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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
THE PROOF WAS THERE
careIessness Did Il!

many questions about porcupines. The
men revealed they had chopped down
a tree and killed two, and in so do
ing confessed their guilt in starting
the fire. The one smoker of the two
pleaded guilty in justice of the peace
court at Section. Thirty and was fined
$25 and costs.
CASE NO. ga piece of equipment
dropped at the scene of this fire on
Iron lake, near Curtain Falls, may
bring about the apprehension of the
guilty parties. Started by smokers, the
fire was detected by Ernest Huhtala,
wilderness pilot, who extinguished it.
An investigation conducted by the
forest service uncovered the clue to
the persons responsible.
While all these fires were small
when put out that was because fire
conditions were not acute. Had
conditions been right, tremendous
blazes might have resulted.
The speedy action possible through
use Of its fire fighting seaplanes, now
with William Leithold as forest ser
vice pilot, played an important part
in curbing the blazes before serious
consequences could result.
In another instance of carelessness,
two resort operators in burning gar
bage set off a forest fire that a third
resorter detected and helped put out
although he was in no way respon-
Sible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
DAHLGREN GIVEN
APPRAISER POST,

c. A. Dahlgren, former CCC fore
man in the Superior National Forest,
has been given the position of Junior
appraiser by st. Louis county in the
organization of its land classification
and zoning program.
An office is being set up in Virginia
to be in charge of L. r. Beatty, Orr,
county land commissioner
George B. Amidon, of the state div
ision of forestry, was named senior
appraiser, and Robert L. TAFT, who
was with the federal government as
a land specialist, was hired as a
craftsman.
The group will appraise tax-forfeited
land and timber and make recommen-
dations to the county as to its sale
or use. Their salaries are paid out of
the rural forfeiture tax sale fund.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Wartime air for
Community Planned
Special Emphasis Placed
on Importance of Food
to Var Effort.

Ely's Community Fair this
year will lay special emphasis
on the Importance of food to
the war effort, fair officials
decided at their initial meeting
Monday evening.
Date of the fair was set for
Friday, Aug. %. Entries will
be received the preceding day.
All present officers, headed
by John Wilmunen, board
chairman, were reelected.
The first wartime exposition ever
conducted by the fair board, the fair
is expected to attract record num-
Der of canning and victory garden
entries.
Since the initial fair was held 18
years ago, there has never been a
time when the products of Ely'S gar
dens, fruit trees, and berry bushes and
the canning of fruits and vegetables
were quite so important.
The entry list viii be announced
Aug. Is.
Fair officials named besides Wilmu-
nen include Mrs. Anna Novak and
Adolph DolenShak, vice chairmen;
Louis zgonc, secretary, and John
treasurer.
Directors are Mrs. Jack Seraphine,
Mrs. Theresa Gouze, Miss Rose Moch-
nix, Mrs. Alex Mcfarland, Mrs. Eve
yn Rautio, Mrs. Frances Brown and
A. K. Unger.
On the rules committee named by
The chairman are Zgonc, Mrs. Sera-
ohine, Mrs. Novak, Miss Mochnik, and
Mrs. Gouze.
The board will meet next on Thurs
lay, Aug. 6.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
5TH REGISTRANTS.
Names and draft order
numbers of the fifth regis
trants are printed on page 6.

344-Joseph A Matesha, Ely.
349-Arthur jenkins, Tower.
354-Gerald o. Sundeen, Soudan.
365-George JamSa, Ely.
366-Steve Smuk, Ely.
37O-Robert Mattson, Embarrass.
378-Charles Pakka, Embarrass.
383-Edward Golob, Ely.
384-Matt Arvola, Jr., Ely.
387-Thomas Oreskovich, Ely.
392-Paul Devaney, Ely.
396-Henry Williams, Soudan.
411-Matt A. Heikkila, Ely.
416-Frank Tekavec, Ely.
421-Richard E. Singleton, Rabbit.
426-Charles Salmela, Tower.
431-Francis Maxi, Tower.
432-William Hammas, Tower.
436-Urho Ojala, Ely.
445-William Deyak, Ely.
447-Bernard Lake, Ely.
448-John Ballas, Ely.
451-Raymond Poljanec, Ely.
458-Roy Wattunen, Ely.
459-Norman Soderberg, Soudan.
460-John Korosec, Jr., Ely.
463-Arne Saari, Ely.
467-Theodore Pearson, Tower.
471-Joseph r. Skerbitz, Ely.
472-Thomas st. Marie, Ely.
Continued on Last Page)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Ely Drum Corps to Defend State
Championship at Duluth Conclave

