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allow one TO approach close. Their
nose is their outstanding feature
and gives them their name. sea
elephant They have a short trunk.
probably a foot long In some cases.
This trunk Is pendulous and not
controlled as is an elephants.
When a sea elephant raises his
head vertically the trunk falls into
his mouth and has TO be shaken
aside when the head is lowered.
The trunk Is of no use that one
can see unless 1t is TO gather in
seaweed as horse gathers in a
wisp Of hay. These animals bark
or pump like shitepoke. II you
have ever heard a shitepoke, in
crease the sound and you have q
sea elephants mating call.
The island is of rock with no
trees nor vegetation but moss and
low bushes. The land lies s-rti-
eally cut by vicious gullies. 1t is
of lava with hundreds OF caves.
one of which we understand con-
tains $4,000. 900 in gold bar. /
would like to 20 back there again
some day and take a short hike or
two.
As darkness fell we turned south
again In a riprosring wind that
swept us swiftly away from the
island. BY nine o'clock no shadow
of II darkened the horizon.
Our itinerary said Socorro next,
but the winds were not favorable
and kept crowding us toward the
so We decided TO stop
at Cedros island just off the Mexi-
can coast. We sailed into the lee
OF the island and powered about
three miles down the east side.
Cedros island is big one and as
barren a place as you will ever
hope to see. The only water IL on
the south where there IL an aba
lone cannery. We stayed here two
days. took some hikes In the hills.
put out our lobster pot and got
cleaned up. We caught nine lob
sters. built fire on the beach.
broke off the Holsters tails and
cooked them. What a feast!
The third day we sailed to the
south end of the island where the
cannery Is and anchored off the
end Of the dock. The tuna boat
was there also. We all
wrote letters for them to mail in
the states.
Dave went ashore with the skiff
and our water bottles. He was met
at the dock by an armed Mexican
who said he WAS the customs in
speetor. II took several packs Of
cigarettes to satisfy him.
We intended to stay there part
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ing to the chart. However, we sail
ed by 1t in the fog and continued
down the coast about five miles.
We had 4 hard time getting back
~ II was q dead beat to windward.
The wind was fierce and beating
was wet work. We worked into
the lee and used our motor the
final stretch.
The Mexican government keeps
. few soldiers on the island TO
guard the sea-elephants. They are
. pitiful lot. That day they were
dressed in unlaced shoes. no socks.
unlaced breechea and an overcoat.
The overcoat was q concession TO
the unusual wind that whipped
down the canyons. As we located
the proper beach and approached
Il we could see those enormous
creatures lying here and there
about the sands. We tried to an
Choir but due to the unusual wind
that came from all directions de-
eided that II was too dangerous.
The water was deep except close
on shore, and close on shore was
no business that day. The will
waws that swept down those can
yons were 4 menace. They came
straight down. seemingly. and
danced away. whipping the water
to . froth. Added to these gusts
the force five wind swept around
the point occasionally to give va
riety to the turmoil.
We powered up and down off
the beach while the party went
ashore In the skiff to see the sea-
elephants and take pictures. These
creatures are from twelve to six
teen feet long and tremendously
fat They look like big sea lions
except for their fatness and their
noses. They are quite unafraid and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

1t is the first time that the
four field armies will engage, al
most simultaneously, in maneuvers.
Heretofore, each army has held
exercises every four years.
The games start Saturday in
the sburg-Watertown-O gdens-
burg, n. Y, area where 100000
men of the first army participate
until Aug. 81 under the command
of Lieut.. Gen. Hugh A. Drum.
The second army, under COM
mand of Lieut.. Gen. Stanley II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31
Wild Burros Menace
To Cattle Herds

FLORENCE, Ariz.-Jim Hatha-
way has been appointed official
cowboy to lasso wild burros which
are killing cattle. Most of the
wild burrors, renegade offspring
of domesticated burros which have
been roaming the ella Valley in
herds of 20 or more, have never
been branded or felt a rope.
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Ford, msneuvers from Aug. IL
to 81 in the Camp Mccoy -Csp:p
Williams-Sparta- Black river area
in Wisconsin. with about 5000
troops from the midwest.
The third army holds its games
from Aug. to "a in the Alex
sndria, La.-c lbine river area.
Lieut.. Gen. S. D. Embick will COM
msnd 10000 troops.
The fourth army maneuvers will
be divided into two sections. One
group, $4,000 men of the Seventh
corps area under command of Maj.
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Gen. P. P. Bishop. will hold exer-
cises in the Camp Ripley, Mimi.
area between Aug. and "a.
The Ninth corps area, under
command of Lieut.. Gen. John L.
Dewitt. will maneuver during the
same period near Olympia and
Tacoma, with $4,000 men taking
part.
Under present plans, the army's
two new armored divisions, pat
termed after the famous German
Panzer divisions in the European
war, will not take part.
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Mathematical Hen
Numbers EQQs

ASHLAND, ORE. f. Haney
believes the mother OF his pet
Rhode Island hen must have been
frightened at some time in her life
by a bookkeeper. Recently the
hen laid two eggs with the figure
80" on each one; the figure ~"
on another and still another with
figure IS"
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CHINA

Chinese guerillas are active in
the immediate vicinity of Peiping,
1t was reported today, and have
wiped out Japanese garrison and
Japanese controlled Chinese troops
at Yungtingmen. Rifle and ma
chine-gun fire are heard nightly
near Peiping.
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No Visitors Allowed
On Artillery Ronge

The field artillery range on the
Fort Lewis reservation has been
permanently closed 10 visitors and
10 grazing animals, it was an
nounced Tuesday by Capt Carter
b. Msgruder. The area is under al
most continuous bomhardment.
due to intensive field training at
the present time.
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WASHINGTON -

WASHINGTON - The advance
guard of 327 900 members OF the
regular army and the national
guard were on the move today for
the greatest peace-time military
maneuvers in the nations history.
Units representing approximate
ly SIS per cent of present land
strength were being massed in
various sections for three weeks
of war games intended to teach
them something of modern war
fare.
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Elderly Women Still
Fond of Touring

UNION. =. C.-Mrs. r. n.
Sprouse has turned tourist-at the
age OF 81. Mrs. Sprouse has just
completed 1900 mile automobile
trip to Washington and New York.
While in New York she took her
first airplsne flight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

Sunday We sighted Guadalupe
over the bow sixty miles away. 1t
was = beautiful day: not a cloud
In the sky except one that hung on
the windward side of Guadalupe
As the day grew longer the island
grew larger. Monday morning came
with strong winds and fog. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-31

island was close
At hand but we
only caught q
Ii m pse now
and I h en-. We
bore d o W n on
its orth east
ia n gent about
two m ! Hes off
shore. The land
ing where the
sea : elephants
were was close
at hand, accord
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Except for Hawaii aboard Oregon
1884, Chester Dewey hasn't noteworthy sailing
nor adventnrng abroad although his
hprohahy the champion least from
the standpoint Of volume II literally edited this
ktses wed be cut Of job thus the appearing
condemned his wandenxs On
the Pacific Ocean.-Casey Dayison.)
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They're
"Movlng the
Rai,1s"- ON
a truck
A lark TWAIN'S MOST
N quoted WinchelliSm OH

MARX TwAIN'S MOST
N1 quoted winehellism OBJ
served remember? that ev-
erybody criticized the weather
but nobody did anything about
it,. Were Moving the Rains"
begins Magner White in a
recent Post" article on Cali
fornia's Central Valley project
:. Hm-m-looks like a clash
of opinion. But Standard has
helped make both right.
In his day the author of
"Huckleberry Finn" was correct
enough. Petroleum was satisfied
TO furnish kerosene for oil
lamps. IL had not vet taken of
its coat and made possible such
jobs as moving the weather. IL
didn't know It's own strength.
Even today vast projects like
Central Valley. Grand Coulee,
Bonneville and Boulder Dam
would remain on the dreamy
side bur for oil-driven trucks,
bulldozers, shovels, locomo-
tiyes, cranes. tractors. concrete
mixers all that husky family
of ton-tossing equipment which
can move itself as we'll as noun
tainS.
In the development of better
gasoline, better Diesel fuel, bet
ter Lubricants - the "l-cannot-
live without-you"-s of these
heavy duty doors - this Com
pany has been a leader since
Twain's time. Nearly as impor-
tant has been Standards CON-
tribuuon toward making these
essentials widely available.
Otherwise the West might be
left TO re-fashion its rivers. move
its rains, re-Eden its endless
aores-by 2o-mule team.
Oil Company
of California
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
HAD TO USE HEATING PADS
TO KEEP CAMERAS ROLLING

Clever people, these movie-makers.
The average layman would be sur
prisCd ut the problems which in
trudc during the shooting of a picture
such as ParamountS "Untamed,'
which opens Thursday at the En-
basSy theatre. co-starring Ray Mil
land. Patricia Morrison and Akin
Tamirorf, and directed by George
Archainbaud.
When the preparatory study OF
this alI-tcchnicolor picture was be-
ing made, writer's, director, assistants,
technicians and cameramen, all tried
ahead Of time to provide for every
possible eventuality. But when they
started to shoot blizzard scene on
set which registered an average
temperature OF ''siX-above," the
camera suddenly "froZe" What to
do! No use to thaw the camera-it
would just freeze up again. But the
ever-efficient property man found
the answer. Simple enough, after you
get the right idea: dozen electric
heating pads wrapped around the
camera mechanism.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

All this talk about mountain cool
ness and Canadian premiums on
money, and general vacatlonng, re.
Winds that the regular conductor OF
This bureau is also Vacatlonlng-
Somewhere. He left Saturday p. M
for noints unknown Meantime some
Of the rest of us are trying to carry
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
Windsors TO,
Sail Thursday

Lisbon. July 30.-(AP)-The Duke
of Windsor and his Amcrican-bern
duchess viii sail for America ON an
American export liner next Thurs
day en- route To his post Il governor
and commandments of the Ba-
huma>. the British embassy said to-
day.
The duke will hold Il press con-
ference this afternoon.
Although the embassy announce
ment did not identify the liner, the
ENcatibur is SchcdufNl 10 sail for
New York Thursday.
United States diplomats William
Phillips from Italy. John Cudahy
from Belgium. and George Gordon
from the Netherlands. are to return
aboard the same ship, Phillips on Il
short leave and the others because
their diplomatic missions have been
terminated by the naZiS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
State Employment Service
Handles Big Volume; Vance
Places SIS During Six Months

Raleigh, July 30.-While there has
been small drop in new registra-
tions for work in the 46 white and ten
colOred employment offices in North
Carolina during the first six months
of 1910, as compared with the cor
responding period in 1899, the great
est drop was in the number Of place
ments on jobs, which showed 35,-
829 in the first six months OF this
year and Sligo for the correspond
ing period Of last year.
This drop was entirely in the place
mcntS in public works, largely PWh
projects, while private placements
remained about the same for the two
periods, ii is pointed out by r. Wayne
Albright, director Of the Employ
mcnt Service Division of the N. c.
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission.
In new registrations for work, the
figures for the first six months in
each of the past five years have re-
manned reasonably constant, except
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
FULL SCORES TWO
HOLES IN ONE ON
MINIATURE COURSE

Havana. July 30.-(AP)-Secre-
tarv of State Cordcli Hull added two
holes in cnc-on little putting
green golf c"urSe-to his diplomatic
tritumphS yesterday.
Freed of burdens OF the Pan
American ministers conference
which kept him working day and
night for 10 days. Hull visited the
new United States embassy IN
Havana and played two ninc-hole
rounds on tho tiny course.
His cumDanions were George S.
NcSSersmith. United States ambaS-
sador 10 Cuba: Green tlackWorth,
state department legal adviser, and
Michael :. NcDcrmott. state depart
mCnt press chief.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
Sub Defense
Plan Revealed

Washington, July 3O.-(AP)-A
confidential navy plan to station tow
my vessels in every major harbor for
the purpose of laying submarine nets
in an emergency was disclosed in
backhanded fashion by the defense
commission.
Deep in 28-page report Of re-
cent army and navy orders, the conf
mission listed six contracts totalling
$l6,l99,000, for the construction of
net tenders.
Inquiry at the navy department
uncovered the previously restricted
information that the tenders were
being built to lay and operate sub
murlnc nets.
Congress has provided S2O,OOO,O00
for the nets, and supplies Of cable
10 manufacture them have been pur-
chased picccmcal for several weeks.
The nets, which will be inter-
tWincd cables hung ON floats and
reaching to the ocean floor. probably
will be manufactured in navy yards,
the department said
nv Iltl tIllltlS Nplllll Dt
ed in every important harbor, in
Guiding Honolulu, 4 navy spokesman
said.
Rccapitulating contracts which il
cleared between June 6 and July II,
the commission reported total orders
of 81 65O.000,0O0 for that period, not
those of less than $4,000
However. William S. Knudscn,
production chief, said
last Friday that contracts through
July % totalled 81 100000.
Army officials said that some Of
the contracts NAV have been clear
nd by the commission, although not
Y0 actually awarded.
Topping the commissions list,
which made no distinction between
army and navy awards, was nearly
S85 100000 in airplancS and aircraft
engines.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
Creedmoor Man Is
Lightning Victim

Crccdmoor. July 30.-lIaroId llas-
kinS. 26-ycar-old farmer who lived
on the outskirts of Crrrdmuur. 49,
killed in his tobacco field about
o'clock yesterday afternoon when a
bolt of lightning struck him and u
Negro working with him.
LumuS White. The Negro. about 'i."
age Of ElaSkins, WAS unconscious and
in a critical condition in an phIrrd
hospital last night.
FIuSkinS WAS son g. Mr.. and M'-.
II. NJ. HaSI'i IN ri Hester. SmrlI'"G
orc the widow. the former Miss Eta
Akin: two brothers. Joe Lee and Cart
HaSkinS. both of Hester. and two 81.
tiers. Mrs Barley Elliott Of NXiurd
and Mrs. Willie Lee Green Of m'rr
Oxford.
Funeral service WIS held this .fi-
ernoon at ; u'cl"cK a. Cr"Cim""r
Methodist church.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

I for 4 large drop in the first half of
1887, and large increase in the
I5anuary-Jume registrations in 1898,
due to the beginning OF iobleSS bene-
fits under the Unemployment COM
jensatiOn law. Placements on JOBS
have shown 4 gradual decline in the
same five half-ycarS. except for an
unusually large drop in 1888, due
in part to the "reCeSSiOn'
New registrations in the Emplc'
mcnt offices in the January-Jul,-
periods Of the past five years were
as follows: l936-60, 1856: 1897 3d.
1870: l938--l18,8lG: 1885,. 475: and
l940--63, 039.
Placements on jobs in the same
periods follow: 1861 1888: ir"1-
6l ,032: 1884, BOP; 1881 100.
and l940-35, 1923.
In Vance county, the records show
that 1877 new applications were fill
ed for jobs in the first six months Of
this year, the by-month registrations
being as follows: january, 1877: Feb
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

Good work. You had it coming But don't let it slip
through your fingers!
Some Of that extra money you'll save. Some you'll
spendto fix up the house, buy clothes you've heeoeo'
ga thngs for the children Advertising can help you
select wisely.
This paper is full of sound helpful buying counSel.
Read the advertisements carefully Then you'll pur-
chase with the forelnoWledge that means money
saved and put all your salary to good use!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

Note on hot weather: Last weeks
issue of 4 North Carolina weekly
edited by 4 Baptist preacher, heads
the leading front page story: It's
too &c,,?-#: hot"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30
PAGE THREE

ruary 1877: March. IA: A"..! q.
day. SIS: and June ll6.
Placements on jobs of the residents
of this county in the first six months
OF this year numbered 555, while the
by-month placements follow: Janu-
airy. l02; February. l2g: March. 80:
April, 10: May 81. and June l65.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

Among enrollees for the four
months training course in the Naval
reserve is Frederick Isler Sutton,
Jr., of Kinston, who enlisted at the
Raleigh station last Friday Twenty
three years old, graduate Of the Uni
vcrsity law school, son of q promi-
nent legislator and barrister, young
Sutton is contributing what he can
To the preparedness program Of his
country. If he makes good in the
training course, and odds are that
he will make good in a big way, he
will be given a commission in the
Naval Reserve, and if called to ac-
tive duty will rank with Annapolis
boys. Other enrolleeS for the four
months cuulSe included three-year
college men and junior college grad
u;ilrS.
Time was when police courts sen
fenced convicted defendants to ser
vice in the army or navy. Now man
cannot enlist in the regular navy as
an apprentice seaman if he has ever
been convicted Of any crime or mis-
dcmcanor. 1t. Commander John
YarnaIl, in charge of this reserve
cnIiSting at the Raleigh recruiting
station. points out that Uncle Sam
is now tuking this defense business
seriously.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

on. And that recalls the story of the
suy on the construction JOB whose
wife wouldn't put up lunch for him
that day. When the noon whistle
sounded he said Dinner time for
some folks. but just twelve o'clock
for me-" So it's vacation time for
some folks, buA just two weeks work
for me.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-21
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre, MINI.

remarked with a sigh of relief,
"One thing I am glad Of and that
Is that election Is over so the art
classes will get down to art and not
argue all period over politics.
(This did not happen only in your
classes Miss Klobe.)
The seventh grade math. classes
are having percentage problems.
The eighth grade are studing bank
ing and are drawing circle graphs.
The freshmen are getting a taste
Of geometry to see what they are
getting into IL they take it next
year. Miss Everhart's algebra class
is finishing exterior and interior
angles and triangles.
The eighth grade are preparing
to make posters for Book Week
which is coming up in the near
future. Biographies are to be the
topic for reading for this next
week. The seventh grade is deep
in Treasure Island.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-21
Make this a must see picture for
your film entertainment for the
week.
OXFORD THEATRE

Local showing of 1.-THE Sea
Hawk" Enrol Hymns newest star
ring picture which is already re-
ceiving rave notices from critics
who have previewed it at the West
Coast, takes place Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday at the Oxford
Theatre.
Cast as a sort Of Robin Hood
of the seven seas, Flynn's newest
cinematic adventure is aid to over
shadow even such outstanding
successes as Charge Of The Light
Brigade" Captain Blood" "Ad-
ventures of Robin Hood" and
Virginia City," as he carves him
self path to glory with his sword
and cutlass. There's romance, too,
with lovely Brenda Marshall, as
the Spanish beauty who wins the
heart of the bold buccaneer.
Other members of the featured
cast include Claude Rains, Flora
Robson, Donald Crisp and Alan
Hale, heading a supporting cast Of
thousands.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-21
HIGH
SCHOOL

learned that we have no vocabulary
to learn for a few days!
Imagine Juniors reading the
story about the wolf and the Sew
en- Little Goats!" That is what we
are reading in German and look
ing ahead we see little Red Rid
ing Hood" on the horizon for fu-
ture use by illustrious German stu
dents.
IF you want to know the proper
way of conducting an interview all
you have to do is to see the nearest
Junior and he will instruct you in
the best way to go about it. Miss
Swanson also has the Juniors
studying lenses.
A colorful Armistice motif was
made for the Bookkeeping room by
Harold Korf. It Is the flag, done
in colors, and It makes a striking
appearance against the dark color
ing Of the blackboard. To make
the room more extraordinary, Miss
Hunt put up numbers and letters
on her front board. They are writ
ten fairly large, and are to be an
aid for some Of the students. Miss
Hunt says some of them certainly
need the aid. The bookkeeping
students are learning the second
great step in bookkeeping which is
the transferring Of accounts from
the journal to the ledger. This Is
called posting.
Junior High Classes
Mr.. Clough's seventh grade his
tory class has made maps of the
original Is colonies, the best ones
now adjoining the walls. The eighth
grade Is learning how to make time
lines, you know, those things in
which you compare dates with 9TH
err dates. (Take this the way ]
mean it now!)
Miss Klobe's eight hand ninth
grade art classes are going to start
day modelling next week while the
grades are to start lettering. When
I was down in her department she
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-21
WHY NOT THE
TOWNSEND PLANT

Now that the electorate has, on
the surface at least, put it's stamp
Of approval on the policies of the
new deal, it means a continuance
of experiment and spending for the
nation. While national defense will
be by far the most important prob
lem confronting the nation for the
next four years and maybe longer,
at the same time, the huge spend
ing for rearmament will not solve
or take care of all the domestic
troubles we have had with us. The
new deal during the past eight
years has tried out many social re-
forms. Some have succeeded, 9TH
ers have failed. If other reforms
of this nature are on the schedule
for the next four years, why not
give the Townsend Plan a chance
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-21
BQA{RsgMw
WHITEOAK HERITAGE
BY MazO De La Roche
By Bernice FinneSan

This Is the seventh novel in
which Miss de La Roche chronicles
the turbulent lives of the White
oaks of Jalna. In itself it is an
enthralling story. AS another vivid
part Of the whole saga, it is fur
Their proof that the much-loved,
much-loving Whiteoaks are the
most arresting and vital family in
American fiction today.
Miss de La Roche has returned
to the Jalna Of 1919 (the period be-
tween young Kenny" and "Jalna")
when Kenny, as the eldest son, dons
the mantle Of head Of the White
oak clan-a role he takes over by
carving at the first family dinner
after he comes back from the War.
Renny's problems are many. He
has to cope with his half brothers,
Eden and Piers, who are rapidly
growing up. The poetic Eden is
having his first love affair, with an
older woman, Amy Stroud, who in