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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
Folks Awakening to Fact
That Waste Must Be Paid For

We have witnessed waste in more
forms in the last few years than
ever happened in our nation or any
other. Folks throughout the coun-
try are awakening to the fact that
this waste has to be paid for, be-
cause taxes are beginning to sneak
up on them from the most unexpect-
ed directions. There will be more.
Of that, there can be no doubt.
Meanwhile, instead of slowing up
federal spending, we find AAA pay
ing 81 for a garden. There should
be something in the way of aid for
those who grow window boxes.
1t was only the other day that the
treasury released final figures on its
condition at the end of the fiscal
year, July /. Those figures showed
that the government had spent
Sc, 500, 100000 more in the last II
months than it had taken in by taxa
ton. Shortly, thereafter, a private
organization issued a statement
showing income and taxes of 1853
great corporations. Those figures
which were claimed to be official
revealed that only about half of
those corporations had made enough
money in the last year to meet
their tax bills. In some instances,
the taxes paid by those corporations
amounted to as much as three times
the income that was left to them
after they had paid their workers
and their overhead expenses.
Thus, it seems to me that when
our government is running so far
behind; when it is already taking
from its citizens as much or more
than they earn in taxes and when
more taxes are as certain as death
is to all of US, when these condi-
tons exist it is about time to take
stock and see where we are going
to end up. The future is not so
black but that we can see streaks of
light in it, and these problems can
be solved. They can be solved rath-
er simply, too, f-as in the case of
the vegetable gardens-we stop to
figure that government is going to
take several times 81 for every vege-
table garden brought under this new
scheme of cooperation"
Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
RELIEF:
'Ungratefup

Old WPA regulations provided un-
ion wages for skilled workmen, who
thus labored fewer hours for their
monthly pay than did unskilled re-
LETTERS. Example: Union carpenters
might work SO hours month and
pick up odd jobs on the side; COM
mon ditch-diggers might work 121
hours for the same money.
Said WPA Administrator F. C.
Harrington to congress: "It is my
recommendation that persons en-
ployed on r.. WPA be required to
work 100 hours a month and that
earnings of such persons be on a
monthly basis :"
Said congress: o. K.
Said more than 100000 reliefers,
going on strike: Congress must re-
store union wages.
Said President Roosevelt: "You
cannot strike against the govern
ment."
But strike they did. In Minneapo-
lis two lay dead after riots. Mayor
George E. Leach asked Washington
to "clean up the mess" and State
WPA Administrator Linus Glotzbach
shut down all Minneapolis projects.
President Roosevelt found himself
on spot with both A. F. of l.. and
c. l. o., who have helped elect both
him and his friends. But both con-
gress and the White House appar-
emily stuck to their guns despite
believing by John Lewis and Will
liam Green. Commented the Cincin-
natl Enquirer: "The American peo-
pie have great deal of patience
with the unfortunate and needy. But
they have little patience with the
ungrateful >. :"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
College Enrolment Rise
OF 22oo in Decade Found

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES depressed
business conditions, American col
lege and university attendance in
the last decade has shown a gain of
% per cent, Dr.. Raymond Walters,
president of the University of Gin
cinnati, reports in paper on "Re-
cent Trends in Student Enrollment"
prepared for the University of Chi
cago's Institute for Administrative
Officers of Higher Institutions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
Anstuers to PuzzLers

1. Twenty-Five miners were k.Aed in
a soft coal mine explosion there.
2. Larger crops will be corn e.
$40, 795 bushels. estimated, against To-
year-average of 2.309. STA, 900 bushels)
and tobacco u.654 Sc. 900 pounds, esti-
mated, against average of / $3.50, 400, 000.)
Wheat will be smaller. TIC. 655 900 BUSH
els against last years $50. 801 900
bushels.
tainship of the u. S. security agency
but continues his campaigning.
4. Father Divine bought Newport
mansion from Mrs. Angela c. Kauf.
man. socialite.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

WASHINGTON.-Soon after the
crop reporting board had forecast
2,570, 795, 600 corn crop for
this year, officials indicated that
they might have to move to invoke
strict marketing quota provisions of
the farm law in order to cope with
the surplus problem that is likely to
follow.
Such feed-grain crop, added to
a surplus of between 400, 900 900 and
450, 10000 bushels from previous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
How Women
i'm Their 4O'S
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for a woman during her
change usually from 3S to So, 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 If YOU
need good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for lComeH. 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 life WELL
WORTH TRYING!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

years, would pile up supply that
might require a farmer-referendum
on marketing quotas.
If quotas were approved by two
thirds of the corn-belt farmers vot-
ing in a referendum, producers
would be required to store their por-
ton of unneeded supplies or pay a
penalty tax.
A decision as to whether to hold
a referendum will not be made un-
til later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

