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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
MODIFY Ccc
REQUIREMENTS
Broadening of Eligibility, In
creasing of Allowance
New Policies.

Recent liberation Of Civilian Con-
servation Corps policies will no doubt
result in added interest in the next
enrolment period, Jan. to 90" Clare
Hendee. Supervisor of the Superior
National Forest, believes.
Changes and modification in enroll
ment policies include: Cd broadening
Of eligibility to oinclude college students
or others from non-relief roll status
so long as they are unemployed and
in need Of employment; and (2) in
crease Of monthly amount payable TO
enrollee to So, the retention of ST TO
be paid enrollee on discharge, and
SIS decrease of SD to dependents.
From rs to 80 per cent of the junior
enroIlees are below draft age, and are
not subject to the consumption act
Any boys between II and % through
enrolment in the CCC would gain
valuable education along many lines,
and as a result would be better pre-
pared for later employment in private
industry
Types Of work on which enroIlees
receive specialized training include op-
Grafton Of stake and cump body trucks,
operation of tractors, graders, bull
dozers, air compressors. jack hammers,
pile drivers, and dirt movers on road
construction projects; erection of log
and frame buildings; erection of log
bridges; construction, maintenance
and repair of telephone lines; repair
and maintenance of trucks and auto
motive equipment; raising, planting,
and care OF trees; care and use of
small hand tools, surveying and estab-
fishing temporary land lines; tipping
and handling correspondence and
records; and cooking.
Emphasis is given to the Develop
ment Of good work habits and ability
to get along with Others" Mr. Hendee
says. Through. regular classes IN camp,
many enrolles have increased their
education. Good food, medical care.
and regular hours improve the ply
sique of the majority of enrollees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26

President of the St. Louis County
Press association, Mr.. Schaefer was
reelected 10 head the association for
the tenth consecutive time at the
annual meeting held Saturday in the
Spalding hotel, Duluth
Al the annual luncheon attended by
the publishers of the is member
papers and their wives. Mr.. and Mrs
Schaefer, who recently observed their
golden wedding anniversary, were
honored guests. Mr.. Schaefer was
presented a gold printers makeup
rule in recognition Of half a century
in the newspaper business on the
Vermilion range.
Other association officers, all renamed
TO their tenth terms. are George NJ
Jensen, Duluth, publisher of the Du-
luth Free Press, vice president, and
]. J. Weyenberg, Eveleth. publisher OF
the Eveleth News, Secretary-treaSurer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
John Passi GiUen First
in Residential Contest

of a map OF the United States in white
on background Of blue. On one
corner was a red bow A Santa and
the salutation Seasons Greetings"
were in the center of the map, while
over the card was the declaration ITO
be an American is a gift"
The intricate employment of colored
lights automatically flashing off and
on featured the display of Mr.. Strachan.
A large Santa Claus Surmounted the
display, and there was a faint jingling
Of sleigh bells.
While the displays were somewhat
less in number than those put up dur
ing the first two years Of the contest,
those erected were very fine The ex-
terror of many residences were decora-
ted with lighted Christmas trees, and
from the windows Of hundred of homes
Christmas lights of various kinds cheer
lily cleaned.
Prizes were SO for first, IS, second;
So, third; 81, fourth, and 81, fifth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
FIRE DESTROYS
3-R00M HOUSE
Exploding Oil Stove Cause of
Blaze; Burns In Less Than
Thirty Minutes.

A three-room house occupied by John
Snidercieh burned to the ground late
Monday afternoon, after an exploding
oil stove set it on fire. It was the
worst residence fire here for a number
of years.
Located several blocks outside the
south city limits of Fifth avenue east,
the house was entirely destroyed in less
than 80 minutes. 1t is owned by Tony
Mergol.
The fire department responded to a
call, but the fire burned with such
fury that the house was gone before a
hose line could be laid to the nearest
hydrant about six blocks away. The
house was a block of the road. After
the fire had started a second explosion
rocked the area.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
Fourth District GiUen
$A,l17 Cut in Road
Funds for Next Year
To Receive S138,996 for
1941; Had Asked for
100000.
PETE OPPOSES CUT
Says Commissioners Acted
Arbitrarily; Raps
Relief Setup.

