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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
CONGRESS-:
Battles End

For three months the administra-
ton had held its breath over the
greatest congressional battle Frank
lin Roosevelt ever anticipated. When
it came, the battle turned out to be
a dud. Passed 216-168 by the house
was resolution to extend for three
years Secretary of State Cordell
Hull's reciprocal trade program.
The resolution was then forwarded
to the senate, where victory was
generally predicted. Western sena-
tors would certainly fight to regain
ratification power over the treaties,
but observers gave them no chance
for success.
Also in congress:
q. The house banking and currency
committee okayed 100000, 900
boost in the Export-Import Banks
capital, providing funds for non-mil-
itary loans to China and Finland.
Inserted were amendments I'd per-
hitting loans for purchase of COM
mercial (non-military) planes, and
(2) denying loans to any nation in
default of debts to the U. S.
q The senate refused overwhelm-
ingly an effort sponsored by Mas
sachusetts' Henry Cabot LODGE to
withhold funds for the U. S. en-
bassy at Moscow.
q Farm senators rode rough shod
over the administration, announcing
they planned to write 5000, 600, 900
farm parity payment program into
the house-approved S713 1896, 084 agri-
culture bill. Ringleader: Georgia's
Sen. Richard B. Russell. Should the
parity program pass, congress
much-advertised economy drive
would be knocked into a cooked hat.
q The senate appropriations COM
mittee boosted the antitrust divi-
sion's appropriation s150.000 over
budget estimates on request of As
sistant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

opened it's hearings last year. Final
ly the flames reached the senate
floor. Iowa's Sen. Guy Gillette said
he had received information of meet
ings of insurance policyholders who
expressed fear that their policies
might be endangered by the hear
ings. Someone else told how the
American Life convention, a Mid
west insurance group, had charged
TNEC was considering federal reg
ulation of insurance. An insurance
publication had pointed out that Sem
ator O'Mahoney had never prom
ised there would not be regulatory
legislation.
Answered Mr.. O'Mahoney: "The
purpose of the committee has never
been to take anything away from
any company. Its purpose has been
to investigate how the great assets
of these companies might be best in
vested to promote this econo-
my of ours"
Still, observers noted, there was
no assurance that regulatory legis-
lation is not anticipated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
FISCAL:
Program

AS congress labored unhappily
over its budget woes, up sprang the
National Economy league with a
Plan. Items: ID balance the budg-
ct, including an $500, 100000 cut in
relief and $431, OOO, 900 in new taxes;
(2) iquidate government lending
agencies. Ernest Angel, chairman,
figured better business following IAN
honest approach to a balanced
budget will yield bigger revenues
under present laws.
Two other fiscal items made news.
The department of commerce esti-
mated the nations 1899 income was
$50, SOC, 000, 900, a per cent gain
over 1888. But it was still $14, O00,-
100000 below the 1929 high water
mark. Meanwhile the treasury sad
" announced that its spending for
the current fiscal year had rolled
past the $1,000, 600, 900 mark, with
four months yet to go. Deficit for
the year was placed at s., SOC, 000, 900
thus far, with the national debt in
excess of So, 300, 900, 900. Both debt
and deficit promised to become
choice campaign fodder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

town or after reaching one of the
key cities of the service. The rental
of the automobiles will be the same
whether one or five persons occupies
the car, he said.
The rail lines that will offer the
service include the Burlington, Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois, the Milwau-
kee road, Chicago & North Western
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis.
& Omaha, Great Northern, Illinois
Central, Northern Pacific, Rock Is
land Lines, Santa Fe System and thu
Union Pacific.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

Thus, leniency will be substituted
for strict banking procedure in cases
where borrowers are deemed to have
a fair chance of eventually paying
their debts. While Mr.. Black was
pointing out how FCA is now taking
"the broad social view" severalof its
executives (including General Coun-
sci Peyton Evans) were resigning.
Meanwhile another credit setup,
the farm security administration,
announced a five-point program to
help down-and-out sharecroppers get
a new start
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
railroads Inaugurate New TrainAuto Travel Service

nized by Railway Extension, Inc,
and the railroads, and answers the
need of the traveller who likes the
mobility of an automobile at certain
points but dislikes driving the long
intermediate distances.
The company will maintain head
quarters in Chicago, with branch
offices in western cities.
Under the train-auto plan, Siddall
said, traveller may arrange for an
automobile before leaving his home
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

