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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24

FEMININE headgear usually
holds its shape best if it rests
right side up on a stand that fits
inside the crown, but this is not
true of a mans hat. It's dashing
lines may be preserved by plac-
ing it upside down in a holder.
ALI of which is worth remember
ing when you are fixing up ''his"
closet or even when you are gen.
erously preparing to share a small
corner of your own.
The mans hat box, shown here,
is covered on the outside with ma
room and blue cotton print and
lined with blue chambray. The lid
and the front of the box are hinged
with adhesive tape before the COW
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Scholarly Bob Watt, International
representative of the A. F. of L.,
predicts that if Hitler fails to de-
feat England this year, underground
anti-Nazi movements in Europe will
spring into open revolt next winter.
Like carrying Goals to Newcastle,
the army is sending refrigerators to
Alaska. New army quarters there
will be equipped with electric re-
frigerators, not to mention ice tongs.
But the ice tongs are tiny-four
inches long-and made of nickel, OBJ
vionsly for highban cubes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

derful one horse shay run before
it collapsed?
9. In ancient mythology Gerber
us was what?
10. Who introduced the Fascist
salute?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
men, both in the earl

thirties, were going home
L in the subway last night. 1t
was a bleak dreary night, streets
were dark and slippery with
slush and the underground train
was filled with weary homego-
ers, who occupied seats or hung
on straps with the tired express
sions of men and women whose
day had been dull and hard.
One man was Tom Smith, who
rents four rooms in the Bronx
for $32 month. A parlor and
kitchen on the street; two bed
rooms on air-shafts. Bathroom,
some heat, hot water included.
The Smiths have one little girl,
Eileen, who is 8.
Jean Smith is pretty, nervous, dis
satisfied. She is tired of cooking for
Tom, caring for him and Eileen,
and doing without furs, trips, down
town meals, theaters. She lives by a
jealous and minute comparison of
her affairs with those of her friends;
she has no code and no standards of
her own. If some woman friend
and most of them are some years
older than she, and all of them in
! better circumstances-if some friend
has new blouse, a new hair-do,
new dining table or car, Jean is
wretched.
Cold Reception.
When Tom gets home she is often
lying down reading. Or perhaps the
house is cluttered from bridge aft
| ernoon; the air thick with cigarette
smoke, the women finishing the last
rubber. A daintily wrapped prize
goes to somebody, the guests depart
with many kisses and thanks, and
Jean YEARLY begins to straighten up
the room. Tom has cold mutton,
beets, sandwiches and cellars for
supper, a good enough meal if Jean
had any appetite or any interest in
it. To his kindly inquiries she re-
spends vaguely; she isn't disagree
able, but she simply doesn't care
what Tom eats or feels or says or
wants any more. Half the time her
answer to his remarks is ''What?"
If things are uncomfortable for
Tom he accepts them in silence.
Any criticism rouses Jean to an
angry summary of the situation. She
has given Tom Smith the best years
of her life! She has drudged along
in this rotten little place, when Ethel
has moved into those new flats and
Glad and Billy are buying a house.
This can go on for long time.
Tom and subdued little Eileen have
learned not to invite it. So Tom
| reconcileS himself to a damp dis
orderly bathroom, sits cheerfully
reading the paper in the cold dusty
parlor when meals are late, trots
down to the delicatessen for forgot
ten butter, or coffee, takes Jean to
movies night after night. Tom
doesn't complain, but one day he
revealed more than he knew of the
situation to his friend George Brown,
when he said hesitatingly, "You see,
I have to sort of think out the effect
of what / say to Jean sometimes. ]
have to kind of feel my way
Browns Are Happy.
George Brown, the other home
going man, lives in the same crowded
block with the Smiths. He and Ann
| pay the same rent for the same
space. But there the similarity be-
tween the two families ceases. Ann
has a girl and a boy; and she and
| fhair father reioica in fher,o and lr.x,o
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
A GREAT MAN
IN COUNTRY JOURNALISM

AS I PASSED through Oregon
City, Ore, recently, I recalled one
of the outstanding men of country
journalism who died about a year
ago. Edward E. Brodie and his
Oregon City Enquirer aided materi-
ally in making Oregon City the
thriving little city it is. Edward
Brodie and his newspaper led the
way, and people of the community
followed that lead.
I knew Edward Brodie in many
places throughout the nation and the
world. President Harding sent
him to Siam as American minister.
Later he was transferred to Finland
and was a favorite with the Finnish
people. He served the National Edi-
torial association as its president
and did much for the advancement
of country journalism. He knew the
value of rural America to the nation,
and the value of the newspaper to
the rural community. He was one
of the great men of country journal
ism.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
Down to Faith

"Of course, I must ask you for
a deposit" said the landlady.
Certainly" replied the new
tenant, handing over the required
sum.
Thanks. Now, shall we trust
each other, or do you want a re-
ceipt?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
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Washington, ID. c.

