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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09
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afternoon.
Chas Gibbs and Lorna Matthie-
sen visited the Berry children Sum
day evening.
Mrs. Ella Christie was a dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Kenne-
dy Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Anderson
and children and Ray Kircher
visited Sam Rasmussen's SUNDAY
afternoon.
Mrs. Otto Blank and son, Dom
aid, and Louise Blank were Long
Prairie visitors Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Emblom and
daughter, Darlene, called at Gust
Emblom's Friday evening.
Howard Hendrickson called on
A. H. Hendrickson Sunday fore
noon.
Lorna Matthiesen and Frances
Berry called on Mabel Brecken Sat-
urday afternoon.
Mrs. John Blair and Ella called
at the Christie home Thursday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Orlando Shelton, of Lam
DCl lOiiy SpcllJ lIOIll
Wednesday at c. A. Paquin's.
C. M. Berry and son, Norman,
called at Otto Blanks Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Gust Emblom visited with
Josie and Annabel Emerson Satur-
day afternoon.
Mrs. S. B. Gardner and Mrs. c.
A. Paquin received word that their
sister, Hazel McKellip, was confin-
ed in a hospital, in the Twin Cities,
following an operation recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Gardner spent
Friday evening at the Glen Gard
ner home at Burtrum. Mrs. Flor
ence Gardner, who has been visit
ing at the home of her two sons
and daughter, Mrs. Chas. Farrow,
in this vicinity, will return soon
to her home at Louisville, Ken
lucky.
Louise Blank, who has spen: the
past couple of months at the home
of her brother, Otto Blank, is now
employed at Sig Carlson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Stenoien and
Mrs. Habermann, of Osakis, visit
ed at the JenS Lying home Tues
day.
Mrs. Jonas Eckberg and Mrs AL
bert Eckberg spent Monday after
noon with their sister, Mrs. AL
Bohn.
Otto Blank called at the Gust
Emblom home Sunday evening.
Fern and Betty Lou Blank WIS.,
tied at c. M. Berry's Sunday after
noon.
The Roy Scott family are now
located at their home on Sank
Lake.
Seeding of small grains is near
ly completed in this locality, and
with advent of warmer weather
should come along fine, as there
is abundance of moisture at pres
ent.
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were among those who enjoyed q
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Wiegers Thursday evening
Viola Ruehman called on Mrs
John Blair and Ella Monday after.
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Upton and
son, Donald, Of Georgeville, visited
at the George Miller home Sunday
Thursday afternoon visitors and
supper guests of Mrs. Charles Ken.
nedy were her sister, Miss Kathryn
Graham, their nephew, Donald
Olmstead, and Bennett Masterson
Of Spicer. Accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Kennedy. and son, Gerald
they spent the evening at the
Kenneth Beck nome near West
Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Berry called
at the Gust Emblom home Sunday
Betty Scott, Katherine Wolfarth
and Dorothy Blank were visitors
at the Henry Matthiesen home
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ella Christie and Mrs. Bert
Neal called on Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Gilpin Sunday afternoon.
Leon Matthiesen, who is employ
ed at the Gust Emblom home
spent Sunday at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Matt
hiesen
Mrs. Harold Daluge and daugh-
ter, Virginia, was visitor at Sam
Rasmussen's Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Nelson visit,
ed at Sam Rasmussen's Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Blank and
sons, Henry and Donald, and Lou
Use Blank motored to Aitkin a week
ago Sunday and spent the day al
the Irwin Blank home.
Walter Swirtz and Doris Christie
were visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Wiegers Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Kennedy and
Gerald were supper guests at the
J. Mcdonald home in Sank Centre
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foss and son
Peder, were Sunday evening visit
ors at Gust Emblom's.
Carl Ecklund, ST., and Otto Sam
uelson were callers at Helmer Sew
erin's Monday forenoon.
Margaret Lynch and Robert Bliss
visited at the home of the formers
sister, Mrs. Hubert Scheiffer, Tues
day.
Lloyd Hooper and Mr.. McGill
arrived from Iowa Saturday eve
ming to visit at the David and
Harry Hooper homes.
Lawrence Christie is assisting in
construction of the new telephone
line running from Sank Centre to
Spring Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Farrow and
son, Walter. spent Thursday eve
ming at the Stanley Gardner home.
Betty and Bud Berry were Sum-
day afternoon visitors at the
Trattles home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Reese and
daughter were callers at Gust En-
blom's Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Olaf Samuelson visited at
the Helmer SEVERN home Friday
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09

