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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19

pany boosts wages 9es. Local SO
of Warren, Ohio Of Jackson.
Michigan. gets a signed pact with
the Denman Tire and Rubber Co.
Local 1876 OF jackson Michigan.
gets a man reinstated. This
local is connected with the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany. the company that is going
to talk turkey before many moons
go by. Local AZ gets better holi-
day clause in their new pact with
the Midwest Rubber Retaining
Company. while Local 81 gets its
leader back to work.
These are just some OF the
gains made when the great United
Rubber Workers Of America. un-
der great leadership can do. but
when the International and its
affiliated unions get ready to
clamp down on the anti-union
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany. more gains will be chalked
up for the unions.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19
HERE AND THERE ALONG
THE RIALTO OF SPORTS

Sideine sants-Looks like the New York Yankees,
archs of all they surveyed in basebas realm for four long,
unimpeded years until they hit the deck last and hit it
with resounding hud, beginning fall apart the
For word that four bue-bbon veterans of the
mighty Gothames will be cast adrift There is
such thing sentiment in baseball and for that the
Yankees lis said will bridge the gaps with kids Of tender
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19
Sphas Start to
Run Away from
Pro Gage Foes
This Weeks Card
Tonight-Phila. at Brook.
Sattirday-Brook. at Phila,

Saturday-Brook. at Phila.
You can't beat class and the
Philadelphia Sphas. the greatest
cage combine in the country last
year. are again demonstrating
that they have the best basketball
team in the land. Continuing
where they left off in i939-'40. the
ouakers are dealing out death
blows to the rest of the circuit and
although the campaign is only in
its embryonic stage. the ouakers
bid fair to run away from all OPP
position for the second consecu-
tive year.
Beaten in their opening battle
by the Brooklyn Jewels. the
Sphas have been burning the
boards ever since. They have TAX
en- their last six scuffles and at
that pace there seems little like
lihood OF their being stopped. They
just finished mopping-up the
Brooklyn Jewels over the past
week -end by one-sided scores. A
devastating attack. an almost i'm
pregnable defense and all-around
play carried them to the lofty
heights that they have now at
tanned.
Years ago the original New York
Celtics were acclaimed as the
miracle" team OF cagedom.
Year in and year out they ran
rampant taking on and conquer
ing all foemen. Age took its toll,
however. and now that the origi-
nal Celtics are obsolete 1t looks
like the Sphas are destined to
take over their laurels. Yes, they
can talk about their basketball
teams but there's no question
about 1.-THE Philly Sphas stand
in class by themselves and don't
let the Hooligans try to tell you
otherwise.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19
otherwise

gin with. even the coach is far
from a midget. mentor Al Baggett
standing 6 feet. 4 in his stocking
feet. Biggest coyote on the squad
is center Charles Halbert who
ranges all the way up to s feet.
10 inches. Volta bloke he must
be! AS a sophomore last year he
made az per cent of his field shots
and So per cent OF his free throws.
His seasons scoring record aggre-
gated 500 points. No player on the
team Is under six feet. one.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19

