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der for his live stock. The cattle,
in turn, supply butter and cheese,
distributed throughout northern Eu-
ropean countries largely by coop
erative societies.
Women Outnumber Men.
Like England and other countries
that suffered heavily from the World
war, Finland has more women than
men. Having had the privilege of
voting since 1906, the women have
assumed the responsibility of work
which men do in other countries
hod-carrying, brick=laying, lumber
jacking, street-car-conductoring.
Finland's men have been particu-
larry outstanding in athletics, giving
their nation pre-eminence in sports
like that of ancient Greece. Three
of the world records set by the Fly
ing Finn, Paavo Nurmi-''one of the
fastest things on feet'-are still un,
broken.
North of the glacier-carved lakes
and deep forests stretches Finland S
Arctic, where the midnight sun for
six weeks makes summer hotter
than it is 600 miles south in the cap
ital city, Helsinki. The small Pet
samo stretch of Arctic seacoast,
thanks to the Gulf Stream, is ice
free, and of great potential value
for shipping in case of Baltic sea
hazards due to ice or hostilities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Banana Exports
Build New Port
For Costa Rica
United States Receives
Eighty Per Cent of
Total Production.

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Washington, D. C.-WNU Service.
Bananas are largely re-
sponsible for the fifteen-nil-
ion-dollar harbor development
project on Costa Rica's Pacific
coast, about sixty miles south
of Puntarenas, western termi-
nus of the trans-Costa-Rican
railroad.
Last year nearly 100000 stems
or 'stalks" of bananas were shipped
from Costa RIGA alone, 80 per cent
of the country's production coming
to the United States. Of the total
Costa Rican export, 1,151 ,569 stems
were, from the Pacific region and
3,803, 122 from Limon, now the prin-
cipal port and the Caribbean coast
terminus of the Costa RIGA rail-
road. Blight and soil exhaustion
have caused the abandonment of
many of the large banana planta-
tons in the Atlantic region, and the
rapid development of the Pacific
coast plantations is responsible for
the additional harbor development.
There has been a gradual decline
in Costa Rica's export of bananas.
Last years total of 1854 ,691 was
only a little over half that of 1926.
Also, the importation of cocoa beans
into the United States last year was
less than half the 10000, 900 pounds
of 1887. On the other hand, the i'm
portation of Costa Rican coffee by
the United States has almost dou-
bled in the past three years, show
ing total for last year of nearly
100000 pounds, though England
still is the principal consumer.
Coffee moved from Cuba to Costa
RIGA and rapidly became the prin-
cipal crop, understanding within 80
years the banana which had been
introduced into the New world early
in the colonial period. Bananas long
covered a region about twice the
area of Rhode Island in the Atlantic
region, but cocoa and other prod
ucts now are supplanting them.
Costa RIGA still has vast wealth
in virgin soil, and there are thou
sands of square miles of public land
which have never been touched;
land covered with rosewood, cedar,
mahogany and other cabinet wood of
great value. Much of this land can
be made available for banana cul-
ture.
The United States last year i'm
ported total of Sc, PAP, 877 stems of
bananas, or almost a half stem for
every man, woman and child. This
banana importation was valued at
S28, 1877 ,581. The Latin-American
countries supplied about SO per cent.
Mexico supplied more than a fourth
of the total, one-sixth came from
Honduras and almost an equal
amount from Guatemala. Other
sources were Panama, Cuba, Colon
bia, Nicaragua, Haiti, Ecuador and
Jamaica.
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Williams, two 1899 rockies, are the
main challengers for next years
laurelS.
Byron Nelson's two-way victory in
the National Open and the Western
Open rates as one of the years
best performances, as was Dick
Metz's powerful stroking to win the
st. Paul Open. Either Byron Mel
son or Ralph Guldahl are expected
to win the United States Open in
1910. Guldahl is back in excellent
physical shape. Last year his
health was none too good.
AS for teams, the Yankees left
little or nothing to be desired. They
had little to fear from American
league teams, and won the series in
four straight. Though the question
is open to debate, many baseball
enthusiasts hail them as the great
est team of all time.
Tony Galento's fattening of Joe
Louis for short count might well
come under the head of comedy.
Roly-poly Tony was considered
nothing more than a clown. He
amazed the fisticuff world by really
jolting the champ, and then further
disrupted affairs by whipping deci-
sively Lou Nova, most promising
of the immediate heavyweight hope
f,lls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

