The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-05
MINNESOTA NEWS


show for their third year.
st. Paul-Otto Bremen has resigned
as state manager of the Home Owners
Loan corporation, position he has
held since the creation of the office
shortly after the Roosevelt admins
tration came into power.
Hibbing-Official approval by the
PWA removed the last obstacle him
dering construction of the refrigera-
tion plant which will supply artificial
ice in the new memorial building
here. Work will start at once.
MarshaIl-The city council voted
appropriations of $4,000 for an air.
port hangar, with additional funds >of
100000 to be furnished by the federal
WPA setup. The hangar would house
rs planes and be of modern construc-
tion.
Zumbrota-A celluloid pocket comb
and fall on roller skates Is fire tin
der in the mind Of Edward King
whose burning trousers created a
mild sensation on a local amusement
rink. Skating unperturbed after a
spill, Killing, native of Pine Island,
found his trousers smouldering. In
the pocket cracked a burning cellu.
loid comb, presumably ignited by the
tumble.
Minneapolis-The Junior Associa-
tion Of Commerce is sponsoring one
of the finest fields of bicycle racers
ever assembled for the fifth interna-
tional six-day bike race in the audi
torium September 10 to 16. Canadian
stars, Torchy Peden, Jules Audy and
Henri LePage will compete, along
with the Swedish champ, Erland
Christensen and the German team Of
Gus Kilian and Heinz Vopel Other
headliners will assure the spectators
Of a keen race.
Duluth-Delay in establishing the
II additional CCC camps in the state
has become necessary at the present
time because of the heavy employ
ment demands in the harvest fields
and at lake resorts, E. w. Tinker, re-
gional forester, said here. OF the 80
additional camps permitted the state,
13 has been established, bringing the
present total in the state to 81. Un-
der the CCC regulations camp may
not be established until the maxi
mum strength of 200 men is reached.
Henderson-Elmer Schatz of Green
Isle reigned liking of the sauerkraut-
ers" after an suspicious victory in
Henderson's kraut-munching contest
before a record crowd of 10000 per-
sons. While the crowd howled in glee,
Schatz vanquished two pounds of the
famed festival dish in one minute and
SO seconds to edge out by a mouth
full Len Martin of LeSeuer. who finish
ed two seconds later. The contest
climaxed day of festivity that saw
an estimated $4,000 persons partake
Of Tree sauerkraut, buns and wieners
in Community Square park.
Tower-A letter written and posted
in Finland and addressed only MRS.
Sanni A. Harju, route 1, box Al, U. S.
A." has been received by Mrs. Harju
near here despite the fact that the
city, county or state was not desig-
mated. Postoffice authorities in New
York, knowing Of Scandinavian and
Finnish settlements in Minnesota,
forwarded the letter to Minneapolis.
Authorities there recalled that a
large Finnish settlement in the state
is in Otter Tail county addressed it
to New York Mills. The postoffice
there happened to know that the
Harjus reside near here and the let
ter was sent here.
CIoquet-Victinls of the disastrous
fire which swept northern Minnesota
in 1918 won their long fight for fed
eral compensation as President Roose-
Welt signed the bill authorizing pay
ment of claims estimated at between
100000 and $12,500,000. By this
action more than 5000 claimants, now
scattered through 3S states, are as
sured full payment Of losses suffered
in 1918 when devastating fire swept
through approximately 1000 square
miles of northern Minnesota timber
land. Seven thousand homes were
destroyed and more than 500 persons
burned to death. The total damage
was estimated at between 80 and 40
million dollars.
st. Pau!-With "Stop This Slaugh-
teri as their slogan, representative
men and women from six northwest
states and two Canadian provinces
will gather Sept. IL and IS to formu-
late a triple-barreled program de-
signed to cut down the traffic death
toll in this area. Among the speak
ers will be Gov. Floyd B. Olson and
Chief Justice John P. Devaney of the
Minnesota Supreme Court. The three
fold aim of the conference will be %
education of the public to the neces-
sity for traffic rule observe, (2) strict
and uniform law enforcement, and
90 cooperation of civic organiza-
tons, law enforcement agencies, and
private citizens in the traffic safety
movement
st. Pau!-The failure Of congress
to complete a social security pro-
gram before adjournment will have
no effect on his plans to call special
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