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The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
Bribery Cases Listed at
Top of Tentative
Calendar.

The October term of district
court will open here Tuesday,
with five criminal and four
civil cases tentatively sched-
! uled for trial.
District Judge Edwin j. Kenny, Du-
luth, will preside at the term, which
VIII open at 2 p. m. The jurors have
been ordered to report at this time.
The bribery cases involving two for
mer members of the local school board,
two local business men, and a Min
neapolis statesmen viii be tried first,
according TO the fastest information
obtained from John c. Arko, assistant
county attorney, at Virginia
The civil cases wiz follow. II Is un-
derstood that two additional cases were
to be included on the calendar, out
information as TO their nature is not
available at this time.
According to information gwen JOS
eph Klobuchar, deputy clerk Of the
district court at Virginia, by Mr.. Arko,
the men facing bribery charges VIII
come up for trial in the following or
der: Jack Gianotti, Ivan Tauzel,
Charles Knox, William Olds, and John
Koshak. Gianotti and Tauzen are
former board members, and Knox is
salesman residing IN Minneapolis.
Olds is employed by a local mining
company and Koshak is IN business
here. All entered not guilty pleas az
preliminary hearings.
The cases are an outgrowth or the
examination Of school district No Y
by the state public examiners.
Civil cases listed on the calendar
follow:
Steve Peyla vs. Duluth, MisSable &
Iron Range Railway company Peyla
is asking damages of $4,000 for per-
sonal injuries suffered Feb. 20, 1870,
when struck by a handcar as ne
crossed the railroad tracks 20 the dry
house of the Zenith mine, where he
was employed
In a second action involving the
eAAOoA- oO43A S1fCS6s 04-. - 6S1A44S
personal damages of Sl0,500 Tor In
juries which he said he suffered when
a freight train struck his stalled truck
Nov. 2, 1912, at the depot crossing IN
the city.
D. A. Bourgin, Virginia, is represent
ing the plaintiffs and Dennis ?. Don
ovan, Duluth, the defendant in both
cases.
Two suits seek total OF 5000 II
damages from George Trancheff as
the result Of injuries suffered BY John
Majerle, Jr., 6, son Of John Majerle,
Sr., when the boy was struck by a
car allegedly driven by Trancheff IN
Ely on Oct. IA, 1941. Personal damages
of $4,000 are asked in the suit filed by
Majerle on behalf Of his SON. In 4
separate suit Majerle is asking $1,000
for himself for expenses which re-
suited.
Attorney Bourgin is representing
the Majerles, while j. William Huh
tala is attorney for Trancheff.
All of the cases viii be tried by jury.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
Announce Examinations
for Fireman, Custodian

The st. Louis county civil service
department has announced compeI5iSe
examinations for steam fireman and
custodial worker Applications must
be returned on forms which may be
secured by writing the department. at
the Duluth court house. Closing date
on application to take the tests is
Oct. l3.
The examination for steam fireman
will be conducted Oct. l6 and for
custodial worker, Oct. l8. The purpose
Is to establish an eligible list trcm
which appointments can be made to
fill present or anticipated vacancies.
Additional information may be OBJ
tanned at The Miner office.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
District Court
Opens Tuesday
BULLDOZER FALLS
ON HIM, HE LIVES

Frank Sershen narrowly escaped be-
ing crushed to death when he was pin
ned under a 15-ton bulldozer when it
rolled off a trailer.
The bulldozer Tuesday afternoon
was being towed to a county project
on the road leading to the North Arm
of Burnside lake. AS the truck and
trailer started down the Everett lake
hill, the trailer turned sideways in the
road when the truck connection broke
Sershen was preparing to drive the
machine off when it turned over, pin
ming him underneath.
A passing car was stopped and Waino
Starkman, road foreman, went into
Ely for assistance Meanwhile Carl
Johnson, driver of the truck, got
Sershen from under the bulldozer. He
suffered only minor bruises.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
Bring Addresses Up to
to Date, POstOffice Urges

Elyites are being requested by the
postoffice department to notify cor
respondents, newspapers and maga-
zines of their correct addresses to ex-
pedite the handling of the large volume
of mail coming into the local post
office.
That the mail be properly addressed
is important in enabling new en-
ployes to deliver it promptly to the
proper persons.
Addresses should be brought up to
date, and should give the postoffice
box number, the street address or the
rural route box number.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
Probate Court Term to
Open Here Wednesday

