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The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
Seruicemen's Clubrooms Up
for Discussion BY Legion

The Frank Lozar post of the
American Legion will meet
soon to discuss the establish
ment of servicemen's club
rooms for veterans of the pres
ent and other wars.
This was revealed by Ray Hoefler,
adjutant of the local post, who said
the meeting might be conducted next
week.
If the post decides to sponsor the
project, it viii be planned for the post
war period, Hoefler said.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
TO COMPLETE
SKI Slide SOON

The ski slide will be completed with
in the next month, according to plans
formulated by the recreation board at
a meeting Monday night.
The board appropriated $3.50 for
materials and will secure two carpen-
tiers for two weeks to work under the
supervision of John Palmgard, acting
city engineer, who has prepared plans
for the slide from material secured
from the safety bureau of the. Duluth
Chamber of Commerce.
The terms of William R. Harri and
w. v. Langen expire on the last day
of this year, and their positions on the
board must be filled by joint action
of the city council and school board.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
paper DRIVE TO
Benefit army

Hundreds of the nations fighting
men will benefit directly from the
scrap paper drive conducted here by
Boy Scoot troop I'll, sponsored by st.
Andrews club.
The paper, amounting to carload
weighing $4,000 pounds, was shipped
Monday to firm making cartons for
army field rations, according to Lynn
Paulson, scoutmaster Tower troop 165
contributed $3.50 pounds to the total,
Paulson said.
I'VE wish to thank the people of the
community for their fine cooperation
in making the drive a success" he said.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
TUO Ely Girls Enlisted
in Cadet Nurses Corps

Two Ely girls have enlisted in the
United States cadet nurses corps.
Miss Doris Alfalfa early this month
registered as student nurse at the
Bellevue school of nursing, New York
City, where she has been employed.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Alfalfa and was graduated from
Memorial high school in 1941. Miss
Jane Audrey Norby, who had been a
student nurse at the Minneapolis gen.
eral hospital for year and half.
enlisted in the nurses corps several
months ago. She had attended the
University of Minnesota a year after
completing year at the Ely junior
college. She is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Emil A. Norby.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
Three DAYS TO
SECURE $500

It took Ely's Victory Aides just
three days to secure more than S400
to be added to the county war service
fund, according to information OBJ
tanned from Stanley Adkins, chair
man of the local fund committee.
The final figure may reach $500
when the tabluation of receipts is
completed, Mr.. Adkins said.
This area had originally raised
$500, $500 over the quota, but had
been requested by Judge Edward
Freeman, county fund chairman, to
contribute an additional amount to
help make up a deficit throughout
the county outside of Duluth. Other
range cities also had been requested
additional contributions to help meet
the range and rural county quota of
SS5,0OO.
MIR. Adkins, Judge Freeman, and
Mrs. M. ]. Fleming, Victory Aid
chairman, have expressed their ap-
probation of the fine response to the
plea for additional contributions and
of the splendid job turned in by the
Victory Aides.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
20, 900 Copper Coins Sent
to Federal Reserve Bank

Local persons have responded so
well to the appeal for extra pennies
that 10000 above local needs have been
shipped to the Federal Reserve Bank
at Minneapolis, George w. Somero,
cashier of the First National Bank of
Ely, reports. This brought a prompt
response from j. N. Peyton, president
of the Minneapolis bank, who thanked
residents of this area for their aid in
helping to alleviate the critical short
age of copper coins.
In all, some 10000 pennies have been
turned in to again go to work in the
channels of business instead of gath
ering corrosion in coin banks.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23

A group of navy enlistees
left Tuesday for Minneapolis
while a contingent of army re-
servists will return Jan. a to
Fort Smelling for assignment to
training camps.
These new servicemen were members
of last contingent reporting for final
physical examinations. -Four were held
over at Fort Smelling, seven were re-
jected on physical grounds, and five
who were slated to appear here for in
duction with the group were trans
ferred to other districts.
The men entering the navy, who got
only the customary weeks leave fol-
lowing enlistment even though it
meant reporting for duty just three
days before Christmas. included Ray
mond P. Buraglio and Waino A.
Thompson, Ely; Harold II. Poylio. Sou
dan; John NJ Maxi, Aurora; Edwin G..
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
FLYING CADETS
TO BE Tested

