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Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Liquor
Scandal
Blasted
Investigator Says
Accused Afraid TO
Permit Rehearino

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 80.
(UP)-The Los Angeles dis
trict attorneys office was
accused today of "villifica-
ton, persecution, attempted
impoverishment and SANDER by
william G. Bonelli, member of the
state board of equalization, who is
under Indictment in Los Angeles
county in connection with a liquor
payoff investigation.
Bonelli made his charges at a
meeting of the board when John l..
Mcdonnell, special Investigator for
District Attorney Buron r. Fits,
appeared to ask rehearing for two
Los Angeles taverns which lost
their licenses for allegedly employ
ing "B-girls."
Mcdonnell alleged that in 18
cases of % where licenses were re-
voked on Bonelli's recommendation
there had been no evidence the es-
adjustments employed girls work.
ing on percentage basis.
He charged Bonelli was afraid
to bring the cases up for rehear-
ing because it would put Merle
Templeton, chief enforcement Off
Ger in southern California ION the
spot" Templeton, he said, would
have to reverse his previous tes-
timony in which he said there were
"B-girls" violations in the estab-
lishments because officers could be
produced to testify there was nc
evidence of violations.
Bonelli moved the rehearings re-
queSted be refused, on recommenda-
tions of State Liquor Administrator
George Stout, but State Controller
Harry B. Riley and George Reilly
San Francisco member, refused to
support the motion on grounds Stout
had admitted he made no investi-
Continued on Page 2, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30

away"
"You can't come in" she said.
There's no dead woman in this
house." a' t..'t
Sheriff's deputies then were call
ed in and finally persuaded Chris
tian Ann to let them enter. In a
bedroom they found the fully cloth
ed but decomposing body of Hedvig
Peterson.
Christian Ann told the officers
her mother was perfectly we'll. Each
day, she said, she dressed her, bath
ed her and offered her food, then
wheeled her out on the sun porch.
The daughter wept when officers
tried to remove the body.
"Don't!" she screamed. "You can't
bury a live person."
The officers then told her they
were taking her mother to hos
pital. Christian Ann was brought to
the county Jail where psychiatrists
were to question her.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Soviet Turns Loose Air
Squadrons. Heavy Guns in
Effort to Wipe Out Foes
Moscow Public in
Ignorance Of War
Reds Deny Raids

MOSCOW, Nov. 30. (UP)
Well informed Soviet cir
cles denied twice today that
they had "any knowledge of
a reported Soviet attack on
Finland.
The second denial came more
than ten hours after Helsingfors
and other Finnish cities were bomb
ed and Russian troops had crossed
the Finnish border)
Informed Soviet sources declined
TO comment on the reports.
The official Moscow radio this
afternoon made no reference to
Soviet Finnish hostilities, but it dis
continued reports of Soviet mass
meetings against the Finnish gov
ernment.
Telephone and telegraph com.
municationS between Moscow and
Helsingfors had been interrupted.
The Finnish legation had requested
'laiSSez pasSer", to get home, fol-
lowing the announcement by Pre-
mier-F Foreign Commissar v. M. Mol
otov at 1890 last night that diplo-
matte relations with Finland had
been severed, but the pass had not
been received. The Firms were ready
to go as soon as the formalities
were completed.
The United States offer of its
good offices in the Soviet Finnish
dispute was presented to the foreign
office by Walter Thurston, Ameri-
can charge daffaires, at 12:45 pm.
(three hours after the bombing Of
Helsingfors.) 1t was refused by the
Soviets.
Russians still had not been in
formed in midafternoon that their
country was unofficially at war with
Finland. There had been no official
announcement of it.
Throughout the morning, workers
were going to mass meetings to hear
speakers denounce the Finnish mil
itary clique" III plood-curdling terms
and to pass resolutions demanding
that Russia take action. The public
knew that the Finnish situation had
taken grave turn and thousands
waited in front of news stands for
papers which were late.
The Finnish legation was pack
ing to leave, following Molotov's an
nouncement that diplomatic rela-
Continued on Page 2, Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
RUSSIANS WAR With FINLAND
Sweden to Call
Up New Troops

