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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-17
Sports QUESTIONS swered

Have you a sports question you want answered? Write your ques- ton clearly, sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Man, Sports service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat. 1913 18th street, Wash- lngton, D. C., enclosing . 3-cent postage stamp for personal reply. Don't telephone: write as directed.
 e. What was the name of North western University's Negro back. field star in 1897? Did he play against Notre Dame?
 A. Bernard Jefferson. He was A star right half-back, and played in the game against Notre Dame, Mo- vember ?. which ended in a 2 to o victory for the Irish"
 e. What was the real name oi the boxerf known as Mysterious Billy Smith?
 A. His real name was Amos smith. and he was born May IS. 1871, at Eastport, Maine. Smith held the welterweight title from Decem- Der l4. 1892, to July 26, 1894. and again from August 26, 1893 to Jan uary IS, 1900. |,
 Q. How did Notre Dame score it's winning touchdown in the 1885 game against Ohio State?
 A The winning touchdown was the result of forward pass from Bill Shakespeare to Wayne Milner. and made the final score Notre Dame IS, Ohio Stae l3.
 c. How many home runs with the bases filled were made in the two major leagues during the 1888 sea- s0n2
 A. Thirty in the American league and seventeen in the National iaaaue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-17
CHAPTER IVY

''It's murder, all right" Captain Dawson of the homicide squad agreed with the coroner's deputy who knelt beside Arnold Benthorne's body. "shot through the forehead Death instantaneous. Absence oi powder burns eliminates suicide. His own gun was in the drawer, any way"
 The deputy nodded. MT. Ben- thorne evidently was expecting his visitor" -- he glanced upward at the lamp shade. still turned toward the door "but there's one puzzling thing, Captain Dawson. Benthorne's body is almost under the desk. The impact of the bullet should have knocked him backward, but he fell on his face"
 Someone might have turned him over" Dawson supplied
 T doubt that" the coroner con- tinued. Blood flowed directly from the wound to the carpet There was no trickle across the face and killers don't wipe of the faces of their victims. Ben- thorne was reaching for something when he was killed"
 "The gun?"
 "The revolver is in drawer to the right. If, seated in his chair Benthorne had jumped for the gun, his body would have fallen to the right AS 1t was, he fell to the left. He must have been reaching for left-hand drawer, and was completely off balance"
 There's nothing but check book, a diary, @ box of cigars and a few letters in that left drawer. The others are empty" Dawson interrupted.
 You've got all the pictures and everything you want now?" he went on. The deputy nodded Then take the body to the city inorgue. Hold 1t there until you hear from me. I don't want to talk to reporters until morning. Dawson turned to a detective, busy at the window. Any finger prirts?"
 "Not a one, or footprints either. That rain"
 But you do think someone came in that window?"
 I'm sure. sir. The sill has a mark that might have been made by rubber sole. The person who came through the window knew what he was doing. He wore gloves, wiped the sill off after he had climbed out, and was carfeul to walk lightly. What tracks he did leave were washed out by the rain, and you can't track him on the sidewalk
 Could that mark have been made earlier - before tonight - planted there to make us think someone did go out that windowp" Dawson shot at him.
 That's possible. Captain. but doubt If 1t would have been so heavy"
 The person who made it could have marked 1t heavily to be sure the rain didn't wash 1t of, couldn't he?" Dawson countered.
 The detective nodded. "Okay." Dawson went on. Let me have a full report as soon as possible. And send up the pictures. And have Dan Flynn come in here right away. He's with the pris-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-17
Captain Dawson Finds a Note
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS ARNOLD HAWTHORNE - Five persons wished him dead. HELEN HAWTHORNE - His charming young wife. WILLIAM ALsTON-Benthorne's father-in law and business as- soclate.
 JOEY DI TORIO - Night club owner and gangster. ARA JOHNSON = the mystery girl.
 JOHN DOUGLAS - A young mining engineer, in love with Ara.
 CAPTAIN DAWSON -- A detec- tive who likes to listen. Yesterday: A taxi stops in front M Benthorne's shortly before midnight. As Officer Flynn ques- ti0ns the driver and the two pas sengers, the young man slips away. The girl pushes Flynn from the cab and 1t speeds away. William Aston comes to see his daughter. Joey di TOri0 makes sure he has an alibi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
BY LEO CHOsA

