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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

tas for next year. With production
estimates running high and flirting
with the mandatory referendum fig
ure, President Roosevelt signed an
amendment to the AAA act allow
ing Secretary Wallace to delay the
election, basing his decision on the
crop boards September report in
stead of the August estimate. 9th
er amendments, placing marketing
quotas for wheat, corn and cotton
all on similar basis:
q Permit corn and wheat growers
who plant within their acreage al
lotment their entire crop without
penalty when quota is in effect.
q Extend indefinitely the $4,000, 0O0-
acre minimum allotment for wheat.
q Extend indefinitely the 10000, 000-
bale minimum in establishing cotton
acreage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

and whiskey-drinking vote if he runs
for President next year, its actual
effect was much greater-indeed, it
was stupendous. By denouncing
wage-hour amendments Mr.. Lewis
stepped on rural toes Especially in
the South which wanted professors
of agricultural products eliminated
from minimum wage requirements.
Thus he famed into a blaze the
growing coalition between Republi-
cans and rural Democrats who are
coolish toward the New Deal. Cheer
ing Jack Garner in house and SEN
ate, this group proceeded to raise
havoc with President Roosevelt's pet
multi-billion lend-spend program,
aimed to hasten recovery.
In the senate 2,490, 100000 orig
inal proposal lost $500, 10000 item
for toll highways, bridges and tun-
nels, another $3.50, 900, 900 for leasing
equipment to railroads. In the house
the bill was tied in committee. While
adjournment hinged on this bill and
no other, Senate Majority Leader
Alben Barley had to bite his finger
nails and listen to an irrelevant two
hour neutrality harangue by North
Dakota's Sen. Gerald P. Nye. FL
nally, after remarking quietly that
"there seems to be some sort of an
undercurrent that's causing this bill
to drift" he dashed from the cham
Der and yelled at waiting reporters:
81 don't know anything about any,
thing!"
Finally passed and sent to the
house, the emasculated measure
looked something like this: 100000
omitted)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
Vengeful Wills Banned
By New Inheritance Act

LONDON.-No longer will stern
British father have arbitrary power
to cut off in his will with the pro-
verbal shilling an erring daughter
or wayward son.
Under the inheritance act which
has just become effective, appeals
can also be lodged with the courts
against wills which leave property
for some freakish object to the ex-
clusion of dependents. The courts
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

2PROTEST. In Washington, the
state department tabulated more
than 600 attacks on U. S. citizens
in China the past two years. Gallup
polls showed u per cent favoring
an arms embargo against Japan.
Petitions (above) rolled into Sen.
Key Pittman of the foreign rela-
tons committee. Suddenly, as Brit
ain surrendered, the U. S. abrogat-
ed its trade pact with Japan, paw
ing the way for an arms embargo
six months hence. Britain's foreign
office called it Cooperation" but
it was far from that. 1t was U. S.
protest against Britain's weakness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
BRIEFLY

q In Washington, a U. S. anti
trust suit against the American
Medical association was thrown
out. Reason: Medicine is a pro-
fession, not business.
q In Rochester, Mimi, 78-year-
old DR.. William Mayo was buried
near his brother, DR.. Charles,
who died earlier this year.
q In New York, cotton interests
claimed a victory when A. & P.
food stores adopted cotton castings
instead of jute for its flour.
q In New York, Anthony Drexel
Duke became 81, and inherited
about $4,000, 900 with an $80-a-day
allowance while attending Prince
ton. Comment: "Gosh! I'd like
to know what anybody does with
$50 a day."
q In Washington, survivors of
the submarine Squalls, still off
underseas duty until their boat is
raised, got pay cut.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

are empowered to void such tesla
ments and redistribute the assets.
Two-thirds of the income of the
estate can, the London Daily Mail
explains, be allotted for the benefit
of the dead persons dependents, if
a husband or wife, and a child or
children be left; and one-half if
there is only a wife or husband.
A widow will lose her part of the
income allotted on her re-marriage,
a son on attaining the age of 81,
and an unmarried daughter on her
marriage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

Cork is industrially important be-
cause it can be compressed like no
other solid. A cubic inch, under
$4,000 pounds pressure in a press,
spreads sidewise only a quarter
inch. Remove the pressure and it
will regain 95 per cent of its height.
The secret is in its remarkable Gel
lular structure, which makes cork
different from most other fibrous
vegetable material. The cells of
cork are built in the form of IA cells
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

surrounding one cell. Each cell is
filed with air, and the thin walls
are cemented together with natural
gum or resin. A cubic inch of cork
has about 300.OO0,OOO such cells.
Compress cork, and the air in the
cells resist. Because of the air.
cork is light. Because of the sealing
between each cell, cork does not
transfer heat. so is good for insu-
lating and sound-proofng; because
it is resilient, it minimizes vibra-
ton, hence it is useful in machinery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
He Had a Cheerful Way
OF Announcing Intentions

