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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20
Bills Are Drawn
To Reorganize
State Government
Would Eliminate Boards
And Centralize Duties
Under Commissioners

Seeking to continue the reorgani-
zation of the state government
launched by the Minnesota legisla-
ture two years ago, ten members
of the House of Representatives
recently joined as authors
in presenting a series of bills which
will make far-reaching changes in
the grouping and management of
many of the functions of the state
government.
Provisions included in the bills
would abolish twenty-five separ-
ate agencies, authors of the bill
said, and centralize their activities
in a small number Of departments,
each directed by a commissioner
Main purpose Of the bills, they said,
is to abolish boards and commits
sions as administrative agencies
and replace them in each case with
a single commissioner to center
responsibility and facilitate admin
istration.
Commissioners in all cases would
be appointed for two-year terms,
with their terms expiring with the
term of the governor, so that the
governor could have administrative
heads of his own choosing to carry
out his policies. Administration
will be simplified and improved by
this plan, authors of the bills be-
lieve, and responsibility for success
F., or failure can be placed definitely.
Among the sponsors Of various
bills in the series are Representa-
tives George MacKinnon, Lawrence
L. Lenertz, John A, Hartle, Ivan
Hinderaker, Louis w. Hill, Jr., AL
fred D. Lindley, Macbeth Hurd
Paige, Erwin H. Schultz, L. J. Gleas-
on, and William A. Berlin.
One purpose actuating authors
of the bills in mapping out the re-
organization has been to place all
similar functions in one depart
ment. Among the changes proposed
are:
I. Create a department Of pub
lie safety, embracing duties of the
highway patrol, licensing Of driv-
ers; licensing Of chauffeurs, bureau
of criminal apprehension, athletic
commission, liquor control COM
missioner, aeronautics commission,
hotel inspector and fire marshall.
2. Establish a department of
commerce, with powers now vested
in commissioner Of banks, commits
sioner Of securities, commissioner
of insurance, department of rural
credit and compensation insurance
board.
8. Place duties Of railroad and
warehouse commission relative to
weighing, testing and grading
grain, livestock weighing and grad
ing and regulation of stock yards,
terminal warehouses, supervision of
elevators and grain commission
merchants and livestock buyers I'M
der the commissioner of agricul-
ture. Likewise place duties of two
boards of grain appeals and state
livestock sanitary board under
commissioner of agriculture
4. Abolish Teachers College
board and turn its duties over to
state board of education. Commits
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20
MOVIE NEWS
Previews of Features
At Both Theatres
MAIN STREET THEATRE

One of Hollywood's best all
around casts, coupled with Holly
woods ablest director, contribute
the talent on view in "Come Live
with Me-" co-starring James Stew
art and Hedy Lamar, directed by
Clarence Brown, to be shown Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday at the
Main Street Theatre.
The amusing story deals with
the plight of a beautiful Austrian
refugee who is forced to make a
choice between marrying some
American citizen, thus obtaining a
quota number, or being deported
to her native Austria. She chooses
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20

membered for her work in II Take
This Woman" starring Spencer
Tracy and Miss Lamar.
OXFORD THEATRE
Showing next Saturday and Sun
day, Anne Neagel in Nurse Edith
Cavell."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20

low grade ores.
4. Provision that ore in stock
piles be taxed as unmined ore for
two years instead of one, so as to
encourage winter mining.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20

so recommended for northwestern
Minnesota.
Evening star., 1941-12-26

Macarthur trait that some might
call nerves, but I name 1t habit,
having known the general over
period Of years.
When he devised Philippine de-
fense plans six years ago he told
me he wasn't saying the Philippines
could be defended successfully
against invasion by a major power,
but that he could make the con-
quest of the islands so costly in
money and ships that any major
power would hesitate to attempt
large-scale invasion.
From the start of hostilities he
has indicated the enemy couldn't
Evening star., 1941-12-26

The general always has been
proud of the Macarthur family
military record. Time and again
he has reminded me that he is a
professional soldier.
But this man from Wisconsin is
far more than that. To those who
know him personally he is a family
man who adores his wife and makes
a hobby of his young son, Arthur,
3h years old and named after his
grandfather.
Like a true Army wife, Mrs. Mac
Arthur, the former Jean Faircloth
of Murfreesboro, Tenn, has declined
to move to safer hinterlands. She
Evening star., 1941-12-26

induce him to waste manpower or
ammunition at isolated invasion
points; that he would hit back
hard when any invasion became
a definite threat. And he did.
The other day he passed me in
his automobile near Army head
quarters. He gave me broad smile
as I saluted with a two-fnger v,
and he came back snappily with
both hands displaying a double v.
Today, at 81, Gen. Macarthur
appears much younger. He has
changed little physically since the
days of World War I and his tour
of duty as chief of staff.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
BY r. p. CRONIN,
Wide World News.