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30. (UP)
- Official sources said today
that because of the Russian at
tack on Finland, Sweden prob
ably will call up additional mill
tary forces. Mobilization, how
ever, is not yet contemplated, it
was said.
As soon as news spread that
Russian planes had bombed Hell
singfors hundreds of Swedish
youths went TO the Finnish lega-
tion and volunteered to serve
in the Finnish armed forces.
Foreign Minister r. J. Sander
called a meeting of the Swedish
parliamentary committee on for
cign affairs for IL o'clock to-
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Grand Jury
Quizzes HeWes

While four irrigation district
board members cooled their heels
in the court house lobby, county
grand jurors questioned Chairman
Evan T. Hewes for two and a half
hours Wednesday afternoon.
w. E. Young, north-end director
and center of a storm raised by
the grand jurors in their investiga-
ton of methods used in his division,
was asked to return Thursday after
noon.
Directors Mark Rose, Charles
Morrow, and w. j, Gregg also were
asked to return Thursday after
noon. The four men departed at 5
p. m. fuming about wasted after
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Residents Claim
Damages From City

Storm damage claims totaling
several thousands of dollars were
under study by Ell Centro city Of
ficials Thursday.
The claims were for damages
suffered during the September flood
by residents just north of Ell Gen.
tro's city limits. Residents claimed
water flushed from the city's streets
was responsible for flooding their
homes.
City councilmen Wednesday night
turned the problem over to City
Attorney Dorsey Whitelaw.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Farm Bureau TO
Elect Officers

Imperial county farm bureau di-
rectors will elect 1910 officers at
the regular monthly meeting at the
county court house Saturday AFTER
noon, according to Scott Foulds.
secretary
A president, president, Sec
retary and treasurer will be select
ed, Foulds said. Officers chosen viii
be installed at the annual bureau
meeting in January.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30

tiiC d6Cu WOilldll Wdo Quill alive.
Don't let them bury my mother
alive" she cried to sheriff's deputies
who held her for psychopathic OBJ
servation. "They are trying to bury
her alive"
Officers tried to calm her by say
ing that her mother was taken to
a hospital because she sis a very,
very sick woman" Actually, physi-
clans said, the aged mother had
been dead for at least seven days.
Neighbors living near the crum-
bling brick house where Christian
Ann and her mother lived on the
latter's old age pension had grown
increasingly suspicious during the
last week as they saw the daughter
struggling with the limp form in a
wheel chair.
They called a Prescott mortuary
saying they believed the Peterson
home had a dead woman" in 1t.
Morticians knocked on the door
but Christian Ann drove them
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30

Greatest rush came during No
vember when SILL 1921 came in as
opposed to $s8,O99.87 for the same
month last year. October's total
in 1889, however, was below the
1888 mark. This year collections
totaled $6368.4O in that month and
last year $11,371.38.
Collections were expected to drift
in for several more days, Mrs. Faye
Burke, deputy, declared,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30

believe that such measures were
necessary, was asked by Laborite
Clement r. Attlee whether the gov
ernment had received from Moscow
"any statement as to the reason
for what appears to be an indefens-
ible act of unprovoked aggression" I"
Chamberlain replied: mo, sir"
"The attitude of the Finnish gov
ernment was from the outset un-
provocative" Chamberlain said.
ut is known that the Finnish
note delivered to Moscow immed-
lately before the rupture was most
conciliatory in character.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
With Baby on Mind,
Man Loses $500

A baby and a spell of forgetful-
ness cost a Mexican aviator 5000
pesos about 5000 in El Centre,
police reported Thursday.
Capt. Jose Vergara. shopping in
Ell Centre with his wife and children
lost the money as well as valuable
papers when he left his brief case
in Main street cafe.
when we got up to leave I car
ried the baby and completely for
got the brief case" Capt. Vergara
told officer Frank Smyer.
The flyer remembered after walk
ing several blocks. He ran back, but
the case had disappeared.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
JuryExonerates
Braw|ey Council

mo public offense and no evid-
ence of a crime having been COM
mitted' the Imperial county grand
jury reported late Wednesday in
connection with a charge that the
Brawley city council was guilty OF
fraud in negotiations for paving
A, B, c, D and E streets.
Last July group of Brawley resi-
dents took the highly controversial
paving problem to the grand jury
Committees from the investigating
body studied the records and wit
nesses were questioned in grand
jury sessions.
Findings were included in a
special report
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Man Tells Story
Of Beating Here

