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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Bruckart's Washington Digest

Observation-Disclosures is pref
ty badly muddled up over the latest
Roosevelt budget of estimated ex-
penditures and receipts for the gov
ernment's next fiscal year. And well
it may be. There were thousands
of greater and lesser items of gov
eminent cost dumped into its legis-
lative lap at once the other day,
but these were not alone. There
were arguments and ''ifs" and sug-
gestions and suggestions and an of
fetal defense of the policy that for
IL years has seen government in
come fall far behind the expenses
IL years of deficits. And, along with
these things came proposal by the
President to add special tax, or
tax for a special purpose-national
defense.
In view of the fact that few per-
sons have been able to arrive at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Roosevelt's Latest Budget Has
Congress Pretty Badly Muddled
Arguments IFS Suggestions and Suppositions Leave
Solons in Daze; Leaders in Congress to Seek
Facts for Themselves.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington, D. c.

and if the proposed national de-
tense tax" is passed and collected,
the government deficit for the fiscal
year that ends June 80, 1941, will
be $1,716, 231 900.
Senator Harrison may be wrong or
he may be right in his proposal to
have congress do something about
understanding this and subsequent
budgets; but it must be said there
is something about the condition OF
budgets these days that merits ear
nest consideration. These latter day
budgets somehow remind me of the
broomstick horse that used to ride
when I was a kid That broomstick
had at least 20 different names, but
it was always the same broomstick,
and my imagination was never sue
cessful in Transforming it.
There was merited applause from
congress for Mr.. Roosevelt's decla-
ration that he was prepared to cur
tail spending. He tossed some cold
water on that enthusiasm, however,
by a statement of policy that he
did not favor too much curtailment
at one time. Rather, government
support" for the many functions now
a part of the federal structure ought
''to be tapered off," There was not
too much pleasure about that among
the real supporters of an economy
policy, and there was considerably
less when attempts were made to
analyze the true results.
I have a bunch that more disap-
p0intment is due. The budget that
was sent to congress the other day,
in my opinion, is not going to be
nearly all that will be needed in the
way of money.
It is just a guess that I here
make: the totals for relief and for
agricultural benefits and public
works, etc., are not nearly large
enough for IL months if an election
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Southwest Dust Bowl Expected Get Bigger Next Year
But Soil Conseruaonists Still Hope Win Their Bat

OKLAHOMA CITY. = Light
~ SHOWS that broke the
"dust bowls" complete
drouth in December and
January won't change the pic
ture of next years crops, say
experts who have watched
this phenomenon change from year
to year in the past decade.
The SHOWS came too late to save
spring wheat crops, and next years
dust bowl will probably be about
twice the size it was last summer,
department of agriculture officials
predict. In some sections it is the
greatest fall and winter drouth ever
experienced, and the governments
anti-drouth program is thus being
given its supreme test.
There'n be a lot of dry land next
spring, but soil conservationists
have promised the dust bowlers that
they needn't expect renewal of the
horrible ''black billiards. that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

100 times per minute, its average
efficiency is about IS. Maximum
distance has been increased, but for
battle purposes the range remains
about 600 yards.
The first machine gun in 1865 was
the Calling, military wonder
which fired about $50 bullets of mus
ket calibre minute. Thanks to it's
stable mounting, the Calling was eff
ficient at l 100 yards. By 1918 Amer
lean troops had the Browning ma
chine gun, water-cooled and gas-op-
Grated, which fired 500 rounds a min
ute at an effective range of $500
yards. BY last year Browning am
munition had been so improved that
the same gun could reach $500 or
5000 yards.
Artillery on Wheels.
AS with the machine gun, the
United States army still depends on
the old French "seventy-fve" field
artillery piece. Originally this gun
had standard base, was hard to
move and offered a low maximum
range. 1t fired only 5000 yards. To-
day it is mounted on pneumatic
tired carriage, has been given great
er elevation to permit 13,5OO-yard
range and is easily moved from one
sector to another.
Warships are getting bigger every
year. Thirty-five thousand ton boats
will soon be ready and the United
States government is already talk
ing about 10000 tonners.
The airplane, an infant in the
World war, has become a formid-
able weapon today. In 1918 the Mar
tin bomber cruised 600 miles at an
average speed of 118 miles per hour.
Today bomber like the Boeing can
go $500 miles at $50 miles per hour.
1t carries 10000 pounds of bombs
and ammunition, compared with
$500 pounds for the old Martin.
Might does not make right, as the
world once believed, but it does
make a war-hungry nation think
twice before walking into the jaws
of sef-destruction.
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Militarists Expect War to Kill Itself
If New Weapons Are Turned Loose
BY GREGORY ADAMS

