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Evening star., 1938-04-16
At ! pm. yesterday the road vas
sk{ A~A~

: At I pm. yesterday the road vas
still open.
Machine Guns Rattle.
Meantime, from where this CORE
spondent was talking In Ulldecona
with . staf1 onicer, his maps spread
out on q stone wall. he could hear
the firing Of the machine guns.
The staff ofncer was talking coolly,
carefully and with great politeness
while Aranda's troops were advancing
past san Rafael, with only one ridge
left between them and US. He was
a very brave and competent soldier
and was ordering up his armored cars,
but our car wasn't armored, 30 we
decided to return past Santa Barbara
1t was nice little town, but 1t would
have been better except that Tortosa
was still spouting clouds Of smoke
a. the bombers unloaded
There were many reasons impelling
us to get by Tortosa toward Barcelona,
including life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. So when the car arrived
at Tortosa and a guard said the bomb
ers had blown up the bridge and that
We couldn't 60 through, it was some
thing that we had worried about for
so long and so many times 1t made
almost no impression except q feeling
that now 1t has really happened"
you can try the little bridge that
they are fixing with some planks." the
guard said
The chauffeur jumped the car for
ward. threaded through q line OF
trucks. past bomb holes into which
two trucks could drop out of sight
in the still freshly scorched earth and
the acrid high explosive smell, and
on to the little bridge. Ahead was
= mule cart.
Escape Blocked.
"You can't 60 there" the guard
shouted to the peasant leading the
cart. heavily laden with grain. house
hold goods, cooking pots, . Jug OF
wine and all the mule could haul
with difficulty. But the mule had
no reverse and the bridge was blocked
So your correspondent pushed on the
Evening star., 1938-04-16
K0NOYE OPPOSES
JAPAN'S MILITARY
Leaders of Army and Navy
Demand Mobilization
Laws Use.
By the Associated Press.

TOXIC, April 16-Faced by the
for sweeping measures to push a quick
conclusion to the conflict in China,
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye to-
day was reported threatening to resign.
The cabinet was said to be split on
the issue Of support of the premier,
providing the first real government
crisis since the undeclared war in
China started more than nine months
ago.
As a result of strict censorship on
news from China, where Japanese
army spokesnen have refused to con-
firm or deny reports of great losses
in fighting at Taierhchwang, the pub
lie was in the dark on developments
and wild rumors circulated.
Demand Drastic Law Use.
The minister Of war, Gen. Gen
Sugiyama, Navy Minister Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai and Home Minister
Admiral Nobumasa Suyetsugu were
leading the faction demanding appll-
cation of the national mobilization
law and the sending of heavy REIN
forcements to China, 1t was reliably
reported.
Finance Minister Okinobu Kaya
Minister of Education Koichi KIDD and
Minister of Justice Suehiko Shiono
we're said to be in the opposite camp,
backing the premier in his refusal to
accede to the demands.
The minister of justice made rapid
visit to Konoye at his villa and after
half an hours conference returned
to Toxic with the statement that
Konoye did not intend to resign.
Hirota Fails to Visit Premier.
The foreign minister. Koki Hirota
was the only member OF the cabinet
who has not visited the premier's villa
where Konoye was said to be i'll.
The premier's position was made
difficult by the war, navy and home
ministers demands because he had
promised the national mobilization bill
would not be applied during the Chi
nese conflict.
The measure, bitterly opposed IN
Parliament, gives the government un-
limited power to draft the nations
man power and economic strength in
all emergency.
A source close to the government
said 1T is necessary to strike the
Chinese with both fists instead OF
keeping its (the governmental right
fist free in case Russia attacks
Japan"
Evening star., 1938-04-16

pending conference might be based on
the possibility Of renewing full CO.
operation with Italy.
+ The French diplomats have accented
IN invitation from the British gov
ernment, delivered here by British
Ambassador Sir Eric Phipps. M.
Daladier and M. Bonnet probably will
remain in London for two days, talk
ing with Prime Ministse Neville Cham.
berlain and Viscount Halifax, British
secretary Of foreign affairs.
Meanwhile, in France, the Workers
Syndicate ordered evacuation Of strike.
occupied metal plants today in re.
sponse to Premier Daladier's appea
for united support Of his moves Il
strengthen Frances international DO.
sition.
The first units Of 100000 striker.
last night marched out Of about 81
Of the 22o affected plants. Labor
leaders said evacuation would be com.
pleted today and work resumed Tues.
day.
The workers acceptance Of tn.
premier's terms was said to have beer
Evening star., 1938-04-16
U.F. w. A. WILL SET UP
NATIONAL PLANNING UNIT

