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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-21
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 Two scenarists, authors of one of the recent flop shows which tried to belittle Hollywood, got worried about their jobs after they wrote the play. They called on their film boss and explained they were just josh ing. That they meant no harm to the cinema industry The tycoon told them to take it easy, that Hollywood would survive their ridi- cllle After all," he said, whats one mouse in 6 steel Skyscraper?"
 A reader who says he can't recall the source forwards this safety slo- gan: "A woman should hold onto her youth. But not when he's driv- ing"
 In 1882 FDR's popular vote was 22,821 ,857. In 1886 it was 27,476 ,673 Ia plurality yer Landon of between 10 and II million votes) <. In 1940 FDR's plurality was about Az mil lion, but he actually lost only about a million. He still reed 3ls million more than in 1882 In sum: The people behind him then-are still behind him. The huge G. O. P. vote represents a vast part of the sleepy population, who never before were interested in voting.
 On Election Day lively Los An geles paper ran this imaginary bit of dialogue on its front page: Hit Ter: Those dumb Americans! Vast ing whole working day just to vote!"
 Mussolini: That's not the worst of it. They have to count each bal lot to find out who's elected!"
 A die hard Willkie booster was breeding over at the Hurricane. She said she was thinking seriously of getting away from Roosevelts in- fluence and moving to Canada" .. That won't make any difference. ," Lucy Monroe told her, he'd carried Canada, too'
 The Scoop of the Week: Harry Bridges, the West Coast c. I. O. leader, was interviewed by the World-Telegram upon his arrival here the other day. When he was asked about his status, Bridges said: T don't know about that. Ask the the inside men Ask John Edgar I over or Winchell."
 Don't be impatient. You'll be on the inside soon.
 Neal O'Hara's coIyum reports: "A
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Greek strong man, General Metaxas. as well as King George II, who is noted for his pro-British sympathies MetaXas and the King ware to be supp.anted by Constantine Cotzias, Governor of Athens. He is very pro-Italian. a former student at the Univ. of Rome, fluent speak CT Of Italian, etc. CotZias. a strong man with Axis leaning, was the bloke Grazzi was dickering with to become Head Man.
 In The House of Murphy the other night, a colyum eavesdropper overheard this sweet description of love" . Gene, the hatcheck girl, was trying to explain her sudden marriage-like this:
 ''Oh, I dunno. It seems like his heart knocked on mihe!"
 Nine years ago William Wyler was directing a picture at Universal One of the actresses there was sent to him to be screen tested for the feminine lead. Wyler promptly turned her down and, because the l girl was wearing an extremely low cut dress, he caustically observed Some actresses have a funny way Of displaying their talent" The lass was so miserable over heI humiliating flop she wished she could die She was Bette Davis and Wyler, who has just directed the Screens First Lady in her lat. est click, "The Letter" hunbly ad. mitted to her recently, i've eater my words many times since I made that crack!"
 John s. Knight, one Of this col yum's employers in three different cities, considered the various sym dicated colyumists in a long edi- torial. It is his criticism that MT Peg,er use some kindly words once in a while, that Dorothy Thompson, General Johnson and the others pull themselves together and that "a great many people pre- fer Walter Winchell's chit-chat tc his political opinions" . We'll, this colyum agrees with MT. Knight, but as Shaw once said: Who are we against so many?" A year and half ago we eschewed politics war, national news-and empha- sized Broadway and Hollywood trivia Our reward was appearing in 100 newspapers. Our Sunday night "CrosSley" was 9,4-sometimes 9.6 The latest count reveals 33C odd newspapers and the Crossley (which is radios barometer) gave us a score of 18.7-the "high' among news commentators In short, when you ignore what is happening in the world-you have half as many readers and listeners
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born, Rye, N. Y.; Burt H. Rolfe, Burlington, Vt; John w. SchaIler, Schnectady, N. Y; Elihu s. Wing, Providence, R. l.; John F. Newell, Port Washington, N. Y.
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lof Paddington, England, learned
 when threatened with a fine in
 Marlebone Police Court. At the be-
 ginning of teh war he took over from his soldier son 20 birds. An
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inspector fovnd that the pigeons had increased to nearly so. Bowdeu has permit for 34. Anything above
 that will bring a fine, the nlagis- trate ruled.
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 Charlie Wertenbaker, the Foreign News Editor for Time, describes an Atlantic hop in Clipper this way: Its like being stuck in an eleva- tor between floors for "A hours!'
 Tavern-keeper Charley Ad- ler's definition of a philanthropist "A guy who gives it back A contrib's thumbnail description ot Joe, Adolf and Benito: "Jack-Axis' :. .. The wickedest rib on Italy's stumblebum army in Greece comes from Berlin via the Times boy in Istanbul Musso's secret weapon report the sarcastic Nazis, IS a Ger man regiment! . Overheard: "He was blackmailed with facts" Life is ironical. Stephen Foster spent a liftime hankering to get back to Dixie, and where does he land? Tn the Hall of Fame.
 The rumOr- -mOngerS are at il again in London, according to Noel Madison, recently returned from there. Noel says one of them 'blabbed: "I hear America is making bombs for Germany now" "Yes," snapped back one of those brave RAFfliers "and the Royal Air Force is delivering them!"
 The other eve Peggy Diggins told about the two ghosts. They were alone in a deserted house one mid night when suddenly they heard a noise in the next room. One of the ghosts, trembling, turned to the other and queried: DO you beleive in people?"
 The inside dope on the break down of the Italian invasion of Greece is this: Emanuele Grazzi. the Italian Minister to Greece appar- ently thought he had bought a nice Fifth Colin all wrapped up ready for delivery. But it turned out to be loaded with stench bombs and other bombs The invasion was to coincide with a revolution in Greece and the overthrow of the
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PIGEON BIRTH RATE CUT

