The Republic News-Miner

Republic, Washington, January, 1940-1942

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Date	Newspaper Clippings
Jan. 5, 1940	BERGAN MORAN BACK TO WORK Bergan Moran of Colville, son of Mr and Mrs. Mike Moran of Republic, who was injured several weeks ago when a tree fell on him while working with a forest service and CCC crew near Camp Growden, has recovered from his injuries and is back to work again with the forest department. Mr. Moran was confined to the Colville hospital for several weeks with two broken ribs and a lung injury.
Feb. 23, 1940	Mr. and Mrs. Dan Victor and small son are here from Anchorage, Alaska, visiting at the home of Mrs. Victor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran. Mrs. Victor is the former Alice Moran of this city.
April 5, 1940	Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Victor and little son of Anchorage, Alaska, who had spent the past month and a half visiting in California and with Mrs. Victor's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Moran, in Republic, left for their home in the north last Saturday.
June 14, 1940	Postmaster and Mrs. J. C. Cody and son spent from Thursday until Saturday in Spokane on a business visit. Bergan Moran of Colville spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran in Republic.
June 28, 1940	The Allied Troops Retreat From Dunkirk . . . This was one of the most remarkable retreats in history, 887 British craft taking part in the operation. A correspondent reports that every building in this city of 33,000 persons was destroyed by the Nazis.
August 2, 1940	Bahamas to Be New Home for Windsor and 'Wally" . . . The Duke and Duchess of Windsor . . . will arrive in the Bahamas for their new duties some time next month.
August 16, 1940	Alien Registration To Begin Aug. 27 Nation-wide registration of aliens will be conducted from August 27 to December 26, by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice. Registration will take place in post offices of the nation. It is expected that more than three and a half million aliens will be registered during the four month period. . . The law requires that all aliens 14 years or older be registered and fingerprinted. . .
Sept. 27, 1940	Nazis Bomb Poet Milton's Tomb The statue of John Milton, the famous blind poet of Great Britain, is toppled from its pedestal by a Nazi bomb that fell on St. Giles, one of London's oldest churches. In the churchyard lies the tomb of the great poet, who was the author of "Paradise Lost." . . .
Oct. 25, 1940	Stack Store Building Destroyed by Fire The Stack Supply Company store building, located on the south end of Clark avenue, was completely destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. The building was enveloped in flames by the time the volunteer fire department was called about 2 a. m., and there was no chance of saving the structure., although a warehouse in the rear was not burned, although badly scorched. The destroyed building was one of the early landmarks in Republic, and was occupied by the Stack Supply Company until last year when the company retired from business. After Mr. Stack's death about six years ago, Mrs. Stack operated the business until in July of 1939. The building had been vacant since then and the origin of the fire is unknown.
OCTOBER 25, 1940	JAPAN JOINS AXIS POWERS The new Japanese-Italian-German axis agreement didn't come as a complete surprise to experts in this country. And, by the same token, the President's embargo against shipments of scrap iron to Nippon was hardly unexpected. The vast weight of American public opinion is known to favor a strongly pro-Chinese and anti-Japanese policy . . .
Nov. 22, 1940	Tacoma Narrow Bridge Collapses The new Narrows Bridge at Tacoma, Wash., third longest single suspension span in the world, fell 190 feet into Puget Sound. The bridge was completed last July at a cost of 6,400,000.
Nov. 22, 1940	A telegram announcing the arrival of a new granddaughter was received this week by Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran. The young lady -- Mary Ellen -- is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Keaton of Juneau, Alaska. Mrs. Keaton will be remembered as Doris Moran, formerly of Republic. Dick Slagle of Republic has been initiated into Delta Iota chapter of Sigma Nu, national social fraternity at Washington State College, according to word received here from Pullman. Young Slagle is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Slagle of this city and is a sophomore majoring in pharmacy.
Dec. 6, 1940	Mass Funeral for Coventry Victims 172 of some 300 persons killed in the all-night air raid on Coventry, England. The victims were buried three deep in a common trench-like grave, while anti-aircraft guns fired at a long german raider over head.
Jan. 24, 1941	Moran Appointed On Draft Board G. T. Graham, state coordinator of the Selective Service Act, was a visitor here last Saturday and announced the appointment of Mike Moran of Republic as a member of the Ferry County Draft Board. Mr. Moran served as clerk of the draft board here during the World War and is well qualified to act in this capacity. The other members of the Ferry County Board are W. C. White, Curlew, chairman, and H. S. Schopf, Republic. Miss Ethel Foley is clerk of the board. Mr. Graham stated that 103 Washington boys would be inducted through the Spokane station between January 24 and 29 for military service. Four of this number are Ferry County volunteers, the quota for January from Ferry County. The Boys enlisting for military service this month, all from Inchelium, were: Carl Van Putnam, William Rice Toulou, Robert Arnold, and Francis Frederick Stone. . .
