Deadwood Pioneer-Times from Deadwood, South Dakota • Page 1

tf I BUY i I tT 14 Tht Day's Nttvs By The Associated Prtss ISSUED EVERY MORNING EXCEPT MONDAY South Dakota's Leading Morning Stwsfaptt SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR DEADWOOD (Black Hills), SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27. 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS Tini i -i 1 I 4 1 Ami y) flPffiPiy) Hi Seeks Divorce I COUNTER-ATTACKS SUCCESSFUL British Now WBU Charges Campai i in is Salvaging Nazi To Hold French Germans Launch Ail-Out Aerial Offensive On City BERLIN, Aug. 26 A--German announced tonight that they had captured the great Industrial city of Dnirperopetro-Tmk, the last Russian foothold west of the Dnieper in the southern Ukraine, and the railway rlty of I.uga, 90 miles south of Leningrad. The high command said that troops of Field Marshal Von Kleist took Dnieper-opetrovsk after heavy fighting, but it did not disclose whether the huge hydro-electric power dam below the city was still standing. MOSCOW, (Wednesday), mil iilb ummmmmim if ttfj tv' it I A tat I RUMANIA ylisTox Hold Iran's Oi! Country Report Property Now Safe From Sabotage Efforts LONDON, (Wednesday), Aug.

27 (vj The Iranian high command In a communique picked up and relayed to the world by Berlin, reported early today that the kingdom's defenders "at several points are putting up resistance and have succeeded In holding the "British-Russian advance engulfing the country. The Teheran announcement did not say where these points of resistance were but the British said imperial forces on the second day of the invasion already were in possession of the country's vast western oil reservoir last night. Several towns have been bombed, the communique said, with considerable damage to residential areas but it was claimed no military targets were hit. British accounts of the swift drive Into Iran said airborne imperial troops descended from the skies and seized control of vital communications heads, making possible quick seizure of oil centers. The British said important oil properties were now secure from any possible attempt at sabotage REPORT SHOWS DAYS OF 76 AS A BIG SUCCESS C.

G. Irish, chairman of the exec utive board of the recent Days of '76 celebration, reported to the chamber of commerce in luncheon at the Franklin hotel yesterday noon that the recent celebration had been a big success and that much of the credit for the success of the city's ciuimui evem was uuc id uie splendid cooperation extended the committee by the business interests and residents of Deadwood. The chamber went on record thanking the committee for the fine work done in staging the celebration. President J. F.

Anderson announced the appointment of the following committee to cooperate with the Lead commercial club and the junior chamber of commerce of that city, in affairs connected with the annual Labor Day celebration in Lead: Bert Jacobs, E. W. Jeffrey, Bud Kelley, Joe O'Connor and Norman Ellis. Seth R. Ellis, of the good roads committee, reported that with favorable weather conditions, completion of the construction work on Highway 85-A southeast of Dead-wood, had been assured this fall.

He also reported that graveling crews are at work at this time on Highway 14, west of Spearflsh and Highway 85, north of Spearflsh, with indications that work would be carried to prompt completion on both highways. J. L. Curran, of Lead, chairman of the board of Lawrence county commissioners, was a guest of the club at the luncheon yesterday. The meeting was well-attended.

Shading indicates areas of heaviest fighting on the German-Russian front Moscow said Soviet troops on the central front and around besieged Odessa had smashed or routed three divisions In hammering counter-attacks with Rumanian forces suffering particularly heavy losses. The Germans claimed that Finnish troops were gaining ground on both sides of Lake Ladoga and said German troops had taken a bridgehead at Cherkasi in the Ukraine. LOWER EXEMPTIONS ON INCOME TAXES DRAWS OPPOSITION Horse races, night clubs, drinking and false teeth all figured in testimony In the trial at Lot Angeles, of the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Ruth Braiell, (above) Philadelphia heiress and the former Princess Ruth Pignatelll D'Ara-gon, against James C. Braieil, broker-sportsman.

USES FOR SOME OF OUR METALS (By II. H. Stewart, State Mine Inspector) Manganese is used in the manu facture of steel, all ordinary Steele require some manganese. No satis factory substitute for manganese has (Continued on Page 4) Action Taken On 2 Divorce Cases In Butte County BELLE FOURCHE, Aug. 26 Two divorce cases were heard and acted upon Monday by Circuit Judge Charles R.

