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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29

winding roads plus the early morn
ing sun shining on the snow cap
ped mountains was really a sight
to see. AS all good things must
come to an end we had to leave
the valley-we began the steep as
cent up the hills and sharp curves
and we went from 1000 feet to the
summit which is 4301 feet in about
10 minutes. On the way up we
passed large trucks which were
just barely moving for fear of GO
ing too fast and letting the veh-
icles get out Of control but the
army "jeep" took the steep climb
in high gear. From the summit
one could take in the view Of the
whole valley far below and at this
particular time long silver streak
was seen on the floor of the val
ley which was found out to be fast
Santa Fe streamliner 1.-THE Chief"
which had just come out of the
hills. After getting over the
hump" the elevation dropped a
few hundred feet but we remained
right around 1000 feet above sea
level. From this point on we were
in the Mojave Desert and heading
right up to the middle of it. I
was sort Of disappointed in the
desert at first as had imagined
it to be nothing but large sand
dunes and no sign Of civilization
whatsoever. Instead it was flat and
covered with sagebrush and cactus
and punches Of all differently col
ored flowers. What fascinated me
the most was the cactus as each
and every one took on a different
shape and as there are no two alike
many of them were very grote-
sque looking. AS it was getting
warmer out the top Of the car was
let down and a wind as hot as
fire struck our faces and although
there was a slight presence of dust
it never the less was a grand feel
ing riding through the Mojave Des-
ert. We passed through only one
town of any size at all and that
was Victorville which is the only
town between San Bernadino and
Barstow. There were a few scat
tered houses here and there and
that was the one thing I couldn't
understand because there was alb
solutely nothing to do out there
so I took them to be the houses
of hermits and maybe that isn't
such a bad idea at that. Arriving
at Barstow at 1920 we stopped
off for a little liquid refreshment
which went very good, and it was
the last chance to fill up, as the
last lap to the Firing Range was
nothing but sand. Crossing the
Mojave River north Of Barstow
we resumed our northward trek.
The cactus had disappeared entire
ly and driving on the desert roads
made riding awful miserable. Out
there things looked sort of differ
ent because one could see for miles
around and the road ahead could
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29
r. Kastler .....139 148 125 412
B. Osendorf I'LL 1856 1856 482
Totals. 1872 873 796 2451

Totals.......782 1878 796 2451
The leagues come to an end next
Wednesday with the local team
bowling against the 1st Bn. Hq.
Btry. team and we have our fin
gers crossed on this one.
You have no doubt read in the
papers where a hunchbacked man
who lives near Bernardino went
crazy about week ago and swore
that he would kill every member
Of the family. Well he killed his
sister-in-law and her girl friend and
day after a part of posse Of 1000
men found the body Of the mad
mans brother. This mailman is
still on the prowl somewhere in
the vicinity of San Bernardino and
the other night couple Of the local
boys thought up pretty good one,
they donned their helmets and
puts and ran up and down the
battery street shouting, "Get on
your helmets and puts and go up
to the supply room for your gun
and live ammunition. We're going
after the mailman Of San Bernard
inc" Well a few guys were al
ready sleeping and they woke up
with a start and got all ready to
go. Armund Botz was sleeping pref
ty sound and when he Is asleep it
takes a pretty good man to get
him up and he was among those
who got ready to go, and thought
that was feat in itself. There
was quite a bunch in front of the
supply room ready to get their
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29
News From
CAMP HAAN