MANILA, Dec. 26.-Douglas Mac
Arthur. son of a general and a four
star general in his own right, is
probably the coolest man in Manila
these days as he directs the defenses
OF the Philippines.
Even when the thud of Japanese
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Gen. Macarthur Is Fighting Coo|Iy to Make
Invasion as Costly as Possible for Jops

serve as guide to enemy airmen
Macarthur said the now historic
words:
Take every other normal pre-
caution for protection of the head
quarters, but let's keep the flag
flying"
And as he studies war plans, Gen.
Macarthur PAGES back and forth-a
Evening star., 1941-12-26

bombs and the bark of anti-aircraft
fire penetrate to the heart of his
headquarters, the general spurns
air raid shelters and continues to
study the war maps which cover
the walls and desks of his spacious
Office.
When an aide suggested the Amer
lean flag on the headquarters might
Evening star., 1941-12-26

Norway plans to build many
whaling ships and fishing smacks
Evening star., 1941-12-26

remains at home with her son and
the general spends his few free
hours with them.
Evening star., 1941-12-26

England's Ministery of Informa-
ton now has 10 mobile film units
touring the country.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
School Officers 10 Hear
Chinese Envoy and Lewis

Chinese Ambassador Huh-shih
and Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent for the London
Times, are among the speakers to
address school superintendents of
the Nation at the annual meeting
of the American Association of
School Administrators in Atlantic
City beginning Sunday.
Approximately 10000 school Of
flcers are expected to attend, among
them Supt. Frank w. Ballou of the
District and probably others from
the local administrative staff.
The Chinese Ambassador will dis
cuSs the coming of a new world
order and Sir Willmott will speak
on This Revolutionary Age" Maj.
George Fielding Eliot, military ex-
pert whose column appears in The
Star, will discuss War and U.s."
The scope of fifth column activi-
ties in this country will be discussed
by Representative Dies of Texas.
chairman of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities, and
Gerhart Seger, political refugee and
former member of the German
Reichstag who escaped from a Ger
man concentration camp in Decem-
ber, 1888.
Theme of the list convention of
the school administrators will be
ito provide for the common de-
fense: to promote the general well
fare: to secure the blessings of lib
erty."
Other speakers will include United
States Commissioner of Education
John w. Studebaker, Gov. Harold
E. Stassen of Minnesota and several
more.
A radio broadcast, THE Dark Star
of 1tza," story of the Aztecs, will
be feature of the Pan-American
relationship program of the con-
vention.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
2oth Division to Be Modified
Fully in Camp by Tomorrow
Officers Believe New Men Are Worthy
Of Outfits World War Record of GuIuntry

Of Guardsman from the District,
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania is just as promising as the
troops he led in the war.
Leaders Confident.
Though thus far the men have had
nothing more formidable to face
than mud, stinging cold and badly
cut up roads, their leaders have
no doubt that whatever their fu-
ture assignment, the records will
say: moral exceptionally fine"
The main body Of another Virginia
regiment, the 176th Infantry. arrived
by train yesterday. The 1st Battalion
"a headquarters detachment and
Companies A, B, c and Dis the
celebrated Richmond Light Infantry
Blues whose organization dates back
to the early years of the Republic.
The Blues were in the War of 1872,
the Mexican War, fought in the
Confederate Army and performed
distinguished service as the 104th
Ammunition Train, a part of the
29th Division.
The Blues have served in almost
every branch of the Army during
their $50 years. They have been
infantry most of the time. When
President Wilson asked volunteers
for Mexican border service in 1916,
the Blues were told they were not
needed, since enough infantry was
mobilized. Chagrined and indignant,
they sent a delegation to the War
Department. If they were only
cavalry, they were told, perhaps
They Turned Cavalrymen.
They promptly turned themselves
into the 1st Virginia squadron of
cavalry and went to the border.
But today, they are foot soldiers
again.
Other companies of the 176th In
fantry in camp today were from
Richmond lin addition to the Blues
battalion Petersburg, Hopewell,
Blackstone, Norfolk, Onacock and
Newport News. From Alexandria
Evening star., 1941-02-20
BACKACHE,
LEG PAINS MAY
BE DANGER SIGN
OF Tired Kidneys