FRANCES PERKINS
For a long time Secretary of La
Dor Frances Perkins seemed I'M
aware of her unpopularity. But
in recent months it apparently
dawned on her. To give the Presi-
dent freedom of action to replace
her Ga degree of sincerity in marked
contrast to certain of her former
colleagues), she rendered her resig-
nation, but for weeks he failed to
act on it.
His failure to name a successor
cannot be attributed to lack of ma
teriaL Three top-notch New Deal
ers of proven ability have been
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General Francis
Biddle, who was chairman of the
original national labor board; Will
liam H. Davis, vice chairman of the
national defense mediation board,
who has had extensive experience in
the labor field; and Mayor Fiorello
LaGuardia of New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
WRONG WAY?
tBen syndicate-wNU Service,

Does cooking for your husband bore
you? Are you angry because Ton, says
you can't afford ne,o fur coat? Are
you tired Of constantly having to make
the pennies stretch? Then you
should read Kathleen Norris ansroers
to ,ciUes ,Oho are going the prong Uay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
Good. but Bad

The young salesman toas looking very
depressed on his second day in his net0
job.
"Cone, GOMEZ" said the sales man.
ager. "Don't look so dos0n in the
mouth. knorO it's difficult at first, but
you'll soon get into il.
at isn't that" said the young man.
"When l got home last night practced
that sales talk on my Uife and noW PUe
got to buy her a neto Uacuunp cleaner!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
Assurance Needed

~Is this the Fidelity Insurance com.
pany?"
'Yes, nla'anl, it is. What can zoe do
for you?"
II ,Oant to arrange to have my hus.
bands fidelity insured"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
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His Line

Sally-Oh, my brother writes
me that he is a haberdasher for
a railroad.
Dinocan-What do you mean
"haberdasher" for a railroad?
Sally-Well, he says he has
charge of the ties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
ZAPP IN HAVANA

Dies committee investigators have
uncovered the interesting fact that
DR.. Manfred Zapp, head of the Nazi
Trans-Ocean News Service, was So
cially active during the Pan-Ameri-
can conference in Havana last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24

''I'd like to get married and set
tied down." said the young chap,
"but I guess I'll have to stay sim
gle and settle up"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
One to Fit

A young man was doing his own
shopping. He said to the pretty
girl behind the diapers counter:
81 want a pillow-case, please"
YES" said the girl. what
size?"
"Why-er-I'm not sure" said
the young man, 'but I take a
six and seven-eighths hat!''
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
NON-PAYING BRIDGE

JUSTUS CRAEMER, railroad
commissioner of California, pro-
poses as a defense measure that
the Golden Gate bridge be turned
over to the federal government, SUBJ
ject to the debt it carries. The gov
eminent permitted the building Of
the bridge on condition that no tolls
be charged to federal employees, in
Guiding officers and men of the
army, navy, marine corps and other
government services. Because OF
that condition, more than one-third
of those using the bridge do not pay.
CORN PRODUCTION
DESPITE the use of hybrid seed,
our per acre production of corn is
dropping. In 1920 the average per
acre yield was 1913 bushels; in 1910
it had dropped to 1913.
WE HAVE COURTS
WHY NOT GIVE JUSTICE, as
represented by the courts, a chance
to settle our labor problems and so
save time in our preparedness pro-
gram and in our aid to England?
These things are more vital than
the petty details of who may or
may not work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
REFUELING BARGES IN
MID-ATLANTIC