high gear. He rounded up all the
drivers and mechanics necessary
got the truck all ready, and him.
self royalty up set in about five
minutes flat. Getting the men was
hardest as he had to practically
dress every one single handed. But
he finally herded his swearing
brood down to the motor pool, and
with the expedition organized as
best as could be, climbed into the
cab ready for the trip. They very
gently broke the news to him, and
we understand his temperature
jumped no less than sixty-eight
degrees.
Late communicates from the war
zone confirm our suspicion that
Sgt Fouquette and Sgt Jim Scott
the perpetrators of the dastardly
plot, are unquestionably in the dog
house-and from the looks OF
things will probably be there for
some time. And it was all in good
clean fun, too!
Construction work is being push
ed rapidly on the new battalion
area located behind the Regiment
al Headquarters Building. No one
seems to know for sure just who
or when the new occupants will
arrive, but from the evident speed
with which the ground is being
broken and foundations laid, the
new area will be ready for occu-
pancy very soon.
Effective on May II, the soldiers
willingly shucked out of their
warm woolens and donned the new
cotton uniforms-looking very neat
and comfortable as well as happy
A classy windbreaker equipped
with not only the regular buttons
but a Upper, was also issued to
each man. These jackets are
plumb full of eye-appeal and the
boys really took to them in a big
way-according them almost the
same respect as pay day generally
INSPIRES. Ihey are ny ldI Liz
classiest item the Government has
yet issued to us. It is rumored
about that these jackets cost the
tidy sum of eight dollars-they
must be good!
1t. Colonel Roy L. Scott, from
Sank Centre, Minnesota, famous as
the home Of Sinclair Lewis, has
assumed command of this Regi.
ment upon the departure of its
Commanding Officer, Colonel J. w
Carter, of st. Cloud, Minnesota
Colonel Carter left to attend a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29
BY Pvt r. ]. Holman

ATTENTION, ATTENTION"
First Sergeant Pete Billman and
S/Sgt Weeks of Regti Hq Btry
are about as cool and collected as
can be expected with a gang of
twenty-year-olds to keep under con-
troll, but Sunday afternoon Of last
week they lost quite a bit Of their
poise and a great deal of their
forty-year-old dignity.
1t happened in this way: Sgt
Billman was relaxing in the after
noon with his radio as a compan-
ion, when suddenly the lifting mus
ic was abruptly cut off and the
mellow-voiced announcer cut in,
Attention, attention, Regtl Hq
Btry, 217th CA (AA). First Ser
geant Billman is needed urgently.
Sgt Rattle has suffered a bad
breakdown at Crestline and re-
quests that a maintenance truck
be sent out Immediately to help
him out. Anyone contracting Sgt
Billman will please inform him Of
this without delay. Thank YOU"
By the time the last syllable had
echoed our formerly sleeping SER
geant was wide awake and had
grabbed his pants, the telephone,
and his whistle. When he putting
ly arrived at the motor pool the
maintenance truck was complete
with driver and raring to go on
its message Of mercy. Just as our
sergeant settled himself in the seat
preparatory to a wild ride, the
jokester tipped him off that it was
all in fun; pre-conceived gag
engineered famously with the aid
Of an inter-office communication
set.
Sgt Billman swallowed his hop
ping anger and thought to himself
that what was sauce for the goose
was certainly sauce for the gander,
so he decided to rope S/Sgt Weeks
into the little frame-up. All 225
pounds Of our staff sergeant was
relaxing comfortably when the
name "Sgt Weeks" aroused him
from his drowsy dreams. Down
to the first sergeant's tent he flew
to trace the announcement. Rea-
,sonably honest witnesses said that
his fotund body was practically
parallel to the ground as he skidd-
ed around the corners. BY the
time he had arrived safely at the
tent, the announcer had stopped,
but Sgt Billman, with all the cum
ming of an educated Satan, sug-
gested that perhaps the announce
ment would be repeated later The
message was repeated and that
really sprung our sergeant into
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29

