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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
Elyites Digging Out After
Worst SnoUstorn1 in Years

The worst snowstorm in 20 years
struck the Ely territory Tuesday, tieing
up traffic in the city, Sailing dozens OF
motor cars, delaying train and bus SER
vice and plastering persons brave
enough to venture outdoors with sticky
snow that couldn't be removed from
clothing even after vigorous brushing
Wednesday people of the community
commenced the laborious process of
digging out, with huge drifts from four
to six feet high blocking both sidewalks
and roads.
Bus service on the Greyhound lines
and freight service on the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Iron Range railway were sus-
pended Wednesday, but were to be
resumed today. Passenger trains main
tanned schedules however.
Schools were dismissed early Tuesday
afternoon and were not reconvened un-
til this morning. This included the
Junior College, high school, Junior high
and grades
Wednesday morning most of the
county highways were open. Crews
battled mountainous drifts all Tuesday
night to have them open to traffic by
the following morning.
Joe Gerzin came over state highway
No. from Virginia early Wednesday
morning before the plows had cleared
it, but reported plenty of tough going
1t was difficult to determine the exact
location of the right-of-way because
of the snow-covered road Hugh drifts
blocked the road but he was able to
pillow through them in his heavy truck
BY the middle of Wednesday morn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16

and Mrs. Edna Lee, district president of
the Rebekahs of Chisholm.
Each and every one of the grand
lodge officers complimented the Ely
lodges as hosts and the city upon its
Community Center. Many of them have
visited here before and were amazed
at the changes that had taken place
in the city and its public buildings.
Grand Treasurer Everett in his all
to-short address, remarked on the fine
work of the Ely lodge in placing the
younger members in the chairs and in
inducing the younger generation to be-
come members. He said that where the
Youth of this country is marching on
into notable achievements and are
unlike European countries where the
youth is also marching on but into
war and war pursuits and training"
Visitors from several of the range
towns were present when at 7 O'Clock
the guests were seated to a most de-
licious turkey banquet in the cafeteria
of the Community Center, prepared by
a committee of RebekahS and served
by the Theta Rho girls branch, recently
organized. Heading the Rebekah COM
mittee in the preparation of the ban
quet were Mrs. william Burley, Mrs
Richard Hodge and Mrs. Rudolph Hala.
mix. John Nankervis asked for divine
blessings on the banquet and proceed.
ings to follow
The tables had been most artisticall,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
DEBATERS WIN
FROM DULUTH
To Compete Against Coleraine
Today for Championship
of District Seven.

The Ely affirmative team came
through with flying colors in the de-
bate with Denfeld high school at Du-
luth last Thursday, winning the right
to meet Coleraine for the championship
of region seven. The local affirmative
team will debate the Coleraine negative
team today at Coleraine.
Milton and Harold Gordon compose
the team, with Nancy Eckert and Helen
Skantze as alternates.
If Ely wins today it will be pitted
against another region, probably region
two, for the right to attend the state
meet The question being debated is:
Resolved That the United States
Should Establish an Alliance With
Great Britain"
In 1885, Ely defeated Grand Rapids
to win the seventh district champion
ship. In the inter-district debate with
Crookston that followed, the Crookston
team was given the verdict. Later the
judges reversed the decision, but it was
not allowed to supersede the first one.
This is the only time that Ely has
reached the state semi-finals in recent
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
MAX HERSETH
RESIGNS AS
SWIM COACH
Mentor Made Enviable Record
Coaching Paddlers; Plans
Resort Business.