The navy has been making some
careful studies of how to carry out
Roosevelt's promise of a bridge OF
ships across the North Atlantic to
carry supplies to England. One re-
suit is unique plan for anchoring
fiat-bottomed scows or barges in
mid-Atlantic to serve as refueling
depots for airplanes.
The plan is not yet perfected, and
still awaits higherup approval. But
here are details of the revolutionary
idea.
British experience in the North
Atlantic has shown that scouting
bombing planes are the most effec-
tive protection for merchant vessels.
Planes can sight an undersea boat
at far greater distance than sur
face vessel, then drop depth bombs
on it.
Chief problem is the refueling OF
these planes. Expensive aircraft
carriers, requiring three years to
build, cannot be used as airplane
bases in mid-Atlantic. They are too
easy targets for submarines.
However, the fiat-bottomed scow
does not have sufficient depth in
water to be target for a submarine.
Furthermore, in the relatively
storm-free summer months, f1at-bot-
toned barges would experience little
trouble from weather. They would
be subject to attack from the air,
but on the other hand each would
be defended by it's own scouting
planes, and if it were sunk the cost
of replacement would be insignifi
cant.
Whether the barges and their ac-
companying planes would be con-
structed for use under the British
flag, or whether the United States
would risk its own planes that far at
sea has not yet been determined. But
it is known that the navy has the
scheme under consideration.
BRIDGE OF SHIPS
Any big move to aid Britain on
the sea in cargo ships will be big
boon to the American railroads. For
it is quietly planned to give the Brit
ish the large fleet of freighterS op-
Grating between the Atlantic and
Pacific seaboards.
These total 113 ships, averaging
around 1000 tons. Last year they
transported 100000 tons of freight
between the two coasts. Rail haul
age across the continent was over
1000, 100000 tons and the carriers
have advised the government that
they can handle the additional
amount without difficulty.
However, the cost will be higher,
but this is considered part of the
price to be paid for national defense.
The intercoastal vessels are pri-
vately owned and authorities still
are undecided how to take them
over. Two courses are open: to buy
them outright or to requisition them
and come to terms later.
Most of the ships are old and slow,
but they are the only ones immedi-
ately available. This factor of inn
mediate availability without seri-
ously impairing U. S. shipping, de-
cided Roosevelt to take them over to
help maintain the "bridge of ships. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24
Browns Are Happy.

George Brown, the other home
going man, lives in the same crowded
block with the Smiths. He and Ann
pay the same rent for the same
space. But there the similarity be-
tween the two families ceases. Ann
has a girl and boy; and she aud
Evening star., 1941-06-06

Light-as-a-feather tropicals firmly
woven from wool and rayon for wear
and tailored for perfect fit. 3-button
single and double breastedS in solid
shades, tans and sgrays, light and dark
blue, neat pin stripes. All sizes for
regulars, longs, shorts and stouts in
cluded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
GERMAN CREW SENT
TO N. Nj. CCC CAMP

San Francisco. - Four hundred
crew members of the scuttled
German liner Columbus, who
have been informed at Angel Is
land more than year, left Mon
day by special train for new
quarters in an abandoned CCC
camp at Fort Stanton, N. M.
At Angel Island, the govern
ment immigration station in San
Francisco bay, they have played
games, fished, hiked and visited
San Francisco occasionally, with
the German government footing
the bills at about 1000 day fol
the group.
The cost will be considerably
less in New Mexico, where nine
border patrolmen will be on duty
to see that the sailors remain or
the reservation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
Announce Exams
For Road Work

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open
competitive examination for the
position of Classified Laborer
(Highway Const. & Main.) Galax,
Va, for filling vacancies in the
Public Roads Administration
Applications for this position
must be on file with the Secre-
tary, Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, Public Roads Admin
istration, 1923 l. Street, North
west, Washington, D. c., not later
than February Is, 1941.
Competitors will not be re-
quired to report for written ex-
animation, but will be rated on
their training and experience.
Full information and applica-
ton blanks may be obtained from
the postmaster of post office, at
Laurel Springs, Jefferson and
West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
THOMAS WOLFE WAS
HONORED ON SUNDAY

Asheville. The home of the
late Thomas Wolfe, at 48 Spruce
street, was the scene Of nation
wide NBC radio broadcast Sun
day with Ted Malone, writer and
critic land MIR. Wolfe's mother,
Mrs. Julia E. Wolfe, taking part.
It was one in a series Of 81
american Pilgrimages," broad
casts from the homes of famous
American authors. Yesterdays
broadcast was the sixteenth in
the series which are heard each
Sunday afternoon.
Breakfasts already have been
from the homes of Noah Webster,
Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Edgar Allan Poe, Horatio
Alger and others. Yet to come are
broadcasts from homes of Jack
London, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Benjamin Franklin, Booker T:
Washington and others.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
GERMAN WORLD WAR
EMPEROR is NOW 81

