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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

cage at the home of Jesse Clements, a former circus animal trainer. Clements discovered their absence some time later. He notified police. Radio station WMBD in nearby Peoria broadcast the alarm.
 1.-TWO lions are loose in the area ? the radio warned. Get indoors and stay there"
 Clements said the lions were born in captivity and never had had freedom. He didn't believe they would be dangerous, but he wasn't sure. Forty state and local police men and volunteers, carrying fash lights, clubs and guns, took up the search. For nearly two hours they beat the underbrush of the Illinois river bottoms. The beam of a fash light shooting ahead of them dis closed Ayrone and Patsy ambline through a ravine.
 The concentration of lights blind ed them. They opened their massive jaws and roared and the possemer fell back. Clements was summon ed from another searching party Carrying only small stick he walked up to them. Holding out the stick, he said:
 'If you're mad and want to bite something, take it out on this.'
 But the lions weren't mad anc permitted Clements to lead them while frightened possemen retreat. ed farther, three blocks back to theil cage. Clements walked backward and the lions followed him. Back 1T the cage Tyrone and Patsy gave every indication of delight, sniffine it thoroughly, then licking them. selves. They had to be prodded al. most half an hour before they woule growl for radio microphone.
 They're more scared than tn, searching party was," Clements said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Duce, Not Hitler, CreaseS Brows of French Statesmen
Italian Drive For Colonies Frets Paris
BY MILTON BRONNER TEA Service Staff CorreSpOndeIl

NEA SekVlCc 0b@AA NVhheSRwAs~chsS
 Paris, March 9-French states men are increasingly concerned by the noisy Italian campaign de- manding the cession of part of French Savoy, the Riviera territory around Nice, the island of Corsica, the protectorate of Tunis, and the railway and port town of Djibouti in French Somaliland.
 This agitation-and not the next move of Adolph Hitler-is the para mount worry in Paris officialdom.
 The French may not take the Italian demand for Savoy and Nice too seriously. They look up- on the claim for Corsica as an ill., timed joke-Corsica which gave to France its great Napoleon. many statesmen and cabinet officers, outstanding Prefects of Paris police and other men in high places.
 But they realize that Mussolinfs yearn for Tunis and for Djibouti is something more earnest.
 If Italy obtained Tunis 1t would dominate the middle Mediterran- can in such manner that neither France nor Britain could cope with the new situation thus created. For in Tunis the French have built their great naval and air base of Bizerta- a base which offsets anything Mus solini has created on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
 Tunis never was Italian. It has its own Moslem ruler, the Bey. Tn the early eighties, when the French assumed the protectorate over Tunis, there were 11,000 Ital- ians living there and only HOO Frenchmen. It was French money which built the roads, the railways the electric light plants, the city tramways.
 Italians, half-starving at home flocked to this neighborng country across the sea to take jobs. Men from northern Italy worked in the new factories and in the cities. Men from Sicily worked on the French owned farms. Some of them saved their money, bought little farms and settled there permanently. But the north and center parts of Tunis, as far as Europeans are concerned, have always remained populated mostly by Frenchmen.
 Before the advent of Mussolini, there was no clash between the French and Italian colonists. They wore good neighbors. They inter married. They became good Tu- nisians.
 The French want all permanent residents of Tunis to become French citizens. Mussolini does not want the Italians naturalized He consid- err them Italians even when born in Tunis and wants to keep them sa Furthermore, he has claimed tl,at there are more Italians than French in Tunis and wants Tunis for Italy.
 The French say there are 100000 Ffenchmen there are only 94,00C Italians, many of whom, especially Jews, want to be French citizens as soon as possible. Not only are there more French than Italians, but tho bulk of the farm property held by Europeans is French. The French own ten times as much farm land
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
ATLANTIC COAST
 TO BE ATTACKED
Combined Army, Navy Air Forces Will Repel Mass
 Aerial Attack

