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Evening star., 1940-10-20
Health Department Looks
Backward and Forward
Decade Brings Increase in Problems
And Achievements as Well;
Future Projects Cited
By JOHN w. THOMPSON, JR.

Responsibilities activities of the Districts Health Department
decade while the cy population
was wingng up from present reached
1910
addition OF
George Rutland still
dreaming of the
department will which he thinks
need demands
Budget.
Many of these hygiene clinic, control
bureau northwest buildings for Gal
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Parent Teacher Membership
Campaign Under Way
Accomplishments of Last Year
Recalled in Citing How Groups
Promote Child Welfare
By MRS. G. d. LOWE.

'ngress of Parents and Teachers.
outweigh the intrinsic value of the
membership.
Central High Scool.
At the meeting tomorrow night,
a reception to the faculty members
will precede the business session.
The hostess, Mrs. H. E. ChynoWeth,
will be assisted by Mrs. H. L. Nc
Leod.
Mrs. Y. D. Mathes will preside at
the business meeting. A program
devoted to an exposition of the
various courses in the curriculum of
the school, will be given. Participate
ing in this will be Lawrence G..
Hoover, principal; Mrs. F. M. Baker,
faculty adviser; Hardy Pierce,
athletic instructor; Capt. Paul
Doerr, cadets; Miss G. E. Walter,
Miss J. Harvey, Mrs. r. w. Young
blood. Miss Katheryn Sunny of the
teaching staff. There will also be
a flower show, under the direction
of Miss Sunny, head of the art
department.
Bowen Greenleaf.
The following committee chair
men have been appointed: Mrs.
Samuel Parr, ways and means; Mrs.
Pearl Lohman, membership; Mrs.
Juanita Burgess. publicity; Mrs.
Marie Anderson, program; Miss
Alice Ewers, notices; Mrs. Mary
Roth, magazine.
Plans are being completed for a
school luncheon at the Bowen
School the first week in November.
Mckinley High.
Parents of new students will be
taken on tour of the building
Thursday at 2 pm. A tea will be
held in the home economics depart
ment where parents will be given an
opportunity to meet other members
of the association and the principals
of the school. Mrs. S. H. Simmons,
hospitality chairman. is in charge
and will be assisted by members OF
lltI CUIIlllllItcc.
Hine Junior High.
The membership drive, under the
direction of Mrs. Frank Doyle, will
close November 4.
At the association meeting Thurs
day evening, W. I. Cleveland, man.
ager of the District Of Columbia
Motor Club, spoke and musical
numbers were furnished by Frances
Farrell and Frank Baptista.
Whextley.
Mrs. G. A. Hunter, health chair
man, will start weighing and
measuring the pupils tomorrow.
The 500 children In the school will
be entertained at Halloween party,
sponsored hg the association. On
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Hine Junior High.
Wheatley.

Mrs. G. A. Hunter, health chair
man, will start weighing and
measuring the pupils tomorrow.
The 500 children In the school will
be entertained at Halloween party,
sponsored hV the association, On
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Sec PIT. A., Page C-8.
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'ngress of Parents and Teachers.
outweigh the intrinsic value of tf
membership.
Evening star., 1940-10-20

A luncheon will be held Wednes-
day from noon to ! pm. with Mrs.
Frank James, Mrs. Manuel Florence
and Mrs.. 4. Weidmeyer IN charge.
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Bandits Just Vex,
Don't Scare, D. {.
Woman 5torekeeper
She Helps Police Chase
Armed HoIdups; Rookie
Officer Nubs Robber

Holdup men don't brighten Mrs
Louise Graham any more-she's just
vexed by their interference with her
ice cream business. Last night the
store she operates at 1927 Thirty
fourth street NV. was held up for
the third time in the past five
months.
Back in March colored bandit
accoSted her twice in eight nights
and was caught when a neighbor
called Mrs. Graham's husband, W.
T. Graham, from their nearby resi-
dence. Mr.. Graham captured the
colored man at the store door.
Two armed colored men who came
last night fled after forcing Mrs.
Graham to the rear of the store.
They took about 81 from the cash
drawer. AS soon as they went out,
she screamed for help and tele-
phoned police. Her husband, close
by at 1884 Thirty-fourth street NV,
ran after the pair and Mrs. Graham
joined Policemen c. D. Thompson
and G. H. Russell in a patrol car
and followed.
The bandits were seen as they
emerged from a vacant lot near
Thirtieth and K streets NV. The
policemen separated to chase the
bandits, who ran in opposite direc-
tions, but were unable to catch
them. In the pursuit, the policemen
said, several shots were fired by
the fugitives.
Rookie Officer Nabs Man.
In an attempted burglary of a
drug store at 5433 Georgia avenue,
rookie policeman surprised three
men last night and captured one of
them
When Policeman J. G. Michalek,
on the force since July l, came upon
the trio, two fed, but he tackled the
third.
A colored deliveryman, James R.
Splvey, 28l2 Connecticut avenue, for
the Schwartz Pharmacy, Connecti-
cut avenue and R street NV, was
robbed of S26 last night by a colored
bandit who lured him from the
store with a false order.
Cameras and lens valued at S7OO
were reported stolen from the Rob-
bins Camera Shop, 500 Fourteenth
street NV. The thief used a dupli-
ate key to gain entrance, police were
told, and took only the best equip
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20

