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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
LAKE ICE UNSAFE
FOR CARS, TRUCKS.

Leo Chosa and son coming to town
in their truck Tuesday went through
the ice between their place and John
sons resort on the Prairie Portage end
of Eastwood lake.
Both Mr. Chosa and son saved them
selves but the truck is on the bottom
of the lake, where it will remain until
either ice gets thick enough TO raise
it or until next spring when it will be
raised with ScowS.
The weather has not been cold
enough for ice making and in spots is
less than six inches thick while in
other places it is much less. With the
covering of snow, travelling over the
lakes is very dangerous.
We are informed that last week
canoes were still being used for travel
on BURNSIDE lake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
20 ELYITES IN
ATLANTIC Zone
Three Marines on Iceland are
Closest to the European
Danger Zone.

] Twenty Ely Servicemen and civilian!
are in the Atlantic war zones of Ice
land, Greenland, and Newfoundland.
Eight additional men are on the
West coast, and two former Ely womer
are at Honolulu.
"All OK. Don't worry" 1t. TeurC
Ahola has cabled his parents, Mr. ano
Mrs. Emil Ahola, from Wheeler Field
Hawaii. Others in the Pacific are re-
ported to have sent similar messages
Meanwhile letters have arrived here
from both the Atlantic and Pacific
war zones mailed shortly before the
conflict started.
One week before war started Joe J.
Pucel, stationed with a pursuit squad
ron at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, wrote
''At the present we are on the alert
day and night. Everything is all set
for the final warning or first blow.
Maybe before this letter arrives in
Ely We'll be at war (Which was the
case), and if so don't expect to hear
from me for some time" (PuceFs
statement would indicate there was
plenty Of expectation and preparation
for attack
From Clarence Hedlof who is with
the marines on Iceland comes word
that he was looking forward to a
Christmas furlough, but all that has
changed now. (His letter was received
Saturday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Hedloff, and was a month in
transit)
Servicemen in the Atlantic zone
follow:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Makela,
Fred Carlson, Ray Carpenter
Clarence A. Hedloff,
Robert Watilo, Lawrence Poljner.
Civilians include:
NEWFOUNDLAND Brennan.
Rudolph Rom. Lawrence Beatty, Will
liam Osborn, Everett Ellefsen.
GREENLAND Leppi, Matt
Spreitzer, George Hayden, William
Spreitzer, Eden Ellefsen, Melvin Pfef-
fer, Uno Saari, Oscar Roiko, Conrad
Tikkala.
Additional men on the West coast
include:
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF-Sgt. Joe
Pechaver, Est. Glass Pvt. Frank Pc
chavez
SEATTLE, WASH-Albert C. Prisk,
Jr., naval air station
CAMP ROBERTS, CALIF-Earl c.
Bird, John M Golobich.
TACOMA, WASH. Harvey W.
Tjader.
FORT SCOTT, CALIF.-Mathew j.
Sever.
CAMP HAM. CALIF-FrankP ohve
Names of additional civilians in
Hawaii can be found elsewhere on page
one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
WATCH SHIPS.

A detachment of the Min
nesota defense guardsmen has
taken over the seaplane base
on Shagawa lake and the air
port on the east edge of the
city to see that all airplanes
are kept grounded. Their patrol
is on a 24-hour basis.
Arriving hers Saturday, the
guardsmen found the two bases
widely separated, and addi-
tional guardsmen were ordered
up. Until their arrived the
men on duty hiked between
the two points.
The defense guardsmen re-
place the national guardsmen,
who are on active duty with
the armed forces of the nation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
First Ely Man Killed
in Pacific War Zone
Ensign Curtis UhrenhOLdt
Aboard u. S. S. Arizona
at Pearl HGrbOr.

