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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
CONTRACTS FOR
MAIL AWARDED

According to advices received by
Postmaster Albert Vile, mail con-
tracts for the Sitka Route and the
Juneau Petersburg and wayports
route have been awarded.
Capt. James v. Davis, operating
the Estebeth has again been award
ed the Sitka mail contract for the
next four years.
J. j. Stocker has been given the
contract to carry mail from Juneau
to Petersburg via wayports, also for
four years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Rowland Bingham and her
baby, Ross Roland, were discharged
from st. AIMS Hospital yesterday
Peter Lawrence has left the Gov
eminent Hospital where he under
went surgical operation.
Marlene st. Clair is in the Gov
eminent Hospital for medical care.
Rachel Albert was admitted to
the Government Hospital for med
ical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
81 CASES OF
MUMpS LISTED

F'ifty-one cases of mumps we're
reported in the weekly bulletin of
the Territorial Depar tment of
Health today for the week ending
February 8.
There are 26 cases of mumps at
King Cove, 16 at Kodiak, 7 at
Anchorage and one each at Fair
banks and Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
MRS. CHESTER CARLSON
TO VISIT IN CALIFORNIA

Mrs. Chester Carlson, whose
home is on the Douglas Highway, is
leaving for California where she
will visit her mother at Concord
Mr.. Carlson is employed on the
base at Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
new BOOKS RECEIVED
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY

Among new books now on the
shelves, the Juneau Public Library
has the following:
Leacock Too Much College;
Johnson-Four Years in Paradise:
Gunther Inside Latin America;
Cobb = Exit Laughing; Fitz--Lady
Sourdough; Lincoln-The New Hope.
Baldwin-The Heart Remembers;
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10

Cary Grant did his first enter
tanning in this country on stills
he stomped up and down the
Coney Island Boardwalk, adver-
Using an amusement concession.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10

enlisted the advanced flying school in Vctora
lands shown above all in the
right Sergt H. L. FRANKIE Germany Pv
Fouquar Belgium; John Cervenek Cechosovaa Serg
rundossen Sweden Pvt Apostoos Greece On wing
Pvt Mario Perett italy and Sergt Peter Jensen Denmark
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
DEFENDERS.
GREAT BASE
RETREATING
Imperial Forces Withdraw.
ing Into Heart Of Brit
ish Stronghold

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

spread, and resemble a monkey when
resting in a tree
Then Maxi tells about the fish
Topping into the boat of crew out
making soundings in a river.
when we were travelling along the
river" he declared, "why, believe it
or not, few of the fish jumped into
a boat. That's something I've never
seen before.
"We watched some of the natives
catching large crabs in shallow bay
of the acean. They tie the crabs
claws together and pile the crabs
into the boat. They are then taken
to town and Sold"
Maxi describes how the men pro-
vide their entertainment on off hours,
and he says 1--WE keep pretty busy"
"We are located close to a fresh
water river" he said, "where we go
swimming every day. We launder our
clothes in the same water. Some of
the men GO on overnight trips into
the mountains. Drilling, various camp
jobs, and guard duty keep others
busy.
ct have been getting The Ely Miner,
and am quite surprised. Thanks to the
VFW and the paper. We are paid
$50 a month since We got our raises.
We turn in early and get up while
it is still dark. I keep too busy to
write to all my friends, but I say
hello and wish you were able to see
all, the interesting things I have
SEEN"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
SEEKING ACTION,
PRIVATE GOES AWOL

Pvt. Edward Devoe, 10, who told
local officials he hadn't seen any real
action in six months in the anti
aircraft section of the coast artillery,
was apprehended last week as he was
preparing to shove off into the border
wilderness in a homemade raft for
Canada and enlistment in the forces
there.
Devoe, who is AWOL from Camp
Hulen, Texas, said he wanted to join
a machine gun crew of the Raj, or
any other branch of the service that
would see action soon.
He was picked up on Moose lake,
II miles northeast of here near the
boundary, where he was constructing
a makeshift raft from logs.
Devoe admitted that he "was
lucky" when informed that his ap-
prehension saved him from becoming
lost in a labyrinth of lakes through
which only expert woodsmen can fine
their way.
He is still being held here awaiting
the arrival of provost marshal tx
take him to Fort Smelling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
ELY Man WILL
HEAD SETTLERS
Michael Prisk President OF
Vermilion Association;
200 Present.