Washington, March 9-(UP)-Ef- fectiveness of combined army and navy air forces in repelling an aerial attack on the New York-New Eng land seaboard-nerve center of the nations industrial structure-will be tested in joint maneuvers from April 17-22.
 The purpose of the war games in the present national defense plan was disclosed shortly after the navy department made public details of the maneuvers.
 All available coast guard units along the Atlantic coast will partici- pate with two battleships, one light cruiser, six submarines, three sea- plane tenders, 48 navy patrol planes, and about 150 army aircraft.
 The simulated attack and defense operations will center in the area extending eastward from Sandy Hook, N. J., and north to the Massa- chusetts-New Hampshire border.
 Commands Attackers
 The Black" or attacking force will be under Rear Admiral Alfred w. Johnson, commander of the At lantic squadron, and will employ only the battleships New York and Texas. It was explained that two shipsare sufficient to simulate an at tacking fleet.
 Against these will be arrayed the 'Blue" or defending forces under Rear -Adimral w. T. Tarrant, com- mandant of the first naval district. The defenders will use all other craft including army and coast guard units.
 The navy said the purpose of the maneuvers is to train army and navy air forces to operate" effectively in the accomplishment of national de- fense." The duties of the defenders will be t ospot the enemy" fleet far at sea, and to try to put it out of commission before 1t can launch ef- fectiye raids along the New England coast.
 The question of vulnerability of battleships to air bombers-long a center of congressional dispute-will not be a major issue. That angle was tested in recent fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
$119,5OO REACHED
 IN TAX RECEIPTS

Old age assistance tax receipts amounted to $l19,500 today, accord- ing to Tax Collector William A. Ennis.
 Time is getting short, however. until the date when the city must pay the state $135, 900 from this tax. Unless delinquents make payment of their taxes the matter is expected to be brought to attention of the board of finance which subsequently would direct issuance of warrants to enforce payment of the tax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
PICTURES EVERYWHERE

Tulsa, Okla. -(UP)-Kurt Seve- rine, widely travelled free lance pho- tographer. says there are picture stories in every city, town or vil- ,iage. if only one looks for them My hardest job," he explains. lis net h finding stories, but in de- cIdjng which are worthy enough to earn place in my picture-tak- Ing schedule"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Accountants committee on fedora taxation. M M
 Hit Weaker Corporations

Hit Weaker Corporations
 ''The principles of the corporate surtax flagrantly exert pressure upon the weaker corporations to make unwarranted distributions, |" the memorandum said. Such div idends are contrary to recognized standards of corporate finance and violate ordinary credit standards by encouraging the creation of debt to enable distributions, g procedure traditionally views as financial he rese. The same pressure does not affect well-entrenched and soundly financed corporations, to which ca pital resources are far more readily available"
 Another tax reform which Is un- derstood to be receiving serious con- sideration would reinstate the loss carryover" provision which was eliminated from the revenue laws in 1930 and which enabled corpor- ations to carry forward losses from poor years" into good years" irl computing income tax deductions The treasury is considering the feasibility of having taxable earn ings reported on the basis of Q fiye-year average.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
NEW YORK CURB

The rehabilitation of two slaves of leisure into responsible working members of society is brought about by . transcending romance in RKO Radios Love Affair."" 6 Leo Mo- Carey production starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

sand bar the present port town of 15,O00 inhabitants. They have here stores of coal and fuel oil for their vessels.
 For them it is the key to their sea communications with theh colonies of o-China, New Cal. edonia, Madagascar and Reunion.
 So long as the British hold Alden in Arabia and the French hold Djibouti, they hold the gates to and from the Red Sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Two Lions Escape, But Are More Scared Than Hunters

Creve Occur, H., March 9-CUP) Tyrone and Patsy, two friendly lions, found their first freedom a terrifying experience, but they weren't nearly as scared as the 5000 persons living in this village.
 They escaped last night from their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

as the Italians. The same propor- ton holds true of real estate in the cities and towns.
 If the French maintain Bizerta in Tunis is one of the strongholds for themselves and the British, they have the same view of the town of Djibouti in French Somaliland on the East coast of Africa.
 The French built the railway from that town to Addis Ababa in AbysSinia. The French made of a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

thorize construction of two cruisers in each yard. Navy oficials said acceptance by the yards of the counter proposals will have the efEect Of contracts,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

Germany is blaming It's shortage of onions on Jewish merchants drought the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Buy Your Fishing
License at Home.

