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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14

ences in the common cause
the cause of freedom"
Hillman made a whirlwind tour
of defense plants yesterday. Those
he visited were the Yellow Coach
truck plant in Pontiac, the Chrys-
Ter tank arsenal, the Ford River
Rouge airplane engine plant and
the Ford Willow Run bomber
plant.
Stating he was much impressed
by what he had seen. Hillman
stressed, however, that speed and
more speed was necessary in the
production of defense materials.
SPEED-MORE SPEED
At a luncheon OF the Detroit
Board of Commerce in the Hotel
Statler, Hillman said that the
United States is now "ahead of
schedule in many things" in the
rearmament program.
But we must be ahead OF
schedule In the production OF
every item that will contribute
To our final goal--the defeat of
Hitlerism," he said. THE major
obstacle TO about production
now Is an insufficient flow of
materials. We need more steel
and we need II now. We need
more machine tools, and more
plants In the production stage,
IL we are to use all the man.
power we have for defense. And
we must use IL all, full speed
ahead"
Touching then on priorities,
which threaten to throw thousands
of men out of jobs in the Detroit
area, Hillman had some consoling
words, saying that ii is a serious
problem but appears now to be
less critical than many feared, and
which will pass away when defense
production reaches its full stride"
Hillman was accompanied on his
tour of defense plants by his
daughter. Philoine, Gov. Murray
ID. Van Wagner, state and local
OPM consultants, George Adde's
and Walter Reuther, the UAW-
CLOS General Motors director.
Among those he was to meet to-
day were Alex Taub, technical
consultant for the labor division
of OPM; Edward Thai of the AFL
Building Trades Council: leaders
Of state and local defense councils,
and state employment service Of
ficials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
.Hendrie Files
In Bankruptcy

A voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy was on file in Federal
Court today, listing assets OF
81, 5S7 and liabilities of $288, 366
for George S. Hendrie, 267 Hill
crest road, Crosse Pointe Farms,
socially prominent business man.
OF the liabilities. Hendrie, an
executive of the Detroit Macoid
Corporation. listed $269, 208 as un-
secured, mostly debts to banks and
brokerage firms. He said his in
come is $500 a month.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
Oliver Hardy Wins
In AIimony Fiqht

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 14.-(INS)
Film Comedian Oliver Hardy
today emerged the victor in a
S21 ,625 alimony suit brought by
his former wife, Mrs. Myrtle Lee
Hardy.
N She charged that the actor had
agreed when they were divorced
in 1887 to pay her $3.50 a week
or 25 per cent Of his earnings II
his salary fell below 81. 900 a week.
Mrs. Hardy declared that several
weeks ago the comedian gave her
only SIS and she asked that the
25 per cent be computed on the
basis OF his annual salary, OF
81, 165. Superior Judge Charles S
'Burnell ruled against her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
Il Huge Airships
Ordered for NAVY

ASKING TON. Nov. ID
The navy today announced award
of contract to the Goodyear Air
craft Company, Akron, O., for
construction of 81 nonrigid, long
range, patrol type airships.
The ships will be $50 feet long
and each will cost S250,000. The
navy previously had ordered six
of the same type of craft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
Gloria Flies West

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Nov.
14.-(INS)-Gloria Vanderbilt, IT.
lyear-old heiress to millions,
Slipped quietly into town by plane
from New York and went i'm
mediately to the Beverly Hills
home of Lady Furness, where the
heiress and her mother, Mrs.
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, are
guests.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
HiNman, AFL, State Chiefs
Confer Here on Jobs, Housing
BY JACK CRELLIN