Pigeons in Great Britain must forego having families until Hitler is beaten That is what w. Bowden
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i Pulitzer Prize or at least a laurel wreath to the copy desk man on the Champagne News, who, over a story telling of the British planes bombing the Nazi capital, wrote this headline: Grapes of RAF' in Berlin Just minute If MT. O'Hara is giving away any prizes for that nifty-why doesn't he first consider the 50th Street newsboy who said it first, as quoted in Manhattan Mural here long ago?
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NewsWriter 'Debunks'
 War Mighto Japanese
United States Power Feared By NppOnese JingOists Chinese to Win Struggle, Declares James R. Young

James R. Young, foreign corre- spondent, told an audience of ATS persons at Wilby high school last night that the Japanese took their laundry to China, but it shrank on them, and now they can't get out. J
 The first speaker in a lecture series sponsored by the Waterbury Teachers association this fall and winter, MT. Young who. was in Japan for 13 years, painted a pie ture of a Japan that cannot wind up the China campaign"
 "1n three years" he said, Japan has had six changes of government to wind up the China campaign, The Chinese still have their orig inal government, with all their peo- pie behind Chiang Kai Shek, and the Chinese simply refuse to be wound up by the Japanese My topic is Can America Survive in the Far East?' But the real question is can Japan survive in Asia?" Amer ica. he said, has nothing to fear from Japan.
 MT. Young was introduced by Supt. of Schools Thomas J. Con- don, who told the audience that the lecture series has the two-fold pur- pose of bringing culture to teachers and the general public.
 Speaking rapidly and with his thumbs hooked jauntily in his coat pockets, MT. Young gave birdseye view of Japanese life, sweeping down occasionally to single out sig
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A reader who says he can't recall the source forwards this safety slo- gan: "A woman should hold onto her youth. But not when he's driv- ing"
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The Nome nugget., 1940-09-04
DEFENSE PLAN PRAISED

There is another story that while serving in the Philippines, when he was a Second Lieuten- ant, he drew up field order that were later described by his Gen. eral as the best plan for the de- fense of the islands that he had ever seen.
 Seven years ago this month, General Marshall was only col onel. It was during the World War that he first came to the at- tention of General Pershing, whose aide he later became.
 When General Marshall took over the Army a few months be- fore the Nazis went rampaging in Europe, he immediately set about reorganization. Some Army men wise in the ways of politics told him he was inviting the axe.
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was commissioned Second Lieut. enant in the United States Army and his varied (but consistently successfully military career was under way.
 The stories about him at V.M.l. are as numerous as the anecdotes of that institution written into the recent play and movie, Bro ther Rat" In his 'Srat," or fresh man year, he was seriously injur ed by a bayonet during a hazlng incident. But Marshall passed 1t off without a word of accusiation against those responsible.
 Marshall was graduated with out single demerit, senior cap itan of his class, fifth in schlas- tic standing and an all-southern football tackle.
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things which guarantee the free dom of our people. We particular ly denounce the present policy of the Democratic Administration in seeking, through the Secretary of the Interior, to establish a one man dictatorial government for the Territory, substituting reg ulations for law The present state of development of the Territory has been brought about by the efforts of the people who have settled here of their own free will and accord, expended their cap ital, and directed their energies toward such development, and by the peoples participation in the limited form of Government which the Organic Act has per- mitted. The policy of the present administration in substitution reg ulations for law and subjecting the people to the dictatorial dom ination of one man in Washington will quickly mean ruination of all industries in the Territory and will result in suppression of init iative and eventual bankruptcy of the Alaskan people.
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HASTE SLOWLY

