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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12

and ne didn't care to climb where
upon Bill promptly replies, None
of that fancy stuff now Sylvester,
just straight climbing" I guess
he got by all right. Bill also DEM
onstrated his technique but upon
reaching the summit he slipped and
burned the pole all the way to the
ground. There are still "a few of
the men who are afraid to get off
the ground and Francis Mooney is
planning to plant a couple of fence
posts for those fellows to practice
on.
Each battery and special unit
now has its own volleyball court
and the boys take quite an inter-
est in the game. AS a matter of
fact the interest Is at such a stage
where games are scheduled with
the other units and the other night
a team from our battery composed
of Johnny Dubois, Jim Pangburn,
Don Kringen, Bob Carlson, Hilary
Egan and myself played three
games with the Medical Detach-
ment, winning 2 out Of the 3. A
schedule is being drawn up and it
is yet in it's early stages but be-
fore long the schedule ought to be
in full swing.
The convoy to Laguna Beach last
Sunday came off very successfully
very much so in the opinion Of
some of the boys. The water might
have been a little weedy and trif-
lie more saltier than usual but al
most everyone seemed to enjoy HIM
self to the fullest extent-anyway
after 1 o'clock. A few were on the
beach all day and as a reward
they all received a beautiful gold
en- California sun tan with the ex-
ception of Willard Rasmussen who
got awful sunburned and suffered
for it afterwards. Now the rea,
son that everyone had a good time
after one o'clock is that the Amer
lean Legion Of Laguna Beach is
being very good to our boys and
last Sunday they had coffee and
cake waiting for them up in the
Legion Hall. But the part that
interested them mostly was the fact
that they also had a bunch of some
40 young girls who were acting
as hostesses to the boys. A lot o.
guys from our battery especially
Lynn Hesse and Frank Kilian got
very well acquainted and as a mat
ter of fact they brought back a
whole list of addresses and all
week were busily engaged in cor
responding. Now that the word
has spread around that this is to be
weekly affair everyone is clam
boring to go on next Sundays con-
voy but they will only be able
to take those certain few.
On Wednesday morning at four
o'clock Mrs. Rosenwald, daughters
Shirley and Gloria, and son, John,
arrived at Riverside where they
were met by Art. They immediate
ly proceeded to Elsinore, which is
about 20 miles south of Camp Ham
where they are now living.
A couple of draftees, neighbors
back home, had returned to camp
after a three-day leave. AS they
prepared to crawl into their hunks
after shedding their obs one of
them whispered:
Hey, Charlie, you wanna be just
little more careful when you're
home from now on. The shades
were up last night and I saw you
kissing your wife"
"Haw, haw, the jokes on you,"
chuckled Charlie. "I wasn't home
last night"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12
PAGE THREE

and Albany. Suspension conditions
included the stipulations both
should not drink beer or liquor,
keep out of night clubs, pool halls
and dance halls, reimburse the
owners of the wool, and attend
church regularly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12

them, the mother sow became
angry and rushed at the boy. The
child's screams attracted the dog
who kept the pig at distance un-
til the parents arrived on the scene.
Hen Lays Bowling
Pin Shaped Egg
Waseca-The rising tide of bowl
ing has finally hit so high a peak
that it has even affected the chick
ems of the nation. This fact is evid-
enced by an egg on display last
week in Waseca which conforms
exactly to the shape of miniature
segmented egg with large body and
small head, was laid by a Buff
Orphington on the Donald Beese
farm near Waseca.
Dog Disobeys And
Saves His Master
North st. Paul-Emil Luger of
South st. Paul is happy today that
his dog is smarter and more in
sistent than he is obedient. While
Luge- was sleeping on a recent
Saturday afternoon, Major, a
beagle hound, was twice pushed a
way in his efforts to awaken his
master, but his insistance a third
time caused Mr.. Luger to invest
igate. Opening the basement door
where the dog led him, Luger was
met with burst of flames which
singed his hair. Although $500
damages were estimated, Luger is
grateful to his dog that his life was
not included in the losses"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12

Fatal automobile accidents in
crease 40 per cent in the northern
half of the U. S. in winter, and 20
per cent in the southern half.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12
Sgt. Kenny Kuefler, Reporter