In the 1888 Christmas edition of the
Ely Miner was printed letter, written
by Mr.. Nor of Minneapolis, bitterly
assailing the extension of short branch
road from the gutenberg highway
that would eliminate four-mile por-
tage for the residents and settlers in
the vicinity of Eastwood lake.
The letter was not only cleverly
written, but contained much that was
quite commendable.
We do not question the gentleman's
sincereity in adG;ng his name and
talents to a somewhat diminishing list
of articulate Modern Sir Galahads-
defenders of the virgin forest" On the
contrary, it is to be regretted that such
a valuable contribution to the cause OF
conservation, due to some discrepancies
and vital omissions, should be so I'M
worthy of public attention.
Believing Mr.. Mor's honesty of pur-
pose, it is only in the interest of JUS
tice and fair play that we contribute a
few suggestions and facts, in addition to
his letter.
Do you not think, Sir, that your letter
would have been far more valuable, and
in the interest of conservation, if you
had brought out the Eastwood lake area
as horrible example" of what lumber
companies can do to destroy wilderness
beauty, beyond repair? Perhaps you
didn't know that this area, you would
so zealously guard, was stripped and de-
vaStated years ago by ruthless lumber
companies. Two subsequent forest fires
left it barren and valueleSS to present
day numbering interests, so it is used as
a smoke screen called primitive area
land we quote the U. S. Forest Service)
untouched by the complexities OF
modern civilization" (and We SuppoSe)
for the edification of poSterity. Truly
a valuable lesson, if properly applied
Strangely Mr.. Nor forgot to mention
the one hundred and twenty miles OF
exclusive logging railroad traversing the
entire length of and through the only
remaining tinbered sections in the Su-
perior National Forest. That logging
railroad was built with the consent, ap-
proval and (here one is tempted to say
appleSauce) applause of the Forest Ser
vice in the interest of (Shall we say)
-posterity?
Mr.. Nor also failed to mention the
existence of several hundred miles of
truck and auto roads emanating from
the North Shore highway into the heart
of our National Forest. Those roads are
proving very convenient in the operation
of several large fleets of trucks, en-
gagged at the present time, by lumber
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
ELY CITED AS
HONOR CITY
Community to Receive Special
Recognition at Presentation
of Awards, April IL.

In addition to the presentation of
plaques to cities and counties which
are winners in the 1888 traffic safety
contest of the Minnesota Safety Coun-
Gil, this city, which had no traffic
| fatalities last year, will receive special
recognition at the award presentation
| dinner
The dinner will be April II in the
Hotel st. Paul, st. Paul The fourth
annual Northwest Accident conference
of the st. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer
Press will be the same day, previous
to the dinner.
Representatives of this city will be
seated in special section of the ban
quet hall. The safety record will be
called to the attention of the large
audience.
Winners Of the contest are Mime
apolis, Austin, Chisholm and Grand
Rapids and Polk, Sibley and Kanabec
counties, which will be awarded bronze
plaques by Governor Stassen at the
dinner. Honorable mention certificates
will be given TO st. Paul, Winona, Hib-
bling, Eveleth, Fergus Falls, Two Har-
bors and st. Peter and Pine, Rock,
MOBILES and Red Lake counties.
Winners are selected on a basis of
their traffic death rates per 100000
population and public safety activities
Although this city had no traffic deaths
last year, the winner in its population
group either had lower rate because
of higher population or much greater
safety activity.
Two men with national regulations in
their fields of business will be among
speakers at the dinner and conference.
Ray Murphy of New York City, assist
ant general manager of the association
of Casualty and Surety Executives, and
former national commander of the
American Legion will speak at the
dinner. S. H. McCrory of Washington,
/ D. c., chief of the bureau of agricul-
tural engineering of the United States
department of agriculture, will talk at
the conference, which will draw dele
gates from six states and two Canadian
provinces.
This city had no traffic deaths last
year.
A. v. Rohweder, Duluth president of
the Minnesota Safety Council, is gen.
eral chairman of the two meetings
and Homer B. Thomas, general man
ager of the st. Paul Automobile club,
executive chairman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
RassUoodite Visions Wilderness TraueIer-
Trading Canoe for Camel

