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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-06
ANTON TEkAvEc
SUccuMBS HERE
Ely Resident for 38 Years
Dies; Funeral Conducted
Monday Morning.

Anton Tekavec, &c years old, died at
his home in the Chandler addition,
Saturday. Funeral services were con-
Quoted Monday morning at st. An
thongs Catholic church, with the Rev
Frank Mihelcic in charge. Burial was
in the Ely cemetery. The remains
were prepared for burial at the Ely
Mortuary.
A resident OF Ely Tor about 38 years
where he was employed as miner, ne
would have been IT years old, June 10
He was born in Yugo-Slavia in 1873
and came to this country 40 years ago
He was a member of st. Barbara
lodge No. 200, S. S. G. U. Pail bearers
were Frank Tratnik, ST., Vince Vessel
Joe Sherjak, Joe Flick, Frank Kriznal
and Pete Strucel.
He is survived by his wife, four sons
Anton, Jr., Frank, William, and Fred
all of this city, and four daughters
Mary, Rose, Janet, all of this city, ant
Mrs. Josephine Jamnik, Soudan.
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STEEL CORP.
MEN COMING
Will Make Three-Day Tour of
Range Next Week; Party
to Number Is.

The range will receive its first visit
from the members of the blast furnace
committee of the U. S. Steel corporation
when the group comes here for a visit
next week. The party will also visit
Duluth.
The party will be headed by G. D.
King, Pittsburgh, chairman, and will
number about Is persons. 1t will in
clude blast furnace superintendent
from eastern mills and technical eX-
perts of the corporation
They will arrive in Duluth, Monday
and will inspect the steel plant there
Tuesday morning they will leave by
special bus for a three-day tour of the
range properties of the corporation.
Yes-The Ely News Store
SELLS the Ely Miner
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RED CROSS
NEEDS Cash
Several Million European War
Refugees are Sorely in
Need of Help.

The American Red Gross has sent out
an SOS call for funds to furnish help
for the several million people of the
old world, bereft of home and suSten-
ance by the bombing of men, women
and children in the war now on.
Catastorphes, fire and water in this
country also have drained the treasury
of the Greatest Mother" and the liberal
minded people of the United States are
asked to contribute to alleviate suffer-
ing in the war torn nations of Europe
and the calamity sufferers of this
country.
Since its organization, the American
Red Cross has been on the spot at once
in case of a holocaust or catastrophe
with surgical supplies and provisions for
the afflicted.
Ely has never fell behind in it's share
towards suffering humanity. The Red
Cross needs money and needs it now
and tomorrow and the next day.
The Miner is prepared to receive con-
tributions and will gladly see that every
cent is forwarded to the proper chan
nels. Donations so far received this
week are as follows:
Miss Vida Thomas, 81 90
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THEY WILL HAVE
TROUT DINNER WHEN
WATER GOES DOWN!

Here's a paradoxical story about
fish that got away-but not for long.
Pete Kayute, rabid trout fisherman,
hooked a beauty, Friday, which he
claims was, and still is, IA inches long,
and probably weighs a pound and
half. Pete won't tell where.
AS Kayute landed the fish it Topped
into small pond about waste deep
with water A half hours frantic
digging with small landing net failed
to capture the fish, so Pete gave up
in despair and went home. Two more
trips to the site and additional efforts
including cane pole fishing with a
worm, yielded no results. Underbrush
prevented using a fly.
Slowly the water in the pond is re-
ceding, and when it gets low enough
the Kayutes are going to have trout
dinner. For that reason Pete won't
tell where the pond is. His fish got
away-but not for long.
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NOTES

