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NAACP MASS MEETING
CONTINUED from Page u

I-DlLlN-tL HUH agt
rAe Boston branch, and the committee,
Mrs. Nadine Wright Goodman, chair
man, Rev. S. Marion Riley, Jr., and
Julian D. Steele, have made prepare
tons for an overflow meeting and urge
every one TO come early. The doors
viii open al 1870. 4 speaker system
has been provided.
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BLASTS sLUR AT ROOSEVELT
Continued from Page II

ministration Of President F. D. Roose-
welt.
Making his first formal reply after
two meetings Of a large local organ
ization had been held on the question
and another had been scheduled for
the coming Tuesday. DR.. Taylor asked /:
'Does the original party Of jim-crow-
ism, the party of Hoover, of segre-
gated gold-star mothers, Of candidates
who live in "lily-white" communities,
the party whose head refused and still
refuses to eountenance the employment
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LOST

VIII the young lady who found a
heavy gold chain necklace at the
Musical Tea, Sunday, September %,
1910, at Grant A.M.E. Church, please
return it to the owner, Miss Maude
Smith, II Waumbeck St., Roxbury,
Gar 1904 A reward is offered.
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NOW GEN. DAVIS
Continued from Page IL

general viii sever his connection with
the 369th as its colonel Where he Is
exercise command in his new elevation
70 the rank Of general was not dis
closed
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-26

Of the Roslindale Baptist Church, Dr..
Harold S. Campbell, pastor, The
Inrerracial Fellowship Forum viii
convene al Pleasant Hill at 500 pm,
November 3.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-26
In MRntnrtant
In memory Of
MABLE LEONEY

MABLE LEONEY
who departed this life, October %, 1886
Your loving voice and tender smile
shall never be forgotten.
Charles Leoney, son; Horace Haz-
card, brother; Nan Estes, Dora Haz-
zard, Florence Hazard. sisters:
George Hazard, nephew.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
Grandson Of Former Sank Centre
Man Willed $4,000 To Court

ing at At Dayton avenue, st. Paul,
in a room provided by the Ramsey
county board of public welfare.
One of the strangest and most
interesting cases ever noted in
probation records, Johnson was i'll
throughout his life and had had "a
major operations.
He suffered from an intestinal
ailment which, friends said, has
been described in journals Of
medicine.
The money inherited by John.
son at the end of his life came
from his great-grandfather, Alex
Il. Johnson, once a st. Paul rail-
road official and associate of
James u. Hill, and later an official
of the Swedish-American steam
ship lines.
The steamship founder had one
son, Colt, who came to Sank
Centre, Mimi, and married a
Sank Centre girl. Colt Johnson
was a resident Of this city almost
fifty years ago. He was engaged
as a baseball pitcher and was
employed by L. M. Bunnell in Il
candy store in this city, according
to information CLEANED from older
residents. Their son was Julius
Johnson, who when he died left
three small children, Vincent De-
Paul Johnson, Willard Woodrow
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
Fine Response
To City's
Book Drive
More Than 400
Books Given Freely
BY Local Citizens

Stearns County's projected lib
rary racked it's book shelves a lit.
tie deeper this week as Sank Gen.
ire, with a concerted drive headed
by civic groups, answered a call
for books with splendid response
aided in launching the first at
tempt at a countrywide book distri-
button system.
Pointing to racks of more than
400 books, given freely for the pro-
ject by citizens of this city, Mrs.
Henry Thielen, who chairmaned
an all-community committee, said:
THE response has been splendid"
obviously" she said, there
are still those who intend to
give to the program" She
pointed out that those who still
have books to give are only to
call the Library. Boy Scouts,
who have cooperated whole
heartedly in the book cOllec-
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ton, will come to homes to pick
them up.
Mrs. Thielen pointed out that
committee chairman, named to con-
tact city organizations, are still at
work. While she had none other
than Gradatim Club reported with
a full quota, she reminded men,
bers that if there are other organ
izations with an over the top
standing to report 1t.
The county library is a plan to
establish series Of stations where
books will be available to all rural
and urban people in the county.
Because Stearns is large and the
distribution through only three
public libraries small, the collec-
tons Of books given gratis was in
Books given in this manner will
be matched in valuation by the
county library to begin the initial
collection. Any book, with the ex-
ception of text books, is acceptable.
Committee in charge of this pro-
gram and the organizations they
represent is as follows: Ward Rob
erts, Boy Scout committee; ]. N.
Jackson, Veterans of Foreign
Wars; S. p. Hansen, American Leg
ion; George Berggreen, Rotary; G.
D. Shively, Black Cats; Mrs. S. N.
Deziel, Gradatim; and Mrs. G. F.
wager, Sank Centre Welfare Coun-
ell.
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So That Other Boys
Would Have Better
Chance In Life