Having already warned Go Of
ficials Of the danger Of calling
strikes in defense industries. Sid
ney Hillman. co-director OF the
OPM today was 10 meet with AL
and state officials 10 tackle prob
lens OF unemployment and housing
growing out OF the defense pro-
gram.
Meanwhile, Hillman revealed
The government is fully aware of
the acute unemployment situation
faced by workers in Michigan
automobile plants when he an
nounced that the war department
would place an order for $4,000
motor vehicles at a cost of more
than S200,00o,000 within the next
few days.
12S.OOO MORE VEHICLES
In addition 10 this order. the
government plans TO contract for
approximately $4,000 more motor
vehicles within the next two
months, at cost of $3.50, 000, 900.
Eillman said.
George +. Adde's. director OF the
defense labor committee of the
UAW-CIO. said this would relieve
unemployment. tempo rarily at
least during the transition from
civilian 10 defense production.
In two speeches yesterday, Hill
man warned OF the gravity of the
international situation and said
that labor must learn TO settle
its family quarrels without work
stoppage."
Speaking at a banquet in his
honor rendered by state and local
Go leaders. Hillman said:
whether these arise from
disputes between members of
different labor unions of the
same national organization, or
from rivalry between unions af-
filiated with different national
labor organizations, they must
be adjusted without jeopardizing
our national security"
NO DEFENSE STRIKES
Earlier he had said "there
should be no strikes in national
defense industries"
Without specifically naming II,
he also took issue with the United
Construction Workers Organizing
Committee for its attempt to raid
the Transfers Union particularly
In Detroit.
I'VE must not indulge I'm the
suicidal practice of raiding when
the very existence of our labor
movement In at stake" he said.
"You In the Detroit area know
how stupid and wasteful such
raiding excursions always are,
and how harmful to the true
Inns OF labor.
"shali II be said OF labor that
I our country needed arms
rave ii jurisdictionaI feuds
aiclsering among ourselves?
80 sink our petty differ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
Peaceful PickefinS
Currier CIO'ers Parade at Dark Masonic Temple
but HIlman Banquets Elsewhere

The only trouble with the idea
was that the banquet was being
held at the Hotel Book-Cadillac.
There were no pickets there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14

the Congress of American Indus
try December 5, Walter ID. Fuller,
president of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers. announced
TODAY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14
Ask Churchill TO Talk

WASHINGTON, nov. 14.-QNS)
Prime Minister Winston Church.
Ill of Great Britain has been asked
to make a short-wave address TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-14

New heights in the gentle art OF
peaceful picketing were reached
when more than 200 Go workers
of the Currier Lumber Company
completely equipped with placards
and signs, paraded in front of dark
and deserted Masonic Temple for
20 minutes.
A puzzled police detail rushed
to the scene. An equally puzzled
picket line. looking at the dark
ened hall, inquired if it were not
true that Sidney Hillman, asso-
ciate director of OPM, was to
banquet there.
Police Lieut.. T omas Gilby
learned the plot from the picketers.
HERE'S HOW AND WHAT
Hillman, touring Detroit defense
plants, was TO attend a CIO ban
|quet in his honor last night at z
O'Clock.
The Currier employees. members
of the United Construction Work
Iers Organizing Committee (CIO),
formed a protest picket line be-
cause Hillman opposed giving a
federal housing contract to the
.Currier company on grounds it
violated the OPM's national labor
policy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
FOOTBALL!
Elyites to See Golden
Gophers in Action.

Those Golden Gophers who made
history at the University of Minnesota
last fall will go into action here via
the motion picture screen Wednesday
Jan. 20, in a football picture sponsored
by Boy Scout troop I'll and St. An
drew'S club.
The pictures are the official ones
taken by Phil Brain for the athletic
department of the university About 20
minutes will be devoted to each game.
The showing, which will be in Wash
ington auditorium, will start at p. m.
Action beginning with the Washing
ton game at Minneapolis through the
seasons finale at Wisconsin that won
the national title will be portrayed by
the films. They will also include the
games with Nebraska, the thriller with
Ohio State, Iowa, Northwestern, Mich
igan, and Purdue. Highlights of each
will be shown.
Tickets will go on sale this weekend
at the Ely News Store, Fortier Drug
Store, and Forest Hotel. Scouts are
also selling tickets. A committee from
ST.. Andrews club working with the
troop on the project includes William
Kendrick, chairman, w. v. Langen, A.
K. Unger, E. C. Jones, Emil A. Norby,
Julius Carlson, James I. Laing, B. j.
Agnew and Lynn Paulson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
COME TO BLOWS
in war FRACAS
Winton Italian Bound Over to
District Court on Charge
: of Assault.

