davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-05

Wonder II the 18th inftanry ski
patrol found data on their invita-
ton TO participate in the Califor-
mia Ski associations patrol race
latest was that they knew they
were expected To send a team but
didn't know where or when.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

It must have been more tantahzine
still to the German agents in towr
to see in what abundance the British
ships were supplied with oil. Thi:
mornings light had revealed to them
the arrival Of yet one more tanker
arriving as always, out of the mys-
FERROUS night no one could tell whence,
and ready to depart again in the night
no one could tell whittier, but with
1000 tons of the precious oil in her
tanks.
Only 1000 tons because she was a
small tanker, and apparently the old
est and most dilapidated ship in the
whole of the British merchant fleet
the experienced watchers recognized
her as 40 years old at least, if not OBJ
solete, then most certainly senile, but
still quite capable of plugging along
at eight knots with her precious 1000
tons of oil, perhaps to supply one Of
the British cruisers searching the wide
Pacific for the raider; but no one
could tell where she was destined In
the Pacific or the Indian ocean.
No one could discover anything from
the crew either, not even the most dex-
trous agent ready to buy drinks in
the waterfront bars Those British
seamen had been warned of the urgent
need for secrecy, and shut their mouths
like traps whenever they were tempted
to disclose whence they had sailed or
whittier they were bound. They were
an untidy, ScarecroW lot, but they knew
their duty.
The captain, when he came ashore,
was Just as communicative. and
more remarkable, just as untidy. His
white suit was neither as clean nor as
well-pressed as it might have been,
and he contrived miraculously to have
the same three days growth Of beard
on the successive days that the agents
saw him while the tanker waited in
the harbor.
He interviewed the naval officers,
the naval authorities, too, but that
really did not disclose anything be-
cause the chances were at least 20-to-l
that any oil tanker out here, even such
a battered and dilapidated one, would
be under government charter.
NO agent could find out more about
her, although every agent was des-
perately anxious to; that l,OOO tons
of oil that she carried would fill every
bunker in the raider and allow her
another 10000 miles of cruising
The captain Of the tanker seemed
to take elaborate precautions in the
cause of secrecy, and not all those
precautions were known to the spies
There was one occasion when he was
alone with a naval officer in a room
in the senior naval officers bureau
in the port.
God knows how you manage to keep
your beard Just that length" said the
naval officer.
shut up, you fool" said the cap
tain.
ooh, we're all right here" said the
naval officer. This is as secret as
anywhere in the world"
Maybe So" replied the captain, but
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

to Germany she was far too valuable
a unit to be risked by making indiS-
criminate sinkings which might enable
the searching ships to find her. Only
rarely, when a really valuable prize
presented itself, did the raider emerge
from her obscurity, to retire into 1t
again Immediately
The searching ships were very, very
few-that raider was fast enough to
be able to run away from nearly every
ship that could find her. and power
fully enough armed to be able to blow
out of the water practically any ship
that could catch her; and in British
waters, where the winter gales dashed
the lonely Orkneys, there was a Ger
man fleet TO watch and a blockade
to maintain and the submarine fleet
to fight. So that there was crying
need from every possible ship for these
vital duties The chances that the
raider would ever be caught seemed
to be very slight indeed. She could
be able to continue her ruthless career
indefinitely, and only the secrecy of
the departure of ships through the
straits was any protection against her.
Not that the raider would be saw
ing any too easy time, either. The
British naval officers at the port would
often think of her difficulties with a
lopsided kind Of sympathy. Those low
pressure Diesels of hers were rather
experimental and gin-crack affairs
which must need constant nursing and
attention. Those of her men who fell
sick must swelter frightfully in I'M
ventilated sick-bays far down in the
still depths Of her, while those who
remained we'll must be growing fright
fully tired Of preserved foods and a
still water
But these anHeties must be very
small and petty compared with the
great anxiety over the fuel supply.
Even with her 10000 mile cruising ra-
iius, even though she conserved her
fuel to the utmost extent, creeping |
about at extreme economical speed, |
The question of running fuel supplies
n the limitless Pacific must be ter
-ible source of anxiety to her captain. |
There had been attempts to supply |
ler, goodness knows. German mer-
;hant ships in plenty had tried to clear
rom foreign ports with the vital stuff
IN board, but England's arm was long,
md hardly one Of those ships could
nave reached a rendezvous others
lad sunk themselves to escape capture
)r had been escorted ANONYMOUSLY,
With a prize crew on board back to
to swell the British merchant
1eet and help replace the losses due
20 the submarine campaign. That
alder must be terribly worried about
he need for oil.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06
Copyright: 1871 BY News Syndicate Co.. Inc.
IN TWO PARTS-PART ONE
British Oil Tanker Gets
SWeet Revenge On a
German Raider