first thoroughfare with no stops, no
red lights, no grade crossings, no
intersections and no speed limit.
The preview date has been named
Walter Jones Day in honor Of the
chairman of the Pennsylvania Turn
pike Commission, who will welcome
the Washington guests on their ar
rival in Harrisburg.
The entertainment program in
cludes a dinner at Hershey, Pa,
Sunday night and a banquet at the
Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh Mon
day night.
Among the Washington officials
expected to attend are:
Federal Loan Administrator Jones,
Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Fed
eral Works Administrator John M.
Carmody, Secretary of War Slim
son, Secretary Of the Navy Knox,
William S. KnudSen and Ralph
Rudd of the National Defense Adj
visory Commission, Public Roads
Commissioner Thomas H. Mac
Donald.
Senators Harrison of Mississippi,
Mcclellan of Tennessee. Hayden of
Arizona, Bulow of South Dakota,
Byrnes Of South Carolina, O'Ma-
honey Of Wyoming, Chavez OF New
Mexico, Smathers of New Jersey,
Mead of New York, Ellender of
Louisiana, La Toilette of Wisconsin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20

Reed of Kansas, Bailey Of North
Carolina, Murray of Montana. Holt
of West Virginia. Clark of Idaho,
McCarran of Nevada, Frazier of
North Dakota, Days Of Pennsyl-
vania, Sheppard of Texas, Downey
| of California and Guffey of Penn
sylvania.
Representatives Bankhead of Ala
bama, Cartwright of Oklahoma,
Steagall Of Alabama, May of Ken
lucky, Rayburn of Texas, Warren
of North Carolina, Wilmington of
Mississippi, Wallgren of Washing
ton, Robinson of Utah, Randolph of
West Virginia, Secrest of Ohio,
Peterson of Georgia, Patton of
Texas, Elliott of California, Bates of
Kentucky, Grant of Alabama, Grove
of Indiana, Gehrmann of Wiscon-
sin, Wolcott of Michigan, Mott of
Oregon, Jones of Ohio, Ford of
California, Andersen of Minnesota,
Burdick of North Dakota, Spark
man of Alabama, Stefan of Ne
braska, Boykin of Alabama, Rabaut
of Michigan and Gore of Tennessee.
Double your caution and halve
your speed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20

Opening 10 Draw
Capital Notab|es
Special RoiIroud Car
Will Take Delegation
To Harrisburg Sunday

Formal opening of the Pennsyl-
vania Turnpike. 160-mile super
highway from Harrisburg to Pitts
burgh, Monday will be attended
by scores of notables from the
Capital, including cabinet members,
Senators. Representatives. military
figures and highway experts.
The Washington delegation will
travel to Harrisburg in a special
railroad car Sunday and on the fol-
lowing day will participate in a
gigantic motorcade over the new
highway, first link in proposed
superdrive between the Atlantic
States and the Middle, West and,
ultimately, the Pacific Coast.
The highway is the country's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20
Van Meter Hack Dies
At Virginia Home
sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER. Va. Aug. 20
Van Meter Hack, 81, Frederick
County farmer and Presbyterian
churchman, died of a heart attack
yesterday at the ancestral home,
Springdale, near Bartonville.
Mr.. Hack was the son of the late
Henry r. and Elizabeth Van Meter
Hack of Clarke County. The Hack
home was erected prior to the Rev.
olution by Joist Hite, said to have
been one of the first white settlers
west of the Blue Ridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20

nual church carnival on the
grounds, 500 block of Sixth street
S.W.
Irish night was postponed from
last Thursday because of rain.
Wednesday night will be old
Pensioners night. The carnival
closes on Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20
Irish Night Thursday
At Church Carnival

Leaders of local Irish organizations
have been issued special invitations
by st. Dominic's Church to attend
Irish night on Thursday at the an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20

Double your caution and halve
your speed.
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&(t!!Z g.! ! =:

Nowhere can we find accurate COM
prehensive countrywide figures on the
relationship of alcohol to traffic ac-
cidents. The reasons for that are:
l. One state reports that 1874 per
cent of drivers involved in fatal ac-
cidents "had been drinking"
2. Several courts state that their
studied opinion shows that liquor was
involved in a certain per cent Of all
traffic accidents.
3. Some courts, In the same states
state that liquor was involved in even
higher per cent of accidents.
Therefore, police estimates, legal
definitions, and court interpretations OF
the terms "intoxication" and under
the influence" are so variable that II
is impossible to obtain definite figures
All of us agree, however, that man
who has had two or three strong
drinks certainly cannot have the &C.
curacy and the alert Judgment that he
would have under normal conditions
We hope the time will soon come when
driving after drinking will be placed
in the same category as carrying con-
cealed weapons, robbing and similar
attractions of law.
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ART EXHIBIT
:Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
Book; Fred and Tom, water color.
Cameron Booth; Mexico, water color,
Floyd Brewer; Red Zinnias, oil, VIII
liam Bryan; Church at Little Canada,
water color, Jean Duncan; OIL Station,
gouache, Elizabeth Grant
Lake Superior in Winter, oil, Clement
Haupers; Building in Spring, oil, John
Huseby; Moonlight in the River VAL
ley. Miriam Ibling; Still Life, tempera,
Elsa JENNIE; Lonjess Narrow-Alaska,
gouche, Arthur Kerrick; Hanover, oil,
Arnold Klagstad; Looking Through,
water color, Walter Kuhlman; Big
Barn, water color, Eunice Latham:
Texas Elmlud-trainer in Ringing cir
Gus, gouche, Leslie La Velle; Road
Through New Brighton, oil, Jerry
Hudson de Leon.
Carnival in the Morning, water color,
Josephine Lutz; Pasture, drawing,
Alexander Masley; Ploughed Fields,
lithograph, Florence Parlin; Harbor
Scene. water color, George Reynolds;
Showed In, Autograph, John Socha:
Figure Composition, oil, Alice Tenney;
BY the Saint Croix, oil, Constance
Turner; Boy With a Book, oil, Elof
Wedin; View Near Cahill, water color.
Lucia Wiley; Peonies, oil, Ella Witter;
Trees, water color, Elmer Young.
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Doctors Warn of
Epidemic in Offing

When a malignant epidemic of an
infectious disease is in the making,
there are often advance warnings. The
number of cases of the disease often
increases during the years just pre-
ceding it though nobody but the statis-
ticians and health officials pay much
attention to the increases.
1t is only when the storm breaks
that most people scurry for protection
and then they wonder nightly how
they could have been so careless as to
be caught unawares.
The Minnesota State Medical as
sociation's committee on public health
education today points out the above
sequence of events as typical of many
epidemic diseases and particularly of
smallpox
The committee further points out
that smallpox may now be in the pre-
epidemic stage because, though most
recent cases have been mild, more than
twice as many of them have been re-
ported each year since 1886, as the
average for the entire ten years after
the last malignant epidemic in 1925
wore itself out
by malignant smallpox we mean
virulent type of smallpox" the doc
tors say in this bulletin. From time
to time the disease breaks out in this
form and then, if people have become
careless in the interval and there are
large number of unvaccinated people,
there will be correspondingly large
amount of dangerous illness, disfigure-
ment and death"
The mildneSs of the disease in the
last Is years has lulled people into
false sense of security, according to
this bulletin. Many children born dur
ing this time have not been vaccinated
at all. Others who were vaccinated
more than Is years ago have not been
re-vaccinated and have lost much of
the protection conferred on the pre-
vious vaccination. AS result, the
doctors point out, the number of sus-
ceptible people in Minnesota is rapidly
increasing and the soil is ready for an
epidemic. Now is the time, says the
bulletin to be vaccinated or re-vac-
cinated if you have not had a success
/, fu take" within seven years, against
smallpox.
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FIRE RACES
CONTINUED from Page One)


tough problem to the firemen in locat-
ing it.
The weather, several degrees below
zero, coated the men with a glaze of ice
The warehouse and the rear of the
grocery department suffered most from
the flames, while the front of the
building was damaged severely by water
and smoke.
The structure has served many pur-
poses. 1t has been bowling alley
garage, theatre and grocery store. 1t
had six layers of flooring and two CELL
ings which added to the difficulty of
fighting the blaze.
Floyd Farand, Hibbing and I. Erick-
son, Duluth, deputy state fire marshals,
were in the city Friday to investigate
the cause of the blaze. Origin of the
fire has not been determined.
Insurance Adjuster Horrigan of Du-
luth was here Monday and adjusted the
damage. M j. Howells, acting for the
Western Jobbing Co., checked over the
stock when loading for shipment to
Minneapolis.
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ELY LOSES TO
BIWABIk five
Three Men on Sick List Keeps
Club Out of Picture; to
Virginia, Friday.