Factors contributing to the main
tenance of college and university at
tendance from 1880 through 1888,
according to DR.. Walters, included
"the sheer circumstance of a lack
of jobs; financial help in the form
of more than $38, 600, 900 in typical
year given by the institutions them
selves to 100000 students as schol-
arships, grants-in-aid, loans, and
similar assistance, and Sic, 200, 900
the same year from the National
Youth administration to 10000 stu
dents, and the students own desires.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

To satisfy the pension vote, to pro-
vide weapons for next years Demo-
cratic campaign based on ''humani-
tarianism" and to soothe tax-eaten
businessmen, the senate passed
amendments to the social security
act which, if approved by the house,
would:
ID Broaden old age insurance to
include 100000 persons like seamen
and bank employees, and step up
the starting date from 1912 to 1910.
(2) Require states to supply $40
per month for each pension bene-
ficiary, the u. S. to match state
funds 2 to l up to total pension of
SIS per month; i.e., a total monthly
minimum of SIS for each benefi-
ciary.
90 Freeze the present l per cent
payroll tax against both employees
and employers until 1913, instead of
jumping to liz per cent next year.
Estimated saving to employers and
employees: $275, 900, 900 annually.
a. Permit downward revision in
payroll taxes to finance state unem-
ployment insurance. Estimated an
nual saving to employers: $50, 000,-
900.
Fly in the ointment was that the
plan actually boosted federal-state
cost while lowering taxes, a situa-
ton which on its face fails to add up.
Though new Contingency" social
security reserve of 5000, 900, 900 will
replace the old plan for an eventual
reserve of SAT ,OOO, OOO, 900, Michigan's
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg figured the
senate had added $3.50, 1000, 900 to the
cost (spread over Is years. without
providing any method of paying.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

l. Arrow points to Providence,
Ky. Why was it in the news?
2. OF the three crops, corn,
tobacco and wheat, which will be
larger and which smaller than
last year?
3. True or false: Paul v. Nc
Mutt has dropped his candidacy
for the 1910 Democratic Presiden-
tial nomination.
4. Choice: Father Divine, Har->
lem spiritualist leader (a) got
married; (b) refused to eat ham
sandwiches; (c) bought house
at exclusive Newport, r. l.; (d)
called on his Krum Elbow neigh
Dor, Franklin Roosevelt.
(Ans,oers at bottom Of column
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

ICONS. Then came the Squalus' bow
like whales snout, out of the wa
ter an instant, then down to her
24O-foot grave again to nullify all
that had been done. Next two days,
with falling barometers and heavy
seas around Portsmouth, N. H.,
Rear Adm. c. w. Cole and his divers
could only sit and wait, moaning
over the mess below.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
ASIA:
Exit Britain?

One hot day in Tokyo workers at
the British embassy heard storm
brewing outside. Soon a mob that
numbered $4,000 began throwing
stones and denouncing British in
PREVENTION in China" British i'm
perialism in Asia" and British sup
port of the murderer, Chang Kali
shek," who is Chinese generalissi-
mo. The day before two hand gre
nades had been thrown into the Brit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
Ersatz for Tobacco.

BERLIN.-In a decree regulating
the taxation of tobacco issued by
the Reichsminister of finances it is
revealed that Germans, to save on
imports, must smoke tobacco mixed
with dried singing nettles, lemon
skins, lavender, cherry leaves, salt
ed rose leaves, thyme, valerian
roots, woodruff and violets-root-pow-
der. Every package of cigarettes,
cigars or pipe tobacco must indi-
cate the kind and quantity of ersatz
material it contains,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
NAVY:
Heart Break

Fifty-two days after the subma-
rine Squalus carried 26 men to their
deaths, patient salvagers got their
giant chains around her leach link
Is inches long, 21z inches thick, rs
pounds heavy, pumped air into
stern and bow pontoons and raised
her from a 240-foot grave to 1856
feet. From there she was to be
lowed to shallow water, pontoons re-
adjusted and raised again. AS
planned, two top stern floats broke
the surface, indicating the Squalus
lay at even keel. While jubilant
salvagers sighed over a job well
done, water suddenly began churn-
ing around the submerged craft. Up
for moment burst two huge pom
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
Will Extend LoD as Far as
Language Can Be Stretched

