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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Special Meet
OfWest Union
Creamery
Explanation of Dry
Skim Milk Demand To
Be Offered In Full

A special meeting Of the patrons
Of the West Union Farmers Coop
erative Creamery Association will
be held in the West Union Town
Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, Deem
Der 80, at 1 o'clock. This meeting
has been called to give patrons an
explanation of the milk diversion
program.
Several creameries to the west OF
West Union have banded them
selves together under the plan and
have called special meetings to give
their patrons first hand informa.
ton in this matter.
Officers Of the West Union cream.
cry state that the cost of equip
ping their creamery with extra ma
chinery for the purpose Of buying
whole milk, would be between TO-
900 to 1000 dollars, but that the
actual cost the creamery would
have to pay for this machinery
would be from $500 to $4,000.
This meeting, however, is being
called to lay all facts before the
patrons and to explain the plan
more fully and to answer all ques-
tons in regard to the governments
proposal.
Under the whole milk plan, milk
must be delivered every day, in
Guiding Sundays, said one of the
officers. In other words the milk
must be delivered to the creamery
not less than once every twenty
four hours.
This meeting has been called due
to the fact that the government
has asked for dry skim milk powd-
err for shipments abroad, and the
effect this problem will have on
local creameries, said H. N. Cans,
secretary of the West Union cream
cry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
V. G.. Wed6e
Tells of War
Affect in West
Blackouts and Evacu-
alton Plans Formulated
With Deliberate Calm

In conveying the greetings of
the season to the Herald force, "
G. Wedge, former townsman, now
resident Of Portland, Oregon, said
Portland certainly looks funny at
night right now. Throughout the
entire area complete "blackout"
was ordered for Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights. Since then,
he stated, there has been none but
everyone has been ordered to be in
readiness.
People generally, he said, do not
feel there is immediate danger of
a raid, but all agree that these
precautionary measures are neces-
sary, if for no other purpose than
practice drill.
Arriving in Portland Friday night
he found everything in darkness.
He planned to go to the Oregon
coast this week for several days,
and expected to find things more
darkened there than in Portland. He
stated the darkened periods short
Ch q ilidh . wOIhudy, anu uc uOcS
not care to go on long drives be-
tween towns after dark as one
might be stopped anywhere and
forced to pull over to the side of
the road and put out all lights.
From clippings from Portland
newspapers, which Mr.. Wedge sent,
we find stringent rules for the city
to be BACKED out in ten minutes
Drivers are warned on blackout
orders and are urged to use ap-
proved devices. Cellophane and
other covering materials are out.
Another clipping tells Of the evac-
uation plan Of Portland, should it
become necessary. This Is a man.
ner of evacuating women, children
and hospitalized persons in event
Of attack. From these clippings we
learn that the West is alive to the
war situation and raid possibilities
and that they are going about their
plans for necessity with dispatch
and calmness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Two Men Killed When c..
N. Train Hit Truck In CITY
Returning Home To
Dinner From Work
One Died Immediately

Hugo Schlotfeldt, of this city
was instantly killed Monday noon
and Thorval Johnson, Of Little
Sank, was fatally injured, when
the International pickup truck in
which they were riding was struck
by the HAS westbound passenger
train on the Great Northern, which
was late. The accident occurred
at the railroad crossing at the east
side Of the Stearns County Fair
grounds.
Thorval johnson, who was
taken to the Long Hospital In
this city Immediately, passed
away at six o'clock Monday
evening. He did not regain
consciousness and no hopes
were held out at any time for
his recovery. When picked up
following the accident heart
beats and pulse were SO faint
they could not be heard. Both
mems bodies were badly brok-
en- and faces were mangled.
Both men were employed with
the crew erecting the Itchy gar
age on highway 81, and were on
their way to dinner when the ac-
cident occurred. The engineer of
the Diesel motor driven train said
he blew the whistle continuously
for the crossing, and he was still
blowing the whistle when they hit
the truck. The truck was only
partially on the crossing when hit.
Carried a distance of around 100
feet west Of the crossing, the truck
was demolished and was just a
heap Of mangled iron and steel.
Both men were veterans Of the
World War of 1917. Mr.. Schlot-
feldt is survived by his wife and
seven young children. Mr.. John
son, whose wife preceded him in
death, leaves three grown children,
one son and two daughters. He
was about fifty years old, and
was engaged as carpenter on the
Continued on Page 10, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Sank Centre Marches
Ahead With Time

