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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-25
South Sank Centre

Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Bieringel
were callers at the John Bieringel
home Monday.
Ed Bieringer and Ray Jenc help
ed John Bieringer with his work
Monday.
Anton Bieringer was a caller al
the Hubert Ley home Monday
evening.
Joe Bieringer motored to MINI.
eapolis Monday forenoon.
Paul Sanders, from Randall
Mimi, called at the Anton Bierin.
ger home Tuesday.
Ed Ebensteiner was a caller al
the Anton Bieringer home Wed.
nesday forenoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown were
callers at the Anton Bieringer
home Wednesday afternoon.
Gertrude Schloegle visited with
Catherine and Theresa Bieringer
Thursday afternoon.
Theresa Bieringer was a caller
at the William Schloegle home Fri.
day evening.
John Bieringer and Edwin Eben.
steiner were callers at the Anton
Bieringer home Friday forenoon.
Joe Bieringer returned home
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hines
spent Friday evening at the Ben
Lynch home.
Joe and Edward Bieringer were
callers at the William Schloeglge
home Sunday evening.
Those who attended the baby
shower, given in honor Of Mrs. Ed
win Ebenstiener at the Carl Bier
niger home Sunday afternoon were
as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Ebensteiner, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bieringer and son, Bobby, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Schieffer and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jenc,
Mrs. Joe Rousslang, Mr.. and Mrs
John Ebensteiner and son, Nick,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Bieringer and
daughter Dorothy, Mr.. and Mrs
Edwin Ebensteiner and son, Nor
bert, and daughter, Marion, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Schieffer and
daughter, Helen.
Joe and Tony Schloegle, Julius
and Victor Winter, Edwin Maly
and Edward Bieringer were visi-
tors at the Carl Bieringer home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bieringer were
callers at the Hubert Ley home
Sunday forenoon.
Anton Bieringer made a business
trip to Belgrade Sunday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-25

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penter, Arliss and Ardella Lent
Alice and Virginia Amman.
Mrs. d. w. Carpenter and daugh.
ter, Janet, and son, Robert, were
visitors Sunday afternoon at the
home of the lady's parents, Mrs.
Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Math Michels and
son, Albert, motored to Rutland
North Dakota, on Friday. Mr.,
Michels and Albert Michels return
ed the next day while Mrs. Mich
els remained for a short time al
the home Of her brother, Nick
Helten, who Is seriously i'll. They
also called at the Henry Mahrer
home.
Alvin Lamb was a Metre Grove
caller on Monday.
Dinner guests at the Math Mich
els home Sunday were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Michels, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Michels, John Michels, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Scott and daugh-
ter, Arlene, and Lois Scott.
Pearl Weikle, Of Liscomb, Iowa
was a caller at the D. w. Carpen-
ter home Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs
Weikle and daughter, Margaret, in
tend to move up here in the very
near future.
Carl Karsten, Lucille Kind, John
lehman, AL Amman and sons,
Sylvester and Alcium, were callers
at Math Michels' Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Amman and
family called at New Munich Sun
day evening.
Bernard Stanley spent from Fri
day evening until Saturday evening
at Math Michels'.
Albert Hoeschon is employed at
the Wilson Swift home.
John Michels spent few days
of last week at the Albert Michels
home.
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John Evans, of Elrosa, spent Fri
day afternoon at Padua.
Mrs. Mike Essler, Marie, Felix
and Anna Mae. spent Saturday at
Sank Centre and were dinner
guests at Jacob Rouslang's.
Alphonse Spaeth is assisting
Leonard Gruber with his work.
John Evans called at Mike Els
sler's Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Majerus spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Majerus and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Essler, Marie
Felix and Anna Mae, spent Thurs
day at Freeport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Wiener were
st. Cloud callers Thursday.
Henry Evans called at Mike
Essler's Thursday evening.
Leonard Gruber called at his
home at Lake Henry Wednesday
Matilda Paul, Of st. Cloud,
spent Monday at Mike Essler's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-25

