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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

Pfc. John A. Lobe, about 35 years
of age, a former resident of this city,
is reported as missing in action in the
Philippines, his sister, Miss Bertha
Lobe, states.
Attempts by his brothers and sisters
to contact him, both shortly before
and after the Japs launched their
Pacific attacks, have failed. Private
Lobe, however, may be war prisoner,
and his fate, along with that OF six
other Elyites on the Philippines, may
not be revealed until after the islands
once again come under the Stars and
Stripes.
On Jan. 9 Miss Lobe wrote her
brother a letter A short time ago 1t
was returned marked service Sus-
pended" What devious routes it may
have travelled during these 10 months
are known only to the army postofdce
officials. Albert Lobe, an Ely brother,
also wrote in November, 1941, and his
letter was returned.
Private Lobe volunteered for army
service in San Francisco about TWO
years ago. A member of pursuit
squadron, he was sent to Hawaii and
then to the Philippines, where was
stationed when war broke out. Before
leaving here about Is years ago, he
was employed at Seme's Market and
at Kovalls Store.
He has three sisters besides the one
here. namely, Mrs. Joe Mayerle, Jrr
Keewatin; Mrs. oscar Dummitt, De-
troit. and Mrs. James Van Wave,
Duluth, and another brother, Joe
Lobe, Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Jugoslau NATL Home
to Honor Members in
Armed Forces Sunday
354 Now Serving Country
in Army, Navy; Seven
Are Women.

The Jugoslav National Home
will unveil it's honor roll OF
members serving in the armed
forces of the nation at special
ceremonies set for Sunday at
9 p. m.
There are 354 members, including
seven women, in the service of their
country. Their names appear ON page
five.
Miss Vida Ponikvar, Chisholm, will
be the principal speaker. The program
will open with the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" The honor
roll will be unveiled by John Mehle,
president of the National Home, and
Andrew Pirtz, home secretary, will
read the list of members.
Talks will be given by Mayor John
Kapsch and the Rev. Frank Mihelcic.
Scouts from troop TIA win provide
entertainment.
Appearing on the musical program,
the following will give vocal selec-
tions: Miss Mary Hutar. Frank and
Edward Shepel, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Merhar, Jr., and the Ely quartet COM
posed of Frank Jenko, Matt Kobe,
Valentine Roman and John Draga-
Won. The community singing of
america and "Hej Slovenci" will
close the program.
A dance will be conducted at 7:3O
O'Clock, with Beanie" Boben provid-
ing the music. Lunch and refresh
ments will be served.
The JugoSlav National Home is the
outgrowth of Slovenian library
founded in 1906, and the library, which
now contains about thousand vol
umes, is still maintained. About 80
years ago the library was established
in what is now the Kalan building on
East Sheridan street.
In 1918 it was first advocated that
a National Home be established. and
the following year six fraternal lodges
combined to purchase the present
building on the Corner of Sheridan
street and Central avenue. The articles
of Incorporation were signed ON Aug
%, 1919, and the corporation was put
into effect on Sept. 1. The first Off
GERS were John Judnich, president;
Fred A. Wider, vice president; Anton
Bolka, secretary; John Teran, treas
urer; Louis Buchar, recording secre-
tary, and Matt Polajnar, Frank Mar
tinjak and John Zajc, trustees.
The purpose of the organization was
to Gown /. . building to be used
=. F.. for social, library and educational
purposes and mutual improvement OF
its members"
When incorporated, the home hac
TOO members, and this membership
has now grown to over $500, includ-
ing adults and juveniles.
Present officers are Mehle, president
Joe L. Champa, vice president; Pirtz
secretary; Joseph Milkovich, financial
secretary; John Otrin, chairman Of
the auditing and house committees
with Frank Erzar and Jack Kunstel
assistant chairmen, and Matt Vertin
Mrs. Frank Jenko and John Dragavon
directors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
DEER TALES