Michael Prisk of this city, was
elected president of the Vermilion
Range Old Settlers Association at the
18th Annual Reunion at Tower Sat-
urday afternoon.
Other officers chosen were: John
Schweiger, Chisholm, first vice presi-
dent; John B. Pearson, second vice
president; John Dragavon, Ely, sec
rotary; Carl H. Howe, Tower, assis-
tant secretary; j. o. Mike, Tower,
treasurer, and Albert Rohrer, Eveleth,
and E. H. Bull, Tower, directors,
three-year term. Holdover directors
are E. j. Morcom, Soudan; Peter
Schaefer, Ely; VIM. Martin, Tower,
and John Metsa, Angora.
The newly elected officers will take
Office on January l, 1913. Mr.. Prisk
will succeed Nels j. Benson of Mime
apolis, president for 1912.
Nearly 200 members were present at
the reunion and paid their dues.
Among the old timers noticed at the
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
never AGAIN
Some Say That, But Deyak
Jumps % Times.

Some won't jump at all, others
never make second leap, but Pvt.
Louis Deyak of the army paratroops
has bailed out of troop-carrying
planes % times.
Home last week on furlough from
Fort Bragg, N. c., Private Deyak told
about the rigorous training given
members of the rapidly growing corps
of flying infantrymen.
After getting into top physical trim
and practice leaps from towers, the
paratroops are taken up for their
first jump from an airplane at a
height of 1900 feet.
Some of these, Deyak said, "wash
out" on their first attempt and never
leave the ship, while others return
to terra firma via parachute never
to leave. After this wedding out pro-
cess, only the men adapted to this
type of service are left.
Height from which they Jump is
gradually lessened to TOO feet, but In
actual combat they would jump from
lower attitudes. Contrary to popular
belief, these troops receive no special
privileges.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Buy u. S. Defense Bonds

The "Lebensraum Wanted" squawk
made by Germany in its war propa-
ganda, has been found to be just an
other excuse on the part of its OFF,
Gals to acquire more territory and is
not absolutely necessary. Figures show
that Belgium with TOP persons per
square mile and the Netherlands with
627 were not complaining at all. Ger
many with 366, Italy with 1853 and
Japan with 321 were doing all the
yelling for more room. 1t Is also
shown that Germans did not go to
their own colonies in any large num-
bers when they had them and that
the Italians were not eager to colon
ize their African possessions nor the
japanese were rushing to COLOMBO
Manchukuo. The chances are that
there will be room to let in these
countries when America, Russia, Great
Britain and China gets through with
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
to Witnesses Spectacle -
Sees Caledonian Fish Jump in Boat

Many are the "stories" about the
Minnesota canoe country's fish jump
ing into boats, but a former Ely guide
of long experience in the woods had
to travel half way around the world
to New Caledonia before he witnessed
such a spectacle. And 1t was a Gale
DOMAIN fish-not one from this area
that proved to the Ely guide that
such feats are not all confined to
campfire tales.
Pvt. Philip N. Maxi was men,
Der of a crew taking sounds in a
river. Believe it or not" he de-
clares, "a few fish actually jumped
into the boat"
Pvt. Maxi, with two other Elyites,
Pvts. william Ojala and Urho Tuomi-
koski, arrived in Australia this spring,
but they didn't stay on the "down
under" continent very long. They were
sent almost Immediately, with other
United States soldiers, to garrison
New Caledonia, roughly 1000 miles
east of the Australian continent.
In letter to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Hanka, and sister, Mrs
Charles w. Anderson, MAXI tells OF
life on the island where the three
Ely soldiers are now stationed.
"The people here are either French
or natives" he said, land most OF
them are farmers. They grow vege-
tables and fruits and great amount
of cocoanuts and bananas. It's winter
here now, and the climate is just like
CALIFORNIA;. It rains just about every
day. The island is very mountainous
"We are camped about five miles
from a town about the size of Ely,
he said, "but it is nothing like home
Most of the people go barefooted
They cannot speak English, but they
seem to be quite friendly.
"They use French money, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

for an American dollar you get an
armful of French bills"
"While still in Australia" he said,
"we got shore leave and visited Mel
bourne, a city of over million popu-
lation. We had very good time, and
the Aussies went out of their way to
make us feel at home. There is no
bus fare for soldiers"
If it hadn't been for a change in
the selective service regulations, Maxi
would probably he guiding in the
canoe country this summer instead
of prowling around the far corners
of the South Pacific. The 28-year
rule put him out of the service, but
when it was eliminated he went back
in. He spent from Thanksgiving until
the first of the year here. Now he's
a member of the protective forces
stationed in the wilderness Of the
tropical French possession.
"We have received tobacco and
other articles free since coming here -
he said, because we haven't been paid
for a couple of months. We are told
that we will receive one-third of our
pay and that the other two-thirds
will either be sent home or held for
us at rate of per cent interest
until we get out of service. I think
this is a good idea. There is no place
to spend money here, anyway.
"We can get pass to go to town,
but there isn't much going on there.
The people do not speak English,
and when we purchase something
we point at what we want. Most of
the merchandise is made in foreign
countries"
There are many different kinds OF
crabs and fish along the rivers, Maxi
said, and lot of flying foxes "The
foxes look just like bats, but are very
large. They have a four-foot wing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
SEEK RECORDS
FOR SOLDIERS
Broken, Scratched Ones Will
Provide Funds for New
Transcriptions

