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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14
The COmmOn-tater
-By Chuck Rathe
This Side Of Main Street


Rolling Stone
This little item goes to show that while rolling
stones may gather moss still a snow ball pushed
down hill does all right by itself. Earlier this
summertide a modest little venture started out to
raise money for new caps for the American Legion
Band That's far it going to go-but
remember the snow ball. Now six weeks later the
whole outfit has new uniforms from stem to stern
at a total cost so near $1100 it makes you blink!
Chain
Local post office authorities say that the defense
stamp chain letter racket has hit here 1t is the
old chain letter gag only this time you add de-
tense stamp for every one you write to. It's
a neat little number and there is only fly in
the ontment-Uncle Sam don't like it. In other
words "yo CANT get away wifi it," as Lii Abner
puts it. If you persist the only chains you will
will not be letters, brother!
Oops, Sorry Dept.
More on two last weeks items. First Ben
Hanauer the Albany machnist who made the
moulds for the gun sights the Chryser tank,
is not the brother but the nephew Of local gent,
M. j. Hanauer. And anent our item or
George Conkey, the electrician living in four places
all on Maple Street, George says the latest cal
culations show he has lived on that street in seven
places.
More on this George Conkey fellow. 1t
seems his daughter, Lillian, of Minneapolis had been
on a trip. At Cincinnati she had stopped to have
pictures developed and subsequently mailed to her.
She had written her name, Minneapolis street
address, and Minnesota, emitting the Minneapolis.
. The pictures arrived here with Sank Centre
and Georges name written on, but by whom? .
Mail mystery
Sculptor
When Joe Kiselewski, the famed sculptor and
brother of John of this city, was here he Is re-
ported to have had talk with Governor Stassen
about the possibilities of raising statute to the
memory of the late Governor Floyd B. Olson .
OF which nothing material has come as yet
Joe was here for the dedication of one OF his works
at Fargo that cut in the Cold Spring granite
sheds Former Browerville farm boy, Joe married
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS--
Loses Fish: Gets
Extra MinnOw Instead

st. Peter-John LaDue, a guide
in the Arrowhead county, was fish
ing recently when a strange thing
happened. A woman in the party
had just fost a wall-eye, and was
Keeling in her line to see If the
bait was still there. To her amaze
ment, she found not one, but two
minnows fixed to the hook, both
being hooked through mouth, down
through the center of the body,
and out the back. 1t is thought that
the fish had a minnow in its mouth
when taking the bait, and through
its twisting and darling caused
this minnow to be hooked the same
way as the original. The story is
hard to believe, but nevertheless
John says it's true.
Cass Lake Women
Frightened BY Tarantula-
Fosston-Think how Mrs. Glen
Johnson felt when recently, after
purchasing some bananas, she
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14

ions noticed a big form moving to-
ward the car. Much to their amaze
ment. the form proved to be big
black bear which ran parallel along
side the car for a block before re-
tiring off the road.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14

deadly insect bitten her, Mrs. john
son tainted, but suffered no Ill
effects as a result of the expert
ence.
Finds True Friendship
While Ill In Hospital
Luverne Henry Greve, of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14

reached for the fruit only to have
a large tarantula crawl upon her
hand. Needing a warning given by
her husband, the frightened wo-
man keep perfectly still, long
enough to permit the insect to
creep off her hand. Realizing what
might have happened had the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14
SHOOTING EXHIBIT
A SUCCESS

The shooting exhibit given at
the City Park last week Thursday
evening under the auspices Of the
Community Club Sportsmen was
largely attended. Although rain
interferred, the spectators witness
ed good exhibition, and all re-
port that the show was one of the
best Of its kind ever shown here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-14
CARD OF THANKS

CAhD OF THANhS-
In this our hour Of bereavement,
we wish to take the opportunity
of extending our sincere thanks to
friends and neighbors for the
many acts Of kindness shown us
during the illness and following
the death of our beloved wife and
mother. These neighbors and
friends were very thoughtful and
have been mighty good to us.
Especially do we wish to express
our appreciation to Mrs. Lester
Brown for the solos and to all who
aided in the service. Our pro-
found thanks for the beautiful
floral offerings.
adpd. w. H. Parker and
Family.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Double Parking

