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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
new HIGHWAY
SIGNS PUT UP

The two new highway signs, pur-
chased by the Ely Commercial club,
have been put up, and, according TO
the people who have seen them, they
forcefully attract the attention Of pass
ing motorists.
Twenty feet long and ten feet high,
the signs have been placed at the
junction Of state highway No. So and
No. 169 north of Virginia and at the
junction Of No. 81 and No. on the
North Shore
The name ELY" appears on each
sign in four and one-half foot yellow
letters, shaded in brown. the back
ground is red. The edge of the letters
are beaded with a luminous material
which viii reflect auto lights.
To the left of the Ely letters is
lake scene, painted in colors, with the
wording "SportSmen's Paradise" painted
diagonaIIy across it. On the bottom is
Ely's famous slogan Playground of
Nation"
On the top of the signs appears
the mileage from the point to the city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
Mrs. MclMahan Heads
Educational Campaign.

The educa tional campaign of the Ma
tional Consumers Tax Commission, to
study and expose hidden, consumer
penalizing taxes" spread TO Ely today
with the announcement of plans of
clubwomen TO undertake a tax study
program
Mrs. Albert McMahan of Ely, viii
lead the NCTC campaign here. Mrs
Melville BucklaStone, NCTC president,
announced. She viii present tax study
programs to club members during the
club season.
In addition. Mrs Muckiestone said.
separate study groups independent of
established women's organizations VIII
be formed which, with the club groups,
viii comprise the local NCTC unit.
In announcing the appointment OF
the local NCTC leader, Mrs. Muckle-
stone declared that the tax study cam
paign VIII concentrate on hidden taxes.
which now produce a major share of
all local. state and national tax
revenues"
I'VE pay these taxes as unspecified
parts Of the prices Of everything We
buy" she continued. For example,
they make up an estimated 8 per cent
Of rent payments, about 81 cents of
the cost Of 3o-cent pound Of butter
and eight cents Of q dollar spent for
silk stockings"
The NCTC, which has headquarters
in Chicago, IS made up Of study groups
IN approximately 5000 communities
throughout the country, Mrs MuckIe-
stCne added The campaign IS led in
this state by MIS-. Thomas Mohn, of
Red Wing, national committee member.
and Mrs Vida B. Coan Of Mankato,
state director.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
Administrator Itemizes
WPA Workers Spending

WPA workers of st. Louis county, in
Gliding Duluth, are spending an aver
age Of s5SO,812 every month for the
necessities of life.
This represents the average total
monthly wage Of all WPA workers in
the county, Linus C. Glotzbach, state
administrator, said today in disclosing
where the workers money goes. For
the state as a whole, he said, WPA
workers spend sS,797, 836 every month
on an average.
OF the total spent, 80 per cent goes
for food, II per cent for rent, 10 PEI
cent for clothing, 10 per cent for house
hold operations, per cent for streetcar
or bus fare and per cent for medical
care.
In St. Louis county, Mr.. Glotzbach
said, this means:
s207Ol5 is spent monthly in grocery
and meat markets;
s1O0248 goes out monthly as rent to
landlords;
S53081 reaches the hands Of store
keepers monthly for clothing:
$50 OBJ is spent monthly for house
hold necessities, other than food and
clothing;
81 232 is paid out monthly to street.
car and bus companies;
s21 232 reaches the hands Of doctors
and dentists every month
After he has paid for his rent, food
clothing, household operating expenses
streetcar and bus fares and medical
care, the wPA workers still has 16 per
cent Of his wage left. The balance Of
the total for all st. Louis county WPA
workers is 1929, which goes for re-
creation+he theater, motion pictures
baseball games, etc.-and for other
expenses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
Bees Pass Through -Four STAGES

In their metamorphosis, bees
pass through four stages-egg, lar
va, pupa and adult. The queen de-
velops in Is days, the worker in q,
and the drone IN Is DAYS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
Many Whales in Antarctic Waters

Seventy per cent of all whales
caught in the world in recent years
are taken in Antarctic waters by
Norwegian whalers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
Curing Time for Ham

From Is to IS days are required
to cure ham and from II to 80 DAYS
to cure bacon prior to smoking.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06

USE MINER WANT ADS -
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Wholesale Commodity
index Dips Slightly