II backache and leg pains are making you
miserable, don't just complain and do moth
ing about them. Nature may be warning
you that your kidneys need attention.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of
taking excess acids and poisonous waste out
of the blood. They help most people elini-
nate about pints a day.
If the Is miles of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well. poisonous waste matter
stays in the blood. These poisons may start
nagging backaches, rheumatic pains. leg pains.
loss of pep and energy, getting up nights.
swelling, pufiness under the eyes, head
aches and dizziness.
Don't wait Ask your druggist for Coan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and will help
eus vasts from The blood. Get Dosn's Pulls.
Evening star., 1941-02-20

by the Board Of Directors of the
Bethesda (Md) Chamber Of Com
merce.
The Safety Committee, with A. j.
Bargagni as chairman, and the State
Roads Committee, headed by Samuel
J. Stonebraker, will jointly study
the problem. A report will be made
at the next meeting.
Evening star., 1941-02-20

came Company I, commanded by
First 1t. William M. Glascoe. This
company also has an illustrious past,
dating back to the Revolution.
The training program. which will
occupy the division until September
l, will start Monday. In the fall,
the division will leave for large scale
field maneuvers somewhere in
America"
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Old Georgetown Road
Hazard to Be Studied

A study of methods Of eliminating
traffic hazards said to exist at Old
Georgetown road, the East West
highway and Wisconsin avenue in
Bethesda, Md, has been authorized
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
BEhKBERT COMMON AMONG < TRyrAMwC

D Hs
 Twelve years ago Dr. B. R. Hoob- Ter reported Jour. AM. A. that mild forms of beribeTi (po1yneHritiS) were common in infants in this country. The symptoms of this nutTitio iona1 de ficiency as described by Hoobler-- lack of appetite, loss of weight, spas ticity, (stiffness) of arms and legs, rigidity of the neck, restlessness and fretfulneSs, palloF, lowered hemoglo- bin percentage, and 3 plainttve whining cry-are readily alleviated by slipplementing the infants diet with an adequate ration of vitamin B complex.
 Indeed 1t is now more or less rol- tine practice to prescribe some such supplementary ration of vitatlin B complex perhaps including the daily requirement. of vitamin D for all irl- fantS. This is simple to carry out mother or nurse merely adds g teaspoonful of pleasant tasting pow der to the baby'S food.
 A boon to puny, sickly, marasmic infants who fail to gain on ordin- ary foods is banana diet. It is as- tonishing how well 8 sickly infant will take banana and digest 1t even when the usual infant foods seem to disagree" or fail to satisfy. For ba- bies ten months or a year old a ba- mana day keeps constipation away. For older children and many adults several bananas a day will often corr rect or relieve colon derangement (the functional disturbance con- monly but improperly called "mu- cous colitis'o. Ripe banana is a good food source of vitamin B complex and vitamin A.
 Because some old timers in prac- tice are still only vaguely informed concerning the role of the vitamins in nutrition and in the prevention and treatment of everyday ailments, too many practitioners are inept and incompetent to advise patients or to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
PATTERN 4ls

Simple enough for at-home wear trim and becoming enough to be at-home anywhere = that's what makes this attractive Claire Tilden style for matrons such real "findi" Pattern 419 is just the sort of dress you need to start of the new season that's just around the corner. The full-length front but toning Is not only slenderizing and decorative, but it's real time-sav- CT for shurry-up" dressing and ircn- ing. The soft-cut bodice lines are licely held in place by darting at the shoulders and above the waist. Youll appreciate the slimming eff feet of the front skirt panelling. And now, If you've 9 liking for color, show up the novelty shape of the rounded revers collar and the optional sleevebands and pockets. Just for good measure you might
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