A new train-auto travel service
will be inaugurated May ! by II
leading western railroads, it was
announced recently by Hugh w. Sid
dali, chairman of the Western and
Transcontinental Passenger associa-
tons.
The service will place 1000 new
hve-passenger sedans at the dispo-
sal OF railroad passengers in more
than $50 cities throughout the West.
Siddan said the service was orga-
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u. S. AND THE WAR:
First Train to Berlin

Arriving at Rome, Assistant Sec
rotary of State Sumner Welles began
his duties as Franklin Roosevelt's
special peace emissary to Europe.
He called on Italian Foreign Minis
ter Count Galeazzo Ciano, next on
Premier Benito Mussolini. Then, I'M
expectedly, he packed his bags and
liked off for Berlin to talk with Adolf
Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim
Won Ribbentrop. Noting this unex-
pected development, observers won
dered if II Duce had whispered Der
Fuehrer's peace terms into the ear
of Envoy Welles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Cleaning Mica. = Hot vinegar
will remove stains from mica win
dows on stoves.
Use Dry HOlder.-Never use a
damp or wet cloth or holder In
removing hot dish from the oven
or stove. A dry one prevents the
heat from penetrating and scorch-
ing the fingers.
Wash dully-waxed furniture
with a channels skin that has been
rinsed frequently in warm water
Doing so will remove the dirt
film. Then rub the furniture thor
oughly with a soft cloth saturated
in furniture polish. Afterwards
wipe the furniture dry with q
clean soft cloth.
When cleaning celery use a
vegetable brush. 1t gets into the
grooves and cleans the celery
better than it can be cleaned 9TH
erWiSe.
Electric light bulbs should be
busted frequently and washed ev-
cry five or six weeks. Wash with
lukewarm water and few drops
of household ammonia. Do not
use soap and do not let water
come up above the glass of the
globe. The volume of light will
be increased if the bulbs are kept
clean.
Candlewick spreads should be
washed in plenty of hot water and
soap suds. They should then be
rinsed several times in clear,
warm water and hung up in the
shade to dry. When they are per-
fectly dry they should be placed,
tufted side down, in a cotton blan-
ket and pressed gently with a
warm iron.
Cooking Pork Sausage.-Pork
sausage requires slow cooking.
If much fat collects, drain it off
to prevent greasiness. Pierce
link sausage several times with
fork to prevent them from burst
ing while cooking. To form a
brown, crusty covering on sausage
sprinkle them with flour just be-
fore they are cooked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
POLITICS.:
Another Martha

Stamping up and down the land in
late February was politicians
wife whose campaigning was more
effective than her husbands. She
was Mrs. Robert A. Taft, who for
the moment came back to her ma
tive Minnesota to be introduced as
"another Martha from the White
House" Growing in stature much
faster than her able, though slow
moving husband, Mrs. Taft served
notice that the exciting type of First
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
EUROPE:
Pressure on the Neutrals

Of all the lesser European states
whose princes and presidents were
straddling fences, none was buster
than Rumania's King Carol. The
Rumaniar pendulum, which for six
months has swung from pro-Nazi
to pro-ally and back again, took a
definite swing to the allies again.
But it was all a result of pressure.
First Carol had levied Is per
cent export tax on oil. When Ger
many had disapproved, Carol had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
AVIATION:
Bermuda Tempest
IL think that's hell of note"