The general level of wholesale
commodity prices was slightly lower
in the week ended May 20. accord
ing to the wholesale price index
compiled by the National Fertilizer
Association.
This index last week dropped to
724 from 726 in the preceding week.
A month ago it stood at 1913, a year
ago at TAT and two years ago at
1873, based on the 1868 average
as 100.
Lower prices for foods and farm
products were largely responsible
for last weeks decline in the COM
posite index. The food price average
declined for the third consecutive
week and is now near the low point
for the year.
Advances in the cotton and grain
averages, which took them to the
highest points reached in 1889, were
more than offset in the farm prod
uct group by declines in livestock.
poultry, milk and eggs.
In spite of declines in some i'm
portant industrial commodities. the
general average of all commodities
except farm products and foods was
slightly higher last week. continuing
the upward trend of the past month.
Increases were registered during
the week by group indexes repre-
senting the prices of fuels. textiles
and farm machinery. Lower prices
for certain finished steel products.
steel scrap and tin took the metal
index to the lowest point reached
since 1886. The fertilizer and mis-
cellaneous commodity indexes were
also lower.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Maryland tobacco Sales
And Receipts Expand
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. May 23.-Both re-
celpts and sales of Maryland leaf
tobacco at the Baltimore market
increased during the last week.
Prices remained steady with all
grades of cigarette tobacco in active
demand, Some off quality and
mixed hogsheads remained neg
lected, however.
Receipts for the week totaled ,048
hogsheads. which was an increase
OF 86 hogsheads over the previous
week. Sales reached 1884 hogs
heads, or 42l hogsheads more than
during the week earlier. The pres
ent stock of Maryland tobacco in
warehouses totals 1859 hogsheads.
There were no receipts or sales of
Ohio tobaccos, the stock in ware
houses remaining at 80 hogsheads.
Quotations on Maryland tobacco
are as follows:
Maryland firm -Nondescript
and unsound, pound, 3a4; dull and
greenlsh, 4al0; sound to good COM
mon, 8al8; medium to short bright,
19a30 good to fine, red or bright,
30a40.
Seconds-Common, sails; medium
loa2o; good to fine. 27a33.
Badly mixed hogsheads from 200
to 500 lower.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Food Costs Remain
Well Below Levels
OF Year Ago
Householder Pays 95
Cents Instead Of ST
For Same Products
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 23.-The aver
age householder today for 95 cents
can buy the same amount of food
products for which he paid 81 year
ago and trend watchers say the
lower prices are likely to prevail in
coming months.
Some food raw materials recently
have been selling a little higher in
the wholesale markets, but the ex-
perts hold there is nothing in the
wind to indicate prices at grocery
stores will be marked up. In fact,
because no serious curtailment of
production of food product ingredi-
ents is afoot and surplus supplies
exist, the probability is that con-
sumner prices in the future even may
taper below present levels.
Canned goods, corn products,
dairy products. flours, breads and
general packaged goods all seem
slated to continue to be reasonable
buys.
Competition Is Keen.
Both from the standpoint of VOL
ume of goods and dollars, retail
| sales currently are running ahead
of last year, but competition among
stores for customers continues keen,
supporting the belief no important
price advances are to be expected
Mark-downs during the past year
in canned goods, especially vege-
tables. for instances. are expected
to be sustained. The canning trade,
most speculative of the food indus
tries, at the moment is saddled
with big carry-over of goods, de-
spite increased 1899 shipments.
Canned corn stocks at the begin
ming of the month we're ll.123.0OO
cases, compared With 1856. 900 a
year earlier. while canned peas
stocks were 9,3ls,0oo, against 5,844,-
00O
The Department of Commerce
estimates table corn acreage this
year will be around 26 per cent
smaller, and pea acreage down 16
per cent. Yet, despite smaller indi-
Gated planting, normal per acre
yields are expected to produce new
supplies which, with carry overs,
will just about equal consumer re-
quirements at going prices.
Fear Volume Losses.
Gamers know high prices cut
volume of sales, and that smaller
sales usually result in inventory
losses. So from the company stand
point reasonable volume of sales at
reasonable prices is preferable
either to high prices which cut sales
and create unwieldy inventories, or
extremely low prices which move
goocs faster but narrow profits
The lower milk prices-especially
in the East-also are expected to
prevail. Closely tied to fluid milk
trends are butter, cheese. ice cream
and other allied products.
Still little obscure are fruits. in
Guiding oranges, grapefruit, pine
! apples, pears and cherries. Sudden
turns in the weather during the
growing season often can revolu-
tionize the fruit price overnight.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Million More Persons
Are Employed Now
Than Year Ago
Jobs Increase $4,000
Between February
And March, 1889
Spe cial Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, May 23.-The num-
Der of employed in the United States
showed a moderate increase from
February to March, rising from 39,-
89l 900 to 40,l69 900, a gain of 278,-
900, according to the Alexander
Hamilton Institute.
Although employment rose in
March for the second consecutive
month, the increase was not suffi-
cient to offset the drop from Decem-
Der to January. Consequently. en-
ployment in March was still below
the peak reached in the recovery
movement during the last half of
1898. At the same time, there were
1,008 900 more persons employed in
March this year than in March last
year.
The number of persons unem-
ployed naturally failed to show a
corresponding reduction because of
the increase in the supply of work
ers as the result of the gain in popu-
lation. However, the number of per-
sons unemployed declined from
l2044,000 in February to l1.793, 900
in March. There were 1000 fewer
persons unemployed in March this
year than in the corresponding
month last year, when the number
of unemployed was 12,472, ,000."
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Keystone Steel Buys
National Lock Co.
Special Dispatch to The Star