Seven matters are set for hearing
at a term of probate court to open
here Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. They
are:
Emil Savola, administrator; Carl G..
Lindy, Peter Jerich and Sophia Sikala,
all final accounts; Gust Niemi, claims
and petition for extension; John
Shega, Sr., claims and final account,
and John Apostle, claims and petition
for extension.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
Sellout Foreseen for
Seruicenen's Contest
CAN'T RESTORE GAS
CUTS UNTIL OCT. Is

Requests for restoration of gasoline
rations for B and C permit holders
cannot be considered until Friday, Oct
Is, according to word sent by the
regional OPA office in Chicago to the
local war price and rationing board.
Instructions to be followed by the To-
cal board will not be sent to it until
that time.
The local board may restore coupon
cuts under further rationing proce-
dure only upon positive proof of need,
the regional OPA manager said.
1T is extremely important that this
reduction achieve substantial gasoline
savings" he said.
The value of B and c coupons was
cut to two gallons, effective last Fri
day. A coupons were left at three GAL
Ions, the former rating of the B and c..
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
EUeieth Pastor Speaker
at Church Rally Tonight

The Rev. Marshall Olson, pastor OF
the Eveleth Presbyterian church, Will
be the guest speaker at the 22nd an
1ual fan rally of the local Presbyterian
church tonight which Will feature the
burning of the mortgage.
The board of trustees is in charge
of the mortgage burning ceremony,
with E. C. Jones, board chairman, pre-
senting a historical sketch of the erec-
ton of the church edifice.
The trustees viii present the ensuing
years proposed program, which in
cludes reconstruction ana repair of the
manse property. The Rev. n. Russell
Browne, pastor, will speak.
A potluck supper viii be served at
6:15 o'clock.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07

A total of $4,000 in large purchases
was handled by the local bank. Buy
ing the bonds were the American Fra
ternal Union, $4,000; Tomahawk Kraft
Paper company, $4,000; j. C. Penney
company, $4,000, and Sears, $1,000.
In addition s73,109 in bonds were
credited to this area through the fed
eral reserve bank at Minneapolis by
various firms. They are the Oliver
Iron Mining company, s35, 5000; state Of
Minnesota, s10,696; Duluth. Missabe &
Iron Range Railway, $4,000; Pickands
Mather and company, $500; Mime
sofa Power & Light company, $1,000;
Milwaukee Railroad, $4,000; WARDS,
S700; Northwestern Bell Telephone
company. s663; and Kresge's, $3.50.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
100 Volunteer Workers to
Collect Clothing Sunday

One hundred volunteer C. /.
O. members will tour the city
and Winton Sunday to collect
clothing for Russian relief.
An equal number is being sought for
sorting, packing and shipping, and
persons willing to help are requested
to contact j. Emil Maxi or Joseph
Mavetz, Jr. A dozen trucks, donated
locally, will pick up the clothing and
take it to the Farm Service store ware
house where 1t win be prepared for
shipping.
The clothing will be sent to Port
land, Ore, where Soviet ships are
waiting to take it across the Pacific
for distribution to Russian civilians
who are doing such heroic work be-
hind the lines.
Contributions should be in front
of the residence, or on the porch in
event of rain, by a. m.
It is emphasized that there has been
no manufacture Of civilian goods for
two years in Russia Everything goes
into the war effort That the war work
Of civilians viii continue is assured by
the contributions Of clothing. The
clothing donated should be ready to
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
G0dec Makes Second Trip
Across on Hospital Ship

Anthony Godec, technician, fifth
grade, was in Ely on furlough after
completing his second trip across the
Atlantic on an army hospital ship
bringing wounded soldiers and pris-
oners from North Africa.
Corporal Godec's convoy underwent
an enemy bombing attack at North
African port just before it sailed for
this country. He left here Wednesday
for his station on the East coast.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
For Meritorious Service OUer Europe
EIV Gunner Awarded Air Medal

Force bomber command sta
tion in England, fires from the
waist position on the Fortress
Round Trip Jack" piloted by
Capt. Gerald Binks, San An
tonic, Texas. He is credited
with downing at least one Nazi
fighter plane.
Classed by his pilot as lone
of the best aerial gunners in
this theatre" Sergeant Simo-
nick has participated in major
Fortress operations over such
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
NATURALIZATION HEARING
TO BE HELD FOR THREE

Three petitions for naturalization
win be given final hearing here Tues
day at l:30 p. m, according TO Joseph
Klobuchar, deputy clerk Of the district
court at Virginia.
The petitioners are: August John
Saar and John Aho, Ely, and Mrs
Sigrid Lien, Winton.
Judge Edwin j. Kenny viii preside.
and the October term Of court VIII be
opened Immediately afterward.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
800 GIFT PACKAGES
ARE SENT OVERSEAS