A bequest of approximately
$4,000 to the Judge of Juvenile
court in st. Paul was disclosed
Saturday following the death Fri
day of Vincent De Paul johnson,
great grandson of an early-day
st. Paul "empire builder"
Johnson, who lived in poverty
all his life, received a check for
about $4,000 Sept. s, the same
day it was discovered he was dy-
ing of cancer.
Probation officers said they
gathered from comments made by
Johnson before his death that he
was leaving the money to the
court so "other boys would have a
better chance in life than he did"
Four years ago Johnson was
given suspended sentence of five
years in st. Cloud reformatory
and was put on probation on
charges of burglary growing out
of his entering a store and taking
cigarets and candy.
He was still on probation when
he died Friday, because, officers
said, they wanted to give him a
helping hand from time to time.
Twenty-six years old, he was liv-
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Johnson and Mildred Johnson, now
living in Los Angeles, Calf.
Willard Woodrow johnson was
adopted and now uses the name
John Geraghty, living at 938 James
avenue. He also received q sum
Of money at his great-grandfath-
er's death, approximately the
same as that received by Vincent.
The total sum Of money due
Vincent from his great-grand-
fathers estate probably will
amount to about $4,000, Donald b.
Smith, his attorney said. OF this
amount about $1,000 will go to
friends in the form of requests,
and about $4,000 to the court.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
Another Recruiting
Meeting Will Be Held
Next Monday Eve.

Authority to proceed at once
with the active work of enlisting
men for the new Minnesota De-
tense Force was granted today by
Major General Ellard A. Walsh,
the Adjutant General Of Mime
sofa.
The enlisted personnel will con-
sist of men between the ages Of
q and so, and a special effort will
be made to secure those who have
had previous military training.
Company 'C' of the Service
Regiment Of the Minnesota Defense
Force, under the command Of
Captain w. d. O'Gara, had re-
cruited twenty-five men up to the
last meeting as announced in the
Herald last week. Since then nine
more volunteers have signed for
service.
Next Monday night in the Arm
DRY, will be the last recruiting
meeting, which will start at eight
o'clock, said Captain O'Gara. At
ter this meeting, if the company
roster is not filled, applications
for membership must be made to
Captain OGara.
General Walsh also made the
following statement as to the gen.
eral plan of organization of the
Defense Force:
The State of Minnesota, in COM
mon with the other states Of the
Union, is organizing a Force to
take the place of the National
Guard when that organization is
called into Federal Service on the
Bird Of January for one years act
i've tanning.
The Minnesota Defense Force Is
being organized in the main, upon
the same plan as the National
Guard. There will be two brigades
of infantry of two regiments each,
and a service regiment consisting
Of four truck companies and the
necessary regimental units. All of
the companies Of this new Force
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
Kenneth Robinson Tells Of Severe Storm on Great Lakes