Biwabik, hotter than a summer day
in Death Valley, showed the Ely high
school basketball team under, Al to Is.
on their home court, Friday night.
Virtually unbeatable on their own floor,
anyway, Biwabik's chances for victory
were increased by the fact that three
of Coach Steve Smrekar's boys were
on the sick list.
Even though beaten, Ely retains it's
position in the top half of the district
standings, but where Ely will be after
it returns home from an engagement
at Virginia, Friday night, is a matter
of conjecture.
Gilbert's defeat of the title seeking
Queen City club last week ties the two
for the district leadership, with BIZ
wabik in second and Ely and Aurora
sharing third-place honors. If Coach
Smrekar can upset the Bluedevils,
thereu be a merry scramble for the
title; but there is only an outside
chance for a win for Ely.
The contest at Biwabik was a wild
and woody affair, SO fouls being called.
The host club lost four men via the
personal foul route, while Paul Prola
went out for Ely in the third quarter
Prolais loss, coupled with the fact
that Willie Grahek and Lloyd Bird
played only a part of the game be-
cause they were somewhat under the
weather, killed any chance Coach
Smrekar had of keeping the score
somewhere near even. Frank vertnik
did not accompany the team because
of illness.
Aside from the four setups sank by
Jack Shelton, 6-foot 5-inch center for
Biwabik, most Of the winners baskets
were made from far out on the floor.
The boys had their basket eyes sharp
as needle, and were practically un-
beatable on this particular evening.
Ely turned in a pretty good job of
holding them In check during the in
itial half, but keenly felt the absence
OF their star players during the second
canto Biwabik held an 8-point ad-
vantage at the half and doubled it by
the end of the game. Albert Rowe was
high man for Coach Smrekar, scoring
z points, while Prola and w. Grahek
were next in line with each.
The box score:
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REMAINING
ASSETS OF
FIRST STATE BANK OF ELY,
ELY, MINNESOTA.

Bids accompanied by certified check
for 1919 of the amount thereof will be
received by the undersigned up to and
including February 9, 1910 upon those
assets of the above bank which are
described in a list which may be OBJ
tanned from the undersigned.
Right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
All bids received will be submitted to
the District Court for approval at a
public hearing on a date to be hereafter
fixed, at which hearing other and
higher bids will be received Successful
bidders must pay at time of said hear
ing full amount of bid if $4,000 or
less; if more than $4,000 one-half
thereof with minimum of 5000 90, the
balance to be paid within ten days after
hearing.
The validity of these assets is not
guaranteed as to signature, amount or
otherwise.
F. A. AMUNDSON,
Acting Commissioner of Banks,
129 State Office Bldg, st. Paul, MINI.
(Ely Miner, 1-18 las 81, 1940.)
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GIRLS BOW TO
CHISHOLM HERE
Lose in Swimming Final Meet
for All Time Before a
Home Audience.

The Memorial high school girls
swimming team, making its final ap-
pearance in a dual meet before home
audience probably for all time Satur-
day afternoon, lost to Chisholm, So to
Al.
This is the first time for many years
that Chisholm has won from Ely. The
visitors had comparatively easy time
of it because two star performers for
Coach Madalynne Grevich, Emily De-
beltz, crawl swimmer, and Angela Pol
janice, breast stroker, decided not to
return to the squad following the long
lay-off since the Virginia meet here
December 16.
Swimming in Ely has been on the
down grade ever since last fall when
the state high school league of district
81 decided to ban it as a competitive
sport. Even after the organization,
which is composed of school superin-
tendents, rescinded it's action for the
ensuing year, interest in swimming did
not return in any marked degree The
squad numbered % at the start, and
now totals II.
Two more meets remain on the
schedule, both in foreign pools. One
is at Mountain Iron, Feb. 10, and the
other at Virginia, Feb. II. A meet at
Eveleth, Feb. 3, has been cancelled.
In the engagement with Chisholm,
! Ely took first in three of the four in
dividual events and dropped both re-
lays. Captain Peggy Lambert won the
diving and Waynetta Hill the 100 and
40-yard free style events.
Results of the meet follow:
Free style relay-Chisholm first;
Maxine Krhin. Dorothy Ann Papich,
Doris Phelps, Mollie Shega; Ely, Sec
ond, Waynetta Hill, Margaret Ferder-
Der, Marie Levar, Emily Grahek.
Time, 46.9.
100-yard breaSt-Betty Barun, G,
first; Dolores Butala, E, second; Lois
PUrdy, E, third; Ann Klonchnik, G,
fourth. Time, 1914.
100-yard back-Barbara Roels, C,
first; Nancy Byrd Brownell, E, and
Mildred Somers, E, tied for second;
Ruth Omen, G, fourth. Time, 1:211
100yard free style-Hill, E, first;
Krhin, c, second; Levar, E, third; Helen
Jokinen, G, fourth, Time, 1:61.1.
Diving Peggy Lambert, E, COL; Dor
othy Ann Papich, c, 397
40-yard breast-Doris Phelps, G, first
Edith Phelps, G, second; Purdy, E,
third. Time, 322
40-yard back-Roels, c, first; Evelyn
Hanson, c, second; Somers, E, third;
Brownell, E, fourth. Time, 29.1.
40-yard free-Hil, E, first; Shega, C,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Labor, Business Firms Receive
$4,000; Road Work to
1923 Men.

