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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-05
The Foe Within

In oNr battle for justice we must
realize that there are thousands of
traitors within our own ranks-men
and women who, having mortgaged
their own craven souls to our en-
emies, are willing and anxious to
sell out our group for a mess Of pot
tage. In myraids Of instances they
have already done so. Many of these
beings are like moles which burrow
beneath the surface, and they have
by their pernicious activities placed
the entire structure of our rights in
peril, The vilest, cruelest, most bru-
tai, craftiest, most venomous, and
most cold-blooded outspoken enemy
is far less dangerous than the vile,
crafty, Sinking, snake-like burrow-
ing foe within!
-LLEWELLYN LEWIS.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-05
MASSACRE DAY BILL
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and ThrtyTwo

In YearO Thousand Nine Hundred and ThrtyTwo
the of the
the Heroic Deaths of Cpus Aucs Samuel Maverick
Caldwell, Samuel Gray and Patrick Carr.
and House of Representatives General
assembled and by the authority of the follows:
Chapter hereby amended by inserting
ffytree the
O the the following sectlon:
shall annually proclamation calling
March fifth the anniversary the Boston Massacre
Attuk American of African descent
CALDWELL Gray and Patrick Carr heroic deaths
martyrs the American independence
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-05

Your cruising reporter has finally
decided to take fling at Sugar Hill
and will share the bachelor home of
my good friend, Ray (White TOwer)
Scott in his penthouse apartment of
the Roger Morris Court, 555 Edge
cOmbe Ave.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-05

known Harlemite of 81 West 98th St,
has returned after a pleasant visit
with her brother. Curator L. D.
Reddick of the Harlem Branch Lii
brary, is enjoying much needed vaca-
ton. . Roland Chapman is off on a
new venture, having left the city for
Howard Medical School, Washington,
D. c. He is popular in Harlem's
younger set and a member of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Lovely
Ruth Brandon from the wrong end of
the Bridge (Brooklyn) certainly has
Glen Constance spinning.
Maurice W. Spencer, National Presi-
dent, Equal Rights League died Fri
day, Sept. 81 in Brooklyn, N. Y, at
the home of his daughter, and was
buried Tuesday in Washington, D. C,
his home. Death was due to pneumonia
after 5 weeks illness.
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BY FLOYD G. sNELsON

business manager, and Maude Osborn
custodian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
ccc BATTLER
takes TITLE
Portage River Enrollee Wins
Heavyweight Title; Tom
Chosa Defeated.

Art Thurley, an enrollee at the Por-
tage River CCC camp, won the heavy
weight championship at the Golden
Gloves elimination tournament held last
week at Eveleth under the sponsorship
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Thurley, foot 2 inch, Winona, Mimi,
boy who weighs 205 pounds, will enter
the Northwest Golden Gloves meet at
Minneapolis, scheduled for Feb. 1915.
Tom Chosa, defending champion in
the flyweight division, lost his crown
to Bill Huard, Cloquet, in the finals.
Huard, who Chosa whipped in the
semi-finals year ago, knocked the
Ely battler out in the second round.
Lieut.. D. c. Wallace of the CCC camp
took a stable of five fighters to the
Eveleth meet, three of them going into
the semi-finals. Thurley was the only
one to come through, repeating a
similar performance in the Lake City
district last year where he won the
heavyweight title. He will be making
his second trip to the Northwest meet.
Jack st. Jacque, light heavyweight
from Wabasha, Mimi, broke his thumb,
Lieutenant Wallace stated, in the first
round of his semi-final match with
Tom Roche, International Falls, but
battled three rounds before the injury
was revealed. st. Jacque lost by de-
cision to the boy who later won the
title.
Floyd Hawkins, welterweight from
Lake City, Mimi, also lost by a de-
cision to fighter who later took the
in the division. Leroy
Goldsworthy, Virginia, was given the
nod after three rounds of furious
mixing.
The other two members of the team,
Bill Weaver and Harold Philamalee,
both middleweights from Alexandria,
Mimi, went out in the first round.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
LOOKING BACK IN Into 9TH the M Fines

later in the season. Last week we an
nounced the largest northern pike as a
winner. This was the 46 pound pike
caught by Clyde C. Young in Bass
wood lake.
Olga Smuk, the 5-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smuk of the
Chandler location, died from the effects
of burns sustained when her clothes
caught fire from kitchen stove.
After spending a week with relatives
in this city, Miss Mollie Rom left Tues
day for Wyandotte, Michigan, where
she has accepted position as nurse
in large hospital. Talkies have
been installed at the Opera House by
Manager Swanson. Jack Gianotti
has filed for the office Of county COM
missioner in this district to oppose
Commissioner Jacob L. Pete.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Students, Teachers
On Assembly Program,