A national planning board to ad-
wise on broad questions Of policy will
be set up shortly by the United Fed
eral Workers Of America, 1t was an
nounced yesterday by Jacob Baker.
president.
Membership will be on . regional
basis, with New England and New
York represented by three delegates,
Eastern States by three, District Of
Columbia, Ave: Southern States, two;
Middle West, three. and West, two.
One Of the principal tasks Of the
organization will be to plan q national
convention.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
FRENCH TO CONFER:
|NL0NDON APRIL 28
DaIadier and Bonnet Will
See Chamberlain and
Viscount Halifax.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 16.-Premier Edouard
Daladier and Minister Of Foreign
Affairs Georges Bonnet will 60 to
London April 20 to confer with Brit
ish government officials on ways and
means Of co-ordinating Anglo British
diplomacy.
1t was learned today that the i'm
Evening star., 1938-04-16

Influenced BY warning to COM
munists that 80 long as the metal
workers strike tied up arms produc-
ton, France would be in no position
to aid Russia.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
PERSHING COMING EAST
Will Leave Tucson Tomorrow to
Attend Sons Wedding.

Attend Sons Wedding.
TUCSON, Ariz., April 16 (P).-Miss
May Pershing, sister Of Gen. John J.
Pershing, left by train yesterday for
New York City to make arrangements
for the arrival Of the World War chief
next week.
Gen. Pershing, who was near death
from a heart ailment in February and
March, will leave tomorrow to at
tend the wedding Of his son and Miss
Muriel Bache Richards April %.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
and General Besserey gives the Duchess
surprise in this exciting story
bv E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Il was, but am not am coming to you.
will be there at half-past twelve"
"One anxiety removed" Besserley said.
with sigh of relief.
He strolled down to the gate as soon as her
car appeared. Grace sprang out and hurried
up the slope towards him.
"Oh, my dear. what time you have been
away!" she exclaimed.
1t was not until the cocktails arrived that he
referred to Paris. Il saw your husband at the
Armenonville" " he told her.
"Well?" she asked expectantly.
"Oh, didn't do much in the way of a frontal
attack We both talked the usual platitudes
and agreed to differ"
''Is he coming down."
YES"
She sighed That's bad news"
He peered into the shaker and divided the
remainder of its contents
"You must know, Grace" he told her. that
didn't 60 to Paris with the idea of becoming
the elderly gentleman over Maurice and stuffing
him full of good advice"
you are not elderly" she declared indig-
nantly.
Getting that way or the Almanac lies, he
replied, smiling Il shall have to ask you to be
lenient with me, dear, because the situation is
very difficult a little precarious and daresay
l have made darned idiot of myself. Still,
have some influence in various directions and
tried to make use of it. cannot even prophesy
the result but have done what can. You will
believe that, won't you?"
MY dear, think it is wonderful" she con-
fessed, taking his hand. Il won't ask you
single question. l always remember what you
said when asked you once to do something
for me when you had an official post in Paris.
If it is possible, it shall be DONE If it is i'm
possible, it still shall be done Now. don't
think it is possible for you to stop Maurice
going to the Duchesss or to stop him from
losing money when he gets there, but if there is
any way, know that you will have thought
of il"
And so to lunch" he concluded.
He spoke no more of the matter until he
handed her into her car.
Then he asked her rather abrupt question.
"Are you going to the villa Thursday night?"
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Then come" he said.
The memory of the opening of
the Villa Dragounil and the great
party given by the Duchess to
commemorate the occasion was
probably the most amazing epi-
sode that the Riviera had ever
known. At nine o'clock, dinner
was served to a hundred guests
in the large dining room. The
anteroom adjoining it had also
been furnished with small tables
at which about sixty were seated
in parties of four. Between these
rooms was the gambling salon.
At a quarter past nine, din
ner was being served to one
hundred and sixty people. Soon
after ten, a further stream of
cars began to arrive with guests
Evening star., 1938-04-24

ENERAL BEssERLEY sat before his
writing table, drawn close up to the
wide-flung windows of his summer
ho,,se His ewes wandered through
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of
the board of General Motors,
has made a contribution of
$25, 900 to traffic safety as an
nounced by the National Safety
Council. This money will be
used for additional awards in
the 1887 contest conducted by
the council. The contest ended
December 81 and prize winning
cities and states will be an
nounced early in April. Twelve
police officers and eight traffic
engineers will be selected from
the prize winning cities and
states in the contest and sent to
Northwestern and Harvard uni
versities for a years training
with $1,000 cash and a years
tuition. AS Ely has a most re-
markable safety record, there
may be a chance for one of our
officers to get in on this cash
and training.
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CIVIC CLUB TO
HOLD BANQUET
meet, JAN. Is
Ed. L. Shave, Tourist Bureau
Manager, Slated as Chief
Speaker on Program.