OF course. as 1 said, the regula-
tons have not been issued and so
do not know what will constitute a
vegetable garden within the mean
ing of this act," as the official rules
will say. On this point, however,
think it can be said safely now
that the regulations will extend the
law just as far as human ingenuity
can stretch language. The idea will
be to embrace as many of the farm
ers as can be brought under the
newsstand rawest-of the schemes
for regimenting the farmers of the
nation. None will be overlooked,
except perhaps those like myself
whose farm consists of a backyard
some go feet deep wherein are
crowded flowers that love.
I guess that I will not get any
payment for planting trees, either.
But the real reason I resent this So
payment is that it represents a gil
gantic reduction in the price of
votes. I think those AAA men
haven't learned much about politics.
They've gone sissy. The new price
sounds like a fire sale. They ought
to know that no votes induced by
that price will stay put.
But to get serious about this thing,
this new atrocity that is being put
over in the name of farm aid, it
ought to be said that never in all
recorded history has there been any
such thing attempted before. That,
of course, is no answer. 1t is an
answer, however, to say that some
governmental policies, like the ac-
tons of some private persons, are
so utterly ludicrous that they hardly
warrant discussion. Further, we
ought to remind ourselves that in
this instance a government, sup
posed to serve all of the people, is
undertaking the course. To my
mind, the fact that government is
doing it makes it perfection on the
aSinine side.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
Clothed in Cold

A gold-plated silk fabric is de-
scribed in Industrial and En-
cheering Chemistry. A silk dress
is impregnated with a solution of
a gold salt, which is then de-
composed chemically, leaving a
coating of pure gold upon the fiber,
at a cost of about So per yard.
When the dress is worn out, the
gold can be recovered and used
again. The garment was recently
exhibited in England.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
There Are Two Ways
to Get at Constipation

Yes, and only two ways-betore
and after it hdppensi Instead Of
enduring those dull, tired, head
achy days and then hdDfng to
take an emergency medicine-why
not KEEP regular with Kellogg's
All-Bran? You can, If your con-
stipation Is the kind millions have
due to the lack of bulk" In
modern diets. For All-Bran goes
right to the cause Of this trouble
by supplying the bulk" you need.
Eat this toasted nutritious ce-
realevery day-with milk or cream,
or baked into muffins-drink
plenty Of water, and see If your
life isn't a whole lot brighterI
Made byKellogg's in Battle Greek
Sold by every grocer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

Here's a hooked scatter rug
made of yarn or rags in any size
you wish. Do the flowers in bright
odds and ends. Pattern 2207 con-
tains transfer pattern of motif
Is by 20A inches; directions for
doing hooking; color chart and
key.
Send Is cents in coins for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept, 80 Eighth Ave-,
New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad-
dress and pattern number plainly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
CONGRESS-:
Pensions

Many a Republican, and a few
Democratic legislators were elected
last November on the promise that
DR.. Francis E. Townsend's $200-a-
month pension plan-to be financed
by 2 per cent transaction tax
would get a hearing. Hearing it
got, but little else. Yet Townsend
ties are potent enough to cause plen-
ty of trouble in next years election.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
EUROPE:
Visitors to Paris

Mid-July found Europe in pre-dog
day doldrums. Adolf Hitler was re-
ported by the Chicago Tribune's Sig
rid Schultz as consulting the stars
to guide his decisions. Propaganda
Minister Joseph Goebbels fumed
over the anti-Nazi letter England's
Stephen King-Hall was writing in
wholesale lots to "dear German
readers" The Reich's toy industry
complained that an English-made
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES toy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
Sense of Honor

The sense of honor is of so fine
and delicate nature that it is
only to be met with in minds
which are naturally noble, or in
such as have been cultivated by
great examples, or a refined edu-
cation.-Addison.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

was outselling German-made toys in
the British isles.
Biggest news in Paris, however,
was Bastille day, 150th anniversary
of the French revolution. Hobnob-
bling on the reviewing stand with
President Albert Lebrun as 10000
troops filed by were Mrs. Sarah
Delano Roosevelt, mother of the U. S.
President, British War Secretary
Leslie Hore-Belisha and many an
other English notable.
Keynoted Premier Edouard Da-
Ladder: ''We menace no one. We
dream of no conquest. We desire
only peace among all people :"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
LOUISIANA:
Indictments

