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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

''This is far from what planned
when first I thought of marrying
Lloyd, and making a harmonious,
happy home for him and his little
girl. I began by showing Di nothing
but big-sisterly affection and SYM
pathy; invited her friends to the
house, tried to become her conf
dante and pal.
Relationship Strained.
sit seems to me now that we are
all in mess, and for the first time
feel nervous and critical ele-
ment in the relationship between my
husband and myself. Diana was a
quiet, sweet, shy little girl when
first met her. Can you sup
ply me with some argument that
will convince him that I am the
best person to handle his child, and
that eventually we can work it out
here?"
But my dear Aimee, am obliged
to say IN reply, I am far from con-
WINGED you are the best person to
handle the situation, even if you had
decent material with which to deal,
which you obviously have not. Di-
ana is evidently girl who grew
too rapidly from childhood into ma
turity. She ought to have smooth
running home at this time, and the
affectionate, not-too-pressing help
and companionship of both father
and mother.
Instead she finds an attractive
new wife absorbing her fathers
love, and her mother wandering
about from place to place to find
amusement for herself, quite un-
concerned as to the welfare of her
child. The two grandmothers and
the aunts and uncles are doing their
share to demoralize her, and the
fact that there is enough money on
all sides to make constant expert
ments and changes possible, adds
the last element to her mental and
moral upset. My advice would be
for you to discipline yourself stern
ly to keep hands off. If she will 60 to
the worldly grandmother, let her go
ny 01I L1IC011o. Al1C WOA1 AlhC II lllGIG,
the company of an old person is in
fnitely boring to girl that age;
she won't like the clothes her grand
mother suggests, nor the amuse-
ments, nor the constant tiresome
repetitive talk of an old lady.
Keep friendly with all, and well
come Diana when she drops'in.
But don't take any responsibility,
and don't worry. Your business is to
keep your husband happy in the de-
fusion that he has handsome, bril-
liant daughter who is going to make
a social success and have lots of
admirers and marry well Whether
or not it's going to turn out that way
is his business.
You've got yourself so keyed up
now that you're no help to anyone
Save these agitations for children
of your own. Diana's fate was de-
cided long time before you ever
came into the picture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Another's Pattern

One of the most unfortunate
phases of specialization in modern
industry is the one of the initiative
faculty. There are millions of
people in this country who never
really think, never act on their
own responsibility. They do not
have to. They are simply cogs
in vast machines. They follow the
pattern marked out for them.
They never try to make one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Advantages of Difficulty

Difficulty is a severe instruc-
tor, set over us by the supreme
ordinance of a parental guardian
and legislator, who knows US bet
ter than we know ourselves; and
He loves us better too.
He that wrestles with US
strengthens our nerves and sharp
ems our skill. Our antagonist is
our helper. This amicable con-
fiict with difficulty obliges US to an
intimate acquaintance with OBJ
jects, and compels US to consider
it in all its relations. 1t will not
suffer us to be superfcial.-Burke.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
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CARATOGA, N. Y.-Ben Jones,
- Warren Wright's able trainer for
the Calumet stable, has directed the
racing destinies of many thorough
breds. But from the long parade
trainer Jones has never known a
horse that intrigued him half as
much as Whirlaway.
It isn't so much that Whirlaway
has picked up more than his share
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

of important stakes
including the Ken
lucky Derby, the
Preakness and the
Belmont.
These have paid
for a lot of hay. The
true answer is that
Whirlaway is a
strange, odd sort of
an animal that no
one can ever quite
figure out.
The horse that has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
By KATHLEEN NORRIS