The annual installation of the newly
lected officers of the Ely Commercial
Club vii ltake place on January Is.
The new directors elected at the meet
ing on Tuesday of last week are Frank
Jenko, Anton Klun and John Rikhus.
At the meeting of the directors held
Saturday afternoon, John RikhuS was
elected president; Frank Jenko, first
vice president; Helmer Olson, second
vice president; Ray Hoefler, secretary,
and George Somero, treasurer.
At this meeting on Saturday it was
decided to hold the annual banquet and
installation at the Forest Hotel on
the evening of January 25th and a
committee composed of Joseph Veranth,
outgoing president; Ray Hoefler, sec
rotary and James I. Laing, were named
to arrange for the annual affair.
Ed. l.. Shave, manager of the Mime
sofa Tourist Bureau, has been invited
to make the address of the evening.
Mr.. Shave has frequently signified his
intention of coming to this city and it
is hoped he will accept the invitation.
The committee in charge of the ban
quet will arrange a short program and
invitations have been extended to
neighboring Commercial Clubs and
Chambers of Commerce to attend the
gathering.
Tickets will be offered for the event
and members are urged to attend and
bring guests A more detailed prograln
will be printed next week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
William, TrudgeOn Heads
M. E.. Fellowship Club.

The open meeting of the Methodist
Fellowship Club on Saturday evening al
the church parlors was attended by a
large audience who enjoyed the pro-
gram presented and partook of an ap-
petizing supper served by the lunch
committee composed of Mr.. and Mrs
G. E. Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mcneil
and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kent.
The new officers elected for the en-
suing year are William Trudgeon, presi-
dent; Gust Robertson, vice president
and Mrs. William Trudgeon, secretary
and treasurer.
The program was opened by the Rev
Dowler, followed by group singing
Misses Mona Kent and Nancy King
gave vocal duet, accompanied by
Frances Mae Richards at the piano.
Mrs. H. c. Newgord played a piano
selection after which Cleda Venner and
Florence Tratnik played clarinet duet
A vocal duet followed by Mrs. Floyd
Dunstan and Mrs. John Smrekar, &C.
companied by Miss Irene Thomas al
the piano.
Harvey Tjader gave a harmonica
selection and Lois Mae Eckert sang a
solo, accompanied by Mrs. Louis Eckert
A vocal duet by Avis Hal, and Donna
Hall in which they were accompanied
by an instrumental group composed O1
Herbert Venner, Mr.. Mathews, Walter
Lott Ay.fh nd y
closed the enterJai 1menS features.
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B0BcATSSLATE
GAMES IN ELY
Hockey Team Schedules Series
of Games With Powerful
Range Teams.

Beginning with the Soudan Flyers on
the Ely rink on Thursday night, the Ely
Bobcat sextet will start a series of
games with various range hockey teams.
Soudan promises to bring a powerful
aggregation of puck shooters to Ely
tonight Soudan has won seven games
and lost two so far this season.
On Saturday evening next, Cliff
Thompson, hockey coach of the Eveleth
high school, will bring to Ely his team
noted as being the strongest high school
sextet in the states. Through this team
and the Eveleth Junior College, Coach
Thompson has built up many profess
sional and amateur stars that are now
playing in the National American and
American Assertion. He has also en-
tered one of the Eveleth j. C. teams in
the Olympics.
The week following, the "Cats" travel
on two-day circuit encountering the
Hibbing Merchants" on January Goth
at the Memorial building. The follow
ing evening they play return game
with the Eveleth high school at the
Hippodrome.
With Fred McReady, local teacher as
coach, the Bobcats have shown a de-
cided improvement in their playing and
no doubt will give a good account of
themselves in the scheduled games.
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Committee Prepares for
4-day SnolU Jubilee Here