The country youth had been
counting his girl for some time,
but could never manage to pluck
up sufficient courage to propose
to her. At last he took her into
the cemetery during the course
of one of their walks.
''That's where my uncle and
aunt are buried" he said, pointing
out a tombstone, land that's
where my father and mother are
buried" he continued, indicating
another grave.
A few yards farther on they
came to open ground. He stopped
again, pointing once more.
''That," he said, sis where I
want you and me to be buried
some time"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
AGRICULTURE:
Subsidies

Last year the U. S. agriculture de-
partment placed 100000 bushels
of wheat on the world market, los
ing an average of 81 cents a bushel
in subsidies because u. S. prices
were above world levels. This year
world production will hit new high
and Liverpool prices have reached
their lowest levels since 1892. Thus,
to compete on the world market
and still give farmers fair price
for exported wheat, the U. S. would
suffer a subsidy loss of between As
and so cents a bushel.
Offsetting bigger subsidies, how
ever, is smaller domestic produc-
ton. AS Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace began estimating
production, domestic consumption,
required carryover and export sur
pluses, the picture looked brighter.
Although a 100,000,000 export would
cost the treasury between S45, 000,-
600 and 50,0OO,0 900, the U. S. prob
ably will not ask so great share of
the world market when the interna-
tional wheat conference meets in
London. To maintain carryover
of 175,000,000 to 10000, 900 bushels,
an export of only 10000, 900 is need
ed. Thus, compared with the $751;
100000 spent on subsidies last year,
a 5O-cent subsidy this year would
cost only $4,000, 900 more.
Referendum
Only as last resort does the ag-
riculture department want to hold a
referendum on corn marketing QUO
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

The wind blows fierce and hot in
the Mediterranean during the dry
season, and that is why most of
the worlds cork comes from Por-
tugal, Spain and north Africa. For
the cork trees there, getting the full
hot blasts, in sef-defense thicken
the outer bark as insulation. And
the result is cork, used in linoleum,
insulation board, baseball centers.
badminton balls, floats. fishing bob
bers and life preservers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
ASTRONOMY:
Silence

At New York's World fair the
management ordered "blackout"
and anti-aircraft defense against
Marian invaders, but concession
aires wouldn't cooperate. At Men
doz, Argentina, an earthquake was
blamed on Mars proximity. At
Bloemfontein, South Africa, scien-
lists thought they found millions of
square miles of snow on Mars sur
face, but it melted in two days.
Cause of all this concern was the
planets approach to within a mere
100000 miles of the earth, clos
est in Is years. At Baldwin, N. Y,
home of Press Wireless, Inc, DR..
Clyde Fisher of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History led an at
tempt to contact Mars. Figuring it
would take 61s minutes for a radio
message to bounce back to earth
if it hit Mars square on the nose,
scientists Morse coded the letter
en-" waited the allotted time and
got nothing but cat-like squeals.
AS last effort they tried swing
music. That, too, failed to pene-
trate and Mars began fading into the
distance, still an enigma.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

Now you can make your chair
and davenport sets to match. And
they're all in this simple crochet
that works up so quickly. The
davenport head rest is made of
two chair backs joined with the
border crocheted around the three
sides. You'll be proud of these
matched sets! Pattern 6391 con-
tains directions for making the
set; Illustrations of it and of
stitches; materials needed.
To obtain this pattern, send IS
cents in coins to The Sewing
Circle, Household Arts Dept, 259
w. 14th ST.. New York.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
CONGRESS-:
Drifting

Time was when c. I. O.'s John L.
Lewis and President Roosevelt were
close friends. If this was an ex-
cuse for anti-Roosevelt sentiment
in the rural U. S., such sentiment
might have been dispelled the day
John Lewis appeared before hos
tile house labor committee. In few
choice words he denounced proposed
amendments to the 1888 fair labor
standards act. In a few more he
called Vice President Garner Ga
bor-baiting, poker-playing, whiskey-
drinking, evil old man :"
While this denunciation at least
won Jack Garner the poker-playing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
Short, Short Story
OR l-2-3 SEQUENCE

1-SURRENDER. Quick on the
heels of Jap-Chinese anti-British
protests and Jap army barricade of
British concessions in north China,
Prime Minister Chamberlain or
dered Ambassador Craigie to recog-
nize the "new order in China" and
to promise not to obstruct the Jap
army in its undeclared war. Britain
hoped thus to free her hands in
Asia, meanwhile ''detaching'' Tokyo
from the Rome-Berlin axis. But he
was wrong.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
I4I Orphans Adopted