cent fiascO was the Al Mccoy
Joe Louis "skit" staged at Bos.
ton last Monday night - What
right. will you ask me. had Nc.
Coy in the same ring with Joe
Louis?
The Boston Irishman. weighing
but 1870 pounds. never was FIRST
class fighter - Billy Conn just
about turned his ears inside out
and Bob Pastor. Andre Lenglet
and many others took turns at
spinning him Mccoy around-1n
fact. Lenglet "obituaried" him in
two rounds with a right hand
smash that fiattened him like n
pancack yet the boxing barons.
headed by that man named
Jacobs. had Louis defending"
tdont make me laugh his title"
against Al Mccoy from Boston
way-Wrestling is supposed to be
the biggest racket in the world
but this boxing business is running
1t close second-Still. the public
goes" for such comedies and as
long as they 20 for them Jacobs
g. Co. will continue to fleece them.
Remember FirpO Timmons.
the FrOstburg behcmOth? u
have Il from an authentic
source that he played football
with the Davis & Elkins College
eleven during the past season
and played II well--In fact. the
big becf-and-musclc man from
the Frosty City really pushed
the boys around on the gridiron.
Timmons. in his high school
days at Beall High. was a splendid
athlete in most every branch Of
sport-He sparkled on the court.
Scintillated on the soccer field and
distinguished himself on the dia
mond-Dcspite his tremendous
bulk and weight. he was plenty
fast.
To those who knew him the
recent death Of Harry Wolford.
former fiashy second-baseman of
the oldtime B. &; o. nine. was a
distinct shock-This quiet. unas-
Stunning chap played in the days
, when Buck Weaver. Chris Rowan,
Jimmy Dreaming. Wally Drumm,
Lee Ginnaman. Bill Cretchley. ct.
al. were in their hey-day and at
that time Wolford was one Of the
ace defensive inflelderS in this
section 49, The Weaver-to-Wolford
and Wolford- to-Weaver double
play combination Of the Railroad
team ranked with the best and
it is with regret that We write OF
Wolford's leaving us - He played
the game as it should have been
played. was sportsman through
and-through and was admired not
only by his team mates but by
host of friends as well.
You old timers Of baseball
who have been wondering what
has happened 10 the diamond
stars Of the past will be sur
prised, perhaps. 10 learn that
Shotgun" Keener Is operating
a restaurant in Grafton, w. Va,
and that Bobby Blair Is en-
ployed at the local Celanese
plant.
Keener. way back in the days Of
South Park. was a favorite OF
local fans for many years while
good-natured Bobby Blair was
one of the classiest hat corner
custodians that ever came down
the pike-Another baseball rumor
floating the rounds is that Monte
Pearson. Yankee hurler. will be
sent to the Brooklyn Dodgers be-
fore another campaign rolls
around That's enough this
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19
The Rubber Neck

The United Rubber Workers Of America has chartered FIVE
new locals month"; which brings the total s unions
since the big organizaiona drive began
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-19
Here's a Quint That
Averages 6 II. 6 in.

You can chirp about your tall
basketball battalions but there's
a coterie OF cagers far of in
Texas who claim to be the worlds
most colossal aggregation and
judging from the statistics they
seem TO have some justification
for their claims. The boys in ques-
ton are the courtsters Of Texas
State College.
Averaging 6 feet. Ga inches,
this team of giants has been TAX
ing everything in stride. To be.
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G0VERN0R
CONTINUED from Page One)

Chambers tourist and convention COM
mittee, sat in on the discussions. Be-
sides Duluth and Ely, representatives
from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Alexandria,
Bemidji, Brainerd, Deerwood, Detroit
Lakes and the North Shore were
present. Victor A. Johnston, director
of the Minnesota Tourist Bureau, and
other members of the state tourist CO.
ordinating committee were in attend
ance.
Ely can consider itself fortunate that
1t was looked upon favorably as the
representative resort center to be viewed
by the governors and their party. Or
dinarily from Is to 35 chief executives
are present for the conference Fol-
lowing the meetings, many of them
are expected to stay in this area with
their families for vacation.
Adjt.-Gen. Ellard A. Walsh has been
handling the arrangements for the con-
ference. The executive committee of
the conference is composed of Cover
nors Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri, con-
ference chairman; Robert l.. Cochran
of Nebraska, George D. Aiken of YER
mont, M. Clifford Townsend of In
diana, and Burnet R. Maybank of South
Carolina. Frank Bane of Chicago, ex-
ecutive secretary of the conference, is
arranging the program for the gather
ing.
The convention will get Minnesota's
1910 tourist season under way with a
burst of nationwide publicity.
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During Removal Sale will
location Opening date of will
Peoples Department Store
YOUNGEST RESORT
OPERATOR IN STATE
CREDITED TO ELY

Minnesota's youngest resort owner,
22-year-old William Zupancich, will
start out in the business this spring
with fishing camp located on Cur
tain Falls of Crooked lake.
zupancich, who recently purchased a
three-place Curtis-Robin ship, will be
the only resort in this area maintaining
its own air connections. William
Leithold is serving as pilot for Zupan-
cich.
The resort, one of the most remotely
located camps in this area, is about
"a air miles from the city. Built on
beautiful Curtain Falls, it is the only
one on Crooked lake.
A crew of workmen have been at the
site most of the winter, erecting a log
lodge, So by 80 feet 1t will have sleep
ing accommodations for Is people, and
the dining room will take care OF so.
The lodge will also house a lounge and
trading post. Steve Mizera, veteran
guide, will serve as chef.
Eight or nine sleeping cabins will be
constructed in time for the start of
the tourist season. A Seaplane ramp
will also be put in. The resort will be
one of the few Seaplane fishing camps
in the state.
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SCHOOL BOARD
Continued from Page One)