An estimated 800 Christmas gift
packages have been posted for delivery
to local servicemen overseas, according
to information obtained from the Ely
postoffice.
Oct. Is is the deadline for mailing
Yule boxes to army personnel overseas,
but gift parcels may be sent up to Nov.
l to those in the navy at overseas
stations.
Postoffice and military regulations
governing the mailing of such matter
are being followed very well, the post
office reported.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
KEEP ON BUYING"

II see that the people of Ely are
sure backing their boys by purchas-
ing war bonds" declares Pvt. Joseph
f. Tomsich, who is stationed some
where in the AIeutains after taking
part in the battle of Attu- Keep
on buying and Wen keep on putting
them where they can't do any harm.
We're trying to do our best here"
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07

wear. Each article should be cleaned
and mended.
The national quota IN the share the
clothing" drive is one-haf pound per
person. Minnesota communities have
exceeded this, and it is believed that
Ely and Winton will do the same.
The campaign is conducted by the
Ely c. ]. o. labor coordinating COM
mittee in cooperation with the Ely
defense council. During the past few
days Victory Aides Of the civilian de-
fense corps have distributed literature
explaining the drive. Included was a
two-piece card upon which clothing
donars may write a short message.
their names and addresses, and at
tack the cards to the contribution A
space is provided for the Russian re-
cipient to write reply and return the
card.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
PoSHAK AT SAN DIEGO.

Apprentice Seaman Jack Poshak,
who recently enlisted in the navy. is
on shore patrol duty at San Diego.
Poshak, who is on leave from his posi-
ton as a patrolman with the city po-
lice department, served with the navy
during World War l.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
SURVEY RECORD TO DATE.

SURVEY RECORD TO DATE.
School System-100qc Compliance.
1855 X-Ray Pictures Taken.
Winton-100G Compliance.
212 Pictures Taken.
White Iron-9931qo Compliance.
144 Pictures Taken, Refusal.
City Of Ely.
Third Precinct-98.9 .99T Compliance.
400 Pictures Taken, 5 RefusalS.
Area to Date.
99.75T Compliance.
2.401 Pictures Taken, 6 Refusals.
The mobile X-ray unit moved
into the sixth city precinct this
morning after completing the
fifth precinct last night.
1t is expected that the survey in the
sixth precinct will be completed Fri
day night, but no x-ray pictures Will
be taken over the weekend.
A tentative schedule for next week
follows:
Fourth-Monday and Tuesday.
Second-Wednesday and Thursday.
First-Friday and Monday, Oct. Is
and 18
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
crHING PRICE LISTS AVAILABLE

A large number Of copies OF the
official OPA community ceiling prices
for Ely, winton and Tower are avail
able at the local war price and ration
ing office. Housewives may secure
copies by asking for them at the ra-
tiouing office.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
ON NOTRE DAME ELEVEN.

John F. Perko, who is enrolled in
the navy's Viz program as marine
corpe reserve at Notro Dame univer-
sity, is a member Of the varsity foot
ball squad. Perko played guard on
the University of Minnesota eleven.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
TO ENTER SEABEES.

Donald Tommela of the Oliver lab
oratory force accompanied group OF
enlistees from Hibbing to Minneapolis
for physical examination for the Sea-
bees. and expects to be called to ac-
I've duty Oct. "a.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
NOTICE TO WORKERS.

Two meetings of the share the
clothing" committee win be held on
Friday in the Community Center,
the first at p. m. for night SHIFT
workers and the second at z p. m.
for the day shift. All drive workers
viii meet at the Farm Service store
warehouse, near the McMahan lum-
Der yard, Sunday at a. m.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
TO CLOSE FRIDAY.

The local war price and rationing
office viii close Friday to permit en-
ployes to attend an OPA meeting In
Duluth Board and panel members
also will attend.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
NO BEARS IN CITY.

No substantiation can be found for
the report that bears are raiding gar
bage cans within the city. The police
department has received no complaints.
1t is believed that dogs are being mis-
taken for bears.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
BABY CLINIC SATURDAY.

The fall baby clinic will be conduct
ed Saturday in the Memorial school
building. Appointments may be made
by phoning Mrs. George Milavetz.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
NOW IN ENGLAND.