KYOSTI KALLIO, president of
the republic of Finland, ,oas elected
in 1887 to serue six-year term.
Faced tOith the problem of Soviet
Russia's "poUer politics" the pres
ident directed his country in a pro-
gram Of preparedness for ''euentu-
aHties."
tional demand for timber, and a
smaller quantity of the birch which
makes Finland's superior plywood.
With its intricate network of lakes
and waterways to float logs to the
coast, and sawmilling as leading
industry, Finland can lead all Eu-
rope in the export of sawn timber.
More than four-ffths of Finland's
exports comes from the forests, as
lumber, woodpulp, cellulose, paper,
plywood, or wood manufactures;
such as matches, spools, skis, and
airplane propellers. Forest conserva-
ton insures that man shall not cut
more timber than years growth
can replace.
The Ice age has left still fresh
footprints in its northward retreat
across Finland: lakes, $4,000 of
them. They occupy almost tenth
of the area within the country's
boundaries. On the southern border
between Finland and the Soviet I'm
ion stretches broad Ladoga, the
largest lake in Europe. Even inland
Firms are sailors, skillful in the ham
ding of river boats like giant canoes,
yard wide and 40 to As feet long.
The farmer, as a rule, is for
ester and a fisherman as well, with
woods around his land except where
water gives him a broader blue no.
rizon. The forest-farmer is typical
of Suomi, where more than three
fourths of the people are rural and
only five cities have more than 3d.
900 inhabitants. Less than a tenth
of the land is cultivated, but it yields
the thrifty Finn a sufficiency of
rye and potatoes, with enough fod-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

One mans outstanding football
performer is another mans dud. But
Nile Kinnick, University of Iowa
halfback, gets the call in most books.
Kinnick was awarded the 1889 Heis-
man Memorial trophy, given each
year by the New York Downtown
Athletic club to the nations out
standing college football player.
The selection was made from the
votes of sports writer's and sports
brOadcasters throughout the United
States. Tom Harmon of Michigan
was second. Paul Christman of Mis-
souri, third and George Cafego of
Tennessee fourth.
DR.. Eddie Anderson of Iowa, Kin
hicks coach, did a topnotch job.
Preseason dope gave Iowa a Sec
ond division rating. Remember how
the Hawkeyes defeated Notre Dame
and Minnesota? A tie with North
western kept them from sharing the
Big Ten conference title with Ohio
State.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
European Republic Plays
Important Interna-
tional Role.
Prepared by National Geographic Society,
Washington, D. C.-WNU Service.

Prepared by National Geographic Society,
Washington, D. C.-WNU Service.
Finland Suomi to Finns) is
represented in the American
melting pot of races by 100000
native-born Films or residents
of Finnish ancestry. 1t is bet
ter-known, however, for the
prompt payments on its debts.
The loan from the United States
was not truly a war debt, since Fin
land during the World war did not
exist as nation that could incur
debts; it was still a part of the
crumbling Russian empire. The
money was borrowed to establish
the new Finnish national regime set
up in 1918, after successful revo-
luton.
Though one of Europe's dwindling
family of war-baby nations, Finland
is not small. With the dismember-
ment of Poland, the republic takes
its place as the sixth largest coun-
try on the continent. It is two
thirds the size of France, three
times the size of England. It would
rank next to California and Texas
in the United States. Throughout
Finland's $4,000 square miles, how
ever, the Films are scattered with
semi-pioneer spacing. In no district
does the population density exceed
one-sixth of that for ENGLAND and
the country's average is only twen-
ty-ffth of England's average. One of
Finland's big businesses is shipping
dairy products from uncrowded
meadows to feed England.
'N0rthernmost' Nation.
Finland is the worlds farthest
north nation. It lies within the lati-
tudes of Greenland, which is
sheathed in ice. But Finland is COW
cred instead with forests, principal
ly the pine and spruce in interna-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

The Importance of the demand for
a redistribution of colonies as an
issue in the present war-or any
future warts greatly exaggerated,
according to Melvin M. Knight, pro-
fessor of economics at the Univer-
Sity of California.
Colonies are particularly unim-
pressive as sources of industrial
raw Materials" he declared in one
of series of lectures organized by
the university on the fundamental
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Practical Pinafore
That Will Stay Put