Representatives Of the aviation cadet
examining board will be here Tuesday
to conduct mental and physical screen
ing tests for youths interested in be-
coming pilots or air crew members.
The tests viii be conducted at the
Community Center, starting at 8 p.
m. and will require about two and a
half hours. Those II to 26 years, in
elusive, may take the tests, except that
17-year- -olds must present the written
consent of their parents All must have
three letters of good character refer
ence and copy of his birth certificate
At o'clock a talking picture on the
air corps will be shown in the auditor
ium to which the public is invited.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars avia-
ton cadet committee, composed of JOS
Klug, Ansol Skantz, JOS Butala, and
Adolph S. Hanson, is sponsoring the
tests.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23

vich and 1t. Edward '"Timmy" Buck.
ley. Private Vukelich would have beer
more surprised if he had seen Miss
Buraglio. "I notice in the paper thai
some of the boys compare the Ely girl:
with those near their stations" he re.
marked. "As for me, can't make
any comparisons There aren't any
girls here"
Pfc. Arvo Niskala, who has been sta
toned in England for many months
declares that sit has been training and
then more training, until I guess ]
have worn out my share of the kings
highways" Preparing for the coming
invasion of the Continent, Private Mis-
kala says the training has been
plenty tough"
just arriving in Britain, Sgt j. F.
Skradski reflects that when the lights
come on again here, it will really be
something. The women are doing a
swell job handling the heavy work
usually done by men, A lot of these
women are over 40. We have plenty
to eat and good place to sleep.
Thanksgiving was spent aboard ship
and we were served turkey dinner"
His sister, 1t Katherine Skradski of
the army nurses corps, has just arrived
in Hawaii, while q brother, Jack Skrad-
ski, gunner's mate. third class, is sta
toned in the South Pacific.
Pvt. Kenneth Hegman arrived in
England just in time to eat turkey
dinner for Thanksgiving, he has just
informed relatives here. Previous to
being transferred to another unit, he
had seen action in Africa, Sicily and
Italy.
Another Elyite now in England after
taking part in the African and Sicilian
campaigns is Pfc. John L. Glavan, who
has been overseas since Nov. 10, 1912.
Taking bath out of gallon bucket
is just one of the '9ittle" incon-
veniences of overseas service, re-
Iates Cpl. T. w. Johnson in advising
training camp soldiers not to be
dissatisfied because the worst is yet
to come.
Stationed somewhere in the Aleu-
tians, Johnson said, Back in the
states after the day is done, you can
step into warm shower, but at new
base overseas you heat your water in
gallon bucket and battle as best you
can. Later on you make shower out
of a 50-gallon barrel. Pitching pup
tent in the middle, of the winter is
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
hem, So MakeT
War Creates NeW Christmas Cards

no fun, but we take it in our stride
He admonishes those who dislike eat
ing from a mess kit to wait unit
they get overseas and they'll be NOR,
than glad to have those despised mes
kits"
He reports that he and Cpl. A. L
Markovich have been together oversea,
for 20 months, new record for con.
tinuous service together by two loca
servicemen. They have not had fur.
Tough in two and half years.
From aboard a warship of the Pacific
fleet, Pfc. AL Kurre of the marine corps
reports he has been kept busy help
ing get a new bunch OF marines
squared away and acting as the ad-
niral's orderly until he was transferres
to another ship. 1t was also my good
fortune to have Frank Takavic from
the Chandler location come to see
me-" This isn't all Private Krrre has
been doing, but the censor would have
disproved reporting it.
Staff Sgt. Victor Turula is men,
Der of rugged armored engineers unit
in England which specializes in throw
ing bridges across rivers by the "Braiile
system" This term was invented by
the units members as they trained for
the invasion of the Continent.
Under a moonless sky, and with
their faces "blacked out" with gener-
Gus quantities of English mud, Ser
geant Turula and his buddies, work.
ing in total darkness with the stealth
of Indians-erect bridges that can
support the heaviest tanks and vehicles
of the armored forces. And they do
it quickly.
In recent tests Sergeant Turula's
unit, his headquarters reported, began
construction of a timber bridge at
midnight Steep grades on each side
of the stream complicated the problem
1t was so dark that man carrying
one end Of a log could not see the
man at the other end. BY a. m. 30
ton tanks were rumbling across. The
specially of the unit, however, is the
even speedier erection of ponton
bridges using rubber floats.
Mine-field and booby-trap clearance
is major responsibility of Turulas
group, and closely allied demolition
jobs, road repair and maintenance and
construction of small air fields.
Forty-three Minnesotans are in the
unit, including Cpl. Roy w. johnson
of Chisholm.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23