Out of its cell at Baton Rouge
walked parish grand jury to plump
down the markings of a scandal that
started with Louisiana State univer-
sity's President James Monroe
Smith, spread to include two of his
aides and finally caught in its net
DR.. Clarence A. Lorio who is presi-
dent of the Louisiana Medical So
ciety, state senator, member of
LSU's supervisory board and its
medical director, physician and sur
geon for the state penitentiary and
visiting physician for the tubercular
hospital. The % indictments hit:
DIR. Lorio, for allegedly receiving
stolen property and conspiring with
300-pound George Caldwell (ousted
LSU construction superintendent in
embezzling $249 in school building
materials.
Caldwell, on two counts alleging
embezzlement of LSU building ma
terials worth $2,097. He is already
under federal charges Of diverting
WPA materials for private use.
E. N. Jackson, LSU business man.
ager, charged with CaldwelD with
embezzling $480 in school materials,
and separately with receiving stolen
property.
DIR. Smith, charged on % counts,
IL of them with forgery, II with
altering minutes of the board of SUI
pervisors- so he could (1) borrow
$500,0O0 from three banks; (2) add
$500 'bonus" to his yearly SIS, 1000
salary; 60 allow Caldwell 2 per
cent commission on all WPA con-
struction at LSU.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Social Security Amendments
Pave Way for 1910 Elections
By Wooing Townsend Voters

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
Release dby Western Newsp ft
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27

sued yet so I cannot report to you
in advance what you will have to do
to get your So. The AAA may pos
sibly tell you that you have to grow
so many rows of radishes, so many
hills of beans of two or more types
maybe some pole beans if you have
planted trees under the reforestra-
ton program. Or they may tell you
to produce so many yards of spin
ach, and there must be carrots and
peas, because children must eat car
rots and peas. And potatoes! I want
to warn the AAA about potatoes.
Maine and Idaho voters may kick
about including potatoes in the list
of must vegetables. In the South,
there ought to be melons, for there
is nothing like a good ripe water
melon. Medical men advise squash
in the diet, along with rutabagas.
AS special favor to me, I am 60
ing to ask that onions be included
and planted alongside that row of
tom ato vines
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
By Deeds

By Deeds
An upright minister asks, what
recommends a man; a corrupt
minister, who.-C. c. Cotton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-27
COMPANIONS

They are never alone that are
accompanied with noble thoughts.
Evening star., 1939-03-12

with one hand we fed ourselves
apples and dry bread with the
otner.
In this crisis, we turned on our
auxiliary engine full force. The
engine Groom hatch had to be closed
because Of the weather, and the
fumes from the newly painted tanks
and bulkheads, escaping into the
main cabin, we're almost overpow-
ering.
Potter, our first mate and the
most experienced sailor aboard, in
struggling with the mainsail boom,
ruptured himself. We put him to
bed and watched anxiously to see
if rest would cure him. CRest,
at this point, was about as posi-
BILE as 1t would have been on q
roller coaster.
No Headway.
At o'clock on the second after
noon we caught sight Of light
house on the China coast. At 6
o'clock next morning the same
lighthouse was still in the same
place. We had not gained an inch.
Capt WEIGH decided to change
his course, head southeast, and try
to sail around the southern tip Of
Formosa instead of the northern.
With the wind now on our beam
we moved forward again, and on
the third day made another hum
dred miles, despite mountainous
seas and bowling winds.
In this rough weather we soon
Evening star., 1939-03-12