Max Herseth, swimming coach at the
Ely high school for the past Is years,
handed in his resignation to the school
board Tuesday. The veteran swimming
coach, who has turned out some Of
the best prep aqua stars in the entire
country while at the helm of the local
tank team, has no definite plans for the
future, he says, other than caring for
his resort on Kabetogama lake in the
International Falls territory.
Mr.. Herseth expects visit this sum-
mer from his sister and cousin from
Norway, who are planning to tour the
United States and visit relatives here.
If they do not come, the Herseth FAM
lily may make visit to Norway for a
short time.
He IS also contemplating coaching the
1910 Olympic diving team for his ma
tive country, but this project has not
been definitely decided upon.
Mr.. Herseth has established an en-
viable record while coaching the high
school paddlers This is particularly
true for his diving proteges. During
the last Is years they have garnered
seven state championships and four
northwest crowns.
Walter Nappa, now coaching at the
Minnesota Athletic club, Minneapolis,
was rated by his ex-coach here as being
the best diver ever turned out from The
Ely school and also in the state of
Minnesota. Nappa was graduated in
1927, winning the state title that year.
In 1892 while member of the Uni
versity of Minnesota tank team he
placed second in the national intercol-
legiate meet, being beaten only by the
Olympic champion.
Joe Grahek, freshman at the univer-
sity, was given the nod as the fastest
swimmer coached by the retiring men
tor. Grahek, who swan the free style,
also possessed considerable ability on
the plank, winning the state champion
ship three times in a row.
Leonard Klun, now of the university,
also took the state crown three conse-
cutive times. Both he and Grahek
were northwest champions as was Joe
Pucel, another topnotch diver.
These are only a few of a long list
of high-class performers who have
graced the swimming squad d,lring
Coach Herseth's term
Herseth himself was an athlete of
no little renown when he resided III
his native country before coming to
the United States in 1915. He was
member of the championship Olympic
rowing team which represented Nor
way at the 1912 games in Stockholm,
Sweden. At one time he he'd the
worlds record in the junior ice skating
500-meter event.
In all, between the period of 1906
16 he won total of 268 medals and
cups for his prowess at skating, rowing,
bicycle racing and other sports
Before coming to Ely he was assis-
tant coach in swimming at the Uni
versity of Minnesota and preceding that
he was coach at the Minnesota Ath,eti:
club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16

Postmaster General Farley
urges the retention of the Scent
postage, claiming that in the
fiscal year 1888, the extra cent
made a difference of $97, 700,-
900 in the postage revenues.
The Hill City News thinks this
is about as fair a tax as any as
it falls on all the people and
further thinks that is all the
good that can be said about it.
Mr.. Farley's statement is in
teresting in that it shows the
politicians idea never to allow
any tax to be repealed once il
is on the books.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
Local Officials Join
Throng Protesting
Weber-Carley Bill
City and School Officials
Voice Disapproval of
Bill at st. Paul.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY HIT
Loss to Ely School District
Would be Sill, 028.31 if
Bill is Passed.

City Attorney Thomas j. Carey, Al
derman Joseph SpreitZer, City Chemist
DR.. j. E. Thompson, John w. Som
rock and President Helner Olson, rep
resenting the Ely Commercial Club with
Ivan Tauzell, director, Peter MoScatelli,
attorney and Henry Berg, clerk, for
School District No. II, were in st. Paul
last week where they attended hear
ing before the house committee on the
Weber-Carley per-capita tax limitation
bill. City Assessor Fred B. James and
City Engineer Waino Somero also were
at the hearing.
Facts were presented before the COM
mittee which had recommended the bill
for passage to show that the measure
which would reduce per capita levies in
cities and villages of st. Louis county
from $40 to a minimum of $50 and
school districts from $50 to $40 would
result in a loss of approximately ST.
100000 a year to communities in the
range districts.
1t was shown that the loss to the
school district in Ely would amount to
Sill y028.31 while the schools of the
ranges would lose total of 1851 ,686 90.
The house committee did not materially
react to the mass of figures presented
and voted the bill out of committee TO
be further mulled over when it reaches
the floor of the house.
Monday meeting Of the Range MI
inequalities association was held in Vir-
GINA and a further discussion on the
bills took place with Purcell E. Bar
ker, named by the legislative commit
tee of the association to act as chair
man Of the range attack on the bill, in
charge Of the meeting. Charts have
been prepared to be produced at the
senate hearing on the bill this after
noon, showing the range picture as
they assert it IS.
At the Virginia meeting special EN-
phasis on the acute situation for range
schools resulting if the bill was passed
was urged. 1t was repeatedly pointed
out by speakers that the passage of the
bill would be drastic blow to educa-
tional standards on the ranges.
Superintendent L. A. Lavine of the
Virginia schools, explained that statio-
tics on low cost in south state schools
as compared with range schools being
stressed by proponents of the measure,
do not contain number of figures es-
sential to a true comparison.
He declared that number of south
ern Minnesota cities have state sup
ported teachers colleges which pro-
vide advanced learning for their stu
dents. Costs of these institutions is not
included in the per pupil cost for these
cities, he pointed out
On the other hand, the per pupil cost
for range communities includes the cost
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16

