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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
LEGION APPOINTS
RECREATION BODY
Committee To Arrange Re-
creational Facilities For
Soldiers Named AT Meet

Appointment of a committee to
assist in working out ways and
means of providing recreational ia
cilities for the soldiers at the Will
mington Anti-Aircraft firing center
at Holly Ridge was approved by
Wilmington post No. 10, American
Legion, and the Auxiliary in joint
session last night at the Sorosis
clubhouse.
Wilbur R. Dosher, post COM
mittee composed of the Rev. j. F.
Herbert, Captain w. S. Waters,
and Robert Strange to cooperate
with the Wilmington Defense coun-
Gil, of which R. B. Page is chair
man, in arranging proper and ade-
quate entertainment for the SOL
diers.
Major G.. F. Botsford, assistant
to the constructing quartermaster,
and Captain M. R. Simon, engi-
neering officer, spoke in place of
Colonel Albertis Montgomery, who
was unable to attend.
Major Botsford expressed conf
dence that the ex-service men of
the community Twill know how to
handle the situation when the SOL
diers arrive" He urged that ex-
service men recall how citizens
entertained them during World
War No. l in preparing suitable
recreational programs for the SOL
diers that are coming.
Citing the fact that American Le-
gion posts have always conferred
their efforts in looking out for the
general welfare Of their c"mmuni-
ties, Captain Simon declared that
'eideas" regarding entertainment
will develop as the men come in"
Captain Simon appealed to the
ex-service men present to '1ook
into the proper ways of entertain
ing the boys, who will be seeking
diversion when off duty and ex-
pressed the hope the American Lee
gion would find the way clear in
So"
Major Botsford and Captain ST.
mon we're introduced by P o S t
Commander Dosher, who presided
over the meeting, attended by ap-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
PARSLEY SERVICES
SCHEDULED TODAY
Prominent Retired Lumber
man Dies AT Home After
Long Illness

Funeral services for Walter Lin
ton Parsley, IS, prominent retired
lumberman, who died at his home,
Live Oaks" on Masonboro Sound
yesterday morning about 8 O'Clock
after being in declining health for
three or four years, will be held
from the late residence this morn
ing at II o'clock
The Rev. Mortimer Glover, rec
tor of St. James Episcopal church,
will conduct the services. Inter
ment will follow in Oakdale GENE
terry.
Active pallbearers will be: Will
liam Peck, Nelson MacRae, Plat
Davis, James Carr, Horace Elmer
son and William Emerson. Honor
airy pa1lbearers will be: DR.. John
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03

swampy section of land is being made
into an orderly city to house 10000
people.
Not counting the salaried- and
administrative personnel, 1900
men were at work today. The num-
Der employed today was no mate
rial increase over yesterdays num-
Der; estimates made by people Oft
the reservation were simply high
er than the actual figure.
Almost every type of modern
machinery used in construction is
in use here today. Huge ditch
dipping machines are cutting deep
wide bitches through the camp
site at regular intervals. Behind
them come the pipe gangs, lay
ing the water mains. Other ditch
|rlachines are cutting bitches for
the huge drainage pipes which
will carry the water from this
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Britain Is Seeking More
United States DestrOyerS

danger is much worse than it was
in the last war;"
To all this, they said, the only
answer was more convoy and hunt
ing craft.
In 16 months of this war approx
imately 1850, 900 tons of British,
allied and neutral shipping has
gone down. In the entire period
from 1914 to 1919 the British lost
7,759, 900 tons of merchant ship
ping and in that a Britain had
United States shipping which now
is kept from British waters by
neutrality laws.
From time to time over the past
year Britain and United States
shipping circles are understood to
have discussed the possibility OF a
working agreement to have United
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
BUILDINGS HIT
AND SEVERAL
PERSONS HURT
Nazis Airforce Stages
Fire-Bomb Assault On
Town In South Wales

LONDON, Jan. 3.-(Friday)-
up - The German a%irforce
singled out a town in South
wales for its overnight fire
bomb attack while raiding other
parts of Britain on a far lighter
scale.
Authorities said the Welsh as.
ualty list was not expected to be
heavy, however. and that conf
paratively little property damage
had been reported.
London had an early evening
alert, but the anti-aircraft guns
tossed up a quick barrage and
the "~all.cIear" came before mid
night after long periods of calm.
Towns in the west and south
west of England also reported
small raids.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
MADDEN APPROVED
FOR COURT POST
Former Head OF Labor
Board Confirmed AS Mem
Der OF Court Of Claims

