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Evening star., 1943-01-07
Still Sees 1o43 Baseball

NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 7 (P.-
Ralph H. Daughton, president Of
the Glass B Piedmont League, said
ne still believes that baseball will
operate next summer.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Hot Search for Truininq Sites
Is Launched by Major Clubs
College Field Houses Generally Sought
As Outfits Ignore Grounds at Home
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK. Jan 7Maor league basebals biggest searching
party since Joe D Maggie lost his favorte
officials scattered in all directions to find spring training
within an A-cards distance Of their home grounds.
Undaunted and apparently unaffected by the OPA
pleasure driving in Eastern States the clubs
Evening star., 1943-01-07
IncomeStopped,
Help at Tracks
In Dire Plight
Fair Grounds Likely
To Get Many Horses
From 'Gutor State
BY JOHN WILDS,
Associated Press Sports Writer

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 7.-Fifteen
hundred thoroughbreds were strand
ed here today by the closing of the
Miami race tracks, leaving owners
and trainers in quandary about
what to do with animals that go
right on eating even though there
are no more purses to win.
The Florida racing season folded
yesterday after the Office of Price
Administration announced a ban on
all automobile pleasure driving.
Tropical Park called off its meet
ing after IS days of operations, and
Hialeah Park decided not to attempt
season in the face of the drastic
gasoline curb.
For the big racing stables, backed
by wealthy sportsmen. the closing
presented the alternatives of ship
ping horses to Northern farms, send
ing them to New Orleans, where the
Fair Grounds track is operating, or
stabling them here until the East
ern plants are scheduled to open in
the spring.
Blow to Smaller Stables.
The smaller stables, which op-
crate on a hand-to-mouth basis and
depend upon picking up a couple
of purses to pay the costs of mov-
ing from one track to another,
faced a far more serious problem.
There were troubles ahead, too,
for many stable hands, exercise
boys and other lesser employees who
had no reserve funds to tide them
over.
vitality affected, along with stable
employees, were more than 1000 per-
sons who work at Miami tracks
during their meetings.
In making announcements, neither
Miami horse establishment closed
the door on possible future opera
tions.
II am hopeful that the situation
may clear up before long" said
Tropicals President Henry L. Straus
at his Baltimore home.
John c. Clark, president Of Hia-
leah, declared that track is suspend
ing until such time as there is full
approval Of the continuance of
racing"
Gov. Spessard L. Holland held out
hope that Florida would be elimi-
mated from the strictly rationed
Eastern Seaboard area when a new
pipeline goes into service about
February /.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19
Happy Birthday!

Birthday greetings to Senator
Ralph Mayhood, 1900 Park Ave,
whose birthdate is Nov. %; Mines.
Sarah Vaughn, 3720 4th Ave. &c.;
Mabel Bell, 1929 Clinton, Minneap-
oils, and Mrs. Jean Waters, 1872 N.
Avon, st. Paul, all three birthdays
are on Nov. 26, and Edward L.
Boyd, 1888 4th Ave. &c., and Will
liam H. Walker, 1914 4th Ave. &c.,
both birthdays on Nov. %, and Cor
don Parks, last known address $50
W. 35th St., YMCA, New York.
Rev. FIR. William L. Love, St.
Leonard's Church, doth and Gin
ton, Minneapolis, Nov. 81.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19
THANKSGIVING

When the turkeys in the oven,
And the pies are set to COOL
And the snow has lain her blanket
Ov'r the ice upon the pool
And you hear the sleigh bells
jingle,
AS the folks come up the drive
Then you get that grand old feeling
That it's good to be alive
And as you hurry out to greet
them
Hoping no one stayed behind
You breathe a little prayer
Unto God who is so kind
For Thanksgiving would be
empty
And meaningless, should we
This day forget to thank our God,
Who blesses you and me.
Lincoln H. Shogren.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19