Jan. 31, 1941	Pioneer of 1896 Dies in California Word has been received here of the death of Phil Creasor, one of the founders of the town of Republic, who passed away in Oakland, Calif., on December 20, at the age of 82 years. Mr. Creasor came to Republic in 1896 with the late Thomas Ryan, another pioneer mine prospector, familiar to this town in the early days. They were instrumental in opening up several mines in the gulch district north of Republic, and some of the properties still bear their original names and are still producing ore. Creasor Hill, the east residential district of the town was named after the deceased. In 1908 Mrs. Creasor left Republic for Death Valley, Calif., where he continued in the mining game, and since then has visited Republic frequently. He is survived by his widow and one son. The Spokesman Review on January 12 gave the following story of Mr. Creasor's death: "It was about 1896 that Creasor, a native of eastern Canada, and Ryan were staked to search for a mine anywhere by James Clark, a brother of the late Patsy Clark. In a rapid expansion of development the district has been made to yield millions of dollars and continues to yield. It was because of the discovery that Ferry County was created and that a county was named after the first governor of this state. With the roads available, the time passed in traveling to the Colville was too great, hence the splitting of Stevens County and the creation of Ferry. . . "
March 21, 1941	J. C. Cody Dies Here Wednesday John C. Cody, aged 60 years, postmaster here since the summer of 1934 and a resident of Ferry County since about 1905, died at his home here Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia. Mr. Cody had not been in good health for about a year, and was taken critically ill about two weeks ago from which he failed to rally. . . John Colfax Cody was born January 13, 1881 at Colfax, Washington, and when a boy moved to Sprague with his parents where he resided until moving to Keller, in southern Ferry County. He was interested in mining properties in the Keller district while residing there. While in Keller, Mr. Cody and Miss Blanche Badger were united in marriage and to this union was born three sons, one of whom passed away in Keller and is buried in the Keller cemetery, alongside the mother, who passed away during the influenza epidemic in 1918. Mr. Cody's parents were also buried in the Keller Cemetery. Weds Again in 1938 In the year of 1938 Mr. Cody again married, this time taking as his wife, Miss Jane Kenney, who was then the superintendent of Ferry County schools. To this union was born a son, now two years of age. . . Leaves Widow and Small Son Mr. Cody leaves to survive him his widow, Mrs. Jane Cody and a two-year-old son, Johnnie Cody, at the home in Republic; two sons of the previous marriage, Lowery Cody of Olympia, and Craig Cody of Metaline Falls; two brothers, William Cody of Spokane and E. P. Cody of San Francisco, and one sister Mrs. Erie Parker of Pullman
April 4, 1941	Appoint Temporary Postmaster Here Mrs. Jane Cody received word last Friday from the Postmaster General's Office in Washington, D. C., of her official appointment as temporary postmaster in Republic, to fill the vacancy created by the death of her husband, John C. Cody, March 19, who had been postmaster here since 1934. Mrs. Cody immediately took over her new duties upon furnishing bond in the amount of $9000, this being the amount of bonds required for postmasters in offices of this class. . .
May 9, 1941	Mr. and Mrs. Bergan Moran of Colville, formerly of Republic, attended the Junior Prom here Saturday night. Mr. Moran is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran of Republic and is a graduate of the local high school. Richard Slagle, Art Cameron and Kline Tedrow, Washington State College students, attended the Junior Prom here Saturday night.
May 16, 1941	FIVE SEEK POSTMASTERSHIP According to a dispatch from Washington, D. C., five Republic residents have filed application with the Civil Service Commission for the postmastership in this city. They are Mrs. Jane Cody, W. R. Hall, L. J. O'Connell, Mrs. Ione M. Case and E. E. Coil. A Civil Service examination will be held May 24 according to the statement. Mrs. Jane Cody has been acting postmaster since the death of her husband, the late John C. Cody in March, who had been postmaster since 1933.
June 20, 1941	ALTAR SOCIETY MEETS The Altar Society met at the home of Mrs. Mike Moran last Thursday. Guests from out of town were Slater Regina (Kathleen O'Connell) of Cottonwood, Idaho, and Mrs. Duane Jarvis of Seattle.