opeeiai bIspatcn 10 Inc Star.
PEORIA, Ill, May 23.-The Kew
stone Steel & Wire Co. has ACQUIRED
a controlling interest in the common
stock of the National Lock Co. of
Rockford, Ill, it was announced bv
w. H. Sommer, president of Key
stone.
The acquisition was made for
cash through settlement of litipa ton
which has been in process of ad-
ludication in the Federal and Cir
cult Courts Of Illinois for several
years.
The National Lock Co. manu-
factures a complete line of furni-
ture, cabinet, refrigerator and stove
trim hardware as we'll as a COM
piete line of screws and bolts-a
total of some 10000 different items
The company has total assets of
approximately 5000, 900 against
which there is outstanding a per
cent bond issue amounting 10
5000 and two preferred stock
issues totaling approximately ST.
o0o,0OO. Current annual sales VOL
ume is around $4,000, 600.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Continued From Page A-7)

'SblitAlluNn ottI axe a g.
some mysterious way a miracle
will occur-a miracle which our
only experience under modern
conditions has proved impossible?
Counsel Welcomed
BY Administration.
I keep saying, DO not lose
sight of the forest because of the
trees" Let us always distinguish
principles and objectives from
details and mechanics. You can
not expect this administration
to alter the principles and OBJ
JectlveS for which we have strug-
gled for more than six years.
But if you approve Of the pur-
poses that lie behind our policies,
but believe our operating meth
ods can be improved, then your
help and your counsel are well
come-doubly welcome in this
administration. That relates to
the details of taxation, details of
relief. the details of every admin
istrative branch in Washington
and in every State.
If l have spoken to YOU seri-
ouSly tonight. it is because I
believe that you, too, are think
ing OF the well-being of every
man. woman and child in our
country-that you 60 along with
me in every effort that I can
make for the preservation of
world peace and for the preserva-
ton of domestic peace-not
merely an armed peace that
foregoes war for the moment, but
a peace that comes from
knowledge. both abroad and at
home, that there will be no
further acts of aggression on the
part of nations. on the part of
groups or on the part of indi-
vlduals. You think, rightly. of
profits in your own business
so does every other American
so do I. But we are not ruled
by the thought of profits alone.
More and more we seek the max
ing of profits by processes that
will not destroy our fellow men
who are our neighbors.
That is one of the functions
OF your Government. 1t seeks
your cooperation in the extern
sion of that ideal. 1t is open to
your advice and your help-be-
cause it believes that its funda-
mental ideals and yours are Just
the same.
That is why I came to you,
not in the spirit of criticism. not
welding big stick. but come to
you with a simple plea for your
assistance as American citizens
in working out our common prob
lens with good will and with the
maintenance of the ideals of
peace.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Lockheed Issues First
Report to Employees
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star
BURBANK, Calf. May 23.-As
a further step in its employe-re
tions program, Lockheed Aircraft
Corp, has distributed its first an
nual report to the employees of the
company, it was announced today.
The report showed that Lock
heeds employees received wages and
salaries during 1888 totalling 81
100000. This was SO per cent in
crease over 1887, and represented
"A per cent of the company's entire
income for 1888.
Since the end of the year Lock-
heeds employment, the report
showed has continued to expand
and officials stated yesterday the
company now employs more than
1000 persons. 1t is estimated that
by the end of the summer Lock-
heed's pay roll will exceed 81 900 900
per month.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Rubber Auto Spring
Made by Goodrich
