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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
III High School and
College Students Will
Get Diplomas Tonight
121 Graduates of Ely High
School and so Jaysees
to be Honored.
TO AWARDLEGIONP PIN
Rev. Benjamin Kermerer,
st. Cloud, to Speak on
Striking Pay Dirt

One hundred and twenty-one grad
yates of the Memorial high school and
fifty of the Ely Junior College viii re-
ceiVe diplomas tonight at ceremonies
starting at 8:15 o'clock in the Washing
ton auditorium
Sunday evening they attended BAG
calaureate services at which the Rev
E. A. Heino was the speaker.
Tonight the graduation address will
be given by the Right Reverend Ben
janin T. Kemerer, D. D., bishop OF
Duluth, who resides in st. Cloud Bis
hop Kemerer will speak on the subject
Striking Pay Dirt"
Harold Gordon will give the valedic-
tory address and Milton Gordon the
salutatory address for the high school
and Marjorie Berglund viii be valedic-
torian for the college Thomas J.
Murn, first vice commander OF the
Frank Lozar post, American Legion, viii
present the Legion award to & high
school senior boy.
Stanley Adkins, superintendent OF
schools, will present the class members.
and DR.. Taito Ahola, chairman Of the
beard of education will hand out the
diplomas.
A native MinneSotan, Bishop KEN
erer was elected and eonsecrated Bishop
OF Duluth on Nov. 5, 1880, being eIe-
waited to the episcopate from the rector
ship of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Duluth. The diocese of Duluth OF
which he is bishop comprises the nor
thern two-thirds of Minnesota.
Bishop Kemerer served three years as
general field secretary for the national
council of the Episcopal church during
which time he travelled extensively
through all parts of the country. Be
fore coming to Duluth in 1923 he filed
pastorates in Missouri and Texas.
Members of the graduating class viii
march in and take their places at the
front of the audience to Memberships
War March Of the Priests" played by
the high school orchestra. The Rev
James E. Dowler viii deliver the in
vocation. The cappella chorus VIII
sing THE Lords Prayer" CMaIotte),
following which the high school saIuta-
tory and valedictory addresses viii be
given.
Two selections Night, Lovely Night"
Berger) and "Cherubim Song" pan
chenke) will be sung by the chorus.
The college valedictory will be given.
followed by Bishop Kemerer's talk The
orchestra will play the overture
Norma" BellinD, and the Legion
award will be presented.
The class will then be presented and
diplomas distributed. The benediction
will be given and the class will file from
the auditorium as the orchestra plays
'Tannhauser" Orchard wagner).
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
ELY LAUDED FOR
Entertainment
BY Governors
81 Chief Executives View City,
Enjoy Scenic Drive, Pow
Wow and Luncheon.

Taking a day off from consideration
of serious subjects, q of the nation.
governors came to Ely, Tuesday, for {
luncheon and a brief tour of the sur
rounding territory
They and members of their party
attending the 32nd annual conference
in Duluth, drove around ShagaWa lake
witnessed an Indian pow-wow, ate q
steaked pike meal, and made brief in
spection of BURNSIDE lake.
Nov what I want to do is to come
up and fish," said Governor julius P
He'll of Wisconsin as the party left by
cars for Hibbing, remark that char
acterized many of those made by the
visitors. The luncheon was attended by
311 persons.
Arriving in Ely at 12:15 p. m, the
party was welcomed at the depot by a
group headed by Mayer Bern M. Lam
bert. The American Legion drum and
bugle corps took part in the welcome
and added a splash of color to the
scene. The sky was overcast, but the
rain that had fallen for an hour be-
fore the distinguished group arrived,
stopped shortly before the train came
in.
Governor Harold E. Stassen received
a big hand from the large crowd of
local people present as he stepped from
the train.
DR.. George T. Ayres, introduced by
Ernest w. Hanson, presided at the
luncheon. Mayor Lambert welcomed
the guests and John Buccowich, speak
ing on behalf of the Ely Commercial
club of which he is president, out
lined the recreational facilities of the
wilderness country.
Willis Putnam, president of the Min
nesota Arrowhead association, spoke
briefly, pointing out Ely was located in
the heart of tractless wilderness
Astounding with fish-filled lakes.
Il am sure that I voice the senti-
ments of this party when I say that
we have enjoyed this trip Governor
Richard C. McMullen of Delaware said
in giving the main talk of the oc-
casion. 1T has been something new
for U.S."
Governor McMullen, who spoke in
place of Governor Prentice Cooper Of
Tennessee, who was unable TO attend
the conference was enthusiastic over
the wilderness country he had Just
driven through, and expressed the wish
that he might be able to return.
Governor Stassen again proved his
popularity when he received a small
ovation as he was introduced. Because
of the short time allowed for the pro-
gram, he did not speak.
Following the luncheon the COVER
nors staged a show for news reel
cameramen, and other photographers,
by appearing with group of Indians in
a lakeside scene. A large string of
wall-eyed pike was presented to Cover
nor He'll by group of Indians as the
cameramen cranked away. Press SER
vice and daily newspaper photographers
snapped many pictures.
AS the guests left the grounds for
Hibbing, the Indians, wearing full
tribal regalia, staged a pow-wow. More
cameras went into action, and they
were very much in evidence during the
two and a half hours the party was
here Victor A. Johnston, director of
the Minnesota Tourist Bureau, can be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
FORMER CHAMP
Wrestler HERE
George Pete, the wildcat"
Now Visiting Relatives
in This City.