CReleased by Western Newspaper Union.)
WASHINGTON. From the
w intense warfare expected
to envelope Europe this year,
American military and naval
experts hope to tabulate their
first authentic information re-
garding improved efficiency of
modern fighting weapons.
In the 70 years that have
elapsed since the Civil war
first modern conflict-the mu-
nitions of army and navy have
assumed new sizes and shapes,
becoming more deadly with each
succeeding decade. But not since
1918, when it was prematurely de-
creed that men should cease max
ing death-dealing weapons, have
well-equipped armies met face to-
face as they do today.
Though all types of armament
have been improved since 1918, it
does not follow that any given ma
ton has equipment so superior as
to facilitate lightning war in which
the enemy will be vanquished over
night.
You Can't Win.
To the contrary, the military in
ventions of one power have been so
equally matched by neighboring
states that the stalemate is in
creased. In modern warfare, sheer
power runs against sheer power.
Thus, on Frances western front,
neither army is able to gain de-
cided advantage. Knowing this,
they stay safely behind well-guard
ed front lines.
If this frightful power were I'M
leashed there would be only chaotic
destruction of life to show in the
end; advances would be negligible.
Such an ultimate clash of strength
would provide the experts with their
first clue to the potentialities of
modern weapons. Italy's invasion of
Ethiopia was no test, for II Duce's
army was pitted against an inferior
foe. So were Hitler's legions in Po-
land. The Spanish war found each
side i'll equipped and resorting to
old-style guerilla tactics, as have
the combatants in the Chinese-Jap-
aneSe war.
Finland has demonstrated that
shrewd maneuvering, coupled with
aid from Mother Nature, can stop
the Russian juggernaut. But what
will happen next summer, when the
mechanical Red army operates un-
der normal conditions?
Bombers Shun the Civilians.
Military experts believe the end
of war may come when nations re-
alize how an attack may backfire.
An indication that the powers appre-
ciate this danger is demonstrated in
the fact that not a single civilian
objective was bombed in the first
five months of the allied-German
war. To bomb London, the Nazis
know, would be to invite retaliatory
bombing of Munich, Berlin and other
cities.
Thus the vast improvement in
death dealing weapons may be
blessing in disguise.
Take the ordinary rifle, tradition
ally the backbone of armed strength.
In 1865 an American infantry SOL
dier carried long-barreled, single
shot, muzzle-loading musket that de-
livered an average of one cartridge
a minute. It's maximum efficiency
was 300 yards. By World war days
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

hence is less exposed to wind ero-
sion.
Precipitation figures for late fall
months show the unhappy prospects
in several states. Parts of Kansas,
whose southwest corner lies in the
dust bowls heart, received less than
an inch of rain during September
and October. This was the ightest
on record. All states in that vicinity
suffered subnormal rainfall. Per-
centages included: Kansas, 10 per
cent; Montana, rs; Nebraska, 80;
North Dakota, So Minnesota, so;
Wyoming, ", and Iowa, 81 per cent.
The tragic part of it is that winter
wheat farmers, whose crops for next
year are already blasted, must now
wait until next fall to plant their
next crop. Meanwhile there is no
source of livelihood outside of gov
eminent aid. Both livestock rails
ers and wheat farmers are suffer-
ing, but the stockmen have better
chance in sections where feed crops
were good despite grain crop fail
ures last summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