groes ever reach the point where
they think that they or their kins-
men ought to ride in Jim Crow
Cars then the Negro in America is
lost.
A red cap or a porter or waiter
need not treat colored passengers
with contempt because racial con-
tempt is written in the law. Even
within the framework of segrega-
ton he can treat his kinsmen with
dignity and courtesy and thereby
repudiate its vicious implications.
know this from experience both
as a passenger and as a Pullman
porter. remember not many years
ago when a group Of US porters
working in New England resolved
to give every colored passenger
on the Pullman cars we manned the
very utmost in service. Soon after
wards recall l had a middle-aged
professor of a Southern school on
his way to Montreal. In the morn
ing after pushing up his berth, l
gave him without solicitation, a
nice clean fresh pillow. I then
asked him if he wished a table on
which to write. Each porter then
as he passed through the car smiled
and called out a CHEEKY "good morn
ing, sir" to him and by the time
we reached Portland, Maine, every
white passenger in the car asked
me in a respectful tone els that
Booker T. Washington" I have
watched the dining car men on
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific in their treatment of colored
passengers. They are unfailingly
polite and pleasant and the effect
is always the same, respect on the
part of the white passengers and a
heightened sense of comfort on the
part of the colored passengers.
Finally, in singing out Atlanta
there was no attempt to stigma
tie all the Atlanta red caps. Ger
tainly those who have no such feel
ing of inferiority as that which I
encountered will not be enraged.
They will just be sorry that any
of their fellow-workers should have
so completely surrendered to the
philosophy of racial contempt.
I am intrigued by the name of
my Atlanta critic. My own paternal
grandfather came from Social
Circle, Georgia. 1t appears that
Ernest Edward Carter has some
characteristics of the Carriers that
I know.
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NO POTATOES!

When most of life seems upside down,
And things in general rate frown,
Don't fret about the way fate goes,
Feel sorry rather that you said:
Gall that steak-and no potatoes,
All this gravy-and no bread"
Live along theory based on discomfort,
Yet never grow so SNUG you've no peeve to vent;
Life can be as sparkling as bubbles in champagne,
If you can take a sorrow you take blessing;
Ambition must have reason, it's folly to complain
Because the turkey has oysters in its dressing.
Aim high at sum- but make demands with sense,
That you may take your world without fence;
Meet Destiny halfway step forward for your break,
What sadder plight than some forlorn tomatoes,
Who, having begged or tucked on steak
Asks Providence, where are the potatoes?"
Too many wait some great modern parable,
OF loaf and fish, to come and make things bearabe;
In times like these Heaven sends no gift,
Save your own hard labor, industry and thrift
No special dispensations, premiums Fate owes,
But the will and health to dig your own potatoes!
james T. Logan.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19
Visitors To
Ofice..,

Visitors to the Minneapolis Of
fee of the Minneapolis Spokesman
and st. Paul Recorder newspaper
were: Messrs. Joseph B. Levy, D.
c. Allen, Stanley Gardner, Alther-
ton Hughes, Scott Tyler, s. 2 C.
Elmo Jones, J. L. Gray, Minneap-
oils; Sgt. Oscar II. Newman, Ellis
Field, ILL.,; Rev. FIR. William L.
Love, Rev. H. Reddick, W. r. Con-
way, Chas. LaBeaux, Minneapolis;
Harry Fl. C. Gibson, Chicago, H.;
Mines. Ninfa Bruna Bottali, Ethel
Maxwell Williams, Villa Newman,
Hazel B. Curry, Bertha johnson,
Mayme NJ. Battles, Corinne Bum
and Mrs. Hugh B. Wilcox.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19

charge of base operations, told him
what had happened and asked what
he should do with the men. Keep
them till morning, the colonel told
him, it will do them a power of
good.
The pay-off came when they were
compelled to stand trial for the Of
tense. They found themselves be-
fore Negro judge and prosecuted
by a Negro attorney. Worse, they
were found guilty and fined, and
given a severe lecture by the judge,
who pointed out that the law was
administered without fear or favor
in Jamaica. The judges final
warning was that second offense
would draw not a fine but a prison
term.
The Americans learned the hard
way, but they learned. When they
saw that they could not flout the
law and customs of the islands with
impunity they began to adjust
themselves to their environment.
Today they have made friends
among the Negro population and
mingle with them freely in public
places. They have learned too that
the removal of discriminatory So
cial laws does not lead to indis-
eliminate marriage between white
and Negro, and they see before
them always a demonstration of
the fact that the individual still
enjoys the right under these liberal
laws to choose his friends and
therefore still has the right to de-
eide who shall visit him socially.
They are even becoming con-
siderate. The word "nigger" was
a commonplace on their lips when
they first came; now they use it
less often and are careful in speech
and action to avoid giving ofense.
In short, they are living democracy.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19

