that she
has won the esteem, the affection
and the respect of, I should say, SO
percent of the people in this great
country.
Today she is concerned with a job
which would tax the energy and the
resources of any person-the job Of
welcoming the King and Queen of
England, who arrive here tomorrow;
but in the midst of that job she has
not forgotten us who represent the
underprivileged of this country. She
has taken time from that tremendous
job to come here and greet and
address this congress.
The lady l now introduce is a lady
who has won by her own right, by
her own wisdom, her generosity and
her broad social vision, the title of
First Lady of Our Land"-Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Montana labor news., 1939-06-29

Don't worry if your job is small
And your rewards are few
Remember that the mighty oak
Was once a nut like you'll
Montana labor news., 1939-06-29

per with its pattern of small flower.
ing trees, in the coarse striped cur
tains softening the tailored prim-
ness of the Venetian blind, in the
marbleized flooring and upholstery
of brilliant crimson leatherette.
Worktops covered with linoleum
join the combination sink and floor
cabinet with the c~enter-top gas
range, a convenient type for loca.
ton near a door,
Montana labor news., 1939-06-29
SHE BROUGHT THE BABY
WITH HER

She brought the baby with herl Such
a difference it madel
Our troubles promptly vanished and
our worries seemed to fade;
| quite forgot the gossip I'd been
saving up to tell,
And didn't think to tell her that I've
not been very we'll.
She brought the baby with her-for
a visit, that was all
But several of the neighbors chose
that time to pay a call.
The buggy at the doorway am sure
they CHANGED to see,
So they came to hold the baby and ]
served them cakes and tea.
She brought the baby with her! And
we laughed the time away.
OF life's petty meanness no one had
a word to say.
And all the bits of scandal which are
scattered by the old
Were forgotten or considered as not
worthy to be told.
She brought the baby with herl And
we danced the rooms about.
Good nature crossed the doorway
and i'll nature was shut out.
The eyes of all were smiling and no
body seemed afraid.
She brought the baby with herl Such
a difference it madel
Edgar A. Guest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30
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TEN YEARS AGO-1929
The tuberculosis seal sale was
well under. way with Mrs. G. H.
Shanafelt, Benton county chairman,
in charge. The local sale was to be
sponsored by the Kennewick Wo-
mans club, with Mrs. Joe Martin
in charge.
The grade school was to present
the operetta, cinderella" The pu-
pills taking leading parts were Dor
othy Allison, Les Brown, Alice AL
trogge, Lorraine Giles, Chloe Hem
bree, Verne and Aaron Foraker,
John Tweet, Eurada Vinson, Gene
Faulds, Vivian Peter, Inez Elliott,
Gene Britton and Barbara Haus-
child.
New crossing signals were erected
by the o. w. r. & N. railway at
the Washington and Benton street
crossing.
G. G. Williams was reelected to
the presidency of the Kennewick
Fair association.
The Woman's club was providing
a milk fund for twelve under-nour-
ished children in the public schools
with one-half pint being given each
day to these children.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30
AN EXTRAVAGANCE

Americans are criticised by some
of their European cousins for their
extravaganza in spending. And
when they reproach us with the
true data, four million dollars a day
at the soda fountains, we do feel
a bit guilty for our pleasure-loving
appetites. We consider our waste
fulness for these quoted sundaes,
"cokes'' and matted milks, and we
contemplate going on the wagon. OF
course we would miss the visiting
and chatting as we tilt in our
chairs and sip through the straws.
But as we think further we give a
moment to what those European
cousins are doing with their soda
pop and gingerale money. Although
our four million dollars day sounds
mighty impressive, and this for a
luxury, we can't help but wonder
what is spent each day over there
to kill each brother in their fight
fortnight! We might well be do
ing something more worthwhile
with our millions, but we aren't
buying munitions when we are buy
ing sodas. We do not excuse our
extravaganza here in Kennewick,
but we think they would be far bet
ter over there with sundae top
ped with a cherry than with their
nickles and dimes going for shells.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Every new tax that Is levied that
can be passed on to the consumer
but adds to the burden of the farm
er and the tiller of the soil. All 9TH
ers can pass the tax on to some one
else. The farmer and the producer
of food must absorb it. There is no
one to whom he can pass it.
The most difficult task that we
can think of at the moment IS to
run bank or newspaper to please
everyone. If the banker Is con-
sentative he is charged with not be-
ing helpful to the community. If he
lends the depositors money with free
hand he is criticized when the bor-
rover can't pay it back and the
bank closes. The newspaper man
who prints all the news regardless
of who makes it is criticized and
called sensational. If he leaves it
out he is charged with being afraid
to print the news. The best plan for
the banker or the newspaper man Is
to run his business the way he
thinks it should be run and let the
chips fall where they may.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

The Wage-Hour law, adopted as
a substitute for the MIRA, is proving
universally unpopular. Though IN
force but a year there are $4,000 vi
olations awaiting investigation
Fines totaling 1850 have been as
sessed against employers and one
employer imprisoned. It is said
that it will require an army of 10000
inspectors to enforce the law. The
law is death blow to small indus
try that does not have volume pro-
duction. 1t will result in industry
being driven out of rural areas into
large and congested centers. It is
the most harmful piece of legisla-
ton for small business in rural
areas that congress has ever passed.
It will result in costs being increas-
ed on merchandise purchased by
the residents of rural areas. The
Wage-Hour law gives the small bus
mess of the country a taste of what
a dictator form of government would
be like.