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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
Periods For Filing
Close Ten Days
Before The Elections

Sank Centre again faces its an
nual election period, with two cleo
tions Of Importance in the offing.
The first Of these Is the school
election, which will be held Sat
urday, March 10Th, in the agricul-
tural room, northwest entrance Of
the Senior high school building.
This election is for the purpose
Of selecting two directors for the
Board Of Education. This year the
terms Of J. II. Hansen and 8. p.
Hansen, Jr., expire. Anyone who
wishes to file as q candidate for
either place, must do SO before ten
days preceding the election with
Geo. Berggreen, secretary Of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
LIBRARY CALLS FOR
FLOOR JOB BIDS

Invitation for bids was issued
this week by the board of the Bry-
ant Library for repairs and install
lation of a new asphalt tile floor
for the institution, it was announc-
ed. Specifications for the job are
available at the librarians office.
The project is designed to include
removal Of the old floor, installa-
ton of new concrete fill and top
ped with asphalt tile. The board
expects that work may open on
the project by May 18th.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
partment of Education of the
State Of Minnesota.

According to the report Of the
state, the local library topped the
next nearest in circulation for cit
les Of the class by nearly $4,000
volumes. Second was Grand Rap
ids with 1885 volumes circulated.
Disparity between the first and
second place Is greater this year,
for last year the local institution
held only $4,000 volume gain over
the nearest rival. ~
But not only in actual total did
the Bryant Library outrank a field
Of 80 towns in its class. It's per
capita circulation (based on 1910
census which gives this town 3016)
Of "a sets new high. A year ago
with % books per capita the lib
rary had hit the top place in this
bracket for the first time. The
median for towns Of this class in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
INCOME TAX RETURNS
DATE CLOSES MARCH liz

Income tax returns, both federal
and state, must be sent into the
proper departments before March
18th, the closing date. Penalties
for failure to comply with the law
are severe. Changes in the federal
law requires that more people than
ever before fill out income tax
blanks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13

The longest baseball game on re-
cord was played by two teams in
Columbus, o. and lasted SO innings.
Evening star., 1941-03-03
War in Bulgaria Predicted.

The Turkish press unanimously
predicted that Bulgaria soon would
become a battlefield despite the ef-
forts of King Boris to keep his little
kingdom out of active participation
on the German side.
Tie newspaper Ikdam, often called
a mouthpiece of the Turkish Foreign
Office, commented:
AT first Bulgaria will not join
Germany. Her army will have the
duty of standing in front of the
Turkish Army, hiding the action of
the German Army which will be
conducted against Greece.
But this stage can only be brief
because the British will bomb Bull
garian transport points. Bulgarians
will die and then the Germans VII
press Bulgaria to declare war on
England"
Turkish newspapers speculated on
the attitude of Soviet Russia and
the newspaper Tan observed that
I'VE Turks are mostly interested" in
Moscow's stand.
The Turkish action in closing the
Dardanelles to traffic except under
strict control followed German troop
movements in neighboring Bulgaria.
Nazi army units were reported
moving toward the Turkish border
from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which is only
165 miles from the strategic sea gate
which provides Soviet Russia and
German dominate Rumania and
Bulgaria with their sole outlet to
the Mediterranean
Evening star., 1941-03-03
By the Associated Press.


Skilled A. F. L. workEnen went on
strike today at the Army's $15,0o0,-
900 Camp Davis in Eastern North
Carolina.
An officer of the State highway
patrol said 5000 to 1000 men were
picketing entrances of the reserva-
ton, an anti-aircraft center sched-
uled for completion late this month.
L. H. Rouse, business agent for
the Wilmington IN. c. Building
Trades Council, announced after a
union meeting last night that 5000
workers decided on the walkout over
the issue of a preferential shop,
under which union men would have
first call on job vacancies.
The project employs $4,000 work.
ers, including many who are url-
skilled and non-union. But Mr..
Rouse said he expected many of the
unskilled workers would support the
strike. A representative of the firm
of Higgins, Gannis, Thompson &
McDevitt, which holds the contract
for the project, said the action re-
suited from outside agitation"
Meenwhile, Government eoncsiSa-
Evening star., 1941-03-03
AIIF. d.. {. Positions
Now in Classified Status