Miss Gretchen Weber, director, an
nounces the following schedule for
summer activities for Scouts. Brownies
will meet Tuesdays from 1000 a. m. to
1900, and intermediate Scouts will
meet Wednesdays and Thursdays from
1000 to 1900. All Senior Scouts, who
are interested in tennis, may report at
the Scout office on Tuesday at 900 a. m.
To date, 70 Ely Scouts have registered
for the 8 week camping period to be
held at Camp Oliver Hoist from July
9th to the 10Th. Preparations are
being made and all will be in readiness
for the opening day. The camp COM
mittee is grateful to the Scout fathers
who assisted at the recent painting
bee"
Troop activities for the past week
have taken the form of picnics. Troop
had an outing at the Halfway or
Friday and the Brownies in Pack II
enjoyed a nose bag" hike last Mon.
day. Troop 4 will have an outdoor
picnic at date to be announced later
Scouts of Troop took part in &
splash party last Wednesday.
Omitted from the list of awards wa
that of Writers and Scribes badge re-
ceived by Florence Startz of Troop g.
80
All of the members of Troop No.
have registered for camp, and they ar
anticipating a grand week. Through
the sale of Mesh Maids, the troop ha
earned half of their camp fee. w
would like to thank all those ladie
who welcomed our little Maid into thei
homes, and whose praise has helpet
us to sell more.
Troop No. l will have their fine
meeting of the year on June TO- Thei
meeting of June was a social evenin
at the Coffee Shop, at which time the
presented their leader and lieutenan
with gifts.
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APPOINT FOOD
STAMP OFFICER
City Clerk to be in Charge
of Stamps When Plan
Is Inaugurated.

City Clerk A. o. Knutson was made
food stamp issuing officer for Ely by
action of the city council, Tuesday
evening. Clerks Frank Banovetz and
Joseph Sever were made deputy officers.
The territory they will serve has not
been announced but it is presumed
that it will include all that served
by the Ely welfare Office.
The st. Louis county welfare de-
partment and the surplus commodities
corporation had asked that the city
assume the job of issuing the stamps.
The food stamp plan is expected to
be placed in operation throughout the
county before the end of the month.
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write BORDER
LAKES HISTORY
St. Paul Woman Gathers Data
Here for Sketch of Ely
Wilderness Area.

Miss Grace L. Mute, st. Paul, who is
in charge of the archives of the Min
nesota State Historical Society, spent
several days last week at Eastwood
lodge of the Wilderness Outfitters Sc
curing and preparing material for a
short history of the border lakes
country.
The lodge opened for the season last
week, with several parties of notable
persons coming for fishing trips Ar
irving Saturday for week was party
of five persons from the First National
Bank of Chicago, headed by Clarence
E. Carlson, assistant vice president.
Also spending a week at the lodge were
four st. Louis men, headed by Joseph
T. Peterson, manager of the Guardian
Life Insurance company of st. Louis.
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MISS POPOvICH HONORED.

Mrs E. F. Edwards, Mrs. Ernest
Dargis and Mrs. Frank Banovetz were
hostesses at a miscellaneous shower at
the home of Mrs Edwards on Wednes-
day evening in honor of Miss Ann
Popovich, a prospective bride of July.
Bridge and Chinese checkers were
played with high honors in bridge
going to Mrs. Anton Slabodnik and
second to Mrs. Stanley Domanoski.
Mrs. Joseph Romshek won the honors
in Chinese checkers. 80 guests were
present and the tables were beautifully
decorated with cut sweet peas. Miss
Popovich received many beautiful and
useful gifts. Most of the guests were
classmates in school. A most delicious
lunch was served by the hoSteSseS who
are cousins of the bride-to-be
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Booster Club to Bring
ArrOlUhead Shows Here.

The Booster club of the Ely I. o. O.
F., is sponsoring the Arrowhead Shows
carnival in Ely for eight days starting
Sunday. The show will come here
from Hibbing. The week before it was
at Keewatin. 1t is composed of seven
rides, like number of sideshows, and
a large number of concessions.
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First Methodist Church
REV. JAMES E. BOWLER, Minister.
Bethany Lutheran Church
OLIVER WILSON, Student Pastor
Sunday, June 8.

Sunday School, ..... $50 A. M.
Morning Worship, ........ .10:45 A. M.
Wednesday, June 12-No mid-week
service. Board meeting with Rev. c. G..
Anderson, regional director, in charge.
June 17-Summer Bible School be-
gins.
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st. Anthony's Catholic
Church
FATHER FRANK MIHELCIC, Pastor.
Father Henry Larkin, Assistant.

Masses at 600; TOO; 800; $50 a. m.
Sunday School and BeDediction at
l 80 P. M.
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JAMES LEROY IN NAVY.