answer questions asked by patients Some Of them even coast along with tlie half baked assumption that any one whose diet is reasonably varied gets All the vitaninS he needs from food this childish attitude deepita the scientific demonstration by many nutrition authorities that thA ordinary diet of the well-to-dO class in America today is generally defi- cient in essential vitamins and soma mineral clements.
 It is now universally recognized that the diet of the infant In tha first year or two is inadequate un- less supplemented by suitable ra~ tioT1s of vitamin c and vitar1in D, Lucky, is the infant who receives alsd some additional B complex in ond form or another during the first year or two.
 Milk Five Days old Is 1t safe to use eyaporated milk that had been kept in refrigerator five days after the can was openedH
 (Mrs. F. K0
 AnSwer--Yes, or condensed milk, o1 N whole raw milk, or pasteurized milk. or skim milk, or huttermilk, or cream provided it still tastes all right. Salt Water
 Is 1t dangerous for 8 child of 1A months to go into salt water with his mother and father? e. z0
 Aaswer-So far as salt water, or fresh. water, is concerned, it is fine for babies, children, youths, men, women.
 Pork
 What effect if any, has the eating of pork or ham on the nervous syS- tenn and kidneys? tF. Al }
 Answer-FreSh pork and ham ara both rich in vitanin B complex, which is beneficial to nervous sys- tenn and kidneys. know of no ob- jection to pork or ham So far as the kidney function is concerned. Protected by John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
THE WOMEN. Uniformed Women May Be Joke But a Comforting One In Crisis
WE, THE WOMEN

were snickering at the British Wom- en, their mannish uniforms, their marching, and their sudden interest in engines and first aid.
 But nobody is laughing now = least of all the British men who are pretty thankful that their wom- en did take hold and fit themselves to cd the hard and dangerous work necessary in city bombed day and night.
 It is more than handy, 1t is sal- vation that the women of Britain can drive ambulances through bomb torn streets, that they do know how to get the wounded onto Stretchers and give first aid, that they are prepared to set up feeding stations in badly bombed areas where fam fly kitchens have been turned into piles of smoldering brick.
 And it will be the same in Amer ica. We can just expect to be laughed at now when we are busy learning how to do the jobS-con Sidered mems work but which will fall to use in any extreme national emergency.
 WE WILL BE
 SPOOFED AT, TOO
 We can expect to have our uni forms spoofed at and made the subject of side-splitting cartoon. now. But if we are ever called on tC climb into those uniforms for al emergency, they'll look might. comforting to those we serve. i So there is no need for American
 women to show surprise, or b. concerned over the fact that w aren't given the place our number
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
, MODERN MENUS
Sweet Pickling Does Not Demand Perfect Fruit

through food chopper, using coarse knife. Weigh or measure into ket- tie and cover with cold water. Add l teaspoon salt and let stand overnight. Drain and cover with fresh water. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, about 1 hour, or until tender. Drain, Wash and remove pits from about 3 pounds firm, ripe plumS. Cut into quar- ters; weigh or measure.
 Combine sugar, water, vinegar, 1-2 teaspoon salt, and spices in large preserving kettle. Mix well. Bring to a boil, stirring only until sugar is dissolved. Boil rapidly about minutes, or until syrup is thick. Add watermelon rind and plums. Bring slowly to boil and simmer about 20 minutes, or until fruit and rind are clear and syrup is somewhat thick, stirring fre- quently to prevent scorching. Skim. Pour into clean, hot, steri- lied jars, dividing spices among jars. Seal at once.
 6WGE -GkOnAGD NEGtAINDGN-
 RES AND PEARS
 About , haM- M-pint jars)
 Four cups q pound cranberries, 6 cups @ 1-2 pounds) prepared pears, cups @ pounds, 10 ounces) sugar, 1-2 cups cider vinegar. 2-3 cup water, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 6 sticks (4-inch) cinnamon, 1 1-2 teaspoons whole cloves.
 Pick over and wash cranberries. Weigh or measure. Wash and pare about 4 pounds firm, ripe pears. Remove cores, dice, and weigh or measure. Mix sugar vinegar, water, salt, and spices tied in cheescloth bag in large presery- ing kettle. Bring to a boil, stirring only until sugar Is dissolved. Boil rapidly until syrup is thick. Add fruits. Bring slowly to a boil and boil about 10 minutes, or until fruits are clear and syrup is some what thick, stirring frequently to prevent scorching. Remove spice bag and skim. Pour into clean, Not, sterilized jars and seal at once.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
Household Hints
EngIiShwOmen Find Short Bob Goes Long Way Towards Beating Hitler
BY ROsETTE HARGRovE NyrlA c..,,s.n ek.ap rs.-..........s..,