THIS pinafore apron (1876) will
= be a great favorite with every
body in the sewing circle-it's the
most useful kind you can havel
1t goes on in a jiffy-not even a
sash to tie! 1t covers both the
top and the skirt of your dress
thoroughly. 1t won't slip off the
shoulders. 1t has two capacious
patch pockets that you will find
mighty handy.
Buttons and bright piping give
it a gay touch; it's prettily small
at the waist and fared at the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

not have at its disposal the produce
of economically autonomous units
like India, save on the ordinary
terms of negotiations and payment.
Knight said that the colonies, pro-
tectorates and mandates of the Unit
ed Kingdom covered but one twenty
fourth of the earth's surface.
Sin fact" he said, "the colonies,
protectorates and mandates of all
the nations put together add up to
less than one-fourth of the worlds
land surface, and to descending frac-
tons of the population and output"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

YankS, and Ted
Williams of the Bos-
ton Red Sox were
outstanding choices
for baseball player
of the year. Di-
Maggie and Feller
finished in front.
DiMaggio is classed
with the all-tine
greats, and Teller,
only 20 years old,
managed to win "a
games for Cleve-
land. Keller and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
-Speaking of Sports
Champs Pass in
Review as 1889
Draws to Close
BY ROBERT McSHANE

COMEDY, tragedy and pathos-
~ sometimes a combination of all
three--are written in the nations
sports records for the past IL
months. AS the old year wanes
the sports fan glances back over
performances of individuals and
teams for outstanding achieve
ments. Some of those performances
are great, some are funny, and
few are pathetic.
In heavyweight boxing it's SIM
pie thing to name the greatest per-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

The nations four best girl cooks honored for their culinary
Stock Winners
Farmont Mimi; OrrLyda Brown Is, Eugene,
Mourie, Betty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

skirt. Best of all, it's so easy to
make that you can turn it out in
few hours. Send for the pat
tern today, and make half a dozen
aprons like this, so that you'll al
ways have one ready to put on,
fresh and clean. It's nice for gifts
and club or church sales, too.
Make it of gingham, percale,
chintz or linen, in cheerful prints
or plain colors.
No. 1876 is designed for sizes
80, "a, SO, 38, 40, AZ, and A. Size
"a requires 2as yards of 35-inch
material; 2 yards bias binding to
trim.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1924,
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of pattern, Is cents lin
coins).
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Diamond Tragedy

Under the head OF pure tragedy
comes Ernie Lombardi's amazing
antic during the World series. Err
ME, Cincinnati Reds backstOp, con-
Quoted a phenomenal one-man sit
down strike while the Yanks scored
the three winning runs in the last
game of the series. 1t was by far
the most unusual performance in the
annals of 1889 sports history.
Top performances for women
must include Alice Marbles rise
to her position as queen of the ten
mis- courts. She met and disposed
of good opposition to reach her pres
ent status. Then, too, there's the
record made by Betty Jameson of
Texas, who replaced Patty Berg as
National Amateur golf champion.
Elizabeth Hicks deserves an orchid
for her play in winning the Wom-
ems Western derby.
There were plenty of disappoint-
ments during the past So weeks.
One of them was the Reds failure
to win at least one series game,
even though Derringer and Walters
turned in great performances. An
other was Lou Nova's collapse as
a heavyweight threat. The Chicago
Cubs were a disappointment when
they failed to finish stronger after
winning the pennant the previous
year. Michigan football failed to
live up to expectation after a
great start. To many football fol-
lowers the showing made by Mime
sofas strong team was a disappoint-
ment.
Sports, in general, have been more
prosperous than they were a year
ago. Increase of interest in all
events has been marked. Which is
good sign for 1910. and for Amer
lea, the greatest sports nation in
the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

relation of world resources to peace
and war.
''It is careless assumption to
regard every detached part of So
called colonial empire, as being a
colony"
He cited several examples of what
he termed misnamed colonies.
Independent associates like Cam
ada and Australia should not be in
Guided as colonies" he argued.
Likewise the United Kingdom does
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former. Who else
can compare with
Champion JoeLouis,
the Brown Bomb
er? He has punched
his way through all
opposition to be-
come one of the
"ightingest" kings
in the history of
boxing. Many ring
followers consider
him the greatest
heavyweight of all
time.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Frederick High First
To Make Entries in
Big Track Meet