John A. Smrekar, chairman of Ely's
Winter Frolic committee, states that the
program for the four-day event to
take place on February "a, Is, 26 and q,
is shaping up well and that the frolic
will be one of the best ever held in the
northwest and fittingly illustrate the
possibilities of winter sports in this
city and vicinity.
Other members of the Ely Com
mercial Club Frolic Committee are
Lauren Leino and John Somrock, vice
chairmen; Helmer Olson, treasurer, and
Stanley Pechaver, secretary.
Committee have been named to have
charge of the various phases of the
frolic to be presented on the four days
mentioned. In letter announcing the
committees, addressed to each member,
the recipient is admonished as follows:
"As leader in this city, you have
been appointed to serve on one of the
frolic committees. The success of this
elaborate affair lies in your hands. Will
you be so kind to cooperate fully with
your respective committee and help
make frolic Ely will be proud OFF"
A most elaborate list of sub-com-
mittees have been named to have
charge of ticket and booster tag sales,
snow modelling contests; queen COM
mittee; broom ball contests; skating
rink committee; parade committee; ski
events and dance committee.
All the names on the list are 60
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stSn0U
JubiLee''
Name Picked for CarniUal
Ely Commercial Club Accepts
Offering of Miss Fowler for
Winter Sports Event.

After judging twenty-four entries in
the name contest for the winter sports
the one submitted by Miss Fowler of
the Ely school faculty was accepted.
"Elys Snow Jubilee" was the name
chosen as submitted by Miss Fowler
Along with the name, Miss Fowler SUBJ
mitted her explanation of the name in
the following:
BE winter sport. Enjoy the tang
and tingle of the Snow Jubilee at Ely
on the Iron Roads of the Arrowhead.
"Cold strengthens the strong. 1t
makes one tingle with alertness and
capacity for action in man-testing re-
creation. A day is set aside for a
Snow Jubilee as an expression of Joy
in high spot thrills.
"The iron road APPLY describes the
range highways leading to Ely at the
eastern tip of the Arrowhead"
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Committees Announced for
Presidents Birthday Ball

Harold Dillon and Mrs. E. w. Hanson
in charge of the Presidents Birthday
Ball for this city have announced the
committees to have charge of the ticket
sales and other arrangements for the
ball.
The proceeds of the ball are ear
marked for the Infantile Paralysis
Foundation being raised in every vii
lage, city and hamlet in the country in
the fight against the dread plague with
which President Roosevelt was a suf-
ferer several years ago.
Upon his recovery the President de-
cided to throw all his efforts against
the disease and was of the opinion that
his birthday, January 20, would be the
proper time to inauguarate campaign.
The first year, the proceeds of the
birthday ball were allocated to the
Warm Springs Foundation where the
president received relief.
Since that time with the Warm
Springs sanitarium and baths on good
financial footing, the residue of the
fund was devoted to large number of
universities and colleges where pro-
fessors were engaged in isolating the
cause of the disease.
Good Roadway has been made and
the Foundation is serving its purpose
with the result that within a few years
the cause of the malady will be met
with scientific methods and the dis
ease bested.
The ball in Ely will take place at the
Washington auditorium on Saturday
evening, January 20. Johnny Smrekar
and his orchestra will furnish the music.
The tickets for the event are placed
at SO cents and committee has been
named composed of members of the
various organizations of the city to
dispose of the tickets.
A finance committee also has been
named to check receipts. This COM
mittee is composed of Mrs. w. j.
Kayute, Mrs. Emil Leino, Mrs. Jack
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Ely Woodsn1an Sick,
Battles Hunger, Cold
in Cellar Under Shack
Sumner Purvis Withstands
Trying Ordeal at Woods
Home Near Ely.
LANTERN ONLY HEAT
Remains in Cellar Beneath
Cabin for Days in Sub
Zero Weather.