Repercussions of the European war
echoed in the court of Municipal Judge
Edwin Toms Wednesday afternoon, re-
sulting in the binding over of Charles
Albert, 81 years old, to district court
on charge of second degree assault
Alberti is being charged with having
attacked Albert Belfonti, Sc years old.
Alberti waived preliminary hearing
when arraigned before Judge Toms.
who set bail at $500. The trial will
be held at the March term of court.
The story, as told to John C. Arko,
Virginia, assistant county attorney,
by Ricardo Giacomo, SIS years old, and
Belfonti, with Deputy Sheriff Adolph
Dolenshak, occasionally assisting as
interpreter, follows:
Alberti and Belfonti, who room with
Giacomo at Winton, have occasionally
come to words over Italy's position in
the war All were born in Italy, but
neither is particularly fond of Mus
solini.
Charles felt bad because the Italians
were losing, Giacomo told Arko, who
made an investigation Wednesday
morning. Giacomo admitted he felt
bad, too.
Albert Belfonti maintained that II
Duce had caused all the trouble, Gia-
como continued, and was now getting
what he had coming to him.
This was the gist of an argument
that occurred Monday evening, follow
ing which the two came to blows
while Giacomo was in his barn tend
ing to his COWS.
He returned and found a chair
splintered on the floor, and Belfonti's
head bleeding. Constable John Hill
berg, Winton, was called by Giacomo,
and Hillberg in turn notified Dolen-
(COntinued on Last Page)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
SET Dates FOR
DIST. MEETING
Legion Convention to be Held
Here June 21-22; Name
Committees.

The date for the Eighth district
convention of the American Legion
and auxiliary to be held here was
approved and the executive committees
named at meeting held Monday
night
The conclave will be held Satur-
day and Sunday, June 81 and %.
The committee for the Legion is
headed by Harold j. Dillon, general
chairman of the convention and dis
trict commander. Mrs. Edward T..
Buckley, district vice president of the
auxiliary, heads the auxiliary group.
Mrs. Jack Seraphine is convention
treasurer and Ray Hoefer. secretary.
Also on the Legion committee are
Jack Poshak, Emil A. Norby, A. O.
Knutson, John Kotchevar, Frank
Schweiger, and Hoefler, and on the
auxiliary group, Mesdames Julius
Carlson, Mike Gordon, Thomas j.
Murn, M. j. Murphy, H. N. Suther-
land, and Seraphine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
new OFFICERS
Are INDICTED
B. j. Agnew Seated as Head
of St. Andrews; Name
Committees.

B. j. Agnew was installed as pres
ident of st. Andrews club at the first
meeting of the new year held Friday
evening in the dining room of the
Presbyterian church. Committees and
a program for the year were drawn up.
Ernest Bailey was installed as vice
president and Lynn Paulson, secretary
treasurer Directors are John Olson,
the Rev. H. Russell Browne, Robert
Browne, Fred Handberg, and j. Oliver
Hall. Harlan Lampi is pianist.
A new committee to decorate the
church grounds at Christmas time was
appointed.
The next meeting will be Feb. Z,
with the officers in charge of the
dinner and the international church
relations committee in charge of the
program. Personnel of committees, of
which the Rev. Browne is coordinator,
follows (the first named is chairman) ::
International church relations =
Sigurd F. Olson, William Kendrick,, j.
N. Rautio, George Gould, Fred Nc
Ready, Allen McIver.
Young people-W. v. Langen, Conrad
G. Haugen, James I. Laing, Jack Reed,
Byrd Brownell, L. H. Larson.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w. Hanson, C.
H. Hanson, William PouloS, John
Nicholas, William Jones, Ray Reigel,
George Edwards.
Religious administration Carl
son, Henry Berg, Paul Cramer, Keith
Brownen, Laurin Leino, julius Carlson,
John Carlson.
Social relations-John Rikhus, Morris
Sternberg, Peter Schaefer, Harold Sal
minen, Walter Jones.
Church service-Ike Martell, Alex
bakers, William Hasselblad, ST., A. K.
Unger, Chester Hillman, Bernard
Cruise.
Community service-E. c. Jones, DR..
Andrew Sinamark, Carl Braga, Everett
Ellefsen, William Nyberg, William
Hasselblad, Jr., Emil Norby.
Christmas decorations Kendrick,
Sigurd Olson, Fred Handberg, Gould,
Wilson Carlson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
FLORIDA!
Here We Come!

ct was fine going down, but not
so good coming back"
That's the way DR.. G.. Milavetz de-
scribed the two-weeks trip he and his
family made to Miami Beach over the
holidays.
From the land of the northern lights
to the land of sunshine in midwinter
is quite a change, and the Elyites en-
joyed the warm Florida climate to the
fullest extent.
Florida is having its biggest tourist
boom since the lush days of the famous
land promotion activities, DR.. Mia
vetz said residents of Miami Beach
claimed. Forty-two new hotels went
up there in 1910 and an equal number
are planned for this year.
People there cater to the tourists
to the nth degree, he declared There
are night clubs, races, excursion trips
on land and sea for entertainment
The doctor kicked in about $l.50 Sc
his family could see a group oil
Indians do what Arrowhead indians
do for nothing, sit and look Indian
like. They also saw the crocodile
wrestler made famous by the news
reels.
They observed Christmas and New
Years by going swimming, and alb
sorbed as much of the S0-degree tenn
perature as possible before returning
home
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
Old resident
PASSED away
Mrs. H. M. Tonkin, Resident
Here and at Soudan Dies
at Coleraine Thursday.