| With the first weekend of Mime
sofas pike, pickerel and muskellunge
season, several hundred thousand
fishermen are laying plans for their
fishing trips to one of the states ten
thousand lakes.
Fishing licenses have been distributed
to the county auditors and their agents,
and instructions have gone out to them
that the law requiring that licenses be
sold only to residents of the counties to
which the licenses are issued will be
strictly enforced. Every resident must
buy his license in his home county.
If he buys it elsewhere, the license is
void, and the holder of that void license
is liable to prosecution the same as
though he had none at ALL
County auditors and agents have been
instructed to furnish the division of
game and fish, at frequent intervals
the names of all license purchasers. and
Wardens will check these lists to see
that the purchasers are bona fide resi-
dents of the counties.
IIliS step Is taken IN order to avoid
the possibility of non-residents purchas-
ing resident licenses, claiming residence
in aother part of the state.
All state residents 10 years of age or
older are required to have a so cent
license to fish, while non presidents 16
years or older must have the $500 non
resident license, or the combination
nonresident man and wife license at
$3.50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Ten Years Ago
From Issue of May IL, 1929.

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Knutson, Mrs.
George Anderson, Mrs. Frank Carlson
and Mrs. Peter Schaefer attended the
district meeting of the American Legion
and Auxiliary at NaShwauk, Saturday
afternoon and evening Patrick Farm
and of Hibbing was nominated for dis
trict commander to oppose Nate Keller
of Virginia.
Herman L. Hagerman, former resi-
dent of this city and Winton, died sud-
denly in Superior, Wisconsin, Monday.
Mr.. Hagerman formerly was manager of
the st. Croix Lumber company at Win
ton, where he and Mrs. Hagerman re-
sided for many years. Nineteen years
ago he entered the banking business at
South Superior and has resided there
since. He was 81 years of age.
The Ely high school orchestra and
glee club attended the music festival at
Chisholm, Saturday, and returned with
the knowledge impaired to them, by
large audiences, Of being as good as any
organization there.
The seventh district track meet at
Gilbert was won by Ely Saturday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
LOOKING BACK on into gh the M n,.ss

Nicholas and Gouze were the outStand-
ing point getters. Ely placed in every
event entered and are entitled to COM
pete in the regional events at Chisholm,
Saturday. Ely first, scored 81 points;
Aurora, second, with 40; Gilbert, third,
with As; Virginia, fourth, with &c. and
Eveleth, fifth, with Is.
LAS You Like" is being presented by
the senior class of the High School at
the auditorium this evening. "*'Mr and
Mrs. Louis Champa and Joseph Champa
left for Windsor, Ont. for visit with
relatives. ""'Miss Mary Sever of this city
received her nurses diploma at St.
Mary'S hospital, Duluth, last evening.
+'*William Madden and Miss Ellen
Saari were married Saturday afternoon
at the M. E. parsonage by the Rev.
KeaSt. s''GuS Nyman left Monday for
New York where he takes ship for
three months visit in Finland. He has
been away from there since 1883 and
has been a resident of Ely since 1889
***Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kurvinen, Toby
Somero and Stuart Schaefer went to
Thursday, where MeSSrs.
Kurvinen and Somero were to get the
Robin" plane for the Scenic Anyways
company. In Minneapolis they found
the plane was still in st. Louis and Mr.
Kurvinen went to the Missouri city
and with the pilot flew to Minneapolis
The plane will arrive, here as soon as it
is fitted with pontoons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Issue of May %, 1914.

BiWabik, Aurora, Proctor, Ely and
Winton are sure of having teams in the
tournament here for July. Other teams
being contacted are Grand Rapids, Hib-
bing and Chisholm and it is presumed
they will enter.
Forest fires threatened Section 80 this
week but by herculean efforts of the
mining company and the citizens of
the little town, a conflagration was
aVerted. ***MiSS Edna Hart has resigned
her position as nurse at the Shipman
hospital. ***Andrea Paris and Ersilia
Bianchi secured a license to marry We'd
neSday. Frank Martinjak and Miss
Ivana Repnik secured a license yester-
day.***A license was also issued yester-
day to Frank H. Merhar and Miss Anna
Pluth. ***Mr. and Mrs. Jack Seraphine
returned Monday from their wedding
trip to Milwaukee and Chicago
Mark zoretic headed a petition signed
by large number asking the city coun-
Gil to enforce the Sunday closing law
and that peddling in the locations on
Sunday be stopped.
In the matter Of renewal of the side
walk on Chandler street, City Engineer
Chas. A. Nutter reported to the council
that it will be cheaper to construct a
cement walk than one of boards. He
estimated the board walk at $4O6.3O and
the cement at $49184 with the Life of
the cement walk longer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Diet in the Health
of Erpectdnt Mothers.