The American Legion post and its
auxiliary are sponsoring campaign
to secure used and broken photograph
records to be disposed of as scrap and
the funds turned into new transcript
lions for the men in the armed forces
of the nation.
Committees are being named and
until they go into action records may
be left in the Community Center
managers Office.
This is Elys share in nationwide
drive for broken and scratched records
which will provide the funds to supply
every squadron, camp, ship, hospital,
base and post, here and overseas,
with a continuous stream of new
records and monographs for the dur
alton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Street Work Stopped
Unless Govt Approves
Asphalt Not Available Except
Through Approval of
Federal Agency.

Asphalt work scheduled for the
city's streets this summer is out unless
federal authorities give the work their
approval.
Such approval will be sought, the
council decided at its meeting Tues
day night.
Waino Somero, city engineer, re-
ported to the council that the Office
of Petroleum Coordinator had recon-
mended early in the month that "use
of asphalt shall be deferred for the
duration of the emergency, except in
cases where roads are certified by the
Public Roads Administration of the
Federal Works Agency to be necessary
10 such successful prosecution of the
war, and for the construction, main
tenance and repair of which the PRA
certifies the asphalt is essential"
Apparently from the text of the
order" Somero said, "we will be un-
able to proceed with asphalt work
scheduled for this summer until we
receive certification. Before we can
accept delivery for any asphalt, we
must show why the material is
essential for maintenance or repair of
any street."
The city recently let contract to
Taylor & Taylor, Duluth, for the ap-
plication of asphalt to streets deSig-
mated to come under the improvement
program.
The council approved the ap-
pointment of Fred Neff, Jr., as
executive secretary of the civilian
defense council
Neff, selected by the defense cour-
ellis executive committee, will be paid
500 monthly, and will have his office
in the Community Center lounge. He
is a graduate of Hamline university,
Minneapolis.
The Tourist Service Station, the only
bidder, was given a contract for $4,000
gallons of fuel oil on a bid of 89
cents per gallon.
Eight firms will share a 340-ton
order for stoker coal. All had submit
ted identical bids of 1910 per ton,
F. o. B., Ely.
They are E. E. Strom, Veranth Fuel
and Lumber company, Frank For
man, Thomson Ice and Fuel, Roth
man Garage, Harry j. Homer, Lam
pert Lumber company, and S. Sikala
and Sons.
Approval of the WHIP will be sought
for the securing of steel for coal
bin at the water and light plant. 1t
will be constructed from steel rein
forced concrete. Estimated cost is
$1,059.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Panama Was Hot, But
Range Heat is Warmer

corners to become accustomed to the
climate.
When the defense workers first
arrived, ocean. swimming as a means
of cooling off attracted the men. After
two had drowned, it was prohibited.
johnson worked as a mechanic on
a government project. Three and a
half months before leaving he applied
for air passage to the United States,
but he was unable to get accommoda-
tons. Travelling by boat, with their
destination a secret, he passed through
the dangerous coastal waters of the
Atlantic, reaching New York in six
days. Only when they sighted the
welcoming arms of the Statue OF
Liberty did they know where they
were bound.
Johnson will return to Panama
Oct. l.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
MANCAUSED FIRES MUST BE STAMPED OUT
F. S. Faces Critical Fire Period

Faced with a shortage of
available fire fighters and
funds more urgently needed
to finance war materials, the
United States Forest service is
inaugurating an intensive
campaign designed to enlist
the public in forest fire pre-
vention.
More effort than ever before is
being expended on the most eff
ective Of all fire prevention-teach-
ing the woods traveller to always
observe the fundamental principles
of safety.
With the Superior National Forests
timber reserve playing an increasingly
important part in the war effort,
more successful forest fire prevention
program will be a sure way to adj
vance the war toward victory, and
forms an added incentive to prevent
the occurrence of this waste.
AS means of enlisting the forest
travellers in the campaign to stamp
out man-caused blazes-which form
the great majority of all fires-the
forest service is erecting attention
compelling posters in color at camp
grounds and other points.
One such poster, which requests
persons using the forest "to help by
being good woodsmen," list five rules
for fire prevention. They are:
l. Use the fireplace if available. If
not, before building a fire, scrape
away all inf1ammable material from
a spot about five feet in diameter
Build the fire in the center and
KEEP TT SMALL so that it will not
spread.
2. Put the five DEAD OUT before
leaving. Stir the Goals with a stick
and soak with water.
8. Smoke while in a safe place.
Break matches, and put cigarets,
cigars, and pipe heels in water or
stamp them out on bare ground.
4. Leave a CLEAN CAMP. Burn
paper and trash in the fireplace, and
bury cans, garbage, and fish entrails.
5. For your own safety, let some
one know where you are going and
when you will return. Avoid rough
water, and do not overload your boat
or canoe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Remember Pearl Harbor