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 23.-Comple-
ton of experimental work on new
type Of automobile spring, combin-
ing the resiliency of rubber with the
strength of steel. was announced
today by S. B. Robertson, president
of the B. F. Goodrich Co, who in
dicated that the new rubber product
would be available for large scale
production in the near future.
Designed to replace the leaf or
coil spring now in common use, the
new Goodrich spring described by
Mr.. Robertson contains 8 pounds of
rubber and weighs only 10 pounds
assembled.
1t requires no fabrication and ELI
inmates rattles and squeaks. One
would be used for each wheel in the
same way conventional springs are
now used. A working model. he said.
has been installed in the companv's
building at the New York Worlds
Fair.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
u. 5. Probes Charges
OF Japanese Cotton
Cloth Dumping
Complaints Investigated
Both at New York
And at Toxic
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Treasury officials said today they
were investigating complaints that
Japan was dumping crude cotton
cloth in the United States at less
than fair market value.
They said the complaints, COM
ing from New York textile manu-
facturers. were under study both in
New York and in Japan.
1t is difficult. they added, to de-
termine the fair market value of
the cloth from a Japanese stand
point, because it apparently was
manufactured in Japan only for ex-
port purposes, and there was no
domestic Japanese price with which
the export price could be compared.
Officials said that if the ship
ments were found to violate anti
dumping provisions of the tariff law,
they would assess heavy penalties
against the merchandise.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
B. & 0. Loodings Show
Large Gain in Week
Special Dispatch to The Sta

Slecial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 23.-Baltimore
d Ohio carloadings for the week
ended May 20 totaled 40,826, in
cluding 28,450 cars loaded on line
and 1886 received from connec-
tlons. This was an increase of 5,517
cars over the corresponding period
of last year, when the total was
IS, ,309, comprising 21.625 cars loaded
on line and 1884 received from con-
nections.
Last weeks loadings also showed
an increase of 1875 cars loaded over
the previous week (the week ended
May 49,, which totaled 33,O31. con-
sisting of 21,002 cars loaded on line
and 12,029 received from connec-
tions.
For the week in the year 1880
corresponding with last week, total
loads were 66.6l5, of which 44262
cars were loaded on line and 1883
received from connections.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Baldwin Orders
Register Large
Gain in April
~ the Associated Press.

bS INC Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. May 23.-The
dollar value of April orders received
by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
and subsidiaries including the Mid
vale Co., amounted to S2,641,7 ,764.
compared with Sl,863 ,003 in April,
1898.
Bookings for the first four months
Of the year amounted to 4,27O, 1877.
compared with s1O,667 ,o80 in the
same period last year.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Bank Loans Register
Moderate Decline
During Week
Reserve Boord Finds
Total OFF $1,000, 900
In Mojor Cities
BY the Associa tied Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board said
commercial, industrial and agricul-
tural loans of leading banks de-
creased slightly last week.
The board reported that business
loans by banks In 10l leading cities
dropped s7,000,000 to $3845 900 900
in the week ended May IT. Similar
loans by the same banks had in
creased s11 900, 900 in the preceding
week.
The boards statement gave the
following summary of assets and la
bilities on May II. together with
changes for the week, and with the
same week last year, in millions Of
dollars.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Lead Production
Down Slightly
During April
By the Associated Press.