Jennissen pleasantly surprised
James Grundman and Leo Zehrer
on their birthday anniversaries
Sunday evening, at the James
Grundman home near Osakis.
Mrs. VIM. Gritzmacher was q
caller at the Mrs. Tillie Ritter home
Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Wiener WIS.,
tied Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Feldeverd at New Mum
ich.
Henry Wiehe spent Sunday after
noon at the Quade Bros. home.
Edwin Quade, Mrs. Margaret
Warner and Dorothy visited Sum-
day afternoon with relatives at AL
bany.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-25
Stiles

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Sukke and
daughter, Alvina, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Coons were visitors at the Alvin
Lamb home Sunday afternoon.
The following little girls helped
Adelaide Michels celebrate her 9Th
birthday anniversary Sunday after
noon: Alta, Betty and Mildred Car
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Lewis Sees Roosevelt,
But Won't Tell Subject

Describing himself as complete
dud' as far as news was concerned,
John L. Lewis, president of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations,
emerged from conference of
nearly an hour with President
Roosevelt today with a blank re-
fusal to disclose the subject of their
meeting.
The c. I. o. leader did admit that
his meeting with the President was
at the request of the White House.
but declined to answer questions on
whether it pertained to labor peace,
labor legislation or politics in gen.
eral
Both Mr.. Lewis and William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, conferred with
the President on labor peace pros
poets about six weeks ago. Later
Mr.. Green had a subsequent meeting
with the Chief Executive, but Mr..
Lewis had not returned until today.
There have been no outward de-
velopments in efforts to effect a
reconciliation between the c. I. o.
and the A. F. L.
The latest public pronouncement
of the C. I. o.. made yesterday. en-
braced an extensive program of
labor legislation which the organ
ization will sponsor in the coming
session of Congress.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Spec Once Disguised
Herself as Renown,
langsdoff Says
British Did Not Think
Crew Would Destroy
Ship, He Believes
By the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec.
19.-Capt. Hans Langsdorn told the
Associated Press last night that the
raider Graf Spec. while preying on
allied merchant shipping. once dis
guised herself as the British battle
cruiser Renown.
On this occasion, the German COM
mander said, the pocket battleship
went to the length Of adding an arti-
f1cial stack and changing her super
structure in the most obvious details
to resemble the $4,000 ton British
warship.
AT that, maybe the joke was on
us-perhaps we fooled nobody" said
the good-natured captain, who chose
to explode and sink the Graf Spec
outside Montevideo Harbor rather
than have her interned or shot to
pieces by British cruisers.
Went Into Indian Ocean.
you realize, OF course, that these
things are really ruses imposed by
war" the captain said.
The Graf Spec roved both the
North and South Atlantic, he added,
and even made a foray into the In
dian Ocean in search OF enemy mer-
chant vessels.
"Of course, in these wanderings
we were disguised q bit"
He explained that camouflage fire.
quently was used to make the pocket
battleship's enemies mistake her for
one Of her sister ships. the Deutchs-
land or the Admiral Scheer
Confusion over the Graf Specs
identity had caused her to be mis-
taken for the Admiral Scheer when
she appeared in Montevideo Harbor.
"One time we changed our name
and actually passed for the Admiral
Scheer," the captain said.
Defends Destruction.
Regarding the destruction OF the
Graf Spec, Capt. Langsdorff said
tersely: That was the only thing
to do"
The slim, blue e-uniformed naval
omcer said that when the Graf Spec
steamed into Montevideo harbor last
Wednesday night, after 14-hour
running fight with three British
cruisers, the pocket battleship did
not lack fuel
Il really had enough to reach the
coast OF Spain," he said.
However. he declined to give the
tonnage of fuel that had remained
aboard. He said the only supplies
taken on in Montevideo had been
perishable food.
Port authorities at Montevideo
last Saturday were quoted as saying
Capt. Langsdor1 had indicated a
shortage Of fuel was responsible in
part for the situation that caused
him to take refuge in the harbor.
Objected to Limitation.
Capt. Langsdorf explained he had
deliberately blown up his vessel
rather than accept one Of the other
choices.
He said he had chosen Argentina
rather than Uruguay, to land with
the able bodied members Of his crew
because:
Il still object to the Uruguayan
Evening star., 1939-12-19