The lean, wiry General, with a bit of a squint in his left eye, has been an apostle of make haste slowly" in the defense program, but he never has relaxed his in Sistence on it's expansion.
 When the vast war games were held in the South last spring (the largest such peacetime maneuver up to that time), General Mar shall said: Tt was a successful experiment. It shows us our short comings.
 That" said a friend, lis Gen eral Marshall. He'd rather know an army's weakness than it's strength"
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I've advocate the return of our people to the principles of Government established by the Constitution of the United States of America and by the Republican Party in it's time-honored history in the conduct of National affairs.
 2-AMENDMENT OF OR- GANIC ACT. We recommend that the Organic Act of the Terri tory be amended so as to provide for the election of the Governor and of the Secretary of the Terri tory of Alaska by the people, and also to give to the people of the Territory full control of all it's natural resources and the collec- tion of all revenues therefrom, in- cluding the revenues from the Fur Seal Islands.
 3-PRESENT NATIONAL AD- MINISTRATION CONDEMNED. We condemn the administration of President Franklin D. Roose- welt and the New Deal as subver- sive of Constitutional principles, opposed to the liberties of our citizens, and contrary to all those
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ITS GENERAL GEORGE c. MARSHALL SPEAKING; ALL CAPITOL HILL LISTENING
By Jack Stinnett

WASHINGTON-Senators and Congressmen are traditionally better takers than listeners.
 There is one fellow, though, who goes up on Capitol Hill ire quently, and when he does, mem bers of Congress hstenl
 Few men in Washington get such undivided attention - and respect from congressional au- diences as does Gen. George Cat lett, Marshall, Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
 A little more than year ago, President Roosevelt gave this tall soft-spoken, graying soldier a pro motion over B of his senior off, cers.
 In doing so, he elevated to the post man to whom three chiefs of staff before him (Pershing, Macarthur and Craig) referred at various times as a great sol dier. @@AGs -~.-- Although not without prece- dent, the promotion also gave this top army post to a man who was not graduate of West Point But no man who ever came out of the army college was more of a professional soldier.
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Certificate of Dissolution

I, Frank A. Boyle, Auditor of the Territory of Alaska, and GUS todian of corporation records for said Territory, do hereby certify that there has been filed in my office, on this, the seventh day of August, 1940, the written con- sent of the stockholders of the OSBORN MINING COMPANY, a corporation organized and exist ing under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Alaska, to the dissolution of said corpora ton, written consent to such dis solution having been executed by all of the stockholders on the 20th day of May, 1940, and certi- fled to by the President and As sistant Secretary of the corpora ton on the 31st day of July, 194O.
 Wherefore, in view of the above premises, I do further cer- tify that the OSBORN MINING COMPANY, a corporation, is dis solved, pursuant to Section 924 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1893, upon the filing in this of flee of the proper proof of pub lication of this certificate. In testi mony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Juneau, the Cap ital, this seventh day of August, A. D. 1940.
 Frank A. Boyle,
 Auditor of Alaska Publish Aug. 21, 28, Sept. 4, II.
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But the General went ahead, quietly but firmly brushing the objecting politicians aside. Each passing month found him another notch higher in the esteem of Congress and the civilian corps working for national defense.
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GRADUATE OF V. M. I.

Puck" Marshall was born in Uniontown, P, 60 years ago. He was graduated from Virginia Milf tary Institute with honors 2l
 years later. A year after that he
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-03
Welfare Council To
Begin Fall Program

Niblick Club
Meets Today
Members of the Niblick Club,
auxiliary group to the Country
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-03

Club, will meet this afternoon,
Thursday, at 400 o'clock at the
home Of Mrs. e. D. Harvey. The
meeting is announced by president
Mrs. Harry Hamilton, Jr. All who
are interested and eligible for men,
bership are invited to attend this
Organization meeting.
O.E.S. Honored
Past Officers
Past Matrons and Patrons Of
Naomi Chapter, Order of the East
ern Star, were honor guests Tues
day evening when Mrs. Leon Weed
er, Worthy Matron, and other Of
ficers of the chapter presented the
Addenda, a candle light ceremony.
Miss Lila Beck was soloist during
the ceremony and her accompanist
was Mrs. C. N. Jeffries. A group
Of fifteen past officers of the chap
ter were honor guests. Cards fol-
lowed the business meeting and the
ceremony, and a delicious luncheon
was served. Tables and the room
were decorated attractively with
late fall flowers. At the lunch
Mrs. G. H. Vandesteeg responded
with appreciation for the Past Mat
rons, and Mr.. Vandesteeg, thanked
the Chapter for the Patrons.
Attend ID of
Convention
Mrs. Ben F. Ives, Mrs. Dennis
Mahigan and Mrs. Henry Lloyd at
tended the Degree of Honor con-
vention for this district held in
Little Falls on Tuesday.
Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mondloch en-
tertained a group at dinner at $50
o'clock Tuesday evening. Their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Carlson and daughter, Charlotte, of
| Melrose, Mr.. and Mrs. Norbert
Nathe and son, John, here from
Anchorage, Alaska, Mrs. Lucy
Schmitz and Mrs. Elizabeth Nathe,
Of this city. The group enjoyed
cards after the dinner.
Entertained at Dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Otto, of st.
Cloud, were dinner guests Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Otto in this city.
ID of I Meeting
Birthday anniversaries for mem
| bers and member who will leave
the organization were honored at
a meeting last Tuesday of the
Daughters of Isabella. A social
evening with cards was enjoyed at
st. Paups Church parlors. Birth
day gifts and corsages were given
to members. Miss Marie Millner,
who will leave the city, was pre-
sented corsage and a picture of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, patron
saint of the local chapter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-03
&D.S0CIETY