without any trouble at all. And
the result is a charmingly elegant,
tiny-waisted fashion that you'll
love for afternoon and general
wear.
Make it of wool broadcloth,
faille, fiat crepe or sheer velvet,
and revel in the satisfaction of
having an ultra-smart dress that
looks expensive and costs really
very little.
Pattern No. 1867 is designed for
sizes IL, IA, 16, Is, 20 and 40. Size
IA requires 4A yards of 39-inch
fabric with three-quarter length
sleeves; AS yards with short
sleeves.
For a pattern of this attractive
model send Is cents in coin, your
name, address, style, number and
size to The Sewing Circle, Pattern
Dept, Room 1924, I'll w. Wacker
Dr., Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

on finance for years and who once
missed being Democratic leader of
the senate because President Roose-
Welt wrote a letter to Dear Alben"
Barley of Kentucky. Senator Har-
rison has support in the move and
I am told that he is determined to
get affirmative action.
The Harrison plan calls for some
thing new in congressional policy.
He would have joint committee OF
II senators and IL representatives,
divided equally among two senate
and two house committees, to do
some spade work on the new budget
the budget for the year beginning
next July l. It is thing never at
tempted before and may or may not
be a wise course since it smacks of
utilizing a great new power by con-
gress. But this much can be said:
for the first time, if the Harrison
plan eventually is adopted, congress
will get some information through
its own channels instead of accept
ing the unsupported statements, the
wishful thinking and the planned ex-
tension of power by the bureaucrats
intent upon preserving their agen-
oinC
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Present National Debt
Runs Right Close to Line

There is, however, still another
eff to be considered. Mr.. Roose-
welt advised congress that if all con-
ditions materialized as he expected,
the national debt on June 30, 1941,
would be $44, 938, SIT ,622. That is
right close to the line, for the pres
ent law limits the national debt to
$45, 000, 100000. 1t was suggested
that the administration was able to
stay under the limit only by taking
away some of the funds from the
in-laws and stepchildren, known as
government corporations. That
probably is proper, for the govern
ment gave each of them money with
which to set up housekeeping 1t
was more important to the admins
tration, however, since it thereby
became necessary to ask congress
to raise the limit of the national
debt-a request that was sure to
raise row.
One cannot survey the budget and
all of its possibilities and prObabili-
ties without wondering what lies in
the future.
Whether this is the reason behind
the action of the conservatives in
congress who seek to end this spend
ing spree of seven long years or
whether the conservatives are wor-
ried about future burdens of taxes,
the fact remains there should be
some tangible policy laid down. And
that policy must come from con-
gress. The present administration
will not do it. Each year, there
have been statements about a bal
anced budget-in the future.
Take look at this general divi-
sion of where the federal money is
being spent, and I think you will
agree there is critical need for
a general~revamping of the func-
tons of the government at Wash
ington:
National Defense, 81, 300, 900 900.
Work Relief Programs, 81, 300, 000,-
600.
Agricultural Programs, 5000, 000,-
600.
Public Works and Investments,
81, 10O, OOo, 900.
Interest on the Public Debt,
81, 100, 900, 900.
Pensions, Retirements and Assist
ances, $1,000, 100000
Regular Operating Expenses,
81, 900, OO0.O 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Annual Federal Budget Once
Compdratiuely Simple Thing

In years gone by, the annual fed
eral budget was a comparatively
simple thing, or as simple as messes
of figures could be made. Its pro-
posed items of expense were set
down and totaled. The anticipated
revenue was calculated. But such
is not the case with the current
budget, nor any in the last few years
since operations of the federal gov
eminent have become as general
as flies around the barn in midsum-
mer.
Times have changed, indeed. Here
is a budget that covers the astomd-
ing total of S8,424, 191 $50. 1t is
smaller by $3.50, 600, 900 than the last
one and that reduction was de-
scribed by Mr.. Roosevelt as a first
step toward gradual accomplish
ment of balanced budget.
But the total of proposed expendi-
lures shown was circumscribed with
a handful of ''ifs." The amount of
S., 424, 191 $50 will remain that way
if cuts are made (from last years
totals) in public works, in federal
jobs, in CCC camps, in relief and
farm benefits and if there are no
other increases voted except for a
vast program of expansion in the
army and navy.
On the basis of the budget calcu-
lation, the government income will
be S., SAT $3.50, 900 in the next fiscal
year if congress will lay a special
tax for paying the cost of part of
the cost of expanding the army and
navy. The President said this tax
should be made to yield $3.50, DOC, 600.
Thus, on the basis of the budget,
the government will be in the red
next year, if all things remain as
planned to this point, by a total OF
So, 416, 231 900. The President in
tends, however, to cut that way
down by using up some odds and
ends of money lying around among
the government-owned corporations.
By executive order, the President
can restore to the federal treasury
funds loaned by it to the various
corporations. He said there was
something like $500, 100000 in this
pot of gold and that will be used to
reduce the deficit further.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
ARTILLERY