be seen as a thin white line far
ahead. The road would seem to be
flat or going down hill while act
ually the car would be laboring to
get up a steep incline. After cross
ing a range of mountains thought
I was seeing things when there
was something that looked exactly
like a lake. 1t actually was Coyote
Lake but as it was out there in
the hot desert 1t naturally was all
dried up. Upon a closer inspection
it was nothing but hard dry mud
just as smooth as glass. For an
other hour we proceeded north
ward and we had yet Is miles to
go when we saw white puffs of
smoke high in the air which were
the shells bursting above Bicycle
Lake. We came upon the Firing
Center camp which is about five
miles from the range and this camp
is nearly built and when 1t Is COM
pleted it will be the exact duplicate
Of Camp Ham only not so nearly
as large and it will have all the
facilities and Injuries that we en-
Joy here. Proceeding directly to
the gun emplacements we arrived
Just in time to see them fire a
burst and all of a sudden 1t seemed
like an earthquake struck the
place and there was large flash
and a deafening noise and 1t SEEM
ed as the world was coming to
an end. The pans in the kitchens
200 feet back were Gathering and
large clouds Of dust were stirred
up. After things quieted down I
just realized that the guns had gone
off and nothing else and after a
few rounds had been fired I sort
of got. the lay Of the land. The
day was spent in celebration firing
and burst problems and after the
firing was completed everyone pull
ed out for Camp HAN. Leaving
ahead of the convoy to avoid all
the dust we arrived in Barstow
and after refueling left for our
camp. It was getting towards eve
ming and the night air began to
get just a little chilly as 1t had
cooled off quite a bit. The trip
back was made in about 81 hours
arriving at Camp Ham at 7:30
while the rest of the boys were on
the road until $3.50.
A CHOWHOUND is not a breed
of dog but one who can eat the
Army out of a messhall.
The Battery bowling team just
can't seem to get into the groove
and last Wednesday they dropped
their 18th game in a row to the
Medical Detachment from st,
Cloud. Tom May set the pace for
the Medics while Ossie Osendorf
led the locals. The scores:
Regimental Hq Battery
T. Kennedy -.-.130 ia 131 375
r. Nelson ............101 161 1913 800
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29

twelve-week officers course being
held at Fort Monroe, Virginia. 1t
is expected that he will rejoin his
command upon the completion of
this course.
BY Sgt Kenny Kuef1er
Whew is 1t hot!! What I wouldn't
give for a cold drink Of water!!!
1t amt human that's what it ANTI!
Those are only a few Of the re-
marks that are to be heard all
through the day. The heat out
here Is something that isn't to be
laughed at by anyone because 1t is
really hot. The temperature has
been lowering right around the 100
degree mark and the mercury is
scheduled to climb up the glass
tube any day now. About the only
relief we have had from the heat
so far is the order which came
out last Monday officially proclaim
ing summer was here and allow
ing us to put on our cotton uni
form in place of the woolens. 1t
really makes quite difference.
Many of the fellows from the
battery went up to the Anti-air-
craft Firing Range at Bicycle Lake
in the middle Of the Mojave des-
ert this past week. The big 8"
guns were having target practice
up there. On Monday morning a
detail Of nine men left for the
range. They were Duke" Egan
Donnie Ethun, Bud Soltau, Armund
Botz, Bob Gritzmacher, Vince
Bjorklund, Ralph Tieman, Les
Niemi, and Master Sergeant Ed
Dickhaus. Five of these men under
Duke" Egan were up there for
the purpose of taking pictures OF
the bursting shells for keeping rec
ords Of the firing. The detail under
Ed Dickhaus had to do quite bit
of work in laying out smile base
line and orienting the guns. On
Wednesday morning the main part
of the Convoy left Camp Ham at
7:30 a. m. and proceeded to make
the 100 mile trip to the Firing Gen.
ter Thursday morning was my
turn so got out my swimming
suit and had visions of plunging in
to a nice cold lake and staying
there all the rest of the summer
But I received sort of a setback
when the boys informed me that
the lake had been dried up for
years and there isn't a drop OF
water within miles of the place
Well, after getting sort of a late
start at 500 a. m, we were off for
Barstow. About this time Of the
year the orange blossoms are in
full bloom and as the Riverside,
San Bernardino district Is in the
heart of the orange district the
crisp morning air was filled with
the sweet fragrant smell of bud.
ding oranges and this made riding
at that time a rare pleasure in
deed. Leaving San Bernardino the
highway runs north up the beau
tiful San Bernardino valley and the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29

twelve-week officers course being
held at Fort Monroe, Virginia. 1t
is expected that he will rejoin his
command upon the completion Of
this course.
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Advance Enrolment
Arrunqed at Schools

Pupils who will be new at schools
they will start attending Monday
have been asked by the Board OF
Education to register today and to-
morrow.
Hours for registration today are 4
to 6 pm. and tomorrow 8 to 10 am
This will expedite registration of
other pupils Monday.
Jewish students who will be alb
sent Monday and Tuesday because
Of religious services will be excused,
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Snake-Hand|ing Case
Ends in Conviction
OF 7 Cult Leaders
Jury Acquits 3 Others;
Pondemonium Sturts as
Pastor Tukes Stund
By the Associa ted Press.