June 20, 1941	Mr. and Mrs. R. B. (Bergan) Moran and daughter Susan
August 8, 1941	Son of Red Dictator Captured by Nazis Jacob Stalin, the eldest son of Russian Premier Joseph Stalin, is in a German prison camp. . .
August 15, 1941	Mrs. Jane Cody and son, John, and Mrs. Mary Kenney were recent visitors of the Chan St. Clair family at Yakima. The little St. Clair boys, who had spent several weeks here, returned home with them.
August 22, 1941	Il Duce Son Killed Bruno Mussolini, 23-year-old son of Premier Benito Mussolini, was killed in an air accident at Pisa, Italy. An officer in the Italian air force, young Mussolini flew in the Ethiopian campaign, and with the Italian "volunteers" in the Spanish civil war.
August 22, 1941	Lost Lake Camp is CCC Summer Home One of the older camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Fort George Wright district is the camp designated as F-62 at Growden. Growden is approximately 12 miles from the new Kettle Falls highway bridge and on Sherman Creek in eastern Ferry County. . . Present officials at the Lost Lake Camp and CCC Company 950 are: Raymond W. Nessly, Commanding Officer; R. B. Moran, project superintendent; Walter Rosser, subaltern, and Orville W. Turnbaugh, educational advisor.
August 22, 1941	Republic Items of Interest Maurice Slagle of the Republic Drug company was a business visitor in Spokane two days last week. Mrs. M. J. Welsh and three children who had been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran, here for 10 days, left for their home in Minnesota, on Tuesday.
Sept. 26, 1941	Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moran went to Bellingham last Friday for a visit with their son, W. C. (Bill) Moran and family. Mr. and Mrs. Moran are expected to return home Sunday.
October 3, 1941	Mr. and Mrs. Lowery Cody of Olympia were visitors here over the weekend with Mrs. Jane Cody and son. Mr. Cody, a Republic high school graduate, is a reserve officer in the U. S. Army and expected to leave this week for New Jersey where he has been transferred.
Nov. 21, 1941	Mrs. Jane Cody, Mrs. Marie Kenney and little John returned home Monday evening from Spokane after attending the bed-side of an aged aunt, who underwent a serious operation.
Feb. 13, 1942	Dave and Richard Slagle, who are attending WSC, spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Slagle in Republic. Mr. and Mrs. M. Moran received a cablegram from Anchorage, Alaska, announcing the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Victor on Feb. 4th. Mrs. Victor was formerly Alice Moran of this city.
April 3, 1942	Jane Cody Gets P.O. Appointment Mrs. Jane W. Cody's appointment as postmaster in Republic was confirmed by the Senate March 16th. She has been serving as acting postmaster since the death of her husband, the late John C. Cody. Mrs. Cody is a graduate of the Republic high school and the Bellingham Normal. She taught school in Ferry County for seven years, the last four in the local school. In 1930 she was elected County School Superintendent, in which post she served for eight years, making a fine record. . . While the late Ol M. Kinney was editor of the News-Miner and Jane Cody was school superintendent, he often called on her to run the paper while he was away on vacation. . .
April 3, 1942	Death Summons William Pierce William Enos Pierce, veteran mine operator and superintendent, and one of the first miners to come into the Republic Camp, died here Friday morning, March 27, at the age of 78. William Pierce was born in Sherbrooke Province, Quebec, March 23. Notice is hereby given of the final there. At the age of sixteen he went to Michigan to work in the iron mines in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. After a number of years at various mining centers in the East, he came in 1864 and received his early education was married to Miss Anna Murphy in 1894. In 1897, forty-five years ago, he and Mrs. Pierce moved to Republic with their family. In the early gold-rush days in Republic, William Pierce operated the Old Republic Mine and was superintendent of the Surprise mine under the J. L. Harper regime. Mr. Pierce was the first secretary of the Miners' Union in Republic and served as a delegate to the Salt Lake City Miners' Union convention there. In 1901 he went to Alaska to investigate properties in the interest of Patrick Clark. He leased various properties in the Republic Camp in later years; was superintendent of the Quilp, the Lone Pine, the Pearl; and was a active mine operator until the time of his retirement, three years ago. he was a life-member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. . . Funeral services were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Monday, March 30th at 9 a. m. with a solemn and beautiful Requiem mass sung by Father Sweeney and the Catholic choir. Active pall bearers were Ed Somerville, John Pfefferle, Mose Greenberg, Oscar Nyman, Claud Trevitt and Joe Wiseman. Honorary pall bearers were Phil Kane, Mike Moran, George Fairweather, John Neiber, George Ward, Ren Murton, Frank Wilson, John Slagle, John Ritter, Earl O'Conner, Abraham Cappers, Alex McKay, Gerald Robinson, Bill Lang, Dr. Karl J. May, Paul Chapman, Louis O'Connell and Osee W. Noble. Internment was in the Republic cemetery.