The Jap attack on Pearl Harbol
took the life of a former Ely resident
Ensign Curtis Uhrenholdt, 20 years
old, was aboard the U. S. S. Arizons
which blew up after sustaining a lucky
hit virtually down its smoke stack
Uhrenholdt, a native of Hayward
Wis, was graduated from the Ely
junior college in June, 1910. He was a
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Sigurd F
Olson.
During his brief career in the navy
Ensign Uhrenholdt made a distin-
guished record for himself He was
the youngest ensign aboard his ship
and the only one without a four-year
college degree. 1t is probable that he
was one of the most youthful COM
missioned officers in the naval reserve.
Always liking the water, he had
planned to make the navy a career
and to take the entrance examination
TO Annapolis
After graduating as an associate in
science here in June, Uhrenholdt went
home for month Hearing of the OPP
portunity offered junior college grad
yates in the naval reserves, he ap-
piled for admission to the service and
was accepted in July. He went to
New York harbor where he under
went an extensive period of training
during the winter aboard the U. S. S.
Arkansas, a training ship, and in
March received his ensign's commits
sion, equivalent to a second lieuten-
ants commission in the army.
Ensign Uhrenholdt was given the
choice Of active duty in the naval re-
serves or reserve duty subject to call,
but he selected the former and asked
to be stationed with the Pacific fleet.
He was sent to San Francisco i'm
mediately, stopping at his Hayward
home en- route, where his parents and
his Ely relatives saw him for the last
time.
In April he left aboard the u. S.
5. Arizona for Pearl Harbor, where his
training was continued with the Pacific
feet.
Uhrenholdt was active in college life
during his two years in the instftu-
Jon. He was a member of the Photo
yraphy club, the Math club, and served
On the Voyageur staff during his soph-
omore year He was stage manager
'or the college play tThe Three Cor
1ered Moon"
He was born on Aug. 10, 1920.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
Former Ely Couple Report
Birth to Them of Girl.

Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Waino Starknan that Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Stenlund ruth S.arkman)
are the parents Of a baby girl born
on Nov. 18th at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mrs. Stenlund's letter was written on
the day Japan attacked Honolulu. She
stated that there is no need for alarm
at Fairbanks since flying conditions in
that territory are hazardous even for
very experienced flyers especially dur
ing the winter months. Also that there
are deep air raid shelters at Laid Field
large enough to take care of every
one, and if need be the governmnt
viii evacuate the women and children
by Pan American Always.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
WAR NEWS
A IN WAR ZONES.

Four members of one local
family are In the Pacific and
Atlantic war zones, separated
by thousands of miles.
Eden Ellefsen is In Green
land and Everett Ellefsen is in
Newfoundland working on de-
fese projects. They are sons of
Mrs. Sara Ellefsen of this city,
and arrived at these outposts
of Americas defense only a few
weeks ago.
In Honolulu where they have
resided with their families for
many years are Mrs. Ethel
Blackadar, daughter of Mrs.
Ellefsen, and Mrs. Alan B.
Mills, niece of the Ely woman.
Word came from Mrs BIackadar on
Sunday that the Honolulu people were
all safe.
Mrs Ellefsen made an extended
visit with them two years ago, and
Mrs. Blackadar was in this city five
years ago.
Mrs. Blackadar, who has a daugh-
ter, Betty Ann, 16, has resided in
Honolulu for Is years. Mrs Mills,
formerly Miss sigma Stream, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Stream,
pioneer Ely residents now dead, has
lived in Hawaii for 80 years. She has
a daughter, Mrs. Will Smith, who also
resides in Honolulu
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
PREPARE FOR
ELY PROGRAM
Preliminary Arrangements Are
Made for ''Meet Your
Neighbor" Series.

A tentative program has been pre-
pared for Ely's appearance on the
Meet Your Neighbor" series to be
broadcast over KDAL, Duluth, Sunday
Dec. %, at p. m.
A "good wiz caravan will be
formed at the Community Center
shortly after noon the day of the
broadcast to escort persons who will
appear on the program to Duluth,
and to give this community personal
representation at the broadcast.
The program will be presented in
the Medical Arts tallroom, and prom
inent Elyites present will be introduced
to KDAL's vast radio audience
Pictures of this city taken last week
will appear on the Meet Your Neigh
Dor" page in the Duluth Sunday Trib-
une of Dec. % as all northern Mime
sofa and Wisconsin salutes the Gate
way City to the Minnesota Arrowhead's
great canoe country.
Highlighting the program will be a
history of the city to be presented by
three junior college students, Philip
King, Harold Gordon, and Dan Cha
chich
A survey of industries here-mining,
tourist, and timber-wil be given by
E. C. Bolitho, prominent Vernilion
range mining engineer. and Ray Hoef-
Ter, secretary of the Ely Commercial
club and widely known throughout
northern Minnesota for his tourist
work
The Memorial high school band, di-
rected by Frank v. Di Nino, will play
several selections. Mayor John Kapsch
Will speak
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
Ely GETS OCT.
TAX Monies

