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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
Strawberries
Mother Nature Off on
Wrong Foot.

Mother Nature needs Strengthening
out on the seasons.
Confused by the great number of
April showers" that came during Sep
TENDER and October, she apparently
thinks that summer is here again.
She is now producing fine crop of
wild Strawberries.
Both Tony Sterile of Lakeside and
Frederick Childers went strawberry
picking this week. Sterile got his along
the railroad right-Of-way near the
city and Childers picked his at Nc
Comber. The October Strawberries are
displayed at the City Meat and
Grocery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
ANDERSON NAMED
LEGION COMMANDER.

Ernest A. Anderson was named
commander of the Frank Lozar post,
American Legion. at the election held
Tuesday night. Anderson, who with
other officers, was installed the same
evening by District Commander I. F.
Gianotti, Gilbert, succeeds Emil A.
Norby
Other officers are, 1st vice COM
mander, John G.. Kotchevar; End vice
commander, william Rowe; 3rd vice
commander, Elaine Almen; adjutant
and service officer, Ray Hoefler; fin
ance officer, William Nyberg; SER
geant- at-arms, Anton Pirsh; chaplain,
Thomas Murn; historian, John E.
Thompson; delegate, John Prola; al
ternate delegate, Edward Buckley; post
commander, Emil Norby.
Members of the executive committee
are Harold j. Dillon, James w. Shaw,
Anderson, Kotchevar, Hoefller, Nyberg,
Prola, and Norby.
Dillon presented Norby with the past
commanders button in behalf of the
post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
BABY clinic
Date listed

The Annual Fall Baby Clinic,
sponsored by the Ely Parent
Teacher Association, will be
held Saturday, Oct. 25, from 9
a. m. until 5 p. m. in the
nurses room in the Memorial
school building. DIR. H. C. Nut
ting of Duluth will be the
examining physician.
Appointments may be made
with Mrs. George Larson,
phone 458-R, beginning Mon
day morning, Oct. 20. Please
make your reservations early.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
Neutrality Law Modification.

Stating 1--WE will not let Hitler pre-
scribe the waters of the world on which
our ships may travel . " the Presi-
dent asked Congress to repeal Section
of the neutrality act, which prohibits
arning of American merchant ships
and to examine other phases of the law.
The President said this action ''is a
matter of immediate necessity and
extreme urgency :.
The President said conditions have
so changed since enactment of the
law, it is no longer truly a neutrality
measure. He said sit is time for this
country to stop playing into Hitler's
hands and to unshackle our own" He
said the u. S. sould not "be forced
to masquerade Aremican-owned ships
behind the flag of our sister republics"
Most of the vital goods authorized
by the Congress are being delivered"
Mr.. Roosevelt said 'Yet many Of
them are being sunk; and as We ap-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
District Budget for Next
Year Being Considered
by County Board.

The Fourth commissioner district has
submitted a budget for 1912 totaIing
$192,684 to the st. Louis county board
for consideration at budget sessions now
being conducted in Duluth.
The district budget for next year
represents what the district needs to
carry on an adequate road mainten-
ance and construction program, Com
missioner Jacob L. Pete said
"In the past few years it has been
almost impossible to maintain and
construct the roads the way they should
have been," Pete said. "The road and
bridge fund has been cut a little each
year, and We have been forced to fore
go many improvements badly needed.
81 say put more money in the road
and bridge fund so we can adequately
maintain our roads"
A total of $73,99O is being requested
for maintenance of 467 miles of county
roads within the district next year.
County construction projects are esti-
mated to require $68,814, and WPA
projects $4,000.
A breakdown of the county projects
fund follows:
Grant McMahan Boulevard, road
No. 88, bituminous surface, $500;
Angus road, No. n, gravel lift btu
minous surfacing, and seal coat, SI2,-
235.00; Ely-Winton road, No. IS, seal
coat, $4,000; Orr-Buyck road. No.
%, revision grading and concrete cul-
vert, $14,O00..O0; Ely-Buyck road No.
603, sterilization and bituminous sur
face, $14,969 90; Crane Lake road, No.
"a, gravel lift, $9,25O.O0; Van Vac road,
No. 404, revision, grading and crawling,
81 10000 Schaefer road, No. 644, gravel
lift, $1,500.00; Barlow road, No. $40,
grading and crawling, 100000.
WPA construction projects are as
follows: Pike river road, No. 26, grad
ing and crawling $1O,OOO00; Crane
lake road, No. "a. $5,O0O.0O; Virginia.
Ely road, No. $50, 100000; miscellan-
eous WPA for increased load, 100000.
Commissioner Pete has been contin-
ually fighting for more money in the
road and bridge fund and this year he
said he will again favor an increase
in this fund to further improve the
roads in his district
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