The war has created an entirely new
type Of Christmas greeting.
1t Is a free-hand drawing sent by
V-mail and covering a variety of sub
ject ranging from a family scene in
old England to charging jeep smash
ing through German lines in Italy.
The unavailability of Christmas cards
didn't stop the ingenious servicemen.
The artists among them went to
work with viii and the folks In Ely
have been receiving v-mailed seasons
greetings very aptly illustrated.
Those sent to The Miner and to
the Veterans Of Foreign Wars are
typical
One received from John Pierce,
gunner's mate, first class, from Eng
land realistically illustrated why op-
irrational priorities prevented him from
sending his best wishes by wire. Anoth-
er sent by Sgt. P. A. Dargis might well
have been taken from the family album
OF London fam1ly..
A free-hand drawing of a mountain
scene in the tropical South Pacific IL
lustrated the V-mail greeting OF Ivor
M. Kent, machinist's mate, first class.
Others came from Sgt. Anthony Ste
fanich, stationed somewhere along the
shores of the Mediterranean" and from
Pvt. John A. Puzel, in italy, who select
ed the German-charging jeep carica-
ture to convey his hopes for the new
year. Frank Takavec, ship filter, first
class, sent his wish for merry Christ
mas from the South Pacific.
Enrico Mondati, seaman, second
class, from somewhere in the Pacific
war zone, reports that I'VE cannot buy
Christmas cards to send home. AL I
can say is I wish you folks back there
a merry Christmas and happy new
year. He declared the Pacific weather
was far different than the winters at
home," and that he had met Takavec
at an undisclosed base.
Seaman First Glass John Varoga also
sent "best wishes" by letter without
an explanation of the dearth of cards.
varoga, who spent a leave here re-
Gently after participating in undis-
closed actions in the Pacific, has re-
turned to active duty in that war zone.
Stationed on undisclosed islands in
the South Pacific are Lit. Theresa
Buraglio of the army nurses corps and
Pfc. John j. Vukelich. Lieutenant Bur-
aglio found the army "full of sur
prises" when she met 1t. Mark Popo-
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
Former EIyite Wounded in Pacific

A former Elyite is now prisoner of
war in Germany.
He is Technical Sgt. Wilbur Rice,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Rice,
Troutdale, Ore.
Listed as missing for several months
after his B-24 bomber was shot down
in May while on mission over the
Continent, it was learned in July that
he was a prisoner of war. Later an
exchange prisoner wrote his parents
that he had known their son and that
he was well and uninjured
Sergeant Rice was awarded the Air
Medal for "meritorious achievement"
while on his last mission, and the
medal was presented to his father at
his work in the plant of the Aluminium
Company of America at Troutdale. Mr..
Rice felt his work at the vital war
plant was more important than leav-
ing it to accept the medal, so the col
onel in charge of the Portland air base,
respecting Mr.. Rtce's wish, came to the
plant for the ceremony.
Sergeant Rice was born In Ely, where
his parents resided for many years.
Two years ago the family moved from
Bemidji to Troutdale, where Wilbur
was employed in the logging industry
when he entered the army air forces.
His mother Is playground super
visor and has charge of Red Cross
work in the Fairview gardens project.
Mrs E. A. st. Marie, Proctor, sister OF
Mrs Rice, and, with Mr.. st. Marie,
a brother of Fred st. Marie of this
city, a former local resident, sent in
the information about Sergeant Rice.
The st. Marie's daughter, Marcella L.
st. Marie, is corporal in the WAC
and stationed at Fort Custer, Mich.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
SEAL, BOND SALES
OVER $1,000 MARK

Receipts from the sale Christmas
seals and health bonds have now gone
over the $1,000 mark, according to in
formation obtained from the chairmen
in charge of the drive.
Sales total $2063, with many returns
yet to come in Seal sales have reached
81, ,413 and bonds, $3.50.
Returns on the outstanding seals and
bonds should be made before the end
of the year, when a report must be
sent to the Tubeculosis and Health AS
sociation Of st. Louis county.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23

Robert Gordon, torpedoman, second
class, received sl1rapnel wounds in the
shoulder and leg during undiscloSed
action aboard destroyer in the Pa
cific war zone. Gordon is believed to
have been discharged from a naval
hospital and may be back on active
duty.
He is the son OF sgt. and Mrs. Harry
Gordon, Crosby, N. D. Sergeant Cor
don was customs patrolman stationed
here until recently Another son OF
the Gordons, Dick, is seaman second
class, in training at Houston, Texas.
Robert has been in the navy about
two years.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
ON WAY TO WINGS.