Frederick High School, which will
seek laurels in the 70-yard dash and
the half-mile relay race for county
high schools, had the honor of being
the first school to make official en-
tries in the University of Maryland
5th Regiment invitation games to
be held in the big Baltimore armory
on March IL.
Frederick, which is coached by
Warren Evans, foymer track lumi-
nary at the University of Maryland
will have five boys in competition.
They are Robert Davis, Robert
Rotheonheffer. John Motter, James
McCombe and Hayes Kline, all of
whom will compete in the inter-
scholastic 70-yard dash and four of
whom will make up the Frederick
relay quartet for the State title race
Louis Napoh of Roosevelt High
won the 70-yard dash last year in
0:078 and has announced his inten-
ton OF being on hand to defend his
honors. Kenwood High took the
half-mile relay with Catonsville
second and Hyattsville third.
Coach Evans of Frederick was the
Southern Conference quarter mile
champion while at Maryland and in
1885 was anchor man on the Terp
mile relay team that set loop req
ord OF 3:18.7 that still stands.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
ST. Johns Goal Near
Finish Brings Win
Over Bethesda

st. Johns famed "one-point won-
ders" have another close victory to
their credit today, bringing their
record for the season to IA victories
in Is starts, many of them by very
narrow margins.
"A good team always wins the
close Ones" says Coach Gene Au-
gusterfer, and the Johnnies backed
this policy by scoring in the last
minute yesterday to nose out Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase, 1926, at the
st. Johns gym, repeating previous
victory this season when they like
wise won by 2 points.
Trailing at the half, 1914, st.
Johns battled on even terms dur
ing the entire game until with IS
second to go the count was knotted
at 26-all. Frank Cady dropped in
a looper for the only 2 points he
made to give st. Johns its victory.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Brothers Are Rivals
In Miami-Nassau
Sailing Event
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 14-A dozen
trim racing yachts spread sail today
and moved out to sea for the start
Of the sixth annual race across the
Gulf Stream to Nassau.
Light headwinds and clear skies
were forecast.
The yawl Stormy Weather was
favored to win the 184-mile sailing
event. Owned and skippered by
Robert w. johnson of New York, the
craft has twice won the Miami
Nassau race and last week of Miami
Beach won the Sir Thomas Upton
Cup in competition with several of
today's starters.
The Bitten, a 55-foot cutter owned
by r. j. Reynolds of North Carolina
and designed by Olin Stevens, who
also drew the plans for Stormy
Weather was entered for the first
time.
Stevens was aboard the Bitten
and his brother Rod helped sail the
Stormy Weather.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Rumor Puts White
Back to Pro Grid

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Talk
goes the rounds Of pro football
that Whizzer White, after SAM
pling one semester of English cul-
ture at oxford, will return to this
country, enter an American uni
versity to complete his study for
a degree in law, and meanwhile
will resume his career as pro
footballer, probably with Pitts
burgh.
So doing he will have made
good on his promise to attend
Oxford-he did not say he would
complete his education there
and here in the U. S. A. will be
able to pursue a students career
while garnering an important
yearly salary as featured player
on the gridirons of the National
League.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
" Boys Will Enter
All Of Contests.
OF Swim Meet

The Boys Y. M. c. A. will be repre-
sented by a full swimming team, with
entries In all events in every age
class, in the city-wide Junior cham
pionships to be held this Saturday
at the Southeast Boys Club.
Entries are also expected from
junior and senior high schools, Ken
wood Country Club, Tall Timbers
Camp, Jewish Community Center,
Community Center Department and
other boys clubs in and around
Washington. It is open to all boys
to II years old living within radius
of IS miles of the city. Entries must
be filed with Max Rote, swimming
director of the Southeast Club,
Seventeenth street >and Massachu-
sets avenue Sc, Atlantic 1949, by
midnight Thursday.
Gold, silver and bronze medals
will be awarded first, second and
third place winners, and a team
trophy will go to the club scoring
the highest point total.
Qualifying time trials are scheduled
for 2 pm. Saturday, with the, finals
to get under way at 7 pm. No ad-
mission will be charged the public.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Totals III 1044 Totals 12 o
Still Chance for HOyas.