TOWNSVILLE, Va, Sept. ia Lee
County Circuit Court jury yesterday
convicted the Rev. Otis Burke and
G. w. Givens, and acquitted three
other members of a Holiness faith
healing cult on charges of unlawful
wounding as the result Of snake
handling ceremony.
The jury acquitted Mrs Murphy
Smith, Frances and Eliza DELPHI.
The Rev. Mr.. Burke and Mr.. Civ
. ems were sentenced to 80 days each
in jail and fined $50 each. The Rev.
Mr.. Burke Immediately asked Judge
George Morton for a new trial or
dismissal of sentence. Judge Nor
ton said he would hear the appeal
September 26, but insisted that the
defendants employ counsel.
Two spectators were jailed dur
ing tumultuous prayer-Shouting and
a demonstration that broke out
when the Rev Mr. Burke. who
served as his own attorney, took
the stand after pleading his case
and giving his version of the ritual
at his Pennington Gap Church
service several weeks ago at which
Liza Cooper was bitten by a cop
perhead moccasin
The Rev. Mr.. Burke uttered a few
words of testimony, then began to
sway and jerk and repeatedly shout
Praise His holy name The out
burst touched off pandemonium.
On rapid orders from the bench
officers hustled a man and woman
out OF the courtroom.
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Free School Lunch
Milk Cost Goes Up
$1,000 Per Month
Funds Available, However
To Continue Program
Rest of Fiscal Yeor

Purchase of milk by the District
for the free school lunch program
for the next three months will cost
the District about $1,000 more per
month than heretofore, according to
bids received yesterday by District
Purchasing Off1cer Roland M.
Brennan.
While fears were voiced in some
quarters that milk for the program
might have to be curtailed, District
w. P. A. officials explained today
this would not be the case, since the
District government sponsors fund
for this fiscal year for w. p. A.
projects was in lump sum. They
said they would recommend use OF
whatever amount Is necessary for
full operation of the free-lunch pro-
gram.
For the present fiscal year the
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Army to Eliminate
Separate Uniform
For Air

The Army's efforts to conserve its
supply of wool resulted today in an
order that keeps money in the
pockets of aviation cadets.
The familiar slate-blue garb of the
cadet is to be replaced with an olive
drab uniform that will need only an
officers insignia to be suitable for
wear after the cadet receives his
commission. Result: He won't have
to dig into his own pay to buy an
officers uniform.
All Slate-blue uniforms already
acquired by the Quartermaster De-
partment are being concentrated at
Randolph Field, Tex, where they will
be issued to cadets in that training
area until the supply is exhausted,
in a month or two. At other flying
schools all entering cadets will be
issued the new officer-type uniform.
While the wearer is in training the
regular cadets gold thread, wings
and propeller on a circular blue cloth
will be worn on the sleeve. When he
is commissioned he will remove this
and simply attach second lieu
tenants bar.
Evening star., 1941-09-19

District w. P. A. sponsors fund
amounts to $4,000, of which
$4,000 was supposed to cover the
milk purchase. Anticipating that
costs would go up due to rising
prices, w. P. A. officials already have
asked for an increased sponsors
fund Of 100000 for the next fiscal
year.
The Commissioners are expected
to act in a day or two on the report
of Mr.. Bernnan showing that the
Embassy Fairfax Dairy had sub
mitted the lowest bid for the milk
for the next three months, the price
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Explosion in Dynamite
Plant Kills Workman
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GRAFTON, Ill, Sept. 19.-One
man was killed today In q neutraliz-
ing unit explosion at the plant OF
the Illinois Powder Manufacturing
Co. near here. He was identified as
Francis Irwin, so, who was working
alone.
Grafton, town of little more
than 1000, was not damaged by the
blast. The plant makes dynamite.
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Welsh Elected Head
Of Montgomery Bor
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. 19-The
Montgomery County Bar Association
has elected F. Barnard Welsh of
Rockville, president; Robert Peter,
vice president; Thomas c. Kelley.
secretary; James c. Christopher
treasurer, and william F. Prettyman,
Miss Vivian Simpson and Leo Ben
der, directors.
Mr.. Welsh succeeds Mr.. Pretty
man. who was not eligible for re-
election
Evening star., 1941-09-19
Campfire Program Tonight