Two white men and a Negro beat
and robbed a 34-year-old French
man Wednesday evening near the
railway station in Ell Centre, the
victim told police.
Bennie De Cuckelure at first re-
ported his loss was $44 and later
as $22. Officers said his story of
the beating varied from time to
time. ''K&
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Golden Stream Inundates City Clerk
As FL Centrans Fork Over Taxes

In checks and currency a golden
stream poured into the office of
the city clerk in El Centre Thurs
day as citizens "forked over" tax
payments.
Although past deadline of delin-
ouency on first half payments.
money continued to arrive and by
Thursday morning had reached a
total of $111,732.9l, we'll beyond the
$l09,47l.25 collected at this time
last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30

This government warmly well
coined the offer of mediation made
by the United States. The govern
ment deeply regrets this fresh at
tack on small independent nation
which must result in fresh suffer-
ing and loss
He said Finland had proposed 10
submit the dispute 10 arbitration
and meanwhile 10 withdraw all
troops nfom the Finnish frontles
on the Karelian Isthmus except for
ordinary frontier guards and GUS
toms officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Program Planned
For Center Meefinu

Spruce -Westmorland farm center
will meet at the Westmorland
school Friday night at 7:3O, accord
ing to Eugene Imler, new center
director.
Two movies, a group of songs by
the Imperial Valley Farm Bureau
chorus ana othsr entertainment
will be provided. A Christmas party,
featured by the arrival of Santa
Claus, will climax the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Norway, Sweden, Denmark Worried as
Reds Push Threat to Democracywest

policy of peace so fervently adj
vanced by Maxim Litvinov at
Geneva.
Moscow has shouted for years
that the Red army is purely for
defense against invasion, never for
attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Don't Let Them
Bury Her Alive

PRESCOTT, Ariz. Nov. 80 (UP)-Christian Ann Peter
son. A. cried out from her jail cell today that they
trying to bury alive her 83 old mother whose
cayng body she had kept in their home for week. dress
ing attempting to feed and bathing daily the belief
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
US. May Break
With Communists

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. (UP)-A break of diplomatic
relations between Soviet Russia and the United States
emerged today strong possibility resulting from Rus
sia's attack upon Finland
There was no official statement on this possibility but
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
HeIsinsfors Bombed, 200 Dead; Frontier
Fighting Fierce as Tiny Nation Goes
To War to Preserve It's Freedom

HELSINGFORS, Finland Nov. 80. (UP)-Soviet Rus
sa invaded Finland by land and air today, raining
death-dealing explosives Hesngfors, Vborg and half
a dozen other centers.
Red arpanes roared out of cloudy skies throughout
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Britain Denounces
SovietA99ression

LONDON, Nov. 30. (UP)-Soviet Russia's invasion Of
Finland characterized today in the House of Commons
as apparently an ndefensbe act of unprovoked agges
sion."
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain after stating it
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30


A Yankee and The Bear
do you want to do some work for
the government"
George E. Bowles looked up at
his visitor and replied:
For the government, or anyone
else"
So the two left Bowles'' con-
tractors office and went down to
San Diego harbor.
That incident took place two
score years ago, when Bowles
Gather of Frank Bowles) was 8
coast contractor. 1t was recalled
Thursday because the job to be
performed was on The Bear, vet
eran polar expedition vessel now
creaking southwark to the Antarctic
carrying the Byrd Expedition.
II guess I'm the only man in
Imperial Valley who ever worked
on her" Bowles said and no one
came forward to dispute him.
An Ell Centre man for number
of years since he left San Diego
Bowles explained he tackled the
job because:
you see, I am Yankee. And
a Yankee will tackle anything, even
a bear!"
Regularly every year for three
years the Bear put into San Diego
harbor and Bowles directed car
pentry work aboard her.
THE Bear was almost old enough
to vote then. She must be better
than SO years old now" he recalled
Although he admits an age of
80 and hints at even more, Bowles
is remarkably alert and spins yarns
of the old days with crystal clear
memory.
Among his "reminiscences were of
railroading in Illinois 65 years ago
and of building the first line from
Laredo, Tex, to Mexico City. Dur
Continued on Page 2. Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
Presidents Wife
SnubS Committee
Testimony Of Communist D Domination of
Youth Movement, Story Of RevoltPIot
Nothing New to Her, SAYS Mrs. FDR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 (UP) = Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt listened to Dies committee testimony today
corning alleged Communist domination of American youth
organizations and then invited officials of the Amer
Youth Congress to lunch with her at the White House
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30