"What can you tell me about
guides?"
A prominent Ely sportsman looked
up from the magazine he was read
ing, eyed the questioner, clearly g
stranger, but, before he could answer
the visitor continued.
81 met fellow over in a store who
offered to take me, out for $40. Said
he didn't have any rifle shells, sc
would have to use mine"
There was no doubt about what the
man was fishing for, and the Elyite
gave his candid opinion. well, hate
to tell you this, but you were being
took"
That's what 1 thought. I didn't
| mind the $40 so much, but shells are
mighty scarce"
ct tell you what you do" the Ely
lite said, generously. you come along
with me in the morning and it won't
cost you cent"
Came the morning, dark, warm,
and rainy. The party, which included
four men, drove out to BURNSIDE. Out
of the car they piled and struck off
through the woods.
"Never saw a deer in the woods, -
the stranger confided. "I've hunted
rabbits around my farm near Mime
apolis and ducks in the western part
of the state, and I've heard about
deer running across the road in front
of car, but I've never seen one"
A burst of gunfire broke the early
morning stiffness. Opposite them was
fairly large bay, and swimming,
with but the black dot of its head
showing, was deer making for the
shore.
Bang, bang, bang. Ker-plunk, kerr
plunk, ker-plunk
Bullets were hitting the water on all
sides of the swimming animal. Gun
fire came from seemingly every side
of the bay.
"Hope he makes it," the Ely
sportsman breathed to himself.
The deer, never increasing its speed,
reached the shore, scampered on to
the beach, and ambled leisurely into
the woods.
Darkness was rapidly approaching
when an Ely man and his son started
back to town in their car after spend
ing the afternoon at hunting shack.
Driving down narrow trail, they
suddenly met another auto, which
crowded them off the road, into the
ditch, and then sped away without
stopping -
It wasn't until he switched his
motor off that he heard the extent of
the shooting in the area. And he and
his son hadn't stitch of red cloth
on them. There they were with their
car stuck in ditch, with bullets vir-
tually whizzing by from all directions
Sounded like a target range" the
man, who spent some nine months in
| and near the front lines in France
| during the last war, declared.
The minutes dragged by as the two
huddled in the front seat Then along
came another auto, whose driver
obligingly pulled out the stuck car
and neither wasted any time speeding
to other parts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Buy War Bonds and Stamps

We weekly receive news from friends
and relatives of servicemen which we
cannot print and sometimes those
giving the news are miffed and
accuse the paper of favoriteism and
holding out on the men in service and
their relatives. Such is not the case.
To print some vital bit of news in
the letters that has escaped the
censors would be serious and might
bring harm to the boys and furnish
information to those not entitled
thereto. The Office of censorship has
broadcast the following to the news
papers: "We realize the purpose of
publishing lists of servicemens adj
dresses is the good one of encouraging
people to write to the boys, but there
is difference between the men in
service providing their friends with
their addresses which disclose mill
Continued on Last Page
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

A budget of $162,485 for 1913 fol
the fourth commissioner district has
the fourth commissioner district is be-
ing considered by the county board
today.
This is $4,367 under the budget OF
$166,85285 for the present year.
The budget calls for a construc-
ton program of $4,000, and sets
aside $72,1O5 for maintaining 300 miles
of county and SO miles of township
roads Work on township roads with
in the district is mainly snowplowing
but some blading is done.
The construction projects in the
district, which had the recommended
ton of George W. Deibler, county
highway engineer, follow:
Angus road from trunk highway No
to section 10, township 81, range 49,
seal coat ga miles, $4,000; Angus road
from section 18-62-16 to section 1852
16, gravel lift and bituminous surface
34 miles, $17,700, (the Angus road is
near Lake Vermilion0
Crane lake road, Cook to Vermilion
dam, gravel lift and bituminous sur
face 38 miles, $4,000; Tower-Itasca
road, oil surface, 10.4 miles, $1,000.
Virginia-Ely road, from the White
Iron school on state highway No. to
state aid highway No. 81, gravel sur
face 4.8 miles, 5000, Pike river road
between Wahlsten, five miles south Of
Tower, and state highway No. 1859
grade and gravel miles, $11 900.
Orr-Buyck road, grade and grave
ga mile, $4,000; unappropriated con-
struction. $9,801.
Six bridges will be rebuilt or re-
paired at an individual cost of $500
Two are on the Helen road, and one
each is on the Forrest, Hayland, Ola
and Orr-Buyck roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