= wise sensible men and
women are convinced that the
kindest thing which can be done
for children is to break up homes
and substitute strangers for
Daddy and Mummy, there is a
heavy crop of stepmothers.
The stepmother used to come
into the picture only when the
mother died. The motherless or
fatherless child in those days
was always heartily pitied. The
term "cruel stepmother" was
proverbial. To say "stepmoth-
er" at all was almost to say
unjust"
Well, that is changed now, thank
God.
The little writhing hands of First
Reader classes are not struck with
rulers, in school; babies mouths
are not washed out with yellow
soap; boys are not logged, thrashed,
caned; the rod and the whip are not
terms used in general conversation.
The Problem Still Exists.
But that doesn't mean there isn't
a stepmother problem, and Aimee,
24-year-old Virginia wife, writes
me of hers.
Lloyd and I fell in love with each
other while I was working in his
Office" she writes. "He is 10 years
older than I am. In every way he
seems to me today only more won
derful than he used to seem in those
old days; handsome, devoted, clev-
er, popular, and able to give me the
beautiful home of which all girls
dream.
"Lloyd's wife and he had been
living apart for months before he
asked her for divorce. She is
very rich woman, travels from Palm
Beach to Coronado, from Hawaii to
Newport; he had had no home life
and no affection from her for years.
''She did not object to the divorce,
and agreed that Diana, their daugh-
ter, should be with us in the school
months and go to her mother in the
summer. However, Sally's travels
and visits have been such that she
has had Diana only for seven weeks
out of the Is months we have been
married. This delights Lloyd, who
adores his daughter. Di is now IA,
poor scholar, but very hand
some, developed girl, precocious in
her tastes.
"Her mother lets her do anything
she likes, go about with boys, use
makeup, drink a cocktail now and
then, smoke. She buys extrava-
CANT and unsuitable clothes and
wastes the allowance her mothers
mother gives her. When she is with
us of course Diana expects to do
the same. I know she lies to her
father; know she is going to get
herself into trouble, but ! am help
less.
Lloyd merely asks me to give
the kid break, and Diana glares
at me. Her other grandmother
wants her, and Lloyd would con-
sent to this arrangement because he
lunches downtown every day in his
mothers apartment, but what sort
of life would that be for a girl
that age? A sophisticated, worldly,
bridge-playing woman who is SO and
looks about so; daily governess or
companion to take Di about and help
her with lessons, no control at all,
and the feeling that she has tri-
unphed over her father and me and
escaped from home influences.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
HGk WE - quiz with offering
"A AHfA6Os information various subjects

10. Shimo Gamo, a shrine that
houses many imperial robes in
Kyoto, Japan. At the end of each
20-year period, new temple and
robes await the annual visit of the
emperor and his party.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Struggling Husband

Mrs. Smith, hear your eldest
daughter has married a struggling
young man.
Mrs. Brown-WeIl, he did struggle
towards the last, but he couIdn't
get away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Troubled Nav

May-Pm terribly worried. told
Jack in my last letter to forget that
I had told him / didn't mean to re-
consider my decision not to change
my mind, and he seems to have
misunderstood me.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

ner. He's now occupied with 'The
Twins" along with Greta Carlo
and Constance Bennett-that's the
one in which Carlo evidently does
practically everything but walk a
tight rope.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Whirlaway Qeft) enjoys a banquet
of grass as Trainer Ben Jones on
the white pony looks on. On Whirly's
back is Pinky Brown, exercise boy.
wrong about Whirlaway, anyway.
He just happens to have a mind and
nerSnnalitv of his own
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Lyle MOraine, who writes songs
and works in pictures, was inspired
by Bob Hopes Caught in the
Draft" to write 1--WE Been Drafted,
Now Pm Drafting YOU" which Hope
and Miss Lamour sang on the air.
MOraine announced the other day on
the Louisiana Purchase" set that
part of the title had been in the
nature of a prophecy. He's set for a
compulsory role in the army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Gladys George is doing her bit to
cooperate with the nations defense
effort; she revealed to co-workers
on ''The Maltese Falcon set at
Warner Bros. that she's sold her big
car and bought an older, lighter one
that uses less gas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
It's the Verdict

A good speech is good thing,
but the verdict is the thing.-Dan-
iel O'ConneIl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Tony Wons will be back on the
air In October with his Radio Scrap
book. The Chippewa Indians who
are his neighbors at his Minnesota
camp, where he spends his sum-
mers, have named him Meskaigegit.
meaning big Voice of the Air.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Dinah Shore, who sings Eyes My
Darling Daughter" so effectively
that it made her famous on the air,
has had to defer her picture-making
plans. She's been resigned for the
new Eddie Cantor program, which
means that she'll remain in New
York. Cantor is set to stay there;
he's returning to the stage in the
autumn In a musical comedy en-
titled Banjo Eyes"
The Rudy Vallee program now
has an impressively large produc-
ton staff-six script writer's and
four song writer's, to turn out the
original music. All of which doesn't
keep John Barrymore from ignoring
the script and ad ibbing occasion
ally.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
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NheleaSeO Oy "eSISIu newspaper OLlon-j
CAREY WILSON, producer
~ of the Hardy Family pic
lures, was awarded a Master
of Arts degree by the Colorado
State College of Education re-
Gently, in recognition of his
artistic, creative and ethical con-
tributions to the screen and because
the Hardy pictures have made an
outstanding contribution to clean,
wholesome entertainment for the
American people"
All of which is pretty impressive.
Outright on the heels of all that,
the National League of Decency
cracked down on Life Begins for
Andy Hardy" the latest of the Sc
ries, finding it objectionable for chill
dren!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Norma Shearer is back in Holly
wood after a visit in New York,
preparing for her first film since
Escape" 1t will be eve We're
Dancing" based on a Noel Cow
ard stage success, and Melvyn
Douglas will be her romantic part
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