The appcrtionment of the last helf
of 1910 taxes collected in October has
been made by County Auditor Walter
Bergen.
Ely's share in the apportionment
amounts to s81 ,35407 and school Dis
trict no. II gets SIS, 322.50.
The total apportionments for the
county this year dropped 81 ,120, 2e2.70
owing to lower levies and the decrease
in valuations of mining properties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
SPIKE RUMORS.

Ely people guilty of repeat
ing unfounded reports about
death or injury of boys in the
service have caused their par
ents many anxious moments.
There's his mother and
here's his father. Why don't
they tell us?" one local man
exclaimed when offered SYM
pathy upon the death" Of the
couples son. The boy is still
very much alive.
Parents with sons in the
service have enough anxious
moments without gossip mon
gers adding to the tension.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
PLENTY OF GUNS.

Midway island, tiny dot in the
Pacific halfway between America and
Asia and so named, was still holding
out at the end of a week and half
of battering by Jap air and naval
forces.
On it is Gordon Browne, and
in letter some time ago to his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. H.
Russell Browne, he revealed
In a limited degree the huge
Notifications that have made
it possible for the islands de-
tenders to beat off repeated
attacks.
Erected on the isle are an unknown
number Of huge coastal defense rifles
capable of hurting hundreds of pounds
Of explosives far out to sea. Innumer-
able machine-gun nests hanked by ar
tiIlery pieces bristle all over the place.
Aircraft are also stationed there.
Only after smashing this formidable
defense equipment can the Japs land.
There were barracks for several
thousand marines, besides the civilian
workers. How many men were on the
island at the time of attack is un-
known
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
FOUR VOLUNTEER.

-Four men volunteered for the selec-
tive service army during the past week
One is Albert Zupancich, 20, who must
have parental consent because of his
age is the only such man accepted
Others are John j. Sustercich, "a
Frank Pulls, 81, and Joe Anitrano, %
These men, with Albert John Marolt
81, who volunteered several weeks ago
are next in line for induction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
Plan Extensive Campaign
for Sale of Defense Bonds

A. S18.75 will increase in 10 years
to s25.
$3.50 in 10 years to $50.
SIS in 10 years to 500.
1915 in 10 years to $500.
$3.50 in 10 years to $1,000.
O. What is the rate of interest?
A. A series E bond is an appreciation
bond issued on a discount basis. No
interest as such is paid on them, but
they INCREASE in redemption value
at the end of the first year from issue
date, and at the end of each successive
half year date thereafter, until matur-
ity, when the full amount becomes
payable.
For example: A series E bond pur-
chased for s1875 today will increase
in value to S25 at the end of 10 years.
@. Are defense bonds registered
publicly?
A No. Records of ownership are
confidential
@. If I need the money I put into
series E bonds, when can I get it?
A They may be redeemed any
time after so days from date of issue
@. In what denomination are saw
ing stamps available?
A. 10 cents. Is cents, so cents, 81
SIS.
@. May saving stamps be resold?
@. Yes. Several Ely business firms
now have them on sale.
@. Can redeem the stamps?
A. Yes. They may be redeemed al
any time for defense bonds, or foI
cash at face value at any post office
@. Do banks or retail stores get any
| fee for selling bonds or stamps?
A NO They offer their facilities
] as a patriotic service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
ALbin Mrache GiUes Life to
Nation; Vim. L0ushin
Reported Missing.