district auxiliary president, and Mrs.
Julius Carlson, district secretary. Mrs.
Buckley is also a member of the state
executive board. Many local ex-service
men and citizens are expected to at
tend the conclave.
The drum corps made its state con-
vention debut in 1885 at Albert Lea.
1t was ruled out of the contest be-
cause the valves of the bugles were
not locked. Since then it has never
failed to place.
In 1886 the corps inaugurated a
new style of bugling at the Brainerd
meet when it appeared with one valve
of the bugles locked shut and the
other open, permitting wider range
of notes than when the valves were
locked either shut or open. This in
novation was followed by others (the
corps was the first to appear in the
contest with majorettes) which have
firmly entrenched it in the top flight
of Legion musical organizations.
The 1912 title winner Will be an
nounced Immediately following the
contest
Members of the corps follow:
Harold j. Dillon, drum major; Misses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Remember Pearl Harbor

The headlines of the papers on
Tuesday shrieked the news that seven
of the eight men accused of coming
to America in Nazi U-boats to COM
nit sabotage, made pleas for writs of
habeas corpus to the y. S. Supreme
Court. These men are now on trial
for their lives before a military COM
mission. The writ of habeas corpus
has for its object the bringing of a
prisoner before a court to determine
whether he is being legally detained.
The whole thing sounds humane but
foolish. Germany would have used a
firing squad first with a trial later
and the whole court proceedings would
have been unnecessary. These fellows
know this and rely on the innocent
until proven guilty" custom of the
country The supreme court on the
verge of a vacation, decided to re-
main il session to hear the pleas
How they can act in view of a presi-
Dental order denying civil court pro-
cesses to such prisoners is to be de-
cided. Also, whether the military COM
mission has jurisdiction to try the
men. Popular opinion, except in pro-
Nazi circles is that people intent on
destroying lives and property, should
pay the penalty. Had they been shot
when first caught with the goods, all
this expense and hullabaloo would
have been saved and striking lesson
impaired to similarly minded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Slovenian Won1en's Union
to Hold Field Day in City

ately follow the parade. A banquet in
the Community Center cafeteria at
o'clock will conclude the days acti-
vities.
Three Minnesota women are on the
supreme board of the union They are
Mary Shepel of this city, third vice
president, Mary Smoltz Lenich, Eve
leth, auditor, and Rose Jerome, Eve
leth, committeewoman
The local committee in charge of
the event is composed of the follow
ing persons, the first named being
chairman:
Parade, Ann Saari, Mary Shershen,
Frances DolenShak, Frances Jenko;
banquet, katherine Kapsch, Angela
Vertin; tickets, Mary Skufea; pro-
gram, Mary Shepel, Katherine Slogan,
Mary Jerich, Mary Strukel; publicity
Mary Startz, Mary Skradski, Mary
Skalar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Buy and Keep Defense Bonds

So far a federal grand jury has
indicted 81 men and one woman in ten
states for conspiring to break down
morale in the armed forces and thus
"obstruct and defeat the war effort"
The indictment was returned secretly
Tuesday The woman defendant is
Mrs. Elizabeth billing Of Chicago who
was mentioned in the returns as hav-
ing used the name of Rev. Frank
Woodruff Johnson as an alias. The
FBI is still on the job and maybe
there will be more indictments and
maybe some right in our neighborhood.
To forestall such an occurrence it
might be well to tape up your mouth
and forget about your pro-Axis lean
ings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30

Embarrass.
Members of next Thursdays con-
tingent follow:
530-John E. Ostland, Ely.
S1l10-Ernest W. Hilappa, Tower
1123A-JoSeph A. Grahek, Tower.
1219-Eino E. Passi, Soudan.
Subsidiaries A. Swanson, Vermilion.
*107-Anthony j. Popesh, Ely.
217-Uno Maxi, EmbarraSS.
221-Bartholomew j. Lenich, Ely.
232-Cyril j. Martin, Ely
243-Stanley M. Senta, Ely.
245-Tony j. Tanko, Soudan.
246-Richard Anderson, Tower.
248-Arnie A. Lynn, Ely.
258-Leonard E. Levar, Ely.
264-Eugene A. Trucano, Tower.
273-Mathew j. Ballas, Jr., Ely.
274-Albert Pechaver, Ely.
280-Elmer Pearson, Tower.
296-Fred Povhe, Ely.
299-Abel Anderson, Ely.
306-Frank Lawrich, Ely.
311-John Christianson, Babbitt.
313-John F. Mavetz, Ely.
318-Stanley T. Prijatel, Ely.
californian c.. Dinsmore, Ely.
329-Donald M. Butala, Ely.
332-Mathew MateSha, Ely.
334-Jack Stepan, Soudan.
340-William Pusari, Ely.
342-Martin o. Luoma, EmbarraSs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30