Motorists are guilty Of many unkind, I'M
generous, utterly selfish actions, but perhaps
the one which rankles most is parking beside
another car, properly resting at the curb, and
then going away and leaving the car INTENDED.
When the driver of the properly parked auto
arrives he must wait, often a long time, for
the missing motorist to return and move off
before he can 60 about his business.
Double parking is bad enough in any cir
cumstances, but to leave an automobile beside
a parked one and 60 away is indefensible.
The Wilmington police have been lenient prob
everybody was easy-going and forgiving, and
traffic regulations did not require strict en-
forcement. But it would be well for the police
to be alert for this particular kind Of offender.
now that all conditions Of Wilmington life, in
GLIDING traffic, are changing. 1t is necessary
not only for the well-being Of shaky nervous
systems but in the interest of smooth travel
in the streets.
With the exception Of Market street, Viii
does not possess a single thorough
load at peak hours. And this, before the city
begins to expand as it will do by sum-
mer. All other streets are too narrow for
double parking, even when the offending car
is in the hands of a driver. If this is doubted,
stand for a few minutes at Front and Chestnut
in the early evening, when the Cape Fear
hotel is receiving guests and the post office
is being visited en- masse. The blockade on
Chestnut is enough to open any watchers
eyes to a bad situation.
The traffic force will confer a boon on the
motoring public if it forbids all double parking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27

by now needs the cup a great deal less than
the reputation for value Of the cup needs
Green. Green has been living and working as
a writer in North Carolina for 20 years since,
as a native Har1ett County boy, he graduated
from the University of North Carolina. It has
been IA years since he won the highest Aneri-
can award for playwrighting for his "ln
Abraham's Bosom In the years since not a
single North Carolina college or university
has given him an honorary degree, though in
the same time a procession of far less signif-
cant men in the civilization Of the State have
passed in honor across commencement plat
forms.
Such honors are not important to Green
but they are important to the State. So far as
is known the only official action ever taken
in the case of the late Thomas Wolfe during
his lifetime was the barring of his books from
the shelves of the public library in Asheville.
It is too late to do anything about Wolfe.
But in neglect of Green the State-or institu-
tons in the State supposedly devoted to arts
and letters and enlightenment-every year
themselves. North Carolina has few
men of letters in its history. 1t does not lift
the character Of its civilization when it gets
them only to disregard them. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
A Difficult Job

Senator Robert R.. Reynolds, accepting the
Craftsmanship of the senate district committee,
which makes him in effect the mayor OF
Washington, deserves both congratulation and
ronmiseration in about equal proportions.
He is to be congratulated for his courage in
accepting such a difficult post, and commits
Grated because of the grief the position en-
tails. No other position in the gift of the gov
eminent carries with it such a burden of
trouble and such little chance of appreciation
for conscientious service.
In its wisdom, or its folly, the congress long
ago decided that the national capital must
keep its skirts clean, that no political mud
must cling to its raiment, and forthwith SUBJ
stituted a commission form of government
tor the mayors who had previously ruled the
city. Ever since Washington has existed only
as a ward Of government. And it is to preside
over this commission that Senator Reynolds
adds a heavy duty to his onerous committee
appointments.
We wish him well. We believe that he will
do a good job. But our heart goes out to him
in sympathy for the a~nxieties that confront
him in his new post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
They Need Your Help

Be reminded, please, all you young Will
n~ingtonians whose inclination is to trim the
light fantastic, that the Presidents Birthday
ball at the country club will afford VOL not
only a pleasant evening but an opportunity to
further the great work Of battling infantile
paralysis, which takes so many young lives
yearly and leaves so many others to craw,
through the years as hopeless c~ripples,
War, pestilence, famine and careless driving
take a terrible toll of mortal life, to be sure.
but none preys with deadlier intent upon the
young. The mortality from this frightfuy
scourge is tremendous. If it is to be checked
the little victims must be given not only
disqualification but long periods of GONZALES
cence in which a strict daily routine of painful
exercise under competent direction must be
available to restore the sufferers to partial
use of withered legs and arms.
This costs money. One means of raising it
is by public dances on or near President
Roosevelt's birthday, the revenue from which
is divided between the national foundation the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Columbus Crew Members
Going to New Mexico