One Ely man has given his
life for his country, and an
other is reported missing in the
Pacific war zone.
First to die In action insofar
as is known is Albin Mrache,
%, water tender second class
in the navy, and SON Of MIR. and
Mrs. Anton Mrache, Madison
street.
Reported missing is William
Loushin, %, a member of the
marine corps, SON of MIR. and
Mrs. John Loushin, Chandler
location.
The scene of the action and the
dates involved were not given in either
case
Mr.. and Mrs. Loushin received the
report on their son by telegraph yes
terday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mrache were notified
Tuesday morning. Their telegram fol-
lows:
The navy department deeply
regrets to inform you that your son,
Albin Mrache, was lost in action in
performance of his duty and in
service of his country. The de-
partment extends to you its SINGER
est sympathy in your great loss"
Mrache completed his four-year
enlistment in September, but was held
in service because of the emergency. He
had been stationed in the Pacific for
several years.
He enlisted in September, 1887.
after being graduated in the spring
from Memorial high school He was
sent to Great Lakes, H., for period
Of training, after which he received
the customary furlough. Returning to
service, he was assigned to a ship of
the fleet. At the end of his first year
in the navy he came here, which was
his last visit home
While in high school Mrache was a
star athlete, captaining the football
team and garnering an all-range end
position. During the summers of 1885,
SO he spent a month in the civilian
military training camp at Minneapolis
Loushin left the Ely junior college
in April OF his sophomore year, 1910,
to enlist in the marine corps. After a
training period on the West coast, he
was assigned to battleship and made
many crossings of the Pacific. His head
quarters were at Pearl Harbor
Like Mrache, Loushin was a talented
athlete, playing both basketball and
football. He was a member of the
initial two college football teams that
made such sensational records in the
Northern Junior College conference
Both men have brothers in the sell
ective service army. Frank Mrache
arrived home from Fort Sill, Okla,
for a To-day furlough the day before
news of his brothers death in action
came. Theodore Loushin is stationed at
Fort Bragg, N. C.
Surviving Mrache are his parents,
four brothers, Private Frank Mrache;
Louis, and Rudolph, junior high school
student, Ely; Tony, Minneapolis, and a
sister, Mary, Ely. He was born here
on May Is, 1919.
Besides his parents and his brother in
the army, Loushin has three other
brothers, John, Frank, and Stanley,
and two sisters, Mrs. Ludwig Deyak
and Frances, residing here. They are
anxiously awaiting further word con-
corning him
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
NO MORE DOORNS!

''Let there be no more comfortable
retirements at Doom" after the war
is over, declares Senator Ball in his
Notes From Washington column found
on page four of this section.
In it Senator Ball says what he
hopes viii be done with the criminal
gangsters" who caused the conflict.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
Ore Tonnage Shipped is at
Highest Point Since 1880

is more likely that Sidney mill used
it for mixing purposes. The ore was
loaded into gondola cars commonly
used for hauling gravel or coal, and
was sent by rail. it was said, because
of the scarcity of vessel space.
Making the shipment was the Ever
green Mines company, Crosby, which
operates the Chandler properties here,
but ore was also obtained from the
Pioneer and Sibley mines.
Comparative tonnage figures for ore
shipped during the entire year of
1880 and for 1871, excluding December,
follow:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
COLLEGE DANCE TUESDAY.

The Ely junior college will hold its
annual Christmas dance Tuesday night
in the Community Center auditorium
Alumni are invited and will be admit
ted free if guests of a college student
Hokey's orchestra will provide the
music.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

The Ely vocal quartet were OF the
first group 70 broadcast Jugoslav folk
songs and musical selections over the
range stations in the radio hour pro-
grams beginning last Sunday. The
Merhar vocal duo will be on the next
program. These programs are meeting
with ready response in the range COM
munities, principally among the older
people of that nationality
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

Now that we are again at war it is
almost a foregone conclusion that
there viii be a change in the manner
Continued on Page Four)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

The United States Maritime Com
mission, in adopting a wartime infor-
requests all agencies of public infor-
nation to refrain from publication or
announcement of anything, or the use
of photographs, which contains any
information, either direct or indirect,
concerning the movement, position,
cargoes or destination of any merchant
vessels in any water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
IRON LUNG FUND
GOES OYER $500 MARK.

Funds for Ely'S purchase of an iron
lung passed the $500 mark as addi-
tional contributions were received by
the Legion auxiliary which is spon-
soring the drive.
Exact total is now S30365.
Latest to contribute are:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

Shoppers who are late in selecting
their Christmas gift for some one near
and dear. will do themselves, the re-
cipient, and the government a favor
in giving a defense bond or defense
stamps. Call at the bank or postoffce;
arrange for a bond and chuck your
Christmas gift worries overheard.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

A live man pays Is cents for a
shave for a dead one the charge
is SIS. A wooden overcoat costs $40
a wooden one costs s40O. A taxi to the
theatre is 81 But to the cemetery
it's SO. It's cheaper and more fun to
live-SO DRIVE SAFELY!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
ON PACIFIC COAST.

