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Evening star., 1940-11-17
Women's City Club Exhibit

Grace m. RNCEN10H S75O1CS 80
Paintings tn Pleasing Collec-
ton.
Thirty paintings by Grace N.
RuckmAn may be seen all this
month In the Womenls City Club
On jackson place and win be found
to be collectively pleading. The ma
jority are flowers and yttll life, but
. few landscapes have been added
which increase interest and effect.
Mrs. Ruclman has IN excellent
Sense q eoloe, draws well and patnta
Evening star., 1940-11-17

chosen to enrich the Nation with
what may almost seem -prodigal
generosity and wisdom; the fruits Of
which will be not only for garnering
in this day and generation, but in
those to folloW-indefnitely, so long
as that culture born Of civilization
exists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
BALKANS:
SquabbLes

Before 1910 has gone its way the
brave nation of Rumania may see
trouble a-plenty. 1t started that
way. Bucharest heard that Bull
garia, its unfriendly southern neigh
Dor, had signed a trade pact with
Russia, which wants the Rumanian
province of Bessarabia. Next King
Carol heard that Hungary's Count
Stefan Csaky, whose nation will seize
Rumanian Pennsylvania if Russia
invades Bessarabia, was comforting
in Italy with Foreign Minister Ciano.
A political realist, Italy's Benito
Mussolini knows the Balkans have
better chance of blocking Russian
aggression (Which would also hurt
italy, if they settle their squabbles
in advance. Purpose of the Ciano-
Csaky conversations, therefore, was
to urge Hungary and Rumania to
settle their revisionist problem i'm
mediately. In so doing, II Duce
took hearty slap at the Soviet.
So did King Carol. Encouraged
to defend Bessarabia now that the
Firms are doing a remarkable job
against Russian aggression, Carol
and his retinue crossed into this dam
gerous province, defied Moscow and
smiled while Bessarabian minority
leaders shouted: "We pledge our
lives for our beloved Rumanian IA
therland."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
PEOPLE,:
Da,Ues Death

q At Chicago died Rufus C. Dawes,
Y, president of A Century of Prog
ress Exposition, fnancier, brother of
former Vice President Charles G.
Dawes.
Last November Son Elliott ROoSe-
welt fathered the Transcontinental
Broadcasting System which first
planned to start operations with 100
stations on December Is, then jan
uary /, then February l. In Fort
Worth, where he heads the Texas
State Radio network, Elliott an
nounced his resignation from TBS.
q At Boston died Mrs. Fife 1. Can
ming Carlton, about "a, who once
made up an impromptu tune to lull
to sleep the restless baby of a neigh
Dor. The song: Rock-a-bye Baby"
q At New York, w. Alton Jones was
named head of Cities Service Co.
q In one Hollywood day, 47-year-
old william Powell married 21-year-
old Diana Lewis; sued for divorce
by their respective mates were Vivi-
en- ("Gone With the Windy Leigh
and Laurence Olivier, also a Brit
isher. Miss Leigh's husband named
Olivier as correspondent.
q At Washington, Secretary Of La
Dor Frances Perkins Cancelled de-
portation charges against Harry
Bridges, west coast c. /. o. leader.
Basis: Recommendation of James
M. Lands, who conducted the hear
ing.
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:

NAVY - If President Roose-
velt's $1,224, 521 1888 naval appro-
priation request (See CONGRESS-
is adopted, the u. S. will become
the worlds No. / sea power, big
ger than Britain, twice as big as
Japan.
RAILROADS-Daniel Willard,
President of the B. & o. railroad,
said he wanted coach fares re-
duced to two cents per mile,
thus meeting bus competition.
Present eastern rate: 21a cents.
AGRICULTURE - The tariff
commission was told that imports
of cheap Canadian wheat were
keeping the domestic crop price
below parity, thus threatening the
success of farm aid measures.
SHIPPING-The u. S. warned
Britain it will be held account
able for injuries to American YES
sells or crews taken into belliger-
ent ports for searching.
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Neville Chamberlain did just that:
There was national unity, but it was
unity of opposition to the Stacking"
of an efficient war minister in IA
vor of Oliver Stanley, the 43-year-
old board of trade president whose
father Seventeenth earl of Derby
was a war minister in World war
days.
BY next morning every British
paper, regardless of political lean
ings, was blasting against the gov
eminent. Typical was the London
Star: eff it is shown that Mr.. Hore-
Belisha was thrown overheard to
satisfy a clique of generals who dis
liked him on social grounds, or be-
cause he was pressing the pace of
democracy in the army too strongly,
then public resentment will be wide,
deep and lasting"
To both Hore-Belisha and the
Prime Minister an opportunity for
rebuttal was coming, but it would
probably take place behind closed
doors in the house of commons.
Meanwhile it was rumored that
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty, would soon follow STAN
ley as war chief.
Other war news:
Western Front. Minor artillery
fire. Entertainment by the fabulous
Albert, French airman whose daring
antics along the Luxembourg from
tier keep natives in stitches.
Northern Front. Finnish destruc-
ton of still a third Russian divi-
sion (the forty-fourth) near Suo-
mussalmi at Finland's waistline.
Fighting was stalemated in the far
north and on the Karelian isthmus,
but in the central part Finnish troops
penetrated Russ lines to dynamite
the Leningrad-Murmansk railroad,
thus isolating the northland.
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committee, publicly doubted wheth-
er the defense program was justi-
fed, yet he SHE'D away from criti-
cizing the President. Finally, with
White House blessing, he sought
more time by asking a joint legis-
lative committee to study the Roose-
veltian budget. But congress, ap-
parently refusing, turned instead to
that hardy perennial, the anti
lynching bill.
Notes
In an election year, congress and
politics are intimately associated.
Many G.. o. P. comments were
forthcoming after the Presidents
budget message. Samples:
q. At Topeka, 1886 G. o. P. Candi-
date ALT Landon thought this about
the slash in expenditures: eff the
President really is serious in his
budget plans, you will hear bowls all
over the place. He couldn't get the
nomination now if he wanted it. He
is too smart a politician to try it."
q At Chicago, Ohio's Sen. Robert
Taft accepted the Presidents chal-
lenge to submit a plan for balancing
the budget. The Taft Plan: ~ de-
termination by the President to bal
ance it; (2) elimination of bureaus,
reduction of employees; 90 return
of relief to states, and changes in
housing, agriculture and loan agen-
cies; (4) elimination of local works
grants, reduction of federal public
works and reduction of subsidies;
(5) elimination of budget 'pets,"
like army and navy items.
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Princess

a name and widespread popularity.
1t is as good an explanation as
any for a rise to favor both in Eng
land and America during the early
years of the Eighteenth century.
The English chair had the curved
back with upright spindles and
splayed legs, but in the center of
the back was solid or pierced
splat. American chairmakers dis
carded this feature in favor of the
back entirely of upright spindles.
Windsor chairs first appeared
early in the Eighteenth century.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

Budget Blues

What Franklin Roosevelt's budget
message tossed into the congression-
al lap was a choice of following his
recommendations and getting def
.icit of only $1,716, 100000, or defy
ing him and making it about So, O00,-
900, 900. Slashed were most items,
but boosted to a peacetime record
was national defense. If the Presi-
dents ideas are followed, and If
previous authorizations are appro-
priated, the cost will run well over
$4,000, 100000
Very shallow was the hope that
an early European peace may obvi-
ate the defense program. 1t ap-
peared, instead, that congress must
enter an election year trance and
decide which plan the public would
swallow the easier: More taxes,
to raise $3.50, 900, 900 as the President
asked, or a boost in the national
debt limit?
Within few days it was obvious
that good Democrats were sparring
for time. They gathered in huddles
to wonder where tax money might
be raised, tentatively settling on new
liquor taxes and a slight boost in in
come levies. Mississippi's Pat Har-
rison, chairman of the senate finance
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
NIBLETS