James Leroy of this city has en-
listed in the U. S. navy through the
recruiting station at Eveleth and is now
at the training station at Great Lakes,
H., north of Chicago. He will be
stationed there for an eight-week pre-
liminary training period before being
assigned to ship of the fleet or to
trade school,
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ANNUAL PICNIC.

The Past Noble Grand's Club will
hold it's annual picnic at Burley Park
on Saturday, June 8, with g one
o'clock luncheon.
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The Suomi-Synod Lutheran
Church
REV. DOUGLAS OLLILA, Pastor.

Divine services tonight, Thursday at
7:30 p. m. The Rev. E. Torkko of AS
toria Oregon, will preach.
Sunday services, Sunday, the 9th, at
7:30 D. m. in the Finnish.
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The fifth column" gentry are sure
in the limelight and it won't be many
months before all will be catalogued
and placed in their proper position
How anyone can "bite the hand that
feeds him" is a connundrum.
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On This Occasion
lContinued from Page One)

ties should take steps at once to list
and place in concentration camps all
anti-Americans, not alone in Detroit
and other large cities, but in Ely,
Winton, and other smaller units OF the
nation. Concentrated enemies must be
fed however, and perhaps it would
be a better plan to do away with
these traitors to our country to save
on commodities for the patriots that
remain.
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CHURCH NOTES
First Evangelical Lutheran
Church
(Member of the Finnish Evangelical
Lutheran National Church of America
212 East Camp Street
REV. E. A. HEINO, Pastor
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EK.3i,u J. D. MAHON
lV General Agent
~ BOZ w. Superior st.
Duluth. MINI.
Melrose 500
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ducing cooled aircraft engines
Of combat sizes, has just about kept
pace with the Curtiss program and
its production totals are expected
to continue about equal. In addi-
ton to expanding its own plant
twice during the last year, once
at q cost of 5000 900 and again
at a cost Of $4,000, 900. Pratt &
Whitney is undertaking still further
expansion on an even larger scale
and also has expanded the Pratt &
Whitney machine tool division Of
Niles Dement, Pond to accommodate
1900 new employees. This was nee
essary to increase the production
of new machine tools for the en-
CINE factory.
Glenn L. Martin Co. of Balti-
more is planning to spend $4,000
600 to increase floor space by 1,100.-
600 square feet, to a total Of be-
tween 2,500, 900 and 5000, 900 square
feet. This plant recently completed,
in the record time Of II days, the
construction and tooling Of a large
addition to its factory.
Boeing Aircraft Co. Of Seattle,
which this month borrowed $10,-
500 900 from the r. F. G. to finance
plant expansion, recently completed
one expansion project. at q cost OF
81 900 900, and has leased another
plant at Seattle.
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. has
undertaken an 80 per cent expan-
sion program at San Diego, at a
cost of $1,050000.
Aviation Manufacturing Corp. has
appropriated $1,000, 900 for a four
year expansion program.
Vultee Aircraft, Inc, having taken
oven the Stinson division of Avia-
ton Manufacturing Corp, recently
completed construction of a new
factory at Nashville, Tenn, and al
ready is planning an expansion OF
this plant.
Lockheed Aircraft Co. has pro-
vided IS SOC, 900 for expansion Of its
Vega Airplane Co. plant in Cali
fornia.
Beech Aircraft Corp. is undertak-
ing the construction of new factory
at Wichita, Kans., where Boeing
also is planning construction OF a
new plant.
Bell Aircraft Corp, Buffalo, N. Y,
is undertaking to double its factory
floor space; the Brewster Aero
nautical Corp. is enlarging its plants
at Newark and on Long Island. Re
public Aviation Corp. is increasing
its floor space from $4,000 to $780,