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-R-The
senate voted SO to IA today to con-
firm the nomination of j. Warren
Madden, former chairman Of the
national labor board, to be a mem
Der of the court of claims, after
hearing Senator Taft R-Ohio) con-
tend Madden's record was n OF
''prejudice."
Speaking for nearly three hours,
Taft asserted that the administra-
ton of the labor board constituted
the greatest perversion of justice
we have seen in America at any
time" and that Madden com
nletely lacks the qualifications for
being a judge"
Chairman Ashurst tD.-Ariz.) OF
the senate judiciary committee re-
piled that whatever Madden's
views might have been as labor
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
MAY HIT
BASE AT T0BRUK
Mechanical Forces Operat-
ing IS Miles Beyond
Egyptian Border

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 2.-R-Brit-
ish mechanical forces were report
ed operating rs miles beyond the
Egyptian border in Libya today in
a possible prelude to an attack on
the big Italian base at Tobruk even
before the anticipated fall Of be-
sieged Bardia.
With these forces declared to be
firmly holding a stretch of the
road leading from Bardia to To-
bruk, 30 miles west of the Egyp-
tan border, the Raj lashed out
anew last night against Bardia, on
the Mediterranean coast, and other
Fascist detectives deep in the Lib
yam DESERT.
Besides Bardia, the RATS OBJ
jectives included Derna, ITS miles
within Libya, and the air bases
at Tmimi and Gazala. The Raj
command said landing fields were
blasted, resulting in the destruc-
ton of four grounded F s
planes and damage to others.
After II days of siege there
still was no indication Of any i'm
mediate British attempt to Wrest
Rardia from its TO- 900 beleaguered
defenders.
Instead, indications pointed to .
likely thrust against Tobruk, where
Italian forces have b e e busily
strengthening their defenses. Just
what the British will do probably
will be governed by the weather
for the next 80 days-a period in
which there usually are torrential
rains, sandstorms and freezing
nights !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03

LONDON, Jan. 2.-R-Britain
was said reliably tonight to be
urgently seeking additional United
States destroyers for convoy duty
and to use as anti-submarine pa
trolls on her trans = Atlantic life
lines.
An informant, who termed this
pne of the most important ways
in which America could expand
her a i d, intimated that the
destroyer question and the need
or cargo ships to replace those
being sunk would be among the
first matters brought up when Lord
Halifax arrives in Washington as
the new British Ambassador.
British maritime circles pointed
to the recent assertion OF food
Minister Lord Woolton that 1.-The
enemy is making a direct attack
on our foodstuffs'' and that "the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
BRITISH ATTACK
INVASION BASES
German Positions Between
Calais And Boulogne At
tackled By The Raj

LONDON, Jan. 2.-P-A new as
sault by British bombers upon the
Nazi invasion bases along the French
coast was signaled tonight by flashes
of flares and muffled explosions Wis
ible and audible from across the cold
and wind-swept Straits Of Dover.
German positions between Calais
and Boulogne appeared to be under
attack, with the Boulogne region and
the Nazi big-gun emplacements at
Cap Girls Nez getting special atten-
ton.
In this attack, the Raj had to
plunge through severely unfavorable
weather. 1t followed a foray in
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
O%fT1ighway II
To Pender Line Planned
Count Won Luckner May
Be Commanding Raider

LONDON, Jan. 2.-LR-Naval
circles said tonight the com.
mander of a Wide-ranging and
destructive German raider in the
Pacific probably" is Count Felix
Won Luckner, World war COM
ander of the German raider
Seeadler.
These sources said they knew
Won Luckner went to America
soon after the war began and
that although he was not a reg
ular officer in the Nazi navy,
the command of a Pacific raider
was the sort of a JOB he would
get.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
A series of pictures showing
the construction of pipe lines al
the Wilmington Anti-Aircraft FIR
ing Center is on page seven.
BY ROD SPARROW
(Staff CORRESPONDENT