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.-(R-
-Four hundred crew members of the
scuttled German liner Columbus, who
have been interned at Angel Island
more than a year, will leave Monday
by special train for new quarters in
an abandoned CCC camp at Fort
Stanton, N. M.
At Angel Island, the government
immigration station in San Francis
co Bay, they have played games,
fished, hiked and visited San Fran
cisco occasionally, with the German
government footing the bills at about
81, 900 a day for the group.
The cost will be considerably less
in New Mexico, where nine border
patrolmen will be on duty to see that
the sailors remain IN the reservation,
The sailors were brought here
with the idea of transporting them
across the Pacific to Japan and
thence to their homeland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Myopic Evidence

Something like a parade Of Americans who
cannot imagine how Britain can win the war
has been passing in review before the house
foreign affairs committee hearings on the
lend-lease bill.
First came Joseph P. Kennedy, still our
ambassador to Britain. who could not see
how 1,500, 900 men can drive 5000, 900 men,
there is a revolution in the countries
Then came Hanford MacNider, former
American Legion head, with his estimate that
from 5000, 900 to $1,000, 900 American soldiers
would be needed to insure defeat of the Axis.
Gloomy, too, was Colonel Lindbergh's state
gether could not end the war ION the present
basis" : barring a collapse behind the lines.
Here is an imposing array of opinion from
who should know what they are talking
about. Yet they may be trying to peer too far
into the future, and failing, meanwhile, to
take full account OF the present. Certainly
their assumptions can be challenged.
Why, for example, limit Britain to an army
of 1900, 900 men when MIR. Churchill says she
has 1000, 900 under arms? Why assume, as
both Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. MacNider seem to
do, that the criterion Of strength is man
power after both Germany and British ex-
p~erience prove that it is fire-power that wins
battles today? And we cannot assume that
the present basis will continue.
We know this much. German resources, at
their peak, have so far proved insufficient to
defeat Britain = even with the help Of Italy
in the Mediterranean and the threat of Japan
in the Far East. Britain's resources are only
now beginning to count, while our own have
hardly been tapped. Marshal GRAHAM, who
has suffered from inferiority in the air and
in mechanical equipment, can testify to what
this means.
Meanwhile, as all three recognized, there is
always possibility of collapse within the Axis.
The greatest British weapon, the blockade,
works slowly, but its edge has not been
dulled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Quotations

We may not have to choose between guns
and butter, but the time is not far hence
when we may have to choose between guns
and automobiles. American Youth Com
mission report.
When a British victory is in sight, there will
be a revolution in France. Andre Geraud
Pertinax), French newspaperman.
An misunderstanding democracy cannot
develop the maximum strength for national
defense. Senator Sheppard, Texas prohibi-
zionist.
Not since the days of the Civil War has a
President faced more anxious or more critical
days than has Our own chief executive. Arch
bishop John J. Cantwel of Los Angeles.
The doubts and misgivings Of our citizens are
as dangerous to American democracy today
as the submarines, airplanes, and bombs of
Herr Hitler. -Dr M. R. Trabue Of Pennsyl-
vania State college.
If our civilization is to be saved, the religious
faith of Americas young manhood must be
preserved. Committee on Army and Navy
chaplains.
Scarcely anyone doubts that today is one of
the most favorable periods in our history for
embarking on home ownership. Dean R.
Hill. president Mortgage Bankers Associa-
tion
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Editorial Comment
ARTS AND NO GRACES
Raleigh News and Observer