ore-also a Canadian, the Anna G.
Minch, loaded with grain-all men
on these ships are lost. Another
Canadian loaded with pulpwood
sank on the beach-most of the
crew were drowned. A few could
be seen in the pilot house but the
coast guard couldn't get to them.
Two car ferries were driven
aground and pounded by heavy
seas. An American oil tanker sank
with her crew, two other ships lost
their rudders but finally made it
all right and one lost her pilot
house. Another went aground near
Escanada. Here life boats and a
bunch of suitcases washed ashore.
The wind blew so hard in South
Chicago that the big stacks of the
steel mills swayed back and forth
like trees and nearly came down.
This Is our End bad storm. We were
on Lake Superior upbound with
load of cars on deck the night the S.
Sparta was driven on the rocks
near Munising, Michigan. We
started out across the lake in fog
no wind but the barometer was
falling fast. I called boats ahead
of us on the telephone and found
the wind to be shifting northwest
and blowing hard so called the
skipper. We changed course to
due north and got a couple hours
start before the wind set in a howl
ing gale and binding snowstorm.
That was on election day. All
night we fought our way to the
north shore in heavy seas, freezing
weather and snow. We couldn't
see the length Of the ship and
couldn't hear our own whistle wher
we blew it. Fortunately we didn't
hit another ship for several were
in the same fix as we were in.
We Rugged the shelter of the
north shore-all high rock cliffs ris-
ing out of the water-and finally
made our way around north of
Isle Of Royal and came past Port
Arthur, Rock of Ages and Grand
Marais to go to Duluth. We are
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hoping we have a good run down
the lake for these last few days.
Then we have about a weeks work
to lay the ship up for the winter.
We will unload in Conneaut and
then go to Ashtabula to lay up.
I spent yesterday at Jack's-all
the folks there are we'll. Jack said
you were all going to be at Maude's
for Thanksgiving so I'll send this
letter to you at st. Cloud. Wish
could be with you but it can't
be done. See you all in a couple
of weeks anyway. If I make the
right connections might take the
North Coast Limited from Chicago
as far as st. Cloud and then go
the rest of the way by bus. Great
Northern won't make much money
that way, will it? Jack said his
office was grandstand seat dur
ing the storm to watch people being
swept off their feet, slide and roll
down 4th avenue west. He said
everyone was losing their hats and
that after the storm Andy Ander-
SUI lido 10 udIS III Tic WlHuOW OIL
the N. p. passenger ticket office
across the street. The next day
stores were crowded with people
trying to find their hats.
Altogether about IL ships were
really in serious distress during the
storm. All telephone calls were re-
served for emergency. Two light
houses were put out of commits
sion by the storm and buoys and
channel markers were drifted or
lost entirely, especially in the
Straits of Mackinac, where all aids
to navigation were out of commits
sion and ships had to stop because
no shoals were marked. One ship
came into Duluth with ten auto
mobiles missing from her dock and
many others smashed up.
So long now until see you in
two or three weeks. Don't eat
too much turkey and watch Hugh
cause he just can't stand such
rich stuff!
Kenneth.
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will be stationed in those cities
and towns where companies of the
National Guard are now organized
and where armories already exist
Officers are now being selected
from men. who have had previous
military experience. They include
men with World War service
National Guard service as officers
or enlisted men, graduates Of mill
tary schools and of the Civilian
Training camps. Men who now
hold commissions in the National
Guard, Officers Reserve Corps
and other active or reserve COM
ponents of the Army or Navy are
not eligible, as they are subject to
call by the Federal Government.
A special effort is being made
to secure men with previous mill
tary service. The ordinary term of
enlistment Is for three years, but
men with previous service will be
enlisted for one year.
While the enlisted personnel will
to some extent, be composed of
men who are older than those who
have heretofore comprised the
National Guard organizations, a
special appeal is made to men
within the draft age, namely 21-35,
who have not been selected in the
first draft, to enroll in the State
Defense Force and to serve until
they are called into Federal Ser
vice. This will enable them to Sc
cure a thorough basic training,
which will be Of great value to
themselves as we'll as to the Cow
eminent.
With the world as 1t Is today,
the possibility of inducing into the
Federal service a group Of several
hundred thousand men who have
received basic training in the var
ious State Defense Forces, will go
a long way in assuring the succ-
ess Of the Governments effort to
organize a large trained Army.
Companies Of the Defense Force
will drill once a week and will be
called upon for active duty in dis
asters and other emergencies.
These emergencies are listed in the
basic laws of the State as the de-
Tense or relief Of the State, the
enforcement of its law and the pro-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
Girl Harpist Studying
To Be Plane Mechanic