Approximately "a per cent of the
Fourth commissioner districts 1889
budget of $4,000 was spent with the
district itself on labor and for ma
terials, according to figures obtained
from the local county office.
County monies going to workers and
business firms in return for services
and materials totaled S133,O0O, a COM
pilation of the figures sent out by the
county auditor reveals, OF this amount
S1O3 900 was for labor and an estimated
$4,000 for materials. An accurate
figure on the latter is not Immediately
available because a tabulation OF ma
terials costs for the entire district for
the last half of December has not been
received from the auditor.
In addition to the above amount,
81 500 was expended within the district
on portages, and $1,000 on buoyS.
During the last half of the year,
because of a new state law, purchases
totaling more than $500 in the ag-
gregate during one years time were
let out on contract to the lowest bidder.
Much Of the business, such as gasoline,
Iubricating oil, diesel fuel, ETC., that
formerly had been distributed to firms
around the district went to outside
organizations.
Commissioner Jacob L. Pete has
maintained policy of keeping whatever
business possible within the various
districts and has tangled with fellow
memoirs from Duluth several times
over this policy. Calling for bids has
allowed firms in various cities OF the
county but notably Duluth, to obtain
contracts for providing in some in
stances an item to the entire county.
Because of the transportation problems
involved within the Fourth district,
there is some doubt sto whether con-
tracts going to outside firms are very
'juicy" and whether they will be re-
iet at the same figure.
A total of 1923 men were given part
time work on Fourth district roads
during 1899, according to figures COM
piled by the local county office.
OF the projects completed, three were
new construction totaling 3.55 miles
A new road was built around Pike Bay
of Lake Vermilion connecting No. 1863
with county road No. II, an addition
was built onto the old Wolf lake road
and the Ahlgren road near Buyck was
legalized.
Brushing, hand ditching, patch
crawling, and rock removal for snow
pillow safety were accomplished on Writ
ually all roads in the district.
On the Ely-Buyck road, 1,400 feet
of road were rebuilt to eliminate a
curve and cut down a hill near the
John Anderson resort. On the Winton
road hill was cut down, ditching
done and culverts put in on the east
side of the village. Calcium chloride
was applied to the main street to lay
the dust.
On No. %, between Orr and Buyck
5 mile of road was ditched and cul-
verts put in. The Eagles Nest road was
graveled, brushed, and culverts put in,
and the Gruben road, No. Alb, going
from No. II into Indian reservation
was graveled, with Indian labor being
employed.
Twenty-four miles of district road
were oiled, including miles of No. &c
south of Tower, II miles of No. % be-
tween Buyck and Orr, and miles of
No. "a of the Buyck-Cook road
-Four bridges were repaired, one in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Smoking in Bed
Fatal to Smoker.

Willmar-It is thought that smoking
in bed set the fire which caused the
death of John Bribbon of Redwood
Falls. Flames destroyed the two room
house in which he and his brother,
Arthur, resided. Arthur managed to
escape but his brother apparently made
his way around the end Of the bed and
reached the door connecting the two
rooms, when he collapsed. Unfortun-
ately he could not escape the flames.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
81 Per Cent of Budget
STAYS Within the District

Cook, and three near Tower on roads
No. los, SGT and 408. A bridge over
the Pike River on No. &c, south of
Tower, was rebuilt.
The old Ely-Winton road was
graveled for distance of is miles and
culverts installed, the Thompson road
near Soudan was widened for 1.3 miles,
a new lift was put on No. $50 south of
Ely for 5 miles, and the Grant Nc
Mahan boulevard was ditched from its
junction with the Winton road to its
junction with the Echo Trail.