NEW YORK.-Eric G. Mugge-
ridge, executive secretary of the
Foster Parents Plan for Spanish
Children, has announced that 141
employees of three film companies
had adopted" Spanish children
through the plan. The children will
be cared for at the colonies main
tanned by the organization in and
near Biarritz, France.
The employees include 108 of War
ner Brothers, Is of United Artists
and 8 of Radio-Keith- Orpheum, Inc.
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PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM

ssVOU cannot build an ideal state by
l simply passing laws to regulate
life's activities. Making people depend
ent upon the state is not building the
state or the individual. To make man
self-sustaining, adventuresOme, build
er reaching out to find self and his
Maker, that is practical patriotism =
u. S. Senator Alexander Wiley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
How Women
i'm Their 4O'S
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from SO to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells.
upset nerves and moody spells
Get more fresh air, hrs sleep and Il you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for tcomeR. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change Of hfe- WELL
WORTH TRYING!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
WHITE HOUSE:
Hatch Bill

Passed by both senate and house,
the bill of New Mexico's Sen. Carl
A. Hatch to 'clean up" politics found
its way to the Presidents desk for
signing or veto. Its purpose: To
remove influence or interference of
all federal administrative officials
from elections or nominating efforts
for President. Its result: Incumbent
federal administrations will find
their personal payroller machines of
little help at nomination or election
time. But state machines will WELD
great power.
Whether he liked it or not, Presi-
dent Roosevelt told his press con-
ference he favored the bills lob
jectives, yet he feared it was uncon-
stitutional because vaguely drawn.
For example, what can people legiti-
mately do under its very broad Ian
guage? Can officeholders attend po-
itical rallies or voluntarily contrib
ute to friends campaign expendi-
lures? Pending a decision from At
torney General Frank Murphy, the
bill awaited presidential action. If
not signed or vetoed by August 3,
Mr.. Hatch's bill would become law.
The White House also:
q Nominated James Lawrence Fly,
IVA solicitor, to succeed much-per-
secuted Frank r. McNinch as a
member of the federal communica-
tons commission.
q Ordered Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull to move from the second to
the fourth floor of the old State,
War and Navy building, making
room for the six assistant presi-
dents" appointed under the reorgani-
cation bill, men with ga passion for
anonymity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
RUSSIA:
Purge

In the U. S. an incompetent pub
lie official is denoted, or fired at
the end of his term. In Soviet Rus
STA, where Foreign Commissar Max
i'm Litvinov disappeared mysteri-
ously last May 8, public officials may
expect fate ranging from impris-
onment or execution to exile in ST.
beria's Wristbands.
Strangely coincidental as July
neared its end were two bits of Rus
sian news. In Moscow, Dictator Jo-
SET Stain and his right-hand man,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

3-REVENGE. At first stunned,
then angry, japan announced the
price for new trade treaty would
be recognition of the "new order"
in China. Then Foreign Minister
Hachiro Arita (above), an ardent
admirer of Hitler, suddenly initiated
the long-pending trade pact with
Germany, bringing Japan into the
anti-Soviet axis with Italy and the
Reich. Next she threatened abro-
cation of the dead nine-power pact
guaranteeing China's integrity. Net
result of all incidents: U. S., Brit
ain, France and Russia inadvertent-
ly found themselves aligned against
Japan, Germany and Italy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH w. LaBINE
Big Cuts in Lend-Spend Bill
Traceable to Lewis Barrage
Against Garner, Wage Shifts

NOTEWhen opinions
NesternN Iewsna
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

hecIaIIatIOH .OlHtteu' '5O 'OIIIItteu
The price Senator Barley had to
pay for his measure: ID adoption of
the amendment of Virginia's Harry
Byrd removing tax exemption on
government securities financing the
project; (2) offering his own COM
promise amendment reducing Ex-
port-Import bank loans to $75,000,-
600 and providing all loans should
be spent in the u. S.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

Upon Comiskey the
responsibility carrying the Comiske famous baseball
Of
recently
ownership Comiskey until
his attains the of IS
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WNU-G
A Day of Strife

Better a day of strife TIM a
century of sleep.-A. J. Ryan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10

Public's Desire
The public loves fables best, and
so fables are given it.-Voltaire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-10
Referendum

Only as last resort does the ag-
riculture department want to hold a
referendum on corn marketing quo
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Rubber Workers Win
Wage Rdise Contract
Union Labor Applied to Products of
Halfast Rubber Company