Civil war gun immobile and
effective at no more than loo
yards. French "seventy-five"
adopted in World war. still used
but effectiveness increased from
5000 to 1880 yards with new
mounting. Illustrated: Fixed
placement coastal artillery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

the army was using Springfield
breech-loading, bolt-action, repeat
ing rifle which the average soldier
could discharge at a rate of Is shots
a minute. It's efficiency range was
600 yards.
It's Faster in 1910.
Today's Garand rifle requires but
a pull of the trigger to discharge
an eight-shot cartridge case, eject it
and place new load in the cham
Der. Though it can be fired up to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Metaphorical Flight

A Vermont lawyer who got his
metaphors mixed up, closed his
argument in a trover case as fol-
lows:
"And now gentlemen of the
jury, comes the defendant with
lying footsteps, with the cloak of
hypocrisy in his mouth, and puts
his hands into the pockets of my
poor defenseless client and took
therefrom two oxen and a pig
Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Edison Asks Congress to Give New Power to Presden,

deer factories and other industrial
facilities in periods of emergency.
Edison recalled that upon this
country's entrance into the World
war congress gave such powers to
President Woodrow Wilson, and the
powers still reside in the President
during wars, but not in time OF
peace.
He proposed that the President be
given dictatorial powers over indus
try in peacetime emergencies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

5 WASHINGTON.-In his first COM
munication to congress as secretary
of the navy Charles A. Edison asked
for the granting of wartime powers
to the President to cope with peace
time emergencies.
In letter to Speaker William B.
Bankhead of the house the secretary
called upon congress to pass legis-
lation which would permit the Presi-
dent to secure ships and war ma
terials as he willed and comman-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
BATTLESHIPS

Maximum speed has grown
from Ia knots in 1855 to 30
knots today. Cruising range now
$500 miles against 5000 miles
in 1855. Modern vessels mount
I5-inch guns. compared with
earlier artillery effective only a
few hundred yards.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

an absolute conclu-
sion on the financial
problem submitted
by Mr.. Roosevelt,
some of the more
influential leaders
of congress have
taken the lead in a
plan to find out for
themselves. Men
like Senator Pat
Harrison, the old
Mississippi w a r
horse, who has been
chairman of the
-4@ 1ffnn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
BRUCKART ON THE BUDGET

Finds congress badly muddled
over the latest estimates.
Harrison plans for congress to
get information about the budget
through its own channels. Some
thing new.
Present estimates will leave the
government in the red $2,416, 231, :
600.
Condition of budgets these days
merits earnest consideration.
Possibilities cause wonder as to
the future.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
RIFLE

Modern gun effective at 500
yards. shooting average Of IS
shots per minute. This compares
with 3oo-yard effective range in
1855. when infantrymen aver
aged two shots per minute. New
gun discharges 20-shot eli ps in
two and one-haIf seconds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

uIIlOH InereIy Stdte CIIdC Captain lIIuSt
be the last to leave his ship. And since
most battleships have too few lifeboats,
it is almost inevitable that the captain
should die
The Graf Specs captain probably killed
himself, it is thought, because he was not
allowed to battle the British ships outside
Montevideo harbor until his own boat went
down fighting. This is what any COM
mander would have done. In fact Admiral
Graf Won Spec, for whom Captain Langs-
dorff's vessel was named, went to his
death in the World war fighting a vastly
superior enemy. His only hope was to in
fict damage on the British ships.
There was probably another reason, too.
Naval superstition-and it is all-powerful
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Budgets These Days Merit
Earnest Consideration