The town lay brooding in the heat,
comprised about by tropic seas. The
long arc of the waterfront was re-
splendent with white buildings; as the
town mounted the steep slopes in the
rear, they grew sparSer and poorer
until what was almost the ultimate
fringe was composed Of the bamboo
and palmetto huts of the native city.
Only beyond that did the fine white
houses begin again, where the wealthy
suburb of European residences crowned
the heights and looked over the two
dazzling blue seas connected by the
strait on which the town stood. Wher-
ever there were no buildings there
could only be seen the lush, magnifi
cent green of the jungle-under that
fiery sun and those tropical rains the
vegetation grew increasingly, hiding
the batteries which protected this vital
strategical point, and the underground
oil tanks which supplied the lfeblood
of the British navy and mercantile
marine.
But there were other guards which
were even less visible, and of which
the town had only the vagueSt knowl-
edge Hidden under the blue water
and stretching far to the east and
far to the west, lay the mine fields.
Only a narrow and tortuous passage.
known to a mere dozen of pilots. lay
through each. No ship could pass from
one Of those tropical seas to the other |
without employing a British pilot the
same at the expense Of a vast and
difficult detour through the reef-rid-
den seas Of the Malay Archipelago, |
and, without exception, the ships that
cleared from the port did so at night.
While this life and death struggle
with Germany was going on, that sea-
side fortress Swarmed with agents of .
all nationS-slender Malays and moon
faced Cinnamon, anxious to earn their
fees by reporting the passage
of ships, and yet helpless to a large
extent because the tropic nights always :,
hid the vital fact as to whether the
ships headed out eastward to the Pa
cific or westward to the Indian ocean.
The need for secrecy was urgent and
pressing, because somewhere out on
the Pacific there lurked a German
raider. 1t was only by the occasional
of ships that the British
navy could guess at her presence. She
waited long time between strokes;
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

was q strange noise breaking the still
ness Of the ocean. For moment the
captain was puzzled he swept the
horizon with his glasses, saw nothing,
looked again as the noise grew louder.
Was that q sea gull? OF course not;
he had been silly enough to allow
1t to slip his memory for a moment
that the raider carried a seaplane.
The captain grabbed the lanyard of
the ships siren and blew a blast which
woke the crew into activity.
Gums crew." roared the captain.
Take a crack at her"
The other two naval ratings, who
completed the guns crew, came tum-
bling out on deck, but the old-fash-
Toned three-inch gun which they served
was not very handy for anti-aircraft
work The seaplane came roaring up
to them, not more thah 200 feet above
the water, the swastikas on her wings
in clear view.
She circled the ship to make sure
of her identity and the gun went off
with a crash. But the shell burst
harmleSsly in the blue-a seaplane may
be slow compared with pursuit plane,
but to try TO hit her with that old
fashioned three-inch at 200 feet was
far more difficult than trying to hit
q swallow with a rifle bullet. Never
theless, the attempt annoyed the sea-
plane; she circled again and then came
racing down the length of the ship
with her machine guns in action. The
bullets rang loudly on the deck and
clashed against the stanchions Of the
bridge where everybody incontinently
dived for shelter.
1t was the wireless cabin upon which
the seaplane directed her wrath. There
was method IN that; no message must
be allowed to go forth, lest somewhere
in the vicinity there should be a Brit
ish ship of war which might defend
the tanker or avenge her loss. The
triple machine guns raved in unison
and the bullets ripped and tore through
the frail structure Of the cabin. Twice
the seaplane dived upon it, and then
she turned and winged her way to-
wards the horizon with the gun bang
ing futilely after it.
She could not call up her mother |
ship by radio-not when at any point |
put of sight there might be British |
wireless operator in a British cruiser
for German wires. The mes
age would have to be delivered visu-
ally, but this was only a small handi-
zap to the usefulness of the seaplane, |
which extended the range of vision |
If the raider from the 20 miles of the
masthead lookout to the 200 miles of |
he seaplane's radius.
The captain of the tanker stepped /
away from the pinnacle which had
,heltered him from the blast of bullets,
md looked into the wireless cabin, and
TODD for a moment contemplating the
wreck within. He shook his head
title sadly as he gazed down at the
nan who lay there in a pool of blood
N the deck, but this was no time to
waste valuable seconds in sorrowing
,ver a dead friend. He stepped back
lpon the bridge and started giving or
iers. At his command the tanker
wling round and headed away on
westerly course towards point on the
lorizon directly opposite that to which
he seaplane had disappeared.
CTo Be Continued
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06
WiLdLife Money
Is GiDeN States