Mrs. H. S. Nicholson Friday.
Elected as the secretary for the
33-year-old Getty Grove rural
telephone company for the fiji
teenth consecutive time was Fer
dinand Wiener at a recent an
nual meeting.
Week of January 10
A huge success was the military
ball staged in the Armory Mon
day evening by the Regimental
Headquarters Battery, of the
217th CA-AA.
DR.. R. B. Kettlewell, Of this city,
has been summoned to active
duty with the United States Reg
ular Army, commissioned as cap
tain in the Medical Reserve.
Oscar Franklin Ilgen, ST., 73-year-
old resident of Birchdale Town
ship, passed away at his home
Wednesday morning.
Funeral services for Thorval Han
sen, well-known resident of this
community, were held Monday
morning at the Church of Our
Lady of the Angels.
Mrs. Mary Erickson passed away
in the st. Gabriels hospital at
Little Falls, Wednesday, at the
age Of 80.
Mrs. Maria Robertson, resident of
this community, died at her
home Tuesday after a long i'll
ness.
A resident Of Sank Centre since
1924, Emil o. Friske, passed away
at his home here on Saturday.
He was 80.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lew
Vessey, former resident of Sank
Centre, were held Saturday in the
Fred Johnston Funeral Home, st.
Paul.
Mrs. D. c. Shears, sister of Mrs.
Jesse A. Rose, Of this city, died
suddenly New Years Day morn
ing in her home in Los Angeles,
California.
Frank H. Boobar, born in Sank
Centre in 1862, passed away in his
home at South Haven Tuesday.
With October having the largest
registration, it is reported that
13,061 women registered at the
city rest room during the year
1871.
January ga daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Determan,
Of Melrose.
January 10-A daughter, Dona
May, was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Ostendorf.
January 12-Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Eltgroth, a son, on Mon
day.
January ia son was born to Mr..
and Mrs Walter Scanlon at the
Long hospital Monday, and the
same day brought a boy to Mr..
and Mrs. Alois Westbrock at
their home.
January 14-Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Miller are the parents of a
daughter, born Tuesday.
January 15-Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Otto, of Melrose, a daughter
CONTINUED on Page 8, Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Churchill
In u. S. For
Conference
Plan Allied United
Basis To Win War
Against Axis Powers

President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill of
England went into conference Mon
day night at the White House to
develop strategy on a united basis
to win the war against the Axis.
Accompanied by Lord Beaver
brook, minister Of supply and a
technical staff, the prime minister
arrived in Washington by airplane.
They were met at a Washington
air station by the president and
Mr.. Churchill is the guest Of Mr..
Roosevelt in the White House.
It Is expected, an announcement
said, that an over all unity will
be evolved in the conduct Of the
war by the allied powers. Other
nations will be asked to participate
to the best Of their ability in the
broad outlines reached by the
president and the prime minister.
Method by which Mr.. Churchill
and his encourage crossed the At
lantic was not disclosed but it is
known he left England December
IL and was ten days enroute from
London. Parleys between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the British am
bassador, Lord Halifax, held with
out announcement during the past
weeks, paved the way for the visit
Of the English statesman.
The defeat Of Hitlerism is the
prime object of the conferences
now taking place. but it is expected
military alliance may also be
reached for the conduct of the
war. An alliance without historic
parallel thought to include United
States, Great Britain, China, Rus
STA, and the Netherlands. It may
even manifest itself in the sigma
ture Of a five-power pact and
reach far beyond the war.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Files Portray Interesting
Picture of Lights and
Shadows of Community