All positions in the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corp. have been
blanketed into classified civil service
by a presidential executive order,
effective March 1, it was announced
at the White House today.
The order affects some 700 F. D. I
c. employees exempted from classified
civil service status by a previous
executive order covering certain pro-
fessional, scientific, administrative
and technical positions.
Positions excepted from competi-
tive requirements under subdivision
81 of schedule A of the civil service
rules-private secretaries and cer-
tain field positions-were not affect
ed by the order.
The report stipulates that incum-
bentS of any position covered" into
classified civil service and any per-
son in the employ of the F. D. I. c
continuously since February 1, 1899
with certain exceptions, may acquire
a classified civil service status.
Evening star., 1941-03-03
| Army Orders
| Gas Masks
For Civilians

For the first time under the re-
armament program, the War De-
partment today placed orders with
five commercial firms for a limited
number of non-combatant" gas
masks.
Described as educational orders,
the department said they were
made for the purpose of develop
ing sources of supply for these masks
should they be required in any con-
siderable number"
The orders amount to only $37 500
and we're placed under authority OF
the fourth defense deficiency appro-
priation bill.
No disclosure was made of the
number of masks the orders will pro-
vide. The new type of mask was
designed to meet requirements of a
military commander for non-com-
batant protection in areas under
military control.
The non-combatant gas mask,
however, is of a type which the War
Department believes would be suit
able for civilian use" the War De-
partment announced.
THE masks provide protection
against all known gases in the same
manner as does the service gas mask
issued the troops, but is not designed
for the long life and rugged use
of the service gas mask"
The companies and the amounts
named in the orders are as follows:
Kemper- Thomas Co., Cincinnati.
$l2,500; Sprague Specialties Co..
North Adams, Mass, $3.50; Eureka
Vacuum Cleaner Co., Detroit, $3.50;
Pittsburgh Store e. Fixture Co..
Blairsville, Pa, $3.50. and B. K. B.
Co., Los Angeles. $3.50.
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Hankin Is Appointed
To Fill Keech's Term
On Utilities Board
Power Commission
Counsel Will Serve
Until June 80

Gregory Hankin, special counsel
to the Federal Power Commission,
was named by President Roosevelt
today to fill the unexpired term of
Richmond B. Keech on the Public
Utilities Commission. The term OF
Mr.. Keech, now corporation coun-
sci, expires June 80, 194l.
Mr.. Hankin, 46, and resident of
2O09 Park road NV, came here in
October, 1920, as a professor in
mathematics and philosophy at
George Washington University.
For 10 years, between 1927 and
1887, ne and his wife, Mrs. Char
lotte A. Hankin, practiced law to-
gether, and between them published
a special service for lawyers on the
Supreme Court, in which they ana
lyzed cases and decisions.
In addition to his work on the
books he and his wife have pre-
pared, Mr.. Rankin has done con-
siderable writing on subjects of
constitutional and administrative
law for numerous legal publications.
His major recognition with the Fed
eral Power Commission came
through his efforts as special coun-
sci for the Government in the New
River case, involving Federal con-
troll over navigable waters, which
(see HANKIN, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1941-03-03
BY JAMES FREE.

Undersecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson urged today establishment
of a mediation board similar to the
World War Labor Conference Board
as means of curbing strikes in de-
fense industries.
while the number of strikes in
defense industries has been relative
ly small" Mr.. Patterson told the
House Judiciary Committee, they
cause us as much concern as do
threatened shortages of basic metals.
I'VE need every man-day of pro-
duction. There should be no strikes,
no stoppages."
Testifying at committee hearing
on defense labor problems. Mr.. Pat
terson said that in the week of Feb
ruary "a there were 10000 man
days lost because of strikes in plants
producing Army goods.
The World War Board, composed
of five representatives each of man
agement and labor. worked with
marked success, he said. 1t had no
statutory authority but sought to
settle strikes through conciliation
he explained. If this failed. the
case was brought before the board
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Agriculture Funds
Cut by House Unit;
SS9O,S24,O37 Asked
2l2 Million Proposed for
Purity Payments, With
so Million Actual Gosh
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCldltO EIcSS.
A bill appropriating $500 1924 ,037
for the 1912 farm program and other
activities of the Agriculture Depart
ment was sent to the House today
by its Appropriations Committee.
This total was a reduction of $4,-
927,934 from the budget estimates
and a $l93, 3,023,502 cut from the ap-
preparation for the current year. A
technical change in manner of
financial parity payments was re-
sponsible for the large size of the
latter reduction.
The bill means that $1,420,977, $50
will be available to the department
next year, by virtue of permanent
appropriations, reappropriations,
power to borrow from the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. and author
ity to make contracts for S162, ,000, 900
in parity payments. The overall
total for the current year was ST.
ATT ,o0I ,O61.
$4,000, 900 Actual Cash.
The committee proposed that the
usual $212,00O,000 for parity pay
ments be made available, but, in
stead of providing actual cash, II
followed President Roosevelt's sug-
gestion that only $1,000, 900 be ap-
propriated and that the department
be given authority to make commit
(See APPROPRIATIONS Page A-20
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Wheeler to Speak
On British-Aid Bill

Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
of Montana will give his views
on the British.aid bill, now be-
fore the Senate, tonight in the
National Radio Forum. The
program is arranged by The
Star and broadcast each Mon
day at 1880 pm. over a coast.
forecast network of National
Broadcastin9 Co. stations, in
cludin& WMAL here.
A strong exposition of reasons
for the opposition to the bill
is expected tonight. Senator
Wheeler has been in the fore
of the fight against the bill, and
he has said that he will take to
the stump from one end of the
country to the other to arouse
the people against any move
leading to war If the bill be-
comes law.
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Mediation Board to Prevent
Defense Strikes Is Proposed
Patterson Cites Success of Like Body
In 1918 in Avertne Stoppoges

itself and specific recommendations
were made.
Many strikes were unquestion-
ably averted by action of the board. "
Mr.. Patterson declared. Most of
the decisions were unanimous, and
in only three cases was there re-
sistance to the boards decisions.
There is no reason why a SINH
lar system would not work we'll
today. 1t is fair to assume that
public opinion would be solidly be-
hind the decisions of such board,
and that the force of public opinion
would be most effective in causing
both sides to acquiesce in the de-
terminations made by the board"
Such a board could be appointed
by the President, and no special
legislation would be required. he
said, in answer to questions by Rep
resentative Hobbs, Democrat, OF
Alabama.
Would the appointment have tc
be approved by the Senator" Mr.
Hobbs asked.
mo, I understand not. I dom
think Senate confirmation was
Evening star., 1941-03-03
.HouseUnitVotes
DC. Income Tax
.C|arificdtion
Measure Approved
Despite Threat Of
Fight by Schultz

BACKGROUND
District officials, fearing that
persons I;Uing in the District,
but maintaining legal residence
in States might be held exempt
from D. C. income tar, sought
reUiSions by Congress in the
reUenue EdlO. Hope also tGas held
that primary tar allegiance OF
persons earning money in Dis
trict mould be to the District
that is, they 1Oould pay D. C.
income tar, then pay difference
betWeen District and State tar to
the State in Which they might
hold legal residence. This hope
UdS dashed by action OF House
subcommittee on D. c. fiscal rt-
fairs last Thursday.
Evening star., 1941-03-03
ALL. Crafts Strike on Army's
$4,000, 900 Aircraft Ronge

tors got together with company and
union representatives in an effort
to settle strikes at four Inter
national Harvester Co. plants and
head off others at the Lincoln, River
Rouge and Highland Park units of
the Ford Motor Co..
Secretary of Labor Perkins asked
International Harvester and C. I. o.
Farm Equipment Workers Organic
ing Committee representatives to
talk over their differences here to-
day. Both accepted. Company
plants in Illinois and Indiana have
been closed by union demands for
pay raises and recognition as bar
gaining authority for the workers.
The company holds millions in de-
fense contracts.
|. James F. Dewey, Federal concilia-
tor handling the Ford situation, ar
ranged to receive and study state
ments by the management and the
c. I. o. United Automobile Workers.
He hoped to find in these basis
for mediation.
The union, accusing the company
of unfair labor practices. served Its
(see sTRIKEs, Page A-s)
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Grand Jury Indicts
Alleged Propagandisl
OF Nazi Government
Auhoeen Is Accused
Of Falling to Register
With Stute Department