should develop ways for local contacts
with the program. If the local repre-
sentation on the committees and the
range Office is not sufficient for this
purpose, further facilities will be de-
viSed.
Until these committees have reason
able opportunity for function there will
be come delay which can hardly be
avoided if this procedure is followed.
This, however, does not exclude con-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
Hunter Found After Night in Wilds

Gus and Gabriel Dmeio had gone
hunting Tuesday, entering the woods
on the northside of state highway No.
l at the Birch lake dam. They became
separated, and late in the afternoon
Dmeio returned to town. Tuesday
night local officials were notified, and
Wednesday morning Deputy Sheriff
Adolph Dolenshak, Game Wardens
William Hanson, Arvid HaSsel, Joe
Roman, and Knute Bergman, August
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

For the second time in less than two
weeks a hunter became lost in the
wilderness between Farm lake and the
South Kawishiwi river and spent the
night out in freezing temperature.
The hunter, Mike Gus, was found
Wednesday afternoon, near Silver
Rapids. He had spent the night in
a shack that he had found. which
gave him some protection, and then
struck out again early in the morning
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

The Italian Press are taking a
humorous rap at Christopher Column
bus for discovering America. They feel
that he might have devoted his
energies to other more worthwhile
pursuits, but that he could not be
"held responsible for Roosevelt and
American interventionistS." The Ital-
ian-Americans are not of this opinion
as was plainly shown at the Columbus
Day celebration at international Falls
last Sunday. Today, Columbus would
probably start on an exploration trip
to find Italy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

Trinei. and Dmeio went to the dam
to search for Gus.
At noon they returned to the high
way, and Hanson and Hassel drove
to Silver Rapids to search this area.
They came upon Gus, who was ex-
tremely tired but unframed.
Last week Bob Johnson spent the
night in the wilderness before found
next morning by two lumber camp
workers near Halfway.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
VACATION TRIP.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Wenstrom Of
Eastwood Beach left Sunday by car
for a visit with friends and relatives
in western states: and where they
probably will spend the winter return
ing to operate their popular resort on
Eastwood next season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
GIVE SEPT.
ORE TONNAGE
Nearly 100000 Tons Swell
Seasons Total to Near
That for All 1910.

During September nearly 100000 tons
of iron ore were shipped from the
Ely mines. Exact figure was 1913, 129,
with six properties contributing to the
total
Total tonnage shipped to Oct was
but slightly under that for all of 1910,
and it is estimated that the amount
shipped during 1941 may approach
100000 tons.
Tonnage for the season to the first
day of October was 1,349 $50, as COM
pared with 1,352,44O for all of last
year. Figures for the various local
y,ro7,orfiac foJ1ou.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
CRIPPLED CHILDREN.

A clinic will be held for crippled
children in this district who are under
81 and financially unable to obtain
private orthopedic care, at Hibbing on
October Is. It is requested that per-
sons attending the clinic for the first
time bring letter from their family
physician Arrangements can also be
made at this clinic for disqualification
and field nursing service for those cases
requiring it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
RETURNS TO KANSAS.