Reminders and Memories of hap
penings of 1911. AS the year draws
to a close we publish events of
Sank Centre history in chronology
cal form, written in sequence,
month by month, day by day. This
brings to light all of the important
events of progress, birth and death,
happiness and sorrow. Following
are some of the most important
items from January 1, 1871, to Dec
ember 18th, 1871:
JANUARY
Week Of January p
Mrs. Mary Wilcox passed away at
the st. Cloud hospital New Years
Day morning. She was 81 years
old.
Jacob Rouslang, who had resided
in this community for fifty-four
years, forty-five of which were
spent in the Padua vicinity, pass
ed away December Is.
With a grand total of $4,000 cards
mailed, Christmas mailing at the
local postoffice has greatly ex-
ceeded that Of former years.
It was announced this week that
the Minnesota National Guards
will mobilize February 10.
According to a recent letter from
the Division Of Drainages and
Waters, State Conservation De-
partment, work on the survey
for Strengthening the river and
building fish rearing pond will
start soon after January I, 1911.
Rev. Henry Reflex, West Union,
official U. s. Government wealth
er station observer, looks for
snow and rains in the year just
ahead to bring normal years.
Week Of January g.
Losses from fire during 1910 were
estimated at 5000 at the annual
meeting Of the fire department on
Tuesday. George Fish was re-
elected chief.
"a births and 33 deaths were re-
corded in this city for 1910, with
the birth rate increased over that
Of last year.
Mrs. Fredericka Martin, a resi-
dent of Birchdale Township since
1899, died at the home Of her
daughter in st. Paul January 3rd,
at the age Of "a.
Mrs. Eli Aune, who has been a
resident at the Serepta Home for
nearly twelve years, passed away
Wednesday.
Funeral services for Mrs. William
Soltau, sister of Mrs. Vern Sol
tau, were held Friday in Mime
apolis. She died at the age Of
so.
Edward Hirt, born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, 60 years ago, died at
his home in st. Cloud New
Years Day.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Proud of
us. First Citi-
zenshipPaper
Rev. George Bolte Likes
U. Says 1t Is Best
Country On Earth

A Sank Centre priest who had
lived in Nazi Germany got Christ
mas present from Uncle Sam thai
rests among his treasures.
Last Thursday, the Rev.
George B0lte, assistant at st.
Paul's Church to the pastor, the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. Plachta, re-
ceived his first papers and to-
day he marches proudly on the
road to citizenship-Sauk Cen
tres newest.
Today his earnest Christmas
prayer is for the safety of his
mother, still in Germany, his broth.
er, a lieutenant in the German
Army, and for an early peace
throughout all the world.
For this country in particular
II hope that war comes no closer
to these shores"
Today he said war has brought
a wave of patriotism in this coun.
try and with it a national unity
II hope that unity will continue
America is strong with it. And
America has learned the kind OF
nationalism that is enduring. One
should love his country; but one
should know too that other coun-
tries have good sides and bad" he
said.
Proud and happy of the recen,
grant to American citizenship, Rev
Bolte went on about the United
States, "The men who conceived
the idea of these United States
were among the worlds greatest
If the idea could spread to Europe
it could be saved from wars" he
said. He went on, IF it had not
come to this country this America
would be at war as much as Is
Europe"
He had listened to the radio pro.
gram on the Bill Of Rights the
other evening seated in his room
before the window. He declared
it one Of the greatest documents
Of all time. "That Is what makes
our constitution complete" he
said. Most other nations have a
constitution but none the Bill Of
Rights as we have"
He spoke Of the friendly manner
Of sending greeting cards at Christ.
Continued on Page 10. Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. James Benson and little
daughter were discharged from the
Long hospital Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
Plan Stamp,
Defense Bond
Drive in City
Payroll Allotment
Plan Adopted For
City-Increase Needed

Plans for the allotment Of de-
tense stamp purchases by employ
ees of the various firms in this
city, were made at a meeting of
the Defense Bond sale committee
held in the office of the superin-
tendent Of schools Thursday after
noon Of last week. These pur-
chases will be made weekly on the
payroll allotment plan and are
voluntary. Committeeman in charge
of the payroll allotment are D.
B. Caughren, L. T. Lovik, F. s.
Cooper and Ward Roberts. This
plan will be inaugurated immed-
lately after the holidays.
Under the above plan, the bust
ness places of the city will pur-
chase a number of the stamps and
each week will sell some of them
to their employees. Each employee
will be contacted during the COM
ing weeks.
e. w. Olson, chairman Of the
committee, conducted the meeting
and appointed Postmaster Pat Du-
Bots as stamp sale chairman and
Ed L. Rattle as publicity chair
man.
Defense stamps are available at
stores in the city or at the post
office. Bonds may be purchased
at either Of the banks or the post
office. Before it was privilege
to buy stamps and bonds, now 1t
is an obligation.
Purchase Of stamps and bonds
is a means Of systemic saving and
at the same time give opportunity
to help your government. Stamps
may be exchanged for bonds when
the amount Of a bond has been
reached. Stamps may be purchas-
ed in denominations Of 10c, 25c'
SOC, $1.00 and $500.
Bonds may be purchased in de-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25