George Pete, former worlds Junior
middleweight wrestling champion. and
known in wrestling circles throughout
the world as the wildcat" is visiting
with relatives in this city Pete, whose
Finnish family name was Perttula, IS
the son of Andrew Perttula and the
grandson of Jacob Perttula, both OF
whom resided here at one time.
A veteran of 1000 matches over a
period of 20 years, the Wildcat" is one
OF four nationally known Finnish
wrestlers, all of whom have appeared
in matches here at one time or another,
except Pete, who is the youngest Of the
four. They include Henry Karhun-
saari, who died a few years ago in
Astoria, Ore; Waino Ketonen, Rut-
land, Mass, and Gust KaIlio.
Ketonen, once holder of the middle
weight title, was rated during his prime
as one of the greatest athletes in the
country. He was the inventor of the
wrist lock. At the start of his career.
the Wildcat" wrestled Ketonen and
lost, but later he defeated him twice.
Kallio is the present middIeweight
champ. He was whipped twice by Pete
in overweight matches.
About six months ago Pete, who was
in business in Butte, Montana. retired
and in so doing gave up the Montana
middleweight, hght-heavyweight and
heavyweight titles.
He won the worlds junior middle
weight crown from Henry Jones OF
provo, Utah in 1923 and defended it
against all Corners for six years, after
which he voluntarily gave it up to the
winner Of an elimination tournament.
A headhner on every continent dur
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
To Establish Headquarters al
Virginia Sunday; Promote
Cox for Vice Prexy.

Make Ely your 1913 convention city,
That will be the slogan of the Ely
fire department when its members at
tend the state conclave of the Mime
sofa Fire Department association in
Virginia, Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Along with it will go the promotion
of l. G. Cox, chief Of the local depart
ment, for the position of second vice
president of the association. The vice
president automatically advances to the
presidency and during his year as head
of the association his home city is
awarded the state meet.
If Ely is successful in securing the
election of Chief Cox, it will have the
state convention in 1913.
Brainerd and Breckenridge are also
seeking the convention
A host committee armed with badges
and pennants for autos, boosting Ely
for the 1913 convention and with plenty
of literature on summer recreational
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
America Cannot Isolate
Itself From War Peril

maximum temperature of 80 above,
however, did not equal the seasons
record for 1899 of 98 recorded on the
preceding Memorial Day Two Gold
Star Mothers, Mrs. Robert Suominen
and Mrs Mary Matitich, and a Gold
Star Father, John Porthan, were pres
ent at the service.
As the dead of past wars were hon.
ored, the thoughts of many persons
turned to the possibility of having
those Of another war included They
listened soberly as the speaker en-
phasized time after time how close
that possibility was to becoming a
reality.
Europe's dictatorial governments, the
Nazis, the Fascists, and the Soviets,
have said many times that there is not
room enough in this world for their
philosophy and that Of the Demcc-
racies, McIlvenna said. A clash was
inevitable He quoted freely from their
statements Several Of them follow:
Hitler-Either the world will be
governed by the theology of modern
democracy . or it will be ruled by
the laws of force, when the people of
brutal determination, not those that
show self restraint, will triumph"
Mussolini-"The struggle between two
worlds democracy and Dictatorship
can permit no compromise Either
we or they! Either their ideas or ours
Either our state or theirsI
Lenin-"An obituary will be sung
either over the death of world capital
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
First En-. Lutheran
Church to Celebrate
Golden Anniversary
Organized in 1890, Twelve
of Original Members
Are Still Living.
OBSERVANCE SUNDAY
Rev. Nopola, Port Arthur,
Rev. Schulz, Virginia,
Guest Speakers.