companies, in the work of devastation
Logging at the rate of from IS to so
thousand acres per year depending on
the density of the forest) giant lumber
corporations and their stooges, will, in
less than fifteen years, throw back into
the face of the public, stripped and
deSolate Superior National Forest, that
was, not so long ago, rightly called
'our last great Wilderness" or was it,
ironically "the last of our great
wilderness"
The oldtime lumber and logging COM
panies, with comparative primitive and
antiquated equipment, denuded three
million acres of our forests in twenty
years. How long is it going to take a
modern numbering corporation, with the
latest types of equipment in tractors,
trucks and expert government directed
efficiency, to erase the last trace of
forest from the remaining one million
acres? 1t isn't hard to visualize a
camel-caravan in a deSert-like waste
land. When will our canoe-riding Sir
GalahadS start learning to gracefully
sit on a camel?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
Traffic Safety Banquet Arranged

Douglas Nankervis, chairman of the
Ely Safety Council, has received letter
from G. H. Zealand, state executive
secretary, stating that ely did just as
well in the matter of traffic accident
deaths in 1888 as did the city in the
same group to which first honors went
Neither had any. The only difference
is that the winning city, having a
higher population, had a lower per
capita rate"
A statewide safety conference and
annual safety dinner will be held on
April IL at st. Paul at which traffic
safety awards will be presented by Gov
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
Plenty to Eat, Drink,
Said 1919 Sale Bill.

Tracy-A facsimile of an 1849 auction
bill, that of southern farmer who was
selling out and leaving for the Oregon
territory by OK team, is owned by Otto
Holm of Tracy. Besides two milk cows
and colt the farmer listed for sale a
sixty gallon soap kettle, 85 sugar
troughs, 10 gallons of maple syrup, two
spinning wheels, 30 pounds of mutton,
a barrel of whiskey, seven years old, 40
gallon copper still, six fox hounds and
six negroes, all to be sold to one party.
Terms of the sale were as follows: Cash
on hand or note to draw 10 per cent
interest with Bob Smith as security.
My place IS two miles south of Vernon
Kentucky. Sale will begin at a. m.
Plenty to eat and drink"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

ernor Harold E. StaSSen.
Tribute will also be paid to 16 Min
neSota cities of over 5000 population
and to two counties, Lake of the Woods
and Roseau, which, although not win
ming awards, suffered no traffic fatality
during 1888. This group includes Ely.
M. j. Hoffman, state highway COM
missioner will introduce the winners
of 1888 safety awards. Eldon Rowe, new
chief of the state highway patrol, will
also take an active part in the con-
ference and dinner
Nationally known speakers for the
banquet will include Ray Murphy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
COW Eats Nails;
Couldn't Take EN-.

Sleepy Eye-SylveSter Krzmarzick
learned recently why one of his cows
had been ailing for the past few days.
Noticing that the critter seemed in
pain for some time, he decided to put
her out of her misery. After he had
killed her he conducted post-mortem
and found two nails in the animals
stomach. Since he takes the utmost
care in feeding his stock, the owner was
at a loss to know where the COW
picked up the foreign objects.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

former national commander of the
American Legion, now general manager
of the Association of Casualty and
Surety Executives in New York City;
S. H. McCrory, chief of the bureau
of agricultural engineering of the q. s.
department of agriculture, and w. H.
Cameron of Chicago, managing director
of the National Safety Council.
Chief Nankervis states that in all
probability delegates will be chosen
from this city to attend the conference
and to occupy the honored seat at the
banquet table.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
Drunk Doesn't
Mind SnOlUplOU.

Winona-A Snowplow manned by two
city employees bucked along a Winona
street recently, rolling off great slices
of drift from it's blade. "Hey!" shouted
the driver. THAT looks like a hand
sticking out of the drift" It was a
hand and just under it, face. Further
digging revealed an intoxicated man.
Fortunately, the big steel blade missed
him. He finished his nap in Jail and
was none the worse for the experience.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
Beer FLOlUs Freely
As Truck Upsets

Preston-A lot of dry whistles got a
good soaking one afternoon recently
when a brewing company truck upset
while negotiating a hill near town,
spilling its heavy cargo of cases and
kegs every which way. The word that
free beer was available spread like Wild
fire and a large crowd gathered to
assist the truck driver (after a couple
rounds of beer) in reloading the truck
with the unbroken kegs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

First Settlement at Rio de Janeiro
The first settlement at Rio de
Janeiro was made by the French in
1855.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
AMERICAS new LUXURY Liner
THE 1889 DODGE!