Secretary Of Interior Harold l. Ickes
has apportioned s2,530.O00 among the
48 states for restoration OF wildlife
under the Pittman- Robertson act.
With money put up by the states. the
grand total available for federal aid
wildlife work win be So 1913 1888. The
federal government pays rs percent
and the states IS percent.
The largest federal contribution was
to Michigan $143,946.
Allotments to other states included:
Idaho, So, 3e8; Montana, SIT PAT; Utah,
s4s.094. and Wyoming, $44,996.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

Many q mans financial goose has
been cooked in jack pot.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

Alfalfa first was known In central
and southwestern Asia, and was in
troduced in the United States from
Chile In 1854.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

Laplanders use shredded birch bark
to stuff their beds.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06
BMtteTfGt Gains
ReDOrted iEl State

Montana dairy herd improvement
associations have increased the aver
age butterfat production per COW to
"a pounds above the United States
average for 1889 as a result Of con-
tinued improvement In feeding, breed
ing and management practices, J. o.
Tretsven, extension dairy specialist at
Montana State college, has been IN
formed by the federal bureau Of dairy
industry.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

The perfect man is usually perfect
imperfection.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

The first lighted beacon on the Pa
cific coast of the United States was
erected off San Diego. Calf, Ia 1855.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

cTo Be Continued
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Closet Accessories

BUYING a new spring ward
robe automatically stimulates
interest in rejuvenating the
clothes closet. Scrubbing and
airing and fresh paper on the
shelves take care of necessary
routine; new sachet boules, sat
Uncovered sachet hangers. hat
and accessory boxes with sachet
pillows add a pleasant fragrance
as well as luxury appearance.
Closet fittinfi counters show
varied assortment in lovely pas
tel colors, many in unsual pack
ages, that make fascinating gifts.
New this year are matching ac-
cessories of red, white and blue,
scented with a fragrant compost
ton Of honeysuckle, jasmine and
gardenia.
! HERMAN E. HASSIG of New
Baltimore underwent a minor
operation in st. Joseph's hospital
this morning.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10

ROLLER SKATING PARTY
Girl Scouts will hold q roller
skating party in Garvey's rink
next Monday evening, April IA,
from seven to nine o'clock. The
party, a pleasant Relation after
the strenuous cookie sale just
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
% Scout Troops Win Prize Trips as Cookie Quota Reached
sodaIity to Carol
at Infirmary Easter

MEMBERS of st. Peters So
dality Of Our Lady will sing
Easter carols at Macomb County
Infirmary Sunday morning at
$50 o'clock.
Rev. FIR. John Hardy will say
Mass.
Sodality members are asked
to call Shirley Tyack for trans
portation, at telephone 1261-W.
KATE CAROLYN, YOUNG
DAUGHTER of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dewey Compton, will be bap-
tized in the First Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert ]. Stewart, the
baby's grandparents will enter
tain at dinner at their home
after the ceremony.
Their guests will be the
Comptons and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mcclure and Miss Edith
Forbes, of Detroit.
MIR. AND MRS. HARRY
DONALDSON will leave to-
morrow to spend Easter week
end with their daughter, Mrs.
Daniel G. Doubleday and Major
Doubleday and family at Wright
Field in Dayton, o.
MIR. AND MRS. IRWIN PER-
RY, 80 Lawndale, will have as
Easter guests Mrs. Perry's
mother, Mrs. John Warner;
brother, Alfred Warner, and sis
ter; Mrs. Gene Shelton and Mr..
Shelton, all of Pontiac.
MRS. MAUD MCINTYRE and
Mrs. Nettie Moser will be the
guests at dinner on Sunday of
Mrs. William Schneider at the
Brown Cottage.
MISS FRANCES CLARK of
Sturgis, Mich, will arrive to-
morrow to be an Easter guest at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Neale, Smith street.
MRS. RICHARD DeKETE-
LAERE will be hostess at her
home at Fl Fifth street on Tues
day afternoon, at two o'clock, at
q benefit card party for Dickin-
son PTA.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Smart Gardeners Will Blossom
Forth in New Practical Apron