SgC. heIHTy NueIfcf, 1tcPOf0of
The boys finally came through.
It seemed as though 1t would new
er happen but the bowling team
finally won game. The other
night they went into Riverside to
bowl with the LIST Battalion Head
quarters team and they won 1 out
of the 2 games. The composite
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12

ing the switch, the startled angle
worms came rushing to the surface
in short order, probably setting
some sort Of speed record for
creatures of the class.
Twin Calves Born
-Four Weeks Apart
Blue Earth Farmer Albert
Hagedorn of Verna township near
Blue Earth is prepared for skeptics
but insists the story of the decided
ly unusual event which took place
on his farm recently is true. A Hol-
stein COW gave birth to a calf-the
second in four weeks. The calf four
weeks previous, the one born a
month later, and the cow, the pride
of the Hagedorn farm are all doing
well.
Falls Thirty Feet;
Suffers Minor Injuries
Rochester-Charles F. Hiley, Jr.,
22-year-old Rochester workman,
fell from the top of the new Mayo
laboratories building to concrete
floor thirty feet below and not
only lived to tell about it, but was
not even knocked unconscious. In
fact, his injuries were nothing
more serious than splinter Of the
bone in one ankle, larceration OF
the head and a rather severe bruise
on one shoulder. In falling, he
struck a plank about half way
down and another near the ground,
hitting a temporary guard rail a.
round a large opening leading to
the basement and luckily missing
the ends of pieces of reinforcing
steel placed around the opening.
1856 Pound Pig ~s'
Goes To Market
Gaylord-Charles Woehler, Kelso
farmer who has for many years
been one of the champion Poland
China breeders in southern Mimi
esota, marketed one of his prize
animals in South st. Paul last
week, giving both the scales and
the check-writer cause to groan.
The hog, a three-year-old Poland
China sow, tipped the beam at 1856
pounds and brought Mr.. Woehler
S75.23 only $3.50 less than a $50
pound heifer marketed the same
day, brought him.
Dog Saves Child's Life
Threatened BY Pig
Fergus F'alls-Credited with saw.
ing the life of the two-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Green of
Osakis is their family dog who
drove off an anrgy sow which had
attacked the boy. The child was
playing in the farmyard and be-
came interested in litter of baby
pigs-so interested in fact, that
x,,bap ba ct rtad plaVinp with
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-12
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Stream OF Water
Breaks Firemanos Rib

ASAC<sfko II "A OkhhASAA . Ithb-
Pipestone-That Pipestones new
bumper" fire truck is capable of
generating even more water press
ure than was expected of it when
the machine was purchased was
demonstrated last week in force
full manner during fire practice.
When two firemen found it imposs-
ible to cope with the heavy force
of water leaving the nozzle, the
stream of water struck a third
fireman, M. A. Everson, in the
chest, fracturing a rib and leaving
him gasping for breath.
Pays $40 Damages;
Then Shoots Dog
Sleepy Eye-Sleepy Eye dog
owner has found that dogs, even
worthless ones, can be expensive
pets. This particular dog owner re-
Gently paid $40 in damages to a
neighbor, Marvin Christensen, who
lost 142 eight-week-old chicks when
the small child's pet forced his way
under the neighbours chicken fence
and romped around the yard play
fully killing all but three Of the 145
chicks. After making good his
neighbor's loss, the owner had the
dog killed by authorities.
NicolIet. Navy Boys
Meet In Honolulu
Nicollet-Glad to see a familiar
face and happy to be together were
two young men, Lyman Irrgang
and William Engel, Nicollet high
school classmates both in the U. S.
Navy, who met each other in
Honolulu and spent the week end
of May "a together. Lyman is
attached to the submarine Nor
wahl for temporary duty and Will
lam is on the USS New Mexico.
Electricity Brings
Out AnglewOrks-
Marshall Fifteen year old
Johnny Boyle of Marshall, radio
and electrical enthusiast, is prac-
tically a cinch research scientist
and inventor Of the future. Johnny
recently conducted an experiment
which should win the gratitude of
fishermen who dislike the labor of
digging earthworms for bait. Driv-
ing two small metal rods into the
ground a short distance apart, he
attached to the top of each rod one
of the divided ends of an electric
al extension cord, plugged in at the
other end to a circuit. Upon turn
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20
cid. Why, only the other day
gave her spanking"