Students and teachers appeared on
the assembly program of the Ely Junior
College, Friday morning This weeks
program will be in charge of the college
Photography club, headed by Alfred
Ryan.
Last week jeanne Thompson gave a
tap dance; Miss Gwendolyn Freer, a
reading, 'Mr. Snodgrass and the
Woman" and Agnes Aalar sang blue
Orchid" and Sunrise Serenade." Ber-
nard Hutar and Earl Edwards staged
ventriloquist act, and Lois Mae Sand
strom sang Indian Love Call" and
zone Night of Love-" with Peggy Nc
Mahan playing the piano accompani-
ment.
Elsie Korpi, Julia Marolt, John Lassi
and Bob Richards composed the COM
mittee in charge. Curtis Uhrenholdt,
Eva Sandstrom, Emmett Sund and Allie
Salo will supervise the assembly for this
week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Ely Debdters Defeat
EUeLeth in First Meet.

Ely won its initial debating meet of
the season here Tuesday night with the
Eveleth affirmative team.
Harold and Milton Gordon, cousins,
will serve on both the affirmative and
negative teams, with Rose Bryant and
Norma Anderson as alternates. Miss
Esther Paciotti is coach. The question
being debated is: Resolved that the
federal government own and operate
the railroads.
Tonight at 7:3O O'Clock the Virginia
negative team will engage the local af
firmative team in room lob of the
Memorial building. Tuesday night the
Gilbert affirmative team will come
here.
At the Eveleth meet Betty Kaner
and Robert Kent composed the team
Orvil Schacow, Virginia Junior College
instructor, acted as judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
81 Attend Boy Scout
Training School Here.

Twenty-one men took part in the
training school for Scout workers of
the Vermilion Range district held here
last week, under the direction of Ray
Reigel, district chairman of training
work
A. Mattioli, Hibbing, executive of the
Headwaters area; M. L. Berge, Eveleth,
area chairman of organization and ex-
tension; Sigurd F. Olson, and William
Jones discussed topics pertinent to the
advancement of Scouting during the
three-day school.
Attending the meetings from here
were B. o. Strachan, district chairman;
Walter Jones, Bernard Hutar, E. A.
Bailey, Steve Smrekar, Thomas j. Murn,
Jack Reid, Lynn Paulson, Fred Hand
berg, William Mills, Edward T. Buckley,
Reigel, Jones and Olson, and from
Tower, Andrew Erickson, w. L. Hotter,
w. E. Moves, Ralph Iverson, H. T. Olson,
John E. Peil, and R. M. Bell.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Zenith MINE
UNION MEETS
Get-together Saturday Will
Inaugurate Membership
Campaign Here.

The membership drive of the Zenith
Metal Mine Workers union, AFL local
No. 22231, will be inaugurated at a
meeting to be conducted Saturday
evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Com
munity Center.
w. F. Wright, st. Paul, American
Federation of Labor representative in
Minnesota, and E. L. Slaughter, Du-
luth, northern Minnesota representa-
tive of the American and Minnesota
declarations of Labor, will be present
to address the gathering.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock an
AFL charter for miners working in the
Pioneer and Sibley mines of the Oliver
Iron Mining company will he considered
at meetings called for this time, &C
cording to Rudolph Beck, who has
been working as norganizer for the
union.
At o'clock county, city and schoo.
employees will be called together tc
discuss union utilization, Beck said.
Wright and Slaughter will be here
Sunday for these two meetings.
Provisions of a proposed contract
with the Pickands, Mather and COM
pany, which operates the Zenith prop
erty will be considered Saturday night
Victor Turula and Turf Carlson were
named at recent meeting to head the
group to draft the contract.
Temporary officers of the Zenith
union have been chosen as follows
Albert Coombe, president; Turula, re.
cording secretary; Carlson, financia
secretary, and Martin Handberg, treas
urer.
According to the Jan. 25th issue o
The Labor World, published by TIT
American Federation of Labor union
in Duluth, organization here is on al
industrial basis, all employees in thu
mines being eligible for membership
It also points out that organization
work is being carried on in Soudan
AFL union work on the ranges ha
yielded gratifying results" accordin.
to statement attributed to Wright.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Funeral Held
Here Friday Morning.