ODDS AND ENDS-Ann Sheridan wiIl
be IN nUo Warner pictures at the same time
for the next tI0O nlonths--The Man Who
Came TO Dinner" and Kings Rotr"
The Mutual chain tUiH bring fue cham.
PiOnShip boxing bouts to the air this late
summer and fall :. Waite Hoyt nerer
ioas afraid Of anything ,Uhen he played
bGSebGiI-but nOto that he's broadcasting
he's afraid Of the t0ord particularly" :.
Betty Harrison, Deqnna Durbin's stand-in
for fUe years, iUiH appear on the screen
for the first time in Deanna's 1T Started
With Adam" Tyrone POtCer ICON neto
ldureLS recently rUhen he returned to the
stage at an eastern little theater.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Mildred Coles was heartbroken a
while ago when, after a week S
shooting in "Scattergood Pulls the
Strings" she came down with acute
appendicitis and Susan Peters had
to take over her role. Now she's
happy; she's leading lady in Scat
tergood Meets Broadway"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04

Lana Turner'S making it three in
a row-three of H0llywood's most
popular male stars. She did "Dr.
Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde" with Spencer
Tracy. Then came "Honky Tonk"
with Clark Gable. Her next is
Johnny Eager" an underworld
story, with Robert Taylor. That
one sounds familiar - ex-convict,
soured on the world, and society
darling who falls in love with him.
AS was expected, Ellen Drew lost
no time after doing location scenes
in Nevada for 1.-THE Remarkable An
drew before marrying Sy Bartlett
in the same state. Paramount lost
no time in putting her into Prison
Widows" a story of the women
who wait outside prison gates for
their men to return to them. She's
being currently seen on the coun-
try's screens in "The Parson of
Panamint.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-27
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1871
National and international Problems Inseparabe Local

National and International Problems Inseparab from
Welfare
The attention of most people Balkans
where Germany and Britain fighting may prove to
one of the most decisive actions war But in official
circles the problem of the Atlantic remains uppermost in mind
Hitler cannot the unless conquer the British Isles
American policy to provide England every possible wea
pom IN an attempt to prevent that omnous possibility
eft the weapons needed with the exception large bonbes
must be transported by ships
water pluch OF which infested submarines and sur
face raiders Egen if reduce German claims of Allied
shipping destruction by onethr to evident that
the British merchant fleet is being down.
There two possible solu this problem One of
them for this country to build enough ships
losses Blu if that could done which experts doubt
would not stop the loss of tire amounts of material
cannon or ghtng plane or load of food which
meath the Atlantic inside gaping hull no service to
one The remaining solution to the cause of the
destruction
This the theme of remarkable radio adj
dress by Rear Admiral Emory Laid chairman Mari
ne Commission This speech of such Importance that
according to Alp writer at hardly have been deliver
ed his responsibility aone" Admiral Land said time
that combined American British shipulcnq is
unable to keep with losses. course he said is
not to pin hopes providing sufficient repacements but h
stamp out Germanys submarines. BY basng our shpng aid
to England ne added solely supplying with more and
more ships merely adding to the fire Are
there not number eff of solving problem bv aenp
ing to put the fire out?" TT va. 4.,... . $780,.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25

Now comes the American
Peoples Meeting, which recently
met in New York City, with five
thousand representatives pres
ent from 43 states, challenging
as reported by the National
Negro Congress headquarters,
1.-The right of the Federal Gov
eminent to establish Jim-Crcw-
ism as a national policy in the
armed Services, the Job life, and
the political ife of the country. ="
This un American policy,
nurtured and promoted by the
Roosevelt Administration in
Federal employment, has found
its way into defense-industries
now manufacturing the nipple
ments which are to constitute
the arsenal of democracy.
Henry WaA(ce, Vice President
of the United States, was moved
to Indignation in an address in
the South last week when he de-
clared that alien sabotage was
interfering with the production
of arms, forgetting and over
looking the apparent and we'll
designed policy of the Admins
tration. industry and labor to
hire and coddle aliens in in
dustrial employments while
callously refusing opportunities
to able and skilled, eager and
willing and suffering Negro
citizens who have a real stake
in this government of our-the
only one they have known and
supported by arms, taxes, and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
JIM-CROWISM AS A
NATIONAL POLICY
BY DR.. Emmett j. Scott