cid. Why, only the other day 1
gave her spanking"
"That was five years ago. Girls
grow up between the ages of fourteen
and nineteen, especially in time of
war;"
He thought for moment. "Hum!
| suppose they do. l say, you are
not going to tell me again that the
girl is in love?"
"I'm going to tell you just that"
He frowned, thinking deepely, be-
fore speaking. I'm that case, my
dear, shall have to look into the
matter. Has Wendy told you, or are
you guessing?"
81 am sure
"Where is the young MANI"
"In my hospital"
His Lordship showed interest. "a
wounded officer?"
eyes, an aviator. One of the aces.
An American"
"a WHAT" This news clustered
him and he lost the pompous mood
as if by magic. can American? But
our daughter must marry an English
man of title. We have decided that.
l shall go and speak to this fellow"
Il wouldn't, Henry. Let him come
and speak to you first. You know,
dear, young people are quite indepen-
dent today, and it is no longer the
parents who decide these matters"
Young bounder. What's his name
if he's got one?"
David Hutchinson"
ooh! The chap Philip wrote "a
bout. He did say he'd been wound
ed. New squadron leader of The
Hornets. Is that the fellow?"
eyes dear"
well, don't give a tinker's damn!
I'll not give my consent"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20
Greek Can Be
More Fun Than
Advertising

DR.. Stanley Wilcox, who discovered
at Cornell University that Greek can
be more fun than advertising, has re-
vived interest in the language at Col
gate University to such an extent
that the institution, for the first time
in its 122-year history, turned away
students seeking to enroll in Greek.
"There's no mystery about the
mems increased interest in Greek"
DR.. Wilcox says. "All l have done is
make Greek fun instead of bore"
When DR.. Wilcox came to Colgate
three years ago after completing
work for his doctor of philosophy de-
gree on a fellowship at Yale, he dis
covered that interest in Greek had
dropped until only two students were
registered for the first course and of
ficials were bordering the feasibility
of offering the class only in alternate
semesters.
knowing that students really like
to translate, but hate to bother with
grammar in Greek courses, we de-
vised methd for teaching Greek so
that students now start translating
their first day in Glass;" DIR. Wilcox
explains.
DR.. Wilcox outlines his method by
saying that no attempts is made to
learn case and verb endings and
words except as these are met in
translation. When students come in
to the class for the first time they
find the Greek alphabet and a few
lines of Homer's "Illiad" on the board
Before the first period is over, they
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20
GEO. w. SOUTHWICK
DIES IN AUTOMOBILE

Mr.. George w. Southwick, aged So
year, died suddenly of heart attack,
after having slumped over in his au-
tomobile, at Painter, Va, last week.
Mr.. Southwick, a misunderstanding
contractor, had been doing some work
at Parksley and was returning home
when he was attacked. He stopped
his car and friends in Painter sum-
moned DR.. William Lee Cosby, but
Mr. Southwick never recovered from
his illness and lived only a few min
utes after being stricken.
Mr.. Southwick was born in Cleve-
land, Ohio, but has been on the Shore
for several years, having recently
made his home with Capt. and Mrs.
George Doughty, Nassawadox.
The body was taken to the Fox &
James Funeral Home, EastviIle, to
await arrival of the brother of the
deceased, DR.. Chas. R. Southwick, of
Engodine, Michigan. 1t was said that
the body will in all likelihood he sent
to Michigan for interment.
Mr.. Southwick was the son of the
late Mr.. Chas. Fl. Southwick and Mrs.
Harriet Wroath Southwick, and be-
sides his brother, is also survived by
one sister, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20
ROBBERY AT VIRGINIA
WILLING-STATION FOILED

John Henry Evans got himself two
men at the filling station of T. G..
Kellam, Tasley, Va, early Sunday
morning of last week, as they attempt
ed to enter the place presumably with
intent of robbery.
Giving their names as Joseph Wilce
and John Pardeco, it was said that
they were army sergeants and were
on their way back to Camp Lee.
It was early Sunday morning when
they attempted to enter the garage,
but John Henry Evans, the operator,
was incidentally spending the night
there. He fired a pistol and the two
men ran, but were caught before their
getaway. James Adams, a corporal,
was riding. with the sergeants, but
he was not arrested, following the
summon of officers by Evans, who
held the two men until their arrival.
Adams was short distance down the
highway and had no part in the at
tempted robbery.
The two sergeants are in Accomack
county Jail awaiting trial.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20