North Carolina was honored in New York
recently when Paul Green was made a men,
Der Of the National Institute of Arts and Let
tiers, which is limited to $50 Americans "quali-
fled by notable achievement in art, music and
literature" This is only another national honor
for Mr.. Green who is the only man living in
North Carolina to have received one Of the
coveted Pulitzer prizes. The national honors
which have been paid him give an unpleasant
emphasis to the fact that no substantial rec
ignition of his work has ever been made at
home.
No North Carolina artist has ever made a
contribution to the native literature of the
State equal to that of Paul Green in his
Lost Colony It is not only a work Of art of
the finest kind but it has reached the hearts
of the people of the State and given them an
emotional sense of participation in their own
history.
Yet in his own State no honor has ever
been formally paid him. Every year the State
Literary and Historical Association gives a
cup for the best book by a North Carolinian.
It has never been awarded to Paul Green who
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27

Chief Executive initiated and local organ1za'
lions engaged in the battle. The dollars you
invest in an evenings fun at the country club
here will be so divided.
Go to the ball = by all means. But don't
you young people and you old timers
as well, that another source of revenue for
the ~infantile paralysis fight is the march OF
now under way. If you can't attend
the ball you can at least contribute a dime to
the great cause. Just place a dime in an
envelope, address it to the President at the
House in Washington, and so have a
share in the work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
. Man About Manhattan

and then, otherwise my preferences
are all for the out-of-doors although
I don't 60 in for the professional.
herman" stuff.
If you should pass through
Baltimore after the first of Feb.
ruary, I shall be delighted to take
you out to my gun room in which
1 have collected over a hundred
family pieces of firearms that GO
back of a period of two hundred
years.
Please don't think from the
above that I am annoyed or peev-
ish or anything else, but it is just
as easy to give the correct infor-
nation as the cock-eyed.
Thanks for your nice comments
about the books.
With all best wishes for the
coming year, yours sincerely, F.
van Wyck Mason"
This column bows to the worlds
best authority on F. van Wyck
Mason we r carrying a big
stick concealed in our cloak, and
should we come upon the person
who gave us the erroneous infor-
nation about him we will know
what to do with it. CT.
You wouldn't think the prosaic
matter of building a bank would
scare anybody but it's hap
pening. The bank is right across
the street from tn Associated
Press building, and the scarees
are three reporters. The conssruc-
ton men ran into a lot of rock
blocking the foundations, and have
been blasting for three weeks. The
reporters are just back from Lon
don. Every time a blast goes off
the three reach instinctively for
their gas masks and look around
for the cyclone cellar. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Red>Paper Questions
Further Resistance BY
Italians Within Libya

MOSCOW, Jan. 26.-R-Red Star,
Russian army newspaper, said to-
night it is no longer a question of
the losses suffered by italian troops
in Libya but of the possibility Of
their further resistance at all"
Red Star reported nearly half of
the italian troops in Libya have been
put out of action by the British. 1t
added that the position Of Marshal
Rodolfo GRAHAM, italian commander
in Libya, sis critical"
1T is true" Red Star said, that
Graziani has a powerful ally in the
vast roadless spaces Of Libya out
retreat into the depths of the desert
IS equivalent to perishing while
movement along the coast inevitably
would be threatened by the British
navy" e.s
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Governnent
under CounctlM Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck n Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena tor Sports and Industrial Shols.
Seaside Hi0hUdy from Wri0htsvile
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, .oid,
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved Ricey Road to Southport, Vto
)rton Plantation.
Developm M OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yteld methods through
nut Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial md Resort Promo
tional Agency. supported by n county,
Uide tGr.
%Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital -iities for .1hites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm nj OF native grape 0ropin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sdndtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
ARMY AIR SERVICE
SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
Instructions to Recruit 16,500
Men by March l Sent to
Area Commanders
IA Soxioe. Inn