and Jack Gianotti expire.
The complaint of property owners to
the south of the school grounds that
water from melting snow was damag-
ing their property again raised the
question of building retaining wall
along the grounds.
WPA officials will be contacted to
see if they will approve such a project.
The alley, paralleling the south side
of the school grounds is unusually
wide. 1t was constructed after the city
had condemned a rgiht-o for it
over privately owned land. There is a
15-foot strip between the alley and
school grounds owned by the various
lot owners that the school board has
attempted to secure at various times in
order to widen the grounds
The last time all but two property
owners agreed to deed their portions
of this strip to the school without cost
SO that the grounds would be widened
and a retaining wall put in. That is
as close as the school ever got to cor
recting the trouble, but another at
tempt may be made to secure this
strip of property.
This spring the school plans on
moving the football field to the south
10 feet and reconstructing the track,
a project that would be greatly as
sisted 10y the widening of the grounds.
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Girls swimming Captain Peggy Lam
bert, Nancy Byrd Brownell, Dolores
Butala, Emily Grahek, Waynetta Hill,
Mary Levar, Lois Purdy and Mildred
SomerS.
Football-Roland Brennan, Tony
Grahek, Theodore Grahek, William
Grahek, Peter Handberg, Edward Hutar,
Gerald Johnson, Roy Johnson, William
LeBeau, Andrew Luthanen, Archie
Lundeen, Dan Mestnik, Stanley Nest
mix, William Mills, Donald Myntti, John
Novak, James Pete, Donald Prola, Paul
Prola, Albert Rowe, Manager Juan
Croft, and Manager Albert Kotchevar.
Basketball-Lloyd Bird, Edward Gra-
hex, Tony Grahek, William Grahek,
Edward Hutar, Roy Johnson, Andrew
Luthanen, Dan Mestnik, William Mills,
Paul Prola, Albert Rowe and Frank
Vertnik.
Highlight staff-Norma Anderson,
Patricia Bottiani, Daniel Chachich,
Marie Chachich, Virginia Golobich,
Frank Kalan, Philip King, Joe Kuzma,
Roseline Mantel, Marcia Martin, Vivian
Ojala, Patricia West and Juan Croft.
Cheerleaders-A Erickson and
Mary Kure.
Debate-Leonard Gordon and Harold
Gordon.
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NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, April 8, 1910.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
sealed proposals, or bids, will be re-
ceived in the Office of the City Clerk
of the City of Ely, st. Louis County,
Minnesota, up to seven-thirty G:3O)
o'clock P. M, Tuesday, April %, 1910,
| for the furnishing of one Cd new,
1910 model, IL ton, Garbage Truck,
| delivered F. o. B., Ely, Minnesota, in
accordance with specifications now on
file in the Office of the City Clerk of
said City.
Each bidder shall be required to
make the City of Ely, Minnesota, an
alloWance-in-trade for a used Relay,
81 ton, 1882 Model go, truck with dump
body.
Successful bidder shall be required
to furnish the usual warranty covering
this truck and it's equipment.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with his own specifications COM
plete, together with lists of equipment
and accessories to be furnished.
Each bidder shall accompany his
proposal with certified check in the
sum of ten Q0) per cent of the con-
tract price, made payable to the City
Treasurer; check to be drawn on some
National or State Bank duly authorized
to do business in the state of Mime
sofa.
Check of the successful bidder shall
be held until satisfactory warranties
have been rendered by the successful
bidder and the contract signed. All
other checks shall be returned within
ten Q0) days from date contract is
awarded.
If successful bidder to whom this con-
tract is awarded fails to furnish war
ranties and sign contract within ten
(10) days after being awarded the
contract, said deposit shall be forfeited
to the City of Ely, Minnesota, who then
shall proceed to award the contract to
other parties.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes
bearing plainly on the outside thereof
the name and address of the bidder,
marked bid on Garbage Truck" and
addressed to the City Clerk, City of
Ely, Minnesota.
The City Council Of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids, or any part of a
bid
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
"A Ali City Clerk.
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{ BANQUET
CONTINUED from Page One)