"But you will wait until you are
asked for it, won't you dear?"
Lord Harrowsdale grumblingly
said that he would.
Wendy had had a very hard week,
but now she was happy. 1t had fl
nally ended and she was preparing
her suitcase for the four-day leave at
home Miss Gill had promised her.
And she had just received a letter
from her mother, reporting that Da-
vid was practically we'll and would
only have to stay on another week.
The letter was three days en- route,
so that meant he would be there the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20

same length of time that she would.
Perhaps they could return to London
together. Anyway, they could be to-
gether for hours and hours at a time.
he had said that he loved her, and
she knew now more surely than be-
fore that she loved him. She would
marry him if he asked her, and if he
didn't she would probably ask him.
Father, with his funny old ideas a.
bout Englishmen being good enough
for Englishwomen, ct cetera, might
make some trouble, but that could be
handled easily.
Continued next week
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-20

have learned that many of the letters
and words are the same as or similar
to English. They have also learned
to pronounce the words and translate
the lines on the board. From then
on the procedure is the same every
day.
"They like to translate; l want to
see them learn verb and case ending"
DR.. Wilcox says. eve compromise
under this system and both the stu
dent and teacher are satisfied"
DR.. Wilcox graduated from Cor
nell in 1884. He served as adver-
Using manager of the Cornell Daily
Sun and planned to become an adver-
Using executive after graduation.
Then he enrolled in Greek because he
had heard the Greek professor was
"a good guy"
"Within a month I had decided
Greek was more fun than advertising
and here I am" DR.. Wilcox explains.
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HUTCH f Gn R.A.F.
Continued from page 81


to Wendy. He did not want Lady
Harrowsdale to know his secret, not
yet anyway.
But the wise, gray haired woman
was not only a member of England's
nobility, she was also a mother. She
had guessed on the first day of their
meeting that Wendy was in love, and
now she knew with whom. She had
brought up the subject again, only
the other night, now that she had
met the young man, but her husband
had dismissed the matter, for the sec
ond time as "a woman's desire to see
love in every tree" SO she determin-
ed to return to the charge during
luncheon.
Henry" she began, after the hors-
d'oeuvres had been carried out.
eyes, my good lady" This was
bad, she thought. Her husband was
in one of his pompous moods. He
always was when he addressed her
tnlS way, ana ne was 0ouDly nara to
handle.
She continued, however, now that
she had begun. Il do think that you
should take more interest in Wendy."
He looked at her, hurt surprise
showing on his face. But my dear,
you know perfectly we'll that the child
is second on my list of favorites-
first yu, then Wendy even before
Philip"
Shes not child any more, Hen
ry."
"Poppycock! Of course, she's a
y
Warm food, served in silver dishes,
over hot water; never put it directly
on the stove.
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We do high class printing. Give
us a trial.
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Warm food, served in silver dishes,
over hot water; never put it directly
on the stove.
Evening star., 1941-03-30
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

fabulous melodc memory and his rasping,
bitter wit made him permanent fixture. to
his own complete surprise. Oscar frankly ad-
mits he owes lot to the program conductor,
Literary Critic Clifton Fadiman. He's my
Knute Rockne," says Levant
Despite his amazing skyrocket flight to
fame. Oscar has not yet been able to do what
he started out to do. Let's 60 back over the
Levant career He was born in Pittsburgh,
and watch-repairing shop. Oscar has three
brothers. All the boys were interested in
music, all but one followed music as a career.
That one - 1.-The best musician of us all,
says Oscar - became doctor.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

Levant has crowded lot into his thirty
four years. A Horatio Alger story set to
boogy-woogy music, he might explain it, if
he explained it at all. He does admit that he
has been tempted to retire ever since he was
fifteen.
Three years ago America turned its radio
dials and discovered Oscar. The "Informa-
ton" program was just starting. Levant was
invited to be guest along with Sports Writer
John Kieran and Columnist Franklin P.
Adams. His amazing musical erudition, his
Evening star., 1941-03-30