SPRING is HERE, and the
smell of fresh earth calls one
gardenward with spade and
tr0wel. New gardening clothes
are in order. Here's a practical
apron that you can stitch up in
no time. Trim it up, if you like,
with bright colored appliqued
figures.
You'll need a yard of heavy
blue denim, 35 inches wide.
From one side cpt two strips for
A inches wide, and seam them
together into one long strip for
the belt. The remaining piece is
for the apron itself.
Use the binder gadget on your
sewing machine to attach red
bias binding to the bottom piece,
which is turned up IL inches on
the right side. Bind the sides
with bias tape and use straight
stitching to divide the apron so
that it has special pocket for
garden gloves, trowel, garden
ing fork, pruning knife and any
other pet gadgets.
Make a long, narrow pocket
at one side to hold a pair of gar
den shears, Then all you have to
do is to use the little gathering
foot to shir the apron onto the
belt strip, centering it to leave
tie-strings at either end. Keep
right sides together; turn the
belt piece over; turn in one half
inch hem and stitch the whole
belt firmly together. This will
make a good substantial belt
long enough to fit any figure.
If you applique designs on
the material, use the zigzagger
attachment to your sewing ma
chine and stitch the figures on
before sewing up the apron.
Costume JeWeIry
COSTUME JEWELRY and
dress ornaments can usually be
kept bright If washed frequently
with soft-bristled brush dipped
in a thick soap lather. Use only
a little water to avoid loosening
the stones. Rinse carefully and
dry with a clean, lintless cloth.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Roller Skating Party Set
for Next Monday Night

GIRL SCOUTS sold their
quota Of $500 boxes OF cookies
In the annual Spring cookie sale.
final reports for which have
been announced by Mrs. c. H.
Malbin Of the Girl Scout Council
and Mrs. Herbert Irish, Girl
Scout director. Sales this Spring
exceeded by 500 boxes the num-
Der sold last Spring.
Troop s sold the greatest num-
Der above their quota per girl,
and therefore heads the list Of
IL troops who will be given
prize trips to Greenfield Village,
Dearborn, or the Royal Oak Zoo
in the next few weeks. The trips
were offered a. prizes at the an.
nual Juliette' Low banquet on
March IL, when the cookie sale
opened. Winning troops are I, 8,
4, s, 8, 10, Is. Is, is, %, "a and
26.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Mount Clemens Teachers
Elecf Ruth Moore Head

The nominating committee for
the elections was composed of
Mrs. Lucille Stewart, chairman,
Edwin Knudsen, James Mathie-
son, Miss Walker, and Miriam
Norman.
MRS. ARTHUR SCHUTT,
Elizabeth and North avenue, has
issued invitations for a shower
Monday evening, honoring Paul
inc Blonde of Meade, whose en-
gagement was recently an
nounced. Guests will include 80
friends of the bride-elect, a num-
Der of whom will be fellow
employees at the Mount Glenn
ems Pottery.
MISS ELIZ ABB E T H CAM
BURN of Jackson is spending
her Easter vacation with Miss
Loa Green, North Rose street.
They will visit in Lapeer on the
return trip to Jackson on Sun
day, and Miss Green will remain
in Jackson for Monday.
GERALDINE LAWLESS of
Van Dyke underwent an appen-
this morning in st. JOS
eph's hospital.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10