April 10, 1942	U. S. Troops Start Building Alaska Highway U. S. Engineer corps troops arrive at the end of the steel ribbon, at Dawson Creek, B. C., to start building a highway to Alaska from the end of the present road at Fort St. John. . .
May 15, 1942	PUTT KENNEY PRAISES USO IN LETTER TO HOME FOLKS EDITORS' NOTE--The following is a letter from Putt Kenney, formerly of Republic, who is now in the Navy stationed at Chicago for training. Dear Folks: Was assigned to work detail today. Passing out laundry after it comes back from the city laundries. Sounds like an easy job, but your feet surely take it on this hard concrete floor. Three or four Thousand men, a jam around the place, all day. About a third enough room. Will, be glad when my company starts school. About a month of this, I believe. A class graduates in June and then Co. 26 starts. Chicago is a real town for liberty. Went up last night. The USO really shows the service men a good time -- and all free. They have seven floors of a building located in the busy part of the city. They serve lunch all the time, cakes, pies, cookies, fruits, candies, cigs, coffee, milk and most anything you want. The ladies send in home baked cakes and cookies that are swell. Free dancing to an orchestra on one floor, music machine on another. Games of all kinds and WPA musicians that play where they serve lunch. Free show tickets, baseball tickets, and tickets to every entertainment in town. Free rides on street cars after 7pm. Invitations to private lodge, or church parties. There are so many and you can sign for various ones. . . Putt
July 7, 1942	Mike Moran is ill at the home of a son in Seattle.
July 24, 1942	Mrs. Marie Kenney took the Colville bus last Friday for a short visit with friends and relatives in Colville and Chewelah. she was accompanied by her small granddaughter, Cammelia St. Clair, who joined her mother in Colville. Aunt Chatty Matthew has charge of the Kenney-Cody home during Mrs. Kenney's absence.
August 21, 1942	Mike Moran Passes Mike Moran, Ferry county pioneer and former sheriff, passed away in Seattle Sunday morning. Burial was in the Coast city Thursday. Mr. Moran lived for a good many years in the Malo district. Later he became a deputy sheriff and was subsequently elected sheriff. In late years he was employed by the Forest Service here until the time of his retirement. This spring he moved to Seattle to make his home and suffered a stroke shortly thereafter from which he never recovered. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Republic, the Holy Name society, and the Ferry County Draft Board.
Sept. 11, 1942	PAT KENNEY HOME Edward P. (Pat) Kenney arrived here Friday morning for a short leave. He is visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary Kenney, and his sister, Mrs. Jane Cody. Pat saw action during the Jap raids on the aleutian Islands, where he has been stationed. He is in the Navy. Also visiting at the Kenney home are Mrs. Chas. St. Clair, daughter Camilla, and Mrs. Davenport of Colville.
Sept. 11, 1942	. . . And Now It's the 'WAGS' "WACCS," "WAVES" -- and now the "WAGS." For your information, the "WAGS" are the dogs inducted for duty in the U. S. Army, where they will be trained as sentries, messengers, airplane spotters and light pack carriers. The course last four weeks. . .
Oct. 2, 1942	Nazi Raid on Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw . . . during a raid on the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw Jews were lined up in the streets and forced to stand facing a wall with hands above their heads for long periods. . .
Oct. 16, 1942	'Sgt. York' No. 2 Sergt. Alvin York captured 132 Germans in World War I. Sergt. Keith Elliott of New Zealand, captured 130 Germans near Ruweisat, the the Alamein line in Egypt the exploit that won him the Victoria Cross. Enemy tanks attacked three sides of his battalion and 19 men were left of Company B. Elliott led them in charge after charge. While capturing a German machine-gun nest single-handed he got three wounds in the back and legs. He handed over the entire batch of 130 prisoners.
October 23, 1942	Bergan Moran and his mother, Mrs. Mike Moran, motored in from Seattle last week to look after the Moran home here. They returned Saturday to the Coast. Mrs. Moran, who has been making her home in seattle, is moving to the Mt. Baker Apartments in Bellingham.
Dec. 18, 1942	DIES IN PLANE CRASH Word has been received here of the death of Pilot Dan Victor, was killed in a airplane crash in the interior of Alaska. Mrs. Victor is the former Alice Moran of this city.