600 square feet, Bendix has estab-
lished a new instrument factory in
| Newark and Fairchild has tripled
the floor space of its engine plant at
Hagerstown, Md.
These are but a few of the many
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expansion projects now under way
in aircraft plants in all parts Of
the country to meet the demands
for military and training airplanes,
civil and commercial aircraft and
airplane engines and accessories.
Similar activities are in progress
in many Of the raw materials and
associated industries. To break what
threatened to become q bottleneck
in the production of aluminium, the
r. F. c. has just granted loan Of
$l5. 800, 900 to the Aluminium Co. Of
America for construction Of a new
plant in the Tennessee Valley, to be
completed by July /, 1912. This same
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company has allocated $4,000, 900 for
expansion of q reduction plant at
Vancouver, Wash, to draw current
from the new Bonneville Dam.
1t was brought out recently that
the total capacity of the Aluminium
Co. plants this year was 375 900 900
pounds, as compared with 1927, 900 900
pounds last year. The estimated
aluminium requirements for $4,000
airplanes a year would be SOC, 900 900
pounds annually. The Vancouver ex-
pansion is expected to add 1000 900
pounds a year and the Tennessee
Valley plant another 100000
pounds a year.
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its Caldwell IN. j. propeller fac
tory.
The R. F. C. announced on Au-
gust 81 that it had authorized a
loan of $34,000,000 to the Curtiss-
Wright Corp. of Buffalo, N. Y, for
the purpose of acquiring plant sites
and erecting and equipping plants
for the manufacture of airplanes
at Buffalo, Columbus and St. Louis.
1t also arranged a loan of up to
SIS 900, 900 for labor and materials
and other necessary expenses in
manufacturing the airplanes and of
81, 100, 1000 for purchase of machinery
and equipment, or total of $751;
100000.
The Douglas Aircraft Co., Santa
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Monica, Calf, has announced a
single plant expansion program
amounting to $40, 1000 900, including
the building of a new plant at Long
Beach, Calf, and additions to the
Santa Monica plant and a smaller
plant at Ell Segundo, Calf. These
expansions will increase total avail
able floor space to $4,000 square
feet, or about double that now in
use, The Long Beach unit is to be
constructed on a 142-acre tract ad-
jacent to the Long Beach Municipal
Airport.
Expansion of the Pratt g. Whit
ney plant, now the only factory
aside from Curtiss Aeronautical pro-
Evening star., 1940-01-04
1885 in Italy Vote
To Return 10 Reich
rs the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 4-1n line with
Italy's desire to repatriate Ger
manic residents of former Austrian
territory, 1876 1865 persons have voted
to 90 to Germany, it was announced
today. The vote was taken to end a
minority problem between Italy and
0ermany. -
"A government communique did
not make clear how many persons
Of Germanic origin would remain as
Italian citizens, but said 166, ,488 in
habitants Of Bolzano Province, 49,
W from the mixed. language"
provinces of Trento, Udtne and Bel
Juno and 2,305 living elsewhere in
Italy had voted for repatriation.
Unofficial estimates had put the
number Of possible repatriates in
Bolzano Province alone at 100000.
Italian authorities promised those
who voted to remain as Italian sub
jects that they might stay on the
land without fear of being trans
ported to other parts Of Italy. 1t
was explained they would be ex-
pected to accept "Italianization."
Italian and German authorities
were working out a system under
which property owners might dis
pose of their holdings and receive
compensation after they take up
their new homes in Germany. Two
years are allowed for the transfer.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Unity Milford Very III
But Shows Improvement
a. ths AssartstsA pr>s,