HOLLY RIDGE, Jan. 2.-The Will
mington Anti-Aircraft Firing Center
is rising rapidly and becoming a city
in it's W right on a formerly cut
over nocosin which was one Of the
most desolate spots in a desolate
country.
There was nothing across the rail-
road tracks from the p~ostoffice a few
weeks ago.
Buildings are rising today, rallroao
tracks are rapidly being laid, huge
water mains are being placed undef-
ground, streets r being cut ana q
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Wilmington Anti-Aircraft Center Fast
Becoming Real City In Its Own Right

near-swamp land off to some re-
mote spot where it will not be
troublesome.
Wells are being dug and it is
these which viii eventually fill
the big mains. -.
Incongruous is the appearance
of fire hydrants lying in the mid
die of huge plot Of land on which
there stand no buildings and where
no fire department could ever
get. But soon buildings il
be there and properly to be pro-
tected from the ravages of fire.
At the northern end Of the
camp site workmen are busy grad
ing for huge warehouses which are
to be erected there. A borrow pit
is being used to furnish sand to
fill the mucky roads so the big
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Important Issues OF For
eign Policy And Taxation
Awaiting Disposition
HOUSE ENDS SESSION
Vice President Garner Re-
turns To Capital And Con-
fers With Roosevelt
BY RICHARD l.. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-lR-The
new session of Congress will con
vene tomorrow at noon with Presi'
dent Roosevelt reported ready tt
ask $40, 900, 900, 900 more for de-
tense, and important questions Of
foreign policy, taxation, the bud
set and anti-inflation Legislation
awaiting it's disposition.
For the House, the old session
one which saw the Neutrality Act
revised, the defense program be.
gun and CONSUMPTION voted-ended
officially today. But senate leaders
found it necessary to call a meet,
ing for tomorrow morning So that
last minute business might be at
tended to.
Garner Returns
To end the old and start the
new session, Vice President Gar
ner returned to town today, to
speak admiringly to reporters OF
his new dude hat" a grey Fe-
dora, and confer briefly with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Although some
times in conflict on questions OF
New Deal policy the two have
maintained a cordial personal re-
lationship.
When Garner picks up the worn,
ivory senate gavel tomorrow 1t Will
be in an unfamiliar setting - and
one duplicated in the house. In
recent weeks a criss-cross net
work of steel beams and Orders
has been erected to make sure
that the roofs of the two wings OF
the capitol do not fall in on the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
War
Interpretive
BY r L. SIMPSON

The reported dropping of Ger
man bombs on neutral Ireland
whether by error or deliberate de-
sign, comes at a time when Herr
Hitler can least afford an expan-
sion of his war with Britain on
that front.
If it is finally confirmed that
German planes caused casualties
in southeastern Ireland, an up
surge of resentment could go far
to make Irish bases available to
the British sea and air patrols.
Prompt Nazi Reputation or apol-
ogy for the incident should be
forthcoming unless it was deliber-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
GREEKS CONTINUE
NORTHERN GAINS
Soldiers Advance Despite
Bad Weather And Stiff
Italian Resistance

ATHENS, Jan. 2.-R-Despite
bad weather and %stiffening Italian
resistance, Greek troops in the
northern sector of the Albanian
battlefront were reported tonight
to be slowly continuing their ad-
vance.
A government spokesman said
conditions in this area '1have not
completely stopped our troops
from pushing their lines forward
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Mostly cloudy, light
showers in east portion. slightly cooler
Friday and Friday night; Saturday
mostly cloudy probably followed by
nght rain over such portion.
(Cy O.. s. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. m. Yesterday
Temperature
1:30 a. n. Sc; 7:30 a. m. So; 1:30 p. m.
70; 1870 p. m. 60: maximum II; mini
mum 81; mean 81; normal Al
Humidity
1:30 a. m. 76; 1880 a. m. "a; 1880 p. m.
81; 7:30 p. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
300 inches. Total since first OF the
month GOO inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by U
). Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
High Low
Wilmington --------- 1:31a 8:4oa
1:59p 9:14p
Masonboro Inlet ------- II ala 5:22a
---p 5:55p
Sunrise lisa; sunset 5:15p; moon
rise 10 SEA; moonset Hip.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C.,
at s q M, Dec. 26, ILL., feet.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
FARMERS PROTEST
ON LABOR RACKET
Claim Their Workers Are
Being Hauled To Holly
Ridge For Jobs