SYRACUSE.-Unable to find EN-.
ployment in the music world, Miss
Jessie Elinor Walizer. 25-year-old
harpist, is taking lessons to become
an airport grease monkey"
Miss Walizer, who says she is
"crazy about tinkering with mo.
tors" first discovered her mechani-
cal inclinations when the 13-year-old
family car broke down. Lacking
funds for the necessary repairs. she
overhauled the motor herself.
She Is now taking a course in
aviation mechanics under scholar.
ship extended by the civil aero
nautics authority,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28

With more than q foot Of snow
poured over this community In a
scant ten-day period during the
month, November became one of
the wettest months in history. Ac-
cording to official records beside
the snow, a total Of % inches of
precipitation fell in the early
months days. It contrasts readily
with November of a year ago with
no precipitation at all, and with
Novembers all down the line to
1884 when 2.12 inches was recorded.
As shoppers began first to
invade the shopping districts
and merchants real'igned their
shelves with sparkling Christ
mas gift merchandise, Post
master Ben Dubois warned
that to insure prompt delivery
Christmas mailing should be
doue early.
Christmas cards, he said, will not
be mailed in rural boxes unless
each piece Is stamped. In the vol
umes Of Christmas mailing, rural
carriers can no longer accept I'M
stamped Christmas cards for mail
ing.
Usual rates for Christmas card
mailing will be observed, it was
pointed out. Cards, with no writ
ten messages and unsealed, may be
sent for a cent and a half. But
If cards are sent to people who
may require a forwarding address,
the postoffice advises that such
cards will be forwarded only IL seal
ed and carrying three cent stamp
In the meantime merchant ven
doris Of toys, Christmas tree dec
orations and the like pointed de-
lightedly to an "All American"
Christmas for the first time this
year. Japanese and German made
articles in both are nearly disap-
peared from the shelves. Mer-
chants point to the fact that Amer
lean made products are not
"ersatz" but in quality and price
can match, and they point out even
better, heretofore imported pro-
ducts.
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an hour. Two tugs had all they
could do to turn us around and
head us out of the harbor. We
followed the shelter of the south
shore for about 40 miles but then
the wind went west and blew as
much as IS miles an hour. We
were only making about five miles
an hour instead of our normal liz
We were light but had all the water
ballast we could hold. Even so the
ship would lift out of the water
and pound on the next wave and
shake her entire length. We could
look along the matches and see the
ship bending and bullying over a
foot in the middle. Water was
flying way over the top of our
pilot house. The ship pounded so
hard that it broke loose concrete
IS inches thick in the lower part
of the bows. Sixty miles from shore
Lake Erie was churned up to the
color Of coffee with cream in it.
Mud from the bottom stirred up
by the waves. We made 1t to the
Detroit River. Loaded boats had
to stop because the wind had lower
ed the water in the west end of
Lake Erie and the channels were
too shallow.
The water rose feet in Buffalo
at the other end Of the lake. We
continued up the river and met
many ships at anchor. They look
ed odd for they were laying up
stream with their anchor chains
down stream. The wind was so
strong that they were held against
the current. At Port Huron storm
warnings were still flying so we
anchored for II hours until the
wind blew out. Lake Huron was
calm but on Lake Superior we were
in another blow, but not so strong.
We missed the worst Of the storm
which hit Lake Superior and Lake
Michigan. On Lake Michigan the
VIM. B. Dorvock, an Interloer boat,
about 1856 feet long, broke in two
and went down with her entire
crew. She was loaded with iron
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
81 Men Enlisted in Co. &c" Defense Force
lection of life and property there

lection of life and property there
in.
When called to active duty for
these purposes, the personnel of
the Defense Force will receive the
pay and allowances which the
State law provides for members
Of the National Guard. The Force
will be armed as an infantry force
and will be equipped with uniforms
which are substantially the same
as those of the National Guard.
These uniforms will be provided by
the State without cost to the men,
bers of the Fense Force.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
Letter To Parents In
This City A Graphic
Account of Experience

