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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

Photograph at the sun, took a
picture.
When the picture was developed,
q rare find was discovered on the
plate.
On the sun was occurring the
largest tornado type" solar prom
inence ever photographed. 1t was
10000 miles high-l0,000 miles
higher than the eTuptive promi-
hence OF July Q. 1917.
One OF the first questions asked
by the layman is: Do these fiery
outbursts on the sun affect the
earth?
Fortunately. SAYS science, they
do motor. II they do, the effect
Is not apparent.
But few things in the sky are
more interesting. or amazing.
: Nothing on this earth. where
livery object and force is subject
TO definite laws OF physics. be-
HAYES like prominence" on the
sun.
Solar prominences look like
clouds on the sun" They shoot
UP like q fountain"
But. unlike clouds. they do not
float In the pearly-green corona
the suns higher atmosphere
as clouds float in the earth's at
mosphere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

upward. or outward. from the
sun? Is it an explosion?
NO" says DR.. Petit. "If ii
were, the velocity would be &C
celerated-start out swiftly. then
subside-instead Of being uni
form"
Pressure Of the light emitted
by the sun-"radiant presume
has been suggested as the answer:
the outflow of light lifts the al
most thinner than nothing"
gases. The sun emits a tremend-
Gus quantity of light which is
equivalent to 100000 TONS Of
material per SECOND.
DR.. Petit doe not believe 1t is
light pressure.
Solar gravity" he points out.
"is half a billion times GREATER
than light pressure on an atom. +"
You see why it is said that
prominences defy gravity2 How
does such thin material escape
from such tremendous gravita-
tional pulp II we knew that secret
and could apply it
Well. IF We could-to engage in
an unscientific hypothesis man
on the earth could lift 500 600
times his own weight. He could
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

play football with locomotives for
the ballsl
Quiescent prominences are so
called because they do not exhibit
much motion-seem to stand up
on the sun with little change in
outline until they finally disap-
pear.
Prominences are photographed
with the spectroheiiograph. This
was invented by a Mount Wilson
astronomer. Or. George e. Hale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

DR.. Petit suggests that q rockst,
equipped with instruments. should
be sent outside the earth's stmos-
phere to photograph the solar
spectrum.
I'VE might have 20 give ths
rocket a boost with q piece II me-
val ordnance. says DR.. Petit, 80
conserve energy lost In getting
under way-snd he's not jeki.g.
This IL feasible, he says.
You may live 10 SEQ Il triedf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Mt. Wilson Astronomer Photographs
Largest Solar Prominence Of Type
Mount Wilson Observatory Photo.
By WAGNER WHITE

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

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In center is "erupve" solar prominence 100000 miles
high. photographed in 1917 Dot at right represents
Earth. Lower sequence shows variation in solar prom
inence over period of minutes. Upper and lower
filtered through hydrogen band of spectroheiograph
while center view filtered through calcium band.
Wuor obser
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

Mount MIl.on Oh.erIaIory Pholo..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

Frantically he ran over TO the
nearby village which happened
to be composed of an unusually
surly and Misunderstanding lot.
Routing out a dozen Of the
savages ne indicated by sign ian
guage that he wanted them to
rush me down the river TO the
settlement at Inanwaten. where
there was a white doctor He
had to hand over a lot of tobac-
co before they pretended to
understand and grudgingly
dragged out a canoe. With me
on an improvised cot, they
started TO paddle US down the
river.
After they had padded all day,
my husband became convinced
that we were no longer on the
kauahra River but We're going in
circles further into tho wild in
terror The motive seemed clear
from their covetous looks at our
supplies, especially the tailor
made cigarettes which are con-
sidered a great treasure. They
evidently were taking us for a
ride and at some chosen place
would Kill us. and divide up the
spoils.
The crew pretended they could
CONTINUED on Page III
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