Georgetown's chances of winning
what will be the last Eastern Con-
ference championship were no worse
off today as result of its two-point
defeat at Pittsburgh. The title at
stake will be the last, as members
of the conference have voted to dis
band at the end of the current sea-
son, because the geographical loca-
ton of its members produces diff
culties in schedule
But, whereas the Hoyas would be
In first place today had they taken
the measure of the Panthers, they
still can usurp Carnegie Techs
pace-setting role by defeating the
Skibos here at Tech High on Thurs
day. G. u, still in second place, is
one-half game behind Carnegie,
having won as many games, but
having lost one more.
Although they once trailed by 10
points last night, the Hoyas were
going strong at the finish. But Just
as they had narrowed the gap to Al
SO sophomore substitute, Melvin
Port, found an opening at the right
side OF the court and dribbled In for
a clinching snowbird.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Dartmouth S Sailing
Is Made Easier by
Defeat Of Lions
- the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Although
there still is chance that Dart
mouths Eastern Intercollegiate
League leaders may drop a game or
two before the season ends, Colum-
bias downfall appears to indicate
the Indians may keep the title be-
cause Of lack of competition.
Pennsylvania handed Columbia
It's second defeat OF the season last
night on the Lions own court, 40 to
IS, and dropped the losers into Sec
ond-place tie with Cornell.
Since Columbia's other loss in six
league games was to Princeton, the
Lions no longer appear as a real
threat to Dartmouth's supremacy.
Cornell, which tunes up against Col
gate tonight, then visists Dartmouth
Friday, appears more dangerous.
The Indians play Yale's last-place
team tonight and figure to win
handily.
Syracuse, one Of the East's out
standing independent" teams,
turned in another fine performance
against Notre Dame, but couldn't
win. After trailing, 1892, at one
stage, the Irish carried the contest
into an overtime period and won out,
34-34.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Snead, Other Golf Stars
In $4,000 Tourney
By the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14.-The
Nations top-ranking golfers were
moving into New Orleans today for
the $4,000 Crescent City open-the
richest tournament of the winter
schedule-which stars Thursday.
Sam Snead, Tony Manero and
Johnny Goodman were here yester-
day and got in practice rounds on
the course. Manero carded a II, one
under par. Henry Picard and Jack
Grout tried a few practice shots.
The prize money is being put up
personally by Mayor Robert S.
Maestri.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Basket Ball

COLLEGE.
LoyoIa: a; George Washington, 80.
Ptso PPittsburgh. 43; georgetown. Al:
Notre Dame. 35b Syracuse "a.
Manhattan. A.: Canisius 90
St. Joseph.s; 81; William and Mary. 43.
Roanoke. 81; King 80
Wake Forest 81: Davidson. 43.
n: c. State. 55: Virginia Tech. IS.
Clemson. 3S; Duke. SO.
North Carolina; 4s:. Vireinia. 81.
aeofusky aeorsa 4s ss roIda Mississippi s State 49,
Howard. 81; MISE College. ~.
IIussu1qmi s " 90 80; ,,;s.ts Carson.Newman. a6.
Purdue. 46; Minnesota 20.
Indianapolis, 46: Chicago. 80.
Morthwestern. 81: Wisconsin. 27.
Illinois. So; Michigan. 2S.
Creighton. a. Grinnell. 3S.
Drake 80: Washburn. 80.
Tulsa. 35; st. Louis u. 90.
Michigan State. 50: Marauette. 20.
Oregon State AZ: Idaho, %.
GEORGETOWN ky, 81: Union. ~.
oklahsma On A. and M. A.; Washington
Eastern lKyA Teachers: a: Centre. ~.
Davis,Elkins. SO: Salem. 81.
Glenville Teachers. 81; West Liberty.
cconeoraia; %; St: Johns (Minno. ~.
Kalamazoo, 40; Hope "a.
Simpson so: Columbia. 35.
Blue Ridge. 40: Carlisle Barracks, 3s.
St. Ambrose. ~; Iowa Wesleyan. rs.
Youngstown. SO; Thiel 25.
Professional.
Brooklyn Jewels. 46; Heurich Brewers
~ two extra periods.
Oshkosh fWis0. ~; Indianapolis, rs.
Scholastic.
GEORGETOWN Frosh. 20: Y. M. c. A.. 10.
st. Johns 2s: Bethesda Chevy Chase.
26.
Evening star., 1939-02-14
Catholic U. Relay Team
To Defend in Meet

Catholic University is expected to
enter a team in defense of its
Mason-Dixon Conference relay
championship in the Maryland -5th
Regiment invitation track meet at
Baltimore on March II.
The event is one of the features
OF the annual meet Although it
was run as a sprint medley last
year 1t will be a 88O-yard run this
year, as it was in 1897.
Randolph Macon, washington
college and Western MARYLAND
have provided c. US stiffest oppo-
sition in the past two years.