~ tno AS6oc1Steo S1e6S.
FOLKESTONE, England, Jan. A.
Her face pale and drawn. Unity
valkyrie Freeman-Mitford started
today on the last leg of her stretch
er journey home from Germany.
She was described by her father as
Every ILL.," but the exact nature Of
her ailment still was a mystery.
my daughter is rapidly getting
better, but she has been desperately
ILL.," said Lord Redesdale ."She is
quite worn out, poor thing"
Asked II Miss 'Freeman-Mitford
would make any statement, he re-
piled:
II have been offered $1,000 (about
$19,750 for a statement, but would
not accept s25,o00 (about $98,750)." /"
The breakdown Of her ambulance
last night forced the blond friend
of Adolf Hitler to remain at Folke-
stone Hotel. The accident within 10
miles Of the baronial estate Of her
father, Lord Redesdale, delayed sur
gical treatment for her mysterious
ailment or injury.
She was reported by the British
press to have suffered q gunshot
wound in Munich i've days before
the outbreak Of the war, but no
bandages were visible when she
emerged from q channel steamer
from France yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
handful Of men who escaped the
hattie NJ Iake Kianta

handful Of men who escaped the
battle Of Lake Kianta.
This seemed to be borne out by
telephoned reports from patrols to
field headquarters here saying that
lone tank was destroyed and sew
eral men with it.
The tank was number Of miles
to the north, apparently headed for
Russia along the Kokki road.
The Russians also are using ski
patrols, but in smaller numbers.
Mostly they are kept to the Soviet
side and try to catch the elusive
white-garbed Finnish detachments.
Almost every night there is hand
to-hand guerrilla fighting between
men on skis, fighting a war without
a real front on snow in the forests
and on frozen lakes.
Russian hopes for a decisive
blow against Finnish land defenses
were believed to have been crushed
for the winter by the rout Of the
163d Division.
Seven Divisions Massed.
Although the Soviet command was
reported massing seven divisions for
an attempt to break through tho
Mannerheim line, foreign observers
considered the Films defenses i'm
pregnable as long as winter lasts.
The vanquished Russian division
entered Finland under compara-
lively favorable conditions before
heavy SHOWS fell and Finnish off,
GERS said it would take months now
to replace it because Of increasing
hardships and the difficult terrain.
This column had tried to cut across
the narrow waist of Central Fin
land in an attempt to separate the
north and south.
Evening star., 1940-01-04

Finn Troops Buck
Driving Snow 10
Patrol Arctic Front
StrueIse Against Reds
Also q Struggle to
Keep Alive in Cold
By JAMES ALDRIDGE.

WITH THE FINNISH ARCTIC
FORCES, near Ivalo, Jan. 4 N.A.-
N.A.-By RADIO With rising winds
hurting snow in thick drifts across
this frozen land, fighting between
the Firms and the Russians is al
most at a standstill as the big strug-
gle here becomes struggle to keep
alive. But the war must go on, and
this means patrol activity for both
the Firms and the Soviet troops.
It is an adventure unequaled to
make one of these partols, and 1t is
also q gruelling hardship similar to
those endured by Arctic explorers.
Dressed In several layers Of cloth
ing, covered by q white cloak and
cowl, q patrol of four men, with an
extra man carrying a light machine
gun, and all having pistols stuck in
their belts. stepped outside Of our
hut, pulled on mittens Of dog fur
and started of on their skis.
Death-defying Feat.
The wind howled and tore at
everything they had on. Bucking
the driving snow, they moved from
the hut into the forest. From here
on it was q death-defying feat, as
the men bent forward, sliding slowly
into the binding snow in the dark
ness and trying to dodge trees or
sudden dips In the terrain.
The ski soldiers have to know the
country over which they are scout
ing, for 1t is impossible to look at
q map in this weather.
The going was slow, too slow, for
q patrol must cover a certain terri
tory, and, If they take too long, the
result may be one or more frozen
soldiers. Two men had long, thin
skis and they had to slow up for
the others with broader skis. Some
times they bumped blindly into
tree branches which scratched their
cold faces.
1t was a process Of cropping for
ward, following a leader, falling
occasionally into snowdrifts, cursing,
struggling up and pushing on. The
hands gradually become numb In
their tight grip around the ski
sticks. You come to a hill without
trees and struggle up in deep snow.
The wind, unbroken by trees, hurls
you back. At last you reach the
summit of the hill and it is easier
going. You are tired and it would
be marvellous Just to sink into the
snow, but you 60 on and on.
Joy at Seeing Hut Again.
You might lose sight of the COM
panion ahead, SO you speed nearer
and bend harder into the wind as in
stinctively as the man in front. Sud-
denly you see light, then it disap-
pears and snow fills your eyes. A
little later it is shining strongly and
steadily. Is it home or is it Rus
sian patrol keeping warm around a
fire? You move toward it and see
a crack of light from the hut and
you shout in Joy.
Somehow you pull your feet out Of
your skis, put the ski sticks on the
wall ,aopen the door and then step
into a thickly warm, steamy room.
It is filed with smoke and it is un-
tidy, with a stale smell. but it is the
best place in the world at that mo,
meflt And there you see some COM,
Ipanions preparing to take your place
out in the bowling wilderness. You
hear they cracking jokes and laugh
ing, then they open the door and
plunge into the forest And so it
goes-war in the Arctic.