Members and friends Of the First
Evangelical Lutheran church will OBJ
serve the fiftieth anniversary of the
church with special services, Sunday
morning, afternoon and evening.
The Rev. j. E. Nopola, Port Arthur,
Ontario, and the Rev. Albert j. Schulz,
Virginia will be guest speakers.
Officially organized on Feb. 20, 1890,
the church has been served by ten
pastors during the past half century.
Present pastor is the Rev. E. A. Heino,
who has been here for six years.
An anniversary service starting at
10 o'clock will be held Sunday morning.
The Rev. Mr.. Nopola viii deliver the
sermon, and the church choir will pro-
vide special music.
In the afternoon at o'clock a pro-
gram Of sacred music will be presented.
An English sermon will be preached by
the Port Arthur minister. The Rev.
Mr.. Heino will read history of the
church.
Appearing on the program will be
George and Verna Jamsa in violin
duet. Miss Joan Keskitalo, Duluth, will
sing, accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
John LintuIa, Virginia, who is director
of the Sandy cappella choir which
will be featured at the evening service
The choir Of the Ely church will sing
At the conclusion of the program
men of the northern Minnesota dis
trict of the National Evangelical Luth-
eran church will meet to form a dis
trict Brotherhood. Both the morning
and afternoon services will be con-
Quoted in the church.
In the evening the a cappella choir
Of the Finnish National church at
Sandy will present concert in the
Community Center auditorium, starting
at 7:30 o'clock. The Ontario minister
will preach in Finnish and the Vir-
ginia pastor in English.
Organized a little over a year ago
and composed Of young people from
the Sandy church, located in Sandy
township, st. Louis county, the a cap
peIa choir has made many appearances
throughout the range. 1t presented
concert last Christmas eve over the
Arrowhead radio network. The choir
has IS members and is planning on at
tending the national convention of the
church in Fairport, Ohio, June % to
July 4.
First services of the church were con-
Quoted in the fall Of 1889 by the Rev.
William Williamson of Superior, who
served as nonresident pastor during
the time of its official organization
six months later First resident pas
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06

PAVING FADES
Hoffman Infers Road Will Not
be Paved for Many Years;
May Seek Blacktop.

The state highway department can
not justify the paving of the Ely
Tower road nor will it be able to do
so for some time, the city council was
informed by Commissioner M. j. Hoff-
man in letter read at the council
meeting held Tuesday evening.
The letter was in answer to a reso-
luton passed by the council asking for
paving.
After considerable discussion the
council adopted a motion offered by
Alderman Toini Ahola that it meet
with representatives of the Ely Com
mercial club and discuss the advlsa-
bility of seeking blacktop instead.
City Engineer Waino Somero pointed
out that the highway department had
estimated the cost of paving the stretch
at three-quarters of million dollars
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06

The Fenske Hardware and Furniture
company will hold it's third cooking
school, Wednesday and Thursday of
next week, in the Community Center
cafeteria, with Mrs. HanScomb of st.
Paul in charge. She is the Betty Ser
vice" of the st. Paul Dispatch Pioneer
Press, and is one of the most noted
cooking authorities in the Northwest.
Two sessions will be conducted on
wednesday, starting at p. m. and
p. m, and one on Thursday, starting at
2 p. m. Women of the community are
invited to attend. Free prizes are being
offered
Featured at the school will be the use
of Pyrofax Gas and Magic Chef ranges
A group of local merchants are also
cooperating in the school.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06

o. A. Sundness, chief engineer for
the Snyder Mining company in speak
ing before the Kiwanis Club last week,
painted a rather gloomy picture of the
future of the mining industry when
he said that iron ore in northern
Minnesota is losing its value because it
is losing its market in the competition
with scrap iron" We do not agree with
the eminent mining engineer insofar as
VeruiIion ores are concerned. The
ores of this range will be in the market
long after the cheaper ores Of other
ranges are exhausted. The reason
scrap iron is being utilized at present
is because it makes a ton of steel from
each ton of scrap, while it takes two
tons of ore, coal and limestone to make
a ton of steel. At the rate scrap is
being used at present, the supply vii
become exhausted and good old Yer
million ore will dominate the market.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06

Now comes the disturbing news from
an authority in Canada that there
are 1900 German Nazi army reServists
in Detroit alone. It is hard to be-
lieve that any American city would
harbor such an accumulation of pro-
Germans Canadian authorities may
be unduly alarmed over the state
ment made by John R. McNicol, Tor
onto conservatist, but his claim is well
worth looking into. American authori-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

An exchange says that of course it
is too late now but why didn't We
think of having the brush salesman
take the conSus. They have to call at
every house anyway.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

Mrs. julie Johnston, head of the Ely
Welfare Office will leave this week for
an indefinite leave of absence on ac-
count of i'll health. Nestor Newman of
the Virginia office will be in Ely three
times a week in charge of the Office
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06

Many a woman marries man with
the hope of having her ship come in.
All she gets out of it is raft of kids.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Gateway to Capital