Tech, Cambridge, Mass, about
May q.
Dodson, It. Joseph E., detached
Naval Academy, to Mass. Inst. of
Tech, Cambridge, Mass, about
June TO-
Dorsett, 1t. John o. F., detached
Naval Academy. to Mass. Inst. of
Tech, Cambridge, Mass, about
June 10.
Gentner. It. William E.. jr.. de-
tached Naval Academy, to Calf.
Inst. of Tech, Pasadena, Calf,
about May 27.
Gregerson, It. Clarence E.. de-
tached U. S. S. Henderson, to Naval
Academy, about May q.
Baton, 1t. George A., detached
Naval Academy to California Insti-
tute of Technology, Pasadena, Calf,
about May 7.
OBeirne, 1t. Emmet, detached
Naval Academy to Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology, Cambridge,
Mass, about May 81.
Roth, 1t. Egbert A., detached
Naval Academy to u S. S. Childs, in
May.
Acker, 1t. q. g. Frank c., detached
U. S. S. S-37 to Naval Academy.
OBrien, 1t. q. g. Joseph E., de-
tached Naval Academy to U. S. S.
Morris, about May 27.
Pancake, 1t. q. g. Lee S., de-
tached Naval Academy to U. S. S.
Russell, about May 81.
Clement, 1t. q. g. James NJ, de-
tached U. S. S. S-28 to Naval Acad-
emy, about May Is.
Slayden, 1t. q. g. Alvin w, de-
tached U. S. S. Guyana to Naval
Academy, about June %.
Arthur, 1t. q. g. Lionel A., de-
tached Patrol Squadron to Naval
Academy in June.
Canon, 1t. q. g. Rush L., de-
tached U. S. s. Minneapolis to Naval
Academy about May %.
Evening star., 1939-03-12

to be. as we had labored hard to
make it, had turned into a fantasy
Of ship picture of a dream junk
from some ancient Chinese painting.
a poetry ship devoid of weight and
substance, gliding with bright -hued
sails across a silver ocean to a magic
land.
Heading Into a Storm.
This blissful dream-voyage, OBJ
vlously could not last. And we
were awakened from it by a blast
right between the eyes. At noon
on the second day, with incredible
suddenness, the sun departed, black
clouds raced overhead, the wind
swept down, the waves rose. We
were heading into a storm.
Pitching and rolling, our decks
aWash, we held to our course. And
junks we saw now were hidden,
half the time, behind the waves
One wave pitched us forward 50
violently that the radio aerial, atop
the mlzZen mast, was torn from
its lashings, leaving the wire to
thrash about in the wind.
In a bosun's chair Ben Flagg was
lifted aloft. Clinging to the gyrat-
ing mast he nailed the aerial in
place again.
Everything not fastened down be-
gan to be flung about the ship
Cook Sigh was having a frantic
time with his pots and pans. Pat
rick Kelly lay in his bunk, half
dead from seasickness. No cook
ing-no messboy. Selling the rail
Evening star., 1939-03-12

So we swung the tiller with
mighty swing, spun. the ship about
and set our course back to China.
Next time-in about another week
we plan to slip away as quietly
as possible, and head east, again
around the southern end of Formosa
and straight on to Midway.
When 1 send my ne.t dispatch,
from there, I hope it will contain
the story of few good storms, but
no report of further mishaps to
ship or crew.
Copyright, 1889 by Consolidated News
Features, Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-03-12

detached U. 8. S. Colorado, to navy
yard, Washington, about May Is.
Duncan, 1t. Comdr. Robert E. de-
tached U. S. S. Louisville, to Naval
Medical School, Washington, about
May IS.
Taylor, 1t. Ford N, jr., detached
Naval Academy to U. S. S. Enter
prise, in June.
Conrad, 1t. Robert D., detached
navy yard, Washington, to Mare Is
land, Calf.
Kennaday, 1t. John NJ. detached
Naval War College. Newport, R. l.,
to Army War College, in May or
June.
Oswald, 1t. Adolph H., detached
Naval War College. Newport, R. l.,
to Army War College, in May or
June.
Aver, 1t. John B., detached Naval
Academy to U. S. S. Cachalot, in
May.
Harmon, 1t. William L., detached
Naval Academy to U. S. S. Bagley
in May.
Willingham, 1t. S. David, de-
tached Naval Academy to U. S. S
Salt Lake City, in May.
Anderson, 1t. Charles Harper. jr.
detached Naval Gun Factory, Navy
Yard, Washington, to U. S. S. Utah.
in June.
Cummings, 1t. Damon M, de-
tached Naval Academy, to Cdr
Dest. Sqdn. 3, about May 20.
Boyd, 1t. Aston M, jr., detached
Naval Academy, to U. S. S. Hughes
about May 20.
Collins. 1t. Howard L., detached
Naval Academy, to U. s. S. Dorsey
about May 20.
Adkins, 1t. James A., detached
Naval Academy, to U. S. S. S-22, in
May.
Booth, 1t. Charles T., detached
Naval Academy, to Mass. Inst. OF