A protest that the Wilmington
Anti-Aircraft Firing Center at Hol-
ly Ridge is making it imposslDle
Tor them to secure labor for thelr
farms were made last night by
members of the Farmers club al
heir monthly meeting at Seagate'
Members Of the club said a
small time racket" is being oper-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
Ely Crippled ChiIdren's
Examinations at Hibbing,

Crippled children in thirty-nine
counties of Minnesota will have an
opportunity for medical examinations
at fall series of clinics, schedule fol
which was announced this week by the
State Bureau for Crippled Children
Division of Social Welfare.
The clinics are as follows:
october 25, Hibbing, serving st. Louis
Itasca, Lake and Cook
These clinics are for crippled chill
dren under 81 years of age whose par
ents are financially unable to obtain
private orthopedic care. Services in
clude: medical examinations by ortho-
pedic surgeons and pediatricians. voca-
tional consultation, and arrangements
for disqualification and field nursing.
Cooperating with the Bureau for
Crippled Children in this clinic pro-
gram are the Minnesota Dakota Ortho-
pedic Society, the Northwestern Pedi-
atric Society, the Gillette State Hospi-
tai for Crippled Children, the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation of the
OIdGt DCp1I GlllCll1 VI GIlCdOiOA, AIN
the Minnesota Public Health associa-
ton.
Children in other districts through
out the state had their opportunity for
examinations at the spring series of
clinics which were held at Carlton,
Morris, st. Cloud, Willmar, Thief River
Falls, Austin, Detroit Lakes, and Little
Falls, and which will again be held
next spring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

GERS training school at Fort Benning,
Georgia, was announced by Major r.
r. Coursey, commanding the candi-
date battalion. Instruction in officer
training will begin as soon as the 200
candidates, chosen from every corps
area and foreign station in the army,
complete formal registration.
Sgt. Grahek is the son of Anton
Grahek. ST., of this city. He entered
the army in July, 1899, as an enlisted
man and was formerly with the sta
ton complement at FIT. Smelling.
The present officers training school
is open to any soldier with six months
service, provided he can pass the rig
orous mental and physical examina-
lions. Under the supervision of Brig
adler General Omar N. Bradley, Com
mandant of the Infantry School, the
course is the first of its kind giving
commissions in the Infantry Reserve
in twenty-three years.
At the conclusion of the three-month
training period, successful candidates
will be commissioned second heuten-
ants of infantry reserve and assigned
to a new station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
NOTICE
Hearing on Proposed
Improvement


Notice is hereby given that public
hearing will be held by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Ely, Minnesota, in
the Council Chambers of the City Hall
of said city, at 7:3O o'clock P. M,
Tuesday, September 2, 1941, at which
time the Council will hear reasons for
and against the following proposed
improvement, plans and specifications
for which are now on file in the office
of the City Engineer, namely:
For the construction of concrete
sidewalk, curb and gutter, street grad
ing, and incidental work in connection
Herewith, along the east side of 18th
Avenue East and west side of 18th
Avenue East, from the alley between
Sheridan and Chapman Streets to the
alley between Chapman and Harvey
Streets, benefiting the following:
WHITESIDES PARK ADDITION
Lots to II, inclusive, Block 9.
WHITES SECOND ADDITION
Lots / to 10, inclusive, Block 16.
BY order of the City Council.
Dated at Ely, Minnesota, August 20,
1941.
A. o. KNUTSON,
s-21-41. City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
Ten Years Ago
Friday, August II, 1881.

Paul visited, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
liver visited, well known in this city
and former residents, now of Virginia,
and George Mulligan of Eveleth, were
drowned in Lake Vermilion Thursday.
Both young men were % years OF
age and were spending vacation at
the Mulligan cottage. They were
making a lake trip in canoe with
an cupboard motor which struck log
and threw the boys into the water.
The canoe ran in circles until stopped
by an Indian The bodies were re-
covered within a short time after the
accident. The face of visited showed
that he had been struck probably, by
the propeller, while in the water.
Ely boys in the ''Y'' camps at Camp
Miller carried off honors in the voting
at the close. George Sutherland, Bill
Parker. Charles Trezona and Bill
Kelly were honored. George Suther-
land and Charles Trezona also quail
fed as Junior life savers in the National
Y. M. G. A. tests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
LOOKING BACK In Into 9TH the ,1 Files