to be shown Wednesday and Thurs
day, May Is and 16, on the screen
at the Main Street Theatre, estab-
lished an all-time record for en-
ployment of Hollywood extra play
ers.
Twelve thousand days of employ
ment were given to bit players and
extras during filming of Gone with
the Wind" The largest number
to appear in a single scene was
1890, who represented the residents
of Atlanta and soldiers of the IN
ion and Conferate Armies in the
spectacular destruction of many
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
FINAL VINDICATION-

A great load must be lifted from
the mind of DR.. George r. Koch,
who SO years ago was tried three
times for the murder of his good
dentist friend, DR.. Gebhardt, at
New Ulm. The crime has finally
been solved, with the confession
and subsequent arrest of man on
the West Coast, who at that time
was an admitted dope fiend.
A vast mass of circumstantial
evidence was spun about DR.. Koch,
and half. of the community stead
tasty believed in his guilt, even af-
ter three juries could not agree in
convicting him. His star witness
was the then editor of the New
Ulm Review, who saw the murder
err face to face and said it was not
DR.. Koch. Although he knew the
doctor intimately, and would GER
tainly have been able to recognize
him if it had been he, many people
still did not believe this star wit
ness. They took it out on him by
way Of a boycott, and he was fore
ed to give up his business and
leave town.
That it has been a difficult "a
years for DR.. Koch, who also had to
pack up and leave town, goes with
out saying. But the recent con-
fession of the murderer must con-
firm his belief that Justice will
triumph" even though he must
have thought many times that this
phrase was but an empty mockery.
Hutchinson Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09

parts Of Atlanta at the time of
burning Of the arsenal.
Eric Stacey, assistant to Direc-
tor Victor Fleming, was in charge
Of the extras. He originated an
elaborate chart system by which
to establish their positions so that
each player would be able to re-
turn to his exact position on the
set after a scene, either to re-play
1t or to proceed with new action.
IF any doubt existed as to the
intelligence and ability of Holly
wood extras" he said, 'this picture
dispels it. Our people performed
like well-trained soldiers. We had
comparatively little confusion and
almost no dissension. More impor-
tant, they sensed the feeling Of the
story and every one Of them be-
came an integral part of the scene.
1t was the greatest demonstration
of extra ability and unity in Holly
wood history"
! Raymond A. Kline, production
manager at Selznick International,
with Charles Richards, the casting
manager, also confronted the most
complicated task they had ever met
1t was necessary to retain four
| cashiers with the company to pay
off within thirty minutes after dis
charge each day. Otherwise, under
Screen Actors Guild regulations,
anyone whose check was delayed
would be entitled to two hours
overtime.
Hundreds of the male extras
were veterans of the World War,
/ and there was sprinkling of Span
ish-American War vets, so that the
military tactics, from squads right
to left-front-into-line, were execut-
ed professionally.
1--WE required a considerable lot
of the men to be good horsemen,"
said Stacey. II think we used al
most every ex-cowboy and cavalry
man in this part of the country
One Of the most famous Of the
cowpunchers was Yakima Canutt,
who played the part of a renegade
in the reconstruction scenes"
In preparation three years, "Gone
with the Wind" was produced by
David o. Selznick, with Clark
Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie How
ard and Olivia de Havilland in the
starring roles, and an outstand-
ing cast of featured supporting
players.
Columbia's consistent record of
cnpoadx, bitc oonf;o,,oe sc oo.to+;.
advance reports Of the studios
newest production, "The Doctor
Takes a Wife" are to be consid-
cred. The new comedy, which will
show at Main Street Theatre next
Sunday and Monday, with Loretta
Young and Ray Milland co-starred,
follows in the triumphant wake of
such recent successes as TOO
Many Husbands" His Girl Friday"
and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washing
ton" and is worthy addition to
Columbia's collection of redoubt-
able films like 1.-THE Awful Truth"
ut Happened One Night" "Mr.
Deeds Goes to Town" and "You
Can't Take 1t With You"
Lovely Loretta Young, in the
giddiest role of her career, has
won high praise for the delightful
ness of her first all-comedy char
acterization. She's hilariously seen
as Public Spinster No. 1, the girl
who writes books in praise of sin
gle blessedness.
Supporting the stars in this fun
packed narrative of young doctor
and a young author who pretend
to be married because their car
GERS depend upon it, are such we'll
known Hollywood personalities as
Reginald Gardiner, the British
comedian; Gail Patrick, Edmund
Gwenn and George Metaxa.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09
OXFORD THEATRE