Folk lore has an honorable place in
history and literature but not in the
instructions to be given for guidance OF
expectant mothers.
The Minnesota State Medical associ-
atoms committee on public health edu-
cation makes this observation today in
its second bulletin on care of mothers
and babies, subject of the associations
May public education campaign.
That pregnant women should eat little
or no meat is particularly unfortunate
bit of folk lore in the opinion of the
doctors. Meat should be an important
part of the expectant mothers diet.
She needs at least twice as much pro-
tein as other women and meat, eggs and
cheese, all excellent sources of protein,
should be allowed her in generous
amounts.
A great many of the complications
and disabilities that are so often associ-
ated with pregnancy, childbirth and
nursing the baby afterwards are due
either directly or indirectly to faulty
diet, according to the bulletin.
In general the expectant mother
needs two main types of food; First,
the protective foods consisting chiefly
of milk in large quantities, cheese, eggs,
meat, butter, fresh green vegetables and
raw fruit; scond, she needs the energy
bearing foods including cereals, sugar,
potatoes and fats. It may be neces-
sary to give additions of calcium if
there is evidence of calcium defic-
iency. 1t is alsi important to see that
she has sufficient amount of iron.
Another bit of prenatal folk lore is
now being proved false concerns the
effect of gain in weight in the mother
upon her baby. Many women have cut
down on much needed food with the
mistaken idea that it may prevent the
development of a large baby. Recent in
vestigations have shown, according to
this bulletin, that the size of the baby
is apparently not affected by the weight
gain of the mother. The diet of the
mother should be well-balanced and
sufficient in quantity for proper de-
velopment of her baby and for her own
safety and comfort.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
LeBdrOR to Address
Junior College Assembly.

r. K. LeBaron, in charge of the
Lake States experiment station at the
Halfway, will speak to the Junior Col
lege at it's assembly, Friday morning,
at 9:15 o'clock. The assembly will be
held in the Washington auditorium and
the public is invited to attend
In charge of the program is a COM
mittee composed of Leslie Ormandy,
chairman; Vincent Zerga, Stanley
Sustercich, Robert Peterson and George
Martinetti
At the assembly last Friday, Eleanor
Bertuleit gave reading, the mems
quartet, composed of Joe Senta, Earl
Edwards, Lemuel Anderson and John
Skule, accompanied on the piano 10y
Peggy McMahan, sang several numbers,
and Dean Sigurd F. Olson gave a short
talk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Hungry Members "Build Up"
Colossal Ones in Typical
'Bumsted' Style.

Thick, tasty "Bumsted" sandwiches,
preceded by short entertainment pro-
gram, featured the annual outing of
the Ely Rod and Gun club, held Satur-
day evening, at the Silver Rapids Lodge
on White Iron lake.
In the absence of a regular speaker,
which Joseph Klobuchar, secretary of
the organization, reported it was i'm
possible to get, various persons present
contributed to the program.
The large crowd present damned
every corner of the lodge and over
flowed onto the lawn outside. When
the leafs" call went out, the long line
of hungry men that quickly formed,
filed past the three tables heaped high
with appetizing "chuck" for many
minutes before all had helped them
selves. Jack PoShak, official custodian
of the food, turned in a nice job of
keeping everything pretty well under
control.
The huge sandwiches that were
built up" as the men passed the food
easily stole the show Patterned after
those concocted by the gentleman in
the comic strip Blonde" during his
midnight trips to the refrigerator,
typical one consisted of two pickles, a
slice of ham, two slabs of cheese
(American and brick, couple of slices
of liver sausage and one or two of
summer sausage, and over this a nicely
seasoned juicy strip of hot Polish
sausage. Placed in between two pieces
of bread, the business part of the sand
witches took a hefty stretch on the part
of ones mouth to engulf it, but once
one made the grade, oh boy!
Introduced by Archie BONNER, presi-
dent of the club, DR.. j. E. Thompson
served as POSTMASTER.
Ray Hoefler, secretary of the Ely
Commercial Club, projected motion
pictures taken by William Leibeck dur
a recent Florida trip, which included a
fishing trip into the Gulf of Mexico
Leibeck explained the pictures as they
appeared on the screen
Those big seabass you see there
won't compare with our wall-eyed pike"
he declared as they were displayed on
the screen following the gulf trip.
Dick Pierce told about trout fish
ing expedition he had made in the
Lake of the Woods territory Oscar
told true" story about some
'tall'' flying experiences he had on
trip to Winnipeg.
Howard Sheik, WPA recreational di-
rector, explained the scientific principles
of boxing, and two of his boys, Frank
Marolt and Frank Lobe, went three
rounds as a demonstration.
Secretary Hoefler also showed pic
lures of the Ely territory.
Later on in the evening, Frank
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Fifty Years Ago
From Issue of May 81, 1889.