son, Otto Tjader in this city for the
past eight years. The funeral took
place Tuesday from the Swedish
church.
Samuel Ely Polkinghorne of Hib-
bling and Ike Hill of Eveleth were
killed in an auto accident Thursday
OF last week when their car overturned
near Eveleth on the Fayal road where
the connection is made with No. SO.
d. d. Haley, driver of the car, Robert
Geiselman, Frank MCGEE of Hibbing,
and Judge w. E. Moylan of Eveleth
also in the car were practically I'M
hurt. The party had been making the
range towns advertising the ball game
to be played Sunday between Hibbing
and Minneapolis and were on their
way to st. Marys lake for fishing
trip.
Judge Dancer presided at the third
term of district court in this city
which closed yesterday. Seven cases
were heard and disposed of. The case
that attracted the most attention
was that of Fred B. James VS.. John
Schaefer arising from statements
printed by Schaefer bearing on the
character of James just before the
last spring election. The jury returned
| a verdist in favor of James for $211
A. j. Thomas was attorney for James
| and O. j. Larson for Schaefer.
The Gilbert boys played horse with
the Ely team Sunday, the score board
not being large enough to chalk UP
all the tallies made by the Gilbert
| team The slaughter is accounted fol-
in the fact that too many of the Ely
team were out of town.
| Capt. and Mrs. Chas. Trezona, VIII
Trezona, Mrs. j. Goldsworthy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Eisenach, Mrs. M. Tonkin
T. E. Miller, Walter Sletten, Dave
Childers, Clifford Miller Fred Childers
Arthur Sheridan Mel Odgers and Al
vim Schaefer attended the Polking-
horne funeral at Hibbing Sunday. **'
Mr.. A. de Tourville and daughter, who
have been visiting in this city, where
they formerly resided, left Tuesday fol
their home in Seattle, Washington.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
Ely Theatre to Present
ReLiqiOus Motion Picture.

"The Eternal Gift" ten-reel
sound movie of Catholic Solemn Mass
will be shown at the Ely Theatre on
Wednesday and Thursday, September
II and 18th.
Divinely inspirational is this epec-
cinema, first and only sound motion
picture of the Solemn Catholic Mass
ever made, with thirty-five leading
members of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, 125 Cathedral Choristers, SO
Gregorisn Chanters, and 1,5O0 extras
This long awaited ten-reel sound
movie of the joyous Easter Mass which
took two years to complete has been
acclaimed everywhere by the HER
archy of the church, noted civic
leaders, and technical experts, as a
magnificent spectacle, a powerful in
f1uence towards tolerance and under
standing, truly beautiful sacred
work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

the stimulus. The fair will offer pa
irons sizzling automobile racing card
on the opening day, with more than
60 speed merchants, including Gus
Schrader and Jimmy Wilburn in the
headlines renewing their ancient RI
valry.
A second high-spot in the opening
nights program will be the personal
appearance before the grandStand OF
those funnybone ticklers of the air
Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy
who will headline an all-Hollywood
cast, including Ted Weems and his
orchestra, in smashing outdoor ex-
travaganza.
Complete in every respect and
spurred by the added incentive of the
greatest premium list in history-to-
gether with the surge of America to
meet the Presidents call for increased
production of foodstuffs Mime
sofa state fair will offer the most
amazing exhibits of the northwests
economic resources in northwest his
tory. More than 100 buildings are
being packed with lavish, awe-inspir-
ing displays of everything from baby
tractors to the finest bounty of Mime
sofas fertile plains and valleys.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
CITY COUNCIL
Continued From Page One)

bage, and sanitary sewer plant crews,
were placed on a 4O-hour week basis
by abolishing Saturday work.
Izaac Niemi was granted leave of
absence from his jack bit grinding
job. His son, Ralph Niemi, was given
the position, but only after move to
reject Ralph's application had failed.
The parks, grounds and building
committee was given power to act on
the request of Mrs. Anton Moravitz
that the meal allowance of SO 1-3
cents for the detension hospital be in
creased.
Twenty-Five diaries and Is stores
were granted licenses to sell milk.
The meeting started half hour late,
because of the absence of Mayor John
Kapsch Acting Mayor o. T. Frieds-
burg presided until late in the ses-
sion when Mayor Kapsch put in an
appearance. Alderman Rudolph Tiso-
vich was not present.