Bonds can be cashed in 80 days
stamps may be cashed at anytime
and are just like having money
in your pocket.
George Knutsen will conduct the
stamp sale at the public school
store owners or managers who
wish to sell stamps are asked to
contact Postmaster Pat DUBOIS.
"Buy a Share in America" Help
slap a Jap, buy defense bond"
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-11
At Ease
Philadelphia Record)

Philadelphia Record)
 No matter how often they were told they were saluting mot the man but the uniform" recruits never have enioy-d being forced to salute every officer in sight. Especially on leave, with a girl on each arm.
 So we think the Army has been wise in ruling that soldiers no longer are required to salute officers when they are off post. The salute is still authorized. A private may, if he meets shave tail and feels like saluting, go ahead and salute.
 We arg glad that the Army chieftain remember that a man remains a human being even when he puts on a uniform. Per haps the idea will percolate even to some of the old-time non-coms such as the four sergeants who "resigned' the other day at Fort Dix because they objected to 'coddling" of recruits.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-11
Notable Gains In Health In Present Year
NEW YORK, N. Y, - Wage

NEW YORK, N. Y, - Wage earners and their families in the United States got off to such healthy start this year that their mortality for the first month was on a par with that of January, 1940, despite the influenza cpl demic which might have ben ex pected to cause an increase in the death rate In making this an nouncement, the statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company base their conclusions on the records of ths. company's Industrial policyholders.
 Among the insured groups of this country and Canada com bined, January mortality rates for .12 causes of death were low CT in 1941 than in 1940 These causes included pneumonia de spite the rise in scarlet fever, whooping cough, dip.heria, tuber culosis, syphilis. diarrhea and en teritis, appendicitis, and the con ditions incidental to child-bear- ing.
 While the January death rate for insured American wage earn CTS and their families was the same in 1941 as in 1940, the rate for American and Canadian pol icyholders combined was Is per cent higher in l940, and for this increase the influenza epidemic was largely, responsible. It swept over larg sections of the Unit cd States = especially the West Coast - and Canada, in which country the death rate among the insured group jumped 30 percent from the January. 1940 figure of 5.7 per 1000 to 74 per 1000 in January, l941.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-11
EDITORIAL Gospel Of Hate
(New York Times)

From time immemorlal one ot the few mitigating circumstances of war has been the respect of the soldier for a valorous enemy. Defenders of cities have been allowed to march out with drums beating and flags flying because they had fought bravely. Grant would not take Lees sword and he let the Confederates ride their horses home flor the Spring blowing" World War fighters didn't belittle Jerry over in the opposite trench They W-re glad to give Jerry credit for being a good soldier. Otherwise, what credit was there for them in shoV ing him back? And many veter- ans on both sides doubtless real zed that thera was an occupa- tional link between all men en- gagged in the trade of war; with the mud as deep in one trench as another and the cooties just as troublesome.
 There was little chivalry eV- en at the height of frightful struggle. Tn the air, before the Nazis turned fiers into buzzards, there was more than a little. The '"New Order" changes all that. The Italian Governm nit has just suppressed an official Catholic newspaper because in it an army chaplain, Father Pignedoi, said to the soldiers:
 "Your Christian faith tells you that your enemy does not cease to be your brother, who is per forming, as you do, duty to- ward his fath-rland. Respect him, therefore, and do not utter words of hatred. Hatred is bro ther of impotence.
 Had Italian fascism elung to honor and to magnamiaity Italy might not have been what it is to day, a conquered Nazi province, and Africa and Albania might not now be filtered with the rags of it's military disgrace. What if it turned out to be true, in the end, that the old deeencies actual ly pay material dividends? Il is this doubt, this heresy, that Mus solini apparently wishes to keep from contaminating his country men. But it will not be downed in Italy, nor even, for all time, in Germany.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-11
VISION