Ostendorf, Aileen Edoff, Shirley
Paske, Gloria Rosenwald and Fran
ces Saathoff, as guest. Miss Sue
Momsen was the leader in charge.
A breakfast hike, with Saturday
morning breakfast out of doors at
Stone Arch, was the outdoor activ-
ity for patrol two. Members of the
patrol are Alverna Weiner, Hazel
and Gladys Christie, Betty Lou
Hintzen, Lorraine Voller and JAG
uelin Couch. Mrs. A. w. Rosen-
wald was in charge of the hike.
Patrol one enjoyed bicycle hike
Saturday morning with Gerene AL
dous, Betty Hesse, June Dickinson,
Rosemary Vennewitz, Katherine
Litchy, and Lois Besser as men,
bers. Miss Helen Sather was lead
er in charge.
Mrs. Rosenwald is in charge of
patrol three who cooked their din
ner out Of doors Tuesday. The
girls in the patrol, Shirley Bastien,
Doris Ostendorf, Dorothy Berg,
Genevieve Dirnberger and Mildred
Doege, were having three days va
cation from classes at st. Pauls
School
Attend Birthday Party
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kind, Luz
ellie and Vernon Kind, George
Kind, Ray johnson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Lloyd and daughter,
Patty, were guests at dinner at
seven Sunday evening at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Belts, in
Osakis. The day marked the birth
day anniversary for their daughter,
Miss Eta Belts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-03

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-03
It Can Happen

1t Can Happen
Red Lake Falls-A busy man
with the affairs Of a busy week
weighing heavily upon his should
ers came out of his establishment
the other evening and entered what
was his own automobile, drove it
home and into his own garage. AS
he stepped out of the vehicle he
noticed the color did not look quite
right. After second look he put
on his glasses and took another
look, and still unsatisfied took an
other one. Sure enough he had
driven somebody else's car home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-03

George Clary, and Clarence J.
Bunkers, son Of John Bunkers, of
Sherman, s. D., took place on Sat
urday, September %, at the Cathe-
dral with friend of the bride, Miss
Sophia Schonhaar, of Melrose, and
q brother of the bridegroom, James
Bunkers, of Sherman, the two at
tendants.
The bride wore a teal blue tailor
suit with wine color accessories
with a corsage Of small pink roses
and baby breath. Miss Schonhaar
had a wine color suit with black
accessories and a corsage like that
of the bride.
Close relatives and friends were
entertained at the bride home
with a buffet supper in the late af-
ternoon for members of the i'm
mediate families, with 10 in the
group. Among these guests were
Mrs. Harold e. Nelson, Mime
apolis, a sister Of the bride; Mrs.
D. b. Sass, Garretson, S. D., anoth.
err sister; John Bunkers and James
Bunkers, Sherman, father and
brother Of the bridegroom; Chas.
MacCadden, Sank Centre; Mr.. and
Mrs. Art Rogers, Minneapolis; Miss
Irene Seiberding, st. Cloud; Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Keller, Sank Centre
and Miss To. Clary, Milwaukee.
After a wedding trip in southern
Minnesota the bridal couple will be
at home october in Sherman, s.
D.-ex.
Birthday Anniversary
Doris and Myrtle Christie enter
tanned a number of young people
Tuesday evening at the home of
their mother, Mrs. Ella Christie, in
honor of the Goth birthday anniver-
sary of Lawrence Christie. Those
present included Mary Higbie, Lola
Hesse, Dorothy Blank, Donald
veeder, Tommy Lynch, Gus Brandt,
Ollie Berg and Walter Swirtz.
Birthday cake and ice cream were
served and a social time was en-
joyed.-Contr.
V.F.W. Auxiliary Meeting
A regular meeting of the Auxil-
larry of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, will be held Friday evening
October 4th, at eight o'clock, in
the Community Club rooms. AL
members are asked to be in at
tendance.