Aviation Cadet Thomas A. Thomp-
son, son of Mrs. Sanna Thompson, has
successfully completed his basic flying
traing at the Lemoore, Calf, army air
field, and now takes his final hurdle
at an army air forces advanced flying
school before receiving his wings.
Frank p. Pengal, son of Mrs. Frances
Pengal, is enrolled as an aviation cadet
in the army's pre-flight school for
pilots at Maxwell Field, Ala, for nine
weeks of intensive military, physical
and academic training preparatory to
starting primary flight training.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
FOUR IN SERVICE.

Four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Le-
katz are in the armed forces. They
are: Pvt. Peter Lekatz, in the Aleutians
for two and half years; Cpl. Joseph
I,ekatz, in Australia about year; Pic.
Mike Lekatz, at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. and Louis Lekatz. seaman, Sec
ond class. who leaves here Sunday to
again report to Farragut, Idaho, where
he has Just completed boot training.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
vERANTH WOUNDEDED IN
BATTLE OF BOUGAINvHLE

Pvt. Victor Veranth was wounded in
the battle of Bougainville, northern
most island of the Solomons group, he
told his mother, Mrs. Amelia Veranth,
who returned last week from visiting
her son at the Foster general hospital,
Jackson, Miss.
Private Veranth said he believed that
Pvt. Millard Pearson may have been
killed in the same area. Both were
in the medical corps. He also said he
met Jalmer H. Koski, carpenters
mate, third class, of the Seabees on
Bougainville. The battle for the island
was began during July and August.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
Peter Schaefer Reelected
President of County Press

Peter Schaefer of The Ely Miner was
reelected president of the st. Louis
County Press association at the annual
meeting Saturday in Duluth, where the
association members were guests of the
John Boshart Paper company at a
dinner at the Spalding hotel.
Oscar Widstrand, publisher OF the
Independent at Hibbing, was named
vice president and John Krause, pub
Usher of the Gilbert Herald, secretary
treasurer j. H. Drummond Of the
Cook Herald, Mr.. Widstrand and Mr..
Krause were elected as a committee to
arrange for a summer meeting at
Cook and Lake Vermilion.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
Start PuIpWood
Shipping Here
Record Season FOreseen as
Zero Weather Permits
Hauling of Logs.

The pulpwood shipping sea-
son, expected to surpass any
recorded for many years, was
getting under way here this
week.
Local logging operators are the
only persons happy about the sub
zero weather Of the past few weeks,
for it froze swamps and lakes and
permitted the hauling of pulpwood
from the cutting areas to the ship
ping points to begin.
Previously, Swamps were unfrozen
and the building of ice roads on which
to haul out the pulpwood was held up.
Travel over lakes had been prohibited
by the thin ice But the 2O-below zero
temperatures ended these conditions,
and now the yards of the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Iron Range Railroad, are re-
receiving the first of a growing volume
Of this vital war material.
Six operators are now shipping pulp
wood, while for the first time in two
decades railroad engines are putting
up the old Swallow & Hopkins line as
this section once again resounds to the
ring of the woodsmen's axe.
Heeding the plea to alleviate the
critical manpower shortage, some Ely
miners are spending their vacations
in the woods cutting pulpw0od.
Several have spent IA consecutive
days at this important work, with both
material benefit to the war effort and
financial benefit to themselves
At Tower women have invaded the
timber TO speed the pulpwood into war
while at Babbitt many wo-
men are reported to be working along
side their husbands as piece cutters for
the Tomahawk Kraft Paper company
Working conditions in the lumber
camps are far different from those of
an earlier day recalled by many Ely
residents. Because of their isolated
locations, the camps are permitted an
extra quantity of meat to forestall any
scarcity of this food.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
COLD WEATHER
STRIKES AGAIN
Mercury Drops to IL Below as
Frigid Blasts From North
Sweap Ely Area.