Those who witnessed the Virginia
blackout on Friday night are loud in
their commentator for the thorough
manner the Civil Defense organiza-
tons carried the same through. Not
alone to the organizations are praises
due but the fine spirit of cooperation
by the public in general which also
had a part in the demonstration
should be commended. The publicity
received by Virginia was worth the
efforts put forth by everyone having
a part in the blackout test and shows
that the city can do things in COM
munity spirit. Its achievement also
shows that with the united will of
the people other towns on the ranges
can do likewise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
MANY ELY PEOPLE
USING NEW BEACH.

Ely people, both young and old, are
finding a new source of recreation at
the city bathing beach at the Shay
ava lake municipal park.
Under the management of the rec
reation department, the beach has
full-time attendants, raft has been
anchored near the shore, and the
bathing area encircled by safety
rope.
Last week 1878 men, women and
children were at the beach, figures
compiled by the recreation depart
ment reveal. All recreation activities
during the week had total atten-
dance of 1851 for new high.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

He suffered more from the heat on
an hour and a half ride from Duluth
to Virginia than during six months In
Panama.
Carl Johnson, who returned Satur-
day from the Canal Zone, declared
that it is hot in that Central Amer
lean territory but nothing like right
here at home hundreds of miles nearer
the Arctic icecaps.
In Panama, johnson declared. the
temperature is a constant IS during
the day, and at night along the coast
it gets just as cool as here. Inland,
away from the ocean breezeS, the heat
is very oppressive. The 128-inch rain
fall during the five and a hall
months of summer creates differ
ent" kind of heat than here, he said
and it takes some time for new
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
200 LETTERS
Soldiers Do Great Job on
Morale Front.

During the past six weeks,
some 200 letters and cards
have been written by service
men to The Miner and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
These colorful descriptions
of life in the service play an
immensely important part in
building morale of both sol
diers and civilians alike.
Keep the good work up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
CLUB WILL GO
TO Eastwood
Next Meeting of Civic Body
Scheduled for Lodge on
Border Lake.

The Ely Commercial club will con-
duct its next meeting Tuesday at
Eastwood lodge of the Wilderness
Outftters, following a new plan Of
the club to hold dinner meetings this
summer at outlying resorts.
Club members will leave in the
middle of the afternoon and will re-
turn early in the evening. Jacob L..
Pete is furnishing launch without
charge for the trip up Fall lake and
Bob Watts of the Eastwood lodge will
provide transportation over Eastwood
lake.
Reservations should be made i'm
mediately with Ray Hoefier, club
secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Buy and Keep Defense Bonds

1t is understood that Judge Magney
of the District Court is being men
toned for a seat on the Supreme
bench when Associate Justice Harry
A. Peterson resigns to seek the sena-
torShip. Other names banded about
are those of Judge Freeman, Judge
Kenny and Judge Nolan, but these
jurists will stand for reelection in
their own district, it is said. Should
Judge Magney be chosen for the
supreme bench the name of Judge
Richard M. Funk of Duluth is being
mentioned for the district vacancy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23
Buy u. s. Defense Bonds

Death again invaded the ranks OF
the editorial fraternity when Charles
l.. Coy, publisher of the Park Region
Echo at Alexandria, passed away last
week. The Echo is one of the lead
ing papers of the state and Charley
Coy has been its editor for twenty
years. The sympathy of the editorial
fraternity of the state goes to the
bereaved family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

IN MINNESOTA public indifference
on the part of some people to the
destruction of our forest resources by
fire is largely responsible for an aver
age annual devastation of forest cover
on several thousand acres, according
to figures compiled by Director H.
G.. Weber of the Division of Forestry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

ment by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Golobich.
June / Golobich, after a years
training at Fort Smelling, received his
captains commission and on the same
date brother, John Golobich, Jr.,
received his corporars rating at Fort
Mcpherson, Ga.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-23

and the United States Forest Service.
Over 95 per cent of the forest fires in
Minnesota are man caused and there
fore preventable. An aroused public
opinion insisting on the elimination
of this waste of vital resource, is
the quickest and surest means of
control