MRS. CHARLES G.. ME-
META will have as her dinner
guests on Easter Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. CASTOR Teck and son,
Charles, Mr.. and Mrs. Keith
Brown and Phyllis and Charles
Niemetta.
MRS. THOMAS GRIFFITH
will be hostess to the members
of her card club at luncheon on
Tuesday of next week.
MIR. AND MRS. CLARENCE
PETITPREN, of Fair Haven, an
nounce the arrival of a son, born
this morning in st Joseph's
hospital.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Episcopal League
Plans Pollock Tuesdoy

YOUNG wOMEN'S Episcopal
League will hold Q post Easter
potluck dinner meeting next
Tuesday evening at the home Of
Mrs. Sumner Lamkins, 1881
North Gratiot avenue at $50
O'Clock.
Arrangements are being made
by Mrs. Otto Nickel, Mrs.
Charles Noellert and Mrs. DON
aid Miller.
MR.. AND MRS. DON PAR
ENT and son, Pat, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ivan Johnston and three sons.
and MIR. and Mrs. Sidney Parent
will be the Easter Sunday guests
OF MIR. and Mrs. Alfred G. Par
ent, Lake Shore drive.
MIR. AND MRS. KEITH 3D.
ENSCHEN, 500 North Gratiot
avenue. Mount Clemens, an
nounce the birth of son, early
this morning in st. Joseph's hos
pital.
MRS. M. SCHALM returned
this morning from q visit of sew
eral days with her daughter,
Mrs. Michael Haskell, in Fern
dale.
MRS. ROBERT G. PELTIER
will entertain her tripoli club
on Tuesday at her home on
North avenue.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10

RUTH MOORE was elected
pguoidont of the Mount Clemens
IoacharS' Club La elections held
$hio week In the various schools
q ~ city. Miss Moore Is Z hfth
Groao teacher In Wilson school,
having come to Mount Clemens
8oar years ago. Her home Is in
Union City. Mich.
Otter officers are Jane How
m, vtce-president; Normajean
Anderson. secretary; and Emory
Albee, treasurer.
High school representatives
are Mabel Allison, Robert Beal,
James Mathieson, H z n ri eta
Martens, Barbara Teall, Frances
walker. and Gladys Emery DON
aldson school II the only one of
~ grade schools which has yet
teIected . representative. Dom
aldson's representative Is Selma
Hartung.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Westminster League
to Meet Monday

WESTMINSTER LEAGUE of
First Presbyterian Church will
hold its April meeting next
Monday night at eight o'clock at
the home Of Mrs. Joseph L. Ken
nedy. 20 Ferrin place.
Hostesses for the evening are
Mrs. J. M. Croman, Jr., Mrs. A.
3. Gemmer and Mrs. Howard
Miller.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10

ended, Il being put on by the
camp committee of the Girl
Scout Council, Mrs. Sydney
Tinker and Mrs. Richard Sui
Ivan.
Parents who will call for their
daughters are asked to arrive
promptly at nine o'clock.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-10
Will Marry

PAULINE BLONDE, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Blonde
Of Meade, w h ose wedding to
Robert SCHNEIDER, son of Albert
SCHNEIDER, formerly of Mount
Clemens. will take place in st.
Peters Catholic church on Sat-
urday, April 10, at 10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-11-25
.MembersHear
DR.. .deCalvO

The importance Of mutual under
standing among the nations of the
Western Hemisphere was stressed
by speakers at a dinner of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Club
last night at the Washington Club.
Speaking of her country, Pan
ANA. as the crossroads Of the
world" DR.. Esther Neira de Calvo,
delegate to the Inter- American
Commission of Women. told how an
educational program is being car
ried out there for the purpose of
promoting international under
standing. Children are obliged to
study the English language from
the fourth grade upward she said.
The principles of democracy are
so deeply rooted in Panama. DR..
De Calvo declared that no power on
earth could ever remove adherence
to them.
An exchange Of literature as well
as of students and intellectual
leaders among the American nations
was cited by William Lytle Schurz.
assistant chief of the Division Of
Cultural Relations in the State De-
partment, as a means of furthering
the good will policy Arrangements
are being made in this country for
the translation of United States
books into Spanish and Portuguese
for circulation in the Latin Ameri-
can countries, he added.
Miss Mary Agnes Brown. at at
torney with the Veterans Admins
tration, told Of her attendance Of
summer school last year at the Uni
yersity of Mexico CITY.