D. H Stafford, after a very enjoy
able summer spent at his White Iron
summer cottage, has returned to his
home at Mankato, Kansas. He was
accompanied home by his daughter,
Helen, who spent the last two months
with her father at the cottage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
s. This Week in Defense

proach full production requiring the
use of more ships now being built it
will be increasingly necessary to de-
liver American goods under the Am
erican flag"
Aid to Britain, Russia.
The American Red Cross instructed
the British Red Gross to forward i'm
mediately to Russia 300 tons of medi-
cal supplies. The American Red
Cross will send replacement supplies
to England.
Prices.
Consumer Commissioner Elliott re-
ported food prices have risen 20 per
cent since the war began as compared
to 1874 per cent in the comparable
World War period.
Price Administrator Henderson said
seven more frightening than the pre-
sent level of price advances is the
fact that these advances have been
gathering momentum since the early
months of the year" He said the cost
of living last August was u per cent
higher than two years ago. Since
March alone, he said, the cost of liv-
ing is up per cent.
Priorities.
The supply priorities and ALLEGATION
boarl ruled that new public or
private construction can be started
unless it is essential for defense or
the health and safety of the people
or does not involve use of strategic
materials. The ruling applies to fed
eral, state and local government build
ings, roads and highways, river and
harbor improvements, residential
builling and all commercial building.
Efforts will be made, however, to aid
completion of construction already
substantially finished.
Rehabilitation for Selectees.
The President announced plans to
salvage" 100000 of the 100000 sell
ective service registrants who have
been rejected for health reasons. He
long-range program of federal, state
and local cooperation to remedy con-
litions which have resulted in so per
cent of men of army age being physi-
cally unfit for military service. The
federal government would pay for
medical and dental treatment of those
men certified by local boards as sub
ject to health improvement. +,
Selective Service announced that
starting Jan. 1, all registrants will be
given only one physical exam-by the
army. At present registrants are ex-
amined by local board doctors and
then by army physicians and cannot
tell. until the final exam if they will
be accepted.
Air.
OPM announced 1914 military air.
craft were delivered during September
"a new monthly record. The War
department announced it will allow
army aviation cadets 80 hours credit
for flight training prior to enlistment
thereby cutting in half the flying
time necessary in the army to win
wings. Mimic air raids began along
the east coast from Boston to Sa-
vannah, to test ability of civilian
spoilers and their communication
system.
Employment.
The Presidents committee on fair
employment practice asked any one
denied a defense job because of creed,
color, race. ar national origin to write
the committee at Washington so an
investigation can be made and remedial
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

1t is to be hoped that the shaving
of heads of both men and women
card players now practiced in Hun
gary will not be necessary in this
country in case war is declared. Sew
eral million in this country would be
parading around with shaved heads.
Besides a woman does not look good
without hair and our beauty parlors
would go out of business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

American tourists leaving the United
States for short or extended trips into
Canada or Mexico are advised by the
National Automobile club to carry with
them some evidence of citizenship to
facilitate their re-entry into the
United States. Although regulations
at present do not require such docu-
mentary proof, conditions are such
that it is a good precaution. Aliens
should carry their passports or If
naturalized, their citizenship papers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

Be sure and get your 1912 license
plates before Nov. Is, but do not put
them on your car before Jan. l. The
1941 plates must be kept on until
1e41 is over and the 1912 plates must
be on when the new year starts.
Should you be one Of those bright
people who know more than the law
and put on the new plates, destroy
ing the old ones, you will be picked
I'D by the highway department and
forced to remove the 1912 plates and
nut the old ones back on. You will
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

Ore from this property, adjacent
to and west of the South Chandler
was shipped in May and June by the
Evergreen Mines company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
1893 .676 .96 1923 .968 %


"Income in this department for 1941
includes about $1,000 special collections,
and for comparative purposes this
amount should be deducted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

Net for city 5000, 304.96 9996828
Maximum levy under city charter
TOTAL INCOME.
Cali items estimated and subject to
correction)
1941 1912
Net from taxation 5000, 3O4 90 $199, 968.28
Licenses, fees,
collections 49,. $4,000 $4,000
Court collections. 100000 100000
Sidewalk assess
ments ......... 100000 100000
*Water, light dept. 115,00000 100, 100000
Library ........ 100000 2,50000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

NET INCOME THROUGH
TAXATION.
1941 1912
$40 mill levy $234,274.80 $228,858.28
Bonds due -. 33,969.84 28,890.00
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16

Decrease IS 135,413 5 5,416.52
Estimated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-16
Employment.