IL think that's hell OF q note.
Thus exploded Missouri's Sen.
Harry S. Truman when he heard
about American mail seizures at
Bermuda. Said the unofficial story:
A Pan-American clipper captain
had been ordered at gunpoint to sur
render European-bound U. S. mail
to British cenSorS.
Overnight a huge storm swept
over congress. Missouri's Sen. Ben
nett Champ Clark fathered bill to
stop clippers from landing at Ber-
muda. Other senators predicted that
any more such incidents would ali
enate U. S. sympathy for the British
cause.
Within the next two days Britain
moved swiftly to appease American
wrath. Not entirely diplomatic, Brit
ish Ambassador Lord Lothian
branded the incident as complete
eyewash." London denied it, and so,
finally, did the state department.
Just when everyone was forget
ting, Pan-American announced that
after March Is it's airships would
fly nonstop from New York to the
Azores, completely skipping Bermu-
da. Searching frantically for tie
up between this announcement and
the airmail rift, observers COM
pletely forgot that Pan-American
was merely meeting competition:
On March Is, American Export air.
lines will also begin flying nonstop
from New York to the Azores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
QUICK MICK y,
\kUOTEs -
COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS

GIT should be borne in mind that the
L maintenance of the country news
papers is matter of vital importance
to the entire country. 1t is the most
typically American institution that yet
remains. Nowhere is the American type
of government and the individuaiistie
form of society being more ably defend
ed."-U. S. Representative J.W. CiOynne.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
FINANCE:
Insurance Probe

Early this year U. S. insurance
companies were spotlighted before
the temporary national economic
committee of Sen. Joseph c. O'Ma-
honey. Aided by securities and
exchange commission report pre-
sented by Leon Henderson, the COM
mittee showed how most life insur-
ance is controlled by 26 companies,
how insurance companies income far
exceeds their payments, how in the
past decade their multi-billion dol
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

stalled A. G.
Blac ok, who
announced
r e C e n t / y
what FCA's
n e w pro-
gram would
be:
Major aim
is to keep
farmer debt
ors on the
f a r m a n d
protect them
against fore
AlAcnHno
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
AGRICULTURE:
LOOsened Credit

Last December came an explosion
in the multi-billion dollar, highly
conservative farm credit admins
tration. Reason: Secretary Of Ag-
riculture Henry Wallace wanted to
loosen credit restrictions. FCA Pres
ident F. c. Hill, fearful lest FCA
investors be jeopardized, protested
and finally resigned. A few days
later FCA fell under Henry Wal
lace's sway. AS new chief he in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

lar lnve t.
ments had
given them
"afrst mort-
gage'' on U.
S. business.
This was
bad publici-
ty snacking
of the witch
hunt" which
S e n a t o r
ON ahoney
had taken
pains to deny
when TNEC
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
In the Vest: Speeches

Unrestricted marine warfare con-
tinued between Britain and Germa-
ny, but the biggest naval develop
ment was reported from the Arctic,
where French-British naval squad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

"stOlen"
examination before putting back in commission against its former
Vborg
ea
much other miscellaneous equipment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
Relief At Last
For Your Cough

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to loosen germ laden phlegnl,
increase secretion and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam-
ed bronchial mucous membranes.
No matter how many medicines you
have tried, tell your druggist to sell
you q bottle Of Creomulslon with the
understanding that you are to like
the way 1t quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs. Chest Colds, Bronchitis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH w. LaBINE
Belligerents Tighten Pressure
On Lesser Neutral Countries;
Rumania Veers Back to Allies

EDITORS NOTEWhen opinions
analyst
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
In the North: Death

A fierce struggle for Viipuri, key
city on the Karelian isthmus,
seemed ending when the invading
Russians captured Koivisto island
fortress, guardian to Viipuri bay.
Meanwhile what was described as
the wars biggest battle" was re-
ported developing in the far-north
Petsamo region.
Fighting game but losing battle
in the south, the Firms were now
ing down $500 to 5000 Reds day.
Not announced were their own
losses, which, because they were de-
Tending instead of attacking, prob
ably were not so great.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07

agreed to ship Al per cent of his
1910 oil production to the Reich.
The allies, which own so per cent
of Rumania's oil wells, disapproved
that time, putting the screws on Ru-
manian imports.
In desperation, Carol took final
step which appeased the allies but
left him facing Germany's renewed
wrath. Banned were exports of all
vital war materials, including the
aviation gasoline which Germany
covets. Meanwhile Carol called
100000 men to the colors and
hoped for the best.
To the southeast, Turkey ordered
an accumulation of war supplies and
placed itself on war footing, while
newspapers warned the public that
Europe's war might soon spread to
the near east. Turkey was ready to
march the instant an invader set
foot in the Balkans.
Equally jittery were the Scandi-
navian states. Norway continued
protesting to Britain over the Alt-
mark incident, and Swedish wrath
rose over Russian bombing of Pa
jala, a border town near the Finnish
frontier. Meanwhile the foreign min
listers of both these nations met with
Denmark's foreign minister in Co
penhagen, expressing cautious hopes
that they might remain neutral and
that the wars might soon be ended.
Of the three Scandinavian states,
only Denmark had a really good
chance of staying neutral, for Rus
STA was moving closer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
LIGHT PLANTS