Doom, The Netherlands.-Wil-
helm II, World war emperor of
Germany, observed his 82nd
birthday Monday without a
thought of leaving this haven to
which he fled after abdicating
more than % years ago.
old trees cannot be trans
planted" the White-bearded ex-
bOnarch is fond of saying.
His intimates say that if any
thing is certain in these uncertain
times it is that the former en-
perori has no thought Of quitting
Doom. Every nook and corner OF
his Doom estate, of the village
and Its surroundings, are familiar
10 hmm and he is serenely content
TO remain where he is.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
FARM INCOME SHOWS
INCREASE FOR 1910

Washington. = The agriculture
department estimated this week
that farmers received total cash
income, including government
benefit payments, of $9,O94,O OO,-
900 in 1910. This was an increase
of $576,OOO,OOO over 1899.
Income from crops totalled 3d.
5O4, 100000 in 1940-an eight per
cent increase over 1889. Income
from livestock and livestock pro-
ducts totalled $4,824, 900, OO0-also
an increase of eight per cent over
1899.
Government payments totalled
$766, 100000 compared with $780,
100000 in 1899.
The department said that farm
income in January may be slight
ly larger than a year earlier due
to slightly higher prices for meat
products.
Income in December was esti-
mated at $837, 100000 compared
with 1901, 100000 in December
1889, and $942,O 900 in Novem-
Der, 1910.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
DOUGHTON PROPOSES
TO LIMIT PUBLIC DEBT

Washington. - Legislation to
raise the public debt limit to $685.
100000 and permit the treas
ury to sell a great variety Of fed
eral securities, including 25-cent
war saving stamps of the type
sold during the world war, was
presented last week to the house.
Chairman Doughton, Democrat,
North Carolina, of the house ways
and means committee, introduced
the measure and announced that
public hearings were to begin
yesterday, with Secretary Nor
genthau as the first witness,
Congressional attaches said the
bill was designed to simplify the
public debt structure as well as
to raise the present $49,000,0O0,-
900 limit on the Indebtedness the
government may have on its
books at any one time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
MIDDLEWEST COVERED
BY. HEAVY SNOW SUN

A heavy. ..snowstorm swirled
northwestward across the'Middle-
west Sunday night, heading
across the path of a bitter cold
wave which was edging slowly
eastward along the Canadian Dor
der. ... ..-..
The snow, which covered a
wide belt from the Dakotas to
Kentucky and ranged in depth
from. four to IL inches, snarled
traffic and disrupted some trans
portation schedules.
The cold wave originated over
northern Montana and had been
expected to bring sub-zero tenn
peratures to central states. How
ever, it was shunted northeast
ward over the Great Lakes by
complex weather conditions and
temperatures in the Midwest, ex-
cept for the Dakotas, Iowa, Min
nesota, and upper Michigan, re-
manned near normal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
GIVEN WARM WELCOME

Washington.-Lord Halifax, the
new British ambassador, express
sing confidence that Britain can
twin through" if the United
States speeds the help she needs,
arrived here with President
Roosevelt last week after a pre-
cedent-breaking personal meeting
in Chesapeake bay.
Lord and Lady Halifax drove
back to Washington with the chief
executive in a downpour. The
President dropped them at the
British embassy shortly after 9:15
p. m. and said goodnight to them
on the embassy steps, closing one
of the most dramatic scenes of in
ternational friendship in Ameri-
can history.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
Elkland High
Honor Roll

The principal of Elkland high
school has announced the names
of students who m de the
scholastic honor roll and the cit
izenship honor roll for the months
of November and December.
Those students having AS on all
subjects for the month of Novem-
Der are as follows: J. D. Miller,
Kathleen Raglan, l.. D. Graham,
James Lookabill, and Anne Nor
ris.
Those who, were included in
the scholastic honor roll for the
month of December were: Thel-
ma Winebarger, Donley Worley
Coolidge Holman, L. D. Graham
Kathleen Ragan, James Looka-
bill, J. ,. Miller and Margaret
Luther. Several of the above stu
dents have an A average on their
work for the first four months
of the school year. They are Jas
Lookabill, Anne Norris, Thelms
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
STEEL WORKERS HAVE
RETURNED TO JOBS