Mrs. H. NJ Tonkin, aged 76, a for
mer resident of this city and mother
of Mrs. Leslie Bolitho, died Thursday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Reuben j. Toms at Coleraine following
a years illness.
The funeral took place at the Col
eraine M. E. church on Monday. The
funeral was largely attended as Mrs.
Tonkin was well known on this and
the Mesaba range She was one of
the early settlers of the Vermilion
range and for many years resided at
Soudan and this city.
Surviving are two daughters and two
sons. The daughters are Mrs. Toms
of Coleraine and Mrs. Bolitho of this
city. The sons are James Tonkin, a
merchant of Duluth and Raymond
Tonkin of Seattle.
Eleven grandchildren, two sisters and
three brothers also survive. The sisters
are Mrs. w. j. Davey of Eveleth and
Mrs Thos Magnison of Canada. The
brothers are Joseph Cowling, Hibbing;
Ivan Cowling, Los Angeles; and VIM.
]. Cowling, Akron, Ohio.
The surviving relatives have the
sympathy of their many Ely friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
18th WEDDING
Date OBSERVED
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Needing
Surprised at Silver We'd
ding Anniversary.

Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Needing
of the Minnesota Power & Light COM
pany plant at Winton were invited to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nc
Neill at Rabbit for lunch.
Immediately after lunch the Mood
ings were guests at theatre party.
After the show they were invited to
go to the Community Center on some
pretext.
Upon arrival at the Center they were
most agreeablly surprised by some
eighty people gathered to celebrate
the silver wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Needing.
The party had been arranged by
Mrs. Howard Hall, Mrs. Stewart Eckard.
Mrs Carl Johnson and Mrs. Louis
Eckert. Congratulations were in order
followed by a banquet at which Mr..
Mcneil served as POSTMASTER.
A most enjoyable time was spent
with a program of music and talks
and before departing the group pre-
sented the celebrating couple with a
silver set besides well wishes for many
happy returns of the day.
On the program Miss Margaret
Mitchell played piano solo; Mrs. M
j. Fleming gave a reading; Miss Lois
Anderson vocal solo; Lloyd Carlson a
trombone solo and Mrs. Floyd Dun
stan and Mrs. Wilbur Rothman a
piano duet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Needing declare the
event a complete surprise from the
beginning to the end.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
JUDGE DROPS
WAGE Request
Withdraws Objection to Cut;
City to End Year With
Adequate Funds.

Edwin Toms, municipal judge, has
withdrawn his objection to a salary cut
of so per cent given him for the
month of December. A letter to this
effect was presented to the council al
its final meeting, a special one, held
Friday night.
The session lasted but Is minutes
and was concluded by a general hand
shaking ceremony on the part of all
city officials in attendance at the
meeting during which they extended
thanks to each other for cooperation
shown during the year just ended
Bills and payrolls totaling 500, 1888 go
for the month were allowed. Terms of
outgoing members expired at midnight
Monday.
The city will end the year, which
includes the first six days of jan
uary, with enough funds on hand to
meet all city expenses, Clerk A. o.
Knutson reports.
A financial statement for the year,
however, will not be available for a
short time.
The yearly report of Mrs. Lutte Jarvi,
clerk of the municipal court, showed
that net amount of $1,O92 collected
by her office had been turned over to
the court and police fund
Judge Toms statement to the coun-
Gil follows:
Regardless of the merits of my
previous objection in the matter (of
the salary cu0, and in consideration
of the fact that all salaries will be
affected alike, I now withdraw my
objection to the said salary adjustment
for December so far as it affects my
self"
He recently called to the attention
of the council Minnesota statutes which
said that the salaries of municipal
judges and clerks could not be in
creased or diminished during the term
of Office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
Taxpayers to Pay
Less During |94|
Mill Rate to be 1863, or
81 Under That for
Last Year.