governments limitation to our stay
in Montevideo harbor to II hours
for q repair task which required at
least IS days"
Regarding the finish of the Graf
Spec, the captain said he decided
to sink her in Is feet Of water. Her
draft then was 81 feet, more than
normal.
He reflected smilingly that he did
not believe the British took seri-
ously the report he was planning
to explode and sink the raider.
Perhaps that was why the enemy
cruisers dying in wait of Monte
video) were so distant when I lifted
anchor" he said. Apparently they
did not believe I would take the
final decision in water barely
covering my vessel.
But I took a decision which
really was forced upon me. Moth
ing remains Of the ship that could
possibly be useful to any one else.
Il could have scuttled it, but what
/ did was to cause all explosives
aboard to be set of in such a vay
that the ship split in two. More
over, the fuel was set aflre so as to
destroy all that remained after the
blast"
Evening star., 1939-12-19

ship Admiral Graf Specific
Deutschland, or the Admiral Scheer
The cruisers were said to have in
cluded the 10,0OO-ton Admiral Hip
per and Bluecher and the 5000 ton
Leipzig
Mr.. Churchill said torpedoes hit
two of the cruisers, including the
6,000-ton vessel.
These cruisers may have been
able to limp home, although that is
by no means certain in the case of
one of them, and when they have
reached home they will be out of
action for many long month";" Mr.
Churchill said.
Also on Thursday, the submarine
Ursula reported she sank 6,0OO-ton
cruiser of the Koeln class" although
it was surrounded by no fewer than
six destroyers,' the first lord added.
Vexatious Tasks Seen.
Thus, a considerable proportion
of the total German cruiser strength
was put out of action in a single
week. And that, the same week in
which on almost the other side of
the globe the pocket battleship Graf
Spec met her inglorious end. = =
Many vexatious tasks lie before
the Royal Navy and before it's COM
rades in the merchant navy, and as
I always warn you, rough and vlo-
lent times lie ahead.
But everything that has hap
pened since the beginning of this
war could give the nation confidence
that in the end difficulties will be
surmounted, the problems solved
and duty done"
Evening star., 1939-12-19
| Mrs. Roosevelt
Urged as Head
Of Bryn Mowr
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.-The
Evening Bulletin said today some
prominent alumnae" of Bryn Mawr
College are urging the appointment
of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as
next president of the college.
DR.. Marion Edwards Park, incum-
bent, is due to retire next year, the
Bulletin said She has been presi-
dent since 1922.
The newspaper said that while
nothing formal has been done"
about the suggestion, discussion is
rife, not only among alumnae but
on the campus
A spokesman for the college said
of the report:
Nothing can be said until the
Board of Trustees has acted"
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Two j. 5. Lines Ships
To Return 10 Service

Two Of the luxury liners Of the
United States Lines, which have
been out Of service since the enact
ment Of the neutrality statute, will
be put back in service. The United
States Maritime Commission has
approved the application of the
operators of the liners Manhattan
and Washington to put them into
service between New York and
Italian ports.
The vessels will go to Naples and
Genoa, and will be permitted to
make a westbound stop at the prin-
cipality Of Monaco, site of Monte
Carlo.
The new service will start with
the sailing of the Manhattan from
New York on December 30. The
return trip from Genoa is scheduled
for January Is. The Washington.
it was announced. will sail from
New York on January 13 and start
the return trip on January 20.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
London
Continued From First Page