Bringing to the screen for the
first time a true, faithful portrayal
of Lincoln's early life, environment
and the experiences leading up to
his election as President of the
United States, ABE Lincoln in Il
linois," the perturbation of Robert
E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize Play,
is said to be distinguished by sin
certify and accuracy seldom seen
in dramas of this type.
Raymond Massey, renowned
stage and screen actor, who evok-
ed unanimous praise for his inter-
probation of the title role when the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09

Five-sixths of the railway mile
age in North and South America
is privately owned.
There are $4,000 priests and min
listers serving as officers in the
French fighting forces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09
STASSEN'S KEYNOTE
SpEE(u

The selection of Governor Harold
p. Stassen as the keynoter for the
Republican national convention in
Philadelphia lends credence to the
thought that this years COP con-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-09
MOVIE NEWS
Reviews of Features
At Both Theatres -.
"GONE WITH
THE WIND"

MAIN STREET THEATRE
Filming Of Gone with the Wind"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Lewis' Stand Means
Little To N. {. Voters
Star-NeWs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

VI vWAs\A AAOsSA
RALEIGH, O c t. 28.-John L.
Lewis declaration of support for
Wendell Willkie will have a negli-
gible effect on North Cardinals
voting Tuesday week, in h e
opinion of practically all politi-
cal observers in Raleigh.
Chief interest here in the Lewis
plump for the G. o. P. is watching
its effect on the big business men
Of the state, who have damned the
C. I. o. chief for years but who
now find themselves lying in the
same political bed with the bushy-
browed fellow they have so often
pictured with horns of most Sata-
mic type.
Half in jest it is being suggested
that these tycoons r now rather
wishful that FDR succeed at the
polls, because John L. has pro-
missed to quit his labor job in that
event. They are, it seems, between
the devil and the deep blue sea-
if they get rid of Roosevelt, they'll
still have Lewis to contend with.
The compensation is that if they
have to keep the man in the White
House they will at least get rid of
the CLIO boss-always provided he
keeps his promise to resign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
smaller cars. and IL gallons To-

smaller cars, and IL gallons for
larger cars.
Obviously this allowed very lit
tie use of automobiles, so during
the summer holidays, when the
Centennial Exhibition was in -po-
gress at Wellington, all restrlc-
tons were waived. In the autumn
they were re-applied and have not
since been lifted.
Each motorist has a sheet OF
coupons colored according to he
horsepower of his car If, for ex-
ample, his car happens to be a
IL hip. machine Of a very popu-
lar medium-sized English MAKE
he has a sheet of yellow coupons,
each of which is numbered, and
entities him to three gallons. Az
present, the pleasure car owner
is allowed to use three OF these
month.
When the coupons r all gone,
the car stays in the garage Until
the beginning of the next mon':
The greatest act of generosity IN
New Zealand today is to give
someone petrol coupon"
RESTRICT IMPORTS
OF MOVIES
Except that there is an lncreas-
ing scarcity of many articles IN
the shops due in part to the govern
ment's pre-war policy OF import
control and that a number OF Is
lands and coastal resorts have
been placed ''out of bounds on
account of defense requirements,
the other inconvenience imposed
on the private citizen are not irk-
some.
It is difficult to get. money out
of the country. Paying subscrlp'
tons to American magazines has
become a problem, as permits are
not always granted, and in any
case the process takes time. Even
a person who had a bank account
in San Francisco would not nov
be allowed to operate on it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
ELEVEN HIGHWAY
DEATHS REPORTED
AP Survey Shows Weekend
Toll In North Carolina
Unusually Heavy

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 28.-R-At
least II persons were killed and a
large number injured in automo-
bile mishaps in North Carolina
over the weekend.
Three week killed in an automo-
bile wreck at Winston-Salem:
Mrs. Pauline Ross Griffin, her
two-year-old daughter, 10 Anne
Griffin, and her three-year-old sis
ter-in-law, Jean Griffin. The crash
of the two cars occurred at Rey-
nolda and Polo Roads. The dead
lived in Cricket, Wilkes county.
Beulah Faye Hopkins, three
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thad Hopkins, was fatally injured
when she was hit by an automo-
bile in front of her home on the
Bear Grass highway nea Green
vile.
At Bessemer City A. W. Thomp-
son, 81, was killed in a similar
accident. Near Charlotte an auto
mobile turned over killing John
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
N. e. Tobacco Prices
Declined Last Week

RALEIGH, o C t. 28.-R-A
state-federal marketing report said
today that. tobacco prices on the
New Bright and Middle belts of
North Carolina were a little lower
than those of the preceding week.
Price drops of from ST to 50 a
pound we're noted on cutters,
smoking leaf and fair to fine
grades of leaf on the Bright belt,
while common and low leaf and
most lug grades shoyed decreases
of from so cents to 81. Non-des-
cript grade prices were practical
ly unchanged.
Most decreases ranged from 81
to 81 a hundred on t h e Middle
belt, where sales to date this sea-
son total about 81, $50, 900 pounds
at approximately $3.50
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
New Zealand
BY T EDISON
Editor. e Service

A11rK1,AND. N. War IN
Europe may be 10000 miles rom
Australasia, but it is so Close TO
home that it has touched the NE
- a11erv inhabitant. Take the case
- no average New Zealanoer.
Sacrifices demanded of the civil
ion nonulation don't involve the
direct attack now being expert
enced lat home" in England. But
before it is all over, if events fol-
low the course Of the last war, al
most every family will be bereav-
ed in some degree.
With a population Of a million
and a half, New Zealand has al
ready sent $4,000 men overseas to
fight beside the British, and she
nrides herself on her air force,
with 400 pilots overseas and a
program of training 1400 pilots and
140O observers every year, for the
duration.
Operating under a labor gov
eminent and a new deal that beats
ANYTHING ever conjured up In
Washington, New Zealand h a S
niled on taxation until it comes
close to the rates of England
NASH UPS
THE TAXES
Brains of this new deal is the
Hon. Walter Nash, minister OF IL
ance, who has persuaded corpo'
rations and individuals to loan the
government about $26, 600, 600 with
out interest for three years, which
Mr.. Nash figures is the minlm I'm
duration of the war.
AS if this weren't enough, MIR.
Nash has put through an excess
profits tax of go per cent.
Taxation for the little man,
heavy before the war started, oW.
ing to the socialistic policy OF the
government, has been upped, too.
Ten per cent of the earnings Of
are deducted as social
security taxes for free hospitals,
unemployment and old-age bene'
fits. On top of that, there is an
income tax on everything over the
equivalent of 1925, and a 10 pei
cent sales tax on most classes OF
goods. This is war.
Gasoline, amusements, tobacco
and liquor are taxed almost 81
Der cent. Gas is now so cents a
gallon. .
This alone would have brought
about a reduction in consumption,
as it's like pouring gold into the
tank, but in addition there is q
drastic rationing of gas which
keeps the mileage of the private
motorist within narrow limits.
GASOLINE
RATIONED
At the start of the war, a com
plete ban on sale of gas was i'm
posed. Cars disappeared from the
streets as if by magic, causing
an astonishing Transformation II
the daily street scene. This wa:
a panic measure, however, ant
after a few days was relaxed tt
permit the consumption Of eigh
gallons a month in the rase q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Court Refuses Reuiew
OF Wage-Hour Decision

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.-R-
The supreme court refused today
to interfere with a circuit court de-
cision holding that the federal
wage-hour administrator could SUBJ
poena records from employers.
The court turned down a request
by Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc,
to review a ruling that records
could be required even though
there was no reasonable cause to
believe that the wage-hour act was
being violated.
Denial of a review left in effect
the decision by the seventh federal
circuit court.
Before adjourning for two weeks,
the supreme court also deied a
petition by the Norfolk, Va, school
board for a review of a circuit
court decision holding that negro
public school teachers were enti-
tied to the same compensation as
white teachers equally qualified. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
% Counties Kill One Or More
IN Roads Each Month This Year

figures in parenthesis): Camden l.
p, Chowan o.. Clay 1-3, Gates
W-2), Hyde W-l Perquimans u
-, Tyrrell O-1).
Hyde, it will be noted, is the
only county in North Carolina which
has not had a single fatal highway
accident during the first nine months
of any of the last three years.
It takes no peering scrutiny of the
list to note that the only counties
with perfect records r those which
have few people, few roads, or both.
This years list I . 10 counties
with 10 or more fatalities is a re-
duction of four over last year, when
there were % double-digit death
counties. Seven counties which had
less than ten deaths last year ad-
vanced into the red list this time,
while eleven which were on the dis
honor roll last year show better
safety records so far.
Undoubtedly the worst showing in
highway safety has been made this
year by Robson, in which there
have been 81 fatalities as compared
with Is last year and only eight
the year before; even though Union
tops it by far if a percentage of
increase basis is applied. In the first
nine months Of 1888 there was but
one highway fatality in Union. In
1899 this was multiplied six times
and this year the figure has scared
to 11-merely an increase Of one
thousand per cent in two years.
Among the counties still killing
as many as ten. Castor alone shows
consistent improvement, its toll run
ming 1S, 16 and 10 for the first
three quarters of 1888, 1889 and 1910,
respectively. .
Other large counties showing pro-
gressive improvements are Davidson
12-11-6, Durham 1s-12-7, Halifax
21-13-7, Lenoir 16-10-6, Rich
mond 13-10-7 and Rockingham
12-1O-4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Increase In Building
Over Nation Reported

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. Up
Permits for the construction Of
buildings with an estimated value
of 81, $40, 900, 900 were issued by g.
157 cities during the first nine
months of 1910, the labor depart
ment says, a gain of than
five per cent over the correspond
ing period of 1889.
Building permit valuations last
September were % per cent greater
than during September, 1889, the
report says, all types of construc-
ton showing gains.
The department made public per-
NIT valuations Of 125 leading cities
for the first months Of 1910, COM
pared with the corresponding period
of 1889. The North Carolina cities
listed were:
Charlotte $685. TAP in 1910 and
$4,557,7 TAO in 1899; and Winston-Sal.
EN- $2,2O2, 044 in 1910 and $1,S68,611
in 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Fotel
Nv HENRY AVERILL

RY HENRY AVEhlLL
RALEIGH, Oct. 2S.-Twenty-three
North Carolina counties have on the
average had n person a mon'ii
killed in highway accidents during
the first nine months Of 1910; Willie
at the other end of the list seven
counties have had no fatalities.
In all, 612 died in Tar Heel high
wav accidents since the first OF
January, a reduction of II o 1885,
b,,t a total which will still compare
unite bloodily with casualties from
the bombings of London, population
and all other factors being given due
consideration.
Mecklenburg's death list. just as
last year, was highest in the state,
with Guilford hanging grimly to
second place. The former upped Its
killings two over last years first
three quarters, hitting 80 this time
against 81 last year. Either of these
was an improvement over 1888
first nine months, when 80 were
slain.
Guilford's second place total
reached 80 again this year, the same
as in 1899. The 1888 total for the
corresponding period stood at rs.
The other Fl counties in which
nine or more were killed up to
october 1 were, in order with 1885
and 1888 fatalities in parenthesls)
Robson 27 Q5-S), Forsyth rs IA
III. Buncombe 81 (16-28l, Cumber-
land IS l2O-10), Rowan II ql-l2)'
Castor 10 Q6-1S), Harnett 10 Old
Wake 10 (26-15), Duplin u Co.,
Johnston - 9-6l Alamance IL b
s. Cabarrus II (S-5. Edgecombe IL
g-12), Union II (6-1) Wayne IL
u2-11), Catawba 10 dS-M Cleve-
land 9 QO-3), New Hanover 9 II
81, Northampton 9 (6-5l and Wilson
8 0-3).
The perfect score counties so lar
this year are with 1888 and 1889