ing the storm had subsidized consider
ably, but a high wind famed powdery
snow over the countryside, increasing
the size of the drifts and filling in roads
that had been plownd out.
Snow fall by Wednesday morning
measured from IA to 20 inches deep on
the level, nearly as much as fell dur
ing the entire month of February and
more than that recorded during all OF
December and January. Previous to
the present storm the worst one of the
winter had been on Feb. 10 and Ii, but
only six and one-half inches of snow
fell then. The temperature then ranged
far below the zero mark while Tuesday
and Wednesday it was zero to 10 de-
grees above.
What appeared to be the tailend OF
the big storm at Duluth early in the
morning by Tuesday afternoon develop
ed into the real thing. Visibility for sew
eral hours during mid-afternoon was
limited to 300 feet within the city. Mo-
florists brave enough to venture out
drove with their lights on.
Autos were stalled all over the city
either because motors refused to oper-
ate when snow had shorted the igni.
ton systems or wheels became blocked
by drifts.
BY Wednesday morning many cars
left parked by the roadside formed GEN.
terpieces in drifts that left only the
top and part of the windows visible
City mail carriers did not make then
afternoon delivery Tuesday because the
passenger train, due here at liz o..
clock, did not arrive until o'clock
Wednesday they waded through drifts
from knee deep to waist deep to get tt
houses. Trains coming to Ely Tues
day reported great difficulty in getting
out of Duluth and Two Harbors, en-
countering drifts Is feet deep. After
leaving Lake Superior territory, how
ever, snow was not so deep. Passenger
trains were pulled by two engines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
ARTIST CHOSEN
T0PAINT MURAL
in Pc. BUILDING
Miss Elsa JENNIE, St. Paul, to
Design Mural to Decorate
Postoffice Lobby.

| Miss Elsa JENNIE, st. Paul. has been
chosen to paint the mural ordered for
the Ely postoffice building. On the
basis of competent designs submitted
Miss JENNIE will be invited to prepare
preliminary sketches for the work in
Ely.
The artist will be in the city this
week to ascertain the subject for the
mural The Ely Commercial Club at
the meeting last evening offered sug-
gestions for the work The mural will
cover the space in the public lobby on
the wall above the postmaster's door
The dimensions of the mural are to be
IL feet long and feet high.
Postmaster Brown, several months
ago, asked for two scenes to decorate the
spaces above the poStmaSter's office and
the opposite end of the lobby Both
spaces had been arranged for the re-
ception of mural. The choosing of
Miss JENNIE to prepare one for the first
named space indicates that the other
will not be finished this year.
Forty-eight artists entered the COM
petition for muralS to be placed in the
postoffices in st. Paul, White Bear Lake
branch; Marion, Bloomfield, Hamburg,
Sigourney, Upton, Iowa; Ely, Morris
and st. James, Minnesota. The Sec
ton of Fine Arts, Procurement Division,
Treasury Department, announces that
the competition for the mural decora-
tions in the Hobbies at White Bear Lake
and the Marion, Iowa offices had been
won and that the artists, Miss Nellie c.
Best of Minneapolis and Dan Rhodes of
Des Moines, Iowa, would receive $675
each for the work, including painting
and installation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