battle over Helgoland Blight, Ger
man North Sea naval base.
The British airmen had gone
there looking for German warships
at sea, but found only strong air
force in action.
Also reported was a mass of Ger
man air attack on "a fishing boats
off the east coast, six of which were
sunk.
The British public, long impatient
for action, also learned from Mr.
Churchill last night in a hastily
prepared broadcast that the first
Canadian expeditionary force had
landed for period of intensive
training on British soil before going
to the western front.
Spec Scuttling Emphasized.
His broadcast dealt primarily with
entrapment of the German pocket
battleship Admiral Graf Spec and
her subsequent scuttling at Monte
video. He cited the battleship's al
ternatives of internment, or COM
ing out to fight and going down in
battle which would have been
honorable for her"
However, he added:
"She discovered a third alterna-
tive. She came out not to fight,
but to sink herself in the fairway of
a neutral state from which she had
received such shelter and succor as
international law prescribes."
Turning to the struggle for con-
troll of the North Sea. the first lord
said British submarines had had
"the best week I can remember in
this, or the last war;
Then he launched into the ex-
ploits of the submarines Salmon and
Ursula, credited with putting out of
action three German cruisers, sink
ing at least one. To the Salmon's
credit also was the sinking of Ger
man submarine, earlier in the week.
Mr.. Churchill said the Salmon last
Thursday sighted the German fleet
proceeding to sea on one of its rare
excursions" and fired six torpedoes
at cruiser squadron escorting Ger
man battleships.
Out of Action for Months.
A previous admiralty announce
ment identified the battleships as
the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and
one of the two 10,O00-ton sister,
ships of the sunken pocket battle
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Atomic Energy Held
Secret of Suns Aoe

Atomic transformations liberats
energy million times greater than
The energy obtained from any chem
lcal reaction and hence are able to
keep the sun going for a period
longer than the age of the earth,
DR.. Edward Teller Of George Wash
lngton University declared last night
IN lecture in the university Hall
of Government.
He explained that most of the
energy sources known up until a
few years ago would be sufficient to
keep the sun going only few mil
lion years.
The only source sufficiently great
to explain the energy produced In
the stars" he said. must be traced
to the nuclei of the atoms
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Berlin
Continued From First Page)

1918, whole air squadrons flying in
closed formation clashing in each.
At LIE Cateau. said DNB, 40 Brit
ish planes tried to break through
German lines to reconnoitre, but 80
German planes, led by Germany's
greatest World War ace, Baron Won
Richtofen, repulsed them and shot
down 13 while losing only one of
their own.
At Contains, DNB stated, two
French American squadrons were
surprised by flank attack by Ger
man pursuit planes and were re-
pulsed after loss of 81 machines.
| Yesterdays were much higher,
DNB asserted, adding that they
were without precedent and would
be remembered for all time"
DNB further asserted that Brit
| ism losses would prove to be bigger
than the "a at present estimated.
Many prisoners have been taken
and also many dead have been
brought ashore. it was said, al
though their numbers were not i'm
mediately disclosed.
All along the coast, DNB said, the
debris of wrecked planes is being
! washed ashore. EyeWitnesSes say
the German victory was due chiefly
to extraordinary speed of the Mes
serschmidt pursuit planes and good
craftsmanship.
Witnesses were quoted further as
saying that nine British planes
dropped into the sea in flames while
II others, developing clouds of
smoke. hit the water hard. Thir-
teen British planes were said to have
been shot down after their forma-
ton was dispersed. One crashed
burning on the island of Borkum.
German coast vessels were said to
have picked up enemy flyers wher-
ever possible. especially those who
Jumped from their craft by para
chute.
No English in Lines.
Elucidating yesterdays recon-
naissance activities on the western
front DNB said today that there
were no English troops in the entire
front line.
French troops only we're found
along the entire 'front.'" DNB said in
reporting trips by German patrols,
adding derisively that the English
prefer to stay at "a careful dis
tance."
Text of Communique.
The German high command S
communique today said:
Little local scouting and artil-
lery activity on the west front.
THE air force yesterday recon-
noitered sea positions eastward OF
Scotland. German long distance
scouters attacked four English van
guard boats. They were sunk.
Early in the afternoon So Eng
lish fighting planes attempted to
attack Wilhelmshaven. The Ger.
man air detection service spotted the
attackers at once. Pursuit and de-
stroyer planes already had encoun-
tered them north of Helgoland
Thirty-four British planes were shot
down after a fierce battle. We lost
two planes.
individual enemy planes which
succeeded In escaping from attack.
ing German chasers came under
the concentric barrage fire of anti
aircraft artillery on the islands and
coast. They were forced to turn
back without an opportunity TO,
dropping bombs"
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Mexico's Envoy to U. S. \
Mentioned for New Post