Ely's state championship American
Legion drum and bugle corps will de-
fend the title it has held two consec-
utive years at the department con-
vention in Duluth Aug. Us.
The corps will leave the Com
munity Center for Duluth Saturday
afternoon. While at the conclave, it
will be headquartered at the Spauld-
ing Hotel.
Monday night will be the crucial
evening for the champions, when at z
o'clock on the Denfeld stadium field it
will vie with other corps entered in
the contest for 1912 honors.
The corps first convention appear
ance will be in the convention parade
Tuesday afternoon, but if the corps
retains its title it will give a special
exhibition at the concluding business
meeting Wednesday morning
Official Legion delegates are John
Prola and Edward T. Buckley, while
Mrs. Eden Ellefsen will represent the
auxiliary. Attending in their official
capacities will be Mrs. Buckley, eighth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Defense Bonds Mean Victory

why should men with a criminal
record be exempt from army duty.
There are many jobs they could do
even if they are behind bars or under
guard that men with clean records
are called upon ito do, says the
Eveleth Clarion. Why should any in
dividual who has led a decent life
make all the sacrifices? The mo
work, no eat" program might be a
solution to the fattening process of
the jails of the country who are
coddling law breakers at the expense
of the home-owner and the decent
citizen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Stanley MOdin Talks
to KiJUanis TOniqkt,

The Kiwanis club will meet to-
night at the Forest Hotel. Stanley
Modin, local recreational director,
will be the main speaker, talking on
Community Recreation"
The program committee is in charge
of this meeting.
Frank Winter, director of Physical
Education at Oak Park, ILL.,, and di-
rector of Winters Boys Camp on
Long Lake, will be next weeks
speaker. Coach Winters served on the
University of Illinois athletic staff at
one time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
JACK REED TO
ENTER SERVICE.

Jack Reed, who has been on the
army's inactive reserve list, left here
the middle of the week to report
Aug. at the army engineers school
at Columbus, Ohio.
Reed, who will enter the army with
first lieutenant's commission, has
been a mining engineer here with the
Oliver Iron Mining company for six
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Remember Pearl Harb0r

The next revenue measure, says
Congressman Harold Knutson, high
ranking minority member of the house
ways and means committee, will be
more drastic than the pending bill
which, he said, falls about Is per cent
short of the fiscal needs as written.
He also said he would not be sur
prised if a turnover" tax were i'm
posed by the next bill. He estimated
that a two per cent turnover" tax
would raise sufficient revenue to pay
off the national debt in 30-odd
years in addition to running the gov
eminent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
On This
Occasion
Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

The Grand Rapids Herald Review
last week printed an illustrated story
of the only defense project in that
city. The project is the construction
of grain bins to house the enormous
grain crops to be harvested this sea-
son. The bins are being fabricated on
a knock-down plan for better trans
portation under a government con-
tract by w. C. Chalberg, a former
citizen of this city. Scott Erickson of
Orr also has government contract
for grain bins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Buy u. s. Defense Bonds

Being mayor of Duluth is some
honor. Friend Ed Hatch carries the
honors of this position with degree
of more than the becoming grace for
which Ed is noted. A picture in
Fridays News-Tribune shows the
Continued on Page Four
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
ANDERSON NOW
ENSIGN IN NAVY.

Sunday Harry Anderson was COM
missioned an ensign in the naval
reserves at the navy's University of
the Air. at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Anderson has applied for active duty
with the fleet air corps
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
TWO GRADUATED
AT MINNESOTA 'U'.

Two Ely persons received degrees at
the University of Minnesota's gradu-
alton exercises last Thursday.
Leslie Ormandy received bachelor
of arts degree, majoring in journalism.
Miss Gertrude Clancy, Ely seventh
grade teacher, received bachelor of
science degree in the college of edu-
cation, graduating with distinction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
BONDS $1,000
BEHIND QUOTA

With two days remaining in
the month, Ely was nearly
$1,000 behind it's war bonds
and stamps quota for July, A.
j. McMahan, committee chair
man, revealed.
Sales, excluding today,
totaled $46,O 900. The quota is
$50, 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
n FACE INDUCTION next WEEK

army, placed on the reserve list, and
will return home on furlough until
called into active service.
Forty-three of the group are from
this city. The men will leave by bus
at 9 a. m.
Sunday three men formerly in class
1-B but now in Ia will go to Fort
Smelling for examination. They are
Joseph L. Popesh, Ely; Louis c. jam
mix, Soudan, and Ernest Mattson,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Group to Report Thursday
for Transportation to
Fort Smelling.