Used $50 Delco Lite & Power Plant, COM
plete with batteries, " h. p. motor, two
u h. D. motors, bulbs & radio. Good con-
dition. r. w. Madison, 1104 18th Av. N.
E., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-07
To Succeed
for Coughs. Chest Colds, Bronchitis

To Succeed
The success of most things de-
ponds upon knowing how long it
will take to succeed.-Montes-
quieu.
The weekly echo., 1940-01-26
Able Wallace
CONTINUED from page three)

ARE SC much for 20 and vice versa
10 with them DO h for awhile and
10 not think serio -sy of marriage
Gal will find you very happily mar
ned and living quite comfortably.
D. c. My s1n1 doesn' particu-
larly care for the work that he has
been doing for the past five years.
Would it be a mistake for him to
look for work elsewhere?
Ans: No. Your husband is still
comparatively young man and if he
4ver expects TO make a change-he
should do so while he is young. The
work he has been doing is much to
heavy for one of his type-he must
get lighter work before he ruins his
health. Have him write me private
iy for one of my Astrology Readings.
Send quarter full name, birthdate
correct address and l will give him
my free opinions on three of his
questions
M. p have been following your
'column for a long time and I want
to know If will be successful in
getting married again?
Ans: Not Immediately. You win
enter marriage again and in the mean
time, you should make an effort to
meet as many new friends as you can
for you do want this next marriage
to be a successful one. Choose one.
who is on your own social plane.
The weekly echo., 1940-01-26

If something can be got fo' all three.
We went on up 5th Street
switchin'
De first thing we knowed we was at
&autnan's Kitchen.
We went right in and sit RICH, d-w4
De reckly lady camed around
She wanted to know what oar wan s
could be.
I said 80 each one ham -burg-ee'
She said OK. I'll 81; dem here
So bout dat time de proprietor wa
dere.
A stool right at me was his seat
There he set and talked while
continued to eat
Well, TIr. Ed, ye' order DIES go dere
Dey DIES materially VIII treat 20 ia I
Cause 1 know I DIN been dere
.Dcy. sho don't shoot no lots air
The weekly echo., 1940-01-26
THE SAYING
O. MIR. Green
BY Rev. z. 81. Brent

Well, Mr.. Ed, des listen to me
when 1 is through den yo'l see why
de folks likes to go to town and
laugh and talk and hang around.
7 was a. Meridian de other dly O
course I DIES walked and looked =
didn't have much to say
And as / walked and knocked about
De little breakfast ate was giyine
out. ~s
told my two friends what WIS Wa
me III
Dat b'lieved git me ham-bure-ee
Dey said OK. we'll 60 and see
The weekly echo., 1940-01-26
Marriage

MERIDIAN, Jan.-Mrs. Aroma Pres
ter Glass, left for Chicago, Saturday
January 6, 1870, to join her husband
Mr.. William ]. Glass. They were
married November IA, 1899 The
will live in Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-13
GERMANS
 BLAMING
 IN GLEE
Satisfaction Is Expressed Over Signing Russo-
 Finnish Peace

BERLIN, March 13.-Authorized German sources are beaming with satisfaction today over the Russian Finnish peace terms.
 An unofficial statement says: "The terms are in just proportion to the needs and necessities which certain states have right to claim" "
 The peace agreement is hailed as a diplomatic triumph against the Allied plans to extend the Arc- tic war to the Scandinavian Pen insula. It is declared that Germany had tried to prevent the spread of the western war and hoped to keep other neutral nations from being drawn into the conflict.
 German sources charged that Great Britain and France intended to draw Norway and Sweden into the war over the Finnish issue in order to open another front for at tacking Germany.
 Said one high Nazi official: This diplomatic stroke in ending the Fin nish war has prevented the Allies from trying to outflank the West Wall from Finland and the Baltic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-13
Bitter Three, One Half Months Struggle Ends
Russia Gains Huge Part
 Of Finland as Treaty of
 Peace Is Signed Moscow