DR.. Carl P. Russell, supervisor,
Rese arch and Interpretation
Branch, National Park Service, will
give an illustrated talk on Pioneer
Adventures Along the Oregon Trail"
at the final campfire program of the
park service at o'clock tonight at
the campfire site in Rock Creek
Park.
Evening star., 1941-09-19

offer being 314 cents a half-pint
bottle. This compares with 2% cents
for the past summer.
Evening star., 1941-09-19

Balsa wood, substitute for cork,
is obtainable in large quantities in
Ecuador
Evening star., 1941-09-19

according to Robert L. Haycock
acting superintendent OF schools.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-07

may be sewed to box springs and
there you are with everything at
hand.
The bag shown here was made
of remnant Of heavy cotton up
holstery material in tones Of green
with touch Of red in the pattern.
The red was repeated in the
sateen lining. The sketch gives
all the dimensions and shows how
the lining and the outside part
were made. A coat hanger was
cut down to measure IL inches
from end to end and was placed
between the lining and the out
side; these being stitched together
around the top, as illustrated.
NOTE: As service to our readers Mrs.
Spears has prepared a series Of six book
lets of her original ideas. Each booklet
contains 50 home.making projects with H.
Illustrated directions. Booklets are mum.
bered from to 6, numbers and con.
tanning directions for other types Of bags
and door pockets that will make house,
keeping easier. Booklets are 10c each and
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-07
Thief LIKES Soft Rurs

An ingenious thief accomplished
an amazing act Of thievery, accord
ing to the manager Of q Chicago
apartment house. Police, while adj
miring the feat, would like to nab
him and ask him how he did 1t. One
morning, recently, the manager dis
covered to his amazement that
sometime before dawn, a thief, with
out disturbing any Of the guests, had
quietly pushed tables, chairs, ash
stands and other furnishings out OF
the way and then departed with 4
IL by Il ankle deep rug that was In
the lobby. And the doors and win
dows Of the apartment are locked
tight every night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-07
CHAPTER XII

The breakup, this year, meant
more than the coming of spring to
Matanuska. Along the railway sid
ing at Palmer great piles of lumber
were being unloaded. Train after
train brought in mountain of ma
chinery and supplies. Federal engi-
neers in khaki and high-tops went
about consulting blueprints and driv-
ing stakes and squirting through the
oddities. Then a little colony of
tents began to dot the roadside, and
two or three trim cabins of peeled
spruce logs appeared out of no
where.
That meant, was told, the ground
was being laid out for the two hun
dred families to be brought in from
the Middle West, the new settlers
who were to show the outside world
that Alaska was something more
than Stewards Icebox.'
But nothing seemed ready for that
incoming army. Not one-tenth of
the land was cleared and fit for
cropping. There was no shelter for
livestock, no homes for women and
children. The only solid habitations
appeared to be string of old bunk
cars which had been pushed down
the valley siding. In these the CCC
workers were to sleep and eat, like
navvies, until a tent colony could
be established. And three days lat
er the toilers themselves put in an
appearance, a whole trainload of
them, promptly making the quiet
ness of the valley thing of the
past.
They were like children turned
loose on a holiday, romping and
singing and ki-yiing, quarreling and
drinking.
Sock-Eye, viewing them with a
morose eye, reported that they'd
been raising hell all the way up
from Frisco and Seattle. He fur
Their announced that the first banjo
stunning cheechako who made a
crack about his shooting irons would
get three ounces of lead in his
larynx.
''They won't listen to u.s." snorted
Sam Bryson as his S'lary and
dined on yak meat after a. two-hour
school lesson. but before sum.
mer's over they'll be bellyachin'
about everythin' goin' wrong
81 tell you. Pop, they're just q