Shipping on the Great Lakes has
not been a pleasant bit of work
recently, with wintry weather and
two big storms experienced in a
few weeks, according to a recent
letter from Kenneth Robinson, who
is employed on one Of the large
lake ships. Kenneth is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Robinson, of this
city. He, presents an interesting
and graphic account of unusual
weather conditions which hamper
ed shipping, destroyed large num-
Der of ships, took the lives of many
sailors, and made navigation al
most impossible. The letter to his
parents in this city follows:
Duluth, Mimi,
November 18th.
Hello Folks:
We are at anchor in Duluth har-
Dor waiting our turn to load ore
at the Mesabi Docks. The freeze
up after the storm has caused one
of the worst delays in history. All
the ore must be steamed so it will
run through the chutes at the dock.
There were twenty boats ahead of
us when we came in Saturday
morning. We are due to load some
time today. About the same num-
Der Of boats are waiting over at
Albany-and more coming to an
Choir all the time. There must be
about so or 60 boats waiting here
at Duluth and Superior. We think
we are on our last trip and hope
so for we have had more than
enough of it. If this is our last
trip we will be all laid up about
December LIST. We were unloading
in Conneaut when this last big
blow started to set in. BY the
time we finished unloading the
wind was blowing about so miles
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28
More Than
Foot of Snow
In Ten Days
Mail Your Christmas
Packages Early For
Prompt Delivery

Old Man Winter was doing his
part in providing a brilliant setting
for the Christmas season in the
snowiest November in years as the
post office and business houses
united in effort toward the pre-
Christmas days just ahead.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-28

With its PIT golf courses, Chi
cago is known as the golf capital
of the world.
Department of Justice records
show more arrests of 19-year-old
youths than Of any other age
group.
Evening star., 1940-06-13

bill designed to settle the century,
old dispute over the District-Vir-
ginia boundary.
The special subcommittee was ap-
pointed about week ago. Repre-
sentative Hunter, Democrat, Of Ohio
is the chairman.
Mr.. Hunters first move was to
seek the views of Representative
Evening star., 1940-06-13
To Receive Certificate

Walter D. James, son of Delos
l.. James of 59l3 Thirty y-second
street NV, will receive a certifl-
cate Saturday on completion of a
year as faculty assistant and fell
low of the Babson Institute OF
Business Administration. Babson
Park, Mass.
Evening star., 1940-06-13

Representative Smith said the
position he takes with respect to
the proposed legislation will be
governed by the reports of these
officials.
The bill, sponsored by Chairman
Randolph of the House District
Committee, would fix the boundary
at the present high-water mark on
Evening star., 1940-06-13

Smith, Democrat, OF Virginia, whose
congressional district embraces the
area in which the boundary would
be fixed by the bill. Mr.. Smith,
in turn, sought the views of At
torney General Staples of Virginia,
County Manager Hanrahan of Ar
lington County and City Manager
Budweisky of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1940-06-13

ton to direct programs through the
season.
The first event scheduled Is a
boat ride down the Potomac on the
night of June IS.
A page organ-C. S. r. A. Jottings
edited by Arthur Berger, will keep
the association members abreast of
activities.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Statue Approved

President Roosevelt has approved
legislation authorizing the selection
of a site in the District and the
eventual erection thereon of a statue
Of George Washington.
Evening star., 1940-06-13
Civil Service Stuff
Plans Recreation

The staff of the Civil Service
Commission is getting ready for the
summer with the formation OF the
Civil Service Recreation Associa-
Evening star., 1940-06-13
House Group Awaits Repor'
On Boundary Question

A special subcommittee of the
House District Committee today
awaited reports from Virginia Of
ficials before taking action on a
Evening star., 1940-06-13

the Virginia side Of the Potom,
River.