Butter: Los Angeles sic; but
terfat, Imperial saIley lob ranch.
grade A, 4Oc; manufacturing milk
33c; route gathered cream 29isc.
L. A. hay, u. s. No. s16.-s17;
U. S. No. leafy S14-15.0O; U. IS. No
2 S12.50-13.50; Mpls cash flax s1.s9.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-30
BoneI|i Says L. A. Case
Built on Persecution
D AMBLINe
EpoRTER

Personal Interest
Mary Margaret Benson, veteran
of six or seven years in this world,
was discussing the recent blaze at
Harding school. When someone re-
marked that it was lucky the fire
was minor, the first grader re-
marked:
Eyes, am very happy the school,
house didn't burn down. My coat
and lunch were inside"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
Schedule Baseball Engagement
for Sunday to Determine
Third, Fourth Place.

Ely and Eveleth, losers in the play
offs held Sunday to determine the
ranges entrant in the Cloquet regional
meet, will taEgle in consultation game
here at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
There is another matter, too, that
win be settled at the same time. Each
club holds win over the other in
league competition, so the winner Sun
day will chalk up a one-game advan-
tage.
Eveleth won the opening game of the
season for both clubs, z to 2, way back
on May 81. Midway in league compe-
tition Manager Ernest Maddern's boys
turned the tables on the Hilltoppers
here, 9 to 2.
Both clubs no doubt will be in a
hostile mood. Eveleth, after knocking
Keewatin out of undisputed possession
of second place in the league stand
ings, fell before the Kings in the play
offs to be eliminated from the cham
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
ELY STUDENT
AID PROGRAM
ALLEGATIONS of $27O5 Marked
for Ely Students to Finance
NYA School Fund.

Approval of ALLEGATIONS totaling $27O5
to finance the student aid program of
the National Youth Administration for
the current fiscal year for the city of
Ely was announced today by G. B.
Lund, state administrator.
OF this amount $40 has been allo-
Gated to the school aid program for
Ely and $1895 to the college aid pro-
gram of the city and vicinity.
The school authorities have been
notified of their respective allotments
The funds will be provided in nine
monthly installments and the money
will be available to the eligible schools
and colleges at the beginning of the
school year. All non-profit making,
tax-exempt educational institutions in
operation on October l, 1888, are eligible
to participate in the NYA Student
Program through the establishment of
work projects to provide employment
for needy students.
The selection of the student recipients
IS the responsibility of the school auth
orlCleS. Inc only requirements imposed
by the National Youth Administration,
MIR. Lund stated, are that the recipients
shall be chosen on a basis of need and
that they shall not displace any of the
institutions regular employees through
the work program.
Youths between the ages of 16 and
"a years of age inclusive are eligible
to participate. Students on the high
school aid program may earn from a
minimum of $500 to a maximum of
$500 each month. Students on the
college and university program may
earn from a minimum of $1,000 to a
maximum of $1,000 per month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
STOPS
WPA PROJECT
Cut in Rolls Terminates Work
on Sewer Job; Enrollees
to Get Pay Cut.

Work on the WPA water and sewer
project sponsored by the city of Ely
has been stopped for the time being
because of the reduction in the rolls
here. Cuts were made in complying
with regulations requiring the laying
off of all workers who had Is or more
consecutive months of employment.
Effective Sept. l all WPA workers
will receive cut in wages. Unskilled
labor will be reduced from $500 to
$500 for 100 hours work. intermediate
workers will be cut from $71.50 to $68 80,
and skilled from 1920 to $8970
During the past two weeks 80 men
have been eliminated from city projects
because they had been on the rolls more
than Is months. Three new workers
have been assigned, making the total
now Al. They are working on the
cityis sidewalk project.
Workers discharged will be eligible
for reaSsignment to the rolls within
30 days, but whether or not they will
be added depends upon Ely's quota at
that time.
Sixteen men were dropped from the
fourth districts road building project
near BURNSIDE lake, but this project
and the ones at Tower and Cook are
being continued. An estimated is men
at Tower, and Is at Cook have been
handed dismissal slips.
The number now employed in the
district is about rs, just half what it
was at the first of the year.
Other workers who come under the
18-months rule may be dismissed Sept
g., the start of the new month, it is
believed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31