Hayes. The case of Fern Heisler versus Frank Heisler, a divorce case, received final action yesterday when Judge Hayes ordered Heisler to pay $30 a month to Fern Heisler for her support and that of their three children beginning during the month of September. Heisler, mail carrier on the Lem-mon-Newell route, had previously been order to pay $40 per month alimony. He contended, however, that developments arising out of his physical condition made it impossible to make such payments. Hayes cut the monthly allotment to $30, to be paid every two weeks.

Second case before Hayes was that of Caroline Troyer versus Antonc Troyer, Beulah. The woman in this instance was seeking temporary alimony for the support of herself and their six children until the divorce suit came to trial. Hayes ruled the father who owns a nine-room house, is looking forward to a good crop, but is unable to make any payments at this time should have the custody of three of the older children and should supply cash or foodstuffs for the mother and the three younger children, until time when final settlement is made. Both were ordered to allow the other to see any of the children at any time. Befense BELLE FOURCHE HAS TOUCH OF UBORjmOUBLE Operations Slowed At Ben- tonite Plant BELLE FOURCHE.

Aug. 28- (Special) Twenty-six men employ ed in the F. E. Schundler Bentonite company plant here were dismissed today, following delivery of a union contract to the company last Friday, according to Information available. The men were paid off today and told by a company repre sentative that Inasmuch as they were dissatisfied with working con ditions at the plant the company did not feel Inclined to employ them any longer.

Those men who were satisfied with existing conditions were told, however, that they might return to work, and some of the men returned to their jobs and the plant was oper ating with a skeleton crew Tuesday night A conference was held later In the day between Harold Eyrich, of Cus ter, district manager (or the Schun dler interests; Dan McCutchen, com pany attorney; Elbert Maag, of Hu ron, president of the South Dakota Federation of Labor, and the local employes committee. Later is was announced that nothing further would be done until Schundler ar rives from Chicago. The labor contract submitted to the company was by the American Federation of Labor Mine It Mill Workers union, and provided for a closed (hop, union recognition, sub stantial wage increases and new va cation arrangements. The present wage scale is from 50c to 55c an hour, time and one-half for overtime with a minimum of 48 hours a week and a week's vacation with pay for men employed by the company for a year or longer. The company holds a defense contract and has been operating the plant at full time for several weeks, it was said.

Company representatives declined to comment on the situation last night, and together with union officials indicated that dismissal of the men had resulted from a "misunderstanding." Union representatives have been active here for some time in an effort to organize workers at the Black Hills Sugar plant into the AF of mill workers union, those in touch with the situation said. Mexican Charged With Raping A 14 Year Old Girl BELLE FOURCHE, Aug. 26 Emil Hembertt, alias Emil Nazar, 22, a Belle Fourche Mexican beet laborer, was taken into custody by Rapid City police Saturday after they had received notification from Sheriff Elmer Hill that Hembertt was wanted to answer a charge of second degree rape. Hembertt was brought to Belle Fourche Saturday night and placed in the county jail He Is wanted in connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Mexican girl on May 19. He eluded police at that time, had not been seen since.

Hembertt has a wife and child. TWO SENTENCED TO TERMS IN STATE PRISON Raymond Hartranft, 32, of Dead-wood, pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny involving the theft of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Fern Ivanich, of this city, when taken before Circuit Judge Charles R. Hayes yesterday and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls. Provision was made for him to apply for a reduction of sentence after serving six months in the penal institution.

Cain Little Finger, 25, a Pine Ridge Indian pleaded guilty to an information charging him with attempted rape, and was sentenced to five years jn the state prison. The sentence later was suspended, and he was placed on probation-Little Finger was charged with attempting to criminally assault a young Indian girl near the entrance to Amusement park, in the first ward, during the recent Days of 76 celebration. Both arrests were made by the local sheriff's office. States Attorney Clarence P. Cooper conducted the arraignments.

Says Lease-Lend Pro-' gram Target Of Saboteurs WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AP) President Roosevelt bluntly charged today that an organized campaign was in progress to sabotage the program of assistance to the foes of Hitlerism by spreading rumors, distortions and falsehoods. The chief executive was aroused to this vigorous accusation by a press conference request for comment on a report of misuse of lease-lend funds appropriated to finance shipments of war materials to land and China. He asked for particulars. A reporter said he had read that British representatives here had run up a big bill at a Washington restaurant.

The president and said he was sure that the account had not been charged to lease-lend appropriations. Growing stern, he declared that there could be no doubt that there was an organized campaign to sabotage the lease-lend air program. The restaurant report was a good example, he said. FAST PROGRAM AT LEAD LABOR DAY JTSTIVAL Day-Long Program Of Fun For Everyone A bang-up, day-long program of entertainment has been lined up for Lead's annual Labor Day celebra tion at the city park next Monday. The fun will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning with a Softball game between Gaughens and the Modern Cleaners for the Labor Day cham pionship.