The Hopkins Review states
that an old fellow who just
collected $22 from Uncle Sam
for some soldering and tinker
ing he did on Lincoln's coffin,
So years ago, can now appreci-
ate what the country editor isup
against with a long list of de-
linquent subscribers on his
books and very remote chances
of collecting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
Death Claims Infant Son
of Mr.. and Mrs. KOschak

Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning in St. Anthony's Catholic
church for the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs Frank j. Koschak. The Rev.
Frank Mihelcic was in charge. Burial
was in Farmllill cemetery.
The baby was born Monday and died
soon after birth. Besides his parents
he is survived by brother and sister.
The Koschaks reside in the Spaulding
location.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16

BAND FEATURED AT ASSEMBLY.
The Ely high school band was
featured this morning at an assembly
for the junior high and high school
students
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No educational system is
complete until the library
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
u. S. Request Of
y Germany Is Rejected
Continued from Page One,

a Continued from Page One.l
governments recent drastic measure,
against Jews in Germany.
p. N. b., the official news agency,
inss communique, said the discus
SIGN was started by the American
government in a note of Decembe. !.
14F asking general assurances frou
the, German government that Amer
ican citizens in Germany would not
be: accorded differential treatment
because of their race or religious
faith"
d. NJ B. said that Germany, in the
December 80 communication. declar-
edt ,her willingness to discuss indivi.
dual cases and arrive at an amicable
solution. The agency said the United
States replied in a note Of January
11,,lin which, while holding TO its
Viewpoint, the Washington govern.
ment declared itself willing to clarity
through consultation individual case.;
at ISSUE"
(The United States sought assuri
ances that Jews in Germany holding
American citizenship would not have
their treaty rights aabridged by the
anti-Semitic measures decreed by the
Nazi government in November
The United States request for suc:l
assurances, the news agency asserted
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
Friday, 18th
One Of Two
During 1899

Today was Friday, the 18Th, one
Of the only two such days in 1889,
and those who are suspicious kept
on their guard during the day for
Hvil Omens or bad tick. How the
superstitiOn started is something
largely lost sight of, but it is an
old one. ht,
L. 1t brought rain i'm This section.
It brought tough luck for three
or four fellows who went to trial
in superior court.
I; But il brings good luck some
times, too. 1t did for one defen-
dant in. court. And If the truth
were known it carried good omcns
for many others.
!. But it was Friday, the 18th. The
only other one this year comes
in October. In 1888 there was only
one Friday, the 13th--in May.
z Next year there will be-oh,
well, wait until next year comes
before trotting out troubles, wor-
ries and superstitions. However,
II you really want to know, there
will be two Of them in 194C-in
September and December.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
Dies Debated Or Vim
dicated BY FDR Move?
sContinued fruIn Page One.)

JUDGED element, many undoubtedly
perfectly loyal Americans have re
ferred to the "probe" as mere booey.
There is an evident sentiment against
spy-scares in our republican inclina-
ton to give them the horse-laugh. The
Dies quiz has had poor press. It
las not been taken seriously. Dies
personally has been referred to, in eff
feet, as the victim of just a "com-
plex", or as having hit on his un-
American crusade for self-advertising
purposes. Even President Roosevelt
has spoken cOntemptuously of the
campaign.
Now, however, the Gmen are horn
ing into the situation. They are doing
it with White House sanction. 1t is
so announced definitely from the exc
cutivc mansion.
Of course, Representative Dies thus
IS enormously stimulated
'"It demonstrates" he says, chat to-
day they are taking seriously, what
they previously tried to laugh off.
They prove by their own acts that
finally they recognize the conditions
brought out in our hearings"
On SccOnO lnOught, Though.
But wait a minute!
On second thought, is that what the
administrations seemingly changed
policy demonstrates. .s g
What body is TO go on with the
Dies committees inquiry?
Why, the G-men.
And who is the direct boss of the
G-men? Attorney General Frank
Murphy to be sure. Il
And who, by witnesses before the
Dies committee. was more emphati-
MY described as a Communicate
sympathizer than Frank Murphy
while governor of Michiganp Nobody
more so, of course.
Now, far be it from me to hint that
Frank Murphy is a Communist, a
Nazi or Fascist.
Nevertheless, he is put on the job
Of investigating himself, through his
own G-men, as possible un-Amer-
lean. About how much probability is
there that they will find much evil
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
Negro Shows
Court Game
OF Film Flam