'gThe public is finding air trav- el increasingly convenient and the airines show vision in ex- banding to meet future needs. ."- Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president of the United States.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-11
SEVEN"

KETCHIKAN = William Dal- ten and his wife, of Ketchiksr. are wondering if they should call 2 baby boy just born "Seven.a .
 The boy baby t the seventh son of the couple weighs seven pounds and seven ounces and Was born at ! o'clock.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-11

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06

Lloyd, famous for such pic
lures as "Mutiny On the Boun-
ty," "Cavalcade," If I Were
King" and others, has directed
The Lady From Cheyenne" with
q sure hand and a lively sense
of comedy values. The novelty
of the plot comes from the or
iginal story by Jonathan Finn
and Theresa Oaks, and full ad-
vantage of the situations are
taken by Kathryn Soda and
Warren Duff in writing the
screenplay.
PRESTON FEATURED
Robert Preston, who sprang
into prominence by his fine
work in Union Pacific" and
North West Mounted Police"
here plays his first leading role,
and his performance carries him
well on the road to stardom. Ed
ward Arnold, always an import
ant contributor to the pictures
in which he appears, has an in
terestingly new Characterization
as a tongue-in-cheek politician
who wants people to like him.
Glayds George returns to the
screen after an absence of almost
a year to portray philosophical
dancehall belle who befriends
Miss Young. Also happily cast
are Jessie Ralph as towns
woman, Frank Craven as a cru
sading newspaper editor, Sam
uel S. Kinds as the territorial
governor, and Willie Best as the
cloakroom attendant at the
Wyoming legislature.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06

FREE. FREE! FREE!
1t 70 test your wheels for
bo)anee. Unbaloneed wheels
cause Hires 70 weos out 20 10
50 pes cent quicker. Good
yoos 3esviee Store, Coss at
$oeDth Ave.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06
% y portmsnt's Proposed
I ow Considered too Drastic
Administration Lsadsn Agree
No chanee for Possoss Now

vide the government with . legal
weapon that could be used to
cope with strike deadlocks In
important defense industries.
The senate military committee
planned to begin consideration
of the present legislation today
Go q. m. EST. and Chairman
Reynolds (D-NC) said q stimuli
taneous study would be made
of q proposal by Senator Con-
nally (D-Tex) that the govern
ment be empowered to take
over any defense plant where
production was impeded or
threatened with delay by strikes
"or other cause"
Connally, usually an admins
tration supporter, offered his
measure yesterday as an amend
ment to the selective service act,
which now permits seizure of
defense plants only If the mana
gers refuse to meet defense
needs. It was learned that
Byrnes, too, had been working
on legislation along similar lines.
Senator Norris (Ind-Neb) and
several other experimentation
senators supported the Connally
proposal. Norris asserted that 1t
would win quick approval and
obviate the necessity for prop
erty seizure legislation.
Explaining that he had not Of
fered his proposal as . substi-
tute for the administration leg
islation, Connally said that it
probably could be approved
quickly without reference to
the Presidents bill"
IF we drag that administra-
ton bill onto the floor" he add
ed, lit might be three months
before it could be passed. There
would be filibustering and de-
lays, and then the war might
be over. We want to do some
thing now"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06

oThe richly entertaining films
that have come 70 he expected
from the veteran Frank Lloyd
are continued In his latest pro-
duction. THE Lady From Chey-
enne," q Universal comedy star
ring Loretta Young. which open
ed yesterday 1t the Jewel
theatre.
Producer Director Lloyd
strikes q novel and amusing note
in 1.-THE Lady From Cheyenne"
by relating his story In . modern
breezy tempo against . back
ground of frontier Wyoming IN
the 1905.
The picture not only Is some
thing new for Lloyd, but it Is
likewise the first "Western" role
in the distinguished career Of
Loretta Young. Her perform
ance assuredly must be consid-
cred one Of the best of the cur
rent season. : 81
Familiar Favorifss .a.
Matching Miss Young's versa
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games benin :. leader.
THURSOY'S RESULTS
st. Louis at Boston, rain.
Chicago at Brooklyn, rain.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
wet grounds.
Only games scheduled.
FRIDAYS GAMES
st. Louis at Boston.
Pittsburgh at New York (2).
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
(nightl.
Only games scheduled.