Governor Harold E. Stasser
and Victor Johnston, director
of the Minnesota Tourist Blu.
reau, are scheduled to arrive
here today for hunting trip
on the Echo Trail, The Miner
has learned.
DIR. w. L. Strunk, conserva.
ton commissioner, headed a
party which was headquar-
tered at the Canadian Border
lodge the first of this week.
An estimated 1000 deer hunting
licenses were sold to St Louis and
Lake county residents in this area.
Five nonresident licenses were sold
by the game wardens at the state
cabin at Winton, setting new
record. Each nonresident paid
S5O.25.
The rush for resident licenses ex-
ceeded even the widest estimates, and
the licenses were exhausted locally
several times. Only few were on
hand at mid-week.
One hundred and twenty eight
deer were checked by game war
dens in the Mud Greek area, on
Lake verm.ilion, the opening day of
the season.
The same day, Sc were tagged in
two hours in the Stoney, south of
Ely. Hunters on the Echo trail Sum
day were estimated to number no
more than 80. The Fernberg trail was
hunted comparatively heavy.
During the opening days of the
season, it was estimated that about
one-third of the hunters were getting
their deer.
Seven high officials from the city
government of st. Paul each got his
deer in about two hours hunting in
the Stoney. Many hunters, however,
reported poor hunting. Noise under
foot, not deadened by the usual fall
of snow, frightened the animals, they
said.
Commercial notes: One woman
purchased $40 worth of cosmetics in
a drug store. Said she couldn't buy
them at home A hunter said he had
seen more gum in the same store
than he had observed between Ely
and ChicagoA Big demand for tobacco.
Mondays temperature, which
ranged in the upper SOS, had
hunters wondering what to do with
their deer after shooting them. The
warm weather of the seasons first
three days was very, very unpopular
with the nimrods, and it temper
arily spared the lives of many
animals.
Charles Carlson, who sustained a
superficial wound when he shot him
self between the toes, was the only
hunting casualty to date. An out-of-
town hunter was reported to have had
a rifle bullet Craze his forehead, but
this is wholly unconfirmed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Buy War Bonds and Stamps

While most of the homes in this
country are unscathed, many a war
casualty has brought heartache to
countless fathers and mothers, sisters
and brothers, says the Virginia En-
terprise. Those who have been spared
the grief and the loss of loved ones
are fortunate beyond compare. There
is little that this or any other COM
munity can do to aSsuage the distress
and the sorrow which these trials
imposed upon the many others-has
created except to appreciate and
understand that these gave all they
had in the common cause. Pride in
precious gifts given to the nation,
and the comfort yielded through faith
in the Higher Power, will alone buoy
the anglished through the Gethse-
names which a war not of our choos-
ing has brought into being.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
SHOW War film
HERE SATURDAY
Victories of Navy in Midway,
Coral Sea Battles to
be Recounted.

Two thrilling war pictures and sew
eraI Institutional films will be shown
in the Community Center auditorium
Saturday at and at 1880 p. m.
One of the action pictures illus
trates the feats of the Navy and is
entitled Midway and Coral Sea
Battles" The other is "The Battle of
France"
Shorts on the "Star Spangled Ban
ner", the U. S. army signal corps, use
of the service gas mask, and one on
first aid are also included on the
program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

Eight or ten national forest
wardens will be named here
by two district rangers of the
u. S. forest service to serve as
key men in a newly perfected
fire fighting system.
Five will be selected in the Kawish-
iwi district by Ranger j. w. Trygg,
and will be located at Section Thirty,
White Iron, Winton, Rabbit and on
the Fernberg road -Four or five will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

organize small local suppression crews.
They may also issue a restricted
number of burning permits They
viii be compensated by the federal
government for actual work done.
The federal forest service is COOP
Grating with the state fire fighting
service in working out fire suppression
measures. John Fritzen, Duluth, area
supervisor for the state forest service,
has been named state fire fighter chief
for st. Louis county. Assistant chiefs
will be selected in the various locali-
ties in the county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Forest Service Replaces Lost Manpower
Perfecting New Fire Fighting Unit

be selected in the Lac LaCroix dis
trict by Ranger Jack Valentine.
They win form the nucleus of a
fire fighting organization designed to
replace the manpower lost through
the abandonment of CCC camps,
and will be ready for action next
spring.
The national forest wardens, who
will wear official badges, will take ini-
tial action on small fires. After re-
ceiving special training, they viii
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
First Ely Girl Gets
National Defense job.

Miss Norine Matchiner is now en-
ployed in the Boeing Aircraft factory
at Seattle, Wash. Miss Matchiner
trained at the Duluth NYA produc-
ton training center and left the center
for war work after completing her
training. She is the first of the Ely
contingent to accept national defense
work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
FUEL OIL.