Gilbert Moa.es, Negro, charged
with Will Price, also coiofed, of lar
ceny of sonie SIS to $S5 from the per-
son of Jc.re Brown, demonstrated to
superior court in the forenoon today
the wor kings of a simple trick, or
flimfE.m game used to mulct money
from. unsuspecsing little gamblers"
taking sporting chance.
The device was a simple piece of
elastic, which was so curled UP in a
circle as to leave several holes inside
the coil, into one CT which the "inno-
cent victim would stick a match or
other splinter When the string.
was pulled, the man operating it got
the stake" bet if it did not hang
on the match-2nd mos of the time j.
did not
Judge r. Hunt Parker, presiding,
asked Moates to demonstrate the de-
vice, and he readily agreed to do So
He turned to the jurors that they
might see, but the court himself, Soli-
citor Ernest Tyler, several lawyers
and a few spectators ins.d de the bar
crowded around . see it done. Moates
invited the solicitor to take a chance
at his luck, and the prosecutor lost,
as most victims do. The court room,
with large Part of the spectators on
their feet to see the trick ro jared with
laughter, and His Honor got a good
laugh out of it, too.
Price and Moates were without
lawyers, and made a pass at examin-
ing State witnesses. They also testi-
fled in their Cwn behalf and submit
ted to discrimination. The case
took rank as probably the mos
n4rthful of the term, if indeed the
serious business OF metng out justice
could be so designated.
Both Negroes were convicted by
the jury that trie-i them, and each
was sent to the roads for tweive
months. Jere Brown, prosecuting
witness in the case, works at Grew |
stone. He claimed the pair, and a
third who got away, grabbed his
money as he was locking on at the
game and as he reached for money
for change fer one OF them.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

dence against him?
AS a general proposition I do not
believe in such MISREPRESENTATION
Yet the present instance is one
which seems to me to- imply a certain
sense of abnormally subtle presiden-
tial numor
Dies gets what he. has hollered for;
simultaneously he is debated.
Un-Amer,ca1l Activities.
1t is of record that American
activities are no new thing.
The G-men have. been prying into
them for years back-back to World
War time or maybe earlier. Reports
of our various secret services were
to the effect that, whatever their sus-
picions, they hadn't grounds for any
prosecutions. Still, when the Dies com
nittoe screeched for dope, it got
what our miscellaneous secret services
had to offer.
The whole collection did not amount
20 much.
Spy stuff? Bunco! h
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
GreyhoundtLine
Reduce Bus Fares
Sunday, Jan. IS

H. P. Brawner, general traffic
manager of the Atlantic Greyhound
Lines, has announced widespread
bus fare reductions, effective jan
uary Is. The cost CT travel to liter
ally thousands of places-large cities
and crossrcad towns alike-will be
cut considerably. Since Greyhound
transportation, even before the fares
were lowered, cost less than any 9TH
CT type of transportation, this new
reduction is naturally matter OF
more than ordinary interest to all
travellers, it was said
The public's reaction to the lower
rates is expected to be reflected in
an increase c,f (5us traffic to the
Florida and Gulf Coast resorts. AL
though Greyhound has already aug
mentcd its service to these mid-wint-
err vacation areas to care for nor
rally increased business at this time
of. the year, it is expected that still
further additions will have to be
made to handle extra numbers of
travellers who will take immediate
advantage of the new rate cuts.