The funeral of Mrs. Theresa Schar-
abon, a former resident of this city
where she resided with her husband
and children 30 years ago, took place,
Friday morning, from st. Anthony's
Catholic church, the Rev. Frank
Mihelcic conducting the same. The
funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Scharabon died in Duluth, Tues
day, at the age of 68 years. The re-
mains were brought to the Ely Nor
tuary, Thursday. Attending the funeral
from out of town were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ford Campbell and two children from
Superior, Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. Teasek
and Joseph TeaSek of Virginia, and
Joseph Veranth of Two Harbors.
Pail bearers were Joseph Skala, ST.,
Joseph Champa, Louis Gornik, Victor
Palcher, Anton Mikolich and Anton
Mlrgel.
Mrs. Scharabon was sister of Peter
Beck. ST., and an aunt of Mrs. Amelia
Veranth of this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
SCOUTS LIST
Bean SUPPER
To Inaugurate National Scout
Week Feb. 8-14 With
Feed for Parents.

A bean supper served at $50 O'Clock
next Thursday night will officially in
augurate Ely's observance of National
Scout Week. A program will follow the
supper, which will be served in the
Community Center cafeteria and at
tended by Scout workers, troop mem
berS, and parents.
A board of review will be held Fri
day, under the direction of E. c. b.
litho, court of honor chairman, to
select troop members eligible for Scout
and merit badge awards. A court of
honor at which awards will be pre-
sented, will be held as a part Of
Thursdays program.
Tower, which with Ely. composes the
Vermilion Range district, has scheduled
its bean supper for Saturday, Feb. TO-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Ely to F ace Gilbert in
Local Gymnasium Friday
Coach Smrekar Has Tough Job
Ahead; Dropped by Queen
City, 20 to IL.

Suffering from bad case of inferi-
ority complex, the Memorial high school
basketball team bowed to Virginia, 20
to IL, on the Queen City floor, Friday
night.
Still logged by sickness among his
squad members, Coach Steve Smrekar
found it necessary to juggle his lineup
considerably, moving Albert Rowe from
his guard post to a forward position
opposite Paul Prola. Ted Grahek
worked with Lloyd Bird at guard and
Willie Grahek was at his old center
position. Frank Vertnik, regular guard,
and Roy Johnson, forward, did not &C
company the squad because of illness.
Unless Vertnik, who has been out for
two weeks now, and johnson are on
deck for the Gilbert game here Friday
night, Coach Smrekar will face tough
problem in figuring out a winning COM
bination to pit against the title con-
tending Gilbert five-that is, unless the
boys get over the idea that they face
an impossible situation because the
visitors occupy high place in the
district standings.
In district competition Gilbert has
been defeated but once, losing to Vir-
ginia, 1892. Two weeks ago they
turned the tables on the Bluedevils
1921. That's plenty of testimony to
the power that the Gilbert crew packs
Coach Smrekar's club never has really
p1i aay,f IN, OF n
year, but if and when they ever do they
possess the stuff that can whip anyone
in district 81. Maybe Friday night viii
be the time, and if it is the will be ar
upset in Memorial gym.
Extensively Ely wasn't in the picture
at Virginia last week, but defensively
they worked fairly well. They succeeded
in holding the Bluedevils to their sec.
ond lowest score in district competi.
ton, allowing the Wanted Fraboni
toast of the northwest, but one fielc
goal
Rowe and Andrew Luthanen scored
Elys two field goals but the number
of times the boys got close and missed
made even the most hardened Virginia
fans shed few tears. Even from the
free throw line the club had difficulties
sinking only out of 10 attempts
In all 38 fouls were called, 10 on Ely
Prola went out on personals il
the third period, and Bird and Luth.
amen finished the game with three each
Luthanen was high point man for Ely
having the tremendous total of 8 points
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
st. Andrew Club to
Meet Friday Night.

The st. Andrews club will meet Friday
night at 6:15 O'Clock in the parlors Of
the Presbyterian church. The program
committee is composed of William
Kendrick, chairman, Byrd Brownell, j.
Oliver Hall, Sigurd F. Olson, Ed
Edwards and DR.. A. Curtis Higgen-
botham.
President Fred Handberg, chairman;
Vice President B. j. Agnew, Secretary
Ernest Bailey, the Rev. H. Russell
Browne, and Directors William Jones,
j. H Olson, John Nicholas and William
Paulos, officers of the club, are in
charge of the dinner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Issue of February 5, 1915.