The Fourth commissioner district was
allowed s138, 1864 in road and bridge
fund monies for 1941 by the county
board in setting the tax levy for next
year.
This Is decrease Of SALT over that
received during 1910. The district had
asked for 100000 for next year.
All OF the commissioner districts took
cut in their road and bridge funds
with the exception of the Second. The
Second viii receive s6,178 more next
year because Of $4,000 aIlocated to il
for a federal aid road project. This
amount IS rotated yearly between the
various districts and is matched BIZ a
like sum from the federal government
Jacob l. Pete, who voted against the
total county budget of s7202 .654 be-
cause Of the reduced road and bridge
fund levy, charged that the county
board arbitrarily cut the road and
bridge fund levy when county vaIua-
tons were received from the state tax
commission.
In statement 10 The Miner, Pete
SAID Ne opposed the budget also because
the county board refused 20 consider
placing able bodied men on relief TO
work on county roads.
1T is time that the county did
something constructive with relief
funds Pete stated
People in the district can expect less
work on county roads because Of the
reduced appropriation for next year,
Pete said.
The First district was cut 81 1913. the
Third. s348; the Fifth. s36,818. These
with the Second comprise the So
called Duluth districts The two range
districts other than the Fourth re-
ceived the following cuts: Sixth, $3.50;
Seventh, $26,818
The total road and bridge fund bud
get, including SIS, 900 estimated IN
gasoline tax TO be received from the
state and 5000 miscellaneous receipts.
is 81 ,395, 900, or about $4,000 less than
this years.
A breakdown of the road and bridge
fund by districts follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
Master BARRIERS Elect
Officers for Coming Year.

The Associated Master BARRIERS OF
America, Ely branch, including the
tonsorial artists of Tower, Soudan. CIV
and Winton, elected officers for the
ensuing year at meeting held ar the
Saari & Standal shop Thursday eve
ming.
Following the election and business
meeting banquet was served ar the
Forest Hotel Steaks and all the
trimmings as only Host Rikhus and
genial chef, Ed. Stanton, can prepare
and served BY the competent wait
resSes
The election Of officers resulted in
the following being named:
President-Matt Musich. Jr.
Vice observation-disclosures StandaI.
Secretary-J. g. Pearson.
Treasurer-Joe Yernatich-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
BASKETBALL STAR FOR
MEMORIAL HIGH CHOPS
LEFT HAND WITH AXE

Ed Grahek, star forward on the IN
defeated Memorial high school bas-
ketban team who chops wood like he
plays the cage game-hard-got little
too ambitious Monday, severely cutting
his left hand with an axe.
Twelve stitches were required to
close the wound. Grahek, however
is expected TO be able to play when
competition is resumed following the
holidays. Friday, Jan. 10, Ely goes to
Eveleth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
IConlnled on Last Page)
LICENSES ON
SALE JAN. 2

Motor vehicle license plates for 1871
VIII go on sale here Jan. 2. according
TO Byrd Brownen, deputy registrar OF
motor vehicles. The plates are the
opposite in color combination from this
years, black numbers on silver back
ground.
Persons desiring special numbers
must turn in their auto registration
cards before Jan. l.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
Declares eve Can Take Ii" of
Hitler's Bombings; Isle
is Armed Camp.

How England was eourageously
bearing the burden of German bomb
ings was told IN letter from Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Kelsau TO Mr.. and Mrs. John
T. Nankervis of this city.
The KelSalls, former residents OF
Ely where Mr. KelsaIl was weighmaster
for the Duluth & Iron Range COM
pany for many years, now reside near
Liverpool.
I'VE can take it and viii come
through victorious" Mr. Kelsau wrote
although it is going to take a couple
Of years to beat Hitler's war machine. ,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
James Pete Named
Junior IOOF Head,

James Pete has been named chief
ruler of Northwoods lodge No II,
junior IOOF organization. InstaIla-
ton of Pete, who succeeds his brother,
Leonard Pete, and other officers VIII
be in January.
Others named include william Mills,
Jr., deputy ruler; Donald Myntti,
recorder; Gerald Johnson, account
ant; Harry Anderson, treasurer; An
drew Luthanen, Jr, Robert Danielson,
and Sidney Jarvi, auditing committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor

The thief who steals your good name
and the character Of your loved ones
is a menace that should be put out OF
the way. Gossip has been the ruina-
ton of many an otherwise placid and
loving home and family. The three
monkeys Of the old Chinese proverb,
hear not, 'see not" and speak not"
when it comes to private affairs Of
men and women, Notwithstanding its
medieval origin, still holds good.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26