for a minute or two, indicating
that several crocodiles were.
fighting for the body. Then all
became quiet but still no sign
of them.
The Papuans made no sound
-hLI-slnnd- eA-tAe- sides of their
boats with spears poised and
bows drawn tight. as motionless
as so many statues.
We kept quiet too. Presently
a boy on the boat nearest to us,
made a low kissing sound, at
which those watching the OPP
posIte side Of the boat joined
him. Just as I saw an object
breaking the surface Of the
water, they hurled a shower of
spears and arrows into il.
After a long pursuit and fight
they finally killed tho crocodile.
dragged him ashore and ripped
open the belly from which they
took several pieces Of the un-
fortunate boy T h @ We're
wrapped up. taken back 10 his
parents and reverently buried,
very much AS they would have
been in any civilized country.
l never had any trouble with
these menaces. My prosecutor
on Prince Of Wales Island was
the cassowary, a sort Of homely
imitation of an ostrich. It
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
SAVED BY THE CANNIBALS WIVES

water and stuffs him into the
muddy bottom to soften and ripen
a few days before eating, that is,
If there is no rival crocodile to
fight over the prize.
To escape this fate my hus-
hand had -tA-giaass- and guess
quickly, whether the croc would
aim to hit him above or below
the belt, which meant whether
he should leap into the air or
throw himself flat. Robert de
cided to drop, which happened to
be correct az the tail swished
over his head Before the beast
could set itself for another swing,
Robert had taken TO the vegeta-
ton with more speed than dig
nifty. lie taught me to identify
crocodile tracks in the sand and
make tracks myself in the OPP
posite direction.
Later / was 10 witness how
fast these creatures can do their
work. We were padding along
the Karabra River in Papua
escorted by several boatloads- of
friendly natives when a boy fell
overheard We had seen no signs
Of crocodiles for some time and
yet the boy had hardly time 10
give one scream before some
thing pulled Inn under
The water boiled at that point
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
Here's How to Find Out Your
Value as an Office Worker
(See Page 81

THE possible this quiz is 600 II you
get this you only the top salary for type
of job but the boss job as well.
don't get of 600 find out what salary
you're worth this way:
Since 600 the highest the greatest efficiency take
divide by 600, and the result will be
percentage of efficiency For examples your
be 52S; 52S divided by 600 is .S8 $3.50 efficient.
Then take the average prevailing for your par
ticuar of work and find out what worth
II the prevailing scale about 500 month,
multiply 500 by S8 and worth will he $50 month II
this higher than the salary you've been getting then
justified asking raise. II you'd better
to mend your before YOU have to look
tOh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

when they ought to be at home.
paying attention to their wives.
Though the Papuan male is
henpecked by his own women.
he takes ne nonsense from any
others. as learned almost at the
risk Of my life, on the little boat
we chartered TO take us from
Prince or Wales Island 10 Papua
Il had been pretty rough and !
glanced symPathetieaHy AT the
cook who was leaning over the
raIi N the throes Of scasickness.
As ! passed he gave me a muir
derous look. staggered 20 his feet
AMI clutchcd at his waist. where
the well-dresscd Papuan always
carries a wicked knife.
Fortunately the man had been
too III 10 dress himself properly
on this occasion At a sharp COM
mand from the captain he went
below.
You'll have to be careful
around these people" the cap
tain warned me. DO you know
what you just did to him >"
I thought had merely looked
at him
Lady. YOU walked right
through his shadow. which is
about as safe as walking on the
tail Of a lion lie thinks You
are trying 10 cnslave his soul To
prevent that charm from working
he will have 20 put IN several
hours Of magic down below
which ia rather hard on him. con-
sideunE that lie has a meal 20
prepare and is seasick. II would
have been much simpler to have
stuck a knife IN you
Even when there Is no shadow.
You mustn't step over n person
lying on the ground He vii he
just as mad as II Won had run
over HIM with a car, and ne will
collect damages then and there
with a knife
Yet. with All this superstition.
the Papuans have no religion. no
gods Their caunibalism Is for
superstitious reasons. because
they believe that by eating a
mans flesh they add his powers
TO their own. We were told that
right in the Dutch port Of Mcr-
auke an Australian trader, named
Dick Roach. had a native boy.
who was mild. obedicnt, neat as
a PIN and full of ambition 10 be-
come educated like the white
man.
One day Roach came home IN
expectedly and found the boy
cooking a human arm I'm a rice
sauce AS far as could be as
Certained the arm had belonged
to a native who had proved
extra-smart at absorbing educa-
ton. The boy had bought the
arm TO eat, on much the same
theory that an American college
boy would sharpen his mind with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04