- SCAR LEvANT attributes it all to what
he calls his de luxe inferiority COM
- plex.
You know Levant as the bad boy of the
Information Please" program on the radio
Maybe you saw him play himself in the Bing
Crosby movie Rhythm on the River" But
the things Oscar is really proud of you may
not know so much about. He is fine concert
pianist, an able conductor and composer of
everything from popular song hits to piano
concertoS.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

club, where his brother, Dave Bernie. had
band.
Levant was long time with Dave Bernie.
Il was nonconformist," he says, land was
fired every week. never got cues right. When
| was supposed to put on cowboy hat. Id
be under a Spanish sombrero. Never could
get it straight. Maybe it was my rebellious
spirit emerging
From Ciro's Levant went to London with
Rudy Wiedoeft's band and stayed on for quite
while. 1t was the height of the jazz craze
and Americans we're cleaning up. Il never
saw so many untalented musicians in one
place" Levant says. He remembers having
good time in spite of his hatred of wearing
tails. After that he came back and began to
hit his stride, although there were no surface
indications that success was near at hand.
Levant played the piano in the speakeasy
scene of the Arthur Hopkins stage hit Bur
lesque." but nobody paid much attention to
him. Then he went to Hollywood to write
music for two years for RK.O.. but still
nothing exciting happened.
Levant explains his departure from RK.O.
this way. The studio asked him for an opinion
about new song that had been submitted.
1T hasn't chance" he told them. The song
turned out to be a national hit called Three
Little Words" That, sighs Levant, made
everybody a little bitter and he came back to
New York. (Since then he has been in Holly
wood in various capacities eight times.)
Gershwin Admirer
MEANWHILE Oscar had written number of
song hits on his own, Lady, Play Your
Mandolin" being one of the first He attrib-
utes lot of his success in both popular and
serious music to the late George Gershwin,
for whom he had an abiding reverence. The
worship still holds. Once, when he was fea-
tured soloist at the first Gershwin Memorial
Concert in Hollywood. critic said, Every
body else was playing for the audience. but
Levant was playing for Gershwin."
In spite of his attitude of casual indiffer-
ence, Levant works intensively. He has ar
ranged orchestrations for theatrical perform
(Confinvsd on page ~
Evening star., 1941-03-30
A Business Failure


Wv SATURDAYS Oscar worked in an East
Pittsburgh store. selling shoes. Il wasn't a
good salesman" sighs Levant. Too seri-
Gus" Worse yet, what he calls his ego drive
his third year, came to New York to study
the piano. That was expensive" he says
so. to earn extra money. played at dollar
an hour for children's ballet classes You
know bored tots of six. Between lessons and
classes haunted recitals because wanted to
learn, it was some place to sit and. besides,
l got free tickets
Then, about 1923, Levant got job playing
the piano at roadhouse, the Mikado Inn,
at Harmon on Hudson Meanwhile, by day,
he haunted the booking offices for better
jobs. In one job, he says, he opened and
closed the same night. An older brother was
conductor at the New York Winter Garden
Theater. and he put Oscar to work. He'd
kick the piano to keep me in tempo" says
Oscar.
All this time he studied hard Once Pader-
ewski listened to him. Very talented" he
murmured. "Of course, he promptly forgot
all about it, says Levant.
After the Winter Garden interlude he got
job with a three piece luncheon orchestra
at the Hotel Ambassador in New York. Then
came turning point in his hand to mouth
career. He met "Old Maestro" Ben Bernie,
who arranged place for him at Ciro's night
Evening star., 1941-03-30
BAD BOY MAKES G
CssOCDTc

He began as a shoe salesman, turned musician,
composer. conductor. author, actor and then
bad boy Of the air His name? Oscar Levanf
by Frederick James Smith
Evening star., 1941-03-30

Even grimy collar bands come
clean with few quick rubs, a good
douse and a rinse. (2) 1t washes
white clothes as much as 9 TO IL
Tintometer shades whittier. (3) And
cup for cup, it gives up to 5 times
the suds suds that stand up as
much as 2 TO 8 times longer! This
isn't idle talk it has all been
proved in our scientific laboratory
tests against less efficient soaps.