Miss Jessie H. Michaelson, journalism.
Sigurd F. Olson, college dean, and
Conrad G. Haugen, high school prin-
cipal, gave talks. The physical educa-
ton department, under the direction
of Buckley, was in charge of the
assembly
Miss Thekla E. johnson, assistant
principal, was general chairman of the
E banquet. The home economics de-
partment, under the direction of Miss
Viena M. Somero was in charge of
the meal. The decorations were pre-
pared by the art classes of Miss
Frances Stokes, and the program ar
ranged by Miss Johnson, Miss Gwen
dolyn Freer and Dean Olson.
The letter winners follow:
JUNIOR COLLEGE
JournaliSm-James Shaw, Gloria
HusSey, Marjorie Berglund, Robert
Mann, Alfred Ryan, Florence Novak,
Dorothy Stonich, Helen Stonich, Emily
Slogan, Genevieve SeliSkar, Lahore
Ahlstrom, Marjorie Cramer, Nancy
Eckert, Shirley Barich, Eleanor Gustaf-
son, Peggy McMahan, Leslie Ormandy,
Clarence Robertson, Joseph Senta, Earl
Edwards and Agnes Alar.
Cheerleaders-Earl Edwards, Agnes
Alar.
Football-Joe Novak, AL Banks, Will
liam Loushin, Matt Mayerle, Frank
Povhe, John Perko, Robert Hall
Richard Mcfarland, Leonard Johnson
Joseph Kapsch, Alan McIver, Joseph
Pengal, Tony Stukel, John zaic, Donald
Butala, Dale Needing, Edward Klun
Wayne Brownell, George Tuomala and
Manager Harry Anderson
Basketball-Joe Novak, AL Banks
Torsti Franti, William Loushin, Matt
Mayerle, Steve Grahek, Stanley Suster-
cich, Ellwood Lindholm and Frank
Povhe.
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys wimming-Captain Joe Atkins
Wayne Bolitho, Marvin Buskala, Will
liam Herranen, Albin Markun, Eugene
McCarty and Manager Arthur Forselius
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81 If They Shaved

Disciples of Paul Bunyan in the
early 70's didn't want to shave. Their
aversion to razors and BARRIERS has been
revealed by Minnesota WPA Writers
Project workers investigating things as
they used to be. A reporter for a Min
neapolis paper of the long ago chron-
icled that w. D. Washburn had to pay
his lumberjacks on the Rum River a
81 bonus to get them to scrape their
chinS twice a week
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Notice to the Public!
High Fire Danger Point
Forseen for This Spring
Forest Service Urges Early
Brush Burning; Enumerates
Safety Measures.

The light snow of the past winter and
April thawS are expected to create an
early fire season that may become ex-
tremely serious, according to a warning
issued by the Ely Office of the U. S.
forest service. Heavy spring rains
would be the only factor that would
keep the fire danger down.
Persons who wish to dispose of any
brush by burning are urged to do so
before snow leaves the ground. No
burning permits are necessary while
the ground is covered with snow, but
they must be obtained after it is gone.
Weather station fire danger readings
have been taken daily since the first
of the month after being terminated
during the winter.
The station is located on top of the
Federal building in which the forest
service has its offices.
Burning permits may be obtained
from the forest service without charge.
Statutes of the state of Minnesota pro-
vide heavy penalties for attractions of
this regulation. Burning of brush and
refuse should be conducted at an early
date, the forest service advises, for if
the fire danger should reach an ex-
tremely high point this spring no per-
mits will be issued during this period.
When the burning of brush might re-
suit in starting a forest fire, permits
cannot be given out.
The forest service suggests five points
that should be followed when burning.
They are:
l. Secure burning permit before
doing any burning.
q Pile your slash and other debris
beore burning.
8. Plan on doing your burning after
a rain or in the evening
f. Do not start your fire in the
morning or during a high wind as it
is vey difficult to control fire at those
times
5. Remember that, even though a
burning permit has been issued to you,
you are still liable for any damage
resulting from your fire spreading to
adjacent lands.
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governor for some unexplained reason.
A town downstate hal large num-
Der of Trade At Home" signs printed
and sent out of town to have the work
done. Gall couldn't go beyond that.
EAT and grow thin," is the heading
of an adv. Yea, and jump in the lake
to get dry.
The biggest income tax payer this
year had to shell out half million
dollars. We would like to enjoy the
sorrow of having to dig up that much.
There are lot of mean guys in the
state, but the prize for meanness goes
to that st. Cloud youth who stole purses
from women while they were praying in
church.
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SET SECOND
FREE Benefit
Second Annual Free Program
to Raise Money Slated by
St. Andrews Club.