Employment.
The Presidents committee on fair
employment practice asked any one
denied a defense job because of creed,
color, race. ar national origin to write
the committee at Washington so an
investigation can be made and remedial
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The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Two American Bat1lesIlips Sunk Pearl EIarbor

UNDATED. Dec. 8 l4o, - In par.al T9svo headquarters de clared hat two American battle ships were sunk, four damaged, and four heavy cruisers damaged in Pearl Harbor.
 Jap parachute troops were report ed to have landed in the Philip ines as the tWo-jay-old battle of the Pacific famed over vast area.
 An Ita tsn broadcast quoted Domei as listing the 33,1O0-ton ba;tiesaip Pennsylvania and the CHlah5n3 a the American ships sunk. Two U. s. destroyers and two o9 taalfers were also report e5 lost. The Japanese claim a L. s. aircraft carrier was sunk by a sub off Honolulu and the capture of many merchant sh3ps in tha Pacific was claimed. No Japanese losses. in the blows against the L. s. fleet at Homo lulu. were reported.
 Fifty |. s. planes were shot down in combat over Clark Field, Phi ipp.nes, and 40 over Iba, north Of Manila.
 A -Thailand agreement for the transit of troops through Tha.lsa3 w5s reported, for tae prcsuna5ie attack on British Ma lava. sic of the fortress at Singa pore, aad on British Burma.
 The British announced that Jap wagcraft had landed troops at two places in British Malaya near the Thailand border but We're driven away.
 Domei reported tha. British ard Jap troops were fighting.
 Adssgal Th3mqs Hart, com man5 r of the United States Asiaas feet announces the sur render as 2 small contingent of American Marines at Pa.ping, Ch.n5, - overwhelming Jsp fore es.
 The .. s. air craft, a CPS brosdcass reports. al least 290 cazua. .tas inflicted by the Jap at- tacss aa t.e Philippines Man ia h5s escaped attack so lar. \ U. s. army bulletin says 20 Jap bambers atea1.ed Mindaaa9 is land and b5mbad Sasu.o, sum mer capital ef inc Philpinez One Jap plane was reported shot down.
 American Commissioner to th. Phi ipp.aes, Francis Sayre, said the situation is well in hand.
 Rad.o reports from the Pan Amer.e5n base said Guam was al tacked by raiders and fires set to gas stores
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
Unified Congress Backs Declaration of War

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (P) - President Roosevelt signed the declaration of war against Japan at 1:10 pm. PSF, formally set ting the nation at it's task of achieving what he called "inevi- table triumph"
 While Republican and Demo cratic leaders of a unified Con- gress looked on, the President took the last step of a series of fla st breaking developments which started with yesterdays deadly raid by the Japanese on the American territory of flaw ali.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
FDR Addressed Nation
 Yesterday ' P. M. PSF

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 LP) - President Roosevelt will deliver a radio address to the nation Tuesday night at pm. Pacific time and will make a more com plete Recommendation of the Jap aneSe attack.
 an opportunity to get the fence straddlers into camp before more drastic measures are battled out.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10

WASHINGTON - If l had to name the Senator who looks most like a Senator, I'd probably pick Tom Connally, of Texas the man who occupies the hot seat" in all impending foreign policy legislation, including that pack age of legislative dynamite re- ferred to as revision of the Neu- trality Act.
 More than six feet tall and of generous bulk, Senator Connally wears the stamp of 25 years in Congress. He has long wavy hair, now almost white. He wears black hats and dark suits. It is only in recent years that he has discarded his black Windsor tie for a black bow. He mokes cigars And he talks with a tongue that lashes out phrases and whips up humor that not only makes good listening but good reading too.
 By the steady pressure of sen iority, he has come at last to chairmanship of the Senate For eign Relations Committee and in his new job he will have the task of steering administration foregn policy legislation thru the upper house.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10

It's a big order, but one over which the White House has no qualms. For Senator Connally, on bth ides of the fence, has prov ed his mettle. He is solidly be- hind hte Presidents foreign pol icy, including even total repeal of the Neutrality Act, but he is no yes-man.
 He gave Capitol Hill some thing to remember when he led the flibuster in 1887 against the anti-lynching bill. He gave oil men something to remember when he put over the "Connally hot oil act" which prohibits inter state transportation of oil pro duced in violation of state laws. He was one of four Democratic Senators to vote against NRA and he didn't leave any doubt
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
BASKETBALL NOTICE