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 19.-Reports
that Mexico's Ambassador to Wash
ington, DR.. Francisco Castillo Ma
jera soon would succeed DR.. Eduar-
do Hay as foreign minister in a
major cabinet shake-up circulated
today in usually we'll Informed quar-
tiers.
It was understood DR.. Castillo
Najera would come home during the
holidays for a vacation and a per-
sonal conference with President
Cardenas.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Fairbanks Estate Put
At Several Millions

By the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 19-The
Times, quoting reputable source" "
says the estate of Douglas Fair
banks, sr. who died week ago, is
several million dollars" but much
less ''' than his friends, associates
and most people believe"
The newspapers informant said
his widow, the former Lady Sylvia
Ashley. and his son, Douglas, jr.,
would be principal beneficiaries, but
would not guess whether Mary
Pickford, Mr.. Fairbanks former
wife. had been named.
Opening of the will is scheduled
December 26 at the Guaranty Trust
Co. of New York, executor.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Joe, the Buffalo, Executed

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. 10 R-
Old Joe. whose loss of the leader
ship of Pennsylvania s only buffalo
herd made him just plain ornerv,
was executed yesterday by his
keepers.
They said he became daneerous
after younger bull dethroned him
recently in a battle of horns and
hooves.
He was Shot with a high powered
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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-01
Various Calendars Used by Japanese;
Count From Emperor's Accession Date

Although the Christian calendar is
the business standard in Japan,
there are other calendars, some of
them bewildering to foreigners, also
in use, says one authority.
The present year is 1888 in Japan
as in America for foreign CONNER
cial and many domestic purposes.
However, it is more usual for Japa-
nese among themselves to count
the years from the date of the en-
peror's accession. This is year 13
by that reckoning. For ceremonial
occasions it is 2598-that is, the
number of years elapsed since the
coronation of Japan's first emperor,
Jinmu.
For centuries it was the practice
to change the era every time come
thing epoch-making happened, or
when there occurred some earth
quake, drouth, pestilence or famine
which needed to be quickly thrust
out of the present into the past. The
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-01

in a sort of spaced rhythm which
stirred vague associations in her
still confused brain. She sat up in
her chair.
What's that?"
Someone's playing funny tricks
with my car-lights, l should say"
She crossed to the window. 1T
isn't funny tricks. They're trying
to signal"
"How do you know"
"It's Morse code. Short for dot;
long for dash"
''Then it must be Holmes. He
used to be telegrapher. But what's
the use? / can't read it,"
81 can. 1t was in one of my
courses. K. H. What kind of code
is that?"
MY initials"
''Of course. How dumb Of mel
They're taking a chance you might
know Morse. Wait. I'll answer"
When the flashes lapsed into dark
ness, she operated the window
shade, sending out the letters: 20.
K. o. X"
At once the message began to
come over. Marine spelling it out
for her companion. BOAT S-U-
NIX, boat sunk. WE OK; they're
all right, thank God!" she complet-
ed the reading: Will stand by till
morning. What time is it, Kelsey?"
'Close to midnight"
There's lot of night left"
"Yes."
THAT eliminates the doctor-man.
There's no other way Of his getting
here, l suppose"
II can't figure any. unless he had
a hydro"
"Glunk seems easier now," she
announced after taking look.
'Then we can think about our
selves for a change" He came over
and stood above her. "Marne, there
are too many loose ends hanging
between us. I've got some things
to say"