Radically new and different in appearance,
the thrilling new 1899 Dodge Luxury Liner
offers many new ideas to make riding and
driving a greater joy than everi Come In
today-see for yourself its striking new
beautyI.. Its new interior roominess.. Its
many new engineering achievements.
See the new easy way to shift gears with
a perfected handy control near the steering
wheel!... New completely concealed luggage
compartment actually 27To larger than the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
SPECTACULAR new 1889 PLYMOU

Brilliant new 1899 Plymouth "Roadking"
and ode Luxe" models now on display!
Lavish new luxury. :. longer wheelbase...
New High Torque engine performance.
Perfected Remote Control Shifting. New
Auto Mesh Transmission. New Amola
Steel coil springs. New True Steady
steering. -. Safety Signal" speedometerl
See these new Plymouths today
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
new 1899 DODGE TRUCKS!

Complete line of sturdy struck built" n,
u, /, ~, 2 and 3-ton Dodge trucks-priced
with the lowest. Produced in the giant
new Dodge truck plant, these new trucks
are built to cost less to own and operate.
Dozens of important new features. De-
pendable, economical, six-cylinder en-
gines. Cabs, bodies, and all sheet metal,
rust -proofed. New "Amola" Steel means
Ionper life for snrinps and axIes Come
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

What piece of news, news of peace
IS to residents of Spain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30
PETE'S GARAGE
CELEBRATES new APPOINTMENT!
HOLDS "OPEN HOUSE"
5NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE

w E A r E
now handling
Dodge and
Ply m o u t h
c a r 8 a n d
Dodge trucks!
To celebrate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

old trunk style" compartmentl.. -. New
safety Light" Speedometerl.. .. New in
naturalization front wheel springing with
coil springs made of tough Amola Steel,
levels out the road!... New wider wind
shield with 23Sc more safety glass areal
All this-and more-plus wider, roomier
body and many new refnements that you
must see to appreciated And best of all
this bigger, finer Dodge is offered at new
lower pricel Come in todayl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

Some of the dry counties of the state
want to do away with three point two
beer parlors, but it won't do any good.
You can exile beer parlors but you can't
cancel thirstS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

With so many forms of taxes due, the
average citizen has great many uses
for money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

our new appointment we are holding
open House" and you are invited!
Come in and see and drive the new
1899 Dodge Luxury Liner and the new
1899 Plymouth!
Everywhere people will be talking
about these brilliant new Dodge and
Plymouth cars. And now you are in
vited to see and drive them!
Be among the first to see Americas
new Luxury Liner-thenew 1899 Dodgel
See for yourself its thrilling new wind
streamed beauty. Its many new engi-
neering advancements that mean greater
riding comfort, greater driving ease,
greater safety, amazing economy of oper-
ationl New Naturalization front wheel
springing!. :. new headlamps recessed in
front tenders for safer night driving!...
new easy way to shift gears with per-
fected handy control near the steering
wheell.. new completely concealed 27%
larger luggage compartment!...and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

1t IS pretty certain that all of the
radical lads on the Minnesota payroll
will be aimed for the exit by Governor
Stassen. If there is anything that hi
dislikes more than a Communist is &
flock of them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-30

Tune in on the Major
Bowes Original Amateur
Hour, Coiumbia Network,
every Thursday, 9 to
10 p. M, E. S. T.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
New York Produce