Sgt. Joseph j. Mayerle has arrived
safely in England, according to word
received by his mother, Mrs. Leo
Mayerle.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
Veteran Aerial Gunner
Home From Middle East

Staff Sgt. Joseph F. Skradski, vet
eran of 35 missions in the Middle East
as an aerial gunner, is on furlough
here.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
"a MORE Are
IN IA GROUP

Twenty-four additional fathers in
the local draft district were reclassifiec
from ga to Ia, and their names ap-
parently were overlooked by The Miner
last week in securing the information
from the bulletin board Of the selec-
tive service office.
This group is NOT contingent
ordered up for induction.
It is a list of fathers with low draft
order numbers who will be the first OF
their group liable for induction. Men
from this group will be called up to
fill a quota only after available 18-
year -olds and single and married men
without children whose industrial de-
ferments have expired are drafted.
When fathers are drafted, they will
be called up in the order Of their
draft order numbers.
The draft order numbers, names and
addresses of the complete list, which
totals 81, follow:
9 Thomas G. Brennan, Ely.
Is Milton v. Coombs, Ely.
Is Thomas II. Miller, Ely.
49 Stephen j. Smrekar, Ely.
so Grant W. Mccullough, Ely.
60 Wayne j. Luopa, Forenton.
78 A. K Unger, Ely.
SO Joe Zupancich, Ely.
81 Matthias j. Snrekar, Ely.
81 William F. Holmes, Embarrass
100 Anton Pavlisich, Ely.
l26 Elmo r. Makela, Ely.
l27 IAuri M. Tuominen, EmbarraSs
139 Kenneth v. Smith, Ely.
lat Tony j. Lenich, Ely.
154 Anton F. Koschak, Ely.
157 waino A. Thompson, Embarrass.
167 Walter E. Holm, Soudan-
178 Karl Z. Krause, Ely.
Continued on Page Four
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
soMERo ON COMMITTEE

George T. Somero has been named
members of the budget ways and
means committee of the Minnesota
Arrowhead association.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
STILL IN II. 6. a.

1t. Amelia Logar of the army nurses
corps is on the East coast and is not
in North Africa as reported last week.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07

An Ely aerial gunner has
been awarded the Air Medal
and Cluster to the Air Medal
for Exceptionally meritorious
service" on numerous opera
tional missions over Germany
and occupied France.
He is Staff Sgt. Joseph S.
Simonick, % years old.
The youthful gunner, ac-
cording to information sent to
The Miner from an Eighth Air
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Major J. wynne
Earns Silver Star

Major John d. Wynne, former Ell
Centro high school student and son
of Mrs. Matte Wynne, Ell Centre,
has been awarded the Silver Star
for gallantry in action in the Tunis-
ian campaign, it was disclosed Tues
day.
Major Wynne is an officer in Gen.
George S. Patton, jr's American
Seventh army now cleaning the
Nazis and Italians out of Sicily.
The award was made for an at
tack by a reconnaissance detach-
ment led by Maj. Wynne on
strategic Tunisian town. In the
face of strong enemy fire Maj.
Wynne's unit entered the town and
captured it.
He landed in North Africa on
Christmas Eve, 1912.
The officer recently accompanied
Marauder bomber crew on a raid
over Naples.
For three years Wynne attended
school in Ell Centre. He finished
high school in San Diego, went to
Tucon and finished his education
at the University of Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 10.-CUP)-
A young wife with mother COM
plex who perpetrated an incredible
hoax upon her husband and friends
to make them believe she had been
expecting a child was formally
charged with child stealing today
after little Judith Gurney, kidnapped
on the second day of her life from
the Albany hospital, had been re-
covered, alive and well.
Mrs. Caroline E. Wright( 26, New
York, wife of an army sergeant sta
toned at nearby Camp Adair was
charged with the crime in a COM
plant signed by district attorney
Harlow Weinrich.
The childless wife, who lived only
six blocks from the hospital frC>n
which the Turney infant was stolen
early last Tuesday, was held in Linn
county Jail awaiting hearing.
The child was recovered last
night by state and city police who
arrested Mrs. Wright as she at
tempted to flee with her husband,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
China Rejects Jap
Offers of Peace

CHUNGKING, Aug. 10 CUP)--Re-
liable sources reported today that
China has received three peace
'feelers" from Japan during the
past two months but that the
Chinese government had rejected
them in its determination to stand
by the Allies.
The japanese were said to have
offered to return China to the
status quo of July Z, 1887, with
Japan obtaining economic rights in
north China but completely aban-
doning her aspirations in central
and south China
An authoritative source, COM
menting on a Russian article which
said that civil war was possible in
China, said that the central gov
ernment had no intention of dis
solving the Communist party
forcibly. 1t was said that all fear
of internal difficulties had been
dissipated.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
III. D. Equalization
Sessions Begin