Bethlehem, Pa.-Participants in
what union organizers called a
protest demonstration" at the
Bethlehem Steel company's plant
at Bethlehem, Pa, decided to re-
turn Sunday to the jobs they left
on Friday.
Van A. Bittner, head of the C..
II. O.'s steel workers organizing
committee, estimated about $500
Of the plants $1,000 employees re-
manned away from work. A COM
pany spokesman said yesterday
that the plant was operating nor
mally, although pickets were at
the entrances.
The company, with plants in
Pennsylvania, New York and
Maryland, has more than a bill
lion dollars worth of defense con-
tracts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
BOG PASSED N. G. STATE
NURSE EXAMINATION

Raleigh-Miss Bessie Chapman,
secretary of the North Carolina
board of nurse examiners, an
nounced Saturday that 3O6 per-
sons passed examinations here on
Nov. ST, and would be granted
licenses to practice nursing in the
state.
The highest grades were made
by Ester Aileen Hinshaw, grad
uate of Duke hospital in Durham.
Seventy-five persons who took
the exams failed to pass.
Sixty-nine nurses were grant
ed registration in North Carolina
in recognition Of their registra-
ton in ether states. During the
same period, 107 North CAROLYN
ians were Endorsed for registra-
ton in other states.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
N. G.. HIGHWAY COM.
RESIGNS IN BODY

Raleigh.-Governor Broughton
announced Friday that all mem
bers of the state highway and
public works commission, includ-
ing Chairman Frank L. Dunlap.
had rendered their designations to
him.
Action of the commissioners, he
said, was not 'instigated or re-
quested by me-. He added that
he had asked the commissioners
to continue to serve for go or go
days, and that they had agreed
to do this. =:
Gov. Broughton's announce
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
Winebarger, j. D. Miller, Kath'
leen Ragan, and L. D. Graham.

Winebarger, j. D. Miller, Kath-
leen Ragan, and L. D. Graham.
Since the school plays large
part in training and habit forma-
ton, it has citizenship honor
roll made up of those students
whose conduct is above reproach.
In this list for November appear
the names of the following: Lu-
ellie Houck, Kathleen Ragan,
Charles Blackburn, Anna Mae
J Cooke, Frances Scott, Kathleen
Howell, Sue Greene, James Look
abill, Margaret Luther, Willis
Moretz, Katherine Moretz, Dewey
Hcuck, Milt Houck, Fred Vannoy,
Annie Houck, Pete Greer, Junior
Moretz, John Trivette, Anne Nor
ris and Louise Stephens. For the
month of December are the fol-
lowing: Annie Houck, Katherine
! Moretz, Louise Stephens, James
Lookabill, Thelma Winebarger,
Kathleen Raglan, Charles Black
! burn, Sue Greene, Buster Cooper,
John Mikeal, Junior Moretz, and
John Trivette.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-30
Healing Sp'gs News
BY FLOYE OWENS

Scott Cox, RID carried of route
l and Dayne Gambill, RID car
rier of route 2 out of Crumpler
who went to Washington, D. c.,
for the inauguration are back on
the job.
Fred Fender, son of J. E. and
Mrs. Callie Fender who has been
in Maryland for several years is
home on a vacation. He is a mem
Der of the national guard of Md,
and will enter the service, Feb. 3.
Mr.. Marian Parlier and family
have moved to their new home at
the C. A. Badger place, on route
|.
Otis Hudler, of route l, son of
James and Mrs. Sallie Hudler
was married recently. He is in
the army and is stationed at Fl.
Knox, KY,
Reeves Owen, son of L. w. and
Mrs. Myrtle Owen, of route 2
registered in Lancaster county,
Pa. He haSEolunteered, been ex-
amined and will soon be called
into the army from there.
The patrons of the two rural
routes out of Crumpler are re-
ceiving a daily paper the same
morning it is published, for the
first time in the history of the
routes. Bill Blevins and the Win
ston-Salem Journal have ar
ranged the best possible service
in this community.
Mrs. Faye Vaught, of Pa, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Fender.
Mrs. Kada McNeill visited her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Luther
Owen, a few days ago.