NEW YORK. June !" cP.-Eges. 81 ,444;
steady. Mixed colors, fancy TO extra
fancy. 1Sit-2l, standards, Ia, firsts,
diTt.es d. SECONDS So 5l5,. mediums I44.
storage packed frSts. l654
Whites: Resale of premium marks, % 3
ma Nes59y snd exshaHss FpecpS
exchange standards. i 3, Resale of nearby
heavier mediums. l6a4 4-20i4 Nearby and
Midwestern exchange mediums, 1914.
Nearby and MdweStern, exchange specials.
90: exchange standards, Is. Nearby, me-
nmi paSho Goast yhitesmJgm6o snSo}a1o and PIE
standards. 25l4-,,,4 mediums @3-.!5ls.
Pnfsr Pnek egg Nearby, S-n l35I cI,n,srv n,on
"a frsts ,sS-9l', :2',l4-3;}'.; seconds (S4-
cheese @64'$al; firm. State, whole milk
hatts. held 1888, l0'1-l9; current makes,
Flour steady; spring patents. 5.47-75:
soft winter straightS. 5.25-5Ui hard winter
straightS, 5l0-3O.
Rye. spot strong: No. > American 70 b.
New York 717s; No. Western cI.f New
Barley easy; No. domestic elf. New
BucRwheat steady: exports 1o5.
Pork steady; export. mess, 90 S.la; FAM
Lard steady: Middlewest. 60
Tallow steady; special loose, 5i4; extra
Greases steady; yellow and hotse. >
$500, No. 3. 1901 800; feeding. 1000
straw steady: No. rye 81 oO-e2 90
~ seaas IsSoS Steady; maTroW aifs 90 pea 31o'
Hops steady: Pacific Coast, 1883, 90
81: 1937s, 1920 nomina..
Evening star., 1939-06-12
200 Bankers Gather
For Conference
Al Charlottesville
Washington Officials
Will Attend Meeting
Of Virginia Group
By the Associated Press

BY inc Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, June
12.-More than 200 bankers gathered
here today for the second annual
five-day Virginia Bankers Confer
ence at the University of Virginia.
The bankers were welcomed at a
breakfast meeting this morning by
DR.. Ivy F. Lewis. dean of the uni
versity.
Among those registered to attend
the conference were Milton Nor
gan, Virginia banking commissioner
and the entire force of l3 State
examiners. Six examiners from the
Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond,
four from the Treasury Department
IN Washington and five from the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
were signed up.
Visiting speakers include Henry
G. Weaver, General Motors director
OF customers research; Prof. j.
Franklin Ebersole of Harvard Busi-
ness School, and DR.. Arthur W.
Marget, University of Minnesota
economics professor.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Demands for Copper
Broaden During Week
By the Associated Press.

BY Ine Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Substan-
tial orders kept the domestic copper
market busy last week.
Demand for the red metal was
broader than in previous buying
furries, coming from all types of
copper and brass mills. Some trade
observers estimated June sales will
be the best of the year if the current
buying keeps up.
Prices held firm at 10 cents a
pound with the exception of Phelps
Dodge, who still listed 1912 cents
and most quarters agreed there was
little chance of a,price recession for
the present at least.
Buyers of export copper displayed
little reluctance when the price
got up to 1925 cents and the high
level was not maintained Sales
late in the week were made at 1O.14
cents.
Lead producers again had to dig
into reserves to supply demand. An
alysts said the statistical position of
| the lead industry was quite favor
able and with any encouragement
from abroad prices could easily move
ahead. Quotations, meanwhile, were
unchanged at ATS cents pound.
| Zinc moved at a routine clip and
| the price held firm at 450 cents
East st. Louis.
Steel ingot production moved up
another notch, a reflection of rolling
OF orders at low prices in flat rolled
products, as well as increased rail
and structural steel requirements.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Foreign Exchange
reported by Smith. Barne

NEW YORK. June u pa fresh drop
in the Netherlands suilder kept the foreign
exchange market uneasy today
For several weeks the guilder usually
among the most volatile of European cur
rencies has maintained downward course
in relation to the dollar, with, only few
sporadic rallies checking the decline. To-
days selling added another .06 of a cent
to these losses
The pound sterling and French franc
edged higher the Swiss franc was un-
changed and the belga drifted lower.
Late rates follow:
Great Britain in dollars. others in cents
Great Britain, 4.6S3s: 60-day bills.
45;s5!s; Canada: Montreal in New York,
5oolsA; 20 ~ BeIsipm. I7;O2h; Denmark
many, 40.12: benevolent, 20.25; travel.
223;Ss5: Greece, $50; Hungary. 1870; Italy
Poland, 1885; Portugal APT: Rumana
y; Sweden, 2412; switzerland, 22;55
free), 1890 Brazil (oficiaD. sos; Brazil
Cfree) -5.35; Mexico. 20.15: Japan. 27.33
Hong Kong, 1900; Shanghai, 1880; Yugo-
slavia. go.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated