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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
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The Questions

I. Was Capt. Miles Standish one
of the Pilgrim Fathers?
2. Who was killed by Aaron
Burr in the famous duel?
8. What is the exact length of
time taken by the earth in making
its revolution around the sun?
4. Next to oxygen, what is the
chief elementary constituent Of
the earth's crust?
S. The word guerrilla is derived
from a Spanish word meaning
what?
6. What President of the United
States was born on July fourth?
z. What place is known as the
Gibraltar of the East?
8. Is there more sunlight at the
equator than at the poles?
g. What is the smallest of all
Towering plants?
10. In what direction does a cy-
clone whirl?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

Left: Ruth Bon
dele. standing in
front of a line pol.
ishing'' unit displays
an arnlfuI of "treat.
ed" oil fly and
tapered lines on her
right. On her left
arm are oil-treated
bait casting lines.
BeIotu: n battery
of 800 braiding ma
chimes, representing
the latest method OF
converting ratO ma.
terials into sturdy
lines. Following
braiding the lines
are carefully in.
spected and Mound
on spooLs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

of sunlight per year than the
equator.
9. The smallest of all Towering
plants belong to the genus Wolf1a.
They are aquatic, have no roots
and produce flowers about the size
and shape of the head of a pin.
10. Because of the rotation of the
earth, a cyclone whirls clockwise
in the Southern hemisphere and
counterclockwise in the Northern
hemisphere. For the same rea-
son, cyclonic storms travel west
ward in the tropics and eastward
in the middle ATTITUDES.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
Wealth Of o. s. Women

Women are benehciaries of 30 per
cent of all life insurance policies;
they hold IS per cent of savings bank
accounts; 48 per cent Of railroad
stocks; A per cent of public utility
securities, and 40 per cent of the
real estate. They make IS per cent
of all family purchases and repre-
sent about 40 per cent of the COM
mon and so per cent of the pre-
ferred stockholders of Al large cor
porations and own 81 per cent Of
the registered bonds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
Give the Dew q Chance

"Give the dew a chance. Try it
for a week." pleaded Capt. S. j.
Parker, the governments chief in
spector of physical training, in
speech in Orpington, England. 'We
would all benefit permanently in our
general health" he continued. ''if
we spent with discretion five or ten
minutes every morning barefooted
on the grass carrying out simple but
purposeful movements, such as
walking and arm, leg, trunk and
breathing exercises"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
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AMERICAN FARMER STILL
MINUS WAR TRADE
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AMERICAN FARMER STILL
MINUS WAR TRADE
THE AMERICAN farmer is not
profting to any large extent from
the European war, from our prepa-
rations for war, or our aid to Eng
land. It is the Canadian and Aus
tralian farmers who are being
called upon to feed England, not
those of America. Our January ex-
ports of farm products were the low
est for that month since 1869, only
S22, 900, 900. It leaves the farmer in
a tight place and facing still further
decrease in cotton, wheat and corn
acreage this year.
The government can force prices
up, but to do so would result in a
wall from American consumers.
It can grant larger subsidies, but
that would add to the government
appropriations and the government
debt.
Of course government might en-
courage American farmers to pro-
duce sufficient quantity of some
go items which can be raised in
America, but which we are now i'm
porting to the extent of billion and
a half dollars a year. That amount
paid to American farmers would
certainly increase farm income.
That would be paying the farmer
for doing something which would
appeal to him. But evidently no one
in Washington has thought about
such an idea.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03


Right: J. W. Woodson,
plant manager and mayor
of Petalunra, inspects a
battery OF "ttUister" and
slayer" machines in
action. The former trUists
any number OF desired
strands together, ,0hile the
latter picks up and lays
three of such strands to.
gether to comprise fin
ished product.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
MERRY-GO-ROUND

The houses leading aviation en-
thuslast, World war flyer Mel Mas
of Minnesota, likes to have aero
nautical atmosphere around him
while he works. In his office are 81
model planes of various types and a
score of flying pictures.
When Senators Tom Connally and
Morris Sheppard of Texas get to-
gether to gossip about old times,
they talk about their joint school
days at Texas university. Sheppard
was Kappa Alpha and Connally
still wears his Phi Delta Theta pin.
Rep. Jerry Voorhis of California
used to be crack baseballer and
still can toss fancy curve. His
favorite recreation after strenuous
day is playing catch with office
aides.
The state department tried but
failed to get passage on the Pan
American Clipper for an ailing con-
sular agent, homeward bound via
Lisbon for treatment. All places
were booked.
The army is quietly scouting
around to lease 100000 acres of
rough, wooded terrain as training
area for ski troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
The AnsWers

1. Capt. Miles Standish was not
a Pilgrim, he was brought along
for protection.
2. Alexander Hamilton.
8. The trip takes 365 days, 5
hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds.
4. Silicon.
5. War (guerra).
6. Calvin Coolidge.
Z. Singapore.
8. No. A recent study showed
that each pole has 65 more hours
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
WIDOW FOR CONGRESS

A very beautiful widow, plus a
tragic airplane accident near Allan
ia, Ga, is causing political trouble
in Maryland which may have roper
cussions in the axis capitals of Ber-
lin, Tokyo and Rome.
The situation results from the
death of young Congressman Will
liam Byron, Democrat, in the recent
Atlanta airplane crash, which mean
an early by-election to fill his Mary
land seat in the house of represen-
tatiVeS.
Mrs. Byron aspires to take the
road of many another congressional
widow and go to congress. How
ever, this section of Maryland is
normally Republican, and Mrs. By
ron, beautiful as she is, would have
a hard time defeating fortnight
Republican.
Therefore, Democratic leaders are
doing their best to persuade her to
bow out of the congressional race
in favor of the much stronger Pres
ton Lane, Democratic National Com
mitteeman from Maryland. They
know that the first election contest
occurring after passage of the lease
lend bill will be watched throughout
the world as sign of Roosevelt's
popular strength and whether the
country is with him on foreign pol
icy.
The fact that Maryland, a rela-
lively conservative state, doesn't
care for women in high political
places, would cut no ice in the prop
uganda factories of Rome, Tokyo
and Berlin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
Making Fish Lines That
Will Hold the BIG Ones

Imported silk and as fiber important materials used in
vistng lines that hold the big
manufacture of quality this kind OF the
Redwood Empire counties OF northern California
southern Oregon These photos take through the plants
PetaIuma California
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
NONE ESCAPES
THIRD PARTY

THE GENERAL public represents
third party whose interests are in
volved in every strike. The con-
sumner pays for increased wages,
shorter hours and decreased produc-
ton. But that greatly interested
third party is not considered in the
settlement of disputes between Ia
Dor and capital. It should be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
FIL1pINos NOW NEED Us

THE LITTLE brown brother in the
Philippines is not now so anxious
to pull away from the protecting
arms of Uncle Sam as he was a
few years ago. He has even asked
that the United States army spend
some $2O,OOO,000 of related sugar
taxes on island defense, instead of
turning the money over in cash.
Certainly the little brown brother is
really frightened. Uncle Sam looks
mighty good to him now.
SAM WAS PIKER
SAMUEL INSULT was but piker
in the piling of one holding company
on top of another as compared with
the pyramid in the defense organi-
cations. No one knows which re-
ports to which, or the functions of
several of them.
A MEDIUM OF SERVICE
EACH ISSUE of the home town
newspaper is the medium through
which is distributed the joys of peo-
pie of the community, and sympathy
for the afflicted. It renders an in
valuable service to all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
ALUMINIUM SHORTAGE

The housewives pots and pans
aren't the only items hit by the
shortage in aluminium shortage
which certain defense officials de-
MED for months, but finally admit
ted when the OPM put the metal on
the priority list. The deficiency is
creating some other serious indus
trial problems. Here is one illus
tration:
A big bus manufacturer working
on an order for some 40-passenger
vehicles suddenly found himself un-
able to get the sheet aluminium he
needed. He complained to the OPM
and was advised to use steel as a
substitute. But this, he found, would
so increase the weight of his buses
as to bar them from the roads of
several states.
Therefore he must either reduce
the size of his buses or prevail on
the states to raise their highway
load limits to permit heavier
vehicles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
DEFENSE PRICE POLICEMAN

With the OPM rushing production
and the 11-man mediation board
handling labor problems, Roosevelt
wants a third unit to ride herd on
prices.
Head of the new gency will be
Leon Henderson, New Deal veteran
whose experience as hard-boiled
price policeman dates to NRA days.
Also, as price controller of the old
defense commission, Henderson
knows the defense picture thorough
ly, already has several big scalps to
his credit. 1t was his forceful
crack-downing that tumbled the
soaring prices of lumber and scrap;
also put a lid on secondhand ma
Chinery price flurries.
Roosevelt said nothing about it
publicly; but privately he did lot
of talking about the new price con-
troll unit before he departed on his
vacation cruise. The gradual up
ward price trend, as a result of the
expanding priority list, has worried
him considerably, and the last thing
he wants is a high-cost-of-living
problem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03
HONEST WAY is TO MAKE
ALL OF US TAX CONSCIOUS

of doing business and is included in
the price of the merchandise. The
consumer pays it, and it is known
as "hidden taxes"
Congress must consider heavy
increase in government revenue to
pay part, at least, of the terrific
preparedness and aid to England
cost.
A plan is being talked of to tax
wages and collect it as the social
security tax is now collected-the
employer to take it out Of the en-
ployee's pay each payday.
That would be more sensible than
an added tax on business, which
must be passed along to the con-
sumner if business is to continue to
operate.
The quickest and surest way to
create a demand for governmental
economies in this country is to make
the mass of people tax conscious,
to collect from them tax they
know they are paying.
Close to 80 per cent of the nation
al income is paid to the tax collec-
tors-municipal, county, state and
federal. The man who earns sal
airy of $50 or more a week pays his
share, but he does not realize that
he pays. It is part of the price
of everything he buys.
The honest way would be to let
him know what he pays by leaving
his tax direct, instead of covering
it up in the price of the merchandise
he buys. Then if he preferred less
government at less cost, he would
say so.
OWNERS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL
WHO OWNS American industry is
evidenced by the fact that Bethle-
hem Steel company has 100000
stockholders. One hundred and for
ty thousand Americans have invest
ed their savings in that one COM
pany and by doing so have provid-
ed the tools for the employees OF
that company to work with. There
can be a simple accounting system
which will determine definitely just
how the revenue from each indus
try is distributed. With such sys-
tenn in effect, it would be easy to
determine fair wage scales and 9TH
er items of distribution of revenue.
The guess method may break bust
ness, but that will not solve our
| industrial problem.
NONE ESCAPES
SENATOR BYRD of Virginia tells
| us that before the end of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1912, our nation
al debt will be not less than $75, 0O0,-
600, 900. Just to pay interest Of two
per cent on that sum will cost each
American-man, woman and child
about $3.50 each and every year,
more than SCI a year for each FAM
lily of five. Directly or indirectly,
we all pay. No one escapes the
penalty. Where do we go from
| there?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-03

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when Abe Lincoln came counting. The
other two patterns are the Whirl Wind and
the Kaleidoscope. Set of three patterns
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DONOVAN HAS GLOOMY
REPORT


Col. 'Wild Bilp' Donovan, semi
official observer who has been tour
ing the Near East, brought de-
cidedly gloomy report back to Wash
ington.
Donovan told Secretary of the
Navy Knox and Secretary of War
Stinson, the two Republican men,
bers of the cabinet who were large
ly responsible for sending him, that
British chances were anything but
rosy in the Balkans. The Greeks,
he found, were riding the crest of
the wave but were successful more
because of their superhuman
bravery and the weaknesses of the
Italians than because of their real
military strength. Against strong,
well-equipped foe, such as the Ger
mans, it would be a different story.
The Turkish army, Donovan also
reported, is poorly equipped when it
comes to modern weapons of war
and is worried over Russia.
In North Africa he found that Gen.
eral Weygand was not disposed to
act independently of Vichy, and the
French in general seemed despond-
ent, floundering in their policy and
completely lacking in leadership.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12
GOODBYE SLOT MACHINES

Slot machines and Key West yester-
day babe each other fond farewell, and,
according to both Governor Holland and
Sheriff Sawyer, the twain shall never meet
again.
Local merchants who installed the
machines can feel they have escaped
lightly. Installation of the slots in local
bars was in direct violation of state law
and Governor Holland in his wire to Saw
yer yesterday ordered the operators ar
rest. Pr
The Citizen in recent weeks has
voiced frequent editorial complaints
against the slots presence here and the
protests were backed by the combined
opinion of civic leaders in the county.
Key West is a decidedly isolated COM
munity, and to a degree, puts its law en-
forcement up to the discretion of the sheriff
and police chief There are degrees and
degrees, however, and utterly fragrant vio-
lation of state law goes little beyond the
bounds of the sheriff's office discretionary
powers.
The argument that the machines are
necessary as part of the city's recrea-
tional facilities is hardly true.
Navy officers here, whose men con-
stitute one of the city's chief sources of
revenue, don't regard gambling as one of
Key Vests charms AS matter of fact,
they have repeatedly said they would place
the city out of bounds and forbid men to
come ashore here unless some of the Key
West dives were cleaned up and gambling
stopped
So, it's, goodbye slot machines!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12
WHAT DOCTORS COULD TELL

American medicine, as an authority
recently observed, has weak spot. 1t is
not weakness affecting the patient-the
sick man or woman anxiously seeking re-
turn to health. The weakness lies i'll the
fact that the medical profession has been
so busy fighting disease in experimental
laboratories as we'll as at the bedsides of the
ill, that it has found little time to tell the
public of its tremendous achievements. But
an amazing story could be told.
The undeniable record is there for all
who wish to read it. And it tells, through
the figures, dramatic and inspiratlonal
story of an endless battle against disease
and suffering and death.
That battle has won victory after VIC
tory In the period of century and a half,
in this country, the life expectancy of man
has nearly doubled-from 35 to 62 years.
During that time, typhus, once one of the
greatest killers, has all but disappeared.
Smallpox and diphtheria, dreaded specters
not so long ago, have been robbed of their
terrors. Other great scourges-typhoid,
diabetes, tuberculosis--have been brought
under control, and their mortality rates
steadily reduced.
That is what American medicine has
done. And all over the land, in countless
laboratories and Institutes, for the most
part privately financed and managed, the
doctors and the scientists are fighting, day
and night, the scourges which have not yet
been conquered.
Medicine is not an industry. But, like
industry. it has rendered its greatest service
to the people under a system which places
no brakes upon the achievements of the IN
dividual, and which encourages any man,
in any field, to develop his talents to the
utmost.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12
PROGRESS IN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY

The progress made by the aircraft
manufacturing industry of the United
States i'm response to national defense needs
is cited by the Aeronautical Chamber of
Commerce of America. Incorporated.
The figures given show that factory
space increased from 7,410.l3S productive
square feet on January lst, 1910, to H.
664. 500 on January 1st of this year. In adj
dition. Is, 965, 951 additional square feet
were under construction.
Engine plants expanded during the
year from 2.2l0,730 square feet to 5,272.r
479 and were still moving toward goal OF
9.700, 95S square feet.
Propeller plants increased from $685.
24O square feet to SIS. 500 square feet and
an additional los, 900 square feet of plant
il under construction.
Altogether, the production of air
planes, engines and propellers aggregated
s544.440 900 in 1910. almost doubling the
S225. 900 600 volume of 1889. In addition,
the manufacturers have expanded their
plant facilities in order TO assure vastly
greater production in l9il.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12
PEOPLES FORUM

Father tells Knute that when YOU
follow the truth in your own
heart. and help mankind, you are
serving God. / should say then.
20 loyal to the royal in our
selves.
We are Christians in the de-
gree that we have in US the same
mind that was also in Christ Je-
sus. ats
In reference to the grave ma
tional peril, that unquestionably
exists. / repeat what our able
secretary of state, Hon. Hull,
says, "We must evoke the law of
self-defense and do it quickly!'
Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler told
the story of a Quaker who was
accosted by thug, who. without
provocation, handed the Quaker
a haymaker-on the side of the
jaw. The Quaker, without los
ing his temper, turned the other
side and asked him to hit him
there also, which the thug did
still without losing his temper.
The Quaker took off his coat and
rolled up his sleeves and said,
Having complied with the rules
of the Bible. am about to knock
hell out of thee.
JAMES F. VELER,
Ex-U.S. Navy.
Key West, Fla,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12
ABOUT RELIGION

Editor, The Citizen:
l have often been asked the
question Are you a Christian"
by many sincere and well mean
ing people who are positive"
they know all the answers. and
are of the very elect themselves,
but that you are still "unwaShed''
therefore ''unsaved" because you
find yourself utterly unable to
accept their circumscribed plan
of salvation.
Shakespeare says. ITO thine
own self be true, thou cans't not
then be false to any man.. The
poet, Omar Kakyam said, And
many knot unraveled by the
road, but not the master knot of
human fate.
Christ enjoins us to love God
and our neighbor as ourself, on
these rest all the law and the
prophets. To love God then must
mean an "awareness" of Him,
that without Him" we are
mud. That underneath are the
everlasting arms. 1t is Hope"
grown large, called FAITH!
It is the finding of that mystical
light within--and letting it shine.
To see the good in others
Blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall SEE CODY And
the practice of the Golden Rule.
In the movie 'sKnute Rockne",
played by Pat O'Brien, the Rev.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
BY RUSSELL. KAY

never over-hurry, hurry, hurry.
See the funny little monkeys
Bosco, the snake eater-watch him
get down among those creeping,
crawling reptiles-see him bite
thir heads off and eat them
alive.-What is it folks? You
name it, that wierd mysterious
half-beast Mailman, captured in
the wilds of Africa. See the
beautiful Hawaiian dancing girls,
they'll thrill and amaze you, 20
Poynesian beauties-20, count
EN-.
How about a pony ride? Twice
around the track for dime. Get
your tickets here for new thrill
ride-Take your turn folks, no
crowding or pushing-Take off
your hats and hold on tight
That's it, just what you've been
looking for-that famous Funny
House, you'll laugh, you'll scream,
you'll howl.
Stand back, everybody, here
comes the parade. boy, what a
band-and see those gorgeous
floats and, even more gorgeous
girls. Hold you gal friend, pal,
here come the Marines! What's
that shootin' all about? Oh, it's
the pirates-the bloody pirates
look at 'em, they're hangin' one
guy to the yard arm.--Which one
is Gaspatilla? Look out for the
horses.-Is that one of those new
Army tanks? Gee, I'd hate to have
one of them things on my heels.
Who are them birds in the
plug hats? The Governor, eh?-
Good lookin' guy, amt he? And
you say the other guys are Direc-
tors?-Gee, there's Little Johnnie
for Phillip Morris'-That
amt really HIM, is it?
Lets get over to the grand
stand-that's the best place TO see
the show. Boy, what a mob!-
There's the Mayor goin' out to
surrender the city to the pirates.
Look, they're takin' pictures for
the movies.-Gee, look at that
guy on the high pole-I'll bet it's
a hundred feet, and the screwball
is standing on his head. What
way to make livingl-Look at
the other guy dom a Tango on
the high wire, and he hasn't even
got a net.--Say, that's the fun
NEST dog act I ever saw.-Talk
about clowns!-Who's the big
guy with the cigar? Striedsr, you
say'-The general manager of
be FAREWELL, he's sure done
sswell job. :"
And so, gentle readers, YOU
lave sort Of word picture of my
FACTIONS in attempting to say
Dmethin' in print about Americas
third largest Fair and famous
Gasparilla Carnival. But / haven't /
even touched the high spots.
There is something new and ]
something different going on
every day, so come and see this !
great show for yourself. But /
hurry, for its last only a few
more days. The gates will close /
at midnight. Saturday, February [
Is. 50 don't miss it,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-12

The Citizen welcomes express
sions Of the views of its read
ers, but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items
which are considered libeIOus
or unwarranted. The writers
should be fair and confine the
letters to 500 words, and write
ON one side OF the paper only.
Signature of the writers must
accompany the letters and will
be published unless requested
otherwise.