HERE'S WHY-At Moscow the
magazine Communist Internationale
explained, in answer to foreign re-
ports that Russia had ambitions to
'Sovetize" Finland: "Russia's only
aim is to free Finland from a gang
of oppressors and imperialistic war
mongers and to safeguard Finnish
democratic development"
CASEY AT BAT-At Washington
and Canberra it was announced
simultaneously that the U. S. and
Australia will establish diplomatic
relations for the first time. pre-
viously, Britain represented Austria
liza here.) First Australian minis
ter will be Richard G.. Casey. Soon
to be named is the u. S. minister to
Canberra.
SPENDTHRIFT-Of her SOS, ESQ
personal allowance for 1899, the To-
year-old Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt
spent only $10-for books.
BANQUET - While Democrats
wined and dined throughout the U.
S. in honor of President Andrew
Jackson's birthday anniversary, Re-
publicans at Indianapolis held 25-
cent milk and cracker feast honor
ing Abe Lincoln.
SECRET - In Hollywood died
Flora Finch, co-player with John
Bunny in early movie comedies. Her
secret was her age, probably about
so. Her chieftains' secret: The fact
that Flora Finch's contract with M
GIN was regarded by the bookkeep-
ing department as a pension for
an old trouper.
UPSET ETHER-Federal commu-
nications commission announced
that $50 to 700 u. S. radio stations
would get new frequencies. Stations
affected: All now higher than TAO
kilocycles. Reason: Mexico's rati-
fication of the North American re-
gional broadcast agreement.
TROUBLED OIL-Making a mess
of the oil wells it appropriated from
the u. S. and Britain two years ago,
Mexico simultaneously ID urged
workers to save the oil industry
and (2) Cancelled patents registered
for exploiting ethyl fluid (for in.
creasing octane content of gasoline).
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Wise and Otherwise

N1ISE words: Those you
w don't say when you want
to tell the boss what you think
of him.
Husbands" declares a wom-
an writer, "should all wear a
ring on their hand" This will
come as a welcome change to
many who wear one through
the nose!
Some people stick to the truth
so closely that nobody can get
it out of them.
"What would you do if you
won $50, 0O0?" asks a CORE
spondent. Nothing, for one year.
We always thought exercise
reduced flesh-until we saw a
woman with a double chin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Windsor Chair Has Held Its Public for Centuries

full armor, writes Richmond Hunt
ley in American Collector. This was
in existence as early as the Thir-
teenth century. Much later, when
chairs had become a recognized
part of ordinary household furnish
ings, a sturdy, comfortable chair
that a hearty man could sit in with
out fear of its falling apart appeared.
There is a tradition that such one
came to royal notice in a cottage
near Windsor castle and so attained
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

The Windsor chair is a striking
example of the staying power of
good idea. There is an old Scotch
saying, eye Gamma be both grand
and comfortable" which is some
what disproved by this graceful but
sturdy piece of furniture that, in
varying forms, has held its public
for centuries.
Its ancestor. was a three-legged,
low-backed Gothic chair, large and
strong enough to seat knight in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

much power
for NLRB's
unpopul a r
dec i S ion S.
Coddled and
C u S e d b y
such conflict
in G t e S t j.
mony, NLRB
went on trial
again before
tn e gu S e
committee
appointed to
inv e stig ate
II Monrr nrri
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
ERE:
l. r. Il. Purge

Object of the Irish Republican
army is to annex North Ireland
(Ulster). But Fires Prime Minister
cannon De Valera has suppressed
I. R. A. Lately I. R. A. has planted
bombs all over England. When
Britain took stern action, I. r. A.
hiked back home. Fearing trouble,
DeValera decided to crush the army.
Next day 5000 police went to work,
not very hopeful because I. r. A.
lads are pretty shrewd.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
LABOR:
Il. F. of L. Damned

By receiving more votes than Ell
Their of his fellow members, NLRB's
William Leiserson was ranked
"least unpopular" in a poll by the
ma gazine Factory Management.
But all three members (Leiserson,
Warren Madden and Edwin S.
Smith) should be fred, said voters.
This contrasted with a Supreme
court ruling which held congress, not
NLRB, responsible by virtue of too
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dence:
A discharged NLRB trial exam
liner said that Regional Director
Robert Cowdrill of Indianapolis al
ways speeded c. I. o. cases, but
tossed aside A. F. of L. cases with
the statement: There's another
damned A. F. of L. case" Com
mented the witness: "The A. F. of
L. usually was referred to as the
damned A. F. of L."
Next came dramatic paper pre-
pared by Mrs. Gilmore M. Herrick,
New York regional NLRB director,
complaining about delays in proce-
dure. Said her paper: "We must
wait! Wait! Wait! How long,
oh Lord! How long must we wait!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
COMMERCE.:
Game?

In far-away Buenos Aires took
place show that may have been
staged for the benefit of the U. S.
congress. Broken off suddenly were
reciprocal trade treaty talks be-
tween Ambassador Norman Armour
and President Roberto M. Ortiz.
Reasons given: ID influence of Brit
ain, No. / importer of Argentine
beef; (2) forthcoming election in
Argentina; 60 refusal Of Argentina
to remove determinations against U.
S. goods, and most important az
refusal of the U. S. to import Ar
gentine canned beef and faxseed
from Argentina without quota linn
itationS.
Maybe yes and maybe no, but it
was possible that U. S. insistence on
quota limitations, even at the price
of sacrificing the treaty, was de-
signed to allay the fears of western
farmers and their congressman. Up
for renewal this year is the recipro-
cal trade act, basis of the admins
tration's entire low tariff program.
Already faced with enough opposi-
ton to either destroy the act or give
ratification power back to the sem
ate, the state department is eager
to show farmers that the trade pro-
gram won't be allowed to hurt
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18

A basket crocheted in one piece
flower medallions repeated and
joined with a few leaves added.
Sew them together to make this
attractive chair set. The medal
lions alone make a matching
scarf. Pattern 1929 contains in
structions for set; illustration of it
and stitches; materials needed.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
18th St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
The Better Way to
Correct Constipation

One way to treat constipation is
to endure it first and "ciire" 1t
afterward. The other way is TO
auoid having it by getting at its
cause. So why not save yourself
those dull headachy days, plus
the inevitable trips to the medi-
cine chest, if you can do it by q
simple common-SenSe ounce Of
prevention?
If your trouble, like that Of
millions, is due to lack Of bulk"
in the diet, 'the better way" is to
eat Kellogg's All-Bran. This
crunchy, toasted, ready to- eat
cereal has Just the bulk" you
need. If you eat it regulGTly-and
drink plenty Of WATERFOWL can
not only get regular but keep
regular, day after day and month
after month"; All-Bran is made
by Kellogg's in Battle Greek II
your condition is chronic. il is
wise to consult physician
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Playing the Fool

The fools and the wise are
equally harmless; it is the half
wise and the half-foolish who are
the most to be feared.-Goethe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
NAVY:
NeaU Boss

q Cannon roared aboard dread
naughts in San Pedro harbor. Final
ly, after much saluting, six-foot Ad-
miral James Richardson from Paris,
Texas, strobe down the PennsyL-
pania's quarterback to shake hands
with Admiral Claude Bloch. Admi-
raj Richardson stayed as command
er-in-chief of the U. S. navy; Ad-
miral Bloch went ashore as a rear
admiral in retirement Ahead lay
commandership of Pearl Harbor
naval base in Hawaii.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Higher Liquor Tax Considered
To Finance Defense Program;
Election Year Levy Unpopular

EDITORS NoTEWhn opinions
analyst and
dby stern Newpa Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
THE WARS:
Shakeup

Far bigger than the war on
Frances western front was the bat
tie of London. Called to a cabinet
meeting by Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain was Leslie Hore-
Belisha, dynamic, Jewish minister
of war who has built the British
army from a stodgy and antiquated
organization into one of the worlds
smartest. Minister Hore-Belisha
was asked to sign his resignation.
Also fired was Lord Macmillan,
laundering minister of information.
Announced purpose of the shake
up was to establish national unity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
ASIA:
Wang's Ready

"The time is noto ripe for establish.
ment OF net0 central government in
China. Careful study reveals that the OBJ
jectives of Yang Ching-ioei are consonant
tOith Japan's manifest efforts totoard help
ing in the formation and expansion of the
proposed netO government"
Thus, after much back-slapping,
brow-beating and tutoring, Puppet
Wang Ching-wei was announced
ready to take over Japan's make
believe government" in conquered
parts of China.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Worthy Help

Don't strike a man when he is
down; yes; and help to keep from
being thrown down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-18
Playing the Fool

People are never so near play
ing the fool as when they think
themselves wise. - Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-13