Friedrich Ernest Auhagen, reputed
publicity agent of the German gov
ernment who has been called Nazi
propaganda by the Dies Committee,
was indicted today by the District
grand jury on charges of failing to
register properly with the State De-
partment as required by law.
Mr.. Auhagen was indicted under
1888 statute requiring that all agents
disseminating propaganda for for
eign principals register as SUCH.
The Justice Department meantime
said other indictments may follow.
One of the three counts in the
indictment declared that from
September 6 1898, to the present,
Mr.. Auhagen acted as an agent
for Germany, being engaged direct
" in disseminating within the
United States information and
propaganda concerning the govern
ment of Germany, its officers, its
policies and its accomplishments, as
well as other information and propa-
ganda designed to influence policies
and attitudes of the people and
Government of the United States" ,"
Alleged Avtivities Detailed.
In this connection, the indictment
said Mr.. Auhagen delivered lee
lures, arranged and conducted
meetings, exhibited motion pictures
taken in Germany. wrote articles
for publication, sought to make
contacts with persons capable Of
lending support to the program and
policies of the German government,
and otherwise endeavored to pro-
mote the interest of his foreign
principal
Two counts charged that Mr.
Auhagen has acted as an agent and
representative of DR.. G. Kurt Jo-
hansen, a resident of Hamburg,
Germany, and agent of a foreign
principal" as defined in the Regis
tration Act. The Indictment charged
that Mr.. Auhagen received regu-
lar compensation from DR.. Johann
sen for his propaganda work.
The indictment recites that "for
the purpose of influencing public
opinion in the United States on
issues of political significance" Mr..
Auhagen, some time after Septem-
ber 6, 1888, began promoting the
formation of a society which would
sponsor discussions, lectures, meet
ings and publications dealing with
questions of political interest leading
to the organization on or about
March 6, 1899, of such a society
under the name of the American
Fellowship Forum an unincorpo-
rated association with headquarters
in New York City and branches in
various cities of the United Stares
from the inception of the said Amer
ican Fellowship Forum until in OF
about the month of June, 1910, the
defendant served as its national
director.
Editorial Work Set Forth.
The indictment also recites that
from about May to December, 1899
Mr.. Auhagen served also as editor
for, and under his own name and
under pen names, contributed to
Today's Challenge, a journal of po-
litical opinion, which was the
forums official organ.
The indictment charges that Mr.
Auhagan was required under the
act of June 8, 1898, as amended, to
(See INDICTMENT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-03-03
Town 80 Miles North
OF Mogadiseio Taken.
English Declare
R. A. r. Supports Drive
From North on Cheren;
Burye, Ethiopia, Ruided
BY the Associated Press.