A contingent of II men will leave
here Thursday of NEXT WEEK for
Fort Smelling for their final exanina-
lions. If accepted for military serv-
ice, the men will be sworn into the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
1941 FINISH.

Olga Tome, Marcella Niemi and Vir-
ginia Hoppa, majorettes; Adolph Do
lenshak. Harry Brady, Walter Kangas
Continued on Last Page)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Army NURSE
1t. Sylvia Kaija May be
First From City.

1t. Sylvia Kaiia is believed to be
the first Ely girl to become a mem
Der of the army nurses corps. She
has been transferred from Jackson
vile, Fla, to Fort Smelling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30

The three local cases as taken from
the records of the forest service
here, follow:
CASE NO. Island fire on Cy-
press lake, beyond east end Of Knife
lake, burned off half an acre Of jack
pine and Norway pine. Cause: Fish
ermen built a fire in pine needles for
noon lunch and failed to extinguish
it. It was spotted by the forest ser
vices seaplane while on patrol and
put out.
CASE NO. 2-CauSe of this fire,
which burned off quarter of an acre
near the middle arm Of Knife lake,
is one for the story books.
Two men were bass fishing when
they spotted a porcupine in a tree.
They went ashore, one chopping down
the tree to get the porcupine while
the other watched, smoke in hand.
Three days later the plane picked up
fire there and extinguished it.
BY coincidence a representative of
the forest service stopped at a Knife
lake resort, where two men asked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30

Three graphic examples of how
mans carlessness touches off fires
in the Superior National Forest were
cited here by the United States forest
service.
Faced with it's most serious fire
problem in many years because of
the shortage of available fire fighters,
the forest service has inaugurated an
extensive campaign to enlist the CO.
operation of the public in stamping
out man-caused fires, representing SO
per cent of the total.
In one Of the three instances, the
man starting the fires was ap-
pretended and fined after pleading
guilty.
In a single week IL fires were
touched off by man in the entire
forest from the following acts:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30
Appearance is on
Saturday Evening at
Hotel Duluth.

ELY CORPS RECORD.
Evening star., 1942-06-18
PAINTS REDUCED!

ONE COAT EkAMEL for woIIs or
woodwork. A high gloss washable
finish. ReouIorIy $3.25 oolIon,
6slIea. $l.s9
MASTER MADE FLAT PAINT. Reg
uIorIy $2.25. For woIls and wood
work. Washable finish. 6sIiea, $l.79
AMERICAN FLOOR AND DECK
PAINT. ReouIory 81 SO VI ooIIon.
For concrete or wood, inside or out.
" GsIleM $l.29
AMERICAN SPAR VARklsH. Reou-
'orly 81 so Gallon. A high gloss fin
ish for floors and woodwork,
GaIloN $1.79
AMERICAN READY MIXED PAINT.
A good quoIity outside paint,
Colon $i.39
fHg PALAIS ROYAL FIFTH FLOOR
Evening star., 1942-06-18
GLOVES

8PAlRs HAND cRocHETED GLOVES.
ReeulorIy $l.50. White only in sizes
small and medium 81
20 PAIRS DoESklk FIkisHED
LAMB) GLOVES. Regularly $2.25.
White. Broken sizes---$l.S0
II PAIRS SPORTS GLOVES. Heovy
cotton string. White only. Were
Evening star., 1942-06-18
STAMPED
GOODS

- LINEN cUTWoRK CLOTHS. Reg.
S2o6. 54x72 inches es--$i.98
LINEN cUTWoRK CLOTHS. Reg.
S3.o8. 54x54 inches -S1.9S
RAYok DAAASk CLOTHS. Reau-
lorly $3.50. 56x76 inches. Eosy to
work 50
STAMPED NAPKINS, DoILlEs,
BRIDGE SETS, ScARfs. Were Ice
TO Sl.29 ioe to 69s
4 PILLOW CASES. Eosy to work pot
terms 49s
Evening star., 1942-06-18
ENGLISH
EARTHENWARE
81 Piece Service for 8
.s,;s. Hs.' sss''; s,sit $3.50