Private enterprise can do toGay's
JOB, says the MeSaba Miner. And it can
do a far better job under the American
system, free from political competition
and bureaucratic domination, than
under any other system ever seen IN
the world. Never forget-government
is not q creator AL our great indus
tries-eIectric power, railroads, steel,
etc.-wers built by free men, working
in a free Gentry. They gave us a
standard Of living unparalleled on
earth. Now they can give us military
security.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26

While the largest vote in the his
tory Of the country was cast in No
vember, 49,8O8.6 25, nevertheless only g.
per cent Of those entitled to vote, ac-
cording to the census bureau. went
10 the polls. Evidently 80 per cent
were not interested and it is wonder
what would have happened had they
been interested.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26

~Signor Mussolini had an idea that
the war was just about finished and
that the time was ripe for him TO
get in. So he jumped in" says the
Hibbing Tribune. Italy all along has
had no heart in this war, especially
on the side Of Germany. Italy was an
ally OF Great Britain and France in
the World war and it should be on
the side of the allies in this war
Mussolini was not satisfied with what
-r----..----..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
TO HAVE SUPPER.

The Ely IOOP lodge viii have Lutte
fisk supper Friday to be served prompt
ly at 6 p m. Arvid Sundholm will act
as chef.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26
POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE We'd
Miss Sadie koivunen and RENO
Hakkila United IN We'd
lock Saturday.

The marriage Of Miss Sadie Koi-
vunen and RENO Hakkila, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Jalmer Hakkila, was solemn
lied at a 1 o'clock ceremony Saturday
afternoon at the Suomi Synod church
The Rev. Douglas OIlila oficiated at
the marriage. Attendants were Miss
Mildred Koivunen. sister of the bride,
and Tauno Hakkila, brother of the
groom.
The bride wore a dusty rose wool
dress with a shoulder bouquet Of du-
bonnet roses. The bridesmaid wore a
blue mist wool dress with a shoulder
bouquet of yellow roses.
Immediately following the ceremony
honeymoon trip to California. While
away they will witness the Rose Bowl
football game on New Years day.
Both are well known by a host of
friends in this city where they will
make their home on their return and
who join in wishing them all that is
good.
The bride has been one of the pop
ular employees of the First National
Bank for the past two years and the
groom is employed with the Oliver
Mining company. Both grew to man.
hood and womanhood in this city and
both attended the Ely schools.
The Ely Miner joins in the well
wishes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-12-26

Continued on Page Four
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

striking units, operating virtually
without regard to communication
lines to the rear
That was the pattern on which
the German sweep through Hol-
land and Belgium and across the
Muse into France was achieved.
Nazi air power blasted a way
ahead like a World-War artillery
barrage; but it was the lightning
advance of the motorized striking
units, cutting free from bases that
seized and held the ground and
wrought confusion among opposing
armies.
That heavier Nazi forces have
now been slipped through the Cam
brai-Peronne gap seems certain.
Even so, however, Allied closing
Of the gap would free French
forces along the Somme from Pc
rome to the sea tc mop up the
pocket, or to drive the invaders
themselves westward into the sea.
There can be no question that the
whole battle scene in Flanders
would be vitality changed in Allied
favor if optimistic reports from
Paris on operations in the Cam
brai = Peronne sectors are on
firmed. If not, the effect of decisive
German victory in Flanders upon
the whole course of the wal is in
calculable. For one thing, it would
be a terrible blow to French ma
tlcnal will to continue the fight and
would invite a Hitler gesture to-
ward peace with France, a peace
that would leave England as his
single enemy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
Miss Martha Wilson burlington
Bride-Elect OF June |, Honor2d

CLINTON, May 24-One of the
.loveliest parties of the season &C.
cured at the Community building,
Tuesday afternoon from 4 until 6
o'clock, when Mrs. j. Sebron and
Mrs. E. j. Morgan entertained at
tea, honoring Mrs. Royals sister,
Miss Martha Wilson burlington, of
Salemburg, whose wedding to La
mar hurry will take place June /.
The hall was beautifully decorat-
ed with spring flowers in pastel
shades.
Guests were greeted at the en-
trance by Mrs. R. A. burlington
and Mrs. D. M. Royal. Receiving
on the porch we're: Mrs. w. H.
Moore and Mrs. R. A. McCullen.
Mrs. F. L. burlington introduced
to the receiving line, which was
composed of Mrs. Royal, Mrs.
Morgan, Miss burlington and her
mother, Mrs. J. A. burlington, of
Salemburg, Mrs. Grady Lee LIE,
der, Mrs. W. E. Kirby, Miss Err
line johnson, of Roseboro, Miss
Mary Leel, of Florence, S. c., Mrs.
Chester Keen, Mrs. G. l.. Win
chester, of Raleigh, Misses Maude
Melvin and Ruby Crumpler of Sa'
lemburg, and Miss Lucy Martha
Pait of Lumberton.
Mrs. Henry Vann and Mrs. W
H. Nelson directed guests to the
punch bowl, which was most at
tracticely arranged in a simulated
outdoor living room, built arount
the spacious fireplace. In this love
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
File Of 41,O00 Fingerprints
Being Arranged By WPA Force