The charity ball of the Mothers club
takes place at the Opera House this
evening. A large number of tickets
have been disposed of. The Ely City
band has donated its services and will
furnish the music. DR.. H. ".
Goetchius, the dentist, who visited Ely
professionally every month in the early
days, died at his home in Duluth, Mon
day afternoon, after six year illness.
The marriage of Joseph Kapsch, Jr.,
of Gary, Indiana, to Miss Mary Kapsch
of this city took place at the Catholic
church yesterday. the Rev. Father Buh
performing the ceremony. The groom
will become associated with the firm
of Math Kapsch and company as
manager. The bride has been in charge
of the books at the same store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Dunstan rejoice
over the arrival of a baby daughter at
their home last week. Mrs. Max
Levstik died at her home in the Chand-
Ter location, Friday after an illness of
several years. John Hario, son of
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Hario of this city,
left Hibbing yesterday to take the bar
examination in St. Paul. He has been
reading law in the office of Victor
Power. Victor johnson, also of the
Power staff, left at the same time to
take the examination.
DR.. H. j. Lockhart was installed
president of the Ely club on Tuesday
evening. Other officers named were B.
o. Strachan, vice president; P. T.
Brownell, treasurer; Arthur Knutson,
secretary; j. I. Laing, director for one
year, and w. D. Gallagher, Charles
Trezona, George T. Ayres, L. j. White
and R. K. Toms, directors for two years.
Statistics show that Ely had ZIG
births last year and SO deaths. Births
during the past week were twin sons
to Mr. and Mrs. Bendetta Spiro; a son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Cook and a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Turk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
MERMEN DROP
HIBBING MEET
Give Iron Ore Capital Stiff
Battle in Losing Swim Fest
by 46 to 20 Score.

The Hibbing high school swimming
team downed the Ely mermen, 1920
in their home pool, Saturday night.
Giving their opponents more of battle
than they did in Memorial pool, earlier
in the season, Ely captured two firsts
and had a share in another.
Captain Joe Atkins came through with
win in the 100-yard back stroke, the
seventh time he has done so this year,
and Albin Markun took the 220-yard
free style.
Eugene McCarty and Hort of Hib-
bling had the spectators on their toes
in the initial event, the 40-yard free
style, when the two touched the ledge
simultaneously to tie for first.
In the second meet of the season,
Hibbing won, 52-14, with Captain Atkins
winning the only first place.
This weekend Ely will take rest
and will resume activity at Coleraine,
Feb. TO-
Results of the meet follow:
40-yard free-McCarty and Hort tied
for first; LeBeau, E, third. Time, 206
200-yard free-Markun, first; Floyd,
H, second; Kermit, E, third Time,
2:323.
100-yard backstroke-Akins, first;
Cohoe, H, second; Johnson, H, third.
Time, 1O62
100-yard free-MacDonald, H, first;
Masterson, H, second; LeBeau, third
Time, 56.6.
Diving H, first; Markun,
second; Buskala, E, third.
100-yard breast-Zeidler, H, first; At
kinson, H, second; Bolitho, E, third.
| Time, 1:12.7.
Medley -Hibbing, first, Canoe,
Atkinson, Macdonald; Ely, second,
Atkins, Bolitho, McCarty. Time, ESQ.
Free style relay-Hibbing, first, Hort,
Floyd, ellis, Lahti; Ely, second, Mar
kun, Buskala, Atkins, McCarty. Time,
1:22.1.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Fifty Years Ago
From Issue of January %, 1890.

Influenza has almost gone the rounds.
Louis Sletten is the latest to go to bed.
Mrs. Matt Thomas on Monday
afternoon presented her husband with
a bouncing boy The Rev. E. N.
Raymond of Tower conducted services
here Sunday morning and evening.
Grant McMahan, who has been sick for
some time was taken with a relapse
on Thursday but at this writing is out
of danger again.
E. A. White on BURNSIDE lake, re-
ports that a drove of moose, ten in
number, passed his place recently. He
says moose are more plentiful this
year than for years. A special
school meeting was held Friday for
the purpose of issuing bonds to the
amount of $500 payable in five years
at 5 per cent interest to pay the bal
ance due on the school building.
The second trial of John Simmons
for the murder of David Cook on May
30th, in Tower, has been in progress
in Duluth. This morning jury re-
turned verdict of acquital, having
been charged by the judge to that eff
feet. On his first trial the jury dis
agreed. Miners are very scarce
here at present owing to inroads made
by the grippe. Even if there was no
cause for the miners laying idle and
the present force were at work, there
would be room for at least a half
hundred or so more miners and at good
wages.
The Zenith Iron company, organized
to explore lands adjoining the Chand-
Ter, will resume operations and q
thorough exploration made. The fee
of the property is owned by Ishpeming
Mich, parties and is looked upon as
valuable possession. Maine, after
thirty years of prohibition, is really
trying to close up the $50 saloons Of
Bangor which have been operating in
open defiance of the law. The
firm of Wagner & Andrew, in the meat
business here, has been dissolved by
mutual consent. Frank Wagner viii
continue the business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
IA TO ATTEND
CHICAGO SHOW
Playground of a Nation to
Receive Ample Publicity
at Navy Pier.