a world at war become vital
Panama Canal, Americans are dis
covering that democracy in fuller
sense than it is known here can
work.
Uncle Sam maintained his repu-
tation as a good trader when he ex-
changed fifty out-moded destroyers
for a ring of military and naval
outposts in the British islands of
the West Indies, and it has turned
out to be an even better bargain
than he imagined. He sent South
ern engineers to build the bases
that had been acquired in Jamaica,
Trinidad, Bermuda and elsewhere,
places whose preponderantly Ne
gro populations have enjoyed a
hundred years of freedom from the
discriminatory practices obtaining
in the United States.
The Southerners brought Jim
Crow with them, but soon had to
abandon it when they discovered
that neither the population nor the
courts of law were of a mind to
connive at it. Not even the millions
of almighty dollars that were being
spent in the building of the bases
were sufficient inducement to the
islanders to sell their birthright of
freedom.
Many heads were broken before
accord was established, for the
Southerners found themselves in
situations outside their experience
a nd therefore bewildering. A
Southerner does not take kindly to
riding beside a Negro in a bus or
street car, eating in the same res
taurant, dancing on the same floor
at a night club or sitting beside
him in theatre. He resented these
things, sometimes violently and al
ways to his detriment. He found
no submissiveness in the West In
dies and he got blow for blow when
he took the law into his own hands.
Although the engineers were
free to practice Jim Crow in the
base areas, since these were
United States territory, even there
they are refraining from discrimi-
nation. Early in the building of the
bases they tried to kick the native
laborers around, but when the first
Southerner who attempted it found
razor-edged machete down to the
bone in his leg it was lesson enough
for him and his countrymen.
The most talked Of incident in
Jamaica is that Of the Negro labor
foreman who, pressed for time
dashed into a lavatory labeled
WHITE and was met with the fist
Of one Of the Southerners as he
came out. Quick as a boxer throw
ing counter punch, he knocked the
American to the ground. He went
for his coat and was on his way to
the pay Office when the American
called him back. Shake, he said,
and forget it. They shook hands.
Today they are friends.
Another story concerns a police
man who was accustomed to take
his nightcap at bar near the base.
He went in as usual one night to
find the place occupied exclusively
by Americans. He called for his
drink and was promptly thrown out
for having the nerve to try to drink
with white people. Discretion in
dicated caution and, being outnum-
bered, he went to the station house
and brought four of his colleagues
back with him. The Americans
showed fight, but in the end they
found themselves lodged in Jail,
charged with disorderly conduct
and resisting arrest. The night
sergeant called the colonel in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19

ADVERTISERS IN THIS
PAPER REALLY WANT
YOUR PATRONAGE
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Card Of Thanls

We wish to express our appreci-
alton to Rev. A. ]. Irvine, the st.
Peters A.M.E. choir, the donors of
the beautiful flowers and our kind
friends and neighbors who so kind
ly assisted in any way they could
during the illness and death of our
dear father and grandfather,
Charles Underwood.
The Family.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19
War Strikes CLOSER to Home

The struck closer home last week St. Paul family
had his life foreign soil
in the Army of the United States.
Harold Beasey who died for his country and
humanity Negro
from the Twin Cities his all The gods of fate have been kind
Minnesota Negro who seeing service the Nations
which the St Paul family received
inevitable all
As the bad from time time should
every living obtaining swift victory decisive enough insure
a real peace.
striking the people behind should leave
that Sergeant Beasy their
lives in vain
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-19
PLAIN
TALK
BY ELMER CARTER

To my column on the atti-
tude of Negro employees of
railroads toward other Ne
groes l have received swift
reply from Mr.. Ernest Edwin
Carter of Atlanta in the fol-
lowing letter:
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RE 10
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Americans Leave Home to
Get Lessons i'm Democracy

Americans have had to leave the home of democracy to
the real meaning of the word This is of the most
important and yet least talked of paradoxes of this
Right around the almost in their backyard in
little group of islands thought insignificant but in
world become vital bastons for the defense of the
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
MARRIAGES