And there you have it. If all of
the things go through as planned
and if there is not another request
from any office or agency of gov
eminent and if there is as much tax
collected next year as calculated
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
MACHINE GUN

Earliest was CiviIwar's Calling
gun. which could fire so shots
a minute at I.I00-yard effective
range. Browning gun. adopted
in World war. now improved to
fire 500 shots per minute at
effective range of 200 yards.
Same fire rate as in World war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Hollr-GIass silhouette
Is q Must Fashion

THIS is really must fashion
i for this season when your fig
ure should by all means have the
delicately rounded, small-waisted
look that distinguished the gra-
cious ladies of the eighties. Gath
ers on the shoulders and at the
waistline, gathers on each side of
the front skirt panel which fiat
tens your diaphragm beautifully
that's all the detailing there is to
1867, so that anybody can make it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Weaving on Lies Loom

We sleep, but the loom of life
never stops; and the pattern
which was weaving when the sun
went down is weaving when II
comes up tomorrow.-Henry Ward
Beecher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
BOMBERS

Maximum speed has increased
tremendously. cruising rate of
1910 bomber being ESQ m.p.h.
compared with IIs m.p.h. for
1918 makeshift bomber. Cruis-
ing range: $500 miles today
against only 500 miles in World
war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
IN DIGESTION
and One DoSe Proves Ii

and One Dose Proves IL
II the first dose Of this pleAsznt-tastirz nt-is
black tablet doesn't bring you the fastest and nos.
complete relief you have eIperisnesd send boStls
rack to US and get DOUBLE MONEY BACK his
Bell-ans tablet helps the stomach digest food.
makes the excess stomach fluids harmless and les
you eat the nourishing foods you need For hart
burn. sick headache and upsets 30 otten caused y
excess stomach fluids making you feel sour and
sick all over-JUST ONE DOSE Of Be1l-&1S proves
speedy relief. Csc everywhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Strange Facts
Smell the Danger
] Clear Way for Shah !
= Humble Hug Walls .

In many large Western mines
where alarm bells cannot be heard
over the noise of the machinery,
the workers are warned of fire
by an odor produced by a few
drops of butyl mercaptan put into
the air-circulating system. This
danger signal has the odor of
skunk.
When the shah of Iran travels
about his country by motorcar, all
roads he uses are cleared a day in
advance, all houses he passes are
freshly whitewashed and all the
dogs in the villages where he stops
for the night are killed-as he is
a very light sleeper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
No Sea Tradition Says Captain
Must Die; It's Just a Myth

RUENOS AIRES-Though Germany's pocket battleship
- Graf lies under the and her Sucided Captain
Hans Langsdorf has been buried several weeks naval
not through discussing the tragic fate which prompted this
scuttlng of life and
popular
killing himself his ship
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

falls within that year. So, the
forecast I offer is that requests will
be in the hands of congress, in
January, 1941, for deficiency appro-
priations to cover expenditures that
have run short.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18


his ship Therefore Captain Langsdo probably feared his
went down with the Graf Spec.
British commenting Adolf Hlers scue the
firmly believe they're right saying Captain Lansdo tragic de-
SIT obvious gallant ordered do something
that he just couldn't stomach"
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The La Trappe monastery in

The La Trappe monastery in
Aiguebelle, France, following the
custom of many other religious
houses, allows only the head of the
institution to walk in the middle
of the halls and passageways. All
others walk close to the walls, as
a gesture of humility.-Collier's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

More than half of the worlds
1000 adult midgets are married to
normal-sized husbands and wives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
NEBRASKA

DUST BOWL-Map shosos ho,o
next years drouth area iUiH COM
pare iUith last years, and ho,o each
compares sUith the largest stricken
area feio years ago.
made life miserable in past years.
Thanks to proper care, more land
has cover of grass or stubble,