Fales and then making ten cards,
one for each finger, the cards con-
tanning the photograph, the mum
Der and the various classifications.
When completed there will be a
group of ten and each card will be
filed according to pattern both
numerically and alphabetically.
With the new system, finger
prints secured at the scene of a
crime can be checked with those in
the files Immediately and may pos
sibly lead to the apprehension of
the criminal before he could es-
cape.
The project, which was started
last October II for a years dura-
ton, is under the supervision OF
Mrs. Margaret D. Wagner.
Workers on the project before
starting on the work were given
a three months training course by
! Fales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
Wives: Share Your Hubbies' Hobbies
---OrT They'll Find Someone Who Will

hobbies. Bringing up a family was
too heavy a load.
Their husbands, through those
years, haven't had much leisure
time either. Supporting a family,
giving them advantages" was a
full-time job that didn't leave much
energy for new enthusiasms.
SHARE HIS DESIRE FOR
FULLER LIFE
But at middle-age, the load is
lifted from both husband and wife.
The man. having his job licked,
has plenty of time to think about
other things. He finds that there
is more to living than working,
eating and sleeping. He decides
to become a good golfer, to learn
something about music, or to sci
up the cellar workshop he has al
ways dreamed of.
The wife doesn't actually be-
grudge the time he spends with
his new 'love"but she doesn't
take it seriously. He can't really
talk to her about it.
She shouldn't Whimper if he finds
someone (and it will probably be
d woman, who shares his inter
est in this new activity. The wife
asked for it, by refusing to play
herself
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
War Relief Fund Here
Is Increased To $3l5

Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, executive
secretary, Wilmington chapter of
the American Red Cross, reported
Yesterday that the general war re-
lief fund in the city and county had
mounted to 1915.
Contributions, she said, were re-
ceived from the general public, Or
carnations, and interested individ-
uals.
The chapter is seeking to raise its
quota of $4,000 for the purchase OF
food, clothing, medical supplies, and
providing shelter for refugees of the
European nations at war.
]. C. Roe, chapter chairman, an
nounced Mrs. Vernon G.. Avery had
been appointed to contact the music
clubs in the community in an eff
fort 10 obtain their cooperation in
raising the quota.
Roe also disclosed that DR.. r. B.
TAYLOR, colored, had accepted the ap-
pointment as chairman of a special
committee which will work among
the colored citizens Of the commu
nifty. His committee appointments
will be announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
BY RUTH

Today a good many wives are
smart about sharing their hus-
bands enthusiasms. But there are
plenty who make the mistake of
turning up their noses at a mans
hobbies and interests.
And that is the most stupid
blunder a wife of any age can
make.
FOSTER HIS HOBBY
1t is only natural for anyone
man or woman-who suddenly de-
velops a new interest to want to
share his enthusiasm and newly
acquired knowledge.
Most men turn first to their
wives. If the wife is encouraging,
that's fine. If she is enthusiastic
enough to take up the hobby, sport,
or study herself-that is even bet
ter.
But if she acts superior when
her husband reaches out for a new
field, she is not only wasting a
good opportunity to grow closer
to him, but actually is driving
him away from his home for real
companionship.
The group that most frequently
makes this mistake is made up
of m%iddle-aged women. For years
they haven't had much time for
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
TR0TSKY INJURED
IN RAID ON HOME
Secretary Bodyguard Kid
mapped During Attack By
20 Machine Gunners