On his bed in room at the Ship
man hopital, Sumner PurviS, aged H.
a Spanish American war veteran, is
thanking his stars that he is not lying
frozen stiff in death at his cabin on
Bear Island lake where he has been
living by himself for he past twenty
years.
PurviS has been suffering from
wrenched muscles in his back for the
past five years. Last week he became
suddenly unable to function about his
home about Is miles from here. Sun
day afternoon, William Afford of Du-
luth, who has a cabin At Bear Greek,
decided before returning home to call
on his old friend Purvis, residing about
81 miles from the Afford cabin.
He found PurviS almost helpless and
on his way to Duluth, where he is
assistant cashier at the First and
American National Bank, he notified
Tower authorities of the plight of Mr.
PurviS
Tower authorities brought the matter
to the attention of the authorities in
this city. Deputy Sheriff Adolph
Dolenshak investigated. He conferred
with relief authorities and with Deputy
Tufvander at Tower. The two de-
puties went to the Purvis cabin on
SnoWShoeS.
The team of horses owned by Mr.
PurviS were found wandering about
subSisting on what they could pick up
in the woods near the cabin. InveSti-
cation failed to locate Purvis until a
trap door leading to the cellar under
the cabin was opened and the man was
found there, rolled up in frayed
blankets with lighted lantern, FROST
bitten and suffering from hunger and
exposure
PurviS states that he was too weak
to keep up the fires in the cabin and
obtain wood. He also stated that the
Thermometer showed Is below zero in
the cabin at the time. This was early
Monday. He made his way to the cellar
knowing that he would not freeze
therein and in his helpless condition,
he was only in danger of starving to
death.
Three days had elapsed from the
time the report had been made by Mr.
Afford and the unfortunate man was
beginning to wonder how long he could
survive in his helpless condition. He
had subsisted on two cans OF milk for
three days and states that he did not
hear the searching party in the room
above until they came to the cellar on
Thursday.
Arrangements were at once made to
get the i'll man to medical attention.
The party left after removing the sick
man out Of the cellar, warming up the
cabin and making him as comfortable
as possible. The horses also were taken
care of by the deputies.
Friday, Clarence Chinn and his dog
team, Sulo Kukko and Rudolph Ban
ovetz, Ely police office, with Deputies
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ReUielU Board and Honor
Court Listed for Scouts.

According to notices sent out by E.
C. Bolitho, chairman of the Vermilion
District Boy Scouts, the next meeting
of the Board of Review will be held
on February 8, at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon in the Scout room of the
Industrial Arts building.
Chairman Bolitho also gives notice
that the Court of Honor will be held
on February II, at the Washington
auditorium when the pictures taken at
the Washington, D. c. Jamboree will
be shown.
The pictures are of high interest to
the Scouts and the public. Nine Scouts
from the Vermilion district attended the
Jamboree, four from Ely and five from
Tower. The Ely Scouts at Washington
were Clarence and Harold Robertson,
Robert Carlson and Charles Strachan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
FEATURES
IN THIS
tissue

Irwin S. Cobb says the Italian army
officer who praises war must be con-
fusing that occupation with foot racing,
having participated in the Spanish re-
treat.
Britain, reused by arrogance in
Shanghai, takes steps to curb Japan.
E. W. Pickard reviews the situation in
his weekly News Review"
Finney of the Force frolics through
another gay adventure on the Funny
Page.
First billion dollar Congress was sem
sational news. William Bruckhart re-
calls in his Washington Digest, dis
cussing upward trend of governmental
costs.
Sammy Baugh, football pro, faces
tough assignment entering big league
baseball with st. Louis Cardinals next
spring, George A. Barclay writes in
Speaking of Sports"
Happiness depends on honesty in
marriage, Doris Dene AYERS in her yalu-
able column for the lovelorn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-20
BAND PRESENT
FAMOUS GUEST
GROUP FRIDAY
James Gillette and Chamber
Orchestra Feature of Band
Concert Tomorrow.

Another concert event of Importance
will take place at the Washington audi
forum on Friday evening when the Ely
Municipal Band presents James Robert
Gillette and his chamber orchestra of
Carleton College, Mortified, as guest
artists.
MIR. Gillette is recognized as one of
the most noted pipe organ soloists in
the country besides being an instructor
LOT music in Carleton College, well known
by many in this city who have had the
pleasure of hearing him and of having
been his pupils.
For his tour this year, Prof. Gillette
has surrounded himself with galaxy of
musicians calculated to please the most
exacting audiences. The artists COM
posing the orchestra, in addition to
Prof Gillette, and the electric organ.
are:
Lorraine Martineau, first violin:
Chair Couch, second violin; Virginia
Entsminger, violin; Elizabeth Hill,
cello; Erling Nordberg, contra bass;
Eleanor Mitchell, flute, Dorothy Halfpap,
oboe; Claire Schmuckel, clarinet; Violet
johnson, bassoon, and Fritz Schwab,
horn.
The evening promises to be made up
of the finest kind of music as only ar
lists can play it and everybody is cor
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