Starting Tuesday of next week
fuel oil can be purchased only with
coupons. Persons submitting appli-
cations for fuel oil rationing are
urgently requested to have them
COMPLETELY FILLED OUT be-
fore bringing them to the war price
and rationing office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

HEAR FROM TUOMALA.
Pfc. RENO w. Tuomala,
listed as missing in action on
Bataan, is well, according to
the American Red Cross. This
welcome news was received
here Saturday by Tuomala's
mother, Mrs. Hanna Tuom-
ala, from a daughter, Mrs.
Walter Jarvi, Ironwood,
Mich. Mrs. Jarvi had con-
tacted the Red Cross con-
corning her brother. A ma
rine, Tuomala was wounded
and received the purple heart
award shortly before Bataan
fell. This is the first informa-
ton coming directly from any
of Ely's seven men in the
Philippines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Remember Pearl Harbor

An exchange says that in Holland
the women are using American PAL
amas for street wear and then COM
ments: "That is nothing, our women
are also doing this but call them
Stacks"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Eddie Rickenbacker, war ace of
1918, forced down with his crew of
flyers in the Pacific on october 81,
found Saturday, owes his life to the
American invention, the rubber life
raft. And yet there are those boarding
tires and rubber goods, notwithstand-
ing the government needs rubber
desperately
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
ELY IRON MINES
NEAR 1880 MARK.

The Ely mines have shipped 1,5T3,-
BIO tons of iron ore to the docks by
the first of this month.
They still have to ship 170,245 tons
by the close of the shipping season to
equal the 1880 all-time record of
liza, 055.
Tonnage shipped to Nov. by the
five mines follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
Protect Your Home
from tuberculosis

from tuberculosis week
This is the 36th annual seal sale,
and the local campaign will be held IN
conjunction with the nationwide
fipht against tuberculosis. Funds
raised make possible the local health
program for the prevention OF tuber-
culosis, and aid in the statewide and
national fight to eradicate tuoer-
culosis.
Ninety-five per cent of the income
from the seal sale remains in the
state in which it is raised, and only
five per cent goes to support the
medical research and other work OF
the National tuberculosis association
Miss Novak announces the following
who will assist in the Christmas seal
campaign: E. w. Hanson, appointed
nv paul Van Hoven of Duluth, who
will take charge of the sale of bonds
TO local organizations and business
firms. and Mrs. Ann Stoll, school
nurse. who will have charge OF the
school seal sale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Remember Pearl Harb0r

Social item: Field Marshall Rom
mel is winding up an extended visit
in Africa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
SEEK NAVY ENLISTMENT.

Fred G.. Kanninen, Albin Kotchevar
and Kenneth D. Smith have applied
for enlistment in the u. S. navy at
the EYeleth station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
Open Season is Set on
Muskrats for December.

An open season on muskrats has
been set for Dec. 1-31, inclusive, the
conservation department has an
nounced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
sale OF SEALS
STARTS MONDAY

With the nation facing a threatened
wartime rise in tuberculosis, the
1912 Christmas Seal sale will get of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
NO COFFEE NEXT WEEK.

No CUFFEE NEAT WEEN.
Saturday is the final day that coffee
can be purchased until the rationing
of this beverage maker is inaugurated
Nov 80. The sale of coffee during all
of next week is prohibited.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

10 an early SIdrI
Monday, and be
carried on inten-
sively, according
to Miss Ann
Novak, local
Christmas Seal
chairman.
Christmas Seal
posters and WIN
dow displays are
being placed this
week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19
4TH DISTRICT
BUDGET FIXED
$4,000 Set Aside for Road
Construction, $72,105
for Maintenance.

PROPOSED
FOURTH DISTRICT BUDGET.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-19

Charles Carlson, who sustained a
superficial wound when he shot him
self between the toes, was the only
hunting casualty to date. An out-of-
town hunter was reported to have had
a rifle bullet Craze his forehead, but
this is wholly unconfirmed.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17
Corps Supply Base at Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Corps Supply Base at Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio.
There will be no written exa-
mination but all applicants must
have six units of high school Gre
dts in either mathematics, ply
sizes, chemistry, or drafting. The
Signal Corps will have a repre-
sentative at the Local Office of
he United States Civil Service
Commission, Room 4O79 New
Post Office Building, Cleveland,
Ohio, to interview and qualify
applicants on Tuesday, Septem-
Der 22nd. 1t will not be necessary
to make any previous appoint
nent. Just call in person between
the hours of 900 A. NJ. and 4 90
P. NJ. H. ]. Rimer, Sec'y.
Local Board, U. S. Civil Service
Examiners.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17