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-R-The
Army asked for 1880 volunteers
today for the expanding air corps
and related branches, s%tressing the
men registered for the draft were
eligible.
Instructions to recruit this num-
Der for three-year enlistments by
March l were dispatched to the
nine. corps area commanders in
the continental United States.
The newest recruiting campaign
started a drive almost to double
the strength of the Army air forces
by next July, when it is hoped 10, 100
officers, $4,000 flying cadets and
Isl, 900 enlisted men will be in serv-
ice. At present officers number g.
$50. and there are 1000 flying ca
diets and $4,000 men.
Regardless of the rapid expan-
sion, there is to be no reductions
in qualifications for ground crews
or candidates for training as pilots.
Men with at least a high school
education are still sought for enlist
ment.
A substantial backlog of applica-
tons from young men who want to
be military filters promises an am
pie number of cadet candidates at
the start of efforts to increase the
annual rate of training from 1000
to $4,000 pilots a year.
Officials reported the January
and February classes of flying ca
diets, numbering about 1,700 each,
were filled from waiting lists, and
1,75O applicants carried over for
the March class, which is to be in
creased to 2,400.
The Hedging filters must have
had two years college education or
its equivalent. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Mr.
George Tucker, New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr.. Tucker:
I happened to run across a syn
Dictated article of yours in h e
Times-Picayune of December 10,
1910.
I read with considerable inter
est and ammusement your COM
ments to J. D. v. of Kansas City
who wrote you asking about me
and Kenneth Roberts.
While it doesn't matter one
iota, 1 think you might be inter-
ested to know what I'm really
like. Whoever your informant
was, he must have been kidding
you, for he told you almost a hun
dred percent wrong. First off, l
don't live in Maine Il live in Mary
land), although I know and like
that state very much. l never have
met Kenneth Roberts. Third, I do
know his work and with the
exception of his most recent novel,
think them thoroughly first class.
Having soldered away these first
points, suppose we SO on to the
rest.
Personally, I'd rather be
skinned alive than attend society
and public functions I've always
fought clear of literary luncheons,
conferences and authors clubs
book fairs, etc.. as much as I pos
sibly could. I think they're good
fun for those who like them, but
I greatly prefer to hunt or fish or
to play polo. The one that really
hands me a throaty chuckle is that
crack about the natty dresser"
First off, I don't even own a pair
of striped pants and haven't worn
a white tie since two years ago
when I attended the governors
ball at Bermuda. I confess I do
like to pu on a dinner coat now
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Duke Bacteriologist Predicts
Flu Will Spread Over World

the stage where the term cpl
demic' fitted and that it was wide
spread enough to be called pan
demic".
He said the current wave was
mild, that it would continue to
spread eastward to Europe with
about so per cent of the population
contracting it, and then it would
die down for a time.
But in the fall there will be a
vvirulent burst of cases throughout
the world, said DR.. Smith, and the
number of deaths will be high.
Thereafter the pandemic will ia
per off over a period of several
years in small, recurrent waves"
Such may be expected, the doc
tor commented, if influenza follows
its familiar pattern. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27

DURHAM, Jan. 26.-R-A Duke
university bacteriologist predicted
today that influenza would soon be
a worldwide epidemic, possibly be-
coming the arbiter of the war.
DR.. David T. Smith, professor OF
bacteriology at the Duke school of
medicine, said the epid mic would
be worse in Europe for two rea-
sons.
First, the war, which makes mil
lions I've in unhygienic conditions
and also keeps them undernour-
ished; second, the fact that the
wave began in this country and is
moving eastward, and influenza
waves, he said, generally increase
ir %virulency as they move.
Hence Europe can e-pect to be
stricken with a more virulent form
of the disease at a time when most
of the population is in poorest con-
dition to fight it.. What ill happen
in the closely-packed air raid shell
tiers of England?
Smith said.
1.-THE answer is obvious" DR..
DR.. Smith went into tire medical
school library records and came up
with this data to support his con-
tention:
The disease is not. a killer itself
but millions have died in it's wake
during epidemcs. The last world
wide spread of influenza was in
1918-19 when in less than 70 months
there were more than 200, 900 900
cases and more than O.O00'0O0
deaths. In the United States in
less than six months there were
~, y U cases and $50, 900 deaths.
influenza lowers bodily resist.
ance' and those who get up too
early fall prey to more serious
diseases.
DR.. Smith said the epidemic in
MS country was getting bevond