TfsSUCIpNcu
NEW YORK, May 23.-Total lead
production in the United States
during April was 80 $50 tons, COM
pared with 40.799 in the preceding
month, according to the American
Bureau of Metal Statistics.
This was the smallest months
output since last December. Domes-
tic shipments last month totaled
81 903 tons, compared with 40.s7l in
March. Stocks at the close of April
came to 123,3s4 tons, compared with
122,O35 at the beginning of the
period.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Check Volume Rises
Sharply During Week

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board reports
banks in 273 leading cities cashed
So, l60, 1853 900 worth of checks in
the week ended May II, compared
with s7,357 100000 in the preceding
week and s7,539 1873 900 in the cor
responding week last year.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Harvey Couch Named
President of K. G.. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tf1t ASS0Cltted Press.
NEW YORK. May 23.-Harvey c.
Couch, chairman of the board of
Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
today was elected president of the
road. Couch succeeded G. E. john
ston, who resigned at the end of
last year.
Evening star., 1939-05-23

Bankers Conference, Inc. which states they
do not necessarily reflect actual trans
actions or firm bids or offers but should
otherwise indicated, are as quoted by the
sponsors or issuers
'Asterisk indicates. Not quoted by spon-
sors or issuers,"
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Potomac Electric Power Sc pfd.-
5 at 1145s.
Potomac Electric Power 51a % pfd.-
10 at 113, 10 at 113.
Liberty National Bank-10 at 179.
Capital Traction 1st 5s-s1,O 900 at
93H4.
AFTER CALL.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 1879.
Capital Transit Coo at 147s.
Potomac Electric Power SD % pfd-
IS at 113.
Anacostia & Potomac 5s-S10,OO0 at
81, $4,000 at 81, SIS 900 at 81.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Member Banks Reduce
Security Holdings
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 23.-Govern-
ment security holdings of reporting
Federal Reserve. member banks in
lO1 cities dropped $71 10000 last
week, registering third decline in
the last four weeks.
Fully guaranteed Government
obligations were the only group to
increase, rising $21 900 900.
Holdings of Government bills.
notes and bonds all declined as did
other security investments.
Comparative figures follow Gin
Millions:
May II. Net change since
1889. Pr. wk. Yr ago
Government direct
obligations $500 $50 = S325
Fully guaranteed
Govt. obligations 2,031 y 81 = 6s7
Other securities 1928 - 80 = 400
Evening star., 1939-05-23

Symington-Gould Corp. -- April
quarter deficit was $20,724 against
deficit Of $246,070.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Investing Companies

NEW YORK May 90 LP-Investmer,
Bankers Conference Inc: II
Evening star., 1939-05-23
AFTER CALL.
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-14

ture appropriations can be definite
ly determined, the State employee
plan would require no money this
year, but there is no way of esti-
mating what the cost would be to the
State later on.
Many school teachers paramount
the retirement plan as the most inn
portant thing the legislature can do
for them; others put salary lestora-
ton as first. The teachers associa-
ton holds its annual convention in
Raleigh Thursday and Friday of this
week, and at that time some action
may be taken to further the legis-
lative program. Best guess on what
that action will be is that the teach
ers will re-adopt last years resolu-
ton asking for enactment Of the
whole legislative program of retire
ment, restoration, increments and
twelfth grade.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-14
Markers Bill Passes
House By 50 to 20
Continued From Page One)

II
had failed on a roll call vote that
turned into something of farce as
almost nobody voted for the killing
proposal made by Hertford's R. H.
; Underwood.
Opponents had their final scorn-
full fling at the thing through an
amendment sent forward by Wilbur
Darden, the Washington county man,
Or -rosing that the bill be not appli-
cable to ANY county east OF Ra-
leigh" ~
AS said to begin with, the measure
as enacted differed widely from the
one first proposed. The original
would have put on end to markers
in all elections, both primary and
general. Yesterdays amended pro-
,posal does not apply to general cleo
tons at all and sloosens up somewhat
for primaries.
AS originally proposed, what mark
ing is hereafter to be permitted
would be done only by members of
the immediate family of the voter,
these members being defined as par
ent or child, brother or sister.
AS it went through, it enables any
voter who has no such member of
his family present at the polls to call
on any registered voter to do his
marking, provided the marker so
chosen hasn't previously marked for
anyone else.
And by contrast to the handling
of the absentee bill on the floor of
the House, strategy and tactics of the
proponents were both Grade A, with
Wilson's Larry Moore delivering the
most telling blows through the wise
ly chosen means of motions to table
amendments, to call the previous
question on the bill and to suspend
the rules in order to get third read
ing done with.
When the measure was called,