MOSCOW March 13. - An official communique announced the Russo Finnish peace treaty has been signed Defective at 1 a.m Wednesday, Pacific Coast tme) granting Russia huge territorial concessions from the Arctic south to the mouth of the Gulf of Finland.
 Russia is ceded the entire Karelian Isthmus with the Mannerheim Line, unconquered city of Vipur all shores of Lake Ladcga and 30year lease of the south western Finnish Gibraltar of HankO for military and naval bases.
 The far northern Sredni and Rybachi Peninsulas are also ceded in eastern Finland.
 Russia will withdraw troops from the PetsamO dis trct south of the ceded and also pay single pay ment of $750,000 for the HankO lease.
 The northeastern ceded territory includes the Kuola jarv railroad which extension will be built this year linking the White Sea and Gulf of B0thna, bssecting Finland.
 Russia is given free transit of goods to Norway without customs duties inspections.
 Finland gives up the right to have any but the small est coast guard vessels in the Arctic waters.
 The treaty gives Russia far more than asked for in the prewar demands and actually gives the Soviet Union an uncOntested clutch on the northern Baltic
 The Soviet Union has virtually all the Baltic possessions which held before the World War.
 The treaty also provides for nonaggresson alliance and immediate resumption of trade relations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-13
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March 13. - A candid study of the testimony be- fore the House Committee investi- gating the National Labor Relations Board indicates that the cause of trouble is no greater in the board itself than in the fact that stub born leaders of two rival labor organizations won't make peace.
 Many of the amendments to the Wagner Act suggested during the two months of hearings are di- rected at solving problems which probably would solve themselves except for the conflicting ambi- tions of AFL and CIO.
 A primary complaint from em- ployers has been that they must supinely suffer losses while rival unions strike and picket each other in disputes over who is to be the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-13
Refusal 10 Give Aid 10 Fin. land, Unless Asked,
 Condemned
PURE TECHMICALITY
 MOST POOR EXCUSE
Former War Minister Hore- BeIisha Demands
 Formal Debate

LONDON, March 13. - Leslie Hore- -Belisha, recently dismissed as British War Secretary, today bit terly attacked Great Britain's re- fusal to give large scale aid to Finland until the Films appealed for such help.
 "Is it not a pity, in relation to the magnitude of these events and their far reaching character, to plead as an excuse for inaction, a pure technicality,' said the former War Minister
 Hore- -Belisha spoke immediately after Prime Minister Chamberlain made brief statement saying Great Britain made it plain its willingness to give such help.
 Demands Debate
 Hore- -Belisha also demanded a formal debate on Great Britain's whole conduct of the present war"
 Hore- -Belisha urged an immedi- ate expeditionary force for Fin land before he was busted from his position in the British Cab inet.
 During his attack on the Gov ernment, the former British War Minister said: While this govern ment has openly expressed sym- pathy for the Finnish cause, is it not a fact that repeated appeals have been made to the Allied na- tions for supplies and men?"
 He claimed that Great Britan had received requests of interven- ton as early as February
 Chamberlain flatly denied the charges and declared that Great Britain was merely waiting for a request from Finland before send ing an expeditionary force to her aid and that the entire British peo- pie were completely in sympathy with the Finns gallant struggle against Soviet aggression.
 Hore- -Belisha was wildly cheered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-13

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, March 13 70. J. Ellingson, Manager of the Texas State Prison System, dis closed an epidemic of self-mutila- tion among prisoners including am- putation of two legs, three broken legs, and eight broken arms.
 Ane man sliced the flesh off his heels.
 Ellingson said two guards have been discharged for allowing an axe to be smuggled into the prison for it has been determined that the day after the axe was snug gled in, it was used to cut off the leg of c. A. Welles, narcotic ad- dict.
 Ellingson blamed the epidemic on the prisoners desires to avoid work