bduoe nno In 2onbon ielbit ,paren
mabren6 Der 8ombenangriffs- -Yerio-
De ale Sdulen geidloiien. Sn uieIen
5allen mar iiberoies audi bas 5ami-
lienleben uno oie ba,lsliGe Dis5ipIin
in Die Bride gegangen. Gie Batter
tuaren beim Seer = sic Splitter tateu
cbenfaas alien m0glihen &riegsoienit
Die &inoer tparen iomit iib ielblt
iiberlaiien, ,sno ga iie nidt sur Shule
geben fonnten, batten iie mebr freie
Belt gu ibrer gerfiieung, als ihnen
gut tat. 8iele bon ibnen gerieten auf
Die ibiefe Gebene un0 famen audi
bolo NIT Ser Holiaei in aonilift.
Wan fono cine 2oiung fir oieles
Eroblem, inoem man fir folt ale
Nenglilden GinOer (,m genau 81 iein:
50 Pro5ent) mieoar normalen Shul-
unterribt einri6tate uno bel Sem Gelt
oafiir iorate, oab er niht obne sic
NOTICE Muflidt bIieb.
Gin beionoeres &apitel biloeten
piele ilrnge Burden, Die ploslih in
Der &iiitllngsinouitrie bobe 20bne
oeroienten. Sic batten 5ltmeiit porber
ME iebr biel @elo in cen SGnoen
gebabt, uno tuuBten Nun alio nidt,
pie iie es berniinftie auseeben ioIl-
ten. Stattoeiien 1parfen iie es pielfad,
fir ale mogliben t0ri6ten 8ergnii=
gungen binaus, Die iie oft audi in
mebr ooer lueniger grobe Sfpierig
feiten bradten. Mub bier iano man
aber eine 20iung, inoem man ibnen
bon ibren 20bnen nur einen 8rnb,
tell als vSpenoeselo" in bar aus
5ablte uno fie anbielt, Sen Relt in
Sparfonten uno sen oeridieoenartig.
item ebr-Broieften felt5ulegen. Ga.
>',rd tnnroen ioaar alei6 5lpei sslie-
gen nit elmer alappe eeidlagen
Denn es beranlaBte bieie Susenb,
liben audi, genal, tpie Die bon gr-
tpadienen ibren gerehten Mnteil an
ben &riegslalten su tragen, uno
gleif5eitig balf es nit oa5u, auf
fir ibre 3ufunft in ser Naf)friegs.
Seit gleid einen finan5ieaen &iidbal,
,u ihaffen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17
DID YOU KNOW

Birth of the second set of trip
cts in Screven County, Georgia,
in twelve days, prompted the Syl-
'ania Telephone, weekly news
PAPER. to issue it's first extra edi-
ion in its sixty-two-year history.
Anxious to rid his orchards of
he codling moth. John Rick,
Reading, Pa, advertised in the
newspapers for 100 live bats in
good flying condition. Will pay
) cents each" He believes they
will 'exterminate the pests.
Russia developed the oil out
Hut OF Baku, Caspian seaport,
rom 100000 tons in 1920 to 3O,-
100000 tons in 1910.
Honolulu infants and small
children are to be protected from
poisonous war gases by bunny
,as masks. distribution of which
already has started. The name
comes from the fact they have
"ears" giving them a rabbitlike
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17
WE WERE WRONG
ON EVERY POINT
Says Isolationist

New York. The Rev. Robert !
Cannon, president of Fordham
University, said that he had beer
wrong on every point as pre-
Pearl Habor isolationist and this
nation must never again disarm
/ or be misled by the preachments
!! Of isolationists."
Only year ago there were
many loyal Americans - and
was one of them - who felt that
this was not our war" he said at
the opening of the tOlst academic
year of Fordham.
We used to say that if the
ooviets were wiped off the map it
would be good riddance and that
he feeble, guilty old British En-
Dire was not worth one American.
"Yet, humiliating as it is, am
'eady to confess that we were
wrong and President Roosevelt
vas right. 1t was our war from
he first.
"If the President had listened
% me, China, Russia and Great
Britain would now be PROSTATE
and we should be facing our zero
hour alone and unprepared.
Instead, thanks to Roosevelt,
our Allies are far from PROSTATE
md their immense courage, back
ID up at last by the full power
,f the United States, will make
his long war. but one with good
Jews at the end"