cent cusnriets. aconrdfnx 20 r. ~
PAtterxon. state AAA administrator
uho estimated thaf tse A1zsisapps
vote woal6 total around 1000
rra returns fFom Washington.
d c. showed thAs Mls4lh&ipG cut-
ssr5Heu the nation Tn haHo1ng
p2linE az q bigger vote thar eFsn
the great state az Texas Gna giving
the controi program a higher PER-
censaee VOTE than any other state
The vote i0cicstes that NfA&ss-
sipFa farmers reailze the nned 60.
continuing enntfo. 81 cotton prp14e-
fton and approval q MARKETING
Quotas IN ORDER 70 make cotton
loans available IT. issi. II necessary
jackson county farmers cass y
votes fur. and 3 axainst e1otAH
The Miasanalppl vote wSa neogl
II percent larger than lasi year O.
spite fne fact tnat heavy rains fell
throughout tfle state Friday might
anc early Saturday m0zTainE
Approval of marketing quotas tof
fext year means tnAs lpfpdurerz
who kr0wanaiy 0VeFpshnt fnel.
acreage allotment sill BE- pnaalfzee
, cents = pound on each poarc q
itnt cotton produced n excess o'
their quota and they AaI ROT Re.
cetve conservation payments, nor
parity parnenM and "a o0talf
cotton loans cnly or 60 percent q
the cotton produced tn excess O;
their quota
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-13
CRIME IN MISSISSIPPI
MORE THAN DOUBLE IN
PAST TWENTY YEARS
Prison Population Is Increasing Faster Than Population
OF State At
Large.

jackson Mhsa-Crtme tn MizEts-
Eun has rncre than douhlec during
the past 20 vearx accosolng 60 fig
tires released By George NJ Eth-
TsdEe u. Meridian chairman of ttse
cczunitfee on crime and delinqn-
ency cf the state Conferences of
Eoctnl work VINO predicts thai taF
uwfnuu population o. MlkkzkEpgN
w1n BE- s0oe By 1880 unless drastic
changes are made Il criminal r.
fo-mAtsora.
Mr. Etazndge mace the prhdsctteu
after has committee. composed Ct
outstanding legal a~au1criiteS IN the
state. had reviewed criminal figures
nnce 1918. The situation viii be
nrouT1lt before the fsth annual
nesting o. the conferences herr
April ~
Instead o. standing SIN OF de-
ereAEinc. crime has actually sncreas-
&C at the outstanding rate 81 izSE
per csnt during the pas; - yeark
ths Landerdale legislator said AT
the same tine tse population Of tie
state q Msssasgspu has increased
only ais per cent during this time
The prison population increase
has been gradual. dexpzte the mod
CT criminal reformation methods
recommended By q. S leaders, few
C which have been used In the
state. he SAD Figures were cited
which kn0eed that or Junc 20. 1918.
there were LIS prisoners IN the
state penal system. while on the
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-13

same date izss. thr number Of prs
cfners had r5sen 20 2Es Ten years
aeo. the number stood a. i.T2i,
Onty three sear&. IL 1914 = ard
r. during the y years studied has
the prison population decreased.
aHa each q these tiirsx years THE
deeresse uA& less Than . hundred
Uniess az moSseYnixe a system
.ct penal management and provide
for the reformation o. the criminal.
- years from uow e. the present
rate, we vfu have 8 prison popula-
tsnn a. ever $500 Hr Esaridge BE-
NeVcd An adequate and up-to-
date system Of probation for adult
offenders Is the most lo91cal fIrss
step towards reducing crime and
decreasing peuitsntlAgT population
an effseteui probation system would
permit the eourt 70 place certain
selected and less serious ytolatorx
o. Euoc behavior. and permit them
r. return 70 their home and support
their families while under thc rtEc
disciplinary supervision Of caEnpet-
ent probation offieerk.
We would DO vel to faniliaFtzs
ourselves with the methods and
practices OF the U. s Probation
System which has two units located
IL Mississippi"
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children. untl he c0aid establish
hluself In the neu lard Duvfd
foz,guasd the refugee trs4l @ Dan
u-zpellng b. night 70 avoa1 TIRE
cpsaak A Neu YoFk-beand ship
rar3ed him 70 tse strange neS
Ara free II Is true fran uas
.tgnannf o. P1osr Bog0toff. ue TAI
Rfm. On. having cFuelgtez OF IT,
aan ToE ridden mouths extend
ae into yearx selling vegetables e.
ps7faetaa s. and later wandering
~ and fro IN MiSz1ssgppi as . ped
d.sy for q be cts ftrm-and s.
sasned a. though use time would
never come ufen Dgvie could seut
ssr his family Bot 81 iaxs with
aaa q ms own. be mauo 9ed %
mahllsn his family only 70 find
Oldest son. snrewd ard socially
anhtasA Subscribing 70 The Same
Rad of oppression that drove hin
fsam pliitGva
The Land ID Largn Il an in
tsasey moving story D9recf in
sfe and description. marked b.
tenderness and iruay. II mas the
miorEeitable quality q identifying
a1e reader with the feelings and ex-
prences Of the strangely tragic
hero