Atlanta, Ga. (AFLWNS).-Local
Union No. 21255, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, nego-
tiated a new one year agreement with
the Holfast Rubber Company Eere to
replace the first agreement which was
fnalized six months ago.
The agreement is of the closed shop
type, which carries the right to use
the union label. The new contract
provides for increased wages, overtime
rates, seniority and other standard
union shop conditions. Wage rates
for foremen are established for each
department.
AS an indication of the benefits real
lied by employers from union shop
conditions, which also benefit the
workers, flowing from agreements
with A. F.. Of l.. unions, General Man.
ager Rosendorf, speaking for the
company, said the firms business in
creased 35 per cent after the first
agreement with the union was signed
last year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Wuqe Increase Coined
By the Boston Truckrnen
Strike Settlement Agreement Boosts
Weekly Rate to $500

Boston, Mass.-The seven-day strike
of approximately $500 Boston truck
drivers. which tied up supplies here,
was ended by compromise agreement
including definite advantages for
union members.
The agreement, which was read to
the strikers by John L. Sullivan,
president of Local 25 of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers,
an A. F. of l.. affiliate, which called
the strike, provides $50 week for
six-day, forty-eight-hour week, which
represents a $2-a-week increase for
the drivers over the 1888 rate; eighty
five cents for the first hour of over
time work, and one dollar an hour for
each succeeding three hours of over
time up to the legal limit in this State
of twelve hours.
The overtime provisions of the old
contract were eliminated in the new
agreement, but the 48-hour week re-
mains the same. The strikers had
sought $40 week for 40-hour week,
with time and a half for each hour of
overtime. Broken down to hourly pay,
the agreement raises the drivers pay
from II cents an hour to 81A cents
on the $39-a-week basis. A minimum
rate of $34 week is also embodied
in the new agreement.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
BENEFITS SOUGHT
BY NEARLY 100000

Columbus, o. (OLNS).-Claims for
unemployment compensation continued
to pour into Offices of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Comm SIS ION
throughout the state last week, and
by Friday the total reached 1885
Of that number, 1O,495 were for
partial unemployment benefits, w. 7.
Roberts, Labor Representative and
Chairman of the Commission reported.
In the meantime, the work of
checking and passing upon the thous-
ands of claims was progressing
smoothly through the mass production
system set up by the Commission.
At the end Of last week, 8,417
claims had been approved for pay
ment of benefits at the end of the
three-week waiting period prescribed
by the law, and an additional 483 had
been approved for payment at the end
of six week waiting period, extended
as penalty for the manner in which
the claimant had become separated
from his employment.
Only 151 claims for benefits have
been disallowed to date, 80 per cent
of that number being disqualified be-
cause they had not worked for an en-
ployer covered by the law in 20 weeks
of 1888.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
A. F. of L. Textile Union
Thrives In Hurtsville

Hartsvile, S. C. (AFLWNS).- -
Forty new members have been added
to the membership roll Of the A. F..
of l.. Textile Workers Union which
was recently organized here. The
union has established an organizing
committee to mobilize textile workers
in adjoining communities into A. f.
of l.. locals. c. M. Fox, organizer
for the American Federation of La
Dor, is assisting the new local in in
creasing it's strength. He held meet
ings with two shifts of the textile
workers, following which the enroll
ment of the forty new members took
place.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Guntersville Teumsters
Win $4,000 In Back WAGES
Contractor Penalized For Chisuling
Wage Rates Set Forth in Union
Argument

Guntersville, Ala. (AFLWNS).-A
warning that contractors must not
chisel union wage rates was given by
the Tennessee Valley Authority in re-
quiring contractor holding iva
contract to reimburse forty-three truck
drivers for wages wrongfully withheld
from them.
The agreement in effect between the
Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor
Council and the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority requires that contracts let by
the IVA shall include the wage rates
provided in the agreement. One of
the contractors violated this provis-
ion by paying his drivers less than the
union rate.
A number of months ago, S. f.
Roper and II. n. Brown, representing
the American Federation of Labor,
filed complaint with the IVA against
the contractor. Recently, Mr.. Roper,
who is also president of the Tennessee
Valley Trades and Labor Council was
informed by the IVA that the COM
plant was justified and the withheld
wages were being paid by the Au-
thority.
The amount paid the truck drivers
for back wages totaled $4,000. 1t was
reported that the iva took this sum
from money due the contractor and
transferred it to the drivers involved.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
Tom Odkes Elected
Canton Labor Head

Canton, O. (OLNS). - Thomas
Oakes, president of the Stark Tri-
County Building Trades Council and
business agent Of the local Truck
Drivers Union, has been installed as
president of the Canton Federation of
Labor by the retiring president, John
Gerber
Other officers, installed at the meet
ing were: Henry Martin, vice presi-
dent; Ed Wilmer, recording secretary;
Jerome Rothermel, financial secretary;
Dennis Shea, sergeant-at-arms, and
trustees George Teufel, Charles Bour-
Quin and Thomas Smith.