The Girl at the Left Is Wearing
a TattOOed Costume, the Last
Word i'm Style Among the Canni-
bal Ladies' of Her Native Papua
photo Copyright by II. VI. Daun-
cey). Above, Is Mrs. Clio Wind
at Home After Her Return from
Thrilling Adventures Among the
Cannibals photo Copyright by
X. G. Wind.
coffee before studying-up for an
examination
The half-cooked arm was taken
away from the ambitious youth
and buried. which he no doubt
thought was the reason why he
never acquired enough education
to be worth killing for eating
purposes. Nevertheless he man
aged 10 come 10 a tragic end be
cause he knew too much
one day he disappeared and
later, what the crocodiles had left
of his remains was found He
was far too experienced to have
gotten into their clutches by &C
cident and therefore must have
been thrown in. common and
convenient way Of getting nd of
people The whites never learned
who did it but they We're vaguely
informed that the boy had learned
secrets about some of the other
natives which they feared he
might impart to the whites.
Nothing VIII convince many
South Sea Island natives that the
Dutch are-Het also hcadhunters,
who place a native skull under
the cornerstone Of all public
buildings. They believe that an
extra tall white man, Orang
Blanda. ranges the iungle con-
stantlv. with a long knife, to sup
ply the builders with heads. Ma
tive mothers Use this as buga-
hoo To make unrlly children be-
have.
AnRODY would call Papua one
~ of those South Sea paradises
one reads about. but we spent
six Robinson-Crlsoe weeks on
one which comes as near as any
IN the ideal Prince Of Wales
Island of the northeast coast of
Australia where we lived like
Adam and Eve all alone in a na-
tural garden where housekeeping
was delightfully."- easy. We ate fish
and oysters obtained with almost
no effort and balanced these with
fr7,its and vegetables. to be
pickcd with equal ease.
To complotc the lovely picture.
there WAS a natural sl1ower-hath.
NJ pleasantIv cool water. IN the
form Of a waterfall. II was over.
hung with spicv trees and fra
rant flowers a natural per
f,,,ed hath Yau may wonder
how re had The will power to
loavo such a heavenly place. Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

Miracle Whip Is unique combination Of zestful old
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

stands about five feet tan, with
little, useless wings, and long
powerful legs capable Of kicking
a persons head off. As if that
were not enough. one of the toes
ends in a knife-like claw.
According to the authorities
the cassowary is an extremely
shy bird but l found the ones
on that island unpleasantlyy bold
They used TO mn me off the
beach, whether from curiosity or
pure meanness, l never stopped
10 find out They say these
birds eat anything and | can be-
lieve there was some truth in
the old jingle:
Il wish | were a cassowary
on the sands Of Timbuktu.
I'D eat some lonely missionary
hat and cat and hymn-book
too"
ONE night, far up the Kama
~ bra River, in Papua, l aWoke
with a fever and a dull pain in
my abdomen. Robert finally To-
Gated the center of the sore area
at exactly the spot which indi-
Gates appendicitis. He took a
drop Of my blood and found the
white corpuscle count too high
another symptom Of appendicitis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

Joe Louis can give, hardly more
in comparison than the touch of
a butterfly's wing. If the blow
lands. the man goes down for a
long count. But the croc does
not wait for any count.
Grasping the victim in its
powerful jaws, it takes him under
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

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nu-ual excellence of in
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unique smoothness of tex
ture. And, finally, frequent
delivery, which enables
food dealers to get fresh
supplies of Miracle Whip
every few days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

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To millions of people the diff
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has brought brand new -est
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When this famous combi-
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old-fa-hioncd boiled dressing
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Because it literally seems
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Miracle Whip today outsells
the next twenty leading
salad dressings combined.
There's a secret, of course,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

CENTRAL LEAGUE
Thursday, February Is, 1941
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
MeIrOse Meets
Sank Centre