DR.. Bennett v. Kantola is at the
q. S. Naval Hospital at Mare Island,
Calf. DR.. Kantola is in the war zone
Of the western coast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

Marty in his Outdoors in the
Arrowhead" makes the statement that
gas stations are squealing about the
tourist bureaus wrecking their business.
They claim that formerly tourists
looked to the gas stations for infor-
nation and that gas sales were good.
They claim that now the tourist bu-
reaus give out the information and
stations scattered along the high
ways every few miles furnish the gas.
Marty thinks that in many cases, the
gas purveyors brought this on them
selves and that attendants at these
places could not answer the questions
asked or gave misleading information
10 benefit relatives or personal friends.
For the benefit of Marty we win
state that while this may have been
the case in some parts of the Arrow
head it is not so in Ely. Our station
attendants are Schooled in the art OF
answering questions on roads and
resorts and selling gas and oil. wiping
winshields and windows and such
other attentions dear TO the heart of
motorists. Besides, almost every station
has a bill board on which is readably
painted or printed distances to the
various places of interest and resorts
Now also, the profusion of individual
signs that heretofore have cluttered uI
crossroad and juncture points have
made way for one handsome sign or
which all resorts are listed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18

Total for range =. 1,874,5 1882, I'll
*104,693 tons for North Chandler and
66,665 for South Chandler.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
ASSIGNED TO CAMPS.

Waino w. Lankinen has been sent 10
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo-. and Fred
Joe Petric to the medical replacement
training center, Fort Berkeley, Texas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-28
LANES LINCOLN OURS

James Lincoln Ours, aged AZ years,
of Loeb Lynn Heights, who fell from
the rear of truck last Wednesday
evening, resulting in the fracture of
his skull and other injuries, died in
Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, on
Saturday, August %. He had been Il
patient in the institution following
the accident until his death.
The deceased was a son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ours, and was born
in Garrett County on August %, 1899.
He was baptized by the Rev Myers,
a Lutheran minister of Cumberland
while in the hospital.
Surviving are his widow and five
children, Franklin, Virginia, Mildred,
James and Donald Ours, all at home;
two sisters, Mrs. Erbie Stottlemeyer,
near Mountain Lake Park; Mrs. Eta
Murphy, Deer Park; two brothers,
James Ours, Morgantown, w. Va, and
George Ours, Mountain Lake Park.
Funeral services were conducted on
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
the Rev. w. B. Orndorff, Baptist min
lister of the Park having charge In
terment was in the Ours cemetery.
Services were conducted from the
Bolden Funeral home.
While returning from work at
the Savage River dam, the dead man
fell from a truck which transports
workers to and from the scene of their
employment. The driver of the truck,
Tony Warwick, Deer Park, and others
on the vehicle, saw him lying on the
highway but were unable to state what
caused him to fall OF be thrown from
the truck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-28
JAMES f. THOMPSON

James E. Thompson, SO, prominent
business man and native resident of
Holidays Cove, W. Va, and husband
of the former Ellen Smouse, of Oak
land, died of complications develop
ing from a lingering illness, at the
Grille clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, last
Thursday evening at 11:50 o'clock
He had been taken to the clinic
Wednesday morning.
For the past six years he had
owned and operated the Thompson
Motor Sales, Inc, in Weirton. Prior
to entering the auto business he was
employed in the steel works depart
ment of the Weirton Steel company
He was an active member of the
Cove Presbyterian church and served
as city councilman six years ago.
Besides his wife, whom he married
August 10, 1926, he leaves his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Thompson,
of Hanlin Station, Pa.
The body was brought to Oakland
last Saturday and funeral services
were conducted from the home of
Mrs. Thompson's brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A,
Smouse, on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with Rev. Minor Sprague,
pastor of the Methodist church here,
officiating. Interment was in the
Oakland cemetery