by VI. Emmett 81. Scout
WASHINGTON. The issue
of Jim-Crowism as a national
policy was dramatically kept
to the fore during the last
Presidential campaign. It's sinis-
ter and ugly significance was
exposed. It's benumbing influ-
ence in tending to reconcile
100000 colored men, women
and children to its baleful eff
fects in the present and in the
log future, was pointed out.
1t was shown that the jim
Crow unit in Government en-
ployment is a device invented by
New Dealism to deny col0red
persons full and free opportunity
to achieve a career in the
Federal service of the govern
ment as well as to prevent them
from having any significant or
rClicy-making activity. The net
result is practically to elimin-
ate them from all professional
and skilled service under the
Federal Government.
This stigma by the Roosevelt
Administration is reserved for
colored Americans alone No
such units have been establish
ed for other racial groups in the
Federal Service. This is the
scandal of Washington and Of
the nation.
The policy is so vindicatively
mean and vicious that one of
the candidates for the Preei-
dency, Wendell Willkie, in his
first speech of the campaign.
mentioned it first of all. as an
issue to be met.
He said: $500. if elected. | will
see to it that Jim-Crow depart
ments of the Federal Govern
ment and in the Divisions
which the New Deal has created
by Executive decree areeliminat
ed and that c.lored citizens
shall be appointed to any
branch for which they arc quail
Some few gestures toward
mitigation were made by Mr..
Roosevelt during the hectic cam
paign, but the issue was not me!
squarely. The few sops dishcd
GU t momentarily quietcd GER
tain elements Of the Negro
group but not the intelligent.
thinking clements that recogniz
ed the wrong and Injustice of
the whole Jim-Crow program.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
Tagging DEFENSE WORK

We are told by the Preside
the danger lying in the world s
IN our humble estimation, based
from Europe and of the extant
the war on the Allied side there
formed we don't fully realize t
to say the least, diScomforting.
What makes US wonder at
has gone and what has taken
be properly said that partisan p
account of the great danger now
How is it then that our vi
Sc many strikes and why is it
the , factories and plants-and
a. other ism proponents are
g rnment itself? How is it
We are honey-combed with
who could not be depended on to
our defense work as much as
past, they can do plenty
The first step in making A
else than to weed out ism wor
Not secretly but openly telling
land and several other countries
ism men in their amidst and VIII
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
STRIKES ON WANE

The numerous strikes and
near-strikes in defense indust-
ries of the past two months have
in a measure subsidized. Publicity
is was said that agreements had
been arrived at which was I'M
doubtedly true in most cases,
but certain gentlemen skilled in
investigation work began to
snoop around and make notes of
some labor leaders ancestry
and probable political inclina-
tions as a result of popular de
mand. The suspision that some
staries were nothing more than
deliberate attempts to delay the
rearmament program has grown
by leaps and bounds in the
public's mind and it has demand
ed that inasmuch as many of
it's sons have been indicted into
the army at $2S per month that
factory employees cease haggl-
whether or not they shall earn
81 or 10 per day and get busy
and furnish the army and navy
with vitality needed supplies.
! Of course there are legitimate
causes for strikes at times and
everyone has admitted such tc
true. On this account it has
been proposed that a 30-day cool
ing period be in order before
cessation of work in order that
agreements may be reached
without work being disrupted
This course has the support of
many thinking persons, as it
would partly defeat foreign-in-
cited strikes. Doubtless Con-
| gress will make this law ere
many moons for pressure on it
to do something is terrific.
The UMWA plan to start on
negotiations towards new con-
tract several weeks before the
expiration of the old one is
commendable from several view
points, among which we count
the fact that negotiators of
both sides are known and that
they frequently meet in public
sessions, as being worthy of
note, also the demands of both
sides are known to ell. In some
of the factory strikes the de-
mhnds were vague and negotia-
tions, if any, carried out any
where from pool room to the
local Bund headquarters.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-25
THE LEGISLATURE
SCANDAL

For some time rumors and
general talk among informed
quarters has had it that the
legislature session closed but a
Few weeks ago not only cost too
much but pulled too many fast
ones to get away with.
Recent dispatches from the
capital city say that two men,
bers of the legislature have
fallen into the tolls Of the law
and that several more are going
to have to do some fast talking
to avoid the same fix. All are in
loved in money matters and in
the business of hiring attaches.
AS matters now stand it has
involved practically all of the
Neely-CIO machine men in the
legislature. Whatever the situa-
ton will add up to finally will of
course come to the party and
faction in control.
!, That there is some fire where
Ill this unSavory smoke rises
cannot be denied in view of the
fact that the Kanawha county
Grand Jury a able to get out
indictments.
The Neely-CIO forces made a
clean sweep of the election last
fall and have singularly failed
to shine in any department of
legislation except such as bene-
fitted some group-theirs.
The awarding of the Senator
ial post Nicely vacated to two
different men has done West
Virginia much harm has derived
us of half our representation in
the Senate during this most
critical period in the nations
history. The Senate has refused
to seat either of the appointees
without an investigation by it
self as to whom the seat belongs.
Evidently West Virginia peanut
polite has annoyed that august
body for it has ignored the mess
for several months.
Former Governor Holt having
joined the ranks CT ex-governors
is now private citizen and has
no authority to press his appoint
ment and Governor Nicely has,
as far as we know, let the matter
drift.
This is the state of affairs
with our State government now
according to the daily press and
what we hear and which is
discussed in many circles.