fleets itself in an increase of $100 per
ton in the cost of the pig iron or steel
made from this ore. This increased
cost in turn reflects itself in the scrap
iron market, since pig iron and scrap
are interchangeable in the open hearth
furnace, and opens up an enormously
increased area from which to draw
scrap. This is true because it makes
available an additional dollar with
which to pay freight charges
at is evident, therefore, that any
increase in the price of Minnesota ore
is detrimental to production, in so far
as it only invites scrap competition
| from new and extended area Con-
versely, reduction in price and cost
should be a beneficial stimulant to
ore production and to additional min
ing employment"
The situation in Minnesota, he en-
phasized, is analogous to that of the
eastern coal fields.
''The eastern coal fields were at one
time also supreme" he said, "and were
considered to be invulnerable How
ever, high costs and competition with
other fuels have now placed many large
coal operators in position where they
can no longer meet the tax payments.
In many communities where the coal
company was relied upon to furnish
payrollS and tax money, dire need exists
today, teachers have not been paid,
schools are either closed or the school
term has been shortened, municipal and
county functions have been cu-tailed,
roads are deteriorating and decadence
has set in. For the people of Mime
sofa, where many of the communities
derive over $50 of their tax income
from these potential but vanishing
values Of iron ore, where the State has
had it's financial burden eased to the
extent of $498,0OO,OO0 by income from
these same ores, the economic study of
their iron ore heritage should be a
most important subject. Constructive
thought and action in the mining COM
munities themselves, and intelligent,
foresighted policies developed by the
State, may still avert a situation similar
to that now existing in the eastern
coal fields and may help to restore, at
least partially, the markets for Mime
sofa iron ore"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
Ely Police Officers Decline
Pistol Shoot Initiation.

Ely members of the Arrowhead Peace
Officers association will not attend the
first annual pistol shoot, sponsored by
the organization at Hibbing, Sunday,
according to Sergeant Joseph Marko-
vich, who was named member of the
committee in charge
The reason, Markovich says, is that
local officers do not have target pistols.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
Police Well Satisfied
With Dance, Pashak Says.

Money realized from the policernens
ball held last Friday night will be used
in buying cartridge reloading ma
chine for the local police department,
Jack PoShak, chairman of the COM
mittee in charge, states. 1t is used in
loading jackets with caps, powder and
the bullet.
The committee was well satisfied with
the dance, Poshak stated, and according
to reports, the large crowd that was
present, was equally satisfied with the
music.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
Drum Corps to Chisholm
Celebration Labor Dan.

The Ely drum and bugle corps has
accepted an invitation to appear Labor
Day at Chisholm's 81 years of progress
celebration.
The celebration, concentrating the
city's progress since it was destroyed
by fire 81 years ago, will be held on
Sept. l, 2, 8, and 4.
THE people of Chisholm extend to
the people of Ely warm invitation to
be with lis to take part in this cele-
bration," Judge Royal C. Huber, gener-
al chairman, has written the Miner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
ON 18th TRIP
TO TERRITORY
Resident of Iowa Isn't a Bit
Superstitious; Wouldn't Let
"13" Interfere.

Jimmy Graft, Oelwein, Iowa, accom-
panied by his father-in-law, N. j.
Wolfe, Worthington, Iowa, arrived in
Ely, Monday on his 18th consecutive
vacation trip here. Graft and Wolfe
are now at Blk Lake.
SuperstitionS or no Superstitions
Graft said that he wasn't going to miss
his annual fishing expedition in the
Ely territory just because it was his
18th. He even went SO far as to bring
his father-in-law with hin-but his
at home.
He is brother of Sylvester Graft
who has made many trips here and who
resided here for time early in the
early 20s.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-31
Ely, Eueleth to Settle
Consolation Honors Here

lpionship round. The games We're
played on consecutive Sundays.
Ely, which was given an even chance
to dispose Of Chisholm in their play
off engagement, was sent back home
on the short end of the count Pre-
viously they had defeated the White
Sox twice, to 6 and 6 to O. The
Sox, however, had taken their first en-
counter, 10.