Ely taxpayers will pay less taxes
during 1941.
The rate for this year will be $21O
less per thousand dollars in assessed
valuation as compared with 1910.
Reason for the decrease is the de-
crease in the rate for school district
No. II. The tax rates for the city,
county and state remain the same.
While these rates have not been
changed, and although the rate for
the school is less, all taxing districts
will receive less revenue from Ely in
comparison with last year because of
the decrease in valuations.
A comparison Of what was collected
last year and what will be collected this
year for each $1,000 in assessed Valua-
ton follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
$138.4O S136.3O

Expressed in mills the tax rate for
this year is 1868 and for last year,
1884 Taxes for this year are paid on
the basis of valuations established in
1910, while those for last year were
based on 1889 valuations. The state
rate for homesteads is BAL mills.
The decrease in assessed valuations
for the city and for the school district
was nearly the same, but that for the
school was $6,551 less than for the city.
For the city for 1910 the assessed
valuations are $5,856,87O, or $276, 1882
under those for 1885, For the school
district they are 5000, 72O, or $3.50, 731
less. Figures on the valuations and
tax rates were received Saturday by
both the city and school from the
county auditor.
For the county valuations are STA
100000 less.
While the city levied the full 40 mills
permitted by the charter, as it has all
but three times in the past ten years,
the amount raised by this rate will be
less than at any time during this per-
iod
Revenue from this rate will amount to
1924, 274GO, as compared with S245,-
32608 in 1910.
The amount to be raised this year in
taxation for school purposes is about
$65, 500 under the legal limit, it being
1894, ISL 81. Last year the levy was
S415, BOLT. The school cannot exceed
a levy equal to $50 per capita for the
district which would be S414,360 based
on the 1910 census Of 6,906.
The decrease in the amount levied
by the school cut the tax rate 81 mills
even though there was a sizeable de-
crease in the valuations within the
district
The county levy is $5,126934 for this
year, as compared with $5,45l, 271 for
1910. The mill rate was held at the
same figure by the county board, with
a resultant decrease in the amount
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09

Is this social security? There are
1857 ,538 names in the social security
offices in Washington and Baltimore
which are so incomplete as to identity
that there is no telling who they are
as people, and the money collections
thus lost, in the sense that the record
is a blank. total more htan $472, 100000,
says the Daily Enterprise. Perhaps it
doesn't matter much, anyway, because
in time the whole thing will have been
found to be a snare and a delusion,
and simply devised to attack payrolls
for spending money for a prof1igate
government in the present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
MINER INJURED
In EXPLOSION
Stick Driven Through Arm in
Premature Explosion of
Dynamite.

Joe Merhar sustained severe injuries
to his right arm and burns about the
face and left eye in a premature ex-
plosion of dynamite at the Zenith
mine Monday evening Merhar is con-
fined at the Shipman hospital.
A stick used to lamp the dynamite
into holes drilled for it was blown
part way through his arm. About 5
feet long, the stick was sawed off be-
fore he was taken to the hospital,
where the rest was removed.
Joe RomShek working with Merriam,
was knocked down by the force of the
blast, but was uninjured. The dyna-
mite exploded as Merhar was tamping
in the last of three sticks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
Iron Ore Shipments .
Largest in 10 Years

Shipments of iron ore from the
Vermilion range during 1910 were the
largest for ten year. according to figures
obtained by The Miner.
They totaled 1864 tons, of which
1852, $50 came from the Ely mines and
1891 from the Soudan mine.
Activity carried on in the district
indicates that the operators are pre-
pairing for a production peak in 1941
that may top that for last year.
Not since 1880 when the Pioneer
mine, under the superintendency of
Capt. Charles Trezona who was in
charge of the Oliver Mining company's
properties, turned out more than
million tons of ore itself, has the
Vermilion range shipped a tonnage as
great as in 1910.
OF the ore shipped from the Ely
mines, 113,601 tons were produced by
the Chandler properties, placed in OPP
Grafton by the Evergreen Mines COM
pany, Crosby, in 1887 after being idle
since $780, The North Chandler prop
erty produced 86,761 tons and the
South Chandler, 26,840.
Last spring the company placed its
concentration plant, the only one on
the Vermilion range, in operation,
turning out 74,414 tons of the con-
centrate. Shipments directly from the
property totaled 39,187 tons, represent
ting about one-third of the tonnage
shipped Two-thirds went through the
plant.
Of the total for the Vermilion range,
the Pioneer shipped 560,467, the Zenith
45O, 1893, the Sibley 227, 464, the Chand-
Ter 113,6O1, and the Soudan 1891.
Shipments in 1899 were 1,242 SOB, or
100 827 tons less than in 1910.