Subject to the national emer- gency. all Army leaves are can celled and the basketball league will be discontinued until fur ther notice.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10

Observers Shanghai believed the reported ing at Hainan planning China Eastern experts Washington believed reported mands based determination to place within striking distance Singapore Indies that into put position for blow at Chinas Burma road supply possible obecves shading Japanese penetration of China.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10
SENATOR CONNALLY GETS
 JUST RECOGNITION; TAKES
 CHARGE OF SENATE FIGHTS

about his vigorous opposition to President Roosevelfs Supreme Court reorganization bill.
 Senator Connally's handle is Thomas Terry, but l doubt if there are ten persons in Wash ington and not more than three times that in Texas who know it, for he has ben just plain Tom ever since he was a sergeant ma jor in the Spanish-American War. He comes from Marlin, exas, where he practiced law for a while. For 12 years, he was a member of the House of Repre- sentatives, taking time out to fight overseas as a World War captain. In 1918, he was elected to the Senate and has been around ever since.
 He probably is the only major Senate committee chairman, who also sits on two other major com mittee-finance and judiciary - but when you ask him what he is most proud of in his life, he an sWers: Of being a good country lawyer and the fact that my on son Ben Chow practicing in Hous ton) is a better lawyer than l am"
 There are few members of either house who can match Sen ator Connally in debate. He rare ly loses his sense of humor and he's not averse to turning it on the whole Senate. One of his ire quently repeated ramrks: "Draco wrote his laws in blood the Sen ate writes it's laws in wind"
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-10

Capital gossip now has it that it was Connolly who was respon- sible for the strategy of splitting up the issues in revision of the Neutralty Act and insisted that the first effort merely involve the armament of merchant yes sels-that repeal of the provision against those vessels going into ar zone harbors come later.
 Capitol Hill tacticians are nod ding their heads wisely and call ing it a brilliant move. It confines debate to this one phase, softens the bow against anti-administra- ton forces; and gives the pro- foreign policy group on the Hill
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Farm Equipment Union
To Study Strike Action
BY the Associated Press.

BY une ASSOCldleO IicSo.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-Grant Oakes,
chairman of the Farm Equipment
Workers Organizing Committee
C. I. o., said last night he had
called a special meeting of officers
of three locals to consider whether
any action should be taken in con-
nection with strike at the Inter
national Harvester Co.'S truck plant
at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mr.. Oakes said the meeting, to
be held at 10 am. Saturday, would
determine what assistance the equip
ment workers would extend to the
United Automobile Workers Union
which called the Fort Wayne strike.
Contending that unrest had devel-
oped here among union members
as a result of the Fort Wayne
strike, Mr.. Oakes sent a telegram
to President Roosevelt and Harry
A. Mills, chairman of the National
Labor Relations Board, asking &C
ton by the N. l.. R. B. on case
involving the International Har-
vester Co.
UNLESS something is forthcom-
ing Immediately" the telegram said,
"our union cannot be held respon-
sible for whatever happens IN six
plants covering $4,000 workers now
ready to move"
Evening star., 1941-01-09
La Guardia May Take
Federal Defense Post
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9-Mayor La
Guardia today limited before City
Council that he might leave office
before his term expires to accept
Federal defense post.
ct want to assure you that insofar
as the finances and the affairs and
government of this city are con-
cerned, whether I finish my term,
whether I continue in office, or
whether there is a change in ad-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is ship
shape" he said.
Mr.. La Guardia said no one was
indispensable in running the city
government.
mo one can tell what assignment
any of us might have If the country
is confronted with an emergency"
he went on, "and every one OF us
In the room will naturally respond
to any call or assignment that would
be given to U.s."
Mr.. La Guardia took Office first
January /, 1884. He was reelected
and his present term expires at the
end of this year. Speculation re-
rarding his future has ranged from
the possibility that he would run
for a third term to the rumor that
he would be offered post in Presi-
dent Roosevelts cabinet. He has
been non-committal.