With three games on the current
schedule remaining, Sank Centres
Main Streeters will meet Melrose
Friday Of this week before their
invasion Of Swanville next week
and the last West Central Confer
ence game with Morris.
Melrose, bidding hard this
year for q place In the district
sun, and already once victors
over the Sank Centre club 81
to 26, will be here tomorrow
evening, Friday, with main at
traction to begin at 8:15.
Main Streeters came up on this
week with a sore spot. Last Fri
day night at Montevideo, that lead
ing Conference contender, humbled
them 40 to 81. A game top heavy
with fouling found SO called per-
sonals during the. encounter, % of
which counted against Sank Gen.
ire. Cotton and Arneson were re-
tired on fouls.
Melrose comes here as the oppon-
ent against which Sank Centre
played its best game. Melrose is
also blasting for a place in the dis
trict lineup, and she's starting the
tuneup waltz now. The Swanville
game next week is away from home
ending the road trips. Morris
comes here next week Friday as
the final opponent before Sank
Centre goes into sub-district play
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
BUGS Lose; Point
to Brainerd Crash

A team the Buccaneers had
whipped the previous week in a
blazing scoring stretch Sc to %
rose up in it's own backyard last
Saturday night and the University
Farm scored a victory over the
Junior College Buccaneers 40 to 38
in Minneapolis.
The Ag school boys became the
third team to win over the Harold
Rasmussen boys in a brilliant sea-
son.
The loss gave them a split
with the Ag school and this
week they were pointing hard
to get another split for last
game on their ticket is with
Brainerd Junior College, Feb
lruary 25tih, at Brainerd. It was
these two teams that met head
on In the fastest paced ball
game of the season and Brain
erd emerged with a SO to Sc
victory.
In the Buccaneers win over the
U farm boys here it took a first
quarter squirt by the opposition fol
the BUGS to roll out that scoring
drive. They were keyed for that
game. In the second encounter
the U boys again rolled up a frs
quarter lead, and hung doggedly tt
a gain of from five to seven point!
throughout the game. They play
ed their slow break, controlled tn,
ball much of the time, stopped tn
driving fast break of these Buc
cancers.
Rasmussen said that his fellow
would be ready to go agains
! Brainerd. It's one of those team
they want to beat. If they do onl
one team, st. Johns, has beatel
them completely in any one series
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

A soft, steady, gliding new Ford ride
that takes good road or bad in a sat-
isfying new kind of stride. And notice
the quietness of this big Fordl
There's news at your Ford Dealers
that's too good to missi News in COM
fort. News in value. And news in a
IDEAL" that you'll find easy to takei
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
BOWLING :.
LEAGUE TEN
HIGH AVERAGES

Central: A. Mayer, 1920; G.
Nathe, 1914; Ted Wurst, 1913; B.
Schoenhoff, 1851; r. Rydholm,
172-42; M. Franta, 172-11; J. Ben
son, 1923; F. Moore, 172-1; Art
Borgmann, 1923; J. Moore, 16S-48
Main Street: A. Mayer, 1910; r.
Rydholm, 1853; J. Benson, 1921 +;
Art Borgmann, 171-41; w. Brisbane,
170-7; B. Schoenhoff, 1916; W.
Weaver, 1877; L. Jacobson, 1871 /;
M. Franta, 1920; L. Blycker, 1866
80.
Ladies': e. Enright, 1924; F.
vogel, 1862; L. Prasch, 1852; M
Prasch, 134-4S; A. Dybdal, 1870;
w. Carpenter, 1899; e. Gordon
1884; H. Bartylla, 1852; A. M
Nelson, 1850; G. Biedleman, 125.
48.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
SUB-DISTRICT-
s. G. Meets
Burtrun1, to
Face MeIr0se