Ely will get its first big lick at the
1910 tourist business at the Navy Pier
outdoor show in Chicago, scheduled to
open Saturday. Fourteen people from
here will be on deck to see that the
Playground of Nation receives ample
publicity.
Headed by President John Buccowich
and Secretary Ray Hoefls- of the Ely
Commercial club, the delegation in
cludes both business and resort men.
Ely will have is own booth this year
and it will be located next to that of
the Minnesota Arrowhead association.
About 40 feet long, it will be the
largest individual exhibit of any of
the many resort areas represented at
the show, Secretary Hoefler states.
1t will feature wildlife display on
a background of cedar, he said Resort
literature will be pinned on a burlap
cloth and hung over counter. The
clubs motion picture protector will be
placed in front of the exhibit.
If past attendance figures are main
tanned this year, from 10000 to $4,000
persons will come to the show daily for
each of the nine days it is on, he said.
Those who will be at the show be-
sides Buccowich and Hoefler include
Walter Berger of the Canadian Border
lodge; Matt Michaels of the Timber
Trail lodge; Neal Kirk of Kinks resort;
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Erickson of the
Lodge of whispering Pines; Jacob L.
Pete of Pete'S Cabin Boats; Mrs. Mike
Tibone of the Superior Forest Camp;
Louis Schlacter of the Deer Trail
Lodge; Bob Watts of Wilderness Out
filters; William Zupancich of Curtain
Falls Fishing camp: M. j. Conorton of
PipeStone Falls lodge; Eric Kosher of
Dominion Isle resort, and Raymond
Slogan of Border Lakes Anyways
Seven of these men are at the st.
Louis show which ends this weekend.
They include Watts, who with George
E. Arbogust, Tote, had charge of the
Minnesota Arrowhead's exhibit; Eric
son, representing the Commercial club,
and zupancich, Slogan, Conorton, Ros-
cher and Berger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Hibbing Is, EIy AZ.

To be whipped twice by a 2-point
margin in seven days and by the same
team is mighty bitter pill to swallow,
but that's what the Ely Junior College
basketball squad had to take from
Hibbing-and like it.
To make it tougher, it appeared that
Ely had the better team, although there
is no argument about the fact that
its the score that wins the ball game
Defeated on Memorial court Jan. 20,
42-40, the club Travelled to the Iron Ore
capital, Friday, where it was handed
a 1913 setback.
In this game, like the one here, the
final minutes were packed with ex-
element as Ely fought desperately to
put the game in the bag. 1t was
Carroll, center, who individually kept
Hibbing in the running here and Car
roll and Kerzie, forward, who turned
the trick on their home floor.
Trailing, 41-33, midway in the final
quarter, Ely bombarded the hoop from
all angles as the boys staged SEN
sational drive down the home stretch.
Two baskets each by Joe Novak and AL
Banks and counter by Carroll pushed
the score to 43-41. Then Kerzie came
through with another marker that put
the game on ice, for in the closing Sec
ondS, Banks sank one from center
court to make the final score 45-43.
In the initial quarter Ely spotted
Hibbing Is points before marking I'D
anything for itself, a fact that probably
contributed principally to the defeat.
Banks was high point man for both
clubs. scoring baskets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
On This Occasion
(Continued from Page One)

away with a sentence of four years in
Jail and a fine of $1,000 for passport
frauds when travelling through the
world attempting to overthrow the
American theme of government. He is
lucky inasmuch as he was not con-
victed in Russia of treason towards
the land. In any other country be-
sides America he would not have been
given a term in a modern and model
prison but would have been lined up
before a stone wall and shot The
tolerance of America for his ilk is
sometimes considered too tolerant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
CAST OF IA
TO give Play
"Seven Sisters" Selected by
Dramatic Arts Club for
Presentation, Feb. Is.

A cast of IA students has been
selected to present the Dramatic Art
clubs play Seven Sisters" on Feb. Is.
Directed by Miss Gwendolyn Freer, it
is three-act farce-comedy.
Taking parts are Angela Poljanec,
Camilla Legat, Edith Bohince, Mary
Grahek, jeanne Thompson, Myrna
Melin, Lorraine Jackson, katherine
Chimzar, Paul Yadlosky, Philip King,
Wayne Bolitho, Daniel Chachich,
Richard Gianotti and Joe Kuzma.
The plot revolves around the Widow
Gyurkovich (Miss Poljanec) who tries
to find husbands for the three Oldest
of seven daughters.