Imperial Irrigation district di-
rectors started sitting as a board
Of equalization Tuesday and will
function as such through Aug. 20.
During the time the directors
serve as a tax equalization body
taxpayers may present cases of dis
puted assessment to them.
Within Is days after the directors
cease to function as a board of
equalization they must set the
1943-44 district tax rate, according
to state law. District officials were
unable Tuesday to predict whether
the tax rate would go up or down
The current rate is $3.75 per $100
Of assessed valuation.
Meanwhile Neal Gavin, El Centre
city clerk, revealed that all city de-
partments had formulated budget
estimates, an indication that a new
city rate would also soon be set.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
owl Coercion Of
Rodio Is Charged

I'VE would tip off Falk and he
would drop in on the station man.
ager and tell him. I believe you
should fire Leopold Hertsky'. The
manager would be given some time
to think it over If he did nothing,
he would find some trouble getting
his license renewed. Finally he
would fire Hertsky, Spear said.
And shortly after that his license
would be renewed.
This was little extra-legal,
Spear said, according to Richards,
Il admit and l had to wrestle with
my conscience about it but it SEEM
cd the only way to eliminate this
kind of person so I did it,"
Carey charged that the FEC and
Owl have been Coercing foreign
language stations in the hiring and
firing of announcers, monitors and
CenSors, unlawfully using the FCC'S
licensing power to make the sta
tions do their bidding.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Small Navy Ship
Sinks jap Sub

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 10 fUP>A
patrol craft on duty in the Pacific
sank a japanese submarine twice
its size by dropping depth charges,
Shelling and finally ramming the
enemy warship, it was disclosed to-
day.
1t. w. Gordon Cornell of Staten
Island, N. Y, told the story here to-
day. He said there were no Ameri-
can casualties and no Jap sur
vivOrS.
The small patrol craft, the U. S.
S. PC-487, was on escort duty with
convoy in fog SO thick that visi-
bility was only about 200 yards
when detection devices located the
Sub only several hundred yards
distant.
The PC-437 sped to the attack
and dropped depth charges ON the
sub, whose two periscopeS were
visible. The sub surfaced and
Cornell ordered the helmsman to
ram her.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-CUP)-
Robert K Richards, an executive
assistant in the office of censorship,
testified today that he had been
told by a representative of the Of
flee of war information that the
only way to deal with "Subversive"
personnel on foreign language
broadcasting stations was to con
duct an exhaustive investigation
of them.
Eugene L. Carey, Counsel for a
House subcommittee investigating
the FEC, read into the record re-
port by Richards quoting Lee Falk
of owl as having said, "YoU must
find out what their past associa-
tions have been and if they are
open to suspicion, convict them on
that and take them off the air"
Richard also described a CONVEX
sation he had with Sidney Spear,
an attorney for the FEC, describing
their method of dealing with the
foreign language personnel problem
Spear told them that if Falk found
"A fellow who was doing some fun
ny business, he told me about 1t.
Then we waited until the station
applied for a renewal of license.
BROADCASTER NAMED
Say the broadcaster in question
was Leopold Hertsky"
cThis was a fictitious name, the
John Durfee" in the case Carey
called him.
Richards account of Spears eX-
planation continued
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
Early Resident Of
HoLtyiIIe Dies in
S!eep;BuriaI Set
John Mcqueen, Who Came
To /. V. in 1912, Victim
Of Heart Attack at Home

John Mcqueen, one of
Holtville's earliest residents,
succumbed to a heart attack
early Tuesday morning at the
age of So.
He died in his sleep at his Holt
Vile home at 2:30 am.
Mcqueen came to Imperial VAL
ley in 1912. He settled in the Holt
vile region where he was an en-
ployc of the new defunct British
American company. He was an en-
ploye of the I.V. Milk Producers
association for IL years but was en-
gagged in private ranching when he
died.
The pioneer is survived by his
wife Mrs. Minnie Mcqueen; three
daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Rice and
Mrs. Emily Logan, both of IfoltVille,
and Mrs. Grace Cummings, San
Diego. A son, Joe Mcqueen, also
resides in Holtville.
Two sisters, Mrs. Julia Richardson
and Mrs. Jesse Richardson, live in
Jackson county, Kentucky where
Mcqueen was born.
In addition, he is survived by
five grandchildren: John Durham,
Marilyn and Dorothy Mcqueen,
Susan and Sally Logan.
Services for Mr.. Mcqueen will be
held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
in the Holtvillc Baptist Church.
Rev. G.. S. Barons will deliver the
culogT. Evergreen cemetery will be
the site of interrment. The Fields
Funeral home is in charge of ar
rangcmentS.