Sub-zero weather returned
to this area yesterday, with a
low of II below zero being re-
corded early in the morning by
the u. S. forest service.
The mercury never rose above the
zero mark during the day, promising
another extremely low reading for last
night.
This community enjoyed a brief
respite from last weeks bitter cold
when the % below reading made it
the most frigid point in the entire
Northwest, but the moderate weather
ended when icy winds again swept in
from the north. At a. m. yesterday
it was minus II and at 3 p. M, usually
the warmest part of the day, it was
still below
Readings taken by the forest service
at 8 a. m. for the preceding "A hours
follow.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
Ceiling Price Established
on Apples, OPA States

There is ceiling price on all var
ieties of apples, the local war price
and rationing office has announced in
response to numerous telephone calls.
For group l and 2 stores, which in
clude all of Ely's, the ceiling price on
apples, regardless of variety, is II cents
per pound, effective for December and
January. The local price panel re-
quests that overcharges be reported at
the rationing office.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
TO BE FLYER.

Ed Pucel, who as seaman took part
in the Sicilian invasion, has trans
ferred to the navy air corps and is in
training as an aviation cadet at Mid
dleton, Conn. A brother, Staff Sgt.
Fred Pucel, has been in the South
Pacific for a year but has not been
permitted to reveal his station.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
TWO MORE GRADUATED.

Two additional Elyites were gradu-
ated from the University of Minnesota
last week. Frances Mae Richards was
graduated from the school of nursing
and and John SKule from the college
of dentistry. Wayne Brownell also
received degree in dentistry and FL
mer Kero degree in pharmacy.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
WINNER IN ESSAY CONTEST.

A Memorial high school student was
one of five winners in st. Louis county
in the statewide 1943 Christmas seal
radio essay contest. She is nona Mills,
senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Mills.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
KIvIPELTo CAPTAIN.

DIVA Kivipelto, veterans bomber pilot
in the South Pacific, has been pro-
NOTED from first lieutenant to captain,
according to word just received here
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
KiyipeltO.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23

Present servicemen's rooms in the
Community Center will be inadequate
to accommodate the veterans return
ing at the end of this war, Hoefler,
said, necessitating the planning of
more adequate quarters.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
PLAYS WITH SYMPHONY.

Miss Marian Rautio, a junior student
at the University of Minnesota, ap-
peared in the string section of the
university symphony orchestra at its
fall concert. The daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs John Rautio, Miss Rautio is
now home for the holiday vacation.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
IN THE PACIFIC.

Frank Evenocheck, seaman, first
class, and John Maier, shipfitter, first
class, of the Seabees, are on duty in
the Pacific.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-23
m ATJsTRALIA % MONTHs.

Staff Sgt. Milton H. Stenlund has
been stationed for % months in Aus
tralia with the army air force.
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W. W. SALE: LATE MODEL JOHN
sf,,,d GuIooard motor % h. p. Also
rr,aldy slightly used factory
gs saue Il IT. boat. See Mr.. Allie
s7Oo' otar-News or phone.
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EARNS LEAVE

William H. Sebrell, carpenters
mate. third class, Navy Seabee
OF Wilmington, member of the
Lucky Thirteenth" construction
battalion, is back for a well-earn-
ed leave after year of hard work
at Dutch Harbor and vicinity.
From the time the Thirteenth
left its training station at Nor
folk, Va, with three black cats
as mascots, good fortune followed
the fighting Seabees. They arrived
at their West Coast embarkation
port August 10, 1912. They left
Dutch Harbor On a Friday the
thirteenth-in the thirteenth month
OF active duty. Furthermore, the
battalion returned without a cas-
ualty from accident, illness, or
enemy action.
During their stay at Dutch Har-
tor, the Seabees extended airport
facilities, built a hospital, con-
structed theater. completed
breakwater, dock, and warehouse
projects. and built their own quar-
tiers known as Sheep Ranch Viii
lage."
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PROMOTED

Joseph IA. Dick) Williams. II.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry VIII
mans of Myrtle Grove Sound, has
been promoted to the grade Of
sergeant. He enlisted in the Army
June l6, 1943 and was sent ia
Camp Claiborne, La, where he
is now stationed with Headoua--
ters Detachment, 361st Engineers.
Before entering the Army he was
connected with the Wilmington
District Engineers office.
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TRANSFERRED

PFC. Owen W. Waters, son Of
Mrs. O. w. Waters of 1914 Dock
street. has been transferred from
Cherry Point to Jacksonville, Fla.
TO enter school as a radio opera.
tor IL the U. S. Marine Air Corps.
Before entering the service, he
was employed in the freight of.
flee of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad.
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ENTERS SCHOOL,

Aviation Cadet William Stanley
Holland, son of Mrs. Sarah M.
Holland of 1922 Ana street, has
entered the advanced Navigation
school at Selman Field, Monroe,
La. He attended New Hanover
High school and before entering
the service was employed by the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.