The wedding of Cpl. Joe wallace,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rose Wallace OF
this city, to Miss Helen Hasselstrom,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Has
selstrom, 201a East Fifth street, Du-
luth, took place Tuesday afternoon at
the First Presbyterian church in Du-
Iuth.
Attending the bride was Miss Luella
Hasselstrom, Duluth, and Theodore
Herranen of Ely was best man. Miss
Hasselstrom Is the sister of the bride
and Mr.. Herranen is brother -in-law
Of the groom.
The bride was attired in a white
satin and lace formal with fingertip
VEIL She carried white gloves and
white roses. The bridesmaid wore a
blue taffeta formal and carried a
bouquet of white carnations and pink
sweet peas. The bride was given away
in marriage by her father.
Corporal Wallace will return Jan.
to his station at Camp White, Ore.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
FUNERAL HELD FOR
MRS. JOHN PERKO

Mrs. Frances Perko, wife OF Frank
Perko, a resident of Ely since birth,
died Thursday of last week following
short illness.
Mrs. Perko was born in this city on
May l, 1902, and grew to womanhood
here. Her maiden name was Frances
Kotzian.
The funeral took place from the
Banovetz Mortuary and the Catholic
church Wednesday at 8 a. M, with
the Few. Frank Mihelcic In charge.
The large attendance at the funeral
and the floral offerings attested to
the popularity of the deceased. Pail
bearers were Frank Koschak, Florian
Belehar, John Vidmar, Fred Skube, j.
zgainer, and j. Movern. She was a
member of SKPJ lodge No. 20 and
AF.U. lodge No. 129, which attended
the rites in body.
Survivors besides the husband are
two sons, Private John Of the marine
corps who is student at Notre Dame
and Private Joseph Of Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, and daughter, Gladys,
at home. Five brothers, Louis, Frank,
Peter, John and Edward Kotzian, the
last named in service overseas, and
two sisters, Elsie OF Ely and Mrs.
Helen Branger OF Minneapolis, also
survive.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
I OCAl
sl7-EMS s .

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nyman spent
last week in Duluth visiting.
| -H-
Eunice Berglund left Monday for
Des Moines to visit for several days.
-H-
Frank Popesh and Mrs. Popesh OF
Fort Wood, Mo-, spent Christmas day
here.
Edel Ellefsen, who is teaching at
Brimson, is visiting here for the hol-
days.
Alice Newgord Of the University OF
Minnesota spent Christmas with her
parents.
Mae Dahl, librarian at International
Falls, spent Christmas weekend with
relatives here.
Bernard Banovetz OF the University
Of Minnesota Is here for the holiday
vacation.
Mrs. Wesley Beel, who is employed
in Chicago. arrived Christmas day for
visit here
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Samson of Ev-
eleth visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Sever, Sr.
H
The Rev. Michael Popesh spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Popesh.
Ensign Lawrence Bergiund, who Is
stationed at Chicago university, spent |
Christmas at home.
Staff Sgt. Helmer Lepisto Of Lub- |
book, Texas, returned Tuesday after a |
weeks furlough here.
n-
Pfc. Harold Gordon, A. S. T. p. stu
dent at the University of Minnesota,
spent the holidays here.
Byron Carlson, former Ely resident,
and son of Mrs. Clara Carlson and
brother of Wilson Carlson of this city,
was recently elected worshipful master
Of the West Salem, Wis, Masonic or
der
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

The American Legion Auxiliary will
meet Wednesday of next week in the
Community Center with Mrs. w. j.
Kayute presiding. Mrs. Lillian Wen
strom has arranged the following pro-
gram: vocal selection Miss Mildred
Rothman; reading, Miss Gwendolyn
Freer, and legislative talk, Miss Edith
Ellefsen. Mrs. Gregor Miller has ap-
pointed the following lunch committee:
Mrs. Lillian Nyman, chairman, Mrs.
Mary Poshak, Mrs. Blanche Hoefler,
Mrs. Marion Jacobson and Miss Helia
Koski Mrs. Kayute will report on the
district meeting held in Virginia.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
IN MEMORIAM.
Thou Art Gone.