T. H. Lucas, the latest debutant in
Ely society has become very popular. $50
VIM. Wilcott, who shot Curley Bedford
at Tower, has been sentenced to five
years at Saltwater *"*Mike O'Keefe
Michael Carroll, Misses Mary Quinlan
and Tina OleSon were here from Tower
to attend the ball on Tuesday. '"*Dom-
mick Bretto is building a saloon build
ing on the corner of First Avenue and
Sheridan Street. '"*LaSt Tuesday, j. A.
Cleveland received the sad news of the
drowning of his sister at Medford, Wis
conSin. He and his brother, Willis, left
at once to attend the funeral "**The
postmaster has been notified that on the
first of July next the office will be
elevated to the dignity of money order
office.
Carlo Mazzucotelli has opened candy
store on Second Avenue next to Opeia'S.
"**FranciS Adamson, court reporter,
is now at Levy'S Clothing store So" John
Colombo aged 48 years, died on Tuesday
evening, May IA. He has been living
in Ely two months and is brother-in-
law of John OPERA. A, j. LonStorf,
who is with j. H. James in the iron and
pine land business here, has received
word of the death of his father at
Milwaukee. *"*The first marriage cere-
mony ever performed in Ely took place
at the village hall, Saturday, when
Andrew Herrala and Miss Sophia Wyak-
kala were united by Justice w. B. Colds
worthy.
The Ladies Aid entertainment was a
success on Tuesday. Several features
in the nature of bazaars were preSentd,
presided over by Misses Ella Wilson,
Mabel Walker, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Colds
worthy, Mrs. Vail, Misses Lena Davey,
Mary A. Polkinghorne, Ella Mead, Mrs.
Camp, Mrs. Shipley, Mrs. Mills and Mrs.
BOcence. An auction contest between
the draymen for quilt was quite ex-
citing, finally won by Theodore Lucas
who outbid Eugene Maxwell and John
Grant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
APPOINTED TO WEST POINT.

Albert Saari, who will graduate from
the Ely Junior College in June, has
been notified of his appointment to the
West Point Military Academy which he
will enter on July 1. Mr.. Saari is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Saari of this
city and his appointment was received
through Senator Henrik Shipstead.
Albert is receiving the congratulations
CT his numerous friends on his ap-
pointment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Shoe Measure MethoS

The length of shoe is measured
IN English inches, beginning at the
fourth inch. Children's shoes are
rated in size from No. / to No. 10,
graduating at rate of one size for
each additional one-third of an inch.
Adults shoe lengths start with No.
also. where the children's lengths
end, and continue to 13.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
State Fair Opens
Ten Days Earlier.

Minnesota's first Today State Fair
will open on August &c and close on
Labor Day, according TO Secretary
Henry j. Lund of the fair.
The Both exposition viii open on
Saturday, August 20. one week earlier
than in former years A band tourna-
ment for bands Of the state for prizes
ranging from SIS to $500 VIII De a
feature of the second Sunday Of the
fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
Sandwiches Feature Rod,
Gun Club Annual Outing

Roman, Jr, entertained the crowd with
several accordion numbers.
Helping prepare the food in the
kitchen were Elisha LeBeau, Anton
Kun, Jr., Matt Kobe, Martin Grahek,
Jr., and Oscar Friedsburg.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
jumping Mouse Is Strong

The jumping mouse, species
widely found in temperate eastern
North America from Nova Scotia
to Alaska and from Virginia to
James bay, is possessed of excep-
tional muscular strength. 1t leaps
as much as 40 times the length of
its own body or 10 to IL feet at a
bound which is comparable to a
deer leaping 100 yards in one Jump.