A purse of $80 will be divided $50 to the winner and $30 to the loser. Foot races for boys and girls with merchandise prizes are slated for 11:30 o'clock until noon. The Miners and the Surfacers, two ranking teams in the Homestake baseball league, will play at 1:15 p.m., for the Labor Day championship, with the winner taking $100 of the total purse of $165 and the loser taking the remainder. At 2:45 o'-(Contlnued on Page 4) Weather Forecast South Dakota: Partly cloudy today with scattered showers; continued cool. Extended Forecast (Until 5:30 p.m., Saturday) Northern Great Plains: emper ature CLOUDY will average below normal in the Dakotas and near normal in Nebraska.

Rather cool weather most of period. Rainfall moderate, except locally heavy in Dakotas with showers and scattered thunderstorms occurring principally during middle of period. Montana and Wyoming: Frequent showers with light amounts in Wyoming and light to moderate in Montana. Temperatures near or slightly below the average for the season. THE STATE OF THE NATION By OUn Miller "Euthanasia (mercy-killing) has been suggested as a solution of the relief question for persons past 70 years of age by the Washington So-ciety for Philosphical Inquiry." Press report.

From many standpoints, perhaps, a person of 70 or older may be too old to live, but according to his way of thinking, he's too young to die. Like anything else, life becomes more precious when less of It re mains. But even if there were not other incentives for an aged person to continue to live, in these stirring times he'd want to keep hanging onto this fool world out of sheer cur iosity, Just to see what the samhill will happen next Squire Perkins says: "one way to git a lot o' enjoyment out o' life would be to cultivate a taste for worrying." Aug. 27 (AP) Massive battles of men and machines raged on unchecked from the Baltic to the Black Sea today, and in tremendous air battles before Leningrad the Russians reported 101 nazi planes destroyed in the sky and on airdromes in two days. Below almost continuous fighting for mastery of the air above the soviet union's second city, Russian military dispatches said, German panzers, motorcyclists, and infantry charging toward the Baltic port, were being mowed down in windrows by soviet machinegunners in forest-canopied redoubts.

In air clashes on Monday alone, a soviet information bureau communique listed 93 German planes destroyed along the entire front. It gave the red air force losses for Monday as only 18. The fact that a greater percentage of luftwaffe craft were downed in the Leningrad area indicated that the Germans now have launched an all-out aortal offensive to try to soften up the city for Germans driv ing up from the south and southwest. An early morning communique gave no details of the fighting by sectors, saying only that the red army was heavily engaged along the whole front. Loss of Novgorod, fortress city 100 miles south of Leningrad, was acknowledged and the Germans were described as striving to close in on Leningrad itself.

Services Held At Spearfish For The Late Mrs. F. Gray Funeral services were held at Spearfish yesterday for the late Mrs. Fred Gray, pioneer resident of that city, who died at her home there Sunday morning. The rites were held from All Angels Episcopal church.

Rev. Sidney Brown was in charge of the services. Burial was in the Spearflsh cemetery with graveside rites by officers of Queen City chapter, Order of Eastern Star, of which the deceased was a member. The active escort was composed of Ernest Behrens, Ernest Lown, Everett Ward, M. C.

Thompson, Dr. Lyle Hare and Roger Remschell. Members of the honorary escort were Ernest Harber, Dr. E. C.

Wood-burn, Dr. J. W. Smoots, H. F.

Plank, M. S. Hallman and Walter Hark- Navy Man To Run Kearney Shipyards r. Rear Admiral Harold G. Bow-en above) has been named to direct the government's operation of the strike-bound Kearny, N.

plant of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company. President Roosevelt ordered the navy to take over the plant and the department announced It would take possession Monday, Aug. 25, and resume production on $493,000,000 worth of naval and marine ships-. f(t 1 XI BELLE MAN IS SENTENCED FOR DRUNK DRIVING E. H.

Kissick, of Belle Fourche, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated, when taken before Municipal Judge Walter R. Curnow at Lead yesterday, and was fined $50 and costs. He also was prohibited from driving again for a period of one year and required to file a $2000 surety bond with the secretary of state before driving again at the expiration of that time. The arraignment was conducted by States Attorney Clarence P. Cooper.