MEXICO City, May 24-(R-Leon
Trotsky was injured slightly and
a secretary-bodyguard kidnapped in
an attack on Trotsky's home early
today by some 20 machine-gun-
ners, incendiarists and riflemen.
The exiled Russian charged they
were sent by Joseph Stain. The
assailants posed as police.
Sheldon Harte, Is, of New York
City, who a on duty when the
band of would-be assassins attack
ed the suburban villa, was abduct-
ed and his fate is not known.
|Trotsky's 15-year-old grandson
suffered a cut on one foot, ap-
parently from a glancing bullet.
Trotsky, crouching with his wife
in a corner of their bedroom, be-
hind thick stone walls, to escape
the machinegun blasts through a
window and bedroom door, was
only cut about the face by flying
splinters and glass.
Bullets peppered the walls, pierre
ed two doors and ripped into the
single beds where the trotskys had
lain only a few minutes previously
One of Trotsky's secreteires,
speaking for the 60-year-old re.
volutionary and refugee from the
Soviet Russia he helped create
declared "The attack was person
ally directed by Joseph Stalin.'
Trotsky, one-time war commissal
and a Lieutenant of Lenin in the
Bolshevist Revolution of 1917, has
been a sharp critic of the Stair
Regime.
The assailants, CARRIED as Mex
leo City policemen, hurled incend
larry bombs into the yard to ligh'
the scene and then opened fire
One of the bombs crashed into
the room of Trotsky's grandson
setting it afire, but Mrs. TrotskJ
eStinguished the blaze with a blan
ket.
The attackers gained entry into
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
War Interpretive
Continued From. Page One)


Failure to close it would intensity
the peril of Allied armies in Fland-
ers. Even their chances for a back
to-the-sea stand are now in jeop-
ardy.
Swift German armored legions
have swung wide and deep in their
rear. These Nazi units brushed past
Boulogne, German spokesman say,
and they claim investment of Cal
ais.
A German report of a battle in
the streets of Client m e a n S a
breach in British lines on both the
Scheldt and Lys river positions. If
confirmed it means a Nazl stride
toward Ostend.
That is the bleak reality of the
war news. Even Dunkerque, the
only remaining continental port OF
consequence for Allied supply or
escape, is menaced. 1t is a short
stride for German mechanical col
umns from the Calais-St. Omar
area to Dunkerque.
A prospect of being cut off COM
pletely from the sea, as well as
from contact with French forces
holding the Semme line, faces the
Allied armies in Flanders. No arm
les in all the wars in history ever
stood in deadlier peril.
Yet there remain weak links in
the chain of steel Germany is at
tempting to draw about them. The
Cambrai-Peronne gap is danger
ously narrow. To the south along
the Somme-Aisne front is massed
FRANCES mobile ARM strength.
Northward, in the Arras-Cambrai-
observation-disclosures rectangle,
are hard = fighting British a n d
French elements, mistaken as yet
by the disasters elsewhere.
Paris has broken an omlnous ST.
lence to picture again these two
forces surging toward each other
from north and south to close the
gap. If they succeed and can re-
unite and consolidate, the German
forces of unknown strength in the
huge pocket north of the Somme
and west of the Cambrai-Peronne
gap would be seriously jeopar'
died.
Before the Germans widenec
their hold on the channel coas'
northward to Boulogne and ever
the Calais area, unofficial.
estimates in Paris placed the pos
sible German strength in the
Somme-Channel pocket at $4,000
According to every sign, it was
then composed entirely of highly
mechanical and self = contained
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
MRS. IS
FETED WITH PARTY

Mrs. r. Shackelford was hostess
Thursday night at a lovely party
honoring Mrs. V. C. Mcintyre, who
before her recent marriage was Miss
Geraldine Sanford.
Upon her arrival, the honoree was
presented with a number of lovely
gifts, after which advice to the bride
was written and tied into a book.
During the evening bingo was play
ed, Mrs. L. L. Wood winning high
score, with Mrs. hester Wallace win,
ming prize for low score
A delicious ice course was served
to the twenty-five friends who en-
joyed Mrs. Shackelford's hospitality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
AVIATION
CAMP IS SOUGHT
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Rage One)
Caswell might, with but few i'm
provements, be utilized for one of
the camps in the training of ap-
phibian and seaplane pilots.
The senator was requested to
confer with Senator Bailey and
Congressman j. Bayard Clark in
regards to securing a survey of
the section.
Congressman Clark has informed
the Brunswick county chamber of
commerce that he will offer all
aid and cooperation to Senator
Reynolds in getting the survey by
the war department.
The President has asked for the
production of $4,000 planes a year
and in the event of such produc-
ton, it appears necessary that a
large number of civilian pilots be
trained. The number to be trained
has been estimated at 10, 900.
Fort Caswell is equipped with
ample buildings. electric lights and
power plant, water works, sewer
age, highways and yacht basin.