BY Lle Associated HTcSS
CAIRO, Egypt, March 3.-The
British command announced today
that British forces in Italian Somali-
land were continuing their ad-
vance" and had occupied Villagio
Duca Degli Abruzzi, 80 miles by rail
north of Mogadiscio, yesterday.
Supporting British forces, which
broke through a guarded mountain
pass from the north toward Cheren,
in Italian Eritrea, the R. A. F. re-
ported bomber attacks yesterday on
Italian positions in and around
Cheren."
Fighter aircraft of the South
African air force, it said, also con-
tinued to harass the enemy with
machine-gun attacks on gun posi-
tions, troop concentrations and mo-
tor transport"
At Burye, Ethiopia, Large fires
with heavy explosions" were said
to have resulted from lombard
ment of military targets.
Cheren is a mountain stronghold
guarding the way toward Asmara,
Eritrea's capital, and the Red Sea
coast.
Capture of Cufra Claimed.
AS the column north of Cherer
and another in the mountains west
of the fiercely defended town put
on pressure from two sides, the
Free French" headquarters in Lon
don announced last night the cap
ture of Cufra in the Libyan desert
De Gaulist troops from Chad and
the Cameroons were said to have
taken 1000 prisoners there. The
Cufra region consists of group
of oases in an area roughly as
large as the State of Ohio-in South
eastern Libya.
military circles in London said
the report indicated the French
had taken over the whole area
and that from what we are able
to learn here, if there are any
italians left operating in the
Cufra group of oases they are
struggling bands" Some of the
oases fell to the French early
last month";
Empire Seen Topping.
With Eastern Libya almost wholly
in British hands, British African
forces claiming control of italian
Somaliland, columns driving intc
Ethiopia, and a British nutcracker
on Cheren, AZ miles from Asmara
observers here said Premier Mus
solini's East African empire seemed
toppling.
They predicted it would fall
whether through military action Oh
exhaustion by blockade, in much less
than the nine months Mussolini's
army took in defeating Ethiopia.
1t was said, too, that the empire
troops-EngliSh and Scottish regl-
ments Indians, Rhodesiars, South
Africans and natives, reinforced by
French. Sengalese and Ethiopians-
totaied only a fraction of the half
million men Mussolini was reported
to nave sent against the EthiopianS
British Push Toward G0ndar.
British sources said more than
$4,000 italian soldiers had been
taken prisoner during the first six
weeks of the East African campaign
and estimated that Italian strength
(See AFRICA, Page A-40
Evening star., 1941-03-03
EorIe's Sofiu Incident
Closed, Hull Indicates
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Hull indicated
today that American Minister
George H. Earle's recent bottle
throwing alteration in Sofia res
taurant was considered a "closed in
cident" by the State Department.
Asked whether the department re-
garded the matter closed, Mr.. Hull
said he had heard nothing to the
contrary.
The incident followed a request by
Mr.. Earle that the orchestra play
'Tipperary."
Mr.. Earle said an unidentified
man protested and hit him on the
arm with a bottle. He retaliated
In kind, injuring the man, who later
identified himself as DR.. Karl Becker,
German Businessman m Sofia.
Evening star., 1941-03-03
By the Associated Press.

ISTANBUL, March 3.-The
Turkish Navy has mined all ex-
cept a narrow channel in the
strategic Dardanelles Straits, it
was disclosed authoritatively
today.
The mining followed closing of the
Dardanelles to all ships except those
given special permits and employing
Turkish naval pilots. Turkish naval
units also had been reported steam
ing toward the Dardanelles.
Ships seeking permission to pass
through the strait, connecting the
Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmora,
must notify Turkish naval author
tiles by wireless six hours before the
transit is to begin and give full
Identification.
Unofficial reports, not confirmed
by the Associated Press. said "a high
German official" would arrive at
Ankara tomorrow to confer with
Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru
Saracoglu. There have been per-
sistent rumors that German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
would visit the Turkish capital.
Nazis Reported Near Border.
Turkey was calm as German
armies Swarmed into Bulgaria. At
least one small Nazi detachment was
reported from Sofia to have reached
the Bulgarian town of Svilengrad,
almost on the three-nation frontier
of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria.
Authoritative sources said Turkey
had taken full defense precau-
tions," but official sources remained
silent on the question OF mobiliza-
ton.
The fleet units were said to have
headed out of Istanbul, across the
Sea of Marmora from the strategic
strait. at about the same time the
order to close the straits was made
public.
1t was reported yesterday that
Germany had asked Turkey to offer
to mediate the European war and
that Britain had scorned mediation
when sounded out by Turkey. Ger
man sources in Berlin scoffed at the
report with the remark: 1T is not
for the winner to suggest peace.~
A well-informed source said Ger
man Ambassador Franz Won Papen
had approached Turkish Foreign
Minister Sukru Saracoglu before
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden arrived last week and sug-
gested that Turkey was in a favor
able position to mediate.
Turkey was an ally of Germany in
the World War and now holds a
British guarantee of aid in the event
of any aggression leading to war in
the Mediterranean which Turkey
reSists.