Attorney Dan McCutchen, of Belle Fourche, represented the defendant, a trucker and auto salvage dealer of that town. Kissick was taken into custody by the sheriff's office at Spearflsh about a week ago after his automobile collided with a car driven by Glen Gray, of Spearflsh. Gray's young daughter received minor injuries in the collision. DERBY VICTORY WASHINGTON, Aug. The senate finance committee approved today a simplified return for income tax payers who earn $3,000 or less a year.

Committee members said that the new simplified form for small taxpayers was similar to one advocated by Secretary of Treasury Morgen-thau and would aid both taxpayers and the treasury in putting into effect the record-breaking tax bill. Under the proposal, the taxpayer could go to the postoffice or 6ome other federal office, inform officials about his total income and dependents, and learn quickly the amount of taxes he must pay. Graduated tables giving the amount of tax owed for various amounts of net income would be made widely available. Morgenthau told senators that the complicated mathematics involved in determining taxes for the millions of small taxpayers might cause disgust unless a simplified procedure were developed. Opposition Develops Senate opposition materialized quickly to the finance committee's proposal for stiffening the new defense tax bill by lowering personal income exemptions and thus requiring an additional 7,000,000 persons to file returns.

There was opposition, too, for a provision that would end the community property system of filing returns now permitted in 8 states. Under the finance committee's plan, the bill which called for a record-breaking $3,238,700,000, as passed by the house would have its yield boosted to an estimated $3,590,700,000. Approximately $303,000,000 of this potential increase was accounted for when the committee voted yesterday to lower present income exemptions from $2,000 to $1,500 for (Continued on Page 4) Lieut. General Ernest von Schaumburg (above), German commandant of Paris, an-nnounced that all Frenchmen under arrest would be classed as hostages. Lead Man Ordered To Pay Wife Money Pending Divorce An order was entered yesterday by Circuit Judge Charles R.

Hayes directing Sig Dahl, of Lead, to pay his wife, Merva Dahl, temporary ali mony and support money for their two children in the sum of $75 per month, $15 suit money and $75 at torneys fee, during the pendency of a divorce action his wife has insti tuted against him. The order was made at the conclusion of a hearing on an order to show cause obtained on the motion of Attorney John T. Heffron, counsel for Mrs. Dahl. LESNEVICH IS NEW CHAMP OF LIGHT HEAVIES NEW YORK, Aug.

26 m-With ring experience and a left hand like a ton of bricks, Gus Lesnevich won the sole right to the light heavyweight championship tonight by beating Tami Mauriello in a 15-round fight at Madison Square Garden. Lead Kiwanians Enjoy Showing Of Films Of Hawaii The Lead Kiwanis club enjoyed the travel pictures shown them on Monday evening by Guy N. Bjorge, depicting the highlights of the trip taken by the Bjorge family to Hawaii last May. From San Francisco harbor, on board ship, and around the three islands which they visited, numerous scenes of interest were captured by the colored motion picture film. The foliage and scenes on the island of Ohau, on which is located the city of Honolulu and Wai-kiki beach, made colorful scenes.

A visit to sugar cane plantations and to pineapple fields showed part of the industry of the islands. From Ohau, an airplane trip was made to Maui island where the largest extinct volcano is located. The mouth of the volcano is nearly one third of the distance across the island. The pictures showed clouds floating in side the crater, the altitude being over 10,000 feet. In spite of the clouds, the size and ruggedness of the interior of the crater was clearly visible.

The island of Hawaii was also visited, with trips to some of Its volcanic craters. The active volcano of Kilauea was also photographed. Pictures taken from the airplane gave an idea of the arrangement of fields and landscape. The various types of tropical vege tation in all its color and density made the travel pictures interest ing throughout Mr. Bjorge gave helpful explana tions of the various scenes as the pictures were shown.

The playing of phonograph records made by the Hawaiian dancer known as "Hilo Hattie," while pictures of her danc ing was shown, added a touch of reality to the scenes. WHIRLAWAY GALLOPS TO AMERICAN yaltKi TWO ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT Leonard Swearingen, of Norris, S. pleaded guilty to an information charging him with selling liquor to an Indian, when arraigned before Federal Judge A. Lee Wyman in U. S.

district court yesterday, and he was sentenced to 60 days in the Lawrence county jail and fined $100. Frank Connick, 78, of Waubay, S. pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and was placed on probation for 18 months. Assistant U. S.

District Attorney John T. Heffron, conducted the Whirlaway galloped down the center of the track to an easy two and three-quarter lengths victory In the $60,900 American Derby as Washington Park, Chicago. Bushwacker (behind Whirlaway), was second. Delray (No, 4, on rail) finished third. Whirlaway covered the mile and a quarter in 1:04..