Thou Art Gone.
Tho lost to sight, to memory dear
Thou ever wilt remain;
One only hope my heart can cheer,
The hope to meet again.
Sadly missed by wife and children
Wesley Beal, December 20, l941.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
REVEAL ENGAGEMENT.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Shega announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mary Louise, to William Anthony zu-
vella, Cleveland. No plans for the
wedding have been set.
The bride-to-be has resided in Cleve-
land for seven years and Is employed
at the Cleveland Graphite and Bronze
company doing war work.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
TWo-FINCERED' BOB DIES

Robert Vrkljan, 60, more familiarly
known to Ely resident as Finger
ed Bob" died at Virginia hospital
last Thursday Of pneumonia following
an accident OF a few days earlier when
he fell while entering bus, sustaining
broken ribs.
Bob fell under a train several years
ago, losing his right arm and all but
the thumb and little finger on his left
hand. The funeral was held at Hib-
bing Tuesday. Surviving is a sister,
Mrs Martin Lekatz, Leetonia.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Louis j. Ravnikar, seaman, first
class, has been graduated from the
gunner's mate school at Farragut. He
spent Christmas with his parents,
leaving Monday to attend advanced
gunnery and electro-hydraulics school
at Treasure Island, San Francisco
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Miss Catherine Mae Banks OF Duluth
Larson and Mrs George Aska. Cathy
is student at the College of st.
Scholastica, majoring in nursing.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. w. ". LAngen left
Thursday for Eveleth to spend several
days.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
DAWN CLUB ELECTS.

Officers elected for the Dawn club
No. IS are: President, Ann Rowe; vice
president, Mary Skradsh; secretary.
Mary Chernivec; treasurer, Mary
Skufca; reporter, Mary Zgonc, and
auditors, Mary Stubler and Margaret
Skubitz The club meets the first
Thursday of every month at the Com
munity Center.
E
A. Stenlund spent wednesday in
Virginia on business.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT.

Mrs. James Moonan announces the
engagement Of her daughter, Patricia
Ann, to Walter T. Bonin, seaman, first
class, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bonin,
1707 North Bryant, Minneapolis.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Verna Starkman, employed at New
Brighton, spent Christmas here.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Natalie James OF st. Mary's hospital
in Duluth was here for Christmas.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

The Bethany ladies' aid will meet at
the Community Center jan. 6 at 2:3O
p. m.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

BEDROOM AID LIVING ROOM
SUITS, ALL BRAND NEW. PRICES
ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALF LOW
Err. UNCLAIMED FREIGHT 81
PUBLIC WAREHOUSE, SOUTH
9TH AVE. WEST Ouluth).
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Strachan left
Thursday to spend a week with rela-
tives in Minneapolis
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Schultz and
daughter, Carol, Hibbing, were here
for Christmas.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Monday Miss Virginia Jackson will
return to Mandan, N. D., where she
is an instructor in the high school. She
is spending the holidays here
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Mrs. Chester Anderson spent Christ
mas with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Granros, at Eveleth.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Vivian Soderberg OF Soudan has been
visiting at the Josiah Cock home.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Jane Norby, cadet nurse at Minneap-
oils, was here for Christmas.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Carol Ann Sutherland OF Downer col
lege, Milwaukee, spent Christmas with
her parents.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Steve Grahek, seaman, first class, Of
the coast guard at Duluth was home
for Christmas.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Olga Tome, who is employed in De-
troit, left Monday after spending the
holidays with her parents.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

June Foresman, who is employed in
Detroit, spent Christmas with rela-
tives here.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hario report
the birth of a son at the Soudan hos
pita1 last Thursday morning.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Frances May Richards OF Minneap-
oils spent Christmas with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Richards.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Shirley Trembath is spending the
holidays at home. She is attending the
Minneapolis Business college.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Jobs Daughters held its installation
Wednesday of last week. Phyllis Han
son, retiring honored queen, presided
as installing 'officer, assisted by Mrs.
Shirley Rothman, secretary, Mrs. Helen
Anderson, chaplain, June Trudgeon,
organist, and Mary Ellen Chinn and
Nancy Byrd Brownell, marshal and
guide Installed were, honored queen,
Phyllis Hanson; senior princess, Emily
Chinn; junior princess, Ann Eckert;
guide, Joann Rikhus; recorder, Betty
Carlson; marshal, Jean Palmgard;
guards, Carol Gustafson and Joy VIII
munen; librarian, Louise Mckenzie;
organist, Iona Mills; and messengers,
Joyce Anderson, Jane Bolitho, Kath-
leen Nyberg, Florence Marie Handberg
and Marilyn Wiley. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. e. Rautio, Mrs. r. J..
Opel and Mrs. F. Handberg.
The Ely miner., 1943-12-30

Mrs. Lawrence LudKe OF Virginia
visited at the E. E. Strom home over
Christmas. Elsie Korpi and Rose Tis-
ovich of Duluth were also Christmas
visitors here with relatives.