Set includes 8 eoch Of dinner, SOUP,
soIod. breod and butter plotes, fruit
dishes, teo cups and soucers, z veee-
tobIe dishes, l2-inch plotter, sueor
bowl ond creom pitcher. Pink or
blue pottern.
4 SERVICES FOR 3. Regularly $I5es.
50 pieces. American Chino-- $9.68
SERVICE FOR 8. ReouIorly $l5.o8.
81 pieces. Americon Eorthenwore,
$S.88
7 SERVICES FOR ~. ReouiorIy
S32.s8. 90 pieces. Anericon China,
$3.50
THE PALAfs ROYAL YIITH FLOOR
Evening star., 1942-06-18
FRAMED
PICTURES
90 TO $3.50
Regularly S1.98 70 S10.eS

ke9uIony 9i.S6 TO SlU.96
Landscapes, noderns, colonioIs and
many others. Frones ore slightly
nnorred.
4, HOUSEWARES
- ADAPT TABLES. Regularly 1898.
Floor sompIes. Sold os is----$1.S9
II CHROME SHOE RACKS. Reeu-
IorIy Sl--e-
IS METAL UNDER BED CHESTS.
ReouIorIy S2.98. As is--$1.S9
3-5-PiEcE BREAKFAST SETS. Reg
uIorIy S3o.o8. All steel tobIe with
center Ieof. White chrome chairs with
red or block leotherette upholstery
Floor somples S24es
46 UEPAIkTED CHESTS. Drowers
oil! slightly domoeed or morred. Mode
Of knotty pine. Reody 70 paint.
Reoulor S4 80 Chests $3.50
5 Reoulor $500 Chests $3.50
II Regular $500 Chests-----S3.se
II Reoulor S7.ee Chests
10 ReouIor $500 Chests $3.50
THE PALATs ROYAL -. FIFTH FLOOR
Evening star., 1942-06-18
FLOOR LAMPS
$5.9s to s11.32
REGULARLY S8.oS 70 Sl6.oS

Bridge, six-woy or torchere boses.
Bronze or ivory finishes. Slightly
r,orred.
The PALAfS ROYAL yfIrH FLOOR
Evening star., 1942-06-18
FRIDAY ONLY!
REMN NANTS
II PRICE

Odds and ends from recent soles Short lengths from
TO yards SutobIe in oteroi and length for dresses,
blouses, skirts silks, royons, eottons wooens. Sove
doIIor for every dollar you spend.
The PALAIS ROYAL .. SECOND FLOOR
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Murray Assai|s Henderson
For Stand on Pay Increases
nv tho Assoria,sd press

By the Associated Press.
Philip Murray, C. I. o. president,
charged last night that some Gov
eminent officials were lending aid
to an apparent campaign to preju-
dice the public and the War Labor
Board against pay raises and
union shop in Little Steel"
He made the accusation in a pub
lie letter to Chairman William H.
Davis of the w. L. B., in which he
said:
THE mere certification of the So
called Little Steel cases to the War
Labor Board brought Mr.. Leon Hen
derson in his official capacity (price
administrator before the board
with a demand-if not a threat
against the Nations steel workers
receiving wage increases. He did so
without even asking the S. w. o. C.
(Steel Workers Organizing Com
mittee) to give him the benefit of
its viewpoint. He did so with the
attitude that his position-and his
position alone-must rule the ac-
tions of the board"
Mr.. Murray said J. K. Galbraith,
assistant to Mr. Henderson, and
William Leiserson of the National
Labor Relations Board also had
made public statements tending to
develop opinion against the S. w.
o. C.'s case and that the steel COM
panies had issued virtual edicts on
the union shop issue"
The War Labor Board is to con-
slider next week the S. w. o. C.'s de-
mand for a closed shop and s1-a-
day increase for employees of the
Little SteeP' companies.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

les of history, the Nazis, who
started the World War under the
slogan of Nordic supremacy have
put into motion forces which
may wipe out of history forever
that doctrine of white supremacy
which has been unchallenged in
most white minds from Kipling
to Hitler.
Fortunately, it is not an Amer
ican slogan, and the sooner we
stop talking about the little yell
low men"-and usually the last
word is not ''men"-the better for
us. The Chinese, some of our peo-
pie seem to forget. also belong to
the yellow race. We are either
fighting for world liberation or
we are fighting for no known
purpose except pure and simple
survival. We are, in very fact,
fighting for that, too.
Story of Failure.
But whether one calls 1t pres
tige" or just confidence" the
whole story of Singapore is a
story of complacency, lack of pre-
paredness, wishful thinking, and,
finally, unconditional surrender"
My first thought in reading that
the surrender took place in the
Ford plant was to wonder why
the Ford plant was still standing
to fall into japanese hands. Yet
it is not our business to attack
the British. 1t is our business to
improve ourselves.
There are times in history
when it is better to fight till the
last dog is hanged, to fight until
the last officer has perished, than
to surrender at all. The British
and Chinese soldiers in Singa-
pore we're as heroic an army as
ever fought against hopeless odds.