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 London. The women of Britain have been told that their hair can help lick Hitler. Human hair can be used in the manufacture of plastics, and plastics in turn find innumer- able uses in the manufacture of arm amentS and in other war industries. !. The originator of the Save Your Halr" movement James Bones, of eLeds, chairman of the HairdresserS' Association, has the support ot the Ministry of Sup ply. Women are being asked, each time they go to the hair dresser, to see that their hair clippings are saved. They are be- ing asked, also, to dig out those tresses which they have been treasuring, for sentiments sake, since the day they decide to bow to modern coiffure fashion and have them shorn.
 AS far back as 1888, Germany started collecting the clippings frob all "frisseur's" salons. These were needed for the manufacture of feltS, carpets and in the up- holstery industry. Hairdressers could be fined for throwing away such valuable material. People smiled at this new Nazi order, but now British hairdressers are being asked to see that the clip pings from their shops be col lected, not once a day, but after each haircut, and set carefully aside.
 It is calculated that an average salon of six to eight cubicles would daily yield enough hair to fill a waste basket. Multiply this by a few hundred thousands and you achieve an imposing figure.
 CHILDHOOD SOUVENIRS
 MAKE MUNITIONS
 As for the hundreds of plaits and curls which soon can be unearthed from the back of bureau drawers, still tied with a baby blue ribbon, these are especially valuable, be- cause of the length of the hair, for strengthening felt for armaments. Long fair hair also plays an impor- tant role in certain precision instru- ments in connection with meteorol- ogy. And here is where the vogue for the shoulder-long page-boy coif- lure becomes means of national defense-the longer the clippings from women's heads, the more useful. The shingled heads of the last war were not so productive. In the days when wigs were worn, peasant girls in practically every European country would of fer their long, thick plaits to the hair-cropper who visited the an- nual fair. The proceeds usually went to buy 8 new petttcoat, fancy shoes or 8 coveted trinket, and a bonnet would usually hide long again. Now the Yorkshire long again. Now the oYrkshire Hairdressers' Action Commit i tee" which has undertaken to see that this hair-saving move ment should be carried out, has made it known that although se- Iected airh, after sorting, combing and treatment, fetches good price, i.e., when in its ultimate form of toupee or transformation, an average head of hair Is not worth more than 8 dollar, con- trary to popular belief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

De grac1OuS,
 charming and well-groomed. Too much can not be said about the last. The first essential is to select the wardrobe with great care. Clothes should be smart without being loud, feminine without be- ing fussy, and have dignity with- out dullness.
 But good grooming does not de- pend on the clothes alone. There is a way, however, of guaranteeing perfect grooming that I have found invaluable.
 After you are dressed, sand in front of a full length mirror and pretend you are stranger. Look at yourself critically, starting with your feet. Are your shoes we'll brushed and are the heels perfectly straight? If not, change them 1m- mediately.
 IC-AND-S SPAN
 APPEARANCE
 Next, your stocking seams must be straight and pulled up tightly. Your slip, needless to say, should be at least an inch shorter than your dress. Raise your arms slight ly to make sure it doesn't peep out. Your dress is spotlessly clean and freshly pressed. If not, do not wear it. Your nails are well manicured, with the polish smooth and un- chipped. Your makeup is discreet and will not rub of quickly. Your head is not the type that is ruffled easily. A smart hair-do Is one that will stay for hours with out fussing and primping.
 If you will give yourself this two minute. cneckup" every day, you will be well on the way toward mak- ing yourself an asset to your hus- band.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
TOMORROWs MENu

BREAKFAST: Sliced bananas in orange juice, scrambled eggs, wholewheat toast, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Black bean soup, enriched bread toast, mix ed green vegetables salad, nut cookies, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Stuffed veal shoul- der, gravy. sweet-pickled cram berries and pear, mashed pota- toes, green beans, peach short- cake, coffee, milk.