Approval by the Park and Planning
Commission of compromise method
of constructing a grade separation
viaduct at Fourteenth street and
Maine avenue paves the way for be-
ginning actual work on this necessary
part of the citys traff1c-expediting
program as soon as Congress pro-
vides funds. Requiring approx
imately two years to complete, the
million dollar project probably
would be ready for use early in the
late autumn of 1943 If work were
started soon.
Final plans, co-ordinating the
views of the District Highway De-
partment and the National Park
Service, have the effect of simplify
ing the flow of vehicles at this inter-
section, which now average $1,000 a
day. At present, Fourteenth street,
bearing all north and south inter-
state traffic on Number 1 highway,
is intersected by the exit from the
Speedway, a closed road to the west,
the branching road on the north of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Accident Squad
Today WaShington's enlarged fra

Today Washington's enlarged traf-
f1c investigation force goes on duty.
Resulting from nearly eight months
OF study, including the training of a
large number of volunteers from the
ranks of the police department, the
new unit holds promise of becoming
an important factor in making the
streets Of the Capital safer.
Under command of Capt. Arthur
E. Miller, who proposed it while
studying traffic safety last winter at
Northwestern University, the new
squad will consist of six cruisers and
thirty-one men. When volunteers for
this work were sought several weeks
ago, eighty policemen offered their
services and forty-two already have
been given special training. Those
selected for duty are supplied with
modern equipment for rendering first
aid to accident victims and for in
vestigating accurately the causes of
each crash.
Thus, one of the major elements in
the city'S campaign to end death on
the streets has taken form. 1t is one
of the steps which have been advo-
Gated by interested organizations,
and one which should result in re-
duction of cases in which drivers
guilty of serious violations escape
penalty because of insufficient evil
dence or improperly reported investi-
cations,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Health and Defense

Americas citizen soldiers and pros
pective soldiers may be a bit soft,
but, if the observations of physicians
who have been examining modified
National Guardsmen are a criterion
of general conditions, the health Of
today's military recruits is fully as
good as that of the men called to
the colors in 1917. And the Govern
ment intends to do everything FEAST
BILE to make these new soldiers
healthier during their year of active
service. Medical officers of the New
York National Guard have been
pleasantly surprised" to learn that
only per cent of Guardsmen re-
Gently ordered to duty by the Presi-
dent were physically unfit. This COM
pares we'll with the findings of medi-
cal authorities in the first World
War Flat feet and bad teeth are the
chief defects today, just as they we're
then. The percentage of physical
disqualifcations undoubtedly will be
higher when examination of con-
scripts begins a few weeks hence,
for all National Guardsmsn are pre-
sumed to have passed preliminary
physical examinations at the time of
original enlistment.
Because the CONSUMPTION OF thou
sands of men under the new selec
tive service law will present special
problems to medical authorities, DR..
Thomas Parran, surgeon general of
the United States Public Health
Service, has been in conference here
with State health officers from all
parts of the Nation. At this confer
ence it was recommended that $25,-
100000 Federal appropriation be
made for the correction of minor
physical defects of draftees. In this
way many otherwise qualified men
could be rendered fit for active duty.
The benefits would be two-fold, for
the men in question would enjoy bet
ter health and the Government
would gain additional recruits. In
addition, all of the 16,500000 men
who register on October 16 will be
given an opportunity to submit to
blood tests, even though they may
not become eligible for active duty.
All men indicted into the military
service for actual training will be
required to take such tests, as a
matter of course.
A particularly serious problem
which arises out of the mass induc-
ton of men into the Army and the
Navy is the maintenance of health
standards of the civilian population
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

during the emergency. It has been
estimated that some 10000 physi-
clans will be called from private
practice into military service. I'm
less this CONSUMPTION of physicians
is properly spread out, many COM
munities, especially the smaller ones,
will be left without adequate medical
care. 1t is we'll that this problem
and others growing out of the emer-
gency mobilization of man power are
to be given careful study by a newly
created Health and Medical Ad-
viSory Commission. Protecting the
physical well-being of the Nation is
an important element in creating a
strong national defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

Tidal Basin, and busy Maine avenue,
in addition to being reduced in
width at the bridge over Tidal Basin
outlet.
Among the thirty previous plans
submitted, the one advocated by the
District government would have pro-
vided a modified clover leaf to give
access from the viaduct to the va
rious park roads, necessitating a
bridge far out across one corner of
Tidal Basin. This met with Parks
Office opposition, since it would
change the character of the basins
shore and would turn too large an
area of park over to heavy traffic
use. Compromising, the final plan
provides for the elevation of Four
tenth street, eliminates the clover
leaf and diverts Maine avenue traffic
to Twelfth and Fifteenth streets,
thereby preventing all confusion of
entering and turning vehicles.
With building of the surface roads
and the outlet bridge planned first,
Fourteenth street will remain open
for use throughout the whole con-
struction period.
Thus one of the worst points Of
congestion in Washington, involving
the city's most heavily used gateway,
will be eliminated after years of
study. 1t is project which will have
enormous possibilities for making
Potomac Park and the Jefferson
Memorial more accessible and will
provide the foundation for future
major identification of the Nations
Capital