Sank Centre was scheduled to
meet Burtrum in a preliminary
round of the five team sub-dis-
trict event to be held at Melrose,
E. w. Olson, superintendent, an
nounced this week after pairings
in all four Of the sub-districts in
volving nineteen teams were made
Saturday at meeting in Alexan-
dria. The sub-districts will be held
March 4th and 5th with the district
at Glenwood scheduled for the
next week March IL through IA.
Pairings for the Melrose sub
district are:
March 4: 7:45, Sank Centre VS.
Burtrum. 8:45, Upsala VS.. Grey
Eagle.
March 5: Tentative first game
between two previous nights los
ers. Second game, Melrose VS.
Sank Centre-Burtrum winner.
The deal for the first time
wrote a pretty fair ticket for
Upsala, virtually assured, as
nearly as anyone can be sure.
Of her entry into the district
meet. 1t appeared that Mel
rose and Sank Centre would
be facing each other for the
first time in a sub-district
game i'm which the chips are
really down.
At Swanville Eagle Bend will
will meet Long Prairie to deter
! mine district entrant. Swanvill
meets Clarissa.
At Osakis Glenwood VS.. Evans
vile; Osakis VS.. Brandon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
District Pairings To Send
EIGHT To GlenWood-

At the district the pairings will
run like this:
March 11-First game: winner
Glenwood-E Evansville VS.. winner
Swanville-C larissa.
Second game: winner Melrose-
Sank Centre-Burtrum triangle VS..
Upsala-Grey Eagle.
March 12-First game: winner
Osakis-Brandon VS.. winner Deer
Creek or her victor.
Second game Winner Eagle
Observation-Disclosures Prairie tri-
angle VS.. winner of Alexandria-op-
ponent game.
In the sub-district tournament,
it was announced, rule admitting
the advance ticket sale of both
student and adult tickets in the
home town was passed this season.
Tickets sold here for the meet at
Melrose will return Is percent of
the proceeds to the local school, it
was announced. Anyone attending
is urged to buy tickets locally at
a place to be announced next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

You know lots of things can
happen. Sank Centre doesn't NEED
to lose out Of this district tourna-
ment. She first has to beat
Burtrum. Melrose Is no factor I'M
til after that. In the meantime
Upsala by winning over Grey Eagle
can sit around and eat peanuts.
Because she Is in.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

Those pairings are great things.
On the strength of seasons play
and what is known of comparative
team strengths right now, this sea-
sons draw looks like one Of the
most satisfactory in a long time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
GET IN STRETCH OUT

NEW COMFORT was the keynote as
we made plans for this years Ford.
Geti through the new wide doors!
Stretch out, in room to spare! Seating
width has been increased as much as
7inches. Knee-room and inside length
are greatest in the low-price field.
Then take the road and try its ridei
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

Totals.-......767 $50 1856 2512
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre, MINI.
S S::.,s Centre SPORTS !. Lei; Il. E w::t

At Parkers Prairie Deer Creek
and Alexandria are seeded, the on
ly district actually to follow this
former policy. Other teams, Ber-
tina, Henning and Parkers Prairie,
will battle to win the spots in the
district sun from them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-20

H.. No it Is not exactly satisfac-
tory for Sank Centre. perhaps not
even Melrose. Particularly II Sank
Centre should happen to beat them.
But by and large the set up will,
If teams play the ball of which
they are capable, put the strongest
teams in the bracket. Sank
Centre should want to see that.
They should want to see that more
than seeing Sank Centre, with an
inferior team on the basis of its
seasons competition, take the place
Of some other team. =.
L am saying 1t Is neither i'm
possible nor lamentable that
Sank Centre could be in the
district. =. I am only saying
that II the best teams do get
In on the basis OF the seasons
work, then Sank Centre won't
be there. But the house
tearing down thrills of these
tournaments Is that such cap
ers do exist. And the team
that's supposed to, SO often
doesn't. And visa versa.
In bowling circles things began
to happen all over again this week.
First off Pepsi-Cola hauled off
with a 1922 high single game team
total that topped any previous eff
fort in the Central League. In do
ing it incidentally they took Irv's
Bar for three straight games, and
Jim Shanley's 235 was one of the
reasons for the total. :.
Not to be outdone then Pom
tiac-Buick in the Main Street
league hung up a brand new
single team total that stands
for either league with 1927 pins.
.. Jim Benson's 221 and Reid
O'Gara's ZOE were high counters
in the deal.