The st. Andrews club will hold
benefit program along the lines of the
free" one to raise money conducted a
year ago, it was decided at the regular
monthly meeting held Friday night.
The exact nature of the affair was left
up to committee composed of william
Kendrick, chairman; B. j. Agnew and
Jack Reid to decide.
Bernard Kruse, educational advisor
for Company TIL at Portage River, gave
talk on Conservation of Youth"
The Civilian Conservation Corps, Kruse
said, was observing its seventh birthday
on that very day.
The policy of the CCC as revised in
1887, he said, was ito provide employ
ment and vocational training for un-
employed young men," rather than to
relieve an acute unemployment prob
lem Since it's organization 100000
enrollees and camp officials and super
visors had been in the corps, he stated
A wide choice of vocational training
is offered the boys, he said. 1t in
cludes auto mechanics, drafting, blue
print reading, bulldozer operation, con-
struction formanship, tipping, welding,
cooking, baking, etc. In the past few
years there has been on the average
from three to four boys apply for every
available opening.
Figures compiled by him show that
in the average 200-man camp in Min
nesota, 35 per cent of the enrollees are
II years old, they being in the majority
Twenty-four per cent are Is, Is per
cent are 10, 10 per cent 20, per cent
81, per cent %, and 2 per cent, in
Guiding cooks, senior leaders and other
personnel, are % or over
Thirty-two and a half per cent, or
a majority of the enrollees, have had
only an eighth grade education. Those
entering high school but dropping out
compose 80 per cent, those completing
high school, % per cent, and those
having one year of college, per cent
The number not finishing the eighth
grade compose 712 per cent of the total
Kruse inferred that many of the boys
entering the CCC did not always have
the same opportunities that other young
men enjoy. 1t is surprising how many
of them are orphans, he declared.
Forty-five per cent of the enrollees
have never had job, he said, end "a
per cent have been employed less than
four months. In the average Mime
sofa camp, only 81 per cent of the boys
have ever had more than four months
work.
A number of guests were present.
They included l.. H. Larson, new man
ager of the j. G. Penney store, Wayne
Passi, Dwight Bill of Grand Rapids,
and Boy Scouts Jerry Kruse and Eugene
Marines.
The program committee for the May
meeting is composed of Alex bakers.
chairman; William Hasselblad, Sr, Ike
Martell, A. Kenneth Unger, E. w. Han
son, Merlin Riikola and R. c. Chinn,
and the dinner committee, Frederick
McReady, chairman; Robert Browne,
Jack Reid, Ray Reigel, George Edwards
and G. H. Hanson.
The MINER SELLS Every Thursday
At tho ETv NEyVS CTnDE,
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CITY TO Meet
With WPA men
To Ask District Officials to
Maintain Rolls Here at the
Present Level.

Members of the Ely city council will
go to Duluth, Saturday, to confer with
district WPA officials. The subject of
the discussion will be retaining the
rolls in Ely at their present level.
When A. T. Gilbertson, Duluth, dis
trict WPA manager, was in the city
recently, he informed City Engineer
Waino Somero that Ely would survive
the initial cut made the first of April
because of the desirability of its pro-
jects. He did not indicate that the
city would be as fortunate when the
next cuts are made, probably at the end
of this month.
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Thumbs Nose at Sun Spots.

Forest Lake-The sun tossed electrical
impulses through 80 million miles of
space at the earth recently, and was
the most vicious disturbance of its kind
in modern times. Yet, the only story
that Forest Lake can contribute to this
historic incident is this: 1T didn't
happen here" If we hadn't seen it in
the daily newspapers we wouldn't have
known it.
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"NOONANISMS"
(From the Baudette Regi0n)

The census will bring out lot OF
strange information. For instance it
will show that many woman is no
older in 1910 than she was in 1880.
We know a bartender who sells it
but never drinks it. Rare judgment,
we call it.
Over at Northwest angle recently the
neighbors held dance to pay the fines
of two men who had been convicted OF
killing a deer There is reciprocity
for you.
A Mr.. Jacobson is going to run for
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An About Face

Washington county, Alabama, vot-
ed for state-controlled liquor in a
referendum two years ago by a
count of 666 to AT. Now it has
voted to do away with liquor by a
vote of 744 to 20l.
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A Mr.. jacobson is going to run for
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5 ElDes Produce II Lambs.

McIntosh-When it comes to records
for multiple births, one must consider
the case of Wilhelm Johnson, who had
S ewes that gave birth to II lambs. The
lambs were all born